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THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
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Catalogue 300

THE TWENTIETH CENTURY


LONDON PICARESQUE

O. Jones, O. Jones. ABSE, Dannie. O. Jones, O. Jones. FIRST EDITION.
Hutchinson. 1970
Half title. Orig. grey boards. Pictorial d.w., unclipped; a little rubbed. Signature of Dannie Abse on titlepage. A nice copy.
Stock #88206 full description >>
£25


WAR EFFORT

Letters from Iceland. AUDEN, Wystan Hugh & MACNEICE, Louis. Letters from Iceland. FIRST EDITION.
Faber. 1937
Half title, plates, folding map at end detached. Contemp. drab wrappers, stamped 'Everybody's Books'.
Stock #91761 full description >>
£120


INSCRIBED TO GLADYS COOPER

Collected Poems. BARING, Maurice. Collected Poems. FIRST EDITION.
Heinemann. 1925
Half title. Orig. brown cloth. Presentation inscription from the author to Gladys Cooper on leading f.e.p. Brief note on Buck's Club headed paper loosely inserted.
Stock #91367 full description >>
£150


SIGNED PETER PAN

Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. BARRIE, James Matthew. Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. With drawings by Arthur Rackham.
Hodder & Stoughton. [c.1922]
Col. front., plates, captioned tissue guards intact, final ad. leaf. Orig. green cloth, pictorially blocked in gilt; front board v. sl. bumped & creased, spine a little dulled. Dark green buckram box. Inscribed 'yours sincerely, J.M. Barrie' on titlepage.
Stock #93586 full description >>
£1250


RUSTIC POEMS

Seasons. BELL, Adrian. Seasons. FIRST EDITION.
Centaur Press. 1933
Plate final limitation leaf; retaining original tissue guard with sl. offsetting. Wire stitched in stiff green card wrappers; staples rusted, a little dulled & marked. (10)pp.
Stock #93302 full description >>
£120


PIPER LITHOGRAPHS

English Scottish and Welsh Landscape, BETJEMAN, John and TAYLOR, Geoffrey, eds. English Scottish and Welsh Landscape, 1700-c.1860. With original lithographs by John Piper. FIRST EDITION.
Frederick Muller. 1944
Half title, plates. Orig. pictorial paper-covered boards; v. sl. lean to spine. Pictorial d.w., unclipped; top edge a little rubbed. A nice copy.
Stock #93903 full description >>
£185


HAND-MADE PAPER EDITION

Lewis Carroll. (CARROLL, Lewis) DE LA MARE, Walter. Lewis Carroll. FIRST EDITION.
Faber. 1932
Limitation leaf blank, half title. Sewn as issued in orig. blue wrappers; a little dulled. A nice crisp copy. 67pp.
Stock #91788 full description >>
£85


FIRST U.K. APPEARANCE OF MANHEIM'S TRANSLATION

Journey to the End of the Night. CELINE, Louis-Ferdinand. Journey to the End of the Night. Translated from the French by Ralph Manheim.
John Calder. 1988
Half title; lightly toned. Orig. black cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Pictorial d.w., unclipped. A nice bright copy.
Stock #93795 full description >>
£320


JACK HARTZMANN'S COPY

Killer in the Rain. CHANDLER, Raymond. Killer in the Rain. FIRST EDITION.
Hamish Hamilton. 1964
Half title. Orig. red cloth. Blue & beige pictorial d.w., unclipped; sl. edgeworn, top edge and rear panel a little toned. Ownership inscription of Jack Hartzmann on leading f.e.p.
Stock #93575 full description >>
£100


'FOR JUST BEING A GOOD FRIEND'

Collisions. CLARKE, Anthony F.N. Collisions. A novel. FIRST EDITION.
Secker & Warburg. 1986
Half title; sl. browning to edge of text block. Orig. black cloth. White illus. d.w., unclipped; a little rubbed & marked. A nice copy. Inscribed by the author on leading f.e.p.: 'Terry, many thanks for your support & generosity & for just being a good friend! Tony', author signature on title page, dated '16th April '86'.
Stock #80793 full description >>
£25


CONTINENTAL WANDERING

A Cruise upon Wheels. COLLINS, Charles Alston. A Cruise upon Wheels. The chronicle of some autumn wanderings along the deserted post-roads of France. With illustrations by Andrew Johnson.
Peter Davies. 1926
Half title, front., plates. Orig. green cloth. Grey pictorial d.w., unclipped; sl. nicked, edges & spine a little browned. A nice copy.
Stock #93595 full description >>
£30


PRIVATE PRESS PEDLARS

Calls, Sounds & Merchandise of the Peking Street Peddlers. CONSTANT, Samuel Victor. Calls, Sounds & Merchandise of the Peking Street Peddlers. With 25 wood engravings by Rosemary Covey. 4to.
Newtown, PA: Bird & Bull Press. 1993
Half title, illus., wood engravings tipped in. Quarter red morcco on dec. blue silk. Number 27 of 200. A v.g. attractive copy.
Stock #81997 full description >>
£180


ETONIAN LOWLIFE

The Legacy of the Stiff Upper Lip; COOK, Robin. The Legacy of the Stiff Upper Lip; or, The Astonishing Social Hinterland of a Lapse. FIRST EDITION.
Hutchinson. 1966
Half title. Orig. black cloth. Black & white d.w., unclipped. Ownership inscription of Barry Lile on leading f.e.p. A nice copy.
Stock #90202 full description >>
£35


DO WHAT THOU WILT

The Book of the Law. CROWLEY, Aleister. The Book of the Law. Technically called Liber al vel Legis sub figura CCXX as delivered by XCII=418 to DCLXVI. 16mo.
Privately issued by the O.T.O. 1938
A little spotted, final ads & order form intact. Stapled in orig. buff printed wrappers; staples rusted, wrappers a little browned & marked. 50pp.
Stock #93956 full description >>
£1500


PRESENTED TO ERICA SPENDER

Marianne. DAVIES, Rhys. Marianne. FIRST EDITION.
Heinemann. 1951
Half title; a little edge-spotted. Orig. blue-green cloth. Pictorial d.w., unclipped; edges sl. browned, spine a little chipped at head & tail, rear panel sl. marked. Presentation inscription 'Erica Spender/ Rhys Davies Sept. 1951 on titlepage.
Stock #93117 full description >>
£125


WITH ALS FROM AUTHOR

The Good Earth, DENT, J. Geoffrey. The Good Earth, and other poems. FIRST EDITION.
Arthur H. Stockwell. [1938]
Orig. blue moire cloth; spine & upper edges of boards dulled. 20pp. ALS from author to Geoffrey Tillotson, in a neat hand, blue ink both sides of a single folded sheet, loosely inserted.
Stock #71510 full description >>
£60


PRESENTATION COPY

Theseus and the Minotaur. DICKINSON, Patric. Theseus and the Minotaur. And Poems. FIRST EDITION.
John Calder. 1946
Half title. Orig. bright blue cloth; corners sl. bumped. In rather marked, nicked & spotted d.w. Presentation inscription 'To Geoffrey Tillotson from Patric Dickinson' in ink on leading f.e.p. Correspondence, both typed & handwritten between author & Prof. Tillotson loosely inserted.
Stock #71368 full description >>
£15


COALMINE MODERNISM

The Man Beneath. DOHERTY, Len. The Man Beneath. FIRST EDITION.
Lawrence & Wishart. 1957
Half title. Orig. red cloth. Red pictorial d.w., unclipped; a little rubbed at head of spine. Gift inscription 'All my love, Happy Christmas, 1957' on leading f.e.p. A very nice copy.
Stock #90208 full description >>
£65


OBSCURE EMPSON

Letter IV. EMPSON, William. Letter IV. Songs for Sixpence No. 1.
Cambridge: Heffer & Sons. 1929
Half title. Orig. buff wrappers, sewn as issued; v. sl. darkened. v.g.
Stock #71827 full description >>
£200


THE JOYS OF PUNCTUATION

Punctuation. EVERGREEN PRESS, pulisher. Punctuation. FIRST EDITION.
Stroud: Evergreen Press. 2001
Half title. Orig. blue cloth, paper label. FINE. 39pp. 52 x 18cm.
Stock #91146 full description >>
£250


SIEGFRIED SASSOON'S COPY

The Last Generation. FLECKER, James Elroy. The Last Generation. A story of the future.
New Age Press. 1908
Half title, 8pp ads; prelims a little spotted. Purple printed illus. wrappers, sewn & glued. Ownership inscription of Siegfried Sassoon on half title. A nice copy. 56pp.
Stock #91993 full description >>
£350


INTERWAR MIDDLEBROW

The Dangerous Years. FRANKAU, Gilbert. The Dangerous Years. A trilogy. FIRST EDITION.
Hutchinson. 1937
Half title, 36pp cata. (Autumn 1937). Orig. black cloth. Printed d.w., unclipped; a little rubbed, spine sl. torn. A nice copy.
Stock #94205 full description >>
£65


WITH ALS FROM PATRICK HAMILTON

Hangover Square; HAMILTON, Patrick. Hangover Square; or, The Man with Two Minds, a story of darkest Earl's Court in the year 1939. FIRST EDITION.
Constable. 1941
Half title. Orig. pale green cloth, spine lettered in red; spine a little faded. Green pictorial d.w., unclipped; small closed tear to rear panel, a little marked, chipped & creased. Six-line ALS from the author on Savile Club notepaper loosely inserted. A rare survival.
Stock #93566 full description >>
£3500


FEAR AND INDECISION

The Goalies Anxiety at the Penalty Kick. HANDKE, Peter. The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick. Translated by Michael Roloff. FIRST U.K. EDITION.
Eyre Methuen. 1977
Half title. Orig. black cloth. Photographic d.w., unclipped; front panel sl. browned, evidence of price sticker removal from front flap. Bookplate of Felix Dennis on leading pastedown. A nice copy.
Stock #84683 full description >>
£65


COMPLETE RUN OF ALPHABET AND IMAGE

Alphabet and Image. HARLING, Robert, ed. Alphabet and Image. A quarterly.
James Shand at the Shenval Press. 1946-48
Illus. Orig. stiff card wrappers, vols I-IV spiral bound, vols V-VIII perfect bound in d.ws; spiral spine beginning to uncoil vol. IV, d.w. cut down vol. VI; some rubbing & marking. A nice set.
Stock #85272 full description >>
£250


NOVEL OF THE ENGLISH CLASS SYSTEM

The Hireling. HARTLEY, Leslie Poles. The Hireling. FIRST EDITION.
Hamish Hamilton. 1957
Orig. green cloth, spine lettered in silver. Red d.w., unclipped; rear panel a little dulled. A nice copy.
Stock #84138 full description >>
£20


HUGHES vs PUBLISHERS

ALS to Mrs Masters, HUGHES, Ted. ALS to Mrs Masters, from Court Green, North Tawton, Devon, 18th October 1966. 'Thank you for the invitation - tardy as I am in answering it...'
1966
39 lines over both sides of a single quarto leaf, folded for posting.
Stock #91686 full description >>
£1000


SIGNED BY THE NOBEL LAUREATE

Christianity at Glacier. LAXNESS, Halldór. Christianity at Glacier. Translated from the Icelandic by Magnus Magnusson. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION.
Reykjavik: Helgafell. 1972
Half title. Orig. black cloth. Blue, pink & green printed d.w., unclipped; a little rubbed at edges, a couple small closed tears, reverse marked. Author signature on titlepage.
Stock #92659 full description >>
£400


POIGNANT FAMILY DRAMAS

The Gipsys Baby. LEHMANN, Rosamond. The Gipsy's Baby. First collected edn.
Collins. 1946
Half title. Orig. green cloth. Yellow d.w., clipped; a little rubbed & spotted. A nice copy.
Stock #89872 full description >>
£25


SCARCE IN DUST JACKET

Blasting and Bombadiering. LEWIS, Wyndham. Blasting and Bombadiering. Autobiography (1914-1926). FIRST EDITION.
Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1937
Half title, front., plates. Orig. brick-red cloth; a little dulled. Buff d.w., unclipped; sl. dulled & a little marked.
Stock #89817 full description >>
£350


FIFTIES COURTROOM NOVEL

The People against OHara. LIPSKY, Eleazar. The People against O'Hara. FIRST U.K. EDITION.
Wingate. 1951
Half title. Orig. black cloth. Pictorial d.w., unclipped; rear panel a little marked, v. small tear to upper edge. A nice copy.
Stock #91361 full description >>
£65


DARK MODERNISM

That Child. LYLE, Marius, pseud. (Una Maud Lyle Smith) That Child. FIRST EDITION.
Fortune Press. 1938
Half title. Sl. offsetting to leading f.e.p. Untrimmed in orig. ochre cloth; spine a little dented at head. Printed cream & red d.w., unclipped.
Stock #93817 full description >>
£150


RUTHLESS PROPERTY SPECULATION

The Miracle Maker. O'CONNELL, Charles. The Miracle Maker. FIRST EDITION.
Dublin: Talbot Press. 1960
Half title. Orig. black cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Red & yellow pictorial jacket, unclipped; a little creased & nicked, rear panel a little marked, small tape repair to reverse of head of spine.
Stock #93305 full description >>
£35


ONE OF THE GREAT SHORT STORY WRITERS

Three Tales. O'CONNOR, Frank. Three Tales. FIRST EDITION.
Dublin: Cuala Press. 1941
Printed on thin paper. Orig. quarter white cloth on blue paper-covered boards, paper labels sl. rubbed; a little faded & sl. marked. Copy 89/250.
Stock #79458 full description >>
£75


DAMON GAUNT - THE BLIND DETECTIVE

At One-Thirty: OSTRANDER, Isabel. At One-Thirty: a mystery. FIRST U.K. EDITION.
Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. 1916
Half title, final ad. leaf. Leading f.e.p. removed. Orig. olive green cloth, pictorially blocked in blind & white with a clock, lettered in white; sl. rubbed. v.g.
Stock #85243 full description >>
£180


CREATIVE DIPLOMACY

La Russie des Tsars. PALÉOLOGUE, Maurice. La Russie des Tsars. Pendant la grande guerre. Aquarelles de G. Loukomsky. 3 vols.
Paris: Librarie Plon. 1921
Fronts, vols I & II, folding maps, vol. I. Contemp. red half calf, raised bands, compartments in gilt; spines v. sl. damp-marked. Bookplates of Ivor Herbert, 1st Baron Treowen, on leading pastedowns. t.e.g. A lavish set.
Stock #90089 full description >>
£150


IAN FLEMING'S EDITOR

Conversation with My Younger Self. PLOMER, William. Conversation with My Younger Self. FIRST EDITION.
Ewelme. 1963
Half title. Orig. stiff card wrappers, sewn as issued. Note on titlepage in Kathleen Tillotson's hand: 'Geoffrey & Kathleen Tillotson from Simon Nowell-Smith 1963', author signature on colophon page, facsimile sample of Plomer's handwriting loosely inserted. v.g.
Stock #76226 full description >>
£50


'THERE WAS ONCE A RATHER SCARCE BOOK...'

Four Score Limericks. (POWER, A.D.) Four Score Limericks.
Printed for private circulation. 1934
Half title. Orig. paper covered boards, cloth spine, paper label.
Stock #91057 full description >>
£150


PRESENTED TO JOHN HAMPSON

At the Harlots Burial. POWYS, Laurence. At the Harlot's Burial. Poems. FIRST EDITION.
E. Lahr. 1929
Orig. white card wrappers, printed in blue. Glacine wrapper a little chipped at spine & edges. Inscribed by author on dedication page 'and John Hampson, Laurence Powys'. 43pp.
Stock #93264 full description >>
£120


JOHN MINTON DUSTWRAPPER

Few Were Left. REIN, Harold. Few Were Left. FIRST U.K. EDITION.
Methuen. 1955
Half title. Orig. black cloth. Black pictorial d.w., unclipped; a little rubbed, rear panel sl. marked. A nice copy.
Stock #90205 full description >>
£50


ANTI-WAR CLASSIC

All Quiet on the Western Front. REMARQUE Erich Maria. All Quiet on the Western Front. Translated from the German by A.W. Wheen. FIRST U.S. EDITION.
Boston: Little, Brown. 1929
Half title. Orig. grey cloth; lower front corner v. sl. worn. Pictorial d.w., unclipped; sl. torn & a little rubbed. A nice copy.
Stock #91707 full description >>
£120


FUTILE RESISTANCE

The Boat of Fate. ROBERTS, Keith. The Boat of Fate. An historical novel. FIRST EDITION.
Hutchinson. 1971
Half title. Orig. blue cloth. Pictorial d.w., unclipped; a little rubbed at edges, small tape repairs to verso.
Stock #94154 full description >>
£25


NEW APOCALYPSE

Knight and Devil. SCHIMANSKI, Stefan. Knight and Devil. FIRST EDITION.
Billericay: Grey Walls. 1942
Half title, illus. by Conroy Maddox. Orig. blue linen. Orange d.w., unclipped; edges sl. dusted. A nice copy. 36pp.
Stock #85468 full description >>
£65


SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR

The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner. SILLITOE, Alan. The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner. FIRST EDITION.
W.H. Allen. 1959
Orig. sage-green cloth, lettered in gilt; spine v. sl. rubbed at head & tail. Blue & yellow pictorial d.w., clipped; edges v. sl. rubbed, browned & chipped. Gift inscription 'To Lilly from David, 7.8.59' on leading f.e.p., signed by the author on titlepage.
Stock #93303 full description >>
£550


THE FOLLY OF THE MANY

Satan in Goray. SINGER, Isaac Bashevis. Satan in Goray. Translated by Jacob Sloan. FIRST U.K. EDITION.
Peter Owen. 1958
The titlepage is a cancel. Publisher's grey buckram. Orange pictorial d.w., unclipped; a little marked, spine sl. browned.
Stock #89116 full description >>
£85


PRESENTATION COPY WITH TLS

The Village that Wandered. SMITH, Surrey, pseud. DINNER, William & MORUM, William. The Village that Wandered. FIRST EDITION.
Boardman. 1960
Half title. Orig. blue cloth. Pictorial d.w., unclipped; rear panel a little marked, following edge sl. spotted. Presentation inscription 'To Miss C.A. Lejeune, Gratefully "Surrey Smith"'. TLS from the authors to C.A. Lejeune loosely inserted. A nice copy.
Stock #91358 full description >>
£85


SCARCE SATIRE ON SOCIALISM

Backwards and Forwards. SPRING, Summer (pseud.) Backwards and Forwards. FIRST EDITION.
Glaisher. 1905
A little damp affected. Orig. red cloth; a little damp affected, spine dulled, boards sl. marked. A sound copy.
Stock #79566 full description >>
£35


PRESENTATION COPY

The Golden Face. STEPHANIDES, Theodore. The Golden Face. FIRST EDITION.
Fortune Press. 1965
Half title. Orig. pale yellow cloth. Printed cream d.w., unclipped. Presentation inscription 'To Leslie Shepard with the author's best compliments, Theodore Stephanides, London 18-3-66'. 96pp.
Stock #94225 full description >>
£120


UNUSUAL SIGNED COPY

The Island of Desire. TEMPLETON, Edith. The Island of Desire. 2nd impression.
Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1952
Half title. Orig. red cloth; spine a little faded. Pictorial d.w., unclipped; marked & a little dulled, small nick to for-edge. Inscribed by the author 'To Roger' with a quote from Wilde on titlepage.
Stock #91905 full description >>
£120


ARTS AND CRAFTS IN THE CLASSROOM

Handicraft in the School. THE GRESHAM PUBLISHING COMPANY, pub. Handicraft in the School. FIRST EDITIONS. 5 vols. Landscape 4to.
Gresham. [c.1914]
Half titles, plates, illus., front. & index, vol. V only. Orig. sage green cloth, blocked with George & dragon design, spines lettered in gilt; light marking to vols I & V. Ownership inscriptions on leading f.e.ps. v.g.
Stock #84524 full description >>
£200


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