The Christmas Harry Potter & Library Auction

Lot 90

Rahmas, Sigrid. A Day in Fairy Land, illustrated by Ana Mae Seagren, Helsingborg: Helsingborgs Lifografiska, [1949]. Folio, publisher's colour illustrated boards. Generally well-preserved and bright with vibrant colours, ink blot running through top edge, slight wear to gutter of title, some bumping & wear to corners/edges

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Lot 91

Ekogatok, Bernard. Naraye, Anarktee and Other Stories, illustrated by Gideon Qauqjuaq, Yellowknife: Government of the Northwest Territories, 1974. Quarto, 35pp., publisher's illustrated paper covers. Good with light creasing to corners. Scarce

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Lot 92

Collection of seven facsimile Books of Hours, comprising: The Hours of Etienne Chevalier, London: Thames & Hudson, 1972, small quarto, cloth, in slipcase; The Rohan Book of Hours, T&H, 1973, large octavo, cloth, in slipcase; The Visconti Hours, T&H, 1972, large octavo, cloth, in slipcase; Les Belles Heures de Jean Duc de Berry, T&H, 1974, large octavo, cloth, in slipcase; The Tres Riches Heures of Jean, Duke of Berry, New York: George Braziller, 1969, large octavo, cloth, in slipcase; The Wharnc

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Lot 93

Snaffles [Payne, Charles Johnson]. My Sketch Book in the Shiny, second edition, London: Gale & Polden, [c. 1930]. Quarto, publisher's cloth with dust-jacket, illustrated with all plates as called for. Contents good & bright with some pale spotting in places, binding tight & square, cloth bright with small bump/split at upper joint, dust-jacket with wear at edges

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Lot 94

Chapbooks. Juvenalia & Exploration. Collection of 56 children's chapbooks, illustrated with charming woodcuts including frontispieces and vignette titles, uniformly bound in speckled calf lettered in gilt, comprising: Travels in North America, Dublin: Brett Smith, 1824; The History of Prince Lee Boo, Dublin: J. Jones, 1822; Discovery of America, by Christopher Columbus, Dublin: William Folds & Son, 1824; Travels in Africa, Dublin: A. O'Neil, 1824; Travels in South America, Dublin: John Jones, 18

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Lot 95

Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, first edition, first issue, London: Bloomsbury, 1997, paperback, print line on copyright page reads '10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1'; '1 wand' appears twice on p.53; 'Philosopher's' is misspelled 'Philospher's' to rear cover; 'Wizardry and Witchcraft' [rather than 'Witchcraft and Wizardry'] to rear cover. Contents generally good with usual toning around page edges, some pale spots & marks in places, light fold-lines to some page corners, pp.103-106

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Lot 96

Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, first edition, first issue, London: Bloomsbury, 1998, hardback, publisher's pictorial boards with unclipped dust-jacket, print line reads '10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1'. Contents good & bright with a few very pale marks in places, some pale spotting & discolouration to edges of text-block, owner inscription of ffep & title, boards bold & vibrant, light bumping around headcaps, slight shelf-lean, dust-jacket with light creasing and fading around spi

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Lot 97

Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, first deluxe edition, fourth issue, signed by the cast of the film, London: Bloomsbury, 1999, publisher's blue cloth, all edges gilt. Signed by the following: Chris Columbus [director]; Daniel Radcliffe [Harry Potter]; Rupert Grint [Ron Weasley]; Emma Watson [Hermione Granger]; Richard Harris [Albus Dumbledore]; Maggie Smith [Minerva McGonagall]; Alan Rickman [Severus Snape]; Robbie Coltrane [Rubeus Hagrid]; David Bradley [Argus Filch]; Tom

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Lot 98

Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, first edition, first issue, London: Ted Smart, The Book People Ltd., 1998, hardback, unclipped dust-jacket, print line on copyright page reads '10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1', in protective mylar cover. In near fine, unread condition, light bump to base of spine, otherwise appears new

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Lot 99

Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, first edition, second issue, London: Ted Smart, The Book People Ltd., 1998, hardback, unclipped dust-jacket, print line on copyright page reads '10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2', in protective mylar cover. In near fine, unread condition

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Lot 100

Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, first large print edition, first issue, London: Bloomsbury, 2001, hardback, full number line, '10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1', internally very good, clean, bright, binding tight & square, boards bold & vibrant, a couple of faint scuffs to lower board, faint wear to extreme corners, bumped at headcaps with short split at top. Together with a second issue of the same in fine, unread condition; two first edition, first issue hardbacks of Chamber of Se

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Lot 101

Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Collector's Edition, three first issue hardbacks, New York: Levine/Scholastic, November 2000, full first issue number line on each, leather bindings with mylar jackets, all edges gilt, internally fine/unread, corners bumped, mylar jackets worn, a couple of scratches to leather (3)

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Lot 102

Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, first deluxe edition, first issue, London: Bloomsbury, 1999, full number line, '10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1'. Four first printings, two of which are in the original cellophane wrappers with barcode stickers, the cellophane has only been opened along the bottom edge in order to check the publisher's imprint. One shrink-wrapped book is in fine condition, the other has slight bumping to corners but is otherwise fine; the two without cellophane are in

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Lot 103

Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, two first deluxe editions, second issues, both with a reverse-bound error (contents upside down and back to front), London: Bloomsbury, 1999, number line '10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2', internally fine/unread with the exception of two small marks on the half-title of one book, cloth well-preserved & bright with light bumping to corners. Together with a fifth issue of the same in original cellophane wrappers bearing labels, opened along one edge of c

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Lot 104

Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, two first deluxe editions, both stated 'First Edition', London: Bloomsbury, 2000, in original cellophane wrappers bearing barcode/price stickers, opened along edges of cellophane, corners slightly bumped (2)

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Lot 105

Rowling, J. K. Collection comprising: Harri Potter a Maen yr Athronydd [Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone], first Welsh edition, first issue, Bloomsbury, 2003, hardback with dust-jacket and protective mylar cover, in fine/unread condition; Chamber of Secrets, first adult edition, second issue, Bloomsbury, 1998, paperback, creased at corners, otherwise fine; Prisoner of Azkaban, first edition, first issue, Bloomsbury, 1999, paperback, full number line, '10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1', very good, un

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Lot 106

Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, first edition, third issue, signed & inscribed by the author, 'To Emily who looks as I imagine Ginny Weasley looks (you will have to read book two!) J. K. Rowling, 17/3/98', London: Bloomsbury, 1997, paperback. Contents very good, clean, bright, usual toning to page edges, a few very small spots on edges of text-block just encroaching into margins/edges in a few places (most pronounced on half-title), very faint impression from a neat owne

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Lot 107

Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 15th Anniversary Edition published exclusively for 15 competition winners [not released for sale], signed & dedicated by the author, London: Bloomsbury, [2012]. Octavo, full red crushed morocco, all edges gilt. Together with the original entry that successfully secured this book in Bloomsbury's competition. In 2012, Bloomsbury launched a nationwide competition to find the UK's 'biggest Harry Potter fan'. Fans were invited to write a letter

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Lot 108

Markham, Robert [Kingsley Amis]. Colonel Sun: A James Bond Adventure, first edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1968. Together with For Your Eyes Only, by Ian Fleming, second impression, Cape, June 1960, and Licence Renewed, by John Gardner, first, Cape, 1981. Contents very good, clean, bright, slight shelf-lean, a little dusty along top edges (3)

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Lot 109

Fleming, Ian. The Man With the Golden Gun, first edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1965. Octavo, publisher's cloth with unclipped dust-jacket designed by Richard Chopping (priced 18s.). Contents good, clean, bright, owner inscriptions to front free endpaper, binding solid with slight shelf-lean, dust-jacket generally good with some pale spots and slight wear to corners & edges

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Lot 110

Fleming, Ian. On Her Majesty's Secret Service, first edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1963. Octavo, publisher's cloth with unclipped dust-jacket designed by Richard Chopping (priced 16s. ). Contents very good, clean, bright, binding tight & square, cloth very well-preserved, dust-jacket good with slight fading to spine and a few pale spots, ownership sticker on ffep, a little dusty along top edge

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Lot 111

Fleming Ian. Mixed collection to include Goldfinger, first Book Club edition, 1959, in facsimile Cape jacket; Thunderball, first Book Club edition in facsimile Cape jacket, 1961, plus two others in unclipped Book Club wrappers; Dr. No, first Book Club ed., 1958, unclipped d.j.; The Man With the Golden Gun, first Book Club ed., 1965, unclipped d.j., and another in price-clipped jacket; From Russia With Love, first Book Club ed., n.d., unclipped d.j.; The Spy Who Loved Me, first Book Club ed., 196

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Lot 112

Fleming, Ian. Collection of paperbacks, predominantly Pan, a few Panther, Fontana, Signet, to inc. seven first printings of Pan: Diamond Smugglers, 1960; Dr. No, 1960; Spy Who Loved Me, 1962; For Your Eyes Only, 1962; Thunderball, 1963; YOLT, 1965; Golden Gun, 1966 (plus a first Signet, 1966), and others, later printings, condition varied, sold with all faults (126)

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Lot 113

James Bond. Miscellaneous collection to inc. James Bond Annual, World Distributors, 1965 (x 2); James Bond Annual, World Distributors, 1968; James Bond: The Legacy, first edition, Boxtree, 2002; Permission to Die, graphic novel, by Mike Grell; Casino Royale, graphic novel, by Hern, Gammidge, McLusky, and others (22)

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Lot 114

Fleming, Ian. Thunderball, 14th printing, scarce promotional copy for Player's cigarettes, complete with loosely-inserted "Domino letter", London: Pan, 1965. Paperback, contents very good & well-preserved, covers good & bold with creasing to spine and slight surface wear over Pan logo, Domino letter very well-preserved and bearing manufacturer's watermark

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Lot 115

Fleming, Ian. The Man With the Golden Gun, first edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1965. Octavo, publisher's cloth with unclipped dust-jacket designed by Richard Chopping (priced 18s.). Contents very good, clean, bright, cloth well-preserved, dust-jacket good with a few very pale tiny spots and slight chipping to extreme edges of upper spine/corners, small ownership sticker on ffep, light spotting to top edge of text-block, some shelf-lean

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Lot 116

Fleming, Ian. Dr. No, first edition, first issue, second-state binding with "Honeychile" silhouette on upper board, unclipped dust-jacket designed by Pat Marriott (priced 13s. 6d. ), London: Jonathan Cape, 1958. Contents very good, clean, bright, cloth very good with slight bumping to corners, dust-jacket very good with slight toning and light bumping/wear to extreme corners & edges of spine, some discolouration to verso of d.j., small ownership sticker on ffep, a little dusty along top edge, sl

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Lot 117

Fleming, Ian. Casino Royale, fourth printing, London: Jonathan Cape, 1957. Octavo, publisher's cloth with unclipped dust-jacket (priced 13s. 6d. ). Contents very good, clean, bright, binding tight & square, cloth very good & well-preserved with very light bumping to extreme top corners, dust-jacket very good & well-preserved with some age toning and slight wear to extreme upper corners, a couple of very small scuffs, small ownership sticker on ffep, a little dusty along top edge

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Lot 118

Fleming, Ian. The Spy Who Loved Me, first edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1962. Octavo, publisher's cloth with unclipped dust-jacket designed by Richard Chopping (priced 15s. ). Contents very good, clean, bright, binding tight & square, cloth very well-preserved, dust-jacket very well-preserved with only a few very faint marks, small ownership sticker on ffep, a little dusty along top edge

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Lot 119

Marvel Comics. Extensive Collection. To include: Secret Wars, 2015-16, plus tie-ins, comprising: Secret Wars: #0-9; Last Days: Ant-Man #1; Captain America & the Mighty Avengers #8-9; Magneto #18-21; Ms. Marvel #16-18; Punisher #19-20; Silk #7; Silver Surfer #13-15; Spider-Woman #10; Battleworld: Age of Ultron vs Marvel Zombies #1-4; Ghost Racers #1-4; Inhumans: Attilan Rising #1-5; Korvac Saga #1-4; Marvel Zombies #1-4; Master of Kung Fu #1-4; Red Skull #1-2; Runaways #1-4; Secret Wars: Battle

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Lot 120

Manuscript book of acts & legal proceedings relating to Wirksworth, Derbyshire, 1800s to 1810s, dealing with various agreements, conveyances, indemnity bonds, and issues relating to roads, mortgages, bastard children and settling in the parish. 146pp., signed numerous times by John Wilcockson, J. Nuttall and W. Gauntley. Bound with two printed acts, 1801 & 1802, relating to 'Inclosure' of 'Commons and Waste Lands' to help supply water to the inhabitants of Wirksworth. Quarto, contemporary quarte

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Lot 121

William of Orange. William III period indenture, dated 25 October 1700, between William Yonge and John Bill of Cheadle, Staffordshire

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Lot 122

Henry Peter Francis Ellison (1931-1965). [Author of Brother James, London: New Authors, 1960, a novel that gently satirises the art world]. Manuscript art portfolio, 62pp. illustrations & text, pen & ink with watercolour, two larger illustrations folding, two loosely-inserted packaging designs and various examination certificates for Ellison in Illustration & Arts and Crafts. The manuscript deals with five subjects: A History of Everyday Things; A History of Clothing; A History of Architecture;

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Lot 123

Two Edwardian albums containing sketches, poems, proverbs, quotations, including various ink sketches & watercolours after postcard artists & cartoonists of the era such as Louis Wain (2)

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Lot 124

Georgian horological manuscript bearing the owner inscription of Francis Shacklock [clockmaker or watchmaker] of Stanfree, Derbyshire, 24 July 1797. Containing 22pp. (11 leaves) copiously filled with drafts of letters to customers and suppliers of parts for clocks & watches, 22 February 1808 to 1 April 1809. Much of the correspondence is chasing payments & parts or apologising for the delay to work being done. There is an impatient, irritable tone to some of the letters demanding payment, for in

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Lot 124A

A curious late-18th/early-19th century watercolour depicting a bundle of playing cards & papers beneath a length of twine on a wooden table, the manuscript text in Corsican dedicated to Conte d'Orsay, unsigned, ink & watercolour on laid/chain-lined paper, unframed, mounted on paper, some wear & small repairs as found, 38cm by 52cm

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Lot 125

A collection of signed concert programmes & programme pages from Derby Municipal and County Chamber Concerts. Autographs include Elisabeth Schumann; Adolf Busch; Rudolf Serkin; Isolde Menges; Harold Samuel; Ivor James; Nikolai Orlov; Artur Schnabel; Alfred Cortot; Benno Moiseiwitsch; Dorothy Silk; Leon Goossens; Haydn Draper; Fred Wood; Fanny Davies; Garda Hall; Gaspar Cassado; Marietta Amstad; Martha Amstad; Alice Ehlers; Walter Gieseking; Miriam Licette; Heddle Nash; Albert Sammons, and Paul R

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Lot 126

Fonteyn, Margot. Autobiography, signed, London: W. H. Allen, reprinted 1976, hardback with unclipped dust-jacket. Together with This Rough Magic, by Mary Stewart, signed first edition, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1964, and Airs Above the Ground, unsigned first edition, Hodder, 1965 (3) Provenance: Margot Fonteyn autograph obtained at the Opera House in Manchester, c. 1976

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Lot 126A

Cohen, Leonard. Poems 1956-1968, London: Jonathan Cape, 1969, paperback. Early poetry collection by the musical genius and distinguished poet, featuring loosely-inserted manuscript note in red and blue ink, signed, ‘Leonard Cohen 25-2–70’ [the year of his first world tour]. The book also contains anonymous manuscript text on the final leaf, which appears to be in Leonard Cohen’s hand. Contents generally good & bright with occasional marks in places, the laminated paper covers with creasing & wea

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Lot 127

Automobilia. A collection of original sales catalogues/brochures, 1930s/40s, including Delahaye, Lancia, Mercedes, BMW, Gatso, Talbot, Imperia, Peugeot, and Skoda, 13 different brochures in total, plus five black & white marketing photographs of Skoda cars. Together with a collection of seven letters responding to requests for catalogues signed by directors or secretaries at Bugatti, Imperia, ZIS, Peugeot, Isotta Fraschini, Opel, and Saab, all on company letterheads and complete with envelopes,

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Lot 128

Basil Davenport [creator of the G.N. "Spider", which held the Shelsley Walsh Hill-Climb record in 1926, 1927 & 1928]. Two signed photographs taken at Shelsley Walsh, dated Sep 1926 & Oct 1946, bearing press stamps verso. Together with an autograph letter describing the images, signed on P. Davenport Limited letterhead, and an autograph on clipping

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Lot 129

Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour (1848-1930), autograph letter typed, 31 October 1899, 10 Downing Street letterhead, giving thanks to the Newcastle-under-Lyme Conservative Club for their confidence in the government; Colonel Josiah Clement Wedgwood, 1st Baron Wedgwood (1872-1943), autograph letter signed, 21 December 1905, requesting support and inviting a cross-examination of his views as Liberal Candidate, headed Barlaston Hall, together with an assertive follow-up from the same, 23 D

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Lot 130

An archive of approximately 190 autograph covers & clippings, to include Charles Dickens; George Cruikshank; King George IV; Prince Frederick; Prince Augustus Frederick; Lord Elgin; Duke of Wellington; Sir Robert Peel; Sir David Wilkie, RA; William Harrison Ainsworth; Lord Chancellor Westbury; Sir Hudson Lowe; Sir Charles Wood; Sir George Seymour; Maria Fitzherbert; Sir Richard Owen; Marie Taglioni, Comtesse de Voisins; Duke of Cambridge; Duke of Norfolk; Duke of Buccleuch; Duke of Somerset; Cou

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Lot 131

Francis Knollys, 1st Viscount Knollys (1837-1924), British courtier and Private Secretary to the Sovereign, 1901 to 1913. Royal & Masonic Interest. Five autograph letters (four signed), four on Sandringham letterheads, one on Vice Regal Lodge letterhead, dated 6 Aug 1871, 21 Dec 1871, 26 Dec 1871, 15 Jan 1872, and 20 Jan 1885. The correspondence refers to the Prince of Wales's own Masonic Lodge as well as the concern of its members for His Royal Highness during a worrying illness [typhoid] and t

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Lot 132

Victor Gollancz (1893-1967). Autograph note on the back of a letter requesting his 'favourite recipe' for a cookery book being compiled to raise money for the Imperial Cancer Research Fund, 21 June 1960. Gollancz responds in bullet points, 'I know nothing about cookery. My favourite food is asparagus with melted butter - no recipe presumably required. If you must have something with a recipe, then Supreme le Volaille Jeannette: recipe in any decent cook-book. Excuse this method of replying: secr

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Lot 133

St John "Jock" Horsfall (1910-1949), British motor racing driver who was involved in Operation Mincemeat and was killed in an accident while driving an ERA racing car in the 1949 BRDC International Trophy race at Silverstone Circuit. Autograph letter signed, Cliff House letterhead, 16 August 1949 [four days before his death at Silverstone], 'I am working on the ERA again for Silverstone trying to find brakes and road holding. I hope you will excuse the pencil but I am writing this on the tail of

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Lot 134

Raymond Mays (1899-1980), racing driver. Autograph on Prescott Speed Hill Climb programme, 14 September 1947, together with three typed letters signed on Eastgate House letterhead, 1946 & 1947 (plus two from Mays' secretary), and a signed photographic publicity card

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Lot 135

Queen Victoria. Duchy of Lancaster, Grant in Fee of Stoop Pill Farm in the parish of Caldicot, Monmouthshire, from the Queen to Richard Phillpotts, 27 February 1857, concerning the sum of nine hundred pounds being paid to Lieutenant General Charles Richard Fox the Receiver General of the Revenues of the Duchy of Lancaster on behalf of Her Majesty by Richard Phillpotts. Vellum indenture featuring manuscript map and well-preserved wax seal

Estimate£100 - £200
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Realised Price: £90

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Estimate£100 - £200
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Ekogatok, Bernard. Naraye, Anarktee and Other Stories, illustrated by Gideon Qauqjuaq, Yellowknife: Government of the Northwest Territories, 1974. Quarto, 35pp., publisher's illustrated paper covers. Good with light creasing to corners. Scarce

Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, first edition, second issue, London: Ted Smart, The Book People Ltd., 1998, hardback, unclipped dust-jacket, print line on copyright page reads '10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2', in protective mylar cover. In near fine, unread condition

Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, two first deluxe editions, both stated 'First Edition', London: Bloomsbury, 2000, in original cellophane wrappers bearing barcode/price stickers, opened along edges of cellophane, corners slightly bumped (2)

William of Orange. William III period indenture, dated 25 October 1700, between William Yonge and John Bill of Cheadle, Staffordshire

Two Edwardian albums containing sketches, poems, proverbs, quotations, including various ink sketches & watercolours after postcard artists & cartoonists of the era such as Louis Wain (2)

Raymond Mays (1899-1980), racing driver. Autograph on Prescott Speed Hill Climb programme, 14 September 1947, together with three typed letters signed on Eastgate House letterhead, 1946 & 1947 (plus two from Mays' secretary), and a signed photographic publicity card