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Ewbank's
Los 2091

Vintage skirts evening and day wear in a variety of materials silk, Liberty Verona, and chiffon approx 29Provenance- vendors grandmother's husband Brian Lister was the creator of the Lister Jaguar racing company who had huge success in the 1950s and 1960s. The clothes all belonged to Josephine who was always an extremely fashionable lady and had an income which could support it. . Group lot mainly size 8 -10, appear to have had light wear bearing in mind vintage clothingJager skirts size 8, Wool skirt size 8.5, Burberry size 8, doted skirt size 8 , Aquascutum size 38, black skirt size 10

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Ewbank's
Los 2093

Two silk 1930s bias cut nightdresses one in shocking pink the other aqua and a shocking pink and black lace negligee 1960s together with two vintage 1950s nylon and net underskirts, and other vintage underwear (10)Provenance- vendors grandmother's husband Brian Lister was the creator of the Lister Jaguar racing company who had huge success in the 1950s and 1960s. The clothes all belonged to Josephine who was always an extremely fashionable lady and had an income which could support it. . Please see extra imagesSizes nightwear and underskirt approx size 8 Light wear but may be the odd fault, group lot

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Ewbank's
Los 2105

A Normal Hartnell cream satin wedding dress with train, lined and with part net underskirt, believed to date to 1965, with original box together with a net veil. Please see extra imagesApprox size Light water stains to the front of the dress, and grubby hem lineSatin material intact61cm waist, 74cm underarm

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Ewbank's
Los 2110

Jean Muir London 1970s Peacock Green wool crepe mid calf long sleeved day dress with A lined skirt. Good overall condition, appears to have had light wear only, odd mark spotted, may be the odd pull due to the wool material but none spotted. UK size 12

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Ewbank's
Los 2119

Christian Dior collection of vintage skirts including tweed, red cream and grey one with new label ( 7) and a homemade ensemble . Group lot of vintage itemsDior red skirt- waist 6 to 8, minor wearBlack Dior - waist label small 10- light wearDior Grey skirt- size 10- a degree of fading and wearDior Tweed skirt - approx size 6-8, light wear, scratches to leather bucklesCream skirt and jacket size medium- lights wearRed Dior Skirt small 10 lining loose and hanging down, shows nick marks, and stain to backred jacket size small light wearDior cream skirt size 10 approx with new label, may need dry cleaningDior knitwear skirt size12 minor stains

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Ewbank's
Los 2135

1970s vintage coats and jackets and two sheepskin jackets (5). Sheepskin jacket 96cm, size 40 underarm dark mark to interior right sleeve , stains to interior, general wearMoorlands Sheepskin jacket- no size label approx 42-44 general wear and tear stains to inside collar and leather lining to base and to outside of the jacket,missing buttonBrown suede jacket , minor wear and stain marks approx size 36-38Black woman's coat- size approx 10 light wear onlyNavy womans coat -size approx 10 light wear See images

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Ewbank's
Los 2136

Jean Muir black wool winter coat, a mid length black velvet coat with frogging and a black velvet cloak with hood. Black velvet cloak with hood - free size , Black velvet coat approx size 10, Jean Muir coat size 10All light wear good wearable condition

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Ewbank's
Los 2138

A Burberrys leather jacket with check lining and two Burberrys skirts, a Kilt and another Aquascutum (5). General condition report clothes been worn, odd wear mark commiserate with use and ageBurberrys quilt in blue - no size approx 8Kilt in maroon approx 10 slight fadingAquascutum skirt approx 10Burberry skirt approx size 10, clasp a bit looseBurberry jacket - Medium , had light wear

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Ewbank's
Los 2139

Classic Burberrys to include trench coat, a black Macintosh and matching hat and a zip up jacket (4). Black mac 8 petit, light marks to inside collar, some grubby marks to hemBeige mac size 10 petit, light marks to inside collar, some grubby marks to hemBlack jacket size 10see images

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Ewbank's
Los 2140

A navy blue Burberry's wool and Alpaca winter coat ,a classic trench coat in beige (2) . Burberry coat 10 long, W278 appears to have had light wear only, odd grubby and wear marksBurberry tan mark 8 long good wearable condition appears to have had light wear only

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Los 63

Hornby (Nick) Fever Pitch, 1992; High Fidelity, 1995; About a Boy, 1998, uncorrected proof copies, all signed by the author, original wrappers, some light rubbing and creasing to extremities, but generally excellent overall, 8vo (3)

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Los 2

NO RESERVE Ambler (Eric) Passage of Arms, jacket with light toning to spine, 1959 § McBain (Ed) The Sentries, jacket spine chipped at head, light toning to spine, 1965 § Higgins (Jack) The Eagle has Landed, jacket with a few short chips and tears to head and foot, 1975 § Gardner (John) The Liquidator, 1964 § Forsythe (Frederick) The Odessa File, jacket with light rubbing to spine tips, 1972, first or first English editions, original boards, dust-jackets; and 12 others by the same and similar, 8vo (17)

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Los 111

NO RESERVE Stevenson (Robert Louis) The Wrong Box, first edition, spotting, bookplate of Bryan Forbes to pastedown, hinges starting, original cloth, spine faded, spine ends and corners a little bumped, light marking and cockling to covers, 8vo, 1889.⁂ A good association copy - Brian Forbes (1926-2013) produced and directed the film adaptation of The Wrong Box in 1966, staring John Mills, Ralph Richardson and Michael Caine.

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Los 10

Barnes (Julian) The Sense of an Ending, number 16 of 25 specially-bound copies, signed by the author, original calf, very light discolouration to spine, else fine, slip-case, 8vo, 2011.⁂ The winner of the 2011 Man Booker Prize.

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Los 92

Priestley (J.B.) An Inspector Calls, Autograph Note signed by the author loosely inserted, jacket spine slightly browned, some minor chipping to head and foot with repairs to verso, 1947; Talking, number 6 of 75 copies signed by the author, jacket a little chipped at head and foot, some light surface soiling, 1926; Faraway, jacket spine ends and corners a little chipped, neat tape repairs to verso, 1932, first editions, original cloth, dust-jackets; and 16 others by the same, 8vo (19)

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Los 45

Greene (Graham) Brighton Rock, browning to half title, spine a little darkened and chipped at head, 1938; The Confidential Agent, some light fading and minor staining to spine, 1939; The Power and the Glory, spotting, browning to half-title, some creasing to spine, 1940; The Ministry of Fear, light discolouration to spine and covers, 1943, first editions, original cloth, spine ends and corners a little bumped, 8vo (4)

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Los 84

NO RESERVE Murdoch (Iris) The Flight from the Enchanter, some light foxing, jacket spine slightly browned, spine ends and corners a little chipped, 1956; An Unofficial Rose, jacket spine a little browned, near-fine otherwise, 1962; The Italian Girl, short tear to head of upper joint with some light creasing, 1964; The Nice and Good, 1968; A Fairly Honourable Defeat, jacket with light toning to spine, else fine, 1970, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets; and 5 others by the same and another by Barbara Pym, 8vo (11)

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Los 86

NO RESERVE Orczy (Baroness) The Elusive Pimpernell, first edition, ownership blindstamp to endpaper, original cloth, very light fading to spine, extremities rubbed, 1908 § Glyder (John) Lady-in-the-Moon, first edition, dust-jacket priced at 7/6, spine ends and corners chipped, light horizontal creasing, 1941, original cloth; and 6 others, similar, 8vo (8)

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Los 129

Wren (Percival Christopher) Beau Geste, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "To Alan Graham-Smith Esq. with the author's compliments & thanks for encouraging approval, Wren, Nov '24" to endpaper, light foxing, original first issue red cloth upper cover in blind, spine lettered in gilt, light fading spine, spine ends and corners bumped and worn, 8vo, [1924].⁂ Wren's most popular and enduring work, rare in the first edition, especially so inscribed. Alan Graham-Smith (1910-2006) was Wren's adopted step-son from his second marriage.

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Los 31

Fleming (Ian) The Spy Who Loved Me, first edition, variant issue with printer's quad mark to title, original boards, dust-jacket, light discolouration to lower panel, light creasing to head, but an excellent example overall, 8vo, 1962.

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Los 82

NO RESERVE Milligan (Spike) [The War Memoirs], 7 vol., first editions, vol. 2 signed by the author with COA loosely inserted, 2 vol. with ink gift inscriptions, original cloth, dust-jackets, some light fading to spines, vol.1 a little chipped at head, 1971-91; and another, Milligan, 8vo (8)

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Los 13

Bentley (E. C.) Trent's Last Case, colour frontispiece, [1913] § Pain (Barry) The Memoirs of Constantine Dix, foxing, spine a little foxed, 1905 § Applin (Arthur) The Butcher of Bruton Street, colour frontispiece, foxing, spotting to spine, 1908 § Donovan (Dick) Vincent Trill of the Detective Service, 1899 § Rinehart (Mary Roberts) The After House, plates, browning to endpapers, spine slightly faded, [1914], first or first English editions, original pictorial or decorated cloth, light rubbing to tips of spine and corners, but largely sharp and excellent copies overall; and 5 others, detective fiction, 8vo (10)

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Los 116

NO RESERVE Thomas (Dylan) The Doctor and the Devils, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, light rubbing and minor chipping to tips of spine and corners, otherwise excellent, 1953; and 8 others, 8vo (9)

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Los 88

NO RESERVE Peake (Mervyn) Gormenghast, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, spine a little browned, ink inscription to lower panel, spine ends and corners a little chipped, light rubbing to extremities, 8vo, 1950.⁂ The second title in the Gormenghast trilogy.

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Los 87

NO RESERVE Orwell (George) Nineteen Eighty-Four, first edition, original cloth, shelf-lean, spine faded, spine ends and corners a little bumped, lower joint with minor splitting to foot and small hole, covers with light fading and surface soiling, 8vo, 1949.

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Los 75

Lodge (David) Changing Places, jacket spine faded, light spotting to rear panel, 1975; How Far Can You Go?, 1980; Small World, light browning to margins, 1984; Nice Work, light browning to margins, 1988; Paradise News, light browning to margins, 1991, first editions, signed by the author, original boards, dust-jackets; The Man Who Wouldn't Get Up and Other Stories, 1998; Home Truths. A Novella, 1999, both one of 100 copies signed by the author, original cloth; and 11 others by the same, all signed, 8vo (18)

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Los 65

Hume (Fergus W.) The Crime of the Crystal, advertisement f. at front, endpapers browned, 1901; The Lady From Nowhere. A Detective Story, spotting, 1901; The Disappearing Eye, 2pp. advertisements, browning and ink inscription to endpaper, 1909, first edition, original pictorial cloth, light rubbing to extremities, otherwise excellent; and 2 others by the same, 8vo (5)

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Los 153

NO RESERVE Photobooks.- McCullin (Don) In England, 2007; Shaped by War, 2010, first editions, both signed by McCullin, illustrations, original boards, dust-jackets, some very light creasing to head and foot, else fine, 4to (2)

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Los 34

Forester (C.S.) The Voyage of the Annie Marble, first edition, frontispiece, plates, spotting to fore-edge, original cloth, dust-jacket, spine ends and corners chipped, long tear through lower panel with tape repair, tearing and creasing to head and foot, light tea staining to upper panel, 8vo, 1929.⁂ A rare early Forester title, only a handful of copies recorded in the jacket.

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Los 137

NO RESERVE Dulac (Edmund).- A Fairy Garland, Being Fairy Tales from the Old French, number 165 of 1,000 copies signed by Dulac, 12 colour plates, tissue-guards, light spotting, original vellum-backed cloth, splitting to head of lower joint, chipping to upper joint, marking and soiling to covers, t.e.g., others uncut, 4to, 1928.

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Los 60

Heaney (Seamus) Death of a Naturalist, first edition, signed by the author on title, original cloth, dust-jacket, spine faded, spine and corners chipped at head, surface soiling to lower panel, light creasing to head, small chip to upper fore-edge, 8vo, 1966.

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Los 105

NO RESERVE Sharpe (Tom) Indecent Exposure, jacket spine chipped at head, short closed tear to head of upper panel upper corner, 1973; Porterhouse Blue, jacket with light rubbing to spine ends and corners, 1974; Blott on the Landscape, 1975; Wilt, jacket spine slightly faded, 1976, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets, near-fine generally, 8vo (4)

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Los 62

Hornby (Nick) Fever Pitch, 1992; High Fidelity, 1995; About a Boy, jacket with light fading to spine, 1998, first editions, all signed by the author, original boards, dust-jackets, generally near-fine overall, 8vo (3)

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Los 19

Bulgakov (Mikhail) The Master and Margarita, translated by Michael Glenny, first American edition, jacket with light creasing to head of spine, New York, 1967 § Hemingway (Ernest) A Moveable Feast, first English edition, jacket with very light rubbing and creasing to extremities, 1964 § Coetzee (Michael) The Life and Times of Michael K, first edition, jacket spine sunned, Johannesburg, 1983; and 9 others, similar, 8vo (12)

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Los 127

White (Ethel Lina) The Man Who Loved Lions, ink inscriptions to endpaper, jacket with a few short closed tears to head and foot, light creasing, 1943 § Vernon (Virginia and Frank) The Diary of a Murderer, jacket price-clipped, spine browned, spine ends and corners a little chipped, spine ends and corners a little chipped, [1934] § Witting (Clifford) Let X be the Murderer, signed presentation inscription from the author to title, jacket spine ends and corners a little chipped, a few short closed tears and creasing to head and foot, spotting, 1947 § Brock (Lynn) The Riddle of the Roost, ink inscription to front free endpaper, jacket spine faded, spine ends and corners chipped, closed tear and creasing to foot of upper panel, 1939, first or first English editions, original cloth, dust-jackets; and 16 others, Golden Age Detective fiction, 8vo (20)

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Los 57

Greene (Graham) A Quick Look Behind, limited edition, signed by the author, light fading to spine, slip-case, Los Angeles, 1983; The Monster of Capri, limited edition, signed by the author, illustrations, dust-jacket, spine a little discoloured, 1985; In Search of a Character, limited edition, New York, 1961, original cloth, 8vo (3)

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Los 51

Greene (Graham) A Burnt-Out Case, spine creased, chipping to spine ends, loss to upper corner of lower panel and lower corner of upper panel, light creasing and toning to extremities, 1961; In Search of a Character, creasing to spine, proof dust-jacket, chipping to spine ends, creasing and fraying to head, 1961; Monsignor Quixote, proof dust-jacket, light fading to spine some creasing to head, 1982, uncorrected proof copies; and 2 other proof editions by the same, 8vo (5)

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Los 49

Greene (Graham) The Third Man and the Fallen Idol, first edition, browning to half-title, original cloth, dust-jacket, spine ends and corners a little chipped, small tape repair to head of spine verso, some creasing to head and foot of panels, upper panel with with light vertical creasing, light rubbing to extremities, still a very good, bright copy overall, 8vo, 1950.

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Los 4

Ayrton (Michael) The Maze Maker, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to endpaper, original boards, dust-jacket, light rubbing to tips of spine and corners, else fine, publishers wraparound band (a little browned at spine), 1967; and another, Ayrton (2)

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Los 132

NO RESERVE Wren (Percival Christopher) Soldiers of Misfortune, first edition, ink gift inscription to endpaper, original cloth, dust-jacket, very light discolouration to spine, minor chipping to spine ends and corners, a sharp and excellent example overall, 8vo, 1929.

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Los 39

Greene (Graham) The Man Within, third or fourth impression, signed by the author on title, original cloth, slight shelf-lean, dust-jacket, light browning to spine, minor chipping to spine ends and corners, near-fine overall, 8vo, 1929.

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Los 7

Banks (Iain) The Wasp Factory, 1984; Walking on Glass, jacket with short tear to foot of spine, light creasing to head, 1985; The Bridge, jacket with very light fading to spine, 1986; Espedair Street, signed by the author, 1987; Canal Dreams, 1989, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets, generally near-fine overall; and 6 others by the same, 8vo (11)

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Los 74

Llewellyn (Richard) How Green Was My Valley, bookplate to pastedown, jacket spine a little toned, spine ends and corners a little chipped, creasing to head of spine, 1939 § Ballard (J. G.) Empire of the Sun, usual toning to margins, jacket with very light fading to spine, minor creasing to head and foot, 1984 § Wouk (Herman) The Caine Mutiny, jacket price-clipped, very light browning to spine, head of spine and corners a little chipped, 1951 § Charrière (Henri) Papillon, jacket with very light toning to spine, 1970, first or first English editions, original boards, dust-jackets, generally excellent or near-fine; and 8 others, works adapted for film, 8vo (12)

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Los 124

NO RESERVE Wells (H.G.) Meanwhile. The Picture of a Lady, jacket spine ends and corners a little chipped, light surface soiling, 1927; The Croquet Player, bookplate to pastedown, jacket spine a little browned, lower panel a little soiled with some chipping to head, 1936, first editions, original cloth or boards, dust-jackets; and another by the same, 8vo (3)

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Los 59

Heaney (Seamus) Eleven Poems, first edition, third issue, signed presentation inscription from the author "For Glyn [Hughes], After the reading, Seamus, 13th June 1968" to front cover verso, original stiff green printed wrappers, very light fading to spine, near-fine otherwise, 8vo, 1965.⁂ Heaney's first published collection. Glyn Hughes (1935-2011) poet, novelist and artist.

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Los 91

Pratchett (Terry) Pyramids, 1989; Small Gods, jacket spine slightly faded, 1992; Soul Music, 1994; Carpe Jugulum, 1998, first editions, signed or with signed presentation inscriptions from the author, original boards, dust-jackets, some light creasing to head and foot, near-fine otherwise; and 5 others by the same, most signed, 8vo (9)

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Los 48

Greene (Graham) 19 Stories, ink ownership inscription, jacket spine ends and corners a little chipped, light creasing, rubbing and surface soiling, 1947; Our Man in Havana, jacket spine slightly browned, spine ends and corners a little chipped, 1958; The Comedians, jacket spine a little browned, spine ends and corners chipped, tear to head of lower panel with tape repair to verso, 1966; A Sense of Reality, jacket spine ends and corners a little chipped, light soiling to lower panel, 1963, first editions, original cloth, dust-jackets; and 15 others by the same, 8vo (19)

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Los 5

NO RESERVE Bagley (Desmond) The Golden Keel, light spotting to endpapers, jacket with light creasing to head and foot, 1963; Wyatt's Hurricane, jacket spine slightly faded, short tears and some creasing to head and foot, 1966; Landslide, jacket spine browned, spine ends and corners a little rubbed, 1967 § Jenkins (Geoffrey) A Twist of Sand, jacket price-clipped, light rubbing to tips of spine and corners, 1959; The Watering Place of Good Peace, jacket spine slightly faded, rubbing to extremities, 1960; A Grue of Ice, jacket spine slightly browned, 1962, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets; and 17 others by the same, 8vo (23)

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Los 61

Hilton (James) We Are Not Alone, jacket spine slightly faded, light rubbing to head and foot, 1937 § Cronin (A. J.) "Beyond This Place", jacket spine a little browned, 1953 § Balchin (Nigel) The Small Back Room, light fading to tips of spine, jacket spine browned, spine ends and corners a little chipped, 1943 § Shute (Nevil) On the Beach, jacket price-clipped, spine slightly faded, spine ends and corners a little chipped, 1957, first or first English editions, original cloth, dust-jackets; and 8 others by the same, 8vo (12)

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Los 114

NO RESERVE Süskind (Patrick) Perfume. The Story of a Murderer, light marginal toning, jacket price-clipped, 1986; Eco (Umberto) The Name of the Rose, jacket spine lightly faded, spine ends and corners a little chipped, 1983 § Sharpe (Tom) Porterhouse Blue, light browning to title and half-title, jacket spine ends and corners a little chipped, 1974 § Clavell (James) King Rat, jacket price-clipped with light fading to spine, minor chipping to spine ends and corners, 1963, first or first English editions, original cloth, dust-jackets; and 14 others, modern literature, 8vo (18)

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Larkin (Philip) The Less Deceived, first edition, first issue with 'floor' for 'sea' on p.38, very light browning to endpapers, original first issue cloth with flat spine, dust-jacket, price-clipped, spine faded, spine chipped at head with tape repair to verso, 8vo, 1955.

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Los 37

Golding (William) The Lord of the Flies, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author on loosely inserted sheet, original cloth, slight shelf-lean, light fading to spine, 8vo, 1954.

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Los 38

NO RESERVE Graves (Robert) The Shout, number 444 of 500 copies, signed by the author, browning to endpapers, original boards, dust-jacket, some light spotting, minor chipping to spine ends and corners, 1929; Sergeant Lamb of the Ninth, first edition, ink gift inscription, original cloth, dust-jacket, spine ends and corners a little chipped, 1940; and another by the same, 8vo (3)

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Los 103

NO RESERVE Sassoon (Siegfried) Sequences, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to half-title, original cloth, dust-jacket, light creasing to spine ends, 1956 § Thomas (Dylan) Under Milk Wood, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, spine slightly dulled, spine ends and corners a little chipped, upper panel chipped at head, 1954; and 5 others similar, 8vo (7)

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Los 40

Greene (Graham) The Name of Action, 1930; Stamboul Train, second issue, spotting, 1932; It's a Battlefield, very light fading to spine, 1934; A Gun for Sale, occasional light spotting, light surface soiling to covers, facsimile dust-jacket, 1936, first editions, original cloth; and a second impression Man Within, 8vo (5)

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NO RESERVE Knausgård (Karl Ove) A Death in the Family, first English edition, original boards, dust-jacket, 2009; Some Rain Must Fall, uncorrected proof copy, original wrappers, some light creasing to extremities, 2016; and another copy of the first, 8vo (3)

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Los 113

Stoppard (Tom) Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, first edition, original stiff wrappers, light rubbing to tips of spine and corners, near-fine otherwise, 8vo, 1967.⁂ Issued simultaneously to the hardback edition.

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Los 25

Dahl (Roald) The BFG, reprint, signed by the author on half-title, illustrations by Quentin Blake, light marginal toning, occasional corner creasing, original boards, dust-jacket, price-clipped, light fading to spine, light creasing to head and foot, else fine, 8vo, 1985.

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NO RESERVE Le Carré (John) The Honourable Schoolboy, uncorrected proof copy, original plain wrappers, dust-jacket, chip to foot of spine, light rubbing to head and foot, near-fine otherwise, 1977; and 3 others, similar, 8vo (4)

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Waugh (Evelyn) Wine in Peace and War, one of 100 copied signed by the author, 2 colour illustrations by Rex Whistler, light spotting to endpapers, original claret sheep lettered in gilt with design after Whistler to upper cover, rubbed, small chip to head of spine, faded, 8vo, Saccone & Speed Ltd, 1947.⁂ ?Waugh was commissioned to write a piece on wine by H.H. Prince Vsevolode of Russia (the dedicatee of the work) to promote the wine merchant Saccone & Speed, of which Vsevolode was then managing director. Coming so soon after the success of Brideshead and the increased revenues this brought (see lot 44), Waugh knew that any income was now likely to be taxed at 80%. He therefore arranged to be paid at the rate of 12 bottles of champagne per 1,000 words.

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