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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 7 | |||
| 3304 | |||
| WALLACE, ALFRED RUSSEL. My Life, 2 vols., 1905. First Edition, 8vo., orig. cloth gilt. Portraits, facsimile letters and illustrations. 2 folding maps. Errata slip in vol. 1. (2) £80-100 |
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| 3305 | |||
| WALLACE, ALFRED RUSSEL. Is Mars Habitable? 1907; Frontis, and diagram; Man's Place in the Universe, 1903. 8vo., orig. cloth. With 2 others by the same all First Editions. (4) See Illustration on page 217. £100-200 |
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| 3306-3307 | |||
No LotsMEDICINE |
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| 3308 | |||
| DIONIS, PIERRE. Cours d'operations de Chirurgie, Sixieme Edition, Paris 1765. 8vo., cont. mottled calf, spine gilt. 2 parts in one, folding frontispiece, portrait and 16 plates, some folding. Numerous woodcuts in text. With vol. 2 only of La Motte, Guillaume Mauquest de. Traité Complet de Chirurgie, Paris 1771. (2) See Illustration. £100-150 |
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| 3309 | |||
| FERGUSSON, Sir WILLIAM. A System of Practical Surgery. Third Edition, 1852. Text illustrations. — SMITH, HENRY. Sir William Fergusson, Bart. A Biographical Sketch, 1877. Bookplates of Sir James R. Fergusson, Bart. of Spitalhaugh and Sir Thomas Colyer Colyer-Fergusson Baronet of Ightham Mote, County Kent, and loosely inserted printed card inviting James Fergusson to the Reinterment of the Remains. of John Hunter in Westminster Abbey, n.d. [1859] — KNOX, Dr. ROBERT. A Manual of Artistic Anatomy..., 1852. Presentation copy inscribed by the author to Mrs. Fergusson on half title. Illustrations. Bookplate of Sir James R. Fergusson, Bart. 8vo., orig. cloth. With a pamphlet. (4) £100-150 |
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| 3310 | |||
| PRENDERVILLE, A. de. The Anaesthetic Technique for Operations on the Nose and Throat. 1906. Presentation copy inscribed on title by the author with initials. 8vo., orig. cloth. Illustrations. £20-30 |
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| 3311 | |||
| QUAIN, JONES and Sir WILLIAM JAMES ERASMUS WILSON. The Vessels of the Human Body, 1837. Folio, disbound, loose collection of 43 mostly coloured lithographic plates and a fragment of a further plate, defective title and with partial text. Sold not subject to return. £50-80 |
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| 3312 | |||
| ZIMMERMANN, GEORGE. Traite de l'Experience en General et en Particulier dans l'art de Guerir. 3 vols., Paris 1774. Traduit de L'Allemand. 8vo., cont. calf, spines gilt (head of spine of vol. 2 nicked). (3) £60-80 |
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| 3313-3314 | |||
No LotsGENERAL HISTORY AND LITERATURE |
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| 3315 | |||
| ARCHER, THOMAS. Pictures and Royal Portraits Illustrative of English and Scottish History. 2 vols., 1878. 4to., cont. decorative red morocco gilt, a.e.g. (edges rubbed). Portraits and plates. With 6 others. (8) £30-50 |
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| 3316 | |||
| [BALL, CHARLES]. The History of the Indian Mutiny. 7 divisions, n.d. [c. 1875]. 8vo., orig. red cloth gilt. Additional titles, portrait, plates and maps. (7) £80-100 |
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| 3317 | |||
| BENEDICTIONAL OF SAINT AETHELWOLD. Folio Society 2001. Limited Edition. Coloured facsimile. Folio, orig. brown goatskin gilt, a.e.g. With separate commentary. In orig. cloth box. £200-300 |
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| 3318 | |||
| BIBLIA VETERIS ac Novi Testamenti summa fide ac studio singulari, cum aliorum doctissimorum interpretum, tum vero in primis S. Pagnini ac Fr. Vatabli opera ita ex Hebraeis Graecisq...Basle, Thomas Guarinus 1564. Folio, old calf (worn, covers detached). Woodcut device on title and initial letters (prelims creased, A6 torn at inner margin, lacks pp. 339 - 346, 349 - 384, 497 - 500, 505 - 516, 521 - 524, text ends at p. 694, p. 535/6 with marginal defect, p. 685/6 torn and defective). Interleaved throughout with blanks, many with numerous annotations in ink in several hands, in English, Latin, Hebrew and French, commenting on the text, quoting from other sources etc.). Sold w.a.f., not subject to return. Bookplate of Whitby of Creswell (possibly Thomas Whitby of Creswell Hall, Staffordshire, one time sheriff of the county, d. 1828). The annotations are presumably 18th c. for instance Rollin's history is cited, which was first published in 1730. See Illustration. £100-200 |
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| 3319 | |||
| BIBLE, The. That is, The Holy Scriptures contained in the Old and New Testament..., Deputies of Christopher Barker, 1599. 4to., old panelled calf with one decorative metal clasp (worn). Various signatures of members of the Wilson family including Elizabeth Wilson 1701, and 1725. General title within woodcut border (defective at edges), 2nd title with woodcut (blank corner torn away, small hole, stained), N.T. title within woodcut border (A3 defective, A4 - 6 with marginal defects, D6 defective, Ii torn and slightly defective, Aa7 torn, Ffi torn). Woodcuts in text. Without the Apocrypha. With the Metrical Psalms, undated (A2 & 7 defective, G8 with frayed margin affecting a few numerals, margins. browned in first third of volume). See Herbert p. 115. Sold not subject to return. See Illustration. £200-400 |
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| 3320 | |||
| BIBLE, The: Containing the Old Testament, and the New. Robert Barker 1614 - 15. 4to., old calf (worn). Bookplate of W. Downing. Black letter. General title (slightly frayed) and N.T. title, dated 1615 within heart-shaped woodcut borders (G8 with hole, Q7 corner torn away, LIi defective, Eee7 defective, lacks Fff8, Lll3 torn, Mmm7 & 8 with marginal defect, Ooo7 small hole, Ppp1 & Ppp7 torn, Rrr7 torn & defective, Rrr8 corner torn away). With Genealogies by John Speed (lacks map); Two right profitable and fruitfull Concordances, R. Barker 1615 (H7 torn); Metrical Psalms. Printed for the Company of Stationers 1618 (ends at F5, F2 defective), and incomplete Book of Common Prayer following general title, (some browning and shaved headlines). Herbert 339. Sold not subject to return. £200-300 |
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| 3321 | |||
| FAWKES, FRANCIS. The Complete Family Bible, Second Edition, Printed for the Author, 1762. 3 vols in 2, 4to., cont. calf backed vellum boards (soiled). Engraved frontispiece, 4 maps and 62 plates. (some staining in vol. 2). With 9 others. (11) £100-150 |
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| 3322 | |||
| BANKES, Rev. THOMAS. The Christian's New and Complete Family Bible..., Printed for C. Cooke, n.d. (c. 1790). Folio, cont. calf (upper cover detached). Engraved frontispiece and 61 plates. £50-70 |
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| 3323 | |||
| WRIGHT, PAUL. The Christian's New and Complete British Family Bible. Printed for Alex Hogg, n.d. [c.1800], Folio, cont. calf (rebacked). 82 engraved maps, plans and plates, including frontispieces, as listed (final leaf loose and defective, other leaves remargined, or laid down frayed etc.). Sold w.a.f. £40-60 |
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| 3324 | |||
| BIBLE. THE ILLUSTRATED NATIONAL FAMILY BIBLE, ed. by the Rev. John Eadie, n.d. Large 8vo., cont. black morocco gilt, with illustration of "The Light of the World" on upper cover, a.e.g. Chromolithographic title, frontispiece and plates, 13 wood engraved plates after Gustave Dore. — THE HOLY BIBLE...with Explanatory Notes...by Thomas Scott. New Edition, ed. Rev. William Symington. 2 vols., William Mackenzie, n.d. 4to., cont. black stained calf gilt, a.e.g. Engraved additional titles and plates. With 2 others. (5) £40-60 |
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| 3325 | |||
| BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER. Six 18th century examples (one with date torn away). 8vo., cont. morocco bindings (3 of them rebacked); with 2 19th c. bibles similar and 7 others including 3 vols of religious tracts. Sold not subject to return. (15) Provenance. The Colyer and Colyer-Fergusson family. £150-250 |
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| 3326 | |||
| CANON MISSAE ad usum Episcoporum..., 4th edition, Regensburg, Rome, New York and Cincinnati, 1904. Folio, elaborate red morocco gilt, a.e.g. Two full page chromolithographic plates and 2 smaller, text printed in red and black, with musical notation, some initials heightened in gilt. With another binding containing manuscript fragments. (2) £80-120 |
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| 3327 | |||
| L'OFFICE DE LA SEMAINE SAINTE en Latin et en Francois. Paris, Frederic Leonard, 1698. 8vo., cont calf gilt (head of spine torn). Engraved portrait frontispiece (of Mme. de Bourgogne, the dedicatee). and 3 plates. With 2 others. (3) £60-100 |
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| 3328 | |||
| PRAYER BOOK. The Diamond Pocket Prayer. Jones & Co., 1824. 32mo., cont. straight grained red morocco gilt, a.e.g. (slightly rubbed). With inscription on flyleaf "This book belonged to the Duke of Wellington". Engraved title and plates. £60-80 |
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| 3329 | |||
| PSALTER, THE or Psalmes of David, after the Translation of the great Bible. Pointed as it shall be said or sung in Churches. Printed for the Company of the Stationers. 1615. Black Letter. 8vo. Title within decorative woodcut border (old repair to P1, some browning). Contemporary annotations on verso of title. Variant of STC 2408. Bound with: A FORME OF COMMON PRAYER, TOGETHER WITH AN ORDER OF FASTING..., Bonham Norton and John Bill, 1625. (lacks first blank, final leaf with hole at centre affecting a few words). STC 16540. Bound with: The Whole Book of Psalmes: Collected into English meeter, by Thomas Sternhold, Iohn Hopkins, and others. Printed for the Company of Stationers, 1627. Partly Black Letter. Title within woodcut border (L7 loose, lacks final leaf). Bound with an incomplete Book of Common Prayer. Old calf (worn, covers detached). Sold not subject to return. See Illustration. £300-400 |
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| 3330 | |||
| BINDINGS, Sets. 19 vols.: Ruskin. The Stones of Venice, 3 vols., New York. Late 19th c. cream vellum gilt (slightly soiled); The Tatler, 4 vols., 1759; The Guardian, 2 vols., 1760. Later half calf; John Cassell's Illustrated History of England, 4 vols., 1857 - 60. Cont. half calf (scuffed); Pepys. Diary, 6 vols., 1889. 12mo., cont. half green morocco (spines darkened). Mostly 8vo. (19) £200-300 |
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| 3331 | |||
| BINDINGS. Kinglake, A.W. The Invasion of the Crimea, 7 vols. (ex 9), Cabinet Edition, Edinburgh & London, 1877 - 83. Cont. half red stained calf gilt, a.e.g. by Bumpus. With 18 others, leather bindings. All 8vo. (25) £180-220 |
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| 3332 | |||
| BINDINGS. Eight volumes, including: Pearson, Ellen Clare. A Dream of a Garden and Other Poems. John Heywood Manchester and London, 1894. 8vo., cont. vellum gilt, a.e.g. with cream silk doublures. Hand coloured floral text illustrations by W.F.M. (8) £70-90 |
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| 3333 | |||
| BINDINGS. 44 volumes, mostly decorative leather bindings, calf and morocco etc., various sizes, including: Millais, J.G. The Life and Letters of Sir John Everett Millais. 2 vols., 1899. Full cont. blue stained calf with arms on sides by Bickers. Portraits and illustrations. (44) £350-450 |
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| 3334 | |||
| LEATHER BINDINGS. 31 vols., including Byron, G.G.N., Lord. The Works, with the Life by Thomas Moore, 17 vols., 1832. Cont. half green stained calf (spines worn lacking labels). Engraved titles and frontispieces (browned) — two Eton related vols.: Gray's Poems, Chiswick Press, 1879 and Hornby, J.J. Walks Round About Eton. Eton 1895. Gilt stamp of the Founder's statue on upper cover (upper joint cracked). Various sizes. (31) £60-80 |
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| 3335 | |||
| [BLESSINGTON, MARGUERITE G., Countess of]. Heath's Book of Beauty, 1833. 8vo., orig. black morocco gilt, a.e.g. 19 engraved plates — RUNDALL, MARY ANN. An Easy Grammar of Sacred History..., New Edition, n.d. (inscription on title dated 1827). 12mo., cont. blue roan. 7 engraved maps, one of them folding, 3 folding plates. With 11 others. (13) £80-120 |
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| 3336 | |||
| BOCCACCIO, GIOVANNI. The Decameron now first completely done into English Prose and Verse by John Payne..., P.P. for the Villon Society, No. 189, 3 vols., 1886. 8vo., Large Paper, orig. white parchment gilt, t.e.g., other edges uncut (soiled). With 7 other volumes. (10) £30-50 |
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| 3337 | |||
| BORGES, JORGE LUIS. Ficciones. First English Edition, [1962]. 8vo., orig. cloth, d.w. £100-150 |
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| 3338 | |||
| CAVE, Col. T. STURMY. History of the First Volunteer Battalion Hampshire Regiment, 1859 to 1889. Presentation copy inscribed to General Sir George Jeffreys, London and Winchester 1905. 4to., orig. half cream buckram gilt. Illustrated. £60-80 |
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| 3339 | |||
| COTSWOLD GAMES. Dover, Capt. Robert. Annalia Dubrensia. A Reprint. Ed. E.R. Vyvyan, Cheltenham 1878. Small 4to., orig. cloth backed boards (loosening in binding). 2 plates. With bookplate of [Sir] Thomas Colyer Colyer-Fergusson, Ightham Mote and Wombwell Hall, Kent - his copy with ms. family tree to show descent from the author. With later correspondence loosely inserted. £30-50 |
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| 3340 | |||
| CROKER, T. CROFTON, ed. Killarney Legends. New Edition revised by T. Wright. 1879. 8vo., orig. pictorial cloth gilt. Additional engraved title, frontispiece, folding map, 4 plates and leaves of musical notation. With Lady Gregory. A book of Saints and Wonders..., John Murray 1907. 8vo., orig. cloth backed boards (upper joint splitting). (2) £50-70 |
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| 3341 | |||
| DICKENS, CHARLES. Master Humphrey's Clock, First Edition in Book form, 1840 - 41. 3 vols., 8vo., modern half calf, spines gilt. Illustrations by George Cattermole and Hablot Browne (occasional spotting). (3) £60-80 |
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| 3342 | |||
| DICKENS, CHARLES. Dombey and Son, First Edition in book form, 1848. 8vo., cont. half green stained calf gilt. Engraved plates by H.K. Browne (margins. browned). With 9 other volumes. (10) £50-80 |
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| 3343 | |||
| DICKENS, CHARLES. Works, Library Edition, 26 vols. (ex 30), Chapman & Hall, n.d. 8vo., cont. half calf, spines gilt (some wear to spines). Plates (spotting). With 2 other volumes. (28) £250-270 |
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| 3344 | |||
| EARLY PRINTING, loose leaves, mostly in German, including 6 from Muller, Heinrich. Herzens-Spiegel, Hamburg 1698; 10 leaves from a Postilla printed in Mainz in 1596, and 22 others. With 5 leaves in Arabic, two of them from the Koran. Sold not subject to return. (a lot). £50-70 |
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| 3345 | |||
| FINCH, JOHN. The Natural Boundaries of Empires; and New View of Colonization, 1844. First Edition, 8vo., orig. cloth. Publisher's catalogue at end (occasional spotting). £30-50 |
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| 3346 | |||
| FLEMING, IAN. Thunderball, First Edition, 1961. 8vo., orig. cloth, spine gilt, d.w. (d.w. with two nicks at head of spine, inscription on front flyleaf). See illustration on page 221. £80-100 |
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| 3347 | |||
| FLEMING, IAN. The Spy Who Loved Me, First Edition, 1962. 8vo., orig. cloth, with silver dagger on upper cover, d.w., price unclipped (top edge of volume minutely spotted). See illustration. £100-150 |
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| 3348 | |||
| FLEMING, IAN. You Only Live Twice, First Edition, 1964. 8vo., orig. cloth gilt, d.w. (spine of d.w. very slightly darkened, price unclipped, ticks to three other titles on the back flap, top edge of volume minutely spotted). See illustration. £100-150 |
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| 3349 | |||
| FLEMING, IAN. The Man with the Golden Gun. First Edition, 1965. 8vo., orig. cloth, spine gilt, d.w., price unclipped (top edge of volume minutely spotted). See illustration. £100-150 |
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| 3350 | |||
| FOLIO SOCIETY. A collection of 34 vols., including Gibbon, Edward. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. 8 vols., 1938. Boxed, and 9 others in slipcases or boxed. (34) £120-160 |
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| 3351 | |||
| FOLIO SOCIETY. Another lot, 37 various volumes. (37) £100-150 |
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| 3352 | |||
| FOLIO SOCIETY. 38 various volumes, mostly history, including 8 vols. Gibbon with atlas, 1983 - 91. Many in slipcases. (38) £150-250 |
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| 3353 | |||
| FOLIO SOCIETY. 35 various volumes, many in slipcases, including Folio 50 A Bibliography 1947 - 1996. (35) £100-180 |
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| 3354 | |||
| FOLIO SOCIETY. Another lot, 37 vols. (37) £100-180 |
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| 3355 | |||
| GATTY, Mrs. ALFRED. Parables from Nature, 1861. Illus. by W. Holman Hunt and others. — BELL, M.M. Eda Morton & Her Cousins., 1858. Illus. by Birket Foster (frontis. crudely hand coloured) — DENHAM, Rev. J.F. A Series of Letters to a Mother Upon Education, 1834 — SHARPE, R.S. Old Friends in a New Dress. Fifth Edition, 1837. Engraved frontispiece and woodcuts in text (some hand coloured). Inscribed on front flyleaf "Mary Ann Somes Colyer From the Author May 1849". — The Island Home; Or, The Young Castaways, 1876. With 21 others, mostly children's 8vo., and 12mo., orig. bindings. (26) £250-350 |
| 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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