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Lot 692

* Milne (A.A.). The Pooh Calendar [1930], London: Methuen, [1929], pictorial cover and 12 illustrated leaves by Ernest H.Shepard, printed in colours on card (rectos only), covers somewhat toned and spotted, a few light spots to February, fastened with tassled yellow silk cord at head, 26 x 19cm (10.25 x 7.5ins), contained in original brown printed pictorial publisher's envelope, somewhat toned and dust-soiled, edge-frayed with some small chips, flap with 3cm closed tearQty: (1)NOTESScarce with the original envelope.

Lot 693

* Milne (A.A.). The Very Young Calendar 1930 ..., London: Methuen, [1929], pictorial cover and 12 illustrated leaves by Ernest H.Shepard, printed in colours on card (rectos only), covers somewhat toned and spotted, a few light spots to January, fastened with tassled blue silk cord at head, 25.5 x 20.5cm (10 x 8ins), contained in original blue printed publisher's envelope, somewhat toned and dust-soiled, with a little edge-frayingQty: (1)NOTESScarce with the original envelope.

Lot 694

Nicholson (William). London Types, William Heinemann, 1898, 12 colour lithograph plates, advertisement leaf at rear, light offsetting to text, occasional light marks to margins, endpapers spotted, hinges split, red edges, gutter percha perished and replaced with later stitching, original cloth-backed boards, soiled, head of spine frayed, edges showing, large 4toQty: (1)

Lot 696

Outhwaite (Ida Rentoul, illustrator). Elves and Fairies ..., Verses by Annie R. Rentoul, Selected Edition, Melbourne & Sydney: Lothian Book Publishing, 1919, 6 full-page colour illustrations, numerous black & white illustrations including 15 full-page, 'book belongs to' box neatly filled in, stitching strained, rear hinge cracked, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, toned with some light spotting, back cover a trifle rubbed or dented, slim 4toQty: (1)

Lot 699

Potter (Beatrix). The Pie and the Patty-Pan, 1st edition, London & New York: Warne, 1905, 1st issue (with date on title and mottled lavender endpapers), colour and black & white illustrations, occasional spotting (mainly to gutters), endpapers and half-title toned and spotted, stitching strained, original brown boards, front cover with inset illustration, extremities rubbed, some splitting to both joints, small 4to, together with: The Roly-Poly Pudding, 1st edition, London & New York: Warne, 1908, 2nd issue (title with date but without 'All rights reserved'), colour and black & white illustrations, some occasional light spotting, one leaf with short closed edge tear at foot, toned half-title with early ink manuscript inscription, original red cloth, front cover with inset illustration, lightly rubbed in places, spine somewhat faded, front cover marked at upper left corner, small 4to, plus: Ginger & Pickles, 1st edition, London & New York: Warne, 1909, 1st or 2nd issue (with date on title), colour and black & white illustrations, occasional minor finger-soiling or light spotting, front pastedown with contemporary ink manuscript inscription, original buff boards, front cover with colour pictorial panel, extremities very lightly rubbed, spine a little browned, front cover upper corner slightly bumped, small 4to, and a later printing of The Pie and the Patty-Pan, with pie and patty-pan endpapers, and front cover with image of Ribby sitting by the fireQty: (4)NOTESLinder, p.425 & 427 & 428 & 425 respectively; Quinby 9 & 15 & 17 & 9A respectively.

Lot 703

Potter (Beatrix). The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies, 1st edition, London: Warne, 1909, early issue (with date on title, notice board on p.14 and printer's imprint on p.[86]), half-title, colour illustrations throughout, scarce light finger-soiling, first and last few leaves with minor stain at upper outer corner, pictorial endpapers, front pastedown with ink manuscript price at head, original brown boards, front cover with inset colour pictorial panel, both boards with small stain to upper outer corners, spine with loss at head (affecting 'The'), 16mo, together with 15 Beatrix Potter later editions (but all before May 1919), comprising 12 different titlesQty: (17)NOTESLinder p.428; Quinby 16. Frederick Warne and Co. of London were incorporated in May 1919, therefore these books which all have the imprint Frederick Warne and Co (without 'Ltd.' at the end) were published before that date.

Lot 705

Potter (Beatrix). The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes, 1st edition, London: Warne, 1911, first or second printing (with date on title), half-title, colour illustrations throughout, occasional light finger-soiling, pictorial endpapers, front pastedown with booksellers ticket at foot, stitching slightly showing, original brown boards, front cover with inset colour pictorial panel, extremities very lightly rubbed, front cover with tiny mark, 16moQty: (1)NOTESLinder p.429; Quinby 20.

Lot 707

Potter (Beatrix). The Tale of Pigling Bland, 1st edition, London: Warne, 1913, first or second issue (with date on title), half-title, 15 colour plates (including frontispiece), black & white illustrations to text, sparse light finger-soiling, pictorial endpapers, front free endpaper with contemporary ink ownership inscription and small skinned spot (corresponding to small previously adhered spot on pastedown), stitching somewhat strained, edges lightly spotted, original grey-green boards, front cover with inset colour pictorial panel and a couple of minor marks, corners a trifle bumped, 16moQty: (1)NOTESLinder p.429; Quinby 22.

Lot 710

Potter (Beatrix). The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse, 1st edition, London: Warne, [1918], with 'London' printed correctly on the title-page, but also p.39 with quotes before first line and p.51 without quotes before first line, half-title, colour illustrations throughout, title blank verso stained, p.8 blank reverse with partial ink manuscript inscription, some finger-soiling or marks, one plate with corner crease, first few text leaves with strike-through of text from reverse, pictorial endpapers, original grey-green boards, with inset colour pictorial panel to upper cover, rear cover lightly scratched and pinholed, spine split along front joint, 16mo, together with: The Tale of Mrs Tittlemouse, Facsimile Notebook, London: Decimus Publishing, 1979, 10 tipped-in plates (most colour, one double-page), original straight-grain morocco gilt, contained in original gilt-pictorial slipcase, small 8vo (limited edition 264/500 copies), plus: The Tailor of Gloucester, A Facsimile of the Original Manuscript and Illustrations, London: Warne, 1968, a few light spots at front and rear, original gilt-lettered cloth, in clear plastic dust jacket (closed tear to front panel), contained in original pictorial slipcase (somewhat dust-soiled), 4to, (limited edition 162/1500 copies), with a quantity of Beatrix Potter later editions and related, including A History of the Writings of Beatrix Potter, by Leslie Linder, Warne, 1971Qty: (Approx. 120)NOTESFirst item: Linder, p.430; Quinby 25.

Lot 716

Rackham (Arthur, illustrator). The Rhinegold and The Valkyrie. By Richard Wagner. Translated by Margaret Armour, 1st edition thus, trade issue, London: William Heinemann, 1910, 34 tipped-in colour plates, captioned tissue-guards, strip of offsetting from adhesive to text-leaf following each plate, occasional spotting, original tan pictorial cloth gilt, light fraying to head of spine, a few marks, 4to, together with: Siegfried and the Twilight of the Gods. By Richard Wagner. Translated by Margaret Armour, 1st edition thus, trade issue, London: William Heinemann, 1911, 30 tipped-in colour plates, strip of offsetting from adhesive to text-leaf following each plate, occasional spotting, original tan pictorial cloth gilt, spine faded, light cockling to rear cover, 4to, Book of Pictures. With an Introduction by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, 1st edition, trade issue, London: William Heinemann, 1913, 44 tipped-in colour plates, captioned tissue-guards, free endpapers browned, ownership inscription (Cecil Rice) to front free endpaper, original grey pictorial cloth gilt, front board bowed, continuous dent in fore edges of both boards and of text-block, 4to, Little Brother and Little Sister. And Other Tales by the Brothers Grimm, 1st edition thus, London: Constable & Co Ltd, 1917, 12 tipped-in colour plates, free endpapers browned, ownership inscription (Cecil Rice) to half-title, original green pictorial cloth gilt, 4to, and 2 others, including T. C. Porter, Impressions of America, 1st edition, 1899, stereoscopic halftone plates from photographs, wood-framed viewing glasses in end-pocket, ownership inscription of David Talbot Rice dated March 1921 to front free endpaper, original two-tone cloth, ties lacking, 8vo, number 28 of 150 copies signed by the authorQty: (6)NOTESProvenance: David Talbot Rice (1903-1972), English archaeologist and historian; thence by descent. Latimore & Haskell pp. 36-7 (Rhinegold, Siegfried), 42 (Book of Pictures), 47 (Little Brother).

Lot 718

Rackham (Arthur, illustrator). Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, by J.M. Barrie, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1906, 50 tipped-in colour plates, closed tear to first tissue guard, some light spotting to text, original russet cloth gilt, one corner a little bumped, joints and edges slightly rubbed, 4toQty: (1)

Lot 719

Rackham (Arthur, illustrator). Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, by J.M. Barrie, 5th edition, 1908, 50 tipped-in colour plates, frontispiece and half title detached, original cloth gilt, spine s little rubbed and darkened with small tears at ends, light edge wear, 4to, together with Attwell (Mabel Lucie, illustrator). Peter Pan and Wendy, by J.M. Barrie, Hodder & Stoughton, circa 1920, 12 tipped-in colour plates, hinges tender, front endpaper with previous owner signature detaching with clear tape reinforcement at gutter, original yellow pictorial cloth, spine a little rubbed and faded at ends, 8vo, with three others illustrated including Jessie Willcox Smith's The Water Babies, by Charles Kingsley, Boots the Chemist edition circa 1929 (with cleat tape reinforcements), Robinson Crusoe, illustrated by N.C. Wyeth, David McKay Company, Philadelphia, circa 1920 and A Book of Old Ballads, by Beverley Nichols, illustrated by H.M. Brock, 1934Qty: (5)

Lot 720

Rackham (Arthur, illustrator). The Ingoldsby Legends, Mirth & Marvels by Thomas Ingoldsby, London: J.M. Dent, 1907, 24 tipped-in colour plates, a little light spotting and toning to text, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, original vellum gilt, lacking ties, covers a little bowed, 4toQty: (1)NOTESLimited signed edition 451/560.

Lot 721

Wain (Louis). Big Dogs Little Dogs Cats and Kittens, London-Paris-New York: Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd., [1903], 10 full-page and 1 double-page chromolithographed illustrations, numerous black & white illustrations, generally browned with some light spotting in places, occasional finger-soiling, stitching strained, front hinge cracked, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, rubbed and somewhat soiled, corners showing, slim folioQty: (1)

Lot 731

* Sambourne (Edward Linley, 1844-1910). The wine drinking Spaniard and the water drinking Moor, pen and black ink on thick card, depicting two knights on horseback jousting, with onlookers, signed and dated July 1887 to lower right, some light spotting towards edges, verso with red ink manuscript title, 15 x 24.5cm (6 x 9.75ins) mount aperture, window-mounted with hinged card front cover (with label to upper corner 'E6056'), together with:Ibid. Free Trade, Protection, and Retaliation, pen and black ink on card, depicting a lady and gentleman in historical costume, signed and dated 1904 to lower right, original artwork for a cartoon that appeared in Punch 27th October 1904, entitled 'Southampton Revels', a few light spots to edges, lower blank margin with card and glue residue, sheet size 31.5 x 24.5cm (12.5 x 9.75ins), mounted, plus:Ibid., The Aquittal [sic] of Sipido, pen & ink on card, unsigned, original artwork for a cartoon that appeared in Punch 15th August 1900, entitled 'The Stain on the Belgian Flag, The acquittal of Sipido', and 3 other original drawings, mostly pen and ink (one also with pencil), including: 'An Assisted Elopement' by H.M. Brock; Invitation Card (unfinished) by Linley Sambourne; and an illustration by A. S. BoydQty: (6)Note: Attribution of third item amended, and additional information added to second item.

Lot 732

* Wain (Louis, 1860-1939). Cat watching for chickens, pencil, pen & ink, heightened with body colour, on pale cream wove paper, depicting a crouched cat watching a chicken house in an orchard, signed in pencil to lower left, verso with pencilled 'No. 8' (circled), and 'Louis Wain's Annual' centrally, also with blue pencil '40.' in blue pencilled square to upper left corner, and with pencilled '2675[7?]' to upper right corner, some very light surface or handling marks, sheet size 34 x 25cm (13.25 x 10ins), adhered to window mount with brown gummed tape, with separate backboardQty: (1)

Lot 736

* Baynes (Pauline, 1922-2008). Dogs through the Ages, circa 1960s, gouache and graphite on artist's board (stamped to verso George Rowney & Co. Ltd. 'Diana Fashion Plate Board'), signed lower right, some light handling marks and minor soiling, mainly to edges, image size 294 x 463 mm (11.5 x 18.25 ins), sheet size 364 x 503 mm (14.3 x 19.75 ins)Qty: (1)

Lot 738

* Cotter (Rita, 20th century). Children at play, a pair of original watercolour illustrations on paper, depicting various small scenes of children playing, including feeding ducks, watching toy boats, going fishing, etc., with handwritten calligraphic verses from A Child's Garden of Verses, by Robert Louis Stevenson, each signed to lower right, one dated 1949, a few minor spots, one with very light dampstain to extreme lower blank margin, each 52 x 35 cm (20.5 x 13.75 ins), framed and glazedQty: (2)NOTESRita Cotter studied at the Glasgow School of Art between 1929-1932.

Lot 752

Chiswick Press. Sonnets, by Alfred Forman, printed for private circulation only, Chiswick Press, 1886, one or two minor spots, original limp vellum, slight soiling, small 4to, limited edition 49/50 signed by Charles Whittingham, printer, together with [Roy, William]. [Burying of the Mass - Satire on priesthood, especially Cardinal Wolsey]. Rede me and be nott wrothe for I say no thynge but trothe..., [reprinted by Charles Whittingham, Chiswick, 1845], satirical colour arms of Wolsey to title, printed in black letter, some light spotting, untrimmed, bookplates including Bernard Warrington, Pickering Collection, old bookseller cutting tipped-in at front, original cloth, chipped label to spine, loss at foot of spine, upper joint splitting, some fading, 8vo, limited facsimile edition of 100 copies (facsimile edition of the original first published in Strasbourg in 1528), plus Cuala Press. Lords and Commons. Translations from the Irish, by Frank O'Connor, The Cuala Press, Dublin, 1838, title with vignette in red, original cloth-backed boards (spine a little spotted), 8vo, with others including Happy Christmas, by E., P. and J. Gill, D., S. and M. Pepler, S. Dominic's Press, 1919, A Song about Tsar Ivan Vasilyevitch, Aquila Press, 1929, limited edition 112/750 (rebacked), and The Chorle and the Birde. Done into English from the French by Master John Lydgate, Swan Press, 1929, limited edition 97/100Qty: (19)

Lot 755

Flint (Sir William Russell, illust.). The Song of Songs Which is Solomon's, London: Philip Lee Warner publisher to the Medici Society, 1909, 10 mounted colour plates (including frontispiece), tissue-guards, light spotting to endpapers, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original limp vellum, silk-ties, minor spotting, slim 4toQty: (1)NOTESLimited edition 475/500 printed on hand-made Riccardi paper.

Lot 756

Freedman (Barnett, 1901-1958, illustrator). A bound volume of proof lithographs for Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy, translated by Constance Garnett, printed for the members of The Limited Editions Club at the University Press, Cambridge, 1951, bound volume of proof lithographs only, containing colour lithograph frontispiece, 2 titlepages, and 58 colour lithograph illustrations, many printed recto and verso, top edge gilt, original quarter black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, with slipcase (some minor marks and light waterstain), 8vo, together with Mayne (Jonathan). Barnett Freedman (English Masters of Black and White), London, Art and Technics, 1948, inscribed 'to Humphrey from Barnett May 1948', torn and frayed dust wrapper, 8voQty: (2)NOTESPresentation copy from Barnett Freedman, with handwritten inscription to front blank: 'Proofs of Lithographs for Tolstoy's Anna Karenina, Limited Editions Club, U.S.A. Covers, Endpapers, Title - pages and Half titles, for Humphrey from Barnett, July 14 1953'. The artist is known to have had a few sets of proofs of his illustrations made for presentation to friends. A similar copy inscribed by the artist to another recipient was sold in these rooms in June 2018.

Lot 757

Golden Cockerel Press. Lucretia Borgia. The Chronicle of Tebaldeo Tebaldei - Renaissance Period - by Algernon Charles Swinburne, Commentary and Notes by Randolph Hughes, Golden Cockerel Press, 1942, wood-engravings by Reynolds Stone, presentation inscription from Randolph Hughes to Terence East, 1943 at front, top edge gilt, original cream buckram gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, spine a little darkened, some light dust-soiling, folioQty: (1)NOTESLimited edition 90/350.

Lot 766

Old Stile Press. The Ballad of Judas Iscariot, by Robert Buchanan 1841-1901, The Old Stile Press, 1982, linocut illustrations by J. Martin Pitts, original cloth-backed boards, slipcase, 4to, limited edition 70/100, signed by the artist, together with Allen Press. Jealousy. Rhythmic Themes by Alain Robbe-Grillet, Allen Press, Kentfield, California, 1971, illustrations by Michèle Forgeois, original illustrated boards, one or two light marks, 4to, limited edition of 140, plus Enitharmon Press. Poems, by Harold Pinter, Enitharmon Press, 1968, errata slip loosely inserted, original morocco-backed boards, small 4to, limited signed edition 15/200, with other private press including Rampant Lion Press, Grabhorn Press etcQty: (21)

Lot 770

Twelve by Eight Press. Reflections from the Sea, by J.G. Lubbock, The Twelve by Eight Press, Leicester, 1971, 11 double and single page plates, some light offsetting, top edge gilt, original blue morocco gilt, slipcase, 4to, limited signed edition 56/85, together with Whittington Press. Hellmuth Weissenborn. Painter & Graphic Artist, Whittington Press/Bahman & Turner, 1976, colour illustrations, original cloth, slipcase (a little rubbed), 4to, limited signed edition 86/200, plus Fleece Press. Endeavours & Experiments. John Buckland Wright's essays in woodcut and colour engraving, together with other blocks remaining in his studio, by Christopher Buckland Wright, The Fleece Press, 2004, colour and monochrome illustrations, original cloth-backed boards, slipcase, 4to, limited edition of 150 (from a total edition of 300), with other private press including S.T.E. Lawrence. Boxwood Blockmaker, Whittington Press, 1980, limited edition 216/250, Gold & Books, illustrated by Rigby Graham, Brewhouse Press, 1969, limited edition of 250, Thomas Gray's An Ode on a Favourite Cat Drowned in a Tub of Goldfishes, Incline Press, 2001, limited edition 62/150 and Charles Flores Correspondences, monotypes by Rigby Graham, Cog Press, 1973, limited edition 35/150Qty: (18)

Lot 771

Verlaine (Paul). La Bonne Chanson, Paris: Creuzevault, 1936, 21 dry point etchings by Hermine David, gilt patterned fly-leaves, gilt patterned green material endpapers, light brown morocco hinges, top edge gilt with remaining edges rough trimmed and gilt, near-contemporary light brown morocco by A. Godon, decorative design in gilt to upper cover of wheat heads and stems, in chemise with light brown morocco spine and fore-edge strip, gilt patterned sides, contained in matching slipcase, 8voQty: (1)NOTESLimited edition 92/415 copies on Rives paper.

Lot 774

Asimov (Isaac). Pebble in the Sky, 1st edition, Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, 1950, occasional minor spotting, clear tape marks to endpapers, original grey cloth, spine lettered in red (slight clear tape residue to extremities), dust jacket, folds and edges a little rubbed, slight marginal toning, 8vo, the author's first book, together with Foundation, 1st UK edition, London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1953, some light spotting, contemporary previous owner inscription, original cloth, dust jacket, some fading to spine, medium repaired tear to front panel, slight soiling to rear panel, 8vo, plus other Asimov including Robots and Empire, 1st edition, 1985 and others, ex-libris and paperbacks etcQty: (13)

Lot 775

Asimov (Isaac). I, Robot, 1st edition, New York: Gnome Press, [1950], marginal red stain to rear pastedown and endpaper, light spotting to fore edges, original red cloth, rear cover with damp stain towards lower corner, dust jacket, spine and front panel margins faded to grey, clear tape reinforcement at head and foot to verso, small tear and loss to rear panel, small tears and nicks to edges, damp stain at foot of rear panel and flap, 8voQty: (1)

Lot 776

Asimov (Isaac). I, Robot, 1st UK Grayson & Grayson edition, 1952, original cloth, dust jacket, small abrasion to front panel (from sticker removal?), a little rubbed with small chips, 8vo (the first UK edition was published by Dennis Dobson in 1950), together with Capote (Truman). Breakfast at Tiffany's, 1st UK edition, London: Hamish Hamilton, 1958, a little light spotting and toning, contemporary presentation inscription to front endpaper, original cloth, price-clipped dust jacket, spine ends chipped, light spotting to rear panel, 8vo, plus Nabokov (Vladimir). Lolita, 1st UK edition, London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1959, small clear tape residue marks to rear pastedown, original cloth, dust jacket, edges slightly rubbed, 8vo, with four others: F. Scott Fitzgerald's Tender is the Night, 1st UK re-issue, Grey Walls, 1953, Herman Wouk's The Caine Mutiny, 1st US edition, 1951, Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisited, 1st US trade edition, 1945 and a paperback reprint of Isaac Asimov's The Martian Way and other science fiction stories, 1971 (signed by the author)Qty: (7)

Lot 777

Asimov (Isaac). Foundation Trilogy: Foundation, 1951; Foundation and Empire, 1952; Second Foundation, 1953, 1st editions, New York: Gnome Press, Foundation with minor stains to endpapers, original navy cloth, upper cover with small spiral galaxy design in red, red lettering to spine, dust jacket priced at $2.75, with spelling error 'Hari Sheldon' (for 'Hari Seldon') to front flap and advertising 3 books on rear panel, a few small chips and tears to spine ends, rear panel and folds, clear tape marks to jacket verso (with show-through to rear panel and flaps), 8vo; Foundation and Empire with small stains to rear pastedown, original red cloth, small galaxy design in black to upper cover, spine lettered in black (edges a little rubbed, a few small stains to covers), dust jacket priced at $2.75, rear panel listing 26 titles, spine ends and folds with small chips and tears, clear tape repairs to verso (with show-through to panels and flaps), 8vo; Second Foundation with light spotting to fore edges, small insect damage at gutter of front endpaper, original blue cloth, spine lettered in brown (spine faded, edges rubbed, light stains to covers), dust jacket priced at $2.75, listing 25 titles on rear panel, a few nicks and chips at spine ends, a few minor stains, 8vo, together with seven others by Asimov, including The Stars Like Dust, 1st edition, 1951, Pebble in the Sky, 1951 reprint, Foundation's Edge, 1983, Foundation and Earth, 1986, and Prelude to Foundation, 1988 (the last three all 1st UK editions)Qty: (10)

Lot 778

Beckett (Samuel). En Attendant Godot, Paris: Les Editions de Minuit, 9th edition, circa 1953, some toning and a few leaves with small chips and tears, original wrappers, glassine wrapper, some tears and losses, 8vo, together with All That Fall, 1st edition, London: Faber & Faber, 1957, original wrappers, spine and rear panel a little faded, 8vo, plus Poems in English, 1st edition, London: John Calder, 1961, light partial offsetting to endpapers, original cloth (spine tips faded), dust jacket, spine a little faded, 8vo, with others by Beckett including Happy Days, 1962, How It Is, 1964, Eh Joe & Other Writings, 1967, First Love, 1973 and All Strange Away, 1979, and The Letters of Samuel Beckett, edited by Martha Dow Fehsenfeld and others, 4 volumes, mixed editions, CUP, 2009-2016Qty: (38)

Lot 779

Booker Prize. A collection of winners and short-listed, 1975-2017, including first edition winners Heat & Dust, by Ruth Jhabvala, 1975, Rites of Passage, by William Golding, 1980, Schindler's Ark, by Thomas Keneally, 1982, Oscar and Lucinda, by Peter Carey, 1988, The Remains of the Day, by Kazuo Ishiguro, 1989 (signed by the author), The Famished Road, by Ben Okri, 1991, Last Orders, by Graham Swift, 1996 (signed by the author), Amsterdam, by Ian McEwan, 1998, Disgrace, by J.M. Coetzee, 1999, The Blind Assassin, by Margaret Attwood, 2000, True History of the Kelly Gang, by Peter Carey, 2001, Vernon God Little, by DBC Pierre, 2003, The Line of Beauty, by Alan Hollinghurst, 2004, The Inheritance of Loss, by Kiran Desai, 2006, White Tiger, 2008, Bringing Up the Bodies, by Hilary Mantel, 2012, and The Narrow Road to the Deep North, by Richard Flanagan, 2013, one or two textblocks a little toned, light fading to a few spines, a couple of jackets price-clipped, 8vo, together with short-listers including John Banville, Anne Enright, Sarah Waters, Iris Murdoch, Julian Barnes, Howard Jacobson, Kazuo Ishiguro, Ian McEwan, Salman Rushdie, Rohinton Mistry, Thomas Keneally, Graham Swift, Murial Spark, A S Byatt, Kingslet Amis, Barry Unsworth, Zadie Smith et al, some later impressions or reprints, Canadian editions,etc, a couple signedQty: (93)

Lot 780

Bradbury (Ray). The Silver Locusts, 1st UK edition, London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1951, a little spotting to endpapers, original cloth, dust jacket, a few minor nicks and tears, light toning to rear panel, 8vo, together with Heinlein (Robert A.) The Green Hills of Earth, 1st edition, Chicago: Shasta Publishers, 1951, original cloth, dust jacket, small nicks and tears at spine ends, small insect damage at foot of rear flap and spine, 8vo, plus Brunner (John). The Wrong End of Time, 1st US edition, New York: Doubleday and Company, 1971, typescript note tipped-in at front (with small clear tape mark), original cloth, dust jacket, slight dust-soiling to rear panel, 8vo, inscribed by the author to title, 1973, with other science fiction including Robert Heinlein's Time for the Stars, 1st UK edition, 1963, Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game, 1st UK edition, 1985 (rebound in contemporary faux morocco) and Kim Stanley Robinson's Red Mars, 1st UK edition, 1992Qty: (42)

Lot 781

Brockway (Fenner). Workers' Front, 1st edition, London: Secker and Warburg, 1938, original red cloth, 8vo, together with Shaw (George Bernard). An Unsocial Socialist, 1st edition, 2nd state, London: Swan Sonnenschein, Lowrey & Co., 1887, 2nd state with title error corrected and appendix at end, a few spots, bookplate of May Crawley, original dark red variant binding, spine rubbed with tears at end, light edgewear, 8vo, plus George Gissing's Demos. A Story of English Socialism, new edition, 1888Qty: (3)NOTESThe first book, Workers' Front by Fenner Brockway signed by the author and 12 members of the Independent Labour Party, including James Maxton, F.W. Jowett, Percy Williams, Sam Leckie, John McGovern, John Aplin, Kate Spurrell (signs twice), John McNair (signs twice), Tom Reed, Campbell Stephen, James Carmichael and M. Winifred Evans. The Independent Labour Party voted to disaffiliate itself from the Parliamentary Labour Party in 1932, also founding the International Revolutionary Marxist Centre, chaired by Fenner Brockway. Other notable members included the Pankhursts (Sylvia, Christabel and Emmeline), George Orwell, Oswald Mosley and A.E. Coppard.

Lot 782

Brooke (Rupert). 1914 and Other Poems, 1st edition, London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1915, portrait frontispiece by Sherril Schell, spare label tipped-in at end, a little light spotting to fore edges, front endpaper with light partial offsetting, original cloth, paper label to spine, dust jacket, spine rubbed with some toning, repairs to verso, a few small tears and marks, contained in chemise and contemporary green morocco-backed slipcase (spine a little darkened and rubbed), 8voQty: (1)NOTESKeynes 6. 1000 copies printed.

Lot 784

Buchan (John). The Power-House, 1st edition, Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood, 1916, small marginal tear and loss to p. 17, a few minor spots, light toning to endpapers, original red cloth, very slight fading to spine, dust jacket, tears and losses to front and rear panels and spine, reinforcements to verso, 8voQty: (1)NOTESVery scarce in the dust jacket. The first 'Edward Leithen' novel.

Lot 785

Buchan (John). The Dancing Floor, [1926]; Castle Gay, 1930, The Blanket of the Dark, 1931; The Gap in the Curtain, 1932; The Magic Walking Stick, 1932 A Prince of Captivity, 1933; The Free Fishers, 1934; The House of the Four Winds, 1935; The Island of Sheep, 1936, Sick Heart River, 1941, 1st editions, occasional minor spotting, bookplate to House of the Four Winds, original cloth, dust jackets, The Magic Walking Stick price-clipped, a few jackets with small repairs to spines to verso, light fading to one or spines, a few small tears and stains, 8voQty: (10)

Lot 787

Chandler (Raymond). The Long Good-Bye, 1st UK edition, London: Hamish Hamilton, 1953, a little minor spotting, original cloth, dust jacket, spine ends chipped, small split along one fold, repairs to verso, 8vo, together with Tolkien (J.R.R.) Tree and Leaf, 1st edition, London: George Allen & Unwin, 1964, advertisements at end, a little light spotting, original cloth, dust jacket, spine faded, small nicks and light spotting, 8vo, plus Eliot (T.S.) The Confidential Clerk, 1st edition, London: Faber & Faber, 1954, 1st issue with 'Ihad' to p. 7, original cloth (some fading), dust jacket, spine toned, small tear, 8vo, with others including Hand and Flower Press. Poems in Pamphlet. A New Anthology for 1951, designed and edited by Erica Marx (with Charles Causley's farewell Aggie Weston inscribed by the poet to Victor Bonham Carter (1913-2007, author and publisher), with a typed letter from Causley to Bonham Carter dated 1955, enclosing the poem and discussing other literary matters, loosely inserted, H.M. Bateman's The M.F.H. Who Ran Riot!, [1930], two original cartoons by Thomas Bert, 1930's signed, plus some Curwen Press publications including The London Music Festival 1939 designed by E. McKnight Kauffer, Curwen's Modulator folding proof design, limited edition 2/6, 1994 and others by Stuart McMinn, Edward Bawden etcQty: (25)

Lot 788

Chandler (Raymond). The Raymond Chandler Omnibus, 1st edition, London: Hamish Hamilton, 1953, light partial offsetting to rear endpaper, original blue cloth, dust jacket, spine ends a little rubbed, cloth slipcase, 8voQty: (1)NOTESPresentation copy, inscribed by the author to his landlord, 'To Thomas Wylly, the world's nicest landlord. With my love, Raymond Chandler, Dec 26th, 1959, La Jolla, California'.

Lot 789

Childers (Erskine). The Riddle of the Sands. A Record of Secret Service Recently Received, edited by Erskine Childers, 1st Colonial edition, London & Bombay: George Bell & Sons, 1903, folding map frontispiece, 3 other maps and charts, 4 pp. Bell's Colonial Editions & 16 pp. Bell's Indian & Colonial Library (dated October 1902) advertisements at rear, small inscription erased from title, grey stub from where advertisement previously attached inserted before half title, endpapers a little toned, original red cloth, spine slightly darkened, one or two small light stains, 8voQty: (1)NOTESThe first Colonial edition of the classic spy thriller, published in the same year as the first English edition (published by Smith, Elder & Company).

Lot 790

Christie (Agatha). The Big Four, 1927; Parker Pyne Investigates, 1st editions, light spotting to fore edges, original cloth , spines a little faded, small split to Big Four lower joint, 8vo, together with Warden (Florence). The Face in the Flashlight, 1st edition, 1905, some light spotting and toning, original pictorial cloth, a little rubbed with light stains, 8vo, plus King (Frank). The House of Sleep, 1st edition, [1934], some light spotting, original cloth, dust jacket, small nicks and tears, 8vo, with other crime fiction including Dennis Parry's Attic Meteor, 1936, Elizabeth Nisot's False Witness, [1938], Leslie Ford's Honolulu Murder Story, 1947, Arthur Gask's The Storm Breaks, [1949], Alan Hunter's Gently Does It, 1955 (signed by George Gently actor Martin Shaw), Dennis Barr's A Dock Brief, 1928 H.E. Rayner's The Hamadryad, 1936, Peers Elliott's Trust the Police, 1939 and Sidney Horler's Exit the Disguiser, 1948Qty: (27)

Lot 791

Christie (Agatha). The Hollow, 1946; Destination Unknown, 1954; Hickory Dickory Dock, 1955; Ordeal by Innocence, 1958; Cats Among the Pigeons, 1959; The Pale Horse, 1961; 1st editions, Collins Crime Club, a few light spots and previous owner inscriptions, original cloth, dust jackets, some fading to spines, a few chips and tears, 8vo, together with Marsh (Ngaio). Spinsters in Jeopardy, 1954; Scales of Justice, 1955; Off With His Head, 1957; Singing in the Shrouds, 1959; False Scent, 1960; Hand in Glove, 1962, 1st editions, Collins Crime Club, a little light spotting, previous owner inscription to Singing in the Shrouds, original cloth, Spinsters spine a little stained, dust jackets, Hand in Glove price-clipped, a few small chips and tears, 8vo, with other Collins Crime Club including Agatha Christie, Ngaio Marsh, Nicholas Blake, Catherine Arley, Harry Carmichael, Julian Symons, Gavin Black, Donald Mackenzie and others, plus some Gollancz yellow jacket detective fictionQty: (approximately 130)

Lot 793

Davis (Lindsey). The Silver Pigs, Shadows in Bronze, Venus in Copper, The Iron Hand of Mars, & Poseidon's Gold, 5 volumes, 1st editions, 1989-92, each signed by the author to title page, all original cloth gilt in dust wrapper, VG, together with Last Act in Palmyra, Time to Depart, A Dying Light in Corduba, 2 For The Lions, One Virgin Too Many, Ode to a Banker, and A Body in the Bathhouse, all 1st editions, 1994-2001, all signed by the author, plus 13 others by Lindsey Davis, including 5 signed, all original cloth in dust wrappers, VG, plus Mallinson (Allan). A Close Run Thing, 1st edition, 1999 (2 copies), both signed, plus 11 other Allen Mallinson titles, all signed, all original cloth in dust wrapper, 8vo, VG, and other contemporary fiction, including Donna Leon, 24 titles, all 1st editions, all signed by the author, original cloth in dust wrappers, 8vo, VG, and Peter Smalley, Julian Stockwin, Harry Sidebottom, Anthony Riches, etc., many signed, all original cloth in dust wrappers, 8vo, VGQty: (120)

Lot 797

Du Maurier (Daphne). Jamaica Inn, 1st edition, London: Victor Gollancz, 1936, half title, a little light spotting mainly to fore edges, cream and brown calf leather novelty binding in the form of a gentleman's dinner jacket with four miniature death's head buttons, 8voQty: (1)

Lot 799

Durrell (Lawrence). Mountolive, 1958; Clea, 1960, 1st editions, London: Faber and Faber, a few light spots to fore edges, contemporary previous owner inscription and small clear tape marks to Clea front endpaper, small abrasions to pastedowns, original cloth, small chips at spine ends, Mountolive joints a little rubbed, 8vo, together with Amis (Kingsley). That Uncertain Feeling, 1955; The Egyptologists, 1965; I Wani It Now, 1968; The Riverside Villas Murder, 1973, 1st editions, light spotting to That Uncertain Feeling, original cloth (some fading to That Uncertain Feeling spine ends), dust jackets, I Want It Now price-clipped, tears and losses to That Uncertain Feeling spine, 8vo, plus others including George Orwell's Coming Up For Air, 1st US edition, New York, 1950, William Golding's The Spire, 1964, and The Pyramid, 1967 James Hilton's To You Mr. Chips, 1938 and others by Alan Sillitoe, Angus Wilson, Graham Swift, Salman Rushdie, Julian Barnes, Martin Amis, Peter Ackroyd, Anthony Burgess et alQty: (approximately 120)

Lot 802

Faulks (Sebastian). A Trick of the Light, 1984; The Girl at the Lion D'Or, 1989; Birdsong, 1993, 1st editions, original cloth, dust jackets, 8vo, A Trick of the Ligh and The Girl at the Lion D'Or both signed to title by the author, together with 9 others by Sebastian Faulks including Human Traces, 2005 (limited signed edition of 1000 in original shrinkwrap) and Engleby, 2007 (limited signed edition 250/1500)Qty: (12)

Lot 803

Faulks (Sebastian). A Trick of the Light, 1st edition, London: Bodley Head, 1984, original cloth, dust jacket, tiny closed tears at spine ends, 8vo,Qty: (1)NOTESSigned by the author to title, his first book.

Lot 804

Fermor (Patrick Leigh). A Time of Gifts, 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1977, portrait frontispiece, double-page map, inscription erased at head of front endpaper, original blue cloth gilt, price-clipped dust jacket, spine a little faded and rubbed at ends with small tears, 8vo, signed by the author to title, together with Psychoundakis (George). The Cretan Runner. His Story of the German Occupation, translation and introduction by Patrick Leigh Fermor, 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1955, map and half-tone illustrations, a little light spotting, original cloth, price-clipped dust jacket, small repairs to verso, signed to title by Patrick Leigh Fermor, plus Thesiger (Wilfred). Arabian Sands, 1st edition, London: Longmans, 1959, folding map contained in rear pocket, maps and illustrations, original cloth, price-clipped dust jacket, edges slightly rubbed, 8vo, signed by the author to the folding map in rear pocket, 8vo, plus In Tearing Haste. Letters between Deborah Devonshire and Patrick Leigh Fermor, edited by Charlotte Mosely, 1st edition, 2008, signed by Patrick Leigh Fermor, Deborah Devonshire, Charlotte Mosely and Tom StoppardQty: (4)

Lot 806

Fleming (Ian). Live and Let Die, 1st edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1954, occasional light spotting, original cloth gilt (slight lean), 1st state dust jacket (without credit for jacket design to front flap), head of spine chipped, short tears at head of front panel and folds, some light toning to rear panel and flap margins, 8voQty: (1)NOTESThe second James Bond adventure in the first state dust jacket.

Lot 807

Fleming (Ian). Live and Let Die, 1st edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1954, original black cloth with gold medallion to upper cover (upper cover very slightly bowed), 3rd state dust jacket (with jacket design credit just below blurb to front flap), small chips and nicks at spine ends and folds, a couple of tiny closed tears to panels, light toning to rear panel, 8voQty: (1)

Lot 811

Fleming (Ian). Diamonds Are Forever, 1st edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1956, some light spotting, mainly front and rear and to fore edges, original cloth, dust jacket, small abrasion to rear panel portrait, spine ends and folds a little rubbed with nicks, 8voQty: (1)

Lot 815

Fleming (Ian). Goldfinger, 1st edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1959, original cloth, dust jacket, a couple of small light stains to rear panel, 8voQty: (1)

Lot 816

Fleming (Ian). Goldfinger, 1st edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1959, previous owner inscription erased from front endpaper, bookseller ticket to front pastedown, original cloth gilt, price-clipped dust jacket, old small clear tape marks to verso (with light show-through to panels and flaps), 8voQty: (1)

Lot 818

Fleming (Ian). For Your Eyes Only, 1st edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1960, one or two light marks, original cloth, dust jacket, light fading to spine lettering (as often), a few light spots to flaps, 8voQty: (1)

Lot 823

Fleming (Ian). The Spy Who Loved Me, 1st edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1962, small ink stamp at head of half title, original cloth, price-clipped dust jacket, later price sticker to front flap, short closed tear at head of rear panel, spine a little toned, light spotting to rear panel, 8voQty: (1)

Lot 826

Fleming (Ian). On Her Majesty's Secret Service, 1963; You Only Live Twice, 1964; The Man With the Golden Gun, 1965, 1st editions, one or two light spots, original cloth, dust jackets, OHMSS repaired at head to verso, a few closed tears and stains, minor insect damage to lower margin of Man with the Golden Gun flaps, 8vo, together with 8 others by Ian Fleming and related including The Diamond Smugglers, 1st printing (with spine lettered in white), 1957, O.F. Snelling's Double O Seven. James Bond: A Report, 1st edition, 1964, and Kingsley Amis' The James Bond Dossier, 1st edition, 1965 and Colonel Sun, 1st US edition, 1968Qty: (11)

Lot 827

Fleming (Ian). On Her Majesty's Secret Service, 1963; You Only Live Twice, 1964; The Man With the Golden Gun, 1965; Octopussy and the Living Daylights, 1966, 1st editions, previous owner signature and a few minor spots to front endpaper of OHMSS, original cloth, price-clipped dust jackets, slight fading to spines, a few small nicks at spine ends, small light water stain to Golden Gun spine, a few small wormholes to Golden Gun edges, 8voQty: (4)

Lot 830

Fleming (Ian). Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The Magical Car, 3 volumes, 1st edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1964-65, colour illustrations by John Burningham, a few minor spots, original illustrated boards, dust jackets, volumes 1 & 2 price-clipped, a few closed marginal tears, light spotting to volume 2 rear panel, 8voQty: (3)

Lot 833

Fowles (John). The Collector, 1st US edition, Boston & Toronto: Little, Brown and Company, 1963, title signed by author and with ink manuscript authorial presentation inscription, a few spots to endpapers, top edge yellow, original russet cloth, spine lettered in gilt, price-clipped dust jacket, spotted, some folds lightly rubbed (1 a little chipped at ends), 8vo, together with: The Collector, 1st edition, London: Cape, 1963, a few minor spots, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, modern black morocco gilt, 8vo, plus: Dinesen (Isak), Out of Africa, 1st US edition, New York: Random House, 1938, occasional light spotting, original cloth, spine lightly mottled, dust-soiled dust jacket, rubbed in places with some chips, tear to spine at foot, 8voQty: (3)

Lot 834

Francis (Dick). A collection of all 39 novels, 1st editions, from Dead Cert to Under Orders, 1962-2006, Dead Cert 2nd impression, February 1962, some light spotting to a few early titles, a few later titles with marginal toning to textblocks, original cloth, dust jackets, some price-clipped, some toning, chips and tears to Dead Cert, a few others with some fading to spines, For Kicks inscribed by the author, 8vo, together with others including Field of 13, 1998, signed by the author, The Sport of Queens, 1957, four novels written with his son Felix Francis: Dead Heat, 2007, Silks, 2008, Even Money, 2009, Crossfire, 2010, plus others by Felix Francis and some Dick Francis duplicates including 10-lb Penalty, 1997 (with signed Waterstones label adhered to title)Qty: (65)

Lot 836

Greene (Graham). The Ministry of Fear, 1st edition, London: William Heinemann, 1943, a few leaves towards end with short closed tears at top margins, contemporary previous owner inscription to front pastedown, original yellow cloth (a few light spots to spine), repaired dust jacket with losses to half of rear panel, head and foot of spine and head of front panel, 8voQty: (1)

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