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Click here to subscribeShute (Nevil) In the Wet, ink inscription on front endpaper, 1953; Requiem for a Wren, 1955; Beyond the Black Stump, 1956; On the Beach, a fine copy, in clean unclipped dust-jacket, 1957; The Rainbow and the Rose, 1958; Trustee from the Toolroom, ink inscription on front endpaper, 1960, FIRST EDITIONS, original cloth, dust-jackets, chipped at edges, rubbed, 8vo (6).
Stevenson (Robert Louis) Treasure Island, [c.1930]; Kidnapped, school award bookplate on verso of front cover, 1930, illustrated by Rowland Hilder, colour plates, tipped in, illustrations, original decorated buckram, gilt, dust-jackets, slightly rubbed, spines tanned, slip-cases, upper edge of first mentioned torn, spine stained of second named ~ White (Colin) The Enchanted World of Jessie M. King, illustrations, original cloth, dust-jacket, 1989; and another, later edition of Treasure Island, 8vo (4).
Story (Jack Trevor) Live Now, Pay Later, 1963 ~ Banks (Lynne Reid) The L-Shaped Room, 1960 ~ Osborne (John) The World of Paul Slickey, ink inscription to front free endpaper, 1959 ~ Clarke (Arthur C.) Islands in the Sky, tape marks to endpapers, [1952], FIRST ENGLISH AND FIRST EDITIONS, original cloth or boards, dust-jackets, fourth mentioned slightly rubbed and lightly soiled; and 4 others, Modern First Editions, 8vo (8).
Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Lord of the Rings, comprising: The Fellowship of the Ring, second impression, upper corners bruised, dust-jacket rubbed at extremities, spine ends slightly chipped, edges a little soiled, 1954; The Two Towers, FIRST EDITION, front cover slightly scored, dust-jacket chipped at extremities, rubbed 1954; The Return of the King, FIRST EDITION, dust-jacket chipped at extremities, rubbed, head of spine creased,1955, original cloth, dust-jackets as described, a fine set, 8vo.
Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Lord of the Rings, 3 vol., vol.I second impression, vol.II & III FIRST EDITIONS, very light foxing to endpapers and margins of pp.349-352 of vol.II, original cloth, lower half of spine of vol.I slightly faded, dust-jackets, spines tanned, vol.I & III lacking lower third of spine, vol.II with some loss of spine, slightly rubbed, lightly foxed, some tears, particularly to endflap of vol.3, 8vo, 1954-55.
Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Lord of the Rings, 3 vol., seventh, fifth & third impressions respectively, The Fellowship of the Ring SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on title, folding maps, first of which splitting at fold, second with small tear (not affecting map), original cloth, slight rubbing and marking, vol.I lightly damp-stained to spine and lower board, 8vo, 1957.
Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Lord of the Rings, 3 vol. in 1 as issued, FIRST ONE VOL. INDIA PAPER EDITION, title, illustrations and 3 maps (2 folding) printed in red & black, 1f. becoming detached, leaf supporting first folding map torn, another f. torn at fore-edge, original black buckram with gilt, silver and green design on upper cover, slip-case, slightly rubbed, 8vo, 1969.
Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Fellowship of the Ring, FIRST EDITION, FOURTH IMPRESSION, ink signature to front free endpaper, very slightly knocked, original cloth, gilt spine, lower corners a little bumped, small smudge mark to lower cover, dust-jacket, slightly rubbed, some very small chips with tape repairs to inside of jacket, spine very slightly darkened, 1955; and another, Modern First Edition, 8vo (2).
Verne (Jules) The Mysterious Island: The Secret of the Island, translated by W.H.G.Kingston, FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, plates, 40pp. publisher's catalogue at end, minor spotting, rear endpapers split, original green cloth decorated in black & gilt, slightly rubbed at extremities, g.e., 8vo, 1875.
Waugh (Evelyn) Scoop, without fly-leaf and half-title, rubbed, 1933; Mr. Loveday's Little Outing, frontispiece, rubbed, 1936; Work Suspended, torn and marked dust-jacket, 1948; Helena, first American edition, frayed and spotted dust-jacket, Boston, 1950; Love among the Ruins, decorations by the author, frayed dust-jacket, 1953, FIRST EDITIONS, EXCEPT THE FOURTH, original cloth; and 9 others by the same, 8vo (14).
Waugh (Evelyn) Unconditional Surrender, 1961 ~ Crichton (Michael) The Great Train Robbery, 1975 ~ Greene (Graham) A Burnt Out Case, 1961; The Comedians, 1966; The Human Factor, 1978, most FIRST EDITIONS, original cloth or boards, dust-jackets; and 20 others, most Modern First Editions, 8vo & 4to (25).
Wells (H.G.) A Wonderful Visit, cover vignette by Arthur Rackham, ink inscription on front endpaper, front hinge cracked, 1895; The Wheels of Chance, plates and illustrations by J. Ayton Symington, Hugh Walpole's copy with his Brackenburn bookplates on front endpapers, 1896, FIRST EDITIONS, original cloth, gilt, spines faded, t.e.g., all others uncut, 8vo (2).
Wells (H.G.) The First Men In the Moon, FIRST EDITION, library blind-stamp to rear free endpaper, front free endpaper with ink inscription and upper corner cut out, 1902; In the Days of the Comet, FIRST EDITION, SECOND ISSUE, library blind-stamp and ink stamps to half-title and front pastedown, 1906, original cloth; and 2 others, Wells, 8vo (4).
Winterson (Jeanette) Written in the Body, 1992 ~ Updike (John) Rabbit Redux, 1972; S. A Novel, 1988 ~ Highsmith (Patricia) Found in the Street, 1986 ~ Marsh (Ngaio) New Zealand, illustrations, some colour, slight foxing, original decorated boards, dust-jacket, tanned & laminated, 1942 ~ Willans (Geoffrey) and Ronald Searle. How to be Topp, illustrations, tanned dust-jacket, creased at upper edge, 1954, FIRST EDITIONS, original cloth, dust-jackets, fine copies; and 11 others, 7 of which Modern First Editions, 8vo (17).
Wodehouse (P.G.) Big Money, slight foxing, original cloth, no dust-jacket, 1931; Cocktail Time, original cloth, slightly spotted, lower corner cracked, dust-jacket, rubbed, chipped at extremities, tear to upper edge, creased, 1958; Much Obliged, Jeeves, ink stamp on front endpaper, original boards, dust-jacket, rubbed, spine slightly faded, 1971; Sunset at Blandings, original boards, dust-jacket, slightly rubbed, 1977, FIRST EDITIONS, 8vo (4).
GREENE, GRAHAME. The Name of Action, FIRST EDITION, original cloth, slightly rubbed, hinges weak, 1930; CLELAND, J. Memoirs of a Coxcomb, ONE OF 575 COPIES, brown morocco-backed boards, 8vo, Fortune Press, 1926; BINYON, L. Porphyrion, FIRST EDITION, original cloth, spine discoloured, 1898; London Visions, original cloth, 1908; LOOS, A. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, first English edition, original cloth, dust-jacket (frayed with loss), London, [1926]; FLEMING, P. Brazilian Adventure, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, original cloth, 1936; GUEDALLA, P. Bonnet and Shawl, NO. 329 OF 571 COPIES, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, cloth-backed boards, slipcase, New York, 1928; and 7 others (including 5 late G.Greene first editions) (15)
BIBLIA SACRA sive libri canonici.. libri Apocryphi.. novi Testamenti libros, edited by E. Tremellius and F. Junius, 6 parts in one volume, woodcut device on titles, woodcut initials & ornaments, lacking blank *8, extensive marginal annotations to 'Exodus', 'Guilhelmes Fenner, Pembr.' on title, first title slightly soiled, occasional early underlining, contemporary calf, raised bands, morocco label, upper joint cracked at head, inscription of Charles Le De Spencer on endpaper, large 8vo, London: H. Middleton, 1580. THE FIRST COMPLETE LATIN BIBLE PRINTED IN ENGLAND
[TRAVERS, WALTER] A full and plaine declaration of Ecclesiasticall Discipline owt off the word off God and off the declininge off the churche off England from the same, translated by T. Cartwright, first edition in English, folding table laid down, head of page of b1 and A1-3 with loss of several words and letters due to water damage, a3-4 with slight loss of upper margin, lacks last blank leaf, small repair to title, contemporary panelled calf with central gilt oval and quarter circles, upper hinge cracked, modern ties, Mary Mildmay inscribed on title, gauffered edges, small 4to, [Heidelberg], 1574
DONATUS, ALEXANDER. Roma vetus ac recens, FIRST EDITION, engraved frontispiece, 3 folding engraved plates, engraved illustrations in text, contemporary black morocco, gilt border to covers and spine, inscribed on endpaper 'ex dono generosisimi Thomas Crew, 1656', manuscript book-label of the Earl of Westmoreland, 4to, Rome, M. Manelphus, 1639
BEETON, ISABELLA. The Book of Household Management, FIRST EDITION, wood-engraved title & 12 coloured plates, bound in 2 volumes, frontispiece and title dampstained & loose, some slight spotting, old half calf, defective, covers detached, one volume lacking spine, 8vo, S.O. Beeton, 18 Bouverie St., 1861
DICKENS, CHARLES. Little Dorrit, 2 copies, frontispiece, title & 38 plates, 1857; Pickwick Papers, 2 vol., etched frontispiece, 1 etched title & 41 plates, lacks half-title, 1837; David Copperfield, frontispiece, title & 38 plates, half-title, 1850; Nicholas Nickleby, portrait & 39 plates, half-title (loose), 1839; Martin Chuzzlewit, frontispiece, title & 38 plates, half-title, errata leaf, 1844; Dombey & Son, frontispiece, title & 38 plates, half-title, errata leaf, 1848; Bleak House, etched title, frontispiece & 38 plates, half-title, 1853; Our Mutual Friend, 2 vol.in 1, 40 plates, lacks half-titles, some spotting, contemporary half calf or half morocco bindings, slightly rubbed; FIRST EDITIONS IN BOOK FORM; and 1 other (11)
SIMLER, JOSIAS. Vallesiae descriptio, libri duo, De Alpibus commentarius, FIRST EDITION, woodcut initials, light damp-staining at beginning in upper margin, contemporary vellum, inner hinge broken after first signature, binding cropped & new endpapers supplied in nineteenth century, 8vo, Zurich, Froschauer, 1574
CHAMBERLAYNE, JOHN. Magnae Britanniae Notitia, 2 parts in one vol., engraved frontispiece, contemporary calf, worn, 8vo, 1748; BURNET, G. The Abridgment of the History of the Reformation, second edition, engraved plates, slight marginal damp-staining, contemporary calf, head of spine chipped, 8vo, R. Chiswell, 1684; The Compleat Constable... fourth edition, contemporary sheep, slightly rubbed, 12mo, Savoy, 1717; [CANNING, G. & OTHERS] Poetry of the Anti-Jacobin, FIRST EDITION, half-title, contemporary half calf, rubbed, cover detached, 12mo, 1799; and 10 others [18th century] (14)
DICKENS, C. Our Mutual Friend, 2 volumes, FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, plates, half-titles, some spotting, original cloth, shaken, one spine defective, 8vo, 1865; Master Humphrey's Clock, frontispiece, some spotting, contemporary green half morocco, 1840; STEVENSON, R.L. Kidnapped, FIRST EDITION, folding map, 7pp. advertisements dated 5G-7.86, original green cloth, lightly marked, hinges weak, 1886; OLIPHANT, L. Altiora Peto, 2 vol., original cloth, slightly shaken, 1883; Pyrrhus and Demetrius, an Opera, 1716; FENTON, E. Mariamne, 1723; KELLY, H. A Word to the Wise, 1770; [MURPHY, A.] Alzuma, 1773, 4 vol. in one, later half calf; and 12 others (22)
OLIPHANT, L. The Land of Gilead, 4 plates, 2 maps (1 folding), original cloth, rubbed, hinges weak, 1880; YATE, A.C. England & Russia face to face, 5 plates, 2 maps (one in pocket), first gathering loose, original cloth, lightly marked, hinges weak, 1887; VAMBERY, A. History of Bokhara, original cloth, 1873; PLAYFAIR, R.L. The Scourge of Christendom, plates, original cloth, spine faded, 1884; AINSWORTH, W.F. A Personal Narrative of the Euphrates Expedition, 2 vol., folding map, original cloth, 1888; and 1 others (7)
BINGHAM, J.E. Narrative of the Expedition to China, 2 vol., FIRST EDITION, 2 frontispieces, map and 1 plate, Circulating Library labels partly torn out from front paste-downs, original cloth, head of spines worn with loss, discoloured, slightly rubbed, 8vo, 1842; DOOLITTLE, J. Social Life of the Chinese, illustrations, some spotting, original cloth, short tear at head of spine, 8vo, 1868 (3)
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