Trafford Books

Auction No 364, Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT

271 Lots (displaying 121 - 140)

"The Girl's Own Annual" Volumes 3, 6, 9, 10, 12, 20, 25, and 57, 1881 to 1936, various bindings,

Lot: 121

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £20
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The Girl’s Own Annual Volumes 3, 6, 9, 10, 12, 20, 25, and 57, 1881 to 1936, various bindings, four with pictorial cloth, previous owner’s bookplates. Varied condition. (8)

Angela Brazil schoolgirl stories, a collection from 1920s, nine with pictorial cloth bindings by Blackie

Lot: 122

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £15
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Angela Brazil schoolgirl stories, a collection from 1920s, nine with pictorial cloth bindings by Blackie including one in d/jkt; with some later 1940s/early 1950s reprints.  Fair to VF (15)

Angela Brazil schoolgirl stories, a collection of Blackie publications including 1920s/30s with pictorial cloth (8),

Lot: 123

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £15
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Angela Brazil schoolgirl stories, a collection of Blackie publications including 1920s/30s with pictorial cloth (8), and 1950s/60s re-issues in dustjackets (6). Also The Girls’ Budget (1920s) featuring a story by Angela Brazil. Fair to VF

                                    

"Chums: An Illustrated Paper for Boys" Cassell & Co, Volumes 13, 14, 16, 20, 28, 29 and 30, 1904 to 1922,

Lot: 124

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
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Chums: An Illustrated Paper for Boys, Cassell & Co, Volumes 13, 14, 16, 20, 28, 29 and 30, 1904 to 1922, all in publisher’s pictorial cloth, with coloured plates; previous owner’s bookplates. Fair to VG (7)

   

Angela Brazil schoolgirl stories, 1913-46, all Blackie published, 7 with pictorial cloth (one poor) including one in fine d/jkt;

Lot: 125

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £15
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Angela Brazil schoolgirl stories, 1913-46, all Blackie published, 7 with pictorial cloth (one poor) including one in fine d/jkt; plus two schoolboy stories by Warren Bell. Mixed condition (12)

Thrillers by Edgar Wallace (17), Leslie Charteris (10) and Francis Deeping (1), 1920s to 1950s,

Lot: 126

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £20
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Thrillers by Edgar Wallace (17), Leslie Charteris (10) and Francis Deeping (1), 1920s to 1950s, including eight Wallace paperbacks; the hardbacks include 17 in fair to fine dustjackets; also few modern reprints & other items. 

"The Captain" George Newnes, from 1899 to 1912 comprising Volumes 2, 3, 4, 7, 13, 16, 18, 22, 24 and 26.

Lot: 127

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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The Captain George Newnes, from 1899 to 1912 comprising Volumes 2, 3, 4, 7, 13, 16, 18, 22, 24 and 26. Publisher’s pictorial cloth, a.e.g. Fair to VG (10). Plus Young England Vol.46 (Christmas 1925), VG.

"The Captain" George Newnes, bound volumes in publisher's cloth, from 1899, with volumes 4, 27, 29, 33, 43, 44, 45 & 49;

Lot: 128

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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The Captain, George Newnes, bound volumes in publisher’s cloth, from 1899, with volumes 4, 27, 29, 33, 43, 44, 45 & 49; plus 8 issues of the magazine 1911-1919, and novels by Herbert Strang & Gunby Hadath. Fair to VG

G.A. Henty "On the Irrawaddy" Blackie, 1897, pictorial blue-green cloth, gilt, previous owners' bookplates;

Lot: 129

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £15
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G. A. Henty On the Irrawaddy, Blackie, 1897, pictorial blue-green cloth, gilt, previous owners’ bookplates; and a collection of other works by Henty, mostly pictorial cloth, mixed condition. (17)

                                                                                    

William Hope Hodgson "The Riven Night", The Strange Company, 1988, and 14 other short stories;

Lot: 130

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £30
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William Hope Hodgson The Riven Night, The Strange Company, 1988, and 14 other short stories; published as a limited edition set of chapbooks in card wraps, each contained in a printed envelope. 200 sets printed. (15)

Richmal Crompton "William" books 1926-1950 including "William –The Fourth", 1926 and "Just William's Luck", 1950

Lot: 131

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £15
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Richmal Crompton William books 1926-1950 including William –The Fourth, 1926 and Just William’s Luck, 1950 in poor to fair dustjackets. All with previous owner’s bookplate. (20)

Elsie Oxenham selection including "The Tuck-Shop Girl" W. & R. Chambers, n.d., pictorial cloth,

Lot: 132

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £10
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Elsie Oxenham selection including The Tuck-Shop Girl W. & R. Chambers, n.d., pictorial cloth, some browning to text; The Abbey Girls At Home, 1942, in fair d/jkt; and 9 fine modern reprints in the ‘Girls Gone By’ Series. (17)

"The Schoolgirls Own Library", Amalgamated Press, a collection of 78 issues, 1924 to 1940,

Lot: 133

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
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The Schoolgirls Own Library, Amalgamated Press, a collection of 78 issues, 1924 to 1940, many with rusted staples and/or worn spines, but some fine and all with covers intact and bright colours.  (78) 

Dorita Fairlie Bruce selection, mostly published by Oxford University Press; includes five First Editions

Lot: 134

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £20
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Dorita Fairlie Bruce selection, mostly published by Oxford University Press; includes five First Editions comprising Wild Goose Quest, Lutterworth Press, 1945; Triffeny, 1950; A Laverock Lilting, 1945; Toby at Tibbs Cross, 1942; and Prefects at Springdale, 1936. Fair to fine; plus 4 reprints in mixed very condition. All with previous owner’s bookplate. (9

'Girls Gone By' reprints of Schoolgirl fiction, mostly Dorita Fairlie Bruce stories,

Lot: 135

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
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Girls Gone By reprints of Schoolgirl fiction, mostly Dorita Fairlie Bruce stories, plus biographical works on Antonia Forest (2) and Monica Edwards. All softbacks. Most with previous owner’s bookplate. (15)

John Dryden "The Medall. A Satyre Against Sedition" Jacob Tonson, London, 1682, First Edition (2nd Issue);

Lot: 136

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £40
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John Dryden The Medall. A Satyre Against Sedition Jacob Tonson, London, 1682, First Edition (2nd Issue); small quarto, disbound from a combined colume; [12] + 20pp. Title page dust-affected o/w VG. (Wing D2311)

"The Works of Alexander Pope Esq. In Nine Volumes, Complete. With his last Corrections, Additions and Improvements

Lot: 137

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £46
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The Works of Alexander Pope Esq. In Nine Volumes, Complete. With his last Corrections, Additions and Improvements As they were delivered to the Editor a little before his Death: together with the Commentary and Notes of Mr.Warburton, A. Millar, J. Tonson and others, 1760, nine volume set, worn leather bindings lacking title labels but good internally; engraved frontispiece to Vol.One. (9)

Matthew Prior "Poems on Several Occasions", S. Birt & W. Feales, 1734, 5th Edn, 3 Volume set,

Lot: 138

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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Matthew Prior Poems on Several Occasions, S. Birt & W. Feales, 1734, 5th Edn, 3 Volume set, contemp. polished calf, backstrips worn and lacking title labels; later marbled endpapers & armorial bookplates; occasional woodcuts including engraved frontispiece to Vols. 1 and 3, and Vol. 3 with three additional engraved plates. VG internally.     

Neville Cardus "Autobiography" Collins, 1947, First Edition, signed by the author on title page;

Lot: 139

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £26
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Neville Cardus Autobiography Collins, 1947, First Edition, signed by the author on title page; original cloth. Original owner’s neat signature front endpaper. VG

R.T. Vyner Notitia Venatica: A Treatise on Fox-Hunting, to Which is Added, a Compendious Kennel Stud Book"

Lot: 140

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £20
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R.T. Vyner Notitia Venatica: A Treatise on Fox-Hunting, to Which is Added, a Compendious Kennel Stud Book, Rudolph Ackermann, 1842, rebound in fine attractive green half-leather, gilt, over marbled boards by Pennine Binding of Halifax; clean text, 7 (of 8) lithographed tissue-guarded plates with light foxing (!) which also affects the last few pages.