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Tuesday 6th December starting at 10:00am
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| Lot | Title | Estimate | Hammer price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 572 |
DOUGAL DIXON; 'AFTER MAN - A ZOOLOGY OF THE FUTURE'
1981 (signed) and other books and pamphlets on natural history, sport and travel (16)
|
£40 - £80 | £40 | View |
| 573 |
BEATRIX POTTER: PETER RABBIT'S BOOK SHELF
with volumes no. 1 - 20 and 23, and two other odd vols.
|
£40 - £60 | £30 | View |
| 574 | WITHDRAWN | £60 - £80 | - | View |
| 575 |
DARK, SIDNEY: 'PARIS', ILLUSTRATED BY RUSHBURY
published by MacMillan, 1926, full brown calf bound, together with ten other books
|
£60 - £80 | £45 | View |
| 576 |
'THE PRINCE OF WALES BOOK'
published for St. Dunstan's by Hodder & Stoughton, red cloth binding, containing a facsimile signed Edward Prince of Wales letter entreating the public to buy the book
|
£30 - £50 | - | View |
| 577 |
AN 18TH CENTURY MINIATURE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER
Printed by T. Wright and W. Gill, Oxford 1775,with 'Everybody's book on angling by F.H. Amphlett, various other miniature books, and postcard books
|
£30 - £50 | £30 | View |
| 578 |
'OUTLINE ENGRAVINGS AND DESCRIPTIONS OF THE WOBURN ABBEY MARBLES'
printed by William Nichols, 1822, folio size volume with green three quarter leather binding, ink inscription to front flyleaf 'From the Duke of Bedford'
|
£50 - £80 | £30 | View |
| 579 |
'BB', ILLUSTRATED WATKIND PITCHFORD: 'BRENDON CHASE'
Hollis and Carter Ltd 1944, 'The wizard of Boland', Edmund Ward 1959, 'The fisherman's bedside book' (2nd ed), and 'The shooting man's bedside book' 1948 (4)
|
£30 - £50 | £20 | View |
| 580 |
'THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS'
three bound copies covering July 1859-June 1859; July 1859-Dec 1859; and June 1897-April 1900 (two with three quarter leather and marbled boards, third with three quarter brown leather binding)
|
£20 - £40 | £25 | View |
| 581 |
BAYLE, PETER - 'THE DICTIONARY, HISTORICAL AND CRITICAL'
revised by Mr Des Maizeaux, printed for D. Midwinter et al, London, 1737, full brown leather binding (front board detached)
|
£10 - £20 | £5 | View |
| 582 |
MRS BEETON: A 1920S EDITION WITH HUMOUROUS PERSONALISED PAGE
pertaining to a previous owner, and a further quantity of mixed books
|
£30 - £50 | £70 | View |
| 583 | WITHDRAWN | £20 - £40 | - | View |
| 584 |
SILVER MARK BOOKS, AUCTION CATALOGUES, ART BOOKS
with others
|
£10 - £20 | £5 | View |
| 585 | WITHDRAWN | £20 - £40 | - | View |
| 586 |
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS
with a quantity of theatrical memorabilia
|
£20 - £40 | £10 | View |
| 587 | WITHDRAWN | £20 - £40 | - | View |
| 588 | WITHDRAWN | £20 - £40 | - | View |
| 589 |
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS ON COINS
including Akerman's Roman Coins
|
£20 - £40 | £20 | View |
| 590 | WITHDRAWN | £20 - £40 | - | View |
| 591 | WITHDRAWN | £20 - £40 | - | View |
| 592 | WITHDRAWN | £30 - £50 | - | View |
| 593 | A MIXED COLLECTION OF BOOKS | £20 - £40 | - | View |
| 594 |
THE BRITISH POSTAGE STAMP, 1968
a Climatic Atlas of Europe and a quantity of musical scores
|
£20 - £40 | £5 | View |
| 595 |
CROMPTON, RICHMAL - TWENTY-THREE JUST WILLIAM BOOKS
and a Just William 1978 annual (24)
|
£100 - £150 | - | View |
| 596 |
WODEHOUSE, P.G. - THIRTEEN NOVELS
including 'Bachelor's Anonymous' first edition 1973 with dustwrapper
|
£120 - £150 | £80 | View |
| 597 |
RICHARDS, FRANK - 'BILLY BUNTER AT BUTLINS'
with Butlins flyers, first edition 1966 with dustwrapper, 23 other Billy Bunter books; a Bill Bunter's Own Annual, published by Oxonhoath Press; and two Billy Bunter audio books (27)
|
£100 - £150 | - | View |
| 598 | A COLLECTION OF BOOKS IN GERMAN | £20 - £40 | £15 | View |
| 599 | A COLLECTION OF FOLIO SOCIETY BOOKS | £30 - £50 | £70 | View |
| 600 | A COLLECTION OF VINTAGE BOOKS | £30 - £50 | £40 | View |
| 601 |
'THE NEW CAMBRIDGE MODERN HISTORY'
vols I-XII covering years 1493-1945, published by the Cambridge University Press, 1960, gilt tooled blue leather bindings
|
£100 - £200 | £50 | View |
| 602 |
A COLLECTION OF DORSET BOOKS
some of Thomas Hardy interest
|
£20 - £40 | £30 | View |
| 603 | A QUANTITY OF NATURE AND HISTORY BOOKS | £30 - £50 | - | View |
| 604 |
MRS BEETON'S HOUSEHOLD MANAGEMENT
and other cookery books
|
£30 - £50 | £30 | View |
| 605 | CHARLES DICKENS: A QUANTITY OF REFERENCE BOOKS | £30 - £50 | £20 | View |
| 606 | A LARGE QUANTITY OF MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS | £30 - £50 | £80 | View |
| 607 |
A COLLECTION OF BOOK AUCTION RECORDS
with a quantity of the Book Collector magazine
|
£20 - £40 | - | View |
| 608 | A COLLECTION OF LITERATURE, MILITARY AND HISTORY BOOKS | £20 - £40 | £25 | View |
| 609 | A COLLECTION OF TRAVEL, HISTORY AND LITERATURE BOOKS | £20 - £40 | £35 | View |
| 610 |
A COLLECTION OF REFERENCE BOOKS
antiques, ceramics etc
|
£20 - £40 | £15 | View |
| 611 |
A QUANTITY OF MIXED BOOKS, INCLUDING STOKER, BRAM
'Personal reminiscences of Henry Irving' Heinemann 1907, and other various subjects
|
£100 - £150 | £35 | View |
| 612 |
A BOX OF AVIATION BOOKS
mostly military related, including Moyes, Philip - 'Bomber Squadrons of the R.A.F'
|
£10 - £20 | £30 | View |
| 613 |
A COLLECTION OF ART YEARBOOKS AND CATALOGUES
Christie's, Grosvenor House etc
|
£20 - £30 | - | View |
| 614 |
A SMALL QUANTITY OF 1950'S ENGLISH AND AMERICAN HORROR/SCI-FI MAGAZINES
including Mr Yellowjacket
|
£80 - £100 | £70 | View |
| 615 | WITHDRAWN | £30 - £50 | - | View |
| 616 |
FORESTER, C.S - ELEVEN HORNBLOWER NOVELS
including 'Lieutenant Hornblower', first edition 1952, with dustwrapper
|
£100 - £150 | £50 | View |
| 617 |
AN OIL ON PANEL PAINTING OF A JOVIAL DRINKER
holding an opaque air-twist glass, within a painted vignette, in ripple moulded frame, circa late 18th century 52 x 54cm
|
£100 - £200 | £50 | View |
| 618 |
AFTER PIERRE CORNU: 1895 -1996 SEMI-NUDE WOMAN
oil on canvas 53 x 61cm
|
£40 - £80 | £25 | View |
| 619 |
P.SATY: 'FEMME ENDORMIE', PASTEL
signed and dated '08 77 x 63cm
|
£40 - £80 | £40 | View |
