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Lot 415

Various photographs, ephemera, photographs of engines, The Beer Map of Great Britain, photographs of breweries, Brewer Trucks, other figures brewing, photographic prints, small quantity of original works, etc. (1 box)

Lot 2625

A yellow metal fancy double circle link braclet, with bolt ring clasp and twelve charms attached to include a 9ct Bahamas map with a 1.5mm round ruby, a 9ct gold front and back engraved heart locket, a 9ct engraved tankard, an enamel ladybird, a yellow engraved fob with purple stone intaglio, a 9ct horse with red stone eyes, an enamel envelope set with a 2.7mm emerald (chipped), opening mechanism and engraved 'Mon Ami', a yellow enamel globe charm engraved in German 'Die Ganze Welt dreht sich um Liebe' (The World is in Love), a 9ct ST Christopher, a yellow Monte Carlo charm, a silver and enamel salmon by Alabaster & Wilson, and a yellow double eagle charm, length 180mm, chain width 5.15mm, gross weight 26.4g, not marked but tested as 9ctEnvelope charm opens & closes securely. Some missing enamle to the left hand side. Some turquoise missing around edge. Fish, horse, ladybird all good.

Lot 40

An 18th century map of Poland & Lithuania, framed and glazed

Lot 364

A Framed Thomas Kitchin (1718-1784) Map of Shropshire, 18x22cm

Lot 21

A Map of the County Palatine of Durham From an Actual Survey Made in the Years 1819 & 1820 by C. & J. Greenwood, Published by the Proprietors Greenwood & Co., 13 Regent Street, Pall Mall, London, Corrected to the Present Period and Published January 26, 1831, Engraved by J. & C. Walker, 47 Bernard St. Russel Sqe., 72cm by 61cm

Lot 22

A Map of the County of Northumberland From an Actual Survey Made in the Years 1827 & 1828 by C. & J. Greenwood, Published by the Proprietors Greenwood & Co., 13 Regent Street, Pall Mall, London, Corrected to the Present Period and Published January 26, 1831, Engraved by J. & C. Walker, 47 Bernard St. Russel Sqe., 62cm by 61cm

Lot 23

A map of Northumberland by John Speede, 1610, showing a plan of the city of Newcastle, Barwick and the coats of arms of the Earls of Northumberland, Mobray etc, verso English text,, 55cm by 45cm.

Lot 455

A 1860 map of Corbridge (reprint), in frame and mount.

Lot 218

City of London Interest, a large enamel street map of the City of London, circa 1980, with a "You Are Here" marker near the Guildhall on Gresham Street, 198cm wide, 115cm high

Lot 40

° ° ISLE OF WIGHT: Brannon George - The Pleasure - Visitor's Companion in Surveying the Isle of Wight. Pointing out the best plan for seeing every remarkable object ... within the shortest time. folded map and 3 plates; original pictorial printed wrappers, 12mo. Wootton (I.O.W.), 1833: Albin, John - A Companion to the Isle of Wight ... 9th edition, with considerable additions. large hand-coloured and folded map, engraved plate and folded table; original paper boards with printed labels, uncut, 12mo. Newport: printed for the Author ... 1823; Albin, John - (Isle of Wight Map). hand-coloured and folded on linen, engraved dedication, inset plan of Newport, 39 x 59cms. (approx), in original marbled slipcase. Newport, 1807 (3)***CONDITION REPORT***Brannon - wrapps. lt. creased and marked, overall good copy, contemp. ownership (Aug.1833) on upper wrapper.119pp. nb. pp.(1&2) an advert leaf; Albin - front inner hinge cracked, spine defective, map with clean tear at 1 fold (approx. 9cms up from lower margin), dated 1823 it is revised from the next item: Albin Map - attractive map at almost 1 inch to mile, reasonably clean, a few mid 19th century ms.notes in margins and 'sea', s/case with some wear. J. Phillips (del), S. Neale (sc).PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail. 

Lot 75

° ° LINCS: Weir, George - Historical and Descriptive Sketches of the Town and Soke of Horncastle ... and of several places adjacent. 2 d-page plans and 5 plates, text engravings and coloured geological map; old half morocco and cloth, gilt-lettered and panelled spine, ge. and marbled e/ps. 1820; (Baily, Rev. R.S.) Notitiae Ludae, or Notices of Louth. title vignette, folded plans and 5 plates, subscribers list; old half roan and marbled boards. Louth, 1834 (2)***CONDITION REPORT***Weir - some title foxing, o/w quite good. VI, 119pp. and bound with the Additions (1822) incl, orig. wrappers, 13pp.; Baily - foxing title and plan, o/w. mostly clean (2), VII, (5), 6-303pp.PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail. 

Lot 111

° ° SUFFOLK: (Young, Arthur) General View of the Agriculture of the County of Suffolk ... (2nd edition). folded and hand-coloured map, 2 folded plates, half title; contemp. half calf and marbled boards, gilt-ruled and lettered spine. 1797***CONDITION REPORT***1 plt. with clean tear, gen. good copy; interesting label on pastedown - 'New Public Library, Bury St. Edmund's ... Entered May 2, 1793 ...' (bk. no.517; founded 1793), and their distinctive 'house style' lettered spine. XI, 12-314pp.PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail. 

Lot 44

° ° ISLE OF WIGHT: Sturch, John - A View of the Isle of Wight, in four letters to a friend...5th edition, corrected and enlarged. old half calf and marbled boards, sm.8vo. Newport: printed for and sold by the Author, 1794; Brannon, George - Sketches of Scenery in the Isle of Wight..designed as a key to the local descriptions of the Rev. Leigh Richmond...map and 9 plates; contemp. calf backed marbled boards. Wootton Common, (1832); Kidd's Picturesque Pocket Companion to the Isle of Wight... pictorial title vignette, frontis. and text engravings; original gilt cloth and mauve e/ps., 12mo. (1838) (3)***CONDITION REPORT***Sturch - title lt. marked but good copy, old ownership on pastedown. 84pp.; on Brannon - spine worn, some marks etc. inside, but reasonable, save top rh. corner stain (mostly marginal) (I), 29pp.; Kidd - good copy (!) VI, (7)-144pp.PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail. 

Lot 83

° ° NORTHANTS: Hartshorne, Rev. Charles Henry - An Endeavour to Classify the Sepulchral Remains in Northamptonshire, or, a Discourse on Funeral Monuments....frontis. and 7 other plates, text engravings; original blind decorated and gilt lettered cloth, sm.8vo. Cambridge and London, 1840; The History of Northampton, and its Vicinity....2nd edition, revised. 3 plates; original cloth, 12mo. Northampton, 1821; Cole, John - The History and Antiquities of Higham Ferrers, with historical notes of Rushden and Irthlingborough....frontis., subscribers list; later calf backed cloth, 12mo. Wellingborough: printed for the Author.....1838; Bonney, Rev. H.K. Historic Notices in reference to Fotheringhay.... 8 plates and a text engraving; old paper boards, uncut. Oundle, 1821; Cooke, George Alexander - Topographical and Statistical Description of the County of Northampton...a Copious Travelling Guide.... folded map 2 plates; original printed pictorial wrappers, 12mo. (ca.1830) (5)***CONDITION REPORT***Harkshorne - some spine wear and upper joint tender, title within red ruled border, old armorial bkplt. IV, 58pp. and John W. Parker's advt. leaf and 8pp. catalogue at front; Northampton - lt. spine wear, some foxing title etc.; the Abingdon Abbey part possibly from elsewhere. VII, 152pp.; Higham Ferrers - some foxing etc., lower corner stain p.160 to end. (1), XIV, 232pp., with orig. printed wrapps. (for pts. I-V) at end, commencing 1837; Bonney - spine damaged, upper bd. with untidy ink title added, title offsetting and with ink note, some plts. spotted, some text offsetting; Cooke - upper wrapp. and title present, but detached, piece cut from top lh. corner of lower wrapper (sl. loss) 177, (3)pp; Bonney - VIII, 127pp.PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail. 

Lot 228

° ° Horsfield, Thomas Walker - The History, Antiquities, and Topography of the County of Sussex, 2 vols, 4to, 2 folding maps of Sussex,(map in vol.1 torn), 2 engraved portrait frontispieces (loose in vol. 1), 54 plates, contemporary half morocco, title and portrait foxed, Baxter, Lewes Press and Nichols and Son, London, 1835; Bishop, John George - The Brighton Chain Pier in Memoriam . Its History from 1823 to 1896, 4to, green pictorial cloth gilt, front cover stained and damaged top right, Brighton, 1897; de Purton, Rev. P - Nooks and Corners of Old Sussex, Farncombe & Co., Lewes, 1875 and Vallance, Aymer, Old Crosses and Lynchgates, 4to, cloth gilt, B. T. Batsford, Ltd., London [1920] (5)***CONDITION REPORT***PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail. 

Lot 115

° ° SUFFOLK: Ives, John - Remarks upon the Garianonum of the Romans: the site and remains fixed and described. 2nd edition, with some slight remarks, and account of the author. portrait frontis., folded map and 2 plans, folded facsimile and another plate; old paper backed marbled boards, uncut. Yarmouth, 1803***CONDITION REPORT***Spine damaged, o/w good copy; editor's contemp. inscription on e/p., (4), I, XX, 54, 7pp.PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail. 

Lot 60

° ° KENT: Culverwell, R.J. - Hints to the Citizens of London, and others in search of recreation or health, on the Salubrity of Gravesend and its Vicinity...with a brief essay on cold, tepid, and warm sea bathing. rebound paper boards with printed label, sm.8vo. published by and for the Author, 1836; Cooke, G.A. - A Topographical and Statistical Description of the County of Kent... to which is prefixed, a Copious Travelling Guide...new edition. hand coloured and folded map, folded plate of Margate views, 4 other plates (8 views) and a d-page coloured 'Steam Boat Companion... to Ramsgate' pictorial coloured map (with descriptive letterpress key); old cloth, 12mo. (ca.1828) (2)***CONDITION REPORT***Gravesend - new e/ps., good copy (though title and end of text have only free e/p. before / after them); apart from expected outlets, the bk. was also available from 'the stewards on board the Diamond, Star, and other Company's Vessels'; Cooke - later e/ps., hinges weak, 4 plts. with foxing. (2), 248pp.PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail. 

Lot 38

° ° HERTS: Fifteen Engravings, being Views of the Ancient Town of Hertford...and Christ's Hospital, London... 15 captioned plates (no letterpress issued); original printed wrappers, cr.8vo. Hertford, 1830; The Letters Patent granted by Queen Elizabeth...to Richard Platt, Esq....to found a Grammar School and Almshouses at Aldenham...under the government of the Worshipful Company of Brewers...old marbled wrappers. 1823; Cooke, George Alexander - Topographical and Statistical Description of the County of Hertford...a Copious Travelling Guide...folded map; later tree calf, gilt spine with maroon label, sm.8vo. (ca.1830). (3)***CONDITION REPORT***Hertford - spine worn, wrapps. soiled (and provide title with adverts.), old ownership on upper one; Aldenham - spine lt. worn, Enfield Libs. w/drawal - stamp upper cover verso (no other lib. marks), old bklabel - F.W. Searle. (I), 78pp.; Cooke - new e/ps., good copy. 156pp.PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail. 

Lot 136

° ° WORCS: (Southall, Mary) A Description of Malvern, and it's Concomitants; including a guide to the drives, rides, walks and excursions ... folded frontis., 5 lithographed plates, folded plan and folded map; old half calf and marbled boards. Malvern: printed for the Author ... 1822; Another Copy - 2nd edition, corrected and enlarged. (illus. as above); old paper boards and printed label. Malvern: printed for the Author ... 1825; Another Copy - 2nd edition, corrected and enlarged. folded lithographed frontis; folded map and plan, 1 plate (only); rebound cloth-backed paper boards with red leather label. Malvern: printed for the Author ... (?1825) (3)***CONDITION REPORT***1822 - spine and corners renewed, sl. foxing - save prominently folded frontis. and another plt.; Viii, 176pp; 1825- upper bd. present but detached, spine worn. VIII, (9), 222pp. plan loose, also map, new e/ps, clean copy; nb. both 1825 copies have p.VII printed VII, this copy with preface date crossed out (1829 ms. substitute), also with Church as fld. frontis.- 1825 has gen. view. VIII, (9)-222pp.PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail. 

Lot 61

° ° KENT: Domesday; or, an Actual Survey of South Britain, by the Commissioners of William the Conqueror....faithfully translated, with an introduction, notes, and illustrations, by Samuel Henshall and John Wilkinson.... This number (for) the counties of Kent, Sussex, and Surrey... folded map (Kent); old leather and marbled boards, 4to. 1799; Henshall, Samuel - Specimen and Plates; containing a History of the County of Kent, and a dissertation on the laws....folded map, rebound gilt cloth, 4to. 1795; Hasted, Edward - The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent... 2nd edition, improved, corrected (etc.), vol. 8 only (of 12). folded map, title and another armorial illus., and a plate; rebound cloth. Canterbury, 1799 (3)***CONDITION REPORT***Domesday - the Sx. sectn. (pp.110-209) with marginal pencil annotations and some lower corner dog-earring; e/p. stains, o/w reasonable. VI, 268pp.; Henshall - new e/ps., clean text. XXX, 104, 41pp.; HastedPLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail. 

Lot 23

° ° DEVON: Risdon, Tristram - A Continuation of the Survey of Devonshire ... (2nd edition). text decorations; old gilt-decorated half calf and cloth with panelled spine, marbelled e/ps., sm.cr.8vo. 1723; A View of Pylmouth-Dock ... and the adjacent country ... folded map; rebound unlettered cloth, uncut, 12mo. Plymouth-Dock, 1812 (2)***CONDITION REPORT***PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail. 

Lot 233

° ° Pennant, Thomas - A Journey from London to the Isle of Wight. 2 vols (in one). 2 large hand-coloured and folded maps, 46 plates (1 d-page); contemp. gilt ruled mottled calf (ra-backed), marbled e/ps., roy.4to. 1801***CONDITION REPORT***V.1 title with map offset and soiling, browning intermittently elsewhere, the 2 maps undamaged and mostly clean, though Kent has browning rh. margin to S.Coast, both extend 23 x 72 cms. (approx.)PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail. 

Lot 64

° ° KENT: Newton, William - The History and Antiquities of Maidstone, the County Town of Kent...frontis.; old half calf and marbled boards. printed for the Author...1741; James, William Roberts - The Charters and other Documents relating to the King's Town of Maidstone...with notes and annotations...pictorial title, half title; newly rebound paper boards and printed label, uncut. 1825; Topography of Maidstone, and its Environs, and Directory of the Clergy, Gentry, Tradesmen, &c. of Maidstone....(and) in the Vicinity. folded map, a plan, half title; original gilt lettered and blind decorated cloth, sm.8vo. Maidstone, 1839; S.C.L. A Brief Historical and Descriptive Account of Maidstone and its Environs. folded map, 9 lithographed plates; original gilt cloth. Maidstone, 1834 (4)***CONDITION REPORT***Newton - title and frontis. badly browned, some stains etc. elsewhere, paper repair gutter of title frontis., generally scruffy within, but neat binding; old pencilled notes few pages, untidy '1741' after the Latin date. XX, 168pp.; Charters - half title foxing, but lt. elsewhere, new e/ps., good copy. XXXI, 238pp.; Topography - some light foxing and on map/plan, o/w. reasonable. (8), ii, 108, 38pp. and (26)pp. local advertiser (with some illus.); S.C.L. - lower cover present, but detached, spine worn, map heavily stained, some other staining (heavy at times); author - local solicitor, Stephen Lamprey? VII, 128pp.PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail. 

Lot 96

° ° SOMERSET, BATH: The Historic and Local New Bath Guide ... Likewise, an Account of Bristol, the Hotwells, and Clifton, and a Concise History of Cheltenham ... folded plan and table, 3 plates and text engravings; old half leather and paper boards, 12mo. Bath: J.Browne, 1810; The Original Bath Guide: containing an Essay on the Bath Waters ... pictorial engraved title, folded map and plan, 4 plates (1 folded); original printed boards, newly rebacked cloth, sm.8vo. Bath: M. Meyler, (1827); The Improved Bath Guide; or, Picture of Bath and its Environs ... with Observations on the Virtues and Use of the Waters ... 10 lilthographed plates (but without the map and plan); original pink printed boards, 12mo. Nath: S.Simms (& Other, ?1826); The Improved Bath Guide; or Picture of Bath and Its Environs ...new edition. folded map and plan, 2 plates and text engravings; original printed wrappers, 12mo. Bath: Wood and Co., (?ca.1815) (4)***CONDITION REPORT***Historic and local - some title offset, pp. V and VI tear in top 12 lines, repaired with some loss, old pict. bkplt. John E. Pritchard, Bristol (III)-VIII, (14), 186pp. lacks half title, other prelims (?); Original - wear to bds. with some printing loss, new e/ps, some foxing (esp. map), but gen. reasonable copy, later armorial bkplt. Ernest E. Baker. 162pp.; Improved (Simms) - some bds, wear, without map and plan, reasonably clean, old ownership head of title. (4), 176pp.; joints cracked; Improved (Wood) - spine worn and lt. other wear, map and plan lt. marked and some stains elsewhere. (2). 140pp.PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail. 

Lot 37

° ° HERTS: Chauncy, Sir Henry - The Historical Antiquities of Hertfordshire ... (new edition), 2 vols. portrait, large folded map and 44 plates (mostly d-page), subscribers list; rebound 20th cent. red half morocco and marbled boards, gilt-panelled spines, edges rough-trimmed, roy.8vo. Bishops Stortford, 1826.***CONDITION REPORT***Good looking set, new e/ps. vol.I port. and title foxed, o/w gen. good. XX, 592 & (2), 614ppPLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail. 

Lot 68

° ° KENT: The Picturesque Beauties of Great Britain: illustrated by topographical, historical, and critical notes....Kent. pictorial engraved and printed titles, folded map and 64 plates; bound with: (The Same) - Essex volume (by Thomas Wright). pictorial engraved and printed titles, folded map and 52 plates, near contemp. red half morocco and marbled boards, marbled edges and e/ps., folio. 1834***CONDITION REPORT***Kent - engr. title soiled and on some other plts., with others clean; this vol. undated; Essex - some foxing, but plts. mostly clean, but text offsetting; nb. engr. titles as 'Virtues Picturesque Beauties....'; almost all plts. with 2 illus.PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail. 

Lot 205

° ° Lilford, Lord - Notes on the Birds of Northamptonshire and Neighbourhood, 2 vols. frontis and 67 photogravure and other plates (by Thorburn and Lodge), folded map; contemp. maroon morocco, gilt lettered panelled spines, gilt decorated turn-ins and gilt top, marbled e/ps. (by Riviere), 4to. 1895***CONDITION REPORT***Sl. wear on spines, front inner hinges weak, some photogravure plts. cause offset. xvi, 367 and 1x, 340pp. (incl. half titles)PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail. 

Lot 74

° ° LINCS: Stark, Adam - The History and Antiquities of Gainsburgh ... together with a ... descriptive account of Stow ... in illustration of its claim to be considered as the Roman Sidnacester. folded map, folded pedigree and 4 plates, subscribers list and half title; old grey boards, rebacked with printed label, uncut. 1817; Oliver, Rev. George - History of the Holy Trinity Guild, at Sleaford, with an Account of its Miracle Playes, Religious Mysteries, and Shows, as practised in the fifteenth century ... frontis and text engravings; original cloth with printed label. 1837; Lincolnshire in 1836. 2 folded maps, num.plates and text engravings; gilt-decorated calf with panelled spine. Lincoln, 1836 (3)***CONDITION REPORT***Stark - some bd. staining, some inside foxing (incl. title and plates). XII, (13-17), 18-366 and (6)pp.; Oliver - title and other soiling, relevant ms. note at front. VIII, 135pp.; Lincs - wear at head of spine, front inner hinge weak, title and other foxing (incl. plts)., large pictorial map good, contemp. ownership, nb. plts and text illus. not differentiated in list, XVI, 180pp.PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail. 

Lot 42

° ° ISLE OF WIGHT: Bullar, John - A Historical and Picturesque Guide to the Isle of Wight. 5th edition. frontis.; original printed boards (rebacked), uncut, Southampton, 1823; Brannon, George - The Pleasure - Visitor's Companion to the Isle of Wight...7th edition, corrected...10 plates; original printed (upper) wrapper, 12mo. Wooton Common, 1839; Abin, John - A Companion to the Isle of Wight...8th edition, with considerable additions. original paper boards with printed labels, 12mo. (Portsea): printed for the Author...(1818); Albin, John - Vectiana or a Companion to the Isle of Wight...7th edition with considerable additions. engraved pictorial title; old cloth backed marbled boards, 12mo. printed for the Author, (1811) (4)***CONDITION REPORT***Bullar - covers with few stains, back inner hinge cracked, spine roughly rebacked, frontis. foxing and title offset. (3-7), 8-148pp. and advert. leaf, lacks half title; Brannon - distressed: upper wrapp. badly soiled as are plts., lwr. wrapp. present but detached, spine missing. VIII, (9)-125pp.; Albin 1 - reasonable copy, presumably the cheapest (half crown) issue without a map. (6), 116pp., Albin 2 - front inner hinge cracked, some title marks, else reasonable, old ownership on title, half crown issue (no map provided) II, (2), 110, (5)pp.PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail. 

Lot 125

° ° SUSSEX: Lower, Mark Antony - A Hand-Book for Lewes ... With notices of the recent discoveries at the Priory. frontis and num. engraved text illus., original printed wrappers, uncut, sm.8vo. (?1846); (Dudley, Howard) - The History and Antiquities of Horsham ... map, 3 lithographed & other plates, engraved text illus., half title, old cloth (rebacked), sm.8vo. 1836; Brighton As It Is, 1834. Wallis's royal edition. pictorial title vignette, map and 6 plates (5 lithographed), text engravings; original gilt-decorated cloth, sm.8vo. Brighton, (?1834); Cotton, William - A Graphic and Historical Sketch of Bodyam Castle, in Sussex. 2 plates, a plan and text engravings, half title; original pictorial wrappers, 4to. (1831 (4)***CONDITION REPORT***Lower - wrappers fixed at edges, sl. inside spotting, VIII, 128pp & 4pp. Priory discoveries insert; spine worn: Horsham - old e/ps. retained, good copy, old note on authorship and on free e/p. verso. (7), 74, (ii)pp.; Brighton - lt. wear head of spine, dedicatn. leaf fragile, o/w good, earlier 20th century pictorial bkplt. (the Chain Pier) of Nethercote Bryant; Bodyam - spine damaged, wrapps. stained and piece missing, plan foxed and some marginal, front inner hinge cracked.PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail. 

Lot 51

° ° KENT, TUNBRIDGE WELLS: The Tunbridge Wells Guide... pictorial engraved title, engraved dedication, folded map, 6 plates (4 d-page or folded), engraved text illus.; original cloth with printed label, 12mo. Tunbridge Wells: printed and published by J. Clifford, 1834; The Tunbridge Wells Guide....pictorial engraved title, engraved dedication, folded map, 7 plates (4 folded) and engraved text illus.; old half leather and marbled boards, 12mo. Tunbridge Wells: printed and published by J. Clifford, (?1832); this second book bound with 5 other guides of the period, including - The Canterbury Guide. Containing a concise account of ....that Ancient City and its Suburbs....new edition with considerable additions and alterations. pictorial engraved title and 2 plates. Canterbury: printed and sold by Henry Ward, (1830) (2)***CONDITION REPORT***TW. (1834) title browned (map offset), lighter on map also, some other plts. likewise, but reasonable; label designates 'Sixth Edition - price 4s.' ? VIII, 172pp. Goulden (TW.) 56; Composite vol., TW. (?1832) - gen. good inside. (3), VIII, (I), 188pp., see Goulden (TW.) nos. 51-53 (?) has Address to Reader (June, 1829) and Advert . with Census Note (1831); Canterbury -frontis. top margin cut close / cropped, imprint on title cut close, legend on 2nd plt. cropped; others bound-in: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Pictures in the National Gallery (1834); The Stranger's Guide to Hampton Court Palace and Gardens (4th edition); A Concise History and Description of Kenilworth Castle (17th edition, 1827), The Oxford University and City Guide. (new editiion, 1829)PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail. 

Lot 103

° ° SOMERSET, BRISTOL: Manby, G.W. - Fugitive Sketches of the History and Natural Beauties of Clifton Hot-Wells and Vicinity. 4 plans and 14 (mostly aquatint) plates, half-title; new paper boards, sm.8vo. Bristol, (ca.1830); Chilcott's New Guide to Clifton and Hotwells, including notes of Chepstow, Clevedon, Ilfracombe ... 4th edition, improved. folded map; original printed boards, 12mo. Clifton, (ca.1825); Manby, G.W. - The History and Beauties of Clifton Hot-Wells, and Vicinity ... 4 plans and 13 plates (mostly lithographed), half title; rebound calf-backed marbled boards, cr.8vo. 1806 (3)***CONDITION REPORT***Manby Fugitive - bds not labellled, new e/ps., some plt. offset, etc. but gen. good. (I), VI, (5)-84pp.; reback, inner hinges cracked, old ms. title upper bd. (3), 84pp.; Chilcott - good copy, 96pp.; Manby History - gen. good. (I), VI, (5)-84pp.PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail. 

Lot 43

° ° ISLE OF WIGHT: Cooke, William - A New Picture of the Isle of Wight ... an introductory account of the Island and a voyage round its coast. 2nd edition, with improvements. d-page coloured map and 36 plates; contemp. gilt and blind decorated calf (rebacked, preserving panelled spine), marbelled edges and e/ps. Southampton, 1813; Barber's Picturesque Illustrations of the Isle of Wight ... pictorial engraved title, d-page map and 40 plates, original blind decorated cloth (newly rebacked), 4to. (?1845) (2)***CONDITION REPORT***1) some title and definite plts. offsetting (despite the guards), o/w good copy: 2) pict. title heavily stained, map with some staining, plts. reasonable, new e/ps.; pagination - 1) XIV,158 and (4)pp.; 2) (2), 110pp.PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail. 

Lot 24

° ° GLOUCS: (Rudder, Samuel) The History of the Ancient Town of Cirencester ... title within decorated border, 3 plans (2 pictorial and folded) and 6 plates (3 folded, 1 hand coloured); 20th cent. red half morocco and cloth, gilt-decorated and panelled spine, Cirencester, 1800: Fosbroke, Thomas Dudley - Berkeley Manuscripts. Abstracts and Extracts of Smyth's Lives of the Berkeleys ... (and) a Copious History of the Castle and Parish of Berkeley ... frontis., 2 folded pedigrees; old half morocco and cloth, 4to. 1821; New Historical Description of Cheltenham, 2 vols. (bound together). pictorial engraved titles, folded map, 2 folded plans and 24 plates; old half calf and marbled boards (rebacked, with gilt label). Cheltenham, 1826 (3)***CONDITION REPORT***Rudder - fld. plans lt. frail at folds, gen. good, contemp. (Fairford) ownership, and 20thC pict. bkplt. of Michael Bryant; X, (3),-332pp. (?lacks a pt. title, all text present); Fosbroke - some leather wear, new e/ps., ex. Incorp. Law Soc. library - sm. title stamp and 1/2 others, front inner hinge weak, title soiling; VIII, 242pp.; Cheltenham - some leather wear at corners, map (v.2) lt. browned, titles lt. stained, back e/ps. stained, some intermittent foxing; no vol. number given on titles. 1X, 124 and IV, 288pp., additionally 29 pict. engr. advert. leaves end. vol.IPLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail. 

Lot 80

° ° NORFOLK: Excursions in the County of Norfolk....forming a complete guide for the traveller and tourist. 2 vols. pictorial engraved and printed titles, folded map, folded plan and 96 plates; contemp. half morocco and marbled boards, gilt decorated panelled spines, gilt tops and marbled edges. 1818-19; (Beatniffe,R.) - The Norfolk Tour: or, Traveller's Pocket Companion...4th edition, greatly enlarged and improved. old calf backed marbled boards, panelled spine with red label, uncut. Norwich, 1786; Dawson, J. - The Stranger's Guide to Holkham....the magnificent seat and residence of T.W.Coke, Esq.....with a short narrative of the sheep shearing annually held....frontis.; contemp. diced calf (distressed), gilt decorated spine, marbled e/ps., cr.8vo. Burnham, 1817; Erratics:by a Sailor; containing Rambles in Norfolk, and Elsewhere.... together with some hints on the present pernicious mode of burying the dead; and a remedy proposed. old boards, 12mo. 1800 (4)***CONDITION REPORT***Excursions - sl. leather wear, intermittent spotting etc., but reasonable (lge. paper) set, armorial bkplts. John Eustace Grubbe, some untidy pencil notes 2 prelim. pages v.l.; Beatniffe - e/p. stains o/w reasonable; after p.240 there are 4 leaves (Parishes and their Hundreds) from elsewhere. (8), 240pp.; Holkham - boards present but detached, spine worn, good inside. (4),v, 151pp. and interleaved; crested bkplt. of Wm. Fitz-Roy; Erratics - top board calf (detached), lower board marbles, prelims. loose and nil before title, some spotting etc. XII, 180pp. and errata leafPLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail. 

Lot 226

° ° Kilburne, Richard - A Topographie, or Survey of the County of Kent...portrait frontis., headpiece decorations; old panelled calf. 1659; Philpott, Thomas - Villare Cantianum: or Kent Surveyed and Illustrated..... to which is added an Historical Catalogue of the High Sherrifs....collected by John Philpott... engraved text illus.; early 20th century maroon half morocco and cloth, gilt panelled spine, 4to. 1659; sold with John Boys's A General View of the Agriculture of the County of Kent (1796); and 2 other Kentish items. (5)***CONDITION REPORT***Kilburne - frontis laid down and cut close down lh. border, title soiled and other browning stains in text, clean tear pp.237/38, mispagination pp.250s/60s - but complete. (8), 422, (12)pp.; Philpott - lacking the map (as usual), title soiled, text stain throughout most of bk., old marginal notes pp. 381/2; late 19th cent. ownership at front and rebinding date; Boys - folded map, half title, errata leaf, old wrapps., good copy; Others - Lambarde's Kent (Chatham, 1826) lacking title; also the Kent section of another book, with engraved plates, sm. 8vo. (ca.1800)PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail. 

Lot 62

° ° KENT: Excursions in the County of Kent....forming a complete guide for the traveller and tourist....pictorial engraved and printed titles, folded map and folded Canterbury plan, 45 plates; old half calf and marbled boards, sm. 8vo. 1822; Kent Illustrated in a Series of nearly Fifty Views. pictorial engraved title and 43 captioned plates (no letter press); original cloth backed pictorial boards. 1834; Cooke, G.A. - Walks Through Kent....to which is prefixed a copious Travelling Guide, exhibiting the Direct and Principal Cross Roads, Inns, Distances of Stages....new edition, corrected by J.H. Brewer. coloured and folded map, 20 plates; old morocco backed marbled boards with vellum corners, 12mo. (1819); Rambles in Kent. 6 plates and engraved text illus.; original gilt and blind decorated cloth, sm.cr.8vo. J. Mead, (ca.1855). (4)***CONDITION REPORT***Excursions - has panelled spine, good copy, new e/ps., mostly clean, IV, 216pp.; K. Illus. - spine worn, upper bd. present but detached, some spots etc. but reasonably clean; scarce (and no publisher given), bds. lt. stained; Cooke - neat bndg. (despite variegated nature), good inside. (I), XVI, (3) - 324pp. (? lacks a pt. title); Rambles - sl. spine wear, o/w. good, possibly publ. in conjunction with S.E. Rlwy. Co., XII, 192pp.PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail. 

Lot 71

° ° LINCS: An Historical Account of the Antiquities in the Cathedral Church of St. Mary, Lincoln. Abridged from William of Malmesbury, Matthew Paris ... and several other authors in manuscript ... newly rebound quarter calf and marbled boards, uncut. Lincoln, (1771); The History of Lincoln; containing an account of the Antiquities, Edifices, Trade, and Customs of that Ancient City ... pictorial title vignette and 4 plates; gilt-lettered old binder's cloth. Lincoln, 1816; The History of Lincoln: with an appendix ... full-page text engravings, half title. contemp. red half calf and marbled boards, sm.8vo. Lincoln, 1810; sold with 2 other old books on the County (5)***CONDITION REPORT***Cathedral - new e/ps., title with sm. hole and some soiling. IV,5-56pp.; Lincoln 1816 - sm. split on lwr. spine joint, some intermittent spotting - but reasonable, some old ms.marginal notes. (III)-(IX), 224, (10)pp., lacks half title; Lincoln 1810 - lt. leather wear, certain amount of intermittent spotting, etc. 9, VII, (13)-312 and (3)-27pp., appears complete; Others - An Historical & Descriptive Account of Lincolnshire, vol.1. only (of 2), 1828 plts. etc., sm.8vo. title and 1 prelim. leaf bound after p.16; Cooke's Description of Lincs, good half morocco copy, orig. wrapps. bound-in, folded map (?ca.1830)PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail. 

Lot 147

° ° [John Murray] A Handbook for Travellers in India, Burma and Ceylon ... 4th edition. num. folded coloured maps and plans (incl. a large folded one of railway network in pocket), text illus.; publisher's cloth with patterned e/ps. 1901; The New Army List for 1841; publisher's gilt cloth; The Navy List, corrected to the 20th December, 1886. contemp. gilt decorated calf, panelled spine and red label, marbled e/ps., cr.8vo.1887 (3)***CONDITION REPORT***Handbook - marked stains 2 final leaves, stained map (p.52) with tear and sl. loss, contemp. title ownership. LXXXIX, 4, 485pp.; Army - some spine wear, e/ps. replaced, scribbled lwr. margins p.9. 522pp.; Navy - sm.scuff lwr. cover. X,322, (I), 26pp and info. slip tipped-in at endPLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail. 

Lot 11

° ° CAMBS: Gorham, George Cornelius - The History and Antiquities of Eynesbury and St. Neots in Huntingdonshire; and of St. Neots in the County of Cornwall ... num. plates and text engravings; rebound gilt half calf and marbled boards. 1820; Notes on Cambridgeshire Churches. pictorial engraved and printed titles, 4 plates and a folded map; old paper boards with pictorial label (neatly rebacked), uncut. 1837; The History and Antiquities of Barnwell Abbey, and of Stourbridge Fair. pictorial folded plan and portrait; rebound cloth. (Bibliotheca Topographica Brtannica, no. XXXVIII, 1786); Fuller, Thomas - The History of University of Cambridge, and of Waltham Abbey ... new edition, with notes by James Nichols. folded plan and 4 plates; original blind-decorated cloth and gilt label. 1840 (4)***CONDITION REPORT***Gorham - neat bndg. new e/ps., intemittent foxing, stamp at title foot just touches 1 word of imprint. XV, 340pp., late 19thC bkplt. of Thos. Edwin Moore; Notes - new e/ps., map with repaired tear (almost all on blank paper), title spotting, o/w. good; Barnwell - incl. series title. 84, 104 and 32 (Appendix) pp.; Fuller - V. sl. cloth wear, good and partly un-opened. (4), XXIV, 688pp.PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail. 

Lot 76

° ° NORFOLK: A General History of the County of Norfolk, intended to convey all the information of a Norfolk Tour ... 2 vols, frontis and hand-coloured folded map, subscribers list; newly rebound grey paper boards and printed labels, marbled edges, thick cr.8vo. Norwich & London,1829 (2)***CONDITION REPORT***good, clean set, new e/ps. (but old blank before frontis & at ends). (4), XX, CXII, 560 and (2), 561-1433pp.; prelims. incl. the errata leaf.PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail. 

Lot 41

° ° ISLE OF WIGHT: Bullar, John - A Historical and Picturesque Guide to the Isle of Wight. 7th edition. 2 plates; original printed boards, uncut, 12mo. Southampton, 1827; (Albin, John) - A New, Correct, and Much-Improved History of the Isle of Wight ... frontis. (but without the map): 19th cent. leather-backed marbled boards.1795; Cooke, William - A New Picture of the Isle of Wight ... d-page coloured map and 36 plates, contemp. gilt-decorated diced calf (rebacked - perserving old panelled spine). 1808 (3)***CONDITION REPORT***Bullar - lacks front free e/p., foxing 1 plt. no map (but possibly purchased separately - for 2s bd., or folded and cased - 4s). (3-7) &8-162pp. and map note leaf, lacks half title; Albin - few marks on title and elsewhere, lacks map. X, VIII, 670, VIIIpp. incl. subscribers list; Cooke - some stains front blanks and title, o/w mostly clean.PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail. 

Lot 117

° ° SUFFOLK: Wake, Robert - Southwold and its Vicinity, ancient and modern. folded map and plan and 3 folded plates (most lithographed), subscribers list; contemp. half calf and marbled boards, panelled spine with maroon label, marbled e/ps. Yarmouth, 1839***CONDITION REPORT***Sl. boards wear, but reasonable; some intermittent foxing, few sm. tears in Sole Bay plt. (sl. loss), clean tear in view plt. (also a little fragile); old ownership at front (prob. a subscriber). (2), XVIII, 420pp.PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail. 

Lot 119

° ° SUSSEX: A Sketch of Worthing and its Environs ... 2 engraved plates: rebound paper boards with printed label, uncut, 12mo. Worthing: published by J. Mackoull, Apollo Library, 1813; Wallis's Stranger in Worthing; or, New Guide of that Delightful Watering Place ... map and folded plan, text engravings; old leather-backed paper boards, 12mo. (ca.1820?) (2)***CONDITION REPORT***1) frontis - soiled beneath legend and sl. shaved / chopped at fore-edge. (1), IV, 210pp.; 2) good copy; bklabel of H.N.P. Smith (16), 65ppPLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail. 

Lot 81

° ° NORFOLK: White, William - History, Gazeteer, and Directory, of Norfolk, and the .... City of Norwich.... old gilt calf with marbled edges. Sheffield: printed for the Author....1836***CONDITION REPORT***Some leather wear, reasonable inside, without the map (invariably missing from vols. in this series). 816pp.PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail. 

Lot 129

° ° WILTS: Cassan, Rev. Stephen Hyde - Lives and Memoirs of the Bishops of Sherborne and Salisbury ... title vignette, plate, subscribers list; old grey boards and later cloth spine, uncut. Salisbury, 1824; The Salisbury Guide ... 6th edition, corrected and considerably enlarged. old half calf and marbled boards, sm.8vo. Salisbury, 1780: An Historical and Descriptive Account of Old and New Sarum, or Salisbury. pictorial title vignette; contemp. grey boards and printed label (rebacked with cloth spine). Salisbury, 1834; Wyndham, Henry-Penrudocke - Wiltshire, extracted from Domesday Book ... and ... a Plan for General History of the County. half title; contemp. gilt calf (distressed). Salisbury, 1788; Cooke, George Alexander - A Topographical and Statistical Description of the County of Wilts ... a Copious Travelling Guide ... new edition. folded map and 3 plates; rebound gilt leather, 12mo. (ca.1830) (5)***CONDITION REPORT***Cassan - some title spotting, inner hinges weak; in 3pts., incl. the Colt Hoare letter. XXI, 292, 142, (1), 366, (2) and (8)pp.; Salisbury Guide - sl.bndg wear; VI, 80pp. (and blanks front and back); Sarum - title foxed and 5pp. heavily at end. (4), iii, 169pp.; Wydnham - ex Wilts Local Studies (w/drawn) - label front blank and stamp foot of half title, mostly clean text, some leather wear with spine split (vol. in 2 pts), (I), xlii, 535pp.; Cooke - new e/ps., half title.PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail. 

Lot 94

° ° SOMERSET, BATH: Egan, Pierce - Walks through Bath ... including Walcot and Widcombe, and the surrounding vicinity ... also an Excursion to Clifton and Bristol Hot-Wells ... 21 engraved plates and extra-illustrated with 12 others, also a hand-coloured county map (Langley, 1820) and a geological map of Bath, half title; 19th cent. half morocco and cloth, gilt-panelled spine. Bath, 1819***CONDITION REPORT***Gilt letters faded on spine, o/w. reasonable copy, several (unused) blanks at front, old decorative bkplt. Surveyor's Society (dated May 1900 - purchase) (I), XII, 283pp. nb. there are several leaves from elsewhere (relevant bound-in); the title is browned.PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail. 

Lot 16

° ° CAMBS: The Cambridge Guide, including historical and architectural notices of the public buildings ... new edition. folded plan and 8 plates, contemp. paper boards and printed label (rebacked cloth), 12mo. Cambridge, 1837: A Guide through the University of Cambridge ... Likewise a Description of the Town, County, and Environs of Cambridge ... new edition, considerably improved ... folded plan and 6 plates; rebound calf-backed marbled boards, 12mo. Cambridge, 1820: with 2 other books (4)***CONDITION REPORT***Camb. Guide - new e/ps. some plts. foxing, text mostly clean. XV, 272pp. (plts. with 32 views); Guide Through - new marbled e/ps., mostly clean copy, old ms. note title head, some title offset from map. XIII, 132pp.; Others: A New Guide to the Univ. and Town ... Camb. 1831. engravings called form on title but none present, old leather backed bds. (upper is detached); The Cambridge Guide ... new edition revised, Cambridge 1830. folded map and steel engr. plts. (by Mackenzie), black morocco (spine defective)PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail. 

Lot 101

° ° SOMERSET, BRISTOL: Chilcott's Descriptive History of Bristol ... or, a Guide to Bristol, Clifton, and the Hotwells: containing an account of the Bristol Riots ... 3rd edition, improved. frontis., folded plan, map and text engravings, half title; gilt calf-backed marbled boards, sm.8vo. Bristol, (ca.1833); the same: 4th edition, improved. folded map, half title; contemp. cloth and printed label, sm.8vo. Bristol, (?ca/1840); sold with: Evans, John - A Chronological Outline of the History of Bristol, and the Stranger's Guide through its Streets and Neighbourhood. folded plan; original cloth, rebacked (old spine preserved). London and Bristol, 1824 (3)***CONDITION REPORT***Chilcott (3rd) - bndg. wear at corners, some plan soiling, frontis spotting, but gen good. XVI, 336pp.; Chilctott (4th) - lacks folded plan, has an engr. pict. title; Evans - some map browning and title offset, o/w reasonable (iii)-XXIV, 376pp. (lacks half title)PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail. 

Lot 130

° ° WILTS: Dodsworth, William - A Guide to the Cathedral Church of Salisbury. With a particular account of the improvements ... by James Wyatt. Esq. 3rd edition. contemp. marbled wrappers. Salisbury, 1792: Dodsworth, William - A Guide to the Cathedral Church of Salisbury ... 6th edition. old marbled wrappers. (Salisbury): printed for the Author, 1800; Easton, James - The History of the Cathedral Church of Sarum, or Salisbury ... 3 plates; contemp. roan-backed marbled boards, 12mo. Salisbury, 1825; Harris, James - Copies of the Epitaphs in Salisbury Cathedral, Cloisters and Cemetery ... with a general survey of other churches in Salisbury .. rebound paper boards. Salisbury, 1825: The Salisbury Guide ... 27th edition. folded map and 3 plates (2 folded); contemp. half calf and marbled boards, 12mo. Salisbury, 1814 (5)***CONDITION REPORT***Dodsworth (I) - spine missing, dog-earring to p.6, back e/ps. soiled. (4), 84pp.; Dodsworth (2) - spine missing, few spots and dusting; Easton - spine and corners worn; (5), (13) - 94pp.; Harris - new e/ps., good copy. VIII, VI, 140pp. and errata leaf; Guide - lacks Poultry Cross plt., map with clean tear, sl. leather wear, 1 plt. stained. (3)-95pp. (lacks half title)PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail. 

Lot 141

° ° WORCS: Hughes, J. (editor) The Boscobel Tracts, relating to the escape of Charles the Second after the Battle of Worcester ... frontis., sketch map, plan and 6 plates; old half calf and cloth, 1830; (Blount, Thomas) Boscobel: or, the History of His Sacred Majesties most miraculous preservation after the Battle of Worcester ... frontis. and 2 plates (1 folded); later 19th cent. half calf and cloth, gilt spine, 12mo. Doncaster, 1809; Another Copy - contemp. paper boards, uncut, 12mo. Wellington, 1822 (3)***CONDITION REPORT***Hughes - some leather wear and inside foxing.; Blount 1) - good copy, relevant old press cuttings etc., ms notes, 2 photos on end blanks, old ownership (Lye Hall); XIX, 92pp. Blount 2) - spine worn, joints weak, title offset, good inside, later bkplt. of St Mary's, Clapham, XIX, 92ppPLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail. 

Lot 132

° ° WILTS: Everard, James (Lord Arundell) and Hoare, Sir Richard Colt - The History of Modern Wiltshire. Hundred of Dunworth and Vale of Noddre. d-page map, 15 portraits and plates, text engravings; original printed boards, uncut, folio, 1829: Bowles, Charles - Modern Wiltshire. Hundred of Chalke. 7 pedigrees (5 folded - 1 as pp.69 & 70); old cloth-backed marbled boards with printed labels, fore-edge uncut. Shaftesbury, printed for the Author, (1830) (2)***CONDITION REPORT***Spine missing, bds. with corner wear and few stains, plts. with marked soiling (through mostly margins), text clean. XII, 240pp.; Bowles - sl. spine wear at head, inner hinges weak. 372pp., bklabel of St Mary's Convent, Shaftesbury.PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail. 

Lot 234

° ° Beattie, William (editor) - The Danube, its history, scenery, and topography ... engraved pictorial and printed titles, map, 78 steel-engraved plates (after W.H. Bartlett) and num. engraved text illus.; contemp. green half morocco and marbled boards, gilt-panelled spine, ge. and marbled e/ps., folio. 1844***CONDITION REPORT***Engraved title heavily soiled, most plts. foxed (mostly marginal), some heavily; printed title, map and most of text clean. viii, 236pp. old arml. bkplt. of Hugh Daniel HarperPLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail. 

Lot 156

° ° Somner, William, - The Antiquities of Canterbury in Two Parts, 2nd edition, revised and enlarged by Nicolas Battely (bound as one) folio, calf, with 18 engraved plates, consisting of a frontis panorama of Canterbury, a folding map/plan of Canterbury, 4 folding plates and 12 (of 14) plates. The front inner board and fly leaves inscribed, in a contemporary hand ‘’Charles Knowles his book 1703’’, and noting that the book cost ‘’by Subscription seventeen shilling and four pence’’, the text occasionally annotated, R. Knaplock, London, 1703. Sold not subject to return.***CONDITION REPORT***PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail. 

Lot 91

° ° SALOP: Hulbert, Charles - The Stranger's Friend: comprising a walk through Shrewsbury, an Excursion to Hawkstone ... and a Trip to the Isle of Man ... 7 plates and text engravings; original printed boards, uncut, 12mo. Shrewsbury, (ca.1830); Hulbert, Charles - The History and Antiquities of Shrewsbury ... with an Appendix ... (by Thomas Phillips). 2nd edition, with a Continuation of the History ... also the History and Description of the County of Salop ... 2 vols. 31 plates and a map, subscribers list; rebound library cloth, 4to. Providence Grove (near Shrewsbury), 1837: Hulbert, Charles - Narrative of the Destructive Fire at Providence Grove; the watchfulness of divine providence manifested, &c. 2 plates, half title; rebound cloth, slim 8vo. (1840) (4)***CONDITION REPORT***Stranger - spine damaged, reasonable o/w. VIII, 92pp. and 4pp. adverts., History - ex Stockport PL. , labels, title and plt. margin stamps, etc. II-VIII, 282, IV, 34 and XVIII, 360pp., Fire - reasonable copy. X,76pp. and addtnl.pp*69 & 70, 6pp. advertsPLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail. 

Lot 63

° ° KENT: Fussell, L. - A Journey Round the Coast of Kent ... being Original Notes made during a Summer Excursion. coloured and folded map: rebound half calf and marbled boards, 1818: Parry, J.D. - An Historical and Descriptive Account of the Coast of Sussex ... pictorial engraved title, pictorial folded map and 6 plates; newly rebound cloth-backed paper boards, uncut, roy. 8vo. Brighton and London, 1833; Rowles, Walker - The Kentish Chronologer ... half title, later gilt-lettered cloth. Maidstone: printed for the Author ... 1807; Mores, Edward Rowe - The History and Antiquities of Tunstall ... faithfully printed from the author's ms. to which are prefixed ... Memoirs of Mr. Mores (from Bibliotheca Topographica Britannica, no.1). folded pedigree and 6 plates, gilt-lettered binder's cloth, 4to. (1780), (4)***CONDITION REPORT***Fussell - new e/ps., some title offset and staining at end, o/w good. IV, 304pp.; incl. inland visits - Canterbury, The Wells, Battle, etc.; Parry - new e/ps., few sm. stains, gen. good, clear plt. impressions. XII, 436pp.; Rowles - new e/ps., old wrapps. bound-in, few text stains, etc., old ownership (& 2 later) at front. VII, 101pp.; Tunstall - spine and 1 corner worn, some browning (inc. title); collates with Bibliotheca Cantiana (p.323) - (I), XVII, III-VI * 118pp.; though the 2nd Appendix (pp.119-134) is not present; there is an extra leaf p.*74 (verso blank)PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail. 

Lot 122

° ° SUSSEX: Evans, John - Picture of Worthing. To which is added an account of the adjacent villages ... 2nd edition, greatly enlarged, 2 vols. hand-coloured folded map, folded plan and frontispieces (1 coloured, 1 folded); rebound cloth, uncut. Worthing: printed and sold by Williams Phillips, 1814***CONDITION REPORT***v.l. - new e/ps., lt. title offset, o/w. reasonable; 'sold also at Spooner's and Stafford's Libraries'; v.2 - new e/ps., some staining title and early leaves, also badly pp. 63/64. XIII, 192 and VIII, 210pp. (v.2 with half title)PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail. 

Lot 223

° ° (The Bible - Geneva version, 1615) - The Bible: translated according to the Hebrew and Greeke, and conferred with the best translations in diverse languages...engraved pictorial titles (General and NT.), decorated initial letters, head and tailpiece decorations, black letter, includes Apocrypha; preceded by the Genealogies (with illus. and map) and followed by Two Right Profitable Concordances...collected by R.F.H., and Sternehold and Hopkins Psalmes (1617). contemp. panelled calf, 4to. Robert Barker, 1615***CONDITION REPORT***Sm. hole f.68 (2 word loss), some stains and marks intermittently (gen. good) save NT. title laid down and with spotted staining and some stains in Apocrypha. Prelim. leaf signed T. Grashop; one of the 'Breeches' bibles. (2), 358, 359-435 (Apocrypha) and (436-440) 441-554 ff.; Concordances, 1615 (82) ff. with Barker's colophon (1615) at end; Psalmes (Co. of Stationers, 1617) with music notation (10), 91 and (92-103)pp. Genealogies (2), 34pp. with Canaan leaf (damaged map on verso). Overall preceded by a black letter Prayer Book (title and commencing leaves distressed, 1614). i.e. complete Bible, appears to be Herbert 341 (Gen. title - rea/dy finding; *3v. (NT. prelim - be instructed /assured)PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail. 

Lot 107

° ° SOMERSET: Davis, John - A Concise History of the Cathedral Church of St. Andrew, in Wells....folded frontis., contemp. roan backed marbled boards, 12mo. Salisbury, (1809); Davis, John - A Concise History of the Cathedral Church of Saint Andrew, in Wells...folded frontis., half title; contemp. roan backed marble boards, 12mo. Shepton Mallet, 1814; A New Map of the County of Somerset.....3rd edition, corrected to 1818. engraved key, hand coloured and folded on linen, 44 x 50cm approx. contained in original paper boards slipcase with printed label (3)***CONDITION REPORT***1) frontis and back e/ps. soiled, near contemp. ownership (1811) on title. (3), iii &102pp.; 2) some bndg. wear, 3 early leaves misbound, clean marginal frontis. tear just touches engr. surface; 3) Map - a few marks but reasonable cond.PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail. 

Lot 120

° ° SUSSEX: A Tour to Worthing, or, Idle Hours not Idly Spent, containing a slight sketch of the country, anecdotes, & c. half title; old leather-backed paper boards, uncut, 1805; Evans, John - The Picture of Worthing (and) an Account of Arundel and Shoreham, with other parts of the surrounding country. folded frontis & map; new cloth-backed paper boards, uncut, sm.8vo. Worthing: sold by ... Spooner's and Stafford's Libraries, 1805; Shearsmith, John - A Topographical Description of Worthing, with brief notes of places of interest in the Vicinity ... (and) a concise essay on Cold and Warm Bathing. 4 plates; later 19th cent. half leather and cloth, original printed wrappers bound-in, cr.8vo. Worthing: printed and published by ... G. Verral (Worthing Press), 1824. (3)***CONDITION REPORT***Tour - good cond., sl. spine wear. VI, (7)-102pp. & errata leaf. pict. bkplt. of W.H. Hills; Evans - frontis, with few creases and a closed tear, new e/ps., lt. spotting but generally good copy, old ownership front blank. VIII, (9)-118pp. & advt. leaf; Shearsmith - frontis. margins stained and 2 corners repaired, title offset, some intermittent foxing, etc. later e/ps., wrapps. stained and repaired / laid down (printing intact)PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail. 

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