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The Last Enemy signed by Richard Hillary. Hardback book 1942 First Edition with no dust jacket, pencil note inside front page Many Happy Returns with love from Richard July 2nd 1942. In reasonable condition, a little discoloured to spine and a small paper loss to bottom of one page and couple light creases on 2 pages towards end. St Johns and Red cross Hospital Library sticker on inside page. Flight Lieutenant Richard Hope Hillary (20 April 1919 - 8 January 1943) was an Anglo-Australian Royal Air Force fighter pilot during the Second World War. He wrote the book The Last Enemy about his experiences during the Battle of Britain. Hillary was called up to the Royal Air Force in October 1939 and in July 1940, having completed his training, he was posted to B Flight, No. 603 Squadron RAF, located at RAF Montrose, flying Spitfires. The Squadron moved south to RAF Hornchurch on 27 August 1940 and immediately saw combat. In one week of combat Hillary personally claimed five Bf 109s shot down, claimed two more probably destroyed and one damaged. On 3 September 1940 he had just made his fifth kill when he was shot down by a Messerschmitt Bf 109 flown by Hauptmann Helmuth Bode of II./JG 26. Unable to bail out of the flaming aircraft immediately, Hillary sustained extensive burns to his face and hands. Before it crashed he fell out of the stricken Spitfire unconscious. Regaining his senses whilst falling through space, he deployed a parachute and landed in the North Sea, where he was subsequently rescued by lifeboat Lord Southborough (ON 688) from the Margate Station. Hillary was taken for medical treatment to the Royal Masonic Hospital, Hammersmith, London; and afterwards, under the direction of the surgeon Archibald McIndoe, to the Queen Victoria Hospital, East Grinstead, in Sussex. He endured three months of repeated surgery in an attempt to repair the damage to his hands and face, and went on to become one of the best known members of McIndoe's Guinea Pig Club. He wrote an account of his experiences, published in 1942 under the title Falling Through Space in the United States, and as The Last Enemy in Great Britain. Hillary was killed in his 24th year on 8 January 1943, along with Navigator/Radio Operator Sgt. Wilfred Fison, when he crashed a Bristol Blenheim during a night training flight in adverse weather conditions, the wrecked aircraft coming down on farmland in Berwickshire, Scotland.

A Hallstatt Bronze SitulaLate Bronze Age, Circa 11th-10th Century B.C.Height 11 inches (27.9 cm).Property from a New Jersey Private CollectionProvenance: Art Market, New York, prior to 1990. Artemis Gallery, Louisville, Colorado, Ancient Ethnographic-Holiday Edition, 5 December 2019, Lot 46.Note: This bronze situla is of the Hajdú BoszormEny type, which is named after the city in Hungry where two of these bucket-shaped vessels were first found in 1862. It is made from three sheets of hammered bronze held together by rivets. For a similar vessel found in Jutland, Denmark, see a bronze vessel (National Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen, Inv. no. 20419).Diameter 10.6 inches (27 cm); Diameter with handle 12.5 inches (32 cm).

AMENDED DESCRIPTION Maggy Clarysse. Summer, Winter and Autumn. Set of three limited edition prints, each signed lower right, one framed and glazed. Image size 31 x 37cm. (3)PROVENANCE; The residual studio collection of the artist. Maggy Clarysse (1931-2011), hidden away for the past decade, will come to auction in this sale.Consigned by her family, the art displays an extraordinary range, from pointillist studies of ponds, via Cézanne-inspired landscapes to Impressionist and post-Impressionist still lifes. In all, the auction will offer over 450 works by a woman who was obsessed with art and would rise early each day to get to her easel, completing 12 hours of painting, sketching, sculpting and drawing before turning her hand to crafts in the evening.BIOGRAPHY; The art came before and after a successful career as a model from the 1940s to 60s with the glamour that it brought with it.Born in Belgium, Maggy studied at art college in Brussels with the aim of becoming a Paris fashion designer. To that end, she eventually approached a leading couture house to show them her designs.To her delight, they agreed to take her on immediately. However, they did not want her as a designer, but as a model!This led to work in Paris, London and around Europe, with Maggy basing herself first in Germany and then in Paris as a couture house model and then a model for Vogue.She was photographed by Terence Donovan and David Bailey, with one shoot ending up with her pushing the then leading film star, Norman Wisdom, into a swimming pool her reasons for doing so remain shrouded in mystery!It was while on holiday in the south of France in the late 1950s that she met her future husband, an English businessman, and they then married and moved to Barnes in south-west London.She gave up modelling when her son was born, and the glamour days of chic long dresses were over, and she then turned her exceptional work ethic towards art.Maggy painted from dusk to dawn for many decades up until her death in 2011 and enjoyed considerable success commercially.She would divide her time between London and their apartment in the South of France, and she hosted several exhibitions a year between the early 1970s and the late 2000s in both London and Antibes. Works sold for up to £6,000-8,000 but are much more reasonably estimated here. Few of her works come on to the market and this sale provides a unique opportunity for collectors. In all, the auction will offer over 450 works by the artist.

Maggy Clarysee. Mimosa de Provence. Two signed, limited edition silkscreen prints, 6/80 and 13/80, with impressed MC stamp. 20 x 26cm. Together with another, Winters Delight, signed, limited edition 13/50. 23 x 18cm. (3)PROVENANCE; The residual studio collection of the artist. Maggy Clarysse (1931-2011), hidden away for the past decade, will come to auction in this sale.Consigned by her family, the art displays an extraordinary range, from pointillist studies of ponds, via Cézanne-inspired landscapes to Impressionist and post-Impressionist still lifes. In all, the auction will offer over 450 works by a woman who was obsessed with art and would rise early each day to get to her easel, completing 12 hours of painting, sketching, sculpting and drawing before turning her hand to crafts in the evening.BIOGRAPHY; The art came before and after a successful career as a model from the 1940s to 60s with the glamour that it brought with it.Born in Belgium, Maggy studied at art college in Brussels with the aim of becoming a Paris fashion designer. To that end, she eventually approached a leading couture house to show them her designs.To her delight, they agreed to take her on immediately. However, they did not want her as a designer, but as a model!This led to work in Paris, London and around Europe, with Maggy basing herself first in Germany and then in Paris as a couture house model and then a model for Vogue.She was photographed by Terence Donovan and David Bailey, with one shoot ending up with her pushing the then leading film star, Norman Wisdom, into a swimming pool her reasons for doing so remain shrouded in mystery!It was while on holiday in the south of France in the late 1950s that she met her future husband, an English businessman, and they then married and moved to Barnes in south-west London.She gave up modelling when her son was born, and the glamour days of chic long dresses were over, and she then turned her exceptional work ethic towards art.Maggy painted from dusk to dawn for many decades up until her death in 2011 and enjoyed considerable success commercially.She would divide her time between London and their apartment in the South of France, and she hosted several exhibitions a year between the early 1970s and the late 2000s in both London and Antibes. Works sold for up to £6,000-8,000 but are much more reasonably estimated here. Few of her works come on to the market and this sale provides a unique opportunity for collectors. In all, the auction will offer over 450 works by the artist.

A fine .416 (Rigby) 'Keep Calm and Carry On' bolt-magazine rifle by John Rigby & Co., no. 10700, no. 1 of 10Mauser M98 action-body, the receiver-ring engraved 'Rigby's special .416 bore for big game', flag-safety, the bolt head inlaid '2020' in white gold, hinged magazine-floorplate inlaid 'Keep Calm and Carry On / 416 Rigby / 1 of 10' in white gold, the highly-figured stock with colour hardened and engraved recoil-block, pistolgrip, blacked pistolgrip-cap inlaid with Rigby's logo in white gold, cheek-piece and leather recoil-pad, sling-swivels, the barrel engraved 'J. Rigby & Co., 13-19 Pensbury place, London, SW8', ramp-mounted bead-foresight with guard, block-mounted gold-inlaid foresights fixed for 100 yards and folding for 200 and 300 yards, also inlaid with the Rigby's logo and the initials of the guns makers; 'BB, BS, GL, ML, MN, NN, SK, TL, TS & VT'Weight 10lb. 1oz., 14½in. pull (13¾in. stock), 24in. barrel, London nitro proofIn it's full-length leather rifle case with accessoriesFootnotes:Dubbed the 'Keep Calm and Carry On' edition, this rifle is the first of 10 special edition rifles were built during the spring 2020 COVID-19 lockdown while the 10 gunmakers named on the top of the rifle were living at Rigby's Pensbury Place headquarters. The rifles were built to 'commemorate the camaraderie and commitment that have come to the force during the turbulent year.'The rifle appears new and virtually unusedThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: S1S1 Section 1 lots require a valid British Firearms certificate, RFD (Registered Firearms Dealer) Licence or import licence.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Sex, by Madonna, first edition, 1992, numbered 0.067643, spiral bound with aluminium boards, large format profusely illustrated with sexually explicit photographs, complete with CD and comic, 35cm x 28.5cm

Economics & Law.- Loen (Johann Michael) Der Kaufmanns-Adel..., first edition, lightly browned and spotted, Donaueschingen library copy with ink stamp to title, modern sprinkled board, Frankfurt, J.F.Fleischer, 1742 § Mirabeau (Honoré-Gabriel Riqueti, Comte de) Opinion...sur les Retours de l'Inde, 23pp., first edition, modern wrappers, [Goldsmiths' 14189], Paris, 1790 § Dumas (J.-A.) Éloge de d'Alembert: Discours qui a concouru pour le Prix extraordinaire proposé par l'Académie Françoise, pour l'année 1788, 54pp., first edition, with final blank,some spotting and soiling, stitched, uncut, a little frayed at edges, preserved in modern cloth portfolio, Paris, P.-J.Duplain, 1789 § Durand de Maillane (P.-T.) Suite et Défense du Rapport, sur les empêchemens, les dispenses & la forme des Mariages, 28pp., first edition, spotted, unbound, frayed at edges, Paris, 1790; and 4 other pamphlets, 3 in Swedish (2 on the murder of Malcolm Sinclair by the Russians and one against gin and brandy drinking), 4to & 8vo (8)⁂ The first is a rare work on the merchant nobility and trade.

Pamphlets.- [Defoe (Daniel), attributed to] Atalantis Major, first edition, title with woodcut typographic ornament, water-stained, occasional spotting /damp-spotting, some light browning (including title), [Moore 196], Printed in Olreeky [Edinburgh], no printer, 1711 [?1710 ('Published before 26 December 1710')(Moore)] bound with [Defoe (Daniel), attributed to] The Re-representation: or, A modest search after the great plunderers of the nation: being a brief enquiry into two weighty particulars, necessary at this time to be known, viz. I. Who they are that have plundered the nation. II. Why they are not detected and punished, half-title, [not in Moore; Goldsmiths' 4777; Hanson 1468], no printer, 1711 and "Medley's Footman". An answer to the Examination of The management of the war, title with woodcut typographic ornament, [Goldsmiths' 4974], Printed for A. Baldwin, 1711 and 7 others, Pamphlets, together 10 works in 1 vol., water-stained, occasional spotting / damp-spotting, lightly browned, contemporary panelled calf, spine in compartments and with red morocco label, upper compartment detached and loosely inserted, lower cover detaching, upper joint split, but holding firm, rubbed, 8vo⁂ In a letter to Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford, Defoe describes the first mentioned as a 'Bitter Invective against the D of Argyll, the E of Mar, and the Election of the Peers.'.

Science fiction.- [Tiphaigne de la Roche (Charles Francois)] Giphantia: or a View of What has Passed, What is Now Passing, and, During the Present Century, What Will Pass, in the World, 2 parts in 1, first edition in English, title in red and black, woodcut head- and tail-pieces, advertisement f. at end, first title soiled, some foxing and browning marks, a few corners cut away, new endpapers, modern cloth, 8vo, for Robert Horsfield, 1761-60.⁂ Scarce early science fiction work that includes passages anticipating the advent of photography and television.

Curiosa.- Flatulence.- [Hurtaut (Pierre Thomas Nicolas)] L'Art de Peter, Essay Théori-Physique et Méthodique, first edition, engraved frontispiece, frontispiece and title spotted and browned, contemporary ink manuscript acquisition notes to front and rear endpapers, from the renowned library of curiosa of F.Rolland de Lastous with his small gilt-stamped oval book-label, attractive contemporary red morocco, gilt, spine gilt, g.e., very slightly rubbed, a little spotting to lower cover, 12mo, "En Westphalie, chez Florent-Q, rue de Pet-en-Gueule, au Souffler" [i.e.Paris, Jean-Baptiste Langlois], 1751.⁂ Rare first edition of this scatological work on farting. Displays of such later became a popular stage show in nineteenth century Paris, with one celebrated practitioner "Le Pétomane" being able to perform La Marseillaise. WorldCat locates only a handful of copies. It was reprinted in 1776.

Coleridge (Samuel Taylor) Poems...To which are now added poems by Charles Lamb, and Charles Lloyd, second edition, without the rare errata slip (as often), final 2 ff. from another copy and detached, occasional spotting, lightly browned, original boards, ink ms. title to spine, spine ends and corners worn, lower boards all but detached, lightly stained, rubbed, [Wise 11; Tinker 679], 8vo, Bristol, Printed by N. Biggs, for J. Cottle, Bristol, and Messrs. Robinsons, London, 1797.⁂ Revised and greatly expanded by Coleridge, including a new Preface and eleven new poems, along with additional poems by Charles Lamb (who had contributed four poems to the first edition) and Charles Lloyd.

** Please note, the description for this lot has changed. **[Dickens (Charles)], "Boz." The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, first edition, bound from the 20 original parts in 19, mixed but early issues with the rare 2 plates by Buss present in part 3, half-title, frontispiece, additional engraved title, and plates by R. Seymour, R.W. Buss and Hablot K. Browne ("Phiz"), some toning and foxing, offsetting of plates, original wrapper to part I bound at front, wrapper parts II-XX bound together after text (few with ink ownership inscriptions), 148pp advertisements at rear, some trimmed, contemporary polished calf by Zaehnsdorf, spine gilt in compartments with morocco labels, g.e., upper joint splitting but still a handsome copy, Chapman and Hall, [Eckel pp.17-58; Hatton & Cleaver pp.3-88], 8vo, 1836-7.⁂ First edition of Dickens' first novel, handsomely bound from the rare monthly parts. Notoriously bibliographically complicated, with complex series of issue points for text, plates and advertisements.

Emerson (Ralph Waldo, editor).- The Dial: A Magazine for Literature, Philosophy, and Religion, 3 vol. comprising vol. 2 - 4, occasional blind-stamps, bookplate to vol. 2 title verso, vol. 3 with some foxing and title mounted on stub, vol. 4 title and contents f. browned and some marginal damp-stains to later ff., modern red cloth, 8vo, Boston, E. P. Peabody [& James Munroe], 1842-44.⁂ First edition of this important Transcendalist literary magazine. Founded in 1840, the first 8 issues were edited by Margaret Fuller before she passed the responsibility to Emerson who would edit the next 8 before the magazine closed in 1844. Contributors included Henry David Thoreau, James Russell Lowell, Theodore Parker and Emerson himself. Scarce.

Thackeray (William Makepeace) Vanity Fair. A Novel without a Hero, first edition, first issue with the suppressed woodcut of Marquis of Steyne on p. 336 and "Mr. Pitt" for "Sir Pitt" on p. 453, initial advertisement leaf for "Great Hoggarty Diamond" present, etched frontispiece, additional vignette title-page, and 38 plates, wood-engraved vignettes, original covers bound in at end (lightly soiled), light foxing and offsetting to plates, 19th century blue panelled morocco by Ramage, spine gilt in compartments, inner gilt dentelles, cream watered silk doublures and endpapers (edges very lightly frayed), leather book-label of Estelle Doheny, t.e.g., joints lightly rubbed but a very attractive copy overall, 8vo, 1848.⁂ Book-label of Estelle Doheny (1875-1958), philanthropist in Los Angeles and a renowned collector of books.

Dickens (Charles) Our Mutual Friend, 2 vol., first edition, bound from the original 19/20 monthly parts, first issue with part 1 without the printer's imprint on front wrapper, wood engraved frontispiece and 39 plates after Marcus Stone by Dalziel and W.T. Green, original wrappers bound together with 16pp. front advertisements only at end of each vol., bookplates to pastedown, occasional spot but generally very clean internally, wrappers trimmed without loss, fore-edges brittle, a few creased or stained, contemporary purple morocco, spine gilt in compartments, inner gilt dentelles, very light rubbing to joints, but overall an attractive set, [Hatton & Cleaver pp.343-370], 8vo, Chapman and Hall, 1864-5.

Stevenson (Robert Louis) The Pentland Rising: A Page of History. 1666, first edition, original printed wrappers, square patch of toning with remains of adhesion to head of upper wrapper, very light creasing, some faint surface soiling, but a very good example overall, preserved in folding chemise and custom morocco-backed slip-case (spine rubbed), [Prideaux II, 1], 8vo, 1866.⁂ Stevenson's scarce first book, written when he was sixteen for 200th anniversary of the Covenanters' rebellion and published at his father's expense.

[Stevenson (Robert Louis)] The Charity Bazaar: An Allegorical Dialogue, first edition, second issue with "discovered" on p.1, caption title, 4pp., signed by the author on p. 4, unbound as issued, horizontal folding crease, light creasing to extremities, pencil numbering to foot of p.1, housed in folding chemise with Library of the University of Texas bookplate to inside front flap, in custom red straight-grain morocco pull-tip box, [Pirdeaux II, 2], 4to, [Edinburgh, Privately Printed], [1868].⁂ Among the rarest of Stevenson items, written by the young author on occasion of a charity bazaar, "Every copy sold at the Bazaar or distributed at the time, was signed" - Prideaux. There are only 2 copies of the first issue recorded.

Stevenson (Robert Louis) Notice of a New Form of Intermittent Light for Lighthouses, offprint, first separate edition, 4ff., integral wrappers, small nick to title fore-margin, some light surface soiling and minor creasing but very good generally, [Prideaux II, 3], 8vo, Edinburgh, Printed by Neill and Company, 1871.⁂ A rare pamphlet. Stevenson read his paper to the Royal Scottish Society of Arts on 27th March 1871 and it was awarded the society's silver medal. "A few copies - probably not exceeding fifty - were pulled separately from the types of the Transactions, with the pagination altered, and a title page added. Copies are now rarely met with." - Prideaux.

Stevenson (Robert Louis) On the Thermal Influence of Forests, original pale blue wrappers, upper cover detached, toning to upper and lower cover, extremities a little chipped, preserved in folding chemise, [Prideaux II, 4], Edinburgh, Neill [but Richard Clay], 1873 [but c.1895]; War in Samoa, half-title, some corner creasing, small nick with creasing to head of upper wrapper, very light fading to spine, housed in custom folding chemise, [Prideaux I, 37], 1893 [but c.1898], 8vo (2)⁂ A pair of Wise Stevenson forgeries. The first purports to be a slightly earlier, rarer edition of a genuine work that appeared in 1873. The second appeared in the Pall Mall Gazette in 1893 but no genuine separate edition appears to have been published.

Stevenson (Robert Louis) Edinburgh. Picturesque Notes, first edition, 6 etchings by A. Brunet-Debaines from drawings by S. Bough and W. E. Lockhart, 12 woodcut vignettes by Hector Chalmers and R. Kent Thomas, occasional foxing, heavier to endpapers, original pictorial cloth, gilt, spine ends and corners a little rubbed and bumped, covers a little mottled and darkened, g.e., [Prideaux I, 2], folio, 1879.⁂ Scarce.

Stevenson (Robert Louis) Moral Emblems, A Second Collection of Cuts and Verses, first edition, 5 woodcut illustrations by the author, integral wrappers, stitched, light crease to upper cover, some minor soiling, housed in folding chemise with morocco book label of Harry Glemby to inside front flap, morocco-backed slip-case (spine worn at head), [Prideaux II, 11], 16mo, Davos-Platz, S. L. Osbourne & Company, [1882].⁂ Rare and charming little booklet created by Stevenson while living in Switzerland, printed by hand by his stepson Lloyd Osbourne.

Stevenson (Robert Louis) The Graver & the Pen or Scenes from Nature with Appropriate Verses, first edition, 5 woodcut illustrations by the author, very slight toning to endpapers, original stiff wrappers, stitched, near-fine, [Prideaux II, 14], 16mo, Edinburgh, S. L. Osbourne & Company, 1882.⁂ Scarce little work, with the woodcuts cut by Stevenson by hand using a penknife. A notice at the foot of the title states: "It was only by the kindness of Mr. Crerar of Kingussie that we were able to issue this little work--having allowed us to print with his own press when ours was broken."

Stevenson (Robert Louis) A Child's Garden of Verses, first edition, first issue, lacking rear endpaper, ink gift inscription to the poet Ethel Clifford and his sister Alice from her "Uncle Fred" to endpaper, light browning to front endpapers, original blue cloth, slight shelf-lean, spine a little darkened, spine ends and corners a little bumped, light soiling to covers, t.e.g., others uncut, [Prideaux I, 14], 8vo, 1885.⁂ A good copy of the first issue of this classic book of poetry for children; with the apostrophe on spine like the number 7, "of" on spine in smaller type, and no mention of Two Series in list of other works by the author.

Stevenson (Robert Louis) and Lloyd Osbourne. The Wrong Box, first American edition, bookplate of William Prescott Watts to front pastedown, New York, 1889; The Wrecker, first edition, frontispiece, plates, light bumping to foot of spine and lower corners, otherwise bright and fine, ?publisher's plain dust-jacket, lower panel torn and creased, graphite rubbing on spine lettering visible, 1892; The Ebb-Tide, light toning to endpapers, spine darkened, bumping and fraying to spine ends and corners, ink stain to lower cover, 1894, original cloth, [Prideaux I, 29, 34 & 40], 8vo (3)⁂ Stevenson's trio of collaborations with his stepson.

Stevenson (Robert Louis) The Body Snatcher, first separate edition, frontispiece, 3 plates, 3pp. advertisements, some light marginal toning, gutter cracking in places, light tape marks to endpapers, original lilac cloth, spine slightly darkened, spine tips and corners a little rubbed and frayed, some light marking, but a very good example overall, [Prideaux I, 43], 12mo, New York, [1895].⁂ The first of Stevenson's horror stories based in part around the notorious Burke and Hare murders.

Trollope (Anthony) The Last Chronicle of Barset, 2 vol. first edition in book form, first issue, bound from parts, frontispieces and 30 wood-engraved plates by G. H. Thomas, vignette illustrations, occasional scattered foxing, original decorative cloth, gilt, spines a little darkened, extremities lightly bumped, joints a little rubbed, Smith, Elder and Co., 1867; The Warden, first edition, title lightly browned with small bookseller stamp to top right corner, occasional light finger-soiling or browning, without advertisements, late 19th century half morocco, spine gilt in compartments with morocco spine labels, [Sadleir 4, 26], 1855, 8vo (3)

Trollope (Anthony) The Way We Live Now, 2 vol., first edition in book form, frontispieces and 38 wood-engraved plates by Luck Fildes, bookplates to pastedown and small bookseller's stamp to front free endpaper, vol.1 with remnants of paper laid down to endpaper and foxing to frontispiece, hinge cracked in places but holding firm, original green cloth, spine ends and corners a little bumped and creased, covers lightly marked, but an excellent and bright set overall, [Sadleir 44], Chapman and Hall, 1875; and a first edition of The Vicar of Bullhampton, 8vo (3)

Wilde (Oscar) Lady Windermere's Fan. A Play about a Good Woman, first edition, [one of 500 copies], 16pp. publishers' catalogue at end, contemporary ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, light scattered spots to first few pp., endpapers and pastedown very lightly browned, but a clean copy overall, original lilac cloth gilt designed by Charles Shannon, extremities lightly bumped, lightly faded, uncut, [Mason 357], 1893; and a copy of De Profundis, The Collector's Bookclub Edition, 8vo & 4to (2)

*** Please note, the description of this lot has changed ***Wilde (Oscar) The Ballad of Reading Gaol, first edition, one of 800 copies on hand-made paper, endpapers browned, bookplate of Martin Secker to pastedown with bookplate of Vyvyan Holland in facsimile below, original cream and ochre cloth, spine faded, [Mason 371], 8vo, Leonard Smithers, 1898.⁂ An interesting association copy of Wilde's poetic masterpiece.Martin Secker (1882-1978) publisher of authors including D. H. Lawrence, Thomas Mann, Henry James and George Orwell.Vyvyan Holland (1886 - 1967) was the second-born son of Wilde and Constance Lloyd. According to Holland's accounts in his autobiography, Wilde was a devoted and loving father, and the sons' childhood was a relatively happy one. John Ruskin was Oscar Wilde's first choice as godfather to Vyvyan, but the painter declined due to his age, and so Wilde turned to Mortimer Menpes, who accepted. Later, after Wilde was convicted of the charge of "gross indecency" and imprisoned in 1895, Constance changed her surname, and those of their sons, to Holland, and forced Wilde to give up his parental rights. Though Holland never saw his father again, he followed the trials and publications with vivacity, and in July 1909 he accompanied his father's friend Robert Ross to witness the reinterment of Wilde's remains from Bagneux Cemetery to Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris.

Wilde (Oscar) The Importance of Being Earnest, first trade edition, number 74 of 1000 copies, signed by the author to front free endpaper, bookplate to pastedown, ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, light spotting or foxing to first and last few pp. but generally clean throughout, original lilac cloth and spine bound in at rear, contemporary green half morocco, spine gilt in Art Nouveau design, spine faded, t.e.g., others uncut, [Mason 381], 4to, 1899.⁂ A rare signed copy of Wilde's celebrated farcical play.

Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer) The Second World War, 6 vol., first edition, half-titles, folding maps, contemporary royal blue half-morocco with red spine labels, spine gilt, fine copies, 8vo, 1948-54.

Conrad (Joseph) Almayer's Folly: A Story of an Eastern River, first edition, uncut, bookplate to pastedown, light browning to endpapers, occasional light spotting, original cloth, spine gilt, spine ends bumped, slight shelf lean, 8vo, 1895.⁂ Rare first edition of Conrad's first novel. Set in the Borneo jungle, Conrad's first book traces the life of the Dutch trader Kaspar Almayer and his daughter Nina. The author notes in 1895 that the first printing consisted of 1100 copies, though later estimates range from 1000 (suggested by the publisher) to 2000 (Wise).

Conrad (Joseph) Youth: a Narrative and Two Other Stories, first edition, light splatter soiling to pp.327-334, 32pp. advertisements dated 10/02, original cloth, spine faded, light rubbing to joints, extremities lightly bumped and creased, but still a sharp and attractive copy overall, 8vo, 1902.⁂ An excellent example of Conrad's most important short story collection, including Heart of Darkness, one of the most celebrated novellas of the 20th century.

Conrad (Joseph) Nostromo, first edition with misprint on p.187 with page number "871", foxing to front and rear pages, original cloth, spine gilt, minor abrasion to lower board, spine lightly faded and ends lightly bumped but still a bright and crisp example, 8vo, 1904.

Conrad (Joseph) Victory, first edition, first issue with comma after "Essex Street" on title, advertisements dated "Autumn 1915", publisher's pamphlet loosely inserted, light browning to endpapers, half-title and fore-edge lightly spotted, original cloth, spine gilt, spine ends lightly bumped, dust-jacket, tears to front panel, light chipping to fore-edge and corners, small chip to spine head affecting title, back panel lightly soiled but still an attractive copy with the rare jacket, 8vo, 1915.

Du Maurier (Daphne) Jamaica Inn, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to her governess "Tod - with love from Daphne. Xmas 1935" to endpaper, spotting to first and last few pp., some light tape staining to endpapers and pastedowns, original cloth, spine slightly sunning with short split to head and light staining to foot, dust-jacket, light toning to spine, spine with 1" portion of restoration to head affecting title, foot of spine and corners a little chipped, some light chipping and fraying to head of panels, small chips to fore-edges, light rubbing and surface soiling, 8vo, 1936.⁂ A superb association copy inscribed from the author to her favourite governess in the year prior to publication. We can find no like association copy. Maud Waddell worked as one of several governesses for the Du Maurier children and she is now regarded as having had an important formative influence on Daphne in particular. Waddell (or, "Tod" as she was nicknamed by the children after the Beatrix Potter character) was a strong, independently-minded woman who instilled in Du Maurier a passion for reading and encouraged her early writing. Writing in her memoirs, Du Maurier recounts some early influences from Waddell's recommendations: "Wilde filled my reading hours, but a more lasting impression was made by the stories of Katherine Mansfield, introduced to me by Tod who had a brother in New Zealand, and I felt instinctively that if I could only one day in the distant future write some sketch that might compare, however humbly, to hers, I need not despair..." . Waddell later became a close friend and confident, and would even serve as governess for Du Maurier's own children many years later.

Du Maurier (Daphne) Rebecca, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to her governess "Tod, with love from Daphne. July 1938" to front free endpaper, light marginal toning and some foxing, upper hinge tinder, original cloth, slight shelf-lean, light fading to spine, spine with short split to head and fraying to foot, joints rubbed, dust-jacket, light fading to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, neatly repaired tear to head of upper panel, light creasing to head, extremities rubbed, 8vo, 1938.⁂ A superb association copy inscribed from the author to her favourite governess in the month prior to publication. Signed copies of Rebecca are rare, we can only trace a handful at auction, we can find no like association copy. Maud Waddell, "Tod", Du Maurier's governess and mentor, see lot 158.

Du Maurier (Daphne) Frenchman's Creek, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to her governess "To Tod, with love from Daphne. Sept. 1941" to endpaper, light marginal toning, spotting to endpapers, original cloth, spine faded, fading and ring marks to upper cover, dust-jacket light toning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, with some paper strengthening and repair to verso, light sunning to lower panel, 8vo, 1941.⁂ A superb association copy inscribed from the author to her favourite governess in the year of publication.Maud Waddell, "Tod", Du Maurier's governess and mentor, see lot 158.

Du Maurier (Daphne) Hungry Hill, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to head governess "To Tod with love from Daphne. Easter 1943" to endpaper, light marginal toning, some scattered spotting, original cloth, very light fading to spine, some bumping to head and foot, light rubbing extremities, dust-jacket, light toning to spine, spine ends and corners chipped, creasing to head and foot, toning and surface soiling, rubbed, 8vo, 1943.⁂ A superb association copy inscribed from the author to her favourite governess in the year of publication. Maud Waddell, "Tod", Du Maurier's governess and mentor, see lot 158.

[Fearn (John Russell)], "Vargo Statten". Creature from the Black Lagoon, first edition, browning to endpapers, original boards, spine a little bumped at foot, else fine, dust-jacket, spine ends and corners a little chipped, a few short closed tears with creasing to head and foot of upper panel, some faint marking to lower panel, a very good example, 8vo, [1954].⁂ The scarce novelisation of the film, especially difficult to find with the dust-jacket in good condition.

Forster (E.M.) A Passage to India, first edition, bookplate to pastedown, very light fore-edge spotting, original cloth, very light bumping to spine ends, dust-jacket, extensive tissue repairs verso, chipping with some loss to upper panel, head and tail, and joints, darkened at spine and panel margins, some browning from tape, still a near-fine copy of the original cloth, [Kirkpatrick A10], 8vo, 1924.⁂ An excellent copy in near-fine cloth of one of Forster's most celebrated works. Scarce in jacket.

Gibbons (Stella) Cold Comfort Farm, first edition, author's own copy, signed by her on title, with inscription to her husband "For my Darling Allan, first September 1932" to front free endpaper, and additional inscription dated 1972 with accompanying original sketch by Francis Marshall laid down to rear endpaper, some light scattered spots to first and last few pp., contemporary blue half morocco, t.e.g., spine gilt in compartments, upper joint broken, spine lightly faded, 8vo, 1932.⁂ A wonderful association copy of Gibbon's satiric rural novel. Specially bound for Gibbon while her late husband Allan Webb was a member of the Book Collector's Club. The first inscription is to Allan, and another later inscription accompanies a sketch by Francis Marshall (1901-1980, fashion illustrator and dust-jacket designer), "I saw and liked his jacket for Barbara Cartland's 'We Danced All Night,' & he sent me the rough sketch for it when I wrote offering to buy the original. When I wrote sending him an annotated copy of CCF he sent me this drawing in return, I'd said he probably wasn't old enough to remember Fanny Ward". Marshall was a renown fashion illustrator in his own right, and his sketch of Fanny Ward - a contemporary American actress - probably references the various mentions of her in the novel. The three dated notations from 1932, 1972, and 1985 attest to this well-loved and often re-visited copy belonging to the author.

Gibson (William) Neuromancer, first hardback edition, signed by the author on title, original boards, light bumping to lower corners and foot of spine, dust-jacket, light creasing to spine tips and corners, but a near-fine example overall, 8vo, 1984.⁂ Gibson's first novel and a landmark work of science fiction. Neuromancer is one of the earliest and most influential of the cyberpunk sub-genre, it popularised he term "cyberspace" and has been credited with influencing the development of the World Wide Web.

Golding (William) Lord of the Flies, first edition, modern crushed burgundy morocco, gilt, original spine bound in at rear, t.e.g., 8vo, 1954.

Grahame (Kenneth) The Wind in the Willows, first edition, half-title, frontispiece by Graham Robertson, tissue-guard, endpapers lightly browned, occasional light scattered spotting, original pictorial cloth, gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, light rubbing to extremities, spine ends bumped with very light fraying, but overall a bright and attractive copy, housed in a custom-made box, 8vo, 1908.⁂ A bright and crisp copy of Grahame's classic riverbank children's tale.

Greene (Graham) Babbling April, first edition, light toning to title and final p., partly unopened, original boards, light bumping to spine tips, dust-jacket, browning to spine, light toning to panel margins, minor chipping to spine tips and corners, small splash mark to upper panel, an excellent example, [Wobbe A1], 8vo, Oxford, Basil Blackwell, 1925.⁂ Greene's first book, a collection of poetry published when he was 21 and still an Oxford undergraduate. It was poorly reviewed and has not been reprinted.

Greene (Graham) The Man Within, first edition, faint tape-staining to endpapers, some splitting to lower hinge but holding firm, original cloth, slight shelf-lean, some light surface soiling to upper cover, dust-jacket, spine a little browned with damp-stain to foot, spine ends and corners a little chipped, a few short nicks or tears to and foot, light surface soiling, a very good copy, [Wobbe A2a], 8vo, 1929.⁂ Greene's first novel, the success of which allowed him to pursue a full-time career as an author.

Greene (Graham) The Name of Action, first edition, original cloth slight shelf-lean, first issue dust-jacket with 7/6 to spine and review of The Man Within to lower panel, light toning to spine, spine ends and corners chipped, light toning to panel margins, short tear to head and foot of upper panel, light surface soiling, a very good copy overall, [Wobbe A3a], 8vo, 1930.⁂ Greene's second novel, the first of two works the author later repudiated and was therefore never republished. Scarce in the dust-jacket.

Greene (Graham) Rumour at Nightfall, first edition, spotting and some damp-staining to inner margin to title, half-title and dedication p., light sunning to spine, short repaired split to head of spine, light marking to upper cover, extremities a little rubbed, [Wobbe A4a], 1931; and a first edition of It's a Battlefield, 8vo (2)

Greene (Graham) England Made Me, first edition, publisher's file copy with their ink stamp with publication date "June 24th. 35" filled in by hand to front free endpaper and autograph note "Publication Date" to front endpaper and pastedown, original cloth, light sunning to spine, spine a little frayed at foot, light marking and soiling to covers, [Wobbe A8a], 8vo, 1935.

Greene (Graham) A Gun for Sale, first English edition, light foxing, original cloth, slight shelf-lean, light sunning to spine, light bumping to spine ends and corners, light surface soiling, [Wobbe A12a], 8vo, 1936.⁂ One of Greene's scarcest novels. The action of A Gun for Sale in part anticipates that of Brighton Rock as Raven's killing of Kite in the former allows Pinkie to take over the gang at the start of the latter.

Greene (Graham) The Confidential Agent, first edition, occasional spotting and light toning to text, original cloth, slight shelf-lean, light spotting, first issue dust-jacket priced at 7s. 6d., light sunning to spine, spine ends and corners chipped, chip with loss to foot of lower panel with loss to 2 letters of text, some chipping, creasing and fraying to head and foot of panels, patch of soiling to upper panel, rubbed, [Wobbe A15a], 8vo, 1939.⁂ Among the rarest of any Greene titles to find in the first issue dust-jacket. Greene wrote The Confidential Agent against the backdrop of the Spanish Civil War. He had begun writing The Power and the Glory but anticipated that it would not bring in the revenues he usually hoped for from his "entertainments". With the Second World War on the horizon Greene anticipated a need for some financial security and so began writing The Confidential Agent in the morning and The Power and the Glory in the afternoon, the frenzy of writing allegedly fuelled in part by Benzedrine.

Greene (Graham) The Ministry of Fear, first edition, original pale yellow cloth, light bumping to spine tips and corners, dust-jacket, spine slightly dulled, spine ends and corners chipped with loss to head of spine affecting first word of title (part of lost section loosely inserted), tears to head and foot with longer tears to foot of spine and head of upper panel, tape repairs to verso, light creasing to head, [Wobbe A18a], 8vo, 1943.

Greene (Graham) The Third Man and the Fallen Idol, first edition, browning to half-title, original boards, dust-jacket spine ends and corners chipped, tear to lower pane with portion of loss and creasing, tape repair to verso with some show-through, chip with creasing to foot of upper panel, rubbed, [Wobbe A23a], 1950; The Monster of Capri, one of 500 copies signed by the author, original boards, dust-jacket, light toning to spine, Helsinki, Eurographica, 1962; Reflections of Travels with My Aunt, one of 250 copies signed by the author, original stiff wrappers, New York, 1989; and 6 others, Greene, 8vo (9)

Gregory (Isabella Augusta, Lady) Coole, first edition, one of 250 copies, author's own copy with her inscription "Own copy, A. Gregory" to endpaper and her bookplate to front pastedown, newspaper clippings loosely inserted, original cloth-backed boards, spine label a little chipped and browned, light spotting and marking to covers, 8vo, Dublin, Cuala Press, 1931.⁂ Lady Gregory's own of her essays concerning her house and its grounds, one of the focal points of the Irish Literary Revival. The work opens with Yeats' 1929 poem "Coole Park".

Joyce (James) Dubliners, first edition, some very light scattered spotting, ink ownership inscription of Sylvia Lynd to front free endpaper, original maroon cloth, lettered in gilt, a few light marks to covers, light bumping to corners and spine ends, extremities lightly rubbed, small patch of damp-staining to lower cover, but a good copy overall, [Slocum and Cahoon A8], 8vo, Grant Richards Ltd, 1914.⁂ First edition of this landmark Irish short story collection, one of only 746 copies bound by the publisher. "I seriously believe that you will retard the course of civilisation in Ireland by preventing the Irish people from having one good look at themselves in my nicely polished looking-glass" (Joyce to his publisher Richards, quoted in Slocum & Cahoon).

Joyce (James) Finnegans Wake, first edition, neat contemporary ownership inscription to pastedown, light scattered spotting to endpapers, original cloth, fine, dust-jacket, t.e. stained yellow, others uncut, very short closed tear to upper joint, a few very small nicks to extremities but otherwise a near-fine example, 8vo, 1939.⁂ A remarkable copy of Joyce's landmark 20th century novel, rare with such a bright and unrestored jacket. The novel took sixteen years to write, and Joyce envisioned it as nothing less than a "history of the world". Initially titled Work in Progress, it remains one of his most tortuous and complex texts.

Joyce (James) Ulysses, first edition, one of 750 numbered copies on handmade paper, from an edition of 1000, original blue wrappers, a few minor and delicate repairs to fore-edge, sympathetically rebacked with original spine laid down (chipped and creased with some loss), some minor creasing to fore-edge wrappers, minor discolouration, still in effect a crisp and attractive copy, housed in custom-made drop-back box, [Slocum and Cahoon A17], 4to, Paris, Shakespeare and Company, 1922.⁂

Lawrence (D.H.) The Plumed Serpent, first edition, original cloth, spine ends lightly bumped, dust-jacket, short nicks and tears to extremities, lightly soiled and spotted, still in effect an attractive copy, 8vo, 1926.

Le Carré (John) The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author on leaf tipped in at front, signed leaf a little damp-stained with some smudging to inscription, original boards, sunning to spine and cover margins, dust-jacket, light sunning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, light rubbing to extremities, light surface soiling to lower panel, 8vo, 1963.