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Auction No 368, Category: Books

150 Lots (displaying 121 - 140)

Children's and Illustrated selection 1880s to 1940s including works illustrated by Detmold, Cecil Aldin,

Lot: 125

  • Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £36
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Children’s and Illustrated selection 1880s to 1940s including works illustrated by Detmold, Cecil Aldin, Harry Rountree etc; Alfred Crowquill Pictorial Grammar c.1880, Dorothy Rees Original Riddles in Rhyme c.1920, Evelyn Sharp The Other Side of the Sun, 1900, and others, some with chromo-litho artwork. Good to Fine (16)        

"The Complete Works of George Farquhar", edited Charles Stonehill, The Nonesuch Press, 1930, quarto, 2 volumes,

Lot: 126

  • Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £80 - £120
SOLD £60
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The Complete Works of George Farquhar, edited Charles Stonehill, The Nonesuch Press, 1930, quarto, 2 volumes, quarter vellum, gilt, decorated boards, No. 81 of 100 sets issued on English hand-made paper, uncut two sides, very good. (2)

"The Complete Works of Thomas Otway", edited Montague Summers, The Nonesuch Press, 1926, quarto, 3 volumes,

Lot: 127

  • Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £80 - £120
SOLD £84
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The Complete Works of Thomas Otway, edited Montague Summers, The Nonesuch Press, 1926, quarto, 3 volumes, quarter vellum gilt, decorated boards, No. 68 of 90 sets issued on English hand-made paper, uncut two sides, light browning to endpapers, VG. (3) [Issue date of 1927 at foot of each spine]

William Fryer Harvey "The Beast With Five Fingers", Dent, 1932, original printed cloth,

Lot: 128

  • Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £30
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William Fryer Harvey The Beast With Five Fingers, Dent, 1932, original printed cloth, spine a little faded; and Francis Beeding Murder Intended, Hodder & Stoughton, 1934, original printed cloth, a free endpaper apparently missing. Good  (2)

Thomas Brown (1663-1704) "Collection of Miscellany Poems, Letters, &c." John Sparks, 1699, First Edition; small octavo,

Lot: 129

  • Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £300 - £400
UNSOLD
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Thomas Brown (1663-1704) Collection of Miscellany Poems, Letters, &c. John Sparks, 1699, First Edition; small octavo, full leather, rebound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, the boards overlaid with the original leather covering; light browning affects much of the text to varying degrees. Worming at foot of last few leaves and a damaged corner to pp.341/2. Collated as complete; page 349 shows pagination error “493”. A remarkable collection both erotic and satirical, and at times, scurrilous! Wing B5051/52. 

Ordnance Survey Maps, One Inch, late 1940s to early 1960s, countrywide selection,

Lot: 130

  • Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £38
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Ordnance Survey Maps, One Inch, late 1940s to early 1960s, countrywide selection, poor to VF (70)

 

Cooke Yarborough (Ed.) "The Diary of a Working Man in Central Africa 1884-1887", SPCK,

Lot: 131

  • Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £38
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Cooke Yarborough (Ed.) The Diary of a Working Man in Central Africa 1884-1887, SPCK, ownership inscription of 1897; John Geddie The Lake Regions of Central Africa, 1881; John Burger African Adventures, 1957; John Jordan The Elephant Stone, 1959 in fine d/jkt; H.N. Hemans The Log of A Native Commissioner, Witherby, 1935, spotting to edge of text block; and another. Mostly 1st Editions. Good to fine (5)

Theodore Roosevelt "African Game Trails", 1910, and "Through the Brazilian Wilderness", 1914,

Lot: 132

  • Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
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Theodore Roosevelt African Game Trails, 1910, and Through the Brazilian Wilderness, 1914, both John Murray First Editions, latter showing some subtle repair to the cloth binding; uncut two sides; plates and maps complete. VG (2)

                        

E. Joy Morris "Notes of a Tour through Turkey, Greece, Egypt and Arabia Petraea to the Holy Land"

Lot: 133

  • Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £68
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E. Joy Morris Notes of a Tour through Turkey, Greece, Egypt and Arabia Petraea to the Holy Land, George Clark, 1847, octavo, original cloth, gilt title faded o/w VG; previous owner’s bookplate removed from front paste-down; light tanning to text throughout. 312pp

John Geddie "Beyond the Himalayas", T. Nelson, 1882; M. Huc "Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China", 2nd Edn, 2 Vols;

Lot: 134

  • Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £40
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John Geddie Beyond the Himalayas, T. Nelson, 1882; M. Huc Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China, 2nd Edn, 2 Vols; and Charles Wenyon Across Siberia, on the Great Post Road, 1898, 2nd Edn, photo frontispiece; all in original gilt cloth bindings. VG (4)

Travel and Hunting selection including Foenander "Big Game of Malaya", 1952 in d/jkt;

Lot: 135

  • Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £40
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Travel and Hunting selection including Foenander Big Game of Malaya, 1952 in d/jkt; Millais Wanderings and Memories, 1919; P.M.Stewart Tales of Travel and Sport, 1930, rebound; Denis Lyell The African Elephant and its Hunters, 1994 reprint in d/jkt; and related. Good to VF (8)

Tom F.W. Barth "Volcanic Geology, Hot Springs and Geysers of Iceland", Carnegie Institution,

Lot: 136

  • Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £40
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Tom F.W. Barth Volcanic Geology, Hot Springs and Geysers of Iceland, Carnegie Institution, Washington, 1950, large format s/bk, rebound in a fine gilt cloth binding preserving the original printed wraps; 174pp + 31 photo-plates + folding maps. Fine text and illustrations.

C. H. Stigand "Hunting the Elephant in Africa, and other Recollections of Thirteen Years' Wanderings"

Lot: 137

  • Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £145
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C. H. Stigand Hunting the Elephant in Africa, and other Recollections of Thirteen Years' Wanderings Macmillan, New York, 1913, First Edition, original gilt cloth, VG; complete with 16pp of photo-plates and folding chart of tusk measurements. 370pp plus prelims. Bookplate of the Society of Writers. 

P.H.G. Powell-Cotton "A Sporting Trip Through Abyssinia", Rowland Ward, 1902, First Edition, tall octavo,

Lot: 138

  • Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
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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. 

"Nimrod's Hunting Tours", Kegan Paul, 1903, tissue-guarded plates, one of 500 issued, VG;

Lot: 139

  • Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £26
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Nimrod's Hunting Tours, Kegan Paul, 1903, tissue-guarded plates, one of 500 issued, VG; Cuthbert Bradley Fox-Hunting from Shire to Shire, Routledge, 1912, colour plates, VG; and other fox-hunting titles, mostly early 20th century. Good to VF (9)

Stanislaus Lynch "Hoof-Prints on Parchment: Hunting Poems", Irish Tatler [1952], orig.cloth,

Lot: 140

  • Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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Stanislaus Lynch Hoof-Prints on Parchment: Hunting Poems, Irish Tatler [1952], orig.cloth, signed & inscribed by the author March 1954; and four other pre-1940 works on fox-hunting, all illustrated. VG (5)

"The Sporting Repository", Kegan Paul, 1904, quarto, decorated gilt cloth, spine a little faded, new endpapers;

Lot: 141

  • Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £36
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The Sporting Repository, Kegan Paul, 1904, quarto, decorated gilt cloth, spine a little faded, new endpapers; complete with 22 fine hand-coloured plates; browning to tissue-guards. 478pp. One of 500 produced. VG

John Jackson "Hunting Songs and other Memorabilia", Fletcher & Speight, Bury, 1902, 1st Edn,

Lot: 142

  • Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
UNSOLD
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John Jackson Hunting Songs and other Memorabilia, Fletcher & Speight, Bury, 1902, 1st Edn, original gilt cloth, VG; b/w tissue-guarded Frontispiece and 4 other photo-plates. 59pp. [John Jackson was a huntsman with the Holcombe Harriers, 1867-1899]

Lionel Edwards "Huntsmen Past and Present", 1929; Nimrod "My Life and Times", Blackwood, 1927, 194 of 250;

Lot: 143

  • Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £44
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Lionel Edwards Huntsmen Past and Present, 1929; Nimrod My Life and Times, Blackwood, 1927, 194 of 250; George Race Seventy Years a Master, Horace Cox [1911]; David Brock To Hunt the Fox, 1937, in d/jkt; and related titles. Good to Fine. (7)

Hunting, Shooting and Travel selection including E.Bennet "Shots and Snapshots in British East Africa",

Lot: 144

  • Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £175
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Hunting, Shooting and Travel selection including E.Bennet Shots and Snapshots in British East Africa, 1914, original gilt cloth, VG; C.E. Gouldsbury Tiger Slayer by Order, 1916, some foxing; Corbett The Temple Tiger, OUP, 1954 in d/jkt; Willcocks From Kabul to Kumassi, Murray, 1904, worn cloth, maps complete; and others. Fair to VF (10)