Auction No 444, Category: Books
30 Lots (displaying 21 - 30)
Anthony Powell "A Dance to the Music of Time", Heinemann 1975- 1990, mostly 1970s, all reprints, a few second printings, all in good to VF d/jkts.
Anthony Powell "A Dance to the Music of Time", Heinemann 1975- 1990, mostly 1970s, all reprints, a few second printings, all in good to VF d/jkts.
Lot 82
Lot: 82
- Auction Date: Wed 29th Jul 2026 12:00 BST
- Est: £120 - £150
Anthony Powell A Dance to the Music of Time, Heinemann 1975-1990, mostly 1970s, all reprints, a few second printings, all in good to VF d/jkts. Eight of the jackets are publisher price-clipped with revised price labels. Fine internally, no inscriptions. (12)
Marcel Proust "In Seach of Lost Time" Chatto & Windus 1992, set of six volumes in complete d/jkts, discolouration to spines of jackets, o/w fine,
Marcel Proust "In Seach of Lost Time" Chatto & Windus 1992, set of six volumes in complete d/jkts, discolouration to spines of jackets, o/w fine,
Lot 83
Lot: 83
- Auction Date: Wed 29th Jul 2026 12:00 BST
- Est: £50 - £70
Marcel Proust In Seach of Lost Time Chatto & Windus 1992, set of six volumes in complete d/jkts, discolouration to spines of jackets, o/w fine, no inscriptions. (6)
James Boswell "The Life of Samuel Johnson" The Navarre Society, 1934, gilt cloth, three volumes, no inscriptions. VG (3)
James Boswell "The Life of Samuel Johnson" The Navarre Society, 1934, gilt cloth, three volumes, no inscriptions. VG (3)
Lot 84
Lot: 84
- Auction Date: Wed 29th Jul 2026 12:00 BST
- Est: £20 - £30
James Boswell The Life of Samuel Johnson The Navarre Society, 1934, gilt cloth, three volumes, no inscriptions. VG (3)
"The Collected Writings of John Maynard Keynes", Royal Economic Society 1971-1989, Vols. I to X, all in d/jkts, one with a gift inscription;
"The Collected Writings of John Maynard Keynes", Royal Economic Society 1971-1989, Vols. I to X, all in d/jkts, one with a gift inscription;
Lot 85
Lot: 85
- Auction Date: Wed 29th Jul 2026 12:00 BST
- Est: £70 - £100
The Collected Writings of John Maynard Keynes, Royal Economic Society 1971-1989, Vols. I to X, all in d/jkts, one with a gift inscription; together with Moggridge Maynard Keynes 1992, Mattick Marx and Keynes Merlin Press 1971, and seven others. (19)
Alan Garner "Strandloper" Harvill 1996, First Edition, signed by the author on title page. Fine, in a complete d/jkt.
Alan Garner "Strandloper" Harvill 1996, First Edition, signed by the author on title page. Fine, in a complete d/jkt.
Lot 86
Lot: 86
- Auction Date: Wed 29th Jul 2026 12:00 BST
- Est: £50 - £60
Alan Garner Strandloper Harvill 1996, First Edition, signed by the author on title page. Fine, in a complete d/jkt.
Charles Kingsley "The Water Babies" illustrated by Jessie Wilcox Smith, Hodder & Stoughton for Boots the Chemists, pictorial cloth, gilt,
Charles Kingsley "The Water Babies" illustrated by Jessie Wilcox Smith, Hodder & Stoughton for Boots the Chemists, pictorial cloth, gilt,
Lot 89
Lot: 89
- Auction Date: Wed 29th Jul 2026 12:00 BST
- Est: £20 - £30
Charles Kingsley The Water Babies illustrated by Jessie Wilcox Smith, Hodder & Stoughton for Boots the Chemists, pictorial cloth, gilt, some occasional spotting (plates unaffected), gift inscription dated 1929.
George Sims "The Keys of Death" Macmillan 1982, First Edition, signed & inscribed by the author, in fine d/jkt. Light tanning to text margins
George Sims "The Keys of Death" Macmillan 1982, First Edition, signed & inscribed by the author, in fine d/jkt. Light tanning to text margins
Lot 90
Lot: 90
- Auction Date: Wed 29th Jul 2026 12:00 BST
- Est: £40 - £60
George Sims The Keys of Death Macmillan 1982, First Edition, signed & inscribed by the author, in fine d/jkt. Light tanning to text margins due to paper quality
Winston S. Churchill "Secret Session Speeches" Cassell 1946 First Edition in near fine d/jkt, signed by Churchill on title page dated Sept.1950.
Winston S. Churchill "Secret Session Speeches" Cassell 1946 First Edition in near fine d/jkt, signed by Churchill on title page dated Sept.1950.
Lot 94
Lot: 94
- Auction Date: Wed 29th Jul 2026 12:00 BST
- Est: £1300 - £1500
Winston S. Churchill Secret Session Speeches Cassell 1946 First Edition in near fine d/jkt, signed by Churchill on title page dated Sept.1950. Fine, no other inscriptions.
The 38th, 39th and 40th Annual Reports of the Manchester and Salford Boys’ and Girls’ Refuges and Homes 1907-1909,
The 38th, 39th and 40th Annual Reports of the Manchester and Salford Boys’ and Girls’ Refuges and Homes 1907-1909,
Lot 96
Lot: 96
- Auction Date: Wed 29th Jul 2026 12:00 BST
- Est: £50 - £60
The 38th, 39th and 40th Annual Reports of the Manchester and Salford Boys' and Girls' Refuges and Homes 1907-1909, each volume with orig. printed wraps, bound together in a gilt cloth binding, hinges reinforced, each volume approx 112pp with half-tone plates; together with Robert Lee The Cry of Two Cities – Mission Work in Manchester, Salford & District 1927, and Thomas Hayhurst The Conquest of Gentleness – Memorials of Christian Church and Sunday Schools, Bury 1910. (3)
F.O. Morris "A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland", William Mackenzie, [1880], six vols
F.O. Morris "A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland", William Mackenzie, [1880], six vols
Lot 100
Lot: 100
- Auction Date: Wed 29th Jul 2026 12:00 BST
- Est: £60 - £80
F.O. Morris A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland, William Mackenzie, [1880], six vols., bound in leather-covered bevel-edged boards, elaborate gilt decoration, rubbed at extremities, complete with 240 fine coloured tissue-guarded plates; foxing to endpapers, occasional minor spotting elsewhere, the plates largely unaffected. (6)