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truly scrumptious First editions, first impressions, of the complete set of Fleming’s Chitty Chitty Bang Bang stories. 3 volumes in one, octavo. Finely bound in dark green morocco, spine lettered in gilt, two raised bands, covers ruled in gilt, colour onlay of the car on front cover, turn-ins ruled in gilt, burgundy endpapers, gilt edges. Illustrated throughout by John Burningham. A fine copy. £2,950 [151831]
Octavo. Finely bound in dark green morocco, pictorial title block on spine and front cover in gilt, turn-ins ruled in gilt, burgundy endpapers, gilt edges. Colour frontispiece and black and white illustrations throughout by by E. Caldwell. A fine copy. ¶ John Buchan, “Review: Jock of the Bushveld”, Times Literary Supplement , 6, 24 October 1907. £2,250 [154559] 20 FLEMING, Ian. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The Magical Car. London: Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1964–65
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17 FITZGERALD, F. Scott. Complete set of works published in the author’s lifetime. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1920–41 the king of the jazz age First editions, first printings, of every book published by F. Scott Fitzgerald in his lifetime, and his posthumous Last Tycoon , together comprising five novels, four short story collections, and one play, uniformly bound. 10 works, octavo. Finely bound in green morocco, spines lettered in gilt, raised bands, gilt twin rule to turn-ins, purple endpapers, gilt edges. A fine set. ¶ Bruccoli A5.1a; A6.1a; A8.1a; A9.1a; A10.1a; A11.1a [ Great Gatsby with requisite textual points]; A13.1a; A15.1a; A18.1a [ Taps at Reveille with first state points]; A19.1a. £20,000 [140791] 18 FITZGERALD, F. Scott. Tender is the Night. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1934 “my god", he gasped, "you’re fun to kiss” First edition, first printing. Tender is the Night was Fitzgerald’s fourth novel, appearing some nine years after The Great Gatsby .
Octavo. Finely bound by in green morocco with wraparound onlay depicting the French riviera after the dust jacket, dark blue endpapers, twin rule to turn-ins in black, gilt edges. Housed in a green cloth flat-back box by the Chelsea Bindery. With decoration by Edward Shenton. A fine copy. £5,000 [156755] 19 FITZPATRICK, Sir Percy. Jock of the Bushveld. London: Longman, Green & Co., 1907 “one of the best dog stories ever written” Scarce first edition, first impression, of this South African classic. The first impression is distinguished by having three uncorrected marginal illustrations of a dung beetle on pages 65, 337, and 457. Later impressions show it rolling its load correctly with its back, rather than front legs. John Buchan, writing for the Times Literary Supplement , hailed Jock of the Bushveld as “a children’s book of the first order … to those who have some experience of the land and the life about which [Fitzpatrick] writes, Jock of the Bushveld will be a cherished possession. We know of no African book in which there is the same minute and loving observation of nature. Sir Percy sees the beauty of a landscape while the average man thinks of a waste of thorn and swamp. There is something of Jefferies in the style, something of Borrow, a touch of Mr. Kipling, and a great deal which is his own”.
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