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Click here to subscribeNO RESERVE Lawrence (D.H.) Apocalypse, first edition, number 11 of 750 copies, portrait frontispiece, boards lightly marked and faded, jacket price-clipped and a little toned, short tear to upper panel, Florence, 1931; England, My England, endpapers browned, one or two foxing marks, jacket spotted and creased, some chips to endpapers, 1924, original boards, dust-jackets, 8vo (2)
Le Carré (John) The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, first edition, original variant brown boards, slight bumping to head and foot, dust-jacket, light fading to spine, minor chipping to spine tips and corners, light finger-soiling to lower panel, light rubbing to extremities, an excellent example, 8vo, 1963.⁂ Rare in the variant brown boards, likely a trial binding.
Le Carré (John) The Looking-Glass War, first edition, double-signed by the author "John Le Carré aka David Cornwell" on title, original boards, dust-jacket, light sunning to spine, light rubbing to head and foot, but a near-fine example otherwise, slipcase with author's name lettered in black on spine, 8vo, 1965.⁂ The author's fourth novel, difficult to find double-signed and in such condition.
Le Carré (John) Smiley's People, uncorrected proof copy, original wrappers, a little spotted, light creasing to spine, proof dust-jacket, minor chipping to spine tips and corners, light creasing to head and foot, 8vo, [1979].⁂ The scarce proof dust-jacket, differing from that on the first edition in several respects being slightly shorter, different formatting and colouring to flaps and a different author photo to lower panel.
Le Carré (John) The Clandestine Muse, one of 250 copies signed by the author, original marbled wrappers, West Burke, VT, Janus Press, 1986; Nervous Times, number 67 of 250 copies signed by the author, photographic frontispiece portrait of the author, original morocco-backed boards, The Anglo-Israel Association, 1998; Sarratt and the Draper of Watford, first edition, signed by the author, list of the people of Sarratt loosely inserted, original boards, dust-jacket, 1999, fine copies, 8vo (3)
Le Carré (John) The Spy Who Came in From the Cold, number 8 of 124 copies signed by the author, printed in red and black, tipped-in signed woodcut portrait of the author by Stephen Alcorn, original cloth-backed boards with paper label to upper cover, Oak Tree Press, 2008; The Spy Who Came in the From the Cold, fiftieth anniversary edition, signed by the author on title, original boards, dust-jacket, 2013, fine copies 8vo (2)⁂ The first a scarce reprinting of the first three chapters. This special edition dedicated to children living with HIV/Aids.
NO RESERVE Le Carré (John) The Spy Who Came in From the Cold, fiftieth anniversary edition, signed by the author to title, 2013; The Mission Song, first edition, signed by the author to title, 2006; Single & Single, gift inscription to front free endpaper, first issue promotional dust-jacket, 1999 § Horowitz (Anthony) Trigger Mortis, first edition, signed by the author to title, 2015, original boards, dust-jackets, fine copies; and 3 others, spy novels, 8vo (7)
NO RESERVE Leavitt (David) While England Sleeps, first edition, 1993 § Adams (Douglas) The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul, 1988 § Lessing (Doris) The Good Terrorist, 1985 § Spark (Muriel) Loitering With Intent, 1981, first editions, original boards or cloth, dust-jackets, light creasing to spine head, otherwise near-fine copies; and 11 others, modern literature, 8vo (15)
[Lee (Laurie)] Land at War: The Official Story of British Farming 1939-1944, first edition, signed by the author on title, illustrations, original wrappers, lower wrapper detached, upper wrapper a little loose in staple, very light rubbing to spine ends and joints but overall still sharp, 4to, 1945.⁂ A very rare signed copy of Lee's second book, published anonymously - for which he denied having anything to do with.
Beckett (Samuel) Echo's Bones, first edition, one of 327 copies, very light occasional soiling or damp-staining marks, original wrappers, lightly soiled and toned, 4to, 1935.⁂ Echo's Bones' was intended by Samuel Beckett to form the 'recessional' or end-piece of his early collection of interrelated stories, More Pricks Than Kicks, published in 1934. The story was written at the request of the publisher, but was held back from inclusion in the published volume.
Lee (Harper) To Kill a Mockingbird, first English edition, board spine ends bumped, jacket rubbed and creased to extremities, corners chipped with small tape repairs, light foxing to spine and lower panel, spine ends reinforced with tape, but still a bright example overall, 8vo, 1960; Go Set a Watchman, first edition, a fine copy, 2015, original boards, dust-jackets, 8vo (2)
Lewis (C.S.) The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe, first edition, first impression, illustrations by Pauline Baynes, bookplate removed from front free endpaper, endpapers browned, original cloth, spine foxed and sunned, spine ends lightly frayed, seventh impression dust-jacket, price-clipped, tear along upper panel repaired, one or two other closed tears, nicks and frays to extremities but overall still in effect an attractive and sharp copy, 8vo, 1950.
Aldington (Richard) Death of a Hero, first English edition, some scattered edge-spotting, light browning to endpapers, original cloth, dust-jacket, light toning to spine, short nick to head of upper panel, else fine, 1929; Two Stories, limited edition signed by the author, browning to endpapers, original cloth-backed boards, spine slightly browned with small chip to head, 1930; and 7 others by the same, 8vo (9)
NO RESERVE Lowry (Malcolm) Under the Volcano, first edition, light toning to endpapers, original cloth, lightly faded and bumped at spine ends, dust-jacket, extremities and corners chipped with small portion of loss to spine ends, one or two marks to lower panel, splitting along lower joint with small tape repairs verso, edges nicked and frayed, 8vo, 1947.
Machen (Arthur) The Chronicle of Clemendy, first edition, one of 250 copies, presentation inscription "from his friend the author" to endpaper with recipient's name erased, frontispiece, tissue-guard, illustrations and decorations, scattered foxing, endpapers browned, original parchment-backed boards, spine ends and corners a little bumped, rubbing and soiling, uncut, 8vo, Carbonnek [London], Privately printed for the Society of Pantagruelists, 1888.⁂ Machen's first collection of short stories, The Chronicle of Clemendy is set amongst a Welsh drinking fraternity who pass the time by telling each other a series of fantasy tales.
[Machen (Arthur)] Thesaurus Incantatus: The Enchanted Treasure, or, The Spagyric Quest of Beroaldus Cosmopolita, In Which Is Sophically and Mystagorically Declared the First Matter of the Stone, first edition, frontispiece, frontispiece, 20th century morocco-backed boards, upper wrapper bound in, preserved in custom chemise and morocco-backed slip-case, 8vo, T. Marvell, [c.1888].⁂ A rare early work by Machen of significant esoteric interest. The work divides into two parts, the first forms a metaphoric narrative discussion of alchemy while the second is a discussion of alchemical, esoteric other occult works that were available at the time. We can trace no like copy at auction or available online.
Machen (Arthur) The Great God Pan, first edition, half-title, 20pp. advertisements at end, title decoration and cover design by Aubrey Beardsley, neat contemporary ink ownership inscription and light browning to endpapers, 2 autograph letters from a Cornish bookseller loosely inserted, original pictorial cloth, spine ends and corners a little bumped, light toning to spine light marking to upper cover, an excellent copy, uncut, [Tymn 3-156], 8vo, London & Boston, 1894.⁂ Machen's most famous and celebrated novella, a classic horror title that influenced Stoker and Lovecraft.
Machen (Arthur) The Three Impostors or The Transmutations, first edition, 30pp. advertisements at end, title and cover design by Aubrey Beardsley, original decorative cloth, uncut, very slight toning to spine, light rubbing to tips of spine and corners, else fine, [Tymn 3-161], 8vo, London & Boston, 1895.⁂ A superb copy of Machen's horror novel, essentially a series of interconnected weird and supernatural tales involving pagan rites and a secret society.
Machen (Arthur) Ornaments in Jade, original cloth, slipcase, New York, 1924; Precious Balms, spotting to endpapers, original cloth, sunning to spine, 1924; Dreads and Drolls, spotting to endpapers, original parchment-backed boards, spotting, dust-jacket, sunning to spine and panels, 1926, The Grande Touvaille. A Legend of Pentonville, original wrappers, short tear to upper cover, spotted, First Edition Bookshop [1923]; The Collector's Craft, original wrappers, scattered spotting, First Edition Bookshop, [1923], limited editions signed by the author; and 8 others, Machen, including a number of limited editions, 8vo (13)
Machen (Arthur) The Shining Pyramid, one of 250 signed copies signed by the author, light browning to endpapers, original cloth, dust-jacket, spine browned and chipped at head, light toning to head of upper panel, an excellent copy, [Tymn 3-158 (the American first edition)],1925; and the American first edition of the same, 8vo (2)⁂ A collection of stories including several titles. The Shining Pyramid features Machen's occult detective Dyson investigating strange happenings and the disappearance of a young girl.
NO RESERVE MacInnes (Colin) [The London Trilogy], 3 vol., comprising, City of Spades, first edition, faint spotting to fore-edges, 1957; Absolute Beginners, sixth impression, 1959; Mr Love and Justice, first edition, 1960, original cloth, fractional bumping to spine extremities, dust-jackets, the first with loss and small tears to edges, a little rubbed, slight creasing to edges, 8vo.
Mackay (Malcolm) [The Glasgow Trilogy], 3 vol., comprising The Necessary Death of Lewis Winter, limited edition, 2013; How A Gunman Says Goodbye, 2013; The Sudden Arrival of Violence, 2014 § Porter (Henry) Remembrance Day, 1999; A Spy's Life, 2001; Empire State, 2003; Brandenburg, 2005, first editions, signed by the authors, original boards, dust-jackets, fine copies; and 2 others, thrillers, 8vo (9)
NO RESERVE MacNeice (Louis) Solstices, 1961; Holes in the Sky, 1948; The Earth Compels, 1938; Spring-board, light spots to endpapers, 1944; Visitations, original wrap-around, light spots to jacket, 1957; Autumn Sequel, endpapers lightly browned, 1954, first editions, original cloth, spine ends a little bumped, dust-jackets, spines darkened, some minor nicks to spine ends, overall very good or excellent copies, 8vo (6)⁂ A good first edition group of the revered Irish poet's works.
Malamud (Bernard) The Fixer, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Tom Maschler to half-title, original cloth, dust-jacket, price-clipped with $5.75 ink price stamp to front flap, light sunning to spine, minor chipping to spine tips, small chip to head of front panel, light rubbing, 8vo, New York, 1966.⁂ The Fixer, Malamud's fourth novel, won both the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize.
Bellow (Saul) The Dangling Man, first edition, light browning to endpapers, original cloth, light toning to spine, mottling to lower cover and upper fore-edge, dust-jacket, light toning to spine, spine ends and corners chipped, a few nicks and light creasing to head, a very good copy overall, 8vo, New York, Vanguard Press, 1944.⁂ Bellow's first published work.
[Manning (Frederic)] The Middle Parts of Fortune, 2 vol., first edition, number 504 of 520 copies, first title printed in red & black, original cloth, t.e.g., glacine dust-jackets with card flaps, tear to upper panel, original slipcase (a little mottled), a near-fine set, 8vo, The Piazza Press, issued to subscribers by Peter Davies, 1929.⁂ A superb example of Manning's most loved work rare in the original jackets and slip-case. Originally published anonymously due to the shocking nature of its content for the times, published the following year in expurgated form. The book's depictions of the brutality, futility and mundanity of war were said to have inspired Hemingway to read the novel yearly, "to remember how things really were so that I will never lie to myself nor anyone else about them".
[Manning (Frederick)], "Private 19022". Her Privates We, first trade edition, the odd spot, original pictorial cloth, light browning to spine ends, else fine, glacine dust-jacket with printed card flaps, light toning to spine, chip and tear to foot of spine, tear to foot of upper panel, 8vo, 1930.⁂ Rare in the delicate glacine jacket. Her Privates We was published the previous year as The Middle Parts of Fortune (see previous lot), subsequently revised and with obscenities partially expurgated for the present edition.
Marquand (John P.) Thank You, Mr. Moto, third printing, jacket spine a little sunned, spine ends and corners a little chipped, tear to head of lower panel, creasing to head, n.d. § Radcliffe (Garnett) In the Grip of the Brute, first cheap edition, jacket with 4/6 price label to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, extremities rubbed, 1938 § Bush (Christopher) Eight O'Clock Alibi, first edition, light browning to endpapers, second printing jacket, price-clipped, light rubbing and creasing to head, New York, 1937, original cloth, dust-jackets; and 7 others, early reprint detective fiction in jackets, 8vo (10)
Martin (George R. R.) A Dance With Dragons, first edition, signed by the author, dust-jacket, 2011 § Tolkien (J. R. R.) The Fellowship of the Ring, fourth impression, slight shelf-lean, sunning to spine, spine ends a little frayed, 1955 § Moore (Alan) Watchmen [2 copies], first hardback edition, illustrations by Dave Gibbons, slipcase, New York, 1988 § Morgan (Richard) Altered Carbon, first edition, light toning to margins, 2002, original cloth or boards, 8vo (5)
Bellow (Saul) The Victim, first edition, signed by the author on title, light browning to endpapers, original cloth, light rubbing to spine tips and corners, dust-jacket, light browning to spine, spine ends and corners chipped, light surface soiling, a very good copy overall, 8vo, New York, Vanguard Press, 1947.⁂ The author's second novel. Bellow would later refer to Dangling Man as his MA and The Victim as his Ph.D.
Mason (A.E.W.) At the Villa Rose, first edition, light browning to endpapers, ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, original green cloth, spine a little dulled, spine ends and corners a little bumped and frayed, 8vo, 1910.⁂ The first of the Inspector Hanaud novels, a Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone.
Maugham (William Somerset) Cakes and Ale, first edition, first state with 't' of 'won't' lacking on p.147, presentation inscription 'for E.C. Gardner' signed by the author on front free endpaper, endpapers very lightly toned, pp.269/270 corner torn away not affecting text, original cloth, one or two spots and very faint toning to spine, dust-jacket, spine browned, corners and spine head chipped and frayed, [Stott A40a], 8vo, 1930.
McBain (Ed) Killer's Wedge, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Otto Penzler "Good one. Julie Styne optioned it as a play. I wrote seven versions. Result: no production. Ed McBain" to endpaper, marginal browning (as usual), original cloth, light bumping to spine tips, dust-jacket, minor chipping to spine tips and corners, light rubbing to extremities, a near-fine example overall, 8vo, New York, [1959].⁂ A lovely copy with an excellent association of the first McBain book to be published in the US in hardback.
Bellow (Saul) The Adventures of Augie March, first edition, signed by the author on title, original cloth, spine slightly toned with light fraying to head, first issue dust-jacket with John Steinbeck advertisement to rear flap, very slight sunning to spine, minor chipping to spine tips and corners, a few short nicks and light creasing to head of upper panel, some light surface soiling, an excellent example overall, 8vo, Viking Press, New York, 1953.⁂ Bellow's most popular novel and his first to win the National Book Award.
Middleton (Stanley) Holiday, one of 350 copies signed by the author, Oak Tree First Chapter Series, 2007 § Gordimer (Nadine) The Conservationist, one of 350 copies signed by the author, Oak Tree First Chapter Series, 2007 § Fitzgerald (Penelope) Offshore, first edition, dust-jacket, light sunning to spine, 1979 § Keneally (Thomas) Schindler's Ark, dust-jacket price-clipped, light sunning to spine, 1982; and 4 others, similar, 8vo (8)
Mistry (Rohinton) A Fine Balance, first edition, signed by the author on title, 1996; Such a Long Journey, second printing, signed presentation inscription from the author to Greg Gatenby on title, ink ownership inscription of Gatenby to endpaper, 1991, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets, fine copies; and 2 others by the same, 8vo (4)
NO RESERVE Moore (Patrick) and A.L. Helm. Out Into Space, first edition, plates and illustrations, Moore's own copy with his "Please return" ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, bookplate of literary agents "Christy & Moore Ltd." tipped-in beneath, original cloth, dust-jacket, creasing and chipping to extremities, two short tears to head of upper panel, some light surface soiling to lower panel, 8vo, 1954.⁂ A scarce science fiction title by the astronomer and presenter.
Murdoch (Iris) [The Novels], 26 vol., 1956-95; comprising, Under the Net, third impression, 1956; The Flight from the Enchanter, first edition, ex-W.H.Smith Library with labels, 1956; The Sandcastle, second impression, 1957; The Bell, first edition, 'Book Society Choice' yellow wraparound, 1958, scattered spotting, original cloth, fractional bumping to corners and extremities, dust-jackets, scattered faint spotting, slight chipping to corners and extremities; and others, first or early impressions except 'The God Apprentice', a Limited Edition Club copy, and 3 others, by Murdoch including a later duplicate, 8vo (29)
NO RESERVE Nabokov (Vladimir) Lolita, first Israeli edition, original printed wrappers, lightly sunned spine, slight chipping to corners and extremities, Jerusalem, for the Olympia Press, 1955; Junkie, half-title, original printed wrappers, slight creasing and rubbing to edges, Paris, the Olympia Press, 1966; 8vo (2).
Nabokov (Vladimir) Lolita, first English edition, original boards, slight shelf-lean, dust-jacket, very light sunning and faint creasing to spine, minor chipping to spine chips and corners, chip to head of upper fore-edge, a few small nicks and tears with light creasing to head and foot, neat tape strengthening to upper and lower edge verso, but an excellent example generally, 8vo, 1959.
Bellow (Saul) Herzog, first edition, signed by the author on endpaper, original cloth, slight bumping to spine tips and corners, dust-jacket, light browning to spine, rubbing and minor chipping to spine tips and corners, short nick to foot of upper panel, light rubbing to fore-edge, an excellent copy generally, 8vo, New York, Viking Press, 1964.⁂ Bellow's second novel to win the National Book Award, often cited as Bellow's masterpiece.
Naipaul (V. S.) A House for Mr Biswas, first edition, light cockling to first few pages, original boards, spine ends bumped, dust-jacket, light creases to extremities, a few chips to spine head, short tear to upper edge, 8vo, 1961.⁂ Naipaul's post-colonial novel which received world-wide acclaim and remains his most loved novel. Scarce in such bright and unrestored condition.
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