18th May, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST
Books, Maps & Manuscripts
2109
James (William)
The Naval History of Great Britain, from the Declaration of War by France in 1793 to the Accession of George IV, Richard Bentley, 1837, six volumes, 24 engraved portraits, 28 folding tables, contemporary half calf;
idem, Abstracts of the British Navy; Showing how it stood, in Ships, Tons, and Classification, at the Commencement of every Year, from 1793 Inclusive, no date [c.1820], quarto, title and two pages of text, 28 double page tables, 'Notice' slip and 'Additional Errata' slip, full contemporary calf (re-backed) with armorial of Writers to the Signet [spine title 'James' Navel (sic.) History' ].
Brenton (Edward Pelham), The Naval History of Great Britain ... [1783] to [1836], Henry Colburn, 1837, two volumes, 24 plates including fold-out panorama of Battle of Trafalgar and folding map of Cadiz (the latter not called for in contents), contemporary half morocco;
with eleven others, leather bound (20)
Sold for £750
Estimated at £200 - £400
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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