Books and readers - Book collectors - Britain - 20C

Lot Comprises:

[John] Paul Getty, 1956-2011

H. George Fletcher, ed., The Wormsley Library : a personal selection by Sir Paul Getty [catalogue of an exhibition held at the Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, 27 January-2 May 1999], London & New York, Maggs Bros. Ltd / Pierpont Morgan Library, 1999, fol., publisher's printed wrappers

Charles William Dyson Perrins, 1864-1958

Alfred W. Pollard, Italian Book‐Illustrations and Early Printing: A Catalogue of Early Italian Books in the Library of C.W. Dyson Perrins, (London, 1914), reprint Austin, W. Thomas Taylor, 1994, fol., publisher's grey cloth

Charles William Dyson Perrins, 1864-1958

Sotheby & Co., Catalogue of the magnificent library principally of early printed and early illustrated books formed by C.W. Dyson Perrins, Esq., of Davenham, Malvern, and now sold by his order. The second portion: books printed in Spain, France, Germany and the Low Countries, London, 4-5 1946 - - … The third portion: books printed in Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Poland, including the splendid Gosford-Amherst copy of the first volume of the Gutenberg Bible, London, 10-11 March 1947, 2 vols.

Sir Robert Leighton, 1884-1959

Sotheby & Co., Catalogue of valuable and extensive library, the property of the late Sir Robert Leighton, The second portion: fine bindings, early printed books and a few manuscripts, London, 17-18 October 1960

Edward Gordon Duff, 1863-1924

Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, Catalogue of the library of the late Edward Gordon Duff, Esq., 293, Woodstock, Road, Oxford, sometime Sandars Reader in bibliography in the University of Cambridge, The first portion: the collection of early stamped bindings, London, 16 March 1925 - - The second portion: the general library comprising rare works of early English literature; incunabula; bibliography; interesting English, Scotch and Continental bindings, London, 17-19 March 1925, 2 vols.

John Walter Hely Hutchinson, 1882-1955

Sotheby & Co., Catalogue of the celebrated library of valuable printed books, fine bindings and manuscripts, the property of the late J.W. Hely-Hutchinson, Esq., Chippenham Lodge, Ely, London, 12-14 March 1956

Sir George Lindsay Holford, 1860-1926

Sotheby & Co., The Holford Library, Part I: Catalogue of the magnificent series of illuminations on vellum forming part of the collections at Dorchester House, Park Lane, the property of Lt.-Col. Sir George Holford, K.C.V.O. (deceased), London, 12 July 1927 - - Part II: Catalogue of extremely choice & valuable books principally from continental presses, and in superb morocco bindings, London, 5-9 December 1927 - - Part III: Catalogue of choice, rare & valuable books, principally in English literature or relating to the fine arts, London, 26-30 March 1928 - - Part IV: Catalogue of valuable books on natural history, horticulture and ornithology, art, archaeology and bibliography, travel; English and foreign literature, etc., London, 4-7 June 1928

Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery and Midlothian, 1847-1929

Sotheby & Co., Catalogue of the well-known and very valuable library formed at Durdans, Epsom, by the late Rt. Hon.ble. the Earl of Rosebery, KG, KT, sold by order of his daughter Lady Sybil Grant, and (in the case of heirlooms) with the consent of the court. The first and second portions, London, 26-30 June 1933

Philip Henry Kerr, 11th Marquess Lothian, 1882-1940

American Art Association, Illuminated manuscripts, incunabula and Americana from the famous libraries of the Most Hon. the Marquess of Lothian, C.H. sold by his order, removed from Blickling Hall, Norfolk, and Newbattle Abbey, Midlothian [other title:] Selections from the famous libraries of the Most Hon. the Marquess of Lothian, New York, 27-28 January 1932

Sold as a group, not subject to return.