18th May, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST
Miniature Books
The Diamond Guide to the Sights of London, Harris Brothers, no date, 102 [4] pages, 45mm x 30mm, all edges gilt, gilt-tooled leather binding;
The Pictorial Miniature Almanack for 1846, T. Goode, illustrated, pages 42mm x 26mm, all edges gilt, limp covers (worn);
Addresses of Abraham Lincoln, Kingsport Press, 1929, pages 19mm x 14mm, original crimson morocco. [Bondy p.144]. (3)
Sold for £120
Estimated at £100 - £200
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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