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ANTIQUES, PERIOD & MODERN FURNITURE & EFFECTS, COLLECTABLES, SILVER & JEWELLERY
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31 Great Knollys Street
Reading, Berkshire
RG1 7HU
United Kingdom
ANTIQUES, PERIOD & MODERN FURNITURE & EFFECTS, COLLECTABLES, SILVER & JEWELLERY

Lots from 2001 will follow directly after lots 1-600

Auction dates
22 Sep 2018 09:30 BST
Lots: 2001-2035
22 Sep 2018 09:30 BST
Lots: 1-600
Viewing dates
21 Sep 2018 10:30 - 18:00 BST
22 Sep 2018 08:00 - 09:30 BST
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There are 626 lots within this auction
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Basket of miscellanea including a cash box with coins
5 - 10 GBP
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A copy of the Daily Express dated May 31st 1940 & a copy of The Scotsman, October 18th, 1899
5 - 10 GBP
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The History of The Great European War in 9 volumes & a photograph album plus 2 copies of The
5 - 10 GBP
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A box of Children's books including Wonder Encyclopaedia for Children, 1933 & Little Folk, 1915
5 - 10 GBP
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2 volumes of 'The History of England' by John & Paul Knapton, 1745, covering the reigns of Edward
30 - 50 GBP
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2 volumes of 'The History of England' published 1744/45 covering the reigns of Queen Anne & George
30 - 50 GBP
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2 volumes of John Armstrong's 'Miscellanies' published, 1770
20 - 30 GBP
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'The History of America' by William Robertson, in 3 volumes, published by Cadell, Rivington &
40 - 60 GBP
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'The Illustrated Handbook of Architecture' by James Ferguson, 1859 & 'A History of Architecture'
20 - 30 GBP
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'Letters to a Young Lady' by Jane West, 1806 & 'The Princess of Wales' by The Rt. Hon. Percival
20 - 30 GBP
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'Marryat's Pottery & Porcelain Marks', with many dozens of images of porcelain marks: Chinese,
10 - 20 GBP
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'The Hunting of The Snark' by Lewis Carroll, 1st edition, 1876 with numerous engraved plates.
40 - 60 GBP
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3 early 20th century ledgers/cash books (2 of which are leather bound)
20 - 30 GBP
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Unusual Scottish photograph album with many large photographs of Scottish towns & Lochs plus hand-
20 - 40 GBP
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3 Victorian Children's Adventure Story books by G A Henty: 'At Agincourt', 1897; 'A Jacobite
10 - 15 GBP
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'The Story of Books' by Gertrude Rawlings, circa 1918 with photographic plates together with 23
10 - 15 GBP
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6 history books including 'The Victorians' & 'The History of the Indians in the USA'
10 - 15 GBP
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7 books on local history of Berkshire including 'The Berkshire Village Book' 1970's; 'Royal
10 - 15 GBP
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4 Charles Dickens books: 'Household Words', 2 volumes 1884 edited by Charles Dickens from the
10 - 15 GBP
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5 volumes of Victorian bound magazines: 'The Family Herald', 1882-1883, leather bound; 'The Quiver',
10 - 15 GBP
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3 Victorian leather bound volumes: 'The Life of Christ', by Robert Farrar, circa 1875, in a fine
30 - 40 GBP
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The London Chronicle for 1791, published 1791, from newspapers & periodicals of that year describing
50 - 60 GBP
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'The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam', 1912 with 38 pictures from photographs by Mabel Eardley-Wilmot. (The
12 - 15 GBP
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'The Ballard of Reading Gaol', by Oscar Wilde. Illustrated Private Press edition, published in
10 - 15 GBP
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'Victorian Mechanics & Engineering' by William Grier; 'The Mechanics Calculator', 1842, engraved
40 - 50 GBP
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Early English Guide book: Owen's 'Book of Roads' (missing the title page), 1777, bound with Owen'
30 - 40 GBP
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'Tide's Ending' by B B, 1st edition, 1950, on wild birds & wild bird fowling with 16 colour plates
10 - 15 GBP
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'Westward Ho', 1890 bound with 'Hereward the Wake', 1891, both by Charles Kingsley. Bound in full
10 - 15 GBP
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'The Castles of England & Wales' by Herbert A Evans, 1st edition, 1912 with photographic plates
10 - 15 GBP
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'The Wife of General Napoleon Bonaparte - The Empress Josephine' by Joseph Turquan, 1st edition,
10 - 15 GBP
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Modern 1st editions - including Michael Morpurgo 'The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips'; a signed copy
10 - 15 GBP
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6 leather bound books mostly in French including a 1920's French Guide Book & other literature
10 - 15 GBP
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4 early sermons & pamphlets, published in Scotland from 1792 to 1832
10 - 15 GBP
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'Agriculture in Berkshire' by John Orr, 1st edition, 1918 with folding photographic plates
10 - 15 GBP
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Antiquarian pamphlets: 'A Sermon Preach'd before the Honourable House of Commons' by W Binkes,
15 - 20 GBP
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'The Life of Shakespeare' by N Rowe, 1735, taken from the collected plays of Shakespeare including a
15 - 20 GBP
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Collection of 13 books on Gilbert & Sullivan, mostly illustrated hardbacks, some pre-war
15 - 20 GBP
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A small collection of pre-war novels by Robert Louis Stevenson, Max Beerbofim, Arthur Conan
10 - 15 GBP
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A small collection of newspaper cuttings relating to the history of Reading together with an old
5 - 10 GBP
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Illustrated magazines from the 1950's - 9 in total & 'Everybody's Coronation Number'
10 - 15 GBP
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Winston Churchill illustrated brochure published in 1941 by the Canadian Association of
20 - 25 GBP
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Early printing - a collection of fragments of books from the 15th - 18th centuries. Texts in Latin &
10 - 15 GBP
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17th century manuscript of medical, cures & recipes in a brown Morocco leather bound volume, circa
300 - 350 GBP
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'Seven Pillars of Wisdom' by T E Lawrence, 1st edition for general publication, July 1935 (
75 - 100 GBP
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Holy Bible, 1683, King James version, printed & published in Amsterdam for bookseller Stephen
300 - 350 GBP
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Japanese woodblock print by Ogato Gekko entitled 'Flower of Japan', circa 1885-1899
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Japanese woodblock print by Ogato Gekko entitled 'Keisei Usugumo', circa 1885-1899
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Print of doves by Wilkes, 1801
10 - 15 GBP
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Aquatint of North View of the Ruins of Reading Abbey, 1810 by Charles Tomkins from his book 'Views
25 - 30 GBP
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Print of Pangbourne Church by same artist, 1st edition of his book, 1791
30 - 40 GBP
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Print by same artist dated 1802 from Coates's 'History of Reading'
25 - 30 GBP
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Folio of 'The History of Marcus Tullius Cicero' in Latin, disbound. Probably extracted from an
20 - 25 GBP
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A leaf of double-sided printing in the types of William Caxton, believed to be from 'The
200 - 250 GBP
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A leaf of double-sided printing in the types of William Caxton, believed to be from 'The
200 - 250 GBP
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A collection of books belonging to a deceased gentleman:
400 - 600 GBP
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Arched top silver framed bevel-edged wall mirror, 48" x 42"
30 - 50 GBP
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Ornately framed bevel-edged wall mirror, 49' x 36'
40 - 60 GBP
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2 painted wood ethnic-style masks, 44" high
20 - 30 GBP
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Large ceramic 'Germ Intercepting Filter' by Doulton & Co & the bottom of a chemical filter
30 - 50 GBP
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