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Auction No 411, Category: Fiction

33 Lots (displaying 21 - 33)

Harry Carmichael crime fiction, all Collins first editions in VG/Fine complete d/jkts comprising "Alibi", 1961 (some scattered foxing to text),

Lot: 36

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Aug 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £80 - £100
SOLD £62
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Harry Carmichael crime fiction, all Collins first editions in VG/Fine complete d/jkts comprising Alibi, 1961 (some scattered foxing to text), A Question of Time, 1958 (some spotting to endpapers), Emergency Exit, 1957, and Stranglehold, 1959 (gift inscription). A scarce group (4)

Agatha Christie "Mrs. McGinty’s Dead", Collins, 1952, 1st Edn in near complete d/jkt which is worn & chipped at top & tail of the spine

Lot: 37

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Aug 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £52
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Agatha Christie Mrs. McGinty's Dead, Collins, 1952, 1st Edn in near complete d/jkt which is worn & chipped at top & tail of the spine with few tone marks to rear panel; spotting to edge of text block. VG internally, no inscriptions.

Agatha Christie "Taken at the Flood", Collins, 1948, First Edn in a good d/jkt which shows loss at top & tail of the spine;

Lot: 38

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Aug 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £44
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Agatha Christie Taken at the Flood, Collins, 1948, First Edn in a good d/jkt which shows loss at top & tail of the spine; neat ownership inscription to front endpaper. Few minor tone marks. The jacket lacks the price of 8s6d and so is likely taken from a later printing.

Agatha Christie "After the Funeral", Collins, 1953, First Edn in a VG near complete d/jkt the spine of which is slightly chipped at top and tail

Lot: 39

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Aug 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £66
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Agatha Christie After the Funeral, Collins, 1953, First Edn in a VG near complete d/jkt the spine of which is slightly chipped at top and tail and a little dulled. Endpapers slightly tanned o/w fine internally, without inscriptions.  

Agatha Christie selection, all Collins publications in d/jkts, the jackets in varied condition; "They Do It With Mirrors", "Dead Man’s Folly",

Lot: 40

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Aug 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £130 - £160
SOLD £84
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Agatha Christie selection, all Collins publications in d/jkts, the jackets in varied condition; They Do It With Mirrors, Dead Man's Folly, The Clocks, and After the Funeral are first editions (the last title lacks front endpaper); The Moving Finger, Death Comes As The End, and The Labours of Hercules are second impressions, and the remainder later printings. Two books have ownership inscriptions. Fair to VF (14)

Rex Stout "Too Many Clients", 1961, and "Before Midnight", 1956, both Collins 1st Editions in VG complete d/jkts, the latter with ownership stamp

Lot: 41

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Aug 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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Rex Stout Too Many Clients, 1961, and Before Midnight, 1956, both Collins 1st Editions in VG complete d/jkts, the latter with ownership stamp to front endpaper and library stamp on reverse of title page; together with the United States 1st Edn of Before Midnight Viking Press, 1955, in a damaged d/jkt. (3) 

Rex Stout crime fiction selection, all in d/jkts, mostly Collins 1st Edns, plus two second impressions; and two Viking 1st Edns

Lot: 42

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Aug 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £170 - £200
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Rex Stout crime fiction selection, all in d/jkts, mostly Collins 1st Edns, plus two second impressions; and two Viking 1st Edns including The Silent Speaker 1946 in damaged d/jkt; most jackets are good to fine but Bad for Business has pieces missing and Black Orchids (a 2nd impression) is heavily tape-stained. Trio for Blunt Instruments is ex-library, The Father Hunt has an ownership signature. (12)

G.K. Chesterton, Agatha Christie and others "The Floating Admiral", Doubleday, Doran & Co, 1932, 1st US Edn, VG in a fine facsimile d/jkt,

Lot: 43

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Aug 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
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G.K. Chesterton, Agatha Christie and others The Floating Admiral, Doubleday, Doran & Co, 1932, 1st US Edn, VG in a fine facsimile d/jkt, top of front endpaper chipped; and the Macmillan 1981 re-issue in fine d/jkt, the text browned throughout due to paper quality. No inscriptions. (2)       

H.C. Bailey "Honour Among Thieves", Macdonald & Co., 1947, First Edition in edgeworn but o/w complete d/jkt with couple of small closed tears;

Lot: 44

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Aug 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £42
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H.C. Bailey Honour Among Thieves, Macdonald & Co., 1947, First Edition in edgeworn but o/w complete d/jkt with couple of small closed tears; light tanning to endpapers o/w fine internally. Spotting to edge of textblock.

Josephine Bell crime fiction 1940s/70s, all bar one in mostly good to fine d/jkts,but "A Well-Known Face" worn and "Such A Nice Client" price-clipped

Lot: 45

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Aug 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £100 - £120
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Josephine Bell crime fiction 1940s/70s, all bar one in mostly good to fine d/jkts but A Well-Known Face very worn and Such A Nice Client price-clipped; mostly first editions, The Port of London Murders and Death at Half-Term 1940s reprints; three have ownership inscriptions; a few with foxing/toning to prelims especially New People at the Hollies.  (9)

George Bellairs crime fiction, mostly 1960s Thriller Book Club Editions but including Giffford originals comprising "The Murder of a Quack"

Lot: 46

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Aug 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
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George Bellairs crime fiction, mostly 1960s Thriller Book Club Editions but including Giffford originals comprising The Murder of a Quack (1943, gift inscription) in very faded cloth, and The Case of the Demented Spiv (undated), VG, in a very worn d/jkt; the remainder all in the jackets, of variable quality, generally VG or better. (12)

Christopher Bush first edition crime fiction in d/jkts, published by Macdonald (3) or Macmillan (3, USA), the jackets with some wear

Lot: 47

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Aug 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £28
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Christopher Bush first edition crime fiction in d/jkts, published by Macdonald (3) or Macmillan (3, USA), the jackets with some wear but complete/near-complete (two slightly chipped); The Case of the Good Employer ex-library. (6)     

Gwendoline Butler "The Dull Dead", Geoffrey Bles,1958, 1st Edition in a slightly edgeworn but o/w complete d/jkt; VG internally, without inscriptions.

Lot: 48

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Aug 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £42
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Gwendoline Butler The Dull Dead, Geoffrey Bles, 1958, 1st Edition in a slightly edgeworn but o/w complete d/jkt; VG internally, without inscriptions.