Done
Toronto, ON, Canada
Auction Details
GREAT BINDINGS, SETS AND A SCI-FI COLLECTION.
Canada Book Auctions
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.
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![[BINDINGS] BRENTANOS 6 VOLUMES ON LAID](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/8124/236741/123120771_1_x.jpg?height=300&quality=70&version=1644879586)
![[SCI-FI] SIMAK, CLIFFORD. CITY. GNOME PRESS, 1952](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/8124/236741/123120608_1_x.jpg?height=300&quality=70&version=1644879586)
![[GRABAU] TENNYSON QUEEN MARY LONDON 1875](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/8124/236741/123120908_1_x.jpg?height=300&quality=70&version=1644879586)
![[SCI-FI] ARKHAM HOUSE PUBLISHER 7 VOLUMES: [Arkham House Publishers]. A LOT OF 7 VOLUMES SOLD TOGETHER. Sauk City, WI, all 8vo, including: WEST INDIA LIGHTS (2 copies). * THE WEB OF EASTERN ISLAND.* THE DOLL AND ONE OTHER.* NIGHT'S YANING](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/8124/236741/123120421_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1644879586)
![[SCI-FI] BALENTINE BOOKS 5 VOLUMES SOLD TOGETHER: NY, Valentine Books. Hardcovers. Small 8vos. Including: Duncan, David., BEYOND EDEN.* Pratt, Fletcher., THE UNDYING FIRE.* Sold with 3 others. All with unclipped Dj. Most clean and unmarked interior](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/8124/236741/123120423_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1644879586)
![[SCI-FI] DOUBLEDAY 11 VOLUMES SOLD TOGETHER: NY., Doubleday and Co. Small 8vos. 11 volusmes sold together. Including: Asimov, Isaac., THE CURRENTS OF SPACE., BCE * Simak, Clifford D., THEY WALKED LIKE MEN., BCE * Pratt, Fletcher., DOUBLE IN](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/8124/236741/123120426_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1644879586)
![[SCI-FI] FANTASY 4 VOLUMES SOLD TOGETHER: [SCI-FI.] Fantasy Publisher. Los Angeles, Fantasy Publisher. 8vos. 4 volumes sold together. Including: PLANETS OF ADVENTURE AND RADIUM POOL. Dj disigned by Jack Gauhan. * THE STELLAR MISSILES.* THE](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/8124/236741/123120429_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1644879586)
![[SCI-FI] FANTASY PRESS 5 VOLUMES: [SCI-FI.] Fantasy Press Reading, PA. 8vo. 5 volumes sold together. Including: (with Djs. by Ed Cartier) GENUS HOME, DREADFUL SANTUARY and SINISTER BARRIER.* (with Djs by A.J. Donnell) TRIP PLANETARY,](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/8124/236741/123120432_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1644879586)
![[SCI-FI] GNOME PRESS 24 VOLUMES SOLD TOGETHER: [Gnome Press]. A lot of 24 volumes sold together. 8vo cloth with original dustjackets, including: Anderson, Poul. EARTHMAN'S BURDEN. 195.7 * Barnes, Arthur. INTERPLANETARY HUNTER. 1956.* Beyer,](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/8124/236741/123120434_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1644879586)
![[SCI-FI] GREENBERG 5 VOLUMES SOLD TOGETHER: [SCI-FI.] Greenberg Publisher, 5 volumes sold together, 8vo. including: THE GREEN MAN OF GRAYPEC.* WINE OF THE DREAMERS (2 copies).* THE DREAMING JEWELS.* SPACE HAWK. All with Unclipped Djs.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/8124/236741/123120437_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1644879586)
![[SCI-FI] HAMILTON 13 VOLUMES SOLD TOGETHER: [SCI-FI] HAMILTON 13 VOLUMES SOLD TOGETHER. Uk. Panther Books published by Hamilton & Co. Small 8vos. 13 volumes sold together. Including: THE VENOM SEEKERS.* THE STARS ARE OURS.* ANTRO THE LIFE](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/8124/236741/123120440_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1644879586)
![[SCI-FI] SIMON & SCHUSTER 6 VOLUMES SOLD TOGETHER: NY., Simon and Schuster. 8vo. Including: Simak, Clifford D., TIME AND AGAIN.* Williamson. Jack., DRAGON'S ISLAND.* THE HUMANOIDS.* Sold with 3 others. All but one with unclipped Dj. Most clean and](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/8124/236741/123120443_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1644879586)
![[SCI-FI] UK PUBLISHERS 8 VOLUMES SOLD TOGETHER: UK Publishers. 8 volumes sold together. Small 8vos. Including: Farjeon, J. Jefferson., DEATH OF A WORLD.* Charles, Neil., THE LAND OF ESA.* Grant, Joan., LORD OF THE HORIZON.* Sold with 5 others. All](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/8124/236741/123120446_2_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1645456376)
![[SCI-FI] JOHN WINSTON PUBLISHER 14 VOLUMES: [SCI-FI.] 14 works sold together. Published by THE JOHN C WINSTON CO. All stated First Edition, all with dust-wrappers. 8vo. 7 volumes with Jacket designed by Alex Schomburg. Including: Lesser,](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/8124/236741/123120448_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1644879586)
![[SCI-FI] 7 VOLUMES ANTHOLOGY: [SCI-FI] 7 VOLUMES ANTHOLOGY. Wollheim, Donald, A. NOVELS OF SCIENCE. New York, The Viking Press, 1948. 8vo. 737pp. Dust jacket. * Sloane, William. SPACE, SPACE, SPACE. New York: Franklin Watts Inc.,](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/8124/236741/123120451_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1644879586)
![[SCI-FI] MISC - ETC ANTHOLOGY 13 VOLUMES: [SCI-FI.] 13 volumes. sold together. 8vo., Including: MEN AGAINTS THE STARS., JOURNEY OF INFINITY., IMAGINATION UNLIMITED. with dust-wrappers by Edd Cartier. * ALL ABOUT THE FUTURE.* 9 TALES OF SPACE](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/8124/236741/123120454_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1644879586)
![[SCI-FI] ANTHOLOGIES 11 VOLUMES: [SCI-FI] ANTHOLOGIES. 11 works sold together. All with dust-wrappers. 8vo. Including: SEVEN SCIENCE FICTION NOVELS BY H.G. WELLS., New York, Dover, 1950. 8vo. 1015pp.* A GALAXY OF SCIENCE FISCTION](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/8124/236741/123120457_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1644879586)
![[SCI-FI] ATOMIC AGE 5 VOLUMES SOLD TOGETHER: SCI-FI: Atomic Age. 5 volumes sold together. Including: Bechdolt, Jack., THE TORCH.,(3 copies). Sold with 2 others. All with Dj. Most clean and unmarked interior with some spotting to end-papers.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/8124/236741/123120459_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1644879586)
![[SCI-FI] FANTASY 7 VOLUMES SOLD TOGETHER: [SCI-FI] 7 volumes sold together, including: Wilson, Richard. THE GIRL FROM PLANET 5. New York: Ballantine Books, 1955. 8vo. 184pp. Dust jacket. * Taine, John. SEEDS OF LIFE. Reading: Fantasy Press,](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/8124/236741/123120462_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1644879586)
![[SCI-FI] MISC - ETC. FUTURE 10 VOLUMES: [SCI-FI.] 10 volumes sold together, Including: Gernsback, Hugo: Ralph 124C 41+, THRILLING ADVENTURES IN THE YEAR 2660, Second edition, 1950. * Wilson Tucker., THE TIME MASTERS AND THE CITY IN THE](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/8124/236741/123120465_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1644879586)
![[SCI-FI] GHOSTS ETC. 9 VOLUMES SOLD TOGETHER: [SCI-FI] 9 volumes sold together, including: Wheatley, Dennis. THE HAUNTING OF TOBY JUGG. [No place]: Hutchinson & Co., 8vo. 1949. 292pp. Dust jacket. * Broughton, Rhoda. TWILIGHT STORIES. LONDON:](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/8124/236741/123120468_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1644879586)
![[SCI-FI] MARTIANS ETC. 10 VOLUMES SOLD TOGETHER: [SCI-FI] 10 volumes sold together, including: Weinbaum, Stanley G. A MARTIAN ODYSSEY. Reading: Fantasy Press, 1949. 8vo. 289pp. Dust jacket. * Stanley, A.M. TOMORROW’S YESTERDAY. Philadelphia:](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/8124/236741/123120471_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1644879586)
![[SCI-FI] MYSTERY + IMAGINTATION 13 VOLUMES: 13 volumes sold together. Small 8vos. Including: Green, F.L., THE MAGICIAN.* Dumas Alexander., THE WOLF LEADER.* Cody, C.S. THE WITCHING NIGHT.* Sold with10 more. Condition report available upon](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/8124/236741/123120473_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1644879586)
![[SCI-FI] ROCKETS 5 VOLUMES SOLD TOGETHER: [SCI-FI] ROCKETS 5 VOLUMES SOLD TOGETHER. Pohl Frederik and Kornbluth, C.M. THE SPACE MERCHANTS. New York: Ballantine Books, 1953. 8vo. 179pp. Dust jacket. * Smith, George O. NOMAD. Philadelphia:](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/8124/236741/123120476_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1644879586)
![[SCI-FI] SPACE-DUSTJACKETS 12 VOLS SOLD TOGETHER: [SCI-FI.] 12 volumes sold together. Various publishers. 8vo. Including: Carnell, John (Signed), NO PLACE LIKE EARTH.* Duts-wrapppes art works by: D.M.C. Loughlin, J. Chambers, Mel Hunter, Sidney](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/8124/236741/123120479_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1644879586)
![[SCI-FI] LOT OF 8 MAGAZINES SOLD AS A GROUP: [SCI-FI] LOT OF 8 MAGAZINES SOLD AS A GROUP. AMAZING STORIES. Chicago: Ziff-Davis, 1946. Vol 20, No.9. * THE SPIDER. Chicago: Popular Publications , 1940. Generally fair with imperfections and](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/8124/236741/123120482_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1644879586)
![[SCI-FI] LOT OF 11 VOLUMES SOLD TOGETHER: [SCI-FI.] 11 volumes sold together, including: Campbell, John W. ANALOG 1. 1960 * Castle, Jeffery Lloyd. SATELITE E ONE. 1954. * Gold, H.L. THE SIX GALAXY READER. 1956. * Hamilton, Edmond. THE STAR](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/8124/236741/123120484_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1644879586)
