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Auction No 369, Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST

334 Lots (displaying 181 - 200)

[Louis-Sebastien Mercier] "L'an deux mille quatre cent quarante. Rêve s'il en fut jamais". London, 1772, half-vellum

Lot: 181

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £44
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[Louis-Sebastien Mercier] L'an deux mille quatre cent quarante. Rêve s'il en fut jamais. London, 1772, half-vellum, gilt leather title labels, decorated boards, VG; red sides; monogram handstamp to title page; fine clean text; pp.viii,416. An early edition of a futuristic novel which first appeared in 1770 and was published anonymously. Originally thought to have been written by Voltaire, the author label on the backstrip incorrectly ascribes this work to him. 

C.S. Forester "A Pawn Among Kings", Methuen & Co, 1924, First Edition, original gilt cloth, VG;

Lot: 182

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £200 - £250
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C.S. Forester A Pawn Among Kings, Methuen & Co, 1924, First Edition, original gilt cloth, VG; prize bookplate to front endpaper; browning to second endpaper, occasional minor foxing elsewhere. 220pp plus prelims. A very good example of Forester’s first book.

Bernard Cornwell "Sharpe's Enemy", Collins, 1984, First Edition in a complete d/jkt,

Lot: 183

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £58
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Bernard Cornwell Sharpe’s Enemy, Collins, 1984, First Edition in a complete d/jkt, the jacket showing slight creasing along the top edge, the text with faint tanning to the margins due to paper quality. Spine a little rolled. No internal inscriptions

Henry Fielding "The Covent-Garden Journal, and A Plan of the Universal Register-Office", Oxford, 1988,

Lot: 184

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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Henry Fielding The Covent-Garden Journal, and A Plan of the Universal Register-Office, Oxford, 1988, edited Goldgar, the Wesleyan Edition, fine in complete dustjacket. 

Helen Fielding "Bridget Jones's Diary", Picador, 1996, 3rd printing, in complete d/jkt, signed by the author on title page.

Lot: 185

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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Helen Fielding Bridget Jones’s Diary, Picador, 1996, 3rd printing, in complete d/jkt, signed by the author on title page. Fine, the jacket in protective mylar. 

"Rhymes and Roundelayes in Praise of a Country Life", David Bogue, 1857, tall octavo, elaborate gilt full leather binding

Lot: 186

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £30
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Rhymes and Roundelayes in Praise of a Country Life, David Bogue, 1857, tall octavo, elaborate gilt full leather binding by Webb & Hunt of Liverpool with matching foliate decoration to both front & back covers and the backstrip; a.e.g., marbled endpapers, original owner’s bookplate; VG internally with many illustrations by Birket Foster and others. 

Thomas White Ogilvie "Poems", William Smith & Sons, Aberdeen, 1911, 1st Edn, orig.gilt cloth, good

Lot: 187

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £15
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Thomas White Ogilvie Poems, William Smith & Sons, Aberdeen, 1911, 1st Edn, orig.gilt cloth, good, uncut, light spotting to prelims; The Poems of Robert Southwell S.J., Oxford, 1967, 1st Edn in fine d/jkt; and Petr Bezruc Silesian Songs, Artia, 1966, 1st English Edn, 4to, decorated cloth, gilt, b/w frontispiece, gift inscription, fine, in slipcase which is worn at corners. (3)

Robert Louis Stevenson "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde", with Etchings by Jean Traynier

Lot: 188

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £34
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Robert Louis Stevenson The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, with Etchings by Jean Traynier, Armand de Chabassol, Paris, 1947, 4to, number 71 of 150, the text and 18 tissue-guarded etchings uncut and unbound in vellum-covered binding case, printed title to spine, further contained in vellum-covered slipcase; few trifling fox marks o/w fine.

Vernon Scannell "Ring of Truth", 1983, signed First Edition in fine d/jkt, and other signed Firsts by Scannell

Lot: 189

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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Vernon Scannell Ring of Truth, 1983, signed First Edition in fine d/jkt, and other signed Firsts by Scannell, most in VG/fine d/jkts, comprising The Loving Game 1975, The Winter Man 1973, The Face of the Enemy 1961 (worn d/jkt), and Views and Distances 2000, s/bk; also Of Love & War 2002 unsigned 1st Edition. (6)

"Manchester and its Neighbourhood", Ordnance Survey, 1843, linen- backed folding Map, dissected, 27 x 31.5”,

Lot: 190

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £38
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Manchester and its Neighbourhood, Ordnance Survey, 1843, linen-backed folding Map, dissected, 27 x 31.5”, in cloth-covered boards, front board detached o/w fine. Scale 1” to 1 mile. Sold by George Simms, St. Ann’s Square. 

"The Universal Pocket Companion", C. Hitch, L. Hawes and others, 1760, 3rd Edition, octavo,

Lot: 191

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £26
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The Universal Pocket Companion, C. Hitch, L. Hawes and others, 1760, 3rd Edition, octavo, contemporary sheep with repairs to rear panel; ownership inscription dated 1761; lacks half-title; three folding-maps, two repaired; 274pp, index, extensive tables at rear. 

"Sir Archibald Murray's Despatches (June 1916-June 1917)", Dent 1920, orig. gilt cloth, front cover badly faded

Lot: 192

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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Sir Archibald Murray’s Despatches (June 1916-June 1917), Dent 1920, orig. gilt cloth, front cover badly faded, front inner hinge cracked; complete with the fine set of Maps of Syria & Palestine, Sinai Peninsula, and Egypt, plus a general outline map of the Turkish Empire, all in separate cloth-backed slipcase.

Robert Morden "Shropshire", published Map, Swale & Churchill [1695], 36.5 x 46.5cm,

Lot: 193

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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Robert Morden Shropshire, published Map, Swale & Churchill [1695], 36.5 x 46.5cm, in its original uncoloured state, cartouche upper right; central fold as issued; dust-affected and some peripheral creasing o/w VG.

E. Dayes and J. Scrivener: 18th Century Topographical Engravings of Manchester & area including Peak District,

Lot: 194

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £10
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E. Dayes and J. Scrivener: 18th Century Topographical Engravings of Manchester & area including Peak District, published 1798 by Stockdale but all bar one with publisher’s name trimmed away; some light foxing largely affects the margins only. VG. Image sizes 16.5 x 23.3cm. (26)

Mary Benedetta "The Street Markets of London" John Miles, 1936, 1st Edn, photographs by L. Moholy-Nagy

Lot: 195

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £46
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Mary Benedetta The Street Markets of London John Miles, 1936, 1st Edn, photographs by L. Moholy-Nagy, original printed buckram, VG; occasional minor fox mark but generally fine internally; pp.xi,201, plus 64 photo-plates.

 

Leitch Ritchie "A Journey to St. Petersburg and Moscow through Courland and Livonia"

Lot: 196

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £50
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Leitch Ritchie A Journey to St. Petersburg and Moscow through Courland and Livonia, London, 1836, full red blind-tooled morocco, gilt, by E.Westley, a.e.g., near fine; 25 tissue-guarded plates by Alfred Vickers; engraved title page headed Heath’s Picturesque Annual for 1836. St.Petersburg and Moscow. Slight spotting to frontispiece & title o/w fine internally. 255pp

Frances Nesbitt "Algeria & Tunis Painted & Described", A. & C. Black, 1906, 1st Edition, pictorial cloth, VG;

Lot: 197

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £34
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Frances Nesbitt Algeria & Tunis Painted & Described, A. & C. Black, 1906, 1st Edition, pictorial cloth, VG; browning to reverse of advertisement leaf o/w VG internally; 70 colour plates and folding-map.

A Cambridge Man "A Guide to the English Lake District Intended Principally for the Use of Pedestrians"

Lot: 198

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £26
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A Cambridge Man A Guide to the English Lake District Intended Principally for the Use of Pedestrians, Simpkin, Marshall & Co, [1866], 2nd Edition, revised, small octavo, original gilt cloth, light wear; VG internally; colour frontispiece; five folding maps, one in rear pocket; b/w plate; some minor fox marks affect few pages.

Theodore Roosevelt "African Game Trails", 1910, and "Through the Brazilian Wilderness", 1914

Lot: 199

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £18
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Theodore Roosevelt African Game Trails, 1910, and Through the Brazilian Wilderness, 1914, both John Murray First Editions, latter showing some subtle repair to the cloth binding; uncut two sides; plates and maps complete. VG (2)   

P.H.G. Powell-Cotton "A Sporting Trip Through Abyssinia", Rowland Ward, 1902, First Edition, tall octavo,

Lot: 200

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £32
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P.H.G. Powell-Cotton A Sporting Trip Through Abyssinia, Rowland Ward, 1902, First Edition, tall octavo, later gilt cloth by Jarvis of Thanet, VG; some damp-staining to b/w frontispiece o/w fine internally including coloured folding map; 531pp including plates; publisher’s catalogue at rear.