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Auction No 402, Category: Books

15 Lots (displaying 1 - 15)

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

Lot: 2

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £80
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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 include 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)    

Morris "Bells of All Nations", 1951, inscribed by the author; Tolkien "The Two Towers", 1962, in d/jkt; Ritchie "The Admiralty Chart", 1995, in d/jkt,

Lot: 3

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £72
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Morris Bells of All Nations, 1951, inscribed by the author; Tolkien The Two Towers, 1962, in d/jkt; Ritchie The Admiralty Chart, 1995, in d/jkt, signed by the author; Fearon The Reluctant Hostess, 1954, in d/jkt; Chesterton The Ballad of the White Horse, 1928 illustrated edn; and various others, fair to fine. (17)

19th to mid-20th Century Literature including Ruskin, Goldsmith, Charles Lever and various others, several in VG/VF leather bindings.

Lot: 5

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £40
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19th to mid-20th Century Literature including Ruskin, Goldsmith, Charles Lever and various others, several in VG/VF leather bindings. One is ex-library. Mainly good to fine. (25)

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

Lot: 12

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £80
SOLD £82
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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 o/w fine internally.

Local History selection, mostly Staffordshire related, including "Swinscoe, Blore and the Bassetts" 1998; Redfern "History of Uttoxeter",1865,

Lot: 24

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £100 - £130
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Local History selection, mostly Staffordshire related, including Swinscoe, Blore and the Bassetts 1998; Redfern History of Uttoxeter, 1865, (with map); M. Wright The Best of Cannock Chase, 1933; Stephens History of Congleton, 1970; The Victoria History of the County of Stafford, Vol.VIII, 1963; and various others, mostly h/bk, some in d/jkts, varied condition. (25)

Aleyn Lyell Reade "The Reades of Blackwood Hill in the Parish of Horton Staffordshire. A Record of Their Descendants:

Lot: 26

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £66
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Aleyn Lyell Reade The Reades of Blackwood Hill in the Parish of Horton Staffordshire. A Record of Their Descendants: With a Full Account of Dr.Johnson's Ancestry His Kinsfolk and Family Connexions, privately printed for the author, London, 1906; tall 4to, orig. gilt cloth, slightly marked, lower right corner of front board bumped; browning to endpapers and front tissue-guard; 18 photo plates and 29 tabular pedigrees; 285pp plus introduction, index and pedigrees. One of 350 printed. 

"Kelly's Directory of Leicestershire & Rutland 1941", rebound in cloth with paper title label; complete with map which has a small repair

Lot: 40

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £15 - £20
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Kelly's Directory of Leicestershire & Rutland 1941, rebound in cloth with paper title label; complete with map which has a small repair o/w fine internally.    

"Excelsior: Helps to Progress in Religion, Science, and Literature", James Nisbet & Co., 1854-56, six volumes; half-leather, gilt,

Lot: 49

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
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Excelsior: Helps to Progress in Religion, Science, and Literature, James Nisbet & Co., 1854-56, six volumes; half-leather, gilt, over marbled boards, the boards rubbed in places; marbled edges & endpapers; few pages browned but generally fine internally, enhanced by 58 wood engravings. (6)

Enid Blyton "Child Whispers", J. Saville & Co [1922], First Edition, oblong octavo, pictorial wraps dust-affected, some wear at corners;

Lot: 53

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £600 - £800
SOLD £500
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Enid Blyton Child Whispers, J. Saville & Co [1922], First Edition, oblong octavo, pictorial wraps dust-affected, some wear at corners; ownership inscription top of dedication page; slight rusting to staples o/w VG internally. 24pp. Enid Blyton's first published work and very scarce in first edition.

"Temple Bar: A London Magazine for Town and Country Readers" Ward & Lock, 1861-1863, Vols 1 to 7; octavo, half-leather over marbled boards,

Lot: 63

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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Temple Bar: A London Magazine for Town and Country Readers Ward & Lock, 1861-1863, Vols 1 to 7; octavo, half-leather over marbled boards, some minor wear, fine internally. (7)

W. M. Conway "Climbing and Exploration in the Karakoram-Himalayas", T. Fisher Unwin, 1894, containing Scientific Reports;

Lot: 73

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £80
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W. M. Conway Climbing and Exploration in the Karakoram-Himalayas, T. Fisher Unwin, 1894, containing Scientific Reports; two large folding maps in pockets front & rear; tissue-guarded frontispiece; original gilt & printed cloth binding with gilt medal design to front cover. Maps with splits to the folds. Rear cover slightly marked o/w VG. 127pp

J. Norman Collie "Climbing in the Himalaya and other Mountain Ranges", David Douglas, 1902, 1st Edn; original gilt cloth,

Lot: 74

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £250 - £300
SOLD £310
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J. Norman Collie Climbing in the Himalaya and other Mountain Ranges, David Douglas, 1902, 1st Edn; original gilt cloth, slightly snagged top of spine o/w near fine; top edge gilt, uncut elsewhere; all plates & maps fine & complete, one plate loose; vii,(3),315(1)pp

James Boyd "Narrow Gauge Railways in South Caernarvonshire", Vol.1, 2000, in d/jkt, fine; and other railway history, mostly Wales related;

Lot: 125

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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James Boyd Narrow Gauge Railways in South Caernarvonshire, Vol.1, 2000, in d/jkt, fine; and other railway history, mostly Wales related; and BR Timetables for London 1954, Scotland 1958, and North Eastern England 1954. Good to VF (17)

"Die Luftwacht", Berlin, bound volume for 1928, and "Deutsche Luftwacht: Luftwehr", bound volume for 1935; quarto, quarter-cloth,

Lot: 131

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
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Die Luftwacht, Berlin, bound volume for 1928, and Deutsche Luftwacht: Luftwehr, bound volume for 1935; quarto, quarter-cloth, marbled boards; lacking the pictorial wraps; first page of the Luftwehr volume loose and frayed at periphery. 724pp and 562pp respectively

Cartophilic Society Reference Books, a selection of eight original limited edition issues, 1948-52, and nine LCC reprints.

Lot: 139

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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Cartophilic Society Reference Books, a selection of eight original limited edition issues, 1948-52, and nine LCC reprints. No internal markings. VG (17)