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19788vo., with numerous facsimiles in the text; original printed wrappers, a near fine copy. With the printed list of estimates (with addenda sheet), and the printed list of purchasers and prices realised, loosely inserted.
19974to., with a fine portrait frontispiece of Churchill and very numerous illustrations and facsimiles in the text; original printed wrappers, a near fine copy. This remarkable sale comprised 534 lots of outstanding manuscripts, letters, other documents, and signed and presentation copies of books. Among the highlights are A HIGHLY IMPORTANT SERIES OF LETTERS BY WINSTON CHURCHILL TO HIS BROTHER JACK DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR, T.E. Lawrence's corrected typescript of his early abridged version of 'Seven Pillars of Wisdom', and the autograph manuscript of General Montgomery's message to the Eighth Army before El Alamein.
1965Roy. 8vo., ILLUSTRATED AND BEST EDITION, with fine coloured frontispiece, 2 coloured plates, 128 monochrome plates of bindings on 84 and several facsimiles in the text; original green boards printed in black, a near fine copy. WITH THE ERRATA SLIP, and several relevant cuttings loosely inserted. This is the first and most important of the renowned Abbey sales. The catalogue (of which this is the best issue) lists 694 lots, with introduction and indexes of books on vellum, binders, booksellers, previous owners and armorial bindings. An unillustrated issue was produced in conventional Sotheby wrappers.
19772 vols., 4to., with coloured frontispieces (one folding) and very numerous facsimiles (the majority full-page) in the text; original boards, a very good, clean copy. With the printed lists of estimates, and of purchasers and prices. The four-day sale realised a total of £1,297,000.
19753 vols., 4to., First Edition, with numerous coloured and monochrome plates; original white boards blocked in gilt, small pull at headband of one volume else a very good, bright, clean set. The sale of this outstanding botanical library comprised no fewer than 863 lots.
20084to., First Edition, with very numerous coloured reproductions (one folding and many double- and full-page) in the text; original pictorial wrappers, a fine copy. This outstanding sale comprised a total of 491 lots. The catalogue includes detailed career descriptions of the artists together with full indexes. Scarce.
19258vo., First Edition [Illustrated Issue], with 59 fine collotype facsimiles on 44 plates; ORIGINAL PRINTED WRAPPERS, sewed as issued, covers a trifle faded else a very good, bright, clean copy. WITH THE SEPARATELY PRINTED REQUEST SLIP LOOSELY INSERTED. The catalogue lists 797 lots and is fully indexed. RARE.
19258vo., First Edition [Illustrated Issue], with 30 fine collotype facsimiles on 24 plates (not 25 as incorrectly called for; one folding); ORIGINAL PRINTED WRAPPERS, sewed as issued, covers a trifle faded, backstrip a little scuffed else a very good, bright, clean copy. WITH THE SEPARATELY PRINTED REQUEST SLIP LOOSELY INSERTED. The catalogue comprises 692 lots. RARE.
19964to., with a coloured facsimile as frontispiece, a full-page portrait in monochrome, and 8 fine coloured facsimiles (6 full-page); original pictorial wrappers, a fine copy. The earliest surviving autograph manuscript on (arguably) the principal scientific theory of the twentieth century, the longest of the three major manuscripts on relativity theory, and the only one not in an institutional collection. The estimate was US$4m-6m.
19792 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with frontispieces (one in colour), 5 coloured plates, 93 plates in monochrome, and very numerous reproductions and facsimiles (many full-page) in the text; original printed boards, upper boards with triple gilt frame border, lower boards blocked in gilt, one small tear at tail of second backstrip else a near fine set. WITH THE PRINTED LISTS OF PURCHASERS AND PRICES REALISED LOOSELY INSERTED (first list present in photofacsimile). The set comprises: Part I: A-L (1979); Part II: M-Z (1980). This remarkable sale comprises 850 lots. 'The collection is primarily of English literature, with emphasis on the sixteenth through the nineteenth centuries. The few excursions outside that range are exceptional books and manuscripts. Almost all that Houghton acquired is of superlative quality and interest - frequently the kind of item that causes one to be astonished that it should even exist. For example, of just over seventy-five Short-title Catalogue books appearing in the first part of the sale, more than a dozen are either unique, or the only known perfect copy, or the only one yet remaining in private hands'. Foreword. Houghton's watchwords were association, condition and rarity. Among the manuscripts are long runs of letters from Elizabeth and Robert Browning, two letters from Evelyn to Pepys, and the earliest holograph draft of Locke's 'Essay', arguably the most important of all English philosophical manuscripts in private hands. The descriptions are appropriately detailed, with full collations and standard references for virtually every item, making the two volumes a valuable bibliographical resource. A BRIGHT SET OF AN IMPORTANT CATALOGUE.
19583 vols., 8vo., First Edition [Illustrated Issue], with portrait frontispiece, 2 fine coloured frontispieces, 183 fine plates (16 in colour) and several facsimiles in the text; original printed boards, corners lightly bruised else a very good, bright, clean set. WITH THE PRINTED LISTS OF PURCHASERS AND PRICES REALISED LOOSELY INSERTED. Complete set of the MSS sale catalogues of one of the greatest private collections of the first half of the twentieth century. The sale realised a total of £888,370. COMPLETE SETS OF THE ILLUSTRATED ISSUE WITH PRICE LISTS ARE VERY SCARCE.
19124to., First Edition, with 26 plates (2 coloured and 3 folding); strongly bound in dark red buckram, gilt back, ORIGINAL PRINTED WRAPPERS PRESERVED, a very good, bright, clean copy. Comprises 1,368 lots, accounting for the ninth to sixteenth days' sales. This portion of Huth's magnificent library includes, amongst much else, the outstanding assemblage of De Bry's major and minor voyages in Latin and German, and a virtually unique collection of the works of Defoe. RARE.
19774to., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, and very numerous coloured and monochrome illustrations in the text (a number full-page) and pictorial endpapers; original green boards gilt, backstrip lettered in gilt, a near fine copy. WITH THE PRINTED LISTS OF ESTIMATES AND PRICES REALISED LOOSELY INSERTED, together with a copy of the general sales prospectus. This volume comprises lots 201-694 (antiquities, sculpture, garden statuary and urns and bronzes) and lots 1001-1923 (arms & armour, table clocks, caskets and table cabinets, metalwork and Limoges enamels).
19824to., First Edition, with numerous facsimiles in the text; original printed wrappers, a near fine copy. Lothar Meggendorfer was the greatest innovator in the history of moving picture books and similar works. The sale comprises 135 lots (some unique).
19712 vols., 4to., with folding coloured frontispiece, 16 plates (2 folding) and very numerous facsimiles (a number full-page and one folding) in the text; original boards, a near fine copy. A highly important collection of works on travel, exploration, navigation and trade.
1993Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and numerous coloured and monochrome facsimiles (a number full-page) in the text; original pictorial boards, a fine copy. WITH THE PRINTED LIST OF PURCHASERS AND PRICES REALISED LOOSELY INSERTED. Comprises 121 outstanding lots, with introduction, list of references and index.
19804to., with a folding coloured frontispiece and numerous monochrome facsimiles (several full-page) in the text; original printed wrappers, covers slightly scuffed else a very good, clean copy. The collection comprised 2071 lots, principally English and Continental books from the 16th-19th centuries, and bindings
20084to., First Edition, with very numerous fine coloured photographs (many full-page) throughout; original photographic wrappers, a near fine copy. The catalogue lists 167 lots.
19964to., with very numerous facsimiles in the text; original pictorial wrappers, a fine copy. The sale comprised 248 fine lots including an Apollo and Pegasus binding for Giovanni Battista Grimaldi, the second issue of Newton's 'Principia', and important letters from Einstein including a series relating to the Hebrew University. With bibliography and index
19964to., with 8 full-page facsimiles (4 tinted); original pictorial wrappers, a fine copy. The MS (for which this separate catalogue was issued) comprised lot 241 in the sale of Fine Printed and Manuscript Music. The estimate was £600,000-800,000.
1979Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous fine coloured and monochrome photographs (many full-page) in the text, and decorative endpapers; cloth gilt, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
1999Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous fine coloured reproductions (several full-page) in the text, and pictorial endpapers; laminated pictorial boards, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With the auctioneer's compliments slip loosely inserted. With illustrated biographical introduction by Dr. Carlos Arturo Picon. The catalogue lists 167 lots.
19814to., First Edition, with numerous coloured and monochrome reproductions (the majority full-page) throughout; original boards gilt, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. This notable sale comprises 199 lots including works by Bonington, Constable, Gainsborough, Hogarth, Lowry, Munnings, Watts and many others. Includes full list of artists.
2007Oblong 4to., First Edition, with numerous fine coloured and monochrome reproductions (the majority full-page) in the text; original boards, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The sale comprises 14 lots. The catalogue includes three extended illustrated essays: The Ullens Collection: An Appreciation' by James Hamilton, 'First Of All, Respect Your Paper: Turner and Whatman Paper' by Peter Bower and 'The Ullens Collection: The Open Market' by James Miller.
19934to., First Edition, with numerous coloured and monochrome reproductions in the text; original printed wrappers, a near fine copy. The sale comprises 351 lots.