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Auction No 371, Category: Books

136 Lots (displaying 101 - 120)

Ellis Peters "The Summer of the Danes", The Mysterious Press, 1991, 1st USA Edition, in complete near fine dustjacket,

Lot: 119

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
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Ellis Peters The Summer of the Danes, The Mysterious Press, 1991, 1st USA Edition, in complete near fine dustjacket, signed and inscribed by the author on the title page; an autograph compliments card from the author loosely inserted complaining of the lateness of her US publisher!

Ellis Peters "The Rose Rent", William Morrow, 1986, 1st Edn; "St. Peter's Fair", William Morrow 1981, 1st Edn;

Lot: 120

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
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Ellis Peters The Rose Rent, William Morrow, 1986, 1st Edn; St.Peter’s Fair, William Morrow 1981, 1st Edn; and The Raven in the Foregate, Macmillan, 1986, 1st Edn; all in dustjackets, St. Peter’s Fair d/jkt chipped at top & tail of spine o/w VG/Fine; all signed and inscribed by the author on the title page. A few page corners of The Rose Rent creased. (3)

Ellis Peters "Holiday with Violence" Headline, 1992, in fine d/jkt, signed & inscribed by the author;

Lot: 121

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
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Ellis Peters Holiday with Violence Headline, 1992, in fine d/jkt, signed & inscribed by the author; together with signed & inscribed reprints of The Sanctuary Sparrow (1983 p/bk), A Rare Benedictine (1990 p/bk) and Brother Cadfael’s Penance (1994 h/bk in d/jkt). Fair to VF (4)

Ellis Peters selection of signed & inscribed First Editions published by Headline, all in complete dustjackets

Lot: 122

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £48
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Ellis Peters selection of signed & inscribed First Editions published by Headline, all in complete dustjackets comprising A Rare Benedictine 1988, The Confession of Brother Haluin 1988, The Heretic’s Apprentice 1989, The Potter’s Field 1989, and The Holy Thief 1992 (d/jkt frayed at foot of spine). VG/VF (5)

Le Sage "The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane", translated by Percival Proctor, London, 1774, 2 Vols,

Lot: 123

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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Le Sage The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane, translated by Percival Proctor, London, 1774, 2 Vols, octavo, contemp. full leather, worn, backstrips heavily darkened, hinges weak, fine internally including all 21 plates as called for (instructions to the binder at end of Vol. 2)

O Felly Fro Rachde "O Ful, Tru, Un Pertikler Okeawnt o bwoth wat aw Seed un wat aw Yerd,

Lot: 124

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £76
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O Felly Fro Rachde O Ful, Tru, Un Pertikler Okeawnt o bwoth wat aw Seed un wat aw Yerd, we gooin too Th’ Greyt Eggshibishun e Lunden, Abel Heywood and others, 1856, 3rd Edition (alleged!); 12mo, original gilt & blind-tooled cloth, fine; illustrated with humorous woodcuts; 87pp. No copy of this work recorded by Copac.

Mostly 19th Century Yorkshire Poetry 1st Editions in original cloth; including Matthew Willis "The Mountain Minstrel", York, 1834

Lot: 125

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £56
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Mostly 19th Century Yorkshire Poetry 1st Editions in original cloth; including Matthew Willis The Mountain Minstrel, York, 1834; Stephen Fawcett Bradford Legends, 1872; William Newsam (Ed.) The Poets of Yorkshire 1845; Benjamin Dawson Poems, Ballads and Love Lyrics, Leeds, 1891; Joseph Senior Smithy Rhymes and Stithy Chimes, Sheffield, 1882; and Thomas Lister The Rustic Wreath, 1834. Mostly VG/Fine (12)

Frederic Charles Spencer "The Vale of Bolton....and Other Poems", Hurst, Chance & Co, [1829],

Lot: 126

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £26
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Frederic Charles Spencer The Vale of Bolton…and Other Poems, Hurst, Chance & Co, [1829], Robert Carrick Wildon Tong, on a Summer’s Day; The Forbidden Union; and Other Poems, Leeds, 1850, some spotting to text; and William Dearden The Vale of Caldene, London & Halifax, 1844; all original worn cloth bindings, Caldene lacking front endpaper & half-title. (3)

Georges Carpentier "Brothers of the Brown Owl: A Story of the Boxing Ring", Cassell & Co [1921],

Lot: 127

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
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Georges Carpentier Brothers of the Brown Owl: A Story of the Boxing Ring, Cassell & Co [1921], original pictorial cloth, VG; contemp. gift inscription; 4 colour plates, plus b/w illustrations; occasional minor tone mark.

Antoine Edouard Foley "Eki Tou-Mata Ouengha, Pere et Dieu des Cruels Humains", Paris, 1874,

Lot: 128

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £80 - £120
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Antoine Edouard Foley Eki Tou-Mata Ouengha, Père et Dieu des Cruels Humains, Paris, 1874, contemp. half-calf, gilt, VG; bookplate of Lord Houghton of Crewe; pictorial title page; fine text; 148pp. [A semi-fictional work based on Maori myths and legends of the Banks Peninsula, New Zealand]

Primogene Duvard "Poems by Primogene Duvard, Northallerton", James Pope, Northallerton, 1843, 2nd Edn,

Lot: 129

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
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Primogene Duvard Poems by Primogene Duvard, Northallerton, James Pope, Northallerton, 1843, 2nd Edn, original embossed decorated cloth, VG; 148pp including list of subscribers.

"A Short Account of John Marriott, including Extracts from some of his Letters.To which are added, some of his Poetical Productions"

Lot: 130

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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A Short Account of John Marriott, including Extracts from some of his Letters. To which are added, some of his Poetical Productions. D. Boys, Doncaster, 1803, 12mo, contemporary tree-calf, some light wear, gilt title; contemp. ownership signature; fine internally, [8],194,[2]pp

Novels of Charles Dickens, Folio Society 1994, 15 (of 16) volumes, pictorial cloth, VG/fine,

Lot: 131

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
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Novels of Charles Dickens, Folio Society 1994, 15 (of 16) volumes, pictorial cloth, VG/fine, all in VG/F slipcases, illustrated by Charles Keeping. (15)

Sir John Vanbrugh "Plays Written by Sir John Vanbrugh", J. Tonson & others, London, 1730, small octavo,

Lot: 132

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £20
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Sir John Vanbrugh Plays Written by Sir John Vanbrugh, J. Tonson & others, London, 1730, small octavo, contemp. calf, worn, gilt title labels replaced; occasional minor browning. Good (2)

"The Poetical Works of John Critchley Prince", Abel Heywood, Manchester, 1880, quarto, 2 Vols,

Lot: 133

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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The Poetical Works of John Critchley Prince, Abel Heywood, Manchester, 1880, quarto, 2 Vols, original gilt cloth, VG; large paper edition, No.45 of 100 issued; front inner hinge to Vol. 1 frayed o/w fine. (2)

Kenneth Dower "The Spotted Lion", 1937; Handley "Roughing it in Southern India", 1911, VG;

Lot: 134

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £22
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Kenneth Dower The Spotted Lion, 1937; Handley Roughing it in Southern India, 1911, VG; John Taylor African Rifles & Cartridges, Samworth, 1948, fine; Felix Oswald Alone in the Sleeping-Sickness Country, 1915; and another. Fair to fine. (5)

W.F. Butler "The Wild North Land: being the Story of a Winter Journey, with dogs, across Northern North America"

Lot: 135

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £52
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W.F. Butler The Wild North Land: being the Story of a Winter Journey, with dogs, across Northern North America, Sampson Low, 1873, 1st Edition, nicely rebound in modern leather, gilt, fine folding map; and E. Marshall Scull Hunting in the Arctic and Alaska, 1914, 1st Edn, orig. gilt cloth, recased, new endpapers, fine internally, maps & photo-plates. (2)

Aime Humbert "Japan and the Japanese Illustrated", Richard Bentley, 1874, large quarto,

Lot: 136

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £80 - £120
SOLD £160
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Aime Humbert Japan and the Japanese Illustrated, Richard Bentley, 1874, large quarto, original decorated cloth, gilt, VG; inner hinges a little weak; few minor marks to half-title o/w fine internally; xviii,378,[2]pp.

 

Chess Openings literature 1950s to 1990s, very largely s/bks including Tirabassi "Benoni Defence: Taimanov Variation", 1993;

Lot: 137

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £30
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Chess Openings literature 1950s to 1990s, very largely s/bks including Tirabassi Benoni Defence: Taimanov Variation, 1993; Jansa & Pribyl How to Play the Pirc – A New System for Black! 1988; Nesis Tactics in the King’s Indian, 1992. Many are Batsford publications. Fair to VF (41)

 

Alexander "Alekhine's Best Games of Chess 1938-1945", 1959 in d/jkt; David Short "Nigel Short: Chess Prodigy", 1981,

Lot: 138

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £20
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Alexander Alekhine’s Best Games of Chess 1938-1945, 1959 in d/jkt; David Short Nigel Short: Chess Prodigy, 1981, in d/jkt; Victor Korchnoi My Best Games, Vol. 1: Games with White, 2003, pictorial boards; and other collections of Best Games, famous contests etc, h/bk & s/bk. (20)