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English literature, history, children's & illustrated books & drawings: including a previously unknown autograph manuscript of the Eumaeus episode in James Joyce's 'Ulysses' ; and : the original signed contracts for Bram Stoker's Dracula ; an important series of autograph letters signed by the African explorer Mungo Park to his wife, including his last letter ; a series of editions of Samuel Beckett inscribed to Henri and Josette Hayden ; a comprehensive collection of volumes published by the Limited Editions Club ; a variant proof copy of the first 'James Bond' novel by Ian Fleming ; early works by Virginia Woolf published by the Hogarth Press ; important annotated and inscribed copies of first editions by Vladimir Nabokov ; a fine collection of private press and illustrated books from the library of Walter Kupfer ; Gregynog Press books from the library of Daisy Davies, co-founder of the press ; a fine group of presentation copies signed by Lewis Carroll ; other children's books by Jessie M. King, Beatrix Potter, J.K. Rowling and R.L. Stevenson ; important watercolours and drawings by Kay Nielsen, Beatrix Potter, E.H. Shepard and Thomas Taylor ; books from the library of the British artist Joe Tilson ; Marcel Vertès' own copy of Ramon Gomez de la Serna's La Cirque, extensively extra-illustrated ; a collection of books on Sir Henry Irving, including books from his library ; important letters and other manuscript material relating to Charlotte Brontë, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, S.T. Coleridge, John Betjeman, Graham Greene, Margaret Mitchell, J.R.R. Tolkien, Sir Winston Churchill, Lady Hamilton, J.M. Keynes and Captain R.F. Scott
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English literature, history, children's & illustrated books & drawings : including a previously unknown autograph manuscript of the Eumaeus episode in James Joyce's 'Ulysses' ; and : the original signed contracts for Bram Stoker's Dracula ; an important series of autograph letters signed by the African explorer Mungo Park to his wife, including his last letter ; a series of editions of Samuel Beckett inscribed to Henri and Josette Hayden ; a comprehensive collection of volumes published by the Limited Editions Club ; a variant proof copy of the first 'James Bond' novel by Ian Fleming ; early works by Virginia Woolf published by the Hogarth Press ; important annotated and inscribed copies of first editions by Vladimir Nabokov ; a fine collection of private press and illustrated books from the library of Walter Kupfer ; Gregynog Press books from the library of Daisy Davies, co-founder of the press ; a fine group of presentation copies signed by Lewis Carroll ; other children's books by Jessie M. King, Beatrix Potter, J.K. Rowling and R.L. Stevenson ; important watercolours and drawings by Kay Nielsen, Beatrix Potter, E.H. Shepard and Thomas Taylor ; books from the library of the British artist Joe Tilson ; Marcel Vertès' own copy of Ramon Gomez de la Serna's La Cirque, extensively extra-illustrated ; a collection of books on Sir Henry Irving, including books from his library ; important letters and other manuscript material relating to Charlotte Brontë, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, S.T. Coleridge, John Betjeman, Graham Greene, Margaret Mitchell, J.R.R. Tolkien, Sir Winston Churchill, Lady Hamilton, J.M. Keynes and Captain R.F. Scott
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London : Sotheby's, 2001
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283 pages ; illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 28 cm.
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10/07/2001
Lot 197 has a separate volume: The lost 'Eumaeus' notebook : James Joyce, autograph manuscript of the 'Eumaeus' episode of 'Ulysses'.
Date & place of sale
Tuesday 10 July 2001, London
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