Lot: 2
W.T. Freemantle A Bibliography of Sheffield and Vicinity to the end of 1700, Pawson & Brailsford, 1911, quarto, original gilt cloth, VG; well illustrated with 65 plates; signed & inscribed by the the author in 1924 to Joseph Dyson of Sheffield together with a 2-page autograph letter from Freemantle presenting the book to Dyson and dealing with a number of enquiries. The author has made a number of manuscript alterations within the text and makes reference to these in his letter. Fine internally. 285pp.
Lot: 34
William Cubbon A Bibliographical Account of Works Relating to the Isle of Man, Oxford, 1933-39, two volumes, original gilt cloth, VG.
Lot: 77
John H. Cooke Bibliotheca Cestriensis, or a Biographical Account of Books, Maps, Plates, and other Printed Matter relating to….The County of Chester. Mackie & Co, 1904, tall quarto, half-vellum, gilt, VG, No. 89 of 200 issued; fine internally; 218pp + index + tissue-guarded half-tone plates. Some light foxing to fore-edge. Upper-right corners bumped.
Lot: 114
Francis Ronalds Catalogue of Books and Papers Relating to Electricity, Magnetism, The Electric Telegraph, &c. Including The Ronalds Library Compiled by Sir Francis Ronalds, F. R. S. With a Biographical Memoir of the Author. Edited by Alfred J. Frost. E. & F.Spon, 1880, octavo, half-leather, worn, fine internally; 564pp
Lot: 136
W. Salt Brassington A History of the Art of Bookbinding, Elliot Stock, 1894, large paper edition, No.6 of 50 issued; original gilt decorated cloth, VG; t.e.g., uncut elsewhere; 10 tissue-guarded colour plates and many other illustrations.
Lot: 152
A.S.W. Rosenbach Early American Children's Books, Southworth Press, 1933, quarto, quarter-leather, gilt, over pictorial boards, fine in slightly worn slipcase; No.162 of 585, signed by the author.
Lot: 154
Frederick G. Fleay A Biographical Chronicle of the English Drama 1559-1642, Reeves & Turner, 1891, 2 Vols, quarter-leather, gilt, near fine; light foxing to endpapers, fine internally. 387+405pp. (2 vols)
Lot: 167
Geoffrey Keynes John Evelyn, a Study in Bibliophily, Cambridge University Press, 1937, quarto, orig.cloth, gilt, slightly marked; one of 300 printed. Full-page autograph letter from the author loosely inserted. 308pp + 24 plates. Good
Lot: 168
Joseph Sabin A Bibliography of Bibliography, J. Sabin, New York, 1877, octavo, half-leather, gilt, VG; foxing to endpapers; interleaved throughout with ruled blanks for notes and additional blanks at rear. 150pp + blanks.
Lot: 180
Thomas Moore (1779-1852) Catalogue of a Collection of Upwards of One Thousand Letters, addressed by Thomas Moore to Mr. James Power, his Music Publisher, between the years 1808 and 1836…. Puttick and Simpson, London, 1853, octavo, 19th Cent. half morocco, gilt, fine; news-cuttings affixed to front endpaper; neatly annotated throughout with the prices realised in the ruled columns provided; listings include many original manuscripts by Moore of his songs and lyrics. Scarce
Lot: 209
Carl A. Thimm A Complete Bibliography of The Art of Fence, Comprising that of the Sword & of the Bayonet, Duelling, &c., Franz Thimm, 1891; octavo, half-vellum, gilt, darkened; fine internally; t.e.g., uncut elsewhere; xvi,261,(3)pp.
Lot: 217
A General Catalogue of Books, arranged in classes, offered for sale by Bernard Quaritch, London, 1868, tall octavo, red half-morocco, gilt, raised bands, good; marble-edged & endpapers; 1130pp.
Lot: 219
Ludovici Hain Repertorium Bibliographicum in Quo Libri Omnes Ab Arte Typographica Inventa Usque Ad Annum MD, Stuttgart and Paris, 1826-1838, 4 volumes, octavo, half-leather, red & black title labels, gilt; front board detached from Vols. 1 and 3. Clean texts. (4)
Lot: 220
Library of the late Major Wm. H. Lambert, Metropolitan Art Assn, New York, 1914, Parts 1 to 4, tall octavo catalogues, original wraps (frayed at periphery) each with a few photo-plates. Contents of each catalogue briefly entered in ink along the spines. The chief areas of interest are Abraham Lincoln, The American Civil War, and W.M. Thackerary, including important manuscript material. [Part 5, Collection of Portraits, not included]
Lot: 224
The Helmut N. Friedlaender Library, Parts 1 & 2, Christie’s, 2000-01, in d/jkts; The Library of William Foyle, Christie’s, 2000, 3 vols, s/bks; and a related work. 4to. Fine (6)
Lot: 225
Marianne Tidcombe The Bookbindings of T.J. Cobden-Sanderson, The British Library, 1984, 4to, orig. gilt cloth, fine, in slipcase; coloured frontispiece, 200 illustrations; xii,407pp.
Lot: 226
Willis’s Price Current of Literature & Monthly Book Advertiser, George Willis, 1847-1849, Catalogue Nos.1 to 24, bound together, 19th century cloth, modern title label; some minor fox marks, each catalogue with a vertical fold o/w VG.