Forum Auctions: Colour Plate Books from the Library of Norman Bobbins - Part 2, 32724, London

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
March 27, 2024 - March 27, 2024
Page Size: 266 items in 11 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
26 Alken (Henry)

Scraps from the Sketch Book of Henry Alken, first edition

1823 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
27 Alken (Henry)

[Coursing], a set of 6 hand-coloured etched plates

1824 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 352.80
28 Alken (Henry)

Shakespeare's Seven Ages of Man

1824 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 945.00
29 Alken (Henry)

A Touch at the Fine Arts, first edition, original printed boards

1824 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
30 Alken (Henry)

A Few Ideas; being Hints to all Would-Be Meltonians, enlarged second issue

1826 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
31 Alken (Henry)

A Few Ideas being Hints to All Would-Be Whips,

1827 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 945.00
32 Alken (Henry)

[A Trip to Ascot Races], 8 hand-coloured engraved panoramas on 4 leaves

1827 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 3,528.00
33 Alken (Henry)

Panorama of a Fox Hunt, panorama original cylindrical binding,

1828 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,099.20
34 Alken (Henry)

A Steeple Chase or a Cross Country Match

1827 [but watermarked 1828. GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
35 Alken (Henry)

Pigeon Shooting,

c.1828. GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 138.60
36 Alken (Henry)

Hunting Recollections,

1829 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 441.00
37 Alken (Henry)

[Grand Leicestershire Steeple Chase on 12th of March, 1829],

1830 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
38 Alken (Henry)

Series of Very Spirited Etchings of Gigs and Their Drivers

1830 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 945.00
39 Alken (Henry)

Sporting Notions, first edition,

1832-33. GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 945.00
40 Alken (Henry)

[Thoughts while Fox Hunting], first edition,

1833 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 478.80
41 Alken (Henry)

[Sporting Anecdotes], R. Ackermann, with original pencil sketch and watercolour sketch by Alken bound in

1833-37. GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,134.00
42 Alken (Henry)

[Untitled Fox Hunting series], 4 aquatint plates and watercolour drawing copies

1835 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
43 Alken (Henry)

[Coaching Scences, Winter of 1836-7]

1837 [plates watermarked 1836. GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
44 Alken (Henry)

Sporting Anecdotes

c.1840. GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,134.00
45 Alken (Henry)

Fore's Hunting Accomplishments, first edition, 6 hand-coloured aquatints

1850 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,008.00
46 [Alken (Samuel)]

The Race and the Road to Epsom,

1851 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 4,410.00
47 Alken (Samuel)

[Epsom Race Course], hand-coloured lithograph panorama,

18[54; and title (2). GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 4,410.00
48 Alken (Henry)

[Fores's Hunting Sketches: the Right and Wrong Sort, or a Good and Bad Way of Going Across Country]

1859 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,008.00
49 Alken (Henry, attributed to)

[Pair of Racing Scenes], watercolour and pencil on paper,

n.d (2). GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
50 [Alken (Henry, follower of)]

[Horse Racing], series of 4 watercolours on 2 leaves,

n.d (2). GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
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