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UNIQUE lifetime collection of 32 Lawrence Green books, 7 INSCRIBED AND SIGNED+HANDWRITTEN NOTE!
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This is a unique lifetime collection of Lawrence Green books, seven of which have been warmly inscribed and signed by the author, often with the name used by his closest friends(Laurie). There is also an amusing handwritten note by Lawrence Green tipped into one of the books which reads as follows :" August 25th 1967. Advance copy. Please do not let anyone see it until it appears in the bookshops, as booksellers are very jealous people." (!) ( in the book On Wings of Fire,published in 1967 , which is also warmly inscribed and signed on the page opposite to the note ).
The inscribed and signed books are all published by Howard Timmins of Cape Town and comprise the following titles:
Karoo (1955). ( very good in a good unclipped dust jacket with edgewear )
There's A Secret Hid Away (1956) ( very good in a a fair unclipped dust jacket with edgewear )
Something Rich and Strange ( 1962) (very good in a tatty dust jacket that has come apart )
Almost Forgotten, Never Told ( 1965) (very good in a very good unclipped dust jacket with a little edgewear)
On Wings of Fire ( 1967 ) ( very good in a good unclipped dust jacket with edgewear. Handwritten note by author tipped in describing the book as an Advance Copy which is dated August 1967 )
Full Many a Glorious Morning (1968 ) (very good in a good unclipped dust jacket with tape repair, edgewear, and rubbing )
Harbours of Memory ( 1969 ) ( very good in a good unclipped dust jacket with edgewear and rubbing ).
The 32 books in this collection are all in first edition, unless they are Timmins re-issues of the earliest books published by Stanley Paul in England . In this collection they are four such Timmins re-issues in very good condition:
Great African Mysteries, 1973( very good indeed with message to original collector in a very good indeed unclipped dust jacket ).
The Coast of Diamonds, 1973 ( very good with bookplate in a very good unclipped dust jacket )
Secret Africa, 1974 (very good with bookplate and message in a very good unclipped dust jacket )
Old Africa Untamed, 1974 ( very good with bookplate in a very good indeed unclipped dust jacket )
Most of the rest of the 32 books are in very good condition with attractive bookplates of the original collector inside the front boards. 29 are in their dust jackets, although some of the jackets are good or fair only with edgewear. 4 are without dust jackets. There is an anthology, The Best of Lawrence Green( edited and compiled by Scott Haigh , published by Bailey Brothers and Swinfen of Folkestone in 1974 ( the only book not published by Howard Timmins) which is very good with the bookplate in a very good dust jacket. Also included is the biography Lawrence Green. Memories of Friendship ( Howard Timmins, Cape Town, 1973 ) ( very good with bookplate in a very good dust jacket ) by John Yates-Benyon, the son of Green's longtime girlfriend, which makes extensive mention of the original owner of this collection. This is also in very good condition in a very good dust jacket.
The Howard Timmins first edition first issues are:
Where Men Still Dream, 1945 ( Good with bookplate and faded spine, loose hinge but book still solid )
So Few are Free, 1946 ( Very good with the bookplate in a good unclipped dust jacket with edgewear )
Tavern of the Seas, 1947 ( Very good with the bookplate in a good unclppped dust jacket with edgewear )
To the River's End, 1948 ( Fair with repaired hinge split but book still together, name and inscription by original collector )
In the Land of the Afternoon, 1949 ( Very good with bookplate and inscribed by collector and family to collector's father, dust jacket front flap tipped onto front board )
At Daybreak for the Isles, 1950 ( Very good with bookplate and hand-written name and address of original collector, in a good unclipped dust jacket with chips and edgewear )
Grow Lovely, Growing Old, 1951 ( Very good with bookplatea and name and inscription by original collector, in a good clipped dust jacket with chips and edgewear )
Lords of the Last Frontier, 1952 ( Very good with bookplate in a fair unclipped dust jacket with edgewear and chips and tears on spine )
Under a Sky Like Flame, 1954. ( Very good with bookplate in a good clipped dust jacket with edgewear and chips, spine faded ).
Beyond the City Lights, 1957 ( Very good with bookplate in a good unclipped dust jacket with edgwear ).
South African Beachcomber, 1958 ( Very good bookplate in a very good unclipped dust jacket with a bit of rubbing and edgewear )
These Wonders to Behold, 1959 ( Very good with bookplate but with light foxing to boards, in a good clipped dust jacket with edgewear )
Eight Bells at Salamander, 1960 ( Very good with bookplate and hand-written message to original collector, spine a bit faded )
Great North Road, 1961 ( Very good with bookplate in a good dust jacket with edgewear )
A Decent Fellow Doesn't Work, 1963 ( Very good with bookplate in a very good unclipped dust jacket).
I Heard the Old Men Say, 1964 ( Very good with bookplate in a very good unclipped dust jacket )
Thunder on the Blaauwberg, 1966 ( Very good indeed with bookplate in a very good unclipped dust jacket with a bit of edgewear )
A Taste of South-Easter, 1971 ( Very good indeed with bookplate with a very good unclipped dust jacket with slight edgewear )
When the Journey's Over, 1972 ( Near fine, with bookplate in a very good clipped dust jacket )
Free collection in Cape Town. Delivery to door in the greater Cape Town area only R99. Courier further afield will cost R499 due to the combined weight and need to pack the books properly.
