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Auction No 427, Category: Books

111 Lots (displaying 81 - 100)

Children’s Books including "The Milkmaid", Walter Scott, c.1886; Maria Bird "Nursery Rhymes for Bill and Ben the Flowerpot Men",

Lot: 87

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
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Children's Books including The Milkmaid, Walter Scott, c.1886; Maria Bird Nursery Rhymes for Bill and Ben the Flowerpot Men, and Joy Laurey Mr Turnip flies round the World, both novelty ‘Twirly Books'; four Marvel Annuals 1976-79; and two others. Five with an ownership inscription or handstamp. Also a pamphlet signed by Robert Graves but in poor condition. (10) [Offered on behalf of Englesea Brook Museum.]

Children’s Books, mostly illustrated, a few with ownership inscriptions, mainly VG/VF. (60)

Lot: 88

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
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Children's Books, mostly illustrated, a few with ownership inscriptions, mainly VG/VF. (60)                                                           

Children’s Books including works by Alison Uttley (25) and other popular authors. Mostly illustrated works, a few with ownership inscriptions.

Lot: 89

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
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Children's Books including works by Alison Uttley (25) and other popular authors. Mostly illustrated works, a few with ownership inscriptions. Mainly VG/VF (62)     

Children’s Books including works by Roald Dahl (12), J.P. Martin (3), Rosemary Sutcliff and other popular authors. Some with ownership inscriptions.

Lot: 90

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £40
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Children's Books including works by Roald Dahl (12), J.P. Martin (3), Rosemary Sutcliff and other popular authors. Some with ownership inscriptions. Mainly VG/VF (49)

Children’s Annuals, mostly 1970s/80s, with several Rupert Bear titles, a few with ownership inscriptions. VG/VF (37)

Lot: 91

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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Children's Annuals, mostly 1970s/80s, with several Rupert Bear titles, a few with ownership inscriptions. VG/VF (37)

Enid Blyton selection including "The River of Adventure" 1955,1st Edn. in VG d/jkt; "Five on a Secret Trail", 1956, 1st Edn. in VG d/jkt;

Lot: 92

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £72
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Enid Blyton selection including The River of Adventure 1955, 1st Edn. in VG d/jkt; Five on a Secret Trail, 1956, 1st Edn. in VG d/jkt; Five Go To Demon's Rocks, 1961, in near fine d/jkt; various Mystery and Noddy books, etc. Fair to fine, some with ownership inscriptions. (33)       

 

A selection of Pop-Up books, plus some lift-flap types & other ‘mechanical’. VG/VF (23)

Lot: 93

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £40
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A selection of Pop-Up books, plus some lift-flap types & other ‘mechanical'. VG/VF (23)     

Elizabeth Gordon "Billy Bunny's Fortune", 1936; Helen Vanderveer "Little Slam Bang", 1928; and Lang Campbell "The Dinky Ducklings",1928;

Lot: 94

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
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Elizabeth Gordon Billy Bunny's Fortune, 1936; Helen Vanderveer Little Slam Bang, 1928; and Lang Campbell The Dinky Ducklings, 1928; all Algonquin Publishing Co., minor pencil marks to endpapers of Billy Bunny's Fortune o/w very clean internally, no inscriptions. (3)

Helen Bannerman "The Story of Little Black Mingo", James Nisbet [1901], and "The Story of Little Black Sambo", Chatto & Windus, 1911;

Lot: 95

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
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Helen Bannerman The Story of Little Black Mingo, James Nisbet [1901], and The Story of Little Black Sambo, Chatto & Windus, 1911; Mingo with a vertical crease to first 13 leaves; Sambo with neat ownership signature to front endpaper. (2)    

"Chatterbox" annuals for 1883, 1884, 1890, 1892, 1898, 1901, 1903 (2) and 1905 (2), various bindings, all with the coloured plates,

Lot: 96

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
SOLD £20
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Chatterbox 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;

Lot: 97

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £15 - £30
SOLD £15
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Boy'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 1891/92, 1894/95, 1895/96, 1896/97, and 1899/1900, leather or cloth bindings, good to fine, coloured plates;

Lot: 98

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £40
SOLD £15
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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; three of the vols with a folding plate damaged. (5) [Offered on behalf of The National Trust.]  

Anatole France "Penguin Island", illustrated by Frank Pape, Bodley Head, 1925, gilt cloth, VG; and David Day "A Tolkien Bestiary", 1979,

Lot: 99

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £26
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Anatole France Penguin Island, illustrated by Frank Pape, Bodley Head, 1925, gilt cloth, VG; and David Day A Tolkien Bestiary, 1979, in slightly frayed d/jkt. (2)

J.R.R. Tolkien "The Lord of the Rings", George Allen & Unwin, 1957, the three volume set, in gilt cloth bindings, with price-clipped d/jackets

Lot: 100

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £800 - £1200
SOLD £820
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J.R.R. Tolkien The Lord of the Rings, George Allen & Unwin, 1957, the three volume set, in gilt cloth bindings, complete with price-clipped d/jackets, Fellowship of the Ring the seventh impression in eighth impression d/jacket, The Two Towers fifth impression in fifth impression d/jacket, The Return of the King fourth impression in fifth impression d/jacket. The jackets show some minor peripheral wear but are o/w in very good condition. The maps are intact, the map of Fellowship of the Ring detached and strengthened along the folds with cloth strips. Very clean internally, no inscriptions. A very good set. (3) 

The Seasons, set of four Chinese scrolls, watercolours on silk, issued by the Marco Polo Company, Kowloon. 1970s/80s. Image sizes 90 x 30cm. Fine (4)

Lot: 101

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £30
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The Seasons, set of four Chinese scrolls, watercolours on silk, issued by the Marco Polo Company, Kowloon. 1970s/80s. Image sizes 90 x 30cm. Fine (4)

Chaffers "Marks & Monograms on European and Oriental Pottery and Porcelain" William Reeves,1946; and bound volumes of "The Connoisseur"

Lot: 106

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £15 - £30
SOLD £15
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Chaffers Marks & Monograms on European and Oriental Pottery and Porcelain William Reeves, 1946; and bound volumes of The Connoisseur for Jan-April 1922 (vol.62) and Jan-April 1924 (vol.68). Gilt cloth. VG/Fine (3) [Offered on behalf of The National Trust.] 

"Royal Academy Illustrated", issues for 1924 to 1927, 1929, 1933, 1935, 1937, 1946/47 (The King's Pictures), 1948, 1950, 1952 to 1960

Lot: 107

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
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Royal Academy Illustrated, issues for 1924 to 1927, 1929, 1933, 1935, 1937, 1946/47 (The King's Pictures), 1948, 1950, 1952 to 1960 (plus four duplicates), 1963, 1965, 1967 to 1974, 1976, 1977, 1979 to 1985; Royal Academy Bicentenary Exhibition 1968 (2 vols.), plus thireen other exhibition catalogues, many from commercial galleries. Mostly VG/VF, a few with frayed spines. (58)   

George Nicholson "The Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening", L.Upcott Gill, [1885-1900], set of 12 volumes, publisher's decorated cloth, gilt,

Lot: 108

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £52
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George Nicholson The Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening, L.Upcott Gill, [1885-1900], set of 12 volumes, publisher's decorated cloth, gilt, complete with the 36 colour plates. A few volumes slightly marked; volume VII has a small puncture hole to the front board which has affected the first plate.

‘About Britain’ series, Collins, for the Festival of Britain,1951, Nos.1 to 13, all (bar one) in d/jkts, two signed by the author W.G. Hoskins,

Lot: 109

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £15
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‘About Britain' series, Collins, for the Festival of Britain, 1951, Nos.1 to 13, all (bar one) in d/jkts, two signed by the author W.G.Hoskins, another with ownership signature. VG (13)

"An Historical Account of all the Voyages Round the World Performed by English Navigators", F. Newbery, 1774, Vol.2 (of 4);

Lot: 110

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
SOLD £20
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An Historical Account of all the Voyages Round the World Performed by English Navigators, F. Newbery, 1774, Vol.2 (of 4); old calf binding in poor condition, front board detached; six plates (one with border partly torn away), lacking endpapers; 440pp plus title.