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The Dorset Auction

Auction date Thursday 22 July 2021

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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Total lots: 189

Lot Title Estimate Hammer price
97 THOMAS HARDY AND DORSET INTEREST: A COLLECTION OF EPHEMERA
to include newspaper cuttings, commemorative booklets and an 1886 copy of the Graphic weekly illustrated newspaper
£50 - £100 £50 View
98 THOMAS HARDY INTEREST: AN INTERESTING COLLECTION OF GLASS PLATE PHOTOGRAPHIC NEGATIVES
including a portrait of Hardy, reputedly taken by Rev. Thomas Perkins, the Rector of Turnworth,a portrait of Rev Perkins riding a tricycle, possibly taken by Hardy, a full-length study of Hardy…
£400 - £800 £360 View
99 AN EXTENSIVE COLLECTION OF GLASS PLATE PHOTOGRAPHIC NEGATIVES
including views of Shaftesbury Abbey, coastal landscapes and architectural studies (three boxes)

Provenance: The Collection of Sir Robert Cooke, Athelhampton House, Dorset
£300 - £500 £280 View
100 AN EXTENSIVE COLLECTION OF GLASS PLATE PHOTOGRAPHIC NEGATIVES
mainly topographical and architectural compositions, including views of Winterborne Zelston and Winterborne Tomson, Sherborne Abbey and Wimborne
£50 - £100 - View
101 AN EXTENSIVE COLLECTION OF GLASS PLATE PHOTOGRAPHIC NEGATIVES
Including views of Sherborne Abbey and Wimborne and a quantity of large format landscape and architectural compositions (two large wooden crates). Provenance: The Collection of Sir Robert Cooke,…
£50 - £100 - View
102 HUTCHINS, JOHN. THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE COUNTY OF DORSET
third edition, in four volumes, printed by John Bowyer Nichols and Sons, 1861, 1863, 1868 and 1870
£400 - £600 - View
103 HUTCHINS, JOHN. THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE COUNTY OF DORSET
first edition, in two volumes, printed by W. Bowyer and J. Nicholas, 1774, recently rebound in black leather and watered silk, with gilt tooling and lettering
£700 - £900 - View
104 HUTCHINS, JOHN. THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE COUNTY OF DORSET
second edition, in four volumes, printed by John Nichols, 1796, 1803, 1813 and 1815, recently rebound in burgundy calf and boards with gilt lettering
£1,500 - £2,500 - View
105 HUTCHINS, JOHN. THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE COUNTY OF DORSET,
'The Third Edition, Corrected, Augmented, And Improved, By William Shipp And James Whitworth Hodson.', volumes I-IV, published 1861-1870, Westminster, John Bowyer Nichols and Sons (4)
£300 - £500 - View
106 HUTCHINS, JOHN. THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE COUNTY OF DORSET
vols III & IV, second edition, printed by and for Nichols, Son, and Bentley, Red Lion Passage, Fleet Street, London, 1813 & 1815
£200 - £400 £180 View
107 HUTCHINS, JOHN. THE HISTORY OF SHAFTESBURY, SHERBORNE AND WIMBOURNE
printed by Nichols and Son, Red Lion Passage, Fleet Street
£50 - £100 - View
108 HUTCHINS, JOHN., THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE COUNTY OF DORSET,
'The Second Edition, Corrected, Augmented, And Improved', volumes I-IV, published 1796, London, John Nichols (4)
£1,000 - £2,000 £800 View
109 HUTCHINS, JOHN., THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE COUNTY OF DORSET,
'In Two Volumes', volumes I-II, published 1774, London, W. Bowyer and J. Nichols (2)
£200 - £300 - View
110 HUTCHINS, JOHN., THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE COUNTY OF DORSET,
'The Third Edition, Corrected, Augmented, And Improved By William Shipp And James Whitworth Hodson', Volumes I-IV, published 1861-1870, Westminster, John Bowyer Nichols and Sons (4)
£200 - £400 - View
111 LELAND, JOHN., THE ITINERARY OF JOHN LELAND THE ANTIQUARY.,
'In Nine Volumes', 'The Second Edition: Collated and Improved from the Original MS. With the Addition alfo of a General Index.', Volumes I-IX, published 1745, Oxford, Printed at the Theatre; with…
£200 - £400 - View
112 LOCK, H. O., DORSET
'Illustrated by Walter Tyndale and A Heaton Cooper', published 1925, London, A & C Black Ltd., and a collection of literature concerning Dorset (a lot)
£30 - £50 £20 View
113 NOTES & QUERIES FOR SOMERSET AND DORSET,
'Edited by Hugh Norris and Charles Herbert Mayo', volume I, published 1890, Sherborne, J. C. Sawtell, with volumes II-IV, and a collection of further Dorset related literature (a lot)
£50 - £100 £110 View
114 AN INVENTORY OF HISTORICAL MONUMENTS IN THE COUNTY OF DORSET,
By the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, Volume II, 'South-East', Parts I-III, and a collection of further literature on Dorset and its monuments (a lot)
£30 - £50 £110 View
115 BROADLEY, A. M. AND BARTELOT, R. G., THE THREE DORSET CAPTAINS AT TRAFALGAR,
'Thomas Masterman Hardy, Charles Bullen, Henry Digby', published 1906, London, John Murray, and a large collection of literature relating to Dorset, including books on smuggling, Thomas Hardy, Dorset…
£200 - £300 £100 View
116 WARNE, CHARLES., ANCIENT DORSET,
'The Celtic, Roman, Saxon, And Danish Antiquities Of The County,', published 1872, Bournemouth, D. Sydenham, inscribed in pen 'To Mrs Law Esq, with the authors kind regards', with; Heath, Sidney.,…
£200 - £300 £120 View
117 GOLDSWORTHY, MARGARET., THE DORSET BEDSIDE ANTHOLOGY,
published 1951, Bognor Regis, The Arundel Press, with; Heath, Sidney., 'THE SOUTH DEVON AND DORSET COAST', published 1910, London, T. Fisher Unwin, and a collection of Dorset related literature (a…
£100 - £200 £240 View
118 VAN RAALTE, CHARLES., BROWNSEA ISLAND,
'With Illustrations by Florence Van Raalte', published 1906, London, Arthur L . Humphries, with; Pope, Alfred., 'OLD STONE CROSSES OF DORSET', published 1906, London, The Chiswick Press, and a large…
£100 - £200 £110 View
119 A PAIR OF GOGGLES POTENTIALLY BELONGING TO LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (T.E. LAWRENCE)
"Patent Rea Design" and a small quantity of related ephemera

Provenance: Found amongst the collection of Joyce Knowles, who with her husband Pat, befriended Lawrence and was custodian of Clouds Hill…
£500 - £1,000 - View
120 T. E. LAWRENCE INTEREST: A WESTERN DAILY PRESS POSTER 'LAWRENCE IN GRAVE CONDITION'
following his 13 May 1935 accident on his Brough Superior SS100 motorcycle in Dorset close to his cottage Clouds Hill, near Wareham. Lawrence was fatally injured and died six days later at Bovington…
£200 - £400 £445 View
121 THE MANSEL-PLEYDELL ESSAY PRIZE MEDAL, 1905
awarded by the Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club, by John Pinches, London, in fitted case; together with two 'Dorchester Farthings', each showing the Arms of `dorchester to the…
£25 - £50 - View
122 A PAIR OF GEORGE III COADE STONE STOUPS,
early 19th century, of urn form, and oval section with everted rims and fluted bodies, the fronts each modelled with a swagged armorial shield bearing a cross potent, the reverses each with a…
£800 - £1,200 £850 View
123 A STONEWARE FLAGON FOR STYLE JAMES & CO,
Grocers of Dorchester, with another for Hayne of Fordington, and two further stoneware vessels, the flagons 38cm high, the lidded jar 24cm high and the baluster jar 21cm high (4)
£100 - £200 £90 View
124 DORSET VERNACULAR HISTORY INTEREST; A COLLECTION OF 19TH CENTURY METALWARE,
including a stove door, a kettle and a cooking tripod (a lot)
£100 - £200 £90 View
125 A COLLECTION OF 19th CENTURY DOMESTIC METALWARE
including a toleware spice box, standing on bun feet, a number of preserving pans, a Kendrick & Co cooking pot and a meat press by Wilks Bros & Co (a lot)
£50 - £100 - View
126 AN OAK CASED LONGCASE CLOCK BY STEPHENSON OF DORCHESTER
with painted and signed square enamel dial with calendar aperture, eight day movement, 209cm high
£100 - £200 £360 View
127 A VICTORIAN FUSEE WALL CLOCK
the painted enamel dial signed Saunders, Dorchester, with signature and service dates inscribed on the back of the dial, the case 38cm diameter
£200 - £400 £300 View
128 HENRY MOULE'S PATENT MECHANICAL DRY EARTH CLOSET
97cm high, with enamel pail
£200 - £400 £380 View
128a WILLIAM BARNES INTEREST: A WALKING STICK
belong to John Barnes, the brother of William Barnes, with a terminal in the form of a recumbent hound, incised "JONH BARNES", 89.5cm

Provenance : a gift from the Talbot Family to the owners of…
£100 - £200 - View
129 JOHN SPEED AND JODICUS HONDIUS 'DORSETSHYRE'
"With the Shyre town Dorchester described as also the Armes of such noble families as have bene honored with the Titles thereof since the Normans Conquest to this present Anno 1662." from Speed's …
£200 - £400 £200 View
130 LAURIE'S 'THE COUNTY OF DORSET'
'Distinguishing its divisions, hundreds and liberties....', by John Outhett, published by Richard Holmes, 56.5cm x 70.5cm
£80 - £150 £80 View
131 MICHAEL DRAYTON AND WILLIAM HOLE 'DORSETSHERE'
a stylised map of Dorset, Western Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, with the characteristic anthropomorphic spirits of the rivers, settlements and other features of the land, created for Drayton's…
£200 - £400 £180 View
132 JOHN OGILBY 'THE ROADS FROM EXETER TO DORCHESTER AND PLYMOUTH TO DARTMOUTH'
hand coloured strip road map, taken from 'Brittannia...Description of the Principal Roads thereof', 1698 edition, 32.5cm x 46cm; together with a small John Cary map of Dorsetshire, 23cm x 27.5cm (2)
£150 - £250 - View
133 EMANUEL BOWEN 'DORSET SHIRE'
dedicated to the Right Hon. Anthony, Earl of Shaftesbury, published by John Tinney for John Bowles & Son, hand coloured engraved map, 60cm x 76cm (unframed); together with a similar unframed map…
£100 - £200 - View
134 DORSET CARTOGRAPHY: A SMALL QUANTITY OF UNFRAMED MAPS
to include an example by Haywood and Sudlow engraved for J Harrison and dated 18th June 1789, a map of the Isle of Purbeck with hand coloured boundary lines with facsimile signature for Colonel Henry…
£100 - £200 £240 View
135 ROBERT MORDEN 'Dorset Shire'
hand coloured engraved map, sold by Abel Swale, 43cm x 47cm; Blaeu, J., map of the county of Dorset, 'Comitatus Dorcestria sive Dorsettia vulgo Anglice Dorsetshire', for volume IV of the "Atlas Novus…
£100 - £200 £220 View
136 RICHARD BLOME (1641-1705) 'A MAPP OF YE COUNTY OF DORSET'
Thomas Taylor edition c. 1715, hand coloured with table of divisions and hundreds upper left, 19.5cm x 25.5cm; together with a map of Norfolk (2) . Provenance: The Map House, Knightsbridge, London
£50 - £100 - View
137 JOHN 'HB' DOYLE (1797-1868) 'The Rival Mount O'Bankes or The Dorsetshire Juggler
a political satirical cartoon concerning the 1831 reform act, coloured lithograph; a coloured map of Dorsetshire and two town plan maps, Poole and Blandford Forum (4)
£50 - £100 - View
138 GEORGE JONES (1786-1869) 'Mr Weld, Rome'
a profile sketch, titled and dated 1830 lower left, 1830, pencil sketch, 15.5cm x 12cm

The sitter in this portrait is probably Edward Weld of Lulworth (1806-1877) and undertaken during a trip to…
£100 - £200 - View
139 JOHN BLUCK (FL, 1791-1819) 'Belfield House, Weymouth'
a view from the sweeping drive looking toward the country house, with sheep in parkland to the foreground and the Isle of Portland to the distance, signed and dated 1818 lower left, oil on canvas,…
£500 - £1,000 £1,600 View
140 ATTRIBUTED TO THE REVEREND WILLIAM BARNES (1801-1886) A Group of three Dorset landscape studies
'Stour Road' watercolour, inscribed in pencil verso "Recollections No. 2, Stour Road" 22nd Oct 1855, WB", watercolour, 9cm x 14cm; 'Shaston Road', monogrammed lower right, dated 23rd Oct 1855 to the…
£400 - £800 - View
141 HENRY GEORGE HINE (1811-1895) 'Durlston Head'
A bay with figures on the shore, signed lower right, watercolour, 28cm x 37.5cm
£100 - £200 £100 View
142 HENRY JOSEPH MOULE (1825-1904) A GROUP OF THREE WATERCOLOURS OF DORCHESTER
'Dorchester from Cokers Frome', 14cm x 10cm, 'At Cokers Frome', 16cm x 13.25cm, and 'Frome Lane', 14cm x 10cm (3)
£100 - £200 - View
143 HENRY JOSEPH MOULE (1825-1904) 'Honeysuckle Cottage, Cokers Frome'
vignette view of a cottage with the River Frome running before it, watercolour, 16cm x 19.5cm (oval); together with a similar view 'At Cokers Frome', watercolour, 16.5cm x 29.5cm (2)
£100 - £200 - View

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