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Auction No 368, Category: Books

150 Lots (displaying 81 - 100)

A. W. Keown "Forward with the Fifth: The Story of Five Years' War Service Fifth Inf. Battalion, A.I.F."

Lot: 85

  • Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £60
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A. W. Keown Forward with the Fifth: The Story of Five Years’ War Service Fifth Inf. Battalion, A.I.F., Speciality Press, Melbourne, 1921, 1st Edn, original printed cloth, VG; endpapers browned o/w fine internally; signed and inscribed by the author on front endpaper; a photographic postcard loosely inserted (of the author?); 326pp + 24 photo-plates. 

Robert A. Taylor "George Bleazard Cowpe, Lieut. 6th Batt. Cheshire Regiment: Personal Notes and Appreciations"

Lot: 86

  • Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £80 - £120
SOLD £96
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Robert A. Taylor George Bleazard Cowpe, Lieut. 6th Batt. Cheshire Regiment: Personal Notes and Appreciations with Extracts from his Letters 1916-1917, Manchester, 1918; octavo, quarter vellum gilt (marked & stained) over printed boards showing badge of the Cheshire Regiment; light tanning to endpapers o/w fine internally; No. 76 of a limited printing; colour frontispiece and two photographic portraits, all with tissue-guards; 107pp. [Very scarce. No copy of this book is recorded on Copac]

B. Palin Dobson "History of the Bolton Artillery 1860-1928", Blackshaw, Sykes & Morris, 1929;

Lot: 87

  • Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £26
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B. Palin Dobson History of the Bolton Artillery 1860-1928, Blackshaw, Sykes & Morris, 1929; small octavo, original printed cloth, spine discoloured; ownership inscription on front endpaper; title page browned; 230pp + 5 photo-plates.

"A Train Errant, being the Experiences of a Voluntary Unit in France and an anthology from their magazine 1915-1919",

Lot: 88

  • Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £150 - £200
SOLD £160
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A Train Errant, being the Experiences of a Voluntary Unit in France and an anthology from their magazine 1915-1919, Hertford,1919,quarto,original printed cloth, one corner bumped. Recalls the experiences of the staff of Ambulance Train No. 16, a team of 40 Quakers from the Friends Ambulance Unit; a fine folding map at rear shows the journeys undertaken by the train. 330pp with b/w and colour illustrations. Endpapers browned o/w fine internally. 

William Hale "Treatise on the Comparative Merits of a Rifle Gun and Rotary Rocket

Lot: 89

  • Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £100 - £150
SOLD £125
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William Hale Treatise on the Comparative Merits of a Rifle Gun and Rotary Rocket considered as a mechanical means of ensuring a correct line of flight to a body impelled through space. W. Mitchell, Military Bookseller, 1863, First Edition; octavo, original blind-tooled & gilt cloth, VG; ownership inscription at top of title page o/w fine internally; 39pp plus folding diagram.

Ernest George "Etchings in Belgium", London, 1883, 2nd Edn, original gilt cloth, 30 fine plates;

Lot: 90

  • Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £32
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Ernest George Etchings in Belgium, London, 1883, 2nd Edn, original gilt cloth, 30 fine plates; the plates and text loose but complete. 

R.J.H. Douglas "The Works of George Cruikshank Classified and Arranged with references to Reid's Catalogue",

Lot: 91

  • Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £10 - £20
SOLD £10
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R.J.H. Douglas The Works of George Cruikshank Classified and Arranged with references to Reid’s Catalogue, H.Sotheran & others, 1903, quarto, orig. gilt cloth, VG; title-page slightly detached o/w fine internally. 301pp

            

Theatre Programmes 1950s to 1970s, large qty in carton, with many Stratford-on-Avon,

Lot: 92

  • Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £20
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Theatre Programmes 1950s to 1970s, large qty in carton, with many Stratford-on-Avon, plus Royal Court and various others; also some issues of Plays and Players, coloured plates from children’s books, and other items. VG/VF (7 kilos)

Captain Seccombe "Army and Navy Drolleries", Frederick Warne, [1876], quarto, pictorial cloth,

Lot: 93

  • Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £20
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Captain Seccombe Army and Navy Drolleries, Frederick Warne, [1876], quarto, pictorial cloth, gilt, very good; 24 full-page chromo-litho plates printed by Kronheim (one placed as a frontispiece).

Mars "Friends and Playmates", George Routledge c.1890, oblong quarto, pict.cloth, fine,

Lot: 94

  • Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £26
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Mars Friends and Playmates, George Routledge c.1890, oblong quarto, pict.cloth, fine, coloured illustration throughout, 48pp, occasional fox mark; and Aux Bains de Mer d’Ostende E.Plon & Nourrit, large format, pictorial cloth, b/w and colour illustrations, 32pp plus 17pp of advertisements, fine. (2)

Albert Adam "Tribulations Parisiennes et Campagnardes", Hautecoeur Freres, Paris, c.1870,

Lot: 95

  • Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £96
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Albert Adam Tribulations Parisiennes et Campagnardes, Hautecoeur Freres, Paris, c.1870, sm.folio, gilt cloth, fine, 32 hand-coloured lithographs on 16 pages, plus hand-coloured title page. Few small fox marks o/w fine internally.

                                                

Louis Nikola "The Nikola Card System", Harry Leate, 1927, printed wraps; Hoffman "Tricks with Cards"

Lot: 96

  • Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £40
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Louis Nikola The Nikola Card System, Harry Leate, 1927, printed wraps; Hoffman Tricks with Cards, Routledge c.1925; and other softbacks on Card Magic 1930s to 1950s, fair to fine. (11)

Softback publications on Magic and Conjuring 1930s to 1950s, all in original printed wraps,

Lot: 97

  • Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £56
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Softback publications on Magic and Conjuring 1930s to 1950s, all in original printed wraps, good to VF (25)

Professor Hoffmann "Modern Magic", Routledge, 1901, pictorial cloth, new endpapers, foxing to prelims,

Lot: 98

  • Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £34
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Professor Hoffmann Modern Magic, Routledge, 1901, pictorial cloth, new endpapers, foxing to prelims, clean text, 521pp; Will Goldston Great Tricks Revealed, 1935, 1st Edn, signed by the author; and two related works. Fair to fine. (4)

                                                            

Nevil Maskelyne and David Devant "Our Magic", Routledge, [1912], pictorial cloth, some creasing lower right,

Lot: 99

  • Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £90
SOLD £72
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Nevil Maskelyne and David Devant Our Magic, Routledge, [1912], pictorial cloth, some creasing lower right, spine a little faded; fine internally, b/w portraits of both magicians. 487pp + prelims; Okito Quality Magic, 1921, pictorial boards, VG; Harry Lorayne Close-Up Card Magic, 1962,1st Edn in repaired d/jkt; and 3 others. Fair to Fine (6)

"The Ladies' Pocket Magazine" 1832, Parts 1 & 2, nicely rebound in modern half-leather, marbled boards,

Lot: 100

  • Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
UNSOLD
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The Ladies’ Pocket Magazine 1832, Parts 1 & 2, nicely rebound in modern half-leather, marbled boards, complete with 23 hand-coloured fashion plates, plus other engravings, title page of Part I in facsimile; also De Dillmont’s Encyclopedia of Needlework (two different editions). (3)

Farelli "Convincing Coin Magic", 1946; Lewis Ganson "The Dai Vernon Book of Magic", n.d.

Lot: 101

  • Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £56
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Farelli Convincing Coin Magic, 1946; Lewis Ganson The Dai Vernon Book of Magic, n.d. , and Dai Vernon’s Tribute to Nate Leipzig, in d/jkt, both published Harry Stanley; Trevor Hall Testament of R.W.Hull,c.1950, signed by the author; and 4 related titles; all illustrated h/bks, good/VF (8)

Gabrielle Le Brasseur "Hints on Cookery", 1891; Allison Wright "The Wright Cookery Book", 1911;

Lot: 102

  • Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £34
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Gabrielle Le Brasseur Hints on Cookery, 1891; Allison Wright The Wright Cookery Book, 1911; Herisse The Art of Pastry Making, French and English, 1893; Charles Francatelli The Modern Cook, 1883, spotting to title & frontispiece; and two related. All original cloth, good to VF. (6)

E.H. Bostock "Menageries, Circuses and Theatres", Chapman & Hall, 1927, original gilt cloth

Lot: 103

  • Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £15
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E.H. Bostock Menageries, Circuses and Theatres, Chapman & Hall, 1927, original gilt cloth faded and slightly marked; light browning to endpapers o/w fine internally; 32 plates. 305pp

"Beeton's Every-Day Cookery and Housekeeping Book", Ward Lock, original gilt cloth, VG,

Lot: 104

  • Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
UNSOLD
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Beeton’s Every-Day Cookery and Housekeeping Book, Ward Lock, original gilt cloth, VG, colour plates, gift inscription of 1881, some small faults; What to do with the Cold Mutton, 1887; Modern Domestic Cookery, John Murray, 1851, original gilt cloth, repaired; and Mrs. Beeton’s Household Management, Ward Lock, 1923, VG.  Good to VG (4)