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Auction No 401, Category: Books

13 Lots (displaying 1 - 13)

Selection with some illustrated works including Apollinaire "Le Bestiaire", Marlborough Fine Art, 1979, illustrated & signed by Graham Sutherland,

Lot: 1

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Jun 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £66
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Selection with some illustrated works including Apollinaire Le Bestiaire, Marlborough Fine Art, 1979, illustrated & signed by Graham Sutherland, VF; Thornton Wilder The Bridge of San Luis Rey, 1929, 16 tipped-in woodcuts by Clare Leighton; plus works illustrated by Warwick Goble, Charles Brock (2), John Gilbert; and seven Folio Society books, six in slipcases. Fair to VF (13)

Late-19th & early 20th Century pictorial cloth bindings, mostly juvenile fiction with better titles, one with spine faded,

Lot: 3

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Jun 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
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Late-19th & early 20th Century pictorial cloth bindings, mostly juvenile fiction with better titles, one with spine faded, another with damage to front pastedown. Five with ownership inscriptions. Mainly Good/VG. (12)          

"Feminist Review", London 1979-1987, quarto softbacks, all different collection of 19 issues, plus 3 related publications. VG/Fine (22)

Lot: 7

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Jun 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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Feminist Review, London 1979-1987, quarto softbacks, all different collection of 19 issues, plus 3 related publications. VG/Fine (22)

A selection of 1960s Observer Books including "Astronomy" 1965 signed by Patrick Moore at top of half-title,

Lot: 8

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Jun 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £24
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A selection of 1960s Observer Books including Astronomy 1965 signed by Patrick Moore at top of half-title, of the remainder four with ownership inscriptions; together with The Observer's Book of Steam Locomotives of Australia, 1979, fine 1st Edn. Good/Fine (10)

Selection from 19th Century, all in original cloth, some in d/jkts, a few of Lancashire interest. Good to fine. (16)

Lot: 9

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Jun 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £64
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Selection from 19th Century, all in original cloth, some in d/jkts, a few of Lancashire interest. Good to fine. (16)

Aleyn Lyell Reade "The Mellards & their descendants, including the Bibbys of Liverpool, with memoirs of Dinah Maria Mulock & Thomas Mellard Reade",

Lot: 16

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Jun 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £100 - £150
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Aleyn Lyell Reade The Mellards & their descendants, including the Bibbys of Liverpool, with memoirs of Dinah Maria Mulock & Thomas Mellard Reade, privately printed at the Arden Press, London, 1915; 4to, full buckram gilt, faded; uncut two sides; one of 200 printed; one (of two) front endpapers removed o/w fine internally with all plates & folding pedigrees. 

Thomas Blore "The History of the Manor and Manor-House of South Winfield, in Derbyshire", J. Nichols, 1816, 2nd Edition; 4to, orig.boards,

Lot: 34

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Jun 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £92
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Thomas Blore The History of the Manor and Manor-House of South Winfield, in Derbyshire, J. Nichols, 1816, 2nd Edition; 4to, orig.boards, quarter-cloth, rebacked in leather with original (worn) title label; uncut; complete with three pedigrees (one loosely inserted) and four full-page engraved plates, two of the pedigrees slightly affected by damp at the foredge. Some natural wrinkling to the centre of the text leaves due to shrinkage of the hand-made paper (plates & pedigrees unaffected)

Henry Steer "The Smedleys of Matlock Bank", Elliot Stock, 1897; orig. gilt cloth, spine a little discoloured o/w VG; t

Lot: 35

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Jun 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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Henry Steer The Smedleys of Matlock Bank, Elliot Stock, 1897; orig. gilt cloth, spine a little discoloured o/w VG; tissue-guarded frontispiece and other plates in text. Unopened. 121pp

W.M.Wade "Walks in Oxford: Comprising an Original, Historical, and Descriptive Account of the Colleges, Halls, and Public Buildings of the University"

Lot: 36

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Jun 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £44
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W.M. Wade Walks in Oxford: Comprising an Original, Historical, and Descriptive Account of the Colleges, Halls, and Public Buildings of the University, R. Pearson, 1817; octavo, 19th Cent. grained cloth, gilt, VG; good folding linen-backed map, engraved frontispiece, additional engraved title page and 12 other plates. Browning to plates with offset to facing pages of text. Front inner hinge weak.

John Burton "Narratives from Criminal Trials in Scotland", 1852, 2 vols (in one); Dilnot "The Bank of England Forgery" 1929;

Lot: 64

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Jun 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £52
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John Burton Narratives from Criminal Trials in Scotland, 1852, 2 vols (in one); Dilnot The Bank of England Forgery, 1929; Ellis Prisoner at the Bar, 1934; Cadbury Young Offenders yesterday & to-day, 1938; and six others, all crime related. Fair to fine. (10)     

Terence M. Russell (Editor) "The Napoleonic Survey of Egypt: The Monuments and Customs of Egypt", Ashgate Publishing Ltd, Aldershot, 2001, 2 Volumes;

Lot: 68

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Jun 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £200 - £250
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Terence M. Russell (Editor) The Napoleonic Survey of Egypt: The Monuments and Customs of Egypt, Ashgate Publishing Ltd, Aldershot, 2001, 2 Volumes; tall quarto, cloth bound with gilt lettering in complete d/jkts, the spines of the jackets slightly faded; superb condition, appear unread. No inscriptions; xvi, 603pp, plus numerous photo-plates. First English Language edition.

Charles Dickens novels with wood-engravings by Edward Dalziel after a variety of artists. Chapman & Hall, 1890-92, quarto, gilt cloth,

Lot: 84

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Jun 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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Charles Dickens novels with wood-engravings by Edward Dalziel after a variety of artists. Chapman & Hall, 1890-92, quarto, gilt cloth, corners bumped, spines dulled, two with bookplates removed from front pastedown. Uncut, some unopened, fine internally. (14)

Jean de la Fontaine "Fables de La Fontaine", Alfred Mame, Tours, 1875; quarto, handsome three-quarter leather binding,

Lot: 107

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Jun 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £28
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Jean de la Fontaine Fables de La Fontaine, Alfred Mame, Tours, 1875; quarto, handsome three-quarter leather binding, the spine with raised bands, each compartment with foliate gilt & red inlay, slight wear; engraved frontispiece portrait and 50 additional engravings by Foulquier laid down in the text. Some occasional minor spotting to text margins. Small ownership inscription to first free endpaper