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| 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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| 3152 | |||
| RUTTER, JOHN. Delineations of The North Western Division of the County of Somerset. Printed and Published by the Author, Shaftesbury and London, 1829. 8vo., old half calf (new endpapers). Folding engraved map, partly hand coloured, lithographic portrait and plates. Text vignettes (as per list), (small hole in lower margin of title, 2 prelims torn and repaired, one plate margin repaired, some spotting) — RAWLE, EDWIN JOHN. Annals of the Ancient Royal Forest of Exmoor. Taunton 1893. One of 350 copies. 4to., orig. cloth backed boards. Folding coloured map and 2 facsimiles. Prospectus loosely inserted. With 16 other volumes. (18) £100-150 |
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| 3153 | |||
| RUVIGNY and RAINEVAL, Marquis of. The Blood Royal of Britain. 1903. Portraits — ADDINGTON, A.C. The Royal House of Stuart. 3 vols., 1969 - 76. Coloured frontispieces, other illustrations. With 3 other volumes. Mostly 4to., orig. cloth. (7) £60-90 |
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| 3154 | |||
| SAVAGE, JAMES. History of the Hundred of Carhampton, in the County of Somerset. Bristol 1830. 8vo., cont. half calf (rubbed). Engraved frontispiece (offset onto title), coloured folding map. £60-80 |
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| 3155 | |||
| SOMERSETSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. Proceedings. c. 1890 - 2010, with a few earlier numbers. 8vo., orig. wraps. (many vols in poor condition). With Notes & Queries for Somerset, 1890 - 2010; with 13 vols. Kelly's Taunton, v.y. 1928 - 74, and The Western Gazette Almanac, 18 vol., v.y. 1896 - 1917. (a quantity) |
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| 3156 | |||
| SOMERSET ELECTIONS, WILLS, CENSUS etc., 34 various volumes. (34) £50-70 |
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| 3157 | |||
| SOMERSET. A quantity of loose engravings, maps and printed fragments, mostly relating to the county. Contained in two boxes. (a quantity). £200-300 |
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| 3158 | |||
| STREET, JAMES. "The Mynster of the Ile". Taunton 1904. Folding map and plates — POOLEY, CHARLES. An Historical and Descriptive Account of the Old Stone Crosses of Somerset, 1877. Double page map and plates — BUCKLER, Rev. W. Ilchester Almshouse Deeds. Yeovil 1866. Inscribed, "In Memory of the Author Anne Chessell Buckler 14.9.1876.". Coloured folding map. Errata slip. — ILCHESTER AND DISTRICT OCCASIONAL PAPERS. 10 vols., ed. and pub. by James Stevens Cox, Guernsey 1978 - 1992. Illustrations. Mostly 8vo., orig. bindings. (13) £100-150 |
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| 3159 | |||
| STRUTT, JOSEPH. The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England. New Edition ed. by J. Charles Cox, n.d. [1903]. 4to., orig. half cloth. Portrait and plates — BOUTELL, Rev. CHARLES. The Monumental Brasses of England, 1849. Cont. half black morocco (ex library with stamps) — SEARLE, WILLIAM GEORGE. Onomasticon Anglo-Saxonicum..., Cambridge 1897. Modern cloth (ex London Library with stamps). Both 8vo. With 5 others. (8) £80-100 |
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| 3160 | |||
| TOULMIN, JOSHUA. The History of the Town of Taunton, in the County of Somerset. Taunton 1791. 4to., cont. calf (worn, lower cover detached). Folding map (torn and crudely repaired), 2 plates and a plan. Edward Jeboult's copy. With another copy in modern cloth (map torn); and a later edition, Taunton 1874. With 5 other volumes. (8) £60-80 |
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| 3161 | |||
| TURNER, Prof. G. LYON, transcribed and ed. Original Records of Early Nonconformity Under Persecution and Indulgence. 3 vols. 1911 - 14. 8vo., orig. cloth (rather worn). College Library bookplates. (3) £100-150 |
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| 3162 | |||
WARNER, Rev. RICHARD. An History of the Abbey of Glaston: and of the Town of Glastonbury. Bath 1826. One of 250 copies, 4to., orig. cloth backed boards uncut (soiled). 20 engraved plates, one of them coloured — HEARN, THOMAS, ed. Adam de Domerham Historia de Rebus Gestis Glastoniensibus. 2 vols., Oxford 1727. 12mo., cont. calf gilt (joints cracking, ex Oxford History Faculty with stamps). (3) £80-100FOREIGN TOPOGRAPHY |
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| 3163 | |||
| ATKINSON, Capt. G.F. Curry & Rice, 1911. Orig. cloth gilt. 40 colour plates — Narrative of the Indian Revolt..., 1858. Modern half calf. Woodcut illustrations — BALL, CHARLES. The History of the Indian Mutiny, 7 divisions, n.d. Orig. cloth gilt (3 vols. in very worn bindings). Engraved portraits, plates and maps. 8vo. Sold w.a.f. (9) £80-120 |
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| 3164 | |||
| BARNES, JOHN. A Tour Throughout the Whole of France. 1815. 12mo., later half red morocco. 12 hand coloured plates of costume and trades etc. (lacks engraved map). With 3 vols. of Our Own Country and another volume. Sold not subject to return. (5) £50-80 |
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| 3165 | |||
| BARTLETT, W.H. Footsteps of Our Lord and His Apostles. Third Edition, 1852. Engraved map and plates. Text illustrations. — GUINOT, EUGENE. L'Ete a Bade. Troisieme Edition. Paris n.d. Engraved plates and text illustrations. Both 8vo., in decorative cont. morocco gilt, a.e.g. (2) £80-120 |
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| 3166 | |||
| BEEBE, WILLIAM. The Arcturus Adventure, New York and London, 1926; Pheasant Jungles, New York & London, 1927; Nonsuch Land of Water, 1932. d.w. (faded, with a few tears); Zaca Venture, 1938. With 4 others by the same and biography. 8vo., orig. cloth. Illustrated. (9) £80-120 |
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| 3167 | |||
| BLACKWOOD, FREDERICK T.H.T., Marquis of Dufferin & Ava. Letters from High Latitudes..., Second Edition, 1857. 8vo., cont. half blue stained calf, spine gilt. Three folding partly coloured maps, folding temperature chart (repaired), and plates. Recent bookplate. — [KINGLAKE, ALEXANDER WILLIAM]. Eothen..., First Edition, 1844. 8vo., half red morocco gilt by Hatchards. Hand coloured folding frontispiece (lacks one plate). (2) £50-70 |
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| 3168 | |||
| BRADLEY-BIRT, F.B. Through Persia From the Gulf to the Caspian, 1909. Presentation copy from the author. Map and illustrations — HOSE, CHARLES. Natural Man A Record from Borneo, 1926. Portrait, map and illustrations. With 12 other volumes. 8vo., orig. cloth. (14) £100-150 |
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| 3169 | |||
| BRITISH INDIA. 43 various volumes, including: Eden, Hon. Emily. 'Up the Country' Letters...from the Upper Provinces of India. First Edition, 2 vols., 1866. 8vo., orig. cloth gilt (wear to heads and tails of spines, and upper joint of vol 1). (43) £120-160 |
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| 3170 | |||
| COLLINSON, Admiral Sir RICHARD. Journal of H.M.S. Enterprise, on the Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin's Ships by Behring Strait. 1850 - 55. Edited by his brother, Maj-Gen. T.B. Collinson, 1889. 8vo., orig. cloth gilt. (head and tail of spine chipped, upper inner joint cracked). Coloured lithographic frontispiece, portrait, 6 folding coloured maps. With: Polar Almanac, for the Year of Our Lord 1854, Being the seventeenth year of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria. Printed on board of Her Majesty's Ship Enterprise, in Camden Bay...by Henry Hester Captains. Coxswain. 8vo., printed on green paper, in orig. cream wraps., stitched (wraps. spotted). 24pp., including blanks. With list of the ship's company, sun's bearing, list of depots of provisions, monthly almanac listing daily events from 1850 - 53, and narrative of the movement of the Enterprise from leaving England in January 1850 to September 26th 1853 when the ship was frozen in for the winter at Camden Bay. Since this volume and accompanying pamphlet have been handed down to descendants of the Collinson family it is likely this was the Admiral's own copy. Sold with a worn copy of [Stretton, Julia Cecilia] The Valley of A Hundred Fires, n.d., with pencil list of the characters and their real-life counterparts, which includes Admiral Collinson and other members of the family. (3) See Illustrations. £1500-2500 |
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| 3171 | |||
| DOUGLAS, Maj. A.J.A. and P.H. JOHNSON. The South Seas of To-day, 1926. 2 maps, photographic plates. — WIGRAM, EDGAR T.A. Northern Spain, 1906. Colour plates. With 4 others. 8vo., orig. cloth. (6) £30-50 |
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| 3172 | |||
| GOODRIDGE, CHARLES MEDYETT. Narrative of a Voyage to the South Seas, and the Shipwreck of the Princess of Wales Cutter..., Fifth Edition. Exeter 1843. 8vo., orig. cloth, spine gilt. List of subscribers. Engraved frontispiece and 2 plates. Australian interest. £60-80 |
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| 3173 | |||
| HODGES, WILLIAM. Travels in India, During the Years 1780, 1781, 1782, and 1783. Second Edition, Corrected, Printed for the Author 1794. 4to., cont. calf (spine, chipped, joints cracked). Folding engraved map and 14 plates. Small hand coloured engraving of an Indian deity pasted to blank opposite title. Old presentation inscription on title. Bookplate of Geo. Hutchinson Swain. See Illustration. £250-350 |
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| 3174 | |||
| INDONESIA, JAVA, SUMATRA. Raffles, Sir Thomas Stamford. The History of Java, Oxford in Asia Historical Reprint, 2 vols., Kuala Lumpur, 1978. Slipcase. Colour plates and other illustrations — Marsden, William. The History of Sumatra, similar reprint, Kuala Lumpur 1966. d.w., Illustrations — Sukarno, President. Paintings from the Collection, 2 vols., Peking, 1956. (torn d.ws). Tipped in colour plates. 4to., orig. cloth. With 3 others. (8) £200-300 |
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| 3175 | |||
| JAPAN OPENED. Compiled chiefly from the Narrative of the American Expedition to Japan in the Years 1852 - 3 - 4. Religious Tract Society, 1861. 12mo., cont. calf gilt with stamp of Wesley College Sheffield, (split in lower joint). Folding map (short tear, one small nick). Plates. £20-30 |
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| 3176 | |||
| JONES, Sir WILLIAM & others. Dissertations and Miscellaneous Pieces Relating to the History and Antiquities...of Asia. Vols 1, 2, & 4. 1792 - 98. 8vo., cont. half calf (some wear, vol. 4 rebacked in cloth). 8 engraved plates in vol. 4, folding table. (3) £200-300 |
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| 3177 | |||
| [LEYDEN, JOHN.]. On the Languages and Literature of the Indo-Chinese Nations. [Calcutta: Th. Hubbard of the Hindoostanee Press 1807]. Presentation copy inscribed on title "To W. Sotheby Esq. with the Author's highest esteem Calcutta Jany. 15 180-" (final numeral shaved). 4to., cont. calf (upper cover detached). Bound with a work on coins, lacking title. Bookplate of C.W.H. Sotheby. The Sotheby family of Ecton Hall, Northants, from where an important library was sold in the early 20th century. See Illustration. £500-700 |
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| 3178 | |||
| MAILS, THOMAS E. The Pueblo children of the Earth Mother. 2 vols., Garden City, New York 1983. 4to., orig. cloth, d.ws. Illustrations. (2) £50-80 |
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| 3179 | |||
| MALLET, ALLAIN MANESSON. Description de L'Univers..., vol 2 only, (De L'Asie) Francfourt sur le Main, 1685. Small 4to., cont. calf (worn). Additional engraved title and 75 plates and maps only — SWINHOE, R.C.J. Pictures from Lotus Land, n.d. Rangoon & London (c. 1920). Oblong 4to., orig. pictorial cloth with tie. 24 tipped in plates and photographs, some coloured. Sold not subject to return. (2) £100-200 |
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| 3180 | |||
| MARTIN, JOHN. An Account of the Native of the Tonga Islands..., Third Edition, 2 vols. Folding engraved map — ROBERTS, ORLANDO W. Narrative of Voyages and Excursions on the East Coast and in the Interior of Central America. — Perils and Captivity..., With 4 others, all Edinburgh 1827. 12mo., uniformly bound in cont. half black stained calf (spines rubbed). Additional engraved titles. Constable's Miscellany series. (8) £200-300 |
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| 3181 | |||
| MEAGHER, Rev. Jas. L. The Great Cathedrals and Most Celebrated Churches of the World. New York, [1883]. 8vo., orig. cloth gilt. Engraved plates. With 6 others. (7) £40-60 |
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| 3182 | |||
| ORIENTAL ANNUAL, or Scenes in India. 7 vols., 1835 - 40. 8vo., orig. decorative brown morocco gilt, a.e.g. (some wear, head of spine for 1839 slightly defective inner joints in same volume repaired). Engraved titles and plates, (lacks frontis. in 1838). Sold not subject to return. (7) £300-400 |
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| 3183 | |||
| ROBERTS, EMMA. Views in India. China, and on the Shores of the Red Sea. 2 vols., H. Fisher and others, orig. qtr. maroon morocco, a.e.g. spines gilt (rubbed, slight discolouration to cloth sides). Engraved vignette titles, frontispieces (one of them a chromolithograph), and 60 plates after Robert Elliott. (2) £150-200 |
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| 3184 | |||
| ROBERTS, JOHN S., and others. The Life and Explorations of David Livingstone, 2 vols., in one, London and Newcastle-on-Tyne, n.d. (c. 1874). 4to., cont. half black morocco (some wear). Lithographic title, frontispieces, folding coloured map and 82 lithographic plates (2 plates loosening with small defect to blank margin, 2 text leaves with short tear). With another volume. (2) £80-100 |
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| 3185 | |||
| ROOSEVELT, THEODORE. African Game Trails, New York 1910. 8vo., orig. pictorial cloth gilt (joints split). Map and illustrations. £40-60 |
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| 3186 | |||
| [ROYAL SOCIETY] Miscellanea Curiosa. Containing a Collection of Curious Travels, Voyages and Natural Histories of Countries. Second Edition, vol 3 only, Revised and Corrected by W. Derham. 1727. 8vo., cont. calf (rebacked). 6 folding engraved plates. Subjects include the Near East, China, Virginia, and New Caledonia, Darrien. £50-60 |
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| 3187 | |||
| SCOTT, Capt. ROBERT FALCON. Scott's Last Expedition, 2 vols., First Edition, 1913. 8vo., orig. cloth. Maps, panoramas, portraits and plates, some coloured (one plate loose in vol 1, extremities spotted). (2) £80-100 |
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| 3188 | |||
| SOUTH AMERICA. Whymper, Edward. Travels Amongst the Great Andes of the Equator. Second Edition, 1892. Frontispiece, plates and text illustrations, 4 maps, 3 of them folding, (one torn, one in pocket with short tears at folds). — BATES, H.W. The Naturalist on The River Amazons. 1892; another edition, 1895. Diced calf gilt — HUDSON, W.H. Idle Days in Patagonia, First Edition, one of 1750 copies. Presentation copy inscribed by the author. 1893 (soiled, head and tail of spine repaired, text spotted). Illustrations. With 8 others on South America. Mostly 8vo., orig. cloth. (12) £100-150 |
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| 3189 | |||
| TURNER, J.M.W., illus. RITCHIE, LEITCH. Wanderings by the Loire, 1833. Large Paper, 8vo., cont. blue morocco gilt, a.e.g. (rubbed). 21 engravings (minimal spotting, front flyleaf loose). £30-50 |
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| 3190 | |||
| TURNER, J.M.W. The Seine and The Loire Illustrated. 1890. Small folio, orig. cloth gilt a.e.g. (broken in binding). 61 engraved views (text spotted, some upper margins. of plates stained towards end of the volume). £40-60 |
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| 3191 | |||
| WHITNEY, CASPAR. The Flowing Road, Adventuring on The Great Rivers of South America 1912. Maps and photographs by the author — DYOTT, G.M. Silent Highways of the Jungle, 1922. 8vo., orig. cloth. With 17 others on South America. (19) £50-70 |
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| 3192-3193 | |||
No LotsATLASES AND MAPS |
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| 3194 | |||
| [AIKIN, JOHN]. England Delineated; Or, A Geographical Description of Every County in England and Wales...Fourth Edition, 1800. 8vo., cont. half calf (rubbed, lacks label). Folding engraved general map, and 52 county maps (some spotting). £180-200 |
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| 3195 | |||
| AIKIN, JOHN. England Described: Being a Concise Delineation of Every County in England and Wales. 1818. 8vo., cont. calf, spine gilt. Hand coloured folding map. — PICQUOT, A. Elements of Universal Geography, Ancient and Modern. Third Edition, 1821. 12mo., cont. tree calf (old reback). Folding plate. — GUY, JOSEPH. Guy's School Geography...Eighth Edition, 1821. 12mo., cont. sheep (spine faded). Seven folding engraved maps (some spotting). With another volume. (4) £80-120 |
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| 3196 | |||
| ARROWSMITH, AARON. A New General Atlas..., 1827. 4to., cont. half calf (worn). Engraved title and 53 maps, hand coloured in outline (browned, Nos. 5 & 6 cut round and mounted, No. 4 with piece missing from outer margin, No. 40 with short tear to margin and ink stain, No. 53 of South America with short tear to gutter and ms. annotations in upper margin indicating that it was used at sea c. 1830). £200-250 |
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| 3197 | |||
| BACON, GEORGE W., ed. and pub. New Large Scale Ordnance Atlas of the British Isles with Plans of Towns..., n.d. (inscription dated 1886 on title). 4to., orig. cloth gilt (loose in binding). 102 coloured double page maps and plans. With another atlas. (2) £200-300 |
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| 3198 | |||
| BADESLADE, THOMAS. Chorographia Britanniae. Engraved and published by W.H. Toms, 1742. First Edition. 8vo., cont. calf gilt (joints cracked, head and tail of spine chipped). Double page engraved title, dedication, 46 maps, and 2 tables. (2 maps with minutely frayed margins). Bookplate of Abercromby of Birkenbog Bart. Chubb CLXX See Illustration. £800-900 |
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| 3199 | |||
| CARY, JOHN. Cary's New and Correct English Atlas: Being A New Set of County Maps..., 1793. 4to., cont. green roan backed boards (lower cover detached, some wear to corners). Engraved title and 46 maps, hand coloured in outline. Old inscription on title and bookplate of William Willis, Temple. Chubb CCLXII. See Illustration. £500-600 |
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| 3200 | |||
| CARY, JOHN. Cary's New Itinerary, Tenth Edition, 1826. 7 folding maps, hand coloured in outline. Bound with Cary's Traveller's Companion (lacking title). 43 similar maps. 8vo., recent half calf. Sold not subject to return. £100-150 |
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| 3201 | |||
| GUTHRIE, WILLIAM. A New Geographical, Historical, and Commercial Grammar..., Sixth Edition, 1779. 8vo., cont. sheep (rather worn). Engraved plate and 19 folding engraved maps by Kitchin (some spotting). With another volume. (2) £60-80 |
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| 3202 | |||
| HARMSWORTH ATLAS AND GAZETTEER, The. n.d. [c. 1905] Large folio, cont. half brown morocco gilt, a.e.g. Numerous coloured double page maps, diagrams, railway systems etc. With Survey Atlas of England & Wales by J.G. Bartholomew, Edinburgh 1903, and 2 others. (4) £40-60 |
| 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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