AUCTION-SALE & BOOKSELLER’S CATALOGUES – LOT of... Lot n° 10023

With (col.) plates & ills. 4to & large 8vo, orig. (unif.) cloth (6x), orig. (unif.) boards (4x) & orig. (unif.) wrappers. – LOT of 91 20th-cent. English antiquarian bookseller’s catalogues (incl. 3 duplicates) publ. by “E.P. Goldschmidt & Co.” (London, ca. 1932-1989). With ills. Various sizes, 20th-cent. half-rexine (1x) & orig. (unif.) wrappers. – LOT of 30 early 20th-cent. English antiquarian bookseller’s catalogues publ. by “Maggs Bros. (B.D. Maggs & E.U. Maggs)” (London, 1916-1930). With plates. Various sizes, 20th-cent. boards (1x) & orig. (unif.) wrappers. – LOT of ca. 30 late 20th-cent. American antiquarian bookseller’s catalogues publ. by “H.P. Kraus” (New York, ca. 1951-1981). With ills. Various sizes, orig. cloth (1x), orig. boards (4x) & orig. wrappers. – LOT of ca. 800 mainly 20th-cent. English, French & German antiquarian bookseller's catalogues. With (col.) plates & ills. Various sizes, orig. wrappers. – LOT of ca. 370 late 19th-/ (early) 20th-cent. Dutch book auction-sale & antiquarian bookseller’s catalogues (incl. 16 duplicates). With (col.) plates & ills. Various sizes, orig. half-cloth (1x) & orig. wrappers. – Added: 18 odd issues of the Dutch periodical “De Boekenwereld. Tijdschrift voor boek & prent” (1993-2017), i.a. “Geboekt in jaargangen. Anderhalve eeuw boekentijdschriften in Nederland” (1994) & “Zeerovers. Uitgeverij en Boekhandel Van Gennep” (2009). [AUCTION-SALE & BOOKSELLER’S CATALOGUES] – LOT of 178 20th-cent. English book auction-sale catalogues in 191 parts, all publ. by Christie’s or Sotheby’s (between 1937-2007). ¶ Ad 1: Interesting collection including famous auction-sales of important book collections (partly with results & names of buyers loosely inserted), i.a. “The Honeyman Collection of Scientific Books and Manuscripts. Part I-VII” (1978-1981, 7 vols. Complete set); “The Collection of Otto Schäfer. Part I: Italian Books/ Part II: Parisian Books/ Part III: Illustrated Books and Historical Bindings/ Part IV: the Hans Fürstenburg Collection of Eighteenth-Century French Books [..]” (1994-1995, 4 vols.); “Bibliothèque Marcel Jeanson. Première Partie: Chasse/ Deuxième Partie: Ornithologie” (1987-1988, 2 vols.); “The Estelle Doheny Collection [..]. Part II: Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts/ Part VI: Printed Books and Manuscripts concerning William Morris and his Circle” (1987-1989, 2 vols.); “Treasures of a World Traveller. The Boudewijn Büch Collection” (2004); “Collection littéraire Pierre Leroy. Grands écrivains surréalistes et de l’après-guerre” (2002); “The Library of Abel E. Berland. Part I: Important English Literature, Science and Philosophy/ Part II: English Literature and Fine Incunabula” (2001, 2 vols.); “A second selection of printed books mostly from the fifteenth century. The property of Mr J.R. Ritman [..]” (2001); “The Library of Robert Michael Burrell. Books on the Middle East” (1999); “The Library of Sir Karl Popper” (1995); “Catalogue of the highly important Toulouse-Philidor Collection of manuscript and printed music [..]” (1978); “Catalogue of The Celebrated Library The Property of the late Major J.R. Abbey [..]. The Eighth/ Ninth Portion: The Hornby Manuscripts, Part I-II [..]” (1974-1975, 2 vols.) & “Catalogue of a further portion of the well-known library The Property of the Comte de Suzannet [..] comprising the celebrated collection of material concerning Charles Dickens [..]” (1938). – Partly with small imperfections and/or traces of use. ¶ Ad 2: Rare collection comprising catalogues [no.] 28, 33, 37-38, 39 (2x), 41, 44-45, 47, 51, 59, 72, 74, 76, 79, 83-84, 86, 90, 93-94, 97-98, 100, 108-122, 123-139, 141-142, 144-149, 150 (part I-II), 151-154, 159-163, 164 (2x), 165-167, 169, 172, 190 (2x) & “Supplement No. 8-11, 14 & XVIII”. – Partly with small imperfections and/or traces of use. ¶ Ad 3: Rare collection comprising catalogues No. 343, 348, 350, 352, 354, 412-413 (“The Voyages and Discoveries of Early Travellers and Missionaries. Part I. America/ Part II. Australasia, China, Japan, India, Turkey and Africa”, 1921), 417, 422-423, 436-437, 440, 443, 445, 448, 456, 460-461, 463, 477, 508 (“Bibliotheca Nautica. Part I”, 1928), 519 (“Bibliotheca Asiatica et Africana. Part IV”, 1929), 521 (“Bibliotheca Asiatica et Africana. Part V”, 1929), 524, 528-529, 532, 533 (“Bibliotheca Incunabulorum. A Collection of Books from One Hundred Towns [..]. Part I. Austria, Belgium, Czecho-Slovakia, England, and France”, 1930) & 534 (“Bibliotheca Nautica. Part II”, 1930). – Partly with small imperfections and/or traces of use. ¶ Ad 4: Comprising i.a. “The Eightieth Catalogue. Remarkable Manuscripts, Books and Maps from the IXth to the XVIIIth Century [..]” (1956), “Catalogue 85. Distinguished Books and Manuscripts” (1957), “Catalogue 150. Sir Edmund Andros, 1637-1714. Governor of New York [..]” (1978), “Catalogue 152. The Reverend Thomas Bray D.D. 1656-1730. Founder of the American Public Library System [..]” (1978) & “Catalogue 160. Manuscript and Printed America