13th Dec, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
Books, Maps & Manuscripts
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Newland (Rev. Henry).
The Erne, its Legends and its Fly Fishing.
Chapman and Hall, 1851, first edition, xvi, 395 pages, hand-coloured frontis and additional engraved title with hand-coloured 'Fairy Fly', folding map, four plates, previous owner's name to free endpaper, damp staining with mould residue to final leaves, later cloth;
M[arkham] (G.[ervase]), Country Contentments. Or, The Husbandmans Recreations. Containing the Wholesome Experience .... As namely, Hunting, Hawking, Coursing with Grayhounds .....
George Sawbridge, 1664, tenth edition, small quarto, [4], 92, [4] pages, ex Bibliotheca Tiliana with bookplate and stamps to title verso and final page, later boards. (2)
Sold for £300
Estimated at £200 - £300
Auction: Books, Maps & Manuscripts, 13th Dec, 2023
The Books, Maps and Manuscripts sales encompass a broad range of collecting areas from early antiquarian books to modern first editions, which are sold alongside illustrations, private press, manuscripts, maps and atlases, early photographs, autographed letters and historic documents. Held four times a year, the specialist Book sales incorporate both private collections and libraries, and single lots from vendors across the United Kingdom.
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