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Lots: 2001-2032 of 2387

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2001

BURLINGTON MAGAZINE, various issues, a large quantity, 1904 - 52. 4to., orig. wraps. Illustrated, (a large quantity).
Estimate: 30-50

Nil

    

10

2002

COOKE, W.B., pub. Gems of Art..., 1848. Orig. qtr. maroon roan folder gilt containing engraved title, list of plates and 35 (ex 36) loose engravings after Reynolds, Gainsborough and others - TURNER, J.M.W. Liber Studiorum Reproduced in autotype.., 3 vols., 1870. Orig. cloth (covers soiled) - SECRETAN, E. Catalogue de Tableaux Anciens et Modernes..., 2 vols., Paris, 1889. Orig. wraps. Plates - MURRAY, A.S. and A.H. SMITH. White Athenian Vases in the British Museum, 1896. Orig. cloth backed boards. Plates (title spotted). All folio. With another volume. (8)

Estimate: 100-150

Nil

    

    

2003

GEORGIAN SOCIETY, The. Records of Eighteenth-Century Domestic Architecture and Decoration in Dublin, 5 vols., Dublin 1909 - 13 -- SADLEIR, THOMAS U. and PAGE L. DICKINSON. Georgian Mansions in Ireland. Dublin 1915. (frontis. loose). All 4to., orig. cloth (covers soiled with some damages). (6)

Estimate: 150-250

Nil

    

980

2004

HERAEUS, C.G. Bildnisse der Regierenden Fursten..., Vienna 1828. Folio, old half red morocco gilt (corners scraped). 63 double page engraved plates of coins (occasional spotting). Bookplate of R.G. Hollies-Smith. With 7 loose plates of coins from other works.

See illustration.
Estimate: 400-600

Nil

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400

2005

HOGARTH, WILLIAM. The Complete Works, With An Introductory Essay by James Hannay..., 6 vols., William Mackenzie, n.d. 4to., orig. pictorial cloth gilt. 150 engraved plates. (6)

Estimate: 30-40

Nil

    

30

2006

JONES & Co., pub. The New National Gallery, [c. 1836]. 4to., cont. half red stained calf, spine gilt. Containing 74 engraved plates (ex 114, from list of plates in 2 vols). With another volume. (2)
Estimate: 30-50

Nil

    

20

2007

LE BLANC, M. and M.M. ARMENGAUD. The Engineer & Machinist's Drawing Book..., n.d. Folio, cont. half black calf (sides soiled, some wear). Engraved title and 71 plates, one of them coloured (some spotting).
Estimate: 60-80

Nil

    

50

2008

MACQUOID, PERCY. A History of English Furniture, 4 vols., 1904 - 08. Folio, orig. cloth (covers soiled and faded). Plates, some coloured. Text illustrations. (4)

Estimate: 100-150

Nil

    

    

2009

MACQUOID, PERCY. A History of English Furniture, 4 vols., 1938. Folio, orig. cloth, 2 dws. (d.ws. defective, 2 spines faded, some soiling). Colour plates and other illustrations. (4)

Estimate: 100-150

Nil

    

    

2010

ROOSES, MAX. Rubens, trans. Harold Child, 2 vols., Philadelphia and London, 1904. Cont. half brown morocco (spines faded) -- MUNTZ, EUGENE. Leonardo da Vinci..., from the French. 2 vols., London and New York 1898. Orig. cloth -- DAVIES, GERALD S. Frans Hals, 1902. Orig. qtr. vellum. Folio, all illustrated. Basset Down House library bookplates. (5)

Estimate: 40-60

Nil

    

    

2011

RUSKIN, JOHN. Notes...on his collection of drawings by...J.M.W. Turner. 1878. Qtr. brown morocco, t.e.g., other edges uncut. 35 plates and a map -- COOK, EDWARD T. Studies in Ruskin..., Orpington and London, 1890. Orig. cloth. Plates. Both 4to., Large Paper. With 3 others by Ruskin, including a presentation copy of The Queen of the Air, Second Edition, 1869, inscribed to Neville Story Maskelyne, "with the author's affectionate regards, 1st January 1870". 8vo., orig. cloth, and a children's book inscribed by the same to Mary L. Story-Maskelyne, dated 1882. (6)
Estimate: 100-150

Nil

    

160

2012

SITWELL, Maj. Gen. H.D.W. The Crown Jewels...in the Tower of London, Dropmore Press, 1953. Signed by the author on title. Folio, orig. cloth, d.w. (d.w. torn and soiled). Colour plates -- PHILLIPS, HUGH. Mid-Georgian London, 1964. 4to., orig. cloth, d.w. Illustrated. With vols. 1 - 35 of the London Record Society, 1965 - 2000. 8vo., orig. cloth, and 6 others on London. (43)

Estimate: 80-100

Nil

    

70

2013

SLUYTERMAN, Prof. K. Old Interiors in Holland. The Hague 1908. Folio, loose in orig. linen portfolio, with ties (covers soiled). 100 collotype plates.
Estimate: 40-60

Nil

    

    

2014

THE STATE HERMITAGE [St. Petersburg] Masterpieces from the Museum's Collections. 2 vols., 4to., orig. cloth, d.ws. Booth-Clibborn Editions, 1994. In original slipcase. Coloured and plain illustrations. (2)

Estimate: 100-150

Nil

    

    

2015

TIPPING, H. AVRAY. English Homes. Period III, vol 1, 1929; Period IV, vol 1, 1929. 2 vols., folio, orig. cloth (soiled), d.ws. (slightly defective). Illustrated. (2)

Estimate: 60-80

Nil

    

50

2016

WILTON-ELY, JOHN. Giovanni Battista Piranesi The Complete Etchings. 2 vols., San Francisco, 1994. 4to., orig. cloth, d.ws. Plates. With another on the same. (3)

Estimate: 40-60

Nil

    

110

2019

ANCESTOR, The. 12 vols. orig. boards (spines worn), and 3 indexes in orig. wraps. 8vo., 1902 - 05. (15)

Estimate: 40-60

Nil

    

    

2020

ANDERSON, JAMES. The Oliphants in Scotland, P.P., Edinburgh 1879. One of 100 copies, 4to., orig. qtr. brown morocco gilt (lacks bqckstrip). Coloured frontispiece and facsimiles. With 2 copies of The Jacobite Lairds of Gask by T.L. Kington Oliphant, 1870 (spines faded) and another on the same family. 8vo., orig. cloth. (4)

Estimate: 80-120

Nil

    

60

2021

BIBLIOGRAPHY & HISTORY. 17 various vols., including: Campbell, Rev. William. Materials for a History of the Reign of Henry VII, 2 vols., 1873 -- UPDIKE, D.B. Printing Types, Second Edition, 2 vols., 1937 (torn d.ws.) -- TOOLEY, R.V. Maps and Mapmakers, 1949 (d.w. defective and browned), and facsimile of Ogilby's Britannia 1971. (17)
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Estimate: 50-70

Nil

    

40

2022

CATALOGUE OF THE LIBRARY OF THE ROYAL COLONIAL INSTITUTE, 1886.
Cont. red morocco gilt, a.e.g. with gilt stamp on upper cover, "Sir Arthur Hodgson, K.C.M.G." -- PETHERICK, EDWARD AUGUSTUS. Catalogue of the York Gate Library Formed by Mr. S. William Silver. An Index to the Literature of Geography Maritime and Inland Discovery Commerce and Colonisation. Second Edition, 1886. Orig. vellum, t.e.g. (soiled). Double page map. Plates. Both tall 8vo.
(2)
The silver collection of rare voyages and travels, many acquired from the dispersal of the Beckford, Hamilton, Ellis and Woodhall sales.
Estimate: 100-120

Nil

    

100

2023

CLAPPERTON, R.H. Paper An Historical Account of its Making..., Oxford: The Shakespeare Head Press 1934. No. 206 of 250 copies Folio, orig. half blue morocco gilt, t.e.g. other edges uncut (sides slightly soiled). Photographic plates.
Estimate: 100-150

Nil

    

160

2024

CLARK, HUGH. A Concise History of Knighthood. 2 vols., 1784. 8vo., cont. half blue stained calf, spines gilt. 82 engraved plates. (2)

Estimate: 50-70

Nil

    

150

2025

DEBRETT, JOHN. The Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland, 2 vols., 1819. 12mo., cont. calf (upper inner joints broken). Engraved frontispiece. Bookplates of Robert Thoroton -- BURKE, JOHN. A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire, 6th edition, 2 vols., 1840. 8vo., cont. calf (spine of vol 1 crudely repaired with tape. Chromolithographic frontispiece in vol 1. With 8 others similar including Fox Davies. Armorial Families, 2 vols., 1929; Burke's Family Records, 1897; Burke's Peerage & Landed Gentry, both 1937. (12)

Estimate: 150-250

Nil

    

100

2026

DENHAM, Rev. J.F. Views,,,of St. Dunstan in the West, in the City of London, n.d. Folio, cont. red stained calf gilt. Lithographic plates. Bookplate of Henry Lloyd Gibbs. With Cokayne Pedigree, and a few further plates loosely inserted -- ELLACOMBE, Rev. H.T. History and Antiquities of the Parish of Clyst St. George...in the County of Devon, Exeter 1865. 4to., later half calf. Inscribed "With the Author's kind regards" and signature of H.L. Gibbs Oct 1886. Plates, some coloured. With 2 others relating to the Gibbs family, and a further volume of pedigrees by Sandys B. Foster, including Wilson of Rigmaden Park and Low Nook etc., P.P., 1890 with numerous Ms. additions. (5)
Estimate: 100-200

Nil

    

70

2027

GIBBS, HENRY HUCKS, first Lord Aldenham, compiler. Pedigree of the Family of Gibbs..., P.P., 1890. Folio, cont. calf gilt with Gibbs arms on upper cover (upper cover slightly faded). Engraved frontispiece and 10 plates. Bookplate of Henry Lloyd Gibbs; The Game of Ombre, Third Edition, P.P., 1902. 4to., orig. cloth gilt. Plates, 2 of them coloured. Presentation copy from the author to his son Henry Lloyd Gibbs. (2)

Estimate: 60-80

Nil

    

140

2028

GREEN, EMANUEL. Bibliotheca Somersetensis. 3 vols., Taunton 1902. 4to., later green cloth. (3)

Estimate: 150-180

Nil

    

    

2029

KERR, WILLIAM JAMES. The Genealogical Tree of the Family of Jarrett, of Orange Valley, Jamaica and Camerton Court, Somerset. Southampton 1824. 4to., orig. cloth gilt. Folding family tree, linen backed (half title detached and frayed at outer edge). Portraits and plates. Ms. additions in pencil. With a relevant pamphlet and newspaper clippings loosely inserted.

Estimate: 40-60

Nil

    

50

2030

MAXWELL, WILLIAM. The Dun Emer Press...The Cuala Press, P.P., 1932. -- GASKELL, PHILIP. John Baskerville A Bibliography, Cambridge 1959 -- HARROP, DOROTHY A. A History of the Gregynog Press, Private Libraries Association 1980. With 2 others on the same press, and 3 other volumes. Various sizes, orig. bindings. (8)

Estimate: 50-70

Nil

    

50

2031

PRINTING, BIBLIOGRAPHY, BINDING, BOOK COLLECTING etc. 40 various volumes including McKerrow, Muir, Hayward, Chapman and others. (40)

Estimate: 150-250

Nil

    

280

2032

PRINTING etc. another lot, similar, 38 vols, and a quantity of journals and catalogues. (a quantity).
Estimate: 100-150

Nil

    

140

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