Beckett (Samuel) Waiting for Godot. A tragicomedy in two acts, FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, 4 photographic plates, bookplate to flyleaf, original blind-stamped black cloth, some slight wear to top edge of upper board, original dust-jacket, slightly tir ed, small repairs to head and corners, 8vo., New York, Grove Press, 1954.

Belloc (Hilaire) Cautionary Tales for Children, FIRST EDITION, inscribed by the author "To Mr and Mrs Meade. Their obedient servant, H.B. 29th of November 1907", illustrations, original decorated boards, browning to endpapers, box, [1907]; New Ca utionary Tales, FIRST EDITION, bookplate, some foxing throughout, original pictorial boards, dust-jacket with some overall soiling and chipping, 8vo, Duckworth, 1930. (2) ***Micheal Sadleir's copy, with his bookplate and pencil note beneath the inscription.

Buchnan (John) The Thirty-Nine Steps, marginal browning, original blue cloth, rubbed at spine head and tail, Edinburgh, William Blackwood, 1915; Minton (John), and Ross (Alan) Time was Away, letter from author tucked in dust-jacket, text illustrati on by John Minton, original dust jacket, John Lehmann, 1948; Wakefield (H. R.) Ghost Stories, original cloth, 1932; Golding (William) The Inheritors, original dust-jacket, slight chipping at head and tail, browning, Faber and Faber, 1955; Fraser (George MacDonald) Flashman, original cloth, Herbert Jenkins, 1969; Bates (H. E.) The Duet, NUMBER 127 OF 250 SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, original black cloth gilt, 1935, FIRST EDITIONS, original dust jacket, 8vo; with 9 others (11)

Burnett (Frances Hodgson) Little Lord Fauntleroy, FIRST EDITION, bookplate, frontispiece and 25 further illustrations after drawings by Reginald B. Birch, modern half grey morocco, t.e.g., marbled endpapers with illustration to pastedown, autograph l etter signed by the author pasted onto verso facing half-title, 8vo, Frederick Warne, 1886.

Chesterton (G.K.) The Innocence of Father Brown, FIRST EDITION, bookplate, frontispiece and 7 further plates by Sidney Seymour Lucas, minor foxing sand soiling throughout, original red cloth, gilt lettering, light wear to corners, 8vo, Cassell, 191 1; The Wisdom of Father Brown, FIRST EDITION, bookplate, half title, tissue guard, some foxing throughout, original dark blue cloth, upper cover blind-stamped, slightly sunned, rear hinge strained, dust-jacket with creasing and chipping, a few short tears with spots of internal tape repair, 8vo, Cassell, 1914 (2)

Dickens (Charles) The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, half-title, engraved portrait frontispiece by Daniel Maclise in first state with imprint, 39 engraved plates by Hablot K. Browne (Phiz), some light staining and browning to frontispiece and plates, bookplates, publisher's first state olive green cloth, with boards and spine ruled in blind, spine lettered in gilt, little rubbed and bumped, upper joint repaired, 8vo, Chapman & Hall, 1839. *** Before its book publication on October 23, 1839, 'Nicholas Nickleby' was issued in twenty parts, published serially in nineteen monthly installments from April 1839 - October 1839. The William Maryon-Kenyon Starling-Self copy, with three bookplates on paste-down.

Du Maurier (Daphne) Jamaica Inn, FIRST EDITION, original blue cloth, minor spotting, dust-jacket darkened to backstrip panel and borders, some chipping to spine extremities, 8vo, Victor Gollancz, 1936.

Du Maurier (George) Trilby, FIRST EDITION, 3 vol., original linen, blue lettering on upper cover and spine, light wear to boards, spotting to the edges, with an autograph letter signed by the author loosely inserted into vol. 1, 8vo, Osgood, McIlvain e & Co., 1894.

Eliot (T.S.) Ezra Pound. His Metric and Poetry, FIRST EDITION, bookplate, frontispiece portrait of Pound by Gaudier-Brzeska, light toning throughout, original red boards lettered in gilt, some fading, original plain dust-jacket with tears and creasin g, 8vo, New York, Knopf, 1917. ***The author's second book, and very scarce in the dustjacket.

Faulkner (William) Soldier's Pay, FIRST EDITION, bookplate, original blue cloth, yellow lettering and publisher's device, some rubbing to spine extremities, edges slightly toned, patterned endpapers, 8vo, New York, Boni & Liveright, 1926.

Fleming (Ian) The Man with the Golden Gun, FIRST EDITION, second state, original black cloth gilt lettered on spine, light rubbing, patterned green endpapers, tears to head and foot of dustj acket light wear, 8vo, Jonathan Cape, 1965; You Only Liv e Twice, FIRST EDITION, original black cloth, tape repairs to corners, head and foot of spine of dust jacket, some overall soiling, 8vo, Jonathan Cape, 1964 (2)

Galsworthy (John) The Forsyte Saga, FIRST COMPLETE EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSION, bookplate, half title, folded Forsyte Family Tree following dedication page, a little creased, original green cloth, gilt lettering and publisher's device, top edge green, very light wearing to head of dust-jacket, 8vo, William Heinemann, 1922: On Forsyte' Change, FIRST EDITION, bookplate, half title, original green cloth with gilt lettering and publisher's device, top edge green, a few fox spots to fore-edge, minor chipping to dust-jacket, 8vo, Heinemann, 1930 (2)

Graves (Robert) Good-Bye to All That, FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE, bookplate, portrait frontispiece and 7 further plates, original salmon-pink cloth, edges a little toned and top-edge dustsoiled, dust jacket a little browned overall, with a few tiny c losed tears, 8vo, Jonathan Cape, 1929; Claudius the God and his Wife Messalina, FIRST EDITION, bookplates, two fold-out genealogical plates, original black boards, a few surface marks, top edge soiled, 8vo, Arthur Barker, 1934 (2)

Greene (Graham) The Complaisant Lover. A Play, FIRST EDITION, inscribed by the author for his lead Ralph Richardson, bookplates, original blue boards with publisher's device blind stamped to lower board, spine lettered in gilt, top corners slightly bumped, dust-jacket a little frayed with minor soiling, 8vo, William Heinemann, 1959. ***Inscribed by Greene for Ralph Richardson, who played Victor Rhodes in the play's initial run: "For Ralph, with gratitude & affection, from Graham. 18.6.59". The latter date is that of the play's first performance at the Globe Theatre, where it was produced by John Gielgud. Gielgud and Richardson would later be used as central characters in Greene's play 'Yes and No'. Richardson's bookplate is below the inscription on the flyleaf.

Greene (Graham) A Visit to Morin, FIRST EDITION, ONE OF 250 COPIES, inscribed by the author for Ralph Richardson and his wife, bookplate, original green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, top edge a little dusty, dust jacket browned around head and spin e panel, minor spotting, 8vo, William Heinemann, 1960. ***The inscription reads: "For Ralph & Mur, with love from Graham. Christmas 1960". Richardson's bookplate is below the inscription. The book was expressly produced as a Christmas gift for friends of the author. Greene and Richardson had become acquainted during the production of Greene's play 'The Complaisant Lover', in which Richardson starred.

Hammett (Dashiell) The Maltese Falcon, FIRST EDITION, original decorated cloth, top edge stained blue/green, original pictorial dust jacket, light damp stain to inner margin first few leaves not affecting text, small tear to base of dust-jacket, wit h some other minor wear to extremities, price-clipped as usual, preserved in quarter morocco fold-over box, 8vo, New York, 1930. ***A very good copy of this most influential detective fiction novel.

Hardy (Thomas) A Laodicena; or, the Castle of the De Stancys. A story of Today, FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, 3 vol., book stamp of the Blackfriars of Llanarth to flyleaves, half-titles, browning overall, without the 32 page publisher's catalogue described by Purdy as 'occasionally bound at the end', half green morocco, joints and corners worn, some fading, 8vo, Sampson Low, Martson, Searle & Rivington, 1881.

Hemingway (Ernest) In Our Time, FIRST EDITION, NUMBER 137 OF 170 COPIES on Rives handmade paper, bookplate, woodcut frontispiece portrait by Henry Strater, original decorated tan boards with newspaper cuttings design, edges uncut, light rubbing to h ead and tail of spine, usual browning to endpapers, tall 8vo., Three Mountains Press, Paris, 1924.

Hemingway (Ernest) A Farewell to Arms, FIRST EDITION, inscribed by the author 'To Mike Murphy, Good luck, Ernest Hemingway' on fly-leaf, bookplate, original black cloth, printed label on upper cover and spine, top edge trimmed, others uncut, origina l dust jacket, very light rubbing to extremities and labels, custom slipcase, 8vo, New York, 1929. ***Mike Murphy was a Hemingway biographer and scholar. A loose note explains that this copy was inscribed by Hemingway in Havana.

Hemingway (Ernest) Green Hills of Africa, FIRST EDITION, half title, bookplate, illustrations by Edward Shenton, original light green cloth with author's signature stamped in gilt, light creasing and rubbing to dust jacket, near fine, 8vo, New York, Scribner's, 1935.

Hemingway (Ernest) The Old Man and the Sea, FIRST EDITION, bookplate, half title, original blue cloth with author's signature blind-stamped, small spotting, edges toned, first issue dust jacket, near fine, New York, Scribner's, 1952.

James (Henry) A Passionate Pilgrim and Other Tales, FIRST EDITION, bookplate, book label of John K. Martin to rear pastedown, minor browning throughout, original first issue green cloth, light rubbing to extremities, in a folding cloth chemise and matching slipcase, 8vo, Boston, James R. Osgood and Company, 1875. ***From the collection of John K. Martin, founder of the Black Sparrow Press and notable collector of numerous authors.

James (Henry) Daisy Miller. A Study, FIRST EDITION, later issue, bookplate, 107 titles listed in the initial advertisements, browning throughout, a few stains, original green cloth, red and black lettering, small 8vo, New York, Harper and Brothers, [1878]. ***'Daisy Miller' first appeared in Cornhill Magazine in June-July 1878 and was an immediate and widespread popular success.

Kerouac (Jack) On the Road, FIRST EDITION, bookplate, original black cloth, white lettering, top edge red, rubbing to extremities of dust jacket, three short closed tears with internal tape repair, 8vo, New York, Viking, 1957.

Kingsley (Charles) The Water-Babies. A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, bookplate, with two illustrations by J. Noel Paton on frontispiece and p. 145, 'L'Envoi' poem opening text, engraved headpieces to each chapter, light ha ndling marks, occasional spotting, original green cloth stamped in gilt, splitting along lower joint with three-inch section opened, rubbing to corners, 8vo, Macmillan, 1863.

Kipling (Rudyard) Puck of Pook's Hill, FIRST EDITION, bookplate, frontispiece and 19 further full page-illustrations, title-page printed in red and black, original red cloth, gilt lettering and author's device, t.e.g., some rubbing, faint browning t o endpapers, early issue dust jacket with chipping to margins and spine , 8vo, Macmillan and Co, 1906. ***The dustjacket differs from that described in Richard's bibliography only insofar as there is a print number stated against 'Traffics and Discoveries' in the lits of Kipling's works on the rear panel.

Lawrence (D. H) A Play, ONE OF 500 COPIES, bookplate, browning to half title, some foxing to preliminaries, original yellow buckram, boards slightly bumped, 8vo, Martin Secker, 1926; Pornography and Obscenity: Criterion Miscellany, No. 5, FIRST EDITION, bookplate, pages unopened, publishers orange cloth, top board gilt, browning to endpapers, 8vo, Faber and Faber, 1929; Pornography and Obscenity, FIRST EDITION, original paper wrappers, advertisement, Faber and Faber, 1929 (3)

Le Carré (John) The Spy Who Came in From the Cold, FIRST EDITION, second impression, half-title, original blue publisher’s cloth, pictorial dust jacket, slightly soiled and chipped, owner’s note on front endpaper, 8vo, Victor Gollancz, 1963; Murdoch (Iris) The Bell, FIRST EDITION, signed by author on title, half title, original green publisher's cloth, pictorial dust jacket, light spotting and toning, some tearing, 8vo, Chatto & Windus, 1958 (2)

Lewis (Sinclair) Babbit, FIRST EDITION, inscribed by the author 'To Dr and Mrs Ball, with the affection of Sinclair Lewis' on flyleaf, bookplate, 'Sample Copy' stamped on title page, second state with corrections to text on p. 49, browning throughout , original blue cloth stamped in orange, fading to spine, 8vo, New York, Harcourt Brace, 1922. ***A pre-publication sample copy, presumably provided by the author for presentation.

Maugham (William Somerset) Of Human Bondage, FIRST EDITION, bookplate, some staining, original cloth, fading to spine, wear to corners and extremities, inner hinges strained, browning to endpapers, 8vo, William Heinemann, 1915.

Nabokov (Vladimir) Lolita, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, 2 vol., original green stiff paper wrappers, lettered in black, printed price of 900 Francs to rear panel of both volumes, Vol. 1: 1cm chip to foot of front panel at spine, some wear to spine ed ges and ends, small pencilled marking to rear panel, about very good, Vol. 2: some wear to spine edges and ends, small closed tear to rear panel at top of spine, a little bumped and rubbed, about very good, 8vo, Paris, Olympia Press, 1955. ***'Lolita', one of the towering literary achievements of the twentieth century and Nabokov's best-known masterpiece, was turned down by every major American publishing house. It eventually found a home in Paris with Maurice Girodias's Olympia Press, an imprint far better known for low sleaze than high art. Nabokov was appalled by the company his book was forced to keep on the Olympia list, and he and Girodias conducted a bitter, litigious feud lasting years. During that time 'Lolita''s reputation grew in direct inverse proportion to its availability. The novel was banned in the UK shortly after publication; the French authorities followed suit at the end of 1956. 'Lolita' finally found an American publisher in 1958, whereupon a newspaper asked the great and the good for their opinions. Groucho Marx declared he wasn't going to read it for six years until Lolita was eighteen. The set conforms exactly to the bibliographical citation in Kearney (1.13.1) with the exception of the presence of a rear blank endpaper in Volume I which is not called for. It's possible that this is a variant, more likely that the endpaper was simply missed during collation.

Orwell (George) The Road to Wigan Pier, FIRST TRADE EDITION, with the Foreward meant to have been omitted (and only present in some copies), half title, 32 plates, minor spotting to preliminaries, a few annotations in pencil to margins at close of text, illegible owner's signature dated 1945, later bookplate, typed Edwin Rolfe poem 'Definition' tipped in to recto of rear free endpaper, original light blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, edges faintly spotted, jacket foxed with spine slightly darkened and loss at foot, small label to spine covering price, 8vo, Victor Gollancz, 1937. ***The first edition of this book was the Left Book Club edition (a large edition of 44,150 copies) which was not available to the public. A small number were issued with the Foreward (just a small number of the Left Book Club edition were issued without it). These copies of the trade edition are likely to have been among the first issued.

Orwell (George) James Burnham and the Managerial Revolution. FIRST EDITION, slight browning to pages, original orange wrappers, slightly browning to rear cover, Socialist Book Centre, 1946; Coming up for Air, FIRST EDITION, second impression, half ti tle, bookplate, minor spotting in a few places, original light blue cloth, title to spine, cover faded with some discolouration and staining, Victor Gollancz, 1939; The Adelphi, 12 issues, original yellow wrappers, some brown staining, pencil marking on covers, blue fold-over case with gilt lettering on green label, [1931-1940], 8vo (14)

Ransome (Arthur) Swallows and Amazons, FIRST EDITION, ownership inscription to half title, frontispiece map, original blue-green cloth with gilt lettering, some fading to cloth, corners slightly rubbed, water stain to lower joint, endpaper maps with faint off-setting, dust jacket after Stephen Spurrier's design, 8vo, Jonathan Cape, 1930. ***One of only 2,000 copies in the first edition.

Rey (H.A.) Curious George, FIRST EDITION, early issue without the date on title-page, colour illustrations, original red cloth stamped in black, slightly rubbed at extremities, small stain spots to upper cover, 4to, Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1941.

Rowling (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, FIRST EDITION, signed by the author on dedication, original pictorial boards, dust jacket, 8vo, 2005.

Rubens (Bernice) The Elected Member, FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, later issue, inscription from author on flyleaf, small stain on flyleaf not affecting dedication, publisher's maroon cloth, original dust jacket, slightly chipped along front top, spine hea d and tail chipped, 8vo, Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1969. ***Rubens became the first woman to win the Booker Prize in 1970, for The Elected Member.

Rushdie (Salman) The Satanic Verses, FIRST AMERICAN PAPERBACK EDITION, half title inscribed to publisher and signed by the author, marginal toning affecting half title, title and dedication, original printed paper, slightly scuffed and bumped, 8vo, Dover, Consortium, 1992. ***Rushdie is a two time Booker Prize winner, who received many death threats from this controversial work, including a call for his assassination by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the Supreme Leader of Iran. The British Government put Rushdie under police protection.

Sayers (Dorothy L.) In the Teeth of the Evidence & 16 Other Stories, FIRST EDITION, original black cloth, title lettered in orange on spine, spine of dust jacket slightly browned and chipped at head, very light soiling and erased writing in pencil on rear panel, 8vo, Victor Gollancz, 1939.

Sayers (Dorothy L.) The Devil to Pay. A Stage-Play, FIRST EDITION, inscribed by the author, some faint foxing to prelims and final leaves, original blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt and faded with a little soiling, light rubbing to extremities, 8v o, Victor Gollancz, 1939. ***The inscription to the actor Harcourt Williams reads: "To dearest Billy, with more love and gratitude than I can say, Dorothy L. Sayers, Canterbury, 10-17 June 1939 [...] Not in the words/ Is power, but in the faith of him that speaks".

Sewell (Anna) Black Beauty: His Grooms and Companions. The Autobiography of a Horse. Translated from the original Equine, FIRST EDITION, engraved frontispiece, 8 pp. publisher's advertisements at end, some overall foxing, text block almost broken be tween gatherings G and H, original red cloth with gilt and black design [variant of Carter's B binding], hinges split, extremities worn, preserved in a red morocco folding case, 8vo, Jarrold and Sons [1877]

Sillitoe (Alan) The Loneliness of the Long-Distant Runner, FIRST EDITION, original grey-green cloth, lightly rubbed, original decorated dust-jacket, slight foxing and stained internally at head of spine, 8vo., 1959.

Steinbeck (John) To a God Unknown, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, half title, original green cloth, pictorial endpapers, tape repair to lower panel of jacket, light wear, preserved in folding box, 8vo, New York, Robert O. Ballou, 1933.

Stevenson (Robert Louis) Treasure Island, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, frontispiece map, publisher's advert at rear dated 5-R 1083, original green cloth, gilt lettering, front hinge starting to crack, small marks to cloth, corners slightly bumped, s ome light foxing, housed in a cloth chemise and quarter morocco slipcase, gilt decorated, 8vo, Cassell & Company, 1883.

Stevenson (Robert Louis) Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, rebound in contemporary dark blue buckram, gilt lettering to spine, slightly rubbed at extremities, lacking adverts, [Prideaux 17] 8vo., Longman, Green & Co., 1886.

Stevenson (Robert Louis) Kidnapped, Being the Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the year 1751..., FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, folding map, original green cloth, gilt, rubbed at extremities, lower joint starting to split, front joint star ting to crack, slight foxing, text block starting to lean, [Prideaux 18], Cassell, 1886; Catriona. A Sequel to 'Kidnapped', FIRST EDITION, original dark blue cloth, some foxing, slight leaning to text block, Cassell, 1893; The Master of Ballantrae, FIRST EDITION, FIRST PUBLISHING, original pictorial cloth, slightly worn and soiled, ownership inscription to title and front free endpaper, adverts dated July 1889, [Prideaux 27], Cassell, 1889; Underwoods, FIRST EDITION, number 18 of 50 large paper copies, original white cloth, gilt, unopened, other edges untrimmed, slightly soiled, some foxing, armorial bookplate to front paste down, [Prideaux 23], Chatto and Windus, 1887; Ballads, FIRST EDITION, number 84 of 50 copies, white cloth, foxing to cloth and preliminary leaves, New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1890; and 3 other titles by RLS first editions, v.s. (8)

Tolkien (J. R. R.).- [The Lord of The Rings Trilogy] The Fellowship of The Ring, 12th edition; The Two Towers, 2nd edition, The Return of The King, FIRST EDITION, folding map after author's design printed in red and black at rear of each volume, pub lisher's red cloth, spines lettered and stamped in gilt, t.e.r., original pictorial dust jacket, Return of the King in the second state with reviewer blurbs for the first two titles on the rear flap, some toning to flyleaves, bindings rubbed with some occasional edgewear, dust jackets soiled, edges worn with short creased tears, jackets for Two Towers quite worn and torn, 8vo, George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1962, 1955, 1955 (3)

Waugh (Evelyn) Remote People, FIRST EDITION, frontispiece and 6 plates, 2 folding maps, original purple cloth, original green printed dust jacket, very good, 8vo, Duckworth, 1931.

Wilde (Oscar) Lady Windermere's Fan, FIRST EDITION, one of 50 large paper copies, original decorated buckram, top edges unopened, others uncut, spine darkened, slight rubbing to extremities, new free endpapers, 4to, E. Mathews and J. Lane, 1893.

Wilde (Oscar) A Woman of No Importance, FIRST EDITION, one of 50 large paper copies, original decorated buckram, top edges unopened, others uncut, spine darkened, slight rubbing to extremities, some browning to endpapers, all as usual, [Mason 365], 4to, John Lane, 1894.

Wilde (Oscar) The Sphinx, original light green boards, dust-jacket, with designs by Charles Ricketts, top edge trimmed, others uncut, slight toning to jacket and slight foxing in places, square 8vo, The Bodley Head, 1918. *** Reprint of Mason 3 63.

Wodehouse (P.G.) The Pothunters, FIRST EDITION, frontispiece and 9 full-page illustrations by R. Noel Pocock, original cloth, decorated in silver, slight rubbing to extremities, small stain running down rear joint and across spine, minor foxing, [Mc Ilvaine, A1a] 8vo, A. and C. Black, 1902. ***Wodehouse's first novel.

Wodehouse (P.G.) The White Feather, FIRST EDITION, bookplate, frontispiece and additional 11 full-page illustrations by W.Townend, original pictorial cloth, very lightly rubbed to extremities, slight foxing throughout, ownership inscription to fro nt free endpaper, very good, [McIlvane, A8a], 8vo, 1907.

Wodehouse (P.G.) Laughing Gas, FIRST EDITION, offsetting and ownership note on front free end paper, publishers orange cloth, original dust-jacket, chipped at corners and spine head and tail, spine faded, 8vo, New York, The Sun Dial Press, 1935; You ng Men in Spats, FIRST EDITION, offsetting and ownership note on front free end paper, publishers orange cloth, edges rubbed, dust-jacket, tears at the head, without loss, spine faded, Herbert Jenkins, 1936; Bring on the Girls, FIRST EDITION, text photographs, publishers maroon cloth, original dust-jacket, creased and chipped, small tears on spine head and tail, 8vo, Herbert Jenkins, 1954; with 40 other Wodehouse novels (quantity)

Wodehouse (P.G.) Right Ho, Jeeves, FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, ownership inscription on front free end paper, slight toning, shelf lean, publishers grey cloth, red stamped title on boards, original dust jacket, chipped, creased and torn without loss, 8vo , Herbert Jenkins, 1934; The Code of the Woosters, FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, ownership inscription on front free end paper, slight browning, shelf lean, publisher's grey cloth, slight staining, original dust jacket, scraped, creased and some tears with loss, 8vo, Wyman and Sons, 1938; Joy in the Morning, FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, ownership inscription to front free end paper, text illustrations by Paul Galdone, offsetting from dust jacket on front free end paper, publisher's grey cloth, corners bumped, original dust jacket, spine slightly faded, 8vo, New York, Doubleday and Company, 1946; Mating Season, FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, ownership note on front free endpaper, publishers orange cloth, original dust jacket, small creases, spine head and tail chipped, 8vo, Herbert Jenkins, [1949]; Ring for Jeeves, FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, ownership inscription on front free end paper, Herbert Jenkins, 1953; and other six Wodehouse (11)

Braque (Georges) Poisson, NUMBERED 298/300 on lower left, etching with aquatint printed in colours, on wove paper, signed in pencil lower right, with full margins, 350 x 450mm., [Maeght 1001; Vallier p.292], Editions Maeght, Paris, [c.1956].

Riboud (Marc) 'Province Kwangsi South 1957', silver print, stamp, pencil and pen annotations on verso, 290 x 195 mm, 1957.

Sudek (Josef) 'Le Pont Charles', silver print, inscribed on verso, translated from original Czech "Greeting, it was great to see you, all the best!", signed by the photographer "J. Sudek", 115 x 165 mm, 14th September, 1966.

Carroll (Lewis) Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, with Forty-Two Illustrations by John Tenniel, 1866; Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There, with Fifty Illustrations by John Tenniel, 1872; FIRST EDITIONS, original red cloth gilt, both vol., rebacked preserving original spine, light spotting, gilt edges, ownership inscription dated 1870 to half title of vol. 1, occasional soiling throughout, vol. 1 in a slipcase, R.Clay and Son for Macmillan and Co. (2)

Carroll, Lewis [Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge] The Nursery Alice, FIRST EDITION, inscribed 'Marie Van de Gucht, with the Author's love. Mar. 25. 1890' on the half-title, to the dedicatee, printed in brown throughout, illustrations in colour by John Tenni el, original cloth-backed pictorial glazed boards, foxing to title-page and frontispiece, end-papers slightly browned, slightly rubbed and soiled, spine frayed at head and tail, 1890. *** Dodgson first met Maria on July 24th, 1885. On July 29th, 1885 Dodgson asked her if she would like to accompany him to Eastbourne. She initially said 'yes' with her mother's consent, but she lost courage. On April 10th., 1886 Dodgson took her to see The Mikado at the Savoy Theatre and also spent time together in Eastbourne and Guildford. The only other known dedication copies of this book being the Liddell/Hargreave copy, and another copy sold at Sotheby's July 2012. The printed dedication is hidden in the dedicatory verse 'A Nursery Darling' using the second letters of each line to spell out the name Marie Van der Gutch.