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Tuesday 7th November

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Total lots: 814

A COPY OF THE 21ST WORLD TABLE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS 1954 PROGRAMME
Lot 433 Sold
A COPY OF THE 21ST WORLD TABLE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS 1954 PROGRAMME
signed in pencil by Yashio Tomita and four others, together with a quantity of other ephmera including theatre programmes
Hammer price: £10
Estimate: £30 - £50
7 November 2023
7 November 2023
FOUR PORTFOLIOS OF VANITY FAIR CARICATURES
Lot 434 Sold
FOUR PORTFOLIOS OF VANITY FAIR CARICATURES
Spy, Ape etc, 1870s-1890s
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £30 - £50
7 November 2023
7 November 2023
A LATE 19TH CENTURY WOVEN BOOKMARK - 'THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER'
Lot 435 Sold
A LATE 19TH CENTURY WOVEN BOOKMARK - 'THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER'
By Warner MFG. Manufacturing Co. Patterson NJ (New Jersey)19cm long
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £30 - £50
7 November 2023
7 November 2023
A DAY & SON LITHOGRAPH FOLDING MAP, 'THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY'S MAP OF THE TELEGRAPH LINES OF EUROPE 1860'
Lot 436 Unsold
A DAY & SON LITHOGRAPH FOLDING MAP, 'THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY'S MAP OF THE TELEGRAPH LINES OF EUROPE 1860'
75cm x 112cm
Estimate: £30 - £50
7 November 2023
7 November 2023
A WWI SILK POSTACRD - 'WE WILL BE VICTORIOUS'
Lot 437 Sold
A WWI SILK POSTACRD - 'WE WILL BE VICTORIOUS'
together with four silk Regimental flags (joined as one strip), a copy of the Daily Express May 31st 1940 detailing Allied retreat at Dunkirk and a small collection of military ephemera
Hammer price: £15
Estimate: £30 - £50
7 November 2023
7 November 2023
A COLLECTION OF POSTCARDS OF SWITZERLAND
Lot 438 Sold
A COLLECTION OF POSTCARDS OF SWITZERLAND
of varying age, and a postcard album containing early 20th century European travel cards
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £30 - £50
7 November 2023
7 November 2023
THREE PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS
Lot 439 Sold
THREE PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS
Marlborough College and two family albums
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £30 - £50
7 November 2023
7 November 2023
PROGRAMME FOR HANDEL'S MESSIAH SIGNED BY KATHLEEN FERRIER, MALCOLM SARGENT AND OTHERSND OTHERS
Lot 440 Sold
PROGRAMME FOR HANDEL'S MESSIAH SIGNED BY KATHLEEN FERRIER, MALCOLM SARGENT AND OTHERSND OTHERS
performed in the Royal Albert Hall by the Henry Wood Choral Society 3 November 1948. Other signatures include Jessie Wood, George Pizzey, Isobel Baillie and Heddle Nash
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £60 - £120
7 November 2023
7 November 2023
A POSTER; 'DITCHLING HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 98th Annual Show' 1920
Lot 441 Sold
A POSTER; 'DITCHLING HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 98th Annual Show' 1920
'Deck yourselves out in your finest array. Heigh-ho! come to the fair.', with stylised flower basket, printed on laid paper with '-FABRIANO' (incomplete) watermark 46 x 19cm

Provenance: The Estate of the late Roger Peers (1932-2023), Curator of the Dorset County Museum between 1959 and 1992
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £20 - £40
7 November 2023
7 November 2023
SOUTHAMPTON AND DORCHESTER RAILWAY
Lot 442 Sold
SOUTHAMPTON AND DORCHESTER RAILWAY
The Act of Parliament for the building of the line, dated 21 July 1845, with an 1897 map of Bournemouth and Swanage showing local railways and a September 1928 Longman's Dorchester and Weymouth railway and bus guide
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £20 - £40
7 November 2023
7 November 2023
BOURNEMOUTH STREET AND TRAM MAP
Lot 443 Sold
BOURNEMOUTH STREET AND TRAM MAP
c1910, with period advertisements
Hammer price: £35
Estimate: £20 - £40
7 November 2023
7 November 2023
THE SERVALL GRATE CATALOGUE
Lot 444 Sold
THE SERVALL GRATE CATALOGUE
issued by Coalbrookdale & Co, 1930s, with period colour plates
Hammer price: £10
Estimate: £20 - £40
7 November 2023
7 November 2023
THREE EARLY POSTCARDS OF STEAM VEHICLES
Lot 445 Sold
THREE EARLY POSTCARDS OF STEAM VEHICLES
a traction engine, a steam lorry with soldiers and threshing
Hammer price: £35
Estimate: £20 - £40
7 November 2023
7 November 2023
DORSET INTEREST: 'A BILL OF THE EXPENSES TAKING 3 MEN TO DOGESTER'
Lot 446 Sold
DORSET INTEREST: 'A BILL OF THE EXPENSES TAKING 3 MEN TO DOGESTER'
(sic), with an 1845 probate document, and a quantity of 20th century photographic negatives

Provenance: The Estate of the late Roger Peers (1932-2023), Curator of the Dorset County Museum between 1959 and 1992
Hammer price: £25
Estimate: £20 - £40
7 November 2023
7 November 2023
BOURNEMOUTH & BOSCOMBE ATHLETIC FOOTBALL CLUB
Lot 447 Sold
BOURNEMOUTH & BOSCOMBE ATHLETIC FOOTBALL CLUB
Official Handbook 1948-9, with other sporting programmes and Poole Grammar School Cricket Club fixtures cards, 1930-31, 1932-33 and 1933 seasons
Hammer price: £10
Estimate: £30 - £50
7 November 2023
7 November 2023
A COLLECTION OF TRAM POSTCARDS AND PHOTOGRAPHS
Lot 448 Sold
A COLLECTION OF TRAM POSTCARDS AND PHOTOGRAPHS
many networks and types, mostly 1930s to 1950s, with a small er group of bus and coach postcards
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £30 - £50
7 November 2023
7 November 2023
A COLLECTION OF MARITIME AND AVIATION POSTCARDS
Lot 449 Sold
A COLLECTION OF MARITIME AND AVIATION POSTCARDS
1930s to 1990s, including interiors
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £20 - £40
7 November 2023
7 November 2023
AN EDWARDIAN PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM
Lot 450 Sold
AN EDWARDIAN PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM
containing photos from various eras, and a further collection of ephemera including Christmas number of 'Locomotive Magazine' 1898
Hammer price: £10
Estimate: £30 - £50
7 November 2023
7 November 2023
A COLLECTION OF FOOTBALL FIXTURE ANNUALS
Lot 451 Sold
A COLLECTION OF FOOTBALL FIXTURE ANNUALS
published by various newspapers, 1923-24, 1933-34 and 1940s and 1950s seasons, with football match programmes including 1965 Leeds Liverpool cup final and Somerset County Football Association handbooks, 1950s
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £20 - £40
7 November 2023
7 November 2023
A COLLECTION OF CIGARETTE CARDS, VARIOUS SERIES
Lot 452 Sold
A COLLECTION OF CIGARETTE CARDS, VARIOUS SERIES
and companies, some contained in modern albums and some loose, plus one empty album
Hammer price: £45
Estimate: £40 - £60
7 November 2023
7 November 2023
A COLLECTION OF EPHEMERA
Lot 453 Sold
A COLLECTION OF EPHEMERA
catalogues, programmes, magazines, pamphlets etc.
Hammer price: £10
Estimate: £20 - £40
7 November 2023
7 November 2023
A FOLIO OF MUSEUM/EXHIBITION POSTERS
Lot 454 Sold
A FOLIO OF MUSEUM/EXHIBITION POSTERS
many for Dorset County Museum, Reynolds Stone, Elisabeth Frink, Henry Moore, Michael Upton etc, many duplicates

Provenance: The Estate of the late Roger Peers (1932-2023), Curator of the Dorset County Museum between 1959 and 1992
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £30 - £50
7 November 2023
7 November 2023
A QUANTITY OF VANITY FAIR AND SPY PRINTS
Lot 455 Sold
A QUANTITY OF VANITY FAIR AND SPY PRINTS
all unframed, in plastic wrappers, mostly 1870s, with a damaged and incomplete copy of George Walker, The Costume of Yorkshire in 1814
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £50 - £100
7 November 2023
7 November 2023
A LATE 19TH STEVENGRAPH BOOKMARK - 'A BIRTHDAY WISH'
Lot 456 Sold
A LATE 19TH STEVENGRAPH BOOKMARK - 'A BIRTHDAY WISH'
20.5cm long, a Harvey Barton 'A Cornish Litany' ghostly postcard and a quantity of postcards, greetings cards and ephemera
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £50 - £100
7 November 2023
7 November 2023
A LARGE COLLECTION OF ROYAL EPHEMERA
Lot 457 Sold
A LARGE COLLECTION OF ROYAL EPHEMERA
guide books, newspapers, books, postcards etc
Hammer price: £10
Estimate: £30 - £50
7 November 2023
7 November 2023
A LARGE COLLECTION OF EPHEMERA
Lot 458 Sold
A LARGE COLLECTION OF EPHEMERA
transport, sport, trade catalogues, theatre and other programmes, pamphlets, documents, military, travel etc.
Hammer price: £25
Estimate: £20 - £40
7 November 2023
7 November 2023
A SUBSTANTIAL RUN OF NOTES AND QUERIES FOR SOMERSET AND DORSET MAGAZINES
Lot 459 Unsold
A SUBSTANTIAL RUN OF NOTES AND QUERIES FOR SOMERSET AND DORSET MAGAZINES
from the 1930s to the 1990s

Provenance: The Estate of the late Roger Peers (1932-2023), Curator of the Dorset County Museum between 1959 and 1992
Estimate: £20 - £40
7 November 2023
7 November 2023
A COLLECTION OF 19th CENTURY ITALIAN GRAND TOUR PHOTOGRAPHS,
Lot 460 Unsold
A COLLECTION OF 19th CENTURY ITALIAN GRAND TOUR PHOTOGRAPHS,
art and architecture, with other photographs including portraits, ships etc
Estimate: £30 - £50
7 November 2023
7 November 2023
BARRETT, C.R.B.: 'SOMERSETSHIRE: HIGHWAYS, BYWAYS AND WATERWAYS'
Lot 461 Unsold
BARRETT, C.R.B.: 'SOMERSETSHIRE: HIGHWAYS, BYWAYS AND WATERWAYS'
signed limited edition no. 55 of 65, published by Bliss, Sands and Foster, London 1894, in three-quarter leather binding
Estimate: £30 - £40
7 November 2023
7 November 2023
ST. JOHN.HOPE, W.H. & BRAKSPEAR, HAROLD: 'THE CISTERCIAN ABBEY OF BEAULIEU IN THE COUNTY OF SOUTHAMPTON'
Lot 462 Sold
ST. JOHN.HOPE, W.H. & BRAKSPEAR, HAROLD: 'THE CISTERCIAN ABBEY OF BEAULIEU IN THE COUNTY OF SOUTHAMPTON'
reprinted from the Archaeological Journal, published by Harrison & Sons, London 1906, the title page with handwritten inscription 'With the author’s compliments, and dated 28th February 07, in white cloth binding
Hammer price: £15
Estimate: £20 - £30
7 November 2023
7 November 2023
HUTCHINS, JOHN: 'THE HISTORY OF THE BLANDFORD DIVISION OF THE COUNTY OF DORSET'
Lot 463 Sold
HUTCHINS, JOHN: 'THE HISTORY OF THE BLANDFORD DIVISION OF THE COUNTY OF DORSET'
reprinted from Hutchins Celebrated History, published by J. Russell Smith, London 1860, in brown cloth binding, together with two paper bound copies of ‘History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset’, third edition, (3)
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £40 - £60
7 November 2023
7 November 2023
POUNCY, HARRY: 'A SHORT HISTORY OF THE OLD KING'S ARMS HOTEL, DORCHESTER'
Lot 464 Sold
POUNCY, HARRY: 'A SHORT HISTORY OF THE OLD KING'S ARMS HOTEL, DORCHESTER'
type proof copy, in loose card folder (poor condition)
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £20 - £30
7 November 2023
7 November 2023
SHELL GUIDE WILTSHIRE
Lot 465 Sold
SHELL GUIDE WILTSHIRE
1st edition 1935, spiral bound, edited by Robert Byron
Hammer price: £10
Estimate: £50 - £80
7 November 2023
7 November 2023
COMBE, THOMAS, PRINTER: 'MEMORIALS OF A PARISH IN CODFORD ST. MARY'
Lot 466 Sold
COMBE, THOMAS, PRINTER: 'MEMORIALS OF A PARISH IN CODFORD ST. MARY'
sold by John Henry Parker, Oxford 1844, in three-quarter black leather binding; together with two other volumes, 'The History of Warminster' and 'Memorials of Wilton', both cloth-bound (3)
Hammer price: £10
Estimate: £40 - £60
7 November 2023
7 November 2023
SAVAGE, JAMES: 'THE HISTORY OF DORCHESTER AND ITS ENVIRONS'
Lot 467 Sold
SAVAGE, JAMES: 'THE HISTORY OF DORCHESTER AND ITS ENVIRONS'
two copies, both published by Weston, Dorchester 1832 and 1833, in card and leather bindings respectively (2)
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £40 - £60
7 November 2023
7 November 2023
WANKLYN, C., ‘LYME REGIS’
Lot 468 Sold
WANKLYN, C., ‘LYME REGIS’
Published by Arthur Humphreys, London, 1922, grey cloth and blue card binding
Hammer price: £10
Estimate: £30 - £40
7 November 2023
7 November 2023
BRAYE, JOHN (EDITOR): 'SWANAGE'
Lot 469 Sold
BRAYE, JOHN (EDITOR): 'SWANAGE'
second edition published by William Henry Everett & Son, London 1890, in card binding with printed cover, handwritten annotation to the front noting that this is 'Richard Hine of Beaminster’s copy bought from James Stevens Cox when his antiquarian bookshop was in the Square in Beaminster'; and another copy (2)
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £40 - £60
7 November 2023
7 November 2023
ROBINSON, WILLIAM: 'THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITES OF THE PARISH STOKE NEWINGTON'
Lot 470 Sold
ROBINSON, WILLIAM: 'THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITES OF THE PARISH STOKE NEWINGTON'
first edition printed for John Nichols, London 1820, gilt-tooled brown leather binding
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £50 - £70
7 November 2023
7 November 2023
ROBINSON, WILLIAM: 'THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITES OF THE PARISH OF EDMONTON'
Lot 471 Sold
ROBINSON, WILLIAM: 'THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITES OF THE PARISH OF EDMONTON'
printed for the author and sold by J. Nicholls et al, London 1819, in three-quarter brown leather binding
Hammer price: £25
Estimate: £40 - £60
7 November 2023
7 November 2023
GARROW, REVEREND DW: 'THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF CROYDON’
Lot 472 Sold
GARROW, REVEREND DW: 'THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF CROYDON’
printed for W. Annan, Croydon 1818, in three-quarter red leather binding with marble boards
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £50 - £70
7 November 2023
7 November 2023
FERREY, BENJAMIN: 'THE ANTIQUITIES OF THE PRIORY OF CHRISTCHURCH, HANTS'
Lot 473 Sold
FERREY, BENJAMIN: 'THE ANTIQUITIES OF THE PRIORY OF CHRISTCHURCH, HANTS'
printed for Benjamin Ferrey, London 1834, scarce first issue with a history of Christchurch, later four brown calf binding
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £60 - £80
7 November 2023
7 November 2023
ADAMS, THOMAS: 'A HISTORY OF THE ANCIENT TOWN OF SHAFTESBURY'
Lot 474 Sold
ADAMS, THOMAS: 'A HISTORY OF THE ANCIENT TOWN OF SHAFTESBURY'
published by Adams, Shaftesbury, 1808, in card binding
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £20 - £40
7 November 2023
7 November 2023
SYDENHAM, JOHN, ‘BAAL DUROTRIGENSIS, A DISSERTATION ON THE ANTIENT COLOSSAL FIGURE AT CERNE, DORSETSHIRE’
Lot 475 Sold
SYDENHAM, JOHN, ‘BAAL DUROTRIGENSIS, A DISSERTATION ON THE ANTIENT COLOSSAL FIGURE AT CERNE, DORSETSHIRE’
published by Pickering, Piccadilly, 1842, blue cloth bound
Hammer price: £10
Estimate: £30 - £50
7 November 2023
7 November 2023
PRITCHARD, JOHN E: 'BRISTOL TOKENS'
Lot 476 Sold
PRITCHARD, JOHN E: 'BRISTOL TOKENS'
reprinted from the Numismatic Chronicle, London 1899, in blue cloth binding, together with Hutton, Stanley, ‘Bristol and its Famous Associations’, published by Arrowsmith, Bristol, 1907, vellum bound (2)
Hammer price: £10
Estimate: £20 - £30
7 November 2023
7 November 2023
THE STUDIO: MODERN MASTERS OF ETCHING, ALPHONSE LEGROS
Lot 477 Sold
THE STUDIO: MODERN MASTERS OF ETCHING, ALPHONSE LEGROS
1926, with F.S. Meyer 'A handbook of ornament', Batsford 1896, and other books
Hammer price: £10
Estimate: £20 - £30
7 November 2023
7 November 2023
OLIVER, REVEREND GEORGE: 'THE HISTORY OF EXETER'
Lot 478 Sold
OLIVER, REVEREND GEORGE: 'THE HISTORY OF EXETER'
printed by R. Cullum, Exeter 1821, in later three-quarter brown leather binding
Hammer price: £65
Estimate: £30 - £40
7 November 2023
7 November 2023
WAYEN, J: 'THE HISTORY MILITARY AND MUNICIPAL OF THE ANCIENT BOROUGH OF DEVIZES'
Lot 479 Sold
WAYEN, J: 'THE HISTORY MILITARY AND MUNICIPAL OF THE ANCIENT BOROUGH OF DEVIZES'
published by Longman, Brown & Co. London 1859, in brown three-quarter leather binding (with damage and foxing)
Hammer price: £10
Estimate: £20 - £30
7 November 2023
7 November 2023
WEBB, F: 'SOMERSET A POEM'
Lot 480 Sold
WEBB, F: 'SOMERSET A POEM'
sold by Edward Bentley, London 1811, in blue cloth binding
Hammer price: £10
Estimate: £30 - £40
7 November 2023
7 November 2023

Total lots: 814

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