Lay's Auctioneers: The Cornish Library of John Stengelhofer: Rare Books and Works on Paper, 30724, Cornwall

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
March 07, 2024 - March 08, 2024
Page Size: 513 items in 21 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1

Five early 20th century photographic view albums.

early 20th century GBP 50.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
2 NANCE, R. Morton and SMITH, A. S. D (trans)

'Passyon Agan Arluth. Cornish Poem of the Passion,'

1972 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 30.25
3 MICHELL, John

'The Old Stones of Land's End,'

London 1974 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 42.35
4 SKINNER, Walter R.

'The Mining Manual and Mining Year Book, 1915,'

London [1915] GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 24.20
5 GILBERT, Davies

'The Parochial History of Cornwall. Founded on the Manuscript Histories of Mr Hals and Mr Tonkin,'

London 1838 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 36.30
6 HARPER, Edith K.

'A Cornish Giant. Richard Trevithick: The Father of the Locomotive-Engine,'

London 1913 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 12.10
7 HENDERSON, Charles.

'Mabe Church and Parish,'

Shipston-On-Stour [c.1930] GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 24.20
8

Newquay interest.

Newquay [c.1920] GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 30.25
9 DAWSON, James.

'The Autobiography of Mr.....,'

Truro 1865 GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 60.50
10 OLIVER, Thomas.

'Autobiography of a Cornish Miner'.

1914 GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 96.80
11 Colonel H. W. Williams

'Some Reminiscences (1838-1918),'

Penzance 1918 GBP 40.00 - 80.00 GBP 24.20
12 BONYTHON, Eric Glenie.

'History of the families of Bonython of Bonython and Bonython of Carclew,'

1966 GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 96.80
13 DOBLE, G.H.

'A Memoir and a Bibliography,'

Exeter n.d. GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 24.20
14 John Lloyd Warden Page.

'The North Coast of Cornwall. It's Scenery, Its People, Its Antiquities, and it's Legends,'

Truro and Penzance [1897 GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 96.80
15 BLIGHT, J. T.

'A Week at Land;s End,'

London 1861 GBP 40.00 - 80.00 GBP 36.30
16 FREEMAN, Arnold.

'The Star of Cornwall'

London 1910 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 42.35
17

The Western Antiquary; Or, Devon and Cornwall Note-Book,'

Plymouth 1882 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 12.10
18 LAKE, William (publisher)

'A Complete Parochial History of the County of Cornwall, Complied from the Best Authorities & Corrected and Improved from Actual Survey,'

Truro 1867-1872 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 72.60
19

Cornish shipwrecks and rescue. Seven works.

Truro 1964-65 GBP 40.00 - 80.00 GBP 30.25
20

Folklore of Cornwall Four scarce works.

[1950] GBP 40.00 - 80.00 GBP 84.70
21 GILBERT, C. S.

'An Historical Survey of the County of Cornwall: To Which is Added, A Complete Heraldry of the Same; With Numerous Engravings,'

Plymouth 1817 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 96.80
22 Railway and GWR.

Twenty five works.

GBP 40.00 - 80.00 GBP 54.45
23 [THURSTAN, Peter]

'History of Cornwall for My Children by Their Father,'

London 1891 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 18.15
24 Cornish Biography

Cornish Biography Ten works.

GBP 40.00 - 80.00 GBP 24.20
25

Christianity in Cornwall Thirteen works.

GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 72.60
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    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 546. Christoph Jacob Trew. Plantae selectae, 1750-1773.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 70. Thomas Murner. Die Narren beschwerung. 1558.
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    Auction 151
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    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 545. Sander Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described, 1888-1894.
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