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Books, Maps and Manuscripts
Auctioneer: Lawrences, Crewkerne Location: South Street, Crewkerne
Contact: Telephone: 01460 73041 Fax: 01460 270799
Date: 21st July 2011 Time: 11:00AM
Details: Viewing:
Monday 18th July 9am to 4.30pm
Tuesday 19th July 9am to 4.30pm
Wednesday 20th July 9am to 4.30pm
Thursday 21st July 9am to 10.30am
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3102
PHILLIPS, Sir RICHARD. A Guide to all the Watering and Sea-Bathing Places..., n.d. (c. 1806). 8vo., cont. calf (upper cover detached). Engraved maps and plates, some folding (lacks map of Ramsgate but with unlisted extra view of Matlock, some spotting). With 4 other volumes. (5) £40-60
3103
PRINCE, JOHN. Danmonii Orientales Illustres: Or, The Worthies of Devon. New Edition, 1810. 4to., half leather (rebacked). Engraved frontispiece, portraits and plates (browned) — HEALEY, CHARLES E.H. CHADWICK. The History of the Part of West Somerset Comprising the Parishes of Luccombe..., 1901. Large 8vo., orig. cloth uncut. Folding map and portraits. Folding pedigrees. (2) £30-50
3104
RAILWAYS. 8 vols., including David & Charles reprints of Bourne's Great Western Railway, and Bourne's London & Birmingham Railway. (1969 - 70). Large folio, orig. cloth, d.ws. Plates. (8) £100-200
3105
RISDON, TRISTRAM. The Chorographical Description, or, Survey of the County of Devon..., First Edition, 1714. 8vo., cont. panelled calf (worn, covers detached). Two engraved plates. Without the Continuation referred to in Upcott vol 1. p. 148. Sold not subject to return. £30-50
3106
ROYAL COMMISSION ON HISTORICAL MONUMENTS. Dorset. vols 2 - 5, in 7, 1970 - 75. With Mercer, Eric. English Vernacular Houses (in the same series) 1975. 4to., d.ws. — TAYLOR, H.M. & JOAN TAYLOR. Anglo-Saxon Architecture. 2 vols., Cambridge 1965 8vo., orig. cloth. With 4 others. (14)
All illustrated £60-80
3107
RUTTER, JOHN. Delineations of the North Western Division of the County of Somerset..., Shaftesbury & London 1829. Cont. half calf gilt. Folding engraved map, portrait and plates — WILLIAMS, Rev. D. Some Account of the Fissures and Caverns Hitherto Discovered in...The Mendip Range of Hills. Shaftesbury. Printed by John Rutter, 1829. Orig. wraps. (wraps. stained, one text leaf torn). With 10 others on the Mendips. 8vo., orig. bindings. (12) £50-70
3108
RUTTER, JOHN. Delineations of the North Western Division of the County of Somerset..., Published by the Author, Shaftesbury and London, 1829. Large Paper, 8vo., modern qtr. brown morocco gilt uncut (some fraying to uncut edges). Hand coloured folding engraved map, 12 plates, text illustrations. Subscribers list at end — CHILCOTT, J. pub. Chilcott's Descriptive History of Bristol. Seventh Edition, Bristol [1846]. 8vo., orig. cloth (spine defective). Folding engraved plan and plates. With another volume. (3) £70-80
3109
SCOTLAND. Paterson, R., pub. Paterson's New Coloured Views in Peebleshire..., Edinburgh, n.d. Oblong 8vo., orig. cloth (loose in binding). 12 chromolithographs. — FERGUSON, JAMES and ROBERT MENZIES FERGUSSON, eds. Records of the Clan and Name of Fergusson Ferguson and Fergus. 2 vols., inc. supplement. Edinburgh 1895 - 99. 8vo., orig. cloth gilt. Illustrations. With 2 others inc. Black's Picturesque Tourist of Scotland. 16th ed., 1863. (5) £80-100
3110
SOMERSET. Approx. 70 paperbacks, pamphlets and items of ephemera relating to the county. (approx. 70). £80-100
3111
SOMERSET. Another lot, similar, approx. 50 (approx. 50). £60-80
3112
SOMERSET. 48 various vols. on the county, cloth bound. (48) £100-150
3113
SOMERSET. 10 various volumes, including Ross, David Melville. Langport and Its Church, Langport 1911. 8vo., orig. cloth gilt. Plates. (endpapers spotted, bookplate stuck to title). (10) £60-80
3114
SOMERSET. 10 various volumes, including Kelly's Directory, 1897. 2 maps (one torn, the other repaired) — Hugo, Thomas. The History of Mynchin Buckland Priory and Preceptory..., 1861. 4 plates at end. Both in modern cloth. Various sizes. (10) £100-120
3115
SOMERSET. 26 vols., including: Nichols, Rev. William Luke. The Quantocks and their Associations. Second Edition, 1891. Folding map and illustrations — Wade, G.W. & J.H. Rambles in Somerset, 1912. Illustrations. Mostly 8vo., orig. bindings. (26) £50-70
3116
STEVENS, CHARLES, JEAN ARTHUR & JOAN STEVENS. Jersey Place Names A Corpus of Jersey Toponymy. 2 vols., Societe Jersiaise 1986. Folio, orig. cloth, d.ws. Vol 2 contains. 41 folded maps, partly coloured. (2) £150-200
3117
TOULMIN, JOSHUA. The History of the Town of Taunton, in the County of Somerset, First Edition, Taunton 1791. 4to., modern cloth. Folding engraved map, plan and 2 plates (slightly spotted). £60-80
3118
VICTORIA HISTORY OF … SOMERSET. Vols 1, 3 & 4, 1906, 1974, and 1978. 3 vols., folio, orig. or later cloth, vols 3 & 4 in d.ws. Illustrations. (3)
Vol.1 has the Index to Domesday bound in at end, which is normally found in vol.2. £80-120
3119
VICTORIA COUNTY HISTORY. SOMERSET. vols. 1 - 5, 1906 - 85. Folio, orig. cloth, vols. 3 - 5 in d.ws. (spines of vols. 1 & 2 faded). Illustrated. (5) £100-150
3120
WARNER, Rev. RICHARD. An History of the Abbey of Glaston: and the Town of Glastonbury. Bath 1826. Private impression of 250 published by the author. 4to., cont. half calf (rubbed, label defective). Subscriber's copy, that of John Rock Hoyte, with his signature on title, annotations in the text, invoice loosely inserted. 20 engraved plates, one coloured, by John Buckler.
The plates and blocks were subsequently destroyed. £150-180
3121
WESTLAKE, HERBERT FRANCIS. Westminster Abbey..., No. 15 of 50 copies on Fine Paper, signed by the author, subscriber's copy. 2 vols., 1923. Small folio, cont. half linen, t.e.g. (edges spotted). Plates. With another on the same. (3) £60-80
3122
WEIRTER, LOUIS. The Story of Edinburgh Castle, 1913. 4to., orig. leather gilt, t.e.g. (spine rubbed and slightly faded). Etched frontispiece and 16 tipped in collotype plates. £30-50
3123
KING'S ENGLAND, The. Durham, 1953; Northumberland 1952. First Editions, 8vo., orig. cloth, d.ws. (that for Northumberland torn and repaired). Illustrated. (2)
£40-50
3124
No Lot

THE PROPERTY OF THE LATE ROBIN BUSH, B.A. (HONS), M.A. (1943-2010),
Somerset Historian, Writer, Lecturer, Television Presenter
and Politician

3125
ANDERSON, JAMES. Royal Genealogies...Second Edition, 1736. Folio, modern cloth. Interleaves with blanks, some with additional genealogical annotations in a neat hand. £70-100
3126
BACON, JOHN. Liber Regis vel Thesaurus Rerum Ecclesiasticarum. Printed for the Author 1786. 4to., cont. calf (worn). £40-60
3127
BARRON, OSWALD, ed. The Ancestor, 12 vols., + 3 indexes bound together, 1902 - 1905. 8vo., orig. boards (spines faded). Plates, some coloured. (13) £120-180
3128
BESSE, JOSEPH. A Collection of the Sufferings of the People called Quakers..., 2 vols., 1753. Folio, cont. calf (rebacked, partial orig. backstrips laid down, some slight worming to blank margin of prelims. in vol 1.) (2) £50-70
3129
BOGER, Mrs. E. Myths, Scenes, & Worthies of Somerset. 1887 — ROGERS, W.H. HAMILTON. Memorials of the West. Exeter 1888. Qtr. brown morocco (rubbed). Plates, one of them coloured. — POOLE, CHARLES HENRY. The Customs, Superstitions, and Legends of the County of Somerset. 1877. (old library blind stamp on title). With 12 other volumes. Mostly 8vo., orig. cloth. (15) £100-150
3130
BRITTON, JOHN. The History and Antiquities of the Cathedral Church of Wells. 1824. 4to., cont. diced calf gilt (spine defective. Engraved plates (prelims. loose, some spotting). BEKYNTON, THOMAS, Bp. Memorials of the Reign of King Henry VI..., 2 vols., 1872. Orig. cloth backed boards — REYNOLDS, HERBERT EDWARD, ed. Wells Cathedral..., n.p., or d. Folio, half black morocco. Text illustrations (title and some other text leaves spotted). PLUMPTRE, Dean E.H. The Life of Thomas Ken, D.D. Bishop of Bath and Wells. 2 vols., 1888. Orig. cloth. Portrait and illustrations. — JEWERS, ARTHUR J. ed. Marriage Allegation Bonds of the Bishops of Bath and Wells... Exeter 1909. Cont. half calf. With 2 others. 8vo. (9) £120-150
3131
BROADSIDE. A New State Song, call'd The Fox and the Geese; Pitt and Old England for ever. Single leaf, n.p., or d. (short tear at centre). Two woodcuts at top.
See Illustration. £50-70
3132
BURKE JOHN and JOHN BERNARD BURKE...The Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland and Scotland. Second Edition 1844 — FOSTER, JOSEPH. The Royal Lineage of Our Noble and Gentle Families. Library Edition, 2 vols., 1887 — BURKE, Sir BERNARD. A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. 34th edition, 1872 (lacks backstrip, upper cover detached); 65th edition, 1903; 90th edition, 1932; 96th Coronation edition, 1938; 100th edition, 1953; ...History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain, 1900. With 3 others. Mostly 4to., (bindings worn). (12) £200-300
3133
BURKE'S and KELLY'S, etc. another lot similar, 19 various volumes. (19) £250-300
3134
CHADWICK HEALEY, CHARLES E.H. The History of the Part of West Somerset Comprising the Parishes of Luccombe..., 1901 — HUGO, THOMAS. The History of Taunton Priory..., London and Taunton 1860. Large Paper. Cont. qtr. brown morocco. 7 plates. — CASSAN, Rev. STEPHEN HYDE. Lives of the Bishops of Bath and Wells..., 1829. Cont. half calf. Portrait frontispiece. BURROW, ED. J. Ancient Earthworks & Camps of Somerset, Cheltenham 1924. No. 96 of 1025 copies, signed by the author. With 7 others, mostly 8vo., mostly orig. cloth. (11) £120-150
3135
[COLLEGE OF ARMS]. The Visitations of Cornwall, Comprising The Heralds' Visitations of 1530, 1573, & 1620. With Additions of Lt. Col. J.L. Vivian. Exeter 1887. 4to., qtr. brown morocco. (some spotting) £150-200
3136
[COLLEGE OF ARMS] The Visitations of the County of Devon, Comprising The Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564, & 1620. With Additions by Lt. Col. J.L. Vivian. Published for the Author, Exeter, n.d. [1895], 4to., cont. half red stained calf (spine and corners worn, endpapers renewed). WEAVER, FREDERIC WILLIAM, ed. The Visitations of the County of Somerset, In the Years 1531 and 1575..., Exeter 1885. 8vo., orig. cloth (spine faded). With another similar. (3) £120-150
3137
DUGDALE, Sir WILLIAM. Monasticon Anglicanum, 8 vols., Farnborough 1970 facsimile of the 1817 edition. Folio, orig. cloth. Illustrated. (8) £150-250
3138
ELWORTHY, FREDERIC THOMAS. The West Somerset Word-Book. 1888. One of 75 Large Paper copies (ex library copy with stamps) — GRESWELL, Rev. WILLIAM H.P. The Land of Quantock. Taunton 1903. No. 168 of 250 copies; The Forests & Deer Parks of the County of Somerset. Taunton 1905. No. 64 of 350 copies. (spines darkened, one torn) — JENNINGS, JAMES. The Dialect of the West of England. Particularly Somersetshire. Second Edition, 1869. With 16 others. Mostly 8vo., orig. bindings. (20) £150-250
3139
FOX-DAVIES, ARTHUR. Armorial Families. Seventh Edition, 2 vols., 1929 - 30. 4to., orig. cloth gilt. (2) £60-80
3140
FROISSART, Sir JOHN. Chronicles of England, France, Spain, and Adjoining Countries. trans. Thomas Johnes, 2 vols., 1839. 8vo., cont. half calf (rebacked, orig. backstrips laid down). Chromolithographic additional title in vol 1 (ex library copy with stamps). — LAING, SAMUEL, trans. and ed. The Heimskringla: Or, Chronicle of the Kings of Norway, 3 vols., 1844. 8vo., cont. half calf (lacks one cover, another detached). With 12 others. (17) £60-100
3141
GREEN, EMANUEL. Bibliotheca Somersetensis..., 3 vols., Taunton 1902. 4to., (worn, one cover detached, contents leaf loose in vol 1) — CHUBB, T.A. Descriptive List of the Printed Maps of Somersetshire 1575 - 1914. Taunton 1914. 8vo. All orig. cloth (4) £50-80
3142
HALL, HUBERT, ed. The Red Book of the Exchequer. 3 vols., 1896. 8vo., orig. cloth backed boards. Plates. — ELLIS, HENRY J. and FRANCIS B. BICKLEY, eds. Index to the Charters and Rolls in the Department of Manuscripts British Museum. 2 vols., 1900 - 12. 8vo., orig. cloth (both titles ex library copies with stamps). With 15 others including various reports of the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts, 11 vols, 1874 - 84. (20) £180-220
3143
HUGO, THOMAS. The History of Taunton Priory..., London and Taunton 1860. Cont. qtr. brown morocco (spine and corners worn). Plates (frontis. almost detached). Inscribed on title by the author to the Archdeacon of Taunton; The History of The Hospital of S. Margaret, Taunton, London and Taunton 1874. One of 50 Large Paper copies. Orig. cloth. Plates. Inscribed by the author's widow on flyleaf. — [COTTLE, JAMES]. Some Account of the Church of St. Mary Magdalene, Taunton, 1845. Orig. cloth gilt (faded, spine torn). Plates. — SHILLIBEER, H.B. The Ancient Customs of the Manor of Taunton Deane..., Tiverton, for the Author 1821. Orig. cloth backed boards. With 8 others. Mostly 8vo., orig. bindings. (13) £120-150
3144
HUGO, THOMAS. The Mediaeval Nunneries of the County of Somerset, and Diocese of Bath & Wells. 1867. Large Paper, 8vo., orig. brown morocco backed boards, unopened. Plates; The History of Mynchin Buckland Priory and Preceptory..., 1861. Large Paper, 8vo., modern cloth, unopened. With another volume. (3) £60-80
3145
HUTCHINS, JOHN. The History and Antiquities of Dorset. Third Edition by W. Shipp and J.W. Hodson, 4 vols., reprint, 1973. Folio, orig. cloth, d.ws. Maps and plates. (4) £200-300
3146
LE NEVE, JOHN. Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae..., 1716. Folio, modern cloth (some spotting to text). With another volume. (2) £60-80
3147
LYTE, Sir H.C. MAXWELL. A History of Dunster..., 2 vols., 1909. Illustrated — OLIVEY, HUGH P. North Curry: Ancient Manor and Hundred, Taunton 1901. No. 172 of 250 copies. Maps and plates (2 prelims. loose) — BATTEN, EDMUND CHISHOLM, ed. The Register of Richard Fox, While Bishop of Bath and Wells..., P.P. 1889. One of 100 copies. — — SOMERSET AND SOME NEIGHBOURING RECORDS...Allan North, n.d. Published only for Subscribers. 4to., Plates. With 6 other volumes. Mostly 8vo., orig. cloth. (11) £100-150
3148
PARLIAMENT. Return of Owners of Land, 1873. 2 vols., 1875; Return of the Names of every Member...from the Year 1696 (and)...up to the Year 1696. 2 vols., 1 March 1878. With Index to Part 1, 1879. Folio, modern cloth (ex library copies with stamps). (5) £80-100
3149
PHELPS, Rev. WILLIAM. The History and Antiquities of Somersetshire. 2 vols. (all published), bound together. Printed for the Author [1835] - 1839. 4to., cont. half calf (rather worn). Plates, maps, plans and vignettes (as per lists). £100-200
3150
ROSKELL, J.S. & others. The History of Parliament. The House of Commons 1386 - 1421, 4 vols., 1992; Biographies of the Members of the Commons House 1439 - 1509, 1936; The House of Commons 1509 - 1558, 3 vols., 1982; The House of Commons 1558 - 1603, 3 vols., 1981; The House of Commons 1660 - 1690, 3 vols., 1983; The House of Commons 1690 - 1715, 5 vols., 2002; The House of Commons 1754 - 1790, 3 vols., 1985; The House of Commons, 1790 - 1820, 5 vols., 1986. Together 29 vols., 8vo., orig. cloth, d.ws. (one d.w. torn). (29) £500-700
3151
ROTULI HUNDREDORUM Temp Hen.III & Edw. I..., 2 vols., 1812. Folio, modern cloth, Half titles. Engraved plate (spotted). — PLACITA DE QUO WARRANTO TEMPORIBUS EDW. I. II. & III. 1818. Folio, later half maroon pigskin. Ex Office of Woods library with stamps. Engraved plate. — TAXATIO ECCLESIASTICA ANGLIAE ET WALLIAE Auctoritate P. Nicholai IV. Circa A.D. 1291. 1802. Folio, later half cloth (binding and prelims. soiled). (4) £80-120
Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD
Books, Maps and Manuscripts
Auctioneer: Lawrences, Crewkerne Location: South Street, Crewkerne
Contact: Telephone: 01460 73041 Fax: 01460 270799
Date: 21st July 2011 Time: 11:00AM
Details: Viewing:
Monday 18th July 9am to 4.30pm
Tuesday 19th July 9am to 4.30pm
Wednesday 20th July 9am to 4.30pm
Thursday 21st July 9am to 10.30am
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