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CATALOGUE 25
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. Scans of all items are available upon request. For full terms and conditions see foot of catalogue. Last updated: October 2024
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. ADIGA, Aravind. The White Tiger. Atlantic 2008. Booker Prize winner. Signed and dated (13-10-2008) by the author, with the addition of a short quote from the text (“The dreams of the rich & the dreams of the poor”). Fine in dustwrapper. £75.00
2. AMIS, Kingsley. Stanley and the Women. Hutchinson 1984. Signed by the author. Fine in dustwrapper. £75.00
3. AMIS, Kingsley. The Old Devils. Hutchinson 1986. Booker Prize winner. Signed by the author. Near Fine in dustwrapper. £175.00
4. AMIS, Martin. The War Against Cliché: essays and reviews 1971-2000. Cape 2001. Inscribed by the author to his bibliographer: “To David Rees / Martin Amis/ 5. Apr. 01”. Fine in dustwrapper. £75.00
5. BAILEY, Paul. Peter Smart’s Confessions. Cape 1977. Booker Prize shortlist. Inscribed by the author: “for Gwen and Colin / with love from / Paul”. Near Fine in priceclipped dustwrapper. £25.00
6. BARKER, Pat. The Ghost Road. Viking 1995. Booker Prize winner. Near Fine in dustwrapper, with a little creasing to head of spine. £75.00
7. BARNES, Julian. Arthur & George. Cape 2005. Booker Prize shortlist. Inscribed by the author: “To Pat / from Julian Barnes”. Fine in pictorial cloth boards with vertical wraparound band to lower panel. £25.00
8. BARNES, Julian. The Sense of an Ending. Cape 2011. Booker Prize winner. Signed by the author. Fine in dustwrapper. £75.00
9. BAWDEN, Nina. The Birds on the Trees. Longman 1970. ‘Lost’ Booker Prize shortlist. Inscribed by the author on front endpaper: “To Alan from Nina / October 1970”. Top edge dusty, minor bruising to corners and head of spine, otherwise near Fine in dustwrapper, with two creases and very slight fading to spine and head of upper panel. £45.00
10. BEATTY, Paul. The Sellout. Oneworld 2016. Paperback original. Booker Prize winner. Signed and dated (28 Oct 2016) by the author. Fine in printed wrappers. £125.00
11. BERRY, Chuck. The Autobiography. New York: Harmony Books 1987. Uncorrected proof copy. Inscribed by the author on front cover: “The Best of Life / to / Betsy 1987 / Chuck Berry”. Minor creases to spine, otherwise near Fine in printed wrappers. £125.00
12. BOLT, Usain. Faster than Lightning. HarperSport 2013. Autobiography. Signed by the author. Fine in dustwrapper. £125.00
13. BROWN, George Mackay. Magnus. Hogarth Press 1973. His second novel. Proof copy. Faint spotting to top edge, otherwise Very Good indeed in somewhat browned printed wrappers, with light crease to upper wrapper. Scarce.£75.00
14. BURGESS, Anthony. Devil of a State. Heinemann 1961. Signed by the author. Edges dusty, slight crease to spine, otherwise near Fine in somewhat marked priceclipped dustwrapper with some creasing and several closed tears. £45.00
15. BURGESS, Anthony. Nothing like the Sun: a story of Shakespeare’s love-life. Heinemann 1964. Near Fine in little marked dustwrapper, with a hint of wear to extremities and a nick. £25.00
16. BURGESS, Anthony. The Novel Now: a student’s guide to contemporary fiction. Faber 1967. Mark to front endpaper, otherwise near Fine in dustwrapper, little frayed at extremities and with a short closed tear. £25.00
17. BURGESS, Anthony. Enderby Outside. Heinemann 1968. Bruise to one corner, otherwise near Fine in dustwrapper. £25.00
18. BURGESS, Anthony. Napoleon Symphony. Cape 1974. Signed by the author. Near Fine in dustwrapper. £125.00
19. BURGESS, Anthony. Beard’s Roman Women. Hutchinson 1977. Near Fine in dustwrapper, with a couple of nicks and crease to flap. £25.00
20. BURGESS, Anthony. Earthly Powers. Hutchinson 1980. Booker Prize shortlist. Signed by the author. Near Fine in dustwrapper. £350.00
21. BURGESS, Anthony. The End of the World News. Hutchinson 1982. Signed by the author. Near Fine in dustwrapper. £75.00
22. BURGESS, Anthony. Enderby’s Dark Lady or No End to Enderby. Hutchinson 1984. Signed by the author. A little offsetting to endpapers, otherwise near Fine in dustwrapper. £75.00
23. BURGESS, Anthony. The Kingdom of the Wicked. Hutchinson 1985. Signed by the author. Near Fine in dustwrapper. £75.00
24. BURGESS, Anthony. Homage to Qwertyuiop: selected journalism 1978-1985. Hutchinson 1986. Signed by the author. Slight bruise to tail of spine, otherwise near Fine in dustwrapper. £45.00
25. BURGESS, Anthony. The Piano Players. Hutchinson 1986. Signed by the author. Near Fine in dustwrapper. £45.00
26. BURGESS, Anthony. Any Old Iron. Hutchinson 1986. Signed by the author. Fine in dustwrapper. £75.00
27. BURGESS, Anthony. Mozart and the Wolf Gang. Hutchinson 1991. Signed by the author. Fine in dustwrapper. £45.00
28. BURGESS, Anthony. Little Wilson and Big God. Heinemann 1987. autobiography. Signed by the author. Paper browning, otherwise near Fine in dustwrapper, with a hint of rubbing to head and tail of spine. £25.00
29. BURGESS, Anthony. You’ve Had Your Time. Heinemann 1990. Autobiography. Signed by the author. Near Fine in dustwrapper, with a touch of fading to spine. £25.00
30. BURGESS, Michael. Mister. Hutchinson/New Authors Ltd 1964. Edges little dusty, otherwise near Fine in dustwrapper, little rubbed at extremities and with fingernail-sized chip at head of upper panel (not affecting lettering) together with proof of the same, some creasing to spine, otherwise near Fine. The two: £25.00
31. BURNET, Graeme Macrae. His Bloody Project. Glasgow: Contraband 2015. Paperback original. Booker Prize shortlist. Signed and dated (23 August 2016) by the author. Near Fine in printed wrappers. £250.00
32. BURNS, Anna. Milkman. Faber 2018. Booker Prize winner. Inscribed by the author: “Milkman Really Milkman!” / 18th October 2018 / Anna Burns”. Fine in dustwrapper. One of the scarcer recent winners. £375.00
33. BURNS, Anna. Milkman. Faber 2018. Booker Prize winner. Signed and dated (17th May 2018) by the author. Fine in dustwrapper. £350.00
34. 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 even numbered copies in red cloth. Fine. £225.00
35. 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. £225.00
36. BYATT, A.S. Possession. Chatto and Windus 1990. Booker Prize winner. Signed by the author. Slight bruise to one corner, otherwise near Fine in dustwrapper. £250.00
37. BYATT, A.S. Possession. Chatto and Windus 1990. Booker Prize winner. Inscribed by the author: “To Andrew / from A.S. Byatt / March 2nd 1990”. Near Fine in dustwrapper. £250.00
38. BYATT, A.S. The Children’s Book. Chatto & Windus 2009. Booker Prize shortlist. Signed and dated (October 6th 2009) by the author on the day the prize was awarded. Fine in dustwrapper. £35.00
39. (BYATT, A.S.) GORDIMER, Nadine. A Sport of Nature. Cape 1987. A.S. Byatt’s copy with eight lines of notes in her hand on front endpaper, some page corners turned and some underlining. Top edge dusty, otherwise near Fine in dustwrapper. £35.00
40. (BYATT, A.S.) JOHNSON, Pamela Hansford. The Survival of the Fittest. Macmillan 1968. A.S. Byatt’s copy, signed and dated (May 1968) by the author on front endpaper, and with three lines of notes in her hand. Edges dusty, a couple of spots to fore-edge, otherwise Very Good indeed in somewhat worn, nicked and marked dustwrapper, with minimal loss. £25.00
41. (BYATT, A.S.) MURDOCH, Iris. Bruno’s Dream. Chatto & Windus 1968. A.S. Byatt’s copy with her signature and date (December 1968) on front endpaper. Byatt was the author two books on Murdoch. Boards and edges little marked, crease to spine, otherwise Very Good (lacks dustwrapper). £25.00
42. (BYATT, A.S.) ROBERTS, Michele. Daughters of the House. Virago 1992. Booker Prize shortlist. A.S. Byatt’s copy with her signature on front endpaper. Slight bruise to head of spine, otherwise near Fine in dustwrapper. £25.00
43. (BYATT, A.S.) UPDIKE, John. Roger’s Version. Andre Deutsch 1986. A.S. Byatt’s copy with her signature (as ‘A.S. Duffy’) and six lines of notes in her hand on front endpaper. Numerous page corners turned, otherwise near Fine in dustwrapper. £35.00
44. (BYATT, A.S.) WILSON, Angus. Late Call. Secker & Warburg 1964. A.S. Byatt’s copy, with her ownership signature and and seven lines of notes on front endpaper. Top edge dusty, slight bruising to corners, otherwise near Fine in dustwrapper. £35.00
45. (BYATT, A.S.) WILSON, Angus. No Laughing Matter. Secker & Warburg 1967. A.S. Byatt’s copy, with her ownership signature on half title and one line of notes on front endpaper. Top edge dusty, a few page corners turned, otherwise near Fine in little marked dustwrapper, with a few nicks. £25.00
46. (BYATT, A.S.) WILSON, Angus. Setting the World on Fire. Secker & Warburg 1980. A.S. Byatt’s copy, with her ownership signature on front endpaper. Near Fine in dustwrapper, with a few minor creases and a touch of fading to spine. £25.00
47. CAREY, Peter. Oscar and Lucinda. Faber 1988. Booker Prize winner. Inscribed by the author to Maggie Gee the day after publication: “for Maggie and Nick / I hope you enjoy it / Peter Carey/ 29/3/88”. Paper browning, slight bruise to one corner, otherwise near Fine in dustwrapper. £250.00
48. CAREY, Peter. True History of the Kelly Gang. St Lucia: University of Queensland Press 2000. Special edition ‘from the first Australian print run, published on 14 October 2000’. Publisher’s bookplate signed by the author loosely inserted. Fine in quarter leather and vellum boards. £125.00
49. CATTON, Eleanor. The Luminaries. Granta 2013. Booker Prize winner. Inscribed by the author: “ “There is no / truth except / truth in relation” / Eleanor Catton / 9 Sept 2013”. Very slight bruise to front edge, otherwise Fine in dustwrapper. £150.00
50. CATTON, Eleanor. The Luminaries. Granta 2013. Booker Prize winner. Signed and dated (24 Aug 2013) by the author. Fine in dustwrapper, with a nick and a touch of rubbing to front corners. £150.00
51. COETZEE, J.M. The Life and Times of Michael K. Secker & Warburg 1983. Booker Prize winner. Poet and critic Anthony Thwaite’s copy with his pencilled signature and a copy of his review of the book for the Observer loosely inserted. Together with a letter from Thwaite on headed notepaper, inter alia: “Terence Kilmartin, literary editor of the Observer, commissioned this review. Later, he was one of the judges who gave the prize to Coetzee…perhaps my high opinion of the book influenced Kilmartin. In fact I’m pretty sure it did…” The copy read by Thwaite (himself chairman of the judges in 1986) prior to his review. Light spotting to top edge, otherwise near Fine in dustwrapper, sunned on spine. £125.00
52. DESAI, Kiran. The Inheritance of Loss. Hamish Hamilton 2006. Booker Prize winner. Signed and dated (31 August 2006) by the author. Fine in dustwrapper. £75.00
53. DESAI, Kiran. The Inheritance of Loss. New York: Atlantic 2006. Booker Prize winner. Signed and dated (22 October 2006) by the author. Hint of a bruise to tail of spine, otherwise Fine in dustwrapper. £50.00
54. DOYLE, Roddy. Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha. Secker & Warburg 1993. Booker Prize winner. Inscribed by the author: “Good luck / Roddy Doyle / 15/6/’93). Edges tanned, otherwise near Fine in dustwrapper. £125.00
55. DURRELL, Lawrence. Livia: or buried alive. Faber 1978. Second of ‘The Avignon Quintet’. Signed boldly in red by the author. Near Fine in dustwrapper. £45.00
56. DURRELL, Lawrence. Quinx: or the Ripper’s Tale. Faber 1985. Fifth and last of ‘The Avignon Quintet’. Signed and dated (1985) by the author. Fine in dustwrapper. £45.00
57. ELLMAN, Lucy. Ducks, Newburyport. Galley Beggar Press 2019. Paperback original. Booker Prize shortlist. Signed by the author. Fine in scarcer black wrappers with blue endpapers with a long quote from the book on upper panel and no reviews. £55.00
58. ENRIGHT, Anne. The Portable Virgin. Secker & Warburg 1991. Signed by the author. Slight bruising to upper corners and head of spine, otherwise near Fine in dustwrapper. £75.00
59. ENRIGHT, Anne. The Pleasure of Eliza Lynch. Cape 2002. Signed by the author. Paper browning, otherwise Fine in dustwrapper. £25.00
60. ENRIGHT, Anne. The Gathering. Cape 2007. Booker Prize winner. Inscribed by the author: “Anne Enright / O’Connell Street / Dublin 23 - XI - 2007”. Fine in dustwrapper. £125.00
61. ENRIGHT, Anne. The Gathering. Cape 2007. Booker Prize winner. Signed by the author. Fine in dustwrapper (very slight creasing to head of spine). £75.00
62. ENRIGHT, Anne. The Green Road. Cape 2015. Signed by the author. Tiny bruise to one corner, otherwise Fine in dustwrapper. £25.00
63. ESCOFFERY, Jonathan. If I Survive You. 4th Estate 2023. Booker Prize shortlist. Signed and dated (24 November 2023) by the author. Near Fine in dustwrapper. £25.00
64. EVARISTO, Bernadine. Girl, Woman, Other. Hamish Hamilton 2019. Booker Prize winner. Signed and dated (14/8/19) by the author. Fine in dustwrapper. £225.00
65. FARAH, Mo. Twin Ambitions. Hodder & Stoughton 2013. Autobiography. Signed by the author. Bruise to tail of spine, otherwise Fine in dustwrapper. £75.00
66. FIELDING, Helen. Bridget Jones’s Diary. Picador 1996. Signed by the author. Fine in dustwrapper. £250.00
67. FLANAGAN, Richard. The Narrow Road to the Deep North. Chatto & Windus 2014. Booker Prize winner. Signed by the author. Very slight bruising to head and tail of spine, otherwise Fine in dustwrapper. £150.00
68. FLANAGAN, Richard. The Narrow Road to the Deep North. Chatto & Windus 2014. Booker Prize winner. Uncorrected proof copy. Signed by the author. Fine in pictorial wrappers. £225.00
69. FLANAGAN, Richard. First Person. Sydney: Knopf 2017. Uncorrected advance proof. No.81 of 175 numbered copies signed by the author. Fine in pictorial wrappers. £25.00
70. FLANAGAN, Richard. Question 7. Chatto & Windus 2023. Signed and dated (2.6.2024) by the author. Fine in dustwrapper. £45.00
71. FOWLES, John. The Collector. Cape 1965. His first novel. Reddish brown boards. Inscribed card (“Marco Keiner / Best wishes / John Fowles / Lyme Regis / 25.6.96” below the author’s blindstamp) loosely inserted. Near Fine in dustwrapper, with usual light soiling to lower panel, and a couple of minor nicks. £350.00
72. FOWLES, John. The Magus: a revised version. Cape 1977. Boards a little marked, slight crease to spine, otherwise near Fine in dustwrapper, with a touch of rubbing to extremities. £25.00
73. FOWLES, John. A Maggot. Cape 1985. Signed by the author. Near Fine in dustwrapper (priceclipped and with a new price). £75.00
74. FOWLES, John (introduces and translates). Claire de Durfort. Ourika. Austin: W. Thomas Taylor 1977. One of 500 copies in quarter leather and marbled-paper boards signed by the author. Fine. £125.00
75. (FROST, Robert) Crane, Joan St. C. Robert Frost: a descriptive catalogue of books and manuscripts in the Clifton Waller Barret Library University of Virginia. Dawsons 1974. Near Fine. £20.00
76. GALGUT, Damon. The Promise. Chatto & Windus 2021. Booker Prize winner. Signed and dated (11 Nov 2021) by the author. Fine in dustwrapper. £225.00
77. GALGUT, Damon. The Promise. Chatto & Windus 2021. Booker Prize winner. Fine in dustwrapper. £75.00
78. GARDAM, Jane. God on the Rocks. Hamish Hamilton 1978. Booker Prize shortlist. Signed by the author. Near Fine in priceclipped dustwrapper. £125.00
79. GARNER, Alan. Treacle Walker. 4th Estate 2021. Booker Prize shortlist. Signed and dated (21 August 2021) by the author, and scarce thus. Fine in dustwrapper. £375.00
80. GOLDING, William. Rites of Passage. Faber 1980. Booker Prize winner. John Fowles’s copy with his blindstamp on front endpaper. Menu for Golding’s 75th birthday dinner at Brown’s Hotel on 19th September 1986 loosely inserted. Near Fine in dustwrapper. £75.00
81. GORDIMER, Nadine. The Conservationist. Cape 1974. Booker Prize winner. Signed by the author. Near Fine in dustwrapper. £375.00
82. GORDIMER, Nadine. Burger’s Daughter. Cape 1979. Near Fine in dustwrapper. £25.00
83. GORDIMER, Nadine. A Sport of Nature. Cape 1987. Signed by the author. Near Fine in dustwrapper. £75.00
84. GRAY, Alasdair. Something Leather. Cape 1990. Inscribed by the author: “To Dave / from Alasdair / 27 June 1990 / with thanks”; possibly one of the ‘Daves’ who followed such authors as Gray and Iain ‘Dave’ Banks in the early nineties. Fine in dustwrapper. £125.00
85. (GRAY, Alasdair) Moores, Phil (edits). Alasdair Gray: critical appreciations and a bibliography. British Library 2002. Dustwrapper, cover and internal illustrations by Gray, who also contributes a 14-page ‘Curriculum Vitae’ and an interview with Kathy Acker. Fine in dustwrapper. £25.00
86. GREENE, Graham. A Quick Look Behind. Los Angeles: Sylvester & Orphanos 1983. One of 300 numbered copies signed by the author, from an edition of 330. Fine in slipcase. £225.00
87. (GUNN, Thom) Hagstrom, Jack and George Bixby. Tom Gunn: a bibliography 1940-78. Bertram Rota 1979. Includes a 16-page biographical essay by Gunn. Near Fine in dustwrapper. £125.00
88. HAIG, Matt. How To Stop Time. Canongate 2017. Inscribed by the author: “ ‘I am old…’ / 26/7/17 / Matt Haig”. Very slight bruise to tail of spine, otherwise Fine in dustwrapper. £75.00
89. HAMID, Mohsin. The Reluctant Fundamentalist. Hamish Hamilton 2007. Booker Prize shortlist. Inscribed by the author: “ “I told her Pakistan was many things…” / Mohsin Hamid / 22/8/07”. Fine in dustwrapper. £75.00
90. 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. £75.00
91. HERR, Michael. Dispatches. New York: Knopf 1977. Signed by the author. Fine in dustwrapper. £1250.00
92. HOLLINGHURST, Alan. The Line of Beauty. Picador 1998. Booker Prize winner. Signed by the author. Near Fine in dustwrapper. £75.00
93. HOSSEINI, Khaled. The Kite Runner. Bloomsbury 2003. Signed by the author. Slight bruise to head of spine and one corner, otherwise Fine in dustwrapper. £275.00
94. HOSSEINI, Khaled. A Thousand Splendid Suns. Bloomsbury 2007. ‘One of 1500 signed first editions’, signed by the author on extra page. Very slight bruise to one corner, otherwise Fine in dustwrapper. £25.00
95. HOSSEINI, Khaled. And the Mountains Echoed. New York: Riverhead Books 2013. Signed by the author. Very slight bruise to head of spine, otherwise Fine in dustwrapper. £25.00
96. HOUELLEBECQ, Michel. Whatever. Serpent’s Tail 1999. His first novel. First English edition. Paperback original. Near Fine in pictorial wrappers. £25.00
97. HOUELLEBECQ, Michel. Whatever. Serpent’s Tail 1999. Uncorrected proof copy. Near Fine in printed wrappers. £25.00
98. 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. £175.00
99. ISHIGURO, Kazuo. An Artist of the Floating World. Faber 1986. First printing by Butler & Tanner. Booker Prize shortlist. Slight bruise to foot of lower board, otherwise near Fine in dustwrapper, with a few spots to head of lower panel. £125.00
100. ISHIGURO, Kazuo. The Remains of the Day. Faber 1989. Booker Prize winner. Slight bruising to spine, otherwise near Fine in dustwrapper. £175.00
101. JACOBSON, Howard. The Finkler Question. Bloomsbury 2010. Booker Prize winner. Signed and dated (20-9-10) by the author. Slight bruise to head of spine, otherwise Fine in dustwrapper. £75.00
102. JACOBSON, Howard. What Will Survive of Us. Cape 2024. Signed by the author. Fine in dustwrapper. £25.00
103. (JAMES, Henry) Edel, Leon and Dan H. Laurence. A Bibliography of Henry James. Oxford: Clarendon Press 1985. Reprint of the third edition. Fine in dustwrapper. £25.00
104. 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. £225.00
105. JASON, David. Only Fools and Stories. Century 2017. Signed by the author. Fine in dustwrapper. £75.00
106. JHABVALA, R. Prawer. Heat and Dust. John Murray 1975. Booker Prize winner. Signed by the author. Near Fine in dustwrapper, sunned on spine and with a little rubbing to tail of spine, with ‘Booker Prize’ wraparound band. £750.00
107. KELMAN, James. How Late It Was, How Late. Secker & Warburg 1994. Booker Prize winner. Signed by the author. Paper browning, otherwise Fine in dustwrapper. £275.00
108. KENEALLY, Thomas. Schindler’s Ark. Hodder & Stoughton 1982. Booker Prize winner. Inscribed by the author: “To John / Shalom / Peace / Thomas Keneally / 2016”, with his sketched self-portrait. Near Fine in dustwrapper. £275.00
109. KENEALLY, Thomas. Schindler’s Ark. Hodder & Stoughton 1982. Booker Prize winner. Near Fine in dustwrapper. £75.00
110. KRAKAUER, Jon. Into Thin Air: a personal account of the Mount Everest disaster. New York: Villard 1997. Signed by the author. Near Fine in dustwrapper. £125.00
111. KUNDERA, Milan. The Unbearable Lightness of Being. New York: Harper & Row 1984. Signed by the author. Fine in dustwrapper. £1250.00
112. (LARKIN, Philip) Bloomfield, B.C. Philip Larkin: a bibliography 1933-1976. Faber 1979. Some staining to inside of dustwrapper (not visible from outside), otherwise near Fine in dustwrapper. £10.00
113. LAWRENCE, D.H. The Rainbow. Methuen 1915. One of 2500 copies, many of which were destroyed (Roberts A7). Publisher’s blurb neatly affixed to front pastedown. Edges browned, hinges cracked, marks to lower panel, some splitting to edges of spine, otherwise Good (complete and intact). £275.00
114. 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. £35.00
115. LAWRENCE, D.H. Apocalypse. Florence: G. Orioli 1931. One of 750 copies. Edges little browned with some spotting to top edge, a little wear to spine, otherwise Very Good indeed. £75.00
116. (LAWRENCE, D.H.) Lawrence, Ada and G. Stuart Gelder. Young Lorenzo: early life of D.H. Lawrence. Florence: G. Orioli 1931. One of 740 numbered copies. Full vellum. Boards warped and little marked, spine browned, endpapers little marked, otherwise Very Good. £75.00
117. (LAWRENCE, T.E.) O’Brien, Philip. T.E. Lawrence: a bibliography. Boston: G.K. Hall 1988. First American edition. Near Fine in dustwrapper. £25.00
118. LE CARRÉ, John. The Night Manager. Hodder and Stoughton 1993. Signed and dated (June ‘93) by the author. Fine in dustwrapper. £225.00
119. 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. £125.00
120. (LEWIS, Wyndham) Morrow, Bradford and Bernard Lafourcade. A bibliography of the Writings of Wyndham Lewis. Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press 1978. Quarter cloth. Near Fine in dustwrapper, with a little creasing to head of spine. £25.00
121. LIVELY, Penelope. The Driftway. Heinemann 1972. Slight bruise to head of spine, otherwise near Fine in priceclipped dustwrapper. £25.00
122. LIVELY, Penelope. The Road to Lichfield. Heinemann 1977. Her first adult novel. Signed by the author. Near Fine in little marked dustwrapper. £125.00
123. LIVELY, Penelope. Treasures of Time. Heinemann 1979. Her second adult novel. Signed by the author. Bruising to corners, a few light marks to front endpaper, otherwise near Fine in dustwrapper, little frayed at head and tail of spine and with a touch of sunning. £25.00
124. 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
125. LIVELY, Penelope. Passing On. Deutsch 1989. Signed by the author. Near Fine in dustwrapper. £25.00
126. LIVELY, Penelope. City of the Mind. Deutsch 1991. Signed by the author. Spine ends slightly pushed, otherwise near Fine in dustwrapper. £25.00
127. LIVELY, Penelope. Cleopatra’s Sister. Viking 1993. Signed by the author. Near Fine in dustwrapper (hint of rubbing along top edge). £25.00
128. LIVELY, Penelope. Spiderweb. Viking 1998. Signed by the author. Near Fine in dustwrapper (nick at tail of spine). £25.00
129. LODGE, David. Nice Work. Secker & Warburg 1988. Booker Prize shortlist. Inscribed by the author: “For Peter / with best wishes / David Lodge”. Paper browning, otherwise near Fine in dustwrapper. £75.00
130. MacCAIG, Norman. Surroundings. Chatto & Windus with the Hogarth Press 1966. Inscribed by the author on front endpaper: “for Jean, / with my best of good wishes / Norman MacCaig / March ’72”. Near Fine in dustwrapper, little darkened on spine. £75.00
131. MacCAIG, Norman. Rings on a Tree. Chatto & Windus with the Hogarth Press 1968. Inscribed by the author on front endpaper: “for Jean, / Hurray! / Norman MacCaig / March ’72”. Near Fine in dustwrapper, with tear at hinge of upper flap and little darkened on spine. £75.00
132. McGAHERN, John. That They May Face the Rising Sun. Faber 2001. Signed by the author. Near Fine in dustwrapper. £125.00
133. MANTEL, Hilary. Wolf Hall. Fourth Estate 2009. Booker Prize winner. Signed by the author. Fine in dustwrapper. £950.00
134. MANTEL, Hilary. Wolf Hall. Fourth Estate 2009. Booker Prize winner. Fine in dustwrapper. £175.00
135. MANTEL. Hilary. Bring Up the Bodies. Fourth Estate 2012. Booker Prize winner. Signed by the author. Tiny bruise to head of spine, otherwise Fine in dustwrapper. £125.00
136. MARTEL, Yann. Life of Pi. Edinburgh: Canongate 2007. Booker Prize winner. Illustrated by Tomislav Torjanac. First illustrated edition. One of 3000 specially bound numbered copies signed by the author and the illustrator on a bookplate affixed to front endpaper. Fine in slipcase. £75.00
137. MAVOR, Elizabeth. A Green Equinox. Michael Joseph 1973. Booker Prize shortlist. Edges dusty and faintly spotted, otherwise near Fine in dustwrapper. £750.00
138. (MILLER, Henry) Shifreen, Lawrence J., and Roger Jackson. Henry Miller: a bibliography of primary sources. Paris: Alyscamps Press 1993. With a one-page preface by Miller. First European edition. Green cloth, Slight bruise to head of spine, otherwise near Fine. £35.00
139. MITCHELL, David. Number 9 Dream. Sceptre 2001. His second novel. Paperback original. Booker Prize shortlist. Signed by the author with some additional squiggles. Very slight creasing to spine, otherwise near Fine in pictorial wrappers. £45.00
140. MO, Timothy. Sour Sweet. Deutsch 1982. Booker Prize shortlist. Very slight bruise to head of spine, otherwise near Fine in first state (pictorial) dustwrapper. £125.00
141. MORRIS, Heather. The Tattooist of Auschwitz. Zaffre 2018. Signed and dated (20/04/2018) by the author. Fine in dustwrapper. £275.00
142. MURDOCH, Iris. The Black Prince. Chatto & Windus 1973. Booker Prize shortlist. Inscribed by the author to fellow Oxonian David Kirke, founder member of the Dangerous Sports Club and inventor of bungee jumping: ”David Kirke / with my very best / wishes / Iris Murdoch”. Edges dusty and little marked, slight crease to spine, slight warping to boards, otherwise Very Good indeed in dustwrapper. Scarce signed. £375.00
143. MURRAY, Paul. The Bee Sting. Hamish Hamilton 2023. Booker Prize shortlist. Fine in dustwrapper. £75.00
144. (NABOKOV, Vladimir) Juliar, Michael. Vladimir Nabokov: a descriptive bibliography. New York: Garland 1986. Inscribed by the compiler to the bookseller and bibliographer Bev Chaney: “To Bev Chaney / Thanks for the / Nabo-goodies you’ve / found for me…and / hoping for more / Regards / Michael Juliar / 3-Jan-91”. Light foxing to top edge, otherwise near Fine in green cloth. £75.00
145. 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. £1250.00
146. NAIPAUL, V.S. Among the Believers: an Islamic Journey. Deutsch 1981. Signed by the author. Minor bruising to corners, otherwise near Fine in dustwrapper, with a hint of fading to spine. £125.00
147. NAIPAUL, V.S. The Enigma of Arrival. Viking 1987. Signed by the author. Near Fine in dustwrapper. £375.00
148. NAIPAUL, V.S. Two Worlds: Nobel Lecture December 7, 2001. Rees & O’Neill 2002. One 12 Roman-numbered hors commerce copies bound in black goatskin signed by the author, with a facsimile of a page of the corrected typescript, from an edition of 70; this copy out of series and in variant blue binding. Fine. £750.00
149. NEWBY, Eric. A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush. Arrow 1961. First paperback edition. Inscribed by the author: “Sarah and David / 1st paperback edn 1961 / Eric Newby / love from Eric 31.8.96”. Flyleaf missing, creases to spine, otherwise Very Good. £10.00
150. NEWBY, Eric. Slowly Down the Ganges. Picador 1983. Paperback reprint. Inscribed by the author: “Eric Newby / but not up it! / with love to David / and Sarah / from Eric”. Creases to spine, edges marked, otherwise Very Good. £10.00
151. NEWBY, Eric. On the Shores of the Mediterranean. Harvill Press 1984. Signed by the author. Near Fine in dustwrapper. £25.00
152. NEWBY, Eric. The Last Grain Race. Picador 1990. Paperback reprint. Inscribed by the author: “Eric Newby / David and Sarah / with love from Eric”. Edges spotted and marked, otherwise Very Good. £10.00
153. NEWBY, Eric. A Small Place in Italy. Picador 1995. Paperback reprint. Inscribed by the author: “Sarah and David / Eric Newby / with love from Eric / August 31, 96”. Edges spotted and marked, otherwise Very Good. £10.00
154. 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 the printed dedication ‘to Wanda with love’). Mark to front endpaper (possibly glue-stain), otherwise near Fine in dustwrapper. £45.00
155. NEWBY, P.H. Something to Answer For. Faber 1968. Booker Prize winner (in 1969). The inaugural winner. Uncorrected proof copy. Very Good indeed. Very scarce. £275.00
156. ONDAATJE, Michael. The English Patient. Bloomsbury 1992. Booker Prize winner. Signed by the author. Tiny bruises to upper corners, otherwise Fine in first state dustwrapper. £375.00
157. (POLITICS) Black, David. All the First Minister’s Men. Edinburgh: Birlinn 2001. Paperback original. Signed by the author. Near Fine in pictorial wrappers. £25.00
158. (POLITICS) Nabarro, Gerald. NAB 1: portrait of a politician. Oxford: Robert Maxwell 1969. Inscribed by the author: “To: Ronald Denney Esq., Ph.D., / With my best wishes / from: Gerald Nabarro M.P. / 1st May / 1973”. Near Fine in dustwrapper, little rubbed at extremities. £35.00
159. (POLITICS) Naughtie, James (edits and introduces). Playing the Palace: a Westminster collection. Edinburgh: Mainstream 1984. Signed on half title by Naughtie and also by David Steel, David Owen, Neil Kinnock and Robin Day. Invitation to the launch party at the National Liberal Club in Whitehall loosely inserted. Near Fine in dustwrapper. £45.00
160. (POLITICS) Salmond, Alex (introduces). Choosing Scotland’s Future: a national conversation. Edinburgh: Scottish Executive 2007. Paperback original. 48pp. Salmond contributes a 1-page foreword. Inscribed by Salmond, the then First Minister, at his contribution: “Here’s to a simple / majority! / Alex Salmond”. Fine in card wrappers. £25.00
161. (POLITICS) Sihanouk, Norodom. Prisonnier des Khmers Rouge. Patris: Hachette 1986. French language paperback original. Inscribed by the author to Sir Marrack Goulding, under-Secretary of the UN 1986-1997, on half title: “Pour Son Excellence M.M. Goulding, / sincere ami du people Cambodgien, / avec l’expression de ma profonde / gratitude et les assurances de ma plus haute consideration / Sihanouk de [?]Cambe / Janvier 1993”. Edges dusty, paper tanned, otherwise near Fine in printed wrappers. Sihanouk was the former king of Cambodia, held under house arrest by the Khmer Rouge from 1976-9. £75.00
162. (POLITICS) Wilson, Harold. A Prime Minister on Prime Ministers. Weidenfeld and Nicolson with Michael Joseph 1977. Inscribed by the author: “For Geoffrey Van Dantzig / Harold Wilson”. Near Fine in dustwrapper, slightly faded on spine. £75.00
163. (POUND, Ezra) Gallup, Donald. A Bibliography of Ezra Pound. Hart-Davies 1963. Near Fine in dustwrapper. £35.00
164. ROBERTSON, Robin. The Long Take. Picador 2018. Booker Prize shortlist. Tiny bruise to one corner, otherwise Fine in dustwrapper. £35.00
165. ROY, Arundhati. The God of Small Things. Flamingo 1997. ‘Thin’ state. Booker Prize winner. Signed by the author. Near Fine in dustwrapper. £225.00
166. 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 only the faintest hint of fading to spine: scarce thus. £1100.00
167. SAUNDERS, George. Lincoln in the Bardo. Bloomsbury 2017. Booker Prize winner. Inscribed by the author: “George Saunders / 10-16-17 / London!!”. Fine in dustwrapper. £125.00
168. SCOTT, Paul. Staying On. Heinemann 1977. Booker Prize winner. Near Fine in dustwrapper. £125.00
169. SETH, Vikram. A Suitable Boy. Sixth Chamber Press 1993. No.7 of 100 numbered copies bound in quarter leather signed by the author, from an edition of 126, published in advance of the trade edition. Near Fine. £350.00
170. SHIELDS, Carol. The Stone Diaries. Fourth Estate 1993. Booker Prize shortlist. Signed by the author. Near Fine in dustwrapper. £125.00
171. (SILLITOE, Alan) Gerard, David. Alan Sillitoe: a bibliography. Mansell 1988. Near Fine in dustwrapper. £25.00
172. 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. £225.00
173. SPARK, Muriel. A Hundred and Eleven Years Without a Chauffeur. Colophon Press 2001. No.2 of six Roman-numbered copies bound in leather, signed by the author with a holograph quotation from the text, for private distribution, from an edition of 157. The quotation reads: “Alas, she never achieved her ambition which was to own a Rolls Royce with…”. Fine. £450.00
174. STUART, Douglas. Shuggie Bain. Picador 2020. Booker Prize winner. Special signed edition with author’s signature on extra page. Fine in dustwrapper. £75.00
175. SWARUP, Vikas. Q and A. Doubleday 2005. Signed by the author. Near Fine in dustwrapper. £75.00
176. SWIFT, Graham. The Sweet Shop Owner. Allen Lane 1980. His first novel. Signed by the author. Near Fine in dustwrapper. £125.00
177. SWIFT, Graham. The Sweet Shop Owner. Allen Lane 1980. His first novel. Signed by the author. Minor bruising to boards, otherwise near Fine in dustwrapper. £75.00
178. SWIFT, Graham. Shuttlecock. Allen Lane 1981. His second novel. Signed by the author. Slight bruising to corners, otherwise near Fine in dustwrapper. £125.00
179. SWIFT, Graham. Waterland. Heinemann 1983. Guardian Fiction Prize and Booker Prize shortlist. Signed by the author. Near Fine in dustwrapper. £95.00
180. SWIFT, Graham. Last Orders. Picador 1996. Booker Prize winner. Signed by the author. Fine in dustwrapper. £75.00
181. SWIFT, Graham. Out of this World. Viking 1988. Signed by the author. Near Fine in dustwrapper. £25.00
182. SWIFT, Graham. The Light of Day. Hamish Hamilton 2003. Signed by the author. Slight bruise to tail of spine, otherwise near Fine in dustwrapper. £25.00
183. SWIFT, Graham. Tomorrow. Picador 2007. Signed by the author. Near Fine in dustwrapper. £25.00
184. SZALAY, David. All That Man Is. Cape 2016. Booker Prize shortlist. Signed and dated (24 October 2016) by the author. Fine in dustwrapper. £75.00
185. SZALAY, David. All That Man Is. Cape 2016. Booker Prize shortlist. Signed and dated (22/8/16) by the author. Slight bruising to head and tail of spine, otherwise near Fine in dustwrapper. £45.00
186. TAYLOR, Elizabeth. Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont. Chatto & Windus 1971. Booker Prize shortlist. Top edge dusty, otherwise near Fine in little marked dustwrapper. £75.00
187. 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). £55.00
188. TÓIBÍN, Colm. Brooklyn. Viking 2009. Signed and dated (1 May 2009) by the author. Fine in dustwrapper (BBC Radio 4 sticker on upper panel). £125.00
189. TÓIBÍN, Colm. Nora Webster. Viking 2014. ‘Limited Edition Proof Copy’. Signed by the author. Near Fine. £35.00
190. TÓIBÍN, Colm. Long Island. Picador 2024. Signed and dated (28.5.24) by the author. Fine in dustwrapper. £75.00
191. TREMAIN, Rose. Restoration. Hamish Hamilton 1989. Booker Prize shortlist. Inscribed by the author: “To Peter / lots of love / Rose”; also signed by her at head of title page. Near Fine in dustwrapper. £75.00
192. TREVOR, William. After Rain. Viking 1996. Uncorrected proof copy. Signed by the author. Near Fine in little marked printed wrappers. £35.00
193. UNSWORTH, Barry. Morality Play. Hamish Hamilton 1995. Booker Prize shortlist. Signed and dated (5/9/95) by the author. Fine in dustwrapper. £35.00
194. UPDIKE, John. Toward the End of Time. Hamish Hamilton 1997. Signed by the author. Fine in dustwrapper. £35.00
195. (WILDE, Oscar) Mason, Stuart. Bibliography of Oscar Wilde. Werner Laurie 1914. Frontispiece by Aubrey Beardsley and introductory note by Robert Ross. Numerous plates and illustrations. Light scattered foxing to edges and some margins, slight fading to spine, nick to head of spione, otherwise Very Good in pink cloth. £45.00
196. WYMAN, Bill. Stones From the Inside: rare and unseen images. Accart Books 2019. Signed by Wyman. Fine in pictorial boards. £125.00
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