18th May, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST
Books, Maps & Manuscripts
2022
Boaden (James)
Memoirs of Mrs. Inchbold: Including her Familier Correspondence with the Most Distinguished Persons of her Time...., Richard Bentley, 1833, two volumes, portrait frontis;
Peake (Richard Brinsley), Memoirs of the Colman Family, including their Correspondence with the Most Distinguished Personages of their Time, Richard Bentley, 1841, two volumes, portrait frontis to each, all four volumes uniformly bound in half morocco by Sotheran (only one half-title present);
Wilkinson (Tate), Memoirs of His Own Life, York: for the author, 1790, four volumes in two, lacking errata page, only one half title present, half calf gilt. (6)
Sold for £140
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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Tuesday 17 May 10am-5pm and morning of sale from 8am. Viewing is open to the public, there is no need to make an appointment.
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