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Click here to subscribe1915 Railway Clearing House 'OFFICIAL RAILWAY JUNCTION DIAGRAMS', 158 coloured diagrams + index & supplements, inside hard covers, plus 1921 edition of RCH Official RAILWAY MAP of London & Environs, fold-out, linen-backed, inside hard covers, plus 1900 issue of Met & G C Joint Committee Cartage Area MAP for Gt Missenden, fold out, linen-backed, inside hard covers. All are in good to very good, used condition, the first has some cover wear. [3]
1933 London Underground H C Beck diagrammatic, card POCKET MAP from the first-year series titled 'Underground Railways of London'. This is the edition with no print-code, issued c. August 1933 and has 'LPTB' inside the bullseye logos. Refers to re-naming of Dover St station to Green Park and the merger of Holborn and British Museum stations, all in September that year. In very good condition, an excellent example. [1]
Kikusaburu Fukui (Japanese) Signed Copy of Japanese Ceramic Art and National Characteristics, signed by the author to Mr H. W. Robertson, Tokyo 1928, with outer sleeve, also with a first edition of My Uncle George, signed by the author Alastair Phillips, signed novel of Highland Vet, signed by the author Robert Stevenson, and a first edition of The Adventures of Endill Swift, (4)
Three James Bond Books including Ian Fleming ' You only live twice ' first edition with dust jacket published by Jonathan Cape, Ian Fleming ' From Russia with love ' first edition published by Jonathan Cape and Robert Markham ' Colonel Sun ' first edition with dust jacket published by Jonathan Cape
A collection of assorted modern bears and soft toys , to include Harrods Archie bear 2010 , John Lewis Lewis bear, Ty Beany Baby Santa, Hamleys First Teddy limited edition No. 150/2400, Hamleys Nicholas limited edition bear 2002 No. 1223/5000, and Hamleys 2002 Centenary bear No. 99516, etc (9)
Rev W Awdry signed Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends ladybird book first edition. Signed on inside title page. Good Condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.
ELPHINSTONE (MOUNTSTUART)An Account of the Kingdom of Caubul, and its Dependencies in Persia, Tartary, and India; Comprising a View of the Afghan Nation and A History of the Dooraunee Monarchy, FIRST EDITION, 13 hand-coloured aquatint plates, one uncoloured aquatint plate, 2 engraved maps (one large folding, both hand-coloured in outline), errata slip, occasional spotting, contemporary calf gilt, covers detached with loss to head of spine [Abbey Travel 504; Colas 960; Lipperheide 1483; Yakushi E63], 4to, Longman, Hurst, 1815Footnotes:Elphinstone's important account of Afghanistan, the Punjab and the north-west, based on his own 1808 mission to Kabul and information provided by other nineteenth century visitors to the region, 'continued to inform British policy on the north-western frontier until the 1840s' (ODNB). The fine costume plates, drawn after Robert Grindlay and local Indian artists, are described by Abbey as being 'of excellent quality'.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
FIRST SIKH WARInscriptions on the Seikh Guns Captured by the Army of the Sutledge 1845-46, FIRST EDITION, 64 hand-coloured lithographed plates (including title signed 'C. Gomeze, Script' and 'C. Gomeze Lith.'), all printed on recto only, interleaved throughout, contemporary half morocco gilt, gilt morocco lettering label ('Inscriptions on the Captured Seikh Guns') on upper cover, spine worn with small tears, 4to (277 x 218mm.), [?Calcutta, c.1847-9]Footnotes:SCARCE AND BEAUTIFULLY PRESENTED MEMENTO OF THE FIRST ANGLO-SIKH WAR. The title-page gives the name of 'C. Gomeze' as the designer and lithographer - surely the 'Christopher Gomez, of the H.C. Lithographic Press [Calcutta]' whose marriage is noted in The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British and Foreign India (1835). Authorship has sometimes been attributed to Captain Ralph Smyth of the Bengal Artillery, whose extensive research into the mechanics of the guns was published as Plans of Ordnance Captured by the Army of the Sutledge c.1850. Each page has a highly decorative different all-over design, mostly of a floral pattern, in which is incorporated a Persian inscription (mostly in Nastaliq script with some in Lahnda or Devanagari) taken from one of the Sikh guns captured by the British. Symbols of Sikh military power, the canons were manufactured between 1801 and 1839 at the instigation of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, making the Sikh Khalsa Darbar Army the most modern army the East India Company ever faced in battle. The majority of the 256 guns that were captured during the conflict were melted down, however a few of the most ornate pieces were sent to Britain - some of which are still present in collections held by the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich; the Royal Hospital, Chelsea; and Dover Castle.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
CONWAY (WILLIAM MARTIN)Climbing and Exploration in the Karakoram-Himalayas, 4 vol. (including 'Scientific Reports', and portfolio of maps), FIRST EDITION, ONE OF 150 DE LUXE COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the limitation page, this copy 'number 1' for the publisher, half-titles, photogravure portrait, 300 plates and illustrations by A.D. McCormick, the plates in 2 states (one printed on India paper mounted), with tissue title guards printed in gold), 3 folding maps (2 colour-printed, and one route map) loose in case as issued, original tan buckram, gilt morocco spine labels (one missing), soiled [Neate C103; Yakushi C143, erroneously calling for 5 maps], large 8vo, T. Fisher Unwin, 1894Footnotes:COMPLETE SET OF CONWAY'S CLASSIC ACCOUNT OF THE EXPLORATION OF THE HIMALAYAS. 'In 1892 Conway led a large-scale mountaineering expedition to the Karakoram Himalayas with the financial support of scientific societies and his father-in-law, Manton Marble... Conway's large party surveyed the Baltoro glacier and the region around K2, and ascended Pioneer Peak on Baltoro Kangri, which at 6890 metres may have constituted an altitude record at the time' (ODNB).Provenance: Thomas Fisher Unwin (1848-1935, publisher of Conway's book), bookplate; bequeathed 'to the Alpine Club... in memory of pleasant days on the mountains. Feb 6th 1935'. Unwin was himself a keen mountaineer once climbing the Matterhorn, and Conway served as president of the Club from 1902 to 1904; Alpine Club, small withdrawal stamp on verso of titles.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
ANSON (GEORGE)A Voyage Round the World, in the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV, FIRST EDITION, LARGE PAPER COPY, edited by Richard Walter, with p.319 misnumbered 219, 42 engraved plates, maps and plans (most folding), list of subscribers, 'Directions to the bookbinder' at end, one map with tear repaired, one shaved just touching image, occasional toning and light off-setting, contemporary speckled calf, neatly rebacked preserving original gilt-tooled spine with red gilt morocco spine [Hill 1817; Sabin 1626], 4to (285 x 225mm.), John and Paul Knapton, for the Author, 1748Footnotes:'A MASTERPIECE OF DESCRIPTIVE TRAVEL. Anson's voyage appears to have been the most popular book of maritime adventure of the eighteenth century' (Hill). The first official account of Anson's circumnavigation, edited from Anson's 'papers and materials' by Richard Walter, the Expedition's chaplain. 'The book was both a stirring story of adventures at sea and an exhortation to further Pacific enterprise' (Glyn Williams, The Prize of All the Oceans. The Triumphs and Tragedy of Anson's Voyage, 1999). This copy is considerably larger than the standard quarto first edition (see following lot).Provenance: Earl of Breadalbane, bookplate. This is most probably the third Earl, John Campbell (1696-1782); Stowe Library, bookplate.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
ANSON (GEORGE)A Voyage Round the World, in the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV, FIRST EDITION, ordinary paper issue, edited by Richard Walter, with p.319 misnumbered 219, 42 engraved plates, maps and plans (most folding), list of subscribers, 'Directions to the bookbinder' at end, one plate with short tear, one map with small repairs at folds with archival paper, contemporary calf, spine gilt, neatly restored at joints, later gilt morocco lettering label [Hill 1817; Sabin 1626], 4to (253 x 200mm.), John and Paul Knapton, for the Author, 1748Footnotes:Provenance: John Guy, early ownership inscription on leaf B1.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
LOWTH (GEORGE T.)The Wanderer in Arabia; or, Western Footsteps in Eastern Tracks, 2 vol., FIRST EDITION, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed 'To Mr. Wyld with the author's best compliments' on the blank recto of the frontispiece in volume 1, 6 lithographed plates, 22 leaves of advertisements, yellow endpapers, publisher's pictorial cloth gilt (with 'Leighton Son & Hodge' binder's label inside '), light soiling [Blackmer 1035; Weber I, 515], 8vo, Hurst and Blackett, 1855Footnotes:An account of a journey made by Lowth and his wife between 1850 and 1851. Volume 1 is devoted to Egypt, whilst volume 2 describes Sinai, Palestine, Petra and Syria. The 'Mr. Wyld' to whom this copy was presented by the author is presumably the artist or lithographer whose name appears beneath the plates. Surprisingly rare, with only one copy recorded on Rare Book Hub in the past fifteen years.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
BURTON (RICHARD)Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El Medinah and Meccah, 2 vol., second edition, half-titles, 14 plates (5 chromolithographed and 8 tinted lithographed), 4 maps and plans (3 folding), first and last leaves strengthened at inner margin (affecting text at end), later cloth, spines gilt, 8vo, Longman, Brown, 1857--LIVNGSTONE (DAVID) The Life and Explorations of David Livingstone, expanded edition (973pp.), chromolithographed plates, lacks additional title, publisher's pictorial morocco, tooled in gilt and blind, g.e., 4to, John G. Murdoch, [c.1880] (2)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
ANSON (GEORGE)A Voyage Round the World, in the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV, fifth edition, edited by Richard Walter, folding engraved World map frontispiece, 42 engraved plates and maps (mostly folding, with some adhesion abrasions at fold), ALL HAND-COLOURED, untrimmed in modern half calf [Hill 1820, with plates hand-coloured], large 4to (310 x 240mm.), for the Author, by John and Paul Knapton, 1749Footnotes:A LARGE COPY, GENEROUSLY-MARGINED, WITH ALL THE PLATES HAND-COLOURED. This edition includes the chart 'shewing the track of the Centurion round the world' (including California as an island) which was not included in the first edition. The copy of this edition cited by Hill also has hand-coloured plates. Provenance: Donald H. Graham Jr., bookplate.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
DAVIS (EDWIN JOHN)Life in Asiatic Turkey. A Journal of Travel in Cilicia (Pedias and Trachoea), Isauria, and parts of Lycaonia and Cappadocia, FIRST EDITION, half-title, 12 lithographed plates (8 tinted and 4 chromolithographed), 4 maps & plans (one folding), some spotting to first few leaves, ownership inscriptions of A.G. Surtees dated 1894 and 1907, publisher's decorative red cloth gilt, g.e., front hinge split, 8vo, Edward Stanford, 1879This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
ANSON (GEORGE)A Voyage Round the World, in the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV, twelfth edition, edited by Richard Walter, folding engraved World map frontispiece, 42 engraved plates and maps (mostly folding), bookplate of the Weslyan Library (withdrawn), contemporary calf, rebacked in calf retaining original spine label, folio (290 x 210mm.), T. Osborne, and others, 1767--BARROW (JOHN) The Life of George Lord Anson, FIRST EDITION, engraved frontispiece, publisher's cloth, spine faded, 8vo, John Murray, 1839--[MILLECHAMP (LAWRENCE)] A Narrative of Commodore Anson's Voyage into the Great South Sea and Round the World, NUMBER 1 OF 5 COPIES, first complete edition with reproductions of title, dedication and illustrations from the original manuscript, introduction by Colin Paul, panelled calf antique, red morocco spine label, solander box, 8vo, [Shaftesbury, Colin Paul, 1994]; and approximately 30 others relating to George Anson, H.M.S. Wager and related voyages, together with several original engravings, and research notes of Colin Paul (small quantity)Footnotes:Colin Paul's interest in the Anson narratives spanned a period of over fifty years, starting with the his purchase from Maggs in 1961 of Barrow's biography of Anson, and leading eventually to his publishing for the first time Lawrence Millechamp's contemporary account, the present lot including all five copies that were printed. Excerpts from the account had been published in 1967 by Glyndwr Williams, but here Colin Paul publishes the text in its entirety as well as Millechamp's charming watercolours (mostly ornithological) from the manuscript which is held by the National Maritime Museum. Signed copies of classic works by Williams and Rear Admiral C.H. Layman are also included.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
MORRIS (ISAAC)A Narrative of the Dangers and Distresses Which Befel Isaac Morris, and Seven More of the Crew, Belonging to The Wager Store-ship, Which Attended Commodore Anson, in his Voyage to the South Sea... ... with a Description of the Manners and Customs of the Indians... the whole serving as a Supplement to Mr. Bulkeley's Journal, Campbell's Narrative and Ld. Anson's Voyage, FIRST EDITION, very small repair to upper inner corner of title and final leaf, nineteenth century tree calf gilt, rebacked preserving most of original spine with morocco gilt lettering label, t.e.g., modern solander box [Hill 1187; Sabin 50834], 8vo (205 x 130mm.), S. Birt... Sold by A. Tozer, Bookseller, in Exeter, [c.1750]Footnotes:Rare narrative written by Isaac Morris, a midshipman on the Wager, and one of the men abandoned in Patagonia by Bulkeley and Cummins. Here the party 'remained about fifteen months, 'til they were seized by a party of Indians, and carried above a thousand miles into the inland country', with Morris being one of three men who eventually returned to England by way of Buenos Aires and Portugal. Only one copy is recorded on Rare Book Hub as having sold in the past fifty years. Provenance: Dr. Otto Leopold Schmidt (1863-1935), bookplate.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
[YOUNG (JOHN)]An Affecting Narrative of the Unfortunate Voyage and Catastrophe of his Majesty's Ship Wager, one of Commodore Anson's Squadron in the South Sea Expedition, FIRST EDITION, light toning to title, modern half calf [Borba de Moraes p.948; Hill 1926; Sabin 1634], 8vo, John Norwood, 1751Footnotes:'A thrilling narrative of one of the most remarkable voyages ever undertaken (Hill). This rare account is attributed to John Young, the cooper on the H.M.S. Wager, and one of few survivors who eventually returned to via Lisbon, like Bulkeley and Cummins.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
ANSON (GEORGE)Voyage autour du monde fait dans les années MDCCXL, I, III, IV... dans la Mer du Sud, half-title, title printed in red and black with engraved vignette, 34 engraved plates, maps and charts (mostly folding, 2 with short tear repaired), new front free endpaper, old ownership name inked over at foot of final leaf, contemporary cat's paw calf, spine tooled in gilt in compartments, Geneva, Barillot et fils, 1750; Derde durk van het echt verhaal der reistogt rondsom den aardkloot, ondernomen op order des konings van Groot-Britaine in den jare 1740 met een escader van zes oorlogscheepen onder 't bevel van den Commandeur George Anson, 3 parts in 1 vol., engraved portrait frontispiece of Anson, title printed in red and black, 5 folding engraved plates, one folding engraved map, contemporary calf gilt, joints slightly worn, 4to, Delft, Reinier Boitet, 1754, 4to (2)Footnotes:The first edition in French of the official account of Anson's expedition, together with the third Dutch edition, expanded to include for the first time Isaac Morris' account of the shipwreck of the Wager.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
ARMSTRONG (ALEXANDER)A Personal Narrative of the Discovery of the North-West Passage with Numerous Incidents of Travel and Adventure During Nearly five Years' Continuous Service in the Arctic Regions while in Search of the Expedition under Sir John Franklin, FIRST EDITION, tinted lithographed frontispiece, folding route map (torn with some loss), publisher's blue pebble-grained cloth, yellow endpapers with binder's ticket at rear, extremities rubbed, hinges slightly weak [Hill 34; Sabin 2017], 8vo, Hurst & Blackett, 1857Footnotes:First hand account of Robert McClure's voyage in search of Franklin, by the surgeon and naturalist aboard the HMS Investigator. The ship was trapped in ice and abandoned in 1853, until the wreck was discovered by scientists in 2010.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
FRANKLIN AND NORTH-WEST PASSAGECOLLINSON (RICHARD) Journal of H.M.S. Enterprise, on the Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin's Ships by Behring Strait. 1850-55, FIRST EDITION, edited by T.R. Collinson, colour lithographed frontispiece, 6 folding maps, photogravure portrait, light spotting, early blue calf gilt, the sides with 3-line fillet border enclosing an image of two entwined flags ('Enterprise for Franklin'), t.e.g., rebacked preserving original spine with red gilt morocco lettering labels, Sampson, Low, 1889--M'CLURE (RICHARD) The Discovery of the North-West Passage by H.M.S. 'Investigator'... 1850, 1851, 1853, 1854, second edition, edited by Captain Sherard Osborn, half-title, engraved frontispiece, 4 lithographed plates, map supplied in facsimile), publisher's cloth, joints repaired, new endpapers, Longman, Brown, 1857, 8vo (2)Footnotes:Account of the Franklin Search expedition undertaken in 1849, led by Sir Richard Collinson in the H.M.S. Enterprise. 'Of the many who had searched for Franklin, Collinson came closest to the place where the expedition had ended. Collinson's addition to geographical knowledge on this Arctic trip was very considerable, and would have been tantamount to the discovery of the north-west passage, had this not been already actually achieved by the men of the Investigator' (ODNB), the second ship on the expedition, captained by Robert Maclure.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
FRANKLIN EXPEDITIONMAY (WALTER A.)A Series of Fourteen Sketches Made During the Voyage Up Wellington Channel in Search of Sir John Franklin, K.C.H., and the Missing Crews of H.M. Discovery-Ships Erebus and Terror, FIRST EDITION, printed title and 13 tinted lithographed views (of 14, lacking number 6) on 12 sheets, spotting (sometimes heavy), lacks text, loose in publisher's printed wrappers, cloth spine [Abbey Travel 646; Sabin 47083], folio (380 x 285mm.), Day and Son, 1 May 1855This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
M'CLINTOCK (FRANCIS)The Voyage of the 'Fox' in the Arctic Seas. A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and His Companions, FIRST EDITION, wood-engraved plates, 3 folding maps on 2 sheets (one in pocket at end), folding facsimile, publisher's blue cloth with gilt ship on upper cover, John Murray, 1859--PEARY (ROBERT E.) The North Pole, FIRST EDITION, plates, publisher's cloth with gilt medallion portrait on upper cover, Hodder & Stoughton, 1910--NANSEN (FRIDTJOF) 'Farthest North', 2 vol., folding map, plates and illustrations, publisher's pictorial cloth, George Newnes, 1898--DU CHAILLU (PAUL) The Land of the Midnight Sun, new edition, folding frontispiece, illustrations, publisher's pictorial cloth, George Newnes, 1899, 8vo; and 36 others on Arctic exploration (41)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
BULKELEY (JOHN) AND JOHN CUMMINSA Voyage to the South Seas, in the Years 1740-1. Containing a Faithful Narrative of the Loss of His Majesty's Ship the Wager on a Desolate Island... with Many Things Not Published in the First Edition, second edition 'with additions', title frayed at edges, some browning and spotting throughout, contemporary calf, rebacked in calf with red morocco spine label [Borba de Moraes I, 133, 'rare, and...more complete'; Evans 7859; Hill 211; Sabin 9109), 8vo, Philadelphia, Reprinted by James Chattin, for the Author, 1757Footnotes:FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, with a dedication to William Denny, lieutenant governor of the Province of Pennsylvania, where Bulkeley had emigrated after 1743. This edition is expanded with new materials, including the narrative of Isaac Morris, and a list of over 1200 subscribers in the colonies.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
CHERRY-GARRARD (APSLEY)The Worst Journey in the World. Antarctic 1910-1913, 2 vol., FIRST EDITION, half-titles, 48 plates (6 colour, 10 folding panoramas), 5 maps (4 folding), occasional spotting in margins and to fore-edges, untrimmed in publisher's cloth-backed blue-grey boards, paper spine labels (browned and slightly chipped at corners), [Spence 277; Taurus 84], 8vo, Constable & Co., 1922Footnotes:First edition of Cherry-Garrard's classic account of the Winter Journey as part of the Terra Nova expedition.Provenance: 'From Margery, August 17th 1924', inscription on front free endpapers.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
MURRAY (JAMES) AND GEORGE MARSTONAntarctic Days. Sketches of the Homely Side of Polar Life by Two of Shackleton's Men... Introduced by Sir Ernest Shackleton, NUMBER 3 OF 280 DE LUXE COPIES, SIGNED BY MURRAY, MARSTON AND SHACKLETON on the half-title, 4 mounted colour plates after watercolours by C. Day (with captioned tissue guards), 33 full-page plates (some photographic), illustrations, occasional light spotting, publisher's cloth, plate mounted on upper cover (as issued), t.e.g., slightly rubbed [Spence 830; Taurus 61], 4to, Andrew Melrose, 1913Footnotes:LIMITED DE LUXE EDITION of an important account of the Shackleton's Nimrod expedition. 'For the first time an unofficial, and therefore more human document, is presented to the public ... I would advise anyone who wants to get to the kernel of the life of a Polar explorer to read the book' (Shackleton, Introduction).Provenance: Ethel Edith Mannin (1900-1984), travel writer and author, inscribed 'Christmas 1922. To my father with love from Ethel' on the front free endpaper; by descent to the current owner.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
BYRON (JOHN)The Narrative of the Honourable John Byron (Commodore in a Late Expedition Round the World) Containing an Account of the Great Distresses Suffered by Himself and His Companions on the Coast of Patagonia, from the Year 1740, till their Arrival in England, 1746... Written by Himself... also with a Description of the Loss of the Wager Man of War, FIRST EDITION, half-title, engraved frontispiece, contemporary calf, green gilt morocco spine label [Hill 232; Sabin 9730], 8vo, S. Baker and G. Leigh, 1768Footnotes:First edition of John Byron's enormously successful narrative of the wreck of the Wager, on which he served as midshipman. His account supplied his grandson, the poet Lord Byron, 'with many particulars for the shipwreck in Canto II of Don Juan' (Hill).Provenance: Johnathan Pytts, armorial bookplate.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
SHACKLETON (ERNEST HENRY)The Heart of the Antarctic. Being the Story of the British Antarctic Expedition 1907-1909, 2 vol., first American edition, half-titles, frontispieces, 12 colour plates after Marston, numerous photographic plates, 3 folding maps and one panorama in pocket at end of volume 2, illustrations in the text, publisher's silver-stamped blue pictorial cloth gilt, t.e.g., new endpapers [Conrad, p.148; Rosove 305.C1a; Spence 1098], 8vo, Philadelphia, J.P. Lippincott, 1909This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
SHACKLETON (ERNEST HENRY)South. The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition 1914-1917, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with errata slip, colour frontispiece, plates (mostly photographic by Frank Hurley), large folding map (short tear at inner margin), text slightly browned as usual, publisher's blue pictorial cloth gilt, silver lettering and upper cover image of 'Endurance', spine ends and corners slightly bumped, slight damp mark to upper cover [Spence, p.49; Taurus Collection 105], 8vo, William Heinemann, 1919This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
SCOTT (ROBERT FALCON)The Voyage of the 'Discovery', 2 vol., FIRST EDITION, with an AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED by the publisher Reginald Smith (31 October 1905, headed 'I have given Captain Scott your note'), photogravure frontispieces, numerous maps and plates including 12 in colour after Edward Wilson, folding map in pocket at the end of each volume, publisher's slip tipped into volume 1, occasional light soiling, publisher's blue cloth with gilt medallions on sides, gilt lettered spines, t.e.g., [Conrad, p.121; Rosove 286; Spence 1051; Taurus 41], 8vo, Smith Elder & Co., 1905Footnotes:First edition of Scott's narrative, with a loosely inserted letter written in the month of publication by the book's publisher Reginald Smith to the political journalist and Polar devotee Henry William Lucy: 'Dear Mr. Lucy/ I am very glad to see that you like the Antarctic book so much. You have said, in 'Punch' and in 'Vanity Fair', in print and much more forcibly, what I have been telling Captain Scott for the last twelve months while he was writing his book. Now he is inclined to believe me!/ Yours faithfully/ Reginald Smith'. Henry Lucy had reviewed Scott's book in Punch six days earlier, ending 'Written in the simple literary form in which brave men naturally narrate their doings, no more glowing narrative of adventure is to be met with in the English language'. Lucy was also a friend of Shackleton and a major fund-raiser for his Polar ventures, in recognition of which the explorer named a mountain after him in Antarctica.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
BYRON (JOHN)The Narrative of the Honourable John Byron (Commodore in a Late Expedition Round the World) Containing an Account of the Great Distresses Suffered by Himself and His Companions on the Coast of Patagonia, from the Year 1740, till their Arrival in England, 1746... Written by Himself... Also with a Description of the Loss of the Wager Man of War, FIRST EDITION, half-title, engraved frontispiece, neatly rebacked preserving original spine and red gilt morocco label [Hill 232; Sabin 9730], S. Baker and G. Leigh, 1768; idem, first Dublin edition, joints worn, loss to spine label, Dublin, W. and W. Smith, 1768; idem, another edition, half-title, contemporary calf, sides with liquid gilt decorative border enclosing painted urn within an oval, rebacked preserving most of original spine, S. Baker and G. Leich, 1780, contemporary calf, some rubbing, 8vo and 12mo; and 2 other editions published by Baker and Leich, 1782 and 1785 (5)Footnotes:Provenance: First work, John Lord Sheffield, Sheffield Place, Sussex, armorial bookplate: Frank S. Streeter, bookplate.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
COOK (JAMES)KIPPIS (ANDREW) The Life of Captain James Cook, FIRST EDITION, half-title, engraved frontispiece portrait of Cook, contemporary calf, rebacked in style with elaborately gilt-tooled spine [Beddie 32; Hill 935; Lada-Mocarski 40; Sabin 37954], 4to (290 x 255mm.), G. Nicol, and G.G.J. and J. Robinson, 1788Footnotes:The first major biography of Cook, 'intended to give a well-balanced account of his life from birth to death... the three voyages are dealt with in great narrative depth' (Hill), the author including most of David Samwell's eye-witness account of Cook's death.Provenance: ?J.H. Hutton, early ownership inscription on title and front endpaper.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
BULKELEY (JOHN) AND JOHN CUMMINSA Voyage to the South-Seas, in the Years 1740-1, FIRST EDITION, modern half calf [Borba de Moraes I, 133; Hill 210; Sabin 9108], 8vo, Jacob Robinson, 1743Footnotes:'This is one of the principal accounts of the Wager [one of Anson's fleet], which was wrecked off the southern coast of Chile after rounding Cape Horn... After the wreck gunner John Bulkeley and carpenter John Cummins conducted the mutinous part of the crew until they arrived safely in Rio de Janeiro. Much of the adventure and interest of the account is in the description of their travails passing through the Strait of Magellan in a longboat' (Hill). This copy, with the author's name given on the title-page, is the first of two issues printed in 1743.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
[PHILIPS (JOHN, ATTRIBUTED TO)]An Authentic Journal of the Expedition Under the Command of Commodore Anson, FIRST EDITION, title browned at edges, contemporary calf, rebacked preserving original spine [ESTC T144304; Hill 1344; Sabin 62458], 8vo, J. Robinson, 1744Footnotes:THE FIRST ACCOUNT OF ANSON'S CIRCUMNAVIGATION, 'EXTREMELY RARE AND UNAUTHORIZED' (Hill), appearing four years before the appearance of Richard Walter's official narrative. According to the title-page, John Philips was 'Midshipman of the Centurion', but doubts have been raised about his existence and it may have been thought necessary to use a pseudonym as the narrative appeared in advance of the official account 'and included information that was not considered ready for publication'.Provenance: Sir Robert Throckmorton (1702-1791), armorial bookplate; William Boultbee Whall (1847–1917), Master mariner, bookplate.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
[ANSON (GEORGE)]An Authentic Account of Commodore Anson's Expedition: Containing All That Was Remarkable, Curious and Entertaining, During that Long and Dangerous Voyage... Taken from a Private Journal, FIRST EDITION, title strengthened at inner margin with repair to old tear (just touching one letter), modern calf [ESTC T100273; Hill 39; Sabin 1631], 8vo, M. Cooper, 1744Footnotes:A rare anonymous account, published four years before the official narrative, in the same year as the one previously attributed to Philips (see above).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
OFFICER OF THE FLEETA Voyage to the South-Seas, and to Many Other Parts of the World, Performed from the Month of September in the Year 1740, to June 1744... by An Officer of the Fleet, 2 parts in 1 vol., the second title printed in red and black, wood-engraved frontispiece (partly hand-coloured in blue and green wash), 2 woodcut scenes on one plate (repaired with small losses), 4pp. of publisher's advertisements with woodcut ornament at end of the first part, lacks 6 leaves of text and ?half-titles, extensively annotated throughout, mostly in red ink in margins, several leaves of nineteenth century manuscript facsimile and 6 original pen and ink illustrations loosely inserted, several ownership inscriptions including Henry Strickland (1753), and Robert and Montagu Bancroft (1848 and 1858), modern calf [Hill 1785], A. Merryman, 1744; idem, another edition, comprising the first part (of 2, bound from original 33 parts), woodcut portrait plate of Anson (bound between pp.104/5), passage on pp.40-41 struck through, ends on p.263, inscribed 'To Mr. Morley on title' and 'Morley' on final leaf, bookplate of George Craster, contemporary calf, rebacked [Hill 1786], ; idem, another edition, J. Plumb, 1744--[OFFICER OF THE SQUADRON] A Voyage to the South Seas, and to Many Other Parts of the World... by Commodore Anson, second edition, engraved portrait (cut to size and laid down), 4 folding engraved plates, without half-title, ownership inscription of Henry Skillicorne (1745), bookplate of William Nash Skillicorne, contemporary sheep, rebacked [cf.Hill 1787, first edition of 1744], R. Walker, 1745, 8vo; and 2 others, sold not subject to return (5)Footnotes:Three anonymous unauthorised accounts of the Anson voyage, all of which appeared prior to the official account edited by Richard Walker.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
DORN (FRANK)A Map and History of Peiping. With Explanatory Booklet, FIRST EDITION, large folding colour lithographed map of Peking (865 x 755mm.), light overall toning, several short tears at folds, with 22pp. of text, the map loose as issued in pocket inside lower cover publisher's printed cloth-backed paper wrappers, original printed slipcase (torn with small loss at edges) [Pegg, Cartographic Traditions in East Asian Maps, pp.54-55], small 4to, Tientsin-Peiping, Peiyang Press, 1936Footnotes:THE FIRST EDITION OF A HIGHLY DECORATIVE MAP OF BEIJING, depicting the principal sites and occupations of the inhabitants of the city, within a pictographic border showing Chinese history, the whole enlivened with amusing vignettes of the everyday life and sights of the city.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
THOMAS (PASCOE)A True and Impartial Journal of a Voyage to the South-Seas, and Round the Globe, in His Majesty's Ship the Centurion, FIRST EDITION, list of subscribers, small blank piece torn away from fore-edge of title, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked in calf with red morocco spine label [Hill 1693; Sabin 95437], 8vo, S. Birt, 1745Footnotes:Pascoe Thomas, styled 'Teacher of Mathematicks on board the Centurion' on the title, kept a full daily journal of the incidents of the four-year navigation, His narrative, which includes an account of the treasure captured from the Nuestra Signora del Buono Carmelia, appeared three years prior to the official account.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
CAMPBELL (ALEXANDER)The Sequel to Bulkeley and Cummins' Voyage to the South-Seas: or, the Adventures of Capt. Cheap, the Hon. Mr. Byron, Lieut. Hamilton, Alexander Campbell, and Others, Late of his Majesty's Ship the Wager, Which Was Wrecked on a Desolate Island... in the South-Seas, Anno 1741, FIRST EDITION, contemporary marbled boards, rebacked in morocco with gilt morocco lettering label, preserved in cloth solander box [Hill 243; Sabin 10205], 8vo, Printed for the Author, and Sold by W. Owen, 1747Footnotes:A counterblast to the narrative published by the mutineers Bulkeley and Cummins in 1743. Campbell was one the fourteen men who chose to remain with Captain David Cheap after the wreck of the H.M.S. Wager. The party made their way along the coast of Chile aided by the local indigenous population, until captured by Spanish authorities, and eventually returning to England in 1746. 'This work was recalled soon after it was published and suppressed, so that few copies are to be found' (Hill).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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