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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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Total lots: 751

Lot 553 Sold
A QUANTITY OF ARMS AND ARMOUR AUCTION CATALOGUES
from the 1960's and 1970's including Christie's and Sotheby's (a lot)
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £30 - £50
6 August 2024
6 August 2024
Lot 554 Sold
A LARGE COLLECTION OF MILITARY INTEREST BOOKS
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £100 - £200
6 August 2024
6 August 2024
Lot 555 Sold
HISTORICAL MONUMENTS IN THE COUNTY OF DORSET
volumes I - V, R.C.H.M. (8 books)
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £40 - £60
6 August 2024
6 August 2024
Lot 556 Unsold
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
Estimate: £50 - £100
6 August 2024
6 August 2024
Lot 557 Unsold
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 late Brian Phelan (1934-2024) and Dorothy Bromiley Phelan (1930-2024)
Estimate: £30 - £60
6 August 2024
6 August 2024
Lot 558 Sold
'THE RAILWAY MAGAZINE' VOLUMES I - VII, 1897 - 1900
cloth bound (some damage)
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £50 - £100
6 August 2024
6 August 2024
Lot 559 Sold
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
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £50 - £100
6 August 2024
6 August 2024
Lot 560 Sold
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)
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £30 - £50
6 August 2024
6 August 2024
Lot 561 Sold
JEFFERY FARNOL: VARIOUS WORKS
Sampson, Low, Marston and Co, Ltd, blue calf, (21, some covered in plastic) contained in an oak book trough
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £30 - £50
6 August 2024
6 August 2024
Lot 562 Sold
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)
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £100 - £200
6 August 2024
6 August 2024
Lot 563 Unsold
HANDBOOK OF THE BIRDS OF THE WORLD
Lynx Edicions, Barcelona 1992, 16 volumes (some discolouration to wrappers)
Estimate: £600 - £800
6 August 2024
6 August 2024
Lot 564 Sold
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 children's tea set, and other children's books

Provenance: The Estate of the late Brian Phelan (1934-2024) and Dorothy Bromiley Phelan (1930-2024)
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £30 - £50
6 August 2024
6 August 2024
Lot 565 Sold
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)
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £40 - £80
6 August 2024
6 August 2024
Lot 566 Sold
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 Phelan (1930-2024)
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £40 - £80
6 August 2024
6 August 2024
Lot 567 Sold
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)

Provenance: The Estate of the late Brian Phelan (1934-2024) and Dorothy Bromiley Phelan (1930-2024)
Dorothy Bromiley Phelan was a British film, stage and television actress. In later life she became…
Hammer price: £140
Estimate: £40 - £80
6 August 2024
6 August 2024
Lot 568 Sold
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)
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £40 - £80
6 August 2024
6 August 2024
Lot 569 Sold
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)
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £30 - £50
6 August 2024
6 August 2024
Lot 570 Sold
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS
various subjects, with some early Michelin and Bartholomew's road maps
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £30 - £50
6 August 2024
6 August 2024
Lot 571 Sold
A LARGE QUANTITY OF MISCELLANEOUS PAPERBACK BOOKS
Provenance: The Estate of the late Brian Phelan (1934-2024) and Dorothy Bromiley Phelan (1930-2024)
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £40 - £80
6 August 2024
6 August 2024
Lot 572 Sold
A QUANTITY OF BIOGRAPHICAL BOOKS
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £40 - £80
6 August 2024
6 August 2024
Lot 573 Sold
A QUANTITY OF MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £40 - £80
6 August 2024
6 August 2024
Lot 574 Sold
A 19th CENTURY FISHING VILLAGE STREET SCENE
oil on canvas, gilt slip frame 46 x 31cm
Hammer price: £35
Estimate: £20 - £40
6 August 2024
6 August 2024
Lot 575 Sold
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 girandole earrings; and one of a child with ribbon in hair; the largest 10cm high (excluding frame) (6)
Hammer price: £120
Estimate: £40 - £60
6 August 2024
6 August 2024
Lot 576 Sold
A PAIR OF 19th CENTURY CHINESE PITH PAINTINGS
in simulated bird's-eye maple frames 20 x 24cm
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £30 - £50
6 August 2024
6 August 2024

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