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Printed Books, Manuscripts & Maps

Auction date Thursday 8 December 2022 14:00 GMT

Thursday 8^th December - Sussex Saleroom
Lot 500- 558 Printed Books, Manuscripts and Maps 2pm

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Lot	Title	Estimate	Hammer price
500	ALBUM, satirical, relating to the Northumberland Election of 1826, oblong 4to (290 x 455mm), comprising 6 etched plates of horse racing and other printed material. Please see the full description.	£200 - £300	£600	View
501	BEETON, Isabella Mary (1836-65). The Book of Household Management, London, 1861, 8vo, coloured frontispiece, title and 12 coloured plates, illustrations, contemporary red calf gilt. FIRST EDITION. RARE. Bitting p.32.	£500 - £800	£750	View
502	BEWICK, Thomas (1753-1828). [Selected Works], London, 1805-20, 5 volumes, large 8vo, illustrations by Thomas Bewick, the "Aesop's Fables" vol. with "thumbprint" receipt SIGNED by Bewick, FINELY BOUND in later uniform red crushed morocco gilt. (5)	£300 - £500	£600	View
503	BEWICK, Thomas (1753-1828). The Fables, 1818, large 8vo, illustrations by Thomas Bewick, contemporary half calf, FIRST EDITION with the "thumbprint" receipt leaf SIGNED by Bewick. With 5 other books by Bewick. (6)	£150 - £250	£450	View
504	BICKHAM, George (d.1769). The British Monarchy, London, 1747-48, folio (205 x 180mm), 46 engraved views, modern leather, slipcase. Sold not subject to return.	£300 - £500	£1,200	View
505	BINDING - [Robert Smith SURTEES (1805-64)]. The Analysis of the Hunting Field, London, 1846, 8vo, 7 hand-coloured aquatint plates, including additional title, by H. Alken, FINELY BOUND in green morocco gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. FIRST EDITION.	£200 - £300	£130	View
506	BOWLES, Carington (1724-93). Post-Chaise Companion ... Second edition, London, 1782, 2 volumes, small 8vo, 101 double-page engraved maps, attractively bound in later full vellum gilt. With 5 other books of related interest. (7)	£300 - £500	£2,400	View
507	Ellen, or The Naughty Girl Reclaimed, A Story, Exemplified in a Series of Figures, London, 1811, original printed wrappers, slipcase. With 9 cut-out hand-coloured aquatint figures of Ellen, interchangeable head and one hat only ([?]of 5). RARE.	£200 - £300	£100	View
508	"The Geographical and Historical Travellers through England & Wales. An Amusing and Instructive Game," [?London, no publisher], c.1840, hand-coloured lithographed map, views, folding into original cloth folder lettered in gilt. RARE.	£200 - £300	£100	View
509	HEATH, William (1794-1840). Good Dinners, London, 1824, 9 hand-coloured plates [Bound with:] [Henry ALKEN. British Proverbs], London, 1824, 6 hand-coloured plates, 2 vols. bound in one, oblong 4to, modern morocco. Both works RARE. With another book. (2)	£300 - £500	£1,500	View
510	HUTTON, William (1723-1815). The History of the Roman Wall ... The Second edition, London, 1813, 8vo, plates, contemporary calf. With 7 other works of related interest in 8 vols. (9)	£300 - £500	£380	View
511	[JENKINS, James (fl. 1814-19, publisher)]. The Martial Achievements of Great Britain and Her Allies, London, [n.d. but plates dated 1814-15], 4to, 2 aquatint titles, frontispiece, dedication and 51 plates, modern leather. FIRST EDITION.	£300 - £500	£240	View
512	MISCELLANY - Julius CAESAR (100 B.C.-44 B.C.). Rerum ab se gestarum commentarii, Lyon, 1603, small 8vo, 2 folding engraved maps, 2 full-page folding engraved illustrations, contemporary vellum, clasps. With 11 other miscellaneous books. (12)	£400 - £600	£420	View
513	The Chameleon ... in French and English, for Young Persons, London, [c.1840], small square 8vo, engraved frontispiece, original red cloth. The author is unknown. With 4 other children's and illustrated books. (5)	£70 - £100	£40	View
514	THOMSON, Hugh (1860-1920, illustrator) - R. B. SHERIDAN (1751-1816). The School for Scandal, London, [1911], 4to, 25 coloured plates, original vellum gilt. ONE OF 350 COPIES SIGNED BY THE ARTIST. With another book illustrated by Arthur Rackham. (2)	£100 - £150	£130	View
515	[WHITE, Gilbert (1720-93)]. The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, London, 1789, 4to, folding engraved frontispiece, 6 engraved plates, 2 illustrations, contemporary calf. FIRST EDITION.	£500 - £800	£700	View
516	WOOD, John (d.1847, cartographer). "Town Atlas of Northumberland and Durham." [Title on inserted leaf.] Edinburgh: John Wood, [1822-28]. Folio (570 x 382mm). 15 double-page engraved town plans, collected in a modern atlas. Please see footnote below.	£300 - £500	£1,300	View
517	BINDING - François de la ROCHEFOUCAULD (1613-80). Maximes et Réflexions Morales, Paris, 1813, 8vo, engraved portrait, folding facsimile letter (stained). FINELY BOUND in contemporary green straight-grained morocco gilt.	£70 - £100	£190	View
518	BOND, Michael (1926-2017). A Bear Called Paddington, London, 1958, 8vo, original pink cloth, dust-jacket. FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST "PADDINGTON" NOVEL, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed on the front free endpaper, "To Nina, with best wishes, Michael Bond."	£700 - £1,000	£4,800	View
519	BOND, Michael (1926-2017). Paddington Abroad, London, 1961, 8vo, original cloth, dust-jacket, FIRST EDITION, inscribed, "To Nina, with best thanks, Michael." With 5 other Paddington books, one a PRESENTATION COPY, and a typed letter from the author. (7)	£400 - £600	£650	View
520	BOND, Michael (1926-2017). Here Comes Thursday! London, 1966, 8vo, illustrations by Daphne Bowles, original cloth, dust-jacket, FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY; with 3 other books, 2 of which PRESENTATION COPIES. (4)	£100 - £150	£450	View
521	[LACROIX, Paul (1806-84, attrib.)]. Histoire de la Prostitution, Brussels, [?1851-54], 8 vols., 8vo, engraved plates, contemporary half black calf gilt. [?]FIRST EDITION. (8)	£70 - £100	£80	View
522	HANLEY, James (1897-1985). Boy, London, 1931, 8vo, original buckram, FIRST EDITION, NUMBER 23 OF 145 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed, and with a typed letter by the author. Gibbs A6a.	£300 - £500	£380	View
523	HANLEY, James (1897-1985). Boy, London, 1931, 8vo, original buckram, FIRST EDITION, NUMBER 133 of 145 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Gibbs A6a. With 10 other signed limited edition books by the same author, all but one PRESENTATION COPIES. (11)	£400 - £600	£1,900	View

Total lots: 58

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