20th Century Books and Works on Paper

Betjeman (John) - 2 Manuscript Poems written by Penelope Betjeman on behalf of John... 2 Manuscript Poems written by Penelope Betjeman on behalf ...

[Blixen (Karen)] "Isak Dinesen". - Out of Africa, first American edition, browning to hinges, bookplate, original two-tone decorated cloth, dus...

Bell (Vanessa) - Gouache and watercolour design for a carpet for Lytton Strachey's play The Son of Heaven, studio stamp 'VB' to verso, tipped on...

Bell (Vanessa) - Design for a plate, possibly the Three Graces, ink and watercolour over primed and incised circular paper base, 240mm. diameter...

Bell (Vanessa) - Design for a plate, the central motif the head and shoulders of a woman with necklace, ink and watercolour over primed circular ...

Bell (Vanessa) - Design for a plate, an abstract concentric motif, ink and watercolour over primed circular paper base, 240mm. diameter, some cra...

Byron (Robert).- Woolf (Virginia) - The Common Reader, first edition, Robert Byron's copy with his ink ownership inscription to front endpaper ...

Doone (Rupert) - Standing male nude, drawn as a Christmas gift for Duncan Grant, pastel and soft pencil, 530 x 370mm., inscribed À Duncan Grant...

Woolf (Virginia) - Night and Day, first edition, 2pp. reviews for The Voyage Out at end, original cloth, very light discolouration to spine, m...

Woolf (Virginia) - The Mark on the Wall, first seperate edition, original printed wrappers, a fine copy, [Kirkpatrick A2b; Woolmer 8], 8vo, Hoga...

Woolf (Virginia) - Monday or Tuesday, first edition , 4 full-page woodcuts by Vanessa Bell (some offsetting), advertisement leaf at end, endpa...

Woolf (Virginia) - The Common Reader, first edition, light browning to endpapers , original first issue cloth-backed pictorial boards, a little...

Woolf (Virginia) - Orlando, number 352 of 861 copies signed by the author, original cloth, near-fine, original purple-black glacine dust-jacke...

Boyd (William) - A Good Man in Africa, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to title, original boards, spine ends a li...

Christie (Agatha) - Death in the Clouds, spine slightly faded, light finger-soiling, 1935; The Hollow, ink inscription to endpaper, slight s...

Christie (Agatha) - Death on the Nile, minor spotting to title and half-title, slight shelf-lean, spine lightly faded, otherwise a remarkably sha...

Christie (Agatha) - Five Little Pigs, first edition, original cloth, light fading to extreme head and foot, dust-jacket, spine lightly faded, sp...

Christie - 2 Typed Letters signed to "Dear Mr Gattey" and Michael Underwood ( Dame Agatha, writer, 1890-1976) 2 Typed Letters signed to "...

Cocteau (Jean) - Opium. Journal d'une desintoxication, first edition, number 14 of 28 copies on japon imperial, illustrations by the author, ori...

Collins - The New Naturalist Library, 148 vol., first editions (William, publishers ) The New Naturalist Library, 148 vol., first edit...

Dahl (Roald) - The Gremlins from the Walt Disney Production, first English edition , 12 full-page and 1 double-page colour illustrations, modern ...

Dahl (Roald) - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, first edition, first impression, first issue, with 6-line colophon, illustrations by Joseph...

Deighton (Len) - The Ipcress File, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to endpaper, original boards, fine, dust-jacke...

Durrell (Lawrence) - [The Alexandria Quartet], 4 vol., comprising Justine, signed presentation inscriptions from the author to half-title ...

Eliot (T.S.) - The Waste Land, first English edition in book form , [ one of circa 460 copies], original blue marbled boards with label with pr...

Eliot (T.S.) - Four Quartets, first collected edition, first printing, ink ownership inscription and bookplate, 50¢ ink stamp to pastedown, orig...

Eliot (T.S.) and others. - Small archive relating to the BBC's closing down of the Third Programme, including 8 T.L.s. and A.L.s. relating to the...

Fleming (Ian).- Rey (H.A.) - Zebrology, fourth impression, signed presentation inscription from Ian Fleming to Clare [Blanchard] "A Christmas t...

Fleming (Ian) - Casino Royale, first edition, original boards, very minor bumping to foot, else fine, first issue dust-jacket without the Times ...

Fleming (Ian) - Moonraker, first edition, issue with shoot on p.10, original boards, fine, dust-jacket, spine a little darkened, some very lig...

Fleming (Ian) - From Russia, With Love first edition, original boards, dust-jacket, slight discolouration to spine, spine ends and corners a lit...

Fleming (Ian) - Dr. No, first edition, original second state boards with silhouette, light bumping to foot of spine, else fine, dust-jacket, spi...

Fleming (Ian) - Thunderball, first edition, original boards, minor bumping to spine ends and corners, dust-jacket, some minor rubbing and creasi...

Fleming (Ian) - The Spy Who Loved Me, first edition, original boards, dust-jacket, light discolouration to spine, minor spotting to upper pan...

Fleming (Ian) - You Only Live Twice, uncorrected proof copy , original wrappers with repeated publisher's motif, slight shelf lean, spine crea...

Fleming (Ian) - You Only Live Twice, very minor browning to endpapers, jacket spine faded, very minor surface soiling, 1964; The Man with the G...

Fleming (Ian) - Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, The Magical Car, 3 vol., first editions , illustrations throughout by John Burningham, vol.3 with s...

Fleming (Ian) - The Man with the Golden Gun, uncorrected proof copy, original printed wrappers with Cape monograms, slight shelf-lean, minor cre...

Fowles (John) - The Collector, jacket spine slightly faded, else fine, 1963; The Magus, jacket with light rubbing to spine ends and corners, s...

Garner (Alan) - The Weirdstone of Brisingamen, light browning to endpapers, minor creasing to head, light soiling to rear panel, 1960; The Moon...

Golding (William) - Lord of the Flies, first edition, original cloth, very slight shelf-lean, small patch of fading to head of lower cover, spin...

Greene - Typed Letter signed to "Dear Mr. Gattey", 1p (Graham, author, 1904-91) Typed Letter signed to "Dear Mr. Gattey", 1p., 8vo, Albany...

Hardy - Autograph Letter signed "T.H." to Reginald Innes Pocock (Thomas, novelist and poet, 1840-1928) Autograph Letter signed "T.H." to Re...

Heinlein (Robert A.) - Orphans of the Sky, very light browning to endpapers, jacket a little browned at spine and margins, minor chipping to spin...

Herbert (James) - [The Novels], 23 vol., first editions, all signed or inscribed by the author , usual light marginal toning to the earlier tit...

Hirst (Damien).- Sabbag (Robert) - Snowblind, introduction by Howard Marx, first edition , one of 1000 copies signed by Sabbag, Marx & Hir...

Horler (Sydney) - Knaves & Co., ink ownership inscription to pastedown, jacket with very light rubbing and wear to spine, spine ends and corners ...

Hughes (Ted) - Under the North Star, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to front endpaper, illustrations by Leonard ...

Isherwood (Christopher) - Mr. Norris Changes Train, first edition, very light browning to endpapers and half-title, original cloth, spine very s...

James (P.D.) - A Mind to Murder, first edition, small library stamp foot of © page, further light stamp on front free endpaper, stickers on fron...

Joyce (James) - Ulysses, number 104 of 900 copies on japon vellum, original green buckram, gilt design by Eric Gill, t.e.g., others uncut, dust...

Kafka (Franz) - The Castle, first English edition, signed presentation inscription from the publisher to front endpaper, original cloth, spine s...

Johns - Biggles and the Deep Blue Sea, light browning to front endpaper... ( Captain W.E.) Biggles and the Deep Blue Sea, light browning t...

Larkin (Philip) - The Whitsun Weddings, first edition, T.L.s. and A.L.s. from the author to L.J.Lloyd, loosely inserted, ink ownership inscripti...

Lawrence (D.H.) - The Signature, nos. 1-3 (all published), contributions by D.H. Lawrence, Katherine Mansfield & John Middleton Murry, with La...

Lawrence (T.E.) - Seven Pillars of Wisdom, first Trade edition, signed presentation inscription from Eric Kennington to half-title, maps and pla...

Lee (Laurie) - Cider With Rosie, first edition, illustrations by John Ward, bookplate, original boards, dust-jacket, some light rubbing to tips ...

Lewis (C.S.) - The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, first edition, colour frontispiece and plain illustrations by Pauline Baynes, original clo...

Lewis (C.S.) - The Horse and his Boy, first edition, plain frontispiece, plates and illustrations by Pauline Baynes, map front endpapers, light ...

McCarthy (Tom) - Remainder, first edition, one of 750 copies, signed by the author, original wrappers, usual fading to spine, near-fine otherw...