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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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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

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Lots per page:

Total lots: 753

SMITH, ADAM: 'THE THEORY OF MORAL SENTIMENTS'
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
'JUNIUS'
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
JOHNSON, SAMUEL: 'THE WORKS'
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
DEFOE, DANIEL: 'THE LIFE AND STRANGE SURPRISING ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE'
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
MOORE, JOHN: 'A VIEW OF THE CAUSES AND PROGRESS OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION'
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
STOCKDALE, F. W. L: 'EXCURSIONS IN THE COUNTY OF CORNWALL'
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
BYRON, LORD GEORGE GORDON: ‘THE WORKS’
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
ARNOLD, THOMAS: 'HISTORY OF ROME'
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
GLEIG, REVEREND G. R: 'MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE WARREN HASTINGS. FIRST GOVERNOR GENERAL OF BENGAL'
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
HENRY, ROBERT: 'THE HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN'
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
PORTER, JAMES: 'OBSERVATIONS ON THE RELIGION, LAW, GOVERNMENT AND MANNERS OF THE TURKS'
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
DOBSON, WILLIAM T: 'A NARRATIVE OF THE PENINSULA CAMPAIGN 1807-1814'
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
POTTER, JOHN: 'THE ANTIQUITIES OF GREECE'
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
MILLS, CHARLES: 'THE HISTORY OF THE CRUSADES'
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
LATROBE, CHARLES JOSEPH: 'THE ALPENSTOCK'
Lot 749 Sold
LATROBE, CHARLES JOSEPH: 'THE ALPENSTOCK'
published by R. B. Seeley et al, London 1829, three-quarter green leather bound, with titled gilt tooled spine and retaining some illustrations to the text; together with a large collection of antiquarian Christian theology and other books (45)
Hammer price: £340
Estimate: £200 - £400
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
SEWELL, ANNA: 'BLACK BEAUTY'
Lot 750 Sold
SEWELL, ANNA: 'BLACK BEAUTY'
illustrated by Cecil Aldin, published by Jarrolds, gilt tooled green cloth bound; together with 'Scotts: Historical Illustrated' - a volume of prints with descriptions from Scott, green three-quarter leather bound; and a collection of mixed 19th century and later literature and history volumes (54)
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £100 - £200
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
'ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE CORPORAL AND SPIRITUAL WORKS OF MERCY BY A SISTER OF THE RELIGIOUS ORDER OF OUR LADY OF MERCY'
Lot 751 Sold
'ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE CORPORAL AND SPIRITUAL WORKS OF MERCY BY A SISTER OF THE RELIGIOUS ORDER OF OUR LADY OF MERCY'
published by Charles Dolman, London 1840, landscape folio, half red leather bound with printed buff card boards; together with a collection of 18th century and later Christianity related volumes (18)
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £30 - £50
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
LIVINGSTONE, DAVID: 'MISSIONARY TRAVELS AND RESEARCHES IN SOUTH AFRICA'
Lot 752 Sold
LIVINGSTONE, DAVID: 'MISSIONARY TRAVELS AND RESEARCHES IN SOUTH AFRICA'
published by John Murray, London 1857, original tooled brown cloth binding with gilt lettered spine, and retaining fold-out Victoria Falls plates to front
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £200 - £400
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
MANSEL-PLEYDELL, JOHN CLAVELL: 'FLORA OF DORSETSHIRE'
Lot 753 Sold
MANSEL-PLEYDELL, JOHN CLAVELL: 'FLORA OF DORSETSHIRE'
published by Whittaker & Co., London, and W. Shipp, Blandford 1874, green cloth bound and retaining the fold-out map of Dorsetto front; together with Moule, Arthur Evans: 'Half a Century in China', published by Hodder & Stoughton, London, green cloth bound and retaining the fold-out panorama of 'The Westlake Hangchow'; and a quantity of 19th century and later region, history, literature and politics volumes (28)
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £100 - £200
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
ROWAN, MRS: 'A FLOWER-HUNTER IN QUEENSLAND AND NEW ZEALAND'
Lot 754 Sold
ROWAN, MRS: 'A FLOWER-HUNTER IN QUEENSLAND AND NEW ZEALAND'
published by John Murray, London 1898, cloth-bound with homemade dust wrapper, retaining numerous illustrations to the text, the rear of the volume retaining a Victorian photograph of a chapel; together with Laing, R. M. N. & Blackwell, E. W.: 'Plants of New Zealand', published by Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd, London 1906, pictorial tan cloth bound; and Barker, Lady: 'Station Amusements in New Zealand', published by William Hunt, London 1873, red cloth bound (3)
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £50 - £100
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
'JOURNALS OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS'
Lot 755 Unsold
'JOURNALS OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS'
volumes 1-33 (1513-1773); together with 'Journals of the House of Commons volumes 1-59 (1547-1804), and with duplicate volumes 34, 35, 36, 37, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54 and 55 of the same title; 12 volumes of 'Journals of the House of Commons Index', variously numbered and from different series, but broadly covering 1547-1790; 'House of Commons Reports from Committees', volumes 1-4 (1715-1773),
all bound in matching three-quarter green leather with titled spines and marbled boards (126); and…
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
'THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS'
Lot 756 Sold
'THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS'
published by William Little (late George C. Leighton) 198 Strand, London, volume 19 (July - December 1851), volume 20 (January - June 1852), volume 21 (July - December 1852), volumes 22 and 23 (January - December 1853), volumes 24 and 25 (January - December 1854), volumes 26 and 27 (January - December 1855), volumes 28 and 29 (January - December 1856), volumes 30 and 31 (January - December 1857), volumes 32 and 33 (January - December 1858),
volumes 34 and 35 (January - December 1859), volume 37 (July - December 1860) and then a complete…
Hammer price: £1,500
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
'BREVIARIUM ROMANUM'
Lot 757 Sold
'BREVIARIUM ROMANUM'
volumes 1-3 comprising: 'Verna', 'Hiemalis' and ‘Aestiva’, published by Hanicquiana, Mechlinae 1836, gilt tooled blue leather bound; together with a large collection of Roman Catholic and Protestant theology works (a lot)
Hammer price: £360
Estimate: £100 - £200
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
PILKINGTON, REVEREND M: 'THE GENTLEMAN'S AND CONNOISSEUR'S DICTIONARY OF PAINTERS'
Lot 758 Sold
PILKINGTON, REVEREND M: 'THE GENTLEMAN'S AND CONNOISSEUR'S DICTIONARY OF PAINTERS'
new edition, volumes 1-2, printed for J. Walker and J. Robinson, London 1798, half vellum bound with marbled boards and Moor Park bookplates; together with Lucan: 'Pharsalia' with notes by Grotius and Bentley, published at Strawberry Hill, 1760, full leather bound; two 19th century copies of 'The Holy Bible'; and twelve other 19th century volumes of literature (17)
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £100 - £200
13 June 2025
13 June 2025

Total lots: 753

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