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Auction No 425, Category: Antiquarian

13 Lots (displaying 1 - 13)

Antiquarian Booksellers’ Catalogues, 1910 to 1970s, mostly listing and illustrating incunabula, early manuscripts, and 16th & 17th Cent. printed works

Lot: 1

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Apr 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
SOLD £46
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Antiquarian Booksellers' Catalogues, 1910 to 1970s, mostly listing and illustrating incunabula, early manuscripts, and 16th & 17th Cent. printed works. Ex-library, some with presentation labels. Also an unrelated pamphlet. (35)

Bayle St.John selected works comprising "The Louvre, or Biography of a Museum", 1855; "Purple Tints of Paris", 1854, 2 vols,

Lot: 3

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Apr 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £82
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Bayle St.John selected works comprisng The Louvre, or Biography of a Museum, 1855; Purple Tints of Paris, 1854, 2 vols, few marginal pencil annotations; Adventures in the Libyan Desert, 1849; and vol.2 only of The Subalpine Kingdom, 1856; all First Editions in the original cloth bindings; three with ownership bookplates. Libyan Desert frayed at top of spine; boards of Purple Tints discoloured. (5)  Also research notes on the author. 

Antiquarian selection including "Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine", Vols. XXI-XXII, 1827; "Select Speeches of Kossuth", 1853;

Lot: 4

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Apr 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
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Antiquarian selection including Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vols. XXI-XXII, 1827; Select Speeches of Kossuth, 1853; Burnet The Life and Death of Sir Matthew Hale, Kt., Lord Chief Justice of England, 1805, front board detached; and others, all bar one in leather bindings (four in full leather). Mainly VG. (9) 

Antiquarian selection including W. Romaine "Twelve Discourses upon the Law and the Gospel", 1793, full calf, rebacked;

Lot: 5

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Apr 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £92
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Antiquarian selection including W. Romaine Twelve Discourses upon the Law and the Gospel, 1793, full calf, rebacked; Samuel Lucas Illustrations of the History of Bristol, 1853, signed by ‘Mrs Lucas' top of title page, engraved frontisp; Hans Andersen The Flying Trunk, The Wild Swan, and other Tales and Stories, 1853, three plates, some spotting; Earl of Liverpool A Treatise on the Coins of the Realm, 1880; and Elizabeth Barrett Browning's Poetical Works, Smith, Elder & Co, 1886, set of five volumes; and four others.  Fair to VG. (13)

Freemasonry and Friendly Society related including "The Loyal Ancient Shepherds’ Quarterly Magazine", Ashton-u-Lyne, 1847, half- leather, gilt;

Lot: 6

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Apr 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
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Freemasonry and Friendly Society related including The Loyal Ancient Shepherds' Quarterly Magazine, Ashton-u-Lyne, 1847, half-leather, gilt; Brabrook Provident Societies and Industrial Welfare, 1898; Brown History of Masonry in Wigan, 1882 with colour plates; Constitution of the Grand Lodge of England, 1873 pamphlet; and a range of 20th Century works. One with frayed spine o/w good to fine. (16)

[Addison and Steele] "The Spectator", 1778-97, complete but mixed editions, six of the vols from Wilson’s Dublin edition of 1778

Lot: 21

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Apr 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
SOLD £38
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[Addison and Steele] The Spectator, 1778-97, complete but mixed editions, six of the vols from Wilson's Dublin edition of 1778 each with engraved title & frontispiece. Worn calf bindings. Vol.1 browned & stained, others fine internally. (8)

W.E. Axon "Annals of Manchester", 1886, gilt cloth, VG; Raymond Richards "Old Cheshire Churches", 1973, signed & inscribed by the author,

Lot: 26

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Apr 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £40
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W.E. Axon Annals of Manchester, 1886, gilt cloth, VG; Raymond Richards Old Cheshire Churches, 1973, signed & inscribed by the author, tape stains to inscription page; and two other items including a notebook of popular songs, written in manuscript, 1920. (4) 

French Military Correspondence 1870-1882, a group of letters from the Ministry of War, the 9th Regiment of Dragoons and similar,

Lot: 34

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Apr 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
SOLD £30
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French Military Correspondence 1870-1882, a group of letters from the Ministry of War, the 9th Regiment of Dragoons and similar, sent by senior army officers and officials. VG/VF (10)

P.G. Konody "The Art of Walter Crane", George Bell, 1902, folio, gilt cloth; complete with the many colour & b/w plates;

Lot: 49

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Apr 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
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P.G. Konody The Art of Walter Crane, George Bell, 1902, folio, gilt cloth; complete with the many colour & b/w plates; re-backed, overlaid with most of the original backstrip. Some tone marks affecting text. Few minor library marks (plates unaffected).

John Fisher "An Illustrated Record of the Retrospective Exhibition held at South Kensington", 1896, Chapman & Hall,1897, 156 b/w plates, near fine;

Lot: 50

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Apr 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £150 - £180
SOLD £140
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John Fisher An Illustrated Record of the Retrospective Exhibition held at South Kensington, 1896, Chapman & Hall, 1897, 156 b/w plates, near fine; and Spielmann Souvenir of the Fine Art Section, Franco-British Exhibition 1908, b/w plates complete, gilt cloth, some wear, fine internally. 4to. (2)

G.M. Musgrave "The Parson, Pen and Pencil: or Reminiscences and Illustrations of an Excursion to Paris,Tours and Rouen, in the Summer of 1847",

Lot: 56

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Apr 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £72
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G.M. Musgrave The Parson, Pen and Pencil: or Reminiscences and Illustrations of an Excursion to Paris, Tours and Rouen, in the Summer of 1847, Richard Bentley, 1848, 3 vols, half-leather, gilt, wear to corners and volume labels. Ownership bookplates to pastedowns. Very clean internally. (3)

John Kitto "The Court of Persia", bound with "The People of Persia" and "The Tahtar Tribes", Religious Tract Society, c.1850,

Lot: 57

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Apr 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
SOLD £54
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John Kitto The Court of Persia, bound with The People of Persia and The Tahtar Tribes, Religious Tract Society, c.1850, each title with separate pagination, 12mo, half-leather, gilt, marbled edges & endpapers Some light wear, fine internally.  

George Nicholson "The Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening", L. Upcott Gill, [1885-1900], set of 12 volumes, publisher’s decorated cloth, gilt,

Lot: 58

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Apr 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £100 - £150
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George Nicholson The Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening, L. Upcott Gill, [1885-1900], set of 12 volumes, publisher's decorated cloth, gilt, complete with the 36 colour plates. A few volumes slightly marked; volume VII has a small puncture hole to the front board which has affected the first plate.