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Auction No 373, Category: Antiquarian

29 Lots (displaying 21 - 29)

James L. Caw "The Scott Gallery: a Series of One Hundred and Forty-Six Photogravures together with descriptive letterpress"

Lot: 100

  • Auction Date: Wed 10th Jan 2018 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
UNSOLD
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James L. Caw The Scott Gallery: a Series of One Hundred and Forty-Six Photogravures together with descriptive letterpress, T.C. & E.C. Jack, 1903; folio; No. 32 of 100 issued; lacks 3 of the plates, two others lack the protective folders. The plates comprise historical portraits, notable buildings and landscapes; plus introductory text. Image size mostly 12 x 9cm. Fine. (143 plates)

[Sarah Fielding] "The Adventures of David Simple: containing an Account of his Travels...

Lot: 101

  • Auction Date: Wed 10th Jan 2018 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £82
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[Sarah Fielding] The Adventures of David Simple: containing an Account of his Travels through the Cities of London and Westminster in the Search of a Real Friend, T. Davies, 1772, new edition, small octavo, two volumes; contemp. full calf, gilt, some wear, modern volume numbers, front board of Volume I detached; fine internally; bookplates of George Alan Lowndes.

                        

Richard F. Burton "The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night" and "Supplemental Nights", Burton Club, 1900s

Lot: 102

  • Auction Date: Wed 10th Jan 2018 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £115
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Richard F. Burton The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night and Supplemental Nights, Burton Club, 1900s, set of 17 volumes, No. 381 of 1000 sets printed; original cloth and title labels, t.e.g., a very good set. (17)

"The Genuine Works of St Cyprian, Archbishop of Carthage, and Primate of all Africa; who Suffer'd Martyrdom

Lot: 116

  • Auction Date: Wed 10th Jan 2018 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £150 - £200
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The Genuine Works of St Cyprian, Archbishop of Carthage, and Primate of all Africa; who Suffer’d Martyrdom for the Christian Faith in the Year of our Lord 258. W. Taylor, London, 1717; folio, rebound in fine modern half calf, gilt; engraved frontispiece and final leaf with marginal repairs; text fine and collated as complete; xliv,278,276,(23)pp  

"The Club. A Series of Essays, originally published in The Manchester Iris", Henry Smith, Manchester, 1825;

Lot: 117

  • Auction Date: Wed 10th Jan 2018 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £100 - £150
SOLD £80
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The Club. A Series of Essays, originally published in The Manchester Iris, Henry Smith, Manchester, 1825; 12mo, modern boards & title label; presentation inscription from the publisher to the Rev.W.P. Greswall dated December 1825; uncut two sides; clean text. 191pp. [Scarce. No copies recorded by Copac.]

William Hugh Dalton (Ed.) "The New and Complete English Traveller", A. Hogg, [1794], folio, half-leather, very worn;

Lot: 120

  • Auction Date: Wed 10th Jan 2018 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £100 - £120
SOLD £40
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William Hugh Dalton (Ed.) The New and Complete English Traveller, A. Hogg, [1794], folio, half-leather, very worn; generally clean internally; collated as complete with engraved frontispiece,51 plates (many with several views), 18pp of 2 to 4 engraved maps; final 20 leaves damp-stained; few plates torn & need repair; some pages with small tears and other small faults; hole in margin of plate facing p.100. Comprises iv,[4],696,[12]pp.

Gerald Portal "The British Mission to Uganda in 1893", Edward Arnold, 1894, 1st Edn;

Lot: 123

  • Auction Date: Wed 10th Jan 2018 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £28
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Gerald Portal The British Mission to Uganda in 1893, Edward Arnold, 1894, 1st Edn; and Samuel Baker Ismailia: A Narrative of the Expedition to Central Africa for the Suppression of the Slave Trade, Macmillan, 1874, 1st Edn, 2 vols; complete with all plates & maps, the latter with few plates remounted; some scattered foxing to Ismailia; all nicely rebound with modern gilt leather titles. (3)

Frederick Boyle "To The Cape For Diamonds", Chapman & Hall, 1873, First Edn, original blind-tooled & gilt cloth,

Lot: 125

  • Auction Date: Wed 10th Jan 2018 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £42
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Frederick Boyle To The Cape For Diamonds, Chapman & Hall, 1873, First Edn, original blind-tooled & gilt cloth, recased with new endpapers, the spine repaired with the gilt backstrip relaid; fine internally, folding map, 415pp

Marchioness of Londonderry "A Journal of a Three Months' Tour In Portugal, Spain, Africa &c." London, 1843,

Lot: 127

  • Auction Date: Wed 10th Jan 2018 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £80 - £100
SOLD £36
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Marchioness of Londonderry A Journal of a Three Months’ Tour In Portugal, Spain, Africa &c. London, 1843, octavo, original gilt cloth, faded, front panel slightly scuffed; fine internally with four lithographed plates including frontispiece portrait, two plates tipped in; 94pp including preface and list of subscribers.