Chiswick Auctions’ Books sale, on 22 August is wide-ranging and features numerous individual highlights, as well as a substantial and important collection of photobooks.
Lot 97 - Einstein (Albert) Relativity. The Special & The General Theory
Sold for £756
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Lot 98 - Gemology. Dutens. Pierres précieuses et des Pierres fines 1776 (2)
Sold for £882
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Lot 99 - Harris. Astronomical Dialogues between a Gentleman and a Lady, 1729
Sold for £328
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Lot 100 - Lugar. Architectural Sketches for Cottages,....1815 & 1823
Sold for £302
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Lot 105 - Fielding (Henry) The Complete Works…, Autograph Edition
Sold for £504
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Lot 107 - Fine Binding. Arts & Crafts. Kinglake. Eothen. Brangwyn Ills. 1913
Sold for £403
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Lot 109 - Norris (Frank) The Complete Works, The Argonaut Manuscript Limited Edition, with ink MS
Sold for £504
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Lot 110 - Ruskin (John) The Complete Works, The Library Edition
Sold for £800
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Lot 111 - Shakespeare Head Press: Shakespeare (William) The Works...
Sold for £756
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Lot 112 - Stevenson (Robert Louis) The Works, Edinburgh Edition
Sold for £353
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Lot 113 - Stevenson (Robert Louis) The Works, Vailima Edition
Sold for £378
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Lot 115 - [Amhurst] Terrae-Filius: Or, the Secret History of the University of Oxford, 2nd Ed. 1726
Sold for £38
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Lot 116 - [Cromwell (Oliver)] The Political Beacon or the Life of Oliver Cromwell, 1770
Sold for £63
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Lot 118 - [Frederic Manning] The Middle Parts of Fortune, number 244 of 520 copies, 1929
Sold for £189
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Lot 119 - [Judson[ Buntline. The Mysteries and Miseries of New York: A Story of Real Life
Sold for £139
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Lot 127 - Doyle (Arthur Conan, contributor) The Strand Magazine, 21 vols.
Sold for £353
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Lot 128 - Doyle. Adventures and Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes 2 vol. first ed. 1892-94
Sold for £1,890
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Lot 130 - Engels. Condition of the Working Class in England in 1844. 1892
Sold for £605
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Lot 131 - Marx & Engles. Manifesto of the Communist Party. 5th ed. 1888
Sold for £945
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Lot 133 - Fielding. Tom Jones 6 vols. 1749 & De Sevigne, 7 vols. 1801 (13)
Sold for £454
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Lot 134 - Fielding; The Intriguing Chambermaid, 1761 & Holt. The White Charger, 1850
Sold for £63
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Lot 136 - Johnson. A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland. 1775
Sold for £126
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Lot 137 - Kingsley. Westward Ho! first ed. and other bindings.
Sold for £1,008
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Lot 140 - Malthus. An Essay on the Principle of Population...., second ed., enlarged. 1803
Sold for £1,512
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Lot 146 - Postlethwayt, Universal Dictionary. 2 vol. forth ed. 1774
Sold for £756
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Lot 151 - Skene. Regiam Majestatem Scotiae veteres leges et constitutiones, 1609
Sold for £113
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Lot 154 - Thomson. Ills. Austen (Jane) Pride and Prejudice. Peacock binding. 1894
Sold for £1,386
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Lot 155 - Twain. Prince and the Pauper, first ed. Boston, 1882. Inscribed.
Sold for £164
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Lot 169 - Forster (E. M.) A Room With a View, First Edition, 1908
Sold for £1,512
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Lot 171 - Golding (William) The Ladder and the Tree, first edition, signed by the author
Sold for £756
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Lot 172 - Hardy (Thomas) Jude the Obscure, First Edition, 1896
Sold for £189
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Lot 180 - Le Carre. [The Karla Trilogy], each with clipped signature, 1974, 1977, 1979
Sold for £428
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Lot 186 - Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Inscribed. 2010
Sold for £1,134
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Lot 187 - Rowling. HP and the Goblet of Fire, Inscribed. 2000
Sold for £1,260
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Lot 190 - Tolkein. THe LOrd of the Rings. first one vol. ed. 1968
Sold for £1,260
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