Auction No 426, Category: Books
110 Lots (displaying 21 - 40)
Robert Louis Stevenson "A Child’s Garden of Verses", illustrated by Willebeek le Mair, George G. Harrap, 1931, first edition, in rare d/jacket;
Robert Louis Stevenson "A Child’s Garden of Verses", illustrated by Willebeek le Mair, George G. Harrap, 1931, first edition, in rare d/jacket;
Lot 25
Lot: 25
- Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £82
MORE DETAILSRobert Louis Stevenson A Child's Garden of Verses, illustrated by Willebeek le Mair, George G. Harrap, 1931, first edition, in rare d/jacket; the pictorial boards fine, very clean internally, no inscriptions; the price-clipped d/jacket has some closed tears and a small piece missing from the foot of the rear panel. Fox marks to edge of text block
W.H.D. Rouse "The Latin Struwwelpeter", Blackie, 1934, some foxing to boards; Norman Hunter "The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm",
W.H.D. Rouse "The Latin Struwwelpeter", Blackie, 1934, some foxing to boards; Norman Hunter "The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm",
Lot 26
Lot: 26
- Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £20
MORE DETAILSW.H.D. Rouse The Latin Struwwelpeter, Blackie, 1934, some foxing to boards; Norman Hunter The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm, 1933, 1st Edn., illustrated by Heath Robinson, faded cloth, coloured plate, two of the smaller line drawings partially coloured in; and a large qty. of children's books, mostly illustrated, a few with ownership inscriptions, mainly fine. (67)
A collection of Pop-Up books including Ron van der Meer "The Ghost Book" 1983; John Howe "Knights: a 3-Dimensional Exploration", 1995; and similar
A collection of Pop-Up books including Ron van der Meer "The Ghost Book" 1983; John Howe "Knights: a 3-Dimensional Exploration", 1995; and similar
Lot 27
Lot: 27
- Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £30
MORE DETAILSA collection of Pop-Up books including Ron van der Meer The Ghost Book 1983; John Howe Knights: a 3-Dimensional Exploration, 1995; and similar, plus two flip-up books. Paul Strickland's Swamp Stomp! with some faults o/w VG/VF (13)
Ladybird Books, a collection of 171 including nineteen in d/jkts. Mixed condition, many fine. Also 11 other small books for children. (182)
Ladybird Books, a collection of 171 including nineteen in d/jkts. Mixed condition, many fine. Also 11 other small books for children. (182)
Lot 28
Lot: 28
- Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £66
MORE DETAILSLadybird Books, a collection of 171 including nineteen in d/jkts. Mixed condition, many fine. Also 11 other small books for children. (182)
Chatterbox annuals for 1883, 1884, 1890, 1892, 1898, 1901, 1903 (2) and 1905 (2), various bindings, all with the coloured plates,
Chatterbox annuals for 1883, 1884, 1890, 1892, 1898, 1901, 1903 (2) and 1905 (2), various bindings, all with the coloured plates,
Lot 29
Lot: 29
- Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £40 - £60
UNSOLD
MORE DETAILSChatterbox annuals for 1883, 1884, 1890, 1892, 1898, 1901, 1903 (2) and 1905 (2), various bindings, all with the coloured plates, the 1890 and 1901 volumes each have a page badly torn (the plates unaffected). (10) [Offered on behalf of The National Trust ]
"Boy’s Own Annual" for 1881/82, 1882/83, 1888/89, and 1889/90, half-leather, gilt, some wear, all with the coloured plates;
"Boy’s Own Annual" for 1881/82, 1882/83, 1888/89, and 1889/90, half-leather, gilt, some wear, all with the coloured plates;
Lot 30
Lot: 30
- Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £20 - £40
UNSOLD
MORE DETAILSBoy's Own Annual for 1881/82, 1882/83, 1888/89, and 1889/90, half-leather, gilt, some wear, all with the coloured plates; 1889/90 volume with one coloured plate and one b/w plate damaged. (4) [Offered om behalf of The National Trust.]
"Boy’s Own Annual" for 1884/85, 1887/88, 1891/92, 1892/93, and 1897/98; all in publisher’s decorated cloth, all with the coloured plates.
"Boy’s Own Annual" for 1884/85, 1887/88, 1891/92, 1892/93, and 1897/98; all in publisher’s decorated cloth, all with the coloured plates.
Lot 31
Lot: 31
- Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £30 - £50
SOLD £24
MORE DETAILSBoy's Own Annual for 1884/85, 1887/88, 1891/92, 1892/93, and 1897/98; all in publisher's decorated cloth, all with the coloured plates. 1891/92 volume with one plate repaired, 1897/98 volume with one plate damaged. (5). [Offered on behalf of The National Trust.]
"Boy’s Own Annual" for 1891/92, 1894/95. 1895/96, 1896/97, and 1899/1900, leather or cloth bindings, good to fine, coloured plates;
"Boy’s Own Annual" for 1891/92, 1894/95. 1895/96, 1896/97, and 1899/1900, leather or cloth bindings, good to fine, coloured plates;
Lot 32
Lot: 32
- Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £30 - £50
UNSOLD
MORE DETAILSBoy's Own Annual for 1891/92, 1894/95. 1895/96, 1896/97, and 1899/1900, leather or cloth bindings, good to fine, coloured plates; three of the vols with a folding plate damaged. (5) [Offered on behalf of The National Trust.]
"Boy’s Own Annual" for 1902/03, 1904/05, 1907/08, 1913/14, and 1914/15, mixed condition, 1902/03 and 1913/14 lacking frontispiece,
"Boy’s Own Annual" for 1902/03, 1904/05, 1907/08, 1913/14, and 1914/15, mixed condition, 1902/03 and 1913/14 lacking frontispiece,
Lot 33
Lot: 33
- Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £20 - £40
SOLD £20
MORE DETAILSBoy's Own Annual for 1902/03, 1904/05, 1907/08, 1913/14, and 1914/15, mixed condition, 1902/03 and 1913/14 lacking frontispiece, elsewhere colour plates by Cecil Aldin, John Hassell, Tom Browne and other well-known artists. (5) [Offered on behalf of The National Trust.]
"Boy’s Own Annual" for 1915/16, 1929/30, 1931/32, 1934/35, and 1935/36 (with d/jkt), publisher’s pictorial cloth, all with the plates,
"Boy’s Own Annual" for 1915/16, 1929/30, 1931/32, 1934/35, and 1935/36 (with d/jkt), publisher’s pictorial cloth, all with the plates,
Lot 34
Lot: 34
- Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £30 - £50
SOLD £20
MORE DETAILSBoy's Own Annual for 1915/16, 1929/30, 1931/32, 1934/35, and 1935/36 (with d/jkt), publisher's pictorial cloth, all with the plates, repairs to binding of the 1929/30 volume. (5) [Offered on behalf of The National Trust.]
"Girl’s Own Annual" for January 1880 to September 1884, Vols. 1 to 5 complete, publisher’s decorated cloth, some wear, fine internally,
"Girl’s Own Annual" for January 1880 to September 1884, Vols. 1 to 5 complete, publisher’s decorated cloth, some wear, fine internally,
Lot 35
Lot: 35
- Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £30
MORE DETAILSGirl's Own Annual for January 1880 to September 1884, Vols. 1 to 5 complete, publisher's decorated cloth, some wear, fine internally, with the plates (mostly b/w). (5) [Offered on behalf of The National Trust.]
"Girl’s Own Annual" for 1884/85, 1885/86, 1886/87, and 1897/98 (2, variant bindings), publisher’s decorated cloth, some wear, coloured plates,
"Girl’s Own Annual" for 1884/85, 1885/86, 1886/87, and 1897/98 (2, variant bindings), publisher’s decorated cloth, some wear, coloured plates,
Lot 36
Lot: 36
- Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £30 - £50
SOLD £26
MORE DETAILSGirl's Own Annual for 1884/85, 1885/86, 1886/87, and 1897/98 (2, variant bindings), publisher's decorated cloth, some wear, coloured plates, 1886/87 volume with frontispiece & title page by Kate Greenaway. (5) [Offered on behalf of The National Trust.]
Jeremy Collier (trans.) "The Emperor Marcus Antoninus: His Conversation With Himself. Together With the Preliminary Discourse of the Learned Gataker"
Jeremy Collier (trans.) "The Emperor Marcus Antoninus: His Conversation With Himself. Together With the Preliminary Discourse of the Learned Gataker"
Lot 37
Lot: 37
- Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £60
MORE DETAILSJeremy Collier (trans.) The Emperor Marcus Antoninus: His Conversation With Himself. Together With the Preliminary Discourse of the Learned Gataker. Richard Sare, London, 1708, second edition; quarter leather, marbled boards, spine worn; later endpapers; title page and final leaf darkened; occasional fox mark internally o/w good clean text; presentation inscription to Richard Lee in Latin on reverse of title page, and small ink signature top of title page; (10),420pp
William Sandford Phillips "Considerations on the Increase and Progress of Crime, accompanied by documentary evidence....
William Sandford Phillips "Considerations on the Increase and Progress of Crime, accompanied by documentary evidence....
Lot 38
Lot: 38
- Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £60 - £80
UNSOLD
MORE DETAILSWilliam Sandford Phillips Considerations on the Increase and Progress of Crime, accompanied by documentary evidence as to the propriety and necessity of a revision and amendments of the existing penal statutes. With a View to the Abolition of corporeal punishments; and more particularly The Awful Penalty of Death, Liverpool, 1839, octavo, 20th Century quarter-calf, gilt, marbled boards; viii, 83pp, lacking preliminary pages v & vi otherwise fine internally. [An important early work arguing against the use of Capital Punishment.]
Friedrich Nietzsche "Thus Spake Zarathustra - A Book for All and None", T.Fisher Unwin, 1908, second impression; orig. gilt cloth, uncut two sides;
Friedrich Nietzsche "Thus Spake Zarathustra - A Book for All and None", T.Fisher Unwin, 1908, second impression; orig. gilt cloth, uncut two sides;
Lot 39
Lot: 39
- Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £60
MORE DETAILSFriedrich Nietzsche Thus Spake Zarathustra – A Book for All and None, T.Fisher Unwin, 1908, second impression; orig. gilt cloth, uncut two sides; front endpaper laid down to pastedown, overlaying an old library bookplate; small library stamp on reverse of title page, no other library markings. Fine internally. xxvi,444pp
"Part of the Spiritual Works, and some of the Letters, of the Celebrated Francis Fenelon, Archbishop of Cambray", Warrington,1825, 148pp,
"Part of the Spiritual Works, and some of the Letters, of the Celebrated Francis Fenelon, Archbishop of Cambray", Warrington,1825, 148pp,
Lot 40
Lot: 40
- Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £50 - £80
SOLD £30
MORE DETAILSPart of the Spiritual Works, and some of the Letters, of the Celebrated Francis Fenelon, Archbishop of Cambray, Warrington, 1825, 148pp, together with Spiritual Letters of Archbishop Fenelon – Letters to Women, Rivingtons, 1877; Dialogues on Eloquence in general; particularly that kind which is fit for the pulpit: by M. Fenelon, London, 1808; and Extracts from the Writings of Francis Fenelon, London, 1805, 2nd Edition, full calf, front board re-attached with paper strip. Three in fine modern rebinds. Bound with Spiritual Works is Vol.II of Thomas Chalmers' The Chrisitan and Civic Economy of Large Towns, Glasgow, 1823. (4).
John Harland "Ballads and Songs of Lancashire", Whittaker & Co.,1865, the author’s personal copy & signed by him on front endpaper,
John Harland "Ballads and Songs of Lancashire", Whittaker & Co.,1865, the author’s personal copy & signed by him on front endpaper,
Lot 41
Lot: 41
- Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £70
MORE DETAILSJohn Harland Ballads and Songs of Lancashire, Whittaker & Co., 1865, the author's personal copy & signed by him on front endpaper; alterations and annotations in the author's hand to 'The Blessed Conscience' extending from pp.47 to 55 based on a manuscript provided to the author after the book's initial publication. Orig. gilt cloth. A small ownership stamp at top of half-title of the collector Robert Holland Ford.
Samuele Hill "De Presbyteratu Dissertatio Quadripartita", R.Clarvell, London, 1691, sm.octavo, later full calf, gilt compartments and title;
Samuele Hill "De Presbyteratu Dissertatio Quadripartita", R.Clarvell, London, 1691, sm.octavo, later full calf, gilt compartments and title;
Lot 42
Lot: 42
- Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £30
MORE DETAILSSamuele Hill De Presbyteratu Dissertatio Quadripartita, R. Clarvell, London, 1691, sm.octavo, later full calf, gilt compartments and title; front end papers with some contemporary annotations. Fine internally. Complete with imprimatur leaf. (14),254pp
William Talbot "Twelve Sermons Preached on several Subjects and Occasions",1731, 2nd Edn; and "Devotions in the Ancient Way of Offices", 1712
William Talbot "Twelve Sermons Preached on several Subjects and Occasions",1731, 2nd Edn; and "Devotions in the Ancient Way of Offices", 1712
Lot 43
Lot: 43
- Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £50 - £80
SOLD £30
MORE DETAILSWilliam Talbot Twelve Sermons Preached on several Subjects and Occasions, 1731, 2nd Edn; and Devotions in the Ancient Way of Offices, George Hickes, 1712, 4th Edn; worming to lower margin affecting first 30 leaves of Talbot's Sermons o/w fine; the Devotions damp-affected with repairs, frayed at fore-edge in places, slight loss of text to leaf G. Both nicely rebound in modern cloth, gilt leather titles. (2)
"Our Darling’s Surprise Pictures", Ernest Nister [1895], a large-format transformation book; pictorial boards, marked & dust-affected,
"Our Darling’s Surprise Pictures", Ernest Nister [1895], a large-format transformation book; pictorial boards, marked & dust-affected,
Lot 44
Lot: 44
- Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £60 - £80
UNSOLD
MORE DETAILSOur Darling's Surprise Pictures, Ernest Nister [1895], a large-format transformation book; pictorial boards, marked & dust-affected, cloth backstrip intact; mechanical plates and text complete, front endpaper with long tear near hinge; prize bookplate dated 1897, rear endpaper missing; the sliding tabs intact and the 8 moveable pictures with some toning in margins otherwise in good condition. A few pages loose.