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Click here to subscribeGreely, Aldolphus W. Three Years of Arctic Service. An Account of the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition of 1881-84, 2 volumes, first edition, portrait frontispiece, plates, folding map in pocket at end, lightly watermarked, original pictorial cloth gilt, ex-library copy, with usual markings, spines lightly chipped, 8vo, New York: Charles Scribners, 1886
Hayes, J. Gordon. Antarctica. A Treatise on the Southern Continent, first edition, frontispiece, plates, 4 folding maps in pocket at end, original cloth, 8vo, London: Richards Press, 1928; Mikkelsen, Ejnar. Lost in the Arctic, being the Story of the 'Alabama', first edition, plates, folding map supplied in facsimile, original cloth, 8vo, London: William Heinemann, 1913; Stefansson, Vilhjalmur. The Adventure of Wrangel Island, first edition, plates, original cloth, 8vo, London: Jonathan Cape, 1926 (3)
Hedin, Sven. Trans-Himalaya. Discoveries and Adventures in Tibet, 3 volumes, volumes 1-2, second edition, volume 3, first edition, half-titles, 2 portrait frontispieces, plates, some folding, 14 maps on 13 leaves, 4 folding, spotted, original cloth gilt, spine on volume one chipped, joint cracked, ex-library copy, 8vo, London: Macmillan and Co., 1910-1913
Ides, Evert Isbrants. Three Years Travels from Moscow Over-Land to China: thro' Great Ustiga, Siriana, Permia, Sibiria, Daour, Great Tartary, &c., to Peking, first English edition, engraved additional title, 30 engraved plates, including 7 folding, lacks folding map, one plate misfolded, light browning, contemporary panelled calf, spine rubbed, defective at head, joints cracked, 4to, London: W. Freeman et al, 1706 See illustration.
Nansen, Fridtjof. 'Farthest North', being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship Fram 1893-96, 2 volumes, first English edition, half-titles, portrait frontispiece, 16 coloured lithographed plates and others monochrome, 4 folding coloured maps, spotted, original cloth gilt, top edge gilt, extremities rubbed, ex-library copy, the maps with stamps verso, 8vo, Westminster: Constable & Co., 1897
Shaw, Thomas. Travels, or Observations relating to Several Parts of Barbary and the Levant, first edition, half-title, 22 engraved plates on 18 leaves, 10 [of 11] engraved maps, including 5 folding, engraved head- and tail-pieces, very light spotting, lacks a-d2 and folding general map, later half calf, worn, boards detached, the final leaf stamped 'Mvsevm Britannicvm', folio, Oxford: At the Theatre, 1738
Stanley, Henry M. In Darkest Africa, or the Quest, Rescue, and Retreat of Emin, Governor of Equatoria, 2 volumes, first American edition, number 12 of 250 copies on LARGE PAPER, signed by the author, half-titles, 2 portrait frontispieces, 6 signed etched plates and 36 plates, all with tissue guards, 4 folding maps, 2 backed on linen, publisher's half morocco, rubbed, vellum boards discoloured, top edge gilt, other uncut, darkened, 4to, New York: Charles Scribners, 1890
Tennant, William. Indian Recreations; consisting chiefly of Strictures on the Domestic and Rural Economy of the Mahommedans and Hindoos, 2 volumes, first edition, 5 engraved plates, title to volume 2 repaired, light browning, contemporary calf, worn, rebacked, extremities repaired, ex-library copy, 8vo, Edinburgh: C. Stewart, 1803
Thomson, H.C. The Outgoing Turk, first edition, half-title, frontispiece, plates, light spotting, original cloth gilt, 8vo, London: William Heinemann, 1897; Levy, Reuben. A Baghdad Chronicle, first edition, half-title, plates, light spotting, original cloth, dust-jacket, chipped with slight loss, 8vo, Cambridge: University Press, 1929; and 29 others, similar, v.s. (31)
Tuckey, Captain James Kingston. Narrative of an Expedition to Explore the River Zaire, usually called the Congo, in South Africa, in 1816, first edition, 13 engraved plates, one partly coloured by hand, folding engraved map, occasional spotting, later half morocco, 4to, London: John Murray, 1818
Vancouver, George. A Voyage of Discovery to the Pacific Ocean, and Round the World, 6 volumes bound in 3, first octavo edition, lacking all plates and maps, some spotting, contemporary half calf, rubbed, head of spine on volume 3 chipped, 8vo, London: John Stockdale, 1801; Stephens, John. L. Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas and Yucatan, 2 volumes, new edition, 69 engraved plates, folding engraved map, torn, some browning, portion of title clipped, browned and spotted throughout, contemporary mottled calf, spines gilt, joints slightly cracked, 8vo, London: John Murray, 1842 [?but later] (5)
Weld, Isaac. Travels through the States of North America, and the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, during the years 1795, 1796, and 1797, first edition, 11 engraved plates, 4 engraved maps and plans, large folding engraved general map, hand-coloured in outline, slightly browned, contemporary mottled calf, worn, boards detached, 4to, London: John Stockdale, 1799
Messel, Oliver. Stages Design and Costumes, first edition, number 221 of 1000 copies, inscribed 'Oliver Messel. Hoping we shall soon collaborate in more theatrical work + many thanks for all the help over Helen, etc.', plates, original cloth, head of spine chipped, glassine dust-jacket, defective, 4to, London: John Lane, 1933
[Chatelain, Henri Abraham] Atlas Historique,ou nouvelle introduction a l'histoire..., volume 7 (supplement) only, first edition, half-title, engraved frontispiece, 40 folding engraved maps, genealogies and charts, a few leaves with repairs to margins, sometimes affecting text, modern rexine, ex-library copy, without stamps, folio, Amsterdam: L'Honore and Chatelain, 1720
Delamotte, Philip H. and Joseph Cundall. A Photographic Tour among the Abbeys of Yorkshire... with Descriptive Notices by John Richard Walbran and William Jones, first edition, 23 mounted albumen prints, spotted throughout, some waterstaining to later leaves, affecting last four prints, publisher's morocco-backed cloth boards, extremities worn, spine chipped at ends with loss, folio, London: Bell and Daldy, 1856
Pugin, Augustus Welby. Specimens of the Architecture of Normandy, first edition, half-title, 78 engraved plates, light spotting, contemporary half calf, rubbed, 4to, London: Blackie and Son, 1874; Specimens of Gothic Architecture, 2 volumes, third edition, engraved plates, browned, later cloth, 4to, London: J. Taylor, 1826; Examples of Gothic Architecture, 3 volumes, plates, original cloth, 4to, Edinburgh: John Grant, 1895; and 3 others by the same author, 4to (8), sold w.a.f.
Ray, Gordon N. The Illustrator and the Book in England from 1790 to 1914, first edition, plates, original cloth, 4to, New York: Pierpont Morgan Library, 1976; Bonser, Wilfrid. A Romano-British Bibliography, 2 volumes, original cloth, 8vo, Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1964; Lowe, Robert. A Bibliographical Account of English Theatrical Literature, number 64 of 100 copies on deckle-edged paper, original cloth-backed boards, shaken, head of spine chipped, 8vo, London: John Nimmo, 1888; and 15 others, bibliography, v.s. (19)
Salazaro, Demetrio. Studi sui Monumenti della Italia Meridionale dal IV al XIII Secolo, 3 parts bound in two volumes, first edition, 34 chromo-lithographed plates, 38 mounted albumen photograph plates and 2 uncoloured, all with tissue guards, some browning and spotting, contemporary full vellum, titled in red, yapp edges, folio, Naples: A. Morelli, 1871-1881
Elwes, Henry John and Augustine Henry. The Trees of Great Britain and Ireland, 7 volumes, first edition, half-titles, portrait frontispiece, 5 coloured frontispieces and 7 coloured titles, tissue guards, 412 monochrome plates, volume one with some damp damage, particularly to front board, publisher's half morocco, volume one with upper hinge partly split, extremities worn, 4to, Edinburgh: Privately Printed, 1906-1913, sold w.a.f.
Hawkins, Thomas. The Book of the Great Sea-Dragons, Ichthyosauri and Plesiosauri... Gedolim Taninim, of Moses. Extinct Monsters of the Ancient Earth, first edition, engraved frontispiece after John Martin, short split along plate mark, 29 lithographed plates, one folding, some spotting and browning, title soiled, contemporary half morocco, worn, folio, London: William Pickering, 1840
Hogg, Robert. The Herefordshire Pomona, 2 volumes, first edition, 77 chromo-lithographed plates and 4 uncoloured after Miss Ellis and Miss Bull, tissue guards, rather spotted, title page with small library-stamp, publisher's original full morocco gilt, somewhat worn, extremities rubbed, all edges gilt, folio, Hereford and London: Jakeman and Carver, 1876-1885
Jackson, Sir Frederick John. The Birds of Kenya Colony and the Uganda Protectorate, 3 volumes, first edition, half-titles, 24 coloured plates after George E. Lodge, tissue guards, folding map, portrait frontispiece, original buckram, top edges gilt, other untrimmed, dust-jackets, chipped with loss, 4to, London: Gurney and Jackson, 1938
Lee, Oswin A.J. Among British Birds in their Nesting Haunts, 4 volumes, half-titles, plates, a few loose and torn, tissue guards, contemporary half morocco, neatly rebacked, folio, Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1897-99; Seebohm, Henry. The Birds of Siberia, first edition, half-title, illustrations, folding map, browned, original cloth gilt, 8vo, London: John Murray, 1901; and 10 others, ornithology, v.s. (15)
Lesson, Rene Primevere. Les Trochilidees ou les colibris et les oiseaux-mouches, first edition, 66 hand-coloured engraved plates, plate 55 shaved with slight loss of image, text leaves lightly browned and spotted, contemporary half calf, worn, upper board partly detached, 8vo, Paris: Arthus Bertrand, [1832-1833]
Lowe, Edward Joseph. A Natural History of British Grasses, first edition, 74 coloured plates, guards, modern library buckram, 8vo, London: Groombridge and Sons, 1864; Tripp. F.E. British Mosses, their Homes, Aspects, Structure and Uses, 2 volumes, new edition, pictorial titles, 37 coloured plates, original cloth gilt, ex-library copies, with discrete stamps to first and last leaves, 8vo, London: George Bell and Sons, 1888 (3)
Lowe, Edward Joseph. Beautiful Leaved Plants, first edition, 60 coloured plates, lightly browned, lacks half-title, modern buckram, ex-library copy, title stamped, 8vo, London: Groombridge & Sons, 1861; Paul, William. The Rose Garden, ninth edition, half-title, loose, 20 chromo-lithographed plates, tissue guards, original cloth gilt, upper cover partly detached, spine defective, 4to, London: Kent & Co., [n.d.]; and 3 others, botany (5)
Shaw, Richard Norman. Architectural Sketches from the Continent, first edition, lithographed title, 100 lithographed plates, light spotting, original morocco-backed cloth boards, ex-library copy, with usual stamps, folio, London: Published for the Proprietors, 1872; Smith, Bernard. Sketches in Germany and Spain, plates, original cloth, shaken, folio, London: B.T. Batsford, [c.1880]; and 8 others architecture, all ex-library copies, v.s. (10) sold w.a.f.
Moore, Thomas and John Lindley. The Ferns of Great Britain and Ireland... Natured Printed by Henry Bradbury, first edition, half-title, 51 nature-printed coloured plates, tissue guards, plates i-xix loose, but with margins intact, some spotting, publisher's half morocco, worn, folio, London: Bradbury and Evans, 1855
Paxton, Joseph. Paxton’s Flower Garden, 3 volumes, first edition, 108 hand-coloured engraved plates, some heightened with gum arabic, tissue guards, some spotting, contemporary half morocco gilt, a few volumes with extremities rubbed, all edges gilt, 4to, London: Bradbury and Evans, 1850-1853.
Paxton, Joseph. Paxton's Magazine of Botany, and Register of Flowering Plants, volumes 16 volumes [all published], first edition, 1 uncoloured and 717 hand-coloured plates [of 723], 27 double-page, tissue guards, some soiling to later volumes, without half-titles, contemporary half morocco, rubbed, volumes 1 and 8 with boards detached, spine chipped, 4to, London: William S. Orr, 1834-1849
Saville-Kent, William. The Great Barrier Reef of Australia, second edition, half-title, 16 chromo-lithographed plates and 48 plain, tissue guards, modern morocco-backed boards, title with library stamp, folio, London: W.H. Allen & Co., 1900; The Naturalist in Australia, first edition, portrait frontispiece, 9 chromo-lithographed plates, 50 monochrome, a few with library stamps verso, original cloth gilt, worn, spine and upper cover detached, folio, London: Chapman and Hall, 1897; and one other, similar (3)
Sowerby, James and J.E. Smith. English Botany, volume 8 only, first edition, 157 hand-coloured engraved plates only, later mottled calf by Birdsall, rubbed, 8vo, London: J. Davis, 1799; British Wild Flowers, 90 hand-coloured plates, original cloth gilt, all edges gilt, 8vo, London: Gurney and Jackson, 1914 (2)
St. John, Claude. Our Canaries. A Thoroughly Practical and Comprehensive Guide to the successful keeping, breeding and exhibiting of every known variety of the domesticated Canary, first edition, 32 coloured plates and 32 monochrome, a few loose and creased, illustrations in text, original cloth gilt, shaken, upper hinge broken, 4to, London: Cage Birds, [1911]
Strutt, Jacob George. Sylva Britannica; or, Portraits of Forest-Trees, distinguished for their Antiquity, Magnitude, or Beauty, first edition, engraved additional title and 48 engraved plates, without engraved frontispiece, some soiling and spotting, particularly to additional title, contemporary half morocco, heavily rubbed, all edges gilt, folio, London: Colnaghi and Co., 1822
Ogilvie-Grant, W.R., editor and others. The Gun at Home and Abroad, 4 volumes, first edition, number 451 of 500 sets, 4 portrait frontispieces, 69 coloured plates and 216 uncoloured, tissue guards, occasional light spotting, publisher's full morocco gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut, 4to, London: London and Counties Press Association, 1912-1915
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