New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1961. New York: Alfred A. Knopf,, 1961. Octavo. Original red cloth backed grey boards, titles to spine gilt, decoration to spine and upper board in black. With the dust jacket. An excellent copy in the lightly rubbed and faded dust jacket with a closed three inch archivally repaired tear at one fold. First edition, first printing of the author's first book.

London: Jonathan Cape. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1961. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. A beautiful First Printing of the First Edition in Fine condition in alike dust-jacket with 15s original price. Scarce in collectible condition; In the novel Thunderball, Ian Fleming first introduces the world to perhaps the ultimate Bond villain -- Ernest Stavro Blofeld. Though Bond and Blofeld never actually meet, it is in this book that Bond first battles the schemes of SPECTRE, Blofeld's criminal organization. (in the movie adaptations, SPECTRE is being introduced in Dr. No and Blofeld in From Russia With Love. ) Basis for the James Bond movie starring Sean Connery, and Claudine Auger as Bond girl Dominique "Domino" Derval and Martine Beswick playing Paula Caplan .

London: Jonathan Cape. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1961. First Edition; First Printing; Signed by Biographee. Cloth. A handsome First Printing of the First Edition in Fine condition in Fine dust-jacket having benefited from minor professional paper restoration. This copy has been signed on the title page by Martine Beswick playing Bond Girl Paula Caplan both as Martine Beswick and Paula Caplan. Scarce in collectible condition, especially signed; In the novel Thunderball, Ian Fleming first introduces the world to perhaps the ultimate Bond villain -- Ernest Stavro Blofeld. Though Bond and Blofeld never actually meet, it is in this book that Bond first battles the schemes of SPECTRE, Blofeld's criminal organization. (in the movie adaptations, SPECTRE is being introduced in Dr. No and Blofeld in From Russia With Love. ) Basis for the James Bond movie starring Sean Connery, and Claudine Auger as Bond girl Dominique "Domino" Derval and Martine Beswick playing Paula Caplan .

London: Jonathan Cape, 1961. London: Jonathan Cape. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1961. First Edition; First Printing; Signed by Biographee. Cloth. A most handsome first printing of the first edition in Fine condition in alike dust-jacket. SIGNED by Martine Beswick playing Bond Girl Paula Caplan. Scarce in collectible condition, especially signed; In the novel Thunderball, Ian Fleming first introduces the world to perhaps the ultimate Bond villain -- Ernest Stavro Blofeld. Though Bond and Blofeld never actually meet, it is in this book that Bond first battles the schemes of SPECTRE, Blofeld's criminal organization. (in the movie adaptations, SPECTRE is being introduced in Dr. No and Blofeld in From Russia With Love. ) Basis for the James Bond movie starring Sean Connery, and Claudine Auger as Bond girl Dominique "Domino" Derval and Martine Beswick playing Paula Caplan .

Wydawnictwo Ministerstwa Obrony Narodowej,, 1961. Octavo. Original buff wrappers printed in orange and black. With the dust jacket. An excellent copy in the lightly frayed dust jacket with a single very small chip. First Edition, First Printing. Rare.

Paris: René Julliard. Near Fine. 1961. First Edition; First Printing; Signed by Author. Softcover. A beautiful true First Edition limited to 250 copies (of a total of 440) printed on Alfa Mousse des Papeteries Navarre, this one (being number 329) SIGNED after publication by the author Françoise Sagan directly on the half-title page. Very Near Fine condition in original wraps; Sagan's fifth novel, the powerful story of a strange marriage and a far stranger love .

Hamburg: Hans Hoeppner 1961 - Very good copy. Unbound pages in the original stiff-card, pictorial portfolio, edges slightly nicked and dust-dulled as with age. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 4 pages; Description: 4 p. 24 plates. Subjects: Jazz. 1 Kg. 4 pp. [Attributes: First Edition]

Hamburg: Hans Hoeppner 1961 - Very good copy. Unbound pages in the original stiff-card, pictorial portfolio, edges slightly nicked and dust-dulled as with age. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 4 pages; Description: 4 p. 24 plates. Subjects: Jazz. 1 Kg. 4 pp. [Attributes: First Edition]

1 lettre dactylographiée signée 1 1/2 In-4 17/02/1961 lettre effrangée, auréole jaune claire en bas de page. Le peintre annonce qu'il a déposé le tableau "Deux personnages" à la galerie Il Milione, à Milan. Puis il rappelle à son éditeur les conditions de leurs contrats, pour la part des oeuvres éditées qui lui revient. En PS, il dresse la liste des ektachromes dont il souhaite le retour. Peintre surréaliste cubain. [Attributes: Signed Copy]

New York: May 29, 1961. Gelatin silver print. Half-length portrait of the actor seated in Van Vechten's studio. 1 vols. 34.5 x 24 cm. (13-1/2 x 9 inches). Jones made an impression in 1961 in the off-Broadway production of Genet's play The Blacks. Reproduced in Mauriber's PORTRAITS (1978). Docketed on rear with date of session, subject of the photo, and Van Vechten's id number ("ix.gg.5'); and with indications to printer for reduction.

Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1961. Hardcover. F-/NF. 1st edition, 1st printing.. An urbane and humorous account of American soldiers occupying China in the late 1920s. Book has bumped bottom corners. Price clipped jacket has minor chipping at extremities and lightly soiled rear panel. We offer a LIFETIME GUARANTEE.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1961. Second printing. Drawings by Edward Gorey. 1 vols. 8vo. With ANS from Felicia Lamport to Ashley Montagu laid in. Felicia Lamport (1916-1999) was a well-known political satirist and writer of light verse. Her work was featured widely in newspapers and magazines such as the Atlantic, Harper's, and The New Yorker. Among Lamport's other books are Mink on Weekdays (1950), Cultural Slag (1966), and Political Plumlines (1984). Her legendary writing classes at Harvard and at the Harvard Extension School made Lamport a significant figure in Cambridge. Her papers (at Harvard) include plays, articles, verse, correspondence, teaching materials, and other writings. Ms. Lamport was equally at home parodying T. S. Eliot in "The Love Song of R. Milhous Nixon, 1973" ("Let us go then, in my plane/For a weekend of repose in Key Biscayne") as she was with John Keats in her "Ode to a Grecian Urn." Toledano B14c. Pale yellow cloth. Fine in a very good dust jacket.

New York: E. P. Dutton & Co. , Inc., 1961. New York: E. P. Dutton & Co. , Inc.. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1961. First Edition; First Printing; Signed by Author. Hardcover. A most attractive first edition/first printing in Fine condition in alike dust-jacket with minor rubbing and small closed tear in back. This copy signed by author Edmund Hillary directly onto the title page; Sir Edmund Hillary's personal story of his part in the great Transarctic Expedition. It was his enthusiasm for polar exploration that made him plan and train the New Zealand expedition with the greatest efficiency, so that all his vital tasks were completed ahead of schedule. An exciting adventure, told in Hillary's plain, natural style .

This Mercury VII astronaut, the third astronaut in space (1961), was killed in a flash fire during the simulation of the Apollo I launching. Color PS, irregular 3½" X 6 3/4", n.p., n.d. [ca. early 1960s]. Good only. Single 1" tape stain near lower left edge; this lower left edge is not cut straight, but rather the lower 2" curve inward, so that the 3½" width dimension cited above measures only 2 3/4" at the bottom edge. Candid matte finish color magazine photograph, a tight closeup of Grissom's face. Just under the chin line, Grissom signs it in blue ballpoint. Contrast is average only. [Attributes: Signed Copy; Soft Cover]

JONES, HAROLD. KINGSLEY,CHARLES. WATER BABIES with text specially prepared by Kathleen Lines. London: Victor Gollancz (1961). 8vo, cloth, 222p., fine in slightly worn dust wrapper. 1st edition. Wonderfully illustrated by HAROLD JONES with his intricately detailed line illustrations, beautiful color dust wrapper and pictorial endpapers.

France: Tisne. 1961. Hardcover. Fine. 1/300 (ours numbered 28). Folio, cloth hardbound in dust jacket, clean unmarked text, illustrated, unpaginated. Fine copy in Near Fine dust jacket, dust jacket with light discoloration and light rubbing to the tips and edges. Signed by Maryan with a pencil drawing on titlepage. Digital images available upon request. 1961. . Catalog 10/12

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1961 New York: Putnam, 1961. First Edition. Octavo, 320 pp + photographic section. Light blue cloth with dark blue imprinting, pictorial dustjacket. Jacket is worn and stained, pieces missing with tape repairs. Book with wear to cover, tape stains and remnants on endpapers, slightly shaken. Good Plus book in Good jacket. Scarce even without the signatures, this unique first edition copy of (USMC)Captain John F. Foster's Hell in the Heavens bears the signatures of six of the courageous and history making Chance Vought Corsair pilots in the Pacific Theater of World War II - four of them Congressional Medal of Honor winners. These men signed their names, with a brief inscription including their squadron numbers, on the title page and facing page. Included are Joe Foss, 26 victories, Congressional Medal of Honor; Ken Walsh, 21 victories, Congressional Medal of Honor; Bob Galer, 14 victories, Congressional Medal of Honor; Jim Swett, 15 1/2 victories, Congressional Medal of Honor; Harold E. "Murderous Manny" Segal, 12 victories; and Phil DeLong, 11 victories. Not replaceable; for a serious Pacific Theater collector. As always, please feel free to ask questions or request additional scans. L5

NEW YORK NY: PUTNAM'S SONS (G.P.), PUB 1961. NEW YORK NY: PUTNAM'S SONS (G.P.). NEAR FINE IN A NEAR FINE D.J.. PUB 1961. FIRST EDITION. ISBN: WITH "C22" ON TERMINAL LEAF / WINNER OF THE HUGO AWARD. BOOK'S SPINE IS ONLY SLIGHTLY DARKENED WITH BRIGHT GILT TITLES, NOBUMPS TO CORNERS, AND VERY CLEAN INSIDE AND ON THE TOP EDGE OF THE TEXTWHICH IS STAINED LIGHT GREEN, AND WITHOUT ANY MARKS TO THE BINDING OR THETEXT. SUPPLIED FIRST ISSUE D.J. IS VERY NICE WITH JUST A TRACE OF CORNERRUB AND EDGE WEAR, SOME LIGHT RUB AT THE LOWER THIRD OF THE SPINE PANEL,SOME TONING TO THE FLAPS TOP CORNERS, JUST A TRACE OF BARELY DETECTABLECOLOR-FADE/STICKER REMOVAL TO THE SPINE PANEL, A SHORT TEAR AT THE TOP OFTHE REAR PANEL, AND IS NOT PRICE-CLIPPED (FLAP PRICE IS $4.50). AEXCELLENT CLEAN, BRIGHT, FRESH COPY WITH NO REMAINDER MARK. AND QUITE ABIT ABOVE AVERAGE FOR THIS SCIENCE FICTION HIGHSPOT.. Keywords: SCIENCE FICTION, HUGO AWARD, ABCDEF.

London: John Calder / Riverrun Press, 1961 First Printing of the First British Edition, first issue in blue boards, gilt-lettered spine, 53pp. The British Edition precedes the American Edition by two years. Book and dust jacket in fine condition.

(PICASSO, PABLO). Bergamin, Jose. Foreword By J(uan). Ainaud (de Lasarte). PICASSO: DIBUJOS - GOUACHES - ACUARELAS - WITH AN ORIGINAL COLOR LITHOGRAPHIC COVER. Barcelona, SPAIN: Sala Gaspar, 1961. First Edition 1/1000. 8vo. Lithographic Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good -. np (88pp), 72 duotone illustrations + cover. Text in Spanish. With an exhibition checklist. Published in conjunction with a 1961 exhibition of seventy-two works on paper at Pablo Picasso's longtime Barcelona gallery, this nicely appointed exhibition catalogue features an original color lithographic cover executed by the master. A most presentable example (entry number one hundred and ten in Sebastian Goeppert, Herma Goeppert-Frank and Patrick Cramer's "Pablo Picasso: The Illustrated Books - Catalogue Raisonné") from the edition of one thousand unnumbered copies showing a bit of browning along the extremities, some bumping at the heel and crown of the spine, two tiny chips along the top edge of the rear cover, and a diagonal soft crease to the front cover at the lower foredge corner. It has been priced accordingly. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. Inventory Number: 008701

George Braziller. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1961. Hard Cover. Includes four original lithographs, (1 color, 3 b/w) all in Fine condition. Illustrated endpapers, full-page b/w illustrations. Owner inscription front free-endpaper. Very slight corner crease, front free endpaper. Dust jacket is clipped, 2" tear to upper spine edge, leaving word "Picasso" on spine mainly obscured. Remainder of dust jacket intact, with only mild edgewear to rest of jacket. Dust jacket now contained in mylar cover. Red cloth boards show rubbing to boards, with remnant of stain across rear board. No indication of moisture damage to inner board or pages and board shows no warping or wrinkling. Some foxing to page edges. ; 153 pages .

Alfred A Knopf, 1961. Red cloth binding, gilt titles to spine, blindstamp to front board, green endpapers, no topstain. First edition, second state, with Book Press at rear colophon and no mention of Charlie series. Book very good plus with faint spotting at top edge, a few small stains at foreedge and giver-inscribed ffep. DJ with $3.95 price is very good minus, with no chipping but a few closed tears, the longest being about 1", some very small surface abrasions to front panel and a small stain at front panel near title. Overall, a quite-presentable copy. The first state of this title is very rare; the second is becoming likewise. 119 pp.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Nancy Ekholm Burkert. Book.

[colophon: Cleveland: World Publishers Folio. [737] ff.. 1961] A fine full-size facsimile on specially made "antique" paper from the Ventura Mill at Cernobbio, Italy, faithfully reproducing the black-letter text of the first edition, first issue (the "He" issue) of the King James Bible. => The edition was limited to 1500 copies, of which this is number 878. It was printed by offset lithography and bound in full leather by Amilcare Pizzi of Milan in a handsome replica of the type of binding found on some copies of this edition. Binding as above with leather abraded at edges, spine-tips, and bands; joints open and fragile; lacks the slipcase. Interior fresh, clean, and lovely. A compromised copy, but a handsome and interesting production not necessarily easy to find on the market; a large volume priced to permit its strengthening by a conservator should that be wished for.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1961. Ex-Library. First Printing in dark blue boards. Library markings: white "V" on spine, discard and library stamps, pocket removed. Inside boards, tape reinforced and tape residue. Edge and shelfwear. Corners bumped. Good. No Jacket. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

Alfred A. Knopf, 1961 Published in New York by Alfred A. Knopf in 1961. First Edition stated on copyright page. Book near fine except for slightly bumped ends of spine and corners. DJ very good, small tear near head of spine, two small nicks on front flap hinge, very slight wear at tail of spine, and darkening along edges of rear and flap hinges. DJ price reads $3.50.. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good.

Editions Des Musées Nationaux, Mourlot - Paris, 1961. Lithographic poster - Affiche lithographique exécutée pour l'exposition des vitraux ''Les douze tribus d'Israel'' au Palais du Louvre à Paris.Lithographie d'interprétation gravée par Charles Sorlier, une des 2000 épreuves avec le texte. Formats: papier 80 X 52 cm - Illustration 61 X 46 cm. Sorlier ''Les affiches de Marc Chagall'' page 87.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. This is a decent if not spectacular copy. The blue cloth is just a little faded but quite clean, the lettering still strong on the spine. A former owner's bookplate is on the front pastedown. Near Fine in a Very Good First Issue dustwrapper complete but for a 1/4" even chip at the head of the spine and two smaller chips at the base of the spine, one just touching the lettering in the publisher's name. There is a two-inch jagged closed tear near the bottom of the spine that just extends to the front panel but is barely visible under mylar. There is the soiling typically found on this dustwrapper along with mild sunning to the spine.. A very collectable copy. Author's uncommon and influential first book, basis for the popular film.

This is a card celebrating May Day in the Soviet Union. The front of the card has a graphic and in Russian, greetings for May 1. It is signed by Gagarin, who was the first man in space, on Vostok I (April 12, 1961), Gherman Titov, on Vostok 2 (Aug. 6,7, 1961), B. Yegorov on Vostok I (Oct. 12, 1964), and V.B. Kovsky on Vostok 5 (June 14-19, 1963), On verso there is inscribed a message in Russian.

Jonathan Cape: London, 1961. The ninth James Bond book, with the first appearance of arch-villain Blofeld. Small neat bookshop stamp on front pastedown, else a fine copy in a near fine dustjacket with silverfish damage to the top edge of the spine panel (affecting the top part of "IAN"). [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover; In Dust Jacket]

Boston: Little, Brown. (1961). First. First edition. Fine in near fine dustwrapper with two short tears, and a bit of soiling. A nice copy of the author's important third book, two novellas of the Glass family that first appeared in The New Yorker. Nice copies have become very scarce. .

The Hearst Corporation, 1961 Story appears in Cosmopolitan, Volume 150, Number 3. Published in New York by The Hearst Corporation in August 1961. Magazine very good, some staining and creasing on covers, small tears near spine, 1" tear on upper corner of rear cover, and pen mark on upper corner of front cover. Cover prices reads "35c.". Soft cover. Very Good.

Gustavo Gili, 1961. (TBB2) - Barcelona - Primera edición hispana (obra de 3 ediciones. Una hecha en París, otra en Londres y otra en España) - Contiene 31 hojas de texto por Luis Miguel Dominguin y un comentario de George Boudille - Posee 4 series de pinturas de Picasso fielmente reproducidas en las hojas del libro - Encuadernado en tela completa con tapa ilustrada - Guardas pintadas - Conserva caja original - Lomo presenta signos de humedad - Libro raro - Muy buen estado

(Mexico City): Rafael Loera y Chavez, (1961). First Edition in English. Translated from the Spanish by H. Murray Campbell. An encyclopedic treatise on the history of papermaking among the Native Americans of Mexico, as well as the place of paper objects in their culture and religion. Contains over 300 illustrations in color and black & white, including photographs of papermaking processes and reproductions of Pre-Columbian manuscripts. With eleven tipped-in specimens of paper, including cut-out paper spirit figures. Small rubbed spots, and a barely visible spot of residue to the otherwise colorful and lively fabric, this is a fine copy in quarter-leather and illustrated cloth boards with original dust wrapper, which is slightly sunned and chipped. Presentation copy inscribed by Lenz and with a long TLs from the author pasted on endpaper. Housed in a slipcase.

New York: Random House,, 1961. The philosophy of Ayn Rand. Octavo. Original black boards, titles to spine gilt, author's initials blocked to upper board in blind. With the dust jacket. Production flaw affecting the first 15 leaves, with text block not centred and 4 leaves short at fore-edge, but no text loss (doubtless the reason this copy was used for presentation). Light browning to half-title as usual, spine a little faded in the tanned and lightly nicked dust jacket, a very good copy. First edition, first printing. With the author's signed presentation inscription to the half-title, "To Jean and Herbert Cornuelle - cordially - Ayn Rand February 23 1961." Herbert C. Cornuelle (1920–1996) was a business and community leader in Hawaii and the youngest man to become president of the Dole Company; he was president of the Volker Fund, an endowment that supported the academic careers of both Mises and Hayek, and a good friend of Rand's.

New York: Random House, (1961). First Edition. hardcover. Near Fine in a Very Good dustwrapper with minor wear to the spine tips and soiling on the rear panel. Her first book of nonfiction, SIGNED by the author on the half-title page.

Thames & Hudson, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Good. Very Scarce. Tape marks front and rear endpapers, otherwise text is clean. Dust Jacket spine, rear and spine edge at front is stained brown, although jacket is intact and complete, and front illustration in unaffected. This is the first UK edition. Size: A4 (300 x 210mm approx.). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Dust Jacket worn at edges, small chips and tears. Dust Jacket price-clipped. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Art & Design; Painting; Australia; Australian Art & Architecture; Antiquarian & Rare. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1680. . This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries.

1961. LAXNESS, Halldor. THE ATOM STATION. Translated by Magnus Magnusson. London: Methuen & Co., [1961]. Small 8vo., cloth in dust jacket. First Edition. Signed presentation by Laxness on title page: "Judge Julius Isaacs with greetings from your Iceland friend, Halldor Laxness." Near fine; some edgewear (short tears with some soil & bit of browning) d/j. $1500.00. [Attributes: First Edition; Signed Copy; Hard Cover; In Dust Jacket]

KUBASTA, V.. POP-UP. (KUBASTA) TIP AND TOP ON THE FARM. (London: Bancroft 1961). Large square 4to (10 x 10"), flexible pictorial card covers, light tip and edge rubbing else near Fine condition. Printed in Czechoslovakia. A fabulous action book, this features 6 double-page pop-up pages which also have moveable tab-operated parts. Illustrations in color by Kubasta who also designed the movements.

Grove Press, Inc, New York, 1961. Thin octavo [20 cm] Illustrated wraps. Very good. The covers are very lightly rubbed. The verso of the front cover has a previous owner's brief notation. There is a gift inscription on the title page. For the Film by Robert Frank and Alfred Leslie. From the back cover- "Here is the complete Kerouac text, with photos selected by Robert Frank from the film Pull My Daisy- a short cinematographic exhibition of 'Beat' life in a Bowery 'pad' on New York's Lower East Side, with spontaneous performances by poets Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, and Peter Orlovsky, painter Larry Rivers, composer David Amram, and other characters drawn from the highest echelons of Beat Society." [Attributes: First Edition; Soft Cover]

New York: The Viking Press, 1961. First edition, first printing. 301pp. 1 vols. Large 8vo. Orange cloth, spine stamped in gold. Fine copy in orange dust jacket printed in black and white (spine a bit faded). In chemise and quarter morocco slipcase. First edition, first printing. 301pp. 1 vols. Large 8vo. Abbott A18.a1

New York: The Viking Press, 1961. First edition. 1 vols. Large 8vo. Orange cloth, spine stamped in gold (slightly dulled). Near fine copy, without jacket. First edition. 1 vols. Large 8vo. Inscribed to the Kirsteins, "who make life lovable" Inscribed on the flyleaf:"For Lincoln and Fidelma"Whose quaint ways"cure one's myopia and"make life lovable"from Marianne"November 1, 1961" Abbott A18.a1

The Viking Press, New York, 1961. This FIRST EDITION hardcover, is in VERY GOOD CONDITION. Dust jacket also in Very Good condition, with 1" closed tear, light yellowing to spine, light edge wear/surface rubbing, colors still bright, protected in a mylar cover. 311 pages bound in blue cloth, with gilt lettering on spine, front cover has 1 slightly bumped corner/corner edge wear, bow to front cover. BINDING AND HINGES STRONG AND TIGHT. CLEAN COPY WITH BRIGHT PAGES. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

Greenwich, CT.: Fawcett Publications, Inc., [1961]. First edition. A fine unread copy. (8489). Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. Gold Medal #s1087. Paperback original.

New York: Hill and Wang, 1961. Stated, "First American Century Series Edition, September 1961." GOOD+. INSCRIBED BY HUGHES on the Title page in green pen: "Especially for Carl Anderson, / Sincerely, / Langston Hughes." No other markings. Pages are clean with occasional light corner creasing, no tears or chips; top edge slightly spotted. Bound in tan cloth hardcover, titled in black on spine. Light stain to front cover, light color fading along spine and edges; bottom front corner bumped, light wear to edges with bit of fray to bottom corners. Binding very good - hinges intact, no splits or cracks and book is straight. Lacks jacket. A scarce title in first edition - exceedingly uncommon signed. Published by Hill and Wang. 5-1/2 x 8-1/4"; x + 245 pages. Signed by Author. First Thus. Hard Cover. Good +/No Jacket. Illus. by Nast, Bernhard.

Used [Publisher: Galeria Civica D'Arte Moderna] 1961

Privately Printed. Marlborough College Press, 1961. First edition. SIGNED by Golding in full on half-title. With printed addressed postcard inserted, "From Sir William Golding, Faber & Faber Ltd., 3 Queen Square." The Faber and Faber with address has been crossed out by Golding and a house name written on top in his own hand. Written on the card is "Signature herewith - Yours WG". Wood-block frontis in b/w by J. Pritchard. Staples not rusted, a remarkably fine copy of a very scarce pamphlet. This work was first printed in "The Listener". One of the scarcest of Golding's works. Unusual to find a signed copy. [Attributes: First Edition; Signed Copy]

Brussels: Galerie Smith, 1961. Twenty pages plus illustrated wrappers containing two original lithographs in six colors printed by Maurice Beaudet and Georges Girard. This is the first edition of Ting's first published work, limited to 1099 copies only. 27 x 38 cm. Fine. This copy is signed and inscribed by Ting in a large and bold presentation inscription in red crayon and dated Paris, 1963. [Attributes: First Edition; Soft Cover]

Chatto & Windus, 1961. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine, with a slightly rubbed rear panel, in a fine unclipped dustjacket. Signed by Iris Murdoch on the title page, and quite uncommon thus. The author's fifth novel.

Warren : Ackerman, 1961. ....Magazines, ten issues. #1 is vg- due to some edge wear and the covers are separated from each other and the pages. #2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 are g+ to vg- as the covers are detached from each other and the pages. #8 is near fine. The 1965 Yearbook is vg+ or better. #2 (1997) is between vg+ and near fine; this is the flip side of "Cult Movies" Magazine No. 21. (Note: the flip side of "Cult Movies" #19 is "Spacemen" No.1 (1997), but I do not have it; and I do not know if there were any others). .......... First Edition, First Printing. Paper. Fine. Magazine.