Duke's: Interiors, 1133, Dorchester

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
November 27, 2025 - November 27, 2025
Page Size: 57 items in 3 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
5 LEWIS, C. S.

'PRINCE CASPIAN, THE RETURN TO NARNIA' illustrated by Pauline Baynes,

London 1951 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 1,235.00
10

A COLLECTION OF VINTAGE PENGUIN AND PELICAN BOOKS including Wells, H. G. - 'A Short History of the World', A5, 1938 (345)

1938 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 182.00
12

A VINTAGE PAINTED GLASS SHOP SIGN - '52 R.SMI' white, green and black lettering on a brown ground

GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 78.00
28

AN INCOMPLETE RUN OF 'BRITAIN IN PICTURES'

GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 39.00
37 HAWKER, ROBERT REV.

'THE WORKS' volumes 1-10,

London 1831 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 52.00
45 BRADLEY, HENRY

AN EXTENSIVE RUN OF 'THE STORY OF THE NATIONS' mixed edition/impressions, sixty-seven volumes,

published by T. Fisher Unwin, London GBP 50.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
51 GRIGSON, GEOFFREY

A PART SET OF 'ABOUT BRITAIN' BOOKS comprising Nos. 1-6, two copies of No. 7, three copies of No. 8 and two copies of No. 13,

London 1951 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
52

A LARGE COLLECTION OF MAGIC LANTERN SLIDES

19th century and later GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 260.00
57

OFFICIAL DESCRIPTIVE AND ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF THE GREAT EXHIBITION 1851' volumes 1-4,

London 1851 GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 208.00
62 REEVE, LOVELL

'THE LAND AND FRESHWATER MOLLUSKS [OF] THE BRITISH ISLES'

London 1863 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 78.00
67 J. AYLAGE BLUSH (?),

'The Lone Pine' with a photographic print - 'Perpetual Friendship Lodge No. 135'; ...

GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 52.00
75 BARNES, WILLIAM

TWO COPIES OF 'POEMS OF RURAL LIFE IN THE DORSET DIALECT'

London 1893 and 1905 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 Not Sold
79

A LARGE COLLECTION OF EDWARDIAN NEGATIVE PHOTOGRAPHIC GLASS PLATES mostly town and portrait subjects,

GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 78.00
86 GARDNER, JAMES

'FAITHS OF THE WORLD' volumes 1-8,

published by Fullerton & Co, Edinburgh & London GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 52.00
91 WEYHE, M. F.

'PLANTAE OFFICINALES'

Dusseldorf 1828 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 39.00
96 STODDARD, JOHN L.

'LECTURES' volumes 1-10,

Chicago, 1891 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 65.00
101

TWO BOXES OF 19TH CENTURY AND LATER MINIATURE BOOKS

19TH CENTURY AND LATER GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 208.00
105

A 17TH CENTURY BIBLE

London 1615 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 1,105.00
122

A COLLECTION OF SPORTSMAN CIGARETTE CARDS

GBP 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
123

1966 WORLD CUP FINAL TICKET STUBS AND BALLOT LETTER

1966 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
135

A PHILIPS' CHALLENGE GLOBE 1963,

Great Britain 1963 GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 182.00
162

A RECALLED SPIDER MAN TWIN TOWERS 'COMING 2002' VINYL MOVIE BANNER

c.2001 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
171 AFTER JOHN HASSALL (1868-1948)

'The Boy's Own'

GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 26.00
172

A VINTAGE BRITISH RAIL TRAIN STATION SIGN - 'DARWEN'

GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 975.00
184 *STEVE JOHNSTONE (b.1956)

'Rain, Rain Go Away'

GBP 40.00 - 80.00 GBP 39.00
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