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Auction date Tuesday 13 May 2025 10:00 - 17:30 BST
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Total lots: 913

E SOMERVILLE, SLIPPER'S ABC OF FOX HUNTING
Lot 697 Sold
E SOMERVILLE, SLIPPER'S ABC OF FOX HUNTING
Longmans, Green & Co, 1903
Hammer price: £45
Estimate: £50 - £80
13 May 2025
13 May 2025
A COLLECTION OF LATE 19th CENTURY LITERATURE
Lot 698 Sold
A COLLECTION OF LATE 19th CENTURY LITERATURE
H S Merriman and others, some illustrated
Hammer price: £10
Estimate: £40 - £60
13 May 2025
13 May 2025
O’NEILL, ELIZABETH - ‘A NURSERY HISTORY OF ENGLAND’
Lot 699 Sold
O’NEILL, ELIZABETH - ‘A NURSERY HISTORY OF ENGLAND’
published by T&E Jack, London, pictorial boards, a leather bound copy of The Army List 1820, and a collection of mixed interesting books (8)
Hammer price: £10
Estimate: £50 - £100
13 May 2025
13 May 2025
W.G. THOMSON; A HISTORY OF TAPESTRY
Lot 700 Sold
W.G. THOMSON; A HISTORY OF TAPESTRY
from the earliest times to the present day, Hodder and Stoughton, 1930, with two Eton College presentation copies of Thomas Gray's poems, and other books
Hammer price: £10
Estimate: £30 - £50
13 May 2025
13 May 2025
‘CHAMBER’S ENCYCLOPAEDIA’
Lot 701 Unsold
‘CHAMBER’S ENCYCLOPAEDIA’
new edition, volumes 1-10, published by William & Robert Chambers, London, 1908, maroon cloth binding (10)
Estimate: £50 - £100
13 May 2025
13 May 2025
A QUANTITY OF ART AND OTHER BOOKS
Lot 702 Sold
A QUANTITY OF ART AND OTHER BOOKS
including a facsimile of Durer's Apocalypse, intro. Erwin Panofsky
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £30 - £50
13 May 2025
13 May 2025
‘A SHORT AND FAITHFUL ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE AND CHARACTER OF…MR THOMAS CHUBB’
Lot 703 Sold
‘A SHORT AND FAITHFUL ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE AND CHARACTER OF…MR THOMAS CHUBB’
printed for John Noon, London, 1747, half brown leather bound with marbled boards and a quantity of books on mixed subjects
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £50 - £100
13 May 2025
13 May 2025
IRVING, WASHINGTON - ‘THE ALHAMBRA’
Lot 704 Sold
IRVING, WASHINGTON - ‘THE ALHAMBRA’
new edition, published by Bell & Daldy, London 1870, three quarter brown leather bound with marbled boards, together with a collection of antiquarian literature and other books
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £100 - £200
13 May 2025
13 May 2025
THE WORKS OF CHARLES DICKENS
Lot 705 Sold
THE WORKS OF CHARLES DICKENS
and John Forster, The life of Dickens, 15vols, Chapman and Hall, half calf bound, late 19th century
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £50 - £100
13 May 2025
13 May 2025
THE LONSDALE LIBRARY
Lot 706 Unsold
THE LONSDALE LIBRARY
vols 1-3, 6, 7, 10, 13, 22, 23 and 26, buff cloth bound (10)
Estimate: £30 - £50
13 May 2025
13 May 2025
‘THE PLAYS OF WILLIAM SHAKSPERE’
Lot 707 Sold
‘THE PLAYS OF WILLIAM SHAKSPERE’
new edition, with notes by Alexander Chalmers, volumes 1-8, printed for Longman & Co, London, 1847, gilt tooled brown leather bound (8)
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £100 - £200
13 May 2025
13 May 2025
BUCHAN, JOHN, 'THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME - FIRST PHASE'
Lot 708 Sold
BUCHAN, JOHN, 'THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME - FIRST PHASE'
published by Thomas Nelson and Son, London, complete with folding map, blue paper bound, together with thirty other war-related books by John Buchan (31)
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £30 - £50
13 May 2025
13 May 2025
JOHNSTON, EDWARD: ‘WRITING & ILLUMINATING, & LETTERING’
Lot 709 Sold
JOHNSTON, EDWARD: ‘WRITING & ILLUMINATING, & LETTERING’
published by Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, London 1948, full black leather bound, together with Lloyd, Teresa - ‘Jesus for Little Folk’, published by Sands & Co., London 1938, half leather bound with marbled boards, together with five other books (7)
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £50 - £100
13 May 2025
13 May 2025
FOLIO SOCIETY: A COLLECTION OF VARIOUS VOLUMES
Lot 710 Sold
FOLIO SOCIETY: A COLLECTION OF VARIOUS VOLUMES
including the works of Dickens, and others
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £80 - £100
13 May 2025
13 May 2025
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS
Lot 711 Sold
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS
including Rigg, The Decameron, Beattie, Castles and Abbeys of England, varied literature and history etc
Hammer price: £10
Estimate: £30 - £50
13 May 2025
13 May 2025
A LARGE QUANTITY OF MIXED BOOKS
Lot 712 Sold
A LARGE QUANTITY OF MIXED BOOKS
(contents of tall bookcase and adjoining four shelves to left)
Hammer price: £10
Estimate: £30 - £50
13 May 2025
13 May 2025
A QUANTITY OF MIXED BOOKS
Lot 713 Sold
A QUANTITY OF MIXED BOOKS
art, literature, etc (contents of dresser)
Hammer price: £10
Estimate: £30 - £50
13 May 2025
13 May 2025
A COLLECTION OF SORTING, NATURE AND WILDLIFE BOOKS
Lot 714 Sold
A COLLECTION OF SORTING, NATURE AND WILDLIFE BOOKS
including hunting and shooting, Lonsdale Library, Allen's Naturalist Library, etc.
Hammer price: £120
Estimate: £40 - £60
13 May 2025
13 May 2025
A QUANTITY OF MIXED BOOKS
Lot 715 Sold
A QUANTITY OF MIXED BOOKS
art, biography etc (under piano)
Hammer price: £25
Estimate: £30 - £40
13 May 2025
13 May 2025
GILFILLAN, REV. GEORGE (Ed) - SIX POETRY VOLUMES
Lot 716 Unsold
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)
Estimate: £100 - £200
13 May 2025
13 May 2025
H.F. WITHERBY (Ed) THE HANDBOOK OF BRITISH BIRDS
Lot 717 Sold
H.F. WITHERBY (Ed) THE HANDBOOK OF BRITISH BIRDS
2nd ed, 5 vols, London 1943, with R. Bowdler Sharpe; 'Sketch-book of British birds', SPCK, 1896, and other books on natural history and gardening
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £30 - £50
13 May 2025
13 May 2025
A 19TH CENTURY ORDNANCE SURVEY FOLDING MAP OF DORSETSHIRE
Lot 718 Sold
A 19TH CENTURY ORDNANCE SURVEY FOLDING MAP OF DORSETSHIRE
linen back, sold by Edward Stanford, Charing Cross, London, with accompanying diagram, contained in red cloth bound slip case
Hammer price: £35
Estimate: £30 - £50
13 May 2025
13 May 2025
A COLLECTION OF ORDNANCE SURVEY SCALE 1: 2500 (25 inches to mile) 56 MAP SHEETS OF DORSET
Lot 719 Sold
A COLLECTION OF ORDNANCE SURVEY SCALE 1: 2500 (25 inches to mile) 56 MAP SHEETS OF DORSET
early 1960s revision, mostly north Dorset, Blandford etc
Hammer price: £10
Estimate: £30 - £50
13 May 2025
13 May 2025
JOHN NORDEN; MAP OF 'HAMSHIRE' (HAMPSHIRE) , ENGRAVED BY WILLIAM HOLE
Lot 720 Sold
JOHN NORDEN; MAP OF 'HAMSHIRE' (HAMPSHIRE) , ENGRAVED BY WILLIAM HOLE
coloured, framed 34 x 40cm (some toning)
Hammer price: £45
Estimate: £40 - £60
13 May 2025
13 May 2025

Total lots: 913

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