Ebers (Georges). L'Egypte, Alexandrie et Le Caire ... Du Caire … Philae, traduction de Gaston Maspero, 2 volumes in 1, 1st edition in French, Paris: Firmin-Didot et Cie, 1880-1, numerous wood-engraved plates and text illustrations, 2 colour maps, spotting to endpapers and half-title, light spotting to title page and margins of maps, bookplate of Sir Campbell Clarke (British journalist, 1845-1902), contemporary green half morocco, rubbed, spine sunned, folio, together with Botta (Carlo), Storia d'Italia, continuata da quella del Guicciardini, sino al 1789, 10 volumes in 5, 1st edition, Paris: Baudry, 1832, engraved frontispiece, occasional light spotting, bookplates of Ann Newell Hill (1797-1892; Lady of the Manor of Asby Winderwath), contemporary tan half calf, rubbed, 8vo, plus CrabitŠs (Pierre), The Winning of the Sudan, 1st edition, George Routledge and Sons, Ltd, 1934, original red cloth, dust jacket, 8vo, a bright copy, and numerous others, mainly mid-20th-century African travel in dust jackets, various formats (3 shelves)
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Beechey (Frederick William). Narrative of a Voyage to the Pacific and Beering's Strait, to Co-Operate with the Polar Expeditions: Performed in His Majesty's Ship Blossom, in the Years 1825, 26, 27, 28, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1831, 23 engraved & lithographed plates, three folding charts, bound without half titles and advertisements, some spotting and light offsetting, contemporary calf gilt, foot of volume I spine split with wormtrack (also to cover margins), 4to Ferguson 1419; Sabin 4347. (2)
Piso (Willem). De Indiae utriusque re naturali libri quatuordecim, 2nd edition, Amsterdam: Elzevir, 1658, 3 parts in 1 volume, engraved pictorial title page, profuse botanical and zoological woodcuts in the text, pale intermittent tide-mark extending from fore edges (strong only in final 2 leaves), occasional light fraying and damp-staining to lower outer corners, stitching strained between part 1 quires O and P, worm-track in upper margins of part 2, bookplate of Francois Moutier (poet and physician, 1881-1961) and 19th-century French inscription to front pastedown, contemporary vellum, manusript spine-title, toned, a few marks, folio (36 x 22 cm) Borba de Moraes I pp. 153-4; DSB X pp. 621-2; Nissen IVB 589; Nissen BBI 1533; Sabin 63029; Willems 1236. Second edition, greatly revised and expanded, of the most important scientific work completed in Brazil during the 17th century, which established the author, Piso, 'as one of the pioneers of tropical medicine' (DSB). The second part contains two works by Georg Markgraf, Tractatus topographicus et meteorologicus Brasiliae, and Commentarius de Brasiliensium et Chilensium indole et lingua, and the third part contains Historiae naturalis et medicae Indiae Orientalis libri sex, a treatise on the East Indies by Jacob de Bondt, and a further work by Piso himself on the Mantissa aromatica, neither of which appeared in the first edition published in 1648 as Historia naturalis Brasiliae. (1)
Gregory (Olinthus). A Treatise of Mechanics, Theoretical, Practical and Descriptive, 2 volumes, 2nd edition, 1807, book stamp to front pastedowns, period inscription to volume 1 front endpaper, some light toning and water marks, uniform contemporary full calf, volume 1 front board detached, boards and spines rubbed, 8vo, together with Head (Francis B.), The Royal Engineer, 1869, black and white frontispiece, previous owner's inscription to head of title page, some minor toning, original gilt decoration blue cloth, boards slightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, and other military, engineering and transport reference, including publications by Greenhill Books, Ian Allan, Airlife, Conway, Folio Society, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to (4 shelves)
Stark (Freya). Baghdad Sketches, cheap edition, 1939, The Valleys of the Assassins and other Persian Travels, reprint edition, June 1934, East Is West, 1945, Perseus In The Wind, 1948, Traveller's Prelude, 1950, Beyond Euphrates, 1951, The Coast of Incense, 1953, The Lycian Share, 1956, Dust in the Lions Paw, 1961, all 1st editions, all original cloth, some in dust jackets, some covers rubbed with loss, 8vo, together with Thomas (Bertram), Arabia Felix: across the empty quarter of Arabia, 2nd impression, 1932, numerous black and white illustrations, some light spotting, original cloth in dust jacket, covers toned and rubbed, 8vo, and other Arabian and travel reference including T.E. Lawrence, all original cloth, some in dust jackets, condition is generally good, 8vo/4to (3 shelves)
Clowes (Wm. Laird). The Royal Navy, A History, from the earliest times to the present, 7 volumes, 1897-1903, black and white illustrations, some minor toning, bookplates to front pastedowns, top edge gilt, uniform original gilt decorated blue cloth, boards and spines lightly rubbed, large 8vo, together with Valpy (A.J., publisher), The Royal Military Calendar, or Army Service and Commission Book, 5 volumes, 3rd edition, 1820, some spotting, uniform contemporary half calf bound by H. Scott, boards and spines rubbed with minor loss, 8vo, and Davis (John), Historical Records of the Second Royal Surrey, or Eleventh Regiment of Militia, 1877, 12 black and white illustrations including photo frontispiece, some light spotting, contemporary gilt decorated full red morocco, boards and spine slightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, plus other mostly modern military history reference and related, including publications by Conway, Greenhill Books, Pen & Sword, Airlife, Osprey, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to (6 shelves)
Pepys (Samuel). The Diary of Samuel Pepys. A new and complete transcription edited by Robert Latham and William Matthews, 11 volumes, 1983 reprint, illustrations, original cloth gilt, dust jackets, 8vo, together with The Birds of the British Isles, by David Armitage Bannerman, 12 volumes, 1953, numerous colour plates, original green cloth, dust jackets, spines with some toning and chips, some manuscript notes, 4to, plus Apologia Pro Vita Sua: Being a reply to a pamphlet entitled "What, then, does Dr. Newman mean", by John Henry Newman, 1st edition, 1864, some light spotting, hinges reinforced, original cloth, modern reback with original label relaid, 8vo, with others, a few leatherbound etc, including William Wordsworth's The Prelude, or Growth of a Poet's Mind, 1850, Robert Louis Stevenson's Island Nights' Entertainments, 1893, Charles Waterton's Wanderings in South America, 1891 and The Complete Poems of Emily Bront‰, edited by Clement Shorter, 1910 (6 shelves)
Inchbold (A.C.). Under the Syrian Sun, 2 volumes, 1906, numerous colour and black and white plates and illustrations by Stanley Inchbold, period inscription to volume 1 front pastedown, some minor spotting, top edge gilt, uniform original gilt decorated blue cloth, boards and spines lightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, together with Murray (John, pubisher), A Handbook for Travellers in India, Burma and Ceylon..., 10th edition, 1920, 79 colour and black and white maps and illustrations, adverts and folding map to rear, some minor toning, original cloth, boards and spine slightly faded and rubbed, 8vo, and Hume-Griffith (M.E.), Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia, Philadelphia, 1909, 37 black and white illustrations and a map, some light toning, original gilt decorated blue cloth, spine lightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, plus other late 19th and early 20th century India and Middle East travel and history reference, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to (6 shelves)
Rennell (James). Memoir of a Map of Hindoostan; or the Mogul Empire: With an introduction, illustrative of the Geography and Present Division of that Country... To which is added an Appendix, containing an account of the Ganges and Burrampooter Rivers, 3rd edition, 1893, four folding engraved maps, engraved plan, a little light spotting and offsetting, modern black half calf, 4to, together with An Historical Disquisition Concerning the Knowledge which the Ancients had of India; and the Progress of Trade with that Country prior to the Discovery of the Passage to it by the Cape of Good Hope, by William Robertson, 1st edition, 1791, half title, two folding engraved maps (one with small hole to blank area), light spotting amd offsetting, contemporary calf gilt, neatlt rebacked, 4to, with five others including Alexander Dow's The History of Hindoostan; Translated from the Persian, 2 volumes, 2nd edition, 1770 (lacking all maps and plates), William Asplin's Alkibla. A Disquisition upin Worshiping towards the East: In Two Parts, 2nd edition, 1740 (part II dated 1731) and a 2nd edition of William Robertson's An Historical Disquisition Concerning the Knowledge which the Ancients had of India, 1794 (8)
Purey-Cust (A.).). The Heraldry of York Minster: A Key to the History of its Builders and Benefactors, 2 volumes, Leeds, 1890, colour plates and monochrome illustrations, period inscription to half-title of first volume, volume 2 lacking title page, some light spotting and toning, original uniform publisher's decorated blue cloth gilt, very slightly rubbed, first volume with some light soiling and discolouration, limited editions, volume 1 207/300, volume 2 116/300,folio, together with Price (John Edward), A Descriptive Account of the Guildhall of the City of London: Its History and Associations, 1886, 45 colour and monochrome illustrations, occasional light spotting, original gilt decorated brown cloth gilt, very slightly rubbed, folio, plus other mostly late 19th and early 20th century history and literature including Hallam's Introduction to the Literature of Europe, 3 volumes, 4th edition, 1854, 3 volumes Rarum Britannicarum series, 10 volumes Camden Society series, etc., mostly original cloth, mainly 8vo (including some folios) Provenance: Dr Cecil H. Clough (1930-2017). (6 shelves)
Stanley (A.M.). My Kalulu, Prince, King and Slave: A Story of Central Africa, 1873, 16 black and white illustrations, cracked gutters, minor spotting, original gilt decorated red cloth, boards and spine lightly rubbed, 8vo, together with Smythe (W.J.), Ten Months in The Fiji Islands, 1864, 13 illustrations plus 4 maps, some light spotting, original gilt decorated green calf, spine slightly rubbed with repair to head, 8vo, and Hodgson (J.E.), The History of Aeronautics in Great Britain..., OUP, 1924, 150 illustrations, period inscription to front endpaper, some minor toning, original gilt decorated blue cloth, spine slightly faded and rubbed to foot, large 8vo, limited edition of 1000 copies, plus other late 19th century and modern history, travel and military reference, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to (6 shelves)
Plautus (Titus Maccius). Comoediae, accedit commentarius ex variorum notis & observationibus, quarum plurimae nunc primum eduntur, ex racensione Joh. Frederici Gronovii, 2 volumes, Leiden & Rotterdam, Officina Hackiana, 1669, engraved title to first volume, printed title to second volume, early 19th century half calf gilt, joints cracked and some wear, first volume with some loss to head of spine, 8vo, together with Halsted (Caroline A.), Life of Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond and Derby, Mother of King Henry VII, Smith, Elder & Co., 1839, engraved frontispiece, some light spotting at front and rear of volume, contemporary half calf gilt, very slightly rubbed, 8vo, plus Fossius (Ferdinandus), Monumenta ad Alamanni Rinuccini, vitam contexendam ex manuscriptis codicibus plerumque eruta, Florence, 1791, xii + 160 pages, single engraved plate by Cecchi after Nistri, contemporary plain wrappers, rubbed and some minor marks, 4to, and other miscellaneous antiquarian interest, mostly Italian history and literature, some 18th century, and many 19th century publications, including Tiraboschi, Della Litteratura Italiana, 16 volumes, The National Shakespeare, illustrated by J. Noel Paton, 3 volumes, circa 1860s, Catalogue of the Yerkes Collection, 2 volumes, 1904, etc., all leather bound, including some in vellum, folio, 4to & 8vo Provenance: Cecil H. Clough (1930-2017). (3 shelves)
Scott (Robert Falcon). The Voyage of the 'Discovery', 2 volumes, 1st edition, Smith, Elder, & Co., 1905, photogravure frontispieces, numerous plates, mostly from photographs and including several folding panoramas, 2 folding maps in end-pockets, light spotting to text-block, some leaves roughly opened, volume 1 folding map browned on one panel, volume 2 with small mark to front pastedown and free endpaper, and tape-repair to end-pocket and folding map, top edges gilt, others untrimmed, original blue cloth with embossed roundels gilt to front boards, extremities slightly rubbed, spines darkened, volume 1 spine-ends fraying, a few pale marks to boards, 8vo, together with: Scott's Last Expedition, Vol. I being the Journals of Captain R. F. Scott, Vol. II being the Reports of the Journeys & the Scientific Work undertaken by Dr. E. A. Wilson and the Surviving Members of the Expedition, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Smith, Elder & Co., 1913, numerous plates including photogravures, half-tone photographic plates (of which 5 are folding panoramas), and colour plates from watercolours, 8 folding maps, volume 1 front free endpaper abraded, very occasional light spotting, volume 2 prelims and folding maps spotted, and map facing p. 290 repaired in stub, bookplate, top edges gilt, others untrimmed, original blue cloth, slightly rubbed, light wear to extremities, volume 1 spine rolled, 8vo; Taylor (Griffith), With Scott: The Silver Lining, 1st edition, 2nd state, Smith, Elder & Co., 1916, 44 plates mostly from photographs, 2 folding maps, numerous text illustrations, half-title and folding map professionally reinforced with japanese tissue, mild spotting to text block, endpapers renewed, edges untrimmed, original green pictorial cloth, spine relaid, rubbed, 8vo Taylor's work in second state, with the Author's Preface leaf, paginated iv*. (5)
Shipton (Eric). Nanda Devi, 1st edition, Hodder & Stoughton, Limited, 1936, 27 photographic plates including frontispiece, original cloth, spine rolled, a few pale marks, wear to upper outer corner of front board, dust jacket with a few faint spots, a few nicks to extremities, and a slightly marked and dust-soiled plain rear panel, 8vo, together with: Blank on the Map, 1st edition, Hodder & Stoughton, Limited, 1938, 36 photographic plates, folding colour map, 2 maps in text, occasional light spotting, front free endpapers and initial blank excised, original cloth, wear to extremities, slightly marked, 8vo; Upon That Mountain, 1st edition, Hodder & Stoughton Limited, 1943, 16 photographic plates, text maps, ownership inscriptions of Kenneth Headlam-Morley (1901-1982) and one other, original cloth, spine rolled, short crease to cloth on front board, dust jacket chipped and repaired, 8vo; Mountains of Tartary, 1st edition, Hodder and Stoughton, [1951], photographic plates, contemporary ownership inscription to front free endpaper verso, original cloth, dust jacket slightly rubbed and nicked, dust-soiled rear panel, 8vo; Land of Tempest, Travels in Patagonia 1958-1962, 1st edition, Hodder and Stoughton, 1963, photographic plates, original green cloth, spine rolled, dust jacket slightly rubbed, 8vo; and 1 other Neate S63, 58, 68, 62, 59. (6)
Bentley (W. Holman). Pioneering on the Congo, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Religious Tract Society, 1900, photographic frontispiece, numerous photographs and wood-engravings in the text, many full-page, light spotting and toning to endpapers, bookplate of English businessman and Liberal political Sir Albert Spicer (1847-1934) to front pastedowns, front free endpapers inscribed 'Millicent E Holder, with Sir Albert Spicer's best wishes, July 25 1924, 19 New Bridge St, EC4', top edges gilt, original blue pictorial cloth gilt, extremities very slightly rubbed, a couple of trivial marks to covers of volume 1, 8vo, together with: Burton (Isabel), The Life of Captain Sir Richd F. Burton, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Chapman & Hall, 1893, 20 plates including frontispieces, some in colour, 5 maps, text illustrations, original blue pictorial cloth, spines relaid and inner hinges reinforced, corners restored, 8vo; Symons (A. J. A.), Emin, the Governor of Equatoria, limited edition, The Fleuron Ltd, 1928, inscribed by the author 'for E V Lucas, this equatorial exchange for the wars of the wenuses [sic], A. J. A. Symons, July 1931' on the front free endpaper, bookplate of botanist Norman Douglas Simpson (1890-1974), original cloth-backed boards, 4to; Brassey (Annie), The Last Voyage, to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam', 1st edition, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1889, 19 lithographic plates including frontispiece, lithographic title page, wood-engravings in text, folding map, spotting to half-title, front endpapers and one plate, map creased, top edge gilt, original blue cloth, spine relaid, 8vo; and 5 others, all 19th- or early-20th century African travel, including J. G. Millais's Far Away Up the Nile (1st edition, 1924), original cloth, 8vo (11)
Stanley (Henry M.). In Darkest Africa, or the Quest, Rescue and Retreat of Emin, Governor of Equatoria, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington Limited, 1890, wood-engraved frontispiece to volume 1, photographic frontispiece to volume 2, 34 wood-engraved plates, 3 folding colour maps, 1 geological plate in colour, numerous wood-engravings in the text, neatly repaired closed tears to folding map stubs and light spotting to facing leaves, large engraved bookplates of William Ruddell Clarke of Trabolgan (b. 1870), all edges gilt, contemporary red morocco gilt signed 'C. Cross, binder to the Queen', light rubbing to extremities, 8vo, together with: Jephson, A. J. Mounteney, Emin Pasha and the Rebellion at the Equator, 3rd edition, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington Limited, 1890, photogravure portrait frontispiece, 21 wood-engraved plates, folding colour map, folding facsimile of the Mahdi's letter in Arabic, frontispiece slightly offset, bookplate of William Ruddell Clarke of Trabolgan, all edges gilt, contemporary red half morocco gilt, 8vo; Speke (John Hanning), Les sources du Nil ... traduit de l'anglais, avec autorisation de l'auteur par E. D. Forgues, 1st edition in French, Paris: Hachette et Cie, 1864, wood-engraved frontispiece and plates, map, spotting and soiling, all edges gilt contemporary French red quarter morocco, marked and worn, 8vo (5)
Staunton (Sir George). An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China, 3 volumes, 2nd edition, corrected, 1798, engraved portrait frontispiece, additional title, five folding maps, 18 engraved plates (only, of 21), folding table, volume III title laid down, a little light offsetting and soiling, a few inksplashes, contemporary half calf over original boards, lighty rubbed, 8vo, together with Jan Nieuhoff's An Embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham, Emperour of China, [1669], lacking map and all plates (title laid down with loss, dampstains) Sold with all faults not subject to return. (4)
Stigand (Chauncey Hugh). Equatoria, the Lado Enclave, with an introductory memoir by General Sir Reginald Wingate, 1st edition, Constable & Company Limited, 1923, photogravure portrait frontispiece, 3 folding maps, occasional light spotting, contemporary ownership inscription to front free endpaper, original green cloth, titles gilt to spine, corners of front board slightly bumped, 8vo, a bright copy, together with: Lane (Edward William), An Account of the Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians, 2 volumes, 3rd edition, revised, Charles Knight and Co., 1842, wood-engravings in the text, light spotting to outer leaves, original green cloth, titles and ibis and crocodile vignettes gilt to spines, a few pale marks to sides, 8vo; Cromer (Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of), Modern Egypt, 2 volumes, 1st edition, photogravure portrait frontispiece, folding map, bookplates, original green cloth, extremities slightly rubbed and bumped, volume 1 spine nicked at head, 8vo; Comyn (David Charles Edward French), Service & Sport in the Sudan, 1st edition, John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1911, photographic plates including frontispiece, 3 maps (1 folding), spotting, browning to free endpapers, engraved booplate, original green pictorial cloth, slightly marked, light wear to extremities, 8vo (6)
Tilman (H. W.). The Ascent of Nanda Devi, 1st edition, Cambridge: University Press, 1937, 35 photographic plates, folding map, map to text, original green cloth, light fading and damp-staining to spine, rubbed dust jacket with chipped and toned spine panel, a few other ticks, faint spotting to rear panel, 8vo, together with: Mount Everest 1938, 1st edition, Cambridge: University Press, 1948, photographic plates, maps, presentation inscription 'To Miss Leggatt, With very best wishes from the publishers' to front free endpaper, dust jacket with toned and slightly chipped spine panel, 8vo; Two Mountains and a River, 1st edition, Cambridge: University Press, 1949, photographic plates, maps, original cloth, very mild fading along extremities, dust jacket rubbed with nicks and chips tape-repaired verso, 8vo; China to Chitral, 1st edition, Cambridge: University Press, 1951, photographic plates, contemporary ownership inscription and light spotting to endpapers, original red cloth, dust jacket slightly rubbed with shallow chips to spine panel and joints, large 8vo; Nepal Himalaya, 1st edition, Cambridge: University Press, 1952, photographic plates, light spotting to prelims and edges, ownership inscription and bookseller's ticket to front pastedown, original cloth, spine faded, extremities slightly rubbed, dust jacket slightly rubbed with shallow chipping to spine panel, 8vo, and 1 other (second impression of When Men and Mountains Meet, 1947, in dust jacket) Neate T35, 44, 49, 36, 45, 50. (6)
Wild (Frank). Shackleton's Last Voyage. The Story of the Quest, from the Official Journal and Private Diary kept by Dr. A. H. Macklin, 1st US edition, New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, [1923], colour frontispiece, 50 photographic plates, very small nick to bottom edge of final index leaf, contemporary gift inscription and related bookplate to front free endpaper and pastedown, original blue pictorial cloth gilt, spine very slightly faded, light rubbing to extremities, 8vo, together with: Scott (Robert Falcon), The Voyage of the 'Discovery', 2 volumes, 1st edition, 2nd impression, Smith, Elder, & Co., 1915, photogravure frontispiece, numerous plates mainly from photographs and including several folding panoramas, 2 folding maps in end-pockets, variable spotting to text-block and maps, book labels of Sidney G. Brown to front free endpapers, top edges gilt, others untrimmed, original blue cloth, embossed roundels gilt to front boards, extremities slightly rubbed, a few small pale marks, 8vo; Ponting (Herbert G.), The Great White South, being an Account of Experiences with Captain Scott's South Pole Expedition and of the Nature Life of the Antarctic, 1st edition, Duckworth & Co., 1921, frontispiece and 95 plates, mainly from photographs, several tinted, 1 map to text, free endpapers tanned, very light scattered spotting to text-block, original blue cloth gilt, spine faded as usual, and gently rolled, 8vo; Amundsen (Roald), The South Pole, an Account of the Norweigian Antarctic Expedition in the "Fram," 1910-1912, translated from the Norwegian by A. G. Chater, 2 volumes in 1, John Murray, 1925, photographic frontispiece and plates, light toning to text-block, rear inner hinge discreetly repaired, original blue cloth gilt, 8vo All bright copies. The second impression of Scott's Voyage of the 'Discovery' comprised 500 copies only. (5)
Wilks (Lieutenant Colonel Mark). Historical Sketches of the South of India, in an attempt to trace the History of Mysoor; from the origin of the Hindoo Government of that State, to the Extinction of the Mohammedan Dynasty in 1799, 3 volumes, 1st edition 1810-17, half titles for volumes I & II only (volume I torn with loss), two folding hand-coloured maps (a few small tears, repairs and wormtracks), advertisement leaves at end of volumes I & III, some light spotting and offsetting, a few small mainly marginal wormholes, endpapers renewed, contemporary sheep, rubbed with some wear at spine ends, small wormtracks and holes, 4to (3)
Yule (Henry). Narrative of the Mission sent by the Governor-General of India to the Court of Ava in 1855, 1st edition, 1858, 26 lithographed plates, maps and plans only (of 29, lacking plates 17, 25 & 28), some tinted, lacking folding map, wood-engraved illustrations, some light spotting, all edges gilt, contemporary calf gilt, a little rubbed and scuffed, 4to Abbey Travel 408. Yule's account of Colonel Phayre's embassy to Burma in 1855, following the end of Second Anglo-Burmese War of 1852-53. (1)
Barth (Henry). Travels and Discoveries in North and Central Africa: Being a Journal of an Expedition Undertaken Under the Auspices of H.B.M.'s Government in the Years 1849-1855, 5 vols., 1st ed., 1857-58, half titles to volumes IV & V only, 15 folding maps, 60 tinted lithographed plates, one folding plan, some light spotting and offsetting, faint library stamps to first three titles and to verso of first map in volume II, contemporary near uniform half calf, spines with red and green labels, a little rubbed and scuffed, 8vo Abbey Travel 274. Considered one of the greatest European explorers of Africa, German scholar Heinrich Barth was appointed to the James Richardson expedition, which was tasked by the British government to establish commercial relations in the Sudan and Lake Chad regions. After the deaths of Richardson and Prussian astronomer Adolf Overweg from fever and malaria, Barth continued the mission, travelling from Tripoli to Cameroon and from Lake Chad to Timbuktu, providing much academic information on topography, languages and culture, history and resources of the areas explored, still in use by African historians today. (5)
Denham (Major Dixon & Captain Hugh Clapperton). Narrative of Travels and Discoveries in Northern and Central Africa, in the Years 1822, 1823, and 1824, by Major Denham, Captain Clapperton, and the Late Doctor Oudney, extending across the Great Desert to the Tenth Degree of Northern Latitude, and from Kouka in Bornou, to Sackatoo, the Capital of the Fellatah Empire. With an Appendix, 1st edition, 1826, engraved frontispiece, 37 engraved plates & maps (plate 6 in two states, one hand-coloured), plates on india paper, folding map at end, wood-engraved illustrations, small marginal repaired tears to pages 87 & 243, some light offsetting, small mainly marginal water stain to a few plates, top edge gilt, contemporary tan calf by Sotheran, neatly rebacked with original gilt spine relaid, edges slightly rubbed, 4to Lowndes I, page 629. The Earl of Derby's copy (his bookplate to front pastedown), and one of a few special issues on india paper. Oudney and Clapperton set out on an official expedition to discover the course of the Niger river, but starting from Tripoli rather than West Africa. Denham joined the party in Murzuk in 1822 which eventually arrived at Lake Chad and afterwards Kuka (Kukawa in Nigeria), then capital of the Bornu Empire. After surveys of the area, Oudney died at Murmur, and Clapperton proceeded alone to Kano and Sokota, but was prevented travelling further westwards by the sultan. He was rejoined by Denham at Kuka and both returned to Tripoli in 1825. Acrimonious relations had developed between Clapperton and Denham and they exchanged not a single word during the 133 day return journey. (1)
Hedin (Sven). Through Asia, 2 volumes, 1st edition in English, 1898, portrait frontispiece to each, maps and illustrations, some toning to endpapers, bookplates (previous owner inscriptions erased), top edge gilt, others untrimmed in original green cloth gilt, spine ends and edges a little rubbed, 8vo, together with Younghusband (Captain Frank E.), The Heart of a Continent: A Narrative of Travels in Manchuria, across the Gobi Desert, through the Himalayas, the Pamirs, and Chitral, 1884-1894, 1st edition, 1896, folding map contained in rear pocket, maps and illustrations, some spotting, previous owner inscription, bookplate, original green cloth gilt, spine lightly rubbed with label removal, 8vo, plus Lattimore (Owen), The Desert Road to Turkestan, 1st edition, 1928, half-tone illustrations, a few light spots, map endpapers, original cloth, a little rubbed, 8vo, with four others including Peter Fleming's News from Tartary: A Journey from Pewking to Kashmir, 1936, Eric Teichman's Journey to Turkistan, 1937 and Rev. W. Bingley's Animal Biography or Popular Zoology, 3 volumes, 4th edition, 1813 (10)
Hohnel (Lieutenant Ludwig von). Discovery of Lakes Rudolf and Stefanie. A Narrative of Count Samuel Teleki's Exploring & Hunting Expedition in Eastern Equatorial Africa in 1887 & 1888, translated by Nancy Bell, 2 volumes, 1st edition in English, 1894, frontispiece to each, folding map at end of each volume (volume II map torn nearly in half and a little frayed), wood-engraved illustrations, some spotting and marginal water stains, original cloth gilt, spines strengthened and a little rubbed and darkened, light edge wear, 8vo (2)
Huish (Robert). The Travels of Richard and John Lander, into the Interior of Africa, for the Discovery of the Course and Termination of the Niger; from Unpublished Documents in the Possession of the Late Capt. John William Barber Fullerton..., 1st edition, 1836, engraved portrait frontispiece, additional title, map and five engraved plates, tear and marginal loss to page 559, some light spotting, contemporary half calf, rebacked with original spine relaid, a little rubbed, 8vo, together with Patterson (Lieutenant Colonel J.H.), In the Grip of the Nyika. Further Adventures in British East Africa, 1st edition, 1909, map and illustrations, advertisement leaf at end, some light spotting, top edge gilt, spine ends rubbed, 8vo, plus Rodd (Francis Rennell), People of the Veil. Being an Account of the Habits, Organisation and History of the Wandering Tuareg Tribes which inhabit the Mountains of Air or Asben in the Central Sahara, 1st edition, 1926, maps and illustrations, slight residue from bookplate removal to front endpaper, top edge gilt, original blue cloth, a little rubbed, 8vo, with seven others including Major A.J.N. Tremearne's The Ban of the Bori. Demons and Demon-Dancing in West and North Africa, [1914], The Tailed Head-Hunters of Nigeria, 2nd edition, 1912, and E.D. Morel's Nigeria. Its Peoples and its Problems, 2nd edition, 1912 (11)
Robinson (Charles Henry). Hausaland or Fifteen Hundred Miles through the Central Soudan, 1st edition, 1896, portrait frontispiece, folding map (with short closed tear and small repair), monochrome illustrations, a little light spotting, contemporary previous owner inscription, original green cloth gilt, upper corners a little bumped, 8vo (1)
Blanckley (Thomas Riley). A Naval Expositor, shewing and explaining the Words and Terms of Art belonging to the Parts, Qualities, and Proportions of Building, Rigging, Furnishing, and Fitting a Ship for Sea, 1st edition, E. Owen, 1750, engraved title page, numerous engraved vignettes in margins and 3 larger engraved vignettes in the text, all by Paul Fourdrinier, list of subscribers, bound green silk page-marker, engraved title and blank final page tanned, a handful of other leaves slightly spotted or toned, but contents crisp and clean, contemporary sprinkled tan calf, richly gilt spine, tan morocco label, dog-tooth border and floral cornerpieces gilt to sides, spine slightly dry, light rubbing to extremities, short split to head of front joint, 4to (26.5 x 20.5 cm) An attractive copy of this important naval dictionary, preceeding Falconer's Universal Dictionary of the Marine by nearly 20 years. Blanckley (1717-1753) was sometime clerk of the survey at Portsmouth and a commissioner of the Victualling Office. (1)
Clerk (John). An Essay on Naval Tactics, Systematical and Historical, 2nd edition, Edinburgh: for Archd. Constable & Co., 1804, 4 parts in 1 volume, half-title, 52 hand-coloured engraved folding plates, light browning, plates variably spotted (lightening towards rear), all edges untrimmed, modern blue half calf, 4to (28.5 x 21.5 cm), together with Falconer (William), An Universal Dictionary of the Marine ... new edition, corrected, for T. Cadell, 1784, 10 engraved plates (of 12; lacking plates 9 and 12), closed tears in gutters of plates 5, 7 and 11, a few plates rumpled and dust-soiled along protruding fore margins, contemporary tan calf, rebacked, covers slightly scuffed, corners worn, 4to (26.5 x 20.5 cm) (2)
Manuscript Log Book. Manuscript log book of Mr. C.R. Ingleby R.N., Midshipman, aboard H.M.S. Canopus and Glory, May 1905 to August 1906, calligraphic and printed title with watercolour illustrations and decorations, approximately 102 pages of neat manuscript sailing data with remarks, using the first part of a standard log book, 16 mostly tipped-in illustrations including: 13 pen & ink (some with watercolour) charts and drawings (some technical); one photographic print 'Signalmen in the Wireless Room'; two manuscript and watercolour 'certificates': one of a coaling contest amongst the crew, the second of a 'Prize Firing', also three newspaper clippings, occasional minor spots or marks, a few leaves with some insect damage to upper blank margins (mainly affecting unused leaves), original quarter reverse calf stationary binding, additional stitched calf cover, embossed with 'Mr. C.R. Ingleby R.N. Log Book, Period May 9th 1905- H.M.S. "Canopus" "Glory"' and with a maritime crest above, within a rope border, a little rubbed and marked, folio Places visited include: Gibralter, Malta, Suez canal, Yemen, Portugal, Spain, Ireland, Scotland. H.M.S. Canopus was a pre-dreadnought battleship of the British Royal Navy and the lead ship of the Canopus class, H.M.S. Glory was also a member of the Canopus class. Canopus was commissioned into the fleet in December 1899, and Glory in November 1900. Both ships were assigned to the China Station, Glory from 1901-1905, and Canopus in 1905. However, Canopus was recalled partway through her journey to East Asia, due to an improvement in the political situation. Both ships then served with various fleet commands in British waters until 1907/8. After service with the Mediterranean Fleet, each was placed on reserve until the outbreak of the First World War when they were mobilised for service. The author is believed to be Clement Rolfe Ingleby, only son of Mr Holcome Ingelby MP for Kings Lynn, Norfolk. Clement left the Navy in 1906, after which he returned as an RNVR officer in 1914. A few months after becoming a prisoner of war in Holland he escaped, and on returning to England transferred to the Royal Flying Corps, becoming one of the first officers appointed to the newly formed Royal Air Force on 1st April 1918. Soon afterwards he wrote a poem 'Per Ardua ad Astra', published in Flight magazine June 6th 1918, in which he describes taking-off in a biplane. This becomes poignant in the light of an aeroplane accident the previous year, which resulted in a foot amputation, meaning Clement could no longer fly and became desk-bound in his work. In addition to his military career Clement is known for compiling 'A Supplement to Blomefield's Norfolk', published in 1929. (1)
Marshall (John). Royal Naval Biography, 12 volumes, 1st edition, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1823-35, contents partly unopened, occasional light spotting and toning, bookplate of William Macfarlane MD RN (1777-1868) dated 1840 to each volume, original blue diagonal-ribbed cloth, titles and anchor motifs gilt to spines, decorative blind panels to sides, slightly rubbed, tips bumped and slightly worn, cloth neatly split along part of volume 1 rear joint, 8vo (12)
Burton (Richard F.). The Nile Basin. Part I. Showing Tanganyika to be Ptolemy's Western Lake Reservoir... Part II. Captain Speke's Discovery of the Source of the Nile. A Review, by James M'Queen, 1st edition, 1864, half title, three maps, title and final leaf backed onto linen (library withdrawn stamp at foot of title verso), a little light toning and soiling, modern brown cloth, 8vo (Penzer, pages 74-75), together with Beecham (John), Ashantee and the Gold Coast: Being a Sketch of the History, Social State, and Superstitions of the Inhabitants of those Countries: With a Notice of the State and Prospects of Christianity among them, 1st edition, 1841, folding engraved map, some light offsetting and spotting, modern brown cloth, 8vo (2)
Collins (Greenville). [Cartes et plans de plusieurs parties des c“tes d'Angleterre, d'cosse et d'Irlande, copi‚es sur celles du Pilote C“tier de la Grande Bretagne, de Greenville-Collins], 1st edition in French, [Paris: Jacques Bellin, 1757], 19 engraved charts mounted on guards, all but 1 double-page, lacking letterpress title, light marginal soiling and damp-staining, slightly stronger in final 2 charts, expert paper consolidation in upper margins of first few, browning in gutters of charts 11 and 12 ('Carte de la riviŠre de Saverne', and 'Plan du port de Milford'), faint tide-marks extending into corners of images in subsequent charts, contemporary French cat's-paw sheep, fleur-de-lis and anchor motifs gilt to spine, arms of Louis XV gilt to sides, rubbed overall, expertly restored in places, large folio (49 x 33 cm) Greenville Collins's pioneering Great Britain's Coasting Pilot was first published in 1693. This French edition was copied from the 1756 edition and published at the height of the Seven Years' War. There are charts of Rye Harbour, Sandwich Bay, Portland and Weymouth, the Devon coast from Exmouth to Salcombe (and more detailed charts of Darmouth and Plymouth harbours), Fowey , Falmouth, the Scilly Isles, the Irish Channel, the Bristol Channel, Milford Haven, various Irish ports, the Firth of Forth, and the Orkneys. (1)
Ephemera, 19th century Pigeon Post and Ballooning, various Carte De Visits by Dagon & Co and others, a letter from the front, two 1871 printed volumes 'Diary of The Besieged Resident In Paris' and another similar, together with an earlier hold to the light print of 'Hippodrome Le Cirque' and others etc
Geoffrey Baxter for Whitefriars, a Textured glass range 'Bark' vase with fluted base, pattern 9734 in Pewter, 27 cmThis piece has been in storage for a number of years, therefore wear in general is negligible. No visible chips, fleabites, scratches or staining apparent. Base has virtually no scuffing, but overall the piece would benefit from a light wash.
Geoffrey Baxter for Whitefriars, five Textured glass range square 'Nailhead' purse vases pattern 9685, 11.5 cm, in Aubergine, Kingfisher, Meadow Green, Pewter and Tangerine (5)Some tiny scratches and one or two small fleabites to flat upper rims - nothing major - could easily be removed. Base wear is almost non-existent. Consistent with having been in storage for a number of years, no other visible problems seem apparent, and they would benefit from a light wash.
Whitefriars FLC range 1978-1980, two Indented glass vases of flattened bottle form pattern 9864, 18.5 cm - 21 cm, in FLC Flint and Sky Blue (3)Both vases in generally good condition, and having been kept in storage for a few years, are free of chips, fleabites or restoration. No visible scratches, wear to base commensurate with previous usage. Insides dusty with possibly some very light water marks. Would benefit from a decent clean.
An Indian neillowork white metal spherical hatpin, decorated with birds and fauna. Together with a Chinese white metal floral hairpiece surmounted by a toad bearing Chinese character marks to underside; an enamel sphere decorated with white cranes; a pair of ceramic spheres with holly and mistletoe; two horn hairpieces; a gilt metal example and two othersUnfortunately SAS is unable to provide postage quotes prior to an auction. Overall the hat pins are in good condition. Light scuffs and scratches to the ceramic spheres with slight rubbing to the decoration, mistletoe examples have small chips. Discolouration and tarnishing to all metal sticks, sticks show no dents or bends. Enamel example has multiple scratches to the metal and spot of discolouration to the green enamel. Toad hat pin has a bent stick, tarnishing to the metalwork, signatures clear. The example with two beaded terminals is partially unattached, dented and has cracking to some beads. Yellow plastic example is partially snapped.
An Edward VII silver novelty hatpin holder, circular grey base, silver rim, single stem surmounted by silver and mother of pearl butterfly, Birmingham 1909, maker's mark 'M B';and a silver George V holder surmounted by a baby, Birmingham 1926, Sanders & Mackenzie; together with a silver plate example (3)The butterfly example has tarnishing and occasional light scratches and dents. One small chip to the mother-of-pearl and some damage to the cushion. The baby example with damage to the cushion, tarnishing, light scratches to the base and possible restoration to the arm. The silver plate example tarnished with small dents and scratches to the globe and small chips to the base.
A pair of copper hall lanterns in Regency style by Jamb, each with a verdigris finish and a gilt cone finial, above a lobed top and palmette appliques, with tapering glazed panels and a single light fitting, 20th century, 87.5cm high, 58.3cm wide. (2)click here to view the page turning catalogue
A French bronze hall lantern in 18th century style, with a verdigris finish, with a leaf corona above scroll supports with cone finials, with a cylindrical body, with bands of Vitruvian scroll decoration, with a four-light fitting and a bud pendant, 123cm high, 57cm wide, click here to view the page turning catalogue
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