Christopher Isherwood Sold at Auction Prices

b. 1904 - d. 1986

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    • Isherwood (Christopher) Goodbye to Berlin, first edition, 1939.
      Dec. 05, 2024

      Isherwood (Christopher) Goodbye to Berlin, first edition, 1939.

      Est: £800 - £1,200

      Isherwood (Christopher) Goodbye to Berlin, first edition, endpapers foxed and spotted with small Hatchards sticker on pastedown, original cloth, edges toned, dust-jacket, few nicks to edges, spine ends chipped and frayed, one or two short tears, corners a little chipped, but overall a sharp and unrestored copy, [Woolmer 451], 8vo, Hogarth Press, 1939.

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    • Isherwood (Christopher) Goodbye to Berlin, first edition, Hogarth Press, 1939.
      Jul. 18, 2024

      Isherwood (Christopher) Goodbye to Berlin, first edition, Hogarth Press, 1939.

      Est: £800 - £1,200

      Isherwood (Christopher) Goodbye to Berlin, first edition, light marks to endpapers, original cloth, light strip fading to spine ends, dust-jacket, expert repairs to tears and fraying extremities, in effect an excellent and sharp copy, [Woolmer 451], 8vo, Hogarth Press, 1939.

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    • Day Lewis (Cecil).- Isherwood (Christopher) All the Conspirators, first edition, 1928 & others, all Cecil Day Lewis' copies (3)
      May. 09, 2024

      Day Lewis (Cecil).- Isherwood (Christopher) All the Conspirators, first edition, 1928 & others, all Cecil Day Lewis' copies (3)

      Est: £500 - £700

      Day Lewis (Cecil).- Isherwood (Christopher) All the Conspirators, 1928; Mr. Norris Changes Trains, light foxing on front free endpapers, cloth spine faded, 1935 § Kafka (Franz) The Trial, first English edition, translated by Willa and Edwin Muir, review copy with compliments slip loosely inserted, 1937, first or first English editions, all Cecil Day Lewis' copies with his ownership inscription in pen or pencil on front free endpapers, original cloth, extremities rubbed, a little discoloured, 8vo (3) *** A very good trio of copies owned by the writer Cecil Day Lewis. The first being the scarce first novel by Isherwood.

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    • ISHERWOOD CHRISTOPHER: (1904-1986)
      Mar. 14, 2024

      ISHERWOOD CHRISTOPHER: (1904-1986)

      Est: €100 - €120

      ISHERWOOD CHRISTOPHER: (1904-1986) ISHERWOOD CHRISTOPHER: (1904-1986) British-born American novelist and playwright. Vintage signed and inscribed 4 x 7 photograph of Isherwood standing in a half-length pose. Signed in bold black fountain pen ink to the base of the image and dated 8th November 1962 in his hand. Very slightly neatly trimmed and with a couple of very light, minor surface creases, otherwise VG

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    • Isherwood (Christopher)
      Feb. 18, 2024

      Isherwood (Christopher)

      Est: £400 - £600

      Isherwood (Christopher) Isherwood (Christopher) A group of four typed letters and one autograph letter signed by Christopher Isherwood, all addressed to Peter Taylor, discussing various subjects, from his trips ("We drove down the west coast to Mexico city and came back via El Paso, Texas. I think Mexico is a truly beautiful country...beautiful and always surprising and slightly sinister. But it is very hard to describe it properly. Many have tried, and most have only succeeded in being quaint. I suppose Lawrence come nearest") and thoughts to theatre productions ("In NY we stayed with Julie Harris and went to a lot of shows, including the Chalk Garden, with Gladys Cooper and Sioban McKenna. Have you seen Mckenna, I wonder? I think she is extraordinarily beautiful, not because of the way she looks but because of the way she moves and holds herself. As for Julie, she was wonderful in The Lark, though I didn't care much for the play...We thought we would get seats easily for My Fair Lady (the musical version of Pygmalion) but we couldn't and finally had to stand. I liked the part Shaw wrote, not much of the rest; but the sets were sensational") to his caring for his friend Don Bachardy after he caught hepatitis ("even after they let him out of hospital, I had to cook for him, a non-fat diet, and look after him....and then I got hepatitis and went to hospital, and he cooked for me"), his opinions on Kingsley Amis ("I liked Lucky Jim but like his other book That Uncertain Feeling even more") and Don Bachardy's drawings ("It is interesting that Ian thinks Don's drawings of men are better than his women. He is convinced it's the other way around, and I'd be inclined to agree with him. But of course it quite often happens that the women, especially if they are actresses, will be horrified by his frankness and decide that one of the blander drawings is the best"), six pages in total, a few small corrections by hand, folding marks, 4to, Santa Monica and Los Angeles, 9 January 1955-16 September 1962; with two photographs of the young Paul Taylor (7) **Paul Taylor was a young British reader who wrote to Isherwood while in hospital being treated for TB. Isherwood visited Taylor in hospital while in the UK and the two struck up a friendship and correspondence that lasted several years. ***Don Bachardy (b.1934), American portrait artist. He met Isherwood on Valentine's Day in 1953, when he was 18 and Isherwood 48. They remained together until Isherwood's death in 1986. A number of paperback editions of Isherwood's novels feature Bachardy's pencil portraits of the author. A film about their relationship, entitled Chris & Don: A Love Story was released in 2008.

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    • Isherwood (Christopher), John Betjeman, John Masefield, & C.S. Forester. A group of four pieces of typed material, all signed by the author, 1949-78.
      Feb. 15, 2024

      Isherwood (Christopher), John Betjeman, John Masefield, & C.S. Forester. A group of four pieces of typed material, all signed by the author, 1949-78.

      Est: £300 - £400

      Isherwood (Christopher), John Betjeman, John Masefield, & C.S. Forester. A group of four pieces of typed material, each  signed by the author, v.s., v.d., 1949-1978. *** Group comprises:  1) Isherwood (Christopher, writer, 1904-1986) All the Conspirators, typed page extract from the novel, 1p., on buff hand-made paper, n.p., n.d., signed by the author below, loosely mounted onto punch-hole page (lightly toned).   2) Forester (C.S., writer, 1899-1966) Typed Letter signed by the author, to "Mr Gibson", on his headed paper, July 24, 1957, thanking him for the letter and declining to send a signed photograph, folds. 3) Masefield (John) Typed Letter signed by the author, to Wreford Brown, on his headed paper, 29th June, 1949, thanking him for the letter and asking him to visit, fold, together with envelope additionally signed by the author. 4) Betjeman (John) Typed Letter signed by the author, to "Mr. Luke", on his headed paper, with inscription in Irish above signature, 14th April 1978, reminiscing on his time at the Gate Theatre in Dublin, folds.

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    • Isherwood (Christopher) Mr. Norris Changes Trains, proof copy, Hogarth Press, 1935
      Feb. 15, 2024

      Isherwood (Christopher) Mr. Norris Changes Trains, proof copy, Hogarth Press, 1935

      Est: £500 - £700

      Isherwood (Christopher) Mr. Norris Changes Trains, proof copy, very light toning to page margins, light foxing to final page, original brown wrappers, chips to extremities, creasing to spine, 4to, Hogarth Press, 1935. *** A rare proof copy of Isherwood's third novel, his first based on his experiences of living in Weimar Germany.

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    • Isherwood (Christopher) Goodbye to Berlin, first edition, 1939.
      Dec. 12, 2023

      Isherwood (Christopher) Goodbye to Berlin, first edition, 1939.

      Est: £400 - £600

      Isherwood (Christopher) Goodbye to Berlin, first edition, original cloth, spine browned, dust-jacket, creasing and fraying to edges, neat repairs verso with tissue, light tape stain to upper panel, 8vo, 1939.

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    • Isherwood (Christopher) Lions and Shadows, first edition, signed by the author "From Christopher Isherwood. December 1938", Hogarth Press, 1938.
      Dec. 12, 2023

      Isherwood (Christopher) Lions and Shadows, first edition, signed by the author "From Christopher Isherwood. December 1938", Hogarth Press, 1938.

      Est: £300 - £400

      NO RESERVE Isherwood (Christopher) Lions and Shadows, first edition, signed by the author "From Christopher Isherwood. December 1938" on endpaper, portrait frontispiece, browning to endpapers, original cloth, rubbing to spine tips and corners, dust-jacket, spine browned, spine ends and corners chipped, light creasing to head, [Westby and Brown p.5; Woolmer 431], 8vo, Hogarth Press, 1938. ⁂ Scarce signed. Isherwood's semi-autobiographical account of his education coupled with a veiled portrait of the gay scene in Cambridge and London in the 1920s.

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    • Isherwood (Christopher) Sally Bowles, first edition, 1937.
      Dec. 12, 2023

      Isherwood (Christopher) Sally Bowles, first edition, 1937.

      Est: £400 - £600

      Isherwood (Christopher) Sally Bowles, first edition, ownership inscription to endpapers, original cloth, dust-jacket, small portion of loss to spine head, nicks to extremities, spine browned, a very good copy overall, 8vo, 1937. ⁂ The first appearance of Isherwood's most famous character; part inspiration, along with I am a Camera, for the musical and film Cabaret. The creation of Sally Bowles gave Isherwood financial security for much of the rest of his life.

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    • Christopher Isherwood My Guru and His Disciple Publisher Eyre Methuen. Jacket design by Don
      Oct. 22, 2023

      Christopher Isherwood My Guru and His Disciple Publisher Eyre Methuen. Jacket design by Don

      Est: £6 - £8

      Christopher Isherwood My Guru and His Disciple Publisher Eyre Methuen. Jacket design by Don Bachardy. 1st edition. From single vendors book collection. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99. 30kg box UK £15, EU £40, ROW £60

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    • Isherwood (Christopher) Lions and Shadows, first edition, the Hogarth Press, 1938.
      Aug. 24, 2023

      Isherwood (Christopher) Lions and Shadows, first edition, the Hogarth Press, 1938.

      Est: £150 - £200

      Isherwood (Christopher) Lions and Shadows, first edition, endpapers toned, original first state blue cloth, dust-jacket, evenly toned, short tear along joint from lower edge but a remarkably tight and excellent copy overall, [Woolmer 431], 8vo, the Hogarth Press, 1938;

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    • Isherwood (Christopher) Sally Bowles, first edition, 1937.
      Aug. 24, 2023

      Isherwood (Christopher) Sally Bowles, first edition, 1937.

      Est: £250 - £350

      Isherwood (Christopher) Sally Bowles, first edition, original cloth, spine ends a little frayed, dust-jacket, extensive but expert repairs to spine, joints and extremities, retouching to spine, spine browned, tears neatly repaired, [Woolmer 411], 8vo, 1937. ⁂ Rare in jacket.

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    • Isherwood (Christopher) Goodbye to Berlin, first edition, 1939.
      Jun. 08, 2023

      Isherwood (Christopher) Goodbye to Berlin, first edition, 1939.

      Est: £400 - £600

      Isherwood (Christopher) Goodbye to Berlin, first edition, endpapers toned, original cloth, lightly faded to spine and edges, dust-jacket, creasing and fraying to edges, near repairs along joints and fore-edge, larger tears to lower panel repaired, portions of spine head and tail lacking and replaced with facsimile, 8vo, 1939.

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    • Isherwood (Christopher) Sally Bowles, first edition, 1937.
      Dec. 01, 2022

      Isherwood (Christopher) Sally Bowles, first edition, 1937.

      Est: £400 - £600

      Isherwood (Christopher) Sally Bowles, first edition, ink ownership inscription of John Rayner to endpaper, slight rubbing to spine tips and corners, dust-jacket, slight browning to spine, spine chipped at foot, portion of spine at head torn, some light marking and surface soiling to panels, a very good copy overall, 8vo, 1937.

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    • Isherwood (Christopher)
      Oct. 26, 2022

      Isherwood (Christopher)

      Est: £150 - £200

      Isherwood (Christopher) Isherwood (Christopher) A group of 8 Christopher Isherwood books, one presentation copy My Guru and His Disciple, first edition with dustjacket, presentation copy, ‘for dearest Marguerite, with love as always, Chris and Don, July 9, 1980’ Presumed to be associate of Isherwood, Marguerite Littman, Eyre Methuen 1980 Ramakrishna and his Disciples, first edition, Methuen 1965 The Berlin Stories, first complete edition, dustjacket has loss, New Directions, 1945 Plus 5 others (8)

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    • Isherwood (Christopher) Sally Bowles, first edition, signed by the author, 1937.
      Sep. 29, 2022

      Isherwood (Christopher) Sally Bowles, first edition, signed by the author, 1937.

      Est: £4,000 - £6,000

      Isherwood (Christopher) Sally Bowles, first edition, signed by the author on title with score through his printed name, light spotting to endpapers, original cloth, light toning to spine, extremities a little rubbed, dust-jacket, light browning and rubbing to spine, spotting to panels, splitting to head of lower joint and upper fore-edge, minor chipping to spine tips and corners, closed tears to head of upper panel, but an excellent example overall of a scarce and delicate jacket, [Westby and Brown p.6; Woolmer 411], 8vo, Hogarth Press, 1937. ⁂ Rare signed. The first appearance of Isherwood's most famous character; part inspiration, along with I am a Camera, for the musical and film Cabaret. The creation of Sally Bowles gave Isherwood financial security for much of the rest of his life.

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    • Isherwood (Christopher) Goodbye to Berlin, first edition, 1939.
      Mar. 10, 2022

      Isherwood (Christopher) Goodbye to Berlin, first edition, 1939.

      Est: £80 - £120

      NO RESERVE Isherwood (Christopher) Goodbye to Berlin, first edition, endpapers very lightly spotted and toned, original cloth, spine and extremities sunned, 8vo, 1939.

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    • Isherwood (Christopher) Sally Bowles, first edition, 1937.
      Dec. 02, 2021

      Isherwood (Christopher) Sally Bowles, first edition, 1937.

      Est: £300 - £400

      Isherwood (Christopher) Sally Bowles, first edition, some scattered spotting to endpapers, original cloth, slight shelf-lean, some light foxing and discolouration to spine, dust-jacket, light browning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, some light toning and surface soiling to panels, but an excellent example overall, 8vo, 1937.

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    • Isherwood (Christopher) Sally Bowles, signed by the author on title with score through his printed name, Hogarth Press, 1937.
      Nov. 25, 2021

      Isherwood (Christopher) Sally Bowles, signed by the author on title with score through his printed name, Hogarth Press, 1937.

      Est: £600 - £800

      Isherwood (Christopher) Sally Bowles, signed by the author on title with score through his printed name, book-label to pastedown, modern crushed navy morocco, spine lettered in gilt, drop-back box, [Westby and Brown p.6; Woolmer 411], 8vo, Hogarth Press, 1937. ⁂ Rare signed. The first appearance of Isherwood's most famous character; part inspiration, along with I am a Camera, for the musical and film Cabaret.

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    • Isherwood (Christopher) Mr. Norris Changes Trains, first edition, 1935.
      Sep. 30, 2021

      Isherwood (Christopher) Mr. Norris Changes Trains, first edition, 1935.

      Est: £1,200 - £1,800

      Isherwood (Christopher) Mr. Norris Changes Trains, first edition, browning to half-title and final text p., scattered spotting to endpapers, original cloth, spine slightly faded, light toning to upper and lower edges, otherwise excellent, dust-jacket, spine slightly browned, some splitting joints with neat tissue repairs to verso, small chip to one corner, but an excellent example generally, preserved in custom drop-back box, 8vo, 1935. ⁂ Isherwood's third novel, his first based on his experiences of living in Weimar Germany, scarce in the jacket in good condition.

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    • Isherwood (Christopher) Christopher and His Kind, 1929-1939, number 67 of 100 copies signed by Isherwood and Don Bachardy, New York, Farrar Straus and Giroux, 1976.
      Jul. 07, 2021

      Isherwood (Christopher) Christopher and His Kind, 1929-1939, number 67 of 100 copies signed by Isherwood and Don Bachardy, New York, Farrar Straus and Giroux, 1976.

      Est: £150 - £200

      NO RESERVE Isherwood (Christopher) Christopher and His Kind, 1929-1939, number 67 of 100 copies signed by Isherwood and Don Bachardy, portrait frontispiece and endpapers by Bachardy, original linen, acetate dust-jacket, slip-case, a fine copy, 8vo, New York, Farrar Straus and Giroux, 1976.

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    • Isherwood (Christopher) and Don Bachardy, Frankenstein: the True Story, first edition, signed by the authors on title, New York, Avon Books, 1973.
      Jul. 07, 2021

      Isherwood (Christopher) and Don Bachardy, Frankenstein: the True Story, first edition, signed by the authors on title, New York, Avon Books, 1973.

      Est: £150 - £200

      NO RESERVE Isherwood (Christopher) and Don Bachardy. Frankenstein: the True Story, first edition, signed by the authors on title, light browning throughout, photocopied insert in Isherwood's hand loosely inserted, original pictorial wrappers, light rubbing to tips of spine and corners, else fine, 8vo, New York, Avon Books, 1973. ⁂ Rare signed. The photocopied sheet comprises a scene by Lord Byron and Percy Shelley that was cut from the final text. Isherwood wished it included so wrote the scene out by hand, photocopied it, and inserted into copies presented to friends.

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    • Isherwood (Christopher) Kathleen and Frank, first English edition, George Cukor's copy with presentation inscription to him from the author, Methuen & Co., 1971.
      Jul. 07, 2021

      Isherwood (Christopher) Kathleen and Frank, first English edition, George Cukor's copy with presentation inscription to him from the author, Methuen & Co., 1971.

      Est: £150 - £200

      NO RESERVE Isherwood (Christopher) Kathleen and Frank, first English edition, George Cukor's copy with presentation inscription to him from the author to endpaper, plates, Cukor's bookplate to pastedown, blind-stamp of Bernie Taupin to endpaper, original cloth, dust-jacket, spine ends and corners a little chipped, chipping and creasing to head of upper panel, 8vo, Methuen & Co., 1971. ⁂ A charming Hollywood provenance. George Cukor (1899-1983) director of such classic films as The Philadelphia Story, Adam's Rib, My Fair Lady and A Star is Born. He moved in similar Hollywood circles to Isherwood and Bachardy, attending their famous parties. Cukor would later set the opening of his 1981 film Rich and Famous at Isherwood and Bachardy's Santa Monica house, with the hosts both briefly appearing in the film.

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    • Isherwood (Christopher) Exhumations. Stories, articles, verses, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, New York, Simon & Schuster, 1966; and 4 others (5)
      Jul. 07, 2021

      Isherwood (Christopher) Exhumations. Stories, articles, verses, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, New York, Simon & Schuster, 1966; and 4 others (5)

      Est: £150 - £200

      NO RESERVE Isherwood (Christopher) Exhumations. Stories, articles, verses, signed presentation inscription from the author "For Drew-Ponder Greene from Christopher Isherwood - whose mother was a Greene through her mother, so maybe we are cousins?", jacket spine ends and corners with minor chipping, New York, Simon & Schuster, 1966 § Westby (Selmer) and Clayton M. Brown. Christopher Isherwood. A Bibliography 1923-1967, signed presentation inscriptions from Westby and Isherwood, Los Angeles, CA, California State College, 1968 § Bachardy (Don) Last Drawings of Christopher Isherwood, signed presentation inscription from Bachardy to Richard Labonté to endpaper, illustrations, Faber & Faber, 1990, first editions, original cloth, dust-jackets, near-fine; and 2 others, 8vo (5)

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    • Isherwood (Christopher) Ramakrishna and his Disciples, first English edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Dodie Smith, Methuen, 1965.
      Jul. 07, 2021

      Isherwood (Christopher) Ramakrishna and his Disciples, first English edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Dodie Smith, Methuen, 1965.

      Est: £400 - £600

      Isherwood (Christopher) Ramakrishna and his Disciples, first English edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "For Dodie [Smith] and Alec, with love from Chris. April 1965" to endpaper, frontispiece, plates, original cloth, light fading to spine tips, dust-jacket, light toning to spine and head of panels, light creasing to head and foot, near-fine otherwise, [Westby and Brown p.6], 8vo, Methuen, 1965. ⁂ Excellent presentation copy from the author to his close friends the author Dodie Smith and her husband. See also lot 277.

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    • Isherwood (Christopher) A Single Man, first English edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, Methuen & Co., 1964.
      Jul. 07, 2021

      Isherwood (Christopher) A Single Man, first English edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, Methuen & Co., 1964.

      Est: £300 - £400

      Isherwood (Christopher) A Single Man, first English edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to endpaper, small patch of browning and light abrasion to endpaper, original boards, minor bumping to spine ends and corners, dust-jacket, price-clipped, light toning to spine, light rubbing and creasing to head and foot, very short closed tear to head of upper panel, small abrasion to lower fore-edge, but near-fine generally, [Westby and Brown p.7], 8vo, Methuen & Co., 1964. ⁂ We can trace no other inscribed copy of this edition at auction or online.

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    • Isherwood (Christopher) A Single Man, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, New York, Simon & Schuster, 1964.
      Jul. 07, 2021

      Isherwood (Christopher) A Single Man, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, New York, Simon & Schuster, 1964.

      Est: £400 - £600

      Isherwood (Christopher) A Single Man, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to endpaper dated November 13, 1982, ink ownership inscription to rear endpaper, original cloth, very light fading to spine, dust-jacket, ink date stamp to rear flap, light sunning to spine, minor chipping and light creasing to tips of spine and corners, light rubbing to extremities, near-fine otherwise, [Westby and Brown p.7], 8vo, New York, Simon & Schuster, 1964. ⁂ Isherwood's outstanding portrayal of the last day in the life of a British academic living in Los Angeles, a key work in gay fiction, adapted for film by Tom Ford. Rare inscribed.

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    • Isherwood (Christopher) The World in the Evening, first edition, signed by the author, New York, Random House, [1954]; and 4 others, also signed or inscribed (5)
      Jul. 07, 2021

      Isherwood (Christopher) The World in the Evening, first edition, signed by the author, New York, Random House, [1954]; and 4 others, also signed or inscribed (5)

      Est: £200 - £300

      Isherwood (Christopher) The World in the Evening, light fraying to spine ends, jacket spine ends and corners a little chipped, light rubbing and creasing to head and foot, New York, Random House, [1954]; The Condor and the Cows, jacket with light toning to panel, tear and creasing to head of lower panel, New York, Random House, 1949; Down there on a Visit, jacket spine sunned, New York, Simon & Schuster, 1962; A Meeting by the River, jacket with light toning to rear panel, New York, Simon & Schuster, 1967, first editions, signed or with signed presentation inscriptions from the author, original boards, dust-jackets, [Westby and Brown pp.3-7]; and another, signed, 8vo (5)

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    • Isherwood (Christopher) Autograph Letter signed "Christopher Isherwood" to Joseph Cohen, 1p., 11th May, [1954].
      Jul. 07, 2021

      Isherwood (Christopher) Autograph Letter signed "Christopher Isherwood" to Joseph Cohen, 1p., 11th May, [1954].

      Est: £150 - £200

      NO RESERVE Isherwood (Christopher) Autograph Letter signed "Christopher Isherwood" to Joseph Cohen, 1p., 400 South Saltair Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 11th May, [1954], regarding Cohen's proposed biography of Wilfred Owen and Isherwood's admiration of the poet "my interest in him and enthusiasm for his work have remained undiminished through all these years. His best poems - mostly those which were in the original volume - still seem to me to be among the really great things written in English.", folding creases; with a typed copy of the letter and of Cohen's letter to Isherwood, 4to (3) ⁂ Joseph Cohen - see lot 32.

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    • Isherwood (Christopher, editor) Vedanta for the Modern Man, first edition, signed by Christoper Isherwood, Aldous Huxley, John van Druten, Gerald Heard and Swami Prabhavananda, [1951].
      Jul. 07, 2021

      Isherwood (Christopher, editor) Vedanta for the Modern Man, first edition, signed by Christoper Isherwood, Aldous Huxley, John van Druten, Gerald Heard and Swami Prabhavananda, [1951].

      Est: £150 - £200

      NO RESERVE Isherwood (Christopher, editor) Vedanta for the Modern Man, first edition, signed by Christoper Isherwood, Aldous Huxley, John van Druten, Gerald Heard and Swami Prabhavananda on endpaper, original cloth-backed boards, light rubbing to spine, spine ends and corners a little bumped, dust-jacket, light browning to spine and panels, chipping and creasing to head and foot, [Westby and Brown p.29], 8vo, New York, Harper & Brothers, [1951]. ⁂ All five signatories contributed chapters to the present work.

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    • Isherwood (Christopher) The Condor and the Cows, first English edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Dodie Smith, Methuen & Co., 1949.
      Jul. 07, 2021

      Isherwood (Christopher) The Condor and the Cows, first English edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Dodie Smith, Methuen & Co., 1949.

      Est: £600 - £800

      Isherwood (Christopher) The Condor and the Cows, first English edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "For Dodie [Smith] and Alec, whose friendship is my constant support, and whose confidence is an unceasing reproach to all my weaknesses this mouse of a book brought forth by mountains. Christopher. November 1949" to half-title, maps and illustrations, pictorial endpapers with light browning and short marginal tear, original cloth, fading to spine ends, dust-jacket, spine browned, some discolouration to panels, chipping and creasing to head and foot, lower 1" of spine deatched, [Westby and Brown p.3], 8vo, Methuen & Co., 1949. ⁂ An excellent presentation copy with a warm and personal inscription to the author and playwright Dodie Smith. Isherwood met the couple in Hollywood in the 1940s and the group became close friends. Smith later recalled that Alec had been the person to suggest to John Van Druten that he adapt Sally Bowles for the stage (Van Druten wrote I Am a Camera which would subsequently for the basis for the musical and film Cabaret). Dodie and Alec are also the dedicatees of The World in the Evening. See also lot 285.

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    • Isherwood (Christopher) Lions and Shadows, first American edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, Norfolk, CN, 1947; and 2 others, also signed or inscribed (3)
      Jul. 07, 2021

      Isherwood (Christopher) Lions and Shadows, first American edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, Norfolk, CN, 1947; and 2 others, also signed or inscribed (3)

      Est: £150 - £200

      NO RESERVE Isherwood (Christopher) Lions and Shadows, signed presentation inscription from the author "For Mary [Hebold], with the affection of her old friend Chris, Dec. 11, 1968" to endpaper, frontispiece portrait, ink ownership inscription, book-label of John Hebold to pastedown, fading to spine, and covers, toning to jacket, creasing and chipping to extremities, Norfolk, CN, New Directions, 1947; Prater Violet, signed presentation inscription from the author to endpaper, light fading to spine and faint staining to upper cover, jacket with light fading to spine and some light surface soiling, spine ends and corners a little chipped, New York, Random House, 1945; All the Conspirators, signed by the author on title, jacket with light toning to spine, New York, New Directions, 1958, first or first American editions, original cloth, dust-jackets, [Westby and Brown pp. 3, 5 & 6], 8vo (3) ⁂ Mary Hebold met Isherwood through the Vedanta Society. She was a typist to both Isherwood and Aldous Huxley.

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    • Isherwood (Christopher) Prater Violet, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, Methuen & Co., 1946.
      Jul. 07, 2021

      Isherwood (Christopher) Prater Violet, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, Methuen & Co., 1946.

      Est: £150 - £200

      NO RESERVE Isherwood (Christopher) Prater Violet, first English edition, signed presentation inscription from the author dated July 1946 to endpaper, bookplate to pastedown, original cloth, light rubbing, dust-jacket, very light spotting and damp-staining to lower panel with small hole towards head, light creasing to head and foot, but a bright and excellent example generally, [Westby and Brown p.6], 8vo, Methuen & Co., 1946. ⁂ Rare signed. With the jacket designed by Jean Ross, the inspiration for Isherwood's Sally Bowles character.

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    • Isherwood (Christopher) The Memorial, first American edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, Norfolk, CN, New Directions, 1946.
      Jul. 07, 2021

      Isherwood (Christopher) The Memorial, first American edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, Norfolk, CN, New Directions, 1946.

      Est: £150 - £200

      NO RESERVE Isherwood (Christopher) The Memorial, first American edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "For Helene, my best press-agent, Gratefully, Christopher, Nov. 1946" to endpaper, original cloth, some light marking, light fading to spine, some chipping and rubbing to spine ends and corners, [Westby and Brown p.5], 8vo, Norfolk, CN, New Directions, 1946.

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    • Isherwood (Christopher) The Berlin Stories, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Hazel McKinley, New York, New Directions, 1945.
      Jul. 07, 2021

      Isherwood (Christopher) The Berlin Stories, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Hazel McKinley, New York, New Directions, 1945.

      Est: £200 - £300

      Isherwood (Christopher) The Berlin Stories, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Hazel McKinley dated Dec. 11 1945 to endpaper with gift inscription from McKinley to a friend below, original cloth, light bumping to spine ends and corners, dust-jacket, light toning to spine and lower panel, spine ends and corners a little rubbed and chipped, light creasing to head, an excellent example, [Westby and Brown p.3], 8vo, New York, New Directions, 1945. ⁂ A re-issuing together of Mr. Norris Changes Trains and Goodbye to Berlin for the American market. Hazel McKinley (1903-95) painter and art collector, sister of Peggy Guggenheim.

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    • Isherwood (Christopher) Goodbye to Berlin, first edition, signed by the author, Hogarth Press, 1939.
      Jul. 07, 2021

      Isherwood (Christopher) Goodbye to Berlin, first edition, signed by the author, Hogarth Press, 1939.

      Est: £4,000 - £6,000

      Isherwood (Christopher) Goodbye to Berlin, first edition, signed by the author on title, pastedown with bookplate of W. S. Strain, original cloth, light browning to spine and faint spotting to covers, dust-jacket, neat repairs and light restoration to extremities, some light rubbing but in effect a near-fine example, [Connolly 86; Westby and Brown p.4; Woolmer 451], 8vo, Hogarth Press, 1939. ⁂ Isherwood's remarkable portrait of Berlin and wider Germany during the final days of the Weimar Republic. Signed copies are rare, we can trace only 2 other examples at auction.

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    • Isherwood (Christopher) Lions and Shadows, first edition, signed by the author, Hogarth Press, 1938.
      Jul. 07, 2021

      Isherwood (Christopher) Lions and Shadows, first edition, signed by the author, Hogarth Press, 1938.

      Est: £400 - £600

      Isherwood (Christopher) Lions and Shadows, first edition, signed by the author on title, photographic portrait frontispiece, some scattered foxing to head, light browning to endpapers, original first issue blue cloth lettered in black, dust-jacket, light browning to spine, light foxing to panels, rubbing and light creasing to tips of spine and corners, short tear to foot of upper joint and fore-edge with neat tape repair to verso, but an excellent example overall, [Westby and Brown p.5; Woolmer 431], 8vo, Hogarth Press, 1938. ⁂ Rare signed. Isherwood's semi-autobiographical account of his education coupled with a veiled portrait of the gay scene in Cambridge and London in the 1920s.

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    • Isherwood (Christopher) Sally Bowles, first edition, signed by the author, 1937.
      Jul. 07, 2021

      Isherwood (Christopher) Sally Bowles, first edition, signed by the author, 1937.

      Est: £4,000 - £6,000

      Isherwood (Christopher) Sally Bowles, first edition, signed by the author on title with score through his printed name, original cloth, light fading to spine, dust-jacket, light browning to spine, spotting to panels, small portion of loss to head of spine, foot of spine and corners a little chipped, split to foot of lower joints, a few neat tape repairs to verso, a very good example of a scarce and delicate jacket, [Westby and Brown p.6; Woolmer 411], 8vo, Hogarth Press, 1937. ⁂ Rare signed. The first appearance of Isherwood's most famous character; part inspiration, along with I am a Camera, for the musical and film Cabaret. The creation of Sally Bowles gave Isherwood financial security for much of the rest of his life.

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    • Isherwood (Christopher) and W. H. Auden. On the Frontier, first American edition, signed by Isherwood on title, [1939]; and Journey to a War also inscribed by Isherwood (2)
      Jul. 07, 2021

      Isherwood (Christopher) and W. H. Auden. On the Frontier, first American edition, signed by Isherwood on title, [1939]; and Journey to a War also inscribed by Isherwood (2)

      Est: £200 - £300

      Isherwood (Christopher) and W. H. Auden. On the Frontier, signed by Isherwood on title, publisher's review slip loosely inserted, some light toning to margins, light browning to spine, jacket with light creasing to spine, some short tearing to joint ends, light creasing to head, light toning to panels, [1939]; Journey to a War, signed presentation inscription from Isherwood dated December 1941 to endpaper, colour frontispiece, illustrations, map endpapers, light fading to spine, minor fraying to spine ends and corners, jacket with light browning to spine and lower panel, light chipping to spine ends and corners, an excellent copy, 1939, first American editions, original cloth, dust-jackets, excellent copies, [Westby and Brown p.26], New York, Random House, 8vo (2)

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    • Isherwood (Christopher) and W. H. Auden. The Ascent of F6, first American edition, signed presentation inscription from Isherwood, New York, Random House, 1937; and another (2)
      Jul. 07, 2021

      Isherwood (Christopher) and W. H. Auden. The Ascent of F6, first American edition, signed presentation inscription from Isherwood, New York, Random House, 1937; and another (2)

      Est: £200 - £300

      Isherwood (Christopher) and W. H. Auden. The Ascent of F6, first American edition, signed presentation inscription from Isherwood to Florence Weatherby dated January 1940, light toning to margins, browning to pastedowns, original buckram, spine browned, covers spotted, dust-jacket, spine browned, toning to panels, spine ends and corners chipped, closed tear to head of rear panel, rubbing to extremities, a very good example, [Westby and Brown p.25], New York, Random House, 1937; and the 1937 "Auden Number" of New Verse with wraparound band and Isherwood's contribution signed at foot, 8vo (2) ⁂ Florence Weatherby owned the Hollywood Bookshop near to Isherwood's Los Angeles home.

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    • Isherwood (Christopher) The Last of Mr. Norris, first American edition, New York, William Morrow, 1935.
      Jul. 07, 2021

      Isherwood (Christopher) The Last of Mr. Norris, first American edition, New York, William Morrow, 1935.

      Est: £200 - £300

      Isherwood (Christopher) The Last of Mr. Norris, first American edition, light marginal toning, original cloth, dust-jacket, light browning to spine, upper fore-edge broken with flap loose, spine ends and corners a little chipped, very short closed tear to head of upper panel, some chipping to head of lower panel, light creasing to head, but still a very good and attractive example of a rare jacket, [Westby and Brown p.4], 8vo, New York, William Morrow, 1935.

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    • Isherwood (Christopher) The Last of Mr. Norris, first American edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, New York, William Morrow and Company, 1935.
      Jul. 07, 2021

      Isherwood (Christopher) The Last of Mr. Norris, first American edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, New York, William Morrow and Company, 1935.

      Est: £300 - £400

      Isherwood (Christopher) The Last of Mr. Norris, first American edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "For ?Crit Davis, with my best wishes, Christopher Isherwood. May 1962" to endpaper, light toning to margins, original oatmeal cloth, spine browned, corners a little frayed, [Westby and Brown p.4], 8vo, New York, William Morrow and Company, 1935. ⁂ The first American edition of Mr. Norris Changes Trains. We can trace no other inscribed copies.

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    • Isherwood (Christopher) The Memorial, first edition, first issue, presentation inscription from the author to Olive Mangeot with Typed Letter signed by the author, 1932.
      Jul. 07, 2021

      Isherwood (Christopher) The Memorial, first edition, first issue, presentation inscription from the author to Olive Mangeot with Typed Letter signed by the author, 1932.

      Est: £1,200 - £1,800

      Isherwood (Christopher) The Memorial, first edition, presentation inscription from the author "To Olive [Mangeot], with the author's love - in memory of life at the Scrivens' to endpaper, ink ownership inscription of Olive Mangeot to pastedown, original first state pink cloth lettered in blue, light sunning to spine, dust-jacket, light browning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, very light creasing to head, light rubbing to extremities, an excellent example, [Westby and Brown p.5; Woolmer 294], Hogarth Press, 1932, housed in large custom drop-back box with Typed Letter signed by the author to Mangeot ("My darling Mop") with additional ink inscription below by Isherwood's partner Heinz Neddermeyer below tipped into card folder and laid on top with printed cataloguing notice to facing cover, 8vo & 4to (2) ⁂ A charming presentation copy inscribed to a mother-figure of Isherwood's who was also the basis for an early character in the novel. Together with an excellent letter discussing the real life inspiration for Sally Bowles and also signed by one of the great loves of the young Isherwood's life. After leaving Cambridge, Isherwood found work as secretary to a string quartet led by André Mangeot. In this manner he became acquainted with the Mangeot family and their Chelsea home. Olive Mangeot remained a correspondent of Isherwood's for the rest of her life and the Mangeot family appear in semi-fictionalised form as the Cheurets in Lion and Shadows and the Scrivners in the present work. Heinz Neddermeyer (born c.1915) met Isherwood in Berlin in 1937 and the two became lovers. The two fled Germany 1933 and spent the next 4 year travelling through Europe and North Africa attempting to find a home. Heinz was eventually forced to return to Germany in 1937 where he was arrested and sentenced to 3 1/2 years hard labour and forced military service. The two men did not meet again until 1952. Heinz's parallel is found throughout Isherwood's writing, most famously as Otto in Goodbye to Berlin. We can find no other similar examples of Autograph notes by Heinz. The letter is likely written in 1937, while Isherwood was writing Lion and Shadows. In it he discusses obtaining permission from Jean Ross (Sally Bowles' real life counterpart) to publish the novella Sally Bowles "I'd much rather have had it in writing, even a p.c. But I suppose she's too busy". He also mentions writing Memorial "I am just sitting down to described Wystan's finger-nails" and assures her of his discretion when it comes to describing the Mangeot family.

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    • Isherwood (Christopher) All the Conspirators, first edition, Graham Greene's copy with his ink ownership inscription and signed presentation inscription from the author, 1928.
      Jul. 07, 2021

      Isherwood (Christopher) All the Conspirators, first edition, Graham Greene's copy with his ink ownership inscription and signed presentation inscription from the author, 1928.

      Est: £6,000 - £8,000

      Isherwood (Christopher) All the Conspirators, first edition, Graham Greene's copy with his ink ownership inscription to pastedown and signed presentation inscription from the author "For Graham, from his admiring cousin Christopher. April 1961." to front free endpaper, Autograph Letter and Autograph Postcard signed from Isherwood to Greene loosely inserted along with Jonathan Cape advertisement flier, original cloth, dust-jacket, spine browned, spine ends and corners a little chipped, long split to upper joint, some light creasing to head,[Westby and Brown p.3], 8vo, 1928. ⁂ A fine association copy of Isherwood's first novel, inscribed to his cousin Graham Greene when the two writers were at the peak of their fame, along with two excellent letters written by Isherwood when the two writers were at very start of their careers. In the first letter (dated July 2, presumably 1929), Isherwood congratulates Greene on the publication of his first novel The Man Within: "I don't feel I should do The Man Within justice in a third class German railway carriage, so shall reserve it as a treat for when I get back, in three weeks' time. Why I really write all this is to congratulate you on your magnificent notices. I haven't seen a single bad one. I'm awfully glad it's going so well..." The second letter (dated May 27, postmarked 1936) regards Greene's discussion with Methuen in assisting Isherwood to move to the publisher (Methuen would begin publishing Isherwood's works in the 1940s), about Greene's It's a Battlefield and his continued global travels.

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    • Isherwood (Christopher) The Memorial, first edition, signed by the author, 1932.
      Jul. 16, 2020

      Isherwood (Christopher) The Memorial, first edition, signed by the author, 1932.

      Est: £300 - £400

      Isherwood (Christopher) The Memorial, first edition, signed by the author on title, scattered spotting to endpapers and fore-edges, ink name to endpaper, original second state ochre cloth lettered in blue, dust-jacket priced at 7/6, light browning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, some light creasing to head and foot but an excellent example overall, 8vo, 1932. ⁂ Isherwood's second novel, rare signed.

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    • Isherwood (Christopher) Lions and Shadows, first edition, 1938; and others, most first editions (42)
      Jan. 30, 2020

      Isherwood (Christopher) Lions and Shadows, first edition, 1938; and others, most first editions (42)

      Est: £150 - £200

      Isherwood (Christopher) Lions and Shadows, first edition, portrait frontispiece, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, rubbed, small loss to corners and spine extremities, 1938 § Shaw (Bernard) The Quintessence of Ibsenism, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, chipping and creasing to edges, tape repairs to verso, rubbed, 1913 § Updike (John) Couples, first edition, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, short tear to spine head, tape repair, slight chipping to extremities, 1968 § Murdoch (Iris) A Fairly Honourable Defeat, proof copy with Murdoch spelt 'Murdock', original paper wrappers, faded spine, small loss to spine head, 1970; and 38 others, mainly first editions, 4 signed by author, 8vo (42)

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    • Isherwood (Christopher) Sally Bowles, 1937; and 5 others (6)
      Aug. 08, 2019

      Isherwood (Christopher) Sally Bowles, 1937; and 5 others (6)

      Est: £100 - £150

      NO RESERVE Isherwood (Christopher) Sally Bowles, The Times Book Club library labels to both pastedowns, some spotting to extreme fore edges, Hogarth Press, 1937; Prater Violet, a little spotting to peripheral ff., 1946; Goodbye to Berlin, Readers Union & The Hogarth Press, 1940, first and second first editions, original cloth or printed boards, a little worn and marked, first joints spitting, second and last spine faded; and 3 others, Isherwood, 8vo (6)

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