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Auction No 388, Category: Books

34 Lots (displaying 21 - 34)

James Greenwood "Unsentimental Journeys: or, Byways of the Modern Babylon", London, 1867, gilt cloth, spine faded;

Lot: 38

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Nov 2019 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £64
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James Greenwood Unsentimental Journeys: or, Byways of the Modern Babylon, London, 1867, gilt cloth, spine faded; and Henry Mayhew London Characters, London, 1874, pictorial cloth, VG. B/w plates. (2)

Biographical works including Ernest Boulton "George Jeffreys: A Ministry of the Miraculous", 1928; MacDiarmid "Scottish Eccentrics", 1936;

Lot: 39

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Nov 2019 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £80
UNSOLD
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Biographical works including Ernest Boulton George Jeffreys: A Ministry of the Miraculous, 1928; MacDiarmid Scottish Eccentrics, 1936; J.L. Paton John Brown Paton, 1914; Sherlock Ann Jane Carlile: A Temperance Pioneer, 1897; and Sketches of Distinguished American Authors, Represented in Darley’s New National Picture entitled Washington Irving and his Literary Friends at Sunnyside, 1863, original printed wraps marked, in fine leather bound folder, gilt. Good to VG. (8)

Collection of Programmes with many Manchester & area Theatres 1940s/1950s, plus other ephemera including Cunard 'R.M.S.Mauretania'

Lot: 41

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Nov 2019 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £26
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Collection of Programmes with many Manchester & area Theatres 1940s/1950s, plus other ephemera including Cunard R.M.S.Mauretania Cruise Plan and other cruise brochures. Mainly good to fine. (78 items)       

George Ellis "Modern Practical Stairbuilding and Handrailing", Batsford 1932 (2 vols in one);

Lot: 42

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Nov 2019 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £22
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George Ellis Modern Practical Stairbuilding and Handrailing, Batsford 1932 (2 vols in one); Maurice Adams Modern Cottage Architecture, Batsford, 2nd Edn (enlarged) [1912]; H.A. Tipping Grinling Gibbons and the Woodwork of His Age, Country Life 1914; all complete with the numerous plates, bindings showing some wear. (3)

W.G. Baxter "Pen & Ink Sketches of Scenes & Incidents in Buxton", Manchester, 1870s, 2nd Edn, oblong quarto, printed wraps chipped;

Lot: 43

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Nov 2019 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £15
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W.G. Baxter Pen & Ink Sketches of Scenes & Incidents in Buxton, Manchester, 1870s, 2nd Edn, oblong quarto, printed wraps chipped; title page foxed, the 50 humorous illustrations fine.

Gilbert Foan (Ed.) "The Art and Craft of Hairdressing…..Manicure, Massage and Beauty Culture". New Era, 3rd Edn, [1944],

Lot: 44

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Nov 2019 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £15
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Gilbert Foan (Ed.) The Art and Craft of Hairdressing…..Manicure, Massage and Beauty Culture. New Era, 3rd Edn, [1944], quarto, fine in VG blue quarter-morocco binding, gilt.

Will Goldston "Tricks of the Masters", 1942, in VG d/jkt; Carlisle "Dynamic Mentalism", c.1978; "The Conjurors’ Magazine" 1945-1948

Lot: 45

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Nov 2019 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
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Will Goldston Tricks of the Masters, 1942, in VG d/jkt; Carlisle Dynamic Mentalism, c.1978; The Conjurors’ Magazine 1945-1948 (20 issues, all with VG pictorial wraps) and sundry related journals from 1917 (several lacking covers). Varied condition. (38 items)

"Butler’s Medicine Chest Directory", Charles Butler, Dublin, 1837, 4th Edn., original blind-tooled cloth, worn title label on spine;

Lot: 47

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Nov 2019 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £15 - £20
SOLD £56
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Butler’s Medicine Chest Directory, Charles Butler, Dublin, 1837, 4th Edn., original blind-tooled cloth, worn title label on spine; engraved frontispiece, ownership signatures top of title page, many pages affected by fox marks; 325pp + 18pp of ads (one leaf loose).

Robert Ball "A Popular Guide to the Heavens: A Series of Eighty-Three Plates, with Explanatory text & index", George Philip, 1905,

Lot: 48

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Nov 2019 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £40
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Robert Ball A Popular Guide to the Heavens: A Series of Eighty-Three Plates, with Explanatory text & index, George Philip, 1905, some plates affected by foxing; and Robert Ball’s The Story of the Heavens, Cassell & Co, 1908 with 24 coloured plates. Most plates with tissue-guards. Latter title with chipping to top & tail of spine. Quarto, original gilt cloth. Good. (2)

Furniss "Ultra-Violet Therapy", 1931, in d/jkt; Hugo Bach "The Alpine Sun Quartz Lamp", Sollux, c.1930; Bhattacharyya "Gem Therapy",

Lot: 50

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Nov 2019 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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Furniss Ultra-Violet Therapy, 1931, in d/jkt; Hugo Bach The Alpine Sun Quartz Lamp, Sollux, c.1930; Bhattacharyya Gem Therapy, Calcutta, 1985; and others mostly Alternative Medicines, four in d/jkts. Good/VF (10)

Manchester United 1948 Football Annual, complete, 60pp plus cover, well illustrated, VG. Approx 10x8”

Lot: 51

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Nov 2019 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £68
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Manchester United 1948 Football Annual, complete, 60pp plus cover, well illustrated, VG. Approx 10x8”

John Roberts "Roberts on Billiards", Stanley Rivers, n.d. (c.1869), original gilt cloth, backstrip chipped with piece missing from foot;

Lot: 53

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Nov 2019 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £26
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John Roberts Roberts on Billiards, Stanley Rivers, n.d. (c.1869), original gilt cloth, backstrip chipped with piece missing from foot; b/w tissue-guarded frontispiece (toned); 20 fine colour plates; some fox marks to prelims and adverts. 370pp. Ownership signatures top of title page.

"The Draught Board" Feb.1871 to March 1872, ten issues, bound together with blank or pre-printed pages for noting positions,

Lot: 54

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Nov 2019 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
UNSOLD
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The Draught Board Feb.1871 to March 1872, ten issues, bound together with blank or pre-printed pages for noting positions, half-leather, good; and Drummond The Scottish Draught Player, 1851, bound with pages from a related journal in a damaged binding.  (2)

H. Paasch "Illustrated Marine Encyclopedia", Antwerp, 1890, quarto, recased, with new endpapers,

Lot: 61

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Nov 2019 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £26
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H. Paasch Illustrated Marine Encyclopedia, Antwerp, 1890, quarto, recased, with new endpapers, preserving part of the original backstrip; VG internally with all 100 plates showing ship construction