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Auction No 400, Category: Books

10 Lots (displaying 1 - 10)

W.R.M. "The Dark Lantern: A Short Fantasy About Fairies & Some Mortals", 1920, gilt cloth, privately published; and seven others, good/VG. (8)

Lot: 1

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Apr 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £15
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W.R.M. The Dark Lantern: A Short Fantasy About Fairies & Some Mortals, 1920, gilt cloth, privately published; and seven others, good/VG. (8)

"Funny Folks: The Comic Companion to the Newspaper", Volume XVII, 1891, James Henderson, folio, bound volume of 53 issues,

Lot: 2

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Apr 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £100 - £150
SOLD £70
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Funny Folks: The Comic Companion to the Newspaper, Volume XVII, 1891, James Henderson, folio, bound volume of 53 issues, publisher's pictorial boards chipped, soiled & worn, front endpaper damaged; mainly fine internally but last two issues with faults to the outer margin (not affecting text). Free from foxing or inscriptions. Political and social satire with 100s of cartoons. Advertising pages retained. 448pp. Very scarce.   

The Illustrated London News, July to December 1931, bound volume, publisher’s gilt cloth, VG, colour plates by Cecil Aldin & others,

Lot: 3

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Apr 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £100 - £130
SOLD £50
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The Illustrated London News, July to December 1931, bound volume, publisher's gilt cloth, VG, colour plates by Cecil Aldin & others, rear inner hinge weak, bookplate to front pastedown, o/w fine internally

19th to mid-20th Century selection including "Poems of Thomas Hood Illustrated by Birket Foster", 1872, quarto, decorated cloth, fine engravings;

Lot: 4

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Apr 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £100 - £130
SOLD £40
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19th to mid-20th Century selection including Poems of Thomas Hood Illustrated by Birket Foster, 1872, quarto, decorated cloth, fine engravings; Charles Darwin The Descent of Man, 1901, and Journal of Researches......During the Voyage of the H.M.S.Beagle, 1890 (worn binding); [Francis Smedley] Frank Fairleigh, or Scenes from the Life of a Private Pupil with illustrations by George Cruikshank, 1866; Mundell Stories of the Victoria Cross 1904; Burrage The Slave Raiders of Zanzibar 1897; Henry Fielding The History of Amelia, Routledge, 1884, No.119 of 400 large paper copies; and various others, many with pictorial cloth bindings, many with previous owner's bookplate. Fair to fine. (46)

18th & 19th Century leather bound books, mostly English literature, with several odd volumes including Shakespeare (from 1711);

Lot: 5

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Apr 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £72
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18th & 19th Century leather bound books, mostly English literature, with several odd volumes including Shakespeare (from 1711); engraved plates present; mostly worn bindings though boards are all attached. (22)

"The Imperial Tobacco Company" 1922, landscape quarto, s/bk, spine frayed, with 52pp of b/w plates of offices, factories etc,

Lot: 8

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Apr 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
UNSOLD
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The Imperial Tobacco Company 1922, landscape quarto, s/bk, spine frayed, with 52pp of b/w plates of offices, factories etc, one page with small tape repair; and The Imperial Tobacco Company 1901-1951, quarto s/bk, VG, with 40pp of colour & b/w illustrations including colour photos of the many brands. Fair-VG       

"Leader Magazine", Hulton Press, December 1948-1950, a collection of 78 different issues, all complete with original pictorial wraps,

Lot: 10

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Apr 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £120 - £150
UNSOLD
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Leader Magazine, Hulton Press, December 1948-1950, a collection of 78 different issues, all complete with original pictorial wraps, contained in publisher's binding cases (easily removed); contributors includes Laurie Lee (several), John Betjeman, John Farleigh, Mervyn Peake (illustrations), Michael Ayrton, and other well-known writers and illustrators. Some rusting to staples o/w VG/Fine. (78)    

Capt. W.E. Johns "Worrals" novels, a selection all in dustjackets (four in facsimile), comprising "Worrals of the W.A.A.F"., 1948

Lot: 28

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Apr 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £100 - £120
SOLD £50
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Capt. W.E. Johns Worrals novels, a selection all in dustjackets (four  in facsimile), comprising Worrals of the W.A.A.F., 1948, Worrals Down Under 1948, (1st Lutterworth Edn.), Worrals Goes Afoot, 1949 (1st Edn.), Worrals in the Wastelands, 1949 (1st Edn.), Worrals on the War-Path, 1950, Worrals of the Islands 1950, Worrals Flies Again 1948, Worrals Goes East 1944 (1st Edn), and Worrals in the Wilds 1947; three have brief gift inscriptions to front endpaper; four of the jackets have small pieces missing. Fair to fine. (9)

Karl Marx "Capital: A Critique of Political Economy", Lawrence & Wishart, London, 1977, three volumes, gilt cloth;

Lot: 48

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Apr 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £10
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Karl Marx Capital: A Critique of Political Economy, Lawrence & Wishart, London, 1977, three volumes, gilt cloth; heavy underlining to chapter VII of Volume 1, rear inner hinge of Vol.3 cracked. (3)

John Alsop "The Official Railway Postcard Book", Bedford, 1987, large format s/back, illustrated throughout; plus five related works.

Lot: 134

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Apr 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £34
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John Alsop The Official Railway Postcard Book, Bedford, 1987, large format s/back, illustrated throughout; plus five related works. Fine internally without markings. VG/VF (6)