Trafford Books

Auction No 370, Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST

295 Lots (displaying 121 - 140)

Collection of 1980s to 2002 colour slides of Merchant Shipping, chiefly cargo ships, but including ferries,

Lot: 121

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £260 - £300
SOLD £200
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Collection of 1980s to 2002 colour slides of Merchant Shipping, chiefly cargo ships, but including ferries, coastal vessels etc; carefully annotated with ships’ names; the photographs taken at British and Foreign locations. VF (1,143)

John Hill "The Family Herbal, or an Account of all those English Plants, which are remarkable for their virtues"

Lot: 122

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £100 - £130
SOLD £76
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John Hill The Family Herbal, or an Account of all those English Plants, which are remarkable for their virtues, Bungay, 1812, octavo, rebound in fine 20th Century green half-calf, gilt, with raised bands, marbled boards, new endpapers; complete with 54 hand-coloured plates; few early pages & first plate a little grubby o/w fine internally; lacks index; viii,xl,366pp

Richard Reece "The Medical Guide", 15th Edn, 1828, contemp. half-leather, gilt, VG, xxiv,566pp;

Lot: 123

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £15
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Richard Reece The Medical Guide, 15th Edn, 1828, contemp. half-leather, gilt, VG, xxiv,566pp; H. Tomlinson The Divination of Disease: A Study in Radiesthesia, 1953, foxing to prelims; The Philosophy of Insanity, Fireside Press, 1947, in d/jkts; and others of medical interest. Fair to VF (7)

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

Lot: 124

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 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)                                                                                     

James Jennings "Ornithologia, or The Birds; a Poem, in two Parts; with an Introduction to their Natural History;

Lot: 125

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £40
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James Jennings Ornithologia, or The Birds; a Poem, in two Parts; with an Introduction to their Natural History; and copious notes. Poole & Edwards, 1828 First Edition; nineteenth century cloth, gilt, backstrip a little faded o/w VG; bookplate removed from front pastedown; engraved frontispiece, and a further frontispiece to Part Two on Foreign Birds; each part with its own pictorial half-title, the foot of the half-title to Part One repaired. A small library stamp of the Islington Literary & Scientific Society in the margin of two pages in the text o/w fine internally; pp.xxix,(3),468,6. 

Cliff Green "Professional Card Magic", Louis Tannen, New York, 1961, quarto, full leather, gilt, pictorial onlay

Lot: 126

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £74
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Cliff Green Professional Card Magic, Louis Tannen, New York, 1961, quarto, full leather, gilt, pictorial onlay, 159pp, VG; and Dai Vernon Malini and His Magic, Harry Stanley, [1962], 1st Edn., quarto, fine in very good original d/jkt, 108pp. No internal inscriptions. (2)

Liverpool & area Theatre Programmes and some related items, a collection in a folder, 1870s to 1940s,

Lot: 127

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £100 - £140
SOLD £230
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Liverpool  & area Theatre Programmes and some related items, a collection in a folder, 1870s to 1940s, including Coronation Programme for Wallasey 1902, Blackpool Pier 1902, The Liverpool Lantern issue for Nov.30th 1878, Programmes for the Rotunda, Pavilion, Royal Court, Shakespeare, Star, Olympia, Kelly’s, Hippodrome, Empire Palace, and others. Fair to fine. (68 items)

W.J. Loftie "Lessons in the Art of Illuminating", Blackie, 1880s, in 4 parts, printed wraps, 9 colour plates;

Lot: 128

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £36
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W.J. Loftie Lessons in the Art of Illuminating, Blackie, 1880s, in 4 parts, printed wraps, 9 colour plates; Edward Duncan Advanced Studies in Marine Painting, Blackie [1889], in 4 parts, printed wraps, 8 colour plates; R.P. Leitch A Course of Sepia Painting, Cassell, gilt cloth, 24 plates, and A Course of Painting in Neutral Tint, Cassell, 1881, gilt cloth, 24 plates. VG

Charles Heaton "History of the Life of Albrecht Durer", Macmillan, 1870, 1st Edn, quarto, original gilt cloth

Lot: 129

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £18
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Charles Heaton History of the Life of Albrecht Durer, Macmillan, 1870, 1st Edn, quarto, original gilt cloth, rebacked, spine faded, a.e.g.; fine internally with all plates including Autotypes. List of contents misbound; xv,340pp.

Joseph Grego "Rowlandson the Caricaturist", Collectors Editions, [1970], facsimile reprint of the 1880 Edition,

Lot: 130

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £24
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Joseph Grego Rowlandson the Caricaturist, Collectors Editions, [1970], facsimile reprint of the 1880 Edition, tall quarto, 2 volumes, original cloth, gilt, VG. (2)

David J. Getsy (Ed.) "Sculpture and the Pursuit of a Modern Ideal in Britain, c.1880-1930"

Lot: 131

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £30
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David J. Getsy (Ed.) Sculpture and the Pursuit of a Modern Ideal in Britain, c.1880-1930, Ashgate Publishing, 2004, tall octavo, fine h/bk in VG complete d/jkt. A collection of 11 essays by various contributors; b/w plates; xv,331pp.

[Hugh Shimmin] "Liverpool Life: Its Pleasures, Practices, and Pastimes", Egerton Smith, Liverpool, 1856

Lot: 132

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £50
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[Hugh Shimmin] Liverpool Life: Its Pleasures, Practices, and Pastimes, Egerton Smith, Liverpool, 1856, 19th Century gilt cloth, VG, fine text, 111pp ; bound with C. Dunning Clark Warncliffe, The Wanderer (all of which has been singed by fire!) and two stories extracted from Tales from the Note-Book of a Parish Officer. [Liverpool Life is an excellent survey of popular entertainments of the day including the Theatre, Gambling and Dog Fighting]

"The Ladies' Monthly Museum; or Polite Repository of Amusement and Instruction", Dean & Munday, bound volume for 1818

Lot: 133

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £36
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The Ladies’ Monthly Museum; or Polite Repository of Amusement and Instruction, Dean & Munday, bound volume for 1818, octavo, in a poor half-leather binding; VG internally with 18 engravings including 12 hand-coloured fashion plates.

Professor Angelo Lewis Hoffmann "Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring"

Lot: 134

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £80 - £100
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Professor Angelo Lewis Hoffmann Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring, George Routledge, 1877, 2nd Edition, original decorative cloth, gilt, recased with new endpapers, lower right corner to front board rounded; spotting to frontispiece, title and colophon o/w fine internally; xvi,509pp

Annibal Caro "Rime del Commendatore Annibal Caro". Bernardo Giunti e Fratelli, Venice, 1583

Lot: 135

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £86
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Annibal Caro Rime del Commendatore Annibal Caro. Bernardo Giunti e Fratelli, Venice, 1583, octavo, complete with endpapers but lacking boards; contemp.ownership inscription to front endpaper; title and 5pp dedication adorned with woodcuts; first endpaper dust-affected; fine internally; (8),103,(8)pp

Don Juan Manuel (1335-1347) "Count Lucanor: or, the Fifty Pleasant Stories of Patronio", Basil Pickering, 1868

Lot: 136

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £46
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Don Juan Manuel (1335-1347) Count Lucanor: or, the Fifty Pleasant Stories of Patronio, Basil Pickering, 1868, First Edition in English, translated by James York; octavo, original decorated cloth, gilt, fine; advert leaves as first and last endpapers; engraved title; (6),xvi,246,(4)pp.

 

J. F. Marmontel "Contes Moraux", Marc Michel Rey, Amsterdam 1779, three volumes, tall octavo

Lot: 137

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £100 - £150
SOLD £70
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J. F. Marmontel Contes Moraux, Marc Michel Rey, Amsterdam 1779, three volumes, tall octavo, large paper edition, 19th Century full calf, gilt, by C. Kalthoeber of London but later rebacked and re-gilded, the front & rear panels showing some light wear; bookplates of Viscount Chersley; text and 26 tissue-guarded engraved plates fine and complete, the tissue-guards with some foxing. An attractive set. (3)

James McBryde "Epistolae ad Amicos nunc primum in unum corpus coactae", Cambridge, 1899,

Lot: 138

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £350 - £450
SOLD £200
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James McBryde Epistolae ad Amicos nunc primum in unum corpus coactae, Cambridge, 1899, edited by Walter Morley Fletcher and Montague Rhodes James (M.R. James); quarto, full vellum, VG, a.e.g.; comprises 5 blank leaves, mounted photo of James McBryde, title page, 30 leaves each with a mounted photograph of amusing illustrated letters, and 7 blank leaves. Title page with offset impression from the photo of McBryde. [McBryde’s Epistolae is the earliest published work associated with the celebrated ghost story writer M.R. James who in 1899 was resident as a Don at King’s College, Cambridge. Copac records one example, held at the Bodleian. Another was sold by Dominic Winter in 2016. This example has been in the vendor’s possession for 40 years.]

Alexander Pope "The First Satire of the Second Book of Horace, Imitated in a Dialogue..."

Lot: 139

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £68
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Alexander Pope The First Satire of the Second Book of Horace, Imitated in a Dialogue….A.Dodd & E.Nutt, London, 1733, First Edition; folio, 20th Cent half-morocco, gilt, new endpapers, fine; 19pp.

Phinehas Fletcher "Piscatory Eclogues, with other Poetical Miscellanies", Edinburgh, 1771

Lot: 140

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £12
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Phinehas Fletcher Piscatory Eclogues, with other Poetical Miscellanies, Edinburgh, 1771, quarter-calf, worn; ownership signature dated 1898 top of title page; front inner hinge weak; clean text; [4],viii,151, [4]pp, plus errata slip.