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$ 1,510 €1,168
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$ 943 €730
3	AUSTRALIA Views of Victoria. (General Series), Melbourne, Anglo-Australian Photographic Co., [c.1870]	£1,749 US$ 2,642 €2,045
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$ 1,415 €1,095
5	BRITISH TOPOGRAPHY A pair of albums containing views of the British Isles, [c.1885]	£124 US$ 188 €146
6	BRITISH TOPOGRAPHY An album of topographical and architectural views, c.1885	£124 US$ 188 €146
7	BURMA and INDIA An album of views and portraits in Burma and India, [c.1880]	£1,249 US$ 1,887 €1,460
8	CHINA - SHANGHAI and HONG KONG, CRICKET and STEEPLECHASING A pair of albums containing approximately 265 images, [c.1900-1914]	£1,499 US$ 2,265 €1,752
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$ 1,038 €803
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$ 3,586 €2,775
11	FRANCE and SCOTLAND Two charming private albums of trips to France and Scotland, [c.1890] (2)	£349 US$ 528 €409
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$ 792 €613
13	GREECE, TURKEY and ITALY An album of 57 images, [c.1870]	£374 US$ 566 €438
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$ 604 €467
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$ 660 €511
16	INDIA An album of 46 architectural views and portraits, [c.1880]	£349 US$ 528 €409
18	ITALY Album containing approximately 60 images chronicling a tour of Italy, 1880	£274 US$ 415 €321
19	JAPAN - ESAKI STUDIO> Album, of 50 hand-coloured albumen prints (205 x 265mm.), [1890s]	£999 US$ 1,510 €1,168
20	JAPAN [TAMAMURA STUDIO] An album of 30 images (25 views, 5 native types) in one vol., [1890s]	£437 US$ 660 €511
21	LONDON STEREOSCOPIC COMPANY An album containing approximately 90 views including street scenes, [c.1890]	£199 US$ 302 €233
22	MALTA and SUEZ Two albums of 24 images of topographical interest, [c.1890]; and approximately 50 others, British topographical photographs (quantity)	£274 US$ 415 €321
23	MALTA, GIBRALTAR, EGYPT and MEDITERRANEAN Three albums of upwards of 250 images of architectural, topographical and military interest	£562 US$ 849 €657
24	MESSINA EARTHQUAKE, 1908 An unusual album containing 48 images showing the devastation in Messina, 1908	£624 US$ 943 €730
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$ 566 €438
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$ 943 €730
27	NIAGARA ZYBACH (J.) Choice Photographs of Niagara Falls, Niagara, [c.1890]	£162 US$ 245 €189
28	OLD CALABAR and BENIN Two albums of photogrpahs, [1896-97]	£1,999 US$ 3,020 €2,337
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$ 169 €131
30	RUSSIA An album of 20 views of flax processing in Russia, [c.1905]	£599 US$ 906 €701
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$ 604 €467
32	SPENCE FAMILY ALBUM An album of 66 images	£62 US$ 94 €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$ 792 €613
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$ 169 €131
36	AMBROTYPES Ninth plate portraits (2)	£62 US$ 94 €73
39	AMBROTYPES. Portraits (4)	£349 US$ 528 €409