Auction No 403, Category: Crime

2 Lots (displaying 1 - 2)

John Le Carre "A Murder of Quality", Victor Gollancz, September, 1962, 1st Edn, second impression; octavo, original publisher's red cloth,

Lot: 23

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Sep 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £250 - £300
SOLD £350
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John Le Carre A Murder of Quality, Victor Gollancz, September, 1962, 1st Edn, second impression; octavo, original publisher's red cloth, spine faded, and slightly rolled, but gilt lettering still clear; hinging weak between pp 30/31 and a 2” tear at top of inner margin of pp.29/30 needing attention, o/w fine internally without inscriptions or foxing. A VG example of one of Le Carre's scarcest early works in the Gollancz imprint.  

Jack Scott crime novels 1980-1986, all Collins First Editions in VG/VF dustjackets, including "A Distant View of Death", 1981

Lot: 28

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Sep 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
UNSOLD
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Jack Scott crime novels 1980-1986, all Collins First Editions in VG/VF dustjackets, including A Distant View of Death, 1981 (d/jkt price-clipped and small price label top right of front panel), An Uprush of Mayhem 1982, and All the Pretty People, 1983. No internal inscriptions, the jackets in durasleave protectors. (7)