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4 December | Printed Books, Maps & Manuscripts

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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Monday 2nd December            10am – 4.00pm
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Friday 6th December   9am – 4.30pm
Monday 9th December            9am – 4.30pm
Tuesday 10th December           9am – 4.30pm
Wednesday 11th December   9am – 4.30pm

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Lots per page:

Total lots: 109

Lot 596 Sold
QUEEN ELIZABETH II (1926-2022) - "Hardy Amies Ltd. Her Majesty the Queen. Order Book", 4to, 1962-68, 95-pages with carbon copy orders, including descriptions, prices, and sometimes the occasions on which the clothes were to be worn, original wrappers.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II (1926-2022) - [Printed label on the upper cover of the order book:] "Hardy Amies…
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £200 - £300
4 December 2024
4 December 2024
Lot 597 Unsold
ROWLING, J. K. (b.1965). Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, London, 1998, 8vo, original boards, dust-jacket. FIRST EDITION, third impression. With Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (London, 1999, boards, FIRST EDITION, second impression. (2)
ROWLING, J. K. (b.1965).  Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. London: Bloomsbury, 1998. 8vo …
Estimate: £70 - £100
4 December 2024
4 December 2024
Lot 598 Sold
"SALLUST" (86-35BCE). De L. Sergii Catilinæ coniuratione, ac bello Iugurthino historiæ, Lyon, 1545, 8vo, woodcut printer's devices and initials (some mainly marginal spotting, staining and browning). Contemporary vellum.
"SALLUST" [i.e. Gaius Sallustius Crispus (86-35 BCE)].  De L. Sergii Catilinæ coniuratione, ac…
Hammer price: £140
Estimate: £50 - £80
4 December 2024
4 December 2024
Lot 599 Sold
SANSOVINO, Francesco (1521-83). Historia Universale dell' Origine, et Imperio de' Turchi, Venice, 1582, 4to, 14 woodcut illustrations of Turkish costume (variable browning and staining), contemporary full vellum.
SANSOVINO, Francesco (1521-83).  Historia Universale dell' Origine, et Imperio de' Turchi ... Et…
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £400 - £600
4 December 2024
4 December 2024
Lot 600 Sold
SPEED, John (1552-1629). Barkshire Described, [London: 1629 or later], hand-coloured engraved map of Berkshire, title within baroque cartouche, panoramic view of Windsor Castle at the top, 380 x 510mm., framed and glazed. A FINE COPY.
SPEED, John (1552-1629).  Barkshire Described. [London]: John Sudbury and George Humble, [c.1627 or…
Hammer price: £180
Estimate: £200 - £300
4 December 2024
4 December 2024
Lot 601 Sold
SPEED, John (1552-1629). Dorsetshyre, [London: 1611 or later], hand-coloured engraved map of Dorset, baroque cartouches, inset bird's-eye-view of Dorchester, sea monsters and galleons, 380 x 510mm., framed and glazed. A FINE COPY.
SPEED, John (1552-1629).  Dorsetshyre with the Shyre-towne of Dorchester described, as also the…
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £200 - £300
4 December 2024
4 December 2024
Lot 602 Sold
SUFFRAGETTES - Helen BLACKBURN (1842-1903). Women's Suffrage, London, 1902, 8vo, plates and tables, original buckram. FIRST EDITION. With another related (defective) book, a collection of 15 SUFFRAGETTE POSTCARDS, and a related badge. (18)
SUFFRAGETTES - Helen BLACKBURN (1842-1903).  Women's Suffrage. A Record of the Women's Suffrage…
Hammer price: £260
Estimate: £300 - £500
4 December 2024
4 December 2024
Lot 603 Sold
TARTAGLIA, Nicolo (c.1499-1557). La Nova Scientia, Venice, 1558, woodcut illustrations, diagrams and initials [bound with 2 other works by the same author], 4to, contemporary vellum. Please see the full description below.
TARTAGLIA, Nicolo (c.1499-1557).  La Nova Scientia ... con una gionta al terzo Libro. Venice: [no…
Hammer price: £450
Estimate: £500 - £800
4 December 2024
4 December 2024
Lot 604 Sold
TENNANT, Stephen (1906-87) & Pamela GREY (1871-1928). The Vein in The Marble, London, 1925, 4to, 32 plates by Tennant, original boards. FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by Pamela Grey to Clare Mackail. With 3 other related books. (4)
TENNANT, Stephen (1906-87, illustrator) & Pamela GREY (1871-1928).  The Vein in the Marble. London:…
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £200 - £300
4 December 2024
4 December 2024
Lot 605 Sold
"TWAIN, Mark" (1835-1910). Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, New York, 1885, 8vo, frontispiece, heliotype portrait, illustrations by E. W. Kemble, original green cloth. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, of "one of the great works of American fiction."
"TWAIN, Mark" [i.e. Samuel Langhorn CLEMENS (1835-1910)].  Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom…
Hammer price: £1,200
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,000
4 December 2024
4 December 2024
Lot 606 Sold
WAUGH, Evelyn (1903-66). Remote People, London, Duckworth, 1931, 8vo, original burgundy buckram gilt, dust-jacket (jacket torn with loss). FIRST EDITION, IMPORTANT PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed, "For Gerald Duckworth with best wishes from Evelyn Waugh."
WAUGH, Evelyn (1903-66).  Remote People. London: Duckworth, 1931. 8vo (220 x 140mm). Half title,…
Hammer price: £600
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
4 December 2024
4 December 2024
Lot 607 Unsold
WILLIAM, Alexander, Earl of Crawford and Balcarres, Lord Lindsay (1812-80). The Creed of Japhet, London, "Printed for Private Circulation", 1891, large 8vo, lightly browned and stained, original cloth. FIRST EDITION. "COPY 3" OF 150 COPIES. VERY RARE.
WILLIAM, Alexander, Earl of Crawford and Balcarres, Lord Lindsay (1812-80).  The Creed of Japhet,…
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
4 December 2024
4 December 2024
Lot 608 Sold
WYATT, C. W. (1842-1900). British Birds, London, 1894-99, 2 volumes bound in one, 4to, 67 fine hand-coloured lithographed plates by C. W. Wyatt (some very faint spotting and staining), contemporary green half morocco gilt (spine faded). FIRST EDITION.
WYATT, Claude Wilmot (1842-1900).  British Birds: Being Coloured Illustrations of all the Species…
Hammer price: £1,200
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
4 December 2024
4 December 2024

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