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Lot 278
Le Carré (John) The Clandestine Muse, one of 250 copies signed by the author, original marbled wrappers, West Burke, VT, Janus Press, 1986; Nervous Times, number 67 of 250 copies signed by the author, photographic frontispiece portrait of the author, original morocco-backed boards, The Anglo-Israel Association, 1998; Sarratt and the Draper of Watford, first edition, signed by the author, list of the people of Sarratt loosely inserted, original boards, dust-jacket, 1999, fine copies, 8vo (3)
Lot 28
Beauclerk (Helen) The Love of the Foolish Angel, illustrations by Edmund Dulac, jacket with light spotting, 1929 § Winter (J. Keith) Other Man's Saucer, jacket with short tear to head of upper joint, some light surface soiling, publisher's wraparound band (light toning to spine), 1930 § Stephens (James) Etched in Moonlight, jacket with light toning to spine, a few small nicks to head, 1928 § Morgan (Charles) Portrait in a Mirror, jacket spine browned, 1929, first editions, some light foxing, original cloth, dust-jackets, excellent or near-fine; and c. 45 others, mostly 1920s-30s in dust-jackets in excellent condition, 8vo (c.50)
Lot 284
Le Carré (John) The Spy Who Came in From the Cold, number 8 of 124 copies signed by the author, printed in red and black, tipped-in signed woodcut portrait of the author by Stephen Alcorn, original cloth-backed boards with paper label to upper cover, Oak Tree Press, 2008; The Spy Who Came in the From the Cold, fiftieth anniversary edition, signed by the author on title, original boards, dust-jacket, 2013, fine copies 8vo (2)⁂ The first a scarce reprinting of the first three chapters. This special edition dedicated to children living with HIV/Aids.
Lot 285
NO RESERVE Le Carré (John) The Spy Who Came in From the Cold, fiftieth anniversary edition, signed by the author to title, 2013; The Mission Song, first edition, signed by the author to title, 2006; Single & Single, gift inscription to front free endpaper, first issue promotional dust-jacket, 1999 § Horowitz (Anthony) Trigger Mortis, first edition, signed by the author to title, 2015, original boards, dust-jackets, fine copies; and 3 others, spy novels, 8vo (7)
Lot 287
Le Guin (Ursula K.) Orsina Tales, jacket with minor chipping to spine tips and corners, rubbing to extremities, New York, [1976]; Dancing at the Edge of the World, 1989; Buffalo Gals and Other Animal Prescences, jacket with short tear with creasing to head of upper panel, Sant Barbara, CA, 1987; Unlocking the Air and Other Stories, 1996; The Telling, 2000, first or first English editions, signed presentation inscription from the author to John Rowe Townsend and/ or Jill Paton Walsh, original boards, dust-jackets, some light creasing to head and foot; and 12 others by the same, most inscribed, v.s. (17)⁂ An excellent group of works inscribed to Le Guin's fellow authors John Rowe Townsend and Jill Paton Walsh. Le Guin would include works by Paton Walsh in science fiction anthologies she edited.
Lot 288
NO RESERVE Leavitt (David) While England Sleeps, first edition, 1993 § Adams (Douglas) The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul, 1988 § Lessing (Doris) The Good Terrorist, 1985 § Spark (Muriel) Loitering With Intent, 1981, first editions, original boards or cloth, dust-jackets, light creasing to spine head, otherwise near-fine copies; and 11 others, modern literature, 8vo (15)
![[Lee (Laurie)] Land at War: The Official Story of British Farming 1939-1944, first edition, signed by the author on title, il](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/8b5917c8-6f65-4910-befc-af9e01004842/22dc7889-c92b-4f20-a4ad-af9e01131a2c/468x382.jpg)
Lot 289
[Lee (Laurie)] Land at War: The Official Story of British Farming 1939-1944, first edition, signed by the author on title, illustrations, original wrappers, lower wrapper detached, upper wrapper a little loose in staple, very light rubbing to spine ends and joints but overall still sharp, 4to, 1945.⁂ A very rare signed copy of Lee's second book, published anonymously - for which he denied having anything to do with.
Lot 29
Beckett (Samuel) Echo's Bones, first edition, one of 327 copies, very light occasional soiling or damp-staining marks, original wrappers, lightly soiled and toned, 4to, 1935.⁂ Echo's Bones' was intended by Samuel Beckett to form the 'recessional' or end-piece of his early collection of interrelated stories, More Pricks Than Kicks, published in 1934. The story was written at the request of the publisher, but was held back from inclusion in the published volume.
Lot 291
NO RESERVE Lee (Laurie) Cider With Rosie, 1959; As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning, jacket price-clipped, 1969; A Moment of War, 1991, first editions, original boards, spine ends bumped, dust-jackets, very light chipping to spine ends or along joints, but overall sharp and pristine copies, 8vo (3)⁂ A sharp set of Laurie Lee's autobiographical trilogy, his most significant literary contribution.
Lot 292
Lee (Harper) To Kill a Mockingbird, first English edition, board spine ends bumped, jacket rubbed and creased to extremities, corners chipped with small tape repairs, light foxing to spine and lower panel, spine ends reinforced with tape, but still a bright example overall, 8vo, 1960; Go Set a Watchman, first edition, a fine copy, 2015, original boards, dust-jackets, 8vo (2)
Lot 295
NO RESERVE Lessing (Doris) Alfred and Emily, 2008; The Grandmothers, 2003; This Was the Old Chief's Country, 2 vol., 1987, first editions, signed or with signed presentation inscriptions from the author to front free endpapers or titles, the last to vol.1 only, original boards, dust-jackets, clean copies; and 5 others by the same, 8vo (9)
Lot 297
Lewis (C.S.) The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe, first edition, first impression, illustrations by Pauline Baynes, bookplate removed from front free endpaper, endpapers browned, original cloth, spine foxed and sunned, spine ends lightly frayed, seventh impression dust-jacket, price-clipped, tear along upper panel repaired, one or two other closed tears, nicks and frays to extremities but overall still in effect an attractive and sharp copy, 8vo, 1950.
Lot 298
Lewis (C.S.) Prince Caspian. The Return to Narnia, third impression, 1960; The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, fourth impression, 1962; The Silver Chair, fourth impression, 1961; The Horse and His Boy, fourth impression, 1961; The Magician's Nephew, third impression, 1960; The Last Battle, third impression, 1961, first editions, illustrations by Pauline Baynes, neat ownership inscriptions to endpapers, original boards, some slight shelf-lean, dust-jackets, some light sunning to toning to spines, light rubbing to head and foot, but near-fine examples generally, 8vo (6)
Lot 3
Aldington (Richard) Death of a Hero, first English edition, some scattered edge-spotting, light browning to endpapers, original cloth, dust-jacket, light toning to spine, short nick to head of upper panel, else fine, 1929; Two Stories, limited edition signed by the author, browning to endpapers, original cloth-backed boards, spine slightly browned with small chip to head, 1930; and 7 others by the same, 8vo (9)
![NO RESERVE London (Jack) The Dream of Debs, first edition, [1912]; An Old Lie Finally Nailed, 2pp., Willard Morse bookplate t](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/8b5917c8-6f65-4910-befc-af9e01004842/9cb6f480-08af-4aef-a14b-af9e0113261c/468x382.jpg)
Lot 302
NO RESERVE Lowry (Malcolm) Under the Volcano, first edition, light toning to endpapers, original cloth, lightly faded and bumped at spine ends, dust-jacket, extremities and corners chipped with small portion of loss to spine ends, one or two marks to lower panel, splitting along lower joint with small tape repairs verso, edges nicked and frayed, 8vo, 1947.
Lot 304
Machen (Arthur) The Chronicle of Clemendy, first edition, one of 250 copies, presentation inscription "from his friend the author" to endpaper with recipient's name erased, frontispiece, tissue-guard, illustrations and decorations, scattered foxing, endpapers browned, original parchment-backed boards, spine ends and corners a little bumped, rubbing and soiling, uncut, 8vo, Carbonnek [London], Privately printed for the Society of Pantagruelists, 1888.⁂ Machen's first collection of short stories, The Chronicle of Clemendy is set amongst a Welsh drinking fraternity who pass the time by telling each other a series of fantasy tales.
![[Machen (Arthur)] Thesaurus Incantatus: The Enchanted Treasure, or, The Spagyric Quest of Beroaldus Cosmopolita, In Which Is](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/8b5917c8-6f65-4910-befc-af9e01004842/f0346278-0358-4f80-b32e-af9e011329e7/468x382.jpg)
Lot 305
[Machen (Arthur)] Thesaurus Incantatus: The Enchanted Treasure, or, The Spagyric Quest of Beroaldus Cosmopolita, In Which Is Sophically and Mystagorically Declared the First Matter of the Stone, first edition, frontispiece, frontispiece, 20th century morocco-backed boards, upper wrapper bound in, preserved in custom chemise and morocco-backed slip-case, 8vo, T. Marvell, [c.1888].⁂ A rare early work by Machen of significant esoteric interest. The work divides into two parts, the first forms a metaphoric narrative discussion of alchemy while the second is a discussion of alchemical, esoteric other occult works that were available at the time. We can trace no like copy at auction or available online.
Lot 307
Machen (Arthur) The Great God Pan, first edition, half-title, 20pp. advertisements at end, title decoration and cover design by Aubrey Beardsley, neat contemporary ink ownership inscription and light browning to endpapers, 2 autograph letters from a Cornish bookseller loosely inserted, original pictorial cloth, spine ends and corners a little bumped, light toning to spine light marking to upper cover, an excellent copy, uncut, [Tymn 3-156], 8vo, London & Boston, 1894.⁂ Machen's most famous and celebrated novella, a classic horror title that influenced Stoker and Lovecraft.
Lot 308
Machen (Arthur) The Three Impostors or The Transmutations, first edition, 30pp. advertisements at end, title and cover design by Aubrey Beardsley, original decorative cloth, uncut, very slight toning to spine, light rubbing to tips of spine and corners, else fine, [Tymn 3-161], 8vo, London & Boston, 1895.⁂ A superb copy of Machen's horror novel, essentially a series of interconnected weird and supernatural tales involving pagan rites and a secret society.
Lot 309
Machen (Arthur) The Great Return, first issue with top edge unstained, light edge-spotting, slight bumping to spine ends, jacket with light toning to spine, minor creasing and fraying to head and foot, 1915; The Terror, light foxing to endpapers, spine ends a little bumped, jacket spine ends and corners a little chipped, fraying to head of spine, short tear to head of upper panel, light surface soiling, 1917; War and the Christian Faith, light foxing, jacket with toning and spotting, nick to head of spine, light creasing to head, 1918, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets, excellent copies; and 3 others by the same, 8vo (6)
Lot 311
Machen (Arthur) The Secret Glory, issue with lower edge trimmed but fore-edge uncut, dust-jacket, light toning to spine, minor fraying to head of spine, light creasing to head, light surface soiling, [1922]; Far Off Things, light browning to endpapers, spine a little sunned, 1922; Things Near and Far, light browning to endpapers, dust-jacket, light toning to spine, minor chipping to spine tips and corners, 1923; The London Adventure or the Art of Wandering, browning to endpapers, dust-jacket with light toning to spine, spine chipped at head, light surface soiling, 1924, first editions, edge-spotting, original cloth; and 11 others by the same, 8vo (15)
Lot 313
Machen (Arthur) Ornaments in Jade, original cloth, slipcase, New York, 1924; Precious Balms, spotting to endpapers, original cloth, sunning to spine, 1924; Dreads and Drolls, spotting to endpapers, original parchment-backed boards, spotting, dust-jacket, sunning to spine and panels, 1926, The Grande Touvaille. A Legend of Pentonville, original wrappers, short tear to upper cover, spotted, First Edition Bookshop [1923]; The Collector's Craft, original wrappers, scattered spotting, First Edition Bookshop, [1923], limited editions signed by the author; and 8 others, Machen, including a number of limited editions, 8vo (13)
Lot 314
Machen (Arthur) The Shining Pyramid, one of 250 signed copies signed by the author, light browning to endpapers, original cloth, dust-jacket, spine browned and chipped at head, light toning to head of upper panel, an excellent copy, [Tymn 3-158 (the American first edition)],1925; and the American first edition of the same, 8vo (2)⁂ A collection of stories including several titles. The Shining Pyramid features Machen's occult detective Dyson investigating strange happenings and the disappearance of a young girl.
![NO RESERVE MacInnes (Colin) [The London Trilogy], 3 vol., comprising, City of Spades, first edition, faint spotting to fore-e](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/8b5917c8-6f65-4910-befc-af9e01004842/216a75c2-a102-40de-afe6-af9e01133246/468x382.jpg)
Lot 315
NO RESERVE MacInnes (Colin) [The London Trilogy], 3 vol., comprising, City of Spades, first edition, faint spotting to fore-edges, 1957; Absolute Beginners, sixth impression, 1959; Mr Love and Justice, first edition, 1960, original cloth, fractional bumping to spine extremities, dust-jackets, the first with loss and small tears to edges, a little rubbed, slight creasing to edges, 8vo.
![Mackay (Malcolm) [The Glasgow Trilogy], 3 vol., comprising The Necessary Death of Lewis Winter, limited edition, 2013; How A](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/8b5917c8-6f65-4910-befc-af9e01004842/d2ab7391-1dc7-430c-8ba7-af9e0113332a/468x382.jpg)
Lot 316
Mackay (Malcolm) [The Glasgow Trilogy], 3 vol., comprising The Necessary Death of Lewis Winter, limited edition, 2013; How A Gunman Says Goodbye, 2013; The Sudden Arrival of Violence, 2014 § Porter (Henry) Remembrance Day, 1999; A Spy's Life, 2001; Empire State, 2003; Brandenburg, 2005, first editions, signed by the authors, original boards, dust-jackets, fine copies; and 2 others, thrillers, 8vo (9)
Lot 317
MacLean (Alistair) H. M. S. Ulysses, 1955; The Guns of Navarone, short tear along lower edge of jacket, 1957; South by Java Head, 1958; The Last Frontier, jacket price-clipped, jacket split along upper joint, 1959, first editions, some endpapers browned, original boards, light bumping to spine ends, dust-jackets, light rubbing and scuffing to extremities and joints; and 27 others by the same, including 2 under his pseudonym Ian Stuart, 8vo (31)
Lot 318
NO RESERVE MacNeice (Louis) Solstices, 1961; Holes in the Sky, 1948; The Earth Compels, 1938; Spring-board, light spots to endpapers, 1944; Visitations, original wrap-around, light spots to jacket, 1957; Autumn Sequel, endpapers lightly browned, 1954, first editions, original cloth, spine ends a little bumped, dust-jackets, spines darkened, some minor nicks to spine ends, overall very good or excellent copies, 8vo (6)⁂ A good first edition group of the revered Irish poet's works.
Lot 319
Malamud (Bernard) The Fixer, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Tom Maschler to half-title, original cloth, dust-jacket, price-clipped with $5.75 ink price stamp to front flap, light sunning to spine, minor chipping to spine tips, small chip to head of front panel, light rubbing, 8vo, New York, 1966.⁂ The Fixer, Malamud's fourth novel, won both the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize.
Lot 32
Bellow (Saul) The Dangling Man, first edition, light browning to endpapers, original cloth, light toning to spine, mottling to lower cover and upper fore-edge, dust-jacket, light toning to spine, spine ends and corners chipped, a few nicks and light creasing to head, a very good copy overall, 8vo, New York, Vanguard Press, 1944.⁂ Bellow's first published work.
Lot 320
Mankell (Henning) Faceless Killers, 2000; The Dogs of Riga, 2001; The White Lioness, 2003; Sidetracked, 2000; The Fifth Woman, 2001, first English editions, original boards, one or two very lightly creased to extremities but overall near-fine copies; and 26 others by the same, first English or American editions, including some duplicates, 8vo (31)
![[Manning (Frederic)] The Middle Parts of Fortune, 2 vol., first edition, number 504 of 520 copies, first title printed in red](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/8b5917c8-6f65-4910-befc-af9e01004842/4d713fb8-df5f-4645-841f-af9e0113376f/468x382.jpg)
Lot 321
[Manning (Frederic)] The Middle Parts of Fortune, 2 vol., first edition, number 504 of 520 copies, first title printed in red & black, original cloth, t.e.g., glacine dust-jackets with card flaps, tear to upper panel, original slipcase (a little mottled), a near-fine set, 8vo, The Piazza Press, issued to subscribers by Peter Davies, 1929.⁂ A superb example of Manning's most loved work rare in the original jackets and slip-case. Originally published anonymously due to the shocking nature of its content for the times, published the following year in expurgated form. The book's depictions of the brutality, futility and mundanity of war were said to have inspired Hemingway to read the novel yearly, "to remember how things really were so that I will never lie to myself nor anyone else about them".
![[Manning (Frederick)], "Private 19022". Her Privates We, first trade edition, the odd spot, original pictorial cloth, light b](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/8b5917c8-6f65-4910-befc-af9e01004842/9d5340c6-fb54-40e4-8a37-af9e0113386b/468x382.jpg)
Lot 322
[Manning (Frederick)], "Private 19022". Her Privates We, first trade edition, the odd spot, original pictorial cloth, light browning to spine ends, else fine, glacine dust-jacket with printed card flaps, light toning to spine, chip and tear to foot of spine, tear to foot of upper panel, 8vo, 1930.⁂ Rare in the delicate glacine jacket. Her Privates We was published the previous year as The Middle Parts of Fortune (see previous lot), subsequently revised and with obscenities partially expurgated for the present edition.
![NO RESERVE Manning (Olivia) [The Levant Trilogy], 3 vol., first editions, comprising The Danger Tree, jacket price-clipped, s](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/8b5917c8-6f65-4910-befc-af9e01004842/3953fe8e-13b9-47b0-8ad1-af9e0113395c/468x382.jpg)
Lot 323
NO RESERVE Manning (Olivia) [The Levant Trilogy], 3 vol., first editions, comprising The Danger Tree, jacket price-clipped, small tear to lower panel, lightly stained with previous tape repair, 1977; The Battle Lost and Won, 1978; The Sum of Things, 1980, original boards, dust-jackets, excellent copies, 8vo.
Lot 324
NO RESERVE Mansfield (Katherine) The Garden Party, 1922 The Doves' Nest, 1923; Something Childish and Other Stories, 1924 § Forster (E.M.) Pharos and Pharillon, the Hogarth Press, 1923, first editions, some with ink ownership names to front free endpapers or half-title, some with browned endpapers, original cloth, light rubbing or bumping to extremities, spines a little faded, ends frayed; and 8 others by Mansfield and Forster, 8vo (12)
![Mantel (Hilary) [The Thomas Cromwell trilogy], 3 vol. comprising Wolf Hall, cut signature of the author on title, slight bump](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/8b5917c8-6f65-4910-befc-af9e01004842/0c859b4a-8b6c-4107-b037-af9e01133b77/468x382.jpg)
Lot 325
Mantel (Hilary) [The Thomas Cromwell trilogy], 3 vol. comprising Wolf Hall, cut signature of the author on title, slight bumping to head, 2009; Bring Up the Bodies, signed by the author on title, 2012; The Mirror and the Light, signed by the author on limitation f. at front, 2020, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets, near-fine, 8vo.⁂ Mantel's celebrated series, charting the rise and fall of Thomas Cromwell, the first two in the series won the Booker Prize in their respective years.
Lot 327
Marquand (John P.) Thank You, Mr. Moto, third printing, jacket spine a little sunned, spine ends and corners a little chipped, tear to head of lower panel, creasing to head, n.d. § Radcliffe (Garnett) In the Grip of the Brute, first cheap edition, jacket with 4/6 price label to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, extremities rubbed, 1938 § Bush (Christopher) Eight O'Clock Alibi, first edition, light browning to endpapers, second printing jacket, price-clipped, light rubbing and creasing to head, New York, 1937, original cloth, dust-jackets; and 7 others, early reprint detective fiction in jackets, 8vo (10)
Lot 328
NO RESERVE Marsh (Ngaio) Off With His Head, jacket price-clipped, some chips to extremities with slightly larger portion of loss to upper panel head, 1957; Clutch of the Constables, 1968; Tied Up in Tinsel, 1972; Light Thickens, jacket price-clipped, 1982, first editions, original boards, spine ends a little bumped, dust-jackets, light creasing or minor chipping to extremities, otherwise excellent copies; and 9 others by the same or by David Serafin, 8vo (13)
Lot 329
Martin (George R. R.) A Dance With Dragons, first edition, signed by the author, dust-jacket, 2011 § Tolkien (J. R. R.) The Fellowship of the Ring, fourth impression, slight shelf-lean, sunning to spine, spine ends a little frayed, 1955 § Moore (Alan) Watchmen [2 copies], first hardback edition, illustrations by Dave Gibbons, slipcase, New York, 1988 § Morgan (Richard) Altered Carbon, first edition, light toning to margins, 2002, original cloth or boards, 8vo (5)
Lot 33
Bellow (Saul) The Victim, first edition, signed by the author on title, light browning to endpapers, original cloth, light rubbing to spine tips and corners, dust-jacket, light browning to spine, spine ends and corners chipped, light surface soiling, a very good copy overall, 8vo, New York, Vanguard Press, 1947.⁂ The author's second novel. Bellow would later refer to Dangling Man as his MA and The Victim as his Ph.D.
Lot 330
⁂ Please note, proceeds of this sale will go to the Action for Refugees charity ⁂Martin (George R. R.) [Game of Thrones Series], 9 vol. including map vol., first printings, illustrations by Jonathan Burton, original pictorial cloth, slipcases, 8vo, Folio Society, 2019-22.⁂ A superb set of this handsome production. Winner of a British Book Design award.
Lot 331
Maschler (Tom).- Atwood (Margaret) Life Before Man, signed presentation inscription from the author to Tom Maschler, jacket with light sunning to spine, 1980 § Drabble (Margaret) The Middle Ground, signed presentation inscription from the author to Tom Maschler, 1980 § Nin (Anais) The Children of the Albatross, jacket spine and corners chipped with loss, creasing and fraying to extremities, New York, 1947; The Four-Chambered Heart, jacket spine ends and corners a little chipped, a few small chips to head and foot, light creasing to head and foot, New York, 1950, first or first English editions, bookplate of Tom Maschler to front pastedowns, original cloth, dust-jackets; and 9 others, Maschler, 8vo (13)⁂ An excellent collection of books belonging to the publisher Tom Maschler (1933 - 2020).
Lot 332
Mason (A.E.W.) At the Villa Rose, first edition, light browning to endpapers, ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, original green cloth, spine a little dulled, spine ends and corners a little bumped and frayed, 8vo, 1910.⁂ The first of the Inspector Hanaud novels, a Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone.
Lot 333
Maugham (William Somerset) Cakes and Ale, first edition, first state with 't' of 'won't' lacking on p.147, presentation inscription 'for E.C. Gardner' signed by the author on front free endpaper, endpapers very lightly toned, pp.269/270 corner torn away not affecting text, original cloth, one or two spots and very faint toning to spine, dust-jacket, spine browned, corners and spine head chipped and frayed, [Stott A40a], 8vo, 1930.
Lot 334
NO RESERVE Maugham (William Somerset) The Complete Short Stories, 3 vol., modern half morocco over original cloth, spines gilt in compartments, 1951; The Magician, 1908; Cakes and Ale, 1930; The Merry-Go-Round, 1904; The Trembling Leaf, 1921; Cosmopolitans, 1936, first editions, light foxing or browning to endpapers or first few pages, all but the first original cloth, light rubbing to extremities, light fading; and 7 others by the same, 8vo (15)
Lot 335
Maugham (William Somerset) Cakes and Ale, one of 1000 copies signed by the author and illustrator, frontispiece portrait, [Stott A40d], 1954; The Vagrant Mood, one of 500 copies signed by the author, 1952; Liza of Lambeth, one of 100 copies signed by the author, endpapers lightly browned, jacket lightly faded and creased to spine head, 1947, first two original morocco, last original vellum-backed boards, dust-jacket; and 28 others by or about Maugham, 8vo (31)
Lot 337
McBain (Ed) Killer's Wedge, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Otto Penzler "Good one. Julie Styne optioned it as a play. I wrote seven versions. Result: no production. Ed McBain" to endpaper, marginal browning (as usual), original cloth, light bumping to spine tips, dust-jacket, minor chipping to spine tips and corners, light rubbing to extremities, a near-fine example overall, 8vo, New York, [1959].⁂ A lovely copy with an excellent association of the first McBain book to be published in the US in hardback.
Lot 338
McCarthy (Cormac).- Sepich (Jordan) Notes on Blood Meridian, illustrations, Louisville, KY, Bellarmine Press, 1993 § McCarthy (Cormac) The Sunset Limited, New York, 2006, first editions, original wrappers; and 2 others, McCarthy (4)⁂ The first is a scarce McCarthy item, c.700 were printed for "Cormac McCarthy: The First Conference", hosted by Bellarmine College.
Lot 339
NO RESERVE McEwan (Ian) The Cement Garden, 1978; The Comfort of Strangers, 1981; The Child in Time, 1987; The Innocent, 19990; Black Dogs, 1992; Atonement, 2001, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets, some light creases to spine ends, one or two marks but otherwise excellent copies; and 4 others by the same, first editions, 8vo (10)
Lot 34
Bellow (Saul) The Adventures of Augie March, first edition, signed by the author on title, original cloth, spine slightly toned with light fraying to head, first issue dust-jacket with John Steinbeck advertisement to rear flap, very slight sunning to spine, minor chipping to spine tips and corners, a few short nicks and light creasing to head of upper panel, some light surface soiling, an excellent example overall, 8vo, Viking Press, New York, 1953.⁂ Bellow's most popular novel and his first to win the National Book Award.
Lot 341
McEwan (Ian) Sweet Tooth, price sticker and "signed copy" sticker to jacket, 2012; Atonement, head and foot of spine slightly rubbed, 2001 § Rushdie (Salman) The Moor's Last Sigh, jacket lightly rubbed at extremities, price-clipped, 1995, first two signed by the author to title, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets; and 14 others by McEwan and Rushdie (18)
Lot 342
Middleton (Stanley) Holiday, one of 350 copies signed by the author, Oak Tree First Chapter Series, 2007 § Gordimer (Nadine) The Conservationist, one of 350 copies signed by the author, Oak Tree First Chapter Series, 2007 § Fitzgerald (Penelope) Offshore, first edition, dust-jacket, light sunning to spine, 1979 § Keneally (Thomas) Schindler's Ark, dust-jacket price-clipped, light sunning to spine, 1982; and 4 others, similar, 8vo (8)
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