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| Lot | Title | Estimate | Hammer price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 522 |
A 'BREECHES BIBLE', ROBERT BAKKER 1607
rebound with repairs
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£50 - £100 | £420 | View |
| 523 | A LARGE QUANTITY OF BOOKS | £40 - £60 | £80 | View |
| 524 |
M. & E. KIRBY; 'STORIES ABOUT BIRDS OF LAND AND WATER.' CASSELL PETTER & GALPIN
c 1870 (damage to spine) with John James Audubon, The Birds of America, New York 1942 (reprint)
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£40 - £60 | £25 | View |
| 525 |
JOHN LOCKE; ' SOME THOUGHTS CONCERNING EDUCATION.' LONDON, BLACK SWAN, 1705
(some damage) and other books
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£20 - £40 | £150 | View |
| 526 |
REV. GEORGE GILFILLAN: 'THE POETICAL WORKS OF EDMUND SPENSER.' (6)
with other similar books
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£20 - £40 | £10 | View |
| 527 |
CHARLES STONHAM: 'THE BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLANDS', LONDON E.GRANT RICHARDS
1906, 5 Vols
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£40 - £80 | £200 | View |
| 528 |
AN INVENTORY OF HISTORICAL MONUMENTS IN THE COUNTY OF DORSET: R.C.H.M
2 vols. , with; 'Domesday Book studies', Dorset, and other books of Dorset interest
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£40 - £80 | £50 | View |
| 529 |
G. A. HENTY: 'THE DASH FOR KHARTOUM'
and others, and a collection of Victorian books with decorative cloth bindings
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£20 - £40 | £90 | View |
| 530 |
CHARLES DICKENS: HOUSEHOLD EDITIONS
various, unbound, some in modern box files, others in old brown paper wrappers
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£30 - £50 | £60 | View |
| 531 |
'DEL DECAMERONE DI MESSER GIOVANNI BOCCACCI', VOL. II, AMSTERDAM 1718
with; 'The works of Spenser' vol. III, London 1750; 'La vie et les aventures...de Robinson Crusoe', Neuchatel 1774, and 'Divine songs attempted in easy language', York 1804 (4)
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£20 - £40 | £30 | View |
| 532 |
I.N. DRACOPOLI: 'THROUGH JUBALAND TO THE LORIAN SWAMP'
Seeley, Service & Co 1914, and other books on Africa (10)
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£20 - £40 | - | View |
| 533 |
EDWARD ARDIZZONE: 'TIM'S FRIEND TOWSER' O.U.P. 1962
with; Raymond Briggs: 'Father Christmas goes on holiday', 'When the wind blows' , and 18 Rupert books
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£20 - £40 | £20 | View |
| 534 |
STEPHEN SPENDER: 'TRIAL OF A JUDGE', FABER AND FABER 1938
and a collection of poetry volumes
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£20 - £40 | £30 | View |
| 535 |
WILLIAM EMPSON: 'POEMS', CHATTO & WINDUS 1935
(his own inscribed copy), and others (from the West family library)
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£20 - £40 | £25 | View |
| 536 |
ROMANZO ADAMS: 'INTERRACIAL MARRIAGE IN HAWAII', MACMILLAN CO. 1937
inscr. by the author to H.G. Wells, and a further collection of books of ethnographical studies
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£30 - £50 | £50 | View |
| 537 |
H. DE BALZAC: WORKS, MACMILLAN CO. 1901
38 vols. (2 missing)
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£30 - £50 | £40 | View |
| 538 |
THOMAS HARDY:THREE MACMILLAN & CO. 'WESSEX EDITION' VOLUMES
and other books of dorset interest
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£30 - £50 | £20 | View |
| 539 |
D.H. LAWRENCE:'APOCALYPSE' (LUGARNO SERIES), FLORENCE 1931
No. 656, with (worn) dust jacket, and a further quantity of Lawrence works, and others (from the library of Kitty West/Church)
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£30 - £50 | £45 | View |
| 540 |
A COLLECTION OF EARLY 'SHELL' GUIDES, MANY SPIRAL-BOUND 1930S
some later (worn condition)
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£40 - £80 | £400 | View |
| 541 |
HAVELOCK ELLIS: 'SONNETS, WITH FOLK SONGS FROM THE SPANISH' GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS
1925, inscr. to Harold child, and with letter, and other volumes by Ellis
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£40 - £60 | £20 | View |
| 542 | A COLLECTION OF BOOKS ON ART | £20 - £40 | £70 | View |
| 543 | A COLLECTION OF PENGUIN AND KING PENGUIN BOOKS | £30 - £50 | £15 | View |
| 544 |
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS OF BLOOMSBURY GROUP INTEREST
some from the library of Kitty West/Church
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£20 - £40 | £60 | View |
| 545 |
JOHN PIPER: VARIOUS BOOKS, INCLUDING 'ROMNEY MARSH'
and a (worn) copy of 'John Piper' by Anthony West, inscr. 'to Kitty from John' (from the library of Kitty West/Church)
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£30 - £50 | £60 | View |
| 546 |
'THE NOTEBOOKS OF HENRY JAMES' ED. MATTHIESSEN AND MURDOCK, O.U.P. 1947
with inscr. 'Given by Mrs James, wife of James' nephew to Rebecca West...', and other books about and by James (from the library of Kitty Church/West)
|
£20 - £40 | £90 | View |
| 547 |
WALTER DE LA MARE, ILLUS. ARDIZZONE: 'PEACOCK PIE, A BOOK OF RHYMES'
Faber & Faber Ltd. 1946, and other books
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£30 - £50 | £35 | View |
| 548 |
J.M. RICHARDS: 'A MINIATURE HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH HOUSE'
The Architectural press 1938, and other books incl. 'British artists of today' and 'Britain in pictures' series, and similar (worn)
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£30 - £50 | £45 | View |
| 549 |
SACHEVERELL SITWELL, ILLUS. JOHN FARLEIGH: 'OLD FASHIONED FLOWERS'
Curwen Press 1959, and other books (worn)
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£20 - £40 | £30 | View |
| 550 |
REBECCA WEST / H.G.WELLS: VARIOUS BOOKS
from the library of Kitty West/Church
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£20 - £40 | £35 | View |
| 551 |
SIGNED BY H.G. WELLS: A.S. PUSHKIN: 'EVGEY ONEGIN' PUSHKIN PRESS 1937
copy no. 154, inscribed by H.G. Wells; 'Anthony with love from his Father HG' (Anthony West, Wells' son with Rebecca West; from the library of Kitty West/Church)
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£50 - £100 | £120 | View |
| 552 |
NORTHROP FRYE: 'FEARFUL SYMMETRY. A STUDY OF WILLIAM BLAKE', PRINCETON 1947
and 'Visions of the daughters of Albion', J.M. Dent & Sons 1932
|
£30 - £50 | - | View |
| 553 |
ANTHONY ROSSITER: 'THE PENDULUM' GOLLANCZ 1966
inscr. by the author,; 'For Kitty - a soul mate in so much,.'and 'The golden chain', similarly inscribed (2) (library of Kitty Church/West)
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£20 - £40 | £20 | View |
| 554 |
MARY DE MORGAN, ILLUS. WALTER CRANE: 'THE NECKLACE OF PRINCESS FLORIMONDE'
Macmillan 1880 (poor copy), with 'The baby's opera', and 'At home' (3)
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£20 - £40 | £50 | View |
| 555 |
FORD M. HUEFFER:, 'FORD MADOX BROWN'
Longmans, Green & Co. 1896, with A.H. Palmer: 'The life and letters of Samuel Palmer' Seeley & Co 1892 (2)
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£20 - £40 | £45 | View |
| 556 |
A COLLECTION OF 'HORIZON' REVIEW
'The Cornhill magazine', and other literary periodicals, 1940s and later
|
£30 - £50 | £50 | View |
| 557 |
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS, MANY FIRST EDITIONS
in worn condition (from the library of Kitty West/Church)
|
£20 - £40 | £120 | View |
| 558 |
HENRIK IBSEN: PROSE DRAMAS, EDITED BY WILLIAM ARCHER, 3 VOLS.
Walter Scott publ. 1890
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£20 - £40 | - | View |
| 559 |
W.H. AUDEN: 'THE ORATORS', FABER & FABER 1932
and other works by Auden and Isherwood (4)
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£20 - £40 | £50 | View |
| 560 |
ROBERT GRAVES: 'POEMS 1926-1930', HEINEMANN LTD 1931
and 'The poet's eye', chosen by Grigson, Muller 1944 (2)
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£20 - £40 | £20 | View |
| 561 |
JAMES STERN: 'THE MAN WHO WAS LOVED', SECKER & WARBURG 1951
inscr. by the author to Kitty (West/Church), with other similar items, and Rebecca West's own copy of Walter De La Mare's 'Stuff and nonsense', and Hugh Walpole's own copy of Goethe's 'The sorrows of…
|
£30 - £50 | £15 | View |
| 562 |
JOHN OSBORNE: FABER PAPER COVERED EDITIONS
'Look back in anger' and 'The entertainer', pan edition 'Cathy come home', and a quantity of various paperbacks
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£20 - £40 | £20 | View |
| 563 | A LARGE QUANTITY OF BOOKS | £30 - £50 | £80 | View |
| 564 | A COLLECTION OF MEDICAL BOOKS | £40 - £60 | £20 | View |
| 565 | A LARGE COLLECTION OF BOOKS | £30 - £50 | £100 | View |
| 566 | A COLLECTION OF BOOKS ON LONDON AND HISTORY | £30 - £50 | £40 | View |
| 567 | A COLLECTION OF FOLIO SOCIETY BOOKS | £30 - £60 | £40 | View |
| 568 |
'LLADRO, THE MAGIC WORLD OF PORCELAIN', SALVAT EDITORES 1991
and other books
|
£10 - £20 | - | View |
| 568a | A COLLECTION OF DORSET BOOKS | £20 - £40 | £25 | View |
