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| Lot | Title | Estimate | Hammer price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 621 |
A COLLECTION OF CRIME FICTION
Margery Allingham, Ngaio Marsh, Michael Innes, Dorothy Sayers, including some 1st and early editions
|
£50 - £80 | £260 | View |
| 622 |
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS
mostly classical subjects
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£20 - £40 | £100 | View |
| 623 |
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS BY GEORGETTE HEYER
various editions, with books by Dornford Yates
|
£20 - £40 | £40 | View |
| 624 |
SYLVIA TOWNSEND WARNER
A collection of books by and about her
|
£20 - £40 | £70 | View |
| 625 |
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS BY ANGELA THIRKELL
some first editions
|
£30 - £40 | £90 | View |
| 626 |
MOTORING/RACING INTEREST: A COLLECTION OF BOOKS
and periodicals including The Goodwood Road Racing Club Yearbooks, 2008 - 2018, (2015 and 2017 'new' in wrappers), and similarly, David Cross; 'Inside the paddock'
|
£30 - £50 | £380 | View |
| 627 |
A COLLECTION OF FOLIO SOCIETY BOOKS
including volumes of the Folio Shakespeare
|
£20 - £40 | £35 | View |
| 628 |
A COLLECTION OF ANTIQUE FURNITURE REFERENCE BOOKS
many Antique Collector's Club publications: Chinnery; Oak Furniture, Cotton; The English Regional Chair, Stuart; Gillows of Lancaster and London, Andrews; Arts and Crafts furniture, and others (17)
|
£200 - £300 | £320 | View |
| 629 |
MR JORROCKS' LECTORS, ILLUSTRATED G. DENHOLM ARMOUR
72 of 350 copies signed by the artist, Hodder and Stoughton, 1910, with 'Hunts with Jorrocks' 1908, 'With horse and hound' 1911, and 'Thoughts on hunting', all illust. by G Denholm Armour (scuffs,…
|
£60 - £80 | £15 | View |
| 630 |
INVENTORY OF THE HISTORICAL MONUMENTS OF THE COUNTY OF DORSET
incomplete sets, from vol1, vol 2, vol 3, vol 4, vol 5
|
£30 - £50 | £40 | View |
| 631 |
STANLEY MORISON, A TALLY OF TYPES
and other books and pamphlets of typographic interest
|
£20 - £40 | £30 | View |
| 632 |
MARTYN'S VIRGIL
The Bucolics of Virgil b,y John Martyn, London 1749, two vols, with Oeuvres de Fenelon, Paris, Pierre Didot, 1792, nine vols
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£30 - £50 | £120 | View |
| 633 |
A COLLECTION OF LEATHER-BOUND BOOKS
18th century and later
|
£20 - £40 | £120 | View |
| 634 |
THE WORKS OF WHYTE MELVILLE HALF-CALF BOUND
with marbled boards, and a similar set of Kingsley, and 3 vols Works of Shakespear, ed. Howard Staunton, ill. John Gilbert, engr. Brothers Dalziel, Routledge and Sons 1866 (a/f, some staining etc)
|
£100 - £150 | £150 | View |
| 635 |
A VICTORIAN ILLUSTRATED FAMILY BIBLE
pub. Fullarton and Co (binding repaired), together with 'The Universe, or; the infinitely great and the infinitely little' ' by F.A. Pouchet, Blackie and Son 1871 (2)
|
£10 - £20 | £25 | View |
| 636 |
THE TIMES ATLAS OF THE WORLD
comprehensive edition, with other books
|
£20 - £40 | - | View |
| 637 |
A QUANTITY OF LEATHER-BOUND BOOKS
and other books including W W Jacobs and Beatrix Potter
|
£30 - £50 | £460 | View |
| 638 |
A COLLECTION OF TRAVEL BOOKS
India, Asia and other places, descriptive, historical etc
|
£20 - £40 | £260 | View |
| 639 |
A COLLECTION OF CLASSICAL BOOKS
Roman, Greek etc, texts, translations, histories
|
£20 - £40 | £140 | View |
| 640 |
A COLLECTION OF ENID BLYTON BOOKS
Various series, dates and editions
|
£20 - £40 | £110 | View |
| 641 |
A QUANTITY OF BOOKS
various subjects, authors and dates
|
£20 - £40 | £10 | View |
| 642 |
A LARGE QUANTITY OF MIXED BOOKS
including 'The Outpost' British S.Africa Police magazine, Occupation of Matabeleland Souvenir, O.S maps etc
|
£30 - £50 | £120 | View |
| 643 |
A QUANTITY OF MINING AND ENGINEERING BOOKS
travel books and others
|
£40 - £60 | £10 | View |
| 644 |
A QUANTITY OF BOOKS OF MILITARY INTEREST
some Spanish Civil War interest, and A.T.Mahan 'The South African War'
|
£50 - £100 | £35 | View |
| 645 |
A COLLECTION OF DORSET BOOKS
many subjects and periods, history, topography, archaeology, literature
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£30 - £50 | £170 | View |
| 646 |
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS ON LEGENDS, MYTHOLOGY, FAIRIES ETC
including Celts, country pursuits, witchcraft, ghosts, animals and so on
|
£30 - £50 | £380 | View |
| 647 |
A COLLECTION OF RAILWAY BOOKS
mostly modern and predominantly Great Western Railway
|
£20 - £40 | £130 | View |
| 648 |
A COLLECTION OF ART BOOKS
Fine and applied arts, architecture. style history etc, Britain and Europe
|
£30 - £50 | £110 | View |
| 649 |
A QUANTITY OF BOOKS
various subjects, fiction and non-fiction
|
£20 - £40 | £20 | View |
| 650 |
A COLLECTION OF THE HORSEMAN'S YEAR
1940s-1970s, with books on farming
|
£20 - £40 | - | View |
| 651 |
FRANCIS BACON/CY TWOMBLY: VARIOUS BOOKS
catalogues and periodicals
|
£30 - £60 | £80 | View |
| 652 |
A COLLECTION OF AUCTION CATALOGUES
largely Asian Art
|
£10 - £20 | £200 | View |
| 653 |
'NOVELS AND TALES ', EARL OF BEACONSFIELD
8 Vols and other books including a Bible
|
£30 - £51 | £30 | View |
| 653a |
RIGG, ARTHUR, ‘A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON THE STEAM ENGINE’
published by E & FN Spon, London 1878, blue cloth bound and a quantity of train related books
|
£50 - £100 | £10 | View |
| 654 | A QUANTITY OF MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS | £30 - £50 | £10 | View |
| 655 |
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS
topography, travel, West Country, history etc
|
£20 - £40 | £150 | View |
| 656 | A COLLECTION OF MIXED BOOKS | £20 - £40 | - | View |
| 657 |
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS ON ENGLISH FOLK SONG
and ballads, including F.J. Child; 'The English and Scottish Popular Ballads' 5 vols, Dover
|
£20 - £40 | £100 | View |
| 658 |
EROTIC PRINT SOCIETY: A SELECTION OF PUBLICATIONS
including signed copy of Tom Poulton, Secret Art, with four books in the Scarlet Library series
|
£200 - £250 | £80 | View |
| 659 |
MASTERS, JOHN: 'BUGLES AND A TIGER' AND 'THE ROAD PAST MANDALAY'
first editions, 1956 and 1961 respectively, published by Michael Joseph
|
£50 - £100 | £20 | View |
| 660 |
DUNNETT, DOROTHY: SIX 'HOUSE OF LYMOND' TITLES
all first editions, published by Cassell
|
£50 - £100 | £25 | View |
| 661 |
EVELYN WAUGH VILE BODIES
11th impression, 1930, with other modern fiction, Henry Green, Hogarth Press, Lawrence Durrell etc
|
£50 - £80 | £130 | View |
| 662 |
SYLVIA TOWNSEND WARNER SUMMER WILL SHOW
1st edition 1936, with other Warner 1st and early editions, most with DW
|
£80 - £120 | £140 | View |
| 663 |
PATRICIA FINNEY - THREE NOVELS
comprising 'Firedrake's Eye', 'Unicorn's Blood' and 'Gloriana's Torch', all first editiions, published by Orion
|
£30 - £50 | - | View |
| 664 |
DUNNETT, DOROTHY: EIGHT 'HOUSE OF NICCOLO' TITLES
all published by Michael Joseph, all first editions
|
£50 - £100 | £10 | View |
| 665 |
TOLKIEN: TWO TITLES - 'THE LORD OF THE RINGS' AND 'THE HOBBIT'
India paper edition 1974 with slip case and De Luxe edition 1976 with box respectively, both published by George Allen & Unwin
|
£50 - £100 | £440 | View |
| 666 |
A COLLECTION OF ILLUSTRATED BOOKS
various artists
|
£20 - £40 | £10 | View |
| 667 |
G. ROBERTS: 'THE HISTORY OF LYME REGIS', LANGDON AND HARKER 1823
and 'The history and antiquities of Lyme Regis and Charmouth' 1834, with Wanklyn; 'Lyme Regis, A retrospect' (2 eds) 1922 and 1927 (4)
|
£30 - £60 | £50 | View |
