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Auction date Tuesday 5 December 2023 10:00 - 17:30 GMT
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Tuesday 5th December

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Total lots: 977

ELLEN TERRY/EDITH CRAIG: TWO VOLUMES SIGNED BY TERRY TO CRAIG, WITH BOOKPLATE 'EDY HER BOOK'
Lot 668 Sold
ELLEN TERRY/EDITH CRAIG: TWO VOLUMES SIGNED BY TERRY TO CRAIG, WITH BOOKPLATE 'EDY HER BOOK'
1902' ; two vols. Thomas Hope 'The costume of the ancients' 1875; 'Edy' Craig (Terry's daughter) was a notable force in the theatre and involved in the women's suffrage movement. With a collection of albums of theatrical memorabilia, of the same period, books and 1940s ballet albums (much in poor condition)
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £60 - £100
5 December 2023
5 December 2023
A COLLECTION OF NME (NEW MUSICAL EXPRESS) 1980s
Lot 669 Sold
A COLLECTION OF NME (NEW MUSICAL EXPRESS) 1980s
variable condition
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £50 - £100
5 December 2023
5 December 2023
A LARGE QUANTITY OF 'COMMANDO WAR STORIES IN PICTURES'
Lot 670 Sold
A LARGE QUANTITY OF 'COMMANDO WAR STORIES IN PICTURES'
bundled and listed, the earliest issue 9, the latest 1754; some gaps, some duplicates (condition varies, mainly fair, but earlier numbers scruffier)
Hammer price: £380
Estimate: £400 - £600
5 December 2023
5 December 2023
A COLLECTION OF MAGAZINES
Lot 671 Sold
A COLLECTION OF MAGAZINES
including runs of the Old Stortfordian, the Brazen Nose, the Sylvia Townsend Warner Society,, the Friends of the Lake District etc, with a collection of ephemera, much travel related but other subjects as well, family photos etc.
Hammer price: £5
Estimate: £20 - £40
5 December 2023
5 December 2023
A COLLECTION OF JAZZ APPRECIATION SOCIETY BOOKLETS AND OTHERS
Lot 672 Sold
A COLLECTION OF JAZZ APPRECIATION SOCIETY BOOKLETS AND OTHERS
1940s-50s, including 'American Jazz' Nos. 1 and 2, 'Junkshopper's discography' 'Hot notes', 'Jazzography' and others, mostly in bespoke individual bindings, and 'Footnote' magazine 1972-80, 'Jazz and Blues' magazine 1971-73, and 'New Orleans Music' 1989-2003, all similarly bound in groups
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £100 - £200
5 December 2023
5 December 2023
A QUANTITY OF VANITY FAIR LOOSE PRINTS
Lot 673 Sold
A QUANTITY OF VANITY FAIR LOOSE PRINTS
two bound 'Sketch' volumes 1893 and 1902, various issues of 'The Sphere', 1920s, and others, and a Royalty and Aristocracy scrap album
Hammer price: £110
Estimate: £30 - £50
5 December 2023
5 December 2023
A COLLECTION OF 19th CENTURY ITALIAN GRAND TOUR PHOTOGRAPHS,
Lot 674 Sold
A COLLECTION OF 19th CENTURY ITALIAN GRAND TOUR PHOTOGRAPHS,
art and architecture, with other photographs including portraits, ships etc
Hammer price: £15
Estimate: £20 - £40
5 December 2023
5 December 2023
OCCUPATION OF MATABELELAND - A SOUVENIR
Lot 675 Unsold
OCCUPATION OF MATABELELAND - A SOUVENIR
Nov. 1933, with 'The Outpost' Christmas and Jubillee Number 1940 (2)
Estimate: £20 - £40
5 December 2023
5 December 2023
FLORENCE UPTON: VARIOUS 'GOLLIWOGG' BOOKS
Lot 676 Sold
FLORENCE UPTON: VARIOUS 'GOLLIWOGG' BOOKS
3 original books, and modern reprints, including Dutch Dolls
Hammer price: £150
Estimate: £60 - £100
5 December 2023
5 December 2023
MAX BEERBOHM: SEVEN MEN 1st AMERICAN EDITION
Lot 677 Sold
MAX BEERBOHM: SEVEN MEN 1st AMERICAN EDITION
Alfred A. Knopf 1920 no. 1172/2000 (damaged paper cover), with 'And even now' E.P. Dutton , New York 1921 (similar condition) (2)
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £30 - £50
5 December 2023
5 December 2023
MINING/INDUSTRIAL INTEREST: 'MINE PLANT'
Lot 678 Sold
MINING/INDUSTRIAL INTEREST: 'MINE PLANT'
by Benjamin Franklin Tillson, New York 1938, with other items of similar interest (5)
Hammer price: £15
Estimate: £30 - £50
5 December 2023
5 December 2023
KATE GREENAWAY 'A DAY IN A CHILD'S LIFE'
Lot 679 Sold
KATE GREENAWAY 'A DAY IN A CHILD'S LIFE'
and 'A Apple pie' , with 'Struwwelpeter' (3) (a/f)
Hammer price: £25
Estimate: £30 - £50
5 December 2023
5 December 2023
MOOREHEAD, ALAN, ‘GALLIPOLI’
Lot 680 Unsold
MOOREHEAD, ALAN, ‘GALLIPOLI’
second impression published by Hamish Hamilton, 1956, brown cloth bound, a handwritten note from Governor of Southern Rhodesia Sir Peveril William Powlett (1954-1959) to Major Paddon dated 5th June 1959 on official headed paper, together with one other Moorehead title, ‘The End in Africa’
Estimate: £40 - £60
5 December 2023
5 December 2023
JOSEPH THOMAS PETTIGREW; 'A HISTORY OF EGYPTIAN MUMMIES'
Lot 681 Sold
JOSEPH THOMAS PETTIGREW; 'A HISTORY OF EGYPTIAN MUMMIES'
Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green and Longman 1834 (some damage, wear)
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £50 - £100
5 December 2023
5 December 2023
DICKENS, CHARLES, ‘MASTER HUMPHREY’S CLOCK’
Lot 682 Unsold
DICKENS, CHARLES, ‘MASTER HUMPHREY’S CLOCK’
published by Chapman & Hall, 1840, two three quarter leather bound volumes, together with a Christmas Books copy of ‘The Chimes/Cricket on the Heath’ (3)
Estimate: £100 - £200
5 December 2023
5 December 2023
'THE ANTICHRIST OF NIETZSCHE'
Lot 683 Sold
'THE ANTICHRIST OF NIETZSCHE'
version by P.R. Stephenson, illustrated by Norman Lindsay, Fanfrolico Press, London 9/550 on handmade paper (water damaged); with 'The book of fate, formerly in the possession of Napoleon', London 1831 (a/f) (2)
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £30 - £50
5 December 2023
5 December 2023
A PHILIPS’ PLANISPHERE
Lot 684 Sold
A PHILIPS’ PLANISPHERE
a Collins’ Essential World Atlas and a vintage Road Atlas (3)
Hammer price: £35
Estimate: £30 - £50
5 December 2023
5 December 2023
J. McLEOD: 'A VOYAGE TO AFRICA', (OWNERSHIP INSCR. 'Wm WILBERFORCE')
Lot 685 Sold
J. McLEOD: 'A VOYAGE TO AFRICA', (OWNERSHIP INSCR. 'Wm WILBERFORCE')
pub. John Murray 1820
Hammer price: £170
Estimate: £20 - £30
5 December 2023
5 December 2023
FIVE BEATRIX POTTER BOOKS
Lot 686 Unsold
FIVE BEATRIX POTTER BOOKS
Frederick Warne, some with jackets (worn)
Estimate: £20 - £40
5 December 2023
5 December 2023
JULIAN HUXLEY: 'ANTS', DOBSON 1949
Lot 687 Sold
JULIAN HUXLEY: 'ANTS', DOBSON 1949
with T.A. Coward 'The birds of the British Isles and thier eggs', J. Clegg, 'The freshwater life of the British Isles', Detmould 'Life of the Bee' etc
Hammer price: £25
Estimate: £30 - £50
5 December 2023
5 December 2023
G. ROBERTS: 'THE HISTORY OF LYME REGIS', LANGDON AND HARKER 1823
Lot 688 Unsold
G. ROBERTS: 'THE HISTORY OF LYME REGIS', LANGDON AND HARKER 1823
and 'The history and antiquities of Lyme Regis and Charmouth' 1834, with Wanklyn; 'Lyme Regis, A retrospect' (2 eds) 1922 and 1927 (4)
Estimate: £30 - £60
5 December 2023
5 December 2023
MAHAN, CAPT. A.T., ‘THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA’
Lot 689 Unsold
MAHAN, CAPT. A.T., ‘THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA’
published by Peter Fenelon Collier, New York, 1902, green cloth bound, fly leaf inscribed Major Cecil Pardon OBE
Estimate: £30 - £50
5 December 2023
5 December 2023
CHIANG LEE: THE SILENT TRAVELLER IN LONDON
Lot 690 Sold
CHIANG LEE: THE SILENT TRAVELLER IN LONDON
2nd imp Country life 1938, with 'Cooking with the Chinese flavour' Heinemann 1957, and 'The complete short stories of Saki' (3)
Hammer price: £10
Estimate: £20 - £40
5 December 2023
5 December 2023
'EXPERIENCES OF FLAGELLATION'
Lot 691 Sold
'EXPERIENCES OF FLAGELLATION'
'A series of remarkable instances of whipping inflicted on both sexes, with curious anecdotes of Ladies...', compiled by 'An amateur Flagellant' London, printed for private circulation 1885; with William Andrews; 'Bygone punishments' London 1899 (2)
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £40 - £80
5 December 2023
5 December 2023
OSBORNE'S GUIDE TO THE GRAND JUNCTION, OR BIRMINGHAM, LIVERPOOL, AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY
Lot 692 Sold
OSBORNE'S GUIDE TO THE GRAND JUNCTION, OR BIRMINGHAM, LIVERPOOL, AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY
1838
Hammer price: £15
Estimate: £30 - £50
5 December 2023
5 December 2023
NEW ZEALAND INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1906-7
Lot 693 Sold
NEW ZEALAND INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1906-7
British Government Exhibit, compiled by Isidore Spielmann (inscribed by the author to his daughter), with 'Paris International Exhibition, 1900 , The Royal Pavilion' by Spielmann (also inscribed) (2)
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £30 - £50
5 December 2023
5 December 2023
AUSTIN DOBSON: 'PROVERBS IN PORCELAIN', ILLUS. BERNARD PARTRIDGE
Lot 694 Sold
AUSTIN DOBSON: 'PROVERBS IN PORCELAIN', ILLUS. BERNARD PARTRIDGE
Kegan, Paul, Trench, Trubner and Co 1893; partridges own copy No,89, with pasted-in letter from Dobson regarding the illustrations (in poor condition), with a (damaged) edition de luxe copy of J.M. Barrie/Hugh Thomson 'Quality Street', and 'Hugh Thomson, his art, his letters, his humour, and his charm' (3)
Hammer price: £15
Estimate: £30 - £60
5 December 2023
5 December 2023
DE LA MOTTE FOUQUE: 'UNDINE' ILLUST. ARTHUR RACKHAM
Lot 695 Sold
DE LA MOTTE FOUQUE: 'UNDINE' ILLUST. ARTHUR RACKHAM
William Heinemann 1909 (some faults)
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £30 - £50
5 December 2023
5 December 2023
A COLLECTION OF MINIATURE AND SMALL BOOKS
Lot 696 Sold
A COLLECTION OF MINIATURE AND SMALL BOOKS
and a book-form vesta case
Hammer price: £25
Estimate: £30 - £40
5 December 2023
5 December 2023
JOHN BETJEMAN: SUMMONED BY BELLS
Lot 697 Unsold
JOHN BETJEMAN: SUMMONED BY BELLS
John Murray 1960 (some discolouring)
Estimate: £30 - £50
5 December 2023
5 December 2023
EROTIC PRINT SOCIETY: A SELECTION OF PUBLICATIONS
Lot 698 Unsold
EROTIC PRINT SOCIETY: A SELECTION OF PUBLICATIONS
including signed copy of Tom Poulton, Secret Art, with four books in the Scarlet Library series
Estimate: £400 - £500
5 December 2023
5 December 2023
A COLLECTION OF CHILDREN'S BOOKS
Lot 699 Sold
A COLLECTION OF CHILDREN'S BOOKS
English and German, including Walter Crane, Cecil Aldin, and an early mechanical book
Hammer price: £140
Estimate: £30 - £50
5 December 2023
5 December 2023
WALFORD, EDWARD, ‘THE COUNTY FAMILIES OF THE UNITED KINGDOM’
Lot 700 Sold
WALFORD, EDWARD, ‘THE COUNTY FAMILIES OF THE UNITED KINGDOM’
published by Chatto & Windus, 1881, red cloth bound, two Kelly’s Directories and an Army and Navy 1935-6 price list (4)
Hammer price: £15
Estimate: £30 - £50
5 December 2023
5 December 2023
‘REPORT ON THE CITY AND COUNTY OF BRISTOL’
Lot 701 Sold
‘REPORT ON THE CITY AND COUNTY OF BRISTOL’
printed by James & Luke Hansard, London, 1835, brown three quarter leather bound, ex libris FW Morris, John E Pritchard and Terence Bryant Bristol Collection (repaired spine)
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £20 - £40
5 December 2023
5 December 2023
‘RYDE CARNIVAL 1951 LUCKY PROGRAMME’
Lot 702 Sold
‘RYDE CARNIVAL 1951 LUCKY PROGRAMME’
No. 4513, with supplementary programme, the Royal Isle of Wight Agricultural Society 51st show catalogue, July 1947, and eight other pamphlets of Isle of Wight interest (10)
Hammer price: £130
Estimate: £10 - £20
5 December 2023
5 December 2023
BARRETT, C.R.B.: 'SOMERSETSHIRE: HIGHWAYS, BYWAYS AND WATERWAYS'
Lot 703 Sold
BARRETT, C.R.B.: 'SOMERSETSHIRE: HIGHWAYS, BYWAYS AND WATERWAYS'
signed limited edition no. 55 of 65, published by Bliss, Sands and Foster, London 1894, in three-quarter leather binding
Hammer price: £5
Estimate: £10 - £20
5 December 2023
5 December 2023
MAXWELL, GAVIN, 'HOUSE OF ELRIG'
Lot 704 Sold
MAXWELL, GAVIN, 'HOUSE OF ELRIG'
uncorrected proof copy, published by Longmans, 1965, paper bound, together with six other books (7)
Hammer price: £140
Estimate: £50 - £70
5 December 2023
5 December 2023
EDWARD BAWDEN LIFE IN AN ENGLISH VILLAGE
Lot 705 Sold
EDWARD BAWDEN LIFE IN AN ENGLISH VILLAGE
King Penguin, 1949, with a collection of other King Penguins
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £30 - £50
5 December 2023
5 December 2023
RONALD BLYTHE, DECADAL
Lot 706 Sold
RONALD BLYTHE, DECADAL
Enitharmon Press, 2015, limited edition 26/100, signed by author, with Ronald Blythe, Time by the Sea, Faber, 2013, 1st edition
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £30 - £50
5 December 2023
5 December 2023
BEATTY, WILLIAM: 'AUTHENTIC NARRATIVE OF THE DEATH OF LORD NELSON'
Lot 707 Sold
BEATTY, WILLIAM: 'AUTHENTIC NARRATIVE OF THE DEATH OF LORD NELSON'
printed by T. Davison, Whitefriars, for T. Cadell and W. Davies, London, 1807, three-quarter brown leather binding, the inside board with Rochetts bookplate
Hammer price: £150
Estimate: £150 - £250
5 December 2023
5 December 2023
FRANCES HODGKINS
Lot 708 Sold
FRANCES HODGKINS
a collection of books, catalogues and ephemera relating to this famous New Zealand artist, including 35mm slides of paintings
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £20 - £40
5 December 2023
5 December 2023
HIEOVER, HARRY, ‘THE STUD’
Lot 709 Sold
HIEOVER, HARRY, ‘THE STUD’
published by Longman, Brown et al, 1849, green half leather bound
Hammer price: £5
Estimate: £10 - £20
5 December 2023
5 December 2023
AMANDA LOCKHART: "THE ART OF THE CHASE"
Lot 710 Sold
AMANDA LOCKHART: "THE ART OF THE CHASE"
introduction by Robin Lane Fox; and "The Art of the Race" by Amanda Lockhart, with additional pictures by Dan Abraham, introduction by Sir Mark Prescott (2)
Hammer price: £10
Estimate: £10 - £20
5 December 2023
5 December 2023
A COLLECTION OF SHELL GUIDES
Lot 711 Sold
A COLLECTION OF SHELL GUIDES
including Mid Western Wales, South West Wales, East Sussex, Surrey, Cornwall, Oxfordshire, Northumberland, Kent, Derbyshire
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £20 - £40
5 December 2023
5 December 2023
A COLLECTION OF PERSIAN MANUSCRIPT PAGES
Lot 712 Sold
A COLLECTION OF PERSIAN MANUSCRIPT PAGES
in leather folders, some with illuminated panels, probably 19th century, with a cardboard containing an early Korean painting on linen
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £50 - £80
5 December 2023
5 December 2023
CHARLES WARNE FSA, ANCIENT DORSET
Lot 713 Sold
CHARLES WARNE FSA, ANCIENT DORSET
The Celtic, Roman, Saxon and Danish Antiquities of the County, Bournemouth 1872
Hammer price: £15
Estimate: £30 - £50
5 December 2023
5 December 2023
SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON. J.W. BUTCHER
Lot 714 Unsold
SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON. J.W. BUTCHER
Shifting Sands by N.N.E. Bray, Unicorn Press, London, Robinson Crusoe, Hutchinson and Co, London,
Estimate: £30 - £50
5 December 2023
5 December 2023
BRITAIN IN PICTURES
Lot 715 Sold
BRITAIN IN PICTURES
a collection of eight titles , including Cecilia Sempill English Pottery and Porcelain and Enid Marx English Popular and Traditional Art, with Frank Dobson British Artists of Today series, 1926
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £20 - £40
5 December 2023
5 December 2023

Total lots: 977

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