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| Lot | Title | Estimate | Hammer price | |
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| 577 |
'THE BRITISH CLASSICS'
volumes 1-11, 13-16, 18, 22, 23 and 24, all three-quarter brown leather bound with marbled cloth boards, volume 16 retaining one half title (19)
Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile. |
£100 - £200 | £100 | View |
| 578 |
'ENGLISH - WATERCOLOUR'
edited by Charles Holme, parts 1-8, published by The Studio, London 1902, folio bound in green paper wraps; together with Bradshaw, Percy V.: 'The Art of the Illustrator - W. Heath Robinson and His…
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£100 - £200 | - | View |
| 579 |
'THE HIVE OR WEEKLY ENTERTAINING REGISTER'
volumes 1 (no. 1) - 3 (no. 81), published by J. Orowhyn et al, London 1821, three volumes in later half black leather and marbled boards (3)
Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile. |
£100 - £200 | - | View |
| 580 |
'KNIGHT'S CYCLOPAEDIA OF THE INDUSTRY OF ALL NATIONS'
published by Charles Knight, London 1851, original tooled brown cloth binding and retaining a variety of plates to rear of the volume
Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile. |
£50 - £100 | - | View |
| 581 |
THREE ARGONAUT PRESS VOLUMES
comprising: Ralegh, Sir Walter: 'The Discoverie of the Large and Bewtiful Empire of Guiana', edited by V.T. Harlow, Jane, Cecil: 'The Voyages of Christopher Columbus', and Harlow, V.T.: 'Ralegh's…
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£100 - £200 | - | View |
| 582 |
'APOCRYPHA' - an 18th century copy from The King James Version
books 1-14, retaining plate to text including 'The Dragon Destroyed by Daniel', later half black leather binding with buff cloth boards
Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile. |
£100 - £200 | - | View |
| 583 |
‘THE ROYAL SHAKSPERE’
with introduction by F.J. Furnivall, volumes 1-3, published by Cassell & Company, London 1894, red three-quarter leather binding with marbled boards (3)
Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile. |
£50 - £100 | - | View |
| 584 |
‘TOWNSON & MERCER’S CATALOGUE OF CHEMICAL APPARATUS AND CHEMICALS’
second edition, 1881, red cloth bound, together with Beckmann, Joh: ‘A History of Inventions, Discoveries and Origins’, fourth edition, volumes 1 and 2, published by Bohn, 1846, green cloth bound;…
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£50 - £100 | - | View |
| 585 |
A COLLECTION OF FRENCH HISTORY AND LITERATURE BOOKS
18th century and later, including Le Sage, M. (Marquis de la Caves) - ‘Le Diable Boiteux’, new edition, volumes 1-4, three quarter brown leather bound with later slip case (31)
Provenance: A Dorset… |
£200 - £400 | - | View |
| 586 |
‘NOUVEAU DICTIONNAIRE D’HISTOIRE NATURELLE’
volumes 22-36, published by Chez Deterville, Paris, 1818-9, half brown leather bound with orange and green half titles (15)
Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile. |
£100 - £200 | £100 | View |
| 587 |
'STATUTES OF THE MOST HONOURABLE ORDER OF THE BATH'
reprinted by T. Harper, Crane Court, Fleet Street, 1812, gilt tooled red leather bound
Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile. |
£30 - £50 | £90 | View |
| 588 |
‘RECREATIVE SCIENCE: A RECORD AND REMEMBRANCER’
volumes 1-3, published by Groombridge and Sons, London 1860, black three quarter leather bound (3)
Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile. |
£30 - £50 | - | View |
| 589 |
‘THE CABINET MAKER’S GUIDE’
new edition, printed for Knight and Lacey, London 1825, rebound in three quarter green leather, featuring period annotations
Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile. |
£30 - £50 | £50 | View |
| 590 |
‘ARCANA OF SCIENCE AND ART’
seventh and eighth years, both published by John Limbird, London 1834 and 1835, brown leather bound with gilt tooled spines and black half titles, retaining plates (2)
Provenance: A Dorset… |
£50 - £100 | - | View |
| 591 |
FOLIO SOCIETY: MATHERS, POWYS: ‘THE BOOK OF THE THOUSAND NIGHTS AND ONE NIGHT’
illustrated by Eric Fraser, volumes 1-4, published by the Folio Press, 1980, cream card half binding with slip case; together with Vasari, Georgio: ‘Lives of the Artists’, volumes 1-3 in slip case,…
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£50 - £100 | - | View |
| 592 |
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS ON EDWARD ARDIZZONE
including Ardizzone, Edward: 'The Young Ardizzone', first edition, published by Studio Vista, London 1970, green cloth bound with dustwrapper; together with a Phillips Auction Catalogue for a sale of…
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£30 - £50 | £30 | View |
| 593 |
'GAME PIE - A GUINNESS INDOOR SPORTFOLIO'
illustrated by Edward Ardizzone and printed by W.S. Cowell, 6pp pamphlet in card wraps, with original Guinness compliment card; together with five copies of the Strand magazine for 1947, illustrated…
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£100 - £200 | - | View |
| 594 |
FIVE 19TH CENTURY FRENCH/ENGLISH CHILDREN’S ILLUSTRATED PHRASE BOOKS
including ‘Enclyclopedy for Children’ illus. by H. Duru, some incomplete (5)
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£50 - £100 | £460 | View |
| 595 |
A LATE 18TH CENTURY VELLUM BOUND RECIPE AND QUACK CURE BOOK
containing handwritten instructions in a variety of hands, including a cure for Dysentry taken from the General Evening Post for Thursday October 17 1780, the volume 21cm x 6.5cm; together with two…
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£100 - £200 | £650 | View |
| 596 |
SARAH ATKINSON: A 19TH CENTURY SCRAP ALBUM
containing a selection of pressed and dried botanical specimens, sketches and verse, the front fly leaf dated ‘49 (1849), the volume with gilt tooled leather binding
Provenance: Sarah Atkinson,… |
£100 - £200 | £70 | View |
| 597 |
ELIZABETH FOWLE: A 19TH CENTURY LEATHER BOUND ALBUM
containing a selection of botanical watercolour sketches, musical scores and verse by Elizabeth Fowle, some dated 1853, the three quarter leather bound volume with gilt tooled spine and marbled…
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£100 - £200 | £120 | View |
| 598 |
‘ANN LOVEDAY’S RIDDLE BOOK’
a late 18th/early 19th century half leather bound journal containing 642 handwritten riddles in a variety of hands, the front flyleaf titled in pencil, the binding with brown leather spine and…
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£150 - £250 | £1,000 | View |
| 599 |
ANN LOVEDAY: A 19TH CENTURY SCRAP BOOK
containing a selection of interesting paper scraps, botanical watercolour sketches by Ann Loveday, some dated 1839, with dried botanical specimens, the book 20cm x 15.5cm lacking covers
Provenance:… |
£100 - £200 | £60 | View |
| 600 |
ELIZABETH FOWLE: A SKETCH BOOK OF SOUTH AFRICAN FLOWERS
dated 1904, containing nineteen mostly complete watercolours of named botanical specimens, the brown cloth bound sketch book 18.5cm x 13.5cm, label pasted to inside board for ‘West Cliff Fine Art…
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£50 - £100 | £110 | View |
| 601 |
‘THE TELEGRAPH’ - A LATE 18TH CENTURY ALMAMAC OR PERPETUAL CALENDAR
for the years 1753-1865, yellow and red highlighted three-fold stiffened paper, printed by T.M. Vize, 23cm x 12.5cm, with loose printed explanation, the latter annotated in pencil verso ‘4 Denmark…
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£100 - £200 | £220 | View |
| 602 |
‘A NEW PUZZLE OF PORTRAITS’ - A LATE 18TH CENTURY SET OF PUZZLE CARDS
nos. 1-12, published by Orme, January 18th 1794, each 8cm x 12cm; together with four other similar puzzle cards; and two late 18th/early 19th century pencil drawings on card titled ‘Cottage at…
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£100 - £200 | £800 | View |
| 603 |
A COLLECTION OF CORPORATION OF LONDON PROGRAMMES
circa 1970s onwards, including a programme for a luncheon celebrating the silver wedding anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, another programme for a luncheon celebrating Queen…
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£100 - £200 | - | View |
| 604 | A LARGE COLLECTION OF EPHEMERA | £300 - £500 | £1,600 | View |
| 605 |
BURTON BRADSTOCK / BRIDPORT INTEREST: ‘A New Song addressed to the Royal Volunteers of Burton Bradstock’
an early 19th century handwritten musical score, the seven verses including reference to ‘The blood-stain’d sons of France’, presumably a Napoleonic allusion, with text below stating ‘This Musick……
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£100 - £200 | £140 | View |
| 606 |
AFTER SIMON VAN DE PASSE (1595-1647) A series of eight engravings
comprising Charles I profile, Charles I mounted, two of Anne of Denmark, one other male profile and two Royal seals, each 5.5cm x 4.5cm, a similar engraving of Christ; together with a collection of…
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£100 - £200 | £50 | View |
| 607 |
A COLLECTION OF SIXTEEN LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY CUT OUT PAPER FIGURES
mostly coloured and titled in pencil verso, various sizes, including Signor and Signora Martelli, three paper stencils comprising two human portraits and a cat; together with an embossed paper…
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£50 - £100 | £30 | View |
| 608 |
A 1985 ROLLS ROYCE SILVER SPIRIT
registration C820 VCG, automatic, 88k miles, porcelain white with cream leather interior, chassis number SCAZS0007GCH14244, engine number 14244
Provenance: This locally well known vehicle was… |
£8,000 - £12,000 | - | View |
