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Auction No 413, Category: History

7 Lots (displaying 1 - 7)

Winston S. Churchill "The Second World War", Vols.1 to 3, 1948-1950, all first editions in VG d/jkts, volume 1 with ownership inscription;

Lot: 6

  • Auction Date: Wed 9th Nov 2022 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £34
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Winston S. Churchill The Second World War, Vols.1 to 3, 1948-1950, all first editions in VG d/jkts, volume 1 with ownership inscription; Herbert Cole Heraldry and Floral Forms as used in Decoration, Dent, 1922, pictorial cloth, near fine; and a selection of other books. (12)

Selection of Folio Society books including Paul Scott "The Raj Quartet: The Jewel in the Crown, The Day of the Scorpion, A Division of the Spoils

Lot: 52

  • Auction Date: Wed 9th Nov 2022 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £36
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Selection of Folio Society books including Paul Scott The Raj Quartet: The Jewel in the Crown, The Day of the Scorpion, A Division of the Spoils, and The Towers of Silence, 2009;  The Epic of Gilgamesh, 2013; Steven Runciman The Fall of Constantinople 1453, 2013; and two others. All VF in slipcases, the slipcase of The Raj Quartet split along two sides. (8)

Harvard Classics, four volumes comprising Virgil's "Aeneid", Plutarch's "Lives", works by Plato, Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius, Cicero & Pliny,

Lot: 53

  • Auction Date: Wed 9th Nov 2022 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
UNSOLD
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Harvard Classics, four volumes comprising Virgil's Aeneid, Plutarch's Lives, works by Plato, Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius, Cicero & Pliny, all Easton Press, Millennium Editions, bonded leather, gilt, raised bands, gilt-edged, ribbon markers. Mint condition, one still in shrinkwrap. (4)

WW2 R.A.F. Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book for 1685816 A. Johnson for his training as an Air Bomber

Lot: 62

  • Auction Date: Wed 9th Nov 2022 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £50
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WW2 R.A.F. Observer's and Air Gunner's Flying Log Book for 1685816 A. Johnson for his training as an Air Bomber during the period 5th July 1944 to 19th April 1945 in South Africa and Egypt, VG condition; plus related items including his illustrated notebook on Airmanship, and menus & guides during his RAF service. (19 items)

H.G. Wells "The Outline of History", Easton Press, 2012, two volumes in slipcase, bound in full leather, gilt, No.370 of 400 issued, very fine,

Lot: 64

  • Auction Date: Wed 9th Nov 2022 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £105
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H.G. Wells The Outline of History, Easton Press, 2012, two volumes in slipcase, bound in full leather, gilt, No.370 of 400 issued, very fine, the gilt cloth-covered slipcase very slightly marked.

Edward Gibbon "The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire", Easton Press, six volume set, bound in full leather, gilt. Very fine.

Lot: 65

  • Auction Date: Wed 9th Nov 2022 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £80 - £100
SOLD £105
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Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Easton Press, six volume set, bound in full leather, gilt. Very fine.

"American Historical Documents 1000-1904", Easton Press, Millennium Edition, full leather, gilt, raised bands, gilt-edged,

Lot: 69

  • Auction Date: Wed 9th Nov 2022 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
UNSOLD
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American Historical Documents 1000-1904, Easton Press, Millennium Edition, full red leather, gilt, raised bands, gilt-edged, ribbon bookmarker. 491pp. Mint condition.