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Auction No 430, Category: Crime

8 Lots (displaying 1 - 8)

Hartley Howard and Berkeley Gray Crime Fiction, 1947-79, all (bar one) Collins 1st Editions in d/jkts including Howard’s "The Other Side of the Door "

Lot: 34

  • Auction Date: Wed 20th Nov 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £90
SOLD £46
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Hartley Howard and Berkeley Gray Crime Fiction, 1947-79, all (bar one) Collins 1st Editions in d/jkts including Howard's The Other Side of the Door 1953 & Bowman on Broadway 1954, and Gray's The Spot Marked X, 1948, The Big Brain, 1959, The Conquest Touch, 1948, and Conquest Likes it Hot, 1965. Four with ownership signatures, two others with signature cut away from corner of front endpaper. The jackets fair to fine, mylar-protected, none price-clipped. (14)

Peter van Greenaway "The Destiny Man", 1977, "Graffiti", 1983, "The Dissident", 1980, and "Mutants", 1986, all Gollancz First Editions

Lot: 35

  • Auction Date: Wed 20th Nov 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £38
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Peter van Greenaway The Destiny Man, 1977, Graffiti, 1983, The Dissident, 1980, and Mutants, 1986, all Gollancz First Editions in complete d/jkts. Light browning to first two leaves of Destiny Man o/w fine. (4)   

Gollancz Thrillers and Crime Fiction, with works by W.J. Burley (5), June Drummond (4) and three others. All fine First Editions in VG/VF d/jkts

Lot: 36

  • Auction Date: Wed 20th Nov 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
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Gollancz Thrillers and Crime Fiction, with works by W.J. Burley (5), June Drummond (4) and three others. All fine First Editions in VG/VF d/jkts, Wycliffe and the Quiet Virgin price-clipped. (12)

Gollancz Thrillers and Crime Fiction, a selection of First Editions including Iain Pears "The Titian Committee", 1991, and "The Raphael Affair", 1990,

Lot: 37

  • Auction Date: Wed 20th Nov 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
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Gollancz Thrillers and Crime Fiction, a selection of First Editions including Iain Pears The Titian Committee, 1991, and The Raphael Affair, 1990, both signed by the author, and works by John Sherwood (4) from 1961. All in d/jkts, mostly fine but Del Shannon's Case Pending with signature on front of jacket, and H.R.F. Keating's A Rush on the Ultimate with spine darkened and chipped. Also an uncorrected proof of Anthony Price Other Paths to Glory, 1974. (12)

George Bellairs Crime Fiction, all Thriller Book Club editions in good to near-fine d/jkts, none price-clipped, no inscriptions,

Lot: 43

  • Auction Date: Wed 20th Nov 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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George Bellairs Crime Fiction, all Thriller Book Club editions in good to near-fine d/jkts, none price-clipped, no inscriptions, plus a duplicate Death in the Fearful Night with damp-stained d/jkt. (7)

George Sims thrillers, all first editions, comprising "Deadhand", Gollancz 1971; "The Keys of Death", Macmillan 1982 (signed & inscribed)

Lot: 44

  • Auction Date: Wed 20th Nov 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
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George Sims thrillers, all first editions, comprising Deadhand, Gollancz 1971; The Keys of Death, Macmillan 1982 (signed & inscribed by the author); The Sand Dollar, Gollancz 1969 (ownership inscription); and Coat of Arms, Macmillan 1984. All in fine d/jkts. Also Sleep No More, Gollancz, 1966 with some damage to spine of d/jkt. (5)

Gwendoline Butler (a.k.a. Jennie Melville), a selection of UK First Editions in d/jkts including "Coffin in Malta" 1964, "The Interloper" 1959,

Lot: 49

  • Auction Date: Wed 20th Nov 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
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Gwendoline Butler (a.k.a. Jennie Melville), a selection of UK First Editions in d/jkts including Coffin in Malta 1964, The Interloper 1959, A New Kind of Killer, an Old Kind of Death 1970, Raven's Forge 1975, and Burning is a Substitute for Loving 1963. Raven's Forge signed by the author, the text browned throughout. None price-clipped. Also Coffin for Baby 1963, ex-library. (7)  

Modern First Editions, all Crime Fiction & Thrillers including John Gregory Dunne "True Confessions", Dutton 1977;

Lot: 53

  • Auction Date: Wed 20th Nov 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £90
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Modern First Editions, all Crime Fiction & Thrillers including John Gregory Dunne True Confessions, Dutton 1977; Roy Hart A Pretty Place for a Murder, Macmillan 1987; Kenneth Cook Chain of Darkness, Michael Joseph 1962; David Armstrong Until Dawn Tomorrow HarperCollins 1995; and Paul Bourquin The Lord of the Ravens, Faber 1961. All in VG/VF complete d/jkts, the works by Dunne, Karen Kijewski, and David Armstrong all signed by the author, o/w uninscribed. (14)