![Pamphlets. [William Camden] Oratio in memoriam clarissimi viri Guilielmi Camdeni [...], [London]: s.n., [1623], 4pp, dis](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/f82386df-387f-4ae9-839f-b1e2010ec298/11f11465-83f7-4224-9b38-b1e201129ade/468x382.jpg)
Pamphlets. [William Camden] Oratio in memoriam clarissimi viri Guilielmi Camdeni [...], [London]: s.n., [1623], 4pp, disbound, 4to; [Politics] Morris (William), How I Became a Socialist. With some account of his connection with the Social-Democratic Federation. London: Printed and Published by the Twentieth Century Press, Limited, October, 1896, title-page with portrait of the author, the tract loose from the original wrappers, the latter chipped in places, 8vo; Shakespeare (William), Hamlet, London: Bradbury and Evans, 1859, later wrappers, 8vo; another two plays, Otway (Thomas), Titus and Berenice, a tragedy. With a Farce call'd The Cheats of Scapin, two parts in one, [London]: J. Tonson, 1734, frontispiece, disbound, 8vo; Brough (Robert R.), Alfred the Great, London: Thomas Hailes Lacy, n.d., [1860], later wrappers, 12mo in 6s; Anon, A Letter from a Curate of Suffolk to a High-Church Member [...], first edition, London: s.n., 1712, disbound, 8vo; Johnson (The Late Rev Samuel), An Answer to the History of Passive Obedience, just now reprinted under the Title of a Defence of Dr. Sacheverell, London: Printed by John Darby, 1700, disbound, 8vo; Anon, Some Short and Plain Directions For the Spending of One Day well [...], seventh edition, London: T. Trye, 1741, disbound, 8vo, (8)
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Royalty. Charles III, HRH The Prince of Wales Watercolours, half-title signed and dedicated with an autograph inscription by the now King: For Julian - With very best wishes for Xmas 1991 from Charles, first edition, London: Little, Brown and Company, 1991, colour illustrations, original pictorial dustjacket over grey cloth, some slight wear, oblong 4to Provenance: Julian Bicknell (b. 1945), New Classical architect and designer of the Palladian Henbury Hall, Cheshire; a signed and dedicated copy presented to him by the King as Prince of Wales at Christmas, 1991, during which time Julian Bicknell was much involved in the Prince's Institute of Architecture as a trustee, as well as member of their academic board and a tutor in London and the summer schools in both France and Italy.
Miniature Books. Gigantick (sic) History, Volume the Second. Which completes The History of Guildhall, London. With other curious Matters. The Second Edition. London: Printed for Tho. Boreman, nears the giants in Guildhall, and at the Boot and Crown on Ludgate-hill, 1741, architectural woodcut frontispiece, black-ruled title-page, decorative vignettes, complete, collating: A-H⁸; [v], vi-xxiv, [25]-128, inclusive of subscribers list and publisher's advert, frontispiece a trifle stained, the title somewhat soiled, the latter with one hole at the opening T of the fifth line, otherwise generally fresh, contemporary embossed papered boards, somewhat worn, perished spine, holding with some slight movement, lacking ffeps, recto of frontispiece with indistinct 19th c ownership inscription dated 1845, 32mo (6 x 4.6cm) A rarity from arguably the first English publisher of children's books, and a forerunner, along with the rest of the Boreman's Gigantick Histories series (1740-42), of Newbery's Lilliputian Magazine (1752); commonly held to be the first secular children's chapbooks.
Derbyshire. Hutton (William, FASS), The History of Derby; from the Remote Ages of Antiquity, to the Year MDCCXCI. Describing its situation, air, soil, water streets, buildings, and government. With the illustrious families which have inherited its honours. Also, the ecclesiastical history, the trade, amusements, remarkable occurrences, the eminent men, with the adjacent seats of the gentry, first edition, London: Printed by J. Nichols, et al, 1791, [xvi], 320pp, folding frontispiece panorama (The East Prospect of Derby), folding plan of the then town, and 17 full-page named-view topographical plates, all of which are engraved by Robert Hancock after George Moneypenny, contemporary speckled calf, some light wear, but holding, gilt-lettered red morocco piece, 8vo
![Military. [Crimean War] Rhodes (Captain Godfrey, 94th Regiment of Foot), A Tour of Military Inspections in various parts of E](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/f82386df-387f-4ae9-839f-b1e2010ec298/a05eaf3c-a10a-4965-8676-b1e201127fa3/468x382.jpg)
Military. [Crimean War] Rhodes (Captain Godfrey, 94th Regiment of Foot), A Tour of Military Inspections in various parts of European Turkey [...], first edition, London: Longman, et al, 1854, including a detailed description of Turkish baths, folding plan, 20th c institutional red cloth, one or two library stamps, 12mo; [RAF in Second World War] Richards (Denis), Royal Air Force, 1939-1943, three volume set, mixed editions and impressions, London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1953, original publisher's dustjackets over cloth, card boxes of issue en suite, 8vo; Captivité, Paris, 1940, lithographs of prisoners-of-war, original wrappers, worn and split, 4to; 1992 facsimile reprints of Napier's History of the Peninsular War, third edition, 1835, six volume set, dustjackets over black cloth boards, 8vo; etc., (14)
Bindings & Bibliophily. Auction catalogue: Messrs Sotheby & Co:~ Catalogue of Valuable Printed Books and Fine Bindings, from the Celebrated Collection: The Property of Major J.R. Abbey, [Part I], June 1965, colour frontispiece, further monochrome plates and in-text illustrations, tipped-in errata, loosely-inserted prices and buyers' names, finely bound in contemporaneous brown calf gilt over marbled boards, 4to; Bouchot (Henri), Les Ex-Libris, et Les Marques de Possession du Livre, first edition, copy no. 673/750, Paris: Édouard Rouveyre, Éditeur, 1891, additional pictorial title, 104, [4]pp, lithographed illustrations, finely bound in English quarter-vellum gilt over marbled boards by Birdsall & Son, Northampton, signed ffep, top-edge gilt, others trimmed, marbled endpapers, 12mo in 6s, (2) Provenance: 2nd: 1) Isambard Kingdom Brunel Junior (1837-1902); bookplate. 2) Peter Summers, FSA; Reynolds Stone calligraphic book label. 3) Peter Lionel Allpress (1922-2014); armorial bookplate.
![[Pezzi (Lorenzo)], Vinea Domini: cum breui descriptione sacramentor[um] et Paradisi, Limbi, Purgatorij, atq[ue] Inferni, à c](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/f82386df-387f-4ae9-839f-b1e2010ec298/8aee0740-6c3b-48df-a8be-b1e201128af3/468x382.jpg)
[Pezzi (Lorenzo)], Vinea Domini: cum breui descriptione sacramentor[um] et Paradisi, Limbi, Purgatorij, atq[ue] Inferni, à cathechismo catholicis q[ue] patribus excerpta, first edition, Venetiis [Venice]: Apud Hier. Porrum [i.e. Girolamo Porro], 1588, engraved title-page, historiated and foliated initials, decorative headers and footers, complete, collating: A⁸ *-**² B-M⁸ N⁷ i.e. [xxiv], 59, [1] (errata), [1] (colophon), [3] (blanks), [61]- 186pp, illustrated with 13 engravings, including the double-page Last Judgment, ffep and first two leaves with worm trails to inner-gutter, quire E just holding, the well-proportioned lower-margin from G6 to the end with a graduating and then fading worm trail, never approaching letters, some minor handling marks in places, contemporary vellum over limp boards, beginning to split, but holding well, recto pastedown with contemporaneous ink MS ownership? inscription, verso with MS numbering, 8vo
![Children's Book. Potter (Beatrix), The Pie and The Patty-Pan, first edition, London: Frederick Warne and Co., [printed by] Ed](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/f82386df-387f-4ae9-839f-b1e2010ec298/f6817a11-1c7e-4a68-bb5c-b1e20113e2fc/468x382.jpg)
Children's Book. Potter (Beatrix), The Pie and The Patty-Pan, first edition, London: Frederick Warne and Co., [printed by] Edmund Evans, The Racquet Press, 1905, colour frontispiece and 9 full-page illustrations, b/w in-text illustrations, gutter splits but holding, original publisher's blue-grey boards, inset illustration of a cat, lettered upper-cover and spine, the binding with signs of light wear, bumped, sunned/faded in places, slight twist, lavender endpapers, ffep clipped with loss, small 4to, [Linder p.425; Quinby 9]
Smith (Wilbur), a collection of seventy-eight works, comprising Pharaoh, signed by the author, limited edition copy no. 638/1000, HarperCollins, 2016, original publisher's black cloth pictorial gilt, all edges gilt, red cloth slipcase en suite, gilt with Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, 8vo; Assegai, signed limited edition, unopened in wrap of issue, Macmillan, 2009, dj, hb, 8vo; twenty-six further signed &/or dedicated first editions, including On Flinders' Face, original wrappers, 12mo; When the Lion Feeds, first edition, Heinemann, 1964, original dustjacket, somewhat worn, cloth boards, 8vo; five further first editions from the Heinemann imprint, including their own office's file copy of Cry Wolf, 1976, dj, hb, 8vo; six uncorrected original proof copies, publisher's pictorial wrappers, mixed sizes; further modern firsts, original publisher's bindings, principally hardback, mostly 8vo; The Early Years Collection, signed and dedicated DVD-CD boxset, original case, (78)
China. Howard (David) & Ayers (John), China for the West: Chinese Porcelain & other Decorative Arts for Export illustrated from the Mottahedeh Collection, two volume set, first edition, London & New York: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1978, colour and monochrome in-text illustrations, original pictorial dustjackets, somewhat tatty and worn, but holding, over blue cloth gilt, folio (34 x 25cm); Brinker (Helmut), Lutz (Albert), & Swoboda (Susanna, translator), Chinese Cloisonné: The Pierre Uldry Collection, New York: The Asia Society Galleries, 1989, illustrated, dustjacket over cloth boards, 4to; & two Christie's auction catalogues, Fine Chinese Ceramics, Hong Kong, 8th October 1990, & Fine Japanese Works of Art, London, 5th-7th June 1990, original wrappers, 4to, (5)
Senca & L'Estrange (Sir Roger, Knt, translator), Morals, By Way of Abstract. To which is added, A Discourse Under the Title of an After-Thought. London: Printed for E. Ballard, et al, 1775, engraved plates, 19th c pencilled manuscript annotations, contemporary sheep, rebacked and recornered in conforming 19th c sheep, split and holding, 12mo; Montesquieu's Spirit of Laws, volume II only, fourth edition thus, Edinburgh: A. Donaldson, 1768, 20th c quarter-calf over marbled boards, 8vo in 4s; Dickens (Charles), The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, first "Cheap" edition, London: Chapman and Hall, 1850, double-column, half-title, lacking frontispiece, otherwise unexamined, contemporary green quarter-morocco gilt over marbled boards, marbled edges and endpapers en suite, 8vo; Motte-Fouqué (Friedrich de la) & Montolieu (Isabelle, translator), Ondine [Undine], third French edition, Paris: Arthus Bertrand, 1822, finely bound in English Regency grey faux straight-grained morocco gilt, marbled edges, purple endpapers, contemporaneous printed calligraphic book label: C.J. Ellis, 8vo; Kipling's The Five Nations, first edition, London: Methuen and Co., 1903, fine binding of brown morocco gilt, splitting, some further wear, all edges gilt, doublures, marbled endpapers, 8vo; 1933 Surtees in Hatchards' red half-morocco, 8vo; Samuel Rogers; four odd volumes of Gibbon's Decline & Fall, 8vo; calculus; etc., miscellaneous leather and part-leather bindings, mixed sizes, (17) Provenance: 1st: John Thomas Hope (1761-1854); armorial bookplate to pastedown, presumably his annotated marginalia.
Shakespeare. Paton (Sir J. Noël, RSA, illustrator), The National Shakespeare: A Fac-simile of the Text of the First Folio of 1623, three volume set, London: William Mackenzie, n.d. [1888-89], black-ruled double-column, photogravure plates, original publisher's green cloth, pictorial gilt, slight wear, top edges gilt, others uncut, folio (41.5 x 27cm); Staunton (H., editor), Memorials of Shakespeare [...] Reproduced in Exact Fac-simile by Photo-lithography [...], first edition, London: Day & Son, n.d. [1864], split, original publisher's cloth, Cambridge Free Library: Shakespeare Library Shelf 26 No. 19, label, folio (39.5 x 25.5cm); [&] Crane (Walter, illustrator), Eight Illustrations to Shakespeare's Tempest, London: Dallastype Press, 1893, loose gatherings as issued, original publisher's cloth portfolio, folio (38 x 31cm), (5) Withdrawn ex-library stock, with their bookplates and labels, stamps &/or stickers. Some stamps might affect letterpress or plates. Unexamined and sold with all possible faults and not subject to return.
Virgil & Palmer (Samuel, translator & illustrator), An English Version of The Eclogues, first edition thus, presumably one of the 135 large paper copies, yet lacking the numbered leaf or any inscription to that effect, London: Published by & Seeley & Company, 1883, half-title, xv, 102pp, 14 plates after Palmer, 5 of which are etchings as called for, minor and occasional finger soiling, an occasional foxed spot or two, contemporary vellum over slightly bevelled boards, covers blocked in gilt with armorial supralibros of New College, Oxford, lettered olive green morocco pieces, top edge gilt, others uncut, marbled endpapers, 8vo (32.5 x 23cm) Provenance: The Reverend Canon Sydney Cooper (1862-1942), matriculated New College, Oxon, 1880, later vicar of St Probus, Truro, Cornwall, and later chancellor and canon emeritus of Truro Cathedral.
Children's Book. Blyton (Enid) & Evans (Treyer, illustrated), The Christmas Book, signed by the author and with related ALS, first edition, London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1944, b/w frontispiece and in-text illustrations, half-title inscribed by the author: G.H. Gray/Best wishes from/Enid Blyton, original publisher's pictorial dustjacket over green cloth gilt, slight wear, top edge stained a yuletide green, pictorial endpapers, 8vo, enclosing a loosely-inserted autograph letter signed by the author, manuscript on Green Hedges writing-paper, dated December 13. 44, thanking Gray for the copies of their poems, and for their letter which, judging by Blyton's reply, presumably was in praise of this book, before signing off Yours sincerely/Enid Blyton, EB wishes the boy or a girl: a very happy Christmas, (2)
Illustrated Books. Robinson (Charles, illustrator) & Jerrold (Walter, editor), The Big Book of Fairy Tales, first edition thus, London: Blackie and Son Limited, 1911, monochrome plates and in-text illustrations, slight foxing and creases in places, original publisher's blue cloth pictorial gilt, some wear and stains to covers, 4to; Detmold (E.J., illustrator), The Arabian Nights, first edition thus, London: Hodder & Stoughton, n.d. [1924], colour plates, original pictorial cloth gilt, 4to; Maeterlinck (Maurice), Teixeira de Mattos (Alexander, translator), & Detmold (E.J., illustrator), Hours of Gladness, first edition thus, London: George Allen, 1912, some upper-marginal staining, not affecting letters, colour plates and b/w illustrations, original pictorial cloth gilt, 4to; [Campbell-Blair (Edith)] Three Stories by MOY, first edition, London: John & Edward Bumpus Ltd., 1939, b/w illustrations, original grey over red cloth, uncut, 4to; Pogany (Willy, illustrator) & FitzGerald (Edward, translator), The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, London: George G. Harrap, n.d., lacking some tipped-in colour plates, original publisher's binding, uncut, 8vo; Heath Robinson's Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales; other illustrators, including Margaret Tarrant and F.D. Bedford, etc., mixed sizes, (9)
Geology. Mantell (Gideon Algernon, LLD, FRS), Thoughts on a Pebble, or, A First Lesson in Geology, Eighth Edition; with Thirty-two Illustrations. London: Reeve, Benham, and Reeve, 1849, half-title, portrait frontispiece, black-ruled, xiii, [1], [5]-102, [8] (publisher's catalogue), 4 hand-coloured lithographed plates, monochrome in-text wood engravings, gutter split at title-page, yet holding firm, original publisher's blue cloth gilt, blocked in blind, upper-joint split, chipped spine, but holding, yellow endpapers, with the original yellow pictorial cover of Mantell's Catalogue of the Museum (Lewes: Castle Place, 1829) loosely-inserted, retaining ffep with a contemporary presentation inscription from the author: Miss Lo**dell with Mr Mantell's Compl:ts, further pencil MS provenance inscriptions, square 12mo in 6s Provenance: Robin de Beaumont (1926-2023), bibliophile, President of The Private Libraries Association and benefactor to The British Museum; his book label.
Architecture. Fréart (Roland, sieur de Chambray) & Evelyn (John, FRS), A Parallel of the Ancient Architecture with the Modern [...], To which is added an Account of Architects and Architecture, [...], With Leon Baptista Alberti's Treatise of Statues, two parts, second edition thus, London: Printed for D. Brown, et al., 1707, title and divisional title-page, the latter dated 1706, [xx], 115; [vi], 75, [1] (publisher's advert), the first part with engraved full-page illustrations and diagrams, line and wood-engraved vignettes, some staining, mostly marginal but touching some letters and illustrations, contemporary panelled calf, covers detached, slightly rubbed, folio (36 x 24cm), [Harris 232]
![Mountfort [Guy]: The Hawfinch, first edition, pub by Collins, St. James's Place, London, 1957, dustwrapper, inscribed.](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/09c1bf56-2445-46de-b6e7-b1c500c43847/313ed72a-769c-4af0-8a9f-b1ef00db81b3/468x382.jpg)
Herschelle Gibbs signed limited edition print with signing photo. Herschelle Gibbs was summoned from the school classroom as a 16-year-old to make his first-class debut in 1990 and at the crease Gibbs can be invincible. There is no shot beyond his compass, while Test-match opening has not tempered his desire for explosive entertainment The speed of his hands is hypnotic, frequently allowing him to hook off the front foot and keep out surprise lifters. With a career Test average at nearly 50 runs he has developed a terrific opening partnership with Graeme Smith This stunning print displays 3 action shots and the centre one with Smith as they celebrate another opening partnership of 300 runs. He has personally signed each print and you will receive a separate photo of the signing (as shown in the inset image)Actual Size 560mm x 410mm - limited edition of 250 and part of the Sporting Masters editions - Photo printed on 250gsm, high quality art board - The accompanying photo of the personality signing this item will include a copyright over the image. Edition number may vary. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
Autographed Gordon Mcqueen 16 X 12 Limited-Edition : A Superb 16 X 12 Limited Edition Print Depicting Gordon Mcqueen Turning Away In Celebration After Scoring Manchester United's First Goal In A 3-2 Defeat To Arsenal In The 1979 Fa Cup Final At Wembley, Limited To 75 It Has Been Signed To The Lower Border In Fine Black Marker. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
Gary Kirsten signed limited edition print with signing photo. Gary Kirsten scored over 7,000 Test Match runs at an average of 45.27 and currently shares the South African individual Test record of 275 with Daryll Cullinan haunted England in 2003 and scored a crucial 130 in the Headingley Test. His good form in that series persuaded him to postpone his retirement until the end of the New Zealand tour in 2003-04Fittingly, he scored a century in the first Test of that series - his 99th - and scored a typically gritty 76 in his final game to help South Africa tie the series This stunning print shows images of Kirsten scoring three double centuries for South Africa. He has personally signed each print and you will receive a photo of the signing (as shown in inset image)Actual Size 560mm x 410mm - limited edition of 250 and part of the Sporting Masters editions - Photo printed on 250gsm, high quality art board - The accompanying photo of the personality signing this item will include a copyright over the image. Edition number may vary. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
Autographed Bill Foulkes 16 X 12 Limited-Edition : A Superb 16 X 12 Limited Edition Print Depicting Manchester United's Bill Foulkes In An Aerial Duel For The Ball With Peter Broadbent Of Wolves During A First Division Encounter At Molineux In 1959, Limited To 75 It Has Been Signed (By Foulkes Only) To The Lower Border In Fine Black Marker. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
Autographed Peter Cormack 16 X 12 Limited-Edition : A Superb 16 X 12 Limited Edition Print Depicting Peter Cormack Posing With The First Division Trophy In The Dressing Room At Anfield, After Liverpool Had Secured The Title Following A 2-0 Victory Over Leeds United In 1973, Signed In Black Marker, Limited To 75 It Has Been Signed To The Lower Border In Fine Black Marker. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
A glossy figure of a fairy kneeling on a flower-adorned branch. The first Annual Edition of the Lladro Privilege Collection in a series of three entitled The Enchanted Forest. Lladro backstamp. This item has its original box: 12.5"L x 9"W x 7"H. Artist: Joan CoderchIssued: 2001-2003Dimensions: 6.25"L x 3.25"W x 9"HManufacturer: LladroCountry of Origin: SpainCondition: Age related wear.
Joyce (James) Ulysses, first English trade edition, ownership name on pastedown, original cloth with bow design by Eric Gill to upper cover, gilt, upper edge stained (with a faded patch), dust-jacket, portions of loss to lower and upper spine ends, spine browned, splitting down joints, repaired with tape, extremities chipped and nicked, a little rubbed, 4to, 1937. *** With the scarce jacket.
le Carré (John) The Spy Who Came in From the Cold, first American edition, signed by the author on title, original cloth-backed boards, dust-jacket, slight fading to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, short closed tear to foot of lower panel, light creasing to head and foot, an excellent example overall, slip-case, 8vo, New York, 1964.
Joyce (James) Dedalus. Portrait de l'artiste jeune par lui-méme. Roman traduit de l'anglais par Ludmila Savitzky, first French edition, A.L.s signed from the translator loosely inserted, small book-seller's sticker to pastedown, original wrappers, spine lightly faded, light nicks to extremities, small patch of staining to lower wrapper, 4to, Paris, editions de la Sirène, 1924.
![Gibson (William) [The Sprawl trilogy], 3 vol., comprising Neuromancer, first Ace Books hardback edition, 1986; Count Zero, fi](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/2d7715ea-9ad5-46f0-896f-b1e701167151/6724a7ac-aecb-4eef-8b6b-b1e701188218/468x382.jpg)
Gibson (William) [The Sprawl trilogy], 3 vol., comprising Neuromancer, first Ace Books hardback edition, 1986; Count Zero, first edition, jacket spine very slightly faded, 1986; Mona Lisa Overdrive, first edition, 1988, original boards, dust-jackets, near-fine copies; and 9 others by the same, all signed and fine, 8vo (12)
le Carré (John) The Little Drummer Girl, proof paperback copy, signed by the author on upper wrapper (lightly faded), page margins a little toned, original embossed wrappers,lightly scuffed, 1984; Absolute Friends, signed by the author on title, 2003; The Quest for Karla, signed bookplate by the author on half-title, jacket a little creased at extremities, 1982; The Constant Gardener, first edition, signed by the author on title, 2001, all but the firsts original boards, dust-jackets; and 17 others by the same, including 2 other proofs of Constant Gardener and Secret Pilgrim, v.s. (21)
Rowling (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, 1998; Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, contemporary ink ownership inscription from a child on front free endpapers, 1999; Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, 1999; Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, 2000; Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, jacket very lightly creased in places, 2003; Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, 2005, first American hardback editions, original boards, dust-jackets, fine; and 8 others, from the series, 8vo (16) *** Others include: another first American hardback, third printing copy of the Order of the Phoenix; all but the last book in the series in first American paperback editions; a first American Bookexpo edition of The Order of the Phoenix, 2004; and 3 first American mass market editions.
Bowles (Paul) A Little Stone, endpapers with faint strip of toning, jacket spine faded, lower panel with one or two surface marks, otherwise excellent and very sharp, 1950; The Delicate Prey and Other Stories, jacket rubbed at extremities and discoloured, New York, 1950; The Spider's House, first English edition, jacket with repaired tears to upper edge of front panel, 1" split down upper joint, few other nicks and tears to extremities, 1957, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets; and 7 others by Bowles, 8vo (10)
le Carré (John) A Small Town in Germany, first edition, two signed presentation inscriptions from the author to front free endpaper, original boards, spine ends and corners a little bumped, dust-jacket, light sunning to spine, minor chipping to foot of spine, light creasing to head and foot, an excellent example, 8vo, 1968.*** Twice inscribed by the author, the first inscription rather brief and dated "9 Oct 68" (close to the date of publication) and the second rather longer: "How do you top up a dedication? With a little ?Henniez and a lot of gratitude, and a dash of affection perhaps."
![Russian Literature.- Emigrant Tamizdat.- Voinovich (Vladimir) Prikliucheniia Ivana Chonkina [The Adventures of Ivan Chonkin]](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/2d7715ea-9ad5-46f0-896f-b1e701167151/928fbf54-3159-4253-b5d3-b1e70119d51b/468x382.jpg)
Russian Literature.- Emigrant Tamizdat.- Voinovich (Vladimir) Prikliucheniia Ivana Chonkina [The Adventures of Ivan Chonkin] & Pretendent na prestol: novye prikliucheniia soldata Ivana Chonkina [Pretender to the Throne: New Adventures of Ivan Chonkin], first edition, original pictorial wrappers, lightly soiled, Paris, YMCA Press, 1975 & 1979 § Brodsky (Joseph) Novye stansy k avguste [New Stanzas to Augusta], first edition, edges spotted, original wrappers, lightly soiled and creased, Ann Arbor, Ardis, 1983 § Tarsis (Valery) Palata No.7, [Ward No.7], one of 500 copies signed by the author, original cloth, dust-jacket, a few stains, Frankfurt, Posev, 1966 § Sakharov (Andrei) Razmyshleniia o progresse, mirnom sosushchestvovanii i intellektualnoi svobode [Thoughts on Progress, Peaceful Coexistence and Intellectual Freedom], first edition, original wrappers, Frankfurt, Posev, 1968; and 3 others, tamizdat, 8vo (8)*** Collection of Soviet émigré tamizdat works, including Voinovich's classic satirical novel, Brodsky's poems and Sakharov's defining anti-Nuclear manifesto. Ukrainian author Valery Tarsis' Ward No.7 was one of the first literary works to deal with political abuse of psychiatry in the U.S.S.R., with the author basing the book upon his own experiences in 1963–1964 when he was detained in the Moscow Kashchenko psychiatric hospital for political reasons.
McCoy (Horace) Scalpel, first edition, A.L.s. from the author to a fan loosely inserted, with publisher's "compliments" slip, spine ends and one corner lightly bumped, jacket spine and edges lightly sunned, New York 1952; They Shoot Horses, Don't They?, first English edition, a few faint spots, gutter slightly weak in places, spine and edges lightly toned, some faint spotting to upper cover, jacket with one small hole to lower panel, spine ends and corners slightly frayed, a couple of short tears, light toning, heavier to spine, 1935; Kiss Tomorrow Good-Bye, first English edition, edges and endpapers spotted, spine lightly sunned, jacket spine lightly sunned, spine ends and corners slightly chipped and frayed, joints slightly rubbed, some light creasing and short tears along panel edges, some spotting along flap edges, 1949, original cloth, dust-jackets, 8vo (3)
Clarke (Susanna) Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, first edition, signed by the author on title, original boards, dust-jacket in white state, 2004 & 4 others of the same title, including 2 first American editions in each colour jacket, another first English edition in black, and a first paperback edition, all but the last signed, 8vo (5)
Pratchett (Terry) Going Postal, first edition, original boards, dust-jacket, 2004 § Colfer (Eoin) Artemis Fowl, first edition, publication ephemera loosely inserted, original boards, dust-jacket ,2001 § Nix (Garth) Sabriel, first English edition, original boards, dust-jacket, 2002 § Gliori (Debi) Deep Water, original velvet boards, 2005, all signed by the author; and c.100 others, Children's and YA fantasy fiction, including some ephemera and CDs etc., v.s. (c.105)
Awdry (Rev. W.) Thomas the Tank Engine, first edition, early printing with "fat director", some ff. working loose, original maroon roan, gilt, lightly rubbed at extremities and joints, dust-jacket, laid down, small portion of loss to corner, few nicks and creasing, tear across upper panel, small oblong 8vo, 1946.
Fowles (John) The Collector, first edition, signed presentation slip by the author loosely inserted, light rubbing to lower panel, otherwise very crisp and sharp, 1963; A Maggot, signed by the author on title, jacket price-clipped, 1985, original boards, excellent or fine copies; and 5 others by Fowles, 8vo (7)
Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Hobbit, first edition, second impression, map endpapers, frontispiece and 3 colour plates, illustrations, damp-stain to lower corner of first few leaves, 2 illustrations crudely hand-coloured, a couple of leaves with ink stains or pencil marks, light foxing and staining throughout, gutter slightly cracked in places, original cloth, shelf-lean, lower joint cracked with backstrip hanging partially loose, loss to spine ends, extremities rubbed, lightly soiled, 8vo, 1937 [but 1938].
Ballard (J. G.) Disaster Area, first edition, signed by the author on title, ex-library with ink stamps, lacking front free endpaper, surface adhesion to front pastedown, original boards, dust-jacket, light sunning to spine, some staining to verso, an excellent example, 1967; and 8 others, short story collections by the same, 8vo (9)
Russian Literature.- Mayakovsky (Vladimir Vladimirovich) Sergeiu Eseninu, first and only edition, 2 Constructivist photomontage illustrations, small water-stain to inner margins, light water-stain to rear pastedown, hinges slightly cracked at head and foot, original wrappers printed in red and black with photomontage covers designed by Alexander Rodchenko, lightly soiled and toned, 8vo, Tbilisi, Zakkniga, 1926.*** Mayakovsky's by turns lyric and angry elegy written in response to fellow poet and provocateur Sergei Esenin's suicide with Rodchenko's arresting visual contributions. Mayakovsky and Esenin were friends but also great rivals with conflicting theories of poetry, and Mayakovsky would himself commit suicide in 1930.
Doyle (Sir Arthur Conan) Through The Magic Door, first edition, plates, 6pp. advertisements at end, light spotting, mostly to edges, original cloth, decorated in gilt, spine lightly sunned, spine ends and corners bumped, a few faint stains, 1907 § Crais (Robert) L.A. Requiem, number 52 of 99 copies signed by the author, original morocco-backed boards, Blakeney, 1999; The Last Detective, number 92 of 150 copies signed by the author, original cloth, slip-case, New Orleans, 2003; and 11 others, detective and science fiction, 8vo (14)
Plath (Sylvia) Ariel, spine head very lightly frayed, 1965; The Colossus, first Faber edition, 1967; Crossing the Water, 1971; Winter Trees, a mint copy, 1971, first or first Faber editions, original boards, dust-jackets, first three spines slightly faded, otherwise exceptionally sharp and crisp copies; and 2 others, Plath, 8vo (5)
Carey (Peter) Parrot and Olivier in America, signed presentation inscription from the author "I dare no doubt that something cruel and catastrophic had happened before I was ever born | Peter Carey 10-10-10", 2010 § Thomas (Leslie) The Virgin Soldiers, signed presentation inscription from the author "A first edition (this is something I don't possess)..." on half-title, with TLs from the author loosely inserted, jacket extremities a little creased, 1966 § Malamud (Bernard) The Fixer, TLs from the author loosely inserted, ownership inscription on front free endpaper, a few spots, jacket spine toned, creasing to edges, 1966 § Compton-Burnett (Ivy) Mother and Son, one of 500 copies, signed on typed note "signed sealed and delivered by the said [author]" loosely inserted, original cloth, spine faded, 1972 § Kureishi (Hanif) The Buddha of Suburbia, signed presentation inscription from the author to Philip Murray on title, original boards, dust-jacket, creasing to spine ends, 1990, first editions, from the library of Philip Murray, some with letters or dedications to him; and 72 others, from the library of Philip Murray, many signed, some with signed presentations inscriptions or letters to Murray, 8vo (77)
Longrigg (Roger) A High-Pitched Buzz, first edition, jacket lacking portion of spine tail, 1961 § Eliot (T.S.) The Elder Statesman, first edition, jacket spine faded, otherwise crisp and excellent, 1959 § Sillitoe (Alan) The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner, first edition, front free endpaper with strip of browning, 1959 § Davies (Rhs) A Pig in a Poke, first edition, lengthy signed presentation inscription from the publisher on slightly spotted front free endpaper, jacket spine browned, 1931 § Monsarrat. A Fair Day's Work, first edition, a fine copy, 1964 § Malamud (Bernard) The Fixer, first English edition, jacket spine browned, 1967, original boards, dust-jackets; and c.120 others, 20th century fiction, 8vo (c.125)
Taylor (Elizabeth) Angel, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "Jon & Veronica with love from Liz" on browned front free endpaper, fractional rubbing to extremities, otherwise sharp, 1957; At Mrs Lippincote's, first edition, "Royal Naval War Libraries" stamp on front free endpaper, otherwise internally clean, dust-jacket, light fraying to spine head, nick to upper edge lower panel, otherwise a remarkably sharp and bright copy, 1945, 8vo (2) *** A lovely pair of works by the celebrated novelist Elizabeth Taylor - one an association copy, the other a crisp and sharp beloved title, rare in such condition. The resurgence of mid-century female writers is embodied by the reclamation of the 'other' Elizabeth Taylor. Geoff Dyer's review “Was Elizabeth Taylor the Best British Novelist of the Postwar Era?” (New York Times, 2021) attests to the growing popularity of her post-war fiction in both collecting and reading alike.The first is inscribed to Veronica Walley, née Papworth (1913-1992), a columnist and fashion artist for the Sunday Express for 35 years, who married Jon Walley FRCS in 1953. The Walleys and Taylors were neighbours in Penn for a time, and became good friends whilst the Taylors were living in Penn Cottage, Buckinghamshire. In 1956, John and Elizabeth decided to move, and the Walleys sold them a property called Grove's Barn. Elizabeth wrote of the house that “it has a very small garden and a tiny courtyard with a fine view across Windsor Castle to the Surrey Hills”. The Taylors would become sometime guardian for the children while the Walleys were away, and a cartoon by Veronica for an invitation to a shared "Musical Evening” by the women evidences many happy years spent in the house. – See pp.343-344, The Other Elizabeth Taylor, Nicola Bauman.
Waugh (Evelyn) Vile Bodies, first edition, ink inscription "Alec Waugh/ Is a bit of a baugh/ But Evelyn Waugh/ He makes you laugh." to endpaper, a few passages highlighted in pencil, some light finger-soiling, original cloth, spine darkened, slight fraying to spine tips and corners, 8vo, 1930.
Salinger (J.D.) The Catcher in the Rye, first English edition, contemporary ink gift inscription on front free endpaper, original boards, small sunning patches to spine ends, dust-jacket, portion of loss to spine tail, chips to spine head and extremities, light surface marking to lower panel, otherwise a still excellent copy, 8vo, 1951.
Potter (Beatrix) Ginger & Pickles, first edition, gift inscription on half-title, one or two foxing marks, original pictorial cloth, extremities lightly rubbed, [Linder p. 428; Quinby 17], 4to, 1909. *** The third of Potter's books to be printed in large format, Ginger and Pickles was developed from an original manuscript given to Louie Warne, Harold Warne's daughter, as a Christmas gift in 1908.
Faulkner (William) The Wild Palms, first English edition, light browning to endpapers, original cloth, some light spotting to covers and spine, dust-jacket, light toning to spine, minor chipping to spine tips and corners, a few short nicks to head and foot, light rubbing to extremities, an excellent copy, 8vo, 1939.
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