10th Jan, 2019 10:30 GMT/BST
The Roger Casson Collection
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Newby (Eric) A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush, Secker & Warburg, 1958, first edition, previous...
A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush, Secker & Warburg, 1958, first edition, previous owner's name to title and pastedown, price-clipped dust wrapper;
idem, Slowly Down the Ganges, Hodder & Stoughton, 1966, first edition, inscribed and signed by the author, dust wrapper (priced 50s.);
idem, A Small Place in Italy, HarperCollins, 1994, first edition, signed by the author, dust wrapper (priced £14.99);
idem, A Merry Dance Around the World, HarperCollins, 1995, first edition, signed by the author, dust wrapper (priced £18.00);
idem, Grain Race, Pictures of Life before the Mast in a Windjammer, George Allen & Unwin, 1968, first edition, small quarto, cloth;
with seventeen others by Newby, all first editions in dust wrappers (22)
Sold for £320
Estimated at £100 - £200
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Auction: The Roger Casson Collection, 10th Jan, 2019
The Roger Casson Collection
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