Fine Books and Works on Paper

Middle East.- Wellsted (Lt. James Raymond) Travels in Arabia, 2 vol., first edition, 5 engraved maps including large folding map of Oman with rout...

Polar.- Antarctica.- Ponting (Herbert George, 1870-1935) One of the Dogs, gelatin silver print, blindstamped H.G. Ponting, 335 x 455 mm. (13 1/4 x...

Polar.- Antarctica.- Ross (Capt. Sir James Clark) A Voyage of Discovery and Research in the Southern and Antarctic Regions, during the years 1839-...

Polar.- Arctic.- Back (Sir George) Narrative of the Arctic Land Expedition to the Mouth of the Great Fish River, and along the Shores of the Arcti...

Polar.- Arctic.- Barrow (John) A Chronological History of Voyages into the Arctic Regions, first edition, lacking half-title, with large folding e...

Polar.- Arctic.- Franklin (Sir John).- Godfrey (William C.) Godfrey's Narrative of the Last Grinnell Arctic Exploring Expedition, in search of Sir...

Polar.- Arctic.- Franklin (Sir John).- M'Clure (Capt. Robert) The Discovery of the North-West Passage by H.M.S. "Investigator"..., edited by Comma...

Polar.- Arctic.- Franklin (Sir John).- Shillinglaw (John J.) A Narrative of Arctic Discovery...with the details of the measures adopted...for the ...

Polar.- Arctic.- Lyon (Capt. George Francis) The Private Journal...during the Recent Voyage of Discovery under Captain Parry, 7 engraved plates an...

Polar.- Arctic.- Parry (Capt. William Edward) Journal of a Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific; perf...

Polar.- Arctic.- Phipps (Constantine John, Baron Mulgrave) A Voyage towards the North Pole undertaken by His Majesty's command 1773, first edition...

Polar.- Iceland.- [Stanley (John Thomas) and Dr. Joseph Black.] An Account of the Hot Springs in Iceland with An Analysis of their Waters, ?first ...

Polar.- Iceland.- Troil (Uno von) Letters on Iceland: containing observations on...Volcanos, Basaltes, Hot Springs..., made, during a Voyage under...

Voyages.- Arago (Jacques Etienne Victor) Narrative of a Voyage Round the World, in the Uranie and Physicienne Corvettes, commanded by Captain Frey...

Voyages.- Cook (Capt. James) [First Voyage].- [Hawkesworth (John)] An Account of the Voyages...for making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere.....

Voyages.- Cook (Capt. James) [Second Voyage] [A Voyage towards the South Pole, and Round the World...], Atlas only, without the engraved portrait ...

World.- Teixeira (Pedro) The Travels of Peter Teixeira from India to the Low Countries by Land; with a short Account of a Voyage from India to Spa...

World.- South Atlantic.- Purdy (John, hydrographer) Memoir, Descriptive and Explanatory, to accompany the New Chart of the Ethiopic or Southern At...

Birds.- Blaauw (Frans Ernst) A Monograph of the Cranes, first edition, one of 170 copies but this copy without limitation label to front pastedown...

Birds.- Brabourne (Lord) and Charles Chubb. The Birds of South America, 2 vol., H. Gronvold's copy, vol.2 with 38 hand-coloured lithograph plates ...

Birds.- Cassin (John) Illustrations of the Birds of California, Texas, Oregon, British and Russian America, first edition in book form, 50 hand-co...

Birds.- Hale (W.G.) The Meyers' Illustrations of British Birds, number 12 of 40 De Luxe copies, signed by the author and with an original hand-col...

Birds.- Howard (Henry Eliot) The British Warblers, 2 vol. in 10 parts (1-9 & 9*) bound in 9, 35 chromolithograph and 51 photogravure plates by Gro...

Birds.- Jenner (Edward).- Moubray (Bonington) A Practical Treatise on Breeding, Rearing, and Fattening, all kinds of Domestic Poultry, Pheasants, ...

Birds.- Koenig (Alexander Ferdinand) Die Voegel am Nil, vol.2 (all published): Die Raubvoegel, 55 chromolithograph plates, contemporary tan half m...

Birds.- Layard (Edgar Leopold) The Birds of South Africa, edited by R. Bowdler Sharpe, 12 hand-coloured lithograph plates by J.G. Keulemans, witho...

Birds.- Sclater (P.L.) and W.H. Hudson. Argentine Ornithology, 2 vol., first edition, one of 200 copies signed by the authors, 20 hand-coloured li...

Birds.- Sharpe (Richard Bowdler) Scientific Results of the Second Yarkand Mission: Aves, 24 hand-coloured lithograph plates by J.G. Keulemans, W. ...

Birds.- Thomson (Sir Charles Wyville) Report of the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger, vol.II, part VIII only: Birds by P.L. S...

Birds.- Whitaker (J.I.S.) The Birds of Tunisia, 2 vol., first edition, one of 250 copies, this unnumbered, half-titles, photogravure frontispieces...

Basile (Giambattista) Il Pentamerone...overo lo Cunto de li Cunte, half-title, title with woodcut device, rather browned and water-stained, attrac...

Bristol & Bath.- Thorn (Romaine Joseph) Bristolia, a Poem, lacking half-title, wood-engraved title-vignette and tail-piece, later cloth-backed boa...

Bristol & Glastonbury.- T[homas] (J[ohn]) Different Plans for improving the Harbour of Bristol..., first edition, folding engraved plan with parti...

C[orbet] (R[ichard], Bishop of Oxford and Norwich) Poëtica Stromata or a Collection of Sundry Peices in Poetry: Drawne by the known and approved H...

Dutch Landscapes.- Apostool (Cornelius, engraver) The Beauties of the Dutch School, 14 aquatint plates engraved by Apostool after various artists,...

Dutch Landscapes.- Visscher (Claes Jansz., 1587-1652, publisher) An album of 170 Dutch landscapes, containing approximately 8 title pages, with pl...

Irish Linen-Trade.- [?Bindon (David)] A Letter from a Merchant who has left off Trade to a Member of Parliament, in which the case of the British ...

Medicine.- Willis (Thomas) Cerebri anatome, nervorumque descriptio & usus...De ratione motus musculorum..., 2 parts in 1, title with woodcut print...

Newton (Sir Isaac).- Philosophical Transactions. Vol.VI. For the Year 1671 [No.69-80], containing: A Letter of Mr. Isaac Newton...containing his ...

Sporting.- Berners (Dame Juliana) [The Book of St Albans]: The Book containing the Treatises of Hawking; Hunting; Coat-Armour; Fishing; and Blasin...

Africa.- Boer War.- Speth (Joan, active 1900) The Siege of Ladysmith, gouache on thick wove paper, mounted onto linen support, signed, inscribed '...

Africa.- Herero Wars.- Speth (Joan, active 1900) A battle scene, traditionally understood to show a German attack on the Herero people of German S...

Algeria.- Algerian studio portraits, two albumen prints, each c. 275 x 210 mm. (10 1/2 x 8 1/4 in.), mounted on contemporary cards, [1880s]; and a...

America.- Fremont (John Charles) Narrative of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains...1842, and to Oregon and North California...1843-44...

America.- Jefferson (Thomas) Notes on the State of Virginia, with an Appendix Relative to the Murder of Logan's Family, foxed and browned, inner h...

America.- Native Americans.- Holmes (Abiel) A Memoir of the Moheagan Indians, first separate edition, water-stained, disbound, 8vo, no place or pr...

Atlases.- Atlas to Walker's Geography, 26 hand-coloured double-page engraved maps, slightly browned, bookplate on front pastedown, contemporary ha...

Atlases.- Hall (Sidney) A New General Atlas, 53 hand-coloured double-page engraved maps mounted on stubs, title spotted, maps with occasional ligh...

Burma.- Klier (Philip Adolphe, c.1845-1911) Burma, 4 albumen prints, each c. 250 x 270 mm. (9 7/8 x 10 5/8 in.), on contemporary cards, each title...

China.- Staunton (Sir George) An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China, Atlas vol. only, 44 engra...

China.- Wright (George Newenham) China, in a Series of Views, 4 vol. in 2, 4 additional engraved vignette titles and 124 plates (one title and a c...

Egypt.- Zangaki (Brothers, active 1870s-1890s) Fellah Woman, Egypt, albumen print, 275 x 220 mm. (10 1/2 x 8 3/4in.), on original card mount, phot...

Germany.- Continental views.- Dashwood ([A.], active ca. 1845-1880) An album of sixteen landscapes, mainly Continental, specifically German, some ...

Greece.- Rhomaïdès (Konstantinos and Aristotelis, active 1880s-1900s) Panorama of Athens, 2 albumen prints, each 280 x 206mm. (11 x 8 in.), panora...

Hong Kong.- Hong Kong, Looking at the Central District from East point with Victoria Peak, albumen print, 212 x 280 mm. (8 3/8 x 11 in.), mounted ...

India.- Abu and Madurai, India, 4 albumen prints, each c. 230 x 292 mm. (9 x 11 1/2 in.), on contemporary cards, titled in black ink on cards rect...

India.- Company School (circa 1790-1810) and Welland (Rachel, active 1798-1804) A composite album with over 115 drawings and watercolours executed...

India.- Elephants with Mahouts, Ceylon, two albumen prints, each c. 220 x 275 mm. (8 5/8 x 10 7/8 in.), one on contemporary card titled in pencil...

India.- Johnston & Hoffman, active 1870-1918. Brahmin Priest, albumen print, 270 x 215 mm. (10 3/8 x 8 1/2in.), mounted on contemporary card, titl...

India.- Scowen (Charles T., 1852-1948) and others. Sinhalese portraits, 1880s, three albumen prints, each c. 265 x 200 mm. (10 3/8 x 7 7/8in.) or...