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Auction No 369, Category: Fiction

6 Lots (displaying 1 - 6)

Aldous Huxley "Brave New World", Chatto & Windus, 1932, First Edition, original gilt blue cloth

Lot: 175

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £66
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Aldous Huxley Brave New World, Chatto & Windus, 1932, First Edition, original gilt blue cloth, bumped upper right corner, slight wear at extremities, foot of spine a little frayed; uncut lower edge of text; neat ownership signature of Feb.1932; a few pages show minor fox marks but generally fine clean text. (Shows letter ‘A’ at foot of page 1).

[Louis-Sebastien Mercier] "L'an deux mille quatre cent quarante. Rêve s'il en fut jamais". London, 1772, half-vellum

Lot: 181

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £44
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[Louis-Sebastien Mercier] L'an deux mille quatre cent quarante. Rêve s'il en fut jamais. London, 1772, half-vellum, gilt leather title labels, decorated boards, VG; red sides; monogram handstamp to title page; fine clean text; pp.viii,416. An early edition of a futuristic novel which first appeared in 1770 and was published anonymously. Originally thought to have been written by Voltaire, the author label on the backstrip incorrectly ascribes this work to him. 

C.S. Forester "A Pawn Among Kings", Methuen & Co, 1924, First Edition, original gilt cloth, VG;

Lot: 182

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £200 - £250
UNSOLD
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C.S. Forester A Pawn Among Kings, Methuen & Co, 1924, First Edition, original gilt cloth, VG; prize bookplate to front endpaper; browning to second endpaper, occasional minor foxing elsewhere. 220pp plus prelims. A very good example of Forester’s first book.

Bernard Cornwell "Sharpe's Enemy", Collins, 1984, First Edition in a complete d/jkt,

Lot: 183

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £58
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Bernard Cornwell Sharpe’s Enemy, Collins, 1984, First Edition in a complete d/jkt, the jacket showing slight creasing along the top edge, the text with faint tanning to the margins due to paper quality. Spine a little rolled. No internal inscriptions

Helen Fielding "Bridget Jones's Diary", Picador, 1996, 3rd printing, in complete d/jkt, signed by the author on title page.

Lot: 185

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
UNSOLD
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Helen Fielding Bridget Jones’s Diary, Picador, 1996, 3rd printing, in complete d/jkt, signed by the author on title page. Fine, the jacket in protective mylar. 

Vernon Scannell "Ring of Truth", 1983, signed First Edition in fine d/jkt, and other signed Firsts by Scannell

Lot: 189

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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Vernon Scannell Ring of Truth, 1983, signed First Edition in fine d/jkt, and other signed Firsts by Scannell, most in VG/fine d/jkts, comprising The Loving Game 1975, The Winter Man 1973, The Face of the Enemy 1961 (worn d/jkt), and Views and Distances 2000, s/bk; also Of Love & War 2002 unsigned 1st Edition. (6)