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Auction No 370, Category: Bibliography

7 Lots (displaying 1 - 7)

"Library of the late Major Wm. H. Lambert", Metropolitan Art Assn, New York, 1914, Parts 1 to 4,

Lot: 13

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £34
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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. Thackeray, including important manuscript material. [Part 5, Collection of Portraits, not included] 

"The Helmut N. Friedlaender Library, Parts 1 & 2", Christie's, 2000-01, in d/jkts; "The Library of William Foyle", Christie's, 2000

Lot: 15

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £17
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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)

"Willis's Price Current of Literature & Monthly Book Advertiser", George Willis, 1847-1849, Catalogue Nos.1 to 24

Lot: 16

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £24
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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. 

William Peterson "A Bibliography of The Kelmscott Press", 1985 in d/jkt; and Colin Inman "The A. & C. Black Colour Books"

Lot: 23

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £38
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William Peterson A Bibliography of The Kelmscott Press, 1985 in d/jkt; and Colin Inman The A. & C. Black Colour Books, 1990, in d/jkt; fine. (2)

            

Bernard Middleton "A History of English Craft Bookbinding Technique", 1963, in d/jkt,

Lot: 24

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £15 - £20
SOLD £22
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Bernard Middleton A History of English Craft Bookbinding Technique, 1963, in d/jkt, and The Restoration of Leather Bindings, 1984, large format s/bk; together with Eric Burdett The Craft of Bookbinding, 1978, orig.cloth. VG (3)

John H. Cooke "Bibliotheca Cestriensis, or a Biographical Account of Books, Maps, Plates, and other Printed Matter

Lot: 84

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £72
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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.  

W.T. Freemantle "A Bibliography of Sheffield and Vicinity to the end of 1700", Pawson & Brailsford, 1911

Lot: 93

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
UNSOLD
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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.