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Maugham (William Somerset) Don Fernando, number 139 of 175 copies signed by the author, glacine jacket with detached card flaps loosely inserted, 1935; Cosmopolitans, number 140 of 175 copies signed by the author, light fading to spine and covers, 1936, some light foxing to endpapers, original buckram, t.e.g., others uncut, original slip-cases with faint pencil numbering to head of spines, 8vo (2)
Miller (Henry) The Rosy Crucifixion. Book One. Sexus, 2 vol., first edition, light scattered spotting to edges, original cloth, vol. 1 spine with light damp-staining, Paris, Obelisk Press, 1949; Max and the White Phagocytes, second edition, scattered spotting, usual light marginal browning, original wrappers, spotting to covers, creasing to spine, split to head of upper joint, Paris, Obelisk, 1949; and the Turret Books edition of What are you going to do about Alf, 8vo (4)
NO RESERVE Milne (A. A.) Winnie-The-Pooh, first edition, front pictorial endpapers defective with corners torn away, first gathering working loose, occasional light spots, upper cover marked, 1926; The House at Pooh Corner, first edition, endpapers lightly stained and torn, pencil scribblings to first few pages, fore-edge spotted, 1928; When We Were Very Young, second edition, small ink ownership name to pastedown, lightly browned, 1924; Now We Are Six, second edition, ownership inscription and bookplate to endpapers, lightly spotted,1927, original pictorial cloth, gilt, lightly rubbed, spine ends bumped and creased, 8vo (4)
Betjeman (John) Ghastly Good Taste [2 copies], one of 200 copies signed by the author, original roan-backed cloth, some rubbing to spine, slip-case, Anthony Blond, 1970; Summoned By Bells [2 copies], first trade edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, some light toning to spine and spotting to upper panel, 1960; and 22 others, Betjeman and Piper, 4to & 8vo (26)
O'Duffy (Eimar) King Goshawk & the Birds, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to endpaper, original cloth, spine slightly browned, dust-jacket, price-clipped, light toning to spine, spine ends and corners chipped, internal tear to spine, chipping and creasing to head and foot, 8vo, 1926.⁂ Satirical novel by the Irish nationalist author, rare signed.
O'Neill (Eugene) Anna Christie, one of 750 copies signed by the author to limitation page, jacket spine and flap joint faded, tape repairs to spine and light marking to cover, uncut, 1930 § Simon (Neil) Barefoot in the Park, 1964 § Welty (Eudora) The Optimist's Daughter, light marking to jacket including ring mark to upper cover, 1972 § Warren (Robert Penn) Promises: Poems 1954-1956, very light marking to jacket covers, 1957, first editions, all signed to title or with signed card loosely inserted, original cloth or boards, gilt, dust-jackets, 8vo & 4to (4)⁂ All Pulitzer Prize winners.
Orwell (George) The Road to Wigan Pier, some scattered spotting, original limp orange cloth, light creasing and fading to spine, short split to head of spine, some light discolouration to covers, 1937 § Maclaren-Ross (J.) Bitten by the Tarantula, spotting to endpapers, jacket with a few very short tears to head and some light surface soiling or discolouration, 1945 § Fournier (Alain) The Wanderer, jacket spine faded and with some light surface soiling, [1928] § Du Maurier (Daphne) "My Cousin Rachel", jacket spine ends and corners chipped, some creasing to head and foot, 1951, first or first English editions, original boards, dust-jackets; and 16 others, modern literature, 8vo (20)
[Blixen (Karen)] "Isak Dinesen". Seven Gothic Tales, first edition, colour frontispiece by Rex Whistler, some light scattered spotting to edges, ink name erased from endpaper, original cloth, light fading to spine, dust-jacket, spine browned, spine ends and corners chipped, some creasing to head, light rubbing to extremities, but a very good example overall, 8vo, 1934.⁂ The author's first book.
Peake (Mervyn).- Strange (Edward F.) Japanese Colour Prints, fifth edition, Mervyn Peake's copy with ink note "Bought in Charing X Road Spring 1931" with pencil note below "left by M. L. Peake" with Sark Art Gallery bookplate and pencil sketch of hunched figure all to pastedown, front and rear endpapers with small laid-down paper slips, each identifying the signature and dates of a Japanese woodblock artist, plates, some light soiling or creasing to text, a few pencil notes or underlinings, original cloth, rubbed, spine ends and corners bumped, 8vo, 1923.⁂ An intriguing Peake-related item, seemingly owned by him whilst studying at the Royal Academy.
[Plath (Sylvia)] "Victoria Lucas". The Bell Jar, Contemporary Fiction (second English) edition, some spotting to edges, original board, spine ends a little bumped, dust-jacket, very light fading to spine, light rubbing to extremities, otherwise excellent, 1964; and 8 others, Plath and Hughes, 8vo (9)
Powell (Anthony) A Buyer's Market, light damp-staining to upper cover, jacket price-clipped, spine ends and corners chipped with loss to imprint at foot of spine, a few small chips or tears to head and foot, some repairs and damp-staining to verso, 1952; The Acceptance World, light browning to endpapers, mottling to covers, jacket with light toning to spine, long closed tear to upper panel, spine chipped at head, 1955, first editions, original cloth, dust-jackets; and a first edition of Lady Molly's, 8vo (3)
NO RESERVE Price (Harry) Poltergeist Over England, first edition, frontispiece, illustrations, original cloth, some light spotting to covers, dust-jacket, a few short tears with creasing to head and foot with neat repairs to verso, some light rubbing and surface soiling, 1945; and 4 others, supernatural, 8vo (5)
Price (Anthony) The Labyrinth Makers, neat ink ownership inscription, jacket with light discolouration to spine, minor chipping to spine ends, 1970; The Alamut Ambush, 1971; Colonel Butler's Wolf, 1972; October Men, 1973; Other Paths to Glory, 1974; Our Man in Camelot, 1975; War Game, 1976, first editions, all with signed presentation inscriptions from the author, original boards, dust-jackets, some very light creasing to head, but generally near-fine overall; and 13 others by the same, all inscribed first editions, 8vo (20)⁂ A superb complete run of Price's novels as well as his only non-fiction work, The Eyes of the Fleet. Other Path's to Glory has an additional lengthy signed inscription from the author discussing his own works. Rare to find such a fine, comprehensive collection. Also included is an extensive typed discussion of the present works.
Pullman (Philip) The Haunted Storm, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author on half-title "To Laurence Lee with best wishes Philip Pullman. Since I wrote it I feel justified in substituting my original title, which I prefer in any case...!" with a strike through the printed title and the new title "The Two Brothers" supplied, 2 A.L.s. from the author loosely inserted with envelope postmarked 1973, original cloth, some light fading to upper and lower edges, dust-jacket, some very light sunning to spine, light rubbing and creasing to tips of spine and corners, a sharp and excellent copy overall, 8vo, 1971.⁂ The author's rare first novel with a superb inscription and 2 charming letters, the first written when the author has just embarked on a new career as teacher "At the moment I am trying to teach 15 year old thugs about the beauty of words & the delights and value of English Literature. They raise their fingers at me; I do not blame them. My soul is acquiring the texture of chip-board." The second mentions working on "a radio play called The Tiger in the Well about 19th century Hungary."
NO RESERVE Pullman (Philip) Galatea [2 copies], first edition, printed review slip loosely inserted, original boards, dust-jacket, light sunning to spine, near-fine otherwise, 1978; Northern Lights, limited edition, signed by the author, original boards, dust-jacket, slip-case, 2007; and 13 others. Pullman, 8vo (16)
Blyton (Enid) Five Go Adventuring Again, later dust-jacket, 1943; Five Go to Camp, 1948; The Sea of Adventure, 1948; The Mountain of Adventure, 1949; The Castle of Adventure, 1946, The Valley of Adventure, 1947, first editions, some ink ownership inscriptions to endpapers, dust-jackets, light chipping and fraying to spine ends and corners, still bright and attractive copies; and 5 others by Blyton from the 'Mystery' series, and a reprint of the first, 8vo (11)
Rackham (Arthur).- Wagner (Richard) The Rhinegold & the Valkyrie, 34 tipped-in colour plates by Arthur Rackham, book-labels to endpapers, 1910; Siegfried & the Twilight of the Gods, 30 tipped-in colour plates by Rackham, 1911, first trade editions, captioned tissue-guards, illustrations and decorations, original pictorial cloth, gilt, light sunning to spine, spine ends a little bumped, light rubbing to extremities, otherwise bright and excellent; and Lamb's Tales from Shakespeare also illustrated by Rackham, 4to (3)
Robinson (W. Heath).- Kingsley (Charles) The Water-Babies, first trade edition, 8 colour plates and numerous illustrations by Charles Kingsley, original pictorial cloth, gilt, spine a little darkened, spine ends and tips of corners rubbed, dust-jacket priced at 6/-, spine darkened, spine ends and corners chipped with paper repairs to verso, extremities a little creasing, some light toning to panels, 4to, 1915.⁂ Rare in the dust-jacket.
Rowling (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, eighth printing, signed by the author on dedication p., some light spotting, name erased with heavy black marker on front free endpaper, original pictorial boards, some bumping to extremities, dust-jacket, some creasing to head and foot, 8vo, 1998.
Bond (Michael) Paddington on Top, signed by the author on half-title, illustrations by Peggy Fortnum, light browning to endpapers, bump to foot of spine, jacket price-clipped, closed tear to head of lower panel, light creasing to head and foot, 1974 § Smith (Dodie) The Starlight Barking, illustrations by Jane and Anne Graham-Johnstone, jacket price-clipped, light toning to spine, rubbing to spine tips and corners, short tear to head, 1967, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets; and another, 8vo (3)
Russian poetry.- Smirensky (Boris) Rhymologion, number 66 of 200 copies, St. Petersburg, 1921 § Khodasevich (Vladislav) Putem Zerna, St. Petersburg, 1921 § Kuprin (Aleksandr) Sulamin, Paris, 1921, some light browning, original wrappers, some light toning, rubbing and creasing; and 11 others, Russian literature and art by the same and similar, v.s. (14)
NO RESERVE [Saint (Dora Jessie)] "Miss Read". Village School, 1955; Village Diary, jacket price-clipped, short tears with creasing to head, 1957; Storm in the Village, jacket with light toning to spine, 1958, first edition, illustrations by J.S. Goodall, original boards, dust-jackets; and 22 others, Miss Read, 8vo (25)
NO RESERVE Shanks (Edward) Poems, 1916 § Plowman (Max) The Golden Heresy, ownership inscription from the author's wife to endpapers, 1914 § Harvey (F. W.) Gloucestershire Friends: Poems from a German Prison Camp, 1917 § Rickword (Edgell) Behind the Eyes, 1921 § Harvey (Harold) A Soldier's Sketches Under Fire, [1916], first editions, some spotting or browning, original cloth or boards, light bumping to spine ends and extremities, some paper spine labels rubbed; and 21 others, World War poetry and literature, 4to & 8vo (25)
Sherriff (R. C.) and Vernon Bartlett. Journey's End, limited edition, signed by the authors, browning to endpapers, original vellum-backed cloth, 1930 § Sackville-West (Vita) The Dark Island, scattered spotting, light marking and abrasions to endpapers, original cloth, dust-jackets, chipping and creasing to head and foot, light surface soiling, 1934 § Sharpe (Tom) Riotous Assembly, jacket with light toning to spine, minor chipping to spine ends and corners, 1971 § Fowles (John) Daniel Martin, signed by the author, original boards, dust-jacket, light sunning to spine, 1977, all but the first first editions; and c.50 others, modern literature, v.s. (c.55)
NO RESERVE Shute (Nevil) A Town Like Alice, first edition, browning to endpapers, original cloth, slight shelf-lean, light rubbing or fading to spine, dust-jacket, spine ends and corners a little chipped affecting author name at head of spine, light creasing to head and foot, extremities a little rubbed, with original Book Society wraparound band (lacking back portion), 8vo, 1950.
Stoppard (Tom) Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, first paperback edition, signed by the author, corners very slightly bumped, original printed wrappers, light surface soiling to lower cover, spine very lightly sunned, otherwise generally bright and excellent, 8vo, 1967.⁂ From the collection of Ira Nadel, American-Canadian biographer of Stoppard, literary scholar and critic.
Stoppard (Tom) Jumpers, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, light surface soiling to joints and folds, 1972; Lord Malquist & Mr Moon, first American edition, small defect to outer margin pp. 175-178, original cloth-backed boards, dust jacket, some light toning and surface soiling, 1966; Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, early reprint, signed by John Stride and Edward Petherbridge, with related postcard loosely inserted, original wrappers, [c.1968], all signed or inscribed by the author; and 17 others by the same, some signed or inscribed, some first editions, 8vo (20)⁂ Stride and Petherbridge played Rosencrantz and Guildenstern respectively in the original debut production in 1967 at the Old Vic Theatre; the postcard captures them on stage during a performance. No other copy of the play with all three signatures, Stoppard himself and the two protagonists, is known. Lord Malquist is Stoppard's only novel; signed first editions are scarce. From the collection of Ira Nadel, American-Canadian biographer of Stoppard, literary scholar and critic.
Stoppard (Tom) Travesties, early reprint, Michael McClure's copy with his ink ownership inscription and manuscript notes for two short poems to endpapers, rear endpapers torn out and loosely re-inserted, original pictorial wrappers, light creasing at joints, 8vo, 1975.⁂ The full ownership inscription reads, 'Michael McClure, Cambridge University, Oct 30 1975, Caius College, Gonville Room'. The poems written in McClure's hand seem to have been inspired by his environments in England where presumably he was on a visit; one is entitled 'November London' and the other 'All the yellow gold and coppery England underneath an autumn Cambridge Sky'. McClure (1932 - 2020) was an American poet, playwright, songwriter and novelist. He was a key member of the Beat Generation, a literary movement that explored and influenced American culture in the post-war period. McClure participated in the famous Six Gallery reading of 1955 where Allen Ginsberg read 'Howl' in public for the first time and he is the origin of the character Pat McLear in Jack Kerouac's novel Big Sur. From the collection of Ira Nadel, American-Canadian biographer of Stoppard, literary scholar and critic.
Stoppard (Tom) Travesties, original wrappers, 1975; The Real Inspector Hound and After Magritte, original wrappers, spine very lightly sunned, 1975; The Coast of Utopia, Parts I - III, [2 copies], first edition, original boards, dust-jackets, spines lightly sunned, 2002, all signed by the author, the first two with uniform light marginal toning; and 17 others by the same, some signed or inscribed, some first editions, 8vo (21) ⁂ From the collection of Ira Nadel, American-Canadian biographer of Stoppard, literary scholar and critic.
Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Hobbit, second edition (fifth impression overall), colour frontispiece, illustrations, map endpapers, original cloth, faint marking to covers, light rubbing to extremities, but a bright and sharp example overall, 8vo, 1951.⁂ An excellent example of the important second edition, containing substantial revisions by Tolkien. When writing Lord of the Rings, Tolkien realised that Gollum's maniacal obsession with the ring, crucial to the plot of the later trilogy, was not apparent in his earlier work. He therefore made a number of changes to convey a more consistent character and included them in the new 1951 edition.
Tolkien (J.R.R.) [The Lord of the Rings], 3 vol., comprising The Fellowship of the Ring, 1954; The Two Towers, 1954; The Return of the King, 1955, first editions, first impressions, folding map at end of each vol., vol. 2 with original printed review slip with title corrected by hand loosely inserted, original red cloth, shelf-lean, spine ends and corners bumped, some light marking and staining to covers, heavier to vol. 1, rubbed, vol. 1 & 3 spines faded, vol. 2 with dust-jacket (soiled, browned, chipped and worn), facsimile dust-jackets, 8vo.⁂ Return of the King with signature mark '4' and text block sagging.
Tully (Jim) Circus Parade, first English edition, some light scattered spotting to edges as well as first and last few ff., original cloth, light fading to spine, dust-jacket, price-clipped, chip to foot of upper panel, a few short nicks with creasing to head and foot, light surface soiling, rubbing and scuffing to upper panel, 8vo, 1928.⁂ Tully's scarce second volume of autobiography based on his experiences with an American circus. The unvarnished descriptions of the hard life behind the curtain, including casual violence and sexual abuse horrified many circus-lovers (and owners) and led to the book being banned in Boston.
Tutuola (Amos) The Palm Wine Drinkard, first edition, browning to endpapers, original cloth, bumping to foot of lower cover, dust-jacket, designed by Barnett Freedman, light browning to spine, light creasing to tips of spine and corners, a near-fine example generally, 8vo, 1952.⁂ Tutuola's first book and the first African novel published in English outside of Africa. The Palm Wine Drinkard was reviewed enthusiastically by Dylan Thomas and was translated into French by Raymond Queneau.
Wain (Louis).- The Cat Scouts, The Cat Scouts, A Picture-Book for Little Folk... Verses and Tales by Jessie Pope, first edition, colour illustrations by Louis Waint throughout, some light foxing and finger-soiling, light browning to endpapers, original cloth-backed boards with colour pictorial onlay, rubbed, light wear to extremities, 8vo, [1912].
Wallace (Edgar) The Four Just Men, first edition, first issue, half-title, folding frontispiece plate, with numbered 'solution' form on perforated stub at end, light marking and browning to endpapers, spotting to lower edge, original first state orange cloth blocked and lettered in black, minor dulling to spine, faint rubbing to extremities, but overall an excellent, sharp copy, 8vo, Tallis Press, 1905.⁂ A very good example of the author's crime novel that offered a substantial A£500 reward to one lucky reader who correctly "solved" the death of Sir Philip Ramon and sent the solution to the publishers via the form present at the back. The book was it seems reissued subsequently with a pictorial label over the reward statement on the upper cover, and with the solution rather than the form present at the end.
Wallace (Edgar) Bones, n.d.; Lieutenant Bones, n.d.; Bones in London, n.d.; Sandi, the King-Maker, n.d., Jack O'Judgment, n.d., reprints, light browning to endpapers, original cloth, dust-jackets, a few small nicks or tears to head and foot with some light creasing, but very good or excellent generally, Ward Lock & Co; and 5 others by the same, 8vo (10)
Waugh (Evelyn) Scoop, issue with raised indistinct '8' in publication date but 'a' to last line of p.88, scattered spotting, spine lightly faded, extremities a little rubbed, 1938 § Sayers (Dorothy L.)The Man Born to be King, signed by the author on half-title, light marginal browning, ink ownership inscription, bookplate, 1943 § Wodehouse (P. G.) Full Moon, a few spots to edges, jacket price-clipped, 2 short tears to head with some light creasing, [1947], first editions, original cloth; and 7 others by the same and similar (8)
NO RESERVE Wheatley (Dennis) Gateway to Hell, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1970; The Ravishing of Lady Mary Ware, signed by the author, 1971; Bill for the Use of a Body, 1964; The Satanist, 1960, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets, some light toning to spine, light rubbing and creasing to head and foot, but generally very good or excellent; and 15 others by the same, 8vo (19)
Wingfield (R.D.) Hard Frost, signed by the author, a fine copy, 1995 § Hamilton (Bruce) Traitor's Way, 'Special Presentation' ink stamp to foot of title verso, scattered spotting, jacket with light sunning to spine, spine ends and corners chipped, a few creases and tears to head and foot, internal tear to upper panel, 1938 § Christie (Agatha) Nemesis, jacket price-clipped, light creasing to head and foot, light rubbing to extremities, 1971, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets; and 2 others, similar, thrillers, 8vo (5)
Woolrich (Cornell) Black Alibi, first edition, light browning and faint abrasions to endpapers and pastedowns, original cloth, light rubbing to spine, dust-jacket, spine ends and corners chipped, splitting to foot of lower fore-edge, chipping to head of lower panel, extremities a little rubbed, 8vo, 1942.⁂ The third novel in Woolrich's "Black" series, the basis for the 1943 film noir The Leopard Man.
Woolrich (Cornell) The Black Angel, light browning to endpapers, rubbing to extremities, insect damage to upper joint, jacket priced at $2.00, spine ends and corners chipped, splitting to fore-edges, a few small chips and creases to head and foot, light damp-stain to lower panel, Garden City, NY, 1943; Rendezvous in Black, jacket with very light sunning to spine, light rubbing and creasing to head and foot, faint damp-staining to foot of spine, New York, 1948, first edition, original cloth, dust-jackets, 8vo (2)
*** Please note, the description for this lot has changed.***Wyndham (John), "John Beynon". Planet Plane, first edition, endpapers lightly browned, occasional light finger-soiling, ?original cloth, lightly stained and marked, later dust-jacket without price, worn with tears and portions of loss, one or two crudely repaired, 8vo, [1936].⁂ A scarce early work of Wyndham's, under his rare pseudonym.
NO RESERVE Briggs (Asa) The History of Broadcasting in the United Kingdom, 4 vol., illustrations, vol. 4 with printed presentation slip, original cloth, dust-jackets, some light rubbing or creasing to extremities, 1961-79 § The History of The Times, 3 vol. in 4, plates and illustrations, some tipped in or folding, original cloth, vol.1-3 with dust-jackets, extremities creased and chipped with some loss, 1935-52, first editions; and 2 others, similar, 8vo (10)
Cain (James M.) The Postman Always Rings Twice, first English edition, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, small losses to spine extremities and flaps, expertly restored and repaired, sunned spine, a little rubbed, light spotting, in effect an excellent copy, 1934; and another copy of the same without a dust-jacket, 8vo (2)
Calvino (Italo) The Path to the Nest of Spiders, jacket with 2 closed tears and some light creasing to head, some light spotting to lower panel, 1956; Baron in the Trees, light browning to endpapers, jacket with small nick and crease to head of lower panel, very light sunning to spine, 1959, translated by Archibald Colquhoun, first editions in English, original boards, dust-jackets, excellent examples generally, 8vo (2)
Chase (James Hadley) Safer Dead, first edition, previous owner's ink signature, original cloth, light fading to top edge, dust-jacket, faint spotting, one or two chips to edges, 1954; Tiger by the Tail, first edition, original cloth, sight bumping to spine head, dust-jacket, chipping and creasing to edges, small loss and tape repair to lower panel, 1954; This Way for a Shroud, first edition, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, small loss to spine extremities, one or two small tears, tape repairs to verso, 1953; I'll Bury My Dead, first edition, original cloth, a little rubbed, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, tear to spine, old tape repair to verso, slight chipping to corners and spine extremities, 1953; and others by the same, 8vo (44)

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