Duke’s are delighted to be holding our inaugural ‘Dorset Auction’ a sale to celebrate the history, literature, arts and crafts of the county. Featured in this auction will be the Derek Mills Library: A Collection of Thomas Hardy and Dorset Books.
Auction:
Thursday 22nd July at 10.30am
Viewing:
Saturday 17th July 9:30am - 12pm
Monday 19th - Wednesday 21st July, 9.30am - 5pm
From 9am the day of the Auction
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| Lot | Title | Estimate | Hammer price | |
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| 1 |
HARDY, THOMAS., UNDER THE GREENWOOD TREE,
'A Rural Painting of the Dutch School', from 'Thomas Hardy's Works', 'The Wessex Novels', Volume XVI, published 1924, London, Macmillan and Co., Ltd., and a collection of 'The Wessex Novels', all…
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£80 - £150 | £640 | View |
| 2 |
HARDY, THOMAS., A PAIR OF BLUE EYES,
'Library Edition', published 1952, London, Macmillan & Co. Ltd., and a collection of other 'Library Edition' Hardy works, published by Macmillan, all in pale blue covers (a lot)
Provenance: The… |
£60 - £120 | £50 | View |
| 3 |
HARDY, THOMAS., JUDE THE OBSCURE,
Published 1896, London, Osgood, Mcilvaine and Co., part of 'The Wessex Novels', Volume VIII, and a collection of further Osgood, Mcilvaine & Co. Volumes (a lot)
Provenance: The Derek Mills… |
£200 - £400 | £400 | View |
| 4 |
HARDY, THOMAS., DESPERATE REMEDIES,
'A Novel', published 1993, London, by The Folio Society, and a collection of further Thomas Hardy Folio Society works (a lot)
Provenance: The Derek Mills Library, A Collection of Thomas Hardy and… |
£30 - £50 | £40 | View |
| 5 |
HARDY, THOMAS., THE COLLECTED LETTERS OF THOMAS HARDY,
Edited by Purdy, R. L. and Millgate, M., Volumes I-III, published 1978-1982, Oxford, Clarendon Press (3)
Provenance: The Derek Mills Library, A Collection of Thomas Hardy and Dorset Books |
£10 - £20 | £20 | View |
| 6 |
HARDY, THOMAS., TESS OF THE D'URBERVILLES,
'A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented', published 1956, New York, The Heritage Press, Illustrated with wood engravings by Agnes Miller Parker, and a further group of Thomas Hardy Heritage Edition works …
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£50 - £100 | £160 | View |
| 7 |
HARDY, THOMAS., TWO ON A TOWER,
with original illustrations by Rosemary Honeybourne, published 1977, London, Heron Books, and a series of Thomas Hardy works published by Heron Books, all with gilt tooled green covers (a lot)
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£100 - £200 | £90 | View |
| 8 |
HARDY, THOMAS., DESPERATE REMEDIES,
'A Novel', published 1903, London, Macmillan and Co., Limited, with a collection of other various editions of Thomas Hardy works, all published by Macmillan and Co. Ltd (a lot)
Provenance: The Derek… |
£40 - £80 | £120 | View |
| 9 |
HARDY, THOMAS., THE RETURN OF THE NATIVE,
One of 1500 limited editions with illustrations from woodcuts by Clare Leighton and signed by the artist, published 1929, London, Macmillan and Co., Ltd., together with a collection of further Thomas…
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£150 - £250 | £190 | View |
| 10 |
HARDY, THOMAS., FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD,
'Wessex Edition', Prose Volume II, published 1931, London, Macmillan & Co., Ltd., and a collection of further Thomas Hardy 'Wessex Edition' Works by Macmillan & Co., Ltd., and; Hardy,…
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£80 - £150 | £200 | View |
| 11 |
HARDY, THOMAS., THE WOODLANDERS,
Published 1887, London, Macmillan and Co, with; Hardy, Thomas., 'THE WOODLANDERS', In three volumes, Vol I, published 1887, London, Macmillan and Co., and a collection of further Thomas Hardy works…
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£150 - £250 | £120 | View |
| 12 |
HARDY, THOMAS., WESSEX POEMS AND OTHER VERSES,
From 'Thomas Hardy's Works', Volume XVIII, with thirty illustrations by the author, published 1903, London, Macmillan & Co., Ltd., and a collection of further Thomas Hardy editions published by…
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£30 - £50 | £40 | View |
| 13 |
A COLLECTION OF THOMAS HARDY WORKS TRANSLATED TO FOREIGN LANGUAGES,
to include 'Il Sindaco di Casterbridge', published 1945, Torino (a lot)
Provenance: The Derek Mills Library, A Collection of Thomas Hardy and Dorset Books |
£10 - £20 | - | View |
| 14 |
HARDY, THOMAS., THE TRUMPET MAJOR,
'John Loveday a Soldier in the War with Buonaparte' And 'Robert His Brother First Mate in the Merchant Service', a Wessex Edition, from The Wessex Novels, prose Vol XI, published 1912, London,…
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£50 - £100 | £60 | View |
| 15 |
HARDY, THOMAS., THE COMPLETE POETICAL WORKS OF THOMAS HARDY,
Edited by Samuel Hynes, volumes I-V, published 1982-1995, Oxford, Clarendon Press (5)
Provenance: The Derek Mills Library, A Collection of Thomas Hardy and Dorset Books |
£300 - £500 | £460 | View |
| 16 |
HARDY, THOMAS., A CHANGED MAN,
'The Waiting Supper And Other Tales Concluding With The Romantic Adventures Of A Milkmaid', published 1915, London Macmillan and Co., Limited., and a collection of further works by Thomas Hardy, all…
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£100 - £200 | £100 | View |
| 17 |
HARDY, THOMAS., A LAODICEAN,
'A Story of To-Day', The New Wessex Edition, published 1975, London, Macmillan Ltd., and a collection of further Thomas Hardy 'New Wessex Editions' (a lot)
Provenance: The Derek Mills Library, A… |
£50 - £100 | £80 | View |
| 18 |
HARDY, THOMAS., THE COMPLETE POEMS,
'Variorum Edition', Edited by James Gibson, published 1979, London, Macmillan Ltd., and a collection of further Thomas Hardy Macmillan publications (a lot)
Provenance: The Derek Mills Library, A… |
£100 - £200 | £80 | View |
| 19 |
HARDY, THOMAS., FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD,
published 1974, London, Macmillan Ltd., and a large collection of Thomas Hardy paperback novels (a lot)
Provenance: The Derek Mills Library, A Collection of Thomas Hardy and Dorset Books |
£30 - £50 | £40 | View |
| 20 |
HARDY, THOMAS., FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD,
With illustrations by Jenny Thorne, published 1979, Berkshire, Purnell Books, and a large collection of Thomas Hardy hardback novels (a lot)
Provenance: The Derek Mills Library, A Collection of… |
£40 - £80 | £70 | View |
| 21 |
HARDY, THOMAS., TESS OF THE D'URBERVILLES,
From 'Macmillan's Pocket Hardy', 'The Wessex Novels', volume I, published 1906, London, Macmillan and Co., Limited., and a large collection of Macmillan's "Pocket Hardy" editions (a lot)
Provenance:… |
£500 - £1,000 | £360 | View |
| 22 |
A COLLECTION OF THOMAS HARDY CUTTINGS AND EPHEMERA,
including reviews, essays and newspaper articles (a lot)
Provenance: The Derek Mills Library, A Collection of Thomas Hardy and Dorset Books |
£30 - £50 | £440 | View |
| 23 |
HARDY, THOMAS., THE HAND OF ETHELBERTA,
'A Comedy in Chapters', Volumes I-II, published 1876, London, Smith, Elder, & Co., with; Hardy, Thomas., 'UNDER THE GREENWOOD TREE', published 1878, London, Chatto and Windus, and a further…
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£1,000 - £2,000 | £800 | View |
| 24 |
HARDY, THOMAS., THE OLD CLOCK,
'with an appended note by Carl J. Webber', published 1946, Maine, The Southworth-Anthoensen Press, and some further soft cover works (a lot)
Provenance: The Derek Mills Library, A Collection of… |
£30 - £50 | £30 | View |
| 25 |
HARDY, THOMAS., TESS OF THE D'URBERVILLES,
'A Pure Woman', 'In Three Volumes', volumes I-III, published1892, London, James R. Osgood, Mcilvaine and Co., and a collection of Thomas Hardy hardback editions (a lot)
Provenance: The Derek Mills… |
£500 - £1,000 | £400 | View |
| 26 |
THOMAS HARDY: A LARGE COLLECTION OF BOOKLETS, PAMPHLETS, JOURNALS AND MAGAZINES
including a large number of works by 'Toucan Press' (a lot)
Provenance: The Derek Mills Library, A Collection of Thomas Hardy and Dorset Books |
£50 - £100 | - | View |
| 27 |
A PREFACE HAND WRITTEN AND SIGNED BY THOMAS HARDY,
Discussing the landscapes of village life and the customs of the village bodies, together with a 'How I Built Myself A House' signed by Thomas Hardy (2)
Provenance: The Derek Mills Library, A… |
£200 - £400 | £450 | View |
| 28 |
A SIGNED LETTER FROM FLORENCE HARDY,
Written to Mr Lea, in which she complains about her husband's debilitative heart condition, and how it is causing them to be unable to socialise, and another hand written letter from Florence Hardy …
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£200 - £400 | £600 | View |
| 29 |
'HARDY'S WESSEX' A LIMITED EDITION POOLE POTTERY CHARGER
made for the Thomas Hardy Festival, Dorchester, July 1968, number 39 of the edition of 250, 41.25cm diameter
Provenance: The Derek Mills Library, A Collection of Thomas Hardy and Dorset Books |
£50 - £100 | £60 | View |
| 30 |
'HARDY'S WESSEX' A LIMITED EDITION POOLE POTTERY CHARGER
made for the Thomas Hardy Festival, Dorchester, July 1968, number 40 of the edition of 250, 41.25cm diameter
Provenance: The Derek Mills Library, A Collection of Thomas Hardy and Dorset Books |
£50 - £100 | £90 | View |
| 31 |
THOMAS HARDY INTEREST: A COLLECTION OF MEMORABILIA
including collectable ceramics by Poole Pottery for the Hardy Festival in 1968, further ceramics by Boncath Pottery, glassware, ephemera, photographs, vinyl records, bottles of Eldridge Pope's Hardy…
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£100 - £200 | £70 | View |
| 32 |
THE DORSET YEAR-BOOK, 1926,
Published by the SOCIETY OF DORSET MEN IN LONDON, and a large collection of 'The Dorset Year-Book', beginning with the first account of The Society of Dorset Men in London in 1904, and spanning up to…
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£50 - £100 | - | View |
| 33 |
PROCEEDINGS OF THE DORSET NATURAL HISTORY AND ANTIQUARIAN FIELD CLUB, 1898,
and a large collection of further editions, also with a large collection of 'PROCEEDINGS OF THE DORSET NATURAL HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY', the range spanning up to the 1990's (a collection)…
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£100 - £200 | £60 | View |
| 34 |
ATKINSON, C. T. THE DORSETSHIRE REGIMENT, VOLUMES I AND II,
'The thirty-Ninth and Fifty-Fourth Foot and The Dorset Militia and Volunteers', Published 1947 by Oxford University Press, with 'HISTORY OF THE DORSETHSIRE REGIMENT 1914-1919', and a collection of…
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£30 - £50 | £30 | View |
| 35 |
PRATT, HARVEST-HOME, VOLUMES I-III,
Published 1805, London, with 'NOTES & QUERIES FOR SOMERSET AND DORSET', 1890, Volumes I-III and some later editions, (a lot)
Provenance: The Derek Mills Library, A Collection of Thomas Hardy and… |
£30 - £50 | £30 | View |
| 36 |
CHAMBERS' CYCLOPAEDIA OF ENGLISH LITERATURE, VOLUMES I-III,
Darton, F.J.H., The Soul of Dorset, Hodder, The Life and Work of the Seventh Earl of Shaftesbury, K.G. Darton
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£10 - £20 | - | View |
| 37 |
LIEUTENANT-GENERAL PITT RIVERS, EXCAVATIONS IN CRANBORNE CHASE NEAR RUSHMORE ON THE BORDERS OF DORSET AND WILTS, VOLUMES I-II,
Published 1887, and Lieut-General Pitt Rivers 'EXCAVATIONS IN CRANBORNE CHASE', Vol IV, Published 1898, and further Pitt Rivers Literature (a lot)
Provenance: The Derek Mills Library, A Collection… |
£200 - £400 | £170 | View |
| 38 |
ROWSON, J. W. BRIDPORT AND THE GREAT WAR,
'Its Record of Work at Home and in The Field', Published 1923, London, with a collection of further literature relating to Bridport, Lyme Regis, Weymouth, Dorchester, The Isle of Purbeck and…
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£40 - £80 | £90 | View |
| 39 |
HODDER, E. THE LIFE AND WORK OF THE SEVENTH EARL OF SHAFTESBURY, K. G.
Published 1892 by Cassell & Company Limited, with 'THE WORLDS WORKERS', published 1890, and a collection of further literature pertaining to Lord Shaftesbury (a lot)
Provenance: The Derek Mills… |
£30 - £50 | - | View |
| 40 |
WYNDHAM, HENRY PENRUDDOCKE., THE DIARY OF THE LATE GEORGE BUBB DODINGTON,
'Baron of Melcombe Regis: From March 8, 1748-9, to Feb 6, 1761.' Published 1784, London, with 'WHO'S WHO IN DORSET', printed 1934, and a collection of literature relating to notable persons of Dorset…
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£40 - £80 | £30 | View |
| 41 |
POWYS, LLEWELYN., THE VERDICT OF BRIDLEGOOSE,
Published 1926, New York, Harcourt , Brace and Company, with Powys, T. F., 'INNOCENT BIRDS', Published 1926, London, Chatto & Windus, and a collection of other Powys related literature (a lot)
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£40 - £80 | £30 | View |
| 42 |
SYDENHAM, JOHN., HISTORY OF THE TOWN AND COUNTY OF POOLE,
Published 1986 by Poole Historical Trust, with a collection of literature relating to Poole, Bournemouth, Wimborne, Christchurch and Cranbourne; including 'Cranbourne Chase' Published 1841, London …
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£30 - £50 | £70 | View |
| 43 |
LAWRENCE, T. E., SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM,
'A Triumph', Published 1935, London, Jonathan Cape, with Lawrence, T. E., 'REVOLT IN THE DESERT', Published 1927, New York, Garden City Publishing Company, Inc, and a collection of further…
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£500 - £1,000 | £400 | View |
| 44 |
DARTON, F. J. H., THE SOUL OF DORSET,
Published 1922, Houghton Mifflin Company, with Treves, Sir Frederick., 'HIGHWAYS & BYWAYS IN DORSET', Published 1906, London, Macmillan & Co., and a collection of literature relating to…
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£20 - £40 | - | View |
| 45 |
JEYES, S. H., M.A., THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE MARQUIS OF SALISBURY, K. G.,
'A History of the Conservative Party During the Last Forty Years', Published London, J. S. Virtue & CO., Ltd, Number 67 of 500 'Edition De Luxe' with India Proof Plates, Volumes I-IV, together…
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£50 - £100 | - | View |
| 46 |
THE DORSET DOMESDAY, AN ALECTO TELEGRAPH EDITION,
to include an introduction and translation of the Dorset Domesday Book, Published 1991, London, a collection of Folios and Maps, and a reference to studies in the Domesday Book, to be sold with an…
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£60 - £120 | £40 | View |
| 47 |
BARNES, WILLIAM., POEMS OF RURAL LIFE IN THE DORSET DIALECT,
Published 1898, London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., Ltd., with a small collection of works by Barnes, Dorset poetry and plays; to include, Malleson, M., and Brooks, H., 'SIX MEN OF DORSET'…
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£30 - £50 | £30 | View |
| 48 |
HEATH, S. AND PRIDEAUX, W. DE C., SOME DORSET MANOR HOUSES
'With Their Literary and Historical Associations.', Published 1907, London, Bemrose and Sons Limited, with a collection of books relating to the Manor Houses and Churches of Dorset (a lot)
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£40 - £80 | £30 | View |
