View books, Baedekers, Scottish interest and miscellaneous
Collection of works
£328
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 21 September 2023 at 10:00 BST
Description
11 view books (c.1900, oblong 4to, with plates from photographs, various media, and including: J. J. Riley, Photographic View Album of Southport; T. S. Gowland, Album of Views of Eastbourne, leporello format; H. Owen, Photographic View Album of Barmouth and District; E. J. Oldbury, Picturesque Views of Knighton and Neighbourhood; and similar, including Colwyn Bay, Shrewsbury, Blackpool, etc.); 7 Baedekers (Southern France; Italy ; Spain and Portugal, 2 copies; Central Italy; Rhine; Egypt); John Wilson, Wilson's Guide to Rothesay and the Island of Bute, Rothesay: John Wilson, 1848. 8vo, original red cloth gilt, engraved map frontispiece, vignette title-page, plate; The Stranger's Guide to Edinburgh ... Seventh Edition, Edinburgh: John Moir, 1820, 12mo, later sprinkled half calf, folding map (backed on linen); The Story of the Stewarts, Edinburgh, 1901, 4to, original cloth, inscribed by the author; Henry Herbert & Co (publisher), London (Illustrated), a Complete Guide to the Places of Amusement ... 1879, 4to, original cloth, text printed in purple within decorative chromolithographic border, wood-engraved illustrations, mounted albumen print portrait photographs; Joseph Gostwick, English Poets, Twelve Essays, London: Frederick Bruckmann, 1876 (8vo, original cloth, mounted albumen print portrait photographs from paintings; and approx. 20 others, the lot sold as seen, not subject to return