Auction No 368, Category: Books
150 Lots (displaying 1 - 20)
Henry Bracken "Farriery Improved", London, 1772-73, 2 vols, mixed editions; full contemp. calf,
Henry Bracken "Farriery Improved", London, 1772-73, 2 vols, mixed editions; full contemp. calf,
Lot 1
Lot: 1
- Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £12
MORE DETAILSHenry Bracken Farriery Improved, London, 1772-73, 2 vols, mixed editions; full contemp. calf, red & green gilt titles, backstrips worn & faded. VG internally.
Fraser Darling "A Naturalist on Rona", 1939, in d/jkt; Lord De Tabley "The Flora of Cheshire", 1899,
Fraser Darling "A Naturalist on Rona", 1939, in d/jkt; Lord De Tabley "The Flora of Cheshire", 1899,
Lot 2
Lot: 2
- Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £46
MORE DETAILSFraser Darling A Naturalist on Rona, 1939, in d/jkt; Lord De Tabley The Flora of Cheshire, 1899, gilt cloth, VG; Douglas Dewar Game Birds, 1928, repaired binding, fine wood engravings, inscribed to the Duke of Portland by Seton Gordon with a further autograph letter from Seton Gordon tipped in; and related titles from 1859. Fair to fine. (9)
John Mossop "A Synopsis of British Land-Birds, in verse and prose", Jackson & Walford, 1841,
John Mossop "A Synopsis of British Land-Birds, in verse and prose", Jackson & Walford, 1841,
Lot 3
Lot: 3
- Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £58
MORE DETAILSJohn Mossop A Synopsis of British Land-Birds, in verse and prose, Jackson & Walford, 1841, original gilt cloth, fine; xviii,[2],259pp; Sharpe A Chapter on Birds, 1895, 18 coloured plates, fine; E. Fitch Daglish Woodcuts of British Birds, 1925, one of 500 printed, title label on spine worn; and 3 related. VG/VF (6)
J.H. Walsh "The Dogs of the British Islands", Horace Cox 1872, 2nd Edn, and a 5th Edition of 1886 published by The Field,
J.H. Walsh "The Dogs of the British Islands", Horace Cox 1872, 2nd Edn, and a 5th Edition of 1886 published by The Field,
Lot 4
Lot: 4
- Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £36
MORE DETAILSJ.H. Walsh The Dogs of the British Islands, Horace Cox 1872, 2nd Edn, and a 5th Edition of 1886 published by The Field, both with orig.pictorial cloth, the former skilfully repaired; plus other books, some unrelated, including a nice 1888 edition of Gilbert White’s Selborne. Good to VF (9)
E.J. Lowe "Beautiful Leaved Plants", Groombridge, 1861, quarto, full leather, gilt, VG,
E.J. Lowe "Beautiful Leaved Plants", Groombridge, 1861, quarto, full leather, gilt, VG,
Lot 5
Lot: 5
- Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £52
MORE DETAILSE.J. Lowe Beautiful Leaved Plants, Groombridge, 1861, quarto, full leather, gilt, VG, 60 fine coloured plates; Henslow Poisonous Plants in Field and Garden, 1901, text browned; Schumann Ericas of South Africa, 1992, in d/jkt, VF; and four others. (7)
Pierre Joseph Bonnaterre "Tableau encyclopedique et methodique des trois regnes de la nature",
Pierre Joseph Bonnaterre "Tableau encyclopedique et methodique des trois regnes de la nature",
Lot 6
Lot: 6
- Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £74
MORE DETAILSPierre Joseph Bonnaterre Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature, 1780s-1790s, disbound, the Robert Bernard engraved plates only, comprising Butterflies (28, with a few plates of moths) and Quadrupeds (32); one plate of moths dust-affected, a few others slightly marked o/w VG/fine. Margins intact. Uncut. Overall 13 x 9.5”.
Pierre Joseph Bonnaterre "Tableau encyclopedique et methodique des trois regnes de la nature",
Pierre Joseph Bonnaterre "Tableau encyclopedique et methodique des trois regnes de la nature",
Lot 7
Lot: 7
- Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £80 - £120
SOLD £76
MORE DETAILSPierre Joseph Bonnaterre Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature, 1780s-1790s, disbound, the Robert Bernard engraved plates only, comprising Quadrupeds (78); two plates damp-stained, mostly VG/fine. Margins intact. Uncut. Overall 13 x 9.5”. (78, a few double-page)
Pierre Joseph Bonnaterre "Tableau encyclopedique et methodique des trois regnes de la nature",
Pierre Joseph Bonnaterre "Tableau encyclopedique et methodique des trois regnes de la nature",
Lot 8
Lot: 8
- Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £80 - £120
SOLD £70
MORE DETAILSPierre Joseph Bonnaterre Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature, 1780s-1790s, disbound, the Robert Bernard engraved plates only, comprising Birds (64) and 2 others; a few slightly damp-stained in lower margin but mostly VG/VF. Margins intact. Uncut. Overall 13 x 9.5”. (66, two double-page)
Pierre Joseph Bonnaterre "Tableau encyclopedique et methodique des trois regnes de la nature",
Pierre Joseph Bonnaterre "Tableau encyclopedique et methodique des trois regnes de la nature",
Lot 9
Lot: 9
- Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £170 - £230
SOLD £200
MORE DETAILSPierre Joseph Bonnaterre Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature, 1780s-1790s, disbound, the Robert Bernard engraved plates only, comprising Fish and other Marine Life, plus one plate of Butterflies; a few plates slightly marked or dust-affected but mostly VG/Fine. Margins intact. Uncut. Overall 13 x 9.5”. (160 including ten double-page plates)
Anne Pratt "The Flowering Plants, Grasses, Sedges, and Ferns of Great Britain and their Allies,
Anne Pratt "The Flowering Plants, Grasses, Sedges, and Ferns of Great Britain and their Allies,
Lot 10
Lot: 10
- Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £92
MORE DETAILSAnne Pratt The Flowering Plants, Grasses, Sedges, and Ferns of Great Britain and their Allies, the Club Mosses, Pepperworts and Horsetails. Frederick Warne, [1873], 6 volumes, original gilt decorated cloth, VG/Fine; complete with 319 chromo-litho coloured plates; occasional minor fox mark o/w fine internally.
R. Lydekker and J.G. Dollman "The Game Animals of Africa", Rowland Ward, 1926, 2nd Edn,
R. Lydekker and J.G. Dollman "The Game Animals of Africa", Rowland Ward, 1926, 2nd Edn,
Lot 11
Lot: 11
- Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £24
MORE DETAILSR. Lydekker and J.G. Dollman The Game Animals of Africa, Rowland Ward, 1926, 2nd Edn, quarter leather over printed boards, gilt titles on spine a little faded, small ownership stamp & signature front endpaper; VG internally including 31 full-page plates; pp.xiv,483,(5)
"Lloyd's Natural History" series comprising W.F. Kirby "A Hand- Book to the order Lepidoptera" in 5 volumes,
"Lloyd's Natural History" series comprising W.F. Kirby "A Hand- Book to the order Lepidoptera" in 5 volumes,
Lot 12
Lot: 12
- Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £52
MORE DETAILSLloyd’s Natural History series comprising W.F. Kirby A Hand-Book to the order Lepidoptera in 5 volumes, & Ogilvie-Grant Game Birds in 2 volumes, Edward Lloyd 1896-97, octavo, uniform gilt cloth, VG, with 156 and 48 tissue-guarded colour plates respectively. Some minor browning to tissue guards and elsewhere but the plates largely unaffected. (7)
"Langstroth on the Hive and Honey-Bee", Dadant, 1913, original cloth, repaired; "The Bee Journal" 1901 & 1902,
"Langstroth on the Hive and Honey-Bee", Dadant, 1913, original cloth, repaired; "The Bee Journal" 1901 & 1902,
Lot 13
Lot: 13
- Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £86
MORE DETAILSLangstroth on the Hive and Honey-Bee, Dadant, 1913, original cloth, repaired; The Bee Journal 1901 & 1902, bound volumes, hinges weak; and two related early 20th Century works. Fair to fine. (5)
Rawdon B. Lee "Modern Dogs (Sporting Division)" 1893 and "The Terriers" 1896 (new edition),
Rawdon B. Lee "Modern Dogs (Sporting Division)" 1893 and "The Terriers" 1896 (new edition),
Lot 14
Lot: 14
- Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £30
MORE DETAILSRawdon B. Lee Modern Dogs (Sporting Division) 1893 and The Terriers 1896 (new edition), Horace Cox, octavo, original gilt cloth relaid with new endpapers, illustrations by Arthur Wardle. VG (2)
Nicholas Polunin "Circumpolar Arctic Flora", Oxford, 1959, gilt cloth, fine, ownership signature
Nicholas Polunin "Circumpolar Arctic Flora", Oxford, 1959, gilt cloth, fine, ownership signature
Lot 15
Lot: 15
- Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £80 - £120
SOLD £105
MORE DETAILSNicholas Polunin Circumpolar Arctic Flora, Oxford, 1959, gilt cloth, fine, ownership signature to front pastedown; The Flora of Liverpool, 1872; Barton & Castle The British Flora Medica, 1877, rebound, colour plates complete; Thompson & Worden The Rabbit, Collins, 1956, 1st Edn, fine d/jkt; Wilson The Flora of Westmorland, 1938; and other Natural History. Good-VF (15)
James Jennings "Ornithologia, or The Birds; a Poem, in two Parts; with an Introduction to their Natural History;
James Jennings "Ornithologia, or The Birds; a Poem, in two Parts; with an Introduction to their Natural History;
Lot 16
Lot: 16
- Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £300 - £400
UNSOLD
MORE DETAILSJames Jennings Ornithologia, or The Birds; a Poem, in two Parts; with an Introduction to their Natural History; and copious notes. Poole & Edwards, 1828 First Edition; nineteenth century cloth, gilt, backstrip a little faded o/w VG; bookplate removed from front pastedown; engraved frontispiece, and a further frontispiece to Part Two on Foreign Birds; each part with its own pictorial half-title, the foot of the half-title to Part One repaired. A small library stamp of the Islington Literary & Scientific Society in the margin of two pages in the text o/w fine internally; pp.xxix,(3),468,6. A rare work of ornithology.
James & William Braithwaite (Eds.) "The Retrospect of Medicine" 1862-1879, octavo, bound volumes,
James & William Braithwaite (Eds.) "The Retrospect of Medicine" 1862-1879, octavo, bound volumes,
Lot 17
Lot: 17
- Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £60 - £100
UNSOLD
MORE DETAILSJames & William Braithwaite (Eds.) The Retrospect of Medicine 1862-1879, octavo, bound volumes, uniform grey cloth, gilt; some variable external wear but fine internally. (33)
Publications of The Transport Ticket Society, 1960s to 2007, softbacks, mostly A4, two foolscap,
Publications of The Transport Ticket Society, 1960s to 2007, softbacks, mostly A4, two foolscap,
Lot 18
Lot: 18
- Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £40
MORE DETAILSPublications of The Transport Ticket Society, 1960s to 2007, softbacks, mostly A4, two foolscap, both road and rail including a few foreign subjects. VG to VF (26)
"An Account of the Manufactures of the The North British Locomotive Co. Ltd….1914-1919",
"An Account of the Manufactures of the The North British Locomotive Co. Ltd….1914-1919",
Lot 19
Lot: 19
- Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £28
MORE DETAILSAn Account of the Manufactures of the The North British Locomotive Co. Ltd….1914-1919, Glasgow [1920], oblong quarto, original pictorial cloth, VG; illustrated throughout with half-tone plates; 123pp. Fine internally.
The Locomotive, Railway Carriage & Wagon Review, London, 1939-1953,
The Locomotive, Railway Carriage & Wagon Review, London, 1939-1953,
Lot 20
Lot: 20
- Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £50 - £70
UNSOLD
MORE DETAILSThe Locomotive, Railway Carriage & Wagon Review, London, 1939-1953, comprising 57 different issues in good to VF condition,with many WW2 period. (57)