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Click here to subscribeJames (Henry) Watch and Ward, first edition, [one of 1000 copies], upper hinge cracked, Boston, 1878; The Ambassadors, first English edition, 1903; The Golden Bowl, 40pp. publisher's adverts at rear dated February 1905, ink ownership name partially removed from endpapers, light spotting to first few pages, 1905, original cloth, lightly rubbed, spine ends frayed; and 8 others by the same, 8vo (11)
NO RESERVE Amis (Martin) The Rachel Papers, first edition, light abrasions to endpapers, glue stain to title, tip-ex marking to title verso, 1973; Success, 1978; Einstein's Monsters, signed presentation inscription from the author on endpapers, 1987; London Fields, signed by the author on title, 1989; Time's Arrow, signed by the author on half-title, 1991; The Moronic Inferno and Other Visits to America, signed by author on title, 1986, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets, the odd crease to jackets, otherwise fine copies, 8vo (6)
Lardner (Ring) The Ecstasy of Owen Muir, dust-jacket, light creasing to extremities, otherwise excellent, 1954; Treat 'Em Rough, Indianapolis, 1918; You Know Me Al, New York, 1916; How to Write Short Stories, ink ownership inscription to endpapers, dust-jacket, rather defective with portions of loss, stained, laid down to reinforcing tracing paper, 1926, each with signed bookplate by the author laid down to endpapers, original cloth; and another by the same, 8vo (5)
Le Carré (John) The Secret Pilgrim, 1991; The Tailor of Panama, 1996; The Constant Gardener, ownership name to endpapers, 1991; Absolute Friends, jacket price-clipped, 2003; A Most Wanted Man, 2008, first or first English editions, all signed, one with signed bookplate by the author, original boards, dust-jackets, light fading and occasional scuffs to extremities, otherwise excellent; and another by the same, also signed, 8vo (6)
Schulberg (Budd) What Makes Sammy Run?, later printing, signed presentation inscription from the author on title, jacket price-clipped, laid down on paper, [c.1950]; The Disenchanted, signed presentation inscription from the author on title, Sydney, 1950; The Harder They Fall, jacket price-clipped, Sydney, 1947, foxing, original boards, dust-jackets, light creasing and chipping to extremities, 8vo (3)
Counter-Culture.- London Oz Magazine, 39 vol., a good but broken run comprising nos.8-10,12-17, 19-47, colour illustrations throughout, original printed wrappers, some nearly detached or pulling at staple, some light creasing and spotting, some toning, 1968-73; with duplicate of no.13, and c.10 others, similar counter-culture magazines of the era, 4to & folio (c.50)
Greene (Graham) Reflections on Travels with My Aunt, one of 250 copies signed by the author, original wrappers, uncut, New York, 1989; Our Man in Havana, first edition, ink ownership name to endpaper, original cloth, dust-jacket, light toning and creasing to upper edge and spine ends, 1958; The Quiet American, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, light toning and creasing to upper edge and spine ends, 1955; and 3 others by the same, 8vo (6)
Le Carré (John) [The Karla Trilogy], 3 vol., comprising Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, 1974; The Honourable Schoolboy, 1977 ; Smiley's People, 1980, first editions, each with bookplates signed by the author laid down to titles, original boards, dust-jackets, light creasing and chipping to extremities, light sunning to spines, otherwise excellent overall, 8vo.
Burroughs (Edgar Rice) Jungle Tales of Tarzan, first edition, Chicago, 1919; Tarzan of the Apes, 1917; Jungle Tales of Tarzan, 1919; The Son of Tarzan, 1919; The Return of Tarzan, 1918; Tarzan and the Foreign Legion, original dust-jacket, [1947], all but the first first English editions, some light even browning, original cloth, lightly rubbed, extremities bumped, all but the last facsimile dust-jackets; and c.50 others by Burroughs, mostly from or relating to the Tarzan series, including a Burroughs bibliography, v.s. (c.55)
Christie (Agatha) 4.50 From Paddington, jacket price-clipped, small portion of loss to spine head, 1957 § Sanders (George) Stranger at Home, New York, 1946 § Conan Doyle (Adrian) and John Dickson Carr. The Exploits of Sherlock Holmes, 1954 § Hobson (Hank) Beyond Tolerance, spots to first few pages, 1960, first editions, original boards or cloth, lightly bumped at extremities, dust-jackets, light creasing and fraying to spine ends, spines lightly faded; and 23 others, crime fiction, 8vo (27)
Kaner (H.) People of the Twilight, Llandudno, 1946 § Asquith (Cynthia) What Dreams May Come, ink ownership name to half-title, 1951 § Munby (A. N. L.) The Alabaster Hand, 1949, first editions, original cloth, dust-jackets, light chipping and creasing to extremities, light toning to spines; and 5 others, weird fiction, 8vo & 4to (8)
NO RESERVE Stevenson (Robert Louis) Kidnapped, first edition, second issue with "pleasure" to p.40, folding colour map, 12pp. advertisements in earliest state dated "5G.4.86", bookplate of Bradley Martin to pastedown, 1886 [&] Catriona, first edition, light foxing, 1893, original cloth, spines lightly faded, ends bumped and frayed; and 4 others, 19th century works from the same series, illustrated by Charles Robinson, 8vo (6)
NO RESERVE Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer) Savrola, first edition, second state without date on title verso, ink ownership name to spotted endpapers, occasional foxing marks, original cloth, light fraying to extremities, otherwise excellent, 8vo, [1900].⁂ Churchill's third published work and only work of fiction. Rare in this condition.
NO RESERVE Burroughs (Edgar Rice) A Princess of Mars, 1919; The Gods of Mars, 2020; The Warlord of Mars, 1920; Thuvia, Maid of Mars, 1921; The Chessmen of Mars, original dust-jacket, creased and chipped, portions of loss to spine ends, rubbed, 1922, first English editions, light even browning, some with gift or ownership inscriptions to endpapers, original cloth, lightly soiled or rubbed, facsimile dust-jackets; and 8 others from the Mars series, 8vo (13)
Williams (Ralph Vaughan) The Poisoned Kiss or The Empress and the Necromancer. A Romantic Extravaganza by Evelyn Sharp, 2 vol., corners frayed and tender, pen or pencil annotations to inside wrappers and throughout, light finger-soiling marks, original wrappers, contents loose, spotted, ownership name to upper wrapper, 1936; together with a programme for the World Premiere of 'The Poisoned Kiss' at the Arts Theatre of Cambridge on Tuesday May 12th, 1936, signed by Waughan Williams, Cril Rootham (conductor), and Camille Prior (producer), Gwen Raverat (designer) and the cast throughout, lightly creased, 1936, 4to & 8vo (3)
NO RESERVE Doyle (Sir Arthur Conan) The Lost World, first Dutch edition, bookplate and bookseller's sticker to endpapers, light marginal toning, original cloth, spine lightly faded, still excellent overall, facsimile dust-jacket, 8vo, 1925.⁂ A rare edition of this collected Doyle title. We can trace no other example of this edition at auction or on WorldCat.
Wyndham (John) The Day of the Triffids, ex-library copy with usual stamps and markings, jacket with large portion of loss to spine, extremities and spine ends chipped, surface soiling to lower panel, 1951; The Chrysalids, jacket with creasing and chipping to extremities, 1955; The Kraken Wakes, very light rubbing to extremities, otherwise excellent, 1953; The Seeds of Time, ink ownership name to endpapers, a near-fine copy, 1956, first editions, original cloth, dust-jackets; and 5 others by the same, 8vo (10)
NO RESERVE Ball (F. N.) Metapotopia, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, short tear to lower edge, nicked along joints, light surface soiling, otherwise a sharp copy, 8vo, Ipswich, 1961.⁂ A rare science-fiction novel, set in the then-future of 2023, chronicling a very world in all aspects of life. The front flap recounts "In the year 2023, a young accountant regains consciousness in hospital...he awakens to a world which -apart from its familiar physical features - might be mistaken for another planet..."
Deighton (Len) The Ipcress File, jacket creased with light retouches along edges and spine ends, 1962; Horse Under Water, variant binding with plain endpapers, jacket browned and toned, 1963; Funeral in Berlin, 1964; Billion Dollar Brain, 1966; An Expensive Place to Die, 1967; Only When I Larf, jacket with portion torn away, 1968; Bomber, 1970, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets, light creasing and chipping to extremities, some light toning or fading; and 37 others by Deighton, 8vo (44)
NO RESERVE Woolf (Virginia) Orlando, later impression, original blue cloth, dust-jacket, spine toned, chips and creases to extremities, light marks to spine, otherwise a sharp copy, 8vo, New York, [1937].⁂ The seventh impression of 2500 copies issued as the "Harbrace edition" in 1937, rare in the dust-jacket.
Hodgson (William Hope) The House on the Borderland, second edition, 1921 § Cromie (Robert) A Plunge into Space, second edition, [1891] § Llewellyn (Alun) The Strange Invaders, first edition, 1934 § Laurie (Andre) New York to Brest in Seven Hours, 1890, some light spotting, original cloth, lightly rubbed and frayed at extremities, some light fading to spines; and 6 others, weird fiction, 8vo (10)
Vance (Jack) Big Planet, first edition in book form, signed by the author to title, New York, 1957; Light From a Lone Star, one of 200 "slipcased" copies signed by the author and illustrator, from an edition of 1000, jacket edges a little scuffed, otherwise fine, slip-case, 1985; To Live Forever, first edition, jacket with light scuffs to spine ends and joints, otherwise a fine copy, New York, 1956; The Brains of Earth, first English edition, signed by the author to title, jacket spine sunned, 1975, original boards or cloth, dust-jackets; and 9 others by or relating to Vance, excellent copies, 8vo (14)
Crompton (Richmal) Just - William, [1922]; William Again, 1923; Still William, endpapers browned, [1925]; William in Trouble, [1927]; William the Good, ink inscription to pastedown, front endpapers torn out, light spotting, [1928]; Just William's Luck, 1948, first editions, original cloth, some lightly soiled and marked, extremities bumped and frayed; and c.150 other Just William titles, including 4 bibliographic works relating to Crompton, 8vo (c.150)
Christie (Agatha) Cat Among the Pigeons, small portion of loss to spine head of jacket, 1959 § Wallace (Edgar) The Twister, ownership inscription to pastedown, jacket with tape to spine, New York, 1929; The Day of Uniting, 1930, first editions, original cloth, dust-jackets, spines faded, extremities chipped and creased, some light fraying and splitting to joints; and 22 others, crime fiction, 8vo (25)
Milne (A. A.) [The Christopher Robin books], 4 vol., comprising When We Were Very Young, tenth edition, bookplate to pastedown, 1925; Winnie the Pooh, first edition, later issue dust-jacket, 1926; Now We Are Six, second edition, half-title browned, 1927; The House at Pooh Corner, first edition, bookplate to endpapers, endpapers browned, first issue jacket, small portions of loss to spine ends, spine browned, light surface soiling, 1928, all with illustrations by E.H. Shepard, original pictorial cloth, t.e.g., spines a little faded, ends a little creased and bumped, some light soiling, jackets creased and chipped to extremities, 8vo.
Maxwell (William) Time Will Darken It, first edition, T.L.s from the author, signed by his hand and with autograph correction, additional autograph letter from the dedicatee to later recipient, both loosely inserted, original cloth, spine ends, rubbed, dust-jacket, chipping to extremities, light surface rubbing, 3" tear to lower panel, spine browned, 8vo, New York, 1948.
Armour (Margaret, editor) The Eerie Book, title in red & black, illustrations by W. B. MacDougall, ink ownership name to browned endpapers, cloth spine faded, recased, ends frayed, 1898 § Hyder (Alan) Vampires Overhead, 1935 § Hammet (Dashiell, compiler) Modern Tales of Horror, 1932 § Twain (Mark) Extracts from Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven, gift inscription to front free endpapers, New York, 1909, first editions, original cloth, light bumping and creasing to endpapers, some light discolouration or fading; and 5 others, weird and fantasy fiction, 8vo (9)
NO RESERVE Green (J. M.) From Colditz in Code, signed presentation inscription from the author "To Faie & Michael with the author's affectionate compliments" on half-title, light foxing to fore-edge, original boards, dust-jacket, light scuffing to edges and spine ends, 1974 § Champ (Jack) & Colin Burgess. The Diggers of Colditz, number 33 of 160 copies signed by the authors, commemorative envelope loosely inserted with stamps, illustrations, original boards, dust-jacket, price-clipped, light fading to spine, 1985, 8vo (2)
NO RESERVE Warby (Marjorie) Happy Summer, first edition, ex-library label to pastedown, endpapers spotted, original cloth, extremities bumped and rubbed, spine ends frayed, 1935 § Grose (Helena) Painted Lady, first American edition, original buckram, spine ends frayed, dust-jacket, chips and tears to extremities, lightly creased at edges, New York, 1933 § Sava (George) Bride of Neptune, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, light creasing to edges, 1946 § Pedler (Margaret) Fire of Youth, reprint, endpapers toned, original cloth, dust-jacket, lightly rubbed at extremities, 1932; and c.200 others, mid-20th century romance fiction, 8vo (c.200)
Le Carré (John) The Looking Glass War, first edition, double-signed by the author, "John Le Carré aka David Cornwell" on title, promotional pamphlet of The Literary Guild Review, also double-signed with both names, loosely inserted, original boards, dust-jacket, price-clipped, light creasing to upper edge with one or two nicks, short tear close to joint, otherwise a very excellent example, 8vo, 1965.⁂ The author's fourth novel, scarce find double-signed and in such condition, with additionally signed promotional pamphlet.
NO RESERVE Woolf (Virginia) Mrs Dalloway, later impression, jacket spine toned and creased at spine ends, otherwise excellent and sharp, New York, [1948]; Between the Acts, first American edition, jacket spine browned and marked, spine ends chipped, nicks to edges and extremities, New York, 1941; Jacob's Room, later printing, jacket with light surface soiling, spine browned with chips to spine ends, vertical tear along spine, 1931, original cloth, dust-jackets, 8vo (3)⁂ A good group of Woolf titles in the quintessential jackets.
[Blixen (Karen)] "Isak Dinesen". Seven Gothic Tales, first English edition, colour frontispiece by Rex Whistler, some light scattered spotting to edges, ink name erased from endpaper, original cloth, light fading to spine, dust-jacket, spine browned, spine ends and corners chipped, some creasing to head, light rubbing to extremities, splitting and glue repair to upper joint, still a very good example overall, 8vo, 1934.⁂ The author's first book.
NO RESERVE Nabokov (Vladimir) Lolita, first Israeli edition, bookseller's sticker to pastedown, original wrappers, creased, light rubbing to joints, spine lightly browned, 8vo, Jerusalem, Olympia Press, 1955 § Mittelholzer (Edgar) A Morning at the Office, first English edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, spine reinforced with paper strip verso, rather torn and browned, chipping to spine ends, light nicks to extremities, The Hogarth Press, 1950 § Miro (Joan) Céramiques de Miro et Artigas, colour lithograph and illustrations, original cloth, dust-jacket, light chips to edges, Maeght, 1974, oblong 4to & 8vo (3)
Tremain (Rose) Music & Silence, 1999 § Hughes (Frieda) Wooroloo, 1998 § Roy (Arundhati) The Ministry of Utmost Happiness, 2017 § Howard (Elizabeth Jane) Casting Off, 1995, first editions, signed by the authors, original boards, dust-jackets, light sunning to spine, extremities bumped, otherwise excellent; and 29 others by female authors, all signed, 8vo (32)
Scott (Paul) Johnnie Sahib, chipping to spine head, 1952; The Alien Sky, light restorations to spine ends, 1953; A Male Child, endpapers browned, 1956; The Mark of the Warrior, 1958; The Chinese Love Pavilion, ownership inscription to front free endpaper, 1960; The Birds of Paradise, 1962; The Bender, signed by the author to title, gift inscription to front free endpaper, 1963; The Corrida at San Feliu, ownership inscription to front free endpaper, 1964, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets, light chipping to spine ends, otherwise excellent copies; and 20 others by or relating to Scott, including a copy of After the Funeral, Whittington Press, illustrated by Sally Scott and additionally inscribed by her, 1979, v.s. (c.25)⁂ A superb group of Scott's early novels.
NO RESERVE Osborne (John) Time Present and The Hotel in Amsterdam, signed by the author to title, original wrappers, 1968; Look Back in Anger, 1957; Inadmissible Evidence, 1965; The World of Paul Sickey, gift inscription to front free endpaper, jacket price-clipped, 1959, first editions, all but the first original cloth, dust-jackets, light creasing and chipping to spine ends, otherwise excellent copies, 8vo (4)⁂ An excellent group of Osborne's acclaimed plays.
NO RESERVE Verne (Jules) A Floating City, illustrations, light spotting, original pictorial cloth, rubbed, spine faded, 1874 § MacLean (Alistair) H.M.S. Ulysses, first edition, original cloth, extremities bumped, dust-jacket, chips and portions of loss to corners, lightly rubbed along joints, 1955 § Forester (C.S.) The African Queen, second edition, spotting, original boards, dust-jacket, large portion of upper panel lacking, large chips to corners, 1936; Lieutenant Hornblower, first edition, original boards, dust-jacket, chipped and frayed to spine ends, 1952; Hornblower and the Hotspur, first edition, original boards, dust-jacket, chipped and frayed to spine ends, 1962; and c.30 others, naval adventure fiction, 8vo (c.35)
Senhouse (Roger).- Bunin (I. A.) The Gentleman From San Francisco and Other Stories, first edition, Roger Senhouse's copy with his book-label and ownership name in pencil on pastedown, 1p. note in Senhouse's hand of Hogarth Press bibliographical notes, loosely inserted, light staining to corner of endpapers, original decorative boards, light rubbing to spine ends, otherwise excellent, [Woolmer 19], 8vo, Hogarth Press, 1922.⁂ Includes a slip of paper with Senhouse's hand-written bibliography of the Hogarth Press publications, with note in upper corner "L.W III p.235-7", suggesting that he follows the order of publications put forward by Leonard Woolf which is stated on those pages in vol.3 of his autobiography. Senhouse passed away in 1970, and Leonard Woolf's autobiography was published in 1964, making this autograph list a very early checklist of the Hogarth Press.
Lewis (C.S.) Prince Caspian: The Return to Narnia, first edition, first impression, small pen mark to half-title, light spots to endpapers, third impression dust-jacket, lightly faded, nicked and torn at extremities, 1951; The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, first edition, first impression, hinge cracked, boards soiled, spine faded, facsimile dust-jacket, 1952; The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe, sixth impression, ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, dust-jacket, price-clipped, 1962; The Silver Chair, third impression, dust-jacket, torn down joint and across spine, spine faded, chip to spine tail, lower panel spotted and lightly soiled, 1959, original boards, 8vo (4)
H. (G. D.) & M. Cole. A Lesson in Crime, first edition, 1946 § Burke (Thomas) Dark Nights, [c.1944] § Hartley (L.P.) The Travelling Grave and Other Stories, first edition, 1951 § Stanley Gardner (Erle) The D.A. Calls a Turn, first English edition, 1947, original cloth, dust-jackets, nicks and chips to extremities, light rubbing; and 7 others, crime and mystery novels, 8vo (11)
Pulp-Fiction.- A Collection of titles from the Dell "Mapback" Mystery series, 73 vol., original wrappers, some light chipping and creasing to edges, 8vo, New York, Dell Publishing, 1937-53.⁂ An excellent run of the Dell Mystery series. The pulps are often named "mapbacks" by collectors which refers to the pictorial maps printed on 577 of the series' lower wrappers to illustrate the story's location. The run includes scarce early numbers of 1-3, as well as 6, 8-10, and 15, and many later titles. Notable names of the series feature titles by Agatha Christie as well as David Dodge and Dashiell Hammett, amongst others.
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