Books, Maps & Manuscripts

Date: 10th Apr, 2024 10:30 GMT/BST
Lots: 116

The sale includes a sketchbook of drawings of Southern China attributed to George Chinnery. English artist George Chinnery (1774-1852) left an extraordinary record of everyday life in Southern China in the early to mid-19th century, which has become an important source of historical information on the region.

Further highlights include an interesting archive of letters and ephemera relating to the composer and bandmaster Charles Coote (1809-1880), personal pianist to William Cavendish, the 6th Duke of Devonshire, and bandmaster and composer for stage productions put on by Charles Dickens. There is also several collections of 19th century photographs including an outstanding album with many views of Eton College and the River Thames at Windsor, Trinity College Cambridge, Switzerland, Gibraltar and Malta as well as an important photographic record of the Challenger Expedition, generally considered to be the foundation of oceanography. 

Single owner collections include a large quantity of books on Polar Exploration and early Whaling. We are also pleased to offer a selection of books from the library of Fred Gettings, prolific author and expert on astrology, symbolism and arcane lore. The library includes many early editions of Nostradamus with several manuscript works on the famous French astrologer.

Name: Paul Hughes
Email: books@tennants-ltd.co.uk

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Books, Maps and Manuscripts (116)

 

Lot 1 - Kandinsky (Wassily). The Art of Spiritual...

Sold for £170
Estimated at £80 - £120

Lot 2 - Movable Book. Painting For Welfare and...

Sold for £120
Estimated at £80 - £120

Lot 3 - Van Gogh (Vincent) The Letters, The Complete...

Sold for £400
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 4 - Art and Architecture Exhibition Posters. A...

Sold for £300
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 5 - Nash (Joseph). The Mansions of England in...

Sold for £800
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 6 - Crunden (John). Convenient and Ornamental...

Sold for £90
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 9 - Langley (B. & T.). Gothic Architecture,...

Sold for £180
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 11 - Wright (Frank Lloyd) Selected Drawings, First...

Sold for £450
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 12 - Ackermann [Rudolph] publisher. The History of...

Sold for £280
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 13 - Freart (Roland) and Evelyn (John). A Parallel...

Sold for £280
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 16 - Watson (John). The History and Antiquities of...

Sold for £140
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 17 - Blue Coat School, Kendal. A Manuscript Work...

Sold for £420
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 18 - Lake District. Photographs - Francis Frith....

Sold for £150
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 20 - Drake (Francis). Eboracum: or the History and...

Sold for £480
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 21 - Whitaker (Thomas Dunham) An History of...

Sold for £180
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 22 - Drake (Francis). Eboracum: or the History and...

Sold for £700
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 23 - Photographs. An outstanding collection of 19th...

Sold for £700
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 25 - Wharfedale Estate Plan. Smith and Gotthardt,...

Sold for £100
Estimated at £80 - £120

Lot 26 - Twentieth Century Pictorial Maps. Taylor...

Sold for £130
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 28 - Saxton, (Christopher). [Yorkshire] -...

Sold for £2,100
Estimated at £400 - £600

Lot 29 - Armorial Pedigree. The Pedigree and Descent of...

Sold for £380
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 30 - Illuminated Manuscript. Single Leaf from a...

Sold for £160
Estimated at £80 - £120

Lot 31 - Dickens (Charles). A cheque signed by Charles...

Sold for £450
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 32 - Charles Coote, The Duke of Devonshire and...

Sold for £4,500
Estimated at £600 - £1,000

Lot 33 - Webb (Sidney & Beatrice). A small collection...

Sold for £400
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 34 - HM Queen Elizabeth II - Royal Ephemera...

Sold for £550
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 35 - HM King George VI and HM Queen Elizabeth...

Sold for £170
Estimated at £150 - £200

Lot 36 - Bewick (Thomas and John). [Bell (John Gray)*],...

Sold for £120
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 37 - Ackermann (Rudolph) publisher. Characters in...

Sold for £60
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 38 - Ireland (Samuel). Picturesque Views on the...

Sold for £120
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 39 - Indian School Miniatures. Nine Mughal style...

Sold for £170
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 40 - Cizek (Franz). Weihnacht, Vierzehn Farbige...

Sold for £400
Estimated at £200 - £400

Lot 41 - Dante Alighieri. Inferno. The Folio Society,...

Sold for £650
Estimated at £200 - £400

Lot 42 - Rowling (J.K.) - Signed. Harry Potter and the...

Sold for £320
Estimated at £200 - £400

Lot 43 - Mackesy (Charlie). The Boy, the Mole, the Fox...

Sold for £300
Estimated at £200 - £400

Lot 44 - Poe (Edgar Allan). The Bells, and other Poems...

Sold for £550
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 45 - Dahl (Roald). Matilda. Jonathan Cape, 1988,...

Sold for £600
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 46 - Original Artwork. An exceptional early...

Sold for £400
Estimated at £400 - £600

Lot 47 - Fitzgerald (Edward) transl. Rubaiyat of Omar...

Sold for £450
Estimated at £400 - £600

Lot 48 - Martin (John). [Paradise Lost]. Twenty-Four...

Sold for £1,300
Estimated at £500 - £800

Lot 49 - Panvinio (Onofrio). Onuphrii Panvinii...

Sold for £190
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 50 - Trials and Law Reports The Tryals and...

Sold for £250
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 51 - Stoker (Bram). The Jewel of Seven Stars....

Sold for £280
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 52 - Bronte (Charlotte). Life and Works of...

Sold for £500
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 53 - King (Edward). Munimenta Antiqua; or,...

Sold for £250
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 54 - Classics. The Complete Greek Tragedies. The...

Sold for £250
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 55 - Fleming (Ian). The Man with the Golden Gun....

Sold for £140
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 56 - Le Carre (John). A Small Town in Germany....

Sold for £420
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 57 - Folio Society A large collection of books on...

Sold for £1,300
Estimated at £200 - £400

Lot 58 - Clarendon (Edward, Earl of). The History of...

Sold for £420
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 59 - Bindings A large quantity of leather-bound...

Sold for £420
Estimated at £200 - £400

Lot 60 - Swift (Jonathan). The History of the Four Last...

Sold for £700
Estimated at £200 - £400

Lot 61 - [Sterne (Laurence)]. The Life and Opinions of...

Sold for £850
Estimated at £200 - £400

Lot 63 - Churchill (Winston S.). The World Crisis...

Sold for £550
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 64 - Milton (John). Paradise Lost. A Poem in Twelve...

Sold for £1,400
Estimated at £500 - £800

Lot 65 - Bell (Currer) [Charlotte Bronte]. Villette....

Sold for £900
Estimated at £600 - £1,000

Lot 66 - Tolkien (J.R.R.) et al. A Northern Venture:...

Sold for £2,500
Estimated at £2,500 - £3,500

Lot 67 - Georgano (Nick) edit. The Beaulieu...

Sold for £80
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 68 - Winpffen (Janos L.). Time and Two Seats, Five...

Sold for £350
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 70 - Fielding (Xan). The Stronghold, An Account of...

Sold for £350
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 71 - Talbert (Richard J. A.) Barrington Atlas of...

Sold for £150
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 72 - Polar Exploration. Headland (Robert K.),...

Sold for £150
Estimated at £80 - £120

Lot 73 - Polar Exploration. Bull (Colin) & Wright (Pat...

Sold for £250
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 74 - Polar Exploration. Decleir (Hogo) edit., Roald...

Sold for £280
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 75 - Polar Exploration. A large quantity of books...

Sold for £1,300
Estimated at £400 - £600

Lot 76 - Polar Exploration. The South Polar Times, 1902...

Sold for £500
Estimated at £300 - £400

Lot 77 - Polar Exploration. Murray (George). The...

Not Sold
Estimated at £2,000 - £3,000

Lot 78 - Polar Exploration. Ross (Sir John), Narrative...

Sold for £180
Estimated at £200 - £400

Lot 79 - Whales and Whaling. Markham (Albert Hastings),...

Sold for £400
Estimated at £200 - £400

Lot 80 - Whales and Whaling. Scoresby (William). An...

Sold for £480
Estimated at £200 - £400

Lot 81 - Whales and Whaling. Beale (Thomas), The...

Sold for £480
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 82 - Photographs - Challenger Expedition. ‘Views...

Sold for £3,800
Estimated at £800 - £1,200

Lot 83 - Roberts (David). The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea...

Sold for £350
Estimated at £200 - £400

Lot 84 - ‘Agricola’. Description of The Barossa Range...

Sold for £3,500
Estimated at £500 - £800

Lot 85 - Angas (George French). The Kafirs Illustrated,...

Sold for £2,800
Estimated at £500 - £800

Lot 86 - Photographs. A collection of photographs in...

Sold for £300
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 87 - Photographs - Travel, Colonial Life and...

Sold for £280
Estimated at £200 - £400

Lot 88 - Chinnery (George) 1774-1852 A sketch-book...

Not Sold
Estimated at £4,000 - £6,000

Lot 89 - [Surtees (Robert Smith)]. [Hunting Novels]...

Sold for £450
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 90 - ‘Snaffle’. The Roedeer, A Monograph. E.M....

Sold for £170
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 91 - [Hayes (William)]. [Portraits of Rare and...

Sold for £650
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 92 - Thorburn (Archibald). Game Birds and Wild-Fowl...

Sold for £420
Estimated at £200 - £400

Lot 93 - Morris (Rev. F. O.). A Natural History of the...

Sold for £450
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 94 - Facsimile Manuscript. The Benedictional of...

Sold for £190
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 95 - Magic, Prophecy, Hermetics and the Occult....

Sold for £2,200
Estimated at £500 - £800

Lot 96 - Magnum Opus Hermetic Sourceworks. A collection...

Sold for £300
Estimated at £200 - £400