GREAT BINDINGS, SETS AND A SCI-FI COLLECTION. 2022-02-22 Auction - 366 Price Results - Canada Book Auctions in On - Page 7
[BINDINGS] BRENTANOS 6 VOLUMES ON LAID[SCI-FI] SIMAK, CLIFFORD. CITY. GNOME PRESS, 1952[GRABAU] TENNYSON QUEEN MARY LONDON 1875
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Toronto, ON, Canada
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GREAT BINDINGS, SETS AND A SCI-FI COLLECTION.

CBA INAUGURAL AUCTION OF NEARLY 400 LOTS. INCLUDING: FINE BINDINGS. A selection of bindings by John F. Grabau and other Thomas Wise forgeries finely bound. From the library of Charles Cobb Walker, Boston, (1871-1950) A large collection of SCI-FI and fantasy books rescued from being forgotten in an old warehouse. Including: Ray Bradbury, Isaac Asimov, Edgar Rice Burroughs, etc. A library selection from the estate of C. Adrienne Taylor, former librarian at Wycliffe, UofT. Including Folio Society and First Editions by Canadian authors, etc. A selection of prints and engravings, and photographic albums. SPECIAL NOTE ON CONDITION AND PROVENANCE. Books from the library of Charles Cobb Walker were owned in a New England institution and have no outer markings, though a blind stamp appears on the title page and one other page in each volume marked CCW at the end of the descriptions. Each book contains at least one engraved bookplate. The science fiction and a number of the books in dust jackets were rescued from being abandoned in a warehouse for about 50 years, as such they are dusty and can have foxing, staining or mold spotting. Books from the estate of C. Adrienne Taylor can contain a bookplate inside the front cover and/or her signature. In-house packing and shipping arranged by USPS or Canada Post.
[SCI-FI] LOT OF 13 VOLUMES SOLD TOGETHER: [SCI-FI.] 13 Books sold together 8vo., including: Curtis. BLUE ASP. 1952. * Campbell, H.J. THE RED PLANET .* CARTER DEE BLUE CORDON1952. * Edmonds, Harry. THE ROCKETS. 1951. * Elam, Richard. YOUNGEST
0148: [SCI-FI] LOT OF 13 VOLUMES SOLD TOGETHEREst. CA$200-CA$300Lot Passed
[SCI-FI] LOT OF 7 VOLUMES SOLD TOGETHER: [SCI-FI.] 7 volumes sold together, including: Bois, Theodora Du. MURDER STRIKES ATOMIC UNIT. 1946. * Campbell, Joseph. THE MASK OF GOD ORIENTAL MYTHOLOGY. 1962. * Collins, Erroll. SUBMARINE CITY.
0149: [SCI-FI] LOT OF 7 VOLUMES SOLD TOGETHEREst. CA$200-CA$300Lot Passed
[SCI-FI] LOT OF 12 VOLUMES SOLD TOGETHER: [SCI-FI.] 12 volumes sold together, including: Cummings, Ray. THE SHODOW GIRL. 1946. * Desmond, Hugh. THE TERRIBLE AWAKENING.* Ehrlich, Max. THE BIG EYE. 1949. * Fits-Gibbon, Ralph E. THE MAN WITH
0150: [SCI-FI] LOT OF 12 VOLUMES SOLD TOGETHEREst. CA$200-CA$300Lot Passed
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[SCI-FI] 11 VOLUMES SOLD TOGETHER: [SCI-FI] 11 volumes sold together, including: Smith, Edward, E. GALACTIC PATROL. Reading: Fantasy Press, 1950. 8vo. 273pp. Dust jacket. * Stapledon, Olaf. WORLDS OF WONDER. Los Angeles: Fantasy
0151: [SCI-FI] 11 VOLUMES SOLD TOGETHEREst. CA$200-CA$300
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[SCI-FI] 5 WORKS IN 7 VOLUMES: [SCI-FI.] 5 works in 7 volumes sold together. All with dust wrappers. 8vo. Including: L.F. Green., THE MAGICIAN. New York, Coward-McCann, 1951 (3 copies).* NOVELS OF MYTERY FROM THE VICTORIAN AGE.,
0152: [SCI-FI] 5 WORKS IN 7 VOLUMESEst. CA$200-CA$300
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[SCI-FI] ISAAC ASIMOV THE CAVES OF STEEL: [SCI-FI] ISAAC ASIMOV THE CAVES OF STEEL. Asimov, Isaac. THE CAVES OF STEEL New York: Doubleday and Co. Inc., 1954. 8vo. 224pp. Dust jacket. Book club edition with the same dust jacket as the first
0153: [SCI-FI] ISAAC ASIMOV THE CAVES OF STEELEst. CA$100-CA$200
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[SCI-FI] ASIMOV, ISAAC. I ROBOT 2 COPIES: [SCI-FI] Asimov, Isaac, I ROBOT. NY, Doubleday, NY, 1963 8vo. BCE edition. Unclipped Dj. Clean, unmarked and tight copy with only very slight spotting to rear of Dj. Dj. design by Johannes Regn. SOLD
0154: [SCI-FI] ASIMOV, ISAAC. I ROBOT 2 COPIESEst. CA$200-CA$300
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[SCI-FI] ASIMOV SECOND FOUNDATION. FIRST 1953: [SCI-FI] ASIMOV SECOND FOUNDATION. FIRST 1953 Asimov, Isaac. SECOND FOUNDATION., New York: Gnome Press, 1953 First edition, 8vo. 210pp. Dustjacket by Ric Binkley, rear board and jacket panel water
0155: [SCI-FI] ASIMOV SECOND FOUNDATION. FIRST 1953Est. CA$50-CA$100
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[SCI-FI] RAY BRADBURY FARENHEIT 4511ST ED. 1953: [SCI-FI] Bradbury, Ray., FARENHEIT 451., New York, Ballantine Books Inc., 1953. 8vo. Dusk Jacket. Condition report available upon request.
0157: [SCI-FI] RAY BRADBURY FARENHEIT 4511ST ED. 1953Est. CA$80-CA$120
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[SCI-FI] RAY BRADBURY THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES: [SCI-FI] Bradbury, Ray. THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES. Garden City: Doubleday and Company Inc, 1950. 8vo. 222pp. Dust jacket. Condition report available upon request.
0158: [SCI-FI] RAY BRADBURY THE MARTIAN CHRONICLESEst. CA$300-CA$500
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[SCI-FI] BURROUGHS, EDGAR. CARSON OF VENUS. 1939: [SCI-FI] Burroughs, Edgar., CARSON OF VENUS., Tarzana, ERB, Inc. Publishers. 1939 8vo. [2] 312pp [2]. Cloth with red lettering. Brown painted top edge. Frontispiece by John Colleman Burroughs.
0167: [SCI-FI] BURROUGHS, EDGAR. CARSON OF VENUS. 1939Est. CA$200-CA$300