Lot 173
  • 173

Literature, etc.

Estimate
300 - 500 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Collection of ten volumes, comprising:
  • paper
Maugham, W.S. Cakes and Ale, Heinemann, [1954], number 272 of 1000 copies signed by the author and artist, lithograph and decorations by Graham Sutherland, collector's chemise and slipcase, some wear to extremities--Priestley, J.B. The Town Major of Miraucourt, Heinemann, 1930, number 421 of 525 copies signed by the author, vellum slightly bowed--together with 8 others by W.H. Auden, A.E. Coppard, Ian Cox, T.W.H. Crosland, Carlton Lake, Walt Mason and Wilson MacDonald; mostly 8vo, original bindings, occasional spotting and browning (10)

Condition

Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate.
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