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Click here to subscribeBlaeu (J & W) Sardinia small map in upper half of German text leaf north oriented to the left large letterpress title in upper margin engraved map with original hand-colouring 180 x 240mm. German text verso as well as below pencilled page number in upper right sheet corner a faint vertical crease Amsterdam c.1635.
Robert de Vaugondy (Gilles & Didier) Royaumes from Atlas Universel with ornamental title cartouche lower right engraved map with original hand-colouring in outline 500 x 620mm. central vertical fold repaired tear to right margin well outside the plate light spotting down central fold some browning at edges and light handling marks Paris Boudet c.1750 § De l`Isle (Guillaume) L`Espagne the Iberian Peninsula divided into its principal kingdoms large ornamental cartouche upper right engraved map with original hand-colouring in outline 460 x 630mm. central vertical fold very light spotting browning and wear 1701.
a group of world maps including A Physical Planisphere a north polarcentric representation by Cole after Buache; 4 double-hemisphere world maps by Barbié du Bocage Blondeau Jehoshaphat Aspin and Dufour respectively; the world on Mercator`s projection by W. & R. Chambers; and 2 maps of the ancient world by Chatelain and Thierry respectively 8 engraved map all with hand-colouring v.s. 205 x 375mm. to 410 x 510mm. most with central vertical folds occasional slight spotting and browning mid 18th to mid 19th century(8)
Touzeau (J) Rise and Progress of Liverpool 18 parts (complete) plates original pictorial wrappers first part worn at spine and upper cover loose 1910 § Foundation of Liverpool. Catalogue of the Historical Exhibition number 197 of 200 copies 4 plates only (of 11) original wrappers soiled and rubbed Liverpool 1907 large 8vo & 4to(19)
Haig(A.H.)Impressions of Westminster Abbey text within red decorative borders 7 etched plates by Haig bookplate original cloth-backed boards some soiling to upper cover 1885 § Britton (John) The History and Antiquities of the Cathedral Church of Salisbury engraved frontispiece additional title 30 engraved plates original boards with printed labels worn and browned at spine some soiling 1814; and another 8vo & 4to (3) SALEROOM NOTICE: this is the text volume only, without the accompanying 7 etchings
Lysons (Rev. Daniel) An Historical Account of thos in the County of Middlesex engraved title vignette 15 plates and plan 4 folding text slightly browned at margins contemporary calf lacking upper cover lower cover loose 4to 1800 § Thornbury (Walter) Old and New London 6 vol. numerous illustrations contemporary half morocco egdes rubbed 4to [inscriptions dated 1876] § The Imperial Photographic View Album of London 54 views and map loose in original cloth gilt oblong folio C.R. & Co. [c.1900] § Clunn (Harold P.) The Face of London new and revised edition plates original cloth n.d. various sizes(9)
Hubbard (William) A Narrative of the title working loose lacks P3 & 4 Z5 small hole in text browned and foxed lacks front free endpaper contemporary sheep rubbed and cracked lacks head of spine 2 paper labels on spine 12mo Printed at Worcester (Massachusetts) by Daniel Greenleaf for Joseph Wilder 1801; and another; sold not subject to return (2) ***Provenance: Frank C.Deering with leather booklable. A handsome copy..
Trollope (Anthony) The West Indies Trollope (Anthony) The West Indies and the Spanish Main second edition colour map 32 pp. advertisments without half-title some marking. original blind-stamped cloth worn and marked 8vo 1860 § Pritchett (R.T.) "Gamle Norge" Rambles and Scrambles in Norway first edition plates illustrations original pictorial cloth worn & marked fly-leaf adhering to endpaper 4to 1879 and 18 others v.s.(20)
George (Ernest) Etchings on the Loire and in the South of France 20 etched plates on mounted india paper gutta-percha perishing with contents working loose bookplates original cloth 1875; and 2 others on the Loire including Turners` Rivers of France: The Loire folio & 8vo(3)
Layard (A.H.) Inscriptions in the cuniform charact plates half cloth 1851 § Forest (L.)l`art de boire coloured illustrations by Charles Martin wrappers bit worn Paris 1927 § Budge (E.A. Wallis)The rise & progress of assyriology plates cloth 1925; and others mostly travel; the lot sold not subject to return v.s.(33)
Ross Second Voyage in Search of North-West 1st 2 vol. including Appendix first edition 51 maps charts and plates lists of subscribers 2 errata ff. portrait to appendix with a few small marginal repairs and ink inscription to verso 1 hand-coloured plate with large repaired tear mostly marginal but touching image plates foxed some offsetting and spotting original cloth vol.1 rebacked preserving original backstrip vol.2 recased and with a couple of splits to spine rubbed and slight soiled housed in modern slip-case [Abbey Travel 636; Sabin 73381 & 73384] 4to 1835.
Blin de Sainmore. Histoire de Russie 3 vol. in 1 engraved additional titles and plates by F. A. David after Monnet contemporary calf-backed boards spine gilt joints crudely reinforced [1797]-99 § Domenech (Abbé Em.) Voyage Pittoresque dans les Grands Déserts du Nouveau Monde tinted wood-engraved plates Paris 1862 § D[arbois] (Abbé G.) Jérusalem et la Terre-Sainte engraved plates 1865 § Müntz (E.) Florence et la Toscane illustrations contemporary half morocco t.e.g. 1901 the second and third both foxed in contemporary morocco-backed cloth spines gilt g.e. all a little rubbed Paris 4to & 8vo(4)
Bible Kusaie. Mwo Sasu..Mattu (Gospel according t publisher`s leather bound with Luke some wear [D&M 6041] New York 1871 § La Virgen del Tepeyac half leather worn Guadalajara 1884 § Paso de Mercurio ...disco del sol...1891 wrappers Zacatecas 1889; and 5 others similar 8vo and 4to (8)
Meyer (Joseph) Meyer`s Universum... vol. 2 6 and 7 only mixed editions additional engraved vignette titles and 142 plates some foxing and browning 1 plate defective at margin vol. 6 & 7 ink signature on title vol. 6 & 7 contemporary marbled boards vol. 2 original cloth all rubbed joints splitting oblong 8vo vol. 2 New York vol. 6 & 7 Philadelphia etc. 1851-39-40.(3)
Tull (Jethro) The Horse-Hoeing Husbandry 6 folding engraved plates plates with some staining and creasing and a few minor tears contemporary polished calf spine label missing some wear to corners rubbed and scuffed 8vo Dublin A.Rhames for R.Gunne G. Risk [&c.] 1733.
Culpepper (Nicholas) Complete Herbal 1822 engraved portrait frontispiece and 38 hand-coloured plates portrait title and B1 with marginal repairs a few short marginal tears lightly soiled some foxing modern half cloth 1822; and another with views of Northumberland & Durham 4to(2)
Curtis&Salisbury. Hortus siccus gramineus... printed titles 125 sheets of dried specimens with ms. captions in Latin and English mounted on blue paper the specimens generally in very good condition 14 blank sheets with names and a ms. note at the beginning that these will be supplied when found contemporary half russia worn covers detached bookplate of Hon. John Amory Lowell [1798-1881; most of his books are at the Arnold Arboretum] given by him to the Boston Society of Natural History later in the stock of Wheldon & Wesley with their code cost on front pastedown later cloth boxes folio sold at the Botanic Garden Brompton 1802. ***Curtis died in 1799 and Salisbury his partner took over the management of the garden. The Kew copy is the only one on Copac; World Cat. adds 2 others USA & The Netherlands..
Elwes&Henry. Trees of Great Britain & Irel 8 vol. (including index) in 7 vol.1-5 with colour frontispiece 7 colour-printed titles portrait and 412 plates ex-library ink stamps on several text leaves and verso of plates 7 A.Ls.s. discussing trees loosely inserted including 2 from H. J. Elwes and 3 from A. Henry original pictorial wrappers within original cloth-backed pictorial board folders with ties frayed and rubbed extremities a little browned and chipped 4to Edinburgh Privately Printed 1906-13.
Evelyn (J) Acetaria. A Discourse of Sallets second edition folding table [cf.Bitting 149] for B. Tooke 1706 bound with Kalendarium Hortense: or The Gardener`s Almanac. The Tenth Edition engraved frontispiece title printed in red and black monthly headings in red for R. Scot R. Chiswell G. Sawbridge & B. Tooke 1706 together 2 works in 1 vol. foxing and browning sometimes heavy contemporary calf joints cracking spine ends chipped slightly rubbed 8vo
La Quintinye (J. de) The Compleat Gard`ner... translated by John Evelyn title printed in red and black engraved portrait frontispiece and 11 plates (1 with small closed tear) lacking F & F4 marginal wormtracks some staining some ink annotations to beginning contemporary calf red morocco spine label [Wing L431] folio M. Gillyflower 1693.
Gerard (John) The Herball first edition engraved pictorial title (repaired and torn at edges with loss) engraved portrait numerous woodcut illustrations throughout lacking A1 2Z2-3A1 and all after 4T8 water-staining and soiling to many leaves X1-3 with tears (repaired on X1 & 2) V8 torn with loss 2X2 & 3H2 closed tear affecting text with marginal repair 3B6 closed tear affecting text 4M7 tear affecting text but with loss to margin only 4N6 marginal tear with loss a few other small tears and marginal defects hinges weak modern calf rubbed [STC 11750; Nissen 698; Henrey 154; Hunt 175] folio John Norton 1597; sold not subject to return
Insects.- Harris (Thaddeus William) 8 hand-coloured plates illustrations original pictorial cloth gilt rebacked preserving original backstrips corners worn rubbed Boston 1862 § Waterhouse (Charles Owen) Illustrations of Typical Specimens of Coleoptera part 1 only 18 hand-coloured lithographed plates ex-library copy with a few stamps original cloth backstrip missing 1879 § Lowne (Benjamin Thompson) The Anatomy & Physiology of the Blow-Fly hand-coloured plates ex-librbary copy with stamps library buckram spine faded 1870; and 8 others Insects v.s.(11)
Food & health.- Salerno edited by Sir Alexander Croke half-titles engraved frontispiece and plates some spotting and offsetting contemporary half morocco rubbed Oxford 1830 § Brinton (William) On Food and Digestion first edition half-title illustrations original cloth rebacked preserving original backstrip faded and soiled 1861; and 5 others Food and Health including a duplicate of the first mentioned 8vo(7) *** .
American (The) Alpine Journal 11 vol. from the series & 1 index pamphlet plates and maps original wrappers 8vo 1957-96; and a quantity of others including nos. of The Geographical Magazine including 1 signed by Charles Wylie Mike Westmacott Michael Ward and George Lowe The Journal of the Fell & Rock Climbing Club National Geographic and Mountain Magazine v.s. v.d.(qty)
Bensen (Joe) Souvenirs from High Places 1998 § Everest: The West Ridge price clipped n.d. § Keenlyside (Francis) Peraks and Pioneers 1975 § Ardito (Stefano) Peaks of Glory: Climbing the World`s Highest Mountains 1993 § Shirakawa (Yoshikazu) Himalayas title slightly foxed New York 1977 colour plates 1977 colour plates original boards dust-jackets; and c. 30 others 4to & 8vo(c. 30)
Bonington (Chris) Everest the Hard Way reprint 1976; The Climbers: A History of Mountaineering 1992 § Salkeld (Audrey) Climbing Everest 2003 § Phurba Sherpa (Ang) & Ramesh Raj Kunwar. Nepalese Climbers on Mount Everest signed by Ang Phurba Sherpa Ang Pasang Sherpa Ang Chhiring Dawa Nuru Sherpa Ang Jangbu Sherpa and Mingma Wangel Sherpa 2002 § Astill (Tony) Mount Everest: The Reconnaisance 1935 2005 all but the first first editions plates and illustrations many colour original boards dust-jackets; and 5 others 8vo & 4to(10)
Bonington (Chris) The Everest Years 1986 § Beashears (David) & Audrey Salkeld. The Legendary Everest Expeditions of George Mallory: Last Climb signed by Conrad Anker 1999 § Venables (Stephen) To the Top: The Story of Everest 2003 § Kapadia (Harish editor) A Passage to Himalaya signed by Stephen Venables Charles Houston and Doug Scott 2001 § Unsworth (Walt) Everest 1981 first editions plates many colour original boards dust-jackets; and 5 others similar 8vo (10)
Hagen (Toni) & others. Mount Everest translated by E. Noel Bowman slightly creased at edges Oxford University Press 1961 § Kukuczka (Jerzy) My Vertical World: Climbing the 8000-metre Peaks 1992 § Boukreev (Anatoli) Above the Clouds: The Diaries of High Altitude Mountaineer New York 2001 § Neale (Jonathan) Tigers of the Snow 2002 § Coffey (Maria) Where the Mountain Casts its Shadow: The Personal Costs of Climbing 2003 plates some colour original boards dust-jackets; and c. 30 others 8vo(c. 35)
Himalayan Journal (The) edited by Kenneth Mason and others 37 vol. from the series & 13 index pamphlets 9 vol. signed variously by Charles Houston Chris Bonington Tony Streather Dr. Jim Milledge Arun Samant George Band Charles Wylie and Tashi Tenzing plates and maps original wrappers 8vo Oxford London & elsewhere 1934 - 2003(50)
Howard-Bury (Lt. Col. C.K.) Mount Everest 1922 § Bruce (Brigadier-General Hon. C.G.) The Assault on Mount Everest 1922 1923 § Norton (Lt.-Col. E.F.) The Fight for Everest: 1924 ex-library copy with stamps library buckram 1925 first editions the first two with photogravure frontispieces all with plates and folding maps some foxing (particularly to the first) all but the last original cloth all rubbed [Neate H120 B196 & N31; Yakushi R213-215]; and 2 others (first German edition of the first and first French of the second) 8vo(5)
Krakauer (Jon) Into Thin Air New York 1988 § Amatt (John) Straight to the Top and Beyond 1995 § Rice (Jonathan) 1953: The Crowning Year of Sport first edition 2003 all but the first signed by the authors plates some colour original boards dust-jackets; and 25 others Mountaineering paperbacks most signed by the authors 8vo & 4to(28)
Mantovani (Roberto) Everest: History signed by Tim Macartney-Snape 1997 § Choegyal (Lisa) & Wendy Brewer. Sir Edmund Hillary`s Sagarmatha signed by Leo Dickinson 1991 § Coburn (Broughton) Everest - Mountain Without Mercy signed by David Breashers Ramsay (Cynthia Russ) Sir Edmund Hillary & the People of Everest signed by Tashi Tenzing colour illustrations by Anne B. Keiser 2002 § Venables (Stephen editor) Everest: Summit of Achievement signed by Ed Douglas 2003 first editions colour plates and illustrations original boards dust-jackets; and 5 others similar 4to & 8vo(10)
Mason (Kenneth) Abode of Snow signed by Charles Wylie and George Lowe 1955 § Norgay (Tenzing) & James Ramsey Ullman. Tiger of the Snows first American edition signed by Charles Wylie and George Lowe 1955; Man of Everest signed by Charles Wylie and George Lowe 1955 § Noyce (Wilfrid) South Col reprint 1955 § Stobart (Tom) Adventurer`s Eye signed by Charles Wylie and George 1958 all but the fourth first editions plates original boards dust-jackets some rubbing and chipping 8vo(5)
Norgay (Jamling Tenzing) & Broughton Coburn. A Sherpa`s Journey to the Top of Everest signed by Jamling Tenzing Norgay George Lowe and Charles Wylie 2001 § Willis (Clint) The Boys of Everest: Chris Bonington and the Tragedy of Climbing`s Greatest Generation 2006 § Siggins (Lorna) Everest Calling cut signature laid down on title 1994 § Dickinson (Leo) Filming the Impossible 1982; Anything is Possible 1989 first editions plates and illustrations some colour original boards dust-jackets; and 5 others similar 8vo(10)
Stephens (Rebecca) On Top of the World 1994 § Blessed (Brian) The Turquoise Mountain 1991 § Firstbrook (Peter) Lost on Everest: The Search for Mallory & Irvine signed by Conrad Anker 1999 §Salkeld (Audrey) People in High Places: Approaches to Tibet 1991 § Hillary (Edmund & Peter) Two Generations 1984 first editions signed by the authors and some associates original boards dust-jackets; and 5 others similar 8vo(10)
Styles (Showell) First on the Summits signed by Charles Wylie 1970 § Jones (Mike) Canoeing Down Jones signed by Leo Dickinson 1979 § Tullis (Julie) Clouds from Both Sides: an Autobiography first American edition signed by Peter Gilman and Arlene Blum 1987 § Weathers (Beck) & Stephen G. Michaud. Left for Dead. My Journey from Everest signed by Ed Viesturs 2000 § Gee (Christine) Garry Weare and Margaret Gee editors. Everest: Reflections from the Top 2003 plates and illustrations original boards dust-jackets; and 20 others signed editions some paperbacks v.s. v.d.(25)
Tenzing (Judy & Tashi) Tenzing reprint signed by the authors and Charles Wylie and Jamling Tenzing Norgay paperback 2001 § Unsworth (Walt) Everest: The Mountaineering History third edition 2000; Hold the Heights: The Foundations of Mountaineering 1993 § Bonington (Chris) & Charles Clarke. Everest: The Unclimbed Ridge 1983 § Coffey (Maria) Fragile Ending 1989 all but the first two first editions signed by the authors second and third cut signatures laid down on titles all but the first original boards dust-jackets; and 5 others 8vo(10)
Tenzing (Judy) & Tashi. Tenzing first English edition signed by Tashi Tenzing Charles Wylie and Jamling Tenzing Norgay 2002 §Rose (David) & Ed Douglas. Regions of the Heart: The Triumph and Tragedy of Alison Hargreaves 1999 § Holzel (Tom) & Audrey Salkeld. First on Everest: The Mystery of Mallory & Irvine first American edition 1986 § Breashers (David) High Exposure: An Enduring Passion for Everest and Unforgiving Places first American edition 1999 § Webster (Ed) Snow in the Kingdom: My Storm Years 2000 first editions plates and illustrations many colour original boards dust-jackets; and 5 others similar 8vo(10)
Wickwire (Jim) & Dorothy Bullitt. signed by Jim Wickwire 1998 § Steele (Peter) Eric Shipton: Everest and Beyond 1998 § Venables (Stephen) Everest: Kanshung Face 1989 § Patterson (Bruce) Canadians on Everest signed by Pat Morrow and Chic Scott 1990 § Dickinson (Leo) Ballooning Over Everest 1993 first editions signed by the authors colour plates original boards dust-jackets; and 5 others similar 8vo (10)
Younghusband (Sir Francis) second edition 1936 § Ruttledge (Hugh) Everest 1933 1936 § Robbins (Leonard H.) Mountains and Men New York 1931 § Somervell (T. Howard) After Everest: The Experiences of a Mountaineer and Medical Missionary 1936 § Spencer (Sydney editor) & others. Mountaineering n.d. § Smythe (Frederick) The Adventures of a Mountaineer 1940; The Mountain Vision fourth impression 1950 plates and illustrations original cloth or boards all but the third and sixth dust-jackets some slight tears and rubbing; and c. 25 others similar including Etherton`s The Last Stronghold 1934 8vo(c. 30)
Bryant (W.C.) Thanatopsis No. 23 of 75 copies India proofs of illustrations by WJ Linton unbound in half leather portfolio(worn) New York [ c. 1885] § Album commonplace book engravings ms. contibutions gilt boards sold by G&C Merriam Springfield [MA] [c. 1840] § Favorite colored picture book coloured plates original cloth worn New York McLoughlin [c. 1870] §Heermans(Anna)A hieroglyphic geography of the United States. Part I [all published] illustrations original cloth worn New York 1875; and others similar(26)
Disney Studios. The "Pop-up" Mickey Mouse and The "Pop-up" Minnie Mouse each with 3 colour pop-up illustrations and black & white line drawings internally some foxing and finger soiling some wear and soiling to covers New York 1933 § Disney (Walt) Mickey Hop- lá! text in French 4 colour pop-up illustrations and black & white line drawings coloured endpapers original pictorial boards slightly rubbed at corners Hachette Paris 1934 v.s.(3) ***The last title is a combination of the two previous titles offered. The format is slightly larger than the US editions and the pop-ups show more of the borders of the pictures; the moving parts are the same..
Disney Studios. Three Little Pigs first English edition illustrations original pictorial boards pages worn at corners contemporary pencil inscription to title-page a few small tears spine chipped Walt Disney Mickey Mouse Limited 1934 § Alice in Wonderland 3 way Tracing Puzzle & Story Book first edition illustrations pictorial boards unused Bairns Books Ltd [c.1940] v.s.
Flaxman (John) The Iliad of Homer 1805 The Odyssey of Homer 1805 Compositions from the Works Days & Theogony of Hesiod 1816 and Compositions from the Tragedies of Aeschylus 1817 engraved titles and 39 34 36 and 36 engraved plates respectively foxed contemporary morocco gilt g.e. new lettering labels extremeties rubbed folio.
Flint (Sir William Russell) Drawings original cloth-backed boards slip-case a little spotted and soiled 1950; Models of Propriety original cloth very slightly soiled 1951 each one of 500 copies signed by the author/artist the first lacking the additional signed print illustrations 4to & 8vo(2)
Macfall (Haldane) The Book of Lovat number 144 of 150 copies signed by the author 23 tipped-in plates 10 in colour other black & white illustrations throughout original cloth-backed pictorial boards prospectus with the bookplate of Haldane Macfall large 4to Dent 1923.
Heine (Heinrich) Buch der Lieder plates and illustrations by Edmund Brüning ruled in red decorated cloth rubbed Leipzig n.d. § Aubert (Andreas) Caspar David Friedrich "Gott Freiheit Vaterland" plates cloth-backed boards rubbed Berlin 1915 § Vorberg (Gaston) Uber das Geschlechtsleben im Altertum limited edition plates most coloured half-title and title partly loose and taped original vellum boards Stuttgart 1925 § Bermann (Richard A.) Das Urwaldschiff colour plates half morocco rubbed Berlin 1927 § Steiner (Jacob) Rilkes Duineser Elegien original cloth dust-jacket Berne & Munich 1969 and a quantity of others German v.s.
Khayyam (Omar) Rubaiyat translated by Edward Fitzgerald tipped-in colour plates by Edmund Dulac captioned tissue guards original red morocco with black morocco inlays gilt spine faded and with ends worn London & New York Hodder and Stoughton n.d. § Housman (Laurence translator) Princess Badoura tipped-in colour plates by Edmund Dulac captioned tissue guards occasional spoting original pictorial cloth gilt a very good copy London & New York Hodder and Stoughton n.d.; and 3 others Dulac and Rackham all in good condition 4to(5)
Payne (Arthur & Harry) The Victoria jubilee panorama of cut out chromolithographic figures folding into original blue and red printed wrappers Raphael Tuck [1887] § [Keate (Augusta E.)] Infantine complaints 12 tinted lithograph plates original cloth worn inscription from (Miss) Keate to Lady Herries on title Dickinson 1843; and 4 others v.s.(6)
Seccombe (Thomas S.) Army and navy drolleries coloured plates by Kronheim original cloth gilt bit worn [1875] § The pretty pleasing picture book hand-coloured illustrations mounted on linen throughout half leather rebacked Dean & Son [1855] § The money bag vol.1 (all published) plates some leaves chipped with slight loss recent half cloth Oakey 1858; and others v.s.(16)
Doyle (Sir A.C. The Hound of the Baskervilles first American edition 8 plates by Sidney Paget 8pp. advertisements a little light marking front endpapers split with ownership inscription original pink cloth spine dulled minor edge rubbing preserved in later calf-backed marbled drop-back box [Green & Gibson A26c] 8vo New York 1902. ***Included in the lot are two letter from Conan Doyle regarding a property in Scotland dated 1905 and ink-stamped "dictated"..
Doyle(Sir A.C.)The Hound of the Baskervilles first edition 16 plates by Sidney Paget some foxing ownership inscription on half-title original red cloth decorated and lettered in gilt & black rubbed at corners and edges spine slightly faded [Green & Gibson A26a] 8vo 1902.
Doyle (Sir Arthur Conan) The Lost World Colonial Edition 7 plates only (of 8 missing plate replaced in facsimile) ownership inscription on front free endpaper original red cloth a very good copy [Green & Gibson A37b] [1912]; The Valley of Fear first edition in book form 7 plates by Arthur I.Keller full-page ownership inscription on front pastedown original cloth spine slightly dulled [Green & Gibson A39c] New York [1915]; and 4 others by the same 8vo (6)
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