Auction No 426, Category: Fiction

5 Lots (displaying 1 - 5)

Daniel Defoe "The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe", illustrated by Ernest Griset, London,1869, colour frontispiece;

Lot: 7

  • Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £40
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Daniel Defoe The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, illustrated by Ernest Griset, London, 1869, colour frontispiece; Freeman Sketches from the Subject and Neighbour Lands of Venice, Macmillan, 1881; Bernard Newman Round About Andorra 1928, signed & inscribed by the author, spine faded; Samuel Manning Italian Pictures, drawn with Pen and Pencil, RTS, c.1880, title page browned; and three others including a late-19th Century trade catalogue of furniture, printed wraps. (7)   

Terry Pratchett "Maskerade", Gollancz, 1995, First Edition in d/jkt, signed & inscribed by the author on title page

Lot: 53

  • Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
SOLD £40
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Terry Pratchett Maskerade, Gollancz, 1995, First Edition in d/jkt, signed & inscribed by the author on title page together with his grim reaper handstamp. Fine, in a complete d/jkt.

J.R.R. Tolkien "The Lord of the Rings", George Allen & Unwin,1961, three volume set in issued slipcase, all in complete d/jkts, maps at rear;

Lot: 55

  • Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £400 - £500
SOLD £660
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J.R.R. Tolkien The Lord of the Rings, George Allen & Unwin, 1961, three volume set in issued slipcase, all in complete d/jkts, maps at rear; Two Towers and Return of the King eighth impressions, Fellowship of the Ring eleventh impression. Spines of the jackets dulled and marked. Fellowship of the Ring shows discolouration to the cloth binding at the foot of the spine. Fine internally, no inscriptions, appear unread. The slipcase with some staining and dust-affected.

"Charles Dickens Library", Educational Book Co., c.1910, 18 volume set, half-leather gilt, illustrated by Harry Furniss with 1200 illustrations

Lot: 57

  • Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £40
SOLD £20
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Charles Dickens Library, Educational Book Co., c.1910, 18 volume set, half-leather gilt, illustrated by Harry Furniss with 1200 illustrations including 500 plates; occasional minor fox marks, discolouration to the cloth-covered boards. (18)

Agatha Christie "Death Comes as the End", Collins,1945, second impression, in a price-clipped d/jkt, slightly chipped at extremities,

Lot: 60

  • Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
SOLD £30
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Agatha Christie Death Comes as the End, Collins, 1945, second impression, in a price-clipped d/jkt, slightly chipped at extremities, ownership signature to front endpaper, good clean text.