Modern Literature

Rankin (Ian) The Naming of the Dead, 2006 § Dexter (Colin) Death is Now My Neighbour, 1996; The Daughters of Cain, 1994 § Hill (Reginal) Singing t...

Read (Herbert) Mutations of the Phoenix, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Jacob Kramer, with autograph verses by ...

Reid (Forrest) Notes and Impressions, first edition, original boards, dust-jacket, lightly faded with the odd nick to extremities, Newcastle, 1942...

Rice (Anne) Interview With the Vampire, first edition, original cloth-backed boards, very light staining, dust-jacket, short tears to edges, some ...

Robinson (Frederick) The War of the Worlds, first edition, plates, large water-stain throughout to upper corner, original wrappers, stained, corne...

Rodham Clinton (Hillary) Hard Choices, "autographed collector's edition" in box (a little torn inside), 2014; What Happened, original photographs ...

NO RESERVE Rohmer (Sax) The Si-Fan Mysteries, blank bookplate to pastedown, remnants of library label to rear pastedown, 1917; Yu'an Hee See Laugh...

Rosenberg (Isaac) Poems, first edition, frontispiece portrait, original black cloth, very light soiling marks to corners, edges very lightly rubbe...

Rowling (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, second printing, 1999; Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, 1999; Harry Potter and th...

Rowling (J.K.) Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets, first deluxe edition, first printing, original cloth with mounted colour illustration and ...

Rowling (J.K.) [Harry Potter's School Books], 2 vol., comprising Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them; Quidditch Through the Ages, original wrapp...

Rushdie (Salman) Midnight's Children, first edition, modern blue morocco by The Chelsea Bindery, borders and spine in silver, edges silver, spine ...

NO RESERVE Rushdie (Salman) Shame, uncorrected proof copy, original wrappers, lightly creased, 1983; Imaginary Homelands, first edition, signed by...

Sackville-West (Vita) All Passion Spent, first edition, original cloth, very lightly soiled, dust-jacket, small portion of repair and retouching t...

Sassoon (Siegfried) The Heart's Journey, one of 590 copies, signed by the author on title, other gift inscription on title, bookplate to pastedown...

NO RESERVE Sayers (Dorothy L.) Clouds of Witnesses, first American edition, light spotting to endpapers, original cloth, discoloured, spine ends f...

Sayers (Dorothy L.) Unnatural Death, first edition, small ink ownership name to front free endpaper, light foxing to first few pages and some on f...

Sayers (Dorothy L.) The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club, first edition, original cloth, rebacked preserving original spine strip, covers lightl...

Sayers (Dorothy L.) Lord Peter Views the Body, front free endpapers torn out, half-title browned, 1928; The Five Red Herrings, ink ownership name ...

Sayers (Dorothy L.) and Robert Eustace. The Documents in the Case, first edition, original cloth lettered in orange, spine faded, joints rubbed an...

Sayers (Dorothy L.) Murder Must Advertise, first edition, ink ownership name to toned endpapers, original cloth, spine ends a little bumped and cr...

Sayers (Dorothy L.) Gaudy Night, 1935; The Nine Tailors, ink ownership name to spotted endpapers, 1934; Busman's Honeymoon, ink ownership name to ...

Sayers (Dorothy L.) Busman's Honeymoon, 1937; In the Teeth of Evidence, bookplate to pastedown, 1939; Strong Poison, endpapers browned with ink ow...

Schulberg (Budd) What Makes Sammy Run?, later printing, signed presentation inscription from the author on title, jacket price-clipped, laid down ...

Scott (Paul) Johnnie Sahib, chipping to spine head, 1952; The Alien Sky, light restorations to spine ends, 1953; A Male Child, endpapers browned, ...

NO RESERVE Searle (Ronald).- Willans (Geoffrey) & Ronald Searle. Whizz for Atomms, first edition, ownership stamp to pastedown, jacket price-clipp...

NO RESERVE Seltzer (Charles Alden) Last Hope Ranch, first edition, New York, 1923; 'Drag' Harlan, first English edition, [c.1929] § Hill (Thornton...

Senhouse (Roger).- Bunin (I. A.) The Gentleman From San Francisco and Other Stories, first edition, Roger Senhouse's copy with his book-label and ...

NO RESERVE Smith (Thorne) Rain in the Doorway, reprint, 1948; The Glorious Pool, reprint, spotted, 1942 § Duffield (Anne) Beloved Enemy, first edi...

NO RESERVE Spillane (Mickey) Kiss me, Deadly, first edition, New York, 1952; The Deep, first English edition, 1961; I, the Jury, first English edi...

Stephens (Riccardo) The Mummy, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "For C. Vincent Cotterell, from his grateful friend ...

Stevenson (Robert Louis) An Inland Voyage, half-title lightly spotted, hinge cracked but holding strong, original pictorial cloth, overall still e...

Stevenson (Robert Louis) Treasure Island, second edition, frontispiece, tissue-guard, 8pp. publisher's adverts at end (uncut), spotting, original ...

NO RESERVE Stevenson (Robert Louis) Kidnapped, first edition, second issue with "pleasure" to p.40, folding colour map, 12pp. advertisements in ea...

Stoker (Bram) The Jewel of Seven Stars, early edition, facsimile dust-jacket, 1912; The Jewel of Seven Stars, New York, 1904; The Lair of the Whit...

Stoker (Bram) Dracula's Guest and Other Weird Stories, first edition, spotting to first and last few pages including title, original blind-stamped...

Stuart (Douglas) Shuggie Bain, original boards, dust-jacket, 2020 § Welsh (Irvine) Filth, original wrappers, light creasing to extremities, 1998 §...

Thatcher (Margaret) The Collected Speeches, first edition, 1997; Statecraft, first edition, bookplate tipped onto endpapers, 2002; The Downing Str...

Thomas (Dylan) Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog, proof copy, original wrappers, upper hinge a little weak, toned, extremities brittle and chi...

Thomas (Ross) The Singapore Wink, first edition, New York, 1969 § Gruber (Frank) Fort Starvation, first edition in book form, ownership markings t...

NO RESERVE Thorndike (Russell) Doctor Syn, first edition, original cloth, spine faded, 1915; The Further Adventures of Doctor Syn, lightly spotted...

Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Lord of the Rings, 3 vol., comprising The Fellowship of the Ring, eleventh impression, cloth very soiled and discoloured, 196...

Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Lord of the Rings, 3 vol., comprising The Fellowship of the Ring, fifteenth impression, 1966; The Two Towers, twelfth impress...

Tremain (Rose) Music & Silence, 1999 § Hughes (Frieda) Wooroloo, 1998 § Roy (Arundhati) The Ministry of Utmost Happiness, 2017 § Howard (Elizabeth...

NO RESERVE Trevor (William) Death of a Professor, number 99 of 200 copies signed by the author, Colophon Press, original wrappers, 1997; Low Sunda...

Updike (John) Rabbit at Rest, 1990; The Witches of Eastwick, 1984 § Percy (Walker) The Thanatos Syndrome, A.L.s from Percy to Tom Rosenthal loosel...

NO RESERVE van Greenaway (Peter) The Crucified City, jacket torn and nicked in places, 1962 § Meyer (John) Try Another World, illustrations, New Y...

NO RESERVE Vance (Jack) Rhialto the Marvellous, proof copy, one of 6 bound galley-proof sets for review, signed by Vance and the publisher Tim Und...

Vance (Jack) Big Planet, first edition in book form, signed by the author to title, New York, 1957; Light From a Lone Star, one of 200 "slipcased"...

Vance (Jack) The Dying Earth, slip-case, 1994; The Eyes of the Overworld, 1977; Cugel's Saga, 1983; each one of 500 copies or fewer, signed by the...

NO RESERVE Verne (Jules) A Floating City, illustrations, light spotting, original pictorial cloth, rubbed, spine faded, 1874 § MacLean (Alistair) ...

Walliams (David) Mr. Stink, signed presentation inscription from the author, signed by the illustrator Quentin Blake on title, 2009; The Boy in th...

Walliams (David) The World's Worst Children, signed autograph postcard from the illustrator loosely inserted, 2016; The Beast of Buckingham Palace...

NO RESERVE Walters (Minette) The Ice House, 1992; The Sculptress, 1993; The Scold's Bridle, 1994; The Echo, 1997; The Breaker, 1998, first edition...

NO RESERVE Warby (Marjorie) Happy Summer, first edition, ex-library label to pastedown, endpapers spotted, original cloth, extremities bumped and ...

Waugh (Evelyn) Labels: a Mediterranean Journal, first edition, frontispiece, plates, small marginal stain (p.163), modern navy half morocco over m...

Waugh (Evelyn) Black Mischief, first edition, number 133 of 250 large paper copies signed by the author, frontispiece and plates, pastedown foxed,...

Waugh (Evelyn) Edmund Campion, first edition, original cloth, ends lightly bumped, dust-jacket, 1.5" tear to spine tail, light surfacing soiling, ...

Waugh (Evelyn) Brideshead Revisited, first American trade edition, original decorative cloth, spine ends lightly faded and sunned, dust-jacket, Bo...

Waugh (Evelyn) When the Going was Good, Tom Rosenthal's copy with his pencil inscription to endpaper, frontispiece, folding map, covers a spine da...