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Bridehead: Auction of the Contents

Sale Days:

Thursday 12 June 2025 10:30 - 17:30 BST Starts with Lot 1

Friday 13 June 2025 10:30 - 17:30 BST Starts with Lot 500

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Auction:

Thursday 12th & Friday 13th June at 10.30am

at Duke's Fine Art Saleroom, DT1 1GA

Day one: The Principal Contents

Day two: The Library

Viewing:

at Bridehead Manor, Littlebredy, Dorchester, Dorset, DT2 9JA

Entry will be by catalogue only. £30 admits two people.

Saturday 7th June 11am - 4pm

Sunday 8th June 11am - 4pm

Monday 9th June 11am - 4pm

Tuesday 10th June 11am - 4pm

Wednesday 11th June 11am - 4pm

There will be no viewing on either sale day.

Please note:

Access at the Manor is limited with uneven surfaces and steep stairs.

We regret the property is not wheelchair accessible.

To pre-order a catalogue or if you have any enquiries please contact

bridehead@dukes-auctions.com or call +44 (0)1305 265080

£30 (plus postage)

Bidding:

Live bidding will be available for this auction through this website, The-Saleroom and EasyLive Auction. Please ensure your registration is completed early to avoid disappointment. Commission bidding and Telephone bidding is also available.

Unfortunately, Duke's are unable to offer a postal or delivery service. We are pleased to recommend reputable carriers and can advise on air-freight and other forms of dispatch.

For more information please contact Duke's on +44 (0)1305 265080 or email enquiries@dukes-auctions.com.

Collection

On proof of payment, purchased lots will be available for collection from Bridehead from Friday 13th June to Thursday 19th June from 10am - 4pm, excluding the weekend 14th - 15th June. Whilst we are happy to provide assistance please bring the requisite people required to collect your purchases. All items not collected from Bridehead by 4pm Thursday 19th June will be moved to Sackville-West (Andover) at the buyer's risk and expense of £20 (plus VAT) per lot.

Please note: Collections unavailable on the 12th June.

Specialist Items: Removal of all electrical fittings, garden effects and large furniture is entirely at the buyer's risk and expense. Please note that we will be unable to provide assistance with these items.

Storage Charges

Items removed to Sackville-West in Andover will be available for collection from 9am on Monday 23rd June. All items will incur a minimum transfer to storage charge of £20 (plus VAT) per lot, and a further storage charge of £3 (plus VAT) per lot per day from this point. These charges will be the sole liability of the purchaser, and will be billed directly to them by Sackville West (Andover). Sackville-West may be willing to adjust their charges if they are instructed by the purchaser to deliver to them. On payment of all sales and storage costs items will be available for collection by appointment from Sackville-West (Andover). These charges are set by Sackville-West., (Andover); we recommend that you contact them directly regarding queries relating to these charges and other matters arising in relation to storage. Staff at the saleroom will be unable to answer questions relating to items that have been removed from Bridehead.

Sackville-West -www.sackvillewest.co.uk - 02080 909988

Lot	Title	Estimate	Hammer price
783	LOCKE, JOHN: 'THE WORKS' seventh edition, volumes 1-4, printed by H. Woodfall, London 1768, gilt tooled brown leather bound with Bridehead bookplates (4)	£50 - £100	£180	View
784	ANDERSON, AENEAS: 'THE NARRATIVE OF THE BRITISH EMBASSY TO CHINA IN THE YEARS 1792, 1793 AND 1794' purchased for J. Debrett, London 1795, gilt tooled brown leather bound with titled spine, with Bridehead bookplates	£50 - £100	£320	View
785	BRAND, JOHN: 'THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE TOWN AND COUNTY OF THE TOWN OF NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE' volumes 1-2, printed for B. White & Son, London 1789, gilt tooled brown leather bound with titled spine, Bridehead bookplates pasted over earlier bookplates and retaining fold-out plates and…	£200 - £400	£100	View
786	MILL, JAMES: 'THE HISTORY OF BRITISH INDIA' volumes 1-3, printed for Baldwin, Cradock & Joy, London 1817, gilt tooled dark brown leather bound with red leather half titles, Bridehead bookplates and retaining the folding maps to volumes 1…	£200 - £400	£1,200	View
787	EVELYN, JOHN: 'SILVA: OR A DISCOURSE OF FOREST-TREES' new edition, with notes by Hunter, volumes 1-2; together with 'Terra: A Philosophical Discourse of Earth', printed by A. Ward for J. Dodsley et al, York and London 1786, all bound together within one…	£200 - £400	£280	View
788	'FINDEN'S ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE LIFE AND WORKS OF LORD BYRON' with notes by W. Brockedon, volumes 1-3, published by John Murray, London 1833, three-quarter blue leather bound with gilt titled spines and maroon cloth boards; together with 'The Works of…	£100 - £200	£80	View
789	STAUNTON, SIR GEORGE: 'AN AUTHENTIC ACCOUNT OF AN EMBASSY FROM THE KING OF GREAT BRITAIN TO THE EMPEROR OF CHINA' second edition, volumes 1-2, printed by W. Bulmer for C. Nicol, London 1798, gilt tooled brown leather bound with titled spine, Bridehead bookplates and retaining some illustrations to the text in…	£150 - £250	£480	View
790	A LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY SCRAP ALBUM containing an extensive selection of coloured fashion and other scraps, some annotated in ink including 'The Flower Girl Die Vierlandetin', gilt and blue printed floral gothic binding, the front fly…	£100 - £200	£60	View
791	BORLASE, WILLIAM: 'THE NATURAL HISTORY OF CORNWALL' printed for the author by W. Jackson, Oxford 1758; together with 'Antiquities Historical and Monumental of the County of Cornwall', 2nd edition, printed by Bowyer & Nicols, London 1769, both…	£200 - £400	£480	View
792	'BIOGRAPHIA BRITANNICA OR THE LIVES OF THE MOST EMINENT PERSONS' second edition, with notes by Andrew Kippis, volumes 1-5, printed by Strahan for Bathurst et al, London 1778, gilt tooled brown leather bound with titled spines and Bridehead bookplates (5)	£50 - £100	£30	View
793	ST. JOHN, HENRY, LORD VISCOUNT BOLINGBROKE: 'THE WORKS' volumes 1-5, published by David Mallet, London 1777; together with two companion volumes 'Letters and Correspondence, Public and Private, of Henry St. John' collated by Gilbert Parke, volumes 1-2,…	£50 - £100	£40	View
794	'BELL'S NEW PANTHEON' volumes 1-2, printed by and for J. Bell, London 1790, two volumes bound in one gilt tooled brown leather binding, with titled spine, Bridehead bookplate pasted over earlier bookplate and retaining…	£100 - £200	£70	View
795	JOHN, LORD BISHOP OF CHESTER: 'AN EXPOSITION OF THE CREED' sixth edition, printed by JM for J. Williams and sold by Thomas Sawbridge at the Three Flower-de-Luces in Little Britain 1692, original tooled brown leather binding with restored spine and retaining…	£100 - £200	£90	View
796	LANGLEY, B: 'THE CITY AND COUNTRY BUILDER'S AND WORKMAN'S TREASURY OF DESIGNS' printed for and sold by S. Harding, London 1745, brown leather bound, annotated in ink to the front fly page 'Thomas Williams His Book' and retaining a full series of engraved plates	£200 - £400	£190	View
797	AMBROSE, ISAAC: 'THE COMPLEAT WORKS' printed for R. Chiswel et al, London 1689, brown leather bound with canvas dust wrapper and retaining portrait frontispiece; together with Cowper, William: 'The Workes' printed for Robert Allott,…	£200 - £400	£220	View
798	RALEIGH, SIR WALTER: 'THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD' printed for R. Best and Samuel Cartwright, London 1652, tooled brown leather bound with restored spine, pencil and ink annotations inside board and retaining fold-out maps and illustrations to the…	£300 - £500	£380	View
799	'PUNCH' 1859-1893 (58 volumes), mostly leather bound; together with a large collection of antiquarian books of history, literature and theology interest (a lot)	£200 - £400	£220	View
800	'THOMASON'S MEDALLIC ILLUSTRATION OF THE HOLY SCRIPTURES' volumes 1-5, comprising five gilt tooled maroon leather bound book-form volumes, each containing twelve pewter medallions cast in relief with biblical scenes (5)	£200 - £400	£800	View
801	AN EXTENSIVE COLLECTION OF ANTIQUARIAN BOOKS mostly of literary interest, including Scott, Sir Walter: 'The Prose Works', volumes 1-14, 16-28, and Scott: 'Poetical Works', volumes 1-12 (163 volumes)	£200 - £400	£460	View
802	NAPIER, MAJOR GENERAL SIR WFP: 'THE HISTORY OF THE WAR IN THE PENINSULA AND IN THE SOUTH OF FRANCE' revised edition, volume 1-6, published by Thomas & William Boone, London 1853, gilt tooled brown leather bound with red and blue leather half titles; together with a large collection of 18th…	£150 - £250	£750	View
803	PATERSON. LIEUTENANT-COLONEL: 'A NEW AND ACCURATE DESCRIPTION OF ALL THE DIRECT AND PRINCIPAL CROSSROADS IN ENGLAND AND WALES' fifteenth edition, printed for the proprietor and sold by Longman et al, London 1811; together with a seventeenth edition and two eighteenth editions of the same title (1824 and 1826 respectively)…	£100 - £200	£750	View
804	'THE BADMINTON LIBRARY' second edition, volumes 1-7, published by Longmans, Green & Co, London 1889/1890, brown pictorial cloth bound; together with 'Shooting', 2 copies; and a quantity of antiquarian books on sporting…	£50 - £100	£400	View
805	‘PROCEEDINGS OF THE DORSET NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY AND ANTIQUARIAN FIELD CLUB' edited by C. W. H. Dicker, volumes 3, 5-14, 15-23, 26-28, 30-35, 38-40, 42, 43, 45, 46, 47, 49, 50-55, covering years 1879-1933, gilt tooled green cloth bound, initially published by Louis Ruegg,…	£100 - £200	£60	View
806	A BLUE LEATHER BOUND ALBUM TITLED ‘NEW HOUSE OF COMMONS 1892’ 19th century, the pages pasted with cut-out scraps of MP’s photographs and profiles, the end fly leaf with bookplate worded ‘Rousden Devon’, gilt tooled binding with watered silk lining	£50 - £100	£50	View
807	‘THE OLD TESTAMENT EMBELLISHED WITH ENGRAVINGS’ volumes 1-7, printed for Thomas Macklin by Thomas Bensley, London 1800, folio, gilt tooled brown leather bound (7)	£100 - £200	£950	View
808	GIFFORD, JOHN: 'A HISTORY OF THE POLITICAL LIFE OF THE RT. HONOURABLE WILLIAM PITT' volumes 1-3, printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, London 1809, three-quarter black leather bound with gilt titled spines, Bridehead bookplates (3)	£100 - £200	£80	View
809	'THE TIMES WEEKLY EDITION' 1877, 1878, 1881, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1885, 1886, 1887, 1888 and 1889, ten three-quarter brown leather bound folio volumes with gilt tooled spines and marble boards (10)	£200 - £400	£130	View
810	'THE QUEEN, THE LADY'S NEWSPAPER' August - December 1876, July - December 1877, January - December 1878, July - December 1879, January - December 1880, January - June 1881, January - December 1882, July - December 1883, January -…	£300 - £500	£420	View
811	A VICTORIAN SCRAP ALBUM three-quarter maroon leather bound, containing a large quantity of coloured scraps, both English and foreign, including military, animal, fashion and other subjects including 'Episodes de la Bataille…	£100 - £200	£360	View
812	LEAR, EDWARD: 'NONSENSE DROLLERIES' published by Frederick Warne & Co., London 1889, pictorial boards, carved bound; together with Addis, Dick: 'Barbara Black-Sheep', first edition, published by Faber & Faber 1944; and a…	£100 - £200	£110	View
813	FERREY, EDMUND B: 'SOUTH WINFIELD MANOR' printed by Kale Brothers and published by the author, London 1870, three-quarter brown leather bound with gilt tooled spine, marbled boards and retaining numerous plans and elevations to the text	£50 - £100	£70	View
814	GREENE, GRAHAM: ‘OUR MAN IN HAVANA’ first edition, published by William Heinemann, London 1958, blue cloth bound with dust wrapper; together with a selection of mixed books including ‘Cheshire V.C.’ and ‘Memoirs of Popular Delusions’ …	£50 - £100	£1,200	View
815	DICKENS, CHARLES: ‘OUR MUTUAL FRIEND’ volumes 1- 2, illustrated by Marcus Stone, published by Chapman and Hall, London 1865, three-quarter brown leather binding; together with a collection of antiquarian literature and other books…	£100 - £200	£100	View

Total lots: 753

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