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Auction No 372, Category: Fiction

17 Lots (displaying 1 - 17)

Jack Kerouac "Big Sur", Andre Deutsch 1963, 2nd Impression, in VG dustjacket, gift inscription front endpaper;

Lot: 93

  • Auction Date: Wed 22nd Nov 2017 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
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Jack Kerouac Big Sur, Andre Deutsch 1963, 2nd Impression, in VG dustjacket, gift inscription front endpaper; and The Dharma Bums, Andre Deutsch, 1973, 3rd Impression, in near fine price-clipped dustjacket, bookplate to front endpaper. (2)

Jack Kerouac selection including "Vanity of Duluoz", Deutsch, 1969, 1st Edn, fine d/jacket;

Lot: 94

  • Auction Date: Wed 22nd Nov 2017 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £38
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Jack Kerouac selection including Vanity of Duluoz, Deutsch, 1969, 1st Edn, fine d/jacket; The Subterraneans, Deutsch, 1960, 2nd Impression, in fair d/jkt; and Beat Generation, Thunder’s Mouth Press, 2005, 1st Edn in fine d/jkt. Mainly VG/VF. (7)

Jack Kerouac selection including "Book of Dreams", City Lights, 1961, 1st Edn, blue wraps, gift inscription;

Lot: 95

  • Auction Date: Wed 22nd Nov 2017 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £54
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Jack Kerouac selection including Book of Dreams, City Lights, 1961, 1st Edn, blue wraps, gift inscription; Satori in Paris, Deutsch, 1967, 1st Edn, in d/jkt, VF; Old Angel Midnight, Booklegger/Albion, [Brighton, 1973], card wraps, near fine; and Visions of Gerard, and Tristessa, Deutsch, 1964, 1st Edn, in d/jkt, near fine. VG/VF (6)

Jack Kerouac "San Francisco Blues", Pacific Red Car 1991, wraps, VF; "The Scripture of the Golden Eternity", Totem Press, 1960

Lot: 96

  • Auction Date: Wed 22nd Nov 2017 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £26
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Jack Kerouac San Francisco Blues, Pacific Red Car 1991, wraps, VF; The Scripture of the Golden Eternity, Totem Press, 1960, First Edn, card wraps a little toned; Scattered Poems, City Lights, 1972, VF; and The Paris Review, 1968 (Issue 43) with Kerouac Interview. VG/VF (4)

Jack Kerouac selection including "Desolation Angels", Deutsch, 1966, and "Visions of Cody", Deutsch, 1973

Lot: 97

  • Auction Date: Wed 22nd Nov 2017 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £34
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Jack Kerouac selection including Desolation Angels, Deutsch, 1966, and Visions of Cody, Deutsch, 1973, both 1st Edns in VG/F d/jkts, gift inscriptions; Selected Letters 1940-1956 and 1957-1969, in VF d/jkts; and others including six in d/jkts. Fair to VF (15)

P.G. Wodehouse "Mike at Wrykyn", Herbert Jenkins, 1953, 1st Edn; B. & C.B. Fry "A Mother's Son", Methuen, 1907, 1st Edn;

Lot: 107

  • Auction Date: Wed 22nd Nov 2017 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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P.G. Wodehouse Mike at Wrykyn, Herbert Jenkins, 1953, 1st Edn; B. & C.B. Fry A Mother’s Son, Methuen, 1907, 1st Edn; Dornford Yates She Fell Among Thieves, 1937 in fair d/jkt; and 5 others. Fair to VG (8)

 

Ian Fleming "Octopussy, and The Living Daylights", Cape, 1966, First Edition in fine complete d/jkt;

Lot: 108

  • Auction Date: Wed 22nd Nov 2017 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £28
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Ian Fleming Octopussy, and The Living Daylights, Cape, 1966, First Edition in fine complete d/jkt; Robert Graves King Jesus, Cassell, 1946, 1st Edition in VG complete d/jkt; Robert Markham Colonel Sun, Cape, 1968, 1st Edition in slightly chipped d/jkt; and a collection of other novels, 1930s to 1973, all in d/jkts of varying quality, with many 1st Editions noted. (23)

Leslie Charteris novels by Hodder & Stoughton 1930s/1940s, including "She Was A Lady", 1938 in VG complete d/jkt

Lot: 110

  • Auction Date: Wed 22nd Nov 2017 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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Leslie Charteris novels by Hodder & Stoughton 1930s/1940s, including She Was A Lady, 1938 in VG complete d/jkt; Getaway 1942 in good edgeworn d/jkt; and Meet The Tiger, 1940, orig.cloth, foxing to first 17 pages. Others include first editions and four in poor to good d/jkt. (11)

Leslie Charteris novels 1950s and later including ten First Editions of which five in fair to VG d/jkts

Lot: 111

  • Auction Date: Wed 22nd Nov 2017 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £52
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Leslie Charteris novels 1950s and later including ten First Editions of which five in fair to VG d/jkts comprising The Saint Abroad 1970, The Saint in the Sun 1964, Salvage for the Saint 1983, Senor Saint 1959, and The Saint to the Rescue 1961. Fair to fine. (17)

Ellis Peters "Mourning Raga", Macmillan, 1969; "Never Pick Up Hitch-Hikers", Macmillan, 1976;

Lot: 114

  • Auction Date: Wed 22nd Nov 2017 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
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Ellis Peters Mourning Raga, Macmillan, 1969; Never Pick Up Hitch-Hikers, Macmillan, 1976; City of Gold and Shadows, Morrow 1974; Death To the Landlords!  Macmillan, 1972; and Rainbow’s End, Morrow, 1979; all First Editions signed & inscribed by the author on title page in fair to good dustjackets, Landlords with tape repair. (5)          

Ellis Peters signed reprint hardbacks in complete good to fine dustjackets comprising "Death Mask" (2 copies),

Lot: 115

  • Auction Date: Wed 22nd Nov 2017 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
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Ellis Peters signed reprint hardbacks in complete good to fine dustjackets comprising Death Mask (2 copies), The Grass Widow’s Tale, Flight of a Witch (U.S. 1st Edn), The Piper in the Mountain, Mourning Raga, and Death and the Joyful Woman. Signed on the title page or half-title. (7)

Ellis Peters "A Morbid Taste for Bones", Fawcett Popular Library, New York, 1980,paperback edition

Lot: 116

  • Auction Date: Wed 22nd Nov 2017 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
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Ellis Peters A Morbid Taste for Bones, Fawcett Popular Library, New York, 1980, paperback edition, slight creasing to cover and spine o/w good; signed and inscribed by the author on title page. Very Scarce 

Ellis Peters "The Summer of the Danes", The Mysterious Press, 1991, 1st USA Edition, in complete near fine dustjacket,

Lot: 117

  • Auction Date: Wed 22nd Nov 2017 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
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Ellis Peters The Summer of the Danes, The Mysterious Press, 1991, 1st USA Edition, in complete near fine dustjacket, signed and inscribed by the author on the title page; an autograph compliments card from the author loosely inserted complaining of the lateness of her US publisher!

Ellis Peters "The Rose Rent", William Morrow, 1986, 1st Edn; "St.Peter's Fair", William Morrow 1981, 1st Edn;

Lot: 118

  • Auction Date: Wed 22nd Nov 2017 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
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Ellis Peters The Rose Rent, William Morrow, 1986, 1st Edn; St.Peter’s Fair, William Morrow 1981, 1st Edn; and The Raven in the Foregate, Macmillan, 1986, 1st Edn; all in dustjackets, St. Peter’s Faird/jkt chipped at top & tail of spine o/w VG/Fine; all signed and inscribed by the author on the title page. A few page corners of The Rose Rent creased. (3)

Ellis Peters "Holiday with Violence" Headline, 1992, in fine d/jkt, signed & inscribed by the author;

Lot: 119

  • Auction Date: Wed 22nd Nov 2017 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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Ellis Peters Holiday with Violence Headline, 1992, in fine d/jkt, signed & inscribed by the author; together with signed & inscribed reprints of The Sanctuary Sparrow (1983 p/bk), A Rare Benedictine (1990 p/bk) and Brother Cadfael’s Penance (1994 h/bk in d/jkt). Fair to VF (4)

Georges Carpentier "Brothers of the Brown Owl: A Story of the Boxing Ring", Cassell & Co [1921], original pictorial cloth, VG;

Lot: 121

  • Auction Date: Wed 22nd Nov 2017 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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Georges Carpentier Brothers of the Brown Owl: A Story of the Boxing Ring, Cassell & Co [1921], original pictorial cloth, VG; contemp. gift inscription; 4 colour plates, plus b/w illustrations; occasional minor tone mark. 

C. E. Heanley "The Granite Hills", 1920, Chapman & Hall, First Edn., original printed cloth,

Lot: 131

  • Auction Date: Wed 22nd Nov 2017 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £10 - £15
SOLD £6
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C. E. Heanley The Granite Hills, 1920, Chapman & Hall, First Edn., original printed cloth, a little worn & discoloured; endpapers browned, small handstamp of Yealand Old School; clean text. A Charlotte Heanley novel set in Cornwall. 246pp