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Auction No 366, Wed 8th Mar 2017 12:00 GMT

194 Lots (displaying 41 - 60)

Joseph Brown "The Tryal of Thomas Duke of Norfolk by His Peers for High Treason Against the Queen

Lot: 41

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Mar 2017 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £26
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Joseph Brown The Tryal of Thomas Duke of Norfolk by His Peers for High Treason Against the Queen on Wednesday the 16th Day of January 1571. J. Morphew, London, 1709, octavo, contemp. worn leather, rear board detached; damp staining at foot affects most of the text; faint signature of George Vertue (antiquary & engraver) on title page. (24),150pp

Richard Price "OBSERVATIONS ON THE NATURE OF CIVIL LIBERTY, THE PRINCIPLES OF GOVERNMENT,

Lot: 42

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Mar 2017 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £86
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Richard Price OBSERVATIONS ON THE NATURE OF CIVIL LIBERTY, THE PRINCIPLES OF GOVERNMENT, AND THE JUSTICE AND POLICY OF THE WAR WITH AMERICA. 1776, 7th Edition, [Bound with] ADDITIONAL OBSERVATIONS ON THE NATURE AND VALUE OF CIVIL LIBERTY, AND THE WAR WITH AMERICA: Also Observations on Schemes for raising Money by Public Loans; An Historical Deduction and Analysis of the National Debt; And a brief Account of the Debts and Resources of France., 1777, 3rd Edition,[and] J. Shebbeare An Essay on the Origin, Progress and establishment of National Society, 1776. Octavo, full polished calf, gilt, some wear, lacking title label; some browning to endpapers o/w fine internally.

"Caius Suetonius Tranquillus ex Recensione Jo. Georgii Graevii, cum ejusdem Animadversioniubus

Lot: 43

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Mar 2017 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £32
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[Caius Suetonius] Caius Suetonius Tranquillus ex Recensione Jo. Georgii Graevii, cum ejusdem Animadversioniubus (Lives of the Twelve Caesars), Henricum Wetstenium, Amsterdam, 1691, 12mo, 18th Century worn calf, lacking title label, hinges weak; engraved frontispiece and 12 further plates of the Caesars. Plates and text in VG condition. 445pp plus index & 2-page Addenda. 

"John Bull", bound volume for 1822, complete, folio, in a worn half- leather binding, gilt, marbled boards;

Lot: 44

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Mar 2017 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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John Bull, bound volume for 1822, complete, folio, in a worn half-leather binding, gilt, marbled boards; fine internally. 

John Edward Price "A Descriptive Account of the Guildhall of the City of London: its history and associations"

Lot: 45

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Mar 2017 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
SOLD £20
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John Edward Price A Descriptive Account of the Guildhall of the City of London: its history and associations. London, 1886, ex-library and nicely bound in black leather, gilt; complete with all coloured & b/w plates plus the folding map; damp stain in lower margin affects a few plates, and couple of text pages with spotting.

"Illustrated London News" for July to December 1882, disbound, few illustrations damaged

Lot: 46

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Mar 2017 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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Illustrated London News for July to December 1882, disbound, few illustrations damaged but generally fine internally with good military interest.

19th Century leather-bound Photograph album of carte-de-visite photos (62) and chromo cards

Lot: 47

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Mar 2017 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £40
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19th Century leather-bound Photograph album of carte-de-visite photos (62) and chromo cards (3, including Benjamin Disraeli), largely family portraits but including Blackpool butcher’s carnival float (Fletcher’s of Lytham Road); the photos include seven Bolton school groups; the photographers are mostly Manchester and Lancashire. Album with spine near detached, the photographs good to VF. 

Hulton Colliery, Westhoughton, company day-book containing records of Receipts and Disbursements 1807-1811,

Lot: 48

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Mar 2017 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
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Hulton Colliery, Westhoughton, company day-book containing records of Receipts and Disbursements 1807-1811, quarto, original vellum-covered boards (marked & grimed), sound binding, 192pp of manuscript entries written in a clear hand and clean internally.

Map of the Caucasus, dissected, linen-backed, 1860s, a large engraved relief map

Lot: 49

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Mar 2017 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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Map of the Caucasus, dissected, linen-backed, 1860s, a large engraved relief map with excellent detail of mountain ranges and showing settlements; text in Russian. Fine, in original folder (plus damaged slipcase) 

"The Alpine Journal: A Record of Mountain Adventure and Scientific Observation", The Alpine Club, 1958-1968

Lot: 50

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Mar 2017 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £30
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The Alpine Journal: A Record of Mountain Adventure and Scientific Observation, The Alpine Club, 1958-1968, Volumes 63-73, a complete run, uniformly bound in gilt tan cloth, with all maps and plates, fine. (11)

"The Alpine Journal: A Record of Mountain Adventure and Scientific Observation", The Alpine Club, 1969-82,

Lot: 51

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Mar 2017 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £30
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The Alpine Journal: A Record of Mountain Adventure and Scientific Observation, The Alpine Club, 1969-82, Volumes 74-87, a complete run, together with a Cumulative Index for the period, uniformly bound in gilt tan cloth, with all maps and plates, fine. (15)

"The Alpine Journal: A Record of Mountain Adventure and Scientific Observation", The Alpine Club,

Lot: 52

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Mar 2017 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £20
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The Alpine Journal: A Record of Mountain Adventure and Scientific Observation, The Alpine Club, 1983-2008, a complete run, uniformly bound in gilt tan cloth, with all maps and plates, fine. In 2 Boxes. (26) 

Members of the Alpine Club "Peaks, Passes and Glaciers, (Third Series)", Methuen, 1932, 1st Edn,

Lot: 53

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Mar 2017 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £10 - £15
SOLD £7
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Members of the Alpine Club Peaks, Passes and Glaciers, (Third Series), Methuen, 1932, 1st Edn, gilt tan cloth of the Alpine Club, complete with photo-plates; together with a Swiss map of Furkapass. VG (2)

Charles Daubeny "A Description of the Active and Extinct Volcanos; With Remarks on their Origin,

Lot: 54

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Mar 2017 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £32
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Charles Daubeny A Description of the Active and Extinct Volcanos; With Remarks on their Origin, Their Chemical Phenomena, and the Character of their Products. W. Phillips and Joseph Parker, 1826, original boards, the binding & backstrip in poor condition and now contained in a velvet-lined book-box with gilt leather titles; internally complete with frontispiece and 2 maps (one folding); some occasional browning to the text o/w VG internally. 

Simkin, Siebert et al "Volcanoes of the World", Hutchinson Ross, 1981, pictorial boards, VG;

Lot: 55

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Mar 2017 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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Simkin, Siebert et al Volcanoes of the World, Hutchinson Ross, 1981, pictorial boards, VG; and Active Volcanoes of Kamchatka, Moscow Publishing, 1991, 2 volume set in VG/F djkts. (3)

H. Tazieff & J.C. Sabroux "Forecasting Volcanic Events", Elsevier, 1983, 635pp; Sigurdsson "Melting the Earth"

Lot: 56

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Mar 2017 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £70
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H. Tazieff & J.C. Sabroux Forecasting Volcanic Events, Elsevier, 1983, 635pp; Sigurdsson Melting the Earth, O.U.P., 1999, in fine d/jkt; Taverne Vulkaanstudien op Java, [1927]; and five others on volcanoes (one in damaged d/jt). Mainly VG/VF (7)

"Dekorative Vorbilder", Julius Hoffmann, 1899, a selection of 51 coloured plates from various series,

Lot: 57

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Mar 2017 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £30
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Dekorative Vorbilder, Julius Hoffmann, 1899, a selection of 51 coloured plates from various series, many with quality art nouveau designs printed in chromo-lithography. VG. Each 13 x 10”; in original cloth-bound gilt folder.

Joseph Bennett "The Musical Year 1883: A record of noteworthy Musical events in the United Kingdom

Lot: 58

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Mar 2017 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £16
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Joseph Bennett The Musical Year 1883: A record of noteworthy Musical events in the United Kingdom with a reprint of criticisms on many of them , Novello [1884], octavo, full morocco, gilt, with raised bands, gilt red compartments, a.e.g., bound by Zaehnsdorf, some wear, top of backstrip part-detached. 

Francois-Rene de Chateaubriand "Genie du Christianisme, or Beautes de la Religion Chretienne"

Lot: 59

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Mar 2017 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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Francois-Rene de Chateaubriand Genie du Christianisme, or Beautes de la Religion Chretienne Le Nomant, Paris, 1823, octavo, 5 volume set, 19th Cent half-calf, few scuff marks, gilt red titles, marbled boards, VG (5)

Jonathan Swift "A Second Collection of Miscellanies" J. Roberts, London, 1720, First Edition, incomplete

Lot: 60

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Mar 2017 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £16
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Jonathan Swift A Second Collection of Miscellanies J. Roberts, London, 1720, First Edition, incomplete but including title, dedication and the whole of The Art of Punning including the preliminary text and preface. Small ink archival inscription top right of title page and few repairs; tastefully rebound in modern quarter leather with marbled boards and new endpapers. (10), xiii, 27, (4)pp.