ADAM'S Country House Collections Day 1 - 27th April 2026

62 376 THORBURN, A (1860 - 1935) British Birds Vols. 1 - IV, London, Longmans, Green and Co, 1917 - 1918. Third Edition. Red cloth boards, gilt lettering With 82 plates in colour in total (4) € 300 - 500 368 BRUCE, C.G L’Assaut du Mont Everest, 1922, with black and white photographs € 100 - 200 369 MILLIAS, JOHN GUILLE (1865 - 1931) The Natural History of British Game Birds, New York, Longmans, Green & Co, 1909. First edition. Limited no. 182/550. 4to. Quarter red leather boards, gilt lettering. With 37 illustrations in total, 18 coloured plates, 17 pho- togravures, 2 black and white illustrations € 500 - 800 370 JOHNSON, SAMUEL, The Works of Samuel Johnson, L.l.d, ed. Rev. John Ly- nam, A.M (Assistant Chaplain to the Magdalen Hospi- tal), printed for George Cowie & Co. In the Poultry, Lon- don, 1825, six volumes With bookplate for Gilbert Nicholson of Balrath Esq., Co. Meath, 1669 (6) € 400 - 600 371 MILLIAS, JOHN GUILLE (1865 - 1931) The Natural History of British Surface-Feeding Ducks, New York, Longmans, Green and Co. 1902. Green cloth boards, gilt lettering. With 6 photogravures, 41 coloured plates and 25 black and white illustrations € 400 - 600 372 HARRIS, WILLIAM Lives of James I and Charles I and the Lives of Oliver Cromwell & Charles II After the Manner of Mr. Bayle From Original Writers and State-Papers, London, 1814, in two volumes With bookplate for Christopher Nicholson Esq., Co. Meath Provenance: Nicholson family, Balrath Bury, Co. Meath, thence by descent € 100 - 200 373 ENGLISH SEAMEN UNDER THE TUDORS, by H. R. Fox Bourne, London, Richard Bentley Pub- lishers, 1868. First edition in two volumes, bound for Felsted Grammar School, Essex and emblazoned with the school crest and motto ‘Garde Ta Foi’ € 150 - 300 374 BELL, THOMAS The History of British Quadrupeds, Including the Cetacea, John Van Voorst, 1, Paternoster Row, London, 1837. With bookplate for Gilbert Nicholson of Bal- rath Esq., Co. Meath, 1669 Provenance: Nicholson family, Balrath Bury, Co. Meath, thence by descent € 200 - 300 375 THORBURN, A (1860 - 1935) Game Birds and Wild-fowl of Great Britain and Ireland, London, Longmans, Green and Co. 1923, 4to. Red cloth boards, gilt lettering With 30 plates in colour € 300 - 500