Modern Literature, Illustrated Books and Original Artwork

Lots 1-46: The Farhoumand Collection | Lots 252-262: From a private collection on Eastern Art and Religions

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Lots 1-46: The Farhoumand Collection | Lots 252-262: From a private collection on Eastern Art and Religions

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Hemingway (Ernest) Across the River and Into the Trees, first edition, original boards, dust-jacket, lightly nicked and rubbed at extremities, oth...

Herlihy (James Leo) Midnight's Cowboy, [4 copies], first edition, original cloth, lightly faded, dust-jacket, New York, 1965 § Grisham (John) The ...

Herriot (James) If Only They Could Talk, first edition, ink ownership name on front free endpaper, original boards, dust-jacket, light toning and ...

Highsmith (Patricia) A Dog's Ransom, first American edition, New York, 1972; Those Who Walk Away, first edition, endpapers browned, 1967 § Hawk (J...

Hill (Susan) The Woman in Black, first edition, cut signature of the author laid down on title, illustrations by John Lawrence, original boards, s...

Hillerman (Tony) People of Darkness, jacket with one or two tiny nicks to spine ends, otherwise fine, 1980; The Fly on the Wall, jacket with nicks...

Hollinghurst (Alan) The Sparsholt Affair, first limited edition, one of 26 copies signed by the author, original morocco, spine very lightly faded...

*** Please note, the description to this lot has changed.***Hornung (E. W.) Mr Justice Raffles, first edition, slight shelf-lean, 1909; Raffles, e...

Hughes (Ted) Moortown Elegies, one of 175 copies signed by the author, original stiff vellum, cow motif in blind and gilt to upper cover, spine le...

Huxley (Aldous) The Burning Wheel, first edition, decorative title and frontispiece, original wrappers with printed labels to spine and upper cove...

Huxley (Aldous) Brave New World, bookplate on front free endpaper, a few light foxing marks, cloth a little rubbed and spine faded, 1932 § Lowry (...

Huxley (Aldous) The Doors of Perception, first edition, front free endpaper toned with previous ownership inscription, original boards, dust-jacke...

Ishiguro (Kazuo) A Pale View of Hills, ink ownership inscription on front free endpaper, 1982; The Remains of the Day, 1989, first editions, origi...

Jackson (Shirley) Raising Demons, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, a few small stains to upper panel, some portions of loss to spine en...

Johnson (B. S.) Travelling People, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Gregory Greynog on title, with autograph lett...

Johnson (B. S.) Trawl, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "for June with love Bryan", ticket and signing event informa...

Johnson (B. S.) The Unfortunates, first edition, signed presentation inscription by the author,  additionally signed through printed author's name...

Johnson (B. S.) House Mother Normal, one of 126 copies signed by the author, 1971; Poems Two, one of 100 copies signed by the author, 1972; Albert...

Johnson (B. S.) & Margaret Drabble, editors. London Consequences, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "please understan...

Johnson (B. S.) Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "for Gordon Williams who think t...

Johnson (B.S.).- Coe (Jonathan) Like a Fiery Elephant: The Story of B.S. Johnson, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author o...

Joyce (James) Dubliners, second printing, small contemporary ink ownership inscription on front free endpaper, original cloth, lightly faded and r...

Juster (Norton) The Phantom Tollbooth, first edition, illustrations by Jules Feiffer, original boards, light strip of sunning to upper edge, dust-...

Kafka (Franz) The Trial, first English edition, translated by Willa and Edwin Muir, gift inscription on front free endpaper, some light foxing, or...

Kennedy (John F.) The Stategy of Peace, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "to Richard Hughes with very best wishes Jo...

Kipling (Rudyard) Rewards and Fairies, contemporary ink gift inscription on front free endpaper, very light scattered spots to endpapers, cloth br...

Krushchev (Nikita).- The Vital Letters of Russell Kruschev Dulles, first edition, signed by Kruschev on title and dated 6/08/1960 on title, fronti...

Larkin (Philip) The Less Deceived, first edition, first impression with "floor" for "sea" on first line on p.38, light spotting on fore-edge occas...

Larkin (Philip) The Whitsun Weddings, first edition, jacket lightly toned, otherwise fine, 1964 § Plath (Sylvia) The Magic Mirror, one of 266 copi...

Laski (Marghanita) The Village, first edition, endpapers with strip of toning and faint ownership stamp, original cloth, lightly soiled, dust-jack...

le Carré (John) The Naive and Sentimental Lover, jacket price-clipped, 1971; Single & Single, 1999; The Constant Gardener, 2001, first editions, a...

le Carré (John) [The Karla Trilogy], first editions, comprising Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, signed bookplate by the author loosely inserted, jacket...

le Carré (John) [The Karla Trilogy], comprising Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, jacket spine faded as usual, 1974; The Honourable Schoolboy, short tear...

le Carré (John) Smiley's People [2 copies], jacket with light surface scratches, otherwise fine, 1980; Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, review copy with...

le Carré (John) The Little Drummer Girl, advanced proof, original wrappers, faded and lightly discoloured, 1983 § Greene (Graham) The Lost Childho...

le Carré (John) Our Game, 1995; The Tailor of Panama, 1996; Single and Single, 1999; The Constant Gardener, 2001; The Mission Song, 2006; Absolute...

le Carré (John) The Tailor of Panama, special presentation proof copy, signed by the author "For Mike from David aka John le Carré" on title, orig...

le Carré (John) The Constant Gardener, 1 f. [pp.439/440] from the novel, annotated and signed by the author "John Le Carré - on a gorgeous sunny w...

le Carré (John) A group of three Autograph Letters and a card, all signed by the author "David Cornwell", addressed to different recipients, thank...

le Carré (John) Our Kind of Traitor, one of 25 copies signed by the author, original morocco-backed cloth, t.e.g., fine, 2010; together with the b...

Le Guin (Ursula K.) Rocannon's World, first Gollancz edition, jacket price-clipped with new price sticker, 1979 § Ballard (J.G.) Concrete Island, ...

Lee (Harper) To Kill a Mockingbird, first English edition, original boards, corners bumped, dust-jacket, price-clipped, some nicks and chips to ex...

Leroux (Gaston) Nomads of the Night, 1925 § Gollomb (Joseph) The Curtain of Storm, endpapers toned, jacket price-clipped, small portion of loss to...

Lewis (C.S.) The Last Battle, first edition, illustrations by Pauline Baynes, ink ownership and gift inscription on front free endpaper, original ...

Lodge (David) Ginger You're Barmy, first edition, ownership inscription and light spotting on front free endpapers, original boards, dust-jacket, ...

Lowry (Malcolm) Under the Volcano, first American edition, original cloth, very slight toning to spine, first issue dust-jacket priced at $3.00 wi...

Mackenzie (Donald) Dangerous Silence, 1960 § Fitt (Mary) There Are More Ways of Killing, endpapers toned, light spotting to first few pages, jacke...

Mantel (Hilary) Bring Up the Bodies, small dent on upper board, 2012; The Mirror and the Light, 2020, first editions, signed by the author, origin...

Markandaya (Kamala) Nectar in a Sieve, first edition, signed by the author on year of publication "Kamala Markandaya, St John's Hospital, October ...

Masefield (John) The Collected Poems..., one of 530 copies, this copy with inscription from the author "Bitter, though honour is it, if he do / Au...

Mastin (John) The Stolen Planet, jacket with spine faded, upper edge lightly trimmed, 1930 § Wallace (Edgar) The Day of Uniting, first American ed...

Maugham (William Somerset) The Letter, typed manuscript compiled by the stage manager Arthur J. Wood, with Wood's signed presentation inscription,...

Maugham (William Somerset) The Razor's Edge, first edition, one of 750 copies signed by the author, light marginal toning, original red buckram, s...

Meredith (James Creed) The Rainbow in the Valley, first edition, signed by the author "with the author's compliments, with love from Creed" on fro...

Middleton (Jessie Adelaide) The White Ghost Book, first edition, frontispiece, 1916 § Pepler (Douglas) The Devil's Devices or Control Versus Servi...

Miller (Arthur) Death of a Salesman, small book-label on endpapers, jacket with tape stains, light rubbing to extremities, otherwise a very sharp ...

Miller (William M.) Conditionally Human, ink ownership inscription and stamp to endpaper, light browning to spine, 1963 § Budrys (Algis) The Unexp...

Milne (A. A.) Now We Are Six, first edition, illustrations by E.H. Shepard, small gift inscription and small browning patches on front free endpap...

Milne (A. A.) The House at Pooh Corner, first edition, light toning strip on front free endpapers, ownership inscription on half-title, faint damp...

Muir (Edwin) Journeys and Places, signed presentation inscription from the author "to Emily, with love, Edwin" on front free endpaper, jacket damp...

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