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Auction No 411, Category: Books

46 Lots (displaying 1 - 20)

John N. Balston "The Elder James Whatman, England’s Greatest Paper Maker", 1992, 2 vols, together with Balston’s "The Whatmans and Wove Paper", 1998,

Lot: 9

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Aug 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
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John N. Balston The Elder James Whatman, England's Greatest Paper Maker, 1992, 2 vols, together with Balston's The Whatmans and Wove Paper, 1998, and a related title, all in d/jkts. VG/VF (4)

Mainly softback publications, 1920s to modern, with many guides, plus local history, civil engineering & others.

Lot: 11

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Aug 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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Mainly softback publications, 1920s to modern, with many guides, plus local history, civil engineering & others. Fair-fine. (103)

Illustrated books, large-format, mostly 1880s/1901, including Karl Eyth "Das Farbige Malerbuch", 1901 (93 of 96 colour plates),

Lot: 14

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Aug 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £80 - £120
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Illustrated books, large-format, mostly 1880s/1901, including Karl Eyth Das Farbige Malerbuch, 1901 (93 of 96 colour plates), Racinet Le Costume Historique [1888], (95 of 100 colour plates), and Racinet L'Ornement Polychrome [1880], (100 colour plates). Mixed condition, with worn or damaged bindings, plates in VG condition. (6). Also some loose botanical plates.    [Heavy lot, over 18 kilos].     

Ian Fleming ‘James Bond’ novels, selection of Book Club editions, mostly 1950s/60s, in fair to fine d/jkts, including two copies of "Casino Royale"

Lot: 15

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Aug 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £50
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Ian Fleming ‘James Bond' novels, a selection of Book Club editions, mostly 1950s/60s, all in fair to fine d/jkts, including two copies of Casino Royale, three issued by Macmillan, New York. (7)

Joan Fleming crime fiction First Edition selection in mostly good/fine d/jkts including "A Daisy-Chain for Satan" Hutchinson [1950],

Lot: 16

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Aug 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £24
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Joan Fleming crime fiction First Edition selection in mostly good/fine d/jkts including A Daisy-Chain for Satan Hutchinson [1950], Death of a Sardine Collins, 1963, and Screams from a Penny Dreadful, Hamish Hamilton, 1971 (price-clipped, with ownership signature). (7)       

Crime Fiction and Thillers, all bar one in d/jkts, including Anthony Gilbert "The Spinster’s Secret", Collins Crime Club, 1946, 1st Edn

Lot: 17

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Aug 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
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Crime Fiction and Thillers, all bar one in d/jkts, including Anthony Gilbert The Spinster's Secret, Collins Crime Club, 1946, 1st Edn (small piece missing from rear panel of d/jkt, o/w VG); Michael Gilbert Death Has Deep Roots, Hodder & Stoughton, 1951 in worn d/jkt (with repairs), publisher's file copy stamp to front endpaper; J.S. Fletcher The Markenmore Mystery, Herbert Jenkins, n.d. (1920s), and various others of which two are ex-library. No ownership inscriptions. Mixed condition. Mostly first editions. (23)

Berkeley Gray thrillers, a selection of First Editions, all published by Collins, all in fair to VG mylar-protected d/jkts,

Lot: 18

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Aug 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £80 - £120
SOLD £60
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Berkeley Gray thrillers, a selection of First Editions, all published by Collins, all in fair to VG mylar-protected d/jkts, four with gift inscriptions, two re-priced by the publisher. Count Down for Conquest is ex-library, Conquest in Scotland with some damage to the text, others good/fine. (11)

Robert van Gulik "The Chinese Maze Murders", Michael Joseph, 1962, first edition in a VG complete d/jkt, remains of owner’s bookplate

Lot: 19

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Aug 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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Robert van Gulik The Chinese Maze Murders, Michael Joseph, 1962, first edition in a VG complete d/jkt, remains of owner's bookplate on reverse of front endpaper; and 1969 Heinemann re-issues of The Emperor's Pearl and The Red Pavilion both in d/jkts showing browning to the spines. (3)

Victor Gunn crime fiction, all Collins first editions, comprising "Death on Shivering Sand", 1946; "Nice Day for a Murder",1945,

Lot: 20

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Aug 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
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Victor Gunn crime fiction, all Collins first editions, comprising Death on Shivering Sand, 1946; Nice Day for a Murder, 1945, in worn & chipped d/jkt, dealer's stamp to front endpaper; The Treble Chance Murder, 1958 in VG d/jkt, spotting to last few pages of text; Death at Traitors' Gate, 1960, ex-library, various faults; and Murder at the Motel, 1964, in poor d/jkt. (5)

Sydney Horler thrillers, 1930-1955, a selection, most in fair to VG d/jkts, the jacket of "Chipstead of the Lone Hand" with pieces missing,

Lot: 21

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Aug 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £20
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Sydney Horler thrillers, 1930-1955, a selection, most in fair to VG d/jkts, the jacket of Chipstead of the Lone Hand with pieces missing, the text of Hell's Brew damaged. (7) 

Hartley Howard thrillers, a selection of Collins first editions in mostly good/VG d/jkts, the jacket of "Bowman Strikes Again" badly chipped;

Lot: 22

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Aug 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £80
SOLD £44
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Hartley Howard thrillers, a selection of Collins first editions in mostly good/VG d/jkts, the jacket of Bowman Strikes Again badly chipped; top corner of front endpaper of The Last Deception cut away o/w VG internally without inscriptions. (5)

Gladys Mitchell crime fiction, a selection, all Michael Joseph published including five first editions, in VG/VF d/jkts;

Lot: 23

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Aug 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £80
SOLD £52
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Gladys Mitchell crime fiction, a selection, all Michael Joseph published including five first editions, in VG/VF d/jkts; Dead Men's Morris is a 1986 reprint with ownership bookplate, others free of inscriptions. The jacket of The Death-Cap Dancers is price-clipped. Also A Hearse on May-Day Thriller Book Club edition. (8)  

James Patterson "Kiss the Girls", Harper Collins, 1995, First Edn, in a complete mylar-protected d/jkt, signed by the author on title page. VG

Lot: 24

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Aug 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £22
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James Patterson Kiss the Girls, Harper Collins, 1995, First Edn, in a complete mylar-protected d/jkt, signed by the author on title page. VG

Ellis Peters UK First Editions in mixed condition, all in d/jkts; better comprise "Never Pick Up Hitch-Hikers", "The Grass Widow’s Tale",

Lot: 25

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Aug 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
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Ellis Peters UK First Editions in mixed condition, all in d/jkts; better comprise Never Pick Up Hitch-Hikers, The Grass Widow's Tale, Rainbow's End (small ownership signature, jacket price-clipped), Funeral of Figaro (ownership label removed, jacket chipped at foot of spine), and Death and the Joyful Woman (probably ex-library). Of the remainder two have library stamps to edge of textblock. (11)

Crime Fiction selection, all in d/jkts, with several first editions, mixed condition, the Sax Rohmer title ex-library. (22)

Lot: 26

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Aug 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
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Crime Fiction selection, all in d/jkts, with several first editions, mixed condition, the Sax Rohmer title ex-library. (22)

E.C.R. Lorac crime fiction, a selection of Collins first editions 1945-55, comprising "Murder by Matchlight", "Ask a Policeman" (in poor d/jkt)

Lot: 27

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Aug 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £100 - £130
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E.C.R. Lorac crime fiction, a selection of Collins first editions 1945-55, comprising Murder by Matchlight, Ask a Policeman (in poor d/jkt), Policemen in the Precinct and Murder in the Mill Race (repaired), together with 1952 reprint of The Sixteenth Stair (in damaged d/jkt). A scarce group in varied condition. (5)

Crime Fiction selection,all first editions (mostly UK firsts), mostly in d/jkts; Harry Keeler’s "The Green Jade Hand",1930, badly wormed in top margin

Lot: 28

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Aug 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £42
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Crime Fiction selection, all first editions (mostly UK firsts), mostly in d/jkts; Harry Keeler's The Green Jade Hand, 1930, badly wormed in top margin. Five with ownership inscriptions. Mixed condition. (23)

Jennie Melville crime fiction, all UK first editions in good to fine d/jkts, comprising "Come Home And Be Killed", 1962 (some minor foxing),

Lot: 29

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Aug 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £52
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Jennie Melville crime fiction, all UK first editions in good to fine d/jkts, comprising Come Home And Be Killed, 1962 (some minor foxing), Murderers' Houses, 1964 (half-title tanned), There Lies Your Love, 1965 (tape stains to jacket flaps and ownership signature cut away), and The Woman Who Was Not There, 1996 (signed by the author on title page). (4)

Ian Fleming "Live and Let Die", Jonathan Cape,1966 reprint in a good mylar-protected price-clipped d/jkt showing some wear at extremities;

Lot: 30

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Aug 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £80 - £100
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Ian Fleming Live and Let Die, Jonathan Cape, 1966 reprint in a good mylar-protected price-clipped d/jkt showing some wear at extremities; spine rolled, library marks to title page, few pages with corner creasing, a few minor tone marks.

Ian Fleming "Diamonds are Forever", Jonathan Cape, 1979, in fine mylar-protected d/jkt; ink marks & inscription to front endpapers;

Lot: 31

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Aug 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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Ian Fleming Diamonds are Forever, Jonathan Cape, 1979, in fine mylar-protected d/jkt; ink marks & inscription to front endpapers; library stamp to reverse of title page; few pages with corner creasing; spine slightly rolled.