Books, Maps & Manuscripts

Date: 10th Apr, 2024 10:30 GMT/BST
Lots: 116

The sale includes a sketchbook of drawings of Southern China attributed to George Chinnery. English artist George Chinnery (1774-1852) left an extraordinary record of everyday life in Southern China in the early to mid-19th century, which has become an important source of historical information on the region.

Further highlights include an interesting archive of letters and ephemera relating to the composer and bandmaster Charles Coote (1809-1880), personal pianist to William Cavendish, the 6th Duke of Devonshire, and bandmaster and composer for stage productions put on by Charles Dickens. There is also several collections of 19th century photographs including an outstanding album with many views of Eton College and the River Thames at Windsor, Trinity College Cambridge, Switzerland, Gibraltar and Malta as well as an important photographic record of the Challenger Expedition, generally considered to be the foundation of oceanography. 

Single owner collections include a large quantity of books on Polar Exploration and early Whaling. We are also pleased to offer a selection of books from the library of Fred Gettings, prolific author and expert on astrology, symbolism and arcane lore. The library includes many early editions of Nostradamus with several manuscript works on the famous French astrologer.

Name: Paul Hughes
Email: books@tennants-ltd.co.uk

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Books, Maps and Manuscripts (116)

 

Lot 1
Kandinsky (Wassily). The Art of Spiritual...

Sold for £170
Estimated at £80 - £120

Lot 2
Movable Book. Painting For Welfare and...

Sold for £120
Estimated at £80 - £120

Lot 3
Van Gogh (Vincent) The Letters, The Complete...

Sold for £400
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 4
Art and Architecture Exhibition Posters. A...

Sold for £300
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 5
Nash (Joseph). The Mansions of England in...

Sold for £800
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 6
Crunden (John). Convenient and Ornamental...

Sold for £90
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 7
Plaw (John). Sketches for Country Houses,...

Not Sold
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 8
‘B. L.’ [Batty Langley]. The City and Country...

Sold for £180
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 9
Langley (B. & T.). Gothic Architecture,...

Sold for £180
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 11
Wright (Frank Lloyd) Selected Drawings, First...

Sold for £450
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 12
Ackermann [Rudolph] publisher. The History of...

Sold for £280
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 13
Freart (Roland) and Evelyn (John). A Parallel...

Sold for £280
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 14
Jones (Inigo) & Kent (William). The Designs of...

Not Sold
Estimated at £2,000 - £3,000

Lot 15
Heslop (R’d Oliver). Northumberland Words. A...

Sold for £380
Estimated at £80 - £120

Lot 16
Watson (John). The History and Antiquities of...

Sold for £140
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 17
Blue Coat School, Kendal. A Manuscript Work...

Sold for £420
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 18
Lake District. Photographs - Francis Frith....

Sold for £150
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 19
Williamson (Dr. George C.). Lady Anne Clifford,...

Sold for £500
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 20
Drake (Francis). Eboracum: or the History and...

Sold for £480
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 21
Whitaker (Thomas Dunham) An History of...

Sold for £180
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 22
Drake (Francis). Eboracum: or the History and...

Sold for £700
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 23
Photographs. An outstanding collection of 19th...

Sold for £700
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 24
Hodgson (William). The Shepherd’s Guide, or A...

Sold for £400
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 25
Wharfedale Estate Plan. Smith and Gotthardt,...

Sold for £100
Estimated at £80 - £120

Lot 26
Twentieth Century Pictorial Maps. Taylor...

Sold for £130
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 28
Saxton, (Christopher). [Yorkshire] -...

Sold for £2,100
Estimated at £400 - £600

Lot 29
Armorial Pedigree. The Pedigree and Descent of...

Sold for £380
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 30
Illuminated Manuscript. Single Leaf from a...

Sold for £160
Estimated at £80 - £120

Lot 31
Dickens (Charles). A cheque signed by Charles...

Sold for £450
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 32
Charles Coote, The Duke of Devonshire and...

Sold for £4,500
Estimated at £600 - £1,000

Lot 33
Webb (Sidney & Beatrice). A small collection...

Sold for £400
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 34
HM Queen Elizabeth II - Royal Ephemera...

Sold for £550
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 35
HM King George VI and HM Queen Elizabeth...

Sold for £170
Estimated at £150 - £200

Lot 36
Bewick (Thomas and John). [Bell (John Gray)*],...

Sold for £120
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 37
Ackermann (Rudolph) publisher. Characters in...

Sold for £60
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 38
Ireland (Samuel). Picturesque Views on the...

Sold for £120
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 39
Indian School Miniatures. Nine Mughal style...

Sold for £170
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 40
Cizek (Franz). Weihnacht, Vierzehn Farbige...

Sold for £400
Estimated at £200 - £400

Lot 41
Dante Alighieri. Inferno. The Folio Society,...

Sold for £650
Estimated at £200 - £400

Lot 42
Rowling (J.K.) - Signed. Harry Potter and the...

Sold for £320
Estimated at £200 - £400

Lot 43
Mackesy (Charlie). The Boy, the Mole, the Fox...

Sold for £300
Estimated at £200 - £400

Lot 44
Poe (Edgar Allan). The Bells, and other Poems...

Sold for £550
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 45
Dahl (Roald). Matilda. Jonathan Cape, 1988,...

Sold for £600
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 46
Original Artwork. An exceptional early...

Sold for £400
Estimated at £400 - £600

Lot 47
Fitzgerald (Edward) transl. Rubaiyat of Omar...

Sold for £450
Estimated at £400 - £600

Lot 48
Martin (John). [Paradise Lost]. Twenty-Four...

Sold for £1,300
Estimated at £500 - £800

Lot 49
Panvinio (Onofrio). Onuphrii Panvinii...

Sold for £190
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 50
Trials and Law Reports The Tryals and...

Sold for £250
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 51
Stoker (Bram). The Jewel of Seven Stars....

Sold for £280
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 52
Bronte (Charlotte). Life and Works of...

Sold for £500
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 53
King (Edward). Munimenta Antiqua; or,...

Sold for £250
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 54
Classics. The Complete Greek Tragedies. The...

Sold for £250
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 55
Fleming (Ian). The Man with the Golden Gun....

Sold for £140
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 56
Le Carre (John). A Small Town in Germany....

Sold for £420
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 57
Folio Society A large collection of books on...

Sold for £1,300
Estimated at £200 - £400

Lot 58
Clarendon (Edward, Earl of). The History of...

Sold for £420
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 59
Bindings A large quantity of leather-bound...

Sold for £420
Estimated at £200 - £400

Lot 60
Swift (Jonathan). The History of the Four Last...

Sold for £700
Estimated at £200 - £400

Lot 61
[Sterne (Laurence)]. The Life and Opinions of...

Sold for £850
Estimated at £200 - £400

Lot 62
Lee (Harper). To Kill A Mockingbird. Heinemann,...

Sold for £200
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 63
Churchill (Winston S.). The World Crisis...

Sold for £550
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 64
Milton (John). Paradise Lost. A Poem in Twelve...

Sold for £1,400
Estimated at £500 - £800

Lot 65
Bell (Currer) [Charlotte Bronte]. Villette....

Sold for £900
Estimated at £600 - £1,000

Lot 66
Tolkien (J.R.R.) et al. A Northern Venture:...

Sold for £2,500
Estimated at £2,500 - £3,500

Lot 67
Georgano (Nick) edit. The Beaulieu...

Sold for £80
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 68
Winpffen (Janos L.). Time and Two Seats, Five...

Sold for £350
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 69
WWI Pilot’s Flying Log Book. Strettell Miller...

Sold for £480
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 70
Fielding (Xan). The Stronghold, An Account of...

Sold for £350
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 71
Talbert (Richard J. A.) Barrington Atlas of...

Sold for £150
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 72
Polar Exploration. Headland (Robert K.),...

Sold for £150
Estimated at £80 - £120

Lot 73
Polar Exploration. Bull (Colin) & Wright (Pat...

Sold for £250
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 74
Polar Exploration. Decleir (Hogo) edit., Roald...

Sold for £280
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 75
Polar Exploration. A large quantity of books...

Sold for £1,300
Estimated at £400 - £600

Lot 76
Polar Exploration. The South Polar Times, 1902...

Sold for £500
Estimated at £300 - £400

Lot 77
Polar Exploration. Murray (George). The...

Not Sold
Estimated at £2,000 - £3,000

Lot 78
Polar Exploration. Ross (Sir John), Narrative...

Sold for £180
Estimated at £200 - £400

Lot 79
Whales and Whaling. Markham (Albert Hastings),...

Sold for £400
Estimated at £200 - £400

Lot 80
Whales and Whaling. Scoresby (William). An...

Sold for £480
Estimated at £200 - £400

Lot 81
Whales and Whaling. Beale (Thomas), The...

Sold for £480
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 82
Photographs - Challenger Expedition. ‘Views...

Sold for £3,800
Estimated at £800 - £1,200

Lot 83
Roberts (David). The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea...

Sold for £350
Estimated at £200 - £400

Lot 84
‘Agricola’. Description of The Barossa Range...

Sold for £3,500
Estimated at £500 - £800

Lot 85
Angas (George French). The Kafirs Illustrated,...

Sold for £2,800
Estimated at £500 - £800

Lot 86
Photographs. A collection of photographs in...

Sold for £300
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 87
Photographs - Travel, Colonial Life and...

Sold for £280
Estimated at £200 - £400

Lot 88
Chinnery (George) 1774-1852 A sketch-book...

Not Sold
Estimated at £4,000 - £6,000

Lot 89
[Surtees (Robert Smith)]. [Hunting Novels]...

Sold for £450
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 90
‘Snaffle’. The Roedeer, A Monograph. E.M....

Sold for £170
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 91
[Hayes (William)]. [Portraits of Rare and...

Sold for £650
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 92
Thorburn (Archibald). Game Birds and Wild-Fowl...

Sold for £420
Estimated at £200 - £400

Lot 93
Morris (Rev. F. O.). A Natural History of the...

Sold for £450
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 94
Facsimile Manuscript. The Benedictional of...

Sold for £190
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 95
Magic, Prophecy, Hermetics and the Occult....

Sold for £2,200
Estimated at £500 - £800

Lot 96
Magnum Opus Hermetic Sourceworks. A collection...

Sold for £300
Estimated at £200 - £400