Lot: 53
Arthur Ransome 1937-47 first editions comprising We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea, The Big Six, Missee Lee, The Picts and the Martyrs, and Great Northern?, all Jonathan Cape published in fair/good d/jkts, mylar protected, Great Northern and Picts & Martyrs with gift inscriptions. (5)
Lot: 54
Alan Garner Thursbitch Harvill Press, 2003, 3rd printing, signed by the author on title page, in a fine d/jkt.
Lot: 55
Selection of signed first editions in d/jkt comprising Stephen Fry Making History, Andrew Morton Monica's Story signed by Monica Lewinsky, and four by Ian Rankin. Also Louis de Bernieres Birds Without Wings signed limited edition in slipcase. Fine. Obtained through Waterstones. (7)
Lot: 56
Edgar Allan Poe Le Corbeau – The Raven illustrated by Edouard Manet, Easton Press, 1995, facsimile of the Richard Lesclide edition of 1875, folio, quarter-leather, gilt, in the issued folder, a print on India paper loosely inserted, one of 240 printed. Fine.