Auction No 387, Category: Antiquarian
6 Lots (displaying 1 - 6)
Children’s Transformation books of the 1890s published by Ernest Nister, comprising "Our Darling’s Surprise Pictures",
Children’s Transformation books of the 1890s published by Ernest Nister, comprising "Our Darling’s Surprise Pictures",
Lot 5
Lot: 5
- Auction Date: Wed 25th Sep 2019 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £250 - £300
UNSOLD
MORE DETAILSChildren’s Transformation books of the 1890s published by Ernest Nister, comprising Our Darling’s Surprise Pictures, tall quarto, pictorial boards marked & grubby, complete with all 8 lever-change chromo-lithographs in good working order, few leaves loose, rear endpaper torn & in pieces; and In and Out Round About: A Book of Transformation Pictures, octavo, pictorial boards, VG, most of the 6 lever-change pictures needing repair or attention. Prize bookplates of 1896-1897 from Lord Vernon’s Schools, Poynton, Macclesfield, on front endpapers. (2)
Samuel Richardson "Clarissa; or the History of a Young Lady", London, 1810, octavo, eight volumes, issued in The British Novelists series;
Samuel Richardson "Clarissa; or the History of a Young Lady", London, 1810, octavo, eight volumes, issued in The British Novelists series;
Lot 6
Lot: 6
- Auction Date: Wed 25th Sep 2019 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £20
MORE DETAILSSamuel Richardson Clarissa; or the History of a Young Lady, London, 1810, octavo, eight volumes, issued in The British Novelists series; contemporary half-leather, gilt, marbled boards & edges; some wear, boards detached from vol.8, one gathering a little loose in vol.1. Previous owner’s inscription (dated 1947) to front endpapers. (8)
A selection of antiquarian books including 6-volume set of Addison & Steele’s "The Tatler" 1786, all bar one in leather bindings,
A selection of antiquarian books including 6-volume set of Addison & Steele’s "The Tatler" 1786, all bar one in leather bindings,
Lot 7
Lot: 7
- Auction Date: Wed 25th Sep 2019 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £62
MORE DETAILSA selection of antiquarian books including 6-volume set of Addison & Steele’s The Tatler 1786, all bar one in leather bindings, most in full calf, very worn to fine, boards all attached; most have previous ownership inscriptions of the 1940s applied to front endpapers. (23)
"The Seconde Tome of Homelyes of such matters as were promised and Intituted in the former part of Homelyes..." 1563
"The Seconde Tome of Homelyes of such matters as were promised and Intituted in the former part of Homelyes..." 1563
Lot 8
Lot: 8
- Auction Date: Wed 25th Sep 2019 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £700 - £1000
SOLD £770
MORE DETAILSThe Seconde Tome of Homelyes of such matters as were promised and Intituted in the former part of Homelyes, set out by the aucthoritie of the Quenes Maiestie: and to be read in every paryshe Churche agreablye 1563. Printed by Richard Jugge and John Cawood, St. Paul’s Churchyard, London (colophon). First Edition, first issue. Octavo, later full polished leather, slightly pitted, rebacked, gilt, with new endpapers; original blanks at front & rear covered in contemporary manuscript notes which extend to margins of colophon and final page of text; damp-staining affects blanks and the margins of the last pages of text; fol.81 and 235 each with a corner torn away resulting in the loss of a few words of text which is otherwise intact; fol.214 heavily damp-stained with slight loss to parts of the border. Few pages with marginal glosses.
Whelan "A New and Commercial Directory of Manchester and Salford", 1852, later half-morocco, gilt, 932pp plus appendices, VG;
Whelan "A New and Commercial Directory of Manchester and Salford", 1852, later half-morocco, gilt, 932pp plus appendices, VG;
Lot 15
Lot: 15
- Auction Date: Wed 25th Sep 2019 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £80 - £100
SOLD £70
MORE DETAILSWhelan A New and Commercial Directory of Manchester and Salford, 1852, later half-morocco, gilt, 932pp plus appendices, VG; Pigot and Son’s General Directory of Manchester, Salford, &c. for 1830, Manchester, lacking map & other faults, fine modern half-calf, gilt; and Kelly’s Directory of Manchester, Salford and Stretford 1967, quarto, gilt cloth, VG, text browned to due paper quality.
"The Draught Board" Feb.1871 to March 1872, ten issues, bound together with blank or pre-printed pages for noting positions,
"The Draught Board" Feb.1871 to March 1872, ten issues, bound together with blank or pre-printed pages for noting positions,
Lot 18
Lot: 18
- Auction Date: Wed 25th Sep 2019 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £50 - £60
UNSOLD
MORE DETAILSThe Draught Board Feb.1871 to March 1872, ten issues, bound together with blank or pre-printed pages for noting positions, half-leather, good; and Drummond The Scottish Draught Player, 1851, bound with pages from a related journal in a damaged binding. (2)