Auction No 413, Wed 9th Nov 2022 12:00 GMT
216 Lots (displaying 41 - 60)
Crime Fiction selection, all in d/jkts. Rex Stout "Three Witnesses" 1956, and Harry Carmichael "A Question of Time" 1958 are 1st Edns
Crime Fiction selection, all in d/jkts. Rex Stout "Three Witnesses" 1956, and Harry Carmichael "A Question of Time" 1958 are 1st Edns
Lot 41
Lot: 41
- Auction Date: Wed 9th Nov 2022 12:00 GMT (Ended)
- Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £10
MORE DETAILSCrime Fiction selection, all in d/jkts. Rex Stout Three Witnesses 1956, and Harry Carmichael A Question of Time 1958 are 1st Edns both in poor condition (the latter ex-library) but in the scarce good/VG d/jkts. Mixed condition. (9)
J. Jefferson Farjeon "The Llewellyn Jewel Mystery", Collins, 1948, 1st Edn in a good edgeworn d/jkt; and 7 other children's books in d/jkts,
J. Jefferson Farjeon "The Llewellyn Jewel Mystery", Collins, 1948, 1st Edn in a good edgeworn d/jkt; and 7 other children's books in d/jkts,
Lot 42
Lot: 42
- Auction Date: Wed 9th Nov 2022 12:00 GMT (Ended)
- Est: £15 - £20
SOLD £8
MORE DETAILSJ.Jefferson Farjeon The Llewellyn Jewel Mystery, Collins, 1948, 1st Edn in a good edgeworn d/jkt; and 7 other children's books in d/jkts, mixed condition. (8)
Caroline Graham "The Killing at Badger's Drift", Century Hutchinson, 1987, 1st Edn in fine d/jkt, light tanning to text;
Caroline Graham "The Killing at Badger's Drift", Century Hutchinson, 1987, 1st Edn in fine d/jkt, light tanning to text;
Lot 43
Lot: 43
- Auction Date: Wed 9th Nov 2022 12:00 GMT (Ended)
- Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £20
MORE DETAILSCaroline Graham The Killing at Badger's Drift, Century Hutchinson, 1987, 1st Edn in fine d/jkt, light tanning to text; Berkeley Gray Alias Norman Conquest, 1945, 1st Edn and Six Feet of Dynamite, 1947, both in damaged d/jkts, former recased with new endpapers; Dolores Hitchens The Abductor, Boardman, 1962, 1st Edn, orig. cloth, a little frayed; and other crime fiction. Mixed condition. (11)
Agatha Christie reprint novels, 1990s to 2013, mostly Collins facsimiles, some issued by Book Club Associates. All in fine d/jkts.
Agatha Christie reprint novels, 1990s to 2013, mostly Collins facsimiles, some issued by Book Club Associates. All in fine d/jkts.
Lot 44
Lot: 44
- Auction Date: Wed 9th Nov 2022 12:00 GMT (Ended)
- Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £20
MORE DETAILSAgatha Christie reprint novels, 1990s to 2013, mostly Collins facsimiles, some issued by Book Club Associates. All in fine d/jkts. No ownership inscriptions. (20)
Ngaio Marsh "Vintage Murder", Geoffrey Bles, 1949 in good edgeworn d/jkt, ownership stamp to front endpaper, library stamp on copyright page
Ngaio Marsh "Vintage Murder", Geoffrey Bles, 1949 in good edgeworn d/jkt, ownership stamp to front endpaper, library stamp on copyright page
Lot 45
Lot: 45
- Auction Date: Wed 9th Nov 2022 12:00 GMT (Ended)
- Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £30
MORE DETAILSNgaio Marsh Vintage Murder, Geoffrey Bles, 1949 in good edgeworn d/jkt, ownership stamp to front endpaper, library stamp on copyright page (no other markings) foxing to fore-edge; and other Ngaio Marsh crime including Spinsters of Jeopardy, Collins, 1954, 1st Edn in slightly chipped d/jkt, A Man Lay Dead Collins 1981 in VG d/jkt and others in mixed condition. (14)
John D. Macdonald novels including "The Moving Target", Alfred Knopf, 1949, in price-clipped d/jkt, browned throughout;
John D. Macdonald novels including "The Moving Target", Alfred Knopf, 1949, in price-clipped d/jkt, browned throughout;
Lot 46
Lot: 46
- Auction Date: Wed 9th Nov 2022 12:00 GMT (Ended)
- Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £20
MORE DETAILSJohn D. Macdonald novels including The Moving Target, Alfred Knopf, 1949, in price-clipped d/jkt, browned throughout; Murder for the Bride, Robert Hale, 1977, 1st UK Edn.in price-clipped d/jkt; Wine of the Dreamers Greenberg, 1951, 1st Edn, in complete but heavily tape-stained d/jkt, endpapers browned; and a selection of others in mixed condition, three ex-library. (10)
John Rhode fiction comprising "The Vanishing Diary", Geoffrey Bles, 1961, 1st Edn, in worn d/jkt, the book in VG condition;
John Rhode fiction comprising "The Vanishing Diary", Geoffrey Bles, 1961, 1st Edn, in worn d/jkt, the book in VG condition;
Lot 47
Lot: 47
- Auction Date: Wed 9th Nov 2022 12:00 GMT (Ended)
- Est: £15 - £20
SOLD £10
MORE DETAILSJohn Rhode fiction comprising The Vanishing Diary, Geoffrey Bles, 1961, 1st Edn, in worn d/jkt, the book in VG condition; The Motor Rally Mystery, 1938, p/bk in chipped wraps; and a poor copy of Robbery with Violence, 1957 in repaired d/jkt and ink marks to publications list. (3)
Georges Simenon first editions including "Maigret Goes to School", 1957, worn cloth, in chipped & browned d/jkt;
Georges Simenon first editions including "Maigret Goes to School", 1957, worn cloth, in chipped & browned d/jkt;
Lot 48
Lot: 48
- Auction Date: Wed 9th Nov 2022 12:00 GMT (Ended)
- Est: £15 - £20
SOLD £10
MORE DETAILSGeorges Simenon first editions including Maigret Goes to School, 1957, worn cloth, in chipped & browned d/jkt; of the others two have facsimile d/jkts, another ex-library. (5)
"Sacred Writings: Confucian, Hebrew, Christian, Buddhist, Hindu, Mohammedan", Easton Press, Millennium Edition, 2 volumes; full leather, gilt,
"Sacred Writings: Confucian, Hebrew, Christian, Buddhist, Hindu, Mohammedan", Easton Press, Millennium Edition, 2 volumes; full leather, gilt,
Lot 49
Lot: 49
- Auction Date: Wed 9th Nov 2022 12:00 GMT (Ended)
- Est: £30 - £40
UNSOLD
MORE DETAILSSacred Writings: Confucian, Hebrew, Christian, Buddhist, Hindu, Mohammedan, Easton Press, Millennium Edition, 2 volumes; full leather, gilt, raised bands, gilt-edged, ribbon bookmarkers. Mint condition. (2)
"English Poetry", 3 volumes, and "Prefaces & Prologues to Famous Books", Easton Press, Millennium Edition,full leather, gilt,
"English Poetry", 3 volumes, and "Prefaces & Prologues to Famous Books", Easton Press, Millennium Edition,full leather, gilt,
Lot 50
Lot: 50
- Auction Date: Wed 9th Nov 2022 12:00 GMT (Ended)
- Est: £40 - £50
UNSOLD
MORE DETAILSEnglish Poetry, 3 volumes, and Prefaces & Prologues to Famous Books, Easton Press, Millennium Edition, full 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 51
Lot: 51
- Auction Date: Wed 9th Nov 2022 12:00 GMT (Ended)
- Est: £26 - £30
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 52
Lot: 52
- Auction Date: Wed 9th Nov 2022 12:00 GMT (Ended)
- Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £36
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)
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 53
Lot: 53
- Auction Date: Wed 9th Nov 2022 12:00 GMT (Ended)
- Est: £40 - £50
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 54
Lot: 54
- Auction Date: Wed 9th Nov 2022 12:00 GMT (Ended)
- Est: £50 - £60
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, full 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 55
Lot: 55
- Auction Date: Wed 9th Nov 2022 12:00 GMT (Ended)
- Est: £90 - £110
SOLD £50
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)
"The Complete Works of William Shakespeare", Easton Press, 1993, 39 volumes, quarto, full leather, gilt design and edges, illustrated, various artists
"The Complete Works of William Shakespeare", Easton Press, 1993, 39 volumes, quarto, full leather, gilt design and edges, illustrated, various artists
Lot 56
Lot: 56
- Auction Date: Wed 9th Nov 2022 12:00 GMT (Ended)
- Est: £300 - £400
SOLD £380
MORE DETAILSThe Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Easton Press, 1993, 39 volumes, quarto, full leather, gilt design and edges, illustrated, various artists, mint condition, most volumes still in shrinkwrap. (39)
Charles Dickens selection comprising 16 (of 21) volumes in the Easton Press Collector's Edition, 1998, bound in full leather, gilt,
Charles Dickens selection comprising 16 (of 21) volumes in the Easton Press Collector's Edition, 1998, bound in full leather, gilt,
Lot 57
Lot: 57
- Auction Date: Wed 9th Nov 2022 12:00 GMT (Ended)
- Est: £80 - £100
SOLD £125
MORE DETAILSCharles Dickens selection comprising 16 (of 21) volumes in the Easton Press Collector's Edition, 1998, bound in full leather, gilt, and the Folio Society edition of Dickens' London in slipcase. Mint condition, most still in shrinkwrap. Includes the Christmas Carol volume. (17)
Selection of Crime Fiction and Thrillers including first editions by Brian Flynn and Miles Burton, the Ian Fleming titles both ex- library.
Selection of Crime Fiction and Thrillers including first editions by Brian Flynn and Miles Burton, the Ian Fleming titles both ex- library.
Lot 58
Lot: 58
- Auction Date: Wed 9th Nov 2022 12:00 GMT (Ended)
- Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £22
MORE DETAILSSelection of Crime Fiction and Thrillers including first editions by Brian Flynn and Miles Burton, the Ian Fleming titles both ex-library. Mixed condition. (6)
Al Read (Comedian, 1909-1987): a collection of memorabilia spanning his career comprising photographs (79, various sizes), programmes (11),
Al Read (Comedian, 1909-1987): a collection of memorabilia spanning his career comprising photographs (79, various sizes), programmes (11),
Lot 59
Lot: 59
- Auction Date: Wed 9th Nov 2022 12:00 GMT (Ended)
- Est: £60 - £80
UNSOLD
MORE DETAILSAl Read (Comedian, 1909-1987): a collection of memorabilia spanning his career comprising photographs (79, various sizes, two signed by Al Read), programmes (11), some correspondence (many photocopies), small poster and other items; all arranged in an album. Some mixed condition but mostly fine. This collection was originally sold by Al Read's widow in 1996.
Press Agency photographs of various personalities, 1980s, mostly 10x8”, including Robin Day, Michael Crawford, Billy Crystal, Sabrina, Texas,
Press Agency photographs of various personalities, 1980s, mostly 10x8”, including Robin Day, Michael Crawford, Billy Crystal, Sabrina, Texas,
Lot 60
Lot: 60
- Auction Date: Wed 9th Nov 2022 12:00 GMT (Ended)
- Est: £30 - £40
UNSOLD
MORE DETAILSPress Agency photographs of various personalities, 1980s, mostly 10x8”, including Robin Day, Michael Crawford, Billy Crystal, Sabrina, Texas, Nick Bates, etc. Fine (52)