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Literature, Manuscripts & Modern First Editions
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Literature, Manuscripts & Modern First Editions

Auction dates
28 Feb 2013 13:00 GMT
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26 Feb 2013 09:30 - 19:30 GMT
27 Feb 2013 09:30 - 17:30 GMT
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Blake (William) The Complete Works... 3 vol., edited by Edwin John Ellis and William Butler Yeats,
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1,000 - 1,500 GBP
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Wilde (Oscar) The Sphinx first edition, one of 200 copies, decorated title and other illustrations
1,900 GBP
1,200 - 1,800 GBP
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Doyle Memoirs Sherlock Holmes (Sir Arthur Conan) The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, first edition,
300 GBP
300 - 400 GBP
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Dickens (Charles) [Works] 22 vol. bound in 16, "Fireside Edition", illustrated by Cruikshank,
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400 - 500 GBP
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Binding.- Lecky (H.S.) The King`s Ships 3 vol. [all published], with author`s presentation
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1,000 - 1,500 GBP
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Ambler (Eric) The Dark Frontier first edition, spotting, library stamps to endpapers, adhesion marks
500 GBP
300 - 400 GBP
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Ambler (Eric) Uncommon Danger first edition, original cloth, spine discoloured, spine ends and
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1,200 - 1,800 GBP
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Ambler (Eric) Cause for Alarm first edition, original cloth, spine slightly browned, spine ends
1,000 GBP
1,200 - 1,800 GBP
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Ambler (Eric) Journey Into Fear first edition, original cloth, spine very slightly faded, spotted,
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750 - 1,000 GBP
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Bowles (Paul) The Sheltering Sky first edition, occasional light spotting, small ink inscription
420 GBP
500 - 700 GBP
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Chandler (Raymond) Farewell my Lovely first English edition, spotting to first and last few ff.,
320 GBP
300 - 400 GBP
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Chandler (Raymond) The High Window first English edition, original cloth, spine slightly faded,
700 GBP
400 - 600 GBP
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Chandler (Raymond) The Lady in the Lake first English edition, usual light browning to margins,
650 GBP
600 - 800 GBP
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Chandler (Raymond) The Little Sister first English edition, original cloth, spine ends very slightly
550 GBP
500 - 700 GBP
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Dahl (Roald) [Collected Works for Children] 15 vol., commemorative limited edition, number 194 of
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800 - 1,200 GBP
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Deighton (Len) The Ipcress File jacket with very light browning to head and foot, corners and
600 GBP
250 - 350 GBP
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Eliot (T.S.) The Waste Land first English edition in book form, [one of circa 460 copies],
1,200 GBP
500 - 700 GBP
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Forster (E.M.) A Passage to India first edition, full morocco, gilt, by Bayntun (Riviere), g.e.,
300 GBP
300 - 400 GBP
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Frank (Anne) Het Achterhuis first edition, frontispiece and 2 plates, endpapers browned, original
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1,000 - 1,500 GBP
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Golding (William) [The Novels] 13 vol. comprising, Lord of the Flies, first issue, spotting to
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400 - 600 GBP
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Huxley (Aldous) Brave New World first edition, ink inscription to endpaper, original cloth, spine
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600 - 800 GBP
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James (P.D.) Cover Her Face first edition, ink owernship stamp and very minor browning to endpapers,
1,900 GBP
1,000 - 1,500 GBP
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James (P.D.) A Mind to Murder first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author `Love
2,600 GBP
750 - 1,000 GBP
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James (P.D.) Unnatural Causes first edition, browning to endpapers, original cloth, spine ends and
1,600 GBP
500 - 700 GBP
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James (P.D.) Shroud for a Nightingale signed by the author, jacket spine very slightly darkened, a
400 GBP
250 - 350 GBP
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Le Carré (John) A Murder of Quality first edition, double-signed by the author as Le Carré and David
350 GBP
250 - 350 GBP
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Mailer (Norman) 42 Original Sketches for the Film Adaptation of The Naked and the Dead pencil on
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6,000 - 8,000 GBP
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Milne (A.A.) Winnie-the-Pooh number 2 of 20 copies on Japanese vellum signed by the author and
8,500 GBP
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
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Morpurgo (Michael) War Horse first edition, signed by the author on title, original pictorial
1,000 GBP
750 - 1,000 GBP
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[Nabokov (Vladimir)] "V.Sirin." Podvig [Glory] first edition, advertisments with small ink notation,
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400 - 600 GBP
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[Nabokov (Vladimir)] "V.Sirin." Kamera Obscura [Camera Obscura/ Laughter in the Dark] first edition,
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250 - 350 GBP
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[Nabokov (Vladimir)] "Vladimir Nabokoff." Laughter in the Dark first American edition, original
450 GBP
500 - 700 GBP
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[Nabokov (Vladimir)] "V.Sirin." Otchaianie [Despair] first edition, ink inscription to head of
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250 - 350 GBP
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[Nabokov (Vladimir)] "V.Sirin." Priglashenie na kazn` [Invitation to a Beheading] first edition,
0 GBP
150 - 200 GBP
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[Nabokov (Vladimir)] "V.Sirin." Sogliadatai [The Eye] first edition, small ink notation to title
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500 - 700 GBP
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Nabokov (Vladimir) Dar [The Gift] first edition, original printed wrappers, spine a little
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150 - 200 GBP
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Nabokov (Vladimir) Stikhotvoreniia [Poems] (1929-1951) first edition, presentation inscription for
3,800 GBP
3,000 - 4,000 GBP
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Orwell (George) Nineteen Eighty-Four first edition, tape marks to endpapers, original cloth,
450 GBP
500 - 700 GBP
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[Rowling (J.K.)], "Kennilworthy Whisp". Quidditch Through the Ages 2001; Newt Scamander. Fantastic
1,100 GBP
800 - 1,200 GBP
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Spyri (Johanna) Heidi`s Early Experiences vol.1 only (of 2), first English editions, frontispiece
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1,800 - 2,200 GBP
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Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Hobbit first edition, first impression, cut signature of the author mounted
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4,000 - 6,000 GBP
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Tolkien (J.R.R.) Beowulf: the Monsters and the Critics first edition, a few light annotations in
550 GBP
500 - 700 GBP
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Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Lord of the Rings 3 vol., first editions, first impressions, vol.III third
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4,000 - 6,000 GBP
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Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Lord of the Rings 3 vol., first Reader`s Union edition, folding maps,
240 GBP
200 - 300 GBP
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Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Lord of the Rings 3 vol., first American (pirated) edition, light browning to
0 GBP
350 - 450 GBP
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Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Hobbit first American paperback edition, light browning to margins, spine
0 GBP
150 - 200 GBP
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Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Lord of the Rings 3 vol., first authorised American paperback edition, light
0 GBP
200 - 300 GBP
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Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Lord of the Rings 3 vol., second, revised edition, folding maps, original
300 GBP
300 - 400 GBP
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Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Hobbit first deluxe edition, colour frontispiece and plates, double-page map,
220 GBP
150 - 200 GBP
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Tolkien (J.R.R.) The History of Middle-Earth 12 vol., first editions, first issues, plates and
0 GBP
800 - 1,200 GBP
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Flint  (Sir William Russell).- Malory (Sir Thomas) Le Morte Darthur, 4 vol., number 343 of 500
550 GBP
500 - 700 GBP
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Flint  (Sir William Russell).- Kingsley (Charles) The Heroes..., number 193 of 500 copies, bookplate
300 GBP
400 - 600 GBP
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Flint  (Sir William Russell).- Chaucer (Geoffrey) The Canterbury Tales, 3 vol., number 33 of 500
300 GBP
400 - 600 GBP
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Flint  (Sir William Russell).- Theocritus, Bion & Moschus. The Idylls, translated by Andrew Lang,
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1,500 - 2,000 GBP
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Flint  (Sir William Russell).- Herrick (Robert) One Hundred and Eleven Poems, number 9 of 105
280 GBP
300 - 400 GBP
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Golden Cockerel Press.- Lawrence (T.E.) Secret Despatches from Arabia, limited edition,
260 GBP
250 - 350 GBP
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Gregynog Press.- Milton (John) Comus inscribed by Eirene Hughes [to Alun Oldfield-Davies] " Thank
400 GBP
200 - 300 GBP
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Jones (David).- Coleridge (Samuel Taylor) The Rime of the Ancient Mariner number LXXXVI of 115
800 GBP
300 - 400 GBP
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McCarthy (Justin) and  Mrs Campbell Praed. The Grey River, one of 230 copies, 12 etched plates by
400 GBP
500 - 700 GBP
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Millet.- Benedite (Leonce) The Drawings of Jean François Millet number 15 of 50 copies, 50 tipped-in
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200 - 300 GBP
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