Bearnes Hampton and Littlewood: Antiquarian Book Auction, BK31, Exeter

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Auction Report
Auction Date
October 29, 2024 - October 29, 2024
Page Size: 404 items in 17 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
297 [SWIFT, Jonathan].

A Tale of a Tub.

London 1710 GBP 50.00 - 70.00 GBP 126.00
298 TOPOGRAPHY. BRITTON, John.

The Beauties of England and Wales,

1810-13 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 163.80
298A WALES. FENTON, Richard.

A Historical Tour through Pembrokeshire

London 1811 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 107.10
299 BAXTER, William.

British Phaenogamous Botany ... British Flowering Plants, vols 1 to 5 (of 6),

Oxford 1834-40 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 252.00
300 BROWN, Captain Thomas.

Illustrations of the Recent Conchology of Great Britain and Ireland

London 1844 GBP 250.00 - 350.00 GBP 352.80
301 BROWN, L. H., Emil K. Urban, K. Newman, C. Hilary Fry et al.

The Birds of Africa,

1983-2004 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 88.20
302 BYRNE, Muriel St. Clare (editor).

The Lisle Letters,

Chicago 1981 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 Not Sold
303 DAVENTER, Henry a.

The Art of Midwifery Improv'd

London 1728 GBP 50.00 - 70.00 GBP 44.10
304 EVELYN, John.

Silva, or, a Discourse of Forest-Trees, and the propagation of timber in His Majesty's dominions

London 1729 GBP 120.00 - 160.00 Not Sold
305 HOMEOPATHY. BOENNINGHAUSEN, Clemens Maria Franz.

The Lesser Writings,

Philadelphia 1908 GBP 30.00 - 40.00 GBP 31.50
306 MILES, W. J.

Modern Practical Farriery

London nd (c1898) GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 31.50
307 Morris, Rev. F. O.

A History of British Birds

London 1895-97 GBP 200.00 - 250.00 GBP 239.40
308 NATURAL HISTORY. BEWICK, Thomas.

A History of British Birds,

Newcastle 1797 &1816 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 163.80
309

NEW NATURALIST. a broken run of 53 vols.,

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 252.00
310

NEW NATURALIST. Two Author Signed Works: BLUNT, Wilfrid. The Art of Botanical Illustration (no. 14); and ROTHSCHILD, Miriam and Theresa Clay. Fleas, Flukes and Cuckoos (Monograph 7),

1950 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
312 SEWARD, Anna.

Memoirs of the Life of Dr. Darwin

London 1804 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 151.20
313 TISSOT, Samuel A.

Avis au Peuple sur sa Sante,

Lausanne and Paris 1792 and 1802 GBP 70.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
314 (XU, Guangqi, 1562-1633).

Nong Zheng Quan Shu (A Complete Collection on Agriculture), wood engravings of plants, agriculture and handicrafts being undertaken,

late Qing dynasty (late 19th or early 20th century) GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 441.00
315

COUNTRY SPORTS. BRITISH HUNTS AND HUNTSMEN, The South West of England,

1908 GBP 120.00 - 180.00 GBP 113.40
316 FISHING. GREY, Zane.

Tales of the Angler's Eldorado New Zealand

London 1926 GBP 40.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
317 HUNTING & SHOOTING. SPIERS, Walter (pubs.).

The Book of Sports, British and Foreign

London 1843 GBP 120.00 - 180.00 GBP 113.40
318 SCOTT, William Henry.

British Field Sports: embracing practical instructions in shooting- hunting- coarsing- racing- cocking- fishing, &c...

1820 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 529.20
319

SPORTING MAGAZINE, vol. 40

1812;1858 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 25.20
320 SPORTING. SURTEES, R.S.

Handley Cross.

London [n.d.]. GBP 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
321 ATLAS. CAMDEN, William.

Camden's Britannia Newly Translated into English with Large Additions and Improvements...,

1695 GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 756.00
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