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| Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD | |||
| Books, Maps, Postcards and Ephemera | |||
| Auctioneer: | Tennants Auctioneers | Location: | The Auction Centre, Leyburn |
| Contact: | Telephone: +44 (0) 1969 623780 Facsimile: +44 (0) 1969 624281 | ||
| Date: | 13th August 2014 | Time: | 12:00PM |
| Details: | Viewing: Tuesday 12 August 9.00 am to 5.00 pm Wednesday 13 August 9.00 am to 11.30 am |
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| Auction Lots - Page 3 | |||
| 101 | |||
| Skues, G.E.M. Minor Tactics of the Chalk Stream..., 1910, first edition, colour frontis, original cloth; Ransome (Arthur), Mainly About Fishing, 1959, first edition, dust wrapper; Kelson (Geo. M.), Tips, 1901, first edition, original cloth (laminated); with a large quantity of other angling books (qty) £200 - 400 |
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| 102 | |||
| Hutchinson (Horace G.) Golf, 1890, Badminton Library series, numbered limited edition of 250 large paper copies, plates as called for, t.e.g., half morocco [sold on behalf of a charity] £100 - 200 |
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| 103 | |||
| 'The Sportsman' British Sports and Sportsmen - Shooting and Deerstalking, 1913, folio in fours, numbered limited edition of 1000, plates, a.e.g., morocco gilt (wear to joints); Various, British Sports and Sportsmen - Golf, Athletics, Tennis, Hockey, and other Ball Games, Winter Sports, nd., folio in fours, numbered limited edition of 1000, plates, a.e.g., morocco gilt (wear to joints) (2) £100 - 200 |
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| 104 | |||
| 'Sabretache' Shires and Provinces, 1926, Eyre & Spottiswoode, folio, first edition, sixteen mounted colour plates after Lionel Edwards, dust wrapper; Edwards (Lionel), My Irish Sketch Book, 1938, Collins, first edition, nine mounted colour plates, printed tissue guards, dust wrapper (torn and chipped); Dawson (Lionel), Sport in War, 1936, Collins, six colour plates after Lionel Edwards, dustwrapper (torn and chipped) with a small quantity of others (qty) £200 - 300 |
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| 105 | |||
| Sporting Art Welcome (John) & Collens (Rupert), Snaffles on Hunting, 1989, Lambourn Press, first edition, oblong 4to., signed by Rupert Collens, dustwrapper; Watson (J.N.P.), Lionel Edwards, Master of the Sporting Scene, 1986, Sportman's Press, first edition, 4to., dustwrapper; with eleven others on sporting art and artists (13) £150 - 200 |
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| 106 | |||
| Warner (P.F.) Imperial Cricket, 1912, numbered limited edition of 900, large 4to., plates, a.e.g. original morocco £80 - 120 NATURAL HISTORY |
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| 107 | |||
| Bree (Charles Robert) A History of the Birds of Europe, Not Observed in the British Isles, 1863, Groombridge, four volumes, 238 chromolitho plates, (some damp staining, torn page), original cloth (worn) £100 - 200 |
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| 108 | |||
| Hill (John) The British Herbal: An History of Plants and Trees, Natives of Britain ..., 1756, folio (approx 42cm), engraved frontis, 75 plates with full or partial hand colouring, lacking text leaves X1 and X2, repair to gutter margin of B1 (affecting text), contemporary calf (re-backed, retaining original backstrip with new label) £100 - 200 |
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| 109 | |||
| Huxley (T.H.) [Thomas Henry] The Crayfish, 1880, Kegan Paul, numbered limited edition of 250, signed by Bradbury Agnew, frontis, original cloth £70 - 100 |
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| 110 | |||
| Westwood (J.O.) The Butterflies of Great Britain with their Transformations, Delineated and Described, 1855, Orr, hand-coloured title (dated 1854), nineteen hand-coloured plates, original cloth gilt £100 - 150 |
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| 111 | |||
| Humphreys (H.N.) and Westwood (J.O.) British Butterflies and Their Transformations, 1849, Orr, forty-two hand-coloured plates, quarter morocco £200 - 400 |
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| 112 | |||
| Wood (W.) Index Entomologicus; or A Complete Illustrated Catalogue, consisting of 1944 figures of the Lepidopterous Insects of Great Britain, 1839, William Wood, first edition, fifty-four hand-coloured plates, pencil annotations, morocco gilt (re-backed) £100 - 200 |
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| 113 | |||
| Buckler (William), Stainton (H.T.) & Porritt (G.T.) The Larvae of the British Butterflies and Moths, Volumes 1 to 7, 1886 - 1897, Ray Society, 127 plates, the first 105 being hand-coloured, the remainder chromolithos, original cloth £300 - 500 |
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| 114 | |||
| Kirby (W.F.) European Butterflies and Moths, 1882, Cassell, one volume bound as two, 4to., 1 plain and 61 coloured plates, half calf £80 - 120 |
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| 115 | |||
| Herpetology A large collection of books on Lizards, Snakes, other Reptiles and Amphibians, covering ecology, conservation, captive breeding, etc., including The British Herpetological Society's Journal, Vol 5 no. 4 to Vol. 6, no. 12 (first series - pre 1985) and Vol 1, no 1 (Dec 1985) to Vol. 22, no 4 (Oct 2012), lacking Vol 22, no. 3, original wraps; as well as the British Heptological Society Bulletin No.1 (June 1980) to No. 124 (Summer 2013), lacking nos. 5, 68 and 123, original wraps; with four framed prints (qty) £200 - 400 |
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| 116 | |||
| Chelonia An interesting collection of books on Tortoises and Turtles, covering physiology, ecology, conservation, captive breeding, etc., with a quantity of periodicals including a run of Chelonian Conservation and Biology, Vol. 1, No. 1 (Nov 1993) to Vol. 11, No. 2, (Dec. 2012), with several duplicates, The Turtle and Tortoise Newsletter, Nos. 1 to 15, original wraps, etc. (qty) £200 - 400 |
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| 117 | |||
| Stubbs (Alan) & Drake (Martin) British Soldierflies and their Allies, 2001, first edition, dust wrapper; Crosskey (Roger W.), The Natural History of Blackflies, 1990, first edition, dust wrapper; Collin (J.E.), British Flies, Volume VI - Empididae, 1961, first edition, dust wrapper; Chvala (Milan), et al, The Horse Flies of Europe, (Diptera, Tabanidae), 1972, first edition, cloth (4) £150 - 200 |
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| 118 | |||
| Hewitson (William C.) Coloured Illustrations of the Eggs of British Birds .., 1856, John Van Voorst, third edition, two volumes, 149 hand-coloured plates, original cloth, backstrips worn/torn); Mudie (Robert), Feathered Tribes of the British Islands, 1841, Bohn, third edition, two volumes, hand-coloured plates as called for, original cloth (4) £200 - 300 |
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| 119 | |||
| Morris (F.O.) A Natural History of the Nests and Eggs of British Birds, 1875, Bell, second edition, three volumes, 233 hand-coloured plates as called for, original cloth (one backstrip torn) £150 - 200 |
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| 120 | |||
| Arthropods A large collection of books on invertebrates, predominantly insects and arachnids (qty) £200 - 400 |
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| 121 | |||
| Morris (F.O.) A Natural History of British Moths, 1872, Bell & Daldy, four volumes, 132 hand-coloured plates as called for, original cloth; Wilson (Owen B.), The Larvae of the British Lepidoptera and their Food Plants, 1880, Reeve, 40 colour plates, original cloth; Lucas (W.J.), British Dragonflies (Odonata), 1900, Upcott Gill, 27 colour plates, original decorative cloth; Curtis (John), Farm Insects ..., 1860, Blackie, 16 hand-coloured plates, half calf (binding worn) (7) £150 - 200 |
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| 122 | |||
| Frohawk (F.W.) Natural History of British Butterflies .., nd, Hutchinson, two volumes, folio, 60 colour plates, 4 uncoloured plates, dust wrappers £150 - 200 |
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| 123 | |||
| Mee (Margaret) Flowers of the Brazilian Forests, 1968, Tryon Gallery, numbered limited edition of 500, folio, thirty-two colour plates, t.e.g., quarter morocco, with slipcase (slipcase worn) £300 - 500 |
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| 124 | |||
| The New Naturalist Series A collection of 61 volumes from the series, a broken run from volume 1 to 122, including 42 first editions, one ex-library (#48), all in dust wrappers; with a three volume edition of The Hebrides, paperback (64) £600 - 800 |
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| 125 | |||
| Mosley (S.L.) and (F.O.) An Account of The Birds of the Huddersfield District, nd. [1912-15], frontis (stained), 39 coloured plates (one with later colouring, two with ink marks), 37 maps (lacking map of Starling but with duplicate of Greenfinch), half leather (well worn, joints cracked, boards held by strings) £1000 - 2000 MISCELLANEOUS |
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| 126 | |||
| Maitland (William) The History and Antiquities of Scotland .., 1757, Millar, two volumes, folio, calf (joints cracking) John, Late Bishop of Durham, A Collection of Private Devotions ..., 1693, Merewith, engraved title, frontis, early calf; Whyte (William Athenry), A Land Journey from Asia to Europe .., 1871, frontis, two folding maps, original cloth (dampstaining to cloth and several pages); Blaine (Delabere P.), An Encyclopaedia of Rural Sports ..., 1858, quarter roan (re-backed retaining backstrip) (5) £200 - 300 |
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| 127 | |||
| Careme (M. Antonin) Le Patissier Pittoresque, 1828, 3rd edition, declaration signed by the author, engraved title and 125 plates, half morocco £800 - 1200 |
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| 128 | |||
| Nott (John) The Cook's and Confectioner's Dictionary: Or, the Accomplish'd Housewife's Companion ..., 1723, Rivington, frontis, well worn contemporary calf (boards detached, spine broken, sold not subject to return) £80 - 120 |
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| 129 | |||
| Eales (Mrs [Mary]) The Compleat Confectioner, or, the Art of Candying and Preserving in its utmost Perfection ..., 1733, contemporary calf £200 - 400 |
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| 130 | |||
| Anon. The Compleat Cook: Expertly Prescribing The most ready Wayes, Whether Italian, Spanish or French. For Dressing of Flesh and Fish, ordering of Sauces or making of Pastry, 1679, Obadiah Blagrave and R. Harford, lacking any leaves after p126, some annotation, calf; Kent (Countess of), A Choice Manual, or, Rare and Select Secrets in Physick and Chirurgery ..., 1659, eleventh edition, lacking frontis, remnant sheep binding; Lamb (Patrick), Royal Cookery, or the Compleat Court-Cook .., 1726, 28 plates (only), calf (detached board); Harrison (Sarah), The House-Keeper's Pocket-Book, and Compleat Family Cook ...., 1777, ninth edition, sheep (taped spine); with a collection of other cookery books and several manuscript recipe books, many in a well worn state, personal inspection recommended. £500 - 1000 |
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| 131 | |||
| Eaton (Mary) The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary ..., 1823, portrait frontis (laid down), engraved title, four engraved plates, calf (re-backed); with twelve others (13) £200 - 300 |
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| 132 | |||
| Langio (Josepho) [Joseph Lang] Florilegii Magni seu Polyantheae Floribus Novissimis Sparsae, Libri XXIII, Opus Praeclarum ..., 1681, J.A. Huguetan, folio, two volumes bound as one, title page with vignette to each, calf (well worn, painted spine) £100 - 200 |
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| 133 | |||
| Devotional A manuscript latin devotional, possibly 15th or 16th century, on paper, rubricated devotional from leaf 2 to leaf 231 (double sided), dark brown ink with rubrication throughout, leaf 232 and 233 recto blank, leaf 233 veso to 236 recto - black ink manuscript (possibly later), leaf 236 to 239 blank, leaf 240 to 258 recto - black ink manuscript, leaf size 140mm x 100mm, written space approx 90mm x 65mm (black ink manuscript written in large area). Rubricated and later annotation to front end-papers. Early alum tawed pigskin binding with blindstamped designs, brass fastening for single clasp to fore-edge, (remnant of leather clasp), five brass bosses to each board. Indistinct early manuscript label to upper board (some wear/worming to backstrip) [More recent pencil annotation to rear flyleaf suggesting that the book was offered by John Mozley Stark (bookseller) in his 1856 catalogue (Item 105, Devotionale de Sanctis per Cuiculam ... Hymnis de Tempiore et Sanctis ... saec XV, 12/-) and then sold in a book sale at Beverley in 1877 (lot 576 'Ancient book of devotions, by a friar, £5)] £1000 - 2000 |
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| 134 | |||
| Clarendon (Edward, Earl of) The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, 1807, Clarendon Press, three volumes bound in six, diced calf (rebacked retaining backstrips); [Maseres (Francis)], Select Tracts Relating to the Civil Wars in England, in the Reign of Charles the First .., 1815, two volumes, half roan; [sold on behalf of a charity] £150 - 200 |
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| 135 | |||
| Polano (Pietro Soave), transl. by Nathanael Brent The History of the Council of Trent ...., 1676, Mearne, Martyn & Herringman, folio in fours, half calf [sold on behalf of a charity] £100 - 150 |
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| 136 | |||
| Theology A collection of Holy Bibles, Missals, Books of Common Prayer, etc., the majority in various leather bindings, several with brass clasps £200 - 300 |
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| 137 | |||
| Bindings A large quantity of books in various leather bindings (qty) £100 - 200 |
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| 138 | |||
| Gun (Nerin E.) Red Roses from Texas, 1964, Muller, first edition, dust wrapper (priced 25/-) [the first published book on the John F. Kennedy assassination] £60 - 100 |
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| 139 | |||
| Mayhew (Henry) The Rhine and its Picturesque Scenery .., 1856, engraved plates after Birket Foster, half morocco; Yeaman (James), The Municipal History of ... Dundee, 1873, original cloth; Webb (Sidney & Beatrice), English Poor Law History: Part II, The Last Hundred Years, 1929, two volumes, numbered subscriber's edition of 450 copies, signed by the authors, original cloth; Rowntree (B. Seebohm), Poverty, A Study of Town Life, 1901, Macmillan, 2 folding maps, plates as called for, original cloth; with a quantity of others (qty) £100 - 200 |
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| 140 | |||
| Descartes (Rene) Geometria a Renato des Cartes Anno 1637 Gallice edita ..., 1683, Amsterdam, third edition, 4to., [16], 520 pages, portrait frontis verso to half title, vellum [although the book appears to be self contained, references have been found to a second volume not present here] £100 - 200 |
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| 141 | |||
| Enfield (W.) Scientific Amusements in Philosophy and Mathematics..., 1821, engraved frontis, original printed paper boards (worn and cracked) £80 - 120 |
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| 142 | |||
| Cartes de Visite A collection of cartes de viste, small photographs and chromolitho illustrations, including British and Continental Royalty, 'Tom Thumb', Commodore Nutt and other 'Midgets' or proportionate dwarfs, six cartes de visite of Algerian costumes by J. Geiser, four painted photographs of continental costume by Julius Hahn, thirteen chromolitho illustrations of alpine views and costumes, etc, loose and in three albums (qty) £100 - 200 POSTCARDS AND EPHEMERA |
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| 143 | |||
| Photographs A collection of approximately 100 loose albumen prints, possibly from a newspaper archive circa 1920's, the majority bearing a title relating to the photograph, subjects include various Royal Visits and Funerals, Maoris, aviation, golf, motor racing, horse racing, rowing, scenes of post ware Britain, Louth disaster, each 12x16.5cm (qty) £150 - 250 |
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| 144 | |||
| A Collection of Mixed Postcards, including topography, greetings, advertising, glamour, military, comic, Bradford Tram Disaster, cricket, etc., in an album and box £100 - 150 |
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| 145 | |||
| A Large Collection of Mixed Postcards, mostly pre war cards, including topography, greetings, real photographic, architecture, animals, novelty, comic, Bamforth song cards, social history, artists signed, military, portraits, art studies, Bonzo cards, etc., together with a Scrap Album and Crest & Monogram Album £300 - 500 |
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| 146 | |||
| An Album of Mixed Postcards, containing approximately four hundred pre war cards, including woven silks, topography, greetings, military, shipping, portraits, theatrical, sporting, comic, overseas interest etc £150 - 200 |
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| 147 | |||
| Mixed Ephemera, comprising two albums of photographs of trams, a box of loose postcards and an album of postcards £50 - 80 |
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| 148 | |||
| A Modern Album of Mixed Postcards, containing approximately two hundred cards, including twenty five embroidered silks, some regimentals, also greetings cards, topography etc., together with cigarette cards in plastic sheets £100 - 150 |
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| 149 | |||
| A Large Collection of Postcards, both pre war and modern, mainly Yorkshire topography, including Scarborough, Sandsend, Whitby, Pickering, Leeds, Harrogate etc., in six boxes £100 - 200 |
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| 150 | |||
| An Album of Mixed Postcards, containing approximately three hundred cards, including Titanic and other shipping, greetings cards, real photo and other topography, Bamforth song cards, real photo of a prize pig, military, silks etc £150 - 200 |
| Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD | |||
| Books, Maps, Postcards and Ephemera | |||
| Auctioneer: | Tennants Auctioneers | Location: | The Auction Centre, Leyburn |
| Contact: | Telephone: +44 (0) 1969 623780 Facsimile: +44 (0) 1969 624281 | ||
| Date: | 13th August 2014 | Time: | 12:00PM |
| Details: | Viewing: Tuesday 12 August 9.00 am to 5.00 pm Wednesday 13 August 9.00 am to 11.30 am |
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