31. Huxley, Aldous / Foreman, Michael (illustrator).

After Many a Summer.

London, The Folio Society, 1980. 16 cm x 23 cm. 239 pages with many illustrations. Original hardcover with slipcase. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Small mark on cover. Clean inside with solid binding.

32. Shapiro, Karl.

Essay on Rime.

New York, Reynol & Hitchcock, 1945. 14 cm x 21 cm. 72 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Slight discoloration of endpapers and page margins. Previous owner’s name in pencil on free endpaper. From the library of Erik Haugaard / Bookplate/Exlibris by Brian Lalor.

33. Roth, Philip.

Zuckerman Unbound.

First UK Edition. London, Jonathan Cape, 1981. 20.9 cm x 14 cm. 225 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Only very minor foxing to edging. Pink decoration to top edges. Very clean inside. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen-Translator Erik Haugaard.

34. Unger, Douglas.

Leaving the Land.

First Edition. New York, Harper & Row Publishers, 1984. 21.7cm x 15cm. 277 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

35. Chabon, Michael.

Wonder Boys.

Advance Reader’s Edition. New York, Villard Books, 1995. 14 x 21cm. 369 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition. Signed by the author Michael Chabon on the titlepage.

36. Hickam, Homer H., Jr.

Rocket Boys: A Memoir.

Advance Uncorrected Proof. New York, Delacorte Press / Bantam Doubleday, 1998. 15.5 x 23.5cm. 378 pages. Original softcover in protective sleeve. Excellent condition, as new.

37. Howes, Wright.

U.S. IANA (1650-1950): A Selective Bibliography in which are Described 11,620 Uncommon and Significant Books Relating to the Continental Portion of the United States.

Revised and Enlarged Second Edition compiled by Wright Howes. New York, R.R. Bowker Company for The Newberry Library, 1985. 17.2 cm x 25.4 cm. 652 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Only very minor tanning to edges. Otherwise excellent, clean copy. Binding strong. From the library of former specialist Bookdealer ‘Codex Books’ – with their black ink stamp to front free endpaper.

38. Smiley, Jane.

A Thousand Acres.

First Edition. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1991. 16.5 cm x 24 cm. 371 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Deckled fore edge. Excellent, close to new condition with only minor signs of external wear to the Mylar ! Signed by Jane Smiley on the titlepage. In 1992 Jane Smiley won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for this publication !

39. Smiley, Jane.

Ordinary Love & Good Will. Two Novellas.

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1989. 15 cm x 22 cm. 197 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed by Jane Smiley on the titlepage.

40. Alexander, Francesca.

The Hidden Servants and Other Very Old Stories. Told over again by Francesca Alexander.

First edition. Boston, Little, Brown, and Company, 1901. 13.5 x 19.5cm. Frontispiece, (17), 234 pages. Original hardcover with gilt lettering in protective Mylar. Gilt tops and deckled edges. Very good condition, some minor signs of wear to spine, binding slightly shaky. Dedication to Lady Hobart by author on front free endpaper / Beautifully signed by Francesca Alexander.