Batcombe (4 results)

Soft cover, 37pp., very good condition. 25 b&w plate.

4to. [8], 235 p. Engraved portrait by Hollar which is otherwise only recorded in the Yale copy. Two part titles. Contemporary blind ruled sheepskin, rubbed on edges and corners. Recently rebacked, retaining the original endpapers. 17th and 18th century pen trials on the endpapers. Short tear to the fore edge of the title and following leaf, just affecting printed rule, but no loss. Otherwise a crisp copy with the scarce Hollar portrait which cannot be a later insertion as it is splashed on the recto with the red sprinkle of the edges. ESTC R34406.

Shepton-Mallet, 1834. (illustrator). Shepton-Mallet, 1834. "Valuable Freehold Lands" [Broadside]. [Land Auction]. [Great Britain]. Batcombe, Somerset, Butleigh and Babcary. Valuable Freehold Lands. To be Sold by Auction, By Mr. Wainwright, On Monday, The 28th Day of April, 1834, At the George Inn, In Shepton-Mallet, At 3 O'Clock in the Afternoon. Shepton-Mallet: Cary, Printer, [1834]. 19-1/4" x 15-1/4" broadside. Text in single column below headline. Moderate toning, light soiling, faint vertical and horizontal fold lines, some wear and a few chips and tears to edges, contemporary annotations to verso. $650. * The lots "were late the property of Harry Russ Grant, Esq. M.D. deceased." They included 9 parcels of pasture land. There are two annotations on the verso. One is an address, along with two postal stamps; this copy was mailed. The other note, most likely for filing purposes, states the nature and date of the auction. No copies located on COPAC or OCLC.

Shepton-Mallet, 1830?? (illustrator). Shepton-Mallet, 1830?? Land for Sale in Somerset [Broadside]. [Land Auction]. [Great Britain]. Batcombe, Somerset. Freehold Lands, To be Sold by Auction, By Mr. Wainwright, At the Three Horse Shoes Inn, Batcombe, On Thursday the 22nd. Day of July, 1830. Shepton-Mallet: Wason & Foxwell, [1830]. 17-3/4" x 11" broadside. Text in single column below headline. Moderate toning, light soiling and a few minor stains, faint vertical and horizontal fold lines, a few minor chips and tears to edges, contemporary annotations to recto and verso. $650. * The lots include pasture land, arable land and a farmstead. Most of the annotations discuss the value of specific lots. The one exception is a note on the verso, most likely for filing purposes, states the nature and date of the auction. No copies located on COPAC or OCLC.