18th May, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST
Books, Maps & Manuscripts
2106
Schomberg (Alexander Wilmot)
Practical Remarks and Observations on Building, Rigging, Arming and Equipping His Majesty's Ships of War, &c., Longman, Rees ..., 1832, ex-Royal Naval College library, later half calf with RSNA armorial to upper board and blindstamp to title;
'A Captain of the British Navy', A Vocabulary of Sea Phrases and Terms of Art used in Seamanship and Naval Architecture. In Two Parts, I English and French, II French and English, Debrett, 1799, two volumes, 12mo., contemporary calf (spines worn, later spine labels);
'An Officer of Rank', Naval Sketch-Book; or, the Service Afloat and Ashore ..., Colburn, Whittaker et al., 1826, two volumes, contemporary half calf (worn);
with two others (7)
Sold for £500
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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