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77 1324 Hemingway E 77 1324 Hemingway E
77/1324 Hemingway, E. Across the River and Into the Trees. London, Jonathan Cape, 1950, 1s UK ed., 254p., orig. cl. w. dustwr.

- Dustwr. sl. rubbed at corners and spine-ends; frontcover sl. foxed and sl. faded along outer lower margin; both spine-ends sl. faded.

= Preceding the first American edition. Hanneman A44a

Idem. A Moveable Feast. Ibid., idem, 1964, 1st UK ed., 192p., orig. cl. w. dustwr.

- Minor imperfections, otherwise a fine copy. = Hanneman A46.a.

AND a 2nd impression of the first UK edition of the Old Man and the Sea by the same.

€ (150-250) 150
77 1325 Hugo V and Crémieux G 77 1325 Hugo V and Crémieux G
77/1325 Hugo, V. and Crémieux, G. La peine de mort. Procès de l'événement. Discours de MM. Victor Hugo et Crémieux. Paris, Libraire Nouvelle, 1851, 48p., modern giltlettered boards, orig. wr. pres.

= Charles Hugo was defended by his father, Victor Hugo, for having written an article against the death penalty. He was nevertheless sentenced guilty. The manager of the journal L'Événement, A. Erdan, was defended by Crémieux and sentenced not guilty.

€ (50-70) 50
77 1326 Huxley A 77 1326 Huxley A
77 1326 Huxley A 77 1326 Huxley A
77/1326 Huxley, A. Brave New World. London, Chatto & Windus, 1932, 1st ed., (6),306,(2)p., orig. giltlettered blue cl.

- Fine copy.

€ (150-250) 400
77 1327 Huxley A 77 1327 Huxley A
77/1327 Huxley, A. Island. A Novel. London, Chatto & Windus, 1962, 1st ed., 286p., orig. cl. w. dustwr.

- Spine dustwr. sunned and backcover unevenly browned; dustwr. a few rubbed spots in corners.

Maugham, W. Somerset. A Writer's Notebook. Ibid., Heinemann, 1949, 1st ed., 349p., orig. cl. w. dustwr.

- Dustwr. sl. chipped near spine-ends and w. a few sm. tears.

Santayana, G. Persons and Places. The Background of My Life. New York, Charles Scribner's sons, 1944, 1st ed., 262p., orig. cl. w. dustwr.

- Dustwr. dam. at outer corners and spine ends.

AND 2 others: O. SITWELL, Tales My Father Taught Me (London, 1962, 1st ed. 2nd impr., orig. cl. w. dustwr. Fine) and E. WAUGH, Men at Arms (ibid., 1952, 1st ed., orig. cl. w. defective dustwr.).

€ (50-70)
77 1328 Irving W 77 1328 Irving W
77/1328 Irving, W. Verhalen van een' reiziger. Dutch transl. by Steenbergen van Goor. Amst., C.L. Schleijer, 1826, 1st Dutch ed., 2 parts in 1 vol., (2),X,315; IV,330p., 2 engr. title-vignettes by P. VELYN, later boards.

- New endpapers. = Rare Dutch translation.

AND 3 others in 5 vols, all translations in Dutch, i.a. S.C. HALL, Marianne (Deventer, 1841, 3 vols., 3 diff. engr. title-vignettes, modern unif. hcl. w. buckram letterpiece).

€ (50-70) 90
77 1329 Ivnev R = M A Kovalyov 77 1329 Ivnev R = M A Kovalyov
77/1329 Ivnev, R. (= M.A. Kovalyov). Zoloto smerti (The gold of death). Moscow, Tsentrifuga, 1916, 14,(2)p., orig. wr., sm. 4to.

- Bookblock loose; wr. chipped and worn.

= Rare publication of the Russian futurist publishing house Tsentrifuga (active between 1913-1917).

€ (100-150) 100
77 1330 Jerkovic D 77 1330 Jerkovic D
77/1330 Jerkovic, D. 333. Poema ljubavi (Love poem). Belgrade, n.publ., n.d. (1926), (3),8,(5)p., orig. wr., folio.

- Sl. creased and fingersoiled.

= With AUTOGRAPH SIGNED DEDICATION on title-p. The title refers to the number of lines in the poem.

€ (50-70)
77 1331 Joyce J 77 1331 Joyce J
77/1331 Joyce, J. Letters. Ed. S. Gilbert (vol. I) and R. Ellmann. London, Faber and Faber, 1957-1966, 1st ed., 3 vols., 437; LXXII,472; XXXI,(1),584p., plates, orig. unif. cl. w. dustwr.

- Fine set.

€ (150-250) 150
77 1332 Kerouac J 77 1332 Kerouac J
77/1332 Kerouac, J. The Dharma Bums. New York, The Viking Press, 1958, 1st ed., (6),244p., orig. cl. w. dustwr.

- Binding sl. dampstained; dustwr. trifle rubbed and sl. worn at extremities w. sm. tears/ imperfection at top of spine.

€ (100-150) 180
77 1333 Kipling R 77 1333 Kipling R
77 1333 Kipling R 77 1333 Kipling R
77/1333 Kipling, R. The Second Jungle Book. London, MacMillan and Co., 1895, 1st ed., (6),238,(2 advert)p., ills. by J. LOCKWOOD KIPLING, orig. dec. gilt cl., a.e.g.

- Binding trifle rubbed.

= SIGNED by the author on mounted slip on upper pastedown.

€ (150-250) 750
77 1334 Kolár J 77 1334 Kolár J
77/1334 Kolár, J. Sedm kantát. (Prague), Družstvo Dílo, 1945, 1st ed., 22,(2)p., frontisp. and orig. wr. by F. HUDEČEK.

= Second collection of poetry by Jiří Kolář, co-founder of the existentialist post-war art movement "Skupina 42" to which these poems stylistically belong.

AND 1 other: V. HAVEL, Protokoly (ibid., 1966, 1st ed., orig. limp cl.).

€ (80-100) 80
77 1335 Lawrence T E 77 1335 Lawrence T E
77 1335 Lawrence T E 77 1335 Lawrence T E
77 1335 Lawrence T E 77 1335 Lawrence T E
77/1335 Lawrence, T.E. Revolt in the Desert. London, Jonathan Cape, 1927, 1st impression of the 1st trade ed., (2),445,(1)p., fold. map, 16 plates, orig. giltlettered cl.

- Title-p. trifle foxed.

AND 1 other: IDEM, Seven Pillars of Wisdom. A Triumph (London, 1935, 4th impression of the 1st trade ed., fold./ double-p. maps, plates, orig. gilt buckram, large 8vo. Owner's entry on first free endpaper).

€ (40-60) 60
77 1336 Mann T 77 1336 Mann T
77/1336 Mann, T. De Tooverberg. Dutch transl. C.J.E. Dinaux. Amst., Van Holkema & Warendorf, 1927, 1st Dutch ed., 2 vols., 429; 478p., orig. unif. gilt cl.

- Gilt partly rubbed off (mainly on spine). = Rare.

AND 1 other: G.G. MÁRQUEZ, One Hundred Years of Solitude (New York, 1970, 1st Am. ed., 4th(?) printing, orig. giltlettered green cl.).

€ (50-70)
77 1337 Milne C 77 1337 Milne C
77/1337 Milne, C. The Enchanted Places. London, Eyre Methuen, 1977, XIII,(1),169,(1)p., frontisp., orig. boards w. dustwr.

- Owner's entry on first free endpaper. Dustwr. price-clipped; spine sunned. = SIGNED on title-p.

€ (40-60)
77 1338 Morley C 77 1338 Morley C
77/1338 Morley, C. The Eighth Sin. Oxf./ London, B.H. Blackwell/ Simpkin, Marshall & Co., 1912, 59p., printed in 250 copies, orig. wr., sm. 8vo.

- Lacks htitle. Wrappers sl. frayed and creased; frontwr. discoloured and reattached; spine-ends sl. worn.

= Lee 1. The author's rare debut.

Idem. Paumanok. London, Henry and Longwell, 1926, 13p., printed in 107 numb. copies, signed by the author and publishers, orig. boards w. dustwr., custom made cl. portfolio.

= Lee 57. Briefcase Breviaries 1.

Idem. A Letter to Leonora. (London), Marshall Field & Co., n.d. (1928), 1st ed., (19)p.

= Lee 70. One of 125 numb. and SIGNED large paper copies, printed on English handmade paper, bound in orig. (trifle rubbed) gilt boards, sm. 8vo.

AND 10 others, all but one by the same, i.a. A Bookseller's Breviary (n.pl., n.d. (1924), orig. wr., sm. 8vo), "Rare" Books. An Essay (New York, 1935, printed in 75 copies, orig. wr.), The House of Dooner. The Last of the Friendly Inns (Philadelphia, 1928, printed in 1000 numb. copies, orig. boards, sm. 8vo) and A Ride in the Cab of the Twentienth Century Limited (Lancaster PA, 1928, tipped-in portrait, 6 tipped-in plates, printed in 250 numb. copies, orig. wr. w. green paper title-piece, in custom made cl. portfolio).

€ (100-150) 240
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77/1339 Morley, C. Lot of 48 works in 59 vols., mainly first editions, incl. a few duplicates, i.a. I Know a Secret (New York, 1927, 1st ed., col. frontisp. and ills. by J. WARMUTH, orig. cl. w. dustwr. Lee 62. With AUTOGRAPH SIGNED DEDICATION on first free endpaper); Where the Blue Begins. A Divine Comedy (ibid., 1925, orig. wr. Backstrip sunned. Lee 34. With AUTOGRAPH SIGNED DEDICATION on first blank); The Man Who Made Friends with Himself (London, 1949, 1st Engl. ed., 2nd printing, orig. cl. w. dustwr. SIGNED); Streamlines (New York, 1936, 1st ed., orig. cl. w. dustwr. SIGNED); The Blue and The Grey. Or, War is Hell (ibid., 1930, 1st ed., orig. cl. w. dustwr. SIGNED); The Haunted Bookshop (ibid., 1934, later ed., orig. cl. SIGNED) and In the Sweet and Dry (ibid., 1919, 1st ed., ills. by G. WILLIAMS, orig. cl. SIGNED). - AND 17 others w. contributions by the same.
€ (200-300) 220
77/1340 Der Nibelunge Lied nach dem Abdruck der ältesten und reichsten Handschrift des Freiherrn Joseph von Lassberg Ed O F W Schönhuth 77/1340 Der Nibelunge Lied nach dem Abdruck der ältesten und reichsten Handschrift des Freiherrn Joseph von Lassberg Ed O F W Schönhuth
77/1340 Der Nibelunge Lied nach dem Abdruck der ältesten und reichsten Handschrift des Freiherrn Joseph von Lassberg. Ed. O.F.W. Schönhuth. Tübingen, C.F. Osiander, 1834, XVIII,(2),734,(1)p., contemp. hcl., sm. 8vo.

- Sl. foxed.

= First edition of this version and the second printed edition of the Donaueschingen manuscript "C" of the Nibelungenlied, which formed part of the private library of Baron Joseph von Laßberg. Goedeke I, p.184.

€ (70-90) 160
77 1341 Orwell G 77 1341 Orwell G
77/1341 Orwell, G. Animal Farm. New York, Harcourt, Brace and Comp., 1946, (4),118p., orig. green cl. w. dustwr.

- Frontwr. trifle creased/ trifle chipped in margins and lacks sm. strip of top margin (4x47 mm.) and portion of 4 mm. at top of spine;

= Fenwick A. 10f (Book of the Month edition, printed in the same year as the first Am. edition). With "Printed in U.S.A." on inside rear flap.

Idem. Nineteen Eighty-Four. Toronto/ London, S.J. Reginald Saunders & co., 1949, 1st Canadian ed., (4),314p., orig. cl.

- Lacks dustwr. Otherwise a fine copy.

Huxley, A. Heaven & Hell. London, Chatto & Windus, 1956, 1st ed., 87,(1)p., orig. cl. w. (trifle rubbed) dustwr. - AND 2 other first eds. by the same, i.a. The Doors of Perception (ibid., idem, 1954, orig. cl. w. dustwr. Near fine copy).

€ (70-90) 200
77 1342 Orwell G 77 1342 Orwell G
77/1342 Orwell, G. Nineteen eighty-four. London, Secker & Warburg, 1949, 1st impression of the 1st ed., 312p., orig. green cl.

- Bookplate on first free endpaper; sm. bookseller's ticket on upper pastedown. Without dustwrapper; sl. sunned on spine; corners sl. bumped; frontcover and spine one corner browned, both covers and spine a few tiny foxed spots and a small dampstain.

= Fenwick A.12a. Listed in Connolly 100.

€ (100-150) 500
77/1343 Le Parnasse Contemporain Recueil de vers nouveaux 77/1343 Le Parnasse Contemporain Recueil de vers nouveaux
77/1343 Le Parnasse Contemporain Recueil de vers nouveaux 77/1343 Le Parnasse Contemporain Recueil de vers nouveaux
77/1343 Le Parnasse Contemporain Recueil de vers nouveaux 77/1343 Le Parnasse Contemporain Recueil de vers nouveaux
77/1343 Le Parnasse Contemporain. Recueil de vers nouveaux. Paris, A. Lemerre, 1866-1869, 2 (of 3) vols., (4),284,(3); (4),401p., contemp. giltlettered hcl. w. red mor. letterpiece.

- Lacks vol.3. Both vols. bookseller's ticket/ bookplate on upper pastedown; owner's stamp on title; (occas. sl.) foxed; 2nd vol. upper hinge weak; title-p. loose. Both vols. binding (sl.) worn.

= Contains 15 previously unpublished poems by Charles Baudelaire (Nouvelles Fleurs du Mal) and contributions by i.a. Paul Verlaine, Stéphane Mallarmé, Leconte de Lisle, Catulle Mendès, Auguste Villiers de L'Isle-Adam and Anatole France.

€ (200-300) 200
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