Lot 311
£1,063
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 13 July 2022 from 10:00 BST
including:
Jones, Owen, chromolithographer. The Book of Common Prayer. London: J. Murray, 1855. 8vo, (185 x 255mm), title and 6 chromolithographed plates, text within coloured and/or decorative borders throughout, red initial letters, contemporary vellum gilt, spine gilt, mounted brass crucifix to upper cover, mounted brass Christogram to lower board, g.e., neatly rebacked retaining original spine;
A. & C. Black, publishers. The Old Venetian Palaces, 1907; The Canary Islands.1911; Amid the High Hills, 1923; Bruges & West Flanders, 1906; The Italian Lakes, 1912; The Stones of Italy, 1907, dustwrapper; Southern Spain, 1908; Germany, 1902; Northern Spain. 1906; all plates, original pictorial cloth;
Lear, Edward. Journal of a Landscape Painter in Corsica. London, 1870. 8vo, map and 40 plates, original brown cloth, rubbed;
Bartlett, W.H. Pictures from Sicily. London, 1853, 8vo, engraved title, frontispiece, folding map and 30 plates, original green cloth gilt, slightly spotted, spine faded;
Black and Armstrong, publishers. The Continental Tourist and Pictorial Companion. London, [c.1836] 8vo, engraved title and 61 engraved plates, original cloth gilt, slightly rubbed;
Conybeare, W.D. and William Phillips. Outlines of the Geology of England and Wales. London, 1822, 8vo, part 1 (all published), folding hand-coloured map, 2 folding plates (1 coloured and laid down on linen), modern quarter calf, spine gilt;
Payne, A.H., publisher. The Cities of Europe. Dresden and Leipzig, [c.1840]. 8vo, engraved title & plates, folding maps, original cloth, lacks front free endpaper, binding slightly soiled;
Holbein, John. The Dances of Death, etched by D. Deuchar, 1803, small 4to, etched frontispiece and 46 plates, contemporary half morocco, rebacked retaining original spine;
Barnum, P.T. The Life of P.T. Barnum. London, Willoughby & Co., [n.d.], 8vo, plates, original cloth, rubbed;
Voltaire, F.M.A. de. The General History and State of Europe. 1754. 8vo, contemporary calf, rubbed;
Janin, M. Jules. The American in Paris. London, 1843, 8vo, engraved plates, contemporary half calf, slightly rubbed;
Wade, John. The Black Book, or Corruption Unmasked. London, 1820. 8vo, contemporary calf, worn;
Queen Victoria. Album of photographs, 42 photographs of Queen Victoria, Edward VII, Queen Alexandra, George V, Queen Mary, and other children of Queen Victoria, red morocco album, g.e., lower hinge slightly split;
Beaton, Cecil. The Face of the World. [1954], 4to, dustwrapper lacking most of spine; Persona Grata. 1954. 8vo, dustwrapper slightly frayed and with slight loss at head of spine; Indian Album. 1945-46. 8vo, dustwrapper frayed with slight loss; Chinese Album. 1945-46, 8vo, dustwrapper frayed with loss; Air of Glory. 1941. 4to, dustwrapper torn with loss;
Barker, Cicely Mary. The Book of the Flower Fairies. [n.d.], 8vo, 72 coloured plates, original pictorial green cloth;
and a quantity of miscellaneous books (quantity)