Next sale 26th of June

Our next sale is the 26th of June at 9:45AM with 546 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 92A
A Buddhist KAMMAVACA (monastic ceremony and higher ordination text) with red and gold covers 55 x 13cm A LARGE BUDDHIST MANUSCRIPT (KAMMAVACA) KONBAUNG DYNASTY, BURMA, 19TH CENTURY Composed of 14 red-lacquered and guilded palm-leaf folios, each with 6ll. in Burmese tamarind seed script, in horizontal format, with two covers with figurative and foliate decorative motifs 5ΒΌ x 21 3/4in. (13.5 x 55cm.)
Guide: £550-2500
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Lot 304
Bonhams & Sotheby's Auction catalogues and others relating to Scottish Art and Furniture, great resource guides. Lot incudes Eyles & Dennis Royal Doulton Figures large hardback guide
Guide: £10-20
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Lot 305
Three beautifully illustrated presentation CLASSIC BOOK TITLES to include ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND illustrated by HELEN OXENBURY, a CENTENARY EDITION of both LEWIS CARROLL'S Alice books and a CHRISTMAS TREASURY of seasonal tales just right for bedtime reading
Guide: £5-25
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Lot 306
PEEBLES Interest, box of miscellaneous books including 31 PEEBLES BELTANE FESTIVAL programmes going back to 1973
Guide: £10-20
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Lot 307
LOCAL INTEREST, Complete set of CHAMBER'S ENCYCLOPEDIA (10) Maroon and gold bindings, printed 1895
Guide: £20-40
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Lot 308
GREAT COLLECTION OF BOYS ANNUALS including 12 Victor Books for Boys, 10 Hotspur Book for Boys, 2 Dandy Annuals, 19 Enid Blyton adventure stories plus lots more
Guide: £10-30
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Lot 309
COMMANDO COMICS 50 approx. earliest edition 616, , 14 x17.5cm approx, good condition
Guide: £25-70
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Lot 310
A set of PRACTICAL ADVICE on multiple subjects published by ODHAMS PRESS, all with original dust jackets, subjects include " THE HOME COUNSELLOR", "HOW TO WRITE, THINK AND SPEAK CORRECTLY", "THE PRACTICAL WAY TO KEEP FIT", "THE HOME ENTERTAINER", "HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW?" etc, 12 hardback volumes in all, also TOMMY'S TREK : A TRANSVAAL STORY by Bessie Marchant hardback copy BMC MINI ADO 15 and 50 instruction manual
Guide: £10-50
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Lot 311
First edition: BIGGLES COMBINED OPERATION by CAPT WE JOHNS Condition: Good. 1959. 158 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with colour illustrated plates throughout.
Guide: £15-45
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Lot 312
A very large collection of mainly vintage and semi-modern SCOTTISH INTEREST BOOKS and ANGLING BOOKS to include Tracing Your Ancestry by Kathleen Cory, and Victorian & Edwardian Edinburgh by CS MINTO, HIGHWAYS & BYWAYS IN THE BORDER by Hugh Thomson etc etc
Guide: £15-50
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Lot 314
ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA 30 volumes c1983
Guide: £5-50
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Lot 315
LOCAL INTEREST -LEAVES FROM THE LIFE OF A COUNTRY DOCTOR by Clement Gunn 1939 Dust Jacket poor & loose
Guide: £15-35
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Lot 316
LOCAL INTEREST - Chambers PEEBLES & its NEIGHBOURHOOD WITH A RUN ON THE PEEBLES RAILWAY 1856 Rare, some damage to map.
Guide: £50-100
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Lot 317
LOCAL INTEREST - Chambers GAZETEER OF SCOTLAND in 2 vols. 1838 Good bindings complete with map
Guide: £55-100
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Lot 318
SUPER RARE PUBLICATIONS! LOCAL INTEREST - Dr Clement Gunn Book of Remembrance for Tweeddale, Rare in all four volumes complete (4&5 combined)
Guide: £250-580
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Lot 319
THE CHURCHMAN'S FAMILY BIBLE: The New Testament with Commentary, published by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. No date of publication but accompanying papers put it at late 19th century. Good condition with no loose pages.
Guide: £10-25
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Lot 320
BOOKS FOR CAT LOVERS. To include FROM KITTENS TO CATS by Walter Chandoha,THE CAT: 3500 YEARS OF THE CAT IN ART by Caroline Bugler, MITTENS by Clare Turlay Newberry, CATS OF THE WORLD by Armand Denis, TRAVELLNG CAT: A JOURNEY ROUND BRITAIN WITH PUGWASH by Frederick Harrison, THE WILDLIFE OF THE DOMESTIC CAT by Roger Tabor, CATS (and OTHER CRAZY CUDDLIES) edited by Richard & Helen Exley, THE POETRY OF CATS edited by Samuel Carr, CAT'S KINGDOM by Hartley and Joan Ramsay, JANE BROWN CATS, LOOKING AFTER YOUR CAT by Nick Henderson, THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF CATS by Grace Pond, THE CAT BOOK: CATS OF HISTORICAL DISTINCTION by Kathleen Walker-Meikle.
Guide: £5-15
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