Books and Works on Paper

Africa.- Russell (Henry) The Ruin of the Soudan, first edition, portrait frontispiece, plates with tissue guards, 3 folding maps (2 contained in r...

Africa.- Speke (John Hanning) Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile, first edition, 2 engraved portraits, 2 maps (one printed in red ...

America.- Slavery.- Taylor (John Granville) The United States and Cuba: Eight Years of Change and Travel, half-title, corrections inserted by hand...

Atlantic.- Boyson (V. F) The Falkland Islands, first edition, frontispiece and 35 plates, folding map at rear, bookplate to pastedown, foxing to f...

Australia.- Roth (Walter E.) Ethnological Studies among the North-West-Central Queensland Aborigines, 24 lithographed plates (4 colour), 1 folding...

NO RESERVE Australia.- Tasmania.- Bailey (James) [Report] to the Chairman and Directors of the Van Diemen's Land Company, 31 Finsbury Circus, Lond...

Europe.- Frith (Francis) The Gossiping Photographer on the Rhine, first edition, albumen title-vignette and 15 mounted albumen prints, original c...

Europe.- Holcroft (Thomas) Travels from Hamburgh, through Westphalia, Holland, and the Netherlands to Paris, abridged by John Fulton, occasional s...

NO RESERVE Italy.- Neapolitan School (19th century) Three views of Naples, Capri, and Santa Lucia, watercolour and gouache with black borders loca...

Mediterranean.- Suez Canal.- Rees (W.) Collection of 15 original studies from a voyage of the Mediterranean, including two coastal views of Lybia,...

Middle East.- Laborde (Léon de) Journey through Arabia Petræa, to Mount Sinai and the Excavated City of Petra, first edition, lithograph frontispi...

Middle East.- O'Connor (Frederick, Lt.-Col. Sir ) On the Frontier and Beyond, first edition, frontispiece, plates, map, ownership stamp to end pap...

Middle East.- Richardson (Robert) Travels along the Mediterranean, and Parts Adjacent ... extending as far as the Second Cataract of the Nile, Jer...

NO RESERVE Mountaineering.- Shipton (Eric) Nanda Devi, illustrations by Bip Pares, 1936 § Younghusband (Sir Francis) The Epic of Mount Everest, re...

Persia.- Jones (Sir William) A Grammar of the Persian Language, marginal pencil note (R4), advertisement at end, occasional faint spotting, modern...

Persia.- Malcolm (Col. Sir John) The History of Persia..., 2 vol., first edition, lacking half-titles but with folding engraved map and 22 engrave...

Russia.- Oliphant (Laurence) The Russian shores of the Black Sea..., first edition, half-title, frontispiece and two maps, one folding, short tear...

NO RESERVE Russia.- Turgenev (Ivan Sergeyevich) Russian Life in the Interior or the Experiences of a Sportsman, edited by James D.Meiklejohn, firs...

South America.- Venezuela.- Hackett (James) Narrative of the Expedition which Sailed from England in 1817, to join the South American Patriots, fi...

Britain.- Speight (Harry) The Craven and North-West Yorkshire Highlands, 1892; Lower Wharfedale, 1902; Upper Wharfedale, 1900; Romantic Richmondsh...

Coal mining in Wales.- Mackworth (Sir Humphrey) The Case of Sir Humphrey Mackworth, and the Mine Adventurers, with Respect to the Extraordinary Pr...

NO RESERVE Isle of Wight.- Mogridge (George) Wanderings in the Isle of Wight, engraved folding map, wood-engraved vignettes, occasional spotting a...

Nottinghamshire.- Thoroton (Robert) The Antiquities of Nottinghamshire, first edition, title in red & black, 8pp. engraved coats-of-arms at end, f...

Scotland.- Defoe (Daniel) The History of the Union between England and Scotland, engraved portrait frontispiece, without the 95pp introduction fou...

NO RESERVE Scotland.- Dundee.- Dundee Register and Directory, containing lists of the public bodies, companies and shipping...with a roll of the p...

NO RESERVE Wales.- Davies (Hugh) Welsh Botanology, 2 parts in 1, first edition, engraved plate, errata leaf, later calf-backed boards, gilt, uncut...

Alken (Henry), After. Sporting Notions, 36 plain plates, lacking title, some light spotting and staining, mainly to margins, contemporary half mor...

Cock fighting.- Alken (Henry) A Set of Four Plates on Cock Fighting, 4 aquatint etchings with hand-colouring on two plates, inscribed "proof" in p...

NO RESERVE Angling.- Howitt (Samuel) The Angler's Manual; or, Concise Lessons of Experience, which the Proficient in the Delightful Recreation of ...

Diet.- [Robinson (Nicholas)] A Treatise on the Virtues and Efficacy of a Crust of Bread, Eat early in a Morning Fasting, third edition, half-title...

Fishing.- Berners (Dame Juliana) A Treatyse of Fysshynge wyth an Angle, half-title, woodcut illustrations copied from the original edition printed...

NO RESERVE Hunting.- [Barrow (Albert Stewart)], "Sabretache". Shires and Provinces [&] More Shires and Provinces, together 2 vol., mounted colour ...

NO RESERVE Sport.- British Sports and Sportsmen: Hunting; Modern Flat-Racing, Steeplechasing, Point-to-Point Racing, Coursing and Greyhound Racing...

Agriculture.- Walton (William) The Alpaca. Its Naturalization in the British Isles ..., first edition, wood engraved frontispiece, additional vign...

NO RESERVE Birds.- Jardine (Sir William) The Naturalist's Library, vol.XV: Ornithology. The Natural History of Humming-Birds, vol.2 only (of 2), e...

Birds.- Swainson (Charles) Provincial Names and Folk Lore of British Birds, bookplate to pastedown, contemporary ink ownership signature to front ...

NO RESERVE Botany.- Darwin (Charles) I Movimenti e le abitudini delle piante ramplicanti, Turin, Unione Tipografico-Editrice, 1878 bound with Darw...

Botany.- Marnock (Robert, editor) The Floricultural Magazine, and Miscellany of Gardening, vol.1, 3 & 4 only (of 6), hand-coloured engraved additi...

NO RESERVE Botany.- Phillips (Henry) Floral Emblems, half-title, hand-coloured additional lithographed title, vignette and 18 plates, some foxing,...

Botany.- Thornton (Robert John) A Family Herbal: or Familiar Account of the Medical Properties of British and Foreign Plants, second edition, stip...

NO RESERVE Buffon (G.L.M.L., Comte de) Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière, 19 vol. including 6 vol. supplement, folding engraved maps an...

Gardens.- Jekyll (Gertrude) Wood and Garden, 1899 § Jekyll (G.) & Edward Mawley. Roses for English Gardens, 1902 § Jekyll (G.) & Lawrence Weaver. ...

Gardens.- Triggs (H. Inigo) Formal Gardens in England and Scotland. Their Planning and Arrangement Architectural and Ornamental Features, with han...

Horse riding.- Astley (Philip) System of Equestrian Education, Exhibiting the Beauties and Defects of the Horse, engraved portrait frontispiece an...

NO RESERVE Insects.- [Budgen (L.M.)], "Acheta Domestica". Episodes of Insect Life, First & Second Series (of 3), first editions, wood-engraved fro...

NO RESERVE Jardine (Sir William) The Naturalist's Library, Ornithology: Birds of Great Britain and Ireland, 3 vol., engraved portrait frontispiece...

Ponzi (Giuseppe) Anatomia Artistica del Cavallo, 9 lithographed plates with multiple images by G.F.Ferrero, 2 etched plates on 1 sheet, foxing, li...

NO RESERVE Trees.- Loudon (John Claudius) Arboretum et Fruticetum Britannicum, 8 vol., second edition, numerous plates, some folding, illustration...

NO RESERVE Whale's eyes.- Mayer (Dr. A.) Anatomische Untersuchungen über das. Auge der Cetaceen, 6 folding lithographed plates, some foxing, mostl...

NO RESERVE Arsenic.- Bergman (Torbern) and Andreas Phil. Dissertatio chemica de Arsenico, first edition, light spotting and browning, unbound, yel...

NO RESERVE Darwin (Charles) The Formation of Vegetable Mould, through the action of worms..., illustrations, modern ink ownership signature to fro...

Forster (Thomas) Researches about Atmospheric Phaenomena, first edition, presentation copy inscribed 'with the Author's respects' to half-title, w...

Geology.- Bakewell (Robert, geologist) Geological Lectures, to Elucidate the natural History of the Earth, and its Mineral Productions, printed br...

NO RESERVE Good (John) The Art of shadows: or, universal dialling, third edition, 11 folding engraved plates, trimmed at head, just touching headl...

Lardner (Dionysius) & others. [Cabinet Cyclopaedia], 16 vol. from the series, engraved vignette titles, 7 vol. contemporary half dark blue calf, 9...

Mathematics.- Tripon (Jean Baptiste) Traite Elementaire de Topographie et de Lavis des Plans... Precede de notions de Geometrie..., 12 chromolitho...

Medicine.- Whately (Thomas) An Improved Method of Treating Strictures in the Urethra, engraved folding plate, advertisement at end, ink-stamp of '...

Nicholson (William) The British Encyclopedia, or Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, 6 vol., numerous engraved plates, a few folding, some light brow...

Photography.- Wilson (Edward L.) American Carbon Manual: or, the Production of Photographic Prints in Permanent Pigments, first edition, carbon pr...

Military.- Aelianus Tacticus. Sive de motionibus, ac praeceptis militaribus, ad Formandas & Transformandas Acies necessariis, woodcut printer's de...