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Auction No 425, Category: Books

41 Lots (displaying 1 - 20)

Antiquarian Booksellers’ Catalogues, 1910 to 1970s, mostly listing and illustrating incunabula, early manuscripts, and 16th & 17th Cent. printed works

Lot: 1

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Apr 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
SOLD £46
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Antiquarian Booksellers' Catalogues, 1910 to 1970s, mostly listing and illustrating incunabula, early manuscripts, and 16th & 17th Cent. printed works. Ex-library, some with presentation labels. Also an unrelated pamphlet. (35)

"The Saturday Evening Post", Curtis Publishing, March to June 1958, November-December 1958, September to December 1959, bound into five volumes

Lot: 2

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Apr 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
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The Saturday Evening Post, Curtis Publishing, March to June 1958, November-December 1958, September to December 1959, bound into five volumes, gilt cloth, the original pictorial wraps intact, VG condition.

Bayle St.John selected works comprising "The Louvre, or Biography of a Museum", 1855; "Purple Tints of Paris", 1854, 2 vols,

Lot: 3

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Apr 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £82
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Bayle St.John selected works comprisng The Louvre, or Biography of a Museum, 1855; Purple Tints of Paris, 1854, 2 vols, few marginal pencil annotations; Adventures in the Libyan Desert, 1849; and vol.2 only of The Subalpine Kingdom, 1856; all First Editions in the original cloth bindings; three with ownership bookplates. Libyan Desert frayed at top of spine; boards of Purple Tints discoloured. (5)  Also research notes on the author. 

Antiquarian selection including "Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine", Vols. XXI-XXII, 1827; "Select Speeches of Kossuth", 1853;

Lot: 4

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Apr 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
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Antiquarian selection including Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vols. XXI-XXII, 1827; Select Speeches of Kossuth, 1853; Burnet The Life and Death of Sir Matthew Hale, Kt., Lord Chief Justice of England, 1805, front board detached; and others, all bar one in leather bindings (four in full leather). Mainly VG. (9) 

Antiquarian selection including W. Romaine "Twelve Discourses upon the Law and the Gospel", 1793, full calf, rebacked;

Lot: 5

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Apr 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £92
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Antiquarian selection including W. Romaine Twelve Discourses upon the Law and the Gospel, 1793, full calf, rebacked; Samuel Lucas Illustrations of the History of Bristol, 1853, signed by ‘Mrs Lucas' top of title page, engraved frontisp; Hans Andersen The Flying Trunk, The Wild Swan, and other Tales and Stories, 1853, three plates, some spotting; Earl of Liverpool A Treatise on the Coins of the Realm, 1880; and Elizabeth Barrett Browning's Poetical Works, Smith, Elder & Co, 1886, set of five volumes; and four others.  Fair to VG. (13)

Freemasonry and Friendly Society related including "The Loyal Ancient Shepherds’ Quarterly Magazine", Ashton-u-Lyne, 1847, half- leather, gilt;

Lot: 6

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Apr 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
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Freemasonry and Friendly Society related including The Loyal Ancient Shepherds' Quarterly Magazine, Ashton-u-Lyne, 1847, half-leather, gilt; Brabrook Provident Societies and Industrial Welfare, 1898; Brown History of Masonry in Wigan, 1882 with colour plates; Constitution of the Grand Lodge of England, 1873 pamphlet; and a range of 20th Century works. One with frayed spine o/w good to fine. (16)

Scrap Album, large format, c.1910-1920, with much advertising interest, pretty ladies, children & animals, WWI leaders, art nouveau designs, etc.

Lot: 7

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Apr 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
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Scrap Album, large format, c.1910-1920, with much advertising interest, pretty ladies, children & animals, WWI leaders, art nouveau designs, etc. 76 pages, intact, all laid down o/w good condition. 

Charles Atlas "Health and Strength" stapled booklets, 1950s, folded, printed card covers, Lessons 1 to 12 (No.1 unnumbered),

Lot: 8

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Apr 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
SOLD £145
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Charles Atlas Health and Strength stapled booklets, 1950s, folded, printed card covers, Lessons 1 to 12 (No.1 unnumbered), plus additional Exercises for Perpetual Daily Practice, 13 booklets in all, VG condition; together with Atlas's pamphlet You, too, can be a New Man (central fold), and other ephemera, some unrelated. (Qty.)

Photos and ephemera, 1880s to 1950s, relating to Walmsley’s Tobacconists, Cross St., Manchester; including Imperial Tobacco trade Catalogue

Lot: 9

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Apr 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £64
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Photos and ephemera, 1880s to 1950s, relating to Walmsley's Tobacconists, Cross St., Manchester; including Imperial Tobacco trade Catalogue (18 colour plates), Walmsley's Catalogue 1953/54, 1920s/30s photographs of the premises (3), and other photos including one signed by Henry Watson (musician) inscribed to George Walmsley. (Qty.)

Various softbacks including Maurice Beck "The Modern Light Aeroplane", Shell, c.1932, sectional diagrams; Folies Bergere programme 1930s;

Lot: 10

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Apr 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
SOLD £30
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Various softbacks including Maurice Beck The Modern Light Aeroplane, Shell, c.1932, sectional diagrams; Folies Bergere programme 1930s; Chicago Exhibition 1933 illustrated 64pp programme; and few others, plus 1912 illustrated letter-sheet from Guiseppi Sacco Homann (‘World's Famous Fasting Man') signed by the entertainer. Fair to Fine (11 items)

Castrol flicker-book of Capt. Eyston breaking the world land speed record 1937, VG condition; UK circulated banknotes (12), poor-VG;

Lot: 11

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Apr 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £62
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Castrol flicker-book of Capt. Eyston breaking the world land speed record 1937, VG condition; UK circulated banknotes (12), poor-VG; and wide variety of other ephemera including billheads and programmes. (Qty.)

Books, pamphlets, programmes etc, 1880s to 1970s, much Manchester related; includes 1972 programme signed by Yehudi Menuhin and Hephzibah Menuhin,

Lot: 12

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Apr 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £40
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Books, pamphlets, programmes etc, 1880s to 1970s, much Manchester related; includes 1972 programme signed by Yehudi Menuhin and Hephzibah Menuhin, cigarette cards including bundle of Ogden ‘Guinea Golds', Lake District guides, etc. (8 kilos)

"The Illustrated London News", bound volumes for 1947 (complete, 2 vols), July-Dec.1948, Jan-June 1949, and Jan-Oct.1950 (2 vols).

Lot: 13

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Apr 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £160 - £180
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The Illustrated London News, bound volumes for 1947 (complete, 2 vols), July-Dec.1948, Jan-June 1949, and Jan-Oct.1950 (2 vols). First leaf of 1949 volume,, and seven leaves of 1948 volume are damaged. (6)     

"The Illustrated London News", bound volumes for July-Dec.1951, 1953 (complete, in 3 vols.) and Jan. to June 1954 (one illustration removed). (5)

Lot: 14

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Apr 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £100 - £130
SOLD £96
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The Illustrated London News, bound volumes for July-Dec. 1951, 1953 (complete, in 3 vols.) and Jan. to June 1954 (one illustration removed). (5)    

"The Illustrated London News", bound volumes for 1955 (complete, two vols.), 28th Jan.-Dec.1956 (first three issues missing), Jan.- June 1957,

Lot: 15

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Apr 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £120 - £150
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The Illustrated London News, bound volumes for 1955 (complete, two vols.), 28th Jan.-Dec.1956 (first three issues missing), Jan.-June 1957, and Jan-June 1962. (5).   

Carton of books, ephemera, stamps, PPCs etc, all-periods, wide variety; includes 1846 House of Lords admission slip signed by Marquis Conygham,

Lot: 17

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Apr 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £30
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Carton of books, ephemera, stamps, PPCs etc, all-periods, wide variety; includes 1846 House of Lords admission slip signed by Marquis Conygham, 1984 card signed by Lech Walesa, Lambert & Butler Aviation set of 50 cigarette cards, books on merchant ships etc. (Large qty.)

Festival of Britain related including "Post Cards and related collectibles of the Festival of Britain", 2001; "Design in the Festival", 1951

Lot: 18

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Apr 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
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Festival of Britain related including Post Cards and related collectibles of the Festival of Britain, 2001; Design in the Festival, Council of Industrial Design, 1951; and eighteen related works, including set of 13 volumes of About Britain 1951, (all bar one in d/jkts); plus Perkins & Tonkin Postcards of the British Empire Exhibition Wembley 1924 & 1925, 1994, in d/jkt. VG/VF (21)    

George Watson (Ed.) "The New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature" Cambridge, 1969-77, complete in 5 volumes (incl.Index vol.),

Lot: 19

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Apr 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
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George Watson (Ed.) The New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature, Cambridge, 1969-77, complete in 5 volumes (incl.Index vol.), all in VG/Fine d/jkts. A nice clean set. (5)

[Addison and Steele] "The Spectator", 1778-97, complete but mixed editions, six of the vols from Wilson’s Dublin edition of 1778

Lot: 21

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Apr 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
SOLD £38
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[Addison and Steele] The Spectator, 1778-97, complete but mixed editions, six of the vols from Wilson's Dublin edition of 1778 each with engraved title & frontispiece. Worn calf bindings. Vol.1 browned & stained, others fine internally. (8)

Alex Graham "Fred Basset" cartoon softbacks, a collection from 1967 (issue no.5) to 1997, with some duplication, fair to fine.

Lot: 22

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Apr 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £20
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Alex Graham Fred Basset cartoon softbacks, a collection from 1967 (issue no.5) to 1997, with some duplication, fair to fine. Also issue no.4 in poor condition. (45)