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Click here to subscribeFootball.- Chapman (Herbert) Herbert Chapman on Football, first edition, frontispiece, light browning to endpapers, original cloth, dust-jacket, light toning to spine, light rubbing to extremities, some faint marking to panels, but a near-fine copy overall, 8vo, 1934.⁂ A collection of writings by the legendary Huddersfield and Arsenal manager, published after his death in 1934. Rare in such superb condition.
Ford (Ford Madox) [Tietjens Tetralogy], 4 vol., comprising Some Do Not, small patches of surface loss to pp. 2 & 21, light corner creasing, light marking to spine and covers, recased with upper joint repaired, new endpapers, New York, 1924; No More Parades, 1925; A Man Could Stand Up-, bookplate removed from front pastedown, light browning to endpapers, 1926; Last Post, light browning to half-title, ink ownership inscription to endpaper, 1928, first American or English editions, original cloth, some light toning to spines, light rubbing to extremities; and 2 others by the same, 8vo (6)
Ford (Ford Madox) A Man Could Stand Up, jacket spine browned, spine ends a little chipped with neat tape repairs to verso, light sunning to panels, 1926; The Last Post, ink gift inscription dated January 1928 to endpaper, jacket browned, spine ends and corners chipped with loss tears to upper panel, chipping and light staining to head, 1928, first American editions, original cloth, dust-jackets, New York, 8vo (2)⁂ The third and fourth parts of Ford's Tietjans tetralogy. The fourth part is rare in the jacket.
NO RESERVE Forester (C.S.) The Gun, first edition, first few pages lightly foxed, rear endpapers a little stained, original cloth, lightly discoloured, dust-jacket, price-clipped, small portion of loss to spine head, other nicks and chips to extremities, light rubbing along joints, 8vo, 1933.
Awdry (Rev. W.) The Three Railway Engines, first edition, second or third printing with "Fat Director" to pp.40, 42, 52, 54, 56 and 60 and advert for Thomas the Tank Engine at rear, colour illustrations, original light green pictorial cloth, dust-jacket priced at 4/-, chipping to spine ends and corners, tear to lower panel, creasing to head and foot, rubbing and surface soiling, [1946]; and a first edition Thomas the Tank Engine, oblong 8vo (2)
Forster (E.M.) A Passage to India, first edition, 3pp. advertisements, occasional spotting, ink ownership inscription to endpaper, hinges neatly strengthened, label removed from front pastedown, original cloth, slight darkened, to spine, patches of light fading to upper cover, a little rubbed, [Kirkpatrick A10a], 8vo, 1924.
NO RESERVE Fry (Christopher) The Firstborn, signed by the author to title, ownership name to front free endpaper, small nicks to jacket extremities, 1949 § Miller (Arthur) The Price: A Play, first English edition, ink ownership name to front free endpaper, 1968 § Williams (Tennessee) Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, first English edition, 1956 § Pinter (Harold) The Homecoming, first edition, 1965, original cloth or boards, dust-jackets, light creasing or chipping to extremities, spines faded; and c.45 others, plays, 8vo (c.50)
Gershwin (George) Rhapsody in Blue, first Czech edition, one of 2500 copies, original printed wrappers by Jiri Rathousky, Prague, 1966; another edition, one of 2500 copies, original pictorial wrappers, Moscow, State Music Publishers, 1956, light rubbing to spines and corners, 4to (2)⁂ Two rare survivals from the Eastern Bloc in lovely condition. Jiri Rathousky (1924-2003) was an important Czech designer.
*** Please note, the description for this lot has changed.***NO RESERVE Gielgud (Val) Special Delivery, 1950; Outrage in Manchukuo, 1937; Conduct of a Member, 1967 § Leonard (Elmore) Unknown Man no.89, endpapers spotted, jacket price-clipped, 1977 § Mitchell (Gladys) A Hearse on May-Day, 1972; Death and the Maiden, ink ownership inscription to browned front free endpapers, cloth rubbed and scuffed, 1957, first editions, original cloth, all but the last with dust-jackets, light fraying to spine ends, otherwise crisp copies; and 38 others, crime & thrillers etc., including others by Gladys Mitchell in crisp jackets, 8vo (39)
NO RESERVE Bagley (Desmond) The Golden Keel, 1963; High Citadel, 1965; Wyatt's Hurricane, 1966; Landslide, 1967, first editions, original boards, light bumping to spine ends, dust-jackets, spine ends lightly creased and frayed; and 12 others by the same, first editions, 8vo (16)⁂ A nearly complete run of Bagley's works, missing just his newest 2019 publication Domino Island.
Golding (Louis) Magnolia Street, first edition, edge-spotting, original cloth, spotting, dust-jacket, light browning to spine and head of panels, closed tear with creasing to head of lower joint, light fraying to head of spine, an excellent example, original Book Society wraparound band, toning to spine, 8vo, 1932.⁂ Louis Golding's most famous novel, a depiction of the Jewish and gentile communities in a working class street in Manchester. Rare in the jacket with wraparound.
Golding (William) The Scorpion God, first edition, signed by the author on title, original boards, dust-jacket, chip with creasing to head of lower joint, 1971; The Spire, uncorrected proof copy, original wrappers, light creasing and toning to spine, [1964]; The Lord of the Flies, eighth impression, original cloth, dust-jacket, very light toning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, 1965; and 2 others by the same, 8vo (5)
Gorham (Maurice) The Local, first edition, illustrations by Ardizzone, original boards, light rubbing to extremities, small chips to spine ends, original glassine dust-jacket with paper flaps, portions of loss to upper and lower segments, large tear to lower panel, 8vo, for Cassell & co., at the Curwen Press, 1939.⁂ Scarce to find in the rare glassine jacket. The book's scarcity is explained by Maurice Gorham in his Foreword to their follow-up book Back to the Local (1949): "[The Local's] career ended when unsold copies, sheets, and plates of the drawings went up together in the burning of Cassells' premises in Belle Sauvage Yard [during the Blitz]".
Grahame (Kenneth) The Wind in the Willows, first Shepard-illustrated edition (thirty-eighth overall), illustrations by Ernest Shepard, 8pp. advertisements at end, some very light foxing in initial and final few pp., The Gateway Library advertisement pamphlet loosely inserted, ink gift inscription with charming colour illustration of Toad smoking a cigar to endpaper, original pictorial cloth, gilt, dust-jacket, light browning to spine, small nick to head of spine, some light spotting and marking to panels, light rubbing to extremities, an excellent example, 8vo, Methuen, 1931.⁂ The first edition to include Shepard's superb illustrations which have become so closely associated with the work.
Grass (Günter) The Tin Drum, light fading to head of spine, light toning to jacket, chipping and creasing to head and foot, rubbing and marking to panels, 1962; Dog Years, jacket with light toning to spine, neat tape strengthening and repairs to verso, 1965, first American editions, signed presentation inscriptions form the author, original cloth, dust-jackets, 8vo (2)⁂ The first and third books from the author's acclaimed Danzig Trilogy.
Grass (Günter) Local Anaesthetic, jacket with small patch of damp-staining to head, short nick to head of lower joint, 1970; From the Diary of a Snail, 1974; The Meeting at Telgte, 1981; Headbirths or the Germans are Dying Out, 1982, first English editions, original boards, dust-jackets, some light toning, light creasing to head and foot, excellent copies; and 9 others by the same, 8vo (13)
Graves (Robert) Welchman's Hose, wood-engraved illustrations by Paul Nash, original cloth-backed decorative boards, glacine dust-jacket, a little browned, chip to foot of spine, The Fleuron, 1925; Lawrence and the Arabs, plates and maps, advertisements for Revolt in the Desert and Travels in Arabia Deserta loosely inserted, light browning to endpapers, original cloth, spotted, dust-jacket, spine a little dulled and chipped at head, a few short chips and tears to head and foot, 1927, first editions; and another by the same, 8vo (3)
Greene (Graham) The Name of Action, ex-library copy with stamp and bookplate, cloth rather rubbed, joints rubbed and frayed, 1930 § Conrad (Joseph) Within the Tides, endpapers browned, 1915 § Waugh (Evelyn) Scoop, 1933 § O'Flaherty (Liam) Thy Neighbour's Wife, endpapers browned, jacket with portion missing from spine head and upper panel, short tears to extremities, lightly toned, 1923 § Swift (Graham) Waterland, signed presentation inscription from the author to title, fine otherwise a tear to spine, 1983 § Sebald (W.G.) Vertigo, first English edition, 1999 § O'Brian (Patrick) The Last Pool and Other Stories, jacket with large tears to upper panel, portions from spine ends and joint lacking, 1950, first editions, original cloth, last four with dust-jackets, light fraying or creasing to spine ends; and c.120 others, modern literature, v.s. (c.125)
Greene (Graham) Journey Without Maps, first edition, photographic plates, map endpapers, edge spotting, original cloth, light soiling, corners bumped, spine faded, light rubbing to spine ends, but a very good and bright example overall, [Wobbe A11a], 8vo, 1936.⁂ Greene's first travel book and one of his rarest titles in first edition.
Greene (Graham) The Heart of the Matter, jacket with light fading to spine, a few tears with some creasing and fraying to head and foot, a few surface abrasions, rubbed, 1948 § Amis (Kingsley) One Fat Englishman, jacket a little spotted and creased at head, 1963 § Brooke (Jocelyn) The Scapegoat, jacket with light toning to spine, minor chipping to foot of spine, a few short nicks with creasing to head, 1928, first editions, original cloth, dust-jackets; and c.45 others, modern literature, 8vo (c.50)
NO RESERVE Greene (Graham) The Third Man, first edition, later printing dust-jacket, ink ownership name to endpapers, 1950; Loser Takes All, 1955; The Quiet American, 1955; The Complaisant Lover, 1959; Travels With My Aunt, 1969, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets, some light chipping to spine ends and extremities, some light toning, 8vo (5)
Greene (Graham) The Little Horse Bus, first edition, illustrations by Dorothy Craigie, original boards, slight bowing to covers, dust-jacket, spine ends and corners a little chipped, closed tears to head and foot, upper joint split at foot, light creasing to head and foot, tape-staining to verso with some light show-through, [Wobbe A28a], 4to, 1952
NO RESERVE Greene (Graham) Our Man in Havana, 1958; The Quiet American, jacket price-clipped, 1955; A Burnt Out Case, 1960; Travels With My Aunt, 1969, first editions, light spots or browning to endpapers, original cloth, dust-jackets, light fraying and chipping to extremities, spines a little darkened; and 8 others by Greene, first editions, 8vo (12)
Hamilton (Patrick) Monday Morning, first edition, light browning to endpapers, original cloth, sharp and bright, dust-jacket, one or two short tears to upper joints, very light surface dirt to lower panel, spine very lightly sunned, otherwise a remarkably clean and near-fine copy, 8vo, 1925.⁂ Hamilton's rare first novel, written when he was nineteen, follows a writer's attempt to set down to work on a fated Monday morning. Rare in such bright and unrestored condition.
Baldwin (James) Go Tell it on the Mountain, first English edition, ink ownership inscription to rear endpaper, light browning to front endpaper, original cloth, some light rubbing, dust-jacket, light toning to spine, light rubbing and minor chipping to spine tips and corners, but a near-fine example generally, 8vo, 1954.⁂ Baldwin's first novel, rare.
Hamilton (Patrick) Hangover Square or the Man With Two Minds, 2pp. adverts at end, cloth spine faded, 1941; Mr Stimpson and Mr Gorse, 1953; Craven House, half-title browned, 1926; The Plains of Cement, ink ownership initials to endpapers, one or two light scattered spots, 1924, first editions, original cloth, lightly bumped at extremities but all in overall crisp condition; and another by Hamilton, 8vo (5)
Heller (Joseph) Catch-22, first English edition, very light tape-marking to endpapers, original boards, second state dust-jacket with reviews to lower panel, light patches of staining to lower panel, minor chipping and light rubbing to spine tips and corners, short internal slash to upper panel, but a bright, near-fine example overall, 1962; and the 1978 signed limited Franklin Library edition of the same, 8vo (2)
Hemingway (Ernest) Fiesta, second impression, light sunning to spine, recased with repairs to spine ends, new endpapers, 1927; In Our Time, first impression, ink ownership inscription to endpaper, spine sunned, 1926, first English editions, original cloth; and 5 others, first English editions by the same, 8vo (7)
Hemingway (Ernest) A Farewell to Arms, first English edition, first issue with 'seriosu' to p.66, light browning to endpapers, original cloth, slight shelf-lean, dust-jacket, very light toning to spine, small chip to head of spine, light creasing to head, a near-fine copy, [Hanneman 35A], 8vo, 1929.
Hemingway (Ernest) Death in the Afternoon, first English edition, plates, occasional scattered foxing, Advance Copy for Review slip giving publishing date of November 14th 1932 loosely inserted, neat pencil note to front pastedown noting misprint on p.124 with corresponding neat correction on that page, original cloth, slight shelf-lean, dust-jacket, light toning to spine, a few small nicks and tears to head and foot with light creasing, some light surface soiling, an excellent copy overall, [Hanneman 36A], 8vo, 1932.
Hemingway (Ernest) Green Hills of Africa, first English edition, original cloth, sunning to spine and upper edge, a few spots to covers, dust-jacket, price-clipped, light toning to spine, minor chipping to spine tips and corners, light foxing and splash marks to lower panel, still an excellent example overall, [Hanneman A39], 8vo, 1936.⁂ Hemingway's account of big-game hunting in Africa. The English edition seemingly far rarer than the US true first.
Hemingway (Ernest) The Old Man and the Sea, a few spots to endpaper, jacket with light toning to spine, a few short nicks to head of upper panel, 1952; Across the River and Into the Trees, some scattered spotting, Travellers' Library brochure loosely inserted, jacket with light toning to spine, light rubbing and creasing to spine tips and corners, 1950, first or first English editions, original boards, dust-jackets, near-fine or excellent copies, [Hanneman 45A & 44A], 8vo (2)
Herbert (A. P.) The Secret Battle, light sunning to spine, 1919; The House by the River, browning to endpapers, light toning to spine, 1920, first editions, original cloth, excellent copies; and 9 others by the same, 8vo (11)⁂ Herbert's first two novels, the first based on his experiences during the War, was one of the earliest novels to contain a detailed description of the Battle of Gallipoli. The second, a crime thriller, was adapted into an American film noir by Fritz Lang. Both are scarce.
Heyerdahl (Thor) The Kon-Tiki Expedition, first edition, signed by the author to endpapers, plates, occasional light foxing, bookplate to pastedown, original cloth, light fading and mark to spine, dust-jacket, neat and expert repairs to corners, light rubbing to joints, but a sharp and excellent copy overall, 8vo, 1950.
Hill (Susan) The Woman in Black, first edition, signed by the author on title with autograph quotation of the first line of the novel, illustrations by John Lawrence, original boards, light sunning, slight bumping to spine tips and corners, dust-jacket, light sunning to spine, else fine, 8vo, 1983.
Hines (Barry) A Kestrel for a Knave, first edition, signed by Ken Loach on title and with bookplate signed by the author facing title, Autograph Note signed by Loach loosely inserted, original boards, slight sunning to spine, dust-jacket, light sunning to spine, light rubbing to extremities, otherwise excellent, 8vo, 1968.⁂ In the note from Loach, on the reverse of a promotional postcard for Sorry We Missed You, he states "How satisfying to see an original hardback cop of Barry's book. He was a fine writer".
*** Please note, the description to this lot has changed.***NO RESERVE Hueffer (Ford M.) The Critical Attitude, "Reader's Library edition", endpapers browned, occasional light pencil annotations, original boards, dust-jacket, spine darkened, one or two nicks to extremities, otherwise a tight copy, [Harvey A34], 8vo, 1911 [but 1915].⁂ Very scarce in this 1915 issue jacket, especially in such clean condition. Reprinted from the 1911 first edition.
NO RESERVE Hughes (Ted) Gaudete, first English edition, light foxing to edges, original cloth, dust-jacket, spine slightly sunned, light spotting to back panel, 1977 § Graves (Robert) Lars Porsena, one of 100 copies signed by the author, original cloth, slip-case, 1972 § Occasional Poets, edited by Richard Adams, first edition, proof copy belonging to contributor Neville Braybrooke, with letter signed by Richard Adams loosely inserted, slight creasing to some pages, occasional manuscript annotations, original cloth, dust-jacket; and 16 others, poetry, all first or first English editions, v.s. (19)
Hughes (Ted) Adam and the Sacred Nine, number 113 of 200 copies signed by the author, title printed in blue and black, frontispiece by Leonard Baskin, original blue calf, light sunning to spine, a little rubbed, t.e.g., others uncut, slipcase, 1978 § Hughes (Ted), Ruth Fainlight and Alan Sillitoe. Poems, number 275 of 300 copies signed by all three poets, original pictorial green calf, gilt, light rubbing to spine tips and corners, slipcase (extremities rubbed), 1971, [Sagar & Tabor A59 & A29], Rainbow Press, 8vo (2)
Huxley (Aldous) Antic Hay, 1923; Mortal Coils, 1922; Little Mexican and other stories, 1924, first editions, scattered spotting, light browning to endpapers, original cloth with paper labels to spines, dust-jackets, light toning to spines, slight fraying to head of spines, foxing, excellent or very good copies; and 8 others, Huxley, 8vo (11)
Huxley (Aldous) Essays New and Old, number 79 of 650 copies signed by the author, receipt from Hodgson & Co. dated 1929 loosely inserted, some light spotting to endpapers and edges, original buckram-backed boards, dust-jacket, slight toning to spine, light foxing to covers, dust-jackets, spine slightly browned and numbered in pencil, spine a little frayed at head, minor chipping to corners, some light surface soiling, an excellent example, t.e.g., others uncut, 4to, Florence Press, 1926.⁂ Rare in the dust-jacket.
Huxley (Aldous) Point Count Point, first trade edition, edge-spotting, Poetry Bookshop book label to front pastedown, original cloth, some light surface soiling, to head, dust-jacket, light toning to spine, short nick to head and foot of panels, some light creasing, some light spotting and surface soiling but an excellent example generally, 8vo, 1928.⁂ Scarce with the delicate jacket in good condition.
Huxley (Aldous) Brave New World, some scattered foxing, ink ownership inscription to endpaper, slight shelf-lean, light creasing and toning to spine, short split to lower joint, light bumping and rubbing to spine tips and corners, 1932; Point Counter Point, ink ownership inscription to endpaper, dust-jacket, light browning, chipping and creasing to head and foot, rubbing to extremities, 1928, first editions, original cloth, 8vo (2)
Banks (Iain M.) Inversions, jacket with very light fading to spine, 1998; Look to Windward, 2000; Surface Detail, 2010; The Hydrogen Sonata, 2012, first editions, signed or with signed presentations inscriptions by the author, original boards, dust-jackets, near-fine; and a first edition of State of the Art, 8vo (5)⁂ A good group of works from Banks' acclaimed Culture series.
Isherwood (Christopher) Lions and Shadows, signed presentation inscription from the author, "For Mary [Hebold], with the affection of her old friend Chris, Dec. 11, 1968" to endpaper, frontispiece portrait, ink ownership inscription, book-label of John Hebold to pastedown, fading to spine and covers, toning to jacket, creasing and chipping to extremities, Norfolk, CN, 1947; All the Conspirators, signed by the author on title, jacket with light toning to spine, otherwise excellent, New York, New Directions, 1958, first American editions, original cloth, dust-jackets, [Westby and Brown pp. 3 & 6], 8vo (2)⁂ Mary Hebold met Isherwood through the Vedanta Society. She was a typist to both Isherwood and Aldous Huxley.
James (Henry) The Golden Bowl, 40pp. advertisements dated February 1905 at rear, spine ends and corners bumped, rubbed, 1905 § Morrison (Arthur) Cunning Murrell, 46pp. advertisements at rear dated August 1900, spine ends and corners a little bumped, 1900 § Bullen (Frank T.) Advance Australia, light fading to spine, 1907 § [Sharp (William)], "Fiona Macleod". The Sin-Eater and other tales, ink inscription to half-title, light bumping to spine ends and corners, dust-jacket, spine browned, spine ends and corners a little chipped, 1895, first or first English editions, light foxing, some browning to endpapers, original cloth; and c.60 others, modern literature, 8vo (c.65)
James (Henry) The Complete Tales, 12 vol., vol.1, 2 & 4 early impressions, others first edition, first impressions, vol.9 & 10 ex-library copies with internal markings, some with very light pen annotations to contents page, original cloth, dust-jackets, some with light toning, overall a bright and crisp set, 1962-71; The Bodley Head Henry James, 11 vol., mixed but early editions, original boards, dust-jackets, light toning and fraying to spine ends, 8vo, 1972-1980.
James (P.D.) The Black Tower, 1975; Original Sin, 1994; A Certain Justice, 1997; Death in Holy Orders, 2001, first editions, signed or with signed presentation inscription from the author to titles, original boards, spine ends a little bumped, dust-jackets, light fraying or rubbing to extremities, still overall sharp copies; and 13 others, first editions by James, some signed, 8vo (17)
Joyce (James) Dubliners, second edition, some light scattered spotting, light toning and pencil ownership inscription to endpapers, original cloth, light toning to spine and head of upper cover, spine a little chipped at head, light wear to corners and foot of spine, 8vo, Egoist Press, 1922.
Joyce (James) Ulysses, eighth printing, light marginal toning to text, later cloth-backed boards with covers replicating wrappers, original upper and lower wrappers bound in (upper wrapper with some surface wear to title, and a few nicks to fore-edge), Paris, Shakespeare and Company, 1926; Chamber Music, second edition, ink ownership inscription of Betty Kathleen Pyke to half-title, original wrappers, ink inscription to upper wrapper, loss to spine ends, some light staining to covers, 1918; A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, third edition, spotting, ink ownership inscription of Earnshaw Greenwood to front pastedown, original cloth, light toning to spine, spine ends and corners a little bumped, faint ring-mark to upper cover, 1921; and 12 others, Joyce, v.s. (15)
Keneally (Thomas) Bring Larks and Heroes, first American edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "To Paddie Downie, a neglected but treasured friend" to title, light foxing, original cloth-backed boards, slight bumping to spine tips and corners, dust-jacket, minor chipping to spine tips and corners, light creasing to head and foot, otherwise excellent, 8vo, New York, 1967.⁂ An excellent association copy inscribed to a childhood friend of Keneally's. Downie was amongst Keneally's closest friends at Christian Brother St Patrick's College, Strathfield. Downie was blind from birth used to be read to by Keneally.
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