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Lot 47

Estate of Francis BaconIn Memory of George Dyer (Small) (Q6B) The complete set of three Diasec-mounted giclée prints, 2016, on aluminium panel, each numbered 483/500 in black ink verso, co-published by The Estate of Francis Bacon and Heni Productions, with their inkstamp at the back of each panel, the full sheetsEach 1100 x 820mm (43 1/4 x 32 1/4in)(3)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ARAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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Lot 113

NO RESERVE [Everett (Percy W., attributed to as editor)] Ghost Stories and Other Queer Tales, first edition, light spotting to first few pages, cloth lightly rubbed, jacket with light abrasion marks to upper cove, nicks and chips to extremities, spine browned, 1931 § Sullivan (Alan) The Jade God, "Popular edition", jacket with new price sticker on upper panel, central portion of spine lacking, ends chipped, extremities frayed, 1924 § Sorensen (Villy) Strange Stories, first English edition, light creasing to spine ends, 1956, original boards, dust-jackets; and 6 others, ghost stories and weird fiction, 8vo (9)

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Lot 255

NO RESERVE Manning (Olivia) The Great Fortune, jacket with light toning to spine, minor chipping to spine tips and corners, short nick to head of lower panel with some light creasing, 1960 § Mansfield (Katherine) The Aloe, one of 750 copies, jacket with very light surface soiling, 1930 § Sackville-West (Edward) The Sun in Capricorn, light browning and ink ownership inscription to endpaper, jacket with light creasing to head and foot, light rubbing to extremities, 1934, first editions, original cloth, dust-jackets, excellent or fine copies; and 4 others, modern first editions, 8vo (7)

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Lot 33

NO RESERVE Banks (Iain M.) The Player of Games, jacket with slight fading to spine, short nick to head of upper panel, light creasing to head, 1988 § Crichton (Michael) Jurassic Park, jacket with light creasing to spine tips, 1991, first of first English editions, original boards, dust-jackets, near-fine; and a signed first edition of The Testaments, 8vo (3)

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Lot 174

Heaney (Seamus) Door into the Dark, first edition, original boards, dust-jacket, light creasing to spine head, short 1cm closed tear to lower panel on upper edge, otherwise a fine copy, 8vo, 1969.

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Lot 55

NO RESERVE Boyd (William) A Good Man in Africa, first edition, signed by the author on title, original boards, slight sunning to top edge, spine tips a little bumped, dust-jacket, sunning to spine and head of upper panel, minor chipping to spine tips, light creasing to head and foot, 8vo, 1981.⁂ The author's first novel, winner of the Whitbread Book and Somerset Maugham awards.

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Lot 372

Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Lord of the Rings, 3 vol., comprising The Fellowship of the Ring, seventh impression, lower fore-edge and jacket tail stained with red, slightly seeping up lower panel joint, 1957, The Two Towers, fifth impression, third impression jacket, 1957, The Return of the King, third impression, very light marking to upper panel, 1957, folding maps, very occasional spot, original cloth, spine ends very lightly bumped, dust-jackets, light toning and fading to spine, spine ends a little bumped, otherwise very sharp copies, 8vo.

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Lot 57

NO RESERVE Braine (John) Room at the Top, first edition, some scattered edge spotting and small patch of staining, original boards, sunning to head and foot, dust-jacket, light toning to spine, minor chipping to spine tips and corners with neat tape repairs head of spine verso, light spotting to lower panel, original publisher's wraparound band (a little sunned at spine), an excellent example, 8vo, 1957.⁂ The author's first book and a key title by one of the Angry Young Men.

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Lot 52

Bond (Michael) Paddington Helps Out, illustrations by Peggy Fortnum, endpapers lightly toned, jacket price-clipped, lightly spotted, 1960 § Blyton (Enid) Five Go to Mystery Moor, pictorial endpapers and illustrations, jacket with biro marks to upper panel, portion of loss to spine head, 1954; Five on Finniston Farm, jacket with very light creasing to extremities, otherwise fine, 1960, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets; and c.60 others, children's literature, v.s. (c.65)

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Lot 396

NO RESERVE Williamson (Henry) Tarka the Otter, first edition, light browning to endpapers, original cloth, dust-jacket, spine browned, light nicks to corners and spine ends, light tape stain to lower panel, otherwise very good, 8vo, 1927

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Lot 270

NO RESERVE Merwin (W.S.) A Mask for Janus, first edition, some light scattered spotting, original boards, very light sunning to spine and top edge, dust-jacket, spine browned, minor chipping to spine tips and corners, light surface soiling to panels and light toning to panel margins, an excellent example overall, 8vo, New Haven, Yale University Press, 1952.⁂ An excellent copy of Merwin's scarce first collection, an important debut by one of the major American poets of the 20th century.

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Lot 412

NO RESERVE Wodehouse (P.G.) Performing Flea. A Self-Portrait in Letters, portrait frontispiece, small portion of fading to foot of spine, jacket with small portion of loss to foot of spine, small patch of staining to lower panel, 1953; Bring on the Girls, jacket front flap with price crossed through, neat strengthening to verso of spine tips and corners, 1954; Over Seventy, neat ink ownership inscription to endpaper, jacket with small patch of staining to spine, 1957, first or first English editions, light browning to endpapers, original boards, dust-jackets, spine ends and corners a little chipped, light rubbing to extremities, an excellent set overall, [McIlvaine A76a, A75b & A79b], 8vo (3)⁂ An excellent group of Wodehouse's 3 autobiographical works, scarce in such good condition.

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Lot 128

Fleming (Ian) Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang. The Magical Car, 3 vol., first editions, illustrations by John Burningham, small ink ownership names to endpapers of vol.2 & 3, original pictorial boards, vol.1 rubbed to extremities with some surface soiling, spine ends frayed, vol.2 & 3 excellent, all with dust-jackets, price-clipped, light toning to top edges with the occasional nick to extremities, vol.1 with tear to upper panel top edge, still overall a sharp set, 8vo, 1964-5.

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Lot 181

Highsmith (Patricia) The Blunderer, first English edition, endpapers stained and toned affecting final page of text, original boards, spine ends very slightly bumped, dust-jacket, price-clipped, stained on flaps, light surface discolouring to lower panel, light bumps and creasing to spine ends, otherwise a remarkably bright copy overall, 8vo, 1956.⁂ Highsmith's scarce first novel, a psychological thriller, rare in this condition.

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Lot 411

Wodehouse (P.G.) Mike and Psmith, first Herbert Jenkins edition, light surface soiling to lower panel of jacket, corners lightly scuffed, otherwise fine, 1953; Louder & Funnier, first edition, later issue peacock-blue cloth, light soiling to spine, later issue jacket, price-clipped, spine rubbed, 1932; The Swoop! and Other Stories, first edition, signed presentation inscription from David Jasen on front endpapers, light creasing to jacket, New York, 1979, original cloth, dust-jackets, [McIlvaine A12c3; A45; B20a]; and 10 others, by or relating to Wodehouse, mixed editions, v.s. (13)

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Lot 350

Smith (Dodie) The Hundred and One Dalmatians, illustrations and pictorial endpapers by Janet and Anne Grahame-Johnstone, one or two very light spots, jacket with tear along upper panel neatly repaired with tape verso, spine head nicks and reinforced with tape, spine browned, very faint ring-mark to lower panel, 1956; The Starlight Barking, jacket very lightly toned with light scuffs to edges, otherwise excellent, 1967, first editions, original cloth, dust-jackets, 8vo (2)⁂ An excellent pair of this classic children's work and its sequel, the inspiration for the 1961 original Disney film, and many others in later years.

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Lot 403

Wodehouse (P.G.) The Luck of the Bodkins, first edition, very light toning to endpapers, original variant orange cloth, dust-jacket priced 7/6, edges nicked and chipped, creasing to edges, larger triangular closed tear to lower panel, spine ends a little frayed, light rubbing along joints, still overall a very good jacket over fine cloth, [McIlvaine A54a], 8vo, 1935.

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Lot 41

Betjeman (John) Selected Poems, second impression, signed presentation inscription from the author to his secretary "E.D. To Miss Jill Menzies with love and kisses from John Betjeman | Corpus Christie Day 1951" with doodle of hockey stick and tennis racket on front free endpaper, light spotting, jacket tail with small portion of loss, edges chipped and frayed, spine a little browned, 1950; Summoned By Bells, first edition, ink gift inscription on half-title, jacket stained on lower panel, spine browned, ends a little chipped and creased, 1960; Continual Dew, first edition, jacket spine browned, light creasing to extremities, joints tender with tear along upper joint, 1937, original boards, dust-jackets; and 10 others by Betjeman, 4to & 8vo (13)⁂ A note of provenance is included in the first mentioned volume, relaying the account of Betjeman and his close friendship to his secretary Jill Menzies, the recipient of the book.

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Lot 217

Lawrence (D.H.) Love Poems and Others, first edition, ownership inscription on endpapers, endpapers lightly toned, spine lightly faded, ends a little frayed, 1913; Sea and Sardinia, first American edition, illustrations, occasional light foxing, endpapers browned, variant state boards, dust-jacket, foxed, large tear along upper panel, portion of loss to lower corner, edges chipped and frayed, New York, 1921; Touch & Go, first edition, spine label on boards slightly peeling, dust-jacket, chips and nicks to edges, 1920, original boards or cloth; and 7 others by Lawrence, 4to & 8vo (10)

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Lot 50

Blochman (Lawrence G.) Clues for Dr. Coffee, first edition, light creasing and nicks to jacket edges, Philadelphia, 1964 § Steele (Chester K.) The Golf Course Mystery, reprint, jacket with heavy creasing and short tears to edges, chips to extremities, New York, 1919 § Goodchild (George) Jack O'Lantern, first edition, jacket with large closed tear along jacket upper panel affecting boards, spine ends frayed, New York, 1930, original boards, dust-jackets; and 20 others, crime and mystery fiction, 8vo (23)

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Lot 101

NO RESERVE Doherty (P. C.) The Death of a King, 1985; The Prince Drakulya, jacket with small ring dent to lower panel, 1986; The Lord Count Drakulya, jacket with slight sunning to spine, 1986; The Angel of Death, publisher's printed review slip loosely inserted, jacket with light sunning to spine, 1989, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets, light rubbing to spine tips and corners, slight creasing to head and foot, near-fine generally; and a first edition of The Silver Pigs, 8vo (5)⁂ A good group of early titles, including Doherty's scarce first novel.

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Lot 125

Fleming (Ian) The Spy Who Loved Me, first edition, original boards with dagger motif blocked to front board in silver and blind, spine lettered in silver, dust-jacket, very light creasing to upper edge and corners, one short nick to upper joint head, one or two very faint marks to lower panel, otherwise an excellent and crisp copy overall, 8vo, 1962.

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Lot 307

NO RESERVE Paton (Alan) Cry, the Beloved Country, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, toning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, 3 small holes to upper panel and 1 to lower panel, light creasing to head, a very good copy overall, 8vo, 1948.

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Lot 106

Durrell (Lawrence) [The Alexandra Quartet], 4 vol., comprising Justine, occasional light spotting, jacket spine browned, ends a little nicked and creased, 1957; Balthazar, toning strip on endpapers, jacket spine browned, short closed 1cm tears along joints, light spotting to lower panel, 1958; Mountolive, light spotting to first few pages, jacket spine head creased, otherwise excellent, 1958; Clea, occasional light spotting, jacket spine lightly browned, light even surface toning, 1960, first editions, original cloth, dust-jackets, overall still a very good set, 8vo.

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Lot 284

NO RESERVE Nabokov (Vladimir) Lolita, first English edition, original boards, very shallow dent to spine, dust-jacket, small splash mark to spine, two minor short tears to rear panel, light rubbing to extremities, still an excellent example, 8vo, 1959.

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Lot 73

Clarke (Arthur C.) 2001: A Space Odyssey, first edition, bookplate signed by the author to title, pictorial endpapers, original boards, dust-jacket, spine ends and corners a little chipped, small patch of damp-staining to foot of upper panel, light toning, 8vo, New York, 1968.

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Lot 34

NO RESERVE Banville (John) Nightspawn, first edition, signed by the author on title, ink numbering to head of title, spotting to top edge, original boards, bumping to foot of spine and to upper cover, dust-jacket, light sunning to spine, dent on upper panel, otherwise excellent, 8vo, 1971.⁂ Banville's second novel, scarce signed.

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Lot 357

NO RESERVE Steinbeck (John) East of Eden, dust-jacket, portions of loss to spine ends, chipped and nicked along edges, 1952; The Winter of Our Discontent, dust-jacket, large portion of loss to upper panel top corner, tear across upper panel, considerably frayed with loss, 1961; Cannery Row, 1945; The Wayward Bus, 1947, first English editions, original cloth, light sunning to spines, extremities a little bumped and frayed; and 7 others by Steinbeck, most first English editions, 8vo (11)

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Lot 314

Pratchett (Terry) The Carpet People, jacket price-clipped with very light creasing to extremities, otherwise fine, 1971; The Dark Side of the Sun, jacket with tears to upper panel top edge and lower panel bottom edge, reinforced with tape verso, small portion of loss to jacket lower panel supplied in photocopy facsimile, edges a little creased and nicked, spine ends frayed, 1976; Strata, fine jacket, 1981, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets, 8vo (3)⁂ The author's first three books published by Colin Smythe, a scarce group together.

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Lot 63

Burnett (W. R.) The Asphalt Jungle, first edition, original patterned boards, light bumping to spine tips, dust-jacket by E. McKnight Kauffer, very small patch of surface wear to lower panel, extremities a little rubbed, faint creasing to head and foot, a near-fine example overall, 8vo, New York, 1949.⁂ A superb copy of this crime classic, adapted for the excellent 1950 John Huston film of the same name.

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Lot 355

Steinbeck (John) The Moon is Down, first edition, second issue without full stop on p.112, dust-jacket, light creasing to spine head, lower panel with light surface wear, New York, 1942; The Red Pony, first trade edition, illustrations by Wesley Dennis, original cloth with pictorial onlay to upper cover, spine ends bumped, New York, 1945; Cannery Row, first English edition, gift inscription on endpapers, original boards, dust-jacket, chipping to extremities, heavier to spine head, 1945, original cloth or boards; and 5 others by Steinbeck, 4to & 8vo (8)

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Lot 119

Fleming (Ian) Live and Let Die, second impression, very small ink marking to corner of front endpapers, original boards with gilt medallion to upper cover, spine lettered in gilt, second state dust-jacket with credit to Kenneth Lewis to front flap, large portions of paper restoration and retouching along joints and spine ends, affecting spine title, light even toning to lower panel, heavier strip along upper edge, upper edge lightly nicked, still in effect a very good copy, 8vo, 1954.⁂ Dust-jacket for the first edition, second state with credit to Kenneth Lewis on front flap, directly below paragraphs.

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Lot 388

Wheatley (Dennis, editor) A Century of Horror Stories, first edition, ownership inscription on title, jacket with extremities rather frayed, tear to lower panel, small portion of loss to lower panel upper corner, otherwise intact, [1935] § Lindley (Charles) Lord Halifax's Ghost Book, first edition, jacket toned and rubbed, creased and chipped to extremities, 1936 § Summers (Montague) Victorian Ghost Stories, ownership name to endpapers, cloth spine sunned, jacket frayed and chipped at extremities, 1936 § Evening Standard (The) Book of Strange Stories, first edition, ownership name on title, endpapers toned, cloth upper board soiled, jacket with minor chips and creases along edges, otherwise excellent, [1934]; and 3 others, collected ghost and horror stories, 8vo (7)

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Lot 266

NO RESERVE McEwan (Ian) Atonement, signed by the author on title, 2001 § Ishiguro (Kazuo) The Remains of the Day, jacket price-clipped, light sunning to spine and part of upper panel, 1989 § Ellroy (James) L.A. Confidential, signed presentation inscription from the author to half-title, New York, 1990, first edition, original boards, dust-jacket, excellent or near-fine copies; and 14 others, modern literature, 8vo (17)

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Lot 273

NO RESERVE Milne (A. A.) The House at Pooh Corner, first edition, illustrations by E. H. Shepard, ink gift inscription dated Christmas 1928 to frontispiece recto, browning to endpapers, slight tide-mark to fore-edge, original pictorial cloth, gilt, spine a little sunning, light marking and surface soiling, extremities rubbed, dust-jacket, neat and expert repairs and restoration to head and foot, portion of repair to upper panel, in effect an excellent example, 8vo, 1928.

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Lot 199

Isherwood (Christopher) Goodbye to Berlin, first edition, original cloth, spine browned, dust-jacket, creasing and fraying to edges, neat repairs verso with tissue, light tape stain to upper panel, 8vo, 1939.

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Lot 161

Greene (Graham) The Third Man and the Fallen Idol, usual light browning to half-title and endpapers, jacket creased with chips to extremities and spine ends, still very good overall, 1950; The Lost Childhood and Other Essays, very faint spotting to half-title and title, light toning to endpapers, jacket a little sunned, small tear along lower joint, 1951; The End of the Affair, ink ownership name to endpapers, half-title lightly toned, jacket spine lightly browned, soiling patch to lower panel, 1951, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets; and 16 others, Greene, excellent or fine copies, all but the Ardizzone-illustrated first editions, 8vo (19)⁂ An excellent run of the author's middle-career works.

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Lot 61

NO RESERVE Burgess (Anthony) The Worm and the Ring, first edition, some light spotting to fore-edge, original boards, dust-jacket, light toning to spine, short nick to head and foot of lower panel, light rubbing to corner tips, near-fine otherwise, 8vo, 1961.⁂ Burgess' suppressed early novel, scarce, especially such good condition. The Worm and the Ring was closely based on Burgess' experiences at the Banbury Grammar School with several of the characters recognizable as staff there. The secretary, Gwendoline Bustin, objected to her inclusion and Heinemann agreed to pulp any unsold copies of the book.

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Lot 154

Grafton (Sue) 'F' is for Fugitive, jacket with 'autographed copy' sticker on upper panel, 1989; 'G' is for Gumshoe, signed presentation inscription form the author on title, 1990; 'H' is for Homicide, 1991; 'I' is for Innocent, 1992; 'J' is for Judgement, 1993, first editions, all signed by the author on titles, original boards, dust-jackets, light creasing or bumping to spine ends, otherwise excellent, New York; and 6 others from the Alphabet series, all first editions, all signed, 8vo (11)

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Lot 176

NO RESERVE Heller (Joseph) Catch-22, first English edition, library stamp to title verso, very light soiling strip to endpapers, otherwise internally clean, original boards, second issue dust-jacket with reviews to lower panel, a fine copy, 8vo, 1962.

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Lot 373

Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Lord of the Rings, 3 vol., Reader's Union edition, folding maps at end, very faint toning strip to endpapers, original cloth, spine ends bumped, dust-jackets, spines browned and scuffed, ends a little frayed and nicked, light stain to Fellowship of the Ring upper panel, otherwise panels sharp and clean, 8vo, 1960.

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Lot 133

Ford (Ford Madox) Ring for Nancy, first American edition, frontispiece and plates by F. Vaux Wilson, faint damp-stain to half-title and front free endpaper, University of Nevada Library bookplate to front pastedown, original cloth, light rubbing to spine tips and corners, else fine, dust-jacket, spine ends and corners a little chipped, the odd short tear or chip to head with light creasing, light surface soiling, a very good copy, [Harvey A42], Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill, [1913]; and a first American edition of Henry for Hugh, 8vo (2)⁂ A revised and expanded version of The Panel (published in the UK in 1912), rare in the dust-jacket.

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Lot 60

Buchan (John) Witch Wood, cloth fine very lightly faded, jacket with creases and nicks to top edge, lower panel foxed, 1927; The Rungates Club, light toning to half-title, cloth fine very lightly faded, jacket with portions of loss to spine ends and top edge upper panel, light creasing and nicks to edges, 1928; A Prince of the Captivity, ownership stamp to endpapers, cloth spine ends bumped, jacket lightly foxed, creasing and nicks along top edge, 1933, first editions, original cloth, dust-jackets; and another by Buchan, 8vo (4)

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Lot 369

Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Lord of the Rings, 3 vol., comprising The Fellowship of the Ring, folding map at end, contemporary ink ownership inscription on front free endpaper, light soiling marks to cloth, 1954; The Two Towers, folding map at end, endpapers browned, spine sunned, light fading to upper panel, faint spots to panels, 1955; The Return of the King, lacking folding map, light spotting on endpapers, cloth soiled and spotted, 1955, first edition, second impressions, original cloth, spines dulled, ends and extremities bumped and creased; and 2 others sets of the same work, comprising third or fourth impressions, and a second edition set, all without jackets, 8vo (9)

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Lot 237

NO RESERVE Lewis (C.S.) Christian Behaviour, large tear and portion of loss to upper panel, shorter tear along flap joint, light nicks and tears along edges, 1943; Reflections on the Psalms, light toning and marking, nicks and chips to extremities, sharp overall, 1958; Miracles, jacket toned and discoloured, chips and nicks to edges, large tear along spine joint with portion of loss to ends, 1947, first editions, original cloth, dust-jackets, price-clipped; and 7 others, Lewis's early Christian writing, 8vo (10)

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Lot 413

Wodehouse (P.G.) America, I Like You, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to David Jasen "for David from Plum/P.G. Wodehouse" on endpapers, original boards, spine ends rubbed, dust-jacket, torn along upper panel joint, light nicks along edges, light browning on spine, [McIlvaine A79a], New York, 1956; Mr Mulliner Speaking, reissue, ownership stamps to endpapers, [McIlvaine A40b], New York, 1930 § Usborne (Richard) After Hours with P.G. Wodehouse, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to his publisher James Heineman, additionally signed on title with strikethrough printed author name, jacket lightly faded, New York, 1991; and 5 others, by or relating to Wodehouse, published in America, v.s. (8)

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Lot 177

Hemingway (Ernest) In Our Time, first English edition, book-label on pastedown, ink number and small stamp on endpapers, original cloth, spine lightly faded, corners and spine ends bumped, dust-jacket, price-clipped, lower flap creased, upper panel rather heavily foxed and stained, spine browned, top edge creased, chipping to spine end, small paper label on spine tail, [Hanneman A32], 8vo, 1926.⁂ A stained but scarce jacket.

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Lot 168

Hamilton (Elaine) The Casino Mystery, jacket with short closed tear and light creasing to foot of upper panel, else fine, 1936 § Latimer (Rupert) The Unenchanted Circle, jacket spotted, chipping to spine ends and corners, neat tape repair to upper joint and upper fore-edge, 1933 § Sélincourt (Hugh) The Saturday Match, illustrations by James Thorpe, light spotting, jacket spine ends and corners chipped, a few short tears with creasing to head and foot, extremities rubbed, 1937, first editions, original cloth, dust-jackets; and 5 others, crime fiction, 8vo (8)

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Lot 390

NO RESERVE Whitaker (Malachi) Frost in April, first edition, publisher's printed prospectus for The Huntress loosely inserted, light browning to endpapers, original cloth, dust-jacket, very light toning to spine, light rubbing to extremities, light surface soiling to lower panel, a near-fine copy overall, 8vo, 1929.⁂ A superb example of this collection of short stories by the "Bradford Chekov", rare in such condition.

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Lot 371

Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Lord of the Rings, 3 vol., comprising The Fellowship of the Ring, fifth impression, faint toning strip on endpapers, sixth impression jacket, tear along upper panel lower joint, spine browned and scuffed, ends frayed, panels still bright and untoned, 1956; The Two Towers, fifth impression, fifth impression jacket, toning to edges, rubbing along joints, spine browned and scuffed, ends frayed, 1957; The Return of the King, third impression, jacket with light toning and scuffing to spine, light mark to top corner, edges a little creased but overall a very sharp jacket, 1957, folding maps, original cloth, dust-jackets; and 2 second edition sets of the same work, in jackets, 8vo (9)

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Lot 272

Milne (A. A.) Winnie-the-Pooh, light toning and ownership inscription to endpapers, cloth with spine ends and corners a little bumped, dust-jacket, browning to spine, chipping to extremities and spine ends affecting title, large tear along upper panel from corner, light marks to lower panel, 1926; The House at Pooh Corner, endpapers lightly browned, cloth very lightly bumped at extremities and spine faded, 1928; Now We Are Six, half-title browned, cloth spine a little faded, ends a little creased, corners lightly bumped, dust-jacket in fragments split along joints (browned and frayed),loosely inserted, 1927, first editions, illustrations by Ernest Shepard, pictorial endpapers, original pictorial cloth, t.e.g., 8vo (3)

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Lot 407

NO RESERVE Wodehouse (P.G.) Uncle Fred in Springtime, first English edition, 8pp. publisher's adverts at end, bookplate, endpapers browned, spotting to first and last few pages, original colonial issue turquoise cloth, dust-jacket, 'Herbert Jenkins' Colonial Library' printed on oval-shaped panel on spine tail replacing original published price of '7/6 net', small portions of loss to spine tail and head, chipping and nicks to spine ends and extremities, [McIlvaine A61b3], 8vo, 1939.⁂ The scarce colonial issue binding with variant turquoise cloth.

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Lot 248

Ludlum (Robert) The Bourne Identity, first edition, signed by the author on endpaper, original cloth, dust-jacket, short closed tear to head of lower panel, light creasing to head and foot, a near-fine copy, 8vo, New York, 1980.

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Lot 406

Wodehouse (P.G.) Lord Emsworth and Others, first edition, endpapers toned, title and first few pages spotted, original variant grey cloth, first issue dust-jacket with 7/6 priced on spine, large portion of loss to upper panel foot and lower panel head, smaller portions of loss along lower panel foot, repairs to spine ends, corners and edges nicked and chipped, 1937; Heavy Weather, first English edition, ownership inscription to endpapers, light spotting to first few pages, original cloth, later dust-jacket priced 5' on spine, chipping to corners and spine head affecting title, 1933, [McIlvaine A57a; A50b] ; and 12 others, middle-period Wodehouse in jackets, 8vo (14)

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Lot 124

Fleming (Ian) Thunderball, ink gift inscription on endpapers, jacket price-clipped, 1961; On Her Majesty's Secret Service, ink ownership name and light toning strip on endpapers, light spotting to fore-edge occasionally straying onto page margins, jacket pine a little faded, small soiling patch on upper panel, 1963; You Only Live Twice, endpapers toned, 1964; The Man with the Golden Gun, jacket spine head lightly creased, otherwise fine, 1965, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets, all but the last with creasing and chipping to extremities, light creasing and surface soiling, 8vo (4)

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Lot 49

[Blixen (Karen)], "Isak Dinesen". Out of Africa, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, very light fraying to spine ends, otherwise fine, 1938; Seven Gothic Tales, first American edition, original half-cloth, dust-jacket, portion of loss to upper panel top edge affecting title, edges chipped and frayed, spine browned, New York, 1934, 8vo (2)

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Lot 20

*** Please note, the description of this lot has changed *** Adams (Douglas) The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, first hardback edition, some faint browning and spotting to endpapers, original boards, spine tips lightly rubbed, second state dust-jacket with blank lower panel, very light sunning to spine, light rubbing and slight creasing to head and foot, near-fine otherwise, 8vo, 1979. 

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Lot 271

Milne (A. A.) Winnie-the-Pooh, occasional light soiling or damp-staining, light browning and ownership inscription to endpapers, cloth with light damp-staining to covers and spine, spine ends and corners a little bumped, jacket with light browning to spine, spine ends and corners chipped, surface abrasion affecting text and picture, 1926; The House at Pooh Corner, endpapers lightly browned, cloth very lightly bumped at extremities, otherwise fine, jacket chipped at spine head affecting first word of title, spine lightly browned, nicks and chips to extremities, light marking to upper panel, still overall excellent, 1928, first editions, illustrations by Ernest Shepard, pictorial endpapers, original pictorial cloth, t.e.g., dust-jackets, 8vo (2)

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Lot 38

NO RESERVE Beeding (Francis) Hell Let Loose, some very light scattered spotting, original cloth, very light sunning to spine, light rubbing to extremities, dust-jacket, spine ends and corners a little chipped, light rubbing to extremities, two vertical creases to upper panel, light creasing to head, some slight marking to spine, light rubbing to extremities, a very good, sharp copies overall, 1937; There Are 13, minor chipping to spine tips and corners, light surface soiling, a few small nicks and creases to head but an excellent example overall, 1946, first editions, original cloth, dust-jackets, 8vo (2)⁂ A good pair of works by the pseudonymous author, the first rare in the dust-jacket. Beeding was the pseudonym of John Palmer and Hilary Saint George Saunders writing together. Their identity was first revealed in 1925.

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Lot 324

NO RESERVE Pym (Barbara) A Glass of Blessings, first edition, original boards, dust-jacket, very light toning to spine, short closed tear to foot of upper joint, lower panel a little browned with some light surface wear, minor chipping to foot of flaps, light surface soiling, extremities a little rubbed, 8vo, 1958.⁂ Pym's fifth novel, rare.

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