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Books, Maps & Manuscripts Valuation Day - Edinburgh

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22 Queen St
Edinburgh
EH2 1JX
This event is held at our Edinburgh office.
7 Mar 2013 from 10:00 GMT to 16:00 GMT

Our specialist Henry Baggott will be available by appointment to view and value books, maps and manuscripts with a view to selling at auction.

Home visits can be arranged.

For more information or to make an appointment please contact:

Frances Campbell
0131 240 2296
frances.campbell@bonhams.com

Sourced for future auctions

ARCTIC BLUE BOOKS. Extensive collection of 19th-century British Parliamentary papers relating to Arctic exploration.
FLEMING (IAN) Moonraker, FIRST EDITION, Jonathan Cape, [1955]
MANUSCRIPTS - SLAVERY. Autograph letter signed by M. Higgins of Grenada, 1792
MANUSCRIPTS - NAPOLEON'S PARIS. Autograph letter, signed with initials (?"P.J.C."), to Miss Rudd at Bangor ("my beloved Sarah"), describing his life in Paris during the Peace of Amiens, 1802
MANUSCRIPTS - GEORGE III and PRIVATEERS. Ship's Licence, bearing a fine bold signature of the King at head ("George R"), 1807
O'BRIAN (PATRICK) The Surgeon's Mate, FIRST EDITION, 1980

Previously sourced lots

BLOCH (MARKUS-ELIEZER) Ichtyologie, ou histoire naturelle, générale et particulière des poissons. Avec des figures enluminées, dessinées d'après nature, 12 parts bound in 6 vol., FINE COPY, 1785-97
Sold for £51,650 inc. premium
BLOCH (MARKUS-ELIEZER) Ichtyologie, ou histoire naturelle, générale et particulière des poissons. Avec des figures enluminées, dessin ...
FRITH (FRANCIS) Egypt, Sinai, and Jerusalem: a series of Twenty Photographic Views...With descriptions by Mrs. Poole and Reginald Stuart Poole, William Mackenzie, [1858]
Sold for £337,250 inc. premium
FRITH (FRANCIS) Egypt, Sinai, and Jerusalem: a series of Twenty Photographic Views...With descriptions by Mrs. Poole and Reginald Stuart ...
GREAT EXHIBITION and W.H. FOX TALBOT Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations, 1851. Reports by the Juries on The Subjects in the Thirty Classes into which the Exhibition was Divided, 4. vol., ONE OF FIFTEEN COPIES GIVEN BY THE COMMISSIONERS TO WILLIAM FOX TALBOT
Sold for £216,000 inc. premium
GREAT EXHIBITION and W.H. FOX TALBOT Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations, 1851. Reports by the ...
BLACKER (WILLIAM) Catechism of Fly Making, Angling and Dyeing, Comprising Most Essential Information, WITH OVER 70 SPECIMENS, 1843
Sold for £187,250 inc. premium
BLACKER (WILLIAM) Catechism of Fly Making, Angling and Dyeing, Comprising Most Essential Information, WITH OVER 70 SPECIMENS, 1843

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