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3 December | Printed Books, Maps & Manuscripts

Auction date Wednesday 3 December 2025 14:00 - 17:00 GMT
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DICKENS, Charles (1812-70). A Christmas Carol, London, 1843,8vo, 4 hand-coloured etched plates by John Leech, original brown decoratedcloth gilt. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, of "the greatest Christmas bookever written in any language" (Eckel).

£5000-8000


Wednesday 3 December

Lots 401-514   2.00pm Printed Books, Maps & Manuscripts

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Total lots: 116

ANGLING - [Edward MARSTON (1825-1914)]. Days in Clover by the Amateur Angler, London, 1892, 8vo, 7 plates, wrappers. FIRST EDITION. NUMBER 71 OF 250 COPIES. RARE. With another. (2) As with all the lots in this sale, please see the full description below.
Lot 401 Unsold
ANGLING - [Edward MARSTON (1825-1914)]. Days in Clover by the Amateur Angler, London, 1892, 8vo, 7 plates, wrappers. FIRST EDITION. NUMBER 71 OF 250 COPIES. RARE. With another. (2) As with all the lots in this sale, please see the full description below.
ANGLING - [Edward MARSTON (1825-1914)].  Days in Clover by the Amateur Angler. London: Sampson Low,…
Estimate: £100 - £150
3 December 2025
3 December 2025
ANGLING - Frederic M. HALFORD (1844-1914). Floating Flies and How to Dress Them. A Treatise on the Most Modern Methods of Dressing Artificial Flies for Trout and Grayling, London, 1886, 8vo, 10 hand-coloured plates, original buckram gilt. FIRST EDITION.
Lot 402 Unsold
ANGLING - Frederic M. HALFORD (1844-1914). Floating Flies and How to Dress Them. A Treatise on the Most Modern Methods of Dressing Artificial Flies for Trout and Grayling, London, 1886, 8vo, 10 hand-coloured plates, original buckram gilt. FIRST EDITION.
ANGLING - Frederic Maurice HALFORD (1844-1914).  Floating Flies and How to Dress Them. A Treatise…
Estimate: £200 - £300
3 December 2025
3 December 2025
ANGLING - H. V. DYKE (1852-1933). Fisherman's Luck and Some other Uncertain Things, New York, 1911, 8vo, plates, fine original decorated cloth gilt. Reprint. With 7 other books of related interest. (8)
Lot 403 Sold
ANGLING - H. V. DYKE (1852-1933). Fisherman's Luck and Some other Uncertain Things, New York, 1911, 8vo, plates, fine original decorated cloth gilt. Reprint. With 7 other books of related interest. (8)
ANGLING - Henry van DYKE (1852-1933).  Fisherman's Luck and Some Other Uncertain Things. New York:…
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £200 - £300
3 December 2025
3 December 2025
ANGLING - The Diary of A. J. Lane ... A Hitherto Unpublished Manuscript by A. J. Lane, Gentleman (1843), Ellesmere, 1995, 2 volumes, 12mo, printed text and facsimile manuscript, in common cloth slipcase. With 9 other books of related interest. (11)
Lot 404 Sold
ANGLING - The Diary of A. J. Lane ... A Hitherto Unpublished Manuscript by A. J. Lane, Gentleman (1843), Ellesmere, 1995, 2 volumes, 12mo, printed text and facsimile manuscript, in common cloth slipcase. With 9 other books of related interest. (11)
ANGLING - The Diary of A. J. Lane. With a Description of Those Fishes to be Found in British Fresh…
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £300 - £500
3 December 2025
3 December 2025
ANGLING - Thomas Tod STODDART (1810-80). The Art of Angling as Practised in Scotland ... Second Edition, 1836, 8vo, illustrations, original cloth with title label on the upper cover. With 7 other books of related interest. (8)
Lot 405 Sold
ANGLING - Thomas Tod STODDART (1810-80). The Art of Angling as Practised in Scotland ... Second Edition, 1836, 8vo, illustrations, original cloth with title label on the upper cover. With 7 other books of related interest. (8)
ANGLING - Thomas Tod STODDART (1810-80).  The Art of Angling as Practised in Scotland ... Second…
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £300 - £500
3 December 2025
3 December 2025
ANGLING, DRY-FLY FISHING - F. M. HALFORD (1844-1914). Modern Development of the Dry Fly, London, 1910, large 8vo, 43 plates, many coloured, original buckram. FIRST TRADE EDITION. With 3 other books of related interest. (4)
Lot 406 Unsold
ANGLING, DRY-FLY FISHING - F. M. HALFORD (1844-1914). Modern Development of the Dry Fly, London, 1910, large 8vo, 43 plates, many coloured, original buckram. FIRST TRADE EDITION. With 3 other books of related interest. (4)
ANGLING, DRY-FLY FISHING - Frederic Maurice HALFORD (1844-1914).  Modern Development of the Dry Fly…
Estimate: £300 - £500
3 December 2025
3 December 2025
ALDINGTON, Richard (1892-1962). Images, London, [n.d. but ?1919], 8vo, original paper boards. With 11 other books by the same author, all FIRST EDITIONS. (12) Please see the full listing below.
Lot 407 Unsold
ALDINGTON, Richard (1892-1962). Images, London, [n.d. but ?1919], 8vo, original paper boards. With 11 other books by the same author, all FIRST EDITIONS. (12) Please see the full listing below.
ALDINGTON, Richard (1892-1962).  Images. London: The Egoist Ltd., [n.d. but ?1919]. 8vo (183 x…
Estimate: £300 - £500
3 December 2025
3 December 2025
ASHBEE, C. R. (1863-1942). The Trinity Hospital in Mile End ... Being the First Monograph of the Committee for the Survey of the Memorials of Greater London, London, 1896, 4to, 13 plates, original tan wrappers. FIRST EDITION.
Lot 408 Unsold
ASHBEE, C. R. (1863-1942). The Trinity Hospital in Mile End ... Being the First Monograph of the Committee for the Survey of the Memorials of Greater London, London, 1896, 4to, 13 plates, original tan wrappers. FIRST EDITION.
ASHBEE, Charles Robert (1863-1942).  The Trinity Hospital in Mile End: An Object Lesson in National…
Estimate: £100 - £150
3 December 2025
3 December 2025
ASTRONOMY, AMERICAN - John VOSE (1766-1840). A System of Astronomy, Concord [New Hampshire], 1827, 8vo, contemporary calf-backed boards. FIRST EDITION. RARE. With 3 other books of related interest. (4)
Lot 409 Sold
ASTRONOMY, AMERICAN - John VOSE (1766-1840). A System of Astronomy, Concord [New Hampshire], 1827, 8vo, contemporary calf-backed boards. FIRST EDITION. RARE. With 3 other books of related interest. (4)
ASTRONOMY, AMERICAN - John VOSE (1766-1840).  A System of Astronomy, on the Principles of…
Hammer price: £35
Estimate: £100 - £150
3 December 2025
3 December 2025
BARROW, Katherine (1849-1915). Three Years in Tristan da Cunha, London, 1910, 8vo, 35 plates, original buckram. FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, the front free endpaper inscribed in pencil, "J. S. Chance, from the author." With 2 autograph letters.
Lot 410 Sold
BARROW, Katherine (1849-1915). Three Years in Tristan da Cunha, London, 1910, 8vo, 35 plates, original buckram. FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, the front free endpaper inscribed in pencil, "J. S. Chance, from the author." With 2 autograph letters.
BARROW, Katherine Mary (1849-1915).  Three Years in Tristan da Cunha. London: Skeffington & Son,…
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £70 - £100
3 December 2025
3 December 2025
BETJEMAN, John (1906-84). Continual Dew, London, 1937, 4to, illustrations, original black cloth, dust-jacket by Edward McKnight Kauffer. A FINE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION.
Lot 411 Sold
BETJEMAN, John (1906-84). Continual Dew, London, 1937, 4to, illustrations, original black cloth, dust-jacket by Edward McKnight Kauffer. A FINE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION.
BETJEMAN, John (1906-84).  Continual Dew. A Little Book of Bourgeois Verse. London: John Murray,…
Hammer price: £110
Estimate: £200 - £300
3 December 2025
3 December 2025
BINDING - A. F. POLLARD (1869-1948). Henry VIII, London, 1902, 4to, fine coloured frontispiece, plates and illustrations, FINELY BOUND in contemporary full crushed scarlet morocco gilt. FIRST EDITION. NUMBER 1,023 OF 1,150 "ON FINE PAPER".
Lot 412 Sold
BINDING - A. F. POLLARD (1869-1948). Henry VIII, London, 1902, 4to, fine coloured frontispiece, plates and illustrations, FINELY BOUND in contemporary full crushed scarlet morocco gilt. FIRST EDITION. NUMBER 1,023 OF 1,150 "ON FINE PAPER".
BINDING - Albert Frederic POLLARD (1869-1948).  Henry VIII. London: Goupil & Co., 1902. 4to (325 x…
Hammer price: £160
Estimate: £70 - £100
3 December 2025
3 December 2025
BINDING - John MILTON (1608-74). Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, Samson Agonistes, Comus, Arcades, Lycidas, Etc. Etc. Chiswick, 1823. 2 volumes, small 8vo, engraved titles, FINELY BOUND in contemporary crimson morocco gilt. (2)
Lot 413 Sold
BINDING - John MILTON (1608-74). Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, Samson Agonistes, Comus, Arcades, Lycidas, Etc. Etc. Chiswick, 1823. 2 volumes, small 8vo, engraved titles, FINELY BOUND in contemporary crimson morocco gilt. (2)
BINDING - John MILTON (1608-74).  Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, Samson Agonistes, Comus,…
Hammer price: £170
Estimate: £150 - £250
3 December 2025
3 December 2025
BINDING - Julia FRANKAU (1859-1916). An Eighteenth Century Artist and Engraver. John Raphael Smith. His Life and Works, London, 1902, plate volume only, very large folio, 50 fine photogravure plates, VERY FINELY BOUND IN GREEN MOROCCO GILT BY MORRELL.
Lot 414 Sold
BINDING - Julia FRANKAU (1859-1916). An Eighteenth Century Artist and Engraver. John Raphael Smith. His Life and Works, London, 1902, plate volume only, very large folio, 50 fine photogravure plates, VERY FINELY BOUND IN GREEN MOROCCO GILT BY MORRELL.
BINDING - Julia FRANKAU (1859-1916).  An Eighteenth Century Artist and Engraver. John Raphael Smith…
Hammer price: £600
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
3 December 2025
3 December 2025
BINDING - JUVENAL (b.55 A.D.). Satyræ ... Editio nova, Amsterdam, 1684, large 8vo, additional engraved title, contemporary full vellum, the covers each with a large deeply-embossed gilt figure of Minerva with a shield bearing the device of The Hague.
Lot 415 Unsold
BINDING - JUVENAL (b.55 A.D.). Satyræ ... Editio nova, Amsterdam, 1684, large 8vo, additional engraved title, contemporary full vellum, the covers each with a large deeply-embossed gilt figure of Minerva with a shield bearing the device of The Hague.
BINDING - JUVENAL (b.55 A.D.).  Satyræ cum veteris scholiastæ & variorum commentariis. Editio nova.…
Estimate: £300 - £500
3 December 2025
3 December 2025
BLAEU, Johannes (1596-1673). Oxonium comitatus, Vulgo Oxford Shire, [Amsterdam, c.1645], hand-coloured engraved map of Oxfordshire, coats of arms including 16 college coats-of-arms in side borders, 380 x 500mm., framed and glazed.
Lot 416 Unsold
BLAEU, Johannes (1596-1673). Oxonium comitatus, Vulgo Oxford Shire, [Amsterdam, c.1645], hand-coloured engraved map of Oxfordshire, coats of arms including 16 college coats-of-arms in side borders, 380 x 500mm., framed and glazed.
BLAEU, Johannes (1596-1673).  Oxonium comitatus, Vulgo Oxford Shire. [Amsterdam: c.1645]. Hand…
Estimate: £200 - £300
3 December 2025
3 December 2025
BLAEU, Johannes (1596-1673)]. Æthiopia superior vel interior, [Amsterdam: c. 1645], hand-coloured engraved map, 380 x 495mm., framed and glazed. With Hondius's Guineae nova descriptio ([Amsterdam, 1606 or later]). (2)
Lot 417 Unsold
BLAEU, Johannes (1596-1673)]. Æthiopia superior vel interior, [Amsterdam: c. 1645], hand-coloured engraved map, 380 x 495mm., framed and glazed. With Hondius's Guineae nova descriptio ([Amsterdam, 1606 or later]). (2)
BLAEU, Johannes (1596-1673)].  Æthiopia superior vel interior, vulgo Abissinorum sive Presbiter…
Estimate: £200 - £300
3 December 2025
3 December 2025
BLUNDEN, Edmund (1896-1974) & Wilfred OWEN (1893-1918). A one-page autograph letter from Edmund Blunden, and his PROOF COPY of an edition of Wilfred Owen's poems from 1931, and another later edition. (3)
Lot 418 Sold
BLUNDEN, Edmund (1896-1974) & Wilfred OWEN (1893-1918). A one-page autograph letter from Edmund Blunden, and his PROOF COPY of an edition of Wilfred Owen's poems from 1931, and another later edition. (3)
BLUNDEN, Edmund (1896-1974) & Wilfred OWEN (1893-1918). A one-page autograph letter from Edmund…
Hammer price: £900
Estimate: £200 - £300
3 December 2025
3 December 2025
BONNEFOY, Yves (1923-2016). Pierre Écrite, Paris, Mercure, 1969, 8vo, original wrappers. With 11 other books in French and German, mainly poetry. (12) Please see the full listing below.
Lot 419 Sold
BONNEFOY, Yves (1923-2016). Pierre Écrite, Paris, Mercure, 1969, 8vo, original wrappers. With 11 other books in French and German, mainly poetry. (12) Please see the full listing below.
BONNEFOY, Yves (1923-2016).  Pierre Écrite. Paris: Mercure de France, 1969. Square 8vo (190 x 142mm…
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £70 - £100
3 December 2025
3 December 2025
CANTERBURY - Georg BRAUN (1541-1622) & Franz HOGENBERG (1536-88). Cantuarbury. Cantuaria urbs fertilissimae Angliae celebris, [Cologne: c.1588], hand-coloured engraved bird's-eye-view of Canterbury, 290 x 430mm., framed and glazed.
Lot 420 Sold
CANTERBURY - Georg BRAUN (1541-1622) & Franz HOGENBERG (1536-88). Cantuarbury. Cantuaria urbs fertilissimae Angliae celebris, [Cologne: c.1588], hand-coloured engraved bird's-eye-view of Canterbury, 290 x 430mm., framed and glazed.
CANTERBURY - Georg BRAUN (1541-1622) & Franz HOGENBERG (1536-88).  Cantuarbury. Cantuaria urbs…
Hammer price: £380
Estimate: £200 - £300
3 December 2025
3 December 2025
CATS, Jacob (1577-1660). Alle de Wercken, Amsterdam, 1712, 2 volumes, folio, plates and c.400 engraved emblematic illustrations, contemporary calf. (2) Please see the full description below.
Lot 421 Sold
CATS, Jacob (1577-1660). Alle de Wercken, Amsterdam, 1712, 2 volumes, folio, plates and c.400 engraved emblematic illustrations, contemporary calf. (2) Please see the full description below.
CATS, Jacob (1577-1660).  Alle de Wercken ... Ridder Oudt Raadtpensionaris van Hollandt. &c. De…
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £300 - £500
3 December 2025
3 December 2025
CHELSEA, LONDON - A Map of Chelsea, Surveyed in the Year 1664 by James Hamilton. Continued to 1717, [London], J. Barlow, 1810, hand-coloured engraved plan, 290 x 440mm., framed and glazed. Please see note below.
Lot 422 Sold
CHELSEA, LONDON - A Map of Chelsea, Surveyed in the Year 1664 by James Hamilton. Continued to 1717, [London], J. Barlow, 1810, hand-coloured engraved plan, 290 x 440mm., framed and glazed. Please see note below.
CHELSEA, LONDON - A Map of Chelsea, Surveyed in the Year 1664 by James Hamilton. Continued to 1717.…
Hammer price: £180
Estimate: £80 - £120
3 December 2025
3 December 2025
[CHURCHILL, Lady Gwendoline 'Goonie' (1885-1941)]. The Seventh of July 1941, [No place, 1941], 4to, original black morocco gilt. With a one-page autograph letter from John Churchill loosely-inserted.
Lot 423 Sold
[CHURCHILL, Lady Gwendoline 'Goonie' (1885-1941)]. The Seventh of July 1941, [No place, 1941], 4to, original black morocco gilt. With a one-page autograph letter from John Churchill loosely-inserted.
[CHURCHILL, Lady Gwendoline [sometimes Gwendelen] 'Goonie' (1885-1941)].  The Seventh of July 1941.…
Hammer price: £500
Estimate: £100 - £150
3 December 2025
3 December 2025
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924). The Rescue, London, 1920, 8vo, original cloth, dust-jacket (frayed). FIRST ENGLISH PUBLISHED EDITION. With The Mirror and the Sea (London, 1906, cloth, FIRST EDITION) and 2 photographs of Conrad in an album. (3)
Lot 424 Sold
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924). The Rescue, London, 1920, 8vo, original cloth, dust-jacket (frayed). FIRST ENGLISH PUBLISHED EDITION. With The Mirror and the Sea (London, 1906, cloth, FIRST EDITION) and 2 photographs of Conrad in an album. (3)
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924).  The Rescue. A Romance of the Shallows. London & Toronto: J. M. Dent &…
Hammer price: £45
Estimate: £80 - £120
3 December 2025
3 December 2025

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