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Auction date Friday 17 June 2022 10:30 - 17:30 BST
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Friday 17th June at 10.30am

Including property from the library of a remarkable collector of English literature, who sought out important association copies and first editions of the works of Hardy, Lawrence, Austen, Fleming, Tolkien, Milne, Trollope et al (Lots 1-49).

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Total lots: 133

SCOTT, GEORGE RYLEY: THE HISTORY OF TORTURE THROUGHOUT THE AGES
Lot 97 Sold
SCOTT, GEORGE RYLEY: THE HISTORY OF TORTURE THROUGHOUT THE AGES
first edition, published by T. Werner Laurie, London, 1940, later red three quarter leather binding
Hammer price: £140
Estimate: £70 - £90
17 June 2022
17 June 2022
RUSSELL, JAMES: THE LOST WATERCOLOURS
Lot 98 Sold
RUSSELL, JAMES: THE LOST WATERCOLOURS
published by The Mainstone Press, Norwich, 2016, cloth binding with slip case
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £100 - £150
17 June 2022
17 June 2022
SAVAGE, JAMES: THE HISTORY OF DORCHESTER
Lot 99 Unsold
SAVAGE, JAMES: THE HISTORY OF DORCHESTER
published by G. Clark, Cornhill, 1833, half brown cloth binding with marbled boards, sold together with Pearce, R: Methodism in Portland, published by Charles R. Kelly, London, 1898, brown cloth binding
Estimate: £80 - £100
17 June 2022
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STAHL, P: TONY AND PUSS
Lot 100 Unsold
STAHL, P: TONY AND PUSS
illustrated by Lorenz Frolich, published by Seeley, Jackson & Halliday, London, 1870, in gilt and black tooled red cloth
Estimate: £50 - £70
17 June 2022
17 June 2022
SPIELMANN, M.H. & LAYARD, G.S.: KATE GREENAWAY
Lot 101 Unsold
SPIELMANN, M.H. & LAYARD, G.S.: KATE GREENAWAY
edition de-luxe No. 399 of 500, published by A & C Black, London 1905, complete with original Greenway sketch inset to front endpaper and signed twice by John Greenaway, with fine gilt tooled green leather binding by Sangorski & Sutcliffe
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
17 June 2022
17 June 2022
TOLKIEN, J.R.R.: THE LORD OF THE RINGS
Lot 102 Sold
TOLKIEN, J.R.R.: THE LORD OF THE RINGS
India paper edition published by Allen & Unwin, 1969, black pictorial cloth binding with slip case; sold together Tolkien, J.R.R.: The Silmarillion, first edition, published by Allen & Unwin, 1977, blue cloth binding with dustwrapper
Hammer price: £180
Estimate: £100 - £200
17 June 2022
17 June 2022
TRIGGS, H. INIGO: FORMAL GARDENS IN ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND
Lot 103 Sold
TRIGGS, H. INIGO: FORMAL GARDENS IN ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND
subscriber's copy, published by B.T. Batsford, London, 1902, in folio size three quarter leather binding
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £100 - £200
17 June 2022
17 June 2022
VIMONT, JOSEPH: PHRENOLOGIE, HUMAINE ET COMPAREE
Lot 104 Unsold
VIMONT, JOSEPH: PHRENOLOGIE, HUMAINE ET COMPAREE
published by Establissement Encyclograhique, Brussels, 1836, brown three quarter leather binding
Estimate: £200 - £300
17 June 2022
17 June 2022
WALLIS, JOHN (EDITOR): THE BOOK OF DAYS OF LLEWELYN POWYS
Lot 105 Unsold
WALLIS, JOHN (EDITOR): THE BOOK OF DAYS OF LLEWELYN POWYS
with twelves etchings by Elizabeth Corsellis, published by The Golden Cockerel Press, 1937, half green leather binding
Estimate: £250 - £300
17 June 2022
17 June 2022
WELLS, H.G: 'WAR OF THE WORLDS'
Lot 106 Sold
WELLS, H.G: 'WAR OF THE WORLDS'
1st edition published by William Heinemann, London, 1898, grey cloth binding
Hammer price: £550
Estimate: £200 - £400
17 June 2022
17 June 2022
WHITE, E.B.: CHARLOTTE'S WEB,
Lot 107 Sold
WHITE, E.B.: CHARLOTTE'S WEB,
1st edition, published by Harper & Bros, New York, 1952, with I-B mark and price-clipped dustwrapper
Hammer price: £120
Estimate: £200 - £300
17 June 2022
17 June 2022
YORKE, MALCOLM: THE INWARD LAUGH
Lot 108 Unsold
YORKE, MALCOLM: THE INWARD LAUGH
published by The Fleece Press, Upper Denby, 2005, half cloth binding with pictorial boards
Estimate: £150 - £200
17 June 2022
17 June 2022
YORKE, MALCOLM: TWO COPIES OF RICHARD BAWDEN, HIS LIFE & WORK
Lot 109 Sold
YORKE, MALCOLM: TWO COPIES OF RICHARD BAWDEN, HIS LIFE & WORK
published by The Fleece Press, Upper Denby, 2016, alternate red and blue half cloth bindings with matching slip cases
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £200 - £250
17 June 2022
17 June 2022
ZAMYATIN, YEVGENY: WE
Lot 110 Sold
ZAMYATIN, YEVGENY: WE
first UK edition, published by Jonathan Cape, London, 1970, grey cloth bound with dustwrapper
Hammer price: £125
Estimate: £100 - £150
17 June 2022
17 June 2022
'DOCTOR SYNTAX': THE LIFE OF NAPOLEON, A HUDIBRASTIC PEOM IN FIFTEEN CANTOS
Lot 111 Unsold
'DOCTOR SYNTAX': THE LIFE OF NAPOLEON, A HUDIBRASTIC PEOM IN FIFTEEN CANTOS
illustrated by George Cruikshank, first edition, complete with thirty hand-coloured plates, published by T. Tegg &c, London 1815, later gilt tooled red morocco leather binding with bookplate-style front endpaper for Henry Arthur Johnstone dated 1899
Estimate: £400 - £600
17 June 2022
17 June 2022
HIGH HOUSE PRESS, SHAFTESBURY: FOUR VOLUMES
Lot 112 Sold
HIGH HOUSE PRESS, SHAFTESBURY: FOUR VOLUMES
comprising Waller, Edmund: Songs and Verses; Matthewman, S: Hylas; How a Merchant did his Wife Betray; and Museaus: Hero & Leander (one of only 15 printed), all in half cloth bindings, the latter three with leaf pattern boards, all with bookplates for Roger Neville Russ Peers to inside covers
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £100 - £150
17 June 2022
17 June 2022
FOLIO SOCIETY: TWO VOLUMES
Lot 113 Unsold
FOLIO SOCIETY: TWO VOLUMES
comprising Alighieri Dante: Inferno illus. Wiliam Blake; and Armitage (transl): Sir Gawain illus. Diana Sudyka, both published 2008, cloth bindings with slip cases
Estimate: £100 - £150
17 June 2022
17 June 2022
24 VOLUMES FROM 'THE LONSDALE LIBRARY'
Lot 114 Sold
24 VOLUMES FROM 'THE LONSDALE LIBRARY'
various titles including 'Big Game Shooting in Africa' and 'Polo' all edited by Lonsdale and Parker, published by Seeley Service, various dates, in brown cloth bindings
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £150 - £200
17 June 2022
17 June 2022
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA ACT 1935 - AN ARCHIVE
Lot 115 Sold
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA ACT 1935 - AN ARCHIVE
collated by Edward Russell (1901-1982), Managing Editor of the Morning Post 1935-1937, comprising: two signed letters from Winston Churchill (1874-1965) to Russell respectively dated July 1934 and October 1937; a 'Chamber of the Princes' letter dated October 1934 and signed by five Maharajas; a letter from the Maharaja of Patiala Bhupinder Singh (1891-1938) to Russell dated October 1934 concerning Lord Willingdon; a draft copy of the Churchill-Russell memorandum 1934 and other related paperwork
Hammer price: £1,800
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
17 June 2022
17 June 2022
BADESLADE, THOMAS (fl. 1720-1750) AND TOMS, W.H, COLOURED ENGRAVING, A MAP OF DORSET SHIRE
Lot 116 Sold
BADESLADE, THOMAS (fl. 1720-1750) AND TOMS, W.H, COLOURED ENGRAVING, A MAP OF DORSET SHIRE
15.5cm square, in later burr veneer frame and glazed; together with five other 19th Century and later maps, all framed
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £100 - £150
17 June 2022
17 June 2022
AFTER BLAEU, CORNELIUS (1610-1644), REPRINT, MAP OF WESTPHALIA
Lot 117 Unsold
AFTER BLAEU, CORNELIUS (1610-1644), REPRINT, MAP OF WESTPHALIA
40cm x 50cm, in Hogarth frame and glazed, gifted to the vendor's family as part of the 1973 twinning of Dorchester with Lubbecke in Westphalia
Estimate: £40 - £60
17 June 2022
17 June 2022
BLAEU, JOHANNES (1596-1673), COLOURED ENGRAVING, MAP OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Lot 118 Sold
BLAEU, JOHANNES (1596-1673), COLOURED ENGRAVING, MAP OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE
41cm x 50cm, in later Hogarth frame and glazed
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £120 - £150
17 June 2022
17 June 2022
BLAEU, JOAN (1596-1673), COLOURED ENGRAVING, MAP OF BRITAIN
Lot 119 Sold
BLAEU, JOAN (1596-1673), COLOURED ENGRAVING, MAP OF BRITAIN
with vignettes of Anglo-Saxon history to sides, 42cm x 52cm, in gilt frame and glazed
Hammer price: £1,400
Estimate: £1,800 - £2,400
17 June 2022
17 June 2022
BOWEN, EMMANUEL (1694-1767) AND OWEN, JOHN, TWO COLOURED 'ROAD MAP' ENGRAVINGS
Lot 120 Unsold
BOWEN, EMMANUEL (1694-1767) AND OWEN, JOHN, TWO COLOURED 'ROAD MAP' ENGRAVINGS
comprising Exeter to Truro and Bristol to Westchester, each 19cm x 12cm in double sided Hogarth frames and glazed
Estimate: £30 - £50
17 June 2022
17 June 2022

Total lots: 133

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