Sale date: |
Books, Maps and Manuscripts Sale on Tuesday 1st July 2008 |
Lot numbers: |
98-130 of 375 |
Lot |
Description & Estimate |
Vat on hammer % |
Hammer Price £ |
98 |
DENNY, Rev. HENRY LYTTELTON LYSTER. The Manor of Hawkesbury [Gloucestershire] and its Owners. John Bellows, Gloucester 1920. 4to., orig. cloth gilt (spine defective). Plates. With 2 others on Northamptonshire. (3) £20-30 | Nil |
WD |
| 99 | DORSET. 9 various volumes, including Highways & Byways, by Sir Frederick, Treves, 1920 and The Place Names of Dorset, 1978. (9) £20-30 | Nil |
20 |
| 100 | GILPIN, WILLIAM. Observations on Several Parts of the Counties of Cambridge, Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex. Also on Several Parts of North Wales..., 1809. 8vo., orig. boards (backstrip detached). 19 (ex 20) oval aquatints in sepia. Sold not subject to return. £30-50 | Nil |
45 |
| 101 | GODDARD, WILLIAM. An Extract from the Sessions-Rolls of the County of Somerset. 1765. Later sheep, bookplate of Thomas Serel, Wells -- Somerset. Copy of The Commission of The Peace. Dated 11th October, 1830. Taunton. Cont. green morocco gilt (lower cover stained). Both 8vo., With 3 disbound Parliamentary items relating to Somerset. (5) £50-70 | Nil |
110 |
| 102 | HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK. Footsteps of Dr. Johnson (Scotland). 1890. 4to., cont. half brown morocco gilt, t.e.g. Engraved portrait, plates and illustrations by Lancelot Speed. £40-60 | Nil |
30 |
| 103 | HUGO, THOMAS. The Mediaeval Nunneries of the County of Somerset, and Diocese of Bath & Wells. London and Taunton, 1867. Large Paper. 8vo., orig. brown morocco backed boards. Plates. -- ELLACOMBE, Rev. HENRY THOMAS. The Church Bells of Somerset. Exeter 1875. 4to., orig. boards (rebacked, soiled). Plates. HUMPHREYS, ARTHUR L. Somersetshire Parishes. 3 vols., 1905. 8vo., cont. half green morocco, interleaved with blanks. Some ms. notes. -- CHUBB, T. A Descriptive List of the Printed Maps of Somersetshire 1575 - 1914. Taunton 1914. 8vo., orig. cloth. Illustrations. With 20 others on Somerset. (26) £70-90 | Nil |
320 |
| 104 | HUTCHINS, JOHN. The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset. Third Edition, ed. by William Shipp and James Whitworth Hodson. 4 vols., Westminster, 1861 - 70. Folio, cont. half mauve morocco gilt, a.e.g. (inner upper joint of vol 2 broken, endleaves creased). 127 full page plates and plans, text illustrations (lacks county map, occasional spotting). Pedigrees, some folding. (4) See illustration. £550-650 | Nil |
560 |
| 105 | HUTCHINS, JOHN. The History and Antiquities of Sherborne...Augmented, and Continued...by Richard Gough and John-Bowyer Nichols. 1815. Folio, cont. half roan (worn, upper cover detached). Double page engraved plan, 9 plates (two torn and repaired), seal on letterpress, folding pedigree - includes two additional plates not listed. £30-50 | Nil |
70 |
| 106 | HEWITT, LLEWELLYN and S.C. HALL. The Stately Homes of England. 2 vols., Second Series dated 1877. Numerous wood engravings. -- HOPE MONCRIEFF, A.R. Bonnie Scotland. 1904. Colour plates by Sutton Palmer. With 26 others on counties, the countryside etc., inc. The King's England series. 8vo., orig. cloth. (28) £50-70 | Nil |
50 |
| 107 | LEWIS, SAMUEL. Topographical Dictionary of England. Fourth Edition, 4 vols., 1840. 4to., half leather (worn, ex library stamps, lacks maps); A Topographical Dictionary of Wales, Fourth Edition, 2 vols., 1850. 4to., orig. cloth (spines defective) -- BRABNER, J.H.F., ed. The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales. 6 vols., W. Mackenzie, n.d. 8vo., orig. cloth. Double page coloured maps and plans. Plates. With 8 others. (20) £50-70 | Nil |
30 |
| 108 | MAJOR, ALBANY F. and EDWARD J. BURROW. The Mystery of Wansdyke. Limited Edition, No. 304 of 750 copies. Cheltenham 1926. 4to., orig. cloth gilt. Illustrations. £20-40 | Nil |
20 |
| 109 | MISCELLANEOUS TOPOGRAPHY, 17 vols., and 2 others on natural history. (19) £40-60 | Nil |
30 |
| 110 | MORRIS, Rev. F.O. A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland. [c.1880] Vols 1 - 4 (ex 7). 4to., orig. cloth gilt, a.e.g. (slightly scuffed). Coloured plates. (4) £60-80 | Nil |
70 |
| 111 | NORTHUMBERLAND. The Monthly Chronicle of North-Country Lore and Legend. Newcastle-on-Tyne 1887 - 1891. 5 vols., 8vo., orig. pictorial cloth gilt (one spine chipped). Illustrations -- [Dendy, F.W.] Extracts from the Records of the Company of Hostmen of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Durham etc., 1901. 8vo., cont. calf gilt, t.e.g. With 3 others on the same (9) £40-60 | Nil |
65 |
| 112 | PHILLIMORE, W.P.W., DOUGLAS LL. HAYWARD & others, eds. Somerset Parish Registers, Marriages. 15 vols., 1898 -1915. Limited Editions, one of 150 copies. 8vo., orig. cloth (some wear). With 10 others, and 2 boxes of pamphlets and periodicals relating to Somerset. (a quantity)) £50-70 | Nil |
20 |
| 113 | PHILLIMORE, W.P.W. and DOUGLAS LL. HAYWARD, eds. Somerset Parish Registers. Marriages. 14 vols., 1898 - 1913, Limited Editions, one of 150 copies. Edward Dwelly's copy with his annotations. 8vo., orig. cloth. With 12 others, and a box of pamphlets relating to Somerset. (a quantity) £50-70 | Nil |
10 |
| 114 | SAVAGE, JAMES. History of the Hundred of Carhampton, Bristol 1830. Large Paper, "only 12 copies printed this size" - note in pencil on flyleaf. 4to., (rebacked). Engraved frontispiece and hand coloured folding map (small tear at inner edge). With 3 others, cont. calf gilt, all with arms on sides and bookplates of Henry Martin Gibbs of Barrow Court, Flax Bourton. (4) £80-100 | Nil |
130 |
| 115 | SEARLE, MARK, compiler. Turnpikes and Toll-Bars. 2 vols., Limited Edition, No. 451 of 500 copies, n.d. 4to., orig. cloth. Plates, some coloured, and text illustrations. (2) £50-70 | Nil |
150 |
| 116 | SHEPHERD, THOMAS. 22 hand coloured engravings of London, c. 1830. In mounts. With a further collection of 35 miscellaneous engravings, 1816 - 59, in mounts. (57) £50-70 | Nil |
45 |
| 117 | SOMERSET. 71 various volumes including: Greenwood, C. & J. Somersetshire Delineated. 1822. Orig. boards (joints cracked, spine defective) -- Parker, J.H. The Architectural Antiquities of the City of Wells. Presentation copy, inscribed "From the Author". Oxford and London 1866. -- Victoria County History Somerset, 2 copies of vol 1, 1906 - Collinson, Rev. J. The History...of Somerset, 3 vols., Large Paper, 1791. Modern cloth (lacking the plates). Various sizes, orig. bindings. (71) £100-200 | Nil |
220 |
| 118 | SOMERSET RECORD SOCIETY. 128 various volumes, 1887 - 2007). 8vo., orig. cloth (some vols. worn). Sold not subject to return. (128) £50-100 | Nil |
50 |
| 119 | [SORBIERE, SAMUEL] Relation d'un Voyage en Angleterre, ou sont touchees plusieurs choses, qui regardent l'etat des Sciences, & la Religion, & autres matieres curieuses. Cologne, Pierre Michel, 1666. Second Edition, 12mo., old half vellum (rather worn). Folding engraved plate. £70-100 | Nil |
140 |
| 120 | THAMES TUNNEL, Silvester & Co., 1824. Small booklet, 95 x 138 mm., orig. boards (lacks spine) with titled print on upper cover. 4pp. text, 4 lithographic plates, one of them after William Westall, folding and hand coloured folding table of strata. £50-100 | Nil |
150 |
| 121 | YOUNG, ARTHUR. A Tour in Ireland..., 1780. 4to., cont. calf gilt (worn, upper cover detached). Engraved frontispiece and plate. List of subscribers (title, frontis, and prelims. with minor worming in margins, some browning) -- LELAND, THOMAS. The History of Ireland. 3 vols., Dublin 1814. 8vo., cont. tree calf, spines, gilt (lower cover of vol 2 wormed). (4) (P) £80-120 | Nil |
100 |
| 125 | ALEXANDER, Lt. BOYD. From the Niger to the Nile. 2 vols., 1907. 8vo., orig. cloth gilt. 2 folding maps (one of them torn). Illustrations. Bookstamps of Harry Hargreave Fawcett. (2) (P) £80-120 | Nil |
120 |
| 126 | BAKER, Sir SAMUEL WHITE. The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile..., First Edition, 1866. 2 vols., 8vo., orig. green cloth gilt (lower joints split, folding map detached and repaired, lacks plate in vol 2). Sold w.a.f. (2) £30-50 | Nil |
60 |
| 127 | BAKER, Sir SAMUEL W. The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia..., Fourth Edition, 1871. Two maps, plates. -- BENT, J. THEODORE. The Sacred City of the Ethiopians..., New Edition, 1896. Folding map, plates and text illustrations -- HAYES, ARTHUR J. The Source of the Blue Nile, 1905. Two folding maps, photographic illustrations. -- VISCHER, HANNS. Across the Sahara from Tripoli to Bornu, 1910. Folding map, plates. All 8vo., orig. cloth. With 5 others, including Casati. Ten Years in Equatoria...2 vols. 1891 (lacking maps in pockets). (9) (P) £250-350 | Nil |
200 |
| 128 | BATES, HENRY WALTER. The Naturalist on the River Amazons, 1892. Portrait, folding map and illustrations -- LARDEN, WALTER. Argentine Plains and Andine Glaciers. 1911. Map and plates. With 5 others. 8vo., orig. cloth. (7) (P) £80-100 | Nil |
90 |
| 129 | BATTY, Capt. ROBERT. Scenery of the Rhine, Belgium and Holland. Robert Jennings, 1826. 4to., cont. qtr. maroon roan (worn, lacks backstrip). Engraved title and 61 plates (some occasional light browning to margins). (P) See illustration £200-300 | Nil |
100 |
| 130 | BEATTIE, WILLIAM. Switzerland Illustrated. 2 vols., 1836. 4to., cont. half maroon leather gilt (sides slightly faded). Engraved titles, folding map and 106 plates after W.H. Bartlett. (2) See illustration. £250-350 | Nil |
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