14th Jan, 2022 9:30 GMT/BST
Rackham (Arthur, illustrator). Undine. By De La Motte Fouqué. Adapted from the German by W. L. Courtney, London: William Heinemann, 1909. 4to, original pictorial vellum, 15 tipped-in colour plates, silk ties, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, binding marked, spine abraded, plate 5 tissue-guard creased, plate 6 (p. 24) incorrectly bound with duplicate tissue-guard for plate 9 (p. 40), browning to text-leaf adjacent to each plate,
Dulac (Edmond, illustrator). Stories from the Arabian Nights. Retold by Laurence Housman, London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1907. 4to, original decorative vellum gilt, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, 48 tipped-in colour plates (of 50: lacking frontispiece and plate 43), rear tie perished,
Du Maurier (George). Trilby. A Novel, New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1895. Large 8vo, original decorative vellum gilt, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, photogravure portrait frontispiece, plate and tailpieces by the author printed in red,
Thomson (Hugh). The School for Scandal by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, London: Hodder and Stoughton, 4to, original pictorial vellum richly gilt with additional decoration in gilt, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, 22 tipped-in colour plates (of 25: lacking the plates facing pp. facing pp. 18, 48 and 140), ties perished (qty: 4)
Rackham: first edition thus, deluxe issue, number 270 of 1000 copies signed by the artist.
Dulac: first edition thus, deluxe issue, number 6 of 350 copies signed by the artist.
Du Maurier: limited edition, number 600 of 600 copies.
Thomson: first edition thus, deluxe issue, number 67 of 350 copies signed by the artist.
Sold for £550
Estimated at £100 - £200
Auction: Townhouse: Property From the London Residence of a Lady of Title, 14th Jan, 2022
Townhouse: Property From the London Residence of a Lady of Title
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