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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

Read more about Bridehead here

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

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of 30

Lots per page:

Total lots: 715

Lot 725 Sold
MILL, JOHN STUART: 'PRINCIPLES OF POLITICAL ECONOMY'
second edition, volumes 1-2, published by John W. Parker, London 1849, three-quarter brown leather bound, the gilt tooled spine with green half titles (2)
Hammer price: £130
Estimate: £100 - £200
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 726 Sold
TAYLOR, ISAAC: 'WESLEY, AND METHODISM'
published by Longman et al, London 1851, black three-quarter leather bound, the gilt tooled spine with red half title and marbled boards; together with Wilson, Daniel: 'A Charge Delivered to the Clergy of the Diocese of Calcutta, July 6th 1838', published by J. Hatchard & Son, London 1839, black three-quarter leather bound; and a collection of antiquarian theology volumes (20)
Hammer price: £190
Estimate: £50 - £100
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 727 Sold
MITFORD, WILLIAM: ‘THE HISTORY OF GREECE’
new edition, with memoir of the author by Lord Redsdale, volumes 1-8, printed for T. Cadell, London 1829, brown leather bound, the gilt tooled spine with green half titles and Robert Williams' bookplates; together with Crabbe, Reverend George: 'Tales of the Hall', volumes 1-2, published by John Murray, London 1819, gilt tooled brown leather bound with green leather half titles and Robert Williams' bookplates (10)
Hammer price: £420
Estimate: £100 - £200
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 728 Sold
HOOKE, N: 'THE ROMAN HISTORY'
new edition, volumes 1-6, printed for Rivington et al, London 1823, gilt tooled brown leather binding with black leather half titles, Bridehead bookplates and retaining various fold-out plates and illustrations within the text (6)
Hammer price: £130
Estimate: £200 - £400
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 729 Sold
SCOTT, THOMAS: 'THEOLOGICAL WORKS'
volumes 1-5, printed for the author by J. Seeley, Buckingham 1805, gilt tooled blue leather bound with red leather half titles and Bridehead bookplates, volume 1 retaining an envelope addressed to 'Lady Emily Williams, Bridehead'; together with a collection of antiquarian Christian theology volumes (27)
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £100 - £200
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 730 Sold
IRELAND, SAMUEL: 'PICTURESQUE VIEWS ON THE RIVER THAMES'
volumes 1-2, published by T & J Egerton, London 1792, grained brown leather bound with red and green leather half titles, Bridehead bookplates and retaining various illustrations to text (2)
Hammer price: £170
Estimate: £100 - £200
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 731 Sold
NIEBUHR, G. B: 'THE ROMAN HISTORY'
translated by F. A. Walter, volumes 1-2, printed for C. & J. Rivington, London 1827, gilt tooled brown leather bound with titled spines, Robert Williams bookplates and retaining various illustrations to text, including fold-out plates to volume 1 (2)
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £100 - £200
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 732 Sold
MACPHERSON, JAMES (TRANS.):'THE POEMS OF OSSIAN'
new edition, volumes 1-2, printed for A. Strahan and T. Cadell, London 1796, brown leather bound with black leather half titles (2)
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £50 - £100
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 733 Sold
BURNS, ROBERT: 'THE WORKS'
volumes 1-4, printed by J. McCreery, Liverpool, for T. Cadell, Junior and W. Davies, London 1800, tooled and grained green stained leather bound, the gilt tooled spines with black leather half titles and Robert Williams Junior bookplates; together with a collection of antiquarian Christian theology and literature volumes (25)
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £100 - £200
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 734 Sold
BOECKH, AUGUSTUS: 'THE PUBLIC ECONOMY OF ATHENS'
books 1-4, published by John Murray, London 1828, bound in two brown leather bound volumes, the gilt tooled spines with black leather half titles and Robert Williams bookplates (2)
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £100 - £200
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 735 Sold
SMITH, ADAM: 'THE THEORY OF MORAL SENTIMENTS'
sixth edition, volumes 1-2, printed for A. Strahan and T. Cadell, London 1790, mottled brown leather bound, the spine with black leather half titles and with Bridehead bookplates (2)
Hammer price: £1,900
Estimate: £200 - £400
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 736 Sold
'JUNIUS'
volumes 1-2, printed by T. Bensley, London 1797, gilt tooled red leather bound with titled spines and Bridehead bookplates (2)
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £50 - £100
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 737 Sold
JOHNSON, SAMUEL: 'THE WORKS'
new edition with essay by Arthur Murphy, volumes 1-12, printed for T. Longman et al, London 1796, bound in matching grained brown leather with gilt tooled and lettered spines (12)
Hammer price: £130
Estimate: £100 - £200
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 738 Sold
DEFOE, DANIEL: 'THE LIFE AND STRANGE SURPRISING ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE'
volumes 1-2, printed for John Stockdale, London 1790, mottled brown leather bound, the gilt tooled spine with black and red leather half titles, with Bridehead bookplates, and retaining illustrations to plates (2)
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £100 - £200
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 739 Sold
MOORE, JOHN: 'A VIEW OF THE CAUSES AND PROGRESS OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION'
volumes 1-2, printed for G. G. & J. Robinson, London 1795, mottled brown leather bound with black leather half titles and Robert Williams Junior bookplates; together with a collection of antiquarian Christian theology, history and literature volumes (52)
Hammer price: £500
Estimate: £200 - £400
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 740 Sold
STOCKDALE, F. W. L: 'EXCURSIONS IN THE COUNTY OF CORNWALL'
published by Simpkin & Marshall, London 1824, green three-quarter leather bound with titled gilt tooled spine, marbled boards and retaining numerous illustrations to text including a fold-out map
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £100 - £200
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 741 Sold
BYRON, LORD GEORGE GORDON: ‘THE WORKS’
volumes 1-4, published by John Murray, London 1823, gilt tooled blue leather bound, the gilt tooled spines with red leather half titles, with Robert Williams bookplates (4)
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £100 - £200
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 742 Sold
ARNOLD, THOMAS: 'HISTORY OF ROME'
fourth edition, volumes 1-2, printed for B. Fellowes et al, London 1845, gilt tooled green leather bound; together with 'Rome as it was under Paganism', volumes 1-2, published by J. Madden & Co., London 1843, three-quarter brown leather bound with gilt tooled spines and retaining folding plates and illustrations to text (5)
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £100 - £200
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 743 Sold
GLEIG, REVEREND G. R: 'MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE WARREN HASTINGS. FIRST GOVERNOR GENERAL OF BENGAL'
volumes 1-3, published by Richard Bentley, London 1841, gilt tooled green leather bound with titled spines (3)
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £50 - £100
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 744 Sold
HENRY, ROBERT: 'THE HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN'
third edition, volume 1, printed by A. Strahan, London 1800; together with Andrews, James Pettit: 'History of Great Britain being a continuation of Dr. Henry's History of Great Britain', volumes 1-2, printed for T. Cadell, Junior and W. Davies, London 1796, all bound in matching mottled brown leather with gilt tooled spines and Bridehead bookplates; 'The History of Great Britain' retaining folding portrait frontispiece (3)
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £100 - £200
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 745 Sold
PORTER, JAMES: 'OBSERVATIONS ON THE RELIGION, LAW, GOVERNMENT AND MANNERS OF THE TURKS'
second edition, printed for J. Nourse, London 1771, grained brown leather bound, the gilt tooled spine with red leather half title, with Bridehead bookplate placed over earlier bookplates
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £50 - £100
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 746 Sold
DOBSON, WILLIAM T: 'A NARRATIVE OF THE PENINSULA CAMPAIGN 1807-1814'
published by Bickers & Son, London 1889, gilt tooled grained brown leather bound with black leather half title, and retaining numerous illustrations to text
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £30 - £50
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 747 Sold
POTTER, JOHN: 'THE ANTIQUITIES OF GREECE'
new edition, volumes 1-2, printed for G. G. & J. Robinson, London 1795, grained brown leather bound, the gilt tooled spine with green leather half titles and with Bridehead bookplates and retaining various illustrations to the text (2)
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £100 - £200
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 748 Sold
MILLS, CHARLES: 'THE HISTORY OF THE CRUSADES'
fourth edition, volumes 1 and 2, printed for Longman et al, London 1828, gilt tooled red leather bound with titled spines and Robert Williams bookplates, with various illustrations to text and retaining fold-out plate (2)
Hammer price: £160
Estimate: £150 - £250
13 June 2025
13 June 2025

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