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Click here to subscribeČapek (Karel) R.U.R. Rossum's Universal Robots, signed by the author on half-title, fifth edition, modern russet half calf, 8vo, Prague, Vydalo Aventinum, 1923⁂ An early edition in Czech of the book which coined the word "robot", together with a first edition of Capek's utopian science fiction novel.
Hodgson (William Hope) The House on the Borderland, second edition, 1921 § Cromie (Robert) A Plunge into Space, second edition, [1891] § Llewellyn (Alun) The Strange Invaders, first edition, 1934 § Laurie (Andre) New York to Brest in Seven Hours, 1890, some light spotting, original cloth, lightly rubbed and frayed at extremities, some light fading to spines; and 6 others, weird fiction, 8vo (10)
Vance (Jack) Big Planet, first edition in book form, signed by the author to title, New York, 1957; Light From a Lone Star, one of 200 "slipcased" copies signed by the author and illustrator, from an edition of 1000, jacket edges a little scuffed, otherwise fine, slip-case, 1985; To Live Forever, first edition, jacket with light scuffs to spine ends and joints, otherwise a fine copy, New York, 1956; The Brains of Earth, first English edition, signed by the author to title, jacket spine sunned, 1975, original boards or cloth, dust-jackets; and 9 others by or relating to Vance, excellent copies, 8vo (14)
NO RESERVE White (Randy Wayne) Chasing Midnight, first edition, New York, 2012 § Hiaasen (Carl) Bad Monkey, 2013 § Hall (James W.) Bones of Coral, first edition, New York, 1991 § Shames (Laurence) The Naked Detective, New York, 2000, original boards, dust-jackets, fine copies; and c.100 others, modern American spy fiction, 8vo (c.100)
NO RESERVE Baron Russell (T.) A Hundred Years Hence, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author on front free endpaper, lightly spotted, cloth a little faded and rubbed, 1905 § Stanliand (Meaburn) Back to the Future, endpapers browned, dust-jacket, a little torn and rubbed, 1947 § Bird (Arthur) Looking Forward: A Dream of the United States of the Americas in 1999, first edition, cloth spine browned, New York, [1899] § "Mr Dick". James Ingleton: The History of a Social State, cloth spine browned, [1893], original cloth; and c.45 others, science-fiction novels, mostly in the 'future history' genre, v.s. (c.50)
Milne (A. A.) [The Christopher Robin books], 4 vol., comprising When We Were Very Young, tenth edition, bookplate to pastedown, 1925; Winnie the Pooh, first edition, later issue dust-jacket, 1926; Now We Are Six, second edition, half-title browned, 1927; The House at Pooh Corner, first edition, bookplate to endpapers, endpapers browned, first issue jacket, small portions of loss to spine ends, spine browned, light surface soiling, 1928, all with illustrations by E.H. Shepard, original pictorial cloth, t.e.g., spines a little faded, ends a little creased and bumped, some light soiling, jackets creased and chipped to extremities, 8vo.
Waugh (Evelyn) Black Mischief, first edition, number 133 of 250 large paper copies signed by the author, frontispiece and plates, pastedown foxed, original cloth, t.e.g., others uncut, sunned, 1932; The Holy Places, one of 950 copies, wood-engraved plates by Reynolds Stone, original buckram, dust-jacket, lightly toned, otherwise an excellent copy, The Queen Anne Press, 1952, 8vo & 4to (2)
Maxwell (William) Time Will Darken It, first edition, T.L.s from the author, signed by his hand and with autograph correction, additional autograph letter from the dedicatee to later recipient, both loosely inserted, original cloth, spine ends, rubbed, dust-jacket, chipping to extremities, light surface rubbing, 3" tear to lower panel, spine browned, 8vo, New York, 1948.
Fermor (Patrick Leigh) The Traveller's Tree, first edition, small ink ownership inscription to endpapers, frontispiece and plates, spotting to fore-edge straying onto some margins, jacket rubbed with the odd hole and tear, chipping to extremities, worse to spine ends, 1950; The Violins of Saint-Jaques, first edition, bookseller's stamp and bookplate to endpapers and half-title, jacket price-clipped, small nicks to edges, otherwise excellent, 1953; The Cretan Runner: His Story of the German Occupation, translated by Fermor, first edition, jacket with expert restorations to extremities, 1955; A Time to Keep Silence, first trade edition, endpapers toned, small stains to jacket, 1957; original cloth, dust-jackets; and 5 others by Fermor, 8vo (9)
Robinson (Frederick) The War of the Worlds, first edition, plates, large water-stain throughout to upper corner, original wrappers, stained, corners creased, 8vo, [Chicago], privately printed, 1914.⁂ Rare. A short future war novella, dubbed as "an odd mixture of the Verne compulsion neurotic, the Wells invasion from space, racial rancor, and low level romance." - Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 1889.
NO RESERVE Warby (Marjorie) Happy Summer, first edition, ex-library label to pastedown, endpapers spotted, original cloth, extremities bumped and rubbed, spine ends frayed, 1935 § Grose (Helena) Painted Lady, first American edition, original buckram, spine ends frayed, dust-jacket, chips and tears to extremities, lightly creased at edges, New York, 1933 § Sava (George) Bride of Neptune, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, light creasing to edges, 1946 § Pedler (Margaret) Fire of Youth, reprint, endpapers toned, original cloth, dust-jacket, lightly rubbed at extremities, 1932; and c.200 others, mid-20th century romance fiction, 8vo (c.200)
Le Carré (John) The Looking Glass War, first edition, double-signed by the author, "John Le Carré aka David Cornwell" on title, promotional pamphlet of The Literary Guild Review, also double-signed with both names, loosely inserted, original boards, dust-jacket, price-clipped, light creasing to upper edge with one or two nicks, short tear close to joint, otherwise a very excellent example, 8vo, 1965.⁂ The author's fourth novel, scarce find double-signed and in such condition, with additionally signed promotional pamphlet.
Burroughs (Edgar Rice) Carson of Venus, first edition, cloth spine ends a little bumped, otherwise fine, California, 1939; Escape on Venus, first edition, cloth spine ends bumped, jacket extremities chipped and creased, edges discoloured, California, 1946; Pirates of Venus, first English edition, jacket price-clipped, spine ends chipped with small portions of loss, spine a little discoloured, 1935; Lost on Venus, first English edition, cloth lightly marked, facsimile dust-jacket, 1937, original cloth, dust-jackets; and another copy of Pirates on Venus, 8vo (5)⁂ A good group of Burrough's Venus series, lacking just the last title The Wizard of Venus.
NO RESERVE Woolf (Virginia) Mrs Dalloway, later impression, jacket spine toned and creased at spine ends, otherwise excellent and sharp, New York, [1948]; Between the Acts, first American edition, jacket spine browned and marked, spine ends chipped, nicks to edges and extremities, New York, 1941; Jacob's Room, later printing, jacket with light surface soiling, spine browned with chips to spine ends, vertical tear along spine, 1931, original cloth, dust-jackets, 8vo (3)⁂ A good group of Woolf titles in the quintessential jackets.
[Blixen (Karen)] "Isak Dinesen". Seven Gothic Tales, first English edition, colour frontispiece by Rex Whistler, some light scattered spotting to edges, ink name erased from endpaper, original cloth, light fading to spine, dust-jacket, spine browned, spine ends and corners chipped, some creasing to head, light rubbing to extremities, splitting and glue repair to upper joint, still a very good example overall, 8vo, 1934.⁂ The author's first book.
NO RESERVE Lee (Harper) To Kill a Mockingbird, first English edition, stamps removed from front free endpaper, small ownership name to endpaper, original cloth, dust-jacket, portions of loss to spine ends and corners, rather creased with tears and nicks to edges and extremities, 1960 § Hemingway (Ernest) For Whom the Bell Tolls, first edition, endpapers toned, original cloth, spine faded, label lightly rubbed, facsimile dust-jacket, New York, 1940; and c.70 others, mixed modern literature, v.s (c.70)
Blyton (Enid) Five Run Away Together, first edition, colour frontispiece and illustrations by Eileen Soper, pictorial endpapers, ink ownership name to front free endpapers, dust-jacket, lightly creased and nicked along edges, spine ends a little frayed, lower panel a little surface soiled, 8vo, 1944.
NO RESERVE Nabokov (Vladimir) Lolita, first Israeli edition, bookseller's sticker to pastedown, original wrappers, creased, light rubbing to joints, spine lightly browned, 8vo, Jerusalem, Olympia Press, 1955 § Mittelholzer (Edgar) A Morning at the Office, first English edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, spine reinforced with paper strip verso, rather torn and browned, chipping to spine ends, light nicks to extremities, The Hogarth Press, 1950 § Miro (Joan) Céramiques de Miro et Artigas, colour lithograph and illustrations, original cloth, dust-jacket, light chips to edges, Maeght, 1974, oblong 4to & 8vo (3)
Lawrence (D.H.) Aaron's Rod, first edition, endpapers lightly browned, first few pages lightly spotted, original boards, dust-jacket, corners and edges a little creased and chipped, spine a little faded, portion of loss to spine head though not affecting title, longer closed tears along joints, neatly repaired, lacking lower flap, still a good copy, 8vo, 1922.
Fleming (Ian) Casino Royale, first American edition, ownership inscription to front free endpaper, lightly toned, original cloth, spine ends frayed, dust-jacket, first issue priced $2.75 but clipped as issued, spine faded, creasing and tears to extremities, marks and surface soiling to lower panel, New York, 1954; Moonraker, first edition, ex-library with bookplate and accession record removed from rear pastedown, original boards lettered in silver, lightly rubbed, facsimile dust-jacket, 1955; and a reprint of Live and Let Die, 8vo (3)
NO RESERVE Verne (Jules) A Floating City, illustrations, light spotting, original pictorial cloth, rubbed, spine faded, 1874 § MacLean (Alistair) H.M.S. Ulysses, first edition, original cloth, extremities bumped, dust-jacket, chips and portions of loss to corners, lightly rubbed along joints, 1955 § Forester (C.S.) The African Queen, second edition, spotting, original boards, dust-jacket, large portion of upper panel lacking, large chips to corners, 1936; Lieutenant Hornblower, first edition, original boards, dust-jacket, chipped and frayed to spine ends, 1952; Hornblower and the Hotspur, first edition, original boards, dust-jacket, chipped and frayed to spine ends, 1962; and c.30 others, naval adventure fiction, 8vo (c.35)
Wells (H.G.) All Aboard for Ararat, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to half-title, A.L.s from the author, 2pp., on letterhead paper to "my dear Haynes" loosely inserted, stained, rust-staining to first few pages and jacket flap, pastedown a little soiled, original cloth, dust-jacket, in 2 pieces broken along upper joint, portion of loss to spine head, chips to spine tail and extremities, lower panel rather stained, 1940; and a proof of the same title, 8vo (2)
Senhouse (Roger).- Bunin (I. A.) The Gentleman From San Francisco and Other Stories, first edition, Roger Senhouse's copy with his book-label and ownership name in pencil on pastedown, 1p. note in Senhouse's hand of Hogarth Press bibliographical notes, loosely inserted, light staining to corner of endpapers, original decorative boards, light rubbing to spine ends, otherwise excellent, [Woolmer 19], 8vo, Hogarth Press, 1922.⁂ Includes a slip of paper with Senhouse's hand-written bibliography of the Hogarth Press publications, with note in upper corner "L.W III p.235-7", suggesting that he follows the order of publications put forward by Leonard Woolf which is stated on those pages in vol.3 of his autobiography. Senhouse passed away in 1970, and Leonard Woolf's autobiography was published in 1964, making this autograph list a very early checklist of the Hogarth Press.
Lewis (C.S.) Prince Caspian: The Return to Narnia, first edition, first impression, small pen mark to half-title, light spots to endpapers, third impression dust-jacket, lightly faded, nicked and torn at extremities, 1951; The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, first edition, first impression, hinge cracked, boards soiled, spine faded, facsimile dust-jacket, 1952; The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe, sixth impression, ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, dust-jacket, price-clipped, 1962; The Silver Chair, third impression, dust-jacket, torn down joint and across spine, spine faded, chip to spine tail, lower panel spotted and lightly soiled, 1959, original boards, 8vo (4)
Walliams (David) The World's Worst Children, signed autograph postcard from the illustrator loosely inserted, 2016; The Beast of Buckingham Palace, first edition, 2019; The Boy in the Dress, "anniversary edition", 2018; Slime, 2020; Code Name Bananas, 2020, signed by the author or illustrator or both, illustrations, original boards, dust-jackets, fine copies; and 10 others by the same, 8vo (15)
H. (G. D.) & M. Cole. A Lesson in Crime, first edition, 1946 § Burke (Thomas) Dark Nights, [c.1944] § Hartley (L.P.) The Travelling Grave and Other Stories, first edition, 1951 § Stanley Gardner (Erle) The D.A. Calls a Turn, first English edition, 1947, original cloth, dust-jackets, nicks and chips to extremities, light rubbing; and 7 others, crime and mystery novels, 8vo (11)
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)
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)
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.
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.
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.
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)
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)
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)
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)
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.
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)
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)
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)
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