NO RESERVE Leon (Donna) Death at La Fenice, very faint stamp and price inscription to pastedown, 1992; The Anonymous Venetian, 1994; A Venetian Reckoning, 1995; Acqua Alta, 1996, first editions, signed by the author to title, original boards, spine ends lightly bumped, dust-jackets, light creases to spine ends but overall fine copies; and 26 others by Leon, first editions, most signed, 8vo (31)
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Levi (Primo) Moments of Reprieve, translated by Ruth Feldman, 1986; The Mirror Maker, 1990; Other People's Trades, 1989; The Sixth Day, 1990, first English editions, all but the first translated by Raymond Rosenthal, original boards, dust-jackets, light creasing to spine heads, otherwise near-fine copies; and another first English edition of Levi, 8vo (5)⁂ Rare group of Levi's first English editions.
Litten (Irmgard) A Mother Fights Hitler, light browning to endpapers, light toning to jacket, 1940 § Kohler (Pauline) I Was Hitler's Maid, portrait frontispiece, jacket with light toning to spine, some chipping and fraying to head and foot, [1940], first or first English editions, original boards, dust-jackets; and 3 others, similar, 8vo (5)⁂ A good group of works both fiction and non-fiction relating to the Second World War and Germany during the 1930s and 40s. The first was published in the US as Beyond Tears, the second was a fabricated account of Hitler's private life produced by the British Ministry of Information.
Maby (Joseph Cecil) By Stygian Water, first edition, initialed presentation inscription from the author to F. D. Ommanney dated Oxford, 1934 to endpaper, light scattered foxing, original blue cloth, lettered in yellow, spine a little rubbed and faded, dust-jacket priced at 5/-, light toning and 2 splash marks to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, short tears to head of joints, a few short nicks and light creasing to head and foot, old tape repairs to verso, light rubbing, a very good, bright copy, 8vo, 1933.⁂ A rare collection of supernatural stories by Maby who was also a noted author on dowsing and paranormal research. We can trace no other presentation copies or copies in the striking dust-jacket. Francis Downes Ommanney (1903-80), writer and biologist who took part in a number of research expeditions to Antarctica.
MacKinnon (Andrew) The Monty Trio Investigate, signed presentation inscription from the author to front free endpaper, , 1947 § Bell (Josephine) Death in Clairvoyance, 1949 § Corbett (James) Gallows Wait, 1947 § Porcelain (Sydney A.) The Purple Pony Murders, 1948, first editions, illustrations, original cloth, dust-jackets, light chipping and creasing to extremities and spine ends, some creasing to panels; and 7 others, detective fiction, 8vo (11)
Mann (Thomas) Buddenbrooks, 2 vol., vol.1 cloth a little rodent-damaged, 1924; The Magic Mountain, 2 vol., 1927; Confessions of Felix Krull, Confidence Man, 1954; The Black Swan, 1954, first English editions, original cloth, light fading, last two with dust-jackets, rather creased and frayed, first worn and torn; and 3 others by Mann, including a 2 vol. first American edition of Joseph in Egypt in the original slip-case, 8vo (9)
Manning (Olivia) [The Balkan trilogy], 3 vol., comprising The Great Fortune, 21'- price sticker to jacket front flap, rubbing and minor chipping to spine tips and corners, light creasing to head, 1960; The Spoilt City, light damp-staining to a few corners, tide-mark to spine and head of upper cover, jacket price-clipped, spine ends and corners a little chipped, some creasing and fraying to head of upper panel, extremities rubbed, 1962; Friends and Heroes, signed presentation inscription from the author to Francis King on endpaper, additionally signed by the author on title, light toning to jacket, the odd nick and light creasing to head, 1965, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets; and an uncorrected proof of The Great Fortune, 8vo (4)⁂ Manning's acclaimed Balkan trilogy, comprising the first half of her Fortunes of War series, increasingly difficult to find the complete series, especially inscribed copies. Francis King (1923-2011) novelist, short story writer and literary and theatre critic.
Mantel (Hilary) [The Thomas Cromwell trilogy], 3 vol., comprising Wolf Hall, cut signature of the author on title, jacket with slight creasing to spine tips and corners, 2009; Bring Up the Bodies, signed by the author on title, sticker and a few dents to upper panel, light creasing to spine tips and corners, 2012; The Mirror and the Light, signed by the author on limitation f. at front, jacket with sticker to upper panel, light creasing to foot of spine, 2020, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets, near-fine generally, 8vo.⁂ Mantel's celebrated series, charting the rise and fall of Thomas Cromwell, the first two in the series won the Booker Prize in their respective years.
Blyton (Enid) The Land of Far-Beyond, first edition, illustrations by Horace Knowles, ink gift inscription to endpaper, original pictorial cloth, fine, dust-jacket, light sunning to spine, patch of light toning to upper panel, minor chipping to head of spine, short closed tear to head of upper panel, an excellent example, 8vo, 1942.
Mantel (Hilary) [The Thomas Cromwell trilogy], 3 vol., comprising Wolf Hall, signed by the author with quote "'Once, in the days of time immemorial...' Hilary Mantel, 10 vi 09" on title, jacket with very slight sunning to spine, 2009; Bring Up the Bodies, signed by the author on title, 2012; The Mirror and the Light, 2020, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets, fine copies, 8vo.⁂ Mantel's celebrated series, charting the rise and fall of Thomas Cromwell, the first two in the series won the Booker Prize in their respective years.
NO RESERVE Mantel (Hilary) The Mirror and the Light, jacket slightly loose and lightly creased, 2020 § Walters (Minette) The Echo, fine copy, 1997 § Le Carré (John) Smiley's People, endpapers lightly spotted, jacket creased and extremities rubbed, spine faded, 1980, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets; and c.200 others, modern literature, 8vo (c.205)
NO RESERVE Marquez (Gabriel Garcia) One Hundred Years of Solitude, first English edition, ink ownership name to lightly browned endpapers, original boards, spine ends lightly bumped and discoloured, dust-jacket, price-clipped, light rubbing and short tears to edges, some neatly repaired with glue, tear to lower panel repaired with glue, 8vo, 1970.
NO RESERVE Masters (John) Bhowani Junction, endpapers a little browned, 1954; Bugles and a Tiger, some light browning and spotting to endpapers and few few pp., 1956; The Road Past Mandalay, 1961; Pilgrim Son, jacket lightly toned and yellowed, 1971, first editions, original boards, spine ends bumped, dust-jackets, very light creases or small closed nicks to extremities, but very sharp copies overall; and 17 others by Masters, 8vo (21)
Amis (Kingsley) That Uncertain Feeling, 1955; I Like it Here, 1958; Take a Girl Like You, light foxing to endpapers, margins and fore-edges, 1960; New Maps of Hell, 1961, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets, very small nicks to corners and spine ends, one or two light instances of soiling or spotting but overall very clean and crisp copies; and 26 others by Amis, 8vo (30)
Blyton (Enid) Five Go to Mystery Moor, light browning to endpapers, jacket with short split to foot of upper joint, 1954; Five Go on a Hike Together, 1951; The Secret Seven, ink ownership inscription and light browning to endpapers, jacket price-clipped, 1949; Five Go to Demon's Rocks, 1961, first editions, illustrations, original cloth, dust-jackets, minor chipping to spine tips and corners, the odd short nick with light creasing to head and foot, but excellent or near-fine generally, 8vo (4)
McEwan (Ian) Atonement, 2001; Solar, 2010; For You, 2008; The Children Act, 2014; Nut Shell, 2016; first editions, signed by the author to title, original boards, light bumping to spine ends, dust-jackets, one or two light creases to jacket spine ends, otherwise fine copies; and 14 others by McEwan, first editions, one or two others signed, some duplicates, 8vo (18)
Middleton (Stanley) Holiday, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author on title, original boards, slight bumping to spine tips and corners, dust-jacket, very light sunning to spine, short nick to foot of spine, minor chipping to corner tips, light toning and faitn finger-soiling to lower panel, 8vo, 1974.⁂The Booker Prize-winner for 1974 and one of the most difficult Booker titles to find in good condition.
NO RESERVE Miller (Arthur) Homely Girl, first edition, signed by the author, light toning to cover, New York, 1995 § Camus (Albert) Notebooks. 1935 [- 1951], 2 vol., early reprints, dust-jackets, vol. 1 torn and repaired with some chipping and loss to extremities, light browning to spines, New York, 1966-69, original boards; and 4 others, modern literature, 8vo (7)
Milne (A. A.) Now We Are Six, first edition, illustrations by Ernest H. Shepard, half-title browned, fore-edge lightly spotted, original pictorial cloth, gilt, spine darkened and ends bumped but excellent overall, dust-jacket, spine faded, light rubbing to joints, nicks and tears to edges, spine ends chipped, 8vo, 1927.
Milne (A. A.) House at Pooh Corner, first edition, pictorial endpapers browned, contemporary ink ownership inscription to half-title, light spotting to half-title, original pictorial cloth, gilt, spine faded, spine ends bumped, 1928; Now We Are Six, hinge cracked, lower hinge broken, half-title and last page browned, original pictorial cloth, extremities lightly rubbed and bumped, spine ends frayed, 1927, 8vo (2)
Moore (Marianne) Selected Poems, first English edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to David Posner " 'don't like to inscribed' a book Mr. Posner? It is just that I don't like to reread it - and there may be misprints. I do like to reread lines so resolute as those of yours printed in the New York Times the past months" dated May 4, 1958 to endpaper, printed receipt from Elkin Mathews for David Posner for the present volume dated 1949, original cloth, light bumping to spine tips and corners, dust-jacket, light toning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, light creasing to head, light surface soiling, 8vo, 1935.
Murdoch (Iris) The Sea, the Sea, publisher's review slip loosely inserted, jacket with very slight fading to spine, 1978 § Amis (Kingsley) The Old Devils, signed by the author on title, jacket with very slight fading to spine, light creasing to spine tips and corners, 1986 § Doyle (Roddy) Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha, signed by the author and dated 16/6/'93 on title, jacket with light creasing to spine ends, 1993 § Barnes (Julian) The Sense of an Ending, signed by the author on title, 2011, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets, near-fine; and 16 others, Booker Prize winners, 8vo (20)⁂ An excellent group of Booker Prize-winners, many signed.
Murdoch (Iris) The Sea, The Sea, jacket price-clipped, otherwise a fine copy,1978; An Unofficial Rose, light browning to jacket, 1962; The Italian Girl, 1964; A Fairly Honorable Defeat, 1970, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets, all but the first with light creasing and fraying to spine heads; and 2 others by Murdoch, 8vo (6)
Murdoch (Iris) The Good Apprentice, signed presentation inscription from the author on title, light marginal toning to text, 1985 § Banville (David) The Book of Evidence, text with light marginal toning, book label of Victoria Glendinning to front pastedown, 1989 § Malouf (David) Remembering Babylon, signed by the author on title, 1993 § Bainbridge (Beryl) Master George, signed by the author on title, 1998, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets, near-fine copies; and c.55 others, Booker short list, 8vo (c.60)⁂ An excellent group of Booker short listed titles, including a number signed. Victoria Glendinning was the chair of Booker judges for the 1992 award.
Ojike (Mbonu) My Africa, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to front free endpaper, light browning to endpapers, original cloth, light bumping to spine tips and corners, dust-jacket, light sunning to spine, light foxing and soiling to panels, chipping and creasing to head, 8vo, New York, 1946.⁂ Mbonu Ojike's most famous work, rare signed. Ojike (1914-56) was a prominent Nigerian nationalist and writer who spent eight years in the US lecturing and raising awareness of African perspectives. This work was a culmination of his thinking from that period and was published just prior his return to Nigeria.
Orwell (George) The Collected Essays, Journalism and Letters of George Orwell, 4 vol., first edition, edited by Sonia Orwell and Ian Angus, vol.1 with contemporary ink ownership inscription to endpapers, others with light soiling mark, original cloth, spine ends lightly bumped, dust-jackets, spines lightly faded but overall excellent, 1968; and a first edition of Shooting an Elephant by Orwell, 8vo (5)
Pasternak (Boris) Doctor Zhivago, translated by Max Hayward and Manya Harari, first English edition, very light browning to endpapers, original cloth, dust-jacket, very slight toning to spine, short tear to head of upper joint, rubbing to spine tips and corners, small patch of browning to front panel, an excellent example overall, 8vo, 1958.
NO RESERVE Peters (Ellis) Monk's-hood, 1980; The Leper of Saint Giles, bookplate to front free endpaper, 1981; The Virgin in the Ice, abrasion mark to pastedown, 1982; The Sanctuary Sparrow 1983, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets, some light fading to spines, otherwise excellent copies; and 15 others by Peters, 8vo (19)
Powell (Anthony) [A Dance to the Music of Time], 12 vol., first editions, original cloth, one or two with light soiling marks, dust-jackets, A Question of Upbringing jacket price-clipped, A Buyer's market jacket third impression with upper flap fore-shortened with "cheaper edition" to foot, The Acceptance World with paper repairs to upper flap, all with some chips and creases to head and tail, some light toning or fading but largely crisp and excellent copies, 8vo, 1951-75.
Raven (Simon) [Alms for Oblivion series], 10 vol. comprising The Rich Pay Late, 1964; Friends in Low Places, 1965; The Sabre Squadron, 1966, Fielding Gray, jacket price-clipped and lightly rubbed, worse to joints, 1967, first editions, original boards, light bumping to spine ends, dust-jackets, light creasing and fraying to extremities, otherwise very attractive and crisp copies; and 6 others in the series, first editions, 8vo.
Rowling (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, second printing paperback edition, usual light marginal toning, original pictorial wrappers, very slight fading to spine, small band of light sunning to head of upper cover, creasing to upper corner of front cover, rubbing to spine tips and corners, but an excellent example overall, 8vo, 1997.
Rowling (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, first edition, first impression, second state with corrected text on p. 7 and "J. K. Rowling" to copyright p. but without advertisement at rear, original pictorial boards, fine, dust-jacket, light creasing to head and foot, near-fine otherwise, 8vo, 1999.
Rubens (Bernice) The Elected Member, first edition, edge spotting, light foxing to endpapers, original boards, dust-jacket, spine a little sunned, some tape-strengthening to verso of head and foot of spine, small patch of light browning to rear panel, but an excellent example overall, 8vo, 1969.⁂ A bright copy of the second ever book to win the Booker Prize. Scarce.
NO RESERVE Bragg (Melvyn) The Maid of Buttermere, 1987; Credo, 1996The Soldier's Return, 1999, first editions, signed or with signed presentation inscription by the author to titles, original boards, dust-jackets, light creasing to spine ends, otherwise excellent copies; and 12 others by Bragg, 8vo (15)
Rushdie (Salman) Midnight's Children, first edition, first issue on American sheets, original cloth-backed boards, bumping to corners, light sunning to upper and lower edge, dust-jacket, light sunning to spine, light creasing to head, small nick to foot of lower joint and upper corners, still an excellent example overall, 8vo, 1981.⁂ Rushdie's Booker Prize-winner, voted the Best of Booker in both 1993 and 2008.
NO RESERVE Sansom (C.J.) [Matthew Shardlake Series], comprising Dissolution, 2003; Dark Fire, 2004; Sovereign, 2006; Revelation, 2008; Heartstone, 2010; Lamentation, 2014; Tombland, 2018; first editions, original boards, dust-jackets, very light creasing to spine ends with one or two nicks, otherwise near fine; and another first edition from the author from outside the series, 8vo (8)
NO RESERVE Scott (Paul) The Jewel in the Crown, reprint, 1966; The Day of the Scorpion, 1968; The Towers of Silence, short tear and creasing to jacket spine head, 1971; A Division of the Spoils, 1975, last three first editions, original boards, dust-jackets, light scuffing and nicks to corners and spine ends, otherwise excellent and crisp copies of the Raj Quartet books; and 4 others by Scott, 8vo (8)
NO RESERVE Sillitoe (Alan) The Storyteller, signed by the author to title, with additional author presentation inscription "for Patrick love from Alan" to front free endpaper, 1979; The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, browning to endpapers, jacket lower panel stained, 1959; Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, fore-edge spotted, 1958; The Death of William Posters, 1965, first editions, original boards, some light bumping to spine ends, dust-jackets, some nicks and creases to extremities, a little worse to spine ends, some light fading; and 18 others, all but one first editions, 8vo (22)⁂ The Ragman's Daughter is an early reprint.
Simenon (Georges) The Train, jacket spine a little dulled, soiling to rear panel, 1964; Sunday, jacket with light toning, 1960; Maigret and the Reluctant Witnesses, jacket spine slightly dulled, 1959, first English editions, original boards, dust-jackets, excellent copies; and 18 others by the same, 8vo (21)
Spark (Muriel) Collected Stories I [&] Collected Poems I, 2 vol., jackets with light sunning to spines, 1967 § The Driver's Seat, some light spotting, very short tear to foot of upper panel, minor chipping to head of spine and upper corners, 1970; Not to Disturb, light toning to jacket, 1971; The Hothouse by the East River, jacket fore-edge rubbed, 1973, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets, excellent or near-fine generally; and 16 others by the same, 8vo (21)
Stapledon (Olaf) Last and First Men, 8pp. advertisements at rear dated "630", ink ownership inscription and light browning to endpapers, spine slightly darkened, light rubbing to spine tips and corners, 1930; Star Maker, original wrappers with onlay to upper cover, spine browned and a little creased, light rubbing to extremities, 1937, first editions; and 6 others by the same, 8vo (8)
Storey (David) Saville, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "To Patsy - yet another book in gratitude for 'Edna', 'Mother's Day'. Royal Court Theatre 22nd September 1976. With much love, David. (And of course there's no condition you must read it!) Best wishes for tonight" to endpaper, original boards, slight bumping to spine tips and corners, dust-jacket, light toning to spine, minor chipping and light creasing to spine tips and corners, extremities a little rubbed, 8vo, 1976.⁂ A superb association copy of Storey's Booker Prize-winning novel. Inscribed to Patricia Healey (1936-2021) who played Edna in Storey's ill-fated play Mother's Day. Storey inscribed this copy on the day of the premiere and the play went on to receive overwhelmingly negative reviews, capping a remarkable week that had begun with Storey winning the Booker Prize.
Taylor (Elizabeth) At Mrs Lippincote's, bookplate to pastedown, 1945; Palladium, short tear to spine head, 1946; A View of the Harbour, spotting to endpapers and final few pages, jacket soiled and spotted, 1947; A Wreath of Roses, 1949, first editions, original cloth, spine ends bumped, dust-jackets, some nicks and tears along fore-edge, light chipping to spine ends, still largely attractive and bright copies, 8vo (4)⁂ A scarce first edition group of Taylor's first four novels. Geoff Dyer's review of Taylor's works entitled "Was Elizabeth Taylor the Best British Novelist of the Postwar Era?" attests to the under growing popularity in Taylor's post-war fiction. - The New York Times, Dec 22, 2021.
NO RESERVE Bulgakov (Mikhail) The Master & Margarita, 1967; The Heart of a Dog, contemporary ink ownership name to front free endpaper, 1968; The White Guard, 1971, first English editions, some light foxing or browning to endpapers or fore-edge, original cloth or boards, spine ends lightly bumped or frayed, dust-jackets, light rubbing to extremities, one or two nicks and tears to edges, otherwise crisp copies, 8vo (3)
Taylor (Elizabeth) A Game of Hide and Seek, contemporary ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, small bookseller's sticker to pastedown corner, cloth spine lightly faded and ends bumped, jacket with short tear to upper panel neatly repaired with tape verso, 1951; The Blush and Other Stories, light foxing to first few pp., cloth spine ends bumped, 1958; In a Summer Season, light browning to endpapers, 1961, first editions, original cloth, dust-jackets, spine ends frayed and chipped, still overall very crisp copies; and 3 others by Taylor, 8vo (6)
Taylor (Elizabeth) Angel, first edition, bookplate to lightly browned endpapers, original cloth, spine ends lightly bumped, dust-jacket, very light creasing to spine ends, very faint foxing to panels, otherwise in effect a sharp and bright copy, 8vo, 1957.⁂ The novel relates the publishing successes of a young girl, based in part on late Victorian novelist Marie Corelli. Matthew Walther observes how Angel, "convinced of her own genius. writes tawdry bestseller after tawdry bestseller and torments everyone around her. The book is not really a roman à clef so much as it is a kind of horrifying anti-memoir, Taylor's sounding of her own experience and dredging up her worst fears as a young female writer: mawkishness, philistinism, naïveté, stupidity, solipsism" - Matthew Walther, "Angel, by Elizabeth Taylor, review", Spectator, 20 November 2013.
Taylor (Elizabeth) Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont, first edition, endpapers with browning strip, original boards, dust-jacket, light toning and faint soiling to fore-edge, otherwise an exceptionally excellent and near-fine copy, 8vo, 1971.⁂ Very scarce first edition. "Elizabeth Taylor's exquisitely drawn character study of eccentricity in old age is a sharp and witty portrait of genteel postwar English life facing the changes taking shape in the 60s . . . Much of the reader's joy lies in the exquisite subtlety in Taylor's depiction of all the relationships, the sharp brevity of her wit, and the apparently effortless way the plot unfolds" - Robert McCrum, from the Guardian list of the 100 best novels.
Thatcher (Margaret) The Downing Street Years, second printing, bookplate signed by the author to half-title, jacket with light sunning to spine, 1993 § Blair (Tony) A Journey, first edition, signed by the author on title, jacket with light creasing to spine ends, 2010 § Gore (Al) Earth in the Balance, twelfth printing, signed presentation inscription from the author to endpaper, housed in custom drop-back box, 1992, original boards, dust-jackets; and a copy of Hillary Clinton's Living History, 8vo (4)
NO RESERVE Theroux (Paul) Saint Jack, small ink ownership name to front free endpaper, 1973 § McAleavy (Henry) That Chinese Woman, 1959 § Fleming (Peter) The Siege at Peking, illustrations, loss to jacket spine ends, 1959 § Lewis (Norman) The Tenth Year of the Ship, 1962 § Prawer Jhabvala (R.) Esmond in India, 1958, first editions, some with contemporary ink ownership names to pastedowns or endpapers, original boards, dust-jackets, some light rubbing and chipping to extremities, spines darkened, chipping and creasing to spine ends; and 41 others, travel literature, 8vo (46)
Thomson (Christine Campbell, editor) Keep on the Light, light toning to text margins, jacket with toning and soiling to spine and lower panel, a few small nicks to head and foot, head of spine a little chipped, light rubbing to extremities, otherwise excellent, [1933]; Terror by Night, jacket spine ends and corners a little chipped, closed tears with creasing to head and foot, extremities rubbed, very good overall, [1935], first editions, original cloth, dust-jackets, [Tymn 4-301 & 4-306]; and a reprint of Not at Night, 8vo (3)⁂ The first two are nos. 9 and 10 in the classic Not at Night horror series.
Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Return of the King, first edition, folding map, strip of browning and spotting to endpapers, one or two light spots to fore-edge, original cloth, spine ends bumped, very light marks to spine and upper cover, dust-jacket, price-clipped, spine and portion of lower panel faded, light soiling and spotting, spine ends and head creased and frayed with light discolouring to edge, tape and faded sticker to spine, 8vo, 1955.

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