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Auction No 362, Category: Antiquarian

40 Lots (displaying 21 - 40)

John Tyndall "Hours of Exercise in the Alps" 1871, First Edition, green cloth, repaired, plus another in half-leather;

Lot: 90

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Sep 2016 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £120 - £140
SOLD £80
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John Tyndall Hours of Exercise in the Alps 1871, First Edition, green cloth, repaired, plus another in half-leather; Glaciers of the Alps,  John Murray, 1860, worn cloth; together with a collection of other works by Tyndall, mainly scientific, plus a few biographical; including Diamagnetism and Magne-Crystallic Action 1870 (rebound), Fragments of Science 1879 (2 vols) and Eve & Creasy Life and Work of John Tyndall, Macmillan, 1945. Sixteen are 19th Century publications of which six have been re-cased.  (19)

E.S. Kennedy (Ed.) "Peaks, Passes, and Glaciers; being Excursions by Members of the Alpine Club, Second Series"

Lot: 92

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Sep 2016 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £30
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E.S. Kennedy (Ed.) Peaks, Passes, and Glaciers; being Excursions by Members of the Alpine Club, Second Series London, 1862, 2 Volumes,first edition, contemporary half-leather, worn, over marbled boards; 13 (of 14) fine folding maps, plus plates. Clean interiors

Charles Forbes "Iceland: its Volcanoes, Geysers, and Glaciers" John Murray, 1860, half-leather, folding map, fair condition;

Lot: 93

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Sep 2016 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £36
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Charles Forbes Iceland: its Volcanoes, Geysers, and Glaciers John Murray, 1860, half-leather, folding map, fair condition; John Gibson Great Waterfalls, Cataracts, and Geysers, T. Nelson, 1887, gilt cloth, VG; Edwin Balch Glacieres or Freezing Caverns, 1970 reprint; and E.B. Bailey Tectonic Essays, Mainly Alpine, 1968 reprint in d/jkt. (4)

John Judd "Volcanoes: What They Are and What They Teach" 1885, 3rd Edn; Mungo Ponton "Earthquakes and Volcanoes"1872, new edition;

Lot: 94

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Sep 2016 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £42
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John Judd Volcanoes: What They Are and What They Teach 1885, 3rd Edn; Mungo Ponton Earthquakes and Volcanoes 1872, new edition; and six other related titles, all bar one 19th century. (8)

W. Boyd Dawkins "Cave Hunting: Researches on the Evidence of Caves respecting the Early Inhabitants of Europe"

Lot: 95

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Sep 2016 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £36
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W. Boyd Dawkins Cave Hunting: Researches on the Evidence of Caves respecting the Early Inhabitants of Europe Macmillan, 1874, First Edition, original pictorial cloth with some wear to top & tail of the spine; minor spotting to prelims; colour frontispiece; 129 woodcuts including maps; 453pp. 

G. F. Browne "Ice-Caves of France and Switzerland" Longmans, 1865, 1st Edition, orig.cloth, gilt,

Lot: 96

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Sep 2016 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £26
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G. F. Browne Ice-Caves of France and Switzerland Longmans, 1865, 1st Edition, orig.cloth, gilt, small piece missing from base of spine o/w VG; G.Hartwig Marvels Under Our Feet, Longmans, 1888, orig. pictorial cloth, VG; together with Thomas Knox Underground, or Life Below the Surface, 1875, rebound in leather, text browned. (3) 

Edouard Alfred Martel "Irlande, et Cavernes Anglaises", Delagrave, Paris, 1897, 1st Edn, signed & inscribed by the author,

Lot: 97

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Sep 2016 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £100 - £150
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Edouard Alfred Martel Irlande, et Cavernes Anglaises, Delagrave, Paris, 1897, 1st Edn, signed & inscribed by the author, in original worn wraps, uncut two sides, fine internally with many illustrations & three folding maps;contained in a fine cloth-covered case with gilt leather titles; together with two others on caves & caving. (3)

John Tyndall "Mountaineering in 1861. A Vacation Tour" London, 1862, First Edition,

Lot: 99

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Sep 2016 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £90 - £110
SOLD £60
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John Tyndall Mountaineering in 1861. A Vacation Tour,  London, 1862, First Edition, 19th Century grained cloth, gilt, a little worn & marked; old (small) bookseller’s label on front pastedown; uncut 2 sides; VG internally, two tissue-guarded plates; plus Tyndall’s Hours of Exercise In the Alps, Longmans, 1871, 2nd Edn, original gilt cloth, and The Forms of Water in Clouds & Rivers, Ice & Glaciers, 1889, 10th Edn. (3)

[Plutarch and Juvenal] Plutarchi Chaeronensis "Quomodo Juveni Audienda sint Poemata" 1694, 105pp,

Lot: 107

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Sep 2016 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
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[Plutarch and Juvenal] Plutarchi Chaeronensis Quomodo Juveni Audienda sint Poemata 1694, 105pp, bound with Basilii Magni Oratio ad Juvenes Quomodo cum Fructu Possint Graecorum Libros, 41pp; to which is appended A Catalogue of Books Printed at the Theatre in Oxford, 14pp. Greek text with Latin translation and footnotes by Hugo Grotius. Oxford, 1694, octavo, disbound from a combined volume; engraved title and frontispiece; small corner fault to final leaf otherwise fine. 

William Congreve "A Pindarique Ode, Humbly Offer'd to the King On His Taking Namure" Jacob Tonson, London, 1695,

Lot: 108

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Sep 2016 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
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William Congreve A Pindarique Ode, Humbly Offer'd to the King On His Taking Namure Jacob Tonson, London, 1695, folio, untrimmed; title+11pp+publisher's list; title and publisher's list dust-affected; some tone marks; bound in 20th century boards with leather backstrip. (Wing 5871)

John Dryden "The Medall. A Satyre Against Sedition" Jacob Tonson, London, 1682, First Edition (2nd Issue);

Lot: 110

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Sep 2016 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £100 - £150
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John Dryden The Medall. A Satyre Against Sedition Jacob Tonson, London, 1682, First Edition (2nd Issue); small quarto, disbound from a combined colume; [12] + 20pp. Title page dust-affected o/w VG. (Wing D2311)

Thomas Brown "The Late Converts Exposed: or the Reasons of Mr. Bays's Changing his Religion.

Lot: 113

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Sep 2016 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £66
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Thomas Brown The Late Converts Exposed: or the Reasons of Mr. Bays’s Changing his Religion. Considered in a Dialogue. Part the Second. With Reflections on the Life of St. Xavier, Don Sebastian King of Portugal, as also The Fable of the Bat and the Birds” Thomas Bennet, London, 1690, small 4to, uncut at foot; disbound from a combined volume, [16], 60pp; few scattered tone marks; very good. (Wing B5061)

John Dryden "Annus Mirabilis. The Year of Wonders, M.DC.LXVI., An Historical Poem.

Lot: 114

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Sep 2016 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £180 - £220
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John Dryden Annus Mirabilis. The Year of Wonders, M.DC.LXVI., An Historical Poem. Also a Poem on the Happy Restoration and Return of His Late Sacred Majestey Charles the Second. Likewise a Panegyrick on His Cononation. Together With a Poem to My Lord Chancellor Presented on New-Years-Day. 1662. Henry Herringman and Jacob Tonson, London, 1688. Small 4to, stitch bound in wraps, [20], 116pp, each poem with its own title page. The initial title page dust-affected and small ink-mark at foot o/w VG. (Wing 2240)

[Charles Dickens and Edward Caswall] "Sketches of Young Ladies, Young Gentlemen, and Young Couples"

Lot: 115

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Sep 2016 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £150 - £250
SOLD £240
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[Charles Dickens and Edward Caswall] Sketches of Young Ladies, Young Gentlemen, and Young Couples Chapman & Hall, 1843, small octavo, original gilt cloth, a.e.g., VG; 18 engraved plates by Phiz (17 tissue-guarded) of which ten show some spotting.  

Richard Morris (Ed.) "The Story of Genesis and Exodus, an Early English Song. About A.D. 1250"

Lot: 116

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Sep 2016 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
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Richard Morris (Ed.) The Story of Genesis and Exodus, an Early English Song. About A.D. 1250 Trubner & Co, 1865; bound with Walter Skeat (Ed.) The Romans of Partenay, 1866; full panelled calf, gilt, worn at periphery, rear board detached; bookplate of Anthony Trollope; fine internally

Arthur Aikin and Mrs. Barbauld "Evenings at Home, or The Juvenile Budget Opened: consisting of a Variety of Miscellaneous Pieces

Lot: 117

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Sep 2016 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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Arthur Aikin and Mrs. Barbauld Evenings at Home, or The Juvenile Budget Opened: consisting of a Variety of Miscellaneous Pieces for the Instruction and Amusement of Young Persons, London, 1826, 14th Edn, set of four small volumes, full grained green morocco, red title labels, gilt, Vol.1 with small piece of backstrip missing. Few light pencil annotations o/w very good internally.  (4)

Robert Boyle "Some Considerations Touching the Style of the H. Scriptures" Henry Herringman, London, 1663, [2nd Edn],

Lot: 120

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Sep 2016 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
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Robert Boyle Some Considerations Touching the Style of the H. Scriptures Henry Herringman, London, 1663, [2nd Edn], octavo, worn leather, rebacked with gilt title, later endpapers, front board detached; spotting to title page. [42], 254pp.  [Robert Boyle (1627-1691) is better known as a celebrated experimental Scientist, a founding member of the Royal Society.]   (Wing 4026)

[Pliny the younger] C. Plinii Caecilii Secundi "Epistolae et Panegyricus" edited Johannis Minellii,

Lot: 121

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Sep 2016 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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[Pliny the younger] C. Plinii Caecilii Secundi Epistolae et Panegyricus edited Johannis Minellii, J.L. Gleditsch & M.G. Weidmann, 1712, 12mo, worn full leather, gilt, red title label; marble edged & endpapers; title page in red & black; engraved initials; text complete but affected by variable degrees of foxing & browning. [12], 1314pp + extensive index.

"The Strand Magazine" George Newnes, Vol.3, Jan-June 1892, and Vol. 6, July-Dec. 1893,

Lot: 137

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Sep 2016 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £12
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The Strand Magazine George Newnes, Vol.3, Jan-June 1892, and Vol. 6, July-Dec. 1893, bound volumes both containing The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. One is a later re-bind, the other worn quarter-leather. (2)

Manchester Wheelers' Club 1899 illuminated address to Allen W. Phillips on the occasion of his leaving Manchester for Johannesburg,

Lot: 141

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Sep 2016 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £80
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Manchester Wheelers' Club 1899 illuminated address to Allen W. Phillips on the occasion of his leaving Manchester for Johannesburg, signed by 33 fellow cyclists, a group photo laid down inside front cover, quarto, full leather, gilt, some light wear; together with a 2-page letter of 1933 from the Manchester Wheelers to Phillips’ widow and 2 related photos.