KAWABATA (Yasunari). Izu no odoriko [The Dancing Girl of Izu], 1932. SIGNED BY JAPAN'S FIRST NOBEL PRIZE WINNER FOR LITERATURE £6,800
BARON L'ESTAT Lali et Sainval drame en trois actes en… 1784. WRITTEN & PERFORMED FOR CATHERINE THE GREAT £12,500
COLLUTHUS OF LYCOPOLIS. The Rape of Helen, 1731. “THIS POEM MIGHT HAVE RECEIVED A GREAT ADVANTAGE FROM THE MASTERLY HAND OF MR. POPE” A VERSE TRANSLATION OF THE STORY OF THE ABDUCTION OF HELEN OF TROY FROM THE ORIGINAL BY COLLUTHUS – “ONE OF THE WORST POETS TO COME DOWN TO US” £2,500
WALWYN (William). Englands Lamentable Slaverie, 1645. “LIBERTIE AND PRIVILEDGE…IS, AS DUE UNTO YOU, AS THE AYRE YOU BREATH IN” £5,000