Cotswold Auction Company: Books, Medals, Militaria, Coins, Stamps & Collectables​, 92325, Cheltenham

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
September 23, 2025 - September 23, 2025
Page Size: 113 items in 5 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
71 Morris, Reverend F. O. (ed)

"A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland ..."

GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 51.52
72 Morris, Reverend F. O.

"A Natural History of the Nests and Eggs of British Birds"

1879 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 180.32
73 Morris, Reverend F. O.

"A History of British Birds"

1870 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 257.60
74 McCarthy, Justin Huntly (ed)

Fine bindings to include "The Thousand and One Days, Persian Tales"

1892 GBP 70.00 - 90.00 GBP 708.40
75 Clapham, J H

Fine bindings - "An Economic History of Modern Britain"

1932 GBP 20.00 - 40.00 GBP 77.28
76 Dumas, Alexandre

Dumas, Alexandre - Works

1918 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 96.60
77 Scott, Sir Walter

"The Waverley Novels", poetical works, The Life of W Scott

GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 64.40
78 Tyrrell, Henry

Bindings - "The History of the War with Russia; giving full details of the Operations of the Allied armies"

GBP 50.00 - 80.00 GBP 64.40
79 Rossetti, William Michael (ed)

Fine bindings and others to include "The Poetical Works of John Keats"

GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 579.60
80

Quantity of PHQ postcards and various other postcards held within eight albums

GBP 50.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
81

Quantity of UK and rest of the world postcards

GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 45.08
82

Quantity of postcards

GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 25.76
83

Early 20th century and later postcards

GBP 40.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
84

Four albums of early 20th century and later photographs and postcards

GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 23.18
85

Quantity of early 20th century and later photographs of varying apertures including an album of a large country house in Spain

GBP 20.00 - 40.00 GBP 12.88
86

Quantity of early 20th century and later photographs and prints relating to ships at sea to include SS Benreoch

1946 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 25.76
87

Large quantity of assorted ephemera and books to include Victorian and later indentures/deeds

GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 57.96
88

Quantity of early 20th century and later postcards

GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 38.64
89

Quantity of photographs and postcards

GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 25.76
90

Photographic and written archive relating to Kathleen Grey circa 1939

GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 83.72
91

Ephemera and other collectables to include an early 20th century scrap album

GBP 20.00 - 40.00 GBP 12.88
92

Assorted ephemera and other paper collectables including an early 20th century scrap album

GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 38.64
93

Portfolio of Russian antique war posters

GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 180.32
94

Early 20th century Chinese photograph album

GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 1,352.40
95

Quantity of indentures, wills and other documents

GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 206.08
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