Sold2022Le Carré (John) [The Karla Trilogy], 3 vol., first editions, cut signature of the author toLe Carré (John) [The Karla Trilogy], 3 vol., comprising Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, cut signature of Alec Guinness to page facing title, jacket spine sunned, 1974; The Honourable Schoolboy, jacketSee Sold Price
Sold2022Durrell (Gerald) [The Corfu Trilogy], 3 vol., first edition, 1956-79.Durrell (Gerald) [The Corfu Trilogy], 3 vol., comprising My Family and Other Animals, spotting to endpapers, ink ownership inscription with address to endpaper, spine ends and corners a little bumpedSee Sold Price
Sold2022Trollope (Anthony) Castle Richmond, 3 vol., first edition second issue, 1860; and another by theNO RESERVE Trollope (Anthony) Castle Richmond, 3 vol., first edition second issue, half-titles, scattered spotting, bookplate, contemporary half-calf, gilt, a little rubbed, [Sadleir 10], 1860; Lady ASee Sold Price
Sold2022Trollope (Anthony) The American Senator, 3 vol., first edition in book form, Chapman and Hall, 1877.Trollope (Anthony) The American Senator, 3 vol., first edition in book form, vol. 1 ink ownership inscription to pastedown, vol. 3 p.223 torn with paper repairs (affecting text but without loss), someSee Sold Price
Sold2022Le Carré (John) [The Karla Trilogy], 3 vol., 2 inscribed, 1974-80.Le Carré (John) [The Karla Trilogy], 3 vol., comprising Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, first edition, ink ownership inscription to endpaper, jacket spine sunned, 1974; The Honourable Schoolboy, fourtSee Sold Price
Sold2016Allen Hervey. Anthony Adverse. 1937 3 Vols.Allen Hervey. Anthony Adverse. 3 Vols. NY 1937. Signed by the artist. First Edition. Glassine sleeveSee Sold Price
Sold2022Trollope, Ayala's Angel, 1st EditionTrollope, Anthony. AYALA'S ANGEL. London: Chapman and Hall, 1881. 3 vols., 8vo. First edition. Finely bound by Zaehnsdorf in full textured calf, marbled endpapers, t.e.g. *********** A handsome set anSee Sold Price
Sold2022TOLKIEN (J.R.R.) The Lord of the Rings, 3 vol., FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSIONS, George Allen a...TOLKIEN (J.R.R.) The Lord of the Rings, 3 vol., FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSIONS, with 'sagging text' on p.49 of 'The Return', each with a folding map printed in red and black, publisher's red clothSee Sold Price
Sold2022Dickens (Charles) Great Expectations, 3 vol., first edition, vol. 1-2 second issue, vol. 3 firstDickens (Charles) Great Expectations, 3 vol., first edition, vol. 1-2 second issue, vol. 3 first issue, 32pp. publisher's catalogue dated May 1861 at end of vol.3, occasional light finger-soiling to mSee Sold Price
Sold2022Britain.- Pyne (William Henry) The History of the Royal Residences, 3 vol., first edition, 1819.Britain.- Pyne (William Henry) The History of the Royal Residences, 3 vol., first edition, 100 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates, one gathering in vol.2 lightly foxed, otherwise an excellent clean anSee Sold Price
Sold2022London.- Ackermann (Rudolph) Microcosm of London, 3 vol., first edition, [1808-10].London.- Ackermann (Rudolph) Microcosm of London, 3 vol., first edition, wood-engraved titles, engraved dedication leaves, 104 hand-coloured aquatint plates after Rowlandson and Pugin, some light offsSee Sold Price
Sold2022TOLKIEN (J.R.R.) [The Lord of the Rings], 3 vol., FIRST EDITION, George Allen & Unwin, 1955TOLKIEN (J.R.R.) [The Lord of the Rings], 3 vol., FIRST EDITION, fourth impression of 'The Fellowship of the Ring', second impression of 'The Two Towers', first impression of 'The Return of the King'See Sold Price
Sold2021Hardy (Thomas) The Trumpet Major, 3 vol., first editionHardy (Thomas) The Trumpet Major, 3 vol., first edition in book form, half-titles, one or two faint marginal spots, minor staining (L4, vol. 1 only), short marginal tears not affecting text (B5 & F4,See Sold Price
Sold2023Paxton (Joseph) and John Lindley. Paxton's Flower Garden, 3 vol., first edition, 1851.Paxton (Joseph) and John Lindley. Paxton's Flower Garden, 3 vol., first edition, 108 hand-coloured lithographed plates, those in vol. 1 with tissue guards, wood-engraved illustrations, vol. 1 with conSee Sold Price
Sold2022Borrow (George) Lavengro, 3 vol., first edition, 1851; and others cloth, (c.200).NO RESERVE Borrow (George) Lavengro, 3 vol., first edition, portrait frontispiece, spotting, original cloth, paper spine labels, sunned spines, bumping to corners and extremities, rubbed, 1851 §See Sold Price
Sold2022Fleming (Ian) Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang. The Magical Car, 3 vol., first edition, 1964-65.Fleming (Ian) Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang. The Magical Car, 3 vol., first edition, illustrations by John Burningham, vol. 2 with ink gift inscription, original pictorial boards, vol. 1 spine a little spotSee Sold Price
Sold2023Eliot (George) Adam Bede, 3 vol., first edition, 1859; and 11 others by the same (14)[Evans (Mary Ann)] "George Eliot". Adam Bede, 3 vol., first edition, half-titles, divisional fly-titles, without 16pp. publisher's advertisement at end vol. 3, contemporary ink ownership inscription tSee Sold Price
Sold2022Larsson (Stieg) Millenium series, 3 vol., first English editions, 2008-9; and c.110 others similarLarsson (Stieg) Millenium series, 3 vol., first English editions, 2008-9 § James (P. D.) The Children of Men, 1992 § Rendell (Ruth) Road Rage, 1997 § Osman (Richard) The Thursday MurderSee Sold Price
Sold2016Fleming (Ian) Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, 3 vol., firstFleming (Ian) Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, 3 vol., first editions, illustrated by John Burningham, original pictorial boards, some light toning to head and foot, dust-jackets, vol.1 price-clipped, vol.1 aSee Sold Price
Sold2022Chatterton (Thomas) The Works, 3 vol., first collected edition, 1803.Chatterton (Thomas) The Works, 3 vol., first collected edition, engraved frontispiece and plates, one folding, light spotting and offsetting, "Holland" bookplates to pastedowns, contemporary marbled cSee Sold Price
Sold2022Hardy (Thomas) Tess of the d'Urbervilles. A Pure Woman..., 3 vol., first edition in book form, vol.Hardy (Thomas) Tess of the d'Urbervilles. A Pure Woman..., 3 vol., first edition in book form, vol. 2 first impression, vol. 1 & 3 second impression revised, [these one of 500 copies], half-titles, coSee Sold Price
Sold2022Southey (Robert) Specimens of the Later English Poets, 3 vol., first edition, 1807; and 10 others,Southey (Robert) Specimens of the Later English Poets, 3 vol., first edition, bookplate removed from pastedown leaving paper remnants, light spotting throughout, contemporary half straight-grain morocSee Sold Price
Sold2022Dickens (Charles) Master Humphrey's Clock, 3 vol., first edition, bound from the weekly parts,Dickens (Charles) Master Humphrey's Clock, first edition, bound from the weekly parts, frontispieces and prefaces, an original upper wrapper from a weekly and monthly part bound at the front of each vSee Sold Price
Sold2023West Indies.- Southey (Capt. Thomas) Chronological History of the West Indies, 3 vol., firstNO RESERVE West Indies.- Southey (Capt. Thomas) Chronological History of the West Indies, 3 vol., first edition, half-title, errata bound at beginning vol. 2, scattered spotting, modern boards, 8vo, 1See Sold Price
6 days LeftForum AuctionsDickens (Charles) A Christmas Carol, seventh edition, original cloth, 1844 & others, literature (£100
6 days LeftForum AuctionsGough (Richard) An Account of a Rich Illuminated Missal executed for John Duke of Bedford, bound£100
6 days LeftForum AuctionsTolkien (J.R.R.) The Lord of the Rings, 3 vol., mixed impressions, 1955-56; and 3 others (6)£150
6 days LeftForum AuctionsRunciman (Steven) A History of the Crusades, 3 vol., Cambridge, 1953-54 & others, history (c.135)£100
6 days LeftForum AuctionsVellum Bindings.- Lear (Edward) Journal of a Landscape Painter in Corsica, first edition,£100
6 days LeftForum AuctionsJames (M.R.) Ghost Stories of an Antiquary [&] More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, 2 vol., first£200
6 days LeftForum AuctionsUllmann (Anne) Ravilious at War, one of 750 copies, Upper Denby, Fleece Press, 2002 & others on£150
5 days LeftCentral Mass AuctionsHouse of Secrets # 92 First Swamp Thing, Kull the Conqueror, Nick Fury, Monsters, others$1,400(5 bids)
6 days LeftForum AuctionsSupernatural.- Le Fanu (Joseph Sheridan) In a Glass Darkly, vol. 2 only (of 3), first edition, R.£100
6 days LeftForum AuctionsNatural History.- Moore (Thomas) The Octavo Nature-Printed British Ferns, 2 vol., 1859 & another (3)£150
6 days LeftA.H. Wilkens Auctions & AppraisalsPOPE. THE ILIAD OF HOMER, FIRST EDITION (1715-20)CA$1,200
6 days LeftForum AuctionsFarming.- Hale (Thomas) A Compleat Body of Husbandry, 4 vol., second edition, 1758 & others (16)£100
6 days LeftForum AuctionsCambridge & Cambridge Printing.- McKenzie (D.F.) The Cambridge University Press 1696-1712: A£50
6 days LeftForum AuctionsTorr (Cecil) Rhodes in Ancient Times, first edition, Cambridge, 1885 & others by Torr (25)£75
6 days LeftForum AuctionsFielding (Henry) The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, 6 vol., second edition, attractive later red£260(2 bids)
6 days LeftForum AuctionsColour Printing.- [Caraccioli (Louis Antoine de)] Le Livre à la Mode, 1759 bound with 2 others,£150
6 days LeftForum AuctionsBotany.- Withering (William) A Botanical Arrangement of British Plants, vol.2 only, with extensive£100
Jun 29GCB Estate Sales3 Volume Set of The Letters of Alfred Lord Tennyson by Cecil Y. Lang and Edgar F. Shannon Jr.$15