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Click here to subscribeWilde (Oscar) Lady Windermere's Fan. A Play about a Good Woman, first edition, [one of 500 copies], 16pp. publisher's catalogue at end, library blindstamps to several pages, occasional light finger-soiling or spotting, original lilac cloth gilt designed by Charles Shannon, recased, toning to spine and edges, uncut, [Mason 357], 8vo, 1893
NO RESERVE Williams (Tennessee).- Women: A Collaboration of Artists and Writers, first edition, signed presentation inscription "For Jordan [Massee] and Paul [Bigelow] with love at Xmas, Tenn[essee Williams] and Frank [Merlo] to endpaper, 11 mounted plates, loose as issued, some very light marginal toning, small patches or browning to endpapers, photograph of Williams and Merlo loosely inserted, cloth-backed stiff wrappers, dust-jacket designed by Paul Rand, some light chipping and creasing to head and foot with neat tape repairs to verso, [Crandell B15], 4to, New York, Samuel M. Kootz, [1948].⁂ A lovely association copy of this rare publication.Samuel Kootz held the exhibition "Women" at his gallery in 1947 featuring works by Picasso, Braque and other gallery artists. The present work joined 11 of the works exhibited to original essays by 11 writers including Williams, Jean-Paul Sartre and William Carlos Williams. Inscribed to Paul Bigelow (1905-88), playwright and one of Williams' closest friends, and Jordan Massee, cousin and close friend of Carson McCullers. Williams visited Massee at his family home at Macon, Georgia and there was introduced both to the larger-than-life William Jordan Massee senior, who formed the basis of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof's Big Daddy, and to the clandestine world of young gay men in Georgia who's secretive and at times tortured lives would provide a theme that ran through much of Williams' work. For more on Jordan Massee see lots 57, 59 and 320. Frank Merlo (1922-1963) was Williams' partner of 15 years, representing by far the most stable relationship Williams experienced. Merlo's death in 1963 was a crisis for Williams and marked the start of steady and tragic decline.
Adams (Douglas) The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy, first edition, one or two very minor instances of light finger-soiling, original cloth, small amount of sunning to spine head and top edge, dust-jacket, second state, lower panel blank without Capricorn One advert, sunning to spine, some light bumping along top edge, price clipped, overall a bright and excellent copy, 8vo, 1979.
Wyndham (John) The Midwich Cuckoos, first edition, half-title, occasional marginal spotting, ex-library copy lacking free endpapers, old tape marks to pastedowns, weak upper hinge, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, price-clipped dust-jacket, slight chipping to spine extremities, small tear to spine head, 1957 § Waugh (Evelyn) Officers and Gentlemen, first edition, stain to p.21, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, dust-jacket, chipping and small loss to corners and spine extremities, rubbed and worn, a little stained, 1955 § Wells (H. G.) The Fate of Homo Sapiens, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, short tear to spine foot, slight creasing to extremities, 1939; and others, many first editions, 8vo (c.95)
Yeats (William Butler) Reveries Over Childhood and Youth, first edition, mounted colour frontispiece by Jack B. Yeats, tears to backing of frontispiece, original pictorial cloth, gilt, very light sunning to spine, dust-jacket priced at 6/-, browning to spine, spine ends and corners chipped, creasing to head and foot, light spotting and soiling to panels, extremities rubbed, [Wade 113], 8vo, 1916.⁂ Rare in the dust-jacket, we can trace no other example at auction.
NO RESERVE Yeats (William Butler) Responsibilities and other Poems, first edition, embossed presentation stamp on title, original pictorial cloth, gilt, dust-jacket slightly frayed and chipped, half-inch piece missing from foot of spine, a couple of small splits at fold of front flap, [Wade A115], 8vo, 1916.⁂ The presence of the rare dust-jacket has ensured that the pictorial cloth beneath, designed by T. Sturge Moore, remains in beautifully bright and clean condition.
Amis (Kingsley) One Fat Englishman, signed presentation inscription from the author "A first edition at last to good old Bryan [Forbes]" to endpaper, 1963; Ending Up, presentation inscription "Kingsley Amis raises a glass to Bryan Forbes" to title, tipped in f. with additional inscription from Amis to Forbes at front, light creasing to endpaper, dust-jacket for The Riverside Villas Murder bound at rear, 1974, first editions, bookplate of Bryan Forbes to front pastedowns, attractive 20th century red half morocco, spines gilt in compartments, 8vo (2)⁂ Bryan Forbes (1926-2013), film director, screenwriter, producer and author, adapted Amis' novel That Uncertain Feeling for film.
NO RESERVE Amis (Kingsley) Dear Illusion, first edition, one of 100 copies signed by the author, from an edition of 600, 1984; A Frame of Mind, first edition, one of 150 copies, Edinburgh, 1953, original wrappers, lightly toned, second lower wrapper soiled with some marking and creasing; and another by Amis, 8vo (3)
Cousins (James H.).- Heroic Romances of Ireland, translated by A. H. Leahy, 2 vol., first edition, James Cousin's copy with his ink ownership inscriptions to front pastedowns and his notes and annotations to vol. 1, some light spotting, 4pp. typescript "The Exile of the Sons of Doel Dermait" loosely inserted, original cloth, spines a little darkened, spine ends and corners a little bumped and frayed, 1905 § Cousins (James H.) Wandering Harp. Selected Poems, first American edition, presentation inscription "from the author" to front free endpaper, portrait frontispiece, light browning to title, spine ends and corners a little bumped, New York, 1932, 8vo (3)
Angelou (Maya) Gather Together in My Name, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to half-title, original boards, dust-jacket, light sunning to spine, spine ends a little creased, otherwise excellent 8vo, New York, 1974.⁂ The second in Angelou's 7-book memoir series, following immediately on from the events in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. Written three years after Caged Bird, the book depicts a single mother's descent down the social ladder into poverty and crime and touches on similar themes of poverty, racial abuse, family and identity.
NO RESERVE Bertram (Charles) Isn't it Wonderful?, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to title, browning to endpapers, upper hinge breaking but holding firm, original pictorial cloth, gilt, extremities bumped, spine ends creased, 8vo, 1896.⁂ A key conjuring title from the so-called "Royal Conjurer".
NO RESERVE Blixen (Karen) Den Afrikanske Farm, first Danish edition, faint abrasion mark inside upper cover where label removed, original pictorial wrappers, slight chipping and tiny loss to lower edge of upper cover, lightly browned spine, small loss to spine foot, slight chipping to spine extremities, lightly rubbed, 8vo, Copenhagen, 1937.⁂ Overall a very good copy of the fragile First Danish edition. This was published after the first English edition, but before the first American edition.
NO RESERVE Blunden (Edmund) The Shepard, first edition, A.L.s. from the author offering a spare ticket to a show that evening and describing his experience of walking round an anti-war exhibition "I went round the exhibits, which were very grim and convinced me that I did not spend my years in the trenches half as horridly as I might have done in the company of the pacifists..." loosely inserted, endpapers browned with later ink ownership inscription, spine label to cloth a little faded and rubbed, 1922 § Sassoon (Siegfried) Vigils, first trade edition, cloth lightly soiled to lower panel, 1935 § Gerard (James W.) My Four Years in Germany, first edition, jacket with one or two nicks and short tears to extremities, spine marked and with short closed tear, 1917, original boards, dust-jackets, minor chipping and creasing to extremities, browning to spine, but overall attractive copies, 8vo (3)** A good group of First World War items.
NO RESERVE δ Brockman (James, binder).- Beerbohm (Max) Zuleika Dobson or An Oxford Love Story, first edition, advertisement leaf at beginning, half-title, bound in Oxford dark blue goatskin, by James and Stuart Brockman, with onlays of oars in black calf & citron goatskin, back-to-back heads in black goatskin tooled in gilt in outer corners and silhouette of Oxford buildings in black calf across bottom partly obscured by parallel gilt lines, dark & light blue marbled endpapers, t.e.g., others uncut, binder's printed note signed by James Brockman and dated 2017 bound in at end, preserved in modern dark blue cloth drop-back box, gilt-stamped black goatskin label inset to spine, binders' ticket inside lid, 8vo (c.200 x 135mm.), 1911.⁂ A specially-commissioned binding on this famous Oxford tale. The binder's note reads, "The design illustrates aspects of Oxford taken from the story - the oars of Eights Week, the Sheldonian Emperors and the Oxford skyline (behind the gold lines) suggesting the Undergraduates sinking below the water of the Isis...".δ This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
NO RESERVE Borden (Mary) The Forbidden Zone, first edition, endpapers lightly browned, original pictorial cloth, gilt, spine ends bumped, dust-jacket, lightly creased to joints, extremities a little chipped and creased but overall a remarkably clean and excellent copy, 8vo, 1929.⁂ Published in the same year as Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms, Good-Bye to All That and All Quiet on the Western Front, was released to critical acclaim. Even among these others publications, contemporary readers were shocked and the graphic quality of the work from a woman who had had first-hand experience of line on the front line. Scarce with excellent jacket.
NO RESERVE Boulle (Pierre) Monkey Planet, first English edition, ex-library copy with markings and ticket pocket to front endpapers and stamp on title verso, dust-jacket spine slightly faded but generally excellent, 8vo, 1964.⁂ First English edition of the basis for The Planet of the Apes franchise.
Carey (Peter) True History of the Kelly Gang, first English edition, spine foot a little bumped, bump mark to fore-edge, jacket with some light bumping and creasing to edges, 2001; Theft; first edition, 2006; Parrot and Olivier, first edition, 2010, the last two signed by the author on title, original boards and cloth, dust-jackets; and 10 others by the same, of which 4 signed by the author, 8vo (13)
Christie (Agatha) The Big Four, first edition, ink ownership inscription to front pastedown, original cloth, spine a little dulled, light rubbing to spine tips and corners, some light marking to covers, but an excellent example overall, 8vo, 1927.⁂ The fourth Hercule Poirot novel, The Big Four also includes a number of elements of the spy fiction genre.
Christie (Agatha) Taken at the Flood, ink ownership inscription erased from front free endpaper, light damp-stain to head of covers, jacket spine ends and corners a little rubbed and creased, short tears with creasing to head and foot of rear panel, light damp-stain to head, 1948; Mrs. McGinty's Dead, jacket price-clipped, light sunning to spine, light rubbing to spine tips and corners, 1952; After the Funeral, jacket with light browning to spine, light rubbing to spine tips and corners, 1953, first edition, original cloth, dust-jackets, excellent or near-fine copies; and 2 others by the same in similar condition, 8vo (5)
Christie (Agatha) The Pale Horse, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, some light spotting, mainly to lower panel, very small amounts of wear at spine and fold ends, 1961 § Greene (Graham) The Comedians, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, extremities very lightly bumped, 1966 § McEwan (Ian) Saturday, one of a limited edition signed by the author, c.pp30-60 with light small light yellow stain at lower edge, original cloth, presentation slip case, cloth with illustration onlay to upper cover, 2005; and 66 others modern literature, 8vo (69)
NO RESERVE Churchill (Sir Winston).- Olday (John) The March to Death, first edition, printed wrappers, spine lightly browned but near-fine otherwise, Freedom Press, 1943 § Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer) and others. If it Had Happened Otherwise, first edition, contemporary ink presentation inscription to pastedown, fore-edge spotted, original cloth, lightly faded, dust-jacket, edges chipped and creased, a little soiled, spine lightly faded but still a tight and crisp example overall, 1932, 8vo (2)⁂ A good Churchill-interest lot, both scarce to find in such good condition.
Crowley (Aleister) The Works, 2 vol. only (of 3) in 1, Autograph Note signed from F. S. Flint bound after p.66, later morocco-backed cloth, covers a little mottled, 8vo, Foyers, Society for the Propagation of Religious Truth, 1905.⁂ A curious association copy that demonstrates the influence of Crowley on the imagist poets. In the note Flint states "With this copy... I introduced Crowley to Edward Storer... who, sceptical at first, soon conceived enthusiasm enough to proclaim Crowley a great poet, to go about proselytising his fame, and to issue his Mad Bird under the protection of an epigraph from Crowley". Flint goes on to state the that Crowley was "first made known by this edition also to... T. E. Hulme... and Ezra Pound".
NO RESERVE Douglas (Lord Alfred) The Collected Poems, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to front free endpaper, occasional very light scattered spots, portion of neat paper repair to endpapers, very lightly touching first line of inscription, original cloth, spine ends bumped, spine faded and label a little chipped and discoloured, still overall a clean copy, 8vo, 1919.⁂ Inscribed from the author to "Miss de Lorey" and dated February 1920.
Doyle (Sir Arthur Conan) The Hound of the Baskervilles, first edition, with 'you' for 'your' on p.13 line 3, half-title, 16 plates by Sidney Paget, one slightly frayed at fore-edge, another with small nick, very occasional soiling, light foxing to endpapers, original red pictorial cloth, gilt, a little rubbed and with a few minor splash marks, spine a little faded, [Green & Gibson A26; Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone], 8vo, George Newnes, 1902.⁂ Generally an extremely good copy of Doyle's masterpiece.
Durrell (Lawrence) Blue Thirst, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "For Ray & George [Mills] against a soon meeting in Corfu" to endpaper, illustrations, original wrappers, Santa Barbara, Capra Press, 1975; The Red Limbo Lingo, limited editions, original cloth, mylar dust-jacket with prospectus, slip-case, 1971; and 2 others by the same signed or inscribed, 8vo & 4to (4)⁂ Ray Mills was a long-standing friend of Durrell's having met him on Rhodes during the Second World War.
NO RESERVE Egan (Beresford) But the Sinners Triumph, first edition, signed by the author to front free endpaper, endpapers lightly browned, original cloth, spine lightly faded, ends a little bumped and creased, [1934] § Louys (Pierre) the Adventures of King Pausole, T.L.s. from the illustrator tipped into front free endpaper, original cloth, spine faded and ends bumped, dust-jacket, rather rubbed with extensive repairs verso, flaps hinged on with tape, rather discoloured but in effect a complete jacket, 1933; Egan (Beresford) and C. Power Alcock, Flowers of Evil, "Beresford Egan" erroneously signed to limitation page, 2 T.L.s's from Egan loosely inserted, New York, The Sylvian Press, 1947; and another by Egan, v.s. (4)⁂ Second with tipped-in letter reading "Dear Adrian [Woodhouse], did you ever see a more hideous hotchpotch that the dust-jacket on your pirated Pausole? It is even worse than the one the wretched Godwin wrapped round poor Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du Man...for pity's sakegum this note in your copy of Godwin's Pausole that my spirit may rest in peace". Third mentioned with typed letter confirming that it is not his signature in the book.
Fleming (Ian) Casino Royale, first edition, ex-library copy with stamp erased from title verso, some foxing and slight staining, modern cloth with shelf-lean, 1953; and an ex-library 3rd impression in laminated dust-jacket, plus 3 dust-jacketed first editions of The Man with the Golden Gun (none with gold embossed boards), 8vo (5)
Fleming (Ian) On Her Majesty's Secret Service, first edition, original brown cloth (no priority), dust-jacket, some light toning, extremities very lightly rubbed, price clipped, 1963 § Greene (Graham) Our Man in Havanna, first edition, some light marginal browning, ink ownership inscription front endpaper, dust-jacket, spine, lower panel and folds lightly toned, extremities very light bumped, price clipped, 1958 § Sassoon (Siegfried) Memoirs of an Infantry Officer, first illustrated edition, colour illustrations by Barnett Freedman, occasional marginal spotting, hinges a little cracked but firm, original pictorial cloth, spine a little sunned, 1931; and 52 others literature, some other first editions and a couple signed by the authors, 8vo (55)
Fleming (Ian) On Her Majesty's Secret Service, first edition, original boards, slight shelf-lean, light bumping to spine tips and corners, dust-jacket, light surface wear to spine, light surface soiling, minor chipping and light rubbing to spine tips and corners, a very good, bright copy, 1963; and a first edition From Russia, With Love, in a later in issue dust-jacket, 8vo (2)
Fleming (Ian) You Only Live Twice, first state, slight shelf-lean, jacket spine a little dulled, spine ends and corners a little chipped, light rubbing to extremities, 1964; The Man with the Golden Gun, some foxing to head, ink ownership inscription to endpaper, jacket spine slightly browned, spine ends and corners a little chipped, light creasing to head, small patch of staining to lower panel, 1965, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets; and a first edition of Octopussy, 8vo (3)
NO RESERVE Fleming (Ian) Thunderball, 14th impression, original pictorial wrappers, light creasing to spine, Pan, with promotional "Domino" letter endorsing Player's Cigarettes, 227 x 149mm., folds, loosely inserted, 1965 § Horowitz (Anthony) Forever and a Day, 2018; A Line to Kill, 2021, first editions, signed by the author on titles, original boards and cloth, dust-jackets; and 3 other first edition James Bond novels, 8vo (7) ⁂ The first with the 'movie cover', being a promotional copy of Player's Cigarettes, accompanied by the scarce letter from "Domino" to James Bond, addressed as "Darling", reminiscing about their first supper together and mentioning Player's Cigarettes.
Fleming (Ian).- Faulks (Sebastian) Devil May Care, limited first edition signed by the author, original pictorial boards, g.e., original decorative hinged presentation box, lined in black satin, 2008 § Horowitz (Anthony) Trigger Mortis, first edition, original pictorial cloth, dust-jacket, a few extremely light instances of bumping and surface wear, 2015, 8vo (2)
NO RESERVE Ford (Ford Madox) A Mirror to France, first edition, previous owner's note loosely inserted, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, small price-label to spine, 2 tears to spine head and lower flap, chipping and small loss to spine extremities, a little rubbed, 8vo, 1926.⁂ Scarce in dust-jacket.
Frank (Anne) The Diary of a Young Girl, first English edition, photographic frontispiece, original cloth, some light edge spotting, dust-jacket, two tears at spine head, along upper joint and into lower cover, staining from pervious tape repairs, some very light surface soiling along folds, 8vo, 1952.⁂ Scarce in dust-jacket.
NO RESERVE Fry (Christopher) Open Door, first edition, signed inscription from the author "Kenneth: I think the date of printing was 1934 with best wishes Christopher" to title, original wrappers, lightly toned, 1935; The Firstborn, first edition, signed by the author to title, original play programme and typed letter from the author loosely inserted (programme lightly faded and rust-stained from staple), original cloth, dust-jacket, light toning, faint ring marks to lower panel and one or two spots, Cambridge, 1946; and 6 others, plays by authors, 8vo (8)
Greene (Graham) Stamboul Train, first edition, second issue with "Quin Savory", original cloth, spine ends bumped, light soiling patch to lower cover, dust-jacket, price-clipped, excellent paper repairs and restorations verso, slight creasing to edges, spine and lower panel lightly discoloured, still in effect a sharp and excellent copy, 8vo, 1932.
Collection of Ephemera, comprising a rare 17th Century Legal Book dated 1660-1687, with hand written notations, a large collection of picture postcards housed in approximately 10 albums, an assortment of books including First Edition 'The Last Samurai' and 'The Underrated Enemy', and two Tolkien 2nd Editions. Together with a quantity of First and Second World War books.
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