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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: 939

Lot Title Estimate Hammer price
680 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…
£40 - £60 - View
681 JOSEPH THOMAS PETTIGREW; 'A HISTORY OF EGYPTIAN MUMMIES'
Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green and Longman 1834 (some damage, wear)
£50 - £100 £200 View
682 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)
£100 - £200 - View
683 '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…
£30 - £50 £80 View
684 A PHILIPS’ PLANISPHERE
a Collins’ Essential World Atlas and a vintage Road Atlas (3)
£30 - £50 £35 View
685 J. McLEOD: 'A VOYAGE TO AFRICA', (OWNERSHIP INSCR. 'Wm WILBERFORCE')
pub. John Murray 1820
£20 - £30 £170 View
687 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
£30 - £50 £25 View
688 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)
£30 - £60 - View
689 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
£30 - £50 - View
690 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)
£20 - £40 £10 View
691 '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…
£40 - £80 £40 View
692 OSBORNE'S GUIDE TO THE GRAND JUNCTION, OR BIRMINGHAM, LIVERPOOL, AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY
1838
£30 - £50 £15 View
693 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)
£30 - £50 £30 View
694 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.…
£30 - £60 £15 View
695 DE LA MOTTE FOUQUE: 'UNDINE' ILLUST. ARTHUR RACKHAM
William Heinemann 1909 (some faults)
£30 - £50 £60 View
696 A COLLECTION OF MINIATURE AND SMALL BOOKS
and a book-form vesta case
£30 - £40 £25 View
697 JOHN BETJEMAN: SUMMONED BY BELLS
John Murray 1960 (some discolouring)
£30 - £50 - View
698 EROTIC PRINT SOCIETY: A SELECTION OF PUBLICATIONS
including signed copy of Tom Poulton, Secret Art, with four books in the Scarlet Library series
£400 - £500 - View
699 A COLLECTION OF CHILDREN'S BOOKS
English and German, including Walter Crane, Cecil Aldin, and an early mechanical book
£30 - £50 £140 View
700 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)
£30 - £50 £15 View
701 ‘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)
£20 - £40 £30 View
704 MAXWELL, GAVIN, 'HOUSE OF ELRIG'
uncorrected proof copy, published by Longmans, 1965, paper bound, together with six other books (7)
£50 - £70 £140 View
705 EDWARD BAWDEN LIFE IN AN ENGLISH VILLAGE
King Penguin, 1949, with a collection of other King Penguins
£30 - £50 £50 View
706 RONALD BLYTHE, DECADAL
Enitharmon Press, 2015, limited edition 26/100, signed by author, with Ronald Blythe, Time by the Sea, Faber, 2013, 1st edition
£30 - £50 £30 View

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