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Lot 329
NO RESERVE Searle (Ronald).- Willans (Geoffrey) & Ronald Searle. Whizz for Atomms, first edition, ownership stamp to pastedown, jacket price-clipped, 1951 § Ellis (Winifred) London- So Help Me!, fourth impression, ownership inscription to pastedown, endpapers toned, 1953 § Ship (Reuben) The Investigator, 1956 § Parsons (Denys) It Must Be True, third impression, endpapers toned, dust-jacket price-clipped, 1953, illustrated by Searle, original boards or cloth, dust-jackets, creased and chipped to extremities, light toning or browning, 8vo (4)
Lot 68
Christie (Agatha) Death in the Air, first American edition, gift inscription to endpapers, original cloth, rubbed, lightly soiled, joints and extremities rubbed and frayed, facsimile dust-jacket, New York, 1935; The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side, first edition, endpapers toned, original cloth, dust-jacket, chipped at spine head, extremities lightly rubbed and frayed, 1962; The Seven Dials Mystery, first American edition, original cloth, lightly soiled, spine faded, extremities rubbed, facsimile dust-jacket, New York, 1929; and 3 others by the same, 8vo (6)
Lot 365
NO RESERVE Waugh (Evelyn) Helena, first edition, light toning to endpapers, original boards, light bumping to spine tail, dust-jacket, price-clipped, light nicks and creases to edges, slightly heavier to lower edge of upper panel, 1" tear along lower joint, original wrap-around (spine faded, otherwise unusually crisp), overall a sharp and excellent copy, 8vo, 1950.
Lot 39
Blyton (Enid) Five Go to Smuggler's Top, first edition, colour frontispiece and illustrations by Eileen Soper, pictorial endpapers, light faint foxing to half-title, faint ink ownership name to front free endpaper, first issue dust-jacket priced at 6/-net, light pen marks to upper flap, faint stamp to lower flap and rear pastedown, light surface soiling, spine ends and corners a little chipped, still overall a crisp copy, 8vo, 1945.
Lot 305
Read (Herbert) Mutations of the Phoenix, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Jacob Kramer, with autograph verses by Read on front free endpaper, lightly browned, other ownership inscription to pastedown, one or two finger-soiling marks, original cloth-backed boards, edges rubbed, preserved in burgundy morocco drop-back box, [Woolmer 38], tall 8vo, Hogarth Press, 1923.⁂ Inscribed "For Jacob Kramer / Herbert Read / 26.x.1930". With manuscript verses below, being the first appearance of this poem which was published in 1935 by Faber & Faber and titled 'Night Negation', one of a selection from Poems 1914 - 1934 by Read. Jacob Kramer (1892-1962) was a Russian Empire-born painter who was involved in the Vorticist movement led by Wyndham Lewis.
Lot 372
NO RESERVE Wheatley (Dennis) The Second Seal, first edition, small gift inscription to endpapers, jacket price-clipped, rather creased to extremities, and a little rubbed, 1950; Vendetta in Spain, 1961; Dangerous Inheritance, 1965; Gateway to Hell, 1970, first editions, original boards or cloth, dust-jackets, most with light creasing or chips to extremities; and 31 others by the same, 8vo (35)
Lot 198
NO RESERVE Hughes (Ted) Football, first edition, number 105 of 199 copies signed by the poet and artist, from an edition of 499, illustrations by Christopher Battye, original concertina wrapper over boards, 4to, [Sagar & Tabor, A113], 1995; Crow, light toning to endpapers, original boards, dust-jacket, light creasing to head, otherwise fine, 8vo, 1970 (2)
Lot 12
Amis (Martin) Dead Babies, first edition, 1975; Night Train, fourth impression, signed by the author to title, 1997 § Ayckbourn (Alan) Three Plays, first edition, signed by the author to rear endpapers, endpapers foxed, jacket spine faded, 1977 § Adams (Richard) The Plague Dogs, signed presentation inscription from the author "yours sincerely Richard Adams" to endpaper, below later gift inscription, 1977 § Mailer (Norman) The Naked and the Dead, first English edition, author's cut signature laid down to spotted endpapers, jacket spine lightly rubbed and chipped at corners, 1949, original boards, dust-jackets; 8vo (5)
Lot 25
NO RESERVE Benchley (Peter) Jaws, first English edition, gift inscription to endpaper, 1974; The Deep, first English edition, 1976 § Dunn (Nell) Up the Junction, first edition, jacket creased at top edge with nicks to extremities, 1963, original boards, spine ends bumped, dust-jackets; and c.70 others, mixed modern literature, v.s. (c.75)
Lot 188
Horovitz (Michael) The Wolverhampton Wanderer, first edition, number 71 of 100 copies signed by the author and 30 artist contributors, including David Hockney, Peter Blake, and R Hamilton etc., illustrations, original boards, dust-jacket, toned (as usual), edges lightly scuffed, 4to, 1971.⁂ A very English attempt at assemblage of extraordinary British artists, including Michael Tyzack, Peter Blake, Adrian Henri, P. G. Findlay & R. Elson, Jeff Cloves, Patrick Hughes, Shepard Sherbell, Gabi Nasemann, Michael Horovitz, Michael Bloom, Paul Kaplan, John Furnival, Bob Godfrey, Pete Morgan, Jeff Nuttall, David Oxtoby, Adam Ritchie, Colin Self, John Furnival, Richard Hamilton, Stephen Morris, Jeff Goldner, Nick Roberts, Marigold Hodgkinson, Mike Francis, Ron Sandford, David Hockney, Michael Foreman, Feliks Topolski, Gabi Nasemann, Mal Dean, Tom Phillips, and Mike McInnerney.
Lot 316
NO RESERVE Rushdie (Salman) Shame, uncorrected proof copy, original wrappers, lightly creased, 1983; Imaginary Homelands, first edition, signed by the author on title, original boards, dust-jacket, spine faded, otherwise fine, 1991; Shalimar the Clown, first edition, signed by the author on title, original boards, dust-jacket, 2005; and 3 others by the same, 8vo (5)
Lot 362
Waugh (Evelyn) Brideshead Revisited, first American trade edition, original decorative cloth, spine ends lightly faded and sunned, dust-jacket, Boston, 1946; Put Out More Flags, first edition, original cloth, edges discoloured, fore-edge spotted, dust-jacket, worn with large tears repaired with tape verso, spine ends and joint corners chipped, small holes to spine, edges creased and nicked, 1942; Unconditional Surrender, proof copy, original wrappers with "Oct" in pen to upper wrapper, toned, one or two repaired tears, 1961, 8vo (3)
Lot 164
Greene (Graham) The Revenge: An Autobiographical Fragment, signed presentation inscription from the author "for ?Murie and Joan, happy christmas and love from Graham" to endpapers, original wrappers, privately printed, 1963; Why the Epigraph, one of 950 copies signed by the author, original cloth, 1989; Marie-François Allain, first edition, signed presentation inscription from Max Reinhardt "with my best wishes from Max" to half title, original wrappers, 1983; and 4 others by or relating to Greene, first editions, 4to & 8vo (7)
Lot 117
NO RESERVE Ellroy (James) Blood on the Moon, first American edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, New York, 1984; The Big Nowhere, one of 350 copies signed by the author, original cloth, slip-case, New York, 1988; My Dark Places, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, 1996; and 3 others by the same, 8vo (6)
Lot 309
Rodham Clinton (Hillary) Hard Choices, "autographed collector's edition" in box (a little torn inside), 2014; What Happened, original photographs of the author's book signing loosely inserted, 2017; Living History, 2003 § Obama (Michelle) Becoming, 2018, first editions, signed by the author, original boards, dust-jacket, New York ; and 3 others, similar, 8vo (7)
Lot 230
Le Carré (John) The Pigeon Tunnel, first trade edition, signed by the author to limitation page, original slip-case, 2016; A Legacy of Spies, "exclusive signed edition", mint in original slip-case with cellophane wrapping, 2017; Nervous Times, number 32 of 250 copies signed by the author, photographic frontispiece portrait of the author, original morocco-backed boards, light rubbing to tips of spine, The Anglo-Israel Association, 1998; and 4 other limited editions by the same, 8vo (7)
Lot 2
Adams (Richard) Tales from Watership Down, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "To Jimmy and Colina, oldest and dearest of friends from Richard, 9th September 1996" on title, clippings of illustration and author biography laid down on pastedown, illustrations, original boards, dust-jacket, fine, 8vo, 1996.
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Lot 146
Frank (Anne) Het Achterhuis [The Diary of Anne Frank], second printing, illustrations, small ink ownership name to pastedown, margins toned, original boards, toned, spine browned, ends and joints a little rubbed, joints a little cracked but holding firm, Amsterdam, 1947; The Diary of a Young Girl, first American edition, ownership name to pastedown, light soiling to endpapers, original boards, soiled, dust-jacket, spine faded, chipped and nicked at edges, lightly rubbed along joints, New York, 1952; and another by the same, 8vo (3)
Lot 35
Blayre (Christopher) The Purple Sapphire, first edition, ownership name and light spotting to endpapers, 1921 § Hunt (Violet) More Tales of the Uneasy, first edition, 1925 § Fraser (Mrs Hugh) and J. I. Stahlmann, fourth edition, ownership name to pastedown, 1912 § Derith (W. I.) The White Ju-Ju, [c.1920] § Casserly (Gordon) The Monkey God, 1934, original cloth, light bumping to extremities; and 5 others, early weird fiction, 8vo (10)
Lot 16
NO RESERVE Batten (Jean) Alone in the Sky, first edition, signed by the author on title, original cloth, dust-jacket, fine, 8vo, 1979; together with 5 pieces of other material relating to the author, including signed photographs, an ALs, and a Picture Post magazine, v.s., v.d (sml qty.)⁂ A collection relating to Jean Batten (1909-1982), pioneering New Zealand aviator. Includes a revised autobiography, signed; a montage of 3 photographs relating to the transatlantic flight in 1935 (one photograph signed), with signed stamp; another signed photograph of Batten in a cockpit; a Picture Post magazine issue with Batten as the cover image; an ALs from Batten thanking the recipient for a letter; and a framed signed portrait photograph of Batten.
Lot 394
Woolf (Virginia) The Common Reader, Trekkie Parson's copy, with her ownership name "T Rictchie" on front free endpapers, seventh impression, 1948; The Waves, review copy, with dated slip tipped onto front free endpaper, 1933; The Voyage Out, 1929; A Room of One's Own, 1931; Flush, 1933; Three Guineas, 1943, all "Uniform Edition", some light spotting or browning to endpapers, original boards, dust-jackets, lightly toned, some chips to extremities, but overall excellent; and 2 others, comprising 2 copies of The Captain's Death Bed, one a proof copy, all Uniform Edition, 8vo (8)⁂ A good run of the works in Uniform Edition, scarce in dust-jackets. The first a good Woolf association item, belonging to Trekkie Parsons, Leonard Woolf's lover after Virginia's death.
Lot 367
NO RESERVE Wellesley (Dorothy) Jupiter and the Nun, first edition, number 30 of 250 copies signed by the author, book-label to pastedown, original boards, rubbed and lightly soiled, [Woolmer 313], 4to, Hogarth Press, 1931.⁂ A good Hogarth Press item - this being the last title hand printed by the Woolfs.
Lot 215
Le Carré (John) The Spy Who Came in From the Cold, first edition, signed bookplate from the author loosely inserted, light foxing to fore-edge, board spine head bumped, jacket lower panel faintly marked, 1963; The Spy Who Came in From the Cold, one of 124 copies signed by the author, printed in red and black, tipped-in signed woodcut portrait of the author by Stephen Alcorn, original cloth-backed boards with paper label to upper cover, in original publisher's tissue-paper, Oak Tree Press, 2008; and a fiftieth anniversary edition of the same, signed by the author, 8vo (3)⁂ A good group of signed editions of this iconic title. The first a scarce reprinting of the first three chapters, and this special edition was dedicated to children living with HIV/Aids.
Lot 99
Dawkins (Richard) A Devil's Chaplain, third impression, signed presentation inscription from the author "to Katherine from Richard Dawkins" on title, 2003; The Selfish Gene, first edition, faint ink ownership stamp to half-title, jacket price-clipped, spine faded, 1976; The Blind Watchmaker, first edition, 1986; Unweaving the Rainbow, first edition, 1998, original boards, dust-jackets, light creasing to extremities, the odd nick to edge, 8vo (4)
Lot 393
Woolf (Virginia) Between the Acts, first American edition, review copy with printed and dated slip loosely inserted, endpapers toned, original boards, dust-jacket, price-clipped, nick to upper edge, light toning to spine, spine ends and corners lightly creased, otherwise a remarkably bright copy, [Kirkpatrick A26b.], 8vo, New York, 1941.
Lot 240
Lewis (Wyndham) The Wild Boy, one of 79 copies signed by the author, Arthur Bliss's copy with his signed bookplate loosely inserted, 1927; The Lion and the Fox, Bliss's copy with his ownership inscription in pencil to endpapers, 1927; Doom of Youth, first edition, 1932, original boards or cloth, extremities rubbed and frayed, some cracking to joints; and 6 others, Lewis, v.s. (9)
Lot 79
Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer) Savrola, first edition, first state with copyright date on title verso, lightly foxed, ownership names to title and half-title, modern burgundy crushed morocco, spine with green and brown morocco labels, spine gilt in compartments, gilt turn-ins, endpapers renewed, slip-case, 8vo, 1900.
Lot 339
Stoker (Bram) Dracula's Guest and Other Weird Stories, first edition, spotting to first and last few pages including title, original blind-stamped cloth, some marks to covers, corners bumped, spine ends frayed, still overall a very good copy, 8vo, 1914.⁂ A posthumous collection of nine stories including the story 'Dracula's Guest', a previously unpublished episode from an early draft of Dracula.
Lot 271
NO RESERVE Nicolson (Harold) Verlaine, first English edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to pastedown, book-label of Anthony Hobson to pastedown, hinge cracking, original cloth, spine lightly faded, ends a little creased, 8vo, 1921.⁂ Inscribed to Maud Cunard, an American society hostess who David Lloyd George dubbed a 'most dangerous woman'. Perhaps best known for being a close supporter of Wallis Simpson during the King's abdication.
Lot 343
Thomas (Ross) The Singapore Wink, first edition, New York, 1969 § Gruber (Frank) Fort Starvation, first edition in book form, ownership markings to pastedown, 1953 § Meynell (Laurence) Strange Landing, first edition, 1946 § Woodford (Jack) Possessed, first edition, New York, 1946 § Bonnamy (Francis) The Man in the Mist, first edition, New York, 1951, original cloth or boards, some light rubbing to corners, dust-jackets, light creasing and rubbing to extremities, otherwise excellent copies; and 20 others, crime fiction, 8vo (25)
Lot 204
Joyce (James) Ulysses, fifth printing, bookplate to pastedown, ownership inscription to half-title, neat tape reinforcement to facing page hinge, contemporary cloth-backed boards, 4to, 1924.⁂ The uncommon September 1924 fifth printing of of Joyce's modernist masterpiece. Published two years after the first edition, this is the fifth printing overall of Joyce's magnum opus, and the third from Shakespeare and company.
Lot 182
NO RESERVE Hoban (Russell) Turtle Diary, first edition, ownership name to endpapers, lightly spotted, original cloth, dust-jacket, rubbed at edges, chipped at creased at extremities, 1975; The Bat Tattoo, first edition, original boards, dust-jacket, fine, 2002; The Pedalling Man and Other Poems, original wrappers, 1991, each with signed presentation inscription from the author on title; and 10 others, all with signed presentation inscriptions from the author, v.s. (13)
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Lot 258
McCarthy (Cormac) The Passenger [and] Stella Maris, 2 vol., first edition, each signed by the author on front free endpaper, original boards, dust-jacket, slip-case, a fine set, 8vo, New York, 2022.⁂ This is one of the very limited number of signed boxed sets released on December 6, 2022 - a rare signed edition of the writer's last works before his death in June 2023.
Lot 184
Hogarth Press.- Dostoevsky (Fyodor Mikhailovich) Stavrogin's Confession and The Plan of the Life of a Great Sinner, translated by S. S. Kotekiansky and Virginia Woolf, light foxing, original blue cloth-backed patterned boards, rubbed at corners, 1922 § Keynes (Joh Maynard, editor) Books and the Public, original wrappers, Cambridge, 1927 § Forster (E.M.) Virginia Woolf, first edition, original wrappers, Cambridge, 1942 § Wells (H.G.) Democracy Under Revision, original cloth-backed boards, sunned, 1927 § Woolf (Leonard) Imperialism and Civilisation, new edition, original wrappers, 1933, all published at the Hogarth Press; and 9 others from the Hogarth Press, v.s. (14)
Lot 344
NO RESERVE Thorndike (Russell) Doctor Syn, first edition, original cloth, spine faded, 1915; The Further Adventures of Doctor Syn, lightly spotted, hinge weak, original boards, facsimile dust-jacket, 1926 § Trent (Paul) Jane Ventures, reprint, original boards, dust-jacket, light creasing and chipping to extremities, 1947 § Gerard (Louise) The Virgin's Treasure, gift inscription to endpapers, original cloth, dust-jacket, light creasing and chipping to extremities, 1934; and c.110 others, mostly romance and humour novels, 8vo (c.115)
Lot 340
Stuart (Douglas) Shuggie Bain, original boards, dust-jacket, 2020 § Welsh (Irvine) Filth, original wrappers, light creasing to extremities, 1998 § Gray (Alasdair) Lanark, first edition, original boards, dust-jacket, faint soiling to upper panel tail, otherwise excellent, Edinburgh, 1981, all signed by the authors, 8vo (3)
Lot 1054
James Bond - Ian Fleming Casino Royale London: Jonathan Cape, 1953. First edition, first impression with first state dust-jacket without the Sunday Times review overprinted on the front flap, 8vo, dust-jacket not price-clipped. Condition Report: The book is in very good condition. The book and jacket are first edition, first state. There has been very minor restoration to the edges of the front and rear flap. The restoration is very light and was carried out by one of the best book binders in the UK. The dustjacket has very bright colouring with no dulling to the spine. A true investment piece and now very difficult to source.
Lot 1055
ROWLING (J.K.). Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. first edition, first impression, the third book in the Harry Potter series, with Joanne Rowling in the copyright line and the textural error on page 7, original pictorial boards, dust-jacket unclipped, 8vo, London: Bloomsbury, 1999. Condition Report: overall a clean bright copy, a small dent to tail of spine, dust-jacket with marginal creasing head and tail of spine, and three marginal chips to top edge of front cover.
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