8 December 2009 - Book Sale

#0198

Lot 897/0198

Engd. Plates: after David Roberts: Roscoe (Thos.) The Tourist in Spain and Morocco, roy 8vo L. 1838. Engd. add title, frontis & 19 engd. plts. complete, a.e.g. full green mor. A very good clean copy. (1)

Lot 898/0198

SOLD Hammer price €120

Gatty (Mrs. Alfred) British Sea-Weeds, 2 vols. roy 8vo L. 1872. Hf. titles, & 80 cold. plts. complete, orig. cloth, gilt. Scarce. (2)
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Lot 899/0198

Burrows (Capt. Guy) The Curse of Central Africa, roy 8vo L. 1903. Ed. Edgar Canisius. FIRST EDN., port. frontis red & bl. title, plts. & text illus., fold. cold. map, 18pp Publishers Cat. at end, orig. decor. cloth, cold. Good. (1)
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Lot 900/0198

SOLD Hammer price €110

Caslon (H.W. & Co.), Specimen of Printing Types of The Caslon and Glasgow Letter Foundry, roy 8vo L. 1857, illus. thro-out, some fold. plts. a few torn (some with loss), cont. hf. mor. (1)

Lot 901/0198

SOLD Hammer price €160

Illustrated Books: Aldin (Cecil) An Artist’s Models, sm. folio L. 1930, cold. & other plts., uncut, cloth & pict. d.w.; = Edwards (Lionel) Moorland Mousie, 4to L. 1929, plts. pict. d.w.; = Kipling (Rudyard) The Maltese Cat, sm. 4to L. 1936, cold. plts. & illus. after L. Edwards, gilt oatmeal cloth. All good. (3)

Lot 902/0198

Modern Bindings: Okey (T.) Paris and its Story, L. 1904, cold. & others illus; = Jewitt (Llewellynn) The Ceramic Art of Great Britain, thick roy 8vo L. [1883], illus., both full modern mor. bindings with tooled gilt overlaid panels, by David M. Kirby, Bookbinder, Chester. V. good. (2)

Lot 903/0198

Kollmann (Paul) The Victoria Nyanza, 8vo L. 1899. FIRST EDN., profusely illustrated, orig. blind embossed decor; = Scott Robertson (Sir G.) The Kafirs of The Hindu-Kush, L. 1900. NEW EDN., illus. by A.D. Mc Cormick, cloth decor. (2)

Lot 904/0198

The Alps: Whymper (Ed.) Scrambles Amongst the Alps in the years 1860-69, roy 8vo L. 1871, frontis, plts. text illus., & 6 fold. plts. & maps at end, orig. cloth; = [Dempster (C.L.H.)] The Maritime Alps and their Seaboard, L. 1885. FIRST EDN., frontis plts. & illus. cont. hf. blue mor. by Bayntun. (2)

Lot 905/0198

Trusler (J.) The Works of Mr. Hogarth Moralized, 8vo L. n.d. [1768]. Engd. port. frontis engd. title, 75 engd. vign. illus., on hand-made paper, recent cloth backed boards. (1)

Lot 906/0198

SOLD Hammer price €180

Lugard (Capt. F.D.) The Rise of the East African Empire, Early Effords in Nyasaland and Uganda, 2 vols. Edin. & L. 1893. FIRST EDN., 2 port. frontis 8 maps (5 fold. 2 in pockets), numerous plts. complete, orig. pict. cloth, faded or stained. (2)
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Lot 907/0198

SOLD Hammer price €100

Stevens (Thomas) Around the World on a Bicycle, .. From San Francisco to Teheran. L. 1887. FIRST EDN., cold. frontis & numerous illus. & plts. thro.-out, decor. cloth. Scarce. (1)

Lot 908/0198

Brigham (Wm. T.) Guatemala The Land of the Quetzal, L. 1887. FIRST EDN., frontis & 25 plts. (1 full page) 3 fold. maps (1 cold.), numerous text illus., complete, orig. decor. cloth. Good. (1)

Lot 909/0198

South America: Payne (Will) & Wilson (Chas. T.W.) Missionary Pioneering in Bolivia with Some Account of Work in Argentina, L. n.d. maps & illus; = Gallenga (A.) South America, L. 1880, fold. map, cat. at end, both cloth. (2)

Lot 910/0198

Roosevelt (Theodore) The Wilderness Hunter, An Account of the Big Game of the United States and its Chase with Horse, Hound, and Rifle. 8vo N.Y. & L. 1893. FIRST EDN., frontis text illus. & plts. some extra items typed in, orig. cloth, soiled. (1)

Lot 911/0198

SOLD Hammer price €650

Roynal (Able G.T.) Histoire Philosophique et Politique, Des Etablissems & du Commerce des Europeans dans les deux index. 3 vols. 4to Geneva 1775, 3 hf. titles, engd. port. frontis. Vol. I & 2 engd. frontis., 3 engd. heads, 4 fold. maps & 4 engd. plts., orig. catspaw calf, spine profusely gilt tooled in panels, mor. labels. V. good set. (3)
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Lot 912/0198

Coloured Plates: Temple (Richard) Palestine Illustrated, folio L. 1888. FIRST EDN., 4 maps, 2 litho plts. & 32 fine cold. pts. orig. cloth, gilt. Good. (1)

Lot 913/0198

In Decorative Gilt Binding
[Johnson (Samuel) & others] The Adventurer, 2 vols. in 1, sm. folio L. (J. Payne) 1753, 2 vings., titles marble end papers, profusely decor full calf, with wide gilt borders, raised bands, lacks label, joints cracking. As a binding, nice, w.a.f. (1)

Lot 914/0198

SOLD Hammer price €100

Robertson (Wm.) The History of the Reign of Emperor Charles V …, 3 vols., 4to, L. 1769, FIRST EDN., hf. titles, some spotting 7 staining, hf. calf, marble boards, gilt decor. spine. Good. (3)

Lot 915/0198

[Burckhardt (John Lewis)] Travels In Nubia, 4to L. (J. Murray) 1822, SECOND EDN., engd. port. frontis, 3 maps (2 fold.), contemp. hf. calf, marble boards, recent mor. label. (1)

Lot 916/0198

Wilson (Robert Thomas) History of the British Expedition to Egypt…, lg. 4to, L. 1803, SECOND EDN., hf. title, 2 fold. tables, 3 lg. fold. maps at rear, contemp. full calf, double gilt fillet borders, joints cracked, recent mor. label, gilt decor. spine. (1)