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Click here to subscribeRuscha (Ed) Every Building on the Sunset Strip, first edition, second issue without final shorter flap, black and white illustrations, folding concertina-style into original stiff wrappers, rubbing and creasing to spine, light finger-soiling to covers, original reflective slip-case (light wear to corners, small 4to, 1966.
Doyle (Sir Arthur Conan).- Moseley (Sydney A.) An Amazing Séance and an Exposure, first edition, photographic frontispiece, 1p. advertisements, browning to text, half-title and front free endpaper with small portion of upper corner torn away, neat ink ownership inscription to endpaper, original cloth, dust-jacket, chipping and creasing to head and foot, splitting to lower joint and tear to lower panel, tape repairs to verso, marking and staining, 8vo, 1919.⁂ With an introduction by Arthur Conan Doyle. Rare, especially so in the atmospheric dust-jacket.
Reed (Jeremy) Marc Almond: "Adored and Explored", number 16 of 50 copies signed by the author, illustrations by Jamie McLeod, original boards, 2001; Inhabiting Shadows, inscribed by author, original cloth, dust-jacket, slight chipping to spine head, 1990; Peacocks and Coffins, signed by author, one of 3 hardback copies only, original cloth backed boards, 1998; Blue Rock, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, 1987; Chasing Black Rainbows, first edition, number 5 (of ?) inscribed by author, original cloth, prcei-clipped dust-jacket, 1994; Patron Saint of Eyeliner, A of 26 A-Z copies signed by the author, original boards, 1999; and others by the same, including some duplicates, many signed, 8vo (c.145)
NO RESERVE [Eliot (T.S.)] Ezra Pound: His Metric and Poetry, first edition, frontispiece, broken at hinge between frontispiece and title with some glue residue to inner margins and frontispiece becoming loose, endpapers damp-stained, original rose pink boards, spine a little faded and soiled, [Gallup A2], New York, 1917 § Orwell (George) The English People, first edition, illustrations, some colour, original pictorial boards, slightly affected by damp, dust-jacket, lower cover lightly soiled and with two small rust-spots, spine ends frayed, 1947; and another, 8vo & 4to (3)⁂ The first was the Eliot's second book, of which 1000 copies were printed.
Munster (Wilhemina FitzClarence, Countess of) Ghostly Tales, first edition, plates, light browning to endpapers, inner gutter weak with some shaking, hinges starting, original decorated green and red cloth, spine rubbed and creased, extremities a little rubbed and bumped, [not in Tymn], 8vo, 1896.⁂ A rare collection of ghost stories, deliberately written to resemble accounts of 'true hauntings'. Indeed the author was so successful that at least one reviewer assumed that these were all true accounts. The collection was largely forgotten until the 1970s when some of the stories began to appear in anthologies.
NO RESERVE Nicholson (William) The Pirate Twins, first edition, 28 colour illustrations by the author, light browning to first illustration, some pulling to first gathering, original pictorial boards, spine ends and corners a little bumped, a bright and excellent copy otherwise, oblong 8vo, [1929].
Plath (Sylvia) Winter Trees, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, near-fine, 1971 § Enright (D. J.) The Year of the Monkey, limited edition, signed by the author, original boards, dust-jacket, torn with spine defective, 1956 § Fenton (James) Children in Exile, presentation inscription from the author, original cloth-backed boards, 1983; and c.30 others, poetry, v.s. (c.35)
Suffling (Ernest R.) The Decameron of a Hypnotist, first edition, 16pp. advertisements, 9 plates, light browning to text, ink ownership inscription to endpaper, portion excised from pastedown, original cloth, gilt, spine rubbed, spine ends and corners a little bumped, extremities a little rubbed, 8vo, 1898.⁂ A rare collection of weird, macabre and supernatural tales, each introduced by the hypnotist of the title, who extracts the tales from his victims whilst they are in a trance state, often having induced the trance under the pretext of helping the narrator of the tale, but generally with the ulterior motive of extracting that tale without consent.
NO RESERVE Cary (Joyce) Castle Corner, first edition, presentation inscription to his son Michael "with the author's love" to front free endpaper, additionally signed by the author on title, original cloth, slight shelf-lean, 1938; The African Witch, first American edition, presentation inscription from the author to Carl Kjersmeier to endpaper, additionally signed by the author on title, covers and spine faded, spine ends and corners a little bumped, New York, 1936; and 12 others by Cary, 8vo (14)
Greene (Graham) Brighton Rock, first English edition, light foxing, Caledonian Library, Brighton ink stamps to title, epigraph and front free endpaper, ink ownership inscription to endpaper, library number to pastedowns and spin, original cloth, spine a little darkened and frayed at foot, light soiling to covers, 1938; and 2 books by Fitzgerald, 8vo (3)
Rackham (Arthur).- Goldsmith (Oliver) The Vicar of Wakefield, first trade edition, frontispiece, plates and illustrations, original cloth, a little rubbed, dust-jacket, rubbed, loss to spine extremities, a little soiling, 1929 § De La Motte Foqué (Friedrich) Undine, tipped-in frontispiece and plates, captioned tissue-guards, illustrations, occasional faint spotting, previous owner's ink signature, contemporary calf, upper cover nearly detached, rubbed, 1909 § Ibsen (Henrik) Peer Gynt, frontispiece and plates, captioned tissue-guards, illustrations, previous owner's ink inscription, original cloth, a little rubbed, 1936; and 2 others illustrated by Rackham, sm. 4to & 8vo (5)
King (Jessie M.).- Mummy's Bedtime Story Book, by "Marion", first edition, colour illustrations including 14 full-page by Jessie M. King, neat ink ownership inscription to endpaper, original pictorial boards, spine ends and corners a little bumped, light rubbing to extremities, but an unusually sharp and excellent example overall, 4to, [1929].
NO RESERVE Children's Hour Annual (The), plates and illustrations, spotting, ink inscription, jacket spine ends and corners chipped, 1935 § Hunt (Julia and Frederick) Peeps Into Nisterland, limited edition, signed by the authors, 2005 § Ende (Michael) The Neverending Story, first English edition, 1983; and 3 others, children's, 4to & 8vo (6)
Pissarro (Lucian), James M'Neil Whistler, W. B. Yeats and others.- The Pageant, 2 vol., one of 150 large paper copies, plates, some in colour, original cloth with design by Charles Ricketts, spines a little darkened, spine ends and corners a little bumped, extremities rubbed, 1896-7; and 5 copies of the ordinary edition, 4o (7)⁂ Including illustrations by Rossetti, Whistler (including an original lithograph), Pissarro (with a woodcut printed in 5 colours), Ricketts, Millais, Burne Jones and Housman as well as the first appearance of 2 poems by W. B. Yeats.
Benezra (Neal) Ed Ruscha, first edition, inscribed by Ruscha to front free endpaper, ALs by Danna Rusha loosely inserted, illustrations, many full of double-page, original boards, dust-jacket, slight chipping to corners, Oxford, Museum of Modern Art, 2000 Brinks (John Dieter) The Book as a Work of Art: The Cranach Press of Count Harry Kessler, illustrations, original cloth, slipcase, a little rubbed, Laubach, Tritan Verlag, 2005 § Watson (Albert) Frozen: A Retrospective, signed and numbered by author to title, full-page illustrations, original metal boards, slipcase, rubbed and worn, 2005 § Parr (Martin) Our True Intent Is All For Your Delight, signed by Parr, illustrations, original boards, dust-jacket, slight creasing to extremities, first edition, 2002; and others, similar, folio & 4to (20)
Joyce (James) A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, first edition, original blindstamped cloth, spine rubbed and faded, light rubbing and some discolouration to extremities, still a very good example overall, [Slocum & Cahoon 11], 8vo, New York, 1916.⁂ The true first edition, published in America.
NO RESERVE Doyle (Sir Arthur Conan) The Sherlock Holmes Long Stories, first edition, occasional spotting, ink ownership inscription to endpaper, original cloth, dust-jacket, spine ends and corners a little chipped and creased, 1 or 2 short tears to head and foot, light surface soiling, 1929; and first editions of Rodney Stone and The Crime of the Congo, 8vo (3)
NO RESERVE Wilde (Oscar).- [Hitchens (Robert)] The Green Carnation, first edition, advertisements dated August 1894, pictorial title, pulling to gatherings, original cloth, 1894 § Ross (Robert) Aubrey Beardsley, plates and pictorial title after Beardsley, 'Review copy' blindstamp to title, original pictorial cloth, gilt, spine darkened, rubbed and a little soiled, 1909; and The Early Work of Aubrey Beardsley, 8vo & 4to (3)⁂ The first a scarce piece of Wildeiana, closely based on the relationship between Wilde and Bosie.
Achebe (Chinua) Things Fall Apart, first edition, occasional light spotting, faint ink mark to epigraph p., ink ownership inscription to endpaper, original cloth, dust-jacket, light browning to spine spine ends and corners a little chipped, light creasing to head and foot, light rubbing to extremities, still an excellent example overall, 8vo, 1958.⁂ Rare in the dust-jacket, Achebe was one of the greatest Nigerian writers and Things Fall Apart his greatest work.
NO RESERVE Bailey (David) If We Shadows, first edition, signed by the author on front free endpaper, photographic illustrations, original boards, dust-jacket, 1990 § Picasso (Pablo) and Henri Dante Alberti. Dans L'argile De Picasso, one of 200 copies, original wrappers with lithograph by Picasso to upper cover, 1957; and 3 others, art books, signed, v.s. (5)
Brodie-Innes (J. W.) The Devil's Mistress, first edition, 3pp. advertisements, scattered spotting, original cloth, lettered in gilt, neatly rebacked, preserving original backstrip, spine faded, corners a little bumped, light rubbing, 8vo, [1915].⁂ A scarce horror work, dedicated 'To the memory of my dear friend the author of "Dracula"'.
Murdoch (Iris) Under the Net, first edition, ink ownership inscription, original boards, slight shelf-lean, minor bumping to spine ends and corners, dust-jacket, light fading to spine, minor chipping to spine ends and corners, light creasing to head and foot, very light surface soiling, still an excellent example overall, 8vo, 1954.⁂ The author's first novel.
Hughes (Ted) and Seamus Heaney, editors. The Rattle Bag, first edition, signed presentation inscription from Hughes to Mary and Harold Wilson to front free endpaper, original boards, dust-jacket, spine faded, near-fine otherwise, 8vo, 1982.⁂ An excellent signed copy with an interesting association.
NO RESERVE Bradbury (Ray) The Machineries of Joy, limited edition signed by the author and Neil Gaiman, illustrations, jacket with light marking to upper panel, 2010 § Clarke (Arthur C.) The Deep Range, ink ownership inscription to pastedown, jacket with minor chipping to spine ends and corners, short tear and creasing to head of upper panel, 1957 § Asmiov (Isaac) Asimov's Mysteries, light browning to endpapers, jacket with light creasing to head of upper panel, 1968, first or first English editions, original boards, dust-jackets; and 2 others, science fiction, 8vo (5)
NO RESERVE King (Stephen and Owen) Sleeping Beauties, limited edition, signed by the authors, in original cellophane wrapping, 2017 § King (Stephen) Dolores, limited edition with bookplate signed by the author, 1992, original boards, slip-cases; and 5 copies of the trade edition of the first in differing patterned and coloured boards, 8vo (7)
Hemingway (Ernest) To Have and Have Not, jacket spine and lower panel a little browned, spine ends and corners a little chipped, 1937; A Moveable Feast, jacket with very light discolouration to spine, minor chipping to spine ends and corners, excellent otherwise, 1964, first English editions, original boards, dust-jackets; and a first English edition of For Whom the Bell Tolls, 8vo (3)
Milne (A. A.) By Way of Introduction, first edition, jacket with light fading to spine, light creasing to head and foot, near-fine otherwise, 1929; The Sunny Side, first edition, light fading to spine, minor bumping to spine ends and corners, otherwise excellent, 1921; and 15 others, Milne, 8vo (17)
Nabokov (Vladimir) Lolita, 2 vol. in 1, first Israel edition, first hardback edition, one of c.1500 copies (this stamped 813), dampstaining to lower corners, light browning to endpapers, original cloth, dust-jacket, dampstaining visible on verso, light browning to spine, minor chipping to spine ends and corners, creasing to head, 8vo, Jerusalem, for the Olympia Press, 1955.
Lawrence (Margery H.) Madam Holle, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to endpaper, light browning to endpapers, original cloth, spine ends and corners a little rubbed, dust-jacket, spine a little faded, spine ends and corners chipped, short tears and creasing to head and foot, tape repairs to head, rubbing to extremities, 8vo, 1934.⁂ A macabre and rare title from Lawrence, especially so inscribed and in the dust-jacket. A delightfully sinister mystery thriller, set in Cornwall, involving a young sadist and his mother, Madam Holle, who after years of haphazardly coping with her son's sexual excesses settles on the scheme of buying a lonely house, populating it with servants with criminal records and advertising for pretty young victims, who in due course she murders when he is bored with them or they become too troublesome.
Wilde (Oscar) An Ideal Husband, first edition, one of 1,000 copies, spotting, heavier to endpaper and fore-edge, bookplates and ink ownership inscription, original cloth, gilt decorations by Charles Shannon, slight shelf-lean, fading to spine and upper cover, still a very good copy overall, [Mason 385], 4to, 1899.
Maugham (William Somerset) Ashenden or the British Agent, first American edition, upper hinge starting, erased name to front endpaper, sticker and glue mark to pastedown, original cloth, minor bumping to spine ends and corners, dust-jacket, spine browned, spine ends and corners chipped with loss to foot of spine, hole to lower joint, creasing and fraying to head and foot, 8vo, New York, 1928.
NO RESERVE Hodgson (Ralph) The Last Blackbird and other lines, first edition, first issue with t.e.g., George A.B.Dewar the dedicatee's copy with manuscript quotation on front free endpaper, occasional damp-staining, original cloth, spine faded, with the fragile dust-jacket (rubbed and frayed at edges), 1907; and 2 others, 8vo (3)⁂ The first is the author's first book, dedicated to George A.B.Dewar, author of books on fishing and other subjects.
Williamson (Henry) In the Woods, limited edition, original paper wrappers, dust-jacket, St Albert's Press, 1960; As the Sun Shines, first edition, original cloth, slight bump to corner, dust-jacket, small hole to spine, neatly repaired, a little rubbed, slight chipping to edges, 1941; The Story of a Norfolk Farm, first edition, frontispiece, plates, bookplate, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, edges strengthened on verso, one or two small tears, light spotting, 1941; Devon Holiday, first edition, previous owner's ink inscription, original cloth, lightly faded spine extremities, dust-jacket, a little rubbed, 1935; A Clear Water Stream, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, slight creasing to top edge, 1948; and 14 others by the same, 8vo (19)
NO RESERVE James (Henry) The Other House, 2 vol., first edition, [one of 600 copies], 32pp. advertisements at end of each vol., lacking endpapers, vol.1 lacking half-title and with abrasion to pastedown, original cloth, slight shelf-lean, spines darkened, light rubbing and bumping to tips of spines and corners, 8vo, 1896.⁂ The only Henry James novel to centre around a murder, a scarce work in any condition.
NO RESERVE Wilde (Oscar) De Profundis, first edition, occasional spotting, 40pp. catalogue at rear, front free endpaper clipped, original cloth, light rubbing to tips of spine and corners, 1905; A Critic in Pall Mall, 'presentation copy' ink stamp to title, browning to endpapers, original cloth, gilt, 1919; and another, Wilde, 8vo (3)
NO RESERVE Woolf (Virginia) Granite & Rainbow, first edition, light marginal browning to text, original cloth, dust-jacket, light browning to spine, small patches of foxing to panels, original publisher's wraparound band, spine browned, and excellent copy overall, 1958; The Mark on the Wall, 'second edition' [but first separate edition], light spotting, original printed wrappers, vertical crease, soiling, 1919, 8vo (2)
Disney (Walt) Sketch-Book of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, first edition, frontispiece and 11 tipped-in colour plates, captioned tissue-guards, numerous illustrations, pictorial endpapers a little spotted, original cloth, dust-jacket, spine creased and browned, spine ends and corners a little chipped, short tear to head of upper joint, light surface soiling, 1938; The Pied Piper, illustrations, many in colour, ink ownership inscription to pastedown, original cloth-backed boards, dust-jacket, spine ends and corners chipped with some loss, rubbed and a little soiled, 1934; and 5 others Disney, 4to (7)
Forster (E.M.) Howards End, first edition, endpapers browned, original cloth slight shelf-lean, spine faded, spine ends and corners a little bumped, extremities a little rubbed, [Kirkpatrick A4a], 8vo, 1910.⁂ Seemingly an intermediate issue with both the 4pp. integral advertisements with Stepson of the Soil as a first impression and the 8pp. publisher's catalogue with Stepson of the Soil as a second impression.
Williams (Tennessee) Cat On a Hot Tin Roof, frontispiece, ink ownership inscription, jacket spine browned, spine ends and corners a little chipped, lower panel browned, 1956 § Osborne (John) Look Back in Anger, browning to endpapers, jacket spine a little browned, spine ends and corners a little chipped, 1957 § Bennett (Alan) The History Boys, signed by the author, jacket with light soiling to upper panel, 2004 § O'Casey (Sean) Within the Gates, scattered spotting, original cloth-backed boards, light browning to spine, 1933, first or first English edition, original boards, all but the last with dust-jackets and 12 others, plays, 8vo (16)
Wheatley (Dennis) They Found Atlantis, first American edition, jacket price-clipped, spine ends and corners a little chipped, light surface soiling to lower panel, 1939; The Quest of Julian Day, ink ownership inscription, map endpapers, jacket spine slightly faded, spine ends and corners a little chipped, rubbing and creasing to head and foot, [1939]; The Haunting of Toby Jugg, jacket extremities a little rubbed and creased, [1948]; Sixty Days to Live, map endpapers, [1939], all but the first first editions, original cloth, all but the last with dust-jackets; and 9 others by the same, occult, supernatural and mystery works, 8vo (13)
Kipling (Rudyard) The Jungle Book, first reprint, frontispiece, pp.143-144 becoming loose, previous owner's ink inscription to front pastedown, 1894; The Second Jungle Book, first edition, occasional faint spotting, 1895, illustrations, original pictorial cloth, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, a little rubbed, 8vo (2)
Collection of books to include 'The Works of Jonathon Swift' Vol.I, Vol.II, Vol.IV, Dublin: Faulkner 1737-38, as found. 'Lady Chatterley's Lover' 1960 first Penguin edition, a presentation copy of Constance Sitwell's 'Smile at Time' 1953, 'Cooks Travel Guide to Norway and Denmark', 1914, 'Baedeker guide to Norway and Sweden, 1895, Scandal '63 Profumo Affair and Lord Denning's Report, 1963, a 1920 catalogue for 'Messenger and Co', Loughborough, and a collection of 1950s-1990s newspapers including death of George VI and coronation QEII
Rare First Edition James Bond Book 'The Making of Goldeneye' signed by Main 007 Actor Pierce Brosnan, this is something really unusual for any Bond fan. It is a first edition 007 book published by Boxtree Limited, 1995. It was signed at the 1995 UK Goldeneye Premiere by leading actor Pierce Brosnan. Glossy photo-documentary in a large soft cover format; Illustrated throughout with black and white and colour stills, with accompanying text. An absolutely as new copy. Please see photographs.
Very Rare For Your Consideration 1978 Variety Promo 'Star Wars' Signed by George Lucas. This is something really rare and a must for any Star Wars fan. It is a first edition Academy Award double spread promo from Variety Magazine 1978. It was to promote Star Wars for all the Academy Award subjects. This was then signed by George Lucas 27 years later at the 2005 London Premiere of 'Star Wars Episode3 - Revenge of the Sith'. Please see accompanying images.
Titanic Interest - Rare VHS Cover 'Secrets of the Titanic' Signed by Doctor who discovered the wreck. This is very unusual and a must for any Titanic fan. It is a first VHS Cover National Geographic 'Secrets of the Titanic'. It was signed in Orlando in 200 by Dr. Robert Ballard, who discovered the Titanic. Dr Ballard was visiting the Ship of Dreams exhibition and it was here that he signed the cover. Also included is a limited edition Ship of Dreams exhibition bag and two tickets from that event. See accompanying images.
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