Auction No 427, Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST

235 Lots (displaying 81 - 100)

Brissonius "Barnabae Brissonii regii consistorii consiliarii, amplissimique senatus Parisiensis praesidis, De Formulis Et Sollemnibus Populi Romani

Lot: 81

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £150 - £200
SOLD £105
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Brissonius Barnabae Brissonii regii consistorii consiliarii, amplissimique senatus Parisiensis praesidis, De Formulis Et Sollemnibus Populi Romani verbis, Librii VIII. (Eight books in one). Frankfurt, 1592, quarto, old leather binding, recased & rebacked, new endpapers, library blindstamp top of title page. Browning to some leaves. A collection of Roman laws & treatises. (8),750,(84)pp

Marcus Eremitas (5th Cent.AD) "Marci Eremitae, Nicolai, Hesychii Presbyteri, opera quae extant", G. Morel, Paris, 1563; old calf binding

Lot: 82

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £72
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Marcus Eremitas (5th Cent.AD) Marci Eremitae, Nicolai, Hesychii Presbyteri, opera quae extant, G. Morel, Paris, 1563; old calf binding with gilt monogram BD to each corner, rebacked; Greek text. (4),299pp; together with William Hawney The Complete Measurer, 1769, requiring rebinding. (2)

[Horace Walpole] "The Castle of Otranto", J. Dodsley, 1782, fourth edition, old worn calf binding

Lot: 83

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £72
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[Horace Walpole] The Castle of Otranto, J. Dodsley, 1782, fourth edition, old worn calf binding, boards detached, pp.113/114 damaged & repaired (no loss of text) o/w VG internally; xxiv,200pp

Rev. John Brown "Brown’s Self-Interpreting Family Bible", Edward Slater, Bradford, [1872]; elaborate blind-tooled & gilt leather, brass edges & clasps

Lot: 84

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
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Rev. John Brown Brown's Self-Interpreting Family Bible, Edward Slater, Bradford, [1872]; elaborate blind-tooled & gilt leather, brass edges & clasps; inner hinges cracked o/w fine internally. Colour litho frontispiece and tissue-guarded plates, further b/w illustrations in text.    

Virginia Woolf "To The Lighthouse", Hogarth Press, 1927, First Edition, orig. blue cloth, gilt, light wear to spine extremities, slightly marked,

Lot: 85

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £400 - £500
SOLD £480
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Virginia Woolf To The Lighthouse, Hogarth Press, 1927, First Edition, orig. blue cloth, gilt, light wear to spine extremities, slightly marked, variable foxing to first 12 leaves, occasional spotting elsewhere; together with Mrs Dalloway, Sept.1925, second edition in the original brown cloth, VG. Both vols with ownership signature to front endpaper. (2) [Offered on behalf of Englesea Brook Museum.]

UK First Editions in d/jkts including Peter Tinniswood "A Touch of Daniel", 1968; James Hanley "A Walk in the Wilderness", 1950;

Lot: 86

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £50
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UK First Editions in d/jkts including Peter Tinniswood A Touch of Daniel, 1968; James Hanley A Walk in the Wilderness, 1950; Alain Robbe-Grillet The Erasers, 1966; and various others. Also four reprints (one without d/jkt) including Kazantzakis Zorba the Greek, Cassirer, 1959. Seven have ownership signatures. (29) [Offered on behalf of Englesea Brook Museum.]

Children’s Books including "The Milkmaid", Walter Scott, c.1886; Maria Bird "Nursery Rhymes for Bill and Ben the Flowerpot Men",

Lot: 87

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
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Children's Books including The Milkmaid, Walter Scott, c.1886; Maria Bird Nursery Rhymes for Bill and Ben the Flowerpot Men, and Joy Laurey Mr Turnip flies round the World, both novelty ‘Twirly Books'; four Marvel Annuals 1976-79; and two others. Five with an ownership inscription or handstamp. Also a pamphlet signed by Robert Graves but in poor condition. (10) [Offered on behalf of Englesea Brook Museum.]

Children’s Books, mostly illustrated, a few with ownership inscriptions, mainly VG/VF. (60)

Lot: 88

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  • Est: £30 - £50
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Children's Books, mostly illustrated, a few with ownership inscriptions, mainly VG/VF. (60)                                                           

Children’s Books including works by Alison Uttley (25) and other popular authors. Mostly illustrated works, a few with ownership inscriptions.

Lot: 89

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  • Est: £40 - £60
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Children's Books including works by Alison Uttley (25) and other popular authors. Mostly illustrated works, a few with ownership inscriptions. Mainly VG/VF (62)     

Children’s Books including works by Roald Dahl (12), J.P. Martin (3), Rosemary Sutcliff and other popular authors. Some with ownership inscriptions.

Lot: 90

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £40
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Children's Books including works by Roald Dahl (12), J.P. Martin (3), Rosemary Sutcliff and other popular authors. Some with ownership inscriptions. Mainly VG/VF (49)

Children’s Annuals, mostly 1970s/80s, with several Rupert Bear titles, a few with ownership inscriptions. VG/VF (37)

Lot: 91

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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Children's Annuals, mostly 1970s/80s, with several Rupert Bear titles, a few with ownership inscriptions. VG/VF (37)

Enid Blyton selection including "The River of Adventure" 1955,1st Edn. in VG d/jkt; "Five on a Secret Trail", 1956, 1st Edn. in VG d/jkt;

Lot: 92

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £72
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Enid Blyton selection including The River of Adventure 1955, 1st Edn. in VG d/jkt; Five on a Secret Trail, 1956, 1st Edn. in VG d/jkt; Five Go To Demon's Rocks, 1961, in near fine d/jkt; various Mystery and Noddy books, etc. Fair to fine, some with ownership inscriptions. (33)       

 

A selection of Pop-Up books, plus some lift-flap types & other ‘mechanical’. VG/VF (23)

Lot: 93

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £40
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A selection of Pop-Up books, plus some lift-flap types & other ‘mechanical'. VG/VF (23)     

Elizabeth Gordon "Billy Bunny's Fortune", 1936; Helen Vanderveer "Little Slam Bang", 1928; and Lang Campbell "The Dinky Ducklings",1928;

Lot: 94

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
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Elizabeth Gordon Billy Bunny's Fortune, 1936; Helen Vanderveer Little Slam Bang, 1928; and Lang Campbell The Dinky Ducklings, 1928; all Algonquin Publishing Co., minor pencil marks to endpapers of Billy Bunny's Fortune o/w very clean internally, no inscriptions. (3)

Helen Bannerman "The Story of Little Black Mingo", James Nisbet [1901], and "The Story of Little Black Sambo", Chatto & Windus, 1911;

Lot: 95

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
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Helen Bannerman The Story of Little Black Mingo, James Nisbet [1901], and The Story of Little Black Sambo, Chatto & Windus, 1911; Mingo with a vertical crease to first 13 leaves; Sambo with neat ownership signature to front endpaper. (2)    

"Chatterbox" annuals for 1883, 1884, 1890, 1892, 1898, 1901, 1903 (2) and 1905 (2), various bindings, all with the coloured plates,

Lot: 96

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
SOLD £20
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Chatterbox annuals for 1883, 1884, 1890, 1892, 1898, 1901, 1903 (2) and 1905 (2), various bindings, all with the coloured plates, the 1890 and 1901 volumes each have a page badly torn (the plates unaffected). (10) [Offered on behalf of The National Trust ]

"Boy's Own Annual" for 1881/82, 1882/83, 1888/89, and 1889/90, half-leather, gilt, some wear, all with the coloured plates;

Lot: 97

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £15 - £30
SOLD £15
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Boy's Own Annual for 1881/82, 1882/83, 1888/89, and 1889/90, half-leather, gilt, some wear, all with the coloured plates; 1889/90 volume with one coloured plate and one b/w plate damaged. (4) [Offered om behalf of The National Trust.]   

"Boy's Own Annual" for 1891/92, 1894/95, 1895/96, 1896/97, and 1899/1900, leather or cloth bindings, good to fine, coloured plates;

Lot: 98

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £40
SOLD £15
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Boy's Own Annual for 1891/92, 1894/95. 1895/96, 1896/97, and 1899/1900, leather or cloth bindings, good to fine, coloured plates; three of the vols with a folding plate damaged. (5) [Offered on behalf of The National Trust.]  

Anatole France "Penguin Island", illustrated by Frank Pape, Bodley Head, 1925, gilt cloth, VG; and David Day "A Tolkien Bestiary", 1979,

Lot: 99

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £26
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Anatole France Penguin Island, illustrated by Frank Pape, Bodley Head, 1925, gilt cloth, VG; and David Day A Tolkien Bestiary, 1979, in slightly frayed d/jkt. (2)

J.R.R. Tolkien "The Lord of the Rings", George Allen & Unwin, 1957, the three volume set, in gilt cloth bindings, with price-clipped d/jackets

Lot: 100

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £800 - £1200
SOLD £820
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J.R.R. Tolkien The Lord of the Rings, George Allen & Unwin, 1957, the three volume set, in gilt cloth bindings, complete with price-clipped d/jackets, Fellowship of the Ring the seventh impression in eighth impression d/jacket, The Two Towers fifth impression in fifth impression d/jacket, The Return of the King fourth impression in fifth impression d/jacket. The jackets show some minor peripheral wear but are o/w in very good condition. The maps are intact, the map of Fellowship of the Ring detached and strengthened along the folds with cloth strips. Very clean internally, no inscriptions. A very good set. (3)