18th May, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST
Books, Maps & Manuscripts
2065
Hinderwell (Thomas)
The History and Antiquities of Scarborough and the Vicinity ..., York, E. Bayley, 1798, quarto in twos, a Graingerised first edition, presented by the author to Dr. William Travis, in addition to the plates called for (the frontis appears to be a replacement), the book contains a large number of insertions including maps and plans, original artwork, engraved prints (some colour), broadsides, newspaper cuttings, etc. There is early annotation adding to or correcting the content. Williamson's Description of the Tumulus ... at Gristhorpe, near Scarborough .. 1836, (18 pages) is bound in after page 22. Several additional plates and notes of provenance are loosely inserted. Half morocco binding with wear to joints.
Sold for £320
Estimated at £150 - £250
Auction: Books, Maps & Manuscripts, 18th May, 2022
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.
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