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Auction No 432, Category: Books

58 Lots (displaying 1 - 20)

Henry Houlding "Rhymes and Dreams, Legends of Pendle Forest, and other Poems", Burnley, 1895, half-leather, gilt, tissue-guarded plates;

Lot: 1

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Feb 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £76
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Henry Houlding Rhymes and Dreams, Legends of Pendle Forest, and other Poems, Burnley, 1895, half-leather, gilt, tissue-guarded plates; Stella Benson Hope Against Hope and other stories, Macmillan, 1931, signed by the author; Tennyson Maud, 1921, illustrated by Edmund Sullivan & signed by him; Jim Sargisson Joe Scoap's Stwories, Whitehaven, 1911; James Macaulay Poems on Various Subjects, Edinburgh, 1790, half-leather, engraved frontispiece, title page creased; Daniel Defoe A Tour Thro' the whole Island of Great Britain, Peter Davies, 1927, 2 vols; and various others. (16)

H. E. Wingfield "An Introduction to the Study of Hypnotism", 1920, 2nd Edn; Hulten "Building Modern Sweden", Penguin, 1951;

Lot: 7

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Feb 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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H. E. Wingfield An Introduction to the Study of Hypnotism, 1920, 2nd Edn; Hulten Building Modern Sweden, Penguin, 1951; Ministry of Health Housing Manual 1949, HMS0, plus Supplement; Planning Our New Homes, HMSO, Edinburgh, 1948; Thorn Lighting Ltd Comprehensive Lighting Catalogue 1971/72, many illustrations; and other books & pamphlets, mostly construction and electrical. (71)

[Henrietta Wilson] "Things To Be Thought Of. Addressed to the Young", W.P. Kennedy, 1853, gilt calf, rubbed at periphery;

Lot: 8

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Feb 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £40
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[Henrietta Wilson] Things To Be Thought Of. Addressed to the Young, W.P. Kennedy, 1853, gilt calf, rubbed at periphery; The Poetical Works of George Herbert and Reginald Heber, Gall & Inglis, [1881], half leather, gilt, eight fine steel engravings; Compendium of Evidence of Christianity, D.Walther, 1821, six vols bound in three, half-leather, gilt, light foxing to preliminary leaves; and nine other antiquarian books in mixed condition. (12)

Assorted books with William Andrews "Historic Romance: Strange Stories, Characters, Scenes, Mysteries", 1883, and a variety of others

Lot: 9

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Feb 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £40
SOLD £15
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Assorted books with William Andrews Historic Romance: Strange Stories, Characters, Scenes, Mysteries, 1883, and a variety of others including four more by Andrews. VG to fine condition throughout. (13)

Various including A. & C. Black topography (7), five illustrated by Heaton Cooper (one rebound in half-leather); Temple "The Gytrash of Goathland",

Lot: 10

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Feb 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £40
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Various including A. & C. Black topography (7), five illustrated by Heaton Cooper (one rebound in half-leather); Temple The Gytrash of Goathland, 1928; Pendlebury The Archaeology of Crete, 1967, in d/jkt; and Le Plutarque de l'Enfance, 1812, engraved plates, improvised wraps. (16)  

Folio Society publications comprising A.L. Rowse "The Elizabethan Age" 2012, 4-vol. boxed set; Leslie Stephen "Hours in a Library" 1991, 3-vol.

Lot: 16

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Feb 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
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Folio Society publications comprising A.L. Rowse The Elizabethan Age 2012, 4-vol. boxed set; Leslie Stephen Hours in a Library 1991, 3-vol. boxed set; and three others, two lacking slipcases.

Folio Society publications including Holinshed "Chronicles" 2012, lacking slipcase; Primo Levi "If This is a Man", 2001, in slipcase; and 24 others

Lot: 17

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Feb 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
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Folio Society publications including Holinshed Chronicles 2012,  lacking slipcase; Primo Levi If This is a Man, 2001, in slipcase; and 24 others of which 19 lack slipcases (of these seven with inked ownership inscriptions). (26) 

Folio Society publications including Holinshed "Chronicles" 2012, and 21 others, most lacking slipcases.

Lot: 18

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Feb 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £40
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Folio Society publications including Holinshed Chronicles 2012, and 21 others, most lacking slipcases. Eight of those without slipcases have inked ownership inscriptions. (22)

Thomas Hood "The Comic Annual" 1830 to 1839 complete, pictorial boards, quarter-leather, gilt; "The Gem, a Literary Annual", 1829, edited by Hood,

Lot: 22

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Feb 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
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Thomas Hood The Comic Annual 1830 to 1839 complete, pictorial boards, quarter- leather, gilt; The Gem, a Literary Annual, 1829, edited by Thomas Hood, full leather, gilt; and other works by Hood including Whims and Oddities, John Camden Hotten, [1868], later cloth, together a critical biography by J.C. Reid. The 1834 edition of The Comic Annual in poor condition. (16)

Edward Hake "Newes out of Powles Churchyarde", Henry Sotheran, 1872, full vellum, darkened, No.38 of 131 (one of six in vellum), signed by the editor;

Lot: 23

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Feb 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £80
SOLD £115
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Edward Hake Newes out of Powles Churchyarde, Henry Sotheran, 1872, full vellum, darkened, No.38 of 131 (one of six in vellum), signed by the editor; Galsworthy Author and Critic, 1933, No.195 of 300; Charles Doughty Mansoul, 1923, No.53 of 500, author signed; L.A.G. Strong The Sacred River: An Approach to James Joyce, 1949, full leather, gilt, No. XII of twelve presentation copies, signed by the author; James Henry James Herefordia, Edward Lacey, 1861; Charles Scott Per Contra, 1902, privately printed, signed and annotated by the author, the annotations based on recommendations by Andrew Lang; and various others. Mansoul with boards bowed. (15)

Penguin Crime Fiction, a collection 1940s to early 1960s with much 1950s, including 75 first printings in Penguin. Fair to fine. (123)

Lot: 25

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Feb 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £42
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Penguin Crime Fiction, a collection 1940s to early 1960s with much 1950s, including 75 first printings in Penguin. Fair to fine. (123)

Agatha Christie "The Pale Horse", Collins Crime Club, 1961, First Edition, signed by Agatha Christie on title page, fine,

Lot: 26

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Feb 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £800 - £1200
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Agatha Christie The Pale Horse, Collins Crime Club, 1961, First Edition, signed by Agatha Christie on title page, fine, in a complete slightly worn d/jkt.

Neil Ferrier (Ed.) "Churchill, the Man of the Century", 1955, signed by Winston S. Churchill on title page,

Lot: 27

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Feb 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £700 - £1000
SOLD £560
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Neil Ferrier (Ed.) Churchill, the Man of the Century, 1955, signed by Winston S. Churchill on title page, together with a letter from Churchill's Private Secretary, Doreen Pugh, at Chartwell, to Mr. E.C. Peckham, confirming that the book has been signed by Sir Winston for Mr Peckham's son, the letter laid down on front pastedown. Front endpaper bears the ownership signature of Edward Paul Peckham, the rear pastedown with a compliments slip from Churchill's private secretary. The first 64 pages of the book show staining at foot.

Men’s magazines, 1954/55, comprising "Razzle" (4), "Eros" (7, two with rear cover damaged) and "The Man" (5). Colour plates. (16)

Lot: 29

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Feb 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £20
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Men's magazines, 1954/55, comprising Razzle (4), Eros (7, two with rear cover damaged) and The Man (5). Colour plates. (16) 

Colm O Lochlainn "Irish Street Ballads" and "More Irish Street Ballads", both Three Candles Ltd, Dublin, 1965, latter in d/jkt;

Lot: 30

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Feb 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £15 - £30
SOLD £10
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Colm O Lochlainn Irish Street Ballads and More Irish Street Ballads, both Three Candles Ltd, Dublin, 1965, latter in d/jkt; G.M. Tweddell Rhymes and Sketches to illustrate the Cleveland Dialect, Stokesley, 1875, limp cloth, very worn; and three others, regional poetry. (6)

"Ben Brierley's Tales and Sketches of Lancashire Life", Abel Heywood, 1882-85, nine volumes, gilt cloth; bookplates of W.H. Lever of Thornton Manor

Lot: 31

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Feb 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £20
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Ben Brierley's Tales and Sketches of Lancashire Life, Abel Heywood, 1882-85, nine volumes, gilt cloth; bookplates of W.H. Lever of Thornton Manor and ownership stamps of Robert Holland Ford. Most with front endpaper removed, hingeing weak in places, Vol.VI with few loose pages. Some foxing to prelims. (9)

Alan Moorehead "The Rage of the Vulture", Hamish Hamilton, 1948, First Edn., in very scarce d/jkt, the author's first novel.

Lot: 32

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Feb 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
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Alan Moorehead The Rage of the Vulture, Hamish Hamilton, 1948, First Edn., in very scarce d/jkt, the author's first novel. The d/jkt worn and chipped in places.

Art History & Reference including Zoe Cooper "Cecil Rice: The Colour of Light", 2013; Barry Thornton "Elements", 1993;

Lot: 34

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Feb 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £80
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Art History & Reference including Zoe Cooper Cecil Rice: The Colour of Light, 2013; Barry Thornton Elements, 1993; Fiona McDonald The Popular History of Graffiti, 2013; and Alastair Duncan Art Deco Complete 2009; all UK published, in d/jkts; and various others. Fine throughout. (8)

David Hockney "David Hockney", Thames & Hudson, 1976, in d/jkt, signed by the artist on title page. Fine.

Lot: 36

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Feb 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £150 - £200
SOLD £290
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David Hockney David Hockney, Thames & Hudson, 1976, in d/jkt, signed by the artist on title page. Fine.

J.E. Morpurgo "Barnes Wallis", 1972, first edn., in d/jkt, signed by the author on title page, with a card signed by Barnes Wallis

Lot: 44

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Feb 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
SOLD £62
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J.E. Morpurgo Barnes Wallis, 1972, first edn., in d/jkt, signed by the author on title page, with a card signed by Barnes Wallis tipped on to front endpaper; together with a typed letter signed by Wallis, and newscuttings two of which are inscribed by him.