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Auction No 363, Category: Antiquarian

36 Lots (displaying 1 - 20)

Comte F.M.G. De Pambour "A Practical Treatise on Locomotive Engines" John Weale, 1840, 2nd Edition,

Lot: 2

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Nov 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £15
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Comte F.M.G. De Pambour A Practical Treatise on Locomotive Engines John Weale, 1840, 2nd Edition, original blind-tooled cloth, gilt, worn at hinges, uncut 2 sides, binding rather slack, some light browning to text & the 5 folding-plates at rear (one detached), old ownership signature top of title page, another ownership handstamp to page 1; some light pencil annotations. xlviii + 583pp + plates + 36pp of advertisements.

F. Claude Francis Milliet de Chales “The Elements of Euclid Explain'd in a New but most Easie Method

Lot: 48

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Nov 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £15
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F. Claude Francis Milliet de Chales The Elements of Euclid Explain’d in a New but most Easie Method: Together with the Use of every Proposition through all Parts of the Mathematicks. J. Knapton & D. Midwinter, London, 1720, the 6th Edition; small octavo, full contemp. calf a little scuffed, lacking title labels; 18th Cent. ownership inscriptions to front pastedown; part of rear endpaper torn away; some light browning; [4], 380pp.   

Richard Wiseman "Several Chirurgical Treatises" Samuel Clement, 1692, the Second Edition,

Lot: 49

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Nov 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
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Richard Wiseman Several Chirurgical Treatises, Samuel Clement, 1692, the Second Edition, folio, contemp leather, worn, lacking index; the title, dedication and final leaf badly damp-affected, the upper-right portion of the final page missing. [16], 577pp. 

Thomas Burnet "The Theory of the Earth: Containing an Account of the Original of the Earth,

Lot: 50

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Nov 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £150 - £200
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Thomas Burnet The Theory of the Earth: Containing an Account of the Original of the Earth, and of all the General Changes Which it hath already undergone, Or Is To Undergo, Till the Consummation of all Things. The Two First Books Concerning The DELUGE, AND Concerning PARADISE. Walter Kettilby, 1684, First Edn, folio, contemp. polished calf, very worn with parts of backstrip missing, front board detached; (xviii), 327, (i),pp; lacks engraved frontispiece; 2 double-page plates [world maps, with the land masses in relief and California as an island], 9 engraved figures in Book One and 3 in Book Two.

Mockler-Ferryman "The 43rd & 52nd Light Infantry Chronicle, 1894" and "The Oxfordshire Light Infantry Chronicle, 1896",

Lot: 53

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Nov 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
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Mockler-Ferryman The 43rd & 52nd Light Infantry Chronicle, 1894 and The Oxfordshire Light Infantry Chronicle, 1896, Eyre & Spottiswoode, latter with boards damp affected; plus O’Donnell Historical Records of the 14th Regiment, A.H. Swiss, 1893, fine colour plates intact, front board detached.

Cromwell's Parliament "An Act for an Assessment upon England, At the Rate of Sixty thousand Pounds"

Lot: 56

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Nov 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £80
SOLD £30
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Cromwell's Parliament An Act for an Assessment upon England, At the Rate of Sixty thousand Pounds by the Moneth, for Three Moneths; From the Twenty fifth day of March, 1657, to the Twenty fourth day of lune then next ensuing. London, 1657, folio, untrimmed; title page with coat of arms of the Commonwealth, some grime and small repair, ink notation to lower left border; 73pp of blackletter text, very good. Disbound with remains of leather backstrip preserved, original stitch holes evident. This tax was raised to maintain Britain's war effort against the Spanish.  

[Samuel Saunders] "A Letter to the Reverend Mr.Tong, Mr.Robinson,Mr.Smith & Mr.Reynolds

Lot: 57

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Nov 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
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[Samuel Saunders] A Letter to the Reverend Mr.Tong, Mr.Robinson,Mr.Smith & Mr.Reynolds Occasion'd by the late Differences Amongst the Dissenters. Wherein is Consider'd The Regard Dissenters ought to pay to Human Forms in Matters of Faith. John Clark, London, 1719 [First Edition]; octavo, disbound from a combined volume; 96pp including title; engraved head & tail pieces to text. (ESTC T11773)

Edward Stillingfleet "An Answer to Some Papers Lately Printed, Concerning the Authority of the Catholick Church"

Lot: 58

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Nov 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £20
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Edward Stillingfleet An Answer to Some Papers Lately Printed, Concerning the Authority of the Catholick Church in Matters of Faith, and the Reformation of the Church of England. Richard Chiswel, London, 1686; octavo, bound in modern paper covered boards; dedication leaf, title, 72pp plus publisher's advertisement leaf at rear. Generous margins, the lower of which shows some worming. Advert leaf soiled o/w VG. (Wing 5562

[George Buchanan] Georgio Buchanano "Rerum Scoticarum Historia" George Mosman, Edinburgh, 1700,

Lot: 59

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Nov 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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[George Buchanan] Georgio Buchanano Rerum Scoticarum Historia George Mosman, Edinburgh, 1700, 12mo, contemp. leather binding, very worn; front endpaper decayed; frontispiece; index and appendix; [12], 592,[36], 51, [1] pp. Clean text

[Joseph Aston] "Metrical Records of Manchester in which its History is traced (Currente Calamo) from the Days of the Ancient Britons

Lot: 60

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Nov 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £52
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[Joseph Aston] Metrical Records of Manchester in which its History is traced (Currente Calamo) from the Days of the Ancient Britons to the Present Time London, 1822, 1st Edn, small 4to, half-leather, gilt, over marbled boards, VG; bookplate of William Garnett; 105pp + 3pp index; title page and final index page a little dust-affected. 

"A Map of New England and Country adjacent, extending Northward to Quebec, Westward to Niagara on Lake Ontario"

Lot: 61

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Nov 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
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A Map of New England and Country adjacent, extending Northward to Quebec, Westward to Niagara on Lake Ontario,shewing Gen. Shirley and Gen. Johnson’s Routs, W. Owen, London, 1755; inset plans of Fort Du Quesne & Fort Frederick. 20 x 17.5cm plus border, folds (as issued), one strengthened, VG; together with folding maps ofBritish & French Settlements in North America in 2 parts (each 47 x 21cm, one torn), A New Map of Nova Scotia and Cape Britain with…parts of New England and Canada 1785 (46 x 55cm, very creased), and a Map of Paraguay by E. Bowen c.1759  (5)

Watts Phillips (illustrator) "The Coast in Danger!!! A Laugh at the Threatened Invasion" Ackermann, c.1855

Lot: 63

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Nov 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
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Watts Phillips (illustrator) The Coast in Danger!!! A Laugh at the Threatened Invasion Ackermann, c.1855, oblong octavo, boards with pictorial onlay (very darkened), 11pp of hand-coloured cartoons, hinged concertina-style, good. Scarce

[Jacques Abbadie] "The History of the Late Conspiracy against the King and the Nation with a Particular Account of the Lancashire Plot"

Lot: 64

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Nov 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £68
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[Jacques Abbadie] The History of the Late Conspiracy against the  King and the Nation with a Particular Account of the Lancashire Plot and All the other Attempts and Machinations of the disaffected Party, since His Majesty's Accession to the Throne. Daniel Brown, London, 1696; small octavo, 18th Cent polished calf, worn at hinges, title label chipped; inked inscription of author’s name on endpaper; light damp-staining throughout. [2],195pp

Carte-de-Visite Topographical Photographs 1860s / 1870s, with views of Switzerland and France,

Lot: 65

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Nov 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £38
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Carte-de-Visite Topographical Photographs 1860s / 1870s, with views of Switzerland and France, with Alpine scenes (10), Military procession Paris (2), church architecture etc. Most with photographers’ imprints or labels. Most of the mounts have been partly trimmed. (38)

Carte-de-Visite Topographical Photos 1860s / 1870s, with views of Bohemia, Austria and Germany,

Lot: 66

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Nov 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £54
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Carte-de-Visite Topographical Photos 1860s / 1870s, with views of Bohemia, Austria and Germany, plus some National Costumes; many with photographers’ imprints notably Fridrich of Prague. VG quality, but several with the mounts partly trimmed. (52)

Carte-de-Visite Topographical Photos of Italy 1860s / 1870s, most with photographers' imprints,

Lot: 67

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Nov 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £42
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Carte-de-Visite Topographical Photos of Italy 1860s / 1870s, most with photographers’ imprints, mostly tourist views, church architecture etc. VG quality but most with mounts partly trimmed. (71)

Carte-de-Visite Topographical Photos of Yorkshire, plus few Grasmere and Co.Durham, 1860s / 1870s,

Lot: 68

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Nov 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £46
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Carte-de-Visite Topographical Photos of Yorkshire, plus few Grasmere and Co.Durham, 1860s / 1870s, including G.W.Wilson (4), H. Petschler of Manchester, Hopwood of Middlesborogh, Arthur Brown of Saltburn (4), & J. Raine of Richmond (6). VG quality. Includes shipwreck.  (26)

Carte-de-Visite Topographical Photos of Hereford, Wales, and Ireland (8), 1860s / 1870s,

Lot: 69

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Nov 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £72
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Carte-de-Visite Topographical Photos of Hereford, Wales, and Ireland (8), 1860s / 1870s, including Reilly of Dublin (8), Francis Bedford (9), and Ladmore of Hereford (17). A few with mounts partly trimmed, VG quality. (44)

Carte-de-Visite Photos 1860s & 1870s, mostly UK Cathedrals, early architecture of Chester etc;

Lot: 70

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Nov 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £46
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Carte-de-Visite Photos 1860s & 1870s, mostly UK Cathedrals, early architecture of Chester etc; many with photographers’ imprints including G.W. Wilson, Frank M. Good, J. Davis Burton & others. (52)

Henry Hall "Manual of South African Geography" Saul Solomon, Cape Town, 1866, 2nd Edn,

Lot: 73

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Nov 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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Henry Hall Manual of South African Geography Saul Solomon, Cape Town, 1866, 2nd Edn, small octavo, original blind-tooled cloth, gilt, good; folding map; few ink annotations to the Appendix. vii + 192pp