1993, ISBN: 9780380002429

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Sotheby Parke Bernet & Co., London, auction catalogue for the sale held on 22 July, 1981. Green printed wrappers, small 4to,. approx 28 pp, ills, facs. 387 lots. Among the highlights… Mehr…

Sotheby Parke Bernet & Co., London, auction catalogue for the sale held on 22 July, 1981. Green printed wrappers, small 4to,. approx 28 pp, ills, facs. 387 lots. Among the highlights noted were the following: Ariel poems no. 1-8, American edition, limited to 27 copies, 1927; presentation copies of Blunden's The barn, 1916, and The silver bird of Herndyke Mill, 1916; Churchill's Marlborough, 4 vol., limited issue, 1933-38; books from the Corvinus Press; Conan Doyle's Adventures, and memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, 2 vol., 1892-94; and a waistcoat worn by Walter Paget when posing as Sherlock Holmes, 2 vol., 1892-94; a proof copy of the abandoned 4to printing of Eliot's Ash Wednesday, 1930; presentation copies of Graves' Goliath and David, (1916), Treasure box, (1919) and Country sentiment, 1920; Hemingway's In our time, presentation copy, Paris, 1924; Homer's Odyssey, translated by T.E. Lawrence, 1932; an extensive collection of the works of E.H.W. Meyerstein; Miller's Max and the white phagocytes, presentation copy, Paris, 1938; Anthony Powell's A dance to the music of time, 12 vol., including 9 presentation, 1951-75; Rosenberg's Night and day, (1912), and presentation copies of Youth, 1915 and Moses, 1916; a collection relating to the Spanish Civil War; Sassoon's Memoirs of a fox-hunting man, 1929, with the supressed portrait; presentation copies of Waugh's Wine in peace and war, (1948) and other works, including two specially printed and bound; Wodehouse's A prefect's uncle, 1903; Yeats' The wanderings of Oisin, 1889; and books, Christmas cards, and prints from the Cuala Press. The copy of the Head of Sotheby's Book Department A R A Hobson with his note of 3 lots bought for him on the front wrapper, in the catalogue lots 21-186 and 259-276 are priced in Hobson's hand often with buyers noted, and Hobson has annotated the 3 lots he bought to indicate the item in it which prompted his purchase, Near Very Good. List of prices realized and buyers' names laid in., Sotheby Parke Bernet & Co., London, auction catalogue for the sale held on 22 July, 1981, 1981, 0, New York: Morrow, 1993. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. Fine in very good dustwrapper. Hardcover, nice clean copy, almost new. Dustwrapper, lightly soiled, lightly rubbed at spine ends and corners, price clipped. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information., Morrow, 1993, 4, Avon Books, 1979-07-01. Paperback. Good., Avon Books, 1979-07-01, 2.5<

1979, ISBN: 0380002426

[EAN: 9780380002429], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Avon Books], Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less, Books

1979, ISBN: 0380002426

[EAN: 9780380002429], Gebraucht, [PU: Avon Books], Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less, Books