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Lot 322
Sale 6286 - The Collected Library
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Mar 5, 2025
Lots Close
Mar 18, 2025
Timed Online / Chicago
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Lot Description
[LITERATURE]. A large group of 43 late 19th/early 20th century works, comprising:
BARRIE, James Matthew, Sir (1860-1937). When A Man's Single. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1888.
BENNETT, Arnold (1867-1931). Hilda Lessways. London: Methuen & Co., Ltd., 1911.
DE LA MARE, Walter (1873-1956). The Connoisseur and Other Stories. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1926.
DOUGLAS, Norman (1868-1952). South Wind. London: Martin Secker, 1917.
DOYLE, Arthur Conan, Sir (1859-1930). A Duet with an Occasional Chorus. London: Grant Richards, 1859.
FIRBANK, Ronald (1886-1926). Santal. London: Grant Richards, 1921.
FIRBANK, Ronald. The Flower Beneath Her Foot. New York: Brentanos, 1924.
GALSWORTHY, John (1867-1933). Castles in Spain. London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1927.
IRVING, Washington (1783-1859). Old Christmas. London: Macmillan & Co. 1876.
KILMER, Joyce (1886-1918). The Circus and Other Essays. New York: Laurence J. Gomme, 1916. SIGNED BY KILMER.
LINCOLN, Joe (1870-1944). Cape Cod Ballads. Trenton, NJ: Albert Brandt, 1902. INSCRIBED BY LINCOLN.
MANSFIELD, Katherine (1888-1923). Something Childish and Other Stories. London: Constable & Co., Ltd., 1924.
MOORE, George (1852-1933). Avowals. New York: Boni & Liveright, 1919. LIMITED EDITION, number 832 of 1,250 copies.
MOORE, George. Ulick and Soracha. New York: Boni & Liveright, 1926.
MORGAN, Charles (1894-1958). The Fountain. London: Macmillan & Co. Limited, 1932.
MUNRO, H.H. ("Saki") (1870-1916). Beasts and Super Beasts. London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1914.
MUNRO, H.H. ("Saki"). The Toys of Peace. London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1919.
MUNRO, H.H. ("Saki"). The Square Egg. London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1924.
PHELPS, Elizabeth Stuart (1844-1911). The Gates Ajar. Boston: Fields, Osgood, & Co., 1869.
PLUNKETT, Edward, Lord Dunsany (1878-1957). The Sword of Welleran. London: George Allen & Sons, 1908.
PRIESTLEY, John Boyton (1894-1984). The Good Companions. London: William Heinemann, 1929.
ROBINSON, Edwin Arlington (1869-1935). Amaranth. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1934.
STOCKTON, Frank R. (1834-1902). The Lady or the Tiger? New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1884.
VERNE, Jules (1828-1905). Adventures in the Land of the Behemoth. Boston: Henry L. Shepard & Co., 1874.
WALPOLE, Hugh (1884-1941). Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill. London: Mills & Boon, 1911.
WALPOLE. Fortitude. London: Martin Secker, 1913. INSCRIBED BY WALPOLE.
WALPOLE. The Young Enchanted. London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., 1921.
WALPOLE. The Cathedral. London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., 1922.
WALPOLE. The Old Ladies. London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., 1924.
WALPOLE. Portrait of a Man with Red Hair. London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., 1925.
WALPOLE. Rogue Herries. London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., 1930.
WALPOLE. Judith Paris. London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., 1931. LIMITED EDITION, one of 350 copies. SIGNED BY WALPOLE.
WALPOLE. Joseph Conrad. London: Nisbet & Co., Ltd., [n.d.].
WELLS, H.G. (1866-1946). Marriage. London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., 1912.
WELLS, H.G. The Research Magnificent. London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., 1915.
WELLS, H.G. Joan and Peter. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1918.
WHARTON, Edith (1862-1937). The Fruit of the Tree. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1907.
WHARTON, Edith. The Custom of the Country. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1913.
WILDE, Oscar (1854-1900). De Profundis. London: Methuen & Co., 1905.
WREN, Percival Christian (1875-1941). Beau Sabreur. New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1926.
YOUNG, Francis Brett (1884-1954). Portrait of Clare. London: William Heinemann, Ltd., 1927.
YOUNG, Francis Brett (1884-1954). My Brother Jonathan. London: William Heinemann, Ltd., 1928.
Together, 43 works in 43 volumes, mostly FIRST EDITIONS, all 8vo and in original cloth. Condition generally fine.
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