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Books, Manuscripts & Maps Sale - Timed Auction
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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
We found 576 items matching your search
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H. RIDER HAGGARD. 'Cleopatra.' First edition, original dark blue cloth with gilt embossed title,
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200 - 300 GBP
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H. RIDER HAGGARD. 'Rural England.' Two voumes, original cloth, spine ends rubbed, watermarks to
20 GBP
20 - 40 GBP
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H. RIDER HAGGARD. 'The Days of My Life'. Signed and inscribed by author, first edition, two vols,
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100 - 150 GBP
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H. RIDER HAGGARD. 'Jess.' First edition (?), half leather, marbled boards, chips and rubbing to
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10 - 30 GBP
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JOHN HUNT. 'The Acsent of Everest.' Original cloth, uncipped dj, toning on title page, toning to the
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20 - 40 GBP
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JOHN BETJEMAN. 'Ghastly Good Taste or, a depressing story of the rise and fall of English
150 GBP
200 - 300 GBP
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A. E. Housman. 'A Shropshire Lad.' Wood Engravings by Agnes Miller Parker, original cloth, clipped
45 GBP
50 - 100 GBP
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GEORGE MACKAY BROWN. 'Epiphany Tales.' 94/145, signed by illustrator Rosemary Roberts, printed
75 GBP
80 - 120 GBP
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KAREL CAPEK. 'Krakatit.' First edition in English, original cloth, unclipped dj, slight tear and
280 GBP
300 - 500 GBP
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'Shire Discovering Series'. Twenty-three booklets, mostly fine; With five 'Dichfield's Litlle Wonder
10 GBP
10 - 30 GBP
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Cassell's 'Flora: The Gardener's Bible.' An A-Z in two volumes, colour illustrations throughout,
35 GBP
10 - 30 GBP
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'Wheldon and Wesley' book catologues mostly Natural History; With other catalogues including 'Mike
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10 - 30 GBP
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R. A. Lidstone. 'A Practical Manual for Foil Epee and Sabre.' First edition, original cloth, cloth
20 GBP
20 - 40 GBP
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J. H. FABRE. 'The Works of.....' Thirteen works, all in original green cloth, all early 20th
45 GBP
50 - 100 GBP
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JOHN SQUIRE. 'A Book of English Cheeses.' Signed by editor and illustrater, first edition, 158/
80 GBP
30 - 60 GBP
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Hui-Lin Li. 'The Woody Flora of Taiwan.' First edition, original cloth, Morris Arbortum Monograph,
30 GBP
10 - 20 GBP
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HERBERT A. DAVIDSON. 'Moses Maimonides: The Man and His Works.' Original cloth, unclipped dj, Oxford
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30 - 60 GBP
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JAMES H. VEITCH. 'Hortus Veitchii.' A facsimile edition, 169/1000, unclipped dj, Caradoc Doy,
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50 - 100 GBP
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H. J. NOTIE. 'The Dapuri Drawings.' Origina cloth, unclipped dj, The Antie Collector's Club and
55 GBP
60 - 120 GBP
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GEORGE NICHOLSON. 'The illustrated dictionary of gardening. A practical and scientific encyclopaedia
85 GBP
50 - 100 GBP
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SUE TOWNSEND. 'The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole.' First edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, soiing
90 GBP
100 - 200 GBP
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SUE TOWNSEND. 'Adrian Mole: The Wilderness Years.' First edition, original cloth, unclipped dj,
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20 - 40 GBP
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HAROLD N. MOLDENKE. 'Plants of the Bible.' Original cloth, illustrated frontispiece, sporadic foxing
25 GBP
20 - 40 GBP
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L. MESSEL. 'A Garden Flora: Trees and Flowers Grown in the Gardens at Nymans.' Illustrations by
50 GBP
40 - 80 GBP
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ILLUSTRATION INTEREST. 'The Night Life of Trees.' Tara Publishing Bookcraft Series, Chennai,
10 GBP
10 - 30 GBP
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PIERRE-JOSEPH REDOUTE. 'Roses 2.' First edition, original card boards with dj, dj chipped, cut title
95 GBP
10 - 20 GBP
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HORTICULTURE INTEREST. 'Magnolias In Cornish Gardens.' First edition, 174/500, signed by painter
120 GBP
50 - 100 GBP
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BOTANY INTEREST. 'Wild Flowers of Cyprus.' Paintings by Elektra Megaw, Text by Desmond Meikle,
40 GBP
40 - 80 GBP
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BERYL LESLIE URQUHART. 'The Camellia.' Two volumes, original cloth, unclipped dj but chipped
90 GBP
40 - 80 GBP
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GEOFFREY GRIGSON and HANDASYDE BUCHANAN. 'Thornton's Temple of Flora.' Facsimile, portfolio,
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30 - 50 GBP
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R. M. HEALEY. 'Grigson at Eighty: Tributes from friends and admirers.' 72/75, marbled boards,
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60 - 120 GBP
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C. OSCAR MORETON. 'Old Carnations and Pinks.' Original cloth, clipped dj, illustrations complete,
25 GBP
20 - 40 GBP
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DAVID WHEELER. 'By Pen & Spade: An Anthology of Garden Writing from Hortus.' First edition, original
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40 - 80 GBP
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BOTANICAL and HORTICULTURE . A run of twelve wild flower guides of South Africa by the 'Botanical
20 GBP
20 - 40 GBP
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REV W. S. LACH-SZYRMA. 'A Short History Of Penzance, St Michael's Mount, S. Ives, and the Lands
90 GBP
20 - 40 GBP
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PAUL BROADHURST. 'Secret Shrines: In Search of the Old Wells of Cornwall.' Signed first edition,
110 GBP
20 - 40 GBP
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D. B. BARTON. 'Copper Mining in Cornwall and Devon.' Second edition, original cloth, unclipped dj,
70 GBP
40 - 80 GBP
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ILLUSTRATION INTEREST. 'Art in Nature.' Portfolio, original cloth, unclipped dj, colour
110 GBP
80 - 120 GBP
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ENID BLYTON. 'The Island of Adventure.' first edition, with decorative original cloth, cloth soiled,
20 GBP
30 - 60 GBP
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A. A. MILNE. 'When We Were Very Young.' Third edition, original cloth, rubbed and chipped spine,
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20 - 40 GBP
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ERNEST H. WILSON. 'Aristocrats of the Garden.' Original cloth, split to front hinge, chipped
35 GBP
20 - 40 GBP
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V. SACKVILLE-WEST. 'The Dark Island.' First edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, tears to dj,
20 GBP
20 - 40 GBP
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ROBERT GRAVES. 'I, Claudius.' Original cloth, unclipped dj, tears and chips to dj, cloth spine
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100 - 200 GBP
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GEORGE BOWN MILLET. 'Penzance Past and Present: A Lecture.' Delivered at the Penzance Institute,
45 GBP
10 - 30 GBP
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W. J. BEAN. 'Trees & Shrubs: Hardy in the British Isles.' Eight edition, four vol set with
200 GBP
20 - 40 GBP
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MARY R. MITFORD. 'Sketches of English Life and Character.' First edition, original cloth, spine
15 GBP
20 - 40 GBP
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BINDINGS. 'Cranford' by Mrs Caskell, illustrated by Hugh Thompson, original pictorial gilt cloth,
85 GBP
40 - 80 GBP
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BINDINGS. 'The Book of Old Sundials & Their Mottoes.' Second edition, original decorative boards,
15 GBP
20 - 30 GBP
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F. .E HALLIDAY. 'Richard Carew of Anthony.' First edition, original cloth, back board sun bleached
10 GBP
10 - 30 GBP
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BOTANY and HORTICULTURE. Thirty-one works, mostly hardback and all vg, including subjects on
25 GBP
40 - 80 GBP
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STAN BARSTOW. 'A Kind of Love.' First edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, pencil inscription to
75 GBP
50 - 100 GBP
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STEPHEN W. MEADER. 'Trap-Lines North: A True Story of The Canadian Woods.' First edition, original
40 GBP
40 - 80 GBP
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ALASDAIR ALPIN MACGREGOR. 'Somewhere in Scotland.' Original cloth, unclpped dj, owner insription
25 GBP
40 - 60 GBP
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BOTANY. 'The Grevillea Book.' Three volumes, original cloth, unclipped dj, Kangaroo Press,
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100 - 200 GBP
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Botany. 'Exotica: Pictorial Cyclopedia of Exotic Plants from Tropical and Near-tropic Regions,' by
10 GBP
10 - 30 GBP
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LAURIE LEE. 'I Can't Stay Long.' First edition, original cloth, clipped dj, foxing to dj and edge of
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40 - 80 GBP
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DAPHNE DU MAURIER. 'Happy Christmas.' Original cloth, unclipped dj, small chips to dj, toning to
20 GBP
10 - 30 GBP
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BOTANY and HORTICULTURE. 'Peonies of Greece.' original cloth, unclipped dj, The Goulandris Natural
50 GBP
60 - 120 GBP
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'My Garden: An Intimate Magazine for Garden Lovers.' A complete run of fourty-three volumes from
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400 - 800 GBP
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BLANCHE HENREY. 'British Botanical and Horticultural Literature Before 1800.' Three volumes,
40 GBP
30 - 60 GBP
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