Books, Maps, Manuscripts and Historical Photographs

Auction 20138

Oxford

26 Jun 2012, starting at 10:30 BST.

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Sold for £15,000 inc. premium

BECKETT (SAMUEL) Murphy, FIRST EDITION, FIRST BINDING, DUST-JACKET, 1938

Sold for £11,250 inc. premium

FRITH (FRANCIS) Sinai and Palestine; Lower Egypt and Thebes; 2 vol. in 4

Sold for £5,250 inc. premium

NEW NATURALIST The New Naturalist, vol. 1-108, 1945-2008

Sold for £3,750 inc. premium

ALBUMS - BROADSIDES. 3 nineteenth century albums, [c.1890]; and 3 others (6)

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1	ASTRONOMY An album associated with the Gill family, most notably the Scottish astronomer, Sir David Gill, with views of the observatory at the Cape of Good Hope and Acension Island, [c.1877-1880]; together with 8 related and loosely inserted photographs (9)	£999 US$ 1,523 €1,183
2	AUSTRALIA An album with eight images of Australian interest by Bayliss including South Head, a view in Sydney and 4 aborigine portraits, [c.1890]	£624 US$ 952 €739
3	AUSTRALIA Views of Victoria. (General Series), Melbourne, Anglo-Australian Photographic Co., [c.1870]	£1,749 US$ 2,665 €2,071
4	AUSTRALIA and FIJI Two albums with strong associations with the Royal Navy's Australian Station, and visits to Fiji, Samoa and elsewhere, 2 albums (2)	£937 US$ 1,428 €1,109
5	BRITISH TOPOGRAPHY A pair of albums containing views of the British Isles, [c.1885]	£124 US$ 190 €147
6	BRITISH TOPOGRAPHY An album of topographical and architectural views, c.1885	£124 US$ 190 €147
7	BURMA and INDIA An album of views and portraits in Burma and India, [c.1880]	£1,249 US$ 1,904 €1,479
8	CHINA - SHANGHAI and HONG KONG, CRICKET and STEEPLECHASING A pair of albums containing approximately 265 images, [c.1900-1914]	£1,499 US$ 2,285 €1,775
9	EDWARDIAN BIG GAME ALBUM An album of approximately 230 images documenting hunting trips by J.P.K. (accompanied by Blanche in Japan and Africa) in North America, India (including a fine series from Assam of a Keddah), and Africa, as well as a trip to Hong Kong and Japan, 1901-1912	£687 US$ 1,047 €813
10	EGYPT and PALESTINE Two albums containing 132 albumen prints, including 43 views of Egypt (23 Beato, 9 Sebah), others of the Palestine (Jerusalem, Petra, Sinai, including several by Bonfils), and 14 "native types", [1880s]	£2,374 US$ 3,618 €2,811
11	FRANCE and SCOTLAND Two charming private albums of trips to France and Scotland, [c.1890] (2)	£349 US$ 533 €414
12	GREECE An album of views and portraits, including the King and Queen of Greece and the Duke and Duchess of Sparta, [c.1880]	£524 US$ 799 €621
13	GREECE, TURKEY and ITALY An album of 57 images, [c.1870]	£374 US$ 571 €443
14	HARZ MOUNTAINS A large album comprising 27 images in the Harz Mountains, mostly topographical but also including three scenes underground in a silver mine, one showing a man engine, [c.1890]	£399 US$ 609 €473
15	INDIA An album associated with the Indian administrator Sir William Muir with the contents divided between India and Scotland, of which upwards of 30 relate to India, 1864-1872	£437 US$ 666 €517
16	INDIA An album of 46 architectural views and portraits, [c.1880]	£349 US$ 533 €414
18	ITALY Album containing approximately 60 images chronicling a tour of Italy, 1880	£274 US$ 418 €325
19	JAPAN - ESAKI STUDIO> Album, of 50 hand-coloured albumen prints (205 x 265mm.), [1890s]	£999 US$ 1,523 €1,183
20	JAPAN [TAMAMURA STUDIO] An album of 30 images (25 views, 5 native types) in one vol., [1890s]	£437 US$ 666 €517
21	LONDON STEREOSCOPIC COMPANY An album containing approximately 90 views including street scenes, [c.1890]	£199 US$ 304 €236
22	MALTA and SUEZ Two albums of 24 images of topographical interest, [c.1890]; and approximately 50 others, British topographical photographs (quantity)	£274 US$ 418 €325
23	MALTA, GIBRALTAR, EGYPT and MEDITERRANEAN Three albums of upwards of 250 images of architectural, topographical and military interest	£562 US$ 856 €665
24	MESSINA EARTHQUAKE, 1908 An unusual album containing 48 images showing the devastation in Messina, 1908	£624 US$ 952 €739
25	MILITARY An album including an unusual group of 14 depicting various armies of Europe and Egypt, together with others of British military interest, [1870-1880]	£374 US$ 571 €443
26	MOUNTAINEERING. Seven albums of photographs recording mountaineering tours in the Spanish Pyrennes, Switzerland, Corsica, France and Norway, and other material (small quantity)	£624 US$ 952 €739
27	NIAGARA ZYBACH (J.) Choice Photographs of Niagara Falls, Niagara, [c.1890]	£162 US$ 247 €192
28	OLD CALABAR and BENIN Two albums of photogrpahs, [1896-97]	£1,999 US$ 3,046 €2,367
29	PORTRAITS A group of 3 albums and some loose album leaves of portraits, particularly carte-de-visite and cabinet cards, [1865 and later] (small quantity)	£112 US$ 171 €133
30	RUSSIA An album of 20 views of flax processing in Russia, [c.1905]	£599 US$ 914 €710
31	SOUTH AFRICA An album of approximately 60 photographs, predominantly of South African interest, [c.1895]; together with a collection of loosely inserted ephemera (small quantity)	£399 US$ 609 €473
32	SPENCE FAMILY ALBUM An album of 66 images	£62 US$ 95 €73
33	SYDNEY - MELBOURNE - ADELAIDE An album of 50 images, views of Sydney (15, most with Bayliss blindstamp, Yachts racing illustrated), Melbourne (12, a number by Lindt) and Adelaide (11, some by Sweet), Colombo (4, 2 signed by Scowen), Port Said (8)	£524 US$ 799 €621
35	AFRICA A group of 7 views and portraits including a camel corps, [c.1880]; together with a group of photographs in and around Kavanga, Tanzania, predominantly of military interest (small quantity)	£112 US$ 171 €133
36	AMBROTYPES Ninth plate portraits (2)	£62 US$ 95 €73
39	AMBROTYPES. Portraits (4)	£349 US$ 533 €414
41	AMBROTYPES. Ninth plate portraits (6)	£99 US$ 152 €118
42	AMBROTYPES. Ninth plate portraits (4)	£99 US$ 152 €118
46	BIRMINGHAM CARTE-DE-VISITE A remarkable collection of upwards of 900 carte-de-visite portraits on the various mounts of approximately 130 Birmingham photographers, [1860s]	£749 US$ 1,142 €887
47	BIRMINGHAM REPERTORY THEATRE An extensive archive of production photographs, c.1930s and later (quantity)	£524 US$ 799 €621
48	BOER WAR A group of 26 views and portraits of the Manchester Regiment, including Boer trenches and positions, victims of the conflict, a group portrait of the Lydenburg Commandos and a "refugee camp," [c.1902]; together with a good platinum print of Fish Hoek, Simonstown (10)	£62 US$ 95 €73
51	CALOTYPES SMITH (SAMUEL) Shipping on the Nene at Wisbech, [c.1850]; and 7 others (8)	£474 US$ 723 €562
52	CARTE DE VISITE A collection estimated at 3500 cards by photographers throughout the British Isles, together with approximately 500 by foreign photographers, arranged alphabetically or by country, [1860s and later] (quantity)	£1,874 US$ 2,856 €2,219
53	CARTE-DE-VISITE A collection of approximately 145 images including royalty and various uses to which the card could be put to	£624 US$ 952 €739
54	CARTE-DE-VISITE A collection of approaching 400 images, mostly by better-known photographers, [1860s and later]	£749 US$ 1,142 €887
55	CARTE-DE-VISITE A small archival portrait collection, c.1880 and later (small quantity)	£99 US$ 152 €118
56	CARTE-DE-VISITE An album containing upwards of 140 images, [1860s-1870s]; and another, mostly woodburytypes (3)	£937 US$ 1,428 €1,109
57	CENTRAL and SOUTH AMERICA KROEHLE (CHARLES) A group of 10 portraits of Amazonian tribespeople, [[c.1885]; together with two albumen prints of Lima, two of Guatemala, another general view, and several loose album leaves of portraits and views in Chile (small quantity)	£1,999 US$ 3,046 €2,367
58	CEYLON A collection of 16 topographical and architectural views, [c.1880] (16)	£174 US$ 266 €207
59	CEYLON A collection of 14 images by Scowen, [c.1890] (14)	£174 US$ 266 €207
60	CHILE - VALPARISO Four good views of Valpariso; amnd 5 others (6)	£624 US$ 952 €739
62	CHINA A collection of architectural views, portraits and street scenes, [1870s and later]; together with three views in Vietnam, two of which are architectural and another of a gold and steel helmet labelled Cochinchina on the mount (small quantity)	£562 US$ 856 €665
63	CONTINENTAL VIEWS [CLIFFORD (CHARLES)] A view of the Patio de la Alberca, the Alhambra, [c.1860]; together with a collection of loose contintental views and one album, with a particular focus on Italy, Greece and the French Riviera (small quantity)	£562 US$ 856 €665
64	CRYSTAL PALACE Two group portraits, one interior and one exterior, at the opening of the Crystal Palace, [c.1851]; together with a photograph of the gold and silver of the livery companies of London displayed for the Shah of Persia (1873) and another of the presentation casket to Nicholas II of Russia (1874) (5)	£124 US$ 190 €147
66	DAGUERREOTYPES Two whole plate, large format portraits of a man and a woman, and a half plate portrait of a female sitter [c.1850]; together with a quantity of ambrotype portraits and two Prim, boxed portraits (small quantity)	£437 US$ 666 €517
69	DALMAET (HYACINTHE-CÉSAR) and LOUIS-ÉMILE DURANDELLE Three views of construction workers and stone masons laying the foundations of Basilica Sacre Coeur, Paris, [c.1870]; together with another by Dalmaet & Durandelle of Hotels Baron de Varaigne, [c.1860] and eight views by Achille Quinet (14)	£374 US$ 571 €443
70	DU CAMP (MAXIME) EGYPT. The Temple of Isis at Philae from the south west; Temple view at Dendera; View of Karnak from the east, [c.1850] (3)	£874 US$ 1,332 €1,035
71	DU CAMP (MAXIME) EGYPT. Two views of the Temple of Isis, and another, also at Philae, [c.1850] (3)	£874 US$ 1,332 €1,035
73	DU CAMP (MAXIME) EGYPT. Sultan Hassan, and Sayyida Nafisa mosques of Cairo, [c.1850] (3)	£937 US$ 1,428 €1,109
74	DU CAMP (MAXIME) EGYPT. Two views of the temple of Isis at Philae, [c.1850] (2)	£899 US$ 1,371 €1,065
75	DU CAMP (MAXIME) EGYPT. Three views of the temples of Maharraqa and Dakka, [c.1850] (3)	£874 US$ 1,332 €1,035
76	DU CAMP (MAXIME) EGYPT. Temple dedicated to Menthu at Hermonthis (Armant); Tomb of Sidi Abdallah el Marabout also at Armant; Temple of Ombos (Kom Ombo)	£937 US$ 1,428 €1,109
77	DU CAMP MAXIME) Three views of the Medinet Habu at Luxor, [c.1850] (3)	£937 US$ 1,428 €1,109
78	DU CAMP (MAXIME) The colossal statue of Amenophis III (one of the Colossi of Memnon) at Luxor, [c.1850]	£899 US$ 1,371 €1,065
79	DU CAMP (MAXIME) LEBANON. Six views of the Temple Jupiter at Baalbeck	£1,999 US$ 3,046 €2,367
80	FENTON (ROGER) A group of three Croat soldiers in the Crimea, [1855]	£2,249 US$ 3,427 €2,663
81	FENTON (ROGER) A pair busts of Homer and Trajan from the British Museum	£312 US$ 476 €369
82	FENTON (ROGER) A view of Chatsworth, [c.1858]; together with a small photograph of two draft horses lying dead while still in harness and attached to the plough after having been struck by lightening, [1860s] (2)	£224 US$ 342 €266
83	FENTON (ROGER) Rocken End in a storm Isle of Wight, [c.1859]	£124 US$ 190 €147
86	FENTON (ROGER) The Staff at Headquarters, 1856	£1,124 US$ 1,713 €1,331
87	FENTON (ROGER) View on the Esk, Roslin; and 4 others (5)	£437 US$ 666 €517
88	FERROTYPES A good collection of approximately 150 images, the majority as miniature portraits within a card mount of carte-de-visite size	£124 US$ 190 €147
89	FRITH (FRANCIS) A collection of 104 views and portraits, predominantly British genre scenes, from the Francis Frith studio, [c.1880] (9)	£437 US$ 666 €517
90	HAEMATOLOGY Three images of diseased cells, one example being small pox, [c.1903] (3)	£474 US$ 723 €562
91	HARWICH A very good group of 47 images of Harwich, the town dominated by the distinctive High Lighthouse and St. Nicolas's Church, early railway locomotive with the short-lived first station and sidings, shipping and coastal views, [1850s]	£1,749 US$ 2,665 €2,071
92	HILL (DAVID OCTAVIUS) and ROBERT ADAMSON Professor Munro, [c.1845]	£499 US$ 761 €591
93	HONG KONG A four part panorama of Hong Kong harbour with boats in the foreground, [c.1904]	£2,124 US$ 3,237 €2,515
94	HONG KONG A four part panorama of Hong Kong harbour, [c.1904]	£2,124 US$ 3,237 €2,515
96	INDIA A collection of 33 views, including 7 by Johnston & Hoffmann, [1860-1910] (33)	£137 US$ 209 €162
97	INDIA A collection of 19 views, predominantly architectural, in Calcutta and Pondicherry, [c.1880] (19)	£124 US$ 190 €147
98	INDIA - NORTH-WEST FRONTIER A group of 30 aerial photographs, many with Intelligence details added in the neagative, 1920s (12)	£149 US$ 228 €177
99	INDIA - ORDER OF THE BLACK HEART A group portrait of members of the Order at Simla, 1930; together with a booklet regarding the Order's final London reunion, ephemera relating to the Order, and a group of album leaves of 18 photographs in India (20)	£599 US$ 914 €710
100	INDIA A collection of 69 images, the majority with numbers (and a few signed) of Samuel Bourne, [c.1890] (68)	£1,374 US$ 2,094 €1,627
101	INDIA A collection of predominantly architectural views in India, 1870s and later; together with a small scrapbook album containing two photographs and some watercolours, The Royal Tour Souvenir Album. India. 1905-1906 and 11 publisher's souvenir albums, including Kashmir, Delhi and Ceylon (small quantity)	£437 US$ 666 €517
102	INDIA A collection of 68 images, the majority with numbers (and a few signed) of Samuel Bourne, [c.1890] (67)	£1,374 US$ 2,094 €1,627
104	ITALY A collection of 54 views of, predominantly, Italian works of art and architecture, 1880 and later (54)	£399 US$ 609 €473
107	JAPAN A group of 5 views and potraits, including a hand-coloured portrait demonstrating Japanese tattooing, 1870s and later; and another (7)	£149 US$ 228 €177
108	LANTERN SLIDES An archive of upwards of 200 lantern slides, covering British views, children's book illustrations, including a group of 15 coloured sliding lantern slides depicting characters from children's stories, views on the continent, specifically France, and the Boer War, c.1890 and later; together with a group of glass plate negatives and small quantity of stereoviews (quantity)	£349 US$ 533 €414
109	LANTERN SLIDES An archive of upwards of 200 lantern slides, covering British topography, children's book illustrations, Japan, India, China and religious iconography, c.1890 and later; together with an incomplete run of 29 volumes of The British Photographic Almanac, from 1914-1961 (quantity)	£349 US$ 533 €414
111	LONDON - LIMEHOUSE BASIN A pair of images showing excavation and construction of improvements to the Regent's Canal Dock (now Limehouse Basin) by the London photographers Lucas and Tuck, [c.1870], mounted albumen photographs (3)	£124 US$ 190 €147
112	MACPHERSON (ROBERT TURNBULL) A view of Tivoli, Rome, [c.1858]	£874 US$ 1,332 €1,035