Adam's The History Sale Tuesday 24th April 2018

101 The History Sale 212 SHAW, GEORGE BERNARD, The Plays of Bernard Shaw, 12 volumes, London, 1927, full leather in cloth box € 200 - 300 213 STANLEY, HENRY M. In Darkest Africa or the Quest Rescue and Retreat of Emin, Governor of Equatoria, with 150 woodcuts illustrations and maps. 2 volumes, London, 1890, pictorial cloth € 300 - 400 214 SWIFT, JONATHAN Gulliver’sTravels into Several Remote Nations of theWorld, illustrated by Arthur Rackham, London & NewYork, 1909, limited signed large-paper issue of the first edition, one of only 750 numbered copies signed by Arthur Rackham, quarto with original white buckram titled in gilt on upper cover and on spine.T.e.g., others untrimmed, pictorially decorated endpapers with Rackham illustrations printed in gold. This being one of the 600 copies for sale in England.With 13 impressive colour plates, two black and white illustrations and several line drawings as chapter heading or tail pieces, all by Arthur Rackham € 1,500 - 2,000 215 SYNGE, J.M. The Playboy of theWesternWorld, with brush drawings by Louis le Brocquy, limited edition signed by Le Brocquy and the editor, yellow buckram with illustration in gilt by Louis le Brocquy € 250 - 350