Printed books, maps and manuscripts : including presentation copies and letters from T.S. Eliot to the Faber family. [ Bonhams, auction catalogue, sale date: 20 September 2005 ]

Bonhams, London, auction catalogue for the sale held on 20th September 2005. Laminated illustrated wrappers, 4to, 27 cm,. 149 pp, colour ills. 620 lots. Notwithstanding the title, the Presentation copies and letters from T.S. Eliot to the Faber family are not dealt with here but ion a separate catalogue for lots 621-665. The sale sections comprised: General Printed Books - Lots 1 -71; Street Literature and Related Material, The Collection of the late Leslie Shepard 72-180; English Literature and History 181-240; Original Illustrations 241 - 245; Modern First Editions, Children's and Illustrated 246 - 327; Art and Architecture 328-351; Natural History 352-385; Wales a Cymraeg: Books from the Collection of the late D. Tecwyn Lloyd 386 - 440; Isle of Wight and Hampshire: The Remaining Portion of the Collection of the late Peter Crewe 441-498; Topography of the British Isles 499 - 530; Atlases and Maps of the British Isles 531 -557; General Atlases and Maps 558-571; General Travel 572 - 620; (and in a Supplementary Catalogue not included here) T.S. Eliot: Presentation Copies and Letters to the Faber family 621 -665. Numbers noted on title-page, otherwise Near Fine.