Catalogue 300
THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
LONDON PICARESQUE
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.
WAR EFFORT
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'.
INSCRIBED TO GLADYS COOPER
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.
SIGNED PETER PAN
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.
RUSTIC POEMS
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.
HAND-MADE PAPER EDITION
(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.
'FOR JUST BEING A GOOD FRIEND'
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'.
CONTINENTAL WANDERING
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.
ETONIAN LOWLIFE
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.
DO WHAT THOU WILT
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.
PRESENTED TO ERICA SPENDER
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.
WITH ALS FROM AUTHOR
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.
PRESENTATION COPY
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.
COALMINE MODERNISM
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.
OBSCURE EMPSON
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.
THE JOYS OF PUNCTUATION
EVERGREEN PRESS, pulisher. Punctuation. FIRST EDITION. Stroud: Evergreen Press. 2001
Half title. Orig. blue cloth, paper label. FINE. 39pp. 52 x 18cm.
INTERWAR MIDDLEBROW
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.
WITH ALS FROM PATRICK HAMILTON
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.
FEAR AND INDECISION
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.
COMPLETE RUN OF 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.
NOVEL OF THE ENGLISH CLASS SYSTEM
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.
HUGHES vs PUBLISHERS
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.
SIGNED BY THE NOBEL LAUREATE
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.
POIGNANT FAMILY DRAMAS
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.
SCARCE IN DUST JACKET
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.
DARK MODERNISM
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.
FOLK HORROR
MACKAY, Shena. Old Crow. FIRST EDITION. Jonathan Cape. 1967
Half title. Orig. pale green cloth; spine a little faded. Pictorial d.w., unclipped; upper edge sl. browned on verso & v. sl. rubbed, some small closed tears. Ownership inscription of Ursula Smith 1970 on leading f.e.p.
RUTHLESS PROPERTY SPECULATION
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.
ONE OF THE GREAT SHORT STORY WRITERS
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.
DAMON GAUNT - THE BLIND DETECTIVE
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.
WITH LITHOGRAPHS BY MONA MOORE
PIPER, Myfanwy, ed. Sea Poems. With original lithographs by Mona Moore. FIRST EDITION. Frederick Muller. 1944
Half title, plates. Orig. pictorial paper-covered boards. Blue & green pictorial d.w., unclipped; spine a little chipped at head & tail, small closed tear to upper front panel.
IAN FLEMING'S EDITOR
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.
'THERE WAS ONCE A RATHER SCARCE BOOK...'
(POWER, A.D.) Four Score Limericks. Printed for private circulation. 1934
Half title. Orig. paper covered boards, cloth spine, paper label.
PRESENTED TO JOHN HAMPSON
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.
ESSENTIAL FIRST WORLD WAR NOVEL
PRIVATE 19022, pseud. (MANNING, Frederic) Her Privates We. FIRST TRADE EDITION. Peter Davies. 1930
Half title. Orig. pictorial oatmeal cloth; sl. spotted, edges v. sl. darkened. Glassine wrapper as issued, paper flaps; v. sl. chipped & marked, front flap neatly repaired with archival tape.
FUTILE RESISTANCE
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.
NEW APOCALYPSE
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.
G.B. SHAW TO HIS TANGO TEACHER
SHAW, George Bernard. ANS to Michael Rindar. At Reid's Hotel Madeira. [1925]
4 lines ms on verso of a flyer for Michael Rindar's tango lessons, signed by Shaw with customary flourish, folded; v. sl. chipped at edge, fold starting.
SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR
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.
THE FOLLY OF THE MANY
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.
SUBURBAN ODDITY
SMITH, Stevie. Harold's Leap. FIRST EDITION. Chapman & Hall. 1950
Half title, illus. Orig. red cloth; spine lettering a little dulled. Yellow pictorial d.w.; spine sl. faded. A nice copy. 85pp.
PRESENTATION COPY WITH TLS
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.
SCARCE SATIRE ON SOCIALISM
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.
UNUSUAL SIGNED COPY
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.
ARTS AND CRAFTS IN THE CLASSROOM
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.
A MODERN MASTERPIECE
THOMAS, Dylan. Under Milk Wood. A play for voices. FIRST EDITION. Dent. 1954
Half title. Orig. brown cloth. Orig. green printed d.w., unclipped; top edge v. sl. worn, neat tape repair along top edge of verso. Ownership inscription of Philip Henderson on leading f.e.p.
LOVE AND CYNICISM IN THE VALLEYS
THOMAS, Gwyn. The Alone to the Alone. FIRST EDITION. Nicholson & Watson. 1947
Half title; a little browned. Orig. pale grey cloth, paper label. Yellow pictorial d.w., unclipped; a little spotted, v. sl. chipped at head. A nice copy.
WALLER, Robert Ferns. The Two Natures. Poems in pamphlet series, no. IV. Aldington, Kent. Hand & Flower Press. 1951
Orig. buff card wrappers. Presentation inscription from the author to Geoffrey Tillotson in blue ink inside front wrapper, typescript letter signed from author to Geoffrey Tillotson & unsigned copy of reply loosely inserted.
SCARCE WELLS NOVEL
WELLS, Herbert George. Love and Mr. Lewisham. FIRST EDITION. Harper. 1900
Half title, 4pp ads. Untrimmed in orig. red cloth, lettered in gilt; a little marked, spine sl. dulled. Gift inscription 'With Sylvia's fondest love for her darling Mother - Sept 1900' on f.e.p.
EARLY WESTCOTT
WESTCOTT, Glenway. Natives of Rock: XX Poems: 1921-1922. FIRST EDITION. New York: Francesco Bianco. 1925
Half title, illus. by Pamela Bianco. Orig. purple cloth, blocked in gilt, glacine wrapper. Publisher's paper-covered box, repaired at corner. A nice copy.
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