18th May, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST
Bibliographies
Sabin (Joseph), A Dictionary of Books Relating to America .., Amsterdam: N. Israel, 1961-62, twenty-nine volumes, bound in fifteen, cloth;
Staton (Frances M.) and Tremaine (Marie), A Bibliography of Canadiana ...., Toronto Public Library, 1965, five volumes including Supplements, cloth;
Streeter (Thomas Winthrop), The Celebrated Collection of Americana formed by ....., Parke-Bernet, 1966-70, eight volumes including index, original boards;
Blanck (Jacob), Bibliography of American Literature, Yale University Press, 1976-91, nine volumes, original cloth (one spine head torn)
Howes (Wright), U.S.IANA (1650-1950), A Selective Bibliography ..., N.Y.: Newberry, 1962, cloth;
Mendelssohn (Sidney), Mendelssohn's South African Bibliography, Holland Press, 1968, two volumes, cloth (40)
Sold for £280
Estimated at £300 - £500
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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