Auction No 427, Category: Books

111 Lots (displaying 61 - 80)

German Military WW2 selection including Luther "Barbarossa Unleashed", 2013; Carell "Hitler Moves East 1941-1943", 1991;

Lot: 66

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
SOLD £24
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German Military WW2 selection including Luther Barbarossa Unleashed, 2013; Carell Hitler Moves East 1941-1943, 1991; Larsson Hitler's Swedes: A History of the Swedish Volunteers in the Waffen-SS, 2015; and related, all (bar one) h/bks, mostly in d/jkts. No ownership inscriptions. (14)

"A Visit to the Tower, Being an Account of Several Birds and Beasts", printed by J. Kendrew, York, c.1820; small pamphlet, 10 x 6.5cm, 16pp,

Lot: 68

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £40
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A Visit to the Tower, Being an Account of Several Birds and Beasts, printed by J. Kendrew, York, c.1820; small pamphlet, 10 x 6.5cm, 16pp, wood engravings throughout, some light foxing

Carr’s Biscuits, Carlisle, a collection of papers 1876-1906, chiefly 1870s, comprising letters (20), legal documents (4) and few other items,

Lot: 69

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
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Carr's Biscuits, Carlisle, a collection of papers 1876-1906, chiefly 1870s, comprising letters (20), legal documents (4) and few other items, including a document concerning the construction of a railway siding by the North British Railway Co to the company's works, plus legal proceedings taken by and against Carr's. VG condition.

Letters to Duncan McCorquadale of Appin and Edinburgh, 1877-1880, mainly from James Sandilands of Eglinton, plus some related ephemera.

Lot: 70

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
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Letters to Duncan McCorquadale of Appin and Edinburgh, 1877-1880, mainly from James Sandilands of Eglinton, plus some related ephemera. Many relate to McCorquadale's acceptance of the Christian faith but one includes description of W.E. Gladstone's visit to Glasgow in 1879. VG condition. (24 items)

Letters and manuscript documents, 1790s and 1800s, concerning John Kirby of Ellingham, Northumberland, and his daughter Mary Kelly,

Lot: 71

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
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Letters and manuscript documents, 1790s and 1800s, concerning John Kirby of Ellingham, Northumberland, and his daughter Mary Kelly, wife to Simon Alexander Kelly of The Strand, London, including copy Wills of John Kirby and Mary Kelly. VG condition. (28 items)

Mid-18th Century to 1830s papers relating to the Genealogy of the Alder family of Northumberland including some Pedigrees,

Lot: 72

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £80
SOLD £40
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Mid-18th Century to 1830s papers relating to the Genealogy of the Alder family of Northumberland including some Pedigrees, together with a few medical prescriptions for Miss Alder. Some mixed condition but mostly VG/Fine. (44 items)

British Guiana. Papers relating to Thomas Frankland of Northumberland, later President of the Court of Civil and Criminal Justice in Demerara

Lot: 73

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
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British Guiana. Papers relating to Thomas Frankland of Northumberland, later President of the Court of Civil and Criminal Justice in Demerara and Essequibo, early 19th Century, including an extensive 6pp document of 1813 outlining false accusations of theft & perjury made against Thomas Frankland and his brother William by one John Tarleton, the document drawn up at the Temple, London, for a barrister's opinion. (9 items)

Manchester Press Fund for Wounded & Disabled Soldiers: Programme of Concert at Princes Theatre, 1917; printed wraps, worn, fine internally,

Lot: 74

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £15
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Manchester Press Fund for Wounded & Disabled Soldiers: Programme of Concert at Princes Theatre, 1917; printed wraps, worn, fine internally, well-illustrated, 32pp.  

"The Ardwick Cemetery from 1836-1906", W.M. Harris, Manchester, 1906, No.16 of only 50 issued, quarto, gilt cloth, 14 mounted photographs,

Lot: 75

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £76
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The Ardwick Cemetery from 1836-1906, W.M. Harris, Manchester, 1906, No.16 of only 50 issued, quarto, gilt cloth, 14 mounted photographs, browning to endpapers, light foxing to half-title. 59pp. A rarity

"Roll of Honour London and North Western Railwaymen Who Lost Their Lives whilst serving with His Majesty’s Forces during the Great War 1914-19",

Lot: 76

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £36
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Roll of Honour London and North Western Railwaymen Who Lost Their Lives whilst serving with His Majesty's Forces during the Great War 1914-19, gilt cloth, landscape quarto, presentation copy to Pte.T.Norman, goods porter, Carlisle Station; first 10 leaves loose o/w fine.

J.A. Hammerton (Ed.) "The War Illustrated", Amalgamated Press, Aug.1914 to Feb.1919, bound into eight volumes (vols.8/9 as one),

Lot: 77

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £40
SOLD £20
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J.A. Hammerton (Ed.) The War Illustrated, Amalgamated Press, Aug.1914 to Feb.1919, bound into eight volumes (vols.8/9 as one), publisher's pictorial cloth, VG/Fine. (8). [Offered on behalf of The National Trust]

Rupert Bear annuals comprising Arthur Bestall "The New Rupert Book" 1946, "The New Rupert Book" 1951, and "More Adventures of Rupert" 1953;

Lot: 78

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £40
SOLD £20
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Rupert Bear annuals comprising Arthur Bestall The New Rupert Book 1946, The New Rupert Book 1951, and More Adventures of Rupert 1953; and Mary Tourtel The Big Rupert Story Book 1951 (in damaged d/jkt). 1946 issue in card wraps, others pictorial boards. No inscriptions or colouring-in etc. (4)

Signed First Editions comprising Yao-wen Li and Carol Kendall "Sweet and Sour:Tales from China", signed & inscribed by Yao-wen Li on the half-title,

Lot: 79

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £40
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Signed First Editions comprising Yao-wen Li and Carol Kendall Sweet and Sour: Tales from China, signed & inscribed by Yao-wen Li on the half-title, the d/jkt edgeworn; and novels by Graham Swift, Iain Banks Yann Martel and Adam Haslett in fine d/jkts. (5)

"Mickey Mouse in King Arthur’s Court", Dean & Son, [1934], pictorial boards grubby & worn, the four pop-ups in fine condition,

Lot: 80

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
SOLD £24
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Mickey Mouse in King Arthur's Court, Dean & Son, [1934], pictorial boards grubby & worn, the four pop-ups in fine condition, gift inscription front endpaper, hingeing very weak.

Brissonius "Barnabae Brissonii regii consistorii consiliarii, amplissimique senatus Parisiensis praesidis, De Formulis Et Sollemnibus Populi Romani

Lot: 81

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £150 - £200
SOLD £105
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Brissonius Barnabae Brissonii regii consistorii consiliarii, amplissimique senatus Parisiensis praesidis, De Formulis Et Sollemnibus Populi Romani verbis, Librii VIII. (Eight books in one). Frankfurt, 1592, quarto, old leather binding, recased & rebacked, new endpapers, library blindstamp top of title page. Browning to some leaves. A collection of Roman laws & treatises. (8),750,(84)pp

Marcus Eremitas (5th Cent.AD) "Marci Eremitae, Nicolai, Hesychii Presbyteri, opera quae extant", G. Morel, Paris, 1563; old calf binding

Lot: 82

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £72
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Marcus Eremitas (5th Cent.AD) Marci Eremitae, Nicolai, Hesychii Presbyteri, opera quae extant, G. Morel, Paris, 1563; old calf binding with gilt monogram BD to each corner, rebacked; Greek text. (4),299pp; together with William Hawney The Complete Measurer, 1769, requiring rebinding. (2)

[Horace Walpole] "The Castle of Otranto", J. Dodsley, 1782, fourth edition, old worn calf binding

Lot: 83

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £72
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[Horace Walpole] The Castle of Otranto, J. Dodsley, 1782, fourth edition, old worn calf binding, boards detached, pp.113/114 damaged & repaired (no loss of text) o/w VG internally; xxiv,200pp

Rev. John Brown "Brown’s Self-Interpreting Family Bible", Edward Slater, Bradford, [1872]; elaborate blind-tooled & gilt leather, brass edges & clasps

Lot: 84

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
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Rev. John Brown Brown's Self-Interpreting Family Bible, Edward Slater, Bradford, [1872]; elaborate blind-tooled & gilt leather, brass edges & clasps; inner hinges cracked o/w fine internally. Colour litho frontispiece and tissue-guarded plates, further b/w illustrations in text.    

Virginia Woolf "To The Lighthouse", Hogarth Press, 1927, First Edition, orig. blue cloth, gilt, light wear to spine extremities, slightly marked,

Lot: 85

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £400 - £500
SOLD £480
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Virginia Woolf To The Lighthouse, Hogarth Press, 1927, First Edition, orig. blue cloth, gilt, light wear to spine extremities, slightly marked, variable foxing to first 12 leaves, occasional spotting elsewhere; together with Mrs Dalloway, Sept.1925, second edition in the original brown cloth, VG. Both vols with ownership signature to front endpaper. (2) [Offered on behalf of Englesea Brook Museum.]

UK First Editions in d/jkts including Peter Tinniswood "A Touch of Daniel", 1968; James Hanley "A Walk in the Wilderness", 1950;

Lot: 86

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £50
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UK First Editions in d/jkts including Peter Tinniswood A Touch of Daniel, 1968; James Hanley A Walk in the Wilderness, 1950; Alain Robbe-Grillet The Erasers, 1966; and various others. Also four reprints (one without d/jkt) including Kazantzakis Zorba the Greek, Cassirer, 1959. Seven have ownership signatures. (29) [Offered on behalf of Englesea Brook Museum.]