Updike (John) Rabbit Redux, signed presentation inscription from the author "To Sue, Best Regards John Updike, April 72" to front free endpaper, Updike's British literary agency A.P. Watt & Son card addressed to Sue McHarg from Jeremy Lewis loosely inserted, jacket spine slightly faded, some toning, 1972 § Mrabet (Mohammed) Love with a Few Hairs, translated by Paul Bowles, signed presentation inscription from the translator "'A Life Full of Holes' Paul Bowles, Tangier, 20/ IV /67" to front free endpaper, scattered spotting, jacket foxed and rubbed, some surface soiling, 1967 § Golding (William) The Scorpion God, bookplate of David and Rachel Cecil, publisher's compliments slip loosely inserted, jacket with some toning, 1971; The Inheritors, light toning to endpapers, spine faded, jacket spine darkened, a few marks, 1955, first or first English editions, original cloth, some spine ends and corners rubbed and bumped, dust-jackets, a few nicks or creases; and 54 others, various, v.s. (58)

⁂ The first mentioned contains a card from Jeremy Lewis to Sue McHarg of The Observer, proposing a lunch meeting. Lewis was a literary figure and the author of nine books. The third mentioned features the bookplate of Lord David Cecil, a distinguished British biographer and literary critic, best known for his influential studies of major English writers.