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Preisdatenbank abonnierenHeller (Joseph) Catch-22, first English edition, very light tape-marking to endpapers, original boards, second state dust-jacket with reviews to lower panel, light patches of staining to lower panel, minor chipping and light rubbing to spine tips and corners, short internal slash to upper panel, but a bright, near-fine example overall, 1962; and the 1978 signed limited Franklin Library edition of the same, 8vo (2)
Hemingway (Ernest) Fiesta, second impression, light sunning to spine, recased with repairs to spine ends, new endpapers, 1927; In Our Time, first impression, ink ownership inscription to endpaper, spine sunned, 1926, first English editions, original cloth; and 5 others, first English editions by the same, 8vo (7)
Hemingway (Ernest) A Farewell to Arms, first English edition, first issue with 'seriosu' to p.66, light browning to endpapers, original cloth, slight shelf-lean, dust-jacket, very light toning to spine, small chip to head of spine, light creasing to head, a near-fine copy, [Hanneman 35A], 8vo, 1929.
Hemingway (Ernest) Death in the Afternoon, first English edition, plates, occasional scattered foxing, Advance Copy for Review slip giving publishing date of November 14th 1932 loosely inserted, neat pencil note to front pastedown noting misprint on p.124 with corresponding neat correction on that page, original cloth, slight shelf-lean, dust-jacket, light toning to spine, a few small nicks and tears to head and foot with light creasing, some light surface soiling, an excellent copy overall, [Hanneman 36A], 8vo, 1932.
Hemingway (Ernest) Green Hills of Africa, first English edition, original cloth, sunning to spine and upper edge, a few spots to covers, dust-jacket, price-clipped, light toning to spine, minor chipping to spine tips and corners, light foxing and splash marks to lower panel, still an excellent example overall, [Hanneman A39], 8vo, 1936.⁂ Hemingway's account of big-game hunting in Africa. The English edition seemingly far rarer than the US true first.
Hemingway (Ernest) The Old Man and the Sea, a few spots to endpaper, jacket with light toning to spine, a few short nicks to head of upper panel, 1952; Across the River and Into the Trees, some scattered spotting, Travellers' Library brochure loosely inserted, jacket with light toning to spine, light rubbing and creasing to spine tips and corners, 1950, first or first English editions, original boards, dust-jackets, near-fine or excellent copies, [Hanneman 45A & 44A], 8vo (2)
Herbert (A. P.) The Secret Battle, light sunning to spine, 1919; The House by the River, browning to endpapers, light toning to spine, 1920, first editions, original cloth, excellent copies; and 9 others by the same, 8vo (11)⁂ Herbert's first two novels, the first based on his experiences during the War, was one of the earliest novels to contain a detailed description of the Battle of Gallipoli. The second, a crime thriller, was adapted into an American film noir by Fritz Lang. Both are scarce.
Heyerdahl (Thor) The Kon-Tiki Expedition, first edition, signed by the author to endpapers, plates, occasional light foxing, bookplate to pastedown, original cloth, light fading and mark to spine, dust-jacket, neat and expert repairs to corners, light rubbing to joints, but a sharp and excellent copy overall, 8vo, 1950.
Hill (Susan) The Woman in Black, first edition, signed by the author on title with autograph quotation of the first line of the novel, illustrations by John Lawrence, original boards, light sunning, slight bumping to spine tips and corners, dust-jacket, light sunning to spine, else fine, 8vo, 1983.
Hines (Barry) A Kestrel for a Knave, first edition, signed by Ken Loach on title and with bookplate signed by the author facing title, Autograph Note signed by Loach loosely inserted, original boards, slight sunning to spine, dust-jacket, light sunning to spine, light rubbing to extremities, otherwise excellent, 8vo, 1968.⁂ In the note from Loach, on the reverse of a promotional postcard for Sorry We Missed You, he states "How satisfying to see an original hardback cop of Barry's book. He was a fine writer".
*** Please note, the description to this lot has changed.***NO RESERVE Hueffer (Ford M.) The Critical Attitude, "Reader's Library edition", endpapers browned, occasional light pencil annotations, original boards, dust-jacket, spine darkened, one or two nicks to extremities, otherwise a tight copy, [Harvey A34], 8vo, 1911 [but 1915].⁂ Very scarce in this 1915 issue jacket, especially in such clean condition. Reprinted from the 1911 first edition.
NO RESERVE Hughes (Ted) Gaudete, first English edition, light foxing to edges, original cloth, dust-jacket, spine slightly sunned, light spotting to back panel, 1977 § Graves (Robert) Lars Porsena, one of 100 copies signed by the author, original cloth, slip-case, 1972 § Occasional Poets, edited by Richard Adams, first edition, proof copy belonging to contributor Neville Braybrooke, with letter signed by Richard Adams loosely inserted, slight creasing to some pages, occasional manuscript annotations, original cloth, dust-jacket; and 16 others, poetry, all first or first English editions, v.s. (19)
Hughes (Ted) Adam and the Sacred Nine, number 113 of 200 copies signed by the author, title printed in blue and black, frontispiece by Leonard Baskin, original blue calf, light sunning to spine, a little rubbed, t.e.g., others uncut, slipcase, 1978 § Hughes (Ted), Ruth Fainlight and Alan Sillitoe. Poems, number 275 of 300 copies signed by all three poets, original pictorial green calf, gilt, light rubbing to spine tips and corners, slipcase (extremities rubbed), 1971, [Sagar & Tabor A59 & A29], Rainbow Press, 8vo (2)
Huxley (Aldous) Antic Hay, 1923; Mortal Coils, 1922; Little Mexican and other stories, 1924, first editions, scattered spotting, light browning to endpapers, original cloth with paper labels to spines, dust-jackets, light toning to spines, slight fraying to head of spines, foxing, excellent or very good copies; and 8 others, Huxley, 8vo (11)
Huxley (Aldous) Essays New and Old, number 79 of 650 copies signed by the author, receipt from Hodgson & Co. dated 1929 loosely inserted, some light spotting to endpapers and edges, original buckram-backed boards, dust-jacket, slight toning to spine, light foxing to covers, dust-jackets, spine slightly browned and numbered in pencil, spine a little frayed at head, minor chipping to corners, some light surface soiling, an excellent example, t.e.g., others uncut, 4to, Florence Press, 1926.⁂ Rare in the dust-jacket.
Huxley (Aldous) Point Count Point, first trade edition, edge-spotting, Poetry Bookshop book label to front pastedown, original cloth, some light surface soiling, to head, dust-jacket, light toning to spine, short nick to head and foot of panels, some light creasing, some light spotting and surface soiling but an excellent example generally, 8vo, 1928.⁂ Scarce with the delicate jacket in good condition.
Huxley (Aldous) Brave New World, some scattered foxing, ink ownership inscription to endpaper, slight shelf-lean, light creasing and toning to spine, short split to lower joint, light bumping and rubbing to spine tips and corners, 1932; Point Counter Point, ink ownership inscription to endpaper, dust-jacket, light browning, chipping and creasing to head and foot, rubbing to extremities, 1928, first editions, original cloth, 8vo (2)
Banks (Iain M.) Inversions, jacket with very light fading to spine, 1998; Look to Windward, 2000; Surface Detail, 2010; The Hydrogen Sonata, 2012, first editions, signed or with signed presentations inscriptions by the author, original boards, dust-jackets, near-fine; and a first edition of State of the Art, 8vo (5)⁂ A good group of works from Banks' acclaimed Culture series.
Isherwood (Christopher) Lions and Shadows, signed presentation inscription from the author, "For Mary [Hebold], with the affection of her old friend Chris, Dec. 11, 1968" to endpaper, frontispiece portrait, ink ownership inscription, book-label of John Hebold to pastedown, fading to spine and covers, toning to jacket, creasing and chipping to extremities, Norfolk, CN, 1947; All the Conspirators, signed by the author on title, jacket with light toning to spine, otherwise excellent, New York, New Directions, 1958, first American editions, original cloth, dust-jackets, [Westby and Brown pp. 3 & 6], 8vo (2)⁂ Mary Hebold met Isherwood through the Vedanta Society. She was a typist to both Isherwood and Aldous Huxley.
James (Henry) The Golden Bowl, 40pp. advertisements dated February 1905 at rear, spine ends and corners bumped, rubbed, 1905 § Morrison (Arthur) Cunning Murrell, 46pp. advertisements at rear dated August 1900, spine ends and corners a little bumped, 1900 § Bullen (Frank T.) Advance Australia, light fading to spine, 1907 § [Sharp (William)], "Fiona Macleod". The Sin-Eater and other tales, ink inscription to half-title, light bumping to spine ends and corners, dust-jacket, spine browned, spine ends and corners a little chipped, 1895, first or first English editions, light foxing, some browning to endpapers, original cloth; and c.60 others, modern literature, 8vo (c.65)
James (Henry) The Complete Tales, 12 vol., vol.1, 2 & 4 early impressions, others first edition, first impressions, vol.9 & 10 ex-library copies with internal markings, some with very light pen annotations to contents page, original cloth, dust-jackets, some with light toning, overall a bright and crisp set, 1962-71; The Bodley Head Henry James, 11 vol., mixed but early editions, original boards, dust-jackets, light toning and fraying to spine ends, 8vo, 1972-1980.
James (P.D.) The Black Tower, 1975; Original Sin, 1994; A Certain Justice, 1997; Death in Holy Orders, 2001, first editions, signed or with signed presentation inscription from the author to titles, original boards, spine ends a little bumped, dust-jackets, light fraying or rubbing to extremities, still overall sharp copies; and 13 others, first editions by James, some signed, 8vo (17)
Joyce (James) Dubliners, second edition, some light scattered spotting, light toning and pencil ownership inscription to endpapers, original cloth, light toning to spine and head of upper cover, spine a little chipped at head, light wear to corners and foot of spine, 8vo, Egoist Press, 1922.
Joyce (James) Ulysses, eighth printing, light marginal toning to text, later cloth-backed boards with covers replicating wrappers, original upper and lower wrappers bound in (upper wrapper with some surface wear to title, and a few nicks to fore-edge), Paris, Shakespeare and Company, 1926; Chamber Music, second edition, ink ownership inscription of Betty Kathleen Pyke to half-title, original wrappers, ink inscription to upper wrapper, loss to spine ends, some light staining to covers, 1918; A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, third edition, spotting, ink ownership inscription of Earnshaw Greenwood to front pastedown, original cloth, light toning to spine, spine ends and corners a little bumped, faint ring-mark to upper cover, 1921; and 12 others, Joyce, v.s. (15)
Keneally (Thomas) Bring Larks and Heroes, first American edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "To Paddie Downie, a neglected but treasured friend" to title, light foxing, original cloth-backed boards, slight bumping to spine tips and corners, dust-jacket, minor chipping to spine tips and corners, light creasing to head and foot, otherwise excellent, 8vo, New York, 1967.⁂ An excellent association copy inscribed to a childhood friend of Keneally's. Downie was amongst Keneally's closest friends at Christian Brother St Patrick's College, Strathfield. Downie was blind from birth used to be read to by Keneally.
King (Stephen) The Green Mile, 6 vol., first Australian edition, vol. 4 & 5 signed by the author, illustrations, some marginal toning to text, original wrappers, vol. 2 with creasing to upper cover, vol. 4 with light edge-staining and with short tear and creasing to lower cover, else fine, 8vo, Ringwood, VIC, 1996.⁂ King's prison drama, first published in the US in monthly installments, as here. Subject of an acclaimed film adaptation. Rare signed.
Kipling (Rudyard) The Jungle Book, reprint, 1894; The Second Jungle Book, first edition, 1895, illustrations, ink ownership name to front free endpaper, light browning, original pictorial cloth, gilt, a little soiled and discoloured, extremities rubbed, 8vo (2)⁂ The Jungle Book is the second reprint, coming out in the following months after its first run in May.
NO RESERVE Kops (Bernard) Awake for Mourning, first edition, light browning to endpapers, original boards, slight shelf-lean, dust-jacket, short tear to head of upper fore-edge, light rubbing to extremities and creasing to head, an excellent copy, 8vo, 1958.⁂ Kops' first book, rare, much of the setting reminiscent of the kitchen sink dramas for which Kop would become known.
Bawden (Edward).- Herring (Robert) Adam and Evelyn at Kew or Revolt in the Gardens, limited edition, plates, illustrations and pictorial endpapers by Edward Bawden, original cloth-backed boards, dust-jacket, light browning to spine and lower panel, tear with creasing to head of lower panel, light creasing to head, Elkin Mathews & Marrot, 1930; and a copy of the Legion Book in a dust-jacket, 8vo & 4to (2)⁂ An excellent copy of this charming and attractive work in the scarce dust-jacket.
Laver (James) Macrocosmos, one of 775 copies signed by the author, browning to half-title, original pictorial boards, glacine dust-jacket (split to spine), slipcase, 1929 § Chesterton (G. K.) The Sword of Wood, one of 530 copies signed by the author, browning to endpapers, original boards, dust-jacket, light toning to spine, 1928 § Douglas (Norman) How About Europe?, one of 550 copies signed by the author, original pictorial boards, dust-jacket, light fading to spine, Privately Printed, 1929; and 8 others, limited editions, 4to & 8vo (11)
Lawrence (D.H.) The White Peacock, first English edition, first issue, with pp. 227-230 tipped in, endpapers browned, light foxing to first few pages, first state cloth with publisher's device to lower cover, some minor surface wear to lower cover, 8vo, 1911; Sons and Lovers, 1913; The Prussian Officer, endpapers browned, 1914, first editions, original cloth, spine lightly sunned, ends and corners lightly rubbed, 8vo (3)
Lawrence (T.E.) Revolt in the Desert, first trade edition, portrait frontispiece, plates, map, order form for Doughty's Travels in Arabia Deserta at rear, 2 other order forms loosely inserted, some edge-spotting, light browning to endpapers, original buckram, uncut and unopened, dust-jacket, light toning to spine, light rubbing to tip of spine and upper corners, a near-fine copy, 1927; and 3 others, Lawrence, 4to & 8vo (4)
Lawrence (D.H.) Pansies, number 172 of 500 copies signed by the author, portrait frontispiece, original stiff wrappers, glacine dust-jacket (browned, minor chipping to spine ends), slipcase (spotted), 1929; Lady Chatterley's Lover, second authorised edition, some light foxing and marginal toning, contemporary cloth, original wrappers and spine (with loss to spine ends) bound in at rear, Privately Printed, 1929; and 2 others by the same, 8vo (4)
Bawden (Nina) Carrie's War, signed presentation inscription from the author to Jill Paton Walsh to endpaper, jacket a little creased at head, some very light toning or marking to spine and panels but near-fine generally, 1973; The Peppermint Pig, jacket spine a little sunned, light toning to front panel, 1975; Circles of Deceit, jacket spine slightly faded, light creasing to head, 1987, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets, near-fine generally; and 5 others by the same, 4 inscribed to Jill Paton Walsh and/or John Rowe Townsend, 8vo (8)⁂ An excellent group, including two of Bawden's most celebrated children's stories (both scarce) and her Booker-shortlisted Circles of Deceit.
Le Carré (John) The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, first edition, original variant brown boards, slight bumping to head and foot, dust-jacket, light fading to spine, minor chipping to spine tips and corners, light finger-soiling to lower panel, light rubbing to extremities, an excellent example, 8vo, 1963.⁂ Rare in the variant brown boards, likely a trial binding.
Le Carré (John) The Looking-Glass War, first edition, double-signed by the author "John Le Carré aka David Cornwell" on title, original boards, dust-jacket, light sunning to spine, light rubbing to head and foot, but a near-fine example otherwise, slipcase with author's name lettered in black on spine, 8vo, 1965.⁂ The author's fourth novel, difficult to find double-signed and in such condition.
Le Carré (John) [The Karla Trilogy], 3 vol., comprising Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, jacket spine sunned, 1974; The Honourable Schoolboy, a few short nicks to head and foot with tape repairs to verso, 1977; Smiley's People, 1980, first editions, cut signature of the author to titles, original boards, dust-jackets, light rubbing to spine tips and corners, otherwise excellent, 8vo.
Le Carré (John) Smiley's People, uncorrected proof copy, original wrappers, a little spotted, light creasing to spine, proof dust-jacket, minor chipping to spine tips and corners, light creasing to head and foot, 8vo, [1979].⁂ The scarce proof dust-jacket, differing from that on the first edition in several respects being slightly shorter, different formatting and colouring to flaps and a different author photo to lower panel.
Beauclerk (Helen) The Love of the Foolish Angel, illustrations by Edmund Dulac, jacket with light spotting, 1929 § Winter (J. Keith) Other Man's Saucer, jacket with short tear to head of upper joint, some light surface soiling, publisher's wraparound band (light toning to spine), 1930 § Stephens (James) Etched in Moonlight, jacket with light toning to spine, a few small nicks to head, 1928 § Morgan (Charles) Portrait in a Mirror, jacket spine browned, 1929, first editions, some light foxing, original cloth, dust-jackets, excellent or near-fine; and c. 45 others, mostly 1920s-30s in dust-jackets in excellent condition, 8vo (c.50)
Le Guin (Ursula K.) Orsina Tales, jacket with minor chipping to spine tips and corners, rubbing to extremities, New York, [1976]; Dancing at the Edge of the World, 1989; Buffalo Gals and Other Animal Prescences, jacket with short tear with creasing to head of upper panel, Sant Barbara, CA, 1987; Unlocking the Air and Other Stories, 1996; The Telling, 2000, first or first English editions, signed presentation inscription from the author to John Rowe Townsend and/ or Jill Paton Walsh, original boards, dust-jackets, some light creasing to head and foot; and 12 others by the same, most inscribed, v.s. (17)⁂ An excellent group of works inscribed to Le Guin's fellow authors John Rowe Townsend and Jill Paton Walsh. Le Guin would include works by Paton Walsh in science fiction anthologies she edited.
NO RESERVE Leavitt (David) While England Sleeps, first edition, 1993 § Adams (Douglas) The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul, 1988 § Lessing (Doris) The Good Terrorist, 1985 § Spark (Muriel) Loitering With Intent, 1981, first editions, original boards or cloth, dust-jackets, light creasing to spine head, otherwise near-fine copies; and 11 others, modern literature, 8vo (15)
[Lee (Laurie)] Land at War: The Official Story of British Farming 1939-1944, first edition, signed by the author on title, illustrations, original wrappers, lower wrapper detached, upper wrapper a little loose in staple, very light rubbing to spine ends and joints but overall still sharp, 4to, 1945.⁂ A very rare signed copy of Lee's second book, published anonymously - for which he denied having anything to do with.
Beckett (Samuel) Echo's Bones, first edition, one of 327 copies, very light occasional soiling or damp-staining marks, original wrappers, lightly soiled and toned, 4to, 1935.⁂ Echo's Bones' was intended by Samuel Beckett to form the 'recessional' or end-piece of his early collection of interrelated stories, More Pricks Than Kicks, published in 1934. The story was written at the request of the publisher, but was held back from inclusion in the published volume.
NO RESERVE Lee (Laurie) Cider With Rosie, 1959; As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning, jacket price-clipped, 1969; A Moment of War, 1991, first editions, original boards, spine ends bumped, dust-jackets, very light chipping to spine ends or along joints, but overall sharp and pristine copies, 8vo (3)⁂ A sharp set of Laurie Lee's autobiographical trilogy, his most significant literary contribution.
Lee (Harper) To Kill a Mockingbird, first English edition, board spine ends bumped, jacket rubbed and creased to extremities, corners chipped with small tape repairs, light foxing to spine and lower panel, spine ends reinforced with tape, but still a bright example overall, 8vo, 1960; Go Set a Watchman, first edition, a fine copy, 2015, original boards, dust-jackets, 8vo (2)
NO RESERVE Lemarchand (Jacques) Genevieve, ink ownership name to endpapers, 1943 § Thompson (Laurence) A Time to Laugh, ink ownership name to endpapers, lightly browned, 1953 § Turner (W. J.) Blow For Balloons, 1935 § Huxley (Elspeth) The Walled City, 1948, light browning to endpapers, original cloth, dust-jackets by Bawden, some lightly creased or frayed at extremities but overall bright examples; and 6 others, all with jacket designs by Bawden, 8vo (10)
NO RESERVE Lewis (Wyndham, editor) The Enemy, no. 1 only (of 3), illustrations by Lewis, original wrappers, spotting and a little browned, fraying to extremities, January, 1927 § Cunard (Nancy), Carel Kapek, Liam O'Flaherty and others. The New Coterie, nos. 1-6 (all published), plates by Nina Hamnet, Eric Kennington, Stanley Spencer and others, original pictorial wrappers, light toning to spines, 1925-27; and 10 others, periodicals, folio & 4to (17)
Lewis (C.S.) Prince Caspian. The Return to Narnia, third impression, 1960; The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, fourth impression, 1962; The Silver Chair, fourth impression, 1961; The Horse and His Boy, fourth impression, 1961; The Magician's Nephew, third impression, 1960; The Last Battle, third impression, 1961, first editions, illustrations by Pauline Baynes, neat ownership inscriptions to endpapers, original boards, some slight shelf-lean, dust-jackets, some light sunning to toning to spines, light rubbing to head and foot, but near-fine examples generally, 8vo (6)
Aldington (Richard) Death of a Hero, first English edition, some scattered edge-spotting, light browning to endpapers, original cloth, dust-jacket, light toning to spine, short nick to head of upper panel, else fine, 1929; Two Stories, limited edition signed by the author, browning to endpapers, original cloth-backed boards, spine slightly browned with small chip to head, 1930; and 7 others by the same, 8vo (9)
NO RESERVE Lowry (Malcolm) Under the Volcano, first edition, light toning to endpapers, original cloth, lightly faded and bumped at spine ends, dust-jacket, extremities and corners chipped with small portion of loss to spine ends, one or two marks to lower panel, splitting along lower joint with small tape repairs verso, edges nicked and frayed, 8vo, 1947.
Machen (Arthur, translator).- [De Verville (Berolde)] Fantastic Tales or the Way to Attain- A Book Full of Pantagruelism, translated by Arthur Machen, one of 50 large-paper copy signed by the translator, signed presentation inscription from Machen to front free endpaper, frontispiece, plates, light browning to endpapers, original parchment-backed boards, corners a little worn, light soiling, Carbonnek [London], Privately Printed, 1890 § Marguerite de Valois (Queen of Navarre) The Heptameron, or Tales and Novels, extra-illustrated with portrait and 8 etched plates, crushed red half morocco by Henry Young & Sons, spine gilt in compartments, t.e.g., Privately Printed, 1886; and 4 others translated by Machen, 8vo (6)
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