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Auction No 422, Category: Fiction

6 Lots (displaying 1 - 6)

"The Strand Magazine", George Newnes, Jan.1891 to Dec.1894, bound into eight volumes, containing "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes"

Lot: 2

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Dec 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £76
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The Strand Magazine, George Newnes, Jan.1891 to Dec.1894, bound into eight volumes, containing The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and other Conan Doyle stories. Publisher's pictorial cloth, VG, some volumes with scattered spotting to text.

"The Strand Magazine", George Newnes, July 1895 to Dec. 1901, a run of 13 volumes, half-leather, gilt, rubbed and chipped, marble edged,

Lot: 6

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Dec 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £24
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The Strand Magazine, George Newnes, July 1895 to Dec. 1901, a run of 13 volumes, half-leather, gilt, rubbed and chipped, marble edged, some browning to endpapers o/w fine internally, no foxing. (13)     

Selection of author signed first editions including Jonathan Raban "Old Glory", 1981, John Irving "A Widow for One Year"

Lot: 16

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Dec 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
UNSOLD
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Selection of author signed first editions including Jonathan Raban Old Glory, 1981, John Irving A Widow for One Year, 1998, Val McDermid Fever of the Bone, 2009, and R.J. Anderson The Gooseberry Jam Murders, 2009. All in fine complete d/jkts (except two issued without jackets). (12) 

Douglas Adams "The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy", Arthur Barker,1979, First h/bk edition in the second state d/jkt, the jacket complete,

Lot: 67

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Dec 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £450 - £550
SOLD £390
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Douglas Adams The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Arthur Barker, 1979, First h/bk edition in the second state d/jkt, the jacket complete, the spine sunned, the book fine, no inscription

Arnold Bennett selection with 19 first editions including "Anna of the Five Towns", 1902, and "The Gates of Wrath", 1903.

Lot: 69

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Dec 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £54
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Arnold Bennett selection with 19 first editions including Anna of the Five Towns, 1902, and The Gates of Wrath, 1903. Mixed condition, a first edition of A Great Man ex-library with some heavy foxing. Also Rudyard Kipling The Five Nations, 1903. (30)

Arnold Bennett selection with 17 first editions including "Whom God Hath Joined", 1906, "The Card", 1911, "The Glimpse", 1909, "Hugo",1906,

Lot: 70

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Dec 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £64
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Arnold Bennett selection with 17 first editions including Whom God Hath Joined, 1906, The Card, 1911, The Glimpse, 1909, Hugo, 1906, and Mediterranean Scenes, 1928 (in d/jkt, limited. edn.). Varied condition. Also biographical works by Marguerite Bennett and Reginald Pound both in d/jkts.; together with an historical work on Staffordshire. (29)