29th Sep, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
Books, Maps & Manuscripts
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Pratchett (Terry).
The Carpet People.
Colin Smythe, 1971, first edition, dust jacket (priced £1.90, 'Duraseal' jacket protector fixed to rear of jacket)
Sold for £180
Estimated at £150 - £250
Genrally VG+, free of inscriptions, slight spotting to top edge, 3mm stain to head of half title and adjacent endpaper. Minor creasing to head of jacket spine.
Auction: Books, Maps & Manuscripts, 29th Sep, 2023
Highlights include a Late Medieval Prayer Book; a Monograph of the Trogonidae, or Family of Trogons, by John Gould, (1875), with forty-seven superb hand-coloured lithographic plates; an outstanding early album of Austrian topographical woodcuts and watercolours; a fascinating album of late 19th century photographs of Brisbane, Queensland and surrounding areas; the first part of the York library of Hugh Murray, author and historian; a collection of vintage playing cards and a large folding map of India.
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