McCullers (Carson) Reflections in a Golden Eye, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to endpaper, original cloth, very light damp-staining to foot of spine, dust-jacket with original glacine panel intact, becoming detached along upper edge, usual creasing to panel margins, tear to upper right corner, chip to head of rear panel, but an excellent example overall, ink date stamp "Feb 20 1941" just visible to front flap, 8vo, Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1941.⁂ Rare signed and with the jacket glacine panel intact. The eye-catching design of the jacket with the transparent panel failed to account for the glacine contracting over time which would lead to it tearing the paper and becoming detached for the majority of copies.
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McCullers (Carson) The Member of the Wedding, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "To Cheryl [Crawford] and Ruth [Norman], with love Carson" to endpaper with Cheryl Crawford's ex-libris ink stamp below, original cloth, some light fraying to tips of spine and corners, dust-jacket, light browning to spine, chipping and creasing to head and foot, closed tears to head and foot of panels, 8vo, Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1946.⁂ An excellent association copy inscribed to a long-standing friend of the author, the theatrical producer Cheryl Crawford. Cheryl Crawford (1902-86), theatre producer, director and co-founder of the Actor's Studio. She and McCullers shared the same dentist and first got to know each other during while passing time in the waiting room. Through McCullers, Crawford was introduced to a series of writers, composers, designers and artists including W. H. Auden, Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears and Oliver Smith. The two women also formed close friendships with Tennessee Williams. Coincidentally when McCullers presented Crawford with her own theatrical adaptation of The Member of the Wedding, Crawford rejected the story as "slight" and the third act as "very weak" although she would later say "I lived to regret my stupidity".
McCullers (Carson) The Ballad of the Sad Café, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "For dear David [Diamond] from his loving Carson" to endpaper, ownership blind-stamp of David Diamond to title, with neat pencil notes and markings to a few margins, original cloth, slight bumping to spine ends and corners, dust-jacket, spine ends and corners a little chipped, a few very short tears and some light creasing to head and foot, light rubbing to extremities, but an excellent example overall, preserved in custom drop-back box, 8vo, Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1951.⁂ A remarkable association copy inscribed to the composer David Diamond, a crucial figure in McCullers' life, the subject of a passionate love triangle involving Carson and Reeves McCullers and the unmentioned dedicatee of the eponymous novella. David Diamond (1915-2005), American composer, first met Carson and Reeves McCullers at a party in May 1941. In his diaries from the time he reported falling immediately in love with both husband and wife and these feelings were apparently reciprocated. A passionate and loving triangular relationship then ensued although seemingly without sexual consummation, this largely dictated by Carson's own ambivalence towards sex. Though asexual the relationship was nevertheless at times tempestuous with husband and wife engaging in quarrels over Diamond. Matters came to a head when Reeves began to realise his sexual attraction towards Diamond and attempted to move in with him. The shifting of loves and affections of this complex relationship were both upsetting and hugely influential for Carson and both The Member of the Wedding and The Ballad of the Sad Café were inspired by it. In Virginia Spencer Carr's book The Lonely Hunter: A Biography of Carson McCullers, which discusses this relationship in some detail, Carr notes several times that the novella The Ballad of the Sad Café was written by McCullers for Diamond: ""Darling, The Ballad of the Sad Café is for you," she told Diamond, to whom she knew the work would speak more directly than to anyone else.", pp.152-3 (see also pp. 171 and 208). Diamond was also the acknowledged bases for Mr Brook in Madam Zilensky and the King of Finland and his markings related to chiefly to that story along with The Sojourner and A Domestic Dilemma. For David Diamond see also lots 58, 165, 312 and 316.
Mishima (Yukio) The Sound of Waves, translated by Meredith Weatherby, first Japanese printing of the first edition in English, signed presentation inscription from the author to Charles Terry on endpaper, illustrations by Yoshinori Kinoshita, The Book Worm, Tokyo, book shop ink stamp to endpaper, original pictorial wrappers, faint creasing to spine, light wear to spine ends, ¥125 price sticker to upper cover, light surface soiling and small stain to lower corner of lower cover, rubbing and toning to extremities, but a very good copy overall, 8vo, Tokyo, Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1956.⁂ Mishima's enduring coming-of-age classic with a presentation inscription to Charles Terry the translator and academic. Terry (1926-1982) was a Japanese translator for the US army during the war and remained in Japan after 1945. He formed a circle of ex-pat writers and publishers that counted Mishima as an occasional visitor.
Murdoch (Iris) The Sandcastle, ink ownership inscription, jacket price-clipped, 1957; The Bell, 1958; A Severed Head, 1961; An Unofficial Rose, jacket price-clipped, 1962; The Unicorn, jacket price-clipped, 1963; The Italian Girl, jacket price-clipped, 1964; The Red and the Green, jacket with short closed tear and creasing to head of upper panel, 1965; The Time of the Angels, 1966;The Nice and the Good, 1968; Bruno's Dream, jacket with a few short tears and creasing to head, 1969; A Fairly Honourable Defeat, jacket with light damp-staining, split to foot of upper fore-edge, joints rubbed, 1970; An Accidental Man, 1971; The Black Prince, jacket price-clipped, 1974; The Sacred & Profane Love Machine, 1974; A Word Child, jacket price-clipped, 1975; Henry and Cato, 1976; The Sea, the Sea, Autograph Postcard signed from the author loosely inserted, ink ownership inscription, 1978; Nuns and Soldiers, 1980; The Philosopher's Pupil, address label to endpaper, 1983; The Good Apprentice, light browning to text margins, 1985; The Book and the Brotherhood, light browning to text margins, ink ownership stamp, 1987; The Message to the Planet, light browning to text margins, 1989; The Green Knight, jacket price-clipped, 1993; Jackson's Dilema, 1995, first editions, all signed or with signed presentation inscriptions from the author, original boards, dust-jackets, some spines with light toning or browning, a few spine ends and corners a little rubbed and chipped but generally excellent or near-fine overall unless where mentioned, Chatto & Windus; and an inscribed reprint of The Sea, the Sea, 8vo (25)⁂ A superb unbroken run of Murdoch's novels, from her third to her last, all signed or inscribed.
NO RESERVE Shaffer (Peter) The Royal Hunt of the Sun, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Lanford Wilson to endpaper, Wilson's ink ownership stamp to endpaper, original boards, dust-jacket, spine ends and corners a little chipped, a few short closed tears with creasing to head and foot, light surface soiling, extremities a little rubbed, 8vo, Hamish Hamilton, 1964.⁂ A nice association, inscribed to a fellow playwright. For Lanford Wilson see lots 489, 493 and 506.
Stein (Gertrude) Matisse Picasso and Gertrude Stein, first edition, one of 500 copies, signed presentation inscription from the author dated November 21/'34 to half-title, "Printed in France" ink stamp to front free endpaper, original printed wrappers, browning to spine, light staining to joints, spine chipped and cracked with split to lower joint, chip to upper fore-edge, original printed slip-case (spine chipped and foot, light staining and browning), [Wilson A19a], 8vo, Paris, Plain Edition, 1933.⁂ The last of the titles printed under Stein and Toklas' Plain Edition imprint. Rare inscribed.
Burroughs (William S.) The Soft Machine, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Nelson Lyon to title, original second issue wrappers with NF18 ink stamp to lower cover, some light rubbing else fine, original first issue dust-jacket priced at NF15, very light browning to spine, minor chipping to spine ends and corners, light rubbing to extremities, 8vo, Paris, Olympia Press, 1961.⁂ A good association. Nelson Lyon (1939-2012), writer, director and photographer, was friends with a number of counter-culture figures including Burroughs and is now best remembered for his participation in the three-day binge that killed the actor John Belushi. See also lot 45, 50 and 53.
Stein (Gertrude) Four Saints in Three Acts, first edition, two signed presentation inscriptions from the author, the first "Who says and said what he feels to nicely" the second wishing Merry Christmas, both to endpaper, ex-libris blind-stamp of Hugh R. Best to half-title, spine ends and corners rather worn, dust-jacket light browning to spine and panel margins, some minor chipping to spine ends and corners, but an excellent example overall, [Wilson A21a], 8vo, New York, Random House, 1934.
Williams (Tennessee) In the Winter of Cities, first trade edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "For Lanford [Wilson], love, Tennessee '72" to endpaper, ink ownership stamp of Lanford Wilson to endpaper, New Directions review copy bookplate to pastedown, original cloth-backed boards, spine ends and corners a little bumped with light fraying to spine ends, light fading and browning to head of covers, dust-jacket, very light browning to spine, very short tear to head of upper panel, light creasing to head, but a near-fine example overall, [Crandell A16.1.b], 8vo, New York, New Directions, 1956.⁂ An excellent example of this collection of poetry, inscribed to a fellow Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright. Lanford Wilson (1937-2011) celebrated playwright and founder of the Circle Repertory Company. Williams was an early inspiration and Wilson adapted one of his short stories for a screenplay. See also lots 395, 493 and 506.
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Williams (Tennessee) Sweet Bird of Youth, first edition, presentation inscription from the author "For Lanford [Wilson], from "Ariadne" to endpaper, photographic frontispiece, light foxing to endpapers, ink ownership stamp of Lanford Wilson to endpaper, original cloth, spine frayed at head and slightly faded, dust-jacket, light sunning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, a few short tears and light creasing to head and foot, surface abrasion tear to upper panel, light rubbing or surface soiling, [Crandell A21.1.a], 8vo, New York, New Directions, [1959].⁂ A good association, inscribed to a fellow playwright (for Lanford Wilson, see lot 395, 489 and 506). Wilson would write the introduction to a later edition of this title.
Capote (Truman) Other Voices, Other Rooms, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "For David [Diamond], who is very kind - with Truman's admiration. March 12 1948" to endpaper, blind-stamp to David Diamond to head of title, dust-jacket, light browning to spine and lower panel, very minor chipping to spine ends, light rubbing to head and foot, but a near-fine example overall, 8vo, New York, Random House, [1948].⁂ The author's first novel, a southern gothic bildungsroman, inscribed in the year of publication to the composer David Diamond. David Diamond (1915-2005), composer, active in artistic and literary circles, part of a complex love triangle with Carson and Reeve McCullers. For more on Diamond see lot 315 also lots 165, 312 and 316.
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[Crowley (Aleister, editor)] The Equinox Vol. 1, No. VI, The Official Organ of the A. A., The Review of Scientific Illuminism, [one of 50 subscriber's copies], inscribed by Crowley "Feed my sheep, Perdurabo, Anno VIII" on half-title, colour frontispiece (a little offset onto title), advertisements, 2 advertisement ff. with browning to inner margin, light browning and ink inscriptions and stamp to endpapers, faint remains of ink stamp to pastedown, original white buckram, blocked and lettered in gilt, spine browned, spine ends and corners a little bumped, light soiling to covers, t.e.g., others uncut, [York 63, A6], 4to, Wieland & Co., 1911.⁂ Crowley here using his magical name chosen when he was inducted into the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. Likely inscribed to a follower - "Feed my sheep" was Jesus' instruction to Peter to spread the word of the gospels.
Edwardian Highland Light Infantry Other Ranks Shako, fine example of an enlisted ranks regimental shako with diced central band, white metal other ranks regimental pattern shako badge, knotted cord boss badge with white metal thistle to centre and dark green ball tuft. Green knotted cord to the body of the shako. Leather peak, thin leather chinstrap and leather sweatband to the interior. Paper label to the interior dated 1900 and the crown of the shako with white stamp “3 YEARS”. Some wear but generally a good example.
Post 1902 Devonshire Regiment Officers Home Service Helmet, blue cloth body cork helmet with gilt metal officers helmet plate to the centre of the Devonshire regiment. Gilt rosette side bosses with velvet backed linked chin scales. Cruciform spike base with rosette fittings and officers fluted spike. Interior with leather sweatband and Hawkes & Co ink stamp to the interior. Generally a good example.
Kings Royal Rifle Corps Other Ranks Astrakhan Busby, black fur body with knotted central boss having blackened regimental badge. Knotted cord to the front. Rifle green cloth top section. Other ranks black over red brush plume. Interior with leather sweatband and cloth lining with white WD stamp and date 1905. Also stamped “2 YEARS” and paper label to the interior.
Royal Dublin Fusiliers Bearskin Busby, fine example of a 1913 dated enlisted ranks fur busby with its original brass regimental busby grenade badge fitted to the centre and other ranks green over black brush hair short hackle plume to the side. Interior retains the original leather liner system and leather backed brass chin scales. Interior with WD stamp and 1913 date. Overall some wear but a very desirable item of headdress.
Royal Fusiliers Bearskin Busby, good example of the Fusilier pattern busby with other ranks kings crown brass busby grenade to the front and white brush plume hackle to the side. Leather backed brass linked chin chains. Leather sweatband to the interior is coming away from the cork supports and is slightly loose. Ink WD stamp to the interior with 1913 date. Generally good example.
Near Mint Condition WW1 British Brodie Steel Combat Helmet, fine example of a 2nd pattern example with covering to the brim. Shell retains all of its original rough textured combat paint finish to the exterior and interior of the shell. Complete with its oilskin liner which has the pink brodie stamp to the underside. Complete with the original leather chinstrap. Paper label remans to the interior liner. Overall an excellent example of the standard WW1 British steel combat helmet, almost impossible to upgrade in terms of condition.
Named WW1 British Brodie Steel Combat Helmet, fine example of a 2nd pattern example with covering to the brim. Shell retains nearly all of its original rough textured combat paint finish to the exterior and interior of the shell. Complete with its oilskin liner which has the pink brodie stamp to the underside. Complete with the original leather chinstrap. The interior is named “ALFRED SELLING”. Overall an excellent example of the standard WW1 British steel combat helmet.
WW1 British Brodie Steel Combat Helmet, fine example of a 2nd pattern example with covering to the brim. Shell retains nearly all of its original rough textured combat paint finish to the exterior and interior of the shell. Complete with its oilskin liner which has the pink brodie stamp to the underside. Complete with the original leather chinstrap. Overall a excellent example of the standard WW1 British steel combat helmet.
Scarce WW2 British Tank Crew Helmet Worn by a Member of the Polish Armoured Corps, black fibre tankers helmet with front padded section. Centre of the helmet has original white painted insignia of the Polish forces. Leather sweatband and cloth lining straps to the interior. Remains of a paper size label to the sweatband. Underneath the sweatband is WD stamp with date letter “O” for 1942 and also ink name “Solecki Z.B 22151”. Good example.
WW2 Far East Royal Artillery 2nd Infantry Division Battle Dress Blouse, fine example of a wool battle dress blouse with Far East made embroidered Royal Artillery shoulder title above theatre made 2nd Infantry division cloth formation sign, RA arm of service stripe, brass Artillery field gun and sergeants rank stripes. Interior with ink stamp “B.U.C Co 1945”. Good overall condition.
Friedrich III Emperor of Germany Character Porcelain Stein, the 0.5 litre stein is in the form of the German emperor in military uniform wearing generals pickelhaube with parade plume on the lid. Pewter lever fitted to the handle which moves the lid. Underneath has makers stamp for Merkelbach & Wick. Some damage to the top with cracking to the glaze etc. Friedrich III was emperor of Germany for a very short period, 9th March 1888 until his death on 15th June 1888.
Grouping of Imperial German Soldbuch & Militarpass Documents, being a mixture of wartime and pre-war examples for various individuals serving in the various regiments of the German armed forces. Most nicely filled out with entries and regimental stamps etc. Accompanied by some photographs and letter with interesting feldpost stamp for Prussian Flieger Abt 42. (Small grouping)
Imperial German Prussian Regimentally Marked Telegraphist Belt Buckle, fine example of the special pattern belt buckle as worn by telegraphists with the fittings to the front for attachment of the telephone line reels. Brass with nickel silver centre having Prussian crown and motto “GOTT MIT UNS”. Side of the buckle is stamped with unit mark “1. T.3” and crowned acceptance stamp. Reverse with the original fittings. Ex Jerry Withers collection.
Imperial German M-15 Hesse Belt Buckle, fine example of an all steel M-15 pattern belt buckle for the small Imperial German state of Hesse. The buckle has the Hesse crown to the centre. Complete with the fittings to the reverse. Complete with its brown leather tab which has the remains of the Mainz makers stamp and date 1915. Ex Jerry Withers collection
Imperial German 98/05 Butcher Bayonet Picked Up At Thiepval 1916, standard model 98/05 butcher bayonet with two piece wood slab grips, to one side of the grips id carved “THIEPVAL” and the other side “1916”. Housed in its leather and steel mounted scabbard. Standard swollen blade with fuller to the back edge. The bayonet has acceptance stamp and dated 1915. Some pitting and wear but still an interesting example with some bring back history. Blade 36cms, overall 51cms.
WW1 German Battle Damaged Trench Armour (Sappenpanzer) Set, fine example of an original WW1 German body armour known as a Sappenpanzer with the three lower armoured plates and original straps to the reverse. The large front shield has a number of bullet / shrapnel penetration holes and one to the first of the lower plates. The armour retains much of the original paint finish. The plates are all stamped with the Krupp’s makers stamp, these stamps have been chalked to highlight them. Overall a good untouched battle damaged example.
Imperial German M-16 Battle Damaged Camouflaged Steel Helmet, good untouched example having a three tone camouflage paint finish in green, brown and ochre with thin black separation lines. The shell has a entry hole to the rear of the helmet and a couple of dents to the shell which has removed some of the camouflage paint. Interior retains the leather liner band which has been bent out of shape in line with the damage to the shell, three brown leather liner pads. Shell makers stamp is not clear but the dome stamp is “R1548”.
Luftwaffe 1st Pattern Officers Dress Dagger by SMF Solingen, good untouched example of an aluminium mounted 1st pattern Luftwaffe officers dress dagger. The blue leather grip retains the original wire binding. Top pommel with mobile swastikas to both sides. Winged cross guard with mobile swastikas to the centre with much of the gilt remaining. Housed in the original leather covered scabbard with aluminium mounts and hanging chains. Very good condition plain double edged blade with acceptance stamp and SMF Solingen makers trademark. The blade measures 30cms, overall 49cms.
WW2 German K98 Bayonet with Marine Marked Frog, well worn miss-matched numbered K98 bayonet with bakelite grips, housed in steel scabbard which has lost all of its original finish. Scabbard stamped on reverse with makers stamp and “N 4157”. Attached to the scabbard is the original black leather bayonet frog which has German marine acceptance stamp and unclear makers details. Blade with fuller to back edge. Stamped “42 cof” and “981 d”. One part of the securing strap on the frog is now absent and the bayonet shows service wear overall. Blade measures 25cms, overall 40 ½ cms.
WW2 German Luftwaffe Krim Campaign Shield by Joseph Felix & Sohn (J.F.S), good untouched example of the campaign shield with its Luftwaffe blue grey cloth backing, well stained and faded. Reverse with the backing plate and remains of the paper backing, J.F.S 42 white stamp to the reverse. Good uniform removed example.
Weimar Republic Reichsheer Belt Buckle, good example of the early pattern belt buckle worn by the German army before the Third Reich. The buckle has the Weimar eagle to the centre with motto “GOTT MIT UNS”. Attached to the buckle is the original leather tab with remains of the makers stamp. Ex Jerry Withers collection
WW2 German Army Belt Buckle by Ernst Schneider Ludenscheid, near mint condition example of a steel belt buckle with nearly all of the original olive drab paint finish. Centre with army eagle and motto “GOTT MIT UNS”. Complete with the fitting to the reverse. Makers stamp to the reverse of the buckle. Ex Jerry Withers collection.
German Marine Marked Coastal Artillery Belt Buckle, scarce example of an olive drab finished German army pattern belt buckle, with eagle to centre and motto “GOTT MIT UNS”. Complete with fitting to the reverse. Attached to the buckle is leather tab which has Marine acceptance stamp and makers details of “DRANSFELD & Co MENDEN i/W”, also 1942 dated on the tab. Very good example of a scarce belt buckle. Ex Jerry Withers collection
WW2 German Naval (Kriegsmarine) Ships Bulkhead Clock, good example of the brass cased bulkhead pattern clock with blackened roman numerals to the dial and two hands. Stamped to the dial with Kriegsmarine eagle and M stamp, also “9512 N”. Complete with locking and winding key. Single fixing bracket attached to the reverse of the brass case. Some heavy dents to the case and a crack to the glass front but otherwise a good example. Appears to be in working order but sold as static display item.
2x Leather Shell Buckets, the first being brown leather covered example with early black ink WD arrow stamp. Remains of the top strap present and brass fixing studs to the side. Accompanied by a blue leather covered example with remains of the Royal crest to the centre. Both show wear. (2 items)
Good British 1912 Pattern Cavalry Officers Sword, regulation blade by Wilkinson’s, etched and polished with crowned GRI ciphers, royal arms and foliage, and struck at forte with India Service Department stamp, regulation plated guard, wire-bound fish skin covered grip, leather dress knot, in its leather field service scabbard stamped C broad arrow 15 on the nickel throat and Ga1934, C broad arrow 9 on the leather top. Blade 89cms. Fine condition.
British 1887 Pattern Mk III Sword Bayonet, regulation blade stamped with crowned VR, WILKINSON SWORD COMPANY LONDON, issue stamp 1889, various inspectors marks, steel crosspiece incised with Hindi inscription, regulation hilt and brass mounted leather scabbard. Blade 46.5cms. Good clean condition, some age wear.
First Day covers, 2005 Jane Eyre, Farm Animals, other 2000's, The Monarchy, a Philatelic Classics Album, First World War stamp book, various other first day covers Christmas 2014, London 2012 Olympic Games, Dogs and Cats 150th Anniversary, Royal Navy Uniforms, etc., other books on stamp collecting and related ephemera. (a quantity)
Philately, various stamps, 1953 Coronation cover set in Harrington and Byrne cover, United States Greatest American stamp collection in Westminister cover, various loose World used stamps and other collector's stamps, Germany, Switzerland, Churchill Crown Agent's Omnibus set album with collector's stamps, late 1990's, Harry Potter, various other collectors stamps, 12p Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother 80th Birthday. (a quantity)
Five Scottish brooches, comprising a Scottish agate banded brooch, with an unmarked white metal mount., a Scottish agate in white metal frame stamp 925., a Victorian Cairngorm set with agate and citrine, in a silver border., a thistle shepherd's crook and Cairngorm brooch, stamped 925., and a fossil agate brooch.
Five silver and other bracelets, to include a silver charm bracelet with mainly silver crested charms, some plated, a silver curb linc charm bracelet, with multiple charms, some stamped sil others unmarked, a silver hammered boat design bracelets, makers stamp CH, a hinged bangle of plain design stamped 925, 122g, and a stainless steel nomination bracelet. (5 bracelets)
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