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Click here to subscribeO'Brien (Flann) At Swim-Two-Birds, first edition, very faint spotting to endpapers and on title, original cloth, lightly scuffed, still excellent overall, 8vo, 1939. *** The exceedingly rare author's first novel. Most of the issue was destroyed in 1940 when the Germans bombed London, including Longmans' premises.
Henham (E.G.), "John Trevena". Written in the Rain, first edition, original cloth, a little faded and soiled, 1910 § Dady di Beauclerk. True Love, bookplates, ownership name on half-title, light foxing, original silk-covered boards, gilt, rubbed, upper joint broken but holding, rubbed, spine worn, 1869 § Gissing (George) Human Odds and Ends, first edition, ex-library copy with usual stamps and labels, light spotting, original cloth, lightly rubbed, corner bumped, 1898; and c.65 others, mixed literature, v.s. (c.70)
[Manning (Frederick) ], "Private 19022". Her Privates We, first trade edition, original pictorial cloth, light browning to spine ends and top edge, remnants of original glacine dust-jacket with printed card flap loosely inserted, 8vo, 1930. *** Her Privates We was published the previous year as The Middle Parts of Fortune, subsequently revised and with obscenities partially expurgated for the present edition.
Fletcher (J. S.) The Air-Ship, ?first edition, rare variant red blind-stamped cloth, 1903 § Harvey (W.F.) Midnight House & Other Tales, ALs from the author loosely inserted, 1910 § Mundy (Talbot) The Ivory Trail, endpapers spotted, 1920 § Bellamy (Edward) Equality, spine browned, title detached, New York, 1897, original cloth, light bumping to extremities; and 6 others, mystery fiction, 8vo (10) *** We cannot trace another like example of the The Air-Ship in the red blind-stamped cloth.
Yeats (William Butler) Poems, first revised edition, prize bookplate, light browning and spotting to endpapers, original decorative cloth, gilt, uncut, spine ends and extremities a little bumped but very bright in general, 1908 § le Carré (John) The Night Manager, first edition, signed by the author on title, original boards, dust-jacket, light creasing to top edge, 1993 § Onions (Oliver) Collected Ghost Stories, first edition, very light fading on endpapers, original decorative cloth, spine a little bumped, 1935 § Ford (F.M.) No More Parades, first edition, bookplate partially removed from pastedown, foxing to peripheral pages, original cloth, light spotting to fore-edge, otherwise excellent, 1925; and 7 others, mixed modern literature, 8vo (11)
Dahl (Roald) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, first English edition, cut signature of the author on title, illustrations by Faith Jacques, small patch of abrasion to front free endpaper and pastedown, original pictorial boards, slight shelf-lean, very light sunning to spine, slight wear to spine ends with some pealing to laminate, a very good copy overall, 4to, 1967.
Harbou (Thea von) Metropolis, third impression [first movie tie-in edition], illustrations, 2pp. publisher's advertisements at end, contemporary gift inscription in German on half-title, original printed wrappers with design by Werner Graul, upper joint splitting from bottom, light creasing to edges, cornes a little tender, chip to spine ends, still an excellent copy of a rare edition, Berlin, August Scherl, 1926; and 2 other editions of this same work, including the first Dutch edition, 8vo (3) *** The first was prepared for the press by von Harbou during the writing of the screenplay for the 1927 film; the illustrations are all from photographs taken on set.
Christie (Agatha) They Do It With Mirrors, first edition, gift card laid onto front free endpaper, ink date to front pastedown, original cloth, dust-jacket, lower panel with small abrasion and closed tear to foot, spine ends and corners a little chipped, light rubbing to head and foot, 1952 § Hudson (W.H.) Green Mansions, plates by E. McKnight Kauffer, original cloth-backed boards, some bumping to corners, New York, [1946]; and c.40 others, similar, 8vo (c.40)
Angus (John) The Homecoming, first edition, endpapers browned, original boards, corners bumped, dust-jacket, fine, 8vo, 1935. *** An exceptional copy of Angus's second novel, a weird and supernatural historical work based in 15th century Scotland. An unusual tale of sorcery, battles and murder. Rare in such pristine condition.
White (Patrick) The Aunt's Story, first English edition, very light toning to margins, original boards, dust-jacket by Roy de Maistre, spine toned, light surface wear to lower panel, chips and nicks to upper edge, spine head with small portion of loss, one or two other small stains and tears, still overall a bright copy in an unrestored jacket, 8vo, 1948. *** An early work from the Australian novelist and 1973 Nobel Prize-winner, Patrick White, scarce in the jacket. The jacket artist, Roy de Maistre, was an Australian artist renowned for his early experimentation with "colour-music", and is recognised as the first Australian artist to use pure abstraction which was greatly influenced by Cubism. The two men were close friends, and White dedicated his first novel Happy Valley (1939) to De Maistre, acknowledging De Maistre's influence on his writing.
Vidal (Gore) Washington, D.C., first edition, signed by the author on title, 1967; The Season of Comfort, cut signed presentation inscription from the author "love from Gore" tipped on to half-title, 1949 § Spillane (Mickey) The Deep, 1961 § Solzhenitsyn (Alexander) One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, 1963 § Stegner (Wallace) Second Growth, 1947, first editions, some light toning to endpapers, original boards or cloth, some light bumping to spine ends, dust-jackets, some with lightly faded spines, some nicks and tears to extremities, spine ends a little frayed; and c.65 others, mid-20th century fiction, 8vo (c.70)
Khan (Ismith) The Jumbie Bird, first edition, review copy with slip loosely inserted, light toning strip on endpapers, original boards, dust-jacket, lightly creased at extremities, top edge a little frayed, 1961 § Achebe (Chinua) Things Fall Apart, review copy with slip loosely inserted, illustrations by Uche Okeke, original wrappers, 1965; and 2 others, by African writers, including Ngugi's Weep Not Child and Amos Tutuola's The Palm-Wine Drinkard, 8vo (4) *** The edition of Achebe's acclaimed book Things Fall Apart include an introduction and notes by Nigerian academic and Aigboje Higo.
O'Donnell (Elliott) Haunted Highways and Byways, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "with all best wishes from Elliott O'Donnell" on half-title, bookplate, very light spotting on half-title, original boards, dust-jacket, spine browned, ends very lightly frayed, 8vo, 1914. *** An attractive abridgment of the weird and supernatural tales of psychic detective O'Donnell.
Fleming (Ian) Dr. No, first edition, light staple staining to margins of pp.238-9, original second state boards with silhouette in brown, spine lettered in silver, fore-edge very lightly marked, dust-jacket, light nicks and chips along edges, insect-bitten along joints and lower panel leaving surface wear, 8vo, 1958.
Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Lord of the Rings, 3 vol., comprising The Fellowship of the Ring, folding map at end, contemporary ink ownership inscription on front free endpaper, light soiling marks to cloth, 1954; The Two Towers, folding map at end, endpapers browned, spine sunned, light fading to upper panel, faint spots to panels, 1955; The Return of the King, lacking folding map, light spotting on endpapers, cloth soiled and spotted, 1955, first edition, second impressions, original cloth, spines dulled, ends and extremities bumped and creased; and 2 others sets of the same work, comprising third or fourth impressions, and a second edition set, all without jackets, 8vo (9)
le Carré (John) The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, fifth impression, jacket spine a little faded, spine ends and extremities very slightly chipped, panels with the odd spot or light stain, 1963; A Legacy of Spies, "exclusive signed edition", signed by the author, 2017; Our Kind of Traitor, signed presentation inscription from the author on title, 2010; Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, first edition, 1974, original boards, dust-jackets, light creasing and scuffs to extremities; and 2 others, including another title by le Carré and a first edition copy of Arthur C. Clarke's The Sands of Mars, 8vo (6)
*** Please note, the description to this lot has changed.***Waugh (Evelyn) Brideshead Revisited, first book club edition, light scattered spotting mainly to first and last few pages, original cloth, light surface staining, spine ends lightly bumped, dust-jacket, one or two spots, spine ends a little nicked and frayed, spine lightly sunned, small hole to spine foot, top edge a little creased but in general a very crisp and excellent copy, Boston, 8vo, 1945.
Nash (Paul), Henry Moore, Barbara Hepworth and others.- Read (Herbert, editor) Unit 1. The Modern Movement in English Architecture, Painting and Sculpture, first edition, light spotting to peripheral pages and fore-edge, original cloth, spine very lightly faded, dust-jacket, faded, heavier to spine, some creasing to upper edge, but overall a remarkably intact copy, 4to, 1934. *** The accompanying book for the first (and only) exhibition of the Unit One group of artists, rare in the dust-jacket.
Wyndham (John) I Trasfigurati, author's own copy with his ownership stamp on title, original wrappers, lightly faded, 1980; Les Triffides, first French edition, light foxing, original wrappers, light bumping and creasing, Editions Opta, 1974; 'Derelict of Space' in Fantasy: A Magazine of Thrilling Science-Fiction, no.3, pp.3-20, original wrappers, light creasing and tears to extremities, 1939; and 10 others, Wyndham, v.s. (13) *** The copy of 'Derelict of Space' is from the library of the author's brother.
Baron (Alexander) The Lowlife, first edition, slight tape-staining to endpapers, original boards, strip of tape marking to boards, dust-jacket, very slight fading to spine, minor chipping to spine tips and corners, slight marking to flaps, an excellent example, 8vo, 1963.*** An attractive example of this London novel, set in Hackney. Interest in Baron's works has increased noticeably in recent years and the present work is now rightly regarded as a classic work of London literature.
Forster (E.M., writer, 1879-1970) Typed Letter signed to "Madan" [Madan Blanchard], 2pp., 4to, West Hackhurst, Abinger Hammer, Dorking, 14th November, 1931, an imagined follow up to 'A Letter to Madan Blanchard' published by the Hogarth Press a few months before, folds; together with A Letter to Madan Blanchard, first edition, light scattered spotting straying onto page margins, original wrappers, [Kirkpatrick A14a; Woolmer 254], 1931; and a letter of provenance, v.s. (3) *** A remarkable unpublished follow up letter to Forster's published work 'A Letter to Madan Blachard' in letter form.In 1931, Leonard Woolf wrote to Forster asking to help launch a pamphlet series that would take the form of letters to "anyone, dead or alive, real or imaginary, on any subject" (Letters p.303). Though they did not succeed commercially (Harcourt Brace issued the first three individually, and by March, 1932, had sold only 125 copies), the first in the series, Forster's 'A Letter to Madan Blanchard' was the most widely read and remains a pertinent denunciation of Empire as well as a meditative exploration of one's essential humanity. The character of Blanchard himself is not imaginary, but a real eighteenth-century mariner who deserted his shipmates and captain to remain behind on a Pacific island in the year 1783. Lee Boo, a young black prince, sailed away with the ship's company to be raised in England while Blanchard the sailor was left in his place to go native on the Pellew island. Allegedly, after the pamphlet was published, a book collector named Hardie wrote an amusing letter to Forster about his piece. Rather than responding directly to his correspondent, Forster here addresses Madan once again, constructing a quasi follow up to the first in epistolary form. Here, a facetious Forster replies to Madan, and in keeping with the tone of the first, Forster injects this letter with arch bemusement, imagining him to still be alive: "one irregularity invariably leads to another - at least so it still is on this side of the world - and it almost seems as if, as a final misdemeanour, you have declined to die". In his response to the marooned sailor's imagined questions, Forster quips "I do not think that I have anything else to say, and I do not really know how to answer your questions. 'Airmail' is of course air mail, 'steam packet' a steam packet, and 'Mussolini' a local accelerator, which has hitherto only worked south of the Alps. Pigeons, whom you so quaintly remember, still exist, and wagons stand tipped up when they exist at all".A delightful follow-up letter, and a singular Forsterian item.
MacDiarmid (Hugh).- An Afternoon with Hugh MacDiarmid, plates, a little cockled, original wrappers, slip-case (a little rubbed), privately printed, 1969; On a Raised Beach: a Poem, first edition, one of 200 copies, signed presentation inscription from the author "signed with every high regard and best wishes for Arthur Thompson" on front free endpaper, loose in original wrappers as issued, light scratches, 1967; and 11 others by or relating to MacDiarmid, some signed by the poet, some signed from Duncan Glen, v.s. (13) *** Christopher Murray Grieve (1892 –1978), best known by his pen name Hugh MacDiarmid, was a Scottish poet, journalist, essayist and political figure. He is considered one of the principal forces behind the Scottish Renaissance and has had a lasting impact on Scottish culture and politics.
Forster (E.M.) A Passage to India, first edition, 3pp. publisher's advertisements at end, bookplate of Liddell Hart, spotting, heavier to peripheral pages and rear adverts, original cloth, spine lightly faded, corners and spine ends a little rubbed and bumped, 8vo, 1924. *** Sir Henry Liddell Hart (1895 –1970), commonly known throughout most of his career as Captain B. H. Liddell Hart, was a British soldier, military historian, and military theorist.
Steinbeck (John) The Short Reign of Pippin IV, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to his sister "Mary | avec l'aimité | from John the XXII" on front free endpaper, original yellow and salmon blind-stamped cloth, dust-jacket, small rectangular strip cut from flap joint, spine ends very lightly frayed, overall still excellent, [Goldstone & Payne A36a], 8vo, 1957. *** The work - a satirical fantasy about the French monarchy - represents a distinct departure from Steinbeck's typical gritty realism and presents his versatility as a genre writer. The personal inscription to his eldest sister Mary reflects their close and enduring relationship throughout his life. Provenance: The Mary Steinbeck Dekker Family Collection.
Eddison (E. R.) Mistress of Mistresses: A Vision of Zimiamvia, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author on front free endpaper, light scattered spotting to endpapers, 1935; The Worm Ouroboros, new edition, 1924, illustrations by Keith Henderson, original cloth, spie ends bumped, otherwise excellent, 8vo (2)
Morrison (Toni) Beloved, first edition, 1987 § Vollmann (William T.) You Bright and Risen Angels, first edition, 1987 § Oe (Kenzaburo) Somersault, first edition in English, translated by Philip Gabriel, signed bookplate by the author in English and Chinese on half-title, 1999, original boards, dust-jackets, light creasing to extremities, otherwise fine, New York; and c.130 others, late 20th and early 21st century fiction, including some proofs, and 3 copies of 'Fifteen Minutes' deluxe box set of vinyls, v.s. (c.135)
Wodehouse (P.G.) Jeeves Omnibus, first edition, photographic portrait frontispiece, gift inscription on pastedown, original pictorial boards, joints and extremities very lightly rubbed, dust-jacket priced "7'6 net" on spine, spine lightly faded, ends frayed and nicked, short closed tears to edges, overall still excellent, [McIlvaine B1a], 8vo, 1931.
Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer) A History of the English-Speaking Peoples, 4 vol., first edition, vols.1 & 4 with ink gift inscription on endpapers, original boards, dust-jackets, very light scuffing or chipping to spine ends and corners, still overall a remarkably near-fine set, 8vo, 1956-58.*** Scarce in this crisp condition.
[Blakeston (Oswell) and Roger Burford], "Simon". The Cat With the Moustache, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "To my friend John Gainswith" on title, endpapers and margins a little toned, occasional faint spotting, original cloth, a little discoloured, dust-jacket, broken or nearly broken along flap joints, repaired with tape, large portion of loss to lower third of spine, smaller portions of loss to spine head, chips and nicks to edges, 8vo, 1935. *** Rare: we cannot find another signed copy in commerce. Certainly an unusual title as evidenced by the blurb on the front flap: "Have you ever met a cat 'wearing a moustache like an Italian ice-cream merchant's? Probably not, and if ever you do it is not unlikely that you will become involved in as surprising a series of events as Inspector Peering does in this story. When a wealthy lady holds a psychic seance in her country house and invites a police officer on leave-who arrives to find the house completely empty and later discovers her ladyship's manservant dead in a ditch-when the trail leads to a private asylum in charge of a doctor almost as peculiar as his patients, and among the clues are a dwarf, a clairvoyant, a rose that turns into a cigarette and a music-hall dancer who sends out code messages during his 'turn,' then obviously here is a deep-laid scheme for the amiable inspector to unravel. All these ingredients, and others no less unusual, make up an eerie story which is mysterious to the last page".
Beckett (Samuel) Waiting for Godot, first English edition, contemporary ownership name on toned and spotted front free endpaper, original cloth, dust-jacket, light discolouring to spine ends and lower panel, extremities very slightly rubbed, still overall a very crisp and excellent copy, 1956; and another by the same, 8vo (2)
Wells (H.G.).- A Screen Adaptation of... The First Men in the Moon, first edition, 9 plates, gift and ownership inscriptions on epitaph page and front free endpaper, upper hinge starting, original boards with title and pictorial onlays to upper cover, corners bumped, spine a little frayed and rubbed, small 4to, The Gaumont Film Hire Service, 1919.
Christie (Agatha) Towards Zero, first edition, original cloth, light toning to top and bottom edges, spine ends a little bumped, dust-jacket, light discolouration, short closed tear to lower panel from bottom edge, spine a little faded, short horizontal tear across spine, portion of loss to spine tail, 1944 § Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer) India Speeches and an Introduction, first paperback edition in book form, some light marginal toning, original printed wrappers, spine faded, some very small chips to extremities, short tears to lower panel, 1931; and 6 others, mixed modern literature including 4 works by John Dickson Carr, 8vo (8)
Oppenheim (E.Phillips) The Traitors, stamp on pastedown, lightly foxed, cloth spine a little faded, dust-jacket, chipping at spine ends, light spotting, 1910 § Simenon (Georges) Escape in Vain, translated by Stuart Gilbert, stamp on endpapers, gift inscription on half-title, jacket a little creased and nicked at extremities but overall quite sharp, 1943 § Walsh (J.M.) Spies in Spain, first edition, foxed, jacket with nicks and tears to extremities, spine a little toned, [1937] § Nelson (James, editor) The Complete Murder Sampler, first edition, jacket price-clipped, spine ends a little chipped and frayed, 1950, original boards, dust-jackets; and 7 others, crime and mystery fiction, 8vo (11)
[Warner (William "Cheiro" John)], "Leigh de Hamong". A Study of Destiny, first edition, ownership name and embossed stamp on endpapers, margins toned and lightly spotted, original decorative cloth, spine ends a little bumped, 8vo, [1898]. *** William John Warner, popularly known as Cheiro (1866 –1936), was an Irish astrologer and colorful occult figure of the early 20th century. His sobriquet, Cheiro, derives from the word cheiromancy, meaning palmistry. He was a self-described clairvoyant who said he learned palmistry, astrology, and Chaldean numerology in India. He was celebrated for using these forms of divination to make personal predictions for famous clients and to foresee world events, many of which were later proved to be faked and staged.
Beat Generation.- Douglas Adam (Helen) The Elfin Pedlar and Tales Told by Pixy Pool, first edition, ALs from the author written on year of publication loosely inserted, photographic frontispiece and illustrations by the author, occasional light spotting, original cloth, lightly soiled and rubbed, still very good, 8vo, 1923; together with 2 other ALs from the author's father, thanking a publisher's for their offer to print the volume in America and for the other recipient's interest in his daughter's work, v.s., v.d. (4) *** Written between the ages of 4-12 and published at 14, this first book by child poet Helen Douglas Adam (1909-1993) is a fascinating work, not least because it is a piece of early twentieth-century Scottish children's literature, but also works as a remarkable example of the 'child as writer'. Moreover, Douglas Adam would become a name known not as an heir to Scottish Tennyson, but rather as an adjacent figure to the Beat Poets of San Francisco. Having moved to America in the 1930s, she settled some years later in a literary community in which formal experimentation was often the poetic mode-du-jour. Her importance was realised in her inclusion in Donald Allen's seminal collection The New American Poetry 1945-1960, after which she branched into other artistic mediums.The letter from the young Douglas Adam recounts her "chief hobby of collecting books, and I specially [sic] love those illustrated like 'The Midsummer Night's Dream' b Arthur Rackham'. Although I have many lovely books, I do not possess any first editions written by famous authors..." Overall a rare collection from the lesser known poet.
Hemingway (Ernest) A Farewell to Arms, first edition, first issue without the legal disclaimer, endpapers browned, original cloth with gold paper labels on cover and spine (faded, spine label chipped), spot of discolouring on upper cover, corners lightly bumped and frayed, New York, 1929; The Old Man and the Sea, first English edition, ink gift inscription on endpapers, light spotting to peripheral pages, original boards, dust-jacket, light nicks to spine ends, otherwise excellent, 1952, 8vo (2)
Briggs (Raymond) The Snowman, first edition, title, first and last page lightly foxed, original pictorial boards, corners bumped, 1978 § Pullman (Philip) His Dark Materials: The Amber Spyglass, signed presentation inscription from the author on title, original boards, dust-jacket, spine lightly faded, a few nicks to edges, 2000 § Milligan (Spike) War Biography: Monty, His Part in my Victory, vol.3 only, signed presentation inscription from the author on title, original boards, dust-jacket, 1976; and 2 others from the Spike Milligan War Biography series, another of these with signed presentation inscription from Milligan, v.s. (5)
McCarthy (Cormac) Child of God, first edition, original cloth-backed boards, small dent to upper cover, dust-jacket, flaps lightly toned, spine ends a little creased and nicked, still overall an excellent copy, 8vo, New York, 1973. *** The author's third book, with the first issue jacket showing the price on the front flap.
Piper (John).- Hadfield (John, editor) Elizabethan Love Songs, one of 660 copies, A.L.s from John Piper loosely inserted, lithographs by Piper, original cloth-backed boards, spine lightly faded, Cupid Press, 1955 § Elborn (Geoffrey) To John Piper on his Eightieth Birthday, one of 900 copies, Piper's copy with his book-label, original decorative boards, fine, Stourton Press, 1983 § Betjeman (John) Poems in the Porch, first edition, A.L.s from Piper loosely inserted, original wrappers, lightly toned, edges very lightly creased, 1954; and 8 others by or relating to Piper, v.s. (11) *** The autograph letter from Piper is addressed to his friend "Moelwyn", William Moelwyn Merchant, enclosed with the book as a Christmas present for him: "The enclosed comes with love, for Christmas. It has I think some flies on it, as it were - I don't wholly approve of all that bordering, nor of the paper entirely, but I quite enjoyed doing it, and I liked Hadfield more than I expected...."
Christie (Agatha) The Secret of Chimneys, reprint, ownership name on browned front free endpaper, original decorative cloth, extremities a little rubbed and bumped, dust-jacket, shortnered at head and front flap affecting text, a few closed tears, jacket spine priced 2'6, light surface marking on lower panel, 8vo, 1927. *** An early reprint of this scarce work, printed 2 years after the first edition.
Rackham (Arthur).- Shakespeare (William) A Midsummer Night's Dream, first trade edition, 40 colour tipped-in plates by Arthur Rackham, captioned tissue-guards, some light foxing to endpapers, bookplate to pastedown, original cloth spine darkened, fraying to joints, a few marks or stains, 1908 § Goldsmith (Oliver) The Vicar of Wakefield, plain illustrations and 12 colour plates by Arthur Rackham, contemporary half morocco, gilt, upper cover detached, t.e.g., 1929; and c. 60 others, children's and illustrated books, v.s. (c.60)
Hesse (Hermann) In Sight of Chaos, translated by Stephen Hudson, light foxing to endpapers, original boards, lightly toned, corners bumped, 4to, Zurich, Verlag Seldwyla, 1923. *** This edition was distributed in England by A. Zwemmer, and appears to have preceded the New York edition of Demian published the same year, making this the author's first work in English.
Russell (Bertrand) In Praise of Idleness, first edition, scattered spotting, original cloth, dust-jacket, spine browned, spine ends a little chipped at head, pencil notes to lower panel, light rubbing to extremities, an excellent example, 1935; and 9 others by the same, mostly first editions, 8vo (10)
*** Please note, the two volumes of "The Works of Francois Rabelais illustrated by Frank Papé" are no longer included in the present lot; see lot 242.Burns (Robert, limner) Scots Ballads, one of 320 copies, title in red and black, plates and decorations, endpapers browned, original cloth-backed boards, spine lightly browned and spotted, wear to corners, little rubbed, [1939] § Shakespeare (William) The Comedy of As You Like It, some very light toning, spotting to endpapers, original sheep-backed boards, spine and corners rather rubbed, East Aurora N.Y., Roycroft Shop, 1903 § Ford (Julia Ellsworth) Imagina, first edition, the author's own copy with her ownership inscription on preliminary advertisement leaf, leaf containing the prefatory poem signed by the poem's author Percy MacKaye, poem on p.83 signed by its author Witter Bynner, colour frontispiece and one plate by Arthur Rackham, illustrations by Lauren Ford, front free endpaper with small ink inscription in pink pen, some very light toning and finger-soiling to preliminary ff., original decorative cloth, gilt, very slight fading to spine and extremities, spine ends and corners little rubbed, very small puncture mark to spine, New York, 1914; and a quantity of others, illustrated, v.s. (qty)
Singer (Isaac Bashevis) Satan in Goray, first edition in English, signed presentation inscription from the author "with my greetings to you" from the author on front free endpaper, 1958; The Manor, signed presentation inscription from the author "best wishes Isaac B. Singer" on title, 1967; The Spinoza of Market Street, 1961, first editions or first editions in English, New York, original boards, dust-jackets, light creasing and toning to edges, the odd nick to extremities; and 6 others by the same, including 2 proof copies, and 2 others, signed, 8vo (9)
Potter (Beatrix) The Story of Miss Moppet, first edition in panoramic format, first issue with 'London & New York' on back of wallet, 14 illustrations on panorama pages, ownership name on inner wallet, hinges cracking with paper peeling away along joints, original grey cloth wallet, closing tab in tact (usually detached), [Linder p.183 & 426; Quinby 11], oblong 16mo, 1906.
Mayor ([Flora McDonald]) The Room Opposite, first edition, presentation copy with ink inscription "Lily | in memory of the author" on front free endpaper, pages lightly toned at margins with the odd spot, original cloth, light strip of fading to upper edge, spine ends a little creased, overall excellent, 8vo, 1935. *** A curious inscription, though written 3 years after the author's death in 1932. Her masterpiece, The Rector's Daughter, was published by Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press in 1924. This collection includes several traditional ghost stories after the manner of M. R. James, who reviewed the pieces "which introduce the supernatural commend themselves to me very strongly." - front flap of dust-jacket.
Waugh (Evelyn) Basil Seal Rides Again, first edition, one of 750 copies signed by the author, frontispiece, page margins lightly toned, original cloth, spine faded, glacine dust-jacket (a little soiled and discoloured, chipped), 1963 § Modica (Andrea) & Annie Proulx. Treadwell, signed by Annie Proulx on title, original boards, dust-jacket, fine copy, San Francisco, 1996 § Callaghan (Morley) A Passion in Rome, first edition, signed by the author on title, bookplate, original cloth, dust-jacket, light nicks to extremities, otherwise fine, Toronto, 1961 § Wroblewski (David) The Story of Edgar Sawtelle [2 copies], first edition, both copies with signed presentation inscription from the author on title, original boards, dust-jacket, 2008; and 9 others, modern literature, including proof copies, v.s. (13)
Christie (Agatha) The Mysterious Mr. Quin, first separate edition, light marginal browning, advertisement card for Pall Mall Building Society loosely inserted, advertisements to title verso and inside covers, original wrappers, light creasing to spine, light rubbing to extremities, slight surface soiling to lower panel, 8vo, [c.1930].*** Rare separate publication of the title story from Christie's 1930 collection.
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