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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

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of 32

Lots per page:

Total lots: 753

Lot Title Estimate Hammer price
735 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)
£200 - £400 £1,900 View
736 'JUNIUS'
volumes 1-2, printed by T. Bensley, London 1797, gilt tooled red leather bound with titled spines and Bridehead bookplates (2)
£50 - £100 £30 View
737 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)
£100 - £200 £130 View
738 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…
£100 - £200 £220 View
739 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…
£200 - £400 £500 View
740 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
£100 - £200 £320 View
741 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)
£100 - £200 £70 View
742 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.,…
£100 - £200 £50 View
743 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)
£50 - £100 £40 View
744 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,…
£100 - £200 £80 View
745 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
£50 - £100 £40 View
746 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
£30 - £50 £40 View
747 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…
£100 - £200 £100 View
748 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…
£150 - £250 £160 View
749 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…
£200 - £400 £340 View
750 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…
£100 - £200 £90 View
751 '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)
£30 - £50 £60 View
752 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
£200 - £400 £100 View
753 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…
£100 - £200 £80 View
754 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;…
£50 - £100 £60 View
755 '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,…
£500 - £1,000 - View
756 '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 …
£1,000 - £2,000 £1,500 View
757 '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…
£100 - £200 £360 View
758 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…
£100 - £200 £100 View

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