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Printed Books and Maps

Auction 19844
25 Sep 2012, starting at 10:30 BST.
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Auction highlights

Sold for £6,875 inc. premium
BINDINGS - MALORY (THOMAS) [Le Morte D'Arthur], 2 vol. 1904
Sold for £3,750 inc. premium
BALLET CHALON (A.E.) La Sylphide. Souvenir d'adieu de Marie Talioni, 1845
Sold for £3,500 inc. premium
NEWTON (ISAAC) Opticks...Second Edition, with Additions, 1718
Sold for £3,500 inc. premium
KIRCHER (ATHENASIUS) China monumentis, 1667

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1 AGRICULTURE. DALLA BELLA (JOAO ANTÓNIO) Memoria sobre a cultura das oliveiras em Portugal, 1786; and others (6) £350
US$ 528
€408
2 ALBUM An album of 27 cabinet cards of late Victorian actresses including May Yohe Phyllis Broughton, Pattie Browne, Decima Moore, Ethel Haydon, Cissy Loftus, Edna May, [c.1890 and later] £100
US$ 150
€116
3 ANGLING BURNAND (FRANCIS C., editor) The Incompleat Angler. After Master Izaak Walton, NUMBER 21 OF 26 COPIES "COLOURED THROUGHOUT BY HAND", 1887 £100
US$ 150
€116
4 ARABIAN NIGHTS A Series of Seventy Original Illustrations to Captain Sir R.F. Burton's "Arabian Nights"... Reproduced from the Original Pictures in Oils. Specially Painted by Albert Letchford, ONE OF 280 LARGE PAPER COPIES, 1897 £500
US$ 754
€583
5 AUCTION CATALOGUES -- CROFTS (THOMAS)) Bibliotheca Croftsiana, [1783]; BERNAL (RALPH) Catalogue of the Very Choice, Valuable, and Beautiful Library, 1855 (2) £312
US$ 471
€364
6 AUCTION CATALOGUES BRIDGES (JOHN) Biliotheca Bridgesianae Catalogus, 1725; --[PARIS D'ILLENS]. Bibliotheca Parisiana. A Catalogue of a Collection of Books, 1791 (2) £400
US$ 603
€466
7 AUCTION CATALOGUES Biblioteca Parriana. A Catalogue of the Library of the Late... Samuel Parr, 1827; and another (2) £275
US$ 415
€320
8 AUCTION CATALOGUES Catalogue of the Contents of Stowe House, near Buckingham; Which Will Be Sold by Auction, by Messrs. Christie and Manson, on the Premises on Tuesday August 15th, 1848...[1848]; and others (14) £600
US$ 905
€700
9 AUCTION CATALOGUES ROXBURGHE (JOHN, Duke of) Catalogue of the Library, 1812; BLANDFORD (GEORGE SPENCER, Marquess of) White Knights Library, 1819 (2) £525
US$ 792
€612
10 BALLET CHALON (A.E.) La Sylphide. Souvenir d'adieu de Marie Talioni, 1845 £3,750
US$ 5,662
€4,375
11 BEES WILDMAN (THOMAS) A Treatise on the Management of Bees...The Natural History of Wasps and Hornets, and the Means of Destroying Them £500
US$ 754
€583
12 BIBLE, New Testament, in Latin. Novum testsamentum, 1567/1609, bound with Sternhold psalmes, 1611 £87
US$ 132
€102
14 BIBLE, in English, Bishops' Version, 1602 £1,500
US$ 2,264
€1,750
15 BIBLE, in English, Bishops version [The Holy Bible], 1588 £525
US$ 792
€612
16 BIBLE, in English, Geneva version The Bible, 1599 [but later] £437
US$ 660
€510
17 BIBLE, in English, Geneva version The Bible, Translated According to the Ebrew and Greeke, 1600 £375
US$ 566
€437
18 BIBLES, in English, Authorised version The Holy Bible, 1763; and others (quantity) £2,500
US$ 3,774
€2,917
19 BIBLIOGRAPHY - BIBLES COPINGER (WALTER A.) Incunabula Biblica or the First Half Century of the Latin Bible, Being a Bibliographical Account of the Various Editions of the Latin Bible between 1450 and 1500, 1892 £500
US$ 754
€583
20 BIBLIOGRAPHY ABBEY (J.R.) Life in England in Aquatint and Lithography 1770-1860; Travel, 2 vol.; Scenery of Great Britain and Ireland, 1972 (4) £312
US$ 471
€364
21 BIBLIOGRAPHY BRITISH MUSEUM GENERAL CATALOGUE OF PRINTED BOOKS, 27 vol., 1967; and others (quantity) £200
US$ 301
€233
22 BIBLIOGRAPHY CORDEAUX (E.H.) and MERRY (D.H.) A Bibliography of Printed Works Relating to the University of Oxford, 1968; and others (quantity) £400
US$ 603
€466
23 BIBLIOGRAPHY HEINECKEN (KARL HEINRICH VON)] Idée générale d'une collection complette d'estampes, 1771 £187
US$ 283
€218
24 BIBLIOGRAPHY DIBDIN (THOMAS FROGNALL) Typographical Antiquities: or the History of Printing in England, Scotland and Ireland, 4 vol. £687
US$ 1,038
€802
25 BIBLIOGRAPHY DIBDIN (THOMAS FROGNALL) Reminiscences of a Literary Life, 2 vol., 1836; and others (12) £812
US$ 1,226
€948
26 BIBLIOGRAPHY DIBDIN (THOMAS FROGNALL) A Bibliographical Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, 3 vol., 1821; and others (5) £375
US$ 566
€437
27 BIBLIOGRAPHY DIBDIN (THOMAS FROGNALL) The Bibliographical Decameron; or Ten days Pleasant Discourse upon Illuminated Manuscripts..., Early Engraving, Typography and Bibliography, 3 vol., 1817 £187
US$ 283
€218
28 BIBLIOGRAPHY MOSS (JOSEPH WILLIAM) A Manual of Classical Bibliography, 2 vol., 1827; and others (11) £375
US$ 566
€437
29 BIBLIOGRAPHY MUNBY (ALAN NOEL LATIMER) Phillipps Studies, 5 vol., 1951-1960; and others (7) £225
US$ 339
€262
30 BIBLIOGRAPHY SIMON (ANDRÉ) Bibliotheca Vinaria, 1979; and others (23) £350
US$ 528
€408
31 BIBLIOGRAPHY and PRINTING. A large collection concerning printing, bibliography, manuscripts, autographs (quantity) £525
US$ 792
€612
32 BINDINGS Chambers's Encyclopaedia, A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge, 10 vol., 1892-1895 £175
US$ 264
€204
33 BINDINGS - MALORY (THOMAS) [Le Morte D'Arthur], 2 vol. 1904 £6,875
US$ 10,380
€8,022
34 BINDINGS BURNEY (FANNY) Evelina, Chivers of Bath, 1903 £1,500
US$ 2,264
€1,750
35 BINDINGS GRANGER (JAMES) A Biographical History of England, 6 vol., 1824; and others (57) £1,187
US$ 1,792
€1,385
36 BINDINGS IRVING (WASHINGTON) The Works, 10 vol., contemporary blue half calf gilt, 1853; and other bindings (36) £687
US$ 1,038
€802
37 BINDINGS IRVING (WASHINGTON) Bracebridge Hall, chivers binding, 1877 £625
US$ 943
€729
38 BINDINGS MENPES (MORTIMER) Japan. A Record in Colour, chivers bindings, 1902 £812
US$ 1,226
€948
39 BINDINGS PERRIMEZZI (GIUSEPPE MARIA) La vita di S. Francesco da Paola, 2 vol. in one, 1855; and others (11) £1,000
US$ 1,509
€1,166
40 BINDINGS SHAKESPEARE (WILLIAM) The Works, 1874--SHELLEY (PERCY BYSSHE) The Poetical Works, 4 vol., 1839; and other calf bindings (46) £937
US$ 1,415
€1,093
41 BINDINGS STEVENSON (ROBERT LOUIS) Underwoods, 1887; and 13 others, sold as bindings £1,187
US$ 1,792
€1,385
42 BINDINGS Selected Centuries of Books from the Library of the Diocese of Salisbury, fine binding for Hayday, 1843 £875
US$ 1,321
€1,021
43 BINDINGS TOMSON (GRAHAM R., editor) Selections from the Greek Anthology £750
US$ 1,132
€875
44 BOOK ARTS MORISON (STANLEY) John Fell, The University Press and the 'Fell' Types, 1967; and others (35) £350
US$ 528
€408
45 BOOKBINDING DUDIN (RENE MARTIN) L'art du relieur doreur de livres, Paris, 1772 £937
US$ 1,415
€1,093
46 BOOKBINDING FLETCHER (WILLIAM YOUNGER) English Bookbindings in the British Museum, 1895; and 3 others (4) £562
US$ 849
€656
47 BURTON (RICHARD F.) Vikram and the Vampire, and large quantity of others, sexology, etc. - 3 boxes - (quantity) £437
US$ 660
€510
48 BRUNEL (ISAMBARD KINGDOM). CLIFTON SUSPENSION BRIDGE Two important views in the Avon Gorge, below Bristol, showing Isambard Kingdom Brunel's towers at the point when construction of his Clifton Suspension Bridge was abandoned,[1840s] (pair) £1,500
US$ 2,264
€1,750
49 CAMPBELL (R.) The London Tradesman. Being an Historical Account of All the Trades, Professions, Arts, both Liberal and Mechanic, now Practised in the Cities of London and Westminster. Calculated for the Instruction of Youth in their Choice of Business, 1757 £312
US$ 471
€364
50 CARBONARI - ITALY Memoirs of the Secret Societies of the South of Italy, 1821 £275
US$ 415
€320
51 CHAPBOOKS. The Cornish Renegado or Christian Turned Moor; Julia's Journey to London; The Fatal Scarf; The Surprising Adventures of Henry Twisdon; ANGELO (T.) The Art of Making Fire-works £1,250
US$ 1,887
€1,458
52 COACHING CROSS (THOMAS) The Autobiography of a Stage Coachman, 2 vol., LIMITED TO 500 COPIES, 1904 £237
US$ 358
€277
53 COMBE (WILLIAM) The Tour [-Third Tour] of Doctor Syntax, 3 vol., 1855 £212
US$ 320
€247
54 COMBE (WILLIAM) The History of Johnny Quae Genus, the Little Foundling of the Late Doctor Syntax, 1822 £150
US$ 226
€175
55 COMBE (WILLIAM) The Tour of Doctor Prosody...Through Scotland, The Hebrides, The Orkney and Shetland Isles, 1821; and 2 others (3) £525
US$ 792
€612
56 COOKERY FARLEY (JOHN) The London Art of Cookery... Seventh Edition, 1792 £137
US$ 207
€160
57 COOKERY NUTT (FREDERICK) The Complete Confectioner; or, the Whole Art of Confectionary Made Easy, 1819 £87
US$ 132
€102
58 COSTUME Picturesque Representations of the Dress and Manners of the English, [c.1825] £112
US$ 169
€131
60 COSTUME La belle assemblée, various numbers from 1806 (vol. 1)-1811 (vol. 4, new series) in 10 vol., 1806-1811 £1,000
US$ 1,509
€1,166
61 CROMWELL (OLIVER) [RAGUENET (FRANCOIS)] Histoire d'Olivier Cromwel, 1691 £50
US$ 75
€58
62 DORE (GUSTAVE) and BLANCHARD JERROLD London. A Pilgrimage, contemporary half morocco, 1872--TENNYSON (ALFRED) Idylls of the King £562
US$ 849
€656
63 EGAN (PIERCE) Life in London; or, the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, 1823; and 2 others (3) £750
US$ 1,132
€875
64 EGYPTOLOGY The Book of the Dead. Facsimiles of the Papyri of Hunefer, Kerasher and Netchemet, 1899; and others (8) £275
US$ 415
€320
65 EGYPTOLOGY WOOLLEY (C.L.) Ur Excavations. The Royal Cemetery, 2 vol., 1934; and others (5) £262
US$ 396
€306
66 FACSIMILE EDITIONS COLONNA (FRANCESCO) Poliphili Hypnerotomachia; and othres (14) £1,250
US$ 1,887
€1,458
67 FIELD SPORTS LISTER (THOMAS, Baron Ribblesdale) The Queen's Hounds and Stag-Hunting Recollections, NUMBER 42 OF 150 COPIES ON LARGE PAPER, 1897; and others (6) £437
US$ 660
€510
68 FIELD SPORTS PAGET (GUY) The History of the Althorp and Pytchley Hunt 1634-1920, 1937; and others (quantity) £475
US$ 717
€554
69 FIGURE SKATING VANDERVELL (H.E.) and T. MAXWELL WITHAM A System of Figure Skating, 1873 £37
US$ 56
€43
70 FIRST WORLD WAR BONE (MUIRHEAD) War Drawings, in 6 original parts £225
US$ 339
€262
71 FLAGS [Flags of All Nations], title and captions in Armenian, [Venice, the Armenian monastery of St. Lazarus]1813; and two others, also vexillology (3) £312
US$ 471
€364
72 FORE-EDGE PAINTING BESANT (WILLIAM) Westminster, 1895 £562
US$ 849
€656
73 FOREIGN FIELD SPORTS Foreign Field Sports, Fisheries, Sporting Anecdotes, 1819 £475
US$ 717
€554
74 FRANKLIN (BENJAMIN) Bowles's Moral Pictures or Poor Richard Illustrated. Being Lessons for the Young and the Old on Industry, Temperance, Frugality &c. by Dr. Benjamin Franklin, Manchester, [1793] £812
US$ 1,226
€948
75 GENEALOGY The Genealogy of William Augustus Dalton Esquire, Shewing his Descent from Henry the Third, manuscript on vellum and paper, 1829 £375
US$ 566
€437
76 GOLF - WETHERED (H. NEWTON) and T. SIMPSON. The Architectural Side of Golf... Illustrated by the Authors, FIRST EDITION, NUMBER 19 OF 50 LARGE PAPER COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHORS, 1929 £2,375
US$ 3,585
€2,771
77 GREY OWL BELANEY (ARCHIBALD) The Tree, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR £62
US$ 94
€72
78 HOLOCAUST The Mass Extermination of Jews in German Occupied Poland. [1943] £875
US$ 1,321
€1,021
79 HUNTING FOTHERERGILL (GEORGE A.) An Old Rabyhung Club Album, NUMBER 25 OF 50 SPECIAL COPIES, 1899 £75
US$ 113
€87
80 JAPAN - PATTERN BOOKS A collection of eight nineteenth century Japanese pattern and story books (8) £375
US$ 566
€437
81 KEYNES (JOHN MAYNARD) The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money, FIRST EDITION, dust-jacket, 1936 £1,375
US$ 2,076
€1,604
82 LEWIS (EDWARD W.) Lectures on the Geology of Leighton Buzzard, ONE OF 25 COPIES ON LARGE PAPER, 1879; and others (small quantity) £475
US$ 717
€554
83 LOGBOOKS HALLWRIGHT (W.W.) Midshipman's logs onboard H.M.S. Niobe and Hogue and H.M.S. Terrible and Niobe, 1899-1902 (2) £350
US$ 528
€408
84 LONDON ALMANAC London Almanack for the Year of Christ 1792; and another (2) £475
US$ 717
€554
85 LONDON TRANSPORT 44 reproductions of London Transport posters from 1928-1958 tipped-into printed card covers measuring 227 x 271mm [after 1958]; and two books relating to London Transport posters (46) £25
US$ 37
€29
86 MAGIC GOLDSTON (WILL) Sensational Tales of Mystery Men, 1929 £112
US$ 169
€131
87 MANCHESTER - ILLEGITIMACY BATTYE (THOMAS) The Red Basil Book, or, Parish Register of Arrears, for the Maintenance of the Unfortunate Offspring of Illicit Amours; with a Farther Development of Most Shameful and Unprecedented Acts of Abuse in the Town of Manchester, 1797 £2,250
US$ 3,397
€2,625
88 MANCHESTER - TRIALS WALKER (THOMAS) and others. The Whole Proceedings on the Trial of an Indictment against Thomas Walker of Manchester, Merchant, William Paul [and others] for Conspiracy to Overthrow the Constitution and Government, 1794 £162
US$ 245
€189
89 MANCHESTER IMPRINTS. SMETHURST (GAMALIEL) Tables of Time; whereby the day of the month, either old or new stile; Day of the week; Rising of the moon... may be found for any time past, [1750]; and 19 others £1,000
US$ 1,509
€1,166
90 MANNING (HENRY EDWARD, CARDINAL) A Collection of 19 autograph letters to T.P. Kirkman, 1876-1880 £437
US$ 660
€510
91 MANUSCRIPT MISCELLANY £137
US$ 207
€160
92 METAL BINDING - MACHINES HULTEN (K.G. PONTUS) The Machine as Seen at the End of the Mechanical Age, 1968 £50
US$ 75
€58
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