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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

'THE BRITISH CLASSICS'
Lot 577 Sold
'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.
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
'ENGLISH - WATERCOLOUR'
Lot 578 Unsold
'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 Work' issued by The Press Art School, Tudor Hall, Forest Hill, London, folio paper wraps (9)

Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile.
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
'THE HIVE OR WEEKLY ENTERTAINING REGISTER'
Lot 579 Unsold
'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.
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
'KNIGHT'S CYCLOPAEDIA OF THE INDUSTRY OF ALL NATIONS'
Lot 580 Unsold
'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.
Estimate: £50 - £100
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
THREE ARGONAUT PRESS VOLUMES
Lot 581 Unsold
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 last Voyage', all limited editions, published 1928, 1930 and 1932 respectively, half vellum bound with gilt titled spines and cloth boards (3)

Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile.
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
'APOCRYPHA' - an 18th century copy from The King James Version
Lot 582 Unsold
'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.
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
‘THE ROYAL SHAKSPERE’
Lot 583 Unsold
‘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.
Estimate: £50 - £100
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
‘TOWNSON & MERCER’S CATALOGUE OF CHEMICAL APPARATUS AND CHEMICALS’
Lot 584 Unsold
‘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; Wilson, P. and Webb, G. W.: ‘Modern Gramaphones’, first edition, published by Cassell and Company, London 1929, hard bound with dustwrapper; ‘British Rainfall 1922’, printed by HMSO 1923, blue cloth bound; and four volumes on scientific instruments (9)

Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile.
Estimate: £50 - £100
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
A COLLECTION OF FRENCH HISTORY AND LITERATURE BOOKS
Lot 585 Unsold
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 bibliophile.
Estimate: £200 - £400
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
‘NOUVEAU DICTIONNAIRE D’HISTOIRE NATURELLE’
Lot 586 Sold
‘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.
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
'STATUTES OF THE MOST HONOURABLE ORDER OF THE BATH'
Lot 587 Sold
'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.
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £30 - £50
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
‘RECREATIVE SCIENCE: A RECORD AND REMEMBRANCER’
Lot 588 Unsold
‘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.
Estimate: £30 - £50
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
‘THE CABINET MAKER’S GUIDE’
Lot 589 Sold
‘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.
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £30 - £50
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
‘ARCANA OF SCIENCE AND ART’
Lot 590 Unsold
‘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 bibliophile.
Estimate: £50 - £100
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
FOLIO SOCIETY: MATHERS, POWYS: ‘THE BOOK OF THE THOUSAND NIGHTS AND ONE NIGHT’
Lot 591 Unsold
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, and six other Folio Society volumes (13)

Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile.
Estimate: £50 - £100
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS ON EDWARD ARDIZZONE
Lot 592 Sold
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 Ardizzone books, December 1st 1980 (12)
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £30 - £50
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
'GAME PIE - A GUINNESS INDOOR SPORTFOLIO'
Lot 593 Unsold
'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 by Ardizzone, issues 672, 679, 680, 683 and 684 (6)
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
FIVE 19TH CENTURY FRENCH/ENGLISH CHILDREN’S ILLUSTRATED PHRASE BOOKS
Lot 594 Sold
FIVE 19TH CENTURY FRENCH/ENGLISH CHILDREN’S ILLUSTRATED PHRASE BOOKS
including ‘Enclyclopedy for Children’ illus. by H. Duru, some incomplete (5)
Hammer price: £460
Estimate: £50 - £100
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
A LATE 18TH CENTURY VELLUM BOUND RECIPE AND QUACK CURE BOOK
Lot 595 Sold
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 other similar recipe books (3)

Provenance: The Loveday family, thence by descent.
Hammer price: £650
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
SARAH ATKINSON: A 19TH CENTURY SCRAP ALBUM
Lot 596 Sold
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, thence by family descent.
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
ELIZABETH FOWLE: A 19TH CENTURY LEATHER BOUND ALBUM
Lot 597 Sold
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 boards, 18.5cm x 11.5cm

Provenance: Elizabeth Fowle, thence by family descent.
Hammer price: £120
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
‘ANN LOVEDAY’S RIDDLE BOOK’
Lot 598 Sold
‘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 marbled boards, 21.5cm x 17cm; together with a companion marbled paper bound pamphlet of Answers; and a quantity of loose 18th and 19th Century handwritten riddles, notes and letters, including two 19th Century printed riddles by Mallam, Tobacconist, High-street, Oxford (a lot)
Provenance: Ann Loveday, thence by family descent.
Hammer price: £1,000
Estimate: £150 - £250
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
ANN LOVEDAY: A 19TH CENTURY SCRAP BOOK
Lot 599 Sold
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: Ann Loveday, thence by family descent.
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
ELIZABETH FOWLE: A SKETCH BOOK OF SOUTH AFRICAN FLOWERS
Lot 600 Sold
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 Gallery - E.E Anderson, Whitby’
Hammer price: £110
Estimate: £50 - £100
15 October 2025
15 October 2025

Total lots: 608

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