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Auction No 395, Category: History

8 Lots (displaying 1 - 8)

"The Graphic" January to June 1872, bound volume lacking the boards but VG internally; "Lundy Castle" hand-coloured engravings of 1776,

Lot: 3

  • Auction Date: Wed 23rd Sep 2020 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £38
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The Graphic January to June 1872, bound volume lacking the boards but VG internally; Lundy Castle hand-coloured engravings of 1776, two different, in sunken card mounts, VG; and few other items.

Walter Reder and Herbert Kappler (senior commanders in the Waffen-SS) a full-page typed letter ink-signed at foot by both,

Lot: 19

  • Auction Date: Wed 23rd Sep 2020 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
UNSOLD
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Walter Reder and Herbert Kappler (senior commanders in the Waffen-SS) a full-page typed letter ink-signed at foot by both, written at Gaeta Military Prison, Italy, in 1976, where they had been imprisoned for war crimes, together with original envelope. Plus supporting biographical details.

Francesco Maria Guazzo "Compendium Maleficarum, Collected in 3 Books from Many Sources by Brother Francesco Maria Guazzo of the Order of S.Ambrose

Lot: 23

  • Auction Date: Wed 23rd Sep 2020 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £72
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Francesco Maria Guazzo Compendium Maleficarum, Collected in 3 Books from Many Sources by Brother Francesco Maria Guazzo of the Order of S. Ambrose ad Nemus, Showing the Iniquitous and Execrable Operations of Witches Against the Human Race, and the Divine Remedies by Which They May be Frustrated. John Rodker, 1929, edited by Montague Summers; quarto, original red & black cloth, gilt, lower right corner of front board bumped o/w VG; uncut two sides, browning to endpapers o/w fine internally; 45 woodcuts in text; xxi, 206pp. No. 1221 of 1275 printed. Originally published in Milan, 1608.

[Henry Kramer and James Sprenger] "Malleus Maleficarum", Pushkin Press, 1948, edited & translated by Montague Summers;

Lot: 24

  • Auction Date: Wed 23rd Sep 2020 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £76
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[Henry Kramer and James Sprenger] Malleus Maleficarum, Pushkin Press, 1948, edited & translated by Montague Summers; original gilt cloth, VG, in a chipped d/jkt which has a few closed tears; spotting to edge of text block which strays on to the text border of a few pages o/w fine internally; xxi, 278pp. One of 2000 printed. [This is the second re-issue of a work first published in 1489, the first being the John Rodker edition of 1928 also in a very limited printing]

Margaret Alice Murray "The Witch-Cult in Western Europe", Oxford, 1921, tall octavo, original gilt cloth, VG, uncut at foot, l

Lot: 25

  • Auction Date: Wed 23rd Sep 2020 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £76
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Margaret Alice Murray The Witch-Cult in Western Europe, Oxford, 1921, tall octavo, original gilt cloth, VG, uncut at foot, light tanning to endpapers o/w fine internally. 303pp

Christina Hole "Witchcraft in England", Batsford, 1945, 2nd printing, in a good d/jkt worn at extremities, illustrated by Mervyn Peake;

Lot: 26

  • Auction Date: Wed 23rd Sep 2020 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £76
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Christina Hole Witchcraft in England, Batsford, 1945, 2nd printing, in a good d/jkt worn at extremities, illustrated by Mervyn Peake; Montague Summers The Vampire in Europe, Kegan Paul, 1929, 1st Edn, gilt cloth faded, foxing to prelims; and C. L’Estrange Ewen Witch Hunting and Witch Trials, Kegan Paul, 1929 , endpapers browned o/w VG. (3)    

World War 2 UK Information leaflets etc notably City of Manchester; including Evacuation, Air Raids, Military billeting,

Lot: 27

  • Auction Date: Wed 23rd Sep 2020 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £24
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World War 2 UK Information leaflets etc notably City of Manchester; including Evacuation, Air Raids, Military billeting, Gas Masks, Food etc. All with storage folds, varied condition. (10)

Amy Johnson "Sky Roads of the World", Chambers, 1939, in frayed d/jkt; and HMSO WW2 softbacks including "The Eighth Army",

Lot: 28

  • Auction Date: Wed 23rd Sep 2020 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £34
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Amy Johnson Sky Roads of the World, Chambers, 1939, in frayed d/jkt; and HMSO WW2 softbacks including The Eighth Army, The Air Battle of Malta, Arctic War (2), Target Germany, etc. Fair to VG  (12)