Wednesday 16th July
301- 428 Printed Books, Maps & Manuscripts | 1 pm
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| Lot | Title | Estimate | Hammer price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 394 | PICASSO, Pablo (1881-1973) - E. D'ORS (1881-1954). Pablo Picasso, London, 1930, 4to, 4 pochoir-coloured plates by Picasso, wrappers, portfolio. LIMITED TO 1,200 COPIES, THIS NO. 1,112 OF 650 COPIES IN ENGLISH. With 2 other related books. (3) | £400 - £600 | £320 | View |
| 395 | PISO, Willem (1611-78) & others. De Indiæ utriusque re naturali et medica, Amsterdam, 1658, 3 parts in one volume, folio, additional pictorial title, illustrations, contemporary vellum. Provenance: John Yudkin (bookplate). Second enlarged edition. | £1,500 - £2,500 | £2,200 | View |
| 396 | POCOCK, Roger Ashwell (1865-1941, editor), and others. The Frontiersman's Pocket-Book, London, 1909, small square 8vo, frontispiece, 6-pages of "signals" printed in colours, original limp roan gilt (rubbed). FIRST EDITION. RARE. | £200 - £300 | - | View |
| 397 | PORTLOCK, Nathaniel (c.1748-1817). A Voyage Round the World; but more particularly to the North-West Coast of America, London, 1789, 4to, portrait, folding general chart, 17 plates and charts only (of 18), old boards wrapped in hessian. FIRST EDITION. | £300 - £500 | £100 | View |
| 398 | RENDEL, A. M. (1910-91). Appointment in Crete. The Story of a British Agent, London, 1953, 8vo, original buckram, dust-jacket designed by John Craxton (jacket torn at head of backstrip and corners with some loss). FIRST EDITION. RARE. | £200 - £300 | £280 | View |
| 399 | RONSS, Baudouin van (1525-96). De magnis Hippocratis lienibus, Pliniique stomacace ac sceletyrbe, Wittenberg, 1585, 8vo, 2 full-page woodcut illustrations, modern boards. Provenance: From the Collection of John Yudkin (bookplate). Second edition. | £300 - £500 | - | View |
| 400 | ROUSSEAU, Jean-Jacques (1712-78). Oeuvres, Amsterdam, 1769, 11 volumes, 12mo, 5 engraved frontispieces and 36 plates, contemporary calf gilt. With John Tillotson's The Works (Edinburgh, 1748, 9 vols. only (of 10, lacking vol. 4), 12mo, calf. (20) | £200 - £300 | £100 | View |
| 401 | ROWLING, J. K. (b.1965). Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, London, 1997, 8vo, original coloured pictorial boards by Thomas Taylor, dust-jacket. AN EXCEPTIONALLY FINE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION, FOURTH IMPRESSION. Errington A1. RARE. | £500 - £800 | - | View |
| 402 | ROWLING, J. K. (b.1965). Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, London, 1999, 8vo, original boards, dust-jacket. With The Chamber of Secrets (London, 1998). EXCEPTIONALLY FINE COPIES OF THE FIRST EDITIONS, SECOND AND NINTH IMPRESSIONS RESPECTIVELY. (2) | £200 - £300 | - | View |
| 403 | ROYAL SOCIETY, LONDON - The Philosophical Transactions (From the Year 1700 to the Year 1720.) Abridg'd and Dispos'd under General Heads, London, 1721, 4to, 19 folding engraved plates, tables, contemporary calf. FIRST EDITION. With 3 other volumes. (4) | £300 - £500 | - | View |
| 404 | SAVONAROLA, Michele (c.1384-1466). Libro della natura et virtu delle cose, che nutriscono & delle cose non naturali, Venice, 1576, 4to, vellum. Provenance: From the Collection of John Yudkin (bookplate). Second edition of this important work on nutrition. | £500 - £800 | £500 | View |
| 405 | SHURLOCK, Manwaring (dates unknown). Tiles from Chertsey Abbey, Surrey, Representing Early Romance Subjects, London, 1885, folio, frontispiece and 40 plates printed in colours, original-cloth-backed pictorial boards (shaken, text loose). FIRST EDITION. | £300 - £500 | - | View |
| 406 | SMALLEGANGE, Matthaeus (1624-1710, editor and contributor). Nieuwe Cronyk Van Zeeland, Middelburg, 1696 [but 1700-[?]1704], folio, additional engraved title, 3 engraved maps and 87 fine engraved plates, contemporary panelled calf gilt. FIRST EDITION. | £1,000 - £1,500 | £1,100 | View |
| 407 | SOMERSET MAUGHAM, William (1874-1965). The Razor's Edge, New York, 1944, 8vo, original buckram. FIRST U.S. TRADE EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed "For Madame André de Breyne, hoping she will enjoy this book. W. Somerset Maugham, June 22, 1944." | £70 - £100 | £40 | View |
| 408 | SOONG MEI-LING ("Madame CHIANG") (1898-2003). China in Peace and War, Shanghai, 1940, large 8vo, original pink silk boards gilt. FIRST EDITION. "This book has been printed on specially prepared Chinese paper made by hand from bamboo fiber" (printed note). | £100 - £150 | £25 | View |
| 409 | SPEED, John (1552-1629). Hantshire described and devided, London: [c.1676], hand-coloured engraved map of Hampshire, inset bird's-eye-view of Winchester, coats-of-arms, 375 x 505mm., framed and glazed. A FINE COPY. | £300 - £500 | £420 | View |
| 410 | SPEED, John (1552-1629). Oxfordshire described, [London, 1676], hand-coloured engraved map, inset bird's-eye-view of Oxford, 18 college coats-of-arms in the borders (some light staining at the centrefold), 385 x 525mm., framed and glazed. A FINE COPY. | £400 - £600 | £350 | View |
| 410a | SPEED, John (1552-1629). Sussex described, [London], George Humble, [c.1627], hand-coloured engraved map of Sussex, inset bird's-eye-view of Chichester (browned, trimmed close to engraved frame, repairs at centrefold), 390 x 510mm., framed and glazed. | £200 - £300 | £420 | View |
| 411 | STANLEY, H. M. (1841-1904). How I Found Livingstone, London, 1872, large 8vo, portrait frontispiece, 4 maps, 28 plates, cloth. FIRST EDITION. With D. & C. Livingstone's Narrative of an Expedition to the Zambesi (London, 1865, lacks map, cloth). (2) | £100 - £150 | £30 | View |
| 412 | The Studio. An Illustrated Magazine of Fine and Applied Art, 1893-1914, volumes 1, 5, 8, 10, 23, 25-26, 33-62 (only), 4to, illustrations, original cloth. Volume 33 includes an original coloured lithograph of James McNeill Whistler's "The Purple Cap." (38) | £70 - £100 | £20 | View |
| 413 | TAUNT, H. W. (1842-1922). A New Map [in book form] of the River Thames, Oxford, [c.1884], 8vo, Woodburytype frontispiece, folding table, 33 double-page maps incorporating 97 Woodburytype views, advertisements, original pictorial roan gilt. Fifth edition. | £100 - £150 | - | View |
| 414 | THAMES SHIPPING - The United Society of River Thames Ship Caulkers' Book of Prices, [?]London, 1824, 12mo, wrappers. RARE. With A Scale of Prices for Job Work, On Old Ships (London, 1825, 8vo, contemporary calf, rebacked). (2) | £70 - £100 | £900 | View |
| 415 | THOMSON, James (1700-48). The Seasons, London, 1797, folio, 10 fine illustrations engraved by F. Bartolozzi and P. W Tomkins after W. Hamilton (lacks the frontispiece, some leaves browned), contemporary calf gilt. With 2 other books. (3) | £100 - £200 | £25 | View |
| 416 | THORNTON, Thomas (1757-1823). A Sporting Tour through the Northern Parts of England, and Great Part of the Highlands of Scotland, London, 1804, 4to, 16 hand-coloured plates, modern burgundy half morocco. FIRST EDITION. | £200 - £300 | £400 | View |