Dominic Winter Book Auctions
Lot 1
Brannon (George). Brannon's Graphic Delineations of the most Prominent Objects in the Isle of Wight. Serving equally the Purposes of an Useful Accompaniment to any of the Un-Illustrated Local Guides, or as a Drawing-Book for Copying in Pencil by the Tyro, and to Assist the Amateur in Sketching from Nature, three parts in one, n.d., c. 1840, thirty uncol. eng. views, some minor scattered spotting, orig. linen-backed printed card covers, rubbed, oblong 8vo, together with Mantell (Gideon Algernon), Geological Excursions round the Isle of Wight, and along the Adjacent Coast of Dorsetshire, 1st ed., 1847, wood engs. and diags. to text, folding hand-col. map at rear (fore-margins slightly frayed), orig. blind-stamped cloth gilt, worn on spine, 8vo, plus The Lions of the Isle of Wight; Or, Useful Hints to Visitors of All Classes, by Q in the Corner, 1st ed., pub. Hammersmith, 1851, errata slip before preface, orig. cloth gilt, a little rubbed and faded, slim 8vo, and Long (W.H.), A Dictionary of the Isle of Wight Dialect and Provincialisms used in the Island, to which is Appended the Christmas Boys' Play, An Isle of Wight 'Hooam Harvest' and Songs Sung by the Peasantry, forming a Treasury of Insular Manners and Customs of a Hundred Years Ago, 2nd ed., corrected and enlarged, 1931, b & w illusts. from photos., orig. cloth gilt, seriously faded and rubbed on spine, tall 8vo, with others relating to the Isle of Wight, incl. booklets, pamphlets, photographs and engravings (approx. 45)