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Books, Manuscripts & Maps Sale - Timed Auction
Timed
Venue address
David Lays Auctioneers Alverton
Alverton
Penzance, Cornwall
TR184RE
United Kingdom
Books, Manuscripts & Maps Sale - Timed Auction

TIMED AUCTION

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Auction dates
Starts: 01 Oct 2021 17:00 BST
Ends from: 15 Oct 2021 14:00 BST
Auction currency
GBP
There are 625 lots within this auction
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CORNWALL INTEREST. 'Mullyon: Its History, Scenery and Antiquities,' by E. G. Harvey, original boards
70 GBP
30 - 50 GBP
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EDWIN MULLINS. 'Alfred Wallis: Cornish Primitive Painter.' First edition, unclipped dj,
30 GBP
20 - 40 GBP
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ART INTEREST. Thirty-one books including 'Kadinsky,' by Urlike Becks-Malorney, 'Titian: Paintings
20 GBP
30 - 50 GBP
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ART INTEREST. 'Matisse in Morocco: The Paintings and Drawings, 1912-1913.' limpback, tide marks to
25 GBP
40 - 80 GBP
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ART INTEREST. 'Chaim Soutine (1893-1943): Catolgue Raisonne,' in two volumes, unlcipped dj, carboard
65 GBP
20 - 40 GBP
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'The St Ives Times,' print run from Jan 6th-Dec 29th, tight text block with toning to leaves,
25 GBP
30 - 60 GBP
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FELINE INTEREST. Approx thirty books and booklets of mainly poetry and fiction. Condition: please
15 GBP
20 - 40 GBP
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RICHARD and SAMUEL IZACKE. 'Remarkable Antiquities of the City of Exeter: Giving an Account of the
50 GBP
80 - 120 GBP
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ART INTEREST. 'A Life of Picasso,' by John Richardson, two vols, unclipped dj's, Jonathan Cape,
35 GBP
30 - 60 GBP
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ART INTEREST. 'St Ives Society of Artists,' exhibition catalogues with a run form 1957-1965, plus
50 GBP
40 - 80 GBP
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ART INTEREST. 'The Studio Library: English Water-Colour,' complete in eight parts; 'The Art
0 GBP
20 - 40 GBP
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C. D. GIBSON. 'The Education of Mr Pipp,' riginal cloth, binding loose, b+w illustrations
0 GBP
50 - 80 GBP
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CAROL BECKWITH & ANGELA FISHER. 'African Ceremonies.' Two volumes in carboard slip case, origianl
15 GBP
20 - 40 GBP
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'Topolski's Chronicle 1953,' vol one, water damage and tide mark to cardboard case and first and
0 GBP
30 - 50 GBP
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FORTESCUE HITCHINS and SAMUEL DREW. 'The History of Cornwall.' Two vols, half calf worn, craked
85 GBP
30 - 60 GBP
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W. A. COPINGER. 'The County of Suffolk, Its History as Disclosed by Existing Records and other
0 GBP
40 - 80 GBP
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BROWNE WILLIS. 'History of the Mitred Parliamentary Abbies and Conventual Cathedral Churches.' Two
20 GBP
20 - 40 GBP
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HUGH GRAY. 'Letters from Canada, Written During a Residence There in the Wars 1806, 1807, 1808...'
85 GBP
30 - 50 GBP
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BINDINGS. 'Cassell's History of the War between France and Germany 1870-1871.' Two volumes, half red
130 GBP
100 - 150 GBP
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JOHN VOWELL (alias HOKER). 'The Description of the Citie of Ercester.' Volumes II and III, loose
10 GBP
10 - 30 GBP
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JOHN WALKER. 'An Attempt Toward's Recovering an Account of the Numbers and Sufferings of the
110 GBP
50 - 100 GBP
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JOHN SELL COTMAN. 'Engravings of the most remarkable of the sepulchral brasses in Norfolk; tending
110 GBP
100 - 200 GBP
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CHARLES WICKES. 'Illustrations of the Spires and Towerts of the Medieval Churches of England.' In
0 GBP
100 - 200 GBP
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EDWARD LEAR. 'A Book of Nonsense.' Eighteenth edition, publishers pictorial boards, coloured but
20 GBP
30 - 50 GBP
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WALTER CRANE. '1, 2, buckle my shoe.' Mounted on linen, re-stiched binding, inscribed by previous
80 GBP
60 - 120 GBP
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HENRY MAYER. 'The Adventures of a Japanese Doll.' Original pictorial boards, rebound with new
30 GBP
10 - 30 GBP
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ART INTEREST. 'The paintings of L.S.Lowry Oils and Watercolours,' Signed and inscribed by author
0 GBP
20 - 40 GBP
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ROBERT HUNTER 'A Box of Rain Lyrics: 1965-1993' Penguin books 1993; inscription on endpaper reads "
0 GBP
30 - 50 GBP
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SIR PHILIP SIDNAY KNIGHT. 'The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia.....Now the ninth time published...'
360 GBP
100 - 200 GBP
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JAMES GEORGE FRAZER, F.R.S., F.B.A "The Golden Bough A Study in Magic and Religion" MacMillian and
15 GBP
10 - 20 GBP
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DENYS VAL BAKER, FIRST EDITIONS, William Kimber LONDON, various titles. (13) Condition: please
35 GBP
30 - 50 GBP
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MARY WILLIAMS, Little Black Pigling; Wordens of Cornwall Limited Marazion and Penzance, signed and
20 GBP
10 - 20 GBP
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BERNARD SHAW, The Adventure of the Black Girl in Her Search for God; R & R. Clark, Limited,
0 GBP
10 - 20 GBP
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BOB DYLAN INTEREST, various titles and dates, biographies, illustrated histories, in a box.
20 GBP
30 - 50 GBP
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PENGUIN BOOKS, PELICAN BOOKS, SIGNET CLASSICS, paperbacks various titles, two boxes. Condition:
45 GBP
20 - 40 GBP
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BEATLES, JOHN LENNON INTEREST, various titles and publishers. (18). Condition: please request a
10 GBP
10 - 20 GBP
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ROBERT GRAVES, Poems 1968-1970, Cassell & Company PROOF ONLY, from Mrs F Trueman, A. P. W WATT &
15 GBP
10 - 20 GBP
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G. E. STUDDY. 'Bonzo Alpiniste.' Pictorial limpback boards, Hachette, 1937; 'The Sea Hare,' a
25 GBP
20 - 40 GBP
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CHILDRENS BOOK INTEREST. 'Doll's House,' a spiral bound pop-up cardwrap book opening to 360
0 GBP
50 - 100 GBP
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J. G. FRAZER 'The Golden Bough.' First three volumes, second edition, original blue cloth with
75 GBP
40 - 60 GBP
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JANE AUSTEN. 'The Novels.' Five volumes, original burgundy cloth with gilt embossing, rubbed and
90 GBP
100 - 150 GBP
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DANIEL DEFOE. 'The Fortunes and Misfortunesof the Famous Mol Flanders.' Two volumes, original
55 GBP
50 - 100 GBP
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THOMAS HARDY. 'Tess of The D'Urbervilles.' Original burgundy cloth, MacMillian and Co, London, 1930;
25 GBP
30 - 50 GBP
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WINSTON GRAHAM. 'The Tumbled House.' First edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, Hodder &
120 GBP
200 - 300 GBP
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FREDERICK FORSYTH. 'The Dogs of War.' First edition, unclipped dj, Book Club Associates, London,
0 GBP
200 - 300 GBP
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JOHN LE CARRE. 'The Honourable Schoolboy.' First edition, unclipped dj, Book Club Associates,
50 GBP
20 - 40 GBP
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PETER BENCHLEY. 'Jaws.' First edition, unclipped dj, Book Club Associates, 1974; 'The Deep,' First
120 GBP
60 - 120 GBP
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COLM TOIBIN. 'The Master.' Signed, first edition, unclipped dj, Picador, 2004; SIMON SCHAMA. '
230 GBP
200 - 400 GBP
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ART INTEREST. Thirty art books including 'Reuben Chappell: Pierhead Painter,' 'No Foreign Lands:
120 GBP
100 - 200 GBP
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ART INTEREST. Twenty-five art books including 'The Evolution of an American Impressionist,' 'The
50 GBP
80 - 120 GBP
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ART INTEREST. 'Ravilious in Pictures,' four volumes, 'A Travelling Artist,' 'Sussex and the
90 GBP
50 - 100 GBP
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ART INTEREST. 'Kurt Jackson: A New Genre of Landscape Painting,' unclipped dj, Lund Humphries and
150 GBP
30 - 60 GBP
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ART INTEREST. Twenty six art books including 'Winslow Homer,' 'Artwork: David Gentleman, 'Mark
120 GBP
80 - 120 GBP
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BRUCE CHATWIN. 'In Patagonia.' First edition, unclipped dj, Jonathan Cape, 1977; 'The Viceroy of
240 GBP
80 - 120 GBP
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PETER TAYLOR. 'A Long Fourth and Other Stories.' First published in 1948 owing to production
0 GBP
40 - 80 GBP
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CHARLES FRAZIER. 'Cold Mountain.' First edition, unclipped dj, first state with "man-woman"
100 GBP
50 - 100 GBP
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E. B. WHITE. 'Charlotte's Webb.' First edition, clipped dj but with price still apparent, foxing
70 GBP
80 - 120 GBP
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ANNE TYLER. 'If Morning Ever Comes.' First edition, clipped dj, owner inscribed on endpaper,
50 GBP
80 - 120 GBP
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RICHARD FORD. 'A Piece of My Heart.' Signed, first UK edition, unclipped dj, Collins Harvill,
75 GBP
80 - 120 GBP
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LOREN EISELEY. 'The Night Country.' First edition, unclipped dj, Charles Scribner's Sons, New
0 GBP
200 - 300 GBP
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