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Auction date Tuesday 4 November 2025 10:00 - 17:30 GMT
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Tuesday 4th November starting at 10:00am

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Total lots: 708

A COLLECTION OF AMERICAN EPHEMERA
Lot 504 Sold
A COLLECTION OF AMERICAN EPHEMERA
'Beauty Spot' Decals, 1950s 'DIG' magazine, 'American Boy', 'Interview', autograph of Johnny Mercer and Henry Mancini, etc,
Hammer price: £45
Estimate: £30 - £60
4 November 2025
4 November 2025
EDDIE STOBART: A COLLECTION OF 'SPOT ON' MAGAZINE
Lot 505 Unsold
EDDIE STOBART: A COLLECTION OF 'SPOT ON' MAGAZINE
Stobart fan club spotter's guides, calendars, and other Eddie Stobart items
Estimate: £30 - £50
4 November 2025
4 November 2025
THOMAS HARDY: A QUANTITY OF PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTS
Lot 506 Sold
THOMAS HARDY: A QUANTITY OF PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTS
a Vanity Fair print, posters, etc,
Hammer price: £35
Estimate: £30 - £50
4 November 2025
4 November 2025
A QUANTITY OF OLD PHOTOGRAPHS
Lot 507 Sold
A QUANTITY OF OLD PHOTOGRAPHS
negatives, and ephemera
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £30 - £50
4 November 2025
4 November 2025
'A GRAMMAR OF THE ARABIC LANGUAGE'
Lot 508 Unsold
'A GRAMMAR OF THE ARABIC LANGUAGE'
with book plate for Monier Williams, D.C.L., Boden Professor of Sanskrit, Oxford (a/f; incomplete, lacking title page etc)
Estimate: £30 - £50
4 November 2025
4 November 2025
COUNT LEO TOLSTOY: 'PATRIOTISM AND CHRISTIANITY'
Lot 509 Sold
COUNT LEO TOLSTOY: 'PATRIOTISM AND CHRISTIANITY'
with a note to English readers by John C. Kenworthy, London, Walter Scott Ltd, 1896, cloth bound
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £300 - £500
4 November 2025
4 November 2025
EDWARDS, LIONEL: MY HUNTING SKETCH BOOK
Lot 510 Sold
EDWARDS, LIONEL: MY HUNTING SKETCH BOOK
together with 'Scene from the Saddle'; 'Sketches in Stable and Kennel'; and 'Thy Servant the Horse' (4)
Hammer price: £25
Estimate: £30 - £50
4 November 2025
4 November 2025
LEIGHTON, JOHN (ILLUS) - ‘THE LIFE OF MAN’
Lot 511 Sold
LEIGHTON, JOHN (ILLUS) - ‘THE LIFE OF MAN’
first edition, published by Longmans et al, London 1866, green tooled cloth bound
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £50 - £100
4 November 2025
4 November 2025
THE WORKS OF SHAKESPEARE, ILLUS. BY JOHN GILBERT
Lot 512 Sold
THE WORKS OF SHAKESPEARE, ILLUS. BY JOHN GILBERT
engraved by The Brothers Dalziel, Edited by Howard Staunton, 3 Vols, George Routledge and Sons, London 1865 (binding scruffy, some loose leaves)
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £50 - £80
4 November 2025
4 November 2025
GUSTAVE DORE: (ILLUSTRATED) DON QUIXOTE
Lot 513 Unsold
GUSTAVE DORE: (ILLUSTRATED) DON QUIXOTE
Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, London, Half calf bound with marbled boards (some foxing notably to title and fly leaves, 1876 owner inscription)
Estimate: £80 - £120
4 November 2025
4 November 2025
CHARLES DICKENS, THOMAS HARDY
Lot 514 Sold
CHARLES DICKENS, THOMAS HARDY
Bronte sisters, Jane Austen etc, various editions including Memorial editions
Hammer price: £45
Estimate: £30 - £50
4 November 2025
4 November 2025
A COLLECTION OF FOXHUNTING BOOKS
Lot 515 Unsold
A COLLECTION OF FOXHUNTING BOOKS
ephemera, videos and other items
Estimate: £30 - £50
4 November 2025
4 November 2025
A COLLECTION OF AUCTION CATALOGUES
Lot 516 Sold
A COLLECTION OF AUCTION CATALOGUES
including Christie's and Sotheby's, covering sales in Toys, Dolls and musical instruments (a lot)
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £30 - £50
4 November 2025
4 November 2025
A QUANTITY OF MIXED BOOKS
Lot 517 Unsold
A QUANTITY OF MIXED BOOKS
including 'The Peace Egg' and 'Jackanapes' by Juliana Horatia Ewing, and others (mostly in poor condition)
Estimate: £30 - £50
4 November 2025
4 November 2025
A COLLECTION OF FISHING BOOKS
Lot 518 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: £50 - £100
4 November 2025
4 November 2025
THOMAS HARDY: POCKET EDITION, 27 VOLUMES
Lot 519 Sold
THOMAS HARDY: POCKET EDITION, 27 VOLUMES
plus 'Thomas Hardy's Wessex', all in gilt leather bindings (some variation in colour) (28)
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £200 - £300
4 November 2025
4 November 2025
A QUANTITY OF MIXED BOOKS
Lot 520 Sold
A QUANTITY OF MIXED BOOKS
R.C.H.M. 'CAMBRIDGE', 1959 (boxed), Ruskin; The stones of Venice (Folio Society), and others on archaeology, architecture, etc (2 shelves)
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £80 - £120
4 November 2025
4 November 2025
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS; DORSET AND DORSET WRITERS
Lot 521 Sold
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS; DORSET AND DORSET WRITERS
including Thomas Hardy; 'Life and Art', Greenberg, new York 1925, and others (one shelf)
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £80 - £120
4 November 2025
4 November 2025
A LARGE COLLECTION OF BOOKS ON ART
Lot 522 Sold
A LARGE COLLECTION OF BOOKS ON ART
collecting, and other subjects (contents of bookcase)
Hammer price: £160
Estimate: £60 - £80
4 November 2025
4 November 2025
A LARGE COLLECTION OF 'THE LONDON MERCURY' MAGAZINE
Lot 523 Sold
A LARGE COLLECTION OF 'THE LONDON MERCURY' MAGAZINE
edited by J.C. Squire, 1920s-30s (varying condition)
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £50 - £100
4 November 2025
4 November 2025
THOMAS HARDY: THE WESSEX EDITION, 1912 TO 1931
Lot 524 Sold
THOMAS HARDY: THE WESSEX EDITION, 1912 TO 1931
24 volumes, all first editions, with the first 20 numbered base of spine I - XX; final three scarce poetry volumes added subsequently, Human Shows and Winter Words a library copy; first 21 volumes inherited by Dr Mann, the Hardy family G.P., bequeathed by Kate Hardy, 1940, these volumes likely from Hardy himself, allowed to him by the publisher, hence the 'With the Author's compliments' slips in some volumes (some fading, etc)
Hammer price: £450
Estimate: £200 - £300
4 November 2025
4 November 2025
'HISTORICAL MAP OF WALES AND MONMOUTH'
Lot 525 Sold
'HISTORICAL MAP OF WALES AND MONMOUTH'
published by John Bartholomew and Son Ltd, 1966, framed, 105 x 73cm (some nicotine deposit)
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £100 - £200
4 November 2025
4 November 2025
NEW MAP OF BUCKINGHAM DIVIVED INTO HUNDREDS
Lot 526 Unsold
NEW MAP OF BUCKINGHAM DIVIVED INTO HUNDREDS
C Smith, Strand, 1808 revised edition, with framed history of Buckinghamshire
Estimate: £30 - £50
4 November 2025
4 November 2025
A QUANTITY OF ORDNANCE SURVEY FOLDING MAPS
Lot 527 Unsold
A QUANTITY OF ORDNANCE SURVEY FOLDING MAPS
Bartholomew's maps, and other items
Estimate: £30 - £50
4 November 2025
4 November 2025

Total lots: 708

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