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Auction No 385, Category: Books

17 Lots (displaying 1 - 17)

Folio Society publications in slipcases including boxed sets of Graham Greene "The Complete Entertainments" (6 vols)

Lot: 49

  • Auction Date: Wed 3rd Jul 2019 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
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Folio Society publications in slipcases including boxed sets of Graham Greene The Complete Entertainments (6 vols) and Pepys Diary (3 vols).; plus Anthony Powell A Dance to the Music of Time Vols 1 & 2, and others. VG/VF (16)

A teenager’s hand-written & illustrated journal of 1942, describing her exploits with her friends & sister,

Lot: 50

  • Auction Date: Wed 3rd Jul 2019 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £40
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A teenager’s hand-written & illustrated journal of 1942, describing her exploits with her friends & sister, written in a good clear hand by Blanche Milgate of Gnosal, Staffordshire, with a contribution from her friend Rose. Includes 11 full pages of watercolour cartoons, 35 full pages of text, and a poster tipped-in for a performance of "The Little Bears" Concert Party which they staged at the parish hall. In a hardbound exercise book. VG condition.      

H.M. Beasley "Beasley v Culbertson….the International Bridge Match 1933", Hutchinson;

Lot: 51

  • Auction Date: Wed 3rd Jul 2019 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £10
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H.M. Beasley Beasley v Culbertson….the International Bridge Match 1933, Hutchinson; Ely Culbertson Contract Bridge Championship of 1933, News-Chronicle; both with original printed cloth, somewhat faded; former with few pencil annotations o/w fine internally. (2)

J.G. Wood "The Illustrated Natural History", Routledge 1872-75, set of 3 volumes, original pictorial cloth, gilt, marble-edged, good,

Lot: 52

  • Auction Date: Wed 3rd Jul 2019 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £22
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J.G. Wood The Illustrated Natural History, Routledge 1872-75, set of 3 volumes, original pictorial cloth, gilt, marble-edged, good,many wood-engravings; private library blind-stamp of Robert Ratcliffe at foot of title pages.

Children’s 1930s illustrated (4) with colour plates by Charles Robinson, Margaret Tarrant, Harry Theaker

Lot: 53

  • Auction Date: Wed 3rd Jul 2019 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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Children’s 1930s illustrated (4) with colour plates by Charles Robinson, Margaret Tarrant, Harry Theaker and others;Girl’s Own Annual for 1894 (spine partly detached) and 1889; Boy’s Own Annual 1912 (orig. pictorial cloth); The Private Diaries of Alison Uttley 1932-1971; and four others. Varied condition, fair to fine. (12) 

Phaedrus "Phaedri Augusti Liberti Fabulae Aesopiae", A.J. Valpy, 1822, 2 vols (bound into one), contemporary full leather, gilt,

Lot: 54

  • Auction Date: Wed 3rd Jul 2019 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £80 - £100
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Phaedrus Phaedri Augusti Liberti Fabulae Aesopiae, A.J. Valpy, 1822, 2 vols (bound into one), contemporary full leather, gilt, some light wear, a.e.g.; bookplate of Robert Shafto Adair, neat ownership signature top of title page. Fine internally. 756pp plus index.        

"The Letters of Thomas Langton, Flax Merchant of Kirkham, 1771-1788", Chetham Society 1994;

Lot: 56

  • Auction Date: Wed 3rd Jul 2019 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
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The Letters of Thomas Langton, Flax Merchant of Kirkham, 1771-1788, Chetham Society 1994; Nicholas Blundell’s Diary 1702-1728, 1968 -1972, 3 volumes; Barry Coward The Stanleys 1385-1672, 1983; and other West Lancashire history, mostly published by the Record Society of Lancashire and Cheshire, all bar two in d/jkts (one with a tear). Ownership signatures. Good to fine. (14)

Stephen Collins "James Crossley: A Manchester Man of Letters", 2012; David Hodgkins "The Diary of Edward Watkin", 2013;

Lot: 57

  • Auction Date: Wed 3rd Jul 2019 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £34
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Stephen Collins James Crossley: A Manchester Man of Letters, 2012; David Hodgkins The Diary of Edward Watkin, 2013;and other Manchester related titles, all h/bk (bar one), six in fine d/jkts. (9)

"Crown Pleas of the Lancashire Eyre 1292", Record Soc. of Lancs & Cheshire, 2014-15, 3 Vols;

Lot: 58

  • Auction Date: Wed 3rd Jul 2019 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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Crown Pleas of the Lancashire Eyre 1292, Record Soc. of Lancs & Cheshire, 2014-15, 3 Vols; Gratton The Parliamentarian and Royalist War Effort in Lancashire 1642-1651, Chetham Society 2010; and other Lancashire History, all in good/VF d/jkts, several with ownership signature. (13) 

"The Charters of the Anglo-Norman Earls of Chester c.1071-1237", 1988; "Wrenbury Wills and Inventories 1542-1661", 2009;

Lot: 59

  • Auction Date: Wed 3rd Jul 2019 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
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The Charters of the Anglo-Norman Earls of Chester c.1071-1237, 1988; Wrenbury Wills and Inventories 1542-1661, 2009; and other Cheshire history, all h/bks in VG/VF d/jkts, mostly publications of The Record Society of Lancashire and Cheshire. Ownership signatures. (18) 

W. Cubbon "A Bibliographical Account of Works Relating to the Isle of Man", Oxford, 1933-39, two vols, orig.gilt cloth, VG;

Lot: 60

  • Auction Date: Wed 3rd Jul 2019 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
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W. Cubbon A Bibliographical Account of Works Relating to the Isle of Man, Oxford, 1933-39, two vols, orig.gilt cloth, VG; and J.R. Dickinson The Lordships of Man Under the Stanleys, Chetham Society, 1996, in fine d/jkt. (3)

L.F. Dimmick "A Discourse on the Moral Influence of Rail-Roads". Charles Whipple, Newburyport, Mass., 1841,

Lot: 61

  • Auction Date: Wed 3rd Jul 2019 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £36
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L.F. Dimmick A Discourse on the Moral Influence of Rail-Roads. Charles Whipple, Newburyport, Mass., 1841, small format (32mo), original gilt cloth, backstrip chipped at extremities, hinges frayed; inscribed by the author on front endpaper to the editor of the New York Evangelist; text complete but foxing throughout; 125pp. Scarce

Ian Allan ABC "British Bus Fleets" 1960s, plus seven later of the London Buses series (two with internal markings);

Lot: 62

  • Auction Date: Wed 3rd Jul 2019 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £20
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Ian Allan ABC British Bus Fleets 1960s, plus seven later of the London Buses series (two with internal markings); mostly VG/Fine (31)

London Transport Bus & Tram history and nostalgia softbacks, 1950s to 2000s with good spread throughout the period

Lot: 64

  • Auction Date: Wed 3rd Jul 2019 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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London Transport Bus & Tram history and nostalgia softbacks, 1950s to 2000s with good spread throughout the period; mainly small to medium format. Good to VF (41)

Scottish Bus Timetables (25), 1970s to 1981, plus a qty of related bus maps, leaflets and other ephemera.

Lot: 67

  • Auction Date: Wed 3rd Jul 2019 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £80 - £100
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Scottish Bus Timetables (25), 1970s to 1981, plus a qty of related bus maps, leaflets and other ephemera. 19 of the timetables have folding maps. One timetable damaged, others fair to VF.

Bus & Tram history and nostalgia, 1940s/90s softbacks, mostly 1970s/80s, largely English localities & companies,

Lot: 68

  • Auction Date: Wed 3rd Jul 2019 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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Bus & Tram history and nostalgia, 1940s/90s softbacks, mostly 1970s/80s, largely English localities & companies, much local history interest. Mostly medium format. Fair to VF (52)

Robert J. Harley "Kingston and Wimbledon Tramways", Middleton Press, 1995, and 13 others in Harley’s "Tramway Classics" series;

Lot: 77

  • Auction Date: Wed 3rd Jul 2019 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £58
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Robert J. Harley Kingston and Wimbledon Tramways, Middleton Press, 1995, and 13 others in Harley’s Tramway Classics series; all VF in pictorial boards. (14)