Williamson, Henry. Six galley proofs, together with twenty-nine works from his library

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Williamson, Henry. Six galley proofs, together with twenty-nine works from the library of Henry Williamson (sixteen being signed presentation copies to Henry Williamson). Galley proofs being The Power of the Dead, Dark Lantern, Lucifer Before Sunrise, The Phoenix Generation, The Innocent Moon, and It was a Nightingale. Presentation copies comprising 1954 Chuckling Joe by Crichton Porteous, inscribed to the front endpaper; 1968 Heorot by John Moat, inscribed to the front blank; 1964 The Powers of High by Sylvia Bruce, inscribed to the front endpaper; 1970 Theft by Rachel Inglis, publisher's presentation copy; 1965 The Noble Hawks by Ursula Moray Williams, inscribed to the front endpaper, heavily nibbled to the top and bottom edge affecting leaves throughout; Hard Travellin' by Kenneth Allsop (nibble damage to the dust wrapper), inscribed to the half title; I'll Go to Bed at Noon by Stephen Haggard, inscribed to front endpaper; 1936 Elizabethan Seamen by Douglas Bell inscribed to the front endpaper 'to Henry Williamson, who is a master of English prose' (lacking wrapper); 1969 Rebels by Moonlight by Charles Sweeney, inscribed to the front endpaper (lacking a portion to the front panel); 1928 Swansong by John Galsworthy, limited edition of 525 copies signed to the title page; Wildfowling, inscribed to the front endpaper by Richard Williamson; 1956 The Civilized by Benn Moston, inscribed to the front endpaper and with annotations throughout by Williamson (book nibbled to the lower corner of the front board); 1962 Poems and Translations by Dennis Peck, signed and with a letter; 1969 The Cardinal Exile by Hugh Ross Williamson, edges of the wrapper lightly nibbled and with a letter; 1961 A Guide to the Cooking of Foods by Rietz, volume I, with a lengthy and flattering inscription to Williamson to the front endpaper; and 1968 The Bloodbacks by Major Reginald Hargreaves, inscribed to the title page. Unsigned titles comprising 1944 I'll Go to Bed at Noon by Stephen Haggard, second impression; 1903 The Book of Romance ed. Andrew Lang, new impression (heavily discoloured to the rear board), 1936 Salar der Lachs by Williamson; 1924 Sea Urchins by W. W. Jacobs (21st ed); 1943 The Great Contemporaries by Winston Churchill, reprint; 1929 Fables by T. F. Powys; 1968 The Sassoons by Stanley Jackson; 1961 Assassination by Rex Taylor; Myths of China and Japan by Donald Mackenzie; 1934 King of Air Fighters - the Biography of Major Mick Mannock by Ira Jones; The World Crisis by Winston Churchill - a Criticism, lacking wrapper; 1981 Tarka the Otter by Williamson, large print edition, with owl ownership bookplate to the front pastedown; Ballades and Other Verses by H. S. Mackintosh. Publisher's cloth, majority in wrappers, some bumping and chipping to the spine ends, corners and joints, edgewear and dust damage as well as some nibbling as mentioned, the head of the spine of The Sassoons worn, and the spine ends of King of Air Fighters heavily creased and with loss, some dust spotting and general shelfwear. Galley proofs with some marginal annotations in pencil and ink by Williamson, lightly edgeworn, some spots and toning (The Dark Lantern particularly). A good collection, many with inscriptions demonstrating Williamson's repute and esteem. 8vo. (29 & 6 proofs)