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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 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

Page:

of 32

Lots per page:

Total lots: 753

Lot 711 Sold
BINGLEY, REVEREND W: 'ANIMAL BIOGRAPHY'
fifth edition, volumes 1 and 3, printed for Rivington et al, London 1820, gilt tooled brown leather bound with decorated spines, Robert Williams' bookplate and retaining a variety of attractive plates within the text (2)
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £30 - £50
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 712 Sold
AQUINATIS DIVI THOMAE (ST. THOMAS AQUINAS): 'OPERA'
volumes 1-28, published by Simon Occhi, Venice 1775-1788, bound in 14 vellum volumes with red leather half titles and red stained fore edges (14)
Hammer price: £240
Estimate: £100 - £200
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 713 Sold
CUNNINGHAM, THOMAS: ‘AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE RIGHTS OF ELECTION’
volumes 1 and 2, printed for G. Robinson, London 1783, brown calf bound with black and red leather half titles (2)
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £30 - £50
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 714 Sold
PALEY, WILLIAM: ‘THE PRINCIPLES OF…..PHILOSOPHY’ AND ‘A VIEW OF CHRISTIANITY’
twelfth and seventh editions respectively, volumes 1 and 2, both printed for R. Faulder, London 1799 and 1800; together with Gisborne, Thomas: ‘The Principles of Moral Philosophy Investigated’, second edition, London 1790, all full brown calf bound (5)
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £30 - £50
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 715 Sold
STEVENS, MRS: 'DEVOTIONAL COMMENTS'
volumes 1-20, printed by G. Wilson, Knaresbrough and sold by Hatchards et al, London 1823, maroon leather bound, the gilt tooled spines with black leather half titles; together with a collection of theology, history and Latin volumes (35)
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £200 - £400
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 716 Sold
BARLOW, PETER: 'AN ELEMENTARY INVESTIGATION OF THE THEORY OF NUMBERS'
printed for J. Johnson & Co., London 1811, gilt tooled brown leather bound with red leather half title and Robert Williams' bookplate
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £100 - £200
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 717 Sold
MILL, JOHN STUART: 'LIBERTY'
second edition, published by John W. Parker and Son, London 1859, three-quarter brown leather bound with gilt tooled spine and marbled boards; together with a collection of antiquarian Christian theology volumes (36)
Hammer price: £380
Estimate: £150 - £250
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 718 Sold
LINGARD, JOHN: 'THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE ANGLO-SAXON CHURCH'
volumes 1-2, published by C. Dolman, London 1845, three-quarter brown leather bound, the gilt tooled spines with black leather half titles and marbled boards; together with a collection of antiquarian Christian theology and literature volumes (29)
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £100 - £200
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 719 Sold
BLAND, MILES: 'ALGEBRAICAL PROBLEMS'
third edition 1820 and 'Geometrical Problems, second edition 1821, both printed by J. Smith, Cambridge for Nicholson & Son et al, London, bound in matching three-quarter brown leather with black leather half titles, marbled boards and Robert Williams bookplates;
together with Abercrombie, John: 'Enquiries Concerning the Intellectual Powers', second edition,…
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £200 - £400
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 720 Sold
FABER, FREDERICK WILLIAM: 'SIGHTS AND THOUGHTS IN FOREIGN CHURCHES'
printed for J. G. F. and J. Rivington, London 1842, three-quarter brown leather bound with black leather half title and marbled boards; together with a collection of antiquarian Christian theology volumes (24)
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £150 - £250
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 721 Sold
MALTHUS, REVEREND T. R: 'AN ESSAY ON THE PRINCIPLE OF POPULATION'
sixth edition, volumes 1-2, published by John Murray, London 1826, gilt tooled brown leather bound with titled spines, and with Robert Williams' bookplates (2)
Hammer price: £130
Estimate: £50 - £100
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 722 Sold
ALISON, ARCHIBALD: 'HISTORY OF EUROPE ... FRENCH REVOLUTION TO THE RESTORATION OF THE BOURBONS'
volumes 1-10, and 'History of Europe from the Fall of Napoleon to the Accession of Louis Napoleon', volumes 1-8, all published by William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh and London 1835-1859; together with companion index volume, all bound in matching gilt tooled pale brown leather with red and green leather half titles (19)
Hammer price: £240
Estimate: £200 - £400
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 723 Sold
WOLFF, REVEREND JOSEPH: 'RESEARCHES AND MISSIONARY LABOURS AMONG THE JEWS, MOHAMMEDANS AND OTHER SECTS'
printed by the author and sold by Mr J. Nisbett, London 1835, brown three-quarter leather bound with gilt tooled spine and marbled boards, retaining fold-out map titled 'Outlines of the Countries between the Empires of Turkey and China'
Hammer price: £110
Estimate: £50 - £100
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 724 Unsold
GLADSTONE, W. E: 'THE STATE IN ITS RELATIONS WITH THE CHURCH' and 'CHURCH PRINCIPLES CONSIDERED IN THEIR RESULTS'
both published by John Murray, London 1838 and 1840 respectively, both three-quarter brown leather bound, the gilt tooled spines with red half titles and marbled boards (2)
Estimate: £100 - £200
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
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

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