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Lot 151
S. P. WOODWARD
[NATURAL HISTORY] A Manual of the Mollusca, 2 copies, 1866 & 1890
Together with 3 other 19th Century Conchology books
Lot 153
INSCRIBED BOOKS: P. MAOZZO; M. STENTA; BENTHAM JUTTING; er al.
CONCHOLOGY BOOKS: Collection of signed and presentation copies.
8 Volumes From the Richard L. Johnson collection
Lot 155
ALPHABET. Letter ‘R’. - ‘W. THOMAS’, possibly W. T. THOMAS (1830-1900, engraver).
Original engraved wood printing-block featuring a miscellany of 8 subjects on a single block, possibly illustrating the letter ‘R’
a rose, a raft, a razor and a reel, a rat, a rabbit, a ring, a ruff and reeds.
Lot 157
Societe Belge de Malacologie (publishers)
Arion: bulletin de contact ... de la societe Belge de malacologie.
13 volumes bound in three
Lot 158
ARMORIAL BOOKPLATE. - [19th-century English School, engraver]
Original woodblock for the Rev. the Hon. Stephen Willoughby Lawley's bookplate, dated 1861
Lot 161
Maxwell SMITH,et al.
[AMERICAN CONCHOLOGY] Smith’s rare 1938 mimeographed Muricidae catalog, photo illustrated, Lantana, Florida
Along with 12other American studies, including bound volumes of a single author’s works.
Lot 163
A. DESAINT
Ideas & Studies in Stencilling & Decorating
Lot 165
George DU MAURIER (1834-1896, artist). – Thomas ROBINSON (1806-1885, engraver).
Original engraved wooden printing block with manuscript titling to one side “Our Brilliant Failure / 1865 / G. du Maurier”
Lot 168
A. E. ORTMANN
Monograph of the Naiades of Pennsylvania 1911, 4 volumes bound in 2
Together with other ORTMANN titles
Lot 170
William FIFE (boatbuilder). - Charles Thornton Rennie SCOVELL (1864 – Nov. 22 1910).
The Log of the 'Godwit', being the Record of a Voyage of over 7,000 miles from England to India in a 25-ton Yacht.
Lot 171
MINIATURE Book.
Dewdrops [King James Bible quotations for every day of the year]
Lot 175
Bernard Barham WOODWARD; Johannes THIELE
[Classification , Mollusks] Catalogue of the Books, Manuscripts, Maps and Drawings in the British Museum (Natural History). 8 vols
Monumental catalogue, took nearly 40 years to publish. WITH Handbook of Systematic Malacology
Lot 176
[Yoichiro HIRASE]
Kyoto (Japan). The Album of the Hirase Conchological Museum. 1915.
An uncommon Japanese Conchology book. illustrated
Lot 177
GERMAN AUTHORS; W. KOBELT; R. BERGH, et al.
(PALEONTOLOGY; CONCHOLOGY) Scholar's Shelf of 19th Century German Scientific Publications
15+ items, including rare pamphlets & books by Wilhelm Kobelt & Eduard von Martens
Lot 178
School of Utagawa HIROSHIGE, 20th century.
[The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido road]
Despite the title, this copy contains 55 (of 56) woodblock prints