Auction No 371, Category: Books

136 Lots (displaying 21 - 40)

Thomas Bewick "A History of British Birds", Folio Society, 2010, two volumes, quarter morocco, gilt,

Lot: 21

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £42
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Thomas Bewick A History of British Birds, Folio Society, 2010, two volumes, quarter morocco, gilt, in slipcase, very fine. (2)

Jean-Francois Lavoisien "Dictionnaire Portatif de Medecine", Paris, 1781, 2 vols, full calf, gilt, worn,

Lot: 22

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
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Jean-Francois Lavoisien Dictionnaire Portatif de Medecine, Paris, 1781, 2 vols, full calf, gilt, worn, boards of Vol.2 wormed, contemp. inked signature to title page of Vol.1; William and A.P. Buchan Domestic Medicine, or, A Treatise on the Prevention and Cure of Diseases, London, 1807, full leather, gilt, worn, some faults; and R.P. Coconnier L’Hypnotisme Franc, Victor Lecoffre, 1898, fine half-morocco, gilt, marbled boards. (4)

Thomas Davies "The Preparation & Mounting of Microscopic Objects", Robert Hardwicke, 1873, 2nd (enlarged) Edn,

Lot: 23

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £15 - £20
SOLD £10
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Thomas Davies The Preparation & Mounting of Microscopic Objects, Robert Hardwicke, 1873, 2nd (enlarged) Edn, 12mo, original gilt cloth, clean text; 214pp. Rear endpaper with corner torn away o/w VG. 

Francis George Heath "The Fern Portfolio", S.P.C.K., 1885, 3rd Edition, folio, original decorated gilt cloth;

Lot: 24

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £50
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Francis George Heath The Fern Portfolio, S.P.C.K., 1885, 3rd Edition, folio, original decorated gilt cloth; backstrip worn and hinges frayed; small ownership label to front pastedown; front endpaper foxed, some spotting elsewhere affecting one of the otherwise fine 15 chromo-litho plates, interleaved with descriptive text

F.O. Morris "A History of British Butterflies", George Bell, 1876, 4th Edn, quarto, original gilt cloth,

Lot: 25

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £46
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F.O. Morris A History of British Butterflies, George Bell, 1876, 4th Edn, quarto, original gilt cloth, recased, few repairs; pencil marks on contents page; 72 fine hand-coloured tissue-guarded plates.

Ian Allan British Bus Fleet ABCs from 1956, all pre-1970 including 12 small-format,

Lot: 26

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £78
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Ian Allan British Bus Fleet ABCs from 1956, all pre-1970 including 12 small-format, one with few internal markings. Fair to VF (24)

"ABC Bus & Coach Guide" 1952 to 1969, a collection, large format softbacks, mainly good to fine,

Lot: 27

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £54
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ABC Bus & Coach Guide 1952 to 1969, a collection, large format softbacks, mainly good to fine, plus 1960s Victoria Coach Station Express Timetables (5). Fair to VF. (16)

Carton of Bus & Ticket Enthusiast Club publications and papers, 1940s to modern, with much pre-1960;

Lot: 28

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £72
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Carton of Bus & Ticket Enthusiast Club publications and papers, 1940s to modern, with much pre-1960; good condition and large qty. (Over 9 kilos) 

"Transport World" magazine 1954-1955 plus few of 1961, some rusting to staples o/w VG/Fine.

Lot: 29

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £42
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Transport World magazine 1954-1955 plus few of 1961, some rusting to staples o/w VG/Fine. (27 issues)

 

Bus and Tram History and nostalgia, a collection of 1960s to 1990s softback publications,

Lot: 30

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £52
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Bus and Tram History and nostalgia, a collection of 1960s to 1990s softback publications, many of local history interest, country-wide.  Good to VF (59)

                        

"Passenger Transport" magazine, H.F. Maynard, 1955-1967, chiefly 1960s, mainly VG to VF.

Lot: 33

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £42
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Passenger Transport magazine, H.F. Maynard, 1955-1967, chiefly 1960s, mainly VG to VF.  (35 issues)

Bus Timetables of Scotland 1952-1983 (37), plus some related leaflets, brochures, magazines, and bus maps.

Lot: 34

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £100 - £130
SOLD £165
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Bus Timetables of Scotland 1952-1983 (37), plus some related leaflets, brochures, magazines, and bus maps. All periods well represented. Mainly good to VF (62)

                                                

Great Western Railway tourist publications of the 1920s, one in gilt cloth, others with original printed wraps,

Lot: 35

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £34
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Great Western Railway tourist publications of the 1920s, one in gilt cloth, others with original printed wraps, some wear, one with spine badly frayed, others fair to good. (8)

Peter Hands & Colin Richards "British Railways Steaming Through the Fifties", Defiant Publications,

Lot: 44

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £26
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Peter Hands & Colin Richards British Railways Steaming Through the Fifties, Defiant Publications, 1987-95, 12 Volumes, A4, pictorial boards, six author signed, VF (12)

Peter Hands & Colin Richards "British Railways Steaming Through the Sixties", Defiant Publications,

Lot: 45

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £90 - £110
SOLD £60
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Peter Hands & Colin Richards British Railways Steaming Through the Sixties, Defiant Publications, set of 16 volumes, plus others in the British Railways Steaming series, two softbacks, others all pictorial boards, sixteen author signed, VF. (29)

Peter Hands & Colin Richards "British Railways Steaming on the Western Region" (5 vols),

Lot: 46

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £40
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Peter Hands & Colin Richards British Railways Steaming on the Western Region (5 vols), British Railways Steaming on the London Midland Region (5 vols), plus others in the same series, all pictorial boards, eight author signed, VF (23)

                                    

Henry Tennyson Folkard "Works Relating to Freemasonry, Preserved in the....Wigan Free Public Library"

Lot: 47

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
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Henry Tennyson Folkard Works Relating to Freemasonry, Preserved in the … Wigan Free Public Library. Wigan, 1882, 2nd Edn, octavo, printed card wraps, VG, fine internally; 32pp

                                                                                    

John Ward "Moston Characters at Play", 1905, and "Moston Characters at Work", 1911; both orig. gilt cloth;

Lot: 48

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £40
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John Ward Moston Characters at Play, 1905, and Moston Characters at Work, 1911; both orig. gilt cloth; t.e.g., uncut elsewhere, VG; both signed & inscribed, and complete with fine folding maps of Moston in 1848; browning to endpapers; the 1905 title with a patched hole top left of front endpaper. (2)

"The Palatine Notebook for 1881" J.E. Cornish, Manchester, and subsequent volumes for 1882-1884,

Lot: 49

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £140
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The Palatine Notebook for 1881 J.E. Cornish, Manchester, and subsequent volumes for 1882-1884, tall octavo, set of 4 vols, uniform blind-tooled & gilt cloth, VG; together with fine 3 autograph letters of 1886 from the Editor, J.E. Bailey of Stretford, concerning local history matters. (7 items)

Wingfield Watson "Prophetic Controversy No. 2", 1887, 28pp, and "The Book of the Mormon", 1899, 18pp;

Lot: 50

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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Wingfield Watson Prophetic Controversy No. 2, 1887, 28pp, and The Book of the Mormon, 1899, 18pp; Edward Couch The Sabbath and the Restitution, 1891, 81pp; all 1970s reprints, together with other reprinted 19th Century pamphlets of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. VF (20)