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16 July | Printed Books, Maps & Manuscripts

Auction date Wednesday 16 July 2025 13:00 BST
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Wednesday 16th July
301- 428  Printed Books, Maps & Manuscripts | 1 pm

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Total lots: 132

MERLIN, Romain (1793-1876). Origine des Cartes a Jouer. Recherches Nouvelles sur les Naïbis, les Tarots et sur les Autres Espèces de Cartes, Paris, 1869, 4to, 73 plates, a few printed in colours, original wrappers (detached, very worn). FIRST EDITION.
Lot 371a Unsold
MERLIN, Romain (1793-1876). Origine des Cartes a Jouer. Recherches Nouvelles sur les Naïbis, les Tarots et sur les Autres Espèces de Cartes, Paris, 1869, 4to, 73 plates, a few printed in colours, original wrappers (detached, very worn). FIRST EDITION.
MERLIN, Romain (1793-1876).  Origine des Cartes a Jouer. Recherches Nouvelles sur les Naïbis, les…
Estimate: £200 - £300
16 July 2025
16 July 2025
MEXICAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE - Miguel de Lardizábal y URIBE (1739-1820). 2 printed proclamations in Spanish, each 3-pages in a single bifolium, [n.p. but Madrid and/or Mexico City], 1814, 1815. (2)
Lot 372 Sold
MEXICAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE - Miguel de Lardizábal y URIBE (1739-1820). 2 printed proclamations in Spanish, each 3-pages in a single bifolium, [n.p. but Madrid and/or Mexico City], 1814, 1815. (2)
MEXICAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE - Miguel de Lardizábal y URIBE (1739-1820).  2 printed proclamations in…
Hammer price: £120
Estimate: £300 - £500
16 July 2025
16 July 2025
MILNE, A. A. (1882-1956). Now We Are Six, London, 1927, 8vo, illustrations by E. H. Shepard, original buckram (without the jacket). A FINE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION. With A. A. Milne's Two People (London, 1931, 8vo, buckram, jacket, FIRST EDITION). (2)
Lot 373 Sold
MILNE, A. A. (1882-1956). Now We Are Six, London, 1927, 8vo, illustrations by E. H. Shepard, original buckram (without the jacket). A FINE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION. With A. A. Milne's Two People (London, 1931, 8vo, buckram, jacket, FIRST EDITION). (2)
MILNE, A. A. (1882-1956).  Now We Are Six. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1927. 8vo (188 x125mm). Half…
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £100 - £150
16 July 2025
16 July 2025
MILNE, A. A. (1882-1956). Winnie-the-Pooh, London, 1926, 8vo, illustrations by E. H. Shepard, original buckram. With The House at Pooh Corner (London, 1928, 8vo, original buckram), without dust-jackets. EXCEPTIONALLY FINE COPIES OF THE FIRST EDITIONS. (2)
Lot 374 Sold
MILNE, A. A. (1882-1956). Winnie-the-Pooh, London, 1926, 8vo, illustrations by E. H. Shepard, original buckram. With The House at Pooh Corner (London, 1928, 8vo, original buckram), without dust-jackets. EXCEPTIONALLY FINE COPIES OF THE FIRST EDITIONS. (2)
MILNE, A. A. (1882-1956).  Winnie-the-Pooh. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1926. 8vo (190 x 125mm).…
Hammer price: £1,300
Estimate: £300 - £500
16 July 2025
16 July 2025
MILNE, A. A. (1882-1956). Winnie-the-Pooh, London, 1926, 8vo, illustrations by E. H. Shepard, original cloth (without the dust-jacket). FIRST EDITION. With Henry Williamson's Tarka the Otter (London, 1927, 8vo, original cloth, FIRST TRADE EDITION). (2)
Lot 375 Sold
MILNE, A. A. (1882-1956). Winnie-the-Pooh, London, 1926, 8vo, illustrations by E. H. Shepard, original cloth (without the dust-jacket). FIRST EDITION. With Henry Williamson's Tarka the Otter (London, 1927, 8vo, original cloth, FIRST TRADE EDITION). (2)
MILNE, A. A. (1882-1956).  Winnie-the-Pooh. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1926. 8vo (190 x 125mm).…
Hammer price: £150
Estimate: £200 - £300
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16 July 2025
MISCELLANY - comprising a highly varied collection of printed and manuscript material, including drawings and watercolours, dating from the 17th- to the 20th-centuries. Please see the detailed listing below. (qty)
Lot 376 Sold
MISCELLANY - comprising a highly varied collection of printed and manuscript material, including drawings and watercolours, dating from the 17th- to the 20th-centuries. Please see the detailed listing below. (qty)
MISCELLANY - comprising a highly varied collection of printed and manuscript material, including…
Hammer price: £3,800
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
16 July 2025
16 July 2025
MISCELLANY - Rudyard KIPLING (1865-1936). Land and Sea Tales for Scouts and Guides, London, 1923, 8vo, original red buckram, dust-jacket. FIRST EDITION. With 18 other miscellaneous books. Please see the detailed listing below. (19)
Lot 377 Sold
MISCELLANY - Rudyard KIPLING (1865-1936). Land and Sea Tales for Scouts and Guides, London, 1923, 8vo, original red buckram, dust-jacket. FIRST EDITION. With 18 other miscellaneous books. Please see the detailed listing below. (19)
MISCELLANY - Rudyard KIPLING (1865-1936).  Land and Sea Tales for Scouts and Guides. London:…
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £100 - £150
16 July 2025
16 July 2025
MISCELLANY, 20TH-CENTURY - Humbert WOLFE (1885-1940). The Silver Cat and Other Poems, London, 1928, 8vo, original boards, dust-jacket. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED TO 780 COPIES. With 34 other miscellaneous books. Please see the detailed listing below. (35)
Lot 378 Sold
MISCELLANY, 20TH-CENTURY - Humbert WOLFE (1885-1940). The Silver Cat and Other Poems, London, 1928, 8vo, original boards, dust-jacket. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED TO 780 COPIES. With 34 other miscellaneous books. Please see the detailed listing below. (35)
MISCELLANY, 20TH-CENTURY - Humbert WOLFE (1885-1940).  The Silver Cat and Other Poems. London & New…
Hammer price: £190
Estimate: £200 - £300
16 July 2025
16 July 2025
MISCELLANY, SHOOTING AND FIREARMS - Claude BLAIR (1922-2010). Pistols of the World, London, 1968, 4to, attractively bound in red half morocco, PRESENTATION COPY. With 22 related books, almost all attractively bound in near-uniform red morocco gilt. (23)
Lot 379 Sold
MISCELLANY, SHOOTING AND FIREARMS - Claude BLAIR (1922-2010). Pistols of the World, London, 1968, 4to, attractively bound in red half morocco, PRESENTATION COPY. With 22 related books, almost all attractively bound in near-uniform red morocco gilt. (23)
MISCELLANY, SHOOTING AND FIREARMS - Claude BLAIR (1922-2010).  Pistols of the World. London: B. T.…
Hammer price: £600
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
16 July 2025
16 July 2025
MISCELLANY, SHOOTING AND FIREARMS - Herbert J. JACKSON (dates unknown). European Hand Firearms of the Sixteenth, Seventeenth & Eighteenth Centuries, London, 1923, 4to, plates, buckram. ONE OF 550 COPIES. With 21 other related works in 25 volumes. (26)
Lot 380 Sold
MISCELLANY, SHOOTING AND FIREARMS - Herbert J. JACKSON (dates unknown). European Hand Firearms of the Sixteenth, Seventeenth & Eighteenth Centuries, London, 1923, 4to, plates, buckram. ONE OF 550 COPIES. With 21 other related works in 25 volumes. (26)
MISCELLANY, SHOOTING AND FIREARMS - Herbert J. JACKSON (dates unknown).  European Hand Firearms of…
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £500 - £800
16 July 2025
16 July 2025
MOELLENBROCK, Valentin Andreas (d.1675). Cochlearia curiosa: or the Curiosities of Scurvygrass, London, 1676, 8vo, 4 folding plates, contemporary calf. Provenance: From the Collection of John Yudkin (bookplate). The only English edition. Wing M2381. RARE.
Lot 381 Sold
MOELLENBROCK, Valentin Andreas (d.1675). Cochlearia curiosa: or the Curiosities of Scurvygrass, London, 1676, 8vo, 4 folding plates, contemporary calf. Provenance: From the Collection of John Yudkin (bookplate). The only English edition. Wing M2381. RARE.
MOELLENBROCK, Valentin Andreas (d.1675).  Cochlearia curiosa: or the Curiosities of Scurvygrass.…
Hammer price: £1,000
Estimate: £600 - £800
16 July 2025
16 July 2025
MOUNTBATTEN, Louis (1900-79). A one-page typed letter, with greeting and signature in autograph, to Vice-Consul W. H. A. Snook, relating to a visit to Corsic; with another letter by Mountbatten; and 3 by other correspondents, addressed to Snook. (5)
Lot 382 Unsold
MOUNTBATTEN, Louis (1900-79). A one-page typed letter, with greeting and signature in autograph, to Vice-Consul W. H. A. Snook, relating to a visit to Corsic; with another letter by Mountbatten; and 3 by other correspondents, addressed to Snook. (5)
MOUNTBATTEN, Louis, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900-79).  A one-page typed letter, with the…
Estimate: £200 - £300
16 July 2025
16 July 2025
MOYLE, John (d.1714). Abstractum chirurgiæ marinæ. Or, An Abstract of Sea Chirurgery, London, 1686, 12mo, contemporary calf (copious old annotation). Provenance: From the Collection of John Yudkin (bookplate). FIRST EDITION. Wing M3028. RARE.
Lot 383 Sold
MOYLE, John (d.1714). Abstractum chirurgiæ marinæ. Or, An Abstract of Sea Chirurgery, London, 1686, 12mo, contemporary calf (copious old annotation). Provenance: From the Collection of John Yudkin (bookplate). FIRST EDITION. Wing M3028. RARE.
MOYLE, John (d.1714).  Abstractum chirurgiæ marinæ. Or, An Abstract of Sea Chirurgery: Designed for…
Hammer price: £2,000
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
16 July 2025
16 July 2025
NEAL, W. K. (1906-90) & D. H. L. BACK. Great British Gunmakers 1540-1740, Norwich, 1984, 4to, illustrations, FINELY BOUND in morocco. ONE OF 750 COPIES. With 6 books by the same authors, including 2 PRESENTATION COPIES, all FINELY BOUND in morocco. (7)
Lot 384 Sold
NEAL, W. K. (1906-90) & D. H. L. BACK. Great British Gunmakers 1540-1740, Norwich, 1984, 4to, illustrations, FINELY BOUND in morocco. ONE OF 750 COPIES. With 6 books by the same authors, including 2 PRESENTATION COPIES, all FINELY BOUND in morocco. (7)
NEAL, William Keith (1906-90) & David H. L. BACK (dates unknown).  Great British Gunmakers 1540…
Hammer price: £900
Estimate: £500 - £800
16 July 2025
16 July 2025
NEVINSON, C. R. W. (1889-1946, artist) - Modern War, London, 1917, 4to, coloured frontispiece SIGNED BY NEVINSON in pencil, plates, boards. FIRST EDITION. With the same artist's The Great War (London, 1918, coloured frontispiece SIGNED BY NEVINSON). (2)
Lot 384a Sold
NEVINSON, C. R. W. (1889-1946, artist) - Modern War, London, 1917, 4to, coloured frontispiece SIGNED BY NEVINSON in pencil, plates, boards. FIRST EDITION. With the same artist's The Great War (London, 1918, coloured frontispiece SIGNED BY NEVINSON). (2)
NEVINSON, Christopher Richard Wynne (1889-1946, artist) - Modern War. Paintings by C. R. W.…
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £500 - £800
16 July 2025
16 July 2025
NIELSEN, Kay (1886-1957, illustrator) - Hans ANDERSEN (1805-75). Fairy Tales, London, [1924], 4to, 12 mounted coloured plates, illustrations, original vellum gilt. FIRST EDITION. NUMBER 21 OF 500 "EDITION DE LUXE" COPIES SIGNED BY THE ILLUSTRATOR.
Lot 385 Sold
NIELSEN, Kay (1886-1957, illustrator) - Hans ANDERSEN (1805-75). Fairy Tales, London, [1924], 4to, 12 mounted coloured plates, illustrations, original vellum gilt. FIRST EDITION. NUMBER 21 OF 500 "EDITION DE LUXE" COPIES SIGNED BY THE ILLUSTRATOR.
NIELSEN, Kay (1886-1957, illustrator) - Hans ANDERSEN (1805-75).  Fairy Tales. London: Hodder &…
Hammer price: £1,200
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
16 July 2025
16 July 2025
OGILVIE-GRANT, W. R. (1863-1924), and others. British Game Birds and Wildfowl, London, 1912, 4to, portrait and 26 coloured plates by George E. Lodge, original morocco. FIRST EDITION. NUMBER 564 OF 950 COPIES. With 4 other books of related interest. (5)
Lot 386 Sold
OGILVIE-GRANT, W. R. (1863-1924), and others. British Game Birds and Wildfowl, London, 1912, 4to, portrait and 26 coloured plates by George E. Lodge, original morocco. FIRST EDITION. NUMBER 564 OF 950 COPIES. With 4 other books of related interest. (5)
OGILVIE-GRANT, William Robert (1863-1924), and others.  British Game Birds and Wildfowl. London:…
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £200 - £300
16 July 2025
16 July 2025
PALMER, Samuel (1805-81, illustrator) - John MILTON (1608-74). The Shorter Poems of John Milton, London, 1889, folio, 12 etched plates by Samuel Palmer, original pictorial vellum gilt. NUMBER 52 OF 135 "LARGE-PAPER" COPIES.
Lot 387 Sold
PALMER, Samuel (1805-81, illustrator) - John MILTON (1608-74). The Shorter Poems of John Milton, London, 1889, folio, 12 etched plates by Samuel Palmer, original pictorial vellum gilt. NUMBER 52 OF 135 "LARGE-PAPER" COPIES.
PALMER, Samuel (1805-81, illustrator) - John MILTON (1608-74).  The Shorter [half title: Minor]…
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £200 - £300
16 July 2025
16 July 2025
PAOLOZZI, Eduardo (1924-2005, artist). Underground Design, London, 1986, 4to, 18 "thermographic" plates, ORIGINAL COLOURED LITHOGRAPH BY PAOLOZZI SIGNED BY THE ARTIST IN PENCIL, original black cloth box. FIRST EDITION.
Lot 388 Sold
PAOLOZZI, Eduardo (1924-2005, artist). Underground Design, London, 1986, 4to, 18 "thermographic" plates, ORIGINAL COLOURED LITHOGRAPH BY PAOLOZZI SIGNED BY THE ARTIST IN PENCIL, original black cloth box. FIRST EDITION.
PAOLOZZI, Eduardo (1924-2005, artist).  Underground Design. Folio X. Introductory essay by Peter…
Hammer price: £170
Estimate: £200 - £300
16 July 2025
16 July 2025
[?PHILLIPS, Richard (1767-1840)]. The Wonders of the Telescope; or, a Display of the Starry Heavens and of the System of the Universe, London, 1809, 8vo, 14 engraved plates, contemporary boards. "New Edition." With 9 other works in 12 vols. (13)
Lot 389 Unsold
[?PHILLIPS, Richard (1767-1840)]. The Wonders of the Telescope; or, a Display of the Starry Heavens and of the System of the Universe, London, 1809, 8vo, 14 engraved plates, contemporary boards. "New Edition." With 9 other works in 12 vols. (13)
[?PHILLIPS, Richard (1767-1840)].  The Wonders of the Telescope; or, a Display of the Starry…
Estimate: £400 - £600
16 July 2025
16 July 2025
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM - An album containing photographs chiefly of Indian interest, including the Calcutta Light Horse Regiment (2), views in Agra, Benares, Lucknow, Darjeeling, etc. [1900s]. With 7 other albums. Provenance: the Robertson/Eustace families. (8)
Lot 390 Sold
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM - An album containing photographs chiefly of Indian interest, including the Calcutta Light Horse Regiment (2), views in Agra, Benares, Lucknow, Darjeeling, etc. [1900s]. With 7 other albums. Provenance: the Robertson/Eustace families. (8)
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM - An album containing photographs chiefly of Indian interest, including the…
Hammer price: £500
Estimate: £300 - £500
16 July 2025
16 July 2025
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM, INCLUDING VIEWS OF SYDNEY, HONG KONG, SINGAPORE, MANILA AND JAPAN - An album of c.176 mounted albumen silver print photographed views, [c.1880]. Please see the full description below.
Lot 391 Sold
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM, INCLUDING VIEWS OF SYDNEY, HONG KONG, SINGAPORE, MANILA AND JAPAN - An album of c.176 mounted albumen silver print photographed views, [c.1880]. Please see the full description below.
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM, INCLUDING VIEWS OF SYDNEY, HONG KONG, SINGAPORE, MANILA AND JAPAN - An album of c…
Hammer price: £3,200
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
16 July 2025
16 July 2025
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM, MONGOLIA - An album of 20 mounted albumen silver print photographed views of the Russian colony in Urga [now Ulaanbaatar], Mongolia, the photographs of varying sizes, some mounted two to a page, [late 19th-century].
Lot 392 Sold
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM, MONGOLIA - An album of 20 mounted albumen silver print photographed views of the Russian colony in Urga [now Ulaanbaatar], Mongolia, the photographs of varying sizes, some mounted two to a page, [late 19th-century].
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM, MONGOLIA - An album of 20 mounted albumen silver print photographed views of the…
Hammer price: £1,600
Estimate: £300 - £500
16 July 2025
16 July 2025
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM, THE SECOND ANGLO-AFGHAN WAR - An album of 25 FINE mounted albumen silver print photographed views, with a few other unrelated photographs, in a morocco gilt 4to album, [c.1879-80]. With a related printed work in 2 vols. (3)
Lot 393 Sold
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM, THE SECOND ANGLO-AFGHAN WAR - An album of 25 FINE mounted albumen silver print photographed views, with a few other unrelated photographs, in a morocco gilt 4to album, [c.1879-80]. With a related printed work in 2 vols. (3)
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM, THE SECOND ANGLO-AFGHAN WAR - An album of 25 FINE mounted albumen silver print…
Hammer price: £1,700
Estimate: £500 - £800
16 July 2025
16 July 2025

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