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Auction:
Tuesday 6th August starting at 10:00am
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| Lot | Title | Estimate | Hammer price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 529 |
A SMALL QUANTITY OF THEATRE PROGRAMMES
including 'Photo Finish' by Peter Ustinov, 'Enjoy' by Alan Bennet, and others
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£20 - £40 | - | View |
| 530 |
AN EDWARDIAN ALBUM WITH WATERCOLOUR ILLUSTRATIONS
drawings, pasted-in photos, verses etc
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£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
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£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
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£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
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£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
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£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
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£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
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£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
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£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)
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£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
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£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)
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£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
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£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)
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£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
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£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 |
