Auction No 433 (Wed 2nd Apr 2025 12:00 BST)
232 Lots (displaying 1 - 20)
Collection of 1830s/1920s Billheads and few correspondence cards from Booksellers, Stationers and Printers, largely UK, few France and Egypt,
Collection of 1830s/1920s Billheads and few correspondence cards from Booksellers, Stationers and Printers, largely UK, few France and Egypt,
Lot 1
Lot: 1
- Auction Date: Wed 2nd Apr 2025 12:00 BST
- Est: £50 - £80
Collection of 1830s/1920s Billheads and few correspondence cards from Booksellers, Stationers and Printers, largely UK, few France and Egypt, stored in a modern folder. Also few later items. VG/Fine (98)
Chinese Game of ‘Four Winds’ 1920s, complete with 148 ‘Mah Jong’ type bakelite tiles, plus four blanks, counters & dice,
Chinese Game of ‘Four Winds’ 1920s, complete with 148 ‘Mah Jong’ type bakelite tiles, plus four blanks, counters & dice,
Lot 2
Lot: 2
- Auction Date: Wed 2nd Apr 2025 12:00 BST
- Est: £120 - £150
Chinese Game of ‘Four Winds' 1920s, complete with 148 ‘Mah Jong' type bakelite tiles, plus four blanks, counters & dice, together with instruction book. In original case (complete with key).
Hat Labels, late-19th and early-20th Century, chiefly France, some from Brazil and Uruguay, printed on silk & other fabrics. One faded. (18)
Hat Labels, late-19th and early-20th Century, chiefly France, some from Brazil and Uruguay, printed on silk & other fabrics. One faded. (18)
Lot 3
Lot: 3
- Auction Date: Wed 2nd Apr 2025 12:00 BST
- Est: £20 - £40
Hat Labels, late-19th and early-20th Century, chiefly France, some from Brazil and Uruguay, printed on silk & other fabrics. One faded. (18)
Various including A. & C. Black topography (7), five illustrated by Heaton Cooper (one rebound in half-leather); Temple "The Gytrash of Goathland"
Various including A. & C. Black topography (7), five illustrated by Heaton Cooper (one rebound in half-leather); Temple "The Gytrash of Goathland"
Lot 4
Lot: 4
- Auction Date: Wed 2nd Apr 2025 12:00 BST
- Est: £15 - £30
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,
Folio Society publications comprising A.L. Rowse "The Elizabethan Age" 2012, 4-vol. boxed set; Leslie Stephen "Hours in a Library" 1991,
Lot 5
Lot: 5
- Auction Date: Wed 2nd Apr 2025 12:00 BST
- Est: £30 - £40
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
Folio Society publications including Holinshed "Chronicles" 2012, lacking slipcase; Primo Levi "If This is a Man", 2001, in slipcase; and 24 others
Lot 6
Lot: 6
- Auction Date: Wed 2nd Apr 2025 12:00 BST
- Est: £20 - £30
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.
Folio Society publications including Holinshed "Chronicles" 2012, and 21 others, most lacking slipcases.
Lot 7
Lot: 7
- Auction Date: Wed 2nd Apr 2025 12:00 BST
- Est: £15 - £20
Folio Society publications including Holinshed Chronicles 2012, and 21 others, most lacking slipcases. Eight of those without slipcases have inked ownership inscriptions. (22)
Anthony Browne "Voices in the Park", Doubleday, 1998, first edition in d/jkt, signed and inscribed by the author with a cartoon on front endpaper.
Anthony Browne "Voices in the Park", Doubleday, 1998, first edition in d/jkt, signed and inscribed by the author with a cartoon on front endpaper.
Lot 8
Lot: 8
- Auction Date: Wed 2nd Apr 2025 12:00 BST
- Est: £50 - £70
Anthony Browne Voices in the Park, Doubleday, 1998, first edition in d/jkt, signed and inscribed by the author with a cartoon on front endpaper. Obtained in person by the late Geoffrey Clifton. Fine
Lewis Carroll "Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland", Macmillan, 1892, orig. pictorial cloth, front endpaper removed o/w fine internally,
Lewis Carroll "Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland", Macmillan, 1892, orig. pictorial cloth, front endpaper removed o/w fine internally,
Lot 9
Lot: 9
- Auction Date: Wed 2nd Apr 2025 12:00 BST
- Est: £70 - £100
Lewis Carroll Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Macmillan, 1892, orig. pictorial cloth, front endpaper removed o/w fine internally, tissue-guarded frontispiece.
Leather bindings including "Works of Shakespeare" in fine prize-binding; Egmont Hake "Paris Originals", 1878, inscribed by the author, 20 etchings,
Leather bindings including "Works of Shakespeare" in fine prize-binding; Egmont Hake "Paris Originals", 1878, inscribed by the author, 20 etchings,
Lot 10
Lot: 10
- Auction Date: Wed 2nd Apr 2025 12:00 BST
- Est: £60 - £80
Leather bindings including Works of Shakespeare in fine prize-binding; Egmont Hake Paris Originals, 1878, inscribed by the author,20 etchings, some spotting; ‘A Market-Gardner' The Farm and Fruit of Old, 1862, full leather; Missel des Apotres, Marc Barbou, Limoges, n.d, full morocco, gilt, illustrated throughout; [William Johnstone] The Table Talker,1840, 2 vols, ex-library; and Gilbert Abbott a Beckett The Comic Historyof Rome, Bradbury & Evans, n.d., 10 hand-coloured plates by John Leech. Fair to VF (12)
E.M. Delafield "Diary of a Provincial Lady", Macmillan, 1930, 1st Edn., in d/jkt; Helen Gardner "The Art of T.S. Eliot", Cresset Press, 1949, 1st Edn.
E.M. Delafield "Diary of a Provincial Lady", Macmillan, 1930, 1st Edn., in d/jkt; Helen Gardner "The Art of T.S. Eliot", Cresset Press, 1949, 1st Edn.
Lot 11
Lot: 11
- Auction Date: Wed 2nd Apr 2025 12:00 BST
- Est: £60 - £80
E.M. Delafield Diary of a Provincial Lady, Macmillan, 1930, 1st Edn., in d/jkt; Helen Gardner The Art of T.S. Eliot, Cresset Press, 1949, 1st Edn., in d/jkt; William Blake Songs of Innocence and of Experience, 1967, facsimile edition with Blake's colour illustrations, in d/jkt; Swinburne's Atalanta in Calydon, Oxford, 1930, facsimile of the first edition, in d/jkt; and various others mostly first editions. Many with ownership signatures. Also three pamphlets. (19)
Thomas Hood "The Comic Annual" 1830 to 1839 complete, pictorial boards, quarter- leather, gilt; "The Gem, a Literary Annual", 1829,
Thomas Hood "The Comic Annual" 1830 to 1839 complete, pictorial boards, quarter- leather, gilt; "The Gem, a Literary Annual", 1829,
Lot 12
Lot: 12
- Auction Date: Wed 2nd Apr 2025 12:00 BST
- Est: £50 - £80
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)
Walter & Graham Judd "Flora of Middle-Earth", 2017, and James Campbell "The Art of Winnie-the-Pooh", 2017, both in d/jkts, fine; and another
Walter & Graham Judd "Flora of Middle-Earth", 2017, and James Campbell "The Art of Winnie-the-Pooh", 2017, both in d/jkts, fine; and another
Lot 13
Lot: 13
- Auction Date: Wed 2nd Apr 2025 12:00 BST
- Est: £20 - £30
Walter & Graham Judd Flora of Middle-Earth, 2017, and James Campbell The Art of Winnie-the-Pooh, 2017, both in d/jkts, fine; and another. (3)
Penguin Crime Fiction, a collection 1940s to early 1960s with much 1950s, including 75 first printings in Penguin. Fair to fine. (123)
Penguin Crime Fiction, a collection 1940s to early 1960s with much 1950s, including 75 first printings in Penguin. Fair to fine. (123)
Lot 14
Lot: 14
- Auction Date: Wed 2nd Apr 2025 12:00 BST
- Est: £40 - £60
Penguin Crime Fiction, a collection 1940s to early 1960s with much 1950s, including 75 first printings in Penguin. Fair to fine. (123)
William Somerset Maugham: fine cut signature.
William Somerset Maugham: fine cut signature.
Lot 15
Lot: 15
- Auction Date: Wed 2nd Apr 2025 12:00 BST
- Est: £30 - £50
William Somerset Maugham: fine cut signature.
Alan Moorehead "The Rage of the Vulture", Hamish Hamilton, 1948, First Edn., in very scarce d/jkt, the author's first novel.
Alan Moorehead "The Rage of the Vulture", Hamish Hamilton, 1948, First Edn., in very scarce d/jkt, the author's first novel.
Lot 16
Lot: 16
- Auction Date: Wed 2nd Apr 2025 12:00 BST
- Est: £20 - £30
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.
Autographed photos of glamour film stars and models, all 10 x 8”, including Megan Fox, Amanda Peet, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Samantha Fox,
Autographed photos of glamour film stars and models, all 10 x 8”, including Megan Fox, Amanda Peet, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Samantha Fox,
Lot 17
Lot: 17
- Auction Date: Wed 2nd Apr 2025 12:00 BST
- Est: £40 - £60
Autographed photos of glamour film stars and models, all 10 x 8”, including Megan Fox, Amanda Peet, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Samantha Fox, Kate Beckinsale and Jennifer Lopez. Fine. Six with C.O.A. (10)
Bob Geldof "Is That It?" Sidgwick & Jackson, 1986, first edn., signed & inscribed by Bob Geldof and Paul Young on front endpapers,
Bob Geldof "Is That It?" Sidgwick & Jackson, 1986, first edn., signed & inscribed by Bob Geldof and Paul Young on front endpapers,
Lot 18
Lot: 18
- Auction Date: Wed 2nd Apr 2025 12:00 BST
- Est: £100 - £150
Bob Geldof Is That It? Sidgwick & Jackson, 1986, first edn., signed & inscribed by Bob Geldof and Paul Young on front endpapers, with additional signatures of Phil Collins, Bruce Springsteen, Paula [Yates], Alison Moyet, and others. The d/jkt slightly edgeworn o/w fine.
Richard Tauber and Diana Napier: 1936 signed Free Trade Hall concert programme, signed in pencil on title page. Light vertical crease.
Richard Tauber and Diana Napier: 1936 signed Free Trade Hall concert programme, signed in pencil on title page. Light vertical crease.
Lot 19
Lot: 19
- Auction Date: Wed 2nd Apr 2025 12:00 BST
- Est: £20 - £30
Richard Tauber and Diana Napier: 1936 signed Free Trade Hall concert programme, signed in pencil on title page. Light vertical crease.
Grock (Charles Adrien Wettach, 1880-1959, ‘King of Clowns’), a fine ink autograph with cartoon. Framed & glazed. [Reserve £50].
Grock (Charles Adrien Wettach, 1880-1959, ‘King of Clowns’), a fine ink autograph with cartoon. Framed & glazed. [Reserve £50].
Lot 20
Lot: 20
- Auction Date: Wed 2nd Apr 2025 12:00 BST
- Est: £50 - £60
Grock (Charles Adrien Wettach, 1880-1959, ‘King of Clowns'), a fine ink autograph with cartoon. Framed & glazed. [Reserve £50].