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Hand-addressed mailing envelope by D. H. Lawrence, 4.5 x 3.75, to New York publisher B. W. Huebsch: "B. W. Huebsch, Esq., 32 West 58th Street, New York City, Stati Uniti dell' America." Postmarked at Capri on January 5, 1920. Affixed to the detached endpaper of a 1916 edition of The Rainbow, published by B. W. Huebsch. The envelope is in fine condition; the book is poor, with the textblock detached from the binding.

Signed book: The Great Jowett. First edition, limited issue, numbered 81/525. London: The Bodley Head, 1981. Hardcover with acetate jacket, 5 x 8.25, 44 pages. Signed on the colophon in blue ballpoint, "Graham Greene." In fine condition, with a sunned spine and two tears to the acetate jacket.

With: a hardcover copy of Blue Thirst by Lawrence Durrell, published by Capra Press in 1975, numbered "G" of 250, signed on the colophon in black felt tip by Durrell; a first edition of Thank You, Fog by W. H. Auden, published by Faber and Faber in 1974, with price-clipped dust jacket; and a limited edition of Hide-and-Seek by Algernon Charles Swinburne, numbered 201/250, published by the Stourton Press in 1975. In very good to fine condition.

Auction Info

  • Auction Title: Fine Autographs and Artifacts
  • Dates: #574 - Ended January 08, 2020