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NOTE: Items numbers are now included in this article. They are in the individual auction comments section below the author and title. Click the links to see the listings.
In December, the top 10 fiction category included authors ranging from Jane Austen to Neil Gaiman. In addition, regulars such as Fleming, O'Connor, Pynchon,
and Meyer made appearances. Coming in at #1 in the non-fiction group was Gen. Carl von Clausewitz 3-volume set On War, made particularly special because it
came from the library of T.E. Lawrence. A 1935 Japanese karate book came in second, followed by an unredacted copy of Dark Heart, the Taschen
publication Kate Moss, and 4 late-19th century volumes on chess, among others.
The Antiquarian and Collectible list was dominated by US sellers and contained both Best Offer and auction sales. Picasso, Wilfred Owen, Seigfried Sassoon, and Mark Twain
were included in the top 5.
#1
The very good 1954 1st edition in a fine, unrestored dust jacket sold on a single bid.
#2
Listed in a charity auction benefitting Heifer International, the signed, numbered, like-new condition "special advanced edition" in a hard slipcover was donated by the author. It is numbered
#28 of 250 and sold after 25 bids.
#3
Published in 1952, the 1st edition in dust jacket is described as in good condition. It sold as a Best Offer.
#4 Coming in at #4 is another charity audtion, this one to benefit City Harvest. It is described as the signed, new, "'#1 softcover advance copy'"; a copy of the 1st edition
of The Faithful Spy was added as a bonus. 20 bids took the auction to $1,075.
#5 tie
Unread, signed 1st editions of the 5 Meyer books sold after a single bid. Listed in fine condition in dust jackets. An unsigned copy of The Short Second Life of
Bree Tanner was included as a bonus.
#5 tie
The 3-volume hardback set in a slipcase was published as a limited edition in 2005. It was #63 of 100 in the edition. Each volume was signed by Bradbury and at least one other
person involved, whether author of a forward/introduction or artist. The 3rd volume - Forever and the Earth - consists of "11 stories
originally selected by Ray Bradbury for the first publication of S is for Space in 1966 but removed at the suggestion of the publisher."
It sold as a BIN.
#7
The hardcover 1st edition in very good condition with a very good to very good plus dust jacket. It sold after a single bid.
#8
The listing is for a 1st edition Peacock Edition dating from 1894, but, oddly, item specifics refer to a 1996 paperback. Described as containing "over 100 beautiful pen and
ink illustrations by Hugh Thomson," the book is in very good+ condition. It sold at the starting price of $899.95.
#9
The 1st edition in new fine condition in a fine condition dust jacket sold as a BIN.
#10
Coming in at #10 is a new signed numbered 1st edition of the 2010 Pulitzer Prize winner. It sold at the starting price of $800.
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