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

William Batt


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Wednesday 15th October at 10.30am

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Total lots: 608

DICKENS, CHARLES: 'MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK'
Lot 481 Unsold
DICKENS, CHARLES: 'MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK'
illustrated by George Cattermole & Hablot Browne, volumes 1 & 2, published by Chapman & Hall, London 1840/41, three-quarter brown leather bound with marbled boards (2)

Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile.
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
DICKENS, CHARLES: 'DOMBEY AND SON'
Lot 482 Sold
DICKENS, CHARLES: 'DOMBEY AND SON'
first edition, illustrated by H. K. Browne, published by Bradbury & Evans, London 1848, black three-quarter leather bound with marbled boards and brown leather half title
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £50 - £100
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
DICKENS, CHARLES: 'LITTLE DORRIT'
Lot 483 Sold
DICKENS, CHARLES: 'LITTLE DORRIT'
first edition, illustrated by H.K. Browne, published by Bradbury and Evans, London, 1857, brown three-quarter leather bound with marbled boards
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £50 - £100
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
DICKENS, CHARLES: 'THE POSTHUMOUS PAPERS OF THE PICKWICK CLUB'
Lot 484 Sold
DICKENS, CHARLES: 'THE POSTHUMOUS PAPERS OF THE PICKWICK CLUB'
illustrated by R. Seymour and Phiz, published by Chapman and Hall, London, 1837, gilt tooled blue cloth binding, red leather half title
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £50 - £100
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
EMERSON, W.: ‘THE ELEMENTS OF OPTICS’
Lot 485 Unsold
EMERSON, W.: ‘THE ELEMENTS OF OPTICS’
books 1-4, printed for J. Nourse, London, 1768, all bound within one gilt tooled brown leather volume with black half title, retaining plates

Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile.
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
EVELYN, JOHN: ‘SILVA, OR A DISCOURSE OF FOREST-TREES’
Lot 486 Unsold
EVELYN, JOHN: ‘SILVA, OR A DISCOURSE OF FOREST-TREES’
books 1 & 2, fourth edition, printed for Robert Scott, London, 1706, quarto, original gilt tooled brown calf bound with black leather half title, pasted inside front cover with bookplate for E.W. Wynne Pendarves

Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile.
Estimate: £300 - £500
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
FABRE, J.H.: 'THE LIFE OF THE SPIDER', 'THE MASDON-BEES' and 'BRAMBLE-BEES AND OTHERS'
Lot 487 Unsold
FABRE, J.H.: 'THE LIFE OF THE SPIDER', 'THE MASDON-BEES' and 'BRAMBLE-BEES AND OTHERS'
each published by Hodder & Stoughton, 1912, 1914 and 1915 respectively, green cloth bound (3)

Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile.
Estimate: £30 - £50
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
FARADAY, MICHAEL: TWO VOLUMES - ‘VARIOUS FORCES OF NATURE’ AND ‘THE CHEMICAL HISTORY OF A CANDLE’
Lot 488 Sold
FARADAY, MICHAEL: TWO VOLUMES - ‘VARIOUS FORCES OF NATURE’ AND ‘THE CHEMICAL HISTORY OF A CANDLE’
both new editions and published by Chatto & Windus, Piccadilly, brown and blue leather bound respectively (2)

Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile.
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £30 - £50
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
FENNING, DANIEL: 'A NEW AND EASY GUIDE TO THE USE OF THE GLOBES'
Lot 489 Unsold
FENNING, DANIEL: 'A NEW AND EASY GUIDE TO THE USE OF THE GLOBES'
8th edition, printed for J. Johnson et al, London 1804, rebound black half-leather with marbled boards, retaining numerous plates including a fold-out 'The World' before the title page; together with Keith, Thomas: 'A New Treatise on the Use of the Globes', second edition, printed for the author, London 1808, rebound brown calf with red leather half title (2)

Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile.
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
FERGUSON, JAMES: ‘LECTURES ON SELECT SUBJECTS IN MECHANICS….’
Lot 490 Unsold
FERGUSON, JAMES: ‘LECTURES ON SELECT SUBJECTS IN MECHANICS….’
new edition, published Sherwood & Co, London 1852, green cloth bound retaining plates, Atkinson, E. - ‘Elementary Treatise on Physics’, second edition, published by Bailliere, London 1866, rebound three quarter brown leather; together with a selection of antiquarian scientific texts (18)

Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile.
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
FORSYTH, J.S.: 'THE ANTIQUARY'S PORTFOLIO'
Lot 491 Unsold
FORSYTH, J.S.: 'THE ANTIQUARY'S PORTFOLIO'
volumes 1 and 2, printed for George Wightman, London 1825, repaired half cloth binding with original mottled boards, volume 1 with bookplate for Marcel Lachaert (2)

Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile.
Estimate: £50 - £100
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
FOURCROY, A.F.: 'A GENERAL SYSTEM OF CHEMICAL KNOWLEDGE'
Lot 492 Unsold
FOURCROY, A.F.: 'A GENERAL SYSTEM OF CHEMICAL KNOWLEDGE'
translated by William Nicholson, volumes 1-11 (10 and 11 bound together), printed for Cadell & Davies et al, London 1804, three-quarter red leather bound with gilt tooled spines and marbled boards, each volume bearing bookplates for North Churland Castle (10)

Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile.
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
GIRARDIN, M.J.: ‘LECONS DE CHIMIE ELEMENTAIRE’
Lot 493 Unsold
GIRARDIN, M.J.: ‘LECONS DE CHIMIE ELEMENTAIRE’
fifth edition, volumes 1-5, published by Masson, Paris, 1873, gilt tooled green leather bound (5)

Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile.
Estimate: £30 - £50
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
GLADSTONE, W. E: 'THE STATE IN ITS RELATIONS WITH THE CHURCH' and 'CHURCH PRINCIPLES CONSIDERED IN THEIR RESULTS'
Lot 494 Sold
GLADSTONE, W. E: 'THE STATE IN ITS RELATIONS WITH THE CHURCH' and 'CHURCH PRINCIPLES CONSIDERED IN THEIR RESULTS'
both published by John Murray, London 1838 and 1840 respectively, both three-quarter brown leather bound, the gilt tooled spines with red half titles and marbled boards (2)

Provenance: Bridehead, Dorset.
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £50 - £100
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
GOLDSMITH, OLIVER: ‘AN HISTORY OF THE EARTH’
Lot 495 Sold
GOLDSMITH, OLIVER: ‘AN HISTORY OF THE EARTH’
second edition, volumes 1-8, printed for J. Nourse, Strand, 1779, brown leather bound with red and green half titles, retaining some plates; together with Goldsmith, Oliver: ‘Natural History Abridged’, printed for Vernor, Hood & Sharpe, London 1810 (9)

Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile.
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £50 - £100
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
GORHAM, MAURICE AND ARDIZZONE, EDWARD: THREE VOLUMES
Lot 496 Sold
GORHAM, MAURICE AND ARDIZZONE, EDWARD: THREE VOLUMES
comprising ‘Back to the Local’, first edition and ‘Londoners’ two first edition copies, all published by Percival Marshall, London 1949 and 1951 respectively, one with dustwrapper; together with Stonier, G.W.: ‘Pictures on the Pavement’, illustrated by Edward Ardizzone, first edition, published by Michael Joseph, 1955, with dustwrapper (4)
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £50 - £100
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
GRAHAM, ELEANOR AND ARDIZZONE, EDWARD: TWO COPIES OF ‘J.M BARRIE’S PETER PAN’
Lot 497 Unsold
GRAHAM, ELEANOR AND ARDIZZONE, EDWARD: TWO COPIES OF ‘J.M BARRIE’S PETER PAN’
comprising first edition published by Brockhampton 1962 with dustwrapper and a ninth impression published by Hodder and Stoughton 1983; together with Webster, Jean: two copies of ‘Daddy Long-Legs’ illustrated by Ardizzone, comprising a UK first illustrated edition 1966 and a third edition 1973, both published by Brockhampton, both with dustwrappers (4)
Estimate: £30 - £50
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
GRANVILLE FELL, H. (ILLUS.): 'THE SONG OF SOLOMON'
Lot 498 Unsold
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 Dorset bibliophile.
Estimate: £200 - £400
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
GRAVES, ROBERT: TWO COPIES OF ‘ANN AT HIGHWOOD HALL’
Lot 499 Unsold
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)
Estimate: £30 - £50
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
GREENE, GRAHAM: FOUR ‘LITTLE SERIES’ VOLUMES
Lot 500 Sold
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 (4)
Hammer price: £140
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
GREGORY, BARNARD: 'THE SATIRIST, OR MONTHLY METEOR'
Lot 501 Unsold
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, retaining coloured fold-out plates
Estimate: £200 - £400
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
GUTHRIE-SMITH, H: ‘MUTTON BIRDS AND OTHER BIRDS’
Lot 502 Unsold
GUTHRIE-SMITH, H: ‘MUTTON BIRDS AND OTHER BIRDS’
published by Whitcombe and Tombs, 1914, gilt decorated green cloth bound

Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile.
Estimate: £20 - £40
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
HARDY, THOMAS: ‘TESS OF THE D’URBERVILLES’
Lot 503 Sold
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 leaves (volumes 2 & 3) with ownership stamp for ‘F. Trollope, Manor House, Upper Long Ditton’, the title pages also ink inscribed ‘Florence Trollope’ and dated September 1892 (3)
Hammer price: £700
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
HARRIS, JOHN: ‘LEXICON TECHNICUM’
Lot 504 Unsold
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.
Estimate: £200 - £400
15 October 2025
15 October 2025

Total lots: 608

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