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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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Total lots: 209

Lot Title Estimate Hammer price
160 NOLAN, Sidney (1917-92, illustrator). Swansong, [London], Shenval Press, 4to, illustrations by Sidney Nolan, original boards, NUMBER 4 OF 150 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AND ARIST. With 3 other signed copies; and another limited edition. (5) £300 - £500 £200 View
161 NORTHUMBERLAND - Christopher SAXTON (c.1540-c.1610) & [John SPEED (c.1551-1629)]. Northumberland Truely Drawne & Described. Anno: 1642. [London: William Web], 1642 [but 1645], engraved map, 380 x 460mm., unframed. RARE. £500 - £800 £420 View
162 NORTHUMBERLAND - Christopher SAXTON (c.1540-c.1610). Northumbriæ comitatus, [London, 1579], hand-coloured engraved map, 382 x 460mm., unframed. The first printed map of Northumberland. £500 - £800 £600 View
163 NORTHUMBERLAND - John SPEED (c.1551-1629). Northumberland. London: John Sudbury and George Humble, 1610 [but 1616]. Engraved map, inset bird's-eye-views of "Barwick" [i.e. Berwick-upon-Tweed] and Newcastle, Latin text on verso, 385 x 510mm., unframed. £200 - £300 £100 View
164 November 5th 1645. The County of Suffolke Divided into Fourteene Precincts for Classicall Presbyteries, London, 1647, 8vo, 10-pages, later wrappers. See provenance notes below. £200 - £300 £900 View
165 The Oracles of the Ancients Explained: wherein a True Answer May be Obtained to any Question Whatsoever, on the Same Principle as Questions were Answered by the Oracles of the Ancient Grecians, London, 1815, 4to, tables, contemporary boards (worn). RARE. £300 - £500 £100 View
166 OXENHAM, Elsie Jeanette [pseudonym of Elsie Jeanette DUNKERLEY (1880-1960)] - A Collection of 43 books. Please see the full description. (43) £700 - £1,000 - View
167 OXFORDSHIRE - Johannes BLAEU (1596-1673), Oxonium comitatus, [Amsterdam, c.1649], hand-coloured engraved map of Oxfordshire, 380 x 500mm., framed and glazed. With [Jansson's] Oxonium comitatus ([Amsterdam, c.1646]). (2) £200 - £300 £120 View
168 PASTEUR, Louis (1822-95). Etudes sur le Vin, Paris, 1866, large 8vo, 32 lithographed plates printed in colours, original wrappers, slipcase. FIRST EDITION. £300 - £500 £200 View
169 PASTEUR, Louis (1822-95). Mémoire sur la Fermentation Appelée Lactique [Pp. 404-18 in:] Annales de Chimie et de Physique. Troisième Série. Tome LII. Paris: 1858, 8vo, contemporary calf-backed boards. FIRST (COMPLETE) EDITION. £300 - £500 - View
170 PETRUS DE NATALIBUS (1370-1400). Catalogus sanctorum, Venice, 1516, small 4to, woodcut illustrations and initials (staining, spotting and light browning), contemporary panelled calf elaborately decorated in blind. £400 - £600 £750 View
171 PINE, John (1690-1756). A Chart shewing the Several Places of Action between the English and Spanish Fleets, London, 1739, fine hand-coloured engraved map with elaborate border (very lightly browned and spotted at centrefold), 370 x 592mm., unframed. £400 - £600 £450 View
172 Portraits des Généraux Français, faisant Suite aux Victoires et Conquêtes des Français, Paris, 1818, 2 vols., 8vo, 152 engraved portraits, contemporary calf. With 5 other miscellaneous early 19th-century books. (7) £200 - £200 £45 View
173 In the Manner of Beatrix POTTER (1866-1943). An original watercolour of a harvest mouse eating a berry amidst foliage, bearing the inscription lower right, "A Happy Christmas, from B.P.", 150 x 130mm., framed and glazed. £200 - £300 £50 View
174 POTTER, Beatrix (1866-1943). The Tailor of Gloucester, London, 1903, 12mo, 27 coloured plates by Beatrix Potter, original boards. FIRST WARNE EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. With 4 other books by Beatrix Potter, all but one FIRST EDITIONS. (5) £70 - £100 £120 View
175 PSALTER, in Hebrew - Psalterium, Leiden: "Ex officina Plantiniana apud Franciscum Raphelengium," 1595, 16mo, woodcut ornaments, contemporary calf (heavily rubbed, hinges weak). £200 - £300 £500 View
176 QUEEN ELIZABETH, The Queen Mother (1900-2002). A portrait photograph of The Queen Mother with Elizabeth, future Queen Elizabeth II, signed "Elizabeth 1927". With other Royal material. Please see the full description. (qty) £500 - £800 £850 View
177 RACKHAM, Arthur (1867-1939, illustrator) - J. M. BARRIE. Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, London, 1906, 4to, 50 mounted coloured plates by Arthur Rackham, original pictorial vellum gilt. FIRST RACKHAM EDITION, ONE OF 500 COPIES SIGNED BY THE ARTIST. £2,000 - £3,000 £1,500 View
178 RAILWAYS - Raphael Tuck (pub.). "Plate I. A Train of the First Class ... Plate II. A Train of the Second Class." [And:] "Plate III. A Train of Waggons ... Plate IV. A Train ... with Cattle." London, 1894, 2 coloured lithographs, 252 x 660mm., laid down. £70 - £100 £90 View
179 RAMPANT LIONS PRESS - The Song of Solomon, Cambridge, Rampant Lions Press, 1937, 4to, printed in red and black, 6 linocut illustrations by Harry Hicken, 4 of which full-page, original hessian-backed boards. NUMBER 12 OF 125 COPIES. £70 - £100 £25 View
180 Report upon United States Geographical Surveys West of the One Hundredth Meridian, in Charge of Capt. Geo. M. Wheeler. Washington, [1875-]-89. Volumes I-V only ([?]of 7), 4to, plates and maps, contemporary half morocco (worn). With another. (6) £400 - £600 £400 View
181 ROSSETTI, Donato (1633-86). La Figura della Neve, Turin, 1681, 8vo in 4s, 7 etched illustrations of snowflakes, 3 of which full-page (text ends at [E4] p.40), contemporary calf (rebacked). FIRST EDITION. RARE. Please see the note on completeness below. £300 - £500 £750 View
182 SHAKESPEARE, William (1564-1616). Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies, London, [E. & J. Wright, 1807], folio, engraved portrait, contemporary boards (worn). The first facsimile edition of Shakespeare's first folio. With 3 other related works in 12 vols. (13) £300 - £500 £40 View
183 [SIBLY, Ebenezer (1751-1800), Carl LINNAEUS (1707-78)], and others. An Universal System of Natural History, London, [?1794-1808], 14 volumes, 8vo, 401 engraved plates only, 112 hand-coloured, 85 folding, half calf gilt. Sold not subject to return. (14) £700 - £1,000 £700 View

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