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Auction No 431, Category: Crime

34 Lots (displaying 21 - 34)

The Manchester Martyrs and the murder of Police Sergeant Brett, 1867, comprising an original 14 x 10.5” photograph on glass of Sergeant Brett,

Lot: 86

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £50
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The Manchester Martyrs and the murder of Police Sergeant Brett, 1867, comprising an original 14 x 10.5” photograph on glass of Sergeant Brett, and The Illustrated London News for 9th November detailing the trial of the members of the Irish Republican Brotherhood with a second edition insert describing their execution. Also a reproduction of a contemporary broadside, reproduction photographs, and research notes. The photograph of Sergeant Brett cracked, professionally repaired and subsequently framed and glazed. [The buyer of this lot to be responsible for its collection].

Maidstone Police document, 1838, signed by 16 police officers, acknowledging payment for their services from the 23rd to 29th September.

Lot: 87

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
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Maidstone Police document, 1838, signed by 16 police officers, acknowledging payment for their services from the 23rd to 29th September. 16 x 13”, framed & glazed.

H. Montgomery Hyde "Norman Birkett: The Life of Lord Birkett of Ulverston", 1964, 1st Edn,, gilt cloth, signed and warmly inscribed by the author,

Lot: 101

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £10 - £20
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H. Montgomery Hyde Norman Birkett: The Life of Lord Birkett of Ulverston, 1964, 1st Edn,, gilt cloth, signed and warmly inscribed by the author, in defective d/jkt.

Honore Daumier "Law and Justice: Twenty-Four Lithographs", Pantheon Books [1944], the 24 plates and introductory text loose in the issued folder,

Lot: 128

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £10 - £20
SOLD £10
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Honore Daumier Law and Justice: Twenty-Four Lithographs, Pantheon Books [1944], the 24 plates and introductory text loose in the issued folder, gilt cloth. 15 x 10”       

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: 153

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
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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: 154

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
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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: 160

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £15 - £30
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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 1st editions, comprising "Deadhand", Gollancz 1971; "The Keys of Death", Macmillan 1982 (signed & inscribed by the author);

Lot: 161

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
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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: 163

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
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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)  

Historical Fiction, all fine First Editions in complete d/jkts, including John Gloag "Caesar of the Narrow Seas", Cassell 1969, and "Artorius Rex",

Lot: 164

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £40
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Historical Fiction, all fine First Editions in complete d/jkts, including John Gloag Caesar of the Narrow Seas, Cassell 1969, and Artorius Rex, Cassell 1977; Meriol Trevor The New People, Macmillan 1957 & The Last of Britain, Macmillan 1956; and Bryher Roman Wall, Pantheon 1954. Also George Baker Whom Athene Loved, James Barrie 1950, fine First Edition in damaged d/jkt. Jackets mylar protected. No inscriptions. (7)

Modern First Editions, all Crime Fiction & Thrillers including A.E.Maxwell "The Frog and the Scorpion", Doubleday 1986; Graham Ison "Blue Murder"

Lot: 165

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
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Modern First Editions, all Crime Fiction & Thrillers including A.E.Maxwell The Frog and the Scorpion, Doubleday 1986; Graham Ison Blue Murder, Little Brown & Co. 1996, and Working Girl, Severn House 2002; Anthony Gagliano Straits of Fortune, William Morrow 2007; and Jonathan Valin The Lime Pit, Dodd, Mead & Co. 1980. All fine in complete d/jkts; the works by Gagliano, Louise Erdrich, Martyn Waites, Priscilla Masters and Timothy Mo all signed by the authors, o/w uninscribed. (13)

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

Lot: 166

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
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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)   

Modern First Editions in mainly fine d/jkts including Georges Simenon "The Rules of the Game," 1989; Timothy Holme "At the Lake of Sudden Death", 1987

Lot: 167

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £80
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Modern First Editions in mainly fine d/jkts including Georges Simenon The Rules of the Game, 1989; Timothy Holme At the Lake of Sudden Death, 1987 and The Assisi Murders, 1985; Thomas Perry The Burglar, 2019 (signed); MacDonald Harris The Balloonist, 1977; Meriol Trevor The Two Kingdoms, 1973 (price-clipped); and Tamora Pierce The Woman Who Rides Like a Man, 1989. Also Walter Van Tilburg Clark Track of the Cat, 1950 and Henry Treece The Rebels 1953 in chipped d/jkts, the latter with ownership signature. (14)

Cartwright "G-Men of the G.P.O. The Story of the G.P.O.’s Fight Against Crime", Sampson Low, [1937], in d/jkt, some foxing,

Lot: 279

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £30
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Cartwright G-Men of the G.P.O. The Story of the G.P.O.'s Fight Against Crime, Sampson Low, [1937], in d/jkt, some foxing, corner of front endpaper cut away; and a collection of others concerning Royal Mail, with some mixed condition. Includes some pamphlets. (27)