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Auction Date
February 10, 2026 - February 10, 2026
Page Size: 167 items in 7 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
458 GREGORY, BARNARD

'THE SATIRIST, OR MONTHLY METEOR'

London 1812 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
459 FENNING, DANIEL

'A NEW AND EASY GUIDE TO THE USE OF THE GLOBES'

London 1804 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 91.00
460 DICKENS, CHARLES

'MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK'

London 1840/41 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 26.00
461

KNIGHT'S CYCLOPAEDIA OF THE INDUSTRY OF ALL NATIONS'

London 1851 GBP 50.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
462

GAME PIE - A GUINNESS INDOOR SPORTFOLIO' illustrated by Edward Ardizzone

GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 78.00
463 LANG, FRITZ

'DAS SCHNAUZERBUCH'

GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 130.00
464 ABBOTT A BECKETT, GILBERT

'THE COMIC HISTORY OF ROME' and 'THE COMIC HISTORY OF ENGLAND'

GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 45.50
465 MURPHY, JOHN

'A TREATISE ON THE ART OF WEAVING'

Glasgow 1847 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 78.00
466 AIKIN, J

'THE WOODLAND COMPANION'

London 1820 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 39.00
467 KIPLING, RUDYARD

'A SONG OF THE ENGLISH

GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 26.00
468 CONAN DOYLE, ARTHUR

'THE GREAR BOER WAR'

London 1900 GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 19.50
469 PITT, WILLIAM

'A TOPOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF STAFFORDSHIRE'

Newcastle under Lyme 1817 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 39.00
470 HARRIS, JOHN

'LEXICON TECHNICUM'

London 1716 GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 182.00
471 STRUTT, JACOB GEORGE

'SILVA BRITANNICA; OR PORTRAITS OF FOREST TREES'

London 1830 GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 91.00
472 STERNE, LAURENCE

'TRISTRAM SHANDY'

London 1928 GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 19.50
473 EVELYN, JOHN

'SILVA, OR A DISCOURSE OF FOREST-TREES'

London 1706 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 234.00
474 GRANVILLE FELL, H. (ILLUS.)

'THE SONG OF SOLOMON'

London 1897 GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 156.00
475

A COLLECTION OF FRENCH HISTORY AND LITERATURE BOOKS

GBP 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
476 VALMONT DE BOMARE, M.

'DICTIONNAIRE RAISONNE UNIVERSEL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE'

Paris 1764 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 130.00
477 NOLLET, ABBE

'LECONS DE PHYSIQUE EXPERIMENTALE'

Paris 1771 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 130.00
478 FERGUSON, JAMES

'LECTURES ON SELECT SUBJECTS IN MECHANICS....'

London 1852 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 39.00
479 NICHOLSON, WILLIAM

'THE FIRST PRINCIPLES OF CHEMISTRY'

London 1796 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 39.00
480 JOHNSON, SAMUEL

'A DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE'

Edinburgh 1797 GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 58.50
481 DETMOLD, EDWARD J. (ILLUS.)

'THE FABLES OF AESOP'

London GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 91.00
482 OLIVER HERFORD,

A CHILD'S PRIMER OF NATURAL HISTORY

1900 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
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