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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

SHELLEY, PERCY BYSSHE: ‘THE SENSITIVE PLANT’
Lot 409 Sold
SHELLEY, PERCY BYSSHE: ‘THE SENSITIVE PLANT’
illustrated by Charles Robinson, published by Heinemann, card bound, Bunyan, John - The Pilgrim’s Progress, illustrated by Cruikshank, 1903; and ten other illustrated volumes; together with two Edmund Dulac reprint volumes (14)

Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile.
Hammer price: £160
Estimate: £100 - £200
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SOUVERAIN DE DOMBS, PRINCE: ‘DICTIONNAIRE UNIVERSEL FRANCOIS ET LATIN’
Lot 410 Unsold
SOUVERAIN DE DOMBS, PRINCE: ‘DICTIONNAIRE UNIVERSEL FRANCOIS ET LATIN’
6 volumes, published Paris 1743, rebound in brown three-quarter calf with marbled board, volumes 1,2,13,14,15,16

Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile.
Estimate: £200 - £400
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STAWELL, MRS RODOLPH: ‘FABRE’S BOOK OF INSECTS’
Lot 411 Sold
STAWELL, MRS RODOLPH: ‘FABRE’S BOOK OF INSECTS’
illustrated by E.J. Detmold, printed by Constable and published by Hodder and Stoughton, London, gilt tooled cream card bound

Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile.
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £100 - £200
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STEP, EDWARD: ‘WAYSIDE & WOODLAND BLOSSOMS’
Lot 412 Unsold
STEP, EDWARD: ‘WAYSIDE & WOODLAND BLOSSOMS’
volumes 1-3, published by Frederick Warne, London 1941/4, and Coward, T.A - ‘Life of the Wayside & Woodland’, 1946, all in vinyl binding (4)

Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile.
Estimate: £50 - £100
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URE, ANDREW: ‘A DICTIONARY OF CHEMISTRY’
Lot 413 Unsold
URE, ANDREW: ‘A DICTIONARY OF CHEMISTRY’
printed for Thomas & George Underwood, London 1821, rebound in three-quarter brown leather

Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile.
Estimate: £50 - £100
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WALLACE, ALFRED RUSSEL: ‘THE MALAY ARCHIPELAGO’
Lot 414 Sold
WALLACE, ALFRED RUSSEL: ‘THE MALAY ARCHIPELAGO’
fourth edition, published by MacMillan and Co, 1872, three-quarter brown leather binding, ex libris Queenstown Library, retains fold-out map

Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile.
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £50 - £100
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WHEWELL, WILLIAM: ‘AN ELEMENTARY TREATISE ON MECHANICS’
Lot 415 Sold
WHEWELL, WILLIAM: ‘AN ELEMENTARY TREATISE ON MECHANICS’
second edition, printed for J. Deighton & Sons, Cambridge, 1824, rebound three-quarter brown leather

Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile.
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £100 - £200
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WHITE, GILBERT: ‘THE NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE’
Lot 416 Unsold
WHITE, GILBERT: ‘THE NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE’
edited by Grant Allen, illustrated by Edmund H. New, published by John Lane at The Bodley Head, London 1900, illustrated brown cloth
Estimate: £70 - £100
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WITHERBY, H.F. ET AL: 'THE HANDBOOK OF BRITISH BIRDS’
Lot 417 Unsold
WITHERBY, H.F. ET AL: 'THE HANDBOOK OF BRITISH BIRDS’
volumes 1-5, published by H.F. & G. Witherby Ltd, High Holborn, London, 1938-41, blue cloth bound (5)
Estimate: £100 - £200
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WITHERBY, H.F. ET AL: 'THE HANDBOOK OF BRITISH BIRDS'
Lot 418 Unsold
WITHERBY, H.F. ET AL: 'THE HANDBOOK OF BRITISH BIRDS'
volumes 1-5, all first edition, published b H.F. & G. Witherby Ltd, High Holborn, London, 1938-1941, blue cloth bound with dustwrappers (5)
Estimate: £100 - £200
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WOOD, JAMES: ‘THE ELEMENTS OF OPTICS’
Lot 419 Unsold
WOOD, JAMES: ‘THE ELEMENTS OF OPTICS’
third edition, printed by J. Smith, Cambridge 1811, three-quarter brown leather bound with marbled boards

Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile.
Estimate: £30 - £50
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‘DICTIONNAIRE DES HERESIES’
Lot 420 Sold
‘DICTIONNAIRE DES HERESIES’
volumes 1 and 2, published for Nyon et al, Paris, 1762, full calf bound, the gilt tooled spines with red and black leather half titles (2)

Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile.
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £50 - £100
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‘NOUVEAU DICTIONNAIRE D’HISTOIRE NATURELLE’
Lot 421 Sold
‘NOUVEAU DICTIONNAIRE D’HISTOIRE NATURELLE’
volumes 1-21, printed by Chez Deterville, Paris 1816-18, half brown leather binding with marbled boards, orange and green leather half titles (21)

Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile.
Hammer price: £290
Estimate: £300 - £500
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'THE CABINET OF CURIOSITIES’
Lot 422 Sold
'THE CABINET OF CURIOSITIES’
two copies of the same title, printed respectively for J. Limbird, 143 Strand, London 1824 and J.S. Lingham, Chichester Place, London, 1851, rebound, the former in half buckram, the other full buckram (2)

Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile.
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £100 - £200
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‘THE ROYAL SHAKSPERE’
Lot 423 Unsold
‘THE ROYAL SHAKSPERE’
with introduction by F.J. Furnivall, volumes 1-3, published by Cassell & Company, London 1894, red three-quarter leather binding with marbled boards (3)

Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile.
Estimate: £100 - £200
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THE SEPTUAGINT - ‘VETUS TESTAMENTUM’
Lot 424 Sold
THE SEPTUAGINT - ‘VETUS TESTAMENTUM’
edited by Lambertus Bos, published by Halma, Netherlands, 1709, vellum bound

Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile.

Note: Said to have be ordered by Ptolemy, this volume is the first translation of the Old Testament into Greek, the first five books originally translated in Alexandria by 70 priests from Israel circa 3 B.C., the remaining books translated circa 2 B.C. In this translation the books were named Genesis, Exodus, etc. for the first time.
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £300 - £500
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A VELLUM BOUND JOURNAL
Lot 425 Sold
A VELLUM BOUND JOURNAL
16th century, carefully transcribed in ink by various hands, seemingly detailing statutes and law, including 'Queens Proceedings', various personal inscriptions including Abraham Crosland 1677, original sewn binding, 15cm x 11cm; together with two 17th century leather bound school books - Robinson, H: 'Scholae Wintoniensis' and Feux, John Joseph: 'Gradus Ad Parnussum' (3)
Hammer price: £550
Estimate: £150 - £250
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A RED LEATHER AUTOGRAPH BOOK
Lot 426 Unsold
A RED LEATHER AUTOGRAPH BOOK
early 20th century, containing numerous ink signatures and photos of landed gentry, together with address labels including 'Campton Rectory, Shefford, Beds.', 'The Vicarage, Goring on Thames', 'The Stewardry, Boconnoe, Cornwall', 'Ravenswyke, Kirbymoorside, Yorks.' and 'Tally Ho! Castle Townshend, Co. Cork'
Estimate: £250 - £350
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A LEUCHARS GREEN LEATHER BLOTTER BY LEUCHARS & SONS, PICCADILLY
Lot 427 Unsold
A LEUCHARS GREEN LEATHER BLOTTER BY LEUCHARS & SONS, PICCADILLY
early 20th century, with watered silk lining and pen fitments, retaining notepad, the pages of which bear numerous ink marks together with reversed signature which appears to read ‘Waldorf Astor’, lacking metal crest to front cover, 25cm x 17cm
Note: William Waldorf Astor, 1st Viscount Astor (31 March 1848 – 18 October 1919) was an American…
Estimate: £100 - £200
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Total lots: 427

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