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Auction date Wednesday 15 October 2025 10:30 - 17:30 BST
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William Batt


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Wednesday 15th October at 10.30am

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Total lots: 590

REGNAULT, P: ‘LES ENTRETIENS PHYSIQUES’
Lot 546 Unsold
REGNAULT, P: ‘LES ENTRETIENS PHYSIQUES’
new edition, volumes 1-4, published by Jacques Clouzier, Paris 1732, brown leather bound with Chillingham Castle bookplates (4)

Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile.
Estimate: £50 - £100
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
RITCHIE, EWING J: ‘THE LIFE AND TIMES OF WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE’
Lot 547 Unsold
RITCHIE, EWING J: ‘THE LIFE AND TIMES OF WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE’
pictorial edition, volumes 1-5, published by James Sangster and Company, London, mustard pictorial cloth binding; together with a large collection of Gladstone related books, many first edition (41)
Estimate: £50 - £100
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
SADELER, MARCO: 'VESTIGI DELLE ANTICHITA DI ROMA'
Lot 548 Sold
SADELER, MARCO: 'VESTIGI DELLE ANTICHITA DI ROMA'
an album of Roman views, etchings, numbered 1-50 but seemingly incomplete, published by Jacomo de Rossie, 1660, landscape, gilt tooled brown leather binding; together with three loose examples, cut from margins and numbered 5 and 19 (the third cropped)
Hammer price: £120
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
SEARLE, RONALD: 'SLIGHTLY FOXED - BUT STILL DESIRABLE'
Lot 549 Sold
SEARLE, RONALD: 'SLIGHTLY FOXED - BUT STILL DESIRABLE'
first edition, published by Souvenir Press, 1989, cloth bound with dust wrapper

Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile.
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £50 - £100
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
SIMSON, ROBERT: ‘ELEMENTS OF THE CONIC SECTIONS’
Lot 550 Unsold
SIMSON, ROBERT: ‘ELEMENTS OF THE CONIC SECTIONS’
new edition, printed by R. Chapman, Glasgow, 1817, brown leather bound, retaining plates; together with Field, Rev. W.: 'An Introduction to the Use of the Globes’, sixth edition, printed for R. Hunter, London 1823, brown leather bound; and Hoppus, E.: ‘Hoppus’ Tables for Measuring’, sixteenth edition, brown leather bound, retaining plates (3)

Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile.
Estimate: £50 - £100
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
SOAVE, FRANCESCO: 'ELEMENTI DI GEOMETRIA TEORICO-PRATICA'
Lot 551 Sold
SOAVE, FRANCESCO: 'ELEMENTI DI GEOMETRIA TEORICO-PRATICA'
published by Giacomo Storti, Venice, 1793, grey card bound, with later slip case

Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile.
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £30 - £50
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
SOUVERAIN DE DOMBS, PRINCE: ‘DICTIONNAIRE UNIVERSEL FRANCOIS ET LATIN’
Lot 552 Unsold
SOUVERAIN DE DOMBS, PRINCE: ‘DICTIONNAIRE UNIVERSEL FRANCOIS ET LATIN’
6 volumes, published Paris 1743, rebound in brown three-quarter calf with marbled board, volumes 1, 2, 13, 14, 15, 16

Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile.
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
STACKHOUSE, REVEREND THOMAS: 'A NEW HISTORY OF THE HOLY BIBLE'
Lot 553 Sold
STACKHOUSE, REVEREND THOMAS: 'A NEW HISTORY OF THE HOLY BIBLE'
volumes 1-2, printed for John Hinton, London 1755, gilt tooled brown leather bound with black leather half titles, Bridehead bookplates and retaining various illustrations to the text; together with 'The Book of Common Prayer', printed by John Baskett, Oxford 1720, brown leather bound with green cloth dust wrapper and annotated to front flyleaves; and 'Hymns Ancient and Modern', edited by William Henry Monk, printed by William Clowes & Sons, London, gilt tooled blue leather bound (4)
Provenance: Bridehead, Dorset.
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £50 - £100
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
STEP, EDWARD: ‘WAYSIDE & WOODLAND BLOSSOMS’
Lot 554 Sold
STEP, EDWARD: ‘WAYSIDE & WOODLAND BLOSSOMS’
volumes 1-3, published by Frederick Warne, London 1941/4; together with Coward, T.A: ‘Life of the Wayside & Woodland’, 1946, all in vinyl binding (4)

Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile.
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £30 - £50
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
STERNE, LAURENCE: 'TRISTRAM SHANDY'
Lot 555 Unsold
STERNE, LAURENCE: 'TRISTRAM SHANDY'
illustrated by John Austin, published by John Lane of the Bodley Head, London 1928, black cloth bound with dust wrapper and slip case

Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile.
Estimate: £50 - £100
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
STRUTT, JACOB GEORGE: ‘SILVA BRITANNICA; OR PORTRAITS OF FOREST TREES’
Lot 556 Unsold
STRUTT, JACOB GEORGE: ‘SILVA BRITANNICA; OR PORTRAITS OF FOREST TREES’
published for the author by Longman, Rees, et al, London 1830, later three quarter brown calf bound with marbled boards and black leather half title, inside from board pasted with Archbishop of Canterbury bookplate
Provenance: Pasted note to front flyleaf detailing this volume’s history - reputedly a remnant of…
Estimate: £200 - £400
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
SURTEES, R.S.: ‘HUNTING WITH MR. JORROCKS’
Lot 557 Sold
SURTEES, R.S.: ‘HUNTING WITH MR. JORROCKS’
illustrated by Edward Ardizzone, published by Oxford University Press, 1956, cloth bound with dustwrapper; together with eight other books illustrated by Ardizzone (9)
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £50 - £100
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
SYMONDS, JOHN: ‘ELFRIDA AND THE PIG’
Lot 558 Sold
SYMONDS, JOHN: ‘ELFRIDA AND THE PIG’
illustrated by Edward Ardizzone, first edition, published by George C. Harrap, London 1959, cloth bound with dustwrapper; and a large collection of Ardizzone illustrated children’s books (39)
Hammer price: £340
Estimate: £200 - £400
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
TACITUS, GAIUS CORNELIUS: 'OPERA'
Lot 559 Unsold
TACITUS, GAIUS CORNELIUS: 'OPERA'
edited by Gabriel Brotier, Latin text, volumes 1-4, printed by Jacob Mundell, Edinburgh for G.G. & J. Robinson, London 1796, gilt tooled red leather bound with Bridehead bookplates and attractive marbled fly leaves; together with Hoole, John: 'Dramas and Other Operas of the Abbé Pietro Metastasio', volumes 1-3 similarly bound; and Ariosto, Ludovico: ''Orlando Furioso' with notes by John Hoole, volumes 1-5 (12)

Provenance: Bridehead, Dorset.
Estimate: £200 - £400
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
THACKERAY, WILLIAM MAKEPEACE: ‘THE HISTORY OF HENRY ESMOND ESQ’
Lot 560 Sold
THACKERAY, WILLIAM MAKEPEACE: ‘THE HISTORY OF HENRY ESMOND ESQ’
illustrated by Edward Ardizzone, printed for members of the Limited Editions Club, 1958, No. 312/1500 signed by Ardizzone, brown cloth bound; together with Thackeray, William Makepeace: ‘The Rose & The Ring’, illustrated by Edward Ardizzone, published by Guilford Press, 1948, cloth bound with dustwrapper (2)
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £30 - £50
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
THOMAS, DYLAN: TWO COPIES OF ‘A CHILD’S CHRISTMAS IN WALES’
Lot 561 Sold
THOMAS, DYLAN: TWO COPIES OF ‘A CHILD’S CHRISTMAS IN WALES’
illustrated by Edward Ardizzone, comprising first illustrated UK and first illustrated USA editions, published by Dent 1978 and David R. Godine 1980, both hardbound with dustwrappers (2)
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £30 - £50
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
TINDAL, WILLIAM: 'THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE ABBEY AND BOROUGH OF EVESHAM'
Lot 562 Sold
TINDAL, WILLIAM: 'THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE ABBEY AND BOROUGH OF EVESHAM'
printed and sold by John Agg, Evesham, and T. N. Longman, London 1794, gilt tooled brown leather bound with titled spine, Bridehead bookplate and retaining various plates and illustrations to text including fold-out view of Evesham

Provenance: Bridehead, Dorset.
Hammer price: £25
Estimate: £50 - £100
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
URE, ANDREW: ‘A DICTIONARY OF CHEMISTRY’
Lot 563 Unsold
URE, ANDREW: ‘A DICTIONARY OF CHEMISTRY’
printed for Thomas & George Underwood, London 1821, rebound in three-quarter brown leather

Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile.
Estimate: £30 - £50
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
VALMONT DE BOMARE, M.: ‘DICTIONNAIRE RAISONNE UNIVERSEL D’HISTOIRE NATURELLE’
Lot 564 Unsold
VALMONT DE BOMARE, M.: ‘DICTIONNAIRE RAISONNE UNIVERSEL D’HISTOIRE NATURELLE’
volumes 1-5, published by Didot et al, Paris, 1764, brown leather bound with gilt tooled spines and half titles, retaining plates, together with an incomplete fourth edition of the same title lacking plates (13 volumes), and eight other antiquarian French natural history books including Anime-Martin, M.: ‘Etudes de la Nature’, four volumes with attractive grained leather binding (25)

Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile.
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
VERULAM, LORD FRANCIS: TWO WORKS - ‘SYLVA SYLVARUM OR A NATURAL HISTORY’ AND ‘NEW ATLANTIS’
Lot 565 Unsold
VERULAM, LORD FRANCIS: TWO WORKS - ‘SYLVA SYLVARUM OR A NATURAL HISTORY’ AND ‘NEW ATLANTIS’
printed for W. Lee, London, 1631, bound together in tooled dark brown leather, the repaired spine with later half title

Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile.
Estimate: £200 - £400
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
WALLACE, ALFRED RUSSEL: 'A NARRATIVE OF TRAVELS ON THE AMAZON AND RIO NEGRO'
Lot 566 Sold
WALLACE, ALFRED RUSSEL: 'A NARRATIVE OF TRAVELS ON THE AMAZON AND RIO NEGRO'
second edition, published by Ward, Lock & Co., London 1889, blue cloth bound with gilt tooled spine, retaining plates; together with Waterton, Charles: 'Wanderings in South America', new edition, published by MacMillan & Co. London 1880, green cloth bound (2)

Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile.
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
WESLEY: ‘PRIMITIVE PHYSIC’
Lot 567 Sold
WESLEY: ‘PRIMITIVE PHYSIC’
twenty-fourth edition, printed by G. Paramore et al, London 1792, rebound in half red leather; together with Philip, A. P. W.: ‘A Treatise on Indigestion’, third edition, London 1823, three quarter brown leather bound (2)

Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile.
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £30 - £50
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
WHITE, GILBERT: ‘THE NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE’
Lot 568 Sold
WHITE, GILBERT: ‘THE NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE’
edited by Grant Allen, illustrated by Edmund H. New, published by John Lane at The Bodley Head, London 1900, illustrated brown cloth
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £50 - £100
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
WITHERBY, H.F. ET AL: 'THE HANDBOOK OF BRITISH BIRDS’
Lot 569 Unsold
WITHERBY, H.F. ET AL: 'THE HANDBOOK OF BRITISH BIRDS’
volumes 1-5, published by H.F. & G. Witherby Ltd, High Holborn, London, 1938-41, blue cloth bound (5)
Estimate: £50 - £100
15 October 2025
15 October 2025

Total lots: 590

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