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Forsythe (J.S.) Demonologia; or, Natural Knowledge Revealed; Being an Exposé of Ancient and Modern Superstitions..., first edition, half-title, folding engraved frontispiece (offset), bookplate of Charles Tennant, the odd spot, bound in polished calf by F. Bedford, spine gilt and with morocco label, very shallow nick to spine head, some slight discoloration to spine and upper joint, corners little bumped, some very light rubbing to extremities, g.e., 8vo, John Bumpus, 1827. *** Section on jugglers (i.e. magicians) at pp. 378-92.  A limited number of printed catalogues are available to purchase for this auction. UK: £35 (incl. postage) Rest of World: £50 (incl. postage) Please contact info@forumauctions.co.uk to place an order.

Lorna Bailey "Lenny the Lion" Figure, Further Figure and Two Plaques The first limited edition no. 22/75 with certificate, together with a further stylised cat figure and two cat plaques, the smaller limited edition no. 2/6, all with painted marks.The first 12cm high

Lorna Bailey Three Dog Figures and Another Including "Alfy the Dog", limited edition no. 9/40, with certificate, all with painted marks.The first 12.5cm high

*STANLEY DONWOOD (b. 1968) 'Operation Phantom Fury' 2005, signed, dated, titled and inscribed "To Simon from Stanley" in pencil to the margin, artist's proof six-colour screenprint on 270gsm acid-free archival stock, aside from the edition of 200, the image 55cm x 40cmNote: Stanley Donwood is an English artist and writer best known for his collaborations with the band Radiohead, for whom he has created all of their album covers since 1995. Donwood, born Dan Rickwood on October 29th 1968 in Essex, studied at the University of Exeter where he met Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke, beginning a creative partnership that has lasted over a quarter of a century. Yorke stated on meeting Donwood “When I met him, first day, he sat there with a book, totally aloof. I thought, I’m either really going to hate this bloke or I’m going to end up working with him forever. One of the two.”Donwood remarked on the work offered here "What we have here is some kind of hateful monster orchestrating a rain of incendiaries upon a burning city. Operation Phantom Fury was the codename given to the US military assault on the Iraqi city of Falluja in November 2004. You can read as much or as little into this picture as you like."

Bob Geldof signed copy of autobiography 'Is That It?' 1986 first edition signed to Chris on a card insert attached inside book.

Rupert Murdoch Autograph Display - Limited edition 2/20 Rupert Murdoch signed Reflect For Unicef Participant document, with mounted multiple-headshot photo displayed in the middle. Signature in black fountain pen, with the words: "The first story of the next century will be the empowerment of the individual - all individuals!". Framed and glazed in a 17.5" x 21.5" inch display. (1)

Arnold Schwarzenegger Total Recall My Unbelievably True Life Story, signed first edition, first printing, signed to the title page Arnold Schwarzenegger, hardback book, silver lettering to edges, black boards, photographic endpapers, dust jacket, unclipped, includes a number of colour and black & white photographs, published by Simon & Schuter, 2012, pp 646, (1)Famous for the line Ill be back in the Terminator, Arnold Schwarzenegger relays his true life story from Austria to Hollywood. Provenance: from the collection of a former supporting actor working in the film industry, amassed over a number of years.Condition Report: CR:- Both book and dust jacket in fine condition

Donald Sinden A Touch of the Memoirs, signed first edition to the title page Best Wishes Donald Sinden, together with a signed postcard from Donald Sinden, hardback book, gold lettering to edges, maroon boards, dust jacket, plain end boards, published by Hodder & Stoughton, 1982, pp 256: (1)Sir Donald Alfred Sinden CBE FRSA was a British actor. Sinden featured in the film Mogambo, and achieved early fame as a Rank Organisation film star in the 1950s in films including The Cruel Sea, Doctor in the House, Simba, Eyewitness and Doctor at Large.Provenance: from the collection of a former supporting actor working in the film industry, amassed over a number of years.Condition Report: CR:- Books and dust jacket in very good condition.

Antiquarian Books- Walter, J. & Hasslehurst, E., The Silvery Thames, Alfie Cooke Ltd, Leeds & London, 1906, Sixty tipped in colour plates, first edition limited to 200 copies, numbered 42 and signed by Walter & Hasslehurst, bound in half velum cover

Books – Theroux (Paul Edwards, FRSL), First edition novels and non-fiction: Novels, The Cousin’s File, 1st UK edn., London, Hamish Hamilton, 1977, 12mo, 192pp, teal boards, gilt titles to spine, d. w.; The Mosquito Coast, 1st UK edn., London, Hamish Hamilton, 1981, 8vo, 392pp, green boards, gilt titles to spine, d. w.; My Secret History, 1st edn., New York, Putnam, 1989, 8vo, 511pp, black cloth over grey boards, silver coloured titles to spine, d. w.; Chicago Loop, 1st edn., New York, Random House, 1990, 8vo, 196pp, maroon cloth over ivory boards, silver coloured initials to front board, titles to spine, d. w.; non-fiction: The Old Patagonian Express: by Train Through the Americas, 1st UK edn., London, Hamish Hamilton, 1979, 8vo, 340pp, map to endpapers, brown boards, gilt titles to spine, d. w.; The Kingdom by the Sea: A Journey Around the Coast of Great Britain, 1st UK edn., London, Hamish Hamilton, 1983, 8vo, 303pp, green boards, gilt titles to spine, d. w.; Sunrise with Seamonsters: Travels and Discoveries 1964-1984, 1st edn., Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1985, 8vo, 365pp, blue cloth over grey boards, black and silver coloured titles to spine, d. w.; To The Ends of The Earth: The Selected travels of Paul Theroux, 1st edn., New York, Random House, 1990, 8vo, 342pp, aquamarine cloth over blue boards, gilt titles to spine, d. w.; The Happy Isles of Oceania, 1st edn., New York, Putnam, 1992, 8vo, 528pp, maps to endpapers, black cloth over brown boards with gilt monograph, gilt lines and titles to spine, d. w. (9)

Hunt, John, The Ascent of Everest, first edition, blue cloth, dust jacket, Hodder & Stoughton, 1953, signed by Edmund Hillary and Charles Evans

Thomas Sprat: 'The History of the Royal Society of London, for the Improving of Natural Knowledge.', London, printed by T[homas] R[oycroft] for J. Martyn ... and J. Allestry, printers to the Royal Society, 1667, 1st edition, without the rare engraved Hollar frontispiece, but with the "of" repetition on p.85, lines 6-7, engraved arms of the Royal Society on the verso of the licence/imprimatur leaf (A1) + 2 engraved folding plates. Much more than simply a history of the Royal Society, Sprat's History places the founding of the society in its historical setting, includes edited versions of fourteen original papers by Hooke, Petty, and others, and embodies the experimental principles of Francis Bacon on which the society was based. The History is divided into three parts. The first part offers an extended critique of various approaches to natural philosophy from ancient times to the current day. The second part of the History provides an explanation of the origins of the Royal Society, its experimental method, and its purposes. Part three responds to particular social, cultural, and religious objections to experimental philosophy, and predicts future political and economic leadership for England based on the society's contributions (ODNB). [xvi], 438pp + [1]pp errata, to, contemporary calf, rebacked retaining backstrip

Crime fiction, 16 titles, all first edition, first impression, all original cloth, all in dust wrappers, comprising D.M. Devine: 'Doctors Also Die', 1962, David Delman: 'The Last Gambit', 1990, Marian Babson, 12 titles: 'Murder on Show', 1972, 'There Must be Some Mistake', 1975, 'Untimely Guest', 1976, 'Murder Murder Little Star', 1977, 'So Soon Done For', 1979, 'Bejewelled Death', 1981, 'Reel Murder', 1986, 'Fatal Fortune', 1987, 'Guilty Party', 1988, 'Encore Murder', 1989, 'Past Regret', 1990, 'Shadows in their Blood', 1991; plus James Ellroy: 'The Cold Six Thousand', 2001, and Dick Francis 'To the Hilt', 1996 (16)

Iain Banks: 'The Wasp Factory', London, Macmillan, 1984, 1st edition, signed by the author in blue ink on title page, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper (£7.95 price intact). An excellent signed copy of the author's first novel

Seven assorted modern first editions etc, including Patrick Leigh Fermor: 'A Time to Keep Silence', London, John Murray, 1982, 2nd edition, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper; Yann Martel: 'Life of Pi', Canongate, 2002, 1st UK edition, 2nd impression, orig. cloth, d/w; Sylvia Townsend Warner: 'The Corner That Held Them', L, Chatto & Windus, 1948, 1st edition, original cloth gilt, d/w; Erich Maria Remarque: 'The Black Obelisk', L, Hutchinson, 1957, 1st UK edition, orig. cloth gilt, d/w; plus 3 others (7)

Fifteen assorted modern first editions etc, all signed, including Salman Rushdie: 'The Moor's Last Sigh', London, Cape, 1995, 1st edition, signed on title page, original cloth, dust wrapper, Bryan Forbes: 'The Distant Laughter', L, Collins, 1972, 1st edition, signed & inscribed on title page, orig. cloth, d/w, D.M. Thomas: 'Birthstone', L, Gollancz, 1980, 1st edition, signed on title page, orig. cloth, d/w, Dee Brown: 'Wondrous Times on the Frontier', Little Rock, August House, 1991, 1st edition, inscribed by the author on FFEP, orig. cloth, d/w, plus others Peter Ackroyd, Jilly Cooper, Dick Francis, Colm Toibin, Iain Sinclair, Douglas Copland etc (15)

Ian Fleming: 'Diamonds are Forever', London, Jonathan Cape, 1956, 1st edition, original black cloth, spine lettered in silver, silver diamond motif to front cover, dust wrapper (by Pat Marriott, worn with part losses, though with 12s 6d price intact). First edition, first printing of the fourth James Bond novel

Assorted modern first editions etc, including Christopher Isherwood: 'Goodbye to Berlin', London, Hogarth Press, 1939, 1st edition, 1st impression, original cloth, a/f worn copy, inner joints weak, old internal repairs at joints half title, title, pp16/17, rear endpaper/pastedown, old printed label to front pastedown "This book has been repaired by voluntary workers. Please take care of it"; Lawrence Durrell, 2 titles, both first editions, first impressions: 'Balthazar', 1958, 'Clea', 1960, both London, Faber & Faber, both original cloth gilt, dust wrappers; J.G. Frazer: 'Totemism', Edinburgh, Black, 1877, 1st edition, original cloth gilt, author's first book; plus two Douglas Adams 1st editions in dust wrappers, and Isaac Asimov: 'The Foundation Trilogy', New York, Doubleday, [nd], c.1966, orig. cloth, dust wrapper, scarce (7)

Hilary Mantel, The Wolf Hall Trilogy, all first editions, first impressions, all published London, Fourth Estate, all original cloth gilt, all in dust wrappers: 'Wolf Hall', 2009, signed & inscribed piece mounted on card and loosely inserted, 'Bring Up the Bodies', 2012, signed on title page, 'The Mirror and the Light', 2020, signed on limited signed edition leaf, all in collectable condition, all dust wrappers with prices intact, together with 'The world of Wolf Hall', L, Fourth Estate, 2019, 1st edition, original card wraps. Hilary Mantel's magnificent, riveting historical saga of the rise and fall of Thomas Cromwell in the court of Henry VIII, featuring Anne Boleyn, Thomas More, Jane Seymour, and other political and royal players from Tudor England. The trilogy of novels adapted into the 2015 and 2024 BBC television series starring Mark Rylance, Damian Lewis, Claire Foy and others (4)

(Norfolk.) Michael Drayton: 'Norfolcke', a scarce engraved hand coloured allegorical map of Norfolk and the north of Suffolk, 1622. The printed area approx. size 245 x 315mm, framed and glazed, the whole approx. size 335 x 390mm. The map has a number of decorative features, including water-nymphs, a shepherd in Marshland, Norwich is shown as a female figure supporting the Cathedral, other female figures support churches on their heads, and in the case of Yarmouth she holds herrings in her hands. The rivers are exagerrated features and with some variations in their names. The first edition of Drayton's work, called 'Poly-Olbion', was published in 1612 and contained 18 songs/poems with accompanying county maps. The work was re-issued in 1622 with the addition of Part II, containing 12 new maps, including that of Norfolk. Although the outline of the coast and the course of the rivers must have been taken from Saxton or Speed, the content of the map is unique. The inspiration must have come from Drayton himself; William Hole is named as engraved of the work in the title to the first edition of 'Poly-Olbion', and is likely to have been the engraver of the map. Raymond Frostick: 'The Printed Maps of Norfolk 1574-1840: A Carto-Bibliography', 2011

Ten assorted modern first editions, all in dust wrappers, including William Faulkner: 'Requiem for a Nun', London, C & W, 1953, 1st edition, plus others Kurt Vonnegut, Freeman Wills Crofts, Ellery Queen, Richard Grayson, Graham Greene etc (10)

Eighteen assorted children's & illustrated titles, including Arthur Rackham: 'Arthur Rackham's Book of Pictures', London, William Heinemann, 1913, 1st trade edition, 44 tipped in colour plates complete, 4to, original pictorial cloth gilt; Louis Wain: 'Louis Wain's Great Big Midget Book', London, Dean & Son, [1934], frontis + numerous full page and in text b/w illustrations complete, square 16mo (11 x 10cm), original pictorial boards (later laminated), inner joints reinforced. Louis Wain's last book printed in his lifetime; it was done with the assistance of his sister, Claire, whilst he was a patient at Napsbury Hospital, near St. Albans in Hertfordshire, a psychiatric establishment where he spent the final 15 years of his life; W. Heath Robinson (ill.): 'Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales', L, Hodder & Stoughton for Boots the Chemists, [nd], c.1930, 16 tipped in colour plates + 75 b/w ills. by W. Heath Robinson complete, 4to, orig. pictorial cloth gilt, dust wrapper; Kate Greenaway: 'Almanack for 1924', L, Warne, [1924], 1st edition thus, 24pp, colour illustrated throughout, being reproductions from the first 1883 Almanack, 10 x 7.5cm, original quarter cloth, pictorial paper covered boards; Spielmann & Layard: 'Kate Greenaway', L, A & C Black, 1905, 1st edition, colour frontis + 52 colour plates + numerous b/w plates etc complete, orig. dec. cloth gilt, top edge gilt; Charles Ricketts: 'Unrecorded Histories', L, Martin Secker, 1933, limited edition, one of 950 copies, 6 illustrations by Ricketts complete, original decorative cloth gilt, top edge gilt, ; Friedeswith Huddart (ill.): 'The Hound of Heaven: Ten Drawings for the Poem of Francis Thompson', L, Chatto & Windus, 1914, limited edition, number 44 of 50 copies only, signed by the illustrator, 10 mounted plates complete, each with printed captioned tissue guards, large 4to (31 x 25.5cm), orig. vellum gilt (worn); Waring & Gillow (pub.): 'The Artistic Evolution of the English Home', c.1900, limited edition, No.30 of 300 copies, inscribed by the publisher to verso of limitation page, 24 remarque proof photogravure plates complete, 4to, original vellum gilt (slightly worn); Helen Stratton (ill.): 'The Lily of Life', L, Hodder, [1913], 18 tipped in colour plates complete, 4to, orig. cloth gilt, top edge gilt, plus 9 others including Charles Brock, D.G. Rossetti etc, and a mounted b/w Louis Wain print of cats (19)

(Yachting.) Conor O Brien, 2 titles: 'Across Three Oceans: A Colonial Voyage in the Yacht "Saoirse"', London, Edward Arnold, 1926, 1st edition, 16 illustrations (comprising frontis & 10 further ills. from photographs + 5 line illustration plans/diagrams) plus 3 full page maps and map end papers complete, 16pp publisher's catalogue of adverts at end, original publisher's cloth gilt, 'From Three Yachts: A Cruiser's Outlook', London, Edward Arnold, 1928, 1st edition, small "Presentation Copy" inkstamp above imprint on title page, portrait frontis of the author, [2],12pp publisher's adverts at end, original publisher's cloth gilt. The first two books by Edward Conor Marshall O Brien (1880-1952), Irish sailor, naval architect and ship builder, author, aristocrat, intellectual, and mountaineer, very scarce in first edition. O Brien was the owner and captain of one of the first boats to sail under the tri-colour of the Irish Free State, and was the first amateur Irish sailor to sail around the world. His boat Saoirse was reputedly the first small boat (42-foot, 13 metres long) to sail around the world since Joshua Slocum completed his voyage in the 'Spray' during 1895 to 1898. O Brien was the greatest seaman of his era, a universally acknowledged pioneer of international ocean sailing, 'Across Three Oceans' is his account of his groundbreaking voyage in 1923-25 around the world in his ketch Saoirse. O’Brien’s voyage began and ended at the Port of Foynes, County Limerick, Ireland, where he lived, and was the first to circumnavigate the world by way of the three great capes: Cape Horn, Cape of Good Hope and Cape Leeuwin. 'From Three Yachts' is the authors account of his various voyages on his three most notable boats, Kelpie, Saoirse (meaning "freedom" in the Irish language) and Ilen. O Brien spoke fluent Irish, was an early member of Sinn Fein (as well as the United Arts Club), and was outspoken in the cause of Irish Home Rule—all of which fairly unusual for a Protestant. By 1914 such politics had become ‘relevant’, and he joined the Irish Volunteers—a proto version of the IRA—using his own yacht, the Kelpie, to help Erskine Childers run guns into Ireland (from Germany) in the preludial months of WWI. Man of adventure and ardent believer in nascent free state, he nonetheless soon lost sympathy for the more violent aspects of Irish republicanism. In an improbable volte-face, he promptly joined the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve in which he served throughout WW1. He was a ship builder and naval architect, designing the Saoirse (in which he circumnavigated the globe) and the Ilen (a Falkland Islands service ship), both being built at the Baltimore Fishery School in Kerry. In 1928 he married the artist Katherine Clausen, and in the early 1930s they spent an idyllic time cruising with Saoirse in the Mediterranean, working together on books and articles which he wrote and she illustrated. Kitty Clausen’s tragically early death in 1936 ended his happy partnership after just eight years, and by 1940, Saoirse was sold. O Brien was too old for active services when World War II broke out in 1939, but he served the allied cause as a skipper for the small Ships Pool, delivering support vessels across the Atlantic. After the war he returned to Foynes Island where, aged 72, he died in his sister’s house in 1952. (2)

(Chiswick Press.) Three early C20th works printed at the Chiswick Press, comprising T.J. Cobden-Sanderson: 'Ecce Mundus. Industrial Ideals and The Book Beautiful.', Hammersmith Publishing Society, 1902, first edition, one of 300 copies on paper, from a total edition of 310, original quarter vellum, formerly the copy of the Pre-Raphaelite artist Robert Catterson-Smith, with his ownership signature and inscription dated Oct. 1902 on FFEP, J.W. Mackail: 'The Parting of the Ways: An Address', Hammersmith Publishing Society, 1903, 1st edition, original quarter vellum, William Morris: 'Architecture and History, and Westminster Abbey', London, Chiswick Press for Longmans & Co., 1900, 1st edition, 50pp, original linen backed printed paper covered boards (3)

(Antarctic.) Griffith Taylor: ‘With Scott: The Silver Lining’, London, Smith Elder, 1916, 1st edition, 1st issue without the author’s preface, plates & maps complete as called for, comprising 7 maps (2 folding, 1 colour), 45 plates including photographic frontispiece, 61 photographs, 7 drawings, 110 illustrations in text, original pictorial cloth gilt worn, lacks FFEP. Uncommon first issue of Taylor's account of his geological explorations of the Western Mountains, as part of Scott's Terra Nova Expedition, 1910-1913. The Australian geologist T. Griffith Taylor was a student of Prof. T. W. Edgeworth David, who accompanied Shackleton to the Antarctic in 1907-9. He joined Scott's Terra Nova expedition (1910-13). "He had devices and notebooks hanging out of every pocket and a passion for being well equipped. He was enraptured with geology."

T.S. Eliot [Four Quartets], 4 volumes, all published London, Faber & Faber, comprising 'East Coker', 1940, 1st Faber edition, 'The Dry Salvages', 1941, 1st edition, 'Little Gidding', 1942, 1st edition, 'Burnt Norton', 1941, 2nd impression, all original printed wraps (Little Gidding stitched wraps, others stapled), together with Helen Gardner: 'The Composition of Four Quartets', L, Faber, 1978, 1st edition, orig. cloth gilt, dust wrapper; plus Rainer Maria Rilke, 2 titles: 'Poems', The Hogarth Press, 1934, 1st edition, orig. cloth, 'The Book of Hours', Hogarth Press, 1961, 1st edition thus, orig. cloth gilt, d/w; Rupert Brooke, 2 titles: '1914 Five Sonnets', L, Sidgwick & Jackson, 1915, 1st separate edition, 'The Old Vicarage Grantchester', L, Sidgwick & Jackson, 1916, 1st edition, each orig. stitched printed wraps; Oliver Elton: 'Sixteen Poems', Liverpool, Privately Printed at the Lyceum Press, [1922], 1st edition, orig. stitched printed wraps; plus two Hogarth Letters/Hogarth Essays series booklets, two Faber Ariel Poems, seven assorted Faber Criterion Miscellany series numbers 1929-1935, one a second impression, the others all first impressions, all original wraps, plus 4 others similar poetry etc (25)

Crime fiction, a collection of 21 titles, including Ngaio Marsh, four first editions, all original cloth, all in dust wrappers: 'Hand in Glove', 1962, 'Grave Mistake', 1978, 'Photo-Finish', 1980, 'Light Thickens', 1982; H.R.F. Keating, two first editions, orig. cloth, dust wrappers: 'Inspector Ghote Draws a Line', 1979, 'The Murder of the Maharajah', 1980; Marcel D'Agneau: 'The Curse of the Nibelung', 1981, 1st edition, original cloth, dust wrapper; Reginald Hill, 8 first editions, all in dust wrappers: 'Child's Play', 1987, 'There are No Ghosts in the Soviet Union', 1987, 'Under World', 1988, 'One Small Step', 1990, 'Bones and Silence', 1990, 'Recalled to Life', 1992, 'Blood Sympathy', 1993, 'Pictures of Perfection', 1994; Michael Connolly, six first editions, all orig. cloth, d/w's: 'The Poet', 1996, 'Trunk Music', 1997, 'Blood Work', 1998, 'Angels Flight', 1999, 'The Narrows', 2004, 'The Scarecrow', 2009 (21)

Fourteen assorted modern first editions etc, including William S. Burroughs and Jack Kerouac: 'And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks', London, Penguin, 2008, 1st UK edition, Iain Banks: 'Stonemouth', L, Little Brown, 2012, 1st UK edition, Jonathan Coe: 'Expo 58', L, Viking, 2013, 1st edition, David & Leigh Eddings: 'The Younger Gods', L, Voyager, 2006, 1st edition, Dave Eggers: 'A Hologram for the King', 2012, 1st edition, David Gemmell: 'Troy', 2005, 1st edition, Lloyd Shepherd: 'The English Monster', 2012, 1st edition, M. Vatikiotis: 'Blood and Silk', 2017, 1st edition, plus 6 others later impressions, all original cloth/boards, all in dust wrappers (14)

Edmund Gillingwater: 'An Historical Account of the Ancient Town of Lowestoft, in the County of Suffolk. To which is added some cursory remarks on the adjoining parishes and a general account of the island of Lothingland.', London & Norwich, [1790], 1st edition, profusely extra illustrated copy, containing eight well executed watercolours circa early 1900's including fishing trawler (LT124) with tug boat "Rainbow" alongside and rowing boat in foreground, approx. size 21 x 27.5cm, watercolour of Lowestoft beach looking southwards with cliffs, fishing boats on beach, and boats at sea visible, approx. size 20 x 27cm, watercolour of Great Yarmouth beach and pier, approx. 14 x 22cm, watercolour of Lake Lothing/Lowestoft harbour, with fishing trawlers, rowing boat, warehouses, customs house and first bridge visible, approx. 16 x 23cm, four watercolours, all by same artist and dated 1910, "Low Light Lowestoft" depicting the low lighthouse and beach looking northwards, "On the Waveney" depicting broadland river scene with wherry, "Pakefield" depicting cottages at low cliff edge and beach looking northwards towards Lowestoft, "Lowestoft" depicting harbour entrance with boats visible, all approx. 13 x 19cm, large pencil drawing of St. Benet's Abbey app. 27 x 21cm, well executed pencil drawing of Pakefield Church dated 1897 and signed by artist, app. 16 x 25cm, pencil sketch depicting the wreck of the brig "Julian Heinrich" off Lowestoft, app. 11 x 18cm, large folding engraving 'A Perspective View of Lowestoft from the N.E. Battery by Powles/Cook, 1790, plus approximately 200 further items bound in or loosely inserted, mainly engraved views, prints, maps, items of ephemera, some folding mas/plates, some hand coloured views, some engravings from Stark's 'Rivers of Norfolk', some cuttings and relevant manuscript pen & ink notes by the compiler, Madoc Llewellyn Powell (1875-1952), of the Powell family of Lavengro Lodge, Oulton Broad, built in the late 19th century on the site of the earlier Oulton Cottage, which was the home of the author George Borrow, large 4to, thick 19th century half calf gilt. An excellent grangerized copy of Lowestoft born historian and topographer Edmund Gillingwater's (1736-1813) history of Lowestoft & environs

Jules Verne: ‘Sans Dessus Dessous (Les Voyages Extraordinaires). 50 Dessins de George Roux’, Paris, Hetzel, Bibliotheque d'Education et de Recreation, [nd], c.1889, 1st edition, tissue-guarded frontis, text illustrations and eight full-page illustrations, 204pp. Eight-page catalogue - 'EX'. Original red boards with gilt title in central circle, author's initials in upper circle and publisher's 'H' in lower circle. All edges gilt. First edition. A very good copy.

[Anon]: 'The Gentleman Angler: Containing Short, Plain And Easy Instructions Whereby The Most Ignorant Beginner May In A short Time Become A Perfect Artist In Angling For Salmon, Salmon-Peal, Trout, Pike, Carp, Perch, Barbel, Tench, Bream, Chub, Greyling, Mullets, Flounders, Roach, Dace, Gudgeon, etc. With Several Observations On Angling, Angle Rods and Artificial Flies, How To Chuse The Best Hair, And Indian Grass, Of The Proper Times And Seasons for River And Pond Fishing, When Fish Spawn And What Baits Are Chiefly To Be Used...By a Gentleman who has made Angling his Diversion upwards of Twenty-Eight Years', London, A. Bettesworth, 1726, 1st edition, [xii],184,[8]pp (the final 8 unnumbered pages consisting of 5pp index and 3pp of Bettesworth's catalogue of adverts "Novels and Poetry."), half title and final leaf of preface (xi/xii) provided in facsimile, 12mo, contemporary morocco ruled and decorated in gilt, all edges gilt. First edition of this manual, one of the earliest of its kind. It has been attributed to one George Smith, and contains the first appearance of the charming "Angler's Song" (cf. Gingrich, Fishing in Print, p. 97), as well as recipes, strategies for each species, fly-tying, etc.

Literature, poetry and other assorted works, 20 titles, many signed by author or signed/inscribed by author to the literary agent David Higham, including Ruth Manning-Sanders: 'Mr Portal's Little Lions', London, Hale, 1952, 1st edition, signed & inscribed by author to David Higham on FFEP, orig. cloth gilt, d/w; R.F. Delderfield, 2 titles: 'The Dreaming Suburb', L, H & S, 1958, signed & inscribed by author to David Higham on FFEP, orig. cloth gilt, d/w, 'Napoleon's Marshals', Chilton Books, 1966, 1st US edition, signed & inscribed by author to David Higham on FFEP, orig. cloth, d/w; John Pudney: 'Music on the South Bank', 1951, 1st edition, signed & inscribed by author to David Higham on FFEP, orig. pictorial boards, d/w; J.Y.T. Greig: 'Breaking Priscian's Head', L , Kegan Paul, [1928], 1st edition, signed & inscribed by author to David Higham on FFEP, David Higham bookplate to front pastedown, orig. boards, d/w; Gerald Hanley: 'The Journey Homeward', Cleveland, World Publishing, 1961, 1st US edition, signed & inscribed by author to David Higham on FFEP, orig. cloth gilt, d/w; Frabcis Clifford: 'The Grosvenor Square Goodbye', L, H & S, 1974, 1st edition, signed on title page, orig. cloth gilt, d/w, David Higham's copy; Penelope Tremayne: 'Nor Iron Bars a Cage', L, Heinemann, 1988, signed on title page, orig. cloth, d/w; Derek Tangye, 2 titles, both first editions in dust wrappers, both signed & inscribed on FFEP: 'The Ambrose Rock', 1982, further signed by Derek and Jean Tangye on title page, 'Sun on the Lintel', 1976; plus 10 others (20)

Terry Pratchett & Stephen Baxter, complete set of 'The Long Earth' series of science fiction novels, all collectors limited editions, each being one of 825 respective copies only, all published London, Doubleday, all original pictorial boards, orig. pictorial slipcases, all pristine in original shrink wrap, comprising 'The Long Earth', 2012, 'The Long War', 2013, 'The Long Mars', 2014, 'The Long Utopia', 2015, 'The Long Cosmos', 2016. The Long Earth is a collaborative science fiction novel series by British authors Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter. At the time of Pratchett's death, three novels had been released, with a fourth published on 23 June 2015 and the fifth published on 30 June 2016. The original basis for the series was Pratchett's then-unpublished short story "The High Meggas", which he wrote as a starting point for a potential series while his first Discworld novel, The Colour of Magic, was undergoing publication. The success of The Colour of Magic prompted Pratchett to put the story aside until the idea resurfaced in 2010 following a conversation with his American agent, and discussion with Stephen Baxter prompted the development of the first book, and the collaboration between the two authors. The Long Earth is a name given to a possibly infinite series of parallel worlds that are similar to Earth, which can be reached using an inexpensive device called a Stepper. The "close" worlds are almost identical to Earth, while others differ radically. Despite this they all share one similarity: on none are there or have there ever been humans. The books explore the theme of how humanity might develop when freed from resource constraints: one example Pratchett has cited is that wars result from lack of land, and he was curious as to what would happen if there was no shortage of land or other resources. A very scarce complete collectors limited edition set (5)

Robert M. Lee & R.L. Wilson: ‘The Art of the Gun: Magnificent Colts. Selections from the Robert M. Lee Collection’, Sparks, NV, Yellowstone Press, 2011, 1st edition, special first edition of 5,000 sets, 2 volumes, profusely illustrated throughout in colour, oblong folio (29 x 36cm), uniform original cloth gilt, dust wrappers, DVD and original booklet loosely inserted (2)

George MacDonald Fraser, a complete first edition set of the Flashman novels, 1969-2005, all UK 1st editions, 1st impressions, all original cloth, all in dust wrappers, comprising 'Flashman', Herbert Jenkins, 1969, d/w 25s price intact, 'Royal Flash', Barrie & Jenkins, 1970, d/w front inside flap clipped bottom corner but with original publisher's price sticker above, 'Flash for Freedom!', Barrie & Jenkins, 1971, 'Flashman at the Charge', Barrie & Jenkins, 1973, d/w £2.25 price intact, 'Flashman in the Great Game', Barrie & Jenkins, 1975, £3.95 price intact, 'Flashman's Lady', Barrie & Jenkins, 1977, £4.50 price intact, 'Flashman and the Redskins', Collins, 1982, 'Flashman and the Dragon', Collins Harvill, 1985, d/w £9.95 price intact, 'Flashman and the Mountain of Light', Collins Harvill, 1990, d/w publisher's £13.95 price sticker imtact, 'Flashman and the Angel of the Lord', Harvill, 1994, d/w £15.99 price intact, 'Flashman and the Tiger', Harper Collins, 1999, d/w £16.99 price intact, 'Flashman on the March', Harper Collins, 2005, £17.99 price intact, internally all free from previous owner names or inscriptions, an attractive set all generally in collectable condition of the author's best known series of works, the historical fiction series of novels 'The Flashman Papers', being the memoirs of the fictional protagonist General Sir Harry Paget Flashman (12)

'Rowland Ward's Sportsman's Handbook to Collecting and Preserving Trophies & Specimens' edited J.B. Burlace, London, Rowland Ward, 1923, 11th edition, illustrations throughout, original cloth; Burk H. Stelzner: 'Guide to Safaris', Corinthian Editions, 1969, orig. cloth, dust wrapper; P.E. Glover, D.R.M. Stewart and others (ed.): 'East African Wildlife Journal', August 1963-August 1965, volumes 1-3, each with maps & illustrations from photographs etc, each 4to, original boards gilt; 'Rowland Ward's Record of Big Game XIth Edition (Africa) First Addendum List', edited Gerald A. Best, L, Rowland Ward, 1964, original cloth gilt (6)

Modern fiction, seventeen titles, all first edition, first impressions, comprising Hilary Mantel: 'Wolf Hall', London, Fourth Estate, 2009, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper; Graham Greene: 'Introduction to Three Novels', 1962, orig. printed wraps; John Updike, 7 titles, all orig. cloth, all in dust wrappers: 'The Same Door', 1962, 'Of the Farm', 1966, 'The Afterlife', 1994, 'Museums and Women', 1973, 'The Music School', 1967, 'Trust Me', 1987, 'Roger's Version', 1986; Norman Mailer: 'Ancient Evenings', 1983, 'Olivia Manning: 'The Dreaming Shore', 1950, both orig. cloth, dust wrappers; plus Peter Ackroyd, four 1sts in d/w's, plus 2 others (17)

A collection of modern first editions etc, literature, comprising the following 12 first editions, all with dust jackets: John Cowper Powys: 'Atlantis', 1954; Evelyn Waugh: 'Unconditional Surrender', 1961; Cyril Connelly: 'The Modern Movement', 1965; J.M.Coetzee: 'Disgrace', 1999 (printed Clays); Hilary Mantel: 'Bring up the Bodies', 2012, and 'The Mirror and the Light', 2020; Dick Francis: 'The Sport of Queens', 1957; William McIlvanney: 'Laidlaw', 1977; Stevie Smith: 'The Frog Prince and Other Poems', 1966; Lytton Strachey: 'Ermyntrude and Esmeralda', 1969 (2 copies); Graham Greene: 'In Search of a Character', 1961; together with 10 other editions, with dust jackets as called for: Philip Pullman. Northern Lights, first edition, 8th imp., 1995; Diana Athill: 'Instead of a Letter', 1981. Paperback. Signed by author to title; Anthony Powell, 2 titles: 'Venusberg', new edition 1955, At Lady Molly's, 1958 reprint; Freya Stark: 'Zodiac Arch', 1968. Proof copy; Kenneth Tynan: 'He That Plays the King. A View of the Theatre', 1950; Vladimir Nabokov: 'The Real Life of Sebastian Knight', 1960; Lindsay Anderson, Kenneth Tynan & others: 'Declaration', 1957; T.S.Eliot: 'The Cocktail Party', N.Y., 1950: Frederick Forsyth: 'The Trojan Code. Based on a Story by ... Screenplay by Jon Zerbach', No date. Wraps.(22)NB Anthony Powell 'At Lady Molly's' is a 1958 reprint, not a 1957 1st edition as originally stated

A.A. Milne: 'Winnie-The-Pooh', illustrated E.H. Shepard, London, Methuen, 1926, 1st edition, full page and in text black & white illustrations throughout, neat contemporary gift inscription to blank leaf between FFEP and title page, else internally leaves clean/VGC, original green pictorial cloth gilt (VGC), top edge gilt, dust wrapper (worn, housed loose in packet). A first edition copy of Milne and Shepard's collaborative classic children's novel in very collectable condition

(Tar Water, Medicine etc.) George Berkeley, Bishop of Cloyne: 'A Miscellany, containing Several Tracts on Various Subjects.', London, J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1752, first London edition of Berkeley's final book, following the Dublin edition of the same year, collecting both published and unpublished essays one year before his death, comprising 10 essays, [2],vi,9-267,[1]pp, plus , including the first printing of 'Farther Thoughts on Tar-Water', 28pp, his last publication on this subject; the first printing of a revised version of 'Verses on the Prospect of Planting Arts and Learning in America' pp[189]-212, this with contemporary m/s annotations to margins of the last two pages; and the first appearance in a book by Berkeley of the 'Letter to the Roman Catholics of the Diocese of Cloyne', pp110-112, etc etc, separate work bound in at end: 'The Difficulties and Discouragements which attend the Study of the Scriptures in the way of private judgment ... By a Presbyter of the Church of England [i.e. F. Hare, Bishop of Chichester]', L, Knapton, 1735, 10th edition, [2],vi,9-267,[1]pp + 40pp, contemporary calf, contemporary ownership signature J. Bickham at head of title page and Bickham armorial bookplate to front pastedown

Jane Austen, a collection of 24 books and booklets by or relating to her, including 'Sense & Sensibility' & 'Mansfield Park', both illustrated Charles Brock, Dent/Dutton, 1922, from 'Novels of Jane Austen' sets, original cloth; Richard Aldington: 'Jane Austen', Pasadena, California, The Ampersand Press, 1948, 1st edition, original cloth, printed paper label to front cover; Jane Austen: 'The Watsons', London, Leonard Parsons, 1923, 1st separate edition in book form, introduction by A.B. Walkley, portrait frontis, original quarter cloth gilt; Mary Augusta Austen-Leigh: 'Personal Aspects of Jane Austen', L, John Murray, 1920, 1st edition, frontis + 7 plates complete, orig. cloth gilt; Jane Austen: 'Volume the First...Now first printed from the Manuscript in the Bodleian Library', Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1933, orig. quarter cloth, printed label to spine; 'Emma. A Play by Marion Morse MacKaye (Mrs Percy MacKaye) Founded on Jane Austen's Novel', New York, Macmillan, 1941, special edition prepared for the memorial production of Emma at the Little Country Theater, Fargo, North Dakota, 1941, limited edition, No. 443 of 500, signed by Percy MacKaye, Alfred G. Arvold and Mason Arvold, port. frontis + 3 plates (1 colour) complete, orig. cloth gilt, d/w; 'Frederic & Elfrida. A Novel by Jane Austen. With an Illustration by Edward Bawden', The Kit Cat Press, 1987, limited edition, No. 73 of 350, original printed wraps; 'Jane Austen's Letters', Folio Society, 2003, orig. decorative silk, slipcase, etc etc (24)

Philip Larkin, two first edition titles: 'The Whitsun Weddings', 1964, 'High Windows', 1974, both first impressions, both published London, Faber & Faber, both original cloth gilt, both unclipped dust wrappers (2)

Gertrude Jekyll: 'Wood and Garden. Notes and Thoughts, Practical and Critical, of a Working Amateur', London, Longmans, Green & Co, 1899, 1st edition, 1st impression, frontis + 70 plates complete, original cloth gilt. The first published book by the influential horticulturalist, garden designer and craftswoman Gertrude Jekyll, very scarce in true first edition, first impression

Ten assorted fishing booklets etc, including [SKUES, G.E.M] "V.C.": 'Silk, Fur and Feather: The Trout-fly Dresser's Year', Beckenham: The Fishing Gazette. 1950, 1st edition in book form, 116pp, 12mo, orig. limp boards gilt. First edition in book form, variant binding. This series of articles, first published in The Fishing Gazette, were written by Skues under his pen-name Val Conson. Skues died in 1949 and this book was put together partly as a memorial and partly in recognition of the value these articles had for novice fly fishermen; J.A. Riddell ("Border Rod"): 'All About Trout Fishing', [nd], c.1922, 13th thou., original quarter cloth; "Faddist" [i.e. Edward Ensom], 2 titles, both pub. Richmond, angler's News Ltd: 'Dry-Gly fishing for Chub, Dace, Roach and Rudd', 1946, 'Roach Fishing', 1936, 1st edition, 2 plates, each orig. pictorial wraps; "Three Anglers": 'How to Catch Trout', 1913, new edition, orig. quarter cloth; plus four booklets on fishing in pictorial wraps c.1900 incl. John Bickerdyke: 'Angling for Coarse Fish', L, L. Upcott Gill, 1900, plus 2 others by Bickerdyke and 1 by Frank Hudson, plus 2 others (10)

Archibald Alison: ‘Essays on the Nature and Principles of Taste’, Dublin, P. Byrne et al, 1790, 1st Dublin edition, published in the same year as the London first, contents very clean, half-title, old half calf gilt. First Irish edition of Alison's treatise on aesthetics, denying the existence of objective beauty, asserting instead that beauty results from the train of thoughts and emotions by a beholder. This directly challenged the views of Edmund Burke, whose Essay on the Sublime and Beautiful had dominated Enlightenment aesthetic discourse since publication in 1757. Alison's view thereafter held sway - the book was popular and reached its sixth edition by 1825. "It was arguably the most highly regarded and influential piece of aesthetic writing published between 1790 and the appearance of Ruskin's Modern Painters in the 1840s" (Kriz p. 73).

A collection of 35 assorted modern first editions etc, including Evelyn Waugh: 'Scoop', London, Chapman & Hall, 1933, 1st edition, 1st state, with 'as' being the last word on p.88, original cloth gilt, C.S. Lewis: 'The Four Loves', L, Geoffrey Bles, 1960, 1st edition, orig. cloth, d/w, Graham Greene: 'The Quiet American', L, Heinemann, 1955, 1st edition, orig. cloth gilt, d/w, John Steinbeck: 'The Moon is Down', L, Heinemann, 1942, 1st UK edition, orig. cloth, d/w, Nelson Mandela: 'Long Walk to Freedom', L, Little Brown, 1994, 1st UK edition, orig. cloth gilt, d/w, Hilary Mantel: 'Bring Up the Bodies', L, 4th Estate, 2012, 1st edition, orig. cloth gilt, d/w, Winston Graham: 'The Four Swans', L, Collins, 1976, 1st edition, orig. cloth silvered, d/w, the 6th Poldark novel, Ellis Peters, 2 titles: 'The Raven in the Foregate' & 'The Rose Rent', both London, Macmillan, 1986, 1st editions, both orig. cloth gilt, dust wrappers, the 12th & 13th Cadfael novels, plus others Minette Walters, Ray Bradbury, Douglas Adams, Philip Norman, Graham Swift, Nick Hornby, Daphne Du Maurier, Anthony Powell, Douglas Bader, Salman Rushdie etc (35)NB those stated in description as first editions are first editions, but some of the other unspecified books in this lot are reprints. Full details available on request

Patrick Leigh Fermor: 'Between the Woods and the Water', London, John Murray, 1986, 1st edition, 1st impression, double page map, original cloth gilt, pictorial dust wrapper by John Craxton (a VGC+ internal and external copy, d/w with £13.95 price intact), together with 'A Time of Gifts', L, John Murray, 1987, 7th printing, and a 1986 3rd impression of 'Between the Woods and the Water', both orig. cloth gilt, both in pictorial dust wrappers by John Craxton. The first two books in Fermor's celebrated travel trilogy that recounts his walk from the Hook of Holland to Constantinople, both works are well known for their "blend of youthful joie de vivre, [and] erudition that enlightened the reader about the historical background of middle Europe" (ODNB). (3)

Kazuo Ishiguro: 'A Pale View of Hills', London, Faber & Faber, 1982, 1st edition, signed on title page, new end papers, leaves trimmed, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper. The Nobel Prize winning author's first novel, the story of a Japanese woman named Etsuko who is dealing with the suicide of her daughter, Keiko.

Yukio Mishima: 'The Temple of the Golden Pavilion', London, Secker & Warburg, 1959, 1st UK edition, original cloth lettered in silver, dust wrapper (by David Gentleman). Scarce first UK edition of the novel by the Japanese author Yukio Mishima, loosely based on the burning of the Reliquary (or Golden Pavilion) of Kinkaku-ji in Kyoto by a young Buddhist acolyte in 1950. Mishima was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature five times in the 1960s, and is considered one of the most important postwar stylists of the Japanese language. His far right political ideology and reactionary beliefs became increasingly evident from his mid-30's onwards, leading to a coup attempt in 1970 culminating in his suicide by seppuku, a form of ritual suicide by disembowelment associated with the samurai.

HARDBACK FIRST EDITION of the 2010 book "MI6 the history of the secret intelligence service", signed by the author Keith Jeffery, with dust cover

Comic books - Robert Crumb - A special edition sketch book by American cartoonist Robert Crumb (1943). 'R.Crumb Sketch Book Nov. 1974 to Jan 1978' published by Zweitausendeins, 1978. First edition hardcover book in black and burgundy, with turquoise text block edges and marbled endpapers. Comes with card slipcase and German descriptve booklet. Excellent condition but please refer to photos.

Batman - DC Comics - Bob Kane (1915-1998 - co-creator) - framed display featuring a hand drawn sketch of Batman in black ink with 'Bats Wishes, Always' added above, and signed by Kane. Matted alongside a First Team Press Inc limited edition Batman print, further signed by Kane in pencil to the margin. No. 2475/2500. Professionally framed and glazed. Total size: 60cm x 61cm.

Pacific Flyer - The First Pacific Crossing By Balloon - limited edition print signed by pilots Richard Branson and Per Lindstrand, No. 351/750. Depicting the Pacific Flyer balloon, with pilot information beneath. To the centre is an actual piece of the balloon. Framed and glazed. Total size: 97cm x 74cm.

This collection includes two comprehensive reference books detailing naval and merchant ships from the twentieth and early twenty first centuries. Janes Fighting Ships 1968-69, edited by Raymond V. B. Blackman is a detailed compendium of warships from navies around the world providing specifications photographs and technical data on various classes of vessels in service at the time. This edition captures the transition period of naval warfare during the Cold War with insights into ship design and armament. Janes Merchant Ships 2003-2004 edited by David Greenman offers an in depth analysis of commercial shipping fleets including tankers cargo vessels and passenger ships featuring detailed profiles on shipbuilders shipowners and the global maritime industry. Both books are valuable resources for naval historians maritime enthusiasts and collectors of military and commercial shipping literature. The largest book dimensions: 8.75"L x 2"W x 13"H. Dimensions: See DescriptionCondition: Age related wear.

This lot includes two Royal Doulton character jugs. The first is titled "The Airman" (D6870), modeled by William K. Harper and issued in 1990. This jug features a pilot wearing goggles and a military beret, capturing the essence of bravery and service in the air. The second jug is titled Viscount Montgomery of Alamein (D6850), modeled by Stanley James Taylor and issued in 1989. It portrays the famous British Army officer, with intricate detailing and a limited edition of 9500, this piece is marked as number 1761. Both jugs are hand-decorated and in excellent condition, with the tallest measuring 4.5"H. Issued: 20th century Dimensions: See DescriptionCountry of Origin: EnglandCondition: Age related wear.

FLEMING, Ian. The Man With The Golden Gun, FIRST EDITION, 8vo, publisher's imitation black cloth lettered in gilt, unclipped dust-jacket (priced 18s.), internally very good & bright, a few small marks in places, binding very good, tight & square, jacket very well-preserved, faint wear to extremities, overall an excellent example, housed in protective mylar covers, London: Jonathan Cape, 1965

FLEMING, Ian. The Diamond Smugglers, FIRST EDITION, 8vo, publisher's imitation black cloth lettered in white, unclipped dust-jacket (priced 12s. 6d.), internally very good & bright, some very pale spotting to endpapers and marginally at top edge, binding very good, tight & square, jacket very good with slight sunning at spine, light wear to extremities, London: Jonathan Cape, 1957. Together with Thrilling Cities, by Ian Fleming, FIRST EDITION, unclipped d.j., internally fine and complete with erratum, some sunning and wear at top of spine, London: Jonathan Cape, 1963; Ian Fleming Introduces Jamaica, FIRST EDITION, contemporary gift inscription, London: Andre Deutsch, 1965; Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Adventure Number 1, by Ian Fleming, FIRST EDITION, lacking d.j., spotting & wear to boards, London: Jonathan Cape, 1964; The Ivory Hammer: The Year at Sotheby's, featuring short story "The Property of a Lady", by Ian Fleming, London: Longmans, 1963; The Kemsley Manual of Journalism, featuring "Foreign News", by Ian Fleming, London: Cassell, 1950, sold as one collection with all faults (6)

ROWLING, J. K. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, first edition, 13th printing, hardback with unclipped dust-jacket, very well-preserved, usual toning to page edges, one small marginal mark towards end (not affecting text), neat owner inscription on front pastedown, some dirt to back of jacket, else very good/near-fine, London: Bloomsbury, 1997

PLATH, Sylvia. Ariel, FIRST edition, original red cloth with lettering in gilt, internally bright, light tone/spots head of text block, edges of boards with light rubbing, unclipped d.j. with toning at spine and small loss at head, light spotting at verso, discolouration at front from the shelf, loosely inserted contemp. press clippings, London: Faber and Faber, 1965 

NABOKOV, Vladimir. Lolita, FIRST EDITION, two volumes as issued, FIRST PRINTING [each volume with "Francs : 900" present on back panel of wrappers], 8vo, publisher's green captioned wrappers, Vol. I: [ii], [1-6], 7-188 [pp. 11-12 absent from pagination as issued, see Juliar], [2]; Vol. II: [1-8], 9-223, [1], internally well-preserved, clean & bright, some faint creasing (an original binding flaw), wrappers very good, bold & vibrant, first volume with closed split to spine/upper joint of front wrapper, light wear to corners/extremities, a few marks to edges of text-block (not affecting text internally), slight shelf-lean, overall an excellent example of this scarce first issue, Paris: The Olympia Press, 1955 (2) ❧ An exceptional example of the true first printing of Nabokov's masterpiece, considered one of the greatest works of 20th-century literature