Lot: 1
Children’s Transformation books of the 1890s published by Ernest Nister, comprising Our Darling’s Surprise Pictures, tall quarto, pictorial boards marked & grubby, complete with all 8 lever-change chromo-lithographs in good working order, few leaves loose, rear endpaper torn & in pieces; and In and Out Round About: A Book of Transformation Pictures, octavo, pictorial boards, VG, most of the 6 lever-change pictures needing repair or attention. Prize bookplates of 1896-1897 from Lord Vernon’s Schools, Poynton, Macclesfield, on front endpapers. (2)
Lot: 2
Letters of Edward Fitzgerald, Macmillan, 1894, 2 vols; and Letters of Edward Fitzgerald to Fanny Kemble 1871-1883, Richard Bentley, 1895; uniformly bound in half-vellum, gilt, bookplates of E.L. de Rothschild. VG (3)
Lot: 3
Oliver Wendell Holmes Autocrat at the Breakfast Table, The Poet at the Breakfast Table, and Professor at the Breakfast Table, William Paterson, 3 vols, half-polished calf over marbled boards, red & black titles, gilt; bookplates of F. Reddaway; t.e.g.; VG (3)
Lot: 4
John Payne The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Villon Society, 1882, 9 volumes, No.181 of 500 printed; and Tales from the Arabic, Villon Society, 1884, 3 volumes, No.437 of 500; uniformly bound in superb full red morocco, gilt; t.e.g., uncut elsewhere. Occasional minor foxing o/w fine. (12)
Lot: 5
French Literature published by Imprimerie Nationale, 1970s/80s in full leather bindings, gilt, VG/fine. (7)
Lot: 6
Rudyard Kipling Rewards & Fairies, Macmillan, London, 1910, orig. gilt cloth, VG, uncut two sides, one of 775 issued; spotting to endpapers. This edition includes the first appearance of his poem “If” (pp.195/196). B/w plates. Fine internally
Lot: 7
Carton containing many Railway photographs, rail & bus tickets, cigarette & trade cards including Brooke Bond Wild Flowers 1955 (laid down in special album), plus theatre programmes, foreign FDCs, and sundry ephemera. Mostly good condition. (8 kilos)
Lot: 8
Photographs of Thailand 1919, all PC size, good quality, various views, mostly Bangkok, brief annotations on reverse. VG. (13)
Lot: 9
Photos, Greetings Cards and Pattreiouex Cigarette Cards; includes seventy-four 6 x 4.5” 1900s photos taken at Invercannie & area laid down in album. Over 2 kilos. (Qty)
Lot: 10
Carton of photos & ephemera; including good 1910 album of Derbyshire snapshots, fine large folding cloth-backed map of the Mediterranean, various programmes, radio playscripts submitted to the BBC, etc. Fair to VF. (8.5 kilos).
Lot: 11
Photographs from 19th Century to 1950s, large qty. in albums and loose; includes album of Speedway photos (23, some creased), including several action shots. Mixed condition. (approx. 4.8 kilos)
Lot: 12
Softbacks, programmes etc, much 1950s/60s; includes Football, Cruise Liners brochures, Moulin Rouge and Ice Follies, London Palladium, some photos of entertainers, John Lennon tribute publications. Fair to fine. (5.3 kilos)
Lot: 13
Exhibition publicity labels of the 1930s especially USA, Manchester and London; plus 1958 Brussels Exhibition illustrated h/b in d/jkt. VG/VF (120 items)
Lot: 14
Softback publications, documents, and printed ephemera, wide variety, late-19th Century to 1970s. Includes comics, calendars, programmes, billheads, guides etc. Varied condition. (3 kilos)
Lot: 15
Box of Prints with many large flower plates, art reproductions, plates from books, sundry maps etc. Late-19th & 20th Century. Fair to VF. (c.250)
Lot: 16
Acts of Parliament, 18th & 19th Century, wide range of subjects. Disbound o/w VG. (approx 110)
Lot: 17
Selection including Nathaniel West The Day of the Locust, Grey Walls Press, 1951, 1st UK Edn in VG d/jkt; Anne Frank The Diary of a Young Girl, Doubleday, 1952, 1st U.S. Edn. in slightly chipped d/jkt; A Handbook to the Poetry of Rudyard Kipling, 1914, VG; and various others. Fair to fine. (7)
Lot: 18
Selection of books illustrated by H.M. Brock, C.E. Brock or Hugh Thomson. VG/Fine (7)
Lot: 19
Softback publications and pamphlets, 1907-1985, chiefly 1930s to 1960s, including political, Pidjin, Liverpool Bus Timetable 1937, railways, philosophy etc. Good to VF (44)
Lot: 20
A selection of small h/b books, 1890s to 1981, chiefly 1920s/50s, five with d/jkts, including Manchester interest, humour, poetry; some illustrated. Good to VF (17)