Auction No 412, Wed 28th Sep 2022 12:00 BST
222 Lots (displaying 41 - 60)
John Updike "Rabbit Run", "Rabbit is Rich", "Rabbit at Rest" and "Rabbit Redux", Easton Press, Millennium Edition, bonded burgundy leather, gilt,
John Updike "Rabbit Run", "Rabbit is Rich", "Rabbit at Rest" and "Rabbit Redux", Easton Press, Millennium Edition, bonded burgundy leather, gilt,
Lot 41
Lot: 41
- Auction Date: Wed 28th Sep 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £40
MORE DETAILSJohn Updike Rabbit Run, Rabbit is Rich, Rabbit at Rest and Rabbit Redux, Easton Press, Millennium Edition, bonded burgundy leather, gilt, raised bands, gilt edged, ribbon bookmarkers. Set of four in mint condition. (4)
"English Poetry", 3 volumes, and "Prefaces & Prologues to Famous Books", Easton Press, Millennium Edition, bonded red leather, gilt,
"English Poetry", 3 volumes, and "Prefaces & Prologues to Famous Books", Easton Press, Millennium Edition, bonded red leather, gilt,
Lot 42
Lot: 42
- Auction Date: Wed 28th Sep 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £60 - £80
UNSOLD
MORE DETAILSEnglish Poetry, 3 volumes, and Prefaces & Prologues to Famous Books, Easton Press, Millennium Edition, bonded red leather, gilt, raised bands, gilt-edged, ribbon bookmarkers. A plate of Shakespeare has a small abrasion o/w condition is mint. (4)
Montaigne & others "Literary and Philosophical Works"; "English Essays, Sidney to Macaulay"; and Pascal "Thoughts, and Minor Works"
Montaigne & others "Literary and Philosophical Works"; "English Essays, Sidney to Macaulay"; and Pascal "Thoughts, and Minor Works"
Lot 43
Lot: 43
- Auction Date: Wed 28th Sep 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £40 - £60
UNSOLD
MORE DETAILSMontaigne & others Literary and Philosophical Works; English Essays, Sidney to Macaulay; and Pascal Thoughts, and Minor Works. Three volumes. Easton Press, Millennium Editions, bonded red leather, gilt, raised bands, gilt-edged, ribbon bookmarkers. Mint condition, two still in shrinkwrap. (3)
Selection of Folio Society books including Paul Scott "The Raj Quartet: The Jewel in the Crown, The Day of the Scorpion, A Division of the Spoils"
Selection of Folio Society books including Paul Scott "The Raj Quartet: The Jewel in the Crown, The Day of the Scorpion, A Division of the Spoils"
Lot 44
Lot: 44
- Auction Date: Wed 28th Sep 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £50 - £60
UNSOLD
MORE DETAILSSelection of Folio Society books including Paul Scott The Raj Quartet: The Jewel in the Crown, The Day of the Scorpion, A Division of the Spoils, and The Towers of Silence, 2009; The Epic of Gilgamesh, 2013; Steven Runciman The Fall of Constantinople 1453, 2013; and two others. All VF in slipcases, the slipcase of The Raj Quartet split along two sides. (8)
"The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Ben Jonson", Cambridge University Press, 2012, seven volume set, gilt cloth, very fine.
"The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Ben Jonson", Cambridge University Press, 2012, seven volume set, gilt cloth, very fine.
Lot 45
Lot: 45
- Auction Date: Wed 28th Sep 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £200 - £250
SOLD £100
MORE DETAILSThe Cambridge Edition of the Works of Ben Jonson, Cambridge University Press, 2012, seven volume set, gilt cloth, very fine. No inscriptions.
Harvard Classics, four volumes comprising Virgil’s "Aeneid", Plutarch’s "Lives", works by Plato, Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius, Cicero & Pliny,
Harvard Classics, four volumes comprising Virgil’s "Aeneid", Plutarch’s "Lives", works by Plato, Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius, Cicero & Pliny,
Lot 46
Lot: 46
- Auction Date: Wed 28th Sep 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £60 - £80
UNSOLD
MORE DETAILSHarvard Classics, four volumes comprising Virgil's Aeneid, Plutarch's Lives, works by Plato, Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius, Cicero & Pliny, all Easton Press, Millennium Editions, bonded leather, gilt, raised bands, gilt-edged, ribbon markers. Mint condition, one still in shrinkwrap. (4)
Harvard Classics, six volumes including "Nine Greek Dramas", Homer "Odyssey", William Lane (trans.) "The Thousand and One Nights",
Harvard Classics, six volumes including "Nine Greek Dramas", Homer "Odyssey", William Lane (trans.) "The Thousand and One Nights",
Lot 47
Lot: 47
- Auction Date: Wed 28th Sep 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £70 - £100
UNSOLD
MORE DETAILSHarvard Classics, six volumes including Nine Greek Dramas, Homer Odyssey, William Lane (trans.) The Thousand and One Nights, plus Folklore, Sagas, Aesop Fables, Holinshed Chronicles, etc; Easton Press, Millennium Editions, bonded leather, gilt, mint condition, two still in shrinkwrap. (6)
Harvard Classics, eleven volumes, mostly English & American Literature including "Elizabethan Drama" (two vols), Robert Burns "Poems and Songs",
Harvard Classics, eleven volumes, mostly English & American Literature including "Elizabethan Drama" (two vols), Robert Burns "Poems and Songs",
Lot 48
Lot: 48
- Auction Date: Wed 28th Sep 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £140 - £180
UNSOLD
MORE DETAILSHarvard Classics, eleven volumes, mostly English & American Literature including Elizabethan Drama (two vols), Robert Burns Poems and Songs, Dana Two Years Before the Mast, and others; Easton Press, Millennium Editions,bonded leather, gilt, mint condition, eight still in shrinkwrap. (11)
Ian Fleming "Live and Let Die", Jonathan Cape, 1966 reprint in a good mylar-protected price-clipped d/jkt showing some wear at extremities;
Ian Fleming "Live and Let Die", Jonathan Cape, 1966 reprint in a good mylar-protected price-clipped d/jkt showing some wear at extremities;
Lot 49
Lot: 49
- Auction Date: Wed 28th Sep 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £50 - £60
UNSOLD
MORE DETAILSIan Fleming Live and Let Die, Jonathan Cape, 1966 reprint in a good mylar-protected price-clipped d/jkt showing some wear at extremities; spine rolled, library marks to title page, few pages with corner creasing, a few minor tone marks.
Ian Fleming Diamonds are Forever, Jonathan Cape, 1979, in fine mylar-protected d/jkt; ink marks & inscription to front endpapers;
Ian Fleming Diamonds are Forever, Jonathan Cape, 1979, in fine mylar-protected d/jkt; ink marks & inscription to front endpapers;
Lot 50
Lot: 50
- Auction Date: Wed 28th Sep 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £20 - £30
UNSOLD
MORE DETAILSIan Fleming Diamonds are Forever, Jonathan Cape, 1979, in fine mylar-protected d/jkt; ink marks & inscription to front endpapers; library stamp to reverse of title page; few pages with corner creasing; spine slightly rolled.
Crime Fiction and Thillers, all bar one in d/jkts, including Anthony Gilbert "The Spinster's Secret", Collins Crime Club, 1946, 1st Edn
Crime Fiction and Thillers, all bar one in d/jkts, including Anthony Gilbert "The Spinster's Secret", Collins Crime Club, 1946, 1st Edn
Lot 51
Lot: 51
- Auction Date: Wed 28th Sep 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £30
MORE DETAILSCrime Fiction and Thillers, all bar one in d/jkts, including Anthony Gilbert The Spinster's Secret, Collins Crime Club, 1946, 1st Edn (small piece missing from rear panel of d/jkt, o/w VG); Michael Gilbert Death Has Deep Roots, Hodder & Stoughton, 1951 in worn d/jkt (with repairs), publisher's file copy stamp to front endpaper; J.S. Fletcher The Markenmore Mystery, Herbert Jenkins, n.d. (1920s), and various others of which two are ex-library. No ownership inscriptions. Mixed condition. Mostly first editions. (23)
Robert van Gulik "The Chinese Maze Murders", Michael Joseph, 1962, first edition in a VG complete d/jkt, remains of owner's bookplate
Robert van Gulik "The Chinese Maze Murders", Michael Joseph, 1962, first edition in a VG complete d/jkt, remains of owner's bookplate
Lot 52
Lot: 52
- Auction Date: Wed 28th Sep 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £26 - £36
SOLD £18
MORE DETAILSRobert van Gulik The Chinese Maze Murders, Michael Joseph, 1962, first edition in a VG complete d/jkt, remains of owner's bookplate on reverse of front endpaper; and 1969 Heinemann re-issues of The Emperor's Pearl and The Red Pavilion both in d/jkts showing browning to the spines. (3)
Victor Gunn crime fiction, all Collins first editions, comprising "Death on Shivering Sand", 1946; "Nice Day for a Murder", 1945,
Victor Gunn crime fiction, all Collins first editions, comprising "Death on Shivering Sand", 1946; "Nice Day for a Murder", 1945,
Lot 53
Lot: 53
- Auction Date: Wed 28th Sep 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £20
MORE DETAILSVictor Gunn crime fiction, all Collins first editions, comprising Death on Shivering Sand, 1946; Nice Day for a Murder, 1945, in worn & chipped d/jkt, dealer's stamp to front endpaper; The Treble Chance Murder, 1958 in VG d/jkt, spotting to last few pages of text; Death at Traitors' Gate, 1960, ex-library, various faults; and Murder at the Motel, 1964, in poor d/jkt. (5)
Ellis Peters UK First Editions in mixed condition, all in d/jkts; better comprise "Never Pick Up Hitch-Hikers", "The Grass Widow's Tale",
Ellis Peters UK First Editions in mixed condition, all in d/jkts; better comprise "Never Pick Up Hitch-Hikers", "The Grass Widow's Tale",
Lot 54
Lot: 54
- Auction Date: Wed 28th Sep 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £20
MORE DETAILSEllis Peters UK First Editions in mixed condition, all in d/jkts; better comprise Never Pick Up Hitch-Hikers, The Grass Widow's Tale, Rainbow's End (small ownership signature, jacket price-clipped), Funeral of Figaro (ownership label removed, jacket chipped at foot of spine), and Death and the Joyful Woman (probably ex-library). Of the remainder two have library stamps to edge of textblock. (11)
Crime Fiction selection, all in d/jkts, with several first editions, mixed condition, the Sax Rohmer title ex-library. (22)
Crime Fiction selection, all in d/jkts, with several first editions, mixed condition, the Sax Rohmer title ex-library. (22)
Lot 55
Lot: 55
- Auction Date: Wed 28th Sep 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £20
MORE DETAILSCrime Fiction selection, all in d/jkts, with several first editions, mixed condition, the Sax Rohmer title ex-library. (22)
E.C.R. Lorac crime fiction, a selection of Collins first editions 1945-55, comprising "Murder by Matchlight", "Ask a Policeman" (in poor d/jkt),
E.C.R. Lorac crime fiction, a selection of Collins first editions 1945-55, comprising "Murder by Matchlight", "Ask a Policeman" (in poor d/jkt),
Lot 56
Lot: 56
- Auction Date: Wed 28th Sep 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £80 - £100
SOLD £40
MORE DETAILSE.C.R. Lorac crime fiction, a selection of Collins first editions 1945-55, comprising Murder by Matchlight, Ask a Policeman (in poor d/jkt), Policemen in the Precinct and Murder in the Mill Race (repaired), together with 1952 reprint of The Sixteenth Stair (in damaged d/jkt). A scarce group in varied condition. (5)
Gwendoline Butler "Coffin in Malta", Geoffrey Bles, 1964, 1st Edn in creased & worn d/jkt; and four other Butler first editions in worn jackets
Gwendoline Butler "Coffin in Malta", Geoffrey Bles, 1964, 1st Edn in creased & worn d/jkt; and four other Butler first editions in worn jackets
Lot 57
Lot: 57
- Auction Date: Wed 28th Sep 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £15
MORE DETAILSGwendoline Butler Coffin in Malta, Geoffrey Bles, 1964, 1st Edn in creased & worn d/jkt; and four other Butler first editions in worn jackets of which three are ex-library. (5)
Rex Stout "Too Many Clients", 1961, and "Before Midnight", 1956, both Collins 1st Editions in VG complete d/jkts, the latter with ownership stamp
Rex Stout "Too Many Clients", 1961, and "Before Midnight", 1956, both Collins 1st Editions in VG complete d/jkts, the latter with ownership stamp
Lot 58
Lot: 58
- Auction Date: Wed 28th Sep 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £26 - £36
SOLD £18
MORE DETAILSRex Stout Too Many Clients, 1961, and Before Midnight, 1956, both Collins 1st Editions in VG complete d/jkts, the latter with ownership stamp to front endpaper and library stamp on reverse of title page; together with the United States 1st Edn of Before Midnight Viking Press, 1955, in a damaged d/jkt. (3)
Rex Stout crime fiction selection, all in d/jkts, mostly Collins 1st Edns, plus two second impressions; and two Viking 1st Edns
Rex Stout crime fiction selection, all in d/jkts, mostly Collins 1st Edns, plus two second impressions; and two Viking 1st Edns
Lot 59
Lot: 59
- Auction Date: Wed 28th Sep 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £120 - £140
SOLD £56
MORE DETAILSRex Stout crime fiction selection, all in d/jkts, mostly Collins 1st Edns, plus two second impressions; and two Viking 1st Edns including The Silent Speaker 1946 in damaged d/jkt; most jackets are good to fine but Bad for Business has pieces missing and Black Orchids (a 2nd impression) is heavily tape-stained. Trio for Blunt Instruments is ex-library, The Father Hunt has an ownership signature. (12)
G.K. Chesterton, Agatha Christie and others "The Floating Admiral", Doubleday, Doran & Co, 1932, 1st US Edn, VG in a fine facsimile d/jkt,
G.K. Chesterton, Agatha Christie and others "The Floating Admiral", Doubleday, Doran & Co, 1932, 1st US Edn, VG in a fine facsimile d/jkt,
Lot 60
Lot: 60
- Auction Date: Wed 28th Sep 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £38
MORE DETAILSG.K. Chesterton, Agatha Christie and others The Floating Admiral, Doubleday, Doran & Co, 1932, 1st US Edn, VG in a fine facsimile d/jkt, top of front endpaper chipped; and the Macmillan 1981 re-issue in fine d/jkt, the text browned throughout due to paper quality. No inscriptions. (2)