£750
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs | 630
Auction: Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
The War of the Worlds. London: W. Heinemann, 1898, first edition, half-title, without the 32pp. advertisements at end (found in the 1st issue), lacks front free endpaper, binding worn and with old paper label to foot of upper cover, internally some spots and stains and rather grubby; Collier, V.W.F. Dogs of China & Japan in Nature and Art. 1921. 4to, original green cloth gilt; Hardy, Thomas Wessex Tales. London: Macmillan, 1888. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary half calf, some spotting and soiling, rubbed; Pallis, Marco Peaks and Lamas. 1939, original cloth; Thomas, Lowell With Allenby in the Holy Land. 1938, original cloth; Stebbing, E.P. Stalks in the Himalaya. 1912, original pictorial cloth, slightly rubbed; James, M.R. More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary. 1916. 3rd impression, original grey pictorial cloth; Barnardo, Mrs. Memoirs of the late Dr. Barnardo. 1907, original cloth; Blaikie, W.G. The Personal Life of David Livingstone. 1881. Second edition, frontispiece portrait, folding map, contemporary cloth; Gordon, Mrs. The Home Life of Sir David Brewster. 1869, albumen print frontispiece, contemporary half calf, some dust-soiling; Slatin, R.C. Fire and Sword in the Sudan. 1898, popular edition, plates, original cloth; Churchill, Winston S. Lord Randolph Churchill. 1906, first edition, 2 volumes, plates, original cloth, Mudie's Library labels to upper covers, somewhat shaken, spines faded, front free endpaper detached; Hibberd, Shirley Field Flowers, a handy-book... Groombridge, [n.d.], coloured plates, original blue cloth gilt; Cumming, C.F.G. Fire Fountains. the Kingdom of Hawaii. 1883. volume 2 only, original cloth, very worn, lacks f.f.e.p., all with Earlston Community Reading Room and Circulating Library bookplates (16)