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Auction No 417, Category: Fiction

9 Lots (displaying 1 - 9)

Uncorrected Proofs including works by William Styron, Bernard Cornwell, Henry Cecil, Julian Symons, Jon Cleary, Ellis Peters, Miss Read (2),

Lot: 9

  • Auction Date: Wed 3rd May 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
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Uncorrected Proofs including works by William Styron, Bernard Cornwell, Henry Cecil, Julian Symons, Jon Cleary, Ellis Peters, Miss Read (2), and various others. Good/VF. Bernard Cornwell's Sharpe's Eagle 1980 is the first in the Sharpe series of books. (34)

E.M. Forster "A Room with a View", Edward Arnold, 1908, First Edition, original gilt ribbed maroon cloth, worn & marked, the spine faded;

Lot: 22

  • Auction Date: Wed 3rd May 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £600 - £900
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E.M. Forster A Room with a View, Edward Arnold, 1908, First Edition, original gilt ribbed maroon cloth, worn & marked, the spine faded; blank bookplate to front pastedown, pencil ownership signature to front endpaper dated 1912, inner front and rear hinges weak showing the webbing, some occasional marginal tone-marks to text but generally clean internally; small remnants of a lending library label to rear pastedown (no other library markings). Complete with the 8-page publisher's catalogue.

Modern First Editions in VG/VF d/jkts including works signed by Ian Rankin, Marie-Elsa Bragg and Fiona Mozley;

Lot: 24

  • Auction Date: Wed 3rd May 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £26
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Modern First Editions in VG/VF d/jkts including works signed by Ian Rankin, Marie-Elsa Bragg and Fiona Mozley; of the remainder two have ownership signatures. Five jackets are price-clipped. (10) 

Selected Fiction, mostly in d/jkts, including first editions by John Steinbeck, Graham Greene, Aldous Huxley, Robert Greenwood,

Lot: 26

  • Auction Date: Wed 3rd May 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
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Selected Fiction, mostly in d/jkts, including first editions by John Steinbeck, Graham Greene, Aldous Huxley, Robert Greenwood, and Noel Behn (signed by the author); and a 1965 third impression of On Her Majesty's Secret Service. The jackets in varied condition o/w VG/VF. (20)  

Daphne du Maurier "The Apple Tree", Gollancz, 1952, First Edition in a VG complete d/jkt. Fox marks to fore-edge o/w fine.

Lot: 27

  • Auction Date: Wed 3rd May 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £30
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Daphne du Maurier The Apple Tree, Gollancz, 1952, First Edition in a VG complete d/jkt. Fox marks to fore-edge o/w fine. This work includes the short story The Birds which formed the basis of Hitchcock's famous film.

William le Queux "The Mystery of a Motor Car", Hodder & Stoughton, [c.1909], small octavo, original gilt cloth, endpapers browned,

Lot: 28

  • Auction Date: Wed 3rd May 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £40
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William le Queux The Mystery of a Motor Car, Hodder & Stoughton, [c.1909], small octavo, original gilt cloth, endpapers browned, front endpaper with ownership signature, rear inner hinge very weak (showing the webbing).

20th Century Fiction, many in d/jkts, including works by Len Deighton, Arthur Koestler (4), John Le Carre, Dylan Thomas, John Braine (3),

Lot: 31

  • Auction Date: Wed 3rd May 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £80 - £100
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20th Century Fiction, many in d/jkts, including works by Len Deighton, Arthur Koestler (4), John Le Carre, Dylan Thomas, John Braine (3), and John Creasey. Most are first editions; Le Carre's The Spy Who Came in from the Cold is a 1963 second impression. Good to fine; five with ownership signatures. (21)   

"The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes", Vols.1 and 2, W.W. Norton & Co, quarto,cloth bound, fine, in slightly edgeworn d/jkts, no internal inscriptions.

Lot: 32

  • Auction Date: Wed 3rd May 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
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The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes, Vols.1 and 2, W.W. Norton & Co, quarto, cloth bound, fine, in slightly edgeworn d/jkts, no internal inscriptions. The volumes include the original illustrations by Sidney Paget and other contemporary sources. (Weight 4.5 kilos)

Melvyn Bragg First Editions in d/jkts all warmly inscribed to his close friend the songwriter Alan Blaikley (1940-2022),

Lot: 33

  • Auction Date: Wed 3rd May 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £26
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Melvyn Bragg First Editions in d/jkts all warmly inscribed to his close friend the songwriter Alan Blaikley (1940-2022), plus one to Alan's sister Marian; together with a novel by Melvyn Bragg's daughter Marie-Elsa similarly inscribed to Alan Blaikley. Alan Blaikley in collaboration with Ken Howard wrote a series of international hits in the 1960s and 1970s. Fine (7)