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Auction date Tuesday 11 March 2025 10:00 - 17:30 GMT
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Total lots: 649

THREE PIRELLI CALENDARS
Lot 427 Sold
THREE PIRELLI CALENDARS
including 1992 Chinese Year of the Monkey, 1991, and 1987 (3)
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £30 - £50
11 March 2025
11 March 2025
A 1951 'LIVERPOOL FC' MATCH DAY PROGRAMME
Lot 428 Unsold
A 1951 'LIVERPOOL FC' MATCH DAY PROGRAMME
With a collection of Liverpool away games and cup final programmes and some ticket stubs
Estimate: £50 - £100
11 March 2025
11 March 2025
A COLLECTION OF STAMPS, POSTCARDS
Lot 429 Sold
A COLLECTION OF STAMPS, POSTCARDS
lettercards, and tea cards
Hammer price: £10
Estimate: £30 - £40
11 March 2025
11 March 2025
A QUANTITY OF STREATHAM HILL THEATRE PROGRAMMES
Lot 430 Sold
A QUANTITY OF STREATHAM HILL THEATRE PROGRAMMES
various programmes from 1932 - 1937
Hammer price: £25
Estimate: £30 - £50
11 March 2025
11 March 2025
A COLLECTION 'LIVERPOOL FC' MATCH DAY PROGRAMMES
Lot 431 Unsold
A COLLECTION 'LIVERPOOL FC' MATCH DAY PROGRAMMES
home and away game programmes, with Liverpool FC books and other match day programmes
Estimate: £30 - £50
11 March 2025
11 March 2025
FRENCH LINE CGT OCEAN LINER MENUS
Lot 432 Sold
FRENCH LINE CGT OCEAN LINER MENUS
1927-1954, from SS Ile de France, SS Paris , SS De Grasse, SS Champlain, SS Liberte, SS Flandre, with other ocean liner menus from SS Andrea Doria, and United States Lines
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £30 - £50
11 March 2025
11 March 2025
TIGER AND SCORCHER COMICS
Lot 433 Unsold
TIGER AND SCORCHER COMICS
a part run of comics from 1976 - 1978
Estimate: £30 - £50
11 March 2025
11 March 2025
A QUANTITY OF EPHEMERA
Lot 434 Sold
A QUANTITY OF EPHEMERA
including a Spice Girls 1998 calendar, a 'Tim's Telescopic View' Jubilee souvenir, sheet music, advertising and other items
Hammer price: £25
Estimate: £30 - £50
11 March 2025
11 March 2025
A COLLECTION OF VINTAGE JAZZ MAGAZINES
Lot 435 Unsold
A COLLECTION OF VINTAGE JAZZ MAGAZINES
mostly bound, 'Jazz Music', 'Jazz Notes', and 'Jazz Information' (vol 1, no.1, 1939, and later), and others
Estimate: £50 - £100
11 March 2025
11 March 2025
A LARGE COLLECTION OF 'LIVERPOOL FC' MATCH DAY PROGRAMMES
Lot 436 Sold
A LARGE COLLECTION OF 'LIVERPOOL FC' MATCH DAY PROGRAMMES
A run of Liverpool FC programmes dating from seasons 1966 - 1982, approximately 160 programmes
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £50 - £100
11 March 2025
11 March 2025
ROY OF THE ROVERS COMICS
Lot 437 Unsold
ROY OF THE ROVERS COMICS
a part run of comics from 1976 - 1978
Estimate: £50 - £100
11 March 2025
11 March 2025
JAZZ: 'PICKUP' MAGAZINE 1946-47, from volume 1, no.1
Lot 438 Unsold
JAZZ: 'PICKUP' MAGAZINE 1946-47, from volume 1, no.1
and a long run of the subsequently re-named 'Jazz Journal' 1948-94 (all bound)
Estimate: £100 - £200
11 March 2025
11 March 2025
'JAZZ MONTHLY' MAGAZINE 1955-71
Lot 439 Unsold
'JAZZ MONTHLY' MAGAZINE 1955-71
(bound)
Estimate: £50 - £100
11 March 2025
11 March 2025
A COLLECTION OF VICTORIAN PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS
Lot 440 Sold
A COLLECTION OF VICTORIAN PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS
one with contents, the cover and mechanism for a Japanese musical photo album, a few 1970s Alphonse Mucha posters, a Pear's soap blotter, and other items
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £30 - £40
11 March 2025
11 March 2025
GUNTHER STILLER'S BLATTER ZUM PARADIESISCHEN KALENDER
Lot 441 Sold
GUNTHER STILLER'S BLATTER ZUM PARADIESISCHEN KALENDER
a series of twelve prints signed by Stiller, in a portfolio, 1/250
Hammer price: £45
Estimate: £50 - £100
11 March 2025
11 March 2025
A 19th CENTURY 'SELF INTERPRETING' BIBLE
Lot 442 Sold
A 19th CENTURY 'SELF INTERPRETING' BIBLE
pub. Thomas Kelly, London, with numerous coloured plates, map of Jerusalem etc (foxing, binding poor)
Hammer price: £10
Estimate: £30 - £50
11 March 2025
11 March 2025
GEORGE ORWELL: NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR, THE FACSIMILE
Lot 443 Sold
GEORGE ORWELL: NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR, THE FACSIMILE
of the extant manuscript, pref. Daniel G. Siegel, Secker and Warburg, London 1984, red buckram with dust jacket
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £40 - £60
11 March 2025
11 March 2025
E.R. & J. PENNELL: THE LIFE OF JAMES McNEILL WHISTLER
Lot 444 Sold
E.R. & J. PENNELL: THE LIFE OF JAMES McNEILL WHISTLER
2 vols, William Heinemann, London 1908, Vol 1 signed by the publisher, and No. 29/150, half-calf (discoloured)
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £30 - £60
11 March 2025
11 March 2025
'LES ESCRIPTS de FRANCOYS VILLON' enlumines et calligraphies par GUIGNARD
Lot 445 Sold
'LES ESCRIPTS de FRANCOYS VILLON' enlumines et calligraphies par GUIGNARD
Club du livre, Paris 1974, cased, with accompanying cased 'Archive' material, numbered 4201
Hammer price: £10
Estimate: £40 - £60
11 March 2025
11 March 2025
RENA GARDINER: THE STORY OF ELY CATHEDRAL
Lot 446 Sold
RENA GARDINER: THE STORY OF ELY CATHEDRAL
History of Salisbury Cathedral, The Isle of Purbeck, Tarrant to Blandford and other ephemera
Hammer price: £340
Estimate: £200 - £400
11 March 2025
11 March 2025
HARRY POTTER, SEVEN FIRST EDITIONS
Lot 447 Unsold
HARRY POTTER, SEVEN FIRST EDITIONS
including Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, first US edition 1998
Estimate: £200 - £400
11 March 2025
11 March 2025
RONALD SEARLE, IN PERSPECTIVE
Lot 448 Sold
RONALD SEARLE, IN PERSPECTIVE
first US edition, with eight other books, mostly for children and mostly first US editions
Hammer price: £10
Estimate: £30 - £60
11 March 2025
11 March 2025
DON MCCULLEN: IN ENGLAND (SIGNED COPY)
Lot 449 Sold
DON MCCULLEN: IN ENGLAND (SIGNED COPY)
Jonathan Cape, 2007
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £60 - £100
11 March 2025
11 March 2025
RAVILIOUS AT WAR
Lot 450 Sold
RAVILIOUS AT WAR
edited by Anne Ullman, The Fleece Press, Upper Denby 2002, in slip case
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £200 - £400
11 March 2025
11 March 2025
THE MOUSE & HIS MASTER; THE LIFE AND WORK OF TERENCE CUNEO
Lot 451 Unsold
THE MOUSE & HIS MASTER; THE LIFE AND WORK OF TERENCE CUNEO
New Cavendish Books, London 1977, in slip case and boxed
Estimate: £100 - £200
11 March 2025
11 March 2025
THOMAS HARDY: TESS OF THE D'URBERVILLES
Lot 452 Sold
THOMAS HARDY: TESS OF THE D'URBERVILLES
A pure woman, Osgood, McIlvaine and Co, 1895, cloth, gilt with roundel to front, etched portrait, facsimile signature and map (loose pages, damage to last page, other faults)
Hammer price: £10
Estimate: £30 - £50
11 March 2025
11 March 2025
TWO CHILDREN'S BOOKS
Lot 453 Sold
TWO CHILDREN'S BOOKS
Horace Mayhew/George Cruikshank; 'The toothache' (facsimile) and 'Further adventures in Fools Paradise' (poor condition) (2)
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £30 - £50
11 March 2025
11 March 2025
R. BROOKES: THE GENERAL GAZETTEER
Lot 454 Sold
R. BROOKES: THE GENERAL GAZETTEER
or Compendious Geographical Dictionary, fourth edition, London 1778, with various fold-out maps, cloth bound (damaged)
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £30 - £50
11 March 2025
11 March 2025
B. PARKER, ILLUSTRATED BY N. PARKER: 'FUNNY BUNNIES'
Lot 455 Sold
B. PARKER, ILLUSTRATED BY N. PARKER: 'FUNNY BUNNIES'
and five other late 19th/20th century children's books (worn condition)
Hammer price: £110
Estimate: £60 - £100
11 March 2025
11 March 2025
ARTHUR SKETCHLEY: A SERIES OF 'YELLOWBACK' 'Mrs BROWN' BOOKS
Lot 456 Sold
ARTHUR SKETCHLEY: A SERIES OF 'YELLOWBACK' 'Mrs BROWN' BOOKS
with pictorial boards, including; 'Mrs Brown at Margate', 'in London', 'at the Paris Exhibition', 'on the Tichborne case', 'at Brighton', 'on the Shah's visit', and others and one plain paperback (13) (poor condition)
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £30 - £60
11 March 2025
11 March 2025
BUNYAN THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS
Lot 457 Sold
BUNYAN THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS
Adam & Co, Newcastle-on-Tyne, with lithograph colour plates and embossed binding, late 19th century
Hammer price: £15
Estimate: £30 - £50
11 March 2025
11 March 2025
G.R. CLARKE; 'THE HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION OF THE TOWN AND BOROUGH OF IPSWICH'
Lot 458 Sold
G.R. CLARKE; 'THE HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION OF THE TOWN AND BOROUGH OF IPSWICH'
published by S. Piper, c.1830 (badly foxed in places), with J.E. Taylor; 'In and about Ancient Ipswich', Jarrold and Sons, 1888 (foxed, other faults) (2)
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £30 - £50
11 March 2025
11 March 2025
DENYS WATKINS-PITCHFORD 'BB' : 'DARK ESTUARY'
Lot 459 Sold
DENYS WATKINS-PITCHFORD 'BB' : 'DARK ESTUARY'
Hollis and Carter 1952, and 'Wild Lone', Eyre and Spottiswoode 1938, and H.M. Kinsley; 'One hundred recipes for the chafing dish' pub. Gorham Mfg Co, New York 1894 (3)
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £30 - £40
11 March 2025
11 March 2025
BATTLE OF BRITAIN 50th ANNIVERSARY FLYPAST
Lot 460 Unsold
BATTLE OF BRITAIN 50th ANNIVERSARY FLYPAST
Published by the Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund, 1990
Estimate: £50 - £100
11 March 2025
11 March 2025
ELISABETH FRINK SCULPTURE CATALOGUE RAISONNE
Lot 461 Sold
ELISABETH FRINK SCULPTURE CATALOGUE RAISONNE
Pub 1994, and Elisabeth Frink, Sculpture since 1984 and Drawings, Edward Lucie Smith, Pub 1984 (2)
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £120 - £200
11 March 2025
11 March 2025
A COLLECTION OF BEATRIX POTTER BOOKS
Lot 462 Unsold
A COLLECTION OF BEATRIX POTTER BOOKS
some early 20th century editions, with Walter Crane; 'The baby's opera', 'The English Struwwelpeter' 'Swollen-headed William (After the German!)', and 'The yellow fairy book' 1894 and 1903 (many in poor condition)
Estimate: £40 - £60
11 March 2025
11 March 2025
AUTOGRAPHS: CECIL BEATON; 'THE AGE OF ROCOCO'
Lot 463 Sold
AUTOGRAPHS: CECIL BEATON; 'THE AGE OF ROCOCO'
Shirley Maclaine;a letter, with 'Don't fall off the mountain', and Ralph Richardson; self portrait on paper, tucked into a copy of Harold Nicolson Diaries and letters, all from the collection of costume designer Anthony Powell (3)
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £30 - £50
11 March 2025
11 March 2025
FELIX MENDLESSOHN BARTHOLDY: ELIJAH, AN ORATORIO, SCORE
Lot 464 Sold
FELIX MENDLESSOHN BARTHOLDY: ELIJAH, AN ORATORIO, SCORE
published Ewer and Co London, and Jousse's Piano-forte Preceptor (lacking title page) (2)
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £30 - £50
11 March 2025
11 March 2025
'THE BOY'S OWN ANNUAL', VARIOUS ISSUES
Lot 465 Sold
'THE BOY'S OWN ANNUAL', VARIOUS ISSUES
with other similar books; 'Chums', 'The Union Jack', 'Young England' etc, and 'Strand Magazine' III, 1892 (with Sherlock Holmes story) (centre section of bookcase)
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £30 - £60
11 March 2025
11 March 2025
A COLLECTION OF DECORATIVE CLOTH-BOUND BOOKS
Lot 466 Sold
A COLLECTION OF DECORATIVE CLOTH-BOUND BOOKS
late 19th century, and similar (some in poor condition) (five shelves)
Hammer price: £120
Estimate: £30 - £60
11 March 2025
11 March 2025
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS AND MAPS
Lot 467 Sold
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS AND MAPS
including Ladybird Books, history, religion etc, OS and other maps from 1940s onwards
Hammer price: £15
Estimate: £30 - £50
11 March 2025
11 March 2025
A QUANTITY OF MIXED BOOKS
Lot 468 Sold
A QUANTITY OF MIXED BOOKS
including a family Bible, prayer books, a leather-bound 'Midget Shakespeare, Meyers 'Konversations Lexicon', Mrs Beetons, 1954 Beano Book, a few 'MAD' magazines etc (three shelves)
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £30 - £40
11 March 2025
11 March 2025
MRS GATTY: THE SEAWEEDS OF GREAT BRITAIN
Lot 469 Sold
MRS GATTY: THE SEAWEEDS OF GREAT BRITAIN
Bell and Daldy 1872 (2 vols), and a further collection of French and English illustrated books on natural history and human anatomy, a scrapbook and other items
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £40 - £80
11 March 2025
11 March 2025
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS OF THOMAS HARDY INTEREST
Lot 470 Sold
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS OF THOMAS HARDY INTEREST
including a few Thomas Hardy year books
Hammer price: £45
Estimate: £40 - £60
11 March 2025
11 March 2025
A COLLECTION OF DORSET BOOKS
Lot 471 Sold
A COLLECTION OF DORSET BOOKS
and others
Hammer price: £45
Estimate: £30 - £50
11 March 2025
11 March 2025
A COLLECTION OF MIXED BOOKS
Lot 472 Unsold
A COLLECTION OF MIXED BOOKS
including Sassoon; 'Memoirs of a fox-hunting man' 2nd imp. 1929, Graham Greene; 'Monsignor Quixote', BH, 1982, 'The bomb party, BH, 1980, Raymond Mungo; 'Return to sender' (signed), Eva Hoffman; 'The secret' (signed), and others (8)
Estimate: £30 - £50
11 March 2025
11 March 2025
INSCRIPTIONES PEDEMONTANAE INFIMI AEVI ROMAE EXSTANTES
Lot 473 Sold
INSCRIPTIONES PEDEMONTANAE INFIMI AEVI ROMAE EXSTANTES
Rome 1766, modern buckram binding
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £30 - £50
11 March 2025
11 March 2025
CICERO: OPERA M. TULLII CICERONIS
Lot 474 Sold
CICERO: OPERA M. TULLII CICERONIS
Carolum Stephanum, Paris 1554/5 (vol. title pages dated 1554) vol 1 and 2 in one, worn calf binding, (re-backed) woodcut printer's ornaments and capitals
Hammer price: £160
Estimate: £50 - £100
11 March 2025
11 March 2025

Total lots: 649

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