23rd Nov, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST
Books, Maps & Manuscripts
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Aldam (W.H.).
A Quant Treatise on 'Flees, and the Art a Artyfichall Flee Making, by An Old Man, well known on the Derbyshire Streams.
John B. Day, 1876, first edition, quarto in twos, [xvi], 91 pages, two mounted chromolitho plates, 25 tied flies and their component materials within 22 sunken mounts on six card leaves, foxing throughout, gutter gaping in places, E. Horsfall-Turner's copy, bookplate of A.W. Ashby with deaccession stamp of Birmingham ***** Institute, all edges gilt, original cloth gilt (spine worn, joint repairs).
Auction: Books, Maps & Manuscripts, 23rd Nov, 2022
Highlights include a collection of Opera scores and books from the Library of the late 7th Earl of Harewood, and two first edition Harry Potter books. Also included are early antiquarian books, modern first editions, illustrations, manuscripts, maps, early photographs, autographed letters and historic documents.
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