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Lot 179
NO RESERVE Herbert (Frank) Children of Dune, first English edition, jacket spine faded, 1976; Dosadi Experiment, first English edition, 1978; The Santaroga Barrier, first English edition, 1970 § Le Guin (Ursula) Earthsea, first collected edition, 1977, original boards, dust-jackets, spines lightly faded, otherwise fine; and c.30 others, science-fiction, including some ephemera, v.s. (c.35)
Lot 180
NO RESERVE Herron (Mick) Dead Lions, advance proof copy, some light marginal toning, original wrappers, upper cover with light creasing to lower corner, light rubbing to extremities, small chip to head of spine, New York, 2012; Dead Lions, first edition, original boards, slight bumping to spine and corner tips, dust-jacket, light creasing to spine tips, 2013, both signed by the author; and 4 others by the same from the Jackson Lamb Slough House series, all signed, 8vo (6)⁂ An excellent group of works from the popular series, recently adapted for an acclaimed television show. Dead Lions was only published as a hardback first edition in the US.
Lot 181
Highsmith (Patricia) The Blunderer, first English edition, endpapers stained and toned affecting final page of text, original boards, spine ends very slightly bumped, dust-jacket, price-clipped, stained on flaps, light surface discolouring to lower panel, light bumps and creasing to spine ends, otherwise a remarkably bright copy overall, 8vo, 1956.⁂ Highsmith's scarce first novel, a psychological thriller, rare in this condition.
Lot 182
Highsmith (Patricia) Slowly, Slowly in the Wind, number 8 of 250 copies signed by the author, original boards, dust-jacket, fine, slip-case, New York, 1979; Little Tales of Misogyny, number 49 of 250 copies signed by the author, original cloth, slip-case, 1986; A Game for the Living, first edition, endpapers toned with ink inscription blacked out, original boards, dust-jacket, spine and upper edge faded, edges creased and frayed, spine ends and extremities nicked and chipped, New York, 1958, 8vo (3)
Lot 187
NO RESERVE Holroyd (Stuart) Emergence from Chaos, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "The copy is for Jim and Gloria, with love, and in memory of some happy days and stimulating talks we had in Paris. Stuart Holroyd. London, March, 1959" to endpaper, some spotting to endpapers, original boards, light damp-staining to head of covers, dust-jacket, price-clipped, light toning to spine spine ends and corners a little chipped, a few short nicks to head and foot of panels, 8vo, 1957.⁂ The first novel by one of the Angry Young Men with an excellent literary association, inscribed here to the author of From Here to Eternity, James Jones, and his wife, Gloria Mosolino.
Lot 189
Hughes (Ted) The Hawk in the Rain, first edition, printed invitation with autograph note signed from Frieda Hughes to Rosemary Goad, loosely inserted, 1947; Lupercal, 1960; Wodwo, 1967; Crow, 1970, first editions, original boards or cloth, some light fading to spine ends, dust-jackets, spines toned, chips and creases to edges; and 3 others by Hughes, 8vo & 4to (7)⁂ First mentioned with exhibition invitation addressed to Rosemary Goad (1928-2021) from Frieda Hughes. Goad was the first woman to become a director of Faber & Faber, and would have worked closely with the Hughes family.
Lot 19
Ackroyd (Peter) Ouch, one of c.200 typescript copies, stapled in original wrappers, 1971; Country Life, one of 26 numbered copies signed by the author with a holograph poem, from an edition of 350, original wrappers, 1973; Chatterton, signed by the author on title with strikethrough printed name, original boards, dust-jacket, 1987; The House of Doctor Dee, signed by the author on title, original boards, dust-jacket, 1993, first editions, fine copies; and 2 others by the same, 4to & 8vo (6)⁂ Ouch is Ackroyd's first published work and one of his more scarce works.
Lot 191
NO RESERVE Hughes (Ted) Football, one of 60 copies signed by the author and artist with additional loose print also signed by both, illustrations by Christopher Battye, folding concertina-style into original boards, 1995 § Hughes (Ted) Ruth Fainlight and Alan Sillitoe. Poems, one of 300 copies signed by the authors, original pictorial green calf, slipcase (extremities rubbed), Rainbow Press, 1971, [Sagar and Tabor, A113 & A29]; and a first edition of Lupercal, 8vo (3)
Lot 194
NO RESERVE Innes (Hammond) Atlantic Fury, jacket price-clipped, light nicks to extremities and chipping to spine tail, 1962 § Bagley (Desmond) The Golden Keel, 1963 § Ludlum (Robert) The Rhinemann Exchange, jacket price-clipped, 1975; The Bourne Identity, first American edition, New York, 1980, all but the last first editions, original boards, dust-jackets; and 12 others, thrillers, 8vo (16)
Lot 197
Isherwood (Christopher) Sally Bowles, first edition, ownership inscription to endpapers, original cloth, dust-jacket, small portion of loss to spine head, nicks to extremities, spine browned, a very good copy overall, 8vo, 1937.⁂ The first appearance of Isherwood's most famous character; part inspiration, along with I am a Camera, for the musical and film Cabaret. The creation of Sally Bowles gave Isherwood financial security for much of the rest of his life.
Lot 198
NO RESERVE Isherwood (Christopher) Lions and Shadows, first edition, signed by the author "From Christopher Isherwood. December 1938" on endpaper, portrait frontispiece, browning to endpapers, original cloth, rubbing to spine tips and corners, dust-jacket, spine browned, spine ends and corners chipped, light creasing to head, [Westby and Brown p.5; Woolmer 431], 8vo, Hogarth Press, 1938.⁂ Scarce signed. Isherwood's semi-autobiographical account of his education coupled with a veiled portrait of the gay scene in Cambridge and London in the 1920s.
Lot 20
*** Please note, the description of this lot has changed *** Adams (Douglas) The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, first hardback edition, some faint browning and spotting to endpapers, original boards, spine tips lightly rubbed, second state dust-jacket with blank lower panel, very light sunning to spine, light rubbing and slight creasing to head and foot, near-fine otherwise, 8vo, 1979.
Lot 201
NO RESERVE James (Edward) The Next Volume, first edition, one of 525 copies, this copy with signed presentation inscription from the author to Sydney Ward, illustrations by Rex Whistler, light spotting to endpapers, bookplate of John Sucliffe to front pastedown, original buckram, decorated in gilt, some light soiling to covers, t.e.g., others uncut, [Whistler & Fuller 441], 8vo, The James Press, 1932.⁂ Rare inscribed. Although dated 1932 a printed note at the foot of the colophon states, "Publication of this book was withheld until January 1933 owing to the serious illness of the author's wife". James then suppressed the publication as he was unhappy with the poem on Shelley and it is thought that fewer than 100 copies were bound.
Lot 202
James (P.D.) Unnatural Causes, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "To Gwen with love from Phi, 8th June 1967" to endpaper, tape-staining and some shadowing to endpapers, original cloth, dust-jacket, very slight sunning spine, light tape staining to flaps but a near-fine example overall, 8vo, 1967.⁂ The third Adam Dagliesh mystery, rare with such a personal inscription in the year of publication.
Lot 208
Keynes (John Maynard) The General Theory of Employment Interest and Money, first edition, ink ownership inscription to pastedown, endpapers lightly toned, pencil annotations throughout, occasionally in pen, original dark blue-green cloth, spine rubbed and lightly discoloured, spine ends bumped, [PMM 423], 8vo, 1936.⁂ One of the iconic books in the development of economic thought by one of the outstanding economists of his generation.
Lot 21
NO RESERVE Adams (Richard) Watership Down, first illustrated edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Nigel Sustins, illustrations by John Lawrence, bookplate of Sustins to endpaper, original cloth-backed boards, light sunning to spine, dust-jacket, light toning to spine, minor chipping to spine tips and corners, otherwise excellent, slip-case, 8vo, 1976.
Lot 211
NO RESERVE King (Stephen) The Shining, first English edition, page margins lightly toned, jacket with very light creasing to extremities and the odd scuff, otherwise a tight and excellent example, 8vo, 1977; Christine, first English edition, 1983; Pet Sematary, first edition, New York, 1983; The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three, first trade edition, New York, 1987, original boards, dust-jackets, 8vo (4)
Lot 212
King (Stephen) Cujo, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "for Jean-Robert, with all good wishes, don't let this dog bite!" on half-title, 1f. of front endpapers torn out, original cloth-backed boards, dust-jacket, one or two nicks and a little creased at extremities, a few surface scuffs, 8vo, New York, 1981.
Lot 214
Lampedusa (Giuseppe di) The Leopard, first English edition, very light nicks to spine ends, 1960 § Baldwin (James) The Fire Next Time, first edition, jacket price-clipped, edges creased and nicked, New York, 1963 § Greene (Graham) The Honorary Consul, first edition, 1973 § Greenlee (Sam) The Spook Who Sat by the Door, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Vizinczey on endpapers, jacket toned and rubbed, 1969, original boards, dust-jackets; and 40 others, from the library of Stephen Vizinczey, most with signed presentation inscriptions from the authors to Vizinczey, 8vo (43)⁂ Stephen Vizinczey (1933-2021) was a Hungarian-Canadian writer, known for his works In Praise of Older Women (1965) and An Innocent Millionaire (1963).
Lot 217
Lawrence (D.H.) Love Poems and Others, first edition, ownership inscription on endpapers, endpapers lightly toned, spine lightly faded, ends a little frayed, 1913; Sea and Sardinia, first American edition, illustrations, occasional light foxing, endpapers browned, variant state boards, dust-jacket, foxed, large tear along upper panel, portion of loss to lower corner, edges chipped and frayed, New York, 1921; Touch & Go, first edition, spine label on boards slightly peeling, dust-jacket, chips and nicks to edges, 1920, original boards or cloth; and 7 others by Lawrence, 4to & 8vo (10)
Lot 22
Adams (Richard) Watership Down, 1982; The Plague Dogs, first edition, 1977; The Girl in a Swing, first American edition, jacket price-clipped, top edge lightly toned, New York, 1980, all signed or with signed presentation inscriptions from the author on title or endpapers, illustrations, original boards, dust-jackets; and 9 others by Adams, including 3 other signed works, and 2 copies of The Tiger Trip in Dutch and Japanese, 4to & 8vo (12)
Lot 223
Le Carré (John) The Looking-Glass War, first Pan edition, signed by the author on title, marginal toning, original wrappers, 1965; Sarratt and the Draper of Watford, first edition, signed by the author, list of the people of Sarratt loosely inserted, original boards, dust-jacket, fine, 1999, 8vo (2)
Lot 228
Le Carré (John) Our Game, first edition, first printing, cut signature of the author to title, original boards, slight bumping to spine tips and corners, first state dust-jacket, faint creasing to head, else fine, 8vo, 1995.⁂ The first in the original first state dust-jacket, suppressed due to the author's dislike of the design.
Lot 23
NO RESERVE Adams (Richard) A Nature Diary, first edition, signed by the author and illustrator, illustrations by John Lawrence, dust-jacket, price-clipped, 1985 § [Watkins-Pitchford (Denys)], "BB". The Naturalist's Bedside Book, first edition signed by the author on endpaper, illustrations by the author, dust-jacket, 1980 § Williams (Kit) Masquerade, limited edition signed by the author, illustrations by the author, 1982, original boards, near-fine, 8vo (3)
Lot 233
NO RESERVE Leonard (Elmore) Stick, first English edition, 1984 § Highsmith (Patricia) Ripley Underwater, one of 150 copies specially bound and signed by the author, original cloth-backed boards, 1991 § Cheyney (Peter) Dark Bahama, bookplate and ownership initials to endpapers, jacket a little creased and nicked at extremities, 1950 § Caudwell (Sarah) The Shortest Way to Hades, 1984, all but the first first editions, original boards, most with dust-jackets; and 29 others, crime fiction, 8vo (33)
Lot 234
Leroux (Gaston) The Masked Man, New York, 1929 § McDonnell Bodkin (M.) The Capture of Paul Beck, ex-library copy with stamps to endpapers and title, 1909 § Creasey (John), "Michael Halliday". Murder by the Way, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to his mother on endpapers, additionally signed by the author on title, cloth a little soiled, [1941], first editions, original cloth, spine ends and extremities a little bumped and rubbed; and 7 others, crime novels, 8vo (10)
Lot 236
NO RESERVE Lewis (Wyndham) Left Wings Over Europe, some light scattered spotting, dust-jacket, light fading to spine, minor chipping to spine tips and corners, light surface soiling, 1936 § Faulkner (William) A Fable, dust-jacket, very light toning to spine, light rubbing to spine tips and corners, New York, 1954 § Sherriff (R. C.) and Vernon Bartlett. Journey's End, limited edition signed by the authors, browning to endpapers, light soiling to spine, 1930, first editions, original boards, excellent or near-fine copies; and a first edition of If I Die in a Combat Zone, 8vo (4)
Lot 238
Lewis (C.S.) Perelandra, first edition, original cloth, light fading to spine, sunning to spine ends, dust-jacket, price-clipped but with 8s. 6d. price still visible, dust-jacket, light toning to spine, 2" portion of restoration to foot of spine, 1/2" portion of restoration to head, affecting title, 2 small central points of restoration to spine, corners neatly restored, light creasing, 8vo, 1943.
Lot 239
Lewis (C.S.) The Magician's Nephew, first edition, illustrations by Pauline Baynes, scattered spotting, ink ownership inscription to endpaper, original boards, light sunning and bumping to spine tips and corners, dust-jacket, price-clipped, foxing and browning, spine ends and corners a little chipped, 1 or 2 short closed tears to head with light creasing, extremities rubbed, 8vo, 1955.⁂ The penultimate title in the Narnia series.
Lot 24
Adams (Richard) Tales from Watership Down, first edition, signed presentation inscription and original illustration from the illustrator of rabbit in pen, pencil, and watercolour, on dedication page, ALs from the illustrator loosely inserted, jacket with light creasing to spine ends, 1996 § Pullman (Philip) The Amber Spyglass, first edition, signed by the author on title, 2000, original boards, dust-jackets; and 2 others, modern literature, 8vo (4)
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Lot 240
[Lewis (C.S.)], "N. W. Clerk". A Grief Observed, ink ownership name to toned front free endpapers, covers lightly discoloured, 1961 § Ballard (J. G.) Empire of the Sun, signed by the author on title, 1984 § Le Carré (John) The Russia House, signed by the author on title, 1989 § Chevalier (Tracy) Girl With a Pearl Earring, signed by the author on title, 1999 § di Lampedusa (Giuseppe) The Leopard, first English edition, 1960, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets, fine or near-fine copies; and c.40 others, modern literature, 8vo (c.45)
Lot 246
NO RESERVE Lovecraft (H. P.) & August Derleth. The Lurker at the Threshold, jacket with light nicks to extremities, spine very lightly faded, otherwise excellent, Wisconsin, 1945 § Matheson (Richard) Hell House, first edition, jacket with very light toning and creasing to spine head, otherwise fine, New York, 1971, original boards, dust-jackets, 8vo (2)
Lot 247
NO RESERVE Lowndes (Mrs. Belloc) Cressida: No Mystery, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Lady Bonham Carter to front free endpaper, original cloth, very light fading to spine, rubbing to spine tips and corners, dust-jacket, sunning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, closed tear to upper panel, neat tape repairs to verso, panels with 1 or 2 short nicks with light creasing, a very good copy, 8vo, 1928.⁂ Lowndes' Christmas mystery novel inscribed to the politician and patron of the arts Violet Bonham Carter (1887-1969) with whom the author was an occasional correspondent.
Lot 254
Mann (Henrich) The Blue Angel, first English edition, 1p. advertisements at end, endpapers lightly spotted, original decorative cloth, gilt, extremities a little scuffed, dust-jacket, nicks and fraying to spine ends and extremities, short closed 1cm tears along joints, light surface soiling, otherwise still a very good or excellent copy, 8vo, [1930].⁂ First English edition and first "Photoplay edition", i.e., the first edition to use the title The Blue Angel, after the German Edition of 1905, titled Professor Unrat, and preceding the 1932 Jarrolds' printing. The edition was used as a plug for the Ufa Wardour film, directed by Josef von Sternberg, which starred Emil Jannings and a young Marlene Dietrich, who was catapulted to stardom by this film. A very scarce edition.
Lot 256
NO RESERVE Mansfield (Katherine) The Garden Party and Other Stories, book-label on pastedown, cloth rather soiled, 1922; Novels and Novelists, 1930 § Mantz (Ruth Elvish) and John Middleton Murray. The Life of Katherine Mansfield, light spotting, 1933, first editions, original cloth, light soiling, corners bumped, spine faded, ends bumped and creased; and another 1945 edition of her collected stories, 8vo (4)
Lot 259
Marquez (Gabriel Garcia) One Hundred Years of Solitude, first American edition, jacket with light faded and marking to spine, otherwise fine, 1970; Love in the Time of Cholera, first English edition, jacket price-clipped, spine faded, 1988; Innocent Eréndira and Other Stories, first American edition, 1978, original boards, dust-jackets, excellent copies, 4to & 8vo (3)
Lot 260
Marquez (Gabriel Garcia) One Hundred Years of Solitude, first American edition, translated by Gregory Rabassa, water-staining, mostly to fore-edges, cockling, original cloth, water-staining and cockling to boards, dust-jacket, water-staining and cockling, heavier to verso, chipping and small loss to edges, New York, 1970 § Lewis (Wyndham) Filibusters in Barbary: Record of a Visit to the Sous, first edition, bookplate, original pictorial cloth, light bumping to corners and spine extremities, dust-jacket, small tears and chipping to top edge, 1932; 8vo (2)⁂ The second mentioned was withdrawn shortly after publication due to a libel suit.
Lot 261
Massie (Chris) Penny Whipp, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to his cousin, "with the author's best wishes, who could not forget a dead fly in a dusty water-bottle, Chris, 1941" on title, jacket lightly toned and chipped at extremities, 1939 § Possendorf (Hans) Damballa Calls, first edition in English, jacket with original review wrap-around band, 1936 § Phillpotts (Eden) Pan & the Twins, first edition, 1922 § Marson (G. F.) Ghosts, Ghouls, and Gallows, first edition, 1946, original boards, dust-jackets, light creasing and nicks to extremities, lightly rubbed; and 5 others, weird fiction in jackets, 8vo (9)
Lot 262
NO RESERVE Maugham (William Somerset) The Gentleman in the Parlour, first edition, partly unopened, occasional scattered spotting, light browning to endpapers, original cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, dust-jacket, spine browned, patch of soiling to upper pane, otherwise excellent [Stott A39], 8vo, 1930.⁂ Maugham's second travel book, covering his journeys through Burma and Siam in the 1920s.
Lot 263
NO RESERVE Maugham (William Somerset) Cakes and Ale, light spotting to endpapers, dust-jacket, spine a little browned, minor chipping to spine tips and corners, 1930 § Coward (Noel) Blithe Spirit, light sunning to spine and lower edge, dust-jacket, spotted, spine ends and corners a little chipped, 1942 § Hanley (James) Captain Bottell, limited edition signed by the author, Boriswood, 1933, first editions, original boards; and 7 others by the same and similar, 8vo (10)
Lot 264
NO RESERVE Maugham (William Somerset) The Gentleman in the Parlour, first edition, occasional scattered spotting, original boards, rubbed, joints split and nearly broken along upper joint, extremities bumped and frayed, 1930 [Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge)], "Lewis Carroll". Three Sunsets and Other Poems, illustrations, cloth faded, gilt still bright, 1898, original cloth; and 8 others, mixed literature, including a second impression of Huxley's Brave New World, and a first Faber edition of Larkin's Jill, 8vo & 4to (10)
Lot 266
NO RESERVE McEwan (Ian) Atonement, signed by the author on title, 2001 § Ishiguro (Kazuo) The Remains of the Day, jacket price-clipped, light sunning to spine and part of upper panel, 1989 § Ellroy (James) L.A. Confidential, signed presentation inscription from the author to half-title, New York, 1990, first edition, original boards, dust-jacket, excellent or near-fine copies; and 14 others, modern literature, 8vo (17)
Lot 268
McKee (David) Elmer, first edition, colour illustrations by the author, original boards, spine ends faded, spine tail worn, light splatter marks on upper cover, dust-jacket, price-clipped, portions of loss to spine ends and upper edge, stained with white splatter marks, edges chipped and rubbed, 1968 § Carle (Eric) The Very Hungry Caterpillar, first English edition, light finger-soiling marks, original boards, soiled, spine ends bumped, 1970; and c. 40 others, mostly children's literature, v.s. (c.45)
Lot 27
Amis (Kingsley) The Old Devils, first edition, one of 250 copies signed by the author, 1986; A Case of Samples Poems 1946-1956, jacket price-clipped, 1956; Stanley and the Women, 1986; Difficulties With Girls, 1988, first editions, all signed or with signed presentation inscription "To Charles | Kingsley Amis" from the author on title, original boards, all but the first with dust-jackets, light creasing to spine ends, otherwise fine; and another by the same, 8vo (5)
Lot 270
NO RESERVE Merwin (W.S.) A Mask for Janus, first edition, some light scattered spotting, original boards, very light sunning to spine and top edge, dust-jacket, spine browned, minor chipping to spine tips and corners, light surface soiling to panels and light toning to panel margins, an excellent example overall, 8vo, New Haven, Yale University Press, 1952.⁂ An excellent copy of Merwin's scarce first collection, an important debut by one of the major American poets of the 20th century.
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