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Tuesday 5th November starting at 10:00am
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3rd December
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| Lot | Title | Estimate | Hammer price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 529 |
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)
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£30 - £50 | £40 | View |
| 530 |
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)
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£30 - £50 | £25 | View |
| 531 |
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)
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£40 - £60 | £80 | View |
| 532 |
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…
|
£40 - £80 | £160 | View |
| 533 |
THREE VOLUMES OF' PUNCH' 78 , 79 AND 87
1880/1884 (bindings poor)
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£30 - £50 | - | View |
| 534 | A QUANTITY OF ANTIQUARIAN ENGLISH LITERATURE | £30 - £50 | £40 | View |
| 535 |
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
|
£30 - £60 | £70 | View |
| 536 |
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)
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£30 - £50 | £240 | View |
| 537 |
RANDOLPH S. CHURCHILL: 'WINSTON S. CHURCHILL'
vol I 'YOUTH', Heinemann 1966 (2 copies, jackets def), with works by W.S. Churchill, and other books
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£30 - £50 | - | View |
| 538 |
A QUANTITY OF CHILDRENS' BOOKS
Edwardian theatre magazines, other books and cut-out toy sheets etc
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£30 - £40 | £35 | View |
| 539 |
CHARLES DICKENS; MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT
Chapman and Hall 1849, with Our mutual friend (2 vols in one), and other Dickens works (7)
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£30 - £60 | £80 | View |
| 540 |
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…
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£300 - £500 | £850 | View |
| 541 |
'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)
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£40 - £60 | £30 | View |
| 542 |
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)
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£30 - £50 | £20 | View |
| 543 |
THOMAS BEWICK; A HISTORY OF BRITISH BIRDS
2 volumes, sixth edition, Newcastle 1826, calf bound (def) (spotting, notably to title page and free endpapers)
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£60 - £120 | £50 | View |
| 544 |
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
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£50 - £100 | £130 | View |
| 545 |
'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)
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£100 - £200 | £140 | View |
| 546 |
THE DRAMATIC WORKS OF SHAKSPEARE
8 vols, calf, Chiswick; printed by C. and C. Whittingham 1828 (a/f, damage to bindings)
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£40 - £60 | £20 | View |
| 547 |
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…
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£200 - £400 | £380 | View |
| 548 |
THE WORKS OF LAURENCE STERNE
London, J Johnson, G & J Robinson etc, 1802, 7 vols, original binding but renewed spines
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£60 - £80 | £70 | View |
| 549 |
JOHN CHARLTON (ILLUST): 'TWELVE PACKS OF HOUNDS'
- A collection of Drawings and Sketches, Simkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent and Co Ltd 1891 (a/f)
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£30 - £60 | - | View |
| 550 |
'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),
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£30 - £50 | - | View |
| 551 |
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)
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£80 - £150 | £160 | View |
| 552 |
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
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£40 - £60 | £45 | View |
| 553 |
THE ILLUSTRATED DICTIONARY OF GARDENING
Upcott Gill, London 1886, with many colour plates, seven volumes (volume 2 missing)
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£30 - £50 | £15 | View |
| 554 |
'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)
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£30 - £50 | £20 | View |
| 555 |
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)
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£100 - £150 | - | View |
| 556 |
'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)
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£40 - £60 | £70 | View |
| 557 |
J. POUNCY; 'DORSET PHOTOGRAPHICALLY ILLUSTRATED'
two volumes, 1 and 2, 3 and 4, London and Dorchester (undated but c.1870) (damage)
|
£30 - £50 | £480 | View |
| 558 |
A QUANTITY OF DORSET INTEREST BOOKS
and a few others
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£40 - £80 | £140 | View |
| 559 |
A QUANTITY OF MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS
history, reference, literature etc
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£30 - £50 | £35 | View |
| 560 |
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
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£30 - £60 | £60 | View |
| 561 |
A LARGE QUANTITY OF BOOKS
art, architecture, travel, literature, etc, many Korean cultural interest
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£100 - £200 | £90 | View |
| 562 |
A QUANTITY OF CHILDRENS' BOOKS
including Christian Waller; 'The gates of Dawn', Gryphon Books re-issue 1977, limited edition B84/1000 in scarlet buckram
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£30 - £50 | £35 | View |
| 563 |
A COLLECTION OF SHOOTING BOOKS
and magazines etc
|
£30 - £50 | - | View |
| 564 |
ISABEL McALLISTER; 'ALFRED GILBERT'
A and C Black, 1929 (spotted, jacket def), and a further quantity of books on art, art history, antiques etc
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£30 - £50 | £40 | View |
| 565 |
A QUANTITY OF MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS
including travel guides
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£30 - £50 | £20 | View |
| 566 |
WORKS OF CHARLES DICKENS
Chapman and Hall Ltd, 24 vols
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£30 - £50 | £45 | View |
| 567 |
HISTORICAL MONUMENTS IN THE COUNTY OF DORSET
Vols I - V, RCHM, 1952-75 (8 books)
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£40 - £60 | £50 | View |
| 568 |
E. BENEZIT: DICTIONNAIRE DES PEINTRES, SCULPTEURS DESSINATEURS ET GRAVEURS
8 Vols, Librarie Grund 1960
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£20 - £30 | - | View |
| 569 |
A COLLECTION OF DORSET INTEREST BOOKS
including 'Ancient and modern sport in Dorset', Kelly's directories etc (some in poor condition)
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£40 - £60 | £90 | View |
| 570 |
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
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£30 - £50 | £50 | View |
| 571 |
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)
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£80 - £120 | £300 | View |
| 572 |
CHARLES DICKENS: WORKS, SIXTEEN VOLUMES
Pub. Hazell, Watson and Viney, with The Works of William Shakespeare, six vols., William Clowes and Sons and others
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£50 - £80 | £20 | View |
| 573 | A COLLECTION OF DORSET BOOKS | £30 - £50 | £50 | View |
| 574 |
A COLLECTION OF OLD LEATHER-BOUND BOOKS
some half-calf, mostly 19th century (many in poor condition)
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£40 - £60 | £300 | View |
| 575 |
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
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£50 - £80 | £20 | View |
| 576 |
A QUANTITY OF MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS
including John Betjeman, Summoned by bells, Murray 1960 (jacket torn) (four shelves)
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£30 - £50 | £100 | View |
