V.p.: V.p., V.d.

21 vols. in various reading editions.
Reading copies only, many lacking the dust jackets.

A COLLECTION OF VOLUMES FROM THE LIBRARY OF THE YOUNG EDWARD BOND, ALL VARIOUSLY AND EXPERIMENTALLY SIGNED.

The ownership signatures are variously dated between 1950 and 1963, all bar the latest dating from Bond's mid-teens to early twenties. His handwriting varies widely, from the small and precise to the wildly ornate, and he is also experimenting with how to sign himself -- even, on occasion, trying out the name 'Adrian'.

The Confidential Clerk, although in good condition only and lacking the dust jacket, is a first edition; the rest of the books in the collection are reading copies, seemingly bought second-hand by Bond.

The collection comprises:

-- ELIOT, T.S.: The Confidential Clerk, first edition lacking the dust jacket ('T. Edward Bond, Spring 55. Hornsey');
-- MACKWORTH, Cecily: Françcois Villon ('Thomas Edward Bond Chelsea, London, 1952 September' in an ornate hand);
-- HALL, S.E.: The Sonnets of Michelangelo Buonarroti ('T. Edward Bond Putney, Dec. 55');
-- CARLYLE, Thomas: French Revolution Vol. I ('T. Edward Bond Hornsey, October 1st, 1955');
-- KORNER, S.: Kant ('Edward Bond Chelsea August 1958.');
-- SHAW, George Bernard: John Bull's Other Island ('Adrian Bond Chelsea, May, 1952.');
-- FRY, Christopher: The Lady's Not For Burning (' Thomas Edward Bond Hornsey, March 1955');
-- ROSNER, Charles: The Writing On The Wall ('Edward Bond Chelsea, June 1959');
-- GRAVES, Robert: The Greek Myths ('Thomas Edward Bond Hornsey, March 1955');
-- VIRGIL: The Pastoral Poems ('Adrian Bond 125 High Holborn WC1 January 57(?)';
-- GARSIA, Marston: Criminal Law and Procedure in a Nutshell ('Bond 1950', additionally signed 'E. Bond' to front free endpaper);
-- WEBSTER, John: Tragedies ('Thomas Edward Bond Chelsea, July 1952' in an ornate hand);
-- REYNOLDS, Sir Joshua: Discourses ('T. Edward Bond Nevern Square, November 1955');
-- APULEIUS, Lucius: The Golden Asse ('Thomas E. Bond, Chelsea, August, 1952.');
-- BARMAN, Christian: Early British Railways ('Thomas Edward Bond September 1953 London' in an ornate hand);
-- KIERKEGAARD, Fear and Trembling and The Sickness Unto Death ('Edwd. Bond Chelsea August 1958');
-- EURIPIDES: Alcestes ('Thomas Edward Bond London September 1953' in an ornate hand);
-- JESPERSEN, Otto: Essentials of English Grammar ('E. Bond April 1963');
-- ROSSETTI, Dante Gabriel: The Poetical Works ('Edward Bond Chelsea, Autumn 1958');
-- RUSKIN, John: The Poetry of Architecture ('T. Edward Bond Priory Road October 1955')
-- SOPHOCLES: Electra and other plays ('Thomas Edward Adrian Bond Mill Hill February 1953' in an ornate hand)