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Total lots: 156

Lot 297 Sold
CATHERINE OF SIENNA, Saint (1347-80). Lettere Devotissime della Beata Vergine Santa Caterina da Siena, Venice, 1562, 4to, contemporary vellum. With Francesco Patrizi's Della Poetica (Ferrara, 1586, 2 vols. bound in one, 4to, contemporary vellum. (2)
CATHERINE OF SIENNA, Saint (1347-80).  Lettere devotissime della Beata Vergine Santa Caterina da…
Hammer price: £350
Estimate: £150 - £250
14 July 2022
14 July 2022
Lot 298 Sold
[RYVES, Bruno (1596-1677)]. Mercurius Rusticus: or, The Countries Complaint of the barbarous Out-rages Committed by the Sectaries of this late flourishing Kingdome, [Oxford], 1646, 8vo, engraved title, 19th-century morocco. FIRST EDITION.
[RYVES, Bruno [with many variants in spelling] (1596-1677)].  Mercurius Rusticus: or, The Countries…
Hammer price: £140
Estimate: £200 - £300
14 July 2022
14 July 2022
Lot 299 Sold
[MERIAN, Matthäus (1593-1650, engraver)]. Topographia Galliæ, Amsterdam, 1662, parts I - III only (of 5), 12mo, engraved titles in parts I and III, 224 engraved plates, contemporary vellum. (3)
[MERIAN, Matthäus (1593-1650, engraver)] and Martin ZEILER (1589-1661).  [From the first printed…
Hammer price: £550
Estimate: £500 - £800
14 July 2022
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Lot 300 Unsold
"MAZARINADES" - A collection of 30 pamphlets. Please see the full listing of titles and footnote below. (30)
"MAZARINADES" - A collection of 30 pamphlets, all printed in Paris in 1649 unless stated otherwise,…
Estimate: £70 - £100
14 July 2022
14 July 2022
Lot 301 Sold
HALL, Joseph (1574-1656). The Shaking of the Olive-Tree, London, 1660, 4to, folding engraved frontispiece portrait, modern calf, new endpapers. FIRST EDITION.
HALL, Joseph (1574-1656).  The Shaking of the Olive-Tree. The Remaining Works ... With Some…
Hammer price: £240
Estimate: £300 - £500
14 July 2022
14 July 2022
Lot 302 Sold
BREE, Charles Robert (1811-86). A History of the Birds of Europe, not Observed in the British Isles, London, 1863-64, 4 vols., large 8vo, 238 chromoxylographed plates, original red pictorial cloth gilt. FIRST EDITION. (4)
BREE, Charles Robert (1811-86).  A History of the Birds of Europe, not Observed in the British…
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £200 - £300
14 July 2022
14 July 2022
Lot 303 Sold
BISHOP, Frederick ([dates unknown]). The Wife's Own Book of Cookery, London, [1856], 8vo, wood-engraved frontispiece, title, folding plate and illustrations, original pictorial cloth gilt. FIRST EDITION.
BISHOP, Frederick ([dates unknown]).  The Wife's Own Book of Cookery. London: Ward and Lock, [1856]…
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £50 - £80
14 July 2022
14 July 2022
Lot 304 Sold
MISCELLANY - Peter Langtoft's Chronicle, London, 1725, 2 vols., 8vo, contemporary calf. With various other works in 65 vols. (67)
MISCELLANY - Peter Langtoft's Chronicle, (as illustrated and improv'd by Robert of Brunne) from the…
Hammer price: £1,800
Estimate: £500 - £800
14 July 2022
14 July 2022
Lot 305 Sold
JONSON, Ben (1572-1657). Volpone, or The Foxe, London, 1616, 4to, stitched. Bound with other works by the same author.
JONSON, Ben (1572-1637).  Volpone, or The Foxe. A Comoedie. Acted in the yeere 1605. By the K.…
Hammer price: £550
Estimate: £200 - £300
14 July 2022
14 July 2022
Lot 306 Sold
JONSON, Ben (1572-1637). The Staple of Newes, London, 4to, 1631, stitched. Bound with another work by the same author.
JONSON, Ben (1572-1637).  The Staple of Newes. A Comedie Acted in the Yeare, 1625. By His Maiesties…
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £200 - £300
14 July 2022
14 July 2022
Lot 307 Sold
STEINBECK, John (1902-68). Cannery Row, New York, 1945, 8vo, original yellow cloth, dust-jacket. FIRST EDITION, second issue.
STEINBECK, John (1902-68).  Cannery Row. New York: The Viking Press, January 1945. 8vo (187 x120mm)…
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £300 - £500
14 July 2022
14 July 2022
Lot 308 Sold
HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961). The Old Man and the Sea, London, 1952, 8vo, original blue pictorial cloth, dust-jacket. FIRST U.K. EDITION. With another by the same author. (2)
HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961). The Old Man and the Sea. London: Jonathan Cape, 1952. 8vo (193 x…
Hammer price: £170
Estimate: £100 - £150
14 July 2022
14 July 2022
Lot 309 Sold
ORWELL, George (1903-50). Animal Farm, New York, 1946, 8vo, original green cloth, dust-jacket. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, second or later issue. With 4 other books. (5)
ORWELL, George (1903-50).  Animal Farm. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1946. 8vo (187 x…
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £100 - £150
14 July 2022
14 July 2022
Lot 310 Sold
POWELL, Anthony (1905-2000). Books Do Furnish a Room. London: Heinemann, 1971, 8vo, half title, original red cloth, dust-jacket. FIRST EDITION. With 10 other books. (11)
POWELL, Anthony (1905-2000).  Books Do Furnish a Room. A Novel. London: William Heinemann, 1971.…
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £100 - £150
14 July 2022
14 July 2022
Lot 311 Sold
BINDING - Anne Isabella Noel BLUNT (1837-1917) and Wilfrid Scawen BLUNT (1840-1922). The Celebrated Romance of the Stealing of the Mare, [Newtown], The Gregynog Press, 1930, 4to, VERY FINELY BOUND in morocco by Denise Lubett. NUMBER 94 OF 275 COPIES.
BINDING - Anne Isabella Noel BLUNT, 15th Baroness Wentworth (1837-1917) and Wilfrid Scawen BLUNT …
Hammer price: £1,700
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
14 July 2022
14 July 2022
Lot 312 Sold
BINDING - Francis GRIBBLE (1862-1946). The Court of Christina of Sweden, London, 1913, large 8vo, extra-illustrated, VERY FINELY BOUND in "Cosway"-style by Bayntun, the upper cover with an inset portrait miniature of Queen Christina.
BINDING - Francis GRIBBLE (1862-1946).  The Court of Christina of Sweden and the later Adventures…
Hammer price: £850
Estimate: £500 - £800
14 July 2022
14 July 2022
Lot 313 Sold
BINDING - L' Office de l 'Eglise, Paris, 1741, large 12mo, VERY FINELY BOUND in highly elaborate mosaic cream calf gilt.
BINDING - L' Office de l' Eglise En Latin et en François. Paris: Chez Theodore de Hansy, 1741.…
Hammer price: £4,200
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
14 July 2022
14 July 2022
Lot 314 Sold
BINDING - Embroidered silver wire or bullion thread binding with densely-worked floral and foliate pattern over the whole surface, gilt edges, [?mid-17th-century], tall 12mo, containing notebook with blank leaves.
BINDING - Embroidered silver wire or bullion thread binding with densely-worked floral and foliate…
Hammer price: £3,000
Estimate: £150 - £250
14 July 2022
14 July 2022
Lot 315 Sold
BINDING - Prayers and Meditations for every Situation and Occasion of Life, London, 1882, 12mo, FINELY BOUND in contemporary hinged Dutch tortoiseshell.
BINDING - Prayers and Meditations for every Situation and Occasion of Life. Translated and adapted…
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £200 - £300
14 July 2022
14 July 2022
Lot 316 Sold
BINDING - Het Nieuwe Testament, 1819, tall 12mo, FINELY BOUND in contemporary Dutch tortoiseshell, gold clasp in the form of a lyre.
BINDING - Het Nieuwe Testament ofte alle Boeken des Nieuwen Verbonts onses Heeren Jesu Christi.…
Hammer price: £190
Estimate: £200 - £300
14 July 2022
14 July 2022
Lot 317 Unsold
SHEFFIELD, Emma ([dates unknown], embroider). "Europe." Needlework sampler embroidered in colours on linen, 1842, 620 x 760mm.
SHEFFIELD, Emma ([dates unknown], embroider).  "Europe. 1842." Needlework sampler embroidered in…
Estimate: £200 - £300
14 July 2022
14 July 2022
Lot 318 Sold
L' Europa Geografico-Politica Veduta a Vola d' Oca, [Bologna, c. 1871], coloured lithographed political map, 465 x 665mm., framed and glazed. RARE.
L' Europa Geografico-Politica Veduta a Vola d' Oca. [Bologna: Presso Manfredi Manfredo editore Via…
Hammer price: £3,200
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
14 July 2022
14 July 2022
Lot 319 Sold
ALBUM - Edward LEAR (1812-88). One-page autograph letter, signed, contained in an album containing c. 80 autograph letters from various recipients, clipped signatures and envelopes.
ALBUM - Edward LEAR (1812-88). One-page autograph letter, signed, on paper addressed in hand, "27…
Hammer price: £650
Estimate: £200 - £300
14 July 2022
14 July 2022
Lot 320 Sold
CHERRY-GARRARD, Apsley George Benet (1886-1959). The Worst Journey in the World, London, 1922, 2 vols., large 8vo, 61 plates and maps, original hessian-backed paper boards. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE.
CHERRY-GARRARD, Apsley George Benet (1886-1959).  The Worst Journey in the World. Antarctic 1910…
Hammer price: £1,600
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
14 July 2022
14 July 2022
Lot 321 Sold
RACKHAM, Arthur (1867-1939, illustrator) - Nathaniel HAWTHORNE (1804-64). A Wonder Book, London, [1922], 4to, 24 coloured plates by Rackham, original buckram. ONE OF 600 COPIES SIGNED BY THE ARTIST. With Derek Hudson's Arthur Rackham (London, 1960). (2)
RACKHAM, Arthur (1867-1939, illustrator) -  Nathaniel HAWTHORNE (1804-64).  A Wonder Book. London:…
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £400 - £600
14 July 2022
14 July 2022
Lot 322 Sold
FIGURES FROM "ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND" AND "THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS" - A collection of 8 hand-coloured resin character figures, [?]late 19th-century, [without maker's mark], average height 110mm. RARE. (8)
FIGURES FROM "ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND" AND "THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS, AND WHAT ALICE…
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £200 - £300
14 July 2022
14 July 2022
Lot 323 Sold
JARDINE, William (1800-74). British Salmonidæ, London, Decimus Press, 1979, folio, 12 coloured plates of salmon after William Jardine, original morocco-backed buckram. NUMBER 151 OF 500 COPIES. Facsimile Edition.
JARDINE, William (1800-74). British Salmonidæ. London: Decimus Press, 1979. Folio (622 x 465mm).…
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £70 - £100
14 July 2022
14 July 2022
Lot 324 Sold
BRUNELLESCHI, Umberto (1879-1949, illustrator) - Alfred de MUSSET (1810-57). La Nuit Vénitienne [and 2 other tales], Paris, [1913], 4to, 20 coloured plates by Umberto Brunelleschi, contemporary dark blue half morocco gilt (rubbed).
BRUNELLESCHI, Umberto (1879-1949, illustrator) - Alfred de MUSSET (1810-57).  La Nuit Vénetienne.…
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £40 - £60
14 July 2022
14 July 2022
Lot 325 Sold
DE ROSSI, Giovanni Giacomo (1627-91), Nicolas SANSON (1600-67) and Guillaume SANSON (1633-1703). L' America Settentrionale, Rome, 1687, hand-coloured engraved map, 385 x 530mm., framed and glazed.
DE ROSSI, Giovanni Giacomo (1627-91), Nicolas SANSON (1600-67) and Guillaume SANSON (1633-1703).  L…
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £400 - £600
14 July 2022
14 July 2022
Lot 326 Sold
OWEN, W. F. W. (1774-1857). Narrative of Voyages to Explore the Shores of Africa, Arabia, and Madagascar, London, 1833, 2 vols., 8vo, 5 plates, 4 folding charts (lacking pp.401-416 of text in vol. II, but supplied in facsimile), modern half calf. (2)
OWEN, William Fitzherbert Wentworth (1774-1857).  Narrative of Voyages to Explore the Shores of…
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £50 - £80
14 July 2022
14 July 2022
Lot 327 Sold
BROWN, Robert Hewitt (1830-83). Stellar Theology and Masonic Astronomy, New York, 1882, large square 8vo, 2 coloured plates (one volvelle lacking from the second plate), original decorated cloth gilt. FIRST EDITION. RARE.
BROWN, Robert Hewitt (1830-83).  Stellar Theology and Masonic Astronomy; or, The Origin and Meaning…
Hammer price: £160
Estimate: £100 - £150
14 July 2022
14 July 2022
Lot 328 Sold
GILLRAY, James ([?]1756-1815, artist). The Caricatures ... with Historical and Political Illustrations, [London, c. 1818-24], oblong small 4to, 76 hand-coloured engraved plates by Gillray only ([?]of 82), contemporary calf (rather worn).
GILLRAY, James ([?]1756-1815, artist).  The Caricatures ... with Historical and Political…
Hammer price: £5,000
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
14 July 2022
14 July 2022
Lot 329 Sold
DICKENS, Charles (1812-70). The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, London, 1837, 8vo, engraved plates, EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED, contemporary purple calf gilt. FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, EARLY ISSUE.
DICKENS, Charles (1812-70).  The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. London: Chapman and Hall,…
Hammer price: £480
Estimate: £400 - £600
14 July 2022
14 July 2022
Lot 330 Unsold
DICKENS, Charles (1812-70). Master Humphrey's Clock, London, 1840, 3 vols., large 8vo, 3 frontispieces, illustrations, original pictorial cloth gilt. FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, THE PUBLISHER'S COPY, annotated. (3)
DICKENS, Charles (1812-70).  Master Humphrey's Clock. London: Chapman and Hall, 1840-41. 3 volumes,…
Estimate: £500 - £800
14 July 2022
14 July 2022
Lot 331 Sold
DICKENS, Charles (1812-70). Our Mutual Friend, London, 1865, 2 vols., 8vo, 40 wood-engraved plates by Marcus Stone, contemporary morocco-backed cloth. FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM. With 4 other books by the same author, FIRST EDITIONS IN BOOK FORM. (6)
DICKENS, Charles (1812-70).  Our Mutual Friend. London: Chapman and Hall, 1865. 2 volumes, 8vo (213…
Hammer price: £420
Estimate: £500 - £800
14 July 2022
14 July 2022
Lot 332 Unsold
CHURCHILL, Winston Spencer (1874-1965), Clementine CHURCHILL (1885-1977), Clement ATTLEE (1883-1967), Peter Geoffrey OATES (1919-2007), and others. An archive of manuscript and printed material. Please see the full description. (qty)
CHURCHILL, Winston Spencer (1874-1965), Clementine CHURCHILL (1885-1977), Clement ATTLEE (1883-1967…
Estimate: £4,000 - £6,000
14 July 2022
14 July 2022
Lot 333 Sold
CHURCHILL, Winston Spencer (1874-1965). A "Romeo y Julieta" cigar butt, 50mm. long, acquired by the vendor, Iris Howell (née White), while tending to Winston Churchill in her capacity as a flight attendant for British European Airways in the 1960s. (3)
CHURCHILL, Winston Spencer (1874-1965).  A "Romeo y Julieta" cigar butt, 50mm. long, with the…
Hammer price: £800
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
14 July 2022
14 July 2022
Lot 334 Sold
CRUIKSHANK, George (1792-1865). 2 autograph letters and a post card, signed; and another autograph letter and an autograph poem, both in an unidentified hand. (5)
CRUIKSHANK, George (1792-1865). Autograph letter to Alec Gould, signed, on two pages, headed "241…
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £200 - £300
14 July 2022
14 July 2022
Lot 335 Sold
GRANT OF ARMS - A fine large calligraphic manuscript on vellum granting Arms to Edward Pineles, 1973, 550 x 680mm., framed and glazed.
GRANT OF ARMS - A fine large calligraphic manuscript on vellum granting Arms to Edward Pineles of…
Hammer price: £350
Estimate: £200 - £300
14 July 2022
14 July 2022
Lot 336 Sold
JANSSON, Jan (1588-1664). Hantoniæ comitatus, cum Bercheria, [Amsterdam, c.1676]. Hand-coloured engraved map of Hampshire and Berkshire, 438 x 550mm., framed and glazed.
JANSSON, Jan (1588-1664).  Hantoniæ comitatus, cum Bercheria. [Amsterdam, c.1676]. Hand-coloured…
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £70 - £100
14 July 2022
14 July 2022
Lot 337 Sold
SPEED, John (c.1551-1629). Glamorgan Shyre, [London], 1610 [but 1611 or later], hand-coloured engraved map of Glamorganshire, 385 x 510mm., framed and glazed.
SPEED, John (c.1551-1629).  Glamorgan Shyre. With the Sittuations of the cheife towne Cardyff and…
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £70 - £100
14 July 2022
14 July 2022
Lot 338 Sold
SHAKESPEARE, William (1564-1616). The Merchant of Venice, London, The Folio Society, 2010, 2 vols., folio and 8vo, original half green goatskin and cloth, fitted cloth box. NUMBER 117 OF 1,000 COPIES. "The Letterpress Shakespeare." (2)
SHAKESPEARE, William (1564-1616).  The Merchant of Venice, edited by Jay L. Halio. London: The…
Hammer price: £130
Estimate: £70 - £100
14 July 2022
14 July 2022
Lot 339 Sold
STEPHENS, Henry (1795-1874). The Book of the Farm, London, 1855, 2 vols., large 8vo, 14 engraved plates, illustrations, original pictorial roan-backed cloth boards (spines worn). Second edition, eighth thousand. (2)
STEPHENS, Henry (1795-1874).  The Book of the Farm. London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1855, 2…
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £70 - £100
14 July 2022
14 July 2022
Lot 340 Sold
BEARDSLEY, Aubrey (1872-98, illustrator) - Thomas MALORY (1415-71). Le Morte Darthur, London, 1927, 4to, 22 plates by Aubrey Beardsley, illustrations, original dark blue pictorial cloth gilt (spine detached). ONE OF 1,600 COPIES. Third Beardsley edition.
BEARDSLEY, Aubrey (1872-98, illustrator) - Thomas MALORY (c.1415-71).  The Birth Life and Acts of…
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £200 - £300
14 July 2022
14 July 2022
Lot 341 Sold
BIBA [Catalogue] - [London: May 1969], tall slim folio, tinted photographs by Helmut Newton, the catalogue design by John McConnell, original dark green wrappers, original mail order form loosely-inserted. With another BIBA catalogue. RARE. (2)
BIBA [Catalogue] - [London:] Beric Press, [May 1969]. Tall slim folio (355 x 178mm). Tinted…
Hammer price: £240
Estimate: £200 - £300
14 July 2022
14 July 2022
Lot 342 Sold
BLOME, Richard (1635-1705). A Mapp of the Kingdome of Ireland, [London: 1673], hand-coloured engraved map, 380 x 390mm., framed and glazed.
BLOME, Richard (1635-1705).  A Mapp of the Kingdome of Ireland. [London:] R. Palmer, [1673]. Hand…
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £70 - £100
14 July 2022
14 July 2022
Lot 343 Sold
HOMANN HEIRS. Carte des Indes Orientales, [Nuremberg:], 1748, large hand-coloured engraved map on 2 sheets, joined 520 x 855mm., framed and glazed.
HOMANN HEIRS.  Carte des Indes Orientales. [Nuremberg:] "Les Heritiers de Homan", 1748. Large hand…
Hammer price: £350
Estimate: £200 - £300
14 July 2022
14 July 2022
Lot 344 Sold
SPEED, John (c.1551-1629). Greece, [London:] George Humble, 1626, hand-coloured engraved map of ancient Greece, 400 x 510mm., framed and glazed.
SPEED, John (c.1551-1629).  [After title in Greek:] Greece. [London:] George Humble, 1626. Hand…
Hammer price: £110
Estimate: £150 - £250
14 July 2022
14 July 2022

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