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Auction No 369, Category: Science & Mathematics

5 Lots (displaying 1 - 5)

John Bonnycastle "An Introduction to Astronomy in a Series of Letters", J. Johnson, 1803, 4th Edn,

Lot: 122

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £30
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John Bonnycastle An Introduction to Astronomy in a Series of Letters, J. Johnson, 1803, 4th Edn, rebound in modern half-cloth over marbled boards, fine; complete with 19 Plates (18 folding) and frontispiece, one plate with a stained corner o/w VG; few pages with light foxing; pp.viii,443,(3).

O.M. Mitchell "The Orbs of Heaven, or, The Planetary and Stellar Worlds", H. Ingram, 1856, 6th Edn,

Lot: 123

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £40
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O.M. Mitchell The Orbs of Heaven, or, The Planetary and Stellar Worlds, H. Ingram, 1856, 6th Edn, original gilt & blind-tooled cloth, good, offset impressions internally from the plates; and Richard Proctor The Moon, Longmans 1907, and Other Suns Than Ours, Longmans 1908, both in fine full leather and gilt college bindings, VF internally. (3)

                                                                                                

Agnes Catlow "Drops of Water; their Marvellous and Beautiful Inhabitants Displayed by the Microscope",

Lot: 125

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £20
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Agnes Catlow Drops of Water; their Marvellous and Beautiful Inhabitants Displayed by the Microscope, Reeve & Benham, 1851, original gilt cloth, a.e.g. near fine; browning to endpapers; four hand-coloured plates, fine text, 194pp; plus ‘A Quekett Club-Man’ My Microscope, Roper & Drowley, 1888, gilt cloth, VG, 86pp + adverts. (2)

J.H. [John Harris] "Astronomical Observations Between a Gentleman and a Lady

Lot: 126

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £185
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J.H. [John Harris] Astronomical Observations Between a Gentleman and a Lady: Wherein the Doctrine of the Sphere, uses of the Globes, and the Elements of Astronomy and Geography are Explain'd; In a Pleasant, Easy, and Familiar Way. With a Description of the famous Instrument called the Orrery, Benjamin Cowse, London, 1719, First Edition; octavo, contemporary panelled calf, gilt title, VG; 1723 ownership signature of William Saunders of Wadham College, Oxford; further ownership inscription of 1819 partly cut down at top of title page; VG internally with 6 plates (4 folding). 

P.H.G. Powell-Cotton "A Sporting Trip Through Abyssinia", Rowland Ward, 1902, First Edition, tall octavo,

Lot: 200

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £32
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P.H.G. Powell-Cotton A Sporting Trip Through Abyssinia, Rowland Ward, 1902, First Edition, tall octavo, later gilt cloth by Jarvis of Thanet, VG; some damp-staining to b/w frontispiece o/w fine internally including coloured folding map; 531pp including plates; publisher’s catalogue at rear.