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Lot 182

MILLIGAN, Spike. A BOOK OF BITS OR A BIT OF A BOOK. Dennis Dobson, London, 1965. First edition, first printing. Slim 8vo. A fine copy in a dustwrapper with some loss to the head of the spine, a couple of small tears and a little wear to the corners. With forty-nine other Milligan items including paperbacks and reprints. (50) Sold For £95.00

Lot 185

NABOKOV, Vladimir. LOLITA. Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London, 1959. First UK edition, first printing. 8vo. Slight fading to the red-stained top-edge, fore-edge a little foxed, otherwise a clean unmarked copy in a near fine dustwrapper. With three other Nabokov titles, all first printings in dustwrapper. (4) Sold For £80.00

Lot 186

NAIPAUL, V.S. IN A FREE STATE. Andre Deutsch, London, 1971. First edition, first printing. 8vo. A fine copy of the 1971 Booker Prize winner in a near fine dustwrapper with just a hint of creasing to the head of the spine. MURDOCH, Iris. THE SEA, THE SEA. Chatto and Windus, London, 1978. First edition, first printing. 8vo. A fine copy of the 1978 Booker Prize winner in a fine dustwrapper. (2) Sold For £48.00

Lot 187A

PRATCHETT, Terry. MORT. Victor Gollancz in association with Colin Smythe Ltd, London, 1987. First edition, first printing. 8vo. A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper. Sold For £120.00

Lot 188

O'BRIAN, Patrick. MASTER AND COMMANDER. Collins, London, 1970. First edition, first printing. 8vo. A clean bright copy of the first of the acclaimed Jack Aubrey novels in the original blue cloth with a slight bump to the top corner of the upper cover. In a dustwrapper with just a touch of wear to the spine extremities and corners and a diagonal tear to the head of the lower panel. In a specially made slipcase. Sold For £280.00

Lot 189

O'BRIAN, Patrick. THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD. Collins, London, 1984. First edition, first printing. 8vo. Usual tanning to the text-block thanks to the indifferent quality paper stock used, otherwise fine in a dustwrapper minutely faded on the spine, a common fault, and with the original printed price of £8.95 intact. The publishers had always intended the book be priced at £9.95and when it was discovered that the dustwrapper had been printed with the lower price felt obliged to price-clip and re-sticker as many copies as they could lay their hands on. Not many escaped, this is one. In a specially made slipcase. Sold For £400.00

Lot 191

PASTERNAK, Boris. DOCTOR ZHIVAGO. Collins and Harvill Press, London, 1958. Translated from the Russian by Max Hayward and Manya Harari. First edition, first printing. 8vo. Internally very clean and bright in the original red cloth, lettered gilt on the spine, the top corner of the upper board is bumped. In a dustwrapper with a little wear to the spine extremities, including a couple of nicks, and a little wear to the corners. Sold For £60.00

Lot 192

PLATH, Sylvia. THE COLOSSUS * POEMS. Heinemann, London, 1960. First edition, first printing. 8vo. The front free endpaper carries the intriguing inscription 'To Ann / From Ted/ With Love./ 10. 5. 63'. Internally clean and bright in a price-clipped dustwrapper with slight browning to the spine. Overall, an attractive and desirable item which has become scarce. Sold For £880.00

Lot 193

POULTNEY, C.B. RODDIE AND PAT. Methuen, London, 1937. First edition, first printing. 8vo. A very clean bright copy of the sixth of the Roddie titles in a good dustwrapper with a little wear to the spine. This copy is double signed by the author on the title-page as himself and as his canine doppelganger Roderick Dhu. With a second edition of Hutton's The True Story of Greyfriar's Bobby, 1931. (2) Sold For £30.00

Lot 194

POWELL, Anthony. A DANCE TO THE MUSIC OF TIME. Heinemann, London, 1951-1975. 8vo. A near complete set lacking volumes one and nine, with more than one copy of some volumes. Fifteen volumes in all, lacking dustwrappers, with some bindings showing a little wear, internally clean and presentable. Ideal for rebinding. (15) Sold For £190.00

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