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| Lot | Title | Estimate | Hammer price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 480 |
ARTHUR RACKHAM: 'THE INGOLDSBY LEGENDS', DENT & CO 1907
and other Rackham books, various editions (much with condition issues)
|
£40 - £80 | £140 | View |
| 481 |
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS
on wine and art
|
£20 - £40 | £80 | View |
| 482 |
EASTON PRESS: VARIOUS LEATHER-BOUND VOLUMES
collector's editions
|
£120 - £180 | £340 | View |
| 483 |
G.J. WHYTE-MELVILLE: WORKS, 24 VOLS.
W. Thacker & Co 1898, faded cloth bindings
|
£30 - £50 | - | View |
| 484 |
A GERMAN LUTHERAN BIBLE 'DIE GANZE HEILIGE SCHRIFT'
Leipzig 1847, leather bound with slip case, and a quantity of miscellaneous books
|
£20 - £40 | £30 | View |
| 485 |
CHARLES DICKENS, VARIOUS WORKS
varying conditions
|
£40 - £80 | £40 | View |
| 486 |
SIR WALTER SCOTT: WAVERLEY NOVELS
Centenary edition 25 vols.Adam and Charles Black 1871 (some damage to spine, spotting)
|
£30 - £50 | £20 | View |
| 487 |
A COLLECTION OF VINTAGE CHILDREN'S BOOKS
including 'Chums', and 'Boy's own Paper' (mostly in worn condition)
|
£20 - £40 | £30 | View |
| 488 |
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS, MAINLY FICTION
and poetry
|
£10 - £20 | £20 | View |
| 489 |
A QUANTITY OF BOOKS
film, nature, literature and others
|
£20 - £40 | £30 | View |
| 490 |
W.M. THACKERAY: WORKS, TWELVE VOLS.
Smith, Elder & Co 1878 puce calf (some losses to spines)
|
£30 - £50 | £45 | View |
| 491 |
ILLUSTRATED EDITION OF THE ARABIAN NIGHTS
Library edition H.S. Nichols Ltd 1897 (vols. 2-11 only)
|
£20 - £40 | £20 | View |
| 492 | A COLLECTION OF BOOKS ON CHINESE HISTORY | £30 - £50 | £40 | View |
| 493 |
A SMALL COLLECTION OF BOOKS, MILITARY AIRCRAFT
and others
|
£20 - £40 | £10 | View |
| 494 |
EVELYN WAUGH: 'THE ORDEAL OF GILBERT PENFOLD'
Chapman and Hall 1957 (with jacket), and a further collection of 20th century works, some 1st ed. by various authors, some with jackets (12)
|
£30 - £50 | £30 | View |
| 495 |
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS OF BIBLIOGRAPHICAL INTEREST
including maclean; 'A short-title catalogue of household and cookery books...1701-1800', and others similar
|
£20 - £40 | £10 | View |
| 496 |
A COLLECTION OF BEATRIX POTTER BOOKS
(all in poor condition)
|
£20 - £40 | £60 | View |
| 497 |
KATE GREENAWAY ALMANACK FOR 1925, AMELIARANNE AND THE GREEN UMBRELLA
George Harrap 1920, and a collection of 19th century and later children's books (most in worn condition)
|
£30 - £50 | £40 | View |
| 498 |
AN ILLUSTRATED FAMILY BIBLE
late 19th century, binding damaged
|
£10 - £20 | - | View |
| 499 |
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS ON COMMERCIAL ART, POSTERS
and advertising, including 'Art for all', pub. Art and technics Ltd, London 1949, and an advertising Nursery Rhyme book, for H.P Sauce, c.1930
|
£30 - £50 | £110 | View |
| 500 |
A COLLECTION OF ILLUSTRATED BOOKS
Jessie M. King, Vera Willoughby, Willy Pogany, Charles Robinson, Margaret W. Tarrant and others, various dates (some in poor condition)
|
£30 - £50 | £150 | View |
| 501 |
ARTHUR RACKHAM: 'SOME BRITISH BALLADS' DODD. MEAD & CO
New York, c.1919, with 'The Ingoldsby legends', Dent & Co 1907, and 'The Vicar of Wakefield', Harrap & Co 1929 (3) (all with some wear)
|
£40 - £60 | £140 | View |
| 502 |
H.G. WELLS: 'TONO-BUNGAY', MACMILLAN AND CO.
1909, and other Wells works (8)
|
£40 - £60 | - | View |
| 503 |
LEWIS CARROLL: ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND', ILLUSTRATED ARTHUR RACKHAM
third imp.1917 (scruffy), with an 1899 ed. of 'Alice', and other related books (8)
|
£30 - £50 | £340 | View |
| 504 |
BREEDON BOOKS, SPORT
Bradford City, Sheffield Wednesday, Leeds United, Aston Villa and Oldham Athletic (5)
|
£20 - £40 | £20 | View |
| 505 |
EDMUND DULAC: FOUR ILLUSTRATED BOOKS
'Fairy book', 'Picture book for the Red Cross', 'The tempest' and 'Stories from The Arabian Nights' (all with wear)
|
£30 - £50 | £160 | View |
| 506 |
'THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND DURING THE REIGNS OF THE ROYAL HOUSE OF STUART'
half calf with marbled boards, c.18th century (half of title-page missing)
|
£60 - £80 | - | View |
| 507 |
A COLLECTION OF GWR BOOKS
published by the Great Western Railway, including Cornish Riviera signed by the author, 1920s and 1930s
|
£30 - £50 | £35 | View |
| 508 |
FIVE 'BOY'S OWN' ANNUALS 1926-29
and a 'Greyfriars holiday annual' 1931 (6)
|
£20 - £40 | £20 | View |
| 509 |
DOMESDAY: DORSET, LTD. EDITION
283/1000 Alecto historical editions 1988, in a red case
|
£30 - £50 | £35 | View |
| 510 | A COLLECTION OF AUCTION CATALOGUES | £10 - £20 | - | View |
| 511 |
A PHILIP'S UNIVERSAL ATLAS
with five other atlases
|
£10 - £20 | - | View |
| 512 |
O. HENRY: VARIOUS WORKS, TWELVE VOLUMES
Doubleday, Page & Company 1916
|
£30 - £50 | £50 | View |
| 513 |
A COLLECTION OF 'OBSERVER'S' AND 'LADYBIRD' BOOKS
books of Australian interest and 'Giles' annuals
|
£20 - £40 | £20 | View |
| 514 |
DOMESAY BOOK EXTRACT FOR SOMERSET
Alecto historical editons 1987, 3 vols. in slipcase
|
£30 - £50 | - | View |
| 515 |
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS
mostly Chinese and Japanese art, netsuke and Impressionism
|
£20 - £40 | £850 | View |
| 516 |
A ROUND REPRODUCTION MAP
in a circular patinated frame with rope hanging
|
£20 - £40 | £130 | View |
| 517 |
A PAIR OF GILT-FRAMED SILHOUETTE PORTRAITS
in ink, dated '95 each frame 24 x 31cm
|
£30 - £50 | £40 | View |
| 518 |
ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY
A portrait of a young lady, possibly George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans), half length, the sitter holding a string of rosary beads, red chalk on paper, 26cm x 22cm
|
£50 - £100 | £40 | View |
| 519 |
TWO STIPPLE ENGRAVINGS IN THE STYLE OF ANGELICA KAUFFMANN
in round gilt frames (some chips)
|
£40 - £60 | £40 | View |
| 520 |
TWO FRAN. MORELLI ENGRAVINGS OF THE COLOSSEUM AND TREVI FOUNTAIN
in gilt frames
|
£20 - £40 | £45 | View |
| 521 |
BEN MAILE 1922-2017: FISHING BOATS, WATERCOLOUR
over graphite with gum glazes, dated 1961 (laid on to board, original frame, but unglazed)
|
£40 - £60 | - | View |
| 522 | WITHDRAWN | £20 - £40 | - | View |
| 523 |
HENRY ANDREW HARPER (1835-1900) Rural landscape with figures
signed and dated 1864 lower right, watercolour, 23cm x 49.5cm
|
£60 - £80 | £50 | View |
| 524 |
A PAIR OF WATERCOLOURS
primitive rural scenes, unsigned
|
£30 - £50 | - | View |
| 525 |
SUSAN RYDER (B. 1944) Trees in a landscape
signed and dated (19)84 lower right, oil on canvas, 30cm x 35cm
|
£100 - £200 | £170 | View |
| 526 |
TOM WISE, PORTRAIT OF GUERRO
Oil on board, 1980s, 32 x 37 cms. Email from Wise, well-known Californian artist, confirming subject and date (attached verso)
|
£40 - £60 | £60 | View |
| 527 |
HAL WOOLFE (20TH CENTURY) FLOWERS IN A LUSTRE JUG
signed and dated 1930, in a moulded frame 68 x 78cm
|
£50 - £80 | £100 | View |
