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270. SHERIDAN, Richard Brinsley. the rivals. A comedy. Printed for John Wilkie, 1775.
£750
8vo., sometime bound by riviere in full blue morocco, the boards with rich gilt borders, spine lettered in gilt and richly gilt in compartments, turn ins with gilt corner tools, top edge gilt; x,[6],100pp; half-title spotted, offset from bookplates and leather turn-ins to front-free endpaper, otherwise a very good copy in an striking riviere binding.
first edition. Although there is a catchword on p.100 implying the epilogue was to follow, the epilogue appears on pp. [xiii-iv], as published. With the monogram leather bookplate of the collector silvain s. brunschwig and latterly the heraldic bookplate of christine Alexander graham.
271. SHIP, Reuben. the investigator. A narrative in dialogue. Sidgwick and Jackson. 1956.
£48
8vo., original cloth with dust wrapper. With illustrations by ronald searle. spine of jacket a little darkened, otherwise a near fine copy.
first edition of this satire on mccarthyism which was originally broadcast as a radio play in canada.
272. SIMON, Andre L. the noble grapes and the great Wines of france. New York. McGraw Hill Book Company Inc.. [c. 1957] £298
4to., sometime finely bound by Zaehnsdorf for Asprey in full dark blue morocco, lettered in gilt on spine with gilt vine and grape bunch block on upper board, all edges gilt. With 24 colour photos. by percy hennell and 8 maps and decorations by Asgeir scott. spine sunned, otherwise a very good copy.
second printing. from the library of the film director bryan forbes with his bookplate.
273. SITWELL, EDITH. the pleasures of poetry. first and second series. Duckworth. 1930-31.
£148
8vo., 2 volumes in original cloth with dust wrappers. Wrappers slightly chipped and darkened on spines otherwise very good copies.
first editions of the first and second series of The Pleasures of Poetry, comprising Milton and the Augustan Age and The Romantic Revival. the second volumes inscribed by edith sitwell to Arthur Waley “for Arthur Waley enviously and admiringly from edith sitwell”.
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274. SMOLLETT, Tobias. AUSTEN, John (illustrator). the Adventures of peregrine pickle, in which is included memoirs of a lady of Quality. With an introduction by g.k. chesterton. Oxford: Printed for the Limited Editions Club at the University Press. 1936.
£498
imperial 8vo. 2 vols.; rebound in the 1960s in half green morocco by sangorski & sutcliffe, the leather extending the whole length of the fore- edges, gilt panelled spines, top edges gilt; 24 coloured plates and numerous black and white vignettes by John Austen; a very nice copy in a cloth-covered slipcase.
one of 1500 numbered copies, signed by John Austen. 273
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