Four Day Auction of Books, Stamps & Three Artists’ Studio, Sporting & Militaria with Furniture & Interiors (Macclesfield)(#216) 15/02/2022 10:00 AM GMT CLOSED Auction Information PDF Catalogue Advanced Search ▼ Items per page 122448 Advanced Search Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#Lot NameNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBidsViews Filter By Categories Militaria: Section 1 Firearms Plated Items Pictures: Traditional Watercolours Clocks: Wall Clocks Asian Art: Oriental & Eastern Works of Art Furniture: Reproduction Metalware Militaria Ephemera Jewellery: Costume Jewellery Beswick Carpets & Rugs Scientific Instruments Ceramics Militaria: Guns Pictures: Northern & 20th Century Watercolours Clocks: Mantel clocks Asian Art: Chinese Works of Art Furniture: Arts and Crafts & 20th Century Design Textiles Taxidermy Stamps Jewellery Pictures: Traditional Oils Lighting Collectors' Items Ceramic Figures Militaria: Edged Weapons Pictures: Northern & 20th Century Oils Clocks: Carriage Clocks Asian Art: Japanese Works of Art Furniture: Oak & Vernacular Toys & Games: Toys Sporting Sporting: Shooting Accessories Coins Pictures: Northern & 20th Century Prints Barometers Automobilia Decorative Arts Militaria: Medals, Badges & Buttons Wines & Spirits Watches: Wristwatches Studio Ceramics Furniture: Traditional Musical Instruments & Mechanical Music Exhibitions and Expositions Militaria: Section 2 Firearms Silver Pictures: Prints, Etchings, Engravings & Maps Clocks: Longcase Clocks Glass Bronze and Other Sculptures Militaria: Helmets, Uniforms & Equipment Books Watches: Pocket Watches Doulton Garden and Architectural Ethnic & Tribal Art Category match ANY of the aboveALL of the above Featured Exclude closed lots Price Auctioneer All auctioneersLiverpooltest Lot Number Results: Viewing items 529-576 of 3033. View Lot 512 An interesting 18th century hand written recipe book mainly relating to fish and seafood including such delights as boiled cod fish, oyster sauce, crab sauce and brown gravy soup. Estimate£30 - £50Winning Bid£95StatusCLOSED View details Estimate£30 - £50Winning Bid£95StatusCLOSED Lot 513 A group of six indentures some with Liverpool connections, predominately mid 19th century. Estimate£20 - £40Winning Bid£50StatusCLOSED View details Estimate£20 - £40Winning Bid£50StatusCLOSED Lot 514 An autograph book, sparsely filled containing autographs from the Everton and Manchester United teams of 1950/51, also Frankie Howerd and a handful of others. Estimate£40 - £60Winning Bid£45StatusCLOSED View details Estimate£40 - £60Winning Bid£45StatusCLOSED Lot 515 A miscellany of 18th and 19th century bindings to include, LINDLEY (J), A INTRODUCTION TO BOTANY, third edition 1839; SPARROW (J), A COMPLETE HISTORY OF THE WARS IN ITALY, engraved folding map, mottled binding, London 1734; WARBURTON (E), MEMOIRS OF HORACE WALPOLE, two vols, full tan calf, 1853; GRANGER (J), A BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF ENGLAND, four vols, second edition, 1775, LAW (E), THE HISTORY OF HAMPTON COURT PALACE, four vols, full vellum, London 1890, (qty). Estimate£80 - £120Winning Bid£460StatusCLOSED Condition ReportThe Hampton Court set has a faded old ink signature to each of the front free end papers. Internally with some foxing here and there, odd mark and general browning but generally ok. Bindings with scuffs and light age discolouration, leather tabs to the spine with some light wear but Vol III with a surface chip to the leather, part of which is still attached. Plates not collated. View details Estimate£80 - £120Winning Bid£460StatusCLOSED Lot 515A PLANCHES DU VOYAGE DANS LA BASSE ET LA HAUTE EGYPTE, engraved frontis, folding map, fifty-five plates and map, two double page plates and a double folded plate of Portique de Tentyris, 3Ž4 leather with marbled boards (confirm date). Estimate£500 - £700StatusUnsold Condition ReportFront board detached; spine defective. Foxing, browning and damp staining throughout. Some edge tears and wear at edges. Map with a tear, one of the plates with a split, double folding plate with wear and fraying throughout the edge. Other age wear throughout. View details Estimate£500 - £700StatusUnsold Lot 515B SAYER (CAPTAIN), DESPATCHES AND PAPERS RELATIVE TO THE CAMPAIGN IN TURKEY, ASIA MINOR AND THE CRIMEA, during the war with Russia in 1854, 1855 and 1856, four folding maps (lacking most of fifth map), folding table at end, red cloth with gilt lettering, London, Harrison, 1857. Estimate£40 - £60Winning Bid£85StatusCLOSED Condition ReportWear and fraying to the top and bottom of the spine, corners bumped and worn. Inside with some foxing and browning. Some maps and the folding table with tears. View details Estimate£40 - £60Winning Bid£85StatusCLOSED Lot 515C JAMES (CAPTAIN), THE NAVAL HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN, six vols, engraved portraits, full tan leather, London, Richard Bentley, EX TO JAMES MAVAL HISTORY, Naval Records Society, 1895 (7). Estimate£100 - £150Winning Bid£110StatusCLOSED View details Estimate£100 - £150Winning Bid£110StatusCLOSED Lot 515D HALL (CAPTAIN BASIL), FRAGMENTS OF VOYAGES AND TRAVELS, including anecdotes of a naval life, five vols only, Vol I 1831, Vol I 3rd series with frontis map half title, 1833, Vol III 1831, Vol III 2nd series 1832 and Vol III 3rd series 1833, each with frontis engraved half title; with MAHAN (CAPTAIN A), THE INFLUENCE OF SEA POWER UPON THE FRENCH REVOLUTION AND EMPIRE 1793-1812, 2 vols (7). Estimate£100 - £150StatusUnsold View details Estimate£100 - £150StatusUnsold Lot 515E NAPIER (W), HISTORY OF THE WAR IN THE PENINSULA, 5 vols only, 3rd, 1835; NAPIER (W), HISTORY OF THE BALTIC CAMPAIGN, Richard Bentley, 1857, POEMS BY THE REV GEORGE CRABBE, 1808; SOMERVILLE (W), THE CHACE A POEM, 5th, 1767, and a miscellany of leather and cloth bound books (Quantity). Estimate£101 - £150Winning Bid£100StatusCLOSED View details Estimate£101 - £150Winning Bid£100StatusCLOSED Lot 516 CAVE (W), HISTORY OF THE LIFE AND DEATH OF THE HOLY JESUS, engraved half title and frontis plate, other engraved plates and text illustrations, seventh edition, London Macock, 1684; A COMMENTARY UPON THE HISTORICAL BOOKS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT, engraved portrait frontis, two vols, fifth edition London, 1738, with companion volume on the prophets, 1739, and a fourth volume on the books of Job and Psalmes, London 1743 (5). Estimate£50 - £70Winning Bid£290StatusCLOSED View details Estimate£50 - £70Winning Bid£290StatusCLOSED Lot 517 A miscellany of 18th and 19th century leather bound books, mostly religious subjects, to include the Old and New Testament connected in the history of the Jews and neighbouring nations, four vols, tenth edition, engraved plates and maps, 1729 (qty). Estimate£50 - £100Winning Bid£500StatusCLOSED View details Estimate£50 - £100Winning Bid£500StatusCLOSED Lot 517A KINGSLEY (C), The Works of, 29 vols, 3/4 leather with marbled boards, London, Macmillan (29). Estimate£100 - £200Winning Bid£100StatusCLOSED View details Estimate£100 - £200Winning Bid£100StatusCLOSED Lot 517B THE DRAMATIC WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, engraved frontis and plates, full tan leather, London, Thomas Tegg, 1812 (12). Estimate£50 - £100Winning Bid£160StatusCLOSED View details Estimate£50 - £100Winning Bid£160StatusCLOSED Lot 518 SCIENCE FICTION GALAXY MAGAZINE; a collection of one hundred and forty five editions, each with pictorial cover, with a collection of approximately two hundred and thirty Analog Science Fiction magazine. Estimate£40 - £60Winning Bid£200StatusCLOSED View details Estimate£40 - £60Winning Bid£200StatusCLOSED Lot 519 SCIENCE FICTION; a collection of vintage Venture Science Fiction magazines, twenty editions, with a selection of other soft back science fiction magazines, including Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction magazine, The G-Bomb, The Man from Tomorrow, Amazing Stories, and a large collection of New World's Science Fiction. Estimate£50 - £70Winning Bid£160StatusCLOSED View details Estimate£50 - £70Winning Bid£160StatusCLOSED Lot 520 SCIENCE FICTION; a collection of approximately sixty-five hardback novels to include Henry Kuttner, Mutant, 1954; and other works by Isaac Asimov, Alec Brown, John Morrissy, etc. Estimate£50 - £80Winning Bid£620StatusCLOSED View details Estimate£50 - £80Winning Bid£620StatusCLOSED Lot 521 SCIENCE FICTION; a collection of approximately forty hardback novels to include Jack Vance, The Killing Machine, London Dennis Dobson, 1967, with other works by John Rankie, George Dick Lauder, Brenda Pierce, Keith Laumer, Lloyd Biggle Jr, etc. Estimate£50 - £70Winning Bid£220StatusCLOSED View details Estimate£50 - £70Winning Bid£220StatusCLOSED Lot 522 STRAND MAGAZINE; five vols, 1891-1893, pictorial blue cloths; THE DOME, seven vols, 1898-1900, with five later editions of The Dome (17). Provenance: from the estate of Stanley Dobbin. Estimate£30 - £50Winning Bid£200StatusCLOSED View details Estimate£30 - £50Winning Bid£200StatusCLOSED Lot 524 AMHERST (A), A HISTORY OF GARDENING IN ENGLAND, gilt pictorial green cloth; with a selection of other gardening books and illustrated books to include four children's books illustrated by Maurice Sendak. Provenance: from the estate of Stanley Dobbin. Estimate£30 - £50Winning Bid£20StatusCLOSED View details Estimate£30 - £50Winning Bid£20StatusCLOSED Lot 525 RAILWAY INTEREST; a collection of railway interest books to include examples published by Bradford Barton Ltd (qty). Provenance: from the estate of Stanley Dobbin. Estimate£80 - £120Winning Bid£50StatusCLOSED View details Estimate£80 - £120Winning Bid£50StatusCLOSED Lot 526 CRAIG (E), WILLIAM NICHOLSON'S AN ALPHABET, limited edition 41/150, with thirty eight plates and text booklet, in folded case, The Whittington Press, 1978. Provenance: from the estate of Stanley Dobbin. Estimate£50 - £80Winning Bid£160StatusCLOSED Condition ReportThe plates with some undulation, the case with damp marks along the bottom edge to the front and the back. View details Estimate£50 - £80Winning Bid£160StatusCLOSED Lot 527 ROSSETTI (C), GOBLIN MARKET, first edition, illustrated Laurence Houseman, green cloth with gilt detailing, MaCMillan & Co, 1893; SHANNON (C), THE PAGEANT, with literary contributions by Yeats and illustrations by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1896 (2). Provenance: from the estate of Stanley Dobbin. Estimate£50 - £100Winning Bid£170StatusCLOSED Condition ReportGoblin Market with light rubbing and wear to the exterior, some slight fraying beginning to the bottom of the spine, internally the end papers with some browning and foxing, odd page with a blemish, and the title page with foxing, The Pageant binding is in poor condition and will need attention, some foxing and marks internally and general wear to page edges. View details Estimate£50 - £100Winning Bid£170StatusCLOSED Lot 527A MORRIS (M), THE COLLECTED WORKS OF WILLIAM MORRIS, 24vols, limited edition 704/1050, 1/4 cloth with blue boards, Longmans Green & Company, 1910; with WILLIAM MORRIS AND THE EARLY DAYS OF THE SOCIALIST MOVEMENT, 1921 (25). Estimate£100 - £200Winning Bid£320StatusCLOSED Condition ReportThere are spare labels present in each of the volumes apart from the additional volume mentioned at the end of the description. All spines are browned and foxed, many of the blue boards have some foxing / marks. Internally much brighter with small amount of foxing. View details Estimate£100 - £200Winning Bid£320StatusCLOSED Lot 528 ROSCOE (T), THE BOOK OF THE GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY, colour frontis map, engraved half title and other engraved plates, green cloth with gilt lettering, London, Orr & Co; FAIRLIE (R), THE BATTLES OF THE GAUGES, renewed, 1872; SUMMERSIDE (T), GEORGE STEPHENSON THE FATHER OF THE RAILWAY, green cloth with gilt detailing, London, Bemrose & Sons, (3). Provenance: from the estate of Stanley Dobbin. Estimate£40 - £60Winning Bid£50StatusCLOSED View details Estimate£40 - £60Winning Bid£50StatusCLOSED Lot 529 POWELL (A), three first editions from The Music of Time comprising BOOKS DO FURNISH A ROOM, 1971, HEARING SECRET HARMONIES, 1975 and TEMPORARY KINGS, 1973, all published by Heinemann; JOHNSON (B), UNDERWOODS, limited edition, University Press Cambridge, 1905; THE GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS, THE HISTORY OF POMPEY THE LITTLE, limited edition, 178/400; with three editions of VISION, THE TORBAY DIARY OF ARTS, with a small selection of books illustrated Edward Ardizzone, and a selection of books and pamph Estimate£50 - £70Winning Bid£140StatusCLOSED View details Estimate£50 - £70Winning Bid£140StatusCLOSED Lot 529A GREENE (G), JOURNEY WITHOUT MAPS, uncorrected proof copy, soft yellow paper covers, William Heinemann, 1936 (1). Estimate£100 - £200Winning Bid£1,000StatusCLOSED Condition ReportThis is an uncorrected proof copy of Graham Greens first travel book. The back cover is detached, rubbing and wear to the spine and other edge wear. Internally with some light browning. View details Estimate£100 - £200Winning Bid£1,000StatusCLOSED Lot 530 A collection of 18th century and later leather and cloth bound books to include THE RECREATIONS OF CHRISTOPHER NORTH, three vols, full green leather, William Blackwood, 1842; GASKELL (MRS), THE WORKS OF MRS GASKELL, eight vols, the Knutsford Edition, three quarter blue leather with cloth boards, 1906; THE POETIC WORKS OF ALAN RAMSAY, three vols in one, later binding, 1818; GORDON (A), POEMS, full green leather, 1894 (qty). Provenance: from the estate of Stanley Dobbin. Estimate£50 - £100Winning Bid£320StatusCLOSED View details Estimate£50 - £100Winning Bid£320StatusCLOSED Lot 531 MORRIS, REV. F; A NATURAL HISTORY OF BRITISH MOTHS, third edition in four volumes, with hand coloured plates to each, pictorial gilt green cloths, London Nimmo, 1891 (4). Estimate£40 - £60Winning Bid£45StatusCLOSED Condition ReportVol I lacking two plates including the Deaths Head Hawk moth, other vols not collated. View details Estimate£40 - £60Winning Bid£45StatusCLOSED Lot 532 MARSHALL'S LADIES' ELEGANT POCKET SOUVENIR FOR 1823, engraved frontis and other plates, folding leather cover, Thorpe & Burch; with an 1840 copy of Robinson Crusoe (2). Estimate£20 - £40Winning Bid£45StatusCLOSED View details Estimate£20 - £40Winning Bid£45StatusCLOSED Lot 533 MURPHY (B), ENGLISH AND SCOTTISH WROUGHT IRONWORK, a series of examples of English ironwork of the best periods, together with most of the examples now existing in Scotland with descriptive text by Bailey Scott Murphy, black and white full page plates, dark green cloth with gilt lettering and decoration, George Waterson & Sons, Edinburgh 1904; AUFLAGE (Z), MUSTERBUCH FÜR KNUTSCHLOSSER; with engraved plates, 1/4 leather with marbled boards (2). Estimate£100 - £150Winning Bid£140StatusCLOSED View details Estimate£100 - £150Winning Bid£140StatusCLOSED Lot 534 ALPHABET AND IMAGE; volumes 1-8, 1946-1948 (8). Provenance: from the estate of Stanley Dobbin. Estimate£80 - £120Winning Bid£140StatusCLOSED View details Estimate£80 - £120Winning Bid£140StatusCLOSED Lot 535 NIVEN (L), RINGWORLD, first hardback edition, dark red cloth with unclipped dusk jacket, Victor Gollancz, 1972 and copyright Larry Niven 1970 (1) Ringworld was first published in paperback by Ballantine in 1970 however, this is the much preferred first hardback edition from 1972. Estimate£100 - £200Winning Bid£840StatusCLOSED Condition ReportThe red cover is generally clean and bright with a feint scuff to the front right corner and light rubbing to the top edge. The dust jacket is clean and bright with slight wear to the top edge of the spine section and a very slight tear to the top edge of the back section of the cover. Internally clean and bright. This is a first British edition (hardback), published in 1972 by Victor Gollancz. The printed card is loosely laid in - not stuck in. There are no ex-Libris marks or erasures. View details Estimate£100 - £200Winning Bid£840StatusCLOSED Lot 536 THE WORKS OF FLAVIUS JOSEPHUS, volume II only, engraved plates throughout, London 1778 (1). Estimate£20 - £30Winning Bid£50StatusCLOSED View details Estimate£20 - £30Winning Bid£50StatusCLOSED Lot 537 WAINWRIGHT (A), THE PICTORIAL GUIDE TO THE LAKELAND FELLS, limited edition, no 195/200, seven vols, brown leather, 2003, in pictorial box. This is believed to be the 50th anniversary set. Estimate£120 - £180Winning Bid£240StatusCLOSED View details Estimate£120 - £180Winning Bid£240StatusCLOSED Lot 538 A selection of books on birds, flowers, pottery and other titles to include The Birds of the Western Palearctic, two vols in slip case. Estimate£30 - £50Winning Bid£65StatusCLOSED View details Estimate£30 - £50Winning Bid£65StatusCLOSED Lot 539 A collection of WWII and military interest books, predominantly Hitler and the Third Reich. Estimate£20 - £40Winning Bid£25StatusCLOSED View details Estimate£20 - £40Winning Bid£25StatusCLOSED Lot 540 ALFRED WAINWRIGHT; a collection of books by or about the author, to include WAINWRIGHT IN LAKELAND, 1985, WELSH MOUNTAIN DRAWINGS, 1981, LAKELAND MOUNTAIN DRAWINGS, vols 2-4, KENDAL IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY, FELL WANDERER, EX-FELLWANDERER, 1987, WALKING IN THE HOWGILL FELLS, WALKS IN LIMESTONE COUNTRY, SOUTHERN FELLS book 4, Henry Marshall, 5th edition, and five pictorial guides (Quantity) Estimate£100 - £150Winning Bid£95StatusCLOSED Condition ReportKendal in the 19th century is a first edition. lakeland Mountain Drawings No 3 is a believed first edition 1982. Ex-fellwanderer is a first edition. also includes ‘walks from ratty’ and ‘old roads of eastern Lakeland’. View details Estimate£100 - £150Winning Bid£95StatusCLOSED Lot 541 BANNERMAN (D), THE BIRDS OF WEST AND EQUATORIAL AFRICA, two vols, each with unclipped pictorial dust jacket, plates and text illustrations, Oliver and Boyd; SMYTHIES (B), THE BIRDS OF BORNEO, green cloth, tipped in colour frontis plate; Encyclopaedia of British Birds; Birds in Flight by Pycraft and British Birds in their Haunts, 1910 (6). Estimate£40 - £60Winning Bid£30StatusCLOSED View details Estimate£40 - £60Winning Bid£30StatusCLOSED Lot 542 WAINWRIGHT (A), a collection of sketchbooks and drawing books, comprising, LAKELAND SKETCHBOOK, vols, 1-5, no dates, FURNESS SKETCHBOOK, vol 1 & 2, DALES SKETCHBOOK, vols 1&2, SCOTTISH MOUNTAIN DRAWINGS, vols 1&2&5, NORTH WALES SKETCHBOOK, 1982, SOUTH WALES SKETCHBOOK, 1983, PEAK DISTRICT SKETCH BOOK, 1984, EDEN SKETCHBOOK, 1980, RIBBLE SKETCHBOOK, 1980, WYRE SKETCHBOOK, 1982, BOWLAND SKETCHBOOK, 1981 (19) Estimate£80 - £120Winning Bid£150StatusCLOSED Condition ReportPeak District Sketch Book, The northern Highlands, The Eastern Highlands and Second Furness Sketchbook are believed first editions. Other are later editions of mixed age, . View details Estimate£80 - £120Winning Bid£150StatusCLOSED Lot 543 A selection of ornithological bird books to include GODFREY (W), THE BIRDS OF CANADA, pictorial dust jacket, Ottowa 1966. Estimate£50 - £80Winning Bid£30StatusCLOSED View details Estimate£50 - £80Winning Bid£30StatusCLOSED Lot 544 MORRIS (REV F), A HISTORY OF BRITISH BIRDS, eight vols, with numerous hand coloured plates throughout, later quarter leather with marbled boards, London Groombridge, (8). Estimate£50 - £100Winning Bid£280StatusCLOSED View details Estimate£50 - £100Winning Bid£280StatusCLOSED Lot 545 MEINERTZHAGEN (COLONEL R), NICOLL'S BIRDS OF EGYPT, two vols, with three folding maps and other plates, green cloth with gilt lettering, Hugh Rees, 1930 (2). Estimate£100 - £150Winning Bid£150StatusCLOSED View details Estimate£100 - £150Winning Bid£150StatusCLOSED Lot 546 ALAN DAVIE; Magic Reader; a limited edition volume containing seventeen lithographs published by Paragon Press and Alan Davie, signed by the artist and no.44/50. PROVENANCE: from the Brian Morley collection. Brian Morley was born in 1935 in the Peak District, Derbyshire. He had a grammar school education at Buxton College and went on to study at Goldsmiths School of Art (University of London) from 1954-58. He won prizes for drawing and was given the John Murray Award for landscape painting b Estimate£200 - £300Winning Bid£520StatusCLOSED View details Estimate£200 - £300Winning Bid£520StatusCLOSED Lot 547 ROWLING, J.K.; six Harry Potter first editions; Half Blood Prince, Goblet of Fire, Order of the Phoenix, Half-Blood Prince and 2 x Deathly Hallows (6). Estimate£200 - £300Winning Bid£180StatusCLOSED View details Estimate£200 - £300Winning Bid£180StatusCLOSED Lot 548 A shelf containing ten volumes of the Children's Encyclopedia edited by Arthur Mee. Estimate£20 - £40Winning Bid£10StatusCLOSED View details Estimate£20 - £40Winning Bid£10StatusCLOSED Lot 549 A collection of 18th century and later leather and cloth bound books to include R. MONTGOMERY MARTIN'S NEW WORK, THE BRITISH COLONIES, five vols only, engraved portrait plates and maps; COMMENTARIES OF THE LAWS OF ENGLANDS, four vols, 1795; CARLISLE TOPOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, five vols, etc (qty). Estimate£40 - £60Winning Bid£280StatusCLOSED View details Estimate£40 - £60Winning Bid£280StatusCLOSED Lot 550 BATMAN; a DC comic, number 181 June, being the first issue with Poison Ivy, retaining Batman and Robin double page poster to the centre and with the cut out PO Box sections still intact and unnamed (1). Estimate£150 - £250Winning Bid£480StatusCLOSED View details Estimate£150 - £250Winning Bid£480StatusCLOSED Lot 551 A crate of books relating to Manchester United with a small group of ephemera. Buyer must bring their own boxes in order to remove this lot. 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