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Lot 149

Persia, Ca. 10th century AD.A pottery bowl of a hemispherical form on a short unglazed foot. The interior is decorated with stylised motifs splashed in green, yellow and brown. The splashware is a type of pottery first produced in Abbasid as a result of extensive trade contacts in China. The green, yellow, and brown glaze decoration imitates Chinese sancai ware, which dates back to Tang Dynasty (618-907 AD). For a type, see The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Accession Number: 40.170.167. Size: 90mm x 185mm ; Weight: 635g Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 1970-2008.

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Lot 76

Fowler Wright (Sydney) The Siege of Malta, 2 vol., first editions, map endpapers, Royal Naval War Library stamp to vol.2 endpapers, jackets rubbed with creasing and chipping to extremities, vol.2 with large portions of loss to spine tail and corners, 1942; Prelude in Prague, jacket spine with large portion of loss to spine head, [1936]; Lord's Right in Languedoc, publisher's compliments stamp on title, endpapers spotted, jacket rubbed and creased, chipped at extremities, 1933, original cloth, dust-jackets; and 6 others by the same, 8vo (10) *** Includes future war adventure novels from early science-fiction writer S. Fowler Wright. 

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Lot 147

Shiel (M. P.) Above All Else, margins toned, cloth a little water-stained to lower edge, jacket creased and nicked along joints and upper edge, 1943; Science, Life and Literature, light foxing to margins, jacket price-clipped, damp-stained, 1950 § Barlow (James) One Half of the World, jacket lightly chipped at corners, otherwise excellent, 1957, first editions, original cloth or boards, dust-jackets; and 7 others, weird and mystery fiction, 8vo (10)

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Lot 168

Verne (Jules) Caesar Cascabel, first American edition, plates by George Roux, bookplate, stain to first few pages, variant yellow cloth, New York, 1890 § Parrish (Randall) My Lady of the North, book-label on endpapers, occasional light foxing to margins, Chicago, 1904 § Spearman (Frank H.) Held for Orders Being Stories of Railroad Life, dust-jacket, split along spine joints, tape stain to upper edge, chips and tears along edges and extremities, light browning along edges, New York, 1903, original pictorial cloth, lightly rubbed at corners, otherwise excellent and bright; and c.55 others, early 20th century fiction, mostly American, v.s. (c.60)

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Lot 92

*** Please note, the description to this lot has changed.***Hemingway (Ernest) A Moveable Feast, very faint spotting to fore-edge, lower panel of jacket with light surface soiling, 1964; The Old Man and the Sea, contemporary ownership inscription on front free endpaper, jacket price-clipped, very small hole on lower flap joint, 1952; Across the River and into the Trees, small biro mark on front free endpaper, later green library cloth, spine lightly faded, jacket very slightly trimmed, spine ends a little creased and discoloured, 1950, first English editions, original or later cloth, dust-jackets, all sharp copies; and another by the same, 4to & 8vo (4)

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Lot 104

le Carré (John) Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, 2 ff. [pp.3/4 and 109/110] from the novel, each annotated and signed by the author, 8vo, [1974]. *** Two pages from the late celebrated writer le Carré. On the first page of the novel the annotation reads "This is how the story begins - a recollection from my experience of teaching at a random prep school", and the other, on the opening page of Chapter 12, reads "Smiley on his way to Connie Sacks" - together a good pair.

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Lot 85

Grey (Zane) The Man of the Forest, first edition, contemporary ink gift inscription on front free endpaper, plates, 1920; The Light of Western Stars, ownership name on pastedown, 1914; The Lone Star Ranger, later issue, front free endpapers browned, 1915, New York, original cloth, spines a little faded, corners bumped; and 8 others by the same, 8vo (11)

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Lot 63

Fleming (Ian) Live and Let Die, first edition, ex-library copy with stamp and few marks and stains to front and rear endpapers, otherwise internally free of library markings, lower endpaper with reinforced tape along inner hinge, this offset onto final page of text at inner hinge margin, margins lightly toned, some light finger-soiling or spots, original black boards with gilt medallion to upper cover, spine lettered in gilt, gilt a little faded, corners bumped, small faint stain to lower cover, very slight shelf-lean, 8vo, 1954.

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Lot 173

Vonnegut (Kurt) Breakfast of Champions, first edition, original cloth with gilt signature stamped on upper cover, dust-jacket, light fading to spine, spine head a little frayed, 1973; Jailbird, uncorrected proof copy, contemporary ink publisher's notes on first page, original wrappers, light stain to upper wrapper, 1979; God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian, proof copy, original wrappers, 1999; and 3 others by the same, including a photoduplicated typescript of Slapstick or Lonesome No More, with some corrections, 8vo (6)

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Lot 152

Stein (Gertrude) Last Operas and Plays, first edition, New York, 1949; Three Lives, jacket spine browned, chips to extremities, portions of loss to lower panel, Connecticut, 1933; Lectures in America, ink ownership and gift inscriptions on browned endpapers, jacket split down joints, chipped along edges, portion of loss to spine head and hole on spine, New York, 1935, original cloth, spine ends frayed, dust-jackets, nicked and chipped at edges; and 50 others by the same, including c.30 vol. of Stein bibliographies, v.s. (c.55)

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Lot 137

Pullman (Philip) His Dark Materials: Northern Lights, first edition, bookplate signed by the author loosely inserted, original boards, light rubbing to spine and corner tips, first issue dust-jacket with 'Point' on spine and '7-9 Pratt Street' on lower flap, sunning to spine, light creasing to head and foot, rear panel with sticker to verso and some show-through, 8vo, 1995. 

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Lot 99

Johnston (Mary) The Witch, ?first edition, light foxing, boards with light surface scratches on covers, a little rubbed at extremities, 1914 § Le Queux (William) The Woman in the Way, cloth spine browned, 1907 § Brooks (Collin) The Ghost Hunters, ex-library copy with usual stamps and markings, [c.1930] § Asquith (Cynthia) The Ghost Book, eighth thousand, light creasing to spine ends, [c.1926], original cloth or boards; and 6 others, weird and horror fiction, 8vo (10)

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Lot 138

Pym (Barbara) Excellent Women, scattered foxing, bookplate removed from front pastedown, jacket with light surface soiling to rear panel, some chipping to fore-edges, 1952; Less Than Angels, short split to foot of upper joint, neat tape repairs to joints verso, 1955, first editions, original boards, slight shelf-lean, dust-jackets, slight toning to spines, spine ends and corners a little chipped, 8vo (2)

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Lot 132

Orwell (George) Folwark Zwierzecy [Animal Farm], translated by Teresa Jelenska, light staining to endpapers, original wrappers, light toning to spine, Odnowa, 1974; and 9 others, offprints and samizdats, v.s (9) *** An excellent group of rare Eastern European samizdats of Orwell's Animal Farm, many by émigré presses in London for the Polish market. The work was banned in Poland until 1988 and was only distributed through the sources in England or as samizdats. The translator, Teresa Jeleńska (1892-1969), was one of the first to translate George Orwell into Polish. A writer and journalist, Jeleńska met Orwell in London during WWII while writing for Dziennik Polski, the newspaper of the Polish government in exile. The first translated edition appeared in 1947 in London, only two years after the original novel. It was republished again in 1956 by the World Union of Poles Abroad, by the publishing house Free Europe. It wasn't until 1976 that her translation was published in Poland, during the blossoming of Polish underground publishing.

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Lot 142

Rowling (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, 1999; Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, 2000, first deluxe editions, original cloth with mounted colour illustration and gilt signature, g.e., a fine copy, 8vo (2)

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Lot 56

Eliot (T.S.) Ash-Wednesday, first edition, number 1 of 600 copies signed by the poet, endpapers toned, original decorative cloth, gilt, preserved in rare original glassine wrapper with paper flaps (very few nicks, otherwise pristine), original card slip-case (light nicks and chips to edges), [Gallup A15a.], 4to, London & New York, 1930. *** A superb copy of Eliot's classic 'conversion poem', number one of the limitation and with rare jacket and slip-case. 

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Lot 69

Fleming (Ian) On Her Majesty's Secret Service, jacket price-clipped, light fraying to top edge, extremities a little chipped, spine head with short tears, light marks to lower panel, 1963; You Only Live Twice, ink ownership name on front free endpaper, jacket extremities a little nicked, short tear to lower panel lower edge, 1964; The Man with the Golden Gun, small bookseller's label on pastedown corner, jacket price-clipped, otherwise near-fine, 1965; Octopussy and the Living Daylights, jacket price-clipped, otherwise fine, 1966, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets, 8vo (4) 

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Lot 124

O'Brien (Flann) At Swim-Two-Birds, first edition, very faint spotting to endpapers and on title, original cloth, lightly scuffed, still excellent overall, 8vo, 1939. *** The exceedingly rare author's first novel. Most of the issue was destroyed in 1940 when the Germans bombed London, including Longmans' premises.

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Lot 93

Henham (E.G.), "John Trevena". Written in the Rain, first edition, original cloth, a little faded and soiled, 1910 § Dady di Beauclerk. True Love, bookplates, ownership name on half-title, light foxing, original silk-covered boards, gilt, rubbed, upper joint broken but holding, rubbed, spine worn, 1869 § Gissing (George) Human Odds and Ends, first edition, ex-library copy with usual stamps and labels, light spotting, original cloth, lightly rubbed, corner bumped, 1898; and c.65 others, mixed literature, v.s. (c.70)

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Lot 71

Fleming (Ian) You Only Live Twice, second but scarce state with "first published March 1964" on copyright page, ink ownership name on front free endpaper, jacket with tear along upper panel lower edge, 1964; The Man With the Golden Gun, 1965; Octopussy and the Living Daylights, 1966, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets, some nicks and creases to extremities, still overall crisp and excellent copies; and 6 others by or relating to Bond, 8vo & 4to (9)

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Lot 115

[Manning (Frederick) ], "Private 19022". Her Privates We, first trade edition, original pictorial cloth, light browning to spine ends and top edge, remnants of original glacine dust-jacket with printed card flap loosely inserted, 8vo, 1930. *** Her Privates We was published the previous year as The Middle Parts of Fortune, subsequently revised and with obscenities partially expurgated for the present edition.

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Lot 73

Fletcher (J. S.) The Air-Ship, ?first edition, rare variant red blind-stamped cloth, 1903 § Harvey (W.F.) Midnight House & Other Tales, ALs from the author loosely inserted, 1910 § Mundy (Talbot) The Ivory Trail, endpapers spotted, 1920 § Bellamy (Edward) Equality, spine browned, title detached, New York, 1897, original cloth, light bumping to extremities; and 6 others, mystery fiction, 8vo (10) *** We cannot trace another like example of the The Air-Ship in the red blind-stamped cloth. 

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Lot 67

Fleming (Ian) For Your Eyes Only, ink ownership inscription on front free endpapers, very faint marking to contents page, boards with eye design in white to upper cover, spine lettered in silver, edges lightly rubbed, corners bumped, later issue dust-jacket, light fading on spine, very light creasing, 1960; Thunderball, boards with skeletal hand in blind to upper cover, spine lettered in gilt, jacket with small portion of damp-staining to upper panel, spine ends and upper edge a little creased, 1961; The Spy Who Loved Me, ownership name on pastedown, boards with dagger motif blocked to front board in silver and blind, spine lettered in silver, jacket edges and spine ends a little chipped and frayed, light shelf-lean, 1962, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets, 8vo (3) 

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Lot 191

Yeats (William Butler) Poems, first revised edition, prize bookplate, light browning and spotting to endpapers, original decorative cloth, gilt, uncut, spine ends and extremities a little bumped but very bright in general, 1908 § le Carré (John) The Night Manager, first edition, signed by the author on title, original boards, dust-jacket, light creasing to top edge, 1993 § Onions (Oliver) Collected Ghost Stories, first edition, very light fading on endpapers, original decorative cloth, spine a little bumped, 1935 § Ford (F.M.) No More Parades, first edition, bookplate partially removed from pastedown, foxing to peripheral pages, original cloth, light spotting to fore-edge, otherwise excellent, 1925; and 7 others, mixed modern literature, 8vo (11) 

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Lot 130

Orwell (George) Nineteen Eighty-Four, first edition, original cloth, slight shelf-lean, spine sunned, light fading to covers, some light marking and rubbing to extremities, [Fenwick A12a], 8vo, 1949.

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Ben-Gurion (David) and Moshe Pearlman. Ben Gurion Looks Back, first edition, signed by Ben-Gurion on title, original boards, 8vo, 1965.

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Lot 44

Dahl (Roald) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, first English edition, cut signature of the author on title, illustrations by Faith Jacques, small patch of abrasion to front free endpaper and pastedown, original pictorial boards, slight shelf-lean, very light sunning to spine, slight wear to spine ends with some pealing to laminate, a very good copy overall, 4to, 1967. 

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Lot 86

Harbou (Thea von) Metropolis, third impression [first movie tie-in edition], illustrations, 2pp. publisher's advertisements at end, contemporary gift inscription in German on half-title, original printed wrappers with design by Werner Graul, upper joint splitting from bottom, light creasing to edges, cornes a little tender, chip to spine ends, still an excellent copy of a rare edition, Berlin, August Scherl, 1926; and 2 other editions of this same work, including the first Dutch edition, 8vo (3) *** The first was prepared for the press by von Harbou during the writing of the screenplay for the 1927 film; the illustrations are all from photographs taken on set.

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Lot 26

Chandler (Raymond) Spanish Blood, first edition, Cleveland and New York, 1946; The Lady in the Lake, film tie-in jacket, jacket extremities a little nicked and frayed, New York, 1943; Farewell, My Lovely, pages toned, film tie-in jacket, 1944; and 4 others, crime fiction, 8vo (7)

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Lot 139

Rand (Ayn) Atlas Shrugged, first edition, original cloth, first state dust-jacket with 10/57 and price of $6.95 to front flap, chipping and fraying to edges, small chips to upper edge, still a bright example overall, 8vo, New York, 1957.

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Lot 35

Christie (Agatha) They Do It With Mirrors, first edition, gift card laid onto front free endpaper, ink date to front pastedown, original cloth, dust-jacket, lower panel with small abrasion and closed tear to foot, spine ends and corners a little chipped, light rubbing to head and foot, 1952 § Hudson (W.H.) Green Mansions, plates by E. McKnight Kauffer, original cloth-backed boards, some bumping to corners, New York, [1946]; and c.40 others, similar, 8vo (c.40)

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Lot 176

Waugh (Evelyn) Brideshead Revisited, shelf-lean, 1945; Scoop, 1933; A Handful of Dust, 1934; Black Mischief, 1932, first editions, ownership name or gift inscriptions on endpapers, original cloth, spines faded, extremities and joints rubbed; and 6 others by the same, 8vo (10)

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Lot 55

Eden (Anthony) Another World 1897-1917, signed by the author on front free endpaper, printed Christmas card from Clarissa & Anthony Eden loosely inserted, spotting to endpapers, portions of cover lightly faded, creasing and small tears along head of jacket, spine ends bumped, some water and ink stains jacket verso, 1976 § Wedgewood (C.V.) The Spoils of Time, vol.1 [all published], signed presentation inscription from James and Audrey Callaghan, spine ends of cover bumped, jacket price-clipped, a little toned, spine ends and top edge a little creased, 1984, first editions, original cloth, dust-jacket, spines lightly faded, 8vo (2) *** Two crisp first editions each signed by a prime minister of the United Kingdom. 

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Angus (John) The Homecoming, first edition, endpapers browned, original boards, corners bumped, dust-jacket, fine, 8vo, 1935. *** An exceptional copy of Angus's second novel, a weird and supernatural historical work based in 15th century Scotland. An unusual tale of sorcery, battles and murder. Rare in such pristine condition. 

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Lot 37

Christie (Agatha) A Caribbean Mystery, 1964; Passenger to Frankfurt, 1970; Postern of Fate, 1973; Curtain: Poirot's Last Case, 1975; By the Pricking of My Thumbs, jacket price-clipped, creased at lower panel, 1968, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets, light creasing and nicks to extremities, overall excellent copies; and 16 others by the same, 8vo (19)

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Lot 182

White (Patrick) The Aunt's Story, first English edition, very light toning to margins, original boards, dust-jacket by Roy de Maistre, spine toned, light surface wear to lower panel, chips and nicks to upper edge, spine head with small portion of loss, one or two other small stains and tears, still overall a bright copy in an unrestored jacket, 8vo, 1948. *** An early work from the Australian novelist and 1973 Nobel Prize-winner, Patrick White, scarce in the jacket. The jacket artist, Roy de Maistre, was an Australian artist renowned for his early experimentation with "colour-music", and is recognised as the first Australian artist to use pure abstraction which was greatly influenced by Cubism. The two men were close friends, and White dedicated his first novel Happy Valley (1939) to De Maistre, acknowledging De Maistre's influence on his writing.

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Lot 172

Vidal (Gore) Washington, D.C., first edition, signed by the author on title, 1967; The Season of Comfort, cut signed presentation inscription from the author "love from Gore" tipped on to half-title, 1949 § Spillane (Mickey) The Deep, 1961 § Solzhenitsyn (Alexander) One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, 1963 § Stegner (Wallace) Second Growth, 1947, first editions, some light toning to endpapers, original boards or cloth, some light bumping to spine ends, dust-jackets, some with lightly faded spines, some nicks and tears to extremities, spine ends a little frayed; and c.65 others, mid-20th century fiction, 8vo (c.70) 

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Lot 188

Wodehouse (P.G.) Ice in the Bedroom, very light surface marking to lower panel of jacket, otherwise a crisp and fine copy, 1961; Do Butlers Burgle Banks?, jacket clipped and re-priced on flap, 1968; Company for Henry, jacket clipped and re-priced, 1967; Something Fishy, 1957, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets, spines a little creased and chipped but overall excellent copies; and 25 others by the same, many in jackets, 8vo (29)

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Lot 100

Khan (Ismith) The Jumbie Bird, first edition, review copy with slip loosely inserted, light toning strip on endpapers, original boards, dust-jacket, lightly creased at extremities, top edge a little frayed, 1961 § Achebe (Chinua) Things Fall Apart, review copy with slip loosely inserted, illustrations by Uche Okeke, original wrappers, 1965; and 2 others, by African writers, including Ngugi's Weep Not Child and Amos Tutuola's The Palm-Wine Drinkard, 8vo (4) *** The edition of Achebe's acclaimed book Things Fall Apart include an introduction and notes by Nigerian academic and Aigboje Higo. 

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Lot 125

O'Donnell (Elliott) Haunted Highways and Byways, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "with all best wishes from Elliott O'Donnell" on half-title, bookplate, very light spotting on half-title, original boards, dust-jacket, spine browned, ends very lightly frayed, 8vo, 1914. *** An attractive abridgment of the weird and supernatural tales of psychic detective O'Donnell. 

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Lot 64

Fleming (Ian) Dr. No, first edition, light staple staining to margins of pp.238-9, original second state boards with silhouette in brown, spine lettered in silver, fore-edge very lightly marked, dust-jacket, light nicks and chips along edges, insect-bitten along joints and lower panel leaving surface wear, 8vo, 1958.

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Lot 105

Le Carré (John) [The Karla Trilogy], comprising Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, jacket spine faded, 1974; The Honourable Schoolboy, 1977; Smiley's People, 1979, first editions, each with signed bookplate by the author laid down to titles, original boards, dust-jackets, fine or near-fine copies, 8vo.

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Lot 164

Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Lord of the Rings, 3 vol., comprising The Fellowship of the Ring, folding map at end, contemporary ink ownership inscription on front free endpaper, light soiling marks to cloth, 1954; The Two Towers, folding map at end, endpapers browned, spine sunned, light fading to upper panel, faint spots to panels, 1955; The Return of the King, lacking folding map, light spotting on endpapers, cloth soiled and spotted, 1955, first edition, second impressions, original cloth, spines dulled, ends and extremities bumped and creased; and 2 others sets of the same work, comprising third or fourth impressions, and a second edition set, all without jackets, 8vo (9) 

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Lot 103

le Carré (John) The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, fifth impression, jacket spine a little faded, spine ends and extremities very slightly chipped, panels with the odd spot or light stain, 1963; A Legacy of Spies, "exclusive signed edition", signed by the author, 2017; Our Kind of Traitor, signed presentation inscription from the author on title, 2010; Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, first edition, 1974, original boards, dust-jackets, light creasing and scuffs to extremities; and 2 others, including another title by le Carré and a first edition copy of Arthur C. Clarke's The Sands of Mars, 8vo (6)

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Lot 46

Dahl (Roald) Switch Bitch, first American edition, signed by the author on front free endpaper, original cloth, dust-jacket, fine, 8vo, New York, 1974.

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Lot 175

*** Please note, the description to this lot has changed.***Waugh (Evelyn) Brideshead Revisited, first book club edition, light scattered spotting mainly to first and last few pages, original cloth, light surface staining, spine ends lightly bumped, dust-jacket, one or two spots, spine ends a little nicked and frayed, spine lightly sunned, small hole to spine foot, top edge a little creased but in general a very crisp and excellent copy, Boston, 8vo, 1945.

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Lot 199

Elphinstone Hope (Mrs C.-W.) The Star of the Fairies, presentation inscription from  "To the star of the fairies, my sweet Miranda, Arthur" dated 1887 on half-title, 11 plates, spotting throughout, original pictorial cloth, gilt, corners and extremities a little bumped, 1881 § Waite (Arthur Edward) Belle and the Dragon, presentation inscription on pastedown, hinge cracked, light finger-staining, stains to pp.58/59, original pictorial cloth, rather stained and worn, corners bumped, 1894 § Peart (M.A.) Over the Moon, small ownership inscription on endpapers, very faintly spotted, original cloth, dust-jacket, worn with triangular portions of loss to upper panel, fraying and nicks to edges, 1927; and 25 others, mostly relating to fairies, and others, similar, v.s. (c.30) *** The first with curious provenance which also relates to the second mentioned: Belle and the Dragon is set in the mythic land of Ravendale, and features lightly disguised versions of Waite and his cohort. Waite's wife, Ada, is represented as the dormouse, while her sister, and Waite's first and true love, Dora, is featured as the heroine, Mesuline. Waite first met Dora in 1886 and the two fell almost immediately in love; however, in June 1887 she married one Reverend Granville Stuart-Menteath. In January 1888, Waite in turn married her sister Ada. Dora and Waite remained close despite their marriages and the two families lived near one another in Gunnersbury. The first mentioned is presumably inscribed to Dora from Waite. 

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Lot 23

Burroughs (Edgar Rice) Tarzan and the City of Gold, book-label on pastedown, dust-jacket, light creasing and nicks to edges, lower panel with discolouration, still overall a crisp copy, Tarzana, 1933; Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar, contemporary ink ownership name on front free endpapers, cloth spine sunned, ends a little frayed, Chicago, 1918; The Tarzan Twins, gift inscription on half-title, cloth-backed boards, spine rubbed, covers chipped in places, Illinois, 1927, first editions, original cloth or boards; and 6 others by or relating to Burroughs, 8vo (9)

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Lot 205

Nash (Paul), Henry Moore, Barbara Hepworth and others.- Read (Herbert, editor) Unit 1. The Modern Movement in English Architecture, Painting and Sculpture, first edition, light spotting to peripheral pages and fore-edge, original cloth, spine very lightly faded, dust-jacket, faded, heavier to spine, some creasing to upper edge, but overall a remarkably intact copy, 4to, 1934. *** The accompanying book for the first (and only) exhibition of the Unit One group of artists, rare in the dust-jacket.

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Lot 190

Wyndham (John) I Trasfigurati, author's own copy with his ownership stamp on title, original wrappers, lightly faded, 1980; Les Triffides, first French edition, light foxing, original wrappers, light bumping and creasing, Editions Opta, 1974; 'Derelict of Space' in Fantasy: A Magazine of Thrilling Science-Fiction, no.3, pp.3-20, original wrappers, light creasing and tears to extremities, 1939; and 10 others, Wyndham, v.s. (13) *** The copy of 'Derelict of Space' is from the library of the author's brother.  

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Baron (Alexander) The Lowlife, first edition, slight tape-staining to endpapers, original boards, strip of tape marking to boards, dust-jacket, very slight fading to spine, minor chipping to spine tips and corners, slight marking to flaps, an excellent example, 8vo, 1963.*** An attractive example of this London novel, set in Hackney. Interest in Baron's works has increased noticeably in recent years and the present work is now rightly regarded as a classic work of London literature. 

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Lot 70

Fleming (Ian) Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, 3 vol., first editions, illustrations by John Burningham, original pictorial boards, spine ends a little bumped and discoloured, dust-jackets, lightly toned at top edge and spine, light chips and nicks to extremities, still very good overall, 4to, 1964-65.

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Lot 75

Forster (E.M., writer, 1879-1970) Typed Letter signed to "Madan" [Madan Blanchard], 2pp., 4to, West Hackhurst, Abinger Hammer, Dorking, 14th November, 1931, an imagined follow up to 'A Letter to Madan Blanchard' published by the Hogarth Press a few months before, folds; together with A Letter to Madan Blanchard, first edition, light scattered spotting straying onto page margins, original wrappers, [Kirkpatrick A14a; Woolmer 254], 1931; and a letter of provenance, v.s. (3) *** A remarkable unpublished follow up letter to Forster's published work 'A Letter to Madan Blachard' in letter form.In 1931, Leonard Woolf wrote to Forster asking to help launch a pamphlet series that would take the form of letters to "anyone, dead or alive, real or imaginary, on any subject" (Letters p.303). Though they did not succeed commercially (Harcourt Brace issued the first three individually, and by March, 1932, had sold only 125 copies), the first in the series, Forster's 'A Letter to Madan Blanchard' was the most widely read and remains a pertinent denunciation of Empire as well as a meditative exploration of one's essential humanity. The character of Blanchard himself is not imaginary, but a real eighteenth-century mariner who deserted his shipmates and captain to remain behind on a Pacific island in the year 1783. Lee Boo, a young black prince, sailed away with the ship's company to be raised in England while Blanchard the sailor was left in his place to go native on the Pellew island. Allegedly, after the pamphlet was published, a book collector named Hardie wrote an amusing letter to Forster about his piece. Rather than responding directly to his correspondent, Forster here addresses Madan once again, constructing a quasi follow up to the first in epistolary form. Here, a facetious Forster replies to Madan, and in keeping with the tone of the first, Forster injects this letter with arch bemusement, imagining him to still be alive: "one irregularity invariably leads to another - at least so it still is on this side of the world - and it almost seems as if, as a final misdemeanour, you have declined to die". In his response to the marooned sailor's imagined questions, Forster quips "I do not think that I have anything else to say, and I do not really know how to answer your questions. 'Airmail' is of course air mail, 'steam packet' a steam packet, and 'Mussolini' a local accelerator, which has hitherto only worked south of the Alps. Pigeons, whom you so quaintly remember, still exist, and wagons stand tipped up when they exist at all".A delightful follow-up letter, and a singular Forsterian item.  

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Lot 161

Thomas (Dylan) Under Milk Wood, first edition, original cloth, spine ends very lightly creased, dust-jacket, very minor nicks to spine ends and corners, one or two very faint spots, otherwise a near-fine copy, 8vo, 1954.

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Lot 114

MacDiarmid (Hugh).- An Afternoon with Hugh MacDiarmid, plates, a little cockled, original wrappers, slip-case (a little rubbed), privately printed, 1969; On a Raised Beach: a Poem, first edition, one of 200 copies, signed presentation inscription from the author "signed with every high regard and best wishes for Arthur Thompson" on front free endpaper, loose in original wrappers as issued, light scratches, 1967; and 11 others by or relating to MacDiarmid, some signed by the poet, some signed from Duncan Glen, v.s. (13) *** Christopher Murray Grieve (1892 –1978), best known by his pen name Hugh MacDiarmid, was a Scottish poet, journalist, essayist and political figure. He is considered one of the principal forces behind the Scottish Renaissance and has had a lasting impact on Scottish culture and politics. 

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Lot 133

Pasternak (Boris) Doctor Zhivago, first English edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, 1" tear down joint from spine head, chips to extremities, 8vo, 1958.

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Lot 74

Forster (E.M.) A Passage to India, first edition, 3pp. publisher's advertisements at end, bookplate of Liddell Hart, spotting, heavier to peripheral pages and rear adverts, original cloth, spine lightly faded, corners and spine ends a little rubbed and bumped, 8vo, 1924. *** Sir Henry Liddell Hart (1895 –1970), commonly known throughout most of his career as Captain B. H. Liddell Hart, was a British soldier, military historian, and military theorist. 

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Lot 219

Boyd (Alexander Stuart) "Presentation to Sir Henry Irving on receiving his Title", an original illustration, brush and ink, watercolour and gouache, heightened with white, over pencil under-drawing, signed in the lower right corner, numerous pencil annotations with people identified in the lower margin, sheet 250 x 310 mm (9 3/4 x 12 1/4 in), minor nicks and surface dirt, unframed, 1895*** In 1895 Irving became the first actor to be awarded a knighthood.

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Lot 158

Steinbeck (John) The Short Reign of Pippin IV, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to his sister "Mary | avec l'aimité | from John the XXII" on front free endpaper, original yellow and salmon blind-stamped cloth, dust-jacket, small rectangular strip cut from flap joint, spine ends very lightly frayed, overall still excellent, [Goldstone & Payne A36a], 8vo, 1957. *** The work - a satirical fantasy about the French monarchy - represents a distinct departure from Steinbeck's typical gritty realism and presents his versatility as a genre writer. The personal inscription to his eldest sister Mary reflects their close and enduring relationship throughout his life. Provenance: The Mary Steinbeck Dekker Family Collection. 

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Eddison (E. R.) Mistress of Mistresses: A Vision of Zimiamvia, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author on front free endpaper, light scattered spotting to endpapers, 1935; The Worm Ouroboros, new edition, 1924, illustrations by Keith Henderson, original cloth, spie ends bumped, otherwise excellent, 8vo (2) 

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