Lot 9
20th Century Literature
Rare Books, Maps and Manuscripts
Auction: 29 August 2012 at 12:00 BST
Description
Waugh, Evelyn Helena, 1950 (dust jacket torn); [Idem] Scoop. 1933, lacking dust jacket; [Idem] Officers and gentlemen, 1955; [Idem] Men at arms, 1952; [Idem] Scott-King's modern Europe, 1947 (two copies, one foxed); [Idem] The ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold, 1957; these all London: Chapman and Hall, First editions, 8vo., blue cloth, mostly with dust jackets, some small tears to dust jackets and occasional soiling to covers; Rackham, Arthur A midsummer-night's dream. New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1908. 4to., colour frontispiece, 39 Hentschel colour-type illustrations, original quarter cloth gilt, some fading to spine and darkening to boards, corners and edges of boards rubbed; Chesterton, G.K. The incredulity of Father Brown. London: Cassell and Company, 1926. First edition, 8vo., original cloth, some soiling to covers and slight foxing; [Idem] The grave of Arthur. London: Faber and Faber, 1930. 8vo., coloured illustration by Celia Fiennes, number 187 of 350 copies signed by the author; James, Henry. The awkward age. London: William Heinemann, 1899. 8vo., blue cloth, some soiling and fading to covers and spine, hinges cracking; Fabian Society Fabian tracts, 1 - 99. London: The Fabian Society, 1884-1922. 8vo., bound in red cloth, some soiling to covers and spine, some internal foxing and soiling; de Saint-Expuéry, Antoine Le petit prince. Paris: Libraire Gallimard, 1946. 8vo., original covers and wrapper, slight dust soiling to covers; and 16 others (28)
Footnote
Provenance: Viscount Strathallan, Stobhall, Perthshire