The CANTERBURY AUCTION Galleries
Saturday, July 04 2009
Viewing Saturday 10am-4pm, Sunday 12pm-4pm, Monday 10am-7pm immediately prior to sale. Open on mornings of sale (Tuesday and Wednesday) from 8.30am until 10am for viewing. Sale starts promptly at 10am each day. Please remember that if you want to leave a commission bid or bid by telephone we need all instructions by Monday 6.30pm before sale.
Lot 442 SOLD FOR: £ 120
Edward W. Brayley (Editor) - "The Graphic and Historical Illustrator", published by J. Chidley, London 1834 (one green cloth bound volume), "The Weekly Visitor for 1833", published by The Religious Tract Society, London 1833 (one brown cloth bound volume), and a quantity of books, various (five boxes)
Guide Price: £125-160
Geoffrey Godden - "Encyclopaedia of British Pottery & Porcelain Marks", Barrie & Jenkins 1979, Geoffrey A. Godden - "The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of British Pottery & Porcelain", Magna Books 1992, and twenty other books of pottery and porcelain interest
Guide Price: £50-70
Harry Garner - "Oriental Blue and White", Faber & Faber 1979, and nine other Chinese and Islamic reference books, various
Guide Price: £60-80
Tom J. Lawson - "Charles Horner of Halifax", G.M.L. Publishing 2002, and a selection of other books of jewellery and silver interest
Guide Price: £60-80
Lot 448 SOLD FOR: £ 50
Bernard Lewis - "The World of Islam", Thames & Hudson 1980, and an extensive collection of books of English social history and church history, etc
Guide Price: £50-70
Lot 449 SOLD FOR: £ 75
P.D. Gordon Pugh - "Staffordshire Portrait Figures", Antique Collectors Club 1998, and fifteen other works of Staffordshire and other English pottery factories
Guide Price: £70-100
Lot 450 SOLD FOR: £ 46
Eliza Meteyard - "The Life of Josiah Wedgwood", Cornmarket Press 1970 (two volumes), and either publications of Wedgwood interest
Guide Price: £50-70
Lot 450A. SOLD FOR: £ 46
A.W. Coysh & R.K. Henrywood - "The Dictionary of Blue and White Printed Pottery 1780-1880", Antique Collectors Club 1982 and 1989 (two volumes), and eight other books of Staffordshire blue and white interest
Guide Price: £60-80
Bernard Shaw - "Everybody's Political What's What?" published by Constable & Co. London, 1944 (one red cloth bound volume with dust wrapper - a.f) and a selection of first edition and other books, various
Guide Price: £150-200
J.B. Priestley - "Jenny Villiers - A Story of the Theatre", published by William Heinemann, London 1947 (one blue cloth bound volume with dust wrapper) and a selection of first edition and other books, various
Guide Price: £150-200
Lot 489A. SOLD FOR: £ 400
"The Great War" edited by H.W. Wilson and J.A. Hammerton, volumes 1-12, published by The Amalgamated Press Limited, London 1914-19 (twelve red cloth bound volumes - a.f)
Guide Price: £50-70
Nancy Mitford - Three volumes - "Love in a Cold Climate", "The Blessing" and "Don't Tell Alfred", first editions, all published by Hamish Hamilton, London 1949, 1951 and 1960 respectively, in cloth bindings (lacking dust wrappers), and Freya Stark - "Ionia : A Quest", first edition, published by John Murray, London 1954 (one blue cloth bound volume - lacking dust wrapper)
Guide Price: £70-100
"The Graphic Coronation Number, August 13th 1902" and "The Graphic Life of King Edward, May 11th 1910" published by George Robert Parker at The Graphic Buildings, London (Bounded one
Guide Price: £35-50
"The Antique Dealer & Collectors Guide", September 1974 to May 1975, published by City Magazines, London (ten volumes collected in folder), and a quantity of sundry books, various (one box)
Guide Price: £35-50