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| 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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| Auction Lots - Page 8 | |||
| 591 | |||
| Brookes P. Hard Times, 2011. 1st.Ed. Signed copy. Landscape qto. hb + dj. Scarce. N/f copy. Estimate £20 - £30 |
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| 592 | |||
| Oxford Classical Text Series. A small collection from this series including the works of Herodotus, Homer, Thucydides, Xenophon, Livi and Ovid together with other classic writers. The books feature the original Greek or Latin text with either annotations or commentary. Together with other similar titles. All titles are in 8vo format with dustwrappers and in vg or nf condition. Estimate £30 - £40 |
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| 593 | |||
| English Furniture Reference Collection including : Symonds R. : Furniture Making in the 17th. & 18th. Century England, 1955; Present State of Old English Furniture, 1921; English Walnut and Lacquer Furniture, 1923; Jourdain M. : English Furniture - Georgian Period, 1953; Edwards R. : Dictionary of English Furniture, 1983. 3 Vols. Together with 10 other related titles, including qto. & 8vo. formats. Generally vg. Estimate £80 - £120 |
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| 594 | |||
| Natural History Miscellany : (Knapp J.) : Journal of a Naturalist, 1829. 8vo. Engraved tp; 7 engraved plates ( 1 aquatint ). Catlow M. : British Entomology, 1852. Hand col. engraved frontis and 15 plates. Hulme F. : Wild Fruits of the Countryside 1902, Royal 8vo. 36 colour plates. Watkins-Pitchford D. : The Countryman's Bedside Book, 1942. Plates & vignettes using scraperboard technique. Johns C. : Flowers of the Field, 1910. Decorative,gilt maroon binding, colour plates; Catlow M. : Popular British Entomology, 1852. Hand-col. engraved plates. Together with 2 other related titles. Mixed condition : Johns & Hulme vg. Other titles needing some repair Estimate £20 - £30 |
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| 595 | |||
| Animals In Their Homes. 'Father Tuck's Panorama Series' : Raphael Tuck children's publication. Nd. C.1890. Landscape qto. 'concertina' board book with cloth hinges featuring chromolithic illustrations of a variety of familiar animals located in their natural environment. Some of the hinges on this 'book' are a little fragile otherwise it is remarkably well preserved despite its vulnerability. Estimate £40 - £60 |
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| 596 | |||
| Rhyming Riddles, &c. &c. For the Amusement of Young Oxonians by An Old Oxonian. 1813. Small qto. with original publisher's boards. Rhymes feature the following example as a complaint against the School-Boys of Eton: There's not a School-boy in the world, Whom I did ever hate, Yet ev'ry School-boy hateth me; O sad Return! O, hard my fate! 'To School-boys I'm a true and active friend, Striving their wits and manners to amend: But to mend them harder I have toil'd; So much more sadly I myself am spoil'd The boys in answer write: Sir, our hearts, from their bottom, feel your friendly intention; But our bodies, at bottom, too sore feel to mention. Very scarce - one copy only on Copac. Boards det. o/w vg. Estimate £40 - £60 |
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| 597 | |||
| De Castres E. : Observer's Book of Silver, 1980 1st. Ed. Laminated binding. Together with 10 other titles in this series. All generally vg / nf condition. Estimate £20 - £30 |
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| 598 | |||
| Railwayana : An extensive collection (25+) of titles relating to local railways which includes a number of more specialised Provincial Branch Line and Railway Company histories. Most titles are quite recent ( late 20th.C. ) and are in vg or nf. condition. Estimate £60 - £80 |
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| 599 | |||
| Railwayana : A collection of books ( 50+) relating to Railway history and including a number of specialist tiles featuring : Rolling Stock; Railway Junctions; Locomotives; Historical Railway Atlases and Timetables. Also included are original 'Spotter' Books, magazines and other publications. Together with a facsimile of Tuck's Map of Railways of Great Britain 1847 and a chart featuring locomotives. Generally vg. Some nf. Estimate £40 - £60 |
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| 600 | |||
| The National Encyclopaedia, nd. C.1885. 14 Volumes. Royal 8vo, textured green cloth binding, gilt with black blind-stamped decoration & bevelled edges. Each volume has a substantial front section of fine engraved plates ( some coloured ) relating to specific entries. Some minor foxing on the fore edge, o/w a vg good clean and tight set, particularly the plates. Estimate £30 - £40 |
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| 601 | |||
| Warner R. : A Walk Through Wales in August 1797, bound with A Second Walk Through Wales in August and September 1798. 1799. 8vo. Qtr. binding, marbled boards. Tinted engraved frontis two both volumes together with other similar plates and engraved vignette maps of routes in the text. Nicholson G. : Cambrian Traveller's Guide, in Every Direction. 1813. 8vo. Qtr. binding, marbled boards. Together with 8 other 19th.C. titles with a Welsh text. Warner - boards loose but not det. Some light browning. Nicholson lacks Tp., Frontis & map. Estimate £40 - £50 |
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| 602 | |||
| Literary Miscellany : Boccaccio G. : The Decameron, 1955. Folio Society, Royal 8vo. Slip case. Fine cream leather binding, gilt, teg.; The Book of The Thousand Nights and One Night, ( Trans. Powys Mathers ), 1964. Four vols., royal 8vo hb + djs; The Diary of Anne Frank, The Critical Edition, 1989. 1st. Ed. ( less common Viking ed. ) Small qto. hb + dj; The Rubaiyyat of Omar Khayaam,(Trans. R. Graves), 1967. 1st.Ed.8vo. Hb + dj; Hassan, 1966. Folio Soc. qto. + slip case. Estimate £30 - £40 |
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| 603 | |||
| Miniature Almanack, 1718; Dimensions : 56 x 27mm. Printed for the Company of Stationers. Full calf binding, gilt decoration, marbled eps. Engraved heraldic illustration on tp. Monthly calendar pages followed by tables of Kings and Queens reigns, Lord Mayors and Sherrifs of London and Interest Tables. Binding with 'polish' from use, some small fragments missing but basically sound. End papers worn. Text block generally clean and tight, lacking page for July. Estimate £80 - £120 |
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| 604 | |||
| Beeton I. : Book of Household Management,nd. C.1920. 'Fat' 8vo. Maroon cloth spine, gilt. Colour plates. Estimate £20 - £30 |
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| 605 | |||
| The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Edited by R.Latham & W. Matthews. Published by Bell & Hyman. Complete 11 volume set. Fine condition. Estimate £40 - £50 |
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| 606 | |||
| Folio Society : A substantial collection comprising of 80+ volumes together with slip cases in near fine condition. Estimate £60 - £70 |
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| 607 | |||
| Horology. Kochman K. : Black Forest Clock Maker and the Cuckoo Clock ( Scarce )Tyler E. : Black Forest Clocks & American Clocks for the Collector; Samelius W. : Watch & Clock Information Please.Together with one other title. Generally vg. Estimate £20 - £30 |
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| 608 | |||
| Horology : Britten F. : Watch & Clock Maker's Handbook, Dictionary and Guide; Wills P. : Conservation of Clocks and Watches together with three other horological titles. Estimate £20 - £30 |
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| 609 | |||
| Holliday J. : The Life of William Late Earl of Mansfield, 1797. Qto. Original publisher's binding, engraved protrait frontis, uncut. Scarce. Top bd. det. o/w clean, tight and sound. Estimate £30 - £40 |
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| 610 | |||
| Wilson H. : With the Flag to Pretoria, 1900. Two Vols. Small folio, red cloth, gilt & black motif decoration, bevelled edges. Profuse monochrome illustrations and photographs. Well preserved set. Estimate £25 - £35 |
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| 611 | |||
| George Eliot, Mrs. Henry Wood & Charlotte Yonge. Sets. George Eliot, the 'Standard' 21 volume Blackwood set, C.1895. 8vo. Black buckram binding, gilt, teg. Mrs.Henry Wood, 11 titles, 8vo, bound in a common green cloth, gilt, published by Richard Bentley, 1880/90s. Charlotte Yonge, 10 titles in a mainly common binding. Eliot & Mrs.Wood generally vg. Yonge, some requiring repair. Estimate £30 - £40 |
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| 623 | |||
| Philately : Large collection of stamps featuring individual groupings from a world wide range of countries including a number of island territories,the African continent, the Asian sub-continent and South America. All items housed in folders and properly mounted. Most with postal franks. Estimate £200 - £300 |
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| 624 | |||
| Philately : Large collection of stamps housed and mounted in 5 folders featuring stamps from European countries and their overseas protectorates and territories, including : Belgium and Belgium Congo; Denmark; Finland; France and 15 of its overseas territories; British overseas territories including British Forces in Egypt & Suez Canal Company (13). Mostly with postal franks. Estimate £300 - £500 |
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| 625 | |||
| Cartography : Ortelius A. : Persici Vel Sophorum Regni Typus. Engraved map of Persia, nd. C. 1625. Decorative title cartouche, hand coloured in outline. Framed and glazed with latin textual commentary to the verso. Estimate £50 - £60 |
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| 626 | |||
| Speed J. : Map of Bedfordshire. Hand coloured. This edition bears the date 1610. Familiar elaborate strapwork cartouches feature on the map title, heraldic emblems, text and a vignette town plan of Bedford. Mounted, framed and glazed. Estimate £50 - £60 |
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| 627 | |||
| Speed J. : Map of Bedfordshire. This edition sold by Roger Rea the Elder and the Younger and bears the date 1610. Familiar elaborate strapwork cartouches feature on the map title, heraldic emblems, text and a vignette town plan of Bedford; text to verso. Rea editions are relatively scarce. Framed and glazed. Clean and bright example with wide margins Estimate £40 - £50 |
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| 628 | |||
| County Maps : Collection of 6 smaller scale county maps hand coloured in outline, mounted,framed and glazed, featuring : Westmoreland, Somersetshire and Northamptonshire - from Dugdale, nd.C.1840, together with Bedfordshire, engraved by Gardner, Sussex - Pickett and Cambridgeshire - Archer. C.1850 Generally vg. with professional mounts and well preserved frames etc. Estimate £30 - £40 |
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| 629 | |||
| Bedfordshire Cartographic Miscellany : Cary J. : Bedfordshire from the best Authorities, 1805 ( 2 copies). Minimal topographical outline h/c; Smith C. : New Map of the County of Bedford, 1804 ( Four copies ). Hand coloured. From 'Smith's New English Atlas. Morden R. : Bedfordshire, (Camden C.1720); Bowen E. : Bedford, Divided into its Hundreds, C.1780. Together with five other maps including Cary's map of Devonshire, 1820. All maps 'rolled' and 'loose'. Estimate £30 - £50 |
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| 656 | |||
| Post Card Collection : An extensive range of early 20th.C. cards in two albums ( also some loose ) featuring humour, romantic, birthday, topographical, WW1 related and two depicting Claude Grahame-White's Flying School at Hendon. Colour and monochrome. Also included are a small collection silks, embroidered & decoupage cards. Estimate £60 - £80 |
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| 657 | |||
| Philately : A huge stamp collection (10,000+) presented in three large, quite old albums. Particular highlights include a very good example of a Penny Black, a similar representative GB collection, with some high values, (all reigns to E2), followed by about 165 pages of stamps from colonies & protectorates of that same era, last entries circa 1970. Two further albums contain well-organised ''world'' collections, (including a 8 GB pages), totalling some 330 pages in all. Other small collections are also included in this consignment. Estimate £380 - £480 |
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| 658 | |||
| Autograph Albums. Two albums mainly featuring signed monochrome photographs of film stars and other performers, including : Edward G. Robinson,Merle Oberon, Petula Clark,John Mills,James Mason. A number of these autographs appear to be original, some others reproductions. Estimate £30 - £40 |
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| 659 | |||
| Football Archive : Extensive collection including : World Cup Programmes for 1966, 1970 & 2006; 1970 England Squad LP; Stanley Matthew's Football Albums for 1949 & 1950; Portsmouth Team Signatures for 1960s/70s; Vintage Season Programmes for Southampton,West Ham,Tottenham Hotspur,Portsmouth for 1960s together with various other magazines. Estimate £30 - £40 |
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| 660 | |||
| Arsenal Football Club : An extensive archive of memorabilia including : Seasons programmes for matches between the years 1963 to 1974; Cup Final Programmes; Club Magazines and Official Club Handbooks. The collection has been carefully collated and arranged in Arsenal dedicated folders and cellophane fronted packets. Estimate £30 - £40 |
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| 661 | |||
| View of the East Side of London Bridge with the Chapel of Saint Thomas, in the Reign of King Henry VII, circa 1500. Coloured lithograph by R.Martin, from BM manuscript. C. 1830. Mounted, framed and glazed. Estimate £30 - £40 |
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| 662 | |||
| Postcard Album 1920s/30s. Album with an Art Nouveaux motif cover, featuring a range of postcards coloured and monochrome including contemporary 'Birthday' cards, Humorous and cartoon cards, glamour and topographical. Generally vg. Estimate £30 - £40 |
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| 663 | |||
| Silverstone Grand Prix Motor Racing Programmes for 1956, 58; 1963, 65, 67 & 69; 1971,73,75,77 & 89 featuring renowned drivers such as Graham Hill, Jackie Stewart, Jim Clark, Jack Brabham etc. Some programmes with lap times pencilled in. Together with Silverstone Trophy Meeting Programmes 1958,1960, 1970,71,73 & 75. All generally vg. Estimate £30 - £40 |
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| 664 | |||
| Circus Posters. A collection of 20+ Circus Posters from the 1970s. featuring Chipperfield's, Robert Brothers and Austen Brothers Circus Shows. The posters are mainly A2 size and coloured. Some minor damp stains but generally vg. Estimate £30 - £40 |
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| 665 | |||
| 'Galaxy' Science Fiction Magazine Collection. 141 issues of this magazine from 1951 - 1970 featuring contributions from a range of contributors including Isaac Asimov, Poul Anderson, Willy Ley, Robert Sheckley and Frederik Pohl amongst others. Some issues of the magazine have loose covers or spines missing, others are in vg condition. All appear to be complete internally. Estimate £30 - £40 |
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| 666 | |||
| Legal Archive. A substantial collection comprising twenty plus 18th. & 19th.C. manuscript Indentures on parchment, mostly folded and including many of the original seals, some quite detailed. The collection also includes Last Wills and Testaments together with detailed Marriage Settlements. Generally in vg condition. Estimate £80 - £120 |
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| 667 | |||
| British Aircraft Corporation : Lightning Mk.5. Supersonic Jet Fighter Aircraft. A series of more than 40 'Experimental Flight Reports' ( Test Flights ) from 1966 to 1968. Detailed, typed reports indicating the specification of the aircraft for that day's flight and weather conditions, an account of the manouvres or operations planned and the resulting follow-up procedures. Originally 'restricted' documents distributed to test pilot team ( Beaumont, Dell, Ferguson, Cockburn ) and technicians. Vg. Estimate £40 - £60 |
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| 668 | |||
| Vintage TV and Film Scripts : 'Empire of the Sun' ( J.G.Ballard ) Screen Play Script, Sept.12th. 1986, Third Draft; 'Coronation Street', Rehearsal Script, Nov. 20th. 1991; 'Boon' - Series VII. Episode Seven Shooting Script - 'Is There Anybody There', 1st. July 1992; 'Cracker', Episode 1, 'The Mad Woman in the Attic', 16th. April 1993. Together with the Television Programme script for the Queen's Christmas Day Message 1979. All scripts in very good condition. Estimate £180 - £220 |
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| 669 | |||
| Commonplace Album. Large folio album with a three-quarter binding, aeg, containing 50+ substantial card leaves featuring a wide range of coloured ( cut-out & chromolithograph ) illustrations including, humorous, floral, religious, natural and family topics. Binding cover is basically sound but the album is partially dis-bound and some page edges a little frayed through frequent use. Estimate £20 - £30 |
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| 670 | |||
| Admiralty UK Coastal and Cross Channel Navigation Charts, 1970s/80s. A collection of 25 large scale coloured charts together with a smaller selection of Dutch folding coastal water maps and other nautical maps. Vg. Estimate £30 - £40 |
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| 671 | |||
| Snooker : Alex Higgins & Ray Reardon autographs on the reverse of an Admission Ticket to Trimoco Classic Final 1984 together with the original programme. Estimate £20 - £30 |
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| 672 | |||
| Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale 1981. Complete Test housed in original case, comprising Manual and the following multi-piece modules : Picture Completion, Block Design, Picture Arrangement, Block Design, Object Assembly Modules E, H, M & P. Very good, near fine condition. Estimate £40 - £60 |
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| 673 | |||
| Frederick Pfeil : Civil Engineer & Son : Collection of family papers & documents including : School essays, Letters, Family Tree, Great Exhibition Admission Card 1851 and other items. Estimate £50 - £60 |
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| 674 | |||
| 18th. & 19th.C. Commercial documents : French East India Company 1793 Payment authorisation; Map of agricultural land, Jamaica 1881; Papares Sugar Refinery Memorandum 1899. Estimate £40 - £50 |
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| 675 | |||
| Bedfordshire Miscellany : A collection containing correspondence of Mary 'The Flying Duchess' of Bedford, Nathaniel Polhill, Declaration of Gentlemen & Freeholders of Bedford 1659, Documents relating to Duke of Bedford's properties 1793, Russell and Holland families together with embroidered postcards. More detailed information on request. Estimate £250 - £350 |
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| 676 | |||
| Ampthill, Bedfordshire, 1869. Bill of Sale : Baker's Shop, Bakehouse, Pightle of the Old Sward, Dunstable Street. Together with a manuscript document detailing conditions of sale of the property to William Stephen Allen. Vg. Estimate £20 - £30 |
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| 677 | |||
| One Hundred Years Old. Privately printed Company history of Charles H. Pugh Ltd. who manufactured mowers at the Whitworth Works in Birmingham until 1981 when fire destroyed the works and stock. They subsequently moved to Suffolk trading as Atco. 8vo. hb. in green leather binding, gilt. Very scarce. Vg Estimate £10 - £20 |
| 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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