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CATALOGUE 28

Booker Prize rarities, a Bruce Chatwin collection, new acquisitions
  


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.
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Last updated: September 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. ACHEBE, Chinua. Anthills of the Savannah. Heinemann 1987. Booker Prize shortlist. Signed by the author on free front endpaper. Near Fine in dustwrapper. £750.00

2. ADIGA, Aravind. The White Tiger. Atlantic 2008. Booker Prize winner. Siugned and dated (13-10-2008) by the author. Fine in dustwrapper. £75.00

3. ARDEN, John. Silence Among the Weapons. Methuen 1982. Booker Prize shortlist. Inscribed by the author: “with best wishes / John Arden / 3 Nov 83”. Paper browned as usual, a couple of very light marks to fore-edge, otherwise near Fine in dustwrapper, with just a hint of fading to spine. Uncommon signed. £550.00

4. ATWOOD, Margaret. The Handmaid’s Tale. Cape 1986. Booker Prize shortlist. Signed by the author. Tanning to edges, otherwise near Fine in dustwrapper. £950.00

5. ATWOOD, Margaret. The Blind Assassin. Bloomsbury 2000. Booker Prize winner. Signed by the author. Fine in dustwrapper. £225.00

6. ATWOOD, Margaret. Oryx and Crake. Bloomsbury 2003. Booker Prize shortlist. Signed by the author. Fine in dustwrapper. £125.00

7. ATWOOD, Margaret. The Testaments. Chatto & Windus 2019. Booker Prize winner. Signed by the author. Fine in dustwrapper. £110.00

8. BAILEY, Paul. Peter Smart’s Confessions. Cape 1977. Booker Prize shortlist. Signed by the author. Fine in dustwrapper. £35.00

9. BAINBRIDGE, Beryl. The Dressmaker. Duckworth 1973. Booker Prize shortlist. Signed by the author. Scattered spotting to top edge, slight crease to spine, otherwise near Fine in dustwrapper. £125.00

10. BAINBRIDGE, Beryl. The Bottle Factory Outing. Duckworth 1974. Booker Prize shortlist. Signed by the author. Near Fine in dustwrapper (browned on inside). £35.00

11. BARKER, A.L. John Brown’s Body. Hogarth Press 1969. Booker Prize shortlist. Inscribed by the author on front endpaper: “To Mildred, / with all good wishes – A.L. Barker”. Bruise to head of spine and slight bruise to one corner, otherwise near Fine in dustwrapper (a few slight marks). Very scarce signed. £1750.00

12. BARKER, A.L. John Brown’s Body. Hogarth Press 1969. Booker Prize shortlist. Near Fine in dustwrapper, with a little browning to spine. £75.00

13. BARKER, Nicola. Darkmans. Fourth Estate 2007. Booker Prize shortlist. Signed and dated (26/10/07) by the author. Fine in dustwrapper. £75.00

14. BARRY, Sebastian. The Secret Scripture. Faber 2008. Signed and dated (14th Oct 2008) by the author. Very slight bruise to tail of spine, otherwise Fine in dustwrapper. £25.00

15. BAWDEN, Nina. Circles of Deceit. Macmillan 1987. Booker Prize Shortlist. Inscribed by the author on front endpaper: “For Dorothy / From Nina / With much love”.’ Paper browned, bruise to head of spine, otherwise near Fine in dustwrapper. £75.00

16. BEDFORD, Sybille. Jigsaw. Hamish Hamilton 1989. Booker Prize shortlist. Signed by the author. Paper browned as usual, a couple of slight marks to top edge, otherwise near Fine in dustwrapper. Scarce signed. £1250.00

17. BERGER, John. G. Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1972. Booker Prize winner. Signed by the author. Edges little marked, bruise to head of spine, otherwise near Fine in dustwrapper, almost completely unfaded on spine, and with an internally strengthened short closed tear at foot of lower panel. £1250.00

18. BLACKWOOD, Caroline. Great Granny Webster. Duckworth 1977. Booker Prize shortlist. Signed by the author on half title. Top edge little dusty, otherwise near Fine in dustwrapper, with just a hint of fading to spine. Very scarce signed. £2250.00

19. BOWEN, Elizabeth. Eva Trout. Cape 1968. Booker Prize shortlist. Inscribed by the author on front endpaper: “Anne / with love from / Elizabeth B / 1969”. Top edge red. Near Fine in dustwrapper. Scarce signed. £1250.00

20. BRINK, Andre. An Instant in the Wind. Allen 1976. Booker Prize shortlist. Signed by the author. Top edge dusty, slight crease to spine, otherwise near Fine in dustwrapper. £55.00

21. BRINK, André. Rumours of Rain. W.H. Allen 1978. Booker Prize shortlist. Signed by the author. Top edge dusty, otherwise near Fine in dustwrapper. £225.00

22. BROOKNER, Anita. Hotel du Lac. Cape 1984. Booker Prize winner. Inscribed by the author: “With best wishes from / Anita Brookner”. Paper browning as usual, a few spots to top edge, otherwise near Fine in dustwrapper (without the usual creasing to laminate). £1250.00

23. BROWN, George Mackay. Beside the Ocean of Time. John Murray 1994. Booker Prize shortlist. Signed by the author. Fine in dustwrapper. Scarce signed – Brown died not long after the book was published and did not attend the prizegiving. £750.00

24. BROWN, George Mackay. Beside the Ocean of Time. John Murray 1994. Booker Prize shortlist. Near Fine in dustwrapper. £45.00

25. BURGESS, Anthony. Earthly Powers. Hutchinson 1980. Booker Prize shortlist. Signed by the author. Edges tanned, otherwise near Fine in dustwrapper. £275.00

26. BURGESS, Anthony. Earthly Powers. Hutchinson 1980. Inscribed by the author: “To Kate and Gay / - Anthony Burgess / Feb 11 1982”. Signed by the author. Fore-edge little spotted, slight bruise to tail of spine, otherwise near Fine in dustwrapper. £275.00

27. BURNS, Anna. Milkman. Faber 2018. Booker Prize winner. Signed by the author. Very slight bruise to head of spine, otherwise Fine in dustwrapper. £250.00

28. BYATT, A.S. Possession. Chatto and Windus 1990. Booker Prize winner. Signed by the author. Paper tanned, otherwise near Fine in dustwrapper. £250.00

29. CAREY, Peter. Oscar and Lucinda. Faber 1988. Booker Prize winner. Signed by the author. Edges tanned, otherwise near Fine in dustwrapper. £125.00

30. CAREY, Peter. True History of the Kelly Gang. Faber 2001. First English edition. Booker Prize winner. Signed by the author. Fold-out map loosely inserted. Near Fine in dustwrapper. £75.00

31. CARR, J.L. A Month in the Country. Brighton: Harvester Press 1980. Booker Prize shortlist. Inscribed by the author on front endpaper in the month of publication to his Ely friends Annette and Michael Farrer: “Annette and Michael / recalling pleasant times / spent with you ‘in the country’ / Jim /April 2 1980”. The earliest dated copy we have encountered. Slight spine lean, a little bruising to corners, otherwise Very Good indeed in dustwrapper with the usual sunning to spine and panels. £2250.00

32. CARR, J.L. A Month in the Country. Brighton: Harvester Press 1980. Booker Prize shortlist. Slight bruise to head of spine and lower edge, otherwise near Fine in dustwrapper, with usual sunning to spine and edge of upper panel. £275.00

33. CARR, J.L. The Battle of Pollocks Crossing. Viking 1985. Booker Prize shortlist. Signed by the author. Touch of bruising to spine and corners, otherwise near Fine in dustwrapper. £75.00

34. CARR, J.L. The Battle of Pollocks Crossing. Viking 1985. Booker Prize shortlist. Signed by the author. Very slight bruise to head of spine, otherwise near Fine in priceclipped dustwrapper. £75.00

35. CHATWIN, Bruce. In Patagonia. Cape 1977. His first book and a key travel book of the late 20th century. Inscribed by the author to his close friend, the art dealer John Kasmin: “for Kas / comment superfluous / B.”. With two holograph corrections to the text: ‘1896’ changed to ‘1894’ (p.45) and, more significantly, ‘Revolution a destructive passion’ changed to ‘destruction a creative passion’ (p.99). Comment was indeed superfluous: as well as being one of the book’s earliest readers Kasmin was instrumental in arranging its publication, introducing the then unknown Chatwin to both his agent, Deborah Rogers and his publisher at Cape, Tom Maschler; he is cited often more than anyone else other than Francis Wyndham and close family in Nicholas Shakespeare’s biography and was one of the few friends to remain in close contact with Chatwin during his last months (Shakespeare: Bruce Chatwin). Together with: In Patagonia, uncorrected proof copy with many relatively minor variations, including the division of chapter 24 into two, resulting in the book having an extra chapter (one of 55 copies, Rees A1ai), near Fine in (little creased) proof dustwrapper; the dustwrapper states ‘Proof Only’, has slight textual variations on the lower flap and a slight variation in colour and is the only proof dustwrapper of which we are aware. Interestingly, Chatwin wrote to Kasmin on 7 March 1977, inter alia, “Dear K, Necessity will damn well have to be the mother of invention. Everything’s gone wrong! Where was it we were hexed? Somewhere I have it in my mind you said we’d been hexed…not only the arrest, the visa withdrawn, the traveller’s cheques stolen, the bag sent to Cairo instead of Rio…now Tom’s proof of In Patagonia has got lost in the post between Rio and Bahia just when I have to go off north…” suggesting that Kasmin was closely involved in the publication (Under the Sun: The Letters of Bruce Chatwin, ed. Elizabeth Chatwin and Nicholas Shakespeare). Together with (co-authored with Paul Theroux): Patagonia Revisited. Michael Russell 1985. Inscribed by Chatwin to Kasmin: “For Kas / much love / This most / unnecessary / publication. / B.” Fine in dustwrapper. Inscribed copies of the last, perhaps understandably given the inscription, are very scarce. The three: £8500.00

36. CHATWIN, Bruce. Utz. Cape 1988. Booker Prize shortlist. Sunday Times ‘Booker Prize Shortlist’ bookplate initialled by the author affixed to front endpaper. Very slight bruise to head and tail of spine, otherwise Fine in dustwrapper. (Chatwin was dying of Aids when the book was published and there is only one known signed copy of the book, the copy signed for Kasmin (see above).) £275.00

37. COETZEE, J.M. Disgrace. Secker & Warburg 1999. Booker Prize winner. Signed by the author. Fine in dustwrapper. £550.00

38. COETZEE, J.M. Summertime. Harvill Secker 2009. Booker Prize shortlist. Signed by the author. Fine in dustwrapper. £150.00

39. COLLINS, Michael. The Keepers of Truth. Phoenix House 2000. Booker Prize shortlist. Signed by the author. Slight bruising to lower front corners, otherwise near Fine in dustwrapper. £45.00

40. DURRELL, Lawrence. Constance. Faber 1982. Booker Prize shortlist. Signed and dated (1985) by the author. Fine in dustwrapper. £375.00

42. ENGLAND, Barry. Figures in a Landscape. Cape 1968. His first novel. Booker Prize shortlist (in 1969). Inscribed on front endpaper: “For Joseph Gold / regards / Barry England”. Very slight bruising to front edge of upper board, otherwise Fine in dustwrapper. £2500.00

43. ENRIGHT, Anne. The Gathering. Cape 2007. Booker Prize winner. Signed and dated (26.VIII.2007) by the author. Fine in dustwrapper. £75.00

44. FARRELL, J.G. The Siege of Krishnapur. Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1973. Booker Prize winner. Inscribed by the author on front endpaper: “Simply / Jim Farrell”. From the library of Francis King (though not so stated). Paperclip mark to head of front endpaper, some bruising to front corners, very slight crease to spine, otherwise near Fine in dustwrapper. The scarcest signed winner. £12,500.00

45. FITZGERALD, Penelope. The Bookshop. Duckworth 1978. Booker Prize shortlist. Inscribed by the author on half title: “With best wishes / Penelope Fitzgerald 1978”. Near Fine in dustwrapper, with just the slightest hint of fading to spine. Uncommon signed. £750.00

46. FITZGERALD, Penelope. Offshore. Collins 1979. Booker Prize winner. Inscribed by the author: “Penelope Fitzgerald / Feb 9 2000 / at John Sandoe’s”. Trace of pencil mark on front endpaper, otherwise near Fine in dustwrapper. Scarce signed. £950.00

47. FITZGERALD, Penelope. The Beginning of Spring. Collins 1988. Booker Prize winner. Inscribed by the author: “best wishes / Penelope Fitzgerald”. Near Fine in dustwrapper, with a hint of fading to spine. Uncommon signed. £750.00

48. GALGUT, Damon. The Good Doctor. Atlantic 2003. Paperback original. Booker Prize shortlist. Signed by the author. Near Fine in pictorial wrappers. £25.00

49. GARDAM, Jane. God on the Rocks. Hamish Hamilton 1978. Booker Prize shortlist. Signed by the author. Top edge dusty, otherwise near near Fine in dustwrapper. £75.00

50. GHOSH, Amitav. Sea of Poppies. Murray 2008. Booker Prize shortlist. Signed and dated (14/10/08) by the author. Fine in dustwrapper. £25.00

51. GOLDING, William. Rites of Passage. Faber 1980. Booker Prize winner. Signed by the author on half title. Near Fine in dustwrapper, with ‘Winner of the 1980 Booker McConnell Prize’ wraparound band. £1250.00

52. GOLDING, William. Rites of Passage. Faber 1980. Booker Prize winner. Signed by the author, unusually on the title page. Near Fine in dustwrapper. £950.00

53. GRANT, Linda. The Clothes on their Backs. Virago 2008. Booker Prize shortlist. Signed and dated (23 August 2008) by the author. Fine in dustwrapper. £25.00

54. GREENE, Graham (contributes). Oxford Poetry 1923. Oxford: Blackwell 1923. Edited by David Cleghorn Thomson and F.W. Bateson. Includes two poems by Greene (‘Stepping Stones’ and ‘Apologia’), his first appearance in print. Inscribed by Desmond ‘Bud’ Harmsworth, another of the contributors, to his brother Eric: “Eric / with very fond love / from Bud”. Other contributors include Harold Acton, David Cecil, the Earl of Longford and A.L. Rowse. Quarter vellum. A little wear and some browning to spine, pages rough-cut and little toned, otherwise Very Good indeed. £175.00

55. GREENE, Graham (contributes). Oxford Poetry 1924. Oxford: Blackwell 1923. Edited by Harold Acton and Peter Quennell. Includes two poems by Greene (‘Paint and Wood’ and ‘Childishness’), his second appearance in print. With the ownership signature of Eric Harmsworth, brother of another of the contributors, Desmond Harmsworth. Other contribuotrs include Acton, Quennell, Brian Howard and A.L. Rowse. Quarter vellum. A little wear and some browning to spine, pages rough-cut and little toned, otherwise Very Good indeed. £125.00

56. GREENE, Graham. The Virtue of Disloyalty. Bodley Head 1972. One of 300 copies for private distribution. Inscribed by the author to Philip Stratford, poet and editor of ‘The Portable Graham Greene’: “For Philip Stratford / from that old [illegible] / Graham Greene / who has just [?]snatched the first / edition from Viking / with all good wishes for Christmas”, and with a manuscript correction (‘roll’ for ‘role’) on p.7 with the appended authorial comment “No elegantly printed book escapes its misprint!”. Near Fine in printed wrappers (slight mark on upper panel). £625.00

57. GURNAH, Abdulrazak. Paradise. Hamish Hamilton 1994. Booker Prize shortlist. Signed by the author. Fine in dustwrapper, with ‘Booker Prize shortlist’ wraparound band. £750.00 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

58. HARVEY, Samantha. Orbital. Cape 2023. Booker Prize winner. Correct first printing with blue boards, blue-grey endpapers and ISBN ending 342. Signed by the author who has added the first line of the book, “ ‘Rotating about the earth in their / spacecraft they are so together / and so alone’ ”. Near Fine in first state dustwrapper. £1250.00

59. HARVEY, Samantha. Orbital. Cape 2023. Booker Prize winner. Correct first printing with blue boards, blue-grey endpapers and ISBN ending 342. Signed by the author who has added the last line of the book, “ ‘…rainforest trance of a wild / and lilting world’ ”. Tiny (barely perceptible) bruise to one corner, otherwise Fine in first state dustwrapper. £1250.00

60. HELLER, Zoë. Notes on a Scandal. Viking 2003. Booker Prize shortlist. Signed by the author. Fine in dustwrapper. £25.00

61. HILL, Susan. The Bird of Night. Hamish Hamilton 1972. First state with blue top edge. Booker Prize shortlist. Signed and dated (1972) by the author. Slight mark to fore-edge, slight crease to spine, otherwise near Fine in dustwrapper. £75.00

62. HULME, Keri. The Bone People. Spiral with Hodder and Stoughton 1985. First English edition. Booker Prize winner. Inscribed by the author on front endpaper: “Keri Hulme / Okarito / 21.12.12”. Very slight bruising to head and tail of spine, otherwise near Fine in (unfaded, first state) dustwrapper. Scarce signed. £2250.00

63. HUTCHINSON, R.C. Rising. Joseph 1976. Booker Prize shortlist. c.45-word APs on headed card to Lord Horder, thanking him for the gift of ‘Radama’ (“It adds Madagascar to the ever-lengthening list of places I mean to visit…” etc) loosely inserted. Near Fine in dustwrapper. £125.00

64. JHABVALA, R. Prawer. Heat and Dust. John Murray 1975. Booker Prize winner. Signed by the author. Near Fine in dustwrapper. Scarce signed. £950.00

65. JOHNSTON, Jennifer. Shadows on our Skin. Hamish Hamilton 1977. Booker prize shortlist. Signed by the author. Slight bruise to one corner, very light bruising to spine ends, otherwise near Fine in dustwrapper, with usual sunning to spine and head of upper panel. £75.00

66. JONES, Lloyd. Mister Pip. Murray 2007. First English edition. Booker Prize shortlist. Signed and dated (24.10.2007) by the author. Fine in dustwrapper. £45.00

67. KELMAN, James. A Disaffection. Secker & Warburg 1989. Booker Prize shortlist. Signed and dated (Feb ’89) by the author. Paper browning, otherwise near Fine in dustwrapper. £125.00

68. KENEALLY, Thomas. The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith. Angus and Robertson 1972. Booker Prize shortlist. Signed by the author, with his sketched self-portrait. Top edge dusty, very slight bruising to spine ends, otherwise near Fine in dustwrapper (with ‘Jimmie’ mis-spelt as ‘Jimmy’), with usual wear and chafing to extremities (no loss). Uncommon signed. £225.00

69. KENEALLY, Thomas. Gossip from the Forest. Collins 1975. Booker Prize shortlist. Signed by the author. Near Fine in priceclipped dustwrapper. £75.00

70. KENEALLY, Thomas. Confederates. Collins 1979. Booker Prize shortlist. Signed by the author, with his (bespectacled) sketched self-portrait. Near Fine in dustwrapper. £125.00

71. KENEALLY, Thomas. Schindler’s Ark. Hodder & Stoughton 1982. Booker Prize winner. Signed by the author. Very slight bruise to tail of spine, otherwise near Fine in (unfaded) dustwrapper. £475.00

72. KENEALLY, Thomas. Schindler’s Ark. Hodder & Stoughton 1982. Booker Prize winner. Near Fine in priceclipped dustwrapper, with just a hint of fading to spine. £75.00

73. KILROY, Thomas. The Big Chapel. Faber 1971. Booker Prize shortlist. Signed by the author. Near Fine in dustwrapper. £100.00

74. KNEALE, Matthew. English Passengers. Hamish Hamilton 2000. Booker Prize shortlist. Signed by the author. Fine in dustwrapper. £25.00

75. LESSING, Doris. The Golden Notebook. Michael Joseph 1962. Edges tanned, otherwise near Fine in (unfaded) dustwrapper. By some way the best copy we have seen. £950.00

76. LESSING, Doris. Briefing for a Descent into Hell. Cape 1971. First state with coloured top edge. Booker Prize shortlist. Signed by the author. Slight bruise to head of spine, otherwise near Fine in dustwrapper, with a little edge-wear. £125.00

77. LIVELY, Penelope. Moon Tiger. Deutsch 1986. Booker Prize winner. Signed by the author. Fine in dustwrapper. £250.00

78. LIVELY, Penelope. The Road to Lichfield. Heinemann 1977. Booker Prize shortlist. Signed by the author. Edges little dusty, slight bruise to one corner, otherwise near Fine in dustwrapper, with a few light marks to flaps. £225.00

79. McCABE, Patrick. The Butcher Boy. Picador 1992. Booker Prize shortlist. Signed by the author. Near Fine in dustwrapper. £275.00

80. McEWAN, Ian. The Cement Garden. Cape 1978. His first novel. Uncorrected proof copy. Signed by the author. Edges little dusty, spine faded and little creased, otherwise near Fine in printed wrappers. £75.00

81. McEWAN, Ian. Atonement. Cape 2001. Booker Prize shortlist. Signed by the author. Near Fine in dustwrapper. £125.00

82. McEWAN, Ian. On Chesil Beach. Cape 2007. Booker Prize shortlist. Signed by the author. Fine in dustwrapper. £35.00

83. McGAHERN, John. Amongst Women. Faber 1990. Booker Prize shortlist. Signed by the author. Edges browned, otherwise Fine in dustwrapper. £225.00

84. MANTEL, Hilary. Wolf Hall. Fourth Estate 2009. Booker Prize winner. Signed and dated (30.08.09) by the author. Fine in dustwrapper. £750.00

85. MARTEL, Yann. Life of Pi. Edinburgh: Canongate 2002. Booker Prize winner. Signed by the author. Fine in dustwrapper. £125.00

86. MAWER, Simon. The Glass Room. Little, Brown 2009. Booker Prize shortlist. Signed and dated (5 October 2009) by the author. Fine in dustwrapper. £75.00

87. MIDDLETON, Stanley. Holiday. Hutchinson 1974. Booker Prize winner. Inscribed by the author with the first sentence of the book: “ ‘Light shimmered along the polished pews as the congregation heaved itself to its feet, hailing the Lord’s Anointed.’ / Stanley Middleton”. Near Fine in (unfaded) dustwrapper. An exceptional copy. £1350.00

88. MITCHELL, David. Number 9 Dream. Sceptre 2001. His second novel. Paperback original. Booker Prize shortlist. Signed by the author with his usual flourish. Fine in pictorial wrappers. £45.00

89. MO, Timothy. Sour Sweet. Deutsch 1982. Booker Prize shortlist. Signed by the author. Neat name on front endpaper. Paper browned, otherwise near Fine in first state (green) boards and pictorial dustwrapper. Very scarce signed. £750.00

90. MOORE, Brian. The Doctor’s Wife. Cape 1976. Booker Prize shortlist. Signed by the author. Boards marked, crease to spine, foxing to edges, otherwise Very Good in dustwrapper. £75.00

91. MORRIS, Jan. Last Letters from Hav. Viking 1985. Booker Prize shortlist. Signed by the author. Near Fine in dustwrapper, with some spotting to flaps. £75.00

92. MOSHFEGH, Ottessa. Eileen. Cape 2016. Booker Prize shortlist. Signed and dated (Oct. 24, 2016) by the author. Fine in dustwrapper. £125.00

93. MOSLEY, Nicholas. Impossible Object. Hodder & Stoughton 1968. Booker Prize shortlist (in 1969). Signed by the author. Near Fine in dustwrapper. An exceptional copy. Very scarce signed. £1500.00

94. MUNRO, Alice. The Beggar Maid. Allen Lane 1980. First English edition and first thus. Booker Prize shortlist. Signed by the author. Near Fine in dustwrapper. Uncommon signed. £1250.00

95. MUNRO, Alice. The Beggar Maid. Allen Lane 1980. First English edition and first thus. Booker Prize shortlist. Bruise to one corner, otherwise near Fine in dustwrapper. £45.00

96. MURDOCH, Iris. The Nice and the Good. Chatto & Windus 1968. Booker Prize shortlist (in 1969). Inscribed by the author on front endpaper: “Flavia Tower / with the good / wishes of / Iris Murdoch”. Near Fine in dustwrapper. £350.00

97. MURDOCH, Iris. The Nice and the Good. Chatto & Windus 1968. Booker Prize shortlist (in 1969). Inscribed by the author on front endpaper: “for Peter Sampson / with all good wishes / Iris Murdoch”. Near Fine in dustwrapper, little browned on spine. £275.00

98. MURDOCH, Iris. Bruno’s Dream. Chatto & Windus 1969. Booker Prize shortlist. Signed by the author. Near Fine in dustwrapper, with a touch of wear to extremities. £225.00

99. MURDOCH, Iris. The Black Prince. Chatto & Windus 1973. Booker Prize shortlist. Inscribed by the author (within a series of loops): “Paul / with best affectionate wishes / Iris”. Crease to spine, otherwise near Fine in little browned, priceclipped dustwrapper. £225.00

100. MURDOCH, Iris. The Sea, The Sea. Chatto & Windus 1978. Booker Prize winner. Signed by the author. Near Fine in dustwrapper. £750.00

101. MURDOCH, Iris. The Good Apprentice. Chatto & Windus 1985. Inscribed by the author: “Iris Murdoch / For / Paul and / Penny with / much love from Iris”. Paper browned, otherwise near Fine in dustwrapper. £125.00

102. MURDOCH, Iris. The Good Apprentice. Chatto & Windus 1985. Booker Prize shortlist. Inscribed by the author on title page: “Chantal and Brian / for the collection / Iris Murdoch”. Paper browned as usual, otherwise near Fine in dustwrapper. £125.00

103. MURDOCH, Iris. The Book and the Brotherhood. Chatto & Windus 1987. Booker Prize shortlist. Inscribed by the author: “For Chantal / and Brian / collection to / [?]date / Iris Murdoch”. Paper browned, otherwise near Fine in dustwrapper. £75.00

104. NAIPAUL, V.S. In A Free State. Deutsch 1971. Booker Prize winner. Signed by the author. Near Fine in dustwrapper. £750.00

105. NAIPAUL, V.S. A Bend in the River. Deutsch 1979. Booker Prize shortlist. Signed by the author. Very slight crease to spine, otherwise near Fine in dustwrapper. £750.00

106. NEWBY, P.H. Something to Answer For. Faber 1968. Booker Prize winner (in 1969). Inscribed by the author on front endpaper: “For / Roy Rocke / with warm regards / Howard Newby / June ‘69”. Near Fine in dustwrapper. The inaugural winner, dated in the year the prize was awarded. £1500.00

107. O’DOHERTY, Brian. The Deposition of Father McGreevy. Arcadia 1999. First English edition. Paperback original. Booker Prize shortlist. Signed by the author. Touch of rubbing to edges, otherwise near Fine in pictorial wrappers. Scarce signed. £375.00

108. O’FAOLAIN, Julia. No Country For Young Men. Allen Lane 1980. Booker Prize shortlist. Signed by the author. Near Fine in dustwrapper. £75.00

109. OKRI, Ben. The Famished Road. Cape 1991. Booker Prize winner. Signed by the author. Slight tanning to edges, otherwise Fine in dustwrapper. £225.00

110. PATON WALSH, Jill. Knowledge of Angels. Green Bay 1994. First state with American sheets. Booker Prize shortlist. Inscribed by the author: “For Rolland Comstock / a citizen of Aclar / Jill Paton Walsh / Cambridge 4 March 95”. Light scattered foxing to edges, tiny bruise to one corner, otherwise near Fine in dustwrapper. £225.00

111. PIERRE, DBC. Vernon God Little. Faber 2003. Booker Prize winner. Signed by the author. Very slight bruising to tail of spine, otherwise Fine in dustwrapper. £25.00

112. PYM, Barbara. Quartet in Autumn. Macmillan 1977. Booker Prize shortlist. Inscribed pre-publication by the author to the novelist Hazel Holt, Pym’s close friend, dedicatee of the revised edition of No Fond Return of Love (which had no dedicatee when first issued in 1961) in 1979, literary executor and biographer: “To Hazel / with love and grateful thanks / (1961-1977!) / from Barbara 6-9-77”; also signed by Pym on the title page. The dates refer to Pym’s ‘wilderness years’ in which she was unable to find a publisher, before her successful return, with the help of Philip Larkin and David Cecil as well as Holt, with this book. A significant and important association of a book of which signed or inscribed copies of any significance are extremely scarce. Near Fine in dustwrapper, with just a hint of fading to spine. £5000.00

113. PYM, Barbara. Quartet in Autumn. Macmillan 1977. Booker Prize shortlist. Slight crease to spine, otherwise near Fine in priceclipped dustwrapper. £45.00

114. RATHBONE, Julian. King Fisher Lives. Michael Joseph 1976. Booker Prize shortlist. Signed by the author who has added his complete address: “Julian Rathbone / Sea View / School Road / Thorney Hill / Nr Christchurch / Dorset / BH23 8DS”. Near Fine in dustwrapper, with a touch of fading to spine. £225.00

115. RATHBONE, Julian. Joseph. Michael Joseph 1979. Booker Prize shortlist. Near Fine in priceclipped dustwrapper (little creasing to head of spine). £65.00

116. RATHBONE, Julian. Joseph. Michael Joseph 1979. Booker Prize shortlist. Near Fine in dustwrapper (creased and little faded on spine). £45.00

117. RICHLER, Mordecai. St. Urbain’s Horseman. Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1971. Booker Prize shortlist. Near Fine in priceclipped dustwrapper, with a little wear to extremities. £25.00

118. RICHLER, Mordecai. St. Urbain’s Horseman. Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1971. Booker Prize shortlist. Near Fine in dustwrapper. £45.00

119. ROBERTSON, Robin. The Long Take. Picador 2018. Booker Prize shortlist. Signed and dated (13.x18.) by the author. Fine in dustwrapper. £75.00

120. ROBINSON, Derek. Goshawk Squadron. Heinemann 1971. Booker Prize shortlist. Signed by the author. Light spotting to top and fore-edge, otherwise near Fine in dustwrapper. £90.00

121. ROY, Arundhati. The God of Small Things. Flamingo 1997. ‘Thin’ state. Booker Prize winner. Signed by the author. Fine in dustwrapper. £225.00

122. RUBENS, Bernice. The Elected Member. Eyre & Spottiswoode 1969. Booker Prize winner. Inscribed by the author on front endpaper (the ink partially fading midway): “For Ethel / with love / from Bernice”. Moderate foxing to top edge, a little foxing to fore-edge, otherwise near Fine in dustwrapper, with a touch of rubbing to head of (unfaded) spine. Along with ‘Siege of Krishnapur and ‘Staying On’, one of the three scarcest signed winners and rare inscribed. £4500.00

123. RUSHDIE, Salman. The Satanic Verses. Viking 1988. Booker Prize shortlist. Signed by the author. Fine in dustwrapper, with only the very slightest fading on spine. £750.00

124. RUSHDIE, Salman. Joseph Anton. Cape 2012. Signed by the author. Fine in dustwrapper. £45.00

125. SCOTT, Paul. Staying On. Heinemann 1977. Booker Prize winner. Inscribed by the author for John Welch, managing director of Heffers bookshop, on front endpaper: “Signed for John Welch, by / the author, as from one / old India hand to another, with thanks for so much support / in Cambridge. / Paul Scott / 31 May ‘77”. Some browning to prelims and upper flap, otherwise near Fine in dustwrapper. One of the three scarcest signed winners. £9500.00

126. SINHA, Indra. Animal’s People. Simon & Schuster 2007. Paperback original. Booker Prize shortlist. Signed by the author. Near Fine in pictorial wrappers. £75.00

127. SMITH, Ali. Hotel World. Hamish Hamilton 2001. Paperback original. Booker Prize shortlist. Signed by the author. Fine in pictorial wrappers. £45.00

128. SMITH, Ali. Autumn. Hamish Hamilton 2016. Booker Prize shortlist. Tiny bruise to one corner, otherwise Fine in wraparound dustwrapper. £125.00

129. SNOW, C.P. In Their Wisdom. Macmillan 1974. Booker Prize shortlist. Inscribed by the author to Peter Pilkington, headmaster of King’s School, Canterbury and High Master of St. Paul’s, London: “To Helen & Peter / with gratitude & love / from / Charles / C.P. Snow / Aug 14/75 / in their house in Somerset”. Edges little dusty, very slight bruising to head and tail of spine, crease to one page corner, otherwise near Fine in dustwrapper. £750.00

130. SPARK, Muriel. The Public Image. Macmillan 1968. Booker Prize shortlist (in 1969). Signed by the author. Near Fine in priceclipped dustwrapper, slightly faded on spine and with a little rubbing to extremities. £1250.00

131. SPARK, Muriel. Loitering With Intent. Bodley Head 1981. Booker Prize shortlist. Signed by the author. Near Fine in dustwrapper. £350.00

132. ST JOHN, Madeleine. The Essence of the Thing. Fourth Estate 1997. Paperback original. Booker Prize shortlist. Signed by the author. Slight crease to spine, otherwise near Fine in pictorial wrappers. Very scarce signed. £750.00

133. STOREY, David. Saville. Cape 1976. Booker Prize winner. Inscribed by the author on front endpaper: “To Peter - / with many many thanks / for / ‘Mr Winterton’ (and may he, like the / [?]Crawley’s of Halifax, / go on for ever) / with best wishes for tonight / ‘Mother’s Day’ / 22nd September 1976 / Royal Court Theatre / David”. The reference is to Storey’s play (‘Mother’s Day’) which opened on 22 September 1976 to notoriously hostile reviews which led to a confrontation between Storey and the critic Michael Billington; ‘Peter’ is probably cast member Peter Myers. The inscription pre-dates the award of the prize. Edges little dusty, slight crease and slight ‘pushing’ to spine, otherwise near Fine in dustwrapper, with a touch of browning and a little wear to extremities. £1750.00

134. THOMAS, D.M. The White Hotel. Gollancz 1980. Booker Prize shortlist. Inscribed by the author to Gollancz sales director, Nigel Sissons: “For Nigel / with best wishes / D M Thomas / June ‘84”. Near Fine in dustwrapper, with usual slight sunning to tail of spine. £225.00

135. TREMAIN, Rose. Restoration. Hamish Hamilton 1989. Booker Prize shortlist. Signed by the author. Fine in dustwrapper. £35.00

136. TREVOR, William. Mrs Eckdorf in O’Neill’s Hotel. Bodley Head 1969. Booker Prize shortlist. Signed by the author. Slight bruise to head of spine, otherwise near Fine in dustwrapper, with just a hint of wear to extremities. £225.00

137. TREVOR, William. The Story of Lucy Gault. Viking 2002. Booker Prize shortlist. Signed by the author. Slight bruise to head of spine, otherwise near Fine in dustwrapper. £45.00

138. UNSWORTH, Barry. Sacred Hunger. Hamish Hamilton 1992. Booker Prize winner. Inscribed by the author: “To Michael Howard, with / all best wishes / Barry Unsworth / (Brighton May 23rd ‘92)”. Near Fine in dustwrapper, with slight fading to spine. £350.00

143. YANIGAHARA, Hanya. A Little Life. Picador 2015. Booker Prize shortlist. Signed by the author. Fine in dustwrapper. £225.00

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