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Preisdatenbank abonnierenSayers (Dorothy L.) Unnatural Death, first edition, small ink ownership name to front free endpaper, light foxing to first few pages and some on fore-edge straying onto margins, original yellow cloth with border and gun designs to upper cover, lightly marked, spine faded, joints and ends a little rubbed and frayed, 8vo, 1927.
White (T.H.).- Empson (William) & Jacob Bronowski, editors. Experiment, 2 vol., nos. 1 & 2, top portion of page cut from pp.39/40, original wrappers, no.1 lightly toned, light nicks to edge, 8vo, Cambridge, 1928.⁂ Early appearance of writer T.H. White in print as an 18 year old in Cambridge. After the influence of the boundary-breaking science coming from the Cambridge University laboratories, the new student-run magazine Experiment pursued the formal, boundary-pushing experimentation associated with Modernism, as well as the methodological experimentation of scientific enquiry. It was edited by a young William Empson and Jacob Bronowski, and in addition to work by T H White it includes writing by Empson, Bronowski, the documentary filmmakers Basil Wright and Humphrey Jennings, and the poet Kathleen Raine.
NO RESERVE Creasey (John) Inspector West Alone, 1950; The Toff in Town, endpapers toned, [1948]; Make-Up for the Toff, ink ownership name to endpaper, 1956; The Toff on Fire, 1957; Two for Inspector West, 1955; Parcels for Inspector West, 1956, first editions, original cloth, dust-jackets, light creasing and chipping to extremities, still excellent copies; and c.50 others by the same, 8vo (c.55)
Mitchell (Gladys) The Greenstone Griffins, dedication copy, signed by the author on title, with 2 autograph postcards signed by the author loosely inserted also to dedicatee Ruth Sheath, 1983; The Whispering Knights, signed dedication inscription to Ruth Sheath from the author on front free endpaper, with ALs from the author loosely inserted, 1980, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets, light creasing to spine ends, otherwise fine copies, 8vo (2)
Waugh (Evelyn) When the Going was Good, Tom Rosenthal's copy with his pencil inscription to endpaper, frontispiece, folding map, covers a spine darkened and a little soiled, 1946; Unconditional Surrender, pencil notes in Tom Rosenthal's hand to endpaper, dust-jacket, light sunning to spine, 1961, first editions, original cloth; and 7 others by the same, 8vo (9)⁂ Thomas Rosenthal (1935-2014), publisher and art critic.
NO RESERVE Borden (Mary) Action for Slander, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "to C. K. Broadchurch with the compliments of the author, Mary Borden" on front free endpaper, fore-edge foxed occasionally straying onto margin, original cloth, dust-jacket, light fraying to spine ends, the odd nick to edge, 8vo, 1936.
Vance (Jack) The Dying Earth, slip-case, 1994; The Eyes of the Overworld, 1977; Cugel's Saga, 1983; each one of 500 copies or fewer, signed by the author or author and illustrator, original cloth or boards, dust-jackets, some light fading to spines, otherwise fine copies, 8vo, San Francisco (3)⁂ Works of The Dying Earth series, in the fantasy genre of Vance's works.
NO RESERVE Orczy (Baroness) The Elusive Pimpernel, endpapers torn out, half-title and first few pages spotted, cloth spine faded, rubbing along joints and extremities, 1908; Eldorado, endpapers spotted, [1913]; Petticoat Government, spine faded, 1910, first editions, original cloth, light creasing and bumping to spine ends and corners; and c.25 others by the same, 8vo (c.30)
Faulkner (William) Soldier's Pay, cloth spines lightly faded, jacket rubbed with light surface soiling, extremities nicked and chipped, large tears across upper panel, spine browned, 1930; The Sound and the Fury, 8pp. adverts at end, jacket price-clipped, spine browned, light chipping to extremities, light marking to panels, 1931, first English editions, endpapers toned, original cloth, dust-jackets, 8vo (2)
Ondaatje (Michael) The English Patient, first English edition, 1992 § Banville (John) The Sea, fourth impression, light foxing to title, 2005 § Lee (Laurie) I Can't Stay Long, first edition, 1975 § Faulks (Sebastian) Charlotte Gray, first edition, 1998 § Ford (Richard) Rock Springs, first edition, 1988, all signed or with signed presentation inscription from the author on title or endpapers, original cloth, dust-jackets, some light creasing to extremities, spines faded, otherwise excellent; and 11 others, modern literature, all signed, 8vo (16)
Blyton (Enid) Five on Kirrin Island Again, first edition, colour frontispiece and illustrations by Eileen Soper, original boards, lightly scuffed at spine ends, dust-jacket, light rubbing to joints, spine and lower panel a little stained, light chips to spine tail with short vertical tear, still a very crisp and sharp copy overall, 1947 § Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge), "Lewis Carroll". Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, illustrations, gilt inscription to endpapers, original decorative cloth with paper label onlay to upper cover, Philadelphia, Henry Altemus, [c.1907]; and 2 others, children's literature, v.s. (4)
Stoker (Bram) The Jewel of Seven Stars, early edition, facsimile dust-jacket, 1912; The Jewel of Seven Stars, New York, 1904; The Lair of the White Worm, first English edition, frontispiece and 5 plates only (of 6), original cloth, lightly stained and marked, spine gilt dulled, corners bumped, 8vo, [1911], original cloth, lightly bumped at corners, light rubbing to extremities, 8vo (3)⁂ The last is a curiously rare variant binding, stamped in blind to upper cover rather than gilt, and without the publisher's advertisements at end.
Bernède (Arthur) The Haunted House, [c.1920] § Elstow (T. Francis) The Human Vampire, jacket with small portion of loss to spine head, [c.1930s] § Ryves (T. E.) Bandersnatch, first edition, title browned, 1950 § Hobson (Harold) The Devil in Woodford Wells, second impression, 1946, light spotting, original cloth, dust-jackets, nicks and chips to extremities, some light rubbing; and 6 others, weird fiction, 8vo (10)
Pratchett (Terry) & Stephen Baxter. The Long Earth, signed by Baxter, 2012 § Adams (Richards) Shardik, 1974 § Jordan (Neil) Sunrise with Sea Monster, 1994 § Lore (Pittacus) I am Number Four, first English edition, 2010, all signed by the authors, original boards, dust-jackets, light sunning to spine; and 14 others, all but one signed, 8vo (18)
Betjeman (John) Ghastly Good Taste: Or, A Depressing Story of the Rise and Fall of English Architecture, first edition, second state without reference to "Mowbry" on p.119, original printed boards, spine label stained and browned, 1933; Continual Dew, first edition, hinge cracked, original cloth, dust-jacket, rather soiled and rubbed, edges creased and nicked, 1937; A Few Late Chrysanthemums, first edition, light soiling to pastedown, original cloth, dust-jacket, creased, edges and extremities browned, 1954; and 3 others, by or edited by the same, 4to & 8vo (6)
Pullman (Philip) His Dark Materials: Northern Lights, first edition, ink ownership name to creased front free endpapers, small portion of loss to pastedown paper at outer margin, original boards, light surface wear, first issue dust-jacket with 'Point' on spine and '7-9 Pratt Street' on lower flap, light creasing to spine ends, otherwise an excellent copy, 8vo, 1995.
NO RESERVE Spillane (Mickey) Kiss me, Deadly, first edition, New York, 1952; The Deep, first English edition, 1961; I, the Jury, first English edition, 1952, all with signed photographs or notes from the author loosely inserted, light spotting or toning to endpapers, original cloth, dust-jackets, small portions of loss to spine ends, chipping and creasing to extremities, some short tears, lightly rubbed, 8vo (3)
NO RESERVE Blackwood (Algernon) The Tales of Algernon Blackwood, first edition, endpapers browned, original cloth, lightly water-stained, dust-jacket, light surface soiling and staining, small chips and tears to extremities, some tape repairs verso, [Tymn 3-38], 8vo, 1938.⁂ Scarce in dust-jacket. Marshall B Tymn, Horror Literature (1981), lists the same title with publication year 1939.
Blyton (Enid) Five Go Adventuring Again, first edition, colour frontispiece and illustrations by Eileen Soper, pictorial endpapers, ink ownership name to front free endpapers (lightly offset to upper flap), original cloth, extremities bumped, dust-jacket, creasing and chipping to extremities, light fraying to spine ends, light surface soiling to lower panel, still excellent overall, 8vo, 1943.
Fleming (Ian) Octopussy and the Living Daylights, 1966; The Man With the Golden Gun, light spotting to title and fore-edge, 1965, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets, light toning to spines, ends creased and frayed, top edge a little creased, still overall excellent copies, 8vo (2)
Hogarth Press.- White (T.H.) & Julian Bell, contributors. Cambridge Poetry 1929, Basil Wright's copy with his ownership inscription to endpapers, signed by various contributors, including Ronald Bottrall, William Empson, K. A. Mathews etc., and with inscription from J. D. Cullen, all after their respective poems, light toning to endpapers, spine repaired, 1929 § Cornford (Frances) Different Days, signed presentation inscription from the author on front free endpaper, 1928; and 2 others, all from the Hogarth Living Poets series, original boards, some light rubbing and toning to extremities, the Hogarth press, 8vo (4)⁂ The first is a good Hogarth Press association item, being one of the editor's copies, signed by 14 of its contributors. It is also the final volume with a Vanessa Bell cover design. The title also precedes Julian Bell's first book of poems Winter Movement, which was published the following year.
Woolf (Leonard) Fear and Politics, Leon Edel's copy with his ownership signature in pencil on front free endpapers, original cream wrappers designed by Vanessa Bell, [Woolmer 79], 1925 § Forster (E.M.) Anonymity: An Enquiry, variant binding with cream wrappers without drawing by Bell, possibly a proof copy, chipping to spine ends, light surface toning, splitting along joints, [Woolmer 61], 1925, first editions, 8vo, Hogarth Press (2)
Bramah (Ernest) The Transmutation of Ling, one of 500 copies, this copy with signed presentation inscription from the artist to front free endpapers, endpapers spotted, light foxing, original pictorial buckram, gilt, light rubbing to spine ends, 1911; Kai Lung's Golden Hours, one of 250 copies signed by the author, foxing, modern half calf, spine gilt, slip-case (lightly rubbed), 1924; The Wallet of Kai Lung, one of 200 copies signed by the author, endpapers browned, foxing, original cloth-backed boards, discoloured and foxed, spine ends frayed, 1923, tall 8vo & 4to (3)
James (Henry) Watch and Ward, first edition, [one of 1000 copies], upper hinge cracked, Boston, 1878; The Ambassadors, first English edition, 1903; The Golden Bowl, 40pp. publisher's adverts at rear dated February 1905, ink ownership name partially removed from endpapers, light spotting to first few pages, 1905, original cloth, lightly rubbed, spine ends frayed; and 8 others by the same, 8vo (11)
NO RESERVE Amis (Martin) The Rachel Papers, first edition, light abrasions to endpapers, glue stain to title, tip-ex marking to title verso, 1973; Success, 1978; Einstein's Monsters, signed presentation inscription from the author on endpapers, 1987; London Fields, signed by the author on title, 1989; Time's Arrow, signed by the author on half-title, 1991; The Moronic Inferno and Other Visits to America, signed by author on title, 1986, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets, the odd crease to jackets, otherwise fine copies, 8vo (6)
Lardner (Ring) The Ecstasy of Owen Muir, dust-jacket, light creasing to extremities, otherwise excellent, 1954; Treat 'Em Rough, Indianapolis, 1918; You Know Me Al, New York, 1916; How to Write Short Stories, ink ownership inscription to endpapers, dust-jacket, rather defective with portions of loss, stained, laid down to reinforcing tracing paper, 1926, each with signed bookplate by the author laid down to endpapers, original cloth; and another by the same, 8vo (5)
Le Carré (John) The Secret Pilgrim, 1991; The Tailor of Panama, 1996; The Constant Gardener, ownership name to endpapers, 1991; Absolute Friends, jacket price-clipped, 2003; A Most Wanted Man, 2008, first or first English editions, all signed, one with signed bookplate by the author, original boards, dust-jackets, light fading and occasional scuffs to extremities, otherwise excellent; and another by the same, also signed, 8vo (6)
Schulberg (Budd) What Makes Sammy Run?, later printing, signed presentation inscription from the author on title, jacket price-clipped, laid down on paper, [c.1950]; The Disenchanted, signed presentation inscription from the author on title, Sydney, 1950; The Harder They Fall, jacket price-clipped, Sydney, 1947, foxing, original boards, dust-jackets, light creasing and chipping to extremities, 8vo (3)
Counter-Culture.- London Oz Magazine, 39 vol., a good but broken run comprising nos.8-10,12-17, 19-47, colour illustrations throughout, original printed wrappers, some nearly detached or pulling at staple, some light creasing and spotting, some toning, 1968-73; with duplicate of no.13, and c.10 others, similar counter-culture magazines of the era, 4to & folio (c.50)
Greene (Graham) Reflections on Travels with My Aunt, one of 250 copies signed by the author, original wrappers, uncut, New York, 1989; Our Man in Havana, first edition, ink ownership name to endpaper, original cloth, dust-jacket, light toning and creasing to upper edge and spine ends, 1958; The Quiet American, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, light toning and creasing to upper edge and spine ends, 1955; and 3 others by the same, 8vo (6)
Le Carré (John) [The Karla Trilogy], 3 vol., comprising Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, 1974; The Honourable Schoolboy, 1977 ; Smiley's People, 1980, first editions, each with bookplates signed by the author laid down to titles, original boards, dust-jackets, light creasing and chipping to extremities, light sunning to spines, otherwise excellent overall, 8vo.
Burroughs (Edgar Rice) Jungle Tales of Tarzan, first edition, Chicago, 1919; Tarzan of the Apes, 1917; Jungle Tales of Tarzan, 1919; The Son of Tarzan, 1919; The Return of Tarzan, 1918; Tarzan and the Foreign Legion, original dust-jacket, [1947], all but the first first English editions, some light even browning, original cloth, lightly rubbed, extremities bumped, all but the last facsimile dust-jackets; and c.50 others by Burroughs, mostly from or relating to the Tarzan series, including a Burroughs bibliography, v.s. (c.55)
Christie (Agatha) 4.50 From Paddington, jacket price-clipped, small portion of loss to spine head, 1957 § Sanders (George) Stranger at Home, New York, 1946 § Conan Doyle (Adrian) and John Dickson Carr. The Exploits of Sherlock Holmes, 1954 § Hobson (Hank) Beyond Tolerance, spots to first few pages, 1960, first editions, original boards or cloth, lightly bumped at extremities, dust-jackets, light creasing and fraying to spine ends, spines lightly faded; and 23 others, crime fiction, 8vo (27)
Kaner (H.) People of the Twilight, Llandudno, 1946 § Asquith (Cynthia) What Dreams May Come, ink ownership name to half-title, 1951 § Munby (A. N. L.) The Alabaster Hand, 1949, first editions, original cloth, dust-jackets, light chipping and creasing to extremities, light toning to spines; and 5 others, weird fiction, 8vo & 4to (8)
NO RESERVE Stevenson (Robert Louis) Kidnapped, first edition, second issue with "pleasure" to p.40, folding colour map, 12pp. advertisements in earliest state dated "5G.4.86", bookplate of Bradley Martin to pastedown, 1886 [&] Catriona, first edition, light foxing, 1893, original cloth, spines lightly faded, ends bumped and frayed; and 4 others, 19th century works from the same series, illustrated by Charles Robinson, 8vo (6)
NO RESERVE Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer) Savrola, first edition, second state without date on title verso, ink ownership name to spotted endpapers, occasional foxing marks, original cloth, light fraying to extremities, otherwise excellent, 8vo, [1900].⁂ Churchill's third published work and only work of fiction. Rare in this condition.
NO RESERVE Burroughs (Edgar Rice) A Princess of Mars, 1919; The Gods of Mars, 2020; The Warlord of Mars, 1920; Thuvia, Maid of Mars, 1921; The Chessmen of Mars, original dust-jacket, creased and chipped, portions of loss to spine ends, rubbed, 1922, first English editions, light even browning, some with gift or ownership inscriptions to endpapers, original cloth, lightly soiled or rubbed, facsimile dust-jackets; and 8 others from the Mars series, 8vo (13)
Williams (Ralph Vaughan) The Poisoned Kiss or The Empress and the Necromancer. A Romantic Extravaganza by Evelyn Sharp, 2 vol., corners frayed and tender, pen or pencil annotations to inside wrappers and throughout, light finger-soiling marks, original wrappers, contents loose, spotted, ownership name to upper wrapper, 1936; together with a programme for the World Premiere of 'The Poisoned Kiss' at the Arts Theatre of Cambridge on Tuesday May 12th, 1936, signed by Waughan Williams, Cril Rootham (conductor), and Camille Prior (producer), Gwen Raverat (designer) and the cast throughout, lightly creased, 1936, 4to & 8vo (3)
NO RESERVE Doyle (Sir Arthur Conan) The Lost World, first Dutch edition, bookplate and bookseller's sticker to endpapers, light marginal toning, original cloth, spine lightly faded, still excellent overall, facsimile dust-jacket, 8vo, 1925.⁂ A rare edition of this collected Doyle title. We can trace no other example of this edition at auction or on WorldCat.
Wyndham (John) The Day of the Triffids, ex-library copy with usual stamps and markings, jacket with large portion of loss to spine, extremities and spine ends chipped, surface soiling to lower panel, 1951; The Chrysalids, jacket with creasing and chipping to extremities, 1955; The Kraken Wakes, very light rubbing to extremities, otherwise excellent, 1953; The Seeds of Time, ink ownership name to endpapers, a near-fine copy, 1956, first editions, original cloth, dust-jackets; and 5 others by the same, 8vo (10)
NO RESERVE Ball (F. N.) Metapotopia, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, short tear to lower edge, nicked along joints, light surface soiling, otherwise a sharp copy, 8vo, Ipswich, 1961.⁂ A rare science-fiction novel, set in the then-future of 2023, chronicling a very world in all aspects of life. The front flap recounts "In the year 2023, a young accountant regains consciousness in hospital...he awakens to a world which -apart from its familiar physical features - might be mistaken for another planet..."
Deighton (Len) The Ipcress File, jacket creased with light retouches along edges and spine ends, 1962; Horse Under Water, variant binding with plain endpapers, jacket browned and toned, 1963; Funeral in Berlin, 1964; Billion Dollar Brain, 1966; An Expensive Place to Die, 1967; Only When I Larf, jacket with portion torn away, 1968; Bomber, 1970, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets, light creasing and chipping to extremities, some light toning or fading; and 37 others by Deighton, 8vo (44)
NO RESERVE Woolf (Virginia) Orlando, later impression, original blue cloth, dust-jacket, spine toned, chips and creases to extremities, light marks to spine, otherwise a sharp copy, 8vo, New York, [1937].⁂ The seventh impression of 2500 copies issued as the "Harbrace edition" in 1937, rare in the dust-jacket.
Hodgson (William Hope) The House on the Borderland, second edition, 1921 § Cromie (Robert) A Plunge into Space, second edition, [1891] § Llewellyn (Alun) The Strange Invaders, first edition, 1934 § Laurie (Andre) New York to Brest in Seven Hours, 1890, some light spotting, original cloth, lightly rubbed and frayed at extremities, some light fading to spines; and 6 others, weird fiction, 8vo (10)
Vance (Jack) Big Planet, first edition in book form, signed by the author to title, New York, 1957; Light From a Lone Star, one of 200 "slipcased" copies signed by the author and illustrator, from an edition of 1000, jacket edges a little scuffed, otherwise fine, slip-case, 1985; To Live Forever, first edition, jacket with light scuffs to spine ends and joints, otherwise a fine copy, New York, 1956; The Brains of Earth, first English edition, signed by the author to title, jacket spine sunned, 1975, original boards or cloth, dust-jackets; and 9 others by or relating to Vance, excellent copies, 8vo (14)
Crompton (Richmal) Just - William, [1922]; William Again, 1923; Still William, endpapers browned, [1925]; William in Trouble, [1927]; William the Good, ink inscription to pastedown, front endpapers torn out, light spotting, [1928]; Just William's Luck, 1948, first editions, original cloth, some lightly soiled and marked, extremities bumped and frayed; and c.150 other Just William titles, including 4 bibliographic works relating to Crompton, 8vo (c.150)
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