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Auction No 401, Category: Fiction

10 Lots (displaying 1 - 10)

Freda M. Long "Haworth Harvest", Robert Hale, 1980, 1st Edn; octavo, cloth bound in a complete d/jkt; ex-Library,

Lot: 69

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Jun 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
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Freda M. Long Haworth Harvest, Robert Hale, 1980, 1st Edn; octavo, cloth bound in a complete d/jkt; ex-Library, jacket in plastic book-protector (taped to pastedowns); spine rolled; front endpaper with adhesions; library stamp on copyright page; clean text. Scarce title.

"Girls’ Cinema", Amalgamated Press, July 1924-October 1925, issue Nos. 195 to 222, and 247 to 263 bound into two volumes, gilt leather title labels,

Lot: 71

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Jun 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £32
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Girls' Cinema, Amalgamated Press, July 1924-October 1925, issue Nos. 195 to 222, and 247 to 263 bound into two volumes, gilt leather title labels, VG; the pictorial wraps intact, some occasional browning. (45 issues)     

"The Detective Library", Amalgamated Press, 1919-1920, issue nos. 1 to 50 complete in two fine bound volumes, gilt cloth;

Lot: 73

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Jun 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £52
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The Detective Library, Amalgamated Press, 1919-1920, issue nos. 1 to 50 complete in two fine bound volumes, gilt cloth; the pictorial wraps and colour illustrations intact. Small ownership blindstamp in top margin of front cover of each issue. Previous owner's bookplates. VG (2)

Loren D. Estleman collection of First Edition Crime Fiction and some Westerns, all in mylar-protected complete dustjackets, 1980-2005, with 15 signed

Lot: 77

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Jun 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £100 - £150
SOLD £120
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Loren D. Estleman collection of First Edition Crime Fiction and some Westerns, all in mylar-protected complete dustjackets, 1980-2005, with 15 signed by the author including Port Hazard, This Old Bill, Gun Man, The Glass Highway, and Mister St. John; all jackets fine/VF except Motor City Blue which is chipped in places. No ownership inscriptions etc. (37) 

William Harrison Ainsworth "The Tower of London", Waverley Book Co., n.d.; octavo, 2 volumes, illustrated by George Cruikshank

Lot: 90

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Jun 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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William Harrison Ainsworth The Tower of London, Waverley Book Co., n.d.; octavo, 2 volumes, illustrated by George Cruikshank with 40 steel-engraved plates and 58 wood engravings in text. Orig. gilt cloth, a little worn, internal hingeing weak in places. Uncut. Occasional minor spotting. Ownership signatures to front endpapers. (2)

William Harrison Ainsworth "The Lancashire Witches", Routledge, n.d. (c.1888) illustrated with wood engravings by Dalziel after John Gilbert;

Lot: 91

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Jun 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
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William Harrison Ainsworth The Lancashire Witches, Routledge, n.d. (c.1888) illustrated with wood engravings by Dalziel after John Gilbert; octavo, in attractive pictorial gilt cloth, a little worn at extremities; armorial bookplate of Harry Smith Edwards; minor foxing to prelims; fine internally with frontispiece & eleven other plates 

Arnold Bennett collection with 19 UK First Editions including "Lord Raingo" 1926 in worn d/jkt; "Anna of the Five Towns", 1902,

Lot: 94

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Jun 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £80 - £100
SOLD £46
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Arnold Bennett collection with 19 UK First Editions including Lord Raingo 1926 in worn d/jkt; Anna of the Five Towns, 1902, with W.H.Smith subscription library label, some foxing; Tales of the Five Towns, These Twain, The Matador of the Five Towns, The Card, Hilda Lessways, and The Roll Call. Together with E.J.D. Warrillow Arnold Bennett and Stoke-on-Trent, 1966 in d/jkt, other fiction by Bennett, and two related works. Fair to Fine. (30)     

Vernon Scanell selection of first editions, three signed by the author, comprising "The Tiger and the Rose" 1971 in d/jkt, "Ring of Truth" 1983

Lot: 116

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Jun 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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Vernon Scanell selection of first editions, three signed by the author, comprising The Tiger and the Rose 1971 in d/jkt, Ring of Truth 1983 in djkt (signed), The Loving Game 1975 (signed, in price-clipped d/jkt), Feminine Endings 2000 (signed s/bk), and Of Love and War 2002 in d/jkt. No ownership inscriptions etc. VG/VF (5)

Winifred Wolfe (1923-81) "Yesterday’s Child", Hammond & Co, 1964, 1st UK Edition, gilt cloth in VG complete d/jkt (mylar protected);

Lot: 118

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Jun 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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Winifred Wolfe (1923-81) Yesterday's Child, Hammond & Co, 1964, 1st UK Edition, gilt cloth in VG complete d/jkt (mylar protected); spotting to edge of text block o/w fine, no inscriptions.

John Farrimond "Dust in My Throat", George Harrap, 1963, First Edn., gilt cloth, fine, in a VG near-complete d/jkt

Lot: 120

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Jun 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
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John Farrimond Dust in My Throat, George Harrap, 1963, First Edn., gilt cloth, fine, in a VG near-complete d/jkt (slightly chipped top & tail of spine), no inscriptions. Minor spotting to edge of text block occasionally straying on to text margins.. A tale of a mining community. 222pp