Lot 156
Bindings
Collection of books including field sports and literature, 19th-20th century
Auction: 02 October 2025 from 10:00 BST
Description
Scrope, William. The Art of Deer-Stalking; illustrated by a Few Days' Sport in the Forest of Atholl. [And:] Days and Nights of Salmon Fishing in the Tweed. London: John Murray, 1838-43. 2 works, ‘New edition’ and first edition, large 8vo, c.1900 uniform green crushed morocco gilt by Riviere & Son, Deer-Stalking with engraved frontispiece and additional vignette title-page, and 11 tinted lithographic plates, Salmon Fishing with 13 tinted lithographic plates including frontispiece and additional vignette title-page, several with additional hand-colouring, spines toned;
Elizabeth II. The Music with the Form and Order of Service to be performed at the Coronation of Her Most Excellent Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. London: Novello and Company Limited, 1953. First edition, deluxe issue, one of 150 copies, 4to, original red morocco lettered and decorated in gilt, spine and front cover sunned, old pen-mark to part of royal arms on cover (Harp of Erin), juvenile pen-markings to margin of p. 23;
Rackham, Arthur (illustrator). The Rhinegold and the Valkyrie. London: William Heinemann, 1910. 4to, later dark blue calf by Weitz-Coleman of New York (signed and dated 1988 on front turn-in), heraldic crests gilt to spine compartments;
Stephens, James. The Crock of Gold. London: Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1926. 8vo, contemporary salmon-pink crushed half morocco by Bayntun (Riviere). Art Nouveau decoration gilt to spine, spine sunned;
Churchill, Randolph S. Fifteen Famous English Homes. London: Derek Verschoyle, 1954. First edition, signed by the author on an initial blank, 4to, later red quarter morocco for Asprey and Co.;
Lonsdale Library. Shooting by Moor, Field and Shore. London: Seeley, Service & Co., 1929. First edition, one of 375 copies signed by the editor on limitation page and the artist on the frontispiece, 8vo, original blue morocco gilt;
Chalmers, Patrick R. Gun-Dogs. With Illustrations by R. Ward Binks. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1931. First edition, one of 125 copies signed by the author and the illustrator, 4to, original quarter vellum;
and approx. 35 others including Cassell, Petter and Galpin (publishers), The British Isles, c.1880 (2 volumes, 4to, contemporary red morocco gilt by Bickers & Son, engraved plates) (55)
Provenance
Property from the Earls of Airlie.