Lot 183
Small collection of 17 modern first & early editions, comprising Forster, E.M.
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photography
Auction: 11 January 2017 at 11:00 GMT
Description
Alexandria. Alexandria: Whitehead Morris, 1922. First edition, 3 folding maps (1 in pocket at end), frontispiece, original boards, initials of A[rchibald] C[lark] K[err], 1923, to endpapers, boards somewhat spotted, upper hinge broken; Forster, E.M. Aspects of the Novel. E. Arnold, 1927. First edition, initials of A[rchibald] C[lark] K[err], Guatemala, 1927, to endpaper, original cloth, somewhat discoloured; James, M.R. The Five Jars. E. Arnold, 1922, original cloth, inscription to endpaper; Dunsany, Lord My Talks with Dean Stanley. 1936, original cloth, frayed dust-jacket; Waugh, E. Decline and Fall. 1930. 5th Impression, dust-jacket frayed & spine faded; Lehmann, John Forty Poems. Hogarth Press, 1952. Presentation copy to Archie Clark Kerr, faded and slightly nicked dust-jacket; Orwell, George Nineteen Eighty-Four. 1949. First edition, owner's inscription on endpaper, original cloth, spine faded, binding a bit spotted; Powell, A. The Kindly Ones. 1962, dust-jacket spine discoloured; Casanova's Chinese Restaurant. 1960, dust-jacket discoloured; Isherwood, Christopher Lions and Shadows. 1938, presentation copy to unnamed recipient (but almost certainly Sir Archibald Clark-Kerr) "with thanks, once again, for our wonderful visit, Christopher, July 1938", endpaper partly discoloured, frayed and discoloured dust-jacket; and 6 others (17)