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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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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
0 GBP
30 - 60 GBP
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JAMES H. VEITCH. 'Hortus Veitchii.' A facsimile edition, 169/1000, unclipped dj, Caradoc Doy,
0 GBP
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,
0 GBP
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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THOMAS BEWICK. 'The Watercolours and Drawings of Thomas Bewick and His Workshop apprentices.'
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,
0 GBP
30 - 50 GBP
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R. M. HEALEY. 'Grigson at Eighty: Tributes from friends and admirers.' 72/75, marbled boards,
0 GBP
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
0 GBP
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,
0 GBP
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
0 GBP
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,
0 GBP
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
0 GBP
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
0 GBP
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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A. WAINWRIGHT. 'A Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells.' 50th anniversary edition, seven vols,
35 GBP
20 - 40 GBP
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'The Island Series.' Twenty-eight volumes, including a a signed 'Shetland', David & Charles, most
85 GBP
60 - 120 GBP
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BOTANY. 'The Rhododendron.' Two vols, folio, original cloth, unclipped dj, tears and chips to vol
140 GBP
20 - 40 GBP
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WINIFRED CURTIS. 'The Endemic Flora of Tasmania.' Six vols, folio, original cloth, unclipped dj,
180 GBP
200 - 300 GBP
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Twenty-eight 'Natural History' catalogues from the antiquarian book dealer RAYMOND M. SUTTON, JR.
20 GBP
10 - 30 GBP
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BOTANY and HORTICULTURE. 'Genera Palmarum: A Classification of Palms based on th Work of Harold E.
30 GBP
50 - 100 GBP
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F. C. STERN. 'A Study of the GENUS PAEONIA.' First edition, folio, original boards with gilt
190 GBP
60 - 120 GBP
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CHIANG YEE.' The Silent Traveller in Boston.' Signed, first edition, original cloth, clipped dj,
60 GBP
50 - 100 GBP
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NEVIL SHUTE. 'The Far Country.' First edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, tear to dj top of spine
15 GBP
20 - 40 GBP
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REV W. TUCKWELL. 'Tongues in Trees and Sermons in Stones.' Original decorative gilt boards, George
0 GBP
20 - 40 GBP
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RONALD SEARLE. 'The Terror of St Trinians.' Third impression, original cloth, unclipped dj, MAx
20 GBP
30 - 60 GBP
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E. H. M. COX. 'Plant-Hunting in China: A History of Botanical Exploration in China and the Tibetan
45 GBP
50 - 100 GBP
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DOUGLAS ELLORY PETT. 'The Parks and Gardens of Cornwall.' Signed and inscribed by author, first
20 GBP
30 - 60 GBP
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SUKI URQUHART. 'The Scottish Gardener.' First edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, colour photos
30 GBP
50 - 100 GBP
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