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Lot 237

RANKIN, Ian. WATCHMAN. The Bodley Head, London, 1988. First edition, first printing. 8vo. Apart from the usual slight tanning to the text-block, this is a clean bright copy in a fine dustwrapper. Sold For £120.00

Lot 238

SPARK, Muriel. THE MANDELBAUM GATE. Macmillan, London,1965. First edition. 8vo. Internally very clean and bright in a dustwrapper with very slight browning to the spine and a little creasing at the head of the spine. Sold with four later Sparks, all first editions in dustwrapper. (5) Sold For £40.00

Lot 242

WAUGH, Evelyn. THE ORDEAL OF GILBERT PINFOLD. Chapman and Hall, London, 1957. First edition, first printing. 8vo. A fine copy in a near fine dustwwrapper with a touch of rubbing to the head of the spine. WAUGH, Evelyn. LOVE AMONG THE RUINS. [and] GREENE, Graham. A BURNT-OUT CASE and four others [and] TREVOR, William. OLD SCHOOL TIES and one other. All first editions, first printings, in dustwrappers where called for, nearly all fine throughout. (9) Sold For £110.00

Lot 243

WELLS, H.G. TALES OF SPACE AND TIME. Harper & Brothers, London 1900. First Edition. 8vo. Original cloth, soiled. WELLS, H.G. THE AUTOCRACY OF MR. PARHAM William Heinemann Ltd, London 1930. First Edition. 8vo. Original cloth, soiled. 8vo; in chipped dustwrapper; wrapper design and illustrations by David Low. Plus 26 other works by Wells. Sold For £60.00

Lot 244

WINTERSON, Jeanette. SEXING THE CHERRY. Bloomsbury, London,1989. First edition. Large 8vo. A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper. Inscribed by the author on the title-page. Sold with Winterson's Written on the Body, nine other Modern Firsts, all in dustwrapper in fine or near fine condition and one paperback original in fine condition. (12) Sold For £60.00

Lot 245

WOOLF, Virginia. BETWEEN THE ACTS. The Hogarth Press, London,1941. First edition. 8vo. Internally clean and bright in the black and white Vanessa Bell dustwrapper which has minor loss to the spine extremities with some tape reinforcement to the foot of the spine, some wear to the corners, some light chipping and the occasional minute tear. Sold with Siegfried Sassoon's Journey which is a first edition in dustwrapper. (2) Sold For £90.00

Lot 246

WOOLF, Virginia. TO THE LIGHTHOUSE. Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, 1927. FIRST EDITION. 8vo; some foxing; Original blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, rubbed with small tear to head of spine, no dustwrapper; GOLDING, William. PINCHER MARTIN. Faber & Faber, London, 1956. FIRST EDITION. 8vo; with signed bookplate by the author loosely inserted; original printed dustwrapper, slightly chipped to extremities. FLEMING, Ian. ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE. Jonathan Cape, London, 1963. FIRST EDITION. 8vo; original printed dustwrapper, worn and dust-soiled. (3) Sold For £300.00

Lot 247

ATWOOD, Margaret. THE BLIND ASSASSIN. Bloomsbury, London, 2000. First edition, first printing. 8vo. A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper. The Booker Prize winner for 2000. OKRI, Ben. THE FAMISHED ROAD. Jonathan Cape, London, 1991. First edition, first printing, 8vo. A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper, with very slight browning to the textblock, a common fault. The Booker Prize winner for 1991. McEWAN, Ian. AMSTERDAM. Jonathan Cape, London, 1998. First edition, first printing. 8vo. A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper. The Booker Prize winner for 1998. (3) Sold For £60.00

Lot 249

BERGER, John. G. A NOVEL. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1972. First edition, first printing. 8vo. Former owner's surname and the date 1972 to the head of the front free endpaper, otherwise a clean bright copy in a near fine dustwrapper with very slight fading to the spine, a common fault with this bright red dustwrapper, and minimal wear to the head of the spine. The Booker Prize winner for 1972. BROOKNER, Anita. HOTEL DU LAC. Jonathan Cape, London, 1984. First edition, first printing. 8vo. A fine copy, usual slight browning to the edges apart, in a fine dustwrapper. The Booker Prize winner for 1984. (2) Sold For £250.00

Lot 252

COETZEE, J.M. LIFE & TIMES OF MICHAEL K. Secker & Warburg, London, 1983. First edition, first printing. 8vo. A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper. The Booker Prize winner for 1983. SCOTT, Paul. STAYING ON. Heinemann, London, 1977. First edition, first printing. 8vo. A fine copy in a price-clipped dustwrapper else fine. The Booker Prize winner for 1977 STOREY, David. SAVILLE. Jonathan Cape, London, 1976. First edition, first printing. 8vo. A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper. The Booker Prize winner for 1976. (3) Sold For £95.00

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