Sold2017Kingsley Amis: Lucky Jim. 1954. First EditionLucky Jim by Kingsley Amis. 1954. First Edition. Stated First Edition, Doubleday, New York, 1954. Hardcover. Brick colored cloth over boards with cream lettering on spine. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. The EdwardSee Sold Price
Sold2022Amis (Kingsley) Dear Illusion, first edition, one of 100 copies signed by the author, from anNO RESERVE Amis (Kingsley) Dear Illusion, first edition, one of 100 copies signed by the author, from an edition of 600, 1984; A Frame of Mind, first edition, one of 150 copies, Edinburgh, 1953, origiSee Sold Price
Sold2022Amis (Kingsley) One Fat Englishman, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author,Amis (Kingsley) One Fat Englishman, signed presentation inscription from the author "A first edition at last to good old Bryan [Forbes]" to endpaper, 1963; Ending Up, presentation inscription "KingsleSee Sold Price
Sold2022Chandler (Raymond) The Long Goodbye, first edition, 1953; and 2 others, crime (3)Chandler (Raymond) The Long Goodbye, first edition, light spotting, original boards, slight shelf-lean, dust-jacket, very light sunning to spine, chipping, tearing and creasing to head and foot, extreSee Sold Price
Sold2018Wright: The Future of Architecture First Edition 1953Title: The Future of Architecture Author: Frank Lloyd Wright Publisher: Horizon, 1953 Edition: 1st 326 pp. 4T0. 33 photo illustrations. Collection of lectures, essays and a transcript of TV interviewSee Sold Price
Sold2018Forster (E.M.) The Hill of Devi, first edition, 1953;NO RESERVE Forster (E.M.) The Hill of Devi, first edition, plates, original cloth, dust-jacket, price-clipped, spine ends and corners a little chipped, light surface soiling to lower panel, 1953; andSee Sold Price
Sold2023Edgar Box (Gore Vidal) "Death Before Bedtime" First Edition 1953Edgar Box (Gore Vidal), "Death Before Bedtime", E.P. Dutton & Co., Stated First Edition, 1953, Edgar Box was the pseudonym used by Gore Vidal for the writing of three mysteries, BoSee Sold Price
Sold2024Mystery of the Third Mine by Robert W. LowndesMystery of the Third Mine by Robert W. Lowndes. Stated First Edition, 1953. Book is EX+/NM, dust jacket VG+/EX. Provenance: Washington State Estate Collection. If lot is absent of a condition report oSee Sold Price
Sold2022Joseph Conrad Lord Jim First American EditionHeading: Author: Conrad, Joseph Title: Lord Jim Place Published: New York Publisher:Doubleday & McClure Date Published: 1900 Description: [vi], 392 pp. (8vo) original green clotSee Sold Price
Sold2019Joseph Conrad Lord Jim First American EditionHeading: Author: Conrad, Joseph Title: Lord Jim Place Published: New York Publisher:Doubleday & McClure Date Published: 1900 Description: [vi], 392 pp. (8vo) original greenSee Sold Price
Sold2024Granta 25 Murder (The Murderee) By Martin Amis SIGNED First EditionGranta 25 Murder (The Murderee) By Martin Amis SIGNED First Edition published by Penguin, New YorkSee Sold Price
Sold2021Jim Hall (9) LP Record LP Albums [Jazz]Nine (9) Jim Hall vinyl record albums. Includes: 1) George Shearing - Jim Hall First Edition CJ-177. 2) Jim Hall's Three CJ-298 (FACTORY SEALED). 3) Jim Hall Concierto CTI 2012 (FACTORY SEALED). ... aSee Sold Price
Sold2022FLEMING (IAN) Casino Royale, FIRST EDITION, Jonathan Cape, [1953]FLEMING (IAN) Casino Royale, FIRST EDITION, old ownership inscription erased from front free endpaper, bookseller's label ('Vanguard Booksellers..., Johannesburg') on front paste-down, publisher's blSee Sold Price
Sold2020Jim Harrison (7) First Edition BooksCollection of seven books by Jim Harrison. All are stated first edition/printing with unclipped dust jackets. Includes: 1) Sundog. 1984., 2) The Beast God Forgot to Invent. 2000. 3) Just Before Dark.See Sold Price
Sold2017Blue Trout and Black Truffles 1953 First EditionBlue Trout and Black Truffles by Joseph Wechsberg. 1953 first edition with dust jacket. Alfred A. Knopf, New York. Book excellent, dust jacket very good to excellent. Provenance: Estate of Russell JohSee Sold Price
Sold2024Erle Stanley Gardner The Case of The Green-Eyed Sister William Morrow 1953 First EditionErle Stanley Gardner, Perry Mason in The Case of The Green-Eyed Sister, William Morrow & Company, New York 1953, First Edition, Condition good, dust jacket has chips and tears protected in mySee Sold Price
Sold20211953 First Edition U.S. Camera 1954 Book with Dust1953 First Edition U.S. Camera 1954 Book with Dust JacketSee Sold Price
Sold2023[Counter-Culture] Burroughs, William S. Group of 15 Titles, Including 8 Signed[Counter-Culture] Burroughs, William S. Group of 15 Titles, Including 8 Signed 1. Lee, William (William S. Burroughs)JunkieNew York: Ace Books, Inc., (1953). First edition. 12mo. 149 pp. Bound with MaSee Sold Price
Sold2022[DODO] HACHISUKA, MASAUJI. The Dodo and kindred birds or the extinct birds of the Mascarene Islands.[DODO] HACHISUKA, MASAUJI. The Dodo and kindred birds or the extinct birds of the Mascarene Islands. London: H.F. & G. Witherby Ltd. 1953. First edition, copy 83 from an edition of 485. Publisher's blSee Sold Price
Sold2022Fleming, Ian Casino RoyaleFleming, Ian Casino Royale London: Jonathan Cape, 1953. First edition, 8vo, library rebind with green cloth spine over black cloth boards, bookplate of the St. John and Red Cross Hospital Library, sevSee Sold Price
Sold2023[DRUGS, LITERATURE, WILLIAM BURROUGHS] JunkieWilliam Lee [William S. Burroughs]; Maurice Helbrant Junkie / Narcotic Agent New York: Ace Books, 1953.First Edition.16cm x 11cm. 149, 169 pages, 2 volumes in one. Illustrated wrappers. The Ace DoubleSee Sold Price
Sold2020Kasamatsu Shiro (Japanese, 1898-1991)DESCRIPTION: Kasamatsu Shiro (Japanese, 1898-1991). Woodblock print. Benkeibashi Bridge, Akasaka 1953. Signed lower right. First edition published in 1953 by Unsodo. With calligraphy left side and topSee Sold Price
Sold2022Apollo Astronauts (4) Signed BooksFour signed books: a softcover copy of To Rule the Night, signed and inscribed on the half-title page in black felt tip by Jim Irwin; a first edition of Never Panic Early, hardcover with dust jacket,See Sold Price
Sold2021GRESHAM, William Lindsay. Monster Midway. NewGRESHAM, William Lindsay. Monster Midway. New York/Toronto: Rinehart & Company, 1953. FIRST EDITION. Publisher’s black cloth, dust-jacket designed by Sue Foster. 8vo. Clean, unmarked copy. JackeSee Sold Price
17 hrs LeftZikorn Arts & History ObjectsGeorges Simenon: Satan's Children, Two Novels, First Edition, 1953US$100
17 hrs LeftZikorn Arts & History ObjectsWilliam Saroyan: The Laughing Matter, 1953 First EditionUS$50(1 bid)
Jun 07Freeman's | HindmanHUGHES. Laughing To Keep From Crying. 1952. -- Simple Takes a Wife. 1953. FIRST EDITIONS.US$300
Jun 07Freeman's | HindmanHUGHES, Langston. Simple Takes a Wife. 1953. FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY HUGHES.US$750
5 days LeftMynt AuctionsVintage "Christopher Mathewson" by Gene Schoor 1953 1st Edition Book 179386US$10
May 25Basel Auction HouseFramed Mixed Media and collage on paper signed Wilfredo LAM (1902-1982) and dated 1953.US$1,300
4 days LeftUkiyoe Gallery Japanese Woodblock PrintsKasamatsu Shiro: Harvest 1953 1st Ed WoodblockUS$300(3 bids)
4 days LeftUkiyoe Gallery Japanese Woodblock PrintsAsano Takeji: Kurama Temple 1953 1st Ed WoodblockUS$100(1 bid)
4 days LeftUkiyoe Gallery Japanese Woodblock PrintsKasamatsu Shiro: Planting Rice 1953 1st Ed WoodblockUS$100(1 bid)
17 hrs LeftZikorn Arts & History ObjectsRupert Latimer: Murder After Christmas, 1944 First EditionUS$150
18 hrs LeftRapid Estate Liquidators and Auction GalleryNancy Drew #29 "The Mystery At The Ski Jump" 1953 Dust Jacket First EditionUS$70
18 hrs LeftRapid Estate Liquidators and Auction GalleryNancy Drew #31 "The Ringmaster's Secret" 1953 Dust Jacket First EditionUS$40