Wednesday 16th July
301- 428 Printed Books, Maps & Manuscripts | 1 pm
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| Lot | Title | Estimate | Hammer price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 348 | FLEMING, Ian (1908-64). On Her Majesty's Secret Service, London, 1963, 8vo, original cloth, dust-jacket. FIRST EDITION. With the same author's You Only Live Twice (London, 1964, original cloth, dust-jacket, FIRST EDITION). (2) | £70 - £100 | £240 | View |
| 349 | FOTHERGILL, Jessie (1851-91). An autograph manuscript of Walt Whitman's poem "O Me! O Life!", probably in the hand of Fothergill rather than that of the poet himself, inscribed at the foot, "Jessie Fothergill, Jan. 16. 1887", on one page, 204 x 126mm. | £200 - £300 | - | View |
| 350 | FROISSART, John (1337-1405). Chronicles of England, France, Spain, and the adjoining Countries, London, 1855, 2 volumes, large 8vo, 75 coloured lithographed plates, heightened in gold, attractively bound in contemporary red half armorial morocco gilt. (2) | £200 - £300 | £350 | View |
| 351 | FULLER, Samuel ([?]d.1736). Practical Astronomy, Dublin, 1732, 8vo, 10 folding engraved plates, 2 of which printed in sanguine, contemporary calf (rebacked). Provenance: Alice Grace (old armorial bookplate). FIRST EDITION. | £200 - £300 | £800 | View |
| 352 | GALSWORTHY, John (1867-1933). Soames and the Flag, London, 1930, 8vo, original vellum, glassine wrapper, slipcase. FIRST EDITION. NUMBER 753 OF 1,025 COPIES. With 13 other books by the same author, one a signed limited edition. (14) | £80 - £120 | £20 | View |
| 353 | GAZIUS, Antonius (1449-1528). Corona florida medicinæ: sive De conservatione sanitatis, Venice, "per Johannem de forlivio & Gregorium fratres", 1491, folio, 125 leaves, painted initials, old calf. Provenance: John Yudkin (bookplate). FIRST EDITION. RARE. | £2,000 - £3,000 | £8,000 | View |
| 354 | GIBRALTAR - Vicente TOFINO DE SAN MIGUEL (1732-95). Plano Geométrico de la Bahia de Algeciras y Gibraltar. [Madrid:] 1786. Large hand-coloured engraved chart, the title within an elaborate floral architectural cartouche, 780 x 540mm., framed and glazed. | £100 - £150 | £40 | View |
| 355 | GLISSON, Francis (1597-1677) & others. A Treatise of the Rickets ... Enlarged ... and ... amended ... By Nich. Culpepper, London, 1651, 8vo, calf. Provenance: From the Collection of John Yudkin (bookplate). Second, or first "enlarged", edition in English. | £1,000 - £1,500 | £2,000 | View |
| 356 | GULF OF MEXICO - Thomas KITCHIN (1718-84). Map of the Gulf of Mexico, the Islands and Countries adjacent. [London: c. 1795]. Hand-coloured engraved map, title within floral cartouche (some light staining), 310 x 480mm., framed and glazed. | £70 - £100 | £20 | View |
| 357 | HARVEY, Gideon (c.1640-c.1700). The Disease of London: or a New Discovery of the Scorvey, London, 1675, 8vo, ornaments, contemporary calf. Provenance: From the Collection of John Yudkin (bookplate). FIRST EDITION. Wing H1063. RARE. | £500 - £800 | £850 | View |
| 358 | HAWKER, Peter (1786-1853). Instructions to Young Sportsmen, London, 1816, large 8vo, hand-coloured engraved frontispiece and 4 plates only (of 5), FINELY BOUND in red half morocco. With 4 later editions of the same work. Sold not subject to return. (5) | £300 - £500 | £200 | View |
| 359 | HEALDE, Thomas ([?]1724-89). The New Pharmacopoeia of the Royal College of Physicians of London. Translated into English, With Notes, Indexes of New Names, Preparations, &c. &c. ... The Third Edition, Corrected, London, 1788, 8vo, contemporary calf. | £70 - £100 | £35 | View |
| 360 | HUTCHINSON, Horace Gordon (1859-1932, editor). Shooting, London, 1903, 2 volumes, large 8vo, half tone plates, illustrations, FINELY BOUND in full green morocco gilt. Provenance: From the Collection of Wilfrid Ward (armorial bookplate). FIRST EDITION. (2) | £100 - £150 | £90 | View |
| 361 | IRELAND, Samuel (1744-1800). Picturesque Views on the River Medway, London, 1793, large 8vo, map, 29 sepia aquatint plates, contemporary tree calf. FIRST EDITION. With Picturesque Views on the River Thames (London, 1792, 2 vols., contemporary calf). (3) | £100 - £150 | £60 | View |
| 362 | JACOVLEFF, Alexandre (1887-1938). Dessins et Peintures, Paris, 1927, 4to, 50 coloured plates by Jacovleff, unbound as issued in original portfolios, booklet. NUMBER 104 of 750 COPIES, THIS COPY "POUR SIMONE VINDEVOGHEL." | £1,200 - £1,500 | £1,000 | View |
| 363 | JOUBERT, Felix (1872-1953). Catalogue of the Collection of European Arms & Armour Formed at Greenock by R. L. Scott, Glasgow, 1934, 3 volumes, folio, 107 photogravure plates, original vellum gilt. NO. 3 OF 100 COPIES SIGNED BY SCOTT. With another. (4) | £300 - £500 | £280 | View |
| 364 | KENSINGTON, LONDON - 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) | £100 - £150 | £110 | View |
| 365 | LALANDE, Joseph Jérôme Lefrançois de (1732-1807). Ladies' Astronomy. Translated from the French ... by Mrs. W. Pengree, London, 1815, 12mo, engraved frontispiece and plate, contemporary calf. FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. RARE. | £70 - £100 | £260 | View |
| 366 | LAVATER, Ludwig (1527-86). De spectris, lemuribus et magnis atque insolitis fragoribus, Leiden, 1659, 12mo, engraved title, contemporary vellum. This influential work on ghosts and demons was first published in German in 1569. | £100 - £150 | £450 | View |
| 367 | LEVER, Charles (1806-72). The Military Novels. London, [c.1892], 9 volumes, 8vo, attractively bound in contemporary green half morocco gilt (spines faded). NUMBER 176 OF 500 "EDITION DE LUXE" SETS. (9) | £150 - £250 | £110 | View |
| 368 | MAPS - John SPEED (1552-1629). Holy Iland ... Garnsey ... Farne ... Jarsey, [London], 1610 [but 1611 or later], engraved map, 380 x 510mm., framed and glazed. With 15 other engraved maps and charts, framed and glazed. (16) | £500 - £800 | - | View |
| 369 | MAYER, J. T. (1723-62). Tabulæ motuum solis et lunæ, London, 1770, 4to, 2 folding plates, calf. FIRST EDITION of this work which "enabled the moon's celestial position on any standard meridian at any given time to be predicted within just over a degree." | £700 - £1,000 | £500 | View |
| 370 | MAYNWARINGE, Everard (c.1628-99). Morbus polyrhizos et polymorphæs. A Treatise of the Scurvy ... The Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged, London, 1666, 8vo, modern old-style calf. Provenance: From the Collection of John Yudkin (bookplate). Wing M1501. | £400 - £600 | £300 | View |
| 371 | MAYOW, John (1640-79). Tractatus duo Quorum prior agit de Respiratione: Alter De Rachitide, Oxford, 1669, 8vo, 2 folding engraved plates at the end, contemporary calf (rebacked). Provenance: From the Collection of John Yudkin (bookplate). Wing 1536. RARE. | £2,000 - £3,000 | £1,500 | View |