212 HERBERT, Frank. The White Plague. New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1982 First edition, signed limited issue, number 482 of 500 copies signed by the author and specially bound. The White Plague , a story of bioterrorism and gendercide, was nominated for a Locus Award for best science fiction novel in 1983. Octavo. Original blue cloth, spine lettered in silver, blue endpapers. Housed in the publisher’s blue cloth slipcase. Spine sunned, a few trivial marks to rear cover. A near-fine copy in like slipcase, a few dust marks and a touch sunned at entry. £375 [156817] 213 HERBERT, Frank. Heretics of Dune. New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1984 First edition, signed limited issue, number 598 of 1500 copies specially bound and signed by the author. This, the fifth instalment of Herbert’s award-winning Dune series, continues the story 1,500 years after the events of God-Emperor of Dune (1981). Octavo. Original maroon cloth, spine lettered in gilt, blue endpapers. Housed in the publisher’s maroon cloth slipcase. Colour frontispiece by Abe Echevarria, limitation and title page printed in grey and blue. Spine a touch sunned with small mark to foot. A near-fine copy in slipcase with a few trivial dust marks. £750 [156813] 214 HOLTBY, Winifred. South Riding. London: Collins, 1936 First edition, limited deluxe issue, number 68 of 175 copies with a hand-written limitation, and specially bound in quarter vellum. Vera Brittain contributes a three-page memorial epitaph for the author specially for this issue – it does not appear in the trade version, nor does the photographic portrait frontispiece. South Riding , published posthumously, was both Holtby’s best-known novel and her final. Octavo. Original quarter vellum, green morocco label to spine, green cloth sides, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Lightly soiled, contemporary inscription to front free endpaper, contents clean and unmarked. A very good copy. £750 [156448]
217 KEROUAC, Jack. The Dharma Bums. New York: The Viking Press, 1958 First edition. This title outlines “the equipment and attitudes it took to live Kerouac’s way, including both the spiritual equipment [Zen Buddhism] as well as ordinary equipment like prosaic tents and Oakland store sleeping bags” (Charters, p. 270). Octavo. Original black cloth, spine lettered in silver, blue, and green, titles in green on front cover, top edge green. With dust jacket. Two spots of foxing and a few trivial marks to fore edge, else a fine copy in jacket, rubbed as often, not price-clipped, a few nicks to spine ends and foot of front flap, else a sharp and bright example. ¶ Charters A4a. Ann Charters, Kerouac: A Biography , 1994. £850 [157367]
215 IRVING, John. The World According to Garp. A Novel. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1978 First edition, signed by the author on the title page. The World According to Garp won the National Book Award for Fiction in 1980. A film adaptation starring Robin Williams was released in 1982. Octavo. Original blue cloth-backed yellow paper boards, gilt lettering to spine, red endpapers. With dust jacket. Corners and spine ends a little bumped and rubbed, touch of foxing to edges, contents clean; a very good copy in like jacket, spine panel slightly faded, couple of nicks at extremities. A bright example. £500 [157866] 216 JANSSON, Tove. Moominvalley In November London: Ernest Benn Limited, 1971 First edition in English of the ninth and final novel in the Moomin series; scarce in any condition. Octavo. Original orange boards, spine lettered in gilt. With dust jacket. Black and white illustrations in text. Minor creasing to ends of gently cocked spine, mild foxing to endpapers, a near-fine copy in smart slightly foxed jacket, a couple of faint marks, slight nicks and creases to spine and flap fold ends. £500 [159236]
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