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Auction No 349, Category: Books

95 Lots (displaying 1 - 20)

David Froggatt: Railway Buttons, Badges & Uniforms, Ian Allan 1986

Lot: 5

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Mar 2015 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
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David Froggatt Railway Buttons, Badges & Uniforms, Ian Allan, 1986, fine large format h/b in VG complete d/w. Numerous illustrations. 208pp

The Modern Plumber and Sanitary Engineer, Gresham, 1907, 6 volumes

Lot: 80

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Mar 2015 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
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The Modern Plumber and Sanitary Engineer, Gresham, 1907, 6 volumes, quarto, pictorial cloth, gilt, fine; many illustrations including photo-plates.

William Curtis "The Botanical Magazine; or Flower-Garden Displayed" 1791-92

Lot: 81

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Mar 2015 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £200 - £300
SOLD £150
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William Curtis The Botanical Magazine; or Flower-Garden Displayed, Stephen Couchman, 1791-1792, Vols. III and IV, bound together in a worn half-leather binding, hinges reinforced; fine internally, uncut, complete with 72 plates, one folding, all hand-coloured (bar one).

F.O. Morris "A History of British Butterflies", Routledge, 1908

Lot: 82

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Mar 2015 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £80
SOLD £42
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F.O. Morris A History of British Butterflies, Routledge, 1908, 10th Edition; fine later half-leather, gilt, over marbled boards; 79 fine hand-coloured plates (3 loose, another bound inverted). 234pp + plates

F.B. Kirkman "The British Bird Book" T.C. & E.C.Jack, 1911-1914, four volumes

Lot: 83

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Mar 2015 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £96
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F. B. Kirkman The British Bird Book: An Account of all the Birds, Nests and Eggs found in the British Isles, T.C. & E.C.Jack, 1911-1914, complete in four volumes, tall quarto, uncut 2 sides, 200 colour plates; rebound in fine modern half-leather bindings, gilt titles. (4)

Adolf Hitler "Mein Kampf" NSDAP, Munich 1939

Lot: 84

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Mar 2015 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £15 - £20
SOLD £10
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Adolf Hitler Mein Kampf, NSDAP, Munich, 1939, original gilt cloth, some minor wear; fine internally; photo portrait, 782pp + adverts

Rev.H. Jutsum "Jubilee Memorial of Tiviot Dale Wesleyan Chapel" 1876

Lot: 88

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Mar 2015 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £72
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Rev. H. Jutsum Jubilee Memorial being the Historical Sketch read by the Rev.H. Jutsum at the Celebration of the Jubilee of Tiviot Dale Wesleyan Chapel, H. Foggitt, Stockport, 1876, original gilt decorated cloth; photo montage as frontispiece; three litho plates (one folding). 104pp

Edward Fairholme & Wellesley Pain "A Century of Work for Animals: The History of the RSPCA" 1924

Lot: 93

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Mar 2015 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
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Edward Fairholme & Wellesley Pain A Century of Work for Animals: The History of the R.S.P.C.A., 1824-1924, John Murray, 1924, 1st Edition, original printed cloth, VG; some pages affected by foxing. 298pp + 8pp of photo-plates. 

T. Swindells "Chapters in the History of Eccles" 1914, and "Manchester Streets and Manchester Men" 5 vols.

Lot: 94

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Mar 2015 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
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T. Swindells Chapters in the History of Eccles, James Wilkinson, 1914, original gilt cloth, some wrinkling to boards; and Manchester Streets and Manchester Men, 5 volume set, the Morten reprint, VG; ownership stamps to front endpapers. 

Wingfield Watson "The Book of Mormon" 1899, a 1975 reprint, and 22 related pamphlets

Lot: 95

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Mar 2015 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
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Wingfield Watson The Book of Mormon: An Essay on its Claims and Prophecies,1899, a 1975 reprint, 18pp; together with reprints of nineteen other 19th Century Mormon publications; plus Research in Mormonism, 1992, 248pp, and two related modern titles. (23)

Peter Ryan "Fear Drive My Feet" 1960, 1st Edn, and Paul Brickhill "The Great Escape" 1st Edn

Lot: 96

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Mar 2015 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
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Peter Ryan Fear Drive My Feet, Angus & Robertson, 1960, 1st Edition, original cloth, gilt, VG - an account of Australians in WW2 New Guinea; together with Paul Brickhill The Great Escape. Faber. 1st Edn. (2)

Clemence Dane "The Shelter Book", Longmans, 1940, 1st Edn in scarce dustwrapper

Lot: 97

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Mar 2015 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £50
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Clemence Dane (pseud. for Winifred Ashton) The Shelter Book, Longmans, 1940, 1st Edn in scarce slightly chipped d/w; small stain to fore-edge o/w VG.

L. Marion Springall "Labouring Life in Norfolk Villages 1834-1914"

Lot: 99

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Mar 2015 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £15 - £20
SOLD £11
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L. MarionSpringall Labouring Life in Norfolk Villages 1834-1914, London, 1936, 1st Edition, original printed cloth, rear hinge weak, front endpaper removed, half-title foxed. 158pp incuding Map.

F. Eldin "Haiti: Treize ans de Sejour aux Antilles" 1878

Lot: 100

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Mar 2015 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £20
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F. Eldin Haiti: Treize ans de Sejour aux Antilles, Toulouse, 1878, 1st Edition; small octavo, 19th Century cloth discoloured, gilt title; prize bookplate; folding map (border frayed along fore-edge); clean text. 243pp

Joachim Graf von Pfeil "Zur Erwerbung von Deutsch-Ostafrika" Berlin 1907

Lot: 101

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Mar 2015 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
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Joachim Graf von Pfeil Zur Erwerbung von Deutsch-Ostafrika, Karl Curtius, Berlin 1907; original cloth with pictorial onlay, spine a little faded; colour frontispiece; small libraray blindstamp foot of title page; inner hinges a little frayed o/w VG internally. 232pp + 3 plates.

John Arthur Gibbs "The History of Antony and Dorothea Gibbs" 1922

Lot: 102

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Mar 2015 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
SOLD £40
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John Arthur Gibbs The History of Antony and Dorothea Gibbs....and the Origin & Early Years of the House of Antony Gibbs and Sons, St.Catherine Press, 1922, quarto, original gilt cloth; armorial bookplate of Aldenham; front inner hinge cracked; some damp staining. 509pp + 2 plates

H. D. Jenkins "Behind Turkish Lattices", Collins, 1920s

Lot: 103

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Mar 2015 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £10 - £20
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H.D. Jenkins Behind Turkish Lattices, Collins, 1920s, small octavo, gilt, VG; light browning to text due to paper quality; 6 fine plates. 222pp

Hugh Sellon "Europe at the Crossroads", Hutchinson, 1937

Lot: 104

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Mar 2015 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £15 - £30
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Hugh Sellon Europe at the Crossroads, Hutchinson, 1937, limp cloth, 288pp. A work that anticipates the outbreak of World War 2 and the dangers of fascism.

Thomas Rigby "The Origin and the History of Co-Operation in Bury" 1905

Lot: 105

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Mar 2015 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £15 - £20
SOLD £10
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Thomas Rigby The Origin and the History of Co-Operation in Bury.....1855-1905, Bury, 1905, original cloth, gilt, somewhat faded, fine internally, b/w frontispiece. 111pp

Eric Dingwall & others "The Haunting of Borley Rectory" 1956 & a related work

Lot: 108

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Mar 2015 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £40
SOLD £15
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Eric Dingwall & others The Haunting of Borley Rectory, 1956, 1st Edition in good d/w, 181pp; and Paul Tabori & Peter Underwood The Ghosts of Borley, 1973, 1st Edition in VG d/w, 240pp. (2)