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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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Lots per page:

Total lots: 209

Lot 116 Sold
DOLL, Catharina (1750-1824). Almanak voor Vrouwen door Vrouwen, Amsterdam, [?1791], small square 8vo, title and 5 plates, bound in old silk boards with watercolour decorations, slipcase. The first in this series of "Almanacs for Women by Women".
DOLL, Catharina (1750-1824).  Almanak voor Vrouwen door Vrouwen. MDCCXCII. Amsterdam: De Wed. J.…
Hammer price: £350
Estimate: £300 - £500
13 July 2023
13 July 2023
Lot 117 Sold
DOVES PRESS - William SHAKESPEARE (1564-1616). The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Hammersmith, The Doves Press, 1913, 4to (233 x 165mm), printed in red and black, contemporary dark blue morocco gilt by the Doves Bindery. ONE OF 200 COPIES ON PAPER.
DOVES PRESS - William Shakespeare (1564-1616).  The Tragedie of Julius Caesar. Hammersmith [London]…
Hammer price: £1,500
Estimate: £400 - £600
13 July 2023
13 July 2023
Lot 118 Sold
DUMOURIEZ, Charles François du Périer (1739-1823). Thoughts on the French Invasion of England ... Translated from the French ... The Third Edition, London, 1798, 4to, folding hand-coloured engraved chart, contemporary wrappers. VERY RARE.
DUMOURIEZ, Charles François du Périer (1739-1823).  Thoughts on the French Invasion of England ...…
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £200 - £300
13 July 2023
13 July 2023
Lot 118a Sold
DUNNE, John William (1866-1949). An Experiment with Time, London, 1927, 8vo, original blue buckram, dust-jacket. FIRST EDITION. RARE, particularly in the dust-jacket.
DUNNE, John William (1866-1949).  An Experiment with Time. London: A. & C. Black, 1927. 8vo (218 x…
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £200 - £300
13 July 2023
13 July 2023
Lot 119 Sold
EGAN, Pierce (1772-1849). Life in London, London, 1821, large 8vo, 36 hand-coloured aquatint plates, 3 folding leaves of music (some staining and spotting), FINELY BOUND in 20th-century scarlet crushed morocco gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. FIRST EDITION.
EGAN, Pierce (1772-1849).  Life in London; or, the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, Esq. and…
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £200 - £300
13 July 2023
13 July 2023
Lot 120 Sold
EHRLICH, Paul (1854-1915). Beiträge zur experimentellen Pathologie und Chemotherapie, Leipzig, 1909, large 8vo, original green cloth. FIRST EDITION.
EHRLICH, Paul (1854-1915).  Beitrge zur experimentellen Pathologie und Chemotherapie. Leipzig:…
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £70 - £100
13 July 2023
13 July 2023
Lot 121 Sold
ELLIS, Henry (1788-1855). Journal of the Proceedings of the Late Embassy to China, London, 1817, 4to, 7 hand-coloured aquatint plates, 2 engraved maps only (lacks folding map), calf (worn). FIRST EDITION. With another related book (incomplete). (2)
ELLIS, Henry (1788-1855).  Journal of the Proceedings of the Late Embassy to China; Comprising a…
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £200 - £300
13 July 2023
13 July 2023
Lot 122 Sold
EMMANUEL-AUGUSTIN-DIEUDONNE-JOSEPH, Comte de (1766-1842). Memorial de Saint Helene, London, 1823-35, 8 parts in 8 vols., 8vo, 20 plates and maps, attractively bound in 19th-century half red morocco gilt by Bumpus. (8)
EMMANUEL-AUGUSTIN-DIEUDONNE-JOSEPH, Comte de (1766-1842).  Memorial de Saint Helene. Journal of the…
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £100 - £150
13 July 2023
13 July 2023
Lot 123 Sold
Ethiopian manuscript on c.165 vellum leaves, Ge'ez script in red and black, 22-lines to each page, with 18 ornamental coloured strapwork and foliate headpieces, contemporary vellum over boards, 125 x 90mm., [?]19th-century.
Ethiopian manuscript on c.165 vellum leaves, Ge'ez script in red and black, 22-lines to each page,…
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £400 - £600
13 July 2023
13 July 2023
Lot 124 Sold
EVELYN, John (1620-1706). Silva, London, 1776, 4to, 40 plates (lacks portrait), calf (rebacked). EDITOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by A. Hunter to his son. With another edition in 2 vols. (3)
EVELYN, John (1620-1706) & Alexander HUNTER (1729-1809, editor).  Silva: Or, A Discourse of Forest…
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £400 - £600
13 July 2023
13 July 2023
Lot 125 Sold
EVELYN, John (1620-1706). Sylva, or a Discourse of Forest Trees, London, 1670, folio, engraved illustrations including one full-page, modern half calf. Second edition.
EVELYN, John (1620-1706).  Sylva, Or A Discourse of Frest Trees, and the Proagation of Timber in…
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £150 - £250
13 July 2023
13 July 2023
Lot 126 Sold
FLEMING, Ian (1908-64). On Her Majesty's Secret Service, London, 1963, 8vo, original dark brown cloth, dust-jacket. FIRST EDITION. With the same author's You Only Live Twice (London, 1964, 8vo, cloth, dust-jacket, FIRST EDITION). (2)
FLEMING, Ian (1908-64).  On Her Majesty's Secret Service. London: Jonathan Cape, 1963. 8vo (189 x…
Hammer price: £150
Estimate: £100 - £150
13 July 2023
13 July 2023
Lot 127 Unsold
FLOYER, John (1649-1734). A Treatise of the Asthma, London, 1698, small 8vo, some leaves mis-bound [see full description], but all present, later calf. FIRST EDITION. RARE.
[FLOYER, John (1649-1734)].  A Treatise of the Asthma. Divided into Four Parts. In the First is…
Estimate: £300 - £500
13 July 2023
13 July 2023
Lot 128 Sold
FREMONT, J. C. (1813-90). Report of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the Year 1842, and to Oregon and North California, Washington, 1845, 8vo, 16 plates only, 5 maps including folding map by Fremont and Preuss, cloth. FIRST EDITION.
FREMONT, John Charles (1813-90).  Report of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the…
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £300 - £500
13 July 2023
13 July 2023
Lot 129 Sold
FREMONT, J. C. (1813-90). Narrative of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, London, 1846, 8vo, 4 lithographed plates, folding map, original cloth decorated in blind. FIRST U.K. EDITION. With 3 related works in 5 vols. (6)
FREMONT, John Charles (1813-90).  Narrative of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, in…
Hammer price: £180
Estimate: £200 - £300
13 July 2023
13 July 2023
Lot 130 Sold
GAUSS, Carl Friedrich (1777-1855) & Wilhelm Eduard WEBER (1804-91). Resultate aus den Beobachtungen des magnetischen Vereins im Jahre 1836, Göttingen, 1837, [?Volume One only (of 6)], 8vo, 10 folding engraved plates, boards, modern box. FIRST EDITION.
GAUSS, Carl Friedrich (1777-1855) & Wilhelm Eduard WEBER (1804-91).  Resultate aus den…
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £100 - £150
13 July 2023
13 July 2023
Lot 131 Sold
GRAVES, Robert (1895-1985). I, Claudius, London, 1934, 8vo, half title, folding genealogical table at the end, original black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, dust-jacket (a few short tears at head of backstrip, some chipping to corners). FIRST EDITION.
GRAVES, Robert (1895-1985).  I, Claudius. From the Autobiography of Tiberius Claudius. London:…
Hammer price: £500
Estimate: £400 - £600
13 July 2023
13 July 2023
Lot 132 Sold
GRIFFITH, Elizabeth ([?]1727-93). The Morality of Shakespeare's Drama Illustrated, London, 1775, 8vo, engraved portrait frontispiece of Shakespeare, contemporary calf (worn). FIRST EDITION. With another related work in 2 vols. (3)
GRIFFITH, Elizabeth ([?]1727-93).  The Morality of Shakespeare's Drama Illustrated. London: Printed…
Hammer price: £130
Estimate: £300 - £500
13 July 2023
13 July 2023
Lot 133 Sold
HALL, Marshall (1790-1857). On The Diseases and Derangements of the Nervous System, London, 1841, 8vo, 8 engraved plates, later half calf gilt. FIRST EDITION.
HALL, Marshall (1790-1857).  On The Diseases and Derangements of the Nervous System, in their…
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £200 - £300
13 July 2023
13 July 2023
Lot 134 Sold
HARRISON, George (1943-2001) - Concert for George, Guildford, Genesis Publications Limited, 2004, 4to, coloured and monochrome photographs, various inserts [see below], original goatskin gilt, box. NUMBER 24 OF 350 DELUXE COPIES SIGNED BY OLIVIA HARRISON.
HARRISON, George (1943-2001) - Concert for George. The Royal Albert Hall, London, November 29th…
Hammer price: £420
Estimate: £300 - £500
13 July 2023
13 July 2023
Lot 135 Sold
HARVEY, William (1578-1657). Opera omnia, London, 1766, 4to, engraved portrait, plate, contemporary calf gilt (rebacked). "The best collected edition of his works is that published by the College of Physicians, edited by Dr Lawrence, in 1766" (see DNB).
HARVEY, William (1578-1657).  Opera omnia: a Collegio Medicorum Londinensi edita, edited by Thomas…
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £500 - £800
13 July 2023
13 July 2023
Lot 136 Sold
HEANEY, Seamus (1939-2013). An autograph postcard, dated "29.1.82", stating, "Carolle - Thank you for sending these poems ... I am off to Harvard to-morrow ... There is a real authenticity of feeling in the poems ..." With a copy of the poem, annotated.
HEANEY, Seamus (1939-2013).  An autograph postcard, dated "29.1.82", stating, "Carolle - Thank you…
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £70 - £100
13 July 2023
13 July 2023
Lot 137 Sold
HUMPHREYS, Henry Noel (1810-79) & John Obadiah WESTWOOD (1805-93). British Butterflies and their Transformations, London, 1841, 4to, additional hand-coloured lithographed title and 42 plates, contemporary black half calf (rubbed). FIRST EDITION.
HUMPHREYS, Henry Noel (1810-79) & John Obadiah WESTWOOD (1805-93).  British Butterflies and their…
Hammer price: £150
Estimate: £200 - £300
13 July 2023
13 July 2023
Lot 138 Sold
INDIA & EGYPT - Samuel BOURNE (1834-1912) & C. SHEPHERD (fl.1858-78, photographers). 83 fine original albumen prints mounted on card, chiefly of Indian views, 225 x 285mm., c.1860-80, in an album. With 10 others of Egypt, unbound, by H. Arnoux. (11)
INDIA & EGYPT - Samuel BOURNE (1834-1912) & Charles SHEPHERD (fl.1858-78, photographers).  83 fine…
Hammer price: £550
Estimate: £200 - £400
13 July 2023
13 July 2023

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