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Click here to subscribeHamsun (Knut) Vagabonds, first English edition, signed and inscribed by author, faint browning to spine extremities and lower corner of upper board, lower joint of spine covering beginning to split but holding firm, dust-jacket, tear to upper joint, small loss to corners and spine extremities, one or two small holes to folds, lightly sunned spine, light surface soiling to lower panel, 1931.
NO RESERVE Hilton (James) Goodbye Mr. Chips, early reprint, signed by author, very faint spotting to endpapers, original cloth, fractional bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, lightly rubbed, slight chipping and tiny loss to spine head and top edge, 1936 § Bigland (Eileen) The Lake of the Royal Crocodiles, first edition, signed by author, original cloth, fractional staining to spine, dust-jacket, slight creasing to spine head, slight spotting to spine, 1939; Laughing Odyssey, signed by author, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, slight chipping to spine extremities, faint creasing, 1939; and others, including 3 signed by their authors, 8vo (12)
NO RESERVE Sackville-West (Vita) The Dark Island, first edition, map pastedown, original cloth, some minor bumping, else fine, dust-jacket, spine ends and corners a little chipped with neat tape repair to head of spine and upper corner verso, chip to head of upper panel, light surface soiling, an excellent example, [Cross & Ravenscroft-Hulme A30a; Woolmer 351], 8vo, Hogarth Press, 1934.
Sackville-West (Vita) Constantinople. Eight Poems, first edition, attractive ink wash and gilt drawing over pencil of woman in orientalist dress and pose to title, some light marginal toning, original stitched printed wrappers, light creasing to extremities, [Cross & Ravenscroft-Hulme A2a], 8vo, The Complete Press, 1915.⁂ Sackville-West's second book, a collection of poetry inspired by her love of the city and its peoples.
Doyle (Sir Arthur Conan) The Hound of the Baskervilles, first edition, with "you" for "your" on p.13 line 3, 16 plates by Sidney Paget, endpapers lightly browned, ownership stamps to first few pages, very occasional finger-soiling marks, original red pictorial cloth, stamped in gilt and black, light staining to spine, extremities bumped but an unusually bright and sharp copy overall, [Green & Gibson A26; Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone], 8vo, 1902.⁂ Sherlock Holmes' most famous adventure and one of the most celebrated crime novels of all time, rare in present condition.
NO RESERVE Murdoch (Iris) The Sea, The Sea, first edition,1978; An Unofficial Rose, first edition, contemporary ink ownership inscription, 1962; A Severed Head, 1961, some very light toning to endpapers but overall remarkably clean copies, original cloth, dust-jackets; and 18 others by Murdoch, 4o (21)
*** Please note, the description of this lot has changed ***Saint-Exupéry (Antoine de) Night Flight, first English edition, very occasional spotting, mainly to half-title and endpapers, ?later endpapers, original cloth, spine a little sunned, ends bumped, dust-jacket, panels and spine toned, tear lower panel top edge and chipping to extremities, tape repairs to verso, 8vo, 1932.
Maugham (William Somerset) The Land of the Blessed Virgin, first edition, engraved frontispiece, light browning to endpapers, armorial bookplate to pastedown, original boards, light rubbing to spine, [Stott A8], 1905; Princess September and the Nightingale, first edition, illustrations by Richard C. Jones, endpaper neatly clipped, original cloth, dust-jacket, light rubbing to extremities, neat tape repair to head of spine verso, [Stott A55a], New York, 1939; Books and You, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to half-title, spotting, original cloth, dust-jacket, light creasing to spine ends, [Stott A57a], 1940; France at War, reprint, signed presentation inscription from the author to Elsie Tritton "A piece of propaganda out of date soon after printing" on half-title, original wrappers, spine sunned, extremities rubbed, 1940; A Writer's Notebook, Book Society edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to half-title, original cloth, dust-jacket, price-clipped, spine ends and corners a little chipped, 1949; and 7 others, essays, memoirs and travel by the same, 8vo & 4to (12)⁂ Elsie Tritton (1897-1983), noted collector and friend of Maugham's who introduced the author to Alan Searle, Maugham's private secretary and companion for the final two decades of his life.
Hill (Susan) The Enclosure, first edition, signed by the author on title, light toning to endpapers, original boards, minor chipping and creasing to spine tips and corners, a near-fine copy, 8vo, 1961.⁂ The author's scarce first novel, especially so signed; written when she was 15 and published when she was 19.
Dexter (Colin) Last Bus to Woodstock, first edition, signed by the author on title, leaves browned as usual, original boards, slightly sunned to edges, dust-jacket with neat internal repairs to head of backstrip and lower panel, upper panel slightly faded along top edge and margin, but overall a very good example, 8vo, 1975.⁂ The first appearance of Inspector Morse.
Sackville-West (Vita) Solitude, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to endpaper, light browning to endpapers, original cloth, fading to spine tips and corners, dust-jacket, spine browned, some chipping and creasing to head and foot, marking and damp-staining to panels, [Cross & Ravenscroft-Hulme A34a; Woolmer 438b], 8vo, Hogarth Press, 1938.⁂ An interesting association copy. Sackville-West's inscription appears below a gift inscription from Jeanne Beale. Jeanne Beale was the daughter of Captain Oswald Beale who rented the Sissinghurst Castle farm from the Sackville-Wests. A letter of provenance from John Beale via Nigel Nicolson is included with the lot.
Maugham (William Somerset) Cakes and Ale, first edition, issue with correct spelling "won't" to p.147, occasional spotting, ink ownership inscription to head of p.1, original cloth, dust-jacket, light browning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped with neat tape repairs to verso, rubbing to extremities, light surface soiling, [Stott A40a], 1930; and 6 others, novels by the same, 8vo (7)
Warhol (Andy) Exposure, first English edition, signed presentation inscription from the author/ artist with doodle below to half-title, additionally signed on upper panel of jacket, illustrations, ink gift inscription to head of title, original cloth, dust-jacket, price-clipped, chip to head of upper joint, toning and rubbing to head, 4to, 1979.
NO RESERVE Sackville-West (Vita) The English Character. An Address to the Boys of Sevenoaks School... On the Occasion of the Presentation of Prizes 1 August 1928, first edition, some occasional light marginal spotting, original printed wrappers, very light sunning to spine, [Cross & Ravenscroft-Hulme A16], small 4to, Oxford, 1928.⁂ Rare. We can trace no other example at auction, Library Hub lists only the BL and Oxford University copies, another copy is held by Sevenoaks School library.
NO RESERVE Brown (Dee) Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, dust-jacket, price excised upper panel flap, small tear spine head upper cover, 1970 § Scott King (Coretta) My Life with Martin Luther King, Jr., 1970 § Francis (Dick) Lester. The Official Biography, presentation inscription from the author to half-title, 1986, first editions, the second, first English edition, black and white photographic illustrations, original cloth, dust-jackets, the first two with extremities lightly scuffed; and 12 others similar, biography, 8vo (15)
Le Carré (John).- Knight (Maxwell) Talking Birds, first edition, double-signed by Le Carré "David J. Cornwell AKA John le Carré on title, illustrations by John Le Carré, plates, Le Carré's compliments slip loosely inserted, ink ownership inscription to endpaper, original boards, light bumping to spine ends and corners, dust-jacket, light sunning to spine, small nicks and creasing to foot of upper panel, light surface soiling to lower panel, extremities rubbed, 8vo, 1961.⁂ A rare Le Carré item - we can trace no other signed copy. Maxwell Knight (1900-68), as well as being an acclaimed naturalist and broadcaster, worked as a spymaster at MI5 and was reputedly the inspiration for Ian Fleming's 'M' as well as for Le Carré's Jack Brotherhood in A Perfect Spy. Published in the same year as A Call for the Dead, the present work is one of the earliest appearances in print for Le Carré and an especially unusual display of his talents as an illustrator.
Disch (Thomas M.) The Genocides, first English edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, original boards, dust-jacket, 8vo, 1967.⁂ An excellent, inscribed copy of the author's first book. The inscription reads "For Richard - Thanking you and the CUSSFF for everything. Tom Disch".
Gershwin (George) Rhapsody in Blue, first Czech edition, one of 2500 copies, original printed wrappers by Jiri Rathousky, 4to, Prague, 1966; another edition, one of 2500 copies, original pictorial wrappers, Moscow, State Music Publishers, 1956, 4to (2)⁂ Two rare survivals from the Eastern Bloc in lovely condition. Jiri Rathousky (1924-2003) was an important Czech designer.
Woolf (Virginia) The Years, first edition, original cloth, gilt, staining to spine, dust-jacket designed by Vanessa Bell, large tear to upper joint, small loss to corners and spine extremities, lightly browned spine, scattered spotting, a little rubbed, [Kirkpatrick A22], 8vo, Hogarth Press, 1937.
Sackville-West (Vita) The Marie Curie Hospital, first edition, photographic illustrations, original stapled printed wrappers, some light rusting to staples, otherwise excellent, Cross & Ravenscroft-Hulme A42a], 1945; and the hospital's annual report for the year ending 31st December, 1945, 8vo (2)⁂ A rare Sackville-West item, written to raise funds for the hospital after much of it was levelled by bombing in 1944.
NO RESERVE Crozier (Brig. Gen. F. P.) A Brass Hat in No Man's Land, first edition, portrait frontispiece, small ink stamp to front endpaper, original cloth, dust-jacket, two small tape reinforcements to verso, corners of flaps clipped, 8vo, 1930.⁂ A biography from the commander of the 36th Ulster Division, who saw action at Thiepval on thefirst day of the battle of the Somme.
Golding (William) Lord of the Flies, first edition, very light spotting to endpapers, original cloth, fractional fading to spine extremities, first state dust-jacket without reviews, short tear and small loss to spine foot, scattered spotting, lightly browned spine, slight creasing to extremities, else a very good copy, 8vo, 1954.
Sackville-West (Vita) The Heir. A Love Story, first edition, signed by the author on title, scattered spotting, browning to endpapers, original cloth, light sunning to spine, dust-jacket, light toning to spine, spine ends and corners chipped, a few small nicks or tears with creasing to head and foot, light rubbing to extremities, [Cross & Ravenscroft-Hulme A7a], 8vo, 1922.⁂ Rare in the dust-jacket which Cross & Ravenscroft-Hulme state they have never seen.
Sackville-West (Vita) King's Daughter, first edition, initialled presentation inscription from the author to Hilda Matheson "Talks Director from V.S.W. Thurs. 7pm, Oct. 8th 1929" to endpaper, original printed boards, toning to spine and covers, spine ends a little bumped, original printed wraparound band (spine defective), [Cross & Ravenscroft-Hulme A19a], 8vo, Hogarth Press, 1929.⁂ A superb association copy, inscribed to Matheson with whom the author had begun an affair the previous year. Helen Matheson (1888-1940) first Director of Talks at the BBC, in that role she developed standards for reporting and did much to advance the cause of women's rights with the creation of the Week in Westminster programme to provide political education to newly enfranchised women. She would also invite on a number of prominent British literary and intellectual figures including Sackville-West as well as E. M. Foster, Maynard Keynes, Virginia Woolf and H. G. Wells.
Maugham (William Somerset) The Razor's Edge, first English edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Elsie Tritton to half-title, original cloth, slight shelf-lean, light rubbing to spine tips and corners, dust-jacket, light browning to spine, spine ends and corners chipped, some foxing and light soiling, light creasing to head and foot, [Stott A63c], 8vo, 1944.⁂ Maugham's last major novel with an excellent association inscription. Elsie Tritton (1897-1983), noted collector and friend of Maugham's who introduced the author to Alan Searle, Maugham's private secretary and companion for the final two decades of his life.
Sansom (C.J.) Winter in Madrid, first edition, signed by the author, original boards, dust-jacket, 2006 § Herron (Mick) London Rules, 2018; Joe Country, 2019, both first editions, signed by the author, the latter with photograph of the author at the book signing at Forum Books (!!) in Corbridge, original boards, dust-jackets, 8vo (3)
Sackville-West (Vita) Seducers in Ecuador, first edition, signed by the author on title with strike through the printed name, publisher's advertisement slip loosely inserted, Vincent Starrett's copy with his ink ownership inscription to half-title and bookplate to pastedown, original cloth with printed paper label to spine (label a little browned), dust-jacket, spine browned with a few repairs and restorations affecting titling, spine ends and corners a little chipped with a few neat repairs to verso, some minor chipping to head and foot with two patches of discolouration to upper panel, [Cross & Ravenscroft-Hulme A12a; Woolmer 52], 8vo, Hogarth Press, 1924.⁂ Sackville-West's first book printed at the Hogarth Press, one of only 1,500 copies. Rare in the dust-jacket and especially so signed. Vincent Starrett (1886-1974), Canadian-American writer, newspaperman and bibliophile.
NO RESERVE Addy (G. H.) A Memoir [of] Kenneth James Balguy Addy, signed presentation inscription from the author to front endpaper, portrait frontispiece, contemporary photograph loosely inserted, occasional light foxing, original cloth-backed boards, 1916 § Sasson (Siegfried) Memoirs of an Infantry Officer, first edition, original cloth, lightly sunned, dust-jacket, spine toned, a few small tears and chips to edges, light surface soiling, 1930, 8vo, (2)⁂ The collection of Lieutenant Addy's correspondence from the trenches was collated by his father who contributes a moving foreword, and privately printed. Photograph is of Kenneth Addy and two family members.
NO RESERVE Rickman (Philip) The Wine of Angels, first edition, signed by the author on title page, 1998 § King (Stephen) Desperation, very light marginal toning, 1996 § Harris (Thomas) Hannibal Rising, 2006, first editions, original cloth, dust-jackets, some very slight creasing at edges and surface wear, overall near-fine; and 6 others similar, 8vo (9)
NO RESERVE Bruce (Talbot Baines) "Missing", first edition, portrait frontispiece, ink ownership inscription to front pastedown, very occasional light foxing, original cloth, dust-jacket, toning to spine and folds, small tear at upper joint spine head, upper edge very slightly creased, 8vo, 1930.
Fowler Wright (Sydney) The New Gods Lead, first edition, original cloth, fractional bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, small abrasion mark to spine where label removed, short tears to spine extremities, creasing to edges, a little rubbed, 8vo, 1932.⁂ Scarce in dust-jacket. Wright began writing science-fiction in the 1920s. He was critical of modern industrial civilization, using several of the stories in this collection as a way to attack trends that he disagreed with.
Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Return of the King, first edition, folding map, small library stamp to title and front endpaper, original cloth, slightly soiled, spine toned and a little worn, 1955; The Fellowship of the Ring, fifth impression, upper hinge weak, original cloth, slightly soiled, spine head and extremities rubbed, 1956; The Hobbit, third impression, colour frontispiece, ink ownership inscription to front endpaper, 1942; The Lord of the Rings, 3 vol., 3 folding maps, bookplates to front pastedowns, original cloth, dust-jackets, 1971, 8vo (6) ⁂ Return of the King with signature mark '4' and text block sagging.
Christie (Agatha) The Big Four, first edition, scattered foxing, partially erased ink ownership inscription to endpaper, original cloth, light sunning to spine, spine ends and corners a little rubbed and bumped, light soiling to upper cover, a very good, bright copy, 8vo, 1927.⁂ The fourth Hercule Poirot novel, The Big Four also includes a number of elements of the spy fiction genre.
NO RESERVE Sackville-West (Vita) Devil at Westease, first edition, light toning to endpapers, original cloth, minor bumping to spine ends and corners, dust-jacket, spine sunned, chipping, closed tears and creasing to head and foot, with loss to author's name at foot of upper panel, tape repair to verso, rubbed, Cross & Ravenscroft-Hulme A461], 8vo, Garden City, NY, 1934.⁂ One of the author's rarest titles, her only detective story. Sackville-West was rather embarrassed by her effort and refused to have it published in the UK.
Sackville-West (Vita) The Land, first American edition, signed by the author on front free endpaper, tape staining to endpapers, original cloth, paper labels to spine and upper cover, dust-jacket, price-clipped, light browning to spine, spine ends and corners chipped affecting titling at head of spine, a few short closed tears with creasing to head and foot, light tape-staining to flaps, [Cross & Ravenscroft-Hulme A13c], 8vo, Garden City, NY, 1927.
NO RESERVE [Sturges (Robert Simon)] "Private No. 940". "On the Remainder of Our Front ---", first edition, endpapers browned, original cloth, extremities scuffed, dust-jacket, spine toned, tears at spine head, foot and upper section, 8vo, 1917.⁂ A rare early memoir from Robert Simon Sturges, where he recounts his time in WWI on the Western Front between 1915-1916. He says in his introduction that there are no heroic deeds or battles just the every-day experiences of an infantry soldier in France.
Maugham (William Somerset) The Constant Wife, first English edition, frontispiece, ink inscription to pastedown, original cloth with printed labels to upper cover and spine, bright and fresh, dust-jacket, light browning to spine, spine ends and corners chipped, light creasing to head and foot, extremities a little rubbed, [Stott A35b], 1927; and the first edition of the same, 8vo (2)⁂ Scarce in the dust-jacket.
[Palmer (John) & Hilary St. George Saunders], "Francis Beeding" Eleven Were Brave, first edition, signed by authors, original cloth, scattered spotting, slight bumping to spine and extremities, dust-jacket, several short tears, loss to upper cover and spine extremities, a little rubbed, 8vo, 1940.⁂ This copy is signed by Palmer, St. George Saunders and "Francis Beeding".
NO RESERVE Mahon (Terence) Cold Feet, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, two very small tears at spine ends, some surface soiling, 8vo, 1929.⁂ A rare First World War novel, especially so in such remarkable condition. Cold Feet details the exploits of a man court-martialled for cowardice and due to face the firing squad, only to redeem himself in saving his execution party from a German pilot.
Fleming (Ian) You Only Live Twice, first state, light spotting, ink ownership inscription to endpaper, jacket price-clipped, light browning to spine, light surface soiling, 1964; The Man with the Golden Gun, jacket with light browning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, extremities rubbed, 1965, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets; and a first edition of Octopussy and the Living Daylights, 8vo (3)
NO RESERVE White (Patrick) Voss, endpapers lightly browned, 1957, The Vivisector, ink ownership name removed from pastedown and covered with sticker, 1970, original cloth, dust-jackets, lightly bumped and rubbed to extremities, spine ends frayed, but still overall attractive copies; and another first edition of Voss, 8vo (3)
NO RESERVE Orwell (George) Nineteen Eighty-Four, first edition, occasional light marginal toning, fifth impression dust-jacket, 1949; Animal Farm, small price marking to front free endpaper, front flap detached from jacket and secured with tape verso, New York, 1946, original cloth, lightly sunned and spine ends bumped and frayed, dust-jackets, spine ends and corners chipped, a few tears to head and foot, rubbing and creasing to extremities, 8vo (2)
Clark (J. P.) America, Their America, first edition, light browning to endpapers, original boards, spine ends and corners a little bumped, dust-jacket, price-clipped, a few short closed tears with creasing to head, 8vo, 1964.⁂ The Nigerian author Clark's travelogue, covering his time in America. Clark's evisceration of much of American culture generated sizable controversy at the time but has since become a key work of Nigerian literature.
Yeats (William Butler) On the Boiler, second printing (as usual), ink ownership inscription, original printed wrappers, creasing to extremities, Dublin, Cuala Press, [1939] § Yeats (W. B., editor) Irish Folk and Fairy Tales, first illustrated edition, plates by James Torrance, scattered spotting, original light pink cloth lettered in gilt, spine ends and corners a little bumped else fine, [1893]; and 2 others, Yeats, 4to & 8vo (4)
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![[Pargeter (Edith)] "Jolyon Carr". Death Comes by Post, first edition, 4pp. advertisements at end, very occasional foxing, ori](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/2b8c8e8e-fc46-4bcd-9cb6-ade500fc0639/42307b05-69fb-4b33-a353-ade5011badd3/468x382.jpg)
![Čapek (Karel) Valka s Mloky [War with the Newts], first edition, original cloth, 8vo, Prague, 1936.](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/2b8c8e8e-fc46-4bcd-9cb6-ade500fc0639/d5a01516-24e0-4ca7-a143-ade5011b3525/468x382.jpg)
![NO RESERVE Addy (G. H.) A Memoir [of] Kenneth James Balguy Addy, signed presentation inscription from the author to front end](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/2b8c8e8e-fc46-4bcd-9cb6-ade500fc0639/bcf61c79-0d70-4533-bdad-ade5011c5408/468x382.jpg)
![NO RESERVE [Sturges (Robert Simon)] "Private No. 940". "On the Remainder of Our Front ---", first edition, endpapers browned,](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/2b8c8e8e-fc46-4bcd-9cb6-ade500fc0639/85458617-74a7-4859-a195-ade5011ab383/468x382.jpg)
![[Palmer (John) & Hilary St. George Saunders], "Francis Beeding" Eleven Were Brave, first edition, signed by authors, orig](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/2b8c8e8e-fc46-4bcd-9cb6-ade500fc0639/bb67b2b4-8262-4862-af31-ade5011b426b/468x382.jpg)
