Birds, game birds and wild fowling
lot 375 (The Library Sale, 12th Oct, 2023)
THORBURN (Archibald) British Birds, 4 vols., 2nd edition, 1916, 4to, colour plates, original red cloth; British Game Birds and Wlldfowl, 1912, 4to, ... read more
Sold for £320 More details 5
lot 376 (The Library Sale, 12th Oct, 2023)
Collection of sporting and equestrian works, most in dust jackets, including: Sport in War, 1936; Shires and Provinces, 2nd impression 1927, thick ... read more
Sold for £150 More details 2
Countryside, sporting pastimes, etc.
lot 377 (The Library Sale, 12th Oct, 2023)
Collection of about 50 vols. including: HAGGARD (Lilias Rider) The Rabbit Skin Cap, 1st edition 1939, small 4to, dust jacket; SEAGO (E) Circus ... read more
Sold for £500 More details 3
lot 378 (The Library Sale, 12th Oct, 2023)
A Pictorial History of ... Queens' College Cambridge, 1951, 4to, illustrated, half morocco, one of 750 copies, half title signed by A. Browne; Clare ... read more
Estimated at £60 - £80 More details 3
lot 379 (The Library Sale, 12th Oct, 2023)
The Story of Cupid & Psyche Translated from the Latin of Apuleius, illustrated by Jessie Mothersole, London: David Nutt, 1903, small 4to, uncut, full ... read more
Sold for £500 More details 7
lot 380 (The Library Sale, 12th Oct, 2023)
Collected Verse, de luxe edition, Hodder & Stoughton 1912, 4to, no. 385 of 500 copies, limp vellum, lacking ties, top edge gilt others untrimmed
Sold for £100 More details 4
lot 381 (The Library Sale, 12th Oct, 2023)
The Works, in 13 vols., Biographical Edition 1902-13, 8vo, illustrated, half blue morocco by Bumpus, spines gilt calf
Estimated at £200 - £300 More details 3
lot 382 (The Library Sale, 12th Oct, 2023)
The Life and Works in nineteen volumes, London: Macmillan & Co 1901-03, 8vo, one of 525 sets, titles in red and black, some light foxing or spotting, ... read more
Sold for £420 More details 3
lot 383 (The Library Sale, 12th Oct, 2023)
Flora and Sylva, in 3 vols. 1903-05, 4to, 66 colour plates as called for, some light foxing to vol. 3, half vellum, top edges gilt others uncut
Sold for £180 More details 4
lot 384 (The Library Sale, 12th Oct, 2023)
The Complete Works, Library Edition, 39 volumes, 1st edition, London: George Allen, 1903-12, one of 2062 sets, thick 8vo, on hand-made paper, mostly ... read more
Estimated at £2,000 - £3,000 More details 4