Antiques, Estate & Job Lot Auction – 14 October 2026

Antiques, Estate & Job Lot Auction – 14 October 2026

Catalogue

Lot 517: A Collection of Automotive History and General Literature Hardcover Volumes (DJ)

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Start price: £10

Estimated price: £10 - £20

Buyer's Premium: 18%

A collection of hardcover volumes focusing on automotive history, legal reference, and literature. The automotive selection includes specialist titles such as The Magic of MG by Mike Allison, published by Dalton Watson, and Original MG T Series by Anders Ditlev Clausager. Further motoring interests are represented by Chequered Flag: 100 Years of Motor Racing by Ivan Rendall, Remembering Ayrton Senna by Alan Henry, Corvette: Portrait of a Legend by Richard Langworth, and Great Marques: Rolls-Royce. The group includes a two-volume set of The Oxford Anthology of Great English Poetry, bound in red cloth with gilt decorative spines. Other notable works include The Island of Adventure by Enid Blyton, published by Macmillan, The West by Geoffrey C. Ward, and a 1929 Royal Commission on Historical Monuments volume titled London Vol. IV The City. Legal history is represented by the All England Law Reports Consolidated Index and Table of Cases 1936 to 1938. The collection is completed by various titles including Typhoon and Other Stories by Joseph Conrad and A Guide to Collecting Silver by Elizabeth de Castres. The volumes are presented in a mix of cloth and board bindings, many retaining their original pictorial dust jackets.