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

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William Batt


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Lots per page:

Total lots: 608

Lot Title Estimate Hammer price
481 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…
£100 - £200 - View
482 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
£50 - £100 £50 View
483 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
£50 - £100 £40 View
484 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
£50 - £100 £30 View
485 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.
£100 - £200 - View
486 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.…
£300 - £500 - View
487 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.
£30 - £50 - View
488 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.
£30 - £50 £70 View
489 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…
£100 - £200 - View
490 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,…
£100 - £200 - View
491 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.
£50 - £100 - View
492 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…
£100 - £200 - View
493 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.
£30 - £50 - View
494 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,…
£50 - £100 £20 View
495 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…
£50 - £100 £80 View
496 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…
£50 - £100 £50 View
497 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’…
£30 - £50 - View
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

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