Bearnes Hampton and Littlewood: Antiquarian Book Auction, 60926, Exeter

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
June 09, 2026 - June 09, 2026
Page Size: 521 items in 21 pages
Auction Lot Books
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
175 Morris William

MORRIS, William.

London 1890 Not Available GBP 111.52
176 Murray James A.H.

MURRAY, James A.H., et al. A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, Vols.

Oxford 1884-1933 Not Available Not Sold
177 Nalson John

NALSON, John.

London 1682; 1683 Not Available GBP 98.40
178 Nelson Robert

NELSON, Robert.

London 1722 Not Available Not Sold
179 Dante Alighieri

NONESUCH PRESS.

London 1928 Not Available GBP 341.12
180 Shakespeare William

NONESUCH PRESS. The New Nonesuch Shakespeare, 4 vols.

London 1953 Not Available GBP 13.12
181 Plutarch; Holland Philemon; Jevons Frank Byron

NUTT, David (pub.). Plutarch's Romane Questions, translated A.D. 1603 by Philemon Holland, ...

London 1892 Not Available Not Sold
182 Pearson John

PEARSON, John. An Exposition of the Creed...

London 1662 Not Available GBP 91.84
183

PENGUIN 'GREEN' PAPERBACKS.

1948-1961 Not Available GBP 3,411.20
184 Pepys Samuel; Braybrooke Richard Lord; Bright Mynors

PEPYS, Samuel. Diary and Correspondence... from his Ms.

London 1876-1879 Not Available Not Sold
185 Phaedrus Gaius Julius; Burman Pieter

PHAEDRUS, Gaius Julius. BURMAN, Pieter (ed.). Phaedri, Aug. Liberti Fabularum Aesopiarum Libri V...

The Hague 1718 Not Available GBP 104.96
186

[PLANTIN PRESS] OFFICINA PLANTINIANA. Officium B.

Antwerp; Paris 1726; 1756; 1739 Not Available Not Sold
187 Porny Mark Anthony

PORNY, Mark Anthony. The Elements of Heraldry, the fifth edition, London: Printed for G. G. and J.

London 1795 Not Available GBP 13.12
188 Prince John

PRINCE, John.

Exeter 1701 Not Available GBP 72.16
189 Prynne William; Cotton Robert

PRYNNE, William (ed.).

London 1657 Not Available GBP 157.44
190

QURAN.

C19th Not Available GBP 288.64
191 Andrewes Lancelot; Wolseley Charles

RELIGION, C17th. 2 works: [ANDREWES, Lancelot (attrib.)].

London 1641; 1672 Not Available GBP 131.20
192

[ROTTEN BOROUGHS & BRIBERY] Barnstaple.

1819 Not Available GBP 6.56
193 Ruskin John

RUSKIN, John. Fors Clavigera, Letters to the Workmen and Labourers of Great Britain, 8 vols.

Orpington 1871-1884 Not Available Not Sold
194 Ruskin John

RUSKIN, John. Praeterita, 3 vols.

Orpington 1886-1900 Not Available GBP 72.16
195 Schiller Friedrich

SCHILLER, Friedrich. Sammtliche Werke, 17 vols. (only, lacks vol. 3), Stuttgart und Tubingen: J. G.

Stuttgart und Tubingen 1827 Not Available GBP 6.56
196 Shakespeare William

SHAKESPEARE, William.

London 1823 Not Available GBP 124.64
197 Shaw Stebbing

SHAW, Stebbing. The History and Antiquities of Staffordshire, 2 vols.,

London 1798-1801 Not Available Not Sold
198 Sleidanus Johannes; Bohun Edward

SLEIDANUS, Johannes.

London 1689 Not Available GBP 131.20
199 Smythe W. Dumville; Calvert W.; Prescott E. Livingstone

SMYTHE, W. Dumville.

London; London; London 1905; 1854; ND Not Available Not Sold
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