for our Antique, Fine Art and Collectables auction held on Thursday 25th of January 2024
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| 543 | The American Bread Company - an orange nut roll in ration tin, a collection of American military field dressings together with a second edition Zone of France escape and evasion map etc, the bottom left hand corner marked 1.59 (WEA) Mar 44 | 50-75 |
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| 561 | A First World War 3rd Southern General Hospital Oxford patient register July to August 1915, containing various entries and press cuttings, together with First World War documents relating to Edwin R Phillips who served with the Army Cyclist Corps and the Labour Corps (First World War identity card, Continental passport, paper explanation of the Lusitania medal), together with a black and white group photograph of Army Officer and NCO's - Battalion The Grenadier Guards Chelsea Barracks 3rd January 1916 | 40-60 |
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| 601 | A 1950's pamphlet "Wanted Men in Cyprus" (slight tear) together with "Instructions to Individuals for Opening Fire in Cyprus", a cloth badge, packet of Yanx cigarettes, a USS Princeton-CVS-37 match book and 1 other | 40-50 |
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| 604 | A framed invitation to the Victory Celebrations 8th June 1946 together with Second World War letters with On Active Service mark etc | 40-50 |
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| 606 | Priestley J B, "Delight" 1st edition William Heinemann Ltd 1949 8vo. | 30-50 |
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| 607 | An early 20th Century Buddha Sutra book with gilt tang inscriptions, the title page with Uryu dragons, the last page enlightened Buddha mounted in pale gold jacquard fabric with white jadeite panels | 100-150 |
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| 608 | Milne A A, "Winnie the Pooh" 17th edition, "The House at Pooh Corner" 8th edition, "When We Were Very Young" second edition and "Now We Are Six" first edition, all Methuen & Co Ltd 8vo., together with Lewis Carol "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through The Looking Glass", Clowes 1933 | 30-50 |
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| 609 | Garnett T, "Observations on a Tour Through The Highlands and The Western Isles of Scotland, particularly Staffa and Icolmkill, to which are added a description of the falls of the Clyde of the country round Moffatt and an analysis of its mineral waters", in 2 volumes, 1st edition London 1800, folding map is present though taped, both quarter bound in calf gilt with marbled boards and paste down | 30-50 |
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| 611 | Tolkien J.R.R, The Lord of the Rings trilogy first edition, Fellowship of the Ring 1st edition 4th impression 1955 in 12th impression dust cover, The Two Towers 1st edition 1st impression 1954 in 9th impression dust cover, The Return of King 1st edition 1st impression 1955 original dust cover, all fully bound in red cloth with gilt to spine 8vo. The are no signatures/inscriptions or dedications within any of the books | 2000-3000 |
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| 612 | A collection of 19th and later Century books to include Hawkes Ellison "The Starry Heavens" London T Nelson and Son, circa 1933, bound in blue cloth 12mo., Fielding Henry, 3 vols - "Joseph Andrews", "History of America" and "Tom Jones" London Routledge and Son undated, all fully bound in blue calf and gilt, green gilt spines 12mo., "The Holiday Present For Youths" London R Clark and Co., quarter bound in green cloth and marble boards 12mo., "Heroes of Invention and Discovery" Edinburgh Nimmo Hay and Mitchell, fully bound in green Morocco, gilt brown spine, 12mo., Carlisle Thomas "The Life of Friedrich Scheiller" Leipsig Bernard Tauchnitz 1868, 3/4 bound in black calf, the spine with raised bands and gilt. Ingoldsby Thomas "The Ingoldsby Legends" illustrations by Cruikshank Leech and Tenniel, London Bentley and Son 1877, fully bound in brown Morocco, the spine with raised bands and gilt 4to., Bunyan John "The Pilgrim's Progress" Illuminated Volume One, Glasgow Lumsden and Son, undated 4to., Bunyan John "The Pilgrim's Progress" New Edition, notes by George Offor, London Routledge and Sons, fully bound in brown Morocco and gilt, the spine with raised bands 8vo., Lytton Edward (Sir) "The Pilgrim's of The Rhine" London Routledge and Co. 1855, half bound in brown calf, marbled boards 12 mo. | 40-60 |
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| 613 | Guilim John, "A Display of Heraldrie" 2nd edition 1632, Richard Badger London 1632, fully bound in calf the spine with raised bands 4to, together with The Holy Bible containing the Old Teftament and The New Translated Out of The Original Tongues and with former translations, Oxford T Wright and W Gill 1778, bound in full red calf, the boards with tooled gilt, the spine with raised bands and gilt, 8vo. | 60-80 |
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| 614 | Oeuvres Completes, J J Rouseau New Edition, Volume 22, 1793, fully bound in mottled calf with gilt border 12 mo., The Orestes of Euripides by The Reverend J. R. Major, London Longman and Co., 2nd edition 1836, quarter bound calf and marbled boards, 12 mo., Le Cama Soutra (The Cama Sutra) translated to French by E Lamairesse Paris Georges Carre 1891, bound in half red Morocco with brown mottled boards, the spine with raised bands, gilt tooling 4 to., Cooke Stenson "This Motoring", limited presentation edition (although un-numbered) fully bound in cream velum, 1st edition 1931, Cassell & Company Ltd. London., Sand George A "Le Secretaire Intime" Paris 1886, quarter bound brown Morocco, gilt spine, green boards, 12 mo., Herroditus translated from the Greek by the Rev. William Beloe, revised edition London Jones and Co 1830, quarter bound in dark brown Morocco the spine with raised bands, marbled boards 8vo., "Report of The Proceedings in the Visitatorial Court of His Grace The Arch Bishop of York" Monday 18th January 1841, London Crofts and Blenkarn 1841, fully bound in calf and gilt spine 8vo., Durand Ralph "Oxford It's Buildings and Gardens" with 32 drawings in colour by William A Wildman, London Grant Richards 1909, bound in full velum and gilt, 32 tissue guarded tipped in colour plates, 4to., Cupples George "The Green Hand, Adventures of a Naval Lieutenant" W H White and Co. London 1910, half bound green Morocco, gilt banded spine, green boards 12mo., Ballantyne E M "The Dog Crusoe and His Master" London T Nelsons and Sons 1889, bound in red cloth and gilt 12mo., a folio of illustrations by D C Selous of Dereward "The Wake" by Charles Kingsley 1870 Chambers Book of Days, "A Miscellany of Popular Antiques" in 2 volumes 1864, half bound in red Morocco with marbled boards, the spine with raised bands and gilt tooling 4to., "The Political Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow" with illustrations, Cassell and Company Ltd, half bound in calf with dark green boards, the spine gilt tooled and with raised bands 4to., "Stories From the Arabia Nights", retold by Lawrence Bourgman with drawings by Edmund Dulac, Hodder and Staunton for Boots 4to., Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen illustrated by Harry Clark, George Harrup a Co. London 1930 4to. | 80-120 |
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| 615 | A collection of 18th and 19th Century books to include "The History of England" in 3 volumes, J S Virtue & Co. London circa 1860's, Robertson William "The History of America" 2 volumes London Strahan Cadell 1777, McCarthy Justin "A History of Our Own Times" in 4 volumes, London Chatto & Windus 1880, Cleishbotham Jedediah "Tales of My Landlord" in 8 volumes, McCarthy Justin "A History of Our Own Times" in 2 volumes, Philadelphia David McKay circa 1900, Hone William "The Everyday Book" in 2 volumes London 1826, Aitken D "Select Works of The British Poets" London Longman Rees 1829, Wallace Alfred Russel "On Miracles and Modern Spiritualism" London James Burns 1875, Dickens Charles "American Notes" London Hazell Watson and Viney circa 1880, Shepherd Reverend John "Revised Prayers, a Family Devotion" London Seley and Sons 1827, Fitz-Adam Adam "The World" in 3 volumes (second vol) London Crowder Ware and Payne 1770, De Foe Daniel "The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe" London Henry Lea, Homer "The Iliad" (in Greek) 1959 | 40-60 |
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| 616 | Dickens Charles "The Battle of Life, a Love Story" London Bradbury and Evans 1866, bound in red cloth and gilt 12 mo., "Bleak House" London Bradbury and Evans 1853, quarter bound in red calf, marbled boards, the spine with raised bands 8vo., "The Old Curiosity Shop" illustrated by Cattermole and Browne, London Chapman Hall 1861, bound in green cloth and gilt 4to and "Master Humphrey's Clock" illustrated by Cattermole, Hablot and Browne, London Chapman Hall 1861, quarter bound in green calf and marbled board 4to. | 100-150 |
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