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Auction date Tuesday 5 September 2023 10:00 - 17:30 BST
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Tuesday 5th September

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Total lots: 810

A COLLECTION OF RAILWAY PAPERWORK
Lot 524 Sold
A COLLECTION OF RAILWAY PAPERWORK
late 19th century onwards, operational booklets, publicity handbills, correspondence, circulars, photos, maps etc with a collection of route maps, mostly reproductions
Hammer price: £10
Estimate: £30 - £50
5 September 2023
5 September 2023
J K ROWLING. 'HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE' WITH ERROR TO PAGE 99
Lot 525 Unsold
J K ROWLING. 'HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE' WITH ERROR TO PAGE 99
'eleven' instead of 'ten' 1ST EDITION 2005
Estimate: £30 - £40
5 September 2023
5 September 2023
THE WORKS OF LORD BYRON, INCLUDING HIS SUPPRESSED POEMS
Lot 526 Unsold
THE WORKS OF LORD BYRON, INCLUDING HIS SUPPRESSED POEMS
with tipped-in facsimile letter, A. and W. Galignani, Paris 1827
Estimate: £40 - £60
5 September 2023
5 September 2023
A COLLECTION OF MINIATURE BOOKS
Lot 527 Sold
A COLLECTION OF MINIATURE BOOKS
18th century and later, including 'The smallest Dictionary in the World' 3.5 x 2cm, various Religious Tract Society vols, a 19th cent. set of cards; 'The Life of Moses', and other items
Hammer price: £500
Estimate: £40 - £60
5 September 2023
5 September 2023
SEAMUS HEANEY; STATION ISLAND
Lot 528 Sold
SEAMUS HEANEY; STATION ISLAND
Faber & Faber with a signed note
Hammer price: £170
Estimate: £40 - £60
5 September 2023
5 September 2023
REV. W. AWDRY: SEVEN VOLUMES FROM THE 'RAILWAY SERIES'
Lot 529 Sold
REV. W. AWDRY: SEVEN VOLUMES FROM THE 'RAILWAY SERIES'
1950s editions, one lacking jacket
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £30 - £50
5 September 2023
5 September 2023
DAVID JONES FIRST EDITIONS
Lot 530 Sold
DAVID JONES FIRST EDITIONS
In Parenthesis 1937, Anathemata, 1952
Hammer price: £480
Estimate: £80 - £100
5 September 2023
5 September 2023
FRANK FORESTER'S FISH AND FISHING
Lot 531 Sold
FRANK FORESTER'S FISH AND FISHING
of the UNITED STATES and BRITISH PROVINCES OF NORTH AMERICA', By H. W. Herbert, Richard Bentley 1849
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £30 - £50
5 September 2023
5 September 2023
A COLLECTION OF RAILWAY BOOKS
Lot 532 Unsold
A COLLECTION OF RAILWAY BOOKS
Historical and promotional, including Holiday Haunts, The Track of the Royal Scot, McIntosh Locomotives etc
Estimate: £20 - £40
5 September 2023
5 September 2023
WYNDHAM LEWIS, THE HUMAN AGE
Lot 533 Sold
WYNDHAM LEWIS, THE HUMAN AGE
2 vols, 1952 edition with jackets and illustrations by Michael Ayrton
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £20 - £40
5 September 2023
5 September 2023
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS BY AND ABOUT DAVID JONES
Lot 534 Sold
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS BY AND ABOUT DAVID JONES
including The Dying Gaul, The Roman Quarry, art catalogues and the Newsletter of the David Jones Society, 1-28
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £50 - £80
5 September 2023
5 September 2023
THOMAS BEWICK: 'A PRETTY BOOK OF PICTURES...OR TOMMY TRIP'S HISTORY
Lot 535 Sold
THOMAS BEWICK: 'A PRETTY BOOK OF PICTURES...OR TOMMY TRIP'S HISTORY
of Beasts and Birds...', with wood engravings 15th edition, Edwin Pearson 1867 (staining)
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £30 - £60
5 September 2023
5 September 2023
THE WORKS OF RABELAIS, ILLUSTRATED BY FRANK C. PAPE
Lot 536 Sold
THE WORKS OF RABELAIS, ILLUSTRATED BY FRANK C. PAPE
two volumes, John Lane,1927, numbered 1386 of 4300
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £30 - £50
5 September 2023
5 September 2023
JESSIE M. KING, ILLUSTRATOR: 'THE DEFENCE OF GUENEVERE
Lot 537 Sold
JESSIE M. KING, ILLUSTRATOR: 'THE DEFENCE OF GUENEVERE
'by William Morris, John Lane 1905, Louis Wain: ' The tale of Little Priscilla Purr' and '.. the Tabby Twins', and various Cicely Mary Barker books (a/f)
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £20 - £40
5 September 2023
5 September 2023
CECIL ALDIN: 'FARM BABIES'
Lot 538 Sold
CECIL ALDIN: 'FARM BABIES'
'The black puppy book' and 'Black Beauty' (a/f) (3)
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £30 - £50
5 September 2023
5 September 2023
COKER: 'A SURVEY OF DORSETSHIRE containing the ANTIQUITIES AND NATURAL HISTORY
Lot 539 Unsold
COKER: 'A SURVEY OF DORSETSHIRE containing the ANTIQUITIES AND NATURAL HISTORY
OF THAT COUNTY' with Wilcox map, London1732, with annotations and presentation inscription; 'To The Law Society...1831' ( some foxing, re-bound)
Estimate: £180 - £220
5 September 2023
5 September 2023
EDMUND DULAC: VARIOUS ILLUSTRATED BOOKS
Lot 540 Sold
EDMUND DULAC: VARIOUS ILLUSTRATED BOOKS
and David Larkin (ed.) 'Dulac' (7)
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £30 - £50
5 September 2023
5 September 2023
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON: 'UNDERWOODS'
Lot 541 Unsold
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON: 'UNDERWOODS'
Chatto and Windus, 1887, signed by A.P. Watt (agent)
Estimate: £30 - £50
5 September 2023
5 September 2023
RUDYARD KIPLING:'A SONG OF THE ENGLISH, W. HEATH ROBINSON
Lot 542 Unsold
RUDYARD KIPLING:'A SONG OF THE ENGLISH, W. HEATH ROBINSON
illustrated colour plates, Hodder and Stoughton, with other Kipling works (4)
Estimate: £30 - £50
5 September 2023
5 September 2023
TALWYN MORRIS ART NOUVEAU BINDINGS:
Lot 543 Sold
TALWYN MORRIS ART NOUVEAU BINDINGS:
Milton; Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained (2 vols) Harrap and Co c.1905 (some loose pages)
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £30 - £50
5 September 2023
5 September 2023
WAUGH: 'SCOTT-KING'S MODERN EUROPE'
Lot 544 Sold
WAUGH: 'SCOTT-KING'S MODERN EUROPE'
Chapman and Hall 1947,Rupert Brooke: Poems and Memoir, London 1918, Robert Buchanan, 'The city of dream' (inscribed to Edward Rose), and other books (7)
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £30 - £50
5 September 2023
5 September 2023
REV JOHN BROWN, THE SELF INTERPRETING BIBLE
Lot 545 Sold
REV JOHN BROWN, THE SELF INTERPRETING BIBLE
published in London by T Kelly, 1824, original binding
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £20 - £40
5 September 2023
5 September 2023
BEATRIX POTTER: VARIOUS STORIES, SOME FIRST EDITIONS
Lot 546 Sold
BEATRIX POTTER: VARIOUS STORIES, SOME FIRST EDITIONS
and others (many in poor condition) and a 'Specimen plate'; 'The peculiar dream of Mr Samuel Whiskers'
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £30 - £60
5 September 2023
5 September 2023
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS, MOSTLY LEATHER-BOUND
Lot 547 Sold
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS, MOSTLY LEATHER-BOUND
including 'Aventures de Monsieur Pickwick' (early French ed), 'The Winning Post Annual 1906-7, and others
Hammer price: £130
Estimate: £30 - £60
5 September 2023
5 September 2023
ARTHUR RACKHAM: VARIOUS ILLUSTRATED VOLUMES
Lot 548 Sold
ARTHUR RACKHAM: VARIOUS ILLUSTRATED VOLUMES
including 'Ingoldsby Legends' and others, and James Hamilton; 'Arthur Rackham'
Hammer price: £130
Estimate: £40 - £80
5 September 2023
5 September 2023
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS
Lot 549 Sold
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS
slavery, indigenous peoples and similar subjects
Hammer price: £10
Estimate: £20 - £40
5 September 2023
5 September 2023
CLARNEDON HISTORY OF THE REBELLIONS
Lot 550 Sold
CLARNEDON HISTORY OF THE REBELLIONS
and Civil Wars, dated 1707
Hammer price: £160
Estimate: £80 - £120
5 September 2023
5 September 2023
FOUR POP-UP BOOKS, INCLUDING JAN PIENKOWSKI
Lot 551 Unsold
FOUR POP-UP BOOKS, INCLUDING JAN PIENKOWSKI
'Haunted house', a 1974 Giles annual, and 10 issues of 'Books, Maps and Prints', APL Publications 1989-90, with John Arlott and Arthur Dailey, Pageantry of Sport, Paul Elek, London 1968, E. Kingdon Ward: The Romance of Plant Hunting, London 1924, and others works
Estimate: £30 - £50
5 September 2023
5 September 2023
PETER SCOTT: 'MORNING FLIGHT', COUNTRY LIFE 1936
Lot 552 Sold
PETER SCOTT: 'MORNING FLIGHT', COUNTRY LIFE 1936
with 'The Eye of the Wind', and several issues of 'Severn Wildfowl Trust Annual report' (incl. no 1), with other books on country pursuits and other publications, and 19th century newspapers
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £40 - £60
5 September 2023
5 September 2023
A QUANTITY OF BOOKS
Lot 553 Unsold
A QUANTITY OF BOOKS
and a few LP records
Estimate: £10 - £20
5 September 2023
5 September 2023
A COLLECTION OF HORSE RACING BOOKS
Lot 554 Unsold
A COLLECTION OF HORSE RACING BOOKS
including Keylock's 'Dams of Winners'
Estimate: £40 - £50
5 September 2023
5 September 2023
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS, MOSTLY CHILDRENS'
Lot 555 Sold
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS, MOSTLY CHILDRENS'
including some Russian reprinted stories
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £40 - £60
5 September 2023
5 September 2023
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS
Lot 556 Sold
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS
including sets of Prous (Scott Moncrieff ), Bernard Shaw, Churchill, Tolkein and others
Hammer price: £190
Estimate: £20 - £40
5 September 2023
5 September 2023
ANDREW LANG: 'THE BLUE FAIRY BOOK', AND OTHER BOOKS
Lot 557 Sold
ANDREW LANG: 'THE BLUE FAIRY BOOK', AND OTHER BOOKS
including a few Folio publications
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £40 - £60
5 September 2023
5 September 2023
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS
Lot 558 Sold
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS
Hammer price: £45
Estimate: £30 - £50
5 September 2023
5 September 2023
YVONNE CLOUD; 'PASTICHE, A MUSIC-ROOM BOOK'
Lot 559 Sold
YVONNE CLOUD; 'PASTICHE, A MUSIC-ROOM BOOK'
illustrated by Edmond X. Kapp, signed by author and illustrator 30/780, and a quantity of other illustrated books; Heath-Robinson, Thomson, Sowerby, Pogany etc
Hammer price: £140
Estimate: £40 - £80
5 September 2023
5 September 2023
A COLLECTION OF 19TH CENTURY AND LATER CHILDRENS' BOOKS
Lot 560 Sold
A COLLECTION OF 19TH CENTURY AND LATER CHILDRENS' BOOKS
including an untearable 'The enraged miller' (rebound), Heath Robinson 'Motor mania' (a/f), Walter Crane's Painting book', and others
Hammer price: £160
Estimate: £40 - £60
5 September 2023
5 September 2023
A COLLECTION OF RUPERT BEAR BOOKS c. 1940s -1970s
Lot 561 Sold
A COLLECTION OF RUPERT BEAR BOOKS c. 1940s -1970s
including 'The Rupert Book (1941) and 'The Monster Rupert' 1952
Hammer price: £25
Estimate: £30 - £50
5 September 2023
5 September 2023
JOHN RENBOURN 1944 -2015, GUITARIST AND SONGWRITER
Lot 562 Unsold
JOHN RENBOURN 1944 -2015, GUITARIST AND SONGWRITER
his personal collection of books on music; Jazz, Blues, folk, early music etc, and two Renbourn album covers reproduced, enlarged, as wall pieces, each 100cm square
Estimate: £50 - £100
5 September 2023
5 September 2023
A LARGE QUANTITY OF MIXED BOOKS
Lot 563 Sold
A LARGE QUANTITY OF MIXED BOOKS
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £30 - £60
5 September 2023
5 September 2023
A QUANTITY OF BOOKS ON ART
Lot 564 Sold
A QUANTITY OF BOOKS ON ART
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £30 - £60
5 September 2023
5 September 2023
A LARGE QUANTITY OF MIXED BOOKS
Lot 565 Unsold
A LARGE QUANTITY OF MIXED BOOKS
(contents of bookcase)
Estimate: £40 - £60
5 September 2023
5 September 2023
A COLLECTION OF AUCTION CATALOGUES
Lot 566 Unsold
A COLLECTION OF AUCTION CATALOGUES
Estimate: £30 - £50
5 September 2023
5 September 2023
A QUANTITY OF MIXED BOOKS
Lot 567 Sold
A QUANTITY OF MIXED BOOKS
1930s Christmas numbers of 'L'illustration', novels unopened Taschen books, and others
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £30 - £60
5 September 2023
5 September 2023
A QUANTITY OF CHILDRENS' BOOKS
Lot 568 Sold
A QUANTITY OF CHILDRENS' BOOKS
including Perishers cartoons, Adventures of Dougal, etc
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £30 - £50
5 September 2023
5 September 2023
A COLLECTION OF FILM AND POP STAR ANNUALS
Lot 569 Unsold
A COLLECTION OF FILM AND POP STAR ANNUALS
1940s to 1970s
Estimate: £30 - £50
5 September 2023
5 September 2023
'THE FINE ART SCOTT', LONDON EDUCATIONAL BOOK CO.
Lot 570 Sold
'THE FINE ART SCOTT', LONDON EDUCATIONAL BOOK CO.
28 volumes
Hammer price: £15
Estimate: £30 - £50
5 September 2023
5 September 2023
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS BY AND ABOUT WINSTON CHURCHILL
Lot 571 Sold
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS BY AND ABOUT WINSTON CHURCHILL
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £40 - £60
5 September 2023
5 September 2023

Total lots: 810

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