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CATALOGUE 27
New acquisitions, reduced items and a collection All books are First Editions (first printings) published in London unless otherwise stated. Authors' signatures are found on the title page unless otherwise indicated. 'Fine' means without any faults, as new; 'near Fine' means without significant faults. Scans of all items are available upon request. For full terms and conditions see foot of catalogue. Last updated: April 2026
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
1. ADICHIE, Chimamanda Ngozi. The Thing Around Your Neck. Fourth Estate 2009. Signed by the author. Promotional flier loosely inserted. Fine in dustwrapper. £225.00
2. ADIGA, Aravind. The White Tiger. Atlantic 2008. Booker Prize winner. Uncorrected proof copy. Near Fine in black printed wrappers and proof dustwrapper (the proof dustwrapper is wider, has a different blurb on the lower flap and different reviews on the lower panel from the American edition, which preceded, and is laminated). £150.00
3. AMIS, Kingsley. Ending Up. Cape 1974. Booker Prize shortlist. Inscribed by the author on front endpaper: “Anthony / from Kingsley / Bright sun, 17th April 1976”. Near Fine in dustwrapper. £275.00
4. AMIS, Kingsley. The Old Devils. Hutchinson 1986. Booker Prize winner. Signed by the author. Slight bruise to head of spine, otherwise near Fine in dustwrapper. £150.00
5. AMIS, Martin. Two Stories. Moorhouse and Sorensen 1994. Collects the previously published (though not collected) ‘Denton’s Death’ and ‘Let Me Count the Times’. Letter F of 26 lettered copies on Velin Arches hand-bound in metal by Jan Ascoli signed by the author, from an edition of 326. The scarcest state of his scarcest book. Fine. £600.00
6. AMIS, Martin. Two Stories. Moorhouse and Sorensen 1994. Collects the previously published (though not collected) ‘Denton’s Death’ and ‘Let Me Count the Times’. No.25 of 100 numbered copies in cloth signed by the author, from an edition of 326. Fine. £125.00
7. AMIS, Martin. Two Stories. Moorhouse and Sorensen 1994. Collects the previously published (though not collected) ‘Denton’s Death’ and ‘Let Me Count the Times’. No.8 of 200 copies in card wrappers, from an edition of 326. Fine. £25.00
8. ATWOOD, Margaret. The Testaments. Chatto & Windus 2019. Booker Prize winner. Signed by the author. Fine in dustwrapper. £110.00
9. BALLARD, J.G. Empire of the Sun. Gollancz 1984. Booker Prize shortlist. Uncorrected proof copy. Near Fine in printed wrappers and oversize (slightly creased and faded) proof dustwrapper. £25.00
10. BANVILLE, John. The Book of Evidence. Secker & Warburg 1989. Booker Prize shortlist. Signed by the author. Edges tanned, otherwise near Fine in first issue dustwrapper (priced at £10.95). £75.00
11. BANVILLE, John. The Sea. Picador 2005. Booker Prize winner. Uncorrected proof copy. Signed and dated (22.X.2005) by the author. Fine in printed wrappers. £125.00
12. BARKER, Pat. The Ghost Road. Viking 1995. Booker Prize winner. Signed by the author. Near Fine in dustwrapper, with a hint of fading to spine. £150.00
13. BARKER, Pat. The Ghost Road. Viking 1995. Booker Prize winner. Uncorrected proof copy, with different pagination and some minor textual differences. Signed by the author. Near Fine in pictorial wrappers. £150.00
14. BARNES, Julian. The Sense of an Ending. Cape 2011. Booker Prize winner. Signed by the author. Tiny bruise to tail of spine, otherwise Fine in dustwrapper. £65.00
15. BEATTY, Paul. The Sellout. Oneworld 2016. Paperback original. Booker Prize winner. Signed and dated (28 Oct 2016) by the author. Fine in printed wrappers. £75.00
16. BECKETT, Samuel. The Theatrical Notebooks of Samuel Beckett: The Shorter Plays. Faber 1992. Fine in dustwrapper and slipcase (unopened). £175.00
17. BERGER, John. G. Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1972. Booker Prize winner. Couple of marks to front endpaper, otherwise near Fine in dustwrapper, only a little faded on spine. £150.00
18. BERGER, John. G. Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1972. Booker Prize winner. Uncorrected proof copy. Scattered spotting to top edge, otherwise near Fine in little creased and worn printed wrappers and proof dustwrapper, faded on spine (the proof dustwrapper has a matt rather than gloss finish). £150.00
19. BOOKER PRIZE COLLECTION SIGNED. Complete collection 1969- 2019, all but five flatsigned or inscribed (no bookplates) including all the winners and all the major rarities. The only unsigned books are Hutchinson, 'Rising', Chatwin, 'Utz', Powers, 'The Overstory' (all considered impossible though the copies included come with a signed postcard and signed bookplates respectively), Richler, 'St Urbain's Horseman' and Rathbone, 'Joseph'. All are first UK editions, first printings, mostly Fine or near Fine in dustwrappers. This is the most complete signed collection in the world, the Richard Alston collection having been broken up and sold piecemeal last year and the Morgan Library collection being less complete. Full details on application. £125,000.00
20. BROOKNER, Anita. Hotel du Lac. Cape 1984. Booker Prize winner. Uncorrected proof copy. Hint of fading to spine, otherwise near Fine in printed wrappers. £75.00
21. BROWN, George Mackay. Beside the Ocean of Time. John Murray 1994. Reprinted 1994 (i.e. second impression). Signed and dated by the author (“George Mackay Brown / Stromness / 30 Sept 1994”). Scarce even thus: Mackay Brown signed few copies of his last novel and died in April 1996. Scattered spotting to top edge, otherwise near Fine in dustwrapper. £95.00
22. BURNS, Anna. Milkman. Faber 2018. Booker Prize winner. Fine in dustwrapper. One of the scarcer recent winners. £125.00
23. BURROUGHS, William S. The Frisco Kid he never returns. Tangerine Press 2023. With Shadow Routines, including ‘Dead Fingers Talk’ and ‘Interzone Tangier’ by Iain Sinclair. One of 50 handbound hardcover copies signed by Sinclair with extra material, from an edition of 250. One of 25 odd numbered copies in yellow cloth. Fine. £175.00
24. BYATT, A.S. Possession. Chatto and Windus 1990. Booker Prize winner. Inscribed by the author to the publisher John Hitchin: “For John / with all very best wishes / Antonia / February 17th 1990 Richmond / Is fiction, which makes fact alive, fact too? / The somehow may be thishow. / (RB. The Ring and the Book)”. Hint of a crease to spine, slight bruise to top edge, otherwise near Fine in dustwrapper, with slight fading to spine. £375.00
25. BYATT, A.S. Possession. Chatto and Windus 1990. Booker Prize winner. Uncorrected proof copy. Signed by the author. Near Fine in pictorial wrappers, with minor crease to upper panel. £150.00
26. CATTON, Eleanor. The Luminaries. Granta 2013. Booker Prize winner. Inscribed by the author: “Eleanor Catton / “Every man / has his / currency…” / 9 Sept 2013”. Fine in dustwrapper. £225.00
27. CATTON, Eleanor. The Luminaries. Granta 2013. Booker Prize winner. Signed by the author. Fine in dustwrapper. £90.00
28. CHATWIN, Bruce. On the Black Hill. Cape 1982. Whitbread First Novel of the Year, James Tait Black Memorial Prize. Uncorrected proof copy. Near Fine in printed wrappers. £55.00
29. CHATWIN, Bruce. The Attractions of France. Colophon Press 1993. Printed at Libanus Press and bound at the Fine Bindery. No.X of ten Roman-numbered copies in blue buckram, with a reproduction of a page of the author’s corrected typescript, signed by the author’s widow, Elizabeth Chatwin, for private distribution, from an edition of 211. Fine. £250.00
30. COETZEE, J.M. Youth. Secker & Warburg 2002. Signed by the author. Slight tanning to edges, otherwise Fine in dustwrapper. £150.00
31. COETZEE, J.M. Slow Man. Secker & Warburg 2005. Signed by the author. Fine in dustwrapper. £225.00
32. COETZEE, J.M. Diary of a Bad Year. Harvill Secker 2007. No.41 of 100 numbered copies in full leather signed by the author. Fine in slipcase. £250.00
33. COETZEE, J.M. The Childhood of Jesus. Harvill Secker 2013. No.36 of 100 numbered copies in full leather signed by the author. Fine in slipcase. £275.00
34. DE BERNIERES, Louis. Captain Corelli’s Mandolin. Secker & Warburg 1994. Signed and dated (1994) by the author. Hint of a crease to spine, otherwise near Fine in dustwrapper. £275.00
35. DESAI, Kiran. The Inheritance of Loss. Hamish Hamilton 2006. Booker Prize winner. Signed by the author. Tiny bruise to head of spine, otherwise Fine in dustwrapper. £55.00
36. DESAI, Kiran. The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny. Hamish Hamilton 2025. Booker Prize shortlist. Signed and dated (9 November 2025) by the author with a quote from the book (“Lonely? Lonely!”). Fine in dustwrapper. £125.00
37. ENGLAND, Barry. Figures in a Landscape. Cape 1968. Booker Prize shortlist. Uncorrected proof copy, with publication date (May 1968) and price (21/-) in ink on upper panel. Crease to spine and lower panel, a little wear to spine, some staining to spine and upper panel, otherwise Very Good in printed wrappers. £25.00
38. FARRELL, J.G. The Siege of Krishnapur. Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1973. Booker Prize winner. Uncorrected proof copy. Top edge dusty, a little creasing and rubbing to spine, otherwise Very Good indeed in printed wrappers. £125.00
39. FISCHER, Tibor. Under the Frog. Edinburgh: Polygon 1992. Paperback original. Booker Prize shortlist. Signed and dated (15.xi.92) by the author. Slight tanning to edges, otherwise near Fine in pictorial wrappers. £275.00
40. FLANAGAN, Richard. The Narrow Road to the Deep North. Chatto & Windus 2014. Booker Prize winner. Signed by the author. Fine in dustwrapper. £125.00
41. FLANAGAN, Richard. The Narrow Road to the Deep North. Chatto & Windus 2014. Booker Prize winner. Fine in dustwrapper. £65.00
42. FLANAGAN, Richard. The Narrow Road to the Deep North. Chatto & Windus 2014. Booker Prize winner. Uncorrected proof copy. Signed by the author. Near Fine in pictorial wrappers. £125.00
43. FOWLES, John. The Collector. Cape 1965. Reddish brown boards. His first novel. Signed card (“Marco Keiner / Best wishes / John Fowles / Lyme Regis / 25.6.96” and with the author’s blindstamp) loosely inserted. Near Fine in dustwrapper, with usual light soiling to lower panel, and a couple of minor nicks. £225.00
44. FOWLES, John. Wormholes: essays and occasional writings. Cape 1998. From the library of Tom Maschler, with his bookplate on front pastedown. Inscribed by the author to Maschler within a printed decoration facing title page: “Tom / As ever / John Fowles / Lyme 1998”. Slight bruise to head of spine, otherwise Fine in dustwrapper. £225.00
45. GALGUT, Damon. The Promise. Chatto & Windus 2021. Booker Prize winner. Signed by the author. Very slight bruise to tail of spine, otherwise Fine in dustwrapper. £175.00
46. GALGUT, Damon. The Promise. Chatto & Windus 2021. Booker Prize winner. Slight bruise to tail of spine, otherwise near Fine in dustwrapper. £45.00
47. GARCÍA MÁRQUEZ, Gabriel. Innocent Erendira. Cape 1979. First English edition. Inscribed by the author on front endpaper: “Una flor / de tu / agradecido amigo / Gabriel / 79”, accompanied by a drawing of a long-stemmed flower. Near Fine in dustwrapper. £750.00
48. GOLDING, William. Rites of Passage. Faber 1980. Booker Prize winner. Incribed by the author on front endpaper in the year of publication: “With best wishes / William Golding / 15/11/80”. Slight bruising to front corners and tail of spine, otherwise near Fine in dustwrapper. £650.00
49. GOLDING, William. Close Quarters. Faber 1987. Uncorrected proof copy. Signed by the author. Near Fine in printed wrappers. £75.00
50. GOLDING, William. To the Ends of the Earth: a sea trilogy. Faber 1991. Collects ‘Rites of Passage’, ‘Close Quarters’ and ‘Fire Down Below’. No.114 of 400 specially bound numbered copies signed by the author. Top edge gilt. Fine in glassine dustwrapper. £150.00
51. GREENE, Graham. The Return of A.J. Raffles. Bodley Head 1975. Paperback original. Inscribed by the author: “For Janet / with love from / Graham”. Near Fine in printed wrappers. £225.00
52. GUNESEKERA, Romesh. Reef. Granta 1994. Booker Prize shortlist. Signed by the author. Bruise to one corner, otherwise near Fine in dustwrapper. £45.00
53. GURNAH, Abdulrazak. Paradise. Hamish Hamilton 1994. Booker Prize shortlist. Signed by the author. Spotting to edges, otherwise near Fine in dustwrapper, with occasional spotting to inside. £275.00
54. GURNAH, Abdulrazak. Desertion. Bloomsbury 2005. Signed by the author. Near Fine in dustwrapper. £250.00
55. GURNAH, Abdulrazak. Theft. Bloomsbury 2025. Signed by the author. Near Fine in dustwrapper. £35.00
56. HARVEY, Samantha. Orbital. Cape 2023. Booker Prize winner. Correct first printing with blue boards, blue-grey endpapers and ISBN ending 342. Hint of a bruise to tail of spine, otherwise Fine in first state dustwrapper. £1250.00
57. HARVEY, Samantha. Orbital. Cape 2023. Booker Prize winner. Independent Bookshop edition published about a year after the first with black endpapers and ISBN ending 851 (though with original copyright page info). Signed and dated (17th October 2025) by the author. Fine in dustwrapper. £75.00
58. HAWKINS, Paula. The Girl on the Train. Doubleday 2015. ‘Free ticket holder’ affixed to verso of front endpaper. Inscribed by the author: “I can hear the train coming / Paula Hawkins / 6/8/15”. Hint of a bruise to tail of spine, otherwise Fine in dustwrapper. £35.00
59. HEANEY, Seamus (translates). Beowulf. Faber 1999. Whitbread Prize winner. Near Fine in dustwrapper. £45.00
60. HOBAN, Russel. The Lion of Boaz-Jachin and Jachin-Boaz. Cape 1973. His first novel. Inscribed by the author: “To Stephen / Roaring best wishes / Russ Hoban / 23.2.97”. Crease to spine, otherwise near Fine in dustwrapper. £75.00
61. HOUELLEBECQ, Michel. Atomised. Heinemann 2000. His second novel. First English edition. Near Fine in dustwrapper. £45.00
62. HUGHES, Richard. The Fox in the Attic. Chatto & Windus 1961. Volume 1 of ‘The Human Predicament’. Uncorrected proof copy, with minor differences from the published book. Very Good indeed in printed wrappers, with some creases to spine and a few short closed tears. £55.00
63. HUGHES, Ted. The Best Worker in Europe. Atlantic Salmon Trust 1985. With drawings by Charles Jardine. One of 156 numbered copies signed by the author and the artist. Near Fine in pictorial wrappers. £125.00
64. HULME, Keri. The Bone People. Spiral with Hodder and Stoughton 1985. First English edition. Booker Prize winner. Slight bruising to head and tail of spine, otherwise near Fine in dustwrapper (just a hint of fading to spine). £150.00
65. ISHIGURO, Kazuo. Never Let Me Go. Faber 2005. Booker Prize shortlist. Fine in dustwrapper. £175.00
66. ISHIGURO, Kazuo. Klara and the Sun. Faber 2021. Correct first edition with ISBN ending 879 and black endpapers. Signed by the author on half title. Fine in dustwrapper. With limited edition ‘Klara’ print. £95.00
67. JAMES, Marlon. The Book of Night Women. Oneworld 2009. His second novel. Signed by the author. Slight bruise to head of spine, otherwise Fine in dustwrapper. £125.00
68. JAMES, Marlon. A Brief History of Seven Killings. Oneworld 2014. Booker Prize winner. Inscribed by the author: “Andrew / ‘Dead people never stop talking’ / Marlon James 10.12.15”. Fine in dustwrapper. £175.00
69. JOHNSON, B.S. Travelling People. Constable 1963. His first novel. Signed by the athor. Fine in dustwrapper – as new, an exceptional copy. £450.00
70. JOHNSON, B.S. Albert Angelo. Constable 1964. His second novel. Signed by the author. Barely noticeable short closed tear to foot of upper panel, otherwise near Fine in dustwrapper – an exceptional copy. £350.00
71. JOHNSON, B.S. House Mother Normal. Trigram Press 1971. No.3 of 100 specially bound copies numbered and signed by the author. There were also 26 lettered copies for the author’s use. Fine in (little marked and nicked) acetate. £125.00
72. JOYCE, Rachel. The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry. Doubleday in association with Goldsboro Books 2012. One of 500 numbered copies signed by the author. Fine in slipcase. £75.00
73. KELMAN, James. A Chancer. Edinburgh: Polygon Books 1985. His second novel. Signed by the author. Slight bruising to head and tail of spine, otherwise near Fine in dustwrapper. £75.00
74. KELMAN, James. A Disaffection. Secker & Warburg 1989. Booker Prize shortlist. Signed by the author. Paper browned, very slight bruising to head and tail of spine, otherwise near Fine in dustwrapper. £45.00
75. KELMAN, James. How Late It Was, How Late. Secker & Warburg 1994. Booker Prize winner. Signed by the author. Edges tanned, otherwise near Fine in dustwrapper. £275.00
76. KELMAN, James. How Late It Was, How Late. Secker & Warburg 1994. Booker Prize winner. Uncorrected proof copy. Near Fine in pictorial wrappers. £55.00
77. KENEALLY, Thomas. The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith. Angus and Robertson 1972. Booker Prize shortlist. Signed by the author, with his sketched self-portrait. Near Fine in dustwrapper (with ‘Jimmie’ mis-spelt as ‘Jimmy’), with just a hint of rubbing to extremities. Scarce thus. £375.00
78. KENEALLY, Thomas. Gossip from the Forest. Collins 1975. Booker Prize shortlist. Uncorrected proof copy. Signed by the author, with his sketched self-portrait. Edges dusty, some creasing to spine, otherwise near Fine in printed wrappers. £55.00
79. KENEALLY, Thomas. Confederates. Collins 1979. Booker Prize shortlist. Signed by the author. Near Fine in dustwrapper. £125.00
80. KENEALLY, Thomas. Schindler’s Ark. Hodder & Stoughton 1982. Booker Prize winner. Fine in (unfaded) dustwrapper. £125.00
81. KILROY, Thomas. The Big Chapel. Faber 1971. Booker Prize shortlist. Signed by the author. Light spotting to endpapers, otherwise near Fine in dustwrapper, little browned on spine. £110.00
82. KITAMURA, Katie. Audition. Fern Press 2025. Booker Prize shortlist. Inscribed by the author with a quote from the last line of the book: “ ‘And around me the / waiting darkness’ / Katie Kitamura / 11 October 2025”. Fine in dustwrapper. £125.00
83. LAWRENCE, D.H. The Man Who Died. Secker 1931. First appearance under this title (formerly 'The Escaped Cock'). One of 2000 copies. Green buckram lettered and stamped in gold. Usual offsetting to endpapers, some discolouration to boards and spine, otherwise Very Good. £25.00
84. LE CARRÉ, John. The Night Manager. Hodder and Stoughton 1993. Signed and dated (June ‘93) by the author. Fine in dustwrapper. £150.00
85. LEE, Laurie. Cider with Rosie. Hogarth Press 1959. First issue with piano-works reference on p.272. Pencilled name. Slight bruising to corners, edges dusty, otherwise Very Good with some tears and a little fraying at head and tail of spine. £75.00
86. LESSING, Doris. The Sirian Experiments. Cape 1981. Booker Prize shortlist. Signed by the author. Near Fine in dustwrapper. £125.00
87. LEVY, Deborah. Hot Milk. Hamish Hamilton 2016. Booker Prize shortlist. Signed and dated (Oct 24th 2016) by the author. Fine in dustwrapper. £45.00
88. LIVELY, Penelope. According to Mark. Heinemann 1984. Booker Prize shortlist. Signed by the author. Hint of bruising to corners, otherwise near Fine in dustwrapper. £25.00
89. LIVELY, Penelope. The Road to Lichfield. Heinemann 1977. Her first adult novel. Booker Prize shortlist. Signed by the author. Near Fine in priceclipped dustwrapper. £275.00
90. McEWAN, Ian. Black Dogs. Cape 1990. Booker Prize shortlist. First state binding (black cloth with red endpapers). Signed by the author. Fine in dustwrapper. £75.00
91. McGAHERN, John. The Dark. Faber 1965. His second novel. Tanning to edges, otherwise near Fine in little marked dustwrapper. £275.00
92. McGAHERN, John. The Leavetaking. Faber 1974. His third novel. Signed by the author. Edges and margins browned, otherwise near Fine in dustwrapper, little rubbed at extremities. £225.00
93. McGAHERN, John. Memoir. Faber 2005. No.218 of 250 specially bound numbered copies signed by the author. Fine in slipcase. £275.00
94. MARTEL, Yann. Life of Pi. Edinburgh: Canongate 2002. Booker Prize winner. Signed by the author. Very slight bruise to head of spine, otherwise Fine in dustwrapper. £125.00
95. MAVOR, Elizabeth. A Green Equinox. Michael Joseph 1973. Booker Prize shortlist. Slight crease to spine, otherwise near Fine in dustwrapper, with very slight rubbing to extremities. £375.00
96. MILLER, Andrew. The Land in Winter. Sceptre 2024. Booker Prize shortlist. Signed and inscribed by the author: “Andrew Miller / 9th November / 2025 / London”. Slight bruise to tail of spine, otherwise Fine in dustwrapper. £225.00
97. MISTRY, Rohinton. A Fine Balance. Faber 1996. Booker Prize shortlist. Signed by the author. Near Fine in dustwrapper. £150.00
98. MITCHELL, David. Cloud Atlas. Sceptre 2004. Booker Prize shortlist. Signed and inscribed by the author, with his usual flourishes: “David Mitchell / Hay-on-Wye / 2005”. Fine in dustwrapper, with wraparound band. £225.00
99. MOORE, Brian. Sailor’s Leave. New York: Pyramid 1953. First American edition of ‘Wreath for a Redhead’. Paperbook original. Paper browning, otherwise near Fine in pictorial wrappers, little rubbed at extremities. £45.00
100. MOORE, Brian (as Bernard Mara). French for Murder. New York: Gold Medal Books 1954. Paperback original. Paper browned, otherwise near Fine in pictorial wrappers, with very slight rubbing to extremities. £25.00
101. MOORE, Brian (as Bernard Mara). A Bullet for My Lady. New York: Gold Medal Books 1955. Paperback original. Paper browned, otherwise near Fine in somewhat creased and little rubbed pictorial wrappers. £25.00
102. MOORE, Brian (as Bernard Mara). This Gun for Gloria. New York: Gold Medal Books 1956. Paperback original. Near Fine in pictorial wrappers, with minor crease to lower panel. £25.00
103. MOORE, Brian (Michael Bryan). Intent to Kill. New York: Dell 1956. Paperback original. Near Fine in little creased and rubbed pictorial wrappers. £25.00
104. MOORE, Brian (as Michael Bryan). Intent to Kill. Eyre & Spottiswoode 1956. Edges and endpapers browned, otherwise near Fine in priceclipped dustwrapper, with a short closed tear at hinge of upper flap. £75.00
105. MOORE, Brian (as Michael Bryan). Murder in Majorca. New York: Dell 1957. Paperback original. Paper browning, otherwise near Fine in pictorial wrappers, little rubbed at extremities. £25.00
106. MOORE, Brian. The Emperor of Ice-Cream. Deutsch 1966. Edges dusty and little spotted, crease to spine, otherwise Very Good indeed in little marked dustwrapper, with slight rubbing to head and tail of spine. £55.00
107. MOORE, Brian. The Doctor’s Wife. Cape 1976. Booker Prize shortlist. Signed by the author. Hinges slack, a little spotting to front edge, otherwise near Fine in dustwrapper, slightly faded on spine. £125.00
108. MOORE, Brian. Lies of Silence. Bloomsbury 1990. Booker Prize shortlist. Signed by the author. Slight bruising to head of spine and lower corners, otherwise near Fine in dustwrapper. £45.00
109. MORRALL, Claire. Astonishing Splashes of Colour. Birmingham: Tindal Street Press 2003. Paperback original. Booker Prize shortlist. Signed by the author. Fine in pictorial wrappers. £35.00
110. MORRIS, Jan. Last Letters from Hav. Viking 1985. Booker Prize shortlist. Signed by the author. Fine in dustwrapper with original price of £8.95. Scarce thus. £150.00
111. MURDOCH, Iris. The Sea, The Sea. Chatto & Windus 1978. Booker Prize Winner. Inscribed by the author: “for Quin / with all best wishes / from Iris”, with her flower doodle. Quin is Quintin Ballardie, founder of the English Chamber Orchestra. Slight crease to spine, otherwise near Fine in dustwrapper. £650.00
112. MURDOCH, Iris. Jackson’s Dilemma. Chatto & Windus 1995. Inscribed by the author: “Iris Murdoch / October 5 / 1995”. Top corner of half title clipped, slight crease to spine otherwise near Fine in dustwrapper. Quite scarce inscribed: the author was already suffering from Alzheimer’s, from which she died four years later, and this was her last novel. £55.00
113. MURDOCH, Iris. The Good Apprentice. Chatto & Windus 1985. Booker Prize shortlist. Inscribed by the author on title page: “For Kenneth and Stephen / with love / from / Iris Murdoch”. Paper browned as usual, slight crease to spine, otherwise near Fine in dustwrapper. £90.00
114. MURDOCH, Iris. The Book and the Brotherhood. Chatto & Windus 1987. Booker Prize shortlist. Signed by the author. Some browning to edges and margins as usual, otherwise near Fine in dustwrapper. £95.00
115. MURDOCH, Iris. The One Alone: a play. Colophon Press 1995. No.50 of 200 numbered copies signed by the author in green card wrappers, from an edition of 232. Fine. £110.00
116. NAIPAUL, V.S. In A Free State. Deutsch 1971. Booker Prize winner. Uncorrected proof copy. Edges dusty, creasing to spine, otherwise near Fine in little creased and chipped plain wrappers with printed label. £125.00
117. NAIPAUL, V.S. The Return of Eva Peron. Deutsch 1980. Signed by the author. Top edge lightly spotted, otherwise near Fine in dustwrapper. £125.00
118. NAIPAUL, V.S. India: a million mutinies now. Heinemann 1990. Signed by the author. Near Fine in dustwrapper. £125.00
119. NEWBY, Eric. Departures and Arrivals. HarperCollins 1999. Inscribed by the author on title page: “Sarah and David / remembering a lovely time / together in Dorset in August / 1999 – and many others / with love from / Eric and Wanda”. Also signed by the author on the dedication page (beneath ‘to Wanda with love’). Mark to front endpaper (possibly glue-stain), otherwise near Fine in dustwrapper. £25.00
120. O’DOHERTY, Brian. The Deposition of Father McGreevy. Arcadia 1999. First English edition. Paperback original. Booker Prize shortlist. Inscribed by the author: “For Tom / - who must have / some Irish in him / somewhere. / - Brian”. Fine in pictorial wrappers. Scarce signed. £250.00
121. OBIOMA, Chigozie. The Fishermen. One 2015. Booker Prize shortlist. Signed and dated (20.08.15) by the author. Fine in dustwrapper. £25.00
122. OBIOMA, Chigozie. An Orchestra of Minorities. Little, Brown 2019. First English edition. Booker Prize shortlist. Signed and dated (13-10-2019) by the author. Fine in dustwrapper. £25.00
123. ONDAATJE, Michael. Coming Through Slaughter. Marion Boyars 1979. Signed by the author. Fine in dustwrapper, with a hint of fading to spine. £35.00
124. PHILLIPS, Caryl. Crossing the River. Bloomsbury 1993. Booker Prize shortlist. Signed and dated (24/9/93) by the author. Near Fine in dustwrapper. £55.00
125. PIERRE, DBC. Vernon God Little. Faber 2003. Booker Prize winner. Signed and dated (Jan 2003) by the author. Near Fine in dustwrapper. £75.00
126. POWERS, Richard. Playground. Hutchinson Heinemann 2024. Inscribed by the author: “For [?]Hajria / Richard Powers”. Fine in dustwrapper. Inscribed copies are uncommon. £75.00
127. ROY, Arundhati. The God of Small Things. Flamingo 1997. Booker Prize winner. Uncorrected proof copy, with a few minor differences. Signed by the author. Lower edge dusty, a couple of minor creases, otherwise near Fine in pictorial wrappers. £125.00
128. RUBENS, Bernice. The Elected Member. Eyre & Spottiswoode 1969. Booker Prize winner. Near Fine in dustwrapper (with unfaded spine). Scarce thus. £750.00
129. RUSHDIE, Salman. Midnight’s Children. Cape 1981. Booker Prize winner. One of 2500 copies from American sheets. Signed by the author. Near Fine in dustwrapper, with a little edgewear and small patch of sunning on spine. £750.00
130. RUSHDIE, Salman. The Satanic Verses. Viking 1988. Signed by the author (contemporary signature). Bruise to front corner, otherwise near Fine in dustwrapper, slightly faded on spine. £450.00
131. SAHOTA, Sunjeev. The Year of the Runaways. Picador 2015. Booker Prize shortlist. Inscribed by the author on title page: “I always think it’s like we have / the city, then the gardens, / then the countryside. / Sunjeev Sahota / 8/10/15”. Near Fine in dustwrapper. £25.00
132. SAUNDERS, George. Lincoln in the Bardo. New York: Random House 2017. First American edition. Booker Prize winner. Signed by the author. Fine in dustwrapper. £75.00
133. SCHLEE, Ann. Rhine Journey. Macmillan 1981. Booker Prize shortlist. Signed by the author. Very slight bruise to one corner, otherwise near Fine in dustwrapper. £125.00
134. SEBALD, W.G. The Rings of Saturn. Harvill 1998. First English edition of his first book. Simultaneous wrappered state. Near Fine in pictorial wrappers. £55.00
135. SINCLAIR, Iain. My Favourite London Devils. Tangerine Press 2016. Illustrations by Dave McKean. One of 26 specially bound lettered copies signed by the author with additional artwork signed by the illustrator; this one of five copies designated A/P (Author’s Proofs). Fine in decorated boards. £150.00
136. SPARK, Muriel. The Hothouse by the East River. Macmillan 1973. Inscribed by the author on front endpaper: “For Bob and Mary / with fondest love / on the 7th Feb. ’73 - Rome / Muriel”. Light scattered foxing to edges, slight crease to spine, otherwise near Fine in dustwrapper, slightly rubbed at extremities. £225.00
137. SPARK, Muriel. Loitering With Intent. Bodley Head 1981. Booker Prize shortlist. Signed by the author. Neat name on front endpaper. Near Fine in dustwrapper, with usual slight fading of title (from orange to yellow) on spine. £250.00
138. SPARK, Muriel. A Hundred and Eleven Years Without a Chauffeur. Colophon Press 2001. One of 26 lettered copies in quarter leather, signed by the author and with a holograph quotation from the text, from an edition of 157. Fine. £125.00
139. SPARK, Muriel. The Finishing School. Viking 2004. Inscribed by the author: “[?]Joan [?]Tucker / from Muriel Spark / with good wishes”. Fine in dustwrapper. £75.00
140. STOREY, David. Saville. Cape 1976. Booker Prize winner. Inscribed by the author to Francis King, who was one of the judges, on the day the prize was awarded: “To Francis King / with very best wishes / from / David Storey / November 24th 1976”. Top edge green. Near Fine in dustwrapper, with a short closed tear and a little associated creasing to head of upper panel and a touch of fading to spine. £2500.00
141. STOREY, David. Saville. Cape 1976. Booker Prize winner. Uncorrected proof copy. Top edge little dusty, some creasing to spine, otherwise near Fine in printed wrappers. £95.00
142. STROUT, Elizabeth. Oh William. New York: Random House 2021. first American edition. Booker Prize shortlist 2022. Signed and dated (Oct. 14, 2022) by the author. Near Fine in dustwrapper, slightly bruised at head and tail of spine. £25.00
143. STROUT, Elizabeth. Lucy by the Sea. Viking 2022. Uncorrected proof copy. Signed and dated (Oct.14 2022) by the author. Fine in printed wrappers. £25.00
144. SWARUP, Vikas. Q and A. Doubleday 2005. Signed by the author. Near Fine in dustwrapper. £25.00
145. SWIFT, Graham. The Sweet Shop Owner. Allen Lane 1980. His first novel. Signed by the author. Near Fine in dustwrapper. £95.00
146. SWIFT, Graham. Shuttlecock. Allen Lane 1981. His second novel. Signed by the author. Slight bruising to corners, otherwise near Fine in dustwrapper. £95.00
147. SWIFT, Graham. Last Orders. Picador 1996. Booker Prize winner. Signed by the author. Near Fine in dustwrapper. £55.00
148. SZALAY, David. Flesh. Cape 2016. Booker Prize shortlist. Signed and dated (9 Nov. 2025) by the author. Fine in dustwrapper. £275.00
149. TÓIBÍN, Colm. The Master. Picador 2004. Booker Prize shortlist. Inscribed by the author: “For Linda / with all best wishes / Colm Toibin”. Ticket for an event at the Purcell Room in April 2004 loosely inserted. Near Fine in dustwrapper (slight crease at head of spine). £45.00
150. TÓIBÍN, Colm. Brooklyn. Viking 2009. Signed and dated (5 May 2009) by the author. Fine in dustwrapper. £175.00
151. TÓIBÍN, Colm. Long Island. New York: Scribner 2024. First American edition. Signed and dated (28.5.24) by the author. Slight bruise to one corner, otherwise Fine in dustwrapper. £25.00
152. TOLTZ, Steve. A Fraction of the Whole. Hamish Hamilton 2008. Booker Prize shortlist. Signed and dated (14.10.08) by the author on the day the day the prize was awarded. Fine in dustwrapper. £25.00
153. TOLTZ, Steve. A Fraction of the Whole. Hamish Hamilton 2008. Booker Prize shortlist. Signed and dated (13.10.08) by the author. Fine in slightly marked dustwrapper. £25.00
154. TREVOR, William. The Boarding-House. Bodley Head 1965. Signed by the author. Bruise to head of spine, slight spotting to top edge, fore-edge little marked, otherwise near Fine in little marked dustwrapper. £250.00
155. TREVOR, William. Mrs Eckdorf in O’Neill’s Hotel. Bodley Head 1969. Booker Prize shortlist. Signed by the author. Near Fine in priceclipped dustwrapper, very slightly rubbed at extremities. £175.00
156. TREVOR, William. The Children of Dynmouth. Bodley Head 1976. Booker Prize shortlist. Very slight bruising to corners, otherwise near Fine in dustwrapper. £75.00
157. TREVOR, William. Low Sunday, 1950. Colophon Press 2000. A short story set in Ireland. Letter X of 26 lettered copies bound in cloth and signed by the author, with a holograph quotation from the text, from an edition of 232. Fine in slipcase. £250.00
158. TREVOR, William. The Story of Lucy Gault. Viking 2002. Booker Prize shortlist. Signed by the author. Slight tanning to edges, otherwise Fine in dustwrapper. £75.00
159. UNSWORTH, Barry. Sacred Hunger. Hamish Hamilton 1992. Booker Prize winner. Signed by the author. Near Fine in dustwrapper, with some fading to spine. £275.00
160. VONNEGUT, Kurt. Hocus Pocus. Cape 1990. Signed by the author. Very slight bruising to lower front corners, otherwise Fine in dustwrapper. £225.00
161. WARNER, Marina. The Lost Father. Chatto and Windus 1988. Booker Prize shortlist. A.S. Byatt’s copy, with her signature on title page; also signed on the same page by the author. Slight bruising to head and tail of spine, otherwise near Fine in dustwrapper. £35.00
162. WAUGH, Evelyn. PRB: an essay on the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood 1847-54. Dalrymple Press 1982. First edition thus. Preface by Christopher Sykes. Fine in acetate wrapper. £45.00
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