Auction No 425, Category: Travel

4 Lots (displaying 1 - 4)

Bayle St.John selected works comprising "The Louvre, or Biography of a Museum", 1855; "Purple Tints of Paris", 1854, 2 vols,

Lot: 3

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Apr 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £82
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Bayle St.John selected works comprisng The Louvre, or Biography of a Museum, 1855; Purple Tints of Paris, 1854, 2 vols, few marginal pencil annotations; Adventures in the Libyan Desert, 1849; and vol.2 only of The Subalpine Kingdom, 1856; all First Editions in the original cloth bindings; three with ownership bookplates. Libyan Desert frayed at top of spine; boards of Purple Tints discoloured. (5)  Also research notes on the author. 

WW2 Photographs compiled by a British Officer, including scenes & people in South Africa (34), East Africa (24), Mauritius (12) and Sudan (16).

Lot: 29

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Apr 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
SOLD £38
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WW2 Photographs compiled by a British Officer, including scenes & people in South Africa (34), East Africa (24), Mauritius (12) and Sudan (16). All laid down, neatly annotated. PC and snapshot size. (102)

G.M. Musgrave "The Parson, Pen and Pencil: or Reminiscences and Illustrations of an Excursion to Paris,Tours and Rouen, in the Summer of 1847",

Lot: 56

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Apr 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £72
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G.M. Musgrave The Parson, Pen and Pencil: or Reminiscences and Illustrations of an Excursion to Paris, Tours and Rouen, in the Summer of 1847, Richard Bentley, 1848, 3 vols, half-leather, gilt, wear to corners and volume labels. Ownership bookplates to pastedowns. Very clean internally. (3)

John Kitto "The Court of Persia", bound with "The People of Persia" and "The Tahtar Tribes", Religious Tract Society, c.1850,

Lot: 57

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Apr 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
SOLD £54
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John Kitto The Court of Persia, bound with The People of Persia and The Tahtar Tribes, Religious Tract Society, c.1850, each title with separate pagination, 12mo, half-leather, gilt, marbled edges & endpapers Some light wear, fine internally.