18th May, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST
Books, Maps & Manuscripts
2184
Ferguson (John Alexander)|
Bibliography of Australia, 1784- 1900, National Library of Australia, 1965-86, eight volumes, dust wrappers;
Wantrup (Jonathan), Australian Rare Books 1788-1900, Hordern House, 1987, dust wrapper;
Davidson (Rodney), A Book Collector's Notes ... relating to the Discovery of Australia ...., Cassell, 1970, dust wrapper;
Mackenzie (Julian) edit., The Taurus Collection, 150 Collectable Books on the Antarctic, A Bibliography, Travellers' Books, 2001, folio, dust wrapper;
Maggs Bros., Bibliotheca Nautica, 1928-1933, four parts bound as one, all edges gilt, half morroco binding with original wraps bound in;
with twenty-six others on travel and exploration, predominantly relating to the southern hemisphere. (38)
Sold for £380
Estimated at £400 - £600
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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