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	1 AMIS, Kingsley. A Frame of Mind. Eighteen Poems. Printed in the School of Art, University of Reading. 1953  First edition. Presentation copy from the author, "To James and Elsa Bartley in affection Kingsley Amis, 1954." Original limp bds., printed wrapps. browned and lightly soiled. Sl. browning to reverse of contents page. VG+. James is James Bartley, "Jo", (1906-1967), was a lecturer in English, University College, Swansea, a specialist in drama, particularly Irish, active in producing plays at the university. He is mentioned a number of times in Amis's Memoirs and often mentioned in letters. He was a friend and drinking partner from Amis's years as a Swansea academic. From "Memoirs", page 123. "Jo Bartley was an Ulsterman who, with a Second to live down, had taught in India, one of whom it could be justly said, 'Now that's what I call a drinking man' and a smoker to rival Willie Smyth. he liked food too, also women, doing his job and researching among obscure plays. This last interest produced his memorial, one of the funniest books I have ever read, 'Teague, Shenkin and Sawney, being an historical study of the earlier Irish, Welsh and Scottish characters in English plays'...". On page 124 he talks about a party Jo gave for some visiting African academics and quotes in full a funny poem of Jo's about not being able to enjoy heaven without one vital anatomical part. This poem is also sent to Robert Conquest, "Letters" page 805 in 1976, nearly 10 years after Jo's death to see if it was worth publishing. Conquest rejected it on theological as well as literary grounds, since 'a chap in his condition would get his prick back at the resurrection'! Letter to Amis 19-20 August 1976. Also from "Letters", To Philip Larkin 18th October, 1954. "...Sorry this is so dull....There was one party recently, at which James Bartley had removed his shirt..., ostensibly for greater coolness, actually I think to display the grey rug on his chest to the young ladies...At about 4.45 James knocked us up...he wanted a light for his cigarette. I gave him one, and he went off, bewailing his lot at full bellow...and yelling to me to testify at the inquest that he was of unsound (or sound) mind when he killed himself. 'It may be sooner than you think,' he bawled in valediction. Couldn't be soon enough for me, or so I thought at the time. It is by such moments of unsought revelation that I live." Also, 19th April 1956, "...That gnarled old fool Bartley was here just now, breathing drink and waking the baby. Told me to give you his love. Said to tell you he was sorry you left Belfarts..." Also, 2nd January, 1957, "...You heard, I suppose, that that fool Bartley has been arrested for being drunk in charge of his car, and getting off without the defence being called. Sodding good solicitor he had". 18552  Price: 1500.00 GBP Add to Shopping Cart
	2 COX, C.B. and A.E. Dyson. (Kingsley Amis, Robert Conquest et al.) Fight for Education and Black Paper Two. Two volumes. The Critical Quarterly Society. London. 1969  First edition. Two volumes. Original decorated wrapps., sl. foxed at spine. VG+ 8950  Price: 15.00 GBP Add to Shopping Cart
	3 AMIS, Kingsley. I Like It Here. Gollancz. London. 1958  First edition. DW. VG+ in wrapper that is sunned at spine, sl. soiled, chipped at tail of spine and has triangle piece at top of spine detached but still present. 20105  Price: 10.00 GBP Add to Shopping Cart
	4 AMIS, Kingsley, GOLDING, William, INGLIS, Brian et al. John Bull's Schooldays. Hutchinson. London. 1961  First edition. DW. SIGNED by Inglis to title page. With SIGNED SLIP from Kingsley Amis to page oposite title. E/ps, upper bd and wrapper illustrated by Quentin Blake. E/ps sl. browned o/w VG+ in wrapper. 30038  Price: 80.00 GBP Add to Shopping Cart
	5 AMIS, Kingsley. Memoirs. Hutchinson, London. 1991.  First edition. Black cloth, gilt. 346pp. B/w photographs. Index. Author's signature to publisher's label to half-title page which also bears small circular blind ex-libris stamp. Nr. Fine ISBN 0 09 174533 0 30276  Price: 35.00 GBP Add to Shopping Cart
	6 AMIS, Kingsley. The James Bond Dossier. Jonathan Cape. London. 1965  First edition. DW. SIGNED by Kingsley Amis to label which has been laid down to half title. Board extremities very lightly bumped, fore-edges lightly browned. Endpapers very slightly grubby, pages lightly browned o/w contents very clean. Wrapper designed by Jan Pienkowski, slightly rubbed at extremities, very small closed tear to tail of spine at joint with upper panel o/w VG+/VG+. 35442  Price: 200.00 GBP Add to Shopping Cart