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Auction date Tuesday 8 July 2025 10:00 - 17:30 BST
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Tuesday 8th July starting at 10:00am

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Total lots: 659

THE COLLECTED WORKS OF DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI
Lot 457 Sold
THE COLLECTED WORKS OF DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI
Edited with preface and notes by William M. Rossetti, two volumes, Ellis and Elvey, London, 1890
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £40 - £60
8 July 2025
8 July 2025
L. FORBES WINSLOW: MAD HUMANITY
Lot 458 Unsold
L. FORBES WINSLOW: MAD HUMANITY
its forms apparent and obscure, C.A. Pearson Ltd, London 1898, with; A.P.W. Philip; A Treatise on Indigestion and its Consequences, London, 1824 (2)
Estimate: £40 - £60
8 July 2025
8 July 2025
OLIVER GOLDSMITH: A HISTORY OF THE EARTH AND ANIMATED NATURE
Lot 459 Sold
OLIVER GOLDSMITH: A HISTORY OF THE EARTH AND ANIMATED NATURE
four volumes, A. Fullarton and Co, Glasgow, 1832, (worn marbled boards, loose spines)
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £50 - £100
8 July 2025
8 July 2025
HINTS TOWARDS FORMING THE CHARACTER OF A YOUNG PRINCESS
Lot 460 Unsold
HINTS TOWARDS FORMING THE CHARACTER OF A YOUNG PRINCESS
two volumes, 3rd ed, London, printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1805, calf (worn)
Estimate: £40 - £60
8 July 2025
8 July 2025
WILLIAM BARRETT: THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE CITY OF BRISTOL
Lot 461 Sold
WILLIAM BARRETT: THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE CITY OF BRISTOL
Bristol, William Pine, Wine St, 1789, with fold-out maps and illustrations (two copies; one with marbled boards, the other with detached board, ex Bath Public Library, both worn) (2)
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £40 - £80
8 July 2025
8 July 2025
JAMES McNEILL WHISTLER: THE GENTLE ART OF MAKING ENEMIES
Lot 462 Sold
JAMES McNEILL WHISTLER: THE GENTLE ART OF MAKING ENEMIES
William Heinemann, London 1890, with E.R. and J. Pennell; The life of James McNeill Whistler (2 copies 1911 and 1925), The Whistler Journal (1921), and T.R. Way; Memories of...Whistler' 1912 (5)
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £30 - £60
8 July 2025
8 July 2025
BURKE'S HERALDIC ILLUSTRATIONS WITH EXPLANATORY PEDIGREES
Lot 463 Unsold
BURKE'S HERALDIC ILLUSTRATIONS WITH EXPLANATORY PEDIGREES
3 vols, London, Edward Churton, 1844, bound in green leather (bindings a/f, some foxing)
Estimate: £100 - £200
8 July 2025
8 July 2025
T .E. LAWRENCE, THE SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM
Lot 464 Unsold
T .E. LAWRENCE, THE SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM
first public edition 1935, worn condition , with The Illustrated Family Burns, 100 engravings by Evans, William MaKenzie, Glasgow
Estimate: £200 - £400
8 July 2025
8 July 2025
PLAIN OR RINGLETS 'BY THE AUTHOR OF HANDLEY CROSS..'
Lot 465 Unsold
PLAIN OR RINGLETS 'BY THE AUTHOR OF HANDLEY CROSS..'
illus John Leech, printed for subscribers from plates of the original ed, Bradbury, Agnew and Co, London, with other similar volumes, and The tour of Doctor Syntax in search of the Picturesque, illus Rowlandson (variable condition) (7)
Estimate: £30 - £60
8 July 2025
8 July 2025
VICTORIAN BROWN LEATHER PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM
Lot 466 Sold
VICTORIAN BROWN LEATHER PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM
family photos mostly Manchester area and North West, album with floral pages, with Daniel Lyons, American Dictionary of the English Language, New York 1897
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £40 - £60
8 July 2025
8 July 2025
STAMP COLLECTOR'S FORTNIGHTLY, FOUR VOLUMES
Lot 467 Unsold
STAMP COLLECTOR'S FORTNIGHTLY, FOUR VOLUMES
1894 - 1898, cloth bound
Estimate: £30 - £50
8 July 2025
8 July 2025
JOHN E. SOWERBY (ILLUS): THE GRASSES OF GREAT BRITAIN
Lot 468 Unsold
JOHN E. SOWERBY (ILLUS): THE GRASSES OF GREAT BRITAIN
described by Charles Johnson, London, Robert Hardwicke, c.1860, with F.E. Tripp: British Mosses, 2 vols, London, George Bell, 1874, F.O. Morris; A History of British Butterflies, London, John C. Nimmo, 1895, and three vols of Lydekker's Natural History (III, IV, V) (7)
Estimate: £40 - £60
8 July 2025
8 July 2025
DOMESDAY BOOK, 1783 VOL I ONLY
Lot 469 Sold
DOMESDAY BOOK, 1783 VOL I ONLY
(poor condition, ex library copy) with Morden's map of Wiltshire (folded), and other books including 19th century bound sheet music, T. Moore; Lalla Rookh, Longman, 1863, Sidney Dark; Paris, Macmillan, 1926, Letters of Vincent Van Gogh to his brother, vol I, and Thomas Archer; Charles Dickens: A gossip about his work and characters (incomplete)
Hammer price: £15
Estimate: £40 - £60
8 July 2025
8 July 2025
WALTER SCOTT: THE VISION OF DON RODERICK
Lot 470 Sold
WALTER SCOTT: THE VISION OF DON RODERICK
Edinburgh, James Ballantyne, 1811 (detached boards), with Oeuvres de Victor Hugo, two vols, Brussels, 1843, Rev E. Blomfield; The History of the Martyrs, two vols, Bungay, 1810 (a/f), Taylor's Holy Living, and Holy Dying, Wm Pickering, 1847, and Sir Francis Montefiore; The Princesse de Lamballe: A Sketch, London, 1896 (8)
Hammer price: £15
Estimate: £40 - £80
8 July 2025
8 July 2025
FOLIO SOCIETY: VARIOUS, INCLUDING; MATURIN, CHARLES - ‘MELMOTH THE WANDERER’
Lot 471 Unsold
FOLIO SOCIETY: VARIOUS, INCLUDING; MATURIN, CHARLES - ‘MELMOTH THE WANDERER’
1993, with slip case and a further collection of Folio Society books (some wear) (right-hand side of bookcase)
Estimate: £150 - £250
8 July 2025
8 July 2025
PRINCE RANJITSINHJI: THE JUBILEE BOOK OF CRICKET
Lot 472 Sold
PRINCE RANJITSINHJI: THE JUBILEE BOOK OF CRICKET
Wm Blackwood and Sons, 3rd ed, 1897, and other books of cricketing interest, including Wisden Almanacks, 1956 - 2010 (with many gaps)
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £30 - £50
8 July 2025
8 July 2025
FOLIO SOCIETY: VARIOUS VOLUMES
Lot 473 Sold
FOLIO SOCIETY: VARIOUS VOLUMES
including 'Daphnis and Chloe, illus. Marcel Vertes,1954 (case scruffy), 'The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night', 2 vols, 1958 (no case), others and similar
Hammer price: £25
Estimate: £40 - £60
8 July 2025
8 July 2025
A COLLECTION OF WISDENS
Lot 474 Sold
A COLLECTION OF WISDENS
including 1929 and 1946, with Playfair Cricket Annuals, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1955
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £30 - £50
8 July 2025
8 July 2025
FOLIO SOCIETY: A VARIED COLLECTION OF VOLUMES
Lot 475 Sold
FOLIO SOCIETY: A VARIED COLLECTION OF VOLUMES
and a few other books
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £80 - £120
8 July 2025
8 July 2025
ROBERT SABUDA & MATTHEW REINHART: MEGA BEASTS
Lot 476 Sold
ROBERT SABUDA & MATTHEW REINHART: MEGA BEASTS
Encyclopedia Prehistorica; a pop-up book, Candlewick Press, Cambridge, Massschusetts 2007, signed and numbered edition 267/300, in slip case
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £80 - £120
8 July 2025
8 July 2025
JOHN NORTON: THE MANY FACES OF AMERICA
Lot 477 Sold
JOHN NORTON: THE MANY FACES OF AMERICA
Elephant Press, 1978, with a collection of books; Sassoon, Greene, Mungo, Hoffmann, etc (9)
Hammer price: £15
Estimate: £30 - £40
8 July 2025
8 July 2025
'THE TEMPLE SHAKESPEARE' PUBLISHED BY J.M. DENT
Lot 478 Sold
'THE TEMPLE SHAKESPEARE' PUBLISHED BY J.M. DENT
and a collection of popular editions; Scott, Dickens, Dumas etc, and other books
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £30 - £50
8 July 2025
8 July 2025
FOLIO SOCIETY: VARIOUS, INCLUDING; DARWIN, CHARLES - ‘THE ESSENTIAL DARWIN’
Lot 479 Unsold
FOLIO SOCIETY: VARIOUS, INCLUDING; DARWIN, CHARLES - ‘THE ESSENTIAL DARWIN’
four volume set, together with a further collection of Folio Society volumes (top shelf of bookcase)
Estimate: £150 - £250
8 July 2025
8 July 2025
THOMAS HARDY: VARIOUS WORKS
Lot 480 Sold
THOMAS HARDY: VARIOUS WORKS
including Two on a tower, Osgood, McIlvaine and Co, 1895, The well-beloved, 2nd ed, A group of noble dames, 1891, Human shows Far phantasies, Macmillan and Co, 1925 reprint (with jacket, a/f), Desperate Remedies, Rand, McNally and Co, and other Wessex novels, later eds, poems and books about Hardy (25)
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £100 - £200
8 July 2025
8 July 2025

Total lots: 659

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