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166 RUSKIN, John. The Stones of Venice. London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1874 Signed limited edition, one of 1,500 copies signed by the author at the end of the preface. One of the key texts of the aesthetic movements, The Stones of Venice was first published in 1851–53 and was “a revolutionary success” ( PMM ). 3 volumes, large octavo (253 × 174 mm). Near-contemporary green half calf by Zaehnsdorf, spines tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments, raised bands tooled in gilt, marbled paper sides and endpapers, top edges gilt, green silk bookmarkers in vols. I and III. With 53 tissue-guarded plates, including 5 hand- coloured, by Thomas Lupton, J. C. Armytage, R. P. Cuff and others after Ruskin, illustrations in the text. Spines uniformly browned, extremities a little rubbed, occasional spots of foxing, subtle paper repair to list of plates of vol. III, a very good set. ¶ Printing and the Mind of Man 315 (for the first edition). £2,000 [153561] 167 SALINGER, J. D. The Catcher in the Rye. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1951 First edition, handsomely bound, of the seminal novel, one of the great works of American fiction. Octavo (196 × 132 mm). Recent red morocco, spine lettered in gilt, top edge gilt. A fine copy. £3,750 [153393]
once the ceremony and reception were underway, the member of staff was quickly able to retrieve the book, which Rowling subsequently inscribed “to Linda – I misjudged him!! J K Rowling”. A few years later, at the midnight signing event at the Natural History Museum, Rowling, reminded of the previous inscriptions, inscribed Deathly Hallows “to Linda (again!) J K Rowling”. i) Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone . New York: Arthur A. Levine, 2000. Octavo. Original green morocco-style boards, lettering and illustrative devices to covers and spine in gilt, pictorial onlay to front cover, patterned endpapers, gilt edges. With acetate dust jacket. ii) Investiture at Buckingham Palace Held by The Prince of Wales on Friday, 2 March 2001. [London: Buckingham Palace], 2001. Octavo. Original printed wrappers, lettering and crest to front wrapper in gilt. iii) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows . London: Bloomsbury, 2007. Octavo. Original pictorial boards. With dust jacket. Fine copies. ¶ Errington A4(d); A14(a). £15,000 [150919] 165 RUSHDIE, Salman. Midnight’s Children. London: Jonathan Cape, 1981 First edition, UK issue taken from the American sheets. Midnight’s Children won the 1981 Booker Prize, as well as the 1993 “Booker of Bookers” celebrating the best book in the history of the prize. Octavo. Finely bound by the Chelsea Bindery in dark blue morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, raised bands,
single rule to boards gilt, twin rule to turn-ins gilt, patterned endpapers, gilt edges. A fine copy. £1,500 [152845]
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