Printed Books, Maps & Documents

Allen (Capt. William & Thomson, T. R. H.). A Narrative of the Expedition sent by Her Majesty’s Government to the River Niger, in 1841.Under the Co...

Allers (C.W.). Capri, pub. Munich, [1892], sixty-one illusts. (complete), a.e.g., orig. gilt dec. cloth, slight fraying to spine, rubbed and some ...

Army List. The East-India Register and Army List, for 1856. Compiled... by F. Clark, Wm. H. Allen, 1856, 12pp. pubs. cat at rear, marbled endpaper...

Ashe (R. P.). Chronicles of Uganda, 1st ed., 1894, portrait frontis., half-tone illustrations, light browning to endpapers, original blue cloth gi...

Beechey (Captain F.W.). Narrative of a Voyage to the Pacific and Beering’s Strait, to Co-operate with the Polar Expeditions; Performed in His Maje...

Bryden (H.A., ed.). Great and Small Game of Africa. An Account of the Distribution, Habits and Natural History of the Sporting Mammals, with Perso...

Carter (Howard and Mace, A.C.), The Tomb of Tut-ankh-amen, Discovered by the Late Earl of Carnarvon and Howard Carter, three vols. (vol.1 4th imp....

Cook (James). Captain Cook’s Journal during his First Voyage Round the World Made in HM Bark “Endeavour” 1768-71. A Literal Transcription of the O...

Cooper (Edward Joshua). Views in Egypt and Nubia..., [1824-27], half-title present (entitled ‘Egyptian Scenery’), forty litho. plts. (of 42), incl...

Davis (John King). With the ‘Aurora’ in the Antarctic, 1911-1914, 1st ed., [1919], port. frontis. (det. and foremargin sl. frayed), b&w plts. and ...

De La Tour (M. Maitre). The History of Ayder Ali Khan, Nabob-Bahader: or, New Memories Concerning the East Indies..., 1784, folding eng. map to vo...

Delamarche (Felix). Atlas de la Geographie Ancienne, du Moyen ?ge, et Moderne...., pub. Paris, 1832, title page frayed with slight loss to fore-ed...

Ellis (Rev. William). Three Visits to Madagascar During the Years 1853-1854-1856, Including a Journey with Notices of the Natural History of the C...

Fellowes (Robert, ‘Philalethes’). The History of Ceylon, from the Earliest Period to the Year MDCCCXV; with Characteristic Details of the Religion...

Harvey (William Henry). Geographical Fun: Being Humerous Outlines of Various Countries. With an Introduction and Descriptive Lines by ‘Aleph’, pub...

Hillary (Edmund, 1919-2008). High Adventure, 1st ed., 1965, col. frontis. and b & w plts., signed by the author ‘E.P. Hillary’ to half-title, orig...

Hughes (J.E.). Eighteen Years on Lake Bangweulu, 2nd impression, The Field, 1933, numerous half-tone illustrations, colour map front endpapers, a ...

India. Tours in Sikhim and the Darjeeling District, by Percy Brown, Revised and Edited with Additions by Joan Townend, 3rd & 4th eds., Calcutta, 1...

Mateer (Mrs A.H.). New Terms for New Ideas, A Study of a Chinese Newspaper, Shanghai, 1922, English and Chinese script, marginal split to last two...

Ship Wrecks. Five Thomas Tegg published editions of ship wrecks, c. 1805-09: Interesting Narrative of the Life and Captivity of Dr. Archibald Thom...

Swinburne (Henry). Picturesque Tour through Spain, Embellished with Twenty Engravings, by Watts, Medland, Angus, Mitan, &c., London: Edward Orme, ...

Tombleson (William and Fearnside, William Gray). Tombleson’s Views of the Rhine, 2 vols., 1832, dec. title to each volume, 137 uncoloured engraved...

Valk (Gerard). Nova Totius Geographica Telluris Projectio, c.1706, decorative engraved title page with contemp. hand colouring, appears to lack pr...

Willyams (Rev. Cooper). A Voyage up the Mediterranean in His Majesty’s Ship the Swiftsure, One of the Squadron Under the Command of Rear-Admiral S...

Wright (Thomas). The Universal Pronouncing Dictionary and General Expositor of the English Language...., 5 vols, c.1850, addn. dec. half title, se...

Zezon (Antonio). Tipi Militari de’differenti corpi che compongono il reale esercito e l’armata di mare ..., Naples, 1850 [but sl. later], one fasc...

Allom (Thomas & Pickering G., illust.). Westmorland, Cumberland, Durham, and Northumberland, Illustrated..., with Descriptions by T. Rose, 2 vols....

Beattie (William). Scotland Illustrated in a Series of Views taken Expressly for this Work, vol. 2 only, 1838, addn. dec. half title, seventy-seve...

Besant (Sir Walter). London..., 10 vols. (complete), pub. Adam & Charles Black, 1903-1925, seven folding maps (several with large tear), b&w illus...

Britton (John & Brayley, Edward Wedlake). Devonshire & Cornwall Illustrated from Original Drawings by Thomas Allom, W.H.Bartlett &c., pub. H. & R....

Buckler (John & John Chessell). Views of Eaton Hall in Cheshire. The Seat of The Right Honourable Earl Grosvenor, pub. William Clarke, 1826, print...

Camden (William). Britain, or A Chorographicall Description of the Most Flourishing Kingdomes, England, Scotland and Ireland, and the Islands Adjo...

Camden (William). Britannia: Or a Chorographical Description of Great Britain and Ireland, together with the Adjacent Islands, 2nd ed., 1722, port...

Clayton (John). A Collection of the Ancient Timber Edifices of England, pub. Thomas McLean, 1846, dec. litho. title, dedication, descriptive text ...

Cuitt (George). Six Etchings......, of Select Parts of the Saxon and Gothic Building, Now Remaining in the City of Chester, pub. Chester, c.1810, ...

Dugdale (William). The Antiquities of Warwickshire Illustrated; From Records, Leiger-Books, Manuscripts, Charters, Evidences, Tombes, and Armes, 1...

Finden (William & Edward Francis). The Ports, Harbours, Watering Places and Coast Scenery of Great Britain, 2 vols., 1844, eng. port. frontis. to ...

Hissey (James John). An Old Fashioned Journey Through England and Wales, 1884; A Drive Through England or a Thousand Miles of Road Travel, 1885; O...

Hoare (Sir Richard Colt). [A Collection of Forty-Eight Views of Noblemen’s and Gentlemen’s Seats, Towns, Castles, Churches, Monasteries, and Roman...

Hughes (H.). The Beauties of Cambria; Consisting of Sixty Views in North and South Wales, 1823, calligraphic title, dedication, preface, list of s...

Jones (Henry Longueville). Illustrations of the Natural Scenery of the Snowdonian Mountains: Accompanied by a Description, Topographical and Histo...

King (Daniel). The Vale-Royall of England or, The County Palatine of Chester Illustrated..., To which is annexed, an Exact Chronology of all its R...

Leigh (Charles). The Natural History of Lancashire, Cheshire, and the Peak, in Derbyshire: with an Account of the British, Phoenician, Armenian, G...

Leycester (Sir Peter). Historical Antiquities, in Two Books. the First Treating in General of Great-Brettain and Ireland. The Second Containing Pa...

Lysons (Samuel). A Collection of Gloucestershire Antiquities, 1803, eng. title, 109 eng. plts. only (of 110, lacks plt. 109), including few hand-c...

Massey (Frank E., of Poole Hall, Nantwich). Portrait Sketches of Cheshire Hunting Men from 1850 to 1890, Manchester, 1903, forty-one full page col...

Morris (Rev. F.O.). A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland, 6 vols., n.d., c. 1870, num...

Ormerod (George). The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester; Compiled from Original Evidences in Public Offices, the Harleian and Cot...

Parkes (John). A History of Tipton (Staffordshire.), pub. Tipton, 1915, num. b&w plts. and illusts., limitation plt. to front pastdown, lacking fr...

Pennant (Thomas). A Tour in Wales MDCCLXXIII, pub. Henry Hughes, 1778, eng. vign. title, twenty-six engraved plates of antiquities, views, etc., i...

Pennant (Thomas). Tours in Wales, 3 vols., 1810, portrait frontis. to vol.1 and forty-two uncoloured engraved plts. (including several folding), l...

Pevsner (Nikolaus). The Buildings of England series, 65 vols., pub. Penguin, 1960s-2000s, b&w illusts., all orig. cloth in d.j.s, some tears and f...

Pickering (G.). Picturesque Sketches in Conway, pub. T.Catherall, Chester, c.1850, dec. litho. title, dedication and five (complete) tinted litho....

Pugh (Edward). Cambria Depicta: A Tour through North Wales Illustrated with Picturesque Views, by a Native Artist, pub W.Clowes, 1816, dec. aqua. ...

RCHM. Dorset, vols. 1-5 bound in 8, HMSO, 1952-72, a complete set, folding maps and plans, numerous b & w illusts. from photos, orig. cloth in d.j...

Rudder (Samuel). A New History of Gloucestershire, Comprising the Topography, Antiquities, Curiosities, Produce, Trade, and Manufactures of that C...

Seller (John). [Anglia Contracta or a Description of the Kingdom of England & Principality of Wales, in Several new Mapps of all the Countyes ther...

Seyer (Samuel). Memoirs Historical and Topographical of Bristol and its Neighbourhood, from the Earliest Time to the Present Time, 2 vols., 1st ed...

Symonds (H.D., pub.). The New Print Magazine, being a Collection of Picturesque Views Beautiful Scenes in the Several Counties of England and Wale...

Watson (John). Memoirs of the Ancient Earls of Warren and Surrey, and their Descendants to the Present Time, 2 vols., pub. Warrington, 1782, eng. ...