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Auction date Tuesday 5 August 2025 10:00 - 17:30 BST
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Tuesday 5th August starting at 10:00am

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Total lots: 762

FOLIO SOCIETY: VARIOUS, INCLUDING; DARWIN, CHARLES - ‘THE ESSENTIAL DARWIN’
Lot 551 Sold
FOLIO SOCIETY: VARIOUS, INCLUDING; DARWIN, CHARLES - ‘THE ESSENTIAL DARWIN’
four volume set, together with a further collection of Folio Society volumes (top shelf of bookcase)
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £60 - £100
5 August 2025
5 August 2025
RICHARD WORSLEY: THE HISTORY OF THE ISLE OF WIGHT
Lot 552 Sold
RICHARD WORSLEY: THE HISTORY OF THE ISLE OF WIGHT
A. Hamilton, London 1781 (lacking map, repaired), and other topographical books including Virtue's Picturesque Beauties of Great Britain (Kent), E. Baines, History of the County Palatine of Lancaster (2 vols), and others
Hammer price: £25
Estimate: £50 - £100
5 August 2025
5 August 2025
GEORGE MACDONALD FRASER: A COLLECTION OF 'FLASHMAN' FIRST EDITIONS
Lot 553 Sold
GEORGE MACDONALD FRASER: A COLLECTION OF 'FLASHMAN' FIRST EDITIONS
with dust jackets (10)
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £50 - £100
5 August 2025
5 August 2025
CAPT. W.E. JOHNS: BIGGLES
Lot 554 Sold
CAPT. W.E. JOHNS: BIGGLES
various titles, many with dust jackets, Brockhampton Press, Dean and Son, etc (some worn)
Hammer price: £45
Estimate: £30 - £50
5 August 2025
5 August 2025
WINSTON CHURCHILL: 'THE SECOND WORLD WAR' BOOK SERIES
Lot 555 Sold
WINSTON CHURCHILL: 'THE SECOND WORLD WAR' BOOK SERIES
full six volumes and two vols 'The World Crisis 1911-1918' by Winston Churchill (8)
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £70 - £100
5 August 2025
5 August 2025
VARIOUS ROYCROFT EDITIONS
Lot 556 Sold
VARIOUS ROYCROFT EDITIONS
including 'The Roycroft Shop', a history written by Elbert Hubbard (10)
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £50 - £100
5 August 2025
5 August 2025
CHARLES STONHAM: THE BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLANDS
Lot 557 Sold
CHARLES STONHAM: THE BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLANDS
E. Grant Richards, London 1906, 5 vols, (sunned), with other natural history books, 19th century and later, including Bewick's Birds, 2 vols, Smith's Botany, 3rd ed. 1814, Daniel's Rural Sports, etc, (varying condition) (one shelf)
Hammer price: £110
Estimate: £80 - £150
5 August 2025
5 August 2025
'HINTS TOWARDS FORMING THE CHARACTER OF A YOUNG PRINCESS'
Lot 558 Sold
'HINTS TOWARDS FORMING THE CHARACTER OF A YOUNG PRINCESS'
2 vols, London, 1805, and other books including G. Bernard Shaw; The apple cart, and 1920s pocket edition boxed set, Clater's Farrier, Reynolds's Locomotive engine driving, Dr Syntax tour, Handley cross, etc (varying condition)
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £80 - £150
5 August 2025
5 August 2025
A COLLECTION OF MODERN FIRST EDITIONS
Lot 559 Unsold
A COLLECTION OF MODERN FIRST EDITIONS
Carey, Boyd, Marques, Coetze, Raban etc, all with dust wrappers
Estimate: £100 - £200
5 August 2025
5 August 2025
VARIOUS EDWARDIAN CHILDRENS' BOOKS
Lot 560 Sold
VARIOUS EDWARDIAN CHILDRENS' BOOKS
Fables of Aesop, illustrated by E.J. Detmold, The Water Babies, by Jessie Willcox Smith , and others
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £40 - £60
5 August 2025
5 August 2025
A COLLECTION OF MODERN FIRST EDITIONS
Lot 561 Unsold
A COLLECTION OF MODERN FIRST EDITIONS
Fowles, Golding, Ishiguru, Du Maurier, McEwen etc
Estimate: £100 - £200
5 August 2025
5 August 2025
A COLLECTION OF FOLIO SOCIETY BOOKS
Lot 562 Sold
A COLLECTION OF FOLIO SOCIETY BOOKS
various titles and dates
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £50 - £100
5 August 2025
5 August 2025
GRAHAM GREENE
Lot 563 Sold
GRAHAM GREENE
A collection of 16 titles, some 1st editions
Hammer price: £120
Estimate: £100 - £200
5 August 2025
5 August 2025
A COLLECTION OF ARTIST MONOGRAPHS; CEZANNE, PISSARRO
Lot 564 Sold
A COLLECTION OF ARTIST MONOGRAPHS; CEZANNE, PISSARRO
Renoir, Dufy, etc (one shelf)
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £40 - £60
5 August 2025
5 August 2025
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS
Lot 565 Unsold
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS
travel, biography, fiction etc
Estimate: £30 - £50
5 August 2025
5 August 2025
FOLIO SOCIETY: PLAYS OF SHAKESPEARE
Lot 566 Sold
FOLIO SOCIETY: PLAYS OF SHAKESPEARE
and a further quantity of mixed books
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £50 - £100
5 August 2025
5 August 2025
A COLLECTION OF ART BOOKS
Lot 567 Sold
A COLLECTION OF ART BOOKS
including monographs, folk art etc
Hammer price: £25
Estimate: £30 - £50
5 August 2025
5 August 2025
A COLLECTION OF FOREIGN TRAVEL BOOKS
Lot 568 Sold
A COLLECTION OF FOREIGN TRAVEL BOOKS
Including Middle East, the Americas, deserts, Far East etc
Hammer price: £25
Estimate: £40 - £60
5 August 2025
5 August 2025
COLLECTION OF AUCTION CATALOGUES
Lot 569 Sold
COLLECTION OF AUCTION CATALOGUES
modern prints and multiples
Hammer price: £15
Estimate: £30 - £60
5 August 2025
5 August 2025
A QUANTITY OF MIXED BOOKS
Lot 570 Unsold
A QUANTITY OF MIXED BOOKS
art, gardening, etc
Estimate: £30 - £50
5 August 2025
5 August 2025
FRAMED MAP OF THE WEST PART OF FIFE
Lot 571 Sold
FRAMED MAP OF THE WEST PART OF FIFE
with details verso, with two unframed maps
Hammer price: £10
Estimate: £30 - £50
5 August 2025
5 August 2025
ROBERT MORDEN: AN ANTIQUARIAN MAP; THE COUNTY PALATINE OF CHESTER
Lot 572 Unsold
ROBERT MORDEN: AN ANTIQUARIAN MAP; THE COUNTY PALATINE OF CHESTER
framed, 37 x 44cm
Estimate: £30 - £50
5 August 2025
5 August 2025
JOHN SPEED; 'WIGHT ISLAND' - ISLE OF WIGHT
Lot 573 Unsold
JOHN SPEED; 'WIGHT ISLAND' - ISLE OF WIGHT
C.1611 or later, possibly from 'The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine', sold by Thomas Bassett and Richard Chiswell, coloured, 38.5 x 51cm approx, in a double-sided glazed frame 59.5 x 72cm overall (some stains etc)
Estimate: £150 - £250
5 August 2025
5 August 2025
WILLIAM HOLE AFTER CHRISTOPHER SAXTON: YORKSHIRE
Lot 574 Sold
WILLIAM HOLE AFTER CHRISTOPHER SAXTON: YORKSHIRE
North Riding and East Riding (2), with three 19th century topographical prints of Yorkshire, and an oil on board portrait of Hannah Hauxwell by Pam Grant (6)
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £100 - £200
5 August 2025
5 August 2025

Total lots: 762

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