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Lot 380

*** Please note, the description of this lot has changed ***Deighton (Len) The Ipcress File, first edition, a few leaves with small stain to upper margin, original orange boards with extremities slightly bumped and rubbed, dust-jacket slightly rubbed at edges and corners, 1962; Horse Under Water, crossword competition slip loosely inserted, 1963; Funeral in Berlin, 1964; Billion Dollar Brain, nick to head of spine, 1966; An Expensive Place to Die, Top Secret In Transit docket loosely inserted, jacket spine sunned, 1967, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets, near-fine generally, 8vo (5) 

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Lot 383

Dostoevsky (Fyodor Mikhailovich) The Brothers Karamazov, A Novel in Four Parts and an Epilogue, Translated into English by Constance Garnett, first English language edition, front free endpaper lightly browned, lower hinge cracked, original cloth, spine faded, spine ends and corners bumped, light surface spotting and soiling to covers, worse to lower cover, 8vo, William Heinemann, 1912.

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Lot 384

Eliot (T.S.) The Confidential Clerk, first edition, signed by the author, original cloth, dust-jacket very slightly faded to spine and with a couple of nicks to extremities, [Gallup A64a], 8vo, 1944.

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Lot 386

Eliot (T.S.) The Cocktail Party, first edition, presentation copy signed by the author, original cloth, dust-jacket with small piece missing from head and foot of spine, spine a little dulled, [Gallup A55a], 8vo, 1950.⁂ Inscribed "Margaret Mathew from T.S. Eliot 25.xii.50" on title and with her ownership signature on front free endpaper.

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Lot 387

Eliot (T.S.) The Complete Poems and Plays 1909-1950, first edition, presentation copy inscribed "For Ezra [presumably Pound], recover soon! With affection from Valerie Eliot" on title, original cloth-backed boards, dust-jacket rubbed at edges and with short tear to lower panel, 8vo, New York, 1971.

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Lot 388

Fitzgerald (F. Scott) The Beautiful and the Damned, first English edition, scattered foxing, light browning to endpapers, original cloth, light rubbing to extremities, slight fraying to spine tips and corners, but an excellent example overall, 8vo, 1922.⁂ Fitzgerald's second novel and the most difficult to obtain in the English edition. This printing was substantially different to its American counterpart, with hundreds of changes and omissions to the text.

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Lot 389

Fleming (Ian) Thunderball, first edition, original cloth, spine lettered in gilt, skeletal hand design in blind to upper cover, dust-jacket, short nick to foot of lower joint, a few light marks to upper panel, a few short nicks and some light creasing to head and foot, but a near-fine example generally, housed in custom morocco-backed drop-back box, 8vo, 1961.

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Lot 390

Fleming (Ian) The Spy Who Loved Me, first edition variant issue with quad mark on title, original cloth, lettered in silver, dagger design to upper cover blocked in silver and blind, slight bumping to spine tips, dust-jacket, small nick to foot of upper joint, light rubbing to extremities, but a fine copy otherwise, preserved in custom morocco-backed drop-back box, 8vo, 1962.⁂ The scarce variant issue with the quad mark appearing on title due to a printer's error. Gilbert estimates that as few as one copy in ten from the first impression exist in this state.

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Lot 391

Fleming (Ian) On Her Majesty's Secret Service, first edition, original board, spine lettered in silver, white ski-track motif to upper cover, slight bumping to spine tips, dust-jacket, faint creasing to head of spine, light rubbing to extremities, but a bright, fine copy overall, with the spine lettered bright, housed in custom morocco-backed drop-back box, 8vo, 1963.

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Lot 392

Fleming (Ian) You Only Live Twice, first edition, second state with "March 1964" on copyright p., original boards, silver lettering to spine, Japanese characters in gilt to upper cover, dust-jacket, light creasing to head and foot, very short tear to head of upper panel, else fine, housed in custom morocco-backed drop-back box, 1964; The Man with the Golden Gun, first edition, second state plain boards, lettered in gilt on spine, dust-jacket, very small patch of browning to head of lower joint, minute spot to foot of lower panel, but a fine, bright example generally, housed in custom morocco-backed drop-back box, 1965; and a near-fine copy of Octopussy and the Living Daylights, 8vo (3)

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Lot 393

Grass (Günter) The Tin Drum, first English edition, signed by the author on title, original boards, slight bumping to spine ends and corners, dust-jacket, price-clipped, light toning to spine, closed tear with creasing to head of lower joint, corners a little chipped, light toning and soiling to panels, an excellent example overall, 8vo, 1961.

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Lot 394

Greene (Graham) A Burnt-Out Case, first edition, presentation copy inscribed by the author, upper hinge a little weak, original cloth, dust-jacket slightly dulled to spine, rubbed at head of spine and slightly foxed to lower panel, 8vo, 1961.⁂ The inscription on front free endpaper reads: "For Lenny with love from Graham. 1961"

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Lot 395

Greene (Graham) The Comedians, first edition, presentation copy signed by the author, slight crease to right margin through much of book, foxing to fore-edge extending into margin occasionally, ink inscriptions to front free endpaper, original cloth, dust-jacket very slightly rubbed at head of spine, 1966; and a signed copy of The Quiet American (reprint), 8vo (2)⁂ The author's inscription (beneath two other inscriptions) reads: "For Doctor Cynthia with good wishes from Graham Greene. Dec. 1966."

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Lot 396

Herbert (Frank) Dune, first English edition, original boards, slight bumping to head of spine, dust-jacket, 2 patches of surface abrasion and internal tear to spine, spine ends a little creased, laminate lifting to upper joint, a bright and excellent example overall, original publisher's wraparound band (closed tears to upper joint and fore-edge, short nick to head), 8vo, 1966.⁂ The scarce first English edition of this science fiction classic, especially rare with printed wraparound band.

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Lot 397

Hughes (Langston) The Langston Hughes Reader, first edition, presentation copy inscribed to Thurgood Marshall, original cloth-backed boards, dust-jacket with several defects and creases, 8vo, New York, 1958.⁂ A superb association copy. The inscription reads: "Especially for His Honour Judge Thurgood Marshall - Well Done! - You did it!! Sincerely, Langston. Harlem, October, 1961." Marshall himself has also signed the book on the half-title.Thurgood Marshall (1908-93) was the first African-American to serve on the Supreme Court, appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1967. He was a prominent Civil Rights lawyer who argued (and won) many cases relating to racial segregation in schools, most notably the landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision in 1954. Hughes and Marshall met while students at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania, living for some time in the same dormitory together.This book would presumably have been given to Marshall when President Kennedy appointed him to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in October 1961.

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Lot 399

Isherwood (Christopher) Sally Bowles, first edition, ink ownership inscription of John Rayner to endpaper, slight rubbing to spine tips and corners, dust-jacket, slight browning to spine, spine chipped at foot, portion of spine at head torn, some light marking and surface soiling to panels, a very good copy overall, 8vo, 1937.

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Lot 400

Ishiguro (Kazuo) A Pale View of Hills, first edition, signed by the author on title, publisher's printed promotional flier and ticket to a Cheltenham Literature Festival event with the author loosely inserted, light scattered spotting to endpapers, ink date to rear endpaper, original boards, light edge spotting, small bump to foot of spine, else fine, dust-jacket, very slight sunning to spine, light rubbing to spine tips and corners, else fine, 8vo, 1982.⁂ Ishiguro's first novel.

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Lot 401

Ishiguro (Kazuo) The Remains of the Day, first edition, signed by the author on title, Booker Prize 1989 bookmark signed by Ishiguro and loosely inserted, original boards, dust-jacket, a mint copy, 8vo, 1989.⁂ A superb copy of this Booker Prize winner, basis for the classic 1993 Merchant & Ivory film adaptation.

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Lot 403

Kerr (Judith) The Tiger Who Came to Tea, first edition, colour illustrations by the author, light soiling to 2pp., very light toning to endpapers, original pictorial boards, light bumping to spine ends and corners, light toning to cover margins, dust-jacket, light toning to panels and spine, closed tear to foot of upper joint, creasing to spine tips and corners, short nick to head of upper panel, a near-fine example otherwise, 4to, 1968.⁂ Judith Kerr's first book and her most beloved. Rare, especially so in the dust-jacket; we can trace only one such example at auction and no copies available online.

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Lot 406

Larkin (Philip) A Girl in Winter. A Novel, first edition, original cloth, light fading to spine, extremities a little rubbed, dust-jacket, neat and expert repairs and restoration to head and foot, repaired tear to lower flap, some light surface soiling, but in effect a bright and excellent copy, 8vo, 1947.⁂ Larkin's second and final novel, scarce in the dust-jacket.

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Lot 407

Le Carré (John) Call for the Dead, first edition, second impression, signed presentation inscription from the author "good luck with your new novel!" to title, gutter at p. 7 cracked and weak, beat ink ownership inscription to endpaper, original boards, light sunning to spine, second impression dust-jacket, light browning to spine, some marginal toning and ink inscriptions to panels, 1 or 2 small nicks and some light creasing to head and foot, but an excellent example overall, 8vo, 1961.

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Lot 408

Le Carré (John) The Spy Who Came in From the Cold, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "I send you my warmest wishes on your 65th, & my strict advice to pay no attention to the occasion, but continue as if nothing had happened..." to endpaper, ink ownership inscription of recipient to endpaper, some slight edge spotting, original blue boards, slight shelf-lean, sunning to foot of spine, mark to foot of lower cover, dust-jacket, very slight sunning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped and rubbed, slight marking to lower flap, but an excellent example overall, 8vo, 1963.⁂ Le Carré's third novel with an unusually lengthy and warm presentation inscription.

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Lot 409

Le Carré (John) The Looking-Glass War, first edition, signed by the author on title, original boards, dust-jacket, closed tear to rear panel, two short tear to head of upper panel, light sunning to foot of upper panel and base of spine, rubbing to top edge, but an unusually bright copy generally, 8vo, 1965.

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Lot 41

Haskell (Arnold. L.) Ballet Panorama, first edition, half-title, plates and illustrations, signed by Margot Fonteyn and Robert Helpmann to verso of frontispiece, 32pp. catalogue for Batsford Books at end, handsome crushed dark blue goatskin by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, multi-coloured onlays and gilt in the shape of dancers to both covers, spine with stylised title in gilt, g.e., matching goatskin-edged slip-case, 8vo, Batsford, 1938.

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Lot 411

Mandela (Nelson) Long Walk to Freedom, first American edition, signed by the author and dated 14.12.94 on title, photographic plates, map endpapers, original cloth-backed boards, dust-jacket, slight creasing to spine tips and corners, else fine, 8vo, Boston, 1994.

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Lot 413

*** Please note, the description of this lot has changed ***Martin (George R. R. ) A Game of Thrones, first edition, some marginal toning, original boards, dust-jacket, neat and expert repairs and restorations to spine tips and corners, 8vo, Harper Collins/Voyager, 1996.⁂ A near-fine copy of the true first edition of the first in the A Song of Ice and Fire Series. 

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Lot 414

Obama (Barack) Dreams From My Father, first edition, signed by the author "Dream big dreams!" on title, ticket for April 25, 2011 White House Easter Egg Roll loosely inserted, original cloth-backed boards, dust-jacket, faint creasing to spine tips, a mint copy, 8vo, New York, 1995.⁂ Barack Obama's first memoir, published when he was only 34 and still practicing civil rights law in Chicago.

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Lot 415

O'Casey (Sean) The Silver Tassie, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Joe Cummins on endpaper, portrait frontispiece, light browning to endpapers, original cloth-backed boards, spine a little browned, 8vo, 1928.⁂ Joseph Cummins worked as a surgeon at the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital in Dublin, where O'Casey was treated for an ulcerated cornea when in his early twenties. Cummins took a personal interest in the young writer and the two remained friends afterwards.

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Lot 417

Orwell (George) Animal Farm. A Fairy Story, first edition, neat ink ownership inscription to front pastedown, original cloth, slight sunning to upper and lower edge, dust-jacket, Searchlight advertisement printed in red on verso, minor chipping to corner tips, light rubbing to extremities, but a near-fine example overall, 8vo, 1945.⁂ A superb example of Orwell's classic satirical allegory. Rare in such good condition. Orwell struggled to find a willing publisher, eventually Secker and Warburg obliged after it was rejected by Gollancz (Orwell's usual publisher) as well as Faber and Faber and Jonathan Cape.

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Lot 418

Orwell (George) Nineteen Eighty-Four, first edition, endpaper collage of Orwell's eyes, small compartments to front pastedown revealing the Queen and George Washington's faces, binder's "Certificate of Authenticity" leather label to rear pastedown, modern olive morocco in jacket design with skull buttons and white lettering "Winston Smith" to the left breast, onlayed prosthetic eye to chest, title and date lettered in white on lower cover, 8vo, Secker and Warburg, 1949.⁂ This copy number 86 of 100 specially-bound copies. The compartments in the front pastedown conceal a ten shilling Bank of England note and an old one dollar bill.

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Lot 419

Orwell (George) Nineteen Eighty-Four, first edition, light spotting to endpapers and occasionally elsewhere, original cloth, light sunning to spine and cover margins, red dust-jacket, spine largely supplied in good facsimile, neat repairs and restorations to head and foot, light rubbing, but in effect a bright, attractive copy, 8vo, 1949.

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Lot 420

Owen (Wilfred) Poems, first edition, portrait frontispiece, tissue-guard, usual light browning to title and frontispiece, endpapers with light browning and some faint surface abrasions, original cloth, paper label to spine partially restored, light creasing to covers, spine ends and corners a little bumped and slightly frayed, some light surface soiling, sm. 4to, 1920.⁂ The most important book of poetry from the first world war. Owen was killed one week before the armistice was signed in 1918.

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Lot 423

Rand (Ayn) Atlas Shrugged, first edition, original cloth, first issue dust-jacket with "10/75" code to front flap, price-clipped, very slight toning to spine, spine ends and corners chipped, some light creasing and minor fraying to head and foot of panels, light rubbing to extremities, a very good example overall, 8vo, New York, 1957.

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Lot 424

Rhys (Jean) Quartet, first American edition, very light toning to endpapers, original pictorial cloth, small dent to head of upper cover, minor fraying to spine tips, faint rubbing, near-fine overall, 8vo, New York, 1929.⁂ Rhys' scarce first novel, a partially autobiographical account of her affair with Ford Madox Ford, published in the UK as Postures.

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Lot 425

Rhys (Jean) Voyage in the Dark, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to endpaper, original cloth, light sunning to spine, dust-jacket, neat and professional restoration to spine ends and corners, repaired horizontal repair to lower panel, neat repairs and some light retouching to extremities, in effect a bright and excellent example, 8vo, 1934.⁂ An inscribed copy of Rhys' classic modernist novel. Presentation copies of Rhys' early works are rare, we can trace no other presentation copy of this work at auction.

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Lot 426

Rosen (Michael) We're Going On a Bear Hunt, first edition, signed by the author on title, illustrations by Helen Oxenbury, ticket to see Rosen speak at the 2017 Hay Festival loosely inserted, original boards, slight bumping to spine tips, dust-jacket, neatly price-clipped, slight toning to spine, minor chipping to spine tips and corners, small nick to head and foot of upper panel, tear with creasing to head of rear panel, faint creasing to head and foot, an excellent example overall, oblong 4to, Walker Books, 1989.⁂ A modern children's classic, rare in the dust-jacket, especially so signed.

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Lot 427

Rowling (J.K.) The Harry Potter Gift Set, 2 vol., comprising Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, fourth printing, signed by the author on half-title, jacket with extremely light fading to spine, fold heads lightly bumped, 1997; Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, seventh printing, signed presentation inscription from the author to half-title, 1998, first editions, original pictorial boards, dust-jackets, overall near fine, in original pictorial card slipcase (light sunning to spine, minor scuffing to corners), 8vo⁂ The first collected edition of these two works, released just prior to the publication of The Prisoner of Azkaban. Scarce signed.

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Lot 428

Rowling (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, first deluxe edition, first printing, original cloth with mounted colour illustration and gilt signature, slight bumping to spine tips, else fine, 8vo, 1999.

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Lot 430

Rowling (J.K.) The Christmas Pig, first edition, signed by the author on half-title with author's hologram on facing p., illustrations by Jim Field, original boards, decorated in gilt, dust-jacket, a fine copy, 8vo, 2021.

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Lot 431

Sacks (Oliver) The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, first English edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Anthony and Catherine Storr "with gratitude & affection (and remembrances of a lovely evening together) Oct 25/85" to endpaper, original boards, dust-jacket, spine sunned, light creasing to head and foot, otherwise excellent, 8vo, 1985.⁂ A good association copy of Sacks' most popular book, inscribed to the psychiatrist and Anthony Storr and his former wife, the children's author Catherin Storr.

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Lot 432

*** Please note, the description of this lot has changed ***Sassoon (Siegfried) Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man, first edition, 1928; Memoirs of an Infantry Officer, first edition, jacket with near and expert repairs and restorations to spine tips and corners, 1930, original cloth, dust-jackets, 8vo (2)⁂ Excellent copies of the first two volumes of Sassoon's autobiographical trilogy, without Sherston's Progress.

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Lot 433

Sassoon (Siegfried) Memoirs of an Infantry Officer, first illustrated edition, one of 320 copies signed by the author and artist, illustrations (many colour), pictorial endpapers, cover design, dust-jacket and slip-case by Barnett Freedman, original pictorial cloth, t.e.g., others uncut, dust-jacket with a few tiny nicks to top edge and slight fading to spine, original pictorial board slip-case a little rubbed, 8vo, 1931.⁂ An excellent copy of this superbly illustrated edition of Sassoon's classic memoir of WW1.

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Lot 435

Stoker (Bram) Dracula, first edition, later issue with "The Shoulder of Shasta" advertisement f., 4 titles listed to half-title verso, without 16pp. advertisements at end, Graham Greene's copy with his ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, endpapers a little spotted, original yellow cloth, lettered in red, slight shelf-lean, spine slightly darkened, slight bumping and minor fraying to spine tips and corners, very light surface soiling, but a bright and excellent copy, preserved in custom morocco-backed drop-back box, 8vo, Westminster, Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.⁂ An attractive copy of a key horror novel with a remarkable literary provenance. While Greene was not a writer of horror fiction, the influence of the genre in his writing is clearly apparent in his almost other-worldly villains.; both Brighton Rock's Pinkie and Harry Lime of The Third Man appear to be invulnerable and hold a hypnotic influence over those they command. Provenance: Bought from Gekowski by Clive Hirschhorn, April, 1990 (sold, his sale, Bloomsbury Auctions, 25th October, 2012, lot 366).

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Lot 437

Thompson (Hunter S.) Hell's Angels, first English edition, original cloth-backed boards, dust-jacket, price-clipped, minor chipping to corner tips, chip to head of lower panel, closed tear and patch of surface tearing to head of upper panel, rubbed, still a very good example of a scarce jacket, preserved in custom drop-backed box, 8vo, 1967.⁂ The scarce first English edition of Thompson's classic work of gonzo journalism. This edition is far scarcer than the American true first edition, Thompson allegedly assumed that the book first appeared in Britain as a paperback as he'd never seen a hardback copy.

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Lot 438

Tolkien (J.R.R.) A Middle English Vocabulary, first edition, first impression, original printed wrappers in first state without advertisements printed on front free endpapers, light rubbing to edges, spine splitting and fraying with portions missing to ends, 8vo, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1922.

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Lot 439

Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Hobbit, first edition, first impression, frontispiece, one plate and 8 illustrations, including 7 full-page, map endpapers printed in red and black, all by the author, 2pp. advertisements, 1 plate detached, light marking and soiling to margins, lower split but holding, light foxing and marking to endpapers, remains of library labels to rear pastedown, original pictorial cloth, shelf-lean, spine darkened, bumping and fraying to spine ends and corners, remains of label to foot of upper cover, light soiling, 8vo, 1937.

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Lot 442

Warhol (Andy) The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (From A to B and Back Again), first edition, signed and inscribed "To Marguerite ?much love Andy Warhol" with a large soup can drawing "Campbell's Reused Asparagus Soup" in black felt tip pen to half-title, original red cloth-backed yellow boards, dust-jacket, single very small mark to upper panel, some very slight creasing to head and foot, light spotting to top edge verso, otherwise near fine, 8vo, New York & London, 1975.⁂ A rare copy inscribed with the asparagus soup doodle, rendered more unusual by the addition of "reused". Dedicated to Marguerite Littman, Warhol's close friend with whom he often stayed in London, who modelled for his Polaroid portraits in New York between 1976-85, and whom it is said, partially inspired Truman Capote's famous character Holly Golightly, in Breakfast at Tiffany's.

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Lot 443

Waugh (Evelyn) Waugh in Abyssinia, first edition, abrasion to pastedowns, original cloth, slight shelf-lean, light bumping and fraying to spine tips and corners, first issue dust-jacket, without the usual pastedown to front flap, slight toning to spine, neat repairs along joints and fore-edges, spine ends and corners a little chipped, closed tear to head of upper panel, neat repairs to front flap, rubbed, still in effect an excellent example, 8vo, 1936.⁂ A rare dust-jacket in first issue. Waugh took a keen interest in the exact presentation of this volume and was horrified to discover that the text on the front flap of the dust-jacket had been printed without his approval. In a diary entry dated 17th October 1936 he notes: ""Went to Longman Green to find they had composed a blurb giving exactly the impression of W. in A. which I had tried to supress"". After some debate with Longman's, it was agreed that a piece of card with new text would be pasted over the front flap.

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Lot 444

Waugh (Evelyn) Brideshead Revisited, first edition, bookplate to front free endpaper, light spotting to endpapers, original cloth, slight shelf-lean, light sunning to spine tips, dust-jacket, light browning to spine and lower panel, spine ends and corners chipped, some splitting to lower joint, a few small nicks with light creasing to head of lower panel, some light surface soiling, but a very good copy overall, 8vo, 1945.

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Lot 446

Woolf (Virginia) Kew Gardens, third English (limited) edition, number 210 of 500 copies signed by author and artist, woodcut decorations throughout by Vanessa Bell, original decorative colour boards after Bell, light browning to spine, splitting to joints, laminate and tape repair along spine causing some lifting and tearing to foot of upper cover, light wear to corners, light rubbing and surface soiling, [Kirkpatrick A3c; Woolmer 155], 4to, Hogarth Press, [1927].⁂ The first quarto edition of this work with Bell's illustrations expanded to cover every page. Scarce signed by both contributors.

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Lot 447

Woolf (Virginia) Walter Sickert: a Conversation, first edition, initialed by the author and signed by Walter Sickert and Vanessa Bell with a quote "Life is colour" and the date crossed through and supplied in roman numerals on title in unknown hand, ink ownership inscription "William Bellows. Gloucester. 11.i.35" with later ink ownership inscription of E. E. ?Pullin below, original pictorial wrappers after Vanessa Bell initialed by Bell, "From W. B." to head of upper wrapper, light marking and toning to spine and covers, [Kirkpatrick A20a; Woolmer 355], 8vo, Hogarth Press, 1934.⁂ A remarkable copy, signed or initialed by each contributor, we can trace no like example. William Bellows (1873-1942), son of the printer and lexicographer John Bellows. He became joint-manager of his father's printing firm in 1902.

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Lot 448

Wyndham (John) The Day of the Triffids, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket with some restoration to spine ends and corners, overall a near fine copy, 8vo, 1951.

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Lot 45

Hughes-Stanton (Blair).- Graves (Ida) Epithalamion, number 7 of 50 special copies on Japanese vellum signed by the author and artist, from an edition of 330, full-page wood-engravings by Blair Hughes-Stanton, original half morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, t.e.g., others uncut, board slip-case, small folio, Colchester, Gemini Press, 1934.⁂ The first of only two books issued by the Gemini Press, established by Ida Graves and Blair Hughes-Stanton after the latter's departure from the Gregynog Press having left his wife Gertrude Hermes. Despite being unable to marry this was a celebration of the couple's union. Only half the edition was sold and in 1970 Hughes-Stanton sold the remaining sheets to the Basilisk Press who reissued the work in 1980.

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Modigliani (Amedeo).- Frène (Roger) Les Nymphes, first edition, one of 130 copies, signed presentation copy from the author, 5 illustrations by Modigliani, one with slight stain, occasional minor spotting, uncut in original printed wrappers, edges a little tanned, 8vo, Paris, 1921.⁂ Modigliani's only book illustrations. This is one of the 120 copies on papier japon ancien. The inscription on the half-title is to fellow poet Jean Pellerin (who died in July 1921) and reads: "A l'excellent poete Jean Pellerin, en temoignage de haute sympathie litteraire, Roger Frène".

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Lot 77

Nevinson (C. R. W.) The Great War Fourth Year...with an Essay by J. E. Crawford Flitch, first edition, colour frontispiece "Banking at 4000 feet" signed by the artist in pencil, 24 plates, signed presentation inscription from Flitch to "my good friend Don Pedro" to front free endpaper, dated Dec 1919, the odd spot, endpapers with some toning and scattered spotting, original cloth-backed boards, spine and corners lightly rubbed, custom slip-case, 4to, 1918.⁂ Nevinson joined the army in the autumn of 1914 and went to Flanders as a mechanic and driver. Though invalided in 1916 he became one of the great war artists, producing some of the most unflinching and harrowing images of the conflict.

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Lot 84

Pissarro (Lucien) Wood Engravings, number 95 of 175 sets with an accompanying booklet on Pissarro's wood-blocks by David Chambers, 29 wood-engravings tipped into 20 card mounts, loose as issued, text with illustrations, original printed wrappers, together in original cloth drop-back box, Oxford, 1981 § Haberly (Loyd) The Antiquary..., number 77 of 100 copies, hand-coloured woodcuts by the author, original morocco, gilt, spine slightly faded, slip-case, Long Crendon, Seven Acres Press, 1933 § Williams (Charles) Heroes & Kings, out-of-series copy from an edition limited to 300 on hand-made paper, wood-engravings by Norman Janes, original pictorial cloth, gilt, Sylvan Press, 1930 § Dyer (John) Grongar Hill & other Poems, number 42 of 50 specially-bound copies on hand-made paper, signed by the editor and artist, from an edition limited to 150, hand-coloured wood-engravings by John Petts, original scarlet morocco, by Zaehnsdorf, spine gilt, Argraffwyd yng Nghymru, Grongar Press, 1977 § M'Alpine (John) Genuine Narratives...of the Most Interesting Exploits and Singular Adventures, edited by Thomas Rae, letter P of 26 specially-bound copies with an additional suite of proofs on Japanese Hosho paper, from an edition limited to 226, wood-engravings by Kathleen M. Lindsley, proofs tipped into card mounts and loose in pocket at end, John Prebble's copy with his bookplate, original calf, spine very slightly faded, preserved in slip-case, Greenock, Black Pennell Press, 1985, all but the first t.e.g., others uncut; and another, v.s. (6)

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Robertson (W. Graham) Old English Songs and Dances, first edition, signed presentation copy from the author to the publisher William Heineman inscribed on front free endpaper, illustrations by the author printed in colours by Edmund Evans, a good clean copy, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, rubbed, 1902 § Kauffer (E. McKnight) The Art of the Poster, first edition, original cloth-backed boards, dust-jacket, rubbed and soiled, frayed and slightly defective, 1924 § Jones (Barbara) The Unsophisticated Arts, first edition, original cloth, a good copy in original pictorial dust-jacket, 1951 § Wanklyn (Joan) Guns at the Wood: a Record of St John's Wood Barracks, number 240 of 500 copies signed by the author/artist (this copy for Henry Nicholls Esq.), illustrations by the author, original cloth, preserved in original wrapper, 1972, plates and/or illustrations, some colour, folio & 4to (4)

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Lot 97

Whittington Press.- Bosley (Keith, translator) The Song of Songs, unique made-up copy signed by the translator and artist (from the various editions), from an edition limited to 206, illustrations by Richard Kennedy, original russet morocco, upper cover with line of warriors in gilt at foot, t.e.g., others uncut, spine slightly faded, Andoversford, 1976 § Kennedy (Olive, translator) Letters from a Portuguese Nun, number XII of 25 specially-bound copies with an additional suite of prints and signed by the translator and artist, from an edition limited to 235, illustrations by Richard Kennedy, original pictorial vellum, gilt, additional prints loose in original cloth folder, together in slip-case, 1986, Andoversford, Whittington Press; and 2 others illustrated by Kennedy for the press, 4to (4)⁂ The first is made up of title and consecutive leaf on hand-made paper containing pieces of pressed flowers (from the edition limited to 6 copies) with text from the ordinary edition of 165 copies, together in the special binding (35 copies).

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Anderson & Garland Ltd. Newcastle
Lot 1237

Agatha Walker (1888-1980): a painted wax statuette, Jean Forbes-Robertson in the role of Peter Pan, 1930, inscribed, dated and signed in monogram to the plinth 34cm high. This wax figurine is modelled on the actress Jean Forbes-Robertson (1905-1962) in the title role of J M Barrie's 1904 children's play 'Peter Pan'. Jean Forbes-Robertson first played the part at the Gaiety Theatre, Christmas 1927, and subsequently became one of the best-known actresses associated with the role, playing it at the Garrick Theatre, 1928/1929; at the St James's, 1929/1930; and at the Palladium for five consecutive Christmases, from 1930 until the end of the 1934/35 season. Other actresses took the part subsequently at the Palladium, but Jean Forbes-Robertson returned to play it for the last time there for the 1938/39 season. This is one of several wax figurines modelled by Agatha Walker in the 1920s and 1930s, mostly of actors and actresses in costume for roles in successful productions on the London stage. There had been a craze for ceramic figurines of performers in the 19th century and Walker attempted to revive this tradition with her limited edition sculptures. They were modelled from life in plaster and coated with a fine wax layer which was then coloured. In 1931 there was an exhibition of her wax figures at the Fine Art Society.

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TW Gaze
Lot 9080

Sir William Dugdale: ‘Monasticon Anglicanum: A history of the abbies and other monasteries, hospitals, friaries, and cathedral and collegiate churches... in England and Wales.’, London: Longman, Hurst [&c.], 1817-1830, 6 volumes in 8 (volume 6 is in 3 parts/volumes), engraved additional titles and 242 plates (see footnote), many double-page, plates rather spotted; together with DUGDALE, SIR WILLIAM: ‘The History of Saint Paul's Cathedral, in London.’, London: Lackington, Hughes [&c.], 1818, 67 engraved plates, some double-page, [BAL RIBA 934]ONE OF 50 LARGE PAPER COPIES, WITH PROOF PLATES, together 9 volumes, folio (473 x 315mm.), half-titles, list of subscribers in volume 1, nineteenth-century dark blue morocco gilt by J. Wright (the volume of St. Paul's uniformly bound by Ramage), gilt edges. Provenance: probably Henry Perkins (1778-1855), a subscriber to a large paper copy, with initials "HP" on upper cover of each volume, sale by Gadsden, Ellis & Co., 3 June 1873, lots 396 and 387 (but see footnote). All indications are that this copy belonged to Henry Perkins, though the copy sold at his library sale (see provenance) was described as being bound in purple morocco by Herring, possibly in error. As is often the case Monasticon Anglicanum is without the plate of a Benedictine nun at p.451 in vol.2. It is presumably omitted as it appears to be a duplicate of the same plate which is present at p.436 vol.1.This new edition of Monasticon Anglicanum, the work of John Paley, Sir Henry Ellis and the Rev. Bulkeley Bandinel, greatly expanded the first edition of 1655 by drawing on records in the Tower of London and the Cottonian collection. It contains an enormous amount of information on the history of English religious houses and incorporates the charters of foundation, donation and confirmation granted to religious establishments. The fine engraved plates include plans and views of abbeys, cathedrals, monasteries and priories as well as engravings of costumes and seals. From the collection of Father Peter Harris, with his bookplates to front pastedowns (9)

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