Auction No 437, Category: Books
39 Lots (displaying 1 - 20)
Selection of author signed books including Antony Sher "Characters" 1989, in d/jkt; David Hare "We Travelled" 2021 in d/jkt;
Selection of author signed books including Antony Sher "Characters" 1989, in d/jkt; David Hare "We Travelled" 2021 in d/jkt;
Lot 2
Lot: 2
- Auction Date: Wed 24th Sep 2025 12:00 BST
- Est: £30 - £50
Selection of author signed books including Antony Sher Characters 1989, in d/jkt; David Hare We Travelled 2021 in d/jkt; and Richard Eyre Place to Place 2018. All first editions. VG/VF (6)
A collection of ‘World's Classics' including 18 with jackets designed by Lynton Lamb. VG condition. (44)
A collection of ‘World's Classics' including 18 with jackets designed by Lynton Lamb. VG condition. (44)
Lot 4
Lot: 4
- Auction Date: Wed 24th Sep 2025 12:00 BST
- Est: £20 - £30
A collection of ‘World's Classics' including 18 with jackets designed by Lynton Lamb. VG condition. (44)
A collection of ‘World's Classics' including 49 in dust-jackets. Includes a few early editions by Grant Richards. (91)
A collection of ‘World's Classics' including 49 in dust-jackets. Includes a few early editions by Grant Richards. (91)
Lot 5
Lot: 5
- Auction Date: Wed 24th Sep 2025 12:00 BST
- Est: £40 - £60
A collection of ‘World's Classics' including 49 in dust-jackets. Includes a few early editions by Grant Richards. (91)
Lynton Lamb illustrated books, largely in d/jackets, seven with his artwork confined to the jacket only,
Lynton Lamb illustrated books, largely in d/jackets, seven with his artwork confined to the jacket only,
Lot 6
Lot: 6
- Auction Date: Wed 24th Sep 2025 12:00 BST
- Est: £20 - £40
Lynton Lamb illustrated books, largely in d/jackets, seven with his artwork confined to the jacket only, others with line-drawings or woodcuts by the artist. Mostly VG/VF (24)
"Souvenir Royal Visit Ashton-under-Lyne 1913", Official Programme, printed wraps, worn, 80pp, illustrated throughout, half-tone plates & adverts.
"Souvenir Royal Visit Ashton-under-Lyne 1913", Official Programme, printed wraps, worn, 80pp, illustrated throughout, half-tone plates & adverts.
Lot 11
Lot: 11
- Auction Date: Wed 24th Sep 2025 12:00 BST
- Est: £20 - £30
Souvenir Royal Visit Ashton-under-Lyne 1913, Official Programme, printed wraps, worn, 80pp, illustrated throughout, half-tone plates & adverts. Text block detached.
Philip Norman "London Vanished & Vanishing" A. & C. Black 1905, gilt cloth, 75 colour plates with titled tissue-guards,
Philip Norman "London Vanished & Vanishing" A. & C. Black 1905, gilt cloth, 75 colour plates with titled tissue-guards,
Lot 12
Lot: 12
- Auction Date: Wed 24th Sep 2025 12:00 BST
- Est: £30 - £50
Philip Norman London Vanished & Vanishing A. & C. Black 1905, gilt cloth, 75 colour plates with titled tissue-guards, and Holbrook Jackson The Eighteen-Nineties: a Review of Art and Ideas Grant Richards 1913, gilt cloth, 24 b/w plates (5 after Aubrey Beardsley). London Vanished with browning to endpapers. First Editions. VG (2)
Alan Garner "Thursbitch" Harvill Press, 2003, 3rd printing, signed by the author on title page, in a fine d/jkt.
Alan Garner "Thursbitch" Harvill Press, 2003, 3rd printing, signed by the author on title page, in a fine d/jkt.
Lot 23
Lot: 23
- Auction Date: Wed 24th Sep 2025 12:00 BST
- Est: £60 - £80
Alan Garner Thursbitch Harvill Press, 2003, 3rd printing, signed by the author on title page, in a fine d/jkt.
Alan Garner "The Moon of Gomrath" Collins 1963, First Edition, in complete d/jkt, signed & inscribed by the author on title page,
Alan Garner "The Moon of Gomrath" Collins 1963, First Edition, in complete d/jkt, signed & inscribed by the author on title page,
Lot 24
Lot: 24
- Auction Date: Wed 24th Sep 2025 12:00 BST
- Est: £100 - £150
Alan Garner The Moon of Gomrath Collins 1963, First Edition, in complete d/jkt, signed & inscribed by the author on title page, the d/jkt with two small peripheral tears along top edge, some browning to half-title and final page.
Alan Garner "The Weirdstone of Brisingamen" Collins 1960, First Edition, in good d/jkt, signed & inscribed by the author on title page,
Alan Garner "The Weirdstone of Brisingamen" Collins 1960, First Edition, in good d/jkt, signed & inscribed by the author on title page,
Lot 25
Lot: 25
- Auction Date: Wed 24th Sep 2025 12:00 BST
- Est: £250 - £350
Alan Garner The Weirdstone of Brisingamen Collins 1960, First Edition, in good d/jkt, signed & inscribed by the author on title page, the jacket chipped at foot of spine and slightly pulled at top.
Alan Garner "The Weirdstone of Brisingham" Collins 1984; "Boneland" Collins 2012, first edition; and "The Lad of the Gad" Collins 1980, first edition,
Alan Garner "The Weirdstone of Brisingham" Collins 1984; "Boneland" Collins 2012, first edition; and "The Lad of the Gad" Collins 1980, first edition,
Lot 26
Lot: 26
- Auction Date: Wed 24th Sep 2025 12:00 BST
- Est: £100 - £150
Alan Garner The Weirdstone of Brisingham Collins 1984; Boneland Collins 2012, first edition; and The Lad of the Gad Collins 1980, first edition, all signed and inscribed by the author, all in fine d/jkts. (3) Also two items of related ephemera.
A selection of signed books, chiefly poetry, with many first editions; includes works signed by Andrew Motion (6) and A.E.Coppard (2). VG/VF (16)
A selection of signed books, chiefly poetry, with many first editions; includes works signed by Andrew Motion (6) and A.E.Coppard (2). VG/VF (16)
Lot 27
Lot: 27
- Auction Date: Wed 24th Sep 2025 12:00 BST
- Est: £30 - £50
A selection of signed books, chiefly poetry, with many first editions; includes works signed by Andrew Motion (6) and A.E.Coppard (2). VG/VF (16)
Selection of signed first editions in d/jkt comprising Stephen Fry "Making History", Andrew Morton "Monica’s Story"signed by Monica Lewinsky,
Selection of signed first editions in d/jkt comprising Stephen Fry "Making History", Andrew Morton "Monica’s Story"signed by Monica Lewinsky,
Lot 29
Lot: 29
- Auction Date: Wed 24th Sep 2025 12:00 BST
- Est: £30 - £50
Selection of signed first editions in d/jkt comprising Stephen Fry Making History, Andrew Morton Monica's Story signed by Monica Lewinsky, and four by Ian Rankin. Also Louis de Bernieres Birds Without Wings signed limited edition in slipcase. Fine. Obtained through Waterstones. (7)
Capt. W.E. Johns ‘Biggles’ selection, 1939-50, mostly late-1940s, including "Biggles Air Commodore" 1948 and "Spitfire Parade"1949.
Capt. W.E. Johns ‘Biggles’ selection, 1939-50, mostly late-1940s, including "Biggles Air Commodore" 1948 and "Spitfire Parade"1949.
Lot 30
Lot: 30
- Auction Date: Wed 24th Sep 2025 12:00 BST
- Est: £40 - £50
Capt. W.E. Johns ‘Biggles' selection, 1939-50, mostly late-1940s, including Biggles Air Commodore 1948 and Spitfire Parade 1949. Six are first editions, fourteen in mixed condition d/jkts. Also a related title by Percy Westerman. Five have gift inscriptions, and two 1939 editions are foxed. Most are clean internally. (18)
Arthur Ransome 1937-47 first editions comprising "We Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea", "The Big Six", "Missee Lee", "The Picts and the Martyrs",
Arthur Ransome 1937-47 first editions comprising "We Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea", "The Big Six", "Missee Lee", "The Picts and the Martyrs",
Lot 31
Lot: 31
- Auction Date: Wed 24th Sep 2025 12:00 BST
- Est: £30 - £50
Arthur Ransome 1937-47 first editions comprising We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea, The Big Six, Missee Lee, The Picts and the Martyrs, and Great Northern?, all Jonathan Cape published in fair/good d/jkts, mylar protected, Great Northern with a gift inscription. (5)
Mixed fiction with several firsts in d/jkt including Isaac Asimov "The Winds of Change" Granada 1983; Winston Graham "Warleggan"1953 (d/jkt damaged)
Mixed fiction with several firsts in d/jkt including Isaac Asimov "The Winds of Change" Granada 1983; Winston Graham "Warleggan"1953 (d/jkt damaged)
Lot 32
Lot: 32
- Auction Date: Wed 24th Sep 2025 12:00 BST
- Est: £20 - £40
Mixed fiction with several firsts in d/jkt including Isaac Asimov The Winds of Change, Granada 1983; Winston Graham Warleggan 1953 (d/jkt damaged); and Zelda Fitzgerald Save Me the Waltz Cape, 1968. (16)
Sir Walter Scott "Chronicles of the Canongate 1st & 2nd series, in five vols; together with "The Antiquary" in three vols; and other historical novels
Sir Walter Scott "Chronicles of the Canongate 1st & 2nd series, in five vols; together with "The Antiquary" in three vols; and other historical novels
Lot 33
Lot: 33
- Auction Date: Wed 24th Sep 2025 12:00 BST
- Est: £40 - £50
Sir Walter Scott Chronicles of the Canongate 1st & 2nd series, in five vols; together with The Antiquary in three vols; and other historical novels, all uniformly bound in half-calf, gilt; Edinburgh, 1816-29. Occasional minor foxing but generally very clean internally. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedowns. (18)
English Literature with works by Graham Greene, Storm Jameson, Ted Hughes, and a variety of others, with several first editions. Many in d/jkts.
English Literature with works by Graham Greene, Storm Jameson, Ted Hughes, and a variety of others, with several first editions. Many in d/jkts.
Lot 34
Lot: 34
- Auction Date: Wed 24th Sep 2025 12:00 BST
- Est: £20 - £30
English Literature with works by Graham Greene, Storm Jameson, Ted Hughes, and a variety of others, with several first editions. Many in d/jkts. VG condition. (34)
Edgar Allan Poe "Le Corbeau - The Raven" illustrated by Edouard Manet, Easton Press, 1995, facsimile of the Richard Lesclide edition of 1875,
Edgar Allan Poe "Le Corbeau - The Raven" illustrated by Edouard Manet, Easton Press, 1995, facsimile of the Richard Lesclide edition of 1875,
Lot 35
Lot: 35
- Auction Date: Wed 24th Sep 2025 12:00 BST
- Est: £40 - £60
Edgar Allan Poe Le Corbeau – The Raven illustrated by Edouard Manet, Easton Press, 1995, facsimile of the Richard Lesclide edition of 1875, folio, quarter-leather, gilt, in the issued folder, print on India paper loosely inserted, one of 240 printed. Fine.
American comics with Marvel, DC and other issuers, 1980s/1990s, VG/VF. (340)
American comics with Marvel, DC and other issuers, 1980s/1990s, VG/VF. (340)
Lot 36
Lot: 36
- Auction Date: Wed 24th Sep 2025 12:00 BST
- Est: £50 - £70
American comics with Marvel, DC and other issuers, 1980s/1990s, VG/VF. (340)
Trevor Watson "Cheek!" Erotic Print Society 2000, photographic plates, de luxe edition, cloth bound, in d/jkt, accompanied by a photo-print
Trevor Watson "Cheek!" Erotic Print Society 2000, photographic plates, de luxe edition, cloth bound, in d/jkt, accompanied by a photo-print
Lot 47
Lot: 47
- Auction Date: Wed 24th Sep 2025 12:00 BST
- Est: £20 - £40
Trevor Watson Cheek! Erotic Print Society 2000, photographic plates throughout, de luxe edition, cloth bound, in d/jkt, accompanied by a photo-print signed by the photographer. No.85 of 475, numbered and signed by Watson on a bookplate.