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Auction No 412, Category: Fiction

40 Lots (displaying 1 - 20)

Crime Fiction selection, all (bar one) first editions in d/jkts; mixed condition, Colin Watson’s rare "Coffin Scarcely Used" (1958) in a VG d/jkt

Lot: 13

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Sep 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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Crime Fiction selection, all (bar one) first editions in d/jkts; mixed condition, Colin Watson's rare Coffin Scarcely Used (1958) in a VG d/jkt has the front endpaper removed and foxing to half-title. (9)

Crime Fiction selection, all in d/jkts, mixed condition. Rex Stout "Three Witnesses" 1956, and Harry Carmichael "A Question of Time" 1958

Lot: 14

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Sep 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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Crime Fiction selection, all in d/jkts, mixed condition. Rex Stout Three Witnesses 1956, and Harry Carmichael A Question of Time 1958 are 1st Edns both in poor condition (the latter ex-library) but in the scarce good/VG d/jkts. (9)

Crime Fiction selection, all (bar one) in d/jkts. Condition is very mixed with some near fine. Includes fifteen 1st Editions.

Lot: 15

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Sep 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £30
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Crime Fiction selection, all (bar one) in d/jkts. Condition is very mixed with some near fine. Includes fifteen 1st Editions. H.C. Bailey's Mr Fortune Speaking is in its original d/jkt (chipped in places) but is badly wormed. (21)

Richard Chopping "The Fly", 1965, 1st U.S. Edition, and "The Ring", 1967, 1st UK Edition, both first printings in fine d/jkts,

Lot: 18

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Sep 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £30
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Richard Chopping The Fly, 1965, 1st U.S. Edition, and The Ring, 1967, 1st UK Edition, both first printings in fine d/jkts, no inscriptions, light tanning to front endpaper of The Ring.     

Box of fiction, all in d/jkts, including James Reeves "Exploits of Don Quixote", 1959, 1st Edn, illustrated by Edward Ardizzone, gift inscription;

Lot: 19

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Sep 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £20
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Box of fiction, all in d/jkts, including James Reeves Exploits of Don Quixote, 1959, 1st Edn, illustrated by Edward Ardizzone, gift inscription; Edgar Rice Burroughs Tarzan the Untamed, 1929 and Tarzan the Terrible, 1933, both in good d/jkts; first editions by Nevil Shute, H.E.Bates, Alistair Maclean and others. Mixed condition. (25)  

Victor Gunn "Dead in a Ditch", Collins 1959, 1st Edn in fine d/jkt, and "Death at Traitors’ Gate", Collins, 1960, 1st Edn in good d/jkt,

Lot: 20

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Sep 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £44
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Victor Gunn Dead in a Ditch, Collins 1959, 1st Edn in fine d/jkt, and Death at Traitors' Gate, Collins, 1960, 1st Edn in good d/jkt, owner's signature; Harry Stephen Keeler The Voice of the Seven Sparrows and The Fourth King, both Ward Lock, in creased d/jkts; and a selection of other crime fiction & thrillers. Mixed condition. (10)

Victor Gunn "The Dead Man Laughs", Collins, 1944, First UK Edition, VG in an edgeworn d/jkt, 7s6d on flap, chipped at spine ends,

Lot: 21

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Sep 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £20
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Victor Gunn The Dead Man Laughs, Collins, 1944, First UK Edition, VG in an edgeworn d/jkt, 7s6d on flap, chipped at spine ends, very clean internally, no inscriptions. Scarce 

Caroline Graham "The Killing at Badger’s Drift", Century Hutchinson, 1987, 1st Edn in fine d/jkt, light tanning to text;

Lot: 22

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Sep 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
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Caroline Graham The Killing at Badger's Drift, Century Hutchinson, 1987, 1st Edn in fine d/jkt, light tanning to text; Berkeley Gray Alias Norman Conquest, 1945, 1st Edn and Six Feet of Dynamite, 1947, both in damaged d/jkts, former recased with new endpapers; Dolores Hitchens The Abductor, Boardman, 1962, 1st Edn, orig. cloth, a little frayed; and other crime fiction. Mixed condition. (11)

Crime fiction in d/jkts with some 1st Edns including Cecil Freeman Gregg "Professional Jealousy" 1960 and "Exit Harlequin" 1946;

Lot: 23

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Sep 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £18
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Crime fiction in d/jkts with some 1st Edns including Cecil Freeman Gregg Professional Jealousy 1960 and Exit Harlequin 1946; Anthony Gilbert Out for the Kill 1960 and Missing From Her Home 1969; B.M. Gill Seminar for Murder 1985; and others in very mixed condition, some ex-library. (25)  

Edgar Wallace "The Green Rust", Ward Lock, in VG slightly chipped d/jkt, early edition, price 1/- on flap, spine rolled;

Lot: 24

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Sep 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £28
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Edgar Wallace The Green Rust, Ward Lock, in VG slightly chipped d/jkt, early edition, price 1/- on flap, spine rolled; Mickey Spillane I, The Jury 1953, and Kiss Me, Deadly 1953, in fair-VG d/jkts; George Bellairs Death in the Fearful Night, Thriller Book Club, in stained d/jkt; and others in very mixed condition, some ex-library. (17)

Agatha Christie reprint novels, 1990s to 2013, mostly Collins facsimiles, some issued by Book Club Associates. All in fine d/jkts.

Lot: 25

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Sep 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
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Agatha Christie reprint novels, 1990s to 2013, mostly Collins facsimiles, some issued by Book Club Associates. All in fine d/jkts. No ownership inscriptions. (20)

Agatha Christie novels, all bar one in d/jkts, largely Collins published but including "Murders in the Mews", Odhams, [1938].

Lot: 26

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Sep 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £40
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Agatha Christie novels, all bar one in d/jkts, largely Collins published but including Murders in the Mews, Odhams, [1938]. Thirteen are first editions, plus few second impressions. Both books and jackets are in mixed condition, a few jackets are facsimiles. (26)

Ngaio Marsh "Vintage Murder", Geoffrey Bles, 1949 in good edgeworn d/jkt, ownership stamp to front endpaper, library stamp on copyright page

Lot: 27

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Sep 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £80
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Ngaio Marsh Vintage Murder, Geoffrey Bles, 1949 in good edgeworn d/jkt, ownership stamp to front endpaper, library stamp on copyright page (no other markings) foxing to fore-edge; and other Ngaio Marsh crime including Spinsters of Jeopardy, Collins, 1954, 1st Edn in slightly chipped d/jkt, A Man Lay Dead Collins 1981 in VG d/jkt and others in mixed condition. (14)

Philip Macdonald "The Wrath", Collins, 1934, in worn but complete d/jkt, the cloth binding faded & stained, spotting to first and last few leaves

Lot: 28

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Sep 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £20
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Philip Macdonald The Wrath, Collins, 1934, in worn but complete d/jkt, the cloth binding faded & stained, spotting to first and last few leaves o/w VG internally, no inscriptions. A scarce title.

John D. Macdonald novels including "The Moving Target", Alfred Knopf, 1949, in price-clipped d/jkt, browned throughout;

Lot: 29

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Sep 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
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John D. Macdonald novels including The Moving Target, Alfred Knopf, 1949, in price-clipped d/jkt, browned throughout; Murder for the Bride, Robert Hale, 1977, 1st UK Edn.in price-clipped d/jkt; Wine of the Dreamers Greenberg, 1951, 1st Edn, in complete but heavily tape-stained d/jkt, endpapers browned; and a selection of others in mixed condition, three ex-library. (10)

John Rhode fiction comprising "The Vanishing Diary", Geoffrey Bles, 1961, 1st Edn, in worn d/jkt, the book in VG condition;

Lot: 30

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Sep 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
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John Rhode fiction comprising The Vanishing Diary, Geoffrey Bles, 1961, 1st Edn, in worn d/jkt, the book in VG condition; The Motor Rally Mystery, 1938, p/bk in chipped wraps; and a poor copy of Robbery with Violence, 1957 in repaired d/jkt and ink marks to publications list. (3)  

Georges Simenon first editions including "Maigret Goes to School", 1957, worn cloth, in chipped & browned d/jkt;

Lot: 31

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Sep 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
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Georges Simenon first editions including Maigret Goes to School, 1957, worn cloth, in chipped & browned d/jkt; of the others two have facsimile d/jkts, another ex-library. (5)  

H. C. Bailey "Call Mr Fortune", Macdonald, 1949, and "Shadow on the Wall", Modern Publishing, n.d., good reading copies in fair/poor d/jkts. (2)

Lot: 32

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Sep 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
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H. C. Bailey Call Mr Fortune, Macdonald, 1949, and Shadow on the Wall, Modern Publishing, n.d., good reading copies in fair/poor d/jkts. (2)

Christopher Bush "The Case of the Seven Bells", 1952, and "The Case of the Sapphire Brooch", 1960, both Macdonald published first editions

Lot: 33

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Sep 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £10
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Christopher Bush The Case of the Seven Bells, 1952, and The Case of the Sapphire Brooch, 1960, both Macdonald published first editions in good edgeworn d/jkts, latter with front endpaper creased o/w VG. (2)

Miles Burton "A Smell of Smoke", Collins, 1959, first edition, VG, in d/jkt which has a piece missing at top of spine and repaired.

Lot: 34

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Sep 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £26 - £36
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Miles Burton A Smell of Smoke, Collins, 1959, first edition, VG,  in d/jkt which has a piece missing at top of spine and repaired.