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Total lots: 769

'THE WORLD'S FAIR or CHILDRENS' PRIZE GIFT BOOK OF THE GREAT EXHIBITION'
Lot 528 Sold
'THE WORLD'S FAIR or CHILDRENS' PRIZE GIFT BOOK OF THE GREAT EXHIBITION'
Dean and Son, and Ackermann, with; 'Punch's pocket book' for 1847, and 1848, three small books; 'Victoria', 'A Christmas Carol', and a miniature Bible, n olivewood bound Gospel, and a Victorian family Bible (8) ((a/f)
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £30 - £60
8 April 2025
8 April 2025
CHURCHILL, SIR W.S. - TWO TITLES - 'THE SECOND WORLD WAR' AND 'A HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH SPEAKING PEOPLES'
Lot 529 Sold
CHURCHILL, SIR W.S. - TWO TITLES - 'THE SECOND WORLD WAR' AND 'A HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH SPEAKING PEOPLES'
both Chartwell Editions, volumes 1-6 and 1-4 respectively, published by the Educational Book Company, 1954 and 1956, red and blue cloth bindings (10)
Hammer price: £150
Estimate: £100 - £200
8 April 2025
8 April 2025
BATTLE OF BRITAIN 50th ANNIVERSARY FLYPAST
Lot 530 Unsold
BATTLE OF BRITAIN 50th ANNIVERSARY FLYPAST
Published by the Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund, 1990
Estimate: £30 - £50
8 April 2025
8 April 2025
THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY PICTURES SERIES
Lot 531 Sold
THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY PICTURES SERIES
illustrated volumes with pictorial cloth boards, comprising London Pictures, Irish Pictures, Scottish Pictures from the German Fatherland, Indian Pictures, Swiss Pictures, Norwegian Pictures, Australian Pictures, Canadian Pictures and American Pictures, various authors and illustrators, published by the Religious Tract Society and printed by William Clowes, London, 1885-1890 (10)
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £100 - £200
8 April 2025
8 April 2025
HARRY POTTER, SEVEN FIRST EDITIONS
Lot 532 Sold
HARRY POTTER, SEVEN FIRST EDITIONS
including Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, first US edition 1998
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £100 - £200
8 April 2025
8 April 2025
OVID'S METMORPHOSES; THOMAS FARNABY
Lot 533 Sold
OVID'S METMORPHOSES; THOMAS FARNABY
vellum binding (lacking title), with other books incl. John Denham; 'Poems and translations; with the Sophy a Tragedy', Glasgow 1771, and others (some incomplete sets) (10)
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £30 - £50
8 April 2025
8 April 2025
THE BEATLES, YELLOW SUBMARINE
Lot 534 Sold
THE BEATLES, YELLOW SUBMARINE
1st edition, New English Library, August 1968
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £30 - £50
8 April 2025
8 April 2025
ALEXANDER HOSIE, MANCHURIA, ITS PEOPLE, RESOURCES AND RECENT HISTORY
Lot 535 Sold
ALEXANDER HOSIE, MANCHURIA, ITS PEOPLE, RESOURCES AND RECENT HISTORY
1st edition, Methuen London, 1901, signed presentation copy
Hammer price: £90
8 April 2025
8 April 2025
MARY SHELLEY, FRANKENSTEIN
Lot 536 Sold
MARY SHELLEY, FRANKENSTEIN
rare pocket edition, George Routledge London 1888, with two leather bound books
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £50 - £80
8 April 2025
8 April 2025
HUMBERT WOLFE, PORTRAIT OF HEINE
Lot 537 Unsold
HUMBERT WOLFE, PORTRAIT OF HEINE
signed limited edition, Cresset Press London, 1930, green leather binding
Estimate: £30 - £50
8 April 2025
8 April 2025
TWAIN, MARK: TWO TITLES - ‘THE INNOCENTS ABROAD’ AND ‘THE NEW PILGRIMS’ PROGRESS’
Lot 538 Unsold
TWAIN, MARK: TWO TITLES - ‘THE INNOCENTS ABROAD’ AND ‘THE NEW PILGRIMS’ PROGRESS’
8vo, the former published by John Camden Horton, Piccadilly, London, the latter by George Routledge and Sons, The Broadway, Ludgate, London, both bound together in three-quarter red leather with marbled boards
Estimate: £100 - £200
8 April 2025
8 April 2025
ALDOUS HUXLEY, THE DOORS OF PERCEPTION
Lot 539 Sold
ALDOUS HUXLEY, THE DOORS OF PERCEPTION
1st edition, Chatto & Windus London 1954, with other philosophy and spiritual books
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £100 - £200
8 April 2025
8 April 2025
'THE LYRIC' AN ESSAY BY JOHN DRINKWATER
Lot 540 Unsold
'THE LYRIC' AN ESSAY BY JOHN DRINKWATER
Martin Secker, London 1922 (of 1000 copies) decorative printed boards with buckram spine
Estimate: £30 - £50
8 April 2025
8 April 2025
CANTERI, GULIELMI: ‘LYCOPHRONIS CHALCIDENSIS’
Lot 541 Sold
CANTERI, GULIELMI: ‘LYCOPHRONIS CHALCIDENSIS’
Latin and Greek, 8vo, published by Hieronymum Commelinum, Geneva, 1596, gilt tooled full brown calf binding
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £250 - £500
8 April 2025
8 April 2025
JEAN CALVIN: LE PSAULTIER, Qui est LE LIVRE DES PSEAUMES de DAVID
Lot 542 Sold
JEAN CALVIN: LE PSAULTIER, Qui est LE LIVRE DES PSEAUMES de DAVID
Chez Jean Crespin 1558, old vellum binding with numerous old inscriptions (lacking frontispiece?)
Hammer price: £120
Estimate: £100 - £200
8 April 2025
8 April 2025
JACK B YEATS: THE TREASURE OF THE GARDEN
Lot 543 Sold
JACK B YEATS: THE TREASURE OF THE GARDEN
a play for the miniature stage, with images hand coloured by Yeats, published by Elkin Mathews, London, 1902
Hammer price: £340
Estimate: £100 - £200
8 April 2025
8 April 2025
A.A. MILNE: NOW WE ARE SIX
Lot 544 Sold
A.A. MILNE: NOW WE ARE SIX
first published 1927, red cloth, gilt (marked), with Winnie the Pooh second edition 1926, and When we were very young, fifteenth edition 1927 (all with owner inscriptions) (3)
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £40 - £60
8 April 2025
8 April 2025
BOWLES, CHARLES: ‘MODERN WILTS - HUNDRED OF CHALKE’
Lot 545 Sold
BOWLES, CHARLES: ‘MODERN WILTS - HUNDRED OF CHALKE’
8vo, printed for the author by Clarence Rutter, Shaftesbury 1830, half green cloth binding with marbled boards
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £50 - £100
8 April 2025
8 April 2025
STARK, FREYA - 'BEYOND EUPHRATES'
Lot 546 Sold
STARK, FREYA - 'BEYOND EUPHRATES'
first edition, published by John Murray, London, 1951, green cloth bound with dustwrapper, Urban, Samuel - 'The Gentleman's Magazine' volume XII 1789, rebound green three-quarter leather and two other books (4)
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £50 - £100
8 April 2025
8 April 2025
SMITH, ADAM - 'AN INQUIRY INTO THE NATURE AND CAUSES OF THE WEALTH OF NATIONS'
Lot 547 Unsold
SMITH, ADAM - 'AN INQUIRY INTO THE NATURE AND CAUSES OF THE WEALTH OF NATIONS'
tenth edition, volume three, printed by A. Strahan for T. Cadell Jnr, Lonon 1802, full calf bound with black and red half titles
Estimate: £100 - £200
8 April 2025
8 April 2025
B.L. PUTNAM WEALE: MANCHU AND MUSCOVITE
Lot 548 Unsold
B.L. PUTNAM WEALE: MANCHU AND MUSCOVITE
1st edition Macmillan London, 1904, with Putnam Weale, Why China Sees Red, 1st edition, Dodd Mead New York, 1925 and another book of Manchurian interest
8 April 2025
8 April 2025
BULWER-LYTTON, EDWARD: TWO TITLES - ‘ERNEST MATRAVERS’ AND ‘THE LAST OF THE BARONS’
Lot 549 Sold
BULWER-LYTTON, EDWARD: TWO TITLES - ‘ERNEST MATRAVERS’ AND ‘THE LAST OF THE BARONS’
first editions, each with volumes 1-3, 8vo, published by Saunders and Otley, London, 1837 and 1843 respectively, all uniformly bound in three-quarter brown leather with marbled boards, the former with green and black half titles, the latter grey (6)
Hammer price: £95
Estimate: £100 - £200
8 April 2025
8 April 2025
‘THE HOLY BIBLE’
Lot 550 Sold
‘THE HOLY BIBLE’
French, 8vo, printed by B. Griffin and R. Everingham for F. Vaillant Marchand Libraire, Stand, London 1688, full gilt tooled red calf binding
Hammer price: £190
Estimate: £80 - £120
8 April 2025
8 April 2025
BYRON, LORD GEORGE GORDON: ‘WORKS’
Lot 551 Sold
BYRON, LORD GEORGE GORDON: ‘WORKS’
volumes 1,2-4-6, 8vo, published by Galignani, Paris, 1818, vellum bound with ‘recycled’ flyleaves (5)
Hammer price: £45
Estimate: £50 - £100
8 April 2025
8 April 2025

Total lots: 769

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