Books & Works on Paper,

to include the Boxing Collection of Brian and Debbie

Watkins, 24th Aug, 2023 10:00

133 Autograph Collection.- Signed First Editions Autograph

Collection.- Signed First Editions

Collection of First Editions signed by the authors, comprising:

Hanks (Tom) Uncommon Type, 2017; Connolly (Billy) Tall Tales and Wee Stories, 2019; Murakami (Haruki) Colorless

Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage, 2014; Wolff (Michael) Fire and Fury, 2018, two copies; Fry (Stephen)

Mythos, 2017; Graham (Heather), Waking The Dead, 2014 and The Dead Play On, 2015; Saunders (George) Lincoln in the Bardo, 2017, two copies; Cline (Emma) The Girl, 2016; Ishiguro (Kazuo) The Buried Giant, 2015; Cranston (Bryan) A Life in Parts, 2016; Cumming (Alan) You Gotta Get Bigger

Dreams, 2016; Kay (Adam) This is Going to Hurt, 2017; Barry (Sebastian); Days Without End, 2016; Coddington (Grace)

Grace. A Memoir, 2012; Zephaniah (Benjamin) The Life and Rhymes of Benjamin. The Autobiography, 2018; Younge (Gary) Another Day in the Death of America, 2016; McBride (Eimear) The Lesser Bohemians, 2016; Roy (Arhundati) The Ministry of the Utmost Happiness, 2017; Heughan (Sam) & Graham McTavish, The Clanlands Almanc, 2021; Baker (Danny) Going to Sea in a Sieve, 2012; Jones (Dan) & Marian Amaral, The Colour of Time, 2018; Slaughter (Karin) The Kept Woman, 2016; McEwan (Ian) Machines Like Me, 2019; Eisler (Barry) Fault Line, 2009; Lowdon (Claire) Left of the Bang, 2015; Pitcher (Annabel) Ketchup Clouds, 2012; Priest (Cherie) The Family Plot, 2016; Simonon (Paul) Wot No Bike, 2014; Bowes (Rhys) Tell Me, Pretty Maiden, 2008; Collins (Bridget) The Binding, 2019 and others, including seven titles by Ally Carter; dust-jackets, 4to. (45)

PROVENANCE: signatures were personally obtained by the vendor who used to work at Waterstones, London

£500-700

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134 Dune.- Dune.-

Herbert (Frank) Dune, later edition, with clipped signature of Frank Herbert pasted onto title page, cards signed by Kyle MacLachlan and Jürgen Prochnow affixed to front free endpaper, card signed by Patrick Stewart affixed to half-title, blue cloth, dust-jacket, hardback, 4to, New York, Putnam's Sons, 1984; Children of the Dune, first edition, sixth impression, signed and inscribed "For Marvin, Frank Herbert", dark red cloth, dust-jacket, light wear, 4to, Berkley Publishing Corporation, 1976 (2)

£400-600

135 Spy fiction.- Fleming (Ian) Spy fiction.- Fleming (Ian)

A collection of 10 volumes, including:

Fleming (Ian) Dr. No, first impression, second state boards with silver lettering, and silhouette to upper board, [Gilbert A6a (1.3)], ownership inscription to half title, tape residue and staining to endpapers, half-title and title, 3rd printing dust jacket with ‘The Diamond Smugglers’ to rear flap, worn with some loss to extremities, ink number to rear panel, Jonathan Cape, 1958;

Bond (Mary Wickham) How 007 Got His Name, First Edition, unclipped dust jacket, creasing, some staining along bottom edge, Collins, 1966;

Boyd (William) Solo, First Edition, Signed by the Author on the title page, Jonathan Cape, 2013; with others similar, all with dust jackets, v.s. (10)

£100-200

136 Fleming. Casino Royale, first ed. 2nd imp. 1953 Fleming (Ian)

Casino Royale, first edition, 2nd impression, original black boards, lettered and decorated in red, 8vo., 1953

£300-400

Books & Works on Paper, to include the Boxing Collection of Brian and Debbie Watkins, 24th Aug, 2023 10:00

137 Fleming. Thunderball. 1961 Fleming (Ian) first edition, first impression, first issue, original dark brown cloth, lettered in gilt, original dust-jacket, damp-stained and creased at head of spine, [Gilbert A9a. 1.1] 8vo, 1961.

Thunderball.

£300-400

138 Flint (William Russell, ill.) & Kingsley (Charles) The Heroes, or Greek Fairy Tales for my Children Flint (William Russell, ill.) & Kingsley (Charles)

The Heroes, or Greek Fairy Tales for my Children, number 463 of 500 copies printed on riccardi paper, 12 mounted colour plates by William Russell Flint, lettered tissue guards, giltlettered limp vellum with green silk ties, t.e.g., publisher's slipcase, 4to, Philip Lee Warner (Riccardi Press) for the Medici Society, 1912.

£120-180

139 Golding. Lord of the Flies, 1954 Golding (William)

Lord of the Flies,

First edition, second impression, original red cloth, dust-jacket, slightly chipped at extremities, 1954 § Greene (Graham) The Third Man and The Fallen Idol, first edition, original black cloth, dust-jacket, slightly chipped and creased at edges, 1950, 8vo., (2)

£600-800

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140 Johnson. Traveling People, first ed. Insc. 1963 & others. Johnson (B. S.)

Travelling People, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to title, ‘for Alan school friend? Complainer with respect & affection B.S.Johnson Budapest 10/5/72’, original boards, dust-jacket, a fine copy, 1963 § [Watkins-Pitchford (D.J.)]

“B.B.” The Whopper, first edition, illustrated by D.J.WatkinsPitchford, original green boards, dust-jacket, slightly rubbed at extremities, 1967 § Miller (Arthur) The Theatre Essays of Arthur Miller, first edition signed by Miller, original cloth-backed boards, dust-jacket, The Viking Press, New York, 1978 § Hadfield (John, ed.) Cowardy Custard, The World of Noél Coward, first edition, signed by numerous actors to ‘Pat’who appeared in the stage production, original cloth, dust-jacket, 1973 § Wilson (Harold) The Labour Government, 1964-1970. A Personal Record, first edition, signed by Harold & Mary Wilson, original boards, dust-jacket, 1971, v.s. (5)

£400-600

141 MacLean 32 first edition novels. MacLean (Alistair) H.M.

S. Ulysses, 1955; The Guns of Navarone, 1957; South by Java Head, 1958; The Last Frontier, 1959; Night Without End, 1959; Ice Station Zebra, 1963; When Eight Bells Toll, 1966; Where Eagles Dare, 1967, first editions, some endpapers browned, original boards, some endpapers with inscriptions, light bumping to spine ends, some dust-jackets, rubbed and worn; and 24 others by the author, a few duplicated, 8vo. (32)

£150-200

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142 Orwell & Fleming: 1984 & OHMSS. first ed. Orwell (George) Nineteen Eighty-Four. A Novel. first edition, original pale green cloth, faded and soiled, ownership inscription to front paste-down, 1949 § Fleming (Ian) On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, first edition, original cloth boards, dust-jacket, restored, 1963, and two others. 8vo. (4)

£200-300

143 Powell.Collection of from ‘A Dance to the Music of Time’ series.- Powell (Anthony)

Collection of from ‘A Dance to the Music of Time’ series.The Valley of Bones, first ed. 1964; The Soldier’s Art, first ed. 1966; The Military Philosophers, first ed. 1968; Books do Furnish a Room, first ed. 1971; Temporary Kings, 1973; together with A Buyer’s Market 1955, What’s become of Waring 1986 & A Question of Upbringing, 1977 later editions, original boards, dust-jackets, worn and some lose in places, 8vo. (8)

£180-220

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144 Galbraith. Lethal White, signed by the author, 2018 Galbraith (Robert) [Rowling (J.K.)]

Lethal White, first edition, signed by the author on title page, holographic sticker below list of previous titles by the same author, original boards, dust-jacket, a fine copy, 8vo., 2018

*** Provenance of signature provided by email correspondence between the vendor and Waterstones Booksellers.

£500-700

145 Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, First edition, second printing, 1997 Rowling (J.K.)

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, first edition, second printing, pages slightly toned as is always the case, original publisher’s pictorial boards, spine slightly faded, a tight probably unread copy, 8vo., 1997

£4,000-6,000

146 Rowling. Prisoner of Azkaban, Proof copy - purple ed. 1999 Rowling (J.K.)

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, uncorrected proof copy, first issue, with the author's name Joanne Rowling in full on the reverse of the title-page original purple wrappers, upper cover with a few slight creases, unread, otherwise a fine copy, 8vo, 1999.

***The first, in purple wrappers, contained text IN AN EARLIER STATE than the second in green wrappers. An unconfirmed print run of 50 copies is generally accepted [See Errington] The bibliography states, "This would suggest that the proof was released to a very select readership, with the publisher expecting to issue the text in a later state to a greater number of readers".

£3,000-4,000

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147 Smith (Wilbur). Collection of Novels. including inscribed and mostly first editions, 1964-2016 Smith (Wilbur)

Collection of Novels, including inscribed and mostly first editions,

The Sounds of Thunder, 3 copies, one copy inscribed, 1966; A Sparrow Falls, 2 copies, one copy inscribed, 1977; Hungry as the Sea, 3 copies, one copy inscribed, 1978; Wild Justice. Inscribed, 1979; A Falcon Flies, inscribed; 1980; The Angel Weeps, 4 copies, one copy inscribed, 1982; Power of the Sword, inscribed, 1986; When the Lion Feeds, 3 copies, first ed. 1964; The Dark of the Sun, first ed. 1965; Shout at the Devil, first ed. 1968 and Gold Mine, first ed. 1970; original cloth, dust-jackets, earlier titles with jackets slightly rubbed, one copy of When the Lion Feeds and The Sounds of Thunder lacking their dust-jackets, later titles in fine condition together of 55 copies, 8vo. 1964- 2016.

£800-1,200

148 Thatcher (Margaret) Thatcher (Margaret)

The Path to Power [and] The Downing Street Years, First Editions, each with a signed bookplate, also including a letter from Thatcher’s office at the House of Lords regarding the bookplates, dated 1996, unrelated gift inscription to front free endpaper of The Downing Street Years, original cloth, unclipped dust jackets, some creasing, 4to, Harper Collins, 1993 & 95; with an unsigned duplicate of The Downing Street Years and four Folio Society volumes: The Babylonians; The Persians; The Egyptians; The Hittites; (7)

£80-120