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PAST AUCTION
2 October 2018 at 12:00 BST
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Sale Number: 539
Edinburgh
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LOT 1
2 ARCHITECTURAL & HUSBANDRY WORKS, COMPRISING
JOHNSTONE, JOHN. A SYSTEMATIC TREATISE ON THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF DRAINING LAND
SOLD FOR £813
LOT 9
[FELIBIEN, ANDRÉ]
DES PRINCIPES DE L'ARCHITECTURE...
SOLD FOR £400
LOT 11
HOLBEIN, JOHN - D. DEUCHAR, EDITOR SALEROOM NOTICE: THIS VOLUME LACKS THE PORTRAIT
THE DANCES OF DEATH...
SOLD FOR £325
LOT 16
SCOTTISH ARCHITECTURE & ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY, A LARGE QUANTITY, INCLUDING
HAMILTON PALACE - SOME BRIEF PARTICULARS REGARDING THE ARRIVAL OF THE MARQUIS OF DOUGLAS
SOLD FOR £813
LOT 17
SEVENTEENTH & EIGHTEENTH CENTURY WORKS ON ART AND ARCHITECTURE, 16 BOOKS
INCLUDING DU FRESNOY, C.A. - DRYDEN, TRANSLATOR
SOLD FOR £400
LOT 19
WYLIE & LOCHHEAD, LIMITED
[CATALOGUE, JULY 1915]
SOLD FOR £325
LOT 22
ATLAS - BLAEU, WILLEM
[GEOGRAPHIAE BLAEUANIAE... ]
SOLD FOR £3,500
LOT 24
BLAEU, WILLEM JANSZOON
EXTIMA SCOTIAE SEPTENTRIONALIS ORA... [NORTHERN SCOTLAND]
SOLD FOR £400
LOT 25
BOULTON, S.
AFRICA, WITH ALL ITS STATES, KINGDOMS, REPUBLIC, REGIONS, ISLANDS, &C.
SOLD FOR £375
LOT 26
[DUPONT, PIERRE, TAPISSIER DU ROY]. 2 VOLUMES CONTAINING ETCHINGS, MOSTLY 17TH CENTURY
ALBUM 1 (VELLUM BINDING, C. 39 X 32CM.),
SOLD FOR £8,750
LOT 27
EDINBURGH, 4 VIEWS
SUTHERLAND, T., ENGRAVER, AFTER J. GENDALL
SOLD FOR £450
LOT 28
HAND-COLOURED CITY PLANS - LUFFMAN, JOHN
SELECT PLANS OF THE PRINCIPAL CITIES, HARBOURS, FORTS &C IN THE WORLD.
SOLD FOR £3,000
LOT 29
LINCOLNSHIRE - EMBROIDERED SILK MAP
BY R. DRIFFILL, 1818
SOLD FOR £350
LOT 33
THE GUINNESS LITHOGRAPHS
6 PRINTS, INCLUDING ARDIZZONE, EDWARD
SOLD FOR £2,500
LOT 35
ANDERSEN, HANS CHRISTIAN - ARTHUR J. GASKIN, ILLUSTRATOR
STORIES AND FAIRY TALES
SOLD FOR £275
LOT 40
CHILDREN'S BOOKS, 62 VOLUMES
INCLUDING CROMPTON, RICHMAL
SOLD FOR £375
LOT 42
MILNE, A.A.
THE HOUSE AT POOH CORNER
SOLD FOR £275
LOT 45
MILNE, A.A.
WINNIE-THE-POOH BOOKS, FIRST EDITIONS
SOLD FOR £500
LOT 46
POTTER, BEATRIX, 31 BOOKS
INCLUDING FIVE FIRST EDITIONS:
SOLD FOR £1,125
LOT 47
ROWLING, J.K.
THE TALES OF BEEDLE THE BARD
SOLD FOR £5,250
LOT 48
AUGUSTINE, ST.
DE CIVITATE DEI LIBRI XXII, LODOVICI VIVIS COMMENTARIIS ILLUSTRATI.
SOLD FOR £275
LOT 50
BYZANTINUS, STEPHANUS
STEPHANOS PERI POLEON. STEPHANUS DE URBIBUS.
SOLD FOR £425
LOT 55
GIOVIO, PAOLO
VITAE ILLUSTRIUM VIRORUM TOMIS DUOBUS,
SOLD FOR £275
LOT 58
MURNER, THOMAS
CAUSSA HELVETICA ORTHODOXAE FIDEI
SOLD FOR £750
LOT 59
PÜRSTINGER, BERTHOLD
ONUS ECCLESIAE... DE SEPTEM ECCLESIAE STATIBUS
SOLD FOR £300
LOT 63
BATTLE OF WATERLOO - BOWYER, R.
AN ILLUSTRATED RECORD OF IMPORTANT EVENTS IN THE ANNALS OF EUROPE
SOLD FOR £813
LOT 64
BATTLE OF WATERLOO - [MUDFORD, WILLIAM]
[AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE CAMPAIGN IN THE NETHERLANDS, IN 1815]
SOLD FOR £425
LOT 68
CHENNAULT, CLAIRE LEE
WAY OF A FIGHTER
SOLD FOR £300
LOT 71
[CORBOULD, EDWARD]
THE EGLINTON TOURNAMENT. LONDON: HODGSON & GRAVES, 1840
SOLD FOR £325
LOT 72
CUMMING BRUCE, M.E.
FAMILY RECORDS OF THE BRUCES AND THE CUMYNS
SOLD FOR £350
LOT 74
FLETCHER, ANDREW OF SALTOUN
A DISCOURSE OF GOVERNMENT WITH RELATION TO MILITIA'S [SIC.]
SOLD FOR £275
LOT 75
FREEMASONRY, 4 VOLUMES, INCLUDING
PAINE, T.O. SOLOMON'S TEMPLE AND CAPITOL, ARK OF THE FLOOD AND TABERNACLE. BOSTON: HOUGHTON MIFFLIN, 1885.
SOLD FOR £400
LOT 78
GIBBON, EDWARD
THE HISTORY OF THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE
SOLD FOR £313
LOT 80
KAY, JOHN
A SERIES OF ORIGINAL PORTRAITS AND CARICATURE ETCHINGS.
SOLD FOR £325
LOT 81
LAW & POLITICS
INCLUDING THE STAIR SOCIETY
SOLD FOR £375
LOT 83
MILITARY AND NAVAL UNIFORMS - JONES, WILLIAM, AND COMPANY
ILLUSTRATED REGULATIONS, STANDARD UNIFORMS AND PATTERNS OF THE ARMY, NAVY, MILITIA, VOLUNTEERS, CIVIL SERVICE, COURT DRESS &C.
SOLD FOR £813
LOT 84
MILITARY HISTORY, 12 BOOKS
INCLUDING HOZIER, CAPTAIN H.M.
SOLD FOR £450
LOT 86
SCOTLAND, 8 FOLIO VOLUMES INCLUDING STEVENSON, T.G.
EDINBURGH IN THE OLDEN TIME. EDINBURGH, 1880
SOLD FOR £350
LOT 87
SCOTLAND, A COLLECTION OF 9 VOLUMES, INCLUDING
PLAYFAIR, JAMES. A GEOGRAPHICAL AND STATISTICAL DESCRIPTION OF SCOTLAND
SOLD FOR £300
LOT 88
SCOTLAND, ANTIQUARIAN, 8 VOLUMES INCLUDING
THE ACTS & ORDERS OF THE MEETING OF THE ESTATES
SOLD FOR £475
LOT 90
SCOTTISH ANTIQUARIAN
10 VOLUMES, INCLUDING MACKENZIE, SIR GEORGE
SOLD FOR £275
LOT 91
SCOTTISH ANTIQUARIAN
A COLLECTION OF 10 VOLUMES COMPRISING [DUNCOMBE, G.]
SOLD FOR £525
LOT 101
SCOTTISH INCLUDING JACOBITE HISTORY, A LARGE QUANTITY, INCLUDING
HUME, DAVID. THE HISTORY OF THE HOUSE AND RACE OF DOUGLAS AND ANGUS.
SOLD FOR £1,500
LOT 103
SELECT TRIALS FOR MURDER, ROBBER, BURGLARY, RAPES, SODOMY, COINING, FORGERY AND OTHER OFFENCES
LONDON: J. WILKIE, 1764
SOLD FOR £1,000
LOT 104
SMITH, ADAM
AN INQUIRY INTO THE NATURE AND CAUSES OF THE WEALTH OF NATIONS
SOLD FOR £500
LOT 109
WATERLOO, WELLINGTON & NAPOLEON, A COLLECTION OF 11 VOLUMES INCLUDING
FELLOWES, W.D. PARIS, DURING THE INTERESTING MONTH OF JULY, 1815
SOLD FOR £500
LOT 110
WITCHCRAFT - LAW, ROBERT
MEMORIALLS: OR THE MEMORABLE THINGS THAT FELL OUT WITHIN...BRITTAIN FROM 1638 TO 1684
SOLD FOR £350
LOT 111
WOMEN'S HISTORY, INCLUDING
AN ADDRESS TO THE UNFORTUNATE FEMALE
SOLD FOR £375
LOT 112
"MACDIARMID, HUGH" [CHRISTOPHER MURRAY GRIEVE]
A DRUNK MAN LOOKS AT THE THISTLE
SOLD FOR £625
LOT 113
20TH CENTURY LITERATURE, 22 BOOKS
INCLUDING THOMPSON, FLORA
SOLD FOR £375
LOT 115
AUSTEN, JANE
THE NOVELS.
SOLD FOR £525
LOT 123
BINDINGS, A COLLECTION OF 23 VOLUMES INCLUDING
MAILLET, DIDEROT & D'ALEMBERT. SELECT ESSAYS FROM THE ENCYCLOPEDY. 1772
SOLD FOR £525
LOT 124
BREWSTER, DAVID
THE EDINBURGH ENCYCLOPAEDIA...
SOLD FOR £375
LOT 125
BRONTË, CHARLOTTE, EMILY AND ANNE
NOVELS OF THE SISTERS BRONTE, EDITED BY T. SCOTT
SOLD FOR £325
LOT 128
BUCHAN, JOHN
16 WORKS, INCLUDING
SOLD FOR £375
LOT 130
CHRISTIE, AGATHA
14 FIRST EDITIONS IN DUST-JACKETS, AND 11 OTHERS
SOLD FOR £425
LOT 131
COLLECTION OF MODERN FIRST EDITIONS
INCLUDING WAUGH, EVELYN
SOLD FOR £575
LOT 132
DICKENS, CHARLES
4 WORKS, COMPRISING
SOLD FOR £350
LOT 133
DICKENS, CHARLES
OLIVER TWIST
SOLD FOR £400
LOT 136
DOESTOEVSKY / DOSTOYEVSKY, FYODOR
THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV
SOLD FOR £4,250
LOT 137
DOYLE, A CONAN
THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES
SOLD FOR £275
LOT 144
FLEMING, IAN
FOUR WORKS, ALL FIRST EDITIONS
SOLD FOR £625
LOT 145
FOUR FEMALE REGENCY AUTHORS: MARIA EDGEWORTH, ANNA PORTER, SUSAN FERRIER &, SYDNEY OWENSEN, COMPRISING
MORGAN, SYDNEY OWENSON, LADY. THE NOVICE OF SAINT DOMINICK
SOLD FOR £400
LOT 151
HEMINGWAY, ERNEST
4 WORKS, INCLUDING THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA
SOLD FOR £325
LOT 158
KIPLING, RUDAYRD
THE JUNGLE BOOK
SOLD FOR £350
LOT 159
LEATHER BINDINGS
110 VOLUMES, INCLUDING MILTON, JOHN
SOLD FOR £1,500
LOT 162
LITERATURE, 43 LEATHER BOUND VOLUMES, INCLUDING JOHNSON, SAMUEL
A DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. 1805. NINTH EDITION,
SOLD FOR £450
LOT 163
LITERATURE, A LARGE QUANTITY, INCLUDING
RAMSAY, ALLAN. THE GENTLE SHEPHERD. GLASGOW: A. FOULIS, 1788,
SOLD FOR £688
LOT 164
LITERATURE, A QUANTITY
INCLUDING GRAY, THOMAS
SOLD FOR £475
LOT 166
MODERN LITERATURE
INCLUDING NABOKOV, VLADIMIR
SOLD FOR £400
LOT 176
SCOTTISH LITERATURE, POETRY AND THEATRE, 19 WORKS, INCLUDING
JACKSON, JOHN. THE HISTORY OF THE SCOTTISH STAGE. EDINBURGH: P. HILL, 1793.
SOLD FOR £325
LOT 178
THE BEE, OR
LITERARY WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER
SOLD FOR £500
LOT 180
VIZETELLY, E.A. - EMILE ZOLA
WITH ZOLA IN ENGLAND: A STORY OF EXILE
SOLD FOR £1,000
LOT 181
WAR POETS, INCLUDING SASSOON, SIEGFRIED
COUNTER-ATTACK AND OTHER POEMS
SOLD FOR £275
LOT 182
WODEHOUSE, P.G.
53 BOOKS, WITH MANY FIRST EDITIONS, INCLUDING
SOLD FOR £938
LOT 183
WOMEN'S WRITING
110 BOOKS, INCLUDING:
SOLD FOR £550
LOT 184
COOKERY -
MANUSCRIPT RECIPE & GENERAL ACCOUNTS BOOK, C. 1690
SOLD FOR £3,500
LOT 185
EARLY THEATRE IN NORTH EAST SCOTLAND
WILLIAM ANDERSON'S NOTEBOOK
SOLD FOR £1,500
LOT 186
ERSKINE, JOHN, THE HONOURABLE COLONEL, OF CARNOCK
JOURNAL, 18TH CENTURY MANUSCRIPT TRANSCRIPTION OF ERSKINE'S JOURNAL
SOLD FOR £750
LOT 187
GOLF: 3 LETTERS
WILLIE ROBERTSON, J MORTON DYKES JR & FRANCIS OUIMET, TO TOM STEWART COMPANY, ST ANDREWS
SOLD FOR £500
LOT 189
MARY TUDOR (MARY I OF ENGLAND)
SIGNED LAND DEED WITH GREAT SEAL
SOLD FOR £3,125
LOT 190
ROXBURGH: GRANT OF ARMS FOR THE COUNTY OF ROXBURGH
ISSUED ON THE AUTHORITY OF ROBERT AURIOL DRUMMOND HAY
SOLD FOR £600
LOT 195
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS
82 ITEMS, INCLUDING
SOLD FOR £625
LOT 198
CHAPBOOKS AND PAMPHLETS
INCLUDING OPEN LETTERS, SERMONS, 31 ITEMS:
SOLD FOR £275
LOT 199
CONCERTINA PEEPSHOW - LE PALAIS ROYAL
WITH PAPER LABEL PARIS: WERNER, MD. PAPETIER, RUE VIVIENNE, [C.1820]
SOLD FOR £750
LOT 204
LEATHER BINDINGS
63 VOLUMES, INCLUDING COCKBURN, LORD
SOLD FOR £425
LOT 205
LONG RUN, RED HALF MOROCCO BINDINGS
PUNCH: OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI
SOLD FOR £350
LOT 207
MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS SALEROOM NOTICE: THIS LOT DOES NOT CONTAIN ANY ART REFERENCE WORKS
A QUANTITY, INCLUDING MACNISH, R.
SOLD FOR £325
LOT 211
BEEKEEPING - KEYS, JOHN
THE PRACTICAL BEE-MASTER. LONDON: FOR THE AUTHOR, [1780]
SOLD FOR £325
LOT 212
BEWICK, THOMAS, 3 VOLUMES COMPRISING
A HISTORY OF BRITISH BIRDS
SOLD FOR £350
LOT 214
BOTANY, AGRICULTURE, HUSBANDRY, FISHERIES, GEOLOGY, A QUANTITY, INCLUDING
BEWICK, THOMAS. A GENERAL HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. NEWCASTLE, 1807
SOLD FOR £750
LOT 215
DARWIN, CHARLES, AND OTHERS
NARRATIVE OF THE SURVEYING VOYAGES OF HIS MAJESTY'S SHIPS ADVENTURE AND BEAGLE...
SOLD FOR £7,250
LOT 216
DEERSTALKING - LYDEKKER, RICHARD
THE DEER OF ALL LANDS
SOLD FOR £1,000
LOT 220
HUNTING & SHOOTING, A QUANTITY, INCLUDING
EDWARDS, LIONEL & H.F. WALLACE. HUNTING & STALKING THE DEER. LONDON, 1930
SOLD FOR £875
LOT 222
ITALIAN ZOOLOGY - GAZZADI, DOMENICO AND ANTONIO BASCHIERI
ZOOLOGIA MORALE
SOLD FOR £5,750
LOT 223
LOUDON, JANE WEBB
THE LADIES' FLOWER-GARDEN OF ORNAMENTAL ANNUALS
SOLD FOR £550
LOT 224
LOUDON, JANE WEBB
THE LADIES' FLOWER-GARDEN OF ORNAMENTAL BULBOUS PLANTS
SOLD FOR £500
LOT 225
LOUDON, JANE WEBB
THE LADIES' FLOWER-GARDEN OF ORNAMENTAL GREENHOUSE PLANTS
SOLD FOR £400
LOT 226
LOUDON, JANE WEBB
THE LADIES' FLOWER-GARDEN OF ORNAMENTAL PERENNIALS
SOLD FOR £688
LOT 227
MATTIOLI, PIETRO ANDREA
COMMENTARII IN SEX LIBROS
SOLD FOR £9,375
