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Printed Books, Manuscripts & Maps including Books from the Library of Anthony and Clarissa Eden

Auction date Thursday 13 July 2023 14:00 BST

Thursday 13 July   - Sussex Saleroom 

Lots 1 – 89  Books from the Library of Anthony and Clarissa Eden

Lots 90 – 200  Various Properties

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Payment to be received by bank transfer or on collection by 20 July

Collections - Sussex Saleroom 
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Friday 14 July                                    9am-4.30pm
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Wednesday 19 July                          9am - 4.30pm
Thursday 20 July                               9am-4.30pm 

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Total lots: 209

Lot 184 Sold
"Signal Book for the Ships of War under the Command of Admiral Earl Howe 1790 And continued by Vice Admiral Lord Hood 1791." [No place, 1791 or later], 8vo (160 x 125mm), autograph manuscript on c.150 leaves, with hand-coloured flags, calf (disbound).
"Signal Book for the Ships of War under the Command of Admiral Earl Howe 1790 And continued by Vice…
Hammer price: £3,800
Estimate: £100 - £150
13 July 2023
13 July 2023
Lot 185 Sold
SLAVERY - James RAMSAY (1733-89). An Essay on the Treatment and Conversion of African Slaves in the British Sugar Colonies, London, 1784, 8vo, errata and advertisement leaf, unbound but spine solid and text-block holding. FIRST EDITION.
SLAVERY - James RAMSAY (1733-89).  An Essay on the Treatment and Conversion of African Slaves in…
Hammer price: £950
Estimate: £400 - £600
13 July 2023
13 July 2023
Lot 186 Sold
SLAVERY - William WILBERFORCE (1759-1833). A Letter on the Abolition of the Slave Trade; Addressed to the Freeholders of Yorkshire, London, 1807, 8vo, contemporary half calf (very worn, covers detached). FIRST EDITION. PMM 232(b); Sabin 103953.
SLAVERY - William WILBERFORCE (1759-1833).  A Letter on the Abolition of the Slave Trade; Addressed…
Hammer price: £1,400
Estimate: £500 - £800
13 July 2023
13 July 2023
Lot 187 Sold
SOLVYNS, Frans Balthazar (1760-1824). The Costume of Hindostan, London, 1804, folio, text in English and French, 60 hand-coloured aquatint plates, contemporary red half roan (rubbed). FIRST EUROPEAN EDITION.
SOLVYNS, Frans Balthazar (1760-1824).  The Costume of Hindostan, elucidated by Sixty Coloured…
Hammer price: £1,900
Estimate: £300 - £500
13 July 2023
13 July 2023
Lot 188 Sold
SOMMER, Giorgio (1834-1914, photographer) [?] & others. A collection of 87 original mounted photographs of Italy, mostly views of Rome, Naples and Vesuvius etc., 210 x 260mm., in a contemporary vellum album, the photographs dating from c.1860-80.
SOMMER, Giorgio (1834-1914, photographer) [?] & others. A collection of 87 original mounted…
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £200 - £300
13 July 2023
13 July 2023
Lot 189 Sold
SPEED, John (1552-1629). Barkshire Described, London, 1676, hand-coloured engraved map of Berkshire, panoramic view of Windsor Castle at the top, title within baroque figural cartouche, coats-of-arms, compass rose, 382 x 510mm., framed and glazed.
SPEED, John (1552-1629).  Barkshire Described. [London:] Thomas Bassett and Richard Chiswell, [1676…
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £100 - £150
13 July 2023
13 July 2023
Lot 190 Sold
STANFORD, Edward (1827-1904, publisher) - The Family Atlas ... including the Geological Map of England and Wales, by Sir I. Murchison, London, 1865, folio, 80 hand-coloured engraved maps, half morocco (worn). With a folding map of London (c.1854). (2).
STANFORD, Edward (1827-1904, publisher) - The Family Atlas Containing Eighty maps, Constructed by…
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £70 - £100
13 July 2023
13 July 2023
Lot 191 Sold
STANLEY, Henry Morton (1841-1904) - The American Testimonial Banquet to Henry M. Stanley, London, 1890, 6 photographs and the text on blue paper laid down on thick card, original "relievo"-style calf. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. RARE.
STANLEY, Henry Morton (1841-1904) - The American Testimonial Banquet to Henry M. Stanley, in…
Hammer price: £35
Estimate: £100 - £150
13 July 2023
13 July 2023
Lot 192 Sold
STOW, John (1525-1605), SEYMOUR, R. & J. MARCHANT. The History and Survey of ... London and Westminster, London, 1754, 2 vols., 82 engraved plates ([?]only), all FINELY COLOURED BY HAND, modern morocco. With another related but defective work. (3)
STOW, John (1525-1605), SEYMOUR, Robert [dates unknown] & J. MARCHANT [dates unknown].  The History…
Hammer price: £1,500
Estimate: £300 - £500
13 July 2023
13 July 2023
Lot 193 Sold
The Jubilee, and Civic Debates on the Jubilee Dinner, Travestis ... Second Edition, London, 1809, 8vo, hand-coloured frontispiece by Cruikshank, old wrappers, stitched. VERY RARE, with no copy in the British Library or on-line.
The Jubilee, and Civic Debates on the Jubilee Dinner, Travestis. Dedicated to all Lovers of the…
Hammer price: £160
Estimate: £200 - £300
13 July 2023
13 July 2023
Lot 194 Sold
The Lord of Hardivyle. An Historical Legend, [London], 1800, 12mo (lacks all before title and all after final text leaf), boards (rubbed). FIRST EDITION. RARE. With 8 other works in 11 vols. The lot sold not subject to return. (12)
The Lord of Hardivyle. An Historical Legend of the Fourteenth Century. [London:] "Printed for W.…
Hammer price: £350
Estimate: £400 - £600
13 July 2023
13 July 2023
Lot 195 Sold
The Pelman System of Mind and Memory Training. London, [1914]. Numbers 1 - 12 bound in one volume, tall 8vo, contemporary red morocco by Zaehnsdorf, with presentation stamp to L. G. Chiozza Money on the upper cover.
The Pelman System of Mind and Memory Training. London: The Pelman School of the Mind, [1914].…
Hammer price: £260
Estimate: £70 - £100
13 July 2023
13 July 2023
Lot 196 Sold
TIMKOWSKI, Egor Fedorovitch (1790-1975). Travels of the Russian Mission through Mongolia to China, London,1827, 2 volumes, 8vo, frontispiece, folding map, plan of Peking, old half calf. FIRST U.K. EDITION. With 2 other related works in 3 vols. (5)
TIMKOWSKI, Egor Fedorovitch (1790-1975).  Travels of the Russian Mission through Mongolia to China,…
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £100 - £200
13 July 2023
13 July 2023
Lot 197 Sold
VAN ALPHEN, Hieronymous (1746-1803). Kleine Gedichten voor Kinderen, Utrecht, 1787 [?but later], small 8vo, engraved portrait of the author, title with vignette, 66 plates, contemporary calf. With a miniature Almanac (Utrecht, 1836). (2)
VAN ALPHEN, Hieronymous (1746-1803).  Kleine Gedichten voor Kinderen. Utrecht: Bij de Wed. J. van…
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £100 - £150
13 July 2023
13 July 2023
Lot 198 Sold
VICTORIA, Queen (1819-1901). A document, SIGNED "Victoria R.", appointing William Turner Thiselton-Dyer as a Fellow of the University of London, with a portrait of Queen Victoria, in common mount, framed and glazed, 360 x 445mm., 1887.
VICTORIA, Queen (1819-1901).  A document on 2-pages, SIGNED at the head by Queen Victoria (…
Hammer price: £110
Estimate: £100 - £150
13 July 2023
13 July 2023
Lot 199 Sold
WAUGH, Evelyn (1903-66). Brideshead Revisited, London, 1945, 8vo, original pink cloth, dust-jacket (torn with some loss at corners). FIRST EDITION.
WAUGH, Evelyn (1903-66).  Brideshead Revisited. The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles…
Hammer price: £450
Estimate: £500 - £800
13 July 2023
13 July 2023
Lot 200 Sold
WAUGH, Evelyn (1903-66). Scoop, London, 1939, 8vo, original cloth, dust-jacket (torn at corners with some loss). FIRST EDITION, in the dust-jacket without the 'Daily Beast' masthead.
WAUGH, Evelyn (1903-66).  Scoop. A Novel about Journalists. London: Chapman & Hall Ltd., 1938. 8vo …
Hammer price: £240
Estimate: £100 - £150
13 July 2023
13 July 2023

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