Ending Aug 15, 2023 11:08 EST

Rare Books, Autographs & Maps

 
  Lot 69
 

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[HUNTING - AFRICA] BALDWIN, WILLIAM CHARLES. African Hunting. From Natal to the Zambesi including Lake Ngami, The Kalahari Desert &c. From 1852 to 1860.

Estate / Collection: The Property of a New England Family

[HUNTING - AFRICA]
BALDWIN, WILLIAM CHARLES. African Hunting. From Natal to the Zambesi including Lake Ngami, The Kalahari Desert &c. From 1852 to 1860.
London: Richard Bentley, 1863. First edition. Three quarters calf, marbled paper boards, gilt decorated spine with gilt lettered leather labels, all edges marbled, rebacked. 8 1/2 x 5 inches (21.5 x 13.5); x, 451 pp., frontispiece, folding map, lithographed plates including some color printed, illustrations in text. Wear to calf and board edges, rebacked retaining original spine, contents with some spotting and soiling, one plate detached, sold as is.

[HUNTING - AFRICA]
BALDWIN, WILLIAM CHARLES. African Hunting. From Natal to the Zambesi including Lake Ngami, The Kalahari Desert &c. From 1852 to 1860.
London: Richard Bentley, 1863. First edition. Three quarters calf, marbled paper boards, gilt decorated spine with gilt lettered leather labels, all edges marbled, rebacked. 8 1/2 x 5 inches (21.5 x 13.5); x, 451 pp., frontispiece, folding map, lithographed plates including some color printed, illustrations in text. Wear to calf and board edges, rebacked retaining original spine, contents with some spotting and soiling, one plate detached, sold as is.

Sold for $101
Estimated at $150 - $250

Includes Buyer's Premium


 

Estate / Collection: The Property of a New England Family

[HUNTING - AFRICA]
BALDWIN, WILLIAM CHARLES. African Hunting. From Natal to the Zambesi including Lake Ngami, The Kalahari Desert &c. From 1852 to 1860.
London: Richard Bentley, 1863. First edition. Three quarters calf, marbled paper boards, gilt decorated spine with gilt lettered leather labels, all edges marbled, rebacked. 8 1/2 x 5 inches (21.5 x 13.5); x, 451 pp., frontispiece, folding map, lithographed plates including some color printed, illustrations in text. Wear to calf and board edges, rebacked retaining original spine, contents with some spotting and soiling, one plate detached, sold as is.

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[HUNTING - AFRICA]
BALDWIN, WILLIAM CHARLES. African Hunting. From Natal to the Zambesi including Lake Ngami, The Kalahari Desert &c. From 1852 to 1860.
London: Richard Bentley, 1863. First edition. Three quarters calf, marbled paper boards, gilt decorated spine with gilt lettered leather labels, all edges marbled, rebacked. 8 1/2 x 5 inches (21.5 x 13.5); x, 451 pp., frontispiece, folding map, lithographed plates including some color printed, illustrations in text. Wear to calf and board edges, rebacked retaining original spine, contents with some spotting and soiling, one plate detached, sold as is.

Auction: Rare Books, Autographs & Maps, ending Aug 15, 2023

  • Successful Auction of Rare Books, Autographs & Maps on August 15, 2023
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NEW YORK, NY -- Doyle held a successful auction of Rare Books, Autographs & Maps on August 15, 2023. Offered was a summer miscellany of sporting material, Americana, fine bindings, literature, autographs, maps and more!
 

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