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Auction No 369, Category: Topography

18 Lots (displaying 1 - 18)

Thomas Pennant "Some Account of London", Dublin, 1791, 3rd Edn, rebound in modern full leather, gilt titles

Lot: 33

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £22
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Thomas Pennant Some Account of London, Dublin, 1791, 3rd Edn, rebound in modern full leather, gilt titles, new endpapers; VG internally with fine folding map, frontispiece & 13 other plates. Subscribers list. iv, [2],479, [8 index]pp.

"Pigot & Deans' New Directory of Manchester, Salford, &c. for 1821-2;

Lot: 69

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £170 - £220
UNSOLD
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Pigot & Deans’ New Directory of Manchester, Salford, &c. for 1821-2; containing an Alphabetical List of the Manufacturers, and Inhabitants in General, with the numbers as affixed to their doors.  R. & W. Dean and J. Pigot, Manchester, [1821], octavo, modern three-quarter calf over marbled boards, gilt, raised bands, VG; complete with two attractive folding maps of Manchester and Lancashire, each with stamps on reverse of the Manchester Law Incorporated Library. Gift inscription of 1888 on reverse of first map. Some occasional foxing but generally clean text. Engraved advertsing plate for J. Pigot after title page; further advert plate at rear. Collated as complete.

                        

William Hamilton "An Account of Certain Traces of Volcanos on the Banks of the Rhine", London, 1777,

Lot: 127

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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William Hamilton An Account of Certain Traces of Volcanos on the Banks of the Rhine, London, 1777, 6pp article from Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, Vol.68, bound in modern half-leather, gilt; plus two other bound articles on tectonic activity comprising Forbes On the Horary Oscillations of the Barometer near Edinburgh, Royal Society of Edinburgh, Vol.12, 1831, pp153-190, plus plate; and Baker, Gass et al The Volcanological Report of the Royal Society Expedition to Tristan Da Cunha, 1962, 4to, 141pp plus 18 plates & folding Map; modern cloth, gilt. VG/VF (3)

 

                                                                                    

J.M.W. Turner and John Ruskin "The Harbours of England", Smith, Elder & Co, 1877, New Edition,

Lot: 129

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £40
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J.M.W. Turner and John Ruskin The Harbours of England, Smith, Elder & Co, 1877, New Edition, small Folio, original gilt cloth, VG; 12 fine tissue-guarded engraved plates by Thomas Lupton after J.M.W. Turner, each plate on thin card, image size 16.5 x 24.5cm.  Overall 26.5 x 37cm. Text and plates very clean but loose throughout. 

"Manchester and its Neighbourhood", Ordnance Survey, 1843, linen- backed folding Map, dissected, 27 x 31.5”,

Lot: 190

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £38
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Manchester and its Neighbourhood, Ordnance Survey, 1843, linen-backed folding Map, dissected, 27 x 31.5”, in cloth-covered boards, front board detached o/w fine. Scale 1” to 1 mile. Sold by George Simms, St. Ann’s Square. 

"The Universal Pocket Companion", C. Hitch, L. Hawes and others, 1760, 3rd Edition, octavo,

Lot: 191

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £26
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The Universal Pocket Companion, C. Hitch, L. Hawes and others, 1760, 3rd Edition, octavo, contemporary sheep with repairs to rear panel; ownership inscription dated 1761; lacks half-title; three folding-maps, two repaired; 274pp, index, extensive tables at rear. 

"Sir Archibald Murray's Despatches (June 1916-June 1917)", Dent 1920, orig. gilt cloth, front cover badly faded

Lot: 192

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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Sir Archibald Murray’s Despatches (June 1916-June 1917), Dent 1920, orig. gilt cloth, front cover badly faded, front inner hinge cracked; complete with the fine set of Maps of Syria & Palestine, Sinai Peninsula, and Egypt, plus a general outline map of the Turkish Empire, all in separate cloth-backed slipcase.

Mary Benedetta "The Street Markets of London" John Miles, 1936, 1st Edn, photographs by L. Moholy-Nagy

Lot: 195

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £46
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Mary Benedetta The Street Markets of London John Miles, 1936, 1st Edn, photographs by L. Moholy-Nagy, original printed buckram, VG; occasional minor fox mark but generally fine internally; pp.xi,201, plus 64 photo-plates.

 

Leitch Ritchie "A Journey to St. Petersburg and Moscow through Courland and Livonia"

Lot: 196

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £50
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Leitch Ritchie A Journey to St. Petersburg and Moscow through Courland and Livonia, London, 1836, full red blind-tooled morocco, gilt, by E.Westley, a.e.g., near fine; 25 tissue-guarded plates by Alfred Vickers; engraved title page headed Heath’s Picturesque Annual for 1836. St.Petersburg and Moscow. Slight spotting to frontispiece & title o/w fine internally. 255pp

Frances Nesbitt "Algeria & Tunis Painted & Described", A. & C. Black, 1906, 1st Edition, pictorial cloth, VG;

Lot: 197

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £34
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Frances Nesbitt Algeria & Tunis Painted & Described, A. & C. Black, 1906, 1st Edition, pictorial cloth, VG; browning to reverse of advertisement leaf o/w VG internally; 70 colour plates and folding-map.

A Cambridge Man "A Guide to the English Lake District Intended Principally for the Use of Pedestrians"

Lot: 198

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £26
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A Cambridge Man A Guide to the English Lake District Intended Principally for the Use of Pedestrians, Simpkin, Marshall & Co, [1866], 2nd Edition, revised, small octavo, original gilt cloth, light wear; VG internally; colour frontispiece; five folding maps, one in rear pocket; b/w plate; some minor fox marks affect few pages.

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. 

James Greenwood "Curiosities of Savage Life", Beeton, 1863-64, two volumes, contemp. half-leather, gilt

Lot: 201

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £24
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James Greenwood Curiosities of Savage Life, Beeton, 1863-64, two volumes, contemp. half-leather, gilt, recased & repaired with new endpapers; colour plates complete; William Baikie Narrative of an Exploring Voyage up the Rivers Kwora and Binue….in 1854, Frank Cass 1966 reprint; and another. VG/Fine (4)

V.C. Scott O'Connor "The Silken East: A Record of Life and Travel in Burma", Hutchinson, 1928, original gilt cloth

Lot: 203

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £24
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V.C. Scott O’Connor The Silken East: A Record of Life and Travel in Burma, Hutchinson, 1928, original gilt cloth, small repairs to top & tail of the spine, browning to endpapers, o/w fine; colour plates and fine folding-map. 384pp

Candler "The Unveiling of Lhasa", Edward Arnold, 1905, 1st Edn; Perceval Landon "Nepal", 1993 reprint, 2 vols

Lot: 204

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £40
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Candler The Unveiling of Lhasa, Edward Arnold, 1905, 1st Edn; Perceval Landon Nepal, 1993 reprint, 2 vols; Karl Eskelund The Forgotten Valley, 1959; A.M. Hassanein Bey The Lost Oases, 1925, 1st Edn; James Low The British Settlement in Penang, O.U.P., 1972 reprint; Hutchinson Narrative of the Niger, Tshadda, and Binue Exploration, 1966 reprint; and other foreign travel; eight in d/jkts. Good to VF (11)

Mrs. Ernest Hart "Picturesque Burma, Past and Present" J.M.Dent, 1897, quarto, recased

Lot: 205

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
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Mrs. Ernest Hart Picturesque Burma, Past and Present J.M.Dent, 1897, quarto, recased incorporating the original decorated cloth, new endpapers; t.e.g., uncut elsewhere; occasional light spotting; fine photo-plates, maps and gravures.

                        

Antiquarian selection including John Rowe "Caius Crispus Sallustius The Historian", 1709;

Lot: 221

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £46
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Antiquarian selection including John Rowe Caius Crispus Sallustius The Historian, 1709; Samuel Johnson Lives of the English Poets, Dublin, 1779; Peter Beckford Thoughts Upon Hunting, 1802, 4th Edn, with Plates; Mrs.Charles Meredith Notes and Sketches of New South Wales, 1844; [William Smyth] Memoir of Mr Sheridan, 1840; and another. Fair to VG (6)

Selection, many historical, all bar one in d/jkt including Shackleton "The Textile Mills of Pendle and their Steam Engines", 2006

Lot: 227

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £30
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Selection, many historical, all bar one in d/jkt including Shackleton The Textile Mills of Pendle and their Steam Engines, 2006; Brian Law Fieldens of Todmorden, 1995, signed; The Britain of Brian Cook, Batsford, 1987; David Hey Packmen, Carriers & Packhorse Roads, 2001; Hardie A History of the Chemical Industry in Widnes, ICI, 1950; and others, mainly industrial. Good to VF (14)