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Printed Books and Maps

Auction 18153
Oxford
12 Oct 2010, starting at 11:00 BST.
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CHINESE CERAMICS HOBSON (R.L.) A Catalogue of Chinese Pottery and Porcelain in the Collection of Sir Percival David, NUMBER 223 OF 650 COPIES
Sold for £4,080 inc. premium
CHINESE CERAMICS HOBSON (R.L.) A Catalogue of Chinese Pottery and Porcelain in the Collection of Sir Percival David, NUMBER ...
SOCIETY FOR THE DIFFUSION OF USEFUL KNOWLEDGE [General Atlas], vol. 2 and 3 only (without Europe)
Sold for £2,220 inc. premium
SOCIETY FOR THE DIFFUSION OF USEFUL KNOWLEDGE [General Atlas], vol. 2 and 3 only (without Europe)
PRAGNANT BLOCKING PRESS PräGnant HHS 30 electric foil blocking press
Sold for £1,860 inc. premium
PRAGNANT BLOCKING PRESS PräGnant HHS 30 electric foil blocking press
FLEMING (IAN) Casino Royale
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FLEMING (IAN) Casino Royale

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1 AGRICULTURE DICKSON (R.W.) A Complete System of Improved Livestock and Cattle Management, 2 vol. in one £360
US$ 562
€420
2 AGRICULTURE ROCQUE (BARTHOLOMEW, of Walham-Green) A Practical Treatise on Cultivating Lucern Grass. Improved and Enlarged. An Some Hints Relative to Burnet and Timothy Grasses £180
US$ 281
€210
3 AGRICULTURE SHELDON (JOHN PRINCE) Dairy Farming being the Theory, Practice, and Methods of Dairying £360
US$ 562
€420
4 AGRICULTURE [HORNE (THOMAS HARTWELL)] The Complete Grazier; or, Farmer and Cattle-Dealer's Assistant... by a Lincolnshire Grazier £192
US$ 299
€224
5 AGRICULTURE TUKE (JOHN) General view of the Agriculture of the North Riding of Yorkshire £480
US$ 749
€560
6 AGRICULTURE and ETON £180
US$ 281
€210
7 ALBUM A fine nineteenth century album titled "Original Drawings by William Marshall Craig, Painter to Queen Charlotte & H.R.H. Duke of York, together with many of his Coloured Drawings for the Marquess of Stafford Gallery, 1810-12" £696
US$ 1,087
€812
8 ALBUM A large nineteenth century album, seemingly compiled by a relative of Dawson Massy £1,020
US$ 1,593
€1,191
9 ALBUM A late nineteenth-century album, compiled by T.L. Winthrop and captioned "Rough Drawings by T.L.W." £360
US$ 562
€420
11 ALBUMS Album, including approximately 18 original pen, ink or watercolour studies (including 4 of natural history subjects) £240
US$ 374
€280
12 ALLINGHAM (HELEN) HUISH (MARCUS B.) Happy England, EDITION DE LUXE, LIMITED TO 750 COPIES SIGNED BY THE ILLUSTRATOR £228
US$ 356
€266
13 ANDRE (R.) Cruise of the Walnut Shell £156
US$ 243
€182
14 ANGLING BOWLKER (CHARLES) The Art of Angling; Or Compleat Fly-Fisher £336
US$ 524
€392
15 ANGLING HALFORD (FREDERIC M.) Dry-Fly Fishing, FIRST EDITION, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY £36
US$ 56
€42
16 ANGLING WALTON (IZAAK) and CHARLES COTTON. The Complete Angler or the Contemplative Man's Recreation... with Original Memoirs and Notes by Sir Harris Nicolas, 2 vol. £60
US$ 93
€70
17 ANGLING WALTON (IZAAK) and CHARLES COTTON. The Compleat Angler, 2 vol., NUMBER 19 OF 250 COPIES OF THE ROYAL QUARTO EDITION DE LUXE £936
US$ 1,462
€1,093
18 ANGLING WALTON (IZAAK) and CHARLES COTTON. The Compleat Angler, NUMBER 224 OF 250 EDITION DE LUXE COPIES £288
US$ 449
€336
19 APPERLEY (CHARLES)] The Life of a Sportsman, by Nimrod £96
US$ 149
€112
20 ARMSTRONG (WILLIAM GEORGE) Electric Movement in Air and Water with Theoretical Inferences, 2 vol. (including supplement by Henry Stroud) £312
US$ 487
€364
21 ARUNDEL (THOMAS, Earl of) Document signed £264
US$ 412
€308
22 BAKER (HENRY) The Microscope Made Easy £264
US$ 412
€308
23 BED BUGS and NITS SOUTHALL (JOHN) A Treatise of Buggs: Shewing When and How they Were First Brought into England. How they Are Brought into and Insect Houses £132
US$ 206
€154
24 BIBLE, in Inuit The Gospels According to St. Matthew, St. Mark, St. Luke, and St. John, translated into the Language of the Esquimaux Indians on the Coast of Labrador; by the Missionaries of the Unitas Fratrum; or, United Brethren. Residing at Nain, Okkak, and Hopedale £504
US$ 787
€588
25 BIBLIOGRAPHY - AMERICANA The Celebrated Collection of Americana formed by the Late Thomas Winthrop Streeter, 8 vol. (including Index) £132
US$ 206
€154
26 BIBLIOGRAPHY General Catalogue of Printed Books, 35 vol. including 8 supplement vol. £108
US$ 168
€126
27 BIBLIOGRAPHY HELLINGA (WYTZE and LOTTE) The Fifteenth-Century Printing Types of the Low Countries, 2 vol. £204
US$ 318
€238
28 BIBLIOGRAPHY MORISON (STANLEY) John Fell. The University Press and the "Fell" Types £72
US$ 112
€84
29 BIBLIOGRAPHY TODD (HENRY J., preface) A Catalogue of the Archiepiscopal Manuscripts in the Library at Lambeth Palace, engraved vignette on title, half-title laid down with some loss, Law and Gilbert, 1812--A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum, 4 vol., 1808, modern cloth--A Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Cottonian Library, Deposited in the British Museum £132
US$ 206
€154
30 BIBLIOGRAPHY WISE (THOMAS JAMES) The Ashley Library. A Catalogue of Printed Books, Manuscripts and Autograph Letters, 11 vol. £36
US$ 56
€42
31 BINDINGS BYRON (GEORGE GORDON NOEL) The Works, 4 vol. £480
US$ 749
€560
32 BINDINGS FROUDE (JAMES ANTHONY) The History of England, from the Fall of Wolsey to Death of Elizabeth, 8 vol. £816
US$ 1,274
€953
33 BINDINGS FROUDE (JAMES ANTHONY) History of England, 12 vol. £624
US$ 974
€728
34 BINDINGS GALSWORTHY (JOHN) £540
US$ 843
€630
35 BINDINGS J.E. & H.S. The Golden Threads of Life £312
US$ 487
€364
36 BINDINGS GARNETT (RICHARD, editor). The International Library of Famous Literature, 20 vol. £180
US$ 281
€210
37 BINDINGS KNIGHT (CHARLES) The Popular History of England, 8 vol. £216
US$ 337
€252
38 BINDINGS POPE (ALEXANDER) The Poetical Works £360
US$ 562
€420
39 BINDINGS SEELEY (E.L., editor) Stories of the Italian Artists from Vasari £72
US$ 112
€84
40 BINDINGS SHORTT (ADAM) and ARTHUR G. DOUGHTY, editors Canada and Its Provinces, 22 vol. only (of 23) £168
US$ 262
€196
41 BINDINGS WILDE (OSCAR) The Picture of Dorian Gray, Paris, Charles Carrington £576
US$ 899
€672
42 BINDINGS, VELLUM GROTIUS (HERMANN) Dissertationes £1,056
US$ 1,649
€1,233
44 BOOK OF THE DEAD The Book of the Dead. Facsimiles of the Papyri of Hunefer, Anhai, Keerasher and Netchemet £156
US$ 243
€182
45 BOOKBINDING Catalogue de reliures du XVe au XIXe siècle, en vente a la libraire Gumuchian & Cie £132
US$ 206
€154
46 BOOKBINDING [Sale catalogue] Bibliothèque Raphaël Esmerian, vol. 1 and 3-5 only £264
US$ 412
€308
47 BOOKBINDING FLETCHER (WILLIAM YOUNGER) English Bookbindings in the British Museum, LIMITED TO 500 COPIES £36
US$ 56
€42
48 BROADSIDES, AUCTION AND SALE POSTER ADVERTISEMENTS "Canada Company's List of Lands, for Sale or Lease, 1st May, 1849... Seven Hundred Thousand Acres of Land... in Upper Canada. To Old Settlers, Emigrants and Others! £288
US$ 449
€336
49 BUCKLER (JOHN CHESSELL) Sixty Views of Endowed Grammar Schools £132
US$ 206
€154
51 BURTON (RICHARD, translator) The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayan. Translated from the Sanscrit £96
US$ 149
€112
53 CHAMBERS (EPHRAIM) Cyclopaedia: or, an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, vol. 2-4 (of 4) plus volume of plates £192
US$ 299
€224
55 CHURCHILL (WINSTON) Pair of limited edition brass effect bookends by Jon Douglas, incorporating waist-length portrait busts of Churchill £960
US$ 1,499
€1,121
56 COMBE (WILLIAM) [The Three Tours of Doctor Syntax], 3 vol. £192
US$ 299
€224
57 COMBE (WILLIAM) [The Three Tours of Doctor Syntax], 3 vol. £192
US$ 299
€224
59 COOKERY A manuscript recipe book £288
US$ 449
€336
60 COOKERY ACCUM (FREDERICK) A Treatise on Adulterations of Food, Exhibiting the Fraudulent Sophistications of Bread, Beer, Wine, Spirituous Liquors, Tea, Coffee.... and Other Articles Employed in Domestic Economy £288
US$ 449
€336
61 COOKERY DOLBY (RICHARD) The Cook's Dictionary, And House-Keeper's Directory £456
US$ 712
€532
62 COOKERY RAFFALD (ELIZABETH) The Experienced English Housekeeper £192
US$ 299
€224
63 COSTUME, RUSSIA The Costume of the Empire of Russia £660
US$ 1,030
€770
64 CRICKET GRACE (W.G.) Cricket, FIRST EDITION £36
US$ 56
€42
65 CRIES OF LONDON [The Cries of London] £984
US$ 1,537
€1,149
66 CRIMEA, SIEGE of KARS LAKE (ATWELL) Kars and Our Captivity in Russia: with letters from Gen. Sir W.F. Williams.. of Kars £480
US$ 749
€560
68 DIAMONDS MAWE (JOHN) A Treatise on Diamonds and Precious Stones: Including Their History, Natural and Commercial £264
US$ 412
€308
69 DORE (GUSTAVE) CERVANTES SAAVADRA (MIGUEL dE) The History of Don Quixote £240
US$ 374
€280
70 ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA Encyclopaedia Britannica; or, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, 18 vol. £480
US$ 749
€560
71 EROTICA DE LANSAY (JACQUELINE) Les délices libertines £660
US$ 1,030
€770
72 EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED BARLACE (JAMES GEORGE) An Historical Sketch of the Progress of Knowledge in England... to the Reign of Queen Elisabeth £216
US$ 337
€252
73 EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED WATSON (JOHN) Memoirs of the Ancient Earls of Warren and Surrey, and their Descendants, 2 vol. £432
US$ 674
€504
74 FALCONRY CAMBELL (JAMES) A Treatise of Modern Faulconry £456
US$ 712
€532
77 FORE-EDGE PAINTINGS LAUGHTON (JOHN KNOX) Studies in Naval History. Biographies £336
US$ 524
€392
79 FORESTRY MANWOOD (JOHN) A Treatise of the Laws of the Forest £216
US$ 337
€252
81 GARDENING COBBETT (WILLIAM) The English Gardener, £204
US$ 318
€238
82 GASKELL (ELIZABETH CLEGHORN) Mary Barton. A Tale of Manchester Life, 2 vol. £360
US$ 562
€420
83 GENEALOGY ANDERSON (JAMES) Royal Genealogies: or, the Genealogical Tables of Emperors, Kings and Princes from Adam to these Times £180
US$ 281
€210
84 GOLF HUTCHINSON (HORACE) British Golf Links. A Short Account of the Leading Golf Links of the United Kingdom £360
US$ 562
€420
85 HOGARTH (WILLIAM) The Works... From the Original Plates £504
US$ 787
€588
86 HUMPHREYS (HENRY NOEL) A History of the Art of Printing, FIRST EDITION, NUMBER 258 OF 300 COPIES £48
US$ 74
€56
87 HUMPHREYS (HENRY NOEL) The Parables of Our Lord £288
US$ 449
€336
88 INSTRUCTIVE PICTURE BOOK [The Instructive Picture Book. Quadrupeds] £168
US$ 262
€196
91 LAVATER (JOHN CASPAR) Essays on Physiognomy Designed to Promote the Knowledge and Love of Mankind, 3 vol. in 5 £144
US$ 224
€168
92 LAW and BOOKSELLERS Westminster Hall. The First Day of Term. A Satyrical Poem £288
US$ 449
€336
93 LIBRARY CATALOGUE, PARHAM HOUSE Catalogue of the Books in the Old Library, at Parham January 1794 £984
US$ 1,537
€1,149
94 LITHOGRAPHY SENEFELDER (ALOIS) A Complete Course of Lithography: Containing Clear and Explicit Instructions in all the Branches and Manners of that Art: Accompanied by Illustrative Specimens of Drawings, 2 parts in one vol. £600
US$ 937
€700
96 MARITIME - YACHTING Hunt's Yachting Magazine, vol. 6, 14-20, 22, 23, 26-31, 33, 35, 36, together 19 vol. £456
US$ 712
€532
97 MARITIME The Nautical Magazine for 1832-34, 1837-50, 1889, 1902-1909, together 32 vol. £648
US$ 1,012
€756
98 MATHEMATICS MAZEAS (J.M.) Élémens d'arithmétique, d'algébre et de géométrie £60
US$ 93
€70
99 MEDICINE GIBSON (THOMAS) The Anatomy of Humane Bodies Epitomized £312
US$ 487
€364
100 MEDICINE PARE (AMBROSE) The Workes £336
US$ 524
€392
102 MEDICINE WILLICH (ANTHONY FLORIAN MADINGER Lectures on Diet and Regimen £216
US$ 337
€252
103 MEDICINE and SURGERY WHITE (CHARLES) Cases in Surgery, with Remarks... to Which is Added, an Essay on the Ligature of Arteries, by J. Aikin, FIRST EDITION, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY £312
US$ 487
€364
104 MILITARY HOSPITALS, BOER WAR An album of albumen prints relating to the Imperial Yeomanary Hospital at Deelfontein £288
US$ 449
€336
105 MILITARY HOSPITALS, FIRST WORLD WAR Two albums of photographs by a First World War nurse, working in wards in London and France £720
US$ 1,124
€840
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