Books, Maps & Manuscripts

Date: 29th Sep, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
The Auction Centre, Leyburn
Lots: 114


Highlights include a Late Medieval Prayer Book; a Monograph of the Trogonidae, or Family of Trogons, by John Gould, (1875), with forty-seven superb hand-coloured lithographic plates; an outstanding early album of Austrian topographical woodcuts and watercolours; a fascinating album of late 19th century photographs of Brisbane, Queensland and surrounding areas; the first part of the York library of Hugh Murray, author and historian; a collection of vintage playing cards and a large folding map of India.

 

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Books, Maps and Manuscripts (114)

 

Lot 1 - Knight (Laura). A Book of Drawings, with a...

Sold for £550
Estimated at £80 - £120

Lot 2 - Viollet-Le-Duc (E.). On Restoration be E....

Sold for £80
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 3 - Christie's. Dumfries House, A Chippendale...

Sold for £300
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Lot 4 - Chippendale (Thomas). The Gentleman and...

Sold for £200
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Lot 5 - The Whittington Press. O’Connor (John),...

Sold for £100
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Lot 6 - The Old Stile Press et al. Hardy (Thomas),...

Sold for £200
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Lot 7 - Gill (Eric). The Engravings of Eric Gill....

Sold for £100
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Lot 8 - Incline Press. Eastman (Bert and Molly),...

Sold for £250
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Lot 9 - The Fleece Press. Lee (Brian) edit., Dearest...

Sold for £550
Estimated at £400 - £600

Lot 12 - Original Artwork for Cedric Chivers Binding....

Sold for £170
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Lot 16 - The Folio Society. Lang (Andrew), The Yellow...

Sold for £300
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 17 - Pratchett (Terry). The Carpet People. Colin...

Sold for £180
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Lot 18 - Fitzgerald (Edward) trans. Rubaiyat of Omar...

Sold for £220
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Lot 19 - Crane (Walter) - Original Artwork. Two...

Sold for £1,200
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Lot 20 - Khayyam (Omar). Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam,...

Sold for £180
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 21 - Dean's Moveable Book. The Royal Punch & Judy...

Sold for £280
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Lot 22 - Yeats (W.B.). The Secret Rose ... with...

Sold for £320
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Lot 23 - Dante Alighieri. The New Life - La Vita Nuova,...

Sold for £320
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Lot 24 - Ovid. Metamorphoses. The Folio Society, 2008,...

Sold for £180
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 25 - Cedric Chivers Binding. The Day-Book of John...

Sold for £400
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Lot 26 - Dulac (Edmund) illus. Sinbad the Sailor and...

Sold for £380
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 27 - Blyton (Enid). Childs Whispers. J. Saville, no...

Sold for £480
Estimated at £400 - £600

Lot 28 - Vanity Fair. The Vanity Fair Album: A Show of...

Sold for £2,000
Estimated at £500 - £800

Lot 29 - [Beardsley (Aubrey) et al.]. The Yellow Book,...

Sold for £550
Estimated at £500 - £800

Lot 30 - King George VI. Signed portrait photograph of...

Sold for £140
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Lot 31 - Manuscript Indentures. Two seventeenth century...

Sold for £100
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 32 - Ephemera. A varied collection in five albums,...

Sold for £450
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Lot 33 - ‘Private Calender (sic) January 1795'. A very...

Sold for £1,700
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 34 - The Wounded of St. Mary’s War Hospital,...

Sold for £400
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Lot 35 - Paris - London Book Trade History. A...

Sold for £350
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Lot 36 - Browning Sr. (Robert) [1782-1866]. Original...

Sold for £450
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Lot 37 - HMS Malabar. Montagu (Capt. Sir W.A.), An...

Sold for £1,100
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 38 - [Tylor, nee Harris (Isabella)]. In the Days of...

Sold for £900
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Lot 39 - Bronte (Rev. Patrick). Autograph Letter Signed,...

Sold for £1,000
Estimated at £500 - £800

Lot 40 - Potter (Beatrix). A small collection of...

Sold for £1,500
Estimated at £1,500 - £2,000

Lot 41 - A Late Medieval Prayer Book. A small...

Sold for £5,000
Estimated at £2,000 - £3,000

Lot 42 - Playing Cards - Games. John Wallis, Historical...

Sold for £320
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 43 - Playing Cards - Various Makers. J.L. & J....

Sold for £650
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Lot 44 - Playing Cards - De La Rue. A large collection...

Sold for £480
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Lot 45 - Playing Cards - Mixed. A collection of mixed...

Sold for £190
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 47 - Playing Cards - Joseph Hunt and Successors. A...

Sold for £900
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Lot 48 - Playing Cards - Goodall & Son. Twenty-eight...

Sold for £750
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Lot 49 - Playing Cards - Various Makers. I. Hardy....

Sold for £2,800
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Lot 50 - Playing Cards - Various Makers. Thomas...

Sold for £2,000
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Lot 51 - Playing Cards - Various Makers. Sutton & Co.,...

Sold for £5,000
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Lot 52 - Burney (James). An Essay by Way of Lecture on...

Sold for £250
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 53 - Tolkien (J.R.R.). The Lord of Rings. Folio...

Sold for £170
Estimated at £80 - £120

Lot 54 - Sexuality. Batchelor (John), Breathless Hush....

Sold for £400
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Lot 55 - Budge (E. A. Wallis). The Book of the Dead,...

Sold for £90
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 56 - Betjeman (Sir John). Summoned by Bells. John...

Sold for £150
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 57 - Dyke (Daniel). The Mystery of Selfe-Deceiving:...

Sold for £200
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Lot 59 - Folio Society. A very good collection of Folio...

Sold for £850
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 60 - The Fortune Press. Grenville-Hearne (Gundry),...

Sold for £1,800
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 61 - [Cripps (Richard Vere)]. [Fowkes (Aubrey)...

Sold for £350
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Lot 62 - Morris (William). Love is Enough or The...

Sold for £500
Estimated at £500 - £800

Lot 63 - Erasmus [Desiderius]. Exomologesis Sive Modus...

Sold for £7,500
Estimated at £500 - £800

Lot 64 - King (Stephen). The Stand: The Complete &...

Sold for £2,000
Estimated at £2,000 - £3,000

Lot 65 - Churchill (Winston Spencer). The Collected...

Sold for £3,500
Estimated at £2,500 - £3,500

Lot 66 - Japanese Occupation of Malaya. Liu [Kang],...

Sold for £320
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Lot 67 - WWII Eastern Front. ‘SS Polizei...

Sold for £600
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Lot 68 - Nye (Doug) & Rudd (Tony). B.R.M. The Saga of...

Sold for £480
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Lot 69 - Tait (A. F.). Views on the Manchester and...

Sold for £450
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 70 - Jonathan Martin. Report of the Trial of...

Sold for £160
Estimated at £80 - £120

Lot 71 - Horse Racing. Pick (W.), An Authentic...

Sold for £90
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Lot 72 - Mining Art. Hedley (R.), Going Home (The...

Sold for £130
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Lot 73 - Masham - West Tanfield - Kirkby Malzeard....

Sold for £480
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Lot 74 - Brand (John). The History and Antiquities of...

Sold for £250
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 75 - York Poll Books. Pick's Edition of the State...

Sold for £140
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 76 - Coal Mining. Shedden (Charles T. edit.), The...

Sold for £100
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 77 - Photographs. An Interesting Collection of...

Sold for £280
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 78 - York - Minster and Churches. Halfpenny...

Sold for £650
Estimated at £200 - £400

Lot 79 - York. Drake (Francis), Eboracum: or the...

Sold for £800
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Lot 80 - Yorkshire Directories. A large collection of...

Sold for £650
Estimated at £200 - £400

Lot 81 - Crosse (John). An Account of the Grand Musical...

Sold for £150
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Lot 82 - Needham (J.P.). Facts and Observations...

Sold for £280
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Lot 83 - York Emmanuel. An Account of the Institution...

Sold for £150
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Lot 84 - York Minster. A collection of books on the...

Sold for £600
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Lot 85 - Cumbrian Agriculture. The Shepherds Guide; or...

Sold for £700
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Lot 86 - York and Yorkshire. An interesting collection...

Sold for £950
Estimated at £400 - £600

Lot 87 - Skaife (Robert H.). Plan of the Roman,...

Sold for £480
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 88 - Ordnance Survey of Yorkshire. The County of...

Sold for £350
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Lot 89 - De L'Isle (G.). A Map of Turky, Arabia &...

Sold for £140
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 90 - Speed (John) & Norden (John). Surrey,...

Sold for £160
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Lot 91 - [Ortelius (Abraham)] & Lhuyd (Humfredo)...

Sold for £250
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Lot 92 - Speed (John). Cumberland and the Ancient Citie...

Sold for £140
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Lot 93 - Hungary and Germany. Blaeu (Guilielmum et...

Sold for £320
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Lot 95 - Thornton (John) and Mount (Richard). A Chart...

Sold for £110
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Lot 96 - Speed (John). The Mape of Hungari, newly...

Sold for £380
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Lot 97 - Senex (John). Ireland, Corrected from the...

Sold for £480
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 98 - India. Stanford's Map of India, Based on the...

Sold for £450
Estimated at £400 - £600