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Auction date Wednesday 4 December 2024 14:00 - 17:00 GMT
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Wednesday 4th December

501-608 Printed Books, Maps & Manuscripts | 2pm

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Total lots: 109

CHINA - Athanasius KIRCHER (1602-80). La Chine, Amsterdam, 1670, folio, additional engraved title, 2 maps, 22 plates, 61 illustrations (lacking the portrait, some spotting and staining), contemporary vellum. FIRST FRENCH EDITION.
Lot 525 Sold
CHINA - Athanasius KIRCHER (1602-80). La Chine, Amsterdam, 1670, folio, additional engraved title, 2 maps, 22 plates, 61 illustrations (lacking the portrait, some spotting and staining), contemporary vellum. FIRST FRENCH EDITION.
CHINA - Athanasius KIRCHER (1602-80).  La Chine ... Illustrée De plusieurs Monuments Tant Sacrés…
Hammer price: £850
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
4 December 2024
4 December 2024
CHINA - Picture Story of Preparing Tea, [no place, but printed in China: no publisher, n.d.], small 4to, 10 hand-coloured plates printed on silk on accordion leaf, text in English and Chinese, original wooden boards. FIRST EDITION. RARE.
Lot 526 Sold
CHINA - Picture Story of Preparing Tea, [no place, but printed in China: no publisher, n.d.], small 4to, 10 hand-coloured plates printed on silk on accordion leaf, text in English and Chinese, original wooden boards. FIRST EDITION. RARE.
CHINA - Picture Story of Preparing Tea. [No place, but printed in China: no publisher, n.d. but…
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £150 - £250
4 December 2024
4 December 2024
CHINA, TURKEY AND THE LEVANT - A sammelband consisting of 207 fine original watercolours of Turkish and Levantine figures, and 3 related 17th- and 18th-century printed works, including fine hand-coloured Chinese costume plates, folio, contemporary calf.
Lot 527 Sold
CHINA, TURKEY AND THE LEVANT - A sammelband consisting of 207 fine original watercolours of Turkish and Levantine figures, and 3 related 17th- and 18th-century printed works, including fine hand-coloured Chinese costume plates, folio, contemporary calf.
CHINA, TURKEY AND THE LEVANT - A sammelband consisting of 207 fine original watercolours and 3…
Hammer price: £6,000
Estimate: £7,000 - £10,000
4 December 2024
4 December 2024
CHINESE AND JAPANESE ART, MISCELLANY - Chinese Porcelain. The S. C. Ko Tianminlou Collection, Hong Kong, 1987, 2 volumes, 4to, coloured plates, original dark blue silk boards, slipcase. FIRST EDITION. With 9 other works in 12 volumes. (14)
Lot 528 Sold
CHINESE AND JAPANESE ART, MISCELLANY - Chinese Porcelain. The S. C. Ko Tianminlou Collection, Hong Kong, 1987, 2 volumes, 4to, coloured plates, original dark blue silk boards, slipcase. FIRST EDITION. With 9 other works in 12 volumes. (14)
CHINESE AND JAPANESE ART, MISCELLANY - Chinese Porcelain. The S. C. Ko Tianminlou Collection. Hong…
Hammer price: £350
Estimate: £300 - £500
4 December 2024
4 December 2024
CHINESE CERAMICS - D. HOWARD & J. AYRES. China for the West. Chinese Porcelain & other Decorative Arts ... illustrated from the Mottahedeh Collection, London, 1978, 2 volumes, folio, illustrations, buckram, dust-jackets, slipcase. PRESENTATION COPY. (2)
Lot 529 Sold
CHINESE CERAMICS - D. HOWARD & J. AYRES. China for the West. Chinese Porcelain & other Decorative Arts ... illustrated from the Mottahedeh Collection, London, 1978, 2 volumes, folio, illustrations, buckram, dust-jackets, slipcase. PRESENTATION COPY. (2)
CHINESE CERAMICS - David HOWARD ([dates unknown]) & John AYRES ([dates unknown]).  China for the…
Hammer price: £160
Estimate: £200 - £300
4 December 2024
4 December 2024
CHINESE CERAMICS - Edgar GORER (1872-1915) & J. F. BLACKER ([dates unknown]). Chinese Porcelain and Hard Stones, London, 1911, 2 volumes, 4to, 254 coloured plates, original cream pictorial buckram gilt. FIRST EDITION. NUMBER 318 OF 1,000 COPIES. (2)
Lot 530 Sold
CHINESE CERAMICS - Edgar GORER (1872-1915) & J. F. BLACKER ([dates unknown]). Chinese Porcelain and Hard Stones, London, 1911, 2 volumes, 4to, 254 coloured plates, original cream pictorial buckram gilt. FIRST EDITION. NUMBER 318 OF 1,000 COPIES. (2)
CHINESE CERAMICS - Edgar GORER (1872-1915) & J. F. BLACKER ([dates unknown]).  Chinese Porcelain…
Hammer price: £420
Estimate: £400 - £600
4 December 2024
4 December 2024
CHINESE CERAMICS - H. MOSS (b.1943). By Imperial Command. An Introduction to Ch'ing Imperial Painted Enamels, Hong Kong, 1976, 2 volumes, folio, 87 fine coloured plates, original buckram, slipcase. FIRST EDITION. NUMBER 495 OF 1,000 COPIES. (2)
Lot 531 Sold
CHINESE CERAMICS - H. MOSS (b.1943). By Imperial Command. An Introduction to Ch'ing Imperial Painted Enamels, Hong Kong, 1976, 2 volumes, folio, 87 fine coloured plates, original buckram, slipcase. FIRST EDITION. NUMBER 495 OF 1,000 COPIES. (2)
CHINESE CERAMICS - Hugh MOSS (b.1943).  By Imperial Command. An Introduction to Ch'ing Imperial…
Hammer price: £420
Estimate: £300 - £500
4 December 2024
4 December 2024
CHINESE CERAMICS - Liu LIANG-YU. A Survey of Chinese Ceramics, Taiwan, 1991, 5 volumes, folio, coloured illustrations, original brown buckram, dust-jackets. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. (5)
Lot 532 Sold
CHINESE CERAMICS - Liu LIANG-YU. A Survey of Chinese Ceramics, Taiwan, 1991, 5 volumes, folio, coloured illustrations, original brown buckram, dust-jackets. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. (5)
CHINESE CERAMICS - Liu LIANG-YU ([dates unknown]).  A Survey of Chinese Ceramics, translated by…
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £200 - £300
4 December 2024
4 December 2024
CHINESE CERAMICS - Oriental Ceramics. The World's Great Collections, Tokyo, 1976-77, 12 volumes, large 4to, text in English and Japanese, mounted coloured plates, original silk boards gilt, slipcases. FIRST EDITION. NUMBER 41 OF 300 COPIES. (12)
Lot 533 Unsold
CHINESE CERAMICS - Oriental Ceramics. The World's Great Collections, Tokyo, 1976-77, 12 volumes, large 4to, text in English and Japanese, mounted coloured plates, original silk boards gilt, slipcases. FIRST EDITION. NUMBER 41 OF 300 COPIES. (12)
CHINESE AND ORIENTAL CERAMICS - Oriental Ceramics. The World's Great Collections. Tokyo: Kodansha…
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
4 December 2024
4 December 2024
CHINESE CERAMICS - R. KRAHL (and others). Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum Istanbul, [London], 1986, 3 volumes, folio, coloured and monochrome illustrations, buckram, dust-jackets, slipcases. FIRST EDITION. NUMBER 955 OF 1,000 COPIES. (3)
Lot 534 Sold
CHINESE CERAMICS - R. KRAHL (and others). Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum Istanbul, [London], 1986, 3 volumes, folio, coloured and monochrome illustrations, buckram, dust-jackets, slipcases. FIRST EDITION. NUMBER 955 OF 1,000 COPIES. (3)
CHINESE CERAMICS - Regina KRAHL ([dates unknown]), Nurdan ERBAHAR ([dates unknown]) (and others). …
Hammer price: £700
Estimate: £500 - £800
4 December 2024
4 December 2024
CHINESE CERAMICS - R. L. HOBSON (1872-1941). Catalogue of the Leonard Gow Collection of Chinese Porcelain, London, 1931, 4to, 85 plates, some coloured, FINELY BOUND in full morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, box. ONE OF 300 COPIES SIGNED BY LEONARD GOW.
Lot 535 Sold
CHINESE CERAMICS - R. L. HOBSON (1872-1941). Catalogue of the Leonard Gow Collection of Chinese Porcelain, London, 1931, 4to, 85 plates, some coloured, FINELY BOUND in full morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, box. ONE OF 300 COPIES SIGNED BY LEONARD GOW.
CHINESE CERAMICS - Richard Lockhart HOBSON (1872-1941).  Catalogue of the Leonard Gow Collection of…
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £500 - £800
4 December 2024
4 December 2024
CHINESE CERAMICS - The George Eumorfopoulos Collection. Catalogue of the Chinese, Corean and Persian Pottery and Porcelain by R. L. Hobson, London, 1925-28. Volumes I - VI, folio, 450 plates, some coloured, cloth. FIRST EDITION. ONE OF 725 COPIES. (6)
Lot 536 Unsold
CHINESE CERAMICS - The George Eumorfopoulos Collection. Catalogue of the Chinese, Corean and Persian Pottery and Porcelain by R. L. Hobson, London, 1925-28. Volumes I - VI, folio, 450 plates, some coloured, cloth. FIRST EDITION. ONE OF 725 COPIES. (6)
CHINESE, KOREAN AND PERSIAN CERAMICS -  The George Eumorfopoulos Collection. Catalogue of the…
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
4 December 2024
4 December 2024
CHINESE IVORIES - S. E. LUCAS. The Catalogue of Sassoon Chinese Ivories, London, 1950, 3 volumes, 4to, coloured frontispiece, 224 plates, FINELY BOUND in original half vellum gilt. ONE OF 250 COPIES SIGNED BY VICTOR SASSOON AND SYDNEY EDWARD LUCAS. (3)
Lot 537 Sold
CHINESE IVORIES - S. E. LUCAS. The Catalogue of Sassoon Chinese Ivories, London, 1950, 3 volumes, 4to, coloured frontispiece, 224 plates, FINELY BOUND in original half vellum gilt. ONE OF 250 COPIES SIGNED BY VICTOR SASSOON AND SYDNEY EDWARD LUCAS. (3)
CHINESE IVORIES - Sydney Edward LUCAS ([dates unknown], editor).  The Catalogue of Sassoon Chinese…
Hammer price: £500
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
4 December 2024
4 December 2024
CHRISTIE, Agatha (1890-1976). A Pocket Full of Rye, London, 1853, 8vo, original cloth, dust-jacket. A FINE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION. With 2 other books by the same author, both FIRST EDITIONS in dust-jackets. (3)
Lot 538 Sold
CHRISTIE, Agatha (1890-1976). A Pocket Full of Rye, London, 1853, 8vo, original cloth, dust-jacket. A FINE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION. With 2 other books by the same author, both FIRST EDITIONS in dust-jackets. (3)
CHRISTIE, Agatha (1890-1976).  A Pocket Full of Rye. London: Published for the Crime Club by…
Hammer price: £350
Estimate: £200 - £300
4 December 2024
4 December 2024
CLARKE, Graham (b.1941, illustrator). Balyn and Balan, Ebenezer Press, [1969], folio, coloured linocut text and plates by Graham Clarke printed on 16 folded sheets, each plate initialled by the artist, original yew boards. ONE OF 25 ARTIST'S PROOF COPIES.
Lot 539 Unsold
CLARKE, Graham (b.1941, illustrator). Balyn and Balan, Ebenezer Press, [1969], folio, coloured linocut text and plates by Graham Clarke printed on 16 folded sheets, each plate initialled by the artist, original yew boards. ONE OF 25 ARTIST'S PROOF COPIES.
CLARKE, Graham (b.1941, illustrator).  Balyn and Balan. Boughton Moncheslea, Kent: Ebenezer Press, …
Estimate: £300 - £500
4 December 2024
4 December 2024
COLOUR PRINTING - James E. DOYLE (1824-83). A Chronicle of England B.C. 55 - A.D. 1485, London, 1864, 4to, 81 coloured illustrations by Edmund Evans after James E. Doyle, attractively bound in contemporary red crushed morocco gilt. FIRST EDITION.
Lot 540 Sold
COLOUR PRINTING - James E. DOYLE (1824-83). A Chronicle of England B.C. 55 - A.D. 1485, London, 1864, 4to, 81 coloured illustrations by Edmund Evans after James E. Doyle, attractively bound in contemporary red crushed morocco gilt. FIRST EDITION.
COLOUR PRINTING - James E. DOYLE (1824-83).  A Chronicle of England B.C. 55 - A.D. 1485 ... The…
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £200 - £300
4 December 2024
4 December 2024
CONDE José Antonio (1766-1820). Historia de la Dominacion de los Arabes en España, Madrid, 1820-21, 3 volumes bound in 2, small 4to, 6 engraved plates (some staining), contemporary Spanish mottled calf gilt. FIRST EDITION. (2)
Lot 541 Unsold
CONDE José Antonio (1766-1820). Historia de la Dominacion de los Arabes en España, Madrid, 1820-21, 3 volumes bound in 2, small 4to, 6 engraved plates (some staining), contemporary Spanish mottled calf gilt. FIRST EDITION. (2)
CONDE, José Antonio (1766-1820).  Historia de la Dominacion de los Arabes en España, sacada de…
Estimate: £400 - £600
4 December 2024
4 December 2024
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924). The Mirror of the Sea, London, 1906, 8vo, original cloth. FIRST EDITION, IMPORTANT PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed on the front free endpaper, "To Miss Hallowes from her friend Joseph Conrad. 1906."
Lot 542 Sold
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924). The Mirror of the Sea, London, 1906, 8vo, original cloth. FIRST EDITION, IMPORTANT PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed on the front free endpaper, "To Miss Hallowes from her friend Joseph Conrad. 1906."
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924).  The Mirror of the Sea. Memories and Impressions. London: Methuen & Co.…
Hammer price: £600
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
4 December 2024
4 December 2024
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924). The Secret Agent, New York, 1907, 8vo, some staining, original cloth. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, IMPORTANT PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed on the front free endpaper, "Miss Hallowes from her friend the Author. 1907."
Lot 543 Sold
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924). The Secret Agent, New York, 1907, 8vo, some staining, original cloth. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, IMPORTANT PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed on the front free endpaper, "Miss Hallowes from her friend the Author. 1907."
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924).  The Secret Agent. A Simple Tale. New York: Harper & Brothers…
Hammer price: £600
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
4 December 2024
4 December 2024
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924). The Arrow of Gold, London, 1919, 8vo, original cloth, dust-jacket (stained, dust-jacket in fragments). FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, IMPORTANT PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed on the front free endpaper, "From J. C. with love to Lilian."
Lot 544 Unsold
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924). The Arrow of Gold, London, 1919, 8vo, original cloth, dust-jacket (stained, dust-jacket in fragments). FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, IMPORTANT PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed on the front free endpaper, "From J. C. with love to Lilian."
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924).  The Arrow of Gold. A Story Between Two Notes. London: T. Fisher Unwin,…
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
4 December 2024
4 December 2024
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924). The Rover, London, 1927, 8vo, (the half title and title torn with severe loss), original cloth. FIRST EDITION, IMPORTANT PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed on the front free endpaper, "L. Hallowes from her friend J. Conrad. 1923."
Lot 545 Sold
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924). The Rover, London, 1927, 8vo, (the half title and title torn with severe loss), original cloth. FIRST EDITION, IMPORTANT PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed on the front free endpaper, "L. Hallowes from her friend J. Conrad. 1923."
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924).  The Rover. London: T. Fisher Unwin Ltd., 1923. 8vo (195 x 135mm). (The…
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £300 - £500
4 December 2024
4 December 2024
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924) & Ford M. HUEFFER (1873-1939). The Inheritors. London, 1901, 8vo, original yellow pictorial cloth (some light staining). FIRST EDITION. With the same authors' Romance (London, 1903, 8vo, original blue cloth, FIRST EDITION). (2)
Lot 546 Unsold
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924) & Ford M. HUEFFER (1873-1939). The Inheritors. London, 1901, 8vo, original yellow pictorial cloth (some light staining). FIRST EDITION. With the same authors' Romance (London, 1903, 8vo, original blue cloth, FIRST EDITION). (2)
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924) & Ford Madox HUEFFER (1873-1939, changed to Ford Madox FORD in 1919). …
Estimate: £200 - £300
4 December 2024
4 December 2024
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924). Almayer's Folly, London, 1895, 8vo, title printed in red and black (some spotting), original green cloth gilt (bumped). FIRST EDITION OF THE AUTHOR'S FIRST NOVEL, FIRST ISSUE. RARE.
Lot 547 Unsold
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924). Almayer's Folly, London, 1895, 8vo, title printed in red and black (some spotting), original green cloth gilt (bumped). FIRST EDITION OF THE AUTHOR'S FIRST NOVEL, FIRST ISSUE. RARE.
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924).  Almayer's Folly. A Story of an Eastern River. London: T. Fisher Unwin,…
Estimate: £400 - £600
4 December 2024
4 December 2024
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924). An Outcast of the Islands, London, 1896, 8vo, title printed in red and black (some light spotting to a few leaves), original green cloth gilt. FIRST EDITION OF THE AUTHOR'S SECOND NOVEL, FIRST ISSUE. RARE.
Lot 548 Sold
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924). An Outcast of the Islands, London, 1896, 8vo, title printed in red and black (some light spotting to a few leaves), original green cloth gilt. FIRST EDITION OF THE AUTHOR'S SECOND NOVEL, FIRST ISSUE. RARE.
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924).  An Outcast of the Islands. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1896. 8vo (205 x…
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £400 - £600
4 December 2024
4 December 2024

Total lots: 109

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