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Auction date Tuesday 10 May 2022 11:00 - 18:30 BST
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Tuesday 12th April starting at 10:00am

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Total lots: 736

A COLLECTION OF AIRLINE FLIGHT CREW JACKETS
Lot 432 Sold
A COLLECTION OF AIRLINE FLIGHT CREW JACKETS
including Lebanese International Airways, Overseas National Airways and others, with other bits of uniform
Hammer price: £25
Estimate: £40 - £60
10 May 2022
10 May 2022
A LARGE VICTORIAN SCRAP ALBUM
Lot 433 Sold
A LARGE VICTORIAN SCRAP ALBUM
with Punch cartoons, music cover cuttings, engravings, greetings cards, etc. circa 1870s-'80s
Hammer price: £25
Estimate: £30 - £50
10 May 2022
10 May 2022
A FOLD-OUT ANATOMICAL MALE CARD DIAGRAM
Lot 434 Sold
A FOLD-OUT ANATOMICAL MALE CARD DIAGRAM
probably Philips' popular mannikin, late 19th/20th century (incomplete, missing some elements and folder/cover)
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £20 - £40
10 May 2022
10 May 2022
A SIGNED AIR MAIL LETTER BY LOUIS AND EDWINA MOUNTBATTERN
Lot 435 Sold
A SIGNED AIR MAIL LETTER BY LOUIS AND EDWINA MOUNTBATTERN
dated 1944 addressed to Colonel J. Weld
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £30 - £50
10 May 2022
10 May 2022
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS SILVER JUBLIEE RECORD NUMBER 1910-1935
Lot 436 Sold
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS SILVER JUBLIEE RECORD NUMBER 1910-1935
along with the coronation record number 1937 and other souvenir coronation programmes
Hammer price: £10
Estimate: £10 - £20
10 May 2022
10 May 2022
A COLLECTION OF 1950s/60s MECCANO MAGAZINES
Lot 437 Unsold
A COLLECTION OF 1950s/60s MECCANO MAGAZINES
together with Scout Annuals from the same era
Estimate: £10 - £20
10 May 2022
10 May 2022
'GENERAL ORDER BOOK OF THE ROYAL SPELTHORN LEGION ADJUTANT' 1805
Lot 438 Sold
'GENERAL ORDER BOOK OF THE ROYAL SPELTHORN LEGION ADJUTANT' 1805
Napoleonic period M.S. bound in green vellum
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £300 - £400
10 May 2022
10 May 2022
A COLLECTION OF CIGARETTE CARDS
Lot 439 Sold
A COLLECTION OF CIGARETTE CARDS
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £20 - £40
10 May 2022
10 May 2022
A COLLECTION OF POLICE MANUALS
Lot 440 Sold
A COLLECTION OF POLICE MANUALS
mostly circa mid 20th century
Hammer price: £15
Estimate: £20 - £40
10 May 2022
10 May 2022
A 19TH CENTURY ANTIQUARY'S ALBUM
Lot 441 Sold
A 19TH CENTURY ANTIQUARY'S ALBUM
with maps and drawings and manuscript text relating to South America, the Orkneys, Brittany, British megalithic, and others, with m.s extracts, cuttings etc. mostly c.1870s or earlier
Hammer price: £150
Estimate: £100 - £200
10 May 2022
10 May 2022
A COLLECTION OF EPHEMERA
Lot 442 Sold
A COLLECTION OF EPHEMERA
including a series of unframed prints of indigenous American peoples
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £20 - £40
10 May 2022
10 May 2022
A COLLECTION OF VINTAGE ADVERTISEMENTS
Lot 443 Sold
A COLLECTION OF VINTAGE ADVERTISEMENTS
taken from Punch, The illustrated London News and other publications, contained in plastic sleeve albums
Hammer price: £35
Estimate: £10 - £20
10 May 2022
10 May 2022
A COLLECTION OF EPHEMERA AND OTHER ITEMS
Lot 444 Sold
A COLLECTION OF EPHEMERA AND OTHER ITEMS
contained in a suitcase
Hammer price: £10
Estimate: £20 - £40
10 May 2022
10 May 2022
RONALD FRANKAU; 'OH DEAR DEAR!', ILLUS. LOLA ONSLOW
Lot 445 Sold
RONALD FRANKAU; 'OH DEAR DEAR!', ILLUS. LOLA ONSLOW
Warne & Co Ltd 1929, with jacket
Hammer price: £10
Estimate: £20 - £40
10 May 2022
10 May 2022
CLARE LEIGHTON: 'COUNTRY MATTERS', VICTOR GOLLANCZ
Lot 446 Sold
CLARE LEIGHTON: 'COUNTRY MATTERS', VICTOR GOLLANCZ
1937, with Frances Brett Young, 'Portrait of a village', illus. John Hassall, Heinemann 1937, and H.E. Bates, 'The seasons and the gardener', illus. Tunnicliffe 1941 (3)
Hammer price: £10
Estimate: £30 - £50
10 May 2022
10 May 2022
SALTS STATISTICS & CALCULATIONS FOR RAILWAYS AND CANALS 1845
Lot 447 Sold
SALTS STATISTICS & CALCULATIONS FOR RAILWAYS AND CANALS 1845
with Salts Railway and Commercial Information, 1850, spine damaged
Hammer price: £15
Estimate: £20 - £40
10 May 2022
10 May 2022
ERIC GILL (ILLUS.) 'TROILUS AND CRESSIDA'
Lot 448 Sold
ERIC GILL (ILLUS.) 'TROILUS AND CRESSIDA'
'Englished anew by George Philip Krapp', Literary Guild, New York 1932, with Gill; 'In a strange land' and Laurence Whistler, 'The English festivals' W. Heinemann 1947 (jacket torn some wear to all)
Hammer price: £15
Estimate: £30 - £50
10 May 2022
10 May 2022
FREDERICK McDERMOTT, LIFE AND WORK OF JOSEPH FIRBANK
Lot 449 Sold
FREDERICK McDERMOTT, LIFE AND WORK OF JOSEPH FIRBANK
Railway contractor, 1887
Hammer price: £25
Estimate: £20 - £40
10 May 2022
10 May 2022
HENRY R PALMER, A RAILWAY ON A NEW PRINCIPLE, 1824
Lot 450 Sold
HENRY R PALMER, A RAILWAY ON A NEW PRINCIPLE, 1824
complete with maps and charts, in modern binding
Hammer price: £260
Estimate: £30 - £50
10 May 2022
10 May 2022
THOMAS BEWICK: 'THE FABLES OF AESOP, AND OTHERS', 2ND ED.
Lot 451 Sold
THOMAS BEWICK: 'THE FABLES OF AESOP, AND OTHERS', 2ND ED.
Newcastle 1823, and 'A memoir of Thomas Bewick', London 1862 (ex. Brighton & Sussex Nat. Hist Soc; both with some damage)
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £30 - £50
10 May 2022
10 May 2022
W.H.G. KINGSTON: 'COUNT FUNNIBOS AND BARON STILTKIN, THEIR AND ADVENTURES'
Lot 452 Sold
W.H.G. KINGSTON: 'COUNT FUNNIBOS AND BARON STILTKIN, THEIR AND ADVENTURES'
S.P.C.K., C.1880, with 'Willis the pilot' and 'Men of note, their boyhood and schooldays' (3), all in decorated cloth bindings
Hammer price: £15
Estimate: £20 - £40
10 May 2022
10 May 2022
SIR JOHN ROSS: 'NARRATIVE OF A SECOND VOYAGE IN SEARCH OF A NORTH-WEST PASSAGE...'
Lot 453 Sold
SIR JOHN ROSS: 'NARRATIVE OF A SECOND VOYAGE IN SEARCH OF A NORTH-WEST PASSAGE...'
during the years 1829,1830, 1831, 1832, 1833, cloth bound (def. poorly cut pages, discoloured)
Hammer price: £25
Estimate: £20 - £40
10 May 2022
10 May 2022
A BOOK OF BIRDS, CIRCA EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Lot 454 Sold
A BOOK OF BIRDS, CIRCA EARLY 19TH CENTURY
with 88 coloured plates, two vols. in one, but lacking title pages of both, and other pages, the plates hand-coloured (sold as a collection of plates)
Hammer price: £110
Estimate: £50 - £100
10 May 2022
10 May 2022
WALTER CRANE: 'LINE & FORM', GEORGE BELL
Lot 455 Sold
WALTER CRANE: 'LINE & FORM', GEORGE BELL
1900, with 'The bases of design', 1898 (2) (some spotting)
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £40 - £80
10 May 2022
10 May 2022
PAUL GALLICO: 'SNOWFLAKE', MICHAEL JOSEPH
Lot 456 Unsold
PAUL GALLICO: 'SNOWFLAKE', MICHAEL JOSEPH
1952 (with dust jacket), H.G. Wells, Tono-Bungay, 1909 and other Wells works
Estimate: £30 - £50
10 May 2022
10 May 2022
A SMALL COLLECTION OF PUFFIN PICTURE BOOKS
Lot 457 Sold
A SMALL COLLECTION OF PUFFIN PICTURE BOOKS
and various vintage children's books
Hammer price: £25
Estimate: £30 - £50
10 May 2022
10 May 2022
ARTHUR RANSOME: 'GREAT NORTHERN', JONATHAN CAPE
Lot 458 Sold
ARTHUR RANSOME: 'GREAT NORTHERN', JONATHAN CAPE
1947, and three later Ransome editions, two with jackets (wear)
Hammer price: £15
Estimate: £30 - £50
10 May 2022
10 May 2022
A.A. MILNE: MORE 'VERY YOUNG' SONGS, METHUEN & CO. LTD.
Lot 459 Sold
A.A. MILNE: MORE 'VERY YOUNG' SONGS, METHUEN & CO. LTD.
1928,with (damaged) jacket, with 'When we were very young', 5th ed. 1924 (2)
Hammer price: £10
Estimate: £20 - £40
10 May 2022
10 May 2022
W. GRAHAM ROBERTSON: 'GOLD, FRANKINCENSE, AND MYRRH. AND OTHER PAGEANTS'
Lot 460 Sold
W. GRAHAM ROBERTSON: 'GOLD, FRANKINCENSE, AND MYRRH. AND OTHER PAGEANTS'
John Lane, the Bodley Head 1907 (jacket damaged), with 'The book of Lovat Claude Fraser' by Haldane Macfall, J.M.Dent 1923 (worn) (2)
Hammer price: £10
Estimate: £40 - £60
10 May 2022
10 May 2022
W HEATH ROBINSON RAILWAY RIBALDRY
Lot 461 Sold
W HEATH ROBINSON RAILWAY RIBALDRY
and other books published by the GWR, SR and BR, some for children
Hammer price: £15
Estimate: £30 - £50
10 May 2022
10 May 2022
WALTER CRANE: (ILLUS.) 'KING ARTHUR'S KNIGHTS'
Lot 462 Sold
WALTER CRANE: (ILLUS.) 'KING ARTHUR'S KNIGHTS'
retold by Henry Gilbert, T.C & E.C Jack, Edinburgh & London 1911, gilt cloth boards, with 'Bric-a-brac stories' Mrs Burton Harrison, Charles Scribner's Sons 1885 (frontispiece missing) (2)
Hammer price: £35
Estimate: £30 - £50
10 May 2022
10 May 2022
THE HADDON HALL LIBRARY: FIVE VOLUMES
Lot 463 Sold
THE HADDON HALL LIBRARY: FIVE VOLUMES
including 'Our gardens (2), 'Bird watching', 'Fly fishing', and 'Hunting' (all with some wear)
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £30 - £50
10 May 2022
10 May 2022
ASPREYS: A SET OF LEATHER-BOUND REFERENCE BOOKS
Lot 464 Sold
ASPREYS: A SET OF LEATHER-BOUND REFERENCE BOOKS
in a mahogany rack (faded, label missing from rack, lower section vacant)
Hammer price: £55
Estimate: £20 - £40
10 May 2022
10 May 2022
PHILIP PULLMAN, 'THE AMBER SPYGLASS' , SCHOLASTIC LONDON
Lot 465 Sold
PHILIP PULLMAN, 'THE AMBER SPYGLASS' , SCHOLASTIC LONDON
(signed) with three other Philip Pullman books
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £40 - £60
10 May 2022
10 May 2022
RUDYARD KIPLING: 'KIM' NEW YORK
Lot 466 Sold
RUDYARD KIPLING: 'KIM' NEW YORK
Doubleday, Page & Company 1901, with 'The seven seas' (103, 9th ed.) re-bound in half leather, and two other Kipling works (4)
Hammer price: £15
Estimate: £20 - £40
10 May 2022
10 May 2022
PULLMAN (PHILIP), HIS DARK MATERIALS (3 VOLS)
Lot 467 Sold
PULLMAN (PHILIP), HIS DARK MATERIALS (3 VOLS)
All first editions, first impressions, Rare Impression of 'His Dark Materials Northern Lights' (owners name written on first page) , 'The Amber Spyglass' has foxing to the edges of pages
Hammer price: £460
Estimate: £500 - £600
10 May 2022
10 May 2022
CHARLES DARWIN: 'INSECTIVOROUS PLANTS'
Lot 468 Sold
CHARLES DARWIN: 'INSECTIVOROUS PLANTS'
John Murray, 1875 (library copy), with four other Darwin works, 'The primrose and Darwinism' ('by A Field naturalist'), Grant Richards 1902, G.E. Lodge; 'Memoirs..', and an engraving of Darwin, with facsimile signature
Hammer price: £170
Estimate: £30 - £50
10 May 2022
10 May 2022
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS
Lot 469 Sold
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS
Hammer price: £10
Estimate: £20 - £40
10 May 2022
10 May 2022
EASTON PRESS: VARIOUS LEATHER-BOUND VOLUMES
Lot 470 Sold
EASTON PRESS: VARIOUS LEATHER-BOUND VOLUMES
collector's editions
Hammer price: £360
Estimate: £120 - £180
10 May 2022
10 May 2022
A COLLECTION OF CHILDRENS BOOKS
Lot 471 Sold
A COLLECTION OF CHILDRENS BOOKS
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £20 - £40
10 May 2022
10 May 2022
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS ON ANTIQUE SILVER
Lot 472 Sold
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS ON ANTIQUE SILVER
country house interest, art, history etc.
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £30 - £50
10 May 2022
10 May 2022
A LARGE COLLECTION OF RAILWAY BOOKS
Lot 473 Sold
A LARGE COLLECTION OF RAILWAY BOOKS
including British historical, regional, old and modern, southern and west country, buildings, steam to BR, narrow gauge, plus two boxes of European and international
Hammer price: £260
Estimate: £30 - £50
10 May 2022
10 May 2022
A COLLECTION OF ARCHITECTURE BOOKS
Lot 474 Sold
A COLLECTION OF ARCHITECTURE BOOKS
Hammer price: £180
Estimate: £50 - £100
10 May 2022
10 May 2022
A COLLECTION OF MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS
Lot 475 Sold
A COLLECTION OF MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £30 - £50
10 May 2022
10 May 2022
A COLLECTION OF 'CURRENT LAW' BOOKS
Lot 476 Sold
A COLLECTION OF 'CURRENT LAW' BOOKS
with other similarS
Hammer price: £10
Estimate: £20 - £40
10 May 2022
10 May 2022
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS OF MOTORING INTEREST
Lot 477 Sold
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS OF MOTORING INTEREST
Ferrari, Maserati, Aston Martin, etc.
Hammer price: £170
Estimate: £60 - £80
10 May 2022
10 May 2022
WINSTON CHURCHILL, VARIOUS WORKS
Lot 478 Sold
WINSTON CHURCHILL, VARIOUS WORKS
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £20 - £40
10 May 2022
10 May 2022
A COLLECTION OF 18TH CENTURY AND LATER LEATHER-BOUND BOOKS
Lot 479 Sold
A COLLECTION OF 18TH CENTURY AND LATER LEATHER-BOUND BOOKS
including Flavius Josephus, Balzac, and others (incomplete sets, some in poor condition)
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £30 - £50
10 May 2022
10 May 2022

Total lots: 736

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