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The Spring Auction

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

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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Page:

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Lots per page:

Total lots: 427

Lot Title Estimate Hammer price
409 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…
£100 - £200 £160 View
410 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.
£200 - £400 - View
411 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.
£100 - £200 £50 View
412 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.
£50 - £100 - View
413 URE, ANDREW: ‘A DICTIONARY OF CHEMISTRY’
printed for Thomas & George Underwood, London 1821, rebound in three-quarter brown leather

Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile.
£50 - £100 - View
414 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.
£50 - £100 £90 View
415 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.
£100 - £200 £70 View
416 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
£70 - £100 - View
417 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)
£100 - £200 - View
418 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)
£100 - £200 - View
419 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.
£30 - £50 - View
420 ‘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.
£50 - £100 £30 View
421 ‘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.
£300 - £500 £290 View
422 '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…
£100 - £200 £50 View
423 ‘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.
£100 - £200 - View
424 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…
£300 - £500 £220 View
425 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,…
£150 - £250 £550 View
426 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…
£250 - £350 - View
427 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’,…
£100 - £200 - View

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