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Auction date Tuesday 10 June 2025
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Tuesday 10th June starting at 10:00am

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Total lots: 673

A QUANTITY OF EPHEMERA
Lot 480 Sold
A QUANTITY OF EPHEMERA
including photographs of Charterhouse by the Society for Photographing Relics of Old London, 1880, Victorian greetings cards, postcards, engravings, and illustrations from 'The Graphic' etc
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £40 - £60
10 June 2025
10 June 2025
A LARGE COLLECTION OF WEYMOUTH AND OTHER LOCAL FOOTBALL PROGRAMMES
Lot 481 Sold
A LARGE COLLECTION OF WEYMOUTH AND OTHER LOCAL FOOTBALL PROGRAMMES
including: a 1925 Yeovil newsletter, together with a collection of FA Cup Final (5 boxes)
Hammer price: £3,200
Estimate: £150 - £250
10 June 2025
10 June 2025
FRISBY'S BOOTS, DORCHESTER: A CALENDAR FOR 1901
Lot 482 Unsold
FRISBY'S BOOTS, DORCHESTER: A CALENDAR FOR 1901
with chromolithograph view, fixed to thin ebonised battens
Estimate: £30 - £50
10 June 2025
10 June 2025
HOLE'S MAP OF ANGLO-SAXON ENGLAND (UNFRAMED)
Lot 483 Sold
HOLE'S MAP OF ANGLO-SAXON ENGLAND (UNFRAMED)
Pryce/Bayly plan of Bridport, other maps, postcards and ephemera
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £30 - £50
10 June 2025
10 June 2025
THOMAE STANISLAI VELASTI
Lot 484 Sold
THOMAE STANISLAI VELASTI
Societatis Jesu DISSERTATIO De Litterarum Graecarum Pronuntiaone, Rome 1751, with old paste-paper decorated cover
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £30 - £50
10 June 2025
10 June 2025
HAROLD WILSON: THE GOVERNANCE OF BRITAIN, SIGNED COPY
Lot 485 Unsold
HAROLD WILSON: THE GOVERNANCE OF BRITAIN, SIGNED COPY
Weidenfeld and Nicholson/Michael Joseph, 1976
Estimate: £30 - £50
10 June 2025
10 June 2025
WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Lot 486 Sold
WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
'Falstaff' edition, published by Bliss Sands and Co. red cloth bound, 1896
Hammer price: £10
Estimate: £30 - £50
10 June 2025
10 June 2025
THOMAS HARDY/HARDY PLAYERS: GERTRUDE BUGLER SIGNED COPY
Lot 487 Sold
THOMAS HARDY/HARDY PLAYERS: GERTRUDE BUGLER SIGNED COPY
'Tess of the D'Urbervilles' (1983), with Rena Gardiner: Dorset; The Isle of Purbeck (reprint) (2)
Hammer price: £35
Estimate: £30 - £50
10 June 2025
10 June 2025
MARGARET THATCHER: SIGNED BOOKS
Lot 488 Sold
MARGARET THATCHER: SIGNED BOOKS
'The path to power' (two copies), 'The Downing Street years', and 'Statecraft', with Bernard Ingham; 'The slow downfall of Margaret Thatcher', signed, and a presented copy of Robert O. Beatty 'Idaho' with enclosed letter from Downing street to the owner (5)
Hammer price: £260
Estimate: £30 - £50
10 June 2025
10 June 2025
'BIBA; THE BIBA EXPERIENCE', ALWYN W. TURNER, SIGNED
Lot 489 Unsold
'BIBA; THE BIBA EXPERIENCE', ALWYN W. TURNER, SIGNED
and dedicated copy, Antique Collectors' Club; with A. Turner and S. Thomas; 'Welcome to Big Biba', signed and dedicated by Turner; and B. Hulanicki and Martin Pel; 'The Biba years' (3)
Estimate: £50 - £100
10 June 2025
10 June 2025
C. BODEN KLOSS: IN THE ANDAMANS AND NICOBARS
Lot 490 Sold
C. BODEN KLOSS: IN THE ANDAMANS AND NICOBARS
The narrative of a cruise in the schooner 'Terrapin', with notices of the islands, their fauna, ethnology, Etc, John Murray, 1903, cloth bound (wear, some staining)
Hammer price: £45
Estimate: £30 - £50
10 June 2025
10 June 2025
THREE DORSET BOOKS: WILLIAM BARNES
Lot 491 Unsold
THREE DORSET BOOKS: WILLIAM BARNES
Poems of Rural life in the Dorset Dialect, London 1905, with 'The Marn'll Book', Blackmore Press, 1952 (bookplate for The British Council), and Cecil P. Goodden; 'The story of the Sherborne Pageant', Sherborne 1906 (3)
Estimate: £30 - £50
10 June 2025
10 June 2025
GILFILLAN, REV. GEORGE (Ed) - SIX POETRY VOLUMES
Lot 492 Sold
GILFILLAN, REV. GEORGE (Ed) - SIX POETRY VOLUMES
comprising ‘Milton’s Poetical Works’ volumes 1 and 2, ‘The Poetical Works of George Herbert’, together with ‘Less-Known British Poets’, volumes 1-3, all bound in gilt tooled red leather (6)
Hammer price: £45
Estimate: £50 - £100
10 June 2025
10 June 2025
THE NONESUCH PRESS, COMPLETE WORKS OF THOMAS OTWAY
Lot 493 Unsold
THE NONESUCH PRESS, COMPLETE WORKS OF THOMAS OTWAY
Three vols, 1926, 555 of 1250 sets
Estimate: £30 - £50
10 June 2025
10 June 2025
P.F. ROBINSON: RURAL ARCHITECTURE
Lot 494 Sold
P.F. ROBINSON: RURAL ARCHITECTURE
being a series of designs for ornamental cottages, London, James Carpenter and Son, 1826 (spine detached), and John Britton; Illustrations, graphic and literary, of Fonthill Abbey, Wiltshire London 1823 (2)
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £30 - £50
10 June 2025
10 June 2025
THOMAS HARDY: MOMENTS OF VISION AND MISCELLANEOUS VERSES
Lot 495 Sold
THOMAS HARDY: MOMENTS OF VISION AND MISCELLANEOUS VERSES
facsimile of the original, published by Paradine in association with Magdalene College, Cambridge, 1978, numbered 8/200, signed by Walter Hamilton (Master), with slip case (owner inscription)
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £40 - £60
10 June 2025
10 June 2025
CAMDEN, WILLIAM: ‘THE HISTORY OF…PRINCESS ELIZABETH, LATE QUEEN OF ENGLAND’
Lot 496 Sold
CAMDEN, WILLIAM: ‘THE HISTORY OF…PRINCESS ELIZABETH, LATE QUEEN OF ENGLAND’
third edition, 4to, printed by E. Flesher for Charles Harper, Fleetstreet, 1675, full calf bound with later half title
Hammer price: £150
Estimate: £150 - £250
10 June 2025
10 June 2025
JOHN HUTCHINS: THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE COUNTY OF DORSET
Lot 497 Sold
JOHN HUTCHINS: THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE COUNTY OF DORSET
two volumes, W. Bowyer and J. Nichols 1774,leather bound (detached boards, worn)
Hammer price: £110
Estimate: £100 - £200
10 June 2025
10 June 2025
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS OF HUNTING/SPORTING INTEREST
Lot 498 Sold
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS OF HUNTING/SPORTING INTEREST
including G.J. Whyte-Melville 'Sporting songs and verses', illus. Lionel Edwards, London 1926, F.A. Stewart; 'Hunting countries', and 'Cross country with hounds', Will H. Ogilvie; 'Galloping shoes' and others (8)
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £30 - £60
10 June 2025
10 June 2025
J. PAUL RYLANDS: NOTES ON BOOK-PLATES
Lot 499 Sold
J. PAUL RYLANDS: NOTES ON BOOK-PLATES
(EX LIBRIS), With special reference to Lancashire and Cheshire examples; Liverpool; privately printed, 1889
Hammer price: £35
Estimate: £30 - £60
10 June 2025
10 June 2025
KIRBY W.F 'THE BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS OF EUROPE'
Lot 500 Sold
KIRBY W.F 'THE BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS OF EUROPE'
with Pouchet 'The Universe' and Bell 'British Quadrupeds' (3)
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £100 - £200
10 June 2025
10 June 2025
‘CLARE COLLEGE 1326-1926’
Lot 501 Unsold
‘CLARE COLLEGE 1326-1926’
volume 1, published by Cambridge University Press, 1928, black cloth bound with card case
Estimate: £30 - £50
10 June 2025
10 June 2025
MARSHALL'S COMMERCIAL POCKET BOOK FOR 1827
Lot 502 Unsold
MARSHALL'S COMMERCIAL POCKET BOOK FOR 1827
and other books; George Meredith; Lord Ormont and his Aminta, Chapman and Hall, 3 vols 1894, The Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson, Macmillan and Co 1890, and others
Estimate: £30 - £50
10 June 2025
10 June 2025
A COLLECTION OF GAME SHOOTING BOOKS
Lot 503 Sold
A COLLECTION OF GAME SHOOTING BOOKS
and similar, including Maj. Sir Gerald Burrard 'The modern shotgun', 3 vols, 4th ed. rev. 1959
Hammer price: £10
Estimate: £30 - £60
10 June 2025
10 June 2025
A QUANTITY OF BOUND 'PUNCH' VOLUMES
Lot 504 Sold
A QUANTITY OF BOUND 'PUNCH' VOLUMES
1896 - 1918, Boy's Own Paper, 1880s, Boys Own Annual, and Bacon's Atlas of the World
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £30 - £50
10 June 2025
10 June 2025
THOMAS HARDY; POCKET EDITION OF PROSE AND POETRY, 27 VOLUMES
Lot 505 Sold
THOMAS HARDY; POCKET EDITION OF PROSE AND POETRY, 27 VOLUMES
including the final two scarce pocket volumes of the poetry, Macmillan and Co, 1920s (varying condition, some presentation copies, some with pasted in cuttings etc)
Hammer price: £130
Estimate: £60 - £120
10 June 2025
10 June 2025
A QUANTITY OF ENGLISH TOPOGRAPHY BOOKS
Lot 506 Sold
A QUANTITY OF ENGLISH TOPOGRAPHY BOOKS
including London interest
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £30 - £50
10 June 2025
10 June 2025
A QUANTITY OF BOOKS AND MAPS
Lot 507 Unsold
A QUANTITY OF BOOKS AND MAPS
including OS maps, an early 20th century Bacon's Cycling and Motoring map, Introduction to Braille (pt 2 and 3), and others
Estimate: £30 - £40
10 June 2025
10 June 2025
'GILES' (RONALD 'CARL' GILES, 1916-1995) THE FIRST FIFTY SERIES
Lot 508 Sold
'GILES' (RONALD 'CARL' GILES, 1916-1995) THE FIRST FIFTY SERIES
annuals published 1946 -1996 (the cartoons ranging from 1943-1991), unclipped; with various with subsequent 'Collections', 1999 and 2000 calendars, 'Nurse!' special 1975, facsimile 1st series, another original 1st series (scruffy condition), an unbound and untrimmed 11th series (a printer's sample?), and an annual of 'Strube' cartoons 1939-44 (Giles predecessor at the Express)
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £100 - £150
10 June 2025
10 June 2025
BARBARA JONES: FOLLIES & GROTTOES
Lot 509 Sold
BARBARA JONES: FOLLIES & GROTTOES
Constable, 1953, and other books on architecture from the same period; John Piper; 'Buildings and prospects', Laurence Whistler; 'The imagination of Vanbrugh', 'Collins Guide to English Parish Churches', intro. Betjeman, others by Christina Hole, S. Sitwell, R. Dutton etc, most with dust jackets, and Rena Gardiner; 'Portrait of Lacock', N.T. 1971 (general wear, owner inscriptions, etc)
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £50 - £100
10 June 2025
10 June 2025
LEWIS CARROLL: ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND
Lot 510 Sold
LEWIS CARROLL: ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND
various volumes, including Mabel Lucie Attwell illustrated, and other Carroll related books (many in poor condition)
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £30 - £50
10 June 2025
10 June 2025
NIKOLAUS PEVSNER: THE BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND
Lot 511 Sold
NIKOLAUS PEVSNER: THE BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND
Penguin paperback ed. BE 1 - 26, and 23 hardback ed, various editions (variable condition)
Hammer price: £110
Estimate: £50 - £100
10 June 2025
10 June 2025
A QUANTITY OF VARIOUS BOOKS AND CATALOGUES ON ARMS & ARMOUR
Lot 512 Sold
A QUANTITY OF VARIOUS BOOKS AND CATALOGUES ON ARMS & ARMOUR
including several Peter Finer catalogues
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £30 - £50
10 June 2025
10 June 2025
A COLLECTION OF DORSET RELATED BOOKS
Lot 513 Sold
A COLLECTION OF DORSET RELATED BOOKS
including; volumes of 'Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset' RCHM and 'Domesday Book', Dorset extracts.
Hammer price: £110
Estimate: £80 - £120
10 June 2025
10 June 2025
A QUANTITY OF MILITARY INTEREST BOOKS
Lot 514 Sold
A QUANTITY OF MILITARY INTEREST BOOKS
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £40 - £60
10 June 2025
10 June 2025
A COLLECTION OF ART AND ANTIQUE BOOKS
Lot 515 Unsold
A COLLECTION OF ART AND ANTIQUE BOOKS
including; 'A History of English Furniture' by Percy MacQuoid, with other art books.
Estimate: £50 - £100
10 June 2025
10 June 2025
FIVE VOLUMES 'THE GRAPHIC', BOUND 1870-72
Lot 516 Sold
FIVE VOLUMES 'THE GRAPHIC', BOUND 1870-72
(bindings worn)
Hammer price: £130
Estimate: £40 - £60
10 June 2025
10 June 2025
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS ON ARCHITECTURE
Lot 517 Sold
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS ON ARCHITECTURE
including 'Our National Cathedrals', Ward, Lock and Co, 1889 (3 vols), various on country houses, and others, and some books on other subjects (some in worn condition) (4 shelves)
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £50 - £100
10 June 2025
10 June 2025
CHARLES DICKENS; WORKS
Lot 518 Sold
CHARLES DICKENS; WORKS
published by Thomas Nelson, 9 Volumes, blue 3/4 leather bound (faded)
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £30 - £50
10 June 2025
10 June 2025
AN INVENTORY OF THE HISTORICAL MONUMENTS IN THE COUNTY OF DORSET
Lot 519 Sold
AN INVENTORY OF THE HISTORICAL MONUMENTS IN THE COUNTY OF DORSET
R.C.H.M. vol I, vol II (pts 1-3), volIII (pts 1-2), vol IV, and Heath and Prideaux; Some Dorset manor houses, Malachi Blake; The fire at Blandford Forum (1860 reprint), and Arthur Oswald; Country houses of Dorset (10 books)
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £50 - £100
10 June 2025
10 June 2025
ROBERT MORDEN (1650-1703) Maps of Wiltshire, Sussex and England
Lot 520 Sold
ROBERT MORDEN (1650-1703) Maps of Wiltshire, Sussex and England
three coloured engravings, the largest measuring 40cm x 47cm (3)
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £50 - £100
10 June 2025
10 June 2025
A COLLECTION OF O.S. MAPS
Lot 521 Sold
A COLLECTION OF O.S. MAPS
and others, Michelin maps, Crutchley's Railway and Telegraph map of Buckingham, etc
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £30 - £50
10 June 2025
10 June 2025
A PAIR OF NEAPOLITAN GOUACHE PAINTINGS OF ERUPTIONS
Lot 522 Sold
A PAIR OF NEAPOLITAN GOUACHE PAINTINGS OF ERUPTIONS
by day and night, late 19th century, in maple frames, each 44 x 54cm
Hammer price: £140
Estimate: £50 - £100
10 June 2025
10 June 2025
CATHIE WHITNEY, MORNING SUMMER II
Lot 523 Unsold
CATHIE WHITNEY, MORNING SUMMER II
lithograph, 115/275, 79 x 69, with two framed prints of still lives (3)
Estimate: £30 - £50
10 June 2025
10 June 2025
A COLLECTION OF PRINTS OF BRITISH MILITARY UNIFORMS
Lot 524 Sold
A COLLECTION OF PRINTS OF BRITISH MILITARY UNIFORMS
early 18th to late 19th centuries, with three prints of naval vessels, and one of a mounted soldier
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £30 - £50
10 June 2025
10 June 2025
VASE ANGLAISE, AFTER PREVOST
Lot 525 Sold
VASE ANGLAISE, AFTER PREVOST
lithograph of roses and other garden flowers, 52 x 69, with other botanical and bird prints
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £30 - £50
10 June 2025
10 June 2025
A COLLECTION OF TOPOGRAHICAL PRINTS
Lot 526 Unsold
A COLLECTION OF TOPOGRAHICAL PRINTS
mostly London
Estimate: £30 - £50
10 June 2025
10 June 2025
AFTER COMTE REGIS BOUVIER DE CACHARD: VENETIAN VIEW
Lot 527 Sold
AFTER COMTE REGIS BOUVIER DE CACHARD: VENETIAN VIEW
colour print on canvas 55 x 70cm, and a further quantity of pictures and prints
Hammer price: £35
Estimate: £40 - £60
10 June 2025
10 June 2025

Total lots: 673

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