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LOT 2222
General Books - A Popular Handbook of the Ornithology of Eastern North America
1896 A.D.
8 1/2 x 5 7/8 in. (993 grams, 21.5 x 15 cm).
Thomas Nuttall - Vol.II Game and Water Birds - Boston, 1896, hardback with cloth covers, 431 pp. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of an Essex gentleman.
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LOT 2222
General Books - A Popular Handbook of the Ornithology of Eastern North America
Sold for (Inc. bp): £9
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General Books - De L'Eglise Gallicane by J de Maistre
1854 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Count J de Maistre - De L'Eglise Gallicane - Lyon, 1854, cloth binding with gold block titling to spine, 358 pp; with 'Ex Libris de Charencey' bookplate to inside cover. 491 grams, 21.6 x 14 cm
Property of an Essex gentleman. -
General Books - Memoires du General Rapp, Premier Aide-de-Camp de Napoleon
1823 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £8
Général Rapp - Paris, 1823, marbled boards in quarter-calf binding, gilt fore edge, 439 pp; spine chipped. 494 grams, 21 x 13.2 cm
Property of an Essex gentleman.
First-hand account of the career of Général Jean Rapp, Napoleon's leading staff officer, written and published two years after the Emperor's death in 1821 with the series title 'Memoirs of contemporaries to support the history of the Republic and the Empire'. Rapp saved the life of the Emperor on more than one occasion, and was present at the battles of Austerlitz (1805), Jena (1806) and Borodino (1812), where he sustained several wounds. In his birthplace of Colmar a statue in his honour stands on the Champ de Mars. -
General Books - New York - The Wonder City of the World in Gravure
1915 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Manhattan Postcard Co. - New York, 1915, card covers, 54 pp.; repaired. 384 grams, 32.5 x 25.5 cm
Property of an Essex gentleman.
Sepia-coloured scenes from New York in the early 20th century.
