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Click here to subscribeLewis (C.S.) Perelandra, first edition, light spotting to endpapers and edges, original cloth, light fading to spine, sunning to tips of spine and corners, dust-jacket, price-clipped but with 8s. 6d. price still visible, spine ends and corners chipped with loss to title at head of spine, light creasing and a few short closed tears to head and foot extremities rubbed, 8vo, 1943.⁂ The second title in Lewis' Space Trilogy, scarce in the jacket.
NO RESERVE Pamphlets.- Clagett (William) A discourse concerning the worship of the Blessed Virgin and the saints; with an account of the beginnings and rise of it amongst Christians, in answer to M. de Meaux's appeal to the fourth age, in his exposition and pastoral letter, initial imprimatur f., advertisement f. at end, imprimatur f. little creased and soiled and neatly mounted on stub, [Wing C4384], printed for T. Basset at the George in Fleetstreet, 1686 bound with [Johnston (John)] A reply to the defence of the exposition of the doctrin [sic] of the Church of England: being a further vindication of the Bishop of Condom's Exposition of the doctrin [sic] of the Catholic Church. With a second letter from the Bishop of Meaux, [Wing J870], Printed for Henry Hills, 1687 and 4 others, similar, together 6 works in 1 vol., occasional spotting and light staining, contemporary calf, gilt spine in compartments, lacking label, spine ends and corners worn, rubbed, small 4to ⁂ The first mentioned is a reply to Bossuet's Exposition de la doctrine de l'Eglise catholique sur les matières de controverse.
Mackenzie (Compton) First Athenian Memories, inscribed signed and dated by author, dust-jacket, small staining and tears to spine extremities, creasing to top edge, 1931; Greek Memories, with the author's bookplate, 1932; The East Wind of Love, inscribed signed and dated by author, 1937; The West Wind of Love, inscribed and signed by author, 1940; The North Wind of Love, inscribed signed and dated by author, 1944, first editions, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jackets, all but the first with slight chipping to corners and spine extremities, creasing to top edges; and 3 others by the same, of which one signed and one with publisher's compliments slip, 8vo (8)⁂ Collection gifted to Nellie Blyth, Compton Mackenzie's secretary who was the typist of his manuscripts for forty years.
NO RESERVE Mann (Thomas) Buddenbrooks, 2 vol., 1924 § Mann (Heinrich) Berlin, 1929, first editions, light browning to endpapers, heavier to first, first with ink ownership name to endpapers, original cloth, first rather faded, spines discoloured, last spine warped with ends bumped and creased; and 13 others by the same, v.s. (16)
Maugham (William Somerset) Mrs. Craddock, 1902; Ashenden, 1928; Don Fernando, 1935, first editions, first with ex-library label to pastedown, first and last with ink ownership signatures to endpapers, first endpapers foxed with hole, second title lightly spotted, original cloth, lightly rubbed, heavier to first, first joint fraying; and 16 others, mostly by Maugham, most first editions, 8vo (19)
Maugham (William Somerset) The Bishop's Apron, first edition, title foxed, light scattered spotting, original cloth, boards lightly faded and a little soiled, wear and light rubbing to extremities, rebacked preserving original spine, 8vo, 1906.⁂ The Bishop's Apron was published some nine years before the critical success of Of Human Bondage (1915) and was based on the unproduced play Loaves and Fishes.
McBain (Ed) Cop Hater, light browning to endpapers, W. H. Smith bookplate to pastedown, jacket with very light sunning to spine spine ands and corners with light rubbing and creasing, 1958; The Mugger, jacket spine ends and corners a little chipped, light rubbing to extremities, 1959; The Con Man, light browning to endpapers, jacket spine lightly sunned, light rubbing and creasing to spine ends and corners, 1960, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets, generally excellent overall; and 2 others by the same (5)
Motion (Andrew) Inland, number 104 of 400 copies, this copy signed by the author on title, original wrappers, light surfaces soiling, Burford, Cygnet Press, 1976; Goodnestone, first edition, signed by the author, original wrappers, Workshop Press, 1972; Coming Home, number 50 of 75 copies signed by the author and artist, illustrations by Jane Lydbury, original morocco-backed cloth, Rochdale, 2015; and 3 others by the same, 2 signed, 8vo (6)
NO RESERVE O'Hara (John) Sermons and Soda Water, 3 vol., one of 525 sets printed on mould made paper signed by the author, 1961; Pal Joey, 1952; A Family Party, 1957, light spotting or foxing to last two, original boards, last two with dust-jackets, lightly bumping and creasing to extremities, lower panels foxed; first with original slip-case, and 3 others by O'Hara, 8vo (8)
Norris (John) The Theory and Regulation of Love. A Moral Essay, with initial imprimatur leaf and final errata/advertisement leaf, Oxford, printed at the Theatre for Hen. Clements, 1688; A Collection of Miscellanies..., title with engraved vignette of Sheldonian Theatre and imprimatur to verso but lacking small portion from outer margin, rather soiled and stained, O7 torn without loss, Q4 with lower outer corner torn away not affecting text, contemporary ink inscription "This Book was the gift of two friends to me Tho Buffett in June 1691 10th I freely give to my son Thomas" to front free endpaper with later inscriptions of "Thomas Buffett 1694" and others, Oxford, for John Crosley, 1687, first editions, contemporary sprinkled calf, rubbed, the second with spine ends repaired, [Wing N1272 & N1248], 8vo (2)⁂ John Norris (1657-1711) was the last of the Cambridge Platonists and friend (later critic) of John Locke.
Orwell (George) Nineteen Eighty-Four, first edition, margins trimmed, some occasional light marking to text, title with ink library stamp to verso covered by laid down cutting featuring eye design, with some light show-through of stamp to recto, endpaper collage of Orwell's eyes, front pastedown with small compartment revealing the Queen's face on pound note, modern morocco with gilt design featuring inlayed fake eye and upper cover '1984' stamped in black on lower cover, 8vo, 1949.
NO RESERVE Orwell (George) Shooting an Elephant and other essays, first edition, original cloth, slight shelf-lean, light fading to spine and covers, dust-jacket, spine faded, spine ends and corners chipped, creasing to head and foot, light soiling, 1950; The Road to Wigan Pier, Left Book Club Edition, plates, original limp cloth, creasing to spine, some light surface soiling, light creasing to extremities, 1937; and a first edition The Lion and the Unicorn, 8vo (3)
Peake (Mervyn) [The Gormenghast trilogy], 3 vol., comprising Titus Groan, light spotting to endpapers, second issue jacket, 1946; Gormenghast, browning to endpapers, scattered spotting to edges, 1950; Titus Alone, frontispiece by the author, 1959, first editions, original cloth, dust-jackets, light browning to spine, some minor chipping and creasing to tips of spine and corners, but a bright, near-fine set overall, 8vo.
Priestley (J.B.) The Chapman of Rhymes, first edition, spotting, related newspaper & catalogue clippings loosely inserted, bookplate of Charles C. Auchinloss, disbound and loosely inserted in original green paper wrappers, slight creasing to extremities, housed in red cloth chemise and morocco-backed slipcase by James Macdonald Co, New York, 8vo, Alexander Moring, 1918.⁂ Scarce copy of Priestley's suppressed first book, only 7 copies on Library Hub.
Priestley (J.B.) Faraway, first edition, one of 25 copies specially bound, signed and inscribed by author dated 1970, typescript letters from Mrs Batten (Priestley's secretary) loosely inserted, colour title by Kenneth Hobson, original green Levant morocco with beach scene to upper cover by Henry T. Wood ltd., housed in a card slipcase and modern cloth drop-back box, 8vo, [1932].⁂ The letters are arranging for the original owner to have the book signed when J.B. Priestley was in London during April 1970.
NO RESERVE Raymond (Alex) Flash Gordon in the Caverns of Mongo, first edition, frontispiece, damp-staining to title, pictorial endpapers, original cloth, mottled and damp-stained, dust-jacket, light browning to spine, light damp-staining, spine ends and corners chipped, splitting to upper fore-edge, 8vo, New York, 1936.
NO RESERVE Science-fiction.- Robinson (Kim Stanley) Blue Mars, 1996 § McCarthy (Wil) The Collapsium, 2000 § Benford (Gregory) The Martian Race, 1999 § Tepper (Sheri S.) Singer from the Sea, 1999 § Silverberg (Robert) Kingdoms of the Wall, 1993, first and limited editions signed by authors, colour frontispieces, silked endpapers, original decorative morocco, gilt, Norwalk, Easton Press, 8vo (5)
NO RESERVE Science-fiction.- Robinson (Kim Stanley) The Martians, 1999 § Moon (Elizabeth) Rules of Engagement, 1998 § Benford (Gregory), Cosm, 1998 § Zebrowski (George) Cave of Stars, 1999 § Tepper (Sheri S.) Six Moon Dance, 1998 § Bujold (Lois McMaster) Komarr, 1998, signed first and limited editions, original morocco, gilt, 8vo, Norwalk, Easton Press (6).
Runyon (Damon) My Wife Ethel, 1939; My Old Man, 1940 § Updike (John) Bech, 1970, first editions, last first English edition, original boards, dust-jackets, first two spine ends and extremities rather rubbed and chipped, spines faded, some light spotting to upper panels; last in fine condition, and 17 others, American literature, 8vo (20)
Sackville-West (Vita) Orchard and Vineyard, first edition, inscribed and dated by Lady Sackville (author's mother), scattered faint spotting, original cloth-backed boards, slight bumping to corners, 1921; Poems of West and East, first edition, frontispiece, cracked hinges, original cloth-backed boards, rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1917; Seducers in Ecuador, first edition, faint spotting to endpapers, previous owner's ink signature to free endpaper, original cloth, slight bumping to extremities, 1924 § Woolf (Leonard) & James Strachey, editors. Virginia Woolf & Lytton Strachey. Letters, previous owner's ink signature, original cloth, dust-jacket, slight chipping to corners and extremities, 1956 § Woolf (Virginia) The Waves, previous owner's ink signature, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, sunned spine, small chipping to spine extremities, 1933; and others similar, 8vo & 4to (c.100)
Sackville-West (Vita) The Edwardians, first edition, presentation copy from Lady Sackville with her card pinned to blank, signed photograph and ALs loosely inserted, scattered spotting, stain to title, previous owner's ink inscription to half-title, original cloth, spotting, bumping to corners and spine extremities, related newspaper articles loosely inserted, 1930; Brittain (Vera) In the Steps of John Bunyan, signed by author, portrait frontispiece, plates, original cloth, dust-jacket, small loss to spine extremities, slight chipping and creasing to extremities, n.d., 8vo (2)⁂ The letter in the first is dated 30 May, 30 and begins 'As you know, I am nearly blind but I can write with my eyes shut!'
Simenon (Georges) Maigret & M. Labbé, advance copy slip tipped onto front endpaper, jacket spine faded, spine ends and corners a little chipped, light rubbing to extremities, light surface soiling to lower panel, 1942; Maigret's Dead Man, jacket with light toning to spine, jacket with chipping and creasing to spine ends and corners, 1964; Maigret in Vichy, jacket with very light sunning to spine, and some chipping and creasing to head, 1969, first American editions, original cloth, dust-jackets, generally excellent, New York; and c.70 others, American editions of Simenon, 8vo (c.75)
Simenon (Georges) Au Bout de Rouleau, ink inscription to endpaper, original cloth, 1947; Pedigree, hinges breaking and text pulling from spine, 1948; Lew Quatre Jours de Pauvre Homme, 1949, first editions; 3 Chambres a Manhattan, reprint, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1951, some marginal toning, all but the first in original stiff wrappers, dust-jackets, some chipping and creasing to head and foot; and c.45 others, French editions of Simenon, 8vo (c.50)
Simenon (Georges) Maigret Right and Wrong, first English edition, presentation inscription from the author on bookplate to endpaper, jacket with light toning to spine, creasing to head and foot, some rubbing to extremities, 1954; Maigret and the Burglar's Wife, jacket price-clipped, light toning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped and creased, 1955; Madame Maigret's Friend, jacket spine ends and corners a little chipped and creased, 1960, first English editions, original boards, dust-jackets, very good or excellent; and c.55 others, English editions of Simenon, 8vo (c.60)
Quakerism for French prisoners.- Ashby (Richard) Christian counsel, in the spirit of love and meekness tenderly recommended to the serious consideration of those French prisoners at Nottingham and Litchfield, parallel titles and text in French and English, 12pp. advertisements for Sowle at end (not called for by ESTC), ink signatures of a Susanna Wright to verso of first title, some light staining, lightly browned, corners creased, contemporary wrappers, chipped and soiled, but holding firm, [Smith Descriptive catalogue of Friends' books, I, p.139], 12mo, Printed and sold by T. Sowle, 1705.⁂ Rare. ESTC records six copies, of which three are in the Library of the Religious Society of Friends. The prisoners had come to England following their defeat at the Battle of Blenheim by the Duke of Marlborough. They remained in Nottingham and Lichfield for around six years.
Sinclair (May) Uncanny Stories, first English edition, first issue with 40 pp. adverts at rear for "Spring 1923", illustrated by Jean de Bosschère, some foxing, endpapers lightly browned, 1923 § Summers (Montague, editor) The Supernatural Omnibus, Being a Collection of Stories, fore-edge lightly spotted, contemporary ownership signature to front free endpaper, 1931, original cloth, a little rubbed, spine ends bumped, first spine faded, last with light shelf-lean, 8vo (2)
Slim (Field Marshall Sir William).- Bean (C. E. W.) Gallipoli Mission, ink ownership inscriptions of Slim, Canberra, 1952 § Russel-Roberts (Denis) Spotlight on Singapore, 1965 § Tuker (Lieu. General Sir Francis) Approach to Battle, T. L. s. from the author loosely inserted, bookplate to pastedown, dust-jacket, spine ends and corners a little chipped and creased, 1963, first editions, signed presentation inscriptions from the authors to Field Marshall Slim to endpapers, original boards; and c.50 others owned by the Slim family 8vo (c.55)
Taylor (G. P.) Shadowmancer, special edition signed by the author, 2003 § Rice (Anne) Interview with the Vampire, first edition, 1976, original boards, dust-jackets, first with light spotting, second light creasing to spine ends, but both in overall excellent condition; and 12 others, fantasy and horror fiction, 8vo & 4to (14)
Slim (Field Marshall Sir William).- Thomas (Lowell) Back to Mandalay, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author and 5 participants in the Burma campaign to Field Marshall Slim to endpaper, photographic illustrations, map endpapers, original cloth, light fading to spine, some light soiling to covers, 8vo, New York, 1951.⁂ An excellent association inscribed by American participants in the Second World War Burma campaign to the celebrated British leader of the 14th Army in Burma. Signatories include Phil Cochran, John Alison and Bill Taylor.
Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Fellowship of the Ring, first edition, folding map with small tear at fold, marginal yellow stain to a few pages in the middle, upper hinge starting to crack, original cloth, lower joint splitting and wear to head, fading and staining, wear to corners and extremities rubbed, 8vo, 1954.
Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Lord of the Rings, 3 vol., comprising The Fellowship of the Ring, twelfth impression,1962; The Two Towers, ninth impression, 1962; The Return of the King, ninth impression, 1962, first editions, folding maps, original cloth, light discolouration to spines, dust-jackets, some light foxing, heavier to spines, light creasing to head and foot, but otherwise a bright and excellent set, 8vo.
NO RESERVE Johnson (Richard) Grammatical Commentaries being an Apparatus to a New Grammar, first edition, 2 folding tables, trimmed, title and errata strengthened at fore-edge, previous owner's ink signature to title, small marginal rust hole (B2), ex-library with accession number to title verso, many leaves strengthened at gutter when rebound, occasional marginal marks, modern morocco-backed boards, 8vo, for the Author, and sold by S. Keble ..., 1706.
NO RESERVE Science-fiction.- Turtledove (Harry) Earthgrip, colour frontispiece, Norwalk, Easton Press, 1991 § Niven (Larry), Jerry Pournelle & Michael Flynn, Fallen Angels, 1991 § Silverberg (Robert) Starborne, 1996; To the Land of the Living, 1990 § Sheffield (Charles) Tomorrow and Tomorrow, 1997 § Bova (Ben) Venus, 2000; first and limited editions signed by authors, colour frontispieces, silk endpapers, gilt edges, original morocco, gilt, 8vo (6)
Wells (H.G.) The First Men in the Moon, first English edition, frontispiece and 11 plates, light spotting to half-title, very light finger-soiling to title, first state binding with black endpapers of original blue cloth, gilt, spine lightly faded, light bumping to spine extremities but overall a very bright example, 8vo, 1901.
Wells (H.G.) Tono-Bungay, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to E. V. Lucas to half-title, 6pp. advertisements, light browning to endpapers, original cloth, light browning to spine, spine ends and corners a little bumped, some light marking to covers, 8vo, 1909.⁂ E. V. Lucas (1898-1938) English essayist and author. He published a parody Wells' The War of the Worlds titled The War of the Wenuses in 1898.
Williams (Tennessee) Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, first English edition, frontispiece, some spotting to endpapers, original boards, dust-jacket, spine slightly browned, light toning and surface soiling to lower panel, spine ends and corners a little rubbed and chipped, 1956; and the first English edition Breakfast at Tiffany's, 8vo (2)
NO RESERVE Wodehouse (P.G.) The Clicking of Cuthbert, 1922; Jeeves in the Offing, 1960; Do Butlers Burgle Banks?, 1968; Bachelors Anonymous, 1973, first editions, original cloth, last two with dust-jackets, light wear to extremities but overall excellent copies; and 5 others, Wodehouse, 8vo (9)
Wodehouse (P.G.) Lord Emsworth and Others, jacket spine faded, chipping to head and foot, internal tearing to spine and upper panel, 1937; Uncle Fred in the Springtime, light foxing, jacket with loss to spine ends, tearing to head of upper panel, creasing to head and foot, 1939; Eggs, Beans and Crumpets, light fading to spine ends, jacket spine faded, with some internal tearing and chipping, chipping and creasing with loss to head and foot, 1940, first editions, some browning to endpapers, original cloth, dust-jackets; and 4 others, first editions by the same, 8vo (7)
Wodehouse (P.G.) Full Moon, jacket spine ends and corners a little chipped and creased, [1947]; Uncle Dynamite, neat ink inscription to endpaper, light fading to spine, jacket price-clipped, light discolouration to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, chip and creasing to foot of upper panel, [1948]; Pigs Have Wings, ink inscription to endpaper, light fading to spine, marking to covers, jacket spine slightly faded, spine chipped at head, short tear to foot of upper panel, some light rubbing and surface soiling, 1952; Jeeves in the Offing, scattered spotting, ink inscription to pastedown, jacket spine chipped at head, tear to head of lower panel, neat tape repair to verso, 1960, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets; and 20 others by the same, 8vo (24)
NO RESERVE Ardizzone (Edward).- Farjeon (Eleanor) The Little Bookroom, 1955 § Stonier (G. W.) Pictures on the Pavement, 1955 § Gorham (Maurice) Londoners, 1951 § Cecil (Henry) Brief to Counsel, 1958 , first editions, illustrated by Edward Ardizzone, light fore-edge spotting to first and third, some with endpapers very lightly browned, original cloth, dust-jackets, third price-clipped, first and third chipped with bumped and creased spine ends, small portion of loss to first spine head, others excellent condition; and 23 others, some illustrated by Ardizzone, 8vo & 4to (27)
Dahl (Roald) Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator, first edition, 1973; The Minipins, 1991; The Enormous Crocodile, 1978; The Magic Finer, 1968, first editions, last first English edition, original pictorial boards, light wear to extremities, first also with remnants of sticker to lower cover, joints cracked, and spine ends rubbed, last lightly discoloured; and 2 others, Dahl, tall 8vo & 8vo (6)
NO RESERVE Detmold (Edward J.) The Fables of Aesop, ink ownership inscription to endpapers, [1909] § Rackham (Arthur) The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie, 1914 § Baum (L. Frank) The Wizard of Oz, 1903 § Stevenson (Robert Louis) Poems, one of 500 copies on hand-made paper, uncut, 1913, first two with tipped-in colour plates, third with colour illustrations, some with light foxing to endpapers, first three original pictorial cloth, extremities a little rubbed, second spine faded, last original vellum, gilt, a little marked; and 38 others, children's literature, illustrated, and pictorial cloth, v.s. (42)
Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge) "Lewis Carroll". Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice Found There, first edition, first issue, with 'wade' for 'wave' on p.21, wood engraved illustrations by John Tenniel, cracked hinges, later front pastedown, front free-endpaper neatly reattached, lacking final free endpaper, original pictorial cloth, gilt, rubbed and worn, spine covering beginning to split at joints, chipping to corners and extremities, 8vo, 1872.
Dulac (Edmund).- Quiller-Crouch (Arthur, Sir) The Sleeping Beauty and other Fairy Tales, first edition, number 238 of 1000 copies, signed by the illustrator, 30 tipped-in colour plates by Edmund Dulac, tissue guards, occasional light soiling, end papers browned, original crushed morocco, gilt covers and spine, upper joint cracked, spine ends chipped, extremities worn, large 4to, [1910]
NO RESERVE Peake (Mervyn) Titus Groan, first edition, second impression dust-jacket, price-clipped, 1946 § Wyss (Johann R.) The Swiss Family Robinson, illustrated by Peake, 1957 § Prayers and Graces, collected by Allan Laing, illustrated by Peake, 1944, original cloth, dust-jackets, first two very light rubbing to corners, spine ends bumped and creased, last also chipped and discoloured; and 4 others, illustrated by Peake, 8vo & 4to (7)
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![Thatcher (Margaret) Statecraft [2 copies], first edition, bookplate signed by the author to title, plates, original boards, d](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/cc1eed4d-cf60-4330-8ca0-ad0b00fada06/6bad2afd-d801-41d3-9e53-ad0f00bbc4de/468x382.jpg)
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