Next sale 7th of May

Our next sale is the 7th of May at 9:45AM with 509 lots up for auction. To get a taste of what we sell see our previous catalogues or view our upcoming auctions.

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Lot 425
A printed facsimile of 'An Abstract of the Sufferings of the People call'd Quakers' vol 2 from 1660-1666, cloth bound with leather spine and corners
Guide: £30-70
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Lot 426
A collection of early edition SCHOOLGIRLS' PICTURE LIBRARY beginning with issue 1 and including 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, plus THE SCHOOLGIRLS' OWN LIBRARY nos 213, 216, 253, 254, 295, and TRUE LIFE LIBRARY no 212, LOVE STORY LIBRARY 280, SILVER MOON ROMANCES 23, PICTURE STORY POCKET WESTERN 12, COWBOY PICTURE LIBRARY 309, and last but not least Lesley Shane and the Mystery of the Masks of Manton and a small child's sewing machine needing TLC
Guide: £10-30
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Lot 427
CHURCHILL by HIS CONTEMPORARIES edited by Charles Eade, 3 volumes of the Royal Air Force 1939-45 (vol 1 the Fight at Odds by Denis Richards, vol 2 The Fight Avails, vol 3 The Fight is won)
Guide: £10-30
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Lot 428
LOCAL BORDER INTEREST - 'The HAWICK TRADITION OF 1514 The town's common flag and seal' by RS Craig advocate and Adam Lang, Burgh Chamberlain (published 1898 by W Morrison & Co Ltd), plus HAWICK and the BORDER by RS Craig ( limited edition 84/250) published 1927 by W and J Kennedy sun damage to spine
Guide: £25-75
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Lot 429
A box of mixed print materials for model train enthusiasts including manuals and how-to guides, also three OSPREY MASTERCLASS, books 'Panzer Modelling', WWII Luftwaffe Fighter Modelling', and 'Terrain Modelling', etc etc
Guide: £10-25
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Lot 430
Of local historical interest - a treasure trove of an aerial photograph (A3 size) of old Peebles showing the mills, the railway line ... plus a 1946 Ordnance Survey map of the town, Cademuir hill (1909), Glentress Forest (1909), plus the 1908 edition of the town map and vrious Ordnance Survey scale maps (the sort that don't want to fold away) etc
Guide: £5-20
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Lot 431
A large collection of mid-20th century books published by THE REPRINT SOCIETY to include H E Bates, Nevil Shute, Daphne du Maurier, Hemingway, Somerset Maugham etc
Guide: £5-20
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Lot 432
Shackleton's Boat Journey by FA Worsley, Three Works by JM Barrie - Quality Street, A Window in Thrums and Mary Rose, Just So Stories written and illustrated by Rudyard Kipling (1928), The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy (1919 leather bound), 7 volumes from the OUP Classics Collection including The Canterbury Tales, and Wuthering Heights, plus much, much more
Guide: £10-30
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Lot 433
VINTAGE EARLY PUBLICATION - A collection of ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON books to include: 'An Island Voyage' as well as some unfamiliar titles including: 'Weir of Hermiston', 'St. Ives', 'The Art of Writing' and 'Island Nights' Entertainments', all in red leather and gilded spines. 4 Cassell Reprints 1814 - 1919, 8 Chatto Windos 1912 - 1913, 1 Wm Heinemann 1913 and 4 Chatto Windos 1920. Good condition. Dimensions - 16.2 x 11.3cm approx
Guide: £30-70
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Lot 434
A FIRST EDITION copy of Toes Up: A Chronicle Of Gay And Doleful Adventures, Of Alpini And Mules And Wine by Paolo Monelli, published by Duckworth in 1930, good condition, no dust jacket
Guide: £25-60
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Lot 435
Local interest - volumes 1 - 3 of WILSON'S TALES OF THE BORDERS published by John McCready of Glasgow (fair condition), plus a centenary edition of THE WORKS OF THE ETTRICK SHEPHERD published by Blackie & Son
Guide: £25-75
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Lot 436
A FIRST EDITION copy of THE THIRTY NINE STEPS by John Buchan published Blackwood and Sons 1915, has sustained some water damage with one loose page, plus a copy of part 1 of the author's copyright edition of 800 LEAGUES UP THE AMAZON by Jules Verne, some foxing to pages, also MEMORIES by John Galsworthy, illustrated by Maud Earl, printed by Heinemann in 1919, some colour illustrations (one loose page),
Guide: £50-100
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Lot 437
Local BORDER HISTORY - volume 1 of THE COVENANTERS by J King Hewison published by John Smith and Son 1908, COVENANTERS of TEVIOTDALE and NEIGHBOURING DISTRICTS by Rev Duncan Stewart published by A Walker & Son 1908, and BORDER HISTORY of ENGLAND and SCOTLAND by George Ridpath published by The Mercat Press 1979,
Guide: £20-60
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Lot 438
How the world used to be - a UNIVERSAL ATLAS from 1893 by W & AK Johnston, 'Geographers to the Queen', in colour, front cover loose (37x30cm approx), THE MINSTRELSY of SCOTLAND, collated by Alfred Moffat, words and music to 200 Scottish Songs (published 1895), THE COMPLETE WORKS OF ROBERT BURNS (including his correspondence), published by WP Nimmo, Hay and Mitchell, BROWNINGS POEMS bound in a soft leather, (Cassell & Co 1907), plus 3 pocket editions from The Thistle Library bound in tartan (9x6cm) to include Mary Queen of scots by Sir Walter Scott, Burns' Songs, and The Scott Country - 'A tour round the Lowland districts described in the works of Sir Walter Scott' etc
Guide: £15-45
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Lot 439
For all Eygptologists - a beautiful, large (34x26cm) book THE NUBIAN PHARAOHS - Black Kings on the Nile by Charles bonnet and Dominique Valbelle, plus NUBIAN PHARAOHS and MEROITIC KINGS - TheKingdom of Kush by Necia Desiree Harkless and a bulletin (no 15, 2011) Sudan & Nubia from the Sudan Archaeological Research Society
Guide: £20-45
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