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Tuesday 7th November
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| Lot | Title | Estimate | Hammer price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 529 |
HIEOVER, HARRY, ‘THE STUD’
published by Longman, Brown et al, 1849, green half leather bound
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£30 - £50 | - | View |
| 530 |
EVELYN WAUGH: 'OFFICERS AND GENTLEMEN'
1st edition 1955, with Blue dust jacket, with Conrad Aiken, The Kid, with autographed letter from Aiken to John Lehrmann, dated 29 Dec 1947, and J R R Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, vols 1 and 3,…
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£60 - £100 | £120 | View |
| 531 |
THE TIMES WEEKLY EDITION
bound volume, Jan-Dec 1919
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£20 - £40 | - | View |
| 532 |
REX AND LAURENCE WHISTLER
The World's Room, The English Festivals, Rex Whistler by Laurence Whistler
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£20 - £40 | £35 | View |
| 533 |
HOLLOWAY, WILLIAM, ‘PROVINCIALISMS’
printed and published by Baxter & Son, Lewes, 1839, later three quarter leather binding with marbled boards, together with Pulman, George R., ‘A Lecture on the Names of Places in the West of…
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£30 - £50 | £20 | View |
| 534 |
WARNE, CHARLES, ‘AN ILLUSTRATED MAP OF DORSETSHIRE’
together with the Index volume, both published by Sydenham, Poole and Hotten, Piccadilly, 1865, purple cloth bound (2)
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£40 - £60 | £30 | View |
| 535 |
WARNE, CHARLES, ‘ANCIENT DORSET’
first edition, published by Sydenham Bournemouth, 1872, blue cloth bound, dedicated and signed by author, together with Heath and Prideaux, ‘Some Dorset Manor Houses, London 1907, red cloth bound (2)
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£30 - £50 | £35 | View |
| 536 |
ELLIS, H. HAVELOCK, ‘CONCERNING JUDE THE OBSCURE’
published by the Ulysses Bookshop London, No. 82 of 185, signed by author, blue cloth half bound
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£40 - £60 | £10 | View |
| 537 |
'THE INSCRIPTIONAL WORK OF ERIC GILL'
introduction by David Peace, published by the Brick Row Bookshop, San Francisco, 1972, grey paper bound, two poetry volumes issued by The Lomod Press and a seelction of books including Folio Society
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£30 - £50 | £10 | View |
| 538 |
A QUANTITY OF TOUCAN PRESS, BEAMINSTER PAMPHLETS
mostly relating to Thomas Hardy
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£30 - £50 | £40 | View |
| 539 |
‘THE WILTSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND NATURAL HISTORY MAGAZINE’
two copies Nos 25 & 26, paper bound, ‘Wiltshire Notes & Queries’, vols. 1-3, published by George Simpson, Gazette Office, Devizes 1896, three blue cloth-bound volumes; together with Hodder, …
|
£30 - £40 | £10 | View |
| 540 | A COLLECTION OF LEATHER BOUND BOOKS | £30 - £50 | £180 | View |
| 541 |
THE SHERBORNE PAGEANT 1905: A GILT TOOLED RED LEATHER PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM
originally presented to James Douglas, Honorary Secretary and containing photographs of scenes from the Pageant, which dramatised the history of Sherborne from the founding by St Aldhelm in AD 705,…
|
£100 - £200 | £60 | View |
| 542 |
A COLLECTION OF THE ARMY LIST
mostly WW1
|
£20 - £40 | £20 | View |
| 543 |
A COLLECTION OF OBSERVER'S BOOKS
(44) to include scarce and some first editions
|
£100 - £120 | £90 | View |
| 544 |
A COLLECTION OF WORKS BY NICHOLAS MONSARRAT
including Smith and Jones first edition (14)
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£60 - £80 | £35 | View |
| 545 |
BRADMAN, DON, ‘FAREWELL TO CRICKET’
first edition, Hodder & Stoughton, 1950, green cloth bound with dust wrapper, sixteen copies of the The Cricketer magazine circa 1949/50 and a quantity of cricket related pamphlets including…
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£30 - £50 | £20 | View |
| 546 |
A COLLECTION OF DORSET RELATED MATERIAL
Books, reports, pamphlets, guide books etc
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£30 - £50 | £45 | View |
| 547 |
NASH, PAUL, ‘DORSET’
a Shell Guide, published by Faber & Faber, London, 1935, together with a quantity of Dorset, Somerset and Devon related books, including nine copies of the Shirburnian magazine (32)
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£50 - £100 | £110 | View |
| 548 |
A COLLECTION OF MUSIC BOOKS
and sheet music
|
£20 - £30 | £5 | View |
| 549 |
A LARGE COLLECTION OF BOOKS
various subjects
Provenance: The Estate of the late Roger Peers (1932-2023), Curator of the Dorset County Museum between 1959 and 1992 |
£20 - £40 | £45 | View |
| 550 |
A LARGE COLLECTION OF BOOKS
various subjects, including a run of the Powys Review
Provenance: The Estate of the late Roger Peers (1932-2023), Curator of the Dorset County Museum between 1959 and 1992 |
£20 - £40 | £60 | View |
| 551 |
A LARGE COLLECTION OF BOOKS
various subjects including a wide range of literature, and Dorset interests
Provenance: The Estate of the late Roger Peers (1932-2023), Curator of the Dorset County Museum between 1959 and 1992 |
£20 - £40 | £50 | View |
| 552 |
A LARGE COLLECTION OF BOOKS
various subjects including Arthur Ransome, gardens, travel, literature etc
Provenance: The Estate of the late Roger Peers (1932-2023), Curator of the Dorset County Museum between 1959 and 1992 |
£20 - £40 | £60 | View |
| 553 |
A LARGE COLLECTION OF BOOKS
mostly art and architecture, with history, travel, literature etc
Provenance: The Estate of the late Roger Peers (1932-2023), Curator of the Dorset County Museum between 1959 and 1992 |
£20 - £40 | £50 | View |
| 554 |
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS
science, geology, archaeology, topography, gardens, Powys Society journal etc.
|
£20 - £40 | £50 | View |
| 555 |
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS
mostly ceramics subjects, including pottery, porcelain, and archaeological studies
|
£20 - £40 | £25 | View |
| 556 |
A COLLECTION OF CLASSICAL MUSIC SCORES
in bound sets, Chopin, Bach, Liszt etc. with musical books
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£20 - £40 | £10 | View |
| 557 |
CUMBERLAND, RICHARD, ‘CALVARY OR THE DEATH OF CHRIST’
printed for C. Dilley, London, 1792, three quarter leather bound and a quantity of mostly literature related books
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£50 - £100 | £160 | View |
| 558 |
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS
including topography, history, poetry, medical, travel etc
|
£20 - £40 | £60 | View |
| 559 |
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS
including history, nature, biography, sport, dictionaries etc.
|
£20 - £40 | £30 | View |
| 560 |
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS
including leather bindings, history, literature, travel etc.
|
£20 - £40 | £220 | View |
| 561 |
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS
including polar history, topography, sport, biography etc
|
£20 - £40 | £120 | View |
| 562 |
A QUANTITY OF MIXED BOOKS
Dorset interest, art, topographical and others
|
£30 - £50 | £45 | View |
| 563 |
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS
including geology, history, art, topography etc.
|
£20 - £40 | £20 | View |
| 564 |
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS
including works by James Lees-Milne. science, geology, biography, Kelly's Directories etc.
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£20 - £40 | £100 | View |
| 565 |
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS
including publications by the Dorset Record Society and the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, with science, topography, history etc.
|
£20 - £40 | £20 | View |
| 566 |
A COLLECTION OF MILITARY BOOKS
including copies of the Naval Review and the Air Reserve Gazette, with The Life of Colonel Hutchinson, London 1808, Fortesque, History of the 17th Lancers, works by T A Brassey etc
|
£50 - £100 | £150 | View |
| 567 |
A COLLECTION OF CHILDRENS' BOOKS
including 19th and 20th century titles
|
£30 - £50 | £130 | View |
| 568 |
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS
including art, technology, science, local history, biography etc.
|
£20 - £40 | £35 | View |
| 569 |
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS
local history, topography, art etc. with journals from the Newcomen Society, Wiltshire Records Society, Historia Mathematica and others
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£20 - £40 | £20 | View |
| 570 |
BANKES, RT. HON. GEORGE: 'THE STORY OF CORFE CASTLE'
published by John Murray, London 1853, later tan cloth binding; Rutter, John “Delineations of the North Western Division of the County of Somerset”, published by Longman, Reese & Co. London 1829,…
|
£50 - £100 | £80 | View |
| 571 |
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS
various subjects
Provenance: The Estate of the late Roger Peers (1932-2023), Curator of the Dorset County Museum between 1959 and 1992 |
£20 - £40 | £90 | View |
| 572 |
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS
including art, architecture, sport, leather bound, nature etc.
|
£20 - £40 | £160 | View |
| 573 |
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS
including flora and fauna, topography, art, military, sport etc.
|
£20 - £40 | £35 | View |
| 574 |
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS
including science and technology, topography, art, religion etc.
|
£20 - £40 | £15 | View |
| 575 | A COLLECTION OF DORSET BOOKS | £20 - £40 | £60 | View |
| 576 | A COLLECTION OF DORSET AND THOMAS HARDY BOOKS | £20 - £40 | £90 | View |
