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] 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](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/8124/236741/123120487_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1644879586)
![[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.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/8124/236741/123120491_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1644879586)
![[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](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/8124/236741/123120494_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1644879586)
![[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](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/8124/236741/123120496_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1644879586)
![[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.,](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/8124/236741/123120499_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1644879586)
![[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](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/8124/236741/123120502_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1644879586)
![[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](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/8124/236741/123120505_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1644879586)
![[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](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/8124/236741/123120508_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1644879586)
![[SCI-FI] BRADBURY, RAY. GOLDEN APPLES 1st 1953: [SCI-FI] BRADBURY, RAY. GOLDEN APPLES 1st 1953. Bradbury, Ray., GOLDEN APPLES., NY, Doubleday & Co., 1953 8vo. 250pp. First edition. Unclipped Dj. Clean, unmarked and tight copy. Dj. stained at rear](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/8124/236741/123120511_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1644879586)
![[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.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/8124/236741/123120513_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1644879586)
![[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.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/8124/236741/123120516_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1644879586)
![[SCI-FI.] BROWNE, H. RETURN OF THARN SIGNED 1956: [SCI-FI.] Browne, Howard. RETURN OF THRAN. Rhode Island, The Grand Company, 1956. 8vo. 253pp. Signed by author. Slightly spotted Dj. Condition report available upon request.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/8124/236741/123120519_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1644879586)
![[SCI-FI] BURROUGHS, EDGAR. THUVIA MAID OF MARS: [SCI-FI] Burroughs, Edgar., THUVIA MAID OF MARS., Tarzana, ERB, Inc. Publishers. 1920 8vo. Cloth with red lettering. [8] 256pp [1] Brown painted top edge. Frontispiece by J. Allen St. John. Unclipped](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/8124/236741/123120522_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1644879586)
![[SCI-FI] BURROUGHS,EDGAR.THE CHESSMEN OF MARS 1922: [SCI-FI] Burroughs, Edgar Rice. THE CHESSMAN OF MARS. Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. 1922. 8vo. 375 pp, frontispiece, red lettering to cover, illustrated dust jacket , tape remnant on spine.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/8124/236741/123120524_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1644879586)
![[SCI-FI] BURROUGHS. THE MASTER MIND OF MARS: [SCI-FI] Burroughs, Edgar Rice. THE MASTER MIND OF MARS. Tarzana: California, 1928. 8vo. 312pp.Dust jacket. * Condition report available upon request.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/8124/236741/123120527_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1644879586)
![[SCI-FI] BURROUGHS,EDGAR. A FIGHTING MAN OF MARS: [SCI-FI] Burroughs, Edgar., A FIGHTING MAN OF MARS., Tarzana, ERB, Inc. Publishers. 1931 8vo. 319pp. Cloth with red lettering. Brown painted top edge. Frontispiece by Hugh Hutton. Unclipped Dj.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/8124/236741/123120530_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1644879586)
![[SCI-FI] BURROUGHS, EDGAR RICE. PIRATES OF VENUS: [SCI-FI] Burroughs, Edgar., PIRATES OF VENUS., Tarzana, ERB, Inc. Publishers. 1934. 8vo. 314pp. Cloth with red lettering. Brown painted top edge. Frontispiece by J Allen St John. Unclipped Dj. Clean,](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/8124/236741/123120533_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1644879586)
![[SCI-FI] BURROUGHS, EDGAR. LOST ON VENUS 1935: [SCI-FI] Burroughs, Edgar., LOST ON VENUS. Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc, 1935. 8vo. 318 pp. Frontispiece by J. Allen St. John. Cloth with red lettering, illustrated dust jacket, tape remnant on](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/8124/236741/123120535_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1644879586)
![[SCI-FI] BURROUGHS, EDGAR. SWORDS OF MARS 0936: [SCI-FI] Burroughs, Edgar Rice. SWORDS OF MARS. Tarzana, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc, 1936. 8vo. 315 pp, frontispiece by j. Allen St. John. Cloth with red lettering, illustrated dust jacket. Tape](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/8124/236741/123120538_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1644879586)
![[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.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/8124/236741/123120541_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1644879586)
![[SCI-FI] BURROUGHS, EDGAR. A PRINCESS OF MARS 1939: [SCI-FI] Burroughs, Edgar Rice. A PRINCESS OF MARS. Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. 1939 8vo. xii; 326 pp, frontispiece, Cloth with red lettering, illustrated dust jacket. tape remnant on spine.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/8124/236741/123120544_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1644879586)
![[SCI-FI] BURROUGHS, EDGAR. THE GODS OF MARS 1940: [SCI-FI] Burroughs, Edgar., THE GODS OF MARS., Tarzana, ERB, Inc. Publishers. 1940 8vo. [xi] 348pp. Cloth with red lettering. Brown painted top edge. Frontispiece by Frank E Schoonover. Unclipped Dj.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/8124/236741/123120547_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1644879586)
![[SCI-FI] BURROUGHS, EDGAR. SYNTHETIC MEN OF MARS: [SCI-FI] Burroughs, Edgar., SYNTHETIC MEN OF MARS., Tarzana, ERB, Inc. Publishers. 1940 8vo. [4] 315pp.[5] Cloth with red lettering. Brown painted top edge. Frontispiece by John Coleman Burroughs.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/8124/236741/123120549_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1644879586)
![[SCI-FI] BURROUGHS, EDGARD. SCAPE FROM VENUS 1st: [SCI-FI] Burroughs, Edgar., SCAPE FROM VENUS., Tarzana, ERB, Inc. Publishers. 8vo. 347pp. Cloth with red lettering. First edition. Red painted top edge. B/w illustrations by John Coleman Burroughs,](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/8124/236741/123120552_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1644879586)
