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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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| Auction Lots - Page 6 | |||
| 3253 | |||
| MILLER, PHILIP. The Gardeners Kalendar. Fourth Edition, Printed for the Author, 1737. 8vo., cont. calf gilt (some wear). Engraved frontispiece (stain on title). Henrey 1131. £70-90 |
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| 3254 | |||
| MORRIS, BEVERLEY R. British Game Birds and Wildfowl. Fifth Edition revised and corrected by W.B. Tegetmeier. 2 vols., 1897. Large 8vo., orig. cloth gilt. 60 hand coloured double page plates (some spotting, mostly to versos of plates and extremities). Bookplates of Wayford Manor. (2) See Illustration. £400-600 |
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| 3255 | |||
| NEW NATURALIST MONOGRAPHS. 1 - 22 (lacking no. 17), 1948 - 71. 18 of them First Editions, 8vo., orig. cloth, d.ws. (d.ws. on vols. 3, 7 & 15 with some wear). Illustrated. (21) £350-400 |
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| 3256 | |||
| NEW NATURALIST series, vols 1 - 96. (approx. 59 of them First Editions including No. 70 The Natural History of Orkney, 1985; No. 71 British Warblers, 1st issue 1985 and No. 76 The Hebrides, 1990), 8vo., orig. cloth, d.ws. v.y. Illustrated. (96) See Illustration. £2500-3000 |
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| 3257 | |||
| PLINIUS, GAIUS SECUNDUS. Naturalis Historiae..., Venice, Paulus Manutius, 1559 (Index dated 1558). Folio, old vellum (writing in ink on title, prelims. repaired in lower margins, text stained, final leaf slightly defective). Sold w.a.f. £100-200 |
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| 3258 | |||
| POLLARD, HUGH B.C. Game Birds. Rearing, Preservation and Shooting. 1929. 4to., (spine faded). Mounted colour plates by Philip Rickman. — ATKINSON, HERBERT. Cock-Fighting and Game Fowl..., edited...by Game Cock. George Bayntun, Bath, 1938. 8vo. Plates, some coloured. Orig. cloth. (2) £30-40 |
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| 3259 | |||
| ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY, Journal, vols 89 - 125, 1964 - 2000. in 37 bound volumes. 8vo., and 4to., orig. blue cloth. Coloured and plain illustrations. With 3 other volumes. (40) £60-80 |
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| 3260 | |||
| SAXBY, HENRY L. The Birds of Shetland, ed. by Stephen H. Saxby, Edinburgh 1874. Orig. qtr. black roan gilt (old reback, orig. backstrip laid down). 8 tinted lithographic plates. With 5 others. (6) £100-150 |
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| 3261 | |||
| SHAW, VERO. The Illustrated Book of the Dog, Cassell & Company, n.d. (date 1881 supplied in ink). 4to., cont. half black stained calf gilt (rubbed). 28 chromolithographic plates (2 of them loose and frayed at edge, another spotted, a few text leaves loose). £80-120 |
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| 3262 | |||
| SITWELL, SACHEVERELL & WILFRID BLUNT. Great Flower Books. 1956. Folio, orig. half cloth. Colour plates. £50-70 |
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| 3263 | |||
| SOWERBY, C.E. An Illustrated Catalogue of British Plants..., Printed for the Author, 1841. 12mo., cont. half green stained calf, spine gilt. 52 hand coloured plates depicting 310 examples of plants by J.E. Sowerby. No records in ABPC. £100-120 |
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| 3264 | |||
| SOWERBY, JAMES & others. English Botany...ed. John T. Boswell. Third Edition, vols 1 - 11, 1877 - 86. 8vo., orig. green cloth gilt (worn, broken in bindings). Numerous hand coloured plates. With 2 others. Sold not subject to return. (13) £100-200 |
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| 3265 | |||
| SURTEES, R.S. Surtees Society publications, 11 vols., including Jorrocks novels, and the Analysis of the Hunting Field v.y., orig. cloth glacine d.ws. Illustrations. (11) £150-170 |
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| 3266 | |||
| THOMPSON, ROBERT. The Gardener's Assistant. New Edition, Revised and Extended by Thomas Moore, 1881. 8vo., cont. half calf (worn, inner joints crudely repaired). 12 chromolithographic plates, 20 plain plates. (plate 2 with small marginal tear). £30-40 |
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| 3267 | |||
| THORBURN, ARCHIBALD. A Naturalist's Sketch Book, 1919. 4to., orig. cloth gilt (slightly soiled). Colour and plain plates (occasional spotting to text and tissues). £150-200 |
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| 3268 | |||
| THORNTON, ROBERT JOHN. The British Flora, 5 vols., 1812. 8vo., cont. tree calf, spines gilt. Engraved plates (one loose in vol. 2). Sold not subject to return. (5) £100-150 |
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| 3269 | |||
| TUNNICLIFFE, C.F., illus. The Taming of Genghis by Ronald Stevens, 1956; Both Sides of the Road, by Sidney Rogerson, 1949; Our Bird Book, 1947. First Editions, d.ws. With 29 others illus. by the same. 8vo., and 4to., orig. cloth. (32) £40-60 |
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| 3270 | |||
| UTTLEY, ALISON. Country Things, 1946; The Swans Fly Over, 1959. With 15 others by the same, 7 of them First Editions, 6 of them illustrated by C.F. Tunnicliffe, and a biography of Uttley by Elizabeth Saintsbury. Mostly 8vo., orig. cloth, d.ws. (18) £30-40 |
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| 3271 | |||
| VEITCH, JAMES & sons, pub. A Manual of the Coniferae. 1881. 8vo. 2 folding plates. Numerous woodcuts and illustrations (some spotting). — KIRKMAN, F.B. and HORACE G. HUTCHINSON. British Sporting Birds. London and Edinburgh 1924. 4to. Colour plates. With 6 others. Orig. cloth. (8) £40-60 |
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| 3272 | |||
| WATKINS-PITCHFORD, D.J. "BB". A Carp Water..., 1958; Indian Summer, 1984. d.w. Signed by the author. 8vo., orig. cloth. With 23 others by or illustrated by the same, some in d.ws. (25) £150-170 |
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| 3273 | |||
| WEAVER, Sir LAWRENCE. Houses & Gardens by Sir Edwin Lutyens. 1925. (covers faded) — GARDENS OLD & NEW. Country Life Library 1900. Both folio, orig. cloth gilt. Illustrated. (2) £80-120 |
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| 3274 | |||
| WHITE, Rev. GILBERT. The Natural History of Selborne. With Additions and Supplementary Notes by Sir William Jardine, ed. Edward Jesse, 1851. 8vo., cont, half calf. Engraved frontispiece and 40 hand coloured plates. With 11 others, other editions of the work etc. (12) £30-50 |
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| 3275 | |||
| WHITE, Rev. GILBERT. The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, ed. Thomas Bell, 2 vols., 1877. (spines frayed at heads and tails, prelims. loose in vol 1). Plates. — EVANS, A.H. Birds (Cambridge Natural History vol. 9), 1899. Presentation copy with an A.L.S. tipped in from the naturalist W.W. Cordeaux. Map and text ills. With New Naturalist Natural History in the Highlands & Islands by F. Fraser Darling (1947). All 8vo., orig. cloth. (4) £60-80 |
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| 3276 | |||
| WHYTE-MELVILLE, G.J. [Works], 24 vols., n.d. 8vo., cont. half red stained calf, with sporting emblems on spines in gilt, a.e.g. (some wear to spines, 5 of them stained). Plain plates (owner's name stamped on blanks before half titles). (24) £100-200 |
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| 3277 | |||
| WOLF, JOSEPH, illus. ELLIOT, DANIEL GIRAUD. The Life and Habits of Wild Animals, 1874. Folio, orig. cloth gilt (loose in binding, spine torn). 20 wood engraved plates. (2 short tears to title margin). With 3 other volumes. (4) £30-50 |
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| 3278 | |||
| WOOD, Rev. J.G. The Common Objects of the Sea Shore, 1857. 12 hand coloured plates after Sowerby — THOMSON, SPENCER. Wild Flowers..., New Edition, 1862. 8 hand coloured plates after Noel Humphreys. — JACKSON, Rev. THOMAS. Our Dumb Companions. Fourth Edition, n.d. (inscription on title dated 1869). (loose in binding). Orig. cloth. With 4 other volumes. Mostly 8vo. (7) £80-120 |
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| 3279 | |||
| WOOD, Rev. J.G. Homes Without Hands. New Edition, 1892. With 16 others on natural history by the same. 8vo., orig. cloth. Illustrated. (17) £50-70 |
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| 3280-3281 | |||
No LotsDARWIN, EVOLUTION, SCIENCE |
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| 3282 | |||
| AVELING, EDWARD B. Darwin Made Easy, 1889 — DOUBTS ABOUT DARWINISM by a Semi-Darwinian [? by Charles Morrison] 1903. — WHAT MR. DARWIN SAW in his Voyage Round the World in the Ship "Beagle". New York & London 1898. With 14 others by or about Darwin, evolution, Beagle voyage etc. Mostly 8vo., orig. cloth. (17) £60-80 |
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| 3283 | |||
| BATESON, WILLIAM. Mendel's Principles of Heredity. Cambridge 1909. (sides slightly faded). 3 portraits and 6 colour plates; Letters from the Steppe. Ed. Beatrice Bateson [1928]. Presentation copy inscribed by the editor on half title. Portrait and map. With biography by Beatrice Bateson, Cambridge 1928. 8vo., orig. cloth. (3) £50-70 |
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| 3284 | |||
| BUCKLAND, FRANCIS T. Curiosities of Natural History. 4 vols., 1885 - 86; Notes and Jottings from Animal Life, 1887. With The Life of Frank Buckland by George C. Bompas, 1887. Together 6 vols., 8vo., uniform cont. half blue stained calf gilt (last 2 vols. taller). Illustrations. (6) £40-60 |
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| 3285 | |||
| DARWIN, CHARLES. On the Various Contrivances by which British and Foreign Orchids are Fertilised by Insects, First Edition, 1862. Folding plate and woodcuts in the text; Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology..., New Edition, 1870. 2 vols., 8vo., uniform cont. calf gilt (covers detached). (2) £300-400 |
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| 3286 | |||
| DARWIN, CHARLES. The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication. First Edition, 2nd issue, 1868. 2 vols., 8vo., cont. pink stained calf gilt, prize bindings "Presented by the Right Honble. Lord Ernest Bruce. M.P. 1869" on upper covers, a.e.g. (spines darkened). Text illustrations. Freeman 878. (2) See Illustration. £150-200 |
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| 3287 | |||
| DARWIN, CHARLES. On the Origin of Species..., Fifth Edition, 1869. 8vo., orig. cloth (head and tail of spine worn, joints split, loose in binding, name torn from front free endpaper). £80-120 |
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| 3288 | |||
| DARWIN, CHARLES. The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex, New York 1871. First American Edition. 2 vols., 8vo., orig. cloth (rebacked, orig. backstrips laid down, new endpapers). Illustrations. Freeman 941. With Concordance to the same, Cornell University Press, 1987, and another volume. (4) £80-100 |
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| 3289 | |||
| DARWIN, CHARLES. The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection..., Sixth Edition..., 1872. Signature of W.S. Sitwell on half title. Folding plate. Freeman 392; The Descent of Man, 2nd edition, 1877. Illustrations. Freeman 948. 8vo., orig. cloth. (2) See Illustration. £400-450 |
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| 3290 | |||
| DARWIN, CHARLES. The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals. First Edition, 2nd issue, 1872. 8vo., orig. cloth. Folding photographic plates and other illustrations. 4pp. adverts. Freeman 1142. See Illustration. £200-250 |
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| 3291 | |||
| DARWIN, CHARLES. The Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom, First Edition, 1876. Errata slip. 8vo., orig. cloth (corners and spine slightly bumped). Freeman 1249. See Illustration. £200-250 |
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| 3292 | |||
| DARWIN, CHARLES. The Various Contrivances by which Orchids are Fertilised by Insects. Second Edition, Revised, 1877. Illustrations. 32pp. adverts dated 1876. Freeman 801; The Formation of Vegetable Mould, Sixth Thousand (Corrected), 1882. Illustrations. Freeman 1362; A Naturalist's Voyage. Journal of Researches..., Sixteenth Thousand, 1884. Illustrations. Bookplate of Lord Alexander Paget and signature of Hester Paget 1885 on title. Freeman 41. 8vo., orig. cloth. (3). See Illustration. £200-250 |
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| 3293 | |||
| DARWIN, CHARLES. A collection of 11 vols., biographies of Darwin by Charles Frederick Holder and Henshaw Ward, and a pamphlet. (12) £40-60 |
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| 3294 | |||
| DARWIN, ERASMUS. Phytologia. Dublin 1800. 8vo., orig. boards uncut, later calf reback. 12 engraved plates, mostly folding (one plate and some text leaves stained). HENREY 616 With 4 others on Erasmus Darwin. (5) £60-80 |
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| 3295 | |||
| DARWIN, FRANCIS, ed. The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, Third Edition, 3 vols., 1887 Portrait frontispieces; More Letters..., 2 vols. 1903 — [CHAMBERS, ROBERT]. Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation. 11th edition, 1860 (last ed. published in author's lifetime with discussion on the 'Origin'). With 4 others. 8vo., orig. cloth. (10) £100-150 |
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| 3296 | |||
| HALDANE, J.B.S. The Causes of Evolution, First Edition, 1932. With 14 others by J.S. and J.B.S. Haldane, including Haldane biographies. 8vo., orig. cloth. (15) £30-40 |
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| 3297 | |||
| HUXLEY, LEONARD. Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley. 2 vols., November 1900. 8vo., orig. cloth. Portraits and plates. With 7 others on T.H. Huxley. (9) £45-65 |
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| 3298 | |||
| MULLER, FRITZ. Facts and Arguments For Darwin. Trans. from the German by W.S. Dallas. With a Prefactory Notice by Charles Darwin. 1869. Text illustrations — WEISMANN, Dr. AUGUST. Studies in the theory of Descent, 2 vols. 1882. 8 colour plates (a few advert. leaves stained at end of vol. 2). First Editions. With 3 other volumes. 8vo., orig. cloth. (6) See Illustration on page 217. £100-120 |
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| 3299 | |||
| MULLER, Prof. HERMANN. The Fertilisation of Flowers. Trans. and ed. D'Arcy W. Thompson. With a preface by Charles Darwin. First Edition, 1883. 8vo., orig. cloth. Text illustrations. With 2 other volumes. (3) £50-70 |
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| 3300 | |||
| ROMANES, GEORGE J. Mental Evolution in Animals with a posthumous essay on instinct by Charles Darwin, 1883 (spine faded, rebacked with orig. backstrip laid down). Two charts, one of them folding (folding chart spotted with short tears at edges); Mental Evolution in Man, 1888. Folding table; Animal Intelligence. 1882. First Editions. With 4 others by the same, and a biography of Romanes. 8vo., orig. cloth. (8) £65-85 |
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| 3301 | |||
| SINGER, CHARLES. The Earliest Chemical Industry. Folio Society, 1948. Limited Edition, No. 653 of 1100 copies. Folio, orig. cloth. Coloured plates and other illustrations. £80-100 |
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| 3302 | |||
| WALLACE, ALFRED RUSSEL. Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection, 1870; The Wonderful Century, 1898; Studies Scientific & Social, 2 vols., 1900. First Editions, 8vo., orig. cloth. (4) £120-140 |
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| 3303 | |||
| WALLACE, ALFRED RUSSEL. Tropical Nature and Other Essays. 1878. First Edition (head and tail of spine bruised). With 3 others by the same, and 12 others on Wallace. Mostly 8vo., orig. cloth. (16) £100-150 |
| 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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