Lot 243
Miscellaneous books, including Fry, C.B.
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photography
Auction: 11 January 2017 at 11:00 GMT
Description
The Book of Cricket. [1901]. Folio, half morocco, some dust-soiling, rebacked; Low, J.L. F.G. Tait, a Record. [1901], original red cloth gilt, spine faded; Grant, J.G. The Complete Curler. 1914. First edition, original cloth; Lingard, J. The History and Antiquities of the Anglo-Saxon Church. 1845. 2 volumes, contemporary calf, gilt; Royal Institution Notices of the Proceedings at the Meetings of the Members of the Royal Institution. London, 1854. Volume 1 only, 8vo, original cloth; Wagner, R. The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie. 1910. 4to., plates by Arthur Rackham, Anne Redpath's copy with signature, binding damp-flecked; Barrie, J.M. The Admirable Crichton. [1914]. 4to., mounted plates, original pictorial cloth gilt; Pennant, Thomas A Tour from Downing to Alston-Moor. 1801. First edition, 4to., large paper copy, 28 engraved plates (27 called for; extra plate at p.95), half morocco, uncut, rubbed; Hogarth, William The Complete Works. [c.1880], 8 original parts, plates, original cloth-backed pictorial wrappers lightly marked; Ryan, P. Encyclopaedia of Papua and New Guinea. Melbourne, 1973, 3 volumes, 4to., cloth; Royal Society. Philosophical Transactions. Volume 55 for the year 1755. 1756. plates, dampstained, old half calf, worn, cover detached; Couper, W.J. The Edinburgh Periodical Press. Stirling, 1908. 2 vol., 8vo, presentation copy from the author, original buckram, uncut; Thomson, William A Practical Treatise on the Cultivation of the Grape Vine. 1862. 8vo, original cloth, a few spots; Bunsen, Frances A Memoir of Baron Bunsen. 1868. 2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary half calf; and others