Auction No 415, Category: Antiquarian

23 Lots (displaying 21 - 23)

M.C. Cooke "Our Reptiles and Batrachians",1893, colour plates; Goater "British Pyralid Moths", 1986 in fine d/jkt;

Lot: 89

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Feb 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £40
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M.C. Cooke Our Reptiles and Batrachians, 1893, colour plates; Goater British Pyralid Moths, 1986 in fine d/jkt; Riley & Prior British and Irish Pug Moths, 2003, pictorial boards; Skinner The Colour Identification Guide to Moths of the British Isles, 1998 in VG d/jkt; Massee British Fungi, Routledge [1911], colour plates; Hilderic Friend British Earthworms and How to Identify Them Epworth Press (in d/jkt) and nine other ‘How to Identify' titles; and other natural history, etc, in mixed condition. (53). (Over 22 kilos)

"The Sporting Magazine or Monthly Calendar of the Transactions of the Turf, the Chace, and every other Diversion", the plates only,

Lot: 98

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Feb 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
UNSOLD
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The Sporting Magazine or Monthly Calendar of the Transactions of the Turf, the Chace, and every other Diversion, the plates only, taken from disbound volumes, mostly 1790s, some later, mostly wildfowl, dogs, wild animals, and poultry; some affected by foxing to varying degrees but the majority clean. (abt.270)

William B. Sipes "The Pennsylvania Railroad: Its Origin, Construction, Condition, and Connections", Philadelphia,1875; quarto, half-leather, gilt;

Lot: 104

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Feb 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £80
SOLD £62
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William B. Sipes The Pennsylvania Railroad: Its Origin, Construction, Condition, and Connections, Philadelphia, 1875; quarto, half-leather, gilt; two tissue-guarded steel engraved plates with some light foxing, o/w fine internally with many wood-engravings, two maps at rear. Old library bookplates on front pastedown and front endpaper. 281pp