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Tuesday 8 August 2023 10:00 - 17:30 BST Starts with Lot 1
Wednesday 9 August 2023 10:00 - 17:30 BST Starts with Lot 700
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Auction:

Tuesday 8th and Wednesday 9th August starting at 10:00am

8th August Lots 1 to 658

9th August Lots 660 to end

This Auction is online with The Saleroom, Easy Live and room bidding.

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Lots 1 to 658

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Saturday 5th August         9.00am - 12.00pm

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Lots 660 onwards

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Total lots: 1273

A QUANTITY OF MILITARIA
Lot 426 Sold
A QUANTITY OF MILITARIA
to include a pair of para boots, 'Navigational Computor', RAF items and others
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £30 - £50
8 August 2023
8 August 2023
A REPRODUCTION FIRST DRAGOONS DRESS HELMET
Lot 427 Sold
A REPRODUCTION FIRST DRAGOONS DRESS HELMET
with leather lining and a leather and brass chin strap.
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £50 - £80
8 August 2023
8 August 2023
AN ALBUM OF 'AIR RAID PRECAUTIONS' WILLS CIGARETTE CARDS
Lot 428 Sold
AN ALBUM OF 'AIR RAID PRECAUTIONS' WILLS CIGARETTE CARDS
others, with a collection of loose stamps, some Victorian, and a collection of Olympics First Day covers
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £40 - £60
8 August 2023
8 August 2023
MABEL LUCIE ATWELL: VARIOUS POSTCARDS, INCLUDING WWII 'CARELESS TALK'
Lot 429 Sold
MABEL LUCIE ATWELL: VARIOUS POSTCARDS, INCLUDING WWII 'CARELESS TALK'
-'keep it dark - I'll be seeing you soon!' example, and a Shelley Atwell decorated tea plate
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £60 - £80
8 August 2023
8 August 2023
A VINTAGE ITALIAN LEATHER-BOUND NOTEBOOK, WITH GILT ARMORIAL
Lot 430 Sold
A VINTAGE ITALIAN LEATHER-BOUND NOTEBOOK, WITH GILT ARMORIAL
by Comm. G. Farina, Rome, partly filled with m.s (English) poetry
Hammer price: £15
Estimate: £30 - £50
8 August 2023
8 August 2023
THREE SIGNED PRINCE CHARLES AND LADY DIANA CHRISTMAS CARDS
Lot 431 Unsold
THREE SIGNED PRINCE CHARLES AND LADY DIANA CHRISTMAS CARDS
two inset with family group photos, the third inset with photo of Princes William and Harry and dated 1992, each bearing autopen signatures 'Charles' and 'Diana', two 20cm x 15cm, the third 18.5cm x 13cm
Estimate: £600 - £1,000
8 August 2023
8 August 2023
BROWN BROTHERS 1937 ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF MOTOR CYCLE ACCESSORIES
Lot 432 Sold
BROWN BROTHERS 1937 ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF MOTOR CYCLE ACCESSORIES
TYRES, GARAGE EQUIPMENT, TOOLS, CLOTHING, METALS, Catalogue 427 (in workshop used condition)
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £50 - £100
8 August 2023
8 August 2023
RAF INTEREST: A PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM
Lot 433 Sold
RAF INTEREST: A PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £50 - £100
8 August 2023
8 August 2023
AN ORIGINAL BRITISH AIRCRAFT CORPORATION CONCORDE GRAPHITE TECHNICAL DRAWING E-96 6021
Lot 434 Unsold
AN ORIGINAL BRITISH AIRCRAFT CORPORATION CONCORDE GRAPHITE TECHNICAL DRAWING E-96 6021
81cm x 119cm, with certificate of authenticity dated 16/10/2000 and with Brian Trubshaw facsimile signature, and two other Concorde prints, all contained in cardboard tube
Estimate: £150 - £200
8 August 2023
8 August 2023
DAVID HOCKNEY: 'THE RAKE'S PROGRESS', A POSTER
Lot 435 Sold
DAVID HOCKNEY: 'THE RAKE'S PROGRESS', A POSTER
produced for the Ashmolean for an exhibition of costumes and set designs, 1981
Hammer price: £170
Estimate: £60 - £80
8 August 2023
8 August 2023
A COLLECTION OF EXHIBITION POSTERS
Lot 436 Sold
A COLLECTION OF EXHIBITION POSTERS
mostly art, including Crafts Council (Omega Workshops 1984), V and A (Joseph Beuys, 1983), William Morris Gallery, Bodleian Library, and others
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £30 - £50
8 August 2023
8 August 2023
LORD DENNING'S REPORT
Lot 437 Sold
LORD DENNING'S REPORT
the enquiry into the Profumo affair, published September 1963, with newspaper cutting, mostly later
Hammer price: £15
Estimate: £20 - £40
8 August 2023
8 August 2023
J.R.R. TOLKIEN: THE LORD OF THE RINGS
Lot 438 Sold
J.R.R. TOLKIEN: THE LORD OF THE RINGS
(three parts) George, Allen and Unwin 1st impression of the 1966 second (revised) edition, red cloth with dust jackets (some wear) with red tops (3)
Hammer price: £260
Estimate: £300 - £500
8 August 2023
8 August 2023
DORSET INTEREST: W.B. WILDMAN, M.A: 'A SHORT HISTORY OF SHERBORNE, FROM 705 A.D.'
Lot 439 Unsold
DORSET INTEREST: W.B. WILDMAN, M.A: 'A SHORT HISTORY OF SHERBORNE, FROM 705 A.D.'
Third edition, F. Bennett, 1911 numbered 35/100, with S.W. Colyer 'Unspoiled Dorset - a book of photographs', Ward, Lock and Co Ltd 1940, and 'Northern Ireland- the land of delightful scenery' (some spotting) (3)
Estimate: £10 - £20
8 August 2023
8 August 2023
FOUR POP-UP BOOKS, INCLUDING JAN PIENKOWSKI
Lot 440 Unsold
FOUR POP-UP BOOKS, INCLUDING JAN PIENKOWSKI
'Haunted house', a 1974 Giles annual, and 10 issues of 'Books, Maps and Prints', APL Publications 1989-90
Estimate: £30 - £50
8 August 2023
8 August 2023
JOHN ARLOTT AND ARTHUR DALEY: PAGEANTRY OF SPORT
Lot 441 Unsold
JOHN ARLOTT AND ARTHUR DALEY: PAGEANTRY OF SPORT
Paul Elek, London 1968
Estimate: £30 - £50
8 August 2023
8 August 2023
THE COMPREHENSIVE ATLAS AND GEOGRAPHY OF THE WORLD, W.G. BLACKIE, 1886
Lot 442 Sold
THE COMPREHENSIVE ATLAS AND GEOGRAPHY OF THE WORLD, W.G. BLACKIE, 1886
Coloured litho costume plates, text illus. and good double page coloured engraved maps
Hammer price: £45
Estimate: £20 - £40
8 August 2023
8 August 2023
E.KINGDON WARD: 'THE ROMANCE OF PLANT HUNTING'
Lot 443 Unsold
E.KINGDON WARD: 'THE ROMANCE OF PLANT HUNTING'
London 1924, other works by Ward, and similar books by others (7)
Estimate: £40 - £60
8 August 2023
8 August 2023
CECIL ALDIN, A GAY DOG
Lot 444 Sold
CECIL ALDIN, A GAY DOG
William Heinemann, London 1905
Hammer price: £10
Estimate: £20 - £40
8 August 2023
8 August 2023
ARTHUR G. GRIMWADE: LONDON GOLDSMITHS 1697-1837
Lot 445 Sold
ARTHUR G. GRIMWADE: LONDON GOLDSMITHS 1697-1837
Their marks and lives, faber and faber 1990, with Jane Horswell; Bronze sculpture of 'Les Animaliers', and C.J. Jackson; English goldsmiths and their marks (3)
Hammer price: £25
Estimate: £10 - £20
8 August 2023
8 August 2023
A COLLECTION OF MODERN AUTHOR INSCRIBED BOOKS
Lot 446 Unsold
A COLLECTION OF MODERN AUTHOR INSCRIBED BOOKS
P.D.James, John Le Carre, Philip Pullman, Anthony Burgess, etc (some inscribed on loose slips)
Estimate: £100 - £150
8 August 2023
8 August 2023
A COLLECTION OF 'OBSERVER'S' BOOKS
Lot 447 Sold
A COLLECTION OF 'OBSERVER'S' BOOKS
some early editions (65)
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £80 - £120
8 August 2023
8 August 2023
THACKERAY'S WORKS, PUBLISHED BY SMITH, ELDER & CO
Lot 448 Sold
THACKERAY'S WORKS, PUBLISHED BY SMITH, ELDER & CO
1879, half-calf bound with marbled boards, with various other part sets , presentation volumes and other books
Hammer price: £260
Estimate: £30 - £50
8 August 2023
8 August 2023
A LARGE QUANTITY OF MIXED BOOKS
Lot 449 Sold
A LARGE QUANTITY OF MIXED BOOKS
including a few Folio Society, with W.B. Yeats; 'Autobiographies', Macmillan and Co, 1926 (poor copy), and various Penguin books etc
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £30 - £60
8 August 2023
8 August 2023
A LARGE QUANTITY OF BOOKS TO INCLUDE ART, GLASS, ANTIQUES
Lot 450 Sold
A LARGE QUANTITY OF BOOKS TO INCLUDE ART, GLASS, ANTIQUES
(several Antique Collector's Club volumes) Furniture, travel, cookery, children's, Dickens, Shakespeare and others
Hammer price: £150
Estimate: £50 - £100
8 August 2023
8 August 2023
A COLLECTION OF SHELL TRAVEL GUIDES
Lot 451 Sold
A COLLECTION OF SHELL TRAVEL GUIDES
together with other vintage travel books
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £20 - £40
8 August 2023
8 August 2023
A QUANTITY OF BOOKS
Lot 452 Unsold
A QUANTITY OF BOOKS
and a few LP records
Estimate: £20 - £30
8 August 2023
8 August 2023
ARTHUR RANSOME: A SET OF 12 SWALLOWS AND AMAZON BOOKS
Lot 453 Sold
ARTHUR RANSOME: A SET OF 12 SWALLOWS AND AMAZON BOOKS
three, first editions, 'The Big Siz', Missee Lee and 'The Picts and the Martyrs' no dust jackets,' The Royal Shakspere' two volumes and other books
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £50 - £100
8 August 2023
8 August 2023
A QUANTITY OF ART BOOKS
Lot 454 Sold
A QUANTITY OF ART BOOKS
Hammer price: £10
Estimate: £20 - £40
8 August 2023
8 August 2023
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS
Lot 455 Sold
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS
various subjects, humour, poetry, fiction, biography etc
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £20 - £30
8 August 2023
8 August 2023
THE BADMINTON LIBRARY: H. CHOLMONDELEY-PENNELL; 'FISHING'
Lot 456 Sold
THE BADMINTON LIBRARY: H. CHOLMONDELEY-PENNELL; 'FISHING'
Longmans Green 1887, and others on fishing, and a single (modern) Badminton Library vol. 'Cricket'
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £30 - £50
8 August 2023
8 August 2023
LIONEL EDWARDS: 'MY IRISH SKETCHBOOK'
Lot 457 Sold
LIONEL EDWARDS: 'MY IRISH SKETCHBOOK'
Collins, 1938, with four other Edwards works (condition issues)
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £30 - £60
8 August 2023
8 August 2023
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS
Lot 458 Unsold
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS
slavery, indigenous peoples and similar subjects
Estimate: £20 - £40
8 August 2023
8 August 2023
A COLLECTION OF RUPERT BEAR BOOKS
Lot 459 Sold
A COLLECTION OF RUPERT BEAR BOOKS
varying titles, ages and condition
Hammer price: £45
Estimate: £30 - £50
8 August 2023
8 August 2023
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS
Lot 460 Unsold
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS
including art, sculpture, photography etc
Estimate: £20 - £40
8 August 2023
8 August 2023
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS
Lot 461 Sold
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS
jewellery subjects
Hammer price: £140
Estimate: £20 - £40
8 August 2023
8 August 2023
SHIRLEY HUGHES 1927-2022: (ILLUSTRATOR) A COLLECTION OF BOOKS FROM HER WORKING LIBRARY
Lot 462 Sold
SHIRLEY HUGHES 1927-2022: (ILLUSTRATOR) A COLLECTION OF BOOKS FROM HER WORKING LIBRARY
many volumes on illustration, photography, children's books and other subjects
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £50 - £100
8 August 2023
8 August 2023
PROF. RICHARD KNOTELS: UNIFORMENKUNDE
Lot 463 Sold
PROF. RICHARD KNOTELS: UNIFORMENKUNDE
Lose Blatter zur Geschichte der Entwickelung der Militarischen Traht, Rathenow 1924, a part set of loose military uniform prints (incomplete)
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £60 - £120
8 August 2023
8 August 2023
SMALL SELECTION OF TRAVEL AND TOPOGRAPHIC BOOKS
Lot 464 Sold
SMALL SELECTION OF TRAVEL AND TOPOGRAPHIC BOOKS
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £30 - £40
8 August 2023
8 August 2023
A LARGE QUANTITY OF BOOKS
Lot 465 Sold
A LARGE QUANTITY OF BOOKS
including many novels, some medical books etc
Hammer price: £130
Estimate: £30 - £50
8 August 2023
8 August 2023
EROTICA: A COLLECTION OF BOOKS
Lot 466 Sold
EROTICA: A COLLECTION OF BOOKS
and other related topics
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £30 - £50
8 August 2023
8 August 2023
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS
Lot 467 Sold
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS
including art, design, fashion, photography, sculpture etc
Hammer price: £260
Estimate: £20 - £40
8 August 2023
8 August 2023
A QUANTITY OF MILITARIA AND ARMS BOOK
Lot 468 Unsold
A QUANTITY OF MILITARIA AND ARMS BOOK
Estimate: £20 - £40
8 August 2023
8 August 2023
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS ON ART
Lot 469 Sold
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS ON ART
including Panofsky 'Early Netherlandish Painting' (2), Slive 'Rembrandt' etc
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £30 - £50
8 August 2023
8 August 2023
J. ELLIS 'A MODERN MAP OF SUFFOLK'
Lot 470 Unsold
J. ELLIS 'A MODERN MAP OF SUFFOLK'
printed for Carrington Bowles, c. 1800, 20.5 x 26cm plus frame (water stain)
Estimate: £10 - £20
8 August 2023
8 August 2023
TWO FRENCH HAND-COLOURED ENGRAVED MAPS OF ENGLAND
Lot 471 Sold
TWO FRENCH HAND-COLOURED ENGRAVED MAPS OF ENGLAND
both mounted in the same frame, each 26cm high x 36cm wide
Hammer price: £10
Estimate: £10 - £20
8 August 2023
8 August 2023
JOHN SPEED: MAP OF STAFFORDSHIRE
Lot 472 Unsold
JOHN SPEED: MAP OF STAFFORDSHIRE
(repaired)
Estimate: £80 - £100
8 August 2023
8 August 2023
MAP OF WAREHAM
Lot 473 Sold
MAP OF WAREHAM
Dedicated to John Calcraft, taken from Hutchins
Hammer price: £25
Estimate: £20 - £40
8 August 2023
8 August 2023

Total lots: 1273

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