ALL THINGS PAPER INCLUDING BOOKS, ENGRAVINGS, STAMPS, CIGARETTE CARDS ETC
Wednesday 13th April 2022
at Wolverhampton Auction Rooms at 10:00am
Online only auction, commences at 10 am Wednesday 13th April
Viewing by appointment only Tuesday 12th April 10am till 2pm
Condition reports are also available - more details
All enquiries & commission bids prior to 4pm Tuesday 12th April
Sale starts 10am Wednesday
WE ARE CLOSED ON GOOD FRIDAY AND EASTER MONDAY
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Sale Currency: GBP
Terms & Conditions of SaleLot 21
A COLLECTION OF VINTAGE HOUSEKEEPING AND COOKERY BOOKS to include 'The Household Physician' by J. McGregor-Robertson, 1902, 'Every Mother's Book or The Child's Best Doctor' by Alfred Fennings, 250 Recipes by Elizabeth Craig, Be-Ro Home Recipes, McDougall's Cookery Book, 'Diets in use at St. Thomas's Hospital' 1936, and a hand written recipe book
Hammer price: £45
Estimate: £20-40
Lot 22
'HEAVY HORSES BREEDS AND MANAGEMENT', No. III Live Stock Handbooks 1894 together with 'The Book of the Horse' edited by Brian Vesey-Fitzgerald 1949, 'Thy Servant The Horse' written and illustrated by Lionel Edwards and various other books about the countryside (12)
Hammer price: £25
Estimate: £30-50
Lot 25
A COLLECTION OF SCIENCE FICTION BOOK CLUB HARDBACK BOOKS DATING FROM 1954 - 1961 (not a complete run), to include Philip K. Dick 'World of Chance', Wyndham 'The Kraken Wakes', Ray Bradbury 'Fahrenheit 451', Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke etc. (32) together with four others including Poul Anderson - 'Shield' 1963 (36 books in total)¦
View condition reportHammer price: £65
Estimate: £80-120
Lot 26
FREEMASONRY BOOKS to include John Fellows - 'The Mysteries of Freemasonry; or, An Exposition of the Religious Dogmas and Customs of The Ancient Egyptians; showing from the origin, nature and object of the rites and ceremonies of remote antiquity, their identity with the order of modern masonry, with some remarks on the metamorphosis of apuleius.'published by Reeves & Turner 1866, 'The Lectures of the Three Degrees in Craft Masonry...' 1914, Worcestershire Masonic Year Book 1951-52 and ' 'Emulation Ritual', 4th edition 1974 (4)
Hammer price: £32
Estimate: £30-50
Lot 28
'CHEDDAR GORGE A BOOK OF ENGLISH CHEESES', edited by John Squire with illustrations by Ernest H. Shepard 1937, limited edition 106/220 signed by both author and illustrator¦
View condition reportHammer price: £65
Estimate: £40-60
Lot 30
AN OAK MINIATURE BOOKSHELF WITH SET OF ASPREY & CO. LTD. REFERENCE LIBRARY BOOKS, comprising Encyclopaedia, Gazetteer, Atlas, Dictionary, French & Latin Quotations, English Quotations & Proverbs, Classics & Mythology and non matching French-English Dictionary, all A/F¦
View condition reportHammer price: £38
Estimate: £20-30
Lot 37
'THE SAS AND LRDG ROLL OF HONOUR 1941-47', three volume boxed set with user guide, Limited Edition 681/750, still has shrink wrap although split one side¦
View condition reportHammer price: £130
Estimate: £60-100