Antiques, Estate & Job Lot Auction – 12 November 2026

Antiques, Estate & Job Lot Auction – 12 November 2026

Catalogue

Lot 263: Royal English Arboricultural Society, The Quarterly Journal of Forestry, Multiple Volumes

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Start price: £10

Estimated price: £10 - £20

Buyer's Premium: 18%

A collection of softcover periodicals titled The Quarterly Journal of Forestry, published for the Royal English Arboricultural Society. Each issue features paper wrappers with a printed decorative border and a central woodcut-style illustration of a tree. The collection spans the early 20th century, including issues from 1914, 1920, 1921, 1924, 1926, 1929, and 1931. The covers are printed in black ink on off-white or cream-toned paper. Visible imprints include Laughton & Company, Limited, 3 Wellington Street, Strand, and later The Red Lion Press, Ltd., Pemberton Row, London. Several issues bear yellow adhesive price stickers reading 1523. The journals are primarily octavo? in size and were priced at two shillings or two shillings and sixpence for non-members. The text identifies various printers including the Avenue Press, Ltd. and The Red Lion Press, Ltd.