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Auction No 420, Category: Illustrated

8 Lots (displaying 1 - 8)

Cervantes "The History of Don Quixote….Illustrated by Gustave Dore", Cassell, Petter & Galpin, [1870s], tall 4to., half-leather, gilt, marbled sides

Lot: 26

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Sep 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
SOLD £20
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Cervantes The History of Don Quixote….Illustrated by Gustave Dore, Cassell, Petter & Galpin, [1870s], tall 4to., half-leather, gilt, marbled sides & endpapers; browning to first & last few leaves o/w fine internally. Some wear to extremities of the binding. 118 full-page engravings.

"The Holy Bible containing the Old and New Testaments….with Illustrations by Gustave Dore", Cassell, Petter, and Galpin [1872-76],

Lot: 28

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Sep 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £100 - £150
SOLD £145
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The Holy Bible containing the Old and New Testaments….with Illustrations by Gustave Dore, Cassell, Petter, and Galpin [1872-76], tall 4to, 2 vols., bound in full grained leather, gilt, by William Mansell (successor to James Hayday), with blind-tooled crucifix to front boards, a.e.g., marbled endpapers; some scuffing to boards, hinges requiring strengthening in places; fine internally with 238 full-page wood-engravings.

C.S. Evans "The Sleeping Beauty" illustrated by Arthur Rackham, Heinemann, 1920, 1st Edn.,

Lot: 29

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Sep 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
UNSOLD
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C.S. Evans The Sleeping Beauty illustrated by Arthur Rackham, Heinemann, 1920, 1st Edn., binding a little slack, tipped-in colour plate with crnr. crease; Genesis, The First Book of Moses, Wood Engravings by Hermann Fechenbach, Mowbrays, 1969, 1st Edn., signed & inscribed by the artist, in VG d/jkt; plus bound volumes of Girl's Own Annual for 1890 and 1907. (4)

"Trafalgar. Illustrated by W.H. Ellam". Castell Bros., London, 1891; small die-cut shaped booklet, with illustrated card covers;

Lot: 35

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Sep 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £15
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Trafalgar. Illustrated by W.H. Ellam. Castell Bros., London, 1891; small die-cut shaped booklet, with illustrated card covers; internally seven pages of chromo-litho illustration interspersed with a patriotic narrative of the Battle of Trafalgar and the death of Nelson; 12pp in all. Covers re-attached with stitching.

Hardie & Sabin "War Posters issued by Belligerent and Neutral Nations 1914-1919", A. & C. Black, 1920, half-leather, gilt; ex-library

Lot: 81

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Sep 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
UNSOLD
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Hardie & Sabin War Posters issued by Belligerent and Neutral Nations 1914-1919, A. & C. Black, 1920, half-leather, gilt; ex-library with blind-stamps to the 80 colour & b/w plates, a further light stamp on reverse of each plate. Very clean internally.

F.O. Morris "A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland", William Mackenzie [1880],

Lot: 97

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Sep 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £50
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F.O. Morris A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland, William Mackenzie [1880], quarto, volumes 1 to 4 (of 6), full red crushed morocco, gilt, coat of arms to front boards, slightly rubbed at extremities o/w fine; 160 tissue-guarded chromo-litho plates. Variable foxing, mostly affecting text, tissue-guards and plate margins. (4)  

"Picturesque Europe with Illustrations on Steel and Wood", Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co [1876-79], 5 vols bound in 10, tall 4to, gilt cloth,

Lot: 98

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Sep 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £44
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Picturesque Europe with Illustrations on Steel and Wood, Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co [1876-79], 5 vols bound in 10, tall 4to, gilt cloth, now mylar-protected; each vol. with steel-engraved title & frontispiece, plus a further 55 steel-engraved plates and many wood-engravings. VG condition, couple of endpapers creased, some discoloration to couple of rear boards. (10)

H.W. Bates (Ed.) "Illustrated Travels: A Record of Discovery, Geography, and Adventure", Cassell, Petter & Galpin, [1869-75]; 4to, 6 vols in 3;

Lot: 99

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Sep 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £115
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H.W. Bates (Ed.) Illustrated Travels: A Record of Discovery, Geography, and Adventure, Cassell, Petter & Galpin, [1869-75]; 4to, 6 vols in 3; half-leather, gilt, some wear to extremities, a.e.g.; marbled endpapers; fine internally with numerous wood engravings after Gustave Dore and other artists. (3)