18th May, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST
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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