Lot 1079 , Bates, H. E. - Catherine Foster. Special Author's Edition (of 50 numbered copies, signed by the author). original cloth, 1929

Bates, H. E. - Catherine Foster. Special Author's Edition (of 50 numbered copies, signed by the author). original cloth, 1929; Bates, H.E. Seven Tales and Alexander. 1st edition. Original cloth backed paper boards and d/ wrapper. The Scholartis Press, 1929; Bates, H.E. The Country Heart. 1st edition. coloured pictorial title, frontis, and text illus. (by John Minton); original cloth and d/wrapper. 1949; Bates, H.E. An Autobiography - 3 vols. 1st editions. illus. including e/ps. (by John Ward); publisher's cloth and d/wrappers. 1969 - 1972; Bates, H.E. Charlotte's Row. 1st edition. pictorial title, original cloth and d/wrapper. 1931. (8)
£120-140

Condition:
Catherine - spotting e/ps and half title, additionally inscr. to Alicia Dyer, copy no.24; Seven Tales - d/w missing pieces head spine and upper cover (all clear printing) and lt. marked, 1000 copies printed. Country Heart - missing sm. piece d/w. head spine and edges frayed/ sl. tears, e/ps with d/w. offset and spotting; Autobiography good set - Vanished World, Blossoming World, World in ripeness; Charlotte - advt. slip tipped in at penultimate text page, sm. pieces missing head spine and lwr. cover edge. Also includes The Private Library , 5th series, vol.8 (Spring 2005), original printed wrappers - pp.33-42, illus. Richard Holyroyd's H.E. Bates: A collector's perspective.

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