Lot 290
Powell, Anthony
[A Dance to the Music of Time]
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 21 June 2023 at 11:00 BST
Description
London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1951-1975. 13 volumes (including an additional volume of Books do Furnish a Room), first editions (one third impression), 2 volumes signed by Powell, all with dust-jackets, the set comprising: A Question of Upbringing, 1951, dust-jacket slightly toned and edge-worn, with Book Society Recommendation label; A Buyer's Market, 1952, third impression, some tears and chips to dust-jacket, dust-jacket lacking head of spine; The Acceptance World, 1955, dust-jacket slightly bumped; At Lady Molly's, 1957, a little rubbing and edge-wear to dust-jacket; Casanova's Chinese Restaurant, 1960, slight dust-soiling to dust-jacket; The Kindly Ones, 1962, signed by Anthony Powell to title-page, inscribed to Alfred Manley(?) on the front-free endpaper; The Valley of Bones, 1964; The Soldier's Art, 1966, dust-jacket price-clipped; The Military Philosophers, 1968, signed by Anthony Powell to title-page, inscribed to Michael Norwood on the front-free endpaper; Books do Furnish a Room, 1971; another copy, 1971; Temporary Kings, 1973; Hearing Secret Harmonies, 1975