Repton (Humphry) Observations on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening, first edition, stipple-engraved frontispiece portrait by W.Holl after S.Shelley slightly foxed, 11 hand-coloured aquatint plates (9 with overlays, 1 folding and with short tear), 14 engraved plates (mostly aquatint, some tinted, 3 with overlays, 1 double-page) and 2 engraved maps (1 hand-coloured), 11 aquatint vignettes and illustrations in text, 2 with overlays, wood-engraved illustrations, some offsetting, uncut in original printed pink boards, rebacked, rubbed and soiled, [Abbey, Scenery 390; Berlin Kat. 3431; Tooley 399], 4to, Printed by T. Brinsley...for J. Taylor, 1803.⁂ Repton's "most important work" in first edition and unusual to find in the original boards.
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Austen (Jane) Northanger Abbey: and Persuasion. By the Author of "Pride and Prejudice", Mansfield-Park &c. With a Biographical Notice of the Author, 4 vol., first edition, lacking final 2 blanks in vol.4, neat contemporary ink ownership inscriptions to each front pastedown, some light foxing or spotting to pages (worse to titles), but otherwise a very clean set internally, late 19th century half calf, spines gilt with red morocco spine labels, corners very lightly bumped and joints very lightly rubbed, overall a very attractive set, [Gilson A9], 12mo, John Murray, 1818.⁂ First edition of both novels, published posthumously. Northanger Abbey, a Gothic novel parody, had been drafted fifteen years earlier under a working title of 'Susan', but was abandoned when another novel of the same name appeared in 1809. Persuasion was completed by Austen in the summer of 1816, shortly before she was forced to stop writing due to ill-health.
![[Ward (Hon. Mrs.)] Sketches with the Microscope in a Letter to a Friend, first edition, 14 hand-coloured plates, lacks front](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/7f555423-35bb-47ba-900e-af0400c3d8cc/8153e815-cbc6-49da-a2f1-af0701172465/468x382.jpg)
[Ward (Hon. Mrs.)] Sketches with the Microscope in a Letter to a Friend, first edition, 14 hand-coloured plates, lacks front blank, contemporary and later ink ownership or presentation markings to title, one or two light spots but very clean otherwise, original blind-stamped cloth, gilt, spine rather faded and frayed, 12mo, [F. H. Shields, Parsontown, County Offaly], 1857.⁂ The very rare provincially printed first edition of a volume that later ran to several editions.
![[Dickens (Charles)], "Boz". Oliver Twist or, The Parish Boy's Progress, 3 vol., first edition, first issue with "Boz" on titl](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/7f555423-35bb-47ba-900e-af0400c3d8cc/cd3e2126-17df-4793-816c-af07011ccd66/468x382.jpg)
[Dickens (Charles)], "Boz". Oliver Twist or, The Parish Boy's Progress, 3 vol., first edition, first issue with "Boz" on titles, half-titles, 24 etched plates (including the 'fireside' plate) by George Cruikshank, lacking advertisements, bookplates to pastedown, contemporary ink ownership name to titles, some light foxing and spotting to plates or text leaves, contemporary half calf, rubbed, 8vo, [Eckel pp. 59-60; Smith I, 4], Richard Bentley, 1838.
Le Fanu (Joseph Sheridan) Uncle Silas: A Tale of Bartram-Haugh, 3 vol., first edition, half-titles, scattered spotting, contemporary morocco-backed boards, fractional bumping to corners and spine extremities, housed in modern slip-cases, light fading, a little rubbed, [Wolff 4025; Sadleir 1386; Tymn 2-63], 8vo, 1864.⁂ Scarce.Tymn writes; "Uncle Fanu is perhaps Le Fanu's most celebrated work, superior in atmosphere and emotional power. Draped in black, it is a psychological thriller with a highly concentrated small cast."
Le Fanu (Joseph Sheridan) The Purcell Papers, 3 vol. bound as 1, first edition, previous owner's ink signature to front pastedown, faint spotting to first and last few leaves, original decorative cloth, gilt, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1880.⁂ This is a variant binding. John Carter initially lists 4 variants in 'Binding Variants' before adding an additional two in "More Binding Variants" where he lists this binding as 'Variant F.' He also says of this binding, "... the wooden spoon in the race for priority obviously goes to F, whose cheap finery is in sharp contrast to the sober decoration of all its predecessors."
![Wilde (Oscar) Poems, first edition, [one of 250 copies], the odd spot, light browning to endpapers, "Norton Burr Stelle" book](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/7f555423-35bb-47ba-900e-af0400c3d8cc/041c0d25-f7dc-4833-801f-af0701204596/468x382.jpg)
Wilde (Oscar) Poems, first edition, [one of 250 copies], the odd spot, light browning to endpapers, "Norton Burr Stelle" bookplate to front pastedown, original parchment boards with gilt floral designs to covers and spine, very short split to head of upper joint, a little soiling, light rubbing to spine, t.e.g., others uncut, preserved in folding chemise and custom slipcase, [Mason 304], 8vo, David Brogue, 1881.⁂ "The first printing (June 1881) consisted of 750 copies, of which only 250 copies were used for the first edition, the remaining 500 being equally divided between the second and third editions." - Mason.
![Hardy (Thomas) Wessex Tales, Strange Lively and Commonplace, 2 vol., first edition in book form, [one of 750 copies], with in](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/7f555423-35bb-47ba-900e-af0400c3d8cc/ee9bbdd6-5af0-4d7d-bbfd-af07011f9edd/468x382.jpg)
Hardy (Thomas) Wessex Tales, Strange Lively and Commonplace, 2 vol., first edition in book form, [one of 750 copies], with initial blanks, half-titles and two advertisements leaves at end of vol. 2, ink stamp to title vol. 1 'with the publisher's compliments', a few minor instances of light spotting or finger soiling, browning to endpapers, original green cloth with bands of bright green rules across top and bottom, spines very lightly toned, very light rubbing to joints, spine ends and corners, spine ends a little bumped, housed within presentation drop-back box, cloth with morocco spine, slightly rubbed, [Purdy p.58], 8vo, Macmillan and Co., 1888.
Hardy (Thomas) Tess of the d'Urbervilles. A Pure Woman..., 3 vol., first edition in book form, second impression revised, [one of 500 copies], half-titles, with initial blank in vol. 3 and final blanks in vol. 2 & 3, small booklabels to pastedowns, vol. 1 front free endpaper laid down to pastedown, all vol. hinges slightly weak but holding, original decorated tan cloth, upper covers blocked in gilt with two vertical wavy lines of honeysuckle and gold disks designed by Charles Ricketts, spines toned, some toning and staining to covers, lightly rubbed, spine ends a little bumped, [Purdy p.74], 8vo, James R. Osgood, McIlvaine & Co., 1892.⁂ One of 500 copies (the first impression of the previous year was 1000), with a few very minor corrections or changes to spelling and imprints. Hardy's tragic tale of a fallen woman shocked Victorian readers, particularly the subtitle of the novel "A Pure Woman". It was first published in the Graphic from July to December 1891 in weekly instalments, having being rejected by several other periodicals, but with the seduction and mock-baptism scenes removed and some alterations. Both sections were published separately prior to serialisation but reinstated with the original text when issued in book form.
Douglas (Lord Alfred) Poèmes, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "Arthur Jackson from his friend Alfred Douglas. Aix . September 1898" to recto of English half-titles, portrait frontispiece by Dujardin after Spindler, parrallel text in French and English, light browning, ink ownership inscription to endpaper, 20th century half morocco, upper and lower wrappers (a little soiled) bound in, 8vo, Paris, Mercure de France, 1896.
Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer) Lord Randolph Churchill, 2 vol., first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Frederick Smith, 1st Baron Colwyn dated 13 Jan. 1906 to vol. 1 endpaper, plates, foxing, note on Chancellor of the Exchequer letterhead loosely inserted, Colwyn bookplate to front pastedown, original red cloth, spines faded, spines a little frayed at head, some bumping to foot of spines and corners, light rubbing, uncut, [Woods A8a], 8vo, 1906.⁂ An excellent association copy, inscribed by Churchill in the final days of the 1906 election. Frederick Smith (1859-1946) was a banker, industrialist and influential Liberal figure in Manchester politics. The 1906 elections was Churchill's first as a Liberal and saw him successfully contest the Manchester North West seat. As a significant player in the local political arena, it seems likely that Smith would have assisted Churchill in his campaigning and that the present work was a gift of thanks from the author.
Brunschwig (Hieronymus) A most excellent and perfecte homish apothecarye or homely physick booke for all the grefes and diseases of the bodye, first edition in English, translated by John Hollybush, collation: a-g6 h4, lacking final blank leaf, printed in black letter with headlines and some headings in italics and side-notes in roman, large woodcut device on title, some worming throughout, getting heavier towards end, upper corner of g4 defective, affecting pagination, some light browning, light water-stain to upper corners, modern blind-stamped goatskin, [STC 13433], folio, Cologne, by Arnold Birckman, 1561.⁂ Often bound with part 2 of William Turner's A New Herbal [STC 24365]. Includes several very early suggestions for the use of medical cannabis ('hempsede') - "If a man haue a sounding or piping in his eares / the same cometh somtyme of a hote slymy fylthynesse / or of a hote slymy moystnesse. He that is so diseased / ought to take pilles de iera picra / & then put oyle of Hempsede warme into his eares / mixt wt a litle vinegre / after yt let him leape vpon hys one legge / vpon that syde / where the disease is / than let hym bowe doune ye eare of that syde / if happely any moysture or fylth would issue out."A pencil note on front pastedown reads "Bound in my own goat skin bred at Ivel House, Ilchester, Somerset, 1947."Provenance: "TBS" (old ink monogram at foot of title).
Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer) The Second World War, 6 vol., first edition, one of 100 sets specially-bound for presentation, maps, plans and illustrations, many folding (in vol.6 2 a little frayed at fore-edge, 1 torn), printed author's note tipped into vol. 1, light spotting, some occasional light creasing, original black pebble-grain morocco, spines lettered in gilt, some light spotting and faint marking but a very good set overall, t.e.g., [Woods A123(b)], 8vo, 1948-54.⁂ One of the great Churchill rarities, specially-bound by the publisher for presentation.
Gilbert (William) De Magnete, first edition, woodcut device on title and coat-of-arms to verso, woodcut illustrations, folding woodcut plate torn and stained, woodcut initials and decorations, head of title with corner torn away, title and verso of final leaf a little dust-soiled, ink correction to one word on D6 recto, lacking free endpapers, contemporary limp vellum, soiled, lacking ties, bottom corner of lower cover torn away, [PMM 107; Dibner, Heralds of Science 54; STC 11883; Horblit 41; Tomash & Williams G43], folio, Peter Short, 1600.⁂ A very good, complete copy in original condition of the first really modern scientific book published in England. In this work on electricity Gilbert established that the earth itself was one great magnet. He worked out the variation and declination of the compass and he distinguished magnetic mass from weight. He first used the terms 'electricity', 'electric force' and 'electric attraction', invented the first electric measuring instrument the 'electro-meter', and considered the static quality of amber as an electric force. His book influenced Kepler, Galileo and Newton and became one of the foundation works of modern physics.
Windsor (Edward, Duke of) A King's Story. The Memoirs of the Duke of Windsor, first trade edition, signed presentation inscription from the Duke and Duchess of Windsor on half-title, plates, copy of letter from the Duke of Windsor to the recipient loosely inserted, original cloth, dust-jacket, price-clipped, spine ends and corners chipped, light creasing to head and foot, 8vo, New York, 1951.⁂ Rare to find signed by both Edward and Wallace Simpson.
Ballard (J. G.) The Terminal Beach, first edition, neat ink ownership inscription to endpaper, original boards, spine slightly faded, light marking to spine and covers, light bumping to spine tips and corners, dust-jacket, spine a little darkened, minor chipping to spine tip, light creasing to head, some faint surface soiling, an excellent example, 8vo, 1964.⁂ An early collection of Ballard's short stories, including the dystopian "Deep End" and "Billennium" as well as "The Drowned Giant", recently the subject of an animated adaptation. Rare in the dust-jacket in good condition.
Ballard (J. G.) Why I Want to Fuck Ronald Reagan, first edition, one of 250 copies, light creasing to head, short split to head of spine, lower cover with short nicks and creasing to head, light marginal toning, 4to, Brighton, Unicorn Bookshop, 1968.⁂ Scarce first edition of Ballard's short story satirising the rise of the new "media politicians" embodied by Reagan, then Governor of California. The publication of the pamphlet led to a prosecution on the grounds of obscenity for the Unicorn Bookshop, ultimately forcing the owner to close.
Ballard (J. G.) Crash, first edition, original boards, slight shelf-lean, light vertical crease to spine, dust-jacket, minor chipping and some rubbing to spine head and corner tips, short nick to head of rear panel, some lifting to laminate (as often), but an excellent example generally without the usual fading to spine, 8vo, 1973.⁂ Ballard's superb exploration of car-crash sexual fetishism. Initially controversial, Crash is now regarded as a landmark work of postmodern fiction.
Dahl (Roald) The BFG, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "To Dermot Love Roald Dahl" and additionally signed by the illustrator, dated "Dec. 1982" both to front free endpaper, illustrations by Quentin Blake, light marginal toning, original boards, dust-jacket, light sunning to spine, minor chipping and light creasing to head of spine and corner tips, a sharp and excellent example overall, 8vo, 1982.⁂ An inscribed copy of one of Dahl's most popular and enduring works. Inscribed copies of Dahl's later works are rare, especially so signed by both author and illustrator.
![Annotated.- Bullein (William) Bulleins bulwarke of defe[n]ce againste all sicknes, sornes, and woundes, that dooe daily assau](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/7f555423-35bb-47ba-900e-af0400c3d8cc/03e8956e-5d44-4f80-adbe-af07011b7549/468x382.jpg)
Annotated.- Bullein (William) Bulleins bulwarke of defe[n]ce againste all sicknes, sornes, and woundes, that dooe daily assaulte mankinde, whiche bulwarke is kepte with Hillarius the gardiner, Health the phisician, with their chyrurgian, to helpe the wounded soldiors, 4 parts in 1, first edition, black letter, woodcut illustrations and decorative initials, contemporary ink annotations throughout (some cropped by binder), part 1 lacking general title, list of authors f. and q1, p6 and q2 torn and repaired with loss to text and illustrations, part 2 title and final f. (with woodcut of skeleton) torn and repaired with loss to text and illustrations, part 4 sig. O at end repaired tears affecting text, all parts with some repairs, mostly marginal, affecting printed side-notes and /or annotations, and occasionally a little of main text, some water-staining, other staining and spotting, lightly browned, modern half calf, gilt spine in compartments and with brown leather label, little rubbed, [Durling 778; Wellcome I, 1149; STC 4033], folio, By Ihon Kyngston, 1562. sold not subject to return. ⁂ The first edition is rare at auction in any condition, and is found here with often extensive contemporary annotations.
Durrell (Gerald) My Family and Other Animals, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "With thanks for helping our bears" with a drawing of a bear below, ink ownership and gift inscription to endpaper "Elizabeth Maxtone Graham from Patrick Maxtone Graham who started me on all the Durrell Books 1957", original boards, spine sunned with a few splash marks, dust-jacket, price-clipped, light sunning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, light spotting extremities a little toned, a very good copy, 8vo, 1956.⁂ Durrell's classic memoir of his childhood in Greece, rare signed, especially so with such a charming inscription.
Eliot (T.S.) Murder in the Cathedral, first edition, signed by the author on title, light foxing to endpapers, original cloth, dust-jacket, light toning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, light creasing to head and foot, some light marking to panels, an excellent copy, [Gallup A29b], 8vo, 1935.⁂ Rare to find flat signed in this manner.
![Eliot (T.S.) [Four Quartets], 4 vol., comprising East Coker, first Faber edition, light foxing, covers darkened, some splitti](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/7f555423-35bb-47ba-900e-af0400c3d8cc/5efbd621-2cb3-45d7-bd64-af07011e3f1f/468x382.jpg)
Eliot (T.S.) [Four Quartets], 4 vol., comprising East Coker, first Faber edition, light foxing, covers darkened, some splitting to spine, 1940; Burnt Norton, first separate edition, ink ownership inscription to endpaper, small rust marks to spine, 1941; The Dry Salvages, first edition, light soiling and toning to covers some splitting to foot of spine, 1941; Little Gidding, first edition, first issue, ink ownership inscription to endpaper, original sewn wrappers, spine lightly faded, 1942, [Gallup A36c, A37, A39 & A42], original wrappers, a very good set overall; and a T.L.s. from Eliot's secretary, Linda Melton, discussing the origin of the titles for East Coker and Burnt Norton, 8vo
Faulkner (William) Light in August, first edition, first issue with 'Jefferson' for 'Mottstown' on p.340, light browning to endpapers, original first state coarse tan cloth, dust-jacket, very light sunning to spine, chipping and a few short tears to head and foot with light creasing, fore-edges a little chipped, split to foot of upper fore-edge, rubbed, but a very good example overall, 8vo, New York, 1932.⁂ Faulkner's classic Southern gothic novel, now hailed as ranking among his best and a major work of 20th century literature.
Fleming (Ian) Diamonds are Forever, first edition, original boards, upper cover decorated in blind with silver diamond to centre, spine lettered in silver, very slight shelf-lean, else fine, dust-jacket, price-clipped, slight toning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, small nick to foot of upper panel, light creasing to head, but an excellent copy overall, preserved in custom morocco-backed drop-back box, 8vo, 1956.
Fleming (Ian) From Russia, With Love, first edition, front free endpaper creased, with light spotting to following p., original boards with gun-and-rose design to upper cover in bronze and silver, spine lettered in silver and bronze, dust-jacket, light browning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, light creasing to head, extremities a little rubbed, an excellent example overall, preserved in custom morocco-backed drop-back box, 8vo, 1957.
Fleming (Ian) The Spy Who Loved Me, first edition, original pictorial boards with dagger embossed in silver and blind on upper cover, spine lettered in silver, fine, dust-jacket, spine with slight toning and a few small light splash-marks, but a sharp, near-fine example otherwise, preserved in custom morocco-backed drop-back box, 8vo, 1962.
Fleming (Ian) Moonraker, first edition, issue with "shoot" on p.10, original black boards lettered in silver, small mark to upper cover, dust-jacket, spine a little dulled and toned, minor chipping to spine tips and corners, light rubbing to extremities, an excellent example overall, preserved in custom morocco-backed drop-back box, 8vo, 1965.
![Astronomy.- Kepler (Johannes) Epitome astronomicae Copernicanae [libri I. II. III], first editions, 2C6 blank, sig. B misboun](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/7f555423-35bb-47ba-900e-af0400c3d8cc/370fc588-dac9-43b7-9ad6-af070120e926/468x382.jpg)
Astronomy.- Kepler (Johannes) Epitome astronomicae Copernicanae [libri I. II. III], first editions, 2C6 blank, sig. B misbound before title, **4 and ⁂4 (tables, index and errata) misbound at end, Linz, Johann Planck, 1618 bound after Epitomes astronomiæ Copernicanae...Liber quartus. Doctrinae theoricae primus: quo physica Coelestis, second edition, errata f. at end, worm trace to upper corner of first few ff., Linz: Johann Planck for Gottfried Tampbach, 1622 and Epitomes astronomiae Copernicanae libri V. VI. VII. quibus proprie doctrina theorica, first editions, errata at end, Frankfurt, for Gottfried Tampach, 1621, numerous woodcut illustrations in text, folding letterpress table, letterpress tables in text, folding letterpress table trimmed with loss of text, foxed, some staining, lightly browned, binding using a fragment of a limp vellum 15th century antiphonal f., yapp edges, a split and some worming to foot of spine, lightly soiled, [Caspar 55, 66 & 69; Houzeau and Lancaster 11831], 8vo⁂ 'Kepler's longest and most influential work' (DSB). It contains Kepler's three laws of planetary motion around the Sun, arguing that heavenly bodies travelled in elliptical orbits at varying speeds rather than fixed circular orbits, and in short, making the Copernican system 'nearly 100 times more accurate' (DSB). The principles here would form the theoretical basis for Newton's law of universal gravitation nearly a century later; indeed, his Principia (1687) was first introduced to the Royal Society as 'a mathematical demonstration of the Copernican hypothesis as proposed by Kepler'. Our copy complete, despite being bound in a curious order.
*** Please note, the description to this lot has changed.***Forster (E.M.)Where Angels Fear to Tread, first edition, first issue with 32pp. advertisements beginning with 'The Edge of Circumstance', presentation inscription from the author "to W.O. Milne from the author" on half-title, hinges weak throughout with first gathering working loose, occasional light foxing, light marking to endpapers, original cloth, spine lightly browned, extremities a little bumped and spine ends fraying slightly, covers lightly marked, still overall a bright and excellent copy, [Kirkpatrick A1a], 8vo, 1905. ⁂ Forster's first novel, we can trace only one other inscribed copy for almost 30 years.Published when Forster was only 26 years old, Where Angels Fear to Tread immediately established the author as a writer of note and its central theme, of the snobbery and hypocrisy of the English middle class, one that would preoccupy him for much of his career.
Greene (Graham) Stamboul Train, first edition, second issue with "Quin Savory", very light even foxing to first few pages and final page, otherwise internally very clean, original cloth, lightly soiled, spine ends a little bumped, dust-jacket, corners chipped with very small amount of loss with neat repairs, spines ends and fore-edge creased with tape repairs verso, spine and lower panel lightly discoloured and marked, still in effect a sharp copy, 8vo, 1932.
Greene (Graham) Journey Without Maps, first edition, photographic plates, map endpapers, edge spotting, light browning to endpapers, original cloth, light spotting and some splash marks to covers, but a very good, bright example overall, [Wobbe A11a], 8vo, 1936.⁂ Greene's first travel book and one of his rarest titles in first edition.
Hemingway (Ernest) A Farewell to Arms, first edition, first issue without the author's note, original cloth, with gilt paper labels to upper cover and spine, spine ends and corners a little bumped and frayed, first issue dust-jacket with mis-spelled 'Katherine Barclay' to front flap, very light toning to spine, panels with chipping and some fraying to head and foot, repairs and restoration to lower joint and spine ends, affecting titling and imprint on spine, rubbing to fore-edge, a good copy overall, 8vo, New York, 1929.⁂ One of Hemingway's key novels and among the best fiction to come out of the First World War.
Herbert (Frank) Dune, first English edition, small patch of foxing to half-title, original boards, horizontal crease to spine, some light marking to covers, light bumping to spine tips and corners, dust-jacket, spine ends and corners chipped, small portion of loss to head of upper panel touching title, closed tears to corners, creasing to head and foot, usual lifting of laminate at joints, 8vo, 1965.⁂ The scarce first English edition of this science fiction classic, successfully adapted for the cinema twice, most recently by Denis Villeneuve in 2021.
Hesse (Hermann) Steppenwolf, first English edition, translated by Basil Creighton, publisher's advertisements at end, scattered spotting, original red cloth, light sunning to spine foot, fractional bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, lightly sunned spine, short tear to upper joint, light creasing and small tears to edges, 8vo, 1929.
Hines (Barry) A Kestrel for a Knave, first edition, neat ink ownership inscription to endpaper, original boards, very slight sunning to spine, light bumping to spine tips, dust-jacket, very slight discolouration to spine, minor chipping and some creasing to spine tips and corners, extremities rubbed, an excellent example, 8vo, 1968.⁂ Scarce in the dust-jacket.
Huxley (Aldous) Crome Yellow, first edition, some scattered edge-spotting, browning to endpapers, original yellow cloth with paper label to spine, dust-jacket, light browning to spine, head of spine and corners chipped, portion of loss to lower panel affecting advertisement text, a few short nicks with light creasing to head and foot, but a good, clean copy of a rare jacket overall, [Connolly 39], 8vo, 1921.⁂ Huxley's first novel and one of his best. Rare in the dust-jacket.
Isherwood (Christopher) Sally Bowles, first edition, signed by the author on title with score through his printed name, light spotting to endpapers, original cloth, light toning to spine, extremities a little rubbed, dust-jacket, light browning and rubbing to spine, spotting to panels, splitting to head of lower joint and upper fore-edge, minor chipping to spine tips and corners, closed tears to head of upper panel, but an excellent example overall of a scarce and delicate jacket, [Westby and Brown p.6; Woolmer 411], 8vo, Hogarth Press, 1937.⁂ Rare signed. The first appearance of Isherwood's most famous character; part inspiration, along with I am a Camera, for the musical and film Cabaret. The creation of Sally Bowles gave Isherwood financial security for much of the rest of his life.
Jackson (Shirley) The Haunting of Hill House, first English edition, light browning to endpapers original boards, light bumping to spine tips and corners else fine, dust-jacket, spine slightly darkened, light toning to rear panel, light rubbing to spine tips and corners, but a near-fine example overall, [Tymn 4-119], 8vo, 1960.⁂ Jackson's classic ghost tale, subject of multiple adaptations and one of the great works of the genre. The English edition appears to be far rarer than the American, we can trace only one other like example at auction.
James (M. R.) A Warning to the Curious, first edition, half-title, faint very occasional spotting, original cloth, very light fading to edges, fractional bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, small loss to spine head, tear to lower joint and across spine, small tears and minor loss to top edge, a little rubbed, but still a very good example of a scarce jacket, 8vo, 1925.⁂ M. R. James' last collection, and one of his bleakest. Scarce in the macabre dust-jacket.
Kafka (Franz) The Trial, first American edition, endpapers browned, original pictorial cloth, corners and extremities bumped and frayed, spine lightly faded, one or two marks, dust-jacket, chips and cracks to spine ends, one inch section of spine head detached but loosely inserted, joints cracked and brittle, 8vo, 1937.⁂ Scarce edition with dust-jacket in tact.
Kerouac (Jack) On the Road, first edition, slight cockling to foot of some pages, light damp staining to endpapers, original boards, damp staining and marking to covers, dust-jacket, light sunning to spine, damp-staining to foot causing surface tearing to panels with loss to some blurb on lower panel, short internal tear to spine, spine tips and corners a little rubbed and creased, light fraying to head of spine, slip-case, 8vo, New York, 1957.
Le Carré (John) Call for the Dead, first edition, very occasional marginal soiling, straying into text on p.55, original red boards, small worm hole to upper joint, else fine, dust-jacket, spine ends and corners a little chipped, slight toning to spine, small patch of discolouration to lower panel, light surface soiling, an excellent example overall, 8vo, 1961.⁂ The author's first novel and the introduction of George Smiley, Le Carré's most enduring creation and arguably the greatest and most complex character in all of spy fiction.
Le Carré (John) The Spy Who Came in From the Cold, first edition, cut signature of the author loosely inserted, bookplate and ink ownership inscription to endpaper, original boards, light sunning to spine tips, dust-jacket, very slight fading to spine, light rubbing and minor chipping to spine tips and corners, faint spotting and light surface soiling to panels, an excellent example overall, 8vo, 1963.
McKee (David) Elmer, first edition, colour illustrations by the author, light damp mottling to foot, causing some cockling and adhesion tearing, original boards, light damp staining to foot of covers, dust-jacket, light damp stain with some cockling to foot, spine ends and corners a little chipped, small patch of surface wear to foot of lower panel, portion of restoration to foot of upper flap, extremities a little rubbed, 4to, 1968.⁂ McKee's children's classic about the multi-coloured elephant Elmer. Rare.
Orwell (George) Down and Out in Paris and London, first edition, scattered spotting, remains of label to rear endpaper and pastedown, title gutter weak, original cloth, spine ends and corners bumped and a little frayed, some fraying to upper joint, light marking to covers, [Fenwick A1a], 8vo, 1933.⁂ Orwell's first published novel, scarce.
Orwell (George) Nineteen Eighty-Four, first edition, light foxing, ink ownership stamp to endpaper, original cloth, light fading to spine, sunning to upper and lower edge, ring mark to lower cover, green dust-jacket designed by Michael Kennard, spine ends and corners chipped, split to foot of upper fore-edge, a few small nicks and chips to head and foot with creasing, extremities rubbed, [Fenwick A12a], 8vo, 1949.
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Osborne (John) Look Back in Anger, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "To Dr. [Philip] Murray" to title, browning to endpapers, original cloth, dust-jacket, light toning, spine end and corners a little chipped, a few short nicks or tears to head and foot, but an excellent example overall, 8vo, 1957.⁂ Scarce signed. The promotion of the play Look Back in Anger by the press officer at the Royal Court Theatre would lead to the popularisation of the term Angry Young Men to describe the generation of British authors to whom Osborne belonged.
Powell (Anthony) Agents and Patients, first edition, the odd spot, original cloth, light sunning to spine, splitting to lower joint, ring- and splash-marks to covers, dust-jacket by Misha Black, price-clipped, spine and panels with neat and expert repairs and restoration, light creasing to head and foot, in effect an excellent example, 8vo, 1936.⁂ An early Powell title, scarce in the dust-jacket.
Pratchett (Terry) The Colour of Magic, first edition, signed by the author on title, original boards, dust-jacket with publisher's overlay to front flap, light rubbing to extremities, light surface abrasion to lower panel, a near-fine example, 8vo, Gerrards Cross, Colin Smythe, 1983.⁂ A superb signed example of the first of the Discworld books. Copies of this title are scarce, especially so signed.
Pratchett (Terry) The Light Fantastic, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author and signed by dust-jacket artist Josh Kirby on title, remains of author's erased signature on title, some light toning to text, original boards, dust-jacket, price sticker to front flap, very slight fading to spine, light creasing to spine tips and corners, but a near-fine example overall, 8vo, Colin Smythe, 1986.
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Pratchett (Terry) [The Witches novels], 11 vol., comprising Equal Rites, 1987; Wyrd Sisters, 1988; Witches Abroad, 1991; Lords and Ladies, 1992; Maskerade, 1995; Carpe Jugulum, 1998; The Wee Free Men, 2003; A Hat Full of Sky, 2004; Wintersmith, 2006; I Shall Wear Midnight, 2010; The Shepherd's Crown, limited edition, slip-case, 2015, first editions, all but the last signed or with signed presentation inscriptions from the author, the first 6 signed by dust-jacket artist Josh Kirby, original boards, all but the last with dust-jackets, fine copies, 8vo. ⁂ The complete sequence of the Discworld Witches novels, the last was the final Discworld novel, published posthumously. Most signed within a year or two of publication.
Repton (Humphry) Designs for the Pavillon at Brighton, first edition, allegorical aquatint frontispiece misbound after d1, hand-coloured plan, 18 aquatint plates and vignettes (9 hand-coloured, 6 with overslips, one with overpage, one double-page, one folding, one plate and one vignette tinted), small tear to folding plate, slight creasing to edges of some overslips, light water-stain to one leaf, other minor, mostly marginal soiling, modern green half morocco over boards retaining part of original printed paper label on upper cover, preserved in modern green morocco-backed cloth slip-case, [Abbey, Scenery 57; Tooley 397], folio, Printed for J.C. Stadler...the letter press by T. Bensley, 1808.⁂ Repton's proposal for the pavilion in the Indian style of architecture, originally published in 1808, was not built due to the Prince Regent's financial difficulties at the time, but his ideas were taken up by John Nash who designed the building we know today in 1815.Provenance: E.P. John Westby (bookplate).
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Pratchett (Terry) [The City Watch novels], 8 vol., comprising Guards! Guards!, 1989; Men at Arms, 1993; Feet of Clay, signed by Stephen Briggs, 1996; Jingo, 1997; The Fifth Elephant, 1999, Night Watch, 2002; Thud!, limited edition, slipcase, 2005; Snuff, 2011, first editions, signed presentation inscriptions from the author, the first 5 signed by dust-jacket artist Josh Kirby, original boards, dust-jackets, fine copies, 8vo.⁂ The complete City Watch sequence, all signed within a year or two of publication.
Pratchett (Terry) and Neil Gaiman. Good Omens, uncorrected proof copy, signed presentation inscriptions from the authors "To Neil, Burn this book* Terry Pratchett" "*Despite the fact it's a rare collectible wossname. Neil Gaiman. p.s. Apply the match here" and additionally signed by jacket artist Chris Moore all on title, original stapled wrappers, proof dust-jacket, 1990; Good Omens, first edition, signed presentation inscriptions from the author and Chris Moore on title, original boards, dust-jacket, 1990, near-fine copies, 8vo (2)⁂ The proof is rare and only runs to p.34, the proof jacket has a few printed differences to that on the first as well as being shorter. We can trace no like example.
Pratchett (Terry) The Carpet People, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author on title over author's earlier tippexed inscription on title, illustrations by the author, original cloth, dust-jacket, price-clipped, neat reinforcing backing strip to head and foot verso, light rubbing but still a near-fine example overall, 8vo, 1971.⁂ Pratchett's first novel, written when he was a teenager, rare signed.
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