Auction No 370, Category: Books
181 Lots (displaying 101 - 120)
Cliff Green "Professional Card Magic", Louis Tannen, New York, 1961, quarto, full leather, gilt, pictorial onlay
Cliff Green "Professional Card Magic", Louis Tannen, New York, 1961, quarto, full leather, gilt, pictorial onlay
Lot 126
Lot: 126
- Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £74
MORE DETAILSCliff Green Professional Card Magic, Louis Tannen, New York, 1961, quarto, full leather, gilt, pictorial onlay, 159pp, VG; and Dai Vernon Malini and His Magic, Harry Stanley, [1962], 1st Edn., quarto, fine in very good original d/jkt, 108pp. No internal inscriptions. (2)
Liverpool & area Theatre Programmes and some related items, a collection in a folder, 1870s to 1940s,
Liverpool & area Theatre Programmes and some related items, a collection in a folder, 1870s to 1940s,
Lot 127
Lot: 127
- Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £100 - £140
SOLD £230
MORE DETAILSLiverpool & area Theatre Programmes and some related items, a collection in a folder, 1870s to 1940s, including Coronation Programme for Wallasey 1902, Blackpool Pier 1902, The Liverpool Lantern issue for Nov.30th 1878, Programmes for the Rotunda, Pavilion, Royal Court, Shakespeare, Star, Olympia, Kelly’s, Hippodrome, Empire Palace, and others. Fair to fine. (68 items)
W.J. Loftie "Lessons in the Art of Illuminating", Blackie, 1880s, in 4 parts, printed wraps, 9 colour plates;
W.J. Loftie "Lessons in the Art of Illuminating", Blackie, 1880s, in 4 parts, printed wraps, 9 colour plates;
Lot 128
Lot: 128
- Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £36
MORE DETAILSW.J. Loftie Lessons in the Art of Illuminating, Blackie, 1880s, in 4 parts, printed wraps, 9 colour plates; Edward Duncan Advanced Studies in Marine Painting, Blackie [1889], in 4 parts, printed wraps, 8 colour plates; R.P. Leitch A Course of Sepia Painting, Cassell, gilt cloth, 24 plates, and A Course of Painting in Neutral Tint, Cassell, 1881, gilt cloth, 24 plates. VG
Charles Heaton "History of the Life of Albrecht Durer", Macmillan, 1870, 1st Edn, quarto, original gilt cloth
Charles Heaton "History of the Life of Albrecht Durer", Macmillan, 1870, 1st Edn, quarto, original gilt cloth
Lot 129
Lot: 129
- Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £18
MORE DETAILSCharles Heaton History of the Life of Albrecht Durer, Macmillan, 1870, 1st Edn, quarto, original gilt cloth, rebacked, spine faded, a.e.g.; fine internally with all plates including Autotypes. List of contents misbound; xv,340pp.
Joseph Grego "Rowlandson the Caricaturist", Collectors Editions, [1970], facsimile reprint of the 1880 Edition,
Joseph Grego "Rowlandson the Caricaturist", Collectors Editions, [1970], facsimile reprint of the 1880 Edition,
Lot 130
Lot: 130
- Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £24
MORE DETAILSJoseph Grego Rowlandson the Caricaturist, Collectors Editions, [1970], facsimile reprint of the 1880 Edition, tall quarto, 2 volumes, original cloth, gilt, VG. (2)
David J. Getsy (Ed.) "Sculpture and the Pursuit of a Modern Ideal in Britain, c.1880-1930"
David J. Getsy (Ed.) "Sculpture and the Pursuit of a Modern Ideal in Britain, c.1880-1930"
Lot 131
Lot: 131
- Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £30
MORE DETAILSDavid J. Getsy (Ed.) Sculpture and the Pursuit of a Modern Ideal in Britain, c.1880-1930, Ashgate Publishing, 2004, tall octavo, fine h/bk in VG complete d/jkt. A collection of 11 essays by various contributors; b/w plates; xv,331pp.
[Hugh Shimmin] "Liverpool Life: Its Pleasures, Practices, and Pastimes", Egerton Smith, Liverpool, 1856
[Hugh Shimmin] "Liverpool Life: Its Pleasures, Practices, and Pastimes", Egerton Smith, Liverpool, 1856
Lot 132
Lot: 132
- Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £50
MORE DETAILS[Hugh Shimmin] Liverpool Life: Its Pleasures, Practices, and Pastimes, Egerton Smith, Liverpool, 1856, 19th Century gilt cloth, VG, fine text, 111pp ; bound with C. Dunning Clark Warncliffe, The Wanderer (all of which has been singed by fire!) and two stories extracted from Tales from the Note-Book of a Parish Officer. [Liverpool Life is an excellent survey of popular entertainments of the day including the Theatre, Gambling and Dog Fighting]
"The Ladies' Monthly Museum; or Polite Repository of Amusement and Instruction", Dean & Munday, bound volume for 1818
"The Ladies' Monthly Museum; or Polite Repository of Amusement and Instruction", Dean & Munday, bound volume for 1818
Lot 133
Lot: 133
- Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £36
MORE DETAILSThe Ladies’ Monthly Museum; or Polite Repository of Amusement and Instruction, Dean & Munday, bound volume for 1818, octavo, in a poor half-leather binding; VG internally with 18 engravings including 12 hand-coloured fashion plates.
Professor Angelo Lewis Hoffmann "Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring"
Professor Angelo Lewis Hoffmann "Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring"
Lot 134
Lot: 134
- Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £80 - £100
UNSOLD
MORE DETAILSProfessor Angelo Lewis Hoffmann Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring, George Routledge, 1877, 2nd Edition, original decorative cloth, gilt, recased with new endpapers, lower right corner to front board rounded; spotting to frontispiece, title and colophon o/w fine internally; xvi,509pp
Annibal Caro "Rime del Commendatore Annibal Caro". Bernardo Giunti e Fratelli, Venice, 1583
Annibal Caro "Rime del Commendatore Annibal Caro". Bernardo Giunti e Fratelli, Venice, 1583
Lot 135
Lot: 135
- Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £86
MORE DETAILSAnnibal Caro Rime del Commendatore Annibal Caro. Bernardo Giunti e Fratelli, Venice, 1583, octavo, complete with endpapers but lacking boards; contemp.ownership inscription to front endpaper; title and 5pp dedication adorned with woodcuts; first endpaper dust-affected; fine internally; (8),103,(8)pp
Don Juan Manuel (1335-1347) "Count Lucanor: or, the Fifty Pleasant Stories of Patronio", Basil Pickering, 1868
Don Juan Manuel (1335-1347) "Count Lucanor: or, the Fifty Pleasant Stories of Patronio", Basil Pickering, 1868
Lot 136
Lot: 136
- Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £46
MORE DETAILSDon Juan Manuel (1335-1347) Count Lucanor: or, the Fifty Pleasant Stories of Patronio, Basil Pickering, 1868, First Edition in English, translated by James York; octavo, original decorated cloth, gilt, fine; advert leaves as first and last endpapers; engraved title; (6),xvi,246,(4)pp.
J. F. Marmontel "Contes Moraux", Marc Michel Rey, Amsterdam 1779, three volumes, tall octavo
J. F. Marmontel "Contes Moraux", Marc Michel Rey, Amsterdam 1779, three volumes, tall octavo
Lot 137
Lot: 137
- Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £100 - £150
SOLD £70
MORE DETAILSJ. F. Marmontel Contes Moraux, Marc Michel Rey, Amsterdam 1779, three volumes, tall octavo, large paper edition, 19th Century full calf, gilt, by C. Kalthoeber of London but later rebacked and re-gilded, the front & rear panels showing some light wear; bookplates of Viscount Chersley; text and 26 tissue-guarded engraved plates fine and complete, the tissue-guards with some foxing. An attractive set. (3)
James McBryde "Epistolae ad Amicos nunc primum in unum corpus coactae", Cambridge, 1899,
James McBryde "Epistolae ad Amicos nunc primum in unum corpus coactae", Cambridge, 1899,
Lot 138
Lot: 138
- Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £350 - £450
SOLD £200
MORE DETAILSJames McBryde Epistolae ad Amicos nunc primum in unum corpus coactae, Cambridge, 1899, edited by Walter Morley Fletcher and Montague Rhodes James (M.R. James); quarto, full vellum, VG, a.e.g.; comprises 5 blank leaves, mounted photo of James McBryde, title page, 30 leaves each with a mounted photograph of amusing illustrated letters, and 7 blank leaves. Title page with offset impression from the photo of McBryde. [McBryde’s Epistolae is the earliest published work associated with the celebrated ghost story writer M.R. James who in 1899 was resident as a Don at King’s College, Cambridge. Copac records one example, held at the Bodleian. Another was sold by Dominic Winter in 2016. This example has been in the vendor’s possession for 40 years.]
Alexander Pope "The First Satire of the Second Book of Horace, Imitated in a Dialogue..."
Alexander Pope "The First Satire of the Second Book of Horace, Imitated in a Dialogue..."
Lot 139
Lot: 139
- Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £68
MORE DETAILSAlexander Pope The First Satire of the Second Book of Horace, Imitated in a Dialogue….A.Dodd & E.Nutt, London, 1733, First Edition; folio, 20th Cent half-morocco, gilt, new endpapers, fine; 19pp.
Phinehas Fletcher "Piscatory Eclogues, with other Poetical Miscellanies", Edinburgh, 1771
Phinehas Fletcher "Piscatory Eclogues, with other Poetical Miscellanies", Edinburgh, 1771
Lot 140
Lot: 140
- Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £12
MORE DETAILSPhinehas Fletcher Piscatory Eclogues, with other Poetical Miscellanies, Edinburgh, 1771, quarter-calf, worn; ownership signature dated 1898 top of title page; front inner hinge weak; clean text; [4],viii,151, [4]pp, plus errata slip.
John Wilkins "Of the Principles and Duties of Natural Religion: Two Books…" 1683
John Wilkins "Of the Principles and Duties of Natural Religion: Two Books…" 1683
Lot 141
Lot: 141
- Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £15
MORE DETAILSJohn Wilkins Of the Principles and Duties of Natural Religion: Two Books…to which is added, A Sermon Preached at his Funerals, by William Lloyd, D.D. Dean of Bangor, T.Basset & others, London, 1683; small octavo, contemp. leather, very worn, boards detached; bookplate of Sir Joseph Copley; engraved frontispiece; occasional marginal pencil marks; [16],410,blank,[2],55pp
Sir John Vanbrugh "Plays Written by Sir John Vanbrugh", J. Tonson & others, London, 1730, small octavo
Sir John Vanbrugh "Plays Written by Sir John Vanbrugh", J. Tonson & others, London, 1730, small octavo
Lot 142
Lot: 142
- Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £30 - £40
UNSOLD
MORE DETAILSSir John Vanbrugh Plays Written by Sir John Vanbrugh, J. Tonson & others, London, 1730, small octavo, contemp. calf, worn, gilt title labels replaced; occasional minor browning. Good (2)
D. Fulvio Testi "Delle Poesie Liriche", Giulian Cassiani, Modena, 1645, 12mo, contemporary red leather, gilt
D. Fulvio Testi "Delle Poesie Liriche", Giulian Cassiani, Modena, 1645, 12mo, contemporary red leather, gilt
Lot 143
Lot: 143
- Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £72
MORE DETAILSD. Fulvio Testi Delle Poesie Liriche, Giulian Cassiani, Modena, 1645, 12mo, contemporary red leather, gilt, showing later repairs, VG; previous owners’ bookplates; issued as two parts, bound together, each with its own title page; b/w portrait dated 1645; decorated throughout with head & tail pieces; fine internally. pp.(14),175,166.
[John Jackson, actor] "Eldred; or, The British Freeholder. A Tragedy." C. Elliot and J. Bell, 1782, octavo,
[John Jackson, actor] "Eldred; or, The British Freeholder. A Tragedy." C. Elliot and J. Bell, 1782, octavo,
Lot 144
Lot: 144
- Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £30 - £40
UNSOLD
MORE DETAILS[John Jackson, actor] Eldred; or, The British Freeholder. A Tragedy. C. Elliot and J. Bell, 1782, octavo, contemp. tree calf, worn, hinges weak, backstrip chipped, gilt title; browning/staining to margins of endpapers and last 8pp of text; 122pp + errata page.
John Fawcett Skelton "The Gleaner: A Selection of Poems & Songs", Simpkin Marshall & John Heywood, 1876
John Fawcett Skelton "The Gleaner: A Selection of Poems & Songs", Simpkin Marshall & John Heywood, 1876
Lot 145
Lot: 145
- Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £20
MORE DETAILSJohn Fawcett Skelton The Gleaner: A Selection of Poems & Songs, Simpkin Marshall & John Heywood, 1876, First Edition, quarto, original gilt cloth: two copies, one uninscribed, the other with presentation inscription by the author and a few manuscript alterations to the text in the same hand, together with an autograph letter from W.T. Hampson to a friend recalling Skelton’s activities in Edgworth, Bolton, in the late-19th Century. Occasional fox mark otherwise good/VG. (2)