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Auction date Thursday 22 July 2021
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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

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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

KING WARRY, C., THE SENTINEL OF WESSEX,
Lot 49 Sold
KING WARRY, C., THE SENTINEL OF WESSEX,
Published 1904, London, and a collection of Dorset fiction; including ' Dearmer, P., 'THE DRAGON OF WESSEX', and Bevan, T., 'A LION OF WESSEX' (a lot)

Provenance: The Derek Mills Library, A Collection of Thomas Hardy and Dorset Books
Derek C Mills (7th November 1930 – 13th October 2019)Born in Poole in 1930, Derek’s interest in…
Hammer price: £15
Estimate: £20 - £40
22 July 2021
22 July 2021
A LARGE COLLECTION OF BOOKS RELATING TO DORSET,
Lot 50 Sold
A LARGE COLLECTION OF BOOKS RELATING TO DORSET,
Including both fiction and non-fiction (a lot)

Provenance: The Derek Mills Library, A Collection of Thomas Hardy and Dorset Books
Derek C Mills (7th November 1930 – 13th October 2019)Born in Poole in 1930, Derek’s interest in…
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £50 - £100
22 July 2021
22 July 2021
A LARGE COLLECTION OF BOOKS RELATING TO DORSET,
Lot 51 Sold
A LARGE COLLECTION OF BOOKS RELATING TO DORSET,
Largely non-fiction (a lot)

Provenance: The Derek Mills Library, A Collection of Thomas Hardy and Dorset Books
Derek C Mills (7th November 1930 – 13th October 2019)Born in Poole in 1930, Derek’s interest in…
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £50 - £100
22 July 2021
22 July 2021
A LARGE COLLECTION OF BOOKS RELATING TO DORSET,
Lot 52 Sold
A LARGE COLLECTION OF BOOKS RELATING TO DORSET,
Largely non-fiction (a lot)

Provenance: The Derek Mills Library, A Collection of Thomas Hardy and Dorset Books
Derek C Mills (7th November 1930 – 13th October 2019)Born in Poole in 1930, Derek’s interest in…
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £50 - £100
22 July 2021
22 July 2021
HARPER, G. G. THE HARDY COUNTRY,
Lot 53 Sold
HARPER, G. G. THE HARDY COUNTRY,
'Literary Landmarks of the Wessex Novels', published 1904, London, Adam and Charles Black, together with a large collection of modern criticism on Thomas Hardy (a lot)

Provenance: The Derek Mills Library, A Collection of Thomas Hardy and Dorset Books
Derek C Mills (7th November 1930 – 13th October 2019)Born in Poole in 1930, Derek’s interest in…
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £60 - £120
22 July 2021
22 July 2021
SEYMOUR-SMITH, MARTIN, HARDY
Lot 54 Unsold
SEYMOUR-SMITH, MARTIN, HARDY
Published 1994, London, Bloomsbury Publishing Ltd., and a large collection of literature by, and commenting on, Thomas Hardy (a lot)
Provenance: The Derek Mills Library, A Collection of Thomas Hardy and Dorset Books
Estimate: £30 - £50
22 July 2021
22 July 2021
ABERCROMBIE, LASCELLES., THOMAS HARDY A CRITICAL STUDY,
Lot 55 Sold
ABERCROMBIE, LASCELLES., THOMAS HARDY A CRITICAL STUDY,
Published 1912, London, Martin Secker, with; Thurston Hopkins, R., 'THOMAS HARDY'S DORSET', published 1922, London, Cecil Palmer, and a large collection of early criticism on Thomas Hardy (a lot)

Provenance: The Derek Mills Library, A Collection of Thomas Hardy and Dorset Books
Derek C Mills (7th November 1930 – 13th October 2019)Born in Poole in 1930, Derek’s interest in…
Hammer price: £140
Estimate: £100 - £200
22 July 2021
22 July 2021
D'EXIDEUIL, PIERRE., THE HUMAN PAIR IN THE WORK OF THOMAS HARDY,
Lot 56 Sold
D'EXIDEUIL, PIERRE., THE HUMAN PAIR IN THE WORK OF THOMAS HARDY,
Translated from the French by Felix W. Crosse, published London, Humphrey Toulmin, and a large collection of modern criticism on Thomas Hardy (a lot)

Provenance: The Derek Mills Library, A Collection of Thomas Hardy and Dorset Books
Derek C Mills (7th November 1930 – 13th October 2019)Born in Poole in 1930, Derek’s interest in…
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £60 - £120
22 July 2021
22 July 2021
KIRBY (20TH CENTURY) A VIEW OF CORFE CASTLE
Lot 57 Unsold
KIRBY (20TH CENTURY) A VIEW OF CORFE CASTLE
signed and dated (19)68 lower right, oil on board, 50cm x 60cm; a view of Thomas Hardy's Cottage, Bockhampton, Dorset by the same artist, oil on board, 50cm x 75cm; another painting by Kirby of a wetland landscape, oil on board, 78cm x 123cm; and three further prints by various artists, including two more studies of Hardy's cottage (6)

Provenance: The Derek Mills Library, A Collection of Thomas Hardy and Dorset Books
Estimate: £30 - £50
22 July 2021
22 July 2021
THOMAS HARDY INTEREST: A SILVER PLATED TEAPOT
Lot 58 Sold
THOMAS HARDY INTEREST: A SILVER PLATED TEAPOT
with ivory fittings, inscribed "Used by Thomas Hardy at Max Gate 20 years, and given by Emma Hardy to their Vicar Ri. Grosvenor Bartelot 7 July 1912", with further scratched inscription on the bottom by the recipient, confirming that Mrs Hardy gave the teapot as a momento in 1912.

Thomas Hardy was a neighbour at Max Gate and parishioner of Grosvenor Bartelot's for 22 years. Rev. Bartelot attended regular teatimes with Mrs Hardy who was keen for her husband to take a greater interest in the church.
Provenance: The Bartelot Family Collection, mostly the property of Rev. Richard Grosvenor Bartelot…
Hammer price: £480
Estimate: £300 - £500
22 July 2021
22 July 2021
THOMAS HARDY INTEREST: A LETTER FROM MRS FLORENCE HARDY TO MR BARTELOT
Lot 59 Sold
THOMAS HARDY INTEREST: A LETTER FROM MRS FLORENCE HARDY TO MR BARTELOT
dated 2nd September 1929 declining a request to open the church bazaar
Provenance: The Bartelot Family Collection, mostly the property of Rev. Richard Grosvenor Bartelot…
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £200 - £400
22 July 2021
22 July 2021
ORIGINAL PROGRAMMES FOR EVENTS RELATED TO THOMAS HARDY AND PERFORMED IN DORCHESTER
Lot 60 Sold
ORIGINAL PROGRAMMES FOR EVENTS RELATED TO THOMAS HARDY AND PERFORMED IN DORCHESTER
"A New Play" adapted from Thomas Hardy's famous novel "Far from the Madding Crowd" presented by the Dorchester Debating Society, November 17 and 18, 1909; "The Mellstock Quire" presented by the Dorchester Debating Society, November 16 & 17, 1910;
"The Hardy Plays" adapted from his "Wessex Tales" - "The Three Wayfarers" and "The Distracted…
Hammer price: £480
Estimate: £100 - £200
22 July 2021
22 July 2021
HARDY MEMORABILIA: A CHRISTMAS CARD FROM MR AND MRS THOMAS HARDY 1919,
Lot 61 Sold
HARDY MEMORABILIA: A CHRISTMAS CARD FROM MR AND MRS THOMAS HARDY 1919,
with country snowscene and printed with a seasonal poem "Birds at Nightfall" by Thomas Hardy, address to MS; two Orders of Service at Dorchester St. Peter following Hardy's death; an invitation card for the unveiling of the Thomas Hardy statue at Top o'Town 2nd September 1931; and an official handbook for the Thomas Hardy Festival in Dorchester July 1968 (5)
Provenance: The Bartelot Family Collection, mostly the property of Rev. Richard Grosvenor Bartelot…
Hammer price: £340
Estimate: £100 - £200
22 July 2021
22 July 2021
WILLIAM BARNES, "THE DORSET POET":
Lot 62 Sold
WILLIAM BARNES, "THE DORSET POET":
"A Few Words on the Advantages of a more Common Adoption of the Mathematic as a Branch of Education, or Subject of Study", William Barnes, Whittaker 1834; and "The Christian Year. Thoughts in verse for the Sundays and Holydays", Rivingtons, new edition 1882, dedication by William Barnes: "L.L. Barnes with love from her fond Father, 1 Sept 1884 ...." (2)
Provenance: The Bartelot Family Collection, mostly the property of Rev. Richard Grosvenor Bartelot…
Hammer price: £180
Estimate: £200 - £400
22 July 2021
22 July 2021
REV. MOULE OF FORDINGTON, DORCHESTER: "Memories of a Vicarage"
Lot 63 Unsold
REV. MOULE OF FORDINGTON, DORCHESTER: "Memories of a Vicarage"
Handley CG Mould DD, London, The Religious Tract Society, 1913, a gift from Moule (then Bishop of Durham) in 1918 to his successor a Vicar of Fordington Rev. R.G. Bartelot, including a letter from Mrs Moule and Moule's licence as Curate at Fordington 1869; "A Brief Memorial of Mrs Moule of Fordington", W. Poole, London and Henry Ling, Dorchester, 1877, Anon. 1st edition; and two copies of "Christmas Hymn 1874, words and music by Rev. HCG Moule (a lot)
Provenance: The Bartelot Family Collection, mostly the property of Rev. Richard Grosvenor Bartelot…
Estimate: £100 - £200
22 July 2021
22 July 2021
BROADLEY, ALEXANDER MEYRICK, AND BARTELOT, RICHARD GROSVENOR: THE THREE DORSET CAPTAINS AT TRAFALGAR
Lot 64 Sold
BROADLEY, ALEXANDER MEYRICK, AND BARTELOT, RICHARD GROSVENOR: THE THREE DORSET CAPTAINS AT TRAFALGAR
Thomas Masterman Hardy, Charles Bullen and Henry Digby, Bartelot's copy bound for annotation and addition, with pasted in letters, including pasted to a frontispage a letter apparently bearing the signature of Lord Nelson (as Duke of Bronte) to a Doctor, detailing his shame at a French Ambassador's carriage being dragged by "damned scoundrels"
a hand-written letter from Sir Evan MacGregor, Permanent Secretary to the Admiralty and grandson of…
Hammer price: £1,500
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
22 July 2021
22 July 2021
WORKS ON NELSON AND HARDY BY BROADLEY AND BARTELOT
Lot 65 Sold
WORKS ON NELSON AND HARDY BY BROADLEY AND BARTELOT
including: "Nelson's Hardy - His Life, Letters and Friends", by AM Broadley and RG Bartelot, Murray 1909. This is the authors copy of the work with photos of the authors and correspondence between them; The Three Dorset Captains by Broadley and Bartelot (as published including related correspondence as per previous lot); and "The Three Dorset Captains at Trafalgar" Dovecote Press for the bicententary (3)
Provenance: The Bartelot Family Collection, mostly the property of Rev. Richard Grosvenor Bartelot…
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £100 - £200
22 July 2021
22 July 2021
CREWKERNE GRAMMER SCHOOL: "HISTORY OF CREWKERNE SCHOOL"
Lot 66 Sold
CREWKERNE GRAMMER SCHOOL: "HISTORY OF CREWKERNE SCHOOL"
by Rev. RG Bartelot 1899 - the authors copy with associated post-publication correspondence and ephemera and second copy; a framed photo of Crewkerne School in 1883, inscribed on the back; three mounted photos Crewkerne School boys in 1833, cricket team 1884 and football team 1885; school prospectus, likely early 20th century; and a charming letter in rhyme to RGB at school from his father (a lot)
Provenance: The Bartelot Family Collection, mostly the property of Rev. Richard Grosvenor Bartelot…
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £50 - £100
22 July 2021
22 July 2021
REVEREND R. GROSVENOR BARTELOT: MONOGRAPHS AND MANUSCRIPTS
Lot 67 Sold
REVEREND R. GROSVENOR BARTELOT: MONOGRAPHS AND MANUSCRIPTS
including: "The Prebendal Church of Saint George at Fordington: Notes on its medieval floor tiles" (2 copies); "The Vanished Medieval Castles of Dorset" (2 copies), his original manuscript of the essay and medal for winning the Mansell Pleydell Essay Prize for 1942; "Dorset Clocks and Clockmakers" (2 copies); Old Clocks and Watches and their Maker"Old Clocks of Wessex"; "Fourteenth Century Life in Bridport", four
typed manuscripts of talks for the BBC, broadcast 1924; copy of a monograph and various…
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £50 - £100
22 July 2021
22 July 2021
WORKS BY ALFRED POPE FSA
Lot 68 Unsold
WORKS BY ALFRED POPE FSA
including "The Old Stone Crosses of Dorset", Chiswick Press/Henry Ling, Dorchester 1906; "The Walks and Avenues of Dorchester" a booklet 1916 (2 copies); and Order of Service for the memorial service for Alfred Pope, 1934 (4)
Provenance: The Bartelot Family Collection, mostly the property of Rev. Richard Grosvenor Bartelot…
Estimate: £50 - £100
22 July 2021
22 July 2021
MONOGRAPHS BY OTHER LOCAL WRITERS
Lot 69 Unsold
MONOGRAPHS BY OTHER LOCAL WRITERS
including "The Excavation of Maiden Castle, Dorset" - first interim report, Mortimer Wheeler, reprint from Antiquaries Journal 1935; "Brother John Wilkes MP 1727-1797", AM Broadley, Monograph (2 copies); description of Romano-British pavement found in 1903 in the Foundry, Fordington, OC Vidler 1928; "Sutton Waldron Parish and Village"; "Edward Buckler (1610-1796) Poet and Preacher" WH Buckler 1936; and "All about the Great Western Railway - Seven Decades of Success 1838-1911" by Broadley & Bartelott;
four children's copy books: three dated 1862 and 1863 signed "Jim Sheridan", and one 1880 signed …
Estimate: £50 - £100
22 July 2021
22 July 2021
DORSET TOPOGRAPHY, HISTORY, TRACTS AND NEWSPAPERS
Lot 70 Unsold
DORSET TOPOGRAPHY, HISTORY, TRACTS AND NEWSPAPERS
including: "Matters of Great Note and Consequence", a pamphlet printed for George Thompson 1641; "Dorset Up Along and Down Along" A Collection of folklore, flower names and floral love, gathered together by the Womens Institute; "Pastorals of Dorset", "Highways and Byways in Dorset" by Sir. Frederick Treves, edition 1935; an Ordnance survey map of Dorset, 1811, with updates to the 1850's, in four sheets, published in 1969 by David & Charles;
and a collection of mixed Dorset local history books, other pamphlets and papers (a mixed lot…
Estimate: £100 - £200
22 July 2021
22 July 2021
CORFE CASTLE: "BRAVE DAME MARY OF CORFE CASTLE"
Lot 71 Unsold
CORFE CASTLE: "BRAVE DAME MARY OF CORFE CASTLE"
SPCK, London; "Corfe Castle" or "Keneswitha" Anon, Hurst Robinson & Co. London 1824; other books and pamphlets; a quantity of antiquarian views of Corfe Castle ruins and a reproduction plan; and "Twenty Sermons delivered in the Parish of Swanage" by Rev. Thomas Oldfield Bartlett, Smith 1843 (a lot)
Provenance: The Bartelot Family Collection, mostly the property of Rev. Richard Grosvenor Bartelot…
Estimate: £50 - £100
22 July 2021
22 July 2021
RODNEY AND PAMELA RUSSELL:
Lot 72 Unsold
RODNEY AND PAMELA RUSSELL:
A painting of Corfe Castle from the meadows by Pamela Russell; 'Sacred is the Dust' poems by Rodney Russell, The Friary Press, Dorchester with signed dedication to Dr. Romana Bartelot (2)
Artists Rodney and Pamela Russell lived at Melford House, Yetminster. They were friends of Dr.…
Estimate: £50 - £100
22 July 2021
22 July 2021

Total lots: 189

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