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Parry (William Edward) Journal of a Second Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific;

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Parry (William Edward) Journal of a Second Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific; Performed in the Years 1821-22-23 in his Majesty's ships Fury and Hecla ..., 1824, [with] Appendix to Captain Parry's Journal .., John Murray, 1825, two volumes, first edition, quarto, frontis, thirty plates and plans, four large folding charts (creased), four folding coastal profiles, Appendix volume with another two plates, Journal bound in half morocco gilt, the Appendix in original boards with remnant cloth spine

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Borchgrevink (C.E.) First on the Antarctic Continent being An Account of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1898-1900, George

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Lot 175

Borchgrevink (C.E.) First on the Antarctic Continent being An Account of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1898-1900, George Newnes, 1901, first edition, portrait frontis, three folding colour maps, text illustrations including full page images, top edge gilt, original cloth gilt, modern slipcase

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Brewster (John) Sermons for Prisons. To Which are Added Prayers for the Use of Prisoners in Solitary Confinement, Stockton; p

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Lot 297

Brewster (John) Sermons for Prisons. To Which are Added Prayers for the Use of Prisoners in Solitary Confinement, Stockton; printed by R. Christopher, 1790, sheep (re-backed with calf); Richardson (William), Remarks on Diabetes, Especially with Reference to Treatment, Lewis, 1871, first edition, original cloth (spine torn with loss) (2)

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Hedin (Sven) Jehol, City of Emperors, Kegan Paul ..., 1932, first English edition, plates as called for, dust wrapper (priced

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Lot 234

Hedin (Sven) Jehol, City of Emperors, Kegan Paul ..., 1932, first English edition, plates as called for, dust wrapper (priced 18s.); idem, Riddles of the Gobi Desert, Routledge, 1933, first English edition, folding map, plates as called for, dust wrappper (priced 18s.); idem, The Wandering Lake, Routledge, 1940, first English edition, folding map, plates as called for, dust wrapper (with 10/8 label over 18s.); with five others, all English first editions by Hedin (8)

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Rymill (John) Southern Lights, The Official Account of the British Graham Land Expedition, 1934-1937, Chatto and Windus, 1938

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Lot 171

Rymill (John) Southern Lights, The Official Account of the British Graham Land Expedition, 1934-1937, Chatto and Windus, 1938, first edition, plates as called for, four coloured maps (three folding), dust wrapper (price clipped)

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Gibbs (James) Rules for Drawing the Several Parts of Architecture in a More Exact and Easy Manner than has been heretofore pr

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Lot 312

Gibbs (James) Rules for Drawing the Several Parts of Architecture in a More Exact and Easy Manner than has been heretofore practised, by which all Fractions, in dividing the principal Members and their Parts, are avoided, Innys, Richardson et al, 1753, third edition, folio, first leaf is a blank, 63 (of 64) engraved plates, half calf (worn); Gotch (J. Alfred), Architecture of the Renaissance in England ..., Batsford, 1894, two volumes, folio, ex-library, 145 plates with stamps verso, top edges gilt, original half morocco; Shaw (Richard Norman), Architectural Sketches from the Continent, Day, n.d. [1858], folio, litho title, 100 litho plates, modern cloth (4)

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Kennedy (Alexander B.W.) Petra, Its History and Monuments, Country Life, 1925, first edition, quarto, plates and maps as call

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Lot 249

Kennedy (Alexander B.W.) Petra, Its History and Monuments, Country Life, 1925, first edition, quarto, plates and maps as called for, Anthony Huxley's copy, lacking front free endpaper, dust wrapper; Botta (M.), M. Botta's Letters on the Discoveries at Nineveh, translated .. by C.T., Longman, Brown ..., 1850, first English edition, forty-nine plates (many folding), original cloth (library de-accession stamps to front pastedown); Volney (M.), The Ruins, or A Survey of the Revolutions of Empires, Johnson, 1796, third edition, frontis, two folding plates (restored and lined), modern half leather; with ten others (13)

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Bishop (Mrs) (Isabella L. Bird) Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to

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Lot 247

Bishop (Mrs) (Isabella L. Bird) Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs, John Murray, 1891, first edition, presentation inscription from the author, two volumes, frontis to each, plates as called for, two folding maps, original cloth gilt (foxing to endpapers)

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Taylor (Griffith) With Scott, The Silver Lining, Smith, Elder, 1916, first edition without the preface leaf added to later is

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Lot 156

Taylor (Griffith) With Scott, The Silver Lining, Smith, Elder, 1916, first edition without the preface leaf added to later issues, folding maps and plates present as called for, original cloth, modern slipcase

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Poe (Edgar Allan) Tales of Mystery & Imagination, Harrap, 1935, first edition thus, twelve colour and seventeen monochrom

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Lot 293

Poe (Edgar Allan) Tales of Mystery & Imagination, Harrap, 1935, first edition thus, twelve colour and seventeen monochrome plates, original cloth gilt; Sterne (Lawrence), The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, Golden Cockerel Press, 1929-30, numbered limited edition of 500, three volumes, fifteen engravings by J.E. Laboureur, top edge gilt, original cloth (4)

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Sassoon (Siegfried) Single page Autograph Letter Signed, 23.8.62, in which Sassoon responds to a request for accommodation fo

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Lot 294

Sassoon (Siegfried) Single page Autograph Letter Signed, 23.8.62, in which Sassoon responds to a request for accommodation for an Irishman at Hungerford Hospital Flats (Anglican), advising that 'a Catholic would be a fish out of water, so to speak, especially on Fridays', explanatory note stapled to letter; idem, Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man, Faber & Gwyer, 1928, first edition, original cloth; idem, Memoirs of an Infantry Officer, Faber & Faber, 1930, first edition, dust wrapper (priced 7s.6d.); with three others (6)

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Amundsen (Roald) The South Pole, An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the ''Fram'' 1910-1912, Murray, 1912, fi

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Amundsen (Roald) The South Pole, An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the ''Fram'' 1910-1912, Murray, 1912, first English edition, two volumes, all plates and maps present as called for, original red cloth with flag design (re-cased with new endpapers), modern slipcase

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Stein (M. Aurel) Ruins of Desert Cathay, Personal Narrative of Explorations in Central Asia and Westernmost China, Macmillan,

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Lot 229

Stein (M. Aurel) Ruins of Desert Cathay, Personal Narrative of Explorations in Central Asia and Westernmost China, Macmillan, 1912, first edition, two volumes, 'presentation copy' blindstamp, three folding maps, eight coloured plates, six folding panoramas, 334 monochrome illustrations (333 on plates) as called for, original cloth gilt (lower corner of volume I nibbled, small puncture holes through two maps, final leaves and rear board of volume II)

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Mawson (Douglas) The Home of the Blizzard, Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914, Heinemann, 19

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Mawson (Douglas) The Home of the Blizzard, Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914, Heinemann, 1915, first edition, presentation inscription thanking Prof. W.A. Haswell for his help with the expedition, signed by the author in the year of publication, two volumes, portrait frontis, colour and monochrome plates as called for, three folding maps in end pocket, original cloth gilt, modern slipcase.

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Mawson (Douglas) The Home of the Blizzard, Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914, Heinemann, 19

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Lot 27

Mawson (Douglas) The Home of the Blizzard, Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914, Heinemann, 1915, first edition, 2 volumes, portrait frontis, colour and monochrome plates as called for (at least four plates with presentation stamps from H. J. Shepstone), three folding maps in rear pocket, original cloth gilt.

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Cherry-Garrard (Apsley) The Worst Journey in the World, Antarctic 1910-1913, Constable, 1922, first edition, maps, colour and

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Lot 157

Cherry-Garrard (Apsley) The Worst Journey in the World, Antarctic 1910-1913, Constable, 1922, first edition, maps, colour and monochrome plates (ten folding) present as called for, duplicate spine labels on front pastedowns, original cloth-backed boards, modern slipcase

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Doorly (Gerald S., Capt.) The Voyages of the 'Morning', Smith Elder, 1916, first edition, frontis, plates and sheet music as

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Lot 178

Doorly (Gerald S., Capt.) The Voyages of the 'Morning', Smith Elder, 1916, first edition, frontis, plates and sheet music as called for, folding map, original pictorial cloth, modern slipcase

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Burckhardt (John Lewis) Travels in Nubia, John Murray, 1819, first edition, quarto, portrait frontis, three engraved maps (tw

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Lot 242

Burckhardt (John Lewis) Travels in Nubia, John Murray, 1819, first edition, quarto, portrait frontis, three engraved maps (two folding, one linen-backed and worm-tracked), all edges gilt, half morocco; Belzoni (G.), Narrative of the Operations and Recent Discoveries ... in Egypt and Nubia .., John Murray, 1820, first edition, text volume only, quarto, portrait frontis, Book Society 181* regulations to front pastedown, original boards with modern morocco spine (2)

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Bell (Gertrude) The Letters of Gertrude Bell, edited by Lady Bell, Ernest Benn, 1927, first edition, two volumes, plates as c

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Lot 265

Bell (Gertrude) The Letters of Gertrude Bell, edited by Lady Bell, Ernest Benn, 1927, first edition, two volumes, plates as called for, folding map, dust wrappers (priced £2 2 0); idem, Persian Pictures, Ernest Benn, 1928, first edition thus, dust wrapper (priced 10s.6d.)

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Hair (T.H.) Sketches of the Coal Mines in Northumberland and Durham, Parts 1 - 11, T.H. Hair, 1839, first edition proof copy

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Lot 343

Hair (T.H.) Sketches of the Coal Mines in Northumberland and Durham, Parts 1 - 11, T.H. Hair, 1839, first edition proof copy in eleven (of twelve?) original parts, large folio, engraved title, thirty-three mounted plates on India paper (some foxing), original printed paper wraps (worn)

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Bell (Gertrude Lowthian) The Desert and the Sown, Heinemann, 1907, first edition, colour frontis, text illustrations, folding

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Lot 267

Bell (Gertrude Lowthian) The Desert and the Sown, Heinemann, 1907, first edition, colour frontis, text illustrations, folding map, original cloth idem, Amurath to Amurath, Heinemann, 1911, first edition, frontis, plates as called for (one torn with unsightly tape repair), folding map, original cloth (re-backed, new endpapers) (2)

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Cook (Frederick A.) Through the First Antarctic Night, 1898-1899, A Narrative of the Voyage of the 'Belgica' …, New York; Dou

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Lot 172

Cook (Frederick A.) Through the First Antarctic Night, 1898-1899, A Narrative of the Voyage of the 'Belgica' …, New York; Doubleday & McClure, 1900, numbered 'Author's edition' of 1000*, signed by the author with additional portrait frontis, plates as called for, original pictorial cloth (faded, recased with new endpapers), modern slipcase [*Rosove believes that the number was much smaller]

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Drygalski (Erich von) The Southern Ice-Continent, The German South Polar Expedition aboard the Gauss, 1901-1903, Bluntisham B

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Lot 174

Drygalski (Erich von) The Southern Ice-Continent, The German South Polar Expedition aboard the Gauss, 1901-1903, Bluntisham Books/Erskine Press, 1989, first edition in English, folio, original pictorial cloth; Filchner (Wilhelm), To the Sixth Continent, The Second German South Polar Expedition, Bluntisham Books/Erskine Press, 1994, first edition in English, folio, original cloth; with nine others (11)

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Snow (W. Parker) Voyage of The Prince Albert In Search of Sir John Franklin, Longman, Brown ... , 1851, first edition, four c

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Snow (W. Parker) Voyage of The Prince Albert In Search of Sir John Franklin, Longman, Brown ... , 1851, first edition, four coloured plates, folding map, presentation inscription from [Sir] John Barrow, original cloth with gilt vignette (gutter gaping in places), modern slipcase

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Scott (Robert F., Capt.) The Voyage of the 'Discovery', Smith Elder, 1905, first edition, two volumes, presentation inscripti

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Lot 152

Scott (Robert F., Capt.) The Voyage of the 'Discovery', Smith Elder, 1905, first edition, two volumes, presentation inscription to Sir Arthur Moore signed by the author, plates and maps as called for, two folding charts in rear pockets, top edge gilt, original cloth, modern slipcase

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Anson (George) A Voyage Round the World in the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV, printed for the author by Knapton, 1748, first e

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Lot 207

Anson (George) A Voyage Round the World in the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV, printed for the author by Knapton, 1748, first edition, quarto, large margins, subscribers list, forty-two plates, maps and charts (forty-one folding or double page) as called for (one torn without loss), calf (re-backed)

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Younghusband (Francis) Peking to Lhasa, The Narrative of Journeys in the Chinese Empire made by the late Brigadier-General Ge

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Lot 223

Younghusband (Francis) Peking to Lhasa, The Narrative of Journeys in the Chinese Empire made by the late Brigadier-General George Pereira ..., Constable, 1925, first edition, thirty-three plates, two folding maps, original cloth; Dainella (Giotto), Buddhists and Glaciers of Western Tibet, Kegan Paul ..., 1933, thirty-two plates, map, original cloth; Bishop (Isabella Bird), Among the Tibetans, New York; Revell, n.d. [1894], first US edition, frontis, text illustrations (including full page, original cloth gilt; with eleven others (14)

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Brown (R.N. Rudmose) A Naturalist at the Poles, The Life, Work and Voyages of Dr. W.S. Bruce, the Polar Explorer, Seeley, Ser

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Lot 185

Brown (R.N. Rudmose) A Naturalist at the Poles, The Life, Work and Voyages of Dr. W.S. Bruce, the Polar Explorer, Seeley, Service, 1923, first edition, two folding colour maps, plates as called for, dust wrapper with price excised from backstrip; Levick (G. Murray, Dr.), Antarctic Penguins, A Study of their Social Habits, Heinemann, 1914, plates as called for, original pictorial cloth; with one other (3)

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Stefansson (Vilhjalmur) The Adventure of Wrangel Island, Cape, 1926, folding map, plates as called for, dust wrapper (priced

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Lot 134

Stefansson (Vilhjalmur) The Adventure of Wrangel Island, Cape, 1926, folding map, plates as called for, dust wrapper (priced 18s.); Andree (S.A.), Strindberg (Nils) & Fraenkel (Knut), The Andree Diaries, being ... written during their Balloon Expedition to the North Pole in 1897 ...., John Lane, 1931, first English edition, frontis, three folding maps, plates as called for, dust wrapper (priced 21s.); with seven others (9)

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Radcliffe (M.) A Modern System of Domestic Cookery; or the Housekeeper's Guide: Arranged on the Most Economical Plan for Priv

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Lot 301

Radcliffe (M.) A Modern System of Domestic Cookery; or the Housekeeper's Guide: Arranged on the Most Economical Plan for Private Families ...,Manchester; Gleave, 1823, frontis, engraved title (dated 1822), eleven plates, 19th century owners' names on fly leaf, modern half morocco; Thornton (Robert John), A New Family Herbal: or Popular Account of the Natures and Properties of the Various Plants used in Medicine, Diet and the Arts, Richard Phillips, 1810, first edition, wood engravings by Thomas Bewick after Henderson, repaired closed tear to final leaf, modern quarter morocco (2)

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Cook (Frederick A.) Through the First Antarctic Night, 1898-1899, A Narrative of the Voyage of the 'Belgica' …, Heinemann, 19

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Lot 180

Cook (Frederick A.) Through the First Antarctic Night, 1898-1899, A Narrative of the Voyage of the 'Belgica' …, Heinemann, 1900, colour and monochrome plates as called for, original pictorial cloth (re-backed retaining original backstrip, library stamp to final page); Amundsen (Roald), My Life as an Explorer, Heinemann, 1927, frontis, dust wrapper (priced 10s.6d., worn and faded); idem, The South Pole, An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the 'Fram', 1910-1912, John Murray, 1912, first English edition, two volumes, plates and maps as called for (one folding map torn without loss), top edge gilt, modern red cloth (4)

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Longstaffe (W. Hylton Dyer) The History and Antiquities of the Parish of Darlington, in the Bishoprick, Darlington and Stockt

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Lot 322

Longstaffe (W. Hylton Dyer) The History and Antiquities of the Parish of Darlington, in the Bishoprick, Darlington and Stockton Times .., 1854, first edition, large paper copy, ten (of twelve) plates, all edges gilt, full morocco gilt; idem, The History and Antiquities of the Parish of Darlington, in the Bishoprick, Darlington and Stockton Times .., 1854, first edition, twelve plates, all edges gilt, morocco gilt; with four others (6)

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O'Connor (John) Canals, Barges and People, Art and Technics, 1950, first edition, twenty four colour illustrations, dust wrap

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Lot 308

O'Connor (John) Canals, Barges and People, Art and Technics, 1950, first edition, twenty four colour illustrations, dust wrapper (priced 10s 6d) Rolt (L.T.C.), Green and Silver, George Allen .., 1949, first edition, dust wrapper; idem, Red for Danger, Bodley Head, 1955, first edition, dust wrapper; with twenty-two others (25)

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Bell (Gertrude Lowthian) Poems from the Divan of Hafiz, Heinemann, 1897, first edition, with Heinemann Autumn 1897 catalogue

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Lot 268

Bell (Gertrude Lowthian) Poems from the Divan of Hafiz, Heinemann, 1897, first edition, with Heinemann Autumn 1897 catalogue to rear, original cloth

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Hooker (Joseph Dalton) Himalayan Journals; or, Notes of a Naturalist in Bengal, The Sikkim and Nepal Himalayas, the Khasia Mo

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Lot 227

Hooker (Joseph Dalton) Himalayan Journals; or, Notes of a Naturalist in Bengal, The Sikkim and Nepal Himalayas, the Khasia Mountains, &c., John Murray, 1854, first edition, two volumes, twelve coloured litho plates (one folding), wood engraved plate, two folding maps (one torn without loss), errata slip in each volume, adverts dated January 1884, some gathers loosening, original cloth gilt (rebacked retaining original backstrips), modern slipcase

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Hodgson (Christopher Pemberton) El Ydaiour, W.N. Wright, 1849, first edition, duodecimo, original cloth gilt, modern slipcase

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Lot 252

Hodgson (Christopher Pemberton) El Ydaiour, W.N. Wright, 1849, first edition, duodecimo, original cloth gilt, modern slipcase [provenance - Franklin Brooke-Hitching #636]

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Stark (Freya) The Valleys of the Assassins ..., John Murray, 1934, first edition, plates and maps as called for, map endpaper

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Lot 273

Stark (Freya) The Valleys of the Assassins ..., John Murray, 1934, first edition, plates and maps as called for, map endpapers, modern quarter morocco, slipcase; idem, The Southern Gates of Arabia .., John Murray, 1936, first edition, plates as called for, two folding maps (one torn and taped), modern quarter morocco, slipcase; idem, Seen in the Hadhramaut, John Murray, 1938, map, illustrated throughout, modern quarter morocco; with two others (5).

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Cherry-Garrard (Apsley) The Worst Journey in the World, Antarctic 1910-1913, Constable, 1922, first edition, maps, colour and

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Lot 158

Cherry-Garrard (Apsley) The Worst Journey in the World, Antarctic 1910-1913, Constable, 1922, first edition, maps, colour and monochrome plates (ten folding) present as called for, original cloth-backed boards, modern slipcase

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Doughty (Charles M.) Travels in Arabia Deserta, Cambridge; University Press, 1888, first edition, two volumes, partly unopene

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Lot 257

Doughty (Charles M.) Travels in Arabia Deserta, Cambridge; University Press, 1888, first edition, two volumes, partly unopened, folding map in rear pocket, original cloth gilt (endpapers split at hinge, 13mm tear to spine head of volume II), preserved in two quarter morocco book-form slipcases [provenance - H. Bradley Martin]

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Franklin (John) Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the Years 1819, 20, 21, and 22, John Murray, 1823,

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Franklin (John) Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the Years 1819, 20, 21, and 22, John Murray, 1823, first edition, first issue, quarto, xvi, 768 pages, thirty plates (eleven coloured), four large folding charts (dated March 1823, one with title variant as usual), errata slip, early owner's name to half title, modern half calf binding

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Palgrave (William Gifford) Narrative of A Year's Journey through Central and Eastern Arabia (1862-63) Macmillan, 1865, first

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Lot 246

Palgrave (William Gifford) Narrative of A Year's Journey through Central and Eastern Arabia (1862-63) Macmillan, 1865, first English edition, two volumes, portrait frontis, folding map (foxed, small closed tear), four folding plans, modern half morocco

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Fisher (Alexander) Journal of a Voyage of Discovery to the Arctic Regions, in his Majesty's Ships Hecla and Griper, in the Ye

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Lot 73

Fisher (Alexander) Journal of a Voyage of Discovery to the Arctic Regions, in his Majesty's Ships Hecla and Griper, in the Years 1819 & 1820, Longman Hurst .., 1821, first edition, folding chart, and a map, woodcut text illustrations, no half-title, half calf binding (rubbed);

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Bougainville (Lewis de) A Voyage Round the World, Performed by Order of His Most Christian Majesty, In the Years 1766, 1767,

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Lot 208

Bougainville (Lewis de) A Voyage Round the World, Performed by Order of His Most Christian Majesty, In the Years 1766, 1767, 1768 and 1769, Nourse and Davies, 1772, first English edition translated by John Reinhold Forster, quarto, five folding maps, folding plate, contemporary calf gilt (joints cracked in places with some restoration)

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Philby (H. St. J.B.) Arabia of the Wahhabis, Constable, 1928, first edition, plates as called for, large folding map, dust wr

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Lot 259

Philby (H. St. J.B.) Arabia of the Wahhabis, Constable, 1928, first edition, plates as called for, large folding map, dust wrapper (priced 31/6, lengthy ownership inscription to front endpaper)

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Parry (William Edward) Journal of a Second Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific;

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Parry (William Edward) Journal of a Second Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific; Performed in the Years 1821-22-23 in his Majesty's ships Fury and Hecla ..., John Murray, 1824, [with] Appendix to Captain Parry's Journal .., John Murray, 1825, two volumes, first edition, quarto, frontis, thirty plates and plans, four large folding charts, four folding coastal profiles, Appendix with a further two plates, contemporary armorial calf gilt (some restoration to joints)

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Alexander (James Edward) Travels from India to England; Comprehending a Visit to the Burman Empire, and a Journey through Per

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Lot 237

Alexander (James Edward) Travels from India to England; Comprehending a Visit to the Burman Empire, and a Journey through Persia, Asia Minor, Eropean Turkey, &c. in the Years 1825-26, Parbury, Allen, 1827, first edition, quarto, portrait frontis, two maps, fourteen plates (five coloured), modern calf

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Ponting (Herbert G.) The Great White South, Being an Account of Experiences with Captain Scott's South Pole Expedition and of

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Lot 163

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, Duckworth, 1921, plates as called for, original cloth; Hurley (Frank, Capt), Argonauts of the South .. being a Narrative of Voyagings and Polar Seas and Adventures in the Antarctic with Sir Douglas Mawson and Sir Ernest Shackleton, Putnam's, 1925, first edition, two folding maps, monochrome plates as called for, top edge gilt, original cloth (at least four pages crudely opened with torn margins) (2)

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Buckingham (J.S.) Travels among The Arab Tribes Inhabiting the Countries East of Syria and Palestine, including a Journey fro

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Lot 241

Buckingham (J.S.) Travels among The Arab Tribes Inhabiting the Countries East of Syria and Palestine, including a Journey from Nazareth to the Mountains beyond the Dead Sea and ..., Longman, Hurst .., 1825, first edition, quarto, folding frontis map, partly unopened, modern half morocco

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Stein (Aurel) On Alexander's Track to the Indus, Personal Narrative of Explorations on the North-West Frontier of India, Macm

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Lot 231

Stein (Aurel) On Alexander's Track to the Indus, Personal Narrative of Explorations on the North-West Frontier of India, Macmillan, 1929, first edition, two folding colour maps, frontis, ninety-seven monochrome illustrations as called for, top edge gilt, original cloth gilt

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Evans (Edward, Capt.) South With Scott, Collins, 1921, first edition, portrait frontis, three folding maps, folding plan, ori

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Lot 165

Evans (Edward, Capt.) South With Scott, Collins, 1921, first edition, portrait frontis, three folding maps, folding plan, original cloth (re-cased/restored), basic slipcase

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Bull (H[enrik] J[ohan]) The Cruise of the 'Antarctic' to the South Polar Regions, Edward Arnold, 1896, first edition, twelve

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Lot 191

Bull (H[enrik] J[ohan]) The Cruise of the 'Antarctic' to the South Polar Regions, Edward Arnold, 1896, first edition, twelve plates as called for, original cloth, modern slipcase

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Ward (F. Kingdon) The Land of the Blue Poppy, Travels of a Naturalist in Eastern Tibet, Cambridge; University Press, 1913, fi

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Lot 225

Ward (F. Kingdon) The Land of the Blue Poppy, Travels of a Naturalist in Eastern Tibet, Cambridge; University Press, 1913, first edition, forty plates, five maps (three folding), original cloth

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Murray (George) edit. The Antarctic Manual for the Use of the Expedition of 1901, Royal Geographical Society, 1901, first edi

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Lot 196

Murray (George) edit. The Antarctic Manual for the Use of the Expedition of 1901, Royal Geographical Society, 1901, first edition, Captain C.W. Royds' name to pastedown (First Lieut. on Scott's expedition), presentation inscription to his daughter Blanche Royds from Sir Clement Markham (author of the preface) dated Aug 6th 1901, three folding maps in rear pocket, original cloth, modern slipcase

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Hayes (J. Gordon) Antarctica, A Treatise on the Southern Ocean, Richards Press, 1928, first edition, plates and maps as calle

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Lot 170

Hayes (J. Gordon) Antarctica, A Treatise on the Southern Ocean, Richards Press, 1928, first edition, plates and maps as called for, recent quarter morocco, slipcase

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Twentieth Century Travel Durrell (Lawrence), Prospero's Cell ..., Faber and Faber, 1945, first edition, dust wrapper (priced

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Lot 281

Twentieth Century Travel Durrell (Lawrence), Prospero's Cell ..., Faber and Faber, 1945, first edition, dust wrapper (priced 10s.6d.); idem, Reflections on a Marine Venus ..., Faber and Faber, 1953, first edition, dust wrapper (priced 25s., torn with loss); idem, Bitter Lemons, Faber and Faber, 1957, first edition, dust wrapper (priced 16s.); idem, The Greek Islands, Faber and Faber, 1978, first edition, inscription signed by the author, dust wrapper (price-clipped); Naipaul (V.S.), A House for Mr. Biswas, Andre Deutsch, 1961, first edition, dust wrapper (priced 21s.); with nine others by Naipaul, all UK firsts in dust wrappers; Waugh (Evelyn), A Tourist in Africa, Chapman & Hall, 1960, first edition, plates as called for, dust wrapper (priced 16s); Thubron (Colin), Shadow of the Silk Road, Chatto & Windus, 2006, first edition, signed by the author, dust wrapper (not clipped); with eight others by Thubron, all first editions in dust wrappers; Danziger (Nick), Danziger's Travels, Grafton, 1987, first edition, signed by the author, price-clipped dust wrapper; with approximately 95 others, first editions in dust wrappers (c120)

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Bagshawe (Thomas Wyatt) Two Men in the Antarctic, An Expedition to Graham Land, 1920-1922, Cambridge University Press, 1939,

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Lot 181

Bagshawe (Thomas Wyatt) Two Men in the Antarctic, An Expedition to Graham Land, 1920-1922, Cambridge University Press, 1939, first edition, two panoramas on folding sheet, plates as called for, dust wrapper (priced 15s., dust wrapper chipped with small hole to front)

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Goodsir (Robert Anstruther) An Arctic Voyage to Baffin's Bay and Lancaster Sound, in Search of Friends with Sir John Franklin

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Lot 20

Goodsir (Robert Anstruther) An Arctic Voyage to Baffin's Bay and Lancaster Sound, in Search of Friends with Sir John Franklin, van Voorst, 1850, first edition, presentation inscription from Mary Goodsir, tinted litho frontis, folding map, original cloth, slipcase

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King (Richard) Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of The Arctic Ocean in 1833, 1834, and 1835; under the command of Capt. B

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Lot 19

King (Richard) Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of The Arctic Ocean in 1833, 1834, and 1835; under the command of Capt. Back, Richard Bentley, 1836, first edition, two volumes, frontis to each, map and plate, original green cloth (spine labels worn, label scars to upper boards)

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Philby (H. St. J.B.) The Heart of Arabia, A Record of Travel & Exploration, Constable, 1922, first edition, two volumes,

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Lot 258

Philby (H. St. J.B.) The Heart of Arabia, A Record of Travel & Exploration, Constable, 1922, first edition, two volumes, signed presentation inscription from the author to 'Amir Liwa F.G. Peake Pasha' (Lieut. Col. Peake campaigned with Lawrence and was founder and first commander of the Arab League), plates as called for, plan, two folding maps, original cloth, modern slipcase [provenance - Franklin Brooke-Hitching #1020]

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Meinertzhagen (R., Col.) Kenya Diary, 1902-1906, Oliver and Boyd, 1957, first edition, dust wrapper (priced 30/-); idem, Pir

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Lot 280

Meinertzhagen (R., Col.) Kenya Diary, 1902-1906, Oliver and Boyd, 1957, first edition, dust wrapper (priced 30/-); idem, Pirates and Predators, The Piratical and Predatory Habits of Birds, Oliver & Boyd, 1959, first edition, quarto, plates as called for, dust wrapper (priced 70/-); with seven others (9)

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