Auction No 409, Category: Books
52 Lots (displaying 1 - 20)
Leather Bindings. "The Encyclopaedia Britannica" 1962,18 of 24 volumes (including Map volume) and the "Britannica Events of the Year" 1961-69 complete
Leather Bindings. "The Encyclopaedia Britannica" 1962,18 of 24 volumes (including Map volume) and the "Britannica Events of the Year" 1961-69 complete
Lot 3
Lot: 3
- Auction Date: Wed 18th May 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £80 - £120
UNSOLD
MORE DETAILSLeather Bindings. The Encyclopaedia Britannica 1962, 18 of 24 volumes (including Map volume) and the Britannica Events of the Year 1961-69 complete, all bound in matching full morocco by the Dorstel Press of Harlow, gilt with raised bands, and gilt edged; some volumes have a light tape stain to the endpapers o/w a fine and attractive group of shelf-fillers. (27 volumes)
A folio size Scrap Album 1870s/1890s of United States origin with an impressive range of chromo-litho Trade Cards, greetings cards with novelty types,
A folio size Scrap Album 1870s/1890s of United States origin with an impressive range of chromo-litho Trade Cards, greetings cards with novelty types,
Lot 4
Lot: 4
- Auction Date: Wed 18th May 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £200 - £250
UNSOLD
MORE DETAILSA folio size Scrap Album 1870s/1890s of United States origin with an impressive range of chromo-litho Trade Cards, greetings cards with novelty types, bookmarks, prints etc. Includes Church & Dwight Beautiful Birds of America 1894 (6, size M) and other better. All laid down but o/w VG/Fine. Many attractive items. Some pages removed. (abt. 260 items)
A large format 19th Century Scrapbook of American origin, with bas-relief cover, containing chromo-litho Advertising ephemera and scraps,
A large format 19th Century Scrapbook of American origin, with bas-relief cover, containing chromo-litho Advertising ephemera and scraps,
Lot 5
Lot: 5
- Auction Date: Wed 18th May 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £250 - £300
SOLD £240
MORE DETAILSA large format 19th Century Scrapbook of American origin, with bas-relief cover, containing chromo-litho Advertising ephemera and scraps, many issued by companies based in Troy, New York. Includes impressive large showcard for Laird's Soap and many other attractive items. In addition the album contains around 80 calling cards, many with chromo-litho artwork. All laid down o/w VG/Fine. Two items removed. (over 350 items)
Victorian Scrap Album, quarto, gilt pictorial cloth,worn, with 78 sides filled with 100s of attractive 19th Century to early Edwardian greetings cards
Victorian Scrap Album, quarto, gilt pictorial cloth,worn, with 78 sides filled with 100s of attractive 19th Century to early Edwardian greetings cards
Lot 8
Lot: 8
- Auction Date: Wed 18th May 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £100 - £120
UNSOLD
MORE DETAILSVictorian Scrap Album, quarto, gilt pictorial cloth, worn, with 78 sides filled with 100s of attractive 19th Century to early Edwardian greetings cards, and chromo-litho scraps, all laid down. VG internally. Includes some cigarette cards. (over 500 items)
Thomas Wright (Ed.) "The Royal Dictionary Cyclopaedia for Universal Reference", London Printing & Publishing Co.,[1860s], five volumes,
Thomas Wright (Ed.) "The Royal Dictionary Cyclopaedia for Universal Reference", London Printing & Publishing Co.,[1860s], five volumes,
Lot 9
Lot: 9
- Auction Date: Wed 18th May 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £58
MORE DETAILSThomas Wright (Ed.) The Royal Dictionary Cyclopaedia for Universal Reference, London Printing & Publishing Co.,[1860s], five volumes, half-leather, gilt titles, some wear, text-block of vol.5 detached; clean internally with the many folding maps, plus engraved plates.
Victorian Scrap Album, large format, elaborate decorated cloth, including an impressive range of large and some giant scraps,
Victorian Scrap Album, large format, elaborate decorated cloth, including an impressive range of large and some giant scraps,
Lot 10
Lot: 10
- Auction Date: Wed 18th May 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £200 - £250
UNSOLD
MORE DETAILSVictorian Scrap Album, large format, elaborate decorated cloth, including an impressive range of large and some giant scraps, with a superb full-page Father Christmas, plus clowns, children, animals, caricatures etc, together with chromo-litho greetings cards, and cuttings from a children's book. Includes set of six of The Derby spread over two sides. Inner hinging cracked. 46 sides with 100s of items. 37 x 27.5cm.
Victorian Photograph Album (without photos) intended for Sporting mementos with attractive illustrated pages, quarto, full leather with metal clasp,
Victorian Photograph Album (without photos) intended for Sporting mementos with attractive illustrated pages, quarto, full leather with metal clasp,
Lot 16
Lot: 16
- Auction Date: Wed 18th May 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £30 - £40
UNSOLD
MORE DETAILSVictorian Photograph Album (without photos) intended for Sporting mementos with attractive illustrated pages, quarto, full leather with metal clasp, VG; plus a partly filled 19th Century scrap album with printed pages; and two commonplace books of drawings & verses. Fair to VG (4)
"Flowers and Views of the Holy Land", 1900s/1920s, a selection of four different all with pressed flowers and coloured views,
"Flowers and Views of the Holy Land", 1900s/1920s, a selection of four different all with pressed flowers and coloured views,
Lot 17
Lot: 17
- Auction Date: Wed 18th May 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £40 - £50
UNSOLD
MORE DETAILSFlowers and Views of the Holy Land, 1900s/1920s, a selection of four different all with pressed flowers and coloured views, all bound in olive-wood boards, two showing slight cracking to the boards o/w fine. (4)
Snaffles (Charles Johnson Payne) "More Bandobast", Collins, 1936, 12 colour plates, VG; Harry A. Franck "Vagabonding Down the Andes", 1917,
Snaffles (Charles Johnson Payne) "More Bandobast", Collins, 1936, 12 colour plates, VG; Harry A. Franck "Vagabonding Down the Andes", 1917,
Lot 18
Lot: 18
- Auction Date: Wed 18th May 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £40
MORE DETAILSSnaffles (Charles Johnson Payne) More Bandobast, Collins, 1936, 12 colour plates, VG; Harry A. Franck Vagabonding Down the Andes, 1917, inscribed by the author, map torn & other faults; Bernt Balchen Come North With Me, 1959, 1st UK Edn in VG d/jkt; The Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, Newnes, 1899, illustrated by Helen Stratton, rebound in gilt cloth; and two others. Varied condition. (6)
J. A. Cole (compiler, freeman of Norwich): large Scrap Albums, two volumes, compiled 1845-1880s, with numerous chromo-litho scraps,
J. A. Cole (compiler, freeman of Norwich): large Scrap Albums, two volumes, compiled 1845-1880s, with numerous chromo-litho scraps,
Lot 19
Lot: 19
- Auction Date: Wed 18th May 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £120 - £180
UNSOLD
MORE DETAILSJ. A. Cole (compiler, freeman of Norwich): large Scrap Albums, two volumes, compiled 1845-1880s, with numerous chromo-litho scraps, steel and wood engravings with many hand-coloured, few photos, etc, some pages removed, 564 sides remain, a few items removed or damaged but very largely intact. Includes complete sequence of 10 hand-coloured plates “The old woman tossed up in a basket”. Many attractive items. Bindings are worn half-leather. (These are Vols 2 and 4 of four or more volumes)
"Life in the A.T.S". and "Life as a Nurse", Raphael Tuck, WW2, in the Tuck’s ‘Better Little Books’ series, pictorial wraps, VG, scarce;
"Life in the A.T.S". and "Life as a Nurse", Raphael Tuck, WW2, in the Tuck’s ‘Better Little Books’ series, pictorial wraps, VG, scarce;
Lot 20
Lot: 20
- Auction Date: Wed 18th May 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £15
MORE DETAILSLife in the A.T.S. and Life as a Nurse, Raphael Tuck, WW2, in the Tuck's ‘Better Little Books' series, pictorial wraps, VG, scarce; plus 5 greetings cards.
Marian Isabel Hurrell "The Adventures of Friskers and His Friends with Sixteen Coloured Illustrations by Louis Wain", Robert Culley, [1907]
Marian Isabel Hurrell "The Adventures of Friskers and His Friends with Sixteen Coloured Illustrations by Louis Wain", Robert Culley, [1907]
Lot 22
Lot: 22
- Auction Date: Wed 18th May 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £66
MORE DETAILSMarian Isabel Hurrell The Adventures of Friskers and His Friends with Sixteen Coloured Illustrations by Louis Wain, Robert Culley, [1907] orig.gilt cloth with pictorial onlay, some wear & fading to spine; small tear to top of title page, binding rather slack with pages & plates loose, occasional fox marks to text, the plates VG and complete; together with another edition in poor condition, partly disbound and lacking two plates.
Louis Wain assortment including "Louis Wain’s Annual 1910-11" and "1911-12" plus "Tinker,Tailor illustrated by Louis Wain", all in poor condition;
Louis Wain assortment including "Louis Wain’s Annual 1910-11" and "1911-12" plus "Tinker,Tailor illustrated by Louis Wain", all in poor condition;
Lot 23
Lot: 23
- Auction Date: Wed 18th May 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £52
MORE DETAILSLouis Wain assortment including Louis Wain's Annual 1910-11 and 1911-12 plus Tinker, Tailor illustrated by Louis Wain, all in poor condition; plus 15 loose coloured plates (laid down on thick paper), and other hand-coloured illustrations including two in card mounts
"Louis Wain’s Annual 1912"; "Merry Times with Louis Wain"; "Louis Wain’s Baby’s Picture Book", 1903; and "In Louis Wain Land"
"Louis Wain’s Annual 1912"; "Merry Times with Louis Wain"; "Louis Wain’s Baby’s Picture Book", 1903; and "In Louis Wain Land"
Lot 24
Lot: 24
- Auction Date: Wed 18th May 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £40
MORE DETAILSLouis Wain's Annual 1912; Merry Times with Louis Wain; Louis Wain's Baby's Picture Book, 1903; and In Louis Wain Land (with 7 colour plates, 3 damaged). Poor condition, with loose pages and other faults. (4)
Arthur Rackham coloured plates, a selection from disbound copies of "A Midsummer Night’s Dream" 1908 (15) and the 1914 edition (6),
Arthur Rackham coloured plates, a selection from disbound copies of "A Midsummer Night’s Dream" 1908 (15) and the 1914 edition (6),
Lot 25
Lot: 25
- Auction Date: Wed 18th May 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £50
MORE DETAILSArthur Rackham coloured plates, a selection from disbound copies of A Midsummer Night's Dream 1908 (15) and the 1914 edition (6), and Rip Van Winkle 1905 (12); all VG/fine, tipped on to the original backing pages, most with the titled tissue-guards. (33 plates)
Margaret Tarrant selection comprising "Alice in Wonderland" (2 copies, one lacking 4 of the 48 plates), "Joan in Flowerland" (3 copies,
Margaret Tarrant selection comprising "Alice in Wonderland" (2 copies, one lacking 4 of the 48 plates), "Joan in Flowerland" (3 copies,
Lot 26
Lot: 26
- Auction Date: Wed 18th May 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £50
MORE DETAILSMargaret Tarrant selection comprising Alice in Wonderland (2 copies, one lacking 4 of the 48 plates), Joan in Flowerland (3 copies, one with a coloured plate torn), and Margaret Tarrant's Christmas Garland; together with around 200 loose plates in a folder. Some mixed condition but the plates generally fine.
Carton of illustrated children’s books (20), all with coloured plates, notably Anne Anderson, plus Arthur Rackham (2), Kate Greenaway (4),
Carton of illustrated children’s books (20), all with coloured plates, notably Anne Anderson, plus Arthur Rackham (2), Kate Greenaway (4),
Lot 27
Lot: 27
- Auction Date: Wed 18th May 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £70
MORE DETAILSCarton of illustrated children's books (20), all with coloured plates, notably Anne Anderson, plus Arthur Rackham (2), Kate Greenaway (4), Walter Crane (2), Detmold and Willebeek Le Mair. Also loose pages from works by Walter Crane. Very mixed condition.
Edmund Dulac (illustrator) "Stories from the Arabian Nights retold by Laurence Housman", Hodder & Stoughton 1907; poor condition
Edmund Dulac (illustrator) "Stories from the Arabian Nights retold by Laurence Housman", Hodder & Stoughton 1907; poor condition
Lot 29
Lot: 29
- Auction Date: Wed 18th May 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £46
MORE DETAILSEdmund Dulac (illustrator) Stories from the Arabian Nights retold by Laurence Housman, Hodder & Stoughton 1907; poor condition but still with 45 of 50 fine tissue-guarded plates.
"Chatterbox 1902" and volumes for 1903, 1904 and 1905, all in VG publisher’s gilt decorated cloth, a.e.g.,complete with the coloured plates
"Chatterbox 1902" and volumes for 1903, 1904 and 1905, all in VG publisher’s gilt decorated cloth, a.e.g.,complete with the coloured plates
Lot 30
Lot: 30
- Auction Date: Wed 18th May 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £40 - £50
UNSOLD
MORE DETAILSChatterbox 1902 and volumes for 1903, 1904 and 1905, all in VG publisher's gilt decorated cloth, a.e.g., complete with the coloured plates and numerous b/w illustrations. Foxing and pencil ownership inscriptions to endpapers o/w fine internally. The 1903 issue with one gathering a little loose. (4)
"Trafalgar, illustrated by W.J. Ellam", Castell Bros, London, [1891], a crest-shaped booklet, chromo-litho boards & six illustrations,
"Trafalgar, illustrated by W.J. Ellam", Castell Bros, London, [1891], a crest-shaped booklet, chromo-litho boards & six illustrations,
Lot 31
Lot: 31
- Auction Date: Wed 18th May 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £24
MORE DETAILSTrafalgar, illustrated by W.J. Ellam, Castell Bros, London, [1891], a crest-shaped booklet, chromo-litho boards & six illustrations, plus title page & 5pp of verse etc. Some offset from the illustrations. Recently strengthened with additional stitching o/w VG. Scarce