Over 180 lots to include a broad selection, from early antiquarian books to modern first editions, alongside illustrations, private press, manuscripts, maps and atlases, early photographs, and historic documents. Amongst the highlights is a group of Victorian ephemera including a Paper Peepshow of the Thames Tunnel, and a very unusual leaf-cut picture of workers around a derelict tower and trees. Of North-East interest is a collection of approximately 240 19th and early 20th century photographs, and an outstanding archive of early drawings and plans relating to Radcliffe and Broomhill Collieries.
Lot 2001
St Dominic's Press. Old English Clocks, 1st edition, one of 300 copies, 1931, & 3 others
Sold for £160
Estimated at £100 - £150
Lot 2002
Wood (Robert). The Ruins of Palmyra, 1st edition, 1753, & Chambers, Civil Architecture, 1791
Sold for £380
Estimated at £500 - £800
Lot 2004
Hockney (David) A Bigger Book, Taschen, 2016,...
Sold for £2,000
Estimated at £1,000 - £2,000
Lot 2024
Cervantes Saavedra (Miguel de). Don Quixote de la Mancha, 1819, with hand-coloured aquatints
Sold for £900
Estimated at £150 - £250
Lot 2025
Higgins (Bryan). Experiments ... applying Calcareous Elements, 1780, & others
Sold for £110
Estimated at £150 - £250
Lot 2026
Occult. The Private Diary of Dr. John Dee, 1st edition, 1842
Sold for £550
Estimated at £150 - £250
Lot 2027
Smith (Adam). The Wealth of Nations, 10th edition, 1802
Sold for £420
Estimated at £150 - £250
Lot 2043
Cervantes Saavedra (Miguel de). The History of Don Quixote, 1712
Sold for £550
Estimated at £300 - £500
Lot 2058
Laurel and Hardy. Collection of signed letters and photographs from Stan Laurel (1890-1965)
Sold for £2,100
Estimated at £300 - £500
Lot 2064
Hogg (Alexander). The New and Complete English Traveller, 1794, & 2 others
Sold for £280
Estimated at £100 - £150
Lot 2067
Paterson (Daniel). Paterson's British Itinerary, 2nd edition, 1800, 2 copies on ESTC
Sold for £200
Estimated at £150 - £250
Lot 2086
Noddy. Group of original illustrations, together with 5 limited edition John Tenniel prints
Sold for £80
Estimated at £100 - £200
Lot 2090
Rowling (J. K.). Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, 1st edition, 1998, inscribed
Sold for £900
Estimated at £300 - £500