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Thatcher (Margaret), The Downing Street Years, 1993, first edition, signed by the author on title page, dust jacket

Theodore de Banville (French, 1823-1891), "Odes Funambulesques," Paris: Poulet-Malassis et de Broise, 1857. First edition.Provenance: Collection of Bruce Dayton & Ruth Stricker Dayton, Minnesota.Height: 7 1/4 in x width: 5 in.

CHARLES EAMES (USA, 1907 - 1978) & RAY EAMES (USA, 1912 - 1988)."Lounge Chair & Ottoman", design 1956.Edition 1990s.Cherry wood frame with black leather upholstery.Incision in the back of the chair (visible in photo). Scratches and marks to the wood. Signs of wear and tear.Measurements: 75 x 81 x 90 cm (armchair); 43 x 54 x 56 cm (Ottoman).The "Lounge" armchair and footstool set, made of moulded wood, with leather upholstery, was designed by Charles and Ray Eames. An icon of 20th century design, this furniture is part of important collections such as that of the MoMA in New York. Vitra has manufactured the Charles and Ray Eames Lounge Chair using the same manufacturing methods since the 1950s.Charles and Ray Ames, a husband and wife artistic couple, worked in the fields of industrial and graphic design, fine art and film, and are responsible for numerous designs that have become classics of the 20th century. Charles Eames studied architecture for two years at the University of Washington, then began his career working in a studio on residential housing projects. In 1938 he moved to Cranbrook, Michigan, to continue studying architecture and design at the city's Academy of Art. He eventually became a teacher there, heading the industrial design department. Together with Eero Saarinen, the son of his teacher Eliel Saarinen, he designed the trophy for the Organic Design Prize, awarded by the Museum of Modern Art in New York. In 1941, after divorcing his first wife, he married his colleague at Cranbrook, Ray Kaiser. Together they settled in Los Angeles, where they remained for the rest of their lives. In the late 1940s, Ray and Charles designed their home together, known as the "Eames House", now considered a masterpiece of modern architecture. In the 1950s the couple continued to work in architecture and furniture design, pioneering the use of new techniques and materials such as fibreglass and plastic resin in the manufacture of chairs. They are currently represented in the Design Museum in London and the MoMA in New York, among many others.

Everard Wyrall, The History of the Fiftieth Division, 1914 - 1919, Percy Lund, Humphries and Co. Ltd., London, 1939, first edition, 13 illustrations and 9 maps

Narisa Chakra Terence Cuneo - Railway Painter of the Century, first edition, New Cavendish Books, London, 1990

[ Autograph / Catch 22 ] Joseph Heller, "Picture This", 1988, signed first edition in dust jacket

BOYER (A) The Great Theater of Honour and Nobility, 1729, small 4to, engraved frontispiece and 30 plates, including folding, plates rather browned, worn calf; with - The History of the Life and Reign of Queen Anne, first edition London 1722, folio, portrait frontispiece, 2 folding coloured plans, 4 plates, engraved decorations, some toning to text, panel calf (upper board joint cracked), armorial bookplate of William Pym; SELDEN (John) Title of Honor, 3rd edition London 1672, folio, lacking portrait frontispiece, mottled calf (3)

SANTA MARIA (Onoratio da) Dissertazioni storiche e critiche sopra la cavalleria antica e moderna, secolare e regolare. Brescia: Giammaria Rizzardi, 1761, 4to, portrait frontispiece, 12 plates at end, vellum. First Italian edition of this work by Honoré de Sainte-Marie (1651-1729)

FLEETWOOD (W) Seventeen Sermons, first collected together, 1717, 8vo, modern boards; MOLIERE. Le Misanthrope, Toulouse 1809, 8vo, binding rubbed; The Unique, 3 vols., c.1830., 12mo, plates, vellum backed; SMOLLET (T) The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, 4 vols. 4th edition, 1769, 12mo, damaged calf; 2 others (11)

OPIE (A) Temper or Domestic Scenes, in 3 vols., 1812, 12mo, half titles, original boards, uncut; [RADCLIFFE (A)] The Italian, or the Confessional of the Black Penitents, in 3 vols., 2nd edition, London 1811, 12mo, contemporary half red calf; The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne, 2nd edition 1793, 12mo, foxing to first leaves, half calf; [BRUNTON (MARY)] Self-Control. A Novel, in 3 vols. 2nd edition, 1811, 12mo, half-titles, some spotting and soiling, similarly bound; ROCHE (R M) The Children of the Abbey, 3rd edition in 4 vols., 1798, 12mo, half titles, contemporary calf

DICKENS (Charles) Oliver Twist, by "Boz", first edition, 3 vols., London: Richard Bentley, 1838, 8vo, half-titles to vols. 1 and 2, 23 (of 24) etched plates by George Cruikshank, with the fireside plate to vol. III, lacking advertisement leaf before title of vol. III and the two advert leaves at end of Vol. I, some spotting as usual, bookplate of W. Douro Hoare, contemporary owner's inscription to each vol. dated November 1838, contemporary half calfSotheby's sale 21st April 1972, lot 288, inserted lot slip refers

BEDDOES (Thomas) Hygeia: or Essays Moral and Medical on the Causes Affecting the Personal State of Our Middling and Affluent Classes, 3 vols., first edition, Bristol 1802-03, 8vo, some light staining and toning, vol. II lacks 8pp. index at end, otherwise complete, worn half calf.

DICKENS (Charles) Oliver Twist, first edition and first issue, 3 vols., London: Richard Bentley, 1838, half-titles to volumes 1 and 2, 24 etched plates by George Cruikshank, with fireside plate, as called for, vol. I with illustrations list, half title with advert for Barnaby Rudge by 'Boz' overleaf, and 2pp. adverts at end, 'New Works of Fiction' dated November 1838 printed overleaf of half title to vol. II, Bentley's Standard Library advertising leaf to vol. III, typical browning and staining to plates, vol. I rather shaken with sewing broken in places, all in original cloth, corners bumped and worn, spine strips chipped with splitting particularly to vols. I and IIICondition report: lacks a few adverts, as above description

LEWIS (C S) [DODGSON (Charles L)] Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There. Macmillan 1872, 8vo, first edition, first issue with "wade" not "wabe" on p.21, illustrations by John Tenniel, half title, advert at end, ink gift inscription dated 'Xmas [18] /71', contemporary plain red cloth with some damp staining and fading

MORRICE (F. L. H.) The Nightless North: a Walk across Lapland. Cambridge and London, 1881, 8vo, folding colour map at end, slight foxing to first and last leaves, original cloth; STEFANSSON (Vilhjalmur) My Life With The Eskimo, 1st edition, London 1913, 8vo, plates, cloth gilt; MASON (M H) The Arctic Forests, 1924, plates and maps, cloth gilt; STUCK (Hudson) Voyages on the Yukon and its Tributaries, T. Werner Laurie, no date, maps and plates, dust jacket (4)

DICKENS (Charles) Collection of works including first or early editions of: Martin Chuzzlewit, David Copperfield, Dombey & Son, Nicholas Nickleby, Bleak House, Pickwick Papers and Our Mutual Friend; also cloth bound Household Words (Christmas Numbers 1853-67, excluding 1857 and 1862), cloth binding; various later works, and some Dickensiana works, including - KITTON (F G) Dickens and His Illustrators, 2nd edition 1899, 4to, cloth; HATTON & CLEAVER. Bibliography, cloth, etc. (all in varying condition with wear and staining; sold not subject to return)

Golf. SIMPSON (Sir W G) The Art of Golf, 1887, 8vo, plates as required, some pencil lines to margins, covers worn, rebacked; HUTCHINSON (H G) The Book of Golf and Golfers, 1899, 8vo, portrait plates, red cloth; DARWIN (B) The Golf Courses of the British Isles, illustrated by Harry Rountree, 1910, 1st edition, colour and black and white plates, original cloth; BELDAM (G A) Great Golfers, 1904, 8vo, numerous illustrations, cloth; with 24 others, first half 20th century, all in varying condition. Sold not subject to return (28)

TWAIN (Mark) Pseud. of Samuel CLEMENS. Mark Twain's Sketches, New and Old. First edition, second state. Hartford: American Publishing Co., 1875, large 8vo, inscribed and signed by the author as 'Mark Twain' on the front free endpaper, illustrated with wood engravings, original blue cloth gilt

DICKENS (Charles) Little Dorrit, 1st edition, 20 monthly parts in 19, Bradbury and Evans 1855-57, 8vo, first issue of part 15 with 'Rigaud' instead of 'Blandois', and with the correction slip in part 16, engraved title vignette and plates by H K Browne, most advertisements present as listed by Hatton and Cleaver, plates slightly spotted, original wrappers, part I chipped at foot, few others neatly repaired, uncut, in custom cloth boxSotheby's sale 17th February 1975, lot 146, £170, inserted lot slip refersimages attached. thanks

DARWIN (Bernard) The Golfer's Manual, The Dropmore Press 1947, 8vo, no. 628/750 copies, uncut, cloth backed boards, worn card slip case; COTTON (Henry) This Game of Golf, 1st edition 1948, signed to first leaf, dust jacket damaged (2)

SASSOON (Siegfried) First editions of - The Old Century, 1938, signed by the author to half title, cloth; Selected Poems, 1925, light spotting to title; War Poems, Heineman 1919, 12mo, recent cloth; Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man, 1929, illustrated edition; Memoirs of an Infantry Officer, 1931, illustrated edition; Sherston's Progress, 1936; The Weald of Youth, 1942, dust jacket; Collected Poems, 1947, dust jacket; Vigils, 1935, light foxing; Siegfried's Journey, 1945; The Flower-Show Match and other pieces, 1941, dust jacket (11)

ORWELL (George) Nineteen Eighty-Four, 1st edition, London 1949, 8vo, contemporary ownership name dated 1949 to first leaf, half title slightly browned, spine faded and ends chipped; The Road to Wigan Pier, Left Book Club Edition 1937, soft cover; another copy - 1st American edition in dust jacket 1958; England your England, 1954 reprint; Burmese Days, 1955 reprint; Homage to Catalonia, 1954, reprint; World Review June 1950, George Orwell Unpublished Notebooks; Such, Such Were the Joys, New York 1953, dust jacket; few others, reprints (15)

First World War poets and writers. NICHOLS (R) Invocation, 1915, 12mo; Anthology of War Poetry 1914-1918, dust jacket; HERBERT (A P) The Bomber Gypsy, 2nd edition 1919, dust jacket; JOHNSON (Donald F G) Poems, 1919; DICKINSON (P) Soldier's Verse, 1st edition 1945, 12 lithographic plates by William Scott, dust jacket chipped at edges; WILLIAMSON (Henry) The Wet Flanders Plain. Beaumont Press 1929, 8vo, no.135/400 copies, cloth backed boards; The Patriot's Progress, 1st edition 1930, 8vo, illustrated by William Kermode, dust jacket; RUTTER (W) We Happy Few. Golden Cockerel Press 1946, no.253/750; few others including Charles Sorley (15)

ORWELL (George) Down and Out in Paris and London, 1st edition, London 1933, 8vo, half title, contents a little toned and lightly foxed in places, binding firm, original cloth with loss of first lines of spine text at head, chipped at foot. Note: one of 1500 copies printed of the first edition of Orwell's first book.

FLEMING (Ian) The Man with the Golden Gun, first edition, 1965, very good in unclipped dust jacket, slight tape residue stains to jacket turn-in panels; with two other duplicate copies in average condition

LIVELY (Penelope) Collection of 7 signed or inscribed first editions: Moon Tiger (1987), Treasures of Time (1979), The Ghost of Thomas Kempe (1973), The Road to Lichfield (1977), Nothing Missing but the Samovar (1978), Passing On (1989), City of the Mind (1991); 6 other 1st editions by Lively; COOPER (Susan) The Dark is Rising, 1st edition 1973, inscribed by the author, dust jacket; Greenwitch, 1st edition 1974, inscribed by the author; The Grey King, 1st edition 1975, inscribed by the author, review slip inserted; 3 others by Cooper, signed; MARK (Jan) Thunder and Lightnings, 1976, 1st edition, inscribed by the author; Aquarius, 1982, inscribed; The Ennead, 1st edition 1978; 3 others (25)(Hopefully these images will give you a good idea....

ADAMS (Richard) Watership Down. London: Rex Collings, 1972, 1st edition, 8vo, author's inscription to first free end paper 'To John Rowe Townsend with best wishes from the author Richard Adams March 1973', a good clean copy in original brown cloth gilt, dust-jacket not price-clipped with spine ends and corners slightly nicked and bumpedimages attached.

ISHIGURO (Kazuo) A Pale View of Hills, 1st edition Faber & Faber 1982, author's inscription to title, ownership name to first free end paper, very light foxing and dusting to edges, slight discolouration to spine of dust jacket

LE CARRE (John) The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, 1st edition, London: Victor Gollancz, 1963, some foxing to edges, first leaves spotted in places, replaced endpapers, dust jacket restored, with small label 'from the collection of David and Patricia Cory'

BUTLER (A S G) The Lutyens Memorial. The Architecture of Sir Edwin Lutyens, 3 vols., first edition 1950, folio, green cloth gilt, in chipped stained dust wrappers; HUSSEY (Christopher) The Life of Sir Edwin Lutyens, 1950, small 4to, edges stained, chipped dust wrapper; together with a portrait of Sir Edwin Lutyens by Powys Evans (British, 1899-1981), signed lower right, pencil, 23 x 18cm

Westminster Mint British Isles Coin Cover Collection, The George VI and Elizabeth II Anniversary Gold Coin First Day Cover 'The Queen's Golden Age 1952-2002' by Mercury with UNITED KINGDOM Elizabeth II gold sovereign 2002 and George VI silver half crown 1939, limited edition number 010 of 999, on folder sleeve information sheet.

Ɵ BESANCENOT, Jean Girard. (1902 - 1992). Costumes et types du Maroc. Paris, Editions des Horizons de France, {1942). Limited edition, No. 127 of 310 copies, folio, loose as issued in original boards portfolio with printed label on upper cover, 60 coloured and plain plates by Besancenot, each numbered and identified on tissue guards, one double-page map, 8 plain plates printed recto/verso lettered A-H. Jean Besancenot, pseudonym of Jean Girard, was a French photographer, painter, draughtsman and ethnologist. His art and ethnography represent Moroccan costumes and customs of the first half of the twentieth century. Provenance: The Art Library of Sir Sacheverell Sitwell, Weston Hall.   Condition Report: text slightly spotted, portfolio worn (upper cover detached, lacking flaps, some fraying/tears, one tie detached) Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ DAHL, Roald. (1916 - 1990). The Witches. 1983. first edition, 8vo, (241 x 163mm), publisher's cloth, gilt lettering to spine, dust-jacket unclipped, illustrations by Quentin Blake, 208pp; LEWIS, C.S. (1898 - 1963). The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. The Illustrated Chronicles of Narnia. 1991. first edition, 4to, (262 x 200mm), publisher's green cloth, gilt lettering to spine, pictorial dust-wrapper unclipped, colour pictorial e/ps., half-title, frontispiece and 18 full-page newly created colour plates for each chapter, in-text illustrations, by the original illustrator Pauline Baynes, 175pp; (Qty. 2)Condition Report: 1. The Witches - clean bright cloth, spine bumped head/tail, light marks to dust-jacket, toning to edges and pages, a clean copy.2. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - clean bright cloth, corners a little scuffed to cloth, dust-jacket lower corner scuffed , o/w. a near fine copy.Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ DULAC, E.- (1882 - 1953). The Sleeping Beauty and Other Fairy Tales from the Old French. (1910). single volume, first trade edition, 4to, (283 x 230mm), original cloth, gilt, 30 tipped-in colour plates by Edmund Dulac within borders and captioned, 129pp.  (Qty. 1)      Condition Report: light marks to boards, corners cuffed, spine bumped head/tail, gilt top faded, light foxing to edges, plates clean and bright.Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ DULAC, E.- [illustrator]. (1882 - 1953). Princess Badoura, A Tale from the Arabian Nights, Retold by Laurence Houseman. (1913). single volume, first edition, Limited edition, No.189 of 750 copies, SIGNED by the artist, 4to., (292 x 235mm), original white buckram, decorative design blocked in green and gilt, gilt top, others untrimmed, bookplate of Nevile Gwynne to front pastedown, half-title, 10 tipped-in colour plates (including frontispiece) by Edmund Dulac, each with captioned tissue-guard, 113pp; an advertisement laid in, for an exhibition of original watercolours at the Leicester Square Galleries, London, from November 15 until Christmas 1913.. Provenance: by descent from the family of Nevile Gwynne. Nevile Gwyn Gwynne (1869-1951) was the managing director of Gwynne's Pumps, Ltd., London and Lincoln for nearly 40 years. During WW1 Gwynne took a leading role in the introduction of Clerget rotary aero-engines and the manufacture of more than 4,000, for which service he was appointed a C.B.E. Nevile Gwynne served for many years on the Council of the British Engineers' Association being President from 1921-1922 and served on the Grand Council of the Federation of British Industries.(Qty. 1). Condition Report: 1. Princess Badoura, A Tale from the Arabian Nights, Retold by Laurence Houseman - some marks to boards, spine darkened, corners a little scuffed, light foxing to margins of bookplate, finger marks to lower edge of half-title page, toning to leaf edges, joints weak at p.49, occasional light foxing to a few pages, clean bright plates. 2. Advertisement - foxing to top r.h. corner and r.h. edge, affecting the margins only.Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ DU MAURIER, Daphne. (1907 - 1989). Rebecca. Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1938. single volume, first edition, 8vo, (202 x 145mm), original black cloth, gilt lettering to upper cover and spine, dustwrapper unclipped, further within clear protective wrapper, book plate of Ralph Cocker, half-title, 446pp.(Qty. 1) Condition Report: clean bright cloth, corners a little scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, foxing and toning to edges affecting leaf edges, light foxing to half-title and title page, dustwrapper with repair to a clean edge tear of front edge/tail of spine (approx. 40mm), light marks and foxing to lower wrapper cover and darkening to spine, toning to pages, o/w. a clean copy.Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ FAULKS, Sebastian. (b. 1953). A Trick of the Light. SIGNED. 1984. single volume, first edition, 8vo, (222 x 140mm), black cloth, silver lettering to spine, dust-jacket unclipped, half-title, SIGNED by the author on title page, 203pp. The author's first novel with a print run of only 1500, some of which were later pulped.(Qty. 1). Condition Report: clean bright cloth, spine a little bumped head/tail, dust-jacket with some creasing and wear at head/tail of spine and corners, marginal marks to edges, internally clean. Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ FLEMING, Ian. (1908 - 1964). Casino Royale. Jonathan Cape, 1953. single volume, first edition, first impression, 8vo, (198 x 165mm), original publisher's black cloth with red heart device to upper cover, red lettering to spine, first printing dust-jacket designed by the author, clipped, priced 10s. 6d. on inner rear flap, (without the Sunday Times review on inner front flap) further within a clear protective wrapper, 218pp., contained in a custom half black morocco solander box titled in gilt to spine. Gilbert A1a (1.1). The author's first novel and the first to feature the character James Bond, according to the Cape archives, '4,760 sets of sheets of the first printing were delivered, but only 4,728 copies were bound up, many of these went to public libraries and we believe that less than half of the first printing was sold to the public'. Fleming's novel has been adapted for the screen three times, 1954 episode of the CBS TV. series Climax starred Barry Nelson as an American James Bond, 1967 Columbia film adaptation starred David Niven as Sir James Bond and 2006 film adaptation, being the twenty-first in the franchise, starred Daniel Craig as the fictional MI6 agent, 007.     Condition Report: clean bright cloth, dust-jacket clean and bright, marginal toning to rear panel and inner flaps, small chips to tips of upper panel and corners, two clean edge tears head of spine, (both approx. 20mm) marginal rubbing to corners, a good example overall.Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ FLEMING, Ian. (1908 - 1964). Moonraker. Jonathan Cape, 1955. single volume, first edition, first printing, 8vo, (195 x 135mm), original black cloth, silver lettering to upper cover and spine, dust-jacket clipped, priced 10s. 6d. on both front and rear flaps, devised by the author and executed by Kenneth Lewis, with 'shoot' on page 10, 256pp. The author's third novel in the James Bond series was intended by Ian Fleming to become a film even before he completed the novel in 1954, the 1979 film adaptation being the eleventh in the franchise starred Roger Moore as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. The film's producers had originally intended to make 'For Your Eyes Only', but chose Moonraker owing to the rise of the science fiction genre in the wake of the Star Wars phenomenon.(1)       Condition Report: clean bright boards, dustwrapper with light marks, a brown water stain to inner front panel and spine, affecting the lower edges of the first 18 pages, some toning to flaps, marginal marks to lower e/p., a clean crisp copy.Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ FLEMING, Ian. (1908 - 1964). Three Works: First Editions. 1956-1963. comprising: Live and Let Die. The Reprint Society, 1956. first UK. Book Club edition, 8vo, (190 x 130mm), black cloth, red leather panel lettered in gilt on spine, dust-jacket unclipped, top edge red, half-title, 247pp. The author's second novel in the James Bond series, the 1973 film adaptation being the eighth film in the franchise and the first to star Roger Moore as fictional MI6 agent James Bond; For Your Eyes Only. Jonathan Cape, 1960. first edition, first printing, 8vo, (195 x 130mm), black cloth with white eye vignette to upper cover, gilt lettering to spine, first printing dust-jacket clipped, priced 15s., design by Richard Chopping, title page printed in red and black, half title printed in red, 252pp. A collection of five short stories which marked a change of format for Fleming, the 1981 film adaptation being the twelfth in the franchise starring Roger Moore; The Spy Who Loved Me. Jonathan Cape, 1963. first edition, fifth printing, 8vo, (193 x 135mm), black cloth with a dagger decorated in blind and silver to upper cover, silver lettering to spine, dust-jacket clipped, priced 16s., design by Richard Chopping, 221pp. The ninth novel in Fleming's James Bond series, the author was unhappy with the book and only gave permission for the title to be used, rather than any aspects of the plot when he sold the film rights, the 1977 film adaptation being the tenth in the franchise and the third to star Roger Moore as fictional MI6 agent James Bond. (Qty. 3).           Condition Report: 1. Live and Let Die - bright cloth, marked with two small scuffs to front, front board lower edge a little worn, bumped tail of spine, red panel and gilt lettering bright to spine, dust-jacket bright, a little worn to front panel edge and spine darkened with marginal chips to head/tail, toning to top edges of inner flaps, browning to e/ps., light foxing to edges, o/w. internally clean.2. For Your Eyes Only - clean bright cloth with light marks to rear board, corners marginally scuffed, bright dust-jacket with light marks, marginal chips to corners and head/tail of spine, toning to top edges of inner flaps, edges a little marked, o/w. internally clean.3. The Spy Who Loved Me - clean bright cloth, spine marginally bumped head/tail, dust-jacket with light marks, spine stained with chips head/tail (small loss to tail of spine and corners), toning to top edges of inner flaps, o/w. internally clean.Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ FLEMING, Ian. (1908 - 1964). From Russia With Love. Jonathan Cape, 1957. first edition, first printing, 8vo, (194 x 134mm), original black cloth with red rose and silver gun motif to upper cover, facsimile dust-jacket, further within clear protective wrapper, half-title, 253pp. The author's fifth novel in the James Bond series, the 1963 film adaptation being the second in the franchise starring Sean Connery; Goldfinger. Jonathan Cape, 1959. first edition, first printing, original black cloth, skull with gold coins for eyes blindstamped to upper cover, gilt lettering to spine, first issue dust-jacket unclipped, priced 15s., design by Richard Chopping, further within a clear protective wrapper, 317pp. The author's seventh novel in the James Bond series, the 1964 film adaptation being the third in the franchise starring Sean Connery as fictional MI6 agent James Bond. (Qty. 2).  Condition Report: 1. From Russia with Love - clean bright cloth, dust-jacket with light marks and toning to edges, a clean copy.2. Goldfinger - clean bright cloth, dust-jacket with light marks, marginal foxing and toning to edges, a clean copy.Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ FLEMING, Ian. (1908 - 1964). Dr. No. Jonathan Cape, 1958. single volume, first edition, 8vo, (195 x 135mm), second state binding, black cloth with dancing girl silhouette on upper cover, silver lettering to spine, dust-jacket clipped, design by Pat Marriott, further within clear protective wrapper, 256pp. Gilbert A6a (1.3). The author's sixth novel in the James Bond series, the 1962 film adaptation being the first in the franchise starring Sean Connery as fictional MI6 agent James Bond.(Qty. 1).  Condition Report: some light foxing to edges, a very small insignificant foxing spot to rear flap, a near fine copy.Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ FLEMING, Ian. (1908 - 1964). James Bond. Dr. No. SIGNED by Ursula Andress. Jonathan Cape, 1958. single volume, first edition, first printing, 8vo, (195 x 135mm), second state binding, black cloth with dancing girl silhouette to upper cover, silver lettering to spine, dust-jacket priced 13s. 6d., design by Pat Marriot, further within clear protective wrapper, SIGNED by Ursula Andress in black ink on front free e/p., 'Ursula Andress / Honey Rider', below which she has drawn a heart motif, 256pp. Gilbert A6a (1.3); with an accompanying typescript note of provenance and a flyer for the book signing event loosely inserted. Ursula Andress (b. 1936). is a Swiss actress and former model who became internationally famous for her role as Honey Rider in the 1962 film adaptation of the same title. The author's sixth novel in the Bond series being the first in the franchise starring Sean Connery as fictional MI6 agent James Bond. Provenance: 'This book was signed in the presence of the present owner by Ursula Andress at a signing event in London on October 30, 2005 (the flyer for the event is enclosed). Only 7 editions were signed in this way'.(Qty. 1).    Condition Report: clean bright boards, front lower corner marginally scuffed, foot of spine a little bumped, dust-jacket in very fine condition, save two small insignificant foxing spots to the rear panel, clean and crisp internally, a near fine copy.Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ FLEMING, Ian. (1908 - 1964). For Your Eyes Only. Jonathan Cape, 1960. single volume, first edition, first printing, 8vo., (195 x 134mm), original black cloth with white eye vignette to upper cover, gilt lettering to spine, dust-jacket clipped, priced 15s., design by Richard Chopping, further within clear protective wrapper, title page printed in red and black, half title printed in red, 252pp. A collection of five short stories which marked a change of format for Fleming, the 1981 film adaptation being the twelfth film in the franchise starring Roger Moore as fictional MI6 agent James Bond.(Qty. 1). Condition Report: clean bright cloth, dust-jacket chipped (with some loss) to head/tail of spine and corners, light foxing to edges and e/ps., marked to top corners of a few pages.Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ FLEMING, Ian. (1908 - 1964). Thunderball. Jonathan Cape, 1961. single volume, first edition, first printing, 8vo, (195 x 130mm), original cloth with skeletal hand motif blocked in blind to upper cover, gilt lettering to upper cover and spine, dust-jacket clipped, priced 15s., design by Richard Chopping, 254pp. The author's eighth full-length novel in the James Bond series, the 1965 film adaptation being the fourth in the franchise starring Sean Connery as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond.(Qty. 1). Condition Report: clean bright boards, lower front and rear corners scuffed, spine a little bumped at foot of spine, clean bright dust-jacket with small clean edge tear head of spine, a clean crisp copy.Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ  FLEMING, Ian. (1908 - 1964). Two Works: First Editions, 1962-1964. comprising: The Spy Who Loved Me. Viking Press, 1962. first US. edition, first printing, 8vo, (210 x 145mm), original beige cloth, blocked brown lettering to spine, dust-jacket unclipped, priced $3 95, design by Richard Chopping, 211pp. The ninth novel in Fleming's James Bond series, unhappy with the book, Fleming only gave permission for the title to be used rather than any aspects of the plot when he sold the film rights, the 1977 film adaptation being the tenth in the franchise and the third to star Roger Moore as fictional MI6 agent James Bond; You Only Live Twice. Jonathan Cape, 1964. first edition, second printing, 8vo, (195 x 140mm), original dark grey cloth with Japanese characters in gilt to upper cover silver lettering to spine, dust-jacket clipped, priced 16s., design by Richard Chopping, bamboo patterned endpapers, half-title, 256pp. The author's eleventh novel in the James Bond series and to be published in his lifetime, the 1967 film adaptation being the fifth in the franchise starring Sean Connery as fictional MI6 agent James Bond. (Qty. 2).   Condition Report: 1. The Spy Who Loved Me - clean bright cloth, corners a little scuffed, spine faded and bumped head/tail, dust-jacket with chips and light marks, front panel detached with clean edge tear to top centre edge, darkening to spine with chips head/tail, light foxing to top edge of rear inner flap, o/w. clean internally.2. You Only Live Twice - light marks to bright cloth, dust-jacket marked with small circular stain to front, corners scuffed (with some loss), darkening to spine with loss to head/tail, light foxing to inside of wrapper, light foxing to edges, o/w. internally clean.  Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ FLEMING, Ian. (1908 - 1964). Three Works: First Editions. 1963-1965. comprising: On Her Majesty's Secret Service. Jonathan Cape, 1963. first edition, third printing, 8vo, (194 x 135mm) original cloth with white ski track design to upper cover, silver lettering to spine, dust-jacket clipped, priced 16s., design by Richard Chopping, 288pp; Fleming's tenth novel in the James Bond series, the 1969 film adaptation being the sixth in the franchise and the only film to star George Lazenby as fictional MI6 agent James Bond; You Only Live Twice. Jonathan Cape, 1964. first edition, first printing, 8vo., (195 x 140mm), original black cloth with Japanese characters in gilt to upper cover, sliver lettering to spine, dust-jacket clipped, priced 16s., design by Richard Chopping, bamboo patterned e/ps., half-title, 256pp. The author's eleventh novel in the James Bond series and Fleming's last novel to be published in his lifetime, the film 1967 film adaptation being the fifth in the franchise starring Sean Connery as fictional MI6 agent Bond; The Man with the Golden Gun. Jonathan Cape, 1965. first edition, first printing, 8vo, (194 x 136mm), original dark grey cloth, gilt lettering to spine, dust-jacket clipped, priced 18s., design by Richard Chopping, green and white patterned e/ps., half-title, 221pp. The twelfth and final novel in Ian Fleming's James Bond series, posthumously published eight months after his death, the 1974 film adaptation, loosely adapted from the book, being the ninth in the franchise starring Roger Moore as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond and Fleming's step-cousin, Christopher Lee, cast in the role of Francisco Scaramanga. (Qty. 3).    Condition Report: 1. On Her Majesty's Secret Service - clean bright cloth, spine a little bumped head/tail, dust-jacket with light foxing, corners scuffed with a clean edge tear to lower front corner, spine with chips head/tail and further light foxing to inside of wrapper and inner flaps, light foxing to foredge, o/w. internally clean.2. You Only Live Twice - clean bright cloth, spine bumped at tail, dust-jacket with light foxing and a small stain to rear panel, chipped at corners (with small loss) spine chipped head/tail (with some loss) toning to top edges of inner flaps, edges marked, o/w. internally clean.3. The Man With the Golden Gun - minor marks to cloth, dust-jacket bright with light marks, small chips to corners and head/tail of spine, toning and light marks to top edges of inner flaps, o/w, internally clean.Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ LEVER, Darcy. (1759 - 1839). The Young Officer's Sheet Anchor, or, A Key to the Leading of Rigging, and to Practical Seamanship. INSCRIBED by Captain Harnage. John Richardson, 1808. single volume, first edition, 4to, (265 x 230mm), rebound full calf, gilt, red morocco label titled in gilt on spine, raised bands, new e/ps., nautical bookplate of John Montagu Ratner, 110 engraved plates on 55 leaves showing 587 figures, INSCRIBED on title, 'George Blackman, HMS Defiance, now Captain Harnage, 1822, 3£ 10d', and further INSCRIBED on author's design page 'George Blackman / HMS Defiance / 1812'. One of the most popular seamanship manuals of the early nineteenth century, a profusely illustrated maritime book of the period. Commander George Harnage (alternately called George Blackman) served in the British Navy 1807-1822. He advanced through the ranks from midshipman to commander and covered service on board numerous ships including H.M. Frigate Penelope (1807-1811) H.M.S. Defiance (1811-1813) H.M. Frigate Hamadryad (1814-1815) and H.M. Brig Raleigh (1820-1822).(Qty. 1).     Condition Report: minor marks to boards, leaves browned (heavier to leaf edges), light foxing and marks throughout internally.Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ FRAYN, Michael. (b. 1933). Towards the End of the Morning. 1967. first edition, 8vo, (220 x 142mm), original blue cloth, dust-jacket unclipped, priced 21s., design by Charles Gorham, 255pp. The author's third novel, set in in the crossword and nature notes department of an obscure national newspaper during the declining years of Fleet Street, portraying a world of nefarious practices, very long pub lunches and the tyranny of the printers. HANFF, Helene. (1916 - 1977). 84, Charing Cross Road. 1971. first UK. edition, 8vo, (222 x 145mm), original red cloth, dust-jacket unclipped, design by Janet Halverson, half-title, 95pp. A series of letters recording the twenty year love affair between American writer, Helene Hanff and Frank P. Doel, the manager of Marks & Company, a London bookseller dealing in rare and second hand books, the couple never met and their correspondence ended only with Frank Doel's death in 1968. (Qty. 2). Condition Report: 1. Towards the End of the Morning - clean bright cloth, small crease to lower edge of front board, tail of spine bumped, dust-jacket bright, a little marked with four clean edge tears, toning to edges and pages, o/w. a clean copy.2. 84, Charing Cross Road - bright cloth with light marks, faded to top edge, tail of spine bumped, dust-jacket a little worn with chips to top edges and spine, toning to edges and pages o/w. a clean copy.Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ GOLDING, William. (1911 - 1993). Lord of the Flies. Author's Presentation copy. 1955. single volume, first U.S. edition, first printing, 8vo, (212 x 145mm), original publisher's quarter green and beige textured cloth, green lettering stamped to spine with green panel lettered in beige, dust-jacket unclipped, priced $3.50, further protective clear wrappers, INSCRIBED and dated by William Golding in red ink , 'To / Jean & Fergy With love From Ann & Bill Golding 1958', two half-titles, 243pp. The author's debut novel, first published in the UK. by Faber and Faber (1954) was rejected by numerous publishers before Charles Monteith decided to take on the manuscript. Monteith worked with Golding to complete several major edits and urged publication of this first novel by an unknown 43 year old schoolmaster. William Golding married Ann Brookfield, an analytical chemist on 30 September, 1935. (Qty. 1)Condition Report: clean bright cloth with slight fading to edges, corners with minor scuffs, marginal bumping to head/tail of spine, dust-jacket clean and bright, a little chipped (with some loss) to corners and head/tail of spine, some toning to upper and lower edges of inside flaps, toning to edges and internal pages, o/w. a clean copy.Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ GREENE, Graham. (1904 - 1991). Our Man in Havana. 1958. single volume, first edition, 8vo, (222 x 140mm), original blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine, dust-jacket unclipped, priced 15s., design by Donald Green, small ink inscription to front free e/p., half-title, 273pp.  A novel set in Cuba, predated the Cuban Missile Crisis, but certain aspects of the plot, notably the role of missile installations, appear to anticipate the events of 1962. (Qty. 1).  Condition Report: bright cloth with light marks, corners a little scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, dust-jacket marked and stained in places with chips to edges, small tears to corners and head/tail of spine (with loss) toning (as often) and light foxing to edges, o/w. clean internally.  Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ HEMINGWAY, Ernest. (1899 - 1961). A Farewell to Arms. 1929. single volume, first US. edition, 8vo, (195 x 140mm), original black cloth, gold labels lettered in black to upper cover and spine, with legal disclaimer to verso of dedication page, half-title, 355pp. (Qty. 1). Condition Report: minor marks to cloth and gold labels, corners scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, foxing to edges affecting leaf edges, further occasional light foxing to some pages, o/w. a clean copy.Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ HEMINGWAY, Ernest. (1899 - 1961). Four Works: First and early US. Editions, 1929-1970. comprising: A Farewell to Arms. 1929. 8vo, (195 x 140mm), original black cloth, gold labels lettered in black to upper cover and spine, first trade edition facsimile dust-jacket unclipped, with misspelling 'Katherine Barclay' for 'Catherine Barkley', priced $2.50, further within clear protective wrapper, without legal disclaimer to verso of dedication page, half-title, 355pp; A Moveable Feast. 1964. 8vo, (215 x 153mm), original tan cloth and patterned boards, gilt, dust-jacket unclipped, priced $4.95, small gold printed label of Gertrud Schlatter, Madison Avenue, Morristown, New Jersey on half-title page, 211pp; Across the River and Into the Trees. 1950. 8vo, (216 x 155mm), original black cloth with author's signature in gilt to upper cover, dust-jacket unclipped, priced $3, design by A. Ivancich, further within clear protective wrapper, publisher's colophon and 'A' to copyright page, half-titles, 308pp; The first of Hemmingway's novels to receive negative press and reviews; Islands in the Stream. 1970. 8vo, (235 x 160mm), original green cloth with author's signature in gilt to upper cover, gilt lettering with black panel to spine, dust-jacket unclipped, priced $10, design by Paul Bacon, further within clear protective wrapper, yellow map illustrated e/ps., by Sam Bryant, half-title, 466pp. The first of the author's novels published posthumously, originally written to revive his reputation after the negative reviews of 'Across the River and Into the Trees (Qty. 4).        Condition Report: 1. A Farewell to Arms - cloth marked, corners scuffed, spine worn and bumped head/tail, gold label to front scratched, part gold label to spine with loss to black lettering, clean bright facsimile dust-jacket, toning to pages, o/w. clean internally.2. A Moveable Feast - bright boards with light marks to cloth, corners marginally scuffed, spine lower edge worn, dust-jacket worn to lower edge with chips head/ tail of spine and light foxing to inside of wrapper, o/w. clean internally.3. Across the River and Into the Trees - light marks to cloth, corners scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, dust-jacket with toning to edges of inside flaps, chips to cover edges and lower spine, toning and light foxing to e/ps., o/w. internally clean.4. Islands in the Stream - light marks to cloth, corners a little scuffed, spine with marginal wear head/tail, clean bright dust-jacket with minor wear head/tail of spine, o/w. internally clean, a very good copy.Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ HEMINGWAY, Ernest. (1899 - 1961). Two Works: First Editions, 1950-1952. comprising: Across the River and into the Trees. (1950). single volume, first edition, 8vo, (200 x 135mm), original green cloth, red panel lettered in silver to spine, dust-jacket clipped, design by Hans Tisdall, further within clear protective wrapper, lower edge untrimmed, half-title, 254pp. The novel, set in Venice at the close of the second World War was the first of Hemmingway's novels to receive negative press and reviews; The Old Man and the Sea. 1952. first edition, 8vo, (198 x 133mm), original cloth, dust-jacket clipped, priced 7s.6d., design by Hans Tisdall, half-title, 127pp. The author's last major work of fiction published during his lifetime, was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and in 1954 Hemingway was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, which he dedicated to the people. of Cuba.(Qty. 2).      Condition Report: 1. Across the River and Into the Trees - bright cloth, fading to top and lower edges with foxing to front and spine, corners slightly scuffed, spine bumped and faded head/tail of spine, dust-jacket bright with some wear to corners, chips to head/tail of spine, light foxing to inside of wrapper and flaps, foxing to e/ps., and edges affecting leaf edges, toning to pages, o/w. a clean copy.2. The Old Man and the Sea - clean bright cloth, spine a little faded head/tail, clean bright dust-jacket with minor wear to corners and a small clean edge tear head of spine, light foxing to inside of wrapper, light foxing to edges and e/ps., toning to pages, o/w. a clean copy.Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ HEMINGWAY, Ernest. (1899 - 1961). Three Works: First Editions, 1956-1970. comprising: [The Old Man and the Sea]. 1956. first separate edition in Russian, 4to, (225 x 175mm), original cloth backed pictorial patterned boards, Russian titles in red and brown to spine, pictorial dust-jacket unclipped, design by Mark Klyatchko (1924 - 2000), translated from the English by Elena. Golisheva and B. Izakov, large-format printing by Detzig, the official state publishing house for children's books, 95pp. In 1955, after a period of sixteen years in which there were no new translations of Hemingway and no reprintings, The Old Man and the Sea was published in the magazine 'Inostrannaia Literatura'. The story created a sensation among Soviet readers and once more Hemingway was their favourite living American author. Deming Brown, Soviet Attitudes towards American Writing, p. 311; A Moveable Feast. 1964. first US. edition, 8vo, (215 x 150mm), original tan cloth patterned boards with author's signature in gilt to upper cover, gilt lettering to spine, half-title, photo. illustrations, 211pp. An autobiographical reminiscence of the author's time as a struggling journalist in Paris during the 1920s; Islands In The Stream. 1970. first UK. edition, 8vo, (223 x 153mm), original blue cloth, dust-jacket unclipped, priced 40s., design by Paul Bacon, map illustrated e/ps., half-title, 398pp. The first of the posthumously published novels of Ernest Hemingway, originally written by the author to revive his reputation after the negative reviews of 'Across the River and Into the Trees'.(Qty. 3).     Condition Report: 1. [The Old Man and the Sea] - clean bright boards, corners a little scuffed, spine slightly bumped head/tail, dust-jacket bright with some creasing and wear to corners, edges and head/tail of spine, o/w. internally clean. 2. A Moveable Feast - clean bright boards, corners a little scuffed, spine faded and marked, foxing to edges affecting leaf edges, o/w. internally clean. 3. Islands in the Stream - light marks to cloth top of front cover, corners a little scuffed, spine faded and slightly bumped head/tail, dust-jacket clean with fading to spine, toning to top edges of inner flaps, toning to edges, o/w. internally clean. Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ HEMINGWAY, Ernest. (1899 -1961). A Moveable Feast. 1964. single volume, first edition, 8vo, (205 x 135mm), original brown cloth, gilt lettering to spine, dust-jacket clipped, design by Hans Tisdall, further within clear protective wrapper, half-title, 192pp. An autobiographical reminiscence of the author's time as a struggling expat journalist in Paris during the 1920s.(Qty. 1). Condition Report: clean bright cloth and dust-jacket, spine a little bumped to tail, two small water stains to edges, o/w. a clean copy.Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ ISHERWOOD, Christopher. (1904 - 1986). Goodbye to Berlin. The Hogarth Press, 1939. single volume, first edition, 8vo, (190 x 130mm), original oatmeal cloth, orange lettering to spine, top edge red, dust-jacket unclipped, priced 7s. 6d., design by Humphrey Spender, half-title, 317pp. The author's evocative classic set against the backdrop of the last days of Weimar Germany prior to the rise of Hitler. According to Woolmer (451) only 3350 copies were printed. (Qty. 1). Condition Report: clean bright cloth, spine a little bumped head/tail, light foxing to tail of spine, dust-jacket a little marked and chipped with some loss head/tail, a clean edge tear (approx. 130mm) along the spine, two neat repairs to lower wrapper, light foxing to edges and e/ps., toning to pages, o/w. a clean copy.Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ  ISHIGURU, Kazuo. (b. 1954). The Remains of the Day. SIGNED. 1989. single volume, first edition, 8vo, (222 x 143mm), black cloth, silver lettering to spine, dust-jacket unclipped, half-title, SIGNED by the author to title page, 245pp. The Nobel Prize-winning author's work received the Booker Prize for Fiction in 1989, the film adaptation released in 1993 starred Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson and was nominated for eight Academy Awards. (Qty. 1). Condition Report: clean bright boards, spine a little faded and bumped head/tail, dust-jacket with light marks and water? stain to top edge of rear panel, a further darker stain to inside top edge of wrapper, internally clean and crisp.Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ JONES, David. (1895 - 1974): ELIOT, T.S. (1888 - 1965). In Parenthesis seinnyessit e gledyf ym penn mameu. SIGNED. Faber & Faber Ltd., 1961. single volume, first edition, Limited edition, No. 42 of 70 copies, 8vo, (222 x 150mm), blue buckram, within original acetate wrapper, top edge gilt, SIGNED and numbered by David Jones and further SIGNED by T.S. Eliot, frontispiece and one illustration by the author, Introduction by T.S. Eliot, with a loosely inserted original bill of sale to E. S. Johnston from booksellers, Bertram Rota Ltd., London, contained in a blue patterned slipcase. David Jones's First World War poem, first published in 1937, was based on his personal experiences in the trenches, described by T.S. Eliot in his introduction as 'a work of genius' and praised separately as one of the great poems of the century. Provenance: The late Eric Selkirk Johnston, business manager of The Marvell Press, Hessle, East Yorkshire. Eric Johnston and his wife Audrey were associated with Philip Larkin and many authors within the Marvell Press family through their close friendship with George and lifelong friendship with Jean Hartley, who co-founded the Marvell Press in 1954.(Qty.1)          Condition Report: a fine copy.Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ JONES, James. (1921 - 1977). From Here to Eternity. Presentation Edition, SIGNED. 1951. single volume, 8vo, (215 x 155mm), Presentation edition, No. 198 of an unspecified number of copies SIGNED by the author, original black cloth, gilt lettering to spine, first issue part dust-jacket (lacks rear panel) 'A' on copyright page, half-title, 861pp. The author's debut novel loosely based on his experiences serving in the Hawaiian Division's 27th Infantry, pre-WW2.(Qty. 1).Condition Report: cloth with light marks, gilt lettering a little faded on spine, only part of fragile dust-jacket present being front panel, inner flap and spine (lacks rear panel), wear to wrapper extremities, with marks, toning and tear to inner flap edge, toning to edges affecting leaf edges, toning to front free e/p., o/w. internally clean.Condition Report Disclaimer