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Total lots: 835

SIEGFRIED SASSOON: MEMOIRS OF A FOX-HUNTING MAN
Lot 576 Unsold
SIEGFRIED SASSOON: MEMOIRS OF A FOX-HUNTING MAN
ill. William Nicholson, Faber and Faber, 2nd imp. 1929, cloth (marked)
Estimate: £30 - £50
3 December 2024
3 December 2024
ERIC GILL: VARIOUS CATALOGUES
Lot 577 Sold
ERIC GILL: VARIOUS CATALOGUES
and other publications (7)
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £30 - £50
3 December 2024
3 December 2024
A S BYATT, POSSESSION
Lot 578 Sold
A S BYATT, POSSESSION
ist edition 1990, with Peter Carey and Margaret Atwood 1st editions
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £30 - £50
3 December 2024
3 December 2024
MODERN FIRST EDITIONS
Lot 579 Sold
MODERN FIRST EDITIONS
Toynbee; Friend Apart 1954, Braine; The Vodi 1959, Williams; Wooden Horse 1949, Origo; War in Val D'Orcia 1947, Hemingway; Farewell to Arms 1929 (5)
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £30 - £50
3 December 2024
3 December 2024
CHARLES CROMBIE: 'THE RULES OF GOLF EXPLAINED'
Lot 580 Sold
CHARLES CROMBIE: 'THE RULES OF GOLF EXPLAINED'
printed by Bemrose and Sons Ltd, for Perrier (all loose, some damage)
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £30 - £50
3 December 2024
3 December 2024
THOMAS HARDY/HARDY PLAYERS INTEREST: GERTRUDE BUGLER
Lot 581 Sold
THOMAS HARDY/HARDY PLAYERS INTEREST: GERTRUDE BUGLER
her own signed copy of 'Far from the madding crowd', and various photographs including the Central Hotel, the Bugler's premises in Dorchester, and a photo of Edward Smith (1874-1938) the husband of Eileen Bugler, Gertrude's sister and fellow player, and related ephemera (by descent through the family of Edward Smith)
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £50 - £100
3 December 2024
3 December 2024
RALPH EDWARDS: 'THE DICTIONARY OF ENGLISH FURNITURE' REVISED EDITION
Lot 582 Unsold
RALPH EDWARDS: 'THE DICTIONARY OF ENGLISH FURNITURE' REVISED EDITION
published by Country Life, 1954, 3 vols, with Frederick Litchfield 'How to collect old furniture', Geo, Bell and Sons 1906 (4th imp), and two volumes of 'Documents D'Art, Mobilier National de France', A. Morance, 1921 and 1924 (6)
Estimate: £40 - £80
3 December 2024
3 December 2024
HOPKINSON, TOM, 'MIST IN THE TAGUS' AND 'DOWN THE LONG SLIDE'
Lot 583 Unsold
HOPKINSON, TOM, 'MIST IN THE TAGUS' AND 'DOWN THE LONG SLIDE'
both first editions, published by Hogarth Press 1946 and 1949, with dust wrappers, together with other books
Estimate: £100 - £200
3 December 2024
3 December 2024
NEVILE R. WILKINSON: WILTON HOUSE PICTURES, Vol 1
Lot 584 Unsold
NEVILE R. WILKINSON: WILTON HOUSE PICTURES, Vol 1
introduction by Sidney Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery, Chiswick Press 1907, 139/300 bookplate signed by the author, cloth (some marks, spotting to ends) (Vol. 1 only)
Estimate: £50 - £80
3 December 2024
3 December 2024
PALMER COX: 'THE BROWNIES THEIR BOOK'
Lot 585 Sold
PALMER COX: 'THE BROWNIES THEIR BOOK'
The Century Co, New York 1887, issues 1,2, and 3 in a modern slip case, with Barry Moser (illus.) 'Alice', and various other Victorian and later children's books, and a Walt Disney animation cell (unglazed)
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £80 - £120
3 December 2024
3 December 2024
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS OF CRICKETING INTEREST
Lot 586 Unsold
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS OF CRICKETING INTEREST
Estimate: £40 - £60
3 December 2024
3 December 2024
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS, MOSTLY DECORATIVE CLOTH BOUND
Lot 587 Sold
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS, MOSTLY DECORATIVE CLOTH BOUND
G.A. Henty, Jules Verne, L.T. Meade, Kipling, Alcott etc (some poor, notably Verne)
Hammer price: £140
Estimate: £40 - £60
3 December 2024
3 December 2024
'THE JOURNAL OF A TOUR TO T'HE HEBRIDES WITH SAMUEL JOHNSON'
Lot 588 Sold
'THE JOURNAL OF A TOUR TO T'HE HEBRIDES WITH SAMUEL JOHNSON'
by James Boswell, Henry Baldwin, London 1786, another 1813 edition (re-bound), Johnson's 'Rambler' (2 vols), Dictionary, Edinburg 1797 (re-bound), Diary of a journey into North Wales (1816), and William Nicholson 'British encyclopedia' 6 vols 1809 (12)
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £40 - £60
3 December 2024
3 December 2024
THE FOLIO SOCIETY: VARIOUS VOLUMES
Lot 589 Sold
THE FOLIO SOCIETY: VARIOUS VOLUMES
including W. Beckford; 'Vathek', ill. Edward Bawden, 1958, and others
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £30 - £50
3 December 2024
3 December 2024
G.K. CHESTERTON: 'THE COLOURED LANDS'
Lot 590 Sold
G.K. CHESTERTON: 'THE COLOURED LANDS'
ill. by the author, Sheed and Ward 1938, cloth bound with dust jacket, with a further quantity of books including 'Le Diable Boiteux; or, the Devil upon two sticks' vol 2, London 1741, John Hunt; 'The ascent of Everest' Hodder and Stoughton 1953, and others
Hammer price: £25
Estimate: £30 - £60
3 December 2024
3 December 2024
JACK ZAJAC (AMERICAN, B.1929)
Lot 591 Sold
JACK ZAJAC (AMERICAN, B.1929)
Dante Alighieri 'The Ante-Purgatorio', trans. Longfellow, with ten original etchings, Racolin Press, 1964, copy 137/200, in (worn) slipcase
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £100 - £200
3 December 2024
3 December 2024
J.M. BARRIE: 'PETER PAN', ILLUSTRATED BY STEVE HUTTON
Lot 592 Sold
J.M. BARRIE: 'PETER PAN', ILLUSTRATED BY STEVE HUTTON
Books Illustrated Ltd, 2015 3/200, signed by Hutton, with Bronte's 'Wuthering Heights' illustrated by Christian Birmingham, 2016, signed, 1/200 both with slipcase (2)
Hammer price: £260
Estimate: £50 - £100
3 December 2024
3 December 2024
JACK ZAJAC (AMERICAN, B.1929)
Lot 593 Sold
JACK ZAJAC (AMERICAN, B.1929)
Dante Alighieri ' The Ante-Purgatorio, Trans. Longfellow, with ten original etchings, Racolin press, 1964, copy 126/200, all plates signed
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £100 - £200
3 December 2024
3 December 2024
RAILWAY INTEREST: THE LMS AT WAR
Lot 594 Unsold
RAILWAY INTEREST: THE LMS AT WAR
and other books published by railway companies, GWR< SR, British Railways, with other transport books and timetables
Estimate: £30 - £50
3 December 2024
3 December 2024
A COLLECTION OF WISDEN'S CRICKETING ALMANACKS
Lot 595 Unsold
A COLLECTION OF WISDEN'S CRICKETING ALMANACKS
1950s and later, and a further collection of cricketing interest books
Estimate: £40 - £60
3 December 2024
3 December 2024
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS ABOUT BUSES AND COACHES
Lot 596 Sold
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS ABOUT BUSES AND COACHES
also railways and other subjects
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £30 - £50
3 December 2024
3 December 2024
A LARGE QUANTITY OF ART BOOKS
Lot 597 Sold
A LARGE QUANTITY OF ART BOOKS
mostly British and European, 18th century and later subjects, books and catalogues
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £40 - £60
3 December 2024
3 December 2024
DAVID BOWIE: SOTHEBY'S AUCTION SUMMARY CATALOGUE FOR BOWIE/COLLECTOR SALE
Lot 598 Sold
DAVID BOWIE: SOTHEBY'S AUCTION SUMMARY CATALOGUE FOR BOWIE/COLLECTOR SALE
10 -11th Nov 2016 (single vol) (some crease to spine), and a further quantity of mixed auction catalogues
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £40 - £60
3 December 2024
3 December 2024
G. BRAMWELL EVENS, 'ROMANY' OF THE BBC:
Lot 599 Sold
G. BRAMWELL EVENS, 'ROMANY' OF THE BBC:
a collection of books including Romany Magazine, The Romany Readers, and others (many in worn condition), a few audio books, and a CD of a 1940s recording
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £30 - £50
3 December 2024
3 December 2024
JOHN NORTON: THEMANY FACES OF AMERICA
Lot 600 Unsold
JOHN NORTON: THEMANY FACES OF AMERICA
Elephant Press, 1978
Estimate: £30 - £50
3 December 2024
3 December 2024
W. HEATH ROBINSON, ILLUSTRATOR: KIPLING; 'A SONG OF THE ENGLISH'
Lot 601 Sold
W. HEATH ROBINSON, ILLUSTRATOR: KIPLING; 'A SONG OF THE ENGLISH'
Hodder and Stoughton, decorative cloth bound, and a further quantity of illustrated books; Dulac, Detmold, Folkard, Thomson, Pogany etc (some wear , spotting etc) (15)
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £100 - £200
3 December 2024
3 December 2024
JOHN SPEED: 'THE HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAINE', SECOND EDITION
Lot 602 Sold
JOHN SPEED: 'THE HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAINE', SECOND EDITION
London 1627 (ex-public library copy; spine replaced, some damage and loss, portrait lacking)
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £100 - £200
3 December 2024
3 December 2024
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS; OBSERVER'S, I-SPY
Lot 603 Sold
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS; OBSERVER'S, I-SPY
Ladybird books, poultry keeping inc. Leslie Pearce-Gervis 'Complete poultry keeper and farmer' (signed), natural history, railways, country pursuits, plane spotter guides, tea card albums etc (many in worn condition)
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £40 - £60
3 December 2024
3 December 2024
A LARGE QUANTITY OF BOOKS ON BIRDS
Lot 604 Sold
A LARGE QUANTITY OF BOOKS ON BIRDS
including Jean Delacour, 4 vols, HBW and BirdLife International 2 vols,, Praed and Grant 2 vols, etc
Hammer price: £65
Estimate: £60 - £80
3 December 2024
3 December 2024
A LARGE PART RUN OF ‘THE CONNOISSEUR’ MAGAZINE
Lot 605 Sold
A LARGE PART RUN OF ‘THE CONNOISSEUR’ MAGAZINE
mostly early 20th Century together with some ‘The Bookman’ magazines
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £50 - £100
3 December 2024
3 December 2024
‘AN INVENTORY OF THE HISTORICAL MONUMENTS IN DORSET’
Lot 606 Sold
‘AN INVENTORY OF THE HISTORICAL MONUMENTS IN DORSET’
volume 1 - West, published by HMSO 1952, red cloth bound and a quantity of Dorset related books, pamphlets and maps
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £50 - £100
3 December 2024
3 December 2024
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS RELATING TO OUNDLE SCHOOL
Lot 607 Sold
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS RELATING TO OUNDLE SCHOOL
and a further quantity of miscellaneous books; yachting, railway etc
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £30 - £50
3 December 2024
3 December 2024
WINSTON S. CHURCHILL: 'THE SECOND WORLD WAR'
Lot 608 Sold
WINSTON S. CHURCHILL: 'THE SECOND WORLD WAR'
6 vols, 1948-54, with 'A history of the English speaking peoples', Maj. Gen, Sir E.L. Spears, 'Assignment to catastrophe' vol I and II, and other books of WWII interest
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £40 - £60
3 December 2024
3 December 2024
A PART RUN OF ‘THE ANNUAL REGISTER’
Lot 609 Sold
A PART RUN OF ‘THE ANNUAL REGISTER’
covering years 1775-85, 1789 & 1790, mixed editions, printed for W. Otridge et al, three quarter leather bound, together with a collection of leather bound books (most in poor condition)
Hammer price: £140
Estimate: £70 - £100
3 December 2024
3 December 2024
A PART RUN OF ‘GENTLEMAN’S MAGAZINE’
Lot 610 Sold
A PART RUN OF ‘GENTLEMAN’S MAGAZINE’
covering years 1747, 1749, 1751, 1753, 1754, 1757, 1759, 1760, 1761, 1763, 1792 (incomplete), 1811 (volume 1), 1827, 1829, 1830, 1831 (volume 1), 1832, and 1835 (volume 1), together with a copy of The Gentleman’s Magazine Library - Derbyshire (28)
Hammer price: £540
Estimate: £100 - £200
3 December 2024
3 December 2024
‘A NARRATIVE OF THE VOYAGE ON HMS BEAGLE’
Lot 611 Sold
‘A NARRATIVE OF THE VOYAGE ON HMS BEAGLE’
published by the Folio Society, 1977, with slip case, sixteeen other Folio Society volumes with slip cases, and a quantity of Victorian and later books including bound magazines (four shelves)
Hammer price: £550
Estimate: £100 - £200
3 December 2024
3 December 2024
DEWAR, DOUGLAS: ‘GAME BIRDS’
Lot 612 Sold
DEWAR, DOUGLAS: ‘GAME BIRDS’
illustrated with wood engravings by E. Fitch Daglish, published by Chapman & Hall 1928, green cloth bound and a quantity of books relating to floral, fauna, travel and architecture (five shelves)
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £100 - £200
3 December 2024
3 December 2024
BOND, FRANCIS - ‘AN INTRODUCTION TO ENGLISH CHURCH ARCHITECTURE’
Lot 613 Sold
BOND, FRANCIS - ‘AN INTRODUCTION TO ENGLISH CHURCH ARCHITECTURE’
volumes 1 and 2, published by Humphrey Milford, OUP, 1913, blue cloth bound, and a quantity of books relating to churches, history and travel (contents of bookcase)
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £50 - £100
3 December 2024
3 December 2024
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS OF AVIATION INTEREST
Lot 614 Sold
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS OF AVIATION INTEREST
military and civilian, biographical (including numerous 'new' copies of 'Plane Jane' by Jane Donaldson), Buccaneer, Hawk Hunter, de Havilland Moth, Aerobatics, bound 1930s 'Popular Flying' magazine, and other general flying interest
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £80 - £150
3 December 2024
3 December 2024
ARTHUR RACKHAM: VARIOUS ILLUSTRATED VOLUMES
Lot 615 Sold
ARTHUR RACKHAM: VARIOUS ILLUSTRATED VOLUMES
including Izaak Walton; 'The compleat angler',Harrap 1931, and others, most with browning, spotting, wear to cloth etc (22)
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £100 - £200
3 December 2024
3 December 2024
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS AND MAGAZINES OF MOTORING INTEREST
Lot 616 Unsold
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS AND MAGAZINES OF MOTORING INTEREST
Classic and Sportscar, Supercar Classics (bound), Classic Cars, Vintage News, The Lagonda (Club magazine and newsletters), Volvo Enthusiast's Club etc
Estimate: £30 - £60
3 December 2024
3 December 2024
A COLLECTION OF AVIATION MAGAZINES
Lot 617 Unsold
A COLLECTION OF AVIATION MAGAZINES
'The Moth' (mostly bound), 'Jabberwock', 'Fly Navy', 'Light Aviation' etc and items relating to Croydon Airport
Estimate: £30 - £50
3 December 2024
3 December 2024
EDEN, ANTHONY, 'FREEDOM AND ORDER'
Lot 618 Sold
EDEN, ANTHONY, 'FREEDOM AND ORDER'
front flyleaf signed by author and dated May 1948, published by Faber and Faber 1947, red cloth bound, lacking dust wrapper
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £100 - £200
3 December 2024
3 December 2024
JOHN CARY: CARY'S NEW MAP OF ENGLAND AND WALES WITH PART OF SCOTLAND...
Lot 619 Sold
JOHN CARY: CARY'S NEW MAP OF ENGLAND AND WALES WITH PART OF SCOTLAND...
June 11th 1791, with wash colouring, laid on linen appprox 180 x 225cm, on a spring-loaded roller with wooden batten to lower edge (detached), in a stained pine box with hanging rings (toning, tears, creasing, notably to southern parts, edge fraying)
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £50 - £100
3 December 2024
3 December 2024
JOHN ROCQUE: A FOLDING MAP; 'ENGLAND AND WALES DRAWN FROM THE MOST ACCURATE SURVEYS'
Lot 620 Sold
JOHN ROCQUE: A FOLDING MAP; 'ENGLAND AND WALES DRAWN FROM THE MOST ACCURATE SURVEYS'
1761, coloured, 117 x 100cm, mounted as 64 small sheets on linen (linen decayed some damage to paper edges, some losses, lacking case)
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £30 - £60
3 December 2024
3 December 2024
BACON'S POPULAR ATLAS OF THE WORLD, 1904
Lot 621 Sold
BACON'S POPULAR ATLAS OF THE WORLD, 1904
pub. G.W. Bacon and Co, cloth bound (a/f)
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £30 - £40
3 December 2024
3 December 2024
ADAM'S ILLUSTRATED PANORAMA OF HISTORY
Lot 622 Sold
ADAM'S ILLUSTRATED PANORAMA OF HISTORY
published by A.H. Walker, London 1883 (5th ed) (wear, small losses, tape repaired spine)
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £40 - £80
3 December 2024
3 December 2024
ABRAHAM ORTELIUS A DETAILED MAP OF ANDALUSIA, SOUTHERN SPAIN
Lot 623 Sold
ABRAHAM ORTELIUS A DETAILED MAP OF ANDALUSIA, SOUTHERN SPAIN
centred on Seville, for Hieronymo Chiaves's 'Hispalensis Conventus Delineatio', dated 1579 upper left, 37 x 48cm
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £100 - £200
3 December 2024
3 December 2024

Total lots: 835

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