Auction No 421, Category: Books
106 Lots (displaying 21 - 40)
W.J. Burley detective fiction, mostly Wycliffe novels, all first editions, all in mylar-protected d/jkts,
W.J. Burley detective fiction, mostly Wycliffe novels, all first editions, all in mylar-protected d/jkts,
Lot 31
Lot: 31
- Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £40
MORE DETAILSW.J. Burley detective fiction, mostly Wycliffe novels, all first editions, all in mylar-protected d/jkts, mostly complete but Wycliffe and the Quiet Virgin and Wycliffe and the Dead Flautist price-clipped. No ownership inscriptions. VG/VF (11)
First Edition Fiction including crime and thrillers, one in card wraps, others h/bk in complete mylar-protected d/jkts, two author signed
First Edition Fiction including crime and thrillers, one in card wraps, others h/bk in complete mylar-protected d/jkts, two author signed
Lot 32
Lot: 32
- Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £60 - £80
UNSOLD
MORE DETAILSFirst Edition Fiction including crime and thrillers, one in card wraps, others h/bk in complete mylar-protected d/jkts, two author signed o/w no inscriptions. VG/VF (16)
First Edition Fiction including crime and thrillers, all h/bks in complete d/jkts, Christopher Koch’s "Out of Ireland" signed by the author,
First Edition Fiction including crime and thrillers, all h/bks in complete d/jkts, Christopher Koch’s "Out of Ireland" signed by the author,
Lot 33
Lot: 33
- Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £60 - £80
UNSOLD
MORE DETAILSFirst Edition Fiction including crime and thrillers, all h/bks in complete d/jkts, Christopher Koch's Out of Ireland signed by the author, none with ownership inscriptions. VG/VF (14)
First Edition Fiction including crime and thrillers, all h/bks, all (bar one) in complete d/jkts; three author signed
First Edition Fiction including crime and thrillers, all h/bks, all (bar one) in complete d/jkts; three author signed
Lot 34
Lot: 34
- Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £60 - £80
UNSOLD
MORE DETAILSFirst Edition Fiction including crime and thrillers, all h/bks, all (bar one) in complete d/jkts; three author signed including William Rayner's The Knifeman which also has a signed letter from the author loosely inserted. VG/VF (16)
Barrie Roberts First Edition fiction, mostly Sherlock Holmes stories,
Barrie Roberts First Edition fiction, mostly Sherlock Holmes stories,
Lot 35
Lot: 35
- Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £30
MORE DETAILSBarrie Roberts First Edition fiction, mostly Sherlock Holmes stories, Sherlock Holmes and the Railway Maniac and Sherlock Holmes and the Devil's Grail both signed and inscribed by the author on front endpaper. All in fine complete d/jkts, one with small ownership signature on front pastedown. (5)
"Chatterbox" annuals for 1902, 1903, 1904 and 1905, all in the scarcer gilt cloth bindings and complete with the chromo-litho plates.
"Chatterbox" annuals for 1902, 1903, 1904 and 1905, all in the scarcer gilt cloth bindings and complete with the chromo-litho plates.
Lot 36
Lot: 36
- Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £20 - £40
UNSOLD
MORE DETAILSChatterbox annuals for 1902, 1903, 1904 and 1905, all in the scarcer gilt cloth bindings and complete with the chromo-litho plates. Contemporary ownership signatures to front pastedown of two volumes; some foxing to endpapers, very clean internally. One gathering in 1903 volume a little loose. VG (4)
Robert Wilson novels, all HarperCollins First Editions in complete d/jkts, four signed by the author on title page including "Blood is Dirt" 1997,
Robert Wilson novels, all HarperCollins First Editions in complete d/jkts, four signed by the author on title page including "Blood is Dirt" 1997,
Lot 37
Lot: 37
- Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £82
MORE DETAILSRobert Wilson novels, all HarperCollins First Editions in complete d/jkts, four signed by the author on title page including Blood is Dirt, 1997, A Darkening Stain 1998, and The Silent and the Damned, 2004. Some tanning to text due to paper quality, A Darkening Stain with some fox marks to edge of text block. No ownership inscriptions. D/jkts are fine and mylar-protected. (7)
Easton Press ‘Harvard Classics’ Millennium Editions, with many philosophical works, bound in full leather, gilt, moire silk endpapers,
Easton Press ‘Harvard Classics’ Millennium Editions, with many philosophical works, bound in full leather, gilt, moire silk endpapers,
Lot 38
Lot: 38
- Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £120 - £150
SOLD £92
MORE DETAILSEaston Press ‘Harvard Classics' Millennium Editions, with many philosophical works, bound in full leather, gilt, moire silk endpapers, ribbon bookmarkers. VF condition, each with an unused bookplate loosely inserted, no inscriptions. (11)
Easton Press ‘Harvard Classics’ Millennium Editions, largely English literature, bound in full leather, gilt, moire silk endpapers,
Easton Press ‘Harvard Classics’ Millennium Editions, largely English literature, bound in full leather, gilt, moire silk endpapers,
Lot 39
Lot: 39
- Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £120 - £150
SOLD £92
MORE DETAILSEaston Press ‘Harvard Classics' Millennium Editions, largely English literature, bound in full leather, gilt, moire silk endpapers, ribbon bookmarkers. Vol. 1 of Elizabethan Drama marked on rear board o/w VF condition, all (bar one) with an unused bookplate loosely inserted, no inscriptions. (11)
Patrick O’Brian "Desolation Island", "The Surgeon’s Mate" and "The Ionian Mission", all Folio Society first printings, 2009-20010,
Patrick O’Brian "Desolation Island", "The Surgeon’s Mate" and "The Ionian Mission", all Folio Society first printings, 2009-20010,
Lot 40
Lot: 40
- Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £46
MORE DETAILSPatrick O'Brian Desolation Island, The Surgeon's Mate and The Ionian Mission, all Folio Society first printings, 2009-20010, in the issued slipcases, no ownership markings, fine. (3)
Patrick O’Brian "Treason’s Harbour", "The Letter of the Marque" and "The Reverse of the Medal", all Folio Society first printings, 2010-2011,
Patrick O’Brian "Treason’s Harbour", "The Letter of the Marque" and "The Reverse of the Medal", all Folio Society first printings, 2010-2011,
Lot 41
Lot: 41
- Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £60
MORE DETAILSPatrick O'Brian Treason's Harbour, The Letter of the Marque and The Reverse of the Medal, all Folio Society first printings, 2010-2011, in the issued slipcases, no ownership markings, the spine of Letter of the Marque slightly marked o/w fine. (3)
Patrick O’Brian "The Far Side of the World", "The Wine Dark Sea" and "Clarissa Oakes", all Folio Society first printings, 2011-2012,
Patrick O’Brian "The Far Side of the World", "The Wine Dark Sea" and "Clarissa Oakes", all Folio Society first printings, 2011-2012,
Lot 42
Lot: 42
- Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £80 - £120
SOLD £115
MORE DETAILSPatrick O'Brian The Far Side of the World, The Wine Dark Sea and Clarissa Oakes, all Folio Society first printings, 2011-2012, in the issued slipcases, no ownership markings, fine. (3)
Jeremy Collier (trans.) "The Emperor Marcus Antoninus:His Conversation With Himself. Together With the Preliminary Discourse of the Learned Gataker"
Jeremy Collier (trans.) "The Emperor Marcus Antoninus:His Conversation With Himself. Together With the Preliminary Discourse of the Learned Gataker"
Lot 43
Lot: 43
- Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £80 - £120
SOLD £60
MORE DETAILSJeremy Collier (trans.) The Emperor Marcus Antoninus: His Conversation With Himself. Together With the Preliminary Discourse of the Learned Gataker. Richard Sare, London, 1708, the second edition; quarter leather, marbled boards, backstrip worn and chipped at top; later endpapers; title page and final leaf darkened; occasional fox mark internally o/w good clean text; small ink signature top of title page, presentation inscription in Latin on reverse. (10),420pp.
Thomas Hobbes "Leviathan - The English and Latin Texts", edited by Noel Malcolm; Oxford, 2012, second impression, 2 volumes, fine in complete d/jkts
Thomas Hobbes "Leviathan - The English and Latin Texts", edited by Noel Malcolm; Oxford, 2012, second impression, 2 volumes, fine in complete d/jkts
Lot 44
Lot: 44
- Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £50
MORE DETAILSThomas Hobbes Leviathan - The English and Latin Texts, edited by Noel Malcolm; Oxford, 2012, second impression, 2 volumes, fine in complete d/jkts, the jacket of one volume with slight scratch to spine. No inscriptions. [A third introductory volume by Noel Malcolm not included here]. (2)
Friedrich Nietzsche "Thus Spake Zarathustra, a Book for All and None", T. Fisher Unwin, 1908, 2nd Impression, orig. gilt cloth, uncut two sides,
Friedrich Nietzsche "Thus Spake Zarathustra, a Book for All and None", T. Fisher Unwin, 1908, 2nd Impression, orig. gilt cloth, uncut two sides,
Lot 45
Lot: 45
- Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £50
MORE DETAILSFriedrich Nietzsche Thus Spake Zarathustra, a Book for All and None, T. Fisher Unwin, 1908, 2nd Impression, orig. gilt cloth, uncut two sides, spine a little marked, front endpaper laid down to pastedown covering a bookplate, small library stamp on reverse of title page, fine internally; together with Frau Forster Nietzsche The Lonely Nietzsche, Heinemann, 1915, First Edition, gilt cloth, spine faded, eight photo-plates. (2)
William Talbot "Twelve Sermons Preached on Several Subjects and Occasions", John Marshal and others, London, 1731, 2nd Edition;
William Talbot "Twelve Sermons Preached on Several Subjects and Occasions", John Marshal and others, London, 1731, 2nd Edition;
Lot 46
Lot: 46
- Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £30
MORE DETAILSWilliam Talbot Twelve Sermons Preached on Several Subjects and Occasions, John Marshal and others, London, 1731, 2nd Edition; rebound in cloth with gilt leather title label, ribbon bookmarker; new endpapers, one bearing previous owner's attractive art-nouveau style bookplate; good clean text throughout marred only by some worming to lower margin affecting first 32 leaves, barely affecting text; decorative woodcut head & tail pieces to each sermon with historiated initials to opening paragraphs. (4),426pp.
"Part of the Spiritual Works, and some of the Letters, of the Celebrated Francis Fenelon, Archbishop of Cambray", Warrington, 1825, 148pp
"Part of the Spiritual Works, and some of the Letters, of the Celebrated Francis Fenelon, Archbishop of Cambray", Warrington, 1825, 148pp
Lot 47
Lot: 47
- Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £50
MORE DETAILSPart of the Spiritual Works, and some of the Letters, of the Celebrated Francis Fenelon, Archbishop of Cambray, Warrington, 1825, 148pp, bound with Vol.II of Thomas Chalmers The Chrisitan and Civic Economy of Large Towns, Glasgow, 1823; together with Spiritual Letters of Archbishop Fenelon – Letters to Women, Rivingtons, 1877; Dialogues on Eloquence in general; particularly that kind which is fit for the pulpit: by M. Fenelon, London, 1808; Extracts from the Writings of Francis Fenelon, London, 1805, 2nd Edition, full calf, front board re-attached with paper strip; and another. Four in fine modern rebinds, two with gilt leather titles. The Church in France with some sporadic foxing, others fine internally. (5)
A selection of leather-bound books, including [Daniel Defoe] "Giving Alms no Charity, and Employing the Poor", c.1704, a pamphlet;
A selection of leather-bound books, including [Daniel Defoe] "Giving Alms no Charity, and Employing the Poor", c.1704, a pamphlet;
Lot 48
Lot: 48
- Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £50
MORE DETAILSA selection of leather-bound books, including [Daniel Defoe] Giving Alms no Charity, and Employing the Poor, c.1704, a pamphlet; Gustave Masson La Lyre Francaise, Macmillan, 1890, full leather by Bumpus; Arthur Stanley Lectures on the History of The Eastern Church, 1876, with hand-coloured map, spine stained; Lytton Rienzi, The Last of the Roman Tribunes, prize binding of 1899; Wesleyan Juvenile Offering volumes for 1854 and 1857; John Ruskin Praeterita. Outlines of Scenes and Thoughts, 1886-87, two volumes; and Ouevres de J.P. Marat, Paris, 1869. Apart from The Eastern Church bindings are in good to fine condition, five in full leather. (19)
June Thomson crime fiction, all Constable published First Editions in complete d/jackets including "The Secret Documents of Sherlock Holmes"
June Thomson crime fiction, all Constable published First Editions in complete d/jackets including "The Secret Documents of Sherlock Holmes"
Lot 49
Lot: 49
- Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £40
MORE DETAILSJune Thomson crime fiction, all Constable published First Editions in complete d/jackets including The Secret Documents of Sherlock Holmes (signed by the author); Not One of Us; Deadly Relations (signed by the author); and To Make a Killing (slight tear to rear panel of the d/jkt). No ownership inscriptions. Jackets all mylar or durasleeve protected. VG/VF (11)
Rex Stout crime fiction, all first editions including "The Final Deduction", Collins 1962 (export edition) in near complete d/jkt (
Rex Stout crime fiction, all first editions including "The Final Deduction", Collins 1962 (export edition) in near complete d/jkt (
Lot 50
Lot: 50
- Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £32
MORE DETAILSRex Stout crime fiction, all first editions including The Final Deduction, Collins 1962 (export edition) in near complete d/jkt (just nibbled at foot of spine); The Silent Speaker, Viking Press, 1946; and Too Many Clients, Collins 1961 in VG d/jkt. No ownership inscriptions and VG bindings. The jackets of The Silent Speaker and Bad For Business with pieces missing. (6)