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Auction date Tuesday 6 August 2024 10:00 - 17:30 BST

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Tuesday 6th August starting at 10:00am

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Lots per page:

Total lots: 751

Lot Title Estimate Hammer price
529 A SMALL QUANTITY OF THEATRE PROGRAMMES
including 'Photo Finish' by Peter Ustinov, 'Enjoy' by Alan Bennet, and others
£20 - £40 - View
530 AN EDWARDIAN ALBUM WITH WATERCOLOUR ILLUSTRATIONS
drawings, pasted-in photos, verses etc
£40 - £60 £20 View
531 A QUANTITY OF EPHEMERA
including Victorian furniture designs, a handwriting tutor, a 1910 flyer for a lecture on Halley's Comet, 'The Edinburgh Evening Courant' April 3 1788, engravings and other items
£30 - £50 £25 View
532 A COLLECTION OF POSTCARDS
mostly British topographical, and mostly pre WW1, cities, towns etc
£30 - £50 £20 View
533 A QUANTITY OF DORSET EPHEMERA
including Pageant programmes for Dorchester 1929, Sydling 1925, Lulworth, and Bradpole, Notes and Queries, Powys Review, and other items
£30 - £50 £25 View
534 THE AENID OF VIRGIL, TRANSLATED BY Mr PITT
in two volumes, Printed for R. Dodsley, London, 1740, gilt calf (a/f)

Provenance: The Estate of the late Brian Phelan (1934-2024) and Dorothy Bromiley Phelan (1930-2024)
£50 - £100 £80 View
535 ROBINSON AND DAWSON: 'A ROYAL WARREN, OR PICTURESQUE RAMBLES IN PURBECK '
London, The Typographic etching Company 1882, with three other books; Abrege de la Vie des Plus Fameaux Peintres, 1762 ( vol IIonly), Historical tales of the Scottish Wars, 1839, and Robinson Crusoe…
£30 - £50 £15 View
536 HARRY HOUDINI: 'THE UNMASKING OF ROBERT HOUDIN', SIGNED
to the front free endpaper and dated Oct 29 - 1910, The Publishers Printing Co, 1908, pictorial cloth (some wear, soiling)
£100 - £200 £1,100 View
537 COLLECTOR'S BOOKS, INCLUDING 'THE DOULTON LAMBETH WARES'
Desmond Eyles and Louise Irvine, Richard Dennis 2002, and others (6)
£20 - £40 £10 View
538 VERO SHAW: THE ILLUSTRATED BOOK OF THE DOG'
Cassell, Petter, Galpin and Co, circa 1881, with wood engravings and colour plates, half-leather, marbled endpapers
£50 - £100 £120 View
539 MICHAEL ADAMS: 'THE NEW ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL MAGAZINE'
published by Alexander Hogg at the King's Arms, Paternoster Row, London, circa 1793 (poor condition), with George Anson; 'A voyage round the world', tenth edition, London 1762 (re-bound) (2)
£50 - £100 £50 View
540 THE NOVELS OF JANE AUSTEN
text based on collations of the early editions by R W Chapman, Clarendon Press Oxford, 1923, limited edition, 5 vols, with The Watsons, a jane Austen fragment concluded by L Oulton, Hutchinson, London
£200 - £300 - View
541 A COLLECTION OF GILES ANNUALS £40 - £60 £20 View
542 A COLLECTION OF BOOKS OF DORSET INTEREST
periodicals, journals and other ephemera
£40 - £80 £40 View
543 A QUANTITY OF MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS
varied subjects and dates (contents of bookcase)
£80 - £100 £80 View
544 A COLLECTION OF BOOKS OF STAGE AND SCREEN INTEREST
including two typed and bound scripts; 'It's great to be young' and 'Heaven and Earth' (contents of cabinet)

Provenance: The Estate of the late Brian Phelan (1934-2024) and Dorothy Bromiley Phelan …
£40 - £80 - View
545 CHARLES DICKENS: LITTLE DORRITT
Bradbury and Evans, London 1857, with David Copperfield, 1850 (both poor copies), further Dickens' works, and other books, mostly leather-bound (poor condition)

Provenance: The Estate of the late…
£50 - £100 £90 View
546 WITHDRAWN £20 - £40 - View
547 TWENTY FIVE HEIMTEXTIL TRADE CATALOGUES
for the annual event held in Frankfurt 1970s-1990s, together with a copy of The International Contract Furnishing catalogue June 1971
£30 - £50 - View
548 WILLIAM BARNES: A COLLECTION OF BOOKS
various, with periodicals and ephemera
£50 - £100 £45 View
549 FORESTER, C.S., Mr Midshipman Hornblower
Fifth impression, September 1950, hardbound with dust wrapper, and a large quantity of fiction and non fiction books including some of Dorset interest
£100 - £200 - View
550 A QUANTITY OF MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS
including works by Sir Frederick Treves; 'The Elephant Man, and other reminiscences', Cassell 1923, Finn and Robinson, 'Birds of our country', childrens' books and others
£30 - £50 £80 View
551 HERON BOOKS: A COLLECTION
Hardy, Wodehouse, Galsworthy, the Brontes, and others, and Folio Society editions of Austen and Gaskell and others
£80 - £120 £50 View
552 A COLLECTION OF ANTIQUES REFERENCE BOOKS
many Antiques Collector's Club publications and others, the majority on pottery and porcelain, and a further quantity of books of history and gardening and other interests
£100 - £150 £140 View
553 A QUANTITY OF ARMS AND ARMOUR AUCTION CATALOGUES
from the 1960's and 1970's including Christie's and Sotheby's (a lot)
£30 - £50 £30 View
554 A LARGE COLLECTION OF MILITARY INTEREST BOOKS £100 - £200 £60 View
555 HISTORICAL MONUMENTS IN THE COUNTY OF DORSET
volumes I - V, R.C.H.M. (8 books)
£40 - £60 £70 View
556 A COLLECTION OF ORNITHOLOGICAL BOOKS
including Brown/Amadon 'Eagles, hawks and falcons of the world' Shirihai/Svensson 'Handbook of Western Palearctic Birds' two vols, and others
£50 - £100 - View
557 THE COMPLETE COLLECTION OF RANDOLPH CALDECOTT'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE 'GRAPHIC'
printed by Edmund Evans, preface by Arthur Lockyer, George Routledge and Sons, London 1889, numbered 393 of 1250 (binding poor), with three other Caldecott items (4)

Provenance: The Estate of the…
£30 - £60 - View
558 'THE RAILWAY MAGAZINE' VOLUMES I - VII, 1897 - 1900
cloth bound (some damage)
£50 - £100 £50 View
559 A LARGE COLLECTION OF CHILDREN’S FICTION AND ACADEMIC BOOKS
including a quantity of Topper and other comic annuals, together with a quantity of Enid Blyton and Man from U.N.C.L.E. paperbacks
£50 - £100 £40 View
560 A COLLECTION OF FICTION BOOKS
including John Galsworthy; 'Maid in waiting' W. Heinemann Ltd. 1931, works by Arthur Ransome (later eds), and a group of countryside/wildlife interest books (many in poor condition)
£30 - £50 £20 View
561 JEFFERY FARNOL: VARIOUS WORKS
Sampson, Low, Marston and Co, Ltd, blue calf, (21, some covered in plastic) contained in an oak book trough
£30 - £50 £20 View
562 HANDBOOK OF THE BIRDS OF EUROPE, THJE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA
Ed. Cramp/Simmons/Perrins, 9 volumes, R.S.P.B. Oxford University Press 1977 (some discolouring, tears to wrappers)
£100 - £200 £100 View
563 HANDBOOK OF THE BIRDS OF THE WORLD
Lynx Edicions, Barcelona 1992, 16 volumes (some discolouration to wrappers)
£600 - £800 - View
564 BEATRIX POTTER: VARIOUS BOOKS ABOUT POTTER
Judy Taylor; 'Beatrix Potter and peter Rabbit', 'The V and A collection', 'The complete Tales', and a booklet 'The tale of London Past' (B.P's archaeological paintings), postcard books and a Wedgwood…
£30 - £50 £20 View
565 A COLLECTION OF MODERN FICTION BOOKS
including Le Carre, Renault, Storey, Lessing and others (contents of cabinet)

Provenance: The Estate of the late Brian Phelan (1934-2024) and Dorothy Bromiley Phelan (1930-2024)
£40 - £80 £70 View
566 A COLLECTION OF BOOKS ON ART AND ANTIQUES
including '50 Ans d'art moderne' catalogue Palais International des Beaux-Arts, Brussels 1958 (contents of bookcase)

Provenance: The Estate of the late Brian Phelan (1934-2024) and Dorothy Bromiley…
£40 - £80 £20 View
567 THE DOROTHY BROMILEY PHELAN ARCHIVE: A COLLECTION OF BOOKS ON NEEDLEWORK
and textiles, particularly embroidery, including catalogues, booklets and other publications, as well as a large number of editions of 'Florentine Canvaswork' by Dorothy Phelan (four shelves)
£40 - £80 £140 View
568 A LARGE QUANTITY OF MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS
including works by Frank Kermode (11 shelves)

Provenance: The Estate of the late Brian Phelan (1934-2024) and Dorothy Bromiley Phelan (1930-2024)
£40 - £80 £50 View
569 A COLLECTION OF PENGUIN AND PELICAN PAPERBACK BOOKS
and others (many in poor condition)

Provenance: The Estate of the late Brian Phelan (1934-2024) and Dorothy Bromiley Phelan (1930-2024)
£30 - £50 £20 View
570 A COLLECTION OF BOOKS
various subjects, with some early Michelin and Bartholomew's road maps
£30 - £50 £50 View
571 A LARGE QUANTITY OF MISCELLANEOUS PAPERBACK BOOKS
Provenance: The Estate of the late Brian Phelan (1934-2024) and Dorothy Bromiley Phelan (1930-2024)
£40 - £80 £40 View
572 A QUANTITY OF BIOGRAPHICAL BOOKS £40 - £80 £20 View
573 A QUANTITY OF MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS £40 - £80 £60 View
574 A 19th CENTURY FISHING VILLAGE STREET SCENE
oil on canvas, gilt slip frame 46 x 31cm
£20 - £40 £35 View
575 A GROUP OF SIX OVAL SILHOUETTES ON PAPER
19th century, all contained in ebonised frames with acorn fronted hangers, two of gentlemen with cravats, and another with a flat peaked cap; two of ladies, one with bonnet and the other with…
£40 - £60 £120 View
576 A PAIR OF 19th CENTURY CHINESE PITH PAINTINGS
in simulated bird's-eye maple frames 20 x 24cm
£30 - £50 £70 View

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