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Lot 10
Beardsley (Aubrey).- Machen (Arthur) The Three Impostors or The Transmutations, first edition, presentation copy inscribed by the author, half-title, 16pp. advertisements at end, title and cover design by Aubrey Beardsley, original decorative cloth, uncut, spine slightly creased and rubbed, 8vo, London & Boston, 1895.⁂ The inscription reads "Herbert Jones from his friend the author Nov. 9 1895". Herbert Jones illustrated The Chronicle of Clemendy, Machen's first book of short stories, published in 1888 (see lot xxxxx).
Lot 100
Fowles (John) An account of the making of the film of the Collector, typescript, a few small corrections in the author's hand, with a typed essay with corrections by Fowles commencing "My first instinct, reading the letter proposing I contribute to this collection was to say no" and short autograph note from the author "Done in great haste; and shall no doubt be forgotten so. But since you choose such rotten subjects for your other essay..." loosely inserted, in yellow card folded, c.1964; and 2 others, books inscribed by Fowles, 8vo (3)⁂ Fowles' fascinating and seemingly unpublished account of the making of the film of his novel The Collector together with an essay on his favourite works of fiction.
Lot 101
Francis (Dick) Nerve, first edition, signed by the author, original cloth, very slight bumping to spine foot, dust-jacket, lightly rubbed, 1962; Enquiry, first edition, original cloth, slight bumping to spine head, dust-jacket, slight creasing to spine extremities, 1969, else excellent copies, 8vo (2)
Lot 103
Freeman (R. Austen) The Golden Pool, first edition, presentation inscription from the author to Bernard E. Bishop with 2 excellent watercolour drawings in mock hieroglyphs to endpaper, 16pp. advertisements, upper hinge weak, lacking folding map, original pictorial cloth, spine sunned, lower joint split at foot and with horizontal tear halfway up spine, spine ends and corners bumped and chipped, rubbed, 8vo, [1905].⁂ An excellent association copy of the author's rare first novel inscribed to the author's good friend, the dedicatee of his The Mystery of 31 New Inn. The drawings are an amusing rendition of part of the author's writing process and are captioned "RA.F Y SCRIBE READETH A PAPYRUS TO PA. BEB & HIS WIFE MU.MI" and "PA. BEB TRANSCRIBETH Y SAME".
Lot 104
Fry (Christopher) Curtmantle, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to G.H. West to endpaper, original cloth, some light fading, dust-jacket, spine browned, spine ends and corners a little chipped, 1961; and 19 others including 8 A.L.s. and 1 T.L.s. from Fry to West, v.s. (20)⁂ George West was a teacher at Bedford Modern School which was attended by Fry. Rather charmingly Fry addresses the letters to "Mr West", seemingly in deference to their original teacher-pupil relationship. The letters, which are dated between 28th June 1951 and 28th November 1966 cover a good part of Fry's early career and include discussions of his work and general life. An excellent group, many of the books include West's ownership inscription.
Lot 105
NO RESERVE Genet (Jean) L'Enfant criminel & 'Adame Miroir, first edition, photographic portrait of author at head of first text, title little marked, lightly browned, original pictorial wrappers, water-stained, Paris, Paul Morihen, 1949; and 8 others, Genet and Antonin Artaud, including 4 Genet prospectuses, v.s. (9)⁂ The first piece is a text commissioned for radio, but not broadcast due to its controversial nature, and the second a ballet.
Lot 106
Golding (William) To the Ends of the Earth, number 179 of 400 copies, card slip-case, 1991 § Rushdie (Salman) The Moor's Last Sigh, jacket with light creasing to head and foot, 1995 § Carey (Peter) True History of the Kelly Gang, 2001, first or first English editions, signed by the authors, original boards, dust-jackets; and 24 others, modern literature, 8vo (27)
Lot 11
Beckett (Samuel) As the Story was Told, limited edition of 325 copies, original cloth-backed boards, Cambridge, Rampant Lions Press, 1987; Waiting for Godot, first English edition, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, a little rubbed, slight chipping and creasing to extremities, 1956; How It Goes, first English edition, original cloth, slight bumping to spine head, dust-jacket, a little rubbed, slight creasing and chipping to corners and extremities, 1964; From an Abandoned Work, first English edition, original paper wrappers, lightly faded spine, 1958; Poems in English, first English edition, original cloth, slight fading to spine extremities, dust-jacket, slight creasing to extremities, 1961; and 19 others by the same, 4to & 8vo (24)
Lot 110
NO RESERVE Graves (Robert) Poems (1926-1930), first edition, scattered faint spotting, pencil annotations at end, original decorative cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, loss to spine- and top-edge, tape repairs to verso, 1931 § Bates (H.E.) Fair Stood the Wind for France, first edition, original cloth, slight bumping to spine head, dust-jacket, tear and small loss to upper cover, tape repairs to verso, slight chipping to spine extremities and edges, 1944; and others, most first editions, 8vo (13)
Lot 112
Greene (Graham) Brighton Rock, first Australian edition, light toning to page, repair to head of title, original printed stiff stapled wrappers priced at 1/6, advert for George Saunders' Crime on my Hands to lower cover, light creasing to corners, extremities a little rubbed, 8vo, Sydney, Invincible Press, 1945.⁂ A very good example of this scarce edition.
Lot 113
Greene (Graham) The Third Man and the Fallen Idol, first edition, original cloth, fine, dust-jacket, light toning to spine, small internal tear to spine, spine ends and corners chipped, lower panel with long tear and creasing with portion of loss to head, light rubbing to extremities, 8vo, 1950.
Lot 115
Greene (Graham) Our Man in Havana, jacket with light toning to spine, tear to lower pane, with tape staining, 1958; ; A Burnt -Out Case, light browning to endpapers, jacket price-clipped, 1961; The Comedians, jacket price-clipped else fine, 1966, first edition, original boards, dust-jackets; and 23 others, Greene, 8vo (26)
Lot 118
Heaney (Seamus) Door into the Dark, first edition, 'Poetry Book Society Bulletin' loosely inserted, original cloth, gilt, fractional bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, very slight creasing to top edge, a little rubbed, 1969; Beowulf, first edition, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, fractional creasing to spine head, 1999; The Rattle Bag: An Anthology of Poetry, first edition, selected by Seamus Heaney and Ted Hughes, original cloth, dust-jacket, slight creasing and one small tear to extremities, 1982; and 3 others, Wordsworth poems selected by Heaney and 2 pamphlets of Heaney's 'Among Schoolchildren' lecture given in memory of John M. Malone, 8vo, (6)
Lot 12
Bell (Mary Hayley) The Winged Boy, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, illustrations by Molly Blake, original stiff pictorial wrappers, some fading or creasing to extremities, 8vo, Poole, Printing Alliance, 1975.⁂ Rare, privately printed children's story by the author of Whistle Down the Wind.
Lot 120
Heinlein (Robert) Orphans of the Sky, first edition, very faint spotting to first few leaves, original cloth, price-clipped dust-jacket, tiny tear to spine foot, neat repair, fractional creasing to spine head, 8vo, 1963.⁂ Including the novellas 'Universe' and 'Common Sense', which were originally published in Astounding Science Fiction as a two-part serial in 1941.
Lot 123
Hill (Susan) The Enclosure, first edition, cut signature of the author to title, original boards, spine ends a little bumped, dust-jacket, light sunning to spine, 2 short closed tears to head, light creasing to head and foot, a very good copy, 8vo, 1961.⁂ The author's scarce first novel, written when she was 15 and published when she was 19.
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Lot 127
[Hope Hawkins (Sir Anthony)] "Anthony Hawkins". The Prisoner of Zenda, first edition, ?second or third issue, author's cut signature loosely inserted, with 'f' on spine uncrossed and 6 titles advertised on title verso, occasional light spotting, cracked upper hinge, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, lightly sunned spine, 8vo, Bristol, J. W. Arrowsmith, [1894].
Lot 130
Hyams (Edward W.) The Wings of the Morning, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to endpaper, some scattered spotting, original cloth, foxing and browning, dust-jacket, spine ends and corners chipped, portion of loss to head of upper panel affecting first word of title, a few short tears and creasing to head and foot, 8vo, 1939.⁂ The rare first novel by the anarchist and gardener Hyams. A form of future war novel, we can trace no other inscribed copies.
Lot 131
Irving (John) Last Night in Twisted River, first English edition, signed by author, original cloth, dust-jacket, slight creasing to extremities, 2009 § Ballard (J.G.) Running Wild, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, slight creasing to spine head, 1988 § Dahl (Roald) Going Solo, first edition, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, slight creasing to spine head, 1986 § Ayrton (Michael) The Maze Maker, first edition, previous owner's ink signature, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities,dust-jacket, slight creasing to extremities, 1967 § Frayn (Michael) The Human Touch, first edition, signed by author, original cloth, dust-jacket, 2006 § Byatt (A.S.) Elementals: Stories of Fire and Ice, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, 1998; and 24 others, first editions, 8vo (30).
Lot 132
Ishiguro (Kazuo) & others. Introduction 7: Stories by New Writers, first edition, signed by Ishiguro, original cloth, very slight bumping to spine head, dust-jacket, minor creasing to spine head, else an excellent copy, 8vo, 1981.⁂ Three stories by Ishiguro, his first appearance in book form.
Lot 133
NO RESERVE James (Henry) The Wings of the Dove, first English edition, first 4 pp. loose including half-title and title, very occasional light foxing or finger soiling, hinges broken, original cloth, library sticker to upper cover, covers scuffed, spine darkened, two small tears at spine head, 8vo, Archibald Constable & Co., ltd., 1902.
Lot 134
James (P.D.) Death in Holy Orders, first edition, signed by author, original boards, slight bumping to spine head, dust-jacket, very slight creasing to spine head, 2001; and a 3 page typescript titled 'Fingerprinting of Suspects' with annotations and corrections by P. D. James, 8vo & 4to (2)
Lot 135
Kafka (Franz) Das Urteil. Eine Geschichte, first edition in book form, light browning to endpapers, original wrappers, upper cover detached and lower cover working loose, some small tears and portions of loss to margins of upper cover, Leipzig, Kurt Wolff Verlag, 1916 § Gide (André) Montaigne, one of 300 copies signed by the author to limitation page, endpapers lightly spotted, original cloth, gilt, lightly faded, 1929 § Updike (John) Telephone Poles and Other Poems, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, lightly marked with short tear to spine head, else an excellent copy, 1963; and 8 others, modern literature, 4to & 8vo (11)⁂ First is first book edition, altered from the first printing in "Arkadia" of 1913.
![Kipling (Rudyard) The Jungle Book [&] The Second Jungle Book, 2 vol., first editions, plates and illustrations, light fox](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/b1bb0f64-84e8-4df2-9451-ad7100ebd3c2/5088c0d8-e3a4-464c-9aac-ad7100f85e92/468x382.jpg)
Lot 136
Kipling (Rudyard) The Jungle Book [&] The Second Jungle Book, 2 vol., first editions, plates and illustrations, light foxing, ink ownership inscriptions, vol.1 with light damp-staining or cockling throughout, original pictorial cloth, spine ends and corners a little bumped, vol. 1 with chipping to spine ends and marking and staining to covers, g.e., 8vo, 1864-5.
Lot 137
Kipling (Rudyard) Kim, plates, foxing to title and endpapers, hinges a little cracked but holding firm, original cloth, minor bumping to spine ends and corners, light rubbing to extremities, 1901 § Lang (Andrew) The True Story Book, frontispiece and illustrations, some scattered spotting, prize bookplate to endpaper, original pictorial cloth, light bumping to spine ends and corners, sharp and bright otherwise, gilt prize stamp to lower cover, 1893, first editions; and 2 others, Baroness Orczy, 8o (4)
![Lampedusa (Giuseppe di) The Leopard, [2 copies], jacket with light toning to spine, light rubbing and creasing to head and fo](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/b1bb0f64-84e8-4df2-9451-ad7100ebd3c2/a3e926bf-af6a-40b2-bbc4-ad7100f7fc68/468x382.jpg)
Lot 138
Lampedusa (Giuseppe di) The Leopard, [2 copies], jacket with light toning to spine, light rubbing and creasing to head and foot, 1960 § Pasternak (Boris) Doctor Zhivago, ink inscription, light spotting and browning to endpapers, jacket with light rubbing and creasing to head and foot, 1958, first English editions, original boards, dust-jackets, generally excellent examples; and 3 others, similar, 8vo (5)
Lot 139
Lawrence (T.E.) Seven Pillars of Wisdom, first trade edition, portrait frontispiece, plates and maps, original buckram, gilt, dust-jacket, surface soiling, some creasing to head and foot, chip to head of lower joint, but generally excellent, 1935; The Mint, limited edition, original roan-backed cloth, uncut, original card slip-case (some light soiling and wear to extremities), 1955, 8vo (2)
![Bentley (E. C.) Trent's Last Case, first edition, light marking to covers, [c.1900]; The Woman in Black, first American editi](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/b1bb0f64-84e8-4df2-9451-ad7100ebd3c2/874e9b31-631b-4e32-99b9-ad7100f884a8/468x382.jpg)
Lot 14
Bentley (E. C.) Trent's Last Case, first edition, light marking to covers, [c.1900]; The Woman in Black, first American edition, light spotting to endpapers, New York, 1913; Cás deireanach Trent, first Irish language edition, spotting to endpapers, some fading and toning to covers, Dublin, 1934, original cloth, some toning to spines, spine ends and corners a little bumped, extremities a little rubbed, 8vo (3)⁂ A good group of differing first editions of this classic mystery, including the rare first Irish language edition.
Lot 140
Le Carré (John) The Le Carré Omnibus, first edition, original cloth, fractional bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, tear to back neatly repaired, slight chipping to extremities, small tear to spine foot, 8vo, 1964.⁂ le Carré's first two novels, Call for the Dead and Murder of Quality released together by Gollancz to capitalise on the success of Spy Who Came in From the Cold.
Lot 141
Le Carré (John) The Looking-Glass War, cut signature of the author to title, jacket price-clipped, spine sunned, closed tear to head of upper panel, 1965; A Small Town in Germany, bookplate signed by the author to title, light browning to endpapers, jacket with very light fading to spine and lower panel, 1968; The Naive and Sentimental Lover, bookplate signed by the author to title, jacket with very light sunning to spine, 1971, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets, rubbing to head and foot, very good or excellent otherwise, 8vo (3)
Lot 142
Le Carré (John) The Naive and Sentimental Lover, uncorrected proof copy, some light spotting, original printed wrappers, light foxing and creasing to spine, proof dust-jacket, light sunning to spine, folding creases to spine and upper panel, creasing to head, extremities rubbed, 8vo, 1971.⁂ Rare, we can trace no other example at auction in the proof dust-jacket which has notable differences to the jacket that accompanied the first edition.
![Le Carré (John) [The Karla Trilogy], 3 vol., comprising Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, photograph of Alec Guinness as Smiley sign](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/b1bb0f64-84e8-4df2-9451-ad7100ebd3c2/c9ebdd05-6d21-4ed0-b2b7-ad7100f7fbad/468x382.jpg)
Lot 143
Le Carré (John) [The Karla Trilogy], 3 vol., comprising Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, photograph of Alec Guinness as Smiley signed by the author loosely inserted, jacket price-clipped, sunning to spine, 1974; The Honourable Schoolboy, cut signature of the author to title, 1977; Smiley's People, cut signature of the author to title, jacket with very light toning to spine, neat tape repair to head, 1980, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets, light rubbing to head and foot, excellent or near-fine examples overall, 8vo.
Lot 145
Le Carré (John) The Unbearable Peace, in Granta 35, cut signature of the author to title, original wrappers, 1991 § Sarratt and the Draper of Watford, signed by the author on half-title, list of the people of Sarratt loosely inserted, original boards, dust-jacket, fine, 1999, first editions, 8vo (2)
Lot 146
Le Carré (John) The Night Manager, first edition, second impression, signed by author, additionally inscribed by former ITN news presenter Sandy Gall, original cloth, dust-jacket, 1993; The Honourable Schoolboy, first edition, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, price-clipped dust-jacket, short tear to top edge, slight rubbing to extremities, 1977; Smiley's People, first edition, previous owner's ink inscription, original cloth, slight bumping to spine foot, dust-jacket, slight rubbing to extremities, 1980; and 7 others by the same, 8vo (10)
Lot 147
Le Carré (John) Our Game, first edition, first printing, original cloth, slight bumping to spine head, dust-jacket, slight creasing to top edge, 1995; Nervous Times, one of 250 copies signed by author, portrait frontispiece, original morocco-backed boards, lightly rubbed, 1998; and 2 others by the same, including an uncorrected proof of 'A Perfect Spy', 8vo (4)⁂ In the original first state dust-jacket, suppressed due to the author's dislike of the design.
Lot 148
Le Carré (John) The Tailor of Panama, first edition, original cloth, small mark to upper cover, dust-jacket, 1996; Smiley's People, first English edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, small tear to spine foot, slight creasing to extremities, 1980 § Hemingway (Ernest) A Moveable Feast, first English edition, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, faint spotting, slight rubbing to spine extremities, 1964 § Shute (Nevil) Trustee from the Toolroom, first edition, original cloth, slight bumping to spine head, dust-jacket, small tear to edge, slight chipping to spine extremities, 1960 § Wells (H.G.) Apropos of Delores, first edition, original cloth, slight bump to spine head, price-clipped dust-jacket, a little rubbed, 1938; and 2 others, Le Carré first editions, 8vo (7)
Lot 15
Berkeley (Anthony) "Francis Iles". Malice Aforethought, first edition, some foxing, especially at beginning and end, original cloth, slightly soiled, 8vo, 1931.⁂ An interesting volume in that Victor Gollancz initiated - or at least tried to initiate - the paperback revolution by producing this crime novel under his "Mundanus" imprint as a 3/- paperback (when hardbound volumes were 7/6). Although it did not quite take off a number of paperback copies are still circulating in the collector's world. Much less common is the considerably smaller print run hardback edition which Gollancz issued for the library market - a market that remained highly lucrative for the publisher's crime fiction list for years to some. Understandably these hardback copies were heavily stamped and equally heavily used. This copy, in its original binding, has not been subject to any library (mis)use and, despite inevitable foxing to prelims and edges, is in near very good condition.
Lot 150
NO RESERVE Le Carré (John) Single & Single, first edition, bookplate signed by author to title, original cloth, slight bumping to spine head, dust-jacket, booksellers labels to front, a little rubbed, 1999 § Christie Mallowan (Agatha) Come, Tell Me How You Live, first edition, map frontispiece, plates, scattered faint spotting, previous owner's pencil signature, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, dust-jacket, loss to spine extremities, some creasing and tearing to edges, rubbed and worn, 1946 § Durrell (Lawrence) Quinx or The Ripper's Tale, first edition, signed and dated by author, original cloth, dust-jacket, 1985 § Greene (Graham) The Comedians, first edition, previous owner's ink inscription, original cloth, dust-jacket, slight chipping to corners and spine extremities, 2 small tape repairs to verso, 1966 § James (Norah C.) Sleeveless Errand, first French edition, bookplate, original cloth-backed boards, a little rubbed, Paris, 1929; and 17 others, most first editions, 8vo (22)
Lot 151
Le Carré (John) Our Kind of Traitor, limited edition, slip-case, 2010 § Forsyth (Frederick) The Day of the Jackal, light browning to endpapers, dust-jacket spine ends and corners rubbed and a little chipped, 1971 § James (P. D.) Original Sin, light toning to margins, dust-jacket with short tear and light creasing to head, 1994 § Francis (Dick) Rat Race, light browning to endpapers, dust-jacket, price-lipped, 1970, first editions, original boards; and 10 others, thrillers, 8vo (14)
Lot 153
Lee (Laurie) Cider With Rosie, illustrations by John Ward, some light spotting, jacket with light toning to spine, chip to head of upper joint, some light rubbing and creasing to tips of spine and corners, 1959; I Can't Stay Long, signed presentation inscription from the author "For Laurie Lee my doppelganger - Laurie Lee (I don't believe it) 75 to title, frontispiece and illustrations, jacket with very light sunning to spine, light creasing to head and foot, 1975, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets; and 8 others, Laurie Lee, 8vo (10)
Lot 155
Lee (Laurie) Cider With Rosie, reprint, 1965; As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning, first edition, 1969; A Moment of War, first edition, 1991, all signed by the author, original boards, dust-jackets, some very light sunning to spines, some light creasing to head, but excellent or near-fine generally, 8vo (3)⁂ A signed set of Laurie Lee's autobiographical trilogy, his most significant literary contribution.
Lot 156
NO RESERVE Lee (Harper) Go Set a Watchman, first English edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, 2015; Go Set a Watchman, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, New York, 2015, 8vo (2)⁂ The first is one of the few early copies with publisher's printing errors. Lines of text missing at the bottom of 6 pages between p.252 and p.277.
Lot 157
Lewis (C.S.) That Hideous Strength, first edition, original boards, dust-jacket, a few small chips or short tears to head and foot, creasing to head of spine, internal tear to lower joint, light rubbing to head and foot, but generally excellent overall, 1945; and 6 others by the same, 8vo (7)
Lot 158
London (Jack) Dutch Courage, first edition, photographic portrait frontispiece, 7 plates, original pictorial cloth, spine gilt, lower cover lightly creased, 2 white flacks to lower joint, dust-jacket, front flap trimmed at an odd angle (as usual), piece missing from head of spine (majority loosely inserted, which completes title), couple of short tears, chipped, lightly soiled, New York, Macmillan, 1922 § Hunter (John), "L.H. Brenning". Boulevard, first edition, some foxing, heavier at ends, occasional spotting, original green cloth, short scratch to head of upper cover, edges spotted, dust-jacket, piece missing from head of spine with loss of a 3 letters of title, a few chips, the odd spot, creased, Cassell, 1931 § Lewis (C.S.) The Trouble with "X", first trade edition, lightly browned, original pictorial wrappers, very small chip to lower corner of upper wrapper, The Church Union, [c.1948] § Marchant (Sir James, editor) The Cinema in Education, first edition, tables, graphs, occasional spotting, endpapers lightly browned, original cloth, spine gilt, dust-jacket, chipped, 1925; and c.27 others, most Modern Literature, some signed or inscribed, v.s. (c.31)
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