18th May, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST

Books, Maps & Manuscripts

 
  Lot 2113
 

2113

Brenton (Edward Pelham)
Life and Correspondence of John, Earl of St. Vincent, G.C.B., Admiral of the Fleet, Henry Colburn, 1838, two volumes, frontis to each, half calf gilt;
Anson (W.V., Capt.), The Life of John Jervis, Admiral Lord St. Vincent, John Murray, 1913, plates as called for, foxing to pages, top edge gilt, half morocco (spine head worn);
Ross (Sir John), Memoirs and Correspondence of Admiral Lord de Saumarez .., Richard Bentley, 1838, two volumes, portrait frontis to each, seven other plates, half calf (worn);
Brenton, Memoir of Vice Admiral Sir Jahleel Brenton ... re-edited by his Son, Longman & Co. 1855, portrait frontis, half calf;
'The author of 'Rattlin the Reefer'', Memoirs of Admiral Sir Sidney Smith, Richard Bentley, 1839, two volumes, portrait frontis to each, half calf;
Laughton (John Knox), Letters and Papers of Charles, Lord Barham, Admiral of the Red Squadron, 1758-1813, Navy Records Society, 1907-11, three volumes, half calf;
with thirty-seven other volumes of Naval memoirs and biography, all leather bound (48)

Sold for £1,400
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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