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The 9th of January, 1804, the Lottery Begins Drawing... Tickets and Shares are Selling in Great Variety, at Bish, Old Established Offices, No. 4, Cornhill, and 9 Charing-Cross...

LOTTERY FLYER. · 1804

£40.85 (€48.96 | $53.97 | ¥8,615)

London: Whiting, Printer, [1804]. Single sheet printed on one-side only (225 x 140 mm), margins slightly folded.

Grand City Lottery, of Freehold Estates, Discharged of Land-Tax of the Estimated Value of £104,000 in Capital Prizes. To be Drawn in Guildhall, 26th of this Month, April, 1808... Tickets and Shares are Selling by Richardson, Goodluck, & Co. Cornhill & Charing-Cross.

LOTTERY FLYER. · 1808

£40.85 (€48.96 | $53.97 | ¥8,615)

London: Evans and Ruffy, Printers. [1808]. Single sheet printed on both-sides (225 x 140 mm), woodcut with prizes.

State Lottery, will all be Drawn 30th April... Tickets and Shares are Selling by Richardson, Goodluck, & Co. at their Offices, the Corner of Bank Buildings, Cornhill...

LOTTERY FLYER. · 1812

£40.85 (€48.96 | $53.97 | ¥8,615)

London: [n.p.], [1812]. Single sheet printed on both-sides, (225 x 140 mm), verso printed in red ink, margins slightly folded.

Ancient Timber Edifices of England.

CLAYTON (John) · 1846

£188.13 (€225.50 | $248.55 | ¥39,677)

London: Thomas Maclean, 1846. First edition, large folio (565 x 375 mm), tinted litho title leaf, litho dedication, [8]pp., letterpress text, 26 tinted litho plates (of which eleven are perspective views, the rest measured drawings), dedication leaf and verso of title rather s...

Designs for Chimney Pieces, by George Gordon Hoskins, by George Gordon Hoskins, Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects. Dedicated (by Permission) to Alfred Waterhouse, Esq., F.R.I.B.A

HOSKINS (George Gordon) · 1871

£806.25 (€966.41 | $1,065.17 | ¥170,040)

Darlington: Published by the Author, 1871. First edition, folio (455 x 310 mm), letterpress title followed by 56 lithograph plates of various designs for chimneypieces, drawn in outline to a scale of 1/4 full size, slight spotting to title, original publishers green cloth, blo...

John O’Gaunt Sketch Book. Vol. I. 1874-5.

PALEY (E. G.) & AUSTIN (H. J.) Direxeere. · 1875

£155.88 (€186.84 | $205.94 | ¥32,876)

Lancasher: E. & J. L. Milner, Printers, [1875]. First edition, folio (540 x 380 mm), 71 full-page lithographic plates (it appears plate 13 has been removed), black calf-backed boards, red morocco spine lettering piece, a very good copy. This rare architectural work is attrib...

A History of Chromolithography: Printed Colour for All.

TWYMAN (Michael) · 2013

£317.13 (€380.13 | $418.98 | ¥66,884)

London: The British Library, 2013. 4to, 728pp., 600 coloured illustrs., orig. cloth, d.w. This major work traces the evolution of chromolithography (lithographic colour printing) from its tentative beginnings in the early nineteenth century to its dominant industrial positio...

Warwick Castle, an Historical Novel, in Three Volumes.

NOVEL. PRICKETT (Miss) · 1815

£532.13 (€637.84 | $703.02 | ¥112,228)

London: Printed for Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1815. First edition, 3 vols., 8vo (170 x 100 mm), xi, [1], 299, [1]; [2], 338; [2], 293, [1] + 6pp., of averts, without half-titles, light water tidemark to title and prelims of vol. I, contemporary half calf, marbled boards, spin...

The Mirroure of the Worlde. MS Bodley 283 (England c. 1470-1480). The Physical Composition, Decoration and Illustration. With an Introduction by Kathleen L. Scott.

ROXBURGHE CLUB. SCOTT (Kathleen L.) Introduction by. · 1980

£241.88 (€289.93 | $319.56 | ¥51,013)

Oxford: Printed for the Roxburghe Club, 1980. Folio (390 x 255 mm), xiii, [i], 68pp., de-luxe edition, with Lord Kenneth Clarke’s name printed in red in roll of members, with his bookplate to front endpaper, with 21 coloured facsimile leaves, 20 plates, de-luxe full red morocc...

The Canterbury Psalter. With Introduction by M. R. James.

JAMES (M. R.) Editor. · 1935

£263.38 (€315.70 | $347.96 | ¥55,548)

London: Printed and Published for the Friends of Canterbury Cathedral. 1935. Small folio (330 x 260 mm), xv, 59pp., one of 425 numbered copies, coloured frontispiece portrait of Eadwine, 3 coloured plates, 572 collotype plates (2 folding), endpapers slightly spotted, orig. buc...

State Lottery Begins Drawing Next Month, March 8, 1808... Tickets and Shares for the State and City Lotteries are on Sale by Bish, Stock-Broker, No. 4, Cornhill, and No. 9 Charing-Cross, London.

LOTTERY FLYER. · 1808

£40.85 (€48.96 | $53.97 | ¥8,615)

London: Evans and Ruffy, Printers. [1808]. Single sheet printed on blue paper stock on both-sides (225 x 140 mm), woodcut with prizes, margins slightly frayed.

Grand State Lottery Begins Drawing June 28, 1808... Tickets and Shares are Selling by Richardson, Goodluck & Co. Bank-Buildings, Cornhill.

LOTTERY FLYER. · 1808

£40.85 (€48.96 | $53.97 | ¥8,615)

London: Gye and Balne, Printers. [1808]. Single sheet printed on one-side only (225 x 145 mm), woodcut with prizes at head, margins slightly folded.

A History of English Lotteries, Now for the First Time Written.

ASHTON (John) · 1893

£134.38 (€161.07 | $177.54 | ¥28,341)

London: Leadenhall Press, 1893. First edition, 8vo (225 x 145 mm), xii, 359, [1] + 16pp., of adverts, 28 facsimile lottery flyers printed in different colours, numerous illustrations in the text, later brown half morocco, spine gilt, uncut, a very nice copy. A compelling pie...

Catalogue of a Selected Portion from the Remainder of the Well-known and Valuable Library Formerly the Property of the late Lord Amherst of Hackney... which will be sold by Auction by Messrs. Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge on Monday 14th & 21st November.

AMHERST (Lord) · 1921

£48.38 (€57.99 | $63.92 | ¥10,203)

London: Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 1921. Royal 8vo, 151, [1]pp., prices added in a contemporary hand, original printed wrappers, disbound, 1730 lots.

Catalogue of Ancient and Modern Books in all Languages on Sale by James Bohn.

BOHN (James George Stuart Burges) · 1840

£40.85 (€48.96 | $53.97 | ¥8,615)

London: Printed by C. Richards. 1840. Thick 8vo, viii, 792; 32pp., of adverts, boards and leather spine detached, 8,390 items. J. G. S. B. Bohn (1803-80), son of John Henry and brother of Henry George, “assisted his father for some years, but in February 1834 commenced books...

Men, Women and Things. Memories of the Duke of Portland.

PORTLAND (The Duke of) · 1938

£43.00 (€51.54 | $56.81 | ¥9,069)

London: Faber and Faber Ltd., 1938. 4to, xx, 422pp., portrait frontis., numerous plates, folding pedigree, original publishers blue cloth, lettered in gilt, head and foot of spine frayed, small tear to upper joint.

A History of Welbeck Abbey and its Owners. Volume One: 1539-1755 [Volume Two: 1755-1879.

TURBERVILLE (A. S.) · 1938

£134.38 (€161.07 | $177.54 | ¥28,341)

London: Faber and Faber Ltd., 1938. First edition 2 vols., royal 8vo, xx, 432; xx, 480pp., frontispieces, numerous plates, folding pedigrees, original publishers blue cloth, lettered in gilt, head and foot of spines worn with short tears.

Memories of Racing and Hunting. London: Faber and Faber Ltd., 1935. First edition, 4to, xvi, 364pp., frontis., numerous illustrs., presentation card loosely inserted, front hinge shaken, orig. publisher’s blue cloth, lettered in gilt. [Sold with:]----. Fifty Years and More of Sport in Scotland. Deerstalking, Salmon Fishing, Grouse Shooting and other Pleasant Memories 188-1932.

PORTLAND (The Duke of) · 1933

£53.75 (€64.43 | $71.01 | ¥11,336)

London: Faber and Faber Ltd., 1933. First edition, 4to, 174pp., frontis., numerous illustrs., and folding maps, orig. publisher’s blue cloth, joints split, lettered in gilt.

Memories of Racing and Hunting.

PORTLAND (The Duke of) · 1935

£19.35 (€23.19 | $25.56 | ¥4,081)

London: Faber and Faber Ltd., 1935. First edition, 4to, xvi, 364pp., frontis., numerous illustrs., orig. publisher’s blue cloth, lettered in gilt.

Fine Bird Books 1700-1900.

SITWELL (Sacheverell) BUCHANAN (Handasyde) & FISHER (James) · 1953

£134.38 (€161.07 | $177.54 | ¥28,341)

London: William Collins. 1953. First Edition, large folio, limited edition, coloured frontis., 37 plates (mostly in full colour), orig. half buckram, marbled paper covers, head and tail of spine and corners slightly bumped, t.e.g. torn dust wrapper. A fine guide to these nat...