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Including 'Drugs do you no end of good', 'Happy Days' and other types. 50 grams total, 25-63 mm

From the private collection of a S.W.
London gentleman, acquired in the 1970s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Tubular whistle with articulated suspension loop, 'Thornhill London' and six punch marks to the back. 12.6 grams, 40 mm

Acquired on the UK art market in the early 2000s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Lot No. 2230
 
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
A group of Reader's Library editions of famous novels comprising: Hall Caine - The Manxman - London, hardcover, 378 pp; Jerome K. Jerome - Three Men in a Boat (To say nothing of the dog) - hardcover, 253 pp; Alexandre Dumas - The Black Tulip - hardcover, 253 pp; Hubert Dail - The Singing Fool - hardcover, 252 pp; Edgar Wallace - The Big Four - hardcover, 188 pp; Margaret Kennedy - The Constant Nymph - hardcover, 253 pp; Goldsmith - The Vicar of Wakefield- hardcover, 243 pp. 1.24 kg total, 17 x 10.5 cm each

From the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s.

James Butterworth, London, 1873, leather-bound hardcover, 336 pp; rare, we are unable to find another copy ever being offered on the market. 280 grams, 17 x 11 cm

From the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s.

Lot No. 2233
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Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Kelly's Directory, Sussex, with new map, London, 1899, hardback, 984 pp, black and white illustrations; good condition. 1.79 kg total, 26.6 x 18 cm

Acquired on the UK art market.
From the private collection of a Kent, UK, gentleman.

Lot No. 2234
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Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Geraldine Mocker, London, 1896, hardcover, 192 pp, with three illustrations by G. Demain Hammond, rare. 360 grams, 18.3 x 13 cm

Provenance: From the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s.

The Wide World Magazine. An Illustrated Monthly of True Narrative: Adventure, Travel, Customs and Sport, London, hardcover, bound editions, profusely illustrated. 6.6 kg total, 24.5 x 19 cm each

From the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s

The Wide World Magazine was a British monthly illustrated publication that featured travel stories and true-life adventures from around the world. Occasionally, some famous names wrote for the magazine, such as Arthur Conan Doyle, Douglas Reeman, and Henry Morton Stanley. The magazines were illustrated with many photographs and drawings by artists.
E. Perceval Wright - Animal Life: Being a Series of Descriptions of the Various Sub-Kingdoms of the Animal Kingdom - London, Paris 7 New York, illustrated hardcover, 610 pp, monochrome illustrations. 1.79 kg, 27 x 19 cm

From the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s

Lot No. 2238
 
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Nicholas Witchell - The Loch Ness Story -London, 1979, hardback with dustjacket, 240 pp, monochrome images; The Essex Review. A Quarterly Journey for the County, July 1955, 208 pp, monochrome images; James Herriot's Yorkshire with photographs by Derry Brabbs, London, 1980, hardcover with dustjacket, 223 pp, colour images; The Best of James Herriot. Favourite Memories of a Country Vet, London, 1982, hardcover, 503 pp, monochrome and colour illustrations; Times Gone By - A photographic record of Great Britain 1856-1956, London, 1977, hardcover with dustjacket, 223 pp, monochrome images. 4.35 kg total, 21.7 x 14.2 - 29.2 x 22 cm

From the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s.

Lot No. 2239
 
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Kelly's Directory of Sussex, London and East Kent, London, 1930, hardback, 913 pp, black and white illustrations, good condition. 1.75 kg, 26.7 x 18.7 cm

Acquired on the UK art market.
From the private collection of a Kent, UK, gentleman.

R.D. Blackmore, London & Edinburgh, hardcover, 687 pp, colour and monochrome illustrations, awarded to Edith Evans for dressmaking, session 1919-1920 by Lancasterian Continuation School, Church Road, Tottenham. 324 grams, 17 x 11.5 cm

From the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s.

Lot No. 2241
 
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Comprising: Volume 5 - The Dark Flower; Volume 12 - The Forsyte Saga, I, The Man of Property; Volume 14 - The Forsyte Saga, III, Awakening to Let; Volume 18 - Caravan, III, The First and The Last; Volume 19 - A Modern Comedy, I, The White Monkey, A Silent Wooing; Volume 20 - A Modern Comedy, II, The Silver Spoon Passers By. 1.48 kg total, 17.6 x 11.5 cm each

From the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s.

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