Trafford Books

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

334 Lots (displaying 141 - 160)

Marcus B. Huish "British Water-Colour Art", Fine Art Society, 1904 No.261 of 500, signed & numbered by the author

Lot: 141

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £28
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Marcus B. Huish British Water-Colour Art, Fine Art Society, 1904 No.261 of 500, signed & numbered by the author, lavishly rebound in modern full red morocco, gilt, with floral endpapers; free endpapers and half-title foxed, occasional spotting elsewhere; t.e.g., uncut elsewhere;  62 tissue-guarded colour plates. 

Augustus Pugin "Examples of Gothic Architecture; selected from various Ancient Edifices in England"

Lot: 142

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £82
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Augustus Pugin Examples of Gothic Architecture; selected from various Ancient Edifices in England, John Grant, 1895, 3 Vols, tall 4to, original gilt cloth, fine; ownership signature to front endpaper of Vol.1; some foxing to endpapers; fine plates, some coloured but largely line-drawings of plans & elevations. (3

W.J. Loftie "Lessons in the Art of Illuminating", Blackie, 1880s, in 4 parts, printed wraps, 9 colour plates

Lot: 143

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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W.J. Loftie Lessons in the Art of Illuminating, Blackie, 1880s, in 4 parts, printed wraps, 9 colour plates; Edward Duncan Advanced Studies in Marine Painting, Blackie [1889], in 4 parts, printed wraps, 8 colour plates; R.P. Leitch A Course of Sepia Painting, Cassell, gilt cloth, 24 plates, and A Course of Painting in Neutral Tint, Cassell, 1881, gilt cloth, 24 plates. VG

C.G. Holme (Ed.) "Decorative Art 1932 – Year Book of The Studio", The Studio Ltd, 1932, tall 4to

Lot: 144

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £40
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C.G. Holme (Ed.) Decorative Art 1932 – Year Book of The Studio, The Studio Ltd, 1932, tall 4to, publisher’s gilt cloth, spine faded, fine internally with all plates and adverts, some plates in colour.

Charles Heaton "History of the Life of Albrecht Durer", Macmillan, 1870, 1st Edn, quarto, original gilt cloth,

Lot: 145

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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Charles Heaton History of the Life of Albrecht Durer, Macmillan, 1870, 1st Edn, quarto, original gilt cloth, rebacked, spine faded, a.e.g.; fine internally with all plates including Autotypes. List of contents misbound; xv,340pp.

Antoine Ysaye & Bertram Ratcliffe "Ysaye: His Life, Work and Influence", William Heinemann, 1947

Lot: 146

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £10
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Antoine Ysaye & Bertram Ratcliffe Ysaye: His Life, Work and Influence, William Heinemann, 1947, original cloth, titles in silver, few fox marks to edge of text block o/w fine. 

Joanna Selborne "British Wood-Engraved Book Illustration 1904- 1940" and 9 others.

Lot: 147

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £26
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Joanna Selborne British Wood-Engraved Book Illustration 1904-1940, British Library 2001; Crook William Burges, John Murray, 1981, d/jkt; Tretchikoff & Hocking Pigeon’s Luck, 1973, in d/jkt; Marguerite Steen William Nicholson, 1943,signed & inscribed by the author; Catalogue of  Carvings in Ivory, V & A., 1927-29, 2 volumes; Tyrwhitt A Handbook of Pictorial Art, 1875, full leather, gilt; and others. Good to VF (10)

Professor Angelo Lewis Hoffmann "Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring"

Lot: 148

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £80 - £100
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Professor Angelo Lewis Hoffmann Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring, George Routledge, 1877, 2nd Edition, original decorative cloth, gilt, recased with new endpapers, lower right corner to front board rounded; spotting to frontispiece, title and colophon o/w fine internally; xvi,509pp

Thomas Warton "The Hamlet, an ode written in Wichwood Forest, Illustrated with fourteen etchings by Birket Foster"

Lot: 149

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
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Thomas Warton The Hamlet, an ode written in Wichwood Forest, Illustrated with fourteen etchings by Birket Foster, Sampson Low, 1859, octavo, original gilt cloth VG, gutta percha binding weak with few loose plates, a few minor tone spots, plates unaffected. 

Lewis Carroll "The Wonderland Postage-Stamp Case", Emberlin and Son, 1889

Lot: 150

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £88
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Lewis Carroll The Wonderland Postage-Stamp Case, Emberlin and Son, 1889, complete with folder and Eight or Nine Wise Words About Letter Writing, [1907], pocket-size, printed wraps, 40pp (incl cover). Fine.

[Charles Gildon] "The Post-Boy Robb'd of His Mail: or The Pacquet Broke Open. Consisting of Letters of Love and Gallantry

Lot: 151

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £15
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[Charles Gildon] The Post-Boy Robb'd of His Mail: or The Pacquet Broke Open. Consisting of Letters of Love and Gallantry, and All Miscellaneous Subjects, John Sprint, London, 1706, 2nd Edn; octavo, contemp. leather, worn, boards detached; title page loose and dust-affected; last 28pp damp-stained. 

A.S.W. Rosenbach "Early American Children's Books", Southworth Press, 1933, quarto, quarter-leather, gilt,

Lot: 152

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £15
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A.S.W. Rosenbach Early American Children's Books, Southworth Press, 1933, quarto, quarter-leather, gilt, over pictorial boards, fine in slightly worn slipcase; No.162 of 585, signed by the author.

"The Captain: a magazine for Boys and Old Boys", George Newnes, 1911-1919, eight issues, pictorial wraps,

Lot: 153

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £42
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The Captain: a magazine for Boys and Old Boys, George Newnes, 1911-1919, eight issues, pictorial wraps, five with repairs to spine, one with a coupon cut away, all bar two war-time issues, fair to fine. (8)

 

Frederick G. Fleay "A Biographical Chronicle of the English Drama 1559-1642", Reeves & Turner, 1891, 2 Vols

Lot: 154

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £30
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Frederick G. Fleay A Biographical Chronicle of the English Drama 1559-1642, Reeves & Turner, 1891, 2 Vols, quarter-leather, gilt, near fine; light foxing to endpapers, fine internally. 387+405pp. (2 vols)

L. Apuleii (Apuleus) "Madaurensis Opera Omnia Quae Exstant. Equibus, Post Ultimam P. Coluii editionem

Lot: 155

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £36
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L. Apuleii (Apuleus) Madaurensis Opera Omnia Quae Exstant. Equibus, Post Ultimam P. Coluii editionem, Philosophici Libri.per Bon. Vulcanium Brugensem. Michaelem Sonnium, 1601; 12mo, full leather, gilt, with a later soft leather protective covering; bookplate of Garratts Hall; inked notation on title page; text fine & complete, sound binding. (16),623pp.

John Dryden "The Medall. A Satyre Against Sedition". Jacob Tonson, 1682, First Edition, second issue

Lot: 156

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £40
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John Dryden The Medall. A Satyre Against Sedition. Jacob Tonson, 1682, First Edition, second issue, 4to, unbound, loosely inserted in a cloth-covered binding case; uncut at foot, partially unopened; worming in right-hand margin, clear of text. Light browning to endpapers and title page. VG

William Godwin "Thoughts on Man, His Nature, Productions, and Discoveries", Effingham Wilson, 1831

Lot: 157

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £40
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William Godwin Thoughts on Man, His Nature, Productions, and Discoveries, Effingham Wilson, 1831, First Edition, later quarter-leather, gilt, for Bury Co-Operative Library with library labels to front endpapers; a few fox marks but very largely fine clean text; viii,471pp. VG

William Robertson "Thesaurus, Graecae Linguae, in epitomen, sive compendium, redactus et alphabetice, secundum

Lot: 158

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £26
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William Robertson Thesaurus, Graecae Linguae, in epitomen, sive compendium, redactus et alphabetice, secundum, Constantini methodum, et Schrevelii, referatus: Concinnatus, & adornatus, studio & industria, Gulielmi Robertson. Johannes Hayes, Canterbury, 1676; quarto, contemp. sheep, worn & chipped in places; text collated as complete; volume concludes with a Latin-Greek Lexicon. VG internally.

Arturi Jonstoni (Arthur Johnston) "Psalmi Davidici: Interpretatione, Argumentis, Notisque. Illustrati: In Usum Serenissimi Principis

Lot: 159

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £22
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Arturi Jonstoni (Arthur Johnston) Psalmi Davidici: Interpretatione, Argumentis, Notisque. Illustrati: In Usum Serenissimi Principis, London, 1741; quarto, full contemp. leather with elaborate gilt decoration, slightly worn and marked, gilt title intact, red sides; bookplate of E.Wyatt Edgell; fine internally with engraved frontispiece and double-page Map; pp. xvi, 392, map, index.

Lady Shelley (Ed.) "Shelley Memorials: From Authentic Sources", Smith, Elder & Co., 1859, 1st Edn;

Lot: 160

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £11
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Lady Shelley (Ed.) Shelley Memorials: From Authentic Sources, Smith, Elder & Co., 1859, 1st Edn; original purple cloth, gilt, a little discoloured; previous owner’s bookplate; engraved frontispiece. 290pp + 24pp publisher’s catalogue dated July 1859.