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Dreweatts & Bloomsbury (Bloomsbury)
Lot 278

Hemingway (Ernest) - The Fifth Column..., songwriter Harold Arlen's copy, with his pencil inscription to endpaper, original cloth, facsimile dust-jacket, New York, 1938; Across the River and Into the Trees, ink ownership stamp, spine slightly faded, jacket with light fading to spine, light creasing to head and foot, New York, 1950; A Moveable Feast, ink ownership inscription, jacket spine slightly faded, spine ends and corners a little chipped, New York, 1964, first editions, original cloth, dust-jackets ; and 6 others by the same, 8vo (9)

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Dreweatts & Bloomsbury (Bloomsbury)
Lot 28

Stevenson (Robert Louis) - A Child's Garden of Verses, first illustrated edition , pictorial title and illustrations by Charles Robinson, original pictorial green cloth, gilt, g.e., a very good bright copy, 1896 § Kingsley ( Rev. Charles) The Water-Babies, first edition , plates by J.Noel Paton, slight water-staining to lower margin, contemporary blue calf, gilt, g.e., London & Cambridge, 1863; The Heroes, first edition , plates by the author, contemporary half calf, Cambridge, 1856 § Burnett (Frances Hodgson) The Secret Garden, colour plates by Charles Robinson, later half green morocco, g.e., 1934 § Lang (Andrew, editor ) The Blue Fairy Book, contemporary half blue morocco, spine gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, 1889 § [Dodgson (C.L.)], "Lewis Carroll". Sylvie and Bruno [and] Sylvie and Bruno Concluded, together 2 vol., vol.2 with advertisement leaf loosely inserted, illustrations by Harry Furniss, original red cloth, gilt, vol.1 slightly soiled and spine faded, 1889-93 § du Maurier (George) Trilby, one of 250 large paper copies signed by the author, plates by the author, original vellum-backed buckram, faded, spine repaired at head, 1895; Peter Ibbetson, 2 vol., illustrations by the author, later half calf, spines gilt, 1892, most a little rubbed ; and 18 others, children's, 8vo & 4to (28)

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Dreweatts & Bloomsbury (Bloomsbury)
Lot 280

Hughes (Ted).- - New Library: The People's Network, decorative colour chapter headings by hand printed by Alan Kitching, original stiff decoative wrappers by Kitching, spiral-bound, folio, 1997. Likely one of only roughly 50 copies, it contains the first appearance of Hear it Again by Ted Hughes , as well as excellent hand-printed designs by Alan Kitching of the Typography Workshop. Produced by a committee of the Library and Information Commission to argue for the introduction of the internet into public libraries.

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Dreweatts & Bloomsbury (Bloomsbury)
Lot 282

James (P.D.) - Original Sin, one of 150 copies, 1994 § Joss (Morag) Fearful Symmetry, 1999, first editions, signed by the author, original boards, dust-jackets, fine copies, 8vo (2)

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Dreweatts & Bloomsbury (Bloomsbury)
Lot 283

[King (Stephen)] "Richard Bachman". - Rage, light browning to outer margin, lightly rubbed at extremities, 1983 § King (Stephen) Firestarter, jacket with light creasing to head and foot, 1980; Cujo, jacket spine lightly faded, New York, 1981; Christine, New York, 1983, Pet Semetary, signed presentation inscription from the author dated 1984 to endpaper, jacket spine slightly faded, a little creased at head, New York, 1983 ; My Pretty Pony, slip-case, [New York, 1989], first or first English editions, all but the first in original boards, all but first or last with dust-jackets ; and 35 others by the same, 8vo & folio (41)

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Dreweatts & Bloomsbury (Bloomsbury)
Lot 284

Larkin (Philip) - The Less Deceived, first edition , second issue with correction on p.38 and no list of subscribers, contemporary ownership name on half-title, spotting to top edge, original pink printed jacket over card wrappers, slight sunning and minor mottling, Marvell Press , 1955 [but 1956] § Aragon ([Louis]) Les Yeux d'Elsa, original printed wrappers, 1943 § Empson (William) Poems, 1935; and 2 others, Gauguin & Cocteau, 8vo (5)

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Lot 285

Lawrence (D.H.) - Women in Love, first edition, toned, original brown cloth, 1921; The Virgin and the Gypsy, first edition, original brown cloth, marked, 1930, plus 12 others by the author, including duplicates, 8vo (14)

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Dreweatts & Bloomsbury (Bloomsbury)
Lot 286

Le Carré (John) - The Spy Who Came in From the Cold, second impression before publication, slight shelf lean, jaket spine lightly faded, 1963; The Looking-Glass War, jacket faded at spine and head, very short closed tear to head of upper panel, 1965; Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, jacket spine faded, short closed tear with accompanying creasing to foot, 1974; The Honourable Schoolboy, 1977; Smiley's People, jacket spine faded, 1980; Our Game, 1995, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets ; and 23 others first editions by or about the same, 8vo (29)

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Lot 287

Le Carré (John) - [The Karla Trilogy], 3 vol., first American editions , comprising Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy , jacket faded at spine and margins, rubbing at head and foot, New York, 1974; The Honourable Schoolboy, jacket price-clipped, New York, 1977; Smiley's People, New York, 1980, first American editions, original cloth, dust-jackets ; and 14 others, first American editions of Le Carré, 8vo (17)

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Dreweatts & Bloomsbury (Bloomsbury)
Lot 288

Lee (Harper) - To Kill a Mockingbird, first English edition , minor abrading to front free endpaper, original boards, a very good copy, dust-jacket, slightly rubbed at corners, torn with small section of loss to head of spine, some minor creasing and rubbing to corners, but otherwise an attractive copy, 8vo , 1960.

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Dreweatts & Bloomsbury (Bloomsbury)
Lot 289

Lee (Harper) - To Kill a Mockingbird first English edition , previous owner's name to front endpaper, faint offsetting to title and to several other leaves along inner margin, spotting to extreme edges of text-block, original boards, slightly bumped at spine ends and top edges, crease down length of spine, dust-jacket, some slight rubbing to edges with a few very small closed tears and fraying to spine ends and fore-corners, 8vo, 1960.

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Dreweatts & Bloomsbury (Bloomsbury)
Lot 291

MacLean (Alistair) - H.M.S. Ulysses, jacket price-clipped, spine slightly browned, 1955; The Guns of Navarone, jacket price-clipped, lightly rubbed, 1957; South by Java Head, 1958; The Last Frontier, light browning to endpapers, 1959; Night Without End, light browning to endpapers, 1960; Fear is the Key, publisher's slip loosely inserted, 2 very short closed tears to head with accompanying creasing, 1961, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets, generally excellent ; and 7 others by the same, 8vo (13)

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Lot 293

Marsh (Ngaio) - Died in the Wool, spine ends and corners a little chipped, short closed tear to head of upper panel, light creasing to head and foot, 1945 § Walters (Minette) The Ice House, 1992; The Sculptress, 1993 § Hill (Reginald) A Fairly Dangerous Thing, jacket spine slightly faded, lightly creased at head and foot, 1972 § Cornwell (Bernard) Sharpe's Gold, bookplate signed by the author to endpaper, spine a little bumped at head, jacket spine slightly faded with light crease to head of spine, 1981, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets ; and 8 others, similar, 8vo (13)

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Dreweatts & Bloomsbury (Bloomsbury)
Lot 294

McCarthy (Cormac) - Thr Orchard Keeper, first edition, ex-library copy with stamps, library wallet and barcode to front endpaper, tape marks to endpapers, original cloth-backed boards, tape marks to boards, dust-jacket, lightly browned at spine and margins, tape marks to flaps, small portion of loss to upper flap, 8vo, New York, 1965.

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Dreweatts & Bloomsbury (Bloomsbury)
Lot 295

McCarthy (Cormac) - Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West, first English editions, publisher's slip loosely inserted, original boards, dust-jacket, remains of label to spine, light creasing to foot, 1989; and 12 others by the same, 8vo (13)

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Lot 296

McCarthy (Cormac) - [The Border Trilogy], 3 vol., comprising All the Pretty Horses, New York, 1992; T he Crossing, New York, 1994; Cities of the Plain , New York, 1998, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets, near-fine copies overall, 8vo.

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Dreweatts & Bloomsbury (Bloomsbury)
Lot 299

O'Brian (Patrick) - The Unknown Shore, first edition, small ink price to endpaper, browning to endpapers, spotting to fore-edges, original boards, dust-jacket, a little creased at head and foot, a little rubbed at extremities, 8vo, 1959.

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Lot 3

Johnson (Samuel) - The Lives of the English Poets, 4 vol., first edition , some staining to lower margins, Dublin, 1779; Prayers and Meditations, edited by George Strahan, third edition, later morocco-backed boards, 1796; The Rambler, 4 vol., 1823 § Boswell (James) The Life of Samuel Johnson, 4 vol., half-titles, engraved portrait and 2 folding facsimiles (lightly foxed), 1822, occasional spotting, all but the second contemporary calf, gilt, the third with gilt arms, the last diced, spines gilt with roan labels, most a little rubbed, the first with wear to boards ; and 3 others, Johnson & Boswell, 8vo (14)

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Lot 30

James (Henry) - The Two Magics: The Turn of the Screw; Covering End, first edition, first impression , title in red and black, half-title, 32pp. publisher's catalogue at end, with programme for 'The Innocents' (1952 dramatic version of 'TheTurn of the Screw' starring Flora Robson) loosely inserted, endpapers a little foxed, original blue cloth, upper cover blind-stamped with four irises, uncut, small ink spot to upper cover, spine very slightly browned and a little rubbing at edges but still an excellent copy, [Edel and Laurence A52a; Supino 52], 8vo, 1898. The first appearance in book form of The Turn of the Screw , one of the greatest ghost stories ever written.

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Dreweatts & Bloomsbury (Bloomsbury)
Lot 300

Parker (Robert B.) - The Godwulf Manuscript [2 copies], jacket with closed tear to accompanying creasing to head of upper panel, staining to upper panel, light creasing to head and foot, Boston, 1974; God Save the Child, jacket spine slightly faded, spine ends and corners a little chipped, closed tear to head of upper panel, 1974; Mortal Stakes, jacket spine slightly faded, 1975; Promised Land, 1976, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets ; and 63 others by the same, 8vo (68) A good though occasionally broken run of the author's works.

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Dreweatts & Bloomsbury (Bloomsbury)
Lot 301

Captain Slaughterboard Drops Anchor, second edition Captain Slaughterboard Drops Anchor, second edition, illustrations by the author, printed partly in colour or against a coloured background, original cloth, corners slighly bumped, dust-jacket, soiled, juvenile scribbling on lower cover, price cut away on inner flap, 1945 § Bawden (Edward, illustrator ) Gardener's Diary for 1937, margins browned, original cloth-backed boards, browned, Country Life, [1937] § Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Hobbit, deluxe edition, original gilt decorated cloth, remains of box, 1984; and c. 25 others, Modern First Editikons, Literature etc., 8vo (c. 25).

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Dreweatts & Bloomsbury (Bloomsbury)
Lot 304

Plath (Sylvia) - Ariel, first edition , spine slightly darkened and rubbed, wear to corner tips, small chip from foot of upper panel , 1965; The Colossus & Other Poems, first American edition , a very good copy, New York , 1962; "Victoria Lucas". The Bell Jar, Contemporary Fiction edition, ink inscriptions on front free endpaper, jacket worn at edges, spine sunned and with inked name of author, Readers Union , 1964; Winter Trees, first edition , jacket worn at spines and corners , 1971, original cloth, dust-jackets ; and 3 others, Plath, including another copy of the first mentioned, 8vo (7)

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Dreweatts & Bloomsbury (Bloomsbury)
Lot 305

Pullman (Philip) - The Subtle Knife, 1997; The Amber Spyglass, 2000; The Scarecrow and his Servant, signed by the author, 2004; I Was a Rat, 1999, first editions, original boards, all but the last with dust-jackets ; and 10 others by the same and another, fantasy, 8vo (14)

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Dreweatts & Bloomsbury (Bloomsbury)
Lot 306

Ransome (Arthur) - Coot Club, first edition , frontispiece and illustrations, including some full-page, errata slip, map endpapers (spotted), original cloth, dust-jacket, spine slightly faded, a little chipped at head and foot with a few short closed tears, light surface soiling, 1934; and a thrid impression of Pigeon Post, 8vo (2)

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Dreweatts & Bloomsbury (Bloomsbury)
Lot 309

Rushdie (Salman) - The Satanic Verses, jacket price-clipped, a little creased at head, light rubbing to head and foot, 1998; The Moor's Last Sigh, 1995, first editions, signed by the author , original boards, dust-jackets ; and 3 others by the same, 8vo (5)

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Dreweatts & Bloomsbury (Bloomsbury)
Lot 31

White (Gilbert) - The Natural History of Selborne, edited by Grant Allen, illustrations by Edmund H.New, contemporary half morocco, spine gilt with animal motifs, t.e.g., others uncut, 1900 § Kingsley ( Rev. Charles) Prose Idyll, later half morocco, gilt, 1873 § Cornish (C.J.) The Naturalist on the Thames, the author's copy with his signature on front free endpaper, contemporary half calf, gilt, 1902; Life at the Zoo, 1895 § Hudson (W.H.) British Birds, colour plates by A.Thorburn, 1895 § Scott (Peter) The Eye of the Wind, signed by the author, 1961 § Morris (Desmond) The Naked Ape, with tipped-in T.L.s. from the author concerning the differences between humans and other apes, 1967, all but the first first editions , plates and illustrations, the last four original cloth, the last two with dust-jackets, slightly rubbed ; and 20 others, natural history, 4to & 8vo (27)

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Dreweatts & Bloomsbury (Bloomsbury)
Lot 312

Smith (Martin Cruz) - Gorky Park, jacket spine slightly faded, New York, 1981; Polar Star, New York, 1989 § Child (Lee) Killing Floor, New York, 1997; Running Blind, New York, 2000 § Reichs (Kathy) Déja Dead, 1997 § Walters (Minette) The Sculptress, 1993, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets ; and c.95 others by the same and similar, thriller writers, 8vo (c.100)

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Dreweatts & Bloomsbury (Bloomsbury)
Lot 313

Solzhenitsyn (Alexander) - One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, first English edition , a couple of minor pencil notations, tape burns to free endpapers, original boards, a very good sharp copy, 1963; and 3 others, including another copy of the same, 8vo (4)

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Dreweatts & Bloomsbury (Bloomsbury)
Lot 314

Spark (Muriel) - The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, first edition , original cloth, a fine, sharp copy, dust-jacket, slight wear to foot of spine, crease to top edge of lower panel, otherwise a very good example, 8vo , 1961.

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Dreweatts & Bloomsbury (Bloomsbury)
Lot 317

Traven (B.) - The Cotton Pickers, first edition, original boards, dust-jacket, surface soiling to lower panel, a little rubbed at head and foot, still excellent overall, 8vo, 1956 .

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Dreweatts & Bloomsbury (Bloomsbury)
Lot 318

Walters (Minette) - The Ice House, 1992; The Sculptress, light browning to margins, 1993; The Scold's Bridle, 1994; The Dark Room, 1995, first editions, signed by the author, original boards, dust-jackets, fine copies ; and 5 others by the same, 8vo (9)

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Dreweatts & Bloomsbury (Bloomsbury)
Lot 319

Wells (H.G.) - The Invisible Man, first edition, first issue with misnumbered p.1, 2pp. advertisements, light marginal browning, front free endpaper affixed to pastedown, recased with text block positioned lower, original pictorial cloth, spine faded, a little rubbed and marked, [Wells 11], 8vo, 1897.

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Lot 32

Holmes (Oliver Wendell) - The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table; The Professor at the Breakfast Table; The Poet at the Breakfast Table, together 3 vol., each one of 250 large paper copies , illustrations by H.M.Brock, vol.1 with A.L.s. from the artist tipped in, modern half morocco in different colours, spines gilt, t.e.g., 1902 § Forster |(E.M.) The Celestial Omnibus, 1911 § MacCarthy (Desmond) Portraits; Criticism; Experience, together 3 vol., each one of 150 or 100 copies, the first two signed by the author, 1931-35 § Lang (A.) Adventures among Books, A.L.s. from the author loosely inserted, 1905 § Tillotson (Geoffrey) Augustan Studies, tipped-in A.L.s. from the author to Jack Hodges " I don't suppose you'ld want a headship, but what a fine headmaster you'ld make ", 1961 § Connolly (Cyril) Enemies of Promise, signed presentation copy to John Hayward , 1938; The Unquiet Grave, inscribed by the author to Tom Driberg, 1944, all but the first first editions , original cloth, the last two with dust-jackets, some a little rubbed with slightly faded spines ; and c.50 others, essays, criticism etc., 8vo & 4to (c.60)

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Dreweatts & Bloomsbury (Bloomsbury)
Lot 320

Westerns.- Schaefer (Jack) - Monte Walsh, signed presentation inscription from the author, jacket spine slightly faded, spine ends and corners a little chipped, lightly rubbed at extremities, Boston, 1963 § Guthrie (A.B. , Jnr. ) The Way West, browning to endpapers, jacket with loss to head, some creasing, rubbed, New York, 1949 § Henry (Will) To Follow a Flag, jacket with light creasing to head, a little rubbed, New York, 1953 § Le May (Alan) The Searchers, jacket spine faded, a little creased at head and foot, New York, 1954, first editions, original cloth or boards, dust-jackets, generally excellent unless where mentioned ; and c.95 others by the same or similar, 8vo (c.100)

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Lot 328

Brunhoff (Jean de) - Le Roi Babar, first edition , colour illustrations, pictorial endpapers, original cloth-backed pictorial glazed boards, a little rubbed and soiled but a good copy, folio, Paris, 1933.

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Dreweatts & Bloomsbury (Bloomsbury)
Lot 329

[Dodgson (C.L.)], "Lewis Carroll". - The Hunting of the Snark, first edition, [one of 100 copies for presentation], wood-engraved frontispiece and full-page illustrations by Henry Holliday,a litle soiled and stained, hinges weak, original red & gold pictorial cloth, g.e., rubbed, damp-stained at fore-edges, [Crutch 115], 8vo, Macmillan & Co., 1876; with "From the author" leaf from Game of Logic, 8vo (2)

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Lot 33

Wilde (Oscar).- Sherard (R.H.) - Oscar Wilde: The Story of An Unhappy Friendship, first edition , later calf, gilt, faded, privately printed, Hermes Press, 1902 § [Millard (Christopher)], "Stuart Mason". Bibliography of Oscar Wilde, frontispiece portrait by Aubrey Beardsley, modern half green morocco, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, spine gilt with vellum labels, t.e.g., spine slightly soiled, n.d. § Holland (Vyvyan) Time Remembered after Père Lachaise, 1966 § Wratislaw (Theodore) Oscar Wilde: A Memoir, out-of-series copy from an edition limited to 500, 1979 § Ellmann (R.) Oscar Wilde, 1987 § Wilde (Oscar) The Letters, edited by Rupert Hart-Davis, 1962 § Harris (Frank) Oscar Wilde, second edition, 1938, plates and illustrations, all but the first two original cloth or boards with dust-jackets, the sixth with faded spine, the last rubbed and frayed at edges ; and 14 others by or about Wilde and the 1890s, 4to & 8vo (21)

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Dreweatts & Bloomsbury (Bloomsbury)
Lot 330

Dulac (Edmund).- Shakespeare (William) - Der Sturm, limited edition, frontispiece and decorative title border, original boards with ties (one defective), t.e.g., others uncut, corners bumped, spine ends a little worn, Munich, 1912 § Sindbad der Seefahrer, [c.1920] § Der Erwachte Schläfer, 1920, all with tipped in colour plates by Edmund Dulac, the first with captioned tissue guards, the second two original half calf, t.e.g., rubbed, spines faded, Potsdam, 4to (3)

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Lot 334

Housman (Laurence) - Stories from the Arabian Nights, tipped-in colour plates by Edmund Dulac, captioned tissue guards, one plate loose, [1907] § Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales, translated by H.Oskar Sommer, colour plates by Cecile Walton, 1911 § Kingsley (Charles) The Water Babies, tipped-in colour plates by Jessie Willcox Smith, tissue guards, [1929] § Lear (Edward) Nonsense Botany, and Nonsense Alphabets, fourth edition, illustrations, 1888, some light spotting, original pictorial cloth, gilt, a little rubbed and marked, the first slightly damp-stained at edges, the first also with dust-jacket (rubbed and frayed) ; and c.20 others, children's, mostly facsimiles from the Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books including Doyle's In Fairyland, v.s. (c.25)

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Lot 336

Lang (Andrew, editor) - The Pink Fairy Book, First Edition, later quarter morocco and decorated cloth, 1897; The Violet Fairy Book, First Edition , later quarter morocco and decorated cloth, 1901, plus 9 other vol. by the author and 18 other vol., 8vo (29)

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Lot 337

Lindgren (Astrid) - Pippi Lngstrump, 1945; Pippi Långstrump går bord, 1946; Pippi Långstrump i söderhavet, 1948, first editions, half-titles, browned, ink signatures on front pastedowns, original pictorial boards, rubbed, corners worn, spines rebacked in modern cloth, sm. 8vo (3)

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Lot 338

Milne (A.A.) - When We Were Very Young, tenth edition, 1925; Winnie-the-Pooh, third edition, 1926; Now We Are Six, first edition, spine faded at head, 1927; The House at Pooh Corner, second edition, 1928, illustrations by E.H.Shepard, original cloth, gilt, slightly rubbed, all but the second in dust-jacket, 8vo . (4)

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Lot 34

Bradley (A.C.) - Shakespearean Tragedy, contemporary morocco prize binding, gilt, g.e., 1904 § Granville-Barker (Harley) Prefaces to Shakespeare, First -Third Series, vol.1 with tiped-in A.L.s. from the author and vol.3 signed and inscribed by him, 1927-30 § Sitwell (Edith) A Notebook on William Shakespeare, reissue, signed and inscribed by the author, 1962 § Tynan (Kenneth) He That Plays the King, 1950 § Trewin (J.C.) The Theatre since 1900,1951 § Anthony (Gordon) John Gielgud, out-of-series copy from an edition limited to 100 and signed by the photographer, light spotting, original morocco-backed cloth, 1938 § Gielgud (John) Early Stages, T.L.s. from the author to Hodges tipped in , modern half morocco, gilt, with programmes of plays starring Gielgud bound in at end, 1939, first editions , all but the first and last original cloth, all but 2 vol. of the second with dust-jackets, a little rubbed, the fifth frayed ; and c.30 others on drama and theatre, 8vo & 4to (c.35)

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Lot 341

Outhwaite (Ida Rentoul) - The Enchanted Forest, first edition, 16 colour tipped in and 15 black and white full page illustrations, original cloth-backed boards, illustrated paper label to upper board, a number of plates creased, rubbed and slightly stained , 1921; The Little Fairy Sister, 8 colour plates, 8 black and white plates, original cloth-backed patterned boards, paper label, extremities a worn , 1929, 4to (2)

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Lot 342

Praeger (Rosamond S.) - The Adventures of the Three Bold Babes, first edition , black, white and hand coloured illustrations throughout, original cloth backed decorated boards, new endpapers, corners rubbed, 1897; Further Doings of the Three Bold Babes, first edition, original decorated boards, rebacked, new endpapers, edges rubbed , [1898]; The Tale of the Little Twin Dragons, first edition , original decorated boards, rebacked, new endpapers, edges rubbed, 1900

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Lot 344

Rackham (Arthur).- Barrie (J.M.) - Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, first trade edition , frontispiece and 49 tipped-in plates by Arthur Rackham, tissue-guards, final illustration loose from mount, first 7f loose, hinges weak, some scattered spotting, original pictorial cloth, gilt, faded and a little worn, lightly soiled, [Riall p.74], 1906; Peter and Wendy , later edition, original cloth, n.d., 4to & 8vo (2)

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Lot 35

Conrad (Joseph) - Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard, first edition in book form, first impression with date 1904 on title and p.187 misprinted as "871", half-title with advertisements on verso, original blue cloth with title in pale blue on upper cover and gilt on spine, rubbed, label removed from upper cover, spine worn at foot, slight crease to upper corner of rear board, 8vo, London & New York, 1904.

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Lot 353

Minton (John).- Ross (Alan) - Time was away: a notebook in Corsica, first edition , map frontispiece, illustrations and plates, some colour, by Minton, map offsetting slightly onto title, bookseller's contemporary invoice loosely inserted, dust-jacket by Minton, a few closed tears with repairs to verso, some darkening and rubbing, wear to corners, small 4to , 1948.

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Lot 358

Robinson (W.Heath, illustrator) - Forest Fantasies by Walter Carroll, sheet music with black and white cover illustration, 1916; First Piano Lessons Book 2, green cover illustration , plus a quantity of other music with illustrated covers, folio (qty)

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Lot 36

Gosse (Edmund) - Father and Son, with T.L.s. from the author tipped in, 1907 § Strachey (Lytton) Queen Victoria, inscribed by the author to his sister , 1921 § Woolf (Leonard) An Autobiography, 5 vol., 1960-69 § Nicolson (Harold) Tennyson, long inscription by the author to Eddie Marsh on front pastedown " if it had not been for you - this work would have been even more sloppy & slovenly than it is ", 1923 § Sitwell (Edith) Alexander Pope, one of 220 copies on hand-made paper signed by the author , 1930 § Hart-Davis (Rupert, editor ) The Lyttleton Hart-Davis Letters, 6 vol., 2 T.Ls.s. from the editor to Jack Hodges loosely inserted, 1978-84 § Hodges (Jack) The Maker of the Omnibus: Private and Public Lives of English Writers; The Heart of the Writer , together 2 vol., typed sheet of errata loosely inserted, 1992-94, first editions , some plates and illustrations, occasional spotting, the first three modern half morocco, t.e.g., spines gilt and slightly faded, the rest original cloth or boards, the last two with dust-jackets, some a little rubbed ; and c.50 others, biography, mostly literary, 8vo (c.65)

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Lot 37

Chesterton (G.K.) - The Man Who Was Thursday, A Nightmare, first edition , modern half morocco, 1908; Man Alive, first edition , original cloth, 1912; Magic: A Fantastic Comedy, number 13 of 150 copies on Japon signed by the author , original boards, [1913]; The Collected Poems, one of 350 copies signed by the author, original vellum-backed boards, t.e.g., others uncut, 1927; Autobiography, one of 250 copies, original calf-backed cloth, 1936 § Belloc (Hilaire) The Path to Rome, faint inscription on half-title, pencil note "From the library of Father O'Connor the original Father Brown" on front pastedown, original cloth with illustration mounted on upper cover, 1902, a few plates or illustrations, slighlty rubbed or faded ; and 24 others, mostly by or about Chesterton and Belloc, 8vo (30)

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Dreweatts & Bloomsbury (Bloomsbury)
Lot 38

Wilde (Oscar) - Lady Windermere's Fan, 1908; The Importance of Being Earnest, 1908; Intentions and The Soul of Man, 1908; Reviews, 1908; For Love of the King: A Burmese Masque, 1922, limited editions, endpapers a little spotted, uniform original decorated cream buckram, gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, one or two with very slight soiling, the last a little browned, [Mason 425, 431, 435 & 445 (first four)] 8vo, Methuen & Co. (5) The first four are part of the first collected edition of Wilde's works, published in 1908 in 14 volumes. The last is a notable literary hoax attributed to Oscar Wilde, but not actually written by him; the Wilde bibliographer and literary critic Christopher Millard ("Stuart Mason")challenged the publisher's attribution of the play to Wilde and sued them in 1926. Apparently the play was actually written by Mrs. Chan Toon (née Mabel Cosgrove), who under the guise of "M. Wodehouse Pearse" had attempted to sell forged letters to Millard. Methuen never reprinted the book.

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Dreweatts & Bloomsbury (Bloomsbury)
Lot 391

Hassell (J.) - Memoirs of the Life of the late George Morland, engraved portrait, additional pictorial title, 7 plates and tail-piece, some foxing, contemporary half roan, rubbed, rebacked, new endpapers, Albion Press, 1806 § Dawe (George) The Life of George Morland, first edition , engraved portrait, vignette title and 3 plates, all foxed, contemporary calf, worn, covers detached, 1807 § Gilbey ( Sir Walter) George Morland: His Life and Works, one of 250 deluxe copies signed by the author, occasional spotting, original decorated cloth, t.e.g., others uncut, soiled, 1907 § Williamson (George C.) John Russell, R.A., one of 100 large paper copies , original cloth, new endpapers, 1904; Life and Works of Ozias Humphry, R.A., one of 400 copies, original vellum-backed boards, 1918 § Dodgson (Campbell) Old French Colour-Prints, limited edition, prospectus loosely inserted, original parchment-backed cloth, 1924 § Burgess (Anthony) Coaching Days of England, original cloth, 1966 § plates and illustrations, some colour, most rubbed ; and c.40 others, similar, v.s. (c.50)

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Dreweatts & Bloomsbury (Bloomsbury)
Lot 398

Ruskin (John) - The Stones of Venice, 3 vol., first edition , plates, some hand-coloured, vol. 2 & 3 ?lacking titles, original cloth, gilt, some covers becoming loose, lacking spines, 8vo , 1851-53; sold not subject to return.

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Dreweatts & Bloomsbury (Bloomsbury)
Lot 40

Beerbohm (Max) - Zuleika Dobson or An Oxford Love Story, first edition , half-title, title in brown and black, light spotting, endpapers a little stained, original blind-stamped brown cloth, uncut, rubbed, 1911; The Works, 6 vol. only (of 10), number 573 of 780 sets signed by the author, original cloth, each a different colour, paper labels, uncut, vol.1 with slightly faded spine, 1922; and 7 others by or about Beerbohm, 8vo (14)

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Dreweatts & Bloomsbury (Bloomsbury)
Lot 41

Wilde (Oscar) - Salome, decorative title and 15 plates by Aubrey Beardsley on Japon, plus a duplicate of one plate, long inscription to Ernest Thesiger (1879-1961, stage and film actor) on front free endpaper, original decorated green cloth, gilt, after Beardsley, t.e.g., others uncut, very slight soiling, lower corners bumped, [Mason 527], 1912 § The Portrait of Mr W.H., first enlarged version, number 741 of 1000 copies, frontispiece, with loosely inserted A.L.S. from the bookseller Eric Blair to Tom Driberg MP offering him the book, original cloth, t.e.g., others uncut, spine very slightly soiled, slip-case worn and defective at foot of spine, New York, 1921, 4to & 8vo (2)

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Dreweatts & Bloomsbury (Bloomsbury)
Lot 42

Drinkwater (John) - Abraham Lincoln, A Play, first edition, signed and inscribed by the author on half-title, also by J.William J.Rea who played the lead role in the play beneath a tipped-in portrait and a quotation by Lincoln "You can't do the right thing the wrong way"on facing leaf, book-label of John Henry v.Schröder, original boards, a little rubbed, spine faded, 1918; The Collected Poems, number 295 of 530 copies, signed and inscribed by the author with verse on limitation leaf, original cloth, dust-jacket, soiled, slightly defective at foot of spine, 1923; The Collected Poems, 3 vol., vol.1 & 2 number 90 of 230 copies signed by the author at end of Preface, original cream buckram, vol.3 red buckram and slightly smaller, 1923-37; The Collected Plays, 2 vol., number 198 of 230 copies signed by the author at end of Preface, original cream buckram, 1925; Inheritance [and] Discovery Autobiography, together 2 vol., vol.1 with tipped-in T.L.s. from the author to William McCready, vol.2 with A.L.s. from Eddie Marsh to Drinkwater thanking him for his congratulations on his knighthood "Thank you so much. I never wanted to be a 'K' before, but now it makes a good Finale - Allegro", both original cloth, dust-jackets, 1931-32, some plates, most spines slightly faded or browned ; and 4 others by Drinkwater, one signed, 8vo & small 4to (13) Abraham Lincoln was Drinkwater's first big success in the theatre, Lincoln's concerns with the American Civil War striking a chord with Britain's post-war feeling. First performed in Birmingham in 1918, it was brought to London the following year and, after a slow start, became a hit when the playwright himself stepped into the part for one night when Rea was indisposed.

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Dreweatts & Bloomsbury (Bloomsbury)
Lot 43

Maugham (W.Somerset) - The Moon and Sixpence, first edition, first issue , half-title, 4pp. advertisements at end, browned, modern half tan morocco, spine gilt with green morocco labels, t.e.g., [Stott A22a], 1919; Liza of Lambeth, limited edition signed by the author, original vellum-backed boards, t.e.g., others uncut , 1947; Cakes and Ale, limited edition signed by the author and artist, portrait by Graham Sutherland, original calf, t.e.g., others uncut,spine very slightly rubbed, slip-case, [1954] § Bennett (Arnold) The Old Wives' Tale, reproduced in facsimile from the author's manuscript , 2 vol., one of 500 copies, original vellum-backed cloth, t.e.g., London & New York, 1927; Riceyman Steps, first edition , modern half tan morocco, spine gilt, t.e.g., 1923 § De la Mare (Walter) Poems 1901-1918, 2 vol., number 84 of 210 copies signed by the author, original cloth-backed boards, roan labels, uncut, light spotting, vol.1 corners bumped, 1920 § Bridges (Robert) The Testament of Beauty, with loosely-inserted cheque from A.H.Bullen (publisher and founder of the Shakespeare Head Press) made out to Bridges for 15gns and signed by Bridges on verso, original vellum-backed marbled boards, uncut , 1930 § Housman (A.E.) A Shropshire Lad, original buckram, t.e.g., others uncut, spine slightly faded, 1906; and 14 others by or about Maugham, Bennett, de la Mare, Bridges and Housman, some bound, 8vo & 4to (24)

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Dreweatts & Bloomsbury (Bloomsbury)
Lot 439

Bewick (Joseph) - Geological Treatise on the District of Cleveland, in North Yorkshire, first edition , large folding colour map, repaired at folds, 2 folding colour sectional plans, 2 double-page colour mine plans, 2 folding tables, 1 torn, extra folding map of Northeast Yorkshire, torn at folds, loosely inserted, some spotting and marking, contemporary cloth, worn and marked , 1861 § Kendal (Percy Fry) and Herbert E. Wroot. Geology of Yorkshire, 2 vol., maps and plates, some folding. further geological illustrations loosely inserted, some browning , 1924 § Clarke (Wm Eagle) and Wm Denison Roebuck. A Handbook of the Vertebrate Fauna of Yorkshire, few ink notes, few illustrations & cuttings loosely inserted , 1881 § Nelson (T.H.) The Birds of Yorkshire, 2 vol., double-page colour titles, plates, little spotting, bookplates , 1907 § Lees (Frederic Arnold) The Flora of West Yorkshire, folding colour map , 1888, original cloth, rubbed, except the first, 8vo (7)

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Dreweatts & Bloomsbury (Bloomsbury)
Lot 44

Nichols (Beverley) - Prelude: A Novel, second impression, inscribed by the author "Oliver, This book was written for you, Beverley Sep.8.1923" in green ink on front free endpaper and with photograph inscribed "Oliver, a friend in need, Beverley" tipped to facing pastedown, browned, original cloth, gilt, mottled and faded, corners and spine ends worn, preserved in modern morocco drop-back box, gilt, 1920; 25, with tipped-in T.L.s. from the author to Jack Hodges dated 1972 concerning inexplicable experiences, 1926; Cry Havoc!, light spotting, 1933; The Fool Hath Said, 1936; Down the Garden Path, illustrations, endpapers and dust-jacket by Rex Whistler, 1932, all but the first first editions , occasional light spotting, original cloth, the last three with dust-jackets, the last browned and frayed at edges ; and 9 others by Nichols, 8vo (14) The first was the author's first book, the recipient was apparently Oliver St.John Gogarty (1878-1957), poet and doctor, friend of James Joyce and model for Buck Mulligan in Ulysses.

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