Auction No 412, Category: Literature
20 Lots (displaying 1 - 20)
Assorted books including Tolkien "The Silmarillion", 1977, 1st Edn, first printing in a price-clipped d/jkt; John Macdonald "The House Guests",1966,
Assorted books including Tolkien "The Silmarillion", 1977, 1st Edn, first printing in a price-clipped d/jkt; John Macdonald "The House Guests",1966,
Lot 1
Lot: 1
- Auction Date: Wed 28th Sep 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £15
MORE DETAILSAssorted books including Tolkien The Silmarillion, 1977, 1st Edn, first printing in a price-clipped d/jkt; John Macdonald The House Guests, 1966, 1st Edn., in d/jkt; and four Georges Simenon first editions in poor to fine d/jkts. Mixed condition. (16)
Harvard Classics selection, six volumes, including "Voyages & Travels", Dante "The Divine Comedy", Manzoni "I Promessi Sposi"
Harvard Classics selection, six volumes, including "Voyages & Travels", Dante "The Divine Comedy", Manzoni "I Promessi Sposi"
Lot 5
Lot: 5
- Auction Date: Wed 28th Sep 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £60 - £80
UNSOLD
MORE DETAILSHarvard Classics selection, six volumes, including Voyages & Travels, Dante The Divine Comedy, Manzoni I Promessi Sposi, Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress, and others; Easton Press, Millennium Editions, bonded leather, gilt, mint condition, four still in shrinkwrap. (6)
"Sacred Writings: Confucian, Hebrew, Christian, Buddhist, Hindu, Mohammedan", Easton Press, Millennium Edition, 2 volumes; bonded leather
"Sacred Writings: Confucian, Hebrew, Christian, Buddhist, Hindu, Mohammedan", Easton Press, Millennium Edition, 2 volumes; bonded leather
Lot 6
Lot: 6
- Auction Date: Wed 28th Sep 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £40 - £50
UNSOLD
MORE DETAILSSacred Writings: Confucian, Hebrew, Christian, Buddhist, Hindu, Mohammedan, Easton Press, Millennium Edition, 2 volumes; bonded leather, gilt, raised bands, gilt-edged, ribbon bookmarkers. Mint condition. (2)
Crime Fiction UK first editions, a selection in d/jkts, in mixed condition; including Agatha Christie’s "After the Funeral"
Crime Fiction UK first editions, a selection in d/jkts, in mixed condition; including Agatha Christie’s "After the Funeral"
Lot 12
Lot: 12
- Auction Date: Wed 28th Sep 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £50 - £60
UNSOLD
MORE DETAILSCrime Fiction UK first editions, a selection in d/jkts, in mixed condition; including Agatha Christie's After the Funeral a poor copy in a VG d/jkt, complete though edgeworn, small internal tape-repair; Raymond Chandler's The Long Good-Bye near fine in a damaged d/jkt with pieces missing. (6)
Crime Fiction selection, all (bar one) first editions in d/jkts; mixed condition, Colin Watson’s rare "Coffin Scarcely Used" (1958) in a VG d/jkt
Crime Fiction selection, all (bar one) first editions in d/jkts; mixed condition, Colin Watson’s rare "Coffin Scarcely Used" (1958) in a VG d/jkt
Lot 13
Lot: 13
- Auction Date: Wed 28th Sep 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £40 - £50
UNSOLD
MORE DETAILSCrime Fiction selection, all (bar one) first editions in d/jkts; mixed condition, Colin Watson's rare Coffin Scarcely Used (1958) in a VG d/jkt has the front endpaper removed and foxing to half-title. (9)
Crime Fiction selection, all in d/jkts, mixed condition. Rex Stout "Three Witnesses" 1956, and Harry Carmichael "A Question of Time" 1958
Crime Fiction selection, all in d/jkts, mixed condition. Rex Stout "Three Witnesses" 1956, and Harry Carmichael "A Question of Time" 1958
Lot 14
Lot: 14
- Auction Date: Wed 28th Sep 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £30 - £40
UNSOLD
MORE DETAILSCrime Fiction selection, all in d/jkts, mixed condition. 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. (9)
Crime Fiction selection, all (bar one) in d/jkts. Condition is very mixed with some near fine. Includes fifteen 1st Editions.
Crime Fiction selection, all (bar one) in d/jkts. Condition is very mixed with some near fine. Includes fifteen 1st Editions.
Lot 15
Lot: 15
- Auction Date: Wed 28th Sep 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £30
MORE DETAILSCrime Fiction selection, all (bar one) in d/jkts. Condition is very mixed with some near fine. Includes fifteen 1st Editions. H.C. Bailey's Mr Fortune Speaking is in its original d/jkt (chipped in places) but is badly wormed. (21)
Richard Chopping "The Fly", 1965, 1st U.S. Edition, and "The Ring", 1967, 1st UK Edition, both first printings in fine d/jkts,
Richard Chopping "The Fly", 1965, 1st U.S. Edition, and "The Ring", 1967, 1st UK Edition, both first printings in fine d/jkts,
Lot 18
Lot: 18
- Auction Date: Wed 28th Sep 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £30
MORE DETAILSRichard Chopping The Fly, 1965, 1st U.S. Edition, and The Ring, 1967, 1st UK Edition, both first printings in fine d/jkts, no inscriptions, light tanning to front endpaper of The Ring.
Walter Dening "Japan in Days of Yore III: The Life of Miyamoto Musashi. Part I", Hakubunsha, Tokyo, 1888, first edition;
Walter Dening "Japan in Days of Yore III: The Life of Miyamoto Musashi. Part I", Hakubunsha, Tokyo, 1888, first edition;
Lot 38
Lot: 38
- Auction Date: Wed 28th Sep 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £40
MORE DETAILSWalter Dening Japan in Days of Yore III: The Life of Miyamoto Musashi. Part I., Hakubunsha, Tokyo, 1888, first edition; original pictorial wraps, some wear and browning to edge of text block; stitch binding partly loose; VG internally with the six fine double-page hand-coloured plates.
John Updike "Rabbit Run", "Rabbit is Rich", "Rabbit at Rest" and "Rabbit Redux", Easton Press, Millennium Edition, bonded burgundy leather, gilt,
John Updike "Rabbit Run", "Rabbit is Rich", "Rabbit at Rest" and "Rabbit Redux", Easton Press, Millennium Edition, bonded burgundy leather, gilt,
Lot 41
Lot: 41
- Auction Date: Wed 28th Sep 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £40
MORE DETAILSJohn Updike Rabbit Run, Rabbit is Rich, Rabbit at Rest and Rabbit Redux, Easton Press, Millennium Edition, bonded burgundy leather, gilt, raised bands, gilt edged, ribbon bookmarkers. Set of four in mint condition. (4)
"English Poetry", 3 volumes, and "Prefaces & Prologues to Famous Books", Easton Press, Millennium Edition, bonded red leather, gilt,
"English Poetry", 3 volumes, and "Prefaces & Prologues to Famous Books", Easton Press, Millennium Edition, bonded red leather, gilt,
Lot 42
Lot: 42
- Auction Date: Wed 28th Sep 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £60 - £80
UNSOLD
MORE DETAILSEnglish Poetry, 3 volumes, and Prefaces & Prologues to Famous Books, Easton Press, Millennium Edition, bonded red 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 43
Lot: 43
- Auction Date: Wed 28th Sep 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £40 - £60
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 44
Lot: 44
- Auction Date: Wed 28th Sep 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £50 - £60
UNSOLD
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)
"The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Ben Jonson", Cambridge University Press, 2012, seven volume set, gilt cloth, very fine.
"The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Ben Jonson", Cambridge University Press, 2012, seven volume set, gilt cloth, very fine.
Lot 45
Lot: 45
- Auction Date: Wed 28th Sep 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £200 - £250
SOLD £100
MORE DETAILSThe Cambridge Edition of the Works of Ben Jonson, Cambridge University Press, 2012, seven volume set, gilt cloth, very fine. No inscriptions.
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 46
Lot: 46
- Auction Date: Wed 28th Sep 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £60 - £80
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 47
Lot: 47
- Auction Date: Wed 28th Sep 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £70 - £100
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, bonded 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 48
Lot: 48
- Auction Date: Wed 28th Sep 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £140 - £180
UNSOLD
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, bonded leather, gilt design and edges,
"The Complete Works of William Shakespeare", Easton Press, 1993, 39 volumes, quarto, bonded leather, gilt design and edges,
Lot 64
Lot: 64
- Auction Date: Wed 28th Sep 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £400 - £500
UNSOLD
MORE DETAILSThe Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Easton Press, 1993, 39 volumes, quarto, bonded leather, gilt design and edges, illustrated, various artists, mint condition, most volumes still in shrinkwrap. (39)
Miguel de Cervantes "The First Part of the Delightful History of the most Ingenious Knight Don Quixote of the Mancha", Easton Press,
Miguel de Cervantes "The First Part of the Delightful History of the most Ingenious Knight Don Quixote of the Mancha", Easton Press,
Lot 65
Lot: 65
- Auction Date: Wed 28th Sep 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £15
MORE DETAILSMiguel de Cervantes The First Part of the Delightful History of the most Ingenious Knight Don Quixote of the Mancha, Easton Press, Millennium Edition, bonded leather, gilt, raised bands, gilt-edged, ribbon bookmarker. Very Fine, no inscriptions.
Charles Dickens selection comprising 16 (of 21) volumes in the Easton Press Collector’s Edition, 1998, bound in bonded leather, gilt,
Charles Dickens selection comprising 16 (of 21) volumes in the Easton Press Collector’s Edition, 1998, bound in bonded leather, gilt,
Lot 66
Lot: 66
- Auction Date: Wed 28th Sep 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £160 - £200
UNSOLD
MORE DETAILSCharles Dickens selection comprising 16 (of 21) volumes in the Easton Press Collector's Edition, 1998, bound in bonded leather, gilt, and the Folio Society edition of Dickens' London in slipcase. Mint condition, most still in shrinkwrap. Includes the Christmas Carol volume. (17)