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Printed Books, Manuscripts and Maps

Auction date Thursday 9 December 2021 13:00 - 17:00 GMT

Thursday 9 December - 1pm
Lot 501 -  696
       Printed Books, Manuscripts and Maps

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Total lots: 210

Lot 632 Sold
MOUNTBATTEN, Louis, Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900-79). 4 typed letters to Michael Harrison, signed, dated variously 1965-70; with a postcard and a telegram. (6)
MOUNTBATTEN, Louis, Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900-79). 4 typed letters to Michael Harrison,…
Hammer price: £140
Estimate: £200 - £300
9 December 2021
9 December 2021
Lot 633 Sold
RUSHDIE, Salman (b. 1947). Two Stories, Cambridge, Privately Printed, 1989, 5 woodcut and 3 linocut plates by Bhupen Khakhar, original cloth, slipcase. NUMBER 49 OF 60 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR.
RUSHDIE, Salman (b. 1947).  Two Stories. [Colophon:] Cambridge: [Privately Printed at] The Rampant…
Hammer price: £650
Estimate: £200 - £300
9 December 2021
9 December 2021
Lot 634 Unsold
"JANSON, Hank" [i.e. Stephen Daniel FRANCES (d. 1989)]. Gun Moll for Hire, London, S. D. Frances, [1948 or later], 8vo, original coloured pictorial wrappers. With 19 other "pulp fiction" books by the same author. (20)
PULP FICTION - "Hank JANSON" [i.e. Stephen Daniel FRANCES (d. 1989)].  Gun Moll for Hire. London: …
Estimate: £70 - £100
9 December 2021
9 December 2021
Lot 635 Sold
THE BADMINTON LIBRARY OF SPORTS AND PASTIMES - Horace G. HUTCHINSON (1859-1932). Golf, London, 1890, original half dark blue morocco gilt. ONE OF 250 "LARGE PAPER COPIES." With 28 other vols. from the same series, all "large paper" copies. (29)
THE BADMINTON LIBRARY OF SPORTS AND PASTIMES, edited by His Grace the Duke of Beaufort - Horace G.…
Hammer price: £600
Estimate: £400 - £600
9 December 2021
9 December 2021
Lot 636 Sold
MARVELL, Andrew (1621-78). The Rehearsal Transpos'd, London, 1672-73, 3 parts in 2 volumes including "A Common-place-Book Out of the Rehearsal Transpos'd" bound in at the end of the first part, contemporary calf (worn). (2)
[MARVELL, Andrew (1621-78)].  The Rehearsal Transpos'd; or, Animadversions upon a late Book,…
Hammer price: £1,200
Estimate: £70 - £100
9 December 2021
9 December 2021
Lot 637 Sold
CHURCHILL, Winston (1874-1965). The Second World War, London, 1948-54, 6 vols, maps, some folding, modern blue morocco gilt. FIRST ENGLISH TRADE EDITION. With 9 other works in 13 vols. (19)
CHURCHILL, Winston (1874-1965).  The Second World War. London: Cassell and Co. Ltd., 1948-54. 6…
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £300 - £500
9 December 2021
9 December 2021
Lot 638 Sold
KIPLING, Rudyard (1865-1936). [Selected Works], London, 1899, 18 vols., contemporary half blue morocco gilt. (18)
KIPLING, Rudyard (1865-1936).  [Selected Works]. London: Macmillan and Co., 1892-1905. 18 volumes,…
Hammer price: £190
Estimate: £200 - £300
9 December 2021
9 December 2021
Lot 639 Sold
ELIOT, George (1819-80). [Novels], London, [c. 1895], 7 vols., contemporary green half morocco gilt. (7)
ELIOT, George (1819-90).  [Novels]. London: William Blackwood and Sons, [n.d. but "Middlemarch"…
Hammer price: £190
Estimate: £200 - £300
9 December 2021
9 December 2021
Lot 640 Sold
BACON, Francis (1561-1626). The Works, London, 1826, 10 vols., contemporary calf gilt. "New Edition". (10)
BACON, Francis, 1st Viscount St. Alban (1561-1626).  The Works. London: Printed for C. and J.…
Hammer price: £260
Estimate: £70 - £100
9 December 2021
9 December 2021
Lot 641 Sold
VIRGIL (17-90 BC). The Works, London, 1782, 4 vols., engraved plates, contemporary calf gilt. With 2 other 18th-century works in 3 vols. (7)
VIRGIL (17-90 BC).  The Works ... Translated into English Verse by Mr. Dryden. London: Printed for…
Hammer price: £240
Estimate: £70 - £100
9 December 2021
9 December 2021
Lot 642 Sold
DICKENS, Charles (1812-70). [Works], London, [c. 1880], 30 vols., contemporary half calf, spines gilt. With 2 other sets of works by Walter Scott and Thomas Carlyle in 45 vols. (75)
DICKENS, Charles (1812-70).  [Works]. London: Chapman and Hall, [c. 1880]. 30 volumes, 8vo (186 x…
Hammer price: £550
Estimate: £200 - £300
9 December 2021
9 December 2021
Lot 643 Sold
WODEHOUSE, P. G. (1881-1975). A Prefect's Uncle, London, 1903, 8 plates, original coloured pictorial cloth. FIRST EDITION, first issue.
WODEHOUSE, P. G. (1881-1975).  A Prefect's Uncle. London: Adam and Charles Black, 1903. 8vo (185 x…
Hammer price: £350
Estimate: £400 - £600
9 December 2021
9 December 2021
Lot 644 Sold
WODEHOUSE, P. G. (1881-1975). The Gold Bat. London, "Reprinted August 1911", 8 plates, original coloured pictorial cloth. With 3 other books by the same author, early reprints without dust-jackets. (4)
WODEHOUSE, P. G. (1881-1975).  The Gold Bat. London: Adam and Charles Black, "Reprinted August 1911…
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £100 - £150
9 December 2021
9 December 2021
Lot 645 Sold
WODEHOUSE, P. G. (1881-1975). The Coming of Bill, London, 1920, original red cloth. FIRST U.K. EDITION. With 5 other books by the same author, all FIRST EDITIONS without dust-jackets. (6)
WODEHOUSE, P. G. (1881-1975).  The Coming of Bill. London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1920. 8vo (186…
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £200 - £300
9 December 2021
9 December 2021
Lot 646 Sold
WODEHOUSE, P. G. (1881-1975). Piccadilly Jim, London, [n.d. but after 1919], original green cloth. Reprint. With 19 other books by the same author, mixed editions, without dust-jackets. (20)
WODEHOUSE, P. G. (1881-1975).  Piccadilly Jim.  London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, [n.d. but after…
Hammer price: £250
Estimate: £400 - £600
9 December 2021
9 December 2021
Lot 647 Sold
WODEHOUSE, P. G. (1881-1975). Pigs Have Wings, London, 1952, original red cloth, dust-jacket. FIRST EDITION. With 10 other books by the same author, all FIRST EDITIONS (except one) in dust-jackets. (11)
WODEHOUSE, P. G. (1881-1975).  Pigs Have Wings. London: Herbert Jenkins, 1952. 8vo (184 x 125mm).…
Hammer price: £350
Estimate: £200 - £300
9 December 2021
9 December 2021
Lot 648 Sold
WODEHOUSE, P. G. (1881-1975). Jeeves in the Offing, London, 1960, original red cloth, dust-jacket. FIRST EDITION. With 15 other books by the same author, all FIRST EDITIONS in dust-jackets. (16)
WODEHOUSE, P. G. (1881-1975).  Jeeves in the Offing. London: Herbert Jenkins, 1960. 8vo (184 x…
Hammer price: £380
Estimate: £200 - £300
9 December 2021
9 December 2021
Lot 649 Sold
MISCELLANY - Observations sur la Physique, sur l' Histoire Naturelle et sur les Arts, Paris, 1786, vol. XXVIII [only], engraved plates, contemporary calf. With 15 other books. (16)
MISCELLANY - Observations sur la Physique, sur l' Histoire Naturelle et sur les Arts. Paris: Au…
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £300 - £500
9 December 2021
9 December 2021
Lot 650 Unsold
BINDINGS - Walter THORNBURY (1828-76). Two Centuries of Song, London, 1867, plates, FINELY BOUND in contemporary red crushed morocco. With Christina Rossetti's Poetical Works, London, 1904, FINELY BOUND in red half morocco gilt. (2)
BINDINGS - Walter THORNBURY (1828-76, editor).  Two Centuries of Song; or, Lyrics, Madrigals,…
Estimate: £300 - £500
9 December 2021
9 December 2021
Lot 651 Sold
MARGUERITE DE LAUNAY, baronne de Staal (1684-1750). Mémoires, Paris, 1891, etched illustrations in 2 states, VERY FINELY BOUND in contemporary crushed burgundy morocco gilt by Marius Michel.
MARGUERITE DE LAUNAY, baronne de Staal (1684-1750).  Mémoires. Paris: Librairie L. Conquet, 1891.…
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £200 - £300
9 December 2021
9 December 2021
Lot 652 Sold
[BELOT, Louis Marc Adolphe (1829-90)]. Les Péchés de Minette, Montréal [?but Paris], [c. 1902], black crushed morocco gilt.
[BELOT, Louis Marc Adolphe (1829-90), attributed]. Les Péchés de Minette. Par l' Auteur de La…
Hammer price: £150
Estimate: £150 - £250
9 December 2021
9 December 2021
Lot 653 Sold
BOUGAINVILLE, Louis-Antoine, Comte de (1729-1811). A Voyage Round the World, London, 1772, folding engraved plate and maps, contemporary calf. FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH.
BOUGAINVILLE, Louis-Antoine, Comte de (1729-1811). A Voyage Round the World. Performed by Order of…
Hammer price: £950
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
9 December 2021
9 December 2021
Lot 654 Sold
WOOLF, Virginia (1882-1941). The Years, London, The Hogarth Press, 1937, original turquoise cloth, dust-jacket designed by Vanessa Bell. FIRST EDITION. With the same author's Flush (London, 1933, modern green half morocco gilt, FIRST EDITION). (2)
WOOLF, Virginia (1882-1941).  The Years. London: The Hogarth Press, 1937. 8vo (180 x 120mm). Half…
Hammer price: £380
Estimate: £300 - £500
9 December 2021
9 December 2021
Lot 655 Sold
BURROUGHS, William S. (1914-97). The Naked Lunch, Paris, The Olympia Press, 1959, original green stiff printed wrappers, dust-jacket. FIRST EDITION, first issue.
BURROUGHS, William S. (1914-97).  The Naked Lunch. Paris: "The Traveller's Companion Series…
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £500 - £800
9 December 2021
9 December 2021
Lot 656 Sold
SACKVILLE-WEST, Vita (1892-1962). The Garden, London, [1946], original tan buckram gilt. FIRST EDITION, NUMBER 250 OF 750 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR.
SACKVILLE-WEST, Vita (1892-1962).  The Garden. London: Michael Joseph, [1946]. Large 8vo (229 x…
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £150 - £250
9 December 2021
9 December 2021
Lot 656a Unsold
ST. JOHN HOPE, William Henry (1854-1919). Cowdray and Easebourne Priory in the County of Sussex, London, 1919, plates and plans, original half vellum. FIRST EDITION, ONE OF 400 COPIES. INSCRIBED BY LORD COWDRAY.
ST. JOHN HOPE, William Henry (1854-1919).  Cowdray and Easebourne Priory in the County of Sussex.…
Estimate: £70 - £100
9 December 2021
9 December 2021
Lot 657 Unsold
GEHLER, Johann Samuel Traugott (1751-95). Physikalisches Wörterbuch, Leipzig, 1825-45, 24 vols. including plate vol., 8vo and 4to, plates, contemporary half calf. (24)
GEHLER, Johann Samuel Traugott (1751-95).  Physikalisches Wörterbuch. Neu bearbeitet von Brandes.…
Estimate: £200 - £300
9 December 2021
9 December 2021
Lot 658 Sold
PRONY, Gaspard Clair François Marie Riche de (1755-1839). Neue Architektur Hydraulika, 1801, vol. II only (of 2), engraved plates, contemporary paper boards. With another book. (2)
PRONY, Gaspard Clair François Marie Riche de (1755-1839).  Neue Architektura Hydraulika ... Zweiter…
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £200 - £300
9 December 2021
9 December 2021
Lot 659 Unsold
ROBLES, Isidro de (dates unknown). Varios Prodigios de Amor, en Once Novelas, Barcelona, 1709, 19th-century half calf.
ROBLES, Isidro de (dates unknown).  Varios Prodigios de Amor, en Once Novelas exemplares, nuevas,…
Estimate: £70 - £100
9 December 2021
9 December 2021
Lot 660 Sold
PAGET, Guy (1886-1952). The Melton Mowbray of John Ferneley, Leicester, 1931, coloured, photogravure and sepia plates, FINELY BOUND in green crushed morocco gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe.
PAGET, Guy (1886-1952).  The Melton Mowbray of John Ferneley (1782-1860). Leicester: Edgar Backus,…
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £150 - £250
9 December 2021
9 December 2021
Lot 661 Unsold
WELLS, H. G. (1866-1946). The Time Machine, London, 1895, original publisher's buckram. FIRST EDITION.
WELLS, H. G. (1866-1946).  The Time Machine. An Invention. London: William Heinemann, 1895. 8vo …
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
9 December 2021
9 December 2021
Lot 662 Sold
WINE - [Alexander HENDERSON (1780-1863)]. The History of Ancient and Modern Wines. London, 1824, modern half calf. FIRST EDITION.
WINE - [Alexander HENDERSON (1780-1863)].  The History of Ancient and Modern Wines. London: Baldwin…
Hammer price: £240
Estimate: £200 - £300
9 December 2021
9 December 2021
Lot 663 Sold
FOWLES, John (1925-2005). The Collector, London, 1963, FINELY BOUND in green half crushed morocco by Bayntun-Riviere. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR.
FOWLES, John (1925-2005).  The Collector. London: Jonathan Cape, 1963. 8vo (177 x 120mm). Half…
Hammer price: £260
Estimate: £200 - £300
9 December 2021
9 December 2021
Lot 664 Sold
SPRENGEL, Kurt Polycarp Joachim (1766-1833). Versuch einer pragmatischen Geschichte der Arzneykunde, Halle [and Vienna],1821-40, 6 vols. bound in 8, frontispieces, contemporary half calf. (8)
SPRENGEL, Kurt Polycarp Joachim (1766-1833).  Versuch einer pragmatischen Geschichte der…
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £200 - £300
9 December 2021
9 December 2021
Lot 665 Sold
SANGUINETTI, Antoni (b. 1829). La Serrurerie au XIXe Siècle, Paris, [1875], 124 lithographed plates of ornamental French ironwork, original cloth gilt.
SANGUINETTI, Antoni (b. 1829).  La Serrurerie au XIXe Siècle. Paris: Au Bureau des Publications, …
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £500 - £800
9 December 2021
9 December 2021
Lot 666 Sold
THE PARANORMAL AND "PSEUDO-SCIENCE" - A. Freiherrn von SCHRENCK-NOTZING (1862-1929). Materialisations-Phaenomene, Münich, 1914, half tone illustrations including many of "ectoplasm", cloth. With 24 other books of related interest. (25)
THE PARANORMAL AND "PSUEDO-SCIENCE" - A. Freiherrn von SCHRENCK-NOTZING (1862-1929). …
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £300 - £500
9 December 2021
9 December 2021
Lot 667 Unsold
FLEMING, Ian (1908-64). From Russia, With Love, London, 1957, 8vo, original black cloth, dust-jacket (some fraying with loss of letters at head of backstrip). FIRST EDITION.
FLEMING, Ian (1908-64).  From Russia, With Love. London: Jonathan Cape, 1957. 8vo (188 x125mm).…
Estimate: £200 - £300
9 December 2021
9 December 2021
Lot 668 Sold
BOWEN, Thomas (1733-90). A New and Complete Chart of the World, [London, c. 1787], engraved chart, hand-coloured in outline, framed and glazed. With another map by Bowen. (2)
BOWEN, Thomas (1733-90).  A New and Complete Chart of the World; Displaying the Tracks of Capt.…
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £200 - £300
9 December 2021
9 December 2021
Lot 669 Unsold
THE LAST SHAH OF IRAN (1919-80). "Visit of the Minister of the Chairman of Bulgaria Stanko Todorov in Iran 1972", photograph album, oblong 4to, one photograph signed by the Shah, pale blue buckram.
THE LAST SHAH OF IRAN - Mohammed Reza PAHLAVI (1919-80) and Stanko Todorov GEORGIEV (1920-96).  …
Estimate: £400 - £600
9 December 2021
9 December 2021
Lot 670 Unsold
SARKIS, Joseph Elian (1856-1932). Petite Histoire Sainte. A l' Usage des écoles de syrie, Beirut, 1889, small 8vo, parallel text in French and Arabic, modern half buckram. RARE.
SARKIS, Joseph Elian (1856-1932).  Petite Histoire Sainte. A l' Usage des écoles de syrie. Beirut:…
Estimate: £100 - £150
9 December 2021
9 December 2021
Lot 671 Sold
[Petit Grimoire.] Lille: Imprimerie de Blocquerel, [c. 1840], woodcut plates, old vellum.
[Petit Grimoire.] [Colophon, possibly stamped:] Lille: Imprimerie de Blocquel, [c. 1840]. 8vo in 6s…
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £100 - £150
9 December 2021
9 December 2021
Lot 672 Sold
FLINDERS, Matthew (1774-1814). A Voyage to Terra Australis, Adelaide, 1966, 3 vols., charts, original tan cloth. Facsimile edition. With Anders Sparrman's A Voyage to the Cape of Good Hope (Cape Town, 1975, 2 vols.). (5)
FLINDERS, Matthew (1774-1814).  A Voyage to Terra Australis. Adelaide: Libraries Board of South…
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £50 - £80
9 December 2021
9 December 2021
Lot 673 Sold
[?SOUTHEY, Robert (1774-1843)]. "Of Arthour and of Merlin". Autograph manuscript on 20 leaves, the later part possibly in Robert Southey's hand, contemporary calf.
[?SOUTHEY, Robert (1774-1843)].  "Of Arthour and of Merlin", [n.d.], 4to (246 x 195mm.). Autograph…
Hammer price: £550
Estimate: £200 - £300
9 December 2021
9 December 2021
Lot 674 Sold
KING FAISAL II OF IRAQ (1935-1958). An autograph letter on 2 -pages, signed, dated 22.5.44. With a quantity of miscellaneous letters contained in an album. (qty)
KING FAISAL II OF IRAQ (1935-1958).  An autograph letter on 2-pages, headed in autograph "Qasr-al…
Hammer price: £850
Estimate: £300 - £500
9 December 2021
9 December 2021
Lot 675 Sold
ALBUM - An unusual photograph album, 4to (292 x 240mm), the upper cover of marble with "Gothic"-style metal fitments and central malachite oval boss (marble broken).
ALBUM - An unusual photograph album, 4to (292 x 240mm), the title lithographed in colours and gold,…
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £70 - £100
9 December 2021
9 December 2021
Lot 676 Sold
HERTZ, Heinrich Rudolf (1857-94). Untersuchungen ueber die Augbreitung der Elektrischen Kraft, Leipzig, 1892, contemporary vellum. FIRST COLLECTED EDITION of Hertz's highly important series of papers on electromagnetic waves.
HERTZ, Heinrich Rudolf (1857-94).  Untersuchungen ueber die Ausbreitung der Elektrischen Kraft.…
Hammer price: £190
Estimate: £200 - £300
9 December 2021
9 December 2021
Lot 677 Sold
PAVLOV, Ivan (1849-1936). Die Arbeit der Verdauungsdrusen, Wiesbaden, 1898, original wrappers. FIRST EDITION IN GERMAN. With another copy in half buckram. (2).
PAVLOV, Ivan (1849-1936).  Die Arbeit der Verdauungsdrüsen ... Autorisierte Ubersetzung aus dem…
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £300 - £500
9 December 2021
9 December 2021
Lot 678 Sold
DINGLER, Johann Gottfried (1778-1855, editor), and others. Polytechnisches Journal, Stuttgart [and Berlin], 1820-1908, vols. 1 - 323 bound in 302 vols. and 2 index vols. (lacking vols. 69, 261 and 270), folding plates, various bindings. (304)
DINGLER, Johann Gottfried (1778-1855, editor), Emil Maximilian DINGLER (1806-74, editor), and…
Hammer price: £500
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
9 December 2021
9 December 2021

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