• Auction 21434

    First Editions, Second Thoughts: An Auction in Support of English PEN

    28 June 2022 - 12 July 2022, London

    SALE TOTAL: 515,844 (GBP)
89 Lots for Sale 21434
Lot 1
CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE (b.1977)
Half of a Yellow Sun. London: Fourth Estate, 2006.
estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
($1,840 - $2,454)

price realized
£3,024
($3,586)
Lot 2
AI WEIWEI (b. 1957)
1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows: A Memoir
estimate
£5,000 - £7,000
($6,135 - $8,589)

price realized
£12,600
($14,943)
Lot 3
MONICA ALI (b.1967)
Brick Lane. London: Doubleday, 2003.
estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
($1,840 - $2,454)

price realized
£4,032
($4,781)
Lot 4
LISA APPIGNANESI (b.1946)
Losing the Dead. London: Chatto & Windus, 1999.
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,227 - $1,840)

price realized
£378
($448)
Lot 5
MARGARET ATWOOD (b.1939)
The Handmaid's Tale. London: Jonathan Cape, 1986.
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($4,908 - $7,362)

price realized
£11,340
($13,449)
Lot 6
MARGARET ATWOOD (b.1939)
The Testaments. London: Chatto & Windus, 2019.
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,454 - $3,681)

price realized
£4,032
($4,781)
Lot 7
JOHN BANVILLE (b.1945)
Shroud. London: Picador, 2002.
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,227 - $1,840)

price realized
£756
($896)
Lot 8
JULIAN BARNES (b.1946)
Flaubert’s Parrot. London: Jonathan Cape, 1984.
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($4,908 - $7,362)

price realized
£10,710
($12,702)
Lot 9
SEBASTIAN BARRY (b.1955)
The Secret Scripture. London: Faber and Faber, 2008.
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,227 - $1,840)

price realized
£2,772
($3,287)
Lot 10
SEBASTIAN BARRY (b.1955)
Days Without End. London: Faber & Faber, 2016.
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,227 - $1,840)

price realized
£3,024
($3,586)
Lot 11
ALAN BENNETT (b.1934)
The History Boys. London: Faber and Faber, 2004
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($4,908 - $7,362)

price realized
£17,640
($20,921)
Lot 12
QUENTIN BLAKE (b.1932, illustrator) – ROALD DAHL (1916-1990)
The BFG. London: Jonathan Cape, 1982.
estimate
£6,000 - £9,000
($7,362 - $11,043)

price realized
£13,860
($16,437)
Lot 13
WILLIAM BOYD (b.1952)
Any Human Heart. London: Hamish Hamilton, 2002.
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,227 - $1,840)

price realized
£1,260
($1,494)
Lot 14
NOVIOLET BULAWAYO (b.1981)
We Need New Names. London: Chatto & Windus, 2013.
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,227 - $1,840)

price realized
£756
($896)
Lot 15
JEZ BUTTERWORTH (b.1969)
Jerusalem. London: Nick Hern Books, 2009.
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,454 - $3,681)

price realized
£7,560
($8,966)
Lot 16
JEZ BUTTERWORTH (b.1969)
The Ferryman. London: Nick Hern Books, 2017.
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,227 - $1,840)

price realized
£5,670
($6,724)
Lot 17
PETER CAREY (b.1943)
Illywhacker. London: Faber & Faber, 1985.
estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
($1,840 - $2,454)

price realized
£3,528
($4,184)
Lot 18
ELEANOR CATTON (b.1985)
The Luminaries. London: Granta, 2013.
estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
($1,840 - $2,454)

price realized
£7,560
($8,966)
Lot 19
JUNG CHANG (b.1952)
Wild Swans. London: HarperCollins, 1991.
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,454 - $3,681)

price realized
£1,638
($1,942)
Lot 20
TRACY CHEVALIER (b.1962)
Girl with a Pearl Earring. London: HarperCollins, 1999.
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,454 - $3,681)

price realized
£5,040
($5,977)
Lot 21
LEE CHILD (b.1954)
Killing Floor. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1997.
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,227 - $1,840)

price realized
£8,190
($9,713)
Lot 22
J.M. COETZEE (b.1940)
Life & Times of Michael K. London: Secker & Warburg, 1983.
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,454 - $3,681)

price realized
£1,764
($2,092)
Lot 23
J.M. COETZEE (b.1940)
Disgrace. London: Secker & Warburg, 1999.
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,454 - $3,681)

price realized
£2,142
($2,540)
Lot 24
JIM CRACE (b.1946)
Useless America. New York: Doubleday, 2006.
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,227 - $1,840)

price realized
£504
($597)
Lot 25
JIM CRACE (b.1946)
Harvest. London: Picador, 2013.
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,227 - $1,840)

price realized
£504
($597)
Lot 26
EDMUND DE WAAL (b.1964)
Letters to Camondo. London: Chatto & Windus, 2021.
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,681 - $6,135)

price realized
£3,780
($4,483)
Lot 27
RODDY DOYLE (b.1958)
The Commitments. Dublin: King Farouk, 1987.
estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
($1,840 - $2,454)

price realized
£3,276
($3,885)
Lot 28
RODDY DOYLE (b.1958)
The Snapper. London: Martin Secker & Warburg, 1990.
estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
($1,840 - $2,454)

price realized
£3,276
($3,885)
Lot 29
RODDY DOYLE (b.1958)
The Van. London: Martin Secker & Warburg, 1991.
estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
($1,840 - $2,454)

price realized
£4,788
($5,678)
Lot 30
CAROL ANN DUFFY (b.1955)
The World’s Wife. London: Picador, 1999.
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,227 - $1,840)

price realized
£1,386
($1,643)
Lot 31
RENI EDDO-LODGE (b.1989)
Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race....
estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
($1,840 - $2,454)

price realized
£882
($1,046)
Lot 32
TRACEY EMIN (b.1963)
And There was Death For Us All
estimate
£8,000 - £12,000
($9,816 - $14,724)

price realized
£6,930
($8,218)
Lot 33
ANNE ENRIGHT (b.1962)
The Green Road. London: Jonathan Cape, 2015.
estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
($1,840 - $2,454)

price realized
£1,386
($1,643)
Lot 34
BERNARDINE EVARISTO (b.1959)
Girl, Woman, Other. London: Hamish Hamilton, 2019.
estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
($1,840 - $2,454)

price realized
£1,638
($1,942)
Lot 35
SEBASTIAN FAULKS (b.1953)
Birdsong. London: Hutchinson, 1993.
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,681 - $6,135)

price realized
£5,040
($5,977)
Lot 36
MAUREEN FREELY (b.1952)
Sailing through Byzantium. Edinburgh: Linen Press 2013.
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,227 - $1,840)

price realized
£1,008
($1,195)
Lot 37
NEIL GAIMAN (b.1960)
Coraline. London: Bloomsbury, 2002.
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,454 - $3,681)

price realized
£2,772
($3,287)
Lot 38
DAMON GALGUT (b.1963)
The Promise. London: Chatto & Windus, 2021.
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,227 - $1,840)

price realized
£3,276
($3,885)
Lot 39
RICK GEKOSKI (b.1944)
Tolkien’s Gown. London: Constable & Robinson Ltd, 2004
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,227 - $1,840)

price realized
£3,276
($3,885)
Lot 40
ANTONY GORMLEY (b.1950)
Stand up for Ukraine II
estimate
£15,000 - £20,000
($18,405 - $24,540)

price realized
£44,100
($52,302)
Lot 41
LINDA GRANT (b.1951)
When I Lived in Modern Times. London: Granta Books, 2000.
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,227 - $1,840)

price realized
£504
($597)
Lot 42
ABDULRAZAK GURNAH (b.1948)
Paradise. London: Penguin, 1994.
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,454 - $3,681)

price realized
£4,032
($4,781)
Lot 43
MARK HADDON (b.1962)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. London: Jonathan...
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,454 - $3,681)

price realized
£8,820
($10,460)
Lot 44
MOHSIN HAMID (b.1971)
The Reluctant Fundamentalist. London: Hamish Hamilton, 2007.
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,227 - $1,840)

price realized
£4,788
($5,678)
Lot 45
DAVID HARE (b.1947)
Plenty. London: Faber and Faber, 1978.
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,454 - $3,681)

price realized
£1,512
($1,793)
Lot 46
NICK HORNBY (b.1957)
High Fidelity. London: Victor Gollancz, 1995.
estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
($1,840 - $2,454)

price realized
£3,024
($3,586)
Lot 47
WITI IHIMAERA (b.1944)
The Whale Rider. Auckland: Heinemann, 1987.
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,227 - $1,840)

price realized
£4,788
($5,678)
Lot 48
CALLUM INNES (b.1962)
Untitled
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,454 - $3,681)

Lot 49
CLAUDETTE JOHNSON (b.1959)
Oil Pastel Study
estimate
£6,000 - £9,000
($7,362 - $11,043)

Lot 50
LINTON KWESI JOHNSON (b.1952)
Selected Poems. London: Penguin, 2006.
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,227 - $1,840)

price realized
£882
($1,046)
Lot 51
ANISH KAPOOR (b.1954)
Symphony for a Beloved Sun
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,684 - $6,140)

price realized
£3,780
($4,483)
Lot 52
JACKIE KAY (b.1961)
The Adoption Papers. Newcastle upon Tyne: Bloodaxe, 1991.
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,228 - $1,842)

price realized
£756
($896)
Lot 53
THOMAS KENEALLY (b.1935)
Schindler’s List. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1982.
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,684 - $6,140)

price realized
£16,380
($19,426)
Lot 54
JOHN LE CARRÉ (1931-2020)
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold. London: Victor Gollancz, 1963.
estimate
£8,000 - £12,000
($9,680 - $14,520)

price realized
£35,280
($41,842)
Lot 55
PENELOPE LIVELY (b.1933)
Oleander, Jacaranda: A Childhood Perceived. London: Penguin, 1994.
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,210 - $1,815)

price realized
£1,764
($2,092)
Lot 56
HILARY MANTEL (b.1952)
Bring Up the Bodies. London: Fourth Estate, 2012.
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($4,840 - $7,260)

price realized
£30,240
($35,864)
Lot 57
HILARY MANTEL (b.1952)
The Mirror & the Light. London: Fourth Estate, 2020.
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($4,840 - $7,260)

price realized
£8,820
($10,460)
Lot 58
HISHAM MATAR (b.1970)
In the Country of Men. London: Viking, 2006.
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,210 - $1,815)

price realized
£630
($747)
Lot 59
COLUM McCANN (b.1965)
Apeirogon. New York: Random House, 2020.
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,210 - $1,815)

price realized
£1,386
($1,643)
Lot 60
VAL McDERMID (b.1955)
The Mermaids Singing. London: Harper Collins, 1995.
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,210 - $1,815)

price realized
£756
($896)
Lot 61
IAN MCEWAN (b.1948)
Atonement. London: Jonathan Cape, 2001.
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($4,840 - $7,260)

price realized
£22,680
($26,898)
Lot 62
DAVID MITCHELL (b.1969)
Cloud Atlas. London: Sceptre, 2004.
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($4,840 - $7,260)

price realized
£27,720
($32,875)
Lot 63
PAUL MULDOON (b.1951, editor) – PAUL McCARTNEY (b.1942).
The Lyrics. London: Allen Lane, 2021.
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,210 - $1,815)

price realized
£1,638
($1,942)
Lot 64
JOHN NAUGHTON (b.1946)
A Brief History of the Future: the Origins of the Internet. London:...
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,210 - $1,815)

price realized
£378
($448)
Lot 65
DAVID NICHOLLS (b.1966)
One Day. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2009.
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,210 - $1,815)

price realized
£756
($896)
Lot 66
EDNA O’BRIEN (b.1930)
The Country Girls. London: Hutchinson & Co. Ltd, 1960.
estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
($1,815 - $2,420)

price realized
£3,780
($4,483)
Lot 67
MAGGIE O’FARRELL (b.1972)
Hamnet. London: Tinder Press, 2020.
estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
($1,815 - $2,420)

price realized
£4,410
($5,230)
Lot 68
BEN OKRI (b.1959)
Songs of Enchantment. London: Jonathan Cape, 1993.
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,210 - $1,815)

price realized
£378
($448)
Lot 69
BEN OKRI (b.1959)
Infinite Riches. London: Phoenix House, 1998.
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,210 - $1,815)

price realized
£630
($747)
Lot 70
MICHAEL ONDAATJE (b.1943)
The English Patient. London: Bloomsbury, 1992.
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,630 - $6,050)

price realized
£5,040
($5,977)
Lot 71
ALICE OSWALD (b.1966)
Dart. Devon: 2003.
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,210 - $1,815)

price realized
£2,016
($2,390)
Lot 72
NOOR MURAD – YOTAM OTTOLENGHI (b.1968)
Ottolenghi Test Kitchen: Shelf Love. London: Ebury Press, 2021.
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,210 - $1,815)

price realized
£882
($1,046)
Lot 73
CARYL PHILLIPS (b.1958)
The Final Passage. London: Faber and Faber, 1985.
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,210 - $1,815)

price realized
£1,008
($1,195)
Lot 74
MAX PORTER (b.1981)
Grief is the Thing with Feathers. London: Faber & Faber, 2015.
estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
($1,815 - $2,420)

price realized
£3,780
($4,483)
Lot 75
PHILIP PULLMAN (b.1946)
The Subtle Knife. London: Scholastic, 1997.
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,420 - $3,630)

price realized
£5,670
($6,724)
Lot 76
PHILIP PULLMAN (b.1946)
The Amber Spyglass. London: Scholastic, 2000.
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,420 - $3,630)

price realized
£2,772
($3,287)
Lot 77
IAN RANKIN (b.1960)
Hide & Seek. London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1991.
estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
($1,815 - $2,420)

price realized
£1,386
($1,643)
Lot 78
SALMAN RUSHDIE (b.1947)
Midnight’s Children. London: Jonathan Cape, 1981.
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($4,840 - $7,260)

price realized
£11,970
($14,196)
Lot 79
PHILIPPE SANDS (b.1960)
East West Street. On the origins of genocide and crimes against...
estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
($1,815 - $2,420)

price realized
£3,024
($3,586)
Lot 80
ELIF SHAFAK (b.1971)
The Bastard of Istanbul. New York: Viking, 2007.
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,210 - $1,815)

price realized
£1,386
($1,643)
Lot 81
IAIN SINCLAIR (b.1943)
Downriver. London: Paladin Grafton Books, 1991.
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,210 - $1,815)

price realized
£1,638
($1,942)
Lot 82
RALPH STEADMAN (b.1936, illustrator) – HUNTER S. THOMPSON (1937-2005)
Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail ’72. San...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,630 - $6,050)

price realized
£15,120
($17,932)
Lot 83
TOM STOPPARD (b.1937)
Leopoldstadt. London: Faber and Faber, 2020.
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,420 - $3,630)

price realized
£21,420
($25,404)
Lot 84
DOUGLAS STUART (b.1976)
Shuggie Bain. London: Picador, 2020.
estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
($1,815 - $2,420)

price realized
£3,276
($3,885)
Lot 85
GRAHAM SWIFT (b.1949)
Waterland. London: Heinemann, 1983.
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,210 - $1,815)

price realized
£2,268
($2,689)
Lot 86
COLM TOĺBĺN (b.1955) – NICK HORNBY (b.1957)
Brooklyn. Privately printed by Twentieth Century Fox, 2015.
estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
($1,815 - $2,420)

price realized
£22,680
($26,898)
Lot 87
ROSE TREMAIN (b.1943)
Sacred Country. London: Sinclair-Stevenson, 1992.
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,210 - $1,815)

price realized
£1,008
($1,195)
Lot 88
MARINA WARNER (b.1946)
The Lost Father. London: Chatto & Windus, 1988.
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,210 - $1,815)

price realized
£756
($896)
Lot 89
SARAH WATERS (b.1966)
Tipping the Velvet. London: Virago, 1998.
estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
($1,815 - $2,420)

price realized
£1,134
($1,344)
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