Brunk Auctions
Live Auction

Premier Auction - Session I

Fri, Feb 12, 2021 09:00AM EST
Lot 502

Four British Sporting Titles

Estimate: $300 - $500

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $25
$100 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000
including The Chase to Which is Annexed Field Sports, by William Somerville, London: Albion Press, 1804, annotations on the text and poem by Edward Topham, engraved title page, four plates, diapered calf board, with five raised bands, ruled gilt decoration, gilt hare, bird, hound and horse motifs, aeg; The Druid (six books), by Dixon, Henry Hall, London: Rogerson and Tuxford, The Strand, 1862 and 1870, binding by Zaehnsdorf, 3/4 leather over marbled boards, five raised bands, engraved title page, teg; with two other titles, The Times of the Druid; Wild Sports of the West, by Maxwell, Hamilton William - Provenance: James Cummins Bookseller, New York, NY; Estate of Robert K. Johnson, Aiken, South Carolina

Condition

Druid, one volume has a detached board, all with wear at the extremities and some with bumped corner, toning to pages
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