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The Christmas Harry Potter & Library Auction(#478) 16/12/2022 9:30 AM GMT CLOSED!

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Lot 1
Boothby, Sir Brooke. Sorrows Sacred to the Memory of Penelope, London: W. Bulmer & Co., 1796. Illustrated with three stipple-engraved plates: The Apotheosis of Penelope Boothby, frontispiece after Henry Fuseli; portrait of Penelope after Sir Joshua Reynolds; the Ashbourne memorial stone by Thomas Banks, plus seven etchings & engravings within the text. Folio, contemporary polished calf, marbled endpapers, 89pp. plus illustrations, internally good & bright, some incredibly pale spotting, mostly c

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- Estimate£400 - £600
- StatusUnsold
Lot 2
Aldin, Cecil. The Twins, first edition, London: Henry Frowde and Hodder & Stoughton, [c.1910]. Quarto, publisher's quarter-cloth with illustrated boards, complete with 24 colour lithographic plates, plus pictorial title and illustrated endpapers. The plates are well-preserved, clean, bright; text pages with some light spotting, more pronounced on half-title; binding with slight pulling at inner gutters, some bumping & wear to corners of boards with slight splitting to cloth at joints; housed in

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- Estimate£70 - £100
- Winning BidN/A
- StatusCLOSED!
- Realised Price: £100
Lot 3
Bailey, George (Illust.). The Chronicles of the Collegiate Church or Free Chapel of All Saints, Derby, by Rev. Charles Cox, limited edition numbered 162/300, signed 'Bemrose & Sons', London: Bemrose & Sons, 1881, quarto, publisher's gilt green cloth, tog. w/ The History & Antiquities of the Parish Church of S. Matthew, Morley, by Rev. Samuel Fox, London: Bemrose & Sons, 1872, quarto, gilt buckram, manuscript notes & annotated family trees at rear, both works internally good & bright, some disco

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- Estimate£40 - £60
- Winning BidN/A
- StatusCLOSED!
- Realised Price: £40
Lot 4
Nicolson, Benedict. Joseph Wright of Derby, in two volumes, London: Routledge, Kegan Paul, 1968. Quarto, bearing bookplates of Michael Robert Handley, Newby Hall. Contents good & bright, dust-jacket of first volume with slight wear at top of spine, protective mylar jackets. Together with three other works on Wright of Derby: Life & Works, Bemrose, [c. 1885], featuring six etched plates (The Twins, by F. Seymour Haden inscribed '1st Proof') and other illustrations, 4pp. plus illustrations, remain

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- Estimate£40 - £50
- Winning BidN/A
- StatusCLOSED!
Lot 5
Rhodes, E. Peak Scenery, or, Excursions in Derbyshire: Made Chiefly for the Purpose of Picturesque Observation, all four parts bound in two volumes, London: Printed for the Author, 1818-23, complete with half-titles/titles/contents for each part, 29 plates as called for, subscribers list. The engravings are proofs on India paper, rich impressions with velvety black ink, mounted, some with protective tissue-guards. Contents generally good & bright, pale spotting & staining in places, rebound in f

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- Estimate£50 - £80
- Winning BidN/A
- StatusCLOSED!
- Realised Price: £50
Lot 6
Chauncy, Sir Henry. The Historical Antiquities of Hertfordshire, in two volumes, Bishops Stortford: J. M. Mullinger, 1826. Large octavo, quarter buckram with paper-covered boards and paper title labels, illustrated with numerous lithographic plates and a large folding map. Contents appear generally good but with spotting, not collated, sold with all faults (2)

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- Estimate£50 - £80
- Winning BidN/A
- StatusCLOSED!
- Realised Price: £55
Lot 7
Derbyshire History & Topography. Mixed collection to include The History & Antiquities of Haddon Hall, by S. Rayner, London: Weale, 1836, complete with 32 mounted lithographic plates, bound with supplementary volume and six further plates, worn contemporary half crushed morocco, contents with spotting; Permanent Record of Queen Victoria's State Visit to Derby, Hobson, 1891, quarto, full vellum lettered in gilt, rebacked with original spine laid down; Bibliotheca Topographica Britannica, No. XXXI

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- Estimate£200 - £300
- Winning BidN/A
- StatusCLOSED!
- Realised Price: £200
Lot 8
The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales, in 12 volumes, Glasgow: A. Fullarton, 1842. Octavo, publisher's embossed buckram lettered in gilt, illustrated with folding engraved maps, not collated. Together with Durham, by Sir Timothy Eden, in two volumes, ex-library; Suffolk & Norfolk, by M. R. James, reprinted 1933; The Calendar of the University of Nottingham, 1952. Condition varied, sold with all faults (16)

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- Estimate£50 - £70
- Winning BidN/A
- StatusCLOSED!
- Realised Price: £60
Lot 9
Kelly's Directory. Eleven volumes comprising: Staffordshire, 1900; Derbyshire, 1908; Staffordshire & Derbyshire, 1916; Derbyshire & Nottinghamshire, 1928; Derbyshire, 1932; Staffordshire & Derbyshire, 1936; Derbyshire, 1941; Norfolk, 1937; Northumberland, 1938; Warwickshire, 1940. Tog. w/ The Post Office Directory of Derbyshire, 1876. Red buckram bindings, condition varied, sold with all faults (12)

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- Estimate£100 - £150
- Winning BidN/A
- StatusCLOSED!
- Realised Price: £140
Lot 10
Medieval music manuscript fragment (binding). Sitwell, Sir G. R. Tales of My Native Village: Studies of Medieval Life, London: Oxford University Press, 1933, quarto, bound in a vellum leaf of medieval manuscript music

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- Estimate£80 - £120
- Winning BidN/A
- StatusCLOSED!
- Realised Price: £80
Lot 11
Miles, W. J. Modern Practical Farriery, A Complete System of the Veterinary Art, London: Gresham, [c. 1880]. Quarto, publisher's pictorial cloth lettered in gilt, illustrated with colour lithographic plates and wood-engravings. Good, clean, bright, lacking front free endpaper. Together with A History of the Meynell Hounds and Country 1780 to 1901, by J. L. Randall, in two volumes, London: Sampson Low, 1901, octavo, publisher's ribbed red cloth, contents good and bright, remnants of ownership lab

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- Estimate£40 - £60
- Winning BidN/A
- StatusCLOSED!
- Realised Price: £30
Lot 12
Ann Moore (Imposter). Henderson, Alexander. Examination of the Imposture of Ann Moore, Called the Fasting Woman of Tutbury; Illustrated by Remarks on Other Cases of Real and Pretended Abstinence, first edition, London: Underwood & Blacks, 1813. Octavo, iv, 52pp., contemporary paper-covered boards, spine lettered in gilt. Contents generally very good & bright, some toning & pale spotting towards the end, binding tight & square with some bumping & wear to corners, owner inscriptions on front free

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- Estimate£40 - £60
- Winning BidN/A
- StatusCLOSED!
- Realised Price: £35
Lot 13
Yorke, Courtenay. Pocket Deposits of Derbyshire: A General Survey, first edition, privately printed, 1961. Illustrated with five manuscript maps and numerous mounted photographs, also annotated with manuscript revisions. Quarto, 86pp., red buckram lettered in gilt. Contents very good, clean, bright, binding with some bumping and light wear to extremities, bearing label on front pastedown for Department of Geology Library, University of Glasgow

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- Estimate£40 - £60
- Winning BidN/A
- StatusCLOSED!
- Realised Price: £40
Lot 14
Croston, James. Chantrey's Peak Scenery or Views in Derbyshire, the one and only copy printed on Japanese vellum, Derby: Frank Murray, The Ballantyne Press, 1886, signed 'Ballantyne, Hanson & Company'. Complete with all 29 engraved plates, as called for, rich impressions with velvety black ink. Quarto, full vellum with morocco title label lettered in gilt, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Contents very good, clean, bright, a few very light handling marks, binding tight & square, some rubbing &

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- Estimate£50 - £70
- Winning BidN/A
- StatusCLOSED!
Lot 15
Banks, Iain M. Inversions, signed paperback edition, 1998, tog. w/ Complicity, signed paperback (2)

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- Estimate£40 - £60
- Winning BidN/A
- StatusCLOSED!
Lot 16
Williams & Stafford. England's Battles by Sea and Land, volumes 1 to 5, London: London Printing & Publishing Co. Ltd., n.d., [c. 1860]. Large octavo, publisher's gilt purple cloth, all edges gilt, illustrated with numerous engraved plates. Contents generally good & bright, cloth with some discolouration (5)

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- Estimate£40 - £60
- StatusUnsold
Lot 17
Keane, A. H. Africa: North Africa & South Africa, in two volumes, London: Edward Stanford, 1895, complete with nine folding maps in Vol. I, and eleven folding maps in Vol. II, as called for. Together with Asia: Northern & Eastern Asia and Southern & Western Asia, in two volumes, London: Edward Stanford, 1896, complete with eight folding maps in Vol. I, and seven folding maps in Vol. II, as called for, uniformly bound in publisher's gilt pictorial cloth, octavo. Contents generally good & bright w

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- Estimate£60 - £80
- Winning BidN/A
- StatusCLOSED!
- Realised Price: £50
Lot 18
Fleming, Ian. Dr. No, third impression, Jonathan Cape, 1958, in d.j., tog. w/ Goldfinger, third printing, Pan paperback, 1961, both books bearing spurious 'Ian Fleming' signature [not deemed genuine] (2)

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- Estimate£40 - £60
- Winning BidN/A
- StatusCLOSED!
Lot 19
Tolkien, J. R. R. The Hobbit, first American edition, second state [publisher's logo on title, 'Chapter VI instead of VII on p. 118], Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1938. Octavo, publisher's cloth, map endpapers, half-title, colour frontispiece, 310pp., lacking colour plate to face p. 118, all other plates present as called for, contents generally clean & bright, occasional creasing & tears including to some of the plates, one plate detached, cloth with general discolouration and s

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- Estimate£200 - £300
- Winning BidN/A
- StatusCLOSED!
- Realised Price: £620
Lot 20A
Malton, James. The Young Painter's Maulstick; Being a Practical Treatise on Perspective, first edition, London: Printed & Published for the Author by Barfield & Carpenter, 1800. Association copy, originally belonging to Benjamin West but not inscribed. The author's published dedication is addressed to Benjamin West as President of the Royal Academy. Title, Dedication, Apology & Preface [xiv] 71pp., illustrated with 23 engraved & aquatint etched plates (one folding). The pages are generally well-

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- Estimate£80 - £120
- Winning BidN/A
- StatusCLOSED!
- Realised Price: £110
Lot 21
[Hemsterhuis, Francois]. Alexis ou De l'age d'or, first edition, Riga: Hartknoch, 1787. Scarce first edition of one of the most important works by Hemsterhuis. Octavo, 188pp., plus one folding plate, on heavy laid paper, contemporary paper-covered boards. Contents well-preserved & bright, wide margins, some very pale spotting, armorial bookplate covered over on front pastedown, binding worn with loss to spine 'In Alexis Hemsterhuis, perhaps influenced by contemporary German philosophy, present

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- Estimate£100 - £150
- Winning BidN/A
- StatusCLOSED!
- Realised Price: £50
Lot 21A
Gerard, John. Herbal. [The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes, enlarged & Amended by Thomas Johnson, London: Norton & Whitakers, 1633]. Expertly rebound, illustrated with numerous botanical woodcuts, contents largely good & bright but with unusual/inconsistent pagination & signatures, partially incomplete, some wear/repairs in places, the allegorical title supplied in facsimile, sold with all faults

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- Estimate£300 - £500
- Winning BidN/A
- StatusCLOSED!
- Realised Price: £480
Lot 22
The Chester Guide, third edition, Chester: Broster & Son and Bulkley, n.d., 96pp., bound with An Account of the Siege of Chester During the Civil Wars, Chester: Broster, 1793, 76pp., and The History of the Cathedral Church at Chester, London: T. & J. Egerton, 1793, 108pp. Octavo, eight engraved plates (three folding, one damaged), full calf with morocco title label lettered in gilt, upper board detached, armorial bookplate of Hugh Robert Hughes of Kinmel, recent inscription on front blank, sold

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- Estimate£30 - £40
- Winning BidN/A
- StatusCLOSED!
- Realised Price: £50
Lot 22A
Lubbock, John. On the Origin and Metamorphoses of Insects, London: Macmillan, 1874. Bearing ink inscriptions: 'Ch. Darwin 1874' and 'Yours sincerely, John Lubbock'. Occasional pencil underlining to text. NB: We have contacted the leading Darwin museums & institutions to ascertain if the signatures are authentic, and, although there's nothing conclusive, their opinions were all cautious and sceptical. With little in the way of provenance, we are therefore presenting the book as found and not as a

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- Winning BidN/A
- StatusCLOSED!
- Realised Price: £150
Lot 23
Mixed collection of books, mostly late-Victorian, to include Butterflies and Moths at Home and Abroad, by H. Rowland-Brown, London: Fisher Unwin, 1912, illustrated with 20 colour litho plates [of 21], quarto, publisher's gilt blue cloth; Black's Guide to England & Wales, 1863; Black's Guide to Scotland, 1876; The New Mixing Book for Publicans, c.1860; The Glasgow Cookery Book, n.d.; Trials and Confessions of a Housekeeper, by T. S. Arthur, n.d., and others, condition varied, sold with all faults

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- Estimate£40 - £60
- Winning BidN/A
- StatusCLOSED!
- Realised Price: £28
Lot 23A
[Cruikshank, Robert]. The Dandies' Ball; Or, High Life in the City, first edition, London: John Marshall, 1819. Octavo, stitched paper covers, illustrated with 16 hand-coloured etchings by Robert Cruikshank. The front pastedown includes some comic manuscript verse about dandies, 'A fungus, unknown to Philosophy's eye! / It seems to exist - but we cannot tell why!...For apes have reflection; and useful the ass / But a Dandy can only reflect in his glass'. Very worn & discoloured with old paper re

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- Estimate£50 - £60
- Winning BidN/A
- StatusCLOSED!
- Realised Price: £25
Lot 24
Fabris (Salvatore). Della Vera Pratica & Scienza d'armi libri due opera di Salvator Fabris Capo Dell'Ordine di i sette Chori. (The True Practice of Weapons Science). 1624. Serious loss of approximately 4 inches to much of the contents due to rodent damage. Some plates and pages damaged less, but on all the pages some loss has occurred. 190 plates (printed back to back on most pages), as found. The work is extremely scarce so sold as found with all faults. The artistry in the plates and the sword

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- Estimate£70 - £100
- Winning BidN/A
- StatusCLOSED!
- Realised Price: £220
Lot 25
Battista (Giovanni). Romanorum Imperaturum Effigies Elioghii Ex Diversis Scriptoribus, etc. 157 copper plate engraved portraits, several poor strikes with bleeds and faded quality, some foxing from foredge in, a few plates are affected, vellum worn and darkened with some old staining to the covers, the covers loose and contents separated from the boards. Printed Rome, 1592. Library label inside front board of Biblioteca di G. Salomone, Nicosia, 1911.

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- Estimate£400 - £600
- StatusUnsold
Lot 26
Scoto (Francesco) Or, Franz Schott. Itinerarium Nobiliorum Overo Nova, etc. 2 volumes with vignette title page and engraved half title, with 50 folding town plans and regional maps of Italy. Some worming affecting some pages near the gutters and touching on the text in these areas; the worming is not widespread. Full vellum worn, labels on the spines, some age stains to paper and one or two rubber stamps for “Biblioteca G. Salomone, Nicosia, 1911”. Small octavo, printed Padua 1658-59 (2)

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- Estimate£1,000 - £1,500
- StatusUnsold
Lot 27
Cerato, (Domenico). Nuovo metodo per disegnare li cinque ordini di Architettura civile. Nuovo metodo per disegnare li cinque ordini di architettura civile conforme le regole di Andrea Palladio e Vincenzo Scamozzi, etc. 2 volumes with 2 engraved graph frontispieces, some damage to lower edges near the gutters, text not affected, cream vellum with floral patterned paper laid over the front and back boards, titles hand written on the spines, small quarto Published Padua, 1784 (2)

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- Estimate£150 - £200
- Winning BidN/A
- StatusCLOSED!
- Realised Price: £400
Lot 28
Sagredo (Nicolai). Nabvchi Statva Iuxta Danielis Prophetæ interpretationem Sacræ Theologiæ Comparata, etc. 7 engraved plates, slim small quarto, published Venice (In Latin), 1676; with a small collection of 17th and 18th century copper engravings loosely grouped with this volume, mostly saints. The book has a paper label inside cover “G. Salomone, Biblioteca Salomone, Nicosia, 1911”.

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- Estimate£100 - £200
- Winning BidN/A
- StatusCLOSED!
- Realised Price: £50
Lot 29
Carr (John) Viaggio in Olanda E Nel Mezzodi della Germania, etc. [Journey Into Holland and In the Middle of Germany] Vol. 1 & Vol. 3 only [of 3], Napoli: Mirelli, 1833, printed paper wrappers, worn, with 8 hand coloured engraved plates, small octavo. Together with Barozzi (Jacopo) L’Architettura, etc. 2 parts in 1 “Trattato di Meccanica & Ex Fabrica et Ratiocinatione, Venezia: Locatelli, 1778, 54 copper engraved plates, quarter calf, marbled paper boards, reverse of final plate has a small rubbe

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- Estimate£200 - £400
- StatusUnsold
Lot 30
Dickens, Charles. The Works, in 25 volumes, London: Chapman & Hall, 1879-80. Octavo, publisher's gilt cloth, condition varied, sold with all faults (25)

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- Estimate£40 - £60
- Winning BidN/A
- StatusCLOSED!
- Realised Price: £100
Lot 30A
The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments, Composed by Rev. Ostervald, Carmarthen: John Ross, stated 1789 but frontispiece dated 1793. Folio, rebacked, sold with all faults

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- Estimate£40 - £50
- Winning BidN/A
- StatusCLOSED!
- Realised Price: £40
Lot 31
Johns, W. E. Gimlet Comes Home, first edition, Hodder & Stoughton, 1946, illustrated by W. Stead, unclipped dust-jacket, neat owner inscription. Tog. w/ five Brockhampton first editions comprising: Gimlet's Oriental Quest, 1948, unclipped d.j.; Gimlet Lends a Hand, 1949, clipped d.j.; Gimlet Bores In, 1950, unclipped d.j.; Gimlet Off the Map, 1951, unclipped d.j.; Gimlet Mops Up, first edition, 1947, the final title in worn wrapper with loss & lacking ffep (6)

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- Estimate£50 - £70
- Winning BidN/A
- StatusCLOSED!
- Realised Price: £70
Lot 32
Johns, W. E. King of the Commandos: A Story of Combined Operations, first edition, 1943, illustrated by W. Stead, dust-jacket priced 5/-, red cloth, some pale damp marks at top corner, internally very good

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- Estimate£30 - £40
- Winning BidN/A
- StatusCLOSED!
- Realised Price: £15
Lot 33
Attwell, Mabel Lucie (Illust.). The Lost Princess: A Fairy Tale by Marie Queen of Roumania, first impression, London: Partridge, 1924, six tipped-in colour plates, worn cloth, tog. w/ Picture-Book of the French Red Cross, by Edmund Dulac, London: Hodder & Stoughton, n.d., worn cloth (2)

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- Estimate£30 - £40
- StatusUnsold
Lot 34
Johns, W. E. Biggles Hits the Trail, first edition, 1935, colour frontis. & six illustrated pages, blue cloth, frontis. loose; Biggles Flies East, reprinted 1937, monotone plates & colour frontis., cloth, lacking ffep; Biggles - Secret Agent, first edition, 1940, colour frontis. & six b&w illustrations, plate list incorrectly shows p. 159 instead of 157 as placed, worn cloth, frontis. loose; Biggles Sees It Through, first edition, 1941, colour frontis. & six plain illustrations, worn tan cloth (

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- Estimate£100 - £150
- Winning BidN/A
- StatusCLOSED!
- Realised Price: £70
Lot 35
Johns, W. E. Biggles Sweeps the Desert, first edition, October 1942, colour frontis. & eight b&w illustrations (two double-page), restored wrapper; Biggles Fails to Return, first edition, August 1943, colour frontis. & 15 illustrations, map endpapers, dust-jacket with loss at top & bottom of spine; Biggles in the Jungle, first edition, 1944, colour frontis. & four illustrations by Terence Cuneo, dust-jacket chipped at edges, loss at base of spine, cloth faded top & bottom edges; Biggles in the O

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- Estimate£80 - £120
- Winning BidN/A
- StatusCLOSED!
- Realised Price: £40
Lot 36
Johns, W. E. Worrals Carries On, first edition, 1942, dust-jacket & contents worn; Worrals Flies Again, first edition, 1942, inscriptions to endpapers and some pale spots to cloth, and seven other first edition Worrals titles, all in wrappers, inscriptions & some cloth covers spotted, Hodder & Stoughton & Lutterworth Press, 1943-51 (9)

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- Estimate£100 - £150
- Winning BidN/A
- StatusCLOSED!
- Realised Price: £50
Lot 37
Johns, W. E. Comrades in Arms, first edition, August 1947, dust-jacket & illustrations by W. Stead, aquamarine blue cloth, gilt titles, loosely-inserted publisher's letter with facsimile signature, tog. w/ six other 1940s first editions, all in wrappers (two with some wear & loss at spine), comprising: Sergeant Bigglesworth C.I.D.; Biggles' Second Case; Biggles Hunts Big Game; Biggles Takes a Holiday; Biggles Breaks His Silence; Biggles Delivers the Goods, all but one unclipped and priced 6/- on

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- Estimate£80 - £120
- Winning BidN/A
- StatusCLOSED!
- Realised Price: £40
Lot 38
Johns, W. E. Collection of 18 first editions in dust-jackets, 12 published by Hodder & Stoughton, six by Brockhampton Press, 1950-59: Biggles Gets His Men; Biggles Works It Out; Another Job For Biggles; Biggles Goes to School; Biggles Takes the Case; Biggles Follows On; Biggles in the Gobi; Biggles and the Pirate Treasure; Biggles Cuts It Fine; Biggles' Chinese Puzzle; Biggles in Australia; No Rest For Biggles; Biggles Takes Charge; Biggles of the Interpol; Biggles on the Home Front; Biggles Pre

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- Estimate£200 - £300
- Winning BidN/A
- StatusCLOSED!
- Realised Price: £140
Lot 39
Dahl, Roald. The BFG, first edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1982, hardback, publisher's grey cloth lettered in gilt, unclipped dust-jacket illustrated by Quentin Blake, protective mylar cover. Internally very good, clean, bright, appears unread, binding tight & square, cloth very well-preserved, dust-jacket very good, bold & bright, with just a crease & short tear on back top-edge, a few very pale marks to top-edge of text-block, a near fine example

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- Estimate£200 - £400
- Winning BidN/A
- StatusCLOSED!
- Realised Price: £180
Lot 40
Lewis, C. S. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, first edition, second impression, London: Geoffrey Bles, 1954. Octavo, publisher's pale blue cloth with silver titles, colour frontispiece. Internally good, clean, bright, a couple of very pale handling marks in places, some light colouring to a couple of the black & white illustrations, neat contemporary owner inscription to ffep, cloth with discolouration and some splitting to joints but strong, lacking dust-jacket

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- Estimate£50 - £80
- Winning BidN/A
- StatusCLOSED!
- Realised Price: £45
Lot 41
Dahl, Roald. George's Marvellous Medicine, first edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1981, hardback, publisher's blue cloth lettered in gilt, unclipped dust-jacket illustrated by Quentin Blake, protective mylar cover. Internally very good, clean and bright with incredibly light signs of handling, binding tight & square, cloth well-preserved & bright with very light bumping to corners, slight discolouration to extreme edges, dust-jacket bold & bright with very slight fading to spine, slight wear to e

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- Estimate£150 - £250
- Winning BidN/A
- StatusCLOSED!
- Realised Price: £170
Lot 42
Tolkien, J. R. R. The Lord of the Rings. The Two Towers, fourth impression, London: George Allen & Unwin, 1956, publisher's red cloth with unclipped third impression dust-jacket, protective mylar cover; The Return of the King, second impression, Unwin, November 1955, red cloth, unclipped dust-jacket (priced 21s with reviews on rear flap), protective mylar cover. Contents very good, clean, bright, folding maps at rear of each volume are very well-preserved, slight cockling to gutters of each book

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- Estimate£400 - £600
- Winning BidN/A
- StatusCLOSED!
- Realised Price: £320
Lot 42A
Tolkien, J. R. R. The Silmarillion, edited by Christopher Tolkien, first edition, London: George Allen & Unwin, 1977. Octavo, publisher's navy cloth lettered in gilt, unclipped dust-jacket. Contents very good, clean, bright, a couple of light handling marks to endpapers, a few small spots to fore-edge, binding very good, tight & square, cloth very well-preserved, dust-jacket very good, bold & bright, folding map at rear well-preserved. Together with another the same in clipped d.j. with faded sp

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- Estimate£70 - £90
- Winning BidN/A
- StatusCLOSED!
- Realised Price: £110
Lot 43
Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, first edition, first impression, London: Bloomsbury, 1998, paperback, full number line, "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1". A good, clean example, some toning to page edges, a couple of very light creases to covers and incredibly faint fold-lines to some page corners, very slight wear to extreme corners & edges

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- Estimate£40 - £50
- Winning BidN/A
- StatusCLOSED!
- Realised Price: £28

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