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Books, Maps & Ephemera

Location: Saleroom 1
Date: 23rd January 2020
Starts: 2:00 pm

Online deadline: 23rd January 2020, 1:30 pm
Contact: Robert Henshilwood

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Lot No: 9341 (zero)

Marquis de Sade: 'Justine', Paris, The Olympia Press, 1954, the second book to be published by Maurice Girodias' Olympia Press imprint, original yellow stiff paper wraps, plus ten other mainly erotic fiction titles from the same publisher, mainly Ophelia Press imrpint including Marcus Van Heller (ie John Stevenson): 'Terror', 1958, B Von Soda 'Abandon', 1958, Angela Pearson: 'Whips Incorporated' 1960, 'The Whipping Club', 1958, 'The Whipping Post', 1959 etc, each original printed card wraps, plus...

Sale Price: £120.00

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Lot No: 9342 (zero)

Paul Eluard: 'Medieuses', illustrated Valentine Hugo, Paris, 1944, limited edition (199/950) 16 full page illustrations as called for, original card wraps, glassine dust wrapper, plus 'Paris des Reves' Lausanne, 1950, first ediiton, 75 photogravure plates of Parisian scenes by Izis Bidermanas as called for, each with accompanying text by Paul Eluard, Jean Cocteau, Henry Miller (his three contributions each with printed translation slip inserted) et al, large 4to, original stiff card wraps, dust wrapper, glassine...

Sale Price: £50.00

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Lot No: 9343 (zero)

Henry Miller and related, a collection of five titles including 'The Happy Rock, A Book About Henry Miller', Bern Porter, 1945, limited edition (496/3,000), contributions by Lawrence Durrell, Henry Miller etc, original quarter cloth, dust wrapper; 'Tropic of Capricorn', New York, Grove Press, 1961, stated first printing, original green cloth gilt, dust wrapper', 'Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch', New York, New Directions, 1957, original cloth, dust wrapper; 'The Colossus of Maroussi', New...

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Lot No: 9344 (zero)

Henry Miller: 'Miscellanea', Bern Porter, 1945, limited edition (13/500), numbered and signed by the publisher, loosely inserted signed autograph postcard by Miller to Porter as called for, original printed paper covered boards with reproduction of a watercolour-holograph poster by H.M. to top board

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Lot No: 9345 (zero)

Henry Miller: 'Quiet Days in Clichy', Paris, The Olympia Press, 1956, first edition, 29 photogravure illustrations by Brassai, of which two double page, as called for, original striking card wraps designed by T. Tajiri printed in black, grey and yellow

Sale Price: £360.00

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Lot No: 9346 (zero)

James Jones: 'The Thin Red Line', NY, Scribner's 1962, first edition, A-6.62H on copyright page, original cloth, dust wrapper (priced $5.95), classic American WWII novel

Sale Price: £20.00

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Lot No: 9348 (zero)

Hank Janson, four 1950s pulp paperbacks: 'They Die Alone - Lose This Gun - Silken Snare - Invasion' all original pictorial wraps (4)

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Lot No: 9349 (zero)

John Wyndham, two titles: 'Trouble with Lichen', London, Michael Joseph, 1960, 1st edition; 'The Chrysalids', 1963, 5th impression, ex library, each original cloth gilt, dust wrapper (2)

Sale Price: £60.00

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Lot No: 9350 (zero)

Three Science Fiction Magazines, 'Amazing Stories', May & June 1931, Vol 6 No's 2 & 3, each original pictorial printed wraps, plus 'Weird Tales', No.16, circa 1952, contributions by H.P. Lovecraft, Seabury Quinn etc, original pictorial printed wraps (worn) (3)

Sale Price: £40.00

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Lot No: 9351 (zero)

Hampton Fancher & David Peoples: 'The Illustrated Blade Runner', San Diego, Blue Dolphin enterprises, 1982, 1st edition, original pictorial wraps

Sale Price: £130.00

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Lot No: 9353 (zero)

Laurie Lee: 'My Many-coated Man', London, 1956, 3rd impression, signed and inscribed note tipped in at front ''Best wishes to Miss Edwards who supported my first Prize Day, Laurie Lee, Lindin Road 1960, original boards, dust wrapper

Sale Price: £42.00

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Lot No: 9354

Jerome K Jerome, eight titles, mainly first editions, including: 'Sketches in Lavender Blue and Green', London, 1897, 1st edition; 'Idle Ideas i 1905', London, [1905], 1st edition; 'The Second thoughts of an Idle Fellow', London, 1898, 1st edition, etc etc, all original cloth (8)

Sale Price: £45.00

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Lot No: 9355 (zero)

Alfred Noyes, 2 titles: 'The Magic Casement an Anthology of Fairy Poetry', [1908], 1st edition, frontis + illustrations in text, original decorative cloth gilt; 'The Torch-Bearers', 1937, 1st edition, original cloth gilt (2)

Sale Price: £32.00

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Lot No: 9356 (zero)

John Le Carre: ''A Most Wanted Man'', Hodder and Stoughton, 2008, first edition, (231 / 1000), signed and numbered, original cloth silvered, slip case, plus Jeffery Deaver: ''Carte Blanche'', 2011, first UK edition, signed and numbered (1,193 / 1,500) to half title, original cloth, dust wrapper, plus Sebastian Faulks: ''Devil May Care'', 2008, first UK edition, original cloth, dust wrapper (3)

Sale Price: £38.00

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Lot No: 9357 (zero)

Len Deighton, 11 titles of which several signed & inscribed, comprising UK first editions of the Samson Trilogy: 'Berlin Game - Mexico Set - London Match', Hutchinson, 1983, 1984, 1985, all original cloth, all in dust wrappers, 'Berlin Game' signed and inscribed to title page, 'Mexico Set' with author's/publisher's printed compliment slip inserted; 'Spy Hook - Spy Line - Spy Sinker' trilogy, each Hutchinson, 1988, 1989, 1990, each signed and inscribed to title page, each...

Sale Price: £160.00

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Lot No: 9358 (zero)

Len Deighton: 'The Ipcress File', London, Hodder, 1962, 1st edition, signed and inscribed, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper

Sale Price: £500.00

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