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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
14 July 2022
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

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