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Lot 227
Powell (Anthony) Temporary Kings, first edition, presentation inscription "from the author" to endpaper dated 19 November 1974, additionally signed by the author on title, original cloth, some spotting to upper cover, dust-jacket, light browning to spine, light rubbing to spine tips and corners, an excellent copy, 1973; and a copy of Books do Furnish a Room, 8vo (2)
Lot 203
O'Flaherty (Liam) Return of the Brute, first edition, signed by the author on endpaper, light browning to endpapers, original cloth, dust-jacket, light toning to spine, spine ends and corners chipped with old tape repairs to verso, light creasing to head and foot, a very good copy, Mandrake Press, 1929; and the first American edition of the same, 8vo (2)⁂ A key First World War title. O'Flaherty's unflinching portrayal of the horrors of trench life and combat was deemed controversial at the time but has had a lasting influence on 20th century literature.
Lot 31
Bowen (Marjorie) Dark Ann, first edition, 4pp. advertisements, light spotting to title and half-title, ink ownership inscription to endpaper, dust-jacket upper panel laid onto front pastedown, original cloth, light sunning to spine and upper cover, spine ends and corners a little bumped, 8vo, 1927.⁂ Rare collection of short stories, including a number of supernatural tales, with a focus on women trapped in damaging relationships. The title story "Dark Ann" is regarded as on of the author's best ghost stories.
Lot 310
NO RESERVE Wharton (James B) Squad, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, small tear upper edge lower panel, some light surface soiling, 8vo, 1929.⁂ War-chronicle of an American eight man squad at the front during the First World War and their adventures. Based loosely on the author's experiences with the 111th Infantry Regiment, 28th Division, the novel is highly regarded for the detail it provides on American infantry in the war.
Lot 195
O'Flaherty (Liam) The Informer, first edition, original cloth, light sunning to spine, spine ends a little bumped, dust-jacket, light toning and creasing to spine, neat repairs and restorations to spine ends and corners, light surface soiling to lower panel, in effect an excellent example, 8vo, 1925.⁂ An excellent example of the author's classic novel set in the aftermath of the Irish Civil War, the inspiration for a number of film adaptations, most famously that of John Ford in 1935.
Lot 10
Ambler (Eric) A Coffin for Dimitrios, first American edition, author's cut signature pasted in, original cloth, dust-jacket rubbed and frayed, spine ends chipped, tape repairs to verso reattaching front flap, rear flap just hanging on, small stain to spine and lower panel, 8vo, New York, 1939.⁂ Published in the UK as The Mask of Dimitrios. Despite its condition, the dust-jacket is scarce.
Lot 149
Lewis (C.S.) Rehabilitations and other Essays, first edition, light browning to endpapers, original cloth, dust-jacket, light browning, spine ends and corners a little chipped, and creased, some light marking and soiling to panels, an excellent example, 8vo, Oxford University Press, 1939.⁂ Lewis' most substantial collection of essays, scarce in good condition.
Lot 90
Forester (C.S.) A Pawn among Kings, first edition, presentation copy signed by the author, endpapers lightly browned, original cloth, spine a little faded, upper panel of dust-jacket loosely inserted, 8vo, 1924.⁂ The author's first book. Presentation inscription on front pastedown reads: "To Ella Renard with very real affection and gratitude, C.S. Forester."
Lot 66
Dexter (Colin) Last Seen Wearing, first edition, pages toned as usual, mostly to margins, ink inscription to front endpaper, original boards, spine a little faded, edges of covers slightly sunned, dust-jacket, tiny nicks at head of spine, slight foxing to flaps, overall an excellent copy, 8vo, 1976.
Lot 94
Fowles (John) The Collector, first edition, original early variant black cloth binding and no top-edge stain, price-clipped dust-jacket, tiny tear to spine extremities, small ink-marking to lower cover, lightly browned, overall a very good copy, 8vo, 1963.⁂ This copy is in the very scarce variant black cloth binding. It is more usually found in rust-brown boards.
Lot 7
Alcott (Louisa May) Little Men: Life at Plumfield with Jo's Boys, first edition, title and frontispiece preceded by 4pp. advertisements, plates, occasional spotting, chocolate brown endpapers, original terracotta cloth, gilt, spine ends chipped, corners and joints rubbed, 8vo, Boston, Roberts Brothers, 1871.⁂ The sequel to Little Women, in which adult Jo opens a school after inheriting an estate from her aunt.
Lot 292
Thomas (Dylan) Under Milk Wood, first edition, ink ownership inscription to endpaper, original cloth, light rubbing to spine tips and corners, else fine, dust-jacket, very light sunning to spine, spine a little chipped and head, spine ends and corners rubbed, an excellent example overall, 8vo, 1954.
Lot 151
Lewis (C.S.) Perelandra, first edition, spot to margin, original cloth, light fading to spine with sunning to spine ends, dust-jacket, price-clipped but with 8s. 6d. price still visible, very light toning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, spine with neat tape repairs and restorations to verso, a few small nicks or short closed tears to head and foot with some creasing, but a very good copy overall, 8vo, 1943.⁂ The second title in Lewis' Space Trilogy, scarce in the jacket.
Lot 146
Lee (Harper) To Kill a Mockingbird, first English edition, original boards, bump to foot else fine, dust-jacket, very light sunning to spine, minor chipping to spine ends and corners, light creasing to head and foot, very light rubbing to extremities, a sharp and excellent copy overall, 8vo, 1960.
Lot 41
Camus (Albert) The Outsider, translated by Stuart Gilbert, Introduction by Cyril Connolly, first English edition, faint ink ownership inscription to endpaper, original cloth, light sunning to spine, dust-jacket by Edward Bawden, very light toning to spine, some minor chipping to spine ends and corners, a few very short nicks to head, but an excellent example overall, 8vo, 1946.
Lot 193
O'Flaherty (Liam) Thy Neighbour's Wife, first edition, signed by the author on endpaper, original cloth, light rubbing to spine tips and corners, dust-jacket, light browning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, closed tears to head and foot with some light creasing, a very good copy, 8vo, 1923.⁂ The author's first novel, rare signed.
Lot 28
Blyton (Enid) The Folk of the Faraway Tree, first edition, cut signature of the author to title, illustrations by Dorothy M. Wheeler, light foxing and ink gift inscription to endpapers, original cloth, light fading and some surface wear to spine, slight bowing to upper cover, dust-jacket, price-clipped, spine ends and corners a little chipped, small hole to upper joint, neat tape repairs to spine ends and corners verso, 8vo, 1945.⁂ The third title in Blyton's Faraway Tree series, scarce.
Lot 51
Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer) A Speech by the Prime Minister... in the House of Commons, August 20th, 1940, first edition, on watermarked paper, light marking and creasing to margins, original grey-blue printed wrappers, rusting to staples, light creasing and damp-staining to extremities, [Woods A60(a)], 8vo, [The Baynard Press], 1940.⁂ "...Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few..." Churchill's tribute to the RAF at the height of the Battle of Britain.
Lot 207
O'Flaherty (Liam) The Martyr, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "To Kathleen in whose house one gets always a warm welcome. Liam O'Flaherty 25/3/33" to endpaper, original cloth, dust-jacket, light browning to spine, spine ends and corners chipped, larger chip to head of lower panel, rubbing and surface soiling, 1933; and 4 others by the same, 8vo (5)
Lot 293
NO RESERVE Thompson (Edward) These Men Thy Friends, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to front endpaper, light spotting to initial pages, original cloth, dust-jacket, spine toned, slight wear to spine head, 8vo, 1927.⁂ Thompson's novel is set on the Eastern Front, during the last eighteen months of the Mesopotamian campaign of WWI which was fought between the Allies - a mixture of Australian, British and British Empire (mainly Indian) troops - and the Central Powers, mainly from the Ottoman Empire. Fictionalised, it bears some basis in his own experiences.
Lot 321
Yeats (William Butler) Richard Le Gallienne, Ernest Rhys, Arthur Symons and others, contributors. The Second Book of the Rhymers' Club, first edition, light marginal toning, unopened, light sunning to spine, 1894; The Wild Swans at Coole, first trade edition,very short marginal tear to half-title, ink ownership inscriptions to endpaper, spine a little darkened, 1919,voriginal cloth, [Wade 294 & 124]; and 3 others, Yeats, 8vo (5)
Lot 258
Sackville-West (Vita) All Passion Spent, first edition, signed by the author on endpaper, original cloth, very light sunning to spine, dust-jacket, light toning and surface soiling to spine and lower panel, spine ends and corners a little chipped, closed tear with some chipping and creasing to head of lower panel, split to head of upper joint, a very good, attractive copy, [Cross & Ravenscroft-Hulme A.21a; Woolmer 270], 8vo, 1931.⁂ The author's study of old age, rare signed.
Lot 104
Greene (Graham) Stamboul Train, first edition, second issue with "Quin Savory", original cloth, gilt, minor faint spotting to spine and fore-edge of upper board, dust-jacket, vertical crease to spine, tears to spine with neat tape repairs to verso, short tear to top edge, neat tape repair to verso, loss to folds and small loss to spine extremities, expertly restored, slight creasing to edges, else a very good copy, 8vo, 1932.
Lot 52
Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer) Victory in Europe. Broadcast Speeches by His Majesty King George VI on May 8th, 1945 and by the Right Hon. Winston S. Churchill on May 8th and May 13th, 1945, first edition, original wrappers, some light creasing, [Woods D(b)63], 8vo, Berne, British Legation Press Department, 1945.⁂ Rare pamphlet with two speeches by Churchill including his 13th May "A Timely Deliverance" speech with its famous closing passage "Forward, unflinching, unswerving, indomitable, till the whole task is done and the whole world is safe and clean." We can trace no other examples at auction or online.
Lot 21
Betjeman (John) Mount Zion, or In Touch with the Infinite, first edition, text, decorations and decorative borders printed in brown on pale green paper, 8 full-page illustrations by Cronin Hastings and others printed in blue on pink paper, original decorated boards, pictorial title label to upper cover, yellow patterned endpapers, slightly rubbed to extremities, [Peterson A1a], 8vo, The James Press, [1931].⁂ An unusually good copy of Betjeman's first book, a collection of 21 poems, which is notoriously fragile. Peterson describes this as the special issue binding (his A1b), but this copy, and others seen, are not signed.
Lot 72
Doyle (Sir Arthur Conan) The Lost World, first edition in book form, frontispiece ad 7 plates, 1912; The Land of Mist, first edition, 24pp. advertisements at end, 1926; The Sign of Four, pirate edition, [c.1900], occasional foxing or toning, original cloth, lightly bumped and rubbed; and 6 others by Doyle, 8vo (9)
Lot 297
Tolkien (J.R.R.) Bilbo en Hobbits Äventyr, first Tove Jansson-illustrated edition, illustrations by Tove Jansson, several full-page, previous owner's ink signature to front free endpaper, original cloth-backed illustrated boards, lightly faded at edges, as usual, slight bumping to spine extremities, 8vo, Stockholm, Rabén & Sjögren, 1962.
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Lot 234
[Rivett (Edith Caroline)] "E.C.R. Lorac". Still Waters, first edition, presentation copy inscribed by the author, occasional spotting, mostly to endpapers and edges, original cloth, dust-jacket slightly frayed and chipped, mostly to spine ends and corners, 8vo, 1949.⁂ In effect the dedication copy. The inscription reads "For Kate from Caroline, May '48-'49." followed by a quotation from the book, also in the author's hand: "Your wife's a very unusual woman, Hoggett. She's got eyes that see and a torque which keeps its own counsel..." Robert Macdonald." The author's dedicatory letter, couched as a foreword is to "Dear Kate and Giles", gratefully acknowledges them and refers to her use of real places and names within her fiction.
Lot 238
Sackville-West (Vita) Poems of West and East, first edition, frontispiece, original cloth-backed boards, paper labels to spine and upper cover, spine ends and corners a little bumped, light toning to spine and covers, an excellent example generally, [Cross & Ravenscroft-Hulme A3], 8vo, 1917.⁂ Sackville-West's first commercially published work, a collection of 22 poems, 13 of which appeared here for the first time.
Lot 287
Steinbeck (John) Of Mice and Men, first English edition, frontispiece, original cloth, fractional bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, lightly sunned spine, small tear to flap, old tape repair to verso, short tear to top edge, small loss to spine head, with scarce wraparound, torn at spine with some small loss, tape repairs to verso, lightly sunned spine, overall a very good copy, 8vo, 1937.⁂ Very scarce with the original wraparound advertisement.
Lot 55
NO RESERVE Conrad (Joseph) The Secret Agent, number 13 of 1000 copies signed by author, portrait frontispiece, bookplate, previous owner's ink signature, original parchment-backed boards, scattered faint spotting, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, 2 short tears to edges, lightly browned spine, slight chipping to spine extremities, 1923; Typhoon and other stories, first edition, original cloth, gilt, a little rubbed, slight bumping to spine extremities, 1903; 8vo (2).
Lot 174
Maugham (William Somerset) The Summing Up, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Elsie Tritton on half-title, erased ink inscription to endpaper, original cloth, some bumping to head and foot, dust-jacket, light toning to spine, spine ends and corers chipped, touching title at head of spine, creasing to head and foot, [Stott A53a], 8vo, 1938.⁂ Maugham's memoirs covering the years 1890 to 1938.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.
Lot 3
Achebe (Chinua) A Man of the People, first American edition, signed by the author on title, original cloth, slight bumping to spine ends and corners, dust-jacket, price-clipped, spine ends and corners a little chipped, closed tears to head, creasing to head and foot, rubbing to extremities, 8vo, New York, 1966.⁂ Achebe's classic political satire, rare signed. The coup at the conclusion of the novel foreshadowed the coup of 15th January 1966 and brought Achebe to the attention of the military authorities who suspected him of foreknowledge of the plan. Achebe was forced to flee to the south east where he remained until the conclusion of the Nigerian Civil War in 1970.
Lot 241
Sackville-West (Vita) Orchard and Vineyard, first edition, signed by Lady Sackville on endpaper, spotting to edges, original cloth-backed boards, paper labels to spine and upper cover, light browning to spine, spine ends and corners a little bumped, [Cross & Ravenscroft-Hulme A6a], 1921; The Land, second impression, signed by the author on title with strike through printed name, bookplate of Victoria Sackville to facing page, small photo-portrait of the author laid onto title, occasional scattered foxing, original cloth, paper label to spine, 1926, 8vo (2)
Lot 282
NO RESERVE Sillitoe (Alan) The Loneliness of the Long-distance Runner, first edition, signed by author, ex-library with label and label remnants to front endpapers, discreet blind-stamp to title and ink-stamp to verso, original cloth, slight staining to spine foot and lower board, slight bumping to spine extremities,dust-jacket, slight creasing to extremities, 8vo, 1959.
Lot 129
Isherwood (Christopher) Sally Bowles, first edition, some scattered spotting to endpapers, original cloth, slight shelf-lean, some light foxing and discolouration to spine, dust-jacket, light browning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, some light toning and surface soiling to panels, but an excellent example overall, 8vo, 1937.
Lot 185
McCarthy (Cormac) Outer Dark, first edition, ink ownership inscription to endpaper, original cloth-backed boards, light bumping and fading to spine tips, dust-jacket, very light toning to spine, spine ends and corners rubbed and chipped, closed tears with creasing to head and foot, extremities a little rubbed, 8vo, New York, 1968.⁂ McCarthy's second novel, scarce.
Lot 166
Maugham (William Somerset) The Circle, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Elsie Tritton "This they say is the author's best play" to half-title, light browning to endpapers, original boards, browning to spine, spine ends a little bumped, [Stott A24a], 8vo, 1921.⁂ Rare. Stott says in regards to the first Heinemann edition in boards: "The publishers state that of 2,000 copies published 1,500 were bound in wrappers and 500 in boards. The extreme scarcity of the latter would suggest, however, that a much smaller number was involved. The publishers were experimenting with this type of casing...but it was obviously proving unsatisfactory and was soon abandoned...which would account for the play's scarcity in boards."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.
Lot 246
Sackville-West (Vita) Challenge, first edition, first printing, signed by the author on title with strike through the printed name, Lady Sackville's copy with her bookplates to pastedown, pencil markings to endpapers and occasionally to margins, original green cloth lettered in orange, light rubbing and bumping to spine ends and corners, light marking to head of lower cover, [Cross & Ravenscroft-Hulme A9a], 8vo, New York, [1923].⁂ The author's mother's copy of her third book that was supressed in England at her request, we can trace no other signed examples. Challenge was a roman-à-clef that depicted the author's affair with Violet Keppel. Sackville-West substituted herself with a male character, Julian, making this the first time she was depicted as a man in fiction (prior to both Orlando and Broderie Anglais). Nevertheless the author's mother Lady Sackville felt that the substitution would be too clear to those who knew her and urged her daughter to withdraw the book from publication in the UK. The English sheets were sent over to the US and issued with a new title.
Lot 135
Joyce (James) Ulysses, edited by Stuart Gilbert, 2 vol., original printed wrappers, light creasing and faint toning to spine, preserved in folding card chemise, 1932; Ulysses, Facsimile edition, original wrappers, a fine copy, preserved in drop-back box, [Shelton: The First Edition Library, n.d.]; Finnegans Wake, first American edition, original cloth, New York, 1939; and 7 others, editions of Ulysses and others, v.s. (11)
Lot 256
Sackville-West (Vita) The Edwardians, first trade edition, signed presentation inscription from Lady Sackville to endpaper with additional inscription by her "This book has been chosen by the Book Society" to facing page, light spotting to prelims, browning to endpapers, original cloth, slight shelf-lean, spine slightly darkened, dust-jacket, light toning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped with repairs to verso, light surface soiling, extremities a little rubbed, [Cross & Ravenscroft-Hulme A20a; Woolmer 235B], 8vo, Hogarth Press, 1930.
Lot 118
Highsmith (Patricia) The Blunderer, first English edition, ink ownership stamp to endpaper and first page of text, light damp-stain to top edge, original boards, dust-jacket, very light toning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, a few small nicks to head and foot of upper panel, light soiling to lower panel, a very good copy overall, 8vo, 1956.⁂ Highsmith's scarce third novel, a psychological thriller.
Lot 211
O'Flaherty (Liam) The Short Stories, signed by the author on endpaper, light sunning to spine, jacket spine browned, spine ends and corners a little chipped, extremities rubbed, 1937; The Tent and other stories, signed presentation inscription from the author dated June 1927 to endpaper, spine darkened, spine ends and corners bumped, jacket price-clipped, spine browned, spine ends and corners a little chipped, 1926; The Fairy Goose and two other stories, limited edition signed by the author below half-title, decoration in gold to title, jacket spine ends and corners chipped, chipping to joints, New York, 1927, first editions, original cloth or boards, dust-jackets; and 2 others, first and first American editions of Spring Sowing, 8vo (5)
Lot 113
Hamsun (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.
Lot 122
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)
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