8 December 2009 - Book Sale

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Lot 797/0198

Fine Coloured Plates & Bindings: Lacroix (Paul) The Arts in the Middle Ages, & at The period of the Renaissance; and The XVIIIth Century, Its Institutions, Customs, and Costumes, 2 vols. roy 8vo L. n.d. Numerous fine cold. & sepia plts., text illus., a.e.g, extremely fine full crimson mor. lg. tooled gilt borders, raised bands, and gilt tooled spines in panels, mor. labels by Bickers, London. V. good copies. (2)

Lot 798/0198

SOLD Hammer price €180

[Rackham (Arthur)] Illus. – De la Motte Fouque – Undine, trans. by W.L. Courtney, 4to L. 1909. Mtd. cold. frontis & 14 cold. plts., text illus. etc., orig. gilt decor. cloth. (1)
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Lot 799/0198

SOLD Hammer price €160

[Rackham (Arthur)] Illus. Evans (C.S.) The Sleeping Beauty, 4to L. & Philadelphia 1920. on mtd. cold. plts. & other cold. & bl. & white illus., attractive decor. cloth backed boards, d.w. (torn). (1)
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Lot 800/0198

SOLD Hammer price €200

[Rackham (Arthur)] Illus. Shakespeare (Wm.) A Midsummer – Night’s Dream, 4to L. 1908. Cold. frontis & 39 mtd. cold. plts., bl. & white illus. etc., orig. gilt decor. cloth. (1)
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Lot 801/0198

SOLD Hammer price €300

Genealogy: Mac Donald (Rev. A. & A.) The Clan Donald, 3 vols. roy 8vo Inverness 1896. FIRST EDN., illus. (some cold. fold.), plts., uncut, unopened, gilt decor., 2 colour buckram. (3)

Lot 802/0198

Bull (Wm. Perkins) From Brock to Currie, The Military Development and Exploits of Canadians … 1791 to 1930, 2 vols., Toronto 1935, Signed LIM. EDN. of 100 copies, pict. & port. frontis, profusely illus., contemp. hf. mor. cloth boards. Good. (2)

Lot 803/0198

SOLD Hammer price €110

[Desmarests de Saint-Sorlin (I.)] Clovis, ou la France Chrestienne, 4to Paris 1657, FIRST EDN., add. engd. t.p. & engd. port. both rebacked, 26plts. (complete), rebound calf backed boards, loose, w.a.f. (1)

Lot 804/0198

Signed by W.G. Grace
Cricket: Grace (W.G.) Cricket, 4to Bristol & L. 1891. LIM. EDN. 40 (652) Signed by Author, Engd. port. frontis & 44 engd. plts., uncut, cont. hf. mor. gilt, spine dam., otherwise good. (1)
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Lot 805/0198

SOLD Hammer price €230

Arcadia Press: Desroches-Noblecourt (C.) Tutankamen, 4to L. (Arcadia Press) 1969. LIM. EDN. No. 199 (265), Signed by Author; also Hawkes (Jacquetta) Dawn of the Gods, 4to L. (Arcadia Press) 1969. LIM. EDN. No. 199 (265) signed by Author, fine cold. illus., a.e.g., full decor. mor. by Zaehnsdorf, London. (2)
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Lot 806/0198

SOLD Hammer price €300

Wright (G.N.) & Allam (Th.) China In a Series of Views…, 4 vols. in 2, 4to, L. [1843], decor. hf. titles, 123 plts. (ex 124), some foxing, a.e.g., contemp. full mor., gilt borders & spine. Vol. 1 (front cover loose). Good. (2)

Lot 807/0198

SOLD Hammer price €160

Illustrations by John Piper
Dyer (John) Grangar Hill, lg. 4to Hackney (The Stourton Press) 1982. LIM EDN. 153 (175) Copies. Signed by illustrator John Piper, lg. page, & 2 other full page plts., uncut, orig. cloth backed marble boards. V. good. (1)
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Lot 808/0198

SOLD Hammer price €190

Dykes (W.R.) Notes on Tulip Species, lg. folio L. 1930. 54 lg. cold. plts., orig. cloth. Good. (1)

Lot 809/0198

SOLD Hammer price €120

Fine Etchings: Etch’d Thoughts, … By The Etching Club. Lg. Folio L. 1844, 60 etched illustrations on 37 full page plts., a.e.g., full crimson mor. tooled gilt borders, panels & spine, with raised bands. (1)

Lot 810/0198

SOLD Hammer price €500

Binding: The Book of Common Prayer, Folio Oxford (John Baskett) 1726. Engd. port. frontis., add. engd title; Bound with, The Holy Bible, folio L. 1723, engd. frontis & add engd. title, 5 fold. maps & 51 engd. plts. (with multiple scenes), a.e.g., cont. full crimson mor. tooled gilt panels, treble gilt fillet borders, profusely gilt tooled spine in panels, raised bands, mor. label. As a bible, w.a.f. (1)
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Lot 811/0198

SOLD Hammer price €750

Salmon (Wm.) Botanologia; The English Herbal: or, History of Plants, Lg. folio L. 1710. One Volume Only. Hd. cold. engd. add. title (rebacked) red & bl. title. dedit to Queen, 4pp., introduction 24pp., with Index Plantarum, Index Latinus & Index Morborum, all at end. approx. 1174 wd. cut illus., in cont. hd. colouring, some browning, a few minor tears at edges, some mis-pagination, cont. mottled calf, rebacked later, mor. label.
* The last great English Woodcut Herbal. (1)
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Lot 812/0198

SOLD Hammer price €140

Gordon (Alex.) The Lives of Pope Alexander VI and His Son Caesar Borgia, 2 Parts in one vol., folio L. 1729. FIRST EDN., list of subs., 2 lg. engd. ports, cont. calf, tooled gilt spine. Good. (1)

Lot 813/0198

Hampden (J.) The Tryal of John Hampden.. in the Great Case of Ship-Money, to which is added The Tryal of Thomas Harrison, accusing .. him of High Treason, folio L. 1719, later calf backed marbled boards. (1)

Lot 814/0198

St. Augustine – Sancti Aurelii Augustini Hipponensis Episcopi Operum, 11 vols. in 9, lg. folio Paris 1679 – Antwerp 1702. Engd. frontis., wd. heads & tails, some faults, cont. full mottled calf, profusely tooled gilt spines in panels, raised bands, mor. labels. As bindings, w.a.f. (9)

Lot 815/0198

Prout (Samuel) Hints on Light and Shadow, Composition, etc., As applicable to Landscape Painting, Folio L. 1848. NEW EDN., 22 litho plts. (complete), orig. cloth, dam. (1)

Lot 816/0198

SOLD Hammer price €260

Arcadia Press: Papageorgiou (Athanasuis) Icons of Cyprus, folio L. (Arcadia Press) 1971. Preface by Mons. Mararios, President of Cyprus, & signed by him. LIM. EDN. 199 (265), cold. illus. fine gilt decor. & pict. full crushed mor. by Zaehnstorf, London. (1)
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