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Friday 17th June at 10.30am

Including property from the library of a remarkable collector of English literature, who sought out important association copies and first editions of the works of Hardy, Lawrence, Austen, Fleming, Tolkien, Milne, Trollope et al (Lots 1-49).

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Lot	Title	Estimate	Hammer price
1	[AUSTEN, JANE]: MANSFIELD PARK London, T. Egerton, 1814 FIRST EDITION. 3 vols. with half-titles and advertisement leaf in vol. 3. 8vo., handsome 20th century half speckled calf, marbled boards, spines decorated in gilt with red…	£8,000 - £15,000	£22,000	View
2	[AUSTEN, JANE]: EMMA London, John Murray, 1816 FIRST EDITION. 3 vols. with half-titles. 8vo., 20th century full calf by Sangorski, spine in compartments with raised bands, gilt lettering to spine, double gilt rule on…	£8,000 - £15,000	£15,000	View
3	[AUSTEN, JANE]: NORTHANGER ABBEY & PERSUASION London, John Murray, 1818. FIRST EDITION. 4 vols., with half-titles, (after p. xx before Advertisement in vol. 1 & after titles in vols. 2-4). 8vo., 20th century full calf by Sangorski, spine in…	£4,000 - £6,000	£10,500	View
4	[BRONTË, CHARLOTTE]. BELL, CURRER: VILLETTE London, Smith, Elder & Co, 1853 FIRST EDITION. 3 vols. 12 pp. publisher’s catalogue dated Feb. 1853 at end of vol. 1, Westley’s of London bookbinder’s ticket. 8vo., original blind-stamped olive…	£4,000 - £8,000	£4,000	View
5	[BRONTË, CHARLOTTE]. BELL, CURRER: THE PROFESSOR, A TALE London, Smith, Elder & Co 1857 FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. Half-titles in both volumes, 2 pp. publisher’s catalogue at end of vol. 1 & 16 pp. publisher’s catalogue at end of vol. 2 dated June…	£2,000 - £4,000	£2,800	View
6	CHRISTIE, AGATHA: HALLOWE'EN PARTY London, Collins Crime Club, 1969 PRESENTATION COPY, signed and inscribed by the author to Mrs Honeybone on front free endpaper in the year of publication. FIRST EDITION. 8vo., red cloth, original…	£600 - £1,000	£1,700	View
7	CHRISTIE, AGATHA: ELEPHANTS CAN REMEMBER London, Collins Crime Club, 1972 PRESENTATION COPY, signed and inscribed by the author on title page to her private secretary Daphne Honeybone (see above) in the year of publication. FIRST EDITION.…	£600 - £1,000	£1,700	View
8	CHRISTIE, AGATHA: POIROT'S EARLY CASES London, Collins Crime Club, 1974. PRESENTATION COPY, signed and inscribed by the author on title page to her private secretary Daphne Honeybone (see above) in the year of publication. FIRST EDITION.…	£600 - £1,000	£1,800	View
9	CHRISTIE, AGATHA; THE MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR AT STYLES London, John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1921 FIRST EDITION. 8vo., original tan cloth decorated and lettered in black, front of original and rare dust jacket affixed to upper pastedown. Later quarter…	£8,000 - £12,000	£16,000	View
10	DOYLE, SIR ARTHUR CONAN: THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES London, George Newnes, 1902 FIRST EDITION, first issue with ‘you’ for ‘your’ p.13, line 3. Frontispiece and 15 plates by Sidney Paget. 8vo., original scarlet cloth blocked in black and gilt. …	£1,500 - £2,500	£2,000	View
11	DOYLE, SIR ARTHUR CONAN: THE ADVENTURES & MEMOIRS OF SHERLOCK HOLMES London, George Newnes, 1892 & 1894 [1893]. FIRST EDITIONS. 2 vols. All illustrations by Sidney Paget present in both volumes. 4to., original light blue and dark blue cloth blocked and titled in…	£2,000 - £4,000	£5,000	View
12	DOYLE, SIR ARTHUR CONAN: THE WHITE COMPANY Smith, Elder & Co, 1891 FIRST EDITION, one of 750 copies. 3 vols., original red-brown cloth blocked in black and titled in black and gilt, grey floral endpapers. An exceptionally bright copy in…	£7,000 - £11,000	-	View
13	FLEMING, IAN: CASINO ROYALE London, Jonathan Cape, 1953 FIRST EDITION, IN THE FIRST ISSUE DUST JACKET OF THE FIRST JAMES BOND NOVEL. 8vo., original black cloth lettered in red with red heart on upper cover, original unclipped…	£8,000 - £15,000	£8,000	View
14	FLEMING, IAN: DR. NO London, Jonathan Cape, 1958 FIRST EDITION. 8vo., original black cloth with dancing girl in brown on upper cover, original dust jacket. Very good.	£800 - £1,500	£950	View
15	FLEMING, IAN: ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE London, Jonathan Cape, 1963 FIRST EDITION, no. 109 of 250 copies SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Frontispiece portrait of Ian Fleming from the painting by Amherst Villiers. 8vo., original vellum backed black…	£7,000 - £10,000	-	View
16	FLEMING, IAN: YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE London, Jonathan Cape, 1964 FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR – “To Philip CMG from Ian (failed OBE)” on front free endpaper. 8vo., original black cloth with lettering in gilt…	£8,000 - £15,000	-	View
17	HARDY, THOMAS:THE RETURN OF THE NATIVE London, Smith, Elder & Co., 1878 FIRST EDITION. AUTOGRAPH RECEIPT SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR for the contribution of an episode of the novel to “Belgravia” loosely inserted. 3 vols., map frontispiece…	£3,000 - £5,000	£3,600	View
18	HARDY, THOMAS: UNDER THE GREENWOOD TREE London, Tinsley Brothers, 1876 FIRST ONE VOLUME & FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Frontispiece, illustrated title page and plates by R. Knight. 8vo., original green cloth, decorated in black and gilt…	£200 - £400	£260	View
19	HARDY, THOMAS: TESS OF THE D'URBERVILLES London, James R. Osgood & McIlvaine, 1891 FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSION. One of 1000 copies. 3 vols. 8vo., original tan cloth with honeysuckle design by Charles Ricketts in gilt on upper cover…	£5,000 - £8,000	£4,600	View
20	HARDY, THOMAS: TESS OF THE D'URBERVILLES London, James R. Osgood & McIlvaine, 1891 FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSION. One of 1000 copies. 3 vols. 8vo., handsomely bound in later half tan morocco, marbled paper covered boards, spine…	£1,000 - £2,000	£1,100	View
21	HARDY, THOMAS: TESS OF THE D'URBERVILLES London, James R. Osgood & McIlvaine, 1892 FIRST EDITION, second impression. One of 500 copies. vols. 8vo., original cloth with honeysuckle design by Charles Ricketts in gilt on upper cover,…	£800 - £1,500	-	View
22	HARDY, THOMAS: A GROUP OF NOBLE DAMES London, James R. Osgood & McIlvaine, 1891 FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR to Sir George Douglas, 2 days after publication (June 2, 1891). 8vo., original pictorial light…	£3,000 - £6,000	£4,600	View
23	HARDY, THOMAS: A GROUP OF NOBLE DAMES London, Osgood, McIlvaine & Co., 1896 Vol XV of the first edition of Osgood, McIlvaine & Co.’s Wessex Novels. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on first blank “To Mrs Henry…	£3,000 - £4,000	£3,000	View
24	HARDY, THOMAS: DESPERATE REMEDIES London, Osgood, McIlvaine & Co., 1896 Vol XII of the Osgood, McIlvaine & Co.’s Wessex Novels. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the half-title, dated Dec. 1913. Frontispiece of Knapwater House, map of…	£1,500 - £2,500	£1,500	View

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