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

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Lot	Title	Estimate	Hammer price
522	LE FANU, JOSEPH SHERIDAN: ‘IN A GLASS DARKLY’ illustrated by Edward Ardizzone, published by Peter Davies, London 1929, black cloth bound	£100 - £200	£80	View
523	LOWE, E. J.: ‘A NATURAL HISTORY OF BRITISH GRASSES’ published by John C. Nimmo, London 1891, gilt tooled green cloth bound; together with Plues, Margaret: ‘British Grasses’, published by Reeve & Co, London, 1867, gilt tooled brown leather bound…	£100 - £200	-	View
524	MAETERLINCK, MAURICE: 'THE LIFE OF THE BEE' illustrated by E.J. Detmold, published by George Allen & Co., London 1912, decorated buff cloth bound; together with Maeterlinck, Maurice: 'The Treasure of the Humble', published by George Allen …	£30 - £50	£25	View
525	MARDUS, J. C.: ‘LE LIVRE DES MILLE NUITS ET UNE NUIT’ illustrated by Leon Carre, volumes 3-12, published by L’ Edition Art, Paris, paper bound with original dustwrappers and slip cases; together with Bussiere, Gaston: ‘La Derniere Nuit de Judas’,…	£300 - £500	-	View
526	MIEGE, GUY: ‘THE PRESENT STATE OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND’ fifth edition, printed for A. Bettesworth et al, London, 1723, rebound three-quarter red leather, inscribed to front flyleaf in 18th Century ink ‘Richard Thomas, April 11th 1783’, with four line…	£80 - £150	-	View
527	MURPHY, JOHN: 'A TREATISE ON THE ART OF WEAVING' 9th edition, published by Blackie & Son, Glasgow 1847, full brown calf bound with gilt tooled maroon leather half title and retaining fold-out plans and charts Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile.	£100 - £200	-	View
528	NEMNICH, PHILIP ANDREW: ‘AN UNIVERSAL EUROPEAN DICTIONARY OF MERCHANDISE’ printed for J. Johnson, London 1799, rebound marbled card binding; together with ‘The Dictionary of Merchandise’, anon, printed for the Author and sold by T. Boosey, London 1803, later brown leather…	£50 - £100	£50	View
529	NEWTON, ISAAC: ‘ARITHMETICA UNIVERSALIS’ volume 2, published by Rey, Amsterdam, London, 1761, brown leather bound Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile.	£50 - £100	£100	View
530	NICHOLSON, WILLIAM: ‘THE FIRST PRINCIPLES OF CHEMISTRY’ third edition, printed for G.G and J. Robinson, London 1796, gilt tooled brown leather bound with green half title and retaining plates; together with Parkes, Samuel: ‘The Rudiments of Chemistry,…	£100 - £200	-	View
531	NICHOLSON, WILLIAM: ‘A DICTIONARY OF CHEMISTRY’ volumes 1 and 2, printed for G.G and J Robinson, London, 1795, rebound three-quarter leather Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile.	£100 - £200	-	View
532	NICHOLSON, WILLIAM: 'THE BRITISH ENCYCLOPAEDIA or DICTIONARY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES' volumes 1-6, printed by C. Whittingham for Longman et al, London 1809, gilt tooled brown calf binding, retaining various plates to text, ex libris Harold & Margaret Michelmore Provenance: A…	£100 - £200	-	View
533	NOLLET, ABBE: ‘LECONS DE PHYSIQUE EXPERIMENTALE’ seventh edition, volumes 1-6, published by Chez Durand et al, Paris 1771; together with Nollet, Abbe: ‘Lettres Sur Electricite’, published by Geurin et al, Paris 1753; and a quantity of antiquarian…	£300 - £500	-	View
534	OZANAM, M.: ‘RECREATIONS MATHEMATIQUES ET PHYSIQUES’ volumes 1-4, published by Chez Didot, Paris, 1790, half brown leather bound with gilt tooled spines and half titles, retaining plates (4) Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile.	£100 - £200	-	View
535	PARKES, SAMUEL: ‘THE CHEMICAL CATECHISM’ seventh edition, published by Baldwin et al, London 1816, rebound half brown leather, retains plates Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile.	£50 - £100	£50	View
536	PARSONS, REV. B: ‘ANTI-BACCHUS: AN ESSAY’ published by John Snow, London, 1843, bound with Whately, Richard: ‘Thoughts on the Sabbath’ and a Welsh language pamphlet, all contained in a single three quarter black leather binding; together…	£50 - £100	£80	View
537	PENNANT, THOMAS: ‘THE LITERARY LIFE OF THE LATE THOMAS PENNANT ESQ. BY HIMSELF’ sold by Benjamin and John White, London 1793, rebound half leather; together with ‘The Journey from Chester to London’, three-quarter brown leather binding (2) Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile.	£30 - £50	-	View
538	PHILLIPS, EDWARD: ‘THE NEW WORLD OF WORDS: OR THE UNIVERSAL ENGLISH DICTIONARY’ sixth edition, printed for J. Phillips, London, 1706, original brown calf bound, the restored spine with gilt tooled maroon half titles, bookplate for Philip Eyre pasted inside front cover …	£200 - £400	£200	View
539	PITT, WILLIAM: 'A TOPOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF STAFFORDSHIRE' printed by and for J. Smith, Newcastle under Lyme, 1817, rebound three-quarter maroon leather with marble boards, retaining fold-out plates to rear of volume Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile.	£100 - £200	-	View
540	PLANTA, EDWARD: ‘A NEW PICTURE OF PARIS’ fourteenth edition, printed for Samuel Leigh, London 1824, gilt tooled black leather bound; together with Alhoy and Lurine: ‘Les Prisons de Paris’, new edition, published by Gustave Havard, 1846,…	£100 - £200	-	View
541	PRATT, ANNE: 'THE FERNS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND THEIR ALLIES' published by Frederick Warne & Co., London, original gilt-tooled green cloth bound, retaining numerous lithograph plates Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile.	£100 - £200	£100	View
542	RACKHAM, ARTHUR (ILLUS) - FIVE VOLUMES comprising ‘A Midsummer-Night’s Dream’, ‘The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie’, a French language version of the same work, ‘Siegfried & The Twilight of the Gods’ and ‘Poor Cecco’, 1908-1923,…	£150 - £250	£260	View
543	RAPIN DE THOYRAS: 'THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND' translated by M. Tindal, second edition, volumes 1-2, printed for James, John and Paul Knapton, London 1732, full brown leather folio binding with red leather half titles, Moor Park bookplate and…	£150 - £250	£130	View
544	RAY, CYRIL: ‘MERRY ENGLAND’ illustrated by Edward Ardizzone, first edition, published by Vista 1960; together with Strong, L.A.G: Trevannion’, also illustrated by Edward Ardizzone, first edition, published by Methuen, 1948,…	£30 - £50	£30	View
545	REEVES, JAMES: TEN CHILDREN’S BOOKS all illustrated by Edward Ardizzone, mostly first editions including ‘Prefabulous Animiles’, published by Heinemann 1957, two copies of ‘Exploits of Don Quixote’, published by Blackie 1959, ‘Three…	£50 - £100	£40	View

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