A small collection of literature, poetry, illustrated etc, s...

Hammer

£60

A small collection of literature, poetry, illustrated etc, some signed, including John Steinbeck: 'Un Américain à New-York et à Paris', Paris, René Julliard, 1956, 1st trade edition (with no equivalent American edition), translated by Jean-Francois Rozan, 154,[6]pp, original yellow pictorial wraps; John Austen (illustrated): 'Perfection. A Translation from the Portuguese of Eça de Queiroz by Charles Marriott', London, Selwyn & Blount, 1923, limited edition, number 38 of 250 copies only, numbered and signed by John Austen, frontispiece, illustrated title page, full page illustrations, head & tailpieces and historiated initials printed in black and gold as called for, original boards, printed paper label to front cover; Aubrey Beardsley (illustrated): 'Under the Hill', Paris, The Olympia Press, 1959, limited edition (1125/3000), frontis, illustrated title, full page b/w ills, head and tailpieces etc. by Beardsley as called for, original decorative green silk gilt (some external waterstaining, mainly to rear cover); Eduardo Scala: Cuaderno de Agua', Ciutat de Mallorca, 1984, limited edition, one of 260 copies only, inscribed presentation to the Graves family on title page, orig. printed wraps; Liam Ryan & Alexandra Seddon: 'And a Bull', Candelo N.S.W. Australia, Cowsnest Pty Ltd., 1990, signed & inscribed by the author and illustrator on FFEP and dated 12.8.93, [24]pp, full page and in text screen print ills. throughout, 4to, original plain card covers, screen print pictorial dust wrapper; Naomi John: 'Roadrunner', New York, Dutton, 1980, 1st edition, signed & inscribed by the author verso of FFEP and further signed & inscribed piece of paper loosely inserted, ills. by Peter & Virginia Parnall throughout, oblong 4to, orig. quarter cloth, d/w (6)