Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
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Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs - Including the Trevor Dawson Magic Collection (613) Wed, 30th Sep 2020, Live Online | Viewing in Edinburgh Viewing Times: Book an Appt Viewing by appt from 28-29 Sept. Lot 81 Estimate: £250 - £350 + Fees Braine, John - Lawrence Durrell - Olivia Manning - Anthony Powell - Simon Raven - L.P. Hartley 32 Books, comprising Braine, John The Vodi, 1959, signed on title, dustwrapper slightly discoloured; Life at the Top, 1962, price-clipped, short tear at head of spine; The Jealous God, 1964, price-clipped; The Pious Agent, 1975, signed; Powell, Anthony Agents and Patients, 1936, slight spotting to prelims, lacks dustwrapper; Durrell, Lawrence. Justine, 1957, initials on front pastedown, lacks dustwrapper; Balthazar, 1958, dustwrapper frayed; Clea, 1960, dustwrapper slightly marked, edges bit spotted; Manning, Olivia The Remarkable Expedition, 1952, dustwrapper frayed, price clipped and a little soiled; The Doves of Venus, 1955, inscription (not from author) on endpaper and title, lacks dustwrapper; The Battle Lost and Won, 1978, dustwrapper spine faded; Raven, Simon Friends in Low Places, 1965, dustwrapper price clipped and a trifle rubbed; Fielding Gray, 1967, dustwrapper slightly torn at head of spine, spine slightly faded; Places where they Sing, 1976, inscribed to Harry Golombek [British Chess Champion & author of chess books] and with A.L.S., discussing chess, loosely inserted, dustwrapper slightly rubbed at head and base; Sound the Retreat, 1971, inscribed to Andrew and Brenda, dustwrapper slightly frayed at spine ends; An Inch of Fortune, 1980,, signed copy; Morning Star, 1984, signed copy; September Castle, 1983, signed copy, pages discoloured (as usual), spine slightly faded; Before the Cock Crow, 1986; The Old Gang, 1988, inscribed, pages discoloured (as usual); Hartley, L.P. Eustace and Hilda, 1947, dustwrapper slightly frayed; The Go-Between, 1953, Book Society edition, dustwrapper slightly frayed; A Perfect Woman, 1955, dustwrapper slightly frayed; The Hireling, 1957, 2 copies, dustwrappers rubbed or slightly discoloured;The Brickfield, 1964, spotting to top and fore- edges, dustwrapper with small loss to base of spine; Poor Clare, 1968, dustwrapper slightly frayed and spotted; The Love Adept, 1969, dustwrapper price clipped; Hartley's without dustwrapper: The Shrimp and the Anemone, 1944; Eustace and Hilda Trilogy, 1958; The White Wand, 1954; The Brickfield, 1964; all first editions except where noted, all with dustwrappers except where noted (32).