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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

Total lots: 977

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