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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 8 | |||
| 3356 | |||
| ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS. Vol. 26 Jan - June 1855; Vol. 30 Jan. - June 1857. 2 vols., folio, cont. half brown morocco gilt (rubbed). Numerous illustrations. Sold as periodicals not subject to return. (2) £80-120 |
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| 3357 | |||
| JAMES II. Memoirs of the English Affairs, Chiefly Naval, From the Year 1660, to 1673. 1729. 8vo., cont. panelled calf (rebacked, corners repaired, title and prelims. stained in lower margin). Bookplate of William Percival Hope Pollock. Ardmore, Co. Waterford. £80-120 |
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| 3358 | |||
| LAMB, CHARLES. The Life, Letters and Writings, edited by Percy Fitzgerald. 6 vols., 1876. 8vo., cont. half blue calf, spines gilt. Engraved portrait frontispiece. (6) £70-100 |
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| 3359 | |||
| LAWRENCE, D.H. The Collected poems, 1928. Vol 1 only (ex 2), No. 92 of 100 signed by the author. 8vo., orig. boards (spine soiled) and with some wear). £50-100 |
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| 3360 | |||
| LECKY, H.S. The King's Ships, 3 vols (all published). 1913 - 14. 4to., orig. cloth gilt. Numerous illustrations. (3) £100-150 |
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| 3361 | |||
| LEE, HARPER. To Kill a Mockingbird, First English Edition, 1960. 8vo., orig. cloth, d.w. (wear at head and tail of spine of d.w.), price unclipped. £80-120 |
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| 3362 | |||
| LOUIS of GRANADA. Tutte Le Opere...Tradotte dalla lingua Spagnuola, nella nostra Italiana. Second Impression, Venice, Giorgio Angelieri 1581. 12mo., orig. vellum (title, prelims. and final leaf wormed). Sold w.a.f., not subject to return. £30-50 |
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| 3363 | |||
| MACAULAY, THOMAS BABINGTON, Lord. The History of England. 4 vols., 1864. Cont. half calf, spines gilt — STAPLETON, AUGUSTUS GRANVILLE. The Political Life of...George Canning. 3 vols., Second Edition, 1831. Cont. calf gilt, spines gilt. Eton leaving present with inscription. All 8vo. (7) £50-70 |
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| 3364 | |||
| MACKAY, CHARLES. The History of the United States of America. 8 divisions, James S. Virtue, London and New York, n.d.[c. 1860] 8vo., orig. cloth gilt a.e.g. (worn, spines defective). 2 engraved titles, 64 portraits and plates, one of them folding, and 7 coloured double page maps (as per list). With another volume. (9) £40-50 |
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| 3365 | |||
| MAURICE, Maj. Sir FREDERICK. History of the War in South Africa. 1906 - 10. 4 vols. in 8 inc. 4 cases of maps (some wear, one of them missing cloth flap). 8vo., orig. cloth. Folding maps and plates as per lists. (8) £100-200 |
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| 3366 | |||
| MELVILLE, HENRY DUNDAS, Viscount. The Trial of...Before the...House of Peers...for High Crimes and Misdemeanors, upon an Impeachment. Published by Order of the House of Peers. Printed for Joseph Gurney and William Brodie Gurney, 1806. Folio, cont, diced calf gilt (rather worn, joints cracked). Signature on title of Denham James Joseph Cooke 1806 and similar bookplate (endleaves stained). Henry Dundas, First Viscount Melville was the last person to be impeached by the House of Lords for the misappropriation of public money, when First Lord of the Admiralty. The trial ended in an acquittal. He appears as a fictional character in Patrick O'Brien's Aubrey-Maturin novels and in the television series Garrow's Law. £200-250 |
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| 3367 | |||
| MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS. 34 vols., mostly 8vo., orig. cloth, including Churchill. The World Crisis, vols 1 - 5, 1923 - 29; Barrie, J.M. Works, Kirriemuir edition, 8 vols. (ex 10), 1913 and The Oxford History of England, 14 vols. (lacks vol. 8), 1965 - 66. (34) |
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| 3368 | |||
| MORTON, H.V. In the Steps of Saint Paul, n.d. Rich and Cowan (c. 1936). No. 42 of 75 copies signed by the author. 8vo., orig. half niger morocco gilt, t.e.g., other edges uncut, glacine d.w. (defective). Slipcase. Photographic plates — BUNYAN, JOHN. The Life and Death of Mr. Badman. Heinemann 1900. 4to., orig. cloth gilt. Plates by George Woolliscroft Rhead and Louis Rhead. Title stamped Presentation copy. With another volume. (3) £60-80 |
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| 3369 | |||
| MULLER, Prof. FRIEDRICH MAX. ed. German Love From the Papers of an Alien Translated from the Fourth German Edition by G.A.M., 1876. (scuffed). With signature of Mrs. M.E. Haweis (who designed the cover of the book) on half title; Lectures on the Science of Language. New Edition, 2 vols., 1885; My Autobiography A Fragment 1901. Portraits. All 8vo., orig. cloth. (4) £40-60 See also lot 3052 |
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| 3370 | |||
| NAPIER, Admiral CHARLES. An Account of the War in Portugal between Don Pedro and Don Miguel. First Edition, 2 vols., 1836. 8vo., cont, calf gilt (upper joint of vol. 1 cracking). 3 engraved plans (spotted). Bookplates of Lord Napier. (2) £200-300 |
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| 3371 | |||
| NOLAN, EDWARD HENRY. The History of the War Against Russia Illustrated. 7 divisions, (ex 8, lacks div 7) c. 1855 - 57. 8vo., orig. cloth gilt. Engraved plates, portraits and maps (one portrait frayed and loosening). Sold not subject to return. (7) £50-70 |
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| 3372 | |||
| PINNOCK, WILLIAM and others. Pinnock's Catechisms, 11 vols., mixed editions, c. 1822 - 28. 12mo., cont. half maroon roan (spines rubbed). Engraved titles, portrait frontispieces and text illustrations. 62 subjects covered including agriculture, geometry, navigation, ornithology, architecture, conchology, mineralogy, trade and mechanics. (11) £120-150 |
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| 3373 | |||
| PLINIUS SECUNDUS, CAIUS. The Historie of the World. Commonly called The Naturall Historie...Translated into English by Philemon Holland. First Edition in English. Printed by Adam Islip 1601. 2 vols., folio, old calf (worn, covers detached). Woodcut device on titles, initial letters and ornaments, (title and dedication leaf in vol. 1 browned, lacks P4 in vol. 1, final leaf in vol. 2 cut round and mounted with slight loss). Bookplates of Edward Stanley, signatures of A. Leycester Penrhyn on flyleaves. STC 20029. Sold not subject to return. (2) See Illustration. £300-400 |
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| 3374 | |||
| PONTIFICALE ROMANUM CLEMENTIS VIII..., Antwerp, Plantin, 1627. Folio, cont. calf gilt with shield on sides (rubbed, joints cracking). Printed in red and black, with musical notation. Engraved vignette on title, woodcut initials, printer's device on final leaf. Bookplates of William, Marquis of Lothian, and Newbattle Abbey Library. £200-300 |
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| 3375 | |||
| POPE, ALEXANDER. The Works, ed. Joseph Warton and others, 9 vols., 1797. 8vo., cont. calf (3 covers detached, 2 spines defective, rubbed, lacking labels). Engraved portrait frontispiece in vol. 1. - [MASERES, FRANCIS] Select Tracts Relating to the Civil Wars in England..., 2 vols 1815. Cont. half russia gilt (spines defective, joints cracked) — WILKINSON, Sir J. GARDNER. A Popular Account of The Ancient Egyptians, 2 vols., 1854. Cont. calf gilt with initials "W.J.A." on upper covers (rubbed). Numerous woodcuts. All 8vo. (13) £60-80 |
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| 3376 | |||
| RAPIN de THOYRAS, PAUL. The History of England: Translated into English, With Additional Notes...by N. Tindal. 4 vols., Printed by and for John Harrison, 1785 - 89. Folio, cont. half calf gilt. (rubbed, some joints cracking). Two engraved frontispieces, 6 tables, 2 town/city plans, 6 folding maps and 155 portraits and plates. Sold not subject to return. (4) See Illustration. £300-350 |
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| 3377 | |||
| RIDDLE, JACOB. Poems. London and Bristol 1840. 8vo., orig. cloth. £30-50 |
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| 3378 | |||
| ROBERTSON, WILLIAM. The History of America, Second Edition, 2 vols., 1778. 4to., cont. mottled calf, gilt stamp "Chilton" on upper covers (joints cracking). 4 folding maps, and one folding plate. Bookplates of John Pearse and Athelstan Riley Seigneur de la Trinite. (2) £150-200 |
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| 3379 | |||
| ROGERS, W. HAMILTON. The Strife of the Roses and Days of the Tudors in the West. Exeter 1890. Illus. by Roscoe Gibbs, — CASSELL'S HISTORY OF THE RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR. Special Edition, 5 vols., n.d. Colour and plain plates. 8vo., orig. cloth gilt. With 4 other volumes. (10) £40-60 |
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| 3380 | |||
| SCOTT, Sir WALTER. Novels and Tales. 12 vols., Edinburgh 1819. 8vo., cont. diced calf gilt (rubbed, rebacked). Engraved vignettes on titles (browned) — ELIOT, GEORGE. Novels. 6 vols., in 5, New Edition, Blackwood, Edinburgh and London, n.d. 8vo., cont. half black stained calf, spines gilt (spines faded, final vol. with split to upper joint). Illustrated. (17) £100-150 |
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| 3381 | |||
| SELDON, JOHN. The Historie of Tithes. n.p., 1618. 4to., orig. vellum (upper cover warped, lacks ties, loosening in binding). Bookplate of Wells Theological College, presented by Dean Plumptre, 1891. Title printed in red and black. STC 22172. £100-150 |
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| 3382 | |||
| SPARROW, Bp. ANTHONY. A Rationale upon the Book of Common Prayer of the Church of England, 1657. Second Edition, 12mo., later calf (spine rubbed). Engraved additional title, frontispiece and portrait of Richard Hooker (add. title shaved, some contemporary ownership scribbles). Wing S4828. — CAMUS, JEAN-PIERRE. L'Esprit de Saint Francois de Sales, Eveque et Prince de Geneve. Ed. Collot. Third Edition, Paris 1737. 8vo., cont. calf (spine defective, upper cover almost detached). 2 engraved portraits. Bookplate of Wells Theological College. With 2 other volumes. (4) £60-80 |
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| 3383 | |||
| SPENSER, EDMUND. The Works, ed. John Payne Collier. 5 vols., 1873. Engraved portrait. — MORE, Sir THOMAS. Utopia...With copious Notes...by the Rev. T.F. Dibdin, Robert Roberts, Boston, Lincolnshire, 1878. No. 375 of 475 coies, inscribed thus by the publisher. Portrait frontispiece. All 8vo., cont. vellum, spines gilt with morocco labels. Eton leaving presents, inscribed to Arthur Leycester Leycester-Penrhyn. (6) £80-100 |
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| 3384 | |||
| THACKERAY, WILLIAM MAKEPEACE. Vanity Fair, 1848 (eng. title dated 1849); The History of Pendennis, 2 vols., 1849 - 50 (eng. title in vol. 1 dated 1850); The Newcomes. 2 vols., 1855; The Virginians, 2 vols., 1858 - 59. 7 vols., 8vo., uniform cont. half calf, spines gilt. Illustrations. Bookplates of Thomas Colyer Colyer-Fergusson, Ightham Mote and Wombwell Hall, Kent. With another volume about the author. (8) £100-150 |
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| 3385 | |||
| TOPHAM, EDWARD. The Life of the late John Elwes, Esquire; Member in Three Successive Parliaments for Berkshire. Ninth Edition, Printed by John Jarvis for James Ridgway 1791. 8vo., cont. red morocco gilt, a.e.g. (slight wear to corners). Mezzotint portrait frontispiece of the author, etched portrait of the subject, folding pedigree at end. (portraits browned at edges). Bookplate of Juliet Foord-Bowes (daughter of Edward Topham and wife of the Rev. T.F. Foord-Bowes, royal chaplain). £80-120 |
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| 3386 | |||
| TROLLOPE, ANTHONY. The Last Chronicle of Barset. First English Edition in book form, 2 vols. bound together, 1867. 8vo., cont. half calf (some wear). Illustrations. £50-80 |
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| 3387 | |||
| VERNE, JULES. Les Voyages Extraordinaires Mathias Sandorf. J. Hetzel & Cie., 1885. Tall 8vo., orig. pictorial cloth gilt, a.e.g. Numerous illustrations (some spotting, lacks front free endpaper). £30-50 |
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| 3388 | |||
| VICTORIA, Queen. More Leaves from the Journal of A Life in the Highlands..., 1884. First Edition, Presentation copy inscribed by the author, V.R.I., on flyleaf to the Rev. J. Dalton March 10, 1884. 8vo., orig. pictorial cloth gilt (upper cover slightly buckled). Engraved portraits and plates. The Rev. J.N. Dalton was a Canon of Windsor and father of the Labour Chancellor Hugh Dalton. £100-150 |
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| 3389 | |||
| WAUGH, EVELYN. The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold. First Edition, 1957. 8vo., orig. cloth, d.w. (slight defect to head of spine of d.w.). With 8 others. (9) £80-100 |
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| 3390 | |||
| WILLIAMSON, HENRY. The Pathway, 1928; The Star-Born, 1933. Illus. by C.F. Tunnicliffe. First Editions, 8vo., orig. cloth, d.ws. (both d.ws. bit soiled, that of 2nd title slightly defective and repaired at top of spine). With 16 others by the same, 7 of them First Editions. (18) £50-70 |
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| 3391 | |||
| ADDISON, JOSEPH. The Works. New Edition, 6 vols., 1811. Cont. mauve stained calf gilt. Engraved portrait frontispiece (offsest onto title). Bookplate of Sir Kenelm Digby — SMOLLETT, TOBIAS. The Works. New Edition, ed. James P. Browne, 8 vols., 1872. cont. half calf. Engraved portrait frontispiece. — BURKE, EDMUND. The Works. New Edition, 16 vols. 1802 - 27. Later qtr. calf. With 13 other leather bindings and 16 vols. of works by Nathaniel Hawthorne, orig. cloth. All 8vo. (59) £200-300 |
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| 3392 | |||
| POPE, ALEXANDER The Works, 9 vols., 1753. 12mo., cont. calf (joints cracking). 24 engraved plates (vol. 3 lacks flyleaf, 6 vols. with name cut from fly leaves) — FIELDING, HENRY. The Works. With the Life of the Author, Third Edition, 12 vols., 1766. 12mo., cont. calf gilt. Engraved portrait frontispiece after Hogarth. Bookplate of Christ. Willoughby (slight wear to joints and labels). With the Works of Edward Young, 4 vols., similar, 1767. (25) £150-250 |
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| 3392A | |||
ESSEX HOUSE PRESS. The Essex House press Song Book, ed. Janet E. Ashbee, 1905. No. 79 of 205 copies, 4to., orig. reversed calf with ties, uncut. Printed in red and black. Woodcut initials. £250-350ALBUMS, WATERCOLOURS, ETC. |
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| 3393 | |||
| ALBUM. 8vo., 19th c. red straight grained morocco gilt, with metal clasps. Containing manuscript poetry, mostly by the Rev. J.C. Proby, 19pp., with other poems by the same, but in a later hand, including "Lines on Railway Travelling" and "Introduction to a few lines of various metre written on board the ship Bland from India to England 1838". Approx. 26pp. The Rev. J.C. Proby was Bengal Chaplain in the East India Company. The later poems were "transcribed from an Album kept by the late Mrs. Proby of the Ryalls, Seaton, Devon..." £40-60 |
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| 3394 | |||
| ALBUM. Mid 19th century, 4to., cont. green morocco gilt (upper inner joint broken), containing coloured crests, sketches, watercolours, mounted greetings with lacy borders and lift-up centres, photographs, verse etc. With a sketch book of amateur watercolours, European views; and an early 20th c. album with sketches of children and animals etc. (3) See Illustration. £80-120 |
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| 3395 | |||
| BOER WAR. The English & Those Boers by Sylvia Illustrated by M.J.R. Norris. [c. 1900] Small folio volume, cloth backed with watercolour on upper cover incorporating title as above. (soiled, some wear). Containing 15 hand coloured mounted watercolours, and 2 pen and ink drawings, some with captions. See Illustration. £150-250 |
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| 3396 | |||
| CANADA. Postcard Album containing 28 corner mounted views of the Calgary Stampede 1919 (some fading), and 13 other postcards of Canadian views. With a few other family photos. etc. £40-60 |
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| 3397 | |||
| CRESTS & MONOGRAMS. Three albums, 19th c., small 4to., orig. bindings (one worn), containing examples of royalty, nobility, colleges, letter headings etc. With printed Housekeeper's Memorandum Book, 1866, partially completed in ms. (4) Provenance. The Fergusson family. £30-50 |
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| 3398 | |||
| NEWSPAPERS, mostly published in Birmingham, including The Birmingham Gazette, 11 issues, 1809 - 1843; Aris's Birmingham Gazette, 8 issues, 1820 - 35, and 5 others. sold w.a.f., not subject to return. (24) £30-40 |
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| 3399 | |||
| TAROT CARDS. A pack of 48 cards, with descriptions in English, loose, n.p., or d. Woodcut on each. Probably early 19th c. Sold not subject to return. See Illustration. £60-80 |
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| 3400 | |||
| VICTORIAN SCRAPBOOK. Fine album containing 52 pages of small brightly coloured scraps, densely laid out and pasted onto thick card leaves - animals, flowers, birds, butterflies, insects, costumes etc. Folio, orig. cloth gilt. See Illustration. £150-200 |
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| 3401 | |||
| JIGSAW PUZZLES. A Key to the Old Testament, John Wallis 1792; A Key to the New Testament, J. Wallis 1807. Hand coloured, in orig. wooden boxes with pictorial sliding lids (slight damages). (2) See Illustration. £200-400 |
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| 3402 | |||
TESTIMONIAL. To William Rich, Esquire, on his resignation from the management of Rio Tinto's mines in Spain, 9th April 1900. One page manuscript, illuminated, with decorative coloured border and small watercolour of the mine. With 122 mounted portrait photographs, each signed. Folio, cont. blue morocco gilt, a.e.g. (slight wear) in original lined wooden box. £100-200PHOTOGRAPHS |
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| 3403 | |||
| ALBUM of eight interior photographs of an unidentified house, showing sporting trophies, paintings etc., late Victorian, folio, orig. red stained calf gilt (covers detached) with gilt inscription on upper cover, "From Ralph Vivian 1885". Photographs measure 242 x 296 mm. (final print crumpled). Probably the Ralph Vivian who was a Lt. Col. in the Scots Guards and the subject of a Vanity Fair print. (2) With an album of 14 photographs of "Moor Wood House", both exterior and interior views. 210 x 283 mm. 4to., orig. cloth, with title label and trade label of "S. Victor White & Co., Photographic Artists Reading". With a photograph of a portrait of a lady at the front (seen in view of the dining room) and another of a different house at end. (2) See Illustration. £100-150 |
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| 3404 | |||
| ALBUM. 4to., orig. diced calf gilt, late 19th c., containing 13 prints, mostly views in Italy, 7 of them by Brogi (Giacomo), mainly of Naples; a further 7 of Algeria, unsigned with French captions, and 15 loose prints also of Algeria (some spotting in album, and a few damages to loose photos) 190 x 250mm. See Illustration. £150-250 |
| 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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