The Books Auction
We are pleased to present our Books Auction, comprising an impressive selection of first editions, Folio Society editions, 19th Century literature, 17th and 18th philosophy, and much more.
Some of the highlights include: an incredibly rare copy of The Lawes Resolutions of Women’s Rights: or the Lawes Provision for Women, printed in 1632; a set of twelve Folio Society Fairy Books, including the very sought after Orange Fairy Book; Edmund Spencer’s Minor Poems, by The Ashendene Press, 1925; four volumes of the Doomsday Book, commissioned by George III; and Charles Darwin’s The Variation of Animal and Plants Under Domestication.
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Tues 19/08/25 10am-3pm
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Lot 217 - Perry's Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron
Lot 219 - Watts' Improvement of the Mind; and others books relating to Greek/Roman philosophers
Lot 223 - Edgar's Laws Resolutions of Women’s Rights: or the Lawes, Provision for Women
Lot 226 - Prynne's Breviate of the Life of William Laud; and two others
Lot 234 - Manuscript letters by Tyneside "Pitman Poet" Joseph Skipsey (1832-1903)
Lot 239 - Welford's History of Newcastle and Gateshead; and Bruce's Hand-book to Newcastle
Lot 240 - A collection of books on the local history of Scotland and various counties of England
Lot 243 - Thorburn's Game Birds and Wild Fowl of Great Britain and Ireland
Lot 245 - Handbook of the Birds of Europe, the Middle East and North Africa
Lot 248 - Dixon’s Game Birds and Wild Fowl; and Cassel's Book of Birds
Lot 251 - Peterson (Roger Tory & Virginia Mary), Audubon’s Birds of America
Lot 257 - A collection of natural history and field sports in India
Lot 259 - Darwin's Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication
Lot 275 - An Ordnance Survey map marked with walks taken by Sir Charles Trevelyan of Wallington Hall
Lot 286 - A collection of 17th, 18th and 19th Century French books on architecture and furnishings
Lot 287 - The Sportsman’s Library: The Chase, the Road and the Turf; and other items
Lot 290 - A collection of books on trout fishing, many bearing the bookplate of F. W. Sims
