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| Lot | Title | Estimate | Hammer price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 716 |
TO THE SOUTH POLAR REGIONS, LOUIS BERNACCHI
Hurst and Blackett, Ltd, London, 1901
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£60 - £80 | £320 | View |
| 717 |
THE 1874 TAUNTON ELECTION PETITION
a three-quarter cloth and card album containing pasted typescripts, ex libris Taunton Library; together with Bracg, W (printer) 'The Trial of the Taunton Election Petition before a Committee of the…
|
£20 - £40 | £20 | View |
| 718 |
SWITZERLAND - ITS SCENERY AND PEOPLE
Represented by Eminent Swiss and German Artists, London, Blackie & Son, 1881
|
£20 - £40 | £10 | View |
| 719 |
'MINUTES OF EVIDENCE TAKEN AT THE TRIAL AT THE PARLIMENTARY ELECTION PETITION
for the Eastern Division on the County of Dorset, 5th May, 1910' printed by Eyre & Spottiswoode for HMSO, London 1910, in green cloth binding
|
£20 - £40 | - | View |
| 720 |
CHAPPLE, WILLIAM: 'A REVIEW OF PART OF RISDON'S SURVEY OF DEVON'
volumes I and II, printed by R. Thorn, Exeter 1785, in later three-quarter brown leather binding
|
£20 - £40 | £70 | View |
| 721 |
JEBOULT, EDWARD: 'A GENERAL ACCOUNT OF THE WEST SOMERSET'
published by Somerset and Bristol Steam Press, Taunton 1873, in red cloth binding; together with a facsimile copy of the same title in modern blue vinyl binding (2)
|
£20 - £40 | £10 | View |
| 722 |
A QUANTITY OF FOLIO SOCIETY BOOKS
and similar (some damaged)
|
£30 - £40 | £60 | View |
| 723 |
A COLLECTION OF VINTAGE LADYBIRD BOOKS
various series and dates
|
£30 - £40 | £15 | View |
| 724 |
THE WORKS OF WHYTE MELVILLE HALF-CALF BOUND
with marbled boards, and a similar set of Kingsley, and 3 vols Works of Shakespear, ed. Howard Staunton, ill. John Gilbert, engr. Brothers Dalziel, Routledge and Sons 1866 (a/f, some staining etc)
|
£200 - £300 | - | View |
| 725 |
RIGG, ARTHUR, ‘A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON THE STEAM ENGINE’
published by E & FN Spon, London 1878, blue cloth bound and a quantity of train related books
|
£100 - £200 | - | View |
| 726 |
A QUANTITY OF DORSET NATURAL HISTORY AND ARCHAELOGICAL SOCIETY BOOKS
and Proceedings
|
£100 - £200 | - | View |
| 727 |
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS, INCLUDING FOLIO SOCIETY EDITIONS
V, Sackville-West 'English country houses' (Britain in pictures) Betjeman; 'Continual dew' (1977 reprint), and others
|
£30 - £50 | £15 | View |
| 728 |
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS
travel, old penguins, history, religion etc.
|
£20 - £40 | £20 | View |
| 729 |
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS
Dorset and other subjects, travel, religion, history etc
|
£20 - £40 | £40 | View |
| 730 |
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS
travel, philosophy, biography etc.
|
£20 - £40 | £25 | View |
| 731 |
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS
mostly travel, with cookery, art etc
|
£20 - £40 | £10 | View |
| 732 |
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS
including Dorset, William Barnes, travel, art etc
|
£20 - £40 | £120 | View |
| 733 |
THOMAS HARDY: 'TESS OF THE D'URBERVILLES' HARPER & BROS, 1891
(a/f), other 'Wessex novels', with various Dorset/Devon interest books and guides, and others
|
£20 - £40 | £60 | View |
| 734 |
BONNINGTON SHIRLEY ENGLISH MASTER PAINTERS
edited by Herbert Read, "first published 1940", printed by Chiswick Press London. Together with a collection of Art books and Sotheby catalogues
|
£50 - £100 | £30 | View |
| 735 |
WINSTON S.CHURCHILL: 'A HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH SPEAKING PEOPLES'
3 vols.1956/7 (vol I no jacket), and various other works by and about Churchill
|
£30 - £50 | £25 | View |
| 736 |
THE TIMES WEEKLY EDITION
bound volume, Jan-Dec 1919
|
£10 - £20 | £5 | View |
| 737 |
FOXE'S BOOK OF MARTYRS
Revised with notes, Cassell, Petter and Galpin, late 19th century
|
£20 - £40 | £20 | View |
| 738 |
RALEIGH, SIR WALTER, 'THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD;
printed for Walter Burre, London, 1614, brown leather binding, respined and some plates absent
|
£100 - £200 | £190 | View |
| 739 |
'SNAFFLES' , CHARLES JOHNSON PAYNE
being a selection of his hunting and racing prints, compiled by Mark Flower, Millwood Press Ltd 1983, no.565/750, in (faded) cloth covered board case, with presentation label; '..to The Lady De…
|
£80 - £150 | £60 | View |
| 740 |
MILLAIS, JOHN GUILLE, ‘A BREATH FROM THE VELDT’
published by Henry Sotheran, London, 1895, three quarter brown leather bound with illustrated front cover
|
£70 - £100 | £70 | View |
| 741 |
REVd Dr HENRY SOUTHWELL'S UNIVERSAL FAMILY BIBLE
with engravings, printed J. Cooke, Paternoster Row, London (a/f)
|
£30 - £50 | £15 | View |
| 742 |
THE GRAPHIC ILLUSTRATED NEWSPAPER 1875
volumes XI and XII, half leather binding with marbled boards (2)
|
£40 - £60 | £20 | View |
| 743 |
HUTCHINS, JOHN: ‘THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE COUNTY OF DORSET’
third edition, volumes I-IV, printed by John Bowyer Nichols and Sons, Westminster, 1861, three-quarter vellum binding with gilt tooled black leather half titles and blue cloth boards
|
£150 - £200 | £150 | View |
| 744 |
R.L. HOBSON: 'THE WARES OF THE MING DYNASTY'
Benn Brothers Limited 1923, with 'Dutch pottery and porcelain' by W.P. Knowles, and a further quantity of mixed books
|
£30 - £50 | £130 | View |
| 745 |
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS ON ARCHITECTURE
including Betjeman 'Ghastly good taste' 1970 ed
|
£30 - £50 | £140 | View |
| 746 |
MR JORROCKS' LECTORS, ILLUSTRATED G. DENHOLM ARMOUR
72 of 350 copies signed by the artist, Hodder and Stoughton, 1910, with 'Hunts with Jorrocks' 1908, 'With horse and hound' 1911, and 'Thoughts on hunting', all illust. by G Denholm Armour (scuffs,…
|
£150 - £200 | - | View |
| 747 |
MARK TWAIN: VARIOUS WORKS, SOME 1st U.K. Edns
and books about Twaai, and others
|
£30 - £40 | £20 | View |
| 748 |
A LARGE RUN OF SCOTTS NOVELS
Blue leather bound and a quantity of other books, Macaulay's works, Macmillan's pocket Kipling etc
|
£100 - £200 | £120 | View |
| 749 |
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS ON EUROPEAN HOUSES
domestic architecture and others
|
£40 - £60 | £260 | View |
| 750 |
A QUANTITY OF MIXED BOOKS
architecture, novels etc
|
£20 - £40 | £15 | View |
| 751 |
THE WATERCOLOUR DRAWINGS OF J M W TURNER
Cassell, London, 1904, limited edition, with John Ruskin, Lectures on Landscape, George Allen, 1897 and D Y CAMERON and H Rushbury, Modern Masters of Etching series
|
£30 - £50 | - | View |
| 752 |
A COLLECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHY BOOKS OF TRIBAL CULTURE
costume and customs etc, Africa, Asia and others
|
£30 - £50 | £90 | View |
| 753 |
A COLLECTION OF ART REFERENCE BOOKS
including Benezit's Dictionnaire des Peintres
|
£30 - £50 | £20 | View |
| 754 |
A COLLECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHY BOOKS; JOHN D. GREEN: 'BIRDS OF BRITAIN'
1967, Photography year books 1950s-70s, Sam Haskins, Marvin Israel, etc, and 'Colour photography' 1959-65 (bound)
|
£30 - £50 | - | View |
| 755 |
A QUANTITY OF BOOKS ON THEATRE, CINEMA
biographies, art, 'Picture Show' annuals etc
|
£30 - £50 | £20 | View |
| 756 |
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS
including art, literature, reference, French etc
|
£20 - £40 | £20 | View |
| 757 | A MIXED COLLECTION OF CHILDRENS' BOOKS | £30 - £50 | £60 | View |
| 758 | A COLLECTION OF BOOKS ON ART AND ANTIQUES | £20 - £40 | £25 | View |
| 759 |
A LARGE QUANTITY OF MIXED BOOKS
art, history, travel etc etc
|
£100 - £200 | £50 | View |
| 760 | WITHDRAWN | £70 - £100 | - | View |
| 761 |
A QUANTITY OF VINTAGE PENGUIN GREEN/ORANGE PAPERBACKS
and other books including crime, fiction, works by CS Forester Agatha Christie, Ngaio Marsh etc
|
£30 - £50 | £120 | View |
| 762 |
A QUANTITY OF AFRICA AND RHODESIA RELATED BOOKS
Baden-Powell, Major General RSS, ‘The Matabele Campaign’, fourth edition 1901
|
£50 - £70 | £550 | View |
| 763 |
A QUANTITY OF NAVAL BOOKS
mostly WWII, including two copies of Jane’s Fighting Ships (1939 and 1943-4)
|
£50 - £70 | £30 | View |
