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Lot 482
Nevil Shute, one volume ' On the Beach ', First Edition 1957 with dust jacket, one volume ' Trusty from the School Room ', 1960 together with a re-print of the same, 1960 and one volume ' The Rainbow and the Rose ', First Edition 1958Some light damage to dust covers, otherwise good condition
Lot 490
Ian Fleming, one volume ' From Russia with Love ' First Edition, 1957 with dust jacket, Ian Fleming, ' Goldfinger ' 1959, First Edition with dust jacket, ' The Spy who Loved Me ', First Edition with dust jacket and ' You Only Live Twice ', First Edition with dust jacketThese are all First Editions with dust jackets
Lot 130
Alfred Lord Tennyson, a Kelmscott press edition of Tennyson's Maud in slip case. Condition Report: Overall condition good, some scuffing to edges of slip consistent with age and use. Some staining to back of slip. Pages inside good, light browning to outer spine, no major rips or writing except from inscription of name to inside first page.
Lot 140
Quin (Tarella A.) Gum Tree Brownie and Other Faerie Folk of the Never Never, first edition, second issue with corrected caption to p.53, illustrations by Ida Rentoul, some full-page, short closed tear to title margin, some occasional light marginal soiling, ink ownership inscription to half-title, original pictorial cloth, spine ends and corners a little bumped and frayed, some light rubbing and minor marking to covers, oblong 8vo, 1907.
Lot 43
NO RESERVE Fowles (John) A Seme from Safaga, first separately published edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "Humanism is the latest bee in my bonnet. I hope this wouldn't make you father spin in his grave!" to upper cover, several ink corrections to text in the author's hand, original printed wrappers, [Lyme Regis, Privately Printed, 2000].⁂ A rare publication by Fowles, we can trace no copy on Library Hub or in BL.
Lot 56
Hill (Susan) The Woman in Black, light fading to spine and covers, jacket with light fading to spine, spine ends and corners a little rubbed, 1983 § Innes (Hammond) Dead and Alive, jacket with light rubbing to extremities, 1946; Killer Mine, mottling to covers, jacket spine ends and corners a little rubbed and chipped, small abrasion to upper panel, 1947, first editions, original cloth, dust-jackets; and a first edition of Fatherland by Robert Harris, 8vo (4)
Lot 71
Kipling (Rudyard) Barrack-Room Ballads, first English edition, large paper edition, occasional faint spotting, bookplate, new endpapers, original buckram, rebacked in brown morocco, a little rubbed, 1892; The Seven Seas, first edition, large paper edition, newspaper clipped tipped-in at end, prize label and inscription, original buckram, gilt, slight bumping to corners and extremities, housed in a slipcase, 1896; Independence: Rectorial Address delivered ay St Andrews, October 10, 1923, first edition, bookplate, original cloth, housed in a slipcase with another copy, 1923; and 5 others by the same (8)
Lot 15
Chandler (Raymond).- Brooks (John) The Big Wheel, first edition, Raymond Chandler's copy with his ink stamp to endpaper, original cloth, dust-jacket, price-clipped, spine slightly faded, spine ends and corners a little chipped, New York, 1949 § Moore (George) Esther Waters. A Novel, first edition, original cloth, spine ends and corners a little rubbed and bumped, 1894; and 3 others, modern literature, 8vo & 4to (5)
Lot 111
Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Hobbit, or There and Back Again, first edition, first impression, frontispiece, one plate and 8 illustrations, including 7 full-page, map endpapers printed in red and black, all by the author, 2pp. advertisements, occasional marking or soiling to margins, full-page illustration on p.126 crudely coloured by hand, light browning and ink ownership inscription to front endpapers rear endpaper splitting at joint but holding firm, original pictorial cloth, shelf-lean, spine darkened and chipped, affecting imprint at foot, lower joint split, glue repairs to spine, corners bumped and frayed, covers rubbed and marked, 8vo, 1937.
Lot 160
Golden Cockerel Press.- Clay (Enid) Sonnets and Verses, one of 450 copies, wood-engravings by Eric Gill, original cloth-backed boards, 1925 § [More (Sir Thomas) Utopia], one of 500 copies, decorations by Gill, from the library of Radclyffe Hall and Una Troubridge with their book-label, original buckram, gilt, 1929 § Browning (Robert) Pictor Ignotus..., one of 360 copies, original vellum-backed boards, 1925 § De Chair (Somerset) The Silver Crescent, one of 500 copies, illustrations, original morocco-backed cloth, 1943 § Jones (Gwyn) The Green Island, one of 100 specially-bound copies, from an edition limited to 500, wood-engravings by John Petts, original two-tone morocco, gilt, 1946 § Walters (Eurof) The Serpent's Presence, one of 290 copies, wood-engravings by Clifford Webb, original cream boards, gilt, glacine wrapper, 1954, all a little rubbed and/or marked, most t.e.g., others uncut, the last two with slip-cases, Golden Cockerel Press, the first three Waltham St. Lawrence ; and 4 others, press bibliographies and check-lists, 8vo & 4to (10)
Lot 97
O'Donnell (Elliott) For Satan's Sake, first edition, 2pp. advertisements at front, hinges neatly repaired, original cloth, lettered in gold, recased, spine ends repaired, 8vo, 1904.⁂ O'Donnell's first published book, a macabre supernatural tale in which the narrator is sent it hell following his suicide and from there back to earth to corrupt the souls of the living.
Lot 52
NO RESERVE Greene (Graham) The Quiet American, first edition, jacket little browned, spine ends and corners chipped, creasing at head and foot, 1955; The Heart of the Matter, first American edition, jacket spine a little faded with portion of loss to head, spine ends and corners a little chipped, New York, 1948; The Comedians, first edition, jacket price-clipped, spine a little browned, 1966, original boards, dust jackets; and 12 others by the same, 8vo (15)
Lot 98
Orczy (Baroness) The Way of the Scarlet Pimpernel, first edition, vignette illustration to title, original cloth, fine, dust-jacket, minor chipping to spine ends and corners, light creasing to head and foot, some very light surface soiling, but a bright and excellent example overall, 8vo, 1933.
![Auden (W.H.) Poems, first edition, [one of 1000 copies], original paper wrappers, detached, spotting, chipping to edges, 1930](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/1d73193c-af02-477e-8a1f-aadc00fbb77a/eb5ba2c7-5044-4201-9cef-aae200a01b50/468x382.jpg)
Lot 5
Auden (W.H.) Poems, first edition, [one of 1000 copies], original paper wrappers, detached, spotting, chipping to edges, 1930 § Blunden (Edmund) Retreat, first edition, faint spotting, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, rubbed, slight chipping and creasing to extremities, 1928 § Lewis (Alun) Ha! Ha! Among the Trumpets, first edition, portrait frontispiece, original cloth, faint spotting, price-clipped dust-jacket, rubbed and browned, 1945 § Graves (Robert) Lars Porsena, original cloth, dust-jacket, 1972; and others, poetry, 8vo (c.35)
Lot 82
Maugham (William Somerset) The Moon and Sixpence, first edition, 4pp. publishers advertisements at end, lightly browned, bookplate, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, housed in a dropback box, 1919; A Writer's Notebook, one of 1000 signed by author, original vellum backed boards, 1949; Liza of Lambeth, one of 1000 copies signed by author, original vellum backed boards, dust-jacket, a little rubbed, slight chipping to corners and spine extremities, 1947; On a Chinese Screen, first English edition, bookplate, contemporary morocco, gilt, 1922; and 31 others by the same, 8vo (35)
Lot 113
NO RESERVE Treece (Henry) The Exiles, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Christopher Fry to endpaper, original cloth, dust-jacket, spine faded, chip to head of lower panel, 1952; The Rebels, first edition, publisher's compliments slip loosely inserted, original boards, dust-jacket, spine browned, creasing, 1953; and 2 others, modern literature, 8vo & 4to (4)
Lot 18
Crompton (Richmal) Just-William, first edition, frontispiece, lower hinge starting, original cloth, spine faded, spine ends and corners a little bumped and frayed, [1922] § Ashford (Daisy) The Young Visiters, reprint, double signed by the author on title, frontispiece, original cloth-backed boards, corners bumped, 1919; and 14 others, children's, 8vo (16)
Lot 29
Eliot (T.S.) The Family Reunion, first edition, inscribed by E. Martin Browne, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, dust-jacket, torn in half at spine, tears, rubbed, areas of loss, 1939 § Fowles (John) A Maggot, first edition, number 59 of 500 copies signed by the author, original cloth backed boards, 1985 § Hanley (James) Aria & Finale, first edition, original cloth, slight fading to spine extremities, dust-jacket, rubbed, small loss to spine extremities,1932 § Garnett (David) No Love, first edition, one of 150 copies signed by the author, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, 1929; and others, 8vo & 4to (c.65)⁂ The first is inscribed by the theatre director E. Martin Browne, and his touring company "The Pilgrim Players", dated 1941. Browne was the first to direct "The Family Reunion" when it was published in March 1939.
Lot 32
Fitzpatrick (Sir Percy) Jock of the Bushveld, first edition, first issue with the incorrect drawings of the dung beetle on pp. 65, 337 and 457, colour frontispiece, plates and illustrations, ink notes to endpapers, upper hinge cracked but holding firm, original pictorial cloth, spine ends and corners a little bumped, lower joint split, light rubbing, 4to, 1907.
Lot 44
Gieldgud (John) John Gielgud: An Actor's Biography in Pictures, first edition, presentation inscription by Gielgud to half-title, illustrations, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, edges faded, dust-jacket, a little rubbed, chipping to edges, 1952; The Lyceum Theatre: John Gielgud's production of Hamlet by William Shakespeare, illustrations, original paper wrappers,lightly browned, a little rubbed, 1939, 4to (2)
Lot 9
NO RESERVE Berlin (Sven) The Dark Monarch, first edition, signed by the author on endpaper, frontispiece and illustrations by the author, spotting to front endpaper, original cloth, dust-jacket, minor chipping to spine ends and corners, light creasing to head and foot, a little rubbed, excellent otherwise, 8vo, 1962.⁂ The scarce, first edition, especially so signed. Sven Berlin (1911-99) was a well-known figure in the art world; an artist, dancer, poet & author. Berlin caused considerable outrage with the original publication of this work, the number of libel cases brought against him as a result forced the book to be withdrawn, and very few copies survive today. The work comprises many thinly-veiled character assassinations on the artists, writers &c. from the period, focusing on St Ives, including Barbara Hepworth, Ben Nicholson, Patrick Heron and Peter Lanyon.
Lot 4
Atwood (Magaret) The Handmaid's Tale, first edition, signed by the author on title, original boards, dust-jacket, some light fading to spine light creasing to head and foot, excellent otherwise, 8vo, 1985.⁂ The first edition of Atwood's dystopian classic, the basis for the hugely successful television series. The sequel, published this year, has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize.
Lot 39
Fowles (John) Poems, first edition, signed presentation inscription "Elena, In a bed of enchanter's nightshade, and on a bough above Underhill Farm", 1973; Cinderella, first edition, signed presentation inscription below dedication "and another Cendrillon, this sere summer of 1990 'La bonne grace est le vrai don de Fees'", jacket price-clipped, short tears to head and foot, 1974; Aristos, reprint, signed presentation inscription "Elena, affectionately... and more!" to title, 1980, original boards, dust-jackets; and 3 others, Fowles, all inscribed, 8vo & 4to (6)
Lot 112
Tolstoy (Count Lev Nikolayevich "Leo") Anna Karenina, 2 vol., first Constance Garnett-translated edition, 'Presentation copy' blind stamps to titles, portrait frontispieces (a little foxed), ink ownership inscriptions to endpapers, original cloth, spines darkened, spine ends and corners a little bumped, 8vo, 1901.⁂ The rare first edition of Constance Garnett's translation (and the second English translation overall), which would become one of the most popular translations for much of the 20th century. We can trace no other copy online or at auction.
Lot 125
Woolf (Virginia) Monday or Tuesday, first edition, full-page woodcut illustrations by Vanessa Bell (lightly offset as usual), advertisement leaf at end, endpapers a little browned, original cloth-backed decorative boards by Vanessa Bell, spine ends and corners a little bumped, 2 small patches of abrading to upper cover, rubbed, [Kirkpatrick A5a], 8vo, Hogarth Press, 1921.
![[SOONG MAY-LING]: (1898-2003) Madame Chiang Kai-shek. First Lady of the Republic of China 1948-75. T.L.S., Mayling Soong Chia](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/80a73d53-b26c-4190-b275-aacc00a13ca3/7d4d1968-8d13-41b8-99ab-aae100df820b/468x382.jpg)
Lot 393
[SOONG MAY-LING]: (1898-2003) Madame Chiang Kai-shek. First Lady of the Republic of China 1948-75. T.L.S., Mayling Soong Chiang, in facsimile, two pages, 4to, Hankow, Hupeh, 26th September 1938, to '1917 and other Wellesley Friends', on the printed stationery of the Headquarters of the Generalissimo. Madame Chiang states that she is sending her correspondents a book (no longer present) which has just come off the press and is 'a souvenir and record of what has happened in China this past year', continuing, in part, 'Most of the articles were composed under great pressure….and therefore they are not well written. The Publicity Department edited and printed this edition without my knowledge…..I did not see this book until after it was printed. I did, however, choose the cover - and as it was then about Reunion I chose our class colour - cornflower blue. The autographed copies I am sending you are of interest because some of the imperfections are due to the unusual difficulties we are undergoing in Hankow owing to war conditions. At this writing the Japanese army is only 100 miles from Hankow, but we are still here and shall remain, even if doing so means hanging on by the skin of our teeth. We are making the enemy pay dearly for every inch of our territory they are scorching……For the honor of the Wellesley English Department, however, I must disclaim authorship of the article entitled "Upbringing of Children of Revolutionary Martyrs"……One of my friends just yesterday called my attention to it by remarking that "it smacks of chop-suey, flavored with Maggi sauce, and cooked by a Main Street bride from a random recipe given her by a tourist cousin." When I read it I felt that she was quite justified in making such a caustic comment, although I myself could not burst out laughing at some of the purple patches. Please laugh with me……Let me thank you for helping the war orphans now christened "Warphans". Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VG The present letter is dated during the Second Sino-Japanese War 1937-45.
Lot 178
MUNNINGS ALFRED: (1878-1959) English Painter, remembered for his studies of horses. An excellent book signed and inscribed, being a presentation copy of the hardback edition of Volume III of his autobiography, The Finish, First Edition published by the Museum Press Ltd., London, October 1952. To the preliminary blank Munnings has penned a lengthy inscription, with an original illustration, in full, ‘With much pleasure, & knowing he won’t read it, I inscribe this copy to Ivor Brown (see page 91 of this Book) who was not allowed by his Editor to review Volume II – The Second Burst in the hopes that he might be given the job this time. Anyhow, I trust that he will find near the end, a reference to that review by one Gosling [at this point Munnings has added a pen and ink sketch of a gosling] see page 305. Signed, Alfred Munnings’, also adding the place and date, The Athenaeum, 23rd October 1952, in his hand. To the half title page opposite Munnings has drawn various clouds and a falling shoe above the tip of the earth around the printed illustration at the centre of the page. The artist has again signed the book alongside an original pen and ink illustration of a horse to the title page, the image showing the rampant horse exhaling a large cloud of hot air from its nostrils. Signed by Munnings in dark fountain pen ink, adding the remark ‘After one double sherry’ and the date, 23rd October 1952, in his hand. To the frontispiece appears an image of Munnings sat in a three quarter length pose with his palette and brush in his studio at Castle House with the printed text of a song beneath, beginning ‘In the end, when I shall die, I shall see no summer sky’, the lyrics with various ink annotations in the hand of Munnings. The artist has underlined various lines of text on pages 91 and 305, as indicated in his inscription, and there are also a few pencil annotations by Munnings to pages 254 & 255. Accompanied by an unsigned hardback copy of Volume I of the autobiography, An Artist’s Life, First Edition published by the Museum Press Ltd., London, 1950. Both volumes are bound in the publishers red cloth with a gilt facsimile signature of Munnings to the front board and are accompanied by the illustrated dust jackets. Volume II is not present (perhaps as a result of Munnings’s reference in his inscription). An exceptional signed presentation copy with an interesting association. Some light age wear, otherwise VG, 2 Ivor Brown (1891-1974) British Journalist & Man of Letters, editor of The Observer 1942-48. Brown, in a similar fashion to Munnings’s views on modern art, made no secret of his dislike of modernist poetry. Munnings describes Brown as ‘a sane Englishman if ever there was one’ on page 91 of his third volume of autobiography, The Finish (1952).
Lot 294
FREUD SIGMUND: (1856-1939) Austrian Neurologist, the father of Psychoanalysis. A.L.S., Freud, one page, 8vo, Vienna, 1st December 1921, to Dr. H. A, Crowther. Freud declares 'The discrepancy you have found out in my Psychopath[ology] of Everyday Life is easily explained' and continues to inform his correspondent 'You will not detect it in the German edition, so it must be considered as a misprint of the English translation, the responsibility of which I may disclaim'. Accompanied by the original envelope self-addressed by Crowther at The Sanatorium in Middleton-in-Wharfedale near Ilkley. Together with a retained manuscript draft copy of Crowther's letter to Freud, two pages, 8vo, n.p., 24th November 1921, referring to an apparent discrepancy on page 119 of the English edition of Psychopathology of Everyday Life (sixth impression, 1920) relating to an example of mistakes in reading and writing which Freud provides and questioning the use of a middle initial, in part, 'My point is the discrepancy between Mrs. Wm. H. and Dr. W. M. - if you had merely wished to transfer the illness to the doctor's wife why not “Mrs. W. M.” instead of Mrs. Wm. H. - where does the initial “H” come from - it could not be the woman's maiden name otherwise the Mrs. Wouldn't be prefixed - if the question is not impertinent may I ask if H is the name of the “other & nearer person who I was aware had the same disease”'. Some uniform age toning, light creasing and a small, minor stain at the head of Freud's letter, G, 2 The Psychopathology of Everyday Life (1901) is perhaps the best known of all of Freud's works and first appeared in book form in 1904. A scientific classic of the 20th century, it is sometimes referred to as the 'Mistake Book'
Lot 360
THATCHER MARGARET: (1925-2013) British Prime Minister 1979-90. Book signed, being a hardback edition of The Path to Power, First Edition published by Harper Collins, London, 1995. Signed ('Margaret Thatcher') by Thatcher in bold blue ink with her name alone to the front free endpaper. Accompanied by the dust jacket. VG
Lot 16
TENNIS: A hardback edition of My Story by Fred Perry, First Edition published by Hutchinson & Co. Ltd., London, 1934, individually signed to the title page by all four members of the Great Britain team who won the Davis Cup in 1933 & 1934 comprising Fred Perry (1909-1995, Wimbledon Champion 1934, 1935 & 1936), H. W. Bunny Austin (1906-2000, Wimbledon finalist 1932 & 1938, the first tennis player to wear shorts), Harry Lee (1907-1998) and Pat Hughes (1902-1997, Wimbledon Doubles Champion 1936). All have signed in fountain pen inks. Bound in the publisher's green cloth with gilt title to the spine, lacking a dust jacket. Some foxing to the title page (only very slightly affecting the signatures) and throughout. G
![[LE CARRE JOHN]: (1931- ) British Author of espionage novels, a former officer with the Secret Intell](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/80a73d53-b26c-4190-b275-aacc00a13ca3/659f6e2d-c471-4d64-9d8d-aae100dcf956/468x382.jpg)
Lot 229
[LE CARRE JOHN]: (1931- ) British Author of espionage novels, a former officer with the Secret Intelligence Service. Small selection of three original paper copies of facsimile transmissions from Le Carre, each signed David, four pages (total), 4to, Penzance, Cornwall, 7th September & 12th December 1998, all to Dr. Willard Morse. In the first communication, a typed fax, Le Carre asks ‘are you serious when you describe this book called ‘The Letters of George Smiley’?’ and continues ‘Only I have never heard of it, and I would very much like to get my hands on a copy, if only to bring a charge of plagiarism and secure my retirement. If it is but a dagger of the mind, proceeding from the heat-oppressed brain then I quite understand, but let me know one way or the other before I unleash my bloodhounds’. The second two communications, both in holograph and sent on 12th December 1998, refer to a piece that Morse had quoted from the Times Literary Supplement and asking when it appeared, ‘As usual, I didn’t see it, and now I can’t find it. The consolidation of ‘I only ever cared about the man….’ works nicely’, and further remarking ‘Please stop apologising for ‘Smiley’s Letters’ – I never took it in bad part. “Single & Single” is my next, due out in US in March’. Together with an original holograph letter sent via fax by Morse to Le Carre on 12th December 1998 giving him the details of the edition of the Times Literary Supplement that he had asked for, and also including three typed communications sent by fax from Morse to Le Carre in August, September & December 1998. Generally VG, 7
Lot 95
BEATLES THE: A superb vintage small 4to printed edition of The Beatles magazine, published by Pyx Productions Ltd., London, (1963), featuring Life with The Beatles by Patrick Maugham and numerous images by the photographer Dezo Hoffmann, individually signed twice by all four members of The Beatles, comprising John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. The first set of signatures appear in blue inks to the colour front cover featuring an image of the Fab Four standing together in full length poses. All have added three xxx's beneath their signatures and Starr has also added the band name ('Beatles'; a small, light stain affecting a few letters) in his hand above his signature. All of the signatures are in clear areas, with just Harrison's very slightly affected by weaker contrast. The second set of signatures appear to the inside centre colour image of the band (9.5 x 14.5 when opened) in a group pose. Signed by each in blue inks to clear areas with Lennon, Harrison and Starr also adding three xxx's beneath their signatures. A rare piece of Beatles memorabilia in as much as it features two excellent sets of signatures. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, otherwise about EX
Lot 179
SPENCER STANLEY: (1891-1959) English Painter. Book signed and inscribed, being a hardback edition of Stanley Spencer by Elizabeth Rothenstein, First Edition published by Phaidon Press Ltd., Oxford and London, 1945. The edition features an essay and over eighty black and white and colour plates of works by Spencer. Signed by Spencer to the front free endpaper in bold, black fountain pen ink and dated Cookham, Berkshire, 19th June 1958 in his hand. Bound in black cloth with white lettering to the cover and spine. Lacking the dust jacket. Together with an 8vo printed In Memoriam Order of Service for Stanley Spencer at St. James's Church, Piccadilly, London, on 27th January 1960. Some staining and age wear, G, 2
Lot 396
MANDELA NELSON: (1918-2013) President of South Africa 1994-99. Nobel Peace Prize winner, 1993. Book signed (twice), being a hardback edition of Long Walk to Freedom – The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela, First Edition published by Macdonald Purnell, South Africa, 1994. Signed by Mandela twice in silver ink to the front of the colour printed dust jacket, featuring a head and shoulders portrait of Mandela, both signatures dated 19th June 1996 in his hand. Some very light, minor age wear, VG
Lot 154
Ruscha (Ed) Every Building on the Sunset Strip, first edition, second issue without final shorter flap, black and white illustrations, folding concertina-style into original stiff wrappers, rubbing and creasing to spine, light finger-soiling to covers, original reflective slip-case (light wear to corners, small 4to, 1966.
Lot 24
Doyle (Sir Arthur Conan).- Moseley (Sydney A.) An Amazing Séance and an Exposure, first edition, photographic frontispiece, 1p. advertisements, browning to text, half-title and front free endpaper with small portion of upper corner torn away, neat ink ownership inscription to endpaper, original cloth, dust-jacket, chipping and creasing to head and foot, splitting to lower joint and tear to lower panel, tape repairs to verso, marking and staining, 8vo, 1919.⁂ With an introduction by Arthur Conan Doyle. Rare, especially so in the atmospheric dust-jacket.
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