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Auction No 388, Category: Autographs

4 Lots (displaying 1 - 4)

George Ellis "Modern Practical Joinery", Library Press, 1921, fourth (and much enlarged) edition; original printed cloth, gilt, VG;

Lot: 5

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Nov 2019 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £20
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George Ellis Modern Practical Joinery, Library Press, 1921, fourth (and much enlarged) edition; original printed cloth,  gilt, VG; few small marks to prelims o/w fine internally. Many photogravure and line-drawn plates, some folding. 502pp plus index.

Edmund Hillary "High Adventure", Hodder & Stoughton, 1955, 1st Edn., orig. cloth, slightly marked, signed by the author on front endpaper;

Lot: 6

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Nov 2019 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £52
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Edmund Hillary High Adventure, Hodder & Stoughton, 1955, 1st Edn., orig. cloth, slightly marked, signed by the author on front endpaper; good. 224pp

Mixed ephemera 19th Century to 1950s; including revenue stamped documents (9); Government Letters (6), two signed by Rab Butler

Lot: 10

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Nov 2019 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £32
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Mixed ephemera 19th Century to 1950s; including revenue stamped documents (9); Government Letters (6), two signed by Rab Butler (as Chancellor); WW2 items (10, one marked SECRET); The Philatelists’ Supplement 1896; Daily Telegraph 1926 Strike Issue; 1890 Public Notice concerning pollution in the Irwell & Mersey; etc. Fair to fine. (34 items)

Lytton Strachey "Elizabeth and Essex", Crosby Gaige, New York, 1928, paper-covered boards, cloth backstrip, gilt, VG; b/w frontispiece

Lot: 13

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Nov 2019 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £26
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Lytton Strachey Elizabeth and Essex, Crosby Gaige, New York, 1928, paper-covered boards, cloth backstrip, gilt, VG; b/w frontispiece and five other plates; signed by the author opposite half-title; number 795 of 1060.