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Tuesday 13th February starting at 10:00am
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| Lot | Title | Estimate | Hammer price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 569 |
ROYAL COMMISSION ON HISTORIC MONUMENTS
three vols, London Westminster Abbey 1924, London West 1925, London East 1930
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£20 - £40 | £10 | View |
| 570 |
JAMES SAVAGE, THE HISTORY OF DORCHESTER
first edition, Dorchester, 1832, card binding, with A Walk Round Dorchester, J Criswick, 1820, later binding
|
£100 - £150 | £90 | View |
| 571 |
KENNETH J. WESTWOOD: 'THOMAS SIDNEY COOPER, HIS LIFE AND WORK'
David Leathers Publishing 2011, 2 Vols, in slipcase, with 'Frederic Richard Lee' by the same author (both in card packaging)
|
£40 - £60 | £30 | View |
| 572 |
CHURCHILL, WINSTON S., ‘THE ISLAND RACE’
published by Cassell & Co, London 1964, green cloth binding
|
£30 - £50 | £20 | View |
| 572a |
J.J. ROUSEAU: 'RECUEIL DE PLANTES COLORIEES
POUR SERVIR A L'INTELLIGENCE DES LETTRES ELEMENTAIRES SUR LA BOTANIQUE DEE J.J. ROUSSEAU, Paris, Chez Poincot 1789, with coloured plates (some staining, binding worn)
|
£50 - £100 | £100 | View |
| 573 |
L'ORTHOMORPHIE PAR RAPPORT A L'ESPECE HUMAINE
ou RECHERCHES ANATOMICO - PATHOLOGIQUES, par le Prof. Delpech, paris 1828, with plates showing deformities
|
£30 - £50 | £100 | View |
| 573a |
A COLLECTION OF LEATHER-BOUND AND OTHER BOOKS
literature, history, natural history etc
|
£20 - £40 | - | View |
| 574 |
A QUANTITY OF 19th CENTURY AND LATER BOOKS
some leather bound
|
£30 - £50 | £150 | View |
| 575 |
A QUANTITY OF MIXED BOOKS
including J.M Barrie 'Courage' a Rectorial address, 1922, various old leather bound, childrens' books and others
|
£30 - £50 | £60 | View |
| 576 |
DARWIN: THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES, CHURCHILL: THE SECOND WARLD WAR VOL. 1-V
and other books
|
£30 - £50 | £35 | View |
| 577 |
PATRICIA FINNEY - THREE NOVELS
comprising 'Firedrake's Eye', 'Unicorn's Blood' and 'Gloriana's Torch', all first editiions, published by Orion
|
£10 - £20 | - | View |
| 578 |
'OLYMPIC AND WORLD RECORDS 2012', SIGNED BY USAIN BOLT
Kier Radnedge, Official London 2012 Olympic Games Publication, Pub. Carlton
|
£50 - £100 | - | View |
| 579 |
STRICKLAND; A DICTIONARY OF IRISH ARTISTS
1969 edition, 2 vols (boards distorted), and other art reference books, Old watercolour society's club annual volumes, Royal Academy exhibitors, etc
|
£20 - £40 | £20 | View |
| 580 | A LARGE COLLECTION OF AUCTION CATALOGUES | £50 - £100 | £80 | View |
| 581 |
A QUANTITY OF MIXED BOOKS
including Betjeman; 'Summoned by bells' 1960, art and antiques, biographies, auction catalogues etc
|
£20 - £40 | £40 | View |
| 582 |
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS
including medieval and later art, and Archives and Private Library journals
|
£20 - £40 | £70 | View |
| 583 |
A QUANTITY OF BOOKS, SOME LEATHER BOUND
including Edward Lear; 'A book of Nonsense', 18th edition, Carroll, 'The hunting of the Snark' (Mervyn Peake illus.), Dickens; Chapman and Hall 1906 edition etc
|
£100 - £200 | £160 | View |
| 584 |
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS
including medieval and later history, manuscripts etc.
|
£20 - £40 | £90 | View |
| 585 |
SOTHEBY'S N.Y. CATALOGUE THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF WINDSOR
11-19 Sept 1997, with a further collection of art and antiques reference books including 'Wallpaper, a history'
|
£50 - £100 | £80 | View |
| 586 |
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS
including history, medieval studies, manuscripts, calligraphy, bibliography etc.
|
£20 - £40 | £70 | View |
| 586a |
W.M. THACKERAY: VANITY FAIR, BRADBURY & EVANS 1849
and The history of Pendennis, 1850, (both stained), with a further quantity of leather-bound and other books, French literature, Spectator, Tatler etc
|
£50 - £100 | £190 | View |
| 587 |
A COLLECTION OF VARIOUS MARITIME INTEREST BOOKS
including Waine Research Publications series volumes (various), The Badminton Library; 'Yachting', 'Fore and aft seamanship for yachtsmen' Imray, Laurie, Norie and Wilson, and other books
|
£40 - £80 | £60 | View |
| 588 |
'THE BIRDS OF EDWARD LEAR', ARIEL PRESS LIMITED EDITION.
copy 85 (jacket scruffy), with 'Wildfowl and waders', Country Life 1928, Forshaw 'Parrots of the world' and other books of ornithological interest (5) (all with marks, spotting)
|
£30 - £50 | £70 | View |
| 589 |
‘CATALOGUE OF PAINTINGS…THE PRIVATE COLLECTION OF P.A.B. WIDENER’
volumes I & II, no. 110 of 250, volume I inscribed to front flyleaf ‘To Mr John S. Sargeant with compliments of PAB Widener’, gilt tooled black leather binding (2) (binding damaged)
|
£100 - £200 | £220 | View |
| 589a |
VICTOR HUGO: OEUVRES, J.HETZEL & Cie
12 vols, half calf with marbled boards, and 12 further vols with similar bindings in blue (spines faded) (24 vols total)
|
£40 - £80 | £50 | View |
| 590 | WITHDRAWN | £300 - £500 | - | View |
| 591 |
'THE EARLY WORK OF AUBREY BEARDSLEY'
note by H.C. Marillier, John Lane, The Bodley Head 1912, with Max Beerbohm 'The Poet's Corner', W. Heath Robinson works etc
|
£40 - £80 | £60 | View |
| 592 |
LA NOUVELLE MAISON RUSTIQUE ou ECONOMIE RURALE,
pratique et generale, Paris Deterville/Desray 1793 ('an VI'), 3 volumes, calf bound, marbled edges
|
£30 - £60 | £80 | View |
| 593 |
DICKENS, CHARLES, ‘MASTER HUMPHREY’S CLOCK’
published by Chapman & Hall, 1840, two three quarter leather bound volumes, together with a Christmas Books copy of ‘The Chimes/Cricket on the Heath’ (3)
|
£40 - £80 | £30 | View |
| 594 |
MOOREHEAD, ALAN, ‘GALLIPOLI’
second impression published by Hamish Hamilton, 1956, brown cloth bound, a handwritten note from Governor of Southern Rhodesia Sir Peveril William Powlett (1954-1959) to Major Paddon dated 5th June…
|
£20 - £30 | - | View |
| 595 |
CARNE, JOHN, ‘SYRIA, THE HOLY LAND & ASIA MINOR’
volume 1, published by Peter Jackson, London, brown cloth binding, and a quantity of books
|
£30 - £50 | £15 | View |
| 596 |
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS
art, medieval to modern, Britain and Europe, Renaissance, manuscripts, etc
|
£20 - £40 | £170 | View |
| 597 |
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS
art medieval to modern, ancient world etc, with a large collection of Havard Classics
|
£20 - £40 | £45 | View |
| 598 |
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS
mostly art and decorative arts, furniture etc
|
£20 - £40 | £160 | View |
| 599 |
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS
mostly furniture, clocks, art
|
£20 - £40 | £240 | View |
| 599a |
J.J. ROUSSEAU: OEUVRES COMPLETES, NOUVELLE EDITION
classee par ordre de matierers...' 36 volumes, 1788-1793, leather-bound (some damage)
|
£40 - £80 | £90 | View |
| 600 |
GRAHAM GREENE, LAWRENCE DURRELL: VARIOUS BOOKS
and others
|
£30 - £50 | £45 | View |
| 601 |
FOLIO SOCIETY: VARIOUS BOOKS
some with slipcases
|
£30 - £50 | £30 | View |
| 602 |
AN FA WORLD CUP ENGLAND 1966 ANNUAL
and a quantity of football magazines and books, mostly c.1960s
|
£30 - £50 | £20 | View |
| 603 | WITHDRAWN | £20 - £40 | - | View |
| 604 |
HUME, DAVID, ‘THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND’
new edition, volumes 1-8, three quarter green leather binding and a quantity of books
|
£50 - £100 | £45 | View |
| 605 |
LIONEL EDWARDS, 'THE WILES OF THE FOX'
Medici Society/Sporting Gallery 1932, and a collection of Jorrocks and similar interest books (some spotting/damage)
|
£40 - £60 | - | View |
| 606 |
A QUANTITY OF BOOKS ON WORLD TRAVEL
places and history
|
£30 - £50 | £60 | View |
| 607 |
A COLLECTION OF JOURNALS
including Speculum, Book Collector, The Private Library etc
|
£20 - £40 | £30 | View |
| 608 |
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS
mainly art, medieval and later
|
£20 - £40 | £60 | View |
| 609 |
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS
mostly medieval art and manuscripts
|
£20 - £40 | £100 | View |
| 610 |
A COLLECTION OF CATALOGUES AND JOURNALS
various auction houses and subjects, The Book Collector, Bulletin des Bibliophiles etc
|
£20 - £40 | £60 | View |
| 611 |
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS
art, mostly medieval, history, manuscripts
|
£20 - £40 | £100 | View |
