Auctions Auctioneers Search Information Email Bid/Request Catalogue
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
Page: 1   2   3   4  
Auction Lots - Page 2
51
Pullman (Phillip)
His Dark Materials, 2008, Folio Society, three volume trilogy - Northern Lights, The Subtle Knife, The Amber Spyglass, original cloth, slipcase; with autograph letter signed ('Philip Pullman'), to the owner of the books, dated 30th November 2008, discussing the Folio Society's production as well as the influence of Prague on his locations, 2 pages on card, in original envelope £80 - 120
52
Folio Society
A large collection of books published by the Folio Society, all in slipcases (qty) £300 - 500
53
Thackeray (William Makepeace)
The Oxford Thackeray, nd., seventeen volumes, t.e.g., half calf £80 - 120
54
Huxley (Aldous)
Brave New World, 1932, Chatto and Windus, first edition, dust wrapper (priced 7s.6d., torn with loss) £200 - 400
55
Wyndham (John)
The Day of the Triffids, 1951, Michael Joseph, first edition, dust wrapper (priced 10s.6d., wear to head of spine) £200 - 300
56
Wyndham (John)
The Midwich Cuckoos, 1957, Michael Joseph, first edition, dust wrapper (priced 13s.6d.);
idem, The Chrysalids, 1955, Michael Joseph, first edition, dust wrapper (priced 10s.6d., worn);
with two others by the author (4) £100 - 200
57
Erotica
Fraxi (Pisanus), Index Librorum Prohibitorum, being Notes Bio-, Biblio-, Icono-graphical and Critical, on Curious and Uncommon Books, 1877; idem, Centuria Librorum Absconditorum..., 1879; idem, Catena Librorum Tacendorum..., 1885, three volumes, frontis to each, plates, t.e.g., quarter morocco;
Morum (Speculator), Bibliotheca Arcana, seu Catalogus Librorum Penetralium..., 1885, t.e.g., quarter morocco;
'An English Bohemian', The Old Man Young Again, 1898, frontis, original wraps (5) £200 - 400

TRANSPORT AND BRITISH HISTORY
58
Holden (Geo.)
Holden's Original Pocket Almanack and Tide Table ..., for the Year 1824, 1837, 1842, 1843, 1845, 1849, 1850, 1851, 1856 and 1858, Liverpool, ten volumes, each with folding frontis, (two detached, one trimmed), original wraps (1842 lacking all before April, 1851 lacking title, some wear and tears to wraps) £100 - 200
59
Adye (Ralph Willett)
The Bombardier and Pocket Gunner, 1802, second edition, contemporary calf (joints cracking, ownership inscription to front endpaper) £150 - 200
60
Nelson (Horatio, Lord)
A collection of Nelson related letters/plaques, comprising;
Jervis (John, 1st Earl of St. Vincent), A two page autograph letter signed ('Jervis'), written on board HMS Victory off Cape St. Vincent, indistinct date, addressed to an unidentified 'Lord', mentions the modesty of Nelson and also that 'Nelson is very anxious to obtain promotion for Lieut. Noble, who has bled so freely ...', mounted, framed, glazed front and rear;
[Jervis was Commander of the Mediterranean Fleet and took Victory as his flagship during the battle of Cape St Vincent (14th February 1797), Nelson was in command of HMS Captain and valiantly captured two ships in one move];
Anon., '... List of French Ships Taken, Burnt & Sunk by Admiral Nelson, in the Mediterrannean', manuscript on paper, no date, mounted, framed and glazed, retailers note on rear of frame stating 'letter to Lloyds Underwriters detailing Lord Nelson's Victories over the French Fleet at the Battle of the Nile, seal on reverse';
Wax seal impression, with Nelson's profile portrait surrounded by the words 'England expects every man to do his duty', mounted, framed and glazed;
HMS Foudroyant, A copper relief commemorative plaque in carved oak frame, both sourced from HMS Foudroyant, Nelson's Flagship from 1799 to 1801;
together with an Admittance Ticket to St Paul's Cathedral for the funeral of The Duke of Wellington, printed with manuscript inserts, blindstamped seal, mounted, framed and glazed;
and three other items £200 - 400
61
Hardy (Thomas Masterman)
Four page Autograph Letter Signed ('T.M. Hardy') to the Rt. Hon. George Rose, December 9th 1805, discussing the death of Lord Nelson and the privacy of his last words, his view that Nelson would not have wanted his private letters published, and his plans for delivering the letters and will, manuscript on paper watermarked G Pike 1805, double-sided on one sheet, framed with mount, glazed front and rear, sold with typescript of the letter and recent copies of related letters.
Hardy was Nelson's Flag Captain during the Battle of Trafalgar and was with Nelson as he died.
[Provenance; sold at Christie's sale 9240 (1st Nov 2001), lot 271] £2000 - 3000
62
Hardy (Capt. Thomas Masterman)
Autograph letter and autograph death certificate each signed by Captain Hardy ('T.M. Hardy'), H.M.S. Victory, 25th December 1805, certifying the death of a Private Marine, James Norgrove of H.M.S. Victory off Trafalger on the 21st October, 1805, the death certificate confirming his length of service and entitlement to the prize money, the letter addressed to a Rev. Lysons advising on the claiming of the prize money and wages, together on one page, with wax seal and 'Claim Approved' dated 4 Feb 1806, mounted, framed and glazed £1000 - 1500

BRITISH TOPOGRAPHY AND LOCAL HISTORY
63
Thoroton (Robert)
The Antiquities of Nottinghamshire .., 1677, Henry Mortlock, first edition, folio in fours, double page map, plates as called for (3 in different locations), hand-coloured armorial plates, no imprimatur, contemporary calf [Upcott p. 1047-51] £400 - 600
64
Slater (Isaac)
Slater's Royal National Commercial Directory of the Northern Counties, Vol I, Comprises the Counties of Durham, Northumberland and Yorkshire ..., 1854-5, three folding county maps, original cloth; Vol II, Comprises the Counties of Cheshire, Cumberland, Lancashire and Westmoreland ..., 1855, four folding county maps, original cloth (2) £200 - 400
65
Raine (James)
The History and Antiquities of North Durham, as subdivided into the Shires of Norham, Island, and Bedlington, which from the Saxon Period until the Year 1844, constituted Parcels of the County Palatine of Durham ..., 1852, large folio, engraved portrait frontis, map, ten plates and two pedigrees as called for, one page autograph letter signed (James Raine) from the author to his publisher (Nichols) tipped in to front flyleaf, t.e.g., half morocco gilt;
idem, A Brief Historical Account of the Episcopal Castle, or Palace, of Auckland .., 1852, 4to., engraved plates as called for, cloth;
Surtees (Robert), The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham, 1972, EP, four volumes, folio, dust wrappers;
with six others (12) £200 - 400
66
Ormerod (George)
The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester ..., 1882, George Routledge, three volumes, second edition, folio, two colour maps, two colour plates, plain plates as called for, several letters relating to the Winnington pedigree loosely inserted, half morocco gilt £200 - 300
67
Baines (Edward)
History of the County Palatine and Duchy of Lancaster, 1836, Fisher, four volumes, 4to., maps and plates, half calf (worn, cracked joints);
Thoroton (Robert), The Antiquities of Nottinghamshire, 1972, EP, three volumes, 4to., dust wrappers;
Jones (Theophilus), A History of the County of Brecknock .., 1909-11, 4to., three volumes bound in two, mixed bindings;
with three others (12) £200 - 300
68
Taunt (Henry W.)
A New Map of the River Thames from Oxford to London, from Entirely New Surveys, taken during the Summer of 1871, with a Guide, giving every Information required by the Tourist, the Oarsman, and the Angler, April 1873, second edition, general map and 24 maps of the river, illustrated with 79 mounted miniature albumen photographs, original cloth
[note; the title page refers to eighty photographs, later editions have a frontis, however other copies of the second edition found have not had a frontis];
Anon. Panoramic Plan/View of the Caledonian Canal, nd. Jackson, fold out chromolitho plan, original boards;
and two others (4) £80 - 120
69
Local History
Crosfield (A.), The History of North-allerton in the County of York, to which is added A Description of the Castle-Hills by Miss A. Crosfield, 1791, half calf;
M'Call (Hardy Bertram), Story of the Family of Wandesforde of Kirklington & Castlecomer, 1904, 4to., original cloth;
with a large collection of others including various Victoria County Histories, Domesday Books, etc. (qty) £200 - 400
70
County Durham and Yorkshire
Anon., The Fawkes's of York in the Sixteenth Century: including Notices of the Early History of Guye Fawkes .., 1850, wraps;
Hollins (Thomas), Hollins's Hand-book for Harrogate ..., nd., folding plan, folding map, original cloth (worn);
with a quantity of others (qty) £200 - 300
71
Yorkshire Newspaper
The Leeds Mercury, No 339 to 341 (each with illustrations laid down on type), 341, 343, 346, 348 to 349, 352, 354, 355 to 357, 359 to 394 (384 torn with loss), 1731-1733, worn remnant binding £100 - 200
72
Webster (John J.) & Wood (John T.)
Proposed High-Level Roadway Bridge, Across the River Mersey at Liverpool, 1898, oblong folio, three plates, original wraps (creased, worn, stained);
Members of the Liverpool Postal Censorship, The Mail-Bag, nd. (c1918), colour plates, original wraps;
with a small collection of prints and ephemera (qty) £80 - 120
73
Tickell (John)
The History of the Town and County of Kingston upon Hull, 1796, 4to., folding frontis, engraved plates as called for, calf [Boyne p.161];
Baker (Joseph Brogden), The History of Scarbrough, 1882, large 8vo., numbered limited edition of 100, quarter morocco (re-backed);
with three others (5) £100 - 200
74
Indenture
An indenture from the County of Devon dated 1637, appears to be a contract between Merchants, some based in Barnstaple, manuscript on vellum, approx 370mm x 685mm, nine signatories to the agreement, seven of their pendant seals attached, each in good condition, folded (some wear to intersects of folds) £80 - 120
75
Wainwright (A.)
A Second Dales Sketchbook, nd., green leatherette, dust wrapper (unpriced);
idem, A Furness Sketchbook, nd., green leatherette, dustwrapper (unpriced);
idem, Scottish Mountain Drawings, Vol Six, The Islands, nd., green leatherette, dustwrapper (price clipped);
with ten others by the author (13) £100 - 200
76
Phillips (John)
Illustrations of the Geology of Yorkshire, ..., 1829, printed for the author, first edition, hand-coloured map frontis, nine section plates (eight hand coloured) and fifteen plain plates of fossils, half calf (worn, lacking backstrip);
Eastmead (W.), Historia Rievallensis, containing the History of Kirkby Moorside..., 1824, frontis, six plates, modern half calf (2) £80 - 120

MAPS AND ATLASES
77
Speed (John)
Cumberland and the Ancient Citie Carlile Described with many Memorable Antiquities therein found observed, 1610, [1611 or later], Sudbury and Humble, hand-coloured map, 385mm x 508mm, English text verso, pages 87 and 88, register Bbb, framed, glazed front and rear £100 - 200
78
Lewis [Samuel]
Atlas to the Topographical Dictionaries of England and Wales, comprising a General Map of England and Wales, A Plan of London and Maps of the Counties .., 1844, general map, plan and 55 county maps, coloured in outline, cloth (some wear);
idem, A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland .... Supplementary Volume 1846, - A Map of Scotland Divided into Counties Shewing the Principal Roads, Railways, Rivers, Canals ... drawn by F.A. & G.W. Carrington, engraved map on six folding sheets, coloured in outline (some tears to fold intersects), bound in original cloth (some wear);
Another copy, dated 1847, (torn at fold intersects, grubby cloth);
with the text volumes for England, 1845, 4 volumes; Wales, 1845, 2 volumes; Scotland, 1846, 2 volumes; Ireland, 1847, 2 volumes; all cloth bound (worn) (13) £200 - 300
79
Jefferys (Thomas)
The County of York Survey'd in MDCCLXVII, VIII, IX and MDCCLXX, 1771, engraved map on 20 double page sheets (lacking sheet 17 but with duplicate of sheet 14, some wear and fraying, particularly map 5), hand coloured in outline, loose between boards [sold as a collection of maps] £500 - 800
80
Anon. [Speed (John)]
The Kingdome of Great Britaine and Ireland, 1653, William Humble, hand-coloured map, 385mm x 507mm, engraved by Hondius, English text verso, framed, glazed front and rear [Skelton 55] £500 - 800
81
Speed (John)
York Shire, 1610 [1611], Sudbury and Humble, hand-coloured map, 385mm x 510mm, English text verso, pages 77-78 - register V2, framed, glazed front and rear £100 - 200
82
Speed (John)
Buckingham, Both Shyre and Shire-Towne describ., 1610 [?1627], G. Hubell, hand-coloured map, 380mm x 510mm, English text with some hand-colouring to rear, framed, glazed front and rear. £100 - 200
83
Chassereau (P.)
A Plan of the City of York Survey'd by Peter Chassereau with improvements to ye Year 1766, M.A. Rocque, hand-coloured engraved street plan surrounded by small County map and various topographical views, 450mm x 648mm, mounted, framed and glazed £100 - 200
84
Wilkinson (Robert) - Publisher
Atlas Classica, being A Collection of Maps of the Countries mentioned by the Ancient Authors..., 1797 - 1817, engraved title, 46 hand-coloured maps, 7 hand-coloured tables, worn half calf (title page torn with loss, boards detached);
with one other (2) £100 - 200
85
Shirley (Rodney W.)
The Mapping of the World, Early Printed World Maps 1472-1700, 1984, Holland Press, original cloth £80 - 120
86
[Homem (Diogo)]
The Queen Mary Atlas (Colton MS, Add. MS 5415A), nd [2005], Folio Society, large folio, colour plates, numbered limited edition of 1000, full calf binding with commentary volume by Peter Barber (cloth-bound), housed in original solander box £200 - 300
87
Teesdale (Henry) publ.
A New General Atlas of the World, ..., 1835, folio, engraved title, hand-coloured plate, 44 (of 46) hand coloured maps (large folding map of India counted as two), half roan (well worn, lacking back-strip) £300 - 500
88
Walker
A bound collection of twenty five maps and plates, engraved for Walker's Geography, probably lacking a map of Ireland, half sheep (worn) [sold as a collection of maps] £80 - 120
89
Anon. [Merian (Matthaus)]
London, nd. [1638 or later], hand-coloured view of London before the Fire, from Whitehall to beyond the Tower with Southwark in the foreground, 223mm x 690mm, two sheets joined, mounted, framed and glazed [Howgego p. 7, BM 1948,0315.1.3] £800 - 1200
90
Anon, [Jansson (Jan)]
Ducatus Eboracensis pars Orientalis, The Eastriding of Yorke Shire, nd. [1646], hand coloured map, 380mm x 505mm, latin text verso, mounted [Whitaker 89];
Anon. [Blaeu (J.)], Ducatus Eboracensis pars Orientalis, The Eastriding of Yorkeshire, nd. [1645-1672], hand coloured map, 380mm x 505mm, French text verso, [register Kkkkk, pages 271/272, cf Whitaker 111], mounted (2) £150 - 200

FOREIGN TRAVEL
91
Shackleton (Ernest)
South, The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition 1914-1917, 1920, New York, Macmillan, first US edition, presentation copy to J. Mason Springgay, signed by the author, folding map, plates as called for, original cloth £800 - 1000
92
Hurley (Frank)
'The Wreck of the Endurance', photograph, 485mm x 370mm, lower left inscribed 'Frank Hurley March 1920', mounted framed and glazed;
Anon., Photograph of four men furling or unfurling a sail in high seas, nd., 250mm x 460mm, mounted, framed and glazed;
Anon., Photograph of a sailing ship at sea, nd., 287mm x 372mm, mounted framed and glazed (3)
[note, the Hurley image has a blue-grey tint when compared to lot 97 and is also devoid of any cloud] £200 - 300
93
Schlagintweit-Sakunlunski (Hermann de)
The Salt Lake Tsomognalari, in Pangkong, Western Tibet, (Panoramas and Views of India and High Asia), nd (?1861), Brockhaus & Trubner, mounted chromolithograph on larger printed sheet, 'printed in oil-colours by Lemereier', coloured image 375mm x 818mm, mounted, framed and glazed (restoration to printed sheet, frame 730mm x 1070mm) £300 - 500
94
Photographs
A collection of nineteenth century photographs, in two albums, including some very interesting images of India (many dated 1887 or 1888, the Bunnu Railway Survey, Murree, etc.), as well as topographical views of England (incl. Bedford, Oxford, Durham), bridge construction, railway engines, etc. photographs laid down, various sizes, albums lacking covers;
with a small quantity of loose photographs and prints (qty) £100 - 200
95
Rawling (C.G.)
The Great Plateau, Being an Account of Exploration in Central Tibet, 1903, and of the Gartok Expedition, 1904-1905, 1905, Edward Arnold, first edition, two folding maps, b/w plates as called for, original cloth, modern slipcase £100 - 200
96
Hakluyt Society
A collection of Hakluyt Society publications, Second Series (51 vols) and Third Series, vols. 1 to 21 (21 vols), all in dust wrappers (72) £100 - 200
97
Hurley (Frank)
The Wreck of the Endurance ('The End'), Gelatin Silver Print, 370mm x 270mm visible, remnant label verso inscribed 'The Wreck of the Endurance', signed 'Frank' (lacking part of label originally bearing Hurley's surname), mounted, framed and glazed
[Provenance; Won by C.P. Cook, Marlborough, c1930, sold at Christie's sale 6544 (25 Sept. 2001), lot 225A] £4000 - 6000
98
Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, Ross Sea Party 1914-1917
A collection of six photographs of the Ross Party and the Aurora's relief voyage, comprising;
- Party Leaving Hut Pt for the Last Time, 29 Oct 1915 (Spencer-Smith, Wild, Mackintosh);
- Finding Traces of Mackintosh & Hayward (3 photographs);
- Party leaving Aurora for final search, Jan 1917 (Shackleton, Wild, Jack, Joyce);
- Relieved Party reach ship, Jan 10, 1917 (Stevens, Cope, Richards, Gage, Wild, Joyce);
four photographs mounted, framed and glazed, two in separate sleeve
[Provenance; Sir Ernest Shackleton and then by descent, sold at Christie's sale 6544 (25th Sept. 2001), lot 105] £1500 - 2000
99
Shackleton (Sir Ernest Henry)
Autograph letter signed ('E.H. Shackleton') to Mrs Caroline Oates (mother of Captain Oates), 19th November 1921, written on board 'Quest R.Y.S.' when 'Off the Coast of Brazil, 'Rolling down to Rio'', Shackleton describes the heavy rolling of the ship and how they are 'looking forward to the more strenuous part of their work'. Written on single sheet headed 'Quest R.Y.S.', sheet with repaired, full length vertical tear, Complete with envelope re-addressed in Lady Shackleton's hand, mounted, framed and glazed
[Provenance; Mrs Caroline Oates, Lady Shackleton and then by descent, sold at Christie's, Sale 6544 (25th Sept. 2001), lot 113] £2000 - 3000

SPORT
100
'BB', Watkins-Pitchford (Denys)
A small collection of books written and/or illustrated by BB, fifteen volumes signed by him, several ex-library volumes, various editions, various bindings (30) £80 - 120
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
Page: 1   2   3   4