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Click here to subscribeCanetti (Elias) Crowds and Power, first English edition, original boards, dust-jacket, spine lightly browned, spine ends and corners with minor chipping and creasing, some discolouration to lower panel but an excellent example overall, 8vo, 1962.⁂ An attractive example of this important work on social theory by the Nobel Prize-winner.
Capote (Truman) Breakfast at Tiffany's, first English edition, bookseller's label to pastedown, original boards, light bumping to spine ends else fine, dust-jacket, some light rubbing and creasing to spine ends and corners, a few patches of insect damage along lower fore-edge, but a sharp and excellent example overall, 8vo, 1958.
Christie (Agatha) The Body in the Library, first edition, original cloth, light fading to spine ends, dust-jacket, price-clipped, neat and professional repairs to spine ends and corners, short repaired tear to head of upper panel, very light creasing to head and foot, in effect a near-fine example, 8vo, 1942.⁂ A wartime title, rare in the jacket in good condition.
Dickens (Charles) Little Dorrit, first edition in book form, first issue, etched frontispiece, additional title and 38 plates by Hablot K. Browne, some light foxing, mostly to plates, contemporary half calf, split to head of upper joint, bumping to corners, light rubbing, 8vo, 1857.⁂ First issue with signature BB2 misprinted as "B2" at page 371; "William" instead of "Frederick" on page 317, line 27; and the name "Rigaud" appears instead of "Blandois" on pages 469, 470, 472, and 473.
Doyle (Sir Arthur Conan) The Return of Sherlock Holmes, first edition, half-title, 16 plates by Sidney Paget, 4pp. advertisements at end, some foxing, original cloth, a little rubbed and soiled, [Green & Gibson A29], 8vo, 1905.⁂ The return of Holmes following his famous 'death' at the foot of the Reichenbach Falls.
Fowles (John) A Maggot, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to title, dust-jacket, price-clipped with light fading to spine, 1985 § Psychoundakis (George) The Cretan Runner His Story of the German Occupation, translated by Patrick Leigh Fermor, first English edition, ink name to endpaper, dust-jacket, spine ends and corners chipped and creased, neat tape repairs to verso, 1955 § Stramm (August) Twenty Two Poems, number 61 of 200 copies, colour frontispiece and illustrations by Rigby Graham, light offsetting onto title, Wymondham, Brewhouse Press, 1969, original cloth; and 24 others, many signed, v.s. (27)
Franzen (Jonathan) Strong Motion, first edition, signed by the author to title, original boards, dust-jacket, 1992; The Corrections, presentation inscription from the author to Kenneth Baker "from your Yankee writer friend", original wrappers, rather creased and lightly soiled, 2001; and 4 others by Franzen, 8vo (6)
Grafton (Sue) 'A' is for Alibi, first edition, bookplate signed by the author loosely inserted, light marginal toning, 1982 § McDermid (Val) The Mermaid's Singing, signed by the author on title, light marginal toning, 1995 § Ellis (Kate) The Merchant's House, signed by the author on title, 1998, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets, fine; and 2 others, A Touch of Frost and Black Dog, also signed, 8vo (5)⁂ A good group of works featuring the first appearance of the authors' most famous detectives.
Grass (Günter) The Tin Drum, translated by Ralph Manheim, first English edition, cut signature of the author to title, original boards, dust-jacket, light browning to spine, light toning and surface soiling to panels, light creasing to head, but a sharp and excellent example overall, 8vo, [1962].
NO RESERVE Graves (Robert) Mock Beggar Hall, first edition, ex-library copy with bookplate and ink stamp to title verso, original pictorial boards by William Nicholson, spine defective with piece missing from head and about a third missing from bottom, corners rubbed, 4to, Hogarth Press, 1924.
Hemingway (Ernest) A Moveable Feast, first edition, plates, ink ownership signature to half-title, original cloth-backed boards, dust-jacket, very slight bumping to corners and extremities, lightly rubbed, very slight creasing to extremities, still overall a clean and bright copy, New York, 8vo, 1964.
NO RESERVE Hersey (John) Hiroshima, first edition, bookplate to half- title, original cloth, spine browned, light fraying to spine ends, dust-jacket, light fading to spine, minor chipping to spine ends and corners, chip to upper joint, light rubbing to extremities, 8vo , New York, 1946.⁂ First edition of this landmark work, one of the earliest examples of New Journalism and never out of print.
Hill (Susan) The Magic Apple Tree, first edition, autograph note signed from the author loosely inserted, 1982; The Enclosure, 1961; Do Me a Favour, 1963; Gentlemen and Ladies, 1968, first editions, original cloth, dust-jackets, some light scuffing to corners but overall in excellent condition; and 9 others by Susan Hill, including another signed edition of The Magic Apple Tree, 8vo (12)
Johns (W.E., Captain) The Spyflyers, first edition, illustrated by Howard Leigh, colour frontispiece, 4 plates, ink inscription to front end paper, lightly browned, original cloth, spine slightly sunned, extremities rubbed, 1933; Biggles goes to War, first edition, illustrated by Howard Leigh, colour frontispiece, 6 full-page illustrations, occasional spotting, including title but mainly marginal, end papers browned, original cloth, spine slightly faded, small damp-stain to upper cover, 1938; Biggles and the Deep Blue Sea, first edition, library stamp to title verso, corners of one leaf defective, original cloth, dust-jacket, spine ends and corners a little chipped, pen lines to flaps, 1968; and c.60 others in the Biggles series, many first editions, 8vo and 4to (c.65)
Joyce (James) Ulysses, first authorised American edition, upper hinge starting, "Random House Announcement for the Season of 1932-1933" pamphlet loosely inserted, original cloth lettered in black and red, very light toning to spine, faint marking to covers, first issue dust-jacket with 'Reichl' credit to upper panel, light browning to spine and panel margins, neat repairs and restorations to spine ends and corners, neatly repaired tear to upper panel, in effect a near-fine example, [Slocum and Cahoon A21], 8vo, New York, 1934.
Koestler (Arthur) Spanish Testament, first edition, light scattered foxing, original cloth, dust-jacket, light browning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, some light spotting and surface soiling, light creasing to head and foot, rubbing to extremities, 1937; Darkness at Noon, limited edition, signed by the author, original morocco, gilt, g.e., Pennsylvania, Franklin Library, 1979; and 7 others by the same, 8vo (9)⁂ A good group including the rare first edition of Koestler's first book in English.
Le Carré (John) The Looking-Glass War, first edition, cut signature of the author to title, jacket spine sunning, light rubbing to head and foot, otherwise excellent, 1965; The Spy Who Came in the From the Cold, Fiftieth Anniversary Edition, cut signature of the author to title, a fine copy, 2013, original boards, dust-jackets, 8vo (2)
Lewis (C.S.) Perelandra, first edition, light spotting to endpapers and edges, original cloth, light fading to spine, sunning to tips of spine and corners, dust-jacket, price-clipped but with 8s. 6d. price still visible, spine ends and corners chipped with loss to title at head of spine, light creasing and a few short closed tears to head and foot extremities rubbed, 8vo, 1943.⁂ The second title in Lewis' Space Trilogy, scarce in the jacket.
Maugham (William Somerset) The Bishop's Apron, first edition, title foxed, light scattered spotting, original cloth, boards lightly faded and a little soiled, wear and light rubbing to extremities, rebacked preserving original spine, 8vo, 1906.⁂ The Bishop's Apron was published some nine years before the critical success of Of Human Bondage (1915) and was based on the unproduced play Loaves and Fishes.
Motion (Andrew) Inland, number 104 of 400 copies, this copy signed by the author on title, original wrappers, light surfaces soiling, Burford, Cygnet Press, 1976; Goodnestone, first edition, signed by the author, original wrappers, Workshop Press, 1972; Coming Home, number 50 of 75 copies signed by the author and artist, illustrations by Jane Lydbury, original morocco-backed cloth, Rochdale, 2015; and 3 others by the same, 2 signed, 8vo (6)
Orwell (George) Nineteen Eighty-Four, first edition, margins trimmed, some occasional light marking to text, title with ink library stamp to verso covered by laid down cutting featuring eye design, with some light show-through of stamp to recto, endpaper collage of Orwell's eyes, front pastedown with small compartment revealing the Queen's face on pound note, modern morocco with gilt design featuring inlayed fake eye and upper cover '1984' stamped in black on lower cover, 8vo, 1949.
NO RESERVE Orwell (George) Shooting an Elephant and other essays, first edition, original cloth, slight shelf-lean, light fading to spine and covers, dust-jacket, spine faded, spine ends and corners chipped, creasing to head and foot, light soiling, 1950; The Road to Wigan Pier, Left Book Club Edition, plates, original limp cloth, creasing to spine, some light surface soiling, light creasing to extremities, 1937; and a first edition The Lion and the Unicorn, 8vo (3)
Priestley (J.B.) The Chapman of Rhymes, first edition, spotting, related newspaper & catalogue clippings loosely inserted, bookplate of Charles C. Auchinloss, disbound and loosely inserted in original green paper wrappers, slight creasing to extremities, housed in red cloth chemise and morocco-backed slipcase by James Macdonald Co, New York, 8vo, Alexander Moring, 1918.⁂ Scarce copy of Priestley's suppressed first book, only 7 copies on Library Hub.
Priestley (J.B.) Faraway, first edition, one of 25 copies specially bound, signed and inscribed by author dated 1970, typescript letters from Mrs Batten (Priestley's secretary) loosely inserted, colour title by Kenneth Hobson, original green Levant morocco with beach scene to upper cover by Henry T. Wood ltd., housed in a card slipcase and modern cloth drop-back box, 8vo, [1932].⁂ The letters are arranging for the original owner to have the book signed when J.B. Priestley was in London during April 1970.
NO RESERVE Raymond (Alex) Flash Gordon in the Caverns of Mongo, first edition, frontispiece, damp-staining to title, pictorial endpapers, original cloth, mottled and damp-stained, dust-jacket, light browning to spine, light damp-staining, spine ends and corners chipped, splitting to upper fore-edge, 8vo, New York, 1936.
Runyon (Damon) My Wife Ethel, 1939; My Old Man, 1940 § Updike (John) Bech, 1970, first editions, last first English edition, original boards, dust-jackets, first two spine ends and extremities rather rubbed and chipped, spines faded, some light spotting to upper panels; last in fine condition, and 17 others, American literature, 8vo (20)
Sackville-West (Vita) Orchard and Vineyard, first edition, inscribed and dated by Lady Sackville (author's mother), scattered faint spotting, original cloth-backed boards, slight bumping to corners, 1921; Poems of West and East, first edition, frontispiece, cracked hinges, original cloth-backed boards, rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1917; Seducers in Ecuador, first edition, faint spotting to endpapers, previous owner's ink signature to free endpaper, original cloth, slight bumping to extremities, 1924 § Woolf (Leonard) & James Strachey, editors. Virginia Woolf & Lytton Strachey. Letters, previous owner's ink signature, original cloth, dust-jacket, slight chipping to corners and extremities, 1956 § Woolf (Virginia) The Waves, previous owner's ink signature, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, sunned spine, small chipping to spine extremities, 1933; and others similar, 8vo & 4to (c.100)
Sackville-West (Vita) The Edwardians, first edition, presentation copy from Lady Sackville with her card pinned to blank, signed photograph and ALs loosely inserted, scattered spotting, stain to title, previous owner's ink inscription to half-title, original cloth, spotting, bumping to corners and spine extremities, related newspaper articles loosely inserted, 1930; Brittain (Vera) In the Steps of John Bunyan, signed by author, portrait frontispiece, plates, original cloth, dust-jacket, small loss to spine extremities, slight chipping and creasing to extremities, n.d., 8vo (2)⁂ The letter in the first is dated 30 May, 30 and begins 'As you know, I am nearly blind but I can write with my eyes shut!'
Simenon (Georges) Maigret Right and Wrong, first English edition, presentation inscription from the author on bookplate to endpaper, jacket with light toning to spine, creasing to head and foot, some rubbing to extremities, 1954; Maigret and the Burglar's Wife, jacket price-clipped, light toning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped and creased, 1955; Madame Maigret's Friend, jacket spine ends and corners a little chipped and creased, 1960, first English editions, original boards, dust-jackets, very good or excellent; and c.55 others, English editions of Simenon, 8vo (c.60)
Sinclair (May) Uncanny Stories, first English edition, first issue with 40 pp. adverts at rear for "Spring 1923", illustrated by Jean de Bosschère, some foxing, endpapers lightly browned, 1923 § Summers (Montague, editor) The Supernatural Omnibus, Being a Collection of Stories, fore-edge lightly spotted, contemporary ownership signature to front free endpaper, 1931, original cloth, a little rubbed, spine ends bumped, first spine faded, last with light shelf-lean, 8vo (2)
Taylor (G. P.) Shadowmancer, special edition signed by the author, 2003 § Rice (Anne) Interview with the Vampire, first edition, 1976, original boards, dust-jackets, first with light spotting, second light creasing to spine ends, but both in overall excellent condition; and 12 others, fantasy and horror fiction, 8vo & 4to (14)
Slim (Field Marshall Sir William).- Thomas (Lowell) Back to Mandalay, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author and 5 participants in the Burma campaign to Field Marshall Slim to endpaper, photographic illustrations, map endpapers, original cloth, light fading to spine, some light soiling to covers, 8vo, New York, 1951.⁂ An excellent association inscribed by American participants in the Second World War Burma campaign to the celebrated British leader of the 14th Army in Burma. Signatories include Phil Cochran, John Alison and Bill Taylor.
Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Fellowship of the Ring, first edition, folding map with small tear at fold, marginal yellow stain to a few pages in the middle, upper hinge starting to crack, original cloth, lower joint splitting and wear to head, fading and staining, wear to corners and extremities rubbed, 8vo, 1954.
NO RESERVE Johnson (Richard) Grammatical Commentaries being an Apparatus to a New Grammar, first edition, 2 folding tables, trimmed, title and errata strengthened at fore-edge, previous owner's ink signature to title, small marginal rust hole (B2), ex-library with accession number to title verso, many leaves strengthened at gutter when rebound, occasional marginal marks, modern morocco-backed boards, 8vo, for the Author, and sold by S. Keble ..., 1706.
Wells (H.G.) The First Men in the Moon, first English edition, frontispiece and 11 plates, light spotting to half-title, very light finger-soiling to title, first state binding with black endpapers of original blue cloth, gilt, spine lightly faded, light bumping to spine extremities but overall a very bright example, 8vo, 1901.
Wells (H.G.) Tono-Bungay, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to E. V. Lucas to half-title, 6pp. advertisements, light browning to endpapers, original cloth, light browning to spine, spine ends and corners a little bumped, some light marking to covers, 8vo, 1909.⁂ E. V. Lucas (1898-1938) English essayist and author. He published a parody Wells' The War of the Worlds titled The War of the Wenuses in 1898.
Williams (Tennessee) Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, first English edition, frontispiece, some spotting to endpapers, original boards, dust-jacket, spine slightly browned, light toning and surface soiling to lower panel, spine ends and corners a little rubbed and chipped, 1956; and the first English edition Breakfast at Tiffany's, 8vo (2)
Dahl (Roald) Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator, first edition, 1973; The Minipins, 1991; The Enormous Crocodile, 1978; The Magic Finer, 1968, first editions, last first English edition, original pictorial boards, light wear to extremities, first also with remnants of sticker to lower cover, joints cracked, and spine ends rubbed, last lightly discoloured; and 2 others, Dahl, tall 8vo & 8vo (6)
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