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i) John Ruskin Dame Wiggins and Lee, and her Seven Wonderful Cats. Orpington: George Allen 1885, 8vo, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY JOHN MILLS AND MARY HAYLEY BELL (“Vivien Wiggins of Leigh | from Johnnie + Mary | for | her | birthday | November 5th 1944”) on the front free endpaper, additionally inscribed (“J.M. Fothergill | From M. M. H. | Christmas 1885”) on the title page, original purple cloth, some browning to endpapers; ii) George Bernard Shaw. Dramatic Opinions and Essays with an Apology. Volume One. London: Constable and Company, 1913, 8vo, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY JOHN GIELGUD (“Dear Viv, | with my best love | john | Nov. 5. 1942”) on the front free endpaper, original green cloth; iii) Cyril Maude. Behind the Scene with Cyril Maude. London: John Murray 1927, 8vo, SIGNED BY VIVIEN LEIGH AND NUMEROUS ACTORS (including Ivor Novello, Violet Vanbrugh, Irene Vanbrugh, Ann Todd, Decima Moore, Gordon Harker, Kay Hammond, Mabel Terry-Lewis and others) on the front free endpaper, original blue cloth; iv) Francis Thompson The Poems of Francis Thompson London: Oxford University Press, [c.1937], small 8vo, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY JOHN MILLS AND MARY HAYLEY BELL (“Little Darling Vivien | All our dearest love | for a happy Christmas | from | Johnnie | x | Mary | x | and | Juliet | x”) on the front free endpaper, three-quarter red morocco by Hatchards, top edge gilt; v) Douglas Reed. Nemesis? The Story of Otto Strasser. London: Jonathan Cape, 1940, 8vo, PRESENTATION COPY PROBABLY INSCRIBED BY MERIEL “MU” FORBES (“Vivien from Mu in a rather | preempting [?] way. | 27th June ‘41”) on the front free endpaper, original blue cloth; vi) Alice Duer Miller. Cinderella. New York: Coard-McCann, 1943, 8vo, PRESENTATION COPY PROBABLY INSCRIBED BY GEORGE RELPH (“Darling Viv | I think Cinderella | looks like you* - You’re in my | thoughts a great deal - | Love to you both | always | George | (*a young Vivien Leigh)”) on the page following the title, original printed boards; vii) Harry Price. Poltergeist Over England. London: Country Life, 1945, 8vo, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY RALPH RICHARDSON (“To Viv | from | Ralph”) on the front free endpaper, original black cloth; viii) D.B. Wyndham Lewis and Charles Lee The Stuffed Owl. London: J.M. Dent and Sons, 1948, 8vo, later edition, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY EMLYN WILLIAMS (“darling Vivien - | a generous present | with fondest love | Emlyn | 1967”) on the front free endpaper, original grey cloth; ix) Maurice Herzog. Annapurna. London: Jonathan Cape, 1953, 8vo, sixth impression, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY RALPH RICHARDSON (“Viv | Love from | Elephantd [sic] fun[?] Love | V | 58”) with a sketch of an elephant on the front free endpaper, original blue cloth, spine browned; x) Irwin Shaw. The Young Lions. London: Jonathan Cape, 1954, 8vo, twelfth impression, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY EMLYN WILLIAMS (“Vivien | from Emlyn | Kloziers”) on the front free endpaper, original green cloth, dust-jacket; xi) Christopher Isherwood. The World in the Evening. London: Methuen & Co., 1954, 8vo, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY RICHARD WATTIS (“Dear Vivien | with much love and gratitude | for your sweetness & kindness to me | during a most happy run. | Richard. | Phoenix 1954”) on the front free endpaper, original blue cloth; xii) Harold Nicolson. The English Sense of Humour. London: Constable and Company, 1956, 8vo, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED TO LAURENCE OLIVIER BY GEORGE RELPH AND MERCIA SWINBURNE (“To: L | from: M & G | For[?]: May 22nd 56”) on the front free endpaper, original blue cloth, dust-jacket; xiii) Mary Renault. The King Must Die. London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1958, 8vo, second impression, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY ADRIANNE ALLEN (“For | My darling Vivien | with love from | Adrianne | Sept 1958”) on the front free endpaper, original blue cloth, dust-jacket, jacket worn at foot of spine; xiv) Mary Hayley Bell. Far Morning. London: Heinemann, 1962, 4to, PRESENTATION C