Auction No 370, Category: Books

181 Lots (displaying 1 - 20)

"The Saturday Magazine" July 1835 to June 1837 (Vols. 7 to 10) uniformly bound into 4 volumes,

Lot: 6

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £62
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The Saturday Magazine July 1835 to June 1837 (Vols. 7 to 10) uniformly bound into 4 volumes, quarto, red cloth with gilt leather title labels, complete with wood engravings. Clean texts. VG (4)

"John Bull", Jan 1st to Dec 31st 1827, a bound volume, folio, half- leather, lacking backstrip, hinges cracked;

Lot: 7

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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John Bull, Jan 1st to Dec 31st 1827, a bound volume, folio, half-leather, lacking backstrip, hinges cracked; mostly VG internally but a few pages heavily toned, first few pages loose, index creased.

"John Bull", Jan 6th to Dec 29th 1828, a bound volume, folio, half- leather worn; VG internally;

Lot: 8

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
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John Bull, Jan 6th to Dec 29th 1828, a bound volume, folio, half-leather worn; VG internally; includes Index. 

"The London Gazette for the Year 1808", bound volume, small folio, full buckram, gilt leather title,

Lot: 9

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £50
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The London Gazette for the Year 1808, bound volume, small folio, full buckram, gilt leather title, worn & dust-affected; first page of Jan 2nd issue grubby o/w fine internally.

"The London Gazette for the Year 1805", bound volume, small folio, full buckram, gilt leather title,

Lot: 10

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £42
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The London Gazette for the Year 1805, bound volume, small folio, full buckram, gilt leather title, worn & dust-affected; few items removed including Trafalgar announcement.

Alberto Henrico de Sallengre "Novus thesaurus antiquitatum romanarum, congestus ab Alberto Henrico de Sallengre,

Lot: 11

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £150 - £200
SOLD £90
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Alberto Henrico de Sallengre Novus thesaurus antiquitatum romanarum, congestus ab Alberto Henrico de Sallengre, serenissimae principis arausionensis consiliario, cum figuris aneis, Henricum Du Sauzet, 1716-1719, folio, 3 volumes, contemp. full leather, very worn & requiring restoration; fine internally; 20 (of 21) full-page plates (one folding) including frontispiece to each volume; many other copper engravings in the text. (3)

 

Assortment including "Mr Punch's Golf Stories" and "Mr Punch with Rod and Gun", both quarter-leather, gilt;

Lot: 12

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £20
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Assortment including Mr Punch’s Golf Stories and Mr Punch with Rod and Gun, both quarter-leather, gilt; Flowers and Views of the Holy Land, olive-wood boards, VG; Hightown Rugby Union Club Photo Album 1950-51; Donald Tuck Transfers, Tower Press, 1950s, two examples, both complete; & other items.

"Library of the late Major Wm. H. Lambert", Metropolitan Art Assn, New York, 1914, Parts 1 to 4,

Lot: 13

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £34
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Library of the late Major Wm. H. Lambert, Metropolitan Art Assn, New York, 1914, Parts 1 to 4, tall octavo catalogues, original wraps (frayed at periphery) each with a few photo-plates. Contents of each catalogue briefly entered in ink along the spines. The chief areas of interest are Abraham Lincoln, The American Civil War, and W.M. Thackeray, including important manuscript material. [Part 5, Collection of Portraits, not included] 

"The Kaleidoscope; or, Literary and Scientific Mirror: A Weekly Publication", 10th July 1821 to 2nd July 1822,

Lot: 14

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £10
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The Kaleidoscope; or, Literary and Scientific Mirror: A Weekly Publication, 10th July 1821 to 2nd July 1822, a bound volume, modern cloth, gilt; complete with index; some pages affected by light damp-staining. 

"The Helmut N. Friedlaender Library, Parts 1 & 2", Christie's, 2000-01, in d/jkts; "The Library of William Foyle", Christie's, 2000

Lot: 15

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £17
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The Helmut N. Friedlaender Library, Parts 1 & 2, Christie’s, 2000-01, in d/jkts; The Library of William Foyle, Christie’s, 2000, 3 vols, s/bks; and a related work. 4to. Fine (6)

"Willis's Price Current of Literature & Monthly Book Advertiser", George Willis, 1847-1849, Catalogue Nos.1 to 24

Lot: 16

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £24
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Willis’s Price Current of Literature & Monthly Book Advertiser, George Willis, 1847-1849, Catalogue Nos.1 to 24, bound together, 19th century cloth, modern title label; some minor fox marks, each catalogue with a vertical fold o/w VG. 

"The Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure", Volumes 1 & 2, John Hinton, 1747-48,

Lot: 17

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £40
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The Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure, Volumes 1 & 2, John Hinton, 1747-48, octavo, nicely rebound in full 20th Century calf, gilt, raised bands; folding county maps intact, but Vol. 1 lacks 3 plates (Windsor Castle, Stow/Eton, and Lord Somers) but has an extra plate at p.351 (Practical Chemistry), and Vol.2 lacks one plate (Polishing Plate Glass). Clean text, maps and plates. (2)

William Bell and George Ross "A Dictionary and Digest of the Law of Scotland", Edinburgh, 1861,

Lot: 18

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £46
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William Bell and George Ross A Dictionary and Digest of the Law of Scotland, Edinburgh, 1861, revised & expanded edition; quarto, 20th Cent three-quarter calf, gilt, a.e.g., fine; prize inscription of 1870; foxing to prelims o/w fine internally; 873pp

Antiquarian selection in need of rebinding including William Salmon "Praxis Medica". "The Practice of Physick",

Lot: 19

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £46
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Antiquarian selection in need of rebinding including William Salmon Praxis Medica. The Practice of Physick, 1707; A Visit to London, William Darton, 1820, complete with plates, one folding; E. Hargrove The History of the Castle, Town, and Forest of Knaresborough, with Harrogate, and its Medicinal Waters, 1789, with 7 plates and folding Map. Mixed condition. (5)

Folio Society publications, all in slipcases; includes Sherlock Holmes set of 4 volumes.

Lot: 20

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £36
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Folio Society publications, all in slipcases; includes Sherlock Holmes set of 4 volumes. No internal inscriptions. Good to VF (13)

A selection of Antiquarian books all in need of rebinding and restoration including "Ballads in the Cumberland Dialect", 1808;

Lot: 21

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £100 - £130
SOLD £850
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A selection of Antiquarian books all in need of rebinding and restoration including Ballads in the Cumberland Dialect, 1808; A Voyage to Abyssinia by Father Jerome Lobo, London, 1735; Memoirs of North-Britain, London, 1715; Priscilla Wakefield Perambulations in London, and its Environs, 1814, with all plates; and Lazarus Riverius The Practice of Physick In Seventeen several Books, quarto, 1655 to which is appended an original manuscript by Tobias Wolrich A Collection of Choice and Approved receipts in physic and chirurgery, 1725, 90pp. Mixed condition. (6)

Folio Society publications all in slipcases, some in boxed sets including "Legends of King Arthur" (3 vols),

Lot: 22

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £100 - £120
SOLD £96
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Folio Society publications all in slipcases, some in boxed sets including Legends of King Arthur (3 vols), The Arabian Nights (6 vols, two slightly marked on the spine), Somerset Maugham Collected Short Stories (4 vols). Largely fine/VF. (39) 

William Peterson "A Bibliography of The Kelmscott Press", 1985 in d/jkt; and Colin Inman "The A. & C. Black Colour Books"

Lot: 23

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £38
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William Peterson A Bibliography of The Kelmscott Press, 1985 in d/jkt; and Colin Inman The A. & C. Black Colour Books, 1990, in d/jkt; fine. (2)

            

Bernard Middleton "A History of English Craft Bookbinding Technique", 1963, in d/jkt,

Lot: 24

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £15 - £20
SOLD £22
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Bernard Middleton A History of English Craft Bookbinding Technique, 1963, in d/jkt, and The Restoration of Leather Bindings, 1984, large format s/bk; together with Eric Burdett The Craft of Bookbinding, 1978, orig.cloth. VG (3)

A selection of Antiquarian books in need of rebinding and / or restoration including "The Astrologer's Magazine"

Lot: 25

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £135
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A selection of Antiquarian books in need of rebinding and / or restoration including The Astrologer’s Magazine ( formerly The Conjuror’s Magazine) August to December 1793; W. Cockburn The Nature and Cures of Fluxes, 1724; Michael Quin A Steam Voyage down the Danube, 1836, with folding map; Bayle The Travels and Adventures of James Massey, 1743, with frontisp; Marksman’s The Dead Shot, four different editions; and J. Clarke The Wreck of the Orion, 1851, with litho plate. Most have clean text, but The Astrologer’s Magazine suffers from intermittent foxing. (15)