8 December 2009 - Book Sale

#0198

Lot 917/0198

Rennell (James) Observations on the Topography of the Troy, 4to L. 1814. Hf. title, & lg. fold. engd. map frontis, partly unopened, uncut, orig. cloth, paper label on spine. Good. (1)
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Lot 918/0198

SOLD Hammer price €100

Leech (Miss) Poems, on Various Subjects, 4to L. 1816. FIRST EDN., uncut, orig. boards, spine dam. Clean copy. Scarce. (1)

Lot 919/0198

SOLD Hammer price €120

Field & Tuer, Publishers, Crawhall (Jos.) The Gloamin’ buchte, 4to L. 1883. FIRST EDN. thus, attractive hd. cold. quaint cuts, orig. ptd. wrappers, hd. cold. in later cloth case. V. good. (1)

Lot 920/0198

SOLD Hammer price €550

Silver Collectors Journal: Proceedings of the Society of Silver Collectors, Vol. I No. 1 [1958-60], – Vol. III Nos. 7/8/9, [1987], together 10 loose nos & 1 bound vol. 4to L. 1958 – 1987, photo. illus. etc., wrappers & cloth backed boards; = also The Silver Society Journal, Nos. 1 – 16, Nos. 19 & 21, with Index 1 – 10, together 19 nos, folio Leeds 1990 – 2006, numerous photos, etc., orig. wrappers. As periodicals, w.a.f. A lot. (1)

Lot 921/0198

Hayley (Wm.) Plays of Three Acts Written for a Private Theatre, 4to L. (T. Cadell) 1784, FIRST EDN., hf. title, contemp. full tree calf with gilt rope border, recent mor. label., joints cracked. (1)

Lot 922/0198

SOLD Hammer price €320

Stamp Albums: Two late Victorian / early Edwardian Stamp Albums with original adhesive stamps etc., The Lincoln, The Triumph Album, more interesting than the usual, one with unused blocks of “Sudan,” stamps loosely inserted, as albums, w.a.f. (2)

Lot 923/0198

Macpherson (James) trans. Temora, An Ancient Epic Poem, in Eight Books: Together with several other Poems, composed by Ossian, the Son of Fingal. 4to L. 1763. FIRST ENGLISH EDN., red 7 bl. title with engd. vign., B.P. of Fotterall, cont. sprinkled calf, tooled gilt spine in panels, mor. label. (1)

Lot 924/0198

SOLD Hammer price €70

Engraved Plates: Wright (Rev. G.N.) The Rhine, Italy, and Greece, 4to L. n.d. [1843]. Engd. frontis. add. engd. title, & 31 engd. plts., complete, a.e.g., gilt cloth; = Cassell’s History of the War between France and Germany, 1870-1871, 2 vols., 4to L. n.d. illus. thro-out, cont. hf. calf, mor. labels. (3)

Lot 925/0198

SOLD Hammer price €300

Turner (J.M.W.) & Cooke (W.B. & G.) Picturesque Views on The Southern Coast of England, 2 vols. lg. 4to L. 1826. 80 engd. plts. & vignettes (48 full page), mostly with later hand-colouring, complete, cont. hf. calf, marble sides, blind tooled & gilt lettered spine. Good. (2)
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Lot 926/0198

SOLD Hammer price €280

Genealogy: The complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, 6 vols. Gloucester (Alan Sutton) 1987. Compact Edn., cloth, in slip case. (6)

Lot 927/0198

SOLD Hammer price €1700

Ross (Sir John) A Voyage of Discovery Made Under the Orders of the Admiralty, in His Majesty’s Ships Isabella and Alexander, for the Purpose of Exploring Baffin’s Bay, and Inquiring into the Probability of a North West Passage, 4to L. 1819. FIRST EDN., errata slip, 27 engd. plts. (ex 28) includ. lg. fold. frontis chart, 15 cold. plts. (4 lg. fold), but with extra lg. fold. chart (apparently not called for), a.e.g., cont. diced calf, tooled gilt rolled border, & gilt tooled spine with ship motif in panels. V. Clean Copy. (1)
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Lot 928/0198

Binding: Johnson (Samuel) Rasselas, 4to L. 1805. Engd. plts. after R. Smirke, a.e.g., cont. straight-grained crimson mor. with multiple roll borders, tooled gilt spine in panels. V. good. (1)

Lot 929/0198

SOLD Hammer price €650

Hanway (Jonas) An Historical Account of the British Trade Over the Caspian Sea: With a Journal of Travels from London through Russia into Persia; …., 4 vols. 4to L. 1753. FIRST EDN., 4 engd. frontis & 15 plts. & 9 fold. maps, engd. heads, cont. full calf, mor. labels, tooled gilt spines in panels, raised bands. V. good. (4)
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Lot 930/0198

SOLD Hammer price €300

Military – Richards (W.) Her Majesty’s Army, 3 vols., L. n.d., 3 add. chromo litho titles, 44 chromo litho plts. (includ. frontis) (some loose) orig. illus. cloth; = His Majesty’s Territorial army, Vol. 4 (ex 4), L. n.d., 8 chromo litho plts., orig. illus. cloth, as a lot. (4)

Lot 931/0198

Marryat (Frank S.) Borneo and The Indian Archipelago, roy 8vo L. 1848. FIRST EDN., hf. title, cold. frontis, & add. cold. title, plus 20 cold. litho plts. complete, text illus. thro-out, recent mor. backed marble boards, tooled gilt spine, revised bands. V. good copy. (1)
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Lot 932/0198

Juvenalia: Cheatham (Kitty) A Nursery Garland, folio N.Y. & Boston n.d. [1917] FIRST EDN., Inscribed Pres. Copy, cold. port. frontis & 13 plts. by Graham Robertson, orig. cloth backed pict. cold. boards, v. good; = Brickdale (E. Fortescue) The book of Old English Songs & Ballads, 4to L. n.d. cold. frontis & 23 mtd. cold. plts. orig. decor. cloth; = Pogany (Wm.) Forty-Four Turkish Fairy Tales, 4to L. n.d. cold. frontis & 15 mtd. cold. plts., other plts. & illus., decor. cloth. (3)

Lot 933/0198

SOLD Hammer price €150

Starforth (John) Villa Residences and Farm Architecture, A Series of Designs. Lg. 4to Edin. & L. 1865. FIRST EDN., hf. title, & 102 engd. plts. complete, orig. cloth, faded & stained. (1)

Lot 934/0198

Coloured Plates: Kretschmer (Albert) & Rohrbach (C.) The Costumes of All Nations, lg. 4to L. 1882. Chromo title, & 104 cold. chrome plts. complete, a.e.g., cont. hf. crimson mor. rebacked, orig. spine. V. good copy. (1)
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Lot 935/0198

Victorian Scrap Albums: Two large Victorian Scrap Albums with some fine cold. engravings, litho illustrations, hd. cold. prints, some attractive watercolour sketches, bl. & white cuttings, etc., an interesting lot, as albums, w.a.f. (2)

Lot 936/0198

SOLD Hammer price €100

Humber (Wm.) A Comprehensive Treatise on the Water Supply of cities and Towns…., Folio L. 1876. Cold. frontis, 50 dbl. page plts. complete, cont. hf. mor. worn. Good clean copy. (1)