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LOT 2253
Group of Various Novels - 8 Titles
1899-1980 A.D.
6 x 4 1/8 - 7 1/4 x 5 1/8 in. (2.37 kg total, 15.2 x 10.5 - 18.5 x 13 cm).
Comprising: Michael Scott - Tom Cringle's Log - hardcover, 576 pp; R.H. Barham - The Ingoldsby Legends - London, hardcover, 518 pp, monochrome illustrations, dedication to the front page; Hugh Walpole - The Cathedral. A novel - London, 1925, hardcover, 529 pp; Frederic W. Farrar - St. Winifred's or The World of School - London, 1899, hardcover, 536 pp, monochrome illustrations; W.H.G. Kingston - The Three Midshipmen - London, hardcover, 336 pp, colour illustrations, a prize for good conduct and regular attendance awarded to Willie Hennessey by St Clement Danes Sunday School in 1921; W. Peacock - Selected English Essays - 1923, hardcover, 543 pp; G Bernard Hughes - The Country Life. Collector's Pocket Book - Richmond upon Thames, 1980, hardcover, 351 pp, monochrome illustrations; Vera I. Arlett - Repertory Plays no. 60. A Corber in Dreams - 1927, 57 pp. [8, No Reserve]
ProvenanceProvenance: From the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s.
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Proud Miss Sydney by Geraldine Mocker
1896 A.D.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. -
Books on War including The Battle of Britain - 4 Titles
1978-1989 A.D.Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Philip Caputo - A Rumour of War - London, 1977, hardback with dustjacket, 346 pp; John Ellis - The Fighting Man in World War II. The Sharp End of War - London, 1980, hardcover with dustjacket, 396 pp, monochrome illustrations; Len Deighton - Battle of Britain - London, 1980, hardcover with dustjacket, 224 pp, colour and monochrome illustrations; The World at Arms. The Reader's Digest Illustrated History of World War II - London, 1989, hardcover, 480 pp, colour and monochrome illustrations. 4.13 kg total, 22.4 x 14.5 - 28.5 x 22.2 cm
From the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s. -
Books on Britain - 5 Titles
1955-1982 A.D.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.
