8 December 2009 - Book Sale

#0198

Lot 857/0198

SOLD Hammer price €140

Medical: Hecker (J.F.C.) The Epidemics of The Middle Ages, trans. by B.G. Babington, L. 1844, cloth; = Cheyne (G.) An Essay of Health and Long Life, L. 1725, Fifth Edn., title damp stained, panel calf; = Gregory (J.) Lectures on the Duties and Qualifications of a Physician, 12mo Edin. 1805, port. frontis, new mor. As a lot. (3)

Lot 858/0198

SOLD Hammer price €70

Hawney (Wm.) The Complete Measurer; or, the Whole Art of Measuring, 12mo L. 1743. Fifth Edn., advert leaf at end, cont. calf, rebacked. Good. (1)

Lot 859/0198

SOLD Hammer price €60

Japanese Juvenalia: Hasegawa (T.) publisher. Japanese Fairy Tale – Princess Splendor The Woodcutter’s Daughter, sm. 8vo Tokio 1895, SECOND EDN., cold. illus; = & another sim. forty Seven Ronin, cold. plts. (1 lg. fold.), crepe paper and cloth. As ephemera, w.a.f. (2)

Lot 860/0198

Unique Collection of early 18th Century Almanacks, 1710.
Alamancks: 1. The Ladies Diary: or, The Woman’s Almanack, for … 1710, 12mo L. 1710, red & bl. title with engd. port. of Q. Anne; = 2. Tipper (J.) Great Britian’s Diary: or The Union Almanack… 1710, L. 1710, red & bl. title, with wd. cut armorial; = 3. Moore (Francis) Vox Stellarum; Being An Almanack for 1710…, L. 1710, red & bl. title, some wd. cut illus.; = 4. Chattock (J.) Telescopium Anglicanum or An Ephem-eris of the Coelestrial Motions and Aspects,… 1710, L. 1710, red & bl. title; = 5. Gibson (Rich.) Astrologus Brittannicus: or Almanack for … 1710, L. 1710, red. & bl. title, wd. cut illus.; = 6. Andrews (Wm.) Great News from the Stars or, An Ephemeris for …. 1710, L. 1710, red & bl. title; = 8 others sim., together 14 items, bound as one vol., full cont. mor. dble gilt fillet borders, raised bands, & with gilt tooled Royal cipher on each corner, & on spine, spine dam. As a coll. of Almanacks, w.a.f. (1)
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Lot 861/0198

American interest: Stanford (Ed.) Publisher, The Englishman’s Guide Book to the United States and Canada. 12mo L. & N.Y. 1884, fold maps & plans & plts., mor.; = Appleton’s General Guide to the United States and Canada, 12mo N.Y. 1891, fold. maps & plans (1 in pocket), mor.; = 1 other sim. 1882. As guides, w.a.f. Scarce. (3)

Lot 862/0198

Churchill (Winston Spencer) London to Ladysmith via Pretoria, 8vo L. 1900. FIRST EDN., fold. map frontis & 1 other (ex. 2), 30pp. cat. at end, orig. cloth (stained) recased. (1)

Lot 863/0198

SOLD Hammer price €80

Halfpenny (William) Perspective Made Easy: or A New Method for Practical Perspective, 8vo L. 1731. 23 (ex 26) fold. plts., orig. calf, raised bands, mor. label. Good. (1)

Lot 864/0198

[Steel (Richard)] The Englishman: Being the Sequel of the Guardian, 12mo L. 1714. Rebound antique calf, mor. labels, in custom made box. (1)

Lot 865/0198

Palmer (A.T.) Authentic Memoirs of The Life of John Sobieski King of Poland, 8vo L. 1815. FIRST EDN., list of subs., recent cloth backed boards; = also Memoirs of Prince Potemkin; Field Marshal,… of The Russian Army, L. 1813. SECOND EDN., port. frontis cont. hf. mor. (2)
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Lot 866/0198

SOLD Hammer price €90

Trapp (Jos.) Proceedings of the French National Convention on the Trial of Louis XVI…., 8vo L. 1793. SECOND EDN., recent hf. mor. mor. labels; = Labaume (E.) A Circumstantial Narrative of The Campaign in Russia, 8vo L. 1815, lg. fold. map & a plan, cont. tree calf; = Giraud (P.F.F.J.) The Campaign of Paris in 1814, 8vo L. 1815, fold. plan & lg. fold. map, cont. hf. calf. (3)

Lot 867/0198

SOLD Hammer price €100

Hutton (S.K.) Among the Eskimos of Labrador, L. 1912. FIRST EDN., frontis map & plts., gilt decor. cloth; = Rudmose Brown (R.N.) The Polar Regions, L. 1927. FIRST EDN., 2 fold. & other maps, cloth; = Herbert (Agnes) & A. Shikari, Two Dianas in Alska, L. 1909. SECOND EDN., frontis, plts. cloth; = Duchaussois (Rev. P.) Mid Snow and Ice, The Apostles of the North-West. 8vo L. 1923. FIRST, plts. cloth. (4)
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Lot 868/0198

Hedin (Sven) Overland to India, 2 vols. thick 8vo L. 1910. 2 cold. frontis & 200 plts. (4 cold. & 4 fold.) 2 lg. fold. maps complete, orig. blue cloth, gilt. Good. (2)
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Lot 869/0198

Mill (John Stuart) Principles of Political Economy, 2 vols. L. 1862. FIFTH EDN., orig. cloth, paper labels. Good. (2)

Lot 870/0198

Burton (Maj. Gen. E.F.) Reminiscences of Sport in India, 8vo L. 1885. FIRST EDN., frontis, & 7 plts., 44pp. Publ. Cat. & 4pp. adverts at end, orig. decor. cloth, gilt. Good. (1)
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Lot 871/0198

Merrill (Selah) East of the Jordan …. Observations in The Countries of Moab, Gilead and Bashan. 8vo L. 1881. FIRST EDN., frontis, lg. fold. map, plts. & text illus., orig. gilt decor. cloth; = Vivian (H.) Tunisia and the Modern Barbary Pirates, 8vo L. 1899. FIRST EDN., fold. map, plts. & illus., partly unopened, orig. cold. decor. cloth. Both good. (2)

Lot 872/0198

SOLD Hammer price €220

Shaw (Robert) Visits to High Tartary Yarkand and Kashghar, 8vo L. 1871. FIRST EDN., cold. frontis & 6 plts. (some cold.), fold. map & text illus., complete, 16pp. cat. at end, orig. cloth, gilt, stained. (1)
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Lot 873/0198

SOLD Hammer price €120

Butt (Issac) The History of Italy, from the Abdication of Napoleon I, 2 vols. L. 1860. FIRST EDN., orig. cloth. Scarce. (2)

Lot 874/0198

SOLD Hammer price €260

Mitchel (Margaret) Gone with the Wind, L. 1936. FIRST EDN., recent calf backed marble boards. Good & Clean. (1)

Lot 875/0198

Stanley (Henry M.) How I Found Livingstone; Travels, Adventure and Discoveries in Central Africa. 8vo L. 1872. FIRST EDN., hf. title, orig. mtd. photo frontis, 3 maps (ex 4), includ. 2 fold., 28 plts. 8pp adverts at end, orig. decor. cloth, good. (1)
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Lot 876/0198

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Livingstone (David) Missionary Travels, Researches in South Africa, 8vo L. 1857. FIRST EDN., fold. cold. frontis, 27 plts. & maps (1 loose in pocket at back) 8pp. cat. at end, orig. cloth. (1)
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