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Auction No 420, Wed 13th Sep 2023 12:00 BST

252 Lots (displaying 101 - 120)

Fridtjof Nansen "Farthest North", Archibald Constable & Co.,1897, 2 vols, gilt cloth, some wear, complete with the colour & b/w plates & folding-maps

Lot: 101

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Sep 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £40
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Fridtjof Nansen Farthest North, Archibald Constable & Co., 1897, 2 vols, gilt cloth, some wear, complete with the colour & b/w plates and folding-maps; J.Arthur Bain Life and Explorations of Fridtjof Nansen, Scott Publishing, new (expanded) edition,[1898], VG; Sven Hedin Trans-Himalaya: Discoveries and Adventures in Tibet, 1909, 2 vols, complete with plates & maps; and another. Some sporadic light foxing to text of Nansen ‘Farthest North', the plates etc unaffected. (6)

Selection of Maps by G.W. Bacon, comprising "Transport Map of South England and part of Wales", c.1923, districts of Scotland (set of 13),

Lot: 102

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Sep 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £44
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Selection of Maps by G.W. Bacon, comprising Transport Map of South England and part of Wales, c.1923, districts of Scotland (set of 13), and Bacon's New Survey Map of Northampton, Huntingdon, Cambridge & Bedford. Cloth-backed, cloth-bound, all folding, Transport Map and New Survey very large. VG/VF (15)

"The National Geographic Magazine", National Geographic Society, Washington, Jan.1928 - June 1929, with the two Maps of Discovery

Lot: 103

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Sep 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £100 - £150
SOLD £82
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The National Geographic Magazine, National Geographic Society, Washington, Jan. 1928 – June 1929, with the two Maps of Discovery and one of the coloured frontispieces all by N.C. Wyeth. Cloth bound, gilt, fraying to top of spines o/w VG; the maps with vertical creases. (3 vols)

"The National Geographic Magazine", 1914-1919, July-Dec. 1923, and 1925, issue for November 1925 complete with folding map of Arctic Regions

Lot: 104

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Sep 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £80 - £120
SOLD £125
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The National Geographic Magazine, 1914-1919, July-Dec.1923, and 1925, issue for November 1925 complete with folding map of Arctic Regions and five other folding maps in other vols., in good condition. Cloth bound, gilt, some wear, Vol.1 of 1914 lacking backstrip; all very clean internally. Also National Geographic Index 1888-1988 in d/jacket. (16 vols)         

O.S. 1880s/1890s six-inch sheet maps, mostly locations in S.E. England, rolled, together with fine hand-coloured map of Cornwall by John Carey 1809,

Lot: 105

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Sep 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
SOLD £18
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O.S. 1880s/1890s six-inch sheet maps, mostly locations in S.E. England, rolled, together with fine hand-coloured map of Cornwall by John Carey 1809, and another. Fair to fine (22)

George Nicholson (Ed.) "The Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening: An Encyclopaedia of Horticulture", L. Upcott Gill, c.1900, nine volume set

Lot: 106

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Sep 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £30
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George Nicholson (Ed.) The Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening: An Encyclopaedia of Horticulture, L. Upcott Gill, c.1900, nine volume set including the Index & Century Supplement. 27 colour plates. Publisher's gilt cloth, a.e.g. Ownership inscriptions to front endpapers of William Rodgers of Balruddery Gardens, Dundee. VG (9)    

Richard Lydekker (Ed.) "The Royal Natural History", Frederick Warne, 1893-96, six volume set, pictorial gilt cloth, 72 colour plates

Lot: 107

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Sep 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £80 - £120
UNSOLD
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Richard Lydekker (Ed.) The Royal Natural History, Frederick Warne, 1893-96, six volume set, pictorial gilt cloth, 72 colour plates and many in b/w, all with tissue-guards; rear endpaper to Vol.5 near-detached, one b/w plate in Vol.6 coming loose; very clean internally, no ownership inscriptions. An attractive set. VG (6)     

Exotic Butterflies in display case, framed & glazed, two specimens with minor imperfections.

Lot: 108

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Sep 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
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Exotic Butterflies in display case, framed & glazed, two specimens with minor imperfections.  

Bridgman "Jane’s All the World’s Aircraft 1955-56", in d/jkt, front board bowed, fine internally; "British Civil Aircraft Registers 1919 to 1999"

Lot: 109

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Sep 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £96
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Bridgman Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1955-56, in d/jkt, front board bowed, fine internally; British Civil Aircraft Registers 1919 to 1999, pictorial boards, VF; Higham Britain's Imperial Air Routes 1918 to 1939, 1961, in d/jkt; Stroud European Transport Aircraft since 1910, 1966, in d/jkt; and other civil aviation, including two s/bks. Good/VF (9)

"The Mariner’s Mirror: The International Journal of the Society For Nautical Research", 1985 to 2016, a complete run of 128 issues,

Lot: 110

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Sep 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £115
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The Mariner's Mirror: The International Journal of the Society For Nautical Research, 1985 to 2016, a complete run of 128 issues, issued quarterly, together with Index volumes (5), annual Bibliographies (22), newsletters etc. Includes few special issues. VG/VF, no inscriptions. (Qty)

UK Bus and Coach company histories, h/bk and s/bk, mostly modern publications in very fine condition, none with ownership inscriptions. Countrywide.

Lot: 111

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Sep 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £115
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UK Bus and Coach company histories, h/bk and s/bk, mostly modern publications in very fine condition, none with ownership inscriptions. Countrywide. VG/VF (30)       

T. Barker "Transport in Great Yarmouth", Bristol, 1980-1987, three vols, pictorial boards, corner of half-title of vol.1 cut away o/w VG;

Lot: 112

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Sep 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £82
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T. Barker Transport in Great Yarmouth, Bristol, 1980-1987, three vols, pictorial boards, corner of half-title of vol.1 cut away o/w VG; and many other tram & bus history & nostalgia titles, h/bk and s/bk, 1960s to modern, one with an ownership signature, good to VF. (36)

UK Bus and Coach history & nostalgia with company histories and much local history interest, h/bk and s/bk, from 1970s, mostly modern, countrywide

Lot: 113

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Sep 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £80 - £100
SOLD £96
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UK Bus and Coach history & nostalgia with company histories and much local history interest, h/bk and s/bk, from 1970s, mostly modern, countrywide, one ex-library o/w largely fine, one signed by the author, none with ownership signatures. (52)

London Underground pocket maps 1961-87, mostly pre-1979 with ten 1960s. Includes issues No.1 and 3 for 1968. Good to VF (20)

Lot: 114

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Sep 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
UNSOLD
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London Underground pocket maps 1961-87, mostly pre-1979 with ten 1960s. Includes issues No.1 and 3 for 1968. Good to VF (20)

Ranges in old album including Lambert & Butler "Motor Cars" (38/50 from 1st & 2nd series; Moustafa "Leo Chambers Dogs' Heads" (22/40);

Lot: 115

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Sep 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
SOLD £26
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Ranges in old album including Lambert & Butler Motor Cars (38/50 from 1st & 2nd series; Moustafa Leo Chambers Dogs' Heads (22/40); Wills British Birds (32/50), Churchman Cricketers (2), and various Player issues.Some mixed condition but mostly VG/VF. Together with Brooke Bond Wild Flowers 1955 laid down in issued album, unused album for Bird Portraits, and three jig-saws including The Flying Scotsman complete in original box.

John Player & Sons ‘Cabinet Size Pictures' 1899, four different, printed backs, two stained/foxed, others VG. Scarce (4)

Lot: 116

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Sep 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £22
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John Player & Sons ‘Cabinet Size Pictures' 1899, four different, printed backs, two stained/foxed, others VG. Scarce (4) 

W.D. H.O. Wills "Maori Series", 1900, numbered lower left, green borders, a selection of 5 different, some peripheral wear, fair-VG.

Lot: 117

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Sep 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £62
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W.D. H.O. Wills Maori Series, 1900, numbered lower left, green borders, a selection of 5 different, some peripheral wear, fair-VG.

EVII to early-QE2 UK & Foreign topographical & subject mix with many GB views especially 1920s/1940s. Wide variety & good proportion of RPs.

Lot: 118

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Sep 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
UNSOLD
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EVII to early-QE2 UK & Foreign topographical & subject mix with many GB views especially 1920s/1940s. Wide variety & good proportion of RPs. Mostly VG/Fine. (abt.700)   

EVII to early-QE2 UK & Foreign topography & subjects with many mid-period GB views including useful RPs. Includes French cards in booklets.

Lot: 119

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Sep 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
UNSOLD
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EVII to early-QE2 UK & Foreign topography & subjects with many mid-period GB views including useful RPs. Includes French cards in booklets. Mostly good to VF. (abt.750)

UK & Foreign topography & subjects with interest in South of England RPs, some better France, useful Africa, various comic, and others.

Lot: 120

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Sep 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £100 - £130
UNSOLD
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UK & Foreign topography & subjects with interest in South of England RPs, some better France, useful Africa, various comic, and others. Includes French cards in booklets. Mostly VG to VF (abt.750)