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Auction No 431, Category: Books

143 Lots (displaying 121 - 140)

C.H. Dick "Highways and Byways in Galloway and Carrick", Macmillan, 1916, first edition, illustrations by Hugh Thomson, folding map;

Lot: 171

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
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C.H. Dick Highways and Byways in Galloway and Carrick, Macmillan, 1916, first edition, illustrations by Hugh Thomson, folding map; and others, mostly Scotland, with interest in hiking & topography, many in d/jkts (one ex-library). (41)

George Bridge "The Mountains of England and Wales", 1973, first edition, in d/jkt; Gray "The Big Grey Man of Ben MacDhui", 1970, first edn., in d/jkt;

Lot: 172

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
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George Bridge The Mountains of England and Wales, 1973, first edition, in d/jkt; Gray The Big Grey Man of Ben MacDhui, 1970, first edn., in d/jkt; Robertson George Mallory, 1969, first edn., in d/jkt; and related works from 1906. (44)

Lake District interest including Sansom "Climbing at Wasdale Before the First World War", 1982, first edn., in d/jkt; Dudley Hoys "Below Scafell"

Lot: 173

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
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Lake District interest including Sansom Climbing at Wasdale Before the First World War, 1982, first edn., in d/jkt; Dudley Hoys Below Scafell, 1956, in d/jkt, signed by the author; Nancy Price Vagabond's Way, 1914, first edn., gilt cloth, some fox marks; and others, many in d/jkts, Hunter Davies' Wainwright signed by the author. (32)

Mountaineering and Rambling with many Wales related, plus few West of England, and some Alpine titles; many in d/jkts, some mixed condition. (36)

Lot: 174

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
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Mountaineering and Rambling with many Wales related, plus few West of England, and some Alpine titles; many in d/jkts, some mixed condition. (36)   

"Beneath the Lakeland Fells: Cumbria’s Mining Heritage", Red Earth, 1992, in d/jkt; and a selection of other Lake District titles from 1899,

Lot: 175

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
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Beneath the Lakeland Fells: Cumbria's Mining Heritage, Red Earth, 1992, in d/jkt; and a selection of other Lake District titles from 1899, many of fell-walking interest, many in d/jkts. (40)

Highland photography, mostly Scotland but including Poucher "The Surrey Hills", 1949 and "Peak Panorama", 1946, both first edns., in d/jkts,

Lot: 176

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
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Highland photography, mostly Scotland but including Poucher The Surrey Hills, 1949 and Peak Panorama, 1946, both first edns., in d/jkts, and other works by Poucher incl.The Magic of Skye, 1949, first edn. Surrey Hills with small tape stains to endpapers. (32)

W.T. Palmer "The English Lakes painted by A. Heaton Cooper", A. & C. Black,1905, de-luxe edition, No.126 of 250, signed by the artist

Lot: 177

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £100 - £120
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W.T. Palmer The English Lakes painted by A. Heaton Cooper, A. & C. Black, 1905, de-luxe edition, No.126 of 250, signed by the artist on limitation page, decorated cloth, top edge gilt, uncut elsewhere; foot of spine a little frayed, small stain to left of front board; armorial bookplate of James B. Gallie; together with W. Heaton Cooper The Tarns of Lakeland, 1960, in VG d/jkt, and The Hills of Lakeland 1938; Renouf The Lake Artists Society – A Centenary Celebration, 2004, in d/jkt; and related titles. (8) 

Mountaineering in the Himalayas, a collection, many in d/jkts including W.H. Murray "The Scottish Himalayan Expedition", 1951, first edn;

Lot: 178

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £100 - £130
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Mountaineering in the Himalayas, a collection, many in d/jkts including W.H. Murray The Scottish Himalayan Expedition, 1951, first edn; M.S. Kohli Nine Atop Everest, 1989, first edn; Ullman High Conquest, 1943 (Travel Book Club); Chris Bonington The Everest Years, 1986, signed first; John Jackson More Than Mountains 1955, signed first; Noyce Climbing the Fish's Tail, 1958, first edn; and various others (3 ex-library). (37)

Mountaineering, Adventure and Exploration with many first editions including Irving "The Romance of Mountaineering", 1935, in d/jkt;

Lot: 179

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £90
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Mountaineering, Adventure and Exploration with many first editions including Irving The Romance of Mountaineering, 1935, in d/jkt; Connaughton Descent Into Chaos – The Doomed Expedition to Low's Gully, 1996, in d/jkt; Scott Gino Watkins, 1935, gilt cloth; Azema The Conquest of Fitzroy, 1957, in poor d/jkt; and various others (3 ex-library) (36)      

W. Heaton Cooper selection comprising "The Tarns of Lakeland" 1970, in d/jkt, signed by the author on half-title;

Lot: 180

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
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W. Heaton Cooper selection comprising The Tarns of Lakeland, 1970, in d/jkt, signed by the author on half-title; The Lakes, 1970, laminated boards; The Hills of Lakeland, 1946, in worn d/jkt; Lakeland Portraits, 1954, first edn., gilt cloth; and Mountain Painter, 1984, in d/jkt, signed by the author on half-title. Also The English Lakes, 1925, illustrated by A. Heaton Cooper. The d/jkt of Tarns slightly pulled at top of spine. All very clean internally. (6)

Lake District illustrated works and climbing history, including W.G. McKelvey "Lakeland Impressions", Titus Wilson [1980], signed by the artist;

Lot: 181

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
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Lake District illustrated works and climbing history, including W.G. McKelvey Lakeland Impressions, Titus Wilson [1980], signed by the artist; Wainwright Fellwalking with a Camera, 1988, first edn. in d/jkt; Poucher Climbing with a camera: The Lake District, Country Life, 1963, first edn., in d/jkt; Nicholson The Lakers, 1955, first edn., in d/jkt,gift inscription; and many others, from early 20th Century. (35)

Rock Climbing history & technique including Andre Roch "On Rock and Ice", 1947, first edn., in d/jkt; Dorothy Pilley "Climbing Days", 1935, first edn;

Lot: 182

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
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Rock Climbing history & technique including Andre Roch On Rock and Ice, 1947, first edn., in d/jkt; Dorothy Pilley Climbing Days, 1935, first edn; Hankinson The Mountain Men, 1977, signed first, in d/jkt; Jim Perrin Menlove: The Life of John Menlove Edwards, 1985, first edn., in d/jkt, signed by the author on title page, gift inscription to endpaper; and various others, some mixed condition. (20)

Alistair Borthwick "Always a Little Further", 1939, 1st Edn., owner’s inscription front endpaper;

Lot: 183

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
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Alistair Borthwick Always a Little Further, 1939, 1st Edn., owner's inscription front endpaper; Ernest Baker The British Highlands with Rope & Rucksack, 1933, 1st Edn., inscribed by the author, foxing to prelims; Nicholson Provincial Pleasures 1959, 1st Edn in d/jkt, some foxing spots; Jones & Milburn Welsh Rock, 1986, 1st Edn; and other UK climbing & highland topography, Many in mixed condition d/jkts. (27)

Mountaineering including Don Munday "The Unknown Mountain", 1948, first edn., in chipped d/jkt; Peascod "Journey After Dawn" 1985, first edn.,

Lot: 184

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
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Mountaineering including Don Munday The Unknown Mountain, 1948, first edn., in chipped d/jkt; Peascod Journey After Dawn 1985, first edn., in d/jkt; Riccardo Cassin Fifty Years of Alpinism, 1981, in d/jkt; and others, mostly Alpine climbing related (two ex-library). (26) 

Mountaineering and Travel with several first editions including Izzard "The Innocent on Everest", 1954, in d/jkt; Kukuczka "My Vertical World", 1992

Lot: 185

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
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Mountaineering and Travel with several first editions including Izzard The Innocent on Everest, 1954, in d/jkt; Kukuczka My Vertical World, 1992 in d/jkt (corner of front endpaper clipped); Houston & Bates K2 The Savage Mountain, 1955 in d/jkt; Evans Eye on Everest 1955; and Styles Mountains of the Midnight Sun 1954, in edgeworn d/jkt; together with others, many Himalayas related (two ex-library). (25)    

"Kelly's Directory of Manchester, Salford and Stretford" 1967, gilt cloth, 1482pp + prelims; and "Kelly's Map of Manchester & Salford "

Lot: 186

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £40
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Kelly's Directory of Manchester, Salford and Stretford 1967, gilt cloth, 1482pp + prelims; and Kelly's Map of Manchester & Salford showing tram lines in red, taken from an earlier edition. VG condition.

Horace Hutchinson "The Book of Golf and Golfers", Longmans, Green & Co., 1899, 1st Edn., 71 plates, spotting to frontispiece;

Lot: 187

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  • Est: £40 - £60
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Horace Hutchinson The Book of Golf and Golfers, Longmans, Green & Co., 1899, 1st Edn., 71 plates, spotting to frontispiece; J.L.Low F.G. Tait – A Record, J. Nisbet & Co [1901], worn cloth, endpapers browned; E.A.H.Alderson Pink and Scarlet, or Hunting as a School for Soldiering; and Mountaineering, Lonsdale Library, in d/jkt. (4)

Prince Chula of Siam "Road Racing 1936, being an account of one season of B.Bira, the Racing Motorist", Sun Engraving [1937];

Lot: 188

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £40
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Prince Chula of Siam Road Racing 1936, being an account of one season of B.Bira, the Racing Motorist, Sun Engraving [1937]; Deason Motor Racing in Miniature, 1947; Stenner Thrilling the Million: The Lure of the Speedway, 1934, 2nd printing; three Silverstone programmes for 1957, 1958 and 1963; and large format biography of Stirling Moss. Jacket of Road Racing damaged with pieces missing. (7)

A. Morton Bell "Locomotives - Their Construction, Maintenance and Operation", Virtue & Co. 1935, 2nd Edn, two vols, colour plates & photos;

Lot: 190

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £10 - £20
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A. Morton Bell Locomotives – Their Construction, Maintenance and Operation, Virtue & Co., 1935, 2nd Edn, two vols, colour plates & photos; and a selection of other railway books. (13)

Motor Cycling magazines 1920s-1960s comprising "The Motor Cycle" (41) and "Motor Cycling" (18), including 1930s (10) and 1950s (26),

Lot: 191

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £80 - £120
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Motor Cycling magazines 1920s-1960s comprising The Motor Cycle (41) and Motor Cycling (18), including 1930s (10) and 1950s (26), a good collection featuring 19 devoted to the Earl's Court Show, and 29 with reports on the Isle of Man T.T. races. Rusting to staples, a few covers partly dust-affected, two with tape-strengthened spines. Of the three 1920s issues, one lacks covers, another with covers in poor condition. Generally VG/Fine (59).