Auction No 421, Category: Books

106 Lots (displaying 81 - 100)

Joseph Lambeth "Lambeth Method of Cake Decoration and Practical Pastries", Virtue & Co.,1936, 1st edition; slight damp staining to first few leaves,

Lot: 109

  • Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £30
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Joseph Lambeth Lambeth Method of Cake Decoration and Practical Pastries, Virtue & Co., 1936, 1st edition; slight damp staining to first few leaves, the 20 colour plates & many b/w illustrations unaffected, neat gift inscription to front pastedown; together with Bradford Grammar School Recipe Book (c.1932), and L. Sykes An Olio of Proved Recipes and Domestic Wrinkles, Abel Heywood, 7th Edn., [1913]. VG (3)

Hardie & Sabin "War Posters issued by Belligerent and Neutral Nations 1914-1919", A. & C. Black, 1920, half-leather, gilt;

Lot: 111

  • Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £15 - £20
SOLD £14
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Hardie & Sabin War Posters issued by Belligerent and Neutral Nations 1914-1919, A. & C. Black, 1920, half-leather, gilt; ex-library with blind-stamps to the 80 colour & b/w plates, a further light stamp on reverse of each plate. Very clean internally.

[Walter Scott] "Six Engravings in Illustration of The Antiquary for Members of The Royal Association for Promotion of the Fine Arts in Scotland", 1867

Lot: 112

  • Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £30
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[Walter Scott] Six Engravings in Illustration of The Antiquary for Members of The Royal Association for Promotion of the Fine Arts in Scotland, 1867, folio, original gilt cloth, together with seven companion volumes issued 1868-78, similarly bound, each with six engravings for The Lady of the Lake, Old Mortality, The Pirate, The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Bride of Lammermoor, A Legend of Montrose, and The Fair Maid of Perth. Browning to first plate of Lady of the Lake o/w clean throughout with all text and tissue-guards. Front cover of Fair Maid of Perth slightly stained. (8)    

Men's Magazines 1960s to early 1980s, mainly 1970s, including Penthouse, Men Only, Playboy, Fiesta and variety of others. Mainly VG/Fine,

Lot: 113

  • Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £10 - £20
SOLD £38
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Men's Magazines 1960s to early 1980s, mainly 1970s, including Penthouse, Men Only, Playboy, Fiesta and variety of others. Mainly VG/Fine, some with creasing, two lacking outer covers. (49)

Robert Plot "The Natural History of Stafford-Shire", 1973, Morten facsimile reprint of the 1686 edition, folio, full leatherette, gilt;

Lot: 114

  • Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £40
SOLD £36
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Robert Plot The Natural History of Stafford-Shire, 1973, Morten facsimile reprint of the 1686 edition, folio, full leatherette, gilt; minor fox marks to edge of textblock o/w fine. B/w plates.

A Salford Dispensing Chemist’s Dangerous Drugs Registers (3) covering the periods 1927-1932 and 1951-1980, plus a related trade catalogue

Lot: 116

  • Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
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A Salford Dispensing Chemist's Dangerous Drugs Registers (3) covering the periods 1927-1932 and 1951-1980, plus a related trade catalogue dated May 1939, and a notebook. 100s of entries. Mixed condition.

Richard Lydekker (Ed.) "The Royal Natural History", Frederick Warne, 1893-96, six volume set, pictorial gilt cloth, 72 colour plates and many in b/w

Lot: 117

  • Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £40
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Richard Lydekker (Ed.) The Royal Natural History, Frederick Warne, 1893-96, six volume set, pictorial gilt cloth, 72 colour plates and many in b/w, all with tissue-guards; rear endpaper to Vol.5 near-detached, one b/w plate in Vol.6 coming loose; very clean internally, no ownership inscriptions. An attractive set. VG (6)   

H.M. Stanley "Through the Dark Continent", Newnes, 1899, 2 vols, half-leather, gilt, worn at extremities; fine internally with large folding-map.

Lot: 119

  • Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £15 - £30
SOLD £20
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H.M. Stanley Through the Dark Continent, Newnes, 1899, 2 vols, half-leather, gilt, worn at extremities; fine internally with large folding-map. 

Racehorses, 1920s, a handwritten compendium of thoroughbred records, contained in landscape folio ledger. 100s of entries.

Lot: 120

  • Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £40
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Racehorses, 1920s, a handwritten compendium of thoroughbred records, contained in landscape folio ledger. 100s of entries.

Manchester United programmes 1960s (22) to 1989, mainly from 1975, and chiefly 1980s; duplication,

Lot: 121

  • Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
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Manchester United programmes 1960s (22) to 1989, mainly from 1975, and chiefly 1980s; duplication, many lacking tokens, some seasons with tokens virtually all intact. (approx. 342)   

Manchester United programmes 1992/93 to 1998/99, a collection of eighty, chiefly from 1994; together with Official Year Books 1987-98 complete,

Lot: 122

  • Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
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Manchester United programmes 1992/93 to 1998/99, a collection of eighty, chiefly from 1994; together with Official Year Books 1987-98 complete, plus 2003-2005, 2008, 2015-2019 and 2021, twenty-three in all. VG condition. (103 items)

Railway softbacks & juvenilia including Rev.W.Awdry "Gordon the Big Engine & His Tender pre-cut Model Engine Book";

Lot: 126

  • Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
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Railway softbacks & juvenilia including Rev.W.Awdry Gordon the Big Engine & His Tender pre-cut Model Engine Book; T.A.C. Jarrett Big Bill & Little Bill and The Silly Stoker; a Tuck's Train Travel transfer book; cut-out model cards of The Flying Scotsman and Princess Royal; and other items including some modern prints. (Qty).

Road Transport interest including showroom brochure for Ford ‘Thames’ Commercial Vehicles 1950; early leaflets for Ford motor-cars (2);

Lot: 127

  • Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £66
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Road Transport interest including showroom brochure for Ford ‘Thames' Commercial Vehicles 1950; early leaflets for Ford motor-cars (2); 1946 programme for Motor Car Parade, London; 1939 publicity card for Aston Martin 15/98; and other items. Fair to VF (14)    

Shipping ephemera & softbacks including WW2 Ships’ Plans (2) for armed Transport Ferries, both cloth-bound; White Star publicity leaflets

Lot: 128

  • Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £74
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Shipping ephemera & softbacks including WW2 Ships' Plans (2) for armed Transport Ferries, both cloth-bound; White Star publicity leaflets (7, two different); souvenir brochure for R.M.S. Queen Mary in fair condition; and others. (34 items)

Shipping and Maritime softback publications from 1930s, mostly modern, many relating to the Mersey Docks, Chatham, Southampton and other ports,

Lot: 129

  • Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £64
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Shipping and Maritime softback publications from 1930s, mostly modern, many relating to the Mersey Docks, Chatham, Southampton and other ports, plus warships and other naval. VG/VF (70)     

Transport history softbacks from 1927, mostly 1970s/80s, chiefly Railway and Canals. Good to VF (34)

Lot: 130

  • Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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Transport history softbacks from 1927, mostly 1970s/80s, chiefly Railway and Canals. Good to VF (34) 

Shipping and Maritime softbacks including WW2 publications (10, duplication); mostly 1960s to modern with many illustrated works

Lot: 131

  • Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £66
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Shipping and Maritime softbacks including WW2 publications (10, duplication); mostly 1960s to modern with many illustrated works both merchant and naval, some relating to the smaller ports and sailing ships. Includes few foreign. Good to VF (53)

"Central London Railway: Coronation Souvenir, Some London Views", C.L.R., 1911, quarto, quarter cloth over decorated boards, gilt,

Lot: 132

  • Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £74
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Central London Railway: Coronation Souvenir, Some London Views, C.L.R., 1911, quarto, quarter cloth over decorated boards, gilt, with pictorial onlay surrounded by a raised wooden frame; gold text describing the history of the company and architectural features of London; 16 illustrations in full colour with a map of the CLR on final page. 40pp. Near fine.

UK Bus Company histories, chiefly modern with publications to 2019, h/bk an s/bk, two signed by the author o/w no inscriptions,

Lot: 133

  • Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £92
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UK Bus Company histories, chiefly modern with publications to 2019, h/bk an s/bk, two signed by the author o/w no inscriptions, one with a worn binding, others VG/VF (24)

UK Bus & Coach history & nostalgia, mostly large format illustrated works with many h/bk including Taylor "London Trolleybus Depots" Parts 1 & 2,

Lot: 134

  • Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £92
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UK Bus & Coach history & nostalgia, mostly large format illustrated works with many h/bk including Taylor London Trolleybus Depots Parts 1 & 2, and Webber London Transport Country Area Garages. None with inscriptions, 1979 to recent. VG/VF (18)