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Auction date Tuesday 2 December 2025 10:00 - 17:30 GMT
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Total lots: 782

A COLLECTION OF BOOKS
Lot 623 Sold
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS
various subjects, trees, gardens, nature, collecting, literature, topography etc
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £30 - £40
2 December 2025
2 December 2025
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS
Lot 624 Sold
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS
various subjects, gardens, nature, travel, topography, fiction
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £30 - £50
2 December 2025
2 December 2025
A QUANTITY OF VINTAGE GARDENING BOOKS
Lot 625 Sold
A QUANTITY OF VINTAGE GARDENING BOOKS
including Mrs C. W. Earle's 'Pot-pourri' series, and a further large quantity of mixed books (contents of AND INCLUDING six low open bookcases)
Hammer price: £130
Estimate: £50 - £100
2 December 2025
2 December 2025
A QUANTITY OF OF BIOGRAPHICAL BOOKS
Lot 626 Unsold
A QUANTITY OF OF BIOGRAPHICAL BOOKS
and others
Estimate: £30 - £40
2 December 2025
2 December 2025
GOETHE: GOETHES SAMTLICHE WERKE
Lot 627 Unsold
GOETHE: GOETHES SAMTLICHE WERKE
(in German) 10 vols, Max Hesses Verlag, Leipzig, circa 1900, decorative cloth bound
Estimate: £30 - £50
2 December 2025
2 December 2025
0SCAR WILDE: THE HAPPY PRINCE, AND OTHER TALES
Lot 628 Sold
0SCAR WILDE: THE HAPPY PRINCE, AND OTHER TALES
illustrated by Charles Robinson, Duckworth, 1935; Christie T. Young, Tghe Black Princess, illus. Florence Mary Anderson, The Sheldon Press 1929; J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan & Wendy, illus. Mabel Lucie Attwell, Hodder and Stoughton; Mother Goose, illus. Jessie Willcox Smith, Hodder and Stoughton 1938; Charles Kingsley, The Water Babies, illus. Warwick Goble (some with dust jackets or remains of jackets) and eight issues of 'Fragments from France' and '...from all the fronts' (13)
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £40 - £80
2 December 2025
2 December 2025
A QUANTITY OF UFO AND SCIENCE FICTION BOOKS
Lot 629 Sold
A QUANTITY OF UFO AND SCIENCE FICTION BOOKS
much paperback fiction
Hammer price: £190
Estimate: £50 - £80
2 December 2025
2 December 2025
A QUANTITY OF MILITARY BOOKS
Lot 630 Sold
A QUANTITY OF MILITARY BOOKS
Hammer price: £15
Estimate: £30 - £50
2 December 2025
2 December 2025
A QUANTITY OF LEATHER BOUND BOOKS, INCLUDING 'ALL THE YEAR ROUND'
Lot 631 Sold
A QUANTITY OF LEATHER BOUND BOOKS, INCLUDING 'ALL THE YEAR ROUND'
Conder's Modern Traveller, Gloag and Wyatt; 'A book of English gardens', Scott's works, and others
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £50 - £80
2 December 2025
2 December 2025
A QUANTITY OF BOOKS
Lot 632 Unsold
A QUANTITY OF BOOKS
including Penguin editions (9 compartments of bookcase)
Estimate: £50 - £80
2 December 2025
2 December 2025
A QUANTITY OF BIOGRAPHICAL BOOKS
Lot 633 Unsold
A QUANTITY OF BIOGRAPHICAL BOOKS
Mitford, West, Waugh, Coward, and other mostly early-mid 20th century figures (three shelves)
Estimate: £40 - £60
2 December 2025
2 December 2025
A COLLECTION OF NATURAL HISTORY BOOKS
Lot 634 Sold
A COLLECTION OF NATURAL HISTORY BOOKS
horticultural art and history, etc, many in larger format (one shelf)
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £40 - £60
2 December 2025
2 December 2025
JEAN COCTEAU; A COLLECTION OF BOOKS
Lot 635 Sold
JEAN COCTEAU; A COLLECTION OF BOOKS
by and relating to him (one shelf)
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £50 - £80
2 December 2025
2 December 2025
A QUANTITY OF DORSET BOOKS
Lot 636 Sold
A QUANTITY OF DORSET BOOKS
and ephemera, guides, booklets, etc
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £40 - £60
2 December 2025
2 December 2025
A QUANTITY OF MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS
Lot 637 Sold
A QUANTITY OF MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS
history, novels, etc (four shelves)
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £30 - £50
2 December 2025
2 December 2025
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS ON ENGLISH TOPOGRAPHY
Lot 638 Sold
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS ON ENGLISH TOPOGRAPHY
and architecture, etc, including Walter Jerrold; 'The silvery Thames' (two shelves)
Hammer price: £25
Estimate: £30 - £50
2 December 2025
2 December 2025
AUGUSTUS JOHN: VARIOUS BOOKS, CATALOGUES
Lot 639 Sold
AUGUSTUS JOHN: VARIOUS BOOKS, CATALOGUES
and ephemera (one box)
Hammer price: £25
Estimate: £50 - £80
2 December 2025
2 December 2025
W.E. LYON (ed.) : 'IN MY OPINION'
Lot 640 Unsold
W.E. LYON (ed.) : 'IN MY OPINION'
'Being a book of dissertations on horses and horsemanship', Constable & Company 1928, and other hunting/fishing books
Estimate: £30 - £50
2 December 2025
2 December 2025
A QUANTITY OF ART BOOKS
Lot 641 Sold
A QUANTITY OF ART BOOKS
and catalogues
Hammer price: £45
Estimate: £30 - £50
2 December 2025
2 December 2025
A LARGE QUANTITY OF EARLY ENGLISH TEXT SOCIETY PUBLICATIONS
Lot 642 Sold
A LARGE QUANTITY OF EARLY ENGLISH TEXT SOCIETY PUBLICATIONS
Hammer price: £160
Estimate: £100 - £200
2 December 2025
2 December 2025
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS ON RENAISSANCE ART
Lot 643 Sold
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS ON RENAISSANCE ART
and others, many Phaidon Press series
Hammer price: £15
Estimate: £30 - £50
2 December 2025
2 December 2025
A COLLECTION OF AVIATION BOOKS
Lot 644 Sold
A COLLECTION OF AVIATION BOOKS
history, militaria, RAF, aircraft histories etc
Hammer price: £25
Estimate: £30 - £50
2 December 2025
2 December 2025
A COLLECTION OF AVIATION BOOKS
Lot 645 Sold
A COLLECTION OF AVIATION BOOKS
military, RAF, aircraft histories etc
Hammer price: £25
Estimate: £30 - £50
2 December 2025
2 December 2025
A QUANTITY OF MIXED BOOKS
Lot 646 Sold
A QUANTITY OF MIXED BOOKS
including Marie Corelli; 'The sorrows of Satan', etc
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £30 - £50
2 December 2025
2 December 2025
KATRINA COOK: BIRDS
Lot 647 Unsold
KATRINA COOK: BIRDS
Foreword by Jonathan Elphick, Quercus, 2007, with dust cover
Estimate: £50 - £100
2 December 2025
2 December 2025
A COLLECTION OF AVIATION BOOKS
Lot 648 Sold
A COLLECTION OF AVIATION BOOKS
military, RAF, aircraft histories etc
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £30 - £50
2 December 2025
2 December 2025
A COLLECTION OF FISHING BOOKS
Lot 649 Unsold
A COLLECTION OF FISHING BOOKS
including Falkus, Hugh: 'Salmon Fishing', Morgan, Paul and Friends: 'Salt Water Fly Fishing'; Bucknall, Geoffrey: 'To Meet the First March Brown', Seangler: 'Flatfish (How to Catch Them)'; Fethney, J. R.:'Mackerel: How to Catch Them'; and various other fishing books
Estimate: £30 - £50
2 December 2025
2 December 2025
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS ON TRAINS
Lot 650 Sold
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS ON TRAINS
Including the 'Track atlas of mainland Britain', with a small collection of railway DVDs
Hammer price: £15
Estimate: £30 - £50
2 December 2025
2 December 2025
A LARGE VINTAGE FRENCH MAP OF THE SOVIET UNION
Lot 651 Sold
A LARGE VINTAGE FRENCH MAP OF THE SOVIET UNION
by Librarie Hatier, Rue d'Assas, Paris, in a modern frame with perspex glazing, 126 x 201cm (previously hung unframed, some damage and folds with tape)
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £300 - £400
2 December 2025
2 December 2025
A QUANTITY OF VARIOUS MAPS
Lot 652 Sold
A QUANTITY OF VARIOUS MAPS
including an 18th century plan of Hotel Royal de l'Ecole Militaire, Paris, maps by John Cary, etc
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £30 - £50
2 December 2025
2 December 2025
INDISTINCTLY SIGNED, 20th CENTURY
Lot 653 Unsold
INDISTINCTLY SIGNED, 20th CENTURY
'The Somnambulist', oil on card/paper, framed and glazed, 88 x 68cm
Estimate: £100 - £200
2 December 2025
2 December 2025
A MID 19th CENTURY PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN
Lot 654 Sold
A MID 19th CENTURY PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN
oil on board, in gilt frame, 60 x 55.5cm (cracqulure, losses to frame)
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £40 - £60
2 December 2025
2 December 2025
A PAIR OF MID 19th CENTURY FULL-LENGTH SILHOUETTE PORTRAITS
Lot 655 Sold
A PAIR OF MID 19th CENTURY FULL-LENGTH SILHOUETTE PORTRAITS
in bird's-eye maple frames (one missing gilt slip), 34.5 x 30.5cm, and another portrait of a lady, similarly framed, 27.5 x 23.5cm (3)
Hammer price: £150
Estimate: £50 - £100
2 December 2025
2 December 2025
CHAS. G LEWIS AFTER HENRY CALVERT; THE CHESHIRE HUNT
Lot 656 Sold
CHAS. G LEWIS AFTER HENRY CALVERT; THE CHESHIRE HUNT
etching, 19th century, in a modern frame 79 x 106cm, and a panoramic view of Liverpool in the 19th century (2)
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £50 - £100
2 December 2025
2 December 2025
KENNETH McDONAGH, BARON VON RICHTHOFEN
Lot 657 Unsold
KENNETH McDONAGH, BARON VON RICHTHOFEN
signed print, with Kenneth McDonagh, Camel Flight, signed print, David Shepherd, Re-Supply at Sarfait, J F Mitchell, Eastchurch Pioneers, signed print, Red Arrows photograph
Estimate: £30 - £50
2 December 2025
2 December 2025
KENNETH YOUONS, AMONGST THE CLOUDS
Lot 658 Sold
KENNETH YOUONS, AMONGST THE CLOUDS
oil on canvas, 110cm wide
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £40 - £60
2 December 2025
2 December 2025
DES ARMOUR, THE SAXON CHURCH, WAREHAM
Lot 659 Sold
DES ARMOUR, THE SAXON CHURCH, WAREHAM
oil on canvas, 1969, with Des Armour, West Bay, oil on canvas 1988
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £40 - £60
2 December 2025
2 December 2025
STEPHEN HILL, BAR DES BASSINS
Lot 660 Sold
STEPHEN HILL, BAR DES BASSINS
coloured pencil drawing, 1984, 73cm wide
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £30 - £50
2 December 2025
2 December 2025
BRYAN PICKARD: 'BEACH DREAMING', WATERCOLOUR
Lot 661 Unsold
BRYAN PICKARD: 'BEACH DREAMING', WATERCOLOUR
dated 2004, framed, 33.5 x 44cm
Estimate: £40 - £60
2 December 2025
2 December 2025
JULIAN HALSBY RBA: 'OCTOBER SUNSET, VENICE
Lot 662 Sold
JULIAN HALSBY RBA: 'OCTOBER SUNSET, VENICE
(From the Hotel Gabrielli), oil on board, framed, 38 x 48.5cm, and an oil on board country scene with gate, monogrammed 'JN' (2)
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £30 - £50
2 December 2025
2 December 2025
G (or S) SNOW: 'PAPER FLOWERS'
Lot 663 Unsold
G (or S) SNOW: 'PAPER FLOWERS'
oil on board, framed and glazed 42.5 x 32cm
Estimate: £40 - £60
2 December 2025
2 December 2025
J. LANGLEY: 'CIRCUS', ETCHING
Lot 664 Sold
J. LANGLEY: 'CIRCUS', ETCHING
a/p, 1990, and Mark Beaven, etching a/p, 1982 (2)
Hammer price: £35
Estimate: £40 - £60
2 December 2025
2 December 2025
JOKA VAN WIJK: 'HIDDEN MESSAGES'
Lot 665 Sold
JOKA VAN WIJK: 'HIDDEN MESSAGES'
2021, stoneware ceramic tiles, in a glazed box frame, 42 x 42cm
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £40 - £60
2 December 2025
2 December 2025
ERNEST FEDARB 1905 - 2005: 'LANDSCAPE NEAR LE BARROUX'
Lot 666 Sold
ERNEST FEDARB 1905 - 2005: 'LANDSCAPE NEAR LE BARROUX'
watercolour, and 'Olives in Vaucluse', watercolour, each 28.5 x 3.5cm framed (both with Mall Galleries labels, 1983) (2)
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £40 - £80
2 December 2025
2 December 2025
MICHAEL TURNER, FINAL ENCOUNTER
Lot 667 Sold
MICHAEL TURNER, FINAL ENCOUNTER
signed print, with Jeff Pritchard,, Spitfire Escort, signed print, J W Mitchell, Safe Escort, signed print, Coulson, Spitfire. Coulson, Into Battle
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £30 - £50
2 December 2025
2 December 2025
A 1960s OIL PAINTING, GERMAN TOWNSCAPE
Lot 668 Unsold
A 1960s OIL PAINTING, GERMAN TOWNSCAPE
Estimate: £50 - £80
2 December 2025
2 December 2025
'ABBAS': (AFRICAN) ZEBRA AND FOAL
Lot 669 Sold
'ABBAS': (AFRICAN) ZEBRA AND FOAL
with exotic birds above, oil on canvas, the stretcher 61 x 61cm (screwed to back of ill-fitting frame)
Hammer price: £35
Estimate: £40 - £60
2 December 2025
2 December 2025
BOB TUCKER: LANDSCAPE WITH SHEEP GRAZING
Lot 670 Sold
BOB TUCKER: LANDSCAPE WITH SHEEP GRAZING
oil in canvas, in gilt frame, 50 x 60cm, and a framed and signed Arthur Read print (2)
Hammer price: £25
Estimate: £30 - £40
2 December 2025
2 December 2025

Total lots: 782

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