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Total lots: 814

BOSWELL, EDWARD, ‘THE CIVIL DIVISION OF THE COUNTY OF DORSET’
Lot 481 Sold
BOSWELL, EDWARD, ‘THE CIVIL DIVISION OF THE COUNTY OF DORSET’
Sherborne, 1795, three quarter leather bound
Hammer price: £10
Estimate: £40 - £60
7 November 2023
7 November 2023
THE ROYAL COMMISSION ON HISTORICAL MONUMENTS
Lot 482 Sold
THE ROYAL COMMISSION ON HISTORICAL MONUMENTS
'An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset', volume II (parts I,II and III), volume III (parts I and II) and volume IV (North) – six volumes in total, all published by HMSO 1970-1972, four volumes with dust wrappers (6)
Hammer price: £25
Estimate: £100 - £200
7 November 2023
7 November 2023
ROBINSON, C.R.B: 'A ROYAL WARRANT'
Lot 483 Sold
ROBINSON, C.R.B: 'A ROYAL WARRANT'
or 'Picturesque Ramble in the Isle of Purbeck', with etchings by Alfred Dawson, published by The Typographic Etching Co. London 1882, in red cloth binding
Hammer price: £15
Estimate: £20 - £30
7 November 2023
7 November 2023
HUTCHINS, JOHN: 'THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE COUNTY OF DORSET'
Lot 484 Sold
HUTCHINS, JOHN: 'THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE COUNTY OF DORSET'
volumes 1 and 2, printed by Bowyer & Nichols, London 1774, two full leather-bound volumes, re-spined (2)
Hammer price: £160
Estimate: £200 - £300
7 November 2023
7 November 2023
THE 1874 TAUNTON ELECTION PETITION
Lot 485 Unsold
THE 1874 TAUNTON ELECTION PETITION
a three-quarter cloth and card album containing pasted typescripts, ex libris Taunton Library; together with Bracg, W (printer) 'The Trial of the Taunton Election Petition before a Committee of the House of Commons, February 23rd 1831', in a later brown cloth binding
Estimate: £50 - £70
7 November 2023
7 November 2023
MOULE, H.J.: 'THE DESCRIPTORS CATALOGUE OF THE CHARTER MINUTE BOOKS AND OTHER DOCUMENTS OF THE BOROUGH OF WEYMOUTH AND MELCOMBE REGIS'
Lot 486 Sold
MOULE, H.J.: 'THE DESCRIPTORS CATALOGUE OF THE CHARTER MINUTE BOOKS AND OTHER DOCUMENTS OF THE BOROUGH OF WEYMOUTH AND MELCOMBE REGIS'
published by Sherren & Son Weymouth, 1883, in cloth and rebound half-leather bindings respectively; together with three copies of Moule's ‘Old Dorset” (4)
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £30 - £40
7 November 2023
7 November 2023
FÄGERSTEN, ANTON: 'THE PLACE-NAMES OF DORSET - INAUGURAL DISSERTATION'
Lot 487 Sold
FÄGERSTEN, ANTON: 'THE PLACE-NAMES OF DORSET - INAUGURAL DISSERTATION'
published Uppsala 1933, in three-quarter brown cloth binding with marble boards, pencil annotation to front fly leaf noting that this was Professor Zachrisnons copy who assisted with compiling this work and this volume is annotated by Zachrisnon
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £30 - £40
7 November 2023
7 November 2023
CHAPPLE, WILLIAM: 'A REVIEW OF PART OF RISDON'S SURVEY OF DEVON'
Lot 488 Unsold
CHAPPLE, WILLIAM: 'A REVIEW OF PART OF RISDON'S SURVEY OF DEVON'
volumes I and II, printed by R. Thorn, Exeter 1785, in later three-quarter brown leather binding
Estimate: £60 - £80
7 November 2023
7 November 2023
JEBOULT, EDWARD: 'A GENERAL ACCOUNT OF THE WEST SOMERSET'
Lot 489 Unsold
JEBOULT, EDWARD: 'A GENERAL ACCOUNT OF THE WEST SOMERSET'
published by Somerset and Bristol Steam Press, Taunton 1873, in red cloth binding; together with a facsimile copy of the same title in modern blue vinyl binding (2)
Estimate: £40 - £60
7 November 2023
7 November 2023
ROGERS, REVEREND HENRY: 'THE CALENDARS OF AL-HALLOWEN, BRYSTOWE'
Lot 490 Sold
ROGERS, REVEREND HENRY: 'THE CALENDARS OF AL-HALLOWEN, BRYSTOWE'
published by Light and Ridler, Bristol 1846, in card binding with later dust jacket
Hammer price: £15
Estimate: £20 - £30
7 November 2023
7 November 2023
PRICE, JOHN: 'THE WORTHIES OF DEVON'
Lot 491 Sold
PRICE, JOHN: 'THE WORTHIES OF DEVON'
new edition with notes, printed for Rees & Curtis, Plymouth 1810, in later red cloth binding
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £60 - £80
7 November 2023
7 November 2023
J.K. ROWLING: HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX
Lot 492 Unsold
J.K. ROWLING: HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX
Bloomsbury 2003, first edition
Estimate: £50 - £100
7 November 2023
7 November 2023
BIGGS, J.R., & MASTERS, J.E., ‘SHAFTESBURY’
Lot 493 Sold
BIGGS, J.R., & MASTERS, J.E., ‘SHAFTESBURY’
Twelve Wood Engravings, published at the High House Press, 1932, half green cloth and marbled boards
Hammer price: £25
Estimate: £40 - £60
7 November 2023
7 November 2023
LYSONS, DANIEL: 'AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THOSE PARISHES IN THE COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX'
Lot 494 Sold
LYSONS, DANIEL: 'AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THOSE PARISHES IN THE COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX'
printed for Cadell, London 1800, in later red cloth binding, ex libris The Tate Central Library, Brixton
Hammer price: £25
Estimate: £40 - £60
7 November 2023
7 November 2023
TOULMIN, JOSHUA: 'THE HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF TAUNTON'
Lot 495 Sold
TOULMIN, JOSHUA: 'THE HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF TAUNTON'
printed by Norris, Taunton 1791, in red cloth binding. Purchased from Bonham’s 27th November 2007, Lot 895
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £40 - £60
7 November 2023
7 November 2023
MACDERMOT, EDWARD T.: 'THE HISTORY OF THE FOREST OF EXMOOR'
Lot 496 Sold
MACDERMOT, EDWARD T.: 'THE HISTORY OF THE FOREST OF EXMOOR'
published by Barnicott & Pearce, Taunton 1911, in blue cloth binding
Hammer price: £10
Estimate: £20 - £30
7 November 2023
7 November 2023
SELBY, PRIDEAUX JOHN, ‘ILLUSTRATIONS OF BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY’
Lot 497 Sold
SELBY, PRIDEAUX JOHN, ‘ILLUSTRATIONS OF BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY’
volumes I & II, published by Lizars, Edinburgh, 1833, red three quarter leather bound (2)
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £50 - £100
7 November 2023
7 November 2023
STANLEY, HENRY M. 'IN DARKEST AFRICA'
Lot 498 Sold
STANLEY, HENRY M. 'IN DARKEST AFRICA'
vol. I, published by Sampson Lowe, Marston & Co. London 1890, in red cloth binding
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £30 - £40
7 November 2023
7 November 2023
HARDY, THOMAS: 'MOMENTS OF CISION AND MISCELLANEOUS VERSES"'
Lot 499 Sold
HARDY, THOMAS: 'MOMENTS OF CISION AND MISCELLANEOUS VERSES"'
a facsimile edition, no. 14 of 200, signed by Walter Hamilton, Master of Magdelene College, Cambridge, published by Paradean 1978, in gilt-tooled blue leather binding with slip case
Hammer price: £35
Estimate: £100 - £200
7 November 2023
7 November 2023
WALKER, A., ‘THE NEW LAVATER’
Lot 500 Sold
WALKER, A., ‘THE NEW LAVATER’
published by S. Cornish, London 1839, purple cloth bound (faded)
Hammer price: £10
Estimate: £30 - £50
7 November 2023
7 November 2023
HOLLOWAY, WILLIAM, ‘THE MINOR MINSTREL’
Lot 501 Sold
HOLLOWAY, WILLIAM, ‘THE MINOR MINSTREL’
printed for Suttaby et al, London, 1808, three quarter maroon leather bound, first and possibly only edition, together with ‘The Peasant’s Fate’ by the same author, printed for Vernor & Hood, London, 1802, brown leather bound (2)
Hammer price: £15
Estimate: £30 - £50
7 November 2023
7 November 2023
CHALMERS, PATRICK, ‘BIRDS ASHORE AND AFORESHORE’
Lot 502 Sold
CHALMERS, PATRICK, ‘BIRDS ASHORE AND AFORESHORE’
illustrated by Winifred Austen, published by Collins, London 1935, together with eight other books of ornithological interest (9)
Hammer price: £10
Estimate: £30 - £50
7 November 2023
7 November 2023
‘REPORT ON THE CITY AND COUNTY OF BRISTOL’
Lot 503 Unsold
‘REPORT ON THE CITY AND COUNTY OF BRISTOL’
printed by James & Luke Hansard, London, 1835, brown three quarter leather bound, ex libris FW Morris, John E Pritchard and Terence Bryant Bristol Collection (repaired spine)
Estimate: £40 - £60
7 November 2023
7 November 2023
‘THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER’
Lot 504 Sold
‘THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER’
printed by W. Jackson, 1784, brown leather bound, together with another copy of the same title, 1846, blue leather bound (2)
Hammer price: £10
Estimate: £20 - £40
7 November 2023
7 November 2023
PERRY, FRED, ‘MY STORY’
Lot 505 Unsold
PERRY, FRED, ‘MY STORY’
presentation copy, published by Hutchinson & Co, London, green cloth bound
Estimate: £20 - £40
7 November 2023
7 November 2023
HUXLEY, ALDOUS, ‘TIME MUST HAVE A STOP’
Lot 506 Sold
HUXLEY, ALDOUS, ‘TIME MUST HAVE A STOP’
first edition, published by Chatto & Windus, 1945 (lacking dust wrapper), one other title by Huxley, Lawrence, TE, Seven Pillars of Wisdom, 1935 edition, together with Woolf, Virginia, ‘To The Lighthouse’, uniform edition 1930 (4)
Hammer price: £10
Estimate: £30 - £50
7 November 2023
7 November 2023
‘THE IMMACULATE CARD MAGIC OF WALT LEES’
Lot 507 Sold
‘THE IMMACULATE CARD MAGIC OF WALT LEES’
edited and photographed by Lewis Ganson, paper bound, together with fourteen other magic related pamphlets (15)
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £30 - £50
7 November 2023
7 November 2023
THE REV. F. O. MORRIS: 'A HISTORY OF BRITISH BUTTERFLIES'
Lot 508 Sold
THE REV. F. O. MORRIS: 'A HISTORY OF BRITISH BUTTERFLIES'
Groombridge and Sons 1868 (wear to binding)
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £50 - £80
7 November 2023
7 November 2023
JAMES ELROY FLECKER: 'HASSAN'
Lot 509 Sold
JAMES ELROY FLECKER: 'HASSAN'
illustrated by Thomas Mackenzie, Heinemann Ltd 1924, with 'Alice's adventures in Wonderland', illustrated by Harry Rountree (a/f) (2)
Hammer price: £45
Estimate: £30 - £60
7 November 2023
7 November 2023
‘RYDE CARNIVAL 1951 LUCKY PROGRAMME’
Lot 510 Unsold
‘RYDE CARNIVAL 1951 LUCKY PROGRAMME’
No. 4513, with supplementary programme, the Royal Isle of Wight Agricultural Society 51st show catalogue, July 1947, and eight other pamphlets of Isle of Wight interest (10)
Estimate: £30 - £50
7 November 2023
7 November 2023
'MINUTES OF EVIDENCE TAKEN AT THE TRIAL AT THE PARLIMENTARY ELECTION PETITION
Lot 511 Unsold
'MINUTES OF EVIDENCE TAKEN AT THE TRIAL AT THE PARLIMENTARY ELECTION PETITION
for the Eastern Division on the County of Dorset, 5th May, 1910' printed by Eyre & Spottiswoode for HMSO, London 1910, in green cloth binding
Estimate: £40 - £60
7 November 2023
7 November 2023
PINDAR, PETER: 'THE ROYAL TOUR AND WEYMOUTH AMUSEMENTS'
Lot 512 Sold
PINDAR, PETER: 'THE ROYAL TOUR AND WEYMOUTH AMUSEMENTS'
new edition, printed for J. Walker et al, London 1795, rebound
Hammer price: £35
Estimate: £60 - £100
7 November 2023
7 November 2023
DOMESDAY BOOK - THE PART RELATED TO DORSETSHIRE'
Lot 513 Sold
DOMESDAY BOOK - THE PART RELATED TO DORSETSHIRE'
a facsimile edition, published by The Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton 1862, in red cloth bindings; and a version of the Domesday Book with Dorset section by Alecto editions 1991 with slipcase (2)
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £30 - £50
7 November 2023
7 November 2023
POTTER, BEATRIX, ‘THE TALE OF PIGLING BLAND’
Lot 514 Sold
POTTER, BEATRIX, ‘THE TALE OF PIGLING BLAND’
first edition, published by Frederick Warne, with dust wrapper, four other Beatrix Potter books (poor condition), ‘The Colorful Tale of Peter Rabbit’, published by Determined Publications, San Francisco, 1963 folio size), together with ‘The Journal of Beatrix Potter 1881-1897’ and a Jemima Puddleduck wooden jigsaw puzzle, boxed (7)
Hammer price: £10
Estimate: £30 - £50
7 November 2023
7 November 2023
MARSHALL, ARTHUR, ‘SPECIMENS OF ANTIQUE CARVED FURNITURE AND WOODWORK’
Lot 515 Sold
MARSHALL, ARTHUR, ‘SPECIMENS OF ANTIQUE CARVED FURNITURE AND WOODWORK’
published by Allen, London, 1888, folio size, brown half leather bound
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £30 - £50
7 November 2023
7 November 2023
ADAM, W., ‘THE GEM OF THE PEAK’
Lot 516 Sold
ADAM, W., ‘THE GEM OF THE PEAK’
fourth edition, published by Longman & Co, 1845, brown cloth bound with folding map to front, Whitaker, ‘History of Whalley’, London 1818, ‘Pedigree of the family of Kenney of Kilclogher’, green leather bound, together with four other topographical books (7)
Hammer price: £10
Estimate: £20 - £40
7 November 2023
7 November 2023
‘EAST PURBECK DEFENCE OF THE REALM - 1803 CENSUS’
Lot 517 Sold
‘EAST PURBECK DEFENCE OF THE REALM - 1803 CENSUS’
copied by John Mowlem, 1935, red binding, ‘Sydenham’s Guide to Bournemouth’, 18th edition, 1890, brown cloth bound, and three other volumes (5)
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £50 - £100
7 November 2023
7 November 2023
'THE SEAL OF DORCHESTER, DORSET 1307-1623"'
Lot 518 Sold
'THE SEAL OF DORCHESTER, DORSET 1307-1623"'
a three-quarter leather-bound volume containing pasted, typed, printed and wax examples of Dorchester’s seal.
Hammer price: £25
Estimate: £20 - £30
7 November 2023
7 November 2023
HITCHINS, FORTESCUE: 'THE HISTORY OF CORNWALL'
Lot 519 Sold
HITCHINS, FORTESCUE: 'THE HISTORY OF CORNWALL'
vols. I & II, printed by William Penaluna, Helston 1824, two volumes in three-quarter brown leather binding
Hammer price: £130
Estimate: £60 - £80
7 November 2023
7 November 2023
BROWNLOW, JOHN, ‘MEMORANDA OR CHRONICLES OF THE FOUNDLING HOSPITAL’
Lot 520 Sold
BROWNLOW, JOHN, ‘MEMORANDA OR CHRONICLES OF THE FOUNDLING HOSPITAL’
published by Sampson Low, London, 1847, blue cloth bound, presentation copy to John Casley, with letter from author to Casley dated 11th April 1848
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £100 - £200
7 November 2023
7 November 2023
‘THE BERKELEY MANUSCRIPTS’
Lot 521 Sold
‘THE BERKELEY MANUSCRIPTS’
edited by Sir John Maclean, volumes I-III, privately printed by John Bellows, Gloucester, 1883, half green cloth binding
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £30 - £50
7 November 2023
7 November 2023
DENHAM, MAJOR DIXON & CLAPPERTON, CAPTAIN HUGH: 'NARRATIVE OF TRAVELS '
Lot 522 Sold
DENHAM, MAJOR DIXON & CLAPPERTON, CAPTAIN HUGH: 'NARRATIVE OF TRAVELS '
and discoveries in Northern and Central Africa in tye Years 1822, 1823 and 1824, published by John Murry, London 1826, in blue cloth binding
Hammer price: £110
Estimate: £100 - £200
7 November 2023
7 November 2023
LYSONS, DANIEL & SAMUEL: 'MAGNA BRITANNIA – VOLUME 3 – CORNWALL'
Lot 523 Sold
LYSONS, DANIEL & SAMUEL: 'MAGNA BRITANNIA – VOLUME 3 – CORNWALL'
printed for Cadell & Davies, London 1814, three-quarter brown leather binding
Hammer price: £45
Estimate: £40 - £60
7 November 2023
7 November 2023
SILK BUCKINGHAM, JAMES, ‘A SUMMER TRIP TO WEYMOUTH AND DORCHESTER’
Lot 524 Sold
SILK BUCKINGHAM, JAMES, ‘A SUMMER TRIP TO WEYMOUTH AND DORCHESTER’
Published by Benson, Weymouth, 1842, rebound red half leather and six other Weymouth/Dorchester volumes (7)
Hammer price: £110
Estimate: £100 - £200
7 November 2023
7 November 2023
DARWIN, CHARLES, ‘THE ORIGIN OF THE SPECIES’
Lot 525 Sold
DARWIN, CHARLES, ‘THE ORIGIN OF THE SPECIES’
volumes I & II, published by John Murray, 1897, a later single volume of the same title, 1899, two other Darwin volumes and Huxley, ‘On Origin of Species’, Robert Harwicke, 1863, all green cloth bound (6)
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £40 - £60
7 November 2023
7 November 2023
PARK, MUNGO, ‘THE JOURNAL OF A MISSION TO THE INTERIOR OF AFRICA IN THE YEAR 1805’
Lot 526 Sold
PARK, MUNGO, ‘THE JOURNAL OF A MISSION TO THE INTERIOR OF AFRICA IN THE YEAR 1805’
printed by John Murray, London, 1815, brown calf bound, folding map to front, spine repaired
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £200 - £300
7 November 2023
7 November 2023
CLARK, JAMES, ‘CORFE CASTLE OR KENESWITHA’
Lot 527 Sold
CLARK, JAMES, ‘CORFE CASTLE OR KENESWITHA’
published by Hurst, Robinson & Co, London, 1824, half cloth and card bound, together with Bond, Thomas, ‘A History of Corfe Castle’, green cloth bound (2)
Hammer price: £10
Estimate: £50 - £100
7 November 2023
7 November 2023
MARSH, JOHN B., ‘STEEPHILL CASTLE, VENTNOR, ISLE OF WGHT”
Lot 528 Sold
MARSH, JOHN B., ‘STEEPHILL CASTLE, VENTNOR, ISLE OF WGHT”
privately printed by Dangerfield Printing, London, green half cloth bound, and four Isle of Wight pamphlets (5)
Hammer price: £10
Estimate: £20 - £30
7 November 2023
7 November 2023

Total lots: 814

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