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Auction No 364, Category: Books

129 Lots (displaying 81 - 100)

Southport Cinema Programmes 1950s & 1960s plus few later, including The Regal ABC (6),

Lot: 95

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
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Southport Cinema Programmes 1950s & 1960s plus few later, including The Regal ABC (6), Gaumont (27), Coliseum (2), and the Grand (2). Fine condition. (40)

Diana Dors autographed copy of "Swingin Dors" 1960 p/bk (cover with corner creasing),

Lot: 96

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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Diana Dors autographed copy of Swingin Dors 1960 p/bk (cover with corner creasing), and 4 other books on Diana Dors. (5)

"A Pleasant History of Roswall and Lillian" Edinburgh [1822], reprint of the sole surviving 1663 edition,

Lot: 97

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £210
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A Pleasant History of Roswall and Lillian, Edinburgh [1822], reprint of the sole surviving 1663 edition, small octavo, one of only six printed on vellum; 16 leaves, stitch-bound into a contemporary rather worn leather cover; comprising title, half-title, introduction (3pp) and text. Fine internally.

Vernon Scannell collection of 10 First Editions with six signed by the author comprising "The Winter Man" (in d/jkt),

Lot: 98

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £26
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Vernon Scannell collection of 10 First Editions with six signed by the author comprising The Winter Man (in d/jkt), Feminine Endings (s/bk), Ring of Truth (in d/jkt), Views and Distances (s/bk), The Loving Game (in d/jkt) and The Face of the Enemy (very worn d/jkt). Also an unsigned reprint.  Mainly fine. (12)

"The Poetical Works of Lady Mary Wortley Montague" J. Tonson & others, 1781, contemp. polished calf,

Lot: 99

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £15
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The Poetical Works of Lady Mary Wortley Montague, J. Tonson & others, 1781, contemp. polished calf, worn at extremities, title label chipped; and James Thomson The Seasons 1794, grained morocco, gilt, with 5 engraved plates; former with occasional contemp. ink notation in margin. (2)

Ovid "Publii Ovidii Nasonis Operum" Ludovici Elzevirii, Amsterdam, 1652, 16mo, Vols 1-3 bound as one,

Lot: 100

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £30
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Ovid Publii Ovidii Nasonis Operum, Ludovici Elzevirii, Amsterdam, 1652, 16mo, Vols 1-3 bound as one, contemp. vellum, front inner hinge cracked, engraved frontispiece with small loss at lower right corner, engraved titles to each volume, VG internally. 

Don Felix de Latassa y Ortin "Biblioteca Nueva de los Escritores Aragoneses que Florecieron Desde el ano de 1500 hasta 1599"

Lot: 101

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £40
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Don Felix de Latassa y Ortin Biblioteca Nueva de los Escritores Aragoneses que Florecieron Desde el ano de 1500 hasta 1599, Oficina de Joaquin de Domingo, Pamplona, 1798; bound in early 19th Cent polished tree calf,  rubbed, gilt title, marbled endpapers; some damp-staining to text but generally sound; 628pp including title & index. [While stated as Volume One, the book is complete in itself, as subsequent volumes were devoted to the 17th to mid-18th Centuries]

Annibal Caro "Rime del Commendatore Annibal Caro" Bernardo Giunti e Fratelli, Venice, 1583,

Lot: 102

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £150 - £200
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Annibal Caro Rime del Commendatore Annibal Caro, Bernardo Giunti e Fratelli, Venice, 1583, small quarto, disbound but endpapers preserved; title with coat of arms; dedication to Alessandro Farnese adorned with woodcuts; title, (6), 103, (8)pp. Front endpaper dust-affected 

[John Selden] Johannis Seldeni "Liber de Nummis. Antiqua pecunia Romana & Graeca metitur precio ejus,

Lot: 103

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
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[John Selden] Johannis Seldeni Liber de Nummis. Antiqua pecunia Romana & Graeca metitur precio ejus, quae nune est in usu. Hinc Accedit Bibliotheca Nummaria, Mosem Pitt, London, 1675, small quarto; no front board, rear board detached; imprimatur, engraved title, (4), 19, 86pp. Good clean text.

Louis Golding "James Joyce" 1933, First Edn., inscribed and signed by the author, original cloth;

Lot: 104

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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Louis Golding James Joyce, 1933, First Edn., inscribed and signed by the author, original cloth; together with Frank Singleton’s Independent Means, 1948, signed First Edition in worn d/jkt. VG (2)

Francesco Algarotti "Il Congresso di Citera" Parigi,1768, 12mo, polished calf, backstrip & hinges worn;

Lot: 105

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £15
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Francesco Algarotti Il Congresso di Citera, Parigi, 1768, 12mo, polished calf, backstrip & hinges worn; VG internally with engraved frontispiece, title and four woodcuts of cupids etc. 201pp

Stephani Curcellaei "Synopsis Ethices. Tractatus Lectu Dignissimus. ……. [together with] Renati Descartes Ethice"

Lot: 106

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £20
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Stephani Curcellaei Synopsis Ethices. Tractatus Lectu Dignissimus. ……. [together with] Renati Descartes Ethice, Cambridge, 1702, 12mo, contemp. panelled calf, gilt title label, good, endpapers browned, clean text; title, (6), 133, title, 53pp. Also C.D. Broad The Philosophy of Francis Bacon, Cambridge, 1926, original wraps. (2)

Beatrix Potter selection, all early printings with Peter Rabbit, Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle (2 difft), Miss Moppet,

Lot: 107

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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Beatrix Potter selection, all early printings with Peter Rabbit, Mrs.Tiggy-Winkle (2 difft), Miss Moppet, Jemima Puddle-Duck (2 difft), and Benjamin Bunny (2 difft); together with Cicely Mary Barker Flower Fairies of The Spring. Poor to fair. (8)

Marvel Comics and few similar, mostly late-1970s to early-1980s, especially "The Micronauts",

Lot: 108

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £20
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Marvel Comics and few similar, mostly late-1970s to early-1980s, especially The Micronauts, plus The Thing and others. VG/VF (97)

Marvel Comics and similar in two large folders, 1972 to 2015, wide range of titles, good spread throughout the period,

Lot: 109

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £20
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Marvel Comics and similar in two large folders, 1972 to 2015, wide range of titles, good spread throughout the period, a few damaged but mostly VG/VF. (116)

A. F. Griffiths "Bibliotheca Anglo-Poetica; or, A Descriptive Catalogue of a Rare and Rich Collection

Lot: 110

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £20
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A. F. Griffiths Bibliotheca Anglo-Poetica; or, A Descriptive Catalogue of a Rare and Rich Collection of Early English Poetry: in the Possession of Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown. London, 1815, full calf, gilt, slightly scuffed, red title label. viii, 481, (1)pp. VG

John Byrom "The Universal English Short-Hand; or, the Way of Writing English

Lot: 111

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £20
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John Byrom The Universal English Short-Hand; or, the Way of  Writing English in the most easy, concise, regular, and beautiful manner, applicable to any other language, but particularly adjusted to our own. Joseph Harrop, Manchester, 1767, First Edition. Contemporary quarter-leather in poor condition, needs rebinding. Clean text. 13 plates.

"The works of John Sheffield, Earl of Mulgrave, Marquis of Normanby, and Duke of Buckingham. In Two Volumes."

Lot: 112

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £10
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The works of John Sheffield, Earl of Mulgrave, Marquis of Normanby, and Duke of Buckingham. In Two Volumes. John Barber,London, 1729, 2nd Edition, octavo, full calf, backstrips very worn & lacking title labels; Vol.1 with two folding engraved frontispieces. Clean text. (2)

George Smith Green "Oliver Cromwell: An Historical Play", J. Watts, London, 1752, First Edition,

Lot: 113

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £30
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George Smith Green Oliver Cromwell: An Historical Play, J. Watts, London, 1752, First Edition, bound in late-19th Cent. half-leather over marbled boards, gilt, some wear at hinges, new endpapers; ownership and bookplate of John Burns, 1904; engraved portrait.  Clean text. 134pp. Scarce.

            

Christian de Thomas Becket "Epistolae Et Vita Divi Thomae Martyris Et Archi-Episcopi Cantvariensis.

Lot: 114

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £120 - £150
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Christian de Thomas Becket Epistolae Et Vita Divi Thomae Martyris Et Archi-Episcopi Cantvariensis. Nec Non Epistolae Alexandri III. Pontificis, Galliae Regis Ludovici Septimi, Angliae Regis Henrici II. Aliarumque plurium Sublimium ex utroque Foro Personarum. Henrici Fricx, Brussels, 1682, quarto, 2 Volumes, 18th Cent polished calf, gilt, a little worn at hinges; bookplates of James Whatman. Occasional minor spotting o/w fine internally. (12), 905, (76)pp