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POWELL, Anthony (1905-2000). [A Dance to the Music of Time]. London: William Heinemann, 1951-1975.
12 volumes, 8°. Original red cloth, dust-jackets (cloth of vol. 1 a little rubbed, jackets of vols. 2-3 with a few chips, jacket of vol. 8 with a few short tears, rear covers of jackets of vols. 1-5 lightly soiled).
ALL PRESENTATION COPIES FROM THE AUTHOR TO HIS FRIEND AND FELLOW NOVELIST, OLIVIA MARY MANNING (1908-1980). A Question of Upbringing is in a 4th impression dust-jacket. The others are all first editions in original jackets. The novels, with their progressively more informal inscriptions, comprise: 1. A Question of Upbringing (1951), inscribed ‘To Olivia Manning from Tony Powell’; 2. A Buyer’s Market (1952), inscribed ‘Olivia Manning with admiration and respect from Tony Powell’, also with a correction by Powell on p. 19; 3.The Acceptance World (1955), inscribed ‘Olivia from Tony. May, 1955’; 4. At Lady Molly’s (1957), inscribed ‘Olivia from Tony’; 5. Casanova’s Chinese Restaurant (1960), inscribed ‘Olivia from Tony with love. December 1960’; 6. The Kindly Ones (1962), inscribed ‘Olivia from Tony. With love and admiration. June, 1962’; 7. The Valley of Bones (1964), inscribed ‘Olivia from Tony with love,’ title with author’s signature; 8. The Soldier’s Art (1966), inscribed ‘Olivia from Tony (in some bewilderment) October 1966’, title with author’s signature; 9. The Military Philosophers (1968), inscribed ‘Olivia, no longer what Dostoyevsky called the Insulted and Injured, I hope? Tony. October 1968’, title with author’s signature; 10. Books do Furnish a Room (1971), inscribed ‘Olivia, with love & hopes we should have some more furnishing from her in the near future, Tony. March 1971’, title with author’s signature; 11. Temporary Kings (1973), inscribed ‘Olivia, with love and hopes for speedy recovery for Miow, to whom Fum sends fraternal greetings, Tony. November, 1973’, title with author’s signature. 12. Hearing Secret Harmonies (1975), inscribed ‘Olivia from Tony. October 1975’, title with author’s signature. A COMPLETE SET OF POWELL’S MASTERPIECE which earned him his reputation as the English Proust.
12 volumes, 8°. Original red cloth, dust-jackets (cloth of vol. 1 a little rubbed, jackets of vols. 2-3 with a few chips, jacket of vol. 8 with a few short tears, rear covers of jackets of vols. 1-5 lightly soiled).
ALL PRESENTATION COPIES FROM THE AUTHOR TO HIS FRIEND AND FELLOW NOVELIST, OLIVIA MARY MANNING (1908-1980). A Question of Upbringing is in a 4th impression dust-jacket. The others are all first editions in original jackets. The novels, with their progressively more informal inscriptions, comprise: 1. A Question of Upbringing (1951), inscribed ‘To Olivia Manning from Tony Powell’; 2. A Buyer’s Market (1952), inscribed ‘Olivia Manning with admiration and respect from Tony Powell’, also with a correction by Powell on p. 19; 3.The Acceptance World (1955), inscribed ‘Olivia from Tony. May, 1955’; 4. At Lady Molly’s (1957), inscribed ‘Olivia from Tony’; 5. Casanova’s Chinese Restaurant (1960), inscribed ‘Olivia from Tony with love. December 1960’; 6. The Kindly Ones (1962), inscribed ‘Olivia from Tony. With love and admiration. June, 1962’; 7. The Valley of Bones (1964), inscribed ‘Olivia from Tony with love,’ title with author’s signature; 8. The Soldier’s Art (1966), inscribed ‘Olivia from Tony (in some bewilderment) October 1966’, title with author’s signature; 9. The Military Philosophers (1968), inscribed ‘Olivia, no longer what Dostoyevsky called the Insulted and Injured, I hope? Tony. October 1968’, title with author’s signature; 10. Books do Furnish a Room (1971), inscribed ‘Olivia, with love & hopes we should have some more furnishing from her in the near future, Tony. March 1971’, title with author’s signature; 11. Temporary Kings (1973), inscribed ‘Olivia, with love and hopes for speedy recovery for Miow, to whom Fum sends fraternal greetings, Tony. November, 1973’, title with author’s signature. 12. Hearing Secret Harmonies (1975), inscribed ‘Olivia from Tony. October 1975’, title with author’s signature. A COMPLETE SET OF POWELL’S MASTERPIECE which earned him his reputation as the English Proust.
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