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Japan.- [Crasset (Jean)] The History of the Church in Japan. Written Originally in French...translated into English. By N.N. [George Webb], 2 vol., first English edition, lightly browned, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed, rebacked, new endpapers, 4to, 1705-07.⁂ Originally published in France in 1689.

Japan.- Fonblanque (Edward Barrington de) Niphon and Pe-che-li; or, Two Years in Japan and Northern China, second edition, folding map, 10 plates, 3 folding, 6 chromo- or tinted lithographs, light foxing, frontispiece creased across lower outer corner, 1863 § Macfarlane (Charles) Japan; an Account, Geographical and Historical, first edition, half-title, wood-engraved frontispiece and illustrations, folding map (torn and repaired), a little browned, some spotting, 1852, both original pictorial cloth, gilt, rubbed, recased, new endpapers, 8vo (2)

Japan.- Griffis (William Elliot) The Mikado's Empire, fifth edition, wood-engraved plates and illustrations, 8pp. catalogue of books on Japan from Kelly & Walsh of Yokohama tipped in at beginning, book-label of Rex & Co., Berlin, original cloth, very slightly rubbed, New York, 1886 § Hartshorne (Anna C.) Japan and her People, 2 vol., first edition, photogravure plates, captioned tissue guards, folding colour map, an excellent bright copy in original pictorial red cloth, gilt, red cloth dust-jackets, spines slightly faded and stained, together in original cloth slip-case (rubbed and stained), Philadelphia, 1902, 8vo (3)

Artist's proof, signed, dated and inscribed in pencil (in the margin), and inscribed 'For Denis and Jane, Terry, 1971', no edition, possibly only 6 proofs pulled, etching (Dimensions: 26cm x 21cm (10.25in x 8.25in))(26cm x 21cm (10.25in x 8.25in))Footnote: Provenance : From the Estate of an important St. Ives’s artist Note: ST. IVES Nestled along the coast of West Cornwall, St Ives is a fishing town that quickly became a centre for modern and abstract developments in British art. A cultural and artistic haven since the late 1800s, St Ives has been known to attract and enchant artists from across the world. In 1939, sculptor Dame Barbara Hepworth and then husband, artist Ben Nicholson, settled in St Ives and established a base for the abstract, avant-garde movement in Britain. With the end of World War II, a new generation of artists began to emerge, led by Hepworth and Nicholson. These artists had a shared interest in abstraction and a deep fascination with the coastal landscape of West Cornwall. Many used the shapes, forms, and colours of the fishing town as a source of inspiration in their work. This forward-thinking collective of artists, which included Peter Lanyon, Roger Hilton, W. Barns-Graham , and Patrick Heron, became known as the ‘St Ives School’. Denis Mitchell, an English abstract sculptor, was one of the artists who became an active member in this artistic community following WWII. From 1949-59, he acted as Hepworth’s assistant and personally worked on many of her sculptures. It was during this decade that Mitchell developed an interest in the purity of form and the manipulation of space. His sculptures, such as the gravity-defying Carn Galver II , 1968 (Lot 236) and the sleek Roseveor , 1985 (Lot 238), show a strong understanding of balance, line, movement and light. Mitchell’s works, although abstract in form, remain rooted in the landscape of St Ives. Working primarily in bronze and wood, he often hand carved his works and hand finished his bronzes. Mitchell placed great emphasis on texture and material in the design and execution of his sculptures. Other notable British abstract artists with strong involvement in the St Ives School were Sir Terence (Terry) Frost R.A. and Breon O’Casey. Terry Frost began his artistic career in his 30s, after befriending English painter Adrian Heath while in captivity at a Bavarian prison camp during WWII. Frost attended several different art schools upon his return to England and spent a year in St Ives, before holding his first solo show there in 1947. He continued to exhibit in St Ives over the years and settled there in 1951, working as an assistant to Barbara Hepworth. It was during this time that he developed and refined his distinctively vibrant, geometric abstract style, which typically involved colourful patterns of overlapping squares, rectangles and half-circles, as evident in his works Sun and Boat (Kemp 135), circa 1992-1996 (Lot 228), Timberaine E (Kemp 207e), 2000-01 (Lot 271) and The Island, 1950 (Lot 232). Breon O’Casey was another St Ives artist who worked with both Denis Mitchell and Barbara Hepworth, and found inspiration in the Cornish light, colour and landscape. O’Casey moved to St Ives in the 1950s and lived in Cornwall until his death in 2011. He began as an apprentice for Mitchell but quickly moved on to assist Hepworth, working part-time in her studio alongside Terry Frost. In 1962, O’Casey began experimenting with his own pictorial vocabulary of geometric form. Like Frost, he painted in a uniquely abstract manner, capturing the world around him through a series of circles, triangles and squares, like that in his oil painting Red Sun (Lot 237). The physical, cultural and social landscape of St Ives had a profound impact on these artists, and ultimately encouraged a new abstract, modern art movement in Britain. Lyon & Turnbull are honoured to offer this diverse range of artworks from the zenith of the St Ives School.

First edition, comprising coffee pot, five cups and four saucers, printed manufacturer's marks including facsimile signature (Dimensions: The teapot 17.5cm high (6.87in high))(The teapot 17.5cm high (6.87in high))Footnote: The set was produced as part of an adventurous project devised by Thomas Acland Fennetmore, sales manager of the china manufacturers E. Brain & Co. Ltd., who traded under the name Foley China. It involved the commissioning of a large number of designs for tableware from a range of contemporary artists, each of whom were paid £10 per design plus royalties. The results of the project were displayed alongside many of the original design drawings in the exhibition ‘Modern Art for the Table,’ which opened at Harrods on 22 October 1934 and was subsequently shown at other venues.Condition report: The teapot has two hairline cracks and a few minor chips to the bottom foot rim. Three cups with hairlines. One saucer restuck (glued). Odd light surface marks to saucers. Colours appear good and not to have faded.

Impressed artist's seal, with red band and sgraffito white lines (Dimensions: 9.7cm high, 23cm diameter (3.8in high, 9.06in diameter))(9.7cm high, 23cm diameter (3.8in high, 9.06in diameter))Footnote: Literature: Lucie Rie: A Retrospective , Tokyo NATMA, First Edition, 2010, no. 199 for a similar example. This similar example is held in the collection of The Museum of Ceramic Art, Hyogo.Condition report: The ceramic appears sound. Possibly a very minor loss to the inner edge of the foot rim, almost impecetible. Examined under ultraviolet light and no signs of restoration. Subject to the above in very good contiion.

William Boyd, Works, first and limited editions, signed by the author [most UK, 1981-1998] A group of 25 works, comprising: A Good Man in Africa (1981, a fine copy), On the Yankee Station (1981), On the Yankee Station (1984, first US edition), An Ice Cream War (1982), Stars and Bars (1984), School Ties (1985), The New Confessions (1987), Brazzaville Beach (1990), The Blue Afternoon (1993), Cork (1994, Ulysses Press, number IV of 60 copies signed by the author and artist, original quarter morocco), The Destiny of Nathalie, and other stories (1995), Transfigured Night (1995, original printed wrappers), Visions Fugitives (1997, original printed wrappers), Armadillo (1998), Protobiography (1998, letter Q of 26 copies in Quarter cloth and marbled boards), Nat Tate (1998), A Haunting (2000, number 74 of 200 copies in cloth), Any Human Heart (2002), Fascination (2004), Restless (2006), Ordinary Thunderstorms (2009), Solo (2013), Longing (2013, original printed wrappers), Sweet Cares (2015), The Dreams of Bethany Mellmoth (2017), all signed by the author, original cloth or boards unless specified, dust-jackets where applicable, a fine set, 8vo

Kenneth Williams, Just Williams: an autobiography, with a small archive of his personal correspondence to a friend [London, 1985 & October 1983-May 1985] one volume (Just Williams, the autobiography, first edition, 1985) together with 8 handwritten and 9 typed letters signed by Kenneth Williams, together with a statement about how the recipient came to meet the actor, 8vo and each letter c. 295 by 210 mm. The posthumous publication of sections of Kenneth Williams’ diaries revealed an acerbic side to his character, perhaps that he cultivated in private for only himself, and the subsequent publication of parts of his correspondence with public figures also has flashes of this. However, it is in his private and usually unpublished correspondence with friends outside of show-business that we can see a warmth and generosity hidden from view elsewhere. The recipient of these letters met the actor on an ill-fated trip with a travelling companion from Sweden to the United Kingdom, where a series of miscalculated steps left him stuck outside the closed Swedish Embassy in London without sufficient money to make ends meet. He met the actor in the street, who took pity on him, struck up conversation about his own meetings with Ingrid Bergman, put the two travellers up in a hotel indefinitely at his own cost, lent them money and arranged for their onward travel. The young man’s exuberant letter of thanks led to a reply and several years of mutual correspondence. In these letters Williams’ cutting wit and judgements are found, with opinions on the Miners’ Strike and that “idiot called Scargill”, on Alan Ayckbourn (“rubbish”), Eurovision, Just A Minute, Harold Pinter, and recordings with Tony Hancock in the Playhouse Theatre in 1983, but there is also a softer caring side in expressions of affection for his friend and a note on the suicide of Rachael Roberts which is more profound in the light of Williams’ own probable suicide on 15 April 1988. On Roberts he wrote: “Oh it is such a sad story. When people we know, take their own lives, we always feel “If only I could have been there to talk them out of it’ but of course it can never be. It is to do with desperation and despair, and circumstances beyond the control of friends.”

Tom Wolfe, The Kandy Kolored Tangerine Flake Streamline Baby, first edition, a fine copy [New York, 1965] single volume, internally clean and crisp, original white decorated cloth, stamped in yellow and gilt, remarkably bright and clean condition, spine ends and outer corners very slightly bumped, original dust-jacket, very small closed tear to head of spine, else clean and bright example, 8vo

Donovan Wylie, 32 Counties, photographs of Ireland with new writing by 32 Irish writers, first edition, signed by contributors [UK, 1989] single volume, signed by all 32 contributors on final free endpaper, illustrations throughout, original boards, dust-jacket, very slightly creased at edges, in contemporary slip-case, near-fine condition, 4to

Anita Brookner Works, most first English editions, most signed by the author [most UK, 1981-2005] A group of 26 works, comprising: A Start in Life (1981, paper slip signed by author pasted to title), Providence (1982, paper slip signed by author pasted to title), Look at Me (1983, paper slip signed by author pasted to title), Hotel du Lac (1984, signed), Family and Friends (1985, signed limited edition, number 184 of 250 copies), Family and Friends (1985, signed), A Misalliance (1986, paper slip signed by author pasted to title), A Friend from England (1987, paper slip signed by author pasted to title), Latecomers (1988, paper slip signed by author pasted to title), Lewis Percy (1989, paper slip signed by author pasted to title), Brief Lives (1990, signed), Brief Lives (1990, unsigned), A Closed Eye (1991, paper slip signed by author pasted to title), Fraud (1992, paper slip signed by author pasted to title), A Family Romance (1993, paper slip signed by author pasted to title), Dolly (1993, paper slip signed by author pasted to title, American edition), A Private View (1994, signed), Incidents in the Rue Laugier (1995, paper slip signed by author pasted to title), Altered States (1996, paper slip signed by author pasted to title), Visitors (1997, paper slip signed by author pasted to title), Soundings (1997, signed), Falling Slowly (1998, paper slip signed by author pasted to title), The Bay of Angels (2001, signed), The Next Big Thing (2002, signed), The Rules of Engagement (2003, signed), Leaving Home (2005, signed), original cloth or boards, dust-jackets where applicable, an excellent set, 8vo

Dan Brown, The Da Vinci Code, first edition, first issue, together with a signed later issue of the same [US, 2003] two volumes, comprising: The Da Vinci Code (2003, first issue, with skitoma instead of scotoma on p. 243, unsigned), The Da Vinci Code (2003, signed), both fine condition, original cloth-backed boards, dust-jackets, 8vo

William Burroughs, The Naked Lunch, first edition, The Olympia Press [France, 1959] single volume, clean and crisp condition, original green printed wrappers, spine ends and outer edge of upper cover very slightly creased, dust-jacket, not clipped, near-mint copy, 8vo

Truman Capote, Breakfast at Tiffany's, a short novel and three stories, first edition [New York, 1958] single volume, internally clean and crisp, original yellow cloth, covers a little mottled in places, original dust-jacket designed by Ismar David, not clipped, covers a little soiled, spine a little faded, closed tear to upper crease of jacket, head of spine chipped with slight loss, extremities a little rubbed, 8vo

Truman Capote, In Cold Blood, first edition, first printing [New York, 1966] single volume, contemporary ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, original maroon cloth, spine and upper cover lettered in gilt, dust-jacket designed by S. J. Fujita, not clipped, head and tail of spine and outer corners slightly rubbed, a little darkened (as often), an attractive copy, 8vo

Winston Spencer Churchill, London to Ladysmith, via Pretoria, first edition [London, 1900] single volume, folding maps, a little foxed, original pictorial cloth, darkened and rubbed, 8vo

Tom Clancy, The Hunt for Red October, first edition [Maryland, 1984] single volume, internally clean and crisp condition, original red cloth, spine lettered in red, upper cover stamped in blind, small nick to cloth at top edge of upper board, dust-jacket, not clipped, small section of upper cover a little soiled, 8vo

Roald Dahl, The BFG, uncorrected proof of the first English edition [London, 1982] single volume, preliminary and penultimate leaves with ink offset to facing pages of text, original printed wrappers, contemporary plastic cover, very good condition, 8vo

F. M. Dostoevsky, Stavrogin's Confession and the Plan of the Life of a Great Sinner, translated by S.S. Koteliansky and Virginia Woolf, first edition, Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press [Richmond, 1922] single volume, leaves a little darkened, bookseller's label to lower pastedown, original cloth-backed decorative boards, paper label pasted to spine and upper cover, extremities darkened and rubbed, outer corners a little bumped, 8vo

Margaret Durrell, Margot, a Ship & Body Language, unpublished typescript with annotations by the author and an alternative ending in manuscript [UK, c. 1990] single folder containing the entire novel in print with manuscript annotations and corrections throughout, including an alternative ending in manuscript to the final two leaves, first two leaves loose, paper label to upper cover of folder, this item together with a signed and inscribed first edition of Whatever Happened to Margot, inscribed to the author's son, 4to and 8vo Provenance: Gifted by the author to her son. An unpublished typescript of a novel by Margaret Durrell, the younger sister of novelist Lawrence Durrell and elder sister of naturalist, author, and TV presenter Gerald Durrell, whose lives were recently adapted to a TV series entitled The Durrells. The typescript includes numerous manuscript changes to the text, including an alternative ending to the plot. This lot also includes a copy of the first edition of Margaret's first and only publication Whatever Happened to Margot, inscribed by the author to her son with A brief reminder of the days gone by, love Mother dated 13/02/1995.

William Golding, The Bedside Guardian 30, first edition, signed by the author [London, 1981] single volume, front free endpaper signed by the author, original cloth, dust-jacket, in fine condition, 8vo

Graham Greene, a vast collection of works, most first editions [UK, 1930-1992] a group of 46 volumes, comprising: The Name of Action (1930, no dust-jacket), Rumour at Nightfall (1931, no dust-jacket), Stamboul Train (1932, no dust-jacket, head of spine torn), British Dramatists (1942), The Heart of the Matter (1948, ink inscription to front free endpaper), The Third Man and The Fallen Idol (1950, no dust-jacket), The End of the Affair (1951, no dust-jacket), The Lost Childhood (1951, inscription to front free endpaper, dust-jacket clipped), Loser takes it All (1955, dust-jacket clipped), The Spy's Bedside Book (1957), Our Man in Havana (1958), It's a Battlefield (1959, later edition, dust-jacket clipped), The Ministry of Fear (1960, later edition), The Lawless Roads (1960, later edition, dust-jacket clipped), In Search of Character, Two African Journals (1946, first edition in book form), A Burnt-out Case (1961, first English language edition), A Sense of Reality (1963, dust-jacket clipped), The comedians (1966), May We Borrow Your Husband (1967), May we Borrow Your Husband (1967, signed limited edition, cloth-backed boards), Collected Essays (1969), A Sort of Life (1971), The Honorary Consul (1973), The Films of His Fiction (1974, no dust-jacket), Shades of Greene (1975, original printed boards), The Human Factor (1978), Doctor Fischer of Geneva or the Bomb Party (1980), Ways of Escape (1980), J'Accuse (1982, original printed wrappers), Getting to Know the General (1984), The Tenth Man (1985), The Captain and the Enemy (1988), Yours etc (1989), Why the Epigraph (1989, Nonesuch Press, limited edition signed by the author), Reflections (1990, later edition), A World of My Own (1992), together with 10 others by the same (duplicated or later editions), all in original cloth or boards unless specified, dust-jackets present unless otherwise stated, most spines faded, copies rubbed, 8vo

Robert Harris, Works, first and limited editions, signed by the author [London, 1992-2017] A group of 13 works, comprising: Fatherland (1992, signed publication slip and facsimile newspaper page loosely inserted), Enigma (1995), Archangel (1998), Pompeii (2003), Imperium (2006, signed limited edition, number 835 of 1500 copies, original clip-case), Imperium (2006), The Ghost (2007), Lustrum (2009), The Fear Index (2011), An Officer and a Spy (2013), Dictator (2015), Conclave (2016), Munich (2017), all signed by the author, original cloth or boards, dust-jackets present where applicable, a fine set, 8vo

Kate Atkinson, Works, first editions signed by the author [most UK, 1995-2015] A group of 11 volumes, comprising: Behind the Scenes at the Museum (1995), Human Croquet (1997), Emotionally Weird (2000), Not the End of the World (2002), Case Stories (2004), One Good Turn (2006, in original slip-case), When will there be Good News (2008), Started Early, Took my Dog (2010), Life After Life (2013), A God in Ruins (2015), Transcription (2018, signed limited edition, number 133 of 250 copies), all signed by the author, original cloth or boards, dust-jackets, a fine set, 8vo

Pat Barker, Works, first and early editions, signed by the author [US and UK, 1982-2018] A group of 18 works, comprising: Union Street (1982, author's first work), Union Street (1982, first paperback edition), Union Street (1983, first US edition), Blow Your House Down (1984), Blow Your House Down (1984, first paperback edition), The Century's Daughter (1986), The Century's Daughter (1986, later issue), The Man Who Wasn't There (1988), Regeneration (1991), The Eye in the Door (1993), The Ghost Road (1995), Another World (1998), Border Crossing (2001), Double Vision (2003), Life Class (2007), Toby's Room (2012), Nobody (2015), The Silence of the Girls (2018), all signed by the author, original cloth or boards unless specified, dust-jackets present where applicable, some spines a little faded, overall very good set, 8vo

David Lodge, Works, first and limited editions, signed by the author [UK, 1988-2008] A group of 8 works, comprising: Nice Work (1988, signed twice, directly to title page as well as a paper slip signed by author pasted to front free end paper), Paradise News (1991, signed), Therapy (1995, signed), The Man Who Wouldn’t Get Up and Other Stories (1998, signed limited edition, letter I of 26), Home Truths (1999, signed limited edition, number 67 of 100), Thinks (2001, signed), Author, Author (2004, signed), Deaf Sentence (2008, signed limited edition, number 11 of 100 copies, original slip-case), original cloth or boards, dust-jackets where applicable, 8vo

Henry Miller, Quiet Days in Clichy, with photographs by Brasaï, first edition, The Olympia Press [Paris, 1956] single volume, photographic plates throughout, near-mint internally, original printed wrappers resembling dust-jacket, designed by T. Tajiri, upper hinge split from binding, covers clean and crisp, extremities very slightly rubbed, an excellent copy, 8vo

Samuel Beckett, Molloy, first English edition, The Olympia Press [Paris, 1955] single volume, contemporary ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, printed wrappers resembling dust-jacket, small closed tear to upper cover, spine ends and extremities a little rubbed, upper cover a little creased along crease, an attractive copy, 8vo

David Mitchell, Works, first and limited editions, signed by the author [US and UK, 1999-2017] A group of 10 works, comprising: Ghostwritten (1999, first paperback edition), Number 9 Dream (2001, first paperback edition), Cloud Atlas (2004, in Guardian Preview wraparound), Black Swan Green (2006, first American edition), Black Swan Green (2006, number 945 of 1000 signed copies, in original slip-case), The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet (2010, number 175 of 500 signed limited editions, in original slip-case), Wake (2010, co-written with Klaas de Vries, theatre program signed by Mitchell), Slade House (2015, number 275 of 1500 signed limited edition copies, in original slip-case), The Bone locks (2014, number 238 of 500 signed limited editions, in original slip-case), Fall Down 7 Times, Get Up 8 (2017, by Naoki Higashida, with an introduction by Mitchell, signed by Mitchell), in original cloth unless specified, dust-jackets present where applicable, 8vo

Brian Moore, Works, many early and first editions, most signed by the author [Toronto and others mostly UK, 1971-1997] A group of 9 works, comprising: The Revolution Script (1971, unsigned, first Canadian edition), The Doctor’s Wife (1976, signed), The Temptation of Eileen Hughes (1981, signed, US edition), Black Robe (1985, unsigned), The Colour of Blood (1987, Booker Prize Shortlist label signed by the author and tipped onto front free endpaper), Silence of the Lambs (1990, signed), No Other Life (1993, signed), The Statement (1995, signed), The Magician’s Wife (1997, signed), original cloth or boards, dust-jackets, early volumes with slightly creased jackets at extremities, some spines a little faded, overall good set, 8vo

George Orwell, Animal Farm, a fairy story, first edition [London, Secker and Warburg, 1945] single volume, complete, upper hinge starting to split, original green cloth, covers and spine a little faded, outer corners a little rubbed, dust-jacket, flaps printed in green, Searchlight advertisement printed in blue on reverse, extremities chipped with fractional loss, lower cover a little soiled, 8vo

George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four, first edition, Secker and Warburg [London, 1949] single volume, internally clean and crisp condition, original green cloth, spine lettered in green, spine and extremities a little faded, small white mark to upper board, original green dust-jacket designed by Michael Kennard, not clipped, spine ends, extremities and edges a little rubbed, small closed tear to head of spine (along lower crease), upper edges red (a little faded), otherwise a very good copy, 8vo

Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Ballads and Sonnets, first edition, signed and inscribed by the author [London, 1881] single volume, half-title inscribed and signed by Rossetti, publication page with ex-libris stamp, 4pp. autograph manuscript letter tipped-into end of volume (appearing before the advertisements), Chelsea Library ex-libris presentation bookplate to upper pastedown, original decorated cloth, spine and covers gilt, paper label pasted to spine,, bright and attractive copy, 8vo Provenance: Gifted by D.G. Rossetti to Norman MacColl (1843-1904, editor of the Athenaeum), in 1881. Then passed by descent to MacColl's nearest relative Alice Mabel Erskine Jackson, her autograph letter tipped into the end of the volume, dated 17 January 1926.

J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, first edition, signed by the author [UK, 2005] single volume, issue A13 (a), dedication page signed by the author, original pictorial board, dust-jacket, near-fine copy, 8vo

J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, first edition, signed by the author, Omnia Books printing [UK, 2000] single volume, issue A8 (a), dedication page signed by the author, original pictorial board, spine ends very slightly bumped, dust-jacket, very small closed tear to head of spine, extremities slightly creased, a good copy, 8vo

J. K. Rowling, The Casual Vacancy, first edition, signed by the author, together with another by the same [UK, 2012] two volumes, comprising: The Casual Vacancy (2012, Book Signing Ticket from the Southbank Centre loosely inserted, original boards, spine ends very slightly creased, dust-jacket extremities very slightly faded, a very bright and handsome copy), Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2000, A8 (a) issue, dedication page signed by the author, original pictorial boards, lower crease split along spine, extremities rubbed), 8vo

J.K. Rowling, The Casual Vacancy, first edition, signed by the author [London, Little Brown, 2012] single volume, hologram sticker facing title, fine condition, 8vo

William Sanson, Three, first edition, signed by the author [London, 1946] single volume, front free endpaper signed by the author, leaves a little darkened, original red cloth, dust-jacket spine a little creased and torn along outer corner of upper cover with slight loss, 8vo

Louis de Bérniere, Works, first and limited editions, signed by the author [most UK, 1990-2016] A group of 18 works, comprising: The War of Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts (1990), Senor Vivo & the Coca Lord (1991), The Troublesome Offspring of Cardinal Guzman (1992), Does The Sun Rise over Dagenham (1990, original printed wrappers), Captain Corelli's Mandolin (1994), A Day Out for Mehmet Erbil (1999, Belmont Press, number 111 of 150 in a cloth spine), Red Dog (2001), Sunday Morning at the Centre of the World (2001, original printed wrappers), Captain Correlli's Mandolin (2001, The original film companion edition), Red Dog (2001, signed number 18 of 100, bound in full morocco with slip-case), Birds Without Wings (2004), Birds Without Wings (2004, number 61 of 100 copied bound in full morocco and signed by the author, with original slip-case), A Night Off For Prudente de Moraes (2004, Hay Festival Press, number 2 of 100 copies in cloth), A Walberswick Goodnight Story (2006, Tartarus Press, number 118 of 200 in paper wrappers signed by the author), A Partisan's Daughter (2008, number 15 of 100 in half cloth, original slip-case), Notwithstanding (2009), Gunter Weber's Confession (2010, Tartarus Press, unsigned, number 170 of 300 copies in paper wrappers), The Dust That Falls from Dreams (2015), Blue Dog (2016), all but one signed by the author, original boards or cloth unless specified, dust-jackets present where applicable, 8vo

Iain Sinclair, Works, most first editions, signed by the author [UK, 1897-2003] A group of 5 works, comprising: White Chappell, Scarlett Tracings (1987, signed, head of dust-jacket torn without loss), Downriver (1991, signed), Slow Chocolate Autopsy (1997, signed limited edition, number 72 of 200, original slip-case), London Orbital (2002, signed), The Verbals (2003, signed) together with View from My Window (2003, signed, original printed wrappers) and 10 postcards of the author all together in a modern cloth slip-case, others in original cloth with dust-jackets where applicable, 8vo

Dodie Smith, The Hundred and One Dalmatians, first edition [London, 1956] single volume, internally crisp and near-fine condition, original blue cloth, spine lettered in silver, tail of spine very slightly bumped, original dust-jacket, exceptionally clean condition, not clipped, spine very slightly faded, slight closed tear to bottom edge of lower cover, spine ends and outer corners very slightly creased, overall an excellent copy, 8vo

John Steinbeck, Works, first editions [UK and US, 1942-1958] three works, comprising: The Moon is Down (1942, small nick to dust-jacket with fractional loss, spine faded), East of Eden (1952, first US edition, ownership stamp to front free endpaper, dust-jacket extremities worn with loss), Once there was a War (1958, bookplate to front free endpaper, dust-jacket head worn with slight loss), original cloth, dust-jackets, 8vo

John Steinbeck, Sweet Thursday, first edition, signed by the author [New York, 1954] single volume, title printed in red and black and signed by the author, original decorated cloth, dust-jacket designed by Paul Galdone, very slight chips to spine ends otherwise excellent copy, 8vo An exceptionally clean and bright example of the work, scarcely seen signed.

Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, a savage journey to the heart of the American Dream, illustrations by Ralph Steadman, first edition [U.S., 1971] single volume, internally clean and crisp condition, original cloth-backed boards, embossed design to upper cover in blind, dust-jacket with very slight darkening to edges, spine end with closed tear along lower edge, vertical crease along length of volume to upper cover, 8vo

Colm Toibin, Works, first and limited editions, most signed by the author [UK, 1987-2017] A group of 23 works, comprising: Walking along the Border (1987), Martyrs and Metaphors (1987, unsigned, original printed wrappers), The South (1990, original printed wrappers), The Heather Blazing (1992), The Sign of the Cross (1994), The Story of the Night (1996), The Modern Library (1999, also signed by co-author Carmen Callil), The Blackwater Light Ship (1999), The Irish Famine, A Documentary (2001), Lady Gregory’s Toothbrush (2002), The Master (2004), Beauty in a Broken Place (2004, signed limited edition number XIV of 20 bound in quarter goatskin), The Use of Reason (2006, original printed wrappers), A Long Winter (2006, signed limited edition number 43 of 50 in full cloth, with original slip-case), Mothers and Sons (2006), Brooklyn (2009, signed limited edition number XXV of 25 in full leather, with original slip-case), The Street (2010, signed limited edition number 34 of 50 in full leather, with original slip-case), The Empty Family (2010), The Testament of Mary (2012), New Ways to Kill Your Mother (2012), Nora Webster (2014, signed limited edition number 46 of 50 in full leather, with original slip-case), House of Names (2017, signed limited edition of 26 in full leather, this unnumbered, with original slip-case), House of Names (2017), all but one signed by the author, original cloth or boards, dust-jackets present where applicable, an excellent set, 8vo

Sarah Waters, Works, first and limited editions, signed by the author [London, 1998-2014] A group of 5 works, comprising: Tipping the Velvet (1998, original printed wrappers), Fingersmith (2002), The Night Watch (2006, signed limited edition, number 109 of 1000 copies, original slip-case), The Little Stranger (2009), The Paying Guest (2014, signed, limited edition, number 871 of 1000 copies), all signed by the author, original cloth or boards where applicable, dust-jackets present when called for, an excellent set of works, 8vo

Mary Wesley, Works, most first editions, signed by the author [UK, 1969-1997] A group of 14 volumes, comprising: Speaking Terms (1969), The Sixth Seal (1969), The Sixth Seal (1969, revised edition), Jumping the Queue (1983), Haphazard House (1983), The Camomile Lawn (1984), Harnessing Peacocks (1985), The Vaccilations of Poppy Carew (1986), Not That Sort of Girl (1987), Second Fiddle (1988), A Sensible Life (1990), A Dubious Legacy (1992), An Imaginative Experience (1994), Part of the Furniture (1997), all signed by the author, all in original cloth or boards, dust-jackets, some spines slightly faded else very good set, 8vo

An album containing approximately 105 Benham silk Millennium Collection first day covers, an album containing Royal Collection first day covers and a Harrington and Byrne 2017 Royal Platinum Wedding Anniversary Limited Edition Press sheet containing approximately £95 of useable stamps

A first edition of "The Birth Of The Royal Air Force" by J.A. Chamier. Published by Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd. 1943. With black and white illustrations throughout. From the private collection of a local battlefield historian and aviator.

A Dickens Collection figurines, Buzfuz, first edition together with The Fiddler, fifth production A/F 2 Royal Doulton

Collection of 11 Royal Worcester Limited Edition figures including The Graceful Arts (335/2500), Summertime (154/7500), The Masquerade Begins (7072/12500), The First Quadrille (8371/12500), Pure Elegance (256/2950), Midsummer Walk (503/7500), The Fair Maiden of Astalot (No Numberwritten/7500), High Society (318/7500), Ruby (8/7500), Music (737/2500), Reflection (805/4500).Condition: Reflection has a reglued chip to skirt. The rest of the figures in very good overall condition.

Walton, Izaak; Charles Cotton. The Complete Angler, collection of foreign language editions, comprising: the first Hamburg & Berlin edition, 1958 [Coigney 394]; the second Hamburg & Berlin edition, 1964 [Coigney 412]; a Hamburg & Berlin edition not in Coigney, 1986; the third (called second) Swedish edition, 1947 [Coigney 367]; the fifth Swedish edition, 1965 [Coigney 415]; the sixth Swedish edition, 1978 [Coigney 459]; the Dutch edition, 1974 [Coigney 431]; the third Finnish edition, 1974 [Coigney 433]; the Norwegian edition, 1971, quarter-cloth with dust-jacket (differs from Coigney's green copy) [Coigney 425]; the first Weimar edition, 1958, pictorial dust-jacket (there was no dust-jacket on Coigney's copy) [Coigney 395]; the second Hanau/M Edition, 1969 [Coigney 421]; the Dutch facsimile, 1969 [Coigney 420]; a Dutch edition, 1996 (post-Coigney); a French language edition, 2006 (post-Coigney); Japanese edition (Heibonsha Library), 1997 (post-Coigney) (15)

Andrew Lang; The Pink Fairy Book, 1897 first edition, Longmans Green & Co.

THE ANTIQUE BOWIE KNIFE BOOK. A first edition copy number 271 of 500, Bill Adams 1990 dated. Bill Adams, J Bruce Voyles and Terry Moss produced the book, with an introduction by Norm Flayderman. Priced originally at $150, an insight into Bowie knives and their usage, with illustrations of varied and historical content.

Nick Walker (b.1969) & Various ArtistsFirst Great WestonScreenprint in colours, 2008, signed by each artist (apart from Banksy and Nick Walker) and numbered from the edition of 200 in pencil, published by Let Them Hang, Bristol, with margins, image 397 x 558mm (15 1/2 x 21 3/4in) (framed)Artists who participated:Mau Mau, Dicy, (Graham) Paris, Mr Jago, China Mike, Eco, Mudwig, Ziml, Will Barras, Richt, Darren Groucutt, Xenz, Banksy, Nick Walker, What Collective?, Sickboy.

English Dolls’ Houses of the 18th and 19th Centuries, signed copy by Vivien Greene, hardback first edition 1955, tears to dust jacket which is covered in plastic protector, together with A Book of Dolls & Doll Houses by Flora Gill Jacobs & Estrid Faurholt, 1967, with original slip case, (2 items).

Jaques, Mary J, 'Texan Ranch Life,' inscribed by the author to 'Miss Barnett,' first edition, together with Mary Jaques signed Church Services book, a collection of her black & white photographs, and Miss Barnett's autograph book, c1905, signed and beautifully inscribed and water-coloured, and other ephemera

Reverend G N Wright MA. China, in a series of views displaying the scenery, architecture, and social habits, of that Ancient Empire, first edition, 4 vols bound as 2, half calf, published by Fisher Son & Company, London and Paris, c1843.

Mr Ogilby. Britannia Depicta or Ogilby Improv'd, Being A Correct Copy Of Mr Ogilby's Actual Survey Of All Ye Direct And Principle Crossroads In England and Wales, first edition, calf, with engravings by Emmanuel Bowen, printed in London by Thomas Bowles 1720.

Captain W E Johns. Gimlet Bores In, A King Of The Commanders Adventure, first edition, blue cloth, published by The Brockhampton Press Ltd, Leicester 1950.