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Click here to subscribeRussian poetry.- Smirensky (Boris) Rhymologion, number 66 of 200 copies, St. Petersburg, 1921 § Khodasevich (Vladislav) Putem Zerna, St. Petersburg, 1921 § Kuprin (Aleksandr) Sulamin, Paris, 1921, some light browning, original wrappers, some light toning, rubbing and creasing; and 11 others, Russian literature and art by the same and similar, v.s. (14)
NO RESERVE [Saint (Dora Jessie)] "Miss Read". Village School, 1955; Village Diary, jacket price-clipped, short tears with creasing to head, 1957; Storm in the Village, jacket with light toning to spine, 1958, first edition, illustrations by J.S. Goodall, original boards, dust-jackets; and 22 others, Miss Read, 8vo (25)
NO RESERVE Shanks (Edward) Poems, 1916 § Plowman (Max) The Golden Heresy, ownership inscription from the author's wife to endpapers, 1914 § Harvey (F. W.) Gloucestershire Friends: Poems from a German Prison Camp, 1917 § Rickword (Edgell) Behind the Eyes, 1921 § Harvey (Harold) A Soldier's Sketches Under Fire, [1916], first editions, some spotting or browning, original cloth or boards, light bumping to spine ends and extremities, some paper spine labels rubbed; and 21 others, World War poetry and literature, 4to & 8vo (25)
Sherriff (R. C.) and Vernon Bartlett. Journey's End, limited edition, signed by the authors, browning to endpapers, original vellum-backed cloth, 1930 § Sackville-West (Vita) The Dark Island, scattered spotting, light marking and abrasions to endpapers, original cloth, dust-jackets, chipping and creasing to head and foot, light surface soiling, 1934 § Sharpe (Tom) Riotous Assembly, jacket with light toning to spine, minor chipping to spine ends and corners, 1971 § Fowles (John) Daniel Martin, signed by the author, original boards, dust-jacket, light sunning to spine, 1977, all but the first first editions; and c.50 others, modern literature, v.s. (c.55)
NO RESERVE Shute (Nevil) A Town Like Alice, first edition, browning to endpapers, original cloth, slight shelf-lean, light rubbing or fading to spine, dust-jacket, spine ends and corners a little chipped affecting author name at head of spine, light creasing to head and foot, extremities a little rubbed, with original Book Society wraparound band (lacking back portion), 8vo, 1950.
Stoppard (Tom) Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, first paperback edition, signed by the author, corners very slightly bumped, original printed wrappers, light surface soiling to lower cover, spine very lightly sunned, otherwise generally bright and excellent, 8vo, 1967.⁂ From the collection of Ira Nadel, American-Canadian biographer of Stoppard, literary scholar and critic.
Stoppard (Tom) Jumpers, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, light surface soiling to joints and folds, 1972; Lord Malquist & Mr Moon, first American edition, small defect to outer margin pp. 175-178, original cloth-backed boards, dust jacket, some light toning and surface soiling, 1966; Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, early reprint, signed by John Stride and Edward Petherbridge, with related postcard loosely inserted, original wrappers, [c.1968], all signed or inscribed by the author; and 17 others by the same, some signed or inscribed, some first editions, 8vo (20)⁂ Stride and Petherbridge played Rosencrantz and Guildenstern respectively in the original debut production in 1967 at the Old Vic Theatre; the postcard captures them on stage during a performance. No other copy of the play with all three signatures, Stoppard himself and the two protagonists, is known. Lord Malquist is Stoppard's only novel; signed first editions are scarce. From the collection of Ira Nadel, American-Canadian biographer of Stoppard, literary scholar and critic.
Stoppard (Tom) Travesties, early reprint, Michael McClure's copy with his ink ownership inscription and manuscript notes for two short poems to endpapers, rear endpapers torn out and loosely re-inserted, original pictorial wrappers, light creasing at joints, 8vo, 1975.⁂ The full ownership inscription reads, 'Michael McClure, Cambridge University, Oct 30 1975, Caius College, Gonville Room'. The poems written in McClure's hand seem to have been inspired by his environments in England where presumably he was on a visit; one is entitled 'November London' and the other 'All the yellow gold and coppery England underneath an autumn Cambridge Sky'. McClure (1932 - 2020) was an American poet, playwright, songwriter and novelist. He was a key member of the Beat Generation, a literary movement that explored and influenced American culture in the post-war period. McClure participated in the famous Six Gallery reading of 1955 where Allen Ginsberg read 'Howl' in public for the first time and he is the origin of the character Pat McLear in Jack Kerouac's novel Big Sur. From the collection of Ira Nadel, American-Canadian biographer of Stoppard, literary scholar and critic.
Stoppard (Tom) Travesties, original wrappers, 1975; The Real Inspector Hound and After Magritte, original wrappers, spine very lightly sunned, 1975; The Coast of Utopia, Parts I - III, [2 copies], first edition, original boards, dust-jackets, spines lightly sunned, 2002, all signed by the author, the first two with uniform light marginal toning; and 17 others by the same, some signed or inscribed, some first editions, 8vo (21) ⁂ From the collection of Ira Nadel, American-Canadian biographer of Stoppard, literary scholar and critic.
Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Hobbit, second edition (fifth impression overall), colour frontispiece, illustrations, map endpapers, original cloth, faint marking to covers, light rubbing to extremities, but a bright and sharp example overall, 8vo, 1951.⁂ An excellent example of the important second edition, containing substantial revisions by Tolkien. When writing Lord of the Rings, Tolkien realised that Gollum's maniacal obsession with the ring, crucial to the plot of the later trilogy, was not apparent in his earlier work. He therefore made a number of changes to convey a more consistent character and included them in the new 1951 edition.
Tolkien (J.R.R.) [The Lord of the Rings], 3 vol., comprising The Fellowship of the Ring, 1954; The Two Towers, 1954; The Return of the King, 1955, first editions, first impressions, folding map at end of each vol., vol. 2 with original printed review slip with title corrected by hand loosely inserted, original red cloth, shelf-lean, spine ends and corners bumped, some light marking and staining to covers, heavier to vol. 1, rubbed, vol. 1 & 3 spines faded, vol. 2 with dust-jacket (soiled, browned, chipped and worn), facsimile dust-jackets, 8vo.⁂ Return of the King with signature mark '4' and text block sagging.
Tully (Jim) Circus Parade, first English edition, some light scattered spotting to edges as well as first and last few ff., original cloth, light fading to spine, dust-jacket, price-clipped, chip to foot of upper panel, a few short nicks with creasing to head and foot, light surface soiling, rubbing and scuffing to upper panel, 8vo, 1928.⁂ Tully's scarce second volume of autobiography based on his experiences with an American circus. The unvarnished descriptions of the hard life behind the curtain, including casual violence and sexual abuse horrified many circus-lovers (and owners) and led to the book being banned in Boston.
Tutuola (Amos) The Palm Wine Drinkard, first edition, browning to endpapers, original cloth, bumping to foot of lower cover, dust-jacket, designed by Barnett Freedman, light browning to spine, light creasing to tips of spine and corners, a near-fine example generally, 8vo, 1952.⁂ Tutuola's first book and the first African novel published in English outside of Africa. The Palm Wine Drinkard was reviewed enthusiastically by Dylan Thomas and was translated into French by Raymond Queneau.
Wain (Louis).- The Cat Scouts, The Cat Scouts, A Picture-Book for Little Folk... Verses and Tales by Jessie Pope, first edition, colour illustrations by Louis Waint throughout, some light foxing and finger-soiling, light browning to endpapers, original cloth-backed boards with colour pictorial onlay, rubbed, light wear to extremities, 8vo, [1912].
Wallace (Edgar) The Four Just Men, first edition, first issue, half-title, folding frontispiece plate, with numbered 'solution' form on perforated stub at end, light marking and browning to endpapers, spotting to lower edge, original first state orange cloth blocked and lettered in black, minor dulling to spine, faint rubbing to extremities, but overall an excellent, sharp copy, 8vo, Tallis Press, 1905.⁂ A very good example of the author's crime novel that offered a substantial A£500 reward to one lucky reader who correctly "solved" the death of Sir Philip Ramon and sent the solution to the publishers via the form present at the back. The book was it seems reissued subsequently with a pictorial label over the reward statement on the upper cover, and with the solution rather than the form present at the end.
Wallace (Edgar) Bones, n.d.; Lieutenant Bones, n.d.; Bones in London, n.d.; Sandi, the King-Maker, n.d., Jack O'Judgment, n.d., reprints, light browning to endpapers, original cloth, dust-jackets, a few small nicks or tears to head and foot with some light creasing, but very good or excellent generally, Ward Lock & Co; and 5 others by the same, 8vo (10)
Waugh (Evelyn) Scoop, issue with raised indistinct '8' in publication date but 'a' to last line of p.88, scattered spotting, spine lightly faded, extremities a little rubbed, 1938 § Sayers (Dorothy L.)The Man Born to be King, signed by the author on half-title, light marginal browning, ink ownership inscription, bookplate, 1943 § Wodehouse (P. G.) Full Moon, a few spots to edges, jacket price-clipped, 2 short tears to head with some light creasing, [1947], first editions, original cloth; and 7 others by the same and similar (8)
NO RESERVE Wheatley (Dennis) Gateway to Hell, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1970; The Ravishing of Lady Mary Ware, signed by the author, 1971; Bill for the Use of a Body, 1964; The Satanist, 1960, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets, some light toning to spine, light rubbing and creasing to head and foot, but generally very good or excellent; and 15 others by the same, 8vo (19)
Wingfield (R.D.) Hard Frost, signed by the author, a fine copy, 1995 § Hamilton (Bruce) Traitor's Way, 'Special Presentation' ink stamp to foot of title verso, scattered spotting, jacket with light sunning to spine, spine ends and corners chipped, a few creases and tears to head and foot, internal tear to upper panel, 1938 § Christie (Agatha) Nemesis, jacket price-clipped, light creasing to head and foot, light rubbing to extremities, 1971, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets; and 2 others, similar, thrillers, 8vo (5)
Woolrich (Cornell) Black Alibi, first edition, light browning and faint abrasions to endpapers and pastedowns, original cloth, light rubbing to spine, dust-jacket, spine ends and corners chipped, splitting to foot of lower fore-edge, chipping to head of lower panel, extremities a little rubbed, 8vo, 1942.⁂ The third novel in Woolrich's "Black" series, the basis for the 1943 film noir The Leopard Man.
Woolrich (Cornell) The Black Angel, light browning to endpapers, rubbing to extremities, insect damage to upper joint, jacket priced at $2.00, spine ends and corners chipped, splitting to fore-edges, a few small chips and creases to head and foot, light damp-stain to lower panel, Garden City, NY, 1943; Rendezvous in Black, jacket with very light sunning to spine, light rubbing and creasing to head and foot, faint damp-staining to foot of spine, New York, 1948, first edition, original cloth, dust-jackets, 8vo (2)
*** Please note, the description for this lot has changed.***Wyndham (John), "John Beynon". Planet Plane, first edition, endpapers lightly browned, occasional light finger-soiling, ?original cloth, lightly stained and marked, later dust-jacket without price, worn with tears and portions of loss, one or two crudely repaired, 8vo, [1936].⁂ A scarce early work of Wyndham's, under his rare pseudonym.
NO RESERVE Briggs (Asa) The History of Broadcasting in the United Kingdom, 4 vol., illustrations, vol. 4 with printed presentation slip, original cloth, dust-jackets, some light rubbing or creasing to extremities, 1961-79 § The History of The Times, 3 vol. in 4, plates and illustrations, some tipped in or folding, original cloth, vol.1-3 with dust-jackets, extremities creased and chipped with some loss, 1935-52, first editions; and 2 others, similar, 8vo (10)
Cain (James M.) The Postman Always Rings Twice, first English edition, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, small losses to spine extremities and flaps, expertly restored and repaired, sunned spine, a little rubbed, light spotting, in effect an excellent copy, 1934; and another copy of the same without a dust-jacket, 8vo (2)
Calvino (Italo) The Path to the Nest of Spiders, jacket with 2 closed tears and some light creasing to head, some light spotting to lower panel, 1956; Baron in the Trees, light browning to endpapers, jacket with small nick and crease to head of lower panel, very light sunning to spine, 1959, translated by Archibald Colquhoun, first editions in English, original boards, dust-jackets, excellent examples generally, 8vo (2)
Chase (James Hadley) Safer Dead, first edition, previous owner's ink signature, original cloth, light fading to top edge, dust-jacket, faint spotting, one or two chips to edges, 1954; Tiger by the Tail, first edition, original cloth, sight bumping to spine head, dust-jacket, chipping and creasing to edges, small loss and tape repair to lower panel, 1954; This Way for a Shroud, first edition, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, small loss to spine extremities, one or two small tears, tape repairs to verso, 1953; I'll Bury My Dead, first edition, original cloth, a little rubbed, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, tear to spine, old tape repair to verso, slight chipping to corners and spine extremities, 1953; and others by the same, 8vo (44)
Coetzee (J.M.) Boyhood, 1997; Age of Iron, first American edition, 1990; Boyhood, first American edition, 1997; Diary of a Bad Year, a couple of light foxing marks to title and first few pages, 2007, first editions, signed by the author on titles, original boards, dust-jackets; and 4 others by Coetzee, all signed or inscribed, 8vo (8)
NO RESERVE Conrad (Joseph) The Secret Agent, limited edition signed by the author, portrait frontispiece, original boards, light spotting, rubbing to head and foot, dust-jacket, paper label to spine, spine browned and chipped at head, light creasing to head and foot, 1923; and 4 others, Conrad, 8vo (5)
NO RESERVE Auden (W.H.) and Louis MacNeice. Letters from Iceland, first edition, plates, light foxing, original cloth, light bumping to spine ends and corners, dust-jacket, light toning to spine, internal tear to rear panel, light rubbing and creasing to head and foot, original printed Book Society wraparound band (light sunning to spine, short tear to head of upper joint), 8vo, 1937.⁂ Rare with the original wraparound band.
Crowley (Aleister).- Baudelaire (Charles) Little Poems in Prose, first edition of this translation, one of 800 copies, 2pp. errata, 3pp. advertisements, 12 plates by Jean de Bosscher, some light foxing, original suede-backed cloth with suede label to upper cover, light rubbing to spine tips, otherwise excellent, original card slip-case, (some wear to extremities), 8vo, Paris, Edward Titus, 1925.
Dahl (Roald) Twitch Twitch, 4 vol., reprints, signed presentation inscriptions "Anne love Roald" from the author, original wrappers, light creasing to spine, extremities a little rubbed, slip-case, extremities rubbed, 8vo, 1976.⁂ A reprint set of Roald Dahl's short stories, each inscribed to a woman who briefly became the author's lover during a holiday cruise.
[Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge)], "Lewis Carroll". Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, 92 colour illustrations (of which 14 full-page) by Harry Rountree, upper hinge starting, original pictorial cloth, gilt, light fading to spine, minor bumping to spine ends and corners, light rubbing to extremities, but a bright and excellent example overall, 4to, 1908.
Douglas (Lord Alfred) Autograph Letter signed to Josiah Wedgwood MP, 2pp., folds, lambasting him for his "pitch of rage" against Collin Brooks, editor of The Truth, "Only, take care you don't get sacked yourself before you have realised your glorious, democratic dream of the complete suppression of free speech and a free press", Hove, Sussex, October 16th, 1941; Sonnets, first edition, typed poem "Sonnet on the Sonnet" with typed initials "A.D." at foot and single manuscript correction loosely inserted, original boards, spine ends and corners a little bumped, rubbed, 1909; Sonnets, first edition, signed presentation inscription from Stevie Smith to front free endpaper, frontispiece, light toning to margins, original cloth, spine slightly faded, 1935, 8vo (3)
NO RESERVE Douglas (Norman) In the Beginning, first English edition, 1928 § Inman (Philip) Straight Runs Harley Street, 1942 § Ingrams (Richard) John Stewart Collins, a Memoir, presentation inscription from the author to front free endpaper, 1986, first editions, original cloth, dust-jackets, light bumping and creasing to extremities; and c. 50 others, literature, v.s. (c.55)
Du Maurier (Daphne) Rebecca, second impression, light spotting, 1938; My Cousin Rachel, scattered spotting, 1951; The Scapegoat, 1957, matching modern morocco jacket designs with decorative buttons, the first two with lace frill to nape, 8vo (3)⁂ An attractive group of works by Du Maurier in matching unusual bindings.
NO RESERVE Dunning (Philip) and George Abbott. Broadway Jazz, photographic illustrations, some light foxing, original pictorial boards, short split to head of spine, corners a little bumped, light rubbing to head and foot, 8vo, Tokyo, 1930.⁂ Likely the first Japanese edition of the 1920s classic play Broadway with numerous still from the 1929 film adaptation. The covers have striking period designs of women donning makeup.
NO RESERVE Durrell (Lawrence) The Red Limbo Lingo, limited edition, slip-case, 1971; The Ikons and other poems, light browning to endpapers, dust-jacket price-clipped, 1966; Vega and other poems, dust-jacket, 1973, first editions, signed by the author, original boards, near-fine generally; and 7 others, poetry by the same, some signed, 8vo (11)
Faulks (Sebastian) Birdsong, covers with a couple of small marks, 1993; The Fatal Englishman, signed by the author, small adhesion tear to front pastedown, 1996; Human Traces, signed by the author, light adhesion remains to upper panel dust-jacket, 2005, first editions, original cloth, dust-jackets, some very light surface soiling and light sunning, mainly to spines; and five other first editions by the same, 8vo (8)
Fleming (Ian) For Your Eyes Only, first edition, title in red and black, original cloth, white embossed eye to upper cover, slight bumping to spine extremities, price-clipped dust-jacket, spine lightly toned but lettering bright, light damp-staining to lower panel, slight chipping and creasing to edges and extremities, without the usual fading to lettering, 8vo, 1960.
Fleming (Ian) The Spy Who Loved Me, ink ownership inscription, foxing to jacket, spine ends and corners a little chipped, and creased, extremities rubbed, 1962; On Her Majesty's Secret Service, jacket with very light sunning to spine, patch of staining to head, light creasing to spine ends and corners, 1963, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets, 8vo (2)
Fleming (Ian) On Her Majesty's Secret Service, book titles on half-title verso crossed through in biro, jacket with light toning to spine, light surface soiling, small chip and light creasing to head, 1963; You Only Live Twice, first issue, light browning to endpapers, jacket with light toning to spine, some light surface soiling, spine ends and corners a little chipped, some light creasing to head, 1964, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets; and 3 others James Bond, 8vo (5)
Fleming (Ian) You Only Live Twice, first state, jacket with light toning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, light creasing to head, 1964; The Man with the Golden Gun, second state plain boards, spine a little worn at head, jacket spine browned, spine ends and corners a little chipped, light creasing to head, extremities a little rubbed, 1965, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets; and a copy of Colonel Sun, 8vo (3)
Fleming (Ian).- Knight (Maxwell) Gunmen's Holiday, first edition, occasional light foxing, original cloth, 8vo, 1935.⁂ Loosely inserted is a hand-painted wooden diorama of a dalmation and chicken by G.E. Studdy (signed "G.E.S."), mounted on card with calendar (for 1938) beneath and pink ribbon above, inscribed on verso by Maxwell Knight "To Joan & Dennis [Wheatley] with all good wishes from Max". The book itself is dedicated to the Wheatleys (To J. and D.W.). Charles Henry Maxwell Knight, OBE (1900-68) was supposedly the basis for the character 'M' in Ian Fleming's James Bond novels. G(eorge) E. Studdy (1878-1948): British artist who created the cheeky cartoon dog Bonzo in 1912. Bonzo's popularity prevailed throughout the 1920s and 30s and he appeared on postcards, toys, annuals and even in silent cartoon films.
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