18th May, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST
Books, Maps & Manuscripts
2144
Keene (John Harrington)
Fishing Tackle, Its Material and Manufacture ..., Ward, Lock & Co., no date [1886], 230 pages plus 14 page catalogue, four folding plates, original pictorial red cloth gilt (rear joint splitting).
Walker (Charles Edward), Old Flies in New Dresses ..., Lawrence and Bullen, 1898, first edition, [12], 116 pages, three plates with printed tissue guards, top edge gilt, original cloth;
Colquhoun (John), Sporting Days, William Blackwood, 1866, first edition, viii, 256 pages, original cloth gilt;
Niven (Richard), The British Angler's Lexicon, Bishop Auckland: W. J. Cummins, 1892, 270 pages plus adverts, frontis, text illustrations, original cloth gilt (repair to head of title page);
with three others (7)
Sold for £160
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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