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Auction No 374, Category: Books

45 Lots (displaying 21 - 40)

London Bus & Tram literature 1930 to 2013, largely softbacks, including some Ian Allan ABCs,

Lot: 35

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Feb 2018 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £20
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London Bus & Tram literature 1930 to 2013, largely softbacks, including some Ian Allan ABCs, modern histories, 1970s nostalgia etc. Fair to VF (46)

Road Transport magazines 1930s to 1990s, all large format, pictorial covers intact, the majority pre-1950.

Lot: 36

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Feb 2018 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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Road Transport magazines 1930s to 1990s, all large format, pictorial covers intact, the majority pre-1950. Fair to VF (51)

Bus and Coach magazine (28) and Passenger Transport magazine (37), 1960s, some light duplication.

Lot: 37

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Feb 2018 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £20
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Bus and Coach magazine (28) and Passenger Transport magazine (37), 1960s, some light duplication. Good to Fine

"The Official ABC Coach Guide" 1951 to 1963, various issues, mostly 1950s, good to fine.

Lot: 38

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Feb 2018 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £46
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The Official ABC Coach Guide 1951 to 1963, various issues, mostly 1950s, good to fine. (13). Also a modern reproduction.

"The Transport Journal", 1954-1967, a selection of 18 issues, mostly 1960-64, three with spines strengthened

Lot: 41

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Feb 2018 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £15
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The Transport Journal, 1954-1967, a selection of 18 issues, mostly 1960-64, three with spines strengthened, mainly VG/Fine. (18)

Marguerite Williams "Arctic Circle Cruise: Reminiscences of a Holiday among the beautiful Norwegian Fjords

Lot: 42

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Feb 2018 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £22
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Marguerite Williams Arctic Circle Cruise: Reminiscences of a Holiday among the beautiful Norwegian Fjords, also visiting the Lofoten Islands and the North Cape, on the Steamship MONTROYAL July 27th to August 19th, 1926. British and Continental Touring Club, [1926], octavo, original printed wraps, string bound, VG; b/w half-tone illustrations; 48pp

Thomas Tredgold (Editor) "Tracts on Hydraulics" Josiah Taylor, London 1826, tall octavo, large paper copy, uncut

Lot: 43

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Feb 2018 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £40
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Thomas Tredgold (Editor) Tracts on Hydraulics Josiah Taylor, London 1826, tall octavo, large paper copy, uncut, in original boards, title label worn away and top of backstrip missing; fine internally with all seven folding folding plates in good condition; clean text; publisher's catalogue at rear; xi,219,16pp. 

"The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray", Smith Elder & Co, 1869, complete in 24 volumes

Lot: 44

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Feb 2018 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £64
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The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray, Smith Elder & Co, 1869, complete in 24 volumes (Vols. 23 & 24 added in 1886); octavo, green half-morocco, gilt, marbled boards, t.e.g., some minor wear o/w VG, fine internally, illustrated with woodcuts. (24)

                                                                        

Enid Blyton "Noddy's Shop of Books", 1958, complete with 5 small softbacks, some wear to box

Lot: 45

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Feb 2018 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £26
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Enid Blyton Noddy’s Shop of Books, 1958, complete with 5 small softbacks, some wear to box and other minor imperfections; The Golliwog Grumbled (gift inscription) and New Big Noddy Book (pictorial boards, worn at corners).

[Alfred Bestall] "The New Adventures of Rupert", Daily Express, 1936, original printed cloth, VG;

Lot: 46

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Feb 2018 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
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[Alfred Bestall] The New Adventures of Rupert, Daily Express, 1936, original printed cloth, VG; ownership panel completed but later erased; most colouring-in pages completed or partially so, some tears in borders or at the hinges. Fair condition

Frank Richards "Old-Soldier Sahib" Faber & Faber 1936, First Edition, original gilt cloth, recased, new endpapers,

Lot: 47

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Feb 2018 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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Frank Richards Old-Soldier Sahib Faber & Faber 1936, First Edition, original gilt cloth, recased, new endpapers, VG condition, 341pp

G.C.Barnard "The Supernormal: a critical introduction to Psychic Science", Rider & Co, 1933, 1st Edn,

Lot: 48

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Feb 2018 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £46
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G.C.Barnard The Supernormal: a critical introduction to Psychic Science, Rider & Co, 1933, 1st Edn, original printed cloth, fine; a few trifling fox marks but largely fine text. 256pp

Rudyard Kipling "Collected Dog Stories,illustrated by G.L.Stampa" Macmillan 1934, 1st Edn,

Lot: 49

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Feb 2018 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £20
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Rudyard Kipling Collected Dog Stories,illustrated by G.L.Stampa Macmillan 1934, 1st Edn, octavo, fine h/bk in VG complete d/jkt, no internal inscriptions. 278pp

Peter Pindar [John Wolcot] "Collected Poetical Works" G. Kearsley, 1785-1790, quarto, 3 volumes, full leather, gilt,

Lot: 50

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Feb 2018 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £180 - £220
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Peter Pindar [John Wolcot] Collected Poetical Works G. Kearsley, 1785-1790, quarto, 3 volumes, full leather, gilt, all rebound, the first two volumes incorporating part of the original tree-calf bindings; fine with all humorous engravings. The original endpapers are present and bear 18th Century ownership inscriptions. [This collection features 28 separate works in Volumes 1 and 2; of the further 9 works in Volume 3, five also appear in Volumes 1 & 2.]

Bret Easton Ellis "American Psycho", Picador 1998. 1st UK h/bk Edition, in VF d/jkt, and "Glamorama" Alfred Knopf

Lot: 51

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Feb 2018 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £80 - £120
SOLD £220
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Bret Easton Ellis American Psycho, Picador 1998. 1st UK h/bk Edition, in VF d/jkt, and Glamorama Alfred Knopf, 1999, 1st Edn in VF d/jkt, both signed & inscribed by the author on the title page. (2)

Selection of signed paperbacks including autographs of Terry Gilliam, Ken Loach & Paul Laverty

Lot: 52

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Feb 2018 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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Selection of signed paperbacks including autographs of Terry Gilliam, Ken Loach & Paul Laverty, Philip Pullman, and Michael Morpurgo. VG/VF (6)

Hermann Muthesius "The English House" Frances Lincoln, 2007, very fine 3 volume set in slipcase;

Lot: 53

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Feb 2018 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £160 - £200
SOLD £150
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Hermann Muthesius The English House Frances Lincoln, 2007, very fine 3 volume set in slipcase; tall quarto, fine dustjackets, contained in issued slipcase; appears unread. This is the first complete English Language Edition.

Alicia Markova "Giselle and I", Barrie & Rockliff, 1960, signed & inscribed by Alicia Markova

Lot: 54

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Feb 2018 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £16
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Alicia Markova Giselle and I, Barrie & Rockliff, 1960, signed & inscribed by Alicia Markova on the title page; the d/jkt price-clipped and edgeworn o/w VG condition. 

Vidal Sassoon "Sorry I kept you waiting, Madam", Cassell, 1968, First UK Edn, signed & warmly inscribed by Sassoon

Lot: 55

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Feb 2018 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £86
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Vidal Sassoon Sorry I kept you waiting, Madam, Cassell, 1968, First UK Edn, signed & warmly inscribed by Sassoon on the dedication page, complete in a very good slightly edgeworn d/jkt.

Frankie Howerd "On the Way I Lost It", W.H. Allen, 1976, 1st Edn in VG d/jkt, signed by Frankie Howerd

Lot: 56

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Feb 2018 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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Frankie Howerd On the Way I Lost It, W.H. Allen, 1976, 1st Edn in VG d/jkt, signed by Frankie Howerd on the front endpaper. Light toning to text due to paper quality o/w VG.