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Auction No 370, Category: Antiquarian

98 Lots (displaying 61 - 80)

"The Ladies' Monthly Museum; or Polite Repository of Amusement and Instruction", Dean & Munday, bound volume for 1818

Lot: 133

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £36
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The Ladies’ Monthly Museum; or Polite Repository of Amusement and Instruction, Dean & Munday, bound volume for 1818, octavo, in a poor half-leather binding; VG internally with 18 engravings including 12 hand-coloured fashion plates.

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

Lot: 134

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 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

Annibal Caro "Rime del Commendatore Annibal Caro". Bernardo Giunti e Fratelli, Venice, 1583

Lot: 135

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £86
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Annibal Caro Rime del Commendatore Annibal Caro. Bernardo Giunti e Fratelli, Venice, 1583, octavo, complete with endpapers but lacking boards; contemp.ownership inscription to front endpaper; title and 5pp dedication adorned with woodcuts; first endpaper dust-affected; fine internally; (8),103,(8)pp

Don Juan Manuel (1335-1347) "Count Lucanor: or, the Fifty Pleasant Stories of Patronio", Basil Pickering, 1868

Lot: 136

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £46
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Don Juan Manuel (1335-1347) Count Lucanor: or, the Fifty Pleasant Stories of Patronio, Basil Pickering, 1868, First Edition in English, translated by James York; octavo, original decorated cloth, gilt, fine; advert leaves as first and last endpapers; engraved title; (6),xvi,246,(4)pp.

 

J. F. Marmontel "Contes Moraux", Marc Michel Rey, Amsterdam 1779, three volumes, tall octavo

Lot: 137

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £100 - £150
SOLD £70
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J. F. Marmontel Contes Moraux, Marc Michel Rey, Amsterdam 1779, three volumes, tall octavo, large paper edition, 19th Century full calf, gilt, by C. Kalthoeber of London but later rebacked and re-gilded, the front & rear panels showing some light wear; bookplates of Viscount Chersley; text and 26 tissue-guarded engraved plates fine and complete, the tissue-guards with some foxing. An attractive set. (3)

James McBryde "Epistolae ad Amicos nunc primum in unum corpus coactae", Cambridge, 1899,

Lot: 138

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £350 - £450
SOLD £200
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James McBryde Epistolae ad Amicos nunc primum in unum corpus coactae, Cambridge, 1899, edited by Walter Morley Fletcher and Montague Rhodes James (M.R. James); quarto, full vellum, VG, a.e.g.; comprises 5 blank leaves, mounted photo of James McBryde, title page, 30 leaves each with a mounted photograph of amusing illustrated letters, and 7 blank leaves. Title page with offset impression from the photo of McBryde. [McBryde’s Epistolae is the earliest published work associated with the celebrated ghost story writer M.R. James who in 1899 was resident as a Don at King’s College, Cambridge. Copac records one example, held at the Bodleian. Another was sold by Dominic Winter in 2016. This example has been in the vendor’s possession for 40 years.]

Alexander Pope "The First Satire of the Second Book of Horace, Imitated in a Dialogue..."

Lot: 139

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £68
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Alexander Pope The First Satire of the Second Book of Horace, Imitated in a Dialogue….A.Dodd & E.Nutt, London, 1733, First Edition; folio, 20th Cent half-morocco, gilt, new endpapers, fine; 19pp.

Phinehas Fletcher "Piscatory Eclogues, with other Poetical Miscellanies", Edinburgh, 1771

Lot: 140

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £12
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Phinehas Fletcher Piscatory Eclogues, with other Poetical Miscellanies, Edinburgh, 1771, quarter-calf, worn; ownership signature dated 1898 top of title page; front inner hinge weak; clean text; [4],viii,151, [4]pp, plus errata slip. 

John Wilkins "Of the Principles and Duties of Natural Religion: Two Books…" 1683

Lot: 141

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £15
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John Wilkins Of the Principles and Duties of Natural Religion: Two Books…to which is added, A Sermon Preached at his Funerals, by William Lloyd, D.D. Dean of Bangor, T.Basset & others, London, 1683; small octavo, contemp. leather, very worn, boards detached; bookplate of Sir Joseph Copley; engraved frontispiece; occasional marginal pencil marks; [16],410,blank,[2],55pp

Sir John Vanbrugh "Plays Written by Sir John Vanbrugh", J. Tonson & others, London, 1730, small octavo

Lot: 142

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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Sir John Vanbrugh Plays Written by Sir John Vanbrugh, J. Tonson & others, London, 1730, small octavo, contemp. calf, worn, gilt title labels replaced; occasional minor browning. Good (2)

D. Fulvio Testi "Delle Poesie Liriche", Giulian Cassiani, Modena, 1645, 12mo, contemporary red leather, gilt

Lot: 143

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £72
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D. Fulvio Testi Delle Poesie Liriche, Giulian Cassiani, Modena, 1645, 12mo, contemporary red leather, gilt, showing later repairs, VG; previous owners’ bookplates; issued as two parts, bound together, each with its own title page; b/w portrait dated 1645; decorated throughout with head & tail pieces; fine internally. pp.(14),175,166. 

[John Jackson, actor] "Eldred; or, The British Freeholder. A Tragedy." C. Elliot and J. Bell, 1782, octavo,

Lot: 144

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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[John Jackson, actor] Eldred; or, The British Freeholder. A Tragedy. C. Elliot and J. Bell, 1782, octavo, contemp. tree calf, worn, hinges weak, backstrip chipped, gilt title; browning/staining to margins of endpapers and last 8pp of text; 122pp + errata page.  

John Fawcett Skelton "The Gleaner: A Selection of Poems & Songs", Simpkin Marshall & John Heywood, 1876

Lot: 145

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £20
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John Fawcett Skelton The Gleaner: A Selection of Poems & Songs, Simpkin Marshall & John Heywood, 1876, First Edition, quarto, original gilt cloth: two copies, one uninscribed, the other with presentation inscription by the author and a few manuscript alterations to the text in the same hand, together with an autograph letter from W.T. Hampson to a friend recalling Skelton’s activities in Edgworth, Bolton, in the late-19th Century. Occasional fox mark otherwise good/VG. (2)

"Thomas Carlyle's Works: The Standard Edition in 18 Volumes", Chapman & Hall, 1904-05,

Lot: 157

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £66
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Thomas Carlyle's Works: The Standard Edition in 18 Volumes, Chapman & Hall, 1904-05, half-leather, gilt with raised bands, title labels a little rubbed & faded o/w a fine set without internal inscriptions. (18)

[Robert Heron] "The Comforts of Human Life; or Smiles and Laughter of Charles Chearful and Martin Merryfellow"

Lot: 161

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £36
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[Robert Heron] The Comforts of Human Life; or Smiles and Laughter of Charles Chearful and Martin Merryfellow, Oddy & Co, 1807, 12mo, quarter-leather, gilt, marbled boards, chipped at top & tail of spine, red sides; hand-coloured folding plate; occasional tone marks in text but generally good internally; xi,226pp

[Laurent Bordelon] "The Management of the Tongue", H. Rhodes, 1707, octavo, later quarter-leather, gilt, a little scuffed,

Lot: 162

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £32
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[Laurent Bordelon] The Management of the Tongue, H. Rhodes, 1707, octavo, later quarter-leather, gilt, a little scuffed, marbled boards; occasional browning or spotting to text, heavy browning around ownership signatures at foot of p.13 and top of title page; [24],272pp.

Edward Chicken "The Collier's Wedding, a Poem", T. & J. Hodgson, Newcastle, 1829, New Edition with corrections

Lot: 163

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £62
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Edward Chicken The Collier’s Wedding, a Poem, T. & J. Hodgson, Newcastle, 1829, New Edition with corrections, octavo, contemp. paper cover, frayed at periphery; fine internally; includes 12pp preface. Engraved title; xii, 32pp. VG

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

Lot: 166

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 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.

Thomas Brown (1663-1704) "Collection of Miscellany Poems, Letters, &c., to which is added A Character of a Latitudinarian"

Lot: 167

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £250 - £300
SOLD £200
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Thomas Brown (1663-1704) Collection of Miscellany Poems, Letters, &c., to which is added A Character of a Latitudinarian, John Sparks, 1699, First Edition; small octavo, full leather, rebound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, the boards overlaid with the original leather covering; light browning affects the text to varying degrees. Worming at foot of last few leaves and a damaged corner to pp.341/2 without text loss. Collated as complete. Pagination errors with pp.113-128 not used and p.349 shown as “493”. Wing 5052. VG

"The Poetical Works of John Critchley Prince", Abel Heywood, Manchester, 1880, quarto, 2 Vols

Lot: 171

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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The Poetical Works of John Critchley Prince, Abel Heywood, Manchester, 1880, quarto, 2 Vols, original gilt cloth, VG; large paper edition, No.45 of 100 issued; front inner hinge to Vol. 1 frayed o/w fine. (2)