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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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Total lots: 225

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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