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Auction No 422, Category: Antiquarian

32 Lots (displaying 21 - 32)

Thomas Jones "The Aquarian Naturalist. A Manual for the Sea- Side", John van Voorst, 1858; bound in full leather, gilt,

Lot: 74

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Dec 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £76
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Thomas Jones The Aquarian Naturalist. A Manual for the Sea-Side, John van Voorst, 1858; bound in full leather, gilt, eight hand-tinted lithograph plates; Goldsmith A History of the Earth and Animated Nature, Blackie, 1862, 2 vols, half-leather, gilt, engraved plates, hand-coloured titles, some light foxing; and Lewis Wright The Book of Poultry, Cassell, 1893, half-leather, gilt, b/w plates. Good to fine. (4)

Anne Pratt "The Flowering Plants of Great Britain", London, c.1855, Vols 1 to 3, internally fine & complete with the many hand-coloured plates;

Lot: 75

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Dec 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
UNSOLD
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Anne Pratt The Flowering Plants of Great Britain, London, c.1855, Vols 1 to 3, internally fine & complete with the many hand-coloured plates; bindings very poor, lacking backstrips, boards detached. (3)  

Thomas Rymer Jones "Cassell’s Book of Birds", c.1900, four vols in two, pictorial gilt cloth, worn, a.e.g., complete with the colour plates,

Lot: 76

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Dec 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
SOLD £42
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Thomas Rymer Jones Cassell's Book of Birds, c.1900, four vols in two, pictorial gilt cloth, worn, a.e.g., complete with the colour plates, bindings a little slack. Variable foxing. (2)

C.W. Vincent (Ed.) "Chemistry. Theoretical, Practical, and Analytical, as applied to the Arts and Manufactures". William Mackenzie, [1877-79],

Lot: 79

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Dec 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £80
SOLD £58
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C.W. Vincent (Ed.) Chemistry. Theoretical, Practical, and Analytical, as applied to the Arts and Manufactures. William Mackenzie, [1877-79], quarto, bound into eight volumes; decorated gilt cloth, complete with 53 engraved plates and further illustrations in text. Slight wear at periphery, fine internally. (8)                     

"Retrospect of Philosophical, Mechanical, Chemical and Agricultural Discoveries", J. Wyatt, London, 1806-1812, eight volume set,

Lot: 80

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Dec 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £250 - £300
SOLD £120
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Retrospect of Philosophical, Mechanical, Chemical and Agricultural Discoveries, J. Wyatt, London, 1806-1812, eight volume set, half-leather, gilt, worn, marbled boards; occasional foxing, largely confined to title pages and endpapers. A good set. (8)

James S. Stone "Woods and Dales of Derbyshire", George W. Jacobs, Philadelphia, 1894, No.14 of 400, signed & warmly inscribed by the author

Lot: 93

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Dec 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £40
SOLD £20
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James S. Stone Woods and Dales of Derbyshire, George W. Jacobs, Philadelphia, 1894, No.14 of 400, signed & warmly inscribed by the author on front endpaper; quarto, gilt cloth, front board slightly marked, uncut two sides, plates with titled tissue-guards.

Thomas Rose "Westmorland, Cumberland, Durham & Northumberland", Fisher, Son & Co., 1833, Vols.1 & 2 (of 3).

Lot: 94

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Dec 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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Thomas Rose Westmorland, Cumberland, Durham & Northumberland, Fisher, Son & Co., 1833, Vols.1 & 2 (of 3). Vo1.1 damaged, lacking front board, Vol.2 in worn half-leather; the many engraved plates complete. Some foxing, mostly confined to the tissue-guards. (2)

James Breasted "Egypt Through the Stereoscope", Underwood & Underwood, c.1900, boxed set of 100 photographic stereographs,

Lot: 95

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Dec 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £120 - £170
SOLD £110
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James Breasted Egypt Through the Stereoscope, Underwood & Underwood, c.1900, boxed set of 100 photographic stereographs, together with the related book complete with folding maps in attached pocket. Storage box split; front inner hinge of the book cracked

Christoper Kelly "A New and Complete System of Universal Geography", Thomas Kelly, 1821, Vol.1, with 12 good maps,

Lot: 96

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Dec 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
UNSOLD
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Christoper Kelly A New and Complete System of Universal Geography, Thomas Kelly, 1821, Vol.1, with 12 good maps, the other engravings browned with offset to facing pages, worn calf, front board near detached; together with George Alexander Cooke Modern and Authentic System of Universal Geography, Vol.2, lacking covers and other faults, maps & plates in mixed condition.     

M. Gordon "Journal from Liverpool to Archangel, and thence to Petrosovodsky, St. Petersburg, Copenhagen and Hamburg and back, Summer 1827".

Lot: 98

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Dec 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £100 - £150
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M. Gordon Journal from Liverpool to Archangel, and thence to Petrosovodsky, St. Petersburg, Copenhagen and Hamburg and back, Summer 1827. A typescript on 82 foolscap sheets, single sided, front cover detached. Well written, with much attention to detail, this journal does not appear to have been previously published. On arrival at Archangel the journey to Petrosovodsky and St. Petersburg was conducted overland on horseback or on foot.

Joseph Barlow Robinson "Derbyshire Gatherings: a Fund of Delight", J.R. Smith, 1866, complete with the b/w plates;

Lot: 99

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Dec 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £40
UNSOLD
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Joseph Barlow Robinson Derbyshire Gatherings: a Fund of Delight, J.R. Smith, 1866, complete with the b/w plates; quarto, bound in blind-tooled & gilt cloth by Bemrose of Derby, worn at corners; front inner hinge strengthened with archival tape; some minor foxing; engraved bookplate of Lord Belper to front pastedown.

"Bradshaw's Railway Time Tables" for November 1842. Large single sheet (poster size, 36 x24”), the Birmingham & Derby Jctn.Rly highlighted

Lot: 108

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Dec 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
UNSOLD
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Bradshaw's Railway Time Tables for November 1842. Large single sheet (poster size, 36 x24”), the Birmingham & Derby Jctn.Rly highlighted with a pink w/colour frame. Folds, peripheral faults (no loss of text). VG. Scarce