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Auction date Thursday 30 January 2025 10:30 - 17:30 GMT
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Head of Sale: 

William Batt


Auction: 

Thursday 30th January at 10.30am

including the contents of Wabey House, Upwey.


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Total lots: 458

BELL, CURRER (CHARLOTTE BRONTË): ‘JANE EYRE’
Lot 337 Sold
BELL, CURRER (CHARLOTTE BRONTË): ‘JANE EYRE’
new edition, 8vo, published by Smith, Elder and Co., London 1873, three quarter leather binding with marbled boards, the spine gilt lettered ‘C. Brontë’
Hammer price: £170
Estimate: £100 - £200
30 January 2025
30 January 2025
BOWLES, CHARLES: ‘MODERN WILTS - HUNDRED OF CHALKE’
Lot 338 Unsold
BOWLES, CHARLES: ‘MODERN WILTS - HUNDRED OF CHALKE’
8vo, printed for the author by Clarence Rutter, Shaftesbury 1830, half green cloth binding with marbled boards
Estimate: £80 - £150
30 January 2025
30 January 2025
BULWER-LYTTON, EDWARD: TWO TITLES - ‘ERNEST MATRAVERS’ AND ‘THE LAST OF THE BARONS’
Lot 339 Unsold
BULWER-LYTTON, EDWARD: TWO TITLES - ‘ERNEST MATRAVERS’ AND ‘THE LAST OF THE BARONS’
first editions, each with volumes 1-3, 8vo, published by Saunders and Otley, London, 1837 and 1843 respectively, all uniformly bound in three-quarter brown leather with marbled boards, the former with green and black half titles, the latter grey (6)
Estimate: £200 - £400
30 January 2025
30 January 2025
BURNS, ROBERT: ‘POEMS, CHIEFLY IN THE SCOTTISH DIALECT’
Lot 340 Sold
BURNS, ROBERT: ‘POEMS, CHIEFLY IN THE SCOTTISH DIALECT’
two copies, 8vo, comprising one reproduction volume originally printed by John Wilson, Kilmarnock 1786, card bound, the other volume one of the second edition, printed for T. Cadell et al, Edinburgh 1793, full calf bound, sold together with Cromek, R.H. - ‘Reliques of Robert Burns’, fourth edition, printed by J. M’Creery for T. Cadell et al, London 1817, later half leather bound (3)
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £100 - £200
30 January 2025
30 January 2025
BURTON, RICHARD F.: THE BOOK OF THE THOUSAND NIGHTS AND A NIGHT’
Lot 341 Sold
BURTON, RICHARD F.: THE BOOK OF THE THOUSAND NIGHTS AND A NIGHT’
illustrated Benares Edition volumes 1-10, together with matching ‘Supplemental Nights’ volumes 1-6, 4to, all privately printed for Burton Club members, black and brown cloth bindings (16)
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £100 - £200
30 January 2025
30 January 2025
BYRON, LORD GEORGE GORDON: ‘WORKS’
Lot 342 Unsold
BYRON, LORD GEORGE GORDON: ‘WORKS’
volumes 1,2-4-6, 8vo, published by Galignani, Paris, 1818, vellum bound with ‘recycled’ flyleaves (5)
Estimate: £100 - £200
30 January 2025
30 January 2025
CAMDEN, WILLIAM: ‘BRITANNIA: OR, A CHOROGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND’
Lot 343 Sold
CAMDEN, WILLIAM: ‘BRITANNIA: OR, A CHOROGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND’
third edition, volumes 1 & 2, 4to, printed for R. Ware et al, 1753, full calf bound, the gilt tooled spines with black leather half titles, fo (2)
Hammer price: £800
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
30 January 2025
30 January 2025
CAMDEN, WILLIAM: ‘THE HISTORY OF…PRINCESS ELIZABETH, LATE QUEEN OF ENGLAND’
Lot 344 Unsold
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
Estimate: £300 - £500
30 January 2025
30 January 2025
CAMPBELL, JOHN: 'FISHERIES OF ZETLAND’
Lot 345 Sold
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 magazine clippings (2)
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £100 - £200
30 January 2025
30 January 2025
CANTERI, GULIELMI: ‘LYCOPHRONIS CHALCIDENSIS’
Lot 346 Unsold
CANTERI, GULIELMI: ‘LYCOPHRONIS CHALCIDENSIS’
Latin and Greek, 8vo, published by Hieronymum Commelinum, Geneva, 1596, gilt tooled full brown calf binding
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
30 January 2025
30 January 2025
CARROLL, LEWIS: ‘THE HUNTING OF THE SNARK’
Lot 347 Sold
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
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £300 - £500
30 January 2025
30 January 2025
CATTON, REV. JAMES: ‘THE HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION OF THE SHETLAND ISLANDS’
Lot 348 Sold
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
Hammer price: £120
Estimate: £100 - £200
30 January 2025
30 January 2025
CLARKSON, THOMAS: ‘THE HISTORY OF THE RISE, PROGRESS AND ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THE ABOLITION OF THE AFRICAN SLAVE-TRADE’
Lot 349 Sold
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
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £100 - £200
30 January 2025
30 January 2025
COOK, JAMES: A VOYAGE TOWARDS THE SOUTH POLE’
Lot 350 Sold
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)
Hammer price: £1,300
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
30 January 2025
30 January 2025
DAGLEY, R: ‘DEATH’S DOINGS’
Lot 351 Sold
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)
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £50 - £100
30 January 2025
30 January 2025
DARWIN, CHARLES: SIX VOLUMES
Lot 352 Sold
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, all published by John Murray, 1880, 1885, 1888, 1889 and 1890 respectively, all later editions, green cloth bound (6)
Hammer price: £950
Estimate: £300 - £500
30 January 2025
30 January 2025
DICKENS, CHARLES: 'THE POSTHUMOUS PAPERS OF THE PICKWICK CLUB’
Lot 353 Sold
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)
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £100 - £200
30 January 2025
30 January 2025
DICKENS, CHARLES: TWO FIRST EDITION TITLES
Lot 354 Sold
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-quarter brown leather binding with marbled boards (2)
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £200 - £400
30 January 2025
30 January 2025
DU HALDE, J.B.: 'DESCRIPTION…DE L’EMPIRE DE LA CHINE’
Lot 355 Sold
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)
Hammer price: £1,400
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
30 January 2025
30 January 2025
EDMONDSTON, ARTHUR: ‘A VIEW OF THE….ZETLAND ISLANDS’
Lot 356 Sold
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 Account of Orkney and Shetland’, three-quarter brown cloth bound (3)
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £100 - £200
30 January 2025
30 January 2025
EDWARDS, GEORGE: ‘A NATURAL HISTORY OF UNCOMMON BIRDS’
Lot 357 Sold
EDWARDS, GEORGE: ‘A NATURAL HISTORY OF UNCOMMON BIRDS’
volumes 1-3, fo, printed for the author at the College of Physicians, Warwick Lane, London, 1743-51, together with 'Gleanings of Natural History', volumes 1-4, 1758-64, all bound uniformly in red three-quarter leather with marbled boards (7)
Hammer price: £7,150
Estimate: £4,000 - £6,000
30 January 2025
30 January 2025
ELIOT, GEORGE - ‘MIDDLEMARCH’
Lot 358 Sold
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
Hammer price: £850
Estimate: £200 - £400
30 January 2025
30 January 2025
ELIOT, GEORGE: ‘SILAS MARNER’
Lot 359 Sold
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
Hammer price: £120
Estimate: £200 - £400
30 January 2025
30 January 2025
EVELYN, JOHN - 'SILVA OR A DISCOURSE OF FOREST-TREES'
Lot 360 Sold
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 annotation to front flyleaf ‘a gift at the end of my first year’s work at Batheaston from Captain John Wyndham’
Hammer price: £240
Estimate: £150 - £250
30 January 2025
30 January 2025

Total lots: 458

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