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Click here to subscribeFootprints on the Sand of Time - First Edition 2003, Hardback in protective cover,signed by the author Oliver Clutton-Bock and dated 15/06/2003 , Number 25 of limited edition of 60, 25 certified signatures on bookplate, T Wilson;D Brown:GH Cross;A Cassey;T Eules;R Churchill; W Morrison;K Rees;J James;J Lions;P Potts;E Raffill;A Tripp;D Endsor;P Skinner;H Batchelor;P Camp;G Cash;J Banfield;A Bryett;B Harman;D Bernard;J Malling;D Fry;RJ Barker
The Greatest Squadron of Them All - Vols I & II - First Edition 2003 - Two hardbacks in protective cover, signed by all the authors David Ross,Bruce Blanche & William Simpson, Number 10 of limited edition of 55. 31 certified signatures on bookplate, Sir Archie Winskill;Peter Olver;BG Stapleton;Ludwik Martel;Keith Lawrence;Jack Rae;George Swanwick;Harold Bennett;Allan Scott;Tom O'Reilly;Alasdair Beaton;Mike Hobson;Derek Smith;John Elgar;Sandy Crawford;Roy Scofield;Kenneth Evans;Peter Spires:William Young;Harold Machon;James Skinner;tom Davidson;Ed Watt;Reg Cockell;Archie MacKenzie;Sandy Pyper;Bob Wilson;Arthur Carroll;Burt Pringle;George Knox;Ed Pritchard
Second to None - First Edition 2004 - Special signed memorial photograph bookplate by Air Chief Marshall Sir Harry Broadhurst, Number 16 of a limited edition of 16, Hardback in protective cover, Signed by the author Richard C Smith , Number 10 of limited edition of 10. 24 certfied signatures on bookplate, Sir Harry Broadhurst;AC Leigh;PM Brothers;JLW Ellacombe;J Rose;GL Sinclair;NLD Kemp;CJ Riddle;PL Dawbarn;S Duff;HM Pinfold;J Renvoize;AJM Aldwinckle;T Draper-Williams;BG Stapleton;L Martel;MM Shand;WTM Clark;KA Wilkinson;CS Bamberger;HD Denchfield;KNT Lee;MP Brown;RW Foster
One-Armed Mac - First edition 2003 - Number 32 of a limited edition of 60- Hardback signed by both authors Brian Cull & Ronald Symons, 10 certified signatures on bookplate, JHR Flood;PW Dunning-White;DSG Honor;L Davies (a) ;CS Bamberger;J Pickering;RA Innes;L Davies (b) ;JRA Peel;RRG Gumbrill
AI Deere:Wartime Fighter Pilot - Peacetime Commander - First edition 2003- Number 9 of a limited edition of 60 , Hardback in protective cover, signed by the author Richard C Smith, 21 certified signatures on bookplate, Ludwig Martel;George Swanwick;"Pinkie"Stark;Mike Donnet;Richy Richardson;Jim Shenfield;John Peel;Pete Brothers;John Ellacombe;Tom Draper;NZ Fighter Pilots;Johnny Checketts;Jimmy Sheddon;Vaughon Fittal:Jack Rae;John Pattison;Max Collett;Mick Shand;Tommy Tucker;Harvey Sweetman;Ken Lee;Doug Brown
D-Day Bombers: The Veteran's Story - First edition 2004 - Hardback in a protective cover , limited edition number 35 of 54, signed by author Stephen Darlow, 10 certified signatures on the bookplate, F Whitfield; R Curtis;G Ritchie;WH Berg ;J Howland;J McPartin;ML Hamilton ; JB Tait;JL Munro;JA Castagnola
609 at War - First edition 2003 , Hardback in a protective cover , Limited edition number 69 of 75, Signed by the author James Douglas Earnshaw, 21 certified signatures on the bookplate ,J Earnshaw;HT Skett;WF Stark;JD Inches;JA Stewart;FD Linacre;J Zurakowski; RH Payne;JA Mathys;KH Adam;JA AtkinsonRC Jaspis;RA Lallemant;AG Laforce;AH Billam;GL Watelet;RAC Dupre;G Stevens;J Debruyn;TF Annear ;T Kerr
Air Combat Legends: Air Combat Legends (Art Book) - First edition 1998 - Hardback, Limited edition number 11 of 30, signed by the artist Nicholas Trudgian, 12 certified signatures on the bookplate, Erich Rudorffer;Roland Beamont;James Tait;Ivor Broom;Walter Krupinski;Edu Neumann;Geoffrey Page;Tony Spooner;Dennis David;Gerhard Schopfel;Dudley Heal;Ray Grayston
MCCARTNEY PAUL: (1942- ) British Musician, a member of The Beatles. Book signed, a paperback edition of Wingspan - Paul McCartney's Band on the Run, First Edition published by Little, Brown, London, 2002. Signed ('Cheers! Paul McCartney') in bold blue ink to the title page. Accompanied by a typed letter from McCartney's office at MPL, forwarding the signed book as a donation to an auction to raise money for the Meningitis Trust, 18th February 2003. VG
WARHOL ANDY: (1928-1987) American Pop Artist. Book signed, a hardback edition of Popism - The Warhol 60s, First Edition published by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, New York, 1980 (stated First Edition with letters BCDE printed to copyright page). Signed by Warhol in black ink with his name alone to the half title page. The black ink that Warhol used has also left a slight impression of his signature on the two pages immediately before and after the half title. Accompanied by the dust jacket which is also signed by Warhol with his initials ('AW') in black ink to a clear area at the head above his portrait and printed title. Some very light, minor age wear and a few small tears to the edges of the dust jacket, otherwise VG
WARHOL ANDY: (1928-1987) American Pop Artist. Book signed, a hardback edition of Portraits of the 70s, First Edition published by Random House in association with the Whitney Museum of American Art and their exhibition of November 1979 - January 1980, New York, 1979. The specially bound edition is numbered 102 of 200 and is signed by Warhol in bold black ink with his name alone to the limitations page. The black ink that Warhol used has also left a slight impression of his signature to the half title and title pages. Bound in black cloth and accompanied by the original illustrated slipcase (some wear to the edges and corners). Generally VG
DOHERTY REGINALD: (1872-1910) English Tennis Player, Wimbledon Champion 1897, 1898, 1899 & 1900 & LAURENCE (1875-1919) English Tennis Player, Wimbledon Champion 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905 & 1906. An extremely rare book signed by both Reginald and Laurence Doherty individually, being a hardback edition of R. F. & H. L. Doherty on Lawn Tennis, First Edition published by Lawn Tennis, 1903. Illustrated with photographic plates of various tennis strokes and with the original photographs of the Doherty brothers and dedicatee, Grand Duchess Anastasie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Individually signed by both Reginald and Laurence Doherty with their names alone in dark fountain pen ink to the lower mount of their photograph, the sepia image depicting the players seated together in a relaxed full length pose wearing their tennis whites and each with a racket at their side. Some very slight, minor ink bleeding to the signatures. Further inscribed by Reginald Doherty to the front free endpaper in dark fountain pen ink, 'With best compliments from the Authors' and dated October 1903 in his hand. Some very slight, minor ink bleeding to the signatures. Bound in the publisher's blue-grey cloth with white title to cover and spine. Some light overall foxing and age wear to the book (G), the signed photograph VG
BUBER MARTIN: (1878-1965) Austrian-born Jewish Philosopher. T.L.S., Buber, one page, 8vo, Jerusalem, 20th July 1961, to Dr. Bernhard Rang, in German. Buber states that he was delighted to have received the good news from his correspondent and continues to explain that he is sending a manuscript separately, explaining 'The letters would have to be surveyed first and photo[graphed crossed through in Buber's hand]copied…I do not wish to let the originals out of my hands' and adding that he has lost two manuscripts in recent years. In concluding Buber writes 'I myself have not yet seen Melzer's new edition, of which you write. I only know of it because Dr. Robert Weltsch who wrote the epilogue (not Schoeps, as you write in your letter) had asked me for material at the time'. Accompanied by the original envelope (postage stamp neatly cut away). VG
'….the new results that we have obtained in our laboratory…' PAVLOV IVAN: (1849-1936) Russian Physiologist, Nobel Prize winner for Physiology or Medicine, 1904, thus becoming the first Russian Nobel Laureate. Rare A.L.S., I. Pavlov, two pages, 8vo, Rue Wedenskaya, 16th August 1898, to a colleague ('Monsieur et tres honore collegue'), in French. Pavlov states that he has learned with great pleasure about his correspondent's kind proposal concerning the translation of his Lessons into French and continuing 'Your proposal is still the first one. I must tell you that there is already a German translation, in which there are some supplements that are not in the Russian edition. However, in the French translation, it is also desirable that you introduce some new supplements, according to the new results that we have obtained in our laboratory'. A couple of very small, extremely minor pinholes to the upper edge, not affecting the text or signature, otherwise EX
HILLARY EDMUND: (1919-2008) New Zealand Mountaineer, the first man, with Tenzing Norgay, to reach the summit of Mount Everest, 1953. Book signed and inscribed, being a hardback edition of View From the Summit, First Edition published by Random House, New Zealand, 1999. Signed and inscribed by Hillary in black ink to the title page. Together with a second book signed, being a hardback edition of From the Ocean to the Sky - Jet Boating up the Ganges, First Edition published by Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1979. Signed by Hillary with his name alone in black ink to the title page. Both books are accompanied by their dust jackets. VG, 2
TROTSKY LEON: (1879-1940) Russian Marxist Revolutionary, founder and first leader of the Red Army. A good fountain pen ink signature and inscription, 'To Mr. William Rich, Leon Trotsky', and place and date, 3rd January 1940, in his hand on a small 8vo partially printed piece, evidently neatly clipped from the half title page of an edition of The Revolution Betrayed. Scarce. Some very light, minor staining to the right edge, only very slightly affecting the signature and inscription, about VG The Revolution Betrayed: What Is the Soviet Union and Where Is It Going? was first published in 1937. The work analysed and criticised the course of historical development in the Soviet Union following the death of Lenin in 1924 and is regarded as Trotsky's primary work dealing with the nature of Stalinism.
LINDBERGH CHARLES: (1902-1974) American Aviator who made the first solo non-stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean, 20th - 21st May 1927. Book signed, a hardback edition of The Spirit of St Louis, First Edition of the Presentation Edition published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1953 (First Issue with the Scribner's A printed on the copyright page). Signed by Lindbergh in bold black fountain pen ink to the colophon page and numbered 621 of an unspecified (although 1000) limited edition. Bound in red cloth with silver stamped title to spine and accompanied by the glassine jacket. VG
HRH EDWARD DUKE OF WINDSOR "A King's Story - the memoirs of HRH The Duke of Windsor KG", published Cassell & Company Ltd., London 1951, limited edition No'd 150/250, signed to frontispiece, green leather bound, with gilded Royal Coat of Arms to front and gilt lettering to the ribbed spine, in a marbled paper board casing CONDITION REPORTS Outer card slip cover/case 24.5cm x 15.5cm x 5cm deep. Outer card slip cover/case has some wear, dirt and scuffs. Book has some light general wear, a few minor scuffs to cover, and the first and last plain pages are discoloured around the edges where they meet the leather edging around the inside of the boards. The edges of the pages of the book are 'rough' finished to the side and bottom, and are smooth cut gilt to the top.
PHOEBE ANNA TRAQUAIR & JOHN SUTHERLAND BLACK "Dante" with illustrations by Phoebe Anna Traquair and notes by John Sutherland Black, privately printed by T. & A. Constable, Edinburgh 1890, tooled and gilded leather bound, together with DANTE "La Divina Comedia di Dante Alighieri", edited by Pietro Gicchetti, first publication in England of the poem in one Volume with explanatory notes, published by C.S. Arnold, London 1827, tooled and gilded leather bound pocket edition (2)
Wotton - Wotton Reliquiae Wottonianae. Or a Collection of Lives, Letters Wotton ( Sir Henry) Reliquiae Wottonianae. Or a Collection of Lives, Letters, Poems , first edition, 3 engraved portraits only, title within woodcut border, foxed and browned, eighteenth century calf, gilt, [Wing W3648], 12mo, Thomas Maxey for K Mariot, G. Bedel, and T. Garthwait, 1651 § Coleridge (Samuel Taylor) Biographia Literaria, or Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions, first edition, 2 vol., advertisement p. to end of vol. 2, foxed and browned, contemporary half calf, rubbed, gilt spines, rubbed, joints splitting, 1817 § Luttrell (Henry) Letters to Julia, in Rhyme, third edition, presentation copy from the author to the Hon. George Agar-Ellis with ink inscription at head, also ALs from the author tipped-in at front, contemporary calf, gilt, upper cover detaching, g.e., 1822 ; and 5 others, 8vo (9).
Cameron (Julia Margaret) - Victorian Photographs of Famous Men & Fair Women Victorian Photographs of Famous Men & Fair Women, introductions by Virginia Woolf and Roger Fry, first edition, number 193 of 450 copies, 25 photographic plates with captioned guards, browning to free endpapers, otherwise internally fine, original vellum-backed pink boards, covers marked, [Woolmer 86; Kirkpatrick B5], Hogarth Press, 1926; and 7 others, 4to & 8vo (8).
Dickens (Charles) - The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, first edition , second or later issue bound from the original monthly parts, frontispiece, engraved title and 40 etched plates, closed tears to 3 plates without loss, contemporary calf, blind-stamped and gilt, rebacked preserving original backstrip, lightly rubbed, 1837; The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, first edition in book form , portrait frontispiece and 34 plates, closed tears to 2 plates, 1 with loss, 2 text leaves loose, contemporary half morocco, extremities a little worn, 1839, both lacking half-titles, plates oxidised (as often), some light soiling and browning, 8vo (2)
Newman (John Henry) - Lectures on the Prophetical Office of the Church Lectures on the Prophetical Office of the Church, Viewed Relatively to Romanism and Popular Protestantism, first edition, 2pp. of advertisements at end, 2ff. of text at end with small tear in margins, slightly browned, a few pencil underlinings, contemporary cloth-backed boards, rubbed, corners and edges worn, lacks backstrip, edges uncut, 8vo, London and Oxford, 1837; and 3 others, including Letters to W. Wilberforce, 1822, 8vo (4).
Alison (Archibald) - The Principles of Population and their Connection with Human... The Principles of Population and their Connection with Human Happiness, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, slightly foxed and browned, contemporary half calf, gilt spine, slightly rubbed, red and green morocco labels on spines, m.e., 8vo, Edinburgh: Blackwood, 1840.
Disraeli - Sybil; or, the Two Nations, 3 vol., first edition, slightly browned (Benjamin, first earl of Beaconsfield ) Sybil; or, the Two Nations, 3 vol., first edition, slightly browned, new endpapers, modern crushed and polished morocco-backed cloth, gilt spines, Henry Colburn, 1845; and 8 others, 19 century Literature, 8vo (11).
Ruskin (John) - The Stones of Venice, 3 vol., first edition , half-title in vol.I, plates, some hand-coloured as issued, illustrations, publisher's advertisement in vol.I, spotting, ink annotations to vol.III front endpaper, ink and pencil annotations to several ff., paper label affixed to spine of vol.II, later calf, gilt, g.e., rubbed, marked, spines and boards sunned, 8vo, 1851-53 Provenance: from Ruskin's library, with his bookplate to front pastedown of vol.I.
[Surtees (R.S.)] - Mr Sponge's Sporting Tour, first edition , half-title, dedication f., 13 hand-coloured engraved plates, illustrations, a little soiling and spotting, original illustrated cloth, gilt, uncut, rebacked preserving original spine, worn, spine faded , [1853]; Mr Romford's Hounds , first edition , frontispiece and 23 hand-coloured engraved plates, spotting to extreme fore-edges, original illustrated cloth, gilt, rebacked preserving original spine, rubbed and marked, n.d. ; Handley Cross , 2 vol., frontispiece and 23 colour plates, illustrations, spotting, original cloth, gilt, t.e.g., uncut, bumped and marked, a little faded , n.d.; and c.90 others on hunting and fishing, some first editions, v.s . (c.95)
Hardy (Thomas) - Far From the Madding Crowd, 2 vol., first edition, 10 engraved plates only (of 12), occasional light browning or finger-soiling to outer margins, contemporary library cloth with circulating library labels to upper covers (vol.1 label rather chipped and scuffed), rebacked, new endpapers, 8vo, 1874.
James (Henry) - The Spoils of Poynton, first edition, first issue , original blind-stamped cloth, uncut, spine ends frayed , 1897 § Mann (Thomas) Early Sorrow, first edition , original patterned boards, dust-jacket, torn with a little loss , 1929 § Mathers (Powys) The Book of The Thousand Nights and One Night, 4 vol., original cloth , dust-jackets, a little soiling, a few nicks to spine ends , 1956 § Otway (Thomas) [Works], 3 vol., cloth-backed boards, uncut , 1926 § Llewellyn (Richard) None But the Lonely Heart , first edition , full morocco , 1943, rubbed ; and c.90 others literature, some first editions, 8vo (c.95)
Turbervile (George) - The Heroycall Epistles of the Learned Poet Publius Ovidius Naso, one of 350 copies, plates, a little spotting, quarter morocco , t.e.g., 1928 § Hunt (Leigh) The Poetical Works, first edition , half-title, lacking subscribers' list, original blind-stamped cloth, rebacked, uncut, rubbed , 1832 § Lear (Edward) Laughable Lyrics , first edition , half-title, soiling, original illustrated cloth, rebacked , 1877 § Sitwell (Edith) The Pleasures of Poetry, 3 vol., first edition , original cloth , 1930 § Milton (John) Paradise Lost, upper hinge pulling, contemporary calf, creases splitting, worn with loss to spine ends , Edinburgh , 1755; Paradise Regained, contemporary calf, upper crease splitting, worn, Edinburgh , 1762; and c.50 others poetry, some first editions, most gilt calf , 8vo & 4to (c.55)
Churchill - My Early Life: A Roving Commission, plates, slightly browned ( Sir Winston Leonard Spencer, prime minister, 1874-1965) My Early Life: A Roving Commission, plates, slightly browned, new endpapers, modern half morocco, gilt spine, 1930; The War Speeches, edited by Charles Eade, 3 vol., first edition, school prize bookplate on front free endpaper, original cloth, dust-jackets, edges with tears, spines dulled and marked, 1951-52; and 4 others, by or about Churchill, all modern half morocco bindings, 8vo (8).
Sherriff (R.C.) & Vernon Bartlett. - Journey's End, first edition , some spotting and browning, original cloth, dust-jacket, a little soiled , 1930 § Garnett (David, editor ) The Letters of T.E. Lawrence, first edition , plates, folding maps, a few ff. spotted, original cloth, bumped, dust-jacket, soiled , 1938 § Lawrence (T.E.) The Mint , ink marks to front free endpaper, original cloth, dust-jacket , 1955 § Kipling (Rudyard) Soldier Tales, first edition , half-title, frontispiece, plates, upper hinge splitting, original cloth, gilt, g.e., bumped, 1896; Barrack-Room Ballads , first edition , browning to edges of a few ff., original cloth, rubbed, spine faded, 1892; and c.30 others on war and the armed services, v.s . (c.35)
Greene (Graham) - The Little Fire Engine, first edition , illustrations, a little soiling, original illustrated boards, worn with a little loss at spine ends, [1950] § Richards (Frank) Backing up Billy Bunter, first edition , frontispiece, half-title, illustrations, spotting to extreme edges, original cloth, dust-jacket, soiled, torn with a little loss at spine ends, 1955 § Gale (Norman) Songs for Little People, illustrations, original pictorial cloth, gilt, t.e.g., a little rubbed , 1896 § Grahame (Kenneth) The Wind in the Willows , frontispiece, half-title, original blind-stamped cloth, spine gilt, rubbed , 1922; and c.30 others children's fiction, most illustrated, most cloth , 8vo & folio (c.35)
Chapman - The Letters of Samuel Johnson …, 3 vol. (R.W., editor ) The Letters of Samuel Johnson , 3 vol. , 1952 § Johnson (Walter) Gilbert White: Pioneer, Poet, and Stylist, first edition , 1928 § Hughes (Thomas) David Livingstone, large hand-coloured folding map , 1897 § Edel (Leon) Selected Letters of Henry James, 1956, plates and illustrations, a little spotting and soiling, original cloth, rubbed ; and c.85 others, biographies, letters and memoirs, 8vo & 4to (c.90)
Conrad (Joseph) - The Secret Agent, first edition, 40pp. publisher s catalogue advertisements dated September 1907, small ink mark to endpaper, abrasion from removal of bookplate to pastedown, lower hinger starting, contemporary cloth, spine a little cockled and faded, a little rubbed, 8vo, 1907.
Conrad (Joseph) - The Arrow of Gold, first issue , original cloth , 1919; The Secret Agent, limited edition signed by the author, frontispiece portrait, spare spine label tipped in, original parchment-backed boards, uncut, dust-jacket, soiled, rubbed at extremities , 1923; A Letter to William Nicholson, one of 50 copies , frontispiece, tipped-in facsimile letter, original cloth, gilt, dust-jacket , 1985, first editions ; and 5 others, Conrad, 8vo (8)
Craddock (Harry) - The Savoy Cocktail Book, first edition, printed in black and... The Savoy Cocktail Book, first edition, printed in black and colours with illustrations and decorations by Gilbert Rumbold, pictorial endpapers, some foxing, original cloth-backed art deco boards in black, silver and green, rubbed and marked with surface wear, Constable & Co., 1930.
Dexter (Colin) - Last Bus to Woodstock, first edition of the first Morse title, browning throughout but lighter than often, ink name on front free endpaper, original brown boards, slight shelf lean, dust-jacket, slight creasing to upper edge of lower panel, minor sunning to very small section near upper joint, otherwise a very good example, 8vo , 1975.
Hemingway (Ernest) - In Our Time, first English edition , occasional minor spotting to extremties, otherwise internally fine, original first issue green cloth, very slightly sunned at spine, but a sharp, tight copy, dust-jacket, browned at spine and fore-edges, torn at head of spine with slight damage to 'In', chipped at upper fore-corners, otherwise an attractive example, 8vo , 1925. The first of Hemingway's books to published in the UK, featuring short stories with inter-chapters and including the eighteen 'vignettes' originally published under the same title in a print run of 170 copies by the Three Mountain Press, Paris, in 1924.
Hemingway (Ernest) - Men without Women, first English edition , eraser marking to front free endpaper, covers a little sunned and scratched , 1928; A Farewell to Arms, first English edition, first issue with 'seriosu' on p.66, spine darkened , 1929; For Whom the Bell Tolls, first edition, first state with 'A' on copyright page, New York , 1940; The Old Man and the Sea, first edition, first state with 'A' and seal on copyright page, spine slightly discoloured, New York , 1952, original cloth, lacking dust-jackets ; and 3 others, Hemingway, 8vo (7)
Hemingway (Ernest) - A Farewell to Arms, first English edition , issue with correction on p.66, publisher's promotional card and another coeval ephemeral item loosely inserted, creasing to upper fore-corner of a few ff., original cloth, slightly darkened, dust-jacket by Lee Elliott, spine slightly dulled with minor chipping to ends, a few small closed tears, overall an attractive copy, 1929; and another copy of the same, first issue but without dust-jacket, 8vo (2)
Hemingway (Ernest) - Winner Take Nothing, first edition, first issue with 'A' on verso of title and 'wo hundred and twenty-five pounds' on p.159, very light age-toning, original cloth, gilt, slight shelf-lean, otherwise a very good copy, dust-jacket, edge wear, chipped at corners and spine ends, rubbed at fore-edges, browning to spine, 8vo, New York, 1933. Fourteen of Hemingway's best short stories, six of which are first appearances, exemplifying the writing style and archetypes the author was most famous for.
Hughes (Richard) - A High Wind in Jamaica, first English edition , original cloth, dust-jacket, spine browned with small hole, otherwise an attractive example , 1929 § Sherriff (R.C.) and Vernon Bartlett. Journey's End, first edition , one of 600 copies signed by the authors, original vellum-backed cloth , 1930 § Blunden (Edmund) Great Short Stories of the War, first edition , number 44 of 250 copies on india paper signed by Blunden, original cloth-backed boards , 1930 § West (Rebecca) A Letter to a Grandfather, first edition , original pictorial wrappers, Hogarth Press , 1933 § Eliot (T.S.) The Rock, proof copy , letter from Forster bibliographer B.J. Kirkpatrick on Bertram Rota headed paper listing where this copy is at variance with the published edition loosely inserted, original plain wrappers, splitting, 1934 § Orwell (George) The Road to Wigan Pier, first edition , plates, original limp orange cloth, spine creased with slight shelf lean, Left Book Club , 1937; and 30 others, Modern Literature , 8vo & oblong 4to (36)
Huxley (Aldous) - Brave New World, ink ownership inscription, original cloth, spine lightly browned, vertical crease to spine, spine ends and corners a little bumped, 1932 § Maugham (W.S.) Liza of Lambeth, Jubilee Edition, limited edition signed by the author, light foxing to endpapers, original vellum-backed boards, spine browned, a little warped, dust-jacket, browned at spine and margins, a little chipped at head, 1947; and 3 others, modern first editions, 8vo (5)
Mailer (Norman) - The Naked and the Dead, one of 240 deluxe copies for the Collector's Book Club, upper hinge weak, original morocco, spine faded, spine chipped at head, rubbed and scuffed, 1949 § Monsarrat (Nicholas) The Cruel Sea, first edition, jacket with closed tear to upper panel, some light rubbing and creasing to head and foot, excellent otherwise, 1951 § Jones (James) From Here to Eternity, first English edition, jacket spine slightly browned, some light rubbing to head and foot, New York, 1951 , last 2 in original boards and dust-jackets ; c.80 others, modern first editions and others, 8vo (c.85)
Maugham (W.Somerset) - The Book-Bag, one of 725 copies signed by the author on frontispiece, original buckram-backed boards, sunning to edges, dust-jacket, soiled and torn, Florence , 1932; The Judgement Seat, number 1 of 150 copies signed by the author and artist, frontispiece by Ulrica Hyde, original cloth , 1934; Don Fernando, number 125 of 175 copies signed by the author, original cloth, t.e.g., others uncut, slip-case , 1935; The Unconquered, number 14 of 300 copies signed by the author, original cloth, ?original glacene jacket, New York , 1944; Cakes and Ale, limited edition signed by the author and artist, frontispiece portrait by Graham Sutherland, original two-tone leather, t.e.g., others uncut, preserved in contemporary morocco-backed cloth drop-back box, no slip-case , [1954], first editions ; and 2 others by Maugham in same style as last, [Stott A44, A49, A50a, A63, A41b, A71 & A75], 8vo (7)
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