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The Winter Auction

Auction date Thursday 30 January 2025 10:30 - 17:30 GMT

Head of Sale: 

William Batt


Auction

Thursday 30th January at 10.30am

including the contents of Wabey House, Upwey.


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of 19

Lots per page:

Total lots: 448

Lot Title Estimate Hammer price
344 CAMDEN, WILLIAM: ‘THE HISTORY OF…PRINCESS ELIZABETH, LATE QUEEN OF ENGLAND’
third edition, 4to, printed by E. Flesher for Charles Harper, Fleetstreet, 1675, full calf bound with later half title
£300 - £500 - View
345 CAMPBELL, JOHN: 'FISHERIES OF ZETLAND’
lacking title page but otherwise complete, 34pp pamphlet, later cloth covered card binding, together with another volume similarly bound labelled ‘Nature Notes’, being a collection of Shetland themed…
£100 - £200 £60 View
346 CANTERI, GULIELMI: ‘LYCOPHRONIS CHALCIDENSIS’
Latin and Greek, 8vo, published by Hieronymum Commelinum, Geneva, 1596, gilt tooled full brown calf binding
£500 - £1,000 - View
347 CARROLL, LEWIS: ‘THE HUNTING OF THE SNARK’
illustrated by Louis Arragon, limited edition 4/50, signed by the illustrator, fo, published by The Hours Press, 1929, red card bound
£300 - £500 £280 View
348 CATTON, REV. JAMES: ‘THE HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION OF THE SHETLAND ISLANDS’
8vo, printed and published by P.I. Tuxford, Wainfleet, 1838, half red tooled cloth bound with blue paper boards
£100 - £200 £120 View
349 CLARKSON, THOMAS: ‘THE HISTORY OF THE RISE, PROGRESS AND ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THE ABOLITION OF THE AFRICAN SLAVE-TRADE’
volume 1, 8vo, printed by R. Taylor and Co, Shoe Lane for Longman, Hurst et al, London 1808, full calf bound, retaining fold-out river plan plate
£100 - £200 £80 View
350 COOK, JAMES: A VOYAGE TOWARDS THE SOUTH POLE’
3rd edition, volumes 1 & 2, 8vo, printed for W. Strahan and T. Cadell, London, 1779, full calf bound with red and green leather half titles (2)
£500 - £1,000 £1,300 View
351 DAGLEY, R: ‘DEATH’S DOINGS’
second edition, volumes 1 and 2, 8vo, published by J. Andrews, London, three-quarter brown leather binding with marbled boards (2)
£50 - £100 £30 View
352 DARWIN, CHARLES: SIX VOLUMES
comprising ‘The Movements of Plants’, ‘Fertilisation of Orchids’, ‘Vegetable Mould and Earthworms’, ‘Naturalist’s Voyage around the World’, ‘Expression of the Emotions’ and ‘Origin of Species’, 8vo,…
£300 - £500 £950 View
353 DICKENS, CHARLES: 'THE POSTHUMOUS PAPERS OF THE PICKWICK CLUB’
illustrated by Cecil Aldin, volumes 1 and 2, 8vo, jointly published by Chapman & Hall and Lawrence & Jellicoe, London 1910, half grey cloth binding (2)
£100 - £200 £40 View
354 DICKENS, CHARLES: TWO FIRST EDITION TITLES
comprising ‘The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club’ and ‘The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby’, 8vo, both published by Chapman and Hall, London, 1837 and 1839 respectively, both in three…
£200 - £400 £220 View
355 DU HALDE, J.B.: 'DESCRIPTION…DE L’EMPIRE DE LA CHINE’
volumes 1-4, 4to, published by Henri Scheurleer, The Hague, 1736, full calf bound, the gilt tooled spines with red and green leather half titles (4)
£500 - £1,000 £1,400 View
356 EDMONDSTON, ARTHUR: ‘A VIEW OF THE….ZETLAND ISLANDS’
volumes 1 and 2, 8vo, printed by James Ballantyne and Co, Edinburgh 1809, three-quarter leather bound with marbled boards and gilt tooled spines, sold together with Skirress, John - ‘A Statistical…
£100 - £200 £80 View
358 ELIOT, GEORGE - ‘MIDDLEMARCH’
8vo, first edition, volumes 1-4, published by William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London 1872, three-quarter brown leather binding with marbled boards
£200 - £400 £850 View
359 ELIOT, GEORGE: ‘SILAS MARNER’
8vo, first edition, published by William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London, 1861, three-quarter leather bound volume with marbled boards
£200 - £400 £120 View
360 EVELYN, JOHN - 'SILVA OR A DISCOURSE OF FOREST-TREES'
with notes by A. Hunter, 4to, printed by A. Ward for J. Dodsley, York, 1776, gilt tooled brown leather binding, inside front board pasted with bookplate for Sarah Sophia Child and with pencil…
£150 - £250 £240 View
361 FENNELL ROBSON, GEORGE: 'SCENERY OF THE GRAMPIAN MOUNTAINS'
fo, published by Longman, Hurst, et al, London 1819, three-quarter red leather bound with marbled boards
£200 - £400 £380 View
362 FRAZER, SIR JAMES GEORGE: ‘THE GOLDEN BOUGH’
comprising ‘Adonis, Attis and Osiris’ volumes 1 and 2, ‘Spirits of the Corn’ volumes 1 and 2’, ‘The Magic Art’ volumes 1 and 2, ‘Balder the Beautiful’ volumes 1 and 2, ‘The Dying God’, ‘The…
£100 - £200 £220 View
363 GIFFORD, THOMAS: 'AN HISTORICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE ZETLAND ISLANDS’
lacking title page, 99pp, with letter from Captain Preston to Joseph Ames, later green cloth binding, sold together with three 18th Century Shetland petitions - William Sinclair of Toft, Walter Scott…
£100 - £200 £80 View
364 GODWYN, THOMAS: 'MOSES & AARON: CIVIL AND ECCLESTIASTICAL RITES'
twelfth edition, 8vo, printed by Richard Hodkin, bound together with two other works - 'Romanae Historiae' by the same author, stated for 'use of the Abingdon School', printed by R.W. for Peter…
£300 - £500 - View
365 GUICCIARDINI, FRANCESCO: ‘THE HISTORY OF FLORENCE’
Latin, fo, published Basel, 1566, nineteenth century three quarter leather bound with marbled boards
£500 - £1,000 - View
366 HAWKESWORTH, JOHN: ‘AN ACCOUNT OF THE VOYAGES UNDERTAKEN….IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE’
volumes 1-3, 4to, printed for W. Strahan and T. Cadell, London, 1773, full calf bound with red and green leather half titles (3)
£1,500 - £2,500 £2,000 View
367 HERIOT, GEORGE - ‘TRAVELS THROUGH THE CANADAS’
4to, printed by T. Gillet, Wild-court for Richard Phillips, London, 1807, three-quarter blue leather binding with marbled boards, gilt tooled spine
£700 - £1,000 £1,400 View
368 HIBBERT, SAMUEL: 'A DESCRIPTION OF THE SHETLAND ISLANDS’
first edition, 4to, printed for Archibald Constable, Edinburgh 1822, three-quarter brown leather binding
£100 - £200 £160 View

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