Auction No 415, Category: Antiquarian
23 Lots (displaying 1 - 20)
Victorian Scrap album, quarto, decorated cloth, with 100s of 1880s to WW1 Greetings Cards and chromo-litho scraps laid down on 82 pages,
Victorian Scrap album, quarto, decorated cloth, with 100s of 1880s to WW1 Greetings Cards and chromo-litho scraps laid down on 82 pages,
Lot 1
Lot: 1
- Auction Date: Wed 8th Feb 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
- Est: £80 - £100
SOLD £96
MORE DETAILSVictorian Scrap album, quarto, decorated cloth, with 100s of 1880s to WW1 Greetings Cards and chromo-litho scraps laid down on 82 pages, good condition with very many attractive items, mostly 19th Century, the album with worn hinges. Includes cigarette cards comprising sets of Ogden British Birds 1905 and Birds'Eggs 1908, plus Taddy Royalty Series No.21
Alain Rene le Sage "Les Avantures de Gil Blas de Santillane", Jean Nourse, London, 1749, 12mo, 4 vols, with 32 fine engraved plates;
Alain Rene le Sage "Les Avantures de Gil Blas de Santillane", Jean Nourse, London, 1749, 12mo, 4 vols, with 32 fine engraved plates;
Lot 3
Lot: 3
- Auction Date: Wed 8th Feb 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
- Est: £40 - £60
UNSOLD
MORE DETAILSAlain Rene le Sage Les Avantures de Gil Blas de Santillane, Jean Nourse, London, 1749, 12mo, 4 vols, with 32 fine engraved plates; full leather, very worn, two with boards detached; together with Smollett's translation of the same work, 1792, in 4 vols, complete with the engravings, front board of vol.1 detached; and various others, mostly antiquarian. Poor to VG (18)
Two Victorian leather-bound albums of carte-de-visite and cabinet size photographs, largely family portraits, some with few research notes,
Two Victorian leather-bound albums of carte-de-visite and cabinet size photographs, largely family portraits, some with few research notes,
Lot 4
Lot: 4
- Auction Date: Wed 8th Feb 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
- Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £66
MORE DETAILSTwo Victorian leather-bound albums of carte-de-visite and cabinet size photographs, largely family portraits, some with few research notes, including impressive 1904 Shop Front of Llangefni High Street. Mixed quality. (93)
Early Newspapers comprising "The Connecticut Courant" Jan.15th 1787, 4pp broadsheet, browned, peripheral faults o/w VG; "The Albion" (Liverpool)
Early Newspapers comprising "The Connecticut Courant" Jan.15th 1787, 4pp broadsheet, browned, peripheral faults o/w VG; "The Albion" (Liverpool)
Lot 12
Lot: 12
- Auction Date: Wed 8th Feb 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
- Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £58
MORE DETAILSEarly Newspapers comprising The Connecticut Courant Jan.15th 1787, 4pp broadsheet, browned, peripheral faults o/w VG; The Albion (Liverpool) 1832 (some damage); The Liverpool Mercury 1811; and The York Herald 1853 (with an article on the Ocean Penny Postage scheme). (4)
"The Complete Works of Shakespeare", edited by Barry Cornwall; London Printing & Publishing Company [1864], 3 volumes, illustrated by Kenny Meadows
"The Complete Works of Shakespeare", edited by Barry Cornwall; London Printing & Publishing Company [1864], 3 volumes, illustrated by Kenny Meadows
Lot 15
Lot: 15
- Auction Date: Wed 8th Feb 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
- Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £34
MORE DETAILSThe Complete Works of Shakespeare, edited by Barry Cornwall; London Printing & Publishing Company [1864], 3 volumes, illustrated by Kenny Meadows including 100 steel-engraved plates; half-leather bindings in poor condition; title pages foxed but generally clean internally, occasional minor spotting.
Samuel Neil (Ed.) "The Library Shakespeare", William Mackenzie, [1873], nine vols, quarto, gilt pictorial cloth, illustrated by George Cruikshank
Samuel Neil (Ed.) "The Library Shakespeare", William Mackenzie, [1873], nine vols, quarto, gilt pictorial cloth, illustrated by George Cruikshank
Lot 16
Lot: 16
- Auction Date: Wed 8th Feb 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
- Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £50
MORE DETAILSSamuel Neil (Ed.) The Library Shakespeare, William Mackenzie, [1873], nine vols, quarto, gilt pictorial cloth, illustrated by George Cruikshank & others, 64 lithographed plates (32 in full colour), browning to text margins and half-titles, the plates with occasional finger marks in margin o/w VG; bindings sound but showing worn corners and fraying at top & foot of the spines. An attractive set. (9)
Walter Leaf , Andrew Lang & Ernest Myers "The Iliad of Homer" Macmillan, 1895, together with Leaf’s "A Companion to the Iliad",1892
Walter Leaf , Andrew Lang & Ernest Myers "The Iliad of Homer" Macmillan, 1895, together with Leaf’s "A Companion to the Iliad",1892
Lot 17
Lot: 17
- Auction Date: Wed 8th Feb 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
- Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £30
MORE DETAILSWalter Leaf , Andrew Lang & Ernest Myers The Iliad of Homer Macmillan, 1895, together with Leaf's A Companion to the Iliad, 1892, octavo, in matching half-leather, worn, lacking title labels; armorial bookplates of Norman H. Oldham with his inscription at top of title pages o/w fine internally. (2)
William Harrison Ainsworth "The Good Old Times: The Story of the Manchester Rebels of ’45", Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1873, 2 vols, sm.octavo,
William Harrison Ainsworth "The Good Old Times: The Story of the Manchester Rebels of ’45", Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1873, 2 vols, sm.octavo,
Lot 18
Lot: 18
- Auction Date: Wed 8th Feb 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
- Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £30
MORE DETAILSWilliam Harrison Ainsworth The Good Old Times: The Story of the Manchester Rebels of '45, Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1873, 2 vols, sm.octavo, half-leather, gilt titles, some minor wear, fine internally. (2)
Tobias Smollett "The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle", Routledge,1892, 2 vols, and four other Smollett novels by Routledge, in matching half- leather,
Tobias Smollett "The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle", Routledge,1892, 2 vols, and four other Smollett novels by Routledge, in matching half- leather,
Lot 19
Lot: 19
- Auction Date: Wed 8th Feb 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
- Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £42
MORE DETAILSTobias Smollett The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, Routledge, 1892, 2 vols, and four other Smollett novels by Routledge, in matching half-leather, gilt, some wear, some marginal browning to prelims, occasional finger marks, generally fine internally. (6)
"The Works of Henry Fielding Esq; with a Life of the Author", London, 1784, ten volume set, full polished calf, each with an engraved frontispiece;
"The Works of Henry Fielding Esq; with a Life of the Author", London, 1784, ten volume set, full polished calf, each with an engraved frontispiece;
Lot 20
Lot: 20
- Auction Date: Wed 8th Feb 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
- Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £115
MORE DETAILSThe Works of Henry Fielding Esq; with a Life of the Author, London, 1784, ten volume set, full polished calf, each with an engraved frontispiece; some wear, mainly to the spines, the gilt titles preserved, some minor browning but generally fine internally. Small private library bookplates of Halstead Place, Sevenoaks, to front pastedowns. (10)
Jeremy Taylor "The Great Examplar of Sanctity and Holy Life", James Flesher for Richard Royston, London, 1653, 2nd Edition, folio,
Jeremy Taylor "The Great Examplar of Sanctity and Holy Life", James Flesher for Richard Royston, London, 1653, 2nd Edition, folio,
Lot 21
Lot: 21
- Auction Date: Wed 8th Feb 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
- Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £86
MORE DETAILSJeremy Taylor The Great Examplar of Sanctity and Holy Life, James Flesher for Richard Royston, London, 1653, 2nd Edition, folio, contemp. blind-tooled leather, worn, gilt title, front board partly detached; text & plates complete, frontispiece repaired; damp-staining throughout most of the book, mainly confined to the upper half of the pages. Two plates slightly shaved at foot, another with tears requiring repair, p.460 badly soiled, some occasional staining elsewhere.
Gustave Dore "Cassell’s Dore Gallery", Cassell & Co, [1885], tall quarto, rebound in half-leather, with 250 full-page wood-engravings,
Gustave Dore "Cassell’s Dore Gallery", Cassell & Co, [1885], tall quarto, rebound in half-leather, with 250 full-page wood-engravings,
Lot 34
Lot: 34
- Auction Date: Wed 8th Feb 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
- Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £56
MORE DETAILSGustave Dore Cassell's Dore Gallery, Cassell & Co, [1885], tall quarto, rebound in half-leather, with 250 full-page wood-engravings, endpapers browned o/w VG; and The Brothers Dalziel, Methuen, 1901, orig. gilt cloth, illustrated throughout. (2)
William A. Shaw "Manchester Old and New", Cassell, [1894], 3 vols, illustrated by H.E. Tidmarsh, b/w plates and illustrations in text;
William A. Shaw "Manchester Old and New", Cassell, [1894], 3 vols, illustrated by H.E. Tidmarsh, b/w plates and illustrations in text;
Lot 57
Lot: 57
- Auction Date: Wed 8th Feb 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
- Est: £30 - £50
UNSOLD
MORE DETAILSWilliam A. Shaw Manchester Old and New, Cassell, [1894], 3 vols, illustrated by H.E. Tidmarsh, b/w plates and illustrations in text; tall quarto, gilt cloth, worn at extremities, endpapers browned, few page corners toned o/w fine internally. A good set. (3)
John Aikin "Annals of the Reign of King George the Third", Longman, Hurst, etc., 1816, 2 vols, rebound in fine green morocco, gilt, raised bands,
John Aikin "Annals of the Reign of King George the Third", Longman, Hurst, etc., 1816, 2 vols, rebound in fine green morocco, gilt, raised bands,
Lot 67
Lot: 67
- Auction Date: Wed 8th Feb 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
- Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £42
MORE DETAILSJohn Aikin Annals of the Reign of King George the Third, Longman, Hurst, etc., 1816, 2 vols, rebound in fine green morocco, gilt, raised bands, showing minimal wear; generally fine internally, volume I with light foxing to first 30 leaves, also affecting the prelims of volume II. Gift inscription dated 1872 from F.R. Holdsworth to Rose Davis at the top of the title page of each volume. (2)
Enrique Carlos Moody (photographer, 1863-1935): a collection of quality 9 x 6.5” photographs of South America, c.1905,
Enrique Carlos Moody (photographer, 1863-1935): a collection of quality 9 x 6.5” photographs of South America, c.1905,
Lot 75
Lot: 75
- Auction Date: Wed 8th Feb 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
- Est: £300 - £400
SOLD £150
MORE DETAILSEnrique Carlos Moody (photographer, 1863-1935): a collection of quality 9 x 6.5” photographs of South America, c.1905, laid down in a contemporary album depicting scenes in the Andes (10), Buenos Aires, Valparaiso, Montevideo, and other locations. Many with pencil captions in margin. VG/VF. Album shows some wear at extremities. (41)
Diaz & Spencer (photographers, late-19th/early 20th Century): an album of photogravure views of Chile, c.1890, with scenes of Santiago, Valparaiso
Diaz & Spencer (photographers, late-19th/early 20th Century): an album of photogravure views of Chile, c.1890, with scenes of Santiago, Valparaiso
Lot 76
Lot: 76
- Auction Date: Wed 8th Feb 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
- Est: £40 - £50
UNSOLD
MORE DETAILSDiaz & Spencer (photographers, late-19th/early 20th Century): an album of photogravure views of Chile, c.1890, with scenes of Santiago, Valparaiso and the Andes, each with printed captions, 34 images in all, each 17 x10cm. VG. Bound in worn half-leather, front board detached.
"Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to Ascertain the Most Practicable and Economical Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific
"Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to Ascertain the Most Practicable and Economical Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific
Lot 78
Lot: 78
- Auction Date: Wed 8th Feb 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
- Est: £1800 - £2200
SOLD £1750
MORE DETAILSReports of Explorations and Surveys, to Ascertain the Most Practicable and Economical Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean, Washington 1855-59, Volumes 1 to 11 (lacking vol.12), complete with the numerous plates and maps. Volume 11 contains 31 large folding maps, one of which is loose and has had the title torn away at one corner, some others with tears which can be repaired, together with 4 small maps and 13 plates (some folding); the other 10 volumes, with good tight bindings, include extensive detail of the geology, flora and fauna of Western America with lithographed and engraved plates, some hand-coloured, folding maps and diagrams. Quarto, bound in half-leather, gilt, over worn marbled boards. Occasional browning/foxing. Bookplate of the railwayana collector P.H. Edwards to the front of each pastedown. A more detailed description of the contents of each volume is available on request. (11)
Arthur G. Butler "Birds’ Eggs of the British Isles", L. Upcott Gill, 1907, illustrated by F.W. Frohawk with 24 chromo-litho tissue-guarded plates;
Arthur G. Butler "Birds’ Eggs of the British Isles", L. Upcott Gill, 1907, illustrated by F.W. Frohawk with 24 chromo-litho tissue-guarded plates;
Lot 79
Lot: 79
- Auction Date: Wed 8th Feb 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
- Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £72
MORE DETAILSArthur G. Butler Birds' Eggs of the British Isles, L. Upcott Gill, 1907, illustrated by F.W. Frohawk with 24 chromo-litho tissue-guarded plates; quarto, original two-colour cloth, gilt, worn at extremities; browning to endpapers and half-title; front endpaper with gift inscription dated 1907, small ownership stamp of the recipient on reverse of frontispiece. Two tissue-guards with small tears o/w fine internally.
Lloyd’s Natural History series 1896-97, comprising Forbes "Hand-Book to the Primates" in two vols, Lydekker "Hand-Book to the British Mammalia"
Lloyd’s Natural History series 1896-97, comprising Forbes "Hand-Book to the Primates" in two vols, Lydekker "Hand-Book to the British Mammalia"
Lot 80
Lot: 80
- Auction Date: Wed 8th Feb 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
- Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £46
MORE DETAILSLloyd's Natural History series 1896-97, comprising Forbes Hand-Book to the Primates in two vols, Lydekker Hand-Book to the British Mammalia, and Lydekker Hand-Book to the Marsupialia and Monotremata. The bindings poor to fair, the texts & attractive colour plates clean & complete. (4)
W.J. Gordon "Our Country’s Shells", Simpkin [1901], colour plates,ownership inscription o/w fine; Clayton The Living Seashore", 1974, in d/jkt, fine;
W.J. Gordon "Our Country’s Shells", Simpkin [1901], colour plates,ownership inscription o/w fine; Clayton The Living Seashore", 1974, in d/jkt, fine;
Lot 84
Lot: 84
- Auction Date: Wed 8th Feb 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
- Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £40
MORE DETAILSW.J. Gordon Our Country's Shells, Simpkin [1901], colour plates, ownership inscription o/w fine; Clayton The Living Seashore, 1974, in d/jkt, fine; Adams The Collector's Manual of British Land and Freshwater Shells, 1884, colour plates, ownership inscription o/w VG; and related titles; mostly VG/Fine. (11)