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Auction No 364, Category: Books

129 Lots (displaying 121 - 129)

'Girls Gone By' reprints of Schoolgirl fiction, mostly Dorita Fairlie Bruce stories,

Lot: 135

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
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Girls Gone By reprints of Schoolgirl fiction, mostly Dorita Fairlie Bruce stories, plus biographical works on Antonia Forest (2) and Monica Edwards. All softbacks. Most with previous owner’s bookplate. (15)

John Dryden "The Medall. A Satyre Against Sedition" Jacob Tonson, London, 1682, First Edition (2nd Issue);

Lot: 136

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £40
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John Dryden The Medall. A Satyre Against Sedition Jacob Tonson, London, 1682, First Edition (2nd Issue); small quarto, disbound from a combined colume; [12] + 20pp. Title page dust-affected o/w VG. (Wing D2311)

"The Works of Alexander Pope Esq. In Nine Volumes, Complete. With his last Corrections, Additions and Improvements

Lot: 137

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £46
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The Works of Alexander Pope Esq. In Nine Volumes, Complete. With his last Corrections, Additions and Improvements As they were delivered to the Editor a little before his Death: together with the Commentary and Notes of Mr.Warburton, A. Millar, J. Tonson and others, 1760, nine volume set, worn leather bindings lacking title labels but good internally; engraved frontispiece to Vol.One. (9)

Matthew Prior "Poems on Several Occasions", S. Birt & W. Feales, 1734, 5th Edn, 3 Volume set,

Lot: 138

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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Matthew Prior Poems on Several Occasions, S. Birt & W. Feales, 1734, 5th Edn, 3 Volume set, contemp. polished calf, backstrips worn and lacking title labels; later marbled endpapers & armorial bookplates; occasional woodcuts including engraved frontispiece to Vols. 1 and 3, and Vol. 3 with three additional engraved plates. VG internally.     

Neville Cardus "Autobiography" Collins, 1947, First Edition, signed by the author on title page;

Lot: 139

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £26
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Neville Cardus Autobiography Collins, 1947, First Edition, signed by the author on title page; original cloth. Original owner’s neat signature front endpaper. VG

R.T. Vyner Notitia Venatica: A Treatise on Fox-Hunting, to Which is Added, a Compendious Kennel Stud Book"

Lot: 140

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £20
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R.T. Vyner Notitia Venatica: A Treatise on Fox-Hunting, to Which is Added, a Compendious Kennel Stud Book, Rudolph Ackermann, 1842, rebound in fine attractive green half-leather, gilt, over marbled boards by Pennine Binding of Halifax; clean text, 7 (of 8) lithographed tissue-guarded plates with light foxing (!) which also affects the last few pages. 

Donald Dallas "The British Sporting Gun and Rifle: Pursuit of Perfection 1850-1900"

Lot: 141

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £100 - £130
SOLD £76
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Donald Dallas The British Sporting Gun and Rifle: Pursuit of Perfection 1850-1900 Quiller, 2008, No. 13 of 100 bound in half leather, gilt, signed by the author, in slipcase.

19th Century Selection including Edgeworth "Essay on Irish Bulls" 1815, 4th Edn; Charles Dickens "The Chimes" 1845,

Lot: 142

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
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19th Century Selection including Edgeworth Essay on Irish Bulls, 1815, 4th Edn; Charles Dickens The Chimes 1845, and The Battle of Life 1846, gilt cloth, some wear; and Castellan Letters on Italy, 1820, disbound, five hand-coloured engravings, 108pp. Fair to VG (8)

Various including "Future Books" Collins, 1946/47, Volumes 1 to 3; selection of works on architecture;

Lot: 143

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £34
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Various including Future Books, Collins, 1946/47, Volumes 1 to 3; selection of works on architecture; plus many softbacks on Industrial History including museum guides. VG to VF (65)