Lot: 21
Zane Grey, a collection of Westerns and similar including h/bks (41) mostly published Hodder & Stoughton and Walter Black, 14 in d/jkts, plus 40 p/bks. Mixed condition but mostly VG. (81)
Lot: 22
Arthur Ransome (Ed.) The Book of Friendship and The Book of Love T.C. & E.C. Jack, full vellum, gilt, together with maritime related fiction by Jeffery Farnol and others, all with introductions by Arthur Ransome, mostly in d/jkts. Good to VG. (9)
Lot: 23
Howard Spring fiction published by Collins including All the Day Long signed by the author, 4 in d/jkts. Good/VG (6)
Lot: 24
Bapu's Letters to Mira 1924-1948, Navajivan Publishing, Ahmedabad, 1949, first edition, signed and inscribed by Mira on front endpaper. Errata slip loosely inserted. Printed boards, slightly marked; fine internally. ‘Bapu' was the nickname of Mahatma Gandhi and ‘Mira' was his friend Madeleine Slade.
Lot: 25
William Wordsworth Our English Lakes, Mountains, and Waterfalls London, 1864, full leather, gilt, rebacked; illustrated with 13 photographs laid down, most with tissue guards. Sporadic foxing.
Lot: 26
H. Rider Haggard: early 20th Century 2-page autograph letter signed, written from his residence in Bungay.
Lot: 27
George Bernard Shaw: 1950 autograph letter signed, to the Linotype & Machinery Ltd with their datestamp of receipt at top. Small peripheral splits at the folds.
Lot: 28
George Bernard Shaw: 1940 autograph letter signed on a photographic postcard of the author, thanking the recipient for a photo of Ensor Walters (Methodist minister & housing reformer), the photograph of Shaw by Marcel Sternberger. Written from Whitehall Court, London. Walters had passed away in 1938.
Lot: 29
Rudyard Kipling: 1920 typed letter signed, replying to an enquiry regarding the origin of his Christian name; written from his residence in Burwash. Fine, complete with the original envelope. [Kipling lived at Bateman's until his death in 1936. The property is now administered by the National Trust.]
Lot: 30
William Somerset Maugham: 1939 typed letter signed, written while on a visit to New York.
Lot: 31
P. G Wodehouse: 1965 autograph letter signed, from his residence in America, returning a manuscript which had been submitted to him, and, in addition, commenting on his problem with arthritis.
Lot: 32
Enid Blyton: 1954 autograph letter signed, on reverse of a postcard, written to Grace Kimber who had recently joined the Famous Five Club. The postcard depicts the Famous Five. Some slight foxing.
Lot: 33
Catherine Cookson: autograph letter signed, from her home in Corbridge, together with a cut signature matted with a photo, in card mount.
Lot: 34
Harold Pinter: 1965 brief autograph letter signed, from his London flat, together with a signed photo, the latter in fibre pen, the letter with folds.
Lot: 35
Frank Richards: 1950-51 pair of typed letters signed, from his home in Broadstairs, commenting on his Billy Bunter books and other matters. (2)
Lot: 36
Keith Waterhouse: 1994 autograph letter signed, from his home in London, commenting on Billy Liar.
Lot: 37
John Galsworthy: 1915 autograph letter signed, from his flat in London, commenting on the death of his mother.
Lot: 38
T.E. Lawrence (a.k.a. ‘Lawrence of Arabia'): 1922 autograph letter signed, on reverse of a postcard of Crackington Haven, posted from Boscastle. I set off to the East Monday and will write to you from there. Yours, T.E.Lawrence.
Lot: 39
Compton Mackenzie: 1950 2-page autograph letter signed, from his home in Berkshire, concerning a planned trip to the North West of England; together with an autographed photo dated 1961.
Lot: 40
Peter Brough: three autographed PC size photos; together with Peter Brough's book Educating Archie 1955, first edn. in d/jkt. (4 items)