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Click here to subscribeBRADFORD (Wm.) Sketches of the Country, Character and Costume in Portugal and Spain, made during the campaign, and on the route of the British Army, in 1808 and 1809 . . . First Edition. 40 hand-coloured aquatint plates; bound with the supplementary part, Sketches of the Military Costume in Spain and Portugal. 13 hand-coloured aquatint plates; recent quarter calf & marbled boards, gilt spine, folio. 1809-10. Illustrated
MERCATI (M.) De Gli Oberlischi di Roma . . . First Edition. title vignette, head & tailpiece decorations; old calf with panelled spine. Rome: appresso Domenico Basa, 1589. * a work which helped to promote early Egyptological studies; not in Adams. * Property from the estates of the late Adrian Stanford and Norman St John-Stevas, Baron St. John of Fawsley
SHERRING (C.A.) Western Tibet and the British Borderland: the sacred country of hindus and buddhists . . . First Edition. photogravure frontis., a sketch & 2 folded & coloured maps, many photo. & other illus. (some full-page); gilt-pictorial cloth. 1906. * 'with a chapter by T.G. Longstaff . . . describing an attempt to climb Gurla Mandhata' - title page ; several relevant press cuttings (of a later date) have been tipped-in.
GORDON (A.) The History of Peter the Great, Emperor of Russia. To which is prefixed, a short General History of the Country . . . and an account of the author's life. First Edition, 2 vols. 3 portraits & a folded map, advert. leaf; old calf. Aberdeen, 1755. * old book labels of Westdean Library.
BROWN (J.M.) "In the Days When We Went Hog-Hunting". First Edition. 12 lithographed plates, (by J.C. Dollman); gilt-pictorial cloth, oblong 4to. John Haddon & Co., 1891. * from the Indian hill stations - 'as long as the British Empire lasts, may stout British arms be found to weld the spear, the queen of weapons, against the boar, the monarch of the chase!'- introduction; the author was 'late 79th Cameron Highlanders'; Czech noted the illustrations as 'excellent'. Illustrated
BRUCE (J.) Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile . . . First Edition, 5 vols. medallion/decorative title vignettes, 3 folded maps, 4 plans, 43 natural history plates & 10 others, 4ff. Ethiopic text, half titles; contemp. gilt-bordered tree calf, sometime rebacked, 4to. marbled e/ps., 4to. 1790. * vol. v is is devoted to natural history.
WHYMPER (E.) Scrambles amongst the Alps in the Years 1860-69. 2nd edition. 20 (ex 21) plates, coloured & folded diagramatic plate, 4 folded maps & a coloured map, num. text illus.; near contemp. leather-backed cloth. 1871. * lacks plate of the Grandes Jorasses; published same year as first edition.
TULLY (R) Narrative of a Ten Years' Residence at Tripoli in Africa: from the original correspondence . . . comprising authentic memoirs & anecdotes of the reigning bashaw . . . also, an account of the domestic manners of the Moors, Arabs, and Turks. 2nd edition. folded map & 7 hand-coloured aquatint plates; old half calf & marbled boards, 4to. 1817. * Sotheron armorial bookplate; published with 2 more plates than the first (1816) edition.
SHACKLETON (E.H.) The Heart of the Antarctic being the story of the British Antarctic Expedition 1907-1909 . . . First Edition, 2 vols., complete with the photogravure frontispieces, 12 coloured plates (with captioned guards), 3 folded maps, many photo. plates (4 d-page), text illus. & the folded pocket panorama, errata slip in 2nd vol.; silver gilt-pictorial cloth, gilt tops, roy. 8vo. 1909. * with the Hampton Lodge (Hurstpierpoint) pictorial bookplate.
CHANDLER (R.) Spanish Blood. First Edition. d/wrapper. Cleveland: World Publishing Co., 1946. * short stories - originally appearing in 'Black Mask' & other magazines of the thirties; sold with some assorted later novels (mostly thrillers), incl. Le Carre's 'A Looking-Glass War' (1st edition, 1965).
LAWRENCE (T.E.) Oriental Assembly; edited by A.W. Lawrence. First Edition. 76 photo. plates & a few text illus.; gilt-buckram in d/wrapper. 1939. * uncollected writings; the author's many photos. 'form an almost indispensable supplement to ('Seven Pillars of Wisdom')', also present is its suppressed introductory chapter; LAWRENCE (T.E.) Seven Pillars of Wisdom: a triumph. First (Trade) Edition. 4 folded & coloured maps, 48 plates & text illus.; gilt-buckram, roy. 8vo. 1935.
LIVINGSTONE (D. & C.) Narrative of an Expedition to the Zambesi and its Tributaries; and of the discovery of the Lakes Shirwa and Nyassa. 1858-1864. First Edition. folded frontis., 12 wood-engraved plates, text illus., (lacks the folded map); rebound cloth, gilt-lettered on spine, original gilt-pictorial upper cover laid-down. 1865.
FRANKLIN (Sir J.) Narrative of a Second Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the Years 1825,1826, and 1827 . . . including an account of the programme of a detachment to the eastward, by John Richardson. First Edition. 31 plates & 6 folded maps (part-coloured, one v. large), text illus., errata leaf; later 19th cent. gilt-ruled morocco, gilt-ruled & panelled spine, marbled e/ps.
SCHEFFER (J.) The History of Lapland: wherein are shewed the original, manners, habits . . . of that people. First English Edition. pictorial engraved & printed titles, a map & 26 text engravings; contemp. calf (sometime rebacked with panelled spine), sm. folio. Oxford: at the Theater, 1674. * apparently with the first depiction of skiing in an English book. Illustrated
RICE (W.) Tiger-Shooting in India; being an account of hunting experiences on foot in Rajpootana . . . First Edition. 12 tinted lithographed plates, 16pp. publisher's cataloge; blind & gilt-decorated red cloth, pictorial gilt upper cover. 1857. * Czech noted the plates as 'especially striking'. Illustrated
HOSKINS (G.A.) Visit to the Great Oasis of the Libyan Desert; with an account . . . of the Oasis of Amun and the other oases now under the dominion of the Pasha of Egypt. First Edition. folded map & 20 lithographed plates (3 folded); blind-decorated & gilt lettered cloth. 1834. * includes 16pp. publisher's catalogue (July 1834).
PHILBY (H. St. J.) The Empty Quarter: being a description of the Great South Desert of Arabia known as Rub' al Khali. First Edition. 33 photo. plates, coloured folded plan & 2 coloured folded maps; gilt cloth. 1933; PHILBY (H. St. J.) Sheba's Daughters: being a record of travel in Southern Arabia . . . First Edition. 47 photo. plates (1 d-page), large folded & coloured map, text illus.; gilt cloth, roy. 8vo. 1939.
STANLEY (H.M.) How I Found Livingstone; Travels, Adventures, and Discoveries in Central Africa . . . First Edition. 4 maps (3 coloured & folded), folded plan, 28 engraved plates, & mounted photo. frontis. & text illus.; gilt & blind-pictorial cloth, thick 8vo. 1872. * includes half title & publisher's 8pp. catalogue (Oct. 1872).
LONG (Col. C.C.) Central Africa: naked truths of naked people. An Account of Expeditions to the Lake Victoria Nyanza and the Makraka Niam-Niam, west of the Bahr-El-Abiad (White Nile). First Edition. mounted photo. frontis., folded & coloured map, 8 engraved plates & some text illus.; gilt & black pictorial cloth. 1876. * publisher's 24pp. catalogue (Apr. 1876) at end.
SALT (H.) A Voyage to Abyssinia, and Travels into the Interior of that Country . . . an Account of the Portugese Settlements on the East Coast of Africa . . . a Concise Narrative of Late Events in Arabia Felix . . . First Edition. large folded & coloured map, 26 engraved plates, 7 charts (mostly folded, 2 large), a plan & some text illus., half title; rebound blind-ruled calf, gilt & blind-ruled panelled spine with green label, roy. 4to. 1814. Illustrated
STANLEY (H.M.) Through the Dark Continent or, the Sources of the Nile around the Great Lakes of Equatorial Africa . . . First U.S. Edition, 2 vols. portrait frontispieces; 10 maps (2 folded in pockets, some with colour), 32 plates & some text illus.; contemp. half calf & marbled boards, gilt-panelled spines. New York, 1878. * booklabels of William Lewis Gerstle.
DUCHESNE-FOURNET (J.) Mission in Ethiopie (1901-1903). First Edition, 2 vols. 28 photogravure & 10 facsimile plates, 12 tables (4 d-page), a hand-coloured plate coleoptera, 3 coloured & folded maps, portrait frontis. & a num. text illus.; contemp. half morocco & cloth, 4to. Paris, 1909. * various contributions include - 'Manuscrits Abyssins' (by J. Blanchart).1882 & 1883
FRANKLIN (Sir J.) Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the Years 1819, 20, 21, and 22. With an appendix relating to various subjects relating to science and natural history. First Edition. 30 plates (several are hand-coloured) & 4 folded maps (1 large); contemp. diced calf, text illus.; rebacked with gilt-decorated spine & red label, 1823. * Note - lower quarter of leaf 3 02 excised, pp. 467/468, thus lacks 12 lines of text in total; armorial bookplate -'Wm. Baldwin', & his signature ('Stede Hill 1824') at head of title; a portrait frontis. of the author has been added from elsewhere.
Harry Clarke RHA (1889-1931) FAUST BY GOETHE illustrated book George G. Harrap, London, 1925. Quarter Vellum. 4to. 255pp. Harry Clarke (illustrator). First of this edition. One quarter vellum gilt over grey paper boards. 1000 copies for UK and 1000 copies for USA only, this being the UK edition. Number 892 signed by Harry Clarke. 21 full page illustrations (8 in colour). Decorated endpapers. In dust jacket and celluloid wrapper.
METALLICA - An explosive selection of 8 x LPs/12"... Titles are 'One' (collector edition gatefold sleeve METG 512), Creeping Death (P12 KUT 112 1st pressing picture disc with no barcode), Kill 'Em All (MFN 7 P, again a first pressing with no barcode), S/T (1991 510 022-1 with printed inners, a very clean Ex copy), ...And Justice For All (VERH 61 original pressing), Master Of Puppets (838 141-1 with printed inner) and Ride The Lightning (both the original UK MFN 27 and the highly limited edition direct metal mastered issue - MFN 27 DM). Condition is generally Ex to Ex+.
A first edition 'Tickners Light Horse' illustrated by John Tickner, dust cover, published 1956 Putman, London; 'Renni the Rescuer' by Felix Salten (author of Bambi) dust cover - Commodore Press 1944 (1st edition) together with fourteen other first editions mostly 1940s, many with dust covers, various authors (16)
Three first edition Malcolm Saville children's books 'The Riddle of the Painted Box' Noel Cammington, dust cover 1947, 'Trouble at Townsend' dust cover 1945 (war economy standard) Transatlantic Arts 'The Secret of Grey Walls' no dust cover 1947 George Newnes and two other, no dust covers (5)
A quantity of books of literary subjects to inc Franz Kafka, America, first English edition, pub Routledge & Sons; Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland, pub. Macmillan & Co 1875; further titles including Ben Hur, Heidi, She, Dracula etc (7).Note: all proceeds from the sale of this Lot will go to Oxfam
Hutchinson, Horace G-" 'Bert Edward The Golf Caddie" 1st ed1903 published John Murray, London in the original buff and gilt decorative cloth boards and spine with flap over end covers, both front and rear end boards and end plates discoloured otherwise internally clean and tight hence overall (F/G) - scarce first edition
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