Thursday
9 December - 1pm
Lot 501 - 696
Printed Books, Manuscripts and Maps
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| 546 | VALENTIJN, Francois (1666-1727). Nieuwe Kaart van Caap der Goede Hoop, [Amsterdam, 1724], hand-coloured engraved map. With a modern facsimile map. (2) | £70 - £100 | £40 | View |
| 547 | OGILBY, John (1600-76). The Road from London to Arundel, hand-coloured engraved "strip map", [London, c. 1675], framed and glazed. | £40 - £60 | £80 | View |
| 548 | BLAEU, Johannes (1596-1653). Monumethensis comitatus vernacule Monmouth Shire, [Amsterdam, c. 1645], hand-coloured engraved map, framed and glazed. With 2 other maps. (3) | £50 - £80 | £30 | View |
| 548a | [SANSON, Nicolas (1600-67)]. Novissima Descriptio Angliæ, Scotiæ et Hiberniæ, [Paris: c. 1650], hand-coloured engraved map of the British Isles, framed and grazed. With another map of the British Isles by Edward Wells. (2) | £200 - £300 | £180 | View |
| 549 | MEDITERRANEAN PORTS AND HARBOURS - A collection of c. 120 manuscript coastal charts in an album, 230 x 315mm., dated variously 1720-1804. | £300 - £500 | £1,600 | View |
| 550 | [DEFOE, Daniel (c. 1660-1731)]. The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, London, 1722, contemporary calf. Sixth edition. | £200 - £300 | £350 | View |
| 551 |
WITHDRAWN
GALILEI, Galileo (1564-1642). Il Saggiatore, Rome, 1623, contemporary vellum. FIRST EDITION. ***Please note carefully the full amended description***
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£500 - £800 | - | View |
| 552 | [BUCHAN, John (1875-1940)]. These For Remembrance, Privately Printed, 1919, 4to, [?]original boards. FIRST EDITION, ONE OF A SMALL UNSPECIFIED LIMITATION, PRESENTATION COPY. | £400 - £600 | - | View |
| 552a | YEATS, W. B. (1865-1939). The Trembling of the Veil, London, 1922, original parchment-backed paper boards, dust-jacket. FIRST EDITION, NUMBER 614 OF 1,000 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. | £200 - £300 | £400 | View |
| 553 | KEPLER, Johannes (1571-1630). Ad vitellionem paralipomena, quibus astronomiæ pars optica traditur, Frankfurt, 1604, contemporary calf. FIRST EDITION. | £2,000 - £3,000 | £3,000 | View |
| 554 | VAN DEN KEERE, Pieter (1571-c.1646) [and John SPEED (1552-1629)]. Miniature Atlas, [?]London, c. 1642, contemporary half calf. | £100 - £150 | £420 | View |
| 555 | BOWEN, Emanuel (1694-1767). A New and Accurate Map of Turky in Asia, Arabia, [London, c. 1744], engraved map, 350 x 425mm.; with 5 other maps. (6) | £70 - £100 | £100 | View |
| 556 | MARTYN [or MARTIN], William (1562-1617). The Historie and Lives of the Kings of England, London, 1638, contemporary calf. | £100 - £150 | £350 | View |
| 557 | LISIANSKY [or LYSIANSKYI], Yury Federovich (1773-1837). A Voyage Round the World, London, 1814, unbound. FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. | £700 - £1,000 | £1,000 | View |
| 558 | [BEETHOVEN, Ludvig Van (1770-1827)]. A two-page autograph letter referring to Beethoven, dated 31 Oct. 1839. | £200 - £300 | £100 | View |
| 559 | BAUM, Frank L. (1856-1919). The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, 1900, defective, original cloth. FIRST EDITION. With the same author's The Marvelous Land of Oz ([Chicago, n.d.]), also defective. (2) | £100 - £150 | £120 | View |
| 560 | POTTER, Beatrix (1866-1943). The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin, London, 1903, 12mo, 27 full-page coloured illustrations by Beatrix Potter (some fraying with slight loss), original boards. FIRST EDITION. With another book by the same author (defective). (2) | £70 - £100 | - | View |
| 560a | POTTER, Beatrix (1866-1943). The Tale of Peter Rabbit, London, [April, 1903], 12mo, 31 full-page coloured illustrations by Beatrix Potter, original boards. FIRST WARNE EDITION, fourth issue. | £500 - £800 | - | View |
| 560b | POTTER, Beatrix (1866-1943). The Tailor of Gloucester, London, 1903, 12mo, 27 coloured plates by Beatrix Potter, original boards. FIRST WARNE EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. With 4 other books by Beatrix Potter, all but one FIRST EDITIONS. (5) | £400 - £600 | - | View |
| 560c | POTTER, Beatrix (1866-1943). The Tale of Mr Jeremy Fisher, London, 1906, 12mo, 27 full-page coloured illustrations by Beatrix Potter, original boards. FIRST EDITION. | £200 - £300 | - | View |
| 560d | POTTER, Beatrix (1866-1943). The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck, London, 1908, 12mo, 27 full-page coloured illustrations by Beatrix Potter, original boards. FIRST EDITION. | £200 - £300 | - | View |
| 560e | POTTER, Beatrix (1866-1943). The Roly-Poly Pudding, London, 1908, large 8vo, 16 full-page coloured illustrations by Beatrix Potter, original cloth. FIRST EDITION. With another by the same author (reprint, defective). (2) | £200 - £300 | - | View |
| 560f | POTTER, Beatrix (1866-1943). Ginger & Pickles, London, 1909, large 8vo, 10 full-page coloured illustrations by Beatrix Potter, original boards. FIRST EDITION. With another by the same author (reprint). (2) | £150 - £250 | - | View |
| 560g | POTTER, Beatrix (1866-1943). The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies, London, 1909, 12mo, 27 full-page coloured illustrations by Beatrix Potter, original boards. FIRST EDITION.ADDED TO LOT IN DECEMBER 2022 BOOK SALE. | £300 - £500 | - | View |
| 560h | POTTER, Beatrix (1866-1943). The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies, London, 1909, 12mo, 27 full-page coloured illustrations by Beatrix Potter, original boards. FIRST EDITION. | £200 - £400 | - | View |
| 561 | GRAHAME, Kenneth (1859-1932). The Wind in the Willows, London, 1908, original cloth. Second edition. With 9 other books. (10) | £150 - £250 | £300 | View |
| 562 | KIPLING, Rudyard (1865-1936). Three autograph letters. And another letter, unrelated. (4) | £200 - £300 | £480 | View |
| 563 | [JACOB, Antoine (1639-85), known as "MONTFLEURY"]. Les Oeuvres, The Hague, 1755, 2 vols., 12mo, 9 hand-coloured engraved plates, contemporary calf. (2) | £100 - £150 | - | View |
| 564 | [VOLTAIRE, François-Marie Arouet (1694-1778)]. La Pucelle d'Orléans, [Paris or Geneva], 1780, VERY FINELY BOUND by Chambolle-Duru. | £300 - £500 | £200 | View |
| 565 | [CHARLES I, King of England (1600-49)]. Histoire entiere et veritable du procez de Charles Stuart, Roy D' Angleterre, [?Paris], 1650, contemporary calf. | £100 - £150 | £50 | View |
| 566 | L' ENCLOS, Ninon de (1620-1705). Mémoires et Lettres, Rotterdam, 1751, contemporary calf. FIRST EDITION. | £100 - £150 | £70 | View |
| 567 | SEVIGNÉ, Madame de (1626-96). Recueil des Lettres, Paris, 1763, 8 vols., contemporary calf. (8) | £150 - £250 | £100 | View |
| 568 | BINDING - Jean de la FONTAINE (1621-95). Contes et Nouvelles, Lyon, 1874, 2 vols., EXCEPTIONALLY FINELY BOUND in contemporary scarlet morocco by Chatelin. (2) | £300 - £500 | £200 | View |
| 569 | BINDING - Clément MAROT (1496-1544). Poésies, Paris, [1951], 2 vols., FINELY BOUND in contemporary burgundy morocco. (2) | £200 - £300 | £180 | View |
| 570 | BINDING - Victor HUGO (1802-85). Hernani, Paris, 1890, EXCEPTIONALLY FINELY BOUND in olive morocco by Chambolle-Duru, "Exemplaire sur Hollande non mis dans la commerce", signed by the publisher. | £500 - £800 | £400 | View |
| 571 | DUFY, Raoul (1877-1953) - Marcelle OURY (1894-1980, editor). Lettre à mon Peintre Raoul Dufy, Paris, 1965, original wrappers. ONE OF 975 COPIES. | £300 - £500 | £200 | View |
| 572 | GIACOMETTI, Augusto (1877-1947) - Waldemar George (1893-1970). Augusto Giacometti, Paris, 1932, 4to, original wrappers. ONE OF 75 COPIES. | £50 - £80 | - | View |
| 573 | DE MUSSET, Alfred (1810-57). Oeuvres Complètes Illustrées, Paris, 1928-29, 10 vols., 4to, contemporary morocco-backed boards. With 2 other books. (12) | £100 - £150 | - | View |
| 574 | LOTI, Pierre (1850-1923). Le Livre de la Pitié et de la Mort, Paris, 1891, FINELY BOUND in crushed morocco. FIRST EDITION. NUMBER 25 OF 25 COPIES "sur Impérial du Japon." | £200 - £300 | £140 | View |
| 575 | GREEN, Julien (1900-98). Le Voyageur sur la Terre, Paris, 1927, original wrappers. FIRST EDITION. ONE OF 120 "HORS COMMERCE" COPIES, PRESENTATION COPY. With another book. (2) | £100 - £150 | £100 | View |
| 576 | MISCELLANY - Oscar WILDE (1854-1900). Ballade de la Geole de Reading, Paris, 1951, 4to, illustrations by Tavy Notton, original wrappers. ONE OF 120 COPIES "sur vélin de Rives." With 8 other books. (9) | £200 - £300 | - | View |
| 577 | BENOIT, Pierre (1886-1962). L' Atlantide, Paris, 1939, 4to, fine hand-coloured illustrations by Léon Carré, original wrappers. ONE OF 1,100 COPIES, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by the author to Frank Jay Gould. | £100 - £150 | - | View |
| 578 | BINDING - ALAIN-FOURNIER (1886-1914). Le Grand Meaulnes. Paris, 1936, large 8vo, illustrations by Pierre Gandon, FINELY BOUND in dark green morocco by C. Grandgeorge. ONE OF 2,000 COPIES. | £70 - £100 | - | View |
| 579 | LAURENCIN, Marie (1883-1956). Marie Laurencin. Avec une préface par Marcel Jouhandeau, Paris, 1928, original wrappers. ONE OF 1,000 COPIES. With 2 other books. (3) | £70 - £100 | £35 | View |
| 580 | MISCELLANY, FRENCH - Jacques-Gabriel (PROD'HOMME (1871-1956). La Jeunesse de Beethoven, Paris, 1927, morocco-backed boards, PRESENTATION COPY. With 28 other works in 29 vols. (30) | £500 - £800 | £420 | View |
| 581 | MISCELLANY - Arthur RACKHAM (1867-1939, illustrator). Siegfried et le Crépuscule des Dieux, Paris, [1911], plates by Arthur Rackham, original pictorial vellum [without a limitation leaf and not signed by Rackham]. With 5 other works in 6 vols. (7) | £400 - £600 | £380 | View |
| 582 | CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, Miguel de (1544-1616). The Life and Exploits of the ingenious gentleman Don Quixote de la Mancha, London, 1742, 2 vols., 68 engraved plates only (of 69), contemporary calf (rebacked). FIRST EDITION of this translation. (2) | £200 - £300 | £600 | View |
| 583 | MISCELLANY - [Jean-François DE LA CROIX (1753-94) and Antoine HORNOT ([dates unknown])]. Anecdotes Arabes et Musulmanes, Paris, 1772, 8vo, contemporary calf. With various other works in 32 vols. (33) | £300 - £500 | - | View |