Waugh (Evelyn) They Were Still Dancing, first American edition, second issue with Farrer & Rinehart imprint, very faint scattered spots to first few pages, original pictorial cloth, dust-jacket, light chipping to spine head, the odd nick and short tear to extremities and joints, still overall sharp and excellent, 8vo, New York, 1932. *** An excellent example of the first American edition of Remote People. Waugh fell out with Cape & Smith after they reneged on their agreed advance of $600, based on the poor sales of Labels (published in the U.S. as A Bachelor Abroad) . Incensed, Waugh broke off relations with Cape & Smith and took They Were Still Dancing to Farrer & Rinehart. The print run had already taken place however, therefore the preliminaries of the Farrer & Rinehart edition had to be published as cancels, and the cloth binding still carried the Cape & Smith logo.
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Milne (A.A.) The House at Pooh Corner, first edition, strip of browning and ownership inscription on pictorial endpapers, original pictorial cloth, spine sunned, but still bright, dust-jacket, spine browned, portions of loss to spine tail, with reinforcing paper backing to parts of spine verso, some show through on tail, spine ends and edges a little frayed with the odd nick, some surface soiling, still sharp, 1928; Now We Are Six, first edition, slight surface soiling to edges of endpapers, ownership inscription on half-title, light browning on end f., original de luxe binding of blue limp morocco, gilt, extremities and joints rubbed, spine sunned, 1927, illustrations by E.H. Shepard, 8vo (2)
Christie (Agatha) The Thirteen Problems, first edition, 6pp. advertisements, original orange cloth lettered in black, slight shelf-lean, spine darkened, some fraying to spine ends and corners with chip to foot of spine, light surface soiling to covers, extremities a little rubbed, 8vo, The Crime Club, 1932.*** A scarce title, including the first appearance of Miss Marple in book form.
Innes (Michael) Death at the President's Lodging, 1936; There Came Both Mist and Snow, 1940, first editions, the author's mother's copies with her ownership inscriptions on pastedown, some marginal toning or light spotting, original cloth, spine ends a little rubbed, still sharp overall, 8vo (2)
![[Pargeter (Edith)], "Ellis Peters". Death and the Joyful Woman, first edition, browning to half-title and final page of text,](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/66e3031e-59f4-4c74-9821-b281010e55d3/07dfa23a-a196-494f-8608-b2810110dce9/468x382.jpg)
[Pargeter (Edith)], "Ellis Peters". Death and the Joyful Woman, first edition, browning to half-title and final page of text, mark to bottom edge, original boards, light sunning to spine tips, dust-jacket priced at 12s. 6d., light toning to spine, a fine copy otherwise, 8vo, The Crime Club, 1961.*** A superb example of the third Peters novel, rare in such condition.
Potter (Beatrix) The Story of Miss Moppet, first edition in panoramic format, first issue with 'London & New York' on back of wallet, 14 illustrations on panorama pages, light toning on concertina ff. verso though not affecting images, original grey cloth wallet, closing tab in tact (usually detached), damp-stained and discoloured, [Linder p.183 & 426; Quinby 11], oblong 16mo, 1906.
Beckett (Samuel) Proust, first edition, light strip of toning on endpapers, original pictorial boards, fine, dust-jacket, price-clipped, spine browned, extremities a little chipped but overall a crisp and sharp copy, 8vo, 1931. *** Quite scarce. Beckett wrote Proust in the summer of 1930 in response to a commission precipitated by his publisher. The book sold 2,600 copies, and the remaining 400 were remaindered by 1941. In retrospect, Beckett dismissed it as having been written in "cheap flashy philosophical jargon".
Milne (A.A.) Winnie-the-Pooh, first edition, illustrations by E.H. Shepard, strip of light browning to map endpapers, ownership inscription on front free endpaper, otherwise internally clean, original pictorial cloth, gilt, t.e.g., fractional bumping to spine tips and corners, otherwise fine and sharp cloth, dust-jacket, spine evenly browned, the odd nick to upper edge and spine head, light surface soiling, else a sharp and excellent example, 8vo, 1926.
McGahern (John) That They May Face the Rising Sun, uncorrected proof, signed by the author on title, original wrappers, light rubbing to extremities but excellent overall, 2001 § Banville (John) First Light, one of 138 copies signed by the author, original blind-stamped cloth, Bridgewater Press, 2006 § MacNeice (Louis) Solstices, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, few marks to lower panel, otherwise fine, 1961; and 9 others, Irish fiction, 8vo (12)
Wodehouse (P.G.) The Clicking of Cuthbert, ink name to head of half-title, light bumping to spine tips and corners, 1922; The Heart of a Goof, pencil inscription to endpaper, toning and splash mark to spine, spine tips and corners a little bumped and frayed, extremities a little rubbed, 1926, first editions, light browning to endpapers and half-titles, original cloth; and 2 others by the same, 8vo (4)
Sayers (Dorothy L.) and Robert Eustace. The Documents in the Case, first edition, some foxing to peripheral pages, original black cloth lettered in orange with border and small gun motifs on upper cover, spine faded with vertical creases, extremities a little rubbed and bumped, light surface marking to covers, [Cooper & Pike pp. 271-3], 8vo, Ernest Benn, 1930. *** A Haycraft-Queen cornerstone, one of 1,000 copies printed.
Lewis (Wyndham) The Childermass. Section 1, one of 225 copies signed by the author, scattered spotting, slight shelf-lean, spine sunned,, light bumping to spine tips and corners, 1928; Blasting and Bombardiering, frontispiece and plates, slight bumping and fraying to spine tips, 1937; Filibusters in Barbary, 1932 § Pound (Omar S.) and Philip Grover. Wyndham Lewis. A Descriptive Bibliography, frontispiece and plates, 1978, first editions, original cloth; and c.35 others, Wyndham Lewis, v.s. (c.40)
Fortune (Dion) The Sea Priestess, first edition, strip of browning on endpapers, original cloth, discoloured and stained, spine faded, dust-jacket, spine toned, light chips and nicks to edges but overall a very sharp and excellent copy, 8vo, 1938. *** Scarce in such condition.Violet Mary Firth (pseudonym Dion Fortune) had published three novels previously, with The Sea Priestess as her fourth novel. It follows 'Wilfred Maxwell, a man living with his mother and sister who learns to commune with the Moon after an asthma attack. He meets with Le Fay Morgan, a spiritual adept, and together they enter an obsessive (on Wilfred's part) but platonic relationship while establishing a temple to the sea gods' - Alan Richardson, Priestess: The Life and Magic of Dion Fortune, 2007.
Sholokhov (Mikhail) And Quiet Flows the Don, first English edition, translated by Stephen Garry, original cloth, extremities fractionally rubbed, dust-jacket, portion of loss to spine head, extremities nicked, frayed, edges tender, the odd chip, spine toned and some light surface soiling, 8vo, 1934. *** ? The first title of major epic of Soviet-era literature. Scarce. The Nobel Laureate's masterpiece follows the life and fate of the Don Cossacks during the Great War and Russian Revolution. Beginning in 1926 and completed in 1940, it was one of the first works of Soviet literature to be translated into English.
Armstrong (Martin) Saint Christopher's Day, 1928; The Fiery Dive and Other Stories, 1929; The Sleeping Fury, 1929, limited editions to 125 copies or fewer, each signed by the author, some light foxing on endpapers, original vellum-backed cloth, spines lettered in gilt, a little spotted, 8vo (3)
Hemingway (Ernest) A Moveable Feast, jacket price-clipped, a few nicks to edges, very light surface wear, though still excellent, 1964; Across the River and into the Trees, jacket creased, heaver to spine head and joints, spine ends fraying a little, 1950, first English editions, original boards, dust-jackets; and another copy of the first, 8vo (3)
Dexter (Colin) Last Bus to Woodstock, first edition, signed by the author on title, pages browned (as often), original brown boards lettered in black, dust-jacket, price-clipped, minor chipping to spine tips and corners, light creasing to head and foot, an excellent example, [Cooper & Pike pp.112-3], 8vo, Macmillan, 1975.*** The first Inspector Morse novel.
Barker (Cicely Mary) Fairies of the Flowers & Trees, some foxing to text leaves, plates remarkably clean, cloth with strips of fading to top and bottom edge, otherwise bright and sharp, dust-jacket, a few nicks and chips to extremities, more to lower panel, light spotting to lower panel, still overall sharp and excellent, 1950; The Book of the Flower Fairies, inscriptions on preliminaries but plates and text very clean, cloth spine faded with strip of fading on upper panel edge, spine a little spotted, [c.1940], first editions, colour plates and illustrations by the author, original pictorial cloth, gilt, excellent copies overall, 8vo (2) *** Rare with the dust-jacket.
Potter (Beatrix) The Tale of Tom Kitten, first edition, colour frontispiece, plain title vignette, 26 colour illustrations, faint ownership stamp on pastedown, upper hinge slightly splitting, occasional light marks, original brown boards with mounted colour illustration, corners bumped, the odd scuff, 16mo, 1907.
Wyndham (John) The Day of the Triffids, first edition, few very faint spots to endpapers, light marginal mark to pp.293-296, original cloth, spine ends very lightly bumped, dust-jacket, few short tears along joints and a few to upper panel, chipping and fraying to spine ends, slight rubbing to edges and extremities, 8vo, 1951.
Steinbeck (John) The Wayward Bus, 1947; The Winter of Our Discontent, cloth slightly discoloured, jacket price-clipped, 1961; The Short Reign of Pippin IV, jacket spine faded, 1957, first editions, original cloth, dust-jackets, some rubbing or light chips or nicks to extremities, New York; and another by the same, 8vo (4)
Wodehouse (P.G.) William Tell Told Again, first edition, second issue with 12pp. advertisements inserted at end, gift inscription and ownership stamp of J.J. Looijestign on front free endpaper, some foxing throughout, heavier to half-title and preliminaries, one or two plates with marginal nicks or tears, original pictorial cloth, rebacked preserving original spine, light rubbing to surface and extremities, a little discoloured but gilt still bright, facsimile dust-jacket, custom-made slip-case, [McIlvaine A5a], 4to, 1904. *** Rare early Wodehouse title.
Wodehouse (P.G.) The Heart of a Goof, first edition, 4pp. advertisements, ownership stamp of J.J. Looijestijn on front free endpapers, half-title browned otherwise internally very clean, original pictorial cloth, very light rubbing to extremities but very sharp, third issue dust-jacket with 17 titles on upper flap ending with Money for Nothing, tape repair to spine head verso, chip to spine tail, some creasing, nicks and discolouration to edges but a remarkably sharp and intact example, 8vo, [McIlvaine A36a], 1926. *** Any issue of the dust-jacket on this title is scarce, with this third issue example being both intact and bright.
Carter (Angela) Several Perceptions, first edition, signed presentation inscription "for Edward with love from Angela" with doodle of herself by the author on front free endpaper, original boards, dust-jacket, light creasing and nicks to edges, few surface marks to panels, otherwise excellent, 8vo, 1968. *** Rare early title with inscription by the author to her close friend Edward. With exceedingly rare accompanying doodle of the author looking rather abashed - she was known to dislike signing or dedicating her works.
Christie (Agatha) A Pocket Full of Rye, first edition, light strips of toning on endpapers, pencil inscriptions rubbed out on endpapers, original orange cloth lettered in black, spine very lightly faded, dust-jacket priced at 10/6 on upper flap, ?2 Rand ink stamp to lower flap, chipped at spine head reinforced with tape verso, other few chips and nicks to extremities, short tear to lower edge upper panel, [Cooper & Pike pp.82-9], 8vo, The Crime Club, 1953.
Potter (Beatrix) The Tale of Two Bad Mice, first edition, half-title, colour frontispiece, title vignette, plates, previous owner's ink inscription on half-title, upper hinge expertly restored, original red pictorial boards, repaired, restored, and retouched, light surface discolouration, corners bumped, still in effect an excellent copy, 16mo, 1904.
Kerr (Judith) Mog the Forgetful Cat, first edition, illustrations by the author, one or two light finger-soiling marks, otherwise clean and fine internally, original boards, spine ends a little toned, dust-jacket, some very light creasing to edges, some light surface marks to lower panel and small portion of loss to spine head, still overall excellent, 4to, 1970.
Chandler (Raymond) Playback, first edition, endpapers toned, jacket rather nicked, creased and rubbed, 1958 § Moore (Brian) The Feast of Lupercal, first American edition, jacket spine faded, rubbing along joints and to extremities, Boston, 1957 § Nabokov (Vladimir) Despair, first American edition, light surface marks to jacket panels, 1966, original cloth, dust-jackets; and c.150 others, modern literature, 8vo (c.155)
Steinbeck (John) East of Eden, first edition, first issue with 'bite' for 'bight' on p.281, original cloth, corners fractionally bumped, dust-jacket, spine ends and upper edge chipped with small portions of loss, the odd nick and closed tear, light surface marking, still excellent, 8vo, New York, 1952.
Farrell (J.G.) Troubles, first edition, some light scattered foxing, light adhesion marks to front free endpaper, original boards, dust-jacket, light browning to spine, some light rubbing and minor creasing to tips of spine and corners, a near-fine example overall, 8vo, 1970.*** A superb example of this classic work by Farrell, the first in his Empire trilogy and the winner of the "Lost" Booker prize for 1970. Increasingly difficult to fine in good condition.
Sanger (Margaret) An Autobiography, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "my love to Maurice, Margaret Sanger Oct 1948" on front free endpaper, original cloth, very light surface marks to covers, dust-jacket, light surface wear, chipping and nicks to spine ends, lightly frayed, 8vo, New York, 1938. *** Sanger's own account of her life and career as a birth control activist, sex educator, writer and nurse.
Lewis (Wyndham) The Apes of God, one of 750 copies signed by the author, some spotting, original cloth, dust-jacket, some toning on spine, light surface marking to panels, light creasing to upper edge, corners lightly chipped, Arthur Press, 1930; and a 1955 Arco edition of the same work, also signed, 4to (2)
Wodehouse (P.G.) Doctor Sally, first edition, 8pp. publisher's advertisements without the supplement, ownership stamp of J.J. Looijestijn on slightly browned endpapers, original cloth, spine ends very lightly bumped, otherwise fine, dust-jacket, spine and upper edge toned, small chips to spine ends affecting title, light nicks to edges, custom-made slip-case, [McIlvaine A46a], 8vo, 1932.
le Carré (John) Call for the Dead, first New Penguin Classics edition, signed by the author on title, jacket with splash mark to head, 2018 § Forsyth (Frederick) Icon, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "For David, Who wondered whether anyone would be interested in a tale about a jackal!!" to title, light marginal browning, jacket with light creasing to spine ends, 1996, original boards, dust-jackets; and 4 others, mostly similar, 8vo (6)
Sassoon (Siegfried) Memoirs of an Infantry Officer, one of 750 copies signed by the author, original buckram, spine faded, light mark and ring mark to upper cover, 1930; Poems from Italy, one of 110 copies initialled by Sassoon, page margin toning on front free endpapers, original morocco, spine faded, extremities very lightly rubbed, 1945; and another by the same, 8vo (3)
Wodehouse (P.G.) A Gentleman of Leisure, first English edition, ownership and library stamps on endpapers, light spotting, original blue cloth, slightly marked and rubbed to extremities, corners bumped, slight shelf-lean, custom-made slip-case, [McIlvaine A13b], 8vo, 1910. *** Published earlier that year in America as The Intrusion of Jimmy.
Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, corners to boards very slightly rubbed, jacket upper edge frayed and nicked with the odd chip, 1" split to upper flap joint, still bright overall, 1962; The Silmarillion, endpapers browned, light creasing to jacket edges but excellent overall, 1977, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets, 8vo (2)
Carter (Angela) Honeybuzzard, first American edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "for Edward from Angela, inscribed years later, after she got less up-tight" on front free endpaper, original boards, dust-jacket, light toning and surface marks to edges, spine a little faded, few nicks and chips to extremities, 8vo, New York, 1966.
Wodehouse (P.G.) The Luck of the Bodkins, first edition, ownership stamp of J.J. Looijestijn on front free endpaper, fore-edge spotted with some straying onto margin, the odd foxing mark, original cloth, spine a little faded, dust-jacket, neat repairs and retouching with japan tissue, some creasing and rubbing to extremities, a few light stains, some surrounding shading around price on spine ?from later price sticker, [McIlvaine A54a], 8vo, 1935.
![Yeats (William Butler) The Lake Isle of Innisfree... also an Appreciative Note by George Sterling, [one of 450 copies], print](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/66e3031e-59f4-4c74-9821-b281010e55d3/59fed5c6-b2e7-44c1-b1ff-b281010fda58/468x382.jpg)
Yeats (William Butler) The Lake Isle of Innisfree... also an Appreciative Note by George Sterling, [one of 450 copies], printed in red and black, borders decorated in green and gilt, tipped in manuscript facsimile frontispiece, original green boards, spine worn and coming away but still largely intact, chip to head, light surface rubbing, [Wade 143], folio, San Francisco, John Henry Nash, 1924. *** Scarce Yeats item.
Price (Anthony) The Labyrinth Makers, small ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, jacket with light browning to spine and head of panels, short tears to head and foot of joints and fore-edges, light creasing to head and foot, 1970; Colonel Butler's Wolf, ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, jacket with patch of browning to head of spine, light creasing to spine tips, 1972; October Men, slight bumping to spine tips, jacket spine tips and corners a little creased, 1973, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets; and 18 others by the same, a few signed, 8vo (21)*** An excellent group, comprising the majority of the author's works.
Oates (Joyce Carol) The Time Traveler, one of 26 copies signed by the author, morocco-backed boards, California, 1987; A Bloodsmoor Romance, signed presentation inscription from the author on half-title, autograph letter signed from the author, thanking the recipient, loosely inserted, original cloth-backed boards, dust-jacket, New York, 1982; Solstice, a few light stains to spine, original boards, dust-jacket, New York, 1985; Marya: A Life, signed presentation inscription from the author on half-title, New York, 1986, first or first trade editions; and c.25 others by or relating to the author, 8vo (c.30)
Snow (C. P.) The Light and the Dark, first edition, bookplate and small gift inscription on endpapers, faint browning strip, original cloth, spine sunned and very light marks to covers, dust-jacket, spine toned, chips to spine ends and corners, slight splitting to upper flap joint from bottom, still overall sharp, 8vo, 1947.
Kerouac (Jack) Big Sur, first edition, light spots and marks to endpapers, fore-edge stained with few marks very slightly straying onto margins, original cloth-backed boards, dust-jacket, 3" tear down joint and onto upper panel, repaired with tape, other 2" tear to upper panel, few nicks, chips and tears to edges, tape to spine, some surface mark, some retouching, 8vo, New York, 1962.
Rubens (Bernice) The Elected Member, first edition, light foxing to endpapers, edges spotted, original boards, dust-jacket, light fading to spine, strengthening tape to spine ends verso, small patch of browning to lower panel, light rubbing to spine tips and corners, a very good copy, 8vo, 1969.*** The second novel to win the Booker Prize and the first written by a woman.
![Burgess (Anthony) [The Malayan trilogy], 3 vol., comprising Time for a Tiger, jacket price-clipped and lightly damp-stained a](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/66e3031e-59f4-4c74-9821-b281010e55d3/4aa735f8-2822-4326-a00c-b281010f55c3/468x382.jpg)
Burgess (Anthony) [The Malayan trilogy], 3 vol., comprising Time for a Tiger, jacket price-clipped and lightly damp-stained and cockled, 1956; The Enemy in the Blanket, ownership inscription on front free endpaper, 1958; Beds in the East, jacket lower edge nicked and creased, spine a little faded, 1959, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets, some light chipping and nicking to edges but still sharp overall, 8vo.
White (Patrick) The Vivisector, first edition, light tape marks to endpapers, original cloth, dust-jacket, a fine copy, 1970; Cockatoos, proof copy, original wrappers, a little creased, 1974 § Shute (Nevil) On the Beach, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, ends frayed, corners and extremities chipped with the odd tear, 1957; and others by the same, Australian writers, 8vo (18)
Timlin (William M.) The Ship that Sailed to Mars, first edition, calligraphic text and 48 coloured plates after Timlin, text and plates mounted recto only as issued, contemporary ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper and note on final leaf in same hand, endpapers lightly browned, the odd spot to margins, original vellum-backed boards, spine lightly discoloured, gilt still very bright, boards fine, dust-jacket, a few very light nicks and creasing to edges, very faint surface marks but overall an exceedingly sharp copy, 4to, George G. Harrap, [1923]. *** Rare in this condition with an excellent jacket. One of 2000 copies printed, of which 1208 copies were remaindered, and many destroyed in the London Blitz of 1941.
Woolf (Virginia) Three Guineas, endpapers browned and a little spotted, cloth slightly discoloured, jacket toned at edges and on spine, chips to extremities, short split to jacket joint, surface markings to spine and lower panel, Hogarth Press, 1938 § Eliot (T.S.) The Cocktail Party, strip of toning on half-title, jacket nicked at edges, small tear to spine head, otherwise quite sharp, 1950 § Joyce (James) Stephen Hero, first English edition, publisher's advance review copy with slip loosely inserted, jacket spine with holes and loss to ends, light browning on spine and to edges, 1944, first or first English editions, original cloth, dust-jackets; and c.30 others, modernist writers, 8vo (c.35) *** Includes Eliot, Woolf, Joyce, and Katherine Mansfield.
Steinbeck (John) The Winter of Our Discontent, first edition, jacket with Nobel Prize-winning sticker, New York, 1961; The Winter of Our Discontent, first English edition, jacket with light rubbing along joints, 1961, original cloth, few light marks, dust-jackets, light nicks to extremities, very light fading on spines; and 4 others, Steinbeck, 8vo (6)
Dexter (Colin) Last Seen Wearing, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to James Pickard on title, light browning to margins, some cracking to gutter at title, original boards, light sunning to upper and lower edge, dust-jacket, a few short nicks with creasing to head and foot, pen mark to lower panel, 8vo, 1976.*** The second inspector Morse title.
O'Donnell (Peter) Modesty Blaise, 1965; Sabre Tooth, 1966; I, Lucifer, 1967; A Taste for Death, 1969; Cobra Trap, signed presentation inscription from the author on title, 1996, first editions, original cloth, dust-jackets, light chips and creasing to extremities, still overall excellent; and 7 others by the same, 8vo (12)
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