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Auction No 373, Wed 10th Jan 2018 12:00 GMT

256 Lots (displaying 1 - 20)

Jock Scott "Fine & Far Off: Salmon Fishing Methods in Practice",1952, in d/jkt; William Scrope "Salmon Fishing in the Tweed"

Lot: 1

  • Auction Date: Wed 10th Jan 2018 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £26
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Jock Scott Fine & Far Off: Salmon Fishing Methods in Practice, 1952, in d/jkt; William Scrope Salmon Fishing in the Tweed, 1975, in d/jkt; and wide range of others, chiefly non-fiction, all h/bk, some in d/jkt. Good to VF.  (27)

Assortment in carton with interest in Military History, Lancashire & Yorkshire local history and dialect verse,

Lot: 2

  • Auction Date: Wed 10th Jan 2018 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £30
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Assortment in carton with interest in Military History, Lancashire & Yorkshire local history and dialect verse, various softbacks including poetry & religious pamphlets, Criminal History, and others. Mainly VG/VF (61)

Folio Society publications, all very fine in VG/VF slipcases. (18)

Lot: 3

  • Auction Date: Wed 10th Jan 2018 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £36 - £46
SOLD £58
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Folio Society publications, all very fine in VG/VF slipcases. (18)

Folio Society publications, all very fine in VG/VF slipcases. Slight duplication. (17)

Lot: 4

  • Auction Date: Wed 10th Jan 2018 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £36 - £46
SOLD £54
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Folio Society publications, all very fine in VG/VF slipcases. Slight duplication. (17)

Alford & Barker "A History of the Carpenters Company", 1968, in d/jkt; Drayson "The Art of Practical Whist", 1879;

Lot: 5

  • Auction Date: Wed 10th Jan 2018 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £30
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Alford & Barker A History of the Carpenters Company, 1968, in d/jkt; Drayson The Art of Practical Whist, 1879; Halifax Amateur Operatic Society Programmes 1930-1952 fine bound volume; Dewey The True Science Of Living, 1902; William Boos Poison Parade, 1940; Chernichewski Anthropological Report on a London Suburb, 1935; and range of others with much social history interest. Mainly good to fine. (46)         

                                                                                                

Harry Garbett "The History of Harthill-w-Woodall", A. Stockwell, 1950, original cloth, front cover discoloured,

Lot: 6

  • Auction Date: Wed 10th Jan 2018 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £20
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Harry Garbett The History of Harthill-w-Woodall, A. Stockwell, 1950, original cloth, front cover discoloured, one plate loose; The Child’s Magazine and Sunday Scholars Companion for 1837, J. Mason, 16mo, orig.cloth, VG; Leyland The Yorkshire Coast, 1892; Burritt A Walk from London to John O’Groat’s, 1864, recased; Hawker Instructions to Young Sportsmen in all that relates to Guns and Shooting, 1825, binding damaged; walking guides by George Birtill (5); Wallace Hills A History of East Grinstead, 1906; and a few others. Mostly good to VF. (17)

Folio Society publications including "The Brontes: A Life in Letters", and boxed sets of "The Making of the Middle Ages"

Lot: 7

  • Auction Date: Wed 10th Jan 2018 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £54
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Folio Society publications including The Brontes: A Life in Letters, and boxed sets of The Making of the Middle Ages and The Complete Novels of Mrs Ann Radcliffe. All in slipcases, VF. (15)

Family correspondence 1900s to 1960s to and between Thomas McMullan, his son Fred McMullan

Lot: 8

  • Auction Date: Wed 10th Jan 2018 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
UNSOLD
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Family correspondence 1900s to 1960s to and between Thomas McMullan, his son Fred McMullan and his children, including letters to John Buckenham who married into the McMullan family. The numerous hand-written letters concern both family & business matters including the family’s involvement with the metaphysical & spiritual ideas and practices of the New Thought Movement which originated in America in the 19th Century. (few 100) 

"The Poems of Algernon Charles Swinburne", Chatto & Windus, 1912, 6 volume set, orig.cloth, VG;

Lot: 9

  • Auction Date: Wed 10th Jan 2018 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £20
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The Poems of Algernon Charles Swinburne, Chatto & Windus, 1912, 6 volume set, orig.cloth, VG; Robert Peary My Arctic Journal, 1893, 1st Edn, later cloth, VG; Parry Some Famous Medical Trials, 1927, orig gilt cloth, VG; John Pudney The Seven Skies, 1959, in d/jkt; and others, chiefly aviation and criminal history. Fair to VF (24)

Folio Society publications all in slipcases. Includes several by the Brontes (one with spine rubbed).

Lot: 10

  • Auction Date: Wed 10th Jan 2018 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £54
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Folio Society publications all in slipcases. Includes several by the Brontes (one with spine rubbed). Mainly VG/VF (25)

John Harwood Hill "The History of the Parish of Langton with...the Hundred of Gartree", Leicestershire, 1867,

Lot: 11

  • Auction Date: Wed 10th Jan 2018 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £15
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John Harwood Hill The History of the Parish of Langton with…the Hundred of Gartree, Leicestershire, 1867, folio, poor binding, front board detached, VG internally; Tegetmeier Pheasants: Their Natural History and Practical Management, 1881, some pages loose; Woman’s Weekly Nov.4th 1911 to May 4th 1912, bound volume; Bagshaw History, Gazetteer and Directory of Derbyshire, 1846, poor binding, map loose and damp-affected, fine text; and a wide range of others, 19th & 20th Century, a few modern, h/bk and s/bk. Poor to VF (21)

Charles Kerry "The History and Antiquities of the Hundred of Bray," Savill & Edwards, 1861, orig.gilt cloth, VG;

Lot: 12

  • Auction Date: Wed 10th Jan 2018 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £72
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Charles Kerry The History and Antiquities of the Hundred of Bray, Savill & Edwards, 1861, orig.gilt cloth, VG; ephemera with much India related including 1939 Bombay Tram Timetable; postcards including several of ships and a WWI Silk: motor racing photographs; and a child's stamp collection.

Bookplates collection from late-18th Century to 1960s, mostly British and Scandinavian,

Lot: 13

  • Auction Date: Wed 10th Jan 2018 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £150 - £200
SOLD £185
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Bookplates collection from late-18th Century to 1960s, mostly British and Scandinavian, wide range of types including heraldic, art deco, humorous, etc. Occasional duplication. Largely VG/VF (abt.500)

Swenson and Trapozzano "Complete Dentures", Henry Kimpton, 1940, quarto, original cloth, gilt, VG;

Lot: 14

  • Auction Date: Wed 10th Jan 2018 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £10 - £15
UNSOLD
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Swenson and Trapozzano Complete Dentures, Henry Kimpton, 1940, quarto, original cloth, gilt, VG; original owner’s signature front endpaper and along top edge of text block; fine internally with 100s of photo-plates; 736pp. Also a related pamphlet. (2)

"Royles Limited, Engineers, Irlam", 1926 Trade Catalogue, printed boards, illustrated throughout, 138pp;

Lot: 15

  • Auction Date: Wed 10th Jan 2018 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £26
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Royles Limited, Engineers, Irlam, 1926 Trade Catalogue, printed boards, illustrated throughout, 138pp; and Ronald Clark The Development of the English Steam Wagon, 1963, gilt cloth, b/w illustrations, 207pp + appendix. Very Good (2)

Maritime subjects with several on Clyde River Steamers, coastal passenger vessels, and Royal Navy ships.

Lot: 16

  • Auction Date: Wed 10th Jan 2018 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £54
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Maritime subjects with several on Clyde River Steamers, coastal passenger vessels, and Royal Navy ships. All bar one h/bk with ten in VG/VF d/jkts. Also 5 unrelated titles. (26)

Extensive collection of 1980s colour photos, 6 x 4 inches, plus some older b/w photos, arranged in 35 large scrap albums,

Lot: 17

  • Auction Date: Wed 10th Jan 2018 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £200 - £300
UNSOLD
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Extensive collection of 1980s colour photos, 6 x 4 inches, plus some older b/w photos, arranged in 35 large scrap albums, annotated with descriptive captions, supported by leaflets, tickets etc; mostly UK buses and trams, some locomotives, bridges etc, but 7 of the albums devoted to Netherlands. Very good quality, the photos held with corner mounts, the ephemera tipped-in or laid down. The photos comprise vehicles in active service or at rallies and some transport museums. (Many 100s)

East Kent Road Car Company Bus Timetables for 1945 (three different) and 1949;

Lot: 18

  • Auction Date: Wed 10th Jan 2018 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £100 - £120
SOLD £96
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East Kent Road Car Company Bus Timetables for 1945 (three different) and 1949; the 1949 issue with rusted staples o/w VG/VF (4)

London Bus Maps comprising London General Omnibus Co. (5) 1930-31, and London Transport 1930s (4)

Lot: 19

  • Auction Date: Wed 10th Jan 2018 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £120 - £140
SOLD £120
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London Bus Maps comprising London General Omnibus Co. (5) 1930-31, and London Transport 1930s (4) and 1951, with special issues for GVI Coronation (2 difft.) and Festival of Britain; also 1947 Underground diagram, and scarce Undergound Timetables for 1936/37 and 1938, and the Metropolitan Line 1948. Good to VF (14)

South of England Bus Timetables comprising Hants & Dorset June 1933 (rusted staple) and June 1934

Lot: 20

  • Auction Date: Wed 10th Jan 2018 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £100 - £120
SOLD £80
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South of England Bus Timetables comprising Hants & Dorset June 1933 (rusted staple) and June 1934 (h/bk, printed boards); Southdown Motor Services 1938 (with folding map); and Aldershot & District Traction Co. for 1952 and 1962. Good to VF (5)