18th May, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST
New Naturalists
Numbers 6, 17, 28, 48, 52, 54, 62, 63, 67, 68, 69, 93, 95, 122, 129, 130, 136, 1st editions, London: Collins, 1947-2018. 17 volumes, 8vo, original cloth, dust jackets, volumes 6, 17, 28, 48 with chipped or price-clipped dust jackets, a few ownership inscriptions to endpapers, 63 and 67 with ink-stamps to endpapers, 63 jacket annotated on rear panel, together with 13 reprints all with jackets (2, 3, 11, 16, 19, 24, 29, 33, 44, 58, 60, 65, 100), and 8 others similar (qty: 38)
Sold for £300
Estimated at £150 - £250
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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