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Lot 229

le Carré (John) [The Karla Trilogy], comprising Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, bookplate partially obscuring text on title, jacket spine faded, 1974; The Honourable Schoolboy, 1977; Smiley's People, bookplate partially obscuring text on title, 1979, first editions, each with signed bookplate by the author on titles, original boards, dust-jackets, rubbing to extremities with the odd nick, 8vo.  

Lot 208

Joyce (James).- Gilbert (Stuart) & Richard Ellmann, editors. Letters of James Joyce, 3 vol.,1957-1966 § Goldberg (S.L.) The Classical Temper, 1961, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets, spines lightly faded, panels exceptionally crisp and bright; and 27 others relating to Joyce, 8vo & 4to (31)

Lot 224

le Carré (John) The Spy Who Came in From the Cold, first American edition, signed by the author on title, original cloth-backed boards, dust-jacket, slight fading to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, short closed tear to foot of lower panel, light creasing to head and foot, an excellent example overall, slip-case, 8vo, New York, 1964.

Lot 254

Manning (Olivia) [The Levant Trilogy], 3 vol., comprising The Danger Tree, light surface marking to lower panel, 1977; The Battle Lost and Won, 1978; The Sum of Things, jacket spine faded, 1980, first editions, original cloth, dust-jackets, fractional creasing to spine ends, otherwise excellent copies; and 6 others by Manning, including the Balkan Trilogy, 8vo (9)

Lot 205

Joyce (James) Dedalus. Portrait de l'artiste jeune par lui-méme. Roman traduit de l'anglais par Ludmila Savitzky, first French edition, A.L.s signed from the translator loosely inserted, small book-seller's sticker to pastedown, original wrappers, spine lightly faded, light nicks to extremities, small patch of staining to lower wrapper, 4to, Paris, editions de la Sirène, 1924.

Lot 150

Gibson (William) [The Sprawl trilogy], 3 vol., comprising Neuromancer, first Ace Books hardback edition, 1986; Count Zero, first edition, jacket spine very slightly faded, 1986; Mona Lisa Overdrive, first edition, 1988, original boards, dust-jackets, near-fine copies; and 9 others by the same, all signed and fine, 8vo (12)

Lot 231

le Carré (John) The Little Drummer Girl, proof paperback copy, signed by the author on upper wrapper (lightly faded), page margins a little toned, original embossed wrappers,lightly scuffed, 1984; Absolute Friends, signed by the author on title, 2003; The Quest for Karla, signed bookplate by the author on half-title, jacket a little creased at extremities, 1982; The Constant Gardener, first edition, signed by the author on title, 2001, all but the firsts original boards, dust-jackets; and 17 others by the same, including 2 other proofs of Constant Gardener and Secret Pilgrim, v.s. (21)

Lot 182

Hill (Reginald) Deadheads, toned, jacket extremities very slightly rubbed, 1983; Underworld, lightly toned, jacket extremities very slightly rubbed, 1988; Born Guilty, light marginal toning, 1995, first editions, signed by the author on title, original cloth, dust-jackets; and 10 other first editions by Reginald Hill, including signed copies of Singing the Sadness and The Wood Beyond, 8vo (13)

Lot 63

Brooke (Rupert) 1914 and Other Poems, first edition, portrait frontispiece, some very occasional light spotting, additional spine label tipped-in at end, original cloth with paper label to spine, light toning to spine label, slight bumping to spine tips, a near-fine copy, 8vo, 1915.

Lot 330

Rowling (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, 1998; Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, contemporary ink ownership inscription from a child on front free endpapers, 1999; Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, 1999; Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, 2000; Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, jacket very lightly creased in places, 2003; Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, 2005, first American hardback editions, original boards, dust-jackets, fine; and 8 others, from the series, 8vo (16) *** Others include: another first American hardback, third printing copy of the Order of the Phoenix; all but the last book in the series in first American paperback editions; a first American Bookexpo edition of The Order of the Phoenix, 2004; and 3 first American mass market editions. 

Lot 56

Bowles (Paul) A Little Stone, endpapers with faint strip of toning, jacket spine faded, lower panel with one or two surface marks, otherwise excellent and very sharp, 1950; The Delicate Prey and Other Stories, jacket rubbed at extremities and discoloured, New York, 1950; The Spider's House, first English edition, jacket with repaired tears to upper edge of front panel, 1" split down upper joint, few other nicks and tears to extremities, 1957, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets; and 7 others by Bowles, 8vo (10)

Lot 225

le Carré (John) A Small Town in Germany, first edition, two signed presentation inscriptions from the author to front free endpaper, original boards, spine ends and corners a little bumped, dust-jacket, light sunning to spine, minor chipping to foot of spine, light creasing to head and foot, an excellent example, 8vo, 1968.*** Twice inscribed by the author, the first inscription rather brief and dated "9 Oct 68" (close to the date of publication) and the second rather longer: "How do you top up a dedication? With a little ?Henniez and a lot of gratitude, and a dash of affection perhaps."

Lot 99

Dahl (Roald) Kiss Kiss, first edition, signed by the author on title, original cloth, dust-jacket, light creasing to edges, one or two closed tears, otherwise a near-fine copy, 8vo, 1960.

Lot 49

Bellow (Saul) Dangling Man, light toning to endpapers, jacket with small surface abrasion to lower panel, 1946; Seize the Day, light browning to endpapers, 1957; Herzog, jacket with light surface soiling, minor chipping to spine tips and corners, 1964, first English editions, original boards, dust-jackets, light toning to spines, excellent or near-fine copies; and 2 others by the same, 8vo (5)

Lot 175

Harrer (Heinrich) Seven Years in Tibet, first edition, jacket price-clipped, 1953 § Illion (Theodore) In Secret Tibet, 1937, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets, creased and rubbed at edges, few nicks and chips to extremities, 8vo (2)

Lot 334

Rowling (J.K.) [The Harry Potter novels], first large print editions, original boards, some spine ends or corners bumped, otherwise fine, 2001-2007; and 5 first editions of the later books, 8vo (12)  *** Rare as a set. 

Lot 4

Adams (Richard) Watership Down, small patch of damp-staining to lower spine, a few light surface marks or nicks to extremities, 1972; Shardik, very light toning to jacket, one or two nicks, 1974; The Plague Dogs, 1977, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets, 8vo (3)

Lot 345

Russian Literature.- Emigrant Tamizdat.- Voinovich (Vladimir) Prikliucheniia Ivana Chonkina [The Adventures of Ivan Chonkin] & Pretendent na prestol: novye prikliucheniia soldata Ivana Chonkina [Pretender to the Throne: New Adventures of Ivan Chonkin], first edition, original pictorial wrappers, lightly soiled, Paris, YMCA Press, 1975 & 1979 § Brodsky (Joseph) Novye stansy k avguste [New Stanzas to Augusta], first edition, edges spotted, original wrappers, lightly soiled and creased, Ann Arbor, Ardis, 1983 § Tarsis (Valery) Palata No.7, [Ward No.7], one of 500 copies signed by the author, original cloth, dust-jacket, a few stains, Frankfurt, Posev, 1966 § Sakharov (Andrei) Razmyshleniia o progresse, mirnom sosushchestvovanii i intellektualnoi svobode [Thoughts on Progress, Peaceful Coexistence and Intellectual Freedom], first edition, original wrappers, Frankfurt, Posev, 1968; and 3 others, tamizdat, 8vo (8)*** Collection of Soviet émigré tamizdat works, including Voinovich's classic satirical novel, Brodsky's poems and Sakharov's defining anti-Nuclear manifesto. Ukrainian author Valery Tarsis' Ward No.7 was one of the first literary works to deal with political abuse of psychiatry in the U.S.S.R., with the author basing the book upon his own experiences in 1963–1964 when he was detained in the Moscow Kashchenko psychiatric hospital for political reasons.

Lot 263

McCoy (Horace) Scalpel, first edition, A.L.s. from the author to a fan loosely inserted, with publisher's "compliments" slip, spine ends and one corner lightly bumped, jacket spine and edges lightly sunned, New York 1952; They Shoot Horses, Don't They?, first English edition, a few faint spots, gutter slightly weak in places, spine and edges lightly toned, some faint spotting to upper cover, jacket with one small hole to lower panel, spine ends and corners slightly frayed, a couple of short tears, light toning, heavier to spine, 1935; Kiss Tomorrow Good-Bye, first English edition, edges and endpapers spotted, spine lightly sunned, jacket spine lightly sunned, spine ends and corners slightly chipped and frayed, joints slightly rubbed, some light creasing and short tears along panel edges, some spotting along flap edges, 1949, original cloth, dust-jackets, 8vo (3)

Lot 93

Clarke (Susanna) Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, first edition, signed by the author on title, original boards, dust-jacket in white state, 2004 & 4 others of the same title, including 2 first American editions in each colour jacket, another first English edition in black, and a first paperback edition, all but the last signed, 8vo (5)

Lot 306

Pratchett (Terry) Going Postal, first edition, original boards, dust-jacket, 2004 § Colfer (Eoin) Artemis Fowl, first edition, publication ephemera loosely inserted, original boards, dust-jacket ,2001 § Nix (Garth) Sabriel, first English edition, original boards, dust-jacket, 2002 § Gliori (Debi) Deep Water, original velvet boards, 2005, all signed by the author; and c.100 others, Children's and YA fantasy fiction, including some ephemera and CDs etc., v.s. (c.105)

Lot 424

Woolf (Virginia) Monday or Tuesday, first edition, woodcuts by Vanessa Bell, browning to endpapers, original cloth-backed boards, corners bumped, light rubbing or scuffing, 8vo, [Kirkpatrick A5a], Hogarth Press, 1921.

Lot 15

Awdry (Rev. W.) Thomas the Tank Engine, first edition, early printing with "fat director", some ff. working loose, original maroon roan, gilt, lightly rubbed at extremities and joints, dust-jacket, laid down, small portion of loss to corner, few nicks and creasing, tear across upper panel, small oblong 8vo, 1946.

Lot 144

Fowles (John) The Collector, first edition, signed presentation slip by the author loosely inserted, light rubbing to lower panel, otherwise very crisp and sharp, 1963; A Maggot, signed by the author on title, jacket price-clipped, 1985, original boards, excellent or fine copies; and 5 others by Fowles, 8vo (7)

Lot 399

Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Hobbit, first edition, second impression, map endpapers, frontispiece and 3 colour plates, illustrations, damp-stain to lower corner of first few leaves, 2 illustrations crudely hand-coloured, a couple of leaves with ink stains or pencil marks, light foxing and staining throughout, gutter slightly cracked in places, original cloth, shelf-lean, lower joint cracked with backstrip hanging partially loose, loss to spine ends, extremities rubbed, lightly soiled, 8vo, 1937 [but 1938].

Lot 394

Thomas (Edward) Last Poems, first edition, Claude Prance's copy with his label on pastedown and pencil ownership signature, 8pp. publisher's catalogue at end, small ink ownership name on browned front free endpaper, original boards, unct, spine a little browned, lightly rubbed, 8vo, 1918.

Lot 145

Fowles (John) The Magus, 1966; ; The French Lieutenant's Woman, 1969; The Ebony Towe, 1974; Daniel Martin, signed by the author on title, 1978; Mantissa, 1982, first editions, original cloth or boards, dust-jackets, the first 3 rubbed, the first chipped at extremities and with piece missing from lower panel, 8vo (5)

Lot 29

Ballard (J. G.) Disaster Area, first edition, signed by the author on title, ex-library with ink stamps, lacking front free endpaper, surface adhesion to front pastedown, original boards, dust-jacket, light sunning to spine, some staining to verso, an excellent example, 1967; and 8 others, short story collections by the same, 8vo (9)

Lot 342

Russian Literature.- Mayakovsky (Vladimir Vladimirovich) Sergeiu Eseninu, first and only edition, 2 Constructivist photomontage illustrations, small water-stain to inner margins, light water-stain to rear pastedown, hinges slightly cracked at head and foot, original wrappers printed in red and black with photomontage covers designed by Alexander Rodchenko, lightly soiled and toned, 8vo, Tbilisi, Zakkniga, 1926.*** Mayakovsky's by turns lyric and angry elegy written in response to fellow poet and provocateur Sergei Esenin's suicide with Rodchenko's arresting visual contributions. Mayakovsky and Esenin were friends but also great rivals with conflicting theories of poetry, and Mayakovsky would himself commit suicide in 1930.

Lot 113

Du Maurier (Daphne) Rebecca, bookplate on front free endpapers, cloth a little rubbed and discoloured, 1938; The Parasites, ownership name on pastedown, jacket torn with small portions of loss to spine ends, other chips to extremities, 1949; Mary Ann, light spotting, jacket spine faded, few nicks and chips to extremities, 1954; My Cousin Rachel, cloth a little marked, jacket with tear down upper panel, extremities nicked and frayed, 1951, first editions, original cloth, all but the first with dust-jackets; and 13 others by Du Maurier, 8vo (17)

Lot 110

Doyle (Sir Arthur Conan) Through The Magic Door, first edition, plates, 6pp. advertisements at end, light spotting, mostly to edges, original cloth, decorated in gilt, spine lightly sunned, spine ends and corners bumped, a few faint stains, 1907 § Crais (Robert) L.A. Requiem, number 52 of 99 copies signed by the author, original morocco-backed boards, Blakeney, 1999; The Last Detective, number 92 of 150 copies signed by the author, original cloth, slip-case, New Orleans, 2003; and 11 others, detective and science fiction, 8vo (14) 

Lot 298

Plath (Sylvia) Ariel, spine head very lightly frayed, 1965; The Colossus, first Faber edition, 1967; Crossing the Water, 1971; Winter Trees, a mint copy, 1971, first or first Faber editions, original boards, dust-jackets, first three spines slightly faded, otherwise exceptionally sharp and crisp copies; and 2 others, Plath, 8vo (5)

Lot 80

Carey (Peter) Parrot and Olivier in America, signed presentation inscription from the author "I dare no doubt that something cruel and catastrophic had happened before I was ever born | Peter Carey 10-10-10",  2010 § Thomas (Leslie) The Virgin Soldiers, signed presentation inscription from the author "A first edition (this is something I don't possess)..." on half-title, with TLs from the author loosely inserted, jacket extremities a little creased, 1966 § Malamud (Bernard) The Fixer, TLs from the author loosely inserted, ownership inscription on front free endpaper, a few spots, jacket spine toned, creasing to edges, 1966 § Compton-Burnett (Ivy) Mother and Son, one of 500 copies, signed on typed note "signed sealed and delivered by the said [author]" loosely inserted, original cloth, spine faded, 1972 § Kureishi (Hanif) The Buddha of Suburbia, signed presentation inscription from the author to Philip Murray on title, original boards, dust-jacket, creasing to spine ends, 1990, first editions, from the library of Philip Murray, some with letters or dedications to him; and 72 others, from the library of Philip Murray, many signed, some with signed presentations inscriptions or letters to Murray, 8vo (77)

Lot 237

Lessing (Doris) The Golden Notebook, signed by the author on title, very light expert tissue repairs on endpapers, jacket with long and various tears across upper and lower panels and some along joints, some repaired with glue or tape leaving some show-through, other nicks and tears, 1962; This Was the Old Chief's Country, ownership inscription on front free endpaper, jacket spine a little toned, small chips and nicks to extremities but overall an excellent example, 1951; Going Home, half-title with strip of toning, jacket torn up upper joint and horizontally across spine, some portions of loss, nicks and chips to extremities, 1957, first editions, original cloth, dust-jackets; and 44 others by Lessing, 8vo (47)

Lot 286

O'Brien (Flann) The Hard Life, first English edition, original boards, dust-jacket, spine very faintly toned, otherwise fine, 8vo, 1961.

Lot 246

Longrigg (Roger) A High-Pitched Buzz, first edition, jacket lacking portion of spine tail, 1961 § Eliot (T.S.) The Elder Statesman, first edition, jacket spine faded, otherwise crisp and excellent, 1959 § Sillitoe (Alan) The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner, first edition, front free endpaper with strip of browning, 1959 § Davies (Rhs) A Pig in a Poke, first edition, lengthy signed presentation inscription from the publisher on slightly spotted front free endpaper, jacket spine browned, 1931 § Monsarrat. A Fair Day's Work, first edition, a fine copy, 1964 § Malamud (Bernard) The Fixer, first English edition, jacket spine browned, 1967, original boards, dust-jackets; and c.120 others, 20th century fiction, 8vo (c.125)

Lot 384

Taylor (Elizabeth) Angel, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "Jon & Veronica with love from Liz" on browned front free endpaper, fractional rubbing to extremities, otherwise sharp, 1957; At Mrs Lippincote's, first edition, "Royal Naval War Libraries" stamp on front free endpaper, otherwise internally clean, dust-jacket, light fraying to spine head, nick to upper edge lower panel, otherwise a remarkably sharp and bright copy, 1945, 8vo (2) *** A lovely pair of works by the celebrated novelist Elizabeth Taylor - one an association copy, the other a crisp and sharp beloved title, rare in such condition. The resurgence of mid-century female writers is embodied by the reclamation of the 'other' Elizabeth Taylor. Geoff Dyer's review “Was Elizabeth Taylor the Best British Novelist of the Postwar Era?” (New York Times, 2021) attests to the growing popularity of her post-war fiction in both collecting and reading alike.The first is inscribed to Veronica Walley, née Papworth (1913-1992), a columnist and fashion artist for the Sunday Express for 35 years, who married Jon Walley FRCS in 1953. The Walleys and Taylors were neighbours in Penn for a time, and became good friends whilst the Taylors were living in Penn Cottage, Buckinghamshire. In 1956, John and Elizabeth decided to move, and the Walleys sold them a property called Grove's Barn. Elizabeth wrote of the house that “it has a very small garden and a tiny courtyard with a fine view across Windsor Castle to the Surrey Hills”. The Taylors would become sometime guardian for the children while the Walleys were away, and a cartoon by Veronica for an invitation to a shared "Musical Evening” by the women evidences many happy years spent in the house. – See pp.343-344, The Other Elizabeth Taylor, Nicola Bauman. 

Lot 409

Waugh (Evelyn) Vile Bodies, first edition, ink inscription "Alec Waugh/ Is a bit of a baugh/ But Evelyn Waugh/ He makes you laugh." to endpaper, a few passages highlighted in pencil, some light finger-soiling, original cloth, spine darkened, slight fraying to spine tips and corners, 8vo, 1930.

Lot 423

Wolfe (Tom) The kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby, short closed tear to lower panel upper corner, 1966 § Hemingway (Ernest) A Moveable Feast, gift inscription on front free endpaper, jacket price-clipped, 1964 § Baldwin (James) The Fire Next Time, 1963, first English editions, original boards, dust-jackets, some rubbing, chips, and creases to jacket edges; and c.125 others, modern fiction, including some American fiction, 8vo (c.130)

Lot 347

Salinger (J.D.) The Catcher in the Rye, first English edition, contemporary ink gift inscription on front free endpaper, original boards, small sunning patches to spine ends, dust-jacket, portion of loss to spine tail, chips to spine head and extremities, light surface marking to lower panel, otherwise a still excellent copy, 8vo, 1951.

Lot 288

Orczy (Baroness) The Elusive Pimpernel, first edition, half-title, 32pp. advertisements at end, endpapers browned, original cloth, extremities very slightly rubbed and spine a little dulled, 8vo, 1908.

Lot 37

Ballard (J. G.) The Unlimited Dream Company, jacket with light creasing to head, 1979; Hello America, 1981, first edition, signed by the author on titles, Forbidden Planet signing fliers loosely inserted in each vol., original boards, dust-jackets, near-fine examples overall, 8vo (2)

Lot 308

Proust (Marcel) Remembrance of Things Past [A La Recherche Du Temps Perdu], 7 parts in 11 vol., first English editions, translated by C. K. Scott Moncrieff, some light spotting or foxing to endpapers, original cloth, spines faded, a little rubbed, 1922-30; and another copy of The Guermantes Way vol.2 & Proust's Letters, 8vo (13) *** Rare full set of Proust's magnum opus of French literature. Scarce in this condition.

Lot 299

Potter (Beatrix) Ginger & Pickles, first edition, gift inscription on half-title, one or two foxing marks, original pictorial cloth, extremities lightly rubbed, [Linder p. 428; Quinby 17], 4to, 1909. *** The third of Potter's books to be printed in large format, Ginger and Pickles was developed from an original manuscript given to Louie Warne, Harold Warne's daughter, as a Christmas gift in 1908.

Lot 156

Grass (Günter) The Tin Drum, ownership name and tape stains on front free endpapers, jacket price-clipped, spine ends nicked, 1961 § Hesse (Hermann) The Prodigy, spine lightly faded, nicks and chips to extremities, 1957 § Genet (Jean) The Blacks, stamp to front free endpapers, jacket extremities a little rubbed, 1960, first English editions, original boards, dust-jackets; and c.100 others, mixed literature, 8vo (c.100)

Lot 74

Burroughs (William S.) Junkie, 1973; The Naked Lunch, jacket with short closed tear down flap joint, 1964, first English edition, original boards, dust-jackets, light rubbed at extremities, still overall tight copies, 8vo (2)

Lot 117

Faulkner (William) The Wild Palms, first English edition, light browning to endpapers, original cloth, some light spotting to covers and spine, dust-jacket, light toning to spine, minor chipping to spine tips and corners, a few short nicks to head and foot, light rubbing to extremities, an excellent copy, 8vo, 1939.

Lot 393

Theroux (Paul) Waldo, first English edition, signed by the author, 1968; Girls at Play, first English edition, signed by the author, 1969; The Family Arsenal, first English edition, signed by the author, 1976 § Masters (John) Bhowani Junction, first edition, some tape stains to front free endpapers, jacket chipped and nicked at head, 1954 § Durrell (Lawrence) Mountolive, first edition, 1958; Tunc, first edition, jacket lightly creased and toned, Book Society Choice wraparound band (spine nicked), 1968, original boards, dust-jackets; and 135 others, travel literature, 8vo (c.140)

Lot 158

Graves (Robert) No More Ghosts, John Lehmann's review copy with his ownership signature in pencil on front free endpaper and autograph notes in Lehmann's hand on loosely inserted sheet, Faber review copy sheet inserted (toned), original boards, toned at edges, 1940; Poems 1938-1945, signed presentation inscription from the author "James with love from Robert | Jan 1946" on front free endpaper, original boards, dust-jacket, lightly creased at upper edge and toned on spine, 1946; John Kemp's Wager, one of 100 copies signed by the author, original parchment-backed boards, lightly toned, Oxford, 1925, first editions; and 28 others, Graves, including 7 limited edition signed works, v.s. (31)

Lot 2

Adams (Douglas) The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, first American edition, New York, 1980; Last Chance to See..., first edition, signed by the author "best wishes Douglas Adams" on half-title, 1990; So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish, first edition, jacket price-clipped, 1984, original boards, dust-jackets, light creasing to edges, otherwise excellent; and 3 others by the same, 8vo (6)

Lot 426

[Woolf (Virginia)] Atalanta's Garland, first edition, ownership name on front free endpaper, jacket lightly spotted, tear on upper panel, few other nicks, 1926 § Atwood (Margaret) The Edible Woman, first edition, jacket lightly creased at edges, 1969 § Sackville-West (Vita) The Land & The Garden, signed by the illustrator Peter Firmin, 1989, original boards, dust-jackets, 8vo & 4to (3) *** The first is a rare Woolf book, scarce with the jacket. 

Lot 353

Scott (Paul) [The Raj Quartet], comprising The Jewel in the Crown, jacket spine faded, 1965; The Day of the Scorpion, jacket spine faded, 1" closed tear to lower joint, triangular portion of loss to lower panel, 1968; The Towers of Silence, 1971; A Division of the Spoils, jacket price-clipped, short closed tears to lower edge, lower panel, 1975; and copy of Staying On, 1977, first editions, original cloth, dust-jackets, light creasing and fraying to extremities, still overall an excellent set; and 3 others by Scott, 8vo (8)*** Scott's classic quartet along with Staying On, his Booker prize-winning novel that features several characters from the quartet and completes the series. 

Lot 3

Adams (Herbert) Signal for Invasion, first edition, original cloth, slight bumping to spine tips, dust-jacket, spine ends and corners a little chipped, some staining to lower panel light rubbing to extremities, an excellent example, 8vo, 1942.*** A Roger Bennion novel, scarce in dust-jacket.

Lot 85

Chandler (Raymond) The Little Sister, first edition, light toning on endpapers, original boards, dust-jacket, price-clipped, spines a little faded, one or two nicks and tears to edges, previously repaired with tape, light show-through, light creasing to extremities, still overall an excellent example, 8vo, 1949.*** The Hollywood novel was adapted for the film Marlowe (1969) starring James Garner. "In its complications of family, organized crime, and Hollywood, it achieves a panorama of the modern condition which is new for Chandler. And in its discovery of ways to demonstrate Marlowe's connection with the human weaknesses on which the story turns, it provides new insight into his central character" (Marling, p. 131). 

Lot 88

Chatwin (Bruce) On the Black Hill, first edition, 1982; Utz, first American edition, 1989; What Am I Doing Here, first edition, 1989, original boards, dust-jackets, fine copies; and 3 others, travel writing by Naipaul, 8vo (6) 

Lot 32

Ballard (J. G.) Concrete Island, first edition, signed by the author on title, original boards, dust-jacket, slight creasing to head and foot, else fine, 8vo, 1974.

Lot 220

Larkin (Philip) The Whitsun Weddings, 1964; High Windows, 1974 § Auden (W.H.) Thank You, Fog, 1974; About The House, 1966 § Lowell (Robert) For the Union Dead, 1965 § Gunn (Thom) My Sad Captains, 1961, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets, one or two spines fractionally toned, otherwise exceptional copies in general; and c.95 others, mid-century literature including other crisp copies of Faber poetry, v.s. (c.100)

Lot 27

Ballard (J. G.) The Crystal World, first edition, signed by the author on title, faint foxing to endpapers, original boards, some bumping to spine tips and corners, dust-jacket, sunning to spine, minor chipping to spine tips and corners, creasing to head and foot, extremities rubbed, a very good example, 8vo, 1966.

Lot 159

Gray (Alasdair) Lanark, first English edition, one of 1000 copies signed by the author on front free endpapers, original boards, dust-jacket, fine, 8vo, 1985.

Lot 391

Thatcher (Margaret) The Path to Power, signed presentation inscription from the author to Rhodes Boyson on title, seating plan for Foyle's luncheon in honour of the author loosely inserted, 1995; The Downing Street Years, signed by the author on title, Foyle's luncheon seating plan loosely inserted, 1993; Statecraft, signed by the author on title, 2002, original boards, dust-jackets, fine copies, 8vo (3)*** The first inscribed to the MP and minister Rhodes Boyson (1925-2012). Boyson attended the Foyles luncheon and was seated at the top table with Baroness Thatcher.

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