Books on The East and The Muqaddimah.
lot 900 (The Book Auction, 6th Feb, 2020)
Horne (Charles F.) The Sacred Books & Early Literature Of The East, 14 vols, 8vo, cloth, illus., limited edition of 2000 numbered sets, published for ... read more
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lot 901 (The Book Auction, 6th Feb, 2020)
Plutarch, The Works Of, translated by Thomas North, 5 vols, folio, illus. by T.L. Poulton, The Nonesuch Press, 1930.
Sold for £60 More details 1
lot 902 (The Book Auction, 6th Feb, 2020)
Thorpe (Benjamin) (trans.) Lappenberg's History Of England Under The Saxon and Anglo-Norman Kings, 3 vols, 8vo, half calf and marbled boards, Oxford, ... read more
Sold for £70 More details 1
lot 903 (The Book Auction, 6th Feb, 2020)
Burton (Richard F.) (trans.) The Book Of The Thousand Nights and A Night, 10 vols, 8vo, gilt cloth; and Supplemental Nights, 6 vols, 8vo, cloth, all ... read more
Sold for £75 More details 1
lot 904 (The Book Auction, 6th Feb, 2020)
Hakluyt Society: sundry reprints of historic records of voyages, travels and other geographical material, 60 vols.
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The Viking Club, Old Lore Series.
lot 905 (The Book Auction, 6th Feb, 2020)
The Viking Club, Old Lore Series, 63 vols, 8vo, paper covs., c.1910 and later. (62)
lot 906 (The Book Auction, 6th Feb, 2020)
Hussey (Christopher) and James (N.R.) Eton College, folio, half calf, illus., special Etonian edition produced by Country Life, limited to 1000 ... read more
Sold for £45 More details 1
Shrewsbury and other British Schools.
lot 907 (The Book Auction, 6th Feb, 2020)
Fisher (George William) Annals Of Shrewsbury School, 8vo, gilt cloth, illus., 1899; Oldham (J. Basil) A History of Shrewsbury School, 1552-1952, 8vo, ... read more
Sold for £90 More details 1
Durham Social & Political; and Contemporary Biographies.
lot 908 (The Book Auction, 6th Feb, 2020)
Gaskell (Ernest) Durham Leaders Social & Political, 4to, half morocco, illus., published privately, c.1908; and Pike (W.T.) (Editor) Durham At The ... read more
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lot 909 (The Book Auction, 6th Feb, 2020)
Richardson (Thomas Miles snr.) Antiquities Of Northumberland & Durham, lge. 4to, boards, illus. by the Author, Newcastle, 1881; Gott (John) The ... read more
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History & Antiquities of Durham.
lot 910 (The Book Auction, 6th Feb, 2020)
Hutchinson (William) The History & Antiquities Of The County Of Durham, 3 vols, 8vo, half calf and marbled boards, illus., Durham 1823.
Sold for £95 More details 1
lot 911 (The Book Auction, 6th Feb, 2020)
Hodgson (Rev. J.C.) Northumberland: Or Original Delineations Of That County, sml. 8vo, original boards, illus. with engravings and fold-out map, 1881; ... read more
Sold for £130 More details 1
Books on Alnwick, Berwick and Edinburgh.
lot 912 (The Book Auction, 6th Feb, 2020)
Tate (George) The History Of Alnwick, 2 vols, 8vo, calf morocco, illus. with lithographs, Alnwick, 1868-9; Sheldon (Frederick) A History Of Berwick ... read more
Sold for £140 More details 1
lot 913 (The Book Auction, 6th Feb, 2020)
Fordyce (T.) and Sykes (John) Local Records Of Remarkable Events In Northumberland, Durham, etc., 4 vols, 8vo, half calf and marbled boards, ... read more
Sold for £80 More details 1
lot 914 (The Book Auction, 6th Feb, 2020)
Bolam (George) Birds Of Northumberland and The Eastern Borders, 8vo, cloth, illus., Alnwick, 1912; and other books on Northumberland. (11)
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lot 915 (The Book Auction, 6th Feb, 2020)
Dawson (W.H.) A History Of Skipton, 8vo, gilt cloth, illus., 1882; Ryan (Rev. John) History Of Shotley Spa and Vicinity Of Shotley Bridge, 16mo, ... read more
Sold for £120 More details 1
lot 916 (The Book Auction, 6th Feb, 2020)
Bourn (William) History Of The Parish Of Ryton, 8vo, cloth, illus., Carlisle, 1896; Smiles (Samuel) Lives Of The Engineers, 8vo, embossed gilt ... read more
Sold for £80 More details 1
Newcastle Local History Books.
lot 917 (The Book Auction, 6th Feb, 2020)
Turner (G. Grey) The Newcastle upon Tyne School Of Medicine, 1834-1934, 8vo, cloth, illus., Newcastle, 1934; Reed (Archibald) Bruce's School, 8vo, ... read more
Sold for £60 More details 1
lot 918 (The Book Auction, 6th Feb, 2020)
Ridley (Nancy) A Northumbrian Remembers, 8vo, cloth, illus., 1970; and other books on Northern Local History by Nancy Ridley and other authors. (46)
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Newcastle and Northumberland Local History.
lot 919 (The Book Auction, 6th Feb, 2020)
Newcastle and Northumberland Local History - a large collection of pamphlets, guides and books, various. (3 boxes)
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Alice In Wonderland and other books, various artists.
lot 920 (The Book Auction, 6th Feb, 2020)
Jekyll (Gertrude) Home & Garden, 8vo, gilt cloth, illus., 1900; Carroll (Lewis) Alice In Wonderland, 4to, printed boards, illus. by Mabel Lucie ... read more
Sold for £130 More details 17
Butterflies of The British Isles and other Books.
lot 921 (The Book Auction, 6th Feb, 2020)
South (Richard) The Butterflies Of The British Isles, and The Moths Of The British Isles, 3 vols, sml. 4to, cloth, illus., published by Frederick ... read more
Sold for £130 More details 1
The Turn Of The Tide and other books.
lot 922 (The Book Auction, 6th Feb, 2020)
Bryant (Arthur) The Turn Of The Tide, 1939-1943, 8vo, cloth, 1957, with d.w.; Trevelyan (George Macaulay) The English Revolution, 1688-1689, 8vo, ... read more
Sold for £30 More details 1
Books by Sir Walter Scott and Rudyard Kipling.
lot 923 (The Book Auction, 6th Feb, 2020)
Scott (Sir Walter) The Vision Of Don Roderick & Other Poems, 8vo, half calf and marbled boards, second edition, Edinburgh, 1811; Scott (Sir Walter) ... read more
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Books and Pamphlets on Art and Antiques.
lot 924 (The Book Auction, 6th Feb, 2020)
Holme (Charles) (Editor) The Royal Academy From Reynolds To Millais, 4to, half morocco, illus., The Studio, 1904; Honey (William Bowyer) The Ceramic ... read more
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Railway Trains and Engineering.
lot 925 (The Book Auction, 6th Feb, 2020)
Railway Trains and Railway Engineering, sundry books and pamphlets. (110)
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George Clayton Atkinson's Journal Feroe & Westman.
lot 926 (The Book Auction, 6th Feb, 2020)
Seaton (Anthony V.) (Editor) George Clayton Atkinson's Journal Of An Expedition To The Feroe & Westman Islands and Iceland In 1833, lge. 4to, quarter ... read more
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lot 927 (The Book Auction, 6th Feb, 2020)
Hedges (F.A. Mitchell) Battles With Giant Fish, 8vo, cloth, illus., 1926; "Jock Scott" Greased Line Fishing For Salmon, and Spinning Up To Date, 2 ... read more
Sold for £40 More details 1
lot 928 (The Book Auction, 6th Feb, 2020)
St. John (Charles) A Tour In Sutherlandshire, 2 vols, 8vo, embossed boards, illus. with woodcuts, 1849; St. John (Charles) Natural History & Sport in ... read more
Sold for £1,200 More details 8
lot 929 (The Book Auction, 6th Feb, 2020)
The Sporting Review: A Monthly Chronicle Of The Turf, The Chase and Rural Sports, edited by "Craven", 12 vols, half calf, illus., published by ... read more
Sold for £160 More details 1
lot 930 (The Book Auction, 6th Feb, 2020)
Tegner (Henry) Wild Cheviot, 8vo, cloth, illus., first edition 1962, with d.w.; and other books by Henry Tegner. (12)
Sold for £45 More details 1
lot 931 (The Book Auction, 6th Feb, 2020)
Surtees (R.S.) Handley Cross, Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour, Plain or Ringlets? and other titles from the Jorrock's edition, 6 vols, printed cloth, ... read more
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Game Birds and Sport of Shooting books.
lot 932 (The Book Auction, 6th Feb, 2020)
Millais (John Guille) Game Birds & Shooting Sketches, 4to, printed cloth, illus., second edition, 1894; Knox (A.E.) Game Birds & Wild Fowl, 8vo, ... read more
Sold for £80 More details 1
John Carter; and John Hancock Books.
lot 933 (The Book Auction, 6th Feb, 2020)
Carter (John) Some Account Of The Cathedral Church Of Durham; illustrative of the plans, elevations and sections of that building, atlas folio, half ... read more
Sold for £220 More details 5
Excursions In Madeira and Porto Santo.
lot 934 (The Book Auction, 6th Feb, 2020)
Mrs. Bowdich, Excursions In Madeira and Porto Santo, Autumn 1823, by the late T. Edward Bowdich, Conductor of the Mission to Ashantee, 4to, half calf ... read more
Sold for £420 More details 3
lot 935 (The Book Auction, 6th Feb, 2020)
Stark (Freya) Books on travel, mainly first editions, comprising: Bagdad Sketches, first cheap edition, 1939; A Winter In Arabia, 1940; East Is West, ... read more
Sold for £80 More details 1
lot 936 (The Book Auction, 6th Feb, 2020)
Maxwell (Gavin) A Reed Shaken By The Wind, 8vo, cloth, illus. 1957, with d.w.; Newby (Eric) The Last Grain Race, 8vo, cloth, illus., 1956, with d.w.; ... read more
Sold for £50 More details 1
lot 937 (The Book Auction, 6th Feb, 2020)
Herzog (Maurice) Annapurna, 8vo, cloth, illus., 1952, with d.w.; Fermor (Patrick Leigh) Mani, Travel In The Southern Peloponnese, 8vo, cloth, illus., ... read more
Sold for £75 More details 1
lot 938 (The Book Auction, 6th Feb, 2020)
Williams (Eric) The Wooden Horse, 8vo, cloth, 1949, with d.w.; Neave (Airey) They Have Their Exits, 8vo, cloth, 1953, with d.w.; Moss (W. Stanley) ... read more
Sold for £30 More details 1
lot 939 (The Book Auction, 6th Feb, 2020)
Strachey (Lytton) Elizabeth and Essex, 8vo, cloth, 1928; Firth (Charles Harding) (Editor) Lord Macaulay's History Of England, 6 vols, 4to, cloth, ... read more
Sold for £30 More details 1
lot 940 (The Book Auction, 6th Feb, 2020)
Rousseau Glover (A.S.B.) (trans.) The Confessions of J.J. Rousseau, 2 vols, full calf, illus. by Reynolds Stone, The Nonesuch Press, 1938; Proust ... read more
Sold for £85 More details 5
lot 941 (The Book Auction, 6th Feb, 2020)
Macmillan (Harold) Memoirs: Winds Of Change, The Blast Of War, Tides Of Fortune, etc., 6 vols, 8vo, cloth, illus., 1966-1973, with d.w., volume 1 ... read more
Sold for £40 More details 1
lot 942 (The Book Auction, 6th Feb, 2020)
Nicholson (Harold) Diaries and Letters, 3 vols, 8vo, cloth, 1966, 1967 and 1968, with d.w.; Wordsworth (Dorothy) Journals Of, 2 vols, 8vo, cloth, ... read more
Sold for £30 More details 1
Books by Robert Graves and Siegfried Sassoon.
lot 943 (The Book Auction, 6th Feb, 2020)
Graves (Robert) Homer's Daughter, 8vo, cloth, 1955, with d.w.; Graves (Robert) Lawrence and The Arabs, 8vo, cloth, illus., 1927; and other books by ... read more
Sold for £40 More details 1
lot 944 (The Book Auction, 6th Feb, 2020)
Greene (Graham) Novels comprising: The Heart of the Matter, 1948; Our Man In Havana,1958; A Burnt-Out Case, 1961, with d.w.; The End Of The Affair, ... read more
Sold for £90 More details 1
lot 945 (The Book Auction, 6th Feb, 2020)
Lee (Laurie) Cider With Rosie, 8vo, cloth, illus. by John Ward, published by the Hogarth Press, 1959, with d.w.; Lee (Laurie) A Rose For Winter, 8vo, ... read more
Sold for £110 More details 1
lot 946 (The Book Auction, 6th Feb, 2020)
Bates (H.E.) Fair Stood The Wind For France, 8vo, cloth, 1944, with d.w.; Bates (H.E.) The Triple Echo, 8vo, cloth, illus. by Ron Clarke, 1970; and ... read more
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Ernest Hemingway and other Authors novels.
lot 948 (The Book Auction, 6th Feb, 2020)
Hemingway (Ernest) A Moveable Feast, 8vo, cloth, 1964, with d.w.; Keneally (Thomas) Schindler's Ark, 8vo, cloth, 1982, with d.w.; Kerouach (Jack) On ... read more
Sold for £170 More details 1
Presentation album to Sir W.H. Stephenson.
lot 949 (The Book Auction, 6th Feb, 2020)
A presentation album of correspondence receipts and ephemera given to Sir W.H. Stephenson, former Mayor and Lord Mayor of Newcastle upon Tyne, on the ... read more
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Book of Remembrance presented to Rev. John Bagot Stock, M.A.
lot 950 (The Book Auction, 6th Feb, 2020)
A Book of Remembrance presented to the Rev. John Bagot Stack, M.A., Honorary Cannon Durham, from members of the Parish Council and communicants of ... read more
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Manuscript ledger appertaining to the Blagdon Estate, Northumberland.
lot 951 (The Book Auction, 6th Feb, 2020)
A manuscript ledger containing details and valuations of geological and colliery boreholes on the Blagdon Estate, Northumberland, conducted by R. ... read more
Sold for £440 More details 6
A Visitors Book from the Canadian Rifle Club "Mess".
lot 952 (The Book Auction, 6th Feb, 2020)
A Visitors Book from the Canadian Rifle Club "Mess" Bisley Shooting Ground, Surrey, for the year 1903, containing the signatures of notable members ... read more
Sold for £160 More details 1
James G.T. Forbes Diary & Early-Life Authobiography.
lot 953 (The Book Auction, 6th Feb, 2020)
A diary and early-life autobiography of James G.T. Forbes, b.1824-d.1887, in 3 sml. quarto vols, illus. with contemporary photographs of the diarist ... read more
Sold for £900 More details 14
lot 954 (The Book Auction, 6th Feb, 2020)
Brand (John) The History and Antiquities Of Newcastle upon Tyne, 2 vols, 4to, full calf, illus. with engravings, 1789; and Wood (John) The Town Atlas ... read more
Sold for £50 More details 1
lot 955 (The Book Auction, 6th Feb, 2020)
Fordyce (William) The History and Antiquities Of The County Of Durham, 2 vols, 4to, half calf, illus. with engravings, Newcastle, 1857.
Sold for £40 More details 1
lot 956 (The Book Auction, 6th Feb, 2020)
Mackenzie (E.) A Descriptive and Historical Account Of Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead, 2 vols, 4to, half morocco, illus. with engravings and extra ... read more
Sold for £50 More details 1
lot 957 (The Book Auction, 6th Feb, 2020)
Wood (Herbert Maxwell) The Durham and Northumberland Parish Register Society: The Registers of Whickham, 8vo, paper covs., Sunderland, 1898, bearing ... read more
Sold for £40 More details 1
lot 958 (The Book Auction, 6th Feb, 2020)
Lydekker (Richard) The Royal Natural History, 6 vols (mammals, birds, reptiles, fish and invertebrates), 4to, printed cloth, illus. with plates and ... read more
Sold for £75 More details 1
lot 959 (The Book Auction, 6th Feb, 2020)
Lydekker (Richard) The Royal Natural History, 4 vols (mammals and birds), 4to, printed cloth, illus. with plates and chromolithographs, published by ... read more
Sold for £55 More details 1
Charles MacFarlane, and Alfred Tennyson Books.
lot 960 (The Book Auction, 6th Feb, 2020)
MacFarlane (Charles) and Thomson (Rev. Thomas) The Comprehensive History Of England, 4 vols, lge. 8vo, gilt boards, illus., n.d.; Tennyson (Alfred) ... read more
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lot 961 (The Book Auction, 6th Feb, 2020)
Churchill (Winston Spencer) Painting As A Pastime, 8vo, cloth, illus., first edition, 1948, with d.w.; Cellini (Benvenuto) and Nugent (Thomas) (trans. ... read more
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lot 962 (The Book Auction, 6th Feb, 2020)
Hunter (John) An Historical Journal Of The Transactions At Port Jackson and Norfolk Island, New South Wales and In The Southern Ocean, Since The ... read more
Sold for £520 More details 1
Sands & Kenny Australian Keepsake.
lot 963 (The Book Auction, 6th Feb, 2020)
Sands & Kenny (Publishers) Australian Keepsake: Landscape Scenery Illustrating Sydney and Port Jackson, New South Wales, obl., 4to, original gilt ... read more
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Arthur Phillip The Voyage of Governor Phillip To Botany Bay.
lot 964 (The Book Auction, 6th Feb, 2020)
Phillip (Arthur) The Voyage Of Governor Phillip To Botany Bay With An Account Of The Establishment Of The Colonies Of Port Jackson and Norfolk Island, ... read more
Sold for £1,700 More details 8
lot 965 (The Book Auction, 6th Feb, 2020)
Chatfield (Robert) An Historical Review Of The Commercial, Political, and Moral State Of Hindoostan, lge. 4to, half calf and marbled boards, with ... read more
Sold for £160 More details 7
Abel Chapman & Walter J. Buck Unexplored Spain.
lot 966 (The Book Auction, 6th Feb, 2020)
Chapman (Abel) and Buck (Walter J.) Unexplored Spain, 4to, grained calf, illus. by Joseph Crawhall and other Artists, published by Edward Arnold, ... read more
Sold for £110 More details 8
Rev. Thomas Milner & Augustus Petermann.
lot 967 (The Book Auction, 6th Feb, 2020)
Milner (Rev. Thomas) and Petermann (Augustus) A Descriptive Atlas Of Astronomy & Geography, lge. 4to, half morocco, illus. with engravings and ... read more
Sold for £280 More details 3
lot 968 (The Book Auction, 6th Feb, 2020)
Robertson (William) The History of America, vol. 1, 8vo, half calf and marbled boards, illus. with fold-out maps, 1812; and Dickens (Charles) ... read more
Sold for £40 More details 1
James Fenimore Cooper Notions Of The Americans.
lot 969 (The Book Auction, 6th Feb, 2020)
Cooper (James Fenimore) Notions Of The Americans, vol. 1 (of 2), 8vo, half calf and marbled boards, published by Henry Colburn, 1828.
Sold for £45 More details 1
Ambulator Or Pocket Companion.
lot 970 (The Book Auction, 6th Feb, 2020)
Ambulator Or Pocket Companion In A Tour Round London, 8vo, boards, illus. with folding frontispiece map, published by J. Scatcherd, 1796.
Sold for £70 More details 2
lot 971 (The Book Auction, 6th Feb, 2020)
Hole (S. Reynolds) A Little Tour In Ireland By An Oxonian, sml. 4to, half calf and marbled boards, illus. with hand-coloured folding frontispiece and ... read more
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lot 972 (The Book Auction, 6th Feb, 2020)
Dixon (David Dippie) Whittingham Vale, lge. 4to, quarter calf and original boards, illus. by John Turnbull Dixon, edition deluxe, limited to 200 ... read more
Sold for £220 More details 1
lot 973 (The Book Auction, 6th Feb, 2020)
Chaffers (W.) A Catalogue Of The Works Antiquity and Art At Callaly Castle, Northumberland, 4to, full calf, illus., printed for private circulation ... read more
Sold for £70 More details 1
The Library Of Entertaining Knowledge: Architecture Of Birds.
lot 974 (The Book Auction, 6th Feb, 2020)
The Library Of Entertaining Knowledge: Architecture Of Birds, 2 vols, 16mo, half calf and marbled boards, illus., published by Charles Knight, 1831.
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W. MacGillivray and other Authors.
lot 975 (The Book Auction, 6th Feb, 2020)
MacGillivray (W.) Lives Of Eminent Zoologists, sml. 8vo, half calf, Edinburgh, 1834; The Library Of Entertaining Knowledge: Vegetable Substances Used ... read more
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lot 976 (The Book Auction, 6th Feb, 2020)
Bree (C.R.) A History Of The Birds Of Europe, 4 vols, lge. 8vo, half calf and marbled boards, illus. with hand-coloured plates, 1863 (x2), 1864 and ... read more
Sold for £180 More details 1
Winston Spencer Churchill and other Authors.
lot 977 (The Book Auction, 6th Feb, 2020)
Churchill (Winston Spencer) The Second World War, 6 vols, 8vo, cloth, illus., first edition, 1948-1954, with d.w.; Gibbon (Edward) The Decline and ... read more
Sold for £220 More details 3
Books on Hermes Scarf, and Lalique.
lot 978 (The Book Auction, 6th Feb, 2020)
Coleno (Nadine) The Hermes Scarf: History & Mystique, obl., 4to, cloth, illus., Thames & Hudson, 2009, with d.w.; Le Monde D'Hermes Magazine, ... read more
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John Wisden's Cricketers' Almanac.
lot 979 (The Book Auction, 6th Feb, 2020)
John Wisden's Cricketers' Almanac, an uninterupted run for the years 1870-1900 (sixteenth edition to thirty-seven edition) in eleven, uniform, dark ... read more
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John Wisden's Cricketers' Almanac.
lot 980 (The Book Auction, 6th Feb, 2020)
John Wisden's Cricketers' Almanac for the years 1901-1908 (thirty-eighth edition to forty-fifth edition) in four, uniform, red half-calf gilt-lined ... read more
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John Wisden's Cricketers' Almanac.
lot 981 (The Book Auction, 6th Feb, 2020)
John Wisden's Cricketers' Almanac for the years 1901, 1902 and 1904 (thirty-eighth edition, thirty-ninth edition and forty-first edition), complete ... read more
Sold for £260 More details 3