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![Huxley (Aldous) Du sköna nya värld [Brave New World], first Swedish edition, blind-stamp and small light damp-stain to foot o](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/4f4fad92-3af5-48d8-a33e-ae3e00b4790a/7b2d7a4d-8618-4341-817d-ae3e00bc93db/468x382.jpg)
Lot 129
Huxley (Aldous) Du sköna nya värld [Brave New World], first Swedish edition, blind-stamp and small light damp-stain to foot of first few ff., original wrappers, light toning, spine a little creased, light creasing to corners, extremities rubbed, a very good example, 8vo, Stockholm, Wahlström & Widstrand, 1932.⁂ One of the first translations. The German, Polish, and French editions all appeared, like this, in the same year as the English first edition.
Lot 106
Graves (Robert) On English Poetry, signed presentation inscription from L. A. G. Strong "Michael McKenna, Oct. 1922, hoping that the good work he has done is only a beginning, L.A.G. Strong" on endpaper, browning to endpapers, original first issue cloth, spine darkened, surface soiling, spine ends a little bumped, 1922; But It Still Goes On, variant issue without 'The Child she Bare' in the first paragraph of page 157, but with leaf integral with pp. 143-144, light spotting to endpapers, original cloth, dust-jacket, spine darkened, spine ends and corners a little chipped, short tears to head of joints, rubbed, 1930; The White Goddess, browning to endpapers, original cloth, dust-jacket, light browning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, light creasing to head, 1948, first or first English editions, 8vo (3)
Lot 94
Fleming (Ian) You Only Live Twice, first state, very light browning to endpapers, spine browned with small nick to head, light creasing to head and foot, 1964; The Man with the Golden Gun, second state boards, jacket with light browning to spine, light creasing to head and foot, 1965, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets, excellent copies; and a first edition of Octopussy and the Living Daylights, 8vo (3)
Lot 144
Johnson (B. S.) Albert Angelo, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Julia Trevelyan Oman to endpaper, pp.149-152 with f. cut-outs as issued, publisher's printed review slip loosely inserted, original boards, light bumping to spine ends, dust-jacket, light toning to spine, light rubbing and creasing to spine tips and corners, an excellent copy, 8vo, 1964.⁂ A good association. Julia Trevelyan Oman (1930-2003) television and theatre set designer and photographer. She collaborated with Johnson on the photobook Street Children for which Johnston would supply the words and she the photographs.
Lot 85
Ellison (Harlan) Love Ain't Nothing But Sex Misspelled, light sunning to spine tips, jacket with light creasing to head and foot, rubbing to extremities, 1968; Dangerous Visions, signed presentation inscription from the author to endpaper, light bumping to spine ends and corners, jacket with light sunning, light rubbing and creasing to head and foot, 1967; Partners in Wonder, signed by the author, spine ends and little bumped, jacket with light creasing to head and foot, 1971, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets; and c.60 others, Harland Ellison, many first editions and signed, v.s. (c.65)
Lot 263
Stoppard (Tom) Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, first edition, very light browning to endpapers, original cloth, fine, dust-jacket, light toning to spine, short closed tear with creasing to head of upper panel, some light marking, but an excellent example overall, 8vo, 1968.⁂ Stoppard's landmark play, the scarcer cloth issue.
![Eliot (T.S.) [Four Quartets], 4 vol., comprising East Coker, first Faber edition, foxing, covers browned, spine chipped and b](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/4f4fad92-3af5-48d8-a33e-ae3e00b4790a/b39cea09-a6fe-459d-91f2-ae3e00bd2327/468x382.jpg)
Lot 82
Eliot (T.S.) [Four Quartets], 4 vol., comprising East Coker, first Faber edition, foxing, covers browned, spine chipped and broken, 1940; Burnt Norton, first separate edition, light toning to covers, 1941; The Dry Salvages, first edition, covers with light fading to margins, 1941; Little Gidding, first edition, neat ink ownership inscription, some very light toning to covers, light creasing to corners, 1942, [Gallup A36c, A37, A39 & A42]; and 3 others by the same, 8vo (7)
Lot 151
Johnson (B. S.) The Unfortunates, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to inside upper cover of box, 27 original parts in printed wrap-around, housed in original box, light rubbing to joints, some light fading, otherwise excellent, sm. 4to, 1969.⁂ Johnson's masterpiece and his most famous work. Rare signed or inscribed.
Lot 221
Murdoch (Iris) The Flight from the Enchanter, small stains to a few pages (pp.9-12, 253-260), browning to half-title, original cloth, dust-jacket, toned, large tip to spine lower half and at lower panel upper joint corner, small chips and tears at extremities, 1956; The Sea, The Sea, original cloth, dust-jacket, 1978, first editions; and two others by the same, first editions, 8vo (4)
![Mandel'shtam (Osip Emil'evich) O poezii. Sbornik statei [On poetry. A collection of essays], first edition, original pink wra](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/4f4fad92-3af5-48d8-a33e-ae3e00b4790a/e50c2fb5-9d3a-46ab-bd56-ae3e00bd50ad/468x382.jpg)
Lot 54
Chapman (Guy) A Passionate Prodigality, first edition, ink ownership stamp to endpaper, original cloth, light browning to spine, extremities rubbed, dust-jacket priced at 7/6, light browning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, short closed tear to head of joints, short tear with creasing to head of rear panel, light rubbing to extremities, but a very good copy overall, 8vo, 1933.⁂ A rare First World War memoir. We can trace no other example in the dust-jacket at auction.
![Jansson (Tove).- [Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge)], "Lewis Carroll". Snarkjakten [The Hunting of the Snark], translated by Lars Fo](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/4f4fad92-3af5-48d8-a33e-ae3e00b4790a/91297e68-d513-4333-8476-ae3e00bd8568/468x382.jpg)
Lot 138
Jansson (Tove).- [Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge)], "Lewis Carroll". Snarkjakten [The Hunting of the Snark], translated by Lars Forssell, first Swedish edition, signed presentation inscription from the translator to endpaper, illustrations by Tove Jansson, original printed wrappers, a few marks to upper cover, light bumping to head of spine, 8vo Stockholm, 1959.
Lot 33
Betjeman (John) Summoned by Bells, first edition, original blind-stamped cloth, dust-jacket, spine foot chipped, with tear into upper panel repaired, spine toned with spotting, 1960; Old Lights for New Chancels, first edition, ink ownership inscription to front endpaper, small soiling stain to p.61, original cloth with paper label to spine, a little toned, 1940; First and Last Loves, folding plate, black and white illustrations, original patterned cloth, light stain to spine (offset from jacket), dust-jacket, spine and folds light toned, spine ends and fold corners a little bumped and torn, 1952; and 64 others poetry and literature, v.s. (67)
Lot 267
Thomas (Dylan) Deaths and Entrances: Poems, first edition, original orange cloth, dust-jacket very slightly soiled but a very good copy, 1946 § Larkin (Philip) The Whitsun Weddings, first edition, original purple cloth, dust-jacket, 1964 § Shorter (Dora Sigerson) The Tricolour: Poems of the Irish Revolution, first edition, portrait frontispiece, plate, original cloth, damp-stained, dust-jacket, spine slightly faded, Dublin, 1922 § James (M.R.) A Thin Ghost, first edition, third impression, original grey cloth with title and spider's web in blue, 2 small spots to lower cover, 1920; and 2 others, 8vo (6)
Lot 205
Maugham (William Somerset) The Razor's Edge, first English edition, original cloth, slight shelf-lean, light rubbing, dust-jacket, spine ends and corners a little chipped with tape repairs to verso, light foxing and surface soiling, light rubbing and creasing to extremities, [Stott A63c], 8vo, 1944.
Lot 89
Fleming (Ian) Thunderball, jacket with slight toning to spine, small chip to head, scratch mark to lower panel, light rubbing to extremities, 1961; On Her Majesty's Secret Service, jacket with light browning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, light creasing to head and foot, light rubbing to extremities, 1963, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets, 8vo (2)
![Brooke (Rupert) Poems, first edition, [one of 500 copies], some light scattered foxing to endpapers and prelims, contemporary](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/4f4fad92-3af5-48d8-a33e-ae3e00b4790a/b444f05c-06e8-4bfa-acab-ae3e00bd1405/468x382.jpg)
Lot 41
Brooke (Rupert) Poems, first edition, [one of 500 copies], some light scattered foxing to endpapers and prelims, contemporary ink ownership inscription to endpaper, original cloth, paper label to spine (lightly browned and a little chipped), light fraying to head of spine, otherwise excellent, 8vo, 1911.⁂ Brooke's first collection of poetry, published when he was only 23 years old.
Lot 120
Heinlein (Robert) Between the Planets, first edition in book form, illustrations by Clifford Geary, light fading to spine, spine ends and corners a little bumped, jacket price-clipped, spine ends and corners chipped with 2" portion of loss to head of spine, light toning to spine, pen marks to upper panel, light rubbing and creasing to head and foot of panels, New York, 1951; Green Hills of Earth, first edition, jacket with light toning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, short tear to head of upper panel and foot of lower joint and lower fore-edge, small patch of abrasion to upper panel, light surface soiling, 1951; Space Cadet, first English edition, jacket price-clipped, slight toning to spine, light rubbing to extremities, light creasing to head, 1966, original boards, dust-jackets; and 2 others by the same, 8vo (5)
Lot 250
Rowling (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, first edition, official bookplate signed by the author loosely inserted, signed compliments slip from David Ward, Bloomsbury Publishing loosely inserted, original boards, spine ends a little bumped, dust-jacket, 8vo, 2005.⁂ As there was no official signing for this title, official signed bookplates were sent to a select number of bookshops, although the label in this case seemingly came direct from the publisher.
Lot 84
Ellison (Harlan) The Deadly Streets, Ace Books, 1958; A Touch of Infinity/ Man with Nine Lives, Ace Books, 1960; The Juvies, Ace Books, 1961; Rockabilly, Gold Medal Books, 1961; Ellison Wonderland, Paperback Library Inc., 1962, first editions, original wrappers, some light creasing to spines, some rubbing to extremities, but generally excellent; and 45 others, paperbacks by the same, 8vo (50)⁂ An excellent collection of paperbacks by Ellison, many scarce and early, including his first book.
Lot 57
Christie (Agatha) Hallowe'en Party, first edition, original cloth, fractional bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, small tear to spine foot, slight creases to edges, 1969; Nemesis, first edition, original cloth, fractional bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, a little rubbed, slight creasing to edges, 1971; Curtain: Poirot's Last Case, first edition, original cloth, fractional bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, tear to bottom edge, small loss to top edge, fractional chipping to edges, 1975; and 3 others by the same, 8vo (6)
Lot 294
NO RESERVE Woolf (Virginia) The Moment, first edition, scattered faint marginal staining, ex-library with usual labels and ink-stamps, abrasion mark to front pastedown where label removed, original cloth, small label to upper cover, shelf mark to spine foot, rubbed and worn, 1947; A Writer's Diary, first edition, cracked hinges, ex-library with usual labels and ink-stamps, original cloth, shelf mark to spine foot, rubbed and worn, 1953 § Bell (Quentin) Virginial Woolf: A Biography, 2 vol., plates, ex-library with usual labels and ink-stamps, original cloth, fractional bumping to spine extremities, dust-jackets, small tear to one edge, vol. 2 dust-jacket damp cockled, slight chipping to corners, 1972; and another on Virginia Woolf, 8vo (5)
![NO RESERVE [Vidal (Gore)] "Edgar Box". Death in the Fifth Position, first English edition, original cloth, fractional bumping](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/4f4fad92-3af5-48d8-a33e-ae3e00b4790a/5fbc3286-8863-486a-ba8c-ae3e00bd359d/468x382.jpg)
Lot 278
NO RESERVE [Vidal (Gore)] "Edgar Box". Death in the Fifth Position, first English edition, original cloth, fractional bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, 5 short tears, neat repairs to verso, slight creasing to edges, 1954 § O'Hara (John) Our Selves to Know, first English edition, original cloth, light toning to spine, fractional bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, slight creasing to edges, 1960; Sermons & Soda Water, first English edition, original cloth, price-clipped dust-jacket, slight chipping and creasing to extremities, one or two faint spots, 1961; The Big Laugh, first English edition, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, spotting, slight creasing and chipping to extremities, 1962; and 2 others, 8vo (6)
Lot 152
Johnson (B. S.) The Unfortunates, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Julia Trevelyan Oman to publisher's printed promotional card, 27 original parts in printed wrap-around, duplicate promotional card, flier for a 1969 poetry reading by Johnson, all housed together in original box, spine and edges sunned, some rubbing to joints, sm. 4to, 1969.⁂ A good association. Julia Trevelyan Oman (1930-2003) television and theatre set designer and photographer. She collaborated with Johnson on the photobook Street Children for which Johnston would supply the words and she the photographs.
Lot 30
Beckett (Samuel) Watt, first hardback trade edition, jacket rubbed at head and foot, otherwise excellent, Paris, Olympia Press, 1958; Endgame, first trade edition, Fergus Allen's copy with his ink ownership inscription, jacket with light browning to spine, minor chipping and rubbing to spine tips and corners, short tear to head of upper panel, 1958, original boards, dust-jackets, 8vo (2)
Lot 189
Lewis (Wyndham) Apes, Japes and Hitlerism. A Study and Bibliography of Wyndham Lewis, first edition, initialed presentation inscription from the author "a bloody awful pamphlet written in 4 days, at the age of 19" on title, original cloth, some light toning, dust-jacket, browning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, extremities a little rubbed, 1932 § Tyros and Portraits" Catalogue of an Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings by Wyndham Lewis, second edition, original wrappers, [Morrow & Lafourcade B11], 1921 § Rose (W. K., editor) The Letters of Wyndham Lewis, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, light creasing to head and foot, else fine, Norfolk, CT, 1963; and 20 others, Lewis, v.s. (23)
Lot 19
Ardizzone (Edward) The Young Ardizzone, signed presentation inscription from the author/illustrator to front endpaper, original cloth, dust-jacket, very light creasing along top edge, 1970 § Le Fanu (J. Sheridan) In a Glass Darkly, original cloth, spine ends slightly bumped, 1929 § Lyons (A. Neil) Tom, Dick and Harriet, original cloth, dust-jacket, spine and folds toned, some small tears and small amounts of chipping at spine ends and corners, tape repairs to verso, 1935 § Crabbe (George) The Library, original pictorial wrappers, The De La More Press, [1930], first editions, illustrated by Edward Ardizzone; and 35 others illustrated by Ardizzone, including first editions, v.s. (39)
Lot 264
Storey (David) The Sporting Life, ink ownership inscription to front pastedown, spotting to endpapers, original cloth, dust-jacket, chips to lower edge upper cover, some wear to spine ends and extremities, 1960; Flight into Camden, first edition, original cloth, some wear to spine ends and extremities, light toning to lower panel and folds, 1960 § Braine (John) The Vodi, some light spotting to initial pages, original cloth, dust-jacket, some light surface wear and soiling, mainly to spine and lower panel, 1959, all first, or first US editions, original cloth; and 21 others similar, 8vo (24)
Lot 67
Davies (Robertson) Murther & Walking Spirits, signed by the author on title, original cloth, dust-jacket, crease to spine head, 1991 § Irving (John) The Hotel New Hampshire, original cloth, dust-jacket, spine head lightly bumped with very small tear, 1981 § Wolfe (Thomas) Look Homeward, Angel, ink ownership inscription to front endpaper, spotting to endpapers, original cloth, spine a little toned, head lightly bumped, 1930, first or first English editions; and 32 others American and Canadian authors (35)
Lot 108
Gray (Alasdair) Lanark, signed presentation inscription from the author to recipient's bookplate on endpaper, jacket with short nick to head of lower panel, light toning and creasing to tips of spine and corners, Edinburgh, 1981; Old Negatives, number 175 of 500 copies signed and dated by the author, errata slip loosely inserted, 1989, first editions, illustrations by the author, original cloth, dust-jackets, near-fine generally, 8vo (2)
Lot 153
Johnson (B. S.) The Unfortunates, 27 original parts (a little spotted) in printed wrap-around, housed in original box, foxing and fading to covers, extremities rubbed, 1969; House Mother Normal, some light spotting, original boards, light fading to spine tips, dust-jacket, vey light sunning to spine, spine ends and corners rubbed and chipped, light creasing to head, 1971; Aren't You Rather Young to be Writing Your Memoirs?, card of autograph notes, publisher's printed review slip, both loosely inserted, a few scattered spots, original wrappers, dust-jacket, light soiling, extremities a little rubbed, 1973, first editions, all Margaret Drabble's copies with her ink ownership inscription; and 3 others, Drabble's copies paperbacks of Johnson's works with her ink inscription and notes, v.s. (6)
Lot 10
Ardizzone (Edward) Lucy Brown and Mr Grimes, original pictorial paper-covered boards, spine ends chipped, small tear mid spine, corners scuffed, [1937]; Nicholas and the Fast Moving Diesel, light browning to endpapers, original pictorial boards, spine head chipped, dust-jacket, toning and surface soiling, large crease to upper cover, tape reinforcements to verso, extremities a little worn, [1947]; Tim and Lucy Go To Sea, title and following page with paper repair at gutter lower margin, resultant glue stain to title and following 5 pages, 5 erased faint illustrations to blanks by a child's hand in colour crayon, finger soiling, endpapers renewed, original pictorial boards, rebacked in cloth, creased and worn, [1938], first editions, illustrations by Ardizzone; and another copy of the second (boards and jacket spotted), folio (4)
Lot 1
Adams (Douglas) So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish, signed by the author front endpaper, ink ownership inscription front endpaper, jacket with very light surface wear and toning along lower fold, very light bumping and creasing to edges, 1984 § Davies (Robertson) Murther & Walking Spirits, signed by the author on title, jacket with very light bumping and creasing to edges, 1991 § Isiguro (Kazuo) An Artist of the Floating World, very light marginal browning, jacket with very small tear to top edge lower panel, some light surface soiling, light spotting to verso, 1986 § Golding (William) The Spire, jacket lightly toned, scuffing to spine ends, 1964, all first editions, original cloth, dust-jackets, overall in near-find condition; and 34 others similar, C20th literature, many first editions, 8vo (38)
Lot 101
Golding (William) The Spire, original cloth, very small scuff mark to lower edge of upper cover, dust-jacket, small tape remain to lower panel, some light toning and surface soiling, spine ends very lightly bumped, 1964 § Ballard (Joe) Concrete Island, cloth-backed boards, dust-jacket, spine head very slightly bumped, 1974; Empire of the Sun, very light marginal browning, original cloth, dust-jacket, spine head lightly bumped, small amount surface soiling to lower panel, 1984, first editions; and 12 others by the same, 8vo (15)
Lot 289
Williams (Tennessee) Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, first edition, first issue without the credit to the New York Times on the verso of the title leaf and without the mention on p. xii of Jo Mielziner and Lucinda Ballard, original cloth, slight bumping and fraying to tips of spine and corners, light fading to head and foot, dust-jacket, spine a little sunned, spine ends and corners a little chipped, light creasing to head and foot, extremities a little rubbed, New York, 1955; and a first edition of Williams' memoirs inscribed to John Baxter on a tipped in leaf, 8vo (2)
Lot 272
Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Lord of the Rings, 3 vol., comprising The Fellowship of the Ring, eleventh impression, 1961, The Two Towers, eighth impression, boards very slightly splayed, 1961, The Return of the King, eighth impression, 1961, first editions, folding maps, original cloth, dust-jackets, spines toned, the first and last with light soiling to covers, the first heavily chipped at spine ends, the others with some very small chips, lightly rubbed and toned at folds, presentation slipcase, printed label laid down to one side, slightly worn at extremities, 8vo.
Lot 149
Johnson (B. S.) Trawl, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to June Tillinghast on title, ticket to a screening of You're Human Like the Rest of Them loosely inserted, original boards, slight shelf-lean, light bumping to spine ends, dust-jacket, spine ends and corners a little chipped, light rubbing and creasing to head and foot, a very good copy, 8vo, 1966.⁂ A good association copy, inscribed to the wife of Tony Tillinghast, Johnson's long-standing friend and correspondent whose death from cancer in 1964 inspired The Unfortunates. June Tillinghast remained friends and correspondents following Tony's death.
Lot 17
Ardizzone (Edward) Tim's Friend Towser, signed by the author/illustrator on front endpaper, jacket with acetate cover attached to verso head and foot but seemingly removeable, 1962; Tim to the Rescue, slight browning to endpapers, 1949; Tim in Danger, bookplate, 1953; first editions, illustrations by Edward Ardizzone, original pictorial paper boards, the second with extremities a little scuffed, first and last with dust-jackets, minor amounts of scuffing or bumping to spine ends and along top edge; and 4 others by the same, of which 2 first editions, 4to (7)
Lot 216
Moore (Patrick) Caverns of the Moon, first edition, ink gift inscription to endpaper, original boards, dust-jacket, price-clipped, very slight toning to spine, minor rubbing and chipping to spine ends and corners, short tear with creasing to foot of upper panel, an excellent copy, 8vo, 1964.⁂ A scarce science fiction title by the astronomer and presenter.
![[Fearn (John Russell)], "Vargo Statten". Creature from the Black Lagoon, first edition, browning to endpapers, original board](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/4f4fad92-3af5-48d8-a33e-ae3e00b4790a/08c8a843-b1d2-4710-aab0-ae3e00bc5edb/468x382.jpg)
Lot 88
[Fearn (John Russell)], "Vargo Statten". Creature from the Black Lagoon, first edition, browning to endpapers, original boards, spine a little bumped at foot, else fine, dust-jacket, spine ends and corners a little chipped, a few short closed tears with creasing to head and foot of upper panel, some faint marking to lower panel, a very good example, 8vo, [1954].⁂ The scarce novelisation of the film, especially difficult to find with the dust-jacket in good condition.
Lot 154
Johnson (B. S.) The Unfortunates, 26 original parts in printed wrap-around, house in original box, spine sunned, light wear to extremities, 1969; Trawl, original boards, dust-jacket, a little chipped at head of spine and corners, 1966; Everyone Knows Somebody Who's Dead, number 54 of 100 copies signed by the author, original wrappers, some very light toning, 1973; See the Old Lady Decently, Eva Figes' copy with her ink ownership inscription to endpaper, original boards, dust-jacket, sunning to spine, 1975, first editions; and 8 others, Johnson, 8vo (12)⁂ Eva Figes (1932-2012) author, feminist and friend of the author.
Lot 215
Moorcock (Michael) An Alien Heat, two signed presentation inscriptions from the author "For Richard and Marie Le Gallienne - hope you finally found that boy!" and "to John Baxter, keep eating the lillies" to endpaper, additionally signed by the author on title, jacket with light rubbing and creasing to spine tips and corners, 1972; The Opium General and other stories, signed presentation inscription to John Baxter "I think this is the first book I started mixing the non-fiction in with the fiction" on endpaper, additionally signed by the author on title, illustrations, review slip loosely inserted, jacket price-clipped, 1984, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets, excellent copies; and 3 others by the same, 8vo (5)
Lot 110
Greene (Graham) The Ministry of Fear, first edition, "Vanguard Booksellers", Johannesburg, book label to front pastedown, original bright yellow cloth, spine slightly darkened, dust-jacket, price-clipped, spine darkened, neat an expert repairs and restorations to fore-edges and head and foot of panels, spine with significant portion of restoration to centre, some neat retouching, en effect an excellent example, [Wobbe A18a], 8vo, 1943.⁂ Greene's superb wartime thriller, made into the 1944 classic Fritz Lang film noir. The book and jacket were produced under wartime economy standards making the latter in particular especially fragile.
Lot 262
Spark (Muriel) The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, dust-jacket, very small tear at spine foot and along lower fold, spine head very lightly bumped, some very light surface soiling to lower panel, 1961; Not to Disturb, [2 copies], dust-jacket, two small tears to lower edge upper panel, some light toning, 1971; The Takeover, dust-jacket, very small chip upper edge lower panel, very small tear to lower edge upper panel, spine ends and corners a little bumped, 1976, first editions, original cloth; and 3 others by the same, 8vo (7)
Lot 132
Property of a Lady. A three-quarter length portrait of Anne, Lady Russell, later Countess of Bedford (1615-1684), in a blue dress. Attributed to Sir Anthony Van Dyck. Anne Carr, Lady Russell, an esteemed beauty was clearly a favourite of Sir Anthony Van Dyck. There are six portrait types of Lady Russell listed in Miller, et al. It is tempting to associate the current portrait with the three-quarter length in blue in the Egremont collection at Petworth House (Millar IV.22) because of the similarity of colouring. However, we believe that this picture represents a different portrait type, and most likely derives from a separate sitting.The comparison with the short three-quarter length belonging to the Tokyo Fuji Art Museum, Tokyo (Millar IV.23), is telling. The heads are essentially the same, though the pose and the colouring of the portraits are quite different. The Japanese painting features a rose-red gown and a fawn stole, possibly darker than in this painting. This comparison also illustrates Van Dyck's ability to develop different compositions from a single sitting. Dr. Malcolm Rogers CBE FSA believes this painting to be an unfinished work by the artist: "with, as you might expect, preparatory work by a member of his studio. Especially encouraging is the penumbra of thicker paint around the lady's head which is a recognised feature associated with the artist's ad vivum rendering of heads. My notes do not mention a similar penumbra in the Tokyo painting, though the painting is throughout of very high quality. There are one or two slight pentimenti in the silhouette of the figure of your painting and in the line of her stole, which at one point may have been intended to run over her right wrist. Close examination may reveal more. Some areas of the draperies, especially the linens are not fully realised, and, of course, the background is only roughed in. Millar suggests that the Tokyo painting with its loose gown and protective hands may indicate that the sitter is pregnant. The gown is similarly loose in [this] painting. If she is indeed pregnant this might suggest a date around 1638 or 1639, in which years the first two of her eleven children were born. I cannot explain why the painting was left unfinished, but it is, must be, a distinct possibility that this is the very portrait of Lady Bedford that remained in Van Dyck's studio at the time of his death (see C. Brown and N. Ramsay, 'Van Dyck's Collection: Some New Documents', Burlington Magazine, Vol. 132, pp. 704-9)." We are immensely grateful to Dr. Malcolm Rogers CBE FSA. Dimensions: 53 1/8 in (H) x 43 1/4 in (W) Provenance: Picture probably listed in contents of van Dyck's studio at time of death December 1641 (O. Millar, Van Dyck, A complete catalogue of the paintings, New Haven and London, 2004, under no. IV.23);The most Reverand Dean of Durham, possibly William Lake (1817-1897); Charles Sedelmeyer, 1906, as 'Sir Anthony van Dyck';Colonel Edward F Simms of Kentucky;H. Kenneth Franzheim;Kenneth Franzheim II;Thence by descent to Sabrina Franzheim (current owner).
Lot 118
12 items of miniature Royal Crown Derby to include a pair of 4072 pattern jugs dated 1899, a 2649 pattern imari teapot, 2649 milk jug, 2649 jug, a 4112 pattern teacup and saucer dated 1909, two thimbles (1989 & 1994), 2649 pattern tea caddy jar and lid dated 1913, a garden roller dated 1996, gold metal pill box with screwtop and a jug c.1935.Condition report: All first quality, some minor loss of gilding mainly to the jug handles and feet.
Lot 73
Heaney (Seamus), Death of a Naturalist. Faber and Faber, 1966, 1st edition. Original green cloth in dust jacket. The poet's first hard-back book of poems.Condition report: Dustjacket faded around the edges, especially the spine. Some pencil ticks to poems in the contents. Inscribed name in pen on the inside cover.
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