Auction No 432, Wed 19th Feb 2025 12:00 GMT

229 Lots (displaying 1 - 20)

Henry Houlding "Rhymes and Dreams, Legends of Pendle Forest, and other Poems", Burnley, 1895, half-leather, gilt, tissue-guarded plates;

Lot: 1

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Feb 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £76
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Henry Houlding Rhymes and Dreams, Legends of Pendle Forest, and other Poems, Burnley, 1895, half-leather, gilt, tissue-guarded plates; Stella Benson Hope Against Hope and other stories, Macmillan, 1931, signed by the author; Tennyson Maud, 1921, illustrated by Edmund Sullivan & signed by him; Jim Sargisson Joe Scoap's Stwories, Whitehaven, 1911; James Macaulay Poems on Various Subjects, Edinburgh, 1790, half-leather, engraved frontispiece, title page creased; Daniel Defoe A Tour Thro' the whole Island of Great Britain, Peter Davies, 1927, 2 vols; and various others. (16)

Exhibition souvenirs & ephemera; including tickets for 1892 Columbian Exposition (3), 1911 Woven Silk PPC for Scottish Exbn, (some foxing to border),

Lot: 2

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Feb 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £68
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Exhibition souvenirs & ephemera; including tickets for 1892 Columbian Exposition (3), 1911 Woven Silk PPC for Scottish Exbn, (some foxing to border), many FDCs 1930s to 1970, attractive 1940 certificate for New Zealand Centennial Exbn., 1931 squeaker PPC for Paris Colonial Exbn., and other items. Mostly VG/VF (57 items).

Autographs laid down in two old albums, comprising signed photos and pages, entertainers and boxers, including Henry Fonda (2), Merle Oberon

Lot: 3

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Feb 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £220
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Autographs laid down in two old albums, comprising signed photos and pages, entertainers and boxers, including Henry Fonda (2), Merle Oberon (2, one signed photo), Alicia Markova (2, one signed photo), Anton Dolin, James Mason (2, one signed photo), Oscar Homolka (signed photo), Yvonne Arnaud, Carlo Orlandi, Larry (Buster) Crabbe (signed photo), Jack Kid Berg (signed photo), and others, signatures obtained in the 1930s. Front cover of one album damaged. (81)

Autographs of Entertainers and Sportsmen, 1939-48, comprising signed photos & pages laid down in album, including Bette Davis (2, one signed photo),

Lot: 4

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Feb 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £160
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Autographs of Entertainers and Sportsmen, 1939-48, comprising signed photos & pages laid down in album, including Bette Davis (2, one signed photo), Joe Louis, Alistair Sims (2, one signed photo), Anthony Quinn (2 signed 10x8” photos), Eric Portman (2), Herbert Sutcliffe (2 signed photos), Bruce Woodcock, Carmen Miranda, Joe Baksi (2, one signed photo), Randolph Turpin (signed photo), and other well-known. (50). Also few with printed signatures

Four Victorian Valentines, three with elaborate applique including fabrics; paperlace borders. Unused. Fine (4)

Lot: 5

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Feb 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £70
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Four Victorian Valentines, three with elaborate applique including fabrics; paperlace borders. Unused. Fine (4)   

Photographs, many Victorian, including attractive ambrotype portrait in glass-fronted frame, famous people (8), 1860s views of Torquay (3)

Lot: 6

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Feb 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
SOLD £52
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Photographs, many Victorian, including attractive ambrotype portrait in glass-fronted frame, famous people (8), 1860s views of Torquay (3) by Francis Bedford, and various others. Also some small prints. Mixed condition. (59)

H. E. Wingfield "An Introduction to the Study of Hypnotism", 1920, 2nd Edn; Hulten "Building Modern Sweden", Penguin, 1951;

Lot: 7

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Feb 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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H. E. Wingfield An Introduction to the Study of Hypnotism, 1920, 2nd Edn; Hulten Building Modern Sweden, Penguin, 1951; Ministry of Health Housing Manual 1949, HMS0, plus Supplement; Planning Our New Homes, HMSO, Edinburgh, 1948; Thorn Lighting Ltd Comprehensive Lighting Catalogue 1971/72, many illustrations; and other books & pamphlets, mostly construction and electrical. (71)

[Henrietta Wilson] "Things To Be Thought Of. Addressed to the Young", W.P. Kennedy, 1853, gilt calf, rubbed at periphery;

Lot: 8

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Feb 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £40
UNSOLD
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[Henrietta Wilson] Things To Be Thought Of. Addressed to the Young, W.P. Kennedy, 1853, gilt calf, rubbed at periphery; The Poetical Works of George Herbert and Reginald Heber, Gall & Inglis, [1881], half leather, gilt, eight fine steel engravings; Compendium of Evidence of Christianity, D.Walther, 1821, six vols bound in three, half-leather, gilt, light foxing to preliminary leaves; and nine other antiquarian books in mixed condition. (12)

Assorted books with William Andrews "Historic Romance: Strange Stories, Characters, Scenes, Mysteries", 1883, and a variety of others

Lot: 9

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Feb 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £40
SOLD £15
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Assorted books with William Andrews Historic Romance: Strange Stories, Characters, Scenes, Mysteries, 1883, and a variety of others including four more by Andrews. VG to fine condition throughout. (13)

Various including A. & C. Black topography (7), five illustrated by Heaton Cooper (one rebound in half-leather); Temple "The Gytrash of Goathland",

Lot: 10

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Feb 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £40
UNSOLD
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Various including A. & C. Black topography (7), five illustrated by Heaton Cooper (one rebound in half-leather); Temple The Gytrash of Goathland, 1928; Pendlebury The Archaeology of Crete, 1967, in d/jkt; and Le Plutarque de l'Enfance, 1812, engraved plates, improvised wraps. (16)  

Victorian leather-bound photo album with family portraits of Co. Durham and Cleveland area, comprising cabinet (16) and carte de visite (14) photos,

Lot: 11

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Feb 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £36
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Victorian leather-bound photo album with family portraits of Co. Durham and Cleveland area, comprising cabinet (16) and carte de visite (14) photos, including school groups (2) and Kildale church. Also 17 snapshots and four later photos. Album lacks clasp.

Victorian carte-de-visite photos in three modern albums, largely UK photographers, country-wide, largely portraits; very mixed quality, a few damaged

Lot: 12

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Feb 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £80 - £120
SOLD £110
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Victorian carte-de-visite photos in three modern albums, largely UK photographers, country-wide, largely portraits; very mixed quality, a few damaged. (417). Also some cut-down examples.

Victorian carte-de-visite portrait photos in modern album, chiefly Middlesbrough and other North of England photographers. Fair to Fine. (184)

Lot: 13

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Feb 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £86
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Victorian carte-de-visite portrait photos in modern album, chiefly Middlesbrough and other North of England photographers. Fair to Fine. (184)    

Victorian carte-de-visite portrait photos in two modern albums, country-wide with variety of photographers. Fair to fine. (213)

Lot: 14

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Feb 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £90
SOLD £98
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Victorian carte-de-visite portrait photos in two modern albums, country-wide with variety of photographers. Fair to fine. (213)

Victorian and later portrait photographs, largely 19th Century cabinet photos, a collection in five modern albums; wide range of photographers,

Lot: 15

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Feb 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £100 - £140
SOLD £145
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Victorian and later portrait photographs, largely 19th Century cabinet photos, a collection in five modern albums; wide range of photographers, some overseas. Includes May Day, Whitelands College group photo. Mixed condition, generally fair to fine. (260). Also some snapshots.

Folio Society publications comprising A.L. Rowse "The Elizabethan Age" 2012, 4-vol. boxed set; Leslie Stephen "Hours in a Library" 1991, 3-vol.

Lot: 16

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Feb 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
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Folio Society publications comprising A.L. Rowse The Elizabethan Age 2012, 4-vol. boxed set; Leslie Stephen Hours in a Library 1991, 3-vol. boxed set; and three others, two lacking slipcases.

Folio Society publications including Holinshed "Chronicles" 2012, lacking slipcase; Primo Levi "If This is a Man", 2001, in slipcase; and 24 others

Lot: 17

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Feb 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
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Folio Society publications including Holinshed Chronicles 2012,  lacking slipcase; Primo Levi If This is a Man, 2001, in slipcase; and 24 others of which 19 lack slipcases (of these seven with inked ownership inscriptions). (26) 

Folio Society publications including Holinshed "Chronicles" 2012, and 21 others, most lacking slipcases.

Lot: 18

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Feb 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £40
UNSOLD
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Folio Society publications including Holinshed Chronicles 2012, and 21 others, most lacking slipcases. Eight of those without slipcases have inked ownership inscriptions. (22)

Album of autographed photos, various sizes, including Tom Courtenay, Les Dennis, Lorraine Kelly, Jan Harvey, Timothy Spaul, Chris Bonnington,

Lot: 19

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Feb 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £105
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Album of autographed photos, various sizes, including Tom Courtenay, Les Dennis, Lorraine Kelly, Jan Harvey, Timothy Spaul, Chris Bonnington, Jeffrey Archer, Alesha, Winifred Atwell, and many other well-known. Also few signed pages. (80)

Album of autographed photos, mainly 10x8”, including, Judi Dench, Jean Simmons, Angelina Jolie, Walter Matthau, Cameron Diaz,

Lot: 20

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Feb 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £82
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Album of autographed photos, mainly 10x8”, including Judi Dench, Jean Simmons, Angelina Jolie, Walter Matthau, Cameron Diaz, Caroline Munro, Kirsten Dunst and other largely female celebrities. (48). Also some unsigned. In self-adhesive album but photos can be removed with care. Also Diana Dors with printed signature.