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Lot 20

Blunden (Edmund) Halfway House. A Miscellany of New Poems, first edition, one of 70 copies signed by the author (this unnumbered, being 1 of 10 copies for presentation), original orange boards, faded, [Kirkpatrick A45b], Cobden-Sanderson, 1932 § Johnson (B.S.) Poems, first edition, original boards, dust-jacket, little rubbed at extremities, Constable, 1964 § Auster (Paul) Ground Work. Selected Poems and Essays, 1970-1979, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to title, original boards, dust-jacket, spine ends little rubbed, Faber and Faber, 1990; and c.23 others, Poetry, some signed or inscribed, v.s. (c.26)

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Lot 200

Powell (Anthony) A Buyer's Market, light damp-staining to upper cover, jacket price-clipped, spine ends and corners chipped with loss to imprint at foot of spine, a few small chips or tears to head and foot, some repairs and damp-staining to verso, 1952; The Acceptance World, light browning to endpapers, mottling to covers, jacket with light toning to spine, long closed tear to upper panel, spine chipped at head, 1955, first editions, original cloth, dust-jackets; and a first edition of Lady Molly's, 8vo (3)

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Lot 202

NO RESERVE Price (Harry) Poltergeist Over England, first edition, frontispiece, illustrations, original cloth, some light spotting to covers, dust-jacket, a few short tears with creasing to head and foot with neat repairs to verso, some light rubbing and surface soiling, 1945; and 4 others, supernatural, 8vo (5)

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Lot 204

Proust (Marcel) The Guermantes Way, translated by C.K. Scott Moncrieff, 2 vol., first English edition, ink ownership inscription 'David Higham' to front end papers, many pages unopened, original cloth, dust-jackets, toned, especially spines, joints and margins, vol. 1 small marginal tear lower panel and lower fold, spine head slightly frayed, vol. 2 large tear along upper joint and across upper panel, another small tear upper fold, extremities lightly worn, 8vo, Chatto & Windus, 1925.⁂ Extremely rare in the dust-jackets.

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Lot 206

Pullman (Philip) The Haunted Storm, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author on half-title "To Laurence Lee with best wishes Philip Pullman. Since I wrote it I feel justified in substituting my original title, which I prefer in any case...!" with a strike through the printed title and the new title "The Two Brothers" supplied, 2 A.L.s. from the author loosely inserted with envelope postmarked 1973, original cloth, some light fading to upper and lower edges, dust-jacket, some very light sunning to spine, light rubbing and creasing to tips of spine and corners, a sharp and excellent copy overall, 8vo, 1971.⁂ The author's rare first novel with a superb inscription and 2 charming letters, the first written when the author has just embarked on a new career as teacher "At the moment I am trying to teach 15 year old thugs about the beauty of words & the delights and value of English Literature. They raise their fingers at me; I do not blame them. My soul is acquiring the texture of chip-board." The second mentions working on "a radio play called The Tiger in the Well about 19th century Hungary."

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Lot 207

NO RESERVE Pullman (Philip) Galatea [2 copies], first edition, printed review slip loosely inserted, original boards, dust-jacket, light sunning to spine, near-fine otherwise, 1978; Northern Lights, limited edition, signed by the author, original boards, dust-jacket, slip-case, 2007; and 13 others. Pullman, 8vo (16)

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Lot 208

Pullman (Philip) The Shadow in the Plate, Oxford, OUP, 1986; The Tiger in the Well, Viking, 1991, first editions, signed by the author on title, original boards, dust-jackets, near fine copies; and a signed first edition of Spring-Heeled Jack, 8vo (3)⁂ The second and third books in the Sally Lockhart series.

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Lot 210

Punshon (E. R.) The Mystery of Lady Isobel, first edition, publisher's advertisements at end, scattered faint spotting, very faint abrasion mark to front free endpaper, original cloth, a little rubbed, bumping to corners and spine extremities, 8vo, 1907.⁂ The author's first mystery novel.

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Lot 213

Rankin (Ian) A Good Hanging, first edition, 1992; The Black Book, 1993; Mortal Causes, 1994; Let it Bleed, 1995; Black and Blue, 1997, first editions, signed and with one inscribed by the author to titles, some with doodle of hangman, original boards, dust-jackets, fine copies, 8vo (5)

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Lot 214

Robinson (W. Heath).- Kingsley (Charles) The Water-Babies, first trade edition, 8 colour plates and numerous illustrations by Charles Kingsley, original pictorial cloth, gilt, spine a little darkened, spine ends and tips of corners rubbed, dust-jacket priced at 6/-, spine darkened, spine ends and corners chipped with paper repairs to verso, extremities a little creasing, some light toning to panels, 4to, 1915.⁂ Rare in the dust-jacket.

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Lot 216

Rowling (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, first edition, signed by the author on endpaper, light marginal toning, original boards, slight shelf-lean, minor bumping to spine ends, dust-jacket, light sunning to spine, light creasing to head and foot, 8vo, 2000.

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Lot 217

Rowling (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, first edition, signed by the author "To James", on title, with hologram sticker to title, original pictorial boards, light crease to spine, dust-jacket, light creasing to head but near-fine generally, 8vo, 2007.

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Lot 221

NO RESERVE [Saint (Dora Jessie)] "Miss Read". Village School, 1955; Village Diary, jacket price-clipped, short tears with creasing to head, 1957; Storm in the Village, jacket with light toning to spine, 1958, first edition, illustrations by J.S. Goodall, original boards, dust-jackets; and 22 others, Miss Read, 8vo (25)

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Lot 222

Sayers (Dorothy L.) Whose Body?, first edition, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, small stain to lower board, else an excellent copy, 8vo, New York, Boni and Liveright, 1923.

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Lot 224

NO RESERVE Sherriff (R. C.) Journey's End. A Play in Three Acts, first edition, pencil ownership inscription 'David Higham' to front endpaper, original printed wrappers, price unclipped, some toning, upper joint, spine head and foot a little worn, 1929 § Jordan (Martin) For You the War Is Over, first edition, black and white illustrations, original cloth, dust-jacket, some toning, extremities lightly chipped, 1946 § Kipling (Rudyard) Puck of Pook's Hill, first edition, presentation inscription 'To Frank from Mrs Wood, Xmas 1906', bookplate 'Frank David Higham' to front pastedown, black and white illustrations, original cloth, spine head and foot slightly bumped, 1906; and 16 others, C20th literature, many first editions, 8vo (19)

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Lot 225

Sherriff (R. C.) and Vernon Bartlett. Journey's End, limited edition, signed by the authors, browning to endpapers, original vellum-backed cloth, 1930 § Sackville-West (Vita) The Dark Island, scattered spotting, light marking and abrasions to endpapers, original cloth, dust-jackets, chipping and creasing to head and foot, light surface soiling, 1934 § Sharpe (Tom) Riotous Assembly, jacket with light toning to spine, minor chipping to spine ends and corners, 1971 § Fowles (John) Daniel Martin, signed by the author, original boards, dust-jacket, light sunning to spine, 1977, all but the first first editions; and c.50 others, modern literature, v.s. (c.55)

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Lot 226

NO RESERVE Shute (Nevil) A Town Like Alice, first edition, browning to endpapers, original cloth, slight shelf-lean, light rubbing or fading to spine, dust-jacket, spine ends and corners a little chipped affecting author name at head of spine, light creasing to head and foot, extremities a little rubbed, with original Book Society wraparound band (lacking back portion), 8vo, 1950.

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Lot 228

NO RESERVE Stebel (S. L.) Narc, first edition, signed and inscribed by author, original cloth, dust-jacket, slight chipping to spine extremities, 1976 § Marshall (Raymond) In a Vain Shadow, first edition, small biro mark to title, original cloth, slight bumping to spine head, price-clipped dust-jacket, lightly sunned spine, slight chipping to spine extremities, 1951; The Way Transgressor, first edition, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, price-clipped dust-jacket, a little rubbed, slight chipping to spine extremities, 1952 § Eastwood (James) Murder Inc., occasional faint spotting, previous owner's ink signature, original cloth, dust-jacket, chipping and tears to edges, tape repairs to verso, rubbed, n.d. § Dewey (Thomas B.) Deadline, first edition, original cloth, slight bumping to spine head, dust-jacket, a little rubbed, slight creasing to edges, 1967; and 35 others similar, 8vo (40)

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Lot 230

Stoppard (Tom) Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, first paperback edition, signed by the author, corners very slightly bumped, original printed wrappers, light surface soiling to lower cover, spine very lightly sunned, otherwise generally bright and excellent, 8vo, 1967.⁂ From the collection of Ira Nadel, American-Canadian biographer of Stoppard, literary scholar and critic.

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Lot 231

Stoppard (Tom) Jumpers, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, light surface soiling to joints and folds, 1972; Lord Malquist & Mr Moon, first American edition, small defect to outer margin pp. 175-178, original cloth-backed boards, dust jacket, some light toning and surface soiling, 1966; Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, early reprint, signed by John Stride and Edward Petherbridge, with related postcard loosely inserted, original wrappers, [c.1968], all signed or inscribed by the author; and 17 others by the same, some signed or inscribed, some first editions, 8vo (20)⁂ Stride and Petherbridge played Rosencrantz and Guildenstern respectively in the original debut production in 1967 at the Old Vic Theatre; the postcard captures them on stage during a performance. No other copy of the play with all three signatures, Stoppard himself and the two protagonists, is known. Lord Malquist is Stoppard's only novel; signed first editions are scarce. From the collection of Ira Nadel, American-Canadian biographer of Stoppard, literary scholar and critic.

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Lot 233

Stoppard (Tom) Travesties, original wrappers, 1975; The Real Inspector Hound and After Magritte, original wrappers, spine very lightly sunned, 1975; The Coast of Utopia, Parts I - III, [2 copies], first edition, original boards, dust-jackets, spines lightly sunned, 2002, all signed by the author, the first two with uniform light marginal toning; and 17 others by the same, some signed or inscribed, some first editions, 8vo (21) ⁂ From the collection of Ira Nadel, American-Canadian biographer of Stoppard, literary scholar and critic.

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Lot 235

Thatcher (Carol) Below the Parapet: The Biography of Denis Thatcher, first edition, signed by Denis and Carol Thatcher to title, Margaret Thatcher on bookplate pasted to front free endpaper, and by Frederick Forsyth, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, 1996 § Dexter (Colin) The Remorseful Day, first edition, signed by author on bookplate pasted to front free endpaper, original cloth, dust-jacket, 1999 § Bennett (Alan) Allelujah! first edition, signed by author, original cloth, dust-jacket, 2018; and 17 others, all signed by authors, 8vo (20)

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Lot 236

Theroux (Paul) Picture Palace. A Novel, first trade edition, signed presentation inscription from the author 'To Monica Dickens, who is a much better writer than I am, With love, Paul Theroux' to half-title, original cloth, lettered in silver, edges foxed, dust-jacket, rubbed at extremities with minor chipping to head of spine, spotted verso, creased, Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1978 § Dibdin (Michael) The Last Sherlock Holmes Story, first edition of the author's first book, original boards, a few very small spots to fore-edge leading on to rear endpaper, dust-jacket, slightly rubbed at foot, a very good copy, Jonathan Cape, 1978 § Barnes (Julian) Staring at the Sun, first edition, signed by the author on title, original boards, top edge a trifle dust-soiled, dust-jacket, lightly rubbed and creased at extremities, Jonathan Cape, 1986; and 18 others, most Modern Literature, some signed or inscribed, v.s. (21).

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Lot 240

Tolstoy (Count Lev Nikolayevich "Leo") Resurrection, 3 parts in 2 vol., first French edition, translated by Teodor de Wyzewa, one of 25 copies on Hollande van Gelder, original yellow printed wrappers bound in, contemporary black half morocco over marbled boards, t.e.g., others uncut, fine copy, 8vo, Paris, Perrin & Cie., 1900.

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Lot 242

Tully (Jim) Circus Parade, first English edition, some light scattered spotting to edges as well as first and last few ff., original cloth, light fading to spine, dust-jacket, price-clipped, chip to foot of upper panel, a few short nicks with creasing to head and foot, light surface soiling, rubbing and scuffing to upper panel, 8vo, 1928.⁂ Tully's scarce second volume of autobiography based on his experiences with an American circus. The unvarnished descriptions of the hard life behind the curtain, including casual violence and sexual abuse horrified many circus-lovers (and owners) and led to the book being banned in Boston.

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Lot 243

Tutuola (Amos) The Palm Wine Drinkard, first edition, browning to endpapers, original cloth, bumping to foot of lower cover, dust-jacket, designed by Barnett Freedman, light browning to spine, light creasing to tips of spine and corners, a near-fine example generally, 8vo, 1952.⁂ Tutuola's first book and the first African novel published in English outside of Africa. The Palm Wine Drinkard was reviewed enthusiastically by Dylan Thomas and was translated into French by Raymond Queneau.

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Lot 244

Upton (Florence K.) The Golliwogg's "Auto-Go-Cart", first edition, colour illustrations, endpapers slightly browned, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, slightly soiled and with cloth a little mottled, in original plain dust-jacket, slightly chipped at edges and with 3 pieces missing from spine, oblong 4to, London, New York & Bombay, 1901.⁂ Very rare in the dust-jacket.

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Lot 245

van Gulik (Robert) The Chinese Maze Murders, first edition, full-page illustrations, original decorative cloth, very slight bumping to spine head, dust-jacket, lightly browned spine, lightly rubbed, slight creasing to top edge, one or two short tears to top edge, 8vo, The Hague and Bandung, W. Van Hoeve Ltd., 1956.

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Lot 247

Wain (Louis).- The Cat Scouts, The Cat Scouts, A Picture-Book for Little Folk... Verses and Tales by Jessie Pope, first edition, colour illustrations by Louis Waint throughout, some light foxing and finger-soiling, light browning to endpapers, original cloth-backed boards with colour pictorial onlay, rubbed, light wear to extremities, 8vo, [1912].

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Lot 248

Wallace (Edgar) The Four Just Men, first edition, first issue, half-title, folding frontispiece plate, with numbered 'solution' form on perforated stub at end, light marking and browning to endpapers, spotting to lower edge, original first state orange cloth blocked and lettered in black, minor dulling to spine, faint rubbing to extremities, but overall an excellent, sharp copy, 8vo, Tallis Press, 1905.⁂ A very good example of the author's crime novel that offered a substantial A£500 reward to one lucky reader who correctly "solved" the death of Sir Philip Ramon and sent the solution to the publishers via the form present at the back. The book was it seems reissued subsequently with a pictorial label over the reward statement on the upper cover, and with the solution rather than the form present at the end.

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Lot 250

Waugh (Evelyn) Labels: a Mediterranean Journal, first edition, frontispiece, plates, small marginal stain (p.163), modern half-morocco, gilt, 8vo, 1930.

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Lot 252

NO RESERVE Waugh (Evelyn) Helena, first edition, very light foxing to half-title, original boards, Uniform edition dust-jacket, lightly stained and rubbed, 1950; and 8 others by Waugh, Uniform edition, 8vo (9)

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Lot 253

Waugh (Arthur).- Priestley (J.B.) Adam in Moonshine, first edition, cut signature to Arthur Waugh signed and dated by Priestley tipped-in, faint spotting to first and last few leaves, original cloth, bumping to corners and spine extremities, 1927 § Waugh (Arthur) Tradition and Change: Studies in Contemporary Literature, first edition, signed and inscribed by author, original cloth, sunned spine, slight bumping to spine extremities, 1919, 8vo (2)

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Lot 258

Wheatley (Dennis) The Secret War, first edition, signed and inscribed by author, occasional spotting, advertisements at end, original cloth, a little rubbed, slight bumping to spine extremities, [1937]; Bill for the Use of a Body, first edition, signed and inscribed by author, original cloth, very slight bumping to spine head, dust-jacket, 2 short tears to spine head, 1964; The Strange Story of Linda Lee, signed and inscribed by author, book club edition, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, slight rubbing and chipping to extremities, 1973; Saturdays with Bricks (and other days under shell-fire), first edition, signed and inscribed by author, portrait frontispiece, plates, original cloth, dust-jacket, large section missing from back, short tears to spine head, rubbed, 1961; and 34 others by the same, 8vo (38)⁂ The first is believed to be inscribed to Percy Muir (1894-1979), antiquarian bookseller, bibliographer and author. 'For Percy with all the best of good wishes for Xmas and 1937. Dennis. Jan 4th 37.'

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Lot 261

Wodehouse (P.G.) Laughing Gas, first edition, half-title, 8pp. advertisements at end, very faint spotting to first few leaves, original cloth, slight bumping to spine head, dust-jacket, large tear to front, expertly repaired, small loss to spine extremities and top edge neatly restored, 8vo, 1936.

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Lot 262

Woolf (Virginia) Jacob's Rum, first Swedish edition, original printed pictorial wrappers, creasing to spines, chipping to extremities, [Kirkpatrick D191], 8vo, Stockholm, 1927.⁂ Seemingly the first translation of any of Woolf's works, rare in the original wrappers.

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Lot 264

NO RESERVE Woolf (Virginia) The Moment and other essays, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, sunning to spine, light toning to panels, 2 short tears to head of spine, otherwise excellent, 1947; and 3 others by the same, 8vo (4)

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Lot 266

Woolrich (Cornell) Black Alibi, first edition, light browning and faint abrasions to endpapers and pastedowns, original cloth, light rubbing to spine, dust-jacket, spine ends and corners chipped, splitting to foot of lower fore-edge, chipping to head of lower panel, extremities a little rubbed, 8vo, 1942.⁂ The third novel in Woolrich's "Black" series, the basis for the 1943 film noir The Leopard Man.

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Lot 267

Woolrich (Cornell) The Black Angel, light browning to endpapers, rubbing to extremities, insect damage to upper joint, jacket priced at $2.00, spine ends and corners chipped, splitting to fore-edges, a few small chips and creases to head and foot, light damp-stain to lower panel, Garden City, NY, 1943; Rendezvous in Black, jacket with very light sunning to spine, light rubbing and creasing to head and foot, faint damp-staining to foot of spine, New York, 1948, first edition, original cloth, dust-jackets, 8vo (2)

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Lot 268

NO RESERVE Wright (Peter) with Paul Greengrass. Spy Catcher, first edition, signed and inscribed by author, original cloth-backed boards, slight bump to spine foot, dust-jacket, slight creasing to spine extremities, 8vo, 1987.

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Lot 269

*** Please note, the description for this lot has changed.***Wyndham (John), "John Beynon". Planet Plane, first edition, endpapers lightly browned, occasional light finger-soiling, ?original cloth, lightly stained and marked, later dust-jacket without price, worn with tears and portions of loss, one or two crudely repaired, 8vo, [1936].⁂ A scarce early work of Wyndham's, under his rare pseudonym.

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Lot 270

Wyndham (John) The Midwich Cuckoos, first edition, light browning to endpapers, original boards, dust-jacket, very light sunning to spine, light rubbing to tips of spine and corners, a few light spots, but near-fine generally, 8vo, 1957.

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Aldiss (Brian W.) Non-Stop, first edition, 2 cut signatures of author loosely inserted, original cloth, slight bumping to spine head, dust-jacket, small loss to spine extremities and flaps, expertly restored and repaired, else an excellent copy, 8vo, 1958.

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Lot 30

Cain (James M.) The Postman Always Rings Twice, first English edition, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, small losses to spine extremities and flaps, expertly restored and repaired, sunned spine, a little rubbed, light spotting, in effect an excellent copy, 1934; and another copy of the same without a dust-jacket, 8vo (2)

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Lot 32

Capote (Truman) Other Voices Other Rooms, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, spine very lightly faded and slightly chipped at ends, else an excellent copy, 8vo, 1948.

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Lot 34

Carter (Angela) The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffmann, first edition, author's copy with bookplate, original cloth, dust-jacket, 1972; The Bloody Chamber and other stories, first edition, previous owner's ink inscription, original cloth, price-clipped dust-jacket, slight chipping to spine extremities, 1979, 8vo (3) ⁂ After Angela Carter's death she left behind an extensive working library. Her estate commissioned Sebastian Carter of Rampants Lion Press to design a small bookplate which was attached to the front endpapers of each book. The first listed has one of these labels.

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Lot 35

Chase (James Hadley) Safer Dead, first edition, previous owner's ink signature, original cloth, light fading to top edge, dust-jacket, faint spotting, one or two chips to edges, 1954; Tiger by the Tail, first edition, original cloth, sight bumping to spine head, dust-jacket, chipping and creasing to edges, small loss and tape repair to lower panel, 1954; This Way for a Shroud, first edition, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, small loss to spine extremities, one or two small tears, tape repairs to verso, 1953; I'll Bury My Dead, first edition, original cloth, a little rubbed, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, tear to spine, old tape repair to verso, slight chipping to corners and spine extremities, 1953; and others by the same, 8vo (44)

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Lot 36

Chevalier (Tracy) Girl with a Pearl Earring, first edition, signed by author, original boards, dust-jacket with misspelling of 'earring' to lower panel, slight creasing to top edge, overall an excellent copy, 8vo, 1999.

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Lot 37

Chevalier (Tracy) Girl With a Pearl Earring, first edition, cut signature of the author on title, original boards, first issue jacket with "earing" to lower panel, light fading to spine, 8vo, 1999.

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Lot 38

NO RESERVE Christie (Agatha) The Hollow, first edition, original cloth, fading to spine tips, dust-jacket, sunning to spine, rubbing and chipping to spine ends and corners, rubbing and light creasing to top edge, 1946; and 2 others by the same, 8vo (3)

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Allingham (Margery) Coroner's Pidgin, first edition, bookplate, original cloth, slight bumping to corners, fore-edge a little rubbed, dust-jacket, small loss to spine extremities, tissue repairs to verso, small tears and loss to folds, lightly sunned spine, a little rubbed, 8vo, 1945.⁂ Bookplate of authors and collectors David and Patricia Corey.

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Lot 40

Coetzee (J.M.) Dusklands, first edition, very light spotting to endpapers, original cloth, dust-jacket, very lightly marked and with slight shelf-lean but overall an excellent copy, 8vo, Johannesburg, 1974.

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Lot 41

Coetzee (J.M.) In the Heart of the Country, first English edition, signed by the author on title, also signed by activist Hassim Seedat, original cloth, a couple of small marks to spine and lower cover, dust-jacket, small abrasion mark to upper panel, spine head slightly chipped, wear to joints and corners, 1977 § Coetzee (J.M) and Paul Auster, Here and Now, number 56 of 110 copies signed by the authors and specially-bound, original two-tone leather, presentation slip-case, 2013, 8vo (2) ⁂ Hassim Seedat (1930-2019) was an English born barrister and political activist, active in the anti-apartheid campaigns mounted in the UK by the Anti-Apartheid Committee. He was chairman of the Global Organisation of People of Indian Origin (GOPIO) South African Chapter based in Durban, and built up an unprecedented collection of material on Indians in South Africa, with a particular focus on books, pamphlets, magazines and memorabilia from Gandhi's time in South Africa. He also contributed to the book, The South African Gandhi 1893-1914 (edited by Fatima Meer, 1995).

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Lot 42

Coetzee (J.M.) Waiting for the Barbarians, first edition, signed by the author to title, original boards, dust-jacket, spine sunned but still overall an excellent example, 8vo, 1980.

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Lot 43

Coetzee (J.M.) Life & Times of Michael K, first English edition, 1983; Waiting for the Barbarians, first South African edition, dust-jacket spine faded, Johannesburg, 1981, original boards, dust-jackets, excellent copies, 8vo (2)

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Lot 44

Coetzee (J.M.) Boyhood, 1997; Age of Iron, first American edition, 1990; Boyhood, first American edition, 1997; Diary of a Bad Year, a couple of light foxing marks to title and first few pages, 2007, first editions, signed by the author on titles, original boards, dust-jackets; and 4 others by Coetzee, all signed or inscribed, 8vo (8)

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Lot 46

Collier (John) His Monkey Wife, first edition, original cloth, very small mark to upper cover and slight fading to spine ends, dust-jacket with faded spine and fading encroaching onto panels, spine ends chipped, 8vo, 1930.⁂ The author's first book, a fantasy classic. A lonely schoolmaster in the Upper Congo unwittingly teaches his pet chimp to read. She devours the English classics and begins to exhibit the softer virtues of Victorian womanhood, but when the chimp gets a rival for the schoolmaster's affections she starts reading "Murders in the Rue Morgue."

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NO RESERVE Auden (W.H.) and Louis MacNeice. Letters from Iceland, first edition, plates, light foxing, original cloth, light bumping to spine ends and corners, dust-jacket, light toning to spine, internal tear to rear panel, light rubbing and creasing to head and foot, original printed Book Society wraparound band (light sunning to spine, short tear to head of upper joint), 8vo, 1937.⁂ Rare with the original wraparound band.

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Lot 50

Crowley (Aleister).- Baudelaire (Charles) Little Poems in Prose, first edition of this translation, one of 800 copies, 2pp. errata, 3pp. advertisements, 12 plates by Jean de Bosscher, some light foxing, original suede-backed cloth with suede label to upper cover, light rubbing to spine tips, otherwise excellent, original card slip-case, (some wear to extremities), 8vo, Paris, Edward Titus, 1925.

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Lot 52

Dahl (Roald) Going Solo, first edition, signed by the author to half-title, illustrations, original boards, dust-jacket, lightly marked, 8vo, 1986.

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