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GREAT BINDINGS, SETS AND A SCI-FI COLLECTION.
[BINDINGS] BRENTANOS 6 VOLUMES ON LAID[SCI-FI] SIMAK, CLIFFORD. CITY. GNOME PRESS, 1952[GRABAU] TENNYSON QUEEN MARY LONDON 1875
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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.
[LITERATURE] MALE AUTHORS 12 VOLUMES: [LITERATURE] MALE AUTHORS., 12 volumes sold together including: Conrad, Joseph. THE ROVER. New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1923. 286pp. 8vo. * James, Henry. THE FINER GRAIN. New York: Charles
0100: [LITERATURE] MALE AUTHORS 12 VOLUMESEst. CA$200-CA$300Lot Passed
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[LITERATURE] WOMEN AUTHORS 28 VOLUMES: [LITERATURE] WOMEN AUTHORS., 28 volumes sold together including: Drabble, Margaret. THE SEVEN SISTERS. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Ltd, 2002. 307pp. 8vo. Dust jacket. * Drabble, Margaret. THE
0101: [LITERATURE] WOMEN AUTHORS 28 VOLUMESEst. CA$200-CA$300
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[LITERATURE] 12 VOLUMES SOLD TOGETHER: [LITERATURE] 12 volumes sold together. 8vos. All with Dj. Most clean and unmarked interior with some spotting to end-papers and Djs. Condition report available upon request.
0102: [LITERATURE] 12 VOLUMES SOLD TOGETHEREst. CA$200-CA$300
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[LITERATURE] 3 VOLUMES SOLD TOGETHER: [LITERATURE] 3 volumes sold together. 8vo. Including: Anet, Claude. THE END OF THE WORLD.* Bellamy, Edward. LOOKING BACKWARD.* Foley, Pearl. THE OCTAGON CRYTAL. Condition report available upon
0103: [LITERATURE] 3 VOLUMES SOLD TOGETHEREst. CA$100-CA$200
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[LITERATURE] ROALD DAHL, P G WOODEHOUSE 10 VOL: [LITERATURE] 10 works sold together. 8vo. All with dust-wrappers. Including: Dahl, Roald., KISS KISS. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1960. 308.* Woodehouse, P.G. THE CODE OF THE WOOSTERS., Toronto, M&S,
0104: [LITERATURE] ROALD DAHL, P G WOODEHOUSE 10 VOLEst. CA$200-CA$300
[LITERATURE] 6 VOLUMES SOLD TOGETHER: [LITERATURE] 6 volumes sold together, including: Callaghan, Morley. MORE JOY IN HEAVEN. New York: Random House, 1937. 278pp. 8vo. Dust jacket.* Brown, Audrey, Alexandra. CHALLENGE TO TIME AND DEATH.
0105: [LITERATURE] 6 VOLUMES SOLD TOGETHEREst. CA$100-CA$200Lot Passed
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[LITERATURE] MALE AUTHORS 19 VOLUMES SOLD TOGETHER: [LITERATURE] MALE AUTHORS - 19 volumes sold together including: Salman Rushdi. JOSEPH ANTON. [No place]: Alfred A. Knopf, 2012. 633pp. 8vo. Dust jacket. * Salman Rushdi. FURY. [No place]: Alfred A.
0106: [LITERATURE] MALE AUTHORS 19 VOLUMES SOLD TOGETHEREst. CA$200-CA$300
[LIT] MYSTERY-CRIME. 8 VOLUMES: [MYSTERY-CRIME] 8 volumes sold together including: Lathen, Emma. ASHES TO ASHES. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1971. 185pp. 8vo. Dust jacket. * Sayers, Dorothy L. CLOUDS OF WITNESS & THE
0107: [LIT] MYSTERY-CRIME. 8 VOLUMESEst. CA$200-CA$300Lot Passed
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[LIT] MYSTERY-CRIME. CARY, JOYCE; MURDOCH, IRIS: [MYSTERY-CRIME] [CARY, JOYCE; MURDOCH, IRIS] 8 volumes sold together. 8vo. cloth with original dust jackets, Generally very good. Including: Cary, Joyce. FEARFUL JOY. London: Michael Joseph, 1949. *
0108: [LIT] MYSTERY-CRIME. CARY, JOYCE; MURDOCH, IRISEst. CA$200-CA$300
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[LIT] MYSTERY-CRIME. 5 VOLUMES SOLD TOGETHER: [MYSTERY-CRIME] Wallace, Edgar. THE EDGAR WALLACE POLICE VAN. London: Hodder & Stoughton, [Undated]. 1166pp. 8vo. Dust jacket. * Wallace, Edgar. THE PEOPLE OF THE RIVER. [No place]: Ward Locke & Co.
0109: [LIT] MYSTERY-CRIME. 5 VOLUMES SOLD TOGETHEREst. CA$200-CA$300
[LIT] ONDAATJE, MICHAEL. 7 VOLUMES: [ONDAATJE, MICHAEL] 7 volumes sold together including: Ondaatje, Michael. HANDWRITING. Toronto: McLelland & Stewart Inc, 1998. 78pp. 8vo. Dust jacket. * Ondaatje, Michael. RUNNING IN THE FAMILY.
0110: [LIT] ONDAATJE, MICHAEL. 7 VOLUMESEst. CA$200-CA$300Lot Passed
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[LIT] GEORGE ORWELL. 3 VOLUMES SOLD TOGETHER: Orwell, George. NINETEEN EIGHTY FOUR. Toronto: J. Reginald Saunders & Co. Ltd, 1949. 1st Canadian edition. 8vo. Dust jacket. * Orwell, George. ANIMAL FARM. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company,
0111: [LIT] GEORGE ORWELL. 3 VOLUMES SOLD TOGETHEREst. CA$100-CA$200
[LIT] BERNARD SHAW. 5 VOLUMES: Shaw, Bernard. 5 works sold together, including: THE INTELEGENT WOMAN'S GUIDE TO SOCIALISM AND CAPITALISM. New York, Brentanos, 1928.* (pamphlet) HOW TO SETTLE THE IRISH QUESTION. Dublin, The Talbot
0112: [LIT] BERNARD SHAW. 5 VOLUMESEst. CA$100-CA$200Lot Passed
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[LIT] G. BERNARD SHAW ETC. 9 VOLUMES: [SHAW ETC.] 9 volumes sold together including: Hughes, Ted. BIRTHDAY LETTERS. London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1998. 198pp. 8vo. Dust jacket. * Greene, Graham. A SORT OF LIFE. London: The Bodley
0113: [LIT] G. BERNARD SHAW ETC. 9 VOLUMESEst. CA$200-CA$300
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[LIT] SMITH, ALEXANDER MCCALL: Smith, Alexandre McCaul. Lot of volumes sold together being mostly NO. 1 LADIES DETECTIVE AGENCY NOVELS or ISABEL DALHOUSIE NOVELS. 8vo. all but 1 cloth with dust jackets. Including: THE SATURDAY BIG
0114: [LIT] SMITH, ALEXANDER MCCALLEst. CA$200-CA$300
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[LIT] STERNE, L. SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY NY, BOUTON: Sterne, Laurence. A SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY THROUGH FRANCE AND ITALY. NY, J.W. Bouton, 1884. Large 4to. Half leather. Illustrated with 12 full page photogravures by the Guptil process, and numerous
0115: [LIT] STERNE, L. SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY NY, BOUTONEst. CA$100-CA$200
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[LITERATURE]VONNEGUT JR, KURT. PLAYER PIANO 1ST ED: [LITERATURE] Vonnegut Jr., Kurt. PLAYER PIANO. New York, Charles Scribner's, 1952. First edition "A" 8vo. 295pp. Green cloth with silver lettering to spine. Green Dj. with blue and purple lettering.
0116: [LITERATURE]VONNEGUT JR, KURT. PLAYER PIANO 1ST EDEst. CA$600-CA$800
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[LIT] EDGAR WALLACE. A LOT OF 22 BOOKS: [EDGAR WALLACE] A lot of 22 books including: THE MAN AT THE CARLTON. Wallace, Edgar. Toronto, Musson book Co., n.d. 8vo, full blue cloth with dust jacket ** THE GREEN RIBBON. Wallace, Edgar. London,
0117: [LIT] EDGAR WALLACE. A LOT OF 22 BOOKSEst. CA$100-CA$200
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[LIT] WELTY, EUDORA. THE GOLDEN APPLES: [WELTY] Welty, Eudora. THE GOLDEN APPLES. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1949. 244pp. 8vo. Dust jacket. 1st edition. Condition report available upon request.
0118: [LIT] WELTY, EUDORA. THE GOLDEN APPLESEst. CA$200-CA$300
[LIT] EDITH WHARTON. 2 VOLUMES: [EDITH WHARTON] 2 volumes including: Wharton, Edith. THE REEF. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1912. 8vo. 1st edition, 1st printing. * Edel, Leon. SOME MEMOIRS OF EDITH WHARTON. 8vo. [No place]:
0119: [LIT] EDITH WHARTON. 2 VOLUMESEst. CA$100-CA$200Lot Passed
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[LIT] WOLF, VIRGINIA. THE YEARS 1ST 1937: [LIT] WOLF, VIRGINIA. THE YEARS 1ST 1937 Woolf, Virginia. THE YEARS. London, Hogarth Press, 1937, Small 8vo. 469pp. 1st edition. Green cloth with gilt label to spine. Dust wrapper slightly spotted at
0120: [LIT] WOLF, VIRGINIA. THE YEARS 1ST 1937Est. CA$200-CA$300
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[SCI-FI] COLECO UFO PINBALL MACHINE. LOCAL PICK UP: [Sci-Fi.] Coleco Industries Inc. UFO ELECTRONIC PINBALL. c, 1978 NOTE: No able to ship, sold for pick up only. Ht 134.5 x 101.5 x 49.5 cm; 53 x 40 x 19.5 inches Electronic pinball machine. wood,
0121: [SCI-FI] COLECO UFO PINBALL MACHINE. LOCAL PICK UPEst. CA$400-CA$600
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[SCI-FI] MOVIE REEL WAR OF THE PLANETS: [SCI-FI] MOVIE REEL WAR OF THE PLANETS. Castle Films, WAR OF THE PLANETS, 16mm movie reel in original box. No. 1010 with sound. Great box graphics. c.1958. Condition report available upon request.
0122: [SCI-FI] MOVIE REEL WAR OF THE PLANETSEst. CA$80-CA$120
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[SCI-FI] ABELARD / AYALON 7 VOLUMES SOLD TOGETHER: [SCI-FI] ABELARD / AYALON 7 VOLUMES SOLD TOGETHER. NY., Abelard Press (5vols) and Avalon Books (2vols) Including: Merwin, Sam. (Signed), KILLER TO COME.* Smith, George O., HELLFLOWER.* Del Rey,
0123: [SCI-FI] ABELARD / AYALON 7 VOLUMES SOLD TOGETHEREst. CA$200-CA$300

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