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Iain Sinclair. Liquid City Iain sinclair . 1. Sinclair (Iain) Suicide Bridge. A Book of the Furies. A Mythology of the South & East. Autumn 1973 - Spring 1978. Albion Village Press, 1979, FIRST EDITION, ONE OF 380 COPIES (from an edition of 400 copies), 14 illustrations comprising drawings by Susan Wood or photographs by the author with most full-page and some double-spread, very faint spotting to half-title and rear free endpaper, pp. [158], crown 8vo, original wrappers, near fine £80 (Johnson A027) An early work, signed by the author on the half-title. WITH AN ORIGINAL RIGBY GRAHAM ETCHING 2. Sinclair (Iain) White Chappell Scarlet Tracings. Uppingham: Goldmark, 1987, FIRST EDITION, 69/100 COPIES signed by author and Rigby Graham (who provides the frontispiece), original signed and numbered etching for frontispiece in pocket at rear, pp. 210, [1], 8vo, original grey cloth, backstrip lettered in black, top edge grey, acetate jacket, cloth slipcase, fine £650 (Johnson A071 [I:1]); Van Eijk A201B) The author’s first novel, an imaginative exploration of London’s darker places that uses the Jack the Ripper murders to drive its intrigue and includes amongst its cast a band of unsavory book-dealers. 3. Sinclair (Iain) Downriver. (Or, The Vessels of Wrath). A Narrative in Twelve Tales. Paladin Grafton, 1991, FIRST EDITION, V/26 COPIES signed by the author with a holograph poem below the epigraph, vignette to half-title, pp. [viii], 407, [1], 8vo, original blue boards, backstrip lettered in gilt, a few tiny foxspots to top and fore-edge, photographic endpapers, with newspaper clipping (review of ‘Radon Daughters’) and Goldmark letter and order-form for ‘Lights Out...’ loosely inserted, very good £300 (Johnson A091 [L2]) The holograph poem, in red and black ink, is ‘Hare Lightning’. 4. Sinclair (Iain) Flesh Eggs & Scalp Metal. Selected Poems, 1970-1987. Paladin, 1989, FIRST EDITION, pp. 165, [6, ads], foolscap 8vo, original wrappers, fine £70 (Johnson A081) Signed by the author on the half-title. BLACKWELL’S RARE BOOKS INSCRIBED TO THE COVER-MODEL 5. Sinclair (Iain) Radon Daughters. Vintage, 1995, FIRST TRADE PAPERBACK EDITION, page-borders toned, faint stain at bottom corner for first-quarter of textblock, pp. 458, crown 8vo, original wrappers, creased with light overall soiling, good £45 (Johnson A105 [I.2]) Inscribed by the author on the half-title: ‘For Michelle, with thanks for giving presence to this ghostly fiction, Iain Sinclair’ - the first half of the inscription has a little ink-bleed from water-staining (not affecting legibility). The recipient was the model who features on the cover of this edition; the photographer, a regular Sinclair collaborator in this period, was Marc Atkins, who also inscribes - ‘Michelle, thanks for being the Model Perfect, Marc Atkins, July ‘95’. A unique association copy. There was a Cape paperback issue of the first edition, but Johnson assumes this to be exclusive to a book club. 6. Sinclair (Iain) Lights Out for the Territory. 9 Excursions in the Secret History of London. With Illustrations by Marc Atkins. Granta Books, 1997, FIRST EDITION, full-page maps and photographic plates, pp. [xii], 386, 8vo, original wrappers, light reading crease to spine, very good £30 (Johnson A113) Signed by the author to the title-page. 7. Sinclair (Iain) Lights Out for the Territory. 9 Excursions in the Secret History of London. With Illustrations by Marc Atkins. Goldmark & Granta Books, 1997, FIRST EDITION, 141/250 COPIES signed by author and illustrator, full-page maps and photographic plates, pp. [xii], 386, 8vo, original turquoise cloth with photograph inset to upper board, backstrip lettered in gilt, matching slipcase, near fine £175 (Johnson A113 [I:1{I2}]) 8. Sinclair (Iain) Slow Chocolate Autopsy. Incidents from the notorious career of Norton, Prisoner of London. Illustrations by Dave McKean. Phoenix House, 1997, FIRST EDITION, 167/200 COPIES signed by author and illustrator, pp. [vi], 190, [3], 8vo, original purple cloth, backstrip lettered in gilt, page-marker, promotional material laid in, cloth slipcase, fine £85 (Johnson A119) INSCRIBED TO DAVID & JUDY GASCOYNE 9. (Sinclair.) ATKINS (Mark) & Iain Sinclair. Liquid City. Reaktion Books, 1999, FIRST EDITION, photographs by Atkins throughout, pp. 223, 8vo, original wrappers, very good £200 Inscribed by the author to the title-page, and signed at the appropriate point within which by the photographer: ‘For David and Judy, this underside of ‘Lights Out for the Territory’ - the visions of Marc Atkins [signed]... Iain Sinclair’. The recipients were the poet David Gascoyne and his wife, whom Sinclair came to know in later years, considering him ‘the most informed of London’s night-walkers’. 10. Sinclair (Iain) Dark Lanthorns. David Rodinsky as Psychogeographer. Uppingham: Goldmark, 1999, FIRST EDITION, maps and photographic illustration throughout, pp. 45, [2], foolscap 8vo, original illustrated wrappers, near fine £50 In the original envelope sent by Sinclair to Paris-based author and bibliophile John Baxter, the sender’s address in the authors hand. 11. Sinclair (Iain) Dark Lanthorns. David Rodinsky as Psychogeographer. Uppingham: Goldmark, 1999, FIRST EDITION, 101/250 COPIES signed by the author, maps and photographic illustration throughout, pp. 45, [2], foolscap 8vo, original cream cloth, backstrip lettered in black, dustjacket, near fine £100 2 IAIN SINCLAIR A HYBRID ISSUE ? 12. (Sinclair.) LICHTENSTEIN (Rachel) & Iain Sinclair. Rodinsky's Room. Uppingham & London: Goldmark & Granta Books, 1999, FIRST EDITION, ONE OF 250 COPIES signed by both authors, this copy out of series,8 plates of colour photographs taken by Lichtenstein of various found artefacts, further monochrome illustrations to the text, light handling mark to fore-margin of limitation-page, pp. vii, 338, 8vo, original (variant?) brown cloth with inset photograph to upper board, backstrip lettered in gilt, 2 additional photographs in pocket to rear pastedown, green slipcase with a light handling mark, near fine £100 The book concerns a Jewish recluse resident in London’s East End, David Rodinsky, his room - discovered some years after his death - full of notebooks whose intriguing content is the basis of this book. The limited edition issues of this book comprise 250 casebound copies, signed and with the additional photograph to upper board, as well as a further 26 lettered copies (there were 15 hors commerce copies also) with ‘an extra photograph and holographic material’ - this copy has 2 extra photographs at the rear, but no holograph material, and the cloth varies from the yellow and orange usually seen (these lettered in black). 13. Sinclair (Iain) Landor's Tower or, Imaginary Conversations. Goldmark & Granta, 2001, FIRST EDITION, 12/250 COPIES (from an edition of 291 copies) signed by author & illustrator, a few illustrations by Dave McKean to text, then an illustrated section at rear, pp. [viii], 345, [19, Illustrated section], 8vo, original claret cloth, backstrip lettered in gilt, matching cloth slipcase, fine £100 14. Sinclair (Iain) 'Runnymede Bridge' [An Extract from O(r)bituary Trances: A Walk Around the M25] in ‘The River’, November 2001. 2001, BROADSHEET NEWSPAPER, pp. [16], folio, original self wrappers, very good £50 Signed by Sinclair to the front, beside his crossed-through printed name. An extract from London Orbital. 15. Sinclair (Iain) London Orbital. A Walk around the M25. Goldmark & Granta Books, 2002, FIRST EDITION, U/26 DELUXE COPIES (from an edition of 141 copies) signed by the author and with additional holographic material signed and lettered by the author in a pocket at rear, with an additional chapter to the special edition also, eight plates of photomontage and illustration at head of each section, pp. [x], 482, xiii, 8vo, original grey cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, matching slipcase, near fine £300 The extra material is a signed quotation, written in red and black ink: ‘Through repetition the M25 had become familiar and bearable. It had lost meaning and acquired a soul’. 16. Sinclair (Iain) London Orbital. A Walk around the M25. Goldmark & Granta Books, 2002, FIRST EDITION, 72/100 COPIES (from an edition of 141 copies) signed by the author, with an additional chapter exclusive to the special edition, eight plates of photomontage and illustration at head of each section, pp. [x], 482, xiii, 8vo, original black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, matching slipcase, fine £200 The cloth might, in the words of Father Ted, be ‘very, very, very, very, very dark blue’. 17. Sinclair (Iain) & Emma Matthews (Illustrator) White Goods. Uppingham: Goldmark, 2002, I/26 COPIES (from an edition of 1,000 copies), specially bound and with extra material (a holograph poem, ‘Suspension Suspended’, & a signed illustration) in a pocket to rear pastedown, signed by author & illustrator to title-page, frontispiece & 5 colour-printed illustrations, pp. 75, royal 8vo, original oatmeal linen, lettered in white to upper board and backstrip, fine £250 18. Sinclair (Iain) & Emma Matthews (Illustrator) White Goods. Uppingham: Goldmark, 2002, ONE OF 250 HARDBACK COPIES (from an edition of 1,000 copies), frontispiece and 3 BLACKWELL’S RARE BOOKS 5 further full-page colour-printed illustrations, pp. 75, royal 8vo, original cloth with an overall illustration by Matthews, lettered in white and black to upper board and backstrip £45 DAVID GASCOYNE ’S COPY 19. Sinclair (Iain, Editor) Poet's Poems, No. 9: Land/Or. Belper: Aggie Weston’s Editions, 2002, FIRST EDITION, pp. [22], foolscap 8vo, original stapled wrappers, a few light spots, kink at head of textblock from push to spine, book label of David and Judy Gascoyne to inside front cover, good £85 Inscribed by the author on the title-page, ‘With love and best wishes for Christmas, Iain’ - the recipients, as clarified by the label, were the poet David Gascoyne and his wife, whom Sinclair came to know in later years, considering him ‘the most informed of London’s night-walkers’. Gascoyne had been among the poets included in Sinclair’s earlier, and larger, anthology, Conductors of Chaos.
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