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Lot 221
221. Gilot (Françoise) and Carlot Lake. life w i t h piCasso, first
en g l i s h e d i t i o n, s i g n e d g i f t insCription w i t h o r i g i n a l i n k o u t l i n e
i l l u s t r at i o n f r o m t h e a u t h o r, plates, original boards, dust-jacket,
a very good copy, 8vo, Nelson, 1965. £400 - £600
*** Françoise Gilot, lover and muse to Pable Picasso and mother
to two of his children. An accomplished artist in her own right, the
full-page ‘doodle’ depicts a sailing boat, perhaps an echo of her
painting ‘Asleep, Paloma in the Water, a Sail Boat’. The inscription
is to Mr & Mrs J.S. Gunn, both whom of worked for Thomas
Nelson & Sons, and is accompanied by a printed invitation from
the publishers to a meeting with Gilot at Claridges to celebrate this
work’s publication.
Lot 222
222. Greene (Graham) th e ma n within, first e d i t i o n, fore-edge
a little spotted, original cloth, slightly cocked, dust-jacket, spine
slightly darkened and a little frayed at head, very light surface
soiling, but overall an excllent copy, 8vo, 1929. £1,500 - £2,000
*** The author’s first novel, published when he was only twenty-five.
223. Sternberg (Josef von) th e bl u e an g e l, first e d i t i o n,
inscribed by Marlene Dietrich on title, photographic illustrations,
original boards, dust-jacket, price-clipped, lower flap also clipped,
American distributor’s label to lower panel, a fine copy, 8vo, 1968.
£300 - £400
Lot 224
224. Stoker (Bram) th e Je w e l o f se v e n sta r s, first e d i t i o n,
browning to margins with some scattered foxing, a few minor
splits and closed tears, hinges pulling, original red cloth with blind
illustration on covers and lettered in black & gilt, rubbed at edges
and worn at corners, slightly marked, spine dulled, 8vo, 1903.
£300 - £400
*** One of the rarer Stoker titles as a first edition, probably due to
the fragile nature of the production.
Lot 225
225. Thomas (Dylan) in th e Co u n t ry sl e e p, first e d i t i o n in
b o o k f o r m, original cloth, dust-jacket, top edge and base of spine
chipped, small hole to lower panel, browning, particularly to edges
and spine, New York, New Directions, 8vo, 1952. £400 - £600
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