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Lot 331
331. Golding (William) [th e no v e L s], 13 vol. comprising, Lord of
the Flies, first issue, spotting to endpapers, a little cocked, jacket
browned, loss to spine ends and corners, rubbed and creased at
extremities, 1954; The Inheritors, foxing to endpapers, jacket with
loss to spine ends and corners, spotting, 1955; Pincher Martin,
jacket chipped and spine ends and corners, 1956; Free Fall, jacket
spine ends and corners a little chipped, some soiling, 1954; The
Spire, jacket with light browning and soiling, a little rubbed and
creased, 1964; The Pyramid, jacket with patch of browning, 1967;
The Scorpion God, jacket spine a little faded, rubbed at head and
foot, 1971; Darkness Visible, 1979; Rites of Passage, 1980; The
Paper Men, 1984; Close Quarters, jacket creased at head, 1987; Fire
Down Below, 1989; The Double Tongue, 1995, original cloth or
boards, dust-jackets, 8vo. £400 - £600
Lot 332
332. Huxley (Aldous) br Av e neW WorL d, first e d i t i o n, ink
inscription to endpaper, original cloth, spine faded and slightly
creased at ends, dust-jacket, spine darkened, spine and covers torn
with some loss, lower panel detatched, a little rubbed at extremities,
8vo, 1932. £600 - £800
Lot 333
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333. James (P.D.) co v e r he r fA c e, first e d i t i o n, ink owernship
stamp and very minor browning to endpapers, original cloth, spine
very slightly faded, dust-jacket by Charles Mozley, price-clipped,
spine ends and corners a little rubbed and chipped, light central
crease to spine, minor browning to flaps, but overall an excellent
copy, 8vo, 1962. £1,000 - £1,500
*** The author’s surprisingly scarce first novel, many copies
seemingly having gone directly to public libraries.
Lot 334
334. James (P.D.) A mi n d to mu r d e r, first e d i t i o n, s i g n e d
presentAtion inscription f r o m t h e A u t h o r ‘Lo v e to Jo y c e A n d hA rv e y
f r o m ph., si g n e d At co t t 23r d Au g u s t 1965 - A n d W h e r e better?’
to endpaper, A d d i t i o n A L Ly s i g n e d b y t h e A u t h o r on title, on title,
original cloth, very slightly cocked, dust-jacket, spine faded, spine
ends and corners a little chipped, light surface soiling to lower panel,
still an unusually good copy, 8vo, 1963. £750 - £1,000
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