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LOT 2219
General Books - Birds of America
1936 A.D.
11 1/4 x 8 in. (2.76 kg, 28.5 x 20.5 cm).
T. Gilbert Pearson (ed.) - New York, 1917 (1936 reprint), hardback with cloth covers, 289 pp, 102 plates. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of an Essex gentleman.
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General Books - Prattica E Metodo di Computare Ogni Tempo
1750 A.D.Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
P. Giambatista Pagani - Palermo, 1750, laid paper in full calf binding, 564 pp; spine worn; rare. 614 grams, 21 x 15.5 cm
Property of an Essex gentleman.
Original calf binding, still mostly tight and with tables and charts: a concordance of chronometric calculations using the Roman Julian calendar, the solar calendar of the Egyptians, the lunar calendar of the Arabs and the Hebrew metrics based in these three traditions. -
General Books - Field Sketchbook of Lucien Jonas - Armee Anglaise
1915 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £650
Lucien Jonas - Reproduction of the field sketchbook of Jonas subtitled 'Armée Anglaise Juin 1915' (British Army, June 1915) with studies of Sir John French, Douglas Haig, Brigadier Maurice, General Lambton and other officers, many with a location; inside front cover with listing of British and Indian regimental officers; inside back cover with list of Interpreters, French and Belgian mission officers, studies of Ypres (2) and the Pas de Calais; hardback with cloth covers (partly detached)' publisher's note to inside back cover (in French) stating that this sketchbook by the painter Jonas, who was attached to the Musée de l' Armée, has been reproduced in facsimile through Librarie Dorbon-Ainé in Paris; this volume is one of 200 monochrome offprints; with artist's manuscript initials. 799 grams, 32.2 x 24.2 cm
Property of an Essex gentleman.
Unique first-hand study of the British Army in the early stages of the First World war. -
General Books - Parlour Scrap Book
1836 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1
Willis Gaylord Clark - Philadelphia, 1836, hardback with relief moulding, 72 pp, hand-tinted engravings. 859 grams, 28.3 x 22.5 cm
Property of an Essex gentleman.
