18th May, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST
Books, Maps & Manuscripts
2145
Pritt (T. E.)
North-Country Flies, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1886, 63, [1] pages, eleven hand-coloured plates of flies and an uncoloured plate of bait tackle, original cloth gilt;
Theakston (Michael), British Angling Flies, revised by Francis M. Walbran, Ripon: William Harrison; London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, [1888], second edition, [1], xiii, [3], ii, 4-145, [9] pages plus 22 pages of adverts, eight plates of flies, four topographical plates, advert endpapers, original cloth gilt.
Sold for £280
Estimated at £100 - £150
Pritt - Previous owner's gift inscription (1892), very slight wear to head and tail of spine, corners and edges rubbed in places, otherwise a VG copy.
Theakston - Previous owner's name to front free endpaper and dedication leaf, a little spotting to closed edges and bumped top corners but overall a VG copy.
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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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