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FOREWORD At the annual Cape authors’ party, from left to right, me, Elizabeth Jane Howard, Kingsley Amis and John Lennon

For four decades Tom Maschler was the most important and most talked-about figure in British publishing. A brilliant talent-spotter, he brought to Jonathan Cape an extraordinary range of literary talent – from Gabriel Garcia Marquez to Philip Roth to Martin Amis to Thomas Pynchon to Tom Wolfe to Ian McEwan – and transformed it into the most exciting publisher in London. Fifteen of his authors won the Nobel With Desmond Edna O’Brien, Clive Prize for Literature and he launched the careers of John Fowles, Morris at his James and Bruce Chatwin. He persuaded Desmond Morris, then working at London villa in Malta Zoo, to write The Naked Ape and his publishing of Joseph Heller’s Catch-22 has become the stuff of legend. Maschler was also an exceptional children’s publisher, especially of illustrated books. He was the person who introduced Roald Dahl to Quentin Blake. In 1967 Tom Maschler conceived the idea of the Booker Prize and it was launched in 1968. Maschler not only had extraordinary taste, but he was a brilliant salesman, promoting his authors tirelessly, unafraid to make enemies in the process. There had been no one like him and there never will be again. Dan Franklin Associate Publisher Jonathan Cape

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INTRODUCTION Heywood Hill Rare Books are delighted to offer a selection of books from the library of the publisher Tom Maschler. As a leading light of literary publishing over several decades, Tom Maschler championed many of the most important English-language writers of the second half of the twentieth century. This selection reflects a snapshot of some of the authors that Tom nurtured so successfully and with such dynamism at Cape, many of whom also became close friends. Quotations in the catalogue are taken from Tom’s autobiography Publisher (Picador 2005). This is the first catalogue to come from Heywood Hill’s newly invigorated Rare Book Department and we would like to thank Tom and Regina for giving us the opportunity to showcase such a fine collection. There may be more to come from the Maschler library - so watch this space. Each book will be supplied with a bookplate which has been specially drawn for this project by Tom’s close friend Quentin Blake. Our very grateful thanks to Quentin for this. The bookplate will be left loose in the book so that buyers can choose whether to insert it. I am delighted to come into Heywood Hill as the new Head of Rare Books after spending over 26 years at Henry Sotheran Ltd, where I was Managing Director. Together with my colleagues Jasper Jennings and Nicole Mansour we look forward to expanding the quality and range of rare books in the shop, complementing Heywood Hill’s already thriving personalised literary services, both library building and our monthly book subscription A Year in Books. Between us we have over 50 years of experience in dealing with old and rare books and prints, ranging from early printing to signed copies of contemporary writers. We are happy to advise on most areas of book collecting and library building including finding that elusive present for a special occasion. We are also interested in buying books, so should you be thinking of selling books, either individually or as complete libraries, please do get in contact. I hope that you enjoy the catalogue and that you find something here to tempt. If not, please do not hesitate to contact us with details of what you are looking for and we will do our best to fulfil your book requests. Andrew McGeachin Head of Rare Books Andrew.Mcgeachin@heywoodhill.com

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ALDISS, Brian. NEW ARRIVALS, OLD ENCOUNTERS. TWELVE STORIES.

“Apart from Virginia Woolf we never sold many copies of his plays. Nevertheless it was satisfying to publish him”

London, Jonathan Cape, 1979

£95 First edition, with the author’s inscription to the front endpaper: ‘Dear Tom - To me, this is a new arrival: hope you don’t find it’s an old encounter. At least we both like the jacket. Great! Brian 8.viii.79’.

8vo, blue cloth, minor shelf wear, top edge blue, in unclipped pictorial dust jacket designed by Bill Botten. Top edge of rear jacket f lap a little stained, otherwise a near fine copy.

ALBEE, Edward. WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? A PLAY.

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London, Jonathan Cape, 1967

£250 Fourth impression, signed by the author in red ink on the title page. 8vo, yellow cloth with a few small ink spots to cover, top stained black, in unclipped dust jacket with author’s photograph to rear panel, a little light rubbing otherwise a near fine copy. “We continued to publish him for many years and I was lucky in that the plays I had seen were followed almost immediately by “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” This was an enormous hit all over the world and it was later made into a film starring Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor. Before long Albee was hailed as the greatest American playwright since Arthur Miller.” [32106]

ALDISS, Brian. HELLICONIA SPRING. London, Jonathan Cape, 1982

£95

First edition, with the author’s inscription to the front endpaper: ‘Dear Tom This

should have a long dedication: but to abridge – Deeply grateful thanks for the marvellous support across all these light years….Yours ever Brian. Publication Day, 25.ii.82’.

8vo, blue cloth a little bumped, in unclipped pictorial dust jacket designed by Mon Mohan. Top edge of rear jacket flap a little stained, otherwise a very good copy. The first volume in the Helliconia Trilogy. [32110]

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“I have rarely met a man of so many contradictions as Kingsley”

ALDISS, Brian. HELLICONIA WINTER. London, Jonathan Cape, 1985

£95 First edition, with the author’s inscription to the front endpaper: ‘Dear Tom on

publication day – many thanks for the major assistance in these minor labours... yours ever Brian 18.iv.85’.

THE ANTI-DEATH LEAGUE. London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1966

£250

8vo, blue cloth, in unclipped pictorial dust jacket designed by Mon Mohan. A fine copy.

First edition, inscribed by the author on the front endpaper, ‘Tom with love from

The third and last volume in the Helliconia Trilogy.

Kingsley’.

8vo, brown cloth with minor shelf wear, in unclipped pictorial dust jacket by Raymond Hawkey. Jacket a little rubbed at extremities, small chips to spine ends, a very good copy.

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AMIS, Kingsley.

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ONE FAT ENGLISHMAN. 5

London, Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1963

£495 First edition, with the author’s inscription to the front endpaper: ‘Tom – under whose roof Chapter 10 got on to paper. Thanks for everything Kingsley 1963’.

8vo, red cloth a little bumped, in unclipped yellow dust jacket. Jacket a little rubbed at extremities, a little chipping at head and foot of spine folds, a very good copy. [32102]

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AMIS, Kingsley. THE GREEN MAN. London, Jonathan Cape, 1969

£250 First edition, inscribed by the author on the front endpaper, ‘Tom from Kingsley

with much affection 1969’.

8vo, blue cloth, in unclipped pictorial dust jacket designed by Colin Andrews. Minor shelf wear only, a fine copy. [32104]

AMIS, Kingsley. ENDING UP. New York, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1974

£95 Second impression of the first US edition, with the author’s inscription to the title page: ‘Good old Kingers signs this for good

old Tom K [author has crossed his printed name]’.

8vo, black and brown cloth lettered gilt, in unclipped dust jacket illustrated by Craig Mierop. Minor shelf wear, a fine copy. [32114]

AMIS, Kingsley. THE ALTERATION. London, Jonathan Cape, 1976

£250 First edition, inscribed by the author on the title page, ‘Love to Tom after* great lunch Kingsley *but not merely because of ’ [author has crossed his printed name]’.

8vo, olive green cloth a little bumped, in fine unclipped pictorial dust jacket by Tom Adams. A near fine copy. “Of course his other great passion was alcohol. He might indulge himself at the local pub (a frequent pursuit) or in what he called a ‘ decent’ restaurant.” [32105]

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“The Triumvirate”

10 AMIS, Martin.

VISITING MRS NABOKOV. London, Jonathan Cape, 1993

£150 First edition, inscribed by the author on the half title, ‘To Tom with love from Martin X ’. 8vo, black cloth, in unclipped pictorial dust jacket designed by Peter Dyer. A fine copy. Maschler named one chapter of his autobiography “The Triumvirate”: “I have called this section ‘The

Triumvirate’ because it is about three writers, all English. They came into my life at approximately the same time and they were especially talented. I am speaking of Ian McEwan, Martin Amis and Julian Barnes. They were much the same age when they joined Cape and in each case we have published them from the very beginning of their careers. Now many years later they are still Cape authors. Such loyalty is uncommon in publishing these days.” “Several years after we had first met I was surprised to receive ‘The Rachel Papers’. I say surprised because if I had been him I would have gone out of my way to avoid my father’s publisher and to find my own. Martin became the first of the ‘Triumvirate’ to be published by Cape.”

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11 ASHBERY, John.

SELECTED POEMS. London, Jonathan Cape, 1967

£295 First UK edition, inscribed by the author on the front endpaper, ‘For Tom Maschler, with my very best.

John Ashbery February 13, 1968’.

Slim 8vo, parchment spine over blue cloth, in unclipped pictorial jacket by Leigh Taylor. Minor shelf wear, a fine copy. [32115]

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12 ATWOOD, Margaret.

THE HANDMAID’S TALE. London, Jonathan Cape, 1986

£495 First UK edition, inscribed by Atwood on the title page, ‘To Tom with best wishes -- Margaret Atwood 1986’.

8vo, black cloth, in unclipped dust jacket designed by Fred Marcellino. A hint of wrinkling to jacket spine head, otherwise a fine copy. Canadian author Atwood’s haunting dystopian novel, shortlisted for the Booker Prize and winner of the first Arthur C. Clarke Award, in 1987. [32042]

13 ATWOOD, Margaret.

BLUEBEARD’S EGG. AND OTHER STORIES. London, Jonathan Cape, 1987

£250 First UK edition, inscribed by the author on the title page, ‘For Tom with all best wishes - Margaret Atwood June 1987’.

8vo, blue cloth, in unclipped dust jacket designed by Diana Overton. Minor shelf wear only, age toning to page block as usual, a fine copy. [32116]

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“I do not make a habit of publishing the memoirs of film stars” 14 BACALL, Lauren.

LAUREN BACALL BY MYSELF. London, Jonathan Cape, 1979

£250 First UK edition, with the actress’s inscription to the blue front endpaper: ‘For Tom - For a great English

send off my thanks + for never to be forgotten Dublin Aer Lingus was the best - Fondest Betty 4 Feb. 1979’.

8vo, blue cloth a little bumped, in unclipped dust jacket with shelf wear only, price oversticker to front f lap. A very good copy. 14

“We had acquired the publishing rights to her book via an auction, which was unusual for us. But Lauren Bacall, or Betty as her friends call her, seemed irresistible, especially because the book had a particular quality, derived from the fact that she had written it personally.” [32120]

15 BAILEY, Paul.

AT THE JERUSALEM. London, Jonathan Cape, 1967

£150 First edition, with the author’s simple inscription to Tom Maschler to the front endpaper: ‘Gratefully Paul’.

Small 8vo, blue cloth, in unclipped dust jacket illustrated by Charles Raymond. Some toning, a near fine copy of Bailey’s first novel. [32121]

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16 BAILEY, Paul.

OLD SOLDIERS. London, Jonathan Cape, 1980

£95 First edition, with the author’s inscription to the front endpaper: ‘ for Tom - gratefully- Paul’. Small 8vo, black cloth, in the unclipped dust jacket designed by Craig Dodd. Some toning and very light shelf wear, a very good copy. [32122]

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“Cinders xxx one for John Thomas”

AN ENGLISH MADAM: THE LIFE AND WORK OF CYNTHIA PAYNE. London, Jonathan Cape, 1982

£195 First edition, inscribed on the front endpaper by the author, (’For Tom – who has been here before – with love from Paul’) and, saucily, from subject Cynthia Payne: ‘October 13th 1982 To the most brilliant

publisher in the world and I must say with the most guts to take me on! Cinders xxx one for John Thomas’.

Small 8vo, burgundy cloth, in unclipped floralpatterned dust jacket designed by Craig Dodd. Some sunning, toning and light shelf wear, a very good copy. [32125]

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18 BARNES, Julian.

FLAUBERT’S PARROT. London, Jonathan Cape, 1984

£750 First edition, with the author’s inscription to the front endpaper: ‘to Tom who helped

the Parrot fly over a long creative drink with thanks from Julian 2nd November 1984’.

8vo, green cloth, in unclipped dust jacket with illustration by David Hockney. Some minor shelf wear only, a near fine copy. “Julian came to us with ‘Metroland’, his first novel. It was a book I liked but no more than that. Then, however, came ‘Flaubert’s Parrot’, for which I have a real passion. This novel is both highly original and extremely entertaining.” [32123]

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“To Tom who helped the Parrot fly”

STARING AT THE SUN. London, Jonathan Cape, 1986

£150 First edition, inscribed by the author on the title page (who has crossed his printed name), ‘To Tom

with all best wishes from Julian October 16th 1986 32 Bedford Square’.

8vo, black cloth, in unclipped dust jacket illustrated by Cathy Wood. A fine copy. [32268]

20 BARNES, Julian.

CROSS CHANNEL. London, Jonathan Cape, 1986

£150 First edition, inscribed by the author on the title page (who has crossed his printed name), ‘To Tom -

some months after publication at L’Odeon - with love & good wishes & Amites from Julian June 1996 ’.

8vo, blue cloth, in unclipped dust jacket designed by Tracey Winwood. Foot of spine bumped, a near fine copy. [32269]

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21 BARNES, Julian.

A HISTORY OF THE WORLD IN 10 ½ CHAPTERS. London, Jonathan Cape, 1989

£350 First edition, with the author’s inscription to the title page: ‘To Tom who debutted

(but not rebutted) this – & then published it with all best wishes, Julian 12th May 1989* *this is the earliest dated first edition’.

8vo, blue cloth, in unclipped illustrated dust jacket. Some shelf wear only, a near fine copy. “After ‘Parrot’ as we call it, came ‘A History of the World in 10½ Chapters’. It is as imaginative as the title would indicate, and although it has nothing in common with ‘Parrot’, it is a book I like as much. These two books are equally masterly.” [32126] 16

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24 BORGES, Jorge Luis. 22 BARNES, Julian.

THE PORCUPINE. London, Jonathan Cape, 1992

£195 First edition, inscribed by the author on the title page, (who has crossed his printed name), ‘To Tom & Regina* - publication

dinner at Tante Claire (*where Tom is going to take you very soon) With love from Julian 19th Oct 92’.

8vo, brown cloth, in unclipped dust jacket designed by Peter Dyer. A fine copy. [32267]

KERRIGAN, Anthony (Editor). A PERSONAL ANTHOLOGY. London, Jonathan Cape, 1968

£395 First UK edition, signed by the author on the half title. 8vo, blue cloth, in dust jacket designed by Tim Jaques. Jacket extremities and folds a little frayed, with small chips, a very good copy.

“Another of the great Latin American writers whom I published was the Argentinian, Borges. We were not his only publishers and I never got to know him well.” [32140]

23 BERRYMAN, John.

HOMAGE TO MISTRESS BRADSTREET. AND OTHER POEMS. London, Faber and Faber Limited, 1959

£150 First UK edition, with the author’s inscription to the title page: ‘w. every

Good wish from John Berryman London July ‘67’.

Slim 8vo, blue-green cloth, in unclipped pale blue dust jacket. Some shelf wear and sunning, a very good copy. [32131]

25 BROOKNER, Anita.

HOTEL DU LAC.

London, Jonathan Cape, 1984

£795 First edition, with the author’s inscription to the front endpaper: ‘To Tom, with love

and thanks from Anita x’.

8vo, blue cloth, in blue dust jacket illustrated by Sue Moxley. A fine copy. A wonderful association copy of the 1984 Man Booker Prize winner. [32134]

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Ian McEwan at Les Aspres on the occasion of my sixtieth-birthday party A dinner given in London by Julian Barnes for my birthday. From left: Martin Amis, me, Regina and Ian McEwan

A dinner given in London by Julian Barnes for Tomâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s birthday. From left: Martin Amis, Tom Maschler, Regina and Ian McEwan

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26 BROOKNER, Anita.

A PRIVATE VIEW. London, Jonathan Cape, 1984

£150 First edition, with the author’s inscription to the title page: ‘To dearest Tom, with love and thanks from

Anita’.

8vo, grey cloth, in dust jacket designed by Peter Dyer. A fine copy. [32136]

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A FRIEND FROM ENGLAND. London, Jonathan Cape, 1987

£95 First edition, with the author’s inscription to the front endpaper: ‘For Tom, with love from Anita’. 8vo, light brown cloth, in illustrated green dust jacket. A fine copy. [32138]

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“A travel book like no other I had ever read”

28 CHATWIN, Bruce.

IN PATAGONIA. London, Jonathan Cape, 1977

£2950 First edition, with the author’s inscription to the half title: ‘For Tom without whose

enthusiasm... Bruce 10. Sept ‘77’.

8vo, illustrated with photographs, blue cloth, in photographic dust jacket. Jacket spine a little sunned, otherwise a very good copy. An exceptional association copy of Chatwin’s first book. “It was an account

of his discoveries in this remote part of Argentina. The text was fragmentary yet compelling. I was ecstatic about the book, about the form, the style and the content. It seemed like a miracle after the false start on nomads [‘The Nomadic Alternative’, unpublished] , and is, to date, one of my favourite books.” [32151] 20

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29 CHEEVER, John.

BULLET PARK. London, Jonathan Cape, 1969

£195 First UK edition, inscribed by the author on the front endpaper, ‘To Tom Maschler from John Cheever

January 7/1977’.

8vo, red cloth, top edge black, in unclipped dust jacket by Bill Botten, slightly soiled and with a small tear from lower edge of rear panel. A very good copy. The third novel from ‘the Chekhov of the suburbs’. [32506]

30 CHEEVER, John.

FALCONER. London, Jonathan Cape, 1977

£195 First UK edition, inscribed by the author, ‘To Tom Maschler with my regards John Cheever Toulon[?] January 8/1977’.

8vo, black cloth, in unclipped dust jacket designed by Michael Lynch. Jacket a touch rubbed, a near fine copy. The fourth novel from ‘the Chekhov of the suburbs’. [32508]

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32 COHEN, Leonard. 31 COHEN, Leonard.

SELECTED POEMS.

BEAUTIFUL LOSERS.

London, Jonathan Cape, 1969

New York, The Viking press, 1966

£750

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First edition, with the author’s inscription to the front endpaper: ‘For Tom from

Leonard London 1966’.

8vo, bumped black cloth, in unclipped illustrated dust jacket designed by Gilda Kuhlman, rather frayed. A very good copy.

An important association copy of one of the best-known experimental novels of the 1960s. This uninhibited tale centres on the hapless members of a love triangle, and their sexual obsession and shared fascination with a mythic saint. The extraordinary and inimitable singersongwriter’s classic novel, this is Leonard Cohen’s most critically acclaimed literary work. “Great poets apart, I have brought to the Cape list a few ‘ light’ poets, including Roger McGough, Adrian Mitchell, Adrian Henri and Leonard Cohen. Each of them has had a measure of success, and one of them sold hundreds of thousands of copies. That was of course Leonard Cohen.” [32141]

First UK edition, signed by the author on the front endpaper, ‘Leonard Cohen London 1969’.

8vo, quarter cream over green cloth, a little bumped, in unclipped pictorial dust jacket by Barry Hall, a little rubbed at edges. Overall a very good copy. The first collection of poems by the Canadian singer-songwriter, poet and novelist to be published in the UK. [32144]

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THE FAVOURITE GAME. London, Jonathan Cape, 1970

£195 Inscribed by the author on the front endpaper, ‘For Tom all good things Leonard + Avril’.

8vo, black cloth, bumped, in unclipped photographic dust jacket by Barry Hall, a little frayed, with tear. A very good copy. Cohen’s first novel. [32145]

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“Publishing Len Deighton is not simply to publish a terrific writer, it is to publish an extraordinary personality”

34 DEIGHTON, Len.

HORSE UNDER WATER. London, Jonathan Cape, 1963

£1500 First edition, with the author’s inscription facing the title page: ‘To Tom – the only publisher in the whole word from Len Deighton Dec ‘63’.

Small 8vo, red cloth with ‘official’ stamp motif blocked to upper cover in black and blind, crossword/clues endpapers, in dust jacket illustrated by Raymond Hawkey. Some jacket discolouration, a little shelf wear to upper edge, otherwise a near fine copy.

Second in the acclaimed ‘Harry Palmer’ series of seven novels, the first to be published by Cape. [32155] 35 DEIGHTON, Len.

CLOSE-UP. London, Jonathan Cape, 1972

£295 First edition, with the author’s inscription to the title page: ‘To Tom – what can I say except thanks Len Deighton. July 4 1972’.

8vo, black cloth, in dust jacket illustrated by Raymond Hawkey. Jacket edges a little frayed, one tear, a very good copy.

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36 DEIGHTON, Len.

YESTERDAY’S SPY. London, Jonathan Cape, 1975

£295 First edition, with the author’s inscription to the title page: ‘Chalcot Gdns May

1976. A Spy’s best friend is his publisher – to Tom and Fay best wishes and thanks for a memorable visit. Len Deighton’.

8vo, brown cloth, in unclipped dust jacket by Raymond Hawkey, a little foxed at extremities. A fine copy. 39

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37 DEIGHTON, Len.

TWINKLE, TWINKLE, LITTLE SPY. London, Jonathan Cape, 1976 37

£195 First edition, with the author’s inscription to the title page: ‘To Tom: publisher critic

friend -my thanks Len Deighton Chalcot Gdns. 6 May 1976’.

8vo, black cloth, endpapers depicting the Milky Way, in unclipped pictorial dust jacket by Raymond Hawkey, a little foxed at extremities. A fine copy. The seventh and final instalment in the acclaimed ‘Harry Palmer’ series of novels. [32158]

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38 DEIGHTON, Len.

FIGHTER. THE TRUE STORY OFTHE BATTLE OF BRITAIN. London, Jonathan Cape, 1977

£150 First edition, with the author’s inscription to the title page: ‘To Tom and Fay - with all my love - Len Deighton 15 Sept 1977 ’.

8vo, illustrations and photographs, blue cloth, top edge stained red, in unclipped illustrated dust jacket, a little foxed at extremities (text block also). A very good copy. [32160]

Fleming’s only signed limited edition, one of 250 copies

39 FLEMING,Ian.

ON HER MAJESTY’S SECRET SERVICE. London, Jonathan Cape, 1963

£14500 First edition. One of only 250 copies signed by Fleming, this number 36, with the original, matching pencil-numbered tab inserted loose. Colour frontispiece portrait of the author by Charles Amhearts Villiers. 8vo, original quarter vellum, ever so slightly rubbed at extremities, over black cloth, gilt titles to spine, top edge gilt, with the original clear wrapper slightly rubbed. A near fine copy. Published simultaneously with the first trade edition, on 1 April 1963. “At the

time I joined Cape there was one ‘star’ on our list. It was Ian Fleming. The books sold well but not momentously well. Personally I enjoyed reading the Bond books and thought that Fleming spun a good yarn. But I must confess that I didn’t really rate them as literature.” [32009] www.heywoodhill.com

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40 FLEMING, Ian.

THRILLING CITIES. London, Jonathan Cape, 1963

£17500 Fleming’s proof copy, with his corrections marked throughout in blue ink and ‘Author’s Proof Please Return’ written on the upper cover. 8vo, original printed wrappers. Upper corners moderately bumped, some creasing to spine and slightly to lower corners, light rubbing to spine panel. A very good copy. Fleming’s popular travelogue, originally published as a series of articles commissioned by the Sunday Times. His corrections range from grammatical adjustments to line changes, as well as an annotation to the author’s note, indicating the inclusion of ‘a man named ‘C.D’, who pulled the trigger’; ‘ C.D’ referred to Sir Charles Denis Hamilton, the then-editor of the ‘Sunday Times’ and one of the book’s dedicatees. [32417] 26

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“A Magical Mystery”

41 FOWLES, John.

THE MAGUS. Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1965

£1750 First US edition, inscribed by the author on the front endpaper, ‘Tom Maschler -- With affection and

gratitude -- John 1.i.1966’.

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8vo, green cloth, in unclipped dust jacket. A presentable copy, very slightly faded along edges of cloth, in a very good dust jacket, chip to upper front panel and head of spine of wrapper, some mild rubbing and wear to extremities.

Page B.3

The Magus was Fowles’s first written novel, but his second to be published, after The Collector. The American edition preceded the UK edition by several months.

At Belmont House, Lyme Regis, together with John Fowles

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At Belmont House, Lyme Regis, together with John Fowles

42 FOWLES, John.

THE MAGUS. London, Jonathan Cape, 1966

£1250 First edition, inscribed by the author on the front endpaper, ‘Tom Maschler with great affection and

gratitude for all your help - John Fowles 26. iv. 1966’.

8vo, grey cloth boards with purple spine, top edge stained, in unclipped pictorial dust jacket by Tom Adams. Some shelf wear, jacket spine frayed at head, and chipped at foot, a very good copy. [31982]

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“The most magnificent piece of storytelling I had read for many years” 43 FOWLES, John.

THE FRENCH LIEUTENANT’S WOMAN. London, Jonathan Cape, 1969

£795 First edition, inscribed by the author on the half title, ‘For Tom Maschler With warmest affection and

gratitude for the help and care so consistently given John Fowles June 19th 1969’.

8vo, original cloth, in unclipped maroon dust jacket lettered in gilt and with a portrait of the author to rear panel. Jacket spine sunned, some edge wear and light rubbing to folds and extremities, some edge wear to cloth boards, overall a very good copy. 43

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44 FOWLES, John.

THE EBONY TOWER. London, Jonathan Cape, 1974

£295 First edition, inscribed by the author to Tom Maschler on the front endpaper, ‘Tom with all my gratitude - and apologies for what was disobedient John 8 October 1974’.

8vo, original cloth, in somewhat worn illustrated dust jacket, unclipped, a very good copy. [31980]

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45 FOWLES, John.

DANIEL MARTIN. London, Jonathan Cape, 1977

LA NUEVA NOVELA HISPANOAMERICANA.

£750

Mexico, Cuadernos de Joaquin Mortiz, July 1969

First UK edition inscribed by Fowles on the front endpaper, ‘Dear Tom, In all

47 FUENTES, Carlos.

affection for your patience and support -John Fowles 8 Sept 1977’.

8vo, a near fine copy in original brown cloth, slight fading to top stain, in a bright example of unclipped dust jacket, very slight fading and rubbing to spine, one short closed tear to upper cover at spine fold. [32059]

46 FUENTES, Carlos.

£195 First edition, number 5773 from an edition limited to 6,300 copies, inscribed by the author on the half title, ‘Dear Tom:

here are a few messages to you, our Deus Paritta – micus [?], with much love from Carlos Mexico, 1969’.

8vo, illustrated paper wrappers, rather soiled, a dent and rubbing to spine. A very good copy. A copy of the first edition of the author’s first published essay. [31996]

A CHANGE OF SKIN. London, Jonathan Cape, 1968

£250 First UK edition, inscribed by the author on the half title, ‘To Tom – who makes one

feel that writing is a triumph – and not, as Aztec gods and policeman and writers know, a deserved defeat...[Spanish] from Carlos’.

8vo, purple cloth, top edge black, in unclipped illustrated dust jacket by M. Mohan with a little staining and edge wear. A very good copy. [31995]

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48 GASS, William H.

OMENSETTER’S LUCK. London, Collins, 1967

£250 First edition, inscribed by the author on the front endpaper, ‘For Tom Maschler who rescued this poor book & much thanks Bill Gass’.

8vo, unclipped but rather soiled dust jacket, a very good copy. [31975]

49 GINSBERG, Allen.

HOWL. AND OTHER POEMS. San Francisco, CA, City Lights Books, 1964

£295

“Allen was the most spontaneous, the most unpretentious, the warmest, the most adorable, the most humble human being I have ever met” 48

Booklet for The Pocket Poets Series, Number Four. Thirteenth printing, with the author’s inscription to title page: ‘For

Tom Maschler 1965 hungover from the party Allen Ginsberg 9 Chalcot Crescent London June 2, 1965’. With added pen

doodle by the author.

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50 GINSBERG, Allen.

COLLECTED POEMS 1947-1980. London, Penguin Books, 1995

£195 Signed by seven notable literary figures to the title page, including [Lawrence] Ferlinghetti, Andrew Schelling and Adrian Mitchell. Thick 8vo, original paper wrappers, a good to very good copy. [31964]

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51 GORDIMER, Nadine.

THE CONSERVATIONIST. London, Jonathan Cape, 1974

£495 First edition, inscribed by Gordimer on the front endpaper, ‘Tom with love Nadine London 17/10/74’. 8vo, a near fine copy in original brown cloth, slight rubbing to the top stain, in a very good dust jacket, lightly faded and rubbed at spine panel and with a couple of short closed tears to edges, small nick to lower front corner. “On the whole Nadine seemed pleased with Cape’s performance. The one thing that drove her crazy was to find misprints in a novel, and I don’t blame her. Sometimes there were several, which inevitably crept in after the proof had been corrected, in other words they were the printer’s errors and out of our control. Now, when Nadine gave me the manuscript of ‘The Conservationist’, she said: “I do not want to see a single misprint in this book and there is one page where you must be particularly careful.” I don’t recall the exact page, but I do remember that the one to which we alerted the printer was the very one that went wrong. Nadine left us, although it was not solely due to this.” [32049]

52 GORDIMER, Nadine.

JULY’S PEOPLE. London, Jonathan Cape, 1981

£195 First edition, with a signed inscription from the author to the front endpaper: ‘Tom – love Nadine’. 51

8vo, unclipped dust jacket with two price overstickers, sunning to spine jacket, a very good copy. [31969]

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53 GRASS, Gunter.

THE TIN DRUM. London, Secker and Warburg, 1962

£750 First UK edition, publisher’s presentation copy to Tom Maschler with typed note dated 28/09/1962 inserted loose, signed ‘Fred’ [Warburg]: ‘My Dear Tom

Herewith a copy of THE TIN DRUM which you richly deserve, and which is I think a fine production – reviews, which you will have seen have been mixed. The old are shocked, the young like it. Some of the old are getting very tatty, don’t you think?’.

8vo, rather browned dust jacket, frayed at head of spine, a very good copy. Grass’s first novel was one of the most acclaimed post World War II literary landmarks in Germany. [31962]

54 HAVEL, Vaclav.

THE GARDEN PARTY. Translated and adapted from the Czech by Vera Blackwell. London, Jonathan Cape, 1969

The first full-length play to be performed in public (1963) by the Czech writer and statesman, who served as the last President of Czechoslovakia from 1989 to 1992 and then as the first President of the Czech Republic from 1993 to 2003. [32504]

55 HAVEL, Vaclav.

THE INCREASED DIFFICULTY OF CONCENTRATION.

Translated and adapted from the Czech by Vera Blackwell. London, Jonathan Cape, 1972

£195 First edition for Cape Editions 49 (General Editor: Nathaniel Tarn), clearly signed by the author to a preliminary page. Small, slim 8vo, black cloth and unclipped orange dust jacket, a little frayed and soiled with one small tear from lower edge of rear panel. A very good copy.

A metaphysical farce by the Czech writer and statesman. [32505]

£195 First UK edition, Cape Editions 37 (General Editor: Nathaniel Tarn), clearly signed by the author on the title page. Small, slim 8vo, bumped black cloth and unclipped yellow dust jacket, a little frayed and soiled. A very good copy.

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56 HELLER, Joseph.

CATCH-22. London, Corgi Books, 1975

£350 Inscribed by the author on the first preliminary page, ‘To Tom, The 1 millioneth [sic] 2 hundred thousandth Copy. Joe Heller 10/14/75 London’.

8vo, red and gold soft card covers, shelf wear and signs of handling, spine bowed, a very good copy. “‘Catch 22’ has a unique place in my publishing history. It was the first novel I bought for Cape, and it went on to become the most successful American first novel I have ever published.” 56

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57 HELLER, Joseph.

GOOD AS GOLD London, Jonathan Cape, 1979

£495 First UK edition, inscribed by the author on the front endpaper, ‘To Tom, Who’s made Fred Warburg look short-sighted, in hindsight, by realising that Catch-22 might have some appeal. Joe Heller 5/10/80’.

8vo, blue cloth, top edge stained red, in unclipped dust jacket designed by Craig Dodd. A fine copy. The author’s third novel. 57

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58 HEMINGWAY, Ernest.

A MOVEABLE FEAST.

THE DIVINE AND THE DECAY.

London, Jonathan Cape, 1964

London, MacGibbon & Kee, 1957

£295

£995

First UK edition. 8vo, top edge stained yellow, in publisher’s brown cloth and three-times price stickered dust jacket designed by Hans Tisdall. A near fine copy.

First edition, with the author’s inscription to both sides of the front endpaper and part of half title, signed ‘Bill ’ and dated November 1957.

Posthumously-published personal accounts, observations and stories by Hemingway, written when he was a struggling young writer in Paris between the wars. Maschler devotes the prologue of his autobiography to an account of a trip to the Hemingway ranch at Ketchum, Idaho, to assemble and edit the manuscript over six days with the writer’s widow, Mary. Maschler is particularly proud of having suggested the title, from a reference in Hemingway’s hand amongst his notes and correspondence. “Perhaps my intimacy

with the book makes me biased but it seems to me a small masterpiece.” [32519]

59 HOBAN, Russell. 59

RIDDLEY WALKER. London, Jonathan Cape, 1980

£495 First edition, with extended inscription from the author to his publisher on the title page: ‘Dear Tom, I remember a

winter evening - it was late in 1971 or early in 1972 - when Gundel and I walked around Bedford Square, looking at the golden windows of Jonathan Cape and wondering if you would be my publisher. To you, the man who keeps those lights burning, this book is inscribed with thanks and affection. Russ 26.9.80’ .

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60 HOPKINS, Bill.

8vo, bumped black cloth, in unclipped dust jacket designed by Mon Mohan, a little rubbed. A very good copy. [32171]

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8vo, black cloth, a little bumped and rubbed, spine gilt, in unclipped pink and white dust jacket with the publisher’s advert to rear panel. Jacket a little soiled and shelf worn to extremities, overall a very good copy. Full transcription: ‘To Dear Tom/ A friend

and collaborator whose common sense and constancy have never failed me. If there is ever one person to whom one can point as responsible for an artistic change of tempo, then that role is surely yours in my life./ In inscribing this copy of my first novel to you I’m aware that no more appropriate expression of our comradeship could be chosen & for this in itself is the purpose and the first fruit of our friendship. It is our book; and, without either of us, it would still be an unrealised thing useless to anyone./ Already this book has aroused more than its fair share of praise and blame, it has become a literary point of controversy and the winds of future stresses are blowing about us even now: at this time most sensible authors and publishers would abandon a path threatening such unpopularity as ours. The fact that I shall continue to tread the way by evolving a new form of novel with passion, power and purpose, is to an overwhelming extent, because of the confidence I feel in your friendship and support. I have no idea what benefit you in turn draw from me, least, whatever it may be, I’m sure it compares badly beside my profit./ However one thing we can be sure of. History is a cruel judge. Whatever trials we experience together it will not care. If we succeed in our intention of making literature more vital it will care only for that and that alone. If we fail, it will not mention us. Only success will serve as our epitaph, then and the rest

is silence./ For my part I’ve no doubts at all that we shall do it. But if – and I don’t for a moment think it possible! – our future is silence I break it with this one [surety to mark?] that we tried and that we could not have chosen a better friendship or a finer determination. With all my affection’.

Hopkins’s only novel, about the leader of a British right-wing populist party, generated considerable press controversy upon publication and was attacked by the critics (as he alludes to in his inscription). This right-wing Nietzschean novel is noteworthy in that the publisher voluntarily recalled all known copies, and had them destroyed, as a result of critical allegations of fascistic themes. Surviving copies of the publisher’s initial print run are therefore rare. The author (one of the Angry Young Men) has been closely associated with the authors Colin Wilson and Stuart Holroyd with whom he shared a house in London in the late 1950s. It was republished as The Leap by Deverell & Birdsey in 1984. [32176]

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62 HUXLEY, Julian.

THE COURTSHIP HABITS OF THE GREAT CRESTED GREBE. London, Jonathan Cape, 1968

£195 First edition in book form, with a foreword by Desmond Morris from a paper read to the Zoological Society in 1914. Inscribed by the author on the front endpaper, ‘To

Tom Maschler, With thanks for all the trouble he took over editing this little book, which recalls the early beginnings of my career as a scientific naturalist. Julian Huxley April 27 1968’. Also mss. letter

from an 81-year-old Huxley inserted loose: ‘...[the booklet] gives me great

pleasure in reminding me of those exciting days of watching and note-taking at Tring Reservoirs well over half a century ago. I send a copy duly inscribed, with my very real thanks. It was kind of you to think of giving a lunch party in my honour, but I fear I must refuse – I am nearly 87 and find such parties very tiring...’

Small, thin 8vo, in unclipped blue-grey dust jacket, some toning to paper, a near fine copy. [31973]

WODWO. London, Faber and Faber, 1967

£750 First edition, inscribed by the author on the front endpaper, ‘To Tom Maschler 25th

May 1967 [a few days after publication] with best wishes for him and for M.P.T. today on his back from Ted Hughes’.

8vo, quarter red cloth, spine gilt, in unclipped dust jacket with a little discolouration and bumping to top edge, original glassine wrapper preserved. A fine copy. Wodwo was Hughes’s first book for adults after Lupercal in 1960. It consists principally of poems but also contains five stories and a radio play.

63 IRVING, John.

THE HOTEL NEW HAMPSHIRE.

London, Jonathan Cape, 1981

£295 First UK edition, with the author’s inscription on the half title: ‘To Tom

- with every hope that this is the first of many successful books for you & me. Fondly John’.

8vo, black cloth, in unclipped burgundy dust jacket designed by Terry Fehr. Jacket a little bumped at top, top edge of text block a little soiled, a very good copy.

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UNRELIABLE MEMOIRS. London, Jonathan Cape, 1980

£195 First edition, inscribed by the author on the front endpaper, ‘To Tom with affection and, above all,

thanks – from Clive May 1980’.

8vo, original cloth, in dust wrapper by Craig Dodd, a very good copy.

“Clive wrote an autobiographical book, taking the reader up to the age of seventeen. It was called ‘Unreliable Memoirs’ and it sold 80,000 copies in hardback alone.” [32225]

65 JAMES, Clive.

FALLING TOWARDS ENGLAND. (UNRELIABLE MEMOIRS CONTINUED). London, Jonathan Cape, 1985

£150 First edition, inscribed by the author on the half title, ‘To Tom with love and thanks as always – from your unreliable author - Clive 1985’.

8vo, original cloth, in dust jacket by Craig Dodd, a very good copy. [32226]

66 KENEALLY, Thomas.

NED KELLY AND THE CITY OF THE BEES. 65

London, Jonathan Cape, 1978

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First edition, with author’s inscription to the title page: ‘With best wishes to the Publisher Tom Maschler. Tom Keneally 1980 ’. Thin 8vo, full-page illustrations by Stephen Ryan, light green cloth, in unclipped illustrated green dust jacket. Jacket slightly frayed to extremities, a very good copy. Keneally’s first work of juvenile fiction. [32183]

67 LEE, Laurie.

CIDER WITH ROSIE. London, The Hogarth Press, 1959

£750

First edition, with the author’s inscription to the half title, quoting his own poem, A ‘ pril Rise’: ‘Inscribed,

with love, to Polly from Laurie Lee The Garrick 1975 Pure in the haze the emerald sun dilates the lips of sparrows milk the mossy stones, while white as water by the lake, a girl, swims her green hand among the gathered swans’.

8vo, frontispiece and line drawings throughout by John Ward, original green cloth, in Ward’s unclipped pictorial dust jacket. Only minor shelf wear to jacket, one damp stain through lower edge of text block, the book a little cocked. A very good copy. Including, on p. 272, the reference to “a fire at the piano-works almost every year, it seemed to be a way of balancing the books”, for which Lee was sued for libel, causing the passage to be removed from subsequent editions. The first book of a trilogy that continues with As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning (1969) and A Moment of War (1991). An account of Lee’s childhood in the village of Slad, Gloucestershire.

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68 LENNON, John.

A SPANIARD IN THE WORKS. London, Jonathan Cape, 1965

£50 Third reprint. From the library of John Lennon’s publisher Tom Maschler. Lennon’s poetry and prose illustrated with his own drawings. 8vo, printed in brown and green. Original laminate boards, design by Robert Freeman. Shelf wear and rubbing, a very good copy. [32518]

69 LESSING, Doris.

RETREAT TO INNOCENCE. London, Michael Joseph, May 1956

£250 Second Impression, inscribed by the author on the front endpaper, ‘To the Youth Doris Lessing x’. 8vo, slightly bumped and rubbed black cloth, in unclipped patterned dust jacket by Belcher, with photograph of the author to rear. Jacket a little frayed and chipped at spine ends, a good copy. [32231]

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70 LESSING, Doris.

GOING HOME. London, Michael Joseph, 1957

£495 First edition, inscribed by the author on the front endpaper, ‘Dear Tom, with love from Doris Lessing’. 8vo, line drawings in the text by Paul Hogarth, blue cloth a little rubbed to edges, in unclipped illustrated dust jacket, with photograph of the author to rear. Jacket a little soiled and chipped, a very good copy. The book is a personal account of The Nobel Laureate’s return to Southern Rhodesia.

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71 LESSING, Doris.

PLAY WITH A TIGER. London, Michael Joseph, 1962

£195 First edition, inscribed by the author on the front endpaper, ‘This edition has misprints – not to be used for resetting without correction Doris Lessing’.

Small, slim 8vo booklet, tan cloth, in somewhat soiled and worn dust jacket with a photograph by John Timbers. Chipped to head of spine, a good copy. [32234]

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72 LESSING, Doris.

THE FOUR-GATED CITY. CHILDREN OF VIOLENCE. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1969

£295 First US edition, inscribed by the author on the half title, ‘For Tom with love from the author of “Briefing for a descent into Hell” xxx Doris (Lessing) 25 June 1969’.

Large 8vo, bumped black cloth stamped in silver and blind, in somewhat toned and worn dust jacket by Janet Halverson. A very good copy. 72

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73 LESSING, Doris.

BRIEFING FOR A DESCENT INTO HELL. London, Jonathan Cape, 1971

£350 First edition, inscribed by the author on the half title, ‘To Tom with love from Doris 23rd April 1971’.

8vo, brown cloth, in unclipped pictorial dust jacket by Alan Tunbridge. A near fine copy. [32236]

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74 LESSING, Doris.

THE MEMOIRS OF A SURVIVOR. London, The Octagon Press, 1974

£350 First edition, inscribed by the author: ‘To Tom love (as always) from Doris January 1975’.

8vo, slightly faded and bumped green cloth, in unclipped pictorial dust jacket by Ivan Tyrrell. Jacket a little soiled, coffee/tea ring to rear panel, spine a little sunned and frayed to foot. A very good copy. [32237]

75 LESSING, Doris.

THE TEMPTATION OF JACK ORKNEY. COLLECTED STORIES: VOLUME TWO. London, Jonathan Cape, 1978

£150 First UK edition, inscribed by the author on the front endpaper, ‘Thank you Doris 5.10.78’. 8vo, brown cloth, in unclipped orange jacket designed by Craig Dodd. Jacket spine a little sunned, a very good copy. [32240]

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76 LESSING, Doris.

THE MARRIAGES BETWEEN ZONES THREE, FOUR, AND FIVE. (AS NARRATED BY THE CHRONICLERS OF ZONE THREE.) London, Jonathan Cape, 1980

£295 76

First UK edition, inscribed by the author on the half title, ‘Dearest Tom

Much love – and thanks Doris 8th April 1980’.

8vo, blue cloth a little worn at lower edge, in unclipped jacket designed by David Prout. A very good copy. The second book in the five-book Canopus in Argos series. [32239]

77 LESSING, Doris.

THE SIRIAN EXPERIMENTS. THE REPORT BY AMBIEN II, OF THE FIVE. 77

London, Jonathan Cape, 1981

£495 First UK edition, specially bound for presentation to the author by Booker, in smooth dark blue goat skin, spine lettered gilt, with decorative dentelles gilt over marbled endpapers. 8vo, original dust jacket bound in at rear, all edges gilt. Covers a little rubbed, a near fine copy. With ‘Booker McConnell Prize Nomination 1981’ bookplate to front pastedown. The third book in the five-book Canopus in Argos series. It was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1981. [32238]

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78 LESSING, Doris.

THE SIRIAN EXPERIMENTS. THE REPORT BY AMBIEN II, OF THE FIVE. London, Jonathan Cape, 1981

£350 First UK trade edition, inscribed by the author on the half title, ‘Dear Tom - Again - thank you. Doris

Lessing 27th March 1981’.

8vo, blue cloth, in unclipped dust jacket designed by David Prout. Publisher’s price sticker to front f lap, minimal edge wear. A very good copy. [32464]

79 LESSING, Doris. & Mrs ArthurOF JANE SOMERS. THEMrDIARIES Rubinstein, celebrating 1 THE our DIARY publicationOF of A GOOD NEIGHBOUR his autobiography 2 IF THE OLD COULD...

London, Michael Joseph, 1984

£195 First edition thus, inscribed by the author on the title page, ‘Darling Tom - Now how about reading them?

Love Doris (Jane Somers)’.

8vo, blue cloth, in blue dust jacket by Phil Kay, spine a little sunned. A very good copy. The two novels were first published separately under the pseudonym Jane Somers to show the difficulty new authors face in trying to get their work into print. [32242] www.heywoodhill.com

80 LESSING, Doris.

THE FIFTH CHILD. London, Jonathan Cape, 1988

£150 First UK edition, inscribed by the author on the half title, ‘Dear Tom! Thank you - love Doris’. 8vo, black cloth, in unclipped jacket with a drawing by Mervyn Peake. A near fine copy. [32241]

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WALKING IN THE SHADE. VOLUME TWO OF MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY 1949-1962. New York, HarperCollins, 1997

£195 First edition, inscribed by the author on the half title, ‘Tom- Love Doris 28th August 1997’.

8vo, quarter purple cloth over grey patterned-paper covered boards, in unclipped dust jacket designed by Carin Goldberg. A little light wear, a very good copy. Under My Skin: Volume I of my Autobiography

(1994) covers the period of Lessing’s life from her birth in 1919 to leaving Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) in 1949. [32243]

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82 LESSING, Doris.

THE GRANDMOTHERS. FOUR SHORT NOVELS. New York, HarperCollins, 2003

£95 First US edition, inscribed by the author on the half title, ‘Tom and Regina - love - Doris May 2004’. 8vo, quarter green cloth over cream, blind stamped boards, brown endpapers, in unclipped pictorial dust jacket. A near fine copy. [32244]

“Dear Tom, Here it is at last ‘And none but you shall understand the true thing it tells’ (G.K. Chesterton). And none but I shall understand that without you it would never have been written”

83 LEVIN, Bernard.

THE PENDULUM YEARS. BRITAIN AND THE SIXTIES. London, Jonathan Cape, 1970

£95 First edition, inscribed by the author on the half title, ‘5th November 1970 Dear Tom, Here it is at

last “And none but you shall understand the true thing it tells” (G.K. Chesterton) And none but I shall understand that without you it would never have been written. With thanks and affection and all good wishes. Bernard’.

8vo, blue-grey cloth, in unclipped pictorial red dust jacket by Leigh Taylor. Top edge stained black. Spine a touch sunned, a near fine copy.

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84 LEVI-STRAUSS, Claude.

THE SCOPE OF ANTHROPOLOGY. London, Jonathan Cape, 1967

£195 First UK edition, for Cape Editions I (General Editor: Nathaniel Tarn), with the author’s inscription to the series title: ‘Pour Monsieur Tom Maschler, ce petit

texte auquel il a fait plus d’ honneur qu’ il n’en meritait, en l’ habillant avec une elegance qui n’ inspire a la fois confusion et reconnaissance. En tres sincere hommage, Claude Levi-Strauss 3/XI/67’.

Slim 8vo booklet, black cloth, in unclipped orange dust jacket. A near fine copy. Transcription of the famous anthropologist’s inaugural lecture as Chair of Social Anthropology to the College de France, January 5th, 1960. Translated from the French by Sherry Ortner Paul and Robert A. Paul. [32228]

85 LEVI-STRAUSS, Claude.

THE RAW AND THE COOKED. INTRODUCTION TO A SCIENCE OF MYTHOLOGY: I. London, Jonathan Cape, 1970

£295 First UK edition, with the author’s inscription to the half title: ‘To Tom Maschler, in deep appreciation

for his unfailing kindness and always helpful advice, with warmest regards from Claude Levi Strauss 29/ IV/70’. With an ALS from Levi-Strauss dated 30th

April 1970 enclosed, on Dept. of Anthropology, College de France headed paper, thanking Maschler for sending two copies of the ‘British edition which looks very nice indeed’. The author mentions he has signed and returned one of these, the present copy. Large, thick 8vo, tables, diagrams, photographic illustrations, pictorial ‘Bestiary’ to rear; quarter white over black cloth, in unclipped dust jacket by M. Mohan. Binding bumped, jacket a little sunned and toned and a little worn to extremities, a very good copy.

Translated from the French by John and Doreen Weightman. [32229]

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86 LLOSA, Mario Vargas.

THE GREEN HOUSE. London, Jonathan Cape, 1969

£395 First UK edition, signed and inscribed by the author (‘Mario’), in Spanish, on the half title, London, 1969.

“Signed for my publisher and friend, T. Maschler of Jonathan Cape Ltd., with highest regards and best wishes, Hugh MacDiarmid”

8vo, green cloth, in unclipped green dust jacket by Antoni Evora, some toning and shelf wear, jacket spine a little sunned. A very good copy. First published as La Casa Verde in 1966, the second novel by the Peruvian writer. [32227]

87 MacDIARMID, Hugh.

GRIEVE, Christopher Murray. [pseud,.] LUCKY POET. A SELF-STUDY IN LITERATURE AND POLITICAL IDEAS. London, Jonathan Cape, 1972

£250 Second edition with a new author’s note, and with the author’s inscription to the front endpaper: ‘Signed for Tom Maschler Good friend and great publisher with every high regard, gratitude and best wishes, from Hugh MacDiarmid. 1/8/72’. Also with an ALS from ‘Christopher Greve ’

88 MacDIARMID, Hugh.

GRIEVE, Christopher Murray. [pseud,.] GLEN, Duncan (Editor). SELECTED ESSAYS. London, Jonathan Cape, 1969

£195 First edition, inscribed by the author on the front endpaper, ‘Signed for my

to Maschler inserted loose, of the same date, returning the present copy signed, mentioning ‘mixed’ reviews but good coverage etc.

publisher and friend, T. Maschler of Jonathan Cape Ltd., with highest regards and best wishes, Hugh MacDiarmid’.

8vo, top edge stained blue, brown cloth in publisher’s unclipped illustrated dust jacket by Mon Mohan. Shelf wear only, a very good copy.

8vo, top edge red, red cloth in publisher’s unclipped dust jacket by Mike Self. A little shelf worn, a couple of small tears to top edge of jacket, a very good copy.

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89 McEWAN, Ian.

THE IMITATION GAME. THREE PLAYS FOR TELEVISION. London, Jonathan Cape, 1981

£250 First edition, inscribed by McEwan on the front endpaper, ‘For Tom and Fay affectionately and with thanks, Ian. 12/2/81’.

8vo, a near fine copy in cream cloth textured boards, in unclipped dust jacket, with some minor toning to spine panel and occasional rubbing. [32068]

90 McEWAN, Ian.

THE INNOCENT. London, Jonathan Cape, 1990

£195 First edition, inscribed by McEwan on the title page, ‘To Tom, in the week before the deluge, Love, Ian’.

8vo, a fine copy in original blue cloth, in unclipped dust jacket. [32017]

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91 McEWAN, Ian.

THE COMFORT OF STRANGERS. London, Jonathan Cape, 1981

£595

First edition, inscribed by the author to Tom and Fay Maschler on the front endpaper, ‘For Tom and Fay, affectionately, Ian’. 8vo, brown cloth, in unclipped pictorial dust jacket by Mon Mohan reproducing a Turner watercolour of Venice. A fine copy. The basis for the 1990 film starring Rupert Everett, Christopher Walken, Helen Mirren and Natasha Richardson. [32093]

92 McEWAN, Ian. 92

ENDURING LOVE. London, Jonathan Cape, 1997

£195 First edition, signed and inscribed by McEwan to Tom and Regina Maschler on the title page, ‘Dear Tom and Regina Love to you both and see y’all soon Ian’.

8vo, a fine copy in publisher’s grey cloth, in a very good unclipped dust jacket, two short closed tears to front f lap and spine folds and a hint of rubbing to extremities. [32020]

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Ian McEwan at Les Aspres on the occasion of Maschler’s sixtieth-birthday party

Ian McEwan at Les Aspres on the occasion of my sixtieth-birthday party was the second of the “Ian McEwan ‘Triumvirate’ (Martin Amis, Julian Barnes and Ian I took on” A dinner given in London by Julian Barnes forMcEwan) my birthday. From left: Martin Amis, me, Regina and Ian McEwan 93 McEWAN, Ian.

AMSTERDAM. London, Jonathan Cape, 1998

£250 First edition, inscribed by McEwan to the Maschlers on the title page, ‘To Tom and Regina lots of love

Ian’.

8vo, black cloth, in unclipped dust jacket (without the Booker Prize blurb to the cover). A fine copy. Winner of the Booker Prize. [32016]

94 McEWAN, Ian.

ATONEMENT. London, Jonathan Cape, 2001

£295 First edition, inscribed by the author on the title page, ‘To Tom, with love, Ian’. 8vo, black cloth, in unclipped dust jacket. A fine copy of McEwan’s most famous work. [32015] www.heywoodhill.com

95 McEWAN, Ian.

BROWNE, Anthony. THE DAYDREAMER.

Scarce first Spanish edition of an early Marquez novel

London, Jonathan Cape, 1994

£250 First edition, inscribed by both McEwan and Browne on the title page: ‘In, or

around, the Chelsea Harbour, a threegun salute to your publishing genius, Tom with love, Ian’ and ‘For Tom with very best wishes, Anthony Browne’,

together with a charming ‘caricature’ of Ian McEwan by Browne to the verso of the half title. McEwan’s first children’s book, charmingly illustrated by Anthony Browne. Large 8vo, green cloth, in unclipped dust jacket. A fine copy.

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96 MALAMUD, Bernard.

THE FIXER. 96

New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1966

£495 First edition, with the author’s inscription on the half title, ‘For Tom Maschler with

good wishes Bernard Malamud’.

8vo, blind stamped buff cloth edge-worn, dark brown endpapers and top edge red, the fore edge untrimmed, in dust jacket by Janet Halverson. Jacket a little soiled, edges frayed, a very good copy. The Fixer, which concerns antisemitism

in the Russian Empire, won both the U.S. National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize.

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97 MARQUEZ, Gabriel Garcia.

LA MALA HORA [IN EVIL HOUR]. (PREMIO LITERARIO ESSO 1961). Madrid, Spain, Premio Literario Esso, 1962

£795 First trade edition, limited to 5000 copies. Small 8vo, original soft card covers. With the stamp of literary agent Carmen Balcells (Barcelona) to the half title, and a Typed Letter Signed in German on Balcells headed letter paper, from Verena Leitner to the Koln publishers Kiepenheuer & Witsch, loosely inserted. Dated 13th November 1964, the Spanish literary agency offers the German publishing house a two month Option on rights to this title and ‘El coronel no

tiene quien le escriba (No One Writes to the Colonel)’, mentioning deals

already signed with Julliard in France and Feltrinelli in Italy. Wraps almost detached from text block, the upper spine joint splitting so cover almost separated; edges generally tatty, multiple creases etc., stitching becoming a little loose and the pages with the usual age toning. [32454]

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With Gabriel García Márquez

98 MARQUEZ, Gabriel Garcia.

ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE. New York, Harper & Row, 1970

£7500 Inscribed by the author to Tom and Fay Maschler on the dedication page, ‘y para

Fay y Tom, con todo el carino, Gabriel, 1975, London’. Translated by Gregory

With Gabriel García Márquez

Rabassa. First US edition, in the second state dust jacket with the period at the end of the first paragraph on the front f lap (first state jackets had an exclamation mark). 8vo, a fine copy in publisher’s green cloth, in a very good unclipped dust jacket, some light wear to spine ends, a few short closed tears to edges, but still a bright internally clean copy. Maschler was Marquez’s first publisher in England.

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99 MARQUEZ, Gabriel Garcia.

ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE. New York, Harper & Row, 1970

£1950 First US edition, in the first state dust jacket, with the exclamation mark at the end of the first paragraph on the front f lap. Translated by Gregory Rabassa. 8vo, a near fine copy in publisher’s green cloth, slightly frayed at tail of spine, in a bright, attractive example of the dust jacket, with just a hint of sunning to spine and a touch of wear to extremities. [32014]

Scarce proof copy, inscribed by Marquez

100 MARQUEZ, Gabriel Garcia.

ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE. New York and Evanston, Harper & Row, 1970

£7500 Uncorrected proof copy of Marquez’s magnum opus, warmly inscribed by him in Spanish on the dedication page to his UK publisher Tom Maschler, ‘y para

Tom, 18 meses antes de nuestros 10.000 dolares, y con un immenso abrazo de amigo, GABRIEL 1969 ’.

Translated from the Spanish by Gregory Rabassa.

8vo, yellow paper wrappers, upper cover and preliminaries detached, short closed tear to rear upper panel at spine, some occasional soiling to covers, a very good copy of a rare item. Marquez had signed the proof reluctantly, according to Maschler, who recalled in his autobiography that ‘Gabo’ noted ‘ in that mock serious way of his

that he had asked his publisher to print a facsimile edition of 10,000 copies in order to “put an end to all this nonsense”. “That”, he said pointing to my copy, “ is worth five thousand dollars”.’ Maschler 100

was Marquez’s first UK publisher, and in his autobiography, he also recalls the significance of the first appearance of ‘Cien Anos de Solitude ’: ‘... He

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101 MARQUEZ, Gabriel Garcia.

ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE. London, Jonathan Cape, 1973

£2500 Inscribed by Marquez to Tom and Fay Maschler on the dedication page, ‘para Fay y Tom, con una flor y un pez, Gabriel, 1975, London’, with Marquez’s drawing of a f lower and a fish. Reprint of the first UK edition which was first published in 1970. 8vo, a near fine copy in publisher’s green cloth, a hint of fading to the red topstain, in a very good, unclipped dust jacket with some minor wear along edges and a couple of short closed tears.

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102 MARQUEZ, Gabriel Garcia.

CHRONICLE OF A DEATH FORETOLD. London, Jonathan Cape, 1982

£850 First UK edition, warmly inscribed by the author to his publisher on a preliminary page, ‘Para Tom, de su amigo Gabriel 1982’ [’To Tom, from his friend...’].

Translated by Gregory Rabassa.

8vo, green cloth, in unclipped illustrated dust jacket by Jennie Tylden-Wright, with Nobel Prize sticker to front panel. A few dents to rear panel, a very good copy. Crónica de una muerte anunciada was first published in 1981, the year before García Márquez was awarded the 1982 Nobel Prize.

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103 MORRIS, Desmond.

THE HUMAN ZOO. London, Jonathan Cape, 1969

“I think as a publisher I have identified with Desmond more intimately than with any other author”

£250 First edition, with the author’s inscription to title page: ‘For Tom – Who unlocked the door of my

human-zoo cage one day and let me out into the Maschler game-park, where I have been roaming happily ever since. With gratitude – from Desmond July 25th 1969’.

8vo, pale cloth, minor shelf wear, in unclipped red dust jacket, sunned to spine, otherwise a very good copy. 103

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104 NERUDA, Pablo.

THE HEIGHTS OF MACCHU PICCHU. Translated by Nathaniel Tarn. London, Jonathan Cape, 1966

£2750 First UK edition, inscribed by the author on the front endpaper, ‘Para Tom Maschler Dear Tom, You

have climbed this hard building of your own will, thanks for your curiosity, effort and friendship Pablo Neruda London 1967’ . Preface by Robert Pring-

Mill.

Thin 8vo, brown cloth, in unclipped edge-worn dust jacket by Peter Barber and Nathaniel Tarn. A very good copy.

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105 NERUDA, Pablo.

THE HEIGHTS OF MACCHU PICCHU. Translated by Nathaniel Tarn. London, Jonathan Cape, 1966

£2750 First UK edition, inscribed by the author to the front endpaper, ‘Un abrazo a Tom de su Amigo Pablo 1970 [A hug for Tom form his friend...]’ . Preface by Robert Pring-Mill. Thin 8vo, brown cloth, in unclipped dust jacket by Peter Barber and Nathaniel Tarn. A fine copy. [32294]

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106 NERUDA, Pablo.

THE HEIGHTS OF MACCHU PICCHU. Translated by Nathaniel Tarn. London, Jonathan Cape, 1966

£1995 First UK edition, signed by the author on the front endpaper, ‘Pablo Neruda 1970 ’. Preface by Robert Pring-Mill. Thin 8vo, brown cloth, in unclipped dust jacket by Peter Barber and Nathaniel Tarn. A fine copy. [32295]

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107 NERUDA, Pablo.

THE HEIGHTS OF MACCHU PICCHU. Translated by Nathaniel Tarn. London, Jonathan Cape, 1966

£1995 First UK edition, signed by the author on the front endpaper, ‘Pablo Neruda 1970 ’. Preface by Robert Pring-Mill. Thin 8vo, brown cloth, in unclipped edge-worn dust jacket by Peter Barber and Nathaniel Tarn. A very good copy. [32296]

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108 NERUDA, Pablo.

TWENTY LOVE POEMS. AND A SONG OF DESPAIR. London, Jonathan Cape, 1969

£295 First UK edition, Cape Editions 38 (General Editor: Nathaniel Tarn), signed by the author on the front endpaper. Small 8vo booklet, printed soft card covers and pink paper wrapper. Fading to covers, a very good copy. The original Spanish text to versos, the English translation by W.S. Merwin to the facing page. 108

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109 NERUDA, Pablo.

TWENTY LOVE POEMS. AND A SONG OF DESPAIR.

“The other monumentally important poet whom we published and introduced to an English-speaking audience was Pablo Neruda”

London, Jonathan Cape, 1969

£750 First UK edition, Cape Editions 38 (General Editor: Nathaniel Tarn), with the author’s inscription to the front endpaper: ‘Buenos dias Tom, Pablo Neruda 1970 London’ .

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Small 8vo booklet, bumped black cloth and pink dust jacket, a little edge worn and sunned. A very good copy. [32292]

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TARN, Nathaniel (Editor). 110 NERUDA, Pablo.

SELECTED POEMS.

TARN, Nathaniel (Editor).

London, Jonathan Cape, 1970

SELECTED POEMS.

£195

London, Jonathan Cape, 1970

£750 First edition of this selection of English translations, by Anthony Kerrigan, W.S. Merwin, Alastair Reid and Nathaniel Tarn. Inscribed by the author on the front endpaper, ‘1971 London to dear Tom

Maschler the hero who published these far away poems. Su amigo Pablo Neruda’.

8vo, white and sky blue cloth, top edge red, in pictorial dust jacket by Leigh Taylor, with sunning to spine. A very good copy.

Uncorrected proof of the first edition of this selection of English translations. Inscribed by the author to the half title, ‘1970 London Dear Tom you are the first

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editor in England who payed [sic] this attention to my work, here we are, thanks to you, gracias, truly and forever your friend Pablo Neruda’.

8vo, yellow soft card wraps with the Cape logo pattern printed in white. Covers a little soiled and stained, edge wear.

The original Spanish text to versos, the English translation to the facing page.

A remarkable association copy. The original Spanish text to versos, the English translations by Anthony Kerrigan, W.S. Merwin, Alastair Reid and Nathaniel Tarn to the facing page.

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“Edna O’Brien was a wonderful fresh voice in our literature, well read, funny, and pretty too”

112 O’BRIEN, Edna.

GIRLS IN THEIR MARRIED BLISS. London, Jonathan Cape, 1964

£295 First edition, warmly inscribed by O’Brien to Tom Maschler on the front endpaper, ‘Tom, It is also, and

more so, my privilege. With love. Edna. Nov. 12th 1964 ’.

8vo, a fine copy in publisher’s blue cloth, in a very good, unclipped dust jacket, slightly darkened at spine, one short closed tear to upper edge of rear panel and some occasional rubbing to extremities. The third and final novel in O’Brien’s Country Girls trilogy. [32034]

113 O’BRIEN, Edna.

THE LOVE OBJECT. London, Jonathan Cape, 1968

£195 First edition, warmly inscribed by the author, ‘To Tom - another hurdle and continued affection. Edna. May 1967.’ 8vo, pink cloth and unclipped pictorial dust jacket by O.M. Tentacle. The binding a little bumped, the jacket frayed to edges, a very good copy. [32286]

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114 PAZ, Octavio.

MARCEL DUCHAMP OR THE CASTLE OF PURITY. London, Cape Goliard Press, 1970

£250 First edition in English, with the author’s inscription to a preliminary page: A ‘ Tom, con afecto y amistad, Octavio. Londres, a 5 de marzo de 1970 ’. Translated from the Spanish by Donald Gardner. Thin 8vo, with the author’s cut-out outline profile at a window in the red title leaf, a sandy blank backing separating the colour Surrealist frontispiece. Brown cloth and unclipped dust jacket, slightly soiled and slightly shelf worn. A very good copy. [32514]

115 PINTER, Harold

A LA RECHERCHE DU TEMPS PERDU: THE PROUST SCREENPLAY. WITH A FOREWORD BY JOHN FOWLES. London, Eyre Methuen, 1978

£195 116

First edition, inscribed by Pinter on the title page, ‘To Tom from Harold ’. 4to, green endpapers and top stain, bumped green cloth and dust jacket. Jacket sunned and edge worn, a very good copy. With the collaboration of Joseph Losey and Barbara Bray. [32522]

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116 PINTER, Harold.

THE FRENCH LIEUTENANT’S WOMAN. Boston, MA, Little, Brown and Company, 1981

£495 First edition, from a special edition of the screenplay limited to 360 copies and signed by Pinter and novelist John Fowles, this being one of 10 copies reserved by the publisher for private circulation. 8vo, dark cloth presented in original maroon slipcase, with title label. A fine copy. The film was directed by Karel Reisz and produced by Leon Clore. [32090]

117 PINTER, Harold

THE SCREENPLAY OF THE FRENCH LIEUTENANT’S WOMAN. WITH A FOREWORD BY JOHN FOWLES.

Inscribed by Meryl Streep

London, Jonathan Cape, 1981

£495 First edition, inscribed by lead actress Meryl Streep to the front endpaper, ‘For Tom whose enthusiasm

and hard work fed the fires Best Meryl 28 Sept 15/10/81 ’.

Slim 8vo, black cloth, in unclipped dust jacket by Mon Mohan, with Streep as Sarah Woodruff to front panel. Jacket a touch soiled; a very good copy. [32288]

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Possibly the only known UK edition to be inscribed by Pynchon

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PYNCHON, Thomas. V. London, Jonathan Cape, 1963

£35000 First UK edition, inscribed by Pynchon on the half title, ‘For

Tom Maschler -- CHEERS! Thomas Pynchon ’.

8vo, black cloth lettered in silver to spine, in unclipped dust jacket. Some fading to the topstain, very slight toning and wear to extremities of jacket, otherwise a near fine copy. Pynchon’s debut novel, which follows the exploits of a discharged US Navy sailor, Benny Profane, who returns to New York with a group of Bohemian artists and an ageing traveller named Herbert Stencil in search of the mysterious ‘V’. In 2012, it emerged that Pynchon’s final revisions were made after the first printing of the US edition, and thus were only implemented in the Cape edition in the UK. Renowned for his reticence, Pynchon agreed to inscribe this copy for Maschler after a dinner the publisher had thrown for the author. “I am delighted to say that I am now the proud

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119 PYNCHON, Thomas.

THE CRYING OF LOT 49. London, Jonathan Cape, 1967

£595 First UK edition of Pynchon’s second novel. ‘Production department file. Do Not Remove ’ stamped to front endpaper. 8vo, a fine copy in publisher’s purple cloth, in a near fine unclipped dust jacket, very slightly toned along edges. The shortest of Pynchon’s novels and often considered his most accessible, this post-modern satire centres around a woman, Oedipa Maas, who unravels a centuries old mystery between two US postal service companies. [32023]

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120 PYNCHON, Thomas.

VINELAND. Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1990

£19500 First edition, warmly inscribed by Pynchon to his UK publisher, ‘For Tom,

with gratitude and affection, Thomas Pynchon’.

8vo, green cloth lettered in silver, in unclipped dust jacket. A touch of rubbing to text block, jacket spine very slightly sunned, otherwise a near fine copy. Pynchon’s post-modern, political novel of 1980s America, and his follow up to 1973’s Gravity’s Rainbow, published 17 years earlier. “On a subsequent visit to New York I received a phone call saying that Tom would very much like it if I could have a drink with him. We made a date and Tom turned up at the Pierre Hotel, where I was staying at the time. He was carrying a plastic bag and in it was a copy of ‘Vineland’. Not only a copy of ‘Vineland’ but an inscribed copy! I was profoundly touched.” [32029]

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121 RAPHAEL, Frederic.

“Frederic Raphael is one of my oldest friends”

THE EARLSDON WAY. London, Cassell, 1958

“Freddy has a brilliant mind. He is a successful screenwriter as well as a novelist”

£250 First edition, inscribed by the author on the front endpaper, ‘With lots of love to Tom, Freddie June 4th ‘59 ’. 8vo, a very good copy in publisher’s black cloth, in unclipped illustrated dust jacket, a little frayed, chipped and soiled.

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London, Jonathan Cape, 1967

Albert Finney and Audrey Hepburn. The film is about a husband and wife who examine their twelve-year relationship while on a road trip to Southern France. Raphael received an Academy Award nomination for Best Writing, Audrey Hepburn received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Motion Picture Actress, and Henry Mancini received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Original Score, for the film’s eponymous theme song.

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122 RAPHAEL, Frederic.

TWO FOR THE ROAD.

First edition screenplay, inscribed by the author on the front endpaper, ‘Tom. This

is no occasion for facetiousness. To have come to a serious & enthusiastic publisher is to have arrived at a destination and to begin a journey. Standing still is impossible: may we go forward to something worthwhile & of lasting value + may we never come to a stop. Frederic Raphael ’.

8vo, a very good copy in publisher’s brown cloth, in unclipped illustrated dust jacket by M. Mohan, with a little spotting and shelf wear. Two for the Road is a 1967 comedy directed by Stanley Donen, starring

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TWO FOR THE ROAD. London, Jonathan Cape, 1967

£395 First edition screenplay, inscribed by the author, ‘For Tom, finalmente - Freddie ’. 8vo, specially bound by the publisher Cape in crushed quarter green morocco over green cloth boards, spine gilt and blocked T.M. (for Tom Maschler) in gilt to cover. Top edge gilt, some shelf wear, a very good copy. [32309]

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124 ROTH, Philip.

PORTNOY’S COMPLAINT. A NOVEL. New York, Random House, 1969

£750

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“[Portnoy’s Complaint] ...A momentous success, even greater than Catch-22”

Limited edition, number 208 of 600 copies signed by the author and specially bound in speckled cream cloth, with Roth’s signature tooled in gilt to upper cover. 8vo, red endpapers, top edge red, in original dust jacket. Housed in the original red card slipcase. Jacket spine a little sunned, slipcase a little rubbed, a near fine copy. [32043]

125 ROTH, Philip.

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New York, Random House, 1969

£995 First edition, inscribed by the author on the front endpaper, ‘London April 1977 To Tom - with affection and gratitude Philip’.

MY YOUNG YEARS. London, Jonathan Cape, 1973

£295 First UK edition, inscribed by the author on the half title, ‘To Tom Maschler, my

courageous and charming publisher, with my thanks – Artur Rubinstein 6.10.73 ’.

8vo, shelf-worn blue cloth stamped PR to cover lower right, the yellow dust jacket sunned to spine and with chip to verso upper right. A very good copy.

8vo, a very good copy in brown cloth, lightly bumped to head of spine, in unclipped illustrated dust jacket by R.D. Scudellari, with small tear to upper spine fold.

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127 RUSHDIE, Salman.

MIDNIGHT’S CHILDREN. London, Jonathan Cape, 1981

£2950 First edition, inscribed by the author on the title page, ‘To Tom with many thanks Salman Rushdie ’. 8vo, a near fine copy in publisher’s quarter burgundy cloth, author’s silver initials stamped to upper cover, fore edge untrimmed, in unclipped pictorial dust jacket designed by Bill Botten. Winner of the 1981 Booker Prize. “I found reading ‘Midnight’s Children’ a marvellous experience. The novel belongs firmly to the literature that has been called ‘magic realism’. It is a magnificent example of it.” [32298]

128 RUSHDIE, Salman.

THE MOOR’S LAST SIGH. London, Jonathan Cape, 1995

£195 First edition. Inscribed by the author to Tom and Regina Maschler on the title page, ‘to Tom & Regina, with love and thanks Salman, 7th Sept 95 (publication day!) (Claridges!)’ .

8vo, a fine copy in publisher’s dark blue cloth, in a near fine, unclipped dust jacket, very slightly wrinkled along edges. Winner of the Whitbread Prize and shortlisted for the Booker Prize.

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129 SMITH, Stevie.

NOVEL ON YELLOW PAPER. OR WORK IT OUT FOR YOURSELF. London, Jonathan Cape, 1969

£395 Reissue, inscribed by the author on the front endpaper, ‘To Tom from Stevie with all good wishes Jan 9th 1970’; also signed ‘Stevie Smith’ beside her printed name on front panel of jacket, as well as to the title page. Small 8vo, yellow cloth, in unclipped illustrated dust jacket by Christine Marsh. Minor shelf wear only, spine a little sunned, a very good copy. 129

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130 SPARK, Muriel.

THE FANFARLO AND OTHER VERSE. Ashford, Kent, The Hand and Flower Press, 1952

£295 First edition, with the author’s inscription to front endpaper, ‘For Tom my friend with warmest wishes & likings T love as well from Muriel in different inks 3rd April 1962’.

12mo booklet, original soft card wraps, buff printed in red, price 3s. 6d. to inside front cover. Some sunning to covers and paper age-toning as usual. A very good copy. 130

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131 SPARK, Muriel.

THE BACHELORS. London, Macmillan & Co Ltd, 1960

£295 First edition, inscribed by the author on the front endpaper, ‘To Tom dear with love from Muriel Oct.

1960’.

8vo, original cloth, in dust wrapper. A very good copy. [32003]

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132 SPARK, Muriel.

THE BALLAD OF PECKHAM RYE. London, Macmillan & Co Ltd, 1960

£495 First edition, inscribed by the author on the front endpaper, ‘For Tom “partners” in memoriam from

Muriel’.

8vo, blue cloth a little faded and tired, unclipped pictorial dust jacket a little frayed and chipped to extremities. A very good copy. [32005]

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THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE. London, Macmillan & Co Ltd, 1961

£995 First edition, inscribed by the author on the front endpaper, ‘For Tom with love & simple admiration

form Muriel Nov. 1961’.

8vo, blue-green cloth, in unclipped pictorial dust jacket by Victor Reinganum, a little rubbed to extremities, with a couple of small tears. A very good copy. 133

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THE GIRLS OF SLENDER MEANS. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1963

£250 First US edition, inscribed by the author on the front endpaper, ‘Tom warm fond love Muriel (in New

York. Sept, 1963).’

8vo, red cloth stamped in black, silver and blind, in unclipped dust jacket by George Salter, a little browned and worn. A very good copy. [32004]

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135 STOREY, David.

THE RESTORATION OF ARNOLD MIDDLETON. A PLAY IN THREE ACTS. London, Jonathan Cape, 1967

£150 First edition, inscribed by the author on the front endpaper, ‘To Tom With my best wishes and many

thanks – and the hope of more to come David. Nov. 1967’, together with Storey’s autograph note signed to Maschler of the same date inserted loose: ‘...I hope, merely, that it [the book] does as well as it deserves...’.

Small 8vo, green cloth, in unclipped illustrated dust jacket by Leigh Taylor. A little rubbed, shelf wear, spine a little sunned; a very good copy overall. [32315]

136 STOREY, David.

SAVILLE. London, Jonathan Cape, 1976

£495 First edition, inscribed by the author to his publisher on the front endpaper, ‘To Tom – on an auspicious and happy evening, and with (secret) news of our first Booker Award - and with many thanks for the dedication and love with which ‘Saville’ has been presented: David 4th November 1976’.

8vo, green cloth, in unclipped pictorial dust jacket by Tom Adams. Jacket with one tear from upper edge of front panel, sunning to spine, and minor shelf wear. A very good copy. Unique association copy of the novel that won the 1976 Booker Prize.

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137 STYRON, William.

LIE DOWN IN DARKNESS. London, Jonathan Cape, 1970

£250 First Cape edition, inscribed by the author on the title page, ‘To Tom the only publisher who matters

(aside from R.H.) with thanks for all good things done Bill Styron’.

8vo, brown cloth, in unclipped pink dust jacket by M. Mohan, slightly sunned. A very good copy. The writer’s acclaimed first novel, about the dysfunctional Virginian Loftis family, was first published in 1951, and in the UK by Hamish Hamilton in 1952. 137

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138 VONNEGUT, Kurt.

GOD BLESS YOU, MR. ROSEWATER OR PEARLS BEFORE SWINE. London, Jonathan Cape, 1965

£895 First UK edition, with the author’s inscription to the front endpaper: ‘Most affectionately for Tom- Oct. 26, 1967.’

8vo, purple cloth, in unclipped dust jacket by Jonathan Miller. Jacket a little frayed to spine extremities, general edge wear, a very good copy.

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Association copy of Vonnegut’s satirical anti-war masterpiece

139 VONNEGUT, Kurt.

SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE OR THE CHILDREN’S CRUSADE. New York, A Seymour Lawrence Book / Delacorte Press, 1969

£4500 First edition, boldly inscribed by the author on the first of two half titles ‘For Tom - Kurt Vonnegut Jr.’

8vo, sky blue cloth stamped in red, black and gilt to spine and with the author’s signature in gilt to upper cover, in unclipped dust jacket. Cloth shelf worn, the jacket rather sunned and browned, with tear at head, and chip at foot, of spine, internally fine. A very good copy. [32353] www.heywoodhill.com

140 VONNEGUT, Kurt.

SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE OR THE CHILDREN’S CRUSADE. London, Jonathan Cape, 1970

£2500 First UK edition, with the inscription by the author to his UK publisher filling the front endpaper: ‘Dear Tom Maschler- I’m

most amused and respectful, and I love you and all that. I wish you Peace and Plenty, from one barbarian to another one- Brown’s Hotel March 21, 1970 (drunk)’.

8vo, green cloth, in dust jacket by Bryan Rowell. Jacket a little frayed at edges, a very good copy. [32354] 80

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141 VONNEGUT, Kurt.

DEADEYE DICK. London, Jonathan Cape, 1983

£295 First UK edition, inscribed by the author on the front endpaper, ‘For Tom, yet another forest slain Feb. 24, 1983’.

8vo, blue cloth, in chipped dust jacket designed by Bill Botten. A very good copy. [32357]

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142 VONNEGUT, Kurt.

HOCUS POCUS. London, Jonathan Cape, 1990

£195 First UK edition, with the author’s signed, autographed self-portrait in black ink in profile across the two front endpapers, inscribed, ‘For Tom yet again. This is getting monotonous— Oct 22 1990 (suppertime)’.

8vo, black cloth, unclipped dust jacket by Peter Dyer. A near fine copy. [32358]

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143 WALCOTT, Derek.

IN A GREEN NIGHT. London, Jonathan Cape, 1962

£750 First edition, inscribed by the author on the front endpaper, ‘To Tom Maschler gratefully Derek Walcott Oct 9 [19]64’.

Slim 8vo, quarter cream cloth over marbled green boards, in unclipped dust jacket by Germano Facetti. A fine copy. This collection was the first of Walcott’s poems to be issued in England under the auspices of Tom Maschler at Jonathan Cape. 143

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144 WALCOTT, Derek.

IN A GREEN NIGHT. London, Jonathan Cape, 1962

£795 First UK edition, inscribed by the author to the front endpaper, ‘To Tom very gratefully Derek July [19]69’.

Slim 8vo, quarter cream cloth over marbled green boards, in unclipped dust jacket by Germano Facetti. Jacket spine a little worn to ends, one tear to upper spine fold. A very good copy. [32346]

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145 WALCOTT, Derek.

THE CASTAWAY AND OTHER POEMS. London, Jonathan Cape, 1965

£195 First edition, inscribed by the author on the front endpaper, ‘To brother Tom from Derek. Best wishes etc July 1969’.

Slim 8vo, quarter black cloth over patterned paper-covered boards, in unclipped pictorial dust jacket by Leigh Taylor. Some fairly light shelf wear, a very good copy. [32347]

146 WALCOTT, Derek.

OMEROS. New York, Farrar Straus Giroux, 1990

£395 First edition, inscribed by the author on the front endpaper, ‘To Tom with fond memories Derek Sept 12 /90’.

8vo, blue blind stamped cloth, in unclipped dust jacket designed by Cynthia Krupat. The slightest of shelf wear, a fine copy. The Nobel Prize-winning poet’s epic, often considered his masterpiece. [32344]

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147 WESKER, Arnold.

THE WESKER TRILOGY: CHICKEN SOUP WITH BARLEY; ROOTS; I’M TALKING ABOUT JERUSALEM. THREE PLAYS BY ARNOLD WESKER. London, Jonathan Cape, 1960

£395 Setting off on the

Aldermaston march. Left to right: Elaine First edition, with a lengthy inscription by the author Dundy (married to on the half title: ‘Then there’ ll be the paperback Kenneth Tynan), me, Kenneth Tynan edition of the Trilogy, then the hardback of the film

adaptation, then the paperback of the hardback, then the trilogy arranged in chronological order – done in hardback, then the paperback of that hardback, then gems from the trilogy, or quotations – but only done in paperback and so on all because of you my dear, dear Tom whom us loves Arnold Dec 1960’.

Small 8vo, quarter yellow cloth over speckled grey cloth boards, in unclipped photographic dust jacket. Jacket a little worn, with some nicks and tears to head and foot of spine, a very good copy. [32339] 84

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SAID THE OLD MAN TO THE YOUNG MAN. THREE STORIES. London, Jonathan Cape, 1978

£195 First edition, f lat signed by the author to the title page and with his inscription to the half title: ‘To dear

old faithful and first-of-all Tom, I really do think I‘ ll settle down to prose – love Arnold II.IV.78’.

Small 8vo, blue cloth, in unclipped yellow dust jacket by M. Mohan. Jacket a little soiled, with a little edge wear, a very good copy. The critically-acclaimed British dramatist’s third published novel. [32342]

149 WOLFE, Tom.

THE KANDY-KOLORED TANGERINEFLAKE STREAMLINE BABY. London, Jonathan Cape, 1966

£495 First UK edition, with the author’s idiosyncratic inscription on the front endpaper: ‘To Tom Maschler

An authentic honest PENCIL = WRIT (19 years old) AUTOGR APH to the LEOPARD of the ALPS! in Appreciation Tom Wolfe’.

8vo, pink cloth, in unclipped dust jacket with psychedelic pattern by Jonathan Miller, with one small nick to upper spine fold and only light edge wear. A very good copy. [32333]

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THE BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES. London, Jonathan Cape, 1988

£250 First UK edition, inscribed by the author on the title page, ‘To Tom Maschler, who had a LOT of faith in

this book when the author needed a lot, from Tom Wolfe’.

Thick 8vo, black cloth, in illustrated jacket designed by Mark Holmes, a little shelf wear. Front flap clipped and with Cape price sticker. A near fine copy. [32334]

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