Fire-Crackers.
VAN VECHTEN, Carl. First edition. Cloth-backed decorated paper boards. Barry Humphries' copy, with his bookplate to front pastedown. Fine copy in slightly worn slipcase, split at tail of spine, and slightly chafed at one edge. From an edition of 205 on Borzoi Rag paper, this is one of 195 numbered copies signed by the author; an additional ten were lettered in roman numerals.- $441
- $441
Poems.
RODKER, John. First edition. Printed wrappers, sewn, with abstract design by David Bomberg. Inscribed by the author, 'To my dear Ludmila, John Rodker, Oct. 1926.' Spine slightly rubbed, wrappers slightly dust-soiled, rear wrapper creased at outer corners, some foxing (as usual), but a nicer copy than generally encountered. The author's first book. Rodker had been introduced to the Franco- Russian translator, Ludmila Savitzky, in 1921. She would later become his mother-in-law but long before that she became a close friend, translating several of Rodker's works, starting with his first novel, The Switchback, which had failed to find an English publisher. Under the title Montagnes Russes, it appeared in 1923, to some acclaim. Dartmoor, a section from an early version of Memoirs of Other Fronts, followed in 1926, the year of the above inscription.- $598
- $598
Ayesha, the Maid of Kars. By the author of “Zohrab”, “Hajji Baba”, etc.
[MORIER, James.] One volume edition. Original cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt. Engraved frontispiece. Barry Humphries' copy, with his bookplate. One inch chip to head of spine, minor wear to very tail of spine, else a very good copy.- $44
- $44
Dramatic Sonnets, Poems, and Ballads: selections from the poems of Eugene Lee-Hamilton.
LEE-HAMILTON, Eugene. Later issue. Original gilt-decorated cloth. Barry Humphries' copy, with his bookplate. Cloth slightly soiled, with slight rubbing to lower edge of spine, and wear to cloth at very head of spine, small piece torn from right-hand corner of title-page, contents leaves opened roughly, causing a couple of chips to head of upper margin, else a good, sound copy.- $44
- $44
Fathers in Writing.
FITZGERALD, Ross & SPILLMAN, Ken. First edition. Printed wrappers. Inscribed by one of the editors to Barry Humphries and his wife, '15 September 1997, For Barry and Lizzie, with every best wish from your friend, Ross Fitzgerald. Slight crease at head of spine (a production fault), crease to right-hand corner of upper wrapper, else near fine. An anthology of work, about fathers and fatherhood, by Australian writers.- $63
- $63
Zohrab the Hostage. By the author of “Hajji Baba”.
[MORIER, James.] One-volume edition, later issue. Original cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt. Engraved frontispiece. Barry Humphries' copy, with his bookplate. Spine slightly worn at edges, at head of spine, light mark to tail of upper board, foxing to frontispiece, but generally a nice copy.- $44
- $44
A Glass of Blessings.
PYM, Barbara. First edition. Barry Humphries' copy, with his bookplate. Spine cocked and creased, boards slightly worn and faded, slight crease to upper board, with ghost of label that has been removed, earlier ownership inscription ('E. Stonebridge, St Martins') to free endpaper, small mark to tail-edge.- $157
- $157
Le Mouvement esthétique et “decadent” en Angleterre (1873-1900).
FARMER, Albert J. First edition. Later red cloth binding, spine lettered in gilt, by Johnny K. C. Company, Hong Kong. James Lethbridge's copy, with his bookplate to front pastedown, and pencilled ownership signature to preliminary blank leaf. Offsetting to free endpapers, else a very good copy.- $44
- $44
The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan. Revised, corrected, and illustrated with notes by the author.
[MORIER, James.] One volume edition, later issue. Original cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt. Engraved frontispiece. Barry Humphries' copy, with his bookplate. One centimetre tear to one edge, at head of spine, corner-tips chafed, but overall a nice copy.- $44
- $44
The Best Short Stories of M.P. Shiel. Selected by John Gawsworth.
SHIEL, M.P. First edition. Signed by the editor at the tail of his foreword. Barry Humphries' copy, with his bookplate. Spine faded, free endpaper cracked, light offsetting to free endpapers, some browning to two pages from a piece of paper used as a bookmark, else a very good copy.- $120
- $120
Bridles and Spurs. With a preface by Nathan van Patten.
MACHEN, Arthur. First edition. 4to. Linen-backed boards. Frontispiece portrait. Barry Humphries' copy, with his bookplate. Spine browned, else a very nice copy in slipcase, split at one side of top edge, and bruised at lower corner. Edition limited to 178 copies.- $157
- $157
A Last Sheaf.
WELCH, Denton. First edition. Barry Humphries' copy, with his bookplate to front pastedown. As with other copies sometimes encountered, more than one paper stock must have been used because two sections have browned at outer edges; spine, inner edge of rear board, and very head of upper board faded, else a very good copy.- $31
- $31