A Border Fine Arts figural group 'Auld Hemp', h. 15 cm on a wooden plinth Estimate £30 - £50
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A Border Fine Arts figural group 'No Way Through', h. 17.5 cm on a wooden plinth Losses Estimate £30 - £50
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A Country Artists fireside figure modelled as a collie, h. 36 cm, and a Leonardo Collection figure Estimate £30 - £50
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Darwin C. : The Origin of the Species by means of natural selection, 1872, 6th.Ed. (Thirteenth thousand ). 8vo. Original green cloth binding. Folding chart. Binding with some marks but generally sound. Text block generally clean and tight. Estimate £100 - £150
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William Russell Flint : Minxes Admonished or Beauty Reproved, 1955. Royal 8vo. Limited Edition, No.31 of 150. Sangorski & Sutcliffe scarlet morocco binding, together with 8 additional plates in the original slip case. Shoulders of binding a little rubbed o/w a fine copy. Estimate £230 - £250
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The Female Soldier or, the Interesting Adventures of Hannah Snell of the City of Worcester. Nd. C.1780. 12mo. Scarce. Lacks original paper covers, some soiling but complete. Estimate £20 - £30
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Seamus Heaney : Electric Light, 2001. 1st.Ed. 8vo.Hb.+Dj. Signed by the author on the title page. Fine copy. Estimate £50 - £60
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Fitzgerald A. : The Arc. The Grand History of the Prix De L'Arc De Triomphe, 1997. Limited Edition, No.1942 of 2000 copies signed by author and Monsieur Jean Romanet, Directeur General of the Societe D'Encouragement, 1961-86. This copy Folio with de-luxe scarlet morocco binding, gilt, marbled eps, aeg and slip case. Entitled 'Champions' copy. Fine copy. Estimate £100 - £150
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Fitzgerald A. : The Arc. The Grand History of the Prix De L'Arc De Triomphe, 1997. Limited Ed. No.1201 of 2000. Signed by author. Folio, qtr. binding, gilt, aeg, slip case. Fine copy. Estimate £40 - £50
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Conway H. : Bugatti Magnum,1989. 1st.Ed. Foulis Haynes, with presentation metal plate on slip case indicating Limitation No.1452. Large qto. original cloth in faux metallic slip case. Fine copy. Estimate £100 - £150
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Hay M. : Bentley Factory Cars 1919 - 1931. 1997 1st.Ed. Qto. Hb.+ Dj. Fine copy. Estimate £100 - £150
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Ellman-Brown M. : Bentley - The Silent Sports Car 1931 -1941. 1st.Ed. 1989. Qto. Hb. + Dj. Fine copy. Estimate £100 - £150
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Hay M. : Bentley - The Vintage Years 1919 - 1931. 1st. Ed. 1986. Qto. Hb. + Dj. Fine copy. Estimate £100 - £150
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The State Hermitage : Masterpieces from the Museum's Collection, 1994. 2 Vols. Volume 1 : Early Cultures; Classical Antiquities; Oriental; Coins and Medals; Arms and Armour. Vol. 2 :Western European; Russian. Folio, Hb. + Dj., Slip Case. Fine copies in fine slip case. Fine copy. Estimate £150 - £200
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Verne J. : Les Voyages Extraordinaires - L'Ile Mysterieuse & Les Enfant Du Capitaine Grant Voyage Autour Du Monde. Nd. C.1880. 2 Vols. Tall qto. Elaborately gilt and blue illustrated bindings, bevelled edges, aeg. Engraved frontis' and illustrations. Slight foxing on tp. o/w vg. Estimate £50 - £100
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Collection Extraordinaire de Livre Francais Pour Enfant : Saint-Ogan A. : Zig et Puce Au XXI eme Siecle, 1935; Zig et Puce, nd. C.1930; Zig, Puce et Furette, nd. C.1930; Zig et Puce Millionaires, nd. C.1930. Alexandre A. : Les Fees en Train De Plaisir, nd. C. 1900. Qto. Elaborate silver gilt illustrated binding, bevelled edges, aeg.; Laurens H. ( Ed.) Les Contes de Perrault, nd. C.1925. Qto. Multi-coloured illustrated binding, bevelled edges, teg, coloured and monochrome illus. La Poupee Modele - Journal des Petites Filles, Vingt-Septieme Annee 1889-1890, small folio. Engraved illus. Together with six other similar, larger format titles, including 'Mon Premier Alphabet', C.1880. All titles manifesting signs of use but generally vg. Estimate £80 - £120
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Livre De Mariage : Approuve Par Msr. L'Archeveque De Tours. Nd. C.1880. 12mo. Ornate full textured calf binding, ribbed, gilt & panelled spine, boards with finely detailed gilt panels, gilt edges & inner dentelles. Aeg with distinctive crimson gauphering. Ornate ring work clasp with integral crucifix. Engraved frontis and plates with tissue guards, pages with finely decorative concentric gilt and tinted borders surrounding the text. Original silk registers. One clasp missing o/w vg, near f. Estimate £30 - £40
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L'Ecole de Cuisine ( Directeur : A.Colombie ). Four volumes, 1897 - 1901. Small folio, red cloth spines, gilt with marbled boards. Double column text with recipes and menus. Decorative headings, contemporary advertisements etc. Vg. Estimate £40 - £60
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Columbie A. : La Patisserie Bourgeoise 1906/7. 3 Volumes. Folio, card covers. Covers a little worn and fragmented at edges but generally clean and sound. Estimate £50 - £60
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Luckiesh M. : Ultraviolet Radiation, 1923. 1st.English Ed. 8vo.Hb. Photographic plates. g - vg. Estimate £20 - £30
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Field Marshall Viscount Montgomery of Alamein : A History of Warfare, 1969. Royal 8vo. Arcadia Press special limited edition of 265 copies signed by the author of which this is No.119. Zaehnsdorf textured black morocco binding, gilt titling and inner dentelles with multi-coloured inlay of a canon on the upper board. Aeg, marbled eps. Buckram slip case. Fine copy. Estimate £150 - £200
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Children's Miscellany : Doyle R. : An Old Fairy Tale Told Anew, 1865. Small qto. Original textured maroon cloth binding, decorative gilt panel & cartouche on upper board, blind-stamped decoration. Aeg. Engraved illustrations. The Merry Ballads of Olden Time illustrated in Pictures and Rhyme, Nd. C.1890. Qto.Blue cloth with gilt titling and illus. on upper boards, teg. Chromolithograph plates & illus. Illustrated Ditties of the Olden Time, 1850. Small qto. Elaborate gilt design on both boards, aeg. Printed on rectos only. Fine engraved illus. Christmas Comes But Once A Year, Nd. C.1850. Very small qto. Original cloth, gilt titling & decoration, blind stamped design. Aeg. Engraved plates and illus. Illustrated ditties spine with cloth repair and marginal reinforcement of some pages. O/w generally vg. Estimate £40 - £50
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Creswicke L. : South Africa and the Transvaal War, 1900. Eight vols. Qto. Pictorial buckram binding. Colour frontis', colour and monochrome plates and illus. in the text. 8 Vol. sets scarce. Bindings a little darkened, some minor foxing spots o/w vg. Estimate £20 - £30
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Goldsmith O. : A History of the Earth and Animated Nature, 1879. Six vols. Small folio, brown cloth, gilt titling and illustration. Aeg. Colour frontis & engraved tp vignette. Chromolithograph and engraved plates. Fine set. Estimate £60 - £100
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Larger format Victorian and later Bindings : Taylor J. : The Age We Live in - A History of the Nineteenth Century, Nd. C.1895. Eight vols., small folio. Decorative, illustrated cloth bindings, gilt with bevelled edges. Aeg. Engraved plates. The Weekly Welcome, A Magazine for the Home Circle, 1878 & 1879. Folio, decorative gilt cloth bindings with inset colour vignette on upper boards, bevelled edges. Aeg. Engraved plates and illus. Tyndale W. An Artist in Italy, 1913. Folio, decorative gilt blue cloth binding, teg. Tipped in colour plates with titled tissue guards. Sparrow W. ( Ed. ) : Women Painters of the World, 1905. Folio, qtr. binding, gilt, teg. Colour & monochrome plates. Together with three other similar volumes. Vg, nf. Estimate £40 - £60
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A HENTY HOARD : Henty G.A. : Condemned as a Nihilist, 1893. With Moore At Corunna, 1898. 8vo. Both 1st. Eds. with original illustrated bindings. Together with the following titles : In The Reign of Terror ( two copies ); In Times Of Peril; By Right Of Conquest; The Bravest Of The Brave; By Pike And Dyke; The Lion Of The North; The Cornet Of Horse; The Young Colonists; The Young Carthaginian; In The Hands Of The Malays; Held Fast For England ( 2 copies ); One Of The 28th. - A Tale of Waterloo; Under Drake's Flag ( two copies ); Saint Bartholomew's Eve; When London Burned - Story of Restoration Times and the Great Fire; With Wolf in Canada ( two copies ); True To The Old Flag; Under Wellington's Command. A very attractive collection with all titles retaining their original pictorial binding including many early editions generally in very good condition. Generally vg. Estimate £150 - £200
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Beautiful Bindings : A Collection of Titles featuring distinctive decorative and illustrated bindings including : Hegan-Rice A. : Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch, Tipped-in colour plates with titled tissue guards by Harold Copping. Nd. C. 1910. Scarce edition with faux vellum, gilt binding and silk ties, teg. Tennyson A. : The Idylls of the King, illus. by Eleanor Brickdale, Nd. C. 1925. Qto. Blue cloth with elaborate gilt decoration; Garnett R. : The Twilight of the Gods, illus. by Henry Keen ( fine etchings ), introd. by T.E. Lawrence, 1926. Royal 8vo. Black cloth, gilt. Cassell's Illustrated Readings in Prose and Verse, Nd. C. 1880. Small folio, brown cloth with elaborate gilt dec., bevelled edges. Engraved illus. Together with 14 similar volumes, mainly Victorian and early 20th.C. Generally vg. Estimate £75 - £120
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Children's Choice. Collection of 42 children's titles, mainly fiction, all retaining the original illustrated and decorated cloth bindings. Titles include : Milne A.A. : Winnie the Pooh, 1926. 2nd.Ed. & 1928, 6th.Ed. 8vo. gilt cloth; Kingsley C. : The Water Babies, Illus. by Jessie Willcox Smith, tipped-in col.plates, Nd. C.1930 ( Boots Ed.) Qto. green cloth, gilt; Lang A. : Book of Romance, illus. H.Ford, 1903. 8vo, elaborate gilt dec. Carroll L. : Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, 1908. 8vo. hb.; Nisbet R. : Cossack Fairy Tales, illus. N. Nisbet, 1916. Qto. Colour & engraved plates. All vg. Estimate £100 - £150
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Beeton's Book of Home Pets, nd. C.1880. 8vo. Later half binding with marbled boards. Chromo. frontis & plates with wood cut ills. in text. Chapter on Ferns. Scarce. Vg. Estimate £30 - £40
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A. & C. Black Topographical Tour : Allingham H. : Happy England, 1909; Bagot R. : The Italian Lakes, 1912. (Two copies); Jungman N. : Holland, 1904, 1st.Ed. All qto. Hb. with decorative/illustrated bindings,teg and colour plates with titled tissue guards. Hutchinson W. : Hutchinson's Britain Beautiful, Nd. C.1925. Vols. 1 & 2. Large qto. green cloth, gilt. Together with: Cundall H. : Birket Foster, 1906, 1st. Ed. Qto. Colour plates. Generally vg. Estimate £30 - £40
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Captain Clive Dixon : The Leaguer of Ladysmith, Nov. 2nd. 1899 to Feb.28th. 1900. 1900. Landscape qto. with colour illus. upper cover, bevelled edges. Unpaginated. 18 full page colour cartoon-style plates with a facing text. Cover slightly marked. Contents very clean and bright. Estimate £30 - £40
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Die Olympischen Spiele 1936, Vols. (Bands) 1 & 2. Qto. Hb. with original dust-wrappers. Olympic Games cigarette photo-card 'sticker' albums complete with glossy monochrome cards and accompanying text. Both volumes in exceptionally fine condition with scarce dustwrappers. Die Olympischen Spiele in Los Angeles 1932, an additional album in original blue cloth binding with cards. Together with: Niemann J. : Weltkriege - warum?, Auflage. 1953. Original 'sticker' album. Das Grosse Bilder Buch Des Films, 1948. Landscape qto. card covers, illustrated film review. All items in exceptionally fine condition. Estimate £100 - £120
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Biography and Autobiography Miscellany, including the following signed copies : Watkins-Pitchford D. : Indian Summer 'BB', 1984; Durrell G : The Stationary Ark, 1976; Bogarde D. : Great Meadow, 1992 ( Together with a 'companion' item - a signed copy of the Stage production of 'By Myself' which appeared at the same time as the book.); Tangye D. : The Evening Gull, 1990; All 8vo. Hb. + Dj. 1st.Eds. Moult T. Down to Earth, 1974, Hb.+ Dj; Unwin F. : Cambridge Tales of Mystery and Mirth, 1983, Pb. Together with 70 other titles, all Hb. + Dj. All generally vg. Estimate £80 - £120
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Aviation - Military Miscellany : Courtney F. : Flight Path, 1972; Warner P. : The Special Air Service, 1982; Jackson A. : Avro Aircraft Since 1908, 1965; Ransom S. : English Electric and their Predecessors, 1987; Gunston B. : Plane Speaking, 1991. Together with 16 other similar titles. Generally vg. most with djs. Estimate £30 - £40
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Fiction Miscellany : Adams D. : So long, and thanks for all the fish, 1984. Hb. + Dj. Signed by author on fep; Trollope J. : The Best of Friends, 1995. 8vo. Hb. + Dj. Signed by author on tp. Rendell R. : The Keys to the Street, 1996. Hb. + Dj. signed on tp. Together with 50+ other fiction titles, including 1st.Editions. Mainly vg. with djs. Estimate £40 - £50
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Warne 'Observer' Book Series : Woodforde J. : Kitchen Antiques, 1982 ( Scarce ); together with 17 other titles in the series. Generally vg; some with dj where reqd. Estimate £20 - £30
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Topographical & Natural History Selection : Jefferies R. : Return to Jefferies' Land, 1985 ( Malmesbury ) Scarce; Bulfield A. : The Icknield Way, 1972; Shirley D. : Hertfordshire - a Guide to the Countryside, 1981; Burrows R. : The Naturalist in Devon and Cornwall, 1971; Johns C. : Flowers of the Field, Nd. C. 1920. Colour plates; Baxter R. : Rearing Stick Insects, 2002. Together with 10 other similar titles. Generally vg. Estimate £20 - £30
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Local Topography & History Miscellany : Ditchfield P. : The Charm of the English Village, 1908. Illus. S.Jones. Tall qto. Colour frontis, eng.illus.; Sylvester D. History of Chesire, 1980; Poucher W. : Lakeland Scrapbook, 1950. Qto. Hb. + Dj; Burgess A. : Warwickshire, 1950; Mason E. : Portrait of the Brecon Beacons, 1975; Hill D. : Constable's English Landscape Scenery, 1985. Together with 12 other similar titles. Generally vg. Estimate £20 - £30
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Channel Islands Collection : Camden W. : The Smaller Islands in the British Ocean, 1722 ( Separately bound section from 'Britannia' , 1722, 2nd. Ed., enlarged by Edmund Gibson. Folio recent professional cloth binding. ) ; Falle P. : Caesarea - Or an Account of Jersey, The greatest of the Islands remaining to the Crown of England of the ancient Dutchy of Normandy, 1734. 8vo. Title page in facsimile, lacks map and boards. Scarce. Suffling E. : Jethou; or Crusoe Life in the Channel Islands, 1892. 8vo. Illustrated card boards. ( Fiction ). Scarce Together with : Coysh V. : The Channel Islands, a new study, 1977; Hathaway S. : Dame of Sark, an autobiography, 1962; McClintock D. : The Wild Flowers of Guernsey, 1975; Binding T. Island Madness, 1998; Machon N. : Guernsey in Old Photographs, 1988; Sinel L. : The German Occupation of Jersey, 1969. Together with 50+ other related titles in a wide ranging selection, Hb & Pb. Generally vg. Camden is clean and bright; Apart from tp & map Caeserea is clean and tight - scarce in any condition; Jethou has a crude but tidy cloth attached to the spine, o/w vg. Estimate £150 - £200
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Cox G. : The Art of Confectionery, 1907. Qto. Hb. Text and monochrome photographic illustrations. Contemporary advertisements. Scarce. Lacks Tp otherwise complete. Selotape repairs front and back. Apparently very scarce. Estimate £20 - £30
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Smith W. ( Ed. ) : Dictionary of the Bible - comprising its Antiquities, Biography, Geography and Natural History, 1893. Four Vols. Royal 8vo. brown cloth, gilt & blindstamped. Engraved plates, maps & plans together with vignette illus. in the text. Vg. Estimate £20 - £30
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Rodrigo L. : Picasso in His Posters - Image and Work, 1992. Four Vols. Large qto. Hb.+ Dj. Profusely illustrated together with an exhaustive commentary, identification details and provenance. Together with three other related titles. Fine copies. Estimate £95 - £120
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Artists in Larger Formats : Lynton N. : William Scott, 2004; Schneider P. : Matisse, 2002 ( Rev.Ed.); Ferretti-Bocquillon M.: Signac 1863-1935, 2001; Walther I. : Van Gogh, 1997. All titles folio with djs. Fine copies Estimate £75 - £100
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