Auction No 441, Category: Books
51 Lots (displaying 1 - 20)
Billheads & related, mainly 1882/83 and mostly Rochdale but including D. Rudge Bicycles, Deansgate, Manchester;
Billheads & related, mainly 1882/83 and mostly Rochdale but including D. Rudge Bicycles, Deansgate, Manchester;
Lot 1
Lot: 1
- Auction Date: Wed 18th Mar 2026 12:00 GMT
- Est: £40 - £50
Billheads & related, mainly 1882/83 and mostly Rochdale but including D. Rudge Bicycles, Deansgate, Manchester; few later items include 1918 Lancs & Yorks Rly. Way Bill with L&Y Parcel Stamps. Also an 1840 Probate document. (19 items)
Booksellers’ Tickets (15) from 19th Century, and Mechanical Music Copyright Payment and Purchase Tax stamps (52) arranged on stockcards.
Booksellers’ Tickets (15) from 19th Century, and Mechanical Music Copyright Payment and Purchase Tax stamps (52) arranged on stockcards.
Lot 2
Lot: 2
- Auction Date: Wed 18th Mar 2026 12:00 GMT
- Est: £20 - £30
Booksellers' Tickets (15) from 19th Century, and Mechanical Music Copyright Payment and Purchase Tax stamps (52) arranged on stockcards.
Psychic Press (6), Psychic Book Club (23) and related publications, 1940s/60s, six in d/jkts, mostly good to VG, 24 with ownership details at front.
Psychic Press (6), Psychic Book Club (23) and related publications, 1940s/60s, six in d/jkts, mostly good to VG, 24 with ownership details at front.
Lot 3
Lot: 3
- Auction Date: Wed 18th Mar 2026 12:00 GMT
- Est: £50 - £70
Psychic Press (6), Psychic Book Club (23) and related publications, 1940s/60s, six in d/jkts, mostly good to VG, 24 with ownership details at front. (36)
Earl of Rochester "Poems on Several Occasions with Valentinian; a Tragedy. To which is added Advice to a Painter", London, 1710; worn half-leather,
Earl of Rochester "Poems on Several Occasions with Valentinian; a Tragedy. To which is added Advice to a Painter", London, 1710; worn half-leather,
Lot 5
Lot: 5
- Auction Date: Wed 18th Mar 2026 12:00 GMT
- Est: £40 - £50
Earl of Rochester Poems on Several Occasions with Valentinian; a Tragedy. To which is added Advice to a Painter, London, 1710; worn half-leather, boards detached, lacking backstrip; first eight leaves foxed; shaved at top edge, affecting some page numbers; together with The Tryal of Dr. Henry Sacheverell Tonson, 1710, in old leather binding, front board detached. (2)
Old Album of 19th Century Autographs, mostly cut signatures laid down, plus 29 complete letters; Peers & Celebrities including Hall Caine (ALS),
Old Album of 19th Century Autographs, mostly cut signatures laid down, plus 29 complete letters; Peers & Celebrities including Hall Caine (ALS),
Lot 8
Lot: 8
- Auction Date: Wed 18th Mar 2026 12:00 GMT
- Est: £150 - £200
Old Album of 19th Century Autographs, mostly cut signatures laid down, plus 29 complete letters; Peers & Celebrities including Hall Caine (ALS), Robert Peel, 15th Earl of Derby, Joseph Hulme (ALS), Lord Salisbury, Lord Rosebery, Earl Grey (1898 ALS), Joseph Chamberlian (2), Earl Shaftesbury (1846 note), G. Linnaeus Banks, Edward Stanhope, Annie Swan, Marie Corelli, Joseph Hocking (ALS), Alfred Lord Tennyson, Seymour Hicks, and various others. Some pages removed. (149)
Old Album of 19th & early-20th Century Autographs, mostly cut signatures plus few complete letters, including Lord Robers V.C. (ALS), Dan Leno,
Old Album of 19th & early-20th Century Autographs, mostly cut signatures plus few complete letters, including Lord Robers V.C. (ALS), Dan Leno,
Lot 9
Lot: 9
- Auction Date: Wed 18th Mar 2026 12:00 GMT
- Est: £70 - £100
Old Album of 19th & early-20th Century Autographs, mostly cut signatures plus few complete letters, including Lord Robers V.C. (ALS), Dan Leno, Cardinal Henry Edward Manning, J. Forbes-Robertson, Judge Lumley Smith, Herbert Asquith, King George III, Wilhelm Steinitz (Chess Champion), and others. Neatly mounted in slit corners, marginal annotations in pencil. (55)
Autograph Album, 1940s, mainly entertainers, some sport, with signed photos (laid down) & signed pages, including Chico Marx, Lawrence Olivier,
Autograph Album, 1940s, mainly entertainers, some sport, with signed photos (laid down) & signed pages, including Chico Marx, Lawrence Olivier,
Lot 10
Lot: 10
- Auction Date: Wed 18th Mar 2026 12:00 GMT
- Est: £100 - £150
Autograph Album, 1940s, mainly entertainers, some sport, with signed photos (laid down) & signed pages, including Chico Marx, Lawrence Olivier, Gracie Fields, George Formby (signed photo), Richard Tauber, Max Miller (signed photo), Stanley Holloway, few Cricketers, and others. Some signatures ‘back to back' (108).
Old album of cut signatures, including autographs of Nellie Melba, George (later George V), W. Harrison Ainsworth, J.K. Jerome, Michael Davitt,
Old album of cut signatures, including autographs of Nellie Melba, George (later George V), W. Harrison Ainsworth, J.K. Jerome, Michael Davitt,
Lot 11
Lot: 11
- Auction Date: Wed 18th Mar 2026 12:00 GMT
- Est: £70 - £100
Old album of cut signatures, including autographs of Nellie Melba, George (later George V), W. Harrison Ainsworth, J.K. Jerome, Michael Davitt, Marie Lloyd, W. Gladstone, Edward Burne-Jones, J. R. Capablanca (chess champion), Gilbert Dalziel, George Cutzon, Lord Roberts, Sir Evelyn Wood, Solomon Solomon, and many others. (109)
Marcus Harmes "Roger Delgado: I am usually referred to as The Master", 2017, 1st Edn., in fine d/jkt; and other books many author signed
Marcus Harmes "Roger Delgado: I am usually referred to as The Master", 2017, 1st Edn., in fine d/jkt; and other books many author signed
Lot 18
Lot: 18
- Auction Date: Wed 18th Mar 2026 12:00 GMT
- Est: £30 - £40
Marcus Harmes Roger Delgado: I am usually referred to as The Master, 2017, 1st Edn., in fine d/jkt; and other books many author signed including John Aspinall, Edward Heath, Bill Alley, Derek Randall, Paul Daniels, and Doctor Who Companions signed by the authors and Sophie Aldred. Also 25 Stereographs by Underwood & Underwood, mainly humorous. (Qty.)
American comics with Marvel, DC and other issuers, 1980s/1990s, mostly good to VF. (approx.340).
American comics with Marvel, DC and other issuers, 1980s/1990s, mostly good to VF. (approx.340).
Lot 19
Lot: 19
- Auction Date: Wed 18th Mar 2026 12:00 GMT
- Est: £60 - £80
American comics with Marvel, DC and other issuers, 1980s/1990s, mostly good to VF. (approx.340).
"La Commedia di Dante Allighieri illustrata da Ugo Foscolo", Pietro Rolandi, London, 1842-45, four vols (in two), full calf, gilt, boards detached,
"La Commedia di Dante Allighieri illustrata da Ugo Foscolo", Pietro Rolandi, London, 1842-45, four vols (in two), full calf, gilt, boards detached,
Lot 20
Lot: 20
- Auction Date: Wed 18th Mar 2026 12:00 GMT
- Est: £80 - £120
La Commedia di Dante Allighieri illustrata da Ugo Foscolo, Pietro Rolandi, London, 1842-45, four vols (in two), full calf, gilt, boards detached, title labels chipped, marble edges and endpapers; fine internally, good clean text. (2)
A. De Lamartine "Graziella" The Nonesuch Press, 1929, translated by Ralph Wright, 30 illustrations by Jacquier; decorated cloth, in slipcase.
A. De Lamartine "Graziella" The Nonesuch Press, 1929, translated by Ralph Wright, 30 illustrations by Jacquier; decorated cloth, in slipcase.
Lot 21
Lot: 21
- Auction Date: Wed 18th Mar 2026 12:00 GMT
- Est: £20 - £30
A. De Lamartine Graziella, The Nonesuch Press, 1929, translated by Ralph Wright, 30 illustrations by Jacquier; decorated cloth, in slipcase.
Henry Nutter "Local Rhymes", B. Moore, Burnley, 1890, signed and inscribed by the author; limp cloth (bowed) with gilt title; staples rusted o/w good.
Henry Nutter "Local Rhymes", B. Moore, Burnley, 1890, signed and inscribed by the author; limp cloth (bowed) with gilt title; staples rusted o/w good.
Lot 22
Lot: 22
- Auction Date: Wed 18th Mar 2026 12:00 GMT
- Est: £40 - £60
Henry Nutter Local Rhymes, B. Moore, Burnley, 1890, signed and inscribed by the author; limp cloth (bowed) with gilt title; staples rusted o/w good. 160pp + index
Lawrence Durrell "On Seeming to Presume" 1958, "An Irish Faustus" 1963, "The Ikons" 1966, all first editions in fine d/jkts;
Lawrence Durrell "On Seeming to Presume" 1958, "An Irish Faustus" 1963, "The Ikons" 1966, all first editions in fine d/jkts;
Lot 23
Lot: 23
- Auction Date: Wed 18th Mar 2026 12:00 GMT
- Est: £30 - £40
Lawrence Durrell On Seeming to Presume 1958, An Irish Faustus 1963, The Ikons 1966, all first editions in fine d/jkts; together with five Aldous Huxley firsts from 1924, three in d/jkts (one d/jkt damaged). No inscriptions
"Boo-Boo the Barrage Balloon" Raphael Tuck [1944], landscape quarto, pictorial boards, VG.
"Boo-Boo the Barrage Balloon" Raphael Tuck [1944], landscape quarto, pictorial boards, VG.
Lot 24
Lot: 24
- Auction Date: Wed 18th Mar 2026 12:00 GMT
- Est: £20 - £30
Boo-Boo the Barrage Balloon Raphael Tuck [1944], landscape quarto, pictorial boards, VG.
Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England "City of Cambridge" 1959, two vols, in d/jkts, plus the set of plans/map
Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England "City of Cambridge" 1959, two vols, in d/jkts, plus the set of plans/map
Lot 31
Lot: 31
- Auction Date: Wed 18th Mar 2026 12:00 GMT
- Est: £20 - £30
Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England City of Cambridge 1959, two vols, in d/jkts, plus the set of plans/map; similar works by the Royal Commission on Cambridgeshire (2), Huntingdonshire, Oxford and Stamford; plus three related titles. (11)
Pugin "Examples of Gothic Architecture selected from various Ancient Edifices in England", 1895, Vol.3 only, gilt cloth,
Pugin "Examples of Gothic Architecture selected from various Ancient Edifices in England", 1895, Vol.3 only, gilt cloth,
Lot 32
Lot: 32
- Auction Date: Wed 18th Mar 2026 12:00 GMT
- Est: £20 - £30
Pugin Examples of Gothic Architecture selected from various Ancient Edifices in England, 1895, Vol.3 only, gilt cloth, complete with the many fine plates; and various others on Church architecture. (14)
J.C. Trewin "Sybil Thorndike", Rockcliff 1955, first edition, in d/jkt, signed and dated 1956 by Dame Sybil Thorndike on front endpaper.
J.C. Trewin "Sybil Thorndike", Rockcliff 1955, first edition, in d/jkt, signed and dated 1956 by Dame Sybil Thorndike on front endpaper.
Lot 33
Lot: 33
- Auction Date: Wed 18th Mar 2026 12:00 GMT
- Est: £30 - £40
J.C. Trewin Sybil Thorndike, Rockcliff 1955, first edition, in d/jkt, signed and dated 1956 by Dame Sybil Thorndike on front endpaper. Rear inner flap of d/jkt with a corner torn away o/w VG.
Album of Theatrical Autographs 1890s/1900s, including Sarah Bernhardt, C. Coquelin, Henry Irving & Ellen Terry, Lillie Langtry, Herbert Beerbohm Tree,
Album of Theatrical Autographs 1890s/1900s, including Sarah Bernhardt, C. Coquelin, Henry Irving & Ellen Terry, Lillie Langtry, Herbert Beerbohm Tree,
Lot 37
Lot: 37
- Auction Date: Wed 18th Mar 2026 12:00 GMT
- Est: £100 - £140
Album of Theatrical Autographs 1890s/1900s, including Sarah Bernhardt, C. Coquelin, Henry Irving & Ellen Terry, Lillie Langtry, Herbert Beerbohm Tree, Gerald Du Maurier, and their contemporaries, many with quotations, some signatures ‘back to back'. (73)
Waldemar & Gregor Trojca "SS-Panzerkorps in the Battle for Kharkov 01-03, 1943", 2013, 560pp, folding map loosely inserted,
Waldemar & Gregor Trojca "SS-Panzerkorps in the Battle for Kharkov 01-03, 1943", 2013, 560pp, folding map loosely inserted,
Lot 46
Lot: 46
- Auction Date: Wed 18th Mar 2026 12:00 GMT
- Est: £50 - £60
Waldemar & Gregor Trojca SS-Panzerkorps in the Battle for Kharkov 01-03, 1943, 2013, 560pp, folding map loosely inserted, bilingual English / German text; and Kirchubel Atlas of the Eastern Front 1941-45, 2016, h/bk in slipcase. Fine. (2)