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Auction date Wednesday 15 October 2025 10:30 - 17:30 BST

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Lot	Title	Estimate	Hammer price
498	GRANVILLE FELL, H. (ILLUS.): 'THE SONG OF SOLOMON' published by The Guild of Women Binders, 61 Charing Cross Road, London 1897, limited edition on Japanese paper, no. 95/100, buff cloth bound, with gilt tooled title to front cover Provenance: A…	£200 - £400	-	View
499	GRAVES, ROBERT: TWO COPIES OF ‘ANN AT HIGHWOOD HALL’ illustrated by Edward Ardizzone, both first editions, one an ex-library copy, pale blue hardbound with dustwrappers (2)	£30 - £50	-	View
500	GREENE, GRAHAM: FOUR ‘LITTLE SERIES’ VOLUMES illustrated by Edward Ardizzone, comprising ‘The Little Train’, ‘The Little Fire Engine’, ‘The Little Steamroller’ and ‘The Little Horse Bus’, published by Bodley Head 1973/4, two with dustwrappers …	£100 - £200	£140	View
501	GREGORY, BARNARD: 'THE SATIRIST, OR MONTHLY METEOR' New Series, Volume XI comprising Nos. 1-5, printed for the proprietor for the Satirist Offfice, London 1812, later three quarter brown leather binding with marbled boards and red half title,…	£200 - £400	-	View
502	GUTHRIE-SMITH, H: ‘MUTTON BIRDS AND OTHER BIRDS’ published by Whitcombe and Tombs, 1914, gilt decorated green cloth bound Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile.	£20 - £40	-	View
503	HARDY, THOMAS: ‘TESS OF THE D’URBERVILLES’ first edition, first issue, volumes 1-3, published by James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., London 1891, gilt tooled brown cloth binding, the title pages and explanatory note (volume 1)/front fly…	£500 - £1,000	£700	View
504	HARRIS, JOHN: ‘LEXICON TECHNICUM’ printed volume one to title page but text runs A-Z, printed for Dan. Browne et al, London, 1716, original brown calf bound, retaining numerous plates Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile.	£200 - £400	-	View
505	HAYTER: ‘AN INTRODUCTION TO PERSPECTIVE’ printed for the author and sold by Black, Perry and Co, et al, London, 1813, brown leather bound with gilt tooled spine, retaining plates Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile.	£100 - £200	£100	View
506	HEBBEL, FRIEDRICH: ‘THE NIEBELUNGS’ translated by Goldberger, illustrated by G.H. McCall, published by A. Siegle, London, card bound; together with Foster-Barham, A.G. (Trans): ‘The Nibelungen Lied’, published by Routledge, London 1887…	£100 - £200	-	View
507	HILL, JOHN: 'THE VEGETABLE SYSTEM' second edition, volumes 1-26, printed for the author and sold by T. Truman, London 1770-1775, folio, bound in 13 gilt tooled brown leather volumes with titled spines, Bridehead bookplates pasted over…	£1,500 - £2,500	£750	View
508	HOOD, THOMAS: 'POEMS' illustrated by Gustave Doré, published by E. Moxon, Son & Co., London 1870, black cloth folio binding with repaired spine Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile.	£50 - £100	-	View
509	HOWARD, JOHN: 'AN ACCOUNT OF THE PRINCIPAL LAZARETTOS IN EUROPE’ second edition, printed for Johnson, Dilly and Cadell, London 1791, three quarter brown leather bound, with gilt tooled spine, marbled boards and retaining plates Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile.	£150 - £250	-	View
510	HUBER, FRANCIS: TWO VOLUMES - 'NEW OBSERVATIONS ON THE NATURAL HISTORY OF BEES' AND 'THE NATURAL HISTORY OF ANTS' the former published by John Anderson, Edinburgh 1808 second edition, the latter by Longman et al, London 1820, cloth and three quarter leather bindings (2)	£30 - £50	£40	View
511	HULME, EDWARD F.: ‘BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS OF THE COUNTRY SIDE’ published by Hutchinson & Co, London, 1903, green cloth bound Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile.	£70 - £100	-	View
512	HUNT, ROBERT: ‘URE’S DICTIONARY OF ARTS, MANUFACTURES AND MINES’ seventh edition, volumes 1-4, published by Longman, London 1878, red cloth bound (4) Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile.	£50 - £100	-	View
513	HUTTON, W.: 'AN HISTORY OF BIRMINGHAM TO THE END OF THE YEAR 1780' printed by and for Pearson & Rollason, Birmingham 1781, three-quarter grained brown leather bound with repaired spine, retaining fold-out south view of Birmingham before the title page …	£50 - £100	£50	View
514	IMISON, JOHN: ‘ELEMENTS OF SCIENCE AND ART’ new edition, volumes 1 and 2, printed for J. Harding et al, London 1803, full brown leather binding with green and black leather half titles (2) Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile.	£50 - £100	-	View
515	IRVING, WASHINGTON: 'A HISTORY OF THE LIFE AND VOYAGES OF CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS' volumes 1-4, published by John Murray, London 1828, gilt tooled brown cloth bound, retaining fold-out 'Chart of the West Indies' to volume 1 (4) Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile.	£200 - £400	-	View
516	JESSE, EDWARD: 'GLEANING IN NATURAL HISTORY' new edition, volumes 1 and 2, published by John Murray, London, 1832, three quarter brown leather bound with marbled boards and red half title, retaining plates (2) Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile.	£50 - £100	-	View
517	JOHNSON, SAMUEL: ‘A DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE’ eleventh edition, printed for Brown et al, Edinburgh 1797, rebound half brown leather; together with Ainsworth, Robert - A Dictionary of the Latin Tongue’ new edition, printed for Bathurst et al,…	£50 - £100	-	View
518	KIPLING, RUDYARD: 'A SONG OF THE ENGLISH two copies, illustrated by William Heath Robinson, both published by Hodder and Stoughton, one in pale yellow cloth binding published on behalf of 'The Daily Telegraph' National Bands Fund and…	£100 - £200	-	View
519	LANG, ANDREW: ‘PRINCE CHARLES EDWARD’ limited edition no. 1116 of 1500; together with Skelton, Sir John: ‘Charles I’, both published by Goupil & Co, London 1900 and 1898 respectively, gilt tooled red cloth bound (2) Provenance:…	£30 - £50	-	View
520	LANG, FRITZ: 'DAS SCHNAUZERBUCH' a card bound volume of nine woodblock prints, each depicting Schauzers at play, each signed in pencil 'F Lang', the volume 27cm x 24cm	£150 - £250	-	View
521	LAVATER, J.C.: ‘PHYSIOGNOMY’ translated by Samuel Shaw, printed for H.D. Symonds, London, brown leather bound with red leather half title, retaining plates; together with Combe, Andrew: ‘The Principles of Physiology’ sixteenth…	£100 - £200	-	View

Total lots: 590

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