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LOT 2250
Kelly's Kent Directory - 1930
1930 A.D.
10 1/2 x 7 1/8 in. (2.08 kg, 26.7 x 18.1 cm).
Kelly's Directory, Kent, with new map, London, 1930, hardback, 1109 pp, black and white illustrations; good condition. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market.
From the private collection of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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Kelly's Sussex Directory - 1907
1907 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Index to Kelly's Sussex Directory - hardback with cloth covers, 980 pp, gilt titling to spine. 1.74 kg, 26.5 x 18 cm
Acquired on the UK art market. From the private collection of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Chums: An Illustrated Paper for Boys by H. Rider Haggard
1906 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
An exceedingly rare publisher's binding of Chums: An illustrated Paper of Boys dated 1906 on spine and 1906 on title page; publisher's original binding of red cloth titled and decorated in black, brown and gilt on spine and cover, and in blind on back cover; containing an index, and complete issues from August 16, 1905 - August 8, 1906, profusely illustrated. 2.91 kg, 31.5 x 24 cm
From the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s.
Chums was a boys' weekly newspaper started in 1892 by Cassell & Company, which were gathered into monthly and annual editions by the publisher. The magazine is one of the most highly sought-after boys' papers by collectors due to its distinctive and attractively illustrated red covers. -
Group of Various Novels - 8 Titles
1899-1980 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
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. 2.37 kg total, 15.2 x 10.5 - 18.5 x 13 cm
Provenance: From the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s.
