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Lot 301

Thomson (Christine Campbell) Not At Night, reprint, jacket with loss to spine ends, 1928 § Clouston (J. Storer) The Chemical Baby, first edition, foxing to first few pages, ownership stamp to pastedown, 1934 § Pudney (John) It Breathed Down My Neck, 1946 § Gray (Berkeley) The Lost World of Everest, reprint, 1946 § Russell (Bertrand) Nightmares of Eminent Persons, first edition, 1954 § Williams (Charles) All Hallows Eve, first edition, 1945, original boards, dust-jackets, chipping to spine ends and corners, some creasing; and 4 others, weird and horror fiction, 8vo (10)

Lot 216

Lewis (C.S.) The Problem of Pain, first edition, light spotting to first few pages, original cloth with paper label to spine, lightly faded, otherwise excellent, 8vo, 1940.

Lot 276

Rushdie (Salman) Grimus, first edition, 1975; Shame, first edition, 1983; The Jaguar Smile: A Nicaraguan Journey, 1987, signed bookplates by the author on titles; and 3 others by Rushdie, all with signed bookplates by the author, 8vo (6)

Lot 343

NO RESERVE Waterhouse (Keith) Billy Liar, first English edition, endpapers toned, cloth with light marks to spine, jacket with nicks and tears to edges, larger portion of upper panel torn, surface soiling to lower panel, 1959 § Waugh (Evelyn) Unconditional Surrender, first edition, dust-jacket lightly mottled, light creasing and discolouration to edges, overall excellent, 1961 § Bowles (Paul) A Little Stone, first edition, light foxing, cloth a little faded and frayed at edges, jacket creased with nicks and tears to edges, portions of chipping and loss to extremities, 1950 § Spark (Muriel) Memento Mori, first edition, light scattered spotting to first few pages, jacket with one or two nicks to corners or spine head, otherwise excellent, 1959, original boards, dust-jackets; and 25 others, modern literature, v.s. (29)

Lot 213

Lee (Laurie) Cider with Rosie, first edition, very light spots to first few pages, original boards, dust-jacket, spine head lightly bumped, otherwise a remarkably crisp copy in near-fine condition, 8vo, 1959.⁂ The first of Lee's famed autobiographical trilogy, scarce in this bright condition.

Lot 80

Dahl (Roald) Matilda, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to endpapers, offset to pastedown and jacket lower flap, original boards, dust-jacket, light creasing to head, otherwise a fine copy, 8vo, 1988.

Lot 166

Hill (Geoffrey) Mercian Hymns, first edition, 1971 § Graves (Robert) Occupation: Writer, first edition, 1951; Catacrok!, first edition, jacket with chips and nicks to extremities, 1956; New Poems, first edition, jacket with chips to spine ends, 1962 § Seth (Vikram) The Golden Gate, first English edition, 1986, original boards, dust-jackets, mostly near-fine; and a group of c.25 Ariel poems, 8vo (c.30)

Lot 251

Oxford Group.- Foot (Stephen) Life Begain Yesterday, first cheap edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, browning to title verso and facing page, author pamphlet "Wisdom from the Desert" loosely inserted along with 2 other related ephemeral items, original cloth, dust-jacket, light toning to spine, slight surface soiling, small internal tear to upper joint, light rubbing to extremities, 8vo, 1939.⁂ Rare signed. A key text by a member of the influential evangelical Oxford Group who's ideas would become the foundation of Alcoholic's Anonymous.

Lot 47

Burke (Thomas) East of Mansion House, first American edition, ink ownership name to front free endpaper, 1926 § Cole Meade (Dorothy) The Shadow of a Hair, [1939] § Wills Crofts (Freeman) Young Robin Brand, foxing to pastedown and endpapers, cloth a little faded, 1947 § Henry (Michael) Murder in the Old Jail, light soiling to boards, [1938] § Hill (Headon) The Mammoth Mansions Mystery, lightly foxed, 1927, first or first American editions, original cloth, dust-jackets, extremities lightly chipped and creased, fading to spines; and 6 others, mystery novels, 8vo (11)

Lot 227

Maugham (William Somerset) The Razor's Edge, first English edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, spine faded, light creasing to spine head, otherwise a very excellent example, 1944; Liza of Lambeth, "Jubilee edition", one of 1000 copies signed by the author, endpapers browned and spotted, original vellum-backed boards, dust-jacket, spine faded, chips to spine head, 1947; The Letters of William Somerset Maugham to Lady Juliet Duff, edited by Loren Rothschild, letter 'X' of 26 copies signed by the editor and printer, from an edition of 274 copies, original cloth, spine faded, slip-case (faded), California, 1982, 8vo (3)

Lot 87

Deighton (Len) and John Bratby.- Bratby (John) Brake-Pedal, first edition, signed presentation inscription "from your dear friend, Len Deighton" to front free endpapers, lightly toned, original boards, dust-jacket, lightly rubbed and frayed at top edge, otherwise excellent, 1962; Breakdown, signed presentation inscription "To Bruce Lacey - to be read inbetweentimes - if there are any" from the author to pastedown, margins toned, original wrappers, creased and lightly rubbed, 1962 § Deighton (Len) The Ipcress File, signed by Bratby to endpaper, original wrappers, rubbed and scuffed, 1962, 8vo (3)⁂ A good association group of Deighton/Bratby works, from the library of Bruce Lacey (1927-2016), British artist, performer, eccentric, and close friend of Deighton and Bratby.

Lot 305

NO RESERVE Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Hobbit, or There and Back Again, second edition, fifth impression (ninth overall), colour frontispiece, illustrations and map endpapers by the author, original boards, spine sunned, dust-jacket, spotted, rather rubbed and worn along joints and extremities, portion of spine lacking with faded tape, portions of lower panel lacking, 1957; The Silmarillion, first edition, a fine copy, 1977; Mr. Bliss, first edition, a fine copy, 1982, original boards, dust-jackets,8vo & oblong 8vo (3)

Lot 168

Hill (Susan) The Woman in Black, first edition, signed bookplate by the author to half-title, original boards, lightly toned at edges, dust-jacket, one or two creases to spine ends, otherwise a fine copy, 1983; The Enclosure, uncorrected proof copy, signed by the author with quote to title, original wrappers, lightly toned, spine bumped, cellophane taped to wrapper, 1961, 8vo (2)⁂ A good duo of Hill's works, including a proof of her first book.

Lot 89

NO RESERVE Dexter (Colin) The Secret of Annexe 3, first edition, 1986 § Harris (Thomas) The Silence of the Lambs, first American edition, New York, 1988 § Maclean (Alistair) Force 10 from Navarone, jacket sunned, 1968 § McNab (Andy) Immediate Action, 1995, first or first American editions, original boards, dust-jackets; and 8 others, thrillers, 8vo (12)

Lot 253

Pinter (Harold) Other Places, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "To Peter from Harold" to title, ALs from the author "Dear Peter, what an amazing man you are. It was great to see you and very nice to meet Pamela..." on Campden Hill headed paper, loosely inserted, original boards, dust-jacket, lightly toned, otherwise fine, 8vo, 1982.

Lot 207

Le Carré (John) Single & Single, first edition, first issue, signed by the author on title, original boards, first issue promotional dust-jacket with juggling illustration, light creasing to spine ends, else fine, 1999; and a signed copy of the first edition, second issue of the same, 8vo (2)

Lot 104

Elstow (T. Francis) A Human Vampire, portion of loss to spine head and corner, [c.1930] § Trent (Paul) The Craven Mystery, c.1930 § Leroux (Gaston) The Mystery of the Yellow Room, "copyright edition", c.1930s § Tack (Alfred) The Test Match Murder, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to front free endpaper, lightly browned, jacket upper corner chipped, c.1930s § Dawe (Carlton) The Sign of the Glove, [c.1930s], original boards or cloth, dust-jackets, lightly rubbed and frayed at extremities; and 4 others, crime novels, 8vo (9)

Lot 100

Dweck (Michael) The End, first edition, photographic plates and illustrations, original boards, dust-jacket, wrap-around band (lightly creased), near-fine, 4to, New York, 2004.

Lot 175

Isherwood (Christopher) Goodbye to Berlin, first edition, endpapers toned, original cloth, lightly faded to spine and edges, dust-jacket, creasing and fraying to edges, near repairs along joints and fore-edge, larger tears to lower panel repaired, portions of spine head and tail lacking and replaced with facsimile, 8vo, 1939.

Lot 176

NO RESERVE Ishiguro (Kazuo) An Artist of the Floating World, first edition, 1986; The Unconsoled, first edition 1995; Nocturnes, "slipcased edition" signed by the author, sealed in publisher's cellophane wrapping, 2009; When We Were Orphans, first edition, 2000; Klara and the Sun, first edition, 2021, original boards, dust-jackets, fine or mint copies, 8vo (5)

Lot 284

Seth (Vikram) The Golden Gate, first English edition, 1986; A Suitable Boy, 1993; An Equal Music, 1999; Arion and the Dolphin, 1994, first or first English editions, signed by the author to titles, original boards, dust-jackets, spines a little marked or toned; and 2 others by the same, 4to & 8vo (6)

Lot 321

Vance (Jack) Emphyrio, first edition, very light browning to inner gutter of pastedown, otherwise internally fine, original boards, dust-jacket, one or two creases to spine ends, otherwise a fine copy, 8vo, New York, 1969.

Lot 361

Woolf (Virginia) The Years, first edition, Barbara Hiles Bagenal's copy with her ink ownership inscription to endpaper, hinges tender, original cloth, rubbed and faded, preserved in custom morocco-backed drop-back box, 8vo, Hogarth Press, 1937.⁂ A good association copy, having belonged to the associated member of the Bloomsbury Group, Hiles. Hiles was a bohemian character and friend of Dora Carrington who likely had affairs with several members of the Bloomsbury Group, including Maynard Keynes, Saxon Sydney-Turner (whom she tried to persuade to live in a ménage a trois with her husband Nick Bagenal) and Clive Bell.

Lot 46

Burgess (Anthony) A Clockwork Orange, first edition, ex-library copy but only with stamp to copyright page and light show-through to title, otherwise remarkably clean, original boards, tape stains to edges, second impression dust-jacket, light nicks to extremities, biro mark to lower flap, otherwise still a bright and sharp copy, 8vo, 1962.

Lot 272

Roth (Philip) Portnoy's Complaint, first English edition, typed excerpt from the work signed by the author, tipped onto pastedown, original boards, dust-jacket, lightly creased and rubbed at edges, 1969; and another first edition copy of the same title, 8vo (2)

Lot 310

NO RESERVE Topor (Roland) Topor: Stories and Drawings, first edition, translated by Margaret Crosland and David Le Vay, original pictorial boards, lightly toned, dust-jacket, chipped and fraying at edges, rubbing along joints, 8vo, 1968.

Lot 74

Dahl (Roald) The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to front free endpapers, light spotting to fore-edge, some straying slightly onto text margins, original board, dust-jacket, corners bumped, lightly toned, spine ends creased, slight shelf-lean, 8vo, 1977.

Lot 250

Owen (Wilfred) Poems, second impression, ink ownership name to front free endpaper, endpaper browned, half-title spotted, original cloth, lightly marked, spine faded, 1921 § Rosenberg (Isaac) Poems, first edition, light toning to endpapers, original cloth, dust-jacket, lightly spotted, spine neatly laid down, browned and chipped, nicks to extremities, 1922, 4to (2)

Lot 184

Kafka (Franz) Zámek. [The Castle], first Czech edition, loose as issued, a few small chips to spine foot, dust-jacket, with photomontage designed by Toyen, upper panel with patch of sunning at head, small chips to extremities and minor surface soiling, still an excellent example overall, 8vo, Prague, 1935.

Lot 235

Milne (A. A.) The House at Pooh Corner, first edition, pictorial endpapers browned, illustrations by Ernest Shepherd, original pictorial cloth, spine sunned, dust-jacket, in two pieces, spine piece detached, lightly soiled, chipped and frayed at edges, a little worn, 8vo, 1928.

Lot 144

Greene (Graham) The Comedians, proof copy, original wrappers, dust-jacket, lightly creased, 1966; It's a Battlefield, first edition, original cloth, excellent example, 1934; The Ministry of Fear, ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, original cloth, spine faded, lightly discoloured, 1943; The Third Man and The Fallen Idol, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, lightly rubbed along joints and chipped at corners, spine a little faded, otherwise an excellent copy, 1950; The End of the Affair, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, light chips to spine ends, otherwise an excellent example, 1951; and c.40 others, by or relating to Greene, v.s. (c.45)

Lot 163

Herbert (Frank) The Great Dune Trilogy, first omnibus edition, signed by the author to title, original boards, dust-jacket, spine faded, otherwise fine, 8vo, 1979.

Lot 119

Fleming (Ian) The Man with the Golden Gun, first edition, bookseller's stamp to pastedown, original boards, spine ends lightly bumped, dust-jacket, chipping and fraying to edges with the occasional nick, 4cm closed tear along lower panel and joint, small chip to spine tail, 8vo, 1965.

Lot 296

Thatcher (Margaret) The Downing Street Years, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "to HRH Prince Abdullah bin Faisal with warm regards, Margaret Thatcher" on half-title, original boards, dust-jacket, lightly toned, otherwise fine, 8vo, 1993.

Lot 67

Conrad (Joseph) Within the Tides, first edition, bookplate to pastedown, rear endpapers browned, original cloth, a little sunned, dust-jacket, corners chipped, spine browned, light rubbing to ends, still an excellent copy overall, 8vo, 1915.⁂ Scarce in this excellent condition.

Lot 344

Watkins-Pitchford (Denys) BB's Fairy Book: Meeting Hill, first edition, 1948; Brendon Chase, gift ownership inscription to front free endpaper, cloth soiled at spine ends, 1944 § Vesey-Fitzgerald (Brian) It's My Delight, ink ownership inscription to browned front free endpapers, 1947 § MacDonald (George) The Lost Princess, jacket price-clipped, 1967, illustrations by Watkins-Pitchford "BB", original cloth or boards, dust-jackets, light chipping or fraying to extremities, lightly rubbed; and 4 others, illustrated by "BB", 4to & 8vo (8)

Lot 173

Huxley (Aldous) Eyeless in Gaza, one of 200 copies signed by the author, light foxing to first few pages, original buckram-backed boards, corners a little bumped, 1936; Island, first edition, marking to endpapers, original cloth, spine lightly faded, dust-jacket, light chipping and rubbing to joints, large cut to upper flap, 1962; Those Barren Leaves, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, spine lightly faded, 1925; After Many A Summer, endpapers lightly browned, original cloth, dust-jacket, spine lightly browned, some tears along joints, 1939, 8vo (4)

Lot 156

NO RESERVE Heller (Joseph) Catch-22, first English edition, staple mark and light stain to first few pages, original boards, first issue dust-jacket without reviews to lower panel, lightly toned around edges, joints and extremities lightly rubbed, short tear along spine head joint, chipping to extremities, 8vo, 1962.

Lot 28

Betjeman (John) Uncollected Poems, one of 100 copies signed by the author, original buckram, slip-case, 1982; First and Last Loves, first edition, Derek Stanford's copy with his marginal ink notes and sheet of notes loosely inserted, original cloth, dust-jacket, chipping to extremities, small portion of loss to spine head, 1952; High and Low, one of 100 copies signed by the author, original buckram, 1966; New Bats in Old Belfries, first edition, original boards, dust-jacket, spine faded and one nick to upper edge, otherwise fine, 1945; and 4 others, including an excellent first edition copy of Summoned by Bells, 8vo & 4to (8)

Lot 313

NO RESERVE Van Doren (Mark) Spring Birth and other Poems, first edition, review copy, typed review loosely inserted, original boards, dust-jacket, lightly rubbed at extremities, New York, 1953 § Toker Williams (Pownoll) Pictoris Otia: Poems, original parchment boards, rubbed and bumped, Bumpus, 1889 § Q. The Vigil of Venus, first edition, original buckram, spine lightly bumped, dust-jacket, spine faded, ends creased, 1912; and c.25 others, poetry, v.s. (c.30)

Lot 16

Ballard (J. G.) Empire of the Sun, first edition, signed and inscribed by author, original cloth, fractional bumping to spine extremities, second issue dust-jacket, fractional creasing to spine extremities, 8vo, 1984.

Lot 146

Greene (Graham) Travels with my Aunt, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to title, original dedicatee name crossed out and replaced with "David Posner", light marking to endpapers, original cloth, dust-jacket, lightly spotted, light creasing and chipping to spine ends, spine lightly faded, 8vo, 1969.⁂ Greene replaced the original dedicattee of the same name on a number of copies of different books inscribed to Posner for reasons unknown.

Lot 157

Heller (Joseph) Catch-22, first English edition, publisher's advertising postcard loosely inserted, original boards, second issue dust-jacket, very light fading to spine, lower panel lightly marked, overall still a very crisp and tight copy, 1962; Something Happened, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to front free endpapers, jacket spine faded, New York, 1974, original boards, dust-jackets, near-fine copies, 8vo (2)

Lot 110

Fermor (Patrick Leigh) The Traveller's Tree, first edition, jacket rather creased and chipped along joints and edges, larger chips to upper edge and spine ends, 1950 § Bawden (Nina) George Beneath a Paper Moon, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to her literary agent on front free endpaper, jacket with light chipping and creasing to extremities, 1974; Anna Apparent, signed presentation inscription from the author to her literary agent on front free endpaper, jacket spine faded, short tear to upper edge, 1972 § Murdoch (Iris) Under the Net, first American edition, jacket with light creasing to extremities, otherwise excellent, 1954, original cloth or boards, dust-jackets; and 11 others, modern literature, 8vo (15)

Lot 71

Craddock (Harry) The Savoy Cocktail Book, first edition, issue with half-title and title paginated but no errata slip, colour illustrations and decorations by Gilbert Rumbold, some scattered spotting and light soiling, occasional splitting at gutter, pictorial endpapers, original cloth-backed decorative boards, worn at spine ends and corners, rubbed and scuffed, spine a little soiled and with lettering faded, upper joint split but holding, 8vo, 1930.

Lot 197

Lawrence (D.H.) Letters, one of 525 copies, original decorative vellum, spine lightly faded, slip-case, 1932; The Boy in the Bush, first American edition, crayon ownership inscription to front free endpaper, original cloth, spine lightly faded, dust-jacket, expertly repaired along joints and extremities, in effect an excellent copy, New York, 1924; The Ladybird..., original cloth, dust-jacket, spine lightly browned, corners chipped, otherwise an excellent copy, 1923; and 8 others by Lawrence, 8vo (11)

Lot 130

NO RESERVE Gathorne-Hardy (Jonathan) The Rise and Fall of the British Nanny, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "For Frances with much love and gratitude for her excellent contribution Jonny", original boards, dust-jacket, tear to upper panel corner, spine faded, otherwise excellent, 8vo, 1972.⁂ Inscribed to Frances Partridge who appears on p.9 "These letters were invaluable" and p.144-147 with corrections in Partridge's hand on p.144, 145, 146.

Lot 136

NO RESERVE Golding (William) To the Ends of the Earth, number 138 of 400 copies signed by the author, original boards, 1991; Darkness Visible, first edition, margins toned, original cloth, dust-jacket, 1979; The Hot Gates, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, 1965; and 3 others by the same, 8vo (6)

Lot 354

NO RESERVE Westerns.- Fuller (Ed) Battle for Keebo Valley, 1962; Throw a Fast Gun, 1963; The Troubleshooters, 1963; Ransom Trail, 1964, first edition, signed by author, original cloth, fractional bumping to corners and extremities, dust-jacket, slight chipping and creasing to edges; and others by the same, each signed by author, 8vo (17)⁂ The author published under several names, including Ed Fuller, Al Fulman and H. E. Fuller. Later works are signed "Harry. Al Fulman, Ed Fuller, H.E. Fuller."

Lot 66

Conrad (Joseph) Typhoon, first edition, 2pp. publisher's advertisements at beginning and 32pp. advertisements at end, contemporary ink ownership inscriptions to front free endpapers and initials to title, fore-edge lightly spotted, original decorative cloth, gilt, spine a little faded, ends creased and frayed, 8vo, 1903.

Lot 297

Thatcher (Margaret) The Collected Speeches, first edition, signed by the author to title, entrance ticket for dinner with Thatcher in 1997 and attendee booklet loosely inserted, original boards, dust-jacket, a fine copy, 1997.

Lot 9

Amis (Kingsley) Lucky Jim, first edition, small neat ownership inscription to front free endpaper, original cloth, spine ends lightly faded, dust-jacket, faded, chips to spine ends, neatly reinforced with tape verso, water stain to spine and lower panel, still overall a very tight and sharp copy, 8vo, 1953.⁂ A crisp, attractive copy of Amis' first novel.

Lot 20

Barnes (Julian) Flaubert's Parrot, first edition, signed by the author to title, original boards, dust-jacket, wrap-around band (lightly creased at spine), a near-fine copy overall, 8vo, 1984.

Lot 244

O'Brian (Patrick) Three Bear Witness, first edition, signed by the author to title, browning to endpapers, original boards, dust-jacket, some short closed tears, light restorations and retouching to spine head and upper panel corner, light tape repairs, still in effect a very excellent copy, 8vo, 1952.⁂ A lovely copy of the author's second book of fiction and third book published under his own name. Scarce signed.

Lot 271

Roth (Philip) Goodbye Columbus, first English edition, signed by the author on title, remains of label to rear pastedown, original boards, slight shelf-lean, spine sunned, light bumping to spine tips and corners, black ink mark to lower edge, 1959; and a signed first edition of Indignation, 8vo (2)

Lot 275

Rowling (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, first deluxe edition, first printing, original cloth with mounted colour illustration and gilt signature, slight bumping to spine tips, else fine, 8vo, 1999.

Lot 22

NO RESERVE Beckett (Samuel) Fin de Partie Suivi de Acte Sans Paroles, first edition, almost entirely unopened in original wrappers, some light stains to covers but overall a very good copy, 8vo, Paris, 1957.

Lot 95

Donaldson (Julia) The Gruffalo's Child, Gift Edition, first printing, signed by author and artist with doodle of Gruffalo's head, illustrations by Axel Scheffler, original cloth with pictorial onlay, pictorial slip-case, near-fine, 2008; and 4 others, the first edition, and Gift Edition of the same, 4to (5)

Lot 88

Dell (Draycot) Fan Tan of the Front Page, first edition, endpapers browned, original cloth, soiled, dust-jacket, light creasing and chipping to upper edge and spine ends, 8vo, [c.1930s].⁂ The first edition of this unusual late 1930s novel. In the very scarce publisher's original illustrated dust-jacket.

Lot 42

NO RESERVE Brophy (John) The Bitter End, first edition, original cloth, spine gilt, a little faded, dust-jacket, lightly but evenly foxed, one or two light nicks to upper edge, spine head with tears along joints, reinforced with tape verso, 8vo, [1928].⁂ True first English edition - rare in commerce.

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