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Auction No 403, Category: Books

52 Lots (displaying 41 - 52)

Staffordshire Record Society, a collection of works published by or on behalf of the Society, 1915-1988, including a set of maps in slipcase.

Lot: 58

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Sep 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £40
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Staffordshire Record Society, a collection of works published by or on behalf of the Society, 1915-1988, including a set of maps in slipcase. All (bar two) cloth bound, gilt. One 1960 publication ex-lbrary o/w VG/VF. (15)

Jean-Paul Marat, and A. Vermorel (Editor) "Oeuvres de J.P. Marat", Decembre-Alonnier, Paris, 1869; octavo, quarter red morocco, gilt,

Lot: 59

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Sep 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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Jean-Paul Marat, and A. Vermorel (Editor) Oeuvres de J.P. Marat, Decembre-Alonnier, Paris, 1869; octavo, quarter red morocco, gilt, marbled boards & endpapers, a little worn; ownership signature top of title page; tear to lower margin pp.11/12 needs repair; o/w fine internally; vii,326pp

John [Williams], Bishop of Lincoln "Great Britains Salomon: A sermon preached at the magnificent funerall, of the most high and mighty King, James,

Lot: 60

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Sep 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
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John [Williams], Bishop of Lincoln Great Britains Salomon: A sermon preached at the magnificent funerall, of the most high and mighty King, Iames, the late King of Great Britaine, France, and Ireland, defender of the faith, &c, John Bull, London, 1625; sm.4to; bound in cloth covered boards, black tape repair to spine; lacks frontispiece; clean text; pp.37/8 torn with temporary repair; colophon page damaged (not affecting text); (2),76,(1)pp.  

Local History selection, mostly Staffordshire related, including "Swinscoe, Blore and the Bassetts" 1998; Redfern "History of Uttoxeter", 1865,

Lot: 62

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Sep 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £80 - £100
SOLD £50
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Local History selection, mostly Staffordshire related, including Swinscoe, Blore and the Bassetts 1998; Redfern History of Uttoxeter, 1865, (with map); M. Wright The Best of Cannock Chase, 1933; Stephens History of Congleton, 1970; The Victoria History of the County of Stafford, Vol.VIII, 1963; and various others, mostly h/bk, some in d/jkts, varied condition. (25)

Thomas Dugdale "England & Wales Delineated", John Tallis [c.1860] Vol.2 only (pp.815-1585), half-leather, gilt, complete, many engravings,

Lot: 65

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Sep 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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Thomas Dugdale England & Wales Delineated, John Tallis [c.1860] Vol.2 only (pp.815-1585), half-leather, gilt, complete, many engravings, some foxing; and a selection of other UK topography. Fair to fine. (14)

19th Century album of photographs, all laid down, including 7.5 x 11.5” albumen prints of Norway (52) by John Valentine,

Lot: 66

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Sep 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £120 - £150
SOLD £86
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19th Century album of photographs, all laid down, including 7.5 x 11.5” albumen prints of Norway (52) by John Valentine, and photos of various sizes of Chester & district (60) several by Francis Bedford. VG quality.

C.M. Doughty "Travels in Arabia Deserta", Folio Society, 2013, re-issue of the 1936 edition with introduction by T.E.Lawrence;

Lot: 67

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Sep 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £350 - £400
SOLD £370
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C.M. Doughty Travels in Arabia Deserta, Folio Society, 2013, re-issue of the 1936 edition with introduction by T.E.Lawrence; No.230 of 780 issued, complete in 2 volumes bound in half-leather by Lachenmeier with marbled sides designed by Jemma Lewis; t.e.g., together with fine folding map bound in buckram, and all contained in the issued box with gilt leather title label on verso. No internal markings. VF. Scarce

Charles Hutton "The Compendious Measurer", 1803; A. Crocker "The Elements of Land Surveying" 1806, with all plates (3 folding);

Lot: 71

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Sep 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £36
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Charles Hutton The Compendious Measurer, 1803; A. Crocker The Elements of Land Surveying, 1806, with all plates (3 folding); Charles Vyse The Tutor's Guide, being a complete system of Arithmetic, 1807; William Birkin A key to Mozley's Improved Walkingame's Tutor's Assistant, [1830]: and two 20th Century works. Mixed condition. (5)

Basilius Besler "Hortus Eystettensis", Aboca Museum, Italy, 2006, facsimile reprint of the 1613 edition in 3 large folio volumes

Lot: 72

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Sep 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £1000 - £1500
SOLD £1220
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Basilius Besler Hortus Eystettensis, Aboca Museum, Italy, 2006, facsimile reprint of the 1613 edition in 3 large folio volumes bound in fine full blind-tooled leather with gilt leather titles (these chipped, as issued), together with the quarto size Commentary complete with d/jkt. The volumes contain 367 full-page colour plates of Botanical specimens with descriptive text. They are housed in the original printed card storage boxes. No. 148 of 1,450 issued. VF internally without inscriptions. (4)

Georges-Louis LeClerc, Comte de Buffon "All the World’s Birds", illustrated by Francois-Nicolas Martinet; Rizzoli, New York, 2008,

Lot: 73

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Sep 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £180 - £220
SOLD £240
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Georges-Louis LeClerc, Comte de Buffon All the World's Birds, illustrated by Francois-Nicolas Martinet; Rizzoli, New York, 2008, First English Language edition, based on the original nine volumes issued between 1770 and 1783; lavishly illustrated; large format, cloth bound, gilt, in complete d/jkt, and housed in matching illustrated slipcase. Very Fine, no internal markings 

Edward Lear "Illustrations of Birds for John Gould", Folio Society, 2012, No. 186 of 780 printed, numbered & signed by David Attenborough

Lot: 74

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Sep 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £1200 - £1400
SOLD £1300
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Edward Lear Illustrations of Birds for John Gould, Folio Society, 2012, No. 186 of 780 printed, numbered & signed by David Attenborough on tipped-in limitation certificate; folio, bound in full morocco, gilt, with raised bands; marbled endpapers designed by Jemma Lewis; 80 coloured lithographic plates; housed in buckram covered box with gilt title. VF, no internal markings.

"Die Luftwacht", Berlin, bound volume for 1928, and "Deutsche Luftwacht: Luftwehr", bound volume for 1935; quarto, quarter-cloth,

Lot: 79

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Sep 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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Die Luftwacht, Berlin, bound volume for 1928, and Deutsche Luftwacht: Luftwehr, bound volume for 1935; quarto, quarter-cloth, marbled boards; lacking the pictorial wraps; first page of the Luftwehr volume loose and frayed at periphery. 724pp and 562pp respectively