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Auction date Tuesday 5 November 2024
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Tuesday 5th November starting at 10:00am

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Total lots: 749

CHARLES WARNE: 'ANCIENT DORSET'
Lot 529 Sold
CHARLES WARNE: 'ANCIENT DORSET'
illustrated with plates and woodcuts, Bournemouth 1872, with 'The Celtic tumuli of Dorset' by the same author, London 1866; and Heath and Prideaux, 'Some Dorset Manor houses', London 1907 (3) (a/f)
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £30 - £50
5 November 2024
5 November 2024
C.J.S. THOMPSON; 'THE QUACKS OF OLD LONDON'
Lot 530 Sold
C.J.S. THOMPSON; 'THE QUACKS OF OLD LONDON'
J.B. Lippincott Co, Philadelphia 1929; with three other books of medical history interest, and Jennings' Family cookery and receipt book (5)
Hammer price: £25
Estimate: £30 - £50
5 November 2024
5 November 2024
JOHN R. WISE; THE NEW FOREST, ITS HISTORY AND ITS SCENERY
Lot 531 Sold
JOHN R. WISE; THE NEW FOREST, ITS HISTORY AND ITS SCENERY
Artist's edition, with India laid illustrations, Henry Sotheran and Co, London 1883, no. 76 of 350 (boards scruffy, endpapers stained)
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £40 - £60
5 November 2024
5 November 2024
JOHN SPEED; 'THE HISTORIE OF GREAT BRITAINE
Lot 532 Sold
JOHN SPEED; 'THE HISTORIE OF GREAT BRITAINE
UNDER THE CONQUESTS OF THE ROMANS, SAXONS, DANES AND NORMANS...' second edition, printed by John Beale for George Humble, London 1623; no maps but with illustrations and ornaments throughout (poor condition, losses, repairs etc, board detached)
Hammer price: £160
Estimate: £40 - £80
5 November 2024
5 November 2024
THREE VOLUMES OF' PUNCH' 78 , 79 AND 87
Lot 533 Unsold
THREE VOLUMES OF' PUNCH' 78 , 79 AND 87
1880/1884 (bindings poor)
Estimate: £30 - £50
5 November 2024
5 November 2024
A QUANTITY OF ANTIQUARIAN ENGLISH LITERATURE
Lot 534 Sold
A QUANTITY OF ANTIQUARIAN ENGLISH LITERATURE
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £30 - £50
5 November 2024
5 November 2024
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS AND EPHEMERA OF BOURNEMOUTH INTEREST
Lot 535 Sold
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS AND EPHEMERA OF BOURNEMOUTH INTEREST
including a (damaged) copy of 'The illustrated Historical and Picturesque guide to Bournemouth', Brannon, 1858, other guides, commemorative issues, etc
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £30 - £60
5 November 2024
5 November 2024
A COLLECTION OF 18th CENTURY 'THE UNIVERSAL MAGAZINE'
Lot 536 Sold
A COLLECTION OF 18th CENTURY 'THE UNIVERSAL MAGAZINE'
and others similar; The Scot's Magazine', 'The gentleman's Magazine', 'The Lady's Magazine', 'London Review' etc, with 'Kirby's Museum' Kerr's 'Voyages and Travels' (in poor condition)
Hammer price: £240
Estimate: £30 - £50
5 November 2024
5 November 2024
RANDOLPH S. CHURCHILL: 'WINSTON S. CHURCHILL'
Lot 537 Unsold
RANDOLPH S. CHURCHILL: 'WINSTON S. CHURCHILL'
vol I 'YOUTH', Heinemann 1966 (2 copies, jackets def), with works by W.S. Churchill, and other books
Estimate: £30 - £50
5 November 2024
5 November 2024
A QUANTITY OF CHILDRENS' BOOKS
Lot 538 Sold
A QUANTITY OF CHILDRENS' BOOKS
Edwardian theatre magazines, other books and cut-out toy sheets etc
Hammer price: £35
Estimate: £30 - £40
5 November 2024
5 November 2024
CHARLES DICKENS; MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT
Lot 539 Sold
CHARLES DICKENS; MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT
Chapman and Hall 1849, with Our mutual friend (2 vols in one), and other Dickens works (7)
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £30 - £60
5 November 2024
5 November 2024
JOSHUA SPRIGGE; 'ANGLIA REDIVIVA; ENGLAND'S RECOVERY
Lot 540 Sold
JOSHUA SPRIGGE; 'ANGLIA REDIVIVA; ENGLAND'S RECOVERY
BEING THE HISTORY of the Motions, Actions, and Successes of the Army under the Immediate Conduct of His Excellency Sr Thomas Fairfax...' printed by R.W. for John Partridge, London 1647, with woodcut coat of arms, fold-out portrait, large fold-out eng. of The Battle of Naseby, and table of actions (later binding and gilt edge)
Hammer price: £850
Estimate: £300 - £500
5 November 2024
5 November 2024
'CROMWELLIANA. A CHRONOLOGICAL DETAIL OF EVENTS
Lot 541 Sold
'CROMWELLIANA. A CHRONOLOGICAL DETAIL OF EVENTS
IN WHICH OLIVER CROMWELL WAS ENGAGED, FROM THE YEAR 1642 TO HIS DEATH 1658...' printed for Machell Stace by George Smeeton, Charing Cross 1810, some plates (board detached)
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £40 - £60
5 November 2024
5 November 2024
HUTCHINSON, GREGORY AND LYDEKKER: ' THE LIVING RACES OF MANKIND'
Lot 542 Sold
HUTCHINSON, GREGORY AND LYDEKKER: ' THE LIVING RACES OF MANKIND'
two vols, Hutchinson and Co, London c.1905, with Sir Robert Ball; 'The Story of the Heavens', Cassell and Company, 1897 (3)
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £30 - £50
5 November 2024
5 November 2024
THOMAS BEWICK; A HISTORY OF BRITISH BIRDS
Lot 543 Sold
THOMAS BEWICK; A HISTORY OF BRITISH BIRDS
2 volumes, sixth edition, Newcastle 1826, calf bound (def) (spotting, notably to title page and free endpapers)
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £60 - £120
5 November 2024
5 November 2024
LODOVICO ARIOSTO; ORLANDO FURIOSO
Lot 544 Sold
LODOVICO ARIOSTO; ORLANDO FURIOSO
4 volumes, G. Baskerville, Birmingham 1773 'per P. Molini di Librajo dell' Accademia Reale, e G. Molini', calf, gilt, with pink silk linings, eng. frontispiece, no plates
Hammer price: £130
Estimate: £50 - £100
5 November 2024
5 November 2024
'THE SHORTER POEMS OF JOHN MILTON WITH TWELVE ILLUSTRATIONS BY SAMUEL PALMER'
Lot 545 Sold
'THE SHORTER POEMS OF JOHN MILTON WITH TWELVE ILLUSTRATIONS BY SAMUEL PALMER'
London, Seeley and Company 1889, full vellum (soiled) with gilt title and decorations to the spine, and ruled gilt lines to covers (spotting, notably to endpapers, some tissue guards etc)
Hammer price: £140
Estimate: £100 - £200
5 November 2024
5 November 2024
THE DRAMATIC WORKS OF SHAKSPEARE
Lot 546 Sold
THE DRAMATIC WORKS OF SHAKSPEARE
8 vols, calf, Chiswick; printed by C. and C. Whittingham 1828 (a/f, damage to bindings)
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £40 - £60
5 November 2024
5 November 2024
WILLIAM CAMDEN: ANNALS, OR THE HISTORY OF THE MOST RENOWNED AND VICTORIOUS PRINCESS ELIZABETH
Lot 547 Sold
WILLIAM CAMDEN: ANNALS, OR THE HISTORY OF THE MOST RENOWNED AND VICTORIOUS PRINCESS ELIZABETH
trans. R.N. Gent, Third ed. printed by T. Harper for B. Fisher, London 1635, with engraved portrait and title, and additional title, probably original binding with near contemporary inscription, and fragments of an early printed Bible used in the binding, purported to be of Tyndale's Cologne Bible (some damage)
Hammer price: £380
Estimate: £200 - £400
5 November 2024
5 November 2024
THE WORKS OF LAURENCE STERNE
Lot 548 Sold
THE WORKS OF LAURENCE STERNE
London, J Johnson, G & J Robinson etc, 1802, 7 vols, original binding but renewed spines
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £60 - £80
5 November 2024
5 November 2024
JOHN CHARLTON (ILLUST): 'TWELVE PACKS OF HOUNDS'
Lot 549 Unsold
JOHN CHARLTON (ILLUST): 'TWELVE PACKS OF HOUNDS'
- A collection of Drawings and Sketches, Simkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent and Co Ltd 1891 (a/f)
Estimate: £30 - £60
5 November 2024
5 November 2024
'LIFE, TRAVELS AND REMINISCENCES OF JONATHAN CEREDIG DAVIES'
Lot 550 Unsold
'LIFE, TRAVELS AND REMINISCENCES OF JONATHAN CEREDIG DAVIES'
Llanddewi Brefi, 1927, privately printed by the author himself for private circulation (from an edition of 58) (inscribed by the author),
Estimate: £30 - £50
5 November 2024
5 November 2024
REV. F. O. MORRIS; NESTS AND EGGS OF BRITISH BIRDS
Lot 551 Sold
REV. F. O. MORRIS; NESTS AND EGGS OF BRITISH BIRDS
3 volumes, second edition, London 1875, gilt pictorial cloth, (some wear, spotting, tears, title page uncut)
Hammer price: £160
Estimate: £80 - £150
5 November 2024
5 November 2024
JOHN PHILIP SOUSA 1854-1937; 'THE FIFTH STRING'
Lot 552 Sold
JOHN PHILIP SOUSA 1854-1937; 'THE FIFTH STRING'
inscribed copy of 1907 Bobbs-Merrill Co edition, with letter of dedication on Sousa's own headed paper to actor George Arliss 1868-1946
Hammer price: £45
Estimate: £40 - £60
5 November 2024
5 November 2024
THE ILLUSTRATED DICTIONARY OF GARDENING
Lot 553 Sold
THE ILLUSTRATED DICTIONARY OF GARDENING
Upcott Gill, London 1886, with many colour plates, seven volumes (volume 2 missing)
Hammer price: £15
Estimate: £30 - £50
5 November 2024
5 November 2024
'THE DEVOTIONAL FAMILY BIBLE' NOTES BY JOHN FAWCETT
Lot 554 Sold
'THE DEVOTIONAL FAMILY BIBLE' NOTES BY JOHN FAWCETT
printed by C. Baldwin, London 1811, 2 vols, formerly belonging to Ann Tew (def.), with a Victory Atlas of the world (3)
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £30 - £50
5 November 2024
5 November 2024
NEVILE R. WILKINSON: WILTON HOUSE PICTURES, Vol 1
Lot 555 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: £100 - £150
5 November 2024
5 November 2024
'AUCASSIN ET NICOLETTE, CHANTE FABLE DU XIIe SIECLE'
Lot 556 Sold
'AUCASSIN ET NICOLETTE, CHANTE FABLE DU XIIe SIECLE'
mise en Francais moderne par Gustave Michault, illustrations de Leon Carre, H. Piazza, Paris, with other illustrated books; 'Westward Ho' (E.A. Cox),'Peg Woffington' (Hugh Thomson) and others (6)
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £40 - £60
5 November 2024
5 November 2024
J. POUNCY; 'DORSET PHOTOGRAPHICALLY ILLUSTRATED'
Lot 557 Sold
J. POUNCY; 'DORSET PHOTOGRAPHICALLY ILLUSTRATED'
two volumes, 1 and 2, 3 and 4, London and Dorchester (undated but c.1870) (damage)
Hammer price: £480
Estimate: £30 - £50
5 November 2024
5 November 2024
A QUANTITY OF DORSET INTEREST BOOKS
Lot 558 Sold
A QUANTITY OF DORSET INTEREST BOOKS
and a few others
Hammer price: £140
Estimate: £40 - £80
5 November 2024
5 November 2024
A QUANTITY OF MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS
Lot 559 Sold
A QUANTITY OF MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS
history, reference, literature etc
Hammer price: £35
Estimate: £30 - £50
5 November 2024
5 November 2024
JOHN THOMAS SMITH; ' AN ANTIQURIAN RAMBLE
Lot 560 Sold
JOHN THOMAS SMITH; ' AN ANTIQURIAN RAMBLE
IN THE STREETS OF LONDON' Ed. Charles Mackay, 2 vols, London 1846, with other London and travel themed books, including ' New Bath guide; or memoirs of the B-N-R-D family', London 1830
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £30 - £60
5 November 2024
5 November 2024
A LARGE QUANTITY OF BOOKS
Lot 561 Sold
A LARGE QUANTITY OF BOOKS
art, architecture, travel, literature, etc, many Korean cultural interest
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £100 - £200
5 November 2024
5 November 2024
A QUANTITY OF CHILDRENS' BOOKS
Lot 562 Sold
A QUANTITY OF CHILDRENS' BOOKS
including Christian Waller; 'The gates of Dawn', Gryphon Books re-issue 1977, limited edition B84/1000 in scarlet buckram
Hammer price: £35
Estimate: £30 - £50
5 November 2024
5 November 2024
A COLLECTION OF SHOOTING BOOKS
Lot 563 Unsold
A COLLECTION OF SHOOTING BOOKS
and magazines etc
Estimate: £30 - £50
5 November 2024
5 November 2024
ISABEL McALLISTER; 'ALFRED GILBERT'
Lot 564 Sold
ISABEL McALLISTER; 'ALFRED GILBERT'
A and C Black, 1929 (spotted, jacket def), and a further quantity of books on art, art history, antiques etc
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £30 - £50
5 November 2024
5 November 2024
A QUANTITY OF MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS
Lot 565 Sold
A QUANTITY OF MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS
including travel guides
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £30 - £50
5 November 2024
5 November 2024
WORKS OF CHARLES DICKENS
Lot 566 Sold
WORKS OF CHARLES DICKENS
Chapman and Hall Ltd, 24 vols
Hammer price: £45
Estimate: £30 - £50
5 November 2024
5 November 2024
HISTORICAL MONUMENTS IN THE COUNTY OF DORSET
Lot 567 Sold
HISTORICAL MONUMENTS IN THE COUNTY OF DORSET
Vols I - V, RCHM, 1952-75 (8 books)
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £40 - £60
5 November 2024
5 November 2024
E. BENEZIT: DICTIONNAIRE DES PEINTRES, SCULPTEURS DESSINATEURS ET GRAVEURS
Lot 568 Unsold
E. BENEZIT: DICTIONNAIRE DES PEINTRES, SCULPTEURS DESSINATEURS ET GRAVEURS
8 Vols, Librarie Grund 1960
Estimate: £20 - £30
5 November 2024
5 November 2024
A COLLECTION OF DORSET INTEREST BOOKS
Lot 569 Sold
A COLLECTION OF DORSET INTEREST BOOKS
including 'Ancient and modern sport in Dorset', Kelly's directories etc (some in poor condition)
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £40 - £60
5 November 2024
5 November 2024
GEORGE ARLISS 1868-1946; A COLLECTION OF BOOKS FROM THE ACTOR'S OWN POSSESSIONS
Lot 570 Sold
GEORGE ARLISS 1868-1946; A COLLECTION OF BOOKS FROM THE ACTOR'S OWN POSSESSIONS
including some dedicated to him and to Mrs Arliss (Florence) by the authors, and other associated books
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £30 - £50
5 November 2024
5 November 2024
GIBBON; THE HISTORY OF THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE
Lot 571 Sold
GIBBON; THE HISTORY OF THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE
with notes by Rev, H. H. Milman, six volumes, London 1846, half calf with marbled boards, and a further quantity of sets of books and some single, all with half calf/full leather bindings (3 shelves)
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £80 - £120
5 November 2024
5 November 2024
CHARLES DICKENS: WORKS, SIXTEEN VOLUMES
Lot 572 Sold
CHARLES DICKENS: WORKS, SIXTEEN VOLUMES
Pub. Hazell, Watson and Viney, with The Works of William Shakespeare, six vols., William Clowes and Sons and others
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £50 - £80
5 November 2024
5 November 2024
A COLLECTION OF DORSET BOOKS
Lot 573 Sold
A COLLECTION OF DORSET BOOKS
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £30 - £50
5 November 2024
5 November 2024
A COLLECTION OF OLD LEATHER-BOUND BOOKS
Lot 574 Sold
A COLLECTION OF OLD LEATHER-BOUND BOOKS
some half-calf, mostly 19th century (many in poor condition)
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £40 - £60
5 November 2024
5 November 2024
FOLIO SOCIETY: SET OF ANTHONY TROLLOPE'S WORKS
Lot 575 Sold
FOLIO SOCIETY: SET OF ANTHONY TROLLOPE'S WORKS
(14) together with Folio Society Mrs Gaskell's Life of Charlotte Bronte, Daphne Du Maurier 'My Cousin Rachel' and 'Rebecca' and 'Thomas Hardy Poems', Dis. Heron Books
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £50 - £80
5 November 2024
5 November 2024
A QUANTITY OF MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS
Lot 576 Sold
A QUANTITY OF MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS
including John Betjeman, Summoned by bells, Murray 1960 (jacket torn) (four shelves)
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £30 - £50
5 November 2024
5 November 2024

Total lots: 749

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