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Auction No 412, Category: Books

78 Lots (displaying 41 - 60)

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

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Sep 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
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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, 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.

Lot: 45

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Sep 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £200 - £250
SOLD £100
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The 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,

Lot: 46

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Sep 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
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Harvard 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",

Lot: 47

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Sep 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
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Harvard 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",

Lot: 48

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Sep 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £140 - £180
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Harvard 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)

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: 49

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Sep 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
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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: 50

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Sep 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
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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.

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

Lot: 51

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Sep 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £30
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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)

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

Lot: 52

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Sep 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £26 - £36
SOLD £18
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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: 53

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Sep 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £20
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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)

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: 54

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Sep 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £20
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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: 55

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Sep 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £20
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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: 56

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Sep 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £80 - £100
SOLD £40
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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)

Gwendoline Butler "Coffin in Malta", Geoffrey Bles, 1964, 1st Edn in creased & worn d/jkt; and four other Butler first editions in worn jackets

Lot: 57

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Sep 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £15
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Gwendoline Butler Coffin in Malta, Geoffrey Bles, 1964, 1st Edn in creased & worn d/jkt; and four other Butler first editions in worn jackets of which three are ex-library. (5)

Rex Stout "Too Many Clients", 1961, and "Before Midnight", 1956, both Collins 1st Editions in VG complete d/jkts, the latter with ownership stamp

Lot: 58

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Sep 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £26 - £36
SOLD £18
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Rex Stout Too Many Clients, 1961, and Before Midnight, 1956, both Collins 1st Editions in VG complete d/jkts, the latter with ownership stamp to front endpaper and library stamp on reverse of title page; together with the United States 1st Edn of Before Midnight Viking Press, 1955, in a damaged d/jkt. (3) 

Rex Stout crime fiction selection, all in d/jkts, mostly Collins 1st Edns, plus two second impressions; and two Viking 1st Edns

Lot: 59

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Sep 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £120 - £140
SOLD £56
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Rex Stout crime fiction selection, all in d/jkts, mostly Collins 1st Edns, plus two second impressions; and two Viking 1st Edns including The Silent Speaker 1946 in damaged d/jkt; most jackets are good to fine but Bad for Business has pieces missing and Black Orchids (a 2nd impression) is heavily tape-stained. Trio for Blunt Instruments is ex-library, The Father Hunt has an ownership signature. (12)

G.K. Chesterton, Agatha Christie and others "The Floating Admiral", Doubleday, Doran & Co, 1932, 1st US Edn, VG in a fine facsimile d/jkt,

Lot: 60

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Sep 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £38
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G.K. Chesterton, Agatha Christie and others The Floating Admiral, Doubleday, Doran & Co, 1932, 1st US Edn, VG in a fine facsimile d/jkt, top of front endpaper chipped; and the Macmillan 1981 re-issue in fine d/jkt, the text browned throughout due to paper quality. No inscriptions. (2)       

Josephine Bell crime fiction 1940s/70s, all bar one in mostly good to fine d/jkts,

Lot: 61

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Sep 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £40
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Josephine Bell crime fiction 1940s/70s, all bar one in mostly good to fine d/jkts but "A Well-Known Face" very worn and "Such A Nice Client" price-clipped; mostly first editions, The Port of London Murders and Death at Half-Term 1940s reprints; three have ownership inscriptions; a few with foxing/toning to prelims especially New People at the Hollies.  (9)

George Bellairs crime fiction, mostly 1960s Thriller Book Club Editions but including Giffford originals comprising "The Murder of a Quack"

Lot: 62

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Sep 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £20
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George Bellairs crime fiction, mostly 1960s Thriller Book Club Editions but including Giffford originals comprising The Murder of a Quack (1943, gift inscription) in very faded cloth, and The Case of the Demented Spiv (undated), VG, in a very worn d/jkt; the remainder all in the jackets, of variable quality, generally VG or better. (12)

Gwendoline Butler crime fiction, all published by Geoffrey Bles, comprising "The Interloper", 1959, 1st Edn in edgeworn & slightly chipped d/jkt,

Lot: 63

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Sep 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £20
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Gwendoline Butler crime fiction, all published by Geoffrey Bles, comprising The Interloper, 1959, 1st Edn in edgeworn & slightly chipped d/jkt, fine internally; Coffin in Oxford, 1st Edn in the usual amended price d/jkt which has a large piece missing from top of the front panel, fine internally; and Death Lives Next Door, 1960, 2nd impression in VG d/jkt, library stamp at foot of first page of text. (3)