Otto Mueller 1874 Liebau/Riesengebirge - 1930 Obernigk bei Breslau Knabe zwischen Blattpflanzen. 1912. Holzschnitt. Karsch 2/II (von III). Signiert. Einer von wenigen signierten Handabzügen des 2. Druckzustandes vor der von Eugen Meyerhof gedruckten postumen Auflage von 400 Exemplaren. Auf leichtem Kupferdruckpapier. 27,9 x 37,3 cm (10,9 x 14,6 in). Papier: 44 x 56,8 cm (17,3 x 22,3 in). Gedruckt von Otto Mueller und Maschka Mueller. [JS]. • Einer von nur 5 Holzschnitten in Muellers Œuvre, • Durch das angewendete Negativverfahren und seine formale Reduktion erinnert er an die Eleganz ägyptischer Reliefs. • Einer der äußerst seltenen Handabzüge des 2. Druckzustandes mit der Signatur, den Ausbrüchen im Holzstock an der rechten Blattkante und vor dem für die postume Auflage eingeritzten Monogramm. • Bisher wurden erst 3 bis 4 weitere Exemplare dieses Zustandes auf dem internationalen Auktionsmarkt angeboten (Quelle: artprice.com). • Nach den ca. 10 Handabzügen des 1. Druckzustandes hat Mueller den Druckstock vorübergehend als dekoratives Türelement an seinem Grafikschrank befestigt, wodurch die Kerben an den seitlichen Kanten des Holzstockes entstanden sind. • Ein weiterer Abzug dieses Druckzustandes befindet sich in der Sammlung des Städelschen Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt a. Main. PROVENIENZ: Galerie Nierendorf, Berlin (verso mit der Inventarnummer). Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Würzburg (verso mit dem Sammlerstempel, Lugt 6032). AUSSTELLUNG: Schleswig-Holsteinisches Landesmuseum, Schloss Gottorf, Schleswig (Dauerleihgabe aus der Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, 1995-2001). Kunstmuseum Moritzburg, Halle an der Saale (Dauerleihgabe aus der Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, 2001-2017). Buchheim Museum, Bernried (Dauerleihgabe aus der Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, 2017-2022). LITERATUR: Heinz Spielmann (Hrsg.), Die Maler der Brücke. Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Stuttgart 1995, S. 251, Kat.-Nr. 358 (m. Abb.). Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (Hrsg.), Die Maler der Brücke. Bestandskatalog Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Halle (Saale) 2005, S. 410, SHG-Nr. 886 (m. Abb.). 'Bevor Mueller mit der 'Brücke' in Kontakt gekommen war, hatte er die Technik des Holzschnitts, die für die Gründungsmitglieder von so großer Bedeutung war, nicht verwendet. Es ist gewiss kein Zufall, dass fünf der sechs von ihm in diesem Verfahren geschaffenen Blätter 1912 entstanden.' Christian Rathke, in: Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (Hrsg.), Die Maler der Brücke. Bestandskatalog Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Halle (Saale) 2005, S. 410. Aufrufzeit: 10.06.2023 - ca. 17.01 h +/- 20 Min. Dieses Objekt wird regel- oder differenzbesteuert angeboten.ENGLISH VERSIONOtto Mueller 1874 Liebau/Riesengebirge - 1930 Obernigk bei Breslau Knabe zwischen Blattpflanzen. 1912. Woodcut. Karsch 2/II (of III). Signed. One of a few signed hand-amde proofs of the 2nd printing state before the edition of 400 copies posthumously printed by Eugen Meyerhof. On a light copper plate printing paper. 27.9 x 37.3 cm (10.9 x 14.6 in). Sheet: 44 x 56,8 cm (17,3 x 22,3 in). Printed by Otto Mueller and Maschka Mueller. [JS]. • One of just 5 woodcuts in Mueller's œuvre. • Owing to its formal reduction, it is reminiscent of the eleganca of Egyptian reliefs. • One of the extremely rare hand-made proofs from the 2nd state with the signature, the cracks in the wooden printing block in right and with the scratched monogram. • To date only 3 to 4 other copies from this state have been offered on the international auction market (source: artprice.com). • After he had made ca. 10 prints of the first state, Mueller used the printing block as a decorative element on his graphic cabinet, which explains the notches on the side. • Another copy from this state is in the collection of the Städelsche Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt a. M.. PROVENANCE: Galerie Nierendorf, Berlin (with the inventory number on the reverse) Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Würzburg (with the collector's stamp on the reverse Lugt 6032). EXHIBITION: Schleswig-Holsteinisches Landesmuseum, Schloss Gottorf, Schleswig (permanent loan from the Hermann Gerlinger Collection, 1995-2001). Kunstmuseum Moritzburg, Halle an der Saale (permanent loan from the Hermann Gerlinger Collection, 2001-2017). Buchheim Museum, Bernried (permanent loan from the Hermann Gerlinger Collection, 2017-2022). LITERATURE: Heinz Spielmann (ed.), Die Maler der Brücke. Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Stuttgart 1995, p. 251, SHG no. 358 (with illu.). Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 410, SHG no. 886 (with illu.). 'Before Mueller came in contact with the 'Brücke', he had never used the woodcut technique, which was so fundamental for the founding members. It is clearly not a coincidence that five of the six sheet he created this way are from 1912.' Christian Rathke, in: Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 410 Called up: June 10, 2023 - ca. 17.01 h +/- 20 min. This lot can be purchased subject to differential or regular taxation.
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Pooley, Charles; An Historical Descriptive Account of the Old Stone Crosses of Somerset with map and plates, London, Longmans, Green & Co, 1877, first edition; together with various other volumes to include Baker, James; Pictures from Bohemia, Doughty, C.M.; Arabia Deserta vols I & II etc. (8)
LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN LOT (13 in Lot) - Includes LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN VOL. 1 #1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 + BUMPER COMPENDIUM EDITION + VOL. 2 #1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 - Complete runs of the first two volumes featuring Alan Moore & Kevin O'Neill's super-team of classic literature characters - a new adaptation is in the works by 20th Century Fox - Flat/Unfolded
MARVEL SPECIAL EDITION #15 (1973 - MARVEL) - First appearance of Shang-Chi, the Master of Kung-Fu + First appearances of Sir Dennis Nayland-Smith, Fu Manchu & the Si-Fan secret society - Cover and interior art by Jim Starlin and Al Milgrom - Flat/Unfolded - a photographic condition report is available on request
X-MEN LOT (23 in Lot) - Includes X-MEN #61, 78, 84 (1969/1973) + X-MEN ANNUAL #3 to 11 + X-MEN CLASSICS #1, 2, 3 + X-MEN AND NEW TEEN TITANS #1 + X-MEN SPECIAL EDITION #1 + X-MEN AND THE MICRONAUTS #1, 2, 3, 4 + X-MEN AND ALPHA FLIGHT #1, 2 - Includes the second appearance of Sauron + the first appearance of Stormcaster - Flat/Unfolded
NEW MUTANTS LOT (108 in Lot) - Includes MARVEL GRAPHIC NOVEL #4: THE NEW MUTANTS (First Print) + NEW MUTANTS #1 to 86, 88 to 97, 99, 100 + SUMMER SPECIAL #1 + SPECIAL EDITION #1 + ANNUALS #1 to 7 - Includes the first team appearance of the New Mutants, first cameo appearance of Cable + first appearances of Warlock, Legion & Strong Guy + first team appearance of X-Force - Flat/Unfolded
Lene Schneider-Kainer (1885 Wien -1971 Cochabamba / Bolivien, österr. Malerin und eine der Hauptvertreterinnen des deutschen Expressionismus), Stilleben mit rotem Tulpenstrauß in petrolblauer Vase, signiert, Aquarell, um 1920, 34 x 47 cm. Die jüdisch stämmige Malerin gehört zu einer Künstlerinnen-Generation, die noch nicht an den deutschen Kunstakademien zugelassen wird. Sie zieht 1912 nach Berlin und schließt sich der expressionistischen Avantgardebewegung an. Sie ist mit Herwarth Walden („Der Sturm“) und Else Lasker-Schüler befreundet und hat 1917 mit ihrer ersten Einzelausstellung im Salon Fritz Gurlitt ihren künstlerischen Durchbruch. In 1920 er Jahren ist sie in Berlin eine erfolgreiche und auch angesehene Malerin. Aufsehen erregen ihre 1920 bei Julius Bard erschienenen erotischen Illustrationen der „Hetärengespräche des Lukian“, mit denen sie zu einer Protagonistin des Typs der sog. „Neuen Frau“ wird. Im Jahr 1932 emigriert sie über die Balearen nach New York, bevor sie sich zusammen mit ihrem Sohn endgültig in Bolivien niederlässt, wo sie eine Mission leitet und eine Textilfabrik für indianische Stoffe ins Leben ruft. Lene Schneider-Kainer gehört zu den Hauptvertreterinnen des deutschen Expressionismus. Quelle: Sabine Dahmen „Leben und Kunst der jüdischen Künstlerin Lene Schneider-Kainer im Berlin der zwanziger Jahre“, Edition Ebersbach, 1999. / Lene Schneider-Kainer (1885 Vienna -1971 Cochabamba / Bolivia, Austrian painter and one of the main representatives of German Expressionism), Still Life with Red Bouquet of Tulips in Petrol Blue Vase, signed, watercolor, c. 1920, 34 x 47 cm. The Jewish-born painter belongs to a generation of female artists not yet admitted to German art academies. She moved to Berlin in 1912 and joined the expressionist avant-garde movement. She is friends with Herwarth Walden ("Der Sturm") and Else Lasker-Schüler and has her artistic breakthrough in 1917 with her first solo exhibition at the Salon Fritz Gurlitt. In the 1920s she was a successful and respected painter in Berlin. Her erotic illustrations of the "Hetärengespräche des Lukian", published by Julius Bard in 1920, caused a sensation and made her a protagonist of the so-called "New Woman". In 1932 she emigrated to New York via the Balearic Islands, before settling definitively in Bolivia with her son, where she led a mission and set up a textile factory for Indian fabrics. Lene Schneider-Kainer is one of the main representatives of German Expressionism. Source: Sabine Dahmen "Leben und Kunst der jüdischen Künstlerin Lene Schneider-Kainer im Berlin der zwanziger Jahre", Edition Ebersbach, 1999.
The Mediterranean Fleet Greece To Tripoli The Admiralty Account of Naval Operations April 1941 to January 1943 First Edition Softback Book 1944 with 95 pages published by His Majesty's Stationery Office signs of ageing good condition. Est. £. Good condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and 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 £10.
Five of The Many by Steve Darlow Hardback Book 2007 First Edition with a Photo of Printed Guy Gibson Signature stuck to the First page (see Images) published by Grub Street some ageing. Est. Good condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and 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 £10.
Target Tirpitz by Patrick Bishop Hardback Book 2012 First Edition published by Harper Collins Publishers some ageing. Est. Good condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and 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 £10.
Air War for Yugoslavia, Greece and Crete 1940 41 by Christopher Shores and Brian Cull with Nicola Malizia 1987 First Edition Hardback Book with 445 pages published by Grub Street London good condition. Est. £. Good condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and 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 £10.
Camberwick Green – Robert Harrop – CGS12 Jonathan Bell In His Farmer's Truck limited edition 'First Edition' resin statue / figurine based on the classic children's television series. Appears mint and undamaged, boxed.Note; from a large collection of Robert Harrop & other statues / figurines. Condition is stated within each description, however buyers are reminded that such statements are not forensic reports and all items will remain sold 'as is'. As a rule, statues do appear mint and undamaged, but this is not guaranteed. Boxes range in condition, and some have wear from storage. In all instances buyers are required to satisfy themselves. Certificates / paperwork are present if photographed, if there are no photographs of certificates then one isn't present.
Desperate Dan - Robert Harrop - a limited edition First Edition resin statue / figure BDS14 ' Gone Fishing '. Highly detailed model based on the classic Dandy comic book character. Housed within its original box. Note; from a large collection of Robert Harrop & other statues / figurines. Condition is stated within each description, however buyers are reminded that such statements are not forensic reports and all items will remain sold 'as is'. As a rule, statues do appear mint and undamaged, but this is not guaranteed. Boxes range in condition, and some have wear from storage. In all instances buyers are required to satisfy themselves. Certificates / paperwork are present if photographed, if there are no photographs of certificates then one isn't present.
The Beatles - An original set of four Richard Avedon psychedelic posters from a limited first edition printed by Waterlow & Sons Ltd. From the 1968 photoshoot by Avedon. Comprising four individual portraits of The Beatles - John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. Rolled. Some corner wear. 47cm x 68cm each. Along with a vintage Sgt Peppers Longely Hearts Club Band cloth patch - believed to have been a 'free gift' with a period music magazine or similar.
Harry Potter. Collection of Assorted Items including 3 Signed items. Includes 3 Harry Potter Shooting Drafts which are all signed. A First Day Cover. Large Print Edition of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Cover. A Harry Potter Paper Bag. Good condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and 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 £10
1930 WORLD CUP URUGUAY / FIRST FIFA WORLD CUP A bound volume of Primer Campeonato Mundial De Football, Coupe Du Monde, Montevideo, 1930, No.522 of a limited edition 3000. The book giving details of the officials, the teams and match reports on all the matches, including the final, from the 1930 World Cup finals, with Uruguayan Football Association stamp, some water damage, published by Arturo Carbonell Debali. Plus a sheet with various pictures signed by Pedro Cea of Uruguay who scored Uruguay's 2nd goal in the Final. Fair to generally good
JAMES PATERSON R.S.A., R.S.W., R.W.S. (SCOTTISH 1854-1932) IN ARCADY Signed and dated 1897, signed and inscribed verso, oil on canvasDimensions:91cm x 71cm (36in x 28in)Provenance:Provenance: Bruno and Paul Cassirer, BerlinExhibited: VI Internationale Kunst-Ausstellung der Münchener Secession, Munich, 1899, no. 27 (lent by the Artist)Note: Note: In Arcady exemplifies the success of the ‘Glasgow Boys’, including James Paterson, in progressive art circles in Germany in the late 1890s. The ‘Boys’ first came to international notice when their work was shown to great acclaim at the Grosvenor Gallery, London in 1890. As Roger Billcliffe has explained:Their exhibition was the final show at the Grosvenor Gallery and so attracted much press attention. This in turn caught the eyes of several of the new exhibiting bodies in Europe, principally secessionist, where naturalism was becoming accepted as a logical compromise between academic painting and the avant-garde work of the Impressionists. The Grosvenor Gallery exhibition was taken to Munich and from there the Boys began to exhibit throughout Europe and beyond…The Boys also began individually to send their work to the Paris Salon and similar institutions in Europe. (Roger Billcliffe, Glasgow Boys, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, on-line edition accessed 9 May 2023)Illustrating this positive reception to Paterson’s work on the Continent, In Arcady was accepted for inclusion in the sixth exhibition of the Munich Secession in 1899. This forward-looking artists society was founded in 1892, as an alternative to the conservative Munich Artists Association.Such was the appreciation of the Boys in Munich that, as Henry Prais has written:In the course of the next decade the Boys showed in Munich alone, between the exhibitions of the Munich Art Society in the Glaspalaste and those of the Secession in the Prinzregentenstrasse, more than six hundred of their works…It is scarcely surprising then that Sir William Rothenstein in his Men and Memories…should remark: ‘I used to say of the Glasgow school, so much admired in Munich and Dresden, that their reputation was made in Germany!’ (Henry Prais, ‘The Boys Abroad: On the Continent’, The Glasgow Boys, Scottish Arts Council, 1971, p.69)Moreover, In Arcady was acquired by the cousins Bruno and Paul Cassirer who established a gallery and publishing house in Berlin in 1898. They were key champions of modern and contemporary art and were, for example, founding secretaries of the Berlin Secession, also in 1898.
§ JAMES MCBEY (SCOTTISH 1883-1959) OVATION TO THE MATADOR Signed and numbered XIII in pen to margin, etching from an edition of 30Dimensions:26.5cm x 17cm (10.5in x 6.75in)Note: Note: McBey’s etchings proved incredibly popular with London audiences. His career break came with an exhibition at the Goupil Gallery, where he sold seventy-seven prints, and his most in-demand compositions were those inspired by travels abroad. He had first experienced the benefits of new visual and art-historical stimuli while travelling in the Netherlands in 1910, where he painted, drew, and studied Rembrandt’s etchings in the Rijksmuseum. Visits to Morocco and Spain followed shortly thereafter, and McBey amassed a significant body of work depicting Spanish bull-fighting rings.The thrilling, theatrical atmosphere of the ring is captured in The Ovation to the Matador (c.1911) wherein a bull-fighter in traditional attire presents himself triumphantly. The crowd he faces is unseen, but their jubilant reception is made evident by the matador’s raised arms and delighted expression. McBey adjusted this composition for a dynamic etching of the same title, which evidences his mastery of intaglio to evoke varied qualities of light and shadow.Spain would prove to be a continuing source of inspiration. A Brave Bull, San Sebastian (1932) (Lot 141) post-dates the etching market crash which compelled McBey to predominantly work in watercolour and oil paint.
Capote (Truman) Other Voices Other Rooms, first edition, contemporary ownership name to pastedown, half-title working loose, original cloth, spine sunned, lightly soiled, dust-jacket lightly chipped and frayed at edges, short tears to upper panel and along joints, New York, 1948; The Muses are Heard, first edition, original decorative cloth, dust-jacket, light rubbing and fraying to edges, extremities chipped, lower panel a little discoloured, New York, 1956; The Muses are Heard, first English edition, original cloth, lightly soiled, dust-jacket price-clipped, portions of loss to lower panel head and tail, lightly rubbed and discoloured; and 6 others by the same, v.s. (9)
![Cunard (Nancy) Parallax, first edition, [one of c.420 copies], bookplate of Duff Cooper to pastedown, very light spotting to](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/6024781b-4e3d-4383-9e8c-b01400c0a70a/8693c503-9c17-4625-8866-b01400e86efc/468x382.jpg)
Cunard (Nancy) Parallax, first edition, [one of c.420 copies], bookplate of Duff Cooper to pastedown, very light spotting to first few pages, original pictorial boards, a little browned and rubbed, spine ends and corners bumped, 8vo, Hogarth Press, 1925.⁂ Duff Cooper (1890-1938) was a Conservative Party politician and literary patron, running in the circles of Evelyn Waugh, Cecil Beaton and others in their circle.
Milne (A. A.) Now We Are Six, first edition, illustrations by Ernest Shepard, light browning to half-title and colophon, pencil name and slight spotting to endpapers, original pictorial cloth, slight shelf-lean, corners and spine-ends a little bumped, light rubbing to extremities, dust-jacket, light browning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, some light toning and surface soiling, but an excellent copy overall, 8vo, 1927.
Hemingway (Ernest) The Sun Also Rises, first edition, first issue with "stopped" misspelling to p.181, ink ownership name to endpapers, bookseller's sticker to pastedown (offset), label to upper cover faded, spine label scuffed and chipped, faded, 1926; Men Without Women, second issue with '3' misprinted, bookseller label to endpapers, half-title working loose, 1927; A Farewell to Arms, first edition, first issue without the legal disclaimer, endpapers browned, cloth rather soiled, spine ends bumped, 1929, original cloth with uniform gold labels to upper covers and spine, [Hanneman A6a; A7a; A8a], 8vo (3)⁂ An excellent group of Hemingway's acclaimed American novels, here in first or second issue.
![[Harrison (Michael)], "Michael Egremont". The Bride of Frankenstein, first edition, half-title, occasional light finger-soili](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/6024781b-4e3d-4383-9e8c-b01400c0a70a/11e2eb78-7909-4d6b-9df6-b01400e7b6af/468x382.jpg)
[Harrison (Michael)], "Michael Egremont". The Bride of Frankenstein, first edition, half-title, occasional light finger-soiling, cracked hinges, original cloth, rubbed, bumping to corners and spine extremities, facsimile dust-jacket, lightly creased, 8vo, The Queensway Press, [1936].⁂ This was published simultaneously with the "Readers Library" edition.
Vidal (Gore) Reflections Upon a Sinking Ship, first edition, signed by the author on title, 1969; Washington, D.C., "Modern Library edition", signed by the author to front free endpaper, New York, 1999; A Thirsty Evil, first edition, signed by the author, New York, 1956; and 3 others by Vidal, 8vo (6)
NO RESERVE Elwes (Richard) First Poems, reprint, original wrappers, original wrap-around, 1941 § Seaman (Owen) War-Time Verses, second impression, original wrapper, spines lightly bumped and creased, 1915; Made in England, first edition, original wrappers, lightly browned, rubbed, 1916 § Campbell Macfie (Ronald) War, first edition, original cloth-backed boards, spine sunned, 1945; and 13 others on the World Wars, including a selection by W. W. Gibson, 8vo & 4to (17)
Didion (Joan) Sloughing Towards Bethlehem, first English edition, light even foxing to first few pages, original cloth, dust-jacket, a fine copy, 1969 § Jansson (Tove) Tales From Moomin Valley, first English edition, light foxing to endpapers and first few pages, original cloth, dust-jacket, light browning to spine with nicks to ends, otherwise an excellent copy, 1963 § Woolf (Virginia) Three Guineas, first edition, browning to endpapers, original cloth, rather discoloured, 1938; and 10 others, 20th century literature, 8vo (13)
Vance (Jack) Light From a Lone Star, first edition, New York, 1985; Maske: Thaery, first edition, New York, 1976; The Gray Prince, first edition, Indianapolis & New York, 1974; The Eyes of the Overworld, Boston, 1977, signed by the author, original boards, all but the last with dust-jackets, fine copies; and 11 others by Vance, all excellent copies, 8vo (15)
Hill (Geoffrey) Oraclau: Oracles, first edition, signed by the author to title, with additional signed presentation inscription from the author to half-title verso, 2010 § Paulin (Tom) New Selected Poems, first edition, signed by the author to title, 2014 § Muldoon (Paul) One Thousand Things Worth Knowing, signed by the author to title, 2015 § Thomas (Dylan) Deaths and Entrances, first edition, ink gift inscription to front free endpaper, lightly toned, jacket price-clipped, extremities very lightly rubbed, 1946, original boards, dust-jackets, all but the last fine copies; and 24 others, poetry, 8vo & 4to (28)
Berckman (Evelyn) Lament for Four Brides, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to title, 1959 § Newman (Bernard) Operation Barbarossa, 1956 § Pratt (Theodore) Murder Goes to the World's Fair, [c.1950] § Fair (A.A.) Owls Don't Blink, jacket chipped to spine head, 1951 § Walsh (J.M.) Spies in Spain, [1938], first editions, original boards or cloth, dust-jackets, light creased and chipped to edges, short closed tears to upper edge; and 6 others, crime fiction, 8vo (11)
Hilton (James) Goodbye Mr. Chips!, first edition in book form, endpapers toned, lightly foxed throughout, original boards, dust-jacket, tears along edges, worse to upper edge, corners chipped and creased, lightly rubbed, 1934; To You Mr. Chips!, endpapers browned, light foxing, original boards, dust-jacket, spine browned, spine ends a little rubbed and frayed, 1938, 8vo (2)
Burgess (Anthony) Beds in the East, first edition, light spotting to first few pages, very small portion of loss to jacket spine head, 1959; The Right to Answer, 1960; "Joseph Kell". One Hand Clapping, jacket price-clipped, 1961; The Wanting Seed, 1962; Inside Mr Enderby, jacket price-clipped, 1963; Nothing Like the Sun, BBC compliments slip loosely inserted, jacket spine head a little frayed and creased, 1964, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets, light chipping and nicks to extremities, otherwise very good or excellent copies; and c.40 others by or relating to Burgess, 8vo (c.45)
Ginsberg (Allen) Wales: A Visitation July 29th 1967, first edition, one of 100 copies singed by the author and with a 7-inch audio recording of the poem inserted at rear, from the library of Tom Maschler with his bookplate to pastedown, illustrations, original boards, dust-jacket, original glacine wrapper, 4to, 1968.⁂ Three full-page photographs by Tom Maschler, the verse arranged to face the author's corresponding facsimile manuscript. From the library of Ginsberg's UK publisher, Tom Maschler. In his autobiography Maschler recounts the occasion of the writing of this poem. "The hills surrounding my cottage are dotted with sheep and Allen saw us as just two more sheep below the sky. He was immensely moved by the the landscape and in the afternoon, still heavily under the influence of the drug [the pair had taken LSD earlier that day] he began to write a poem called 'Wales Visitation'."
Vance (Jack) The Fox Valley Murders, first edition, signed by the author to title, New York, 1966; The Deadly Isles, first English edition, 1970; The Pleasant Grove Murders, first English edition, jacket creased to spine ends with nicks, lower panel stained affected endpapers, 1968, original cloth, dust-jackets, excellent copies; and 2 other early mystery titles by Vance, 8vo (5)
*** Please note, the description for this lot has changed.***Wells (H.G.) The First Men in the Moon, first edition, second state with plain endpapers, frontispiece and plates, embossed W.H. Smith stamp to browned front free endpapers, original cloth, gilt, lightly rubbed, spine faded with vertical creases, spine ends creased and frayed, 8vo, 1901.
Innes (Hammond) The Mary Deare, previous owner's ink signature, 1956; Atlantic Fury, 1962; The Angry Mountain, 1950; The Doomed Oasis, 1960, first editions, faint spotting to endpapers, original cloth, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, dust-jackets, slight chipping and creasing to edges, one or two short tears, a little rubbed, § Sillitoe (Alan) Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, first edition, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, later issue dust-jacket, slight creasing to edges, 1958 § Tolkien (J. R. R.) The Silmarillion, fourth impression, original cloth, fractional bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, slight creasing to edges, 1977; and others, including some first editions, 8vo (c.65)
Spark (Muriel) The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, first edition, original boards, dust-jacket, very light rubbing to joints and spine ends, otherwise a near-fine copy, 1961; The Girls of Slender Means, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to front free endpapers, original boards, dust-jacket, jacket spine lightly faded, 1963; Tribute to Wordsworth, one of 200 copies, original boards, repairs to joints, spine lightly rubbed, 1950; and 11 others by Spark, 8vo (14)
Le Carré (John) The Night Manager, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "to Susan - on her birthday, John Le Carré" on title, 1993; The Secret Pilgrim, 1991; Single & Single, 1999; A Legacy of Spies, 2017; The Mission Song, 2006; A Perfect Spy, 1986, first editions, all signed by the author on title, original boards, dust-jackets, fine copies; and 4 others, first editions signed by the author, 8vo (10)⁂ An excellent run of Le Carré's later works, all signed.
Golding (William) Free Fall, proof copy, Sir Geoffrey Faber's copy with his ownership inscription to upper wrapper, upper wrapper reinforced with tape to hinge, spine chipped and browned, 1959; Rights of Passage, proof copy, original wrappers, browned, title in biro on spine, 1980; To the Ends of the Earth, one of 400 copies signed by the author, original cloth-backed boards, 1991; The Pyramid, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, price-clipped, lightly mottled, light creasing to extremities, near-fine overall, 1967; Free Fall, first edition, original boards, dust-jacket, price-clipped, light chips to spine ends, 1959; and 19 others by the same, including A Golding Bibliography by Gekoski and Grogan, one of 100 copies signed by Golding, 8vo (27)
Norman (Frank) Barney Snip Artist, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "For Victor Lownes: I feel that I should dig a shole and crawl into it. I honestly wouldn't blame me if you crossed me off your list for life. But before you do I have decided to give you a house. It is the least I can do having fouled up!!" to endpaper, original boards, dust-jacket, light browning to spine, small chip to head of spine, light rubbing to extremities, 8vo, 1968.⁂ A charming association copy, inscribed to the Playboy executive Lownes. Below the inscription Norman has drawn plan for a near-surrealist house consisting solely of a front door, five bedrooms and a small side-room marked with an infinity loop.
Hemingway (Ernest) For Whom the Bell Tolls, first English edition, endpapers browned, cloth ends a little bumped, jacket creased and rubbed at ends, portions of loss to upper panel corner and spine head, lower panel toned and creased, 1941; Across the River and into the Trees, first American edition, first printing with the Scribner's "A" and seal on copyright page, endpapers stained, jacket with tears across panels and edges, some light repairs with tape verso, one or two nicks to corners and upper edges, New York, 1950; The Old Man and the Sea, first English edition, jacket spine faded, some nicks to extremities, otherwise excellent, 1952; A Moveable Feast, small ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, dust-jacket a little chipped at extremities, otherwise excellent, 1964, first or first English editions, original cloth, dust-jackets; and c.35 others, by or relating to Hemingway, including some early editions of other notable works, v.s. (c.40)
Boileau (Pierre) and Thomas Narcejac. The Living and the Dead, first English edition, one or two light patches of foxing to first few pages, some light toning to endpapers, original cloth, dust-jacket, price-clipped but with new price sticker at 7/9, spine faded, light creasing and nicks to edges, chipping to extremities, lacking portion of spine head, 8vo, 1956.⁂ The authors' classic third novel, the basis for Hitchcock's Vertigo.
Le Carré (John) The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, first edition, original boards, spine lightly faded, ends a little bumped, dust-jacket, very light creasing to spine ends and corners, one or two light marks to lower panel, otherwise a near-fine copy, 8vo, 1963.⁂ Unusually unfaded spine, making this a remarkably bright and crisp copy.
***Please note, the description to this lot has changed.***Lowry (Malcolm) Under the Volcano, first English edition, light spotting to fore-edge, original cloth, lightly faded, spine a little browned, covers a little bowed, dust-jacket, spine lightly faded, extremities a little chipped, rubbing along joints, light discolouration to upper panel, one or two short closed tears, 8vo, 1947.*** The first English edition was published just several months after the first American edition.
Woolf (Leonard) A Calendar of Consolation, first edition, initialled presentation inscription from the author "Tony from LW Nov. 1967" to front free endpaper, endpaper lightly toned, one manuscript correction by Woolf to p.78, original boards, dust-jacket, light fraying to spine ends, spine a little faded, otherwise near-fine, 8vo, 1967.⁂ An uncommon Leonard Woolf item, scarce signed. Features two quotes from his late wife Virginia for entries on p.16 and 34.
Forester (C.S.) Flying Colours, first edition, signed by the author on title, original red cloth, light browning to spine, light rubbing to spine tips and corners, dust-jacket, light toning to spine, spine chipped at head, foot of spine with neat and expert restoration, light surface soiling to lower panel, a few short tears or nicks to foot with creasing, a little rubbing, 8vo, 1938.⁂ First published earlier the same year in a single volume with A Ship of the Line, this edition is by far the rarer of the two editions, especially so signed.
Woolf (Virginia) A Writer's Diary. Being Extracts from the Diary of Virginia Woolf, advance excerpt, publisher's promotional letter loosely inserted, original wrappers, light marginal toning, New York, 1954 § Woolf (Leonard) Beginning Again: An Autobiography of the Years 1911 - 1918, uncorrected proof copy, critic Leon Edel's copy with his markings to text and upper cover, publisher's Advance Proof Label to upper cover, original wrappers, 1964; Downhill All the Way. An Autobiography of the Years 191 to 1939, first American edition, signed by the author on title, ink ownership inscription to endpaper, original cloth-backed boards, dust-jacket with creasing and tears to foot, New York, 1967; The Journey Not the Arrival Matters,. An Autobiography of the Years 1939 to 1969, first American edition, review slip loosely inserted, original cloth-backed boards, dust-jacket, New York, 1969, 8vo (4)⁂ The first a rare Woolf item, seemingly unrecorded by Kirkpatrick.
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