Lot 212
Miscellaneous books, 34 volumes, including Olney, Peter
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photography
Auction: 13 January 2016 at 11:00 GMT
Description
The wildfowl paintings of Henry Jones. 1987. Oblong folio, number 255 of 350 copies signed by the author, mounted coloured plates, blue half leather, original cloth box; Wright, L. The new book of poultry. Cassell, [n.d.], 4to, coloured plates, half calf; Bing, S. Artistic Japan. 1891. Folio, vol. 6 only, plates, some coloured, original half cloth; Collingwood, W.G. The life and work of John Ruskin. 1893. 2 volumes, 4to, number 20 of 320 copies, quarter vellum, bindings soiled; Lowe, E.J. Our native ferns. 1865, 2 volumes, 8vo, coloured plates, half calf; Seyffert, O. Dictionary of classical antiquities. 1899. 4to, contemporary calf gilt; Gems from the poets. 1860. Large 8vo, colour printed title and wood block plates by F.A. Lydon, original cloth, rebacked, worn; Fruits of enterprise exhibited in the travels of Belzoni in Egypt and Nubia. 1822. 12mo, 24 coloured plates, red morocco-backed boards, worn; Millet, F.D. The Danube. 1893, presentation copy from the author, original cloth; Smith, E. The compleat housewife. 1758. 16th edition, frontispiece & 2 plates only, calf, soiling, cover detached; Frazer, Mrs The practice of cookery, pastry, pickling, preserving &c. Edinburgh, [c.1791], 12mo, 2 engraved plates, cloth, date excised from title; Macdiarmid, Hugh Selected poems, edited by R. C. Saunders. [c.1945], Presentation copy to Sadie Starrett, original cloth-backed boards, binding soiled; and 20 others; sold not subject to return (34)