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Lot 117

Heller (Joseph) God Knows, first edition, one of 350 copies signed by the author, original boards, dust-jacket, slip-case, New York, 1984; We Bombed in New Haven [3 copies], first edition, ownership name on front free endpapers, 1968 § Stone (Robert) A Hall of Mirrors, Book Club issue, signed presentation inscription from the author on half-title, original boards, dust-jacket, 3" tear from lower edge on upper panel with small portion of loss, other small nicks to edges, New York, [1967]; A Flag for Sunrise, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author on half-title, original boards, dust-jacket, 1981; and c.130 others, modern American literature, v.s. (c.135)

Lot 8

Asimov (Isaac) Foundation, first edition, toning to page margins, original boards (Currey's variant B), dust-jacket, some nicks and tears along edges, small portions of loss to upper edge close to spine, 8vo, New York, 1951.

Lot 12

Ballard (J. G.) The Four-Dimensional Nightmare, first edition, original boards, bumping to corners and spine tips, dust-jacket, light browning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, some surface-wear towards foot of spine, short nicks to head and foot of upper panel, a very good, bright copy, 8vo, 1963.

Lot 44

Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer) Savrola, first edition, first state with date on title verso, 2pp. adverts at end, original cloth, rebacked preserving original spine strip, light bumping to extremities, otherwise in effect an excellent copy, 8vo, 1900.

Lot 85

Figes (Eva) Patriarchal Attitudes: Women in Society, first edition, TLs from the author, loosely inserted, original boards, dust-jacket, lightly toned and rubbed, light nicks to edges, 1970 § Fry (Christopher) Death is a Kind of Love, signed presentation inscription from the author, with another gift inscription on front free endpapers, original boards, dust-jacket, light scuff to spine head, otherwise fine, Tidal Press, 1979 § Hillary (Richard) The Last Enemy, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author on front free endpaper, original cloth, spine faded, corners bumped, 1942; and c.30 others, literature, v.s. (c.30) *** Signed inscriptions from Richard Hillary (1919-1943) are rare. An Anglo-Australian Royal Air Force fighter pilot during the Second World War, Hillary died in an airplane crash soon after the publication of The Last Enemy (1942). 

Lot 204

Rowling (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, first edition, light marginal toning, slightly more prominent on title than usual, original boards, dust-jacket, very light fading to spine, otherwise fine, [Errington A2(a)], 8vo, 1998.

Lot 67

Dick (Kay) An Affair of Love, signed by the author on title, jacket with light chips to spine ends, 1953 § Townsend Warner (Sylvia) The Flint Anchor, 1954; The Corner that Held Them, jacket price-clipped, light chipping and nicks to extremities, 1948 § Benson (Stella) Tobit Transplanted, first edition, jacket with light spotting and fraying to spine ends, otherwise excellent, 1931, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets; and c.25 others, women writers, 8vo (c.25) 

Lot 211

Scott (Paul) The Chinese Love Pavilion, jacket price-clipped, 1960; The Birds of Paradise, spine ends creased, 1962; The Mark of the Warrior, first American edition, sticker removed from jacket upper panel, 1958; The Corrida at San Feliu, first American edition, jacket spine faded, tear to upper panel lower corner, New York, 1964, first or first American editions, original boards, dust-jackets, extremities creased and frayed, light rubbing overall; and a proof copy of Birds of Paradise, 8vo (5)

Lot 140

Johnson (B. S.) Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "for Gordon Williams who think this is charming... | Bryan" on title, original boards, fine, dust-jacket, light creasing to to edge, otherwise fine, 8vo, 1973.*** A good association copy, with Johnson inscribing this to his friend fellow writer Gordon Williams. The latter's novel The Siege of Trencher's Farm was made into a film entitled Straw Dogs. 

Lot 55

Cummings (Ray) The Girl in the Golden Atom, first edition, bookshop label on pastedown, endpapers lightly toned and marked, light scattered spotting, original cloth, spine faded, lightly browned, spine end lightly frayed, [Currey p.128], 1922; together with a first American edition of the same work, 8vo (2)

Lot 52

Coward (Noël).- Ashton (Winifred), "Clemence Dane". The Shelter Book, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Noël Coward, original cloth, spine faded, dust-jacket, spine faded and chipped at edges, 1940 § Tangye (Derek) The Way to Minack, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Noël Coward, original cloth, dust-jacket, light creasing to spine head, otherwise excellent, 1968; and 8 others, Noël Coward's copies, most with either an ownership inscription or a signed presentation inscription from the author or a friend, v.s. (11) *** A good group of Coward association copies, including the first mentioned from Winifred Ashton, a long-term friend of Noël Coward and an actress, playwright and novelist. Years after Dane expressed an interest in returning to acting, Coward wrote the part of Madame Arcati, the eccentric medium in Blithe Spirit for her. 

Lot 201

Rendell (Ruth) Vanity Dies Hard, first edition, original boards, dust-jacket, slight rubbing to extremities, else fine, 8vo, 1966.*** The author's third novel. 

Lot 200

Rendell (Ruth) From Doon with Death, first edition, original dark green boards with gilt lettering, very slight bowing to upper cover, dust-jacket, corner crease to front flap, slight rubbing to spine tips and upper fore-edge, but a fine copy generally, 8vo, 1964.*** A superb example of the author's first novel, rare in such good condition. 

Lot 136

Johnson (B. S.) Trawl, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "for June with love Bryan", ticket and signing event information loosely inserted, original boards, dust-jacket, fraying to top edges, light peeling of laminate along joint, 1966; Albert Angelo, reprint, signed by the author, original wrappers, light rubbing to spine, 1964; A Dublin Unicorn, 'Byron Press Pamphlet series', one of 25 copies signed by the author, original wrappers, toned, 1972; and 8 others by or edited by Johnson, including 2 copies from the library of Barry Cole, friend of the author and sometime contributor to works, 8vo (11)

Lot 179

Milne (A. A.) The House at Pooh Corner, first edition, light toning strip on front free endpapers, ownership inscription on half-title, faint damp-staining and one or two finger-staining marks to pages, original pictorial cloth, gilt, damp-stained, dust-jacket, damp-stained with discolouration, portion of loss to spine tail, some nicks and tears to joints, spine faded, splitting joints, repaired with tape verso, 8vo, 1928.

Lot 21

Beckett (Samuel) Proust, first edition, light toning strip and small ink ownership name on front free endpapers, original boards, fine, dust-jacket, light toning on spine, still overall a near-fine copy, 8vo, 1931.

Lot 39

Chandler (Raymond).- Levin (Ira) A Kiss Before Dying, first edition, Raymond Chandler's copy with his ownership stamp, page margins toned, original cloth, rubbed, 8vo, New York, 1953. 

Lot 75

Durrell (Lawrence) Justine, first edition, soiling and stamp on endpapers, jacket with Book Society sticker on spine, torn along upper flap, nicks and tears to extremities, stained at edges, 1957; Mountolive, stamps on endpapers, 1958, jacket edges nicked and torn, light chipping and some loss to lower panel along joint, 1958; Clea, first edition, ownership name on toned front free endpaper, jacket spine faded, slight shelf-lean, 1960, original cloth, lightly marked, dust-jackets; and 11 others by Durrell, 8vo (14)

Lot 164

Lewis (C.S.) The Last Battle, first edition, illustrations by Pauline Baynes, ink ownership and gift inscription on front free endpaper, original boards, spine faded, dust-jacket, few chips to corners and spine ends, these reinforced with tape verso, some light spotting, heavier to lower panel, 8vo, 1956.

Lot 232

Tey (Josephine) To Love and Be Wise, first edition, original pictorial cloth, dust-jacket, short closed tear to upper joint spine tail, few nicks to edges and very faint foxing to lower panel, otherwise bright and excellent, 8vo, 1950.

Lot 225

Stoker (Bram) Dracula's Guest and Other Weird Stories, first edition, ownership signature and stamps to endpapers and dedication leaf, light scattered spotting, original cloth, lightly rubbed and marked, extremities bumped, 8vo, 1914.

Lot 227

Stout (Rex) The League of Frightened Men, third edition, 1937; The Black Mountain, first edition, gift inscription on front free endpaper, 1955; How Like a God, first American edition, spine faded, New York, 1935, original cloth, corners lightly bumped, otherwise excellent; and 7 others, crime and detective fiction, 8vo (10)

Lot 142

Joyce (James) Dubliners, second printing, small contemporary ink ownership inscription on front free endpaper, original cloth, lightly faded and rubbed, 8vo, New York, 1917. *** A rare second printing of of the first American edition of Joyce's landmark Irish novel. 

Lot 161

Le Guin (Ursula K.) Rocannon's World, first Gollancz edition, jacket price-clipped with new price sticker, 1979 § Ballard (J.G.) Concrete Island, 1973 § Dick (Philip K.) Lies, Inc., first Gollancz edition, 1984, original boards, dust-jackets, fine copies; and 2 others, supernatural and weird fiction, 8vo (6)

Lot 306

*** Please note, the description of this lot has changed *** Heath Robinson (W.).- Poe (Edgar Allan) The Poems of Edgar Allan Poe, first edition, title printed in red and black, plates and illustrations by W. Heath Robinson, occasional light spotting, original pictorial cloth, gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, spine ends and corners lightly bumped, spine and cover margins toned, 1900 § Rabelais (Francis) The Works of Mr Francis Rabelais, 2 vol., new edition, plates and illustrations by W. Heath Robinson, contemporary half morocco, spines gilt, spines lightly sunned, [1913]; and 6 others, illustrated, 8vo and 4to (9) 

Lot 261

Wells (H.G.), Sax Rohmer, P.C. Wren, Baroness Orczy & others. My Adventure Story, first edition, ink gift inscription on front free endpaper, original cloth, extremities bumped, later dust-jacket, light chipping and creasing to edges, 1934 § Drur (Lieut. Col.) The Tadpole of an Archangel, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, light creasing and nicks to edges, 1933; and 8 others, adventure fiction, 8vo (10)

Lot 308

Kingsley (Charles) The Water Babies, first Wilcox Smith illustrated edition, 12 tipped-in colour plates by Jessie Wilcox Smith, captioned tissue-guards, ink inscription to front free endpaper, the odd faint spot, original pictorial cloth, gilt, spine ends and corners a little bumped, spine a little sunned, [c.1930] § Carroll (Lewis) Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, 48 colour plates by Margaret W. Tarrant, the odd faint spot, original cloth, spine ends and corners lightly bumped, dust-jacket, some slight soiling, a few short tears to corners and spine ends, [c.1925] § Wagner (Richard) Tannhauser, 12 mounted colour plates by Willy Pogany, bookplate, original pictorial cloth, gilt, spine ends and corners bumped, [c.1911]; and c. 50 others, illustrated, including works by Louis Wain, v.s. (c.55)

Lot 348

Tenniel (John).- Dalziel Brothers, after. Original manuscript text of 'The Mock Turtle's Story', with inset drawings, 4pp., pen and ink, light spotting, pasted down onto thick card album leaf, with 19th century Irish photographs verso, page measures c.255 x 200mm (c.10 x 8in), [c.1870s]. *** Probably after the wood-engravings by the Dalziel brothers, for the first edition of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland. 

Lot 59

Dahl (Roald) James and the Giant Peach, first English edition, illustrations by Michel Simeon, light spotting, original boards, laminate peeling away, light rubbing to extremities, 8vo, 1967.

Lot 147

Krushchev (Nikita).- The Vital Letters of Russell Kruschev Dulles, first edition, signed by Kruschev on title and dated 6/08/1960 on title, frontispiece, light browning to pages, original boards, 8vo, 1958

Lot 104

Graves (Robert) Poems 1968-1970, original boards, dust-jacket, a fine copy, 1970; New Poems, light spotting, original boards, dust-jacket, price-clipped and spotted, 1962; More Poems, original boards, dust-jacket, slightly nicked at edges, 1961 § Eshleman (Clayton) Alters, original wrappers, Black Sparrow Press, Los Angeles, 1971 § Pudney (John) Spill Out, first edition, review slip, signed postcard from the poet and other ephemera loosely inserted, original boards, dust-jacket, a little rubbed, 1957; and 22 others, poetry, some signed, 8vo & 4to (26)

Lot 269

Williams (Charles) Descent into Hell, new edition, endpapers toned, jacket spine ends frayed, 1949; The Descent of the Dove, first edition, jacket discoloured, creased and rubbed at edges, 1939; Rochester, first edition, light spotting, ownership inscriptions and bookplate on endpapers, jacket spine faded, ends chipped and frayed, 1935, original boards or cloth, dust-jackets; and 10 others by Williams, some first editions, 8vo (13)

Lot 13

Ballard (J. G.) The Terminal Beach, first edition, light creasing to endpapers, original boards, slight bumping to spine tips, dust-jacket, slight toning to spine, minor chipping to spine tips and corners, a few short nicks and repaired tears to head and foot with some light accompanying creasing, but an excellent example overall, 8vo, 1964.*** An early collection of Ballard's short stories, including the dystopian "Deep End" and "Billennium" as well as "The Drowned Giant", recently the subject of an animated adaptation. Rare in the dust-jacket in good condition.

Lot 31

Bowen (Elizabeth) The House in Paris, first edition, faint scattered spotting to first few pages, original cloth, extremities very lightly bumped, dust-jacket, fading to spine and upper edges, otherwise sharp and excellent, 8vo, 1935.*** An early title by Bowen, rare in the jacket, especially in such crisp condition. 

Lot 275

Wodehouse (P.G.) The Code of the Woosters, first English edition, 8pp. advertisements at end, title and peripheral pages foxed, original green cloth, a little rubbed and soiled, first issue dust-jacket priced 7'6 NET on spine, neatly laid down onto brown paper, spine faded, rubbing and creasing to spine ends and extremities, still in effect an intact copy, [McIlvaine A60b], 8vo, 1938

Lot 130

Huxley (Aldous) The Burning Wheel, first edition, decorative title and frontispiece, original wrappers with printed labels to spine and upper cover, light creasing and bumping to fore-edge but an excellent example overall, 8vo, Oxford, 1916. *** First edition of Huxley's first book.

Lot 137

Johnson (B. S.) The Unfortunates, first edition, signed presentation inscription by the author,  additionally signed through printed author's name, both on inside upper cover of box, 7 original parts in printed wrap-around, housed in original box, splitting to box joint, rubbing to extremities, a little cockled, sm. 4to, 1969.

Lot 165

Lodge (David) Ginger You're Barmy, first edition, ownership inscription and light spotting on front free endpapers, original boards, dust-jacket, light nicks and fraying to extremities, patch of staining to lower panel, 8vo, 1962.

Lot 150

Laski (Marghanita) The Village, first edition, endpapers with strip of toning and faint ownership stamp, original cloth, lightly soiled, dust-jacket, short closed tears to joints and spine tail, light rubbing along upper joint, otherwise excellent and sharp, 8vo, 1952. *** A rare first edition in the jacket. Known primarily for her novels The Victorian Chaise-Longue and Little Boy Lost, Laski has seen a resurgence of popularity in recent years, as a result of her being reprinted by Persephone Books. Works by Laski are rare to find in such condition. 

Lot 224

Steinbeck (John) East of Eden, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, small portion of loss to upper panel head, spine ends a little chipped and frayed, still overall a bright and sharp copy, 8vo New York, 1952.

Lot 260

Wells (H.G.) The War in the Air, and Particularly How Mr. Bert Smallways Fared While It Lasted, first edition, endpapers browned, contemporary ink prize inscription on pastedown, faint foxing marks to first few pages, original cloth (Currey's binding A), stamped in gilt, spine faded, ends a little bumped, 8vo, 1908.

Lot 5

Ambler (Eric) Passage of Arms, some spotting to pages, 1959 § Hare (Cyril) That Yew Tree's Shade, 1954 § Deighton (Len) Only When I Larf, first cloth-bound edition, 1968, first editions, original cloth or boards, dust-jackets, light creasing to spine ends, otherwise excellent; and 3 others, spy and thrillers, 8vo (6) 

Lot 120

Hemingway (Ernest) The Fifth Column and the First Forty-Nine Stories, first edition, first issue with Scribner's 'A' on copyright page, bookplate remnants on pastedown, otherwise internally clean, original red cloth, dust-jacket, green soiling marks on panels, tear down upper joint, other nicks and fraying along edges, [Hanneman A16a], 8vo, 1938.

Lot 77

Eco (Umberto) The Island of the Day Before, proof copy of first American edition, signed by the author on title, original wrappers, a little creased at extremities, New York, 1995; Foucault's Pendulum, first trade American edition, original boards, dust-jacket, light creasing, 1989 § Willingham (Calder) The Big Nickel, signed presentation inscription from the author on front free endpapers, original boards, dust-jacket, lightly foxed and toned at edges, New York, 1975 § Gaitskill (Mary) Bad Behaviour, first edition, original boards, dust-jacket, lightly toned, New York, 1988; and c.135 others, modern American literature, v.s. (c.140)

Lot 191

Packard (Frank L.) Jimmie Dale and the Phantom Clue, first edition, 1922; The Adventures of Jillie Dale, 1917; Pawned, jacket extremities nicked and frayed, 1921 § Oppenheim (E. Phillips) Mr Grex of Monte Carlo, jacket extremities very lightly nicked, otherwise excellent, 1915, first editions, original boards, some light fading, dust-jackets, most fine copies, New York; and 4 others, all detective fiction published by A.L. Burt, 8vo (8)

Lot 106

Green (Henry) Living, first edition, original cloth, a little sunned, extremities lightly bumped or frayed, still a very sharp and crisp copy overall, 8vo, 1929. *** A scarce first edition of the author's second book. 

Lot 166

Lowry (Malcolm) Under the Volcano, first American edition, original cloth, very slight toning to spine, first issue dust-jacket priced at $3.00 with 4 reviews to rear panel, spine chipped at foot, a few short nicks or closed tears to head and foot, light rubbing to extremities, an excellent example overall, 8vo, New York, 1947

Lot 141

Johnson (B.S.).- Coe (Jonathan) Like a Fiery Elephant: The Story of B.S. Johnson, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author on title, original boards, dust-jacket, 2004 § Kingsmill (Hugh) An Anthology of Invective and Abuse, B.S. Johnson's copy with his ownership inscription, and autograph annotation on pp.17 & 18, with notes for a play on rear endpapers, original cloth, a little marked, 1930; and 5 others, including another of Johnson's copies with his ownership inscription, and a work inscribed from Johnson's wife to some friends, v.s. (7)

Lot 221

Smith (Pattie) Just Kids, first edition, cut signature laid down on title, ownership inscription on front free endpapers (covered with sticker), 2010 § Harry (Debbie) Face It, first English edition, signed by the author, 2019, original boards, dust-jackets, fine, 8vo (2)

Lot 175

Middleton (Jessie Adelaide) The White Ghost Book, first edition, frontispiece, 1916 § Pepler (Douglas) The Devil's Devices or Control Versus Service, woodcuts by Eric Gill, ownership inscriptions on spotted front free endpaper, boards rubbed, 1915 § Burgoyne (Alan H.) The Inevitable War, first edition, some foxing to first few pages, cloth spine lightly faded, otherwise fine in cloth, 1908, original cloth; and 6 others, weird and mystery fiction, 8vo (10)

Lot 273

Winterson (Jeanette) Sexing the Cherry, first edition, original boards, dust-jacket, price-clipped, 1989; Weight, proof copy, original wrappers, 2005; Gut Symmetries, first edition, original boards, dust-jacket, 1997 § Byatt (A.S.) Possession, first American edition, original cloth-backed boards, dust-jacket, light creasing to head, New York, 1990 § Storey (David) Radcliffe, proof copy, original wrappers, lightly spotted, 1963 § Wyndham (John) The Man From Beyond and Other Stories, first edition, bookplate, original cloth, dust-jacket, light creasing to edges, 1975; and c.105 others, modern literature, mostly English, v.s. (c.110)

Lot 56

Cummings (Ray) Brigands of the Moons, first edition, bookplate on front free endpaper, light wear to endpapers, Chicago, 1931; The Girl in the Golden Atom, first edition, ex-library copy with stamps and markings, lightly foxed, § Mullett Ellis (T.) Zalma, first illustrated edition, ownership markings on endpapers, 1897 § Nelson (J.J.) A Man of Parts, ownership name on browned front free endpapers, spine faded, 1924, original cloth, light rubbing to extremities; and 17 others, early science-fiction, 8vo & 4to (21)

Lot 193

Pasternak (Boris) Dr Zhivago, first English edition, endpapers very lightly toned, original cloth, dust-jacket, fractional surface abrasion to joints and corners, otherwise near-fine, 8vo, 1958.

Lot 197

Rand (Ayn) Atlas Shrugged, first edition, original cloth, first state dust-jacket with 10/57 and price of $6.95 to front flap, very slight fading to spine, spine ends and corners shipped, short internal tear to spine, a few nicks to head and foot with creasing, extremities rubbed, a very good copy, 8vo, New York, 1957,

Lot 3

Adams (Douglas) So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "To Mike, Best wishes Douglas Adams" on front free endpaper, original boards, dust-jacket, light marks, otherwise fine, 8vo, 1984.

Lot 149

Larkin (Philip) The Whitsun Weddings, first edition, jacket lightly toned, otherwise fine, 1964 § Plath (Sylvia) The Magic Mirror, one of 266 copies, 1989 § Brown (George Mackay) Letters to Gypsy, first edition, signed by the author on title, 1990, original boards, dust-jackets; and 2 others, poetry-related, including an issue of 'New Numbers' signed by John Drinkwater, 4to & 8vo (5) 

Lot 146

Kipling (Rudyard) Rewards and Fairies, contemporary ink gift inscription on front free endpaper, very light scattered spots to endpapers, cloth brightly gilt, spine very faintly faded, otherwise fine, 1910 § Arnold (Matthew) Literature and Dogma, first edition, original cloth, extremities very lightly rubbed, spine faded, Smith, Elder, & Co., 1873, first editions, original cloth, 8vo (2)

Lot 88

Fleming (Ian) Goldfinger, first edition, ownership inscription on front free endpaper, title with staining patch, original boards with skull design in gilt and blind, spine lettered in gilt, lightly marked, dust-jacket, price-clipped, spine ends creased and frayed, corners chipped, spine lightly toned, slight shelf-lean, 8vo, 1959.

Lot 272

Winterson (Jeanette) Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, first edition, signed by the author on title, page margins lightly toned, contemporary gift inscription on pastedown, original wrappers, light creasing to spine, 1985; and a hardback edition of the same work, also signed, 8vo (2)

Lot 116

Heinlein (Robert) Orphans of the Sky, first English edition, ink ownership stamp and inscription to front free endpaper, small patch of staining to pastedown, dust-jacket, light toning to spine, minor chipping to corners and head of spine, small chip to foot of lower panel, an excellent example, 1963; and another first English edition by the same, 8vo (2)

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