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Herbert Read Collection	1
Brotherton Collection	1
English Literature	1

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Subject	Count
atlases	2
maps	2
books	2
letters	1
italian literature	1
scientific literature	1
travelers' writings	1
sports	1
illustrated books	1
botanical literature	1

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People and organisations	Count
Sotheby & Co. (London, England)	2
Powderham Castle (England)	1
Drawing, American	1
Boyd, Julia	1

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Catalogue of valuable printed books : comprising a selected portion of the library at Powderham Castle, Devonshire; early English books and early science... many with the Courtenay arms, the property of the Rt. Hon. the Earl of Devon, The historie of the damnable life and deserved death of Doctor John Faustus, 1622, the only copy known of this edition: not in STC, the property of Douglas Davidson, Esq.; the first (suppressed) edition of Alice's adventures in Wonderland, 1865; a group of Norman Douglas first editions with inscriptions by the author; early atlases and maps ... sporting and botanical books with coloured plates and a series of water-colour drawings of birds, a Baskerville Prayer book bound by Edward[s] of Halifax and a fine German Renaissance gilt binding for Johann Fugger, the property of the Rt. Hon. Lord Cotteloe ... the Rt. Hon. Sir Percy Loraine ... R.O. Whalley ... Brigadier J.E. Stirling ... early Italian literature and books on the fine arts, the property of the late Charles Loeser, removed from Torre Gattaia, Florence, twenty-three original drawings by Thomas Bewick for his History of British birds and his History of quadrupeds, and the Julia Boyd collection of 423 engraved woodblocks from Thomas Bewick's workshop, as used for her Bewick gleanings, 1866, the property of Mrs. Hester Haig, which will be sold by auction by Messrs. Sotheby & Co. ... at their large galleries ... on Monday, the 15th February, 1960 and the following day

Sotheby & Co. (London, England)

1960

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Catalogue of Americana, travel and atlases: printed books, autograph letters and drawings... which will be sold by auction by Messrs. Sotheby & Co. ... at their large galleries ... : Day of sale: Monday, 13th April, 1964

Sotheby & Co. (London, England)

1964

Cover title: Catalogue of Americana, travel and atlases: printed books, autograph letters and drawings comprising the property of the Library Company of Philadelphia.. the trustees of the late John C....

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