Over 180 lots to include a broad selection, from early antiquarian books to modern first editions, alongside illustrations, private press, manuscripts, maps and atlases, early photographs, and historic documents. Amongst the highlights is a group of Victorian ephemera including a Paper Peepshow of the Thames Tunnel, and a very unusual leaf-cut picture of workers around a derelict tower and trees. Of North-East interest is a collection of approximately 240 19th and early 20th century photographs, and an outstanding archive of early drawings and plans relating to Radcliffe and Broomhill Collieries.
Lot 2131
Signed by Nelson Mandela Forman (Lionel) and...
Sold for £1,000
Estimated at £1,000 - £1,500
Lot 2132
Wisden (John) The Cricketer's Almanack, for...
Sold for £13,000
Estimated at £2,000 - £3,000
Lot 2134
Bunbury (Henry W). An Academy for Grown Horsemen ... Annals of Horsemanship, 1808
Sold for £70
Estimated at £70 - £100
Lot 2146
Roberts (Austin). The Birds of South Africa, 1st edition, 1940, one of 125 copies
Sold for £280
Estimated at £100 - £150
Lot 2157
Emerson (P. H.). Wild Life on a Tidal Water, 1st edition, 1890, one of 300 copies
Sold for £650
Estimated at £200 - £300
Lot 2158
Humphreys & Westwood, British Butterflies [and] Moths, 1841-3
Sold for £1,500
Estimated at £200 - £300
Lot 2161
New Naturalists, numbers 70, 77, 78, 80, 81, 82, 83, 1st editions, 1985-96
Sold for £750
Estimated at £300 - £500
Lot 2165
Magee (Lesley). Fly Fishing, 1994, one of 10 hors commerce copies
Sold for £900
Estimated at £500 - £800
Lot 2173
Greely (Adolphus W.). Three Years of Arctic Service, 1st edition, 1886, & 7 others
Sold for £400
Estimated at £150 - £250
Lot 2178
Amundsen (Roald). The South Pole, 1st edition in English, 1912, & 7 others
Sold for £750
Estimated at £300 - £500
Lot 2180
Ross (John). A Voyage of Discovery [and] Narrative of a Second Voyage, 1st editions, 1819-35
Sold for £650
Estimated at £300 - £500
Lot 2182
Scott (Robert F.). The Voyage of the Discovery, 1st edition, 1905, & 4 others
Sold for £450
Estimated at £300 - £500
Lot 2183
Shackleton (Ernest H.). The Heart of the Antarctic, 1st edition, 1909, & 8 others
Sold for £750
Estimated at £300 - £500