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Selected Antique Furniture & Collectors’ Items Books, Maps & Ephemera
Auctioneer: W & H Peacock Location: Bedford
Contact: Tel: 01234 266366
Date: 4th July 2014 Time: 11:00AM
Details: Viewing details:
Friday 27th June, 5pm - 8pm
Saturday 28th June, 9am - 1pm
Thursday 3rd July, 9am - 6pm
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Auction Lots - Page 6
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A collection of Losol Ware tableware including a pair of vases, mostly decorated in the 'Shanghai' pattern, various sizes Estimate £60 - £100
252
A collection of Losol Ware tableware, mostly chambers pots and jugs, decorated in various patterns, various sizes Estimate £50 - £80
253
A Moorcroft table lamp of gourd shaped form decorated with anemones on a pale blue ground, h. 13.5 cm excluding fitments Cracklelure, currently in working order but not guaranteed Estimate £80 - £120
254
A Moorcroft table lamp of slender ovoid forn decorated with hibiscus on a dark blue ground, h. 36 cm excluding fitments Drip to blue glaze, currently in working order but not guaranteed, bears partial paper label Estimate £200 - £300
255
An early 20th century seven piece bedroom set, each piece trasfer printed with pink roses Bowl with large repaired chip Estimate £20 - £30
256
A Crown Ducal washstand jug and bowl transfer printed with floral swags on a cream ground Fair Estimate £20 - £30
257
A Royal Doulton 'Sonnet' pattern part eight sitting tea service One cup damaged Estimate £10 - £20
258
A 19th century Sunderland pink lustre jug decorated with the verse; 'Succefs to the Fleece, To the Plough and the Sail, May our Taxes Grow Lefs, And our Commerce ne'er Fail', h. 13 cm Typical Cracklelure and firing faults Estimate £40 - £60
259
An 18th century Delftware charger, typically decorated with a garden landscape within a trellis border, d. 33 cm Poor, badly cracked and chipped Estimate £20 - £30
260
Spare lot

Books, Maps & Ephemera

501
Grose F. : Military Antiquities Respecting A History of the English Army from the Conquest to the Present Time, 1801. Vols. 1 & 2. Qto., qtr. binding, gilt. Engraved plates. Very good, clean, bright and tight copy. Estimate £250 - £300
502
'Breeches' Bible, 1625. Small qto. Contemp. calf with blind-stamped decorative panels; original and complete brass clasps. Engraved NT tp., 1625. Text block includes the Apocrypha and two guides : ''Alphabet of directions to common places, conteyning all the Hebrewe, Caldean, Greeke, Latin, or other strange names, dispersed throughout the whole Bible, conducing to the profitablest thinges thereof.'' and '' The second Alphabet of directions to common places, contayning all the English wordes, conducting unto most of the necessariest and profitablest doctrines, sentences and instructions, which are to be found in the olde and Newe Testament.'' Elaborate engraved headings and initial letters. Binding worn at extremities and upper board detached but virtually complete and capable of restoration. Lacking OT tp. but o/w complete ( starting with '' The Translators to the Reader'' ). Some minor and sporadic browning/foxing throughout. Some signatures close-cropped in the NT with slight loss of text. Estimate £250 - £300
503
War Department, Surgeon General's Office, Circular No. 2. 1869 : Report on Excisions of the Head of the Femur for Gunshot Injury, Circular No.3. A report on Surgical Cases treated in the Army of the United States from 1865 to 1871. ( Including 'Arrow-Wounds' ). 1871. Both reports by George Otis. Recent professional three qtr. binding with marbled boards, gilt. Engraved plates and vignettes. Vg. Estimate £200 - £250
504
Clutterbuck R. : The History and Antiquities of the County of Hertford, 1815. Three volumes. Folio, three qtr. binding with marbled boards, gilt, large paper copy. Engraved plates ( some coloured ), maps and plans. Vg copy Estimate £300 - £400
505
The Works of Thomas Hood, Ten Volumes, 1869 - 1973. 8vo. Maroon qtr. binding, ribbed, gilt spines, marbled boards, eps and edges. Some wear to the extremities of the bindings but still sound and tight. Internally generally clean and bright. Estimate £30 - £40
506
Sonnets and Odes Translated from the Italian of Petrarch with the original text and some Account of His Life, 1777. Trans. by John Nott. Small 8vo. Contemp. speckled calf, gilt, ribbed spine, maroon label. Vg copy of a scarce title in its original binding. Estimate £40 - £50
507
Mee A. : King's England Series, a collection of 10 titles in this series including Suffolk1951, Herefordshire 1948, Lake Counties 1949 and Berkshire 1964 in djs. Together with other topographical titles including Jerrold and 5 early 20th.C. Ward Locke Guides. Generally g to vg Estimate £20 - £30
508
Rowling J. : Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, 2003; Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, 2005. 1st.Eds. Together with other Harry Potter titles and further children's titles including Roald Dahl and a fold-out three dimensional 'Edwardian Doll House' book. All vg or nf. Estimate £30 - £40
509
Antiquarian Miscellany : Knight C. Old England - A Pictorial Museum of Regal, Ecclesiastical, Baronial, Municipal and Popular Antiquities, nd. C.1840. 2 Vols. Folio, qtr. binding, marbled boards and edges. Coloured plates & engraved vignettes. Blind M. : The Journal of Marie Bashkirtseff, 1890. 2 Vols. Qtr. binding, portrait frontis. Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott, 1847. Qtr. binding; Wood J. : Natural History, 1866 - an early edition of this popular work with original blind-stamped red cloth binding, aeg, engraved title, frontis & plates/vignettes; Cresswell F. : A Memoir of Elizabeth Fry by Her Daughter, 1856. 8vo. Cloth,gilt, Scarce. Together with early 20th.C. titles : Hulme F. : Wild Fruits of the Country-Side, 1902. Qto. hb. Col. plates (Woburn Lib. Natural History ); Wood's Popular Natural History, 1901. Royal 8vo. Illus. cloth binding, chromo.plates, engraved vignettes ( exceptionally fine copy ). Including other general titles. Generally vg but with some exceptions. Please enquire. Estimate £40 - £50
510
Bloomfield R. : The Bird and Insects' Post-Office, 1880. Qto., brown cloth illus. binding in black & gilt, bevelled edges. Engraved frontis and plates. Scarce children's title. Some minor foxing and looseness of the text block but generally sound. Estimate £30 - £40
511
Hemans F. : Songs of the Affections with other Poems, 1830. 1st.Ed. 12mo. Original qtr. binding, gilt on spine. 1st. Ed. Scarce. Sound binding, some slight sporadic foxing. Estimate £20 - £30
512
Inglis H. : Contour Road Book of England - Northern Division, 1900; South East Division, 1901; Western Division, 1908 & South East Division 1908. Maps and Gradient Charts for each motoring route, illus. of early motoring road signs and a location index of Motor-Car registration letters. Together with Ward Lock Guides. Generally vg. Estimate £20 - £30
513
Watkins M. : Pictures of Bird Life in Pen and Pencil. Illustrations by Giacomelli. Nd. C.1882. 1st.Ed. Large Folio. Green cloth binding with gilt and black illustrations on the spine and upper board. Bevelled edges, aeg. Engraved initial title and frontis, engraved plates and vignettes. Scarce. Binding a little worn at the extremities and slightly loose at the hinges but illustrated binding still bright and clean. Lacks black fep. Slight marginal staining on initial pages not affecting text or illus., o/w bright and clean. Estimate £40 - £60
514
Mumby F. ( Ed. ) : The Great War - A History. 1915-1917. Eighteen small qto. volumes of this Gresham publication in the original format with coloured boards. Generally vg. Estimate £30 - £40
515
Mrs. Beeton's Household Management, nd. C.1923. Small 'fat' qto. hb. Maroon blind stamped spine, gilt title, tan boards. Colour frontis and plates together with monochrome illustrations. Minor wear to ext. of binding. Lacking part of illus. fep, manuscript recipe on half title. O/w a sound copy, clean and reasonably tight for a text block of 1680 pp! Estimate £20 - £30
516
Observer Book Series. A small collection of 16 earlier titles in this series including: Aircraft 1971, Geology 1971, Garden Flowers 1969, Basic Aircraft 1967, Sea Fishes 1966, Postage Stamps 1967, Pond Life 1967, Ships 1966, Weather 1967, Butterflies 1966, Flags 1966, Astronomy 1965, Automobiles 1967, Commercial Vehicles 1971, Locomotives 1966, Birds Eggs 1967 & Birds 1965. All with djs. except last title. Generally vg. Estimate £20 - £30
517
Ladybird Books. A varied collection of 60+ mainly earlier titles ( some with djs. ) from this series including : Barr N. : The Discontented Pony, and Macgregor A. : Bunny's First Birthday. Together with three other children's titles including Fairy Tales illustrated by Margaret Tarrant ( Colour plates ). Generally vg. Estimate £20 - £30
518
Johns C. : Flowers of the Field, 1908. British Birds in Their Haunts, 1909. 8vo. Green cloth with gilt titling and illustration on upper board, bevelled edges. Colour plates. Companions volumes. Generally vg early copies of these well known works. Some sporadic foxing. Estimate £20 - £30
519
Jerome J. : Three Men in a Boat, 1889. 1st.Ed. 1st. Issue ( Number 11 missing from Publisher's address on tp ). 8vo. Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow, 1947. Three Men lacks the first fep with adverts o/w complete inc. half titles. Estimate £30 - £40
520
Ballad & Minstrelsy Collection : The Roxburghe Ballads, 1873/74 ( Ed. C.Hindley ). 1st. Ed.? Vols. 1 & 2. 8vo. Wood cut vignette illus. Recent qtr. binding with cloth spine and plain boards; Motherwell W. : Minstrelsy Ancient and Modern, 1873. Small folio, cloth binding, re-backed with original leather spine label. Teg. Engraved tp. & frontis. Lockhart J. : Ancient Spanish Ballads, Historical and Romantic, 1823. Small qto. Original qtr. binding, gilt title on spine. Aytoun W. : The Ballads of Scotland, 1861. 3rd.Ed. Revised & augmented. Vols. 1 & 2. Small 8vo. Fine qtr. binding, ribbed gilt spine, marbled boards, eps. & edges. Sims G. : Ballads and Poems, nd. C.1880. 8vo. Illus. cloth binding, aeg. Mounted photo.portrait frontis. Together with : Spenser E. : Faerie Queene, 1856. 8vo. Fine binding, blind-stamped, gilt title, aeg with gauphered edges, marbled eps, frontis. Generally vg. Estimate £60 - £70
521
The Bedfordshire Magazine. 1947 - 1999. Bound set of this publication, vols. 1 - 26 together with an index volume. 8vo. hb. ( some with djs. ). Each volume features a range of locally focussed articles, photo illus., line drawings, maps, charts and diag. etc and contemp. adverts. A local reader's or historian's archival paradise! Complete bound sets relatively scarce. Generally vg. Estimate £40 - £50
522
Collector's Miscellany : London J. : The Call of the Wild, Sept.1903 ( 1st.Ed. July 1903). 8vo. Illus. binding, colour frontis & plates. Kipling R. : Collected Dog Stories, 1934. 1st.Ed. Small qto. hb. Monochrome plates & vignettes. Leighton C. : Give Use This Day, 1943. 1st. Ed. Small qto. Monochrome plates ( Chalk drawings). Emett R.( of Punch ) : Engines, Aunties & Others - A book of curious happenings. 1943. 1st. Ed. Small qto. Cartoon illus. Tales From Catland for Little Kittens - by An Old Tabby, 1851. 12mo. Green cloth, gilt. Engraved plates. Scarce. Giles Sunday Express & Daily Express Cartoons, 1953. Together with ten other varied titles. Variable condition. Estimate £20 - £30
523
Children's Titles : Seaby A. : Sons of Skewbald, 1937. 1st. Ed. Royal 8vo. hb. + dj. Plates & vignettes by the author. Sewell A. : Black Beauty, 1926. Royal 8vo. Hb. + dj Gilt illus. binding. Colour plates and line drawings by Lucy Kemp-Welch. Sequel to Mama's Bible Stories, 1842. 12mo. Maroon leather binding, gilt, aeg and marbled eps. Engraved plates. Djs. 90% complete. Some minor sporadic foxing. Estimate £20 - £30
524
Collector's Miscellany : Moses H. A Collection of Antique Vases, Altars, Paterae, Tripods, Candelabra, Sarcophagi etc., engraved on 170 plates. Preface dated 1814. Qto. Fine binding, gilt, ribbed spine; gilt emblem with first owner's name on upper board. Marbled eps. & edges. Engraved and colour plates. ( Interesting presentation details beautifully inscribed on blank eps. : '' Worcester Government School of Art 1863. Special Prize for Stone Carving and for Modelling Ornament from Drawings - Thomas B. Brown - Given by the Rt.Honble. The Earl of Derby.'' Signed by 'Derby' 1864. ). Together with the following titles : Gilbert W. : Songs of a Savoyard, 1892. 1st.Ed.(?); The Games Book For Boys and Girls, nd. 1890?; Leland T. : History of the Life and Reign of Philip, King of Macedon, 1820. 8vo. Two vols. Fine binding; The Court and Camp of Buonaparte, 1829. 12mo. qtr. binding. All leather bindings complete but requiring repair and restoration. Estimate £30 - £40
525
Nautical Narratives : Carr F. : Vanishing Craft - British Coastal Types in the Last Days of Sail, 1934. 1st. Ed. Qto. Hb.+ Dj. Twenty tinted drawings by Frank Mason; Folkard H. : The Sailing Boat - A Treatise on Sailing Boats and Small Yachts, 1906. Large qto., blue cloth, gilt titling & illus. Profusely illustrated engravings, line drawings and monochrome photographs; Keble-Chatterton E. : Old Sea Paintings, 1928. 1st.Ed. Qto., green cloth, gilt. Colour & monochrome plates; Old Ship Prints, 1927. 1st.Ed. Colour & monochrome plates. Warrington-Smith H. Mast and Sail in Europe and Asia, 1929. 8vo. Hb + Dj; Mahan A. : The Influence of Sea Power upon the French Revolution and Empire, 1893. 1st.Ed. Vols. 1 & 2. 8vo. Taylor E. : The Haven-Finding Art, 1956. 8vo.hb. Together with : Skelton R. : Decorative Printed Maps, 1952. Qto. hb. Colour and monochrome plates; Brown L. : The Story of Maps, 1951. Qto. Hb.+Dj. Illus. Generally vg. One or two titles needing repair (Folkard). Estimate £40 - £50
526
Zane Grey : Large collection ( 150+ ) of this author's fiction work, mainly pb. but including a number of hbs. with djs. A number of early editions and including two 1st.Eds. : The Rainbow Trail and Valley of Wild Horses. Large collection in variable condition from p. to vg. Estimate £30 - £40
527
Setright L. : The Grand Prix Car 1954/1966. 1968, 1st.Ed. Qto. hb.+ dj. Coloured and monochrome photographic illustration together with line drawings and diagrams. Minor wear to extremities of dj o/w vg Estimate £10 - £20
528
( Blount T. ) : Fragmenta Antiquitatis. Antient Tenures of Land and Jocular Customs of Some Mannors (sic). Made publick for the diversion of some and instruction of others. 1679. 1st.Ed. 12mo. Contemp. binding. Scarce. Contemp. calf binding present but boards det. etc. Margins of tp. browned but not affecting title panel & text. Remaining text block reasonably clean and quite tight. Scarce volume requiring margin restoration and re-binding. Estimate £40 - £60
529
First Editions & Folio Society. Miscellaneous collection of titles including : Angus Wilson : A Bit Off The Map, 1957; The Middle Age of Mrs. Eliot, 1958; The Old Men at the Zoo, 1961 ( 2 copies ); Late Call, 1964; No Laughing Matter, 1967; As If By Magic,1973 ( 2 copies ); Setting the World on Fire,1980. Bryant K. : Marie Stopes, 1962; Du Maurier D. : Growing Pains, 1977; Illingworth R. : Ray Illingworth, 1987; Fox U. : More Joys Of Living, 1972; Bogarde D. : A Short Walk From Harrods, 1993; A Particular Friendship, 1989; Cleared For Take-Off, 1995 ( 2nd.printing). All titles 8vo. with djs. Together with a small collection of Folio Society titles with slip cases. All items generally vg/vg, some f/f inc. folio. Estimate £50 - £60
530
Military and Aviation Collection : Thompson K. : Julian Grenfell, Soldier and Poet: Letters and Diaries, 1910 - 1915. 2004. 1st.Ed. 8vo (Scarce); Rankin K. : Top-Hats in Tobruk, 1983. 1st.Ed. 8vo; Hoyle R. : The Military Survey of Gloucestershire, 1522. 1993. 1st.Ed. 8vo; Mackenzie W. :The Secret History of S.O.E., 2000. 1st.Ed. Royal 8vo.Pb; Verity H : We Landed by Moonlight, 1995. 8vo; Ford K. : Assault Crossing, River Seine 1944. 1988, 1st.Ed. 8vo; Croizat V. : Across the Reef - Amphibious Tracked Vehicle at War, 1989. 1st.Ed. 8vo; Barthorp M. : The Armies of Britain 1485 - 1980. Qto. Hb. Ruddy A. : To The Last Round - Leicestershire and Rutland Home Guard, 1940 - 1945. 2007 Qto. Hb.+ Dj. (Scarce); Jones T. : The Unbroken Front, Ministry of Food, 1916-1944. 1st.Imp. Sept. 1944. 8vo. Ex.lib. ( Some features relating to war time contingencies - 'Home Guard Feeding', 'Early Air Raids' British Restaurants, and finally : ' In asking employers to spend a bit of money on their canteens and feeding centres, Lord Woolton said : ''Do not make them dreary places. Make them attractive. Give them music. This is a work of very great importance. Therefore, I appeal to employers throughout the country to take some special interest in it.'' We now have the B.B.C. giving ''Music While You Work.'' Together with four other related titles. Most titles in vg or nf condition with djs. where required. Estimate £30 - £40
531
Prime Ministers' Autographs : Davies D. : The Private Major, 1997. 8vo. Hb.+ Dj. Copy signed by John and Norma Major of ffep. Murray P. : Margaret Thatcher, A Profile, 1980. 8vo. Hb. + Dj. Together with a commemorative insert recording the service of two Bedfordshire Conservative MPs ( Hastings & Boyd ) signed by Margaret Thatcher. Both books and insert in n/f condition. Estimate £20 - £30
532
Britton J. & Brayley E. : Devonshire & Cornwall Illustrated, 1832. Qto. qtr. binding, ribbed gilt spine, marbled boards, titled gilt panel on upper board. Aeg. Two engraved title pages together with hand coloured maps for each county and engraved plates. Binding a little worn at extremities but sound. Some minor sporadic foxing. Estimate £50 - £75
533
Mrs. Bury Palliser : Histoire De La Dentelle, 1892. Folio, qtr. binding, ribbed gilt spine, marbled boards and eps, teg. Single colour plates and engraved vignettes in the text. Slight wear to extrem. of binding o/w vg. Estimate £30 - £40
534
Illustrated book selection : Mora J. : The Animals of Aesop. Aesop's Fables Adapted and Pictured, nd. C.1901. Small qto. Illustrated red cloth binding with bevelled edges, aeg. Single and dual colour plates together with engraved plates and vignette illustrations. Scarce (5 only on Copac). Kipling R. : Song of the English, nd. C.1920. Small qto. Hb.+Dj. Decorated blue cloth binding, dj. with colour plate. 16 tipped in colour plates. Kipling - dj. worn & lacking spine, sporadic foxing, text block with one plate page loose. Mora - binding worn at ext. but still quite bright and clean; amateur repairs to internal hinges and some pages; text block a little loose. Estimate £20 - £30
535
First & Early Editions : Conrad J. : Youth - A Narrative, 1902. 1st.Ed. 8vo. Original green cloth binding. ( Blackwood's catalogue at the rear is dated 10/2 ). Rider Haggard H. : King Solomon's Mines, 1886. 8vo. Original illustrated red cloth binding, with coloured folding map frontis. ( Cassell's catalogue at rear dated 1.86 ); Whitman W. : Leaves of Grass, 1881-82. 8vo. Original dark yellow/light brown cloth binding, gilt. Conrad - binding with some discolouration and needing repair along lower external hinge. Some foxing. Haggard spine a little faded o/w binding sound. Minor sporadic foxing. Whitman generally sound. Estimate £30 - £40
536
Sevigne Marie. : Lettres De Madame De Sevigne, 1856. Six vols. Small 8vo. Fine qtr. binding, maroon ribbed & gilt spines, marbled boards & eps. Multi coloured silk registers. Engraved port. frontis vol.1. Topffer R. : Nouveaux Voyages En Zigzag, 1854. 1st.Ed. Small folio. Full calf, gilt ribbed spine,label, inner dentelles, aeg. Marbled eps. Engraved frontis, plates & vignettes in text. Moore J. : A Journal During a Residence in France from the beginning of August to the Middle of December 1792. 1793. Two Vols. 8vo. Full contemp. calf. Sevigne - Set of fine bindings with minor wear to extremities and slight loss at head of spine on 3 vols, o/w vg. Text blocks generally clean and tight. Topffer - Binding with slight to moderate wear at ext. o/w very sound. Text block generally clean and tight. Moore - requires re-binding. Text block generally clean and tight. Estimate £50 - £60
537
Dame Alice's Adventure in Nowonderland : Some Notes for a Nightmare. By Meander. 1946. 1st. and only Ed. 12mo. Fine copy in stiff marbled boards with a paper label. An 'Alice' pastiche satirising developments in Bedford ( UK ). Line drawn illus. Privately printed locally Estimate £20 - £30
538
Coleridge S.T. : 'Kubla Khan', 1977. Limited Edition, no.9 of 150 copies privately printed. Large folio, cloth bound, gilt titling. Line drawn illustrations. Note on the last page reads: ''Designed, drawn and published by Tim Gravestock using facilities of Watford School of Art with assistance from Peter Schmidt and Bernie Mitcham.'' Signed by Tim Gravestock ( noted illustrator and graphic designer). Fine copy. Estimate £30 - £40
539
'Bookano' Pop-up Book 5. Nd. C.1935. Colour illustrated paper covered boards. Five 'pop-up' models in working order, colour illustrations. Minor/slight wear to ext. of cover, two small discreet repairs to one pop-up, o/w a vg copy. Estimate £20 - £30
540
Observer Books : A collection 30 titles from this series including 'Mushrooms,Toadstools and Other Common Fungi', 'Show Jumping' and 'Ancient and & Roman Britain', all except one with dust-wrappers where required. Generally vg. Estimate £30 - £40
Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD
Selected Antique Furniture & Collectors’ Items Books, Maps & Ephemera
Auctioneer: W & H Peacock Location: Bedford
Contact: Tel: 01234 266366
Date: 4th July 2014 Time: 11:00AM
Details: Viewing details:
Friday 27th June, 5pm - 8pm
Saturday 28th June, 9am - 1pm
Thursday 3rd July, 9am - 6pm
Morning of the sale from 9am
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