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Auction No 436, Category: Books

45 Lots (displaying 21 - 40)

C. L’Estrange Ewen "Witch Hunting and Witch Trials" Frederick Muller 1971, facsimile edition, fine in a worn d/jkt;

Lot: 31

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Aug 2025 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £26
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C. L'Estrange Ewen Witch Hunting and Witch Trials Frederick Muller 1971, facsimile edition, fine in a worn d/jkt; xiii,345pp

T.B. and T.J. Howell "Cobbett’s Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and other Crimes and Misdemeanors", London,

Lot: 32

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Aug 2025 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £300 - £400
SOLD £460
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T.B. and T.J. Howell Cobbett's Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and other Crimes and Misdemeanors, London, 1809-26, complete in 33 volumes, plus Jardine's 1828 Index volume, all nicely rebound in quarter-leather with gilt title labels. Ownership stamps to front pastedown, occasional minor foxing largely confined to edge of text blocks. (34).    

W.J. Arnold "Bands of the British Army" c.1914, 12 fine colour plates; Aldershot Tattoo Souvenir Programmes for 1935, 1936 and 1939;

Lot: 33

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Aug 2025 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £36
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W.J. Arnold Bands of the British Army c.1914, 12 fine colour plates; Aldershot Tattoo Souvenir Programmes for 1935, 1936 and 1939; and assorted ephemera, some military related. (Qty.)

Bob Geldof "Is That It?" Sidgwick & Jackson, 1986, first edn., signed & inscribed to 'Simon' [Napier-Bell] by Bob Geldof and Paul Young

Lot: 38

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Aug 2025 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £120 - £150
SOLD £155
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Bob Geldof Is That It? Sidgwick & Jackson, 1986, first edn., signed & inscribed to 'Simon' [Napier-Bell] by Bob Geldof and Paul Young on front endpapers, with additional signatures of Phil Collins, Bruce Springsteen, Paula [Yates], Alison Moyet, and others. The d/jkt slightly edgeworn o/w fine. [Provenance: from the collection of Simon Napier-Bell, record producer]

Mario Testino "Front Row Back Stage" 1999; Calvin Klein / Bryan Adams "American Women" 2005; "David Bailey’s Rock and Roll Heroes" 1997;

Lot: 48

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Aug 2025 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £30
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Mario Testino Front Row Back Stage 1999; Calvin Klein / Bryan Adams American Women 2005; David Bailey's Rock and Roll Heroes 1997; Graydon Carter Vanity Fair Portraits 2008; and similar. Large format, most in d/jkts. (8)

Ferruccio Farina "Venus Unveiled" 1989, in d/jkt; "Gil Elvgren: The Complete Pin-Ups" 2008, in d/jkt;

Lot: 53

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Aug 2025 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
UNSOLD
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Ferruccio Farina Venus Unveiled 1989, in d/jkt; Gil Elvgren: The Complete Pin-Ups 2008, in d/jkt; Dita Von Teese Burlesque and the Art of the Teese 2006, in d/jkt; Becattini The Golden Age of Pin-Up Art, Book One, 1994; and related.VG/VF (7)

"Monkees Monthly" Issues No.1 to 32 complete less Nos.22 & 23, 1967-69, VG/VF; together with a few Elvis magazines and other pop & rock. (43)

Lot: 57

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Aug 2025 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
SOLD £52
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Monkees Monthly Issues No.1 to 32 complete less Nos.22 & 23, 1967-69, VG/VF; together with a few Elvis magazines and other pop & rock. (43)

"The Beatles Book Monthly"1963-69, a collection including Issue Nos 1 to 43 complete, the Sgt.Pepper issue (No.47), and two Christmas specials. VG/VF

Lot: 58

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Aug 2025 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £165
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The Beatles Book Monthly 1963-69, a collection including Issue Nos 1 to 43 complete, the Sgt. Pepper issue (No.47), and two Christmas specials. VG/VF (56). Also Hunter Davies' biography. 

"The Beatles Book Calendar for 1964"; Tony Barrow "Meet the Beatles" (2 copies); "The 2nd [and 3rd] Beatles Souvenir Song Album";

Lot: 59

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Aug 2025 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £36
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The Beatles Book Calendar for 1964; Tony Barrow Meet the Beatles (2 copies); The 2nd [and 3rd] Beatles Souvenir Song Album; The Beatles by Royal Command; and some related ephemera. VG/VF

Jane Meiring "Jock: the art of Edmund Caldwell", Frank Read Press, Rhodesia 1978. Folio, No.136 of 250; quarter leather, gilt, a little marked & worn;

Lot: 60

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Aug 2025 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £80 - £120
UNSOLD
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Jane Meiring Jock: the art of Edmund Caldwell, Frank Read Press, Rhodesia 1978. Folio, No.136 of 250; quarter leather, gilt, a little marked & worn; fine internally, illustrated throughout, complete with the colour plates.  

David Delvin "Sex Play", Erotic Print Society, 2001, de luxe edn., bound in blue cloth, in d/jkt, accompanied by Lynn Paula Russell "Tongue Play"

Lot: 66

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Aug 2025 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £74
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David Delvin Sex Play, Erotic Print Society, 2001, de luxe edn., bound in blue cloth, in d/jkt, accompanied by Lynn Paula Russell Tongue Play a coloured print, signed by the artist in pencil. No.80 of 475, both numbered on a bookplate, the print in the issued folder.

Lynn Paula Russell "A Sexual Odyssey", Erotic Print Society 2000, de luxe edn., bound in black cloth, in d/jkt, accompanied by two prints

Lot: 67

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Aug 2025 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £86
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Lynn Paula Russell A Sexual Odyssey, Erotic Print Society 2000, de luxe edn., bound in black cloth, in d/jkt, accompanied by two prints A Small Correction and At One with Nature, in the issued folder, No. 237 of 495, both book & folder numbered on a bookplate.

Trevor Watson "Cheek!" Erotic Print Society 2000, photographic plates throughout, de luxe edition, cloth bound, in d/jkt, accompanied by a photo-print

Lot: 68

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Aug 2025 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
UNSOLD
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Trevor Watson Cheek! Erotic Print Society 2000, photographic plates throughout, de luxe edition, cloth bound, in d/jkt, accompanied by a photo-print signed by the photographer. No.85 of 475, numbered and signed by Watson on a bookplate.

Francis Stopford "The Romance of the Jewel", privately printed, London 1920; quarter leather over worn decorated boards; 22 colour & b/w plates.

Lot: 71

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Aug 2025 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £22
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Francis Stopford The Romance of the Jewel, privately printed, London 1920; quarter leather over worn decorated boards; 22 colour & b/w plates. Gift inscription of 1924.

Gilbert & Sullivan opera programmes 1950s/80s, chiefly for performances in N.W. England theatres. Fair to VF. (49)

Lot: 72

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Aug 2025 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £10 - £15
SOLD £7
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Gilbert & Sullivan opera programmes 1950s/80s, chiefly for performances in N.W. England theatres. Fair to VF. (49)

"The Pamela Green Nude Posing Guide" Nos.1, 2 and 3, late-1950s / early 1960s, comprising three 10 x 8” photos, 335 (of 336) small photos,

Lot: 74

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Aug 2025 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
UNSOLD
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The Pamela Green Nude Posing Guide Nos.1, 2 and 3, late-1950s / early 1960s, comprising three 10 x 8” photos, 335 (of 336) small photos, and a typed letter ink-signed by Pamela Green. One small photo has been clipped away.

Architecture interest including McKean "The Scottish Thirties" 1987, and various others, several in d/jkts. (28)

Lot: 87

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Aug 2025 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
UNSOLD
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Architecture interest including McKean The Scottish Thirties 1987, and various others, several in d/jkts. (28)  

Ed van der Elsken "Hong Kong; the way it was", Dewi Lewis, 1997, large format, in d/jkt, photographic illustrations throughout.

Lot: 88

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Aug 2025 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £50
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Ed van der Elsken Hong Kong; the way it was, Dewi Lewis, 1997, large format, in d/jkt, photographic illustrations throughout.

Fridtjof Nansen "Farthest North", George Newnes, 1898, first edition, 2 vols, pictorial cloth, gilt; reinforced 3” tear to folding map.

Lot: 91

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Aug 2025 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £15 - £20
SOLD £17
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Fridtjof Nansen Farthest North, George Newnes, 1898, first edition, 2 vols, pictorial cloth, gilt; reinforced 3” tear to folding map. Very clean internally, binding very bright. Ownership signature dated 1898 to front pastedown of each volume, vol.1 with small ownership label.

Tim Hillier-Graves "Peppercorn: His Life & Locomotives" 2021, and 13 other large-format railway titles. All in d/jkts. VF (14)

Lot: 92

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Aug 2025 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £26 - £36
UNSOLD
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Tim Hillier-Graves Peppercorn: His Life & Locomotives 2021, and 13 other large-format railway titles. All in d/jkts. VF (14)