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Lot 240

ROWLING, J.K. HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS. Bloomsbury, London, 1998. First edition, first printing. Octavo. The second of the Harry Potter books. Former owner's name to the head of the front free endpaper, otherwise a very clean bright copy in a very near fine dustwrapper with just a hint of wear to the spine extremities. (1) Estimates £400.00 - £600.00

Lot 241

ROWLING, J.K. HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS. Bloomsbury, London, 1998. Uncorrected Proof Copy with the full number sequence 10-1. A clean bright unmarked copy in the publisher's Prussian blue and white printed wraps, with one slight crease to the lower corner of the upper cover. With the uncorrected proof of David Almond's Skellig, with the number sequence 10-1, in the original publisher's black and grey printed wraps which are a little rubbed. (2) Estimates £200.00 - £300.00

Lot 242

RUSHDIE, Salman. HAROUN AND THE SEA OF STORIES. Granta Books, in association with Penguin Books, London, 1990. Special edition of 251 copies published simultaneously with the first trade edition. 8vo. A fine copy of No 30/251, in quarter calf, lettered gilt, with marbled sides and a leather title label lettered gilt on the upper cover. Signed by the author on the limitation page. Estimates £40.00 - £60.00

Lot 243

RUSHDIE, Salman. SHAME. Jonathan Cape, London, 1983. Octavo. First edition, first printing. A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper. HAROUN AND THE SEA OF STORIES. Granta Books in association with Penguin Books, London, 1990. Octavo. First edition, first printing. A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper. THE MOOR'S LAST SIGH. Jonathan Cape, London, 1995. Octavo. First edition, first printing. A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper. With four books by John Masters. Estimates £60.00 - £80.00

Lot 244

SEBALD, W.G. THE RINGS OF SATURN. The Harvill Press, London, 1998. Octavo. Uncorrected book proof. Internally fine in the original green wraps, the upper cover of which is slightly creased. Estimates £120.00 - £180.00

Lot 245

SITWELL, Osbert. LEFT HAND, RIGHT HAND!; THE SCARLET TREE; GREAT MORNING; LAUGHTER IN THE NEXT ROOM; NOBLE ESSENCES OR COURTEOUS REVELATIONS. Macmillan, London, 1945-1950. 8vo. A pleasant mixed set ( the first two volumes are reprints, the remainder first printings) of this beautifully written work of autobiography. Some owner/donor inscriptions/book-labels. All in dustwrapper, the first volume has minor loss to the head of the spine. With two other Sitwell items and Bruce Chatwin's The Songlines, a UK first printing in dustwrapper. (8) Estimates £20.00 - £30.00

Lot 246

SNOW, C.P. AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT HEADED "THE STORY OF STRANGERS AND BROTHERS", in which the author recalls the genesis and personal history of the important post-war sequence of novels of that name (published between 1940 and 1970) discussing the intentions and circumstances behind each of the 11 novels (Strangers and Brothers, The Light and the Dark, A Time of Hope, The Masters, The New Men, Homecomings, The Conscience of the Rich, The Affair, The Corridors of Power, The Sleep of Reason, and Last Things); together with a copy of The Times for 13 March 1971, in which this article was published. [n.d., but 1971]. 4to; 14 pages written in blue ball-point pen on lined paper, numerous crossings through and corrections; torn from a pad, held together with a paper clip. [SNOW, C.P.] FOUR AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED AND THREE TYPED LETTERS SIGNED, to Clive and Dr. David Sofaer, including a six page letter detailing the plot of a planned story and asking for advice on legal procedures surrounding the contesting of a will (" … Who would actually inform the Underwoods that Mr W is the beneficiary? How soon after Massie's death? Would this be done by Massie's solicitor? Could this be in Lincoln's Inn Fields?…), others mentioning a new novel (to be called The Onlookers), discussing a variety of medical and financial matters, together with a series of letters to Dr. Sofaer from other doctors about various medical conditions, two laboratory reports, and some press cuttings. Eaton Terrace & Harley Street, 1968-1975. 4to and 8vo; 23 pages, with some of the original envelopes. 'On the night of January 1, 1935, I was walking along the Cannebiere in Marseilles … I was unhappy, and most things had gone wrong with my life. It was a brilliant night … suddenly it occurred to me that I ought to write. Not just a development of one man's life … but also a series of other stories, as it were at right angles to the personal story, interplaying with it, conducting a kind of dialectic with the personal themes, out of which one man's experience could emerge …' (The Story of Strangers and Brothers, p. 1). Estimates £500.00 - £800.00

Lot 247

SPENDER, Stephen. TRIAL OF A JUDGE. A TRAGEDY IN FIVE ACTS. Faber and Faber, London, March 1938. Slim octavo. First edition, first printing. Former owner's inscription to the head of the front free endpaper, otherwise clean and bright in a dustwrapper with slight wear to the head of the spine, a small abrasion towards the foot of the spine and some white paper residue covering a tiny area of the lower panel. Estimates £40.00 - £60.00

Lot 248

STAPLEDON, W. Olaf. LAST AND FIRST MEN. Methuen, London, 1930. First edition, first printing. 8vo. Small Tmark and abrasion to the front free endpaper, otherwise a clean bright copy in the original publisher's dark-blue cloth, lettered gilt on the spine. BISHOP, Michael. TRANSFIGURATIONS. Gollancz, London, 1980. First edition, first printing. 8vo. A fine copy in a very near fine dustwrapper. CLARKE, Arthur C. THE FOUNTAINS OF PARADISE. Gollancz, London, 1979. First edition, first printing, 8v0. A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper. With twenty-two other modern SF titles including Asimov, Bradbury, Clarke and Farmer. (25) Estimates £60.00 - £80.00

Lot 249

STEWART, Paul [and] RIDDELL, Chris. THE EDGE CHRONICLES. Doubleday, London, 1998-2004. 8vo. All first editions and first printings. Seven volumes. A very fine unread set in very fine dustwrappers. With the Edge Chronicles Maps still shrinkwrapped. (8) Estimates £1200.00 - £1600.00

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