Mr sotheby (7 Ergebnisse)

No Binding. Zustand: Poor. 27 pp. plus 3 pp. of publisher's announcements of forthcoming sales, 8vo, disbound, spine neatly covered with cloth tape. Auction catalogue of 386 lots. Poor condition, with old damp and mildew stains throughout.

No Binding. Zustand: Fair. [ii], 28 pp., 8vo, disbound, spine neatly covered with cloth tape. Auction catalogue of 274 lots. Fair-poor condition only, with dampstains throughout and old light mildew stains on last several leaves.

Zustand: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original herb green paper covered boards. 4to 11'' x 8¼''. Contains 37 page catalogue with colour plates, including prices realised in pencil next to each Lot. Fine condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with rubbing to the edges and corners. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ART [French].…

Zustand: Fine. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original olive green paper covered boards, gilt title to the spine and to the front cover, archive illustrated end papers. Quarto 10½'' x 7½''. Contains 209 printed pages of text comprising some 355 lots with colour and monochrome photographs throughout, results sheet loosely inserted. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. GLASS (Blowing, Stained).…

Gilt Lettered Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. 3 volumes bound as 1. [iii], 94, [4]; [iv], 17, [2]; ix, 99, [4] pp.Full red cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Spine faded and worn at ends and board corners, with light marking. Offsetting to endpapers, and pages slightly toned, but otherwise internally clean. Occasional splits to the bindings within, but all still together. Bookplate to front pastedown of Henry and Gwen Melchett - Henry Mond, 2nd Baron Melchett (1898-1949) was a politician an industrialist. Three catalogues for auctions of the print and print book collection of bibliophile Sir Mark Masterman Sykes, including works of Ruben, Vandyck, Sir Robert Strange, etc.; the prices that each item presumably went for is marked in the margins by a contemporary hand. Also includes advertisements fro other upcoming auctions. 4to. Auction Catalogue.…

Hard Cover. Small quarto (approx 21 cm x 13 cm), pp. [4], [65]-119, [3]. Polished half calf with gilt titles to spine and marbled paper-covered boards. Leather scuffed with slight wear at spine tips and corners; boards rubbed with wear to edge. From the library of Robert Surtees, with "Mainsforth Library " plate to front paste-down and his tidy ownership inscription to ffep; minor loss at extreme tip ffep. A little scattered foxing; annotation in ink to the Days of Sale table to rear listing sales per day and total raised. A Very Good copy. Rare- Copac/OCLC locate no institutional copies. Richard Miles (1740-1819) was a dealer in coins and medals and the authority on the subject in his time; the sale of his collection was a major event in numismatic circles, and it included Roman, Greek and oriental coins, as well as tokens and medals from many different sources.…

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: In the Grip of the "Hip Sings" - Part II - an American businessman is also secretly a member of a lawless tong/Chinese secret society; How We Foiled "U 39" - H.O. Read, Late First Officer S.S. "Anglo-Californian", a horse transport, explains what happened when his vessel was attacked by a German U-Boat; Our Wanderings in Northern Africa - another of the popular "Penelope" articles covers Tunis, Kairouan, and Algeria (includes photo of Tunisian Jewesses in towering head-dresses intended to make them, all fat to enhance their marriage prospects); The Trapped Diver - Charles Margerison recounts his terrible underwater predicament working for the City of Toronto's Department of Works; On the Trail in Wonderland - Part I - Mary Roberts Rinehart explores the new Glacier Park in North-Western Montana; The Old Man of Tregennon Lodge - a very remarkable ghost story from Cornwall, England; From Job to Job Around the World - Part VIII - two young Americans begin broke in London but soon Mr. Fletcher travels to Norway under contract to do Arctic coal-mining; A Boy Hero of the Midi - translated from the diary of Eugene Escloupie, a 14-year-old French boy who smuggled himself to the front and took part in some hot WWI fighting; Our Fijian Field-Day - three young white men compete in sports contests against sport-loving Fijians (with nice photos); The Great Wire Mystery - copper wire was constantly stolen from South-East Pennsylvania railroad, telegraph, and telephone companies until the elusive culprit was caught; Fishing With Spades and Ploughs for the sand eel on the Normandy coast; and more. pp. 9 [ads], [2], 484-576, 10-16 [ads]. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Gilbert, A.; Pitcher, N. Sotheby; Montford, C.E.; Somerfield, Thomas; Evison, G.H.; Prater, Ernest; Montford, C.E.; Gillett, F. (illustrator). …