Bloomsbury Auctions

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BLOOMSBURY AUCTIONS
Lot 467
467. Golden Age Detective Fiction.- Adams (Frank R.) Ki n g’S
Cr e w, front endpaper trimmed at corner, slight shelf-lean, jacket
creased at head and foot, chipped at spine ends and corners,
rubbed at sextremities, 1932 § Greene (Richard and Elizabeth
Plunket) Where Ignorance is Bliss, jacket chipped at corners and
spine ends, loss to head of spine, light spotting, 1932 § Livingston
(Armstrong) In Cold Blood, reprint, ink ownership inscriptions to
endpapers, light spotting to upper cover, jacket with price-label to
spine, a little rubbed and creased at extremities, [c.1931], the first
2 firSt e d i t i o n S, original cloth, dust-jackets, 8vo (3) £100 - £150
Lot 468
468. Golden Age Detective Fiction.- Ford (Elizabeth) fo g,
occasional light spotting, spine bumped at head, jacket spine
darkened and chipped at head, creased and rubbed and extremities,
1933 § Martin (Oliver) The Mermaid, occasional spotting, jacket
spine darkened and mottled, ink inscription on front flap, 1926 §
Livingston (Armstrong) The Doublecross, reprint, lacking front
endpaper, ink ownership inscription to pastedown, corners and
spine ends bumped, jacket chipped at extremities with slight surface
soiling, [1930s], the first 2 firSt e d i t i o n S, original cloth or boards,
dust-jackets, 8vo (3) £100 - £150
Lot 469
469. Golden Age Detective Fiction.- t’ Serstevens (A.) na K e d
go l d, jacket price-clipped, short tears to head of spine and upper
panel, slight rubbed, generally good, 1937 § Curle (Richard) Who
Goes Home?, front endpaper trimmed at corner, jacket priceclipped,
a little creased at head, front flap damp-stained, 1935 §
Livingston (Armstrong) Murder is Easy, reprint, slight shelf-lean,
jacket a little rubbed at head and foot, [1930s], the first 2 firSt
e d i t i o n S, original cloth, dust-jackets, 8vo (3) £100 - £150
470. Greene (Graham) th e th i r d ma n, firSt e d i t i o n, firSt
impreSSion, original cloth, dust-jacket, some fraying and creasing
to jacket edges with loss at spine ends and corners, 8vo, 1950
£150 - £200
Lot 471
471. Greene (Graham) th e en d o f t h e af fa i r, t.l.S. f r o m t h e
a u t h o r loosely inserted, spine slightly faded, 1951; Loser Takes All,
jacket a little frayed at head and foot, 1955; The Quiet American,
spine slightly faded, 1955; A Burnt-Out Case, jacket spine slightly
faded, short tear to head of upper panel, a little rubbed at head,
1961; In Search of a Character, jacket spine faded, light surface
soiling, 1961; The Comedians, t.l.S f r o m t h e a u t h o r loosely
inserted, 1966; Travels with my Aunt, t.l.S. f r o m t h e a u t h o r
l o o S e ly i n S e rt e d, jacket with loss to lower panel, spine torn at head
with loss, a little creased and frayed, 1969; A Sort of Life, 1971;
The Honorary Consul, jacket a little creased and frayed at head
and foot, 1973, firSt e d i t i o n S, a l l w i t h S i g n e d p r e S e n tat i o n S f r o m
t h e a u t h o r, original cloth or boards, all but the first 2 with dustjackets;
and another, advance copy of In Search of a Character, 8vo
(10) £1,000 - £1,500
*** All of the inscriptions are to Hilary Rubinstein, publisher and
friend of Greene’s.