18th May, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST
Rickman (Philip)
A Selection of Bird Paintings and Sketches, Curpotten for Fine Sporting Interests, 1979, numbered limited edition of 500 copies, signed by the author, folio, mounted colour frontis, mounted photograph of the artist, thirty-one mounted colour plates, all edges gilt, half morocco binding, original cloth slipcase.
Sold for £130
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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