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Auction date Wednesday 17 July 2024 13:00 - 17:00 BST

Wednesday 17 July  – Sussex Saleroom
Lot 1 – 225 Printed Books, Maps & Manuscripts 1pm 

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Monday 15 July          10am – 4.00pm
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Total lots: 225

Lot 145 Sold
LONDON, GENERAL - Warwick DRAPER (1873-1926). Chiswick, London, 1923, small folio, plates, original buckram-backed paper boards. FIRST EDITION. With 23 works of related interest in 24 volumes, bound in cloth or buckram. (25)
LONDON, GENERAL - Warwick DRAPER (1873-1926).  Chiswick. London: Philip Allan & Co., 1923. Small…
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £300 - £500
17 July 2024
17 July 2024
Lot 146 Unsold
LONDON, KENSINGTON - Leigh HUNT (1784-1859). The Old Court Suburb, London, 1902, 2 volumes, 4to, plates and illustrations by H. Railton, C. Shepperson and Edmund J. Sullivan, vellum gilt. ONE OF 150 COPIES SIGNED BY THE ARTISTS. With 2 related books. (4)
LONDON, KENSINGTON - Leigh HUNT (1784-1859).  The Old Court Suburb: or Memorials of Kensington,…
Estimate: £200 - £300
17 July 2024
17 July 2024
Lot 147 Sold
LONDON, PLANNED AND UNBUILT - Arthur CAWSTON (1857-94). A Comprehensive Scheme for Street Improvements in London, London, 1893, 4to, plates and maps, 4 folding maps in a pocket at the end, modern buckram. With 6 other books of related interest. (7)
LONDON, PLANNED AND UNBUILT - Arthur CAWSTON (1857-94).  A Comprehensive Scheme for Street…
Hammer price: £190
Estimate: £200 - £300
17 July 2024
17 July 2024
Lot 148 Sold
LONDON, POVERTY - Henry MAYHEW (1812-87). London Labour and the London Poor, London, [n.d. but vol. IV: 1862]. 4 volumes, 8vo, plates, original pictorial cloth gilt. With 2 other books of related interest. (6)
LONDON, POVERTY - Henry MAYHEW (1812-87).  London Labour and the London Poor: The Condition and…
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £300 - £500
17 July 2024
17 July 2024
Lot 149 Sold
LONDON, REGENT'S PARK - Thomas H. SHEPHERD (1793-1864, artist). [Metropolitan Improvements], London, 1927-29, 4to, 37 hand-coloured engraved plates of Regent's Park extracted from the work, plan, FINELY BOUND in modern scarlet morocco by Henry Sotheran.
LONDON, REGENT'S PARK - Thomas H. SHEPHERD (1793-1864, artist).  [Metropolitan Improvements or…
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £300 - £500
17 July 2024
17 July 2024
Lot 150 Sold
LONDON, ST. JAMES'S - Edgar SHEPPARD (1845-1921). Memorials of St. James's Palace, London, 1894, 2 volumes, large 8vo, EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED, FINELY BOUND by Bayntun (Rivière) in blue morocco gilt. With 2 other related works, both EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED. (4)
LONDON, ST. JAMES'S - Edgar SHEPPARD (1845-1921).  Memorials of St. James's Palace. London:…
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £400 - £600
17 July 2024
17 July 2024
Lot 151 Sold
LONDON, THE CITY AND THE EAST END - William HERBERT (1772-1851). The History of the Twelve Great Livery Companies, London, 1837, 2 volumes, large 8vo, 19th-century half morocco. With 7 other works of related interest in 9 vols., some leather-bound. (11)
LONDON, THE CITY AND THE EAST END - William HERBERT (1772-1851).  The History of the Twelve Great…
Hammer price: £240
Estimate: £300 - £500
17 July 2024
17 July 2024
Lot 152 Sold
LONDON, THE THAMES - Walter G. BELL (1867-1942). The Thames from Chelsea to the Nore, London, 1907, 4to, mounted coloured frontispiece, 30 lithographed plates, morocco gilt. ONE OF 310 COPIES. With 8 other books of related interest, leather-bound. (9)
LONDON, THE THAMES - Walter George BELL (1867-1942).  The Thames from Chelsea to the Nore. London:…
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £200 - £300
17 July 2024
17 July 2024
Lot 153 Sold
LONDON, UXBRIDGE - George REDFORD (1785-1860) & Thomas Hurry RICHES (dates unknown). The History of the Ancient Town and Borough of Uxbridge, London, 1818, 8vo, 12 plates, illustrations, contemporary roan-backed boards. FIRST EDITION. RARE.
LONDON, UXBRIDGE - George REDFORD (1785-1860) & Thomas Hurry RICHES (dates unknown).  The History…
Hammer price: £25
Estimate: £50 - £80
17 July 2024
17 July 2024
Lot 154 Sold
LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth (1807-82). Autograph manuscript, signed ("Henry W. Longfellow"), of his poem, "A Psalm of Life", 25 October 1864. A fair copy of the complete poem on three-and-a-half-pages. With a letter by Harriet Martineau.
LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth (1807-82).  Autograph manuscript, signed ("Henry W. Longfellow"), of…
Hammer price: £1,150
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
17 July 2024
17 July 2024
Lot 155 Sold
MALORY, Thomas (1416-71) & Aubrey BEARDSLEY (1872-98, illustrator). The Birth, Life and Acts of King Arthur, New York, 1927, 4to, illustrations, buckram, DUST-JACKET, third edition, ONE OF 1,600 COPIES. With 3 works in 4 vols., and another jacket. (6)
MALORY, Thomas (1416-71) & Aubrey BEARDSLEY (1872-98, illustrator).  The Birth, Life and Acts of…
Hammer price: £1,700
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
17 July 2024
17 July 2024
Lot 156 Sold
MANDELA, Nelson (1918-2013), and others. Reflections in Prison, Cape Town, 2001, 4to, 9 portraits, leatherette, slipcase. COLLECTOR'S EDITION. NUMBER 88 OF 100 COPIES SIGNED BY NELSON MANDELA, DESMOND TUTU AND 7 OTHERS, further inscribed by the editor.
MANDELA, Nelson (1918-2013), and others.  Reflections in Prison. Edited by Mac Maharaj. Cape Town: …
Hammer price: £1,700
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
17 July 2024
17 July 2024
Lot 157 Sold
MANNING, Olivia (1908-80). A collection of fifteen autograph letters and postcards, signed, and seven typed letters, signed, to Count Giacomo Antonini, dated between 1967-77. A correspondence which starts formally but grows in warmth and candour.
MANNING, Olivia (1908-80).  A collection of fifteen autograph letters and postcards, signed, and…
Hammer price: £1,400
Estimate: £400 - £600
17 July 2024
17 July 2024
Lot 158 Sold
MANUSCRIPT, ACCOUNTS BOOK - A manuscript accounts book on paper relating to the Clan Rose of Kilravok, [mid-18th-century], c.170-pages, folio, contemporary full vellum.
MANUSCRIPT, ACCOUNTS BOOK - A manuscript accounts book relating to the Clan Rose of Kilravok, with…
Hammer price: £500
Estimate: £70 - £100
17 July 2024
17 July 2024
Lot 159 Sold
MANUSCRIPT, LEGAL - A substantial legal manuscript on paper recording numerous copies of chancery affidavits, conveyances, petitions, legal precedents, etc., in a fine italic hand, [mid-late 18th-century], 536-pages, folio, contemporary full vellum.
MANUSCRIPT, LEGAL - A substantial legal manuscript on paper recording numerous copies of chancery…
Hammer price: £950
Estimate: £200 - £300
17 July 2024
17 July 2024
Lot 160 Sold
MANUSCRIPT, NATURAL HISTORY - Five manuscript works in one volume, [?later 18th-century], 8vo, contemporary boards. FIVE APPARENTLY UNPUBLISHED WORKS, of unknown authorship, on gardening, husbandry, forestry, etc. Please see the full description below.
MANUSCRIPT, NATURAL HISTORY - "The Flower Garden; in Two Parts. The First Part, Contains the…
Hammer price: £3,200
Estimate: £400 - £600
17 July 2024
17 July 2024
Lot 161 Sold
MANUSCRIPT, RECIPES & REMEDIES - A manuscript on paper of recipes and remedies, [late 18th-century/early 19th-century], 2 volumes, c.250-pages, small 4to, contemporary full vellum (rather worn). (2)
MANUSCRIPT, RECIPES & REMEDIES - A manuscript on paper of recipes and remedies, written in several…
Hammer price: £1,500
Estimate: £70 - £100
17 July 2024
17 July 2024
Lot 162 Sold
MAR, José de la (1776-1830). A series of 8 letters signed ("Jose de la Mar") to Andrés de Santa Cruz, Guayaquil, [Ecuador], 14 January - 15 June 1822. In Spanish. 8-pages in total, chiefly 303 x 212mm.
MAR, José de la (1776-1830, Peruvian military leader and third President of Peru).  A series of 8…
Hammer price: £700
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
17 July 2024
17 July 2024
Lot 163 Sold
[MARIJUANA REVIEW, edited by Mike Aldrich and Ed Sanders]. The Pleasantries of the Incredible Cannabis or: How to Grow Grass, Buffalo, 1969, vol. one, no. 2, 8vo, original wrappers. With 3 other books, including 2 by David Hockney. (4)
[MARIJUANA REVIEW, edited by Mike Aldrich and Ed Sanders]. The Pleasantries of the Incredible…
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £70 - £100
17 July 2024
17 July 2024
Lot 164 Sold
MEREDITH, George (1828-1909). The Works, London, 1896-1912, 39 volumes, large 8vo, plates, attractively-bound in contemporary green half calf gilt. NUMBER 864 OF 1,025 SETS INITIALLED BY THE AUTHOR. (39)
MEREDITH, George (1828-1909).  The Works. London: Archibald Constable and Co., 1896-1912. 39…
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £300 - £500
17 July 2024
17 July 2024
Lot 165 Sold
MILLER, Henry (1891-1980). A collection of corrected typescripts and letters, [late 1920s-after 1979]. 6 typed drafts of magazine articles with autograph annotations, together with 16 autograph and 3 typed letters, postcards and memoranda. (qty)
MILLER, Henry (1891-1980).  A collection of corrected typescripts and letters, [late 1920s-after…
Hammer price: £1,600
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
17 July 2024
17 July 2024
Lot 166 Sold
MILLER, Henry (1891-1980). A series of 38 autograph and typed letters, all but one signed ("Henry Miller", "Henry" etc.), to Zofia Slaboszowska, Pacific Palisades, 19 May 1965-13 November 1979, c.63 pages in total.
MILLER, Henry (1891-1980).  A series of 38 autograph and typed letters, all but one signed ("Henry…
Hammer price: £1,400
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
17 July 2024
17 July 2024
Lot 167 Sold
MILNE, A. A. (1882-1956). A Gallery of Children, London, [1925]. 4to, 12 coloured plates by H. Willebeek le Mair, original cream pictorial buckram. FIRST EDITION. NUMBER 392 OF 500 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR.
MILNE, A. A. (1882-1956) & Henrietta WILLEBEEK LE MAIR (1889-1996, illustrator).  A Gallery of…
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £300 - £500
17 July 2024
17 July 2024
Lot 168 Sold
MILNE, A. A. (1882-1956). The Hums of Pooh, London, 1929, 4to, illustrations by E. H. Shepard, boards. ONE OF 100 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, ARTIST & COMPOSER. With 3 other books in the same series, one of which a SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. (4)
MILNE, A. A. (1882-1956).  The Hums of Pooh. Lyrics by Pooh. Music by H. Fraser-Simson.…
Hammer price: £1,100
Estimate: £500 - £800
17 July 2024
17 July 2024
Lot 169 Sold
MIRANDA, Francisco de (1750-1816, President of the First Republic of Venezuela). Correspondence, in English, with the British Prime Minister Spencer Perceval and his Private Secretary, J. C. Herries, on the future of Venezuela and South America.
MIRANDA, Francisco de (1750-1816, President of the First Republic of Venezuela).  Correspondence,…
Hammer price: £500
Estimate: £400 - £600
17 July 2024
17 July 2024
Lot 170 Sold
MISCELLANY - LONGUS (2nd-century AD). Daphnis et Chloé, Paris, 1872, 8vo, illustrations, FINELY BOUND in red morocco gilt by W. Pratt. With 13 miscellaneous works in 25 volumes. Please see the full description below. (26)
MISCELLANY - LONGUS (2nd-century AD).  Daphnis et Chloé. Traduction d' Amot. Paris: Librairie des…
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £300 - £500
17 July 2024
17 July 2024
Lot 171 Sold
MISCELLANY, 20TH-CENTURY - T. E. LAWRENCE (1888-1935). The Mint, London, 1955, 4to, original pigskin-backed cloth, FIRST EDITION, NUMBER 620 OF 2,000 COPIES. With c.50 miscellaneous books. Please see the more detailed listing below. (c.50)
MISCELLANY, 20TH-CENTURY - T. E. LAWRENCE (1888-1935, "Lawrence of Arabia").  The Mint. London:…
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £300 - £500
17 July 2024
17 July 2024
Lot 172 Sold
MISCELLANY, ILLUSTRATED BOOKS - Willy POGANY (1882-1955, illustrator). Forty-Four Turkish Fairy Tales, London, [1913], 4to, coloured plates, cloth gilt. With c.45 other mostly 20th-century illustrated books. The lot sold not subject to return. (c.45)
MISCELLANY, ILLUSTRATED BOOKS - Willy POGANY (1882-1955, illustrator).  Forty-Four Turkish Fairy…
Hammer price: £350
Estimate: £300 - £500
17 July 2024
17 July 2024
Lot 173 Sold
MONTFERRAND, Auguste Ricard de (1786-1858). Plans et Détails du Monument Consacré a la Mémoire de l' Empereur Alexandre, Paris, large folio, fine lithographed plates and vignettes (variable spotting throughout), unbound but joints and text-block holding.
MONTFERRAND, Auguste Ricard de (1786-1858).  Plans et Détails du Monument Consacré a la Mémoire de…
Hammer price: £130
Estimate: £300 - £500
17 July 2024
17 July 2024
Lot 174 Sold
[MOULIN, Peter du (1601-84, attributed)]. Tragicum theatrum actorum, Amsterdam, 1649, small 8vo, 8 engraved portraits, folding plate of the execution of Charles I (lacks all before title [i.e. blanks]), contemporary calf. FIRST EDITION.
[MOULIN, Peter du (1601-84, attributed)].  Tragicum theatrum actorum, & casuum tragicorum Londini…
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £100 - £150
17 July 2024
17 July 2024
Lot 175 Sold
NONESUCH PRESS - William SHAKESPEARE (1564-1616). The Works, London, The Nonesuch Press, 1929-33, 7 volumes, large 8vo, original full niger morocco gilt. NUMBER 798 OF 1,050 COPIES. (7)
NONESUCH PRESS -  William SHAKESPEARE (1564-1616).  The Works  ... The text of the First Folio with…
Hammer price: £900
Estimate: £500 - £800
17 July 2024
17 July 2024
Lot 176 Sold
NORWICH, John Julius (1919-2018). A Christmas Cracker, [Shrewsbury], 1991-2018, 26 numbers (lacking 1994 & 2013), 8vo, wrappers, all but the last INSCRIBED, "Charles and Jane [Williams], With Christmas love, John." Please see the note on provenance. (26)
NORWICH, John Julius (1919-2018).  A Christmas Cracker being a commonplace selection. [Shrewsbury…
Hammer price: £110
Estimate: £70 - £100
17 July 2024
17 July 2024
Lot 177 Sold
NOWELL, P. H. ([dates unknown], artist). A collection of c.55 original pen-and-ink satirical drawings, four with watercolour, most signed "P. H. Nowell" or with his initials or monogram, a few dated between 1881 and 1895, various sizes. (c.55)
NOWELL, P. H. ([dates unknown], artist).  A collection of c.55 original pen-and-ink drawings on…
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £300 - £500
17 July 2024
17 July 2024
Lot 178 Unsold
OMMANNEY, Edward Lacon, Colonel (1834-1914). Autograph letter, signed ("E. L. Ommaney"), to "Graham" [an unknown recipient], with the blindstamp of the "Colonial Office", 10th April 1902, three-pages, 180 x 115mm, 13 February [1897]. On Zionism.
OMMANNEY, Edward Lacon (1834-1914), Colonel.  Autograph letter, signed ("E. L. Ommaney"), to …
Estimate: £200 - £300
17 July 2024
17 July 2024
Lot 179 Sold
ORTEGA Y GASSET, José (1883-1955). An extensive typescript on c.55 pages, in Spanish, with autograph revisions, of an article by Gasset on the birth of philosophy written for a tribute publication for the 70th birthday of Karl Jaspers, [c.1952].
ORTEGA Y GASSET, José (1883-1955, Spanish philosopher and essayist).  An extensive typescript on c…
Hammer price: £260
Estimate: £200 - £300
17 July 2024
17 July 2024
Lot 180 Sold
[ORTELIUS, Abraham (1527-98]. Ducatus Mediolanensis, [Antwerp: c.1592], hand-coloured engraved map of northern Italy including Milan and the lakes (some staining), 350 x 470mm., unframed.
[ORTELIUS, Abraham (1527-98)] & Giovanni Giorgio SETTALA (1520-90).  Ducatus Mediolanensis,…
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £70 - £100
17 July 2024
17 July 2024
Lot 181 Sold
OSBORNE, Francis (1593-1659). Advice to a Son. Or Directions for your better Conduct, Oxford & London, 1658, 2 parts in one volume, 12mo, 19th-century limp calf (rubbed, upper inner hinges broken).
OSBORNE [or OSBORN], Francis (1593-1659).  Advice to a Son. Or Directions for your better Conduct,…
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £70 - £100
17 July 2024
17 July 2024
Lot 182 Unsold
PATON, George, Colonel (1841-1922, editor), and others. Historical Records of the 24th Regiment, London, 1892, 8vo, plates, half morocco. FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE DUKE & DUCHESS OF WINDSOR. With another regimental history with the same provenance. (2)
PATON, George, Colonel (1841-1922, editor), and others.  Historical Records of the 24th Regiment,…
Estimate: £200 - £300
17 July 2024
17 July 2024
Lot 183 Sold
[PEPLER, H. D. C. (1878-1951)]. The Law the Lawyers Know About ... Witanbel Watloo, Ditchling, St. Dominic's Press, 1929, 16mo, 3 woodcut illustrations by Eric Gill and one by David Jones, contemporary morocco-backed boards by ROGER POWELL (see note).
[PEPLER, H. D. C. (1878-1951)].  The Law the Lawyers Know About ... Witanbel Watloo. Telegraphic…
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £50 - £80
17 July 2024
17 July 2024
Lot 184 Sold
PHOTOGRAPHY, IRAQ - [Title stamped in gilt on the upper cover:] Camera Studies in Iraq, Baghdad, A. Kerim & Hasso Bros., [c.1925], oblong 4to, 50 photographed plates, original padded album. RARE.
PHOTOGRAPHY, IRAQ - [Title stamped in gilt on the upper cover:]  Camera Studies in Iraq. Baghdad: A…
Hammer price: £260
Estimate: £200 - £300
17 July 2024
17 July 2024
Lot 185 Sold
PHOTOGRAPHY, REFERENCE - A collection of 9 modern reference books on photography. Please see the full listing below. (9)
PHOTOGRAPHY, REFERENCE - A collection of 9 modern reference books on photography, namely, Peter…
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £70 - £100
17 July 2024
17 July 2024
Lot 186 Sold
PHOTOGRAPHY, STEREOSCOPIC SLIDES - A collection of 47 stereoscopic slides of various subjects including Norwich, Great Yarmouth, Sandringham, etc., one taken inside Crystal Palace, portraits, and one of the full moon, various makers, [c.1860s-80s]. (47)
PHOTOGRAPHY, STEREOSCOPIC SLIDES - A collection of 47 photographed stereoscopic slides of various…
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £200 - £300
17 July 2024
17 July 2024
Lot 187 Unsold
PLUTARCH (AD 46-120). Chaeronei, philosophi, historiici'que clarissimi, opuscula (quæ quidem extant) omnia, undequaque collecta, & diligentissime iampridem recognita, Basel, 1530, folio, contemporary speckled calf.
PLUTARCH (AD 46 - 120).  Chaeronei, philosophi, historiici'que clarissimi, opuscula (quæ quidem…
Estimate: £600 - £800
17 July 2024
17 July 2024
Lot 188 Sold
POWELL, Anthony (1905-2000). A Dance to the Music of Time, London, 1951-75, 12 volumes, 8vo, uniformly bound in attractive later half burgundy morocco gilt. A COMPLETE SET, ALL FIRST EDITIONS. (12)
POWELL, Anthony (1905-2000).  A Dance to the Music of Time sequence, comprising: A Question of…
Hammer price: £1,000
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
17 July 2024
17 July 2024
Lot 189 Sold
Private Eye, London, 1961-2024, numbers 1-1,620, 4to, original wrappers. A COMPLETE RUN OF THE WORLD'S MOST CELEBRATED AND LONG-RUNNING SATIRICAL PERIODICAL, INCLUDING THE EXCEPTIONALLY SCARCE FIRST THREE NUMBERS, PRINTED ON YELLOW PAPER.
Private Eye. [London: various publishers], Friday 25th October 1961- March 2024. Numbers 1-1,620,…
Hammer price: £5,000
Estimate: £5,000 - £8,000
17 July 2024
17 July 2024
Lot 190 Sold
Private Eye. London: "Published by Andrew Osmond, 28 Scarsdale Villas ... and printed by Huprint Ltd.", Tuesday November 7th [1961], number 2, 4to, 6-pages, printed on yellow paper, stapled. VERY RARE. With number 4, dated 7th February 1962. (2)
Private Eye. London: "Published by Andrew Osmond, 28 Scarsdale Villas ... and printed by Huprint…
Hammer price: £450
Estimate: £500 - £800
17 July 2024
17 July 2024
Lot 191 Unsold
[PYNE, James Baker (1800-70). The English Lake District, London, 1853]. Folio, 24 lithographed plates by Pyne, one coloured by hand, disbound in contemporary half morocco (very worn). Sold as a collection of plates, not subject to return.
[PYNE, James Baker (1800-70).  The English Lake District. London: Thomas Agnew & Sons, 1853]. Folio…
Estimate: £500 - £800
17 July 2024
17 July 2024
Lot 192 Sold
RACKHAM, Arthur (1867-1939, illustrator) - Peter Pan ... A New Edition, London, [1912], 4to, 50 mounted coloured plates ([?]lacks half title), original pictorial cloth gilt. With 2 other books illustrated by Arthur Rackham, both FIRST TRADE EDITIONS. (3)
RACKHAM, Arthur (1867-1939, illustrator) - J. M. BARRIE (1860-1937).  Peter Pan in Kensington…
Hammer price: £240
Estimate: £70 - £100
17 July 2024
17 July 2024

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