Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD
The Two Day Sale (Day 1 of 2)
Auctioneer: Canterbury Auction Rooms Location: Canterbury
Contact: Tel: 01227 763337 Fax: 01227 456770
Date: 16th April 2013 Time: 10:00AM
Details: Viewing:
Saturday 13th April from 10 am to 4 pm
Sunday 14th April from 12 pm to 4 pm
Monday 15th April from 10 am to 7 pm
and on Mornings of Sale from 8.30 am
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Auction Lots - Page 13
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BOOKS

615
Edward Hasted - "The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent", volumes 1-4, printed by Simmons & Kirkby, 1778 (four volumes rebound in 19th Century gilt tooled brown leather - slight wear to bindings) £2000-3000
Provenance: Godmersham Park Sale, Christies 1983
616
Van der Groen & Nyland - Three volumes bound as one -"Den Nederlandtsen Hovenier", "Den Verstandigen Hovenier" & De Medicyn-Winckel", published by de Groot, Amsterdam, 1683 (one vellum bound volume) £600-800
Note: These three works are bound as one volume - formerly the property of London Library St James's Square No. 83109
617
W, A & A Hill - "Antonio Stradivari - His Life and Work", published by William E. Hill, London 1902 (one half green leather bound volume with loose plates to front and slip case - binding in slip case in poor condition) £200-300
618
W, A & A Hill - "The Violin-Makers of the Guarneri Family", published by William Hill & Sons, London 1931 (one half vellum bound volume with loose plates to front and slip case) £200-300
619
Karel Javolec - "Italian Violin-Makers", published by Orbis 1952 (one brown cloth bound volume with slip case - binding in slip case in poor condition), Henri Poidras - "Dictionary of Violin Makers", volumes 1 & 2, published by Vicomte, Rouen 1928 (two three quarters brown leather bound volumes), and a quantity of antique violin related volumes, various (one box) £150-200
620
"The Old Testament" Embellished with Engravings", printed for Thomas Macklin by Thomas Bensley, London 1800 (six brown leather bound folio sized volumes - in poor condition) £500-700
621
Thomas Richardson - "Clarissa", 6th edition, volumes 1-7, printed for J. Rivington et al, London 1768 (seven half brown leather bound volumes - poor condition) £150-200
622
"The Works of Miss Austen", volumes 1-3, published by Richard Bentley, London 1856 (three purple and gilt tooled cloth bound volumes), and Currer Bell "Charlotte Bronte" - "Jane Eyre", 4th edition, published by Smith, Elder & Co, London 1850 (one purple cloth bound volume) £200-300
623
Anne Pratt - "Flowers and Their Associations", published by Charles Knight & Co, London 1840 (one half brown leather bound volume) £100-150
624
Victor Hugo - "Notre Dame de Paris", 8th edition, published by Eugene Renduel, Paris 1836 (one full brown leather bound volume with Gothic pattern tooling to boards) £100-150
625
Charles Augustus Murray - "Ottawah" published by G. Salter, London (one green half leather bound volume) £70-100
626
Reeve & Walpole - "The Old English Baron/The Castle of Otranto" printed for J. Walker, London 1817 (one full brown leather bound volume) £70-100
627
Topffer - "Histoire de Mr Pensil" and Simon de Nantua - "Histoire d'Albert", both published by Dufrenoy, Paris (two red cloth bound volumes), and a large quantity of 19th Century leather bound and other volumes (two boxes) £300-400
628
Tauchnitz - "Collection of British Authors", nineteen 19th Century half brown leather bound volumes, various authors and subjects £100-150
629
Twenty-eight 19th Century three quarters red leather bound volumes, mostly "Tauchnitz Collection of British Authors Series", various authors and subject £200-300
630
Twenty-four 19th Century blue three quarters leather bound volumes from "Baudry's European Library - Collection of British Authors" £300-400
631
Seventy-two 19th Century gilt tooled and three quarters blue leather bound volumes from "Tauchnitz Collection of British Authors", various authors and subjects, and two ditto volumes similarly bound (one box) £700-1000
632
James Boswell - "The Life of Samuel Johnson", volumes 1-4, published by William Pickering, Oxford 1826 (four three quarters brown leather bound volumes - binding worn) and Aldous Huxley - Four Volumes - "Ends and Means", "Point Counter Point", (new impression), "The Genius and the Goddess" and "Heaven and Hell", published by Chatto & Windus, London 1937, 1937, 1955 and 1956 respectively (latter two retaining dust wrappers - former two missing dust wrappers - all in a worn condition) £200-300
633
Alexander Innes Shand - 'The War in the Peninsular 1808-1814', published by Seeley & Co, London 1898 (one full leather bound volume - damaged to binding) and a large quantity of Napoleonic war related volumes, various £150-200
634
Henry Maundrell - "A Journey from Aleppo to Jerusalem", Oxford & London 1740 (one leather bound volume) £200-300
635
"Mr Sponge's Sporting Tour" illustrated by Phiz, subscribers edition (six volumes in red cloth bindings) £250-350
636
Charles Grant - "The History of Mauritius" printed by W. Bulmer & Co, London 1801 (one full leather bound volume - repaired to spine, slightly damaged and lacking one map) £100-150
637
John Fisher Murray - "A Picturesque Tour of the River Thames", published by Henry G. Bohn, London 1845 (one green cloth bound volume - in poor condition), and a large quantity of books, various (four boxes - all in poor condition) £150-200
638
Douglas Adams - "Life, the Universe and Everything", published by Arthur Barker Limited, London, 1982 (one hardback volume with dust wrapper - ex library copy) £150-200
639
Dr. Fridtjof Nansen - "Farthest North", London, George Newnes Ltd, 1898 (two volumes) £70-100
640
"The Works of Shakspere", Imperial edition edited by Charles Knight, volumes 1 and 2, published by Virtue & Co, London (two black leather bound folio sized volumes - in poor condition) £80-100
641
"Buchanan's History of Scotland", 4th edition, volumes 1 & 2, printed by Hamilton, Balfour & Neill, Edinburgh 1752 (two full brown leather bound volumes - poor condition), and Lord Robert of Kandahar -"Forty-one Years in India", volumes 1 & 2, published by Richard Bentley & Son, London 1897 (two green cloth bound volumes) £80-120
642
John & William Langhorne - "Plutarch's Lives", 4th edition, volumes 1-6, printed for Rivington, London 1826 (six full brown leather bound volumes - bindings slightly worn) £100-150

POSTCARDS AND EPHEMERA

643
"Variete Und Zirkus" - Cigarette card album of circus interest published by Bergmann-Zigarettenfabrik, Dresden 1935 (one card bound folio sized volume), and "The Works of Flavius Josephus" translated by Whiston, published by Routledge, London 1892 (one three quarters red leather bound volume) £100-150
644
645
An early 20th Century Wills cigarette card album containing a collection of cards of predominantly Civic Arms interest, and a collection of loose cards and one small home-made album, various £60-80
646
A late Victorian scrap album £120-160
647
Four Victorian/early Edwardian photograph albums £70-100
648
A collection of postcards mostly of film stars (loose - approximately 90) £100-150
649
An early 20th Century photograph album containing a rare set of twenty-four blue and white photographs of the Ashford Railway Works, New Town, Ashford, Kent, with images of manufacturing and buildings, photographed by C. Goldsmith, 20 Coborn Road, Bow £200-300
Provenance: The property of the late R.H. Cox, a steel worker at the Ashford Works in the 1940s
650
Four early black and white photographic aviation postcards published by Whorwell Photographers, Dover, Kent, depicting "Mr Roll's Great Channel Flight, Dover, 2nd June 1910" - One showing a close up of the bi-plane landed on fields outside Dover, and three in flight £80-120
651
Three early 20th Century photographs - Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Sports Day 1918, with members of the Royal Family, one larger similar and eleven interior photographs of a private residence £40-60
652
A collection of paperwork and ephemera relating to the life and career of
Lt. (later Honourable) Cyril William Seymour-Hall (born 27th November 1897), including - British Empire Airship Pilot's Certificate dated March3rd 1919 (No. 48), five Air Ministry/Royal Naval Letters of Recommendation/Commendation, including - one handwritten from Royal Naval Balloon Station dated 1st February 1918, and later diplomatic and other correspondence and photographs, various £300-400
653-659

COLLECTORS ITEMS
A Private Collection of Russian Icons

660
A late 19th Century Russian icon of the "Kazanskya Virgin" - Mother of God supporting her standing Son, the gilt metal oklad with pierced halo, 8.75ins x 7ins (some rubbing to gilding and minor wear to oklad) £300-500
661
A 19th Century Russian icon of "Holy Princess Olga" and "Holy Bishop Michael of Cisin", portrayed standing with hands raised, Michael holding a book within scrolled border, 8.75ins x 7ins £250-350
662
A late 19th Century Russian icon of "Christ Pantokrator", portrayed half length frontal blessing and bearing Book of Gospels, the gilt metal oklad with raised halo and embossed border, 8.75ins x 6.75ins £200-300
663
A Russian icon portraying three rows of religious figures and saints, including - The Virgin & Child, St. Nicholas and others, 8.75ins x 7ins (slight marks and flakes) £150-200
664
A 19th Century Russian icon of "The Virgin of Unexpected Joy", portrayed supporting her Son with figure looking on within stylised border, 10.25ins x 8.75ins (paint lifting in places) £200-300
665
A 19th Century Russian icon of a group of eight Saints in two tiers flanking an icon of the Holy Trinity, 13.25ins x 11ins (chipped to edges) £200-300
Provenance: Sotheby's 18th February 1998 - Lot 1168
666
A 19th Century Russian icon of "St. Theodosius Pechersky", portrayed standing, holding a cross and staff, 12.25ins x 10.5ins (chips to edges and some flaking) £100-150
667
A 19th Century Russian icon of "The Virgin of Theodore or Vladimir", portrayed supporting her Son, 12.25ins x 10.5ins (chips to edge) £100-150
668
A 19th Century Russian icon of a Saint holding a book and a Bishop holding a crosier, in gilt metal frame with scroll and bead cresting, 12.75ins x 10.5ins £250-350
669
A 19th Century Russian icon of St. John The Baptist holding a chalice containing Christ Emmanuel flanked by Sts. Antipas and Mary Magdalene, 12.25ins x 10.5ins £300-400
Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD
The Two Day Sale (Day 1 of 2)
Auctioneer: Canterbury Auction Rooms Location: Canterbury
Contact: Tel: 01227 763337 Fax: 01227 456770
Date: 16th April 2013 Time: 10:00AM
Details: Viewing:
Saturday 13th April from 10 am to 4 pm
Sunday 14th April from 12 pm to 4 pm
Monday 15th April from 10 am to 7 pm
and on Mornings of Sale from 8.30 am
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