18th May, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST
Books, Maps & Manuscripts
2117
Grant (James)
Cassell's Illustrated History of India, Cassell, no date, two volumes, half calf;
Baskerville, The Book of Common Prayer, Cambridge, printed by John Baskerville, 1762, contemporary gilt-tooled sheep binding;
Mill (John Stuart), A System of Logic .., Longmans ..,1868, two volumes, half calf;
Leland (John), The Advantage and Necessity of the Christian Revelation .., Dodsley and Longman, 1768, two volumes, calf;
Piper (Hugh), Poultry, A Practical Guide, Groombridge, 1873, eight colour plates as called for, half calf;
Muller (F. Max), Lectures on the Science of Language, Longmans, 1885, two volumes, calf. (10)
Sold for £350
Estimated at £80 - £120
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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