Antiquarian Book News

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PBA Galleries – August 20 – 11am

Sale 567

Fine Literature with the Wayne Martin Collection of Jack London Part Two

Among the highlights:

• The Importance of Being Ernest by Oscar Wilde, the rare large paper issue of the first edition, 1899, limited to 100 copies signed by the author, in the original violet cloth stamped in gilt. Estimate: $20,000-$30,000.

• Jack London's The Call of the Wild, the rare variant binding of the second printing in pebbled cloth, one of only a handful of copies known. Estimate: $6,000-$9,000.

• Lady Chatterley's Lover, the true first edition published in Florence, Italy, in 1928, limited to 1000 copies signed by author D.H. Lawrence, an unusually nice copy in the original boards. Estimate: $4,000-$6,000.

• Long run of The Strand Magazine, Volumes 1 through 74 in the original publisher's cloth plus additional later issues, containing all the Sherlock Holmes appearances. Estimate: $3,000-$5,000.

• Typed letter from Jack London to his future wife Charmian Kittredge, 1904, written shortly after then current wife Bessie London had filed for divorce, revealing many of the sordid details. Estimate: $3,000-$5,000.

• The Natural, Bernard Malamud's first book and a classic baseball novel, a review copy in dust jacket, in exceptional condition. Estimate: $2,500-$3,500.

• Hand-made photograph album presented by Jack London to Anna Strunsky in 1902, as a belated birthday present, with photos of London, his daughter Joan, their African-American nanny Jennie Prentiss, and more. Estimate: $2,000-$3,000.

• Small archive of letters from Philip Whalen to Bill and Zoe Brown, 1966 and 1967, dealing with the production of the Coyote Press edition of You Didn't Even Try, including sketches of his proposed cover layout. Estimate: $2,000-$3,000.

• On the Road by Jack Kerouac, the first edition of the most influential novel of the Beat movement, launching a generation in their search for meaning beyond conventional mores. Estimate: $2,000-3,000.

Each lot illustrated in the online version of the catalogue.
Bid directly from the site. Now available in the Bid Live Now section

Nearly 500 lots of fine literature, mostly from the 19th and 20th centuries, with much manuscript material. Includes Part Two of the Wayne Martin Collection of Jack London, with revealing letters from Jack London and Charmian Kittredge London, manuscripts and typescripts, photographs, and more. In addition, there is archival material from the files of the Lord John Press, with much correspondence between authors and publisher Herb Yellin.

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Bloomsbury Book Fair

The next Bloomsbury Book Fair takes place on Sunday 9th August at the Royal National Hotel, London WC1H 0DG, and includes specialist military dealers. Our third collaboration with Tom Donovan of Turner Donovan Military Books, there is a designated area of the Galleon Suite allocated to military specialists alongside all our regular exhibitors.

Expect books, maps, prints, ephemera and other printed material on offer across the whole fair with an emphasis on military, but not exclusively, so come along and browse a whole gamut of subjects and specialisms. We also have bookbinders, auctioneers and some new faces exhibiting.

Doors open from 10am until 4pm.
For further details check the website: www.bloomsburybookfair.com or phone Kim 01707 872140.

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Bargain hunter makes good

A bargain hunter bought a rare travel book owned by Victorian explorer David Livingstone for 99p at a car boot sale – and sold it at auction for £3,000.

Edward Davies was searching through a box of old books at his local car boot sale when he stumbled across the book Livingstone’s Missionary Travels in South Africa, which carried a personal inscription.

He bought it for just under £1 from the unsuspecting book seller and has now sold it for 3,000 times that.

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Personal Note

Julian Nangle has just written and published a book of interest to the trade and collectors. Personal Note: Reminiscences & Reflections on The Antiquarian Book Trade 1985 – 2015 covers the period from Julian's catalogue 50 to catalogue 87. The catalogues all included a 'personal note' from Julian and these have been reprinted in the book.

The book is available in an edition of 250 numbered copies, the first 40 have an extra illustration and are signed by the author.

The book is illustrated from photographs and extends to 106pp. Perfect bound in wrappers. Price: £9.99 or £20.00 for the signed edition. For further details tel. 01305 261186 or e-mail julian@nanglerarebooks.co.uk

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