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

334 Lots (displaying 121 - 140)

H. Cameron Gillies "Regimen Sanitatis: The Rule of Health – A Gaelic Medical Manuscript of the Early Sixteenth Century"

Lot: 121

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £15
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H. Cameron Gillies Regimen Sanitatis: The Rule of Health – A Gaelic Medical Manuscript of the Early Sixteenth Century, Robert Maclehose, 1911, 4to, orig.gilt cloth, VG; uncut and unopened; 139pp plus photo-plates of the original manuscript.

                                                                        

John Bonnycastle "An Introduction to Astronomy in a Series of Letters", J. Johnson, 1803, 4th Edn,

Lot: 122

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £30
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John Bonnycastle An Introduction to Astronomy in a Series of Letters, J. Johnson, 1803, 4th Edn, rebound in modern half-cloth over marbled boards, fine; complete with 19 Plates (18 folding) and frontispiece, one plate with a stained corner o/w VG; few pages with light foxing; pp.viii,443,(3).

O.M. Mitchell "The Orbs of Heaven, or, The Planetary and Stellar Worlds", H. Ingram, 1856, 6th Edn,

Lot: 123

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £40
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O.M. Mitchell The Orbs of Heaven, or, The Planetary and Stellar Worlds, H. Ingram, 1856, 6th Edn, original gilt & blind-tooled cloth, good, offset impressions internally from the plates; and Richard Proctor The Moon, Longmans 1907, and Other Suns Than Ours, Longmans 1908, both in fine full leather and gilt college bindings, VF internally. (3)

                                                                                                

Collection of Medical titles from 1829, including W.H. Kittoe "The Pocket Book of Practical Medicine", 1844, 3rd Edn,

Lot: 124

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £42
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Collection of Medical titles from 1829, including W.H. Kittoe The Pocket Book of Practical Medicine, 1844, 3rd Edn, contemp.cloth, VG; works on homoeopathy and phrenology; aspects of Manchester Medical History; Cecil Wall The History of the Surgeons’ Company 1745-1800, 1937; Hamilton Bailey (Ed.) Surgery of Modern Warfare, E. & S. Livingstone, 1942, two volumes; etc. Fair to fine. (22)

Agnes Catlow "Drops of Water; their Marvellous and Beautiful Inhabitants Displayed by the Microscope",

Lot: 125

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £20
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Agnes Catlow Drops of Water; their Marvellous and Beautiful Inhabitants Displayed by the Microscope, Reeve & Benham, 1851, original gilt cloth, a.e.g. near fine; browning to endpapers; four hand-coloured plates, fine text, 194pp; plus ‘A Quekett Club-Man’ My Microscope, Roper & Drowley, 1888, gilt cloth, VG, 86pp + adverts. (2)

J.H. [John Harris] "Astronomical Observations Between a Gentleman and a Lady

Lot: 126

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £185
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J.H. [John Harris] Astronomical Observations Between a Gentleman and a Lady: Wherein the Doctrine of the Sphere, uses of the Globes, and the Elements of Astronomy and Geography are Explain'd; In a Pleasant, Easy, and Familiar Way. With a Description of the famous Instrument called the Orrery, Benjamin Cowse, London, 1719, First Edition; octavo, contemporary panelled calf, gilt title, VG; 1723 ownership signature of William Saunders of Wadham College, Oxford; further ownership inscription of 1819 partly cut down at top of title page; VG internally with 6 plates (4 folding). 

William Hamilton "An Account of Certain Traces of Volcanos on the Banks of the Rhine", London, 1777,

Lot: 127

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
UNSOLD
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William Hamilton An Account of Certain Traces of Volcanos on the Banks of the Rhine, London, 1777, 6pp article from Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, Vol.68, bound in modern half-leather, gilt; plus two other bound articles on tectonic activity comprising Forbes On the Horary Oscillations of the Barometer near Edinburgh, Royal Society of Edinburgh, Vol.12, 1831, pp153-190, plus plate; and Baker, Gass et al The Volcanological Report of the Royal Society Expedition to Tristan Da Cunha, 1962, 4to, 141pp plus 18 plates & folding Map; modern cloth, gilt. VG/VF (3)

 

                                                                                    

"Wild Flowers and Their Teachings", Binns & Goodwin, Bath, 1848, 2nd Edition, octavo, fine full red morocco

Lot: 128

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £100 - £150
SOLD £110
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Wild Flowers and Their Teachings, Binns & Goodwin, Bath, 1848, 2nd Edition, octavo, fine full red morocco with elaborate gilt decoration; a.e.g; gift inscriptions of 1858 and 1921 to front endpaper; illustrated with 37 specimens of actual dried flowers in very good condition; offset impressions of the dried flowers on facing pages. Scarce 

J.M.W. Turner and John Ruskin "The Harbours of England", Smith, Elder & Co, 1877, New Edition,

Lot: 129

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £40
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J.M.W. Turner and John Ruskin The Harbours of England, Smith, Elder & Co, 1877, New Edition, small Folio, original gilt cloth, VG; 12 fine tissue-guarded engraved plates by Thomas Lupton after J.M.W. Turner, each plate on thin card, image size 16.5 x 24.5cm.  Overall 26.5 x 37cm. Text and plates very clean but loose throughout. 

Glamour Photography softbacks 1950s to 1970s, UK and American, with 1950s/60s small format (10),

Lot: 130

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £70
SOLD £66
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Glamour Photography softbacks 1950s to 1970s, UK and American, with 1950s/60s small format (10), including Play, Amber, Peaches, Hush, Frolic, Beauty Bazaar. VG to VF (37)

B. Winkles "French Cathedrals", Charles Tilt, 1837, quarto, half- leather, gilt, worn at extremities,

Lot: 131

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £10
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B. Winkles French Cathedrals, Charles Tilt, 1837, quarto, half-leather, gilt, worn at extremities, engraved title and 49 plates after R. Garland; some spotting and staining especially to the last two plates.

Stephen Gooden (and Campbell Dodgson) "An Iconography of the Engravings of Stephen Gooden", Elkin Matthews, 1944

Lot: 132

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £105
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Stephen Gooden (and Campbell Dodgson) An Iconography of the Engravings of Stephen Gooden, Elkin Matthews, 1944, quarto, quarter-vellum, gilt, the vellum darkened, illustrated throughout, few corners ‘turned’ o/w VG. No. 66 of 160 with a signed proof engraving by the artist. 

The Ladies' Pocket Magazine 1832, Parts 1 & 2, nicely rebound in modern half-leather, marbled boards

Lot: 133

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £36
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The Ladies’ Pocket Magazine 1832, Parts 1 & 2, nicely rebound in modern half-leather, marbled boards, complete with 23 hand-coloured fashion plates, plus other engravings, title page of Part I in facsimile; also De Dillmont’s Encyclopedia of Needlework (two different editions). (3)

"Beeton's Every-Day Cookery and Housekeeping Book", Ward Lock, original gilt cloth, VG,

Lot: 134

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £26
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Beeton’s Every-Day Cookery and Housekeeping Book, Ward Lock, original gilt cloth, VG, colour plates, gift inscription of 1881, some small faults; What to do with the Cold Mutton, 1887; Modern Domestic Cookery, John Murray, 1851, original gilt cloth, repaired; and Mrs. Beeton’s Household Management, Ward Lock, 1923, VG.  Good to VG (4)

W.H. Roberts "The British Wine-Maker and Domestic Brewer", A. & C. Black, 1849, 5th Edn, small octavo

Lot: 135

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £28
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W.H. Roberts The British Wine-Maker and Domestic Brewer, A. & C. Black, 1849, 5th Edn, small octavo, original blind-tooled and gilt cloth relaid with new endpapers, sporadic light spotting/browning affects some pages; xv,384,16pp.     

W. Salt Brassington "A History of the Art of Bookbinding", Elliot Stock, 1894, large paper edition, No.6 of 50 issued

Lot: 136

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £80 - £120
SOLD £130
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W. Salt Brassington A History of the Art of Bookbinding, Elliot Stock, 1894, large paper edition, No.6 of 50 issued; original gilt decorated cloth, VG; t.e.g., uncut elsewhere; 10 tissue-guarded colour plates and many other illustrations. 

Qty. of Engravings, 1650 to 1920s, mostly 18th & 19th Century, mainly topographical and historical

Lot: 137

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £20
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Qty. of Engravings, 1650 to 1920s, mostly 18th & 19th Century, mainly topographical and historical, some portraits and humorous, various sizes, mixed condition. (145)

Leon Lebegue (1863-1944) a collection of book illustrations, mostly b/w with decorative red borders

Lot: 138

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
UNSOLD
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Leon Lebegue (1863-1944) a collection of book illustrations, mostly b/w with decorative red borders, but including historiated initials (14 plates each with 6 initials in red) and one hand-coloured plate; comprising humorous, erotic, romantic etc. 15 x 10cm, plus generous borders. Good/Fine (65)

Tony Bradshaw "The Bloomsbury Artists prints and book design", 1999, in d/jkt; "John Piper in the 1930s: Abstraction on the Beach"

Lot: 139

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £28
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Tony Bradshaw The Bloomsbury Artists prints and book design, 1999, in d/jkt; John Piper in the 1930s: Abstraction on the Beach, 2003, in d/jkt; Drawings of Sir Edward Burne-Jones, Newnes, c.1905; John G. Bennett Witness, 1962; Helen Rossetti Angeli Dante Gabriel Rossetti, His Friends and Enemies, 1949, in d/jkt; and two others. Good to VF (9)

George Terry "Pigments, Paint and Painting", E. & F.N. Spon, 1899, original gilt cloth, 392pp + catalogue;

Lot: 140

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £48
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George Terry Pigments, Paint and Painting, E. & F.N. Spon, 1899, original gilt cloth, 392pp + catalogue; A.S. Jennings Paint and Colour Mixing, a Practical Handbook for Painters, Decorators and all who have to mix colours, E.& F.N. Spon, 2nd Edn, 1904, complete with eight colour sample plates; and 2 others. Good to fine (4)