Trafford Books
  1. < back to catalogue

Auction No 357, Category: History

5 Lots (displaying 1 - 5)

Scenes from the Russo-Japanese War 1904-05, a collection of coloured Magic Lantern glass slides,

Lot: 54

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Feb 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £74
MORE DETAILS

Scenes from the Russo-Japanese War 1904-05, a collection of coloured Magic Lantern glass slides, many depicting battles, plus Japanese & Russian Royalty, military leaders etc. (36)

Marco Pallis "Peaks and Lamas" Cassell, 1939, 1st Edn, original gilt cloth, some wear,

Lot: 56

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Feb 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £26
MORE DETAILS

Marco Pallis Peaks and Lamas Cassell, 1939, 1st Edn, original gilt cloth, some wear, signed and inscribed by the author on free endpaper, some foxing especially to prelims. (Pallis was a well-known Mountaineer and wrote a number of works on the religion & culture of Tibet).

Ancient & early history including several works on aspects of art & architecture,

Lot: 66

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Feb 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £26
MORE DETAILS

Ancient & early history including several works on aspects of art & architecture, plus few later art history titles. Includes John Julius Norwich Byzantium 1990s, 3 volume set in dustjackets. (16)

Folio Society selection 1970s to 1990s including Robert Graves "I Claudius" and "Claudius the God",

Lot: 84

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Feb 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £42
MORE DETAILS

Folio Society selection 1970s to 1990s including Robert Graves I Claudius and Claudius the God, Lewis Carrol, The Arabian Nights illustrated by Detmold, and a range of others; all in slipcases (bar one). (21)

Ginette Spanier "It Isn't All Mink" 1959, signed first edition; and range of others

Lot: 85

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Feb 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £15
MORE DETAILS

Ginette Spanier It Isn't All Mink, 1959, 1st Edn, original cloth, VG, signed by the author on the title page; plus a range of others with chief interest in biographical works, mostly in dustjackets. (15)