Lot 174 , FIRST EDITIONS OR FIRST ENGLISH EDITIONS, ALL SIGNED BY THE AUTHORS. A FINE AND COMPLETE SET. London Limited Editions issued titles by contemporary authors between 1985 and 1994, and the set includes works by some of the
° FIRST EDITIONS OR FIRST ENGLISH EDITIONS, ALL SIGNED BY THE AUTHORS. A FINE AND COMPLETE SET. London Limited Editions issued titles by contemporary authors between 1985 and 1994, and the set includes works by some of the most important authors writing in English in the post-war period, including Peter Ackroyd, Martin Amis, Julian Barnes, A.S. Byatt, Bruce Chatwin, John Fowles, Doris Lessing, Iris Murdoch, V.S. Naipaul, Harold Pinter, and William Trevor. (45) ACKROYD, Peter (b.1949) - Chatterton. London: 1987. NUMBER 2 OF 150 COPIES, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR—
ACKROYD, Peter - Dickens. London: 1990. NUMBER 10 OF 150 COPIES, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR—
ACKROYD. Peter - English Music. London: 1992. NUMBER 7 OF 150 COPIES, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR—
AMIS, Kingsley (1922-1995) - The Old Devils. London: 1986. NUMBER 204 OF 250 COPIES, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR—
AMIS, Kingsley - You Can't Do Both. London: 1994. NUMBER 2 OF 150 COPIES, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR—
AMIS, Martin (b.1949) - London Fields. London: 1989. NUMBER 14 OF 150 COPIES, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR—
AMIS, Martin - Time's Arrow. London: 1991. NUMBER 4 OF 200 COPIES, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR—
ATWOOD, John (b.1939) - The Robber Bride. London: 1993. NUMBER 2 OF 150 COPIES, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR—
BARNES, Julian (b.1946) - Staring at the Sun. London: 1986. NUMBER 21 OF 150 COPIES, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR—
BARNES, Julian - Talking it Over. London: 1991. NUMBER 2 OF 200 COPIES, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR—
BOYD, William (b.1952) - Brazzaville Beach. London: 1990. NUMBER 5 OF 150 COPIES, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR—
BOYD, William - The Blue Afternoon. London: 1993. NUMBER 2 OF 150 COPIES, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR—
BROOKNER, Anita (b.1928) - Family and Friends. London: 1985. NUMBER 9 OF 250 COPIES, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR—
BYATT, A.S (b.1936). - Angels and Insects. London: 1992. NUMBER 2 OF 150 COPIES, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR—
CHATWIN, Bruce (1940-1989) - The Songlines. London: 1987. NUMBER 30 OF 150 COPIES, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR
COLEGATE, Isabel - Deceits of Time. London: 1988. NUMBER 28 OF 150 COPIES, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR—
DAVIES, Robertson (1913-1995) - The Lyre of Orpheus. London: 1988. 60 OF 150 COPIES, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR—
DAVIES, Robertson - Murther & Walking Spirits. London: 1991. NUMBER 4 OF 150 COPIES, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR—
DRABBLE, Margaret (b.1939) - A Natural Curiosity. London: 1989. NUMBER 5 OF 150 COPIES, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR—
FOWLES, John (b.1926) - A Maggot. London: 1985. NUMBER 246 OF 500 COPIES, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR—
FORSYTH, Frederick (b.1938) - The Negotiator. London: 1989. NUMBER 10 OF 150 COPIES, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR—
FULLER, John (b.1937) - Tell It Me Again. London: 1988. NUMBER 29 OF 150 COPIES, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR—
HIGHSMITH, Patricia (1921-1995) - Ripley under Water. London: 1991. NUMBER 2 OF 150 COPIES, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR—
JAMES, P.D (b.1920) - Original Sin. London: 1994. NUMBER 2 OF 150 COPIES, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR—
‘Le CARRÉ, John’ [i.e. David CORNWALL (b.1931)] - A Perfect Spy. London: 1986. NUMBER 246OF 250 COPIES, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR—
‘Le CARRÉ, John' [i.e. David CORNWALL] - The Russia House. London: 1989. NUMBER 10 OF 250 COPIES, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR—
LESSING, Doris (b.1919) - The Good Terrorist. London: 1985. NUMBER 88 OF 250 COPIES, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR—
MALOUF, David (b.1934) - Remembering Babylon. London: 1993. NUMBER 2 OF 150 COPIES, SIGNED AND DATED BY THE AUTHOR—
MCEWAN, Ian (b.1948) - The Child in Time. London: 1987. NUMBER 18 OF 150 COPIES, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR—
MCEWAN, Ian - Black Dogs. London: 1992. NUMBER 7 OF 150 COPIES, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR—
MO, Timothy (b.1950) - The Redundancy of Courage. London: 1991. NUMBER 5 OF 150 COPIES, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR—
MOORE, Brian (b.1921) - Lies of Silence. London: 1990. NUMBER 8 OF 150 COPIES, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR—
MORTIMER, John (b.1923) - Summer's Lease. London: 1988. NUMBER 145 OF 150 COPIES, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR—
MURDOCH, Iris (1919-1999) - The Good Apprentice. London: 1985. NUMBER 6 OF 250 COPIES, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR—
MURDOCH, Iris - The Message to the Planet. London: 1989. NUMBER 6 OF 150 COPIES, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR—
NAIPAUL, V.S (b.1932) - India. London: 1990. NUMBER 10 OF 150 COPIES, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR—
NORFOLK, Lawrence - Lemprière's Dictionary. London: 1991. NUMBER 4 OF 150 COPIES, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR—
O'BRIEN, Edna (b.1932) - The High Road. London: 1988. NUMBER 20 OF 150 COPIES, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR—
PINTER, Harold (b.1930) - The Dwarfs. London: 1990. NUMBER 2 OF 150 COPIES, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR—
RENDELL, Ruth (b.1930) - The Crocodile Bird. London: 1993. NUMBER 2 OF 150 COPIES, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR—
SPARK, Muriel (b.1918) - A Far Cry From Kensington. London: 1988. NUMBER 41 OF 150 COPIES, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR—
THEROUX, Paul (b.1941) - My Secret History. London: 1989. NUMBER 74 OF 150 COPIES, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR—
TREMAIN, Rose (b.1943) - Sacred Country. London: 1992. NUMBER 7 OF 150 COPIES, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR—
TREVOR, William (b.1928) - The Silence in the Garden. London: 1988. NUMBER 58 OF 150 COPIES, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR—
TREVOR, William - Excursions in the Real World. London: 1993. Illustrations after Lucy Willis. NUMBER 100 OF 150 COPIES, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR.
45 volumes, 8° (196-234 x 127-154mm). Original cloth-backed, patterned-paper covered boards, lettered in gilt on the spines, original glassine dustwrappers.
Provenance: By direct decent from the current owners father, who was a director of London Limited Editions.
£2,500-3,500
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