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Auction date Wednesday 16 April 2025 10:30 - 17:30 BST
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Head of Sale: 

William Batt


Auction: 

Wednesday 16th April at 10.30am

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Including the following collections: 

The Bond Family, Holme Priory,

Chalkway House, Ebbesbourne Wake,

Melbury Bubb House, Melbury Bubb,

A private North Dorset collection of a bibliophile.


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Total lots: 427

HUBER, M.P: ‘THE NATURAL HISTORY OF ANTS’
Lot 385 Sold
HUBER, M.P: ‘THE NATURAL HISTORY OF ANTS’
printed for Longman et al, London 1820, with ink annotation, later red leather bound; together with Hofmann, Dr E. - ‘The Young Beetle Collector’s Handbook’, published by Swan Sonnenschein & Co, London 1908, red half leather bound (2)

Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile.
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £100 - £200
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HUGHES, WILLIAM: ‘PARSON’S LAW’
Lot 386 Sold
HUGHES, WILLIAM: ‘PARSON’S LAW’
printed for the author and sold by Thomas Bassett, St. Dunstan’s Churchyard, Fleet Street, London, 1663, rebound three-quarter brown leather

Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile.
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £100 - £200
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HULME, EDWARD F.: ‘BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS OF THE COUNTRY SIDE’
Lot 387 Unsold
HULME, EDWARD F.: ‘BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS OF THE COUNTRY SIDE’
published by Hutchinson & Co, London, 1903, green cloth bound

Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile.
Estimate: £70 - £100
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HUNTER, REV. HENRY: ‘THE HISTORY OF LONDON’
Lot 388 Sold
HUNTER, REV. HENRY: ‘THE HISTORY OF LONDON’
printed for John Stockdale, London 1811, later three-quarter brown leather binding, retaining plates

Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile.
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £100 - £200
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IMISON, JOHN: ‘ELEMENTS OF SCIENCE AND ART’
Lot 389 Unsold
IMISON, JOHN: ‘ELEMENTS OF SCIENCE AND ART’
new edition, volumes 1 and 2, printed for J. Harding et al, London 1803, full brown leather binding with green and black leather half titles (2)

Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile.
Estimate: £100 - £200
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INGOLDSBY, THOMAS - TWO COPIES OF ‘THE INGOLDSBY LEGENDS’
Lot 390 Sold
INGOLDSBY, THOMAS - TWO COPIES OF ‘THE INGOLDSBY LEGENDS’
one illustrated by Cruikshank et al, published by Richard Bentley, London 1877, green leather bound and Ex. libris Lord Russell, the other illustrated by Arthur Rackham, published by Dent & Co, London 1907; together with Ingoldsby, Thomas - ‘The Jackdaw of Rheims’, published by Eyre & Spottiswoode (3)

Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile.
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £100 - £200
16 April 2025
16 April 2025
KIRBY, W.F.: ‘EUROPEAN BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS’
Lot 391 Sold
KIRBY, W.F.: ‘EUROPEAN BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS’
published by Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co, London 1882, three-quarter brown leather binding with brown cloth boards; together with ‘Familiar Butterflies and Moths’, published by Cassell & Co, London 1901, red cloth bound (2)
Hammer price: £95
Estimate: £100 - £200
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16 April 2025
KIRBY, W.F.: ‘LLOYD’S NATURAL HISTORY - A HAND-BOOK TO THE ORDER LEPIDOPTERA’
Lot 392 Sold
KIRBY, W.F.: ‘LLOYD’S NATURAL HISTORY - A HAND-BOOK TO THE ORDER LEPIDOPTERA’
volumes I-V, published by Edward Lloyd, London, 1896, red cloth bound; together with nine other volumes relating to butterflies, moths, birds and trees (14)
Hammer price: £130
Estimate: £100 - £200
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16 April 2025
LEIGH, CHARLES: ‘THE NATURAL HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE, CHESHIRE AND THE PEAK IN DERBYSHIRE’
Lot 393 Sold
LEIGH, CHARLES: ‘THE NATURAL HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE, CHESHIRE AND THE PEAK IN DERBYSHIRE’
printed for the author, London, 1700, full tooled brown leather bound with red leather half title

Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile.
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £200 - £400
16 April 2025
16 April 2025
MACQUER, JOSEPH: ‘DICTIONNAIRE DE CHYMIE’
Lot 394 Sold
MACQUER, JOSEPH: ‘DICTIONNAIRE DE CHYMIE’
new edition, volumes 1 to 4, published by Libraires Associes, Switzerland, 1779, full brown leather bound (4)

Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile.
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £100 - £200
16 April 2025
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MIEGE, GUY: ‘THE PRESENT STATE OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND’
Lot 395 Unsold
MIEGE, GUY: ‘THE PRESENT STATE OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND’
fifth edition, printed for A. Bettesworth et al, London, 1723, rebound three-quarter red leather, inscribed to front flyleaf in 18th Century ink ‘Richard Thomas, April 11th 1783’, with four line verse and also annotated ‘This was Bought in Maiden Lane, Southampton Street in the Strand in London’, also retaining Brunswick Genealogy fold-out plate

Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile.
Estimate: £150 - £250
16 April 2025
16 April 2025
MORRIS, REVEREND F.O: ‘A HISTORY OF BRITISH BIRDS’
Lot 396 Sold
MORRIS, REVEREND F.O: ‘A HISTORY OF BRITISH BIRDS’
second edition, volumes 1-6, published by George Bell & Sons, London, 1870, green cloth binding (6)
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
16 April 2025
16 April 2025
MURRAY, GEORGE: ‘AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF SEAWEEDS’
Lot 397 Sold
MURRAY, GEORGE: ‘AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF SEAWEEDS’
published by Macmillan and Co, London 1895, red cloth bound

Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile.
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £100 - £200
16 April 2025
16 April 2025
NEMNICH, PHILIP ANDREW: ‘AN UNIVERSAL EUROPEAN DICTIONARY OF MERCHANDISE’
Lot 398 Unsold
NEMNICH, PHILIP ANDREW: ‘AN UNIVERSAL EUROPEAN DICTIONARY OF MERCHANDISE’
printed for J. Johnson, London 1799, rebound marbled card binding; together with ‘The Dictionary of Merchandise’, anon, printed for the Author and sold by T. Boosey, London 1803, later brown leather binding (2)

Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile.
Estimate: £100 - £200
16 April 2025
16 April 2025
NICHOLSON, WILLIAM: ‘A DICTIONARY OF CHEMISTRY’
Lot 399 Unsold
NICHOLSON, WILLIAM: ‘A DICTIONARY OF CHEMISTRY’
volumes 1 and 2, printed for G.G and J Robinson, London, 1795, rebound three-quarter leather

Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile.
Estimate: £200 - £400
16 April 2025
16 April 2025
PARKES, SAMUEL: ‘THE CHEMICAL CATECHISM’
Lot 400 Unsold
PARKES, SAMUEL: ‘THE CHEMICAL CATECHISM’
seventh edition, published by Baldwin et al, London 1816, rebound half brown leather, retains plates

Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile.
Estimate: £100 - £200
16 April 2025
16 April 2025
PENNANT, THOMAS: ‘THE LITERARY LIFE OF THE LATE THOMAS PENNANT ESQ. BY HIMSELF’
Lot 401 Unsold
PENNANT, THOMAS: ‘THE LITERARY LIFE OF THE LATE THOMAS PENNANT ESQ. BY HIMSELF’
sold by Benjamin and John White, London 1793, rebound half leather; and ‘The Journey from Chester to London’, three-quarter brown leather binding (2)

Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile.
Estimate: £50 - £100
16 April 2025
16 April 2025
RACKHAM, ARTHUR - ELEVEN ILLUSTRATED VOLUMES
Lot 402 Sold
RACKHAM, ARTHUR - ELEVEN ILLUSTRATED VOLUMES
including Irving, Washington - ‘The Legend of Sleepy Hollow’, first edition published by George Harrap, London, 1928, green cloth bound; together with two reprint Arthur Rackham illustrated volumes (13)

Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile.
Hammer price: £420
Estimate: £200 - £400
16 April 2025
16 April 2025
RAY, JOHN: ‘THE WISDOM OF GOD’
Lot 403 Sold
RAY, JOHN: ‘THE WISDOM OF GOD’
printed by D. Williams, London 1762, later green half leather binding; together with Derham, W. - ‘Physico-Theology’, tenth edition, London 1730, later brown leather bound (2)

Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile.
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £100 - £200
16 April 2025
16 April 2025
REECE, RICHARD: ‘A PRACTICAL DICTIONARY OF DOMESTIC MEDICINE’
Lot 404 Sold
REECE, RICHARD: ‘A PRACTICAL DICTIONARY OF DOMESTIC MEDICINE’
printed for Longman et al, London 1808, three-quarter brown leather binding

Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile.
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £100 - £200
16 April 2025
16 April 2025
REGNAULT, P: ‘LES ENTRETIENS PHYSIQUES’
Lot 405 Unsold
REGNAULT, P: ‘LES ENTRETIENS PHYSIQUES’
new edition, volumes 1-4, published by Jacques Clouzier, Paris 1732, brown leather bound with Chillingham Castle bookplates (4)

Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile.
Estimate: £100 - £200
16 April 2025
16 April 2025
RITCHIE, EWING J: ‘THE LIFE AND TIMES OF WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE’
Lot 406 Unsold
RITCHIE, EWING J: ‘THE LIFE AND TIMES OF WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE’
pictorial edition, volumes 1-5, published by James Sangster and Company, London, mustard pictorial cloth binding; together with a large collection of Gladstone related books, many first edition (41)
Estimate: £100 - £200
16 April 2025
16 April 2025
SADELER, MARCO - 'VESTIGI DELLE ANTICHITA DI ROMA'
Lot 407 Unsold
SADELER, MARCO - 'VESTIGI DELLE ANTICHITA DI ROMA'
an album of Roman views, etchings, numbered 1-50 but seemingly incomplete, published by Jacomo de Rossie, 1660, landscape, gilt tooled brown leather binding; together with three loose examples, cut from margins and numbered 5 and 19 (the third cropped)
Estimate: £200 - £400
16 April 2025
16 April 2025
SAVAGE-LANDOR, HENRY A: 'ACROSS UNKNOWN SOUTH AMERICA'
Lot 408 Sold
SAVAGE-LANDOR, HENRY A: 'ACROSS UNKNOWN SOUTH AMERICA'
volumes 1 and 2, published by Hodder and Stoughton, London 1913, red cloth binding (2)
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £50 - £100
16 April 2025
16 April 2025

Total lots: 427

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