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Auction No 400, Category: Antiquarian

15 Lots (displaying 1 - 15)

"Funny Folks: The Comic Companion to the Newspaper", Volume XVII, 1891, James Henderson, folio, bound volume of 53 issues,

Lot: 2

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Apr 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £100 - £150
SOLD £70
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Funny Folks: The Comic Companion to the Newspaper, Volume XVII, 1891, James Henderson, folio, bound volume of 53 issues, publisher's pictorial boards chipped, soiled & worn, front endpaper damaged; mainly fine internally but last two issues with faults to the outer margin (not affecting text). Free from foxing or inscriptions. Political and social satire with 100s of cartoons. Advertising pages retained. 448pp. Very scarce.   

18th & 19th Century leather bound books, mostly English literature, with several odd volumes including Shakespeare (from 1711);

Lot: 5

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Apr 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £72
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18th & 19th Century leather bound books, mostly English literature, with several odd volumes including Shakespeare (from 1711); engraved plates present; mostly worn bindings though boards are all attached. (22)

Gustave Dore illustrated works, all tall quarto, published by Cassell & Co; comprising "The History of Don Quixote", [1880], half-leather, gilt,

Lot: 13

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Apr 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £94
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Gustave Dore illustrated works, all tall quarto, published by Cassell & Co; comprising The History of Don Quixote, [1880], half-leather, gilt, front endpapers creased; Milton's Paradise Lost, 1905, half-leather gilt, endpapers browned; and Cassell's Dore Gallery, Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co, [1885]. The Gallery is bound in full leather, gilt, a.e.g., rubbed & chipped in places, front hinge cracked & repair needed at foot of backstrip, and contains 250 fine full-page plates. All three with text & plates clean & free from foxing. Fair to VG. (3)

Three small bibles printed in 16mo comprising "The Holy Bible", Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1862, full blind-tooled morocco with foliate design

Lot: 14

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Apr 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £20
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Three small bibles printed in 16mo comprising The Holy Bible, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1862, full blind-tooled morocco with foliate design front & back, raised bands, rubbed at extremities; The Red Letter New Testament, Collins, n.d., gift inscription dated 1923; and a 1945 National Bible Society volume in gilt leatherette issued to commemorate V.E. Day, in presentation box. VG/VF (3) 

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

Lot: 25

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Apr 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £230 - £270
SOLD £100
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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)

"Works of Charles Dickens" together with John Forster’s "The Life of Charles Dickens", Chapman & Hall, 1890-92, 18 volumes, quarto

Lot: 27

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Apr 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £20
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Works of Charles Dickens together with John Forster's The Life of Charles Dickens, Chapman & Hall, 1890-92, 18 volumes, quarto, printed cloth, gilt titles; illustrated, each with a tissue-guarded frontispiece, uncut two sides; spine of Bleak House damaged, two others with paint splashes to covers, VG internally, no foxing. Previous owner's bookplates to front pastedowns. (18)

"The Edinburgh Review, or Critical Journal", Longmans, A&C Black and others, 1878-1885, six different volumes;

Lot: 29

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Apr 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £200 - £250
SOLD £70
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The Edinburgh Review, or Critical Journal, Longmans, A&C Black and others, 1878-1885, six different volumes; and Temple Bar: A London Magazine for Town and Country Readers 1861-1863, Vols 1 to 7 complete. All in half-leather over marbled boards, some wear, fine internally. (13)

Alexander Pope (trans.) "The Iliad of Homer", Bernard Lintot, London, 1732, the 3rd Edition, six volumes; 12mo, full calf with gilt ruling,

Lot: 34

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Apr 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £82
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Alexander Pope (trans.) The Iliad of Homer, Bernard Lintot, London, 1732, the 3rd Edition, six volumes; 12mo, full calf with gilt ruling, red sides, gilt devices to backstrips which are very worn and lacking title labels; some browning to endpapers; VG internally with all plates, occasional minor tone or ink marks. (6) 

William Harrison Ainsworth illustrated selection, mostly published by Routledge especially their "Original Illustrated Edition".

Lot: 35

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Apr 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £30
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William Harrison Ainsworth illustrated selection, mostly published by Routledge especially their Original Illustrated Edition. Various bindings, previous owner's bookplates at front. Clean texts. Fair to fine. (25)

Collected Works of the British Poets published by James Nichol, Edinburgh, 1850s, octavo, uniformly bound in elaborate blind-tooled morocco

Lot: 36

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Apr 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £100 - £130
SOLD £165
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Collected Works of the British Poets published by James Nichol, Edinburgh, 1850s, octavo, uniformly bound in elaborate blind-tooled morocco with gilt titles and sides, some with small faults but mostly VG. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown of each volume. (48)

Arthur Conan Doyle, Winston Churchill, P.G. Wodehouse, and others "The Strand Magazine" Vols.62 & 63, July 1921 to June 1922,

Lot: 39

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Apr 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £250 - £300
SOLD £200
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Arthur Conan Doyle, Winston Churchill, P.G. Wodehouse, and others. The Strand Magazine Vols.62 & 63, July 1921 to June 1922, original pictorial cloth, gilt, VG, including Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone, The Problem of Thor Bridge and two other stories by Doyle; seven short stories by Wodehouse; and Churchill's Painting as a Pastime complete including the colour illustrations. Browning to endpapers and hingeing a little weak in a couple of places o/w fine internally. (2)  

Erasmus (and N. Bailey, translator) "Erasmi Colloquia Selecta Decem: or, Ten Select Colloquies of Erasmus", J. Brotherton, J.Hazard & others,

Lot: 44

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Apr 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
UNSOLD
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Erasmus (and N. Bailey, translator) Erasmi Colloquia Selecta Decem: or, Ten Select Colloquies of Erasmus, J. Brotherton, J.Hazard & others, London, 1733; the text in original Latin followed by an English translation; 12mo, full calf, worn, old tape marks around the hinges; gilt author label intact; red speckled sides; browning to endpapers, good clean text. xi, 250,(2)pp   

Eugene Francois Joseph Tailliar: Four Historical Pamphlets comprising "Notice sur la langue romane d'oil et sur son etat, dans le nord de la France

Lot: 64

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Apr 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £120 - £150
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Eugene Francois Joseph Tailliar: Four Historical Pamphlets comprising Notice sur la langue romane d'oil et sur son etat, dans le nord de la France, aux XIIe et XIIIe siecles, [1837], 80pp; Essais sur L'Historie des Institutions, [n.d.]; Etudes sur les Institutions Dans leurs rapports avec les monuments. 2me Etude Domination Romaine. Periode Anterieure a L'Avenement de Diocletien en 284. [n.d.],46pp + 12 plates; and Notice sur Origine et l'Organisation des Commune dans le Nord de la France. [n.d.]; bound together in a worn & chipped quarto half-leather binding, gilt, title label still fine; marbled endpapers; two private library stamps of Francois Toraven; some pages with spotting but generally clean, the architectural essay & plates fine. 

John [Williams], Bishop of Lincoln "Great Britains Salomon: A sermon preached at the magnificent funerall, of the most high and mighty King, Iames,

Lot: 65

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Apr 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
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John [Williams], Bishop of Lincoln Great Britains Salomon: A sermon preached at the magnificent funerall, of the most high and mighty King, Iames, the late King of Great Britaine, France, and Ireland, defender of the faith, &c, John Bull, London, 1625; sm.4to; bound in cloth covered boards, black tape repair to spine; lacks frontispiece; clean text; pp.37/8 torn with temporary repair; colophon page damaged (not affecting text); (2),76,(1)pp.  

Jean-Paul Marat, and A. Vermorel (Editor) "Oeuvres de J.P. Marat", Decembre-Alonnier, Paris, 1869; octavo, quarter red morocco, gilt,

Lot: 66

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Apr 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
UNSOLD
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Jean-Paul Marat, and A. Vermorel (Editor) Oeuvres de J.P. Marat, Decembre-Alonnier, Paris, 1869; octavo, quarter red morocco, gilt, marbled boards & endpapers, a little worn; ownership signature top of title page; tear to lower margin pp.11/12 needs repair; o/w fine internally; vii,326pp