Achebe (Chinua) No Longer at Ease, first edition , ink ownership inscription on front free endpaper, faint spotting to first few pages, ori...
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Dahl (Roald) Matilda, first edition , illustrations by Quentin Blake, ink ownership name on pastedown, original boards, dust-jacket, light cr...
Lot 131
Huxley (Aldous) Brave New World, first edition, 1932 & another first edition by Malcolm Lowry (2)
131Huxley (Aldous) Brave New World, first edition, 1932 & another first edition by Malcolm Lowry (2)
Huxley (Aldous) Brave New World , bookplate on front free endpaper, a few light foxing marks, cloth a little rubbed and spine faded, 1932 § Lo...
Lot 239
Tolkien (J.R.R.), Dorothy L. Sayers, and others. Oxford Poetry, first edition, Oxford, 1915 & ano...
Tolkien (J.R.R., contributor ), Dorothy L. Sayers, and others. Oxford Poetry , light spotting to first and last few page, wrappers creased...
Milne (A. A.) Now We Are Six, first edition , illustrations by E.H. Shepard, small gift inscription and small browning patches on front free ...
Lot 127
Hollinghurst (Alan) The Sparsholt Affair, first limited edition signed by the author, 2017 & othe...
Hollinghurst (Alan) The Sparsholt Affair, first limited edition, one of 26 copies signed by the author , original morocco, spine very lightly...
Lot 305
Greenaway (Kate) Under the Window, first edition, 1878 & others, children's and illustrated (10)
Greenaway (Kate) Under the Window, first edition, first issue with "end of contents", a few ink soiling marks, original cloth-backed boards,...
Faulkner (William) The Sound and the Fury, first English edition , light browning to endpapers and neat ink ownership inscription, original c...
Wells (H.G.) The First Men in the Moon, first English edition , frontispiece and 11 plates, embossed W.H. Smith library stamp on lightly to...
Doyle ( Sir Arthur Conan) The Lost World, first edition , frontispiece, ink gift inscription and browning on front free endpaper, light spot...
Clarke (Arthur C.), Philip K Dick & others.- A group of science-fiction magazines, c.145 issues, mostly Analog, with other issues of Venture,...
Christie (Agatha) Sparkling Cyanide, first edition , small 'The Times Book Club' stamp to rear endpapers, original cloth, spine faded, ends...
Lot 28
Blackwood (Algernon) Pan's Garden: A Volume of Nature Stories, first edition, 1912 & others, weir...
Blackwood (Algernon) Pan's Garden: A Volume of Nature Stories, frontispiece, endpapers foxed, 1912 § Wales (Hubert) The Brocklebank Riddle,...
Lot 46
Clarke (Arthur C.) 2001: A Space Odyssey, first English edition, 1968; and a first English editio...
Clarke (Arthur C.) 2001: A Space Odyssey, first English edition, original boards, dust-jacket, light creasing to head and foot, else fine, ...
Lot 222
Spanner (E.F.) The Harbour of Death, first edition, 1927 & others, strange adventure fiction (10)
222Spanner (E.F.) The Harbour of Death, first edition, 1927 & others, strange adventure fiction (10)
Spanner (E.F.) The Harbour of Death , front free endpaper torn out, cloth a little spotted , 1927 § Knittel (John) Nile Gold: A Legend of Mod...
Lot 291
Golden Cockerel Press.- Gill (Eric) Song of Songs (The) called by many the Canticle of Canticles,...
Golden Cockerel Press.- Gill (Eric) Song of Songs (The) called by many the Canticle of Canticles, number 635 of 750 copies on hand-made pape...
Lot 357
Thomson (Hugh) "The tall Miss Pittmans", an original illustration for an unknown publication, pen...
Thomson (Hugh) " The Tall Miss Pittmans", an original illustration for an unknown publication , pen and inks, signed and inscribed along the lo...
Rowling (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone , fourth impression, light toning to page margins, original boards, dust-jacket, very...
Lot 282
Yeats (William Butler) The Winding Stair, number 262 of 700 copies signed by the author, New York...
Yeats (William Butler) The Winding Stair, number 262 of 700 copies signed by the author , decorative title, endpapers discoloured, both hinge...
Ambler (Eric) T he Light of Day, first edition , 1962; Passage of Arms, second impression, light foxing to first few pages , 1959; Cause for A...
![[Field (Julian Osgood)], "X.L.".Aut Diabolus Aut Nihil and Other Tales, second edition, 1895 & ot...](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2024/forum-10420/images/26ae66c7-7a17-45a7-aa2d-b16400bc2209.jpg?w=155&h=155)
Lot 84
[Field (Julian Osgood)], "X.L.".Aut Diabolus Aut Nihil and Other Tales, second edition, 1895 & ot...
[Field (Julian Osgood)], "X.L.". Aut Diabolus Aut Nihil and Other Tales , second edition, bookplate, half-title and endpapers browned, 1895 ...
![[Birkin (Charles Lloyd, editor)] The "Creeps" series, 6 vol., 1932-35 & others, weird fiction (9)](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2024/forum-10420/images/e082e7f3-8de3-4007-b50d-b16400bb56c7.jpg?w=155&h=155)
Lot 24
[Birkin (Charles Lloyd, editor)] The "Creeps" series, 6 vol., 1932-35 & others, weird fiction (9)
[Birkin (Charles Lloyd, editor )] [The "Creeps" series] , 6 vol., comprising Shivers; Creeps; Thrills; Powers of Darkness; Quakes; Devils' ...
Lot 218
Shiel (M. P.) Here Comes the Lady, first edition, 1928 & others, weird and mystery fiction (10)
Shiel (M. P.) Here Comes the Lady, first edition , first few pages spotted, 1928 § Stoker (Bram) Dracula's Guest, reprint , [c.1914] § Cabe...
Ballard (J. G.) The Drought, first edition , original boards, residue mark to upper cover, dust-jacket, very slight fading to spine, spine en...
Kafka (Franz) The Trial, first English edition, translated by Willa and Edwin Muir, gift inscription on front free endpaper, some light fo...
Eliot (T.S.) The Confidential Clerk, v ery light fading to spine, otherwise a fine copy , 1954; The Elder Statesman, endpapers very lightly ...
Hemingway (Ernest) In Our Time, first English edition , bookseller's sticker on pastedown, endpapers lightly browned, light foxing, original ...
Lee (Harper) To Kill a Mockingbird, first English edition , original boards, corners bumped, dust-jacket, price-clipped, some nicks and chips...
Huxley (Aldous) The Doors of Perception, first edition , front free endpaper toned with previous ownership inscription, original boards, dust...
Lot 300
Whittington Press.- Lewis (Cecil Day) Posthumous Poems, 1979 & 5 others, all from the press (6)
Whittington Press.- Lewis (Cecil Day) Posthumous Poems, original buckram-backed boards, 1979 § Walker (Richard) Hellmuth Weissenborn: Pai...
Thomas (Dylan) ' Under Milk Wood' in The Observer, 2 issues, Sunday February 7 & February 14th 1954, small biro note on head, holds, fo...
Lot 97
Galopin (Arnould) Le Docteur Oméga, first edition, Paris, Librairie Mondiale, 1906 & others, earl...
Galopin (Arnould) Le Docteur Oméga, first edition , illustrations, page margins toned, light marking to title, Librairie Mondiale, 1906 § Le...
Lot 183
Naipaul (V. S.) A House for Mr Biswas, first edition, 1961 & others by Naipaul, including a rare ...
Naipaul (V. S.) A House for Mr Biswas, first edition , o riginal boards, spine ends and corners bumped, dust-jacket, small portion of loss to ...
Herriot (James) If Only They Could Talk, first edition, ink ownership name on front free endpaper, original boards, dust-jacket, light ton...
Lot 216
Shaffer (Peter) Equus, first edition, 1973 & other plays by Churchill, Butterworth, Martin McDona...
Shaffer (Peter) Equus , jacket with light creasing and chipping to edges, 1973; Amadeus, 1980 § Bennet (Alan) Forty Years On, 1969, first e...
Lot 177
Miller (William M.) Conditionally Human, first English edition, 1963; and 15 others, largely Goll...
Miller (William M.) Conditionally Human , ink ownership inscription and stamp to endpaper, light browning to spine, 1963 § Budrys (Algis) Th...
Rhys (Jean) Good Morning Midnight, first edition, original cloth, spine ends bumped, first issue binding with endpapers, dust-jacket, few ni...
Lot 160
le Carré (John) Our Kind of Traitor, one of 25 copies signed by the author, with additional volum...
le Carré (John) Our Kind of Traitor, one of 25 copies signed by the author, original morocco-backed cloth, t.e.g., fine, 2010; together wit...
Tey (Josephine) The Daughter of Time, first edition, endpapers lightly damp-stained, original cloth, lightly marked, dust-jacket, damp-stain...
White (Patrick) The Aunt's Story , one or two closed tears to jacket head, 1948; Voss, endpapers toned, jacket price-clipped, 1957; Rider...
Graves (Robert) But It Still Goes On , jacket spine a little browned and frayed at head, 1930; Poems 1938-1945, ownership inscription on en...
Tey (Josephine) The Franchise Affair, first edition , original boards, dust-jacket, light creasing, some nicks and short closed tears to edge...
Lot 128
Hornung (E. W.) Mr Justice Raffles, first edition, 1909 & others by Hornung and Fergus Hume (3)
Hornung (E. W.) Mr Justice Raffles, first edition , slight shelf-lean, 1909; Raffles, first American edition, endpapers toned, marking on...
Juster (Norton) The Phantom Tollbooth, first edition, illustrations by Jules Feiffer, original boards, light strip of sunning to upper edge,...
Lot 270
Williamson (Jack) The Humanoids, first edition, New York, 1949 & others, science-fiction (31)
Williamson (Jack) The Humanoids , jacket price-clipped, torn and fraying to spine head, 1949 § Tucker (Wilson) The Long Loud Silence, ink o...
Lot 111
Haddon (Mark) The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, first edition, signed by the aut...
Haddon (Mark) The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, first edition, signed by the author on title, original boards, dust-jacket,...
Yeats (William Butler) The Winding Stair, first edition , original blind-stamped cloth, spine faded, extremities fractionally bumped, dust-ja...
Tey (Josephine) Miss Pym Disposes , 1946; The Singing Sands, 1952, first editions, light scattered spotting, original cloth, dust-jackets, ...
Lot 8528
Set of six silver coffee spoons with shell finials Sheffield 1923 Maker Northern Goldsmiths Co.
Set of six silver coffee spoons with shell finials Sheffield 1923 Maker Northern Goldsmiths Co., six other silver tea and condiment spoons, two se...
Pair of modern silver candlesticks H24cm, Birmingham 1972 Maker A T Cannon Ltd, and a cased silver teaspoon by Cooper Brothers, Sheffield
Lot 8559
Engraved silver visiting card case Birmingham 1918 Maker William Henry Sparrow and three silver vest
Engraved silver visiting card case Birmingham 1918 Maker William Henry Sparrow and three silver vesta cases Condition Report: Approx silver wei...
Pair of William IV silver salt spoons London 1830 Maker Thomas Dicks, cut glass sugar caster with silver top , German 800 standard silver spoon wi...
Lot 8517
Silver novelty milk pepperette
Silver novelty milk pepperette, in the form of a milk churn, hallmarked Birmingham 1902, H3.5cm, and a silver Brandy decanter label, hallmarked W...
Ten ammonite fossils with nacreous aragonite shells, age; Cretaceous period, location: Madagascar, largest 3cm
Ten individual polished orthoceras fossils, age; Devonian period, location; Morocco, each approximately L9cm, D4cm
Vintage adjustable mannequin by Chil Daw on tripod metal base, H168cm
Early 20th century oak smokers cabinet, containing various pipes, tobacco jar, mixing bowls etc, W38cm together with an oak tapestry fire screen, ...
Antlers/ Horns: Pair of 20th century stag deer antlers, 9 points, mounted on oak shield with brass plaque 'Shot by Normal Leak, Inverinate Forest,...
19th century Naval lead filled Bosuns starter or cosh with leather strap L23cm, WWI German bayonet by Simson & Co Suhl and a handcuff (3)
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