Lot 31
William Boyd, Julian Barnes and David Lodge
Collection of first editions and signed limited editions
Auction: 16 June 2026 from 10:00 BST
Description
all 8vo, original cloth or boards, with the dust jackets (unless otherwise stated), titles include:
Boyd, William. A Good Man in Africa. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1981. First edition, first impression of the author's first novel, signed by the author on the title-page, dust jacket price-clipped and spine-panel sunned;
Ibid. School Ties. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1981. First edition, first impression, signed by the author on the title-page;
Ibid. Protobiography. [And:] A Haunting. London: Bridgewater Press, 1998 & 2000. 2 works, each one of 100 copies signed by the author, no dust jackets issued;
Barnes, Julian. Metroland. London: Jonathan Cape, 1980. First edition, first impression, the author's first novel, publisher's overprice sticker (£8.95) to dust jacket front flap;
Ibid. [Complete set of the Dan Kavanagh novels:] Duffy; Fiddle City; Putting the Boot In; Going to the Dogs. London: Jonathan Cape [-Viking], 1980-87. 4 works, first editions, first impressions, each signed on title-page by Julian Barnes as Dan Kavanagh, Duffy and Putting the Boot In with price-clipped dust jackets;
Lodge, David. The Picturegoers. A Novel. London: MacGibbon & Kee, 1960. First edition, first impression of the author's first novel;
Ibid. Ginger, You're Barmy. London: MacGibbon & Kee, 1962. First edition, first impression, with label ‘From the Library of Julian Barnes’ to front pastedown;
Ibid. The British Museum is Falling Down. London: MacGibbon & Kee, 1965. First edition, first impression;
Ibid. Thinks … [And:] The Man Who Wouldn't Get Up, and Other Stories. London: Bridgewater Press, 2001 & 1998. 2 works, each one of 100 copies signed by the author, Thinks … being the tête-de-tirage (i.e. numbered 1), no dust jackets issued;
and 14 others, including 12 further first editions of the same authors, and 2 William Boyd signed limited editions (28)