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Lot 208

POWELL (ANTHONY)
[A Dance to the Music of Time], 12 vol., FIRST EDITIONS, THREE SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, Heinemann, 1951-1975

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29 March 2023, 13:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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POWELL (ANTHONY)

[A Dance to the Music of Time], 12 vol., FIRST EDITIONS, THREE SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the title-page, publisher's cloth, dust-jackets (that to "A Question" a fourth impression jacket), jacket to "Acceptance" with "Book Society alternative Fiction Choice" wrap-around label, jackets to "Buyer's Market", "At Lady Molly's" and "Casanova's" price-clipped, a few with minor marginal rubbing but generally good and bright, 8vo, Heinemann, 1951-1975

Footnotes

A complete set of A Dance to the Music of Time, "the twelve-volume novel on which his [Powell's] reputation rests" (ODNB).

Saleroom notices

Buyer's Market Jacket Laid down; Acceptance Jacket with facsimile restoration at head of spine; Casanova jacket with lower flap cut away with loss of text.

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