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Click here to subscribeGreene (Graham) Our Man in Havana, jacket with light toning to spine, tear to lower pane, with tape staining, 1958; ; A Burnt -Out Case, light browning to endpapers, jacket price-clipped, 1961; The Comedians, jacket price-clipped else fine, 1966, first edition, original boards, dust-jackets; and 23 others, Greene, 8vo (26)
Heaney (Seamus) Door into the Dark, first edition, 'Poetry Book Society Bulletin' loosely inserted, original cloth, gilt, fractional bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, very slight creasing to top edge, a little rubbed, 1969; Beowulf, first edition, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, fractional creasing to spine head, 1999; The Rattle Bag: An Anthology of Poetry, first edition, selected by Seamus Heaney and Ted Hughes, original cloth, dust-jacket, slight creasing and one small tear to extremities, 1982; and 3 others, Wordsworth poems selected by Heaney and 2 pamphlets of Heaney's 'Among Schoolchildren' lecture given in memory of John M. Malone, 8vo, (6)
Bell (Mary Hayley) The Winged Boy, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, illustrations by Molly Blake, original stiff pictorial wrappers, some fading or creasing to extremities, 8vo, Poole, Printing Alliance, 1975.⁂ Rare, privately printed children's story by the author of Whistle Down the Wind.
Heinlein (Robert) Orphans of the Sky, first edition, very faint spotting to first few leaves, original cloth, price-clipped dust-jacket, tiny tear to spine foot, neat repair, fractional creasing to spine head, 8vo, 1963.⁂ Including the novellas 'Universe' and 'Common Sense', which were originally published in Astounding Science Fiction as a two-part serial in 1941.
Hill (Susan) The Enclosure, first edition, cut signature of the author to title, original boards, spine ends a little bumped, dust-jacket, light sunning to spine, 2 short closed tears to head, light creasing to head and foot, a very good copy, 8vo, 1961.⁂ The author's scarce first novel, written when she was 15 and published when she was 19.
[Hope Hawkins (Sir Anthony)] "Anthony Hawkins". The Prisoner of Zenda, first edition, ?second or third issue, author's cut signature loosely inserted, with 'f' on spine uncrossed and 6 titles advertised on title verso, occasional light spotting, cracked upper hinge, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, lightly sunned spine, 8vo, Bristol, J. W. Arrowsmith, [1894].
Hyams (Edward W.) The Wings of the Morning, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to endpaper, some scattered spotting, original cloth, foxing and browning, dust-jacket, spine ends and corners chipped, portion of loss to head of upper panel affecting first word of title, a few short tears and creasing to head and foot, 8vo, 1939.⁂ The rare first novel by the anarchist and gardener Hyams. A form of future war novel, we can trace no other inscribed copies.
Irving (John) Last Night in Twisted River, first English edition, signed by author, original cloth, dust-jacket, slight creasing to extremities, 2009 § Ballard (J.G.) Running Wild, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, slight creasing to spine head, 1988 § Dahl (Roald) Going Solo, first edition, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, slight creasing to spine head, 1986 § Ayrton (Michael) The Maze Maker, first edition, previous owner's ink signature, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities,dust-jacket, slight creasing to extremities, 1967 § Frayn (Michael) The Human Touch, first edition, signed by author, original cloth, dust-jacket, 2006 § Byatt (A.S.) Elementals: Stories of Fire and Ice, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, 1998; and 24 others, first editions, 8vo (30).
Ishiguro (Kazuo) & others. Introduction 7: Stories by New Writers, first edition, signed by Ishiguro, original cloth, very slight bumping to spine head, dust-jacket, minor creasing to spine head, else an excellent copy, 8vo, 1981.⁂ Three stories by Ishiguro, his first appearance in book form.
NO RESERVE James (Henry) The Wings of the Dove, first English edition, first 4 pp. loose including half-title and title, very occasional light foxing or finger soiling, hinges broken, original cloth, library sticker to upper cover, covers scuffed, spine darkened, two small tears at spine head, 8vo, Archibald Constable & Co., ltd., 1902.
James (P.D.) Death in Holy Orders, first edition, signed by author, original boards, slight bumping to spine head, dust-jacket, very slight creasing to spine head, 2001; and a 3 page typescript titled 'Fingerprinting of Suspects' with annotations and corrections by P. D. James, 8vo & 4to (2)
Kafka (Franz) Das Urteil. Eine Geschichte, first edition in book form, light browning to endpapers, original wrappers, upper cover detached and lower cover working loose, some small tears and portions of loss to margins of upper cover, Leipzig, Kurt Wolff Verlag, 1916 § Gide (André) Montaigne, one of 300 copies signed by the author to limitation page, endpapers lightly spotted, original cloth, gilt, lightly faded, 1929 § Updike (John) Telephone Poles and Other Poems, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, lightly marked with short tear to spine head, else an excellent copy, 1963; and 8 others, modern literature, 4to & 8vo (11)⁂ First is first book edition, altered from the first printing in "Arkadia" of 1913.
Lawrence (T.E.) Seven Pillars of Wisdom, first trade edition, portrait frontispiece, plates and maps, original buckram, gilt, dust-jacket, surface soiling, some creasing to head and foot, chip to head of lower joint, but generally excellent, 1935; The Mint, limited edition, original roan-backed cloth, uncut, original card slip-case (some light soiling and wear to extremities), 1955, 8vo (2)
Bentley (E. C.) Trent's Last Case, first edition, light marking to covers, [c.1900]; The Woman in Black, first American edition, light spotting to endpapers, New York, 1913; Cás deireanach Trent, first Irish language edition, spotting to endpapers, some fading and toning to covers, Dublin, 1934, original cloth, some toning to spines, spine ends and corners a little bumped, extremities a little rubbed, 8vo (3)⁂ A good group of differing first editions of this classic mystery, including the rare first Irish language edition.
Le Carré (John) The Le Carré Omnibus, first edition, original cloth, fractional bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, tear to back neatly repaired, slight chipping to extremities, small tear to spine foot, 8vo, 1964.⁂ le Carré's first two novels, Call for the Dead and Murder of Quality released together by Gollancz to capitalise on the success of Spy Who Came in From the Cold.
Le Carré (John) The Naive and Sentimental Lover, uncorrected proof copy, some light spotting, original printed wrappers, light foxing and creasing to spine, proof dust-jacket, light sunning to spine, folding creases to spine and upper panel, creasing to head, extremities rubbed, 8vo, 1971.⁂ Rare, we can trace no other example at auction in the proof dust-jacket which has notable differences to the jacket that accompanied the first edition.
Le Carré (John) The Night Manager, first edition, second impression, signed by author, additionally inscribed by former ITN news presenter Sandy Gall, original cloth, dust-jacket, 1993; The Honourable Schoolboy, first edition, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, price-clipped dust-jacket, short tear to top edge, slight rubbing to extremities, 1977; Smiley's People, first edition, previous owner's ink inscription, original cloth, slight bumping to spine foot, dust-jacket, slight rubbing to extremities, 1980; and 7 others by the same, 8vo (10)
Le Carré (John) Our Game, first edition, first printing, original cloth, slight bumping to spine head, dust-jacket, slight creasing to top edge, 1995; Nervous Times, one of 250 copies signed by author, portrait frontispiece, original morocco-backed boards, lightly rubbed, 1998; and 2 others by the same, including an uncorrected proof of 'A Perfect Spy', 8vo (4)⁂ In the original first state dust-jacket, suppressed due to the author's dislike of the design.
Le Carré (John) The Tailor of Panama, first edition, original cloth, small mark to upper cover, dust-jacket, 1996; Smiley's People, first English edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, small tear to spine foot, slight creasing to extremities, 1980 § Hemingway (Ernest) A Moveable Feast, first English edition, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, faint spotting, slight rubbing to spine extremities, 1964 § Shute (Nevil) Trustee from the Toolroom, first edition, original cloth, slight bumping to spine head, dust-jacket, small tear to edge, slight chipping to spine extremities, 1960 § Wells (H.G.) Apropos of Delores, first edition, original cloth, slight bump to spine head, price-clipped dust-jacket, a little rubbed, 1938; and 2 others, Le Carré first editions, 8vo (7)
Berkeley (Anthony) "Francis Iles". Malice Aforethought, first edition, some foxing, especially at beginning and end, original cloth, slightly soiled, 8vo, 1931.⁂ An interesting volume in that Victor Gollancz initiated - or at least tried to initiate - the paperback revolution by producing this crime novel under his "Mundanus" imprint as a 3/- paperback (when hardbound volumes were 7/6). Although it did not quite take off a number of paperback copies are still circulating in the collector's world. Much less common is the considerably smaller print run hardback edition which Gollancz issued for the library market - a market that remained highly lucrative for the publisher's crime fiction list for years to some. Understandably these hardback copies were heavily stamped and equally heavily used. This copy, in its original binding, has not been subject to any library (mis)use and, despite inevitable foxing to prelims and edges, is in near very good condition.
NO RESERVE Le Carré (John) Single & Single, first edition, bookplate signed by author to title, original cloth, slight bumping to spine head, dust-jacket, booksellers labels to front, a little rubbed, 1999 § Christie Mallowan (Agatha) Come, Tell Me How You Live, first edition, map frontispiece, plates, scattered faint spotting, previous owner's pencil signature, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, dust-jacket, loss to spine extremities, some creasing and tearing to edges, rubbed and worn, 1946 § Durrell (Lawrence) Quinx or The Ripper's Tale, first edition, signed and dated by author, original cloth, dust-jacket, 1985 § Greene (Graham) The Comedians, first edition, previous owner's ink inscription, original cloth, dust-jacket, slight chipping to corners and spine extremities, 2 small tape repairs to verso, 1966 § James (Norah C.) Sleeveless Errand, first French edition, bookplate, original cloth-backed boards, a little rubbed, Paris, 1929; and 17 others, most first editions, 8vo (22)
Le Carré (John) Our Kind of Traitor, limited edition, slip-case, 2010 § Forsyth (Frederick) The Day of the Jackal, light browning to endpapers, dust-jacket spine ends and corners rubbed and a little chipped, 1971 § James (P. D.) Original Sin, light toning to margins, dust-jacket with short tear and light creasing to head, 1994 § Francis (Dick) Rat Race, light browning to endpapers, dust-jacket, price-lipped, 1970, first editions, original boards; and 10 others, thrillers, 8vo (14)
Lee (Laurie) Cider With Rosie, reprint, 1965; As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning, first edition, 1969; A Moment of War, first edition, 1991, all signed by the author, original boards, dust-jackets, some very light sunning to spines, some light creasing to head, but excellent or near-fine generally, 8vo (3)⁂ A signed set of Laurie Lee's autobiographical trilogy, his most significant literary contribution.
NO RESERVE Lee (Harper) Go Set a Watchman, first English edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, 2015; Go Set a Watchman, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, New York, 2015, 8vo (2)⁂ The first is one of the few early copies with publisher's printing errors. Lines of text missing at the bottom of 6 pages between p.252 and p.277.
Lewis (C.S.) That Hideous Strength, first edition, original boards, dust-jacket, a few small chips or short tears to head and foot, creasing to head of spine, internal tear to lower joint, light rubbing to head and foot, but generally excellent overall, 1945; and 6 others by the same, 8vo (7)
London (Jack) Dutch Courage, first edition, photographic portrait frontispiece, 7 plates, original pictorial cloth, spine gilt, lower cover lightly creased, 2 white flacks to lower joint, dust-jacket, front flap trimmed at an odd angle (as usual), piece missing from head of spine (majority loosely inserted, which completes title), couple of short tears, chipped, lightly soiled, New York, Macmillan, 1922 § Hunter (John), "L.H. Brenning". Boulevard, first edition, some foxing, heavier at ends, occasional spotting, original green cloth, short scratch to head of upper cover, edges spotted, dust-jacket, piece missing from head of spine with loss of a 3 letters of title, a few chips, the odd spot, creased, Cassell, 1931 § Lewis (C.S.) The Trouble with "X", first trade edition, lightly browned, original pictorial wrappers, very small chip to lower corner of upper wrapper, The Church Union, [c.1948] § Marchant (Sir James, editor) The Cinema in Education, first edition, tables, graphs, occasional spotting, endpapers lightly browned, original cloth, spine gilt, dust-jacket, chipped, 1925; and c.27 others, most Modern Literature, some signed or inscribed, v.s. (c.31)
Machen (Arthur) The Chronicle of Clemendy, first edition, one of 250 copies, the illustrator's copy and with author's A.L.s., photogravure frontispiece and vignettes by Herbert Jones, signed by Jones in ink on front free endpaper, frontispiece and vignette on limitation leaf recto both signed in pencil by Jones, as is his bookplate on front pastedown, some foxing, especially at beginning and end, loosely inserted A.L.s. by the author to "Dear Mr. Jones" dated 10.5.88, discussing the book and its sales, original vellum-backed boards, spine a little soiled, cloth slip-case, [Bleiler, Supernatural Fiction 1069], 8vo, Carbonnek [London], Privately Printed for the Society of Pantagruelists, 1888.⁂ A fine association copy of Machen's first collection of short stories.
Machen (Arthur) The House of Souls, first edition, original pictorial cloth, spine a little soiled, 1906; Fantastic Tales or The Way to Attain, one of 1050 copies signed by the author, original parchment-backed boards, dust-jacket a little browned, Privately Printed, 1923; The Hill of Dreams, first edition, presentation copy initialled by the author on front free endpaper and with his name and address on verso, original cloth, corners rubbed and bumped, 1922; and 44 others by or about Machen, 8vo (47)
NO RESERVE MacLean (Alistair) The Way to Dusty Death, first edition, original cloth, very slight bumping to spine extremities, price-clipped dust-jacket, very slight rubbing to extremities, 1973; The Golden Gate, first edition, original cloth, bumping to spine head, dust-jacket, slight rubbing and creasing to extremities, 1976; and a book club edition of 'When Eight Bells Toll' by the same, 8vo (3).
Mantel (Hilary) A place of greater safety, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author on title, double-page map of Revolutionary Paris, edges lightly toned, original boards, dust-jacket, spine faded, Viking, 1992; and 2 others by the same, first editions with presentation inscriptions, 8vo (3)⁂ The author's first work of historical fiction.
McEwan (Ian) The Comfort of Strangers, 1981; The Cement Garden, 1978; The Child in Time, boards lightly marked, 1987; The Innocent, 1990; Black Dogs, 1992; Saturday, limited edition, original slip-case, 2005; , first editions, signed by the author to title or limitation page, original cloth, dust-jackets, fine copies; and 2 others by McEwan, including an unsigned proof copy of The Innocent, 8vo (8)
NO RESERVE McEwan (Ian) Other Minds, one of 100 copies, from an edition of 138, signed by the author to limitation page, 2001; Atonement, first edition, signed by the author to title, 2001, original cloth, second with dust-jacket, fine copies, 8vo (2)⁂ The first is an extract from the latter.
Miller (Henry) The Rosy Crucifixion. Book One. Sexus, 2 vol., first edition, light scattered spotting to edges, original cloth, vol. 1 spine with light damp-staining, Paris, Obelisk Press, 1949; Max and the White Phagocytes, second edition, scattered spotting, usual light marginal browning, original wrappers, spotting to covers, creasing to spine, split to head of upper joint, Paris, Obelisk, 1949; and the Turret Books edition of What are you going to do about Alf, 8vo (4)
NO RESERVE Milne (A. A.) Winnie-The-Pooh, first edition, front pictorial endpapers defective with corners torn away, first gathering working loose, occasional light spots, upper cover marked, 1926; The House at Pooh Corner, first edition, endpapers lightly stained and torn, pencil scribblings to first few pages, fore-edge spotted, 1928; When We Were Very Young, second edition, small ink ownership name to pastedown, lightly browned, 1924; Now We Are Six, second edition, ownership inscription and bookplate to endpapers, lightly spotted,1927, original pictorial cloth, gilt, lightly rubbed, spine ends bumped and creased, 8vo (4)
Munnings (Sir Alfred) Ballads and Poems, number 34 of 250 copies signed by the author, frontispiece, faint spotting to first and last few leaves, original cloth, lightly sunned bottom edge, dust-jacket, faint spotting, small loss to top edge, chipping, a little rubbed, 1957 § [Munnings (Lady Violet)] "Black Knight". The Diary of a Freeman, first edition, inscribed and signed 'Black Knight', frontispiece by Sir Alfred Munnings, plates, original cloth, very slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, small tears and loss to top edge, a little rubbed, chipping to spine extremities, 1953; and a Royal Academy Sir Alfred Munnings catalogue, 8vo (3).⁂ The inscription to the second reads, "'May your day be happy' is the wish of the Author Black Night. all royalties go towards paying for the Animal Ambulance given to the PDSA".
Betjeman (John) Ghastly Good Taste [2 copies], one of 200 copies signed by the author, original roan-backed cloth, some rubbing to spine, slip-case, Anthony Blond, 1970; Summoned By Bells [2 copies], first trade edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, some light toning to spine and spotting to upper panel, 1960; and 22 others, Betjeman and Piper, 4to & 8vo (26)
NO RESERVE [O'Connell (Rev. F. W.)] "Conall Cearnach". The Fatal Move and other stories, first edition, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, small loss to spine head, beginning to split at spine, chipping and one or two small tears to edges, 8vo, Dublin, 1924.⁂ The pseudonym "Conall Cearnach" was taken from Irish mythology where he was a Warrior of the Ulster Cycle and a protector of Ulster. The Fatal Move is a chess related story, with the others being Irish supernatural and ghost stories.
O'Duffy (Eimar) King Goshawk & the Birds, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to endpaper, original cloth, spine slightly browned, dust-jacket, price-clipped, light toning to spine, spine ends and corners chipped, internal tear to spine, chipping and creasing to head and foot, 8vo, 1926.⁂ Satirical novel by the Irish nationalist author, rare signed.
Orwell (George) Down and Out in Paris and London, first edition, occasional scattered spotting, small tape repair to title, marginal tear to gutter (p.15), p.17 with strengthened with tape at gutter, short marginal tear (p.47), ex-library with ink-stamp to title verso, modern morocco-backed boards, gilt, 8vo, 1933.⁂ Orwell's rare first novel.
[Blixen (Karen)] "Isak Dinesen". Seven Gothic Tales, first edition, colour frontispiece by Rex Whistler, some light scattered spotting to edges, ink name erased from endpaper, original cloth, light fading to spine, dust-jacket, spine browned, spine ends and corners chipped, some creasing to head, light rubbing to extremities, but a very good example overall, 8vo, 1934.⁂ The author's first book.
Pound (Ezra).- Dialogue. Journal des Livres et des Idées, number 3, Pound's own copy of this tribute issue with a signed presentation inscription from Piero Sanavio, bifolium, folds, lightly browned, Lausanne, 1967 § Cuala Press.- Pound (Ezra) Certain Noble Plays of Japan: From the Manuscripts of Ernest Fenollosa, Chosen and Finished by Ezra Pound, with an Introduction by William Butler Yeats, first edition, one of 350 copies, printed in red and black, related plate tipped-in between pp.24 and 25, original cloth-backed boards, corners little worn, lightly marked and stained, Churchtown, Dundrum, Cuala Press, 1916; and 3 others, Pound, including a first of Fifth Decad, Faber, 1937 v.s. (5) ⁂ The first mentioned is an issue devoted entirely to Pound. Sanavio had provided the lead article, which argues the case for Pound to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. Other contributors include Hemingway, Borges, Wyndham Lewis, T.S. Eliot, and Edith Sitwell. From the library of Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., with his bookplate loosely included.
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