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Auction No 366, Category: Books

72 Lots (displaying 41 - 60)

Hulton Colliery, Westhoughton, company day-book containing records of Receipts and Disbursements 1807-1811,

Lot: 48

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Mar 2017 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
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Hulton Colliery, Westhoughton, company day-book containing records of Receipts and Disbursements 1807-1811, quarto, original vellum-covered boards (marked & grimed), sound binding, 192pp of manuscript entries written in a clear hand and clean internally.

"The Alpine Journal: A Record of Mountain Adventure and Scientific Observation", The Alpine Club, 1958-1968

Lot: 50

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Mar 2017 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £30
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The Alpine Journal: A Record of Mountain Adventure and Scientific Observation, The Alpine Club, 1958-1968, Volumes 63-73, a complete run, uniformly bound in gilt tan cloth, with all maps and plates, fine. (11)

"The Alpine Journal: A Record of Mountain Adventure and Scientific Observation", The Alpine Club, 1969-82,

Lot: 51

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Mar 2017 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £30
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The Alpine Journal: A Record of Mountain Adventure and Scientific Observation, The Alpine Club, 1969-82, Volumes 74-87, a complete run, together with a Cumulative Index for the period, uniformly bound in gilt tan cloth, with all maps and plates, fine. (15)

"The Alpine Journal: A Record of Mountain Adventure and Scientific Observation", The Alpine Club,

Lot: 52

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Mar 2017 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £20
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The Alpine Journal: A Record of Mountain Adventure and Scientific Observation, The Alpine Club, 1983-2008, a complete run, uniformly bound in gilt tan cloth, with all maps and plates, fine. In 2 Boxes. (26) 

Members of the Alpine Club "Peaks, Passes and Glaciers, (Third Series)", Methuen, 1932, 1st Edn,

Lot: 53

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Mar 2017 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £10 - £15
SOLD £7
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Members of the Alpine Club Peaks, Passes and Glaciers, (Third Series), Methuen, 1932, 1st Edn, gilt tan cloth of the Alpine Club, complete with photo-plates; together with a Swiss map of Furkapass. VG (2)

Simkin, Siebert et al "Volcanoes of the World", Hutchinson Ross, 1981, pictorial boards, VG;

Lot: 55

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Mar 2017 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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Simkin, Siebert et al Volcanoes of the World, Hutchinson Ross, 1981, pictorial boards, VG; and Active Volcanoes of Kamchatka, Moscow Publishing, 1991, 2 volume set in VG/F djkts. (3)

H. Tazieff & J.C. Sabroux "Forecasting Volcanic Events", Elsevier, 1983, 635pp; Sigurdsson "Melting the Earth"

Lot: 56

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Mar 2017 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £70
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H. Tazieff & J.C. Sabroux Forecasting Volcanic Events, Elsevier, 1983, 635pp; Sigurdsson Melting the Earth, O.U.P., 1999, in fine d/jkt; Taverne Vulkaanstudien op Java, [1927]; and five others on volcanoes (one in damaged d/jt). Mainly VG/VF (7)

"Dekorative Vorbilder", Julius Hoffmann, 1899, a selection of 51 coloured plates from various series,

Lot: 57

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Mar 2017 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
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Dekorative Vorbilder, Julius Hoffmann, 1899, a selection of 51 coloured plates from various series, many with quality art nouveau designs printed in chromo-lithography. VG. Each 13 x 10”; in original cloth-bound gilt folder.

Joseph Bennett "The Musical Year 1883: A record of noteworthy Musical events in the United Kingdom

Lot: 58

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Mar 2017 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £16
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Joseph Bennett The Musical Year 1883: A record of noteworthy Musical events in the United Kingdom with a reprint of criticisms on many of them , Novello [1884], octavo, full morocco, gilt, with raised bands, gilt red compartments, a.e.g., bound by Zaehnsdorf, some wear, top of backstrip part-detached. 

Francois-Rene de Chateaubriand "Genie du Christianisme, or Beautes de la Religion Chretienne"

Lot: 59

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Mar 2017 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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Francois-Rene de Chateaubriand Genie du Christianisme, or Beautes de la Religion Chretienne Le Nomant, Paris, 1823, octavo, 5 volume set, 19th Cent half-calf, few scuff marks, gilt red titles, marbled boards, VG (5)

Jonathan Swift "A Second Collection of Miscellanies" J. Roberts, London, 1720, First Edition, incomplete

Lot: 60

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Mar 2017 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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Jonathan Swift A Second Collection of Miscellanies J. Roberts, London, 1720, First Edition, incomplete but including title, dedication and the whole of The Art of Punning including the preliminary text and preface. Small ink archival inscription top right of title page and few repairs; tastefully rebound in modern quarter leather with marbled boards and new endpapers. (10), xiii, 27, (4)pp.

Francisco Luca "SACRORUM BIBLIORUM VULGATAE EDITIONIS CONCORDANTIAE,

Lot: 61

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Mar 2017 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
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Francisco Luca SACRORUM BIBLIORUM VULGATAE EDITIONIS CONCORDANTIAE, AD RECOGNITIONEM JUSSU SIXTI V. PONT. MAX. BIBLIIS ADHIBITAM, RECENSITAE ATQUE EMENDATE, Balthasar and Egmond, Cologne, 1684; frontispiece, title, pp5-16, and extensive concordance. Octavo, in a 19th Century cloth binding, a.e.g.

[Mrs. Charles Mathews] "Memoirs of a Scots Heiress. Addressed to the Right Honourable Lady Catherine

Lot: 62

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Mar 2017 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
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[Mrs. Charles Mathews] Memoirs of a Scots Heiress. Addressed to the Right Honourable Lady Catherine ******. by the Author of Constance, &C. ...T. Hookham, London, 1791, 12mo, 3 vols.,title page missing from Vol.1 but half-title present; contemp. half-leather with backstrips very worn but gilt title and volume labels intact. Clean internally. 

The New Testament, Richard Whittaker, London, 1633, Greek text, editorial notes in Latin

Lot: 63

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Mar 2017 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £44
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The New Testament, Richard Whittaker, London, 1633, Greek text, editorial notes in Latin by Robert Stephen and others; small octavo, full panelled calf with raised bands, gilt title, top of spine wants repair; red sides. Clean text. pp (8), 459, (13).

                                                

D. Antonio Gavin "A Master-Key to Popery. In Five Parts" J. Stephens, London, 1725,

Lot: 64

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Mar 2017 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £16
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D. Antonio Gavin A Master-Key to Popery. In Five Parts. J. Stephens, London, 1725, 2nd Edition (revised); full ruled calf, top of spine chipped, lacks title label; light foxing throughout, mainly confined to the margins. Title, xii, 259, (2)pp.

                                                            

Richard Head "The English Rogue: described in the Life of Meriton Latroon, A Witty Extravagant",

Lot: 65

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Mar 2017 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
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Richard Head The English Rogue: described in the Life of Meriton Latroon, A Witty Extravagant, 1660-1674, set of four volumes from various editions, all with plates, bound uniformly with paper covered boards, the backstrips missing or damaged; some minor browning but largely clean internally. (4)

[James Fennimore Cooper] Ravensnest; or, The Redskins, Richard Bentley, 1846, First UK Edition in 3 vols,

Lot: 66

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Mar 2017 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £40
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[James Fennimore Cooper] Ravensnest; or, The Redskins, Richard Bentley, 1846, First UK Edition in 3 vols, contemp. boards, cloth backstrips, bumped corners, title labels chipped and browned, uncut 2 sides; spotting to endpapers and prelims, clean text. (3)

Charles Churchill "Gotham" Books 1 to 3, London, 1764, 1st Edition, bound with 3 other satirical poems by Churchill,

Lot: 67

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Mar 2017 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £26
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Charles Churchill Gotham, Books 1 to 3, London, 1764, 1st Edition, bound with 3 other satirical poems by Churchill, quarto, contemp.full leather, some wear, clean text; together with four other 18th & 19th works including John Skelton A Ballade of the Scottysshe Kynge 1882, edited by John Ashton. Mixed condition. (5)

Thomas Edwards "The Canons of Criticism, and Glossary; The Trial of the letter y, alias Y, and Sonnets"

Lot: 68

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Mar 2017 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
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Thomas Edwards The Canons of Criticism, and Glossary; The Trial of the letter y, alias Y, and Sonnets, London, 1758, full leather, spotting to prelims o/w VG; Beaumont and Fletcher Bonducca, a Tragedy, 3rd Edition, 1778, bound with four 18th Century tragedies, half-leather; and 5 others in leather bindings, mixed condition. (7)            

"Girls' Crystal", Amalgamated Press 1947-1952, a collection in folders contained in three lever-arch files,

Lot: 69

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Mar 2017 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £80
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Girls' Crystal, Amalgamated Press 1947-1952, a collection in folders contained in three lever-arch files, most 1947 issues with rusted staples and some also with hole punches in margin, later issues good to fine. Light duplication. (249 issues)