Auction No 426, Category: Antiquarian
33 Lots (displaying 1 - 20)
Daniel Defoe "The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe", illustrated by Ernest Griset, London,1869, colour frontispiece;
Daniel Defoe "The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe", illustrated by Ernest Griset, London,1869, colour frontispiece;
Lot 7
Lot: 7
- Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £40
MORE DETAILSDaniel Defoe The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, illustrated by Ernest Griset, London, 1869, colour frontispiece; Freeman Sketches from the Subject and Neighbour Lands of Venice, Macmillan, 1881; Bernard Newman Round About Andorra 1928, signed & inscribed by the author, spine faded; Samuel Manning Italian Pictures, drawn with Pen and Pencil, RTS, c.1880, title page browned; and three others including a late-19th Century trade catalogue of furniture, printed wraps. (7)
Antiquarian selection including "Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine", Vols. XXI-XXII, 1827; "Select Speeches of Kossuth", 1853;
Antiquarian selection including "Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine", Vols. XXI-XXII, 1827; "Select Speeches of Kossuth", 1853;
Lot 12
Lot: 12
- Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £30 - £50
SOLD £20
MORE DETAILSAntiquarian 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)
Freemasonry and Friendly Society related including "The Loyal Ancient Shepherds' Quarterly Magazine", Ashton-u-Lyne, 1847, half-leather, gilt;
Freemasonry and Friendly Society related including "The Loyal Ancient Shepherds' Quarterly Magazine", Ashton-u-Lyne, 1847, half-leather, gilt;
Lot 13
Lot: 13
- Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £22
MORE DETAILSFreemasonry 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)
‘Mermaid Series’ of Jacobean dramatists, Vizetelly & Co, 1887-88 (5 volumes); & other literature, mostly Everyman and ‘World’s Classics’ editions,
‘Mermaid Series’ of Jacobean dramatists, Vizetelly & Co, 1887-88 (5 volumes); & other literature, mostly Everyman and ‘World’s Classics’ editions,
Lot 17
Lot: 17
- Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £15
MORE DETAILS‘Mermaid Series' of Jacobean dramatists, Vizetelly & Co, 1887-88 (5 volumes); & other literature, mostly Everyman and ‘World's Classics' editions, many in d/jkts. (17)
Chatterbox annuals for 1883, 1884, 1890, 1892, 1898, 1901, 1903 (2) and 1905 (2), various bindings, all with the coloured plates,
Chatterbox annuals for 1883, 1884, 1890, 1892, 1898, 1901, 1903 (2) and 1905 (2), various bindings, all with the coloured plates,
Lot 29
Lot: 29
- Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £40 - £60
UNSOLD
MORE DETAILSChatterbox annuals for 1883, 1884, 1890, 1892, 1898, 1901, 1903 (2) and 1905 (2), various bindings, all with the coloured plates, the 1890 and 1901 volumes each have a page badly torn (the plates unaffected). (10) [Offered on behalf of The National Trust ]
"Boy’s Own Annual" for 1891/92, 1894/95. 1895/96, 1896/97, and 1899/1900, leather or cloth bindings, good to fine, coloured plates;
"Boy’s Own Annual" for 1891/92, 1894/95. 1895/96, 1896/97, and 1899/1900, leather or cloth bindings, good to fine, coloured plates;
Lot 32
Lot: 32
- Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £30 - £50
UNSOLD
MORE DETAILSBoy's Own Annual for 1891/92, 1894/95. 1895/96, 1896/97, and 1899/1900, leather or cloth bindings, good to fine, coloured plates; three of the vols with a folding plate damaged. (5) [Offered on behalf of The National Trust.]
"Girl’s Own Annual" for January 1880 to September 1884, Vols. 1 to 5 complete, publisher’s decorated cloth, some wear, fine internally,
"Girl’s Own Annual" for January 1880 to September 1884, Vols. 1 to 5 complete, publisher’s decorated cloth, some wear, fine internally,
Lot 35
Lot: 35
- Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £30
MORE DETAILSGirl's Own Annual for January 1880 to September 1884, Vols. 1 to 5 complete, publisher's decorated cloth, some wear, fine internally, with the plates (mostly b/w). (5) [Offered on behalf of The National Trust.]
"Girl’s Own Annual" for 1884/85, 1885/86, 1886/87, and 1897/98 (2, variant bindings), publisher’s decorated cloth, some wear, coloured plates,
"Girl’s Own Annual" for 1884/85, 1885/86, 1886/87, and 1897/98 (2, variant bindings), publisher’s decorated cloth, some wear, coloured plates,
Lot 36
Lot: 36
- Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £30 - £50
SOLD £26
MORE DETAILSGirl's Own Annual for 1884/85, 1885/86, 1886/87, and 1897/98 (2, variant bindings), publisher's decorated cloth, some wear, coloured plates, 1886/87 volume with frontispiece & title page by Kate Greenaway. (5) [Offered on behalf of The National Trust.]
Jeremy Collier (trans.) "The Emperor Marcus Antoninus: His Conversation With Himself. Together With the Preliminary Discourse of the Learned Gataker"
Jeremy Collier (trans.) "The Emperor Marcus Antoninus: His Conversation With Himself. Together With the Preliminary Discourse of the Learned Gataker"
Lot 37
Lot: 37
- Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £60
MORE DETAILSJeremy Collier (trans.) The Emperor Marcus Antoninus: His Conversation With Himself. Together With the Preliminary Discourse of the Learned Gataker. Richard Sare, London, 1708, second edition; quarter leather, marbled boards, spine worn; later endpapers; title page and final leaf darkened; occasional fox mark internally o/w good clean text; presentation inscription to Richard Lee in Latin on reverse of title page, and small ink signature top of title page; (10),420pp
William Sandford Phillips "Considerations on the Increase and Progress of Crime, accompanied by documentary evidence....
William Sandford Phillips "Considerations on the Increase and Progress of Crime, accompanied by documentary evidence....
Lot 38
Lot: 38
- Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £60 - £80
UNSOLD
MORE DETAILSWilliam Sandford Phillips Considerations on the Increase and Progress of Crime, accompanied by documentary evidence as to the propriety and necessity of a revision and amendments of the existing penal statutes. With a View to the Abolition of corporeal punishments; and more particularly The Awful Penalty of Death, Liverpool, 1839, octavo, 20th Century quarter-calf, gilt, marbled boards; viii, 83pp, lacking preliminary pages v & vi otherwise fine internally. [An important early work arguing against the use of Capital Punishment.]
"Part of the Spiritual Works, and some of the Letters, of the Celebrated Francis Fenelon, Archbishop of Cambray", Warrington,1825, 148pp,
"Part of the Spiritual Works, and some of the Letters, of the Celebrated Francis Fenelon, Archbishop of Cambray", Warrington,1825, 148pp,
Lot 40
Lot: 40
- Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £50 - £80
SOLD £30
MORE DETAILSPart of the Spiritual Works, and some of the Letters, of the Celebrated Francis Fenelon, Archbishop of Cambray, Warrington, 1825, 148pp, together with Spiritual Letters of Archbishop Fenelon – Letters to Women, Rivingtons, 1877; Dialogues on Eloquence in general; particularly that kind which is fit for the pulpit: by M. Fenelon, London, 1808; and Extracts from the Writings of Francis Fenelon, London, 1805, 2nd Edition, full calf, front board re-attached with paper strip. Three in fine modern rebinds. Bound with Spiritual Works is Vol.II of Thomas Chalmers' The Chrisitan and Civic Economy of Large Towns, Glasgow, 1823. (4).
John Harland "Ballads and Songs of Lancashire", Whittaker & Co.,1865, the author’s personal copy & signed by him on front endpaper,
John Harland "Ballads and Songs of Lancashire", Whittaker & Co.,1865, the author’s personal copy & signed by him on front endpaper,
Lot 41
Lot: 41
- Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £70
MORE DETAILSJohn Harland Ballads and Songs of Lancashire, Whittaker & Co., 1865, the author's personal copy & signed by him on front endpaper; alterations and annotations in the author's hand to 'The Blessed Conscience' extending from pp.47 to 55 based on a manuscript provided to the author after the book's initial publication. Orig. gilt cloth. A small ownership stamp at top of half-title of the collector Robert Holland Ford.
Samuele Hill "De Presbyteratu Dissertatio Quadripartita", R.Clarvell, London, 1691, sm.octavo, later full calf, gilt compartments and title;
Samuele Hill "De Presbyteratu Dissertatio Quadripartita", R.Clarvell, London, 1691, sm.octavo, later full calf, gilt compartments and title;
Lot 42
Lot: 42
- Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £30
MORE DETAILSSamuele Hill De Presbyteratu Dissertatio Quadripartita, R. Clarvell, London, 1691, sm.octavo, later full calf, gilt compartments and title; front end papers with some contemporary annotations. Fine internally. Complete with imprimatur leaf. (14),254pp
William Talbot "Twelve Sermons Preached on several Subjects and Occasions",1731, 2nd Edn; and "Devotions in the Ancient Way of Offices", 1712
William Talbot "Twelve Sermons Preached on several Subjects and Occasions",1731, 2nd Edn; and "Devotions in the Ancient Way of Offices", 1712
Lot 43
Lot: 43
- Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £50 - £80
SOLD £30
MORE DETAILSWilliam Talbot Twelve Sermons Preached on several Subjects and Occasions, 1731, 2nd Edn; and Devotions in the Ancient Way of Offices, George Hickes, 1712, 4th Edn; worming to lower margin affecting first 30 leaves of Talbot's Sermons o/w fine; the Devotions damp-affected with repairs, frayed at fore-edge in places, slight loss of text to leaf G. Both nicely rebound in modern cloth, gilt leather titles. (2)
"Our Darling’s Surprise Pictures", Ernest Nister [1895], a large-format transformation book; pictorial boards, marked & dust-affected,
"Our Darling’s Surprise Pictures", Ernest Nister [1895], a large-format transformation book; pictorial boards, marked & dust-affected,
Lot 44
Lot: 44
- Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £60 - £80
UNSOLD
MORE DETAILSOur Darling's Surprise Pictures, Ernest Nister [1895], a large-format transformation book; pictorial boards, marked & dust-affected, cloth backstrip intact; mechanical plates and text complete, front endpaper with long tear near hinge; prize bookplate dated 1897, rear endpaper missing; the sliding tabs intact and the 8 moveable pictures with some toning in margins otherwise in good condition. A few pages loose.
"The Library Shakespeare Illustrated by Sir John Gilbert, George Cruikshank and R. Dudley", William Mackenzie,1873, three volume set,
"The Library Shakespeare Illustrated by Sir John Gilbert, George Cruikshank and R. Dudley", William Mackenzie,1873, three volume set,
Lot 49
Lot: 49
- Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £40
MORE DETAILSThe Library Shakespeare Illustrated by Sir John Gilbert, George Cruikshank and R. Dudley, William Mackenzie, 1873, three volume set, half-leather worn & rubbed, gilt title labels, marble-edged and marbled endpapers; complete with 32 colour plates (one loose) and numerous b/w illustrations and monochrome plates. Spotting to prelims and occasional tone mark internally o/w VG internally.
Nimrod [Charles James Apperley] "Memoirs of the Life of the Late John Mytton…… " Downey & Co, 1899, no.31 of 50 large paper copies
Nimrod [Charles James Apperley] "Memoirs of the Life of the Late John Mytton…… " Downey & Co, 1899, no.31 of 50 large paper copies
Lot 51
Lot: 51
- Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £50
MORE DETAILSNimrod [Charles James Apperley] Memoirs of the Life of the Late John Mytton…… with notices of his Hunting, Shooting, Driving, Racing, Eccentric and Extravagant Exploits, Downey & Co., 1899, No.31 of 50 large paper copies, numbered & signed by the publisher; two-colour cloth, gilt, spine a little darkened; recased with new end papers. Top edge gilt, uncut elsewhere. xxii, 238pp + 20 hand-coloured plates after Henry Alken with printed tissue-guards. A few leaves affected by browning.
"Letters of Edward Fitzgerald", Macmillan, 1894, two volumes, and "Letters of Edward Fitzgerald to Fanny Kemble 1871-1883", Richard Bentley, 1895,
"Letters of Edward Fitzgerald", Macmillan, 1894, two volumes, and "Letters of Edward Fitzgerald to Fanny Kemble 1871-1883", Richard Bentley, 1895,
Lot 52
Lot: 52
- Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £40
MORE DETAILSLetters of Edward Fitzgerald, Macmillan, 1894, two volumes, and Letters of Edward Fitzgerald to Fanny Kemble 1871-1883, Richard Bentley, 1895, each with a frontispiece; engraved bookplates of E.L.de Rothschild to each volume, uniformly bound in half-vellum by Hatchards with gilt leather title labels, t.e.g., uncut elsewhere. An attractive group.
George Pretyman [Tomline] "Elements of Christian Theology", London 1799, two vols, first edition, rebound in cloth with gilt leather titles;
George Pretyman [Tomline] "Elements of Christian Theology", London 1799, two vols, first edition, rebound in cloth with gilt leather titles;
Lot 54
Lot: 54
- Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £26
MORE DETAILSGeorge Pretyman [Tomline] Elements of Christian Theology, London 1799, two vols, first edition, rebound in cloth with gilt leather titles; contemporary inked footnote to p.211 of Vol.2. Few minor tone marks; xix,(1),531,(1)pp + (1),568pp.
Andrew Lang "The Olive Fairy Book", Longmans, 1907, first edition, orig. gilt cloth, complete with the colour & b/w plates;
Andrew Lang "The Olive Fairy Book", Longmans, 1907, first edition, orig. gilt cloth, complete with the colour & b/w plates;
Lot 56
Lot: 56
- Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £115
MORE DETAILSAndrew Lang The Olive Fairy Book, Longmans, 1907, first edition, orig. gilt cloth, complete with the colour & b/w plates; ownership signature in pencil to front pastedown, minor spotting to prelims; together with Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales with Illustrations by W. Heath Robinson, Hodder & Stoughton for Boots the Chemist, c.1930, some foxing.