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Auction No 405, Category: History

9 Lots (displaying 1 - 9)

Selection including Creswicke "South Africa and the Transvaal War", 1900-02, 7 volumes, occasional foxing (mainly to Vol.1);

Lot: 5

  • Auction Date: Wed 24th Nov 2021 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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Selection including Creswicke South Africa and the Transvaal War, 1900-02, 7 volumes, occasional foxing (mainly to Vol.1); Mackay The History of the United States of America, [1861-63], 2 vols, rebacked, some faults; H.W. Priwin Inspector Hornleigh Investigates, 1940, orig. cloth, VG; and Tom Laughton Pavilions by the Sea, 1977, 1st Edn, signed by the author, in VG complete d/jkt. (12)

Terence M. Russell (Editor) "The Napoleonic Survey of Egypt: The Monuments and Customs of Egypt", Ashgate Publishing Ltd, Aldershot, 2001, two volumes

Lot: 13

  • Auction Date: Wed 24th Nov 2021 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £100 - £150
SOLD £100
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Terence M. Russell (Editor) The Napoleonic Survey of Egypt: The Monuments and Customs of Egypt, Ashgate Publishing Ltd, Aldershot, 2001, two volumes; tall quarto, cloth bound with gilt lettering in complete d/jkts, the spines of the jackets slightly faded o/w superb condition, appear unread; xvi, 603pp, plus numerous photo-plates. First English Language edition.                       

Walter de Gray Birch (Ed.) "The Royal Charters of The City of Lincoln", Cambridge Univ. Press, 1911, octavo, orig.cloth, gilt,

Lot: 14

  • Auction Date: Wed 24th Nov 2021 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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Walter de Gray Birch (Ed.) The Royal Charters of The City of Lincoln, Cambridge Univ. Press, 1911, octavo, orig.cloth, gilt, spine faded, rear board a little bowed; endpapers browned o/w fine internally;  five plates; includes lengthy introduction; xlix,(1),308pp

George Catlin "Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians", 1892 reprint of the 1841 edition;

Lot: 16

  • Auction Date: Wed 24th Nov 2021 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £90
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George Catlin Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians, 1892 reprint of the 1841 edition; two volumes, original gilt cloth, complete with the many plates, the folding map in facsimile. Wear to lower edge of front board of Vol.I, o/w VG. (2)

Edgar J. March "British Destroyers: A History of Development 1892-1953", Seeley Service,1966, fine, in worn d/jkt, complete with folding-diagrams;

Lot: 17

  • Auction Date: Wed 24th Nov 2021 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
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Edgar J. March British Destroyers: A History of Development 1892-1953, Seeley Service, 1966, fine, in worn d/jkt, complete with folding-diagrams; and Oscar Parkes British Battleships, Seeley Service, [1956], orig.gilt cloth, slightly marked, endpapers with foxing, fine internally; and three other Naval titles. (5)

"The Trial of German War Criminals by the International Military Tribunal Sitting at Nuremburg, Germany", H.M.S.O., London, 1946;

Lot: 22

  • Auction Date: Wed 24th Nov 2021 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £66
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The Trial of German War Criminals by the International Military Tribunal Sitting at Nuremburg, Germany, H.M.S.O., London, 1946; full set of 24 volumes, softbacks, including Opening Speeches and Verdict; two in original printed wraps, others with replacement plain wraps; ownership signatures, good condition. Also Documents Concerning German-Polish Relations and the Outbreak of Hostilities between Great Britain and Germany on September 3rd 1939, and a related document; together with six odd volumes of The Trial of German War Criminals in the original gilt cloth bindings, one in d/jkt in slipcase, others in poor condition. (32)     

Catherine Lorigan "Delabole: The History of the Slate Quarry and The Making of its Village Community", 2007; Brown & Acton "Exploring Cornish Mines"

Lot: 24

  • Auction Date: Wed 24th Nov 2021 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £80 - £100
SOLD £92
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Catherine Lorigan Delabole: The History of the Slate Quarry and The Making of its Village Community, 2007; Brown & Acton Exploring Cornish Mines, 1996-2001, 5 volumes; Bob Acton Exploring Cornwall's Tramway Trails, 2000-2001, 2nd Edn, 2 vols; and other Cornish history, all softbacks, mostly Industrial especially Tin Mining. No ownership inscriptions. VG/VF (89)

J. Ewing Ritchie "The Life and Times of the Right Honble. William Ewart Gladstone", James Sangster [c.1900], pictorial edition in 6 vols;

Lot: 25

  • Auction Date: Wed 24th Nov 2021 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £20
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J. Ewing Ritchie The Life and Times of the Right Honble. William Ewart Gladstone, James Sangster [c.1900], pictorial edition in 6 vols; quarto, elaborate pictorial cloth, some wear to inner hinges; slight damp staining to the chromo-litho plates o/w fine internally. (6)

Paul Dunbar "Les Aventures de Staline", Cirque Divers, Liege, 1980, large format s/bk, card wraps, worn at periphery;

Lot: 31

  • Auction Date: Wed 24th Nov 2021 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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Paul Dunbar Les Aventures de Staline, Cirque Divers, Liege, 1980, large format s/bk, card wraps, worn at periphery; a graphic novel style account of the life & career of Joseph Stalin. Fine internally. 56pp