COOPER POWYS, John. Lucifer, London: Macdonald, 1956, 8°, FIRST EDITION, number 344 of a limted edition of 560 copies, signed by the author, wood-engravings by Agnes Miller Parker, original morocco-backed cloth, unopened and uncut, in protective plastic wrapper; A Glastonbury Romance, London: John Lane, The Bodley Head Ltd., 1933, 8°, original cloth (soiled) in dust-jacket (repaired). Provenance Inscription reads: "Inscribed to James Ford by John Cowper Powys"; Frederick Davies (bequeathed by James Ford, 1964, and bookplate); a photograph of the author with a group of friends mounted on the front paste-down -- GREENE, Graham. The End of the Affair, London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1951, 8°, FIRST EDITION, (small marginal stain on p. 9), original cloth in dust-jacket (spine of jacket discoloured, slightly chipped at head and foot) -- HEMINGWAY, Ernest. Death in the Afternoon, London: Jonathan Cape, 1932, 8°, FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, photographic illustrations (one with slight crease), original cloth (lightly soiled) with dust-jacket (extremities rubbed, small tears); A Farewell to Arms, London: Jonathan Cape, 1929, 8°, FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, original cloth (spine faded) in dust-jacket (head of spine chipped); The Old Man and the Sea, London: Jonathan Cape, 1952, 8°, FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, original cloth with dust-jacket (spine of jacket faded) -- STEINBECK, John. Of Mice and Men, London and Toronto: William Heinemann Ltd., 1937, 8°, FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, original cloth in dust-jacket with wrap-around advertisement band (head of spine chipped, spine of jacket discoloured); The Grapes of Wrath, London and Toronto: William Heinemann Ltd., 1939, 8°, FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, original cloth in dust-jacket (spine of jacket chipped); Cannery Row, London and Toronto: William Heinemann Ltd., 1945, 8°, FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, original cloth in dust-jacket (head and foot of jacket spine chipped with a small tear) -- WILDER, Thornton. The Bridge of San Luis Rey, London: Longmans, Green and Co. Ltd., 1927, 8°, FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, (occasional extremely light soiling), original cloth (rubbed, lacking dust-jacket); 5 other works by Wilder, mainly first English editions; and 11 others, inlcuding 8 by Graham Greene, mainly first editions. (26)

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COOPER POWYS, John. Lucifer, London: Macdonald, 1956, 8°, FIRST EDITION, number 344 of a limted edition of 560 copies, signed by the author, wood-engravings by Agnes Miller Parker, original morocco-backed cloth, unopened and uncut, in protective plastic wrapper; A Glastonbury Romance, London: John Lane, The Bodley Head Ltd., 1933, 8°, original cloth (soiled) in dust-jacket (repaired). Provenance Inscription reads: "Inscribed to James Ford by John Cowper Powys"; Frederick Davies (bequeathed by James Ford, 1964, and bookplate); a photograph of the author with a group of friends mounted on the front paste-down -- GREENE, Graham. The End of the Affair, London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1951, 8°, FIRST EDITION, (small marginal stain on p. 9), original cloth in dust-jacket (spine of jacket discoloured, slightly chipped at head and foot) -- HEMINGWAY, Ernest. Death in the Afternoon, London: Jonathan Cape, 1932, 8°, FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, photographic illustrations (one with slight crease), original cloth (lightly soiled) with dust-jacket (extremities rubbed, small tears); A Farewell to Arms, London: Jonathan Cape, 1929, 8°, FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, original cloth (spine faded) in dust-jacket (head of spine chipped); The Old Man and the Sea, London: Jonathan Cape, 1952, 8°, FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, original cloth with dust-jacket (spine of jacket faded) -- STEINBECK, John. Of Mice and Men, London and Toronto: William Heinemann Ltd., 1937, 8°, FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, original cloth in dust-jacket with wrap-around advertisement band (head of spine chipped, spine of jacket discoloured); The Grapes of Wrath, London and Toronto: William Heinemann Ltd., 1939, 8°, FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, original cloth in dust-jacket (spine of jacket chipped); Cannery Row, London and Toronto: William Heinemann Ltd., 1945, 8°, FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, original cloth in dust-jacket (head and foot of jacket spine chipped with a small tear) -- WILDER, Thornton. The Bridge of San Luis Rey, London: Longmans, Green and Co. Ltd., 1927, 8°, FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, (occasional extremely light soiling), original cloth (rubbed, lacking dust-jacket); 5 other works by Wilder, mainly first English editions; and 11 others, inlcuding 8 by Graham Greene, mainly first editions. (26)

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