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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
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We found 576 items matching your search
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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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'The Aerial Atlas of Ancient Crete.' Original boards, large format, colour photos throughout,
25 GBP
40 - 80 GBP
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TOM SLACK. 'Happy is the Day,' 'Thody Bros,' 'Interesting Things About Birds.' All signed and
0 GBP
10 - 30 GBP
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'Penzance: A Natural History and Antiquarian Society: Report and Transactions.' 1880-1898,
85 GBP
30 - 60 GBP
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SETON GORDON. 'Afoot in the Hebrides.' First edition, original cloth, owner signature on end leaf,
0 GBP
40 - 80 GBP
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FREDERICK FORSYTH. 'The Devil's Alternative.' Signed by author, first edition, original cloth,
30 GBP
50 - 100 GBP
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FREDERICK FORSYTH. 'The Day of the Jackal.' Reprinted before publication, original cloth, unlipped
60 GBP
100 - 200 GBP
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BOTANY. 'Encyclopaedia of Australian Plants.' Nine vols plus supplement to, original cloth,
75 GBP
80 - 120 GBP
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BOTANY. 'Flora and Sylva: A Monthly Review for Lovers of Garden.......' Three Vols, 1903-05, 66
90 GBP
100 - 200 GBP
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D. D. C. POCHIN MOULD. 'Roads From the Isles.' First edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, holes to
40 GBP
60 - 120 GBP
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RUSSELL BRADDON. 'Cheshire V. C.' First edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, Evans Brothers Ltd,
25 GBP
40 - 80 GBP
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MARY RENAULT. 'The Bull from the Sea.' First UK edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, oxing to edge
120 GBP
30 - 60 GBP
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DETLEF HABERLAND. 'Engelbert Kaempfer 1651-1716 A biography.' First English edition, original cloth,
0 GBP
20 - 40 GBP
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J. R. R. TOLKIEN. 'Lord of the Rings.' Folio Society, cardboard slip case, illustrations by Ingahild
230 GBP
50 - 100 GBP
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GRAHAM STUART THOMAS. 'The Old Shrub Roses.' Original cloth, clipped dj, Phoenix House, London,
0 GBP
40 - 80 GBP
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HORTICULTURE. 'Great Flower Books 1700-1900,' by Sacheverell Sitwell, H. F. & G. Witherby Ltd, 1990,
25 GBP
40 - 80 GBP
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LEN BURGE. 'Cornish Church Sundials.' Original cloth, unclipped dj, ex-libris stamp, spotting to
25 GBP
10 - 30 GBP
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NATHANIEL LORD BRITTON and JOSEPH NELSON ROSE. 'The Cactaceae.' 1937
40 GBP
30 - 60 GBP
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PETER R. O. BALLY. 'The Genus Monadenium.' Signed and inscribed by author, original cloth, unclipped
15 GBP
20 - 40 GBP
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HORTICULTURE and BOTANY. 'The Land of the Blue Poppy,' by Frank Kingdon Ward, first edition,
35 GBP
40 - 80 GBP
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HORTICULCTURE and BOTANY. 'Orchids from Curtis's Botanical Magazine.' First edition, original cloth,
25 GBP
40 - 80 GBP
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ROBERT SOUTHEY. 'The Life of Nelson.'; Original gilt decorative boards, illustrations complete by
20 GBP
30 - 50 GBP
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DRENDOLOGY. 'Ancient Woodland: its history, vegetation and uses in England.' New edition, original
20 GBP
30 - 50 GBP
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'Britain in Pictures.' Seventeen copies including medicine, English country houses, cartoonists,
25 GBP
20 - 40 GBP
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GABRIEL HEMERY and SARAH SIMBLET. 'The New Sylva: A Discourse of Forest & Orchard Trees for the
35 GBP
10 - 30 GBP
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C. C. VYVYAN. 'On Timeless Shores: Journeys in Ireland.' Signe by author, original cloth,
45 GBP
50 - 100 GBP
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HORTICULTURE. 'The Garden Plants of China,' and 'Gardens in China,' by Peter Valder; 'Trillium
70 GBP
20 - 40 GBP
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HORTICULTURE. Nine books authored by H. L. V. Fletcher and eight by Margery Fish; With nine other
0 GBP
40 - 80 GBP
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SIR HERBERT MAXWELL. 'British Fresh-Water Fishes.' First edition, original green cloth with gile
0 GBP
80 - 160 GBP
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JOHN GERARD. 'The Herbal or General History of Plants.' 1975 facsimile of the complete 1633 edition,
20 GBP
30 - 60 GBP
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L. R. PRAEGER. 'The Genus Sedum.' 'An Account of the Sempervivum Group,' Repints, Verlag J. Cramer
60 GBP
40 - 80 GBP
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BOTANY. 'A Handbook of Succulent Plants,' by Hermann Jacobs, signed (?), first Engish edition, three
50 GBP
30 - 60 GBP
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BOTANY. 'Excelsa Taxonomic Series: The Aloe, Cactus and Succulent Society of Rhodesia.' A complete
10 GBP
10 - 30 GBP
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RICHARD ST BARBE BAKER. 'Among The Trees.' Signed by author, two vols, vol I 90/1000, vol II 435/
30 GBP
30 - 60 GBP
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H. J. Elwes and A. H. Henry. 'The Trees of Great Britain.' Facsimile in seven volumes, original
80 GBP
30 - 60 GBP
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C. H. GREY. 'Hardy Bulbs.' Three vols, first editions, original cloth, vol II having unclipped dj
0 GBP
30 - 60 GBP
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CHRISTOPHER LLOYD. Nine books including 'Garden Flowers,' 'Meadows,' and 'Exoctic planting for
25 GBP
10 - 30 GBP
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CHARLES DARWIN. 'The Formation of Vegetable Mould Through the Action of Worms with Observations on
50 GBP
80 - 120 GBP
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NEVIL SHUTE. 'A Town Like Alice.' Original cloth, unclipped dj, dj torn and creased, foxing to
30 GBP
40 - 80 GBP
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ALISTAIR MACLEAN. 'The Guns of Navarone,' 1957; 'South by Java Head,' 1958; 'The Last Frontier,'
660 GBP
30 - 60 GBP
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HUGH LOFTING. 'Dr Doolittle's Garden.' First edition, original cloth, endpaper slightly loose with
90 GBP
30 - 50 GBP
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EDGAR LAMB. 'The Illustrated Reference on Cacti & Other Succulents.' Five volumes, original cloth,
25 GBP
40 - 80 GBP
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HORTICULTURE and BOTANY. 'Florilegium Imperiale: Botanical Illustrations for Francis I of
45 GBP
50 - 100 GBP
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HORTICULTURE. 'The New Flora and Silva,' E. H. M. Cox, 12 volumes, original cloth, some faded to
40 GBP
60 - 120 GBP
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E. A. BOWLES. 'A Handbook of Narcissus.' Original cloth, unclipped dj, Martin Hopkinson, London,
55 GBP
60 - 120 GBP
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BOTANY. 'Agaves of Continental North America,' Howard Scott Gentry, original cloth, unclipped dj,
40 GBP
60 - 120 GBP
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S. REYNOLDS HOLE. 'A Book About Roses.' Original decorative cloth, ex libris, snd edition, William
60 GBP
100 - 200 GBP
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