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Twentieth-century first and limited editions.
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- Works by twentieth-century poets and dramatists, comprising:
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Shaw, George Bernard. Works. Constable & Co., 1930-1938, 8vo, 33 volumes, limited edition of 1025 copies (of which this is no.562), publisher's original bright green cloth, spines with titles in gilt, top edges gilt, light grey-green dust jackets, endpapers slightly spotted and browned, dust jackets showing some slight signs of wear with occasional repairs
Bax, Clifford, ed. Florence Farr, Bernard Shaw and W.B. Yeats. Dublin: Cuala Press, 1941, 8vo, number 498 of 500 copies, original linen-backed boards and glassine dust jacket, unopened
Berry, Wendell – Ben Shahn. November Twenty Six Nineteen Hundred Sixty Three. George Braziller, 1964, oblong 8vo, 13 illustrations by Shahn, original cream cloth lettered in black, in black slipcase with hand-lettered label, spine slightly faded, bookplate on front fixed endpaper, some small marks to slipcase
[Betjeman, John]. Sir John Piers. By ‘Epsilon’. Mullingar: The Westmeath Examiner, [1938?], 8vo, original green wrappers
Eliot, T.S. Four Quartets. Faber and Faber, 1952, 8vo, inscribed by the author to Hugo Manning, publisher’s cloth, original dust jacket, with a newspaper cutting and a pamphlet by E. White entitled Homage to T.S. Eliot 13 June 1965 (signed by the author) loosely inserted (2 sheets), binding browned at extremities, dust jacket worn
Graves, Robert. The Pier-Glass. Martin Secker, 1921, 8vo, first edition inscribed by the author, original paper-covered boards, occasional slight spotting and browning, binding worn
Hughes, Ted. Recklings. Turret Books, 1966, 8vo, first edition, one of 150 numbered copies signed by the author (this copy no.2), original cloth with pale-grey dust jacket
Lowell, Robert. The Voyage and other versions of poems by Baudelaire. Illustrated by Stanley Nolan. Faber and Faber, 1961, folio, one of 200 numbered copies signed by the author and artist (this copy no.175), original purple cloth, in purple cloth slipcase
Masefield, John. Some Memories of W.B. Yeats. Dublin: Cuala Press, 1940, 8vo, number 13 of 370 copies, linen-backed boards, original glassine dust jacket, unopened, some small tears in dust jacket [Errington A129(a)]
Meynell, Alice. Later Poems. John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1902, 8vo, signed by the author, original gilt-stamped cloth, bookplate of David H. Aaron, with two letters from Meynell to Aaron loosely inserted (3 pieces), upper edge of text and binding slightly worn
Plath, Sylvia. Uncollected Poems. Turret Books, 1965, 8vo, limited edition of 150 copies, original green paper wrappers
Porter, Bern. The Happy Rock. A book about Henry Miller. Packard Press, 1954, 4to, one of 3000 copies (this copy unnumbered), inscribed by Henry Miller, original paper-covered boards, lower covers slightly scuffed, some wear to extremities
Sassoon, Siegfried. Something About Myself [written and illustrated by Margaret Adams]. Stanbrook Abby Press, 1966, 8vo, white paper wrappers
Stein, Gertrude. Lucretia Borgia. Albondocani Press, 1968, 8vo, one of 26 copies printed on Japanese vellum and not intended for sale (this copy lettered V), original decorated paper cover
together with editions of works by T.S. Eliot, Ted Hughes, Syvia Plath and others (11 volumes). For a full list see www.sothebys.com.
Bax, Clifford, ed. Florence Farr, Bernard Shaw and W.B. Yeats. Dublin: Cuala Press, 1941, 8vo, number 498 of 500 copies, original linen-backed boards and glassine dust jacket, unopened
Berry, Wendell – Ben Shahn. November Twenty Six Nineteen Hundred Sixty Three. George Braziller, 1964, oblong 8vo, 13 illustrations by Shahn, original cream cloth lettered in black, in black slipcase with hand-lettered label, spine slightly faded, bookplate on front fixed endpaper, some small marks to slipcase
[Betjeman, John]. Sir John Piers. By ‘Epsilon’. Mullingar: The Westmeath Examiner, [1938?], 8vo, original green wrappers
Eliot, T.S. Four Quartets. Faber and Faber, 1952, 8vo, inscribed by the author to Hugo Manning, publisher’s cloth, original dust jacket, with a newspaper cutting and a pamphlet by E. White entitled Homage to T.S. Eliot 13 June 1965 (signed by the author) loosely inserted (2 sheets), binding browned at extremities, dust jacket worn
Graves, Robert. The Pier-Glass. Martin Secker, 1921, 8vo, first edition inscribed by the author, original paper-covered boards, occasional slight spotting and browning, binding worn
Hughes, Ted. Recklings. Turret Books, 1966, 8vo, first edition, one of 150 numbered copies signed by the author (this copy no.2), original cloth with pale-grey dust jacket
Lowell, Robert. The Voyage and other versions of poems by Baudelaire. Illustrated by Stanley Nolan. Faber and Faber, 1961, folio, one of 200 numbered copies signed by the author and artist (this copy no.175), original purple cloth, in purple cloth slipcase
Masefield, John. Some Memories of W.B. Yeats. Dublin: Cuala Press, 1940, 8vo, number 13 of 370 copies, linen-backed boards, original glassine dust jacket, unopened, some small tears in dust jacket [Errington A129(a)]
Meynell, Alice. Later Poems. John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1902, 8vo, signed by the author, original gilt-stamped cloth, bookplate of David H. Aaron, with two letters from Meynell to Aaron loosely inserted (3 pieces), upper edge of text and binding slightly worn
Plath, Sylvia. Uncollected Poems. Turret Books, 1965, 8vo, limited edition of 150 copies, original green paper wrappers
Porter, Bern. The Happy Rock. A book about Henry Miller. Packard Press, 1954, 4to, one of 3000 copies (this copy unnumbered), inscribed by Henry Miller, original paper-covered boards, lower covers slightly scuffed, some wear to extremities
Sassoon, Siegfried. Something About Myself [written and illustrated by Margaret Adams]. Stanbrook Abby Press, 1966, 8vo, white paper wrappers
Stein, Gertrude. Lucretia Borgia. Albondocani Press, 1968, 8vo, one of 26 copies printed on Japanese vellum and not intended for sale (this copy lettered V), original decorated paper cover
together with editions of works by T.S. Eliot, Ted Hughes, Syvia Plath and others (11 volumes). For a full list see www.sothebys.com.
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