With Illustrations by Willy Pogany Colum (Padraic) The Adventures of Odysseus and The Tale of Troy, sm. 4to L. 1920 First Edn.; also American Edition of same, N. York 1926. Signed by Author; also The King of Ireland's Son, sm. 4to L. 1920 First Illustrated Edn., all with cold. plts. & bl. & white decor. by Willy Pogany, orig. pict. cloth & decor. suede binding. Good. (3)
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Dolmen Press etc: Kinsella (Thomas) Nightwalker, D. 1967. First Gen. Lim. Edition (1000), wrappers. Signed Pres. Inscription 'To Sean and Mary Love and Greetings, Tom' [Sean J. White]; Another September, D. 1962, cloth; Selected Poems 1956 - 1968, roy 8vo D. 1973. First Edn.; & Fifteen Dead, D. 1979. First Edn., all wrappers; also Harmon (Maurice) The Poetry of Thomas Kinsella - 'With darkness for a nest,' D. 1974. First, cloth. As a lot. (5)
The Author's First Books Woods (Macdara) Decimal D. Sec. Drinks in a Bar in Marrakesch, roy 8vo D. (New Writer's Press) 1970. First Limited Edition of 200 Copies, orig. decorated colour wrappers; Early Morning Matins, 8vo Gallery 1972. Lim. Edn. 1000 Copies, cloth & pict. d.w.; Stopping the Lights in Ranelagh, D. (Dedalus) 1987. First Edn., pict. wrappers. (3) * All three volumes with Signed Presentation Inscriptions to Katherine Kavanagh, widow of poet Patrick Kavanagh.
A Collection of Seven First Edition War and Aircraft Related Books to Include Jungle Pilot by Barry Sutton 1946, The Big Show by Closterman 1951, Fly for Your Life by L. Forrester 1956, Last Flight from Singapore by A.G Donahue 1944, Hurricane Pilot by R. Walker 1947, The Dam Busters by P. Brickhill 1951 and Cheshire V.C by R Braddon 1954
Coalport limited edition Princess Anne Royal Wedding commemorative urn with eagle finial, painted panel signed H Lear, numbered 15/100, H: 32 cm. P&P group 2 (£20 for the first item and £2.50 for subsequent items) Condition Report: Restoration to finial, otherwise No visible chips, cracks or further restoration
Michael Cotton and Norbert Singer both signed large hardback book 24:16. Le Mans 24 Hours : 16 Wins with Porsche. Autobiography with Michael Cotton. Signed and dedicated to Alex on title page, dated 2006. First British Edition June 2006. Good condition with dust jacket. 208 pages. This book is sold on behalf of the Michael Sobell Hospice Charity. UK Shipping from £4.99, Europe from £6.99 and ROW from £9.99.
The Korean War paperback by Max Hastings. This edition published 1988. In decent condition with some creases down the spine. Hastings has collected first-hand accounts of those who fought on both sides to produce this book, a vivid and incisive reassessment of The Korean War. 486 pages. This book is sold on behalf of the Michael Sobell Hospice Charity. UK Shipping from £4.99, Europe from £6.99 and ROW from £9.99.
Hitler's Fortress Islands paperback by Carel Toms. The first photo-history of the German occupation of British Soil. In OK condition, lots of creases on book cover. Reissued in this new edition April 1971. 159 pages. This book is sold on behalf of the Michael Sobell Hospice Charity. UK Shipping from £4.99, Europe from £6.99 and ROW from £9.99.
The Boer War by Thomas Pakenham. The first full-scale history of the war since 1910, his narrative is based on first hand and largely unpublished sources ranging from the private papers of the leading protagonists to the recollections of survivors from both sides. Paperback in good condition. Abacus edition reprinted 2004. 659 pages. This book is sold on behalf of the Michael Sobell Hospice Charity. UK Shipping from £4.99, Europe from £6.99 and ROW from £9.99.
NO RESERVE Stevenson (Robert Louis) The Wrong Box, first edition, spotting, bookplate of Bryan Forbes to pastedown, hinges starting, original cloth, spine faded, spine ends and corners a little bumped, light marking and cockling to covers, 8vo, 1889.⁂ A good association copy - Brian Forbes (1926-2013) produced and directed the film adaptation of The Wrong Box in 1966, staring John Mills, Ralph Richardson and Michael Caine.
NO RESERVE Sitwell (Edith) Clowns' Houses, original stiff wrappers, faded, 1918; Wheels, 1919, colour pictorial endpapers, original pictorial cloth-backed boards, rubbed and a little soiled, 1919; Bucolic Comedies, bookplate to pastedown, original boards, loss to spine, 1923 § Sitwell (Sacheverell) The Cyder Feast, limited edition, signed by the author, original cloth, spine a little dulled, 1927; Doctor Donne & Gargantua, signed presentation inscription from the author, original cloth, dust-jacket, chipped and browned, 1930, first editions; and c.30 others, Sitwells, 8vo (c.35)
NO RESERVE Orczy (Baroness) The Elusive Pimpernell, first edition, ownership blindstamp to endpaper, original cloth, very light fading to spine, extremities rubbed, 1908 § Glyder (John) Lady-in-the-Moon, first edition, dust-jacket priced at 7/6, spine ends and corners chipped, light horizontal creasing, 1941, original cloth; and 6 others, similar, 8vo (8)
Wren (Percival Christopher) Beau Geste, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "To Alan Graham-Smith Esq. with the author's compliments & thanks for encouraging approval, Wren, Nov '24" to endpaper, light foxing, original first issue red cloth upper cover in blind, spine lettered in gilt, light fading spine, spine ends and corners bumped and worn, 8vo, [1924].⁂ Wren's most popular and enduring work, rare in the first edition, especially so inscribed. Alan Graham-Smith (1910-2006) was Wren's adopted step-son from his second marriage.
Barnes (Julian) England, England, first edition, dust-jacket, 1998; Arthur & George, first edition, original wraparound, 2005; Levels of Life, number 3 of 35 copies, slip-case, 2013; The Noise of Time, number 10 of 75 copies with facsimile notebook page in accompanying portfolio, slip-case, 2016, original cloth or boards; and 3 others by the same, 8vo (7)
Yeats (William Butler) The Green Helmet, first edition, limited edition of 400, bookplate of and signed by Lily Yeats, unopened, original cloth-backed boards, very slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, slight chipping to corners and spine extremities, 8vo, Dundrum, The Cuala Press, 1910.⁂ Lily Yeats, sister of W.B. Yeats, was a talented embroiderer who studied under May Morris, the daughter of William, before moving back to Ireland and setting up the Cuala Press with her sister Elizabeth.
NO RESERVE Rock and Roll & Pop.- Daltrey (Roger) Thanks a Lot Mr Kibblewhite. My Story, first edition, signed by the author on bookplate, original boards, dust-jacket, 2018 § Caine (Michael) The Elephant to Hollywood, limited edition, signed by the author, original boards, slip-case, 2010; and 18 others, rock & roll and celebrity memoir and similar, most signed, including Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds limited edition, 8vo & 4to (20)
NO RESERVE Simmonds (Posy) Cassandra Darke, first edition, signed by the author with a colour drawing of Cassandra Darke, illustrations by the author, original boards, 2018 § Steadman (Ralph) Garibaldi's Biscuits, first editions, signed by the author, illustrations by the author, original boards, 2008; and 7 others, by or about artists and illustrators, most signed, 4to & 8vo (9)
NO RESERVE Durrell (Lawrence) Tunc, first edition, original boards, dust-jacket, original Book Society Choice wrapround, 1968 § Miller (Henry) The Mezzotints, one of 200 copies, loose letterpress handbills printed on different coloured papers, original folding chemise, Paris, 1993; and 27 others, Durrell and Miller, 8vo (29)
Hornby (Nick) Contemporary American Fiction, first edition, signed by the author, original boards, dust-jacket, 1992; How to be Good, uncorrected proof copy, signed by the author, original wrappers, in original publisher's promotional cardboard box, 2001; A Long Way Down, limited edition, signed by the author, original boards, slip-case, 2005; Juliet, Naked, limited edition, signed by the author, original boards, slip-case, 2009; and c.30 others by the same, the majority signed, 8vo (c.35)⁂ An extensive collection of works by Hornby, including his rare first book.
Hume (Fergus W.) The Crime of the Crystal, advertisement f. at front, endpapers browned, 1901; The Lady From Nowhere. A Detective Story, spotting, 1901; The Disappearing Eye, 2pp. advertisements, browning and ink inscription to endpaper, 1909, first edition, original pictorial cloth, light rubbing to extremities, otherwise excellent; and 2 others by the same, 8vo (5)
Rowling (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, first edition, signed by the author 'To Kamaljit' on title, with hologram sticker to title, letters, stickers, balloons, ticket and other 'Moonlight Signing' ephemera loosely inserted, original pictorial boards, dent to foot of upper cover, dust-jacket, near-fine generally, 8vo, 2007.
Forester (C.S.) The Voyage of the Annie Marble, first edition, frontispiece, plates, spotting to fore-edge, original cloth, dust-jacket, spine ends and corners chipped, long tear through lower panel with tape repair, tearing and creasing to head and foot, light tea staining to upper panel, 8vo, 1929.⁂ A rare early Forester title, only a handful of copies recorded in the jacket.
NO RESERVE Doyle (Sir Arthur Conan) The Complete Sherlock Holmes Short Stories, reprint, 1937; The Conan Doyle Historical Romances, first edition, spotting to endpapers, 1931 § Sabatini (Rafael) Romances of the French Revolution, first edition, n.d. § Orczy (Baroness) The Scarlet Pimpernel Omnibus, tenth impression, jacket price-clipped, 1961, original cloth, dust-jackets, minor chipping to spine ends and corners, a few short tears and some creasing to head and foot; and 12 others, omnibuses and similar, 8vo (16)⁂ A good collection of omnibuses scarce in the jackets.
Gilbert (William) On the Magnet, [one of 250 copies] on Van Gelder paper, illustrations, 1ff. relating to the Gilbert Club loosely inserted at beginning, unopened, leather book-label of Haven O'More, original limp vellum, lower cover slightly stained, green silk ties, uncut, folio, Chiswick Press, 1900.⁂ First edition in English reproducing the woodcuts from the original edition (in Latin) of 1600, the first scientific study of electricity and magnetism.
Bulgakov (Mikhail) The Master and Margarita, translated by Michael Glenny, first American edition, jacket with light creasing to head of spine, New York, 1967 § Hemingway (Ernest) A Moveable Feast, first English edition, jacket with very light rubbing and creasing to extremities, 1964 § Coetzee (Michael) The Life and Times of Michael K, first edition, jacket spine sunned, Johannesburg, 1983; and 9 others, similar, 8vo (12)
NO RESERVE Ballard (J. G.) Miracles of Life, limited edition, slip-case, 2008 § Porter (Max) Lanny,with a signed limited edition broadside excerpt from the same, 2019 § Hollinghurst (Alan) The Stranger's Child, limited edition, slip-case, 2011 § Knausgaard (Karl Ove) Autumn, 2017; Winter, 2017, first or first English editions, signed by the authors, original boards, dust-jackets; and c.20 others by the same and similar, most signed, 8vo (c.25)
NO RESERVE Atkinson (Kate) Behind the Scenes at the Museum, reprint, 1996; Human Croquet, 1997; Emotionally Weird, signed by the author, 2000; Not the End of the World, 2002; Case Histories, 2004; One Good Turn, limited edition, signed by the author, slip-case, 2006; Will There Be Good News?, signed by the author, 2008; Started Early, Took My Dog, signed by the author, 2010; Life After Life, signed by the author, 2013; A God In Ruins, signed by the author, 2015; Transcription, limited edition, signed by the author, 2018; Big Sky, signed by the author, 2019, first editions unless where mentioned, original boards, all but One Good Turn with dust-jackets, near-fine generally, 8vo (12)⁂ A complete run of the author's novels and short stories published to date.
Rowling (J.K.) [A Full Set of the Deluxe Edition Harry Potter Novels], 7 vol., Philosopher's Stone and Prisoner of Azkaban second printings, the rest first deluxe editions, first impressions, original cloth with mounted colour illustrations, fine copies, all but 2 in the original cellophane wrapping, g.e., 1999-2007; and a paperback copy of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 8vo (8)
Barney (Natalie Clifford) Poems & Poèmes autres alliances, first edition, limited edition, faint abrasion marks to front pastedown and half-title, limitation number partially erased, original paper wrappers, original glassine wrapper, very slight chipping to spine foot, 4to, Paris & New York, 1920.
McEwan (Ian) The Child in Time, first edition, dust-jacket spine slightly faded, 1987; The Innocent, first edition, dust-jacket, 1990; Black Dogs, first edition, dust-jacket, 1992; Atonement, first edition, dust-jacket, spine slightly faded, 2001; Saturday, limited edition, slip-case, 2005; On Chesil Beach, limited edition, slip-case, 2007; Solar, limited edition, slip-case, 2010; Enduring Love, uncorrected proof, original wrappers, 1997, all signed by the author, all but the last in original boards; and 8 others by the same, all signed first editions, 8vo (16)
Verne (Jules) The Mysterious Island [Trilogy], 3 vol. comprising 'Dropped from the Clouds'; 'Abandoned' and The Secret of the Island, all but the last second editions, the last first edition, half-titles, frontispieces and plates, occasional spotting, the last with previous owner's ink inscription and cracked hinges, original pictorial cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, the last stained and a little faded, Sampson Low ..., 1876 & 75; and another, a second edition of 'The Secret of the Island', 8vo (4)
Greene (Graham) The Third Man and the Fallen Idol, first edition, browning to half-title, original cloth, dust-jacket, spine ends and corners a little chipped, small tape repair to head of spine verso, some creasing to head and foot of panels, upper panel with with light vertical creasing, light rubbing to extremities, still a very good, bright copy overall, 8vo, 1950.
NO RESERVE Fleming (Ian).- Faulks (Sebastian) Devil May Care, number 157 of 500 copies, original boards, in original hinged red satin box lettered in silver, 2008 § Boyd (William) Solo, first edition, signed by the author, original boards, dust-jacket, 2013 § Horowitz (Anthony) Trigger Mortis, limited edition, signed by the author, original boards, dust-jacket, 2015; and 12 others by Faulks and Boyd, 8vo (15)
NO RESERVE Mantel (Hillary) Bring Up the Bodies, signed by the author, 2012 § Atwood (Margaret) Hag-Seed, 2016; The Testaments, 2019, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets § Walters (Sarah) The Little Stranger, limited edition, signed by the author, original boards, slip-case, 2009; and c.25 others, similar, women writers, many signed, 8vo (c.30)
Conrad (Joseph) The Secret Agent, first edition, signed limited edition, portrait frontispiece, captioned tissue-guards, unopened, original boards, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, dust-jacket, lightly browned spine, slight chipping and creasing to extremities, 8vo, Privately Printed, 1923.
NO RESERVE Ishiguro (Kazuo) Nocturnes, limited edition, dust-jacket, slip-case, 2009; The Buried Giant, first edition, dust-jacket, 2015 § Mitchell (David) Black Swan Green, limited edition, slip-case, 2006; The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet, first edition, 2010 § Swift (Graham) Mothering Sunday, first edition, dust-jacket, 2016, signed by the authors, original boards; and c.20 others by the same and similar, most signed, 8vo (c.25)
Detective fiction.- Rinehart (Mary Roberts) and Avery Hopwood. The Bat, a Novel, popular edition, ink inscription to endpaper, jacket spine ends and corners chipped, 1928 § Wallace (Edgar) The Green Ribbon, twenty-sixth thousand, jacket spine ends and corners a little chipped, extremities rubbed, n.d. § Phillpotts (Eden) The Mystery of Sir William Wolf, first cheap edition, jacket with minor chipping to spine ends and corners, 1938 § [Tillett (Dorothy Stockbridge)], "John Stephen Strange". The Chinese Jar Mystery, fifth impression, jacket chipped at head and foot, chip to upper joint, extremities rubbed, 1938, original cloth, dust-jacket; and 7 others, early detective fiction reprints in dust-jackets, 8vo (11)
Ussher (Arland) From a Dark Lantern: A Journal, first edition, one of 350 copies, signatures of "Anne Yeats" and "M.B. Yeats" to front free endpaper, woodcut device to title, original linen-backed boards, some pages unopened, Dublin, The Cuala Press, 1978 § Colum (Paudraic) Ten Poems, one of 500 copies, this copy signed by the author to front free endpaper, ownership inscription, original cloth, Dublin, The Cuala Press, 1957 § Faulkner (Peter) William Morris and W. B. Yeats, limited edition, original cloth-backed boards, Dublin, The Dolmen Press, 1962, all with glacine dust-jackets; and 2 others, Irish literature, 8vo (5)
Verne (Jules) Around the World in Eighty Days, third English edition, small loss to spine extremities, 1874; From the Earth to the Moon, third edition, 1874; The Child of the Cavern, first English edition, previous owner's ink signature, 1877; Michael Strogoff, 1877; The Begum's Fortune, 1892, frontispiece, plates and illustrations, occasional spotting, original pictorial cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, Sampson Low ; and 18 others by the same, 8vo (23)
Heaney (Seamus) Eleven Poems, first edition, third issue, signed presentation inscription from the author "For Glyn [Hughes], After the reading, Seamus, 13th June 1968" to front cover verso, original stiff green printed wrappers, very light fading to spine, near-fine otherwise, 8vo, 1965.⁂ Heaney's first published collection. Glyn Hughes (1935-2011) poet, novelist and artist.
NO RESERVE Crane (Walter).- Collection of books from his family library.- Crane (Walter) The Baby's Bouquet, first edition, presentation copy from Crane to his two children, the inscription reading 'Beatrice & Lionel, with Father's Love, Nov 7 1875', colour full-page illustrations and decorations by Walter Crane, lacking front free endpaper, occasional staining, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, short split to lower joint, corners worn, rubbed, George Routledge and Sons, 1875 § Crane (Walter) The Baby's Opera, first edition, inscribed by Crane, 'Copy of first edition, 10, 000, 1877, Walter Crane', colour full-page illustrations and decorations by Walter Crane, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, corners worn, rubbed, 1877; and c.40 others, mostly works by Crane or with contributions by him but also including others like Randolph Caldecott (a presentation copy from him to Mrs. Walter Crane), all from the Crane family library, the majority with inscriptions by Crane himself or family members,v.s. (c.42)
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