Thursday 14 July
Lots 201 - 356 Printed Books Maps and Manuscripts
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| Lot | Title | Estimate | Hammer price | |
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| 249 | BINDING - ALAIN-FOURNIER (1886-1914). Le Grand Meaulnes. Paris, 1936, large 8vo, illustrations by Pierre Gandon, FINELY BOUND in dark green morocco by C. Grandgeorge. ONE OF 2,000 COPIES. | £70 - £100 | £90 | View |
| 250 | MISCELLANY - [Jean-François DE LA CROIX (1753-94) and Antoine HORNOT ([dates unknown])]. Anecdotes Arabes et Musulmanes, Paris, 1772, 8vo, contemporary calf. With various other works in 32 vols. (33) | £300 - £500 | £200 | View |
| 251 | 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. | £200 - £300 | £220 | View |
| 252 | "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) | £70 - £100 | £45 | View |
| 253 | LAFFAN, William Mackay (1848-1909). Engravings on Wood by Members of the Society of American Wood-Engravers, New York, 1887, folio, 7 plates only (of 25), unbound, as issued, in original half roan portfolio. NO. 2 OF 112 COPIES, signed by the publisher. | £80 - £120 | - | View |
| 254 | BLAEU, Joan (1596-1673). Bercheria vernacule Barkshire, [Amsterdam, c. 1645]. Hand-coloured engraved map of Berkshire, 370 x 490mm., framed and glazed. With Emmanuel Bowen's Somerset ([London, c.1750], engraved map). (2) | £70 - £100 | £35 | View |
| 255 | GEHLER, Johann Samuel Traugott (1751-95). Physikalisches Wörterbuch, Leipzig, 1825-45, 24 vols. including plate vol., 8vo and 4to, plates, contemporary half calf. (24) | £200 - £300 | £260 | View |
| 256 | La Nature. Review des Sciences et de Leurs Applications aux Arts et l' Industrie, Paris, 1873-1912, 40 vols. bound in 39, 4to, illustrations, contemporary morocco-backed cloth. (39) | £200 - £300 | £130 | View |
| 257 | STEIN, Sigmund Theodor (1840-91). Das Licht in Dienste Wissenschaftlicher Forschung, Leipzig, 1877, large 8vo, plates and illustrations, modern boards. FIRST EDITION. | £70 - £100 | £20 | View |
| 258 | 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. | £400 - £600 | £420 | View |
| 259 | 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. | £100 - £150 | £20 | View |
| 260 | SEUTTER, Matthäus (1678-1757). Alsatia Superior et Inferior, [Augsburg, c. 1730], large hand-coloured engraved map, 590 x 1,730mm. With 12 other maps and views on 13 sheets. (14) | £70 - £100 | £35 | View |
| 261 | FRITH, Francis (1822-98, photographer). 37 albumen silver prints of Egypt (36) and Ethiopia (1) by Francis Frith, some with printed signature and/or dated 1857, mounted on card with printed captions, average image size 165 x 230mm. (37) | £700 - £1,000 | - | View |
| 262 | ZANGAKI BROTHERS (fl. 1860s-90s, photographers). 15 albumen silver prints of Egypt by the Zangaki Brothers, some with printed signature, undated, but c. 1870, average image size 210 x 280mm. (15) | £200 - £300 | - | View |
| 263 | KOZABURO, Tamamura (1856-[?]1923, photographer). 16 original collotype photographs by Tamamura Kozaburo, tinted in colours, mounted on card, some captioned in the print, dimensions 196 x 250mm. With 7 related photographs and 7 other items. (30) | £200 - £300 | - | View |
| 264 | BIBLE, in English - The Bible, Amsterdam, Thomas Stafford, 1644, folio, general title and title to the New Testament, woodcut maps and illustrations including 2 full-page, contemporary calf (worn). THE LAST EDITION OF THE GENEVA BIBLE. | £400 - £600 | - | View |
| 265 | SCHENK, Peter (1660-1711) and Gerard VALCK (1652-1726). Suthsexia, vernacule Sussex, Amsterdam, [c.1690], hand-coloured engraved map, 380 x 510mm., framed and glazed. With 2 maps of Surrey and Kent. (3) | £100 - £150 | £80 | View |
| 266 | RACKHAM, Arthur (1867-1939, illustrator). Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, London, [1907], square 8vo, coloured frontispiece and 12 plates by Arthur Rackham, original green cloth gilt. First Trade Edition. With 6 other illustrated books. (7) | £200 - £300 | £500 | View |
| 267 | MISCELLANY - James L. ALLEN (1849-1925). A Kentucky Cardinal and Aftermath, London, 1901, 4to, illustrations by Hugh Thomson, original buckram (rebacked). ONE OF 250 "LARGE PAPER" COPIES. With 41 other miscellaneous works in 43 vols. (44) | £300 - £500 | £550 | View |
| 268 | FIGER, Louis (1658-1717). La Nouvelle Maison Rustique ... Onzieme Edition, Paris, 1790, 2 vols., 4to, 42 engraved plates, contemporary mottled calf. (2) | £150 - £250 | £170 | View |
| 269 | PEZRON, Paul-Yves (1640-1706). L' Antiquité des Tems [sic] Rétablie et Défenduë contre les Juifs et les Nouveaux Chronologistes, Paris, 1687, 4to, contemporary calf (rather worn). FIRST EDITION. | £100 - £150 | £70 | View |
| 270 | STURLUSON, Snorri (1179-1241). Heims Kringla, Stockholm, 1697, 2 vols. bound in one, folio, parallel text in Old Norse, Swedish and Latin, modern old-style panelled calf. FIRST EDITION. With Peter Murbeck's Christeliga Bredikningar (Kalmar, 1785). (2) | £300 - £500 | £500 | View |
| 271 | RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS OR "QUAKERS" - "Christian and Brotherly Advices Given forth from time to time by the Yearly Meetings in London." [?London: c. 1738-1771]. Folio. c. 400-page manuscript (many leaves lacking), contemporary reverse calf. | £300 - £500 | £320 | View |
| 272 | JUSTINIAN I (482-565) and Denis GODEFROY (1549-1622, editor). Corpus juris civilis Romani, Frankfurt, 1705, 4 parts in one vol., 4to, engraved portrait, contemporary elaborately blind-stamped vellum. | £100 - £150 | £170 | View |
| 273 | MISSALS, Roman - Missale Romanum, Antwerp, 1620, folio, 9 full-page engraved illustrations and borders, printed in red and black, contemporary calf over boards (rebacked, rather worn). With another Missal. The lot sold not subject to return. (2) | £200 - £300 | £240 | View |
| 274 | VEEN, Otto van (1556-1629). Le Theatre Moral de la Vie Humaine, Brussels, 1672, folio, folding engraved plate and 103 engraved emblematic illustrations after Otto van Veen, contemporary calf (heavily rubbed, joints split). FIRST EDITION thus. | £400 - £600 | - | View |
| 275 | BIBLE, in French - La Sainte Bible, Lyon, 1564, 2 vols. bound in one, folio, woodcut illustrations, some full-page, initials, contemporary calf (with substantial modern repairs). With La Bible (Geneva, 1615). (2) | £200 - £300 | £420 | View |
| 276 | [MAURICE, Thomas (1754-1824)]. The History of Hindostan, London, 1795-98. 2 vols., 4to, 19 engraved plates, contemporary calf. FIRST EDITION, but a baffling set (see full description). With another defective set in 2 vols. Sold not subject to return. (4) | £100 - £150 | £160 | View |
| 277 | THEOLOGY, English - William CAVE (1637-1713). Apostolici, London, 1677, folio, engraved title and illustrations, contemporary calf (worn). With 17 other English theological works in 19 vols., most folios. (20) | £500 - £800 | £950 | View |
| 278 | MISCELLANY, 16th-18th-century, in vellum - SAINT AUGUSTINE (354-430). [Opera], Basle, Froben, 1556, 3 vols. bound in 2 only, of 10), folio, contemporary vellum. With 10 other works in 11 vols., all folio or 4to. (13) | £500 - £800 | £1,200 | View |
| 279 | JUSTINIAN, Lawrence, Saint (1381-1456). [Opera, Brescia, Angelus Britannicus, 1506], folio, lacking colophon [as often], contemporary vellum. | £300 - £500 | £480 | View |
| 280 | BIBLE, in German - Biblia, Das ist Die gantze Schrift. Altes und Newes Testaments, Ulm, 1662, folio, additional engraved title, full-page woodcut dedication, illustrations, contemporary vellum (heavily rubbed, lacks clasps). | £200 - £300 | £260 | View |
| 281 | BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX, Saint (c.1090-1153). Opera, Basel, 1552, 2 vols. bound in one, folio, contemporary calf (rebacked). With 6 other works in 7 vols. (8) | £400 - £600 | £650 | View |
| 282 | [SARPI, Paolo (1552-1623)]. The History of the Council of Trent, London, 1676, folio, contemporary calf (rebacked). With 7 other works in 9 vols. (10) | £400 - £600 | £1,500 | View |
| 283 | MISCELLANY, German, Dutch etc. - Christian Ulrich GRUPEN (1692-1767). Origines et Antiquitates Hanoverenses. Göttingen, 1740, 4to, 9 engraved plates only (of 10), contemporary half vellum. With 9 other German and Dutch books. (10) | £200 - £300 | £350 | View |
| 284 | BIBLE, Gaelic. Leabhraichean an T-Seann Tiomnaidh, Edinburgh, 1807, 8vo, modern calf. With 7 other works in 8 vols. (9) | £300 - £500 | £200 | View |
| 285 | MISCELLANY - Creswell LEVINZ (1627-1701). Les Reports de Sr. Creswell Levinz, London, 1702, parts I - II only (of 3), folio, engraved portrait of the author, contemporary calf. With 26 works in 37 vols. (38) | £400 - £600 | £1,200 | View |
| 286 | TRAVEL - Laurence OLIPHANT (1829-88). The Russian Shores of the Black Sea, London, 1853, 8vo, lithographed frontispiece, 2 engraved maps, original pictorial cloth gilt. FIRST EDITION. With various other travel and topographical works in 18 vols. (19) | £200 - £300 | £600 | View |
| 287 | CYRILLIC - [Irmologion]. [?Bucharest], 1823, 4to, printed in red and black, contemporary calf-backed boards (rubbed). With 6 other books in Cyrillic. (7) | £300 - £500 | £350 | View |
| 288 | A Collection of Old Ballads, London, 1723-25, 3 volumes, 12mo, 47 engraved plates, FINELY BOUND in later red morocco gilt. With 3 other works in 5 vols. (8) | £200 - £300 | £170 | View |
| 289 | MISCELLANY - Walt WHITMAN (1819-92). Leaves of Grass, Philadelphia, 1894, portrait laid down as a frontispiece, facsimile signature on title (lacks engraved portrait frontispiece), original cloth gilt. With 12 other miscellaneous works in 15 vols. (16) | £300 - £500 | £180 | View |
| 290 | DICKENS, Charles (1812-70). The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, London, 1837, 8vo, 43 engraved plates, 19th-century half calf. FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, EARLY ISSUE. With The Penny Pickwick ([London, c. 1837], nos. 1 - 53 only, defective). (2) | £300 - £500 | £200 | View |
| 291 | REIGATE - R. F. D. PALGRAVE (1829-1904). A Hand-Book to Reigate and the Adjoining Parishes, [Published in:] Dorking, Reigate and London, 1860, 8vo, 4 plates, map, vignettes, original cloth. FIRST EDITION. RARE. | £70 - £100 | £35 | View |
| 292 | BINDINGS - A Birthday Book. Designed by Her Royal Highness the Princess Beatrice, London, 1881, 4to, chromolithographed plates, FINELY BOUND in dark blue crushed morocco gilt by Zaehnsdorf. With 2 other books FINELY BOUND. (3) | £150 - £250 | £240 | View |
| 293 | STALENUS, Joannes (1592-1651). Papissa monstrosa, et mera fabula, Cologne, 1639, 8vo, contemporary vellum. FIRST EDITION of this work on "Pope Joan". | £200 - £300 | £500 | View |
| 294 | BLASCO, Carlo ([dates unknown]). Diatriba de Joanna Papissa, seu de ejus fabulæ origine, Naples, 1778, 8vo, contemporary half vellum. FIRST EDITION of this work on "Pope Joan". | £100 - £150 | £170 | View |
| 295 | PETAU, Claude ([dates unknown]). Parallela SS. missae et cænæ hæreticæ in Catholico academia Trevirensi publicae disputationi Biblici baccalaureatus causa, proposita, Trier, 1616, 8vo, contemporary vellum. FIRST EDITION. With 5 other books. (6) | £100 - £150 | £300 | View |
| 296 | MONTECALVI, Onorato ([dates unknown]). Trium barbarorum philosophorum vite Abaris Hyperborei, Anacharsis Scythe, Asclepii Imutis, Cesena, 1631, 12mo, old calf (lacks spine). FIRST EDITION. | £100 - £150 | £50 | View |