Sale 1167
Estimate$250 – $350
Du MAURIER, George. The Martian. L et al: Harper & Brothers, 1898. 20th-century half blue crushed levant gilt, stamp-signed by Sangorski & Sutcliffe and Buttons, Inc. “First illustrated edition.” -- DE LA MARE, Walter. Come Hither a Collection of Rhymes and Poems for the Young of all Ages. L et al: Constable & Co., 1923. Contemporary blue crushed levant gilt, stamp-signed Bayntun. FIRST EDITION. -- VON DOMBROWSKI, Katharina. Land of Women the Tale of a Lost Nation. L: Putnam, 1935. Modern brown calf-backed marbled boards (some water damage). FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. -- HERNANDEZ, Jose. The Gaucho Martin Fierro. NY: Farrar & Rinehart Incorporated, 1936. Contemporary blue polished calf gilt, upper cover gilt-decorated with tree, stamp-signed Bayntun. -- MILLER, Alice Duer. The White Cliffs. NY: Coward-McCann, Inc., 1941. 20th-century tan calf. First edition, 19th impression. -- GALLICO, Paul. The Snow Goose. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1941. 20th-century tan calf gilt. First edition, 6th issue. -- SPELLMAN, Francis J. The Risen Soldier. NY: The Macmillan Company, 1944. 20th-century tan calf gilt. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. -- HABIB-AYROUT, Henry. The Fellaheen. Cairo: R. Schindler, [1945]. (Some dampstaining.) 20th-century dark green calf gilt; original printed front wrapper bound in. -- And 2 others. Together, 10 works in 10 volumes, all 8vo, most in contemporary full or half morocco or calf bindings, condition generally very good.
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