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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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Books on Various Subjects - 4 Titles
1910-1943 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Alexandre Dumas - The Count of Monte-Cristo Vol I - London and Glasgow, hardback, 794 pp, monochrome illustrations; J. Macdonald Oxley - North Overland with Franklin - London, hardcover, 256 pp; C. B. Rutley - Wildlife in Canada - London, 1943, hardcover, 63 pp, monochrome illustrations; C. Walter Hodges - Columbus Sails - London, hardcover, 199 pp, monochrome illustrations. 1.65 kg total, 15.5 x 10.5 - 22 x 14.5 cm
From the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s. -
Lorna Doone - A Romance of Exmoor by R.D. Blackmore
Circa 1920 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
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. -
Kelly's Sussex Directory - 1930
1930 A.D.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.
