Auction No 402, Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST

292 Lots (displaying 61 - 80)

Frank Richards schoolboy stories featuring Billy Bunter, 1909 to1950s, comprising early issues of "The Magnet" (55, forty in a VG bound volume)

Lot: 61

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £36
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Frank Richards schoolboy stories featuring Billy Bunter, 1909 to1950s, comprising early issues of The Magnet (55, forty in a VG bound volume) plus later Annuals comprising Billy Bunter's Own 1953 & 1954, and Tom Merry's Own for 1949, 1951, 1952, 1953 & 1954. All the annuals with fair to fine original dustjackets and free from foxing, four with abrasions to the front pastedown. No ownership inscriptions. 

Charles Dickens novels with wood-engravings by Edward Dalziel after a variety of artists. Chapman & Hall, 1890-92, quarto, gilt cloth,

Lot: 62

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
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Charles Dickens novels with wood-engravings by Edward Dalziel after a variety of artists. Chapman & Hall, 1890-92, quarto, gilt cloth, corners bumped, spines dulled, two with bookplates removed from front pastedown. Uncut, some unopened, fine internally. (14)

"Temple Bar: A London Magazine for Town and Country Readers" Ward & Lock, 1861-1863, Vols 1 to 7; octavo, half-leather over marbled boards,

Lot: 63

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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Temple Bar: A London Magazine for Town and Country Readers Ward & Lock, 1861-1863, Vols 1 to 7; octavo, half-leather over marbled boards, some minor wear, fine internally. (7)

William Harrison Ainsworth "The Tower of London", Waverley Book Co., n.d.; octavo, 2 volumes, illustrated by George Cruikshank

Lot: 64

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
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William Harrison Ainsworth The Tower of London, Waverley Book Co., n.d.; octavo, 2 volumes, illustrated by George Cruikshank with 40 steel-engraved plates and 58 wood engravings in text. Orig. gilt cloth, a little worn, internal hingeing weak in places. Uncut. Occasional minor spotting. Ownership signatures to front endpapers. (2)

William Harrison Ainsworth "The Lancashire Witches", Routledge, n.d. (c.1888) illustrated with wood engravings by Dalziel after John Gilbert;

Lot: 65

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £15 - £20
SOLD £13
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William Harrison Ainsworth The Lancashire Witches, Routledge, n.d. (c.1888) illustrated with wood engravings by Dalziel after John Gilbert; octavo, in attractive pictorial gilt cloth, a little worn at extremities; armorial bookplate of Harry Smith Edwards; minor foxing to prelims; fine internally with frontispiece & eleven other plates 

Vernon Scannell selection of first editions, three signed by the author, comprising "The Tiger and the Rose"1971 in d/jkt,

Lot: 66

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £20
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Vernon Scannell selection of first editions, three signed by the author, comprising The Tiger and the Rose 1971 in d/jkt, Ring of Truth 1983 in djkt (signed), The Loving Game 1975 (signed, in price-clipped d/jkt), Feminine Endings 2000 (signed s/bk), and Of Love and War 2002 in d/jkt. No ownership inscriptions etc. VG/VF (5)

"Poems of Thomas Hood. Illustrated by Birket Foster", E. Moxon, 1872; quarto, orig. decorated cloth, gilt, worn at corners;

Lot: 67

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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Poems of Thomas Hood. Illustrated by Birket Foster, E. Moxon, 1872; quarto, orig. decorated cloth, gilt, worn at corners; 22 fine tissue-guarded engravings. VG

"Film Fun Annual 1938", Amalgamated Press, pictorial boards worn at periphery, VG internally. 160pp

Lot: 68

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
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Film Fun Annual 1938, Amalgamated Press, pictorial boards worn at periphery, VG internally. 160pp 

William Dodd "Discourses on the Miracles and Parables of our Blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ." T. Waller, W. Faden & E. Dilly,1757,

Lot: 69

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £130 - £150
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William Dodd Discourses on the Miracles and Parables of our Blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. T. Waller, W. Faden & E. Dilly, 1757, four volumes; volumes 2 to 4 published by W. Faden only; octavo, full polished calf, gilt ruling and titles, raised bands, red speckled sides; rubbed in places, some wear, mainly to the backstrips; browning to the margins of first & last few leaves o/w fine internally. (4)

"The Firefly" Jan-June 1916, 26 issues complete; and "Playbox" July14th to Dec.29th 1931,13 issues complete; both Amalgamated Press file copies,fine,

Lot: 70

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  • Est: £40 - £50
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The Firefly Jan-June 1916, 26 issues complete; and Playbox July 14th to Dec.29th 1931, 13 issues complete; both Amalgamated Press file copies, fine, in publisher's gilt cloth bindings.

Frank Richards and others "The Magnet", Amalgamated Press, issues for 1929 complete, July-Dec.1930, July-Dec.1937, and Jan.-June 1938,

Lot: 71

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
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Frank Richards and others The Magnet, Amalgamated Press, issues for 1929 complete, July-Dec. 1930, July-Dec. 1937, and Jan.-June 1938, fine, in 5 bound volumes, gilt cloth, the pictorial wraps intact. (130 issues)

Jack Scott crime novels 1980-1986, all Collins First Editions in VG/VF dustjackets, including "A Distant View of Death", 1981

Lot: 72

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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Jack Scott crime novels 1980-1986, all Collins First Editions in VG/VF dustjackets, including A Distant View of Death, 1981 (d/jkt price-clipped and small price label top right of front panel), An Uprush of Mayhem 1982, and All the Pretty People, 1983. No internal inscriptions, the jackets in durasleave protectors. (7)

W. M. Conway "Climbing and Exploration in the Karakoram-Himalayas", T. Fisher Unwin, 1894, containing Scientific Reports;

Lot: 73

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £80
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W. M. Conway Climbing and Exploration in the Karakoram-Himalayas, T. Fisher Unwin, 1894, containing Scientific Reports; two large folding maps in pockets front & rear; tissue-guarded frontispiece; original gilt & printed cloth binding with gilt medal design to front cover. Maps with splits to the folds. Rear cover slightly marked o/w VG. 127pp

J. Norman Collie "Climbing in the Himalaya and other Mountain Ranges", David Douglas, 1902, 1st Edn; original gilt cloth,

Lot: 74

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £250 - £300
SOLD £310
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J. Norman Collie Climbing in the Himalaya and other Mountain Ranges, David Douglas, 1902, 1st Edn; original gilt cloth, slightly snagged top of spine o/w near fine; top edge gilt, uncut elsewhere; all plates & maps fine & complete, one plate loose; vii,(3),315(1)pp

Younghusband "The Heart of a Continent", 1904, VG; Freshfield "Round Kangchenjunga", 1903, 1st Edn, spine badly damaged, VG internally;

Lot: 75

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  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £30
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Younghusband The Heart of a Continent, 1904, VG; Freshfield Round Kangchenjunga, 1903, 1st Edn, spine badly damaged, VG internally; Murray The Scottish Himalayan Expedition, 1951, VG; Anderson High Mountains & Cold Seas: a biography of H.W. Tilman, 1980 in VG d/jkt; and three other Himalayan related. Mixed condition. (7)

Leone Sinigaglia "Climbing in the Dolomites", T.Fisher Unwin, 1896, 1st Edn; tall octavo, original pictorial cloth, gilt, slight wear at extremities

Lot: 76

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £62
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Leone Sinigaglia Climbing in the Dolomites, T.Fisher Unwin, 1896, 1st Edn; tall octavo, original pictorial cloth, gilt, slight wear at extremities, VG; top edge gilt, uncut elsewhere; slight foxing to prelims o/w fine internally with map and all plates. 224pp

James D. Forbes "Norway and its Glaciers visited in 1851: followed by Journals of Excursions in the High Alps of Dauphine, Berne, and Savoy,"

Lot: 77

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £42
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James D. Forbes Norway and its Glaciers visited in 1851: followed by Journals of Excursions in the High Alps of Dauphine, Berne, and Savoy, Adam & Charles Black, 1853; tall octavo, orig. blind-tooled cloth, spine damaged & hinges cracked, tape-repaired; library stamp foot of title page; plates & maps complete, rear folding map with spilt to central fold. Clean text.  

J.M. Archer Thomson "Climbing in the Ogwen District", Edward Arnold, 1910; orig.cloth, gilt, discolouration and some wear to spine,

Lot: 78

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £30
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J.M. Archer Thomson Climbing in the Ogwen District, Edward Arnold, 1910; orig.cloth, gilt, discolouration and some wear to spine, fine internally with all plates, 124pp; together with Herbert Carr A Climbers' Guide to Snowdon and the Beddgelert District, 1926. (2)

Leslie Stephens "The Playground of Europe", Longmans, Green & Co,1871, First Edition, contemporary half-leather over marbled boards,

Lot: 79

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £80 - £100
SOLD £56
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Leslie Stephens The Playground of Europe, Longmans, Green & Co, 1871, First Edition, contemporary half-leather over marbled boards, gilt, spine rubbed; bookplate of George F.M. Grant; b/w frontispiece; slight spotting to prelims o/w fine internally; x,(2),321pp     

Thomas Pennant "A Tour in Scotland, and Voyage to the Hebrides, MDCCLXXII". Printed by John Monk, Chester, 1774;

Lot: 80

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £40
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Thomas Pennant A Tour in Scotland, and Voyage to the Hebrides, MDCCLXXII. Printed by John Monk, Chester, 1774; quarto, 19th C. half-leather, gilt, rubbed & faded; bookplate of C.A.Briggs; engraved title as frontispiece and 44 other plates, several folding; VG internally; (1),viii,379,(1)pp