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LOT 1035
Archaeological Books - Pitt-Rivers - Antique Works of Art from Benin
1900 A.D.
12 5/8 x 9 7/8 in. (1.55 kg, 32 x 25 cm).
Lieutenant-General Pitt-Rivers - Antique Works of Art from Benin - Printed privately, 1900 - hardback, cloth bpud with gold blocking to covers ad spine - with old card-mounted photograph of a Benin ivory figurine. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of a Kent, UK, collector.
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LOT 1035
Archaeological Books - Pitt-Rivers - Antique Works of Art from Benin
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
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Archaeological Books - Pitt-Rivers - On the Development of Primitive Locks and Keys
1883 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Lieutenant-General Pitt-Rivers - On the Development of Primitive Locks and Keys - Chatto & Windus, London, 1883 - hardback, clothbound with gold blocking to both covers and spine - 31 pp, 10 plates; front board partly detached. 701 grams, 31 x 23.5 cm
Property of a Kent, UK, collector. -
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Archaeological Books - Evans - Bronze Implements, Weapons, and Ornaments of Great Britain and Ireland
1881 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Evans - The Ancient Bronze Implements, Weapons and Ornaments, of Great Britain - Appleton & Co., London, 1881 - hardback with half-calf binding, cloth covers, gold blocking and titling to spine - 509 pp, text figures - rebound by Canterbury Bookbinders. 1.13 kg, 24 x 16.5 cm
Property of a Kent, UK, collector. -
Archaeological Books - Armstrong - Guide to the Collection of Irish Antiquities - Catalogue of Irish Gold Ornaments
1920 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
E.C.R. Armstrong - Guide to the Collection of Irish Antiquities : Catalogue of Irish Gold Ornaments - HMSO, Dublin, 1920 - card covers rebound in hardback. quarter-calf binding on marbled boards, gold titling to spine - 104pp, 19 plates. 833 grams, 26.5 x 19.4 cm
Property of a Kent, UK, collector.
