18th May, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST
Books, Maps & Manuscripts
2100
Annotated Association Copy
Baden-Powell (R.S.S), The Matabele Campaign 1896 ..., Methuen, 1897, plates as called for, Col. Evan H. Llewellyn's copy with extensive annotation, pencil and ink over pencil, many interesting comments, some on Baden-Powell and additional information including a sketch plan of Fort Usher '97, lacks several leaves of publisher's catalogue at rear, original cloth gilt.
[Llewellyn was an Officer in Charge under Col. (Viscount) Plumer (later Field Marshall)]
Sold for £90
Estimated at £80 - £120
Auction: Books, Maps & Manuscripts, 18th May, 2022
Over 180 lots to include a broad selection, from early antiquarian books to modern first editions, alongside illustrations, private press, manuscripts, maps and atlases, early photographs, and historic documents. Amongst the highlights is a group of Victorian ephemera including a Paper Peepshow of the Thames Tunnel, and a very unusual leaf-cut picture of workers around a derelict tower and trees. Of North-East interest is a collection of approximately 240 19th and early 20th century photographs, and an outstanding archive of early drawings and plans relating to Radcliffe and Broomhill Collieries.
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Tuesday 17 May 10am-5pm and morning of sale from 8am. Viewing is open to the public, there is no need to make an appointment.
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