Davis (Lindsey). The Silver Pigs, Shadows in Bronze, Venus in Copper, The Iron Hand of Mars, & Poseidon's Gold, 5 volumes, 1st editions, 1989-92, each signed by the author to title page, all original cloth gilt in dust wrapper, VG, together with Last Act in Palmyra, Time to Depart, A Dying Light in Corduba, 2 For The Lions, One Virgin Too Many, Ode to a Banker, and A Body in the Bathhouse, all 1st editions, 1994-2001, all signed by the author, plus 13 others by Lindsey Davis, including 5 signed, all original cloth in dust wrappers, VG, plus Mallinson (Allan). A Close Run Thing, 1st edition, 1999 (2 copies), both signed, plus 11 other Allen Mallinson titles, all signed, all original cloth in dust wrapper, 8vo, VG, and other contemporary fiction, including Donna Leon, 24 titles, all 1st editions, all signed by the author, original cloth in dust wrappers, 8vo, VG, and Peter Smalley, Julian Stockwin, Harry Sidebottom, Anthony Riches, etc., many signed, all original cloth in dust wrappers, 8vo, VGQty: (120)
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Durrell (Lawrence). Mountolive, 1958; Clea, 1960, 1st editions, London: Faber and Faber, a few light spots to fore edges, contemporary previous owner inscription and small clear tape marks to Clea front endpaper, small abrasions to pastedowns, original cloth, small chips at spine ends, Mountolive joints a little rubbed, 8vo, together with Amis (Kingsley). That Uncertain Feeling, 1955; The Egyptologists, 1965; I Wani It Now, 1968; The Riverside Villas Murder, 1973, 1st editions, light spotting to That Uncertain Feeling, original cloth (some fading to That Uncertain Feeling spine ends), dust jackets, I Want It Now price-clipped, tears and losses to That Uncertain Feeling spine, 8vo, plus others including George Orwell's Coming Up For Air, 1st US edition, New York, 1950, William Golding's The Spire, 1964, and The Pyramid, 1967 James Hilton's To You Mr. Chips, 1938 and others by Alan Sillitoe, Angus Wilson, Graham Swift, Salman Rushdie, Julian Barnes, Martin Amis, Peter Ackroyd, Anthony Burgess et alQty: (approximately 120)
Faulks (Sebastian). A Trick of the Light, 1984; The Girl at the Lion D'Or, 1989; Birdsong, 1993, 1st editions, original cloth, dust jackets, 8vo, A Trick of the Ligh and The Girl at the Lion D'Or both signed to title by the author, together with 9 others by Sebastian Faulks including Human Traces, 2005 (limited signed edition of 1000 in original shrinkwrap) and Engleby, 2007 (limited signed edition 250/1500)Qty: (12)
Fermor (Patrick Leigh). A Time of Gifts, 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1977, portrait frontispiece, double-page map, inscription erased at head of front endpaper, original blue cloth gilt, price-clipped dust jacket, spine a little faded and rubbed at ends with small tears, 8vo, signed by the author to title, together with Psychoundakis (George). The Cretan Runner. His Story of the German Occupation, translation and introduction by Patrick Leigh Fermor, 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1955, map and half-tone illustrations, a little light spotting, original cloth, price-clipped dust jacket, small repairs to verso, signed to title by Patrick Leigh Fermor, plus Thesiger (Wilfred). Arabian Sands, 1st edition, London: Longmans, 1959, folding map contained in rear pocket, maps and illustrations, original cloth, price-clipped dust jacket, edges slightly rubbed, 8vo, signed by the author to the folding map in rear pocket, 8vo, plus In Tearing Haste. Letters between Deborah Devonshire and Patrick Leigh Fermor, edited by Charlotte Mosely, 1st edition, 2008, signed by Patrick Leigh Fermor, Deborah Devonshire, Charlotte Mosely and Tom StoppardQty: (4)
Fleming (Ian). Live and Let Die, 1st edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1954, occasional light spotting, original cloth gilt (slight lean), 1st state dust jacket (without credit for jacket design to front flap), head of spine chipped, short tears at head of front panel and folds, some light toning to rear panel and flap margins, 8voQty: (1)NOTESThe second James Bond adventure in the first state dust jacket.
Fleming (Ian). Live and Let Die, 1st edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1954, original black cloth with gold medallion to upper cover (upper cover very slightly bowed), 3rd state dust jacket (with jacket design credit just below blurb to front flap), small chips and nicks at spine ends and folds, a couple of tiny closed tears to panels, light toning to rear panel, 8voQty: (1)
Fleming (Ian). Goldfinger, 1st edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1959, previous owner inscription erased from front endpaper, bookseller ticket to front pastedown, original cloth gilt, price-clipped dust jacket, old small clear tape marks to verso (with light show-through to panels and flaps), 8voQty: (1)
Fleming (Ian). The Spy Who Loved Me, 1st edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1962, small ink stamp at head of half title, original cloth, price-clipped dust jacket, later price sticker to front flap, short closed tear at head of rear panel, spine a little toned, light spotting to rear panel, 8voQty: (1)
Fleming (Ian). On Her Majesty's Secret Service, 1963; You Only Live Twice, 1964; The Man With the Golden Gun, 1965, 1st editions, one or two light spots, original cloth, dust jackets, OHMSS repaired at head to verso, a few closed tears and stains, minor insect damage to lower margin of Man with the Golden Gun flaps, 8vo, together with 8 others by Ian Fleming and related including The Diamond Smugglers, 1st printing (with spine lettered in white), 1957, O.F. Snelling's Double O Seven. James Bond: A Report, 1st edition, 1964, and Kingsley Amis' The James Bond Dossier, 1st edition, 1965 and Colonel Sun, 1st US edition, 1968Qty: (11)
Fleming (Ian). On Her Majesty's Secret Service, 1963; You Only Live Twice, 1964; The Man With the Golden Gun, 1965; Octopussy and the Living Daylights, 1966, 1st editions, previous owner signature and a few minor spots to front endpaper of OHMSS, original cloth, price-clipped dust jackets, slight fading to spines, a few small nicks at spine ends, small light water stain to Golden Gun spine, a few small wormholes to Golden Gun edges, 8voQty: (4)
Fleming (Ian). Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The Magical Car, 3 volumes, 1st edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1964-65, colour illustrations by John Burningham, a few minor spots, original illustrated boards, dust jackets, volumes 1 & 2 price-clipped, a few closed marginal tears, light spotting to volume 2 rear panel, 8voQty: (3)
Fowles (John). The Collector, 1st US edition, Boston & Toronto: Little, Brown and Company, 1963, title signed by author and with ink manuscript authorial presentation inscription, a few spots to endpapers, top edge yellow, original russet cloth, spine lettered in gilt, price-clipped dust jacket, spotted, some folds lightly rubbed (1 a little chipped at ends), 8vo, together with: The Collector, 1st edition, London: Cape, 1963, a few minor spots, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, modern black morocco gilt, 8vo, plus: Dinesen (Isak), Out of Africa, 1st US edition, New York: Random House, 1938, occasional light spotting, original cloth, spine lightly mottled, dust-soiled dust jacket, rubbed in places with some chips, tear to spine at foot, 8voQty: (3)
Francis (Dick). A collection of all 39 novels, 1st editions, from Dead Cert to Under Orders, 1962-2006, Dead Cert 2nd impression, February 1962, some light spotting to a few early titles, a few later titles with marginal toning to textblocks, original cloth, dust jackets, some price-clipped, some toning, chips and tears to Dead Cert, a few others with some fading to spines, For Kicks inscribed by the author, 8vo, together with others including Field of 13, 1998, signed by the author, The Sport of Queens, 1957, four novels written with his son Felix Francis: Dead Heat, 2007, Silks, 2008, Even Money, 2009, Crossfire, 2010, plus others by Felix Francis and some Dick Francis duplicates including 10-lb Penalty, 1997 (with signed Waterstones label adhered to title)Qty: (65)
Greene (Graham). The Ministry of Fear, 1st edition, London: William Heinemann, 1943, a few leaves towards end with short closed tears at top margins, contemporary previous owner inscription to front pastedown, original yellow cloth (a few light spots to spine), repaired dust jacket with losses to half of rear panel, head and foot of spine and head of front panel, 8voQty: (1)
Greene (Graham). The End of the Affair, 1st edition, London: William Heinemann, 1951, contemporary previous owner inscription, original cloth (lower margins faded), dust jacket, spine toned and chipped at head, a few splits and tears, 8vo, together with Our Man in Havana, 1st edition, 1958, light spotting to fore margins, original cloth, dust jacket, spine a little faded, light toning to upper margin of rear panel, 8vo, with 13 others by Graham Greene including The Quiet American, 1955 (dust jacket reinforced to verso), The Lost Childhood and Other Essays, 1951, The Comedians, 1966 and The Honorary Consul, 1973Qty: (14)
Heaney (Seamus). Opened Ground. Poems 1966-1996, 1998; Station Island; District and Circle, 2006, 1st editions, Station Island 2nd issue in black cloth & without front free endpaper as issued, original boards, dust jackets, 8vo, each signed to title by the poet, together with 13 others by Seamus Heaney, all 1st editions except New Selected Poems 1966-1987, 2nd impression 1990 & The Redress of Poetry, 2nd impression, 1995, including Field Work, 1997 (spine faded), Preoccupations. Selected Prose 1968-1978, 1980, Sweeney Astray, 1983, The Haw Lantern, 1987, The Government of the Tongue,1988, Seeing Things, 1991, The Spirit Level, 1996, Beowulf, 1999, Electric Light, 2001, and The Burial at Thebes,2004Qty: (21)
Hemingway (Ernest). A Farewell to Arms, 1st UK edition, 2nd issue, London: Jonathan Cape, 1929, 2nd issue with 'seriosu' corrected on p. 66, contemporary previous owner inscription to front endpaper, original cloth (slight lean), dust jacket, small chips and tears at head of spine and folds, 8vo, together with Green Hills of Africa, 1st UK edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1936, illustrations, some light spotting, original cloth, some fading, dust jacket, tears and losses at spine ends and folds, rear panel toned, 8vo, plus Across the River and Into the Trees, 1st UK edition, London: Jonathan Cape:1950, light spotting to endpapers, original cloth (extremities faded), dust jacket, spine a little toned, small nicks and tears, 8vo, with 7 others by Hemingway including The Old Man & the Sea, 1st UK edition, 1952, and A Moveable Feast, 1st UK edition, 1964Qty: (10)
Huxley (Aldous). Brave New World, 1st edition, 4th impression, London: Chatto & Windus, 1932, some light spotting, previous owner signature partly erased from head of p. 1, original blue cloth, spine faded to green, 8vo, together with The Cicadas and Other Poems, 1st edition, 1931, spare label tipped-in at end, some light toning, original cloth, dust jacket, some fading and small stains, 8vo, plus Science, Liberty and Peace, 1st edition, 1947, original cloth, dust jacket, spine toned, 8vo, with others by Huxley including Heaven & Hell, 1956, and Brave New World Revisited, 1958 (in dust jackets with tears), 1st editions without jackets including Two or Three Graces, 1926, Proper Studies, 1927, Do What You Will, 1929, Eyeless in Gaza, 1936, plus Sybille Bedford's Aldous Huxley, a Biography, 2 volumes, 1973-74Qty: (37)
James (P.D.) A Taste for Death, 1st edition, London: Faber & Faber, 1986, usual light toning to textblock, original cloth, dust jacket, small repairs to verso, 8vo, together with Rendell (Ruth). The Speaker of Mandarin, 1st edition, London: Hutchinson, 1983, original cloth, dust jacket (small repairs to verso), 8vo, plus Rankin (Ian). The Falls, 1st edition, London: Orion, 2001, original cloth, dust jacket, 8vo, signed by the author, together with others by Ian Rankin, Ruth Rendell (and as 'Barbara Vine'), Sue Grafton, Minette Walters, P.D. James, Dick Francis etc, a few signedQty: (63)
Johns (W.E.) Biggles Gets His Men, 1950; Biggles Works it Out, 1951; Biggles Follows On, 1952; Biggles and the Black Raider, 1953; Biggles in the Gobi, 1953; Biggles of the Special Air Police, [1953]; Biggles Pioneer Air Fighter, [1954]; Biggles Foreign Legionnaire, 1954; Biggles in Australia, 1955; Biggles Takes Charge, 1956; Biggles Makes Ends Meet, 1957; Biggles of the Interpol, 1957, 1st editions, colour and monochrome illustrations, occasional light spotting and a few stains, contemporary previous owner inscriptions, original cloth (Biggles In Australia covers a little bowed), dust jackets, a few chips and tears, some fading to spines, 8vo, with five others including Worrals Investigates, 1950, The First Biggles Omnibus, 1953, and Return to Mars, 1955Qty: (17)
Jones (David). The Anathemata. Fragments of an attempted writing, 1st edition, London: Faber and Faber, 1952, illustrations, slight toning to rear endpaper, bookplate of Roger Senhouse (1899-1970, publisher and member of the Bloomsbury Group), original tan cloth, spine with red label, dust jacket, some light toning to spine and panel margins, a few tiny tears, 8voQty: (1)NOTESThe author's second book.
Le Carre (John). The Spy Who Came in From the Cold, 1st edition, 5th impression, London: Victor Gollancz, September 1963, a few light stains, original blue cloth (spine slightly faded), dust jacket, some fading to spine, small chips at ends and folds, short closed tear at foot of front panel, slight dust soiling to rear panel, 8voQty: (1)NOTESSigned by the author to title.
Le Fanu (J. Sheridan). The Rose and The Key; Willing to Die, 1st one-volume editions, London: Downey & Co., 1895, illustrated titles, a few minor spots, Willing to Die endpapers renewed, original cloth gilt, Willing to Die spine relaid, 8vo, together with Moore (George). The Brook Kerith. A Syrian Story, New York: Macmillan, 1929, 12engravings by Stephen Gooden, some light offsetting, top edge gilt, original vellum-backed boards, contained in contemporary morocco-backed slipcase, a little rubbed, tall 8vo, limited signed edition 149/500, with a autograph letter from the author to the publisher regarding the book and its translation, plus Blackwood (Algernon). The Garden of Survival, 1st edition, London: Macmillan, 1918, light toning front and rear, bookplate, original blue cloth, some fading to spine, dust jacket, spine toned with hole and chips at ends, a few small nicks, 8vo, with 17 other horror/supernatural related including The Maracot Deep and Other Stories, by Arthur Conan Doyle, 1929, Phantoms of the Dawn, by Violet Tweedale, 1924, The Knight of the Silver Star or the Fortress of Yadasara, [1925], The Road & the Wood, by John Owen, 1936, Twilight on the Betzy, by Thomas Dinesen, 1932, Satan's Drome, by William Reeves, [1937], and The Strange Bedfellow, by Evelyn Bercjman, 1956Qty: (21)
Lee (Harper). To Kill a Mockingbird, 1st UK edition, London: Heinemann, 1960, a little minor marginal spotting, bookplate and small ink stamp of S.J. France to front endpaper, original burgundy cloth, small indentation to upper cover, dust jacket, small chips and tears at spine ends, light water stain to flaps, 8voQty: (1)
Lewis (C.S.) The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, 1st edition, London: Geoffrey Bles, 1950, colour frontispiece and illustrations by Pauline Baynes, a few small stains, small manuscript '2/6' to front endpaper, original cloth, spine faded with stains, some fading to covers, 8vo (binding copy?), together with Watkins-Pitchford (Denys, 'B.B.'). Wandering Wind, 1st edition, London: Hamish Hamilton, 1957, colour and black and white illustrations, a little light spotting, original yellow cloth, dust jacket, spine a little faded with small nicks and tears at ends, short closed tear to front panel, light spotting to covers, 8voQty: (2)
Murdoch (Iris). Sartre. Romantic Rationalist, 1953; The Flight from the Enchanter, 1956; A Severed Head, 1961, 1st editions, previous owner signature to The Flight of the Enchanter, original cloth, dust jackets, small chips and small closed tears to Flight of the Enchanter and Severed Head spine ends and front panels, light toning to Flight spine, 8voQty: (3)NOTESA Severed Head inscribed to title 'With much love, Iris Murdoch', plus a doodle of a guillotine and body to the front endpaper.
O'Brian (Patrick). A complete set of all 20 'Aubrey-Maturin' novels, 1st editions, 1970-1999, from Master & Commander, 1970 to Blue at the Mizzen, 1999, 2 copies of The Far Side of the World, 1984, Clarissa Oakes, 1992 2nd impression, a few later titles textblocks with some usual toning, original cloth, dust jackets, Post Captain, The Fortune of War and The Far Side of the World (both copies) price-clipped, Clarissa Oakes and The Wine-Dark Sea without printed price to flaps, some light fading to a few spines, 8vo, plus The Final Unfinished Voyage of Jack Aubrey, 1st edition, 2004, The Unknown Shore, 1996 and The Golden Ocean, 1996 (both re-issues)Qty: (25)
O'Brian (Patrick). The Frozen Flame, 1st edition, London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1953, original cloth, dust jacket, some fading to spine, small chips and nicks at spine ends and folds, 8vo, together with The Road to Samarcand, 1st edition, London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1954, prize label to front pastedown dated 1960, original cloth, dust jacket, repairs to verso, a few small chips and stains, 8vo, plus The Golden Ocean, 1st edition, London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1956, a little minor spotting, original cloth, spine s little faded, dust jacket, slight fading to spine, small chips at ends, some light spotting, 8vo, with 9 others by Patrick O'Brian including The Last Pool, 1950 (in chipped and repaired jacket), Lying in the Sun and Other Stories, 1956, The Unknown Shore, 1959 and Richard Temple, 1962, plus Pablo Ruiz Picasso. A Biography, 1976 and Joseph Banks. A Life, 1987 (with front endpaper renewed)Qty: (12)
Orczy (Baroness). The Divine Folly, 1937, No Greater Love, 1938, 1st editions, London: Hodder & Stoughton, colour frontispiece and illustrations to No Greater Love, advertisements, a few light spots, original cloth, some fading to spines, dust jackets, a few small chips and tears, 8vo, together with Dingle (Captain A.E., "Sinbad"). Pipe All Hands!, 1st edition, London: George G. Harrap, 1935, a few light spots at front, original cloth, dust jacket, slight fading to spine, 8vo, plus Evans (Admiral Sir E.R.G.R.) Ghosts of the Scarlet Fleet, 1st edition, London: Jarrolds, 1932, text block toned, previous owner inscription to front pastedown, original cloth (spine tips faded), dust jacket, spine a little toned and chipped at head, repairs to verso, 8vo, with 7 others including William McFee's North of Suez, 1930, Jean Barre's Spanish Secret, circa 1935, Rafael Sabatini's Chivalry, circa 1935 and Commander Claude Harding's The Bo's'un of the Psyche, 3 volumes, 1892, (ex-libris in modern cloth with upper covers and spines relaid)Qty: (13)
Orwell (George). Homage to Catalonia, 1st edition, London: Secker and Warburg, 1938, some light spotting, endpapers toned (rear endpaper with small water stain), original green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, spine slightly darkened, water stain at foot of upper cover, 8voQty: (1)NOTESGeorge Orwell's account of his experiences fighting with the socialists during the Spanish Civil War. 1500 copies printed. Binding copy?
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Oxenham (Elsie Jeanette). Maidlin Bears the Torch, 1st edition, London: The Girls Own Paper Office, [1937], colour frontispiece, some light spotting. clear tape marks to rear endpaper, bookplate, original blue cloth gilt, some fading to spine, dust jacket, small tear and loss at head of spine, a few small nicks and crease, 8voQty: (1)
Peters (Ellis). Monks-hood, 1980; The Leper of Saint Giles, 1981; The Virgin in the Ice, 1982; The Sanctuary Sparrow, 1983; The Devil's Novice, 1983, 1st editions, usual light toning to first 3 textblocks, previous owner blindstamp to Sanctuary front endpaper, original cloth, dust jackets, Leper price-clipped and slight fading to spine, 8vo, with other 'Brother Cadfael' titles including One Corpse Too Many, 1979, Saint Peter's Fair, 1981 (both ex-libris with usual stamps and marks), plus Flight of a Witch, 1964, The Grass Widow's Tale, 1968, and A Means of Grace (written as Edith Pargeter), 1956, together with Davis (Lindsey). The Silver Pigs, 1989; Shadows in Bronze, 1990; Venus in Copper, 1991; The Iron Hand of Mars, 1992, 1st editions, light toning to Venus and Iron Hand textblocks, original cloth, dust jackets, Venus price-clipped, Iron Hand without printed price, some fading to Silver Pigs spine and front panel, 8vo, with other 'Falco' titles by Davis including a 1st US edition of The Silver Pigs, 1989 and A Dying Light in Corduba, Scorpion Press, 1996, limited signed edition 36/99Qty: (64)
Sassoon (Siegfried). Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man, limited illustrated edition, London: Faber & Faber, 1929, illustrations by William Nicholson, a few light stains, top edge gilt, original vellum, a little bowed, a few stains to covers, 8vo, limited edition 138/300, signed by the author and illustrator, together with Memoirs of an Infantry Officer, limited issue, London: Faber & Faber, 1930, one or two minor spots, top edge gilt, original blue cloth, spine faded, 8vo, limited signed edition 46/750, together with 4 others by Sassoon including Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man,1929, and Collected Poems, 1947Qty: (6)
Saville (Malcolm). Lone Pine adventure series, complete in 20 volumes, mixed editions, 1943-2005, comprising Mystery at Witchend, 1st edition. 1943; Seven White Gates, 2nd edition, 1945; The Gay Dolphin Adventure, 1st edition, 1945; The Secret of Grey Walls, 4th impression, 1954; Lone Pine Five, 1st edition, 1949; The Elusive Grasshopper, 1st edition, 1951; The Neglected Mountain, Children's Book Club edition, circa 1953; Saucers Over the Moor, 1st edition, 1955; Wings Over Witchend, 1st edition, 1956; Lone Pine London, revised edition, 1970; The Secret of the Gorge, 1st edition, 1958; Mystery Mine, 1st edition, 1959; Sea Witch Comes Home, 1st edition, 1960; Not Scarlet But Gold, 1st edition, 1962; Treasure at Amorys, 1964; Man With Three Fingers, 1966; Rye Royal, 1st edition, 1969; Strangers at Witchend, 1st edition, 1970; Where's My Girl, 1972, and Home to Witchend, 4th edition, Richard Griffiths, 2005, illustrations by G.E. Breary, Bertram Prance, Terence Freeman and Michael Whittlesea, map endpapers, occasional minor spotting, one or two previous ownerr inscriptions, original cloth, some light spotting and fading to a few spines, dust jackets (except for Mystery at Witchend, Lone Pine Five, The Secret of the Gorge and Not Scarlet But Gold), a few tears, losses and creases to early titles, Strangers at Witchend jacket adhered to covers with clear tape, Sea Witch Comes Home price-clipped, 8vo, together with 15 others by Malcolm Saville plus a George Newnes collotype publicity portrait card of the author, signedQty: (36)
Thatcher (Margaret). The Conservative Party. The First 150 Years, by Sheila Moore, 1st edition, Country Life Books, 1980, foreword by Margaret Thatcher, colour and monochrome illustrations, original cloth, dust jacket, light toning to flaps, 4to, signed by Margaret Thatcher and with a presentation inscription by the author 'To Becky' both to front endpaper, together with a photographic print of a schoolgirl Margaret Thatcher, signed, a paperback edition of Statecraft, 2003, signed to title and two unsigned first editions of The Downing Street Years, 1993 and The Path to Power, 1995Qty: (6)
Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Hobbit, 9th impression, London: George Allen & Unwin, 1957, colour frontispiece, illustrations, previous owner inscription, small marginal water stain, map endpapers, original green cloth, spine a little faded, dust jacket, lacking spine, some tears, losses and repairs, 8vo, together with Farmer Giles of Ham, 1st edition, London: George Allen and Unwin, 1949, colour frontispiece and illustrations by Pauline Baynes, light partial offsetting to endpapers, original cloth, dust jacket, repaired at head to verso, 8vo, with others related including The Lord of the Rings, 1st one volume India paper edition, 1969, The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, 1981 and The Children of Húrin, de luxe edition, 2007 (in original shrinkwrap)Qty: (10)
Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, 2nd edition, 2nd impression, 1967; The Two Towers, 4th impression, 1956; The Return of the King, 2nd impression, November 1955, folding map to each (both maps detached in Fellowship and Return of the King, Return of the King map with one blank corner torn away, Two Towers map tipped-in at rear pastedown), occasional light spotting, previous owner signatures, top edge red, original red cloth, some fading to Two Towers and Return of the King spines, edges a little rubbed, 8voQty: (3)
Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Return of the King, 1st edition, London: George Allen & Unwin, 1955, folding map at end, light spotting to endpapers, top edge red, original red cloth, 2nd state dust jacket (with reviews to rear flap), spine a little rubbed and toned, a couple of closed tears to panels, 8voQty: (1)NOTESFirst edition, one of 7000 printed, 3rd state text with signature '4' at foot of page 49 and sagging text, previously identified by Wayne Hammond as a first issue point now redesignated by Hammond as a third state printing.
Tolkien (J.R.R.) Farmer Giles of Ham, 1st edition, London: George Allen and Unwin, 1949, colour frontispiece and illustrations by Pauline Baynes, slight partial offsetting to endpapers, dust jacket, small closed tears at head and foot of front panel, one or two nicks at folds, light dust-soiling to rear panel, slight lean, 8voQty: (1)
Waugh (Evelyn). Black Mischief, 1932; A Handful of Dust, 1934; Scoop, 1938, 1st editions, illustrations, a little light spotting, bookplates to Black Mischief and Scoop, original snakeskin effect cloth, spines a little faded and rubbed at ends, Handful of Dust joints splitting, 8vo, together with 13 others by Evelyn Waugh including The Loved One, [1948], The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold, 1957, A Tourist in Africa, 1960, and Unconditional Surrender, 1961, all 1st editions in jackets, plus Decline and Fall, 5th impression, 1930 and Vile Bodies, 2nd impression, 1930Qty: (16)
Waugh (Evelyn). Officers and Gentlemen, 1st edition, London: Chapman & Hall, 1955, top edge blue, original blue cloth (a few faint marks, slight lean), dust jacket, repaired tears to verso, some fading to spine, rear panel with light dust soiling, a few chips and tears, 8voQty: (1)NOTESPresentation copy, inscribed to front endpaper 'For Beverley, Souvenir de voyage from Evelyn'. Possibly inscribed to Beverley Nichols (1898-1983), author of Crazy Pavements (1927), a novel about the 'Bright Young Things' of the Roaring Twenties, which drew many parallels with Waugh's Vile Bodies (1930) and who was described as 'the original Bright Young Thing' by Osbert Sitwell.
Waugh (Evelyn). 'Sword of Honour' trilogy: Men at Arms, 1952; Officers and Gentlemen, 1955; Unconditional Surrender, 1961, 1st editions, occasional light spotting, Unconditional Surrender ex-libris with library label and usual marks, original cloth, dust jackets, a few tears, repairs and stains, 8vo, together with others by or on Evelyn Waugh including The Loved One, [1948], The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold, 1957, Sword of Honour, 1965 and Martin Stannard's Evelyn Waugh. The Early Years 1903-1939, 1986 and Evelyn Waugh. No Abiding City 1939-1966, 1992Qty: (11)
Whistler (Rex, illustrator). The Last of Uptake or the Estranged Sisters, by Simon Harcourt-Smith, London: B.T. Batsford, 1942, colour frontispiece, colour plate, illustrations, top edge green, original morocco-backed boards (spine slightly faded), small 4to, limited edition of 100, signed by author and artist, together with Oho! The Drawings by Rex Whistler, the Words by Laurence Whistler, 1st edition, London: John Lane, 1946, illustrations, light partial offsetting to endpapers, original illustrated boards, dust jacket, a couple of short closed tears, small 4toQty: (2)
Wilde (Oscar). Vera; Or, the Nihilists. A Drama in a Prologue, and Four Acts, privately printed, 1902, a few minor spots, rear board detached, original upper wrapper only (lacking lower wrapper, some wear to spine, some stains, clear tape marks and creases to upper wrapper), 4to, limited edition 173/200, together with Wilde v Whistler. Being an Acrimonious Correspondence on Art between Oscar Wilde and James A McNeill Whistler, privately printed, 1906, a few light spots, endpapers toned, original wrappers, tear and loss to rear wrapper, some wear to spine and small chips to edges, 8vo, limited edition of 400 copies [Bloxam, John Francis]. The Priest and the Acolyte, privately printed for presentation only, [1902], some staple rust, light spotting to endpapers, original printed wrappers, a few splits and losses to spine, small stains, 4toQty: (3)NOTESSecond work Mason 625, third work Mason pp. 14-17. The Priest and the Acolyte, by Uranian author John Francis Bloxam first appeared in the magazine The Chameleon, edited by Bloxam in 1894 and wrongly attributed to Oscar Wilde who had only contributed to the publication. The story was used against Wilde during his libel suit against the Marquess of Queensbury in 1895.
Wodehouse (P.G.) Tales of St Austin's, 1st edition, 1st issue, London: A & C Black, 1903, 12 monochrome plates byT.M.R. Whitwell, R. Noel Pocock, and E.F. Skinner, 2 pp. advertisements for 'The Pothunters' and 'A Prefect's Uncle', additional 8 pp. 'Beautiful Books for Boys and Girls' at end, some light spotting to endpapers and fore edges, original red pictorial cloth, spine lettered in gilt (light fading to spine), 8voQty: (1)NOTESMcIlvaine A3a. First issue copy with the quotation marks not closed after The Pothunters and A Prefect's Uncle on title, spine lettering in gold. Unusually in this copy there is an additional 8 page 'Beautiful Books for Boys and Girls' A & C Black advertisements listing 5 Wodehouse 3/6 titles: The Gold Bat, The Pothunters, A Prefect's Uncle, Tales of St Austins and The Head of Kay's inserted at end (The Gold Bat first published in 1904 and The Head of Kay's first published in 1905). The 8 page advertising supplements are usually inserted in the second issues of these titles, but according to McIlvaine not found in any of the reissues of this present title, suggesting this copy was bound up from spare first issue sheets and binding at a slightly later date.
Wodehouse (P.G.) The Gold Bat, 1st edition, 1st issue, London: Adam & Charles Black, 1904, 1st issue with 3 Wodehouse titles listed to half title verso, 8 monochrome illustrations by T.M.R. Whitwell, advertisement leaf at end, some light spotting and marginal toning, bookplate (dated 1905) of John Alfred Langford (1823-1903, author, journalist and antiquary), original red pictorial cloth gilt, some fading to spine, rubbed with splits to lower joint, 8voQty: (1)NOTESMcIlvaine A4a.
Woolf (Virginia). Monday or Tuesday, 1st edition, Richmond: Hogarth Press, 1921, 4 full-page woodcuts by Vanessa Bell (light offsetting to opposite leaves), advertisement leaf at end, some toning to endpapers, small contemporary previous owner inscription 'E.C. Kidd, 1921' to front endpaper, original cloth-backed boards, upper cover with woodcut design by Vanessa Bell, some light edge wear and stains, 8voQty: (1)NOTESKirkpatrick A5a. 1000 copies printed.
Wyndham (John). The Day of the Triffids, 1st edition, London: Michael Joseph, 1951, light partial offsetting from flaps to endpapers, original green cloth, slight lean, dust jacket, spine a little darkened, small tears and chips at spine ends, head of front panel and folds, slight toning to rear panel, 8voQty: (1)NOTESSigned by the author to front endpaper.
A reproduction kingwood veneered serpentine fronted cocktail cabinet, the pull-down door enclosing fitted mirrored interior above two base drawers with applied brass detail, length 82cm, height 118cm, depth 44cm.Additional InformationGeneral wear, light scratches, scuffs, but generally clean order.
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