Shaw (George Bernard) Saint Joan: a Chronicle Play, 'Rough Proof - Unpublished' printed on upper cover, last leaf soiled and frayed, original printed wrappers, spine defective, and lower cover lacking, stitching loosening at either end, Sybil Thornd ike's copy, the upper cover bearing the purple stamp of Lewis Casson, in the original green morocco pull-off case, 8vo, Constable, 1924. Provenance: Shaw created the role of Joan for Sybil Thorndike, which proved to be the zenith of her career, as also of her husband Lewis Casson, who directed the play alongside Shaw. The half title is inscribed by Sybil Thorndike ("This is Sybil Thorndike's book & anyone who takes it is a liar & a thief & a murderer to boot […] please return as fast as you can!”) and later by Shaw ("Mr T.J. Keely having apparently disregarded this communication and purloined this book, expects the author to endorse the transaction. Accordingly – G. Bernard Shaw 5/4/24”).

A Collection of Signed Modern Fiction, including Booker Prize Winning Authors: Adichie (Chimamanda Ngozi) Half of a Yellow Sun, FIRST EDITION, NUMBER 245 OF 250 COPIES, title signed by author, green cloth slipcase, 2006; Barnes (Julian) Talking It O ver, FIRST EDITION, title signed by author, 1991; England, England, FIRST EDITION, title signed by author, 1998; Carey (Peter) The Tax Inspector, FIRST EDITION, title signed by author, 1991; True History of the Kelly Gang, FIRST EDITION, title signed by author, Australia, 2000; Chevalier (Tracy) Girl with a Pearl Earring, FIRST EDITION, second state dust jacket, title signed by author, 1999; Desai (Kiran) Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard,F IRST EDITION, , title signed by author, 1998; Keneally (Thomas) The Place at Whitton, FIRST EDITION, title signed and inscribed, 1964; Lessing (Doris) The Grass is Singing, FIRST EDITION, 1950; Murdoch (Iris) The Nice and the Good, fourth impression, flyleaf signed by author for the New Fiction Society, 1969; The Message to the Planet, FIRST EDITION, title signed by author, 1989; Nailpaul (V. S.) The Middle Passage, FIRST EDITION, signed and inscribed by author, 1962; Ondaatje (Michael) Anil’s Ghost, FIRST EDITION, title signed by author, 2000; Divisadero, FIRST EDITION, title signed by author, 2007; Theroux (Paul) Waldo, FIRST EDITION, title signed by author, 1967; with 16 others by the same authors, all in pristine condition, 8v0 (31)

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.

Snow (C.P.) Death Under Sail, FIRST EDITION, inscribed by the author, identified as his hand (unsigned) 'To Murial with love' to front free endpaper, light foxing, original black cloth, lettered in red, spine slightly faded, split at head, 1932; Gre acen (Robert) The World of C.P.Snow, NUMBER 12 OF 50 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, illustrations, original cloth, dust jacket, Scorpion Press, 1962, 8vo (2)

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) A Child's Garden of Verse, FIRST EDITION, original blue cloth, gilt lettering, gathering cracked between pp. 32-33, t.e.g., others uncut, spine slightly faded, corners slightly bumped, slightly worn, [Prideaux 14], small 8vo , Longmans, Green, and Co., 1885. *** First issue of text with no mention of 'Second Series' in list ' by the author', opposite half-title, second issue of binding with apostrophe-shaped '7', and 'OF' the same size as 'A'.

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)

Thatcher (Margaret) The Path to Power, The Downing Street Years, Statecraft. Strategies for a Changing World, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, all signed by Thatcher on title page, dust jackets, 8vo, housed in hand-made box with gilt title, London, Harp er Collins, 1993-2002. (3)

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)

Tolkien (J. R. R.) Five titles: Farmer Giles of Ham, 2nd impression, colour frontispiece, plate and illustrations by Pauline Baynes, in the original yellow boards with blue decoration and lettering, price clipped dust jacket, spine slightly browned and chipped, 1957; The Adventures of Tom Bombadil and other Verses from the Red Book, FIRST EDITION, original pictorial boards, tail of spine slightly bumped, dust jacket slightly chipped, 1962; Smith of Wooton Major, FIRST EDITION, publisher's boards (without jacket as issued), rubbed, 1967; The Silmarillion, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, original blue cloth, title and Tolkien's device stamped in gilt on spine, top edge blue, dust-jacket with red title lettering, 1977; Unfinished Tales, second impression, original burgundy cloth, t.e.r., dust-jacket, 1980, 8vo, George Allen and Unwin; with a copy of The Silmarillion, FIRST EDITION, dust jacket featuring yellow title, pristine condition (6)

Twain (Mark, pseud: Samuel Langhorne Clemens) A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, text illustrations throughout, original pictorial cloth, gilt, inner front hinge cracked making fee endpaper and frontispiece loos e, hint of wear at extremities, New York, 1889; The £1,000,000 Bank-Note and Other New Stories, FIRST EDITION, corner of p.201 creased, original pictorial brick red cloth, armorial bookplate to front paste-down, 1893, 8vo, Charles L. Webster and Co. (2)

Waugh (Evelyn) Vile Bodies, pictorial title page designed by the author, minor spotting to free endpapers, original patterned red and black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, extremities slightly rubbed, 1930; Black Mischief, bookplate, original pattern ed red and black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, light rubbing to extremities, dust jacket with light fraying around head, spine a little darkened, minor chipping to corners and soiling, 1932; A Handful of Dust, frontispiece, light foxing to edges, original patterned red and black cloth, git title on spine, 1934; Helena. A Novel, original blue cloth, dust jacket a little frayed,1956, 8vo, Chapman and Hall; with four other works, ALL FIRST EDITIONS (8)

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.

Waugh (Evelyn) Edmund Campion, FIRST EDITION, NUMBER 46 OF 50 COPIES 'for private distribution' signed by the author, bookplate of Maria Teresa & Archibald John Kerr Clark Kerr of Inverchapel, slight spotting to endpapers, fly-leaves and edges, little rubbed and marked, spine and outer part of covers faded, 8vo, Longmans, Green and Co., 1935. ***Archibald Clark Kerr (1882-1951), first and last Baron Inverchapel, diplomatist, and his Chilean wife Maria Teresa, 29 years his junior. In the course of a complex relationship, they were married, separated, divorced (when he was made ambassador in China) and remarried (when appointed to Washington).

Waugh (Evelyn) [Sword of Honour Trilogy]: Men at Arms; Officers and Gentlemen; Unconditional Surrender, 3 vol., FIRST EDITIONS, original blue cloth, t.e.b., dust-jackets with light overall soiling and chipping to spine extremities, tear and fraying to bottom spine of first, 8vo, Chapman & Hall, 1952-61 (3)

Waugh (Evelyn) [Sword of Honour trilogy]: Men at Arms, some chipping and tears to dust jacket, some offsetting to endpaper, 1952; Officers and Gentlemen, light offsetting onto endpaper, some soiling to dustjacket, 1955; Unconditional Surrender, min or creasing to dustjacket, 1961, ALL FIRST EDITIONS, 8vo, Chapman & Hall (3)

Wells (H.G.) The Time Machine. An Invention, FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, later issue, publisher's advertisement for 'The Pioneer Series' on verso of half title listing 8 titles, but without the advertisements at the end, foxing to free endpapers, some spotting in throughout, original tan buckram with winged sphinx and lettered in purple, slightly rubbed and rather stained, spine a little discoloured, 8vo, William Heinemann, 1895; with a copy of the same work (2) ***There is no consensus among bibliographers as to whether copies without the advertisements at the end take precedence over those that contain them. [Currey pp. 524-5; Wells Society 4: "The earliest known work of science fiction to be based on the idea of time travel"].

Wells (H. G.) The War of the Worlds, FIRST EDITION, later impression?, some spotting and soiling in throughout, lacking the 16pp. of ads at end, dated 1897, original grey cloth, titles to spine and upper board lettered in black, rubbed and stained, joints cracking, corners bumped, leaves untrimmed, 8vo, William Heinemann, 1898.

Wells (H.G.) The Passionate Friends, FIRST EDITION, 1913; The World Set Free, later issue, ownership inscription to flyleaf, 1914; The Research Magnificent, FIRST EDITION, 1915; overall soiling, original blind stamped green cloth and gilt lettering, wear to corners and spines, 8vo, Macmillan and Co.; and two others including duplicate of first (5)

Wells (H.G.) The Salvaging of Civilization, 1921; Men Like Gods, 1923; Christina Alberta's Father, 1925; The Autocracy of Mr Parham, 1930; FIRST EDITIONS, original bindings, overall wearing and soiling, and several others by the same, mostly reprint s or later issues, v.s. (quantity)

Wells (H.G.) The Outlook for Homo Sapiens, FIRST EDITION, inscribed by the author "To Margarita Aliger, with the greetings and best wishes possible, from H. G. wells New Year, 1944", some foxing throughout, original grey cloth, overall soiling, corn ers bumped, 8vo, Secker and Warburg, 1942. ***Margarita Aliger (1915-1992) was a Russian poet, translator and journalist.

Wells (H. G.) A Collection of nine titles, all FIRST EDITIONS, including: The Wheels of Chance. A Holiday Adventure, FIRST ISSUE, 40 illustrations by J. Ayton Symington, 10 pages of advertisements at end, illustrated frontispiece, title in black and red, ownership inscription, foxing to endpapers, some spotting in throughout, original red cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine and gilt device on front cover, stained and soiled, t.e.g., others uncut, J. M. Dent and Co., 1896; Tono-Bungay, second issue, free endpapers toned, occasional spotting, original green blind stamped cloth, gilt title to spine and front cover, spine and edges discoloured, extremities spine tips rubbed, t.e.g., others uncut, Macmillan and Co., 1909; The Croquet Player. A Story, light soiling, original patterned grey cloth, dust-jacket frayed, 1936; The Brothers. A Story, some spotting, orange cloth, dust-jacket chipped and toned, Chatto & Windus, 1938; The New World Order, some toning and foxing to free endpapers, grey cloth, title lettered in red on spine, stained, corners and spine tips bumped, dust-jacket torn with loss at head of spine, with some creasing and a few repairs, light soiling, t. e. r., Secker and Warburg, 1940; with four others and some duplicates of the same works (14)

Welsh (Irvine) Ecstacy, 1996; Filth, 1998; Glue, 2001; Porno, 2002, FIRST EDITIONS, original boards with dust-jackets, excellent condition, 8vo; and 4 others by the same author, including some paperback duplicates (8)

White (E.B.) Stuart Little, FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, (10-5 and I-U), illustrations by Garath Williams, original decorated dust-jacket, first state dust-jacket showing original price of $2.00, slight toning to jacket and slight chipping to ta il of spine, very good, 8vo, New York, Harper & Brothers, 1945.

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.

Williamson (Henry) The Chronicle of Ancient Sunlight, 15 vol., complete set, comprising: The Dark Lantern, 1951; Donkey Boy, 1952; Young Phillip Maddison, 1953; How Dear Is Life, 1954; A Fox Under My Cloak, 1955; The Golden Virgin, 1957; Love and th e Loveless, 1958; A Test to Destruction, 1960; The Innocent Moon, 1961; It was the Nightingale, 1962; The Power of the Dead, 1963; The Phoenix Generation, 1965; A Solitary War, 1966; Lucifer before Sunrise, 1967; The Gale of the World, 1969, ALL FIRST EDITIONS, original cloth or boards, dust-jackets, some frayed or chipped, The Dark Lantern with tears to head and foot of spine, a decent set (8vo)

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.) Mulliner Nights, FIRST EDITION, original cloth, fading to extreme spine ends, otherwise fine, dust jacket with correct advertisements, chipped at spine ends, corners and top-edge of lower panel with slight loss, split to lower fore-c orner of upper panel, some minor edge-wear and small closed tears, Herbert Jenkins, 1933; and two others (3)

Wodehouse (P.G.) Blandings Castle and Elsewhere, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, cloth spine sunned, jacket with correct advertisements, a few minor closed tears, Herbert Jenkins, 1935; Lord Emsworth and Others, FIRST EDITION, loss to foot of spine, some small abrasions, original cloth, dust-jackets, [McIlvaine A53a, cf. A50, A57a4], Herbert Jenkins, 1938; and two other Blandings, 8vo (4)

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)

Wodehouse (P.G.) Laughing Gas, FIRST EDITION, signed by author on title, publishers cloth, embossed with author signature, lacking dust jacket, slight staining, 8vo, 1959; Uncle Dynamite, FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, foxing restricted to prelimina ries, title and last text leaf, publisher's orange cloth, spine slightly bleached, dust jacket, lacking half of spine, severe tear across centre front without loss, chipping, tear to bottom verso with loss, staining, 8vo, 1948; Spring Fever, FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, ownership note on flyleaf, publishers orange cloth, lacking dust jacket, spine bleached, boards stained and rubbed, slight shelf lean, 8vo, 1948; Mating Season, FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, ownership note on flyleaf, publisher's orange cloth, lacking dust jacket, spine bleached, slight shelf lean, 1949; The Old Reliable, FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, ownership note on flyleaf, publishers red cloth, spine head and tale frayed, 8vo, 1950; Barmy in Wonderland, FIRST EDITION, ownership not on flyleaf, publishers red cloth, lacking dust jacket 8vo, 1952 and 9 other first editions by the same author (15)

Wodehouse (P.G.) Novels, 41 vol., many in the original paper printed wrappers, a few in contemporary cloth bindings, some a little worn, all presented in plastic and card chemises, Tauchnitz Edition, Leipzig & Paris, 1925 - 1954, v.s. (41)***W odehouse (P.G.) Tauchnitz Editions;- Bill the Conqueror, 1925; Carry On, Jeeves, 1925; Love Amongst the Chickens, 1926: Sam the Sudden, 1927; The Heart of a Goof, 1926; Psmith, Journalist, 1927; The Small Batchelor, 1928; A Damsel in Distress, 1928; The Adventures of Sally, 1928; Meet Mr. Mulliner, 1929; Indiscretions of Archie, 1929; Ukridge, 1929; Piccadilly Jim, 1929; Mr. Mulliner Speaking, n.d; Very Good, Jeeves, 1931; Summer Lightening, 1934; Big Money, n.d; Louder and Funnier, 1932; If I Were You, 1933; Jill the Reckless, 1933; Hot Water, 1933; The Girl on the Boat, 1933; The Clicking of Cuthbert, 1933; Something Fresh, 1933; The Little Nugget, 1934; The inimitable Jeeves, 1935; The Man With Two Left Feet, 1935; Money for Nothing, 1935; Mulliner Nights, 1935; The Coming of Bill, 1936; Blandings Castle, 1936; Young Man in Spats, 1937; Laughing Gas, 1937; Lord Emsworth and Others, 1938; Summer Moonshine, 1938; The Code of the Woosters, 1938; Money in the Bank, 1949; The Mating Season, 1952 and Ring for Jeeves, 1954.

Wolfe (Thomas) From Death to Morning, publisher's brown cloth, original dust-jacket, spine head and tail repaired, crease on verso, New York, Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1935; Murdoch (Iris) The Bell, bookplate, little foxing on preliminaries, publisher 's green boards, original dust-jacket, light foxing and staining, spine toned, Chatto & Windus, 1958; Greene (Graham) A Burnt-Out Case, bookplate, publisher's blue cloth, original dust jacket, slightly rubbed and stained, William Heinemann, 1961; The Comedians, bookplate, publisher's green cloth, original dust-jacket, spine and head slightly toned, corners chipped, small tears without loss on recto, The Bodley Head, 1966; Baldwin (James) Tell Me How Long the Train’s Been Gone, bookplate, ownership note on pastedown head, publisher's cream cloth, slight toning at head, dust-jacket, slightly toned, New York, The Dial Press, 1968; Powell (Anthony) Temporary Kings, pen ownership note and bookplate on front free end paper, publisher's red cloth, dust- jacket, spine slightly toned, inside price clipped, William Heinemann, 1973; Hearing Secret Harmonies, pen ownership note and bookplate on front free end paper, William Heinmann 1975; ALL FIRST EDITIONS, 8vo; with others, first editions (small quantity)

Wyndham (John) The Day of the Triffids, FIRST EDITION, original cloth, dust jacket, price clipped, rubbed at extremities with some loss, paper tape repairs to interior of jacket at head and tail of spine, small ink booksellers stamp to front paste-d own, 8vo, Michael Joseph, 1951.

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].

Capa (Robert) Omaha Beach D-Day, June 6th, 1944, gelatine silver print, printed under the direct supervision of Cornell Capa, 40 x 50.5 cm.

Cartier-Bresson (Henri) 'Loudres – Pilgrims Assemble', silver print, stamps and annotations on verso, very slight scratch, 170 x 240 mm, 1950.

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.

Beauclair (R., Editor) & Gradl (M.I., Editor) Documents D’Architecture-Moderne Ensembles et Details, Formes, Materiaux, Couleurs. 4e Annee, 23 vol., 145 mostly colour plates, some tipped in, No. 1 – 12 with all but no.12 duplicated, green paper cover, some detached, folio, Paris, H. Laurens, 1905 (small quantity)

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.

Carroll (Lewis) [Dodgson (C.L.)] The Nursery Alice, SECOND (FIRST PUBLISHED) EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, ONE OF 100 PRESENTATION COPIES, 'For Nina, from the Author. Mar. 25, 1890' on half-title, illustrations in colour by John Tenniel, original decorated glazed boards, cloth spine, carefully repaired, slightly soiled, edges and corners rubbed, 4to, 1890. ***Inscribed in Carroll's usual purple ink. Nina was Nina "Ninty" Eschwege. She eventually married Herbert Haviland Field, an American zoologist in 1903 - two of their children gained notoriety for their participation in communist espionage activity.

Children's Books.- Stevenson (Robert Louis) Treasure Island, NUMBER 96 OF 250 COPIES, 12 colour plates by John Cameron, captioned tissue guards, tail-pieces, original pictorial cloth, gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, Cassell, 1911; Carroll (Lewis) Alice' s Adventures in Wonderland; Through the Looking-Glass, together 2 vol., colour illustrations by Tenniel, cloth-backed patterned boards, illustration on front covers, New York, Random House, 1946, 8vo (3)

Collection of silk 'handkerchiefs' 3 handkerchiefs with images after Kathleen Ainslee of Sarah Jane Golfing, Weg and Golliwog Fighting, Meg and Weg another 6 after Kate Greenaway with another 5 comical 'black' cartoons, together with 12 images of vi ew of Japan, most fringed at edges, some slight staining, various sizes, 100 x 700 mm to 140 x 140 mm, n.p., n.d. (26)

Dahl (Roald) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Illustrated by Joseph Schindelman, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, original blind-stamped red cloth, bookplate tipped in to flyleaf, some fading to dust jacket, very short closed tear, publisher's sticker at rear, 8vo, New York, Knopf, 1964. ***Published three years before the first English edition, the first issue is identifiable by the 6 lines (rather than 5 in the second issue) of publishing information on the colophon page.

***WITHDRAWN***Derrière Le Miroir N° 60-61 Kandinsky, FIRST EDITION, 2 original colour lithographs only of 5; n. 110 Kelly, 6 original colour lithographs, two on double page; with other 6 issues of the same magazine, comprising Miró, Pallut, Bé othy, Villeri, Peyrissac, illustrations with accompanying text, light browning, leaves loose as issued, original paper wrapper, 4to, Paris, Maeght Éditeur, (1948-58) (8) ***WITHDRAWN***

Dulac (Edmund) & Quiller-Couch (Sir Arthur) The Sleeping Beauty and other Fairy Tales, 30 tipped-in colour plates, guards, Staunton Hill bookplate, original red morocco, gilt, slightly rubbed, 4to, Hodder and Stoughton, [1910].

Dulac (Edmund) & Housman (Laurence) Princess Badoura, a Tale from the Arabian Nights, 10 tipped-in colour plates, captioned guards, Staunton Hill bookplate, original white cloth, decorated in gold and green, very slightly rubbed and marked, 4to, Hodder and Stoughton, [c. 1913].

Dulac (Edmund) Sinbad the Sailor and other Stories from the Arabian Nights, 23 tipped-in colour plates, captioned tissue guards, text in decorative borders, Staunton Hill bookplate, original brown cloth, decorated in gold and blue, corners little bum ped, 4to, Hodder and Stoughton, [1914].

Dumas (Alexandre) Œuvres de Alexandre Dumas; Les Trois Mousquetaires, ONE OF 100 COPIES, 2 vol., engraved frontispieces, text illustrations, 13 plates, device on title, contemporary full calf, boards gilt with extensive floral border, spine gilt wit h fleurons, vol. 1. slightly bowed and rubbed, marbled endpapers, 8vo, Paris, Louis Conard, 1922; with Les Trois Mousquetaires avec une Letter d’Alexandre Dumas, 2 vol., engraved titles in red and black, additional titles with engraved device, text engravings, 1 engraved plate, pencil ownership note on frontispiece recto, occasional light foxing and staining, contemporary half red morocco, marbled boards, elaborate spine gilt with green and tan leather panelling, hinges rubbed, boards slightly bumped, marbled endpapers, 4to, Paris, Calmann Levy, 1894 (4)

Erotica A collection of 73 bookplates, 50 erotic, some signed and limited by Frank Petersen, Evald Okas, Raymond Prévost, C.Costanini, and others, black, white and coloured, French, Hungarian, Italian, n.d. v.s. (73)

Geisel (Theodore, pseud. Dr Seuss) The Cat in the Hat, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, signed by the author on bookplate to verso of title, illustrations by the author, original pictorial boards, rubbed at extremities, original pictorial dust-jacket, fi rst issue identified by the price code (200/200) on front flap, creasing and small closed tears to edges and corners, chipping to head and tail, New York, Random House, 1957; The Cat in the Hat Comes Back, FIRST EDITION, illustrations by the author, original pictorial boards, original dust jacket, small closed tear to rear upper edge, New York, Random House, 1958, 8vo (2)

Illustrated Limited Editions.- Cocteau (Jean) Le Coq Et L’Arlequin, 1 OF 55 COPIES, text illustrations by P. Picasso, publisher's paper wrapper, corner chipped, spine head and hinge worn, staining, small 8vo, Paris Editions de la Sirène, 1918; G iraudoux (Jean) Hélène & Touglas, ou Les Joies de Paris. Nouvelle, NUMBER 383 OF 1000 COPIES, half title, engraved frontispiece, plate and 3 text illustrations, tissue guards, inscription on flyleaf to Dutch publisher Alexandre Stols by L. van Boquert, light marginal toning, original blue wrapper, spine and edges bleached, small 8vo, Paris, Au Sans Pareil, 1925; Carew (Thomas) & Laboureur (Jean Emile, Engraver) A Rapture, NUMBER 155 OF 375 COPIES, second preliminary blind stamp, engraved frontispiece and plate by J.E. Labourer, publishers batik boards, original dust jacket, some chipping and small tears, spine toned, staining, 8vo, The Golden Cockerel Press, 1927; Gascoyne (David) Poems 1937-1942, FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION, illustrated title, 5 chrome lithograph plates by Graham Sutherland, cloth backed picture boards, edges rubbed, original dust jacket, chipped and torn, spine perished, cloth exposed, 8vo, Editions Poetry London, 1943; Wilde (Oscar) Salomé, NUMBER 77 OF 285 COPIES, lithograph title and half title, additional title in red and black, 16 lithograph plates by Aubrey Beardsley, last few text leaves browned, blue leather, pages uncut, 4to, Paris, Paris & Londres, 1920; Tatius (Achilles) & Burton (William, Translator) The Loves of Clitophon and Leucippe, NUMBER 6 OF 394 COPIES, title in red and black, original illustration on title, by John Buckland-Wright, occasional light spotting, brown leather, 4to, New York: Bernard Guilbert Guerney, 1923; Verhaeren (Émile) Les Heures D’Après-Midi, NUMBER 239 OF 270 COPIES, coloured text wood-cuts, text leaves loose, original paper dust wrapper and jacket, featuring title, in original pictorial slipcase, jacket toned and stained, slipcase torn with one board loose, 4to, Bruxelles, À l'Enseigne du Framboisier, 1923 (7)