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Auction No 375, Category: Literature

12 Lots (displaying 1 - 12)

A selection of signed books, all h/bks in complete d/jkts, including autographs of Terence Stamp, Dava Sobel,

Lot: 1

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Apr 2018 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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A selection of signed books, all h/bks in complete d/jkts, including autographs of Terence Stamp, Dava Sobel, John Mills, and Frank McCourt (2). All flat signed. Fine (6)

Folio Society publications in slipcases, mostly boxed sets including Jane Austen novels (7), Legends of King Arthur.

Lot: 2

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Apr 2018 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £40
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Folio Society publications in slipcases, mostly boxed sets including Jane Austen novels (7), Legends of King Arthur. VG/Fine in VG/Fine slipcases. (17)

"A Midsummer Night's Dreamwith Illustrations by Arthur Rackham", Heinemann, 1908, quarto

Lot: 3

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Apr 2018 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £42
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream with Illustrations by Arthur Rackham, Heinemann, 1908, quarto, original gilt cloth, worn at hinges and top & tail of spine, front inner hinge cracked; foxing to text and tissue-guards & few other faults but the colour plates all fine and complete (one loose).

Selection of signed paperbacks including autographs of Terry Gilliam, Ken Loach & Paul Laverty,

Lot: 4

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Apr 2018 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £20
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Selection of signed paperbacks including autographs of Terry Gilliam, Ken Loach & Paul Laverty, Philip Pullman, and Michael Morpurgo. VG/VF (6)

Alex Garland "The Beach", 1997, and "The Tesseract", 1999, both US First Editions, Riverhead Books,

Lot: 5

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Apr 2018 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £30
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Alex Garland The Beach, 1997, and The Tesseract, 1999, both US First Editions, Riverhead Books, signed & inscribed by the author on the title pages, both in fine complete dustjackets. (2)

Thomas Keneally "Schindler's Ark", Hodder & Stoughton, 1982, First Edition in fine d/jkt, signed & inscribed by the author

Lot: 6

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Apr 2018 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £70
SOLD £66
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Thomas Keneally Schindler’s Ark, Hodder & Stoughton, 1982, First Edition in fine d/jkt, signed & inscribed by the author on the title page; and a fine signed book club edition of Schindler’s List in d/jkt also signed on the title page. (2)  

William Peter Blatty "The Exorcist", Blond & Briggs, 1971, 1st UK Edn, signed by the author on the title page,

Lot: 7

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Apr 2018 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £120 - £150
SOLD £135
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William Peter Blatty The Exorcist, Blond & Briggs, 1971, 1st UK Edn, signed by the author on the title page, in a complete slightly edgeworn dustjacket. Scarce

Jonathan Aycliffe "Whispers in the Dark", 1993, 1st p/bk edition, signed & inscribed by the author,

Lot: 8

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Apr 2018 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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Jonathan Aycliffe Whispers in the Dark, 1993, 1st p/bk edition, signed & inscribed by the author, slight wear; and The Matrix, Harper Collins 1st, 1994, complete d/jkt, light tanning to text, similarly signed. (2)

"The Miscellaneous Works of Tim Bobbin, Esq. Containing his View of The Lancashire Dialect", T.& J. Allman, 1818

Lot: 15

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Apr 2018 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £30
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The Miscellaneous Works of Tim Bobbin, Esq. Containing his View of The Lancashire Dialect, T.& J. Allman, 1818, octavo, nicely rebound in modern quarter buckram, marbled boards and gilt leather title; complete with 10 engravings which show some browning also affecting facing text pages.

Walter Haigh "A New Glossary of the Dialect of the Huddersfield District", Oxford University Press, 1928;

Lot: 16

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Apr 2018 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £34
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Walter Haigh A New Glossary of the Dialect of the Huddersfield District, Oxford University Press, 1928; tall octavo, original gilt cloth, spine faded, fine internally; xxix,166pp

"The Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer", George Bell, 1885-87, six volume set, the Aldine Edition, octavo,

Lot: 23

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Apr 2018 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £26
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The Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, George Bell, 1885-87, six volume set, the Aldine Edition, octavo, half-leather, gilt, worn at periphery, fine internally. (6)

                                    

Mr. Addison "Interesting anecdotes, memoirs, allegories, essays, and poetical fragments, tending to amuse the fancy

Lot: 24

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Apr 2018 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £100 - £150
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Mr. Addison Interesting anecdotes, memoirs, allegories, essays, and poetical fragments, tending to amuse the fancy, and inculcate morality, London, 1795-1797, thirteen volumes, octavo, worn half-leather gilt bindings, some foxing; a rare set. (13)