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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352	DRESSER (CHRISTOPHER) Studies in Design, [1874-1876], sold a collection of plates	£75 US$ 113 €87
353	DUGDALE (WILLIAM) The History of Imbanking and Draining of divers Fens and Marshes, both in Foreign Parts and in this Kingdom... second edition, revised and corrected, by Charles Nalson Cole	£437 US$ 659 €511
354	DUFF (CHARLES) A Handbook on Hanging Being a Short Introduction to the Fine Art of Execution...All Very Proper to be Read and Kept in Every Family, 1928; and 8 others (9)	£225 US$ 339 €263
355	DUMAS (ALEXANDRE) La dame aux camélias, 1886; and 7 others (8)	£112 US$ 169 €131
356	ENGRAVINGS & EPHEMERA Etchings of Goats, Cattle and Landscapes After Berghem and Roos, [c.1840]; and others (quantity)	£62 US$ 94 €73
357	EPHEMERA DU MAURIER (GEORGE) Autograph letter signed, to James Osgood, 1887; and others (quantity)	£375 US$ 565 €438
358	FLIGHT - LECORNU (JOSEPH) Les cerfs-volants, 1902; and others (3)	£62 US$ 94 €73
360	GREAT EXHIBITION [Dickinson's Comprehensive Pictures of the Great Exhibition of 1851], vol. 2 (of 2), [1854]	£875 US$ 1,318 €1,023
361	HAFIZ Persian Lyrics, or Scattered Poems from the Diwan-I-Hafiz: With Paraphrases in Verse and Prose. A Catalogue of the Gazels as Arranged in a Manuscript of the Works of Hafiz in the Chetham Library at Manchester, 1800	£62 US$ 94 €73
362	HARRIS (JOHN) Gardens of Delight, The Rococo English Landscape of Thomas Robins the Elder, 2 vol., NUMBER 284 OF 500 COPIES, 1978	£500 US$ 753 €584
363	HARVEY (GIDEON) The Family-Physician, and the House-Apothecary, 1678; and 2 others (3)	£750 US$ 1,130 €877
364	HENRI II. Document signed ("Henry") headed "Compaignies De La gendarmerie" listing those to be billeted in Poitou, Saintonge and Angoumois, 1548	£375 US$ 565 €438
365	HEPPLEWHITE (ALICE) The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide; or, Repository of Designs for Every Article of Household Furniture, third edition, 1794	£600 US$ 904 €701
366	HERALDRY EDMONDSON (JOSEPH) A Complete Body of Heraldry, 2 vol., 1780	£125 US$ 188 €146
367	HORN BOOK HOLDER Carved wooden horn book holder, showing Adam and Eve facing each other either side of a central panel, approximately 310 x 183mm.	£62 US$ 94 €73
368	HOROLOGY [DIDEROT (DENIS) and JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT Recueil de planches de l'encyclopédie... Horlogerie]	£150 US$ 226 €175
369	HUMPHREYS (HENRY NOEL) The Miracles of Our Lord, 1848; and others (10)	£400 US$ 602 €467
370	HUXLEY FAMILY A large archive of photographs belonging to Joyce Collier (1884-1972), grand-daughter of T.H. Huxley, first cousin of Aldous and Julian Huxley, daughter of the celebrated artist John Collier and Marian Huxley, [c.1903-1930s] (quantity)	£275 US$ 414 €321
371	ILLUMINATED LEAF. Leaf from an illuminated Book of Hours, [c.1450] (2)	£112 US$ 169 €131
372	ILLUMINATION - IRISH TODD (JAMES HENTHORN) Descriptive Remarks on Illuminations in Certain Ancient Irish Manuscripts, 1869	£87 US$ 131 €102
373	IRISH BINDING The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments, and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the Use of the Church of England, 1680	£3,500 US$ 5,274 €4,092
374	JUVENALIA and MOVABLES [GRIMALDI (STACEY)] The Toilet, 1821; and 5 others (6)	£187 US$ 282 €219
375	LETAROUILLY (PAUL) Édifices de Rome moderne, 3 vol. (without text volume), 1856-57	£87 US$ 131 €102
376	LITHOGRAPHY HULLMANDEL (CHARLES) The Art of Drawing on Stone; Giving a Full Explanation of... the Different Methods Employed to Ensure Success, 1835	£87 US$ 131 €102
379	LYNDSAY (DAVID) Facsimile of an Ancient Heraldic Manuscript emblazoned by Sir David Lyndsay of the Mount, Lyon King of Armes 1542	£562 US$ 847 €657
380	MACQUOID (PERCY) A History of English Furniture, 4 vol., 1094-1908	£137 US$ 207 €160
381	MILITARY The British Military Library, numbers 1-30 (all published) in 2 vol., issues dated 1798-1801 [i.e., 1801-04]	£137 US$ 207 €160
382	MINIATURE BOOKS and BINDINGS. London Almanack for the Year of Christ 1818, [1817]; and 3 others	£187 US$ 282 €219
383	MOORE (HENRY) Shelter Sketchbook, [c.1945]; and a large quantity of other art reference books	£1,375 US$ 2,072 €1,607
384	MOUNTAINEERING HILLARY (EDMUND P.) High Adventure, FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on half-title	£175 US$ 263 €204
386	MUSSOLINI (BENITO) Commission signed by King Vittorio Emanuele III and counter-signed by Mussolini; together with a framed photograph mounted with Queen Victoria's signature	£212 US$ 320 €248
387	NELSON The Book of Common Prayer, "Trafalgar. Palmam Qui Meruit Ferat" bookplate, contemporary calf, gilt stamped on upper cover "Trafalgar Chapel 1816", 1811; and 4 others (5)	£312 US$ 470 €365
388	OXFORD PRINTING CHAPMAN (R.W.) The Portrait of a Scholar and Other Essays Written in Macedonia, 1920; and others, (small quantity)	£1,062 US$ 1,601 €1,242
389	OXFORD WOOD (ANTHONY) Athenae Oxonienses. An Exact History of all the Writers and Bishops who have had their education in the most antient and famous University of Oxford, 2 vol., 1721	£62 US$ 94 €73
390	PALGRAVE (FRANCIS TURNER, editor) The Golden Treasury, NUMBER 126 OF 500 COPIES SIGNED BY PALGRAVE, 1820s	£137 US$ 207 €160
391	PALLADIO (ANDREA) Traicté des cinq orderes d'architecture... Traduit... par le Sr. Le Muet, 2 parts in one vol.	£750 US$ 1,130 €877
392	PALMER (SAMUEL) VERGILIUS MARO (PUBLIUS) An English Version of the Eclogues of Virgil, 1883	£750 US$ 1,130 €877
393	PARLIAMENT. "Modus tenendi Parliamentum apud Anglos... Digested and divided into sundrie Chapters & Tytles By Henry Elsinge Clarke of the Parliament Howse... 1626"; and another	£1,500 US$ 2,260 €1,754
394	PEEPSHOW - RAILWAYS Königl: Bair priv. erste Eisenbahn Nürnberg und Fürth [The First Royal Iron Rail Road between Nuremburg and Furth]	£875 US$ 1,318 €1,023
395	PHILLIPS (JOHN) Merry Thoughts for Merry Moments, 1829; and another (2)	£62 US$ 94 €73
396	PIGAGE (NICOLAS DE) La Gallerie électorale de Dusseldorff, 2 parts in one vol., 1778	£175 US$ 263 €204
397	RAILWAYS The Midland Counties Railway Companion, with Topographical Descriptions of the country through which the lines passes; and Time, Fare, and Distance Tables...also Complete Guides to the London and Birmingham, and Birmingham and Derby Junction Railways, R. Allen, 1840; and 5 others (6)	£187 US$ 282 €219
398	SEVENTEENTH CENTURY - POLITICS and RELIGION An Account of the Transactions of the Late King James in Ireland. Wherin is Contain'd the Act of Attainder Past at Dublin in May, 1689, 1690; and another (2)	£350 US$ 527 €409
399	SMEATON (JOHN) Reports of the Late John Smeaton, 3 vol., 1812; and 2 others (5)	£687 US$ 1,036 €803
401	SUSSEX – DUKE OF NEWCASTLE HALLAND ESTATES. Two handsome account books kept by Abraham Bailey for Lord Pelham of the Sussex estates that were part of the estate of the lat Duke of Newcastle, 1768-1789	£437 US$ 659 €511
402	TILLOTSON (JOHN) A Sermon Preached at the Funeral of the Reverend Benjamin Whichcot, 1683; and 29 others	£437 US$ 659 €511
403	TOOLEY (RONALD VERE) Maps and Map-Makers Maps and Map-Makers, FIRST EDITION, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, 1949; and 12 others (13)	£212 US$ 320 €248
404	TRADE CATALOGUES A Book of Designs of Ecclesiastical Art by Jones & Willis, Ltd., [c.1900]; and others (quantity)	£687 US$ 1,036 €803
405	TYPOGRAPHY Signature: A Quadrimestrial of Typography and Graphic Arts, New Series, Parts 1-18 [complete series set]	£62 US$ 94 €73
406	VANITY FAIR The Vanity Fair Album, vol. 1-3, and 5-15, 453 plates, 1869-1883 (14)	£1,125 US$ 1,695 €1,315
407	VIOLLET-LE-DUC (EUGENE EMMANUEL) Dictionnaire raisonné du mobilier francais, 6 vol., 1872-75	£137 US$ 207 €160
408	WALKER (ALEXANDER) Female Beauty, as Preserved and Improved by Regimen, Cleanliness and Dress, 1837	£400 US$ 602 €467
411	CERVANTES SAAVEDRA (MIGUEL DE) Historia del Famoso Cavallero, Don Quixote de la Mancha, 6 vol. in 3, 1781	£437 US$ 659 €511
412	DATI (AGOSTINO) Opera, Siena, Symeon Nicolai Nardi, 1503	£312 US$ 470 €365
413	ERIZZO (SEBASTIANO) Le sei giornate di M. Sebastiano Erizzo, mandate in luce da M. Lodovico Dolce, Venice, 1657	£137 US$ 207 €160
414	FABER (JOHANNES, of Bamberg) Illustrium imagines ex antiquis marmoribus, 2 parts in one vol., Amsterdam, Plantin, 1606	£275 US$ 414 €321
415	GALEN [Opera omnia], 9 parts (of 10, lacking part 7) bound in 5 vol., Venice, 1556	£812 US$ 1,224 €950
416	GREGORY IX, Pope Decretales, 1519	£200 US$ 301 €233
417	HOMER CASTALIO (SEBASTIAN, editor) Homeri opera Graeco-latina, quae quidem nunc extant, omnia, 1561	£400 US$ 602 €467
418	INCUNABULA ALBERTUS MAGNUS (Pseudo) Compendium theologicae vertitatis, incomplete, 1478-1480	£1,062 US$ 1,601 €1,242
420	MARCILIUS (THEODORUS) Legis XII tabularum collecta, et interpretamentum, 1603; and 3 others	£225 US$ 339 €263
421	PEPOLI (ALESSANDRO) I Tentativi dell'Italia; cioè Eduigi, Cleonice, Irene, e Don Rodrigo, Parma, 1783; and others	£375 US$ 565 €438
424	TERENTIUS AFER (PUBLIUS) Comoediae sex, 2 vol., Clarendon copy, 1726	£62 US$ 94 €73
425	VOLTAIRE (FRANÇOIS-MARIE AROUET DE) Recueil de pieces fugitives en prose et en vers, [1739]	£812 US$ 1,224 €950
426	ZAMPESCHI (BRUNORO) L' innamorato dialogo del s. Brunoro Zampeschi signor di Florimpopoli, [Bologna, c.1565]	£187 US$ 282 €219
427	BARKER (MARY)] A Welsh Story, 3 vol., 1798	£1,500 US$ 2,260 €1,754
430	CABALA Cabala, sive scrinia sacra: Mysteries of State and Government, in Letters... in the Reigns of King Henry the Eighth, Queen Elizabeth, King James, and King Charles, 1691; and 4 others (5)	£62 US$ 94 €73
431	CHESTERFIELD (PHILIP DORMER STANHOPE) Miscellaneous Works, 2 vol., 1777	£62 US$ 94 €73
432	COLERIDGE (SAMUEL TAYLOR) Sibylline Leaves: A Collection of Poems, FIRST EDITION, 1817	£187 US$ 282 €219
433	COMMINES (PHILIPPE DE, Seigneur d'Argenton) The Historie, 1614	£250 US$ 376 €292
434	DAY (RICHARD) A Booke of Christian Prayers, Collected Out of the Ancient Writers, 1590 or 1608	£137 US$ 207 €160
435	DICKENS (CHARLES) Mr. Pickwick. Illustrated in Colour by Frank Reynolds, [1910]; and others (quantity)	£400 US$ 602 €467
436	DICKENS (CHARLES) The Cricket on the Hearth, 1846; and 11 others (12)	£350 US$ 527 €409
437	DRAYTON (MICHAEL) Works, 6 vol. (including 'Michael Drayton and His Circle'), 1961	£175 US$ 263 €204
438	DUBOIS (EDWARD) My Pocket Book; or, Hints for A Ryghte Merrie and Conceitede Tour... To Be Called "The Stranger in Ireland," by a Knight Errant, 1808; and others (8)	£275 US$ 414 €321
442	FULMAN (WILLIAM) and THOMAS GALE Rerum anglicarum scriptorum veterum, 3 vol., 1684-1691	£375 US$ 565 €438
443	HOLINSHED (RAPHAEL) The Laste Volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland, vol. one only of two	£750 US$ 1,130 €877
444	HOWELL (JAMES) S.P.Q.V. A Survay of the Signorie of Venice, of her Admired Policy, and Method of Government, 2 parts in one vol.,William Hever bookplate, 1651	£475 US$ 715 €555
445	JOHNSON (SAMUEL) The Lives of the English Poets, 3 vol., 1779-1781; and others (5)	£250 US$ 376 €292
446	LOCKE (JOHN) The Works, 3 vol., 1722	£812 US$ 1,224 €950
447	MARKHAM (GERVASE) A Way to Get Wealth: Containing Five Principall Vocations, or Callings, in which Every Good Husband, or House-wife may Lawfully Imploy Themselves, 1648 sold not subject to return	£250 US$ 376 €292
448	MILTON (JOHN) Paradise Lost. A Poem in Twelve Books, 1691	£875 US$ 1,318 €1,023
452	TRIALS A Complete Collection of State-Trials... to Which is Prefixed, a New Preface by Francis Hargrave, 11 vol. bound in 6, 1776-1781	£137 US$ 207 €160
455	WHITE (GILBERT) The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, 1813; and 2 others (Ackermann reprint/Letters volume of Crusaders castle) (3)	£212 US$ 320 €248
456	WHITE (GILBERT)] The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, in the County of Southampton	£1,250 US$ 1,883 €1,461
457	AMERICAN PRESIDENTS CANNON (LOU) Ronald Reagan. The Presidential Portfolio, 2001; and others (30)	£1,187 US$ 1,789 €1,388
458	BEERBOHM (MAX) Zuleika Dobson or An Oxford Love Story, NUMBER 2 OF 750 COPIES SIGNED BY OSBERT LANCASTER, 1975	£87 US$ 131 €102
459	BETJEMAN (JOHN) Summoned by Bells, FIRST EDITION, 1960; and 18 others, Betjeman (19)	£875 US$ 1,318 €1,023
460	BLAMPIED (EDMUND) DODGSON (CAMPBELL) A Complete Catalogue of the Etchings and Dry-Points of Edmund Blampied, NUMBER 134 OF 350 COPIES, ORIGINAL ETCHED FRONTISPIECE SIGNED BY THE ARTIST	£437 US$ 659 €511
461	BONNARD (PIERRE) MIRABEAU (OCTAVE) Dingo, NUMBER 256 OF 280 COPIES, 1924	£875 US$ 1,318 €1,023