Auction details

Bloomsbury Auctions 25th Anniversary Sale
3:00 AM PT - May 15th, 2008

offered by
Bloomsbury Auctions

Bloomsbury House
Mayfair, London W1 S1PP
Uk Auction

Auction dates

501 Items

Lot Description Estimates
(GBP)
1C

Chaucer (Geoffrey) The Works, kelmscott
Chaucer (Geoffrey) The Works, one of 425 copies on paper, ed...

30,000
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40,000
11 Bids
2C Lot 2C

Berners (Dame Juliana) The Treatyse of Fysshynge Wyth an Angle, facsimile of 1486 editi...

3,000
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3,500
8 Bids
2F Lot 2F

Tennyson Maud, Kelmscott Pres. Copy
Tennyson (Alfred, Lord) Maud, A Monodrama, signed presentat...

600
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800
23 Bids
3C Lot 3C

Morris (William) The Well at the World's End, with an A.L.s from Morris and another from Burne-Jones tipped-i...

1,500
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2,000
19 Bids
4C

Morris (William) Aims in Founding Kelmscott
Morris (William) A Note...on His Aims in Founding The Kelmsc...

400
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600
9 Bids
5C Lot 5C

Coppard.Adam & Eve & Pinch Me,inscr,1921
Coppard (A.E.) Adam & Eve & Pinch Me, first edition, one of ...

100
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150
12 Bids
6C

Coppard (A.E.) Adam & Eve & Pinch Me,1921
Coppard (A.E.) Adam & Eve & Pinch Me, first edition, one of ...

200
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300
5 Bids
7C Lot 7C

Wade-Gery.Terpsichore,1/20,inscr.E.G.Craig,1922
Wade-Gery (H.T.) Terpsichore & Other Poems, number iv of 20 ...

150
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200
3 Bids
8C

Armstrong.Puppet Show,1/25,1922
Armstrong (Martin) The Puppet Show, number 19 of 25 copies o...

200
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300
7 Bids
9C

Coppard.Hips & Haws: Poems,1/20,GCock
Coppard (A.E.) Hips & Haws: Poems, number 12 of 20 copies si...

150
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200
10 Bids
10C

Browne.Hydriotaphia,1923,G>Cock
Browne (Sir Thomas) Hydriotaphia..., 1923; The Garden of Cyr...

300
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400
6 Bids
11C

Spenser (Edmund) The Wedding Songs,GCock
Spenser (Edmund) The Wedding Songs..., one of 320 copies, wo...

300
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400
7 Bids
12C Lot 12C

Apuleius.Golden Asse,extra-ill.Buckland Wright
Apuleius (Lucius) The XI. Bookes of the Golden Asse..., tran...

6,000
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8,000
19 Bids
13C

Apuleius.xi. Bookes of the Golden Asse,GCock
Apuleius (Lucius) The XI. Bookes of the Golden Asse, transla...

120
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180
19 Bids
14C

Longus. Daphnis & Chloe,GCock,1923
Longus. Daphnis & Chloe, translated by Geo.Thornley, number ...

150
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200
8 Bids
15C Lot 15C

Bourdeille.Lives of Gallant Ladies,2v,1/18,1924
Bourdeille (Pierre de) The Lives of Gallant Ladies, translat...

800
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1,200
14 Bids
16C

Carey (Henry) Songs & Poems,1/30,GCock,1924
Carey (Henry) Songs & Poems, number 17 of 30 specially-bound...

200
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300
5 Bids
17C Lot 17C

Henry VIII.Miscellaneous Writings,1/35,GCock,1924
Henry VIII (King of England) Miscellaneous Writings, edited ...

300
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400
13 Bids
18C

Swift.Directions to Servants,GCock,1923
Swift (Jonathan) Directions to Servants, one of 380 copies,...

120
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180
9 Bids
19C

Clay.Sonnets and Verses,1/450,ill.Gill,GCock
Clay (Enid) Sonnets and Verses, number 128 of 450 copies, wo...

150
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200
7 Bids
20C

Burns (Robert) Songs,GCock.1925
Burns (Robert) Songs..., edited by A.E.Coppard, illustrated ...

300
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400
4 Bids
21C Lot 21C

Samson and Delilah,G.Cock,1925
Samson and Delilah, number 244 of 325 copies, wood-engraved ...

350
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450
5 Bids
22C Lot 22C

Song of Songs,ill.Gill,h.col.,G.Cock,1925
Song of Songs (The) called by many the Canticle of Canticles...

1,500
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2,000
12 Bids
23C Lot 23C

Song of Songs,ill.Gill,G.Cock,1925
Song of Songs (The) called by many the Canticle of Canticles...

800
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1,200
11 Bids
24C

Birth of Christ,GCock,1925
Birth of Christ (The) from the Gospel according to Saint Luk...

100
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150
6 Bids
25C Lot 25C

Swift.Travels..Several Remote Nations,G.Cock
[Swift (Jonathan)] Travels into Several Remote Nations of th...

1,200
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1,800
7 Bids
26C Lot 26C

Mathers.Red Wise,1/500,bound,GCock,1926
Mathers (E. Powys) Red Wise, number 193 of 500 copies, print...

250
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350
8 Bids
27C

Mathers.Red Wise,1/500,bound,GCock,1926
Mathers (E. Powys) Red Wise, number 397 of 500 copies, print...

100
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150
5 Bids
28C Lot 28C

Passio Domini Nostri Jesu Christi,g.cock,1926
Passio Domini Nostri Jesu Christi... number 100 of 250 copie...

800
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1,200
19 Bids
29C Lot 29C

Mathers.Procreant Hymn,1/200,Gill,1926
Mathers (E. Powys) Procreant Hymn, number 116 of 200 copies,...

500
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700
6 Bids
30C Lot 30C

Book of Jonah (The)...,G.Cock,1926
Book of Jonah (The)..., number 102 of 175 copies, wood-engra...

700
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900
13 Bids
31C Lot 31C

Suckling.Ballad upon a Wedding,1/375,ill.Ravilious
Suckling (Sir John) A Ballad upon a Wedding, number 294 of 3...

250
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350
11 Bids
32C Lot 32C

Chaucer.Troilus and Criseyde,GCock,1927
Chaucer (Geoffrey) Troilus and Criseyde, edited by Arundell ...

3,000
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4,000
10 Bids
33C Lot 33C

Breton.Twelve Moneths,1/500,ill.Ravilious,1927
Breton (Nicholas) The Twelve Moneths, edited by Brian Rhys, ...

200
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300
23 Bids
34C Lot 34C

Chester Play of the Deluge,GCock,1927
Chester Play of the Deluge (The), edited by J.Isaacs, number...

400
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600
24 Bids
35C Lot 35C

Lucian, of Samosata.True Historie..,G.Cock,1927
Lucian, of Samosata. The True Historie of Lucian the Samosat...

350
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450
5 Bids
36C Lot 36C

Swift.Miscellaneous Poems,GCock,1928
Swift (Jonathan) Miscellaneous Poems, number 142 of 375 copi...

150
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200
7 Bids
37C Lot 37C

Tellier.Abd-rr-Rhaman in Paradise,1/400, ill.Nash
Tellier (Jules) Abd-er-Rhaman in Paradise, translated by Bri...

100
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150
30 Bids
38C

Gill.Art & Prudence, an Essay,1/500,G.Cock
Gill (Eric) Art & Prudence, an Essay, number 481 of 500 copi...

100
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150
17 Bids
39C Lot 39C

Keats (John) Lamia,G.Cock,1928
Keats (John) Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of Saint Agnes & other...

350
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450
12 Bids
40C Lot 40C

Chaucer.Canterbury Tales,4v,G.Cock,1929
Chaucer (Geoffrey) The Canterbury Tales, 4 vol., number 320 ...

2,500
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3,500
10 Bids
41C

Mathers.Circle of the Seasons,GCock,1929
Mathers (E. Powys, translator) A Circle of the Seasons: A Tr...

180
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220
13 Bids
42C Lot 42C

Smith.Atrocities of the Pirates,ill.Ravilious,GCoc
Smith (Aaron) The Atrocities of the Pirates..., number 97 of...

100
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150
13 Bids
43C

[Hill (Sir John)] Lucina sine concubitu,G.Cock
[Hill (Sir John)] Lucina sine concubitu: A Letter humbly add...

150
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200
19 Bids
44C

Gantillon (Simon) Maya: a play,1/500,GCock
Gantillon (Simon) Maya: a play, translated by Virginia & Fra...

100
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150
5 Bids
45C Lot 45C

Gibbings.7th Man: A True Cannibal Tale,GCock
Gibbings (Robert) The 7th Man: A True Cannibal Tale of the S...

150
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200
9 Bids
46C

Coppard (A.E.) The Hundredth Story,1931
Coppard (A.E.) The Hundredth Story, one of 1,000 copies, 193...

100
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150
1 Bid
47C Lot 47C

Gill.Clothing without Cloth,1/500,GCock,1931
Gill (Eric) Clothing without Cloth: An Essay on the Nude, n...

120
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180
5 Bids
48C

Powys.When Thou Wast Naked,GCock
Powys (Theodore Francis) When Thou Wast Naked, illustrated b...

200
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300
18 Bids
49C Lot 49C

Four Gospels (The) of the Lord Jesus Christ, number 349 of 500 copies, wood-engraved illustrations and initi...

3,000
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4,000
14 Bids