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Auction No 431, Category: Books

143 Lots (displaying 81 - 100)

"Journal of Architectural Conservation" (USA), from Vol.1, No.1, 1995-2000, 18 issues; "Architectural History" Vol.1 to Vol.15, 1958-72, 12 issues

Lot: 106

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £40
SOLD £22
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Journal of Architectural Conservation (USA), from Vol.1, No.1, 1995-2000, 18 issues; Architectural History Vol.1 to Vol.15, 1958-72, 12 issues; and Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians (USA), 1967-78, 14 issues, plus an off-print. Two of the third title with abrasions to front cover o/w fine. (45)

Vernacular Architecture: various softback publications with many journals, plus reports, monographs etc. Country-wide, some emphasis on Scotland.

Lot: 107

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £40
SOLD £42
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Vernacular Architecture: various softback publications with many journals, plus reports, monographs etc. Country-wide, some emphasis on Scotland. 1970s/2000s (71)

"The Archaeological Journal", fourteen volumes from 1952, mostly 1970s/90s; plus related journals and monographs. VG/VF (25)

Lot: 108

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £10 - £20
UNSOLD
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The Archaeological Journal, fourteen volumes from 1952, mostly 1970s/90s; plus related journals and monographs. VG/VF (25)

"Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeological Society", a partial run comprising 1877, 1878, 1882-1899, 1913,

Lot: 109

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
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Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian &  Archaeological Society, a partial run comprising 1877, 1878, 1882-1899, 1913, 1915-1923, 1925-1940, 1956-1962, 1965, 1966, 1973-1975, and 14 later to 2015. Also two Index vols., and a commemorative volume. 22 of the 1913-40 period are cloth bound, gilt. Many of the 19th Century volumes have faults to the paper covers (1897 & 1899 covers damaged and detached) o/w VG/VF (75)

Edward Baines "The History of the County Palatine and Duchy of Lancaster", John Heywood, 1888, revised edition (with Pedigrees), edited by Croston;

Lot: 110

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £10 - £20
SOLD £7
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Edward Baines The History of the County Palatine and Duchy of Lancaster, John Heywood, 1888, revised edition (with Pedigrees), edited by Croston; five volumes, quarto, orig. gilt cloth, backstrip of Vol.1 with some damage; small repair to folding map; minor spotting to prelims o/w very clean internally. Partly unopened. (5)

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

Lot: 111

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
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[Sir 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, various artists; together with 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, tissue-guards intact. (8) 

Chinese Art comprising ‘The Story of Rice’, Foochow, 1920s, wooden boards, ten hand-painted designs, on rice paper;

Lot: 112

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £40
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Chinese Art comprising ‘The Story of Rice', Foochow, 1920s, wooden boards, ten hand-painted designs, on rice paper; Shao Qingqing and others Masterpieces of Classical Chinese Painting, Abbeville Press, 2011, in illustrated clasped box, 105 plates; and Chinese Propaganda Posters, Taschen, 2003, large format s/bk. A little shelfwear to Propaganda Posters o/w fine. (3)  

Ralph McTell "Angel Laughter" and "Summer Lightning", 2000-2002, special Autograph editions, signed by the author on half-titles, fine in d/jkts. (2)

Lot: 122

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £40
SOLD £22
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Ralph McTell Angel Laughter and Summer Lightning, 2000-2002, special Autograph editions, signed by the author on half-titles, fine in d/jkts. (2) [This and the following 7 lots are from the collection of the late Clifford Elmer]

Albert Chevalier "Before I Forget", T. Fisher Unwin, 1902, with two autograph letters from the entertainer loosely inserted, some scattered foxing;

Lot: 123

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
SOLD £20
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Albert Chevalier Before I Forget, T. Fisher Unwin, 1902, with two autograph letters from the entertainer loosely inserted, some scattered foxing; together with two works on Houdini, and others mostly Music Hall and Pantomime related, in fair to fine d/jkts. (11 items)

Hassrick and Webster "Frederic Remington: A Catalogue Raisonne", Buffalo Bill Historical Center, 1996, 2 vols in d/jkts, in slipcase;

Lot: 124

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £26
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Hassrick and Webster Frederic Remington: A Catalogue Raisonne, Buffalo Bill Historical Center, 1996, 2 vols in d/jkts, in slipcase; and Peter Hassrick Frederic Remington – Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, Harry Abrams, 1973 in slightly worn d/jkt.  

"City of York Art Gallery Preview" 1948-1974, bound into five vols, pictorial wraps retained; and Thorp "John H. Rhodes, a Yorkshire Painter"

Lot: 125

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £10 - £20
SOLD £7
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City of York Art Gallery Preview 1948-1974, bound into five vols, pictorial wraps retained; and Thorp John H. Rhodes, a Yorkshire Painter, Richard Jackson, 1904, gilt cloth, No.283 of 400, colour & b/w plates, titled tissue-guards. (6)

"Picturegoer" magazine, 1953-54, five issues, one featuring Marilyn Monroe on front cover. (5)

Lot: 126

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £15 - £30
SOLD £10
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Picturegoer magazine, 1953-54, five issues, one featuring Marilyn Monroe on front cover. (5)

York Theatre Royal playbills for 1798 and 1830, the latter laid down on thin board; three books on York theatre; numerous programmes

Lot: 129

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £30
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York Theatre Royal playbills for 1798 and 1830, the latter laid down on thin board; three books on York theatre; numerous programmes for concerts and plays many relating to the York Festival with much 1950s/70s, and some related items (107)

Architectural works, mostly large format & illustrated, including Brandwood "The Architecture of Sharpe, Paley and Austin", 2012, signed by the author

Lot: 134

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £15 - £30
SOLD £10
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Architectural works, mostly large format & illustrated, including Brandwood The Architecture of Sharpe, Paley and Austin, 2012, signed by the author; Nussbaum German Gothic Church Architecture, 2000; Cresti & Rendina Palazzi of Rome, 1998, and similar; together with G.H. West Gothic Architecture in England and France, 1927, revised edition; and a related softback. (9)

John Fisher "An Illustrated Record of the Retrospective Exhibition held at South Kensington, 1896", Chapman & Hall, 1897, quarto, gilt cloth,

Lot: 135

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £40
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John Fisher An Illustrated Record of the Retrospective Exhibition held at South Kensington, 1896, Chapman & Hall, 1897, quarto, gilt cloth, 256 b/w illustrations; slight wear to spine o/w fine. 

Works on Photographers including "Jeanloup Sieff: 40 Years of Photography" 2005; "Starck", Taschen 2003 (s/bk); "The Photography of Bill Brandt" 1999;

Lot: 136

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £62
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Works on Photographers including Jeanloup Sieff: 40 Years of Photography 2005; Starck, Taschen 2003 (s/bk); The Photography of Bill Brandt 1999; Denis Thorpe: Photographs 1950-2000; Don McCullin Shaped By War 2010; and Parkinson: Photographs 1935-1990, Conron 1995. Illustrated throughout. Also a biography of Henri Cartier-Bresson. Most in VG/VF d/jkts and mainly first editions. Two with ownership signatures. (10)

"Post-War Building Studies: The Lighting of Buildings", HMSO, 1944, printed wraps, 164pp plus 8 plates; and six related pamphlets, 1944-45.,

Lot: 137

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £15 - £30
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Post-War Building Studies: The Lighting of Buildings, HMSO, 1944, printed wraps, 164pp plus 8 plates; and six related pamphlets, 1944-45., two with library stamps. (7)

Vincent Katz "Life is Paradise: The Portraits of Francesco Clemente", New York, 1999, in d/jkt, colour plates throughout, wear to top edge of d/jkt;

Lot: 138

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £40
SOLD £15
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Vincent Katz Life is Paradise: The Portraits of Francesco Clemente, New York, 1999, in d/jkt, colour plates throughout, wear to top edge of d/jkt; The Royal Watercolour Society – The First Fifty Years 1805-1855, 1992, in d/jkt; and another. (3)

Gemma Levine "Faces of British Theatre", 1990, in d/jkt, signed by the author, with autographs of various personalities,

Lot: 142

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £76
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Gemma Levine Faces of British Theatre, 1990, in d/jkt, signed by the author, with autographs of various personalities, some loosely inserted or laid down, including Brian Cox, John Gielgud, Ben Kingsley, Paul Scofield, Ian McKellen, Alan Bates, Bob Hoskins and many other well-known. Two pages removed. (over 60 autographs).

"Commando" comics from issue No.1138, and three related Picture Library titles. Mostly VG/Fine. (20)

Lot: 149

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £10 - £20
SOLD £15
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Commando comics from issue No. 1138, and three related Picture Library titles. Mostly VG/Fine. (20)