TIMED ONLINE RARE BOOK SALE 24th April 2024

107 101 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED 532. Rare First Edition - Poetry Hemingway (Ernest) God Rest You Merry Gentlemen, (House of Books 1933) First Edn. No 258 of Limited Edition 300. In original red cloth and glassine wrapper (no d.w. issued). Gilt spine & front board, paper is toned but clean and strong, binding tight. An exceptional copy . (1) €175-€250 533. Durrell (Lawrence) A set of Five Signed First Editions, Monsieur or the Prince of Darkness, (Faber 1974) First Edn., signed, dated 1974. V.g. in cloth, dust wrapper removable cellophane cover is unclipped. V.g. very lightly rubbed at edges; Livia or Buried Alive, (Faber 1978) First Edn., signed, v.g. in cloth, dust wrapper in removable cellophane cover is unclipped. Beautiful copy; Sebastian or Ruling Passions, (Faber 1983) First Edn. signed, v.g. in cloth, dust wrapper. Inscribed on label attached 4to title page " for Dr. P. Murray / by Lawrence Durrell / Sommiere 30250 / France," Dust wrapper in removable cellophane cover is unclipped; Constance or Solitary Practices, (Faber 1982) First Edn., signed. V.g. in cloth, dust wrapper. Inscribed on label attached to title page " Inscribed to Dr. & Mrs. Philip Murray / by Lawrence Durrell / Sommiere 30250 / France, " dust wrapper in removable cellophane cover is unclipped; Quinx or The Ripper's Tale, (Faber 1985) First Edn., signed, dated 1985. V.g in cloth, dust wrapper unclipped. (5) €250-€320 534. O'Donovan (Gerard) Schopenhauer's Telescope, (Scribner 2003) First US Edn., signed, v.g. in cloth, dust wrapper, book seller label, "Signed by the Author," to front cover; Doctor Salt, (Scribner 2003) First US Edn., v.g. in wrappers; Julius Winsome, (N.Y. Overlook Press 2006) v.g. in cloth, d.w.; Schopenhauer's Telescope, (Counterpoint, 2003) First thus, v.g. in cloth, d.w. is rubbed. (4) €80-€100 535. Bonnefoy (Yves) Things Dying Things Unborn, (Menard Press 1985) Copy X of a Special Edition of 26 lettered copies plus four reserved copies, signed by poet, translator (Anthony Rudolf) and artist (Willow Winston), v.g. in wrappers, as issued. Top edges faded, some toning; Ashbery (John) As We Know, (Viking 1979), First Edn., signed. v.g. in cloth, boards toned, dust wrapper toned, rubbed; Heath-Stubbs (John) Birds Reconvened, (Enitharmon 1980) First Edn. signed. v.g. in cloth, rubbed dust wrapper. Inscribed " best wishes - John Heath-Stubbs, 1984," Laid in: 2als.; Wain (John) Wildtrack, (Macmillan 1965) First Edn., signed. V.g. in cloth, dust wrapper has closed tear to head of spine (no loss); Wain (John) Feng, (Macmillan 1975) signed uncorrected proof. v.g. in wrappers. Laid in: 3mls, 1acs from Wain, 2 orig. envelopes. (5) €180-€220