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Click here to subscribeRackham (Arthur).- Aesop. Fables, first edition, ownership stamp to front free endpaper, 1912 § Lamb (Charles & Mary) Tales from Shakespeare, 1909 § Rossetti (Christina) Goblin Market, 1939, illustrated by Arthur Rackham, colour plates or illustrations, first two original cloth, last original wrappers, light staining to second, spine ends bumped and creased, last spine chipped with some markings to upper cover, 4to & 8vo (3)
Auden (W.H.) Half-Way, broadside, number 68 of 75 copies signed by author and artist, illustration by Laurence Scott, light creasing, some light discolouration, a few pin-holes to edges, tape to lower edge, preserved in card chemise and custom drop-back box, folio, Cambridge, MA, Lowell-Adams House Printers, 1965.⁂ Rare broadside from these 1960s Harvard student printers whose output comprised a number of prominent literary figures including Wilde, Kerouac, Updike (in his first limited edition publication) and this work by Auden. Scott has dated his signature "XI/65" and inscribed in "For M. J. Smith"
Bellow (Saul) Dangling Man, slight shelf-lean, jacket with light sunning to spine, 1946; Seize the Day, jacket with light discolouration to spine, 1957; Herzog, jacket price-clipped, with light discolouration to spine, some chipping and creasing to spine ends and corners, 2 short closed tears to head, New York, 1964; Mr Sammler's Planet, jacket price-clipped, light creasing to head and foot, 1970, first or first English editions, original boards, dust-jackets, generally excellent examples; and 5 others by the same, 8vo (9)
Benson (Stella) Tobit Transplanted, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to front end paper, ink ownership inscription, very occasional light spotting, end papers lightly browned, green cloth, gilt spine, extremities bumped, dust-jacket, spine browned, light discolouration to panels, slightly chipped and stained, 8vo, 1931.
NO RESERVE Betjeman (John) Poems in the Porch, 1954; First and Last Loves, occasional light scattered spotting, 1952 § James (Norah C.) Tinkle the Cat, publisher's copy, 1932 § Seferis (George) The King of Asine, 1948, first editions, first two signed by Betjeman, second also signed by John Piper, original cloth or boards, dust-jackets, second torn with loss to upper cover, others with extremities chipped and creased; and c.200 others, poetry, including some journals and pamphlets etc., v.s (c.200)
NO RESERVE Bibesco (Elizabeth) Points of View, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to endpaper, original cloth, paper label to upper cover, light darkening to head, light fading to spine, dust-jacket, spine browned, spine ends and corners a little chipped, light spotting and surface soiling to panels, splash marks to upper panel, 8vo, [1919].
NO RESERVE Brickhill (Paul) Reach for the Sky. The Story of Douglas Bader, signed presentation inscription from the author on cut slip to endpaper, frontispiece detached, photographic plates, jacket spine browned, spine ends and corners a little creased and chipped, 1936 § Bowles (Paul) A Little Stone, jacket with light browning, a little chipped and creased at head, 1950, first or first English editions, original boards, dust-jacket; and 10 others, modern literature, 8vo (12)
Capote (Truman) Breakfast at Tiffany's, the odd spot, jacket spine ends and corners a little chipped, short closed tear to head of upper panel, light browning to lower panel, light rubbing to extremities, 1958; In Cold Blood, jacket with light rubbing and creasing to tips of spine and corners, 1966, first English editions, original boards, dust-jackets; and 3 others by the same, 8vo (5)
Carey (Peter) War Crimes. Short Stories, first edition, jacket with light sunning, small chip to upper joint, St. Lucia, University of Queensland Press, 1979; Oscar and Lucinda, first edition, light browning to text margins, jacket with very light sunning to spine, St. Lucia, University of Queensland Press, 1988; True History of the Kelly Gang, second printing, signed presentation inscription from the author "from a very fragile author on the morning after the Book Prize, October, 2001", 2001, original boards, dust-jackets, near-fine; and 11 others, Carey, 8vo (14)
Carr (J. L.) A Day in the Summer, first edition, signed inscription from the author "This was written as Written Work in a W. E. A. class on Great Modern Writers" to endpaper, original boards, dust-jacket, price crossed through in ink, light sunning to spine, some light soiling and toning to lower panel, rubbing and creasing to extremities, an excellent copy overall, 8vo, 1963.⁂ The author's first novel, rare signed.
Carr (J. L.) A Season in Sinji, first edition, signed inscription from the author to endpaper, ink gift inscription to endpaper, original boards, dust-jacket, very light sunning to spine, spine ends and corners a little rubbed and chipped, an excellent copy, 8vo, 1967.⁂ The author's second novel with a characteristically charming and personal inscription: "This is the best of my seven works. Much of it is time. I was written whilst my son Bob was confined to the back bedroom for five evenings each week to ready himself for A-Levels. At least I had the decency to sit with him & filled the hours by writing this."
Carr (J. L.) How Steeple Sinderby Wanderers Won the F.A. Cup, jacket with some light creasing to head, 1975; The Harpole Report, jacket with a few short tears and some creasing to head and foot, 1972; The Battle of Pollocks Crossing, jacket with very light fading to spine, light creasing to head, 1985, first editions, signed presentation inscriptions from the author, original boards, dust-jackets, excellent or near-fine; and 7 others, Carr, 8vo (10)⁂ A good group of works by Carr, many signed or inscribed, the second mentioned with an excellent lengthy inscription regarding the author's own teaching career, concluding "this novel was written as a cautionary tale for teachers - a sort of evangelical tract. Well it started off with this noble theme in mind but... well it became and odd sort of love story."
Childers (Erskine) The Riddle of the Sands, first edition, half-title, folding frontispiece map and 3 plates, 4pp. advertising at end, bookplates to pastedown, very light browning to endpapers, light scattered spotting to title and first few ff., original pictorial cloth, neat repairs to spine ends and joints, light rubbing to extremities but overall an attractive copy, housed in custom-made box, 8vo, 1903.
NO RESERVE Clarke (Arthur C.) 2001: A Space Odyssey, pencil ownership inscription of David Higham, slight shelf-lean, light toning to jacket, 1968; Reach for Tomorrow, jacket spine browned, tear to head of upper panel, spine ends and corners a little chipped, 1962; The Other Side of the Sky, jacket spine browned, rubbing and creasing to head, 1961, first or first English editions, original boards, dust-jackets, generally excellent; and 4 others by the same, 8vo (7)⁂ David Higham, literary agent, represented Arthur C. Clarke, Paul Scott, Muriel Spark, Graham Greene and others.
Cornford (Frances) Poems, first edition, initialled presentation inscription from the author to "EMD" to endpaper, light browning to endpapers, original cloth-backed boards, some bumping and light wear to spine ends and corners, spine browned, light finger-soiling to covers, Hamstead, The Priory Press, [1910].⁂ The author's first book. Cornford was rumoured to be Bertrand Russell's mistress.
Disney (Walt).- Greene (Ward) Lady and the Tramp, first edition, first printing, signed by Walt Disney on title, illustrations by Joe G. Rinaldi, spotting, light marginal toning, pink ink marking to title, ink marking and light browning to endpapers, original cloth-backed boards, slight shelf-lean, spotting to covers, light fading to spine, spine ends and corners a little bumped, lower and upper edges rubbed, dust-jacket, joints broken, spine in 2 parts with significant loss, chipping and creasing to fore-edges and head, tape repairs to extremities, 8vo, New York, 1953.⁂ The basis of the popular Disney film released in 1955, itself an expansion of Greene's short story Happy Dan, the Cynical Dog, published in Cosmopolitan magazine in 1945.
NO RESERVE Durrell (Lawrence) Cefalû, light browning to margins, 1947; Balthazar, ink ownership inscription and some foxing to endpapers, 1958; Mountolive, ink ownership inscription, 1958; Clea, ink ownership inscription to endpaper, 1960, first editions, original cloth, some darkening to spine, light rubbing to extremities; and 13 others by the same, 8vo (17)
Ekwensi (Cyprian) People of the City, first edition, neat ink ownership inscription, original boards, dust-jacket, light browning to spine, minor rubbing and chipping to tips of spine and corners, very short closed tear to head of upper panel, but an excellent example overall, 8vo, 1954.⁂ Scarce, Ekwensi's breakout debut novel which brought him to international attention. People of the City established the themes and city setting that would be further explored both by Ekwensi and by a subsequent generation of Nigerian authors.
Ekwensi (Cyprian) Jagua Nana, first edition, original boards, dust-jacket, spine sunned, some chipping to head of lower joint, short closed tear to head of upper panel, some light creasing to head, an excellent example, 8vo, 1961.⁂ Ekwensi's most popular novel, the story of a Nigerian woman working as a prostitute who falls in love with a teacher. Scarce in the bright and attractive jacket.
NO RESERVE Ferrars (Elizabeth) Murder Among Friends, jacket with short tear to head of upper panel, 1946; Always Say Die, 1956; Murder Moves In, 1956; Furnished for Murder, 1957, first editions, some browning to endpapers, original boards, dust-jackets, light browning to spines, spine ends and corners a little chipped, but generally excellent overall; and 18 others by the same, 8vo (21)
Ferrars (Elizabeth) Murder Among Friends, neat ink ownership inscription, jacket with small chip to head of upper panel, some rubbing and creasing to head and foot, 1946 § Bude (John) Trouble A-Brewing, fading to spine, jacket spine chipped and browned, chipping to corners, rubbing to extremities, [1946] § Gask (Arthur) The Man of the Death, jacket with light rubbing and creasing to head and foot, [1946], first editions, original cloth, dust-jackets, generally excellent; and 7 others, early crime fiction and similar all in dust-jackets, 8vo (10)
Fitzgerald (F. Scott) The Great Gatsby, first English edition, some occasional light marginal finger-soiling, ink ownership inscription and very light browning to endpapers, original cloth, slight shelf-lean, light darkening to spine, spine ends and corners a little bumped and frayed, light rubbing to extremities, but still a very good example, 8vo, Chatto & Windus, 1926.⁂ The scarce first English edition printed in a smaller run to the true first edition. William Collins, Fitzgerald's English publisher for his two previous novels, turned down The Great Gatsby on the grounds that it would "reduce the number of his readers rather than to increase them".
Fleming (Ian) You Only Live Twice, second state, lights sunning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, light creasing to head, surface-soiling to lower panel, 1964; The Man with the Golden Gun, jacket spine ends and corners a little chipped and creased, 1965, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets; and a first edition Octopussy and the Living Daylights, 8vo (3)
Fletcher (J. S.) Murder of the Only Witness, reprint, with the complete jig-saw puzzle, browning to endpapers, occasional spotting to margins, original cloth, fading to tip of spine, dust-jacket, some light browning, spine ends and corners a little some rubbing and creasing to extremities, 8vo, 1934.⁂ Seemingly the first edition to be issued with the jig-saw puzzle, the completion of which provided a key clue to the solution of the murder.
Fowles (John) The Collector, dust-jacket, light sunning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, some tape-staining to verso, 1963; Aristos, jacket with light toning to spine and margins, spine ends and corners a little chipped and creased, Boston, 1964; The Magus, jacket spine ends and corners a little rubbed and chipped, 1966; The French Lieutenant's Woman, jacket spine slightly dulled, 1969, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets; and 13 others, Fowles, v.s. (17)
NO RESERVE Galsworthy (John) Over The River, first large paper edition, one of 375 copies, occasional light spotting and marginal toning, original vellum-backed boards, a little rubbed and faded, 1933; Escape, few scattered spots, original wrappers, 1926, first editions, ; and another first edition of the first, 8vo & 4to (3)
NO RESERVE Saroyan (William) The Beautiful People, first edition, presentation inscription to Gene Kelly and Betsy Blair from the author to front free endpaper, endpapers lightly browned, original cloth, very small stain to upper cover, spine lightly faded, dust-jacket, price-clipped, spine lightly faded and very light creasing to spine ends but overall an excellent copy, 8vo, 1941.⁂ Inscribed "To Gene & Betsy - Sweeney & St. Agnes - with all the good wishes of Bill - 7 Nov 1941". Betsy Blair played the role of Agnes Webster in the film adaptation, and at the time Gene was negotiating the leading role of Sweeney in the Trees. Kelly was a friend and admirer of Saroyan, describing him as "a big bruiser, as regular as they come, and looks like a contended iceman".
Godden (Rumer) Gypsy Gypsy, first edition, original cloth, very slight shelf-lean, dust-jacket, some very light surface soiling, spine ends and corners chipped, significant chip to head of upper panel affecting 1 letter of title, some chipping and creasing to head and foot, some splitting to upper fore-edge, neat tape repairs to verso, 8vo, 1940.⁂ The fourth novel by the author of Black Narcissus, we can trace no other copy in the dust-jacket.
Greene (Graham) The Man Within, first edition, signed by the author, dated Nov. 22 1929 on endpaper, ink library stamp to title verso, lower hinge starting, original cloth, slight shelf-lean, light fading to spine,spine ends and corners a little bumped and frayed, 8vo, 1929.⁂ Greene's first novel, signed in the year of publication.
NO RESERVE Greene (Graham) England Made Me, light fading to spine, light rubbing and discolouration to covers, 1935; The Confidential Agent, browning to endpapers and ink stamp "Pearn, Pollinger & Higham Ltd", upper hinge starting, shelf-lean, browning to spine, some rubbing and bumping to extremities, 1939, first editions, marginal browning, original cloth, 8vo (2)
Greene (Graham).- Narayan (R. K.) The Bachelor of Arts. With an Introduction by Graham Greene, first edition, some light browning to endpapers, original cloth, some very light browning to spine, dust-jacket, spine browned, spine ends and corners chipped, light browning to panel margins, chip to head of upper panel, light rubbing to extremities, but still a very good example of a scarce jacket, 8vo, 1937.⁂ A rare Greene item. Greene was enthused with Narayan's writing and was instrumental in getting his work published, persuading Hamish Hamilton to publish the Indian author's first book Swami and Friends and then, when that failed to achieve commercial success, Nelson to publish this his second novel.
Greene (Graham) 19 Stories, browning to endpapers, jacket browned, spine ends and corners chipped, some splitting to fore-edge, creasing to head and foot, 1947; The Quiet American, ink ownership inscription of David Higham, jacket with browning, spine ends and corners chipped, creasing to head, 1955; The Comedians, pencil ownership inscription of David Higham, jacket with light browning, minor chipping to spine ends and corners, 1966, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets; and 8 others, Greene, 8vo (11)
Greene (Graham) The Potting Shed, first edition, Autograph Note signed by the author to Brenda Kaye "Thank you for all your help" in autograph envelope loosely inserted, Typed Letter signed by John Gielgud "it is good to know you are now back with the company" loosely inserted, browning and ink ownership inscription to endpaper, original cloth, dust-jacket, light fading to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, a few short tears and some creasing to head and foot, 1958; and a copy of Richard of Bordeaux signed by Gielgud, 8vo (2)⁂ Brenda Kaye was the assistant manager on the first production of The Potting Shed.
Hamilton (Patrick) Monday Morning, first edition, some light marking or discolouration to margins, some staining to head of rear endpapers and final p., original cloth, spine sunned, spine ends and corners a little bumped and frayed, 8vo, 1925.⁂ Hamilton's rare first novel, written when he was nineteen.
NO RESERVE Hasek (Jaroslav) The Good Solider: Schweik, first American edition, illustrations by Joseph Lada, ink ownership inscription to endpaper, original cloth, spine ends and corners a little bumped and frayed, light marking to covers, New York, 1930; and 4 others, Hasek and similar, 8vo (5)
NO RESERVE Hill (Reginald) Pictures of Perfection, limited edition, signed by the author, original morocco-backed boards, 1993 § Lovesey (Peter) The Last Detective, limited edition, signed by the author, original morocco-backed boards, 1991 § Graeme (Bruce) Blackshirt, original cloth, 1925 § Gash (Jonathan) The Grail Tree, ink stamp to endpaper, original boards, dust-jacket, light toning to lower panel, 1979, first editions, near-fine generally; and c.30 others, crime and thrillers, 8vo (c.35)
Hilton (James) Random Harvest, first English edition, very occasional light spotting, end papers lightly browned, ink ownership inscription to front end paper, original green cloth, gilt spine, covers lightly stained, spine and extremities browned, dust-jacket, slightly chipped and stained, spine slightly darkened, 8vo, 1941.
Household (Geoffrey) Rogue Male, first American edition, upper hinge starting, original cloth, light fading to spine, surface-soiling and splash marks to covers, dust-jacket, price-clipped, spine sunned, spine ends and corners chipped, closed tears to head with neat tape repairs to verso, rubbing and creasing to extremities, 8vo, Boston, 1939.
Kavanagh (Patrick) Come Dance with Kitty Stobling and Other Poems, original cloth, acetate dust-jacket, chipped at head, 1960 § Mew (Charlotte) The Rambling Sailor, frontispiece, original cloth, dust-jacket, light fading to spine, 1929 § Reid (Christopher) Arcadia, signed by the author on title, original wrappers, some creasing to corner, 1979, first editions; and c. 35 others mostly poetry, v.s. (c.40)
NO RESERVE Knight (Maxwell) Some of My Animals, jacket price-clipped, 1954; Bird Gardening. How to Attract Birds, 1954, some very light foxing, 1954, first editions, signed by the author, plates and illustrations, original cloth, dust-jackets, chipping and creasing to head and foot, rubbing to extremities, 8vo (2)⁂ Two works by Knight, scarce signed. Maxwell Knight (1900-68), as well as being an acclaimed naturalist and broadcaster, worked as a spymaster at MI5 and was reputedly the inspiration for Ian Fleming's 'M' as well as for Le Carré's Jack Brotherhood in A Perfect Spy.
NO RESERVE Koestler (Arthur) Darkness at Noon, browning to endpapers, original cloth, spine browned, spine ends and corners bumped and a little frayed, rubbing to extremities, marking to upper cover, 1940; Spanish Testament, light toning to margins, Left Book Club leaflet loosely inserted, light creasing to endpapers, original limp cloth, light creasing to spine, 1937, first editions; and 8 others by the same, 8vo (10)
Lawrence (Margery H.) The Terraces of Night, third impression, light spotting, some light browning to margins, remains of adhesion and ink stamp to pastedown and front free endpaper, original cloth, spine faded, spine ends and corners a little bumped, some light staining to covers, 8vo, 1936.⁂ A rare collection of horror stories.
Le Carré (John) Our Game, first edition, first printing, bookplate signed by the author to title, light marginal browning, original boards, map endpapers, dust-jacket, light rubbing to tips of spine and corners, else fine, 8vo, 1995.⁂ In the original first state dust-jacket, suppressed due to the author's dislike of the design.
Logue (Christopher) Wand and Quadrant, light fading to spine and covers, Paris, 1953; The Man Who Told His Love, one of 500 copies, Scorpion Press, 1958; Mixed Rushes, signed by the author, 1974, first editions, original wrappers, some light rubbing and creasing to extremities; and c.20 others by the same, 8vo (c.25)
London (Jack) The Call of the Wild, first English edition, illustrations by Philip R. Goodwin & Charles Livingston Bull, ink gift inscription dated 1903 to endpaper, original blue pictorial cloth, lettered in gilt, spine ends and corners a little bumped and frayed, light rubbing to extremities, but a bright, attractive copy overall, 1903; and 6 others by the same, 8vo (7)
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