Auction No 402, Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST

292 Lots (displaying 81 - 100)

Andrew Crombie Ramsay "The Geology of the Island of Arran, from Original Survey", Richard Griffin, 1841; contemp. patterned cloth, gilt;

Lot: 81

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £58
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Andrew Crombie Ramsay The Geology of the Island of Arran, from Original Survey, Richard Griffin, 1841; contemp. patterned cloth, gilt; tape repairs to spine and front inner hinge; hand-coloured map & geological section as frontispieces; wood-engravings; clean text & map. Scarce

Harold Raeburn "Mountaineering Art", Fisher Unwin, 1920, 1st Edn., spine near-detached, VG internally; Dorothy Pilley "Climbing Days", 1935,

Lot: 82

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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Harold Raeburn Mountaineering Art, Fisher Unwin, 1920, 1st Edn., spine near-detached, VG internally; Dorothy Pilley Climbing Days, 1935, 1st Edn; and five related titles. Mixed condition. (7)

"The Scottish Mountaineering Club Journal", Darien Press, Volumes 1 to 19, 1891-1932, complete in bound volumes,

Lot: 83

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £300 - £350
SOLD £150
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The Scottish Mountaineering Club Journal, Darien Press, Volumes 1 to 19, 1891-1932, complete in bound volumes, vols 1 to 4 in worn half-leather bindings, the remainder in VG gilt cloth; a few pages with fox marks but mostly fine internally with plates & folding maps; together with Garden & Parker Index to the Scottish Mountaineering Club Journal, Vols.I to X, 1911.  (20)

Collection of A. & C. Black ‘Peeps At Many Lands’ series including Sidgwick "Germany" 1909, 1st Edn; Johnston "China" 1929 in d/jkt;

Lot: 84

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £74
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Collection of A. & C. Black ‘Peeps At Many Lands' series including Sidgwick Germany 1909, 1st Edn; Johnston China 1929 in d/jkt; Scheltema Java 1926 in d/jkt; Liddle and Thomson Sweden and Finland 1921,1st Edn; Baikie Ancient Rome, 1917, 1st Edn; Baikie Ancient Greece, 1920, 1st Edn (2, in variant bindings); and other better. All complete with the colour plates, 13 with ownership signatures, some with occasional fox marks. Fair to fine. (21)   

A. & C. Black ‘Popular Series’ 1922-32, most with 32 colour plates ("Edinburgh" has 16, "Austria" 24), including three with d/jkts;

Lot: 85

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £46
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A. & C. Black ‘Popular Series' 1922-32, most with 32 colour plates (Edinburgh has 16, Austria 24), including three with d/jkts; mostly good to fine but Dalmatia is poor. Six with ownership inscriptions. (12)

Benjamin Pitts Capper "A Topographical Dictionary of the United Kingdom", Richard Phillips, 1808; octavo, rebound in fine 20th Century half-calf

Lot: 86

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £80 - £100
SOLD £54
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Benjamin Pitts Capper A Topographical Dictionary of the United Kingdom, Richard Phillips, 1808; octavo, rebound in fine 20th Century half-calf over marbled boards, gilt; title page repaired, with 45 (of 46) hand-coloured Maps, some folding, one with a tear requiring repair, browning to last few leaves o/w VG; xiv, [1076] pp. The frontispiece map of Great Britain missing.

William Tunnicliff "A Topographical Survey of the Counties of Stafford, Chester, and Lancaster", E. Snelson, Nantwich, 1787, 1st Edn;

Lot: 87

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £90
SOLD £44
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William Tunnicliff A Topographical Survey of the Counties of Stafford, Chester, and Lancaster, E. Snelson, Nantwich, 1787, 1st Edn; small 4to, fine modern rebind in half-calf, gilt labels, marbled boards; VG internally, all plates & maps present, the three maps all with tears which have been strengthened, some browning the text generally clean. Endpapers intact. Uncut with large margins.

"Britannia Depicta or Ogilby Improved. Road Atlas of England and Wales 1731". Emanuel Bowen. Facsimile reprint by Britannia Publications, 1979

Lot: 88

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £36
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Britannia Depicta or Ogilby Improved. Road Atlas of England and Wales 1731. Emanuel Bowen. Facsimile reprint by Britannia Publications, 1979 in a fine quarter leather binding, gilt, raised bands. No. 49 of 300 printed. VF

"Guide to the Coalfields 1959", The Colliery Guardian, London, [1959], orig.cloth, gilt, slight wear; fine internally; many maps, several folding;

Lot: 89

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £26
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Guide to the Coalfields 1959, The Colliery Guardian, London, [1959], orig.cloth, gilt, slight wear; fine internally; many maps, several folding; many advertisements, some in colour. 593+147pp

Richard Curle "Into the East: Notes on Burma and Malaya", Macmillan, March 1923, First Edn., one of 125 large-paper copies on hand-made paper,

Lot: 90

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £34
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Richard Curle Into the East: Notes on Burma and Malaya, Macmillan, March 1923, First Edn., one of 125 large-paper copies on hand-made paper, fine, in a near-fine quarter buckram binding over plain boards, printed title label. Uncut two sides, browning to endpapers and spotting to foredge; xxi,224p

Thomas Wardle "Kashmir: Its New Silk Industry, with some Account of its Natural History, Geology, Sport, etc". London & Leek, 1904;

Lot: 91

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £40
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Thomas Wardle Kashmir: Its New Silk Industry, with some Account of its Natural History, Geology, Sport, etc. London & Leek, 1904; original gilt cloth, recased and hinges strengthened; front pastedown partly cut away for inscription “from Sir Thomas Wardle 1904”. Several handstamps of Leek Occupational Club. Few lines of text underlined in pencil o/w VG internally with all photo-plates. Uncut two sides; 10 plates at rear damp-stained.

Frederick Macdonald "Bishop Stirling of the Falklands", Seeley, Service & Co.,1929, 1st Edn, original gilt cloth, spine faded;

Lot: 92

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £36
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Frederick Macdonald Bishop Stirling of the Falklands, Seeley, Service & Co., 1929, 1st Edn, original gilt cloth, spine faded; spotting to prelims o/w fine internally with all plates & map of the Falkland Is. 255pp             

Everest Expedition 1972 autographed souvenir card signed by 11 team members including Chris Bonnington, James Roberts and Doug Scott, fine,

Lot: 93

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
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Everest Expedition 1972 autographed souvenir card signed by 11 team members including Chris Bonnington, James Roberts and Doug Scott, fine, together with the printed cover posted from Nepal.

Baedeker's Guide Books for "Berlin and its Environs", 1912, near-fine; "Belgium and Holland", 1905, VG; "Northern Germany" (3),

Lot: 94

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £12
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Baedeker's Guide Books for Berlin and its Environs, 1912, near-fine; Belgium and Holland, 1905, VG; Northern Germany (3), the editions for 1897 (lacking front endpaper), and 1925 (2, VG); Russia, 1971 reprint, ex-library; Southern Germany, 1914, near fine; and Austria 1900 (lacking front endpaper, half-title torn). All with the maps complete. (8)

Norman Del Mar "Richard Strauss: a Critical Commentary on his Life and Works", 3 Volumes, 1969-78, VG, in dustjackets, all signed by the author.

Lot: 95

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £14
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Norman Del Mar Richard Strauss: a Critical Commentary on his Life and Works, 3 Volumes, 1969-78, VG, in dustjackets, all signed by the author. Neat ownership inscriptions to front endpapers. (3)

Concert Programmes, mostly Operatic or Choral, 1955 to late-1980s, mostly signed internally and most with multiple autographs,

Lot: 96

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £150 - £200
SOLD £110
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Concert Programmes, mostly Operatic or Choral, 1955 to late-1980s, mostly signed internally and most with multiple autographs, notably Liverpool Philharmonic, Leeds Festival and other provincial; includes signatures of Benjamin Luxon, Alexander Gibson, Heather Harper, Elisabeth Soderstrom (4), Carl Schultz, Simon Rattle, Felicity Palmer, Gwynne Howell, Clifford Curzon, Charles Groves (4), Robert Tear (2), Sheila Armstrong (3), Elizabeth Harwood, Peter Glossop (2), Edward Downes, Janet Baker, John Shirley-Quirk, and many others. VG/VF (36 programmes)

Royal Opera House Covent Garden and Glyndebourne Festival, programmes, photographs and related literature, with several autographed;

Lot: 97

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £38
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Royal Opera House Covent Garden and Glyndebourne Festival, programmes, photographs and related literature, with several autographed; includes signatures of Felicity Lott, Gwynne Howell, Ryland Davies, Andrew Davis, Elisabeth Soderstrom, Gwyneth Jones (5 signed photos), Sherrill Milnes and others. Good to VF (Qty)

Royal Opera House Covent Garden, a collection of Programmes 1960s to 1980s, mostly autographed including Boris Christoff (3),

Lot: 98

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £150 - £200
SOLD £110
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Royal Opera House Covent Garden, a collection of Programmes 1960s to 1980s, mostly autographed including Boris Christoff (3), Peter Glossop (2), Jessye Norman, Alfredo Kraus (3), Geoffrey Parsons, Lucia Popp (3), Hermann Prey (2), Heather Harper (2), Kiri Te Kanawa, Edward Downes, Geraint Evans (3), Stuart Burrows (2), Robert Tear, Gwynne Howell (3), Joan Sutherland, Janet Baker, Colin Davis (3), and many others, most with multiple signatures. VG/VF (43). Also a loose page signed by Placido Domingo and four others. 

Concert Programmes of the Royal Albert Hall and other London venues, 1960s/80s, mostly autographed including Stuart Burrows (2), Jessye Norman (4),

Lot: 99

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £150 - £200
SOLD £110
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Concert Programmes of the Royal Albert Hall and other London venues, 1960s/80s, mostly autographed including Stuart Burrows (2), Jessye Norman (4), Birgit Nilsson, Felicity Palmer (2), John Shirley-Quirk (4), Elisabeth Soderstrom (2), Raymond Leppard, Janet Baker (3), Heather Harper, Robert Tear, Nicolai Gedda, Boris Christoff, Leonard Slatkin, Andre Previn, Claudio Abbado, Elizabeth Harwood (2), Lucia Popp (3), Edward Downes, Montserrat Cabbale, Hermann Prey, and many others. Most with multiple signatures. VG/VF (43). Also few unsigned fliers.  

"Textile History" Pasold Research Fund Ltd, 1968-1981 in 12 volumes, Vol.1 comprising issues for 1968/70 as a David & Charles h/bk in d/jkt,

Lot: 100

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £20
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Textile History Pasold Research Fund Ltd, 1968-1981 in 12 volumes, Vol.1 comprising issues for 1968/70 as a David & Charles h/bk in d/jkt, the others in s/bk with original printed wraps. Also cumulative index for first 8 volumes. VG/VF (13)