The First Edition Society. A green-gray leather bound book with gilded design and gilded edge pages. A novel about Will Barrett, a middle-aged man and his relationship with a young woman, Allison, who escaped from a mental hospital. Artist: Walker PercyIssued: 1980Dimensions: 6.25"L x 1.25"W x 8.75"HCountry of Origin: United StatesCondition: Age related wear.
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This vibrant lithograph with a frame, titled First National Bank of Cibola, is a classic depiction by Carl Barks, one of the most celebrated illustrators and storytellers of Disney Donald Duck universe. The image features iconic characters Uncle Scrooge, Huey, Dewey, and Louie uncovering a treasure trove of jewels in a fantastical, adventure-filled setting. The artist signature is on the lower right corner, and the edition 170 of 500 is on the lower left corner. Artist: Carl Barks (American, 1901-2000) Issued: 1989Dimensions: 17.25"L x 21.25"W x 0.75"DCondition: Age related wear.
Graves (Robert) & William Nicholson, editors. The Owl [&] The Winter Owl. A Miscellany, 3 vol. [all published], illustrations, library bookplate to inner wrapper no.1 and the odd very small library stamp on plates verso, original wrappers or boards, no.1 with light chipping to spine ends but excellent overall, no.2 & 3 spine worn with some loss, Martin Secker & Cecil Palmer, large 4to, 1919-23; and 3 duplicates of no.2 (6) *** A scarce literary periodical, edited by the twenty-three-year old Robert Graves. Originally the brainchild of Graves’s father-in-law, William Nicholson, it was agreed that Graves would take on the role of literary editor, while Nicholson would select the illustrators and, more importantly, fund the publication. At this early stage of his career, Graves’s literary preferences were strongly influenced by his connection to the Georgian poetic movement, which shaped his selection of contributors. He chose to exclude the more radical literary voices of the time (Eliot and Pound - avid critics of the Georgian conservative ventures), and instead favoured the well-established writers such as Thomas Hardy, J. C. Squire, John Galsworthy, and Walter De la Mare - though to the magazine's peril. The first issue was released in May 1919, and it continued only for one more number. It was briefly revived as The Winter Owl for a single edition in November 1923.
Waugh (Evelyn) Ninety-Two Days, first American edition, frontispiece, original decorative cloth, one or two very small marks, otherwise fine, 1934 § Wells (H.G.) Mr Blettsworthy on Rampole Island, first edition, foxing to first few pages, original boards, damp-spotting, spine ends creased, 1928 § Heaney (Seamus, contributor) 'Would They Have Stay'd' in Poetry Review, vol.87, no.4, signed by Heaney at his contribution, original wrappers, excellent, 1997; and 5 others, mixed literature, v.s. (8)
Heyer (Georgette) No Wind of Blame, first edition, original cloth, slight rubbing and bumping to spine tips and corners, slight marking to covers, dust-jacket priced at 7/6, light browning to spine, spine ends and corners chipped, touching title at head of spine, a few short nicks to head with light creasing, light spotting and surface soiling to lower panel, rubbing to extremities, 8vo, 1939.*** A very good example of a rare dust-jacket, the author's eighth mystery novel and often cited as her best.
[Malleson (Lucy Beatrice)], "Anne Meredith". Portrait of a Murderer, first edition, publisher's file copy with ink stamp to endpaper and upper panel of dust-jacket, scattered foxing, original cloth, slight bumping to spine tips and corners, dust-jacket, light toning to spine, chip to foot of spine touching imprint, minor chipping to remaining spine tips and corners, minor creasing to hear and foot, a sharp and excellent copy, 8vo, Gollancz, 1933.*** A superb example of this title, rare in the dust-jacket. Malleson is best-known by her pen name of Anthony Gilbert. Portrait of a Murderer was her first title published as Meredith, it was reissued in 2017 by British Library Publishing.
Conrad (Joseph) Almayer's Folly: A Story of an Eastern River, first edition, first issue, with printing error to foot of p.110, half-title, title in red and black, a few surface marks, light browning, occasional spotting, original cloth, rebacked, preserving original backstrip, partially splitting down lower joint and across spine, renewed endpapers, loss to spine ends, spine browned, boards slightly stained, cloth fraying at edges, slight shelf lean, extremities rubbed, t.e.g., others uncut, 8vo, T. Fisher Unwin, 1895.
Thomas (Dylan) Under Milk Wood, first edition, ownership inscription on front free endpaper, original cloth, extremities a little rubbed, dust-jacket, chips to corners, a little frayed, a few tears, 1954; A Prospect of the Sea, proof copy, original wrappers, proof dust-jacket, a little chipped and frayed, 1955; and c.120 others, Thomas, v.s. (c.120)
Fortune (Dion) The Goat-Foot God, first edition, light toning on front free endpapers, 1936; The Demon Lover, light spotting to title and first few pages, 1927 § O'Donnell (Elliott) Byways of Ghost-Land, first edition, spine a little faded, ends creased, 1911, original cloth; and 5 others, ghost and occult novels, 8vo (8)
Bentley (E. C.) Trent Intervenes, first American edition, jacket with rubbing to spine tips and corners, New York, 1938 § Hocking (Anne) Mediterranean Murder, first edition, pencil ownership inscription and notes to rear endpaper, light fading to spine and covers, jacket with chipping and creasing to head and foot, tears to upper panel with tape to verso, 1951 § David (Lindsey) The Silver Pigs, first edition, signed by the author, spine ends bumped, jacket spine sunned, creasing to spine ends, 1989, original boards, dust-jackets; and 3 others, similar, 8vo (6)
Wodehouse (P.G.) The Great Sermon Handicap, first edition, ownership stamp of J.J. Looijestijn (slightly offset on opposite f.) and ownership initials on endpapers, original red boards, extremities very lightly rubbed, dust-jacket, light chipping to extremities, the odd stain to panels, still overall an excellent copy, [McIlvaine A49a], custom-made slip-case, 12mo, [1933].
Beerbohm (Max) Zuleika Dobson, first edition, endpapers browned and foxed, original cloth, 1911 § Agate (James) Around Cinemas, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author on front free endpaper, original cloth, dust-jacket, price-clipped, extremities creased and frayed, 1946 § Chandler (Raymond) Playback, strip of toning on endpapers, original boards, dust-jacket, hole to spine joint, extremities rubbed, 1958 § Sayers (Dorothy L.) The Man Born to Be King, first edition, pages toned, original cloth, dust-jacket, portions of loss to spine ends, extremities worn and frayed, 1943; and c.105 others, early 20th century literature, v.s. (c.110)
Waugh (Evelyn) Brideshead Revisited, first American Book Club edition, cloth with thin strip of fading to edges, jacket spine faded, rubbed along joints, chips to extremities, creasing to upper edge, New York, 1945; The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold, first edition, jacket edges lightly nicked, 1957; Love Among the Ruins, first edition, jacket edges nicked, 1953, original boards, dust-jackets; and 4 others, Waugh, 8vo (7) *** The first is the true first American edition, with the Book Club edition unusually published the year before the trade edition in 1946.
*** Please note, the description to this lot has changed*** Hamilton (Lord Ernest) The Four Tragedies of Memworth, first edition, very occasional spotting, browning and ink ownership inscription to endpapers, original black cloth lettered in orange, light marking to covers, some chipping and wear to extremities, supplied second printing dust-jacket by E. McKnight Kauffer, publisher's file copy with ink stamp to upper panel, very light browning and patch of staining to spine, faint damp-staining to verso, light cockling to foot, still an excellent example overall, 8vo, Gollancz, 1928.*** Publisher's file copy in the superb McKnight Kauffer jacket of this rare collection of stories, all set within the fictional town of Memworth.
Carter (Angela) Heroes & Villains, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "from Angela for Edward" on title, with seemingly unpublished poem in authors hand on front free endpaper, light strip of browning on endpaper, original boards, dust-jacket, extremities chipped and slightly rubbed, spine toned, one or two marks to panels, 8vo, 1969. *** Association copy, inscribed to her friend Edward Horesh. With a seemingly unpublished and undated poem by the author titled 'The Hero's Portrait'."Riding a black horse, death / his fellow-traveller behind the saddle"... so begins the ostensibly unpublished poem by Carter. She turned her hand to poetry only briefly, mainly in the earlier years of 1963-66. Unicorn was her only published collection, after which she returned to another novel in 1967, The Magic Toyshop. Her poetry generally is not as lionized as her novels, though similar use of myth and fairytale, cut with violence and the banality of human behaviour are present in embryonic form. This poem is no different - mythical in narrative and dark in atmosphere it foreshadows her proceeding work in years to come, especially apparent in arguably her most celebrated work, The Bloody Chamber (1979).
Wodehouse (P.G.) St Austin's, first edition, first issue without closing quotation marks on title, 2pp. advertisements, ownership stamp of J.J. Looijestijn on front free endpaper, light fore-edge spotting but internally fine, original pictorial cloth light surface marks to lower cover, spine a little sunned and ends lightly frayed but overall a very bright and excellent copy, custom-made slip-case, [McIlvaine A3a], 8vo, 1903. *** An inserted note purports: "The collation details of the preliminary pp. of the first edition [of this work] are incomplete, as the numbering given runs from i to iv, and then from viii to xii. Of the omitted pages (5, 6, 7), v contained the dedication (ad matrem), vi was blank and vii contained the preface. Page iv, which McIlvaine states was the Preface, was in fact blank". On comparing other copies seen, we see that this stands as correct.
[Rowling (J.K.)], "Robert Galbraith". The Silkworm, first edition, signed by the author as Robert Galbraith on title, hologram sticker to facing page, invitation for signing event loosely inserted, original boards, dust-jacket, light creasing to head and foot, near-fine otherwise, 8vo, 2014.
Greene (Graham) May We Borrow Your Husband?, limited edition, out-of-series copy signed by the author, original cloth-backed boards, 1967; The Heart of the Matter, first edition, ownership inscription on front free endpaper, pages toned, original cloth, dust-jacket, spine faded, edges and extremities rubbed and worn, 1948; The Power and the Glory, first edition, ownership name on endpapers, pages browned, heavier to half-title, some spots, 1940; Stamboul Train, first edition, second issue with "Quin Savory", bookplate, original cloth, a little marked, 1932; and c.95 others, Greene, v.s. (c.100)
Waugh (Evelyn) They Were Still Dancing, first American edition, second issue with Farrer & Rinehart imprint, very faint scattered spots to first few pages, original pictorial cloth, dust-jacket, light chipping to spine head, the odd nick and short tear to extremities and joints, still overall sharp and excellent, 8vo, New York, 1932. *** An excellent example of the first American edition of Remote People. Waugh fell out with Cape & Smith after they reneged on their agreed advance of $600, based on the poor sales of Labels (published in the U.S. as A Bachelor Abroad) . Incensed, Waugh broke off relations with Cape & Smith and took They Were Still Dancing to Farrer & Rinehart. The print run had already taken place however, therefore the preliminaries of the Farrer & Rinehart edition had to be published as cancels, and the cloth binding still carried the Cape & Smith logo.
Milne (A.A.) The House at Pooh Corner, first edition, strip of browning and ownership inscription on pictorial endpapers, original pictorial cloth, spine sunned, but still bright, dust-jacket, spine browned, portions of loss to spine tail, with reinforcing paper backing to parts of spine verso, some show through on tail, spine ends and edges a little frayed with the odd nick, some surface soiling, still sharp, 1928; Now We Are Six, first edition, slight surface soiling to edges of endpapers, ownership inscription on half-title, light browning on end f., original de luxe binding of blue limp morocco, gilt, extremities and joints rubbed, spine sunned, 1927, illustrations by E.H. Shepard, 8vo (2)
Kavan (Anna) I Am Lazarus, first edition, ownership inscription on front free endpaper, original cloth, a little spotted, spine faded, corners bumped, 1945 § Durrell (Lawrence) Tunc, first edition, original boards, dust-jacket, Book Society wrap-around band (a little chipped, spine faded), extremities fractionally creased, otherwise fine, 1968 § Murdoch (Iris) A Severed Head, first edition, original boards, dust-jacket, price-clipped, fractional creasing to spine ends, otherwise a fine and very sharp copy, 1961; and c.50 others, later 20th century literature, v.s. (c.55)
Nisbet (Hume) The Great Secret, first edition, ex-library copy with stamp on title and endpapers, endpapers browned and soiled, some foxing, original cloth, damp-stained, extremities rubbed, spine a little faded, slight shelf-lean, 8vo, 1895. *** A bold attempt at addressing contemporary social issues, through the framework of occult and adventure themes, including two shipwrecks, castaways on a deserted island in the Antarctic, the discovery of a subterranean lost race resembling giant bats with human faces, super-weapons and supernatural forces, anarchism, a touch of vampiric cannibalism, and considerable low-level Victorian eroticism to top it off. Rare science-fiction novel.
Christie (Agatha) The Thirteen Problems, first edition, 6pp. advertisements, original orange cloth lettered in black, slight shelf-lean, spine darkened, some fraying to spine ends and corners with chip to foot of spine, light surface soiling to covers, extremities a little rubbed, 8vo, The Crime Club, 1932.*** A scarce title, including the first appearance of Miss Marple in book form.
Forster (E.M.) Howards End, first edition, indeterminate issue, ownership inscriptions on front free endpaper, this a little browned, original cloth, a few marks and stains, spine lightly faded, ends and corners a little rubbed and bumped, [c.f. Kirkpatrick A4], 8vo, 1910. *** An anomaly issue seemingly not recorded by Kirkpatrick. This copy with the 4pp. integral adverts and mention of The Stepson of the Soil on p.348 a called for in the first issue, but with 8pp. inserted publisher's advertisements. These however are apparently different to usual, starting with The Autobiography and Life of Father Tyrell and without mention of the second impression of Stepson of the Soil on p.3.
James (P.D.) Cover Her Face, first American edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "to Joan with love from Phil | July 1966" on front free endpaper, autograph postcard signed from the author, thanking the recipient for a letter regarding her recent OBE, original cloth, dust-jacket, extremities creased and chipped, 8vo, New York, 1962.
Porter (Katherine Anne) Noon Wine, one of 250 copies signed by the author, original hand-made paper covered boards, uncut, spine faded, slip-case, Detroit, 1937; A Christmas Story, signed by the author and inscribed "first day of January 1975" on title, illustrations by Ben Shahn, original boards, dust-jacket, New York, 1967; Flowering Judas, first edition, original cloth-backed boards, spine ends very slightly rubbed, otherwise excellent, New York, 1930; and c.45 others, Porter, including many copies of Hacienda, from the 1934 limited edition run by Harrison of Paris, v.s. (c.50)
[Pargeter (Edith)], "Ellis Peters". Death and the Joyful Woman, first edition, browning to half-title and final page of text, mark to bottom edge, original boards, light sunning to spine tips, dust-jacket priced at 12s. 6d., light toning to spine, a fine copy otherwise, 8vo, The Crime Club, 1961.*** A superb example of the third Peters novel, rare in such condition.
Potter (Beatrix) The Story of Miss Moppet, first edition in panoramic format, first issue with 'London & New York' on back of wallet, 14 illustrations on panorama pages, light toning on concertina ff. verso though not affecting images, original grey cloth wallet, closing tab in tact (usually detached), damp-stained and discoloured, [Linder p.183 & 426; Quinby 11], oblong 16mo, 1906.
Barnes (Julian) Flaubert's Parrot, first edition, jacket with Booker Prize wrap around band (spine faded), extremities creased, 1984 § Ernaux (Annie) Exteriors, first edition in English, translated by Tanya Leslie, New York, Seven Stories Press, 1996 § Webb (Charles) The Graduate, first English edition, some marginal spotting, jacket with surface wear, extremities creased and nicked, 1964 § Swift (Graham) Last Orders, first edition, signed and dated by the author in year of publication on title, a fine copy, 1996, original boards, dust-jackets; and 5 others, modern literature, v.s. (9)
Beckett (Samuel) Proust, first edition, light strip of toning on endpapers, original pictorial boards, fine, dust-jacket, price-clipped, spine browned, extremities a little chipped but overall a crisp and sharp copy, 8vo, 1931. *** Quite scarce. Beckett wrote Proust in the summer of 1930 in response to a commission precipitated by his publisher. The book sold 2,600 copies, and the remaining 400 were remaindered by 1941. In retrospect, Beckett dismissed it as having been written in "cheap flashy philosophical jargon".
Waugh (Evelyn) Ninety-Two Days: The Account of a Tropical Journey Through British Guiana and Part of Brazil, first American edition, plates, original cloth, dust-jacket, short tears and chips with some loss to upper edge and spine head, spine browned, the odd chip elsewhere, splitting up upper spine joint and slightly across spine, 8vo, New York, Farrar & Rinehart, 1934.
McBain (Ed) Cop Hater, first English edition, signed by the author on title, original cloth, sunning to spine tips, dust-jacket, price-clipped, slight sunning to spine, chipping and creasing to head and foot, 8vo, 1958.*** The first in McBain's celebrated 87th Precinct series, first published as a paperback in the US. Rare signed.
Milne (A.A.) Winnie-the-Pooh, first edition, illustrations by E.H. Shepard, strip of light browning to map endpapers, ownership inscription on front free endpaper, otherwise internally clean, original pictorial cloth, gilt, t.e.g., fractional bumping to spine tips and corners, otherwise fine and sharp cloth, dust-jacket, spine evenly browned, the odd nick to upper edge and spine head, light surface soiling, else a sharp and excellent example, 8vo, 1926.
Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Silmarillion, first edition, signed by Priscilla Tolkien on front free endpapers, below ownership name, original boards, dust-jacket, tear to upper edge of upper panel, spin and edges a little toned, 8vo, 1977. *** Rare to be signed by Priscilla, Tolkien's youngest child.
McGahern (John) That They May Face the Rising Sun, uncorrected proof, signed by the author on title, original wrappers, light rubbing to extremities but excellent overall, 2001 § Banville (John) First Light, one of 138 copies signed by the author, original blind-stamped cloth, Bridgewater Press, 2006 § MacNeice (Louis) Solstices, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, few marks to lower panel, otherwise fine, 1961; and 9 others, Irish fiction, 8vo (12)
Wodehouse (P.G.) The Swoop! Or How Clarence Saved England, first edition, illustrations by C. Harrison, 4pp. advertisements, ownership stamp of J.J. Looijestijn on half-title, one or two spots to early pages otherwise very clean internally, original pictorial wrappers, corners a little creased, lacking lower portion of spine, ends and joints splitting a little, custom-made slip-case, [McIlvaine A11a], 8vo, 1909. *** Designed to be sold for a shilling in railroad bookstalls etc. [The Swoop is] among the rarest Wodehousiana" - McIlvaine.
Sayers (Dorothy L.) and Robert Eustace. The Documents in the Case, first edition, some foxing to peripheral pages, original black cloth lettered in orange with border and small gun motifs on upper cover, spine faded with vertical creases, extremities a little rubbed and bumped, light surface marking to covers, [Cooper & Pike pp. 271-3], 8vo, Ernest Benn, 1930. *** A Haycraft-Queen cornerstone, one of 1,000 copies printed.
Conrad (Joseph) Suspense: A Napoleonic Novel, first edition, one of 375 copies, half-title, title printed in blue and black with engraved vignette, some damp-staining to margins, original boards with gilt stamp to spine and upper cover, damp-stain to spine, slightly affecting covers, bumping to spine ends with loss to head of spine, t.e.g., others cut, some unopened, original dust-jacket partially stuck down to protective tissue-jacket, water-stain to spine, slightly affecting covers, splitting to joints, tape repair to upper joint, slight loss to spine ends and edges, staining and cockling to lower cover, New York, 1925; Tales of Unrest, first edition, original pictorial cloth, a little rubbed, New York, 1898; Tales of Hearsay, first edition, ex-library copy with bookplate to front pastedown, publisher's cloth, slight bumping to spine ends and corners, dust-jacket, portion loss to spine, water-stains to covers and flaps, splitting to joints, chips and nicks, scuffs and surface marks, 1925; and 15 others by or about the author, 8vo (18)
Lynch (Paul) Prophet Song, first edition, signed inscription from the author "Out of terror comes pity and out of pity comes love" and dated on title, 2023 § Evaristo (Bernadine) Girl, Woman, Other, signed and dated by the author on title, 2019, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets; and another Booker winner, 8vo (3)
Fortune (Dion) The Sea Priestess, first edition, strip of browning on endpapers, original cloth, discoloured and stained, spine faded, dust-jacket, spine toned, light chips and nicks to edges but overall a very sharp and excellent copy, 8vo, 1938. *** Scarce in such condition.Violet Mary Firth (pseudonym Dion Fortune) had published three novels previously, with The Sea Priestess as her fourth novel. It follows 'Wilfred Maxwell, a man living with his mother and sister who learns to commune with the Moon after an asthma attack. He meets with Le Fay Morgan, a spiritual adept, and together they enter an obsessive (on Wilfred's part) but platonic relationship while establishing a temple to the sea gods' - Alan Richardson, Priestess: The Life and Magic of Dion Fortune, 2007.
Pound (Ezra) ABC of Reading, first edition, endpapers toned, jacket split along joint, torn at upper panel with creasing and rubbing, few nicks and tears to edges, marks to covers, 1934; Make It New, ?first American edition, bookseller's sticker, jacket edges toned, spine browned, edges chipped and rubbed, New Haven, 1935; Culture, first American edition, ownership name on slightly toned endpapers, cloth a little faded, jacket splitting down joint, few holes to joints, edges a little chipped and browned, Connecticut, 1938, original boards or cloth, dust-jackets; and c.150 others relating to Pound, v.s. (c.150)
Sholokhov (Mikhail) And Quiet Flows the Don, first English edition, translated by Stephen Garry, original cloth, extremities fractionally rubbed, dust-jacket, portion of loss to spine head, extremities nicked, frayed, edges tender, the odd chip, spine toned and some light surface soiling, 8vo, 1934. *** ? The first title of major epic of Soviet-era literature. Scarce. The Nobel Laureate's masterpiece follows the life and fate of the Don Cossacks during the Great War and Russian Revolution. Beginning in 1926 and completed in 1940, it was one of the first works of Soviet literature to be translated into English.
Innes (Michael) There Came Both Mist and Snow, first edition, the author's copy with his ownership inscription in pencil on front free endpaper, a few scattered spots, original cloth, a little marked, dust-jacket, spine a little faded with vertical crease, edges fractionally creased, otherwise crisp and excellent, 8vo, 1940.
Wyndham (John) The Day of the Triffids, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "With best wishes to Anne & George from John Wyndham | (or John Harris), 2.10.51" on front free endpaper, original cloth, extremities fractionally bumped and rubbed, 8vo, 1951. *** John Wyndham's classic post-apocalyptic novel, signed by him in year of publication.
Dexter (Colin) Last Bus to Woodstock, first edition, signed by the author on title, pages browned (as often), original brown boards lettered in black, dust-jacket, price-clipped, minor chipping to spine tips and corners, light creasing to head and foot, an excellent example, [Cooper & Pike pp.112-3], 8vo, Macmillan, 1975.*** The first Inspector Morse novel.
Kops (Bernard) By the Waters of Whitechapel, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "To Sara, because you are not to buy this, not to queue up at the library, it's not nice to borrow books from friends, not to steal at Foyles, but very necessary to read, lots of love Bernard, Jan 71" on front free endpapers, 1969; The Dissent of Dominick Shapiro, signed presentation inscription from the author "to Sara and Gerry with love from Bernard April 66" on front free endpaper, 1966, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets, frayed and chipped at edges, rubbed; and 6 others, all but one signed and inscribed to the author's agent, 8vo (8)

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