Ending 2nd Mar, 2025 17:00

Olympia Timed: Spring 2025

 
Lot 774
 

774

WORLD CASTLES: A COLLECTION

comprising: Varjú, Elemér, Magyar várak. Ungarische Burgen. Forteresses hongrois. Hungarian fortresses, Muemlekek Orszagos Bizottsaga, Budapest, circa 1930, 211 pages, black and white illustrations throughout (cloth covers stained); Gil, Júlio, The finest castles in Portugal, Verbo, 1989, 306 pages, illustrated; Brown, R. Allen, Castles: A History and a Guide; Winter, Frederick E, Greek Fortifications, University of Toronto Press, Toronto, 1971, 370 pages, 316 illustrations; Nelson, W. A., The Dutch Forts of Sri Lanka: The Military Monuments of Ceylon, Canongate, Edinburgh, 1984, 152 pages, b&w illustrations; Toy, Sidney, The Strongholds of India, London, 1957; and further books on European castles and fortifications (qty)

Provenance

From the library of William 'Bill' Reid, CBE (1926-2014)

Sold for £5


 

comprising: Varjú, Elemér, Magyar várak. Ungarische Burgen. Forteresses hongrois. Hungarian fortresses, Muemlekek Orszagos Bizottsaga, Budapest, circa 1930, 211 pages, black and white illustrations throughout (cloth covers stained); Gil, Júlio, The finest castles in Portugal, Verbo, 1989, 306 pages, illustrated; Brown, R. Allen, Castles: A History and a Guide; Winter, Frederick E, Greek Fortifications, University of Toronto Press, Toronto, 1971, 370 pages, 316 illustrations; Nelson, W. A., The Dutch Forts of Sri Lanka: The Military Monuments of Ceylon, Canongate, Edinburgh, 1984, 152 pages, b&w illustrations; Toy, Sidney, The Strongholds of India, London, 1957; and further books on European castles and fortifications (qty)

Provenance

From the library of William 'Bill' Reid, CBE (1926-2014)

Auction: Olympia Timed: Spring 2025, ending 2nd Mar, 2025

 

 

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