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Lot 363
Naipaul (V. S.) A House for Mr Biswas, first edition, light cockling to first few pages, original boards, spine ends bumped, dust-jacket, light creases to extremities, a few chips to spine head, short tear to upper edge, 8vo, 1961.⁂ Naipaul's post-colonial novel which received world-wide acclaim and remains his most loved novel. Scarce in such bright and unrestored condition.
Lot 369
Naipaul (V. S.) Guerrillas, 1975; The Return of Eva Peron with The Killings in Trinidad, 1980; Among the Believers, 1981; Finding the Centre, 1984, first editions, signed by the author to title, original boards, dust-jackets, light bumping or creasing to extremities, otherwise near-fine copies; and another first edition by the same, 8vo (5)
Lot 371
NO RESERVE Naipaul (V. S.) A Congo Diary, one of 330 copies signed by the author, 1980; Among the Believers, first edition, signed by the author to title, jacket price-clipped, edges lightly spotted, 1981; Beyond Belief, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to title, 1998; The Masque of Africa: Glimpses of African Belief, first edition, signed by the author to title, 2010, original boards, all but the first with dust-jackets, fine copies; and 12 others by the same, 8vo (16)
Lot 372
NO RESERVE Naipaul (V. S.) Two Worlds, one of 58 copies signed by the author, from an edition of 70, 2002; A Turn in the South, first English edition, 1989; The Masque of Africa: Glimpses of African Belief, first edition, 2010; A Way in the World, first edition, 1994; Magic Seeds, first edition, 2004, all signed by the author, original boards, all but the first with dust-jackets, fine copies; and 13 others by the same, 8vo (18)
Lot 374
Niebuhr (Reinhold) The Nature and Destiny of Man, 2 vol., vol. 1 first edition, first printing, vol. 2 second printing, errata slip to vol.1, pencil underlinings and other markings to text, ink ownership inscription to endpaper, original cloth, some rubbing to covers, dust-jackets, light browning to spines, light creasing to spine tips and corners, but a bright and excellent set generally, 8vo, 1941-43.⁂ Influential work by theologian and ethicist Reinhold, cited as one of the most influential non-fiction books of the 20th century. Rare, we can trace no other examples of first editions at auction.
Lot 377
O'Brien (Flann) At Swim-Two-Birds, first American edition, jacket with light browning to spine and panel margins, some chipping and fraying to head and foot, New York, 1939; The Hard Life, first edition, jacket with light toning to spine, light rubbing and faint creasing to head and foot, 1961, original boards, dust-jackets; and 5 others by the same, 8vo (7)
Lot 381
Orwell (George) The Road to Wigan Pier, ink ownership name to front free endpaper, original wrappers, creased and frayed at extremities, Left Book Club, 1937; England, Your England and Other Essays, first edition, original cloth, faded, jacket chipped at edges, spine lightly darkened, still overall a very crisp copy, 1953; Shooting the Elephant and Other Essays, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, creased and chipped at extremities, light surface soiling to lower cover, still a very good copy, 1950; and 13 others by or relating to the same, 4to & 8vo (16)
Lot 383
Palmer (Herbert Edward) Two Fishers and other poems, original wrappers, some splitting to spine, extremities rubbed, Elkin Mathews, 1918; Song of Salvation, Sin, and Satire, signed presentation inscription from the author "For G. G. Cameron... Edition limited to 300 copies printed on a hand-press by Virginia Woolf" to endpaper, original paper boards with label to upper cover, light fading and some chipping to spine, [Woolmer 72], Hogarth Press, [1925], first editions; and 5 others by the same, all inscribed, 8vo (7)
Lot 386
Pemberton (Clive) The Weird 'o it, first edition, 32pp. advertisements, scattered foxing, light browning to endpapers, original cream cloth, lettered in red and black, light bumping and slight fraying to spine tips and corners, light rubbing and surface soiling, 8vo, Harry J. Drane, 1906.⁂ An exceptionally rare collection of ghost stories, Drane published books in small print runs, it is estimate as few as 300 copies of this book were printed. Three cloth variants exist although without priority.
Lot 387
NO RESERVE Pérez-Reverte (Arturo) The Flanders Panel, first American edition, signed by the author to title, New York, 1990; The Club Dumas, New York, 1993; The Dumas Club, first English edition, 1996 § Marston (Edward) The Railway Detective, 2004; The Excursion Train, 2005; The Railway Viaduct, 2007; The Iron Horse, 2007, first English or American editions, original boards, dust-jackets, fine copies; and 35 others by the same, 8vo (42)
Lot 388
NO RESERVE Piper (John) Romney Marsh, first edition, signed by the author on title with Autograph Letter signed from Piper loosely inserted, illustrations by the author, light spotting, bookplate to front free endpaper, original boards, light toning to spine, dust-jacket price-clipped, light rubbing to spine tips and corners, else fine, 8vo, 1950.
Lot 390
Popper (Karl) The Logic of Scientific Discovery, first English edition, 1959 § Russell (Bertrand) The Scientific Outlook, first edition, 2pp. adverts at rear, first few pp. spotted, 1931, original cloth, dust-jackets, lightly browned and chipped to extremities, still bright and scarce in jackets; and 2 others, science and philosophy, 8vo (4)
Lot 391
NO RESERVE Postgate (Robert) No Epitaph, first edition, scattered spotting to edges and endpapers, original cloth, very light sunning to spine, extremities a little rubbed, dust-jacket, light browning to spine, spine chipped at head, minor chipping to foot of spine and corners, short tear with creasing to foot of lower panel, an excellent example, 8vo, 1932.⁂ Rare first novel by Postgate who would go on to establish the Good Food Guide. Fittingly the consumption of food and drink play an important role in the novel.
Lot 392
Pound (Ezra) The Pisan Cantos, first edition, ink ownership name and embossed library stamp to browned endpapers, original boards, spine ends bumped, dust-jacket, some chips to upper edge and corners, short split to upper head joint, a little toned, overall still a very good copy, New York, 1948 § Auden (W.H.), Ezra Pound, Evelyn Waugh, H. G. Wells & others. Author's Take Sides on the Spanish War, lightly spotted, original wrappers, a little toned, 1937, 8vo (2)
Lot 398
Proust (Marcel) Cities of the Plain, 2 vol., limited edition, light rubbing to covers, original publishers slipcase with spine label (label chipped, breaking along joints with wear), 1927; The Sweet Cheat Gone, dust-jacket, spine ends and corners chipped, closed tears with creasing to head and foot, 1930; The Past Recaptured, dust-jacket, minor chipping to spine tips and corners, light rubbing to extremities, 1932, translated by C. K. Scott Moncrieff, first American editions, original cloth, New York, 8vo (4)
Lot 4
NO RESERVE Aldington (Richard) A Dream in Luxembourg, one of 308 copies signed by the poet, 1930 § Whistler (Laurence) Armed October, illustrations by Rex Whistler, 1932 § Lanyon Lanyon (Carla) Trusty Tree, signed by the poet to front free endpapers, 1963 § Plath (Sylvia) Crossing the Water, first edition, jacket price-clipped, 1971 § Betjeman (John) Summoned By Bells, first edition, spine fading, light creasing to ends, otherwise a near-fine copy, 1960, original cloth or boards, all but the first with dust-jackets, most with light surface wear and rubbing; and c.50 others, poetry, v.s. (c.55)
Lot 40
Bellow (Saul) Humboldt's Gift, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "A gift to a fellow mastermind" on endpaper, original cloth, slight rubbing to extremities, dust-jacket, spine with slight toning and small patch of surface tearing to foot, light rubbing and creasing to head and foot, light surface soiling, 8vo, New York, Viking Press, 1975.⁂ Apparently inscribed to fellow novelist Herbert Gold although without any inscription to indicate such. Nevertheless the inscription indicates that this copy was likely intended for a fellow writer.
Lot 403
NO RESERVE Rendell (Ruth) Harm Done, one of 15 deluxe copies signed by the author and John Mortimer, from an edition of 99, original morocco-backed boards, 1999 § Francis (Dick) High Stakes, contemporary ink gift inscription to front free endpaper, jacket price-clipped, 1975 § MacDonald (John D.) The Lonely Silver Rain, 1985 § Hey (Stan) Filling Spaces, 1995, all but the first first editions, all but the first original boards, dust-jackets, light creasing to spine ends, otherwise excellent sharp copies; and 56 others, crime, thriller, and mystery novels, 8vo (c.60)
![[Rhys (Jean, translator)].- Carco (Francis) Pervestiy, translated by Ford Madox Ford, first English edition, original boards,](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/8b5917c8-6f65-4910-befc-af9e01004842/968aaad6-64c4-4e8f-8945-af9e011389d8/468x382.jpg)
Lot 404
[Rhys (Jean, translator)].- Carco (Francis) Pervestiy, translated by Ford Madox Ford, first English edition, original boards, dust-jacket, light toning to spine, neat and expert repairs and restorations to spine, fore-edges and upper and lower edge, in effect an excellent example, 8vo, Chicago, Pascal Covici, 1928.⁂ A rare Rhys item. Rhys was employed to translate Carco's Italian thriller while she was living with Ford as his mistress. When the book was published crediting Ford he claimed it was an error on the part of the published although it has been long-suspected that Ford colluded in keeping the lesser-know Rhys' name out of the final printing.
Lot 405
Rhys (Jean) Good Morning Midnight, first edition, first impression, second issue binding without endpapers, jacket price-clipped, light staining to upper panel of jacket, 1939; Wide Sargasso Sea, second impression, gift inscription to front free endpaper, jacket price-clipped, 1966; Sleep It Off Lady, fist edition, 1976; The Left Bank, first edition, American issue, New York, 1927, original cloth, spine ends bumped, all but the last with dust-jackets, spines faded, corners and chips to extremities but overall sharp copies; and 10 others by or relating to Rhys, 8vo (14)
Lot 406
Rhys (Jean) Good Morning Midnight, first edition, original cloth, second issue without endpapers, dust-jacket, price-clipped, one or two nicks to extremities and edges, spine and lower panel lightly discoloured, still overall an excellent copy, 8vo, 1939.⁂ The fourth and final interwar work by Rhys, set in Paris. Though critically well-received, this experimental modernist novel's sales were poor and Rhys spent a decade after the novel's publication living in obscurity.
Lot 414
Rowling (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, fifth printing, dust-jacket, fine, 1997; Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, first edition, first printing, ex-library copy with bookplate to title verso, ink stamps to front pastedown, upper hinge weak, wear to spine ends and corners, some cockling to laminate, 1998; Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, second printing, dust-jacket, fine, 1999, original pictorial boards; and 3 others from the series, 8vo (6)
Lot 422
Sackville-West (Vita) Twelve Days. An Account of a Journey Across the Bakhtiari Mountains in the South-western Persia, first edition, photographic plates, advertisement at rear, original decorative cloth, dust-jacket, a few small nicks and light creasing to head and foot, but a fine copy overall, [Woolmer 128], 8vo, Hogarth Press, 1928.⁂ Rare in the dust-jacket, especially in such superb condition.
Lot 424
NO RESERVE Salter (James) The Arm of Flesh, cloth-backed boards lightly soiled, New York, 1961; The Hunters, first English edition, endpapers a little browned, cloth a little soiled, jacket price-clipped, 1957; A Sport and a Pastime, New York, 1967; Dusk and Other Stories, first English edition, signed by the author to title, 1990; All That Is, signed by the author to title, 2013, original boards, dust-jackets, first three a little chipped and creased at edges, others excellent; and 8 others, including a first English edition of the first, 8vo (13)
![Bester (Alfred) Golem 100, first edition, 1980; The Demolished Man, second edition, [1975]; The Computer Connection, first ed](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/8b5917c8-6f65-4910-befc-af9e01004842/cd0822fa-c764-4766-aa30-af9e0113abdf/468x382.jpg)
Lot 43
Bester (Alfred) Golem 100, first edition, 1980; The Demolished Man, second edition, [1975]; The Computer Connection, first edition, 1975; Tiger! Tiger!, first edition, 1956, all with signed presentation inscriptions from the author to title, original cloth or boards, all but the last with dust-jackets, some toning and discolouration, spine ends chipped and frayed, some light surface soiling but overall still very good copies; and 6 others by Bester, all with presentation inscriptions from the author, 8vo (10)⁂A lovely group of works by the esteemed mid-20th century science-fiction writer Alfred Bester. All with charming, funny, and often intimate inscriptions to 'Judith' or 'J.H.M' or 'Red H' or 'Big Red', who is the dedicatee of Golem 100. Inscriptions include endearments such as "for my devoted fan who is dedicated to me in far more ways than one. From her Alfie", "Never B♭, Never B♯, Always B mine" and "All night, love, one more time - 'Be to her virtues very kind; Be to her faults a little blind'".
Lot 430
Sendak (Maurice) and Tony Kushner. Brundibar, first edition, signed by Maurice Sendak on endpaper, illustrations by Sendak, dust-jacket, New York, 2003 § Reeve (Philip) Mortal Engines [2 copies], signed by the author, dust-jacket, 2001; Predator's Gold, signed by the author, dust-jacket, 2003 § Milne (A. A.) Now We Are Six, browning to half-title and imprimatur, slight bowing to lower cover, light sunning to spine, spine ends and corners a little bumped, 2003, original boards; and an American deluxe edition Order of the Phoenix, oblong 4to & 8vo (6)
Lot 431
Seymour (Gerald) Harry's Game, first edition, light spotting to title, small tears to jacket spine head, 1975; The Glory Boys, 1975; Kingfisher, small biro marking to title, jacket price-clipped, 1977; Red Fox, jacket price-clipped, 1979; The Contract, 1980, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets, very light creasing to some spine heads, otherwise near-fine copies; and 29 others by the same, with some later works signed by the author, 8vo (34)⁂ An extensive and unbroken run of Seymour's works.
Lot 435
Snow (C. P.) Time of Hope, first edition, jacket price-clipped, portions of loss to spine ends, hole to upper panel, lightly stained, corners chipped, 1949; The Masters, 1951; The New Men, 1954; Homecomings, chips and creases to extremities, large tear along upper panel, 1956; The Conscience of the Rich, 1958; The Affair, 1960; Corridor's of Power, 1964, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets, corners chipped, extremities creased and frayed; and 8 others by Snow, 8vo (15)⁂ An excellent collection of Snow's Strangers and Brothers sequence, rare in dust-jackets.
Lot 438
NO RESERVE Steinbeck (John) Of Mice and Men, first English edition, frontispiece, light browning to endpapers, original cloth, light fraying to spine ends, dust-jacket, faded, small tear along upper joint, extremities chipped and creased, soiled and discoloured, 8vo, 1937.⁂ Scarce with the dust-jacket.
Lot 439
*** Please note, the description to this lot has changed.*** Steinbeck (John) The Grapes of Wrath, first English edition, ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, jacket lower panel browned, lightly creased and nicked at extremities, 1939; In Dubious Battle, reprint, endpapers browned, jacket with portions of loss to edges, chips and rubbing to joints, New York, 1940; Cannery Row, first English edition, jacket price-clipped, corners chipped and rubbing to joints, 1945; East of Eden, first English edition, first few pages cockled, jacket corners and extremities chipped and creased, large portion of loss to lower panel, light cockling, 1952, first or first English editions, original cloth, light rubbing, dust-jackets; and 11 others by the same, including a first edition, second printing of Mice and Men in crisp original cloth, 8vo (15)
![Betjeman (John) Mount Zion, or In Touch with the Infinite, first edition, special issue [one of 100 copies] signed by the aut](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/8b5917c8-6f65-4910-befc-af9e01004842/031bc808-af17-4615-a98e-af9e0113b512/468x382.jpg)
Lot 44
Betjeman (John) Mount Zion, or In Touch with the Infinite, first edition, special issue [one of 100 copies] signed by the author on half-title, text, decorations and decorative borders printed in brown on pale green paper, 8 full-page illustrations by Cronin Hastings and others printed in blue on pink paper, some light marginal toning, original pink and gilt striped decorative boards, paper label to upper cover (spotted), spine a little browned, light toning to cover margins, some chipping to joints and spine ends, The James Press, 1931.⁂ Betjeman's first book, an attractive but delicate publication.
Lot 440
Stevenson (Robert Louis) Kidnapped, first edition, second issue with "pleasure" to p.40, folding colour map, 12pp. advertisements in earliest state dated "5G.4.86", ink inscription to half-title, original cloth, shelf-lean, spine faded, spine ends and corners bumped and a little frayed, light marking to covers, [Prideaux 18], 8vo, 1886.
Lot 441
Stevenson (Robert Louis) The Stories..., first collected edition, light browning to endpapers, light toning to spine, dust-jacket priced at 7/6, light browning to spine, some light toning and surface soiling to panels, light rubbing to extremities, near-fine otherwise, 1928; The Black Arrow, first edition, occasional foxing, spine a little darkened, spine ends and corners a little bumped, light surface soiling to covers, [Prideaux 26], 1888; Catriona, first edition, light scattered foxing, slight shelf-lean, [Prideaux 39], 1893, original cloth; and 6 others by the same, 8vo (9)
Lot 443
Swift (Jonathan) Gulliver's Travels to Lilliput and Brobdingnag, endpapers browned, jacket with significant portions of loss to spine, a little frayed at extremities, 1948 § Cochran (Charles B., editor) Review of Revues, small portions of loss to spine head and upper panel, some chips and tears to extremities, 1930 § Saurat (Denis) Death & the Dreamer, first edition, jacket with light rubbing to extremities, 1946 § Low (D. M., editor) London is London, jacket spine lightly rubbed and faded, 1949, all with illustrations by Bawden, all from the library of Bawden with his ownership inscription and 'snail' bookplate to pastedown, original cloth, dust-jackets; and c.145 others, all from Edward Bawden's library, some others with his ownership inscription or bookplate, also together with a scarce copy of Pedro Carolino's English as she Spoke with illustrations by Bawden, 8vo (c.150)
Lot 448
Tóibín (Colm) Brooklyn, signed by the author and dated 1 May 2009, dust-jacket, 2009; Weather, signed by the author and artist, illustrations by Anthony Gormley, Enitharmon Editions, 2021; The Magician [2 copies], limited edition signed by the author, dust-jacket, 2021, first editions, original boards, fine copies; and 4 others by the same, 3 signed (8)
Lot 45
NO RESERVE Betjeman (John) Selected Poems, fifth printing, signed by the author to title, upper joint, corners and spine head of jacket reinforced with tape verso, lightly marked with surface dirt, 8vo, 1948; Summoned by Bells, first edition, jacket split along upper joint, light faded to spine, chips to extremities and spine head, 1960, original cloth, dust-jackets; and another by the same, 4to & 8vo (3)
Lot 450
Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Lord of the Rings, 3 vol., comprising The Fellowship of the Ring, fifth impression, third impression jacket, lower joint chipped, 1956, The Two Towers, fourth impression, ink gift inscription, third impression jacket, 1956, The Return of the King, first edition, first impression, with signature mark '4' and sagging text to p.49, ink gift inscription, jacket price-clipped, fading to lower panel, 1955, folding maps, browning to endpapers, original cloth, slight shelf-lean, spine ends and corners a little bumped and faded, dust-jackets, all broken along lower joint, spines browned, spine ends and corners chipped with loss, some creasing and fraying to head, light surface soiling, 8vo.
Lot 457
Tolstoi (Alexei) Peter the Great, first English edition, signed by the author on endpaper, original cloth, dust-jacket, light browning to spine, minor chipping to spine tips and corners, an excellent example, 8vo, 1936.⁂ The first volume of Tolstoi's unfinished novelisation of the life of Peter the Great, written at Stalin's behest. Works signed by Tolstoi are rare.
Lot 458
NO RESERVE Tozer (Katharine) Here Comes Mumfie, first edition, plates and illustrations, endpapers very lightly browned but otherwise internally clean, original pictorial cloth-backed boards, corners bumped, dust-jacket, small soiling marks to front and rear flaps, spine lightly faded, head a little frayed but overall a remarkably excellent copy, 8vo, 1936.
![Uhlman (Fred) Reunion, first edition, [one of 700 copies], original boards, dust-jacket, light rubbing to extremities, light](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/8b5917c8-6f65-4910-befc-af9e01004842/108eb34a-d65d-4484-b921-af9e0113be79/468x382.jpg)
Lot 459
Uhlman (Fred) Reunion, first edition, [one of 700 copies], original boards, dust-jacket, light rubbing to extremities, light creasing to head, a near-fine copy, 8vo, Adam Books, 1971.⁂ The rare true first of Uhlmann's acclaimed novella, initially ignored at the time of publication, it was re-published in 1977 to critical acclaim. We can trace no like copy available.
Lot 469
Waugh (Evelyn) Brideshead Revisited, first edition, wormhole to front free endpaper and following three leaves, original cloth, slight shelf-lean, some damp mottling to covers, dust-jacket, spine with light vertical crease and tear with creasing to head, small nick to head and foot of lower panel, light creasing to head, the odd spot, an excellent copy, 8vo, 1945.⁂ Waugh's most popular novel, his exploration of the demise of the English country house and Catholic identity.
![NO RESERVE Waugh (Evelyn) [The Sword of Honour trilogy], 3 vol, first editions, comprising Men at Arms, ink gift inscription](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/8b5917c8-6f65-4910-befc-af9e01004842/0acdb567-0d06-451d-9e97-af9e0113caaa/468x382.jpg)
Lot 473
NO RESERVE Waugh (Evelyn) [The Sword of Honour trilogy], 3 vol, first editions, comprising Men at Arms, ink gift inscription to front free endpaper, jacket spine faded, large chip to spine head, creased and frayed to spine, otherwise bright front panel, 1952; Officers and Gentlemen, jacket lightly faded and chipped to extremities, spine faded but an excellent copy overall, 1955; Unconditional Surrender, light nicks to extremities, spine sunned, otherwise a near-fine copy, 1961; When the Going Was Good, first English edition, cloth darkened, jacket cracked and chipped with portions of loss along spine and ends, creased, 1946; and c.30 others, Waugh, v.s. (c.35)
Lot 475
NO RESERVE Wells (H.G.) The Short Stories, first collected edition, original cloth, light sunning to spine dust-jacket priced at 7/6, light toning to spine, spine creased at head, crease to upper panel, a near-fine copy, 1927; The Country of the Blind and other stories, first edition, colour frontispiece, some cracking to gutter, bookplate of Bernard Gilbert to front pastedown, original cloth, light rubbing, [1911]; and another by the same, 8vo (3)⁂ The first is rare in the dust-jacket, we can trace no like example.
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