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Auction No 371, Category: Poetry

6 Lots (displaying 1 - 6)

Robert W. Service collection including "Bar-Room Ballads", 1940, 1st UK Edn; "The Roughneck", Grosset & Dunlap, 1924;

Lot: 102

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £70
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Robert W. Service collection including Bar-Room Ballads, 1940, 1st UK Edn; The Roughneck, Grosset & Dunlap, 1924; Why Not Grow Young? 1928, 1st UK Edn; Ploughman of the Moon, Dodd Mead, 1945, fine h/bk in poor d/jkt; The Poisoned Paradise, 1923; and others, with several early editions, plus 4 biographical works. Mixed condition but mainly good to fine. (26). Also few photocopies.

Mostly 19th Century Yorkshire Poetry 1st Editions in original cloth; including Matthew Willis "The Mountain Minstrel", York, 1834

Lot: 125

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £56
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Mostly 19th Century Yorkshire Poetry 1st Editions in original cloth; including Matthew Willis The Mountain Minstrel, York, 1834; Stephen Fawcett Bradford Legends, 1872; William Newsam (Ed.) The Poets of Yorkshire 1845; Benjamin Dawson Poems, Ballads and Love Lyrics, Leeds, 1891; Joseph Senior Smithy Rhymes and Stithy Chimes, Sheffield, 1882; and Thomas Lister The Rustic Wreath, 1834. Mostly VG/Fine (12)

Frederic Charles Spencer "The Vale of Bolton....and Other Poems", Hurst, Chance & Co, [1829],

Lot: 126

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £26
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Frederic Charles Spencer The Vale of Bolton…and Other Poems, Hurst, Chance & Co, [1829], Robert Carrick Wildon Tong, on a Summer’s Day; The Forbidden Union; and Other Poems, Leeds, 1850, some spotting to text; and William Dearden The Vale of Caldene, London & Halifax, 1844; all original worn cloth bindings, Caldene lacking front endpaper & half-title. (3)

Primogene Duvard "Poems by Primogene Duvard, Northallerton", James Pope, Northallerton, 1843, 2nd Edn,

Lot: 129

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
UNSOLD
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Primogene Duvard Poems by Primogene Duvard, Northallerton, James Pope, Northallerton, 1843, 2nd Edn, original embossed decorated cloth, VG; 148pp including list of subscribers.

"A Short Account of John Marriott, including Extracts from some of his Letters.To which are added, some of his Poetical Productions"

Lot: 130

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
UNSOLD
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A Short Account of John Marriott, including Extracts from some of his Letters. To which are added, some of his Poetical Productions. D. Boys, Doncaster, 1803, 12mo, contemporary tree-calf, some light wear, gilt title; contemp. ownership signature; fine internally, [8],194,[2]pp

"The Poetical Works of John Critchley Prince", Abel Heywood, Manchester, 1880, quarto, 2 Vols,

Lot: 133

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
UNSOLD
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The Poetical Works of John Critchley Prince, Abel Heywood, Manchester, 1880, quarto, 2 Vols, original gilt cloth, VG; large paper edition, No.45 of 100 issued; front inner hinge to Vol. 1 frayed o/w fine. (2)