Braine (John, 1922-1986). Collection of first editions inscribed to the author's friends Royston and Ann Millmore, comprising: 1) Room at the Top, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1957. Original boards, inscribed 'To my very good friends Royston and Ann Millmore, con amore - John Braine' on the front free endpaper, with Royston's Millmore pencilled ownership inscription above, spine sunned and rolled, early leaves spotted, 2) From the Hand of the Hunter [US title of The Vodi], 1st US edition, Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1960. Original cloth-backed boards, inscribed 'To my dear friends Anne [sic] & Royston Millmore, John Braine, 1983' on the title-page, spine rolled, covers sunned, 3) Life at the Top, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1962. Original boards, inscribed 'To Royston & Anne [sic] Millmore - my friends & fellow-writers, sincerely, John Braine' on the title-page, and signed by Donald Wolfitt, Ted Kotcheff, Margaret Johnson, Michael Craig, Laurence Harvey and Jean Symons [Simmons], cast members of the 1965 film version, on the half-title verso, spine rolled, sunned and marked, damp-staining to rear board with concomitant bleeding of blue dye into top edge and to top margins of final leaves and rear endpapers, 4) The Jealous God, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1964. Original boards, dust jacket, inscribed 'To Ann & Royston, with love, John Braine, 1975' on the title-page, jacket chipped and with Ann Millmore's address label to front flap, 5) The Two of Us, London: Methuen, 1984. Original boards, dust jacket, inscribed 'To my good friends Ann & Royston Millmore - with love - John Braine, 1984' on the title-page, spine rolled, jacket spine sunned, 6) These Golden Days, London: Methuen, 1985. Original boards, dust jacket, inscribed 'To my good friends Royston & Ann Millmore - with love - John Braine, Sept. '85' on the title-page, together with 5 others including 2 paperback editions similarly inscribed (Finger of Fire, 1963, and Writing a Novel, 1974) (qty: 11) Royston Millmore (1910-1997) worked in the wool industry in Bradford and was editor of trade journal The Wool Record. He was the author of Heatwave in Berlin (Canongate, 1978), based on his experiences in 1930s Germany, and Brief Life of the Brontes (privately published, 1947). He and his wife Ann (1919-2019) were both stalwarts of the Swanwick Writers' Summer School, and together are the joint dedicatees of The Two of Us (item 5). Also sold with the lot are three autograph letters signed from John Braine to Royston and Ann Millmore, 1983-5, 8 pp. in total, concerning visits to the Millmores in Bradford ('I haven't enough words to tell you what the weekend meant to me ... I returned refreshed. And, what's more, with the sort of information which will make all the difference to my novel'), John Braine's health, and his personal life ('I am not given to envy, but if I were, I would envy both of you. My marriage has been disastrous - so has been Janet's'). There are also three autograph letters signed to the Millmore's from John Braine's partner Janet Barber, 1984-6, 4 pp. in total, concerning John Braine's death and memorial service ('He and I happened upon the most marvellous natural love and happiness together, and we had a brilliant time always in spite of all the difficulties').