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Lot 176
Fletcher (J. S.) Murder of the Only Witness, reprint, with the complete jig-saw puzzle, browning to endpapers, occasional spotting to margins, original cloth, fading to tip of spine, dust-jacket, some light browning, spine ends and corners a little some rubbing and creasing to extremities, 8vo, 1934.⁂ Seemingly the first edition to be issued with the jig-saw puzzle, the completion of which provided a key clue to the solution of the murder.
Lot 183
Fry (Christopher) Open Door, signed presentation inscription from the author "I think the date of printing was 1934, with best wishes Christopher, now in 2000, original wrappers, some creasing to extremities, Dr Barnardo's Home, Hertford, [1936]; The Boy with a Cart, signed presentation inscription from the author to his friend Robert Gittings "Bob and Kay's copy. Kit. March 3. 1939", A.L.s. from the author identifying this first edition and the fact that many were pulped during the Second World War loosely inserted, original wrappers, rubbed, fading to spine, 1939; and 7 others, Fry, 8vo (9)
Lot 184
NO RESERVE Galsworthy (John) Over The River, first large paper edition, one of 375 copies, occasional light spotting and marginal toning, original vellum-backed boards, a little rubbed and faded, 1933; Escape, few scattered spots, original wrappers, 1926, first editions, ; and another first edition of the first, 8vo & 4to (3)
Lot 185
NO RESERVE Saroyan (William) The Beautiful People, first edition, presentation inscription to Gene Kelly and Betsy Blair from the author to front free endpaper, endpapers lightly browned, original cloth, very small stain to upper cover, spine lightly faded, dust-jacket, price-clipped, spine lightly faded and very light creasing to spine ends but overall an excellent copy, 8vo, 1941.⁂ Inscribed "To Gene & Betsy - Sweeney & St. Agnes - with all the good wishes of Bill - 7 Nov 1941". Betsy Blair played the role of Agnes Webster in the film adaptation, and at the time Gene was negotiating the leading role of Sweeney in the Trees. Kelly was a friend and admirer of Saroyan, describing him as "a big bruiser, as regular as they come, and looks like a contended iceman".
Lot 186
Godden (Rumer) Gypsy Gypsy, first edition, original cloth, very slight shelf-lean, dust-jacket, some very light surface soiling, spine ends and corners chipped, significant chip to head of upper panel affecting 1 letter of title, some chipping and creasing to head and foot, some splitting to upper fore-edge, neat tape repairs to verso, 8vo, 1940.⁂ The fourth novel by the author of Black Narcissus, we can trace no other copy in the dust-jacket.
Lot 188
NO RESERVE Graves (Robert) The Common Asphodel, first edition, 1949; Collected Poems, ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, fore-edge spotted, 1965; The Comedies of Terence, edited by Robert Graves, 1963, original cloth, dust-jackets, the first price-clipped; and 22 others by Graves, 8vo (25)
Lot 189
Greene (Graham) The Man Within, first edition, signed by the author, dated Nov. 22 1929 on endpaper, ink library stamp to title verso, lower hinge starting, original cloth, slight shelf-lean, light fading to spine,spine ends and corners a little bumped and frayed, 8vo, 1929.⁂ Greene's first novel, signed in the year of publication.
Lot 191
Greene (Graham) Journey Without Maps, first edition, frontispiece and 30 photographic plates, pictorial endpapers, original cloth, toning to spine and covers, dust-jacket, spine browned with significant portions of loss to head and foot affecting lettering and imprint but with panels largely intact, chipping to corners, close tear to head of upper panel, lower panel with some chipping and fraying to head, 8vo, 1936.⁂ Greene's first travel book, rare in the dust-jacket.
Lot 192
Greene (Graham).- Narayan (R. K.) The Bachelor of Arts. With an Introduction by Graham Greene, first edition, some light browning to endpapers, original cloth, some very light browning to spine, dust-jacket, spine browned, spine ends and corners chipped, light browning to panel margins, chip to head of upper panel, light rubbing to extremities, but still a very good example of a scarce jacket, 8vo, 1937.⁂ A rare Greene item. Greene was enthused with Narayan's writing and was instrumental in getting his work published, persuading Hamish Hamilton to publish the Indian author's first book Swami and Friends and then, when that failed to achieve commercial success, Nelson to publish this his second novel.
Lot 196
Greene (Graham) The Potting Shed, first edition, Autograph Note signed by the author to Brenda Kaye "Thank you for all your help" in autograph envelope loosely inserted, Typed Letter signed by John Gielgud "it is good to know you are now back with the company" loosely inserted, browning and ink ownership inscription to endpaper, original cloth, dust-jacket, light fading to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, a few short tears and some creasing to head and foot, 1958; and a copy of Richard of Bordeaux signed by Gielgud, 8vo (2)⁂ Brenda Kaye was the assistant manager on the first production of The Potting Shed.
Lot 200
Hamilton (Patrick) Monday Morning, first edition, some light marking or discolouration to margins, some staining to head of rear endpapers and final p., original cloth, spine sunned, spine ends and corners a little bumped and frayed, 8vo, 1925.⁂ Hamilton's rare first novel, written when he was nineteen.
Lot 201
Hamilton (Patrick) Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Angus Hall to half-title, half-title trimmed and laid onto pastedown, original cloth, spine faded, spine ends and corners bumped and worn, splitting to lower joint, 1935; and 8 others, Hamilton, including an A.L.s. from Michael Holroyd to Angus Hall discussing their mutual admiration of Hamilton, 8vo (9)
Lot 202
NO RESERVE Hasek (Jaroslav) The Good Solider: Schweik, first American edition, illustrations by Joseph Lada, ink ownership inscription to endpaper, original cloth, spine ends and corners a little bumped and frayed, light marking to covers, New York, 1930; and 4 others, Hasek and similar, 8vo (5)
Lot 207
NO RESERVE Hill (Reginald) Pictures of Perfection, limited edition, signed by the author, original morocco-backed boards, 1993 § Lovesey (Peter) The Last Detective, limited edition, signed by the author, original morocco-backed boards, 1991 § Graeme (Bruce) Blackshirt, original cloth, 1925 § Gash (Jonathan) The Grail Tree, ink stamp to endpaper, original boards, dust-jacket, light toning to lower panel, 1979, first editions, near-fine generally; and c.30 others, crime and thrillers, 8vo (c.35)
Lot 208
Hilton (James) Random Harvest, first English edition, very occasional light spotting, end papers lightly browned, ink ownership inscription to front end paper, original green cloth, gilt spine, covers lightly stained, spine and extremities browned, dust-jacket, slightly chipped and stained, spine slightly darkened, 8vo, 1941.
Lot 211
Household (Geoffrey) Rogue Male, first American edition, upper hinge starting, original cloth, light fading to spine, surface-soiling and splash marks to covers, dust-jacket, price-clipped, spine sunned, spine ends and corners chipped, closed tears to head with neat tape repairs to verso, rubbing and creasing to extremities, 8vo, Boston, 1939.
Lot 215
NO RESERVE James (Henry) Lady Barbarina, first English edition, 1922; The Private Life, 1893, contemporary ownership inscriptions to front free endpaper, original decorative cloth, gilt, the first joints a little rubbed, spine ends bumped and creased, second discoloured and marked; and 17 others, James, v.s. (19)
Lot 217
NO RESERVE Johns (Capt. W.E.) Biggles and the Pirate Treasure, first edition, signed by the author with accompanying pencil note on provenance by the owner to endpaper, Autograph Letter signed by the author discussing Biggles first editions loosely inserted, colour frontispiece and 5 plates by Leslie Stead, some spotting to title otherwise mainly marginal, end papers foxed, original stamped blue boards, red lettering to spine, dust-jacket, edges slightly chipped and extremities rubbed, 8vo, 1954.
Lot 218
Johns (Capt. W.E.) Biggles Presses On, first edition, frontispiece, plates, previous owner's juvenile pencil inscription to rear pastedown, original cloth, a little rubbed, price-clipped dust-jacket, chipping and creasing to extremities, pencil markings to rear, 1958 § Westerman (Percy F.) Squadron Leader, first edition, previous owner's ink inscription, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, price-clipped dust-jacket, short tears, creasing and chipping to extremities, [1946] § Ellis (Edward S.) The Boy Patrol Around the Council Fire, first edition, frontispiece, plates, scattered faint spotting, previous owner's ink inscription, original pictorial cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, 1913; and 21 others by Johns, Westerman and Ellis, most first editions, 8vo (23)
Lot 23
NO RESERVE Writing and Manuscripts.- Astle (Thomas) The Origin and Progress of Writing, as well Hieroglyphic as Elementary, first edition, half-title, 31 engraved plates on 28 sheets (some printed on both sides), 9 folding, several partly hand-coloured, sewn for rebinding, for the Author, 1784 § Cockerell (Sydney C., editor) Old Testament Miniatures..., colour plates, original cloth, dust-jacket, n.d.; and a bundle of others on writing, calligraphy and manuscripts, mostly pamphlets, v.s. (c.15)
Lot 230
Le Carré (John) Our Game, first edition, first printing, bookplate signed by the author to title, light marginal browning, original boards, map endpapers, dust-jacket, light rubbing to tips of spine and corners, else fine, 8vo, 1995.⁂ In the original first state dust-jacket, suppressed due to the author's dislike of the design.
Lot 231
Le Carré (John) The Spy Who Came in the From the Cold, number 36 of 124 copies signed by the author, printed in red and black, tipped-in signed woodcut portrait of the author by Stephen Alcorn, original cloth-backed boards with paper label to upper cover, mint, slip-case, 8vo, Oak Tree Press, 2008.⁂ Scarce reprinting of the first three chapters of Le Carré's most famous work. This special edition dedicated to children living with HIV/Aids.
Lot 236
London (Jack) The Call of the Wild, first English edition, illustrations by Philip R. Goodwin & Charles Livingston Bull, ink gift inscription dated 1903 to endpaper, original blue pictorial cloth, lettered in gilt, spine ends and corners a little bumped and frayed, light rubbing to extremities, but a bright, attractive copy overall, 1903; and 6 others by the same, 8vo (7)
Lot 240
McCoy (Horace) Not Pockets in a Shroud, first edition, browning and small ink signature to endpaper, original cloth, light browning to spine, dust-jacket, light browning to spine, spine ends and corner chipped, some chipping and fraying to head and foot, still an excellent example of a scarce dust-jacket, 8vo, 1937.⁂ The author's second novel, this edition preceding the first American edition by 11 years.
Lot 241
NO RESERVE McCullers (Carson) Clock Without Hands, first edition, first printing, original cloth, dust-jacket with glacine panel, price-clipped, some light rubbing and chipping to spine ends and corners, light rubbing and creasing to head and foot, Boston, 1961; and 4 other by the same, 8vo (5)
Lot 243
Monsarrat (Nicholas) The Cruel Sea, first Book Society edition, signed by the author on title, light foxing, original cloth, slight shelf-lean, light fading to spine, dust-jacket, price-clipped, light discolouration to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, light rubbing and creasing to extremities, 8vo, 1961.⁂ Rare signed.
Lot 245
Neruda (Pablo) Canto General, "clandestine edition", plates and illustrations, occasional light finger soiling, original wrappers, a little stained, extremities creased and chipped, uncut, Santiago de Chile, 1950; and a copy of At Procitne Drevorubec signed by Neruda, 4to (2)⁂ Neruda began Canto General in 1938, which comprised 15 sections, 231 poems and 15,000 lines, chronicling the history, topography, flora and fauna of South America. Printed almost simultaneously with the first limited edition printed in Mexico, this edition features illustrations by the painter José Venturelli and a foreword by the president of the Chilean Communist Party, Galo Gonzalez. The imprint is false, "Imprenta Juárez, Reforma 75, Ciudad de México D.F." so as to to keep it underground.
Lot 246
NO RESERVE Nichols (Robert) Fisbo or The Looking-Glass Loaned, one of 1000 copies signed and numbered by author, faint spotting to first and last few leaves, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, 1934 § Spender (Stephen) Ruins and Visions, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, lightly faded spine, slight rubbing to spine, 1942 § Orage (A. R.) Essays and Aphorisms, subscriber's edition of 1000 copies, pencil notes to endpapers, original boards, spotting, joints a little rubbed, Janus Press, 1954; and 4 others, poetry, 8vo (7)
Lot 249
NO RESERVE Orwell (George) The Road to Wigan Pier, Left Book Club edition, 1937 § Plante (David) The Accident, signed by the author with typed letter to Tony Tanner loosely inserted , 1991; Slides, inscribed by the author to front free endpaper, 1971 § Sykes (Christopher) Four Studies in Loyalty, typed letter signed from the author loosely inserted, 1946, first editions, first original orange wrappers, a little creased and bent, others original boards or cloth, dust-jackets, fourth a little spotted and chipped; and 65 others, literature, v.s. (69)
Lot 251
Orwell (George) Nineteen Eighty-Four, first edition, some light spotting or foxing, pp. 7 & 8 with light marking and some light internal tearing but without loss, endpaper collage of Orwell's eyes, front pastedown with small compartment revealing the Queen's face on pound note, modern morocco, labels to spine, covers stamped in blind, upper cover with eye design onlay, 8vo, 1949.⁂ A unique binding, the lower cover showing the Ministry of Truth building, the upper cover the watchful eye of Big Brother.
Lot 256
NO RESERVE Pound (Ezra) 'Noh' or Accomplishment, first edition, one of 250 copies, portrait frontispiece, tissue-guard, endpapers a little browned, original decorative cloth, spine gilt, a little faded, spine ends bumped and lightly creased, 1916 § Lewis (Wyndham) The Enemy of the Stars, original boards, dust-jacket, price-clipped, some chips to extremities, lightly torn with small portions of loss to upper and lower panels, lightly discoloured and marked, 1932; and 10 others, modernist literature, v.s. (12)
Lot 261
NO RESERVE Red Army Faction.- texte: der RAF, first edition, illustrations, original wrappers, slight rubbing to extremities, Malmö, 1977; and a 1967 edition of the Quotations of Mao, 8vo & 12mo (2)⁂ The first was banned in Germany, as part of measures taken against the RAF, also known as the Baader-Meinhof Group, and their sympathisers.
Lot 263
Rowling (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, first edition, signed by Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson and 4 other cast members on half-title, ink ownership inscription to endpaper, upper hinge broken, original boards, joints splitting, corners worn, 8vo, 2005.⁂ Other signatures comprise: Bonnie Wright (Ginny Weasley), Matthew Lewis (Neville Longbottom), Oliver Phelps (George Weasley) and James Phelps (Fred Weasley).
Lot 265
Salih (Tayeb) The Wedding of Zein, first edition, presentation copy to Gilbert Phelps, illustrations by Ibrahim Salahi, original boards, dust-jacket spine slightly browned, 8vo, 1968.⁂ The inscription on the front free endpaper reads "To my dear friend & mentor Gilbert Phelps, Tayeb Salih 29/11/68". An excellent association copy of this comic novella by the critically acclaimed and highly popular Sudanese author, which was made into a film by Kuwaiti Khalid Siddiq, winning an award at the Cannes Film Festival in the 1970s.
Lot 266
NO RESERVE Salinger (J.D.) Franny and Zoey, first edition, jacket with browning to panels, spine ends chipped, some creasing to head, Boston, 1961 § Stein (Gertrude) Everybody's Autobiography, first English edition, photographic plates, jacket spine browned, spine ends and corners chipped, creasing to head and foot, rubbing to extremities, 1938, original boards, dust-jackets; and 4 others, American, authors, 8vo (6)
Lot 267
NO RESERVE Sassoon (Siegfried) The Road to Ruin, first edition, previous owner's pencil inscription, original boards, browned at edges, 1933; The Old Century, 1944; The Weald of Youth, first edition, portrait frontispiece, 1942; Siegfried's Journey 1916-1920, first edition, portrait frontispiece, dust-jacket, lacking spine, chipping to extremities, 1945, previous owner's pencil inscription and annotations to endpapers, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities; and another on Sassoon, 8vo (5)
Lot 270
Searle (Ronald).- Christopher (Fry) An Experience of Critics, edited by Kaye Webb, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the artist with a small self-portrait, signed presentation inscription from the editor and from several of the subjects, original boards, dust-jacket, broken along lower joint, spine lacking lower half, chipping and fraying to extremities, 8vo, 1952.⁂ Signatories include Eric Keown, Philip Hope-Wallace, Alan Dent and J. C. Trewen.
Lot 275
NO RESERVE Singer (Isaac Bashevis) The Family Moskat, first American edition, 1950 § Lurie (Alison) Only Children, presentation inscription from the author, 1979 § Wilson (Angus) and Philippe Jullian. For Whom the Cloche Tolls, first edition, illustrations, 1953 § A Few Indiscreet Recollections, one of 57 copies, privately printed, 1928, original cloth, all but the last with dust-jackets, a little marked and chipped, the last soiled, and c.120 others, literature, v.s. (c.125)
Lot 276
NO RESERVE Sitwell (Edith) I Live Under a Black Sun, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to David Higham to endpaper, original cloth, jacket a little browned, some chipping to head and foot, affecting lettering to head of spine, 1937; and 3 others, Sitwell, 8vo (4)
Lot 282
NO RESERVE Theatre.- Brownlow (Kevin) The Parade's Gone By, first edition, A.N.s. by by Ned Sherrin loosely inserted, photographic illustrations, handsome contemporary red crushed half morocco by Asprey, New York, 1968 § Fairbanks Jr. (Douglas) The Salad Days, first English edition, signed presentation inscription by the author to Princess Alice, photographic illustrations, original cloth, dust-jacket, some chipping and creasing to head and foot, 1988 § Lerner (Alan Jay) My Fair Lady, uncorrected proof copy, illustrations by Cecil Beaton, original wrappers, proof dust-jacket, 1958; and c. 100 others, theatre, cinema and performing arts, v.s. (c.100)
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