for our Antique, Fine Art and Collectables auction held on Thursday 13th of July 2023
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| 637 | An Asprey's Perfect Library Gazetteer comprising French English Dictionary, English Quotations and Proverbs, French and Latin Quotations, Atlas, Encyclopaedia, Classics and Mythology and a Dictionary, all contained in an inlaid mahogany book trough 10cm h x 20cm w x 16cm d | 80-120 |
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| 650 | John Wyndham, "The Midwich Cuckoos", British first edition 1957, dust cover unclipped price 8VO | 150-250 |
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| 651 | Isaac Asimov, "Foundation", first Uk edition 1953, together with "Second Foundation" first edition New York Known Press 1953, unclipped dust jacket | 200-300 |
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| 652 | Isaac Asimov "I Robot" first Uk edition 1952 with unclipped dust jacket, green cloth black text to spine | 200-300 |
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| 653 | Isaac Asimov "Foundation and Empire", first edition 1952 Known Press New York, complete with dust jacket unclipped price | 100-150 |
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| 654 | John Wyndham, "The Seeds of Time" Uk first edition 1956, "Trouble with Liking" UK first edition, second impression 1960 and "Chocky" first UK edition 1968, all with unclipped dust jackets | 100-150 |
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| 655 | Fred Hoyle "The Black Cloud" first edition Heinemann 1957 with original dust jacket, together with "Ossian's Ride" GB first edition 1959 with unclipped dust cover | 40-60 |
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| 656 | Edward E Smith, a collection of 9 science fiction novels, all first editions - "Triplanetary" GB 1954 with unclipped dust jacket, "First Lensman" GB 1955 with unclipped dust jacket, "Skylark of Valeron" USA 1949 unclipped dust jacket, "Second Stage Lensmen" USA 1953 unclipped dust jacket, "Spacehounds of IPC" USA 1947 no dust jacket, "Grey Lensman" USA 1951 the dust jacket glued to inside frontice piece, "Galactic Patrol" USA 1950 no dust jacket, "The Vortex Blaster" USA 1960 unclipped dust jacket and "Children of The Lens" USA 1954 unclipped dust jacket | 50-100 |
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| 657 | Isaac Asimov, 3 first editions, "Only A Trillion" 1957 with clipped dust cover, "Fantastic Voyage" 1966 with dust cover and "The Exploding Suns" 1985 with dust cover | 40-60 |
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| 658 | Five science fiction novels, all UK first editions with unclipped dust covers, to include John Brunner "Telepathist" and "The Long Result" 1965, James Blish "Earthman Come Home" 1959, "A Clash of Cymbals" second impression 1959 and "The Seedlings Stars" 1957 | 40-60 |
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| 659 | Arthur C Clarke, 7 UK first editions, all with unclipped dust jackets, to include "Earth Light" 1955, "Islands in the Sky" 1952, "The City and the Stars" 1956, "Childhood's End" 1954, "Imperial Earth" 1975, "The Ghost From The Grand Banks" London 1990 and "The Fountains of Paradise" London 1979 | 40-60 |
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| 660 | Robert A Heinlein, 7 science fiction novels to include "Tunnel in the Sky" 1955 unclipped dust jacket, "I Will Fear No Evil" 1971 unclipped dust jacket, "The Green Hills of Earth" 1954 unclipped dust jacket, "Assignment in Eternity" 1955 unclipped dust jacket, "Man Who Sold the Moon" 1953 no dust jacket, "The Puppet Masters" 1953 no dust jacket and "The Number of the Beast" 1980 unclipped dust jacket | 30-40 |
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| 661 | Eric Frank Russell, "Centenals From Space" first edition 1954 unclipped dust jacket, "The Great Explosion" 1962 unclipped dust jacket and "Deep Space" 1956 no dust jacket | 40-60 |
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| 662 | Murray Leinster, "Space Tug" first edition USA 1953 with dust cover and "Operation Outer Space" London 1957 with unclipped dust cover | 50-70 |
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| 663 | A collection of approximately 240 Galaxy science fiction magazines circa 1951 to mid 1970's | 40-60 |
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| 664 | A collection of approximately 70 "The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction" and "Science Fantasy" magazines circa 1954 to 1970 | 50-75 |
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| 665 | Hal Clement, "Mission to Gravity" first edition London 1955 with unclipped dust cover, stamp to front page Don Milne Ltd, The Science Fiction Centre Auckland New Zealand | 40-60 |
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| 666 | Fifteen Gollancz published science fiction books in yellow dust covers to include Arthur C Clarke "Profile of The Future", "Voices From the Sky" "The Other Side of the Sky" and "Fall of Moondust", Theodore Sturgeon "More Than Human" (x2), John Brunner "No Future in It", Poul Anderson "Tower Zero", "Guardians of Time", "Twilight World", Rick Raphael "The Thirst Quenchers", Robert A Heinlein "Orphans of The Sky", Mark Clifton "Eight Keys to Eden", Harry Harrison "The Ethical Engineer"and "The Expert Dreamers" | 40-60 |
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| 667 | Eighteen, mainly first edition, compendiums of science fiction stories from the 1950's and 60's to include - "Startling Stories", "Looking Forward", "Galaxy Reader of Science Fiction", "Of Worlds Beyond" etc | 40-60 |
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| 668 | Sixteen science fiction books from the 1950's and 60's, mainly UK first editions with dust covers to include Charles Eric Mayne "Countdown", F G Rayer "Tomorrow Sometimes Comes", J T McIntosh "One in Three Hundred", L Sprague "Let Darkness Fall", "De Camp", "The Continent Makers", Alan E Nourse "The Universe Between", Wilmar Shiras "Children of The Atom", William Gray Beyer "Minions of the Moon" C S Lewis "Out of The Silent Planet" London 1949, Theodore Sturgeon "Thunder and Roses" London 1957, Katherine Toza "Noah" (first edition) etc | 40-60 |
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| 669 | A collection of approximately 70 "Worlds of Science Fiction" magazines together with approx. 70 "Amazing Stories" magazines from the 1950's and 60's | 40-60 |
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| 670 | A collection of approximately 20 "New World" science fiction magazines circa 1949 to 1964 | 40-60 |
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| 671 | A collection of late 1940's, 50's, 60's and 70's science fiction magazines to include "Astounding Science Fiction", "Startling Stories", "Thrilling Wonder Stories", "Analogue Science Fiction", "Isaac Asimov Science Fiction Magazine", "Nebular Science Fiction Magazine", etc | 40-60 |
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| 672 | J W Fortescue, "History of The British Army" London MacMillan 1899 to 1935, 14 volumes and 6 Max volumes (20), all with brown paper dust jackets over red boards | 100-150 |
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| 673 | Winston S Churchill, "The World Crisis" five volumes "Second World War" six volumes, Marlborough "His Life and Times" four volumes and "History of The English Speaking Peoples" (first editions) four volumes together with 5 books of his speeches "Into Battle", "The Unrelenting Struggle", "Victory The End of the Beginning" and "Onwards to Victory" and "The River War" | 100-200 |
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