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ONE OF 25 COPIES SIGNED BY BLUNDEN
50. De Bello Germanico A Fragment Of Trench History Written In 1918 By The Author Of Undertones Of War [BLUNDEN, Edmund] G. A. Blunden, 1930. First edition. Number 15 of 25 copies printed on spe- cial paper and signed by Blunden. 8vo. Contemporary half calf over mar- bled paper covered boards. A very good copy indeed, light wear to bind- ing, some browning to endpapers. Upper hinge starting. A couple of pencil annotations to the text questioning Blunden’s use of French. [41803] £3,000 PROVENANCE: Hector Buck (his ownership inscription, “A. H. Buck 1930” to front endpaper), Blunden’s fag at Christ’s Hosptial; Dennis Silk (1931-2019), given to him by a mutual friend, his bookplate to front pastedown.
IN RARE DUSTWRAPPER
51. The Collected Ghost Stories of M.R. James JAMES, M.R.
Arnold, 1931. First edition. Original black cloth lettered in gilt, in the rare pictorial dust- wrapper by John Case An exceptionally fine copy in a very good example of the rare dustwrapper. A little wear to the edges, with occasional loss, and a small chip to the spine, shaving the “M” of the author’s initials. Bookplate to front pastedown. [41118] £1,500 Most uncommon in a dustwrapper. DAY-LEWIS’S FIRST ‘NICHOLAS BLAKE-NIGEL STRANGEWAYS’ NOVEL 52. A Question Of Proof BLAKE, Nicholas; [DAY-LEWIS, Cecil] Collins, 1935. First edition. Original orange cloth lettered in black in pictorial dust- wrapper. A fine copy with the faint remains of a mark at the base of the cover in a near fine dustwrapper which shows a little wear to the spine ends and a short closed tear to the upper cover, but is notably bright and crisp. [40698] £3,950 The author’s first work as Nicholas Blake (the pseudonym Cecil Day-Lewis used for writing crime fiction) and the first appearance of Nigel Strangeways, the author’s series character. Sel - dom encountered in such a well preserved dustwrapper.
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