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BOOKS AND WORKS ON PAPER
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BOOKS AND WORKS ON PAPER

Sale No. 36174

Auction dates
18 Jun 2015 13:00 BST
Viewing dates
16 Jun 2015 09:30 - 17:30 BST
17 Jun 2015 09:30 - 19:30 BST
18 Jun 2015 09:30 - 13:00 BST
Auction currency
GBP
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There are 235 lots within this auction
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Gelleroy (William) - The London Cook, or The Whole Art of Cookery Made Easy and Familiar,  first
950 GBP
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of Berwick ) The L ady’s, Housewife’s, and Cookmaid’s Assistant  of Berwick  )   The  L ady s,
900 GBP
300 - 400 GBP
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The New and Complete Universal Cook; or, Young Woman’s Best Guide  The New and Complete Universal
500 GBP
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Dalrymple (George) - The Practice of Modern Cookery; Adapted to Families of Distinction, as well
750 GBP
400 - 600 GBP
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The Complete House-keeper, and Professed Cook  The Complete House-keeper, and Professed Cook.
280 GBP
300 - 400 GBP
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Collingwood (Francis) and John Woollams. - The Universal Cook, and City and Country Housekeeper,
200 GBP
300 - 400 GBP
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A Complete System of Cookery, on a Plan Entirely New; Consisting of an...  A Complete System of
0 GBP
350 - 450 GBP
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Walker (William) - Walker's New Family Receipt Book,  title with wood-engraved vignette, original
0 GBP
300 - 400 GBP
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Jarrin (G.A.) - The Italian Confectioner; or Complete Economy of Desserts,  third edition,   the
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150 - 200 GBP
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Darwin (Charles) - The Origin of the Species by Means of Natural Selection,  sixth edition (twenty-
110 GBP
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Fish & Seafood.- Bouzy (Michel) - Les Poissons, Crustacés, Coquillages...leur préparation culinaire,
150 GBP
120 - 180 GBP
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Pomiane (Édouard de) - Cuisine Juive Ghettos Modernes,  Alan Davidson's copy ,  original printed
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200 - 300 GBP
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French.- Nignon (Eduoard) - Éloges de la Cuisine Française,  introduction by Sacha Guitry,
0 GBP
150 - 200 GBP
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Culinary and Salad Herbs, plates, some foxing, original cloth, dust-jacket  (Eleanour Sinclair)
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200 - 300 GBP
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China & Far East.- Chao (Buwei Yang) - How to Cook and Eat Chinese,  original cloth,   1945 § Yabuki
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300 - 400 GBP
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David (Elizabeth) - French Country Cooking,  first edition ,  illustrations by John Minton, original
400 GBP
250 - 350 GBP
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Americas.- Hark (Ann) & Preston A. Barba. - Pennsylvannia German Cookery,  plates, illustrations,
150 GBP
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Davidson (Alan) - Seafish of Tunisia and the Central Mediterranean,  first edition ,  second
0 GBP
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Grigson (Jane) - Charcuterie & French Pork Cookery,  illustrations, original cloth, dust-jacket,
100 GBP
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Great Britain.- Ayrton (Elisabeth) - The Cookery of England, 1974 § Jaine (Tom) Cooking in the
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Davidson (Alan), Elizabeth David and others. - Petits Propos Culinaires, numbers 1-100, plus
650 GBP
300 - 400 GBP
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India.- Sharma (P.V.) - Fruits and Vegetables in Ancient India,  original boards, dust-jacket,
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200 - 300 GBP
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Facsimiles & editions of early books.- Taillevent. - Le Viandier,  reprint of the 1892 edition
0 GBP
350 - 450 GBP
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Historia de la Gastronomia Espanola, colour plates, illustrations  (Manuel)   Historia de la
0 GBP
300 - 400 GBP
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Bibliography.- Oberlé (Gérard) - Les Fastes de Bacchus et de Comus,  plates and illustrations,
110 GBP
100 - 150 GBP
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editors . Food in Antiquity, foreword by Alan Davidson, illustrations  editors  .   Food in
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250 - 350 GBP
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A.J. Arberry & Charles Perry. Medieval Arab Cookery  A.J. Arberry  &  Charles Perry.   Medieval Arab
500 GBP
350 - 450 GBP
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The Book of Household Management, first edition in book form  ( Mrs.   Isabella)   The Book of
200 GBP
300 - 400 GBP
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Achebe (Chinua) - Things Fall Apart,  first edition,  ink ownership inscription, some light damp-
650 GBP
300 - 400 GBP
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Auden (W.H.) - The Dance of Death,  first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author
0 GBP
400 - 600 GBP
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Auden (W.H.) - The Double Man,  autograph corrections in the author's hand to 7 pp.,  endpapers
800 GBP
750 - 1,000 GBP
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Blyton (Enid) - Five Go to Smuggler's Top,  first edition,  colour frontispiece and illustrations by
450 GBP
400 - 600 GBP
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Bowles (Paul) - The Sheltering Sky,  first edition,  original cloth, spine a little spotted and
600 GBP
500 - 700 GBP
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Bowles (Paul) - The Sheltering Sky,  reprint,   1990; A Thousand Days for Mokhtar,  first edition,
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[Clemens (Samuel Langhorne)], “Mark Twain”. - The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,  first edition,  half-
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2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Deighton (Len) - The Ipcress File,  first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author,
1,000 GBP
750 - 1,000 GBP
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DeLillo (Don) - Americana,  Boston,   1971; White Noise,  New York,   1985,  first editions,
350 GBP
400 - 600 GBP
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The Sign of Four, first edition, first issue, this with misprint on p ( Sir Arthur Conan) The Sign
1,400 GBP
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
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McKay (Claude) - Spring in New Hampshire and Other Poems,  first edition, signed presentation
300 GBP
400 - 600 GBP
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Nesbit (E.) - Five of Us - and Madeline,  first edition,  illustrations by Nora S. Unwin, light
0 GBP
250 - 350 GBP
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Prynne (J.H.) - Kitchen Poems [2 copies],  one of 50 copies signed by the author,  original cloth,
400 GBP
300 - 400 GBP
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Rowling (J.K.) - Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone,  first edition,  fifth printing,   signed
850 GBP
400 - 600 GBP
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Rowling (J.K.) - Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone,  proof copy for the forty-third printing,
0 GBP
600 - 800 GBP
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Rowling (J.K.) - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire,  first edition, signed by the author     on
380 GBP
200 - 300 GBP
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[Rowling (J.K.)] "Kennilworthy Whisp". - Quiddich Through the Ages, 2001; "Newt Scamander".
700 GBP
750 - 1,000 GBP
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Rowling (J.K.) - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,  first edition, signed presentation
900 GBP
750 - 1,000 GBP
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Rowling (J.K.) - The Tales of Beedle the Bard,  Children's High Level Group edition,   signed
1,000 GBP
750 - 1,000 GBP
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Stevens (Wallace) - Harmonium,  first edition,  one of 215 copies,   ink stamp to front endpaper,
850 GBP
1,000 - 1,500 GBP
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Stevens (Wallace) - Harmonium,  first edition,  third state blue cloth, spine ends lightly rubbed
700 GBP
800 - 1,200 GBP
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De la Mare (Walter) - Desert Islands and Robinson Crusoe,  number 535 of 650 copies signed by the
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editor ) Surreal Times : The Abstract Engravings and Wartime Letters of John...  editor  )
380 GBP
400 - 600 GBP
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Buckland Wright (John) - Baigneuses, introduction by Christopher Buckland Wright,   one of 240
240 GBP
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Selborne (J.) & Lindsay Newman. - Gwen Raverat: Wood Engraver,  one of 300 copies,   1996 § Lee (
300 GBP
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Yorke (Malcolm) - The Inward Laugh: Edward Bawden and his circle,  one of 675 copies, Upper Denby,
0 GBP
300 - 400 GBP
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Gill (Eric) - Crucifix,  c.135 x 100mm.,   printed in gold on paper painted black  ,   spotted, [
650 GBP
500 - 700 GBP
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Rocket Press.- O'Connor (John) - Ariel & Miranda: Seven wood engravings...inspired by Shakespeare'
400 GBP
400 - 600 GBP
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Catalogue of Books and Manuscripts of Rupert Brooke  (John,  editor  )     Catalogue of Books and
200 GBP
300 - 500 GBP
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Silver (Kit) - Three London Cats,  number II of 5 specially-bound copies on Gampi vellum and with an
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Smith (Richard Shirley) - Messer Pietro Mio: The Engravings,   12 wood-engravings,     all
120 GBP
150 - 200 GBP
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Book of Posters (A), printed at Whittington, with an Introduction by John Randle,  number 43 of 50
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700 - 900 GBP
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