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Click here to subscribeWisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1887. 24th edition. Original paper wrappers. Replacement spine paper. Some repairs to borders of wrappers, small repairs to first five pages at corners and odd advertising pages at rear, some age toning to wrappers, odd facsimile advert at rear otherwise in good condition
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1903. 40th edition. Bound in beige leather boards, lacking original wrappers, with title and date in gilt to spine. Trimming by bookbinder close to text edge on certain pages, tear to page 257/258 without loss, photographic plate detached, minor wear to boards, lacking first and last advertising pages otherwise in good condition
[Books] - A Collection of Thirty D-Day and Normandy Campaign Related Publications, including; Koskimaki, G.E. D-Day with the Screaming Eagles, first edition 1970; Bowden, R. Fighting with the Screaming Eagles, 2001; Crookenden, N. Dropzone Normandy, 1976; How, Major J.J.MC. Normandy: The British Breakout, 1981 etc.
Ephemera – A Handbook on Hanging by Charles Duff^ The Cayme Press Ltd^ first edition 1928. Tan coloured boards with a hanging device pattern to front and back^ spine defective – clearly a ‘working volume’. Two ownership signatures to inside cover^ one dated September 1st 1940 – hangmen ? – and evidence in ms notation at the back that this may have been used for a real hangings. An intriguing volume in its own right. The notation at the back is to the table entitled ‘A ready reckoner for hangmen’ which indicates the length of rope which was to be used for various weights of condemned prisoner – with indications here in ms of 11 different weights^ and with further mathematical workings. This is a scarce and sought after volume in its own right^ but with the further indications that this may have belonged to a real hangman^ it becomes all the more intriguing.
India - Punjab – A rare copy of the UMDAT – UT – TAWARIKHI^ Daftar III^ Parts (I-V) by Lala Sohan Lal Suri^ Chronicles of the Reign of Maharaja Ranjit Singh 1831-1839 AD translated from Persian into English with corresponding Christian dates and explanatory and elucidatory notes by V.S.Suri. Foreword by Sita Ram Kohli. Frontis of Maharaja Ranjit Singh. xxxiv^ 721 + errata^ numerous full page illustration. Original blue cloth binding^ with original dust jacket. A valuable intimate account of the daily events at the Sikh Durbar. Rare. First Edition.
India – Punjab A first edition of The Real Ranjit Singh by Fakir Syed Waheed-ud-din^ 217p^ 1965. One of 2000 copies of the First Edition. Hard Cover in dust jacket including index the dust jacket is edge worn. Waheed-ud-Din was a descendant of the Muslim minster and confidante of the Sikh ruler of Lahore^ Ranjit Singh. His account is one of the most intimate and accurate account of Ranjit Singh ever published.
India – Punjab – Prince Frederick Duleep Singh A rare 2 volume first edition set of PORTRAITS IN NORFOLK HOUSES by Prince Frederick Duleep Singh^ Jarrold & Sons^ Norwich. With numerous full size plates. Limited to 500 copies of which this is number 43. Nd [1927]. A concise study of the portraits in Norfolk by Prince Frederick Duleep Singh [son of Maharajah Duleep Singh of Elveden Hall)^ edited by Rev. Edmund Farrer. Vol 1: frontis of Prince F. Duleep Singh in uniform of Suffolk Yeomanry^ with preface by his sister Princess Bamba Sutherland^ xix^ 436. Vol 2: frontis of Prince F. Duleep Singh taken in 1912^ xv^ 443. Bound in original dark red cloth with gilt titles and gilt armorial to both volumes front boards of the Duleep Singh coat of arms. Early ownership inscription to both front inner boards in ink. Scarce.
Ephemera – Emigration to the New World The Settler’s New Home^ or The Emigrant’s Location^ being a guide to emigrants in the selection of a settlement and the preliminary details of the voyage. By Sidney Smith^ London^ John Kendrick 1849. Sm 8vo^ 106pp^ original paper covers^ a little dusty^ first few pages loose^ but appears complete. Ownership signature to front cover. This appears to have been a ‘used’ volume. Rare. This is the original first edition of this work – which was re-titled the following year as ‘The Settler’s New Home^ or Whether to Go and Whither ?’ A fascinating insight into emigration to the USA and Canada at a time when the potato famine in Ireland and deprivations in the UK generally were forcing people to seek a better life on the other side of the Atlantic. The book provides a practical guide to emigrants: choice of ship^ where to go^ local climates etc etc.
A collection of early & first edition military books to include `from sedan to saarbruck` henry knollys. `the seven weeks war` hozier. the franco prussian war and its hidden causes` ollivier. `the russians in bulgaria & remuelia` moltke. `campaign in germany 1866`. `with turks in thrace` e.ashmead - bartlet. `history of the turko russian war` (7) View on staceyauction.com
A collection of early & first edition books on `the history of the indian mutiny` forrest 3 volumes. `reminiscence of the great mutiny 1857 - 59` forbes mitchell. `the indian mutiny in perspective` macmunn. `an unrecorded chapter of the mutiny` wilberforce.`vignettes from indian wars` sampson low. `history od the indian mutiny` t.rice holmes. View on staceyauction.com
A collection of various early and first edition military books to comprise of `the tale of the great mutiny` w.h.fitchett. `stonewall jackson` col. henderson. `my campaign in mesopotama` major general sir charles v.f. townshend. `filibusters & buccaneers` sternbeck. `the dardanelles campaign` h w nevinson. `fall of metz ` robinson. (6) View on staceyauction.com
A collection of early & first edition reference books to include `tales of the wars to which is prefixed a memoir of the duke of wellington with an authentic portrait` pub. william mark clark. `armies of the 19th century, the americas, the paraguayan war` terry d. hooker. `history of the war between france & germany` cassell 2 volumes, early editions. `the life and times of wellington` by lieut. col. williams, 4 volumes in 2 editions. `englands battles, the history of the war with russia` volumes 3 & 4. (8) View on staceyauction.com
A large collection of early & first edition books to contain `tippoo sultaun` colonel meadows taylor. `final french struggles in india` malleson. `maxwell`s victories of the british armies`. `what i saw of the war` speichern gorze gravelotte. `life of wallenstein` j mitchell. `history of the indian wars` foster. `james`s naval history` vol 6. `with haig on the somme` herbert strang. `the war of 1870-71` by m.a. (9) View on staceyauction.com
Rare Asshetons Historical Map of Palestine or the Holy Land: Published by Samuel Leigh Strand London, engraved by Sidney Hall Bury St Bloomsbury. Size: 39.4 x 27.0 inches. / 100.0 x 68.7 cm coloured. The original English edition "A Historical Map of Palestine, or the Holy Land", appeared first in 1820. Come with original slip in case and 1825 Geographical Index
Humorous Sketches or the World we live in: By R W Lodwick Bombay: Educational Society`s press 1856 First Edition Quarto 11" x 9" original ribbed cloth with caricature paper label to front board 40 pages of stone lithographed caricatures of Indian and Anglo-Indian life drawn by Lodwick A near fine example of this rare book in it`s original state
THREE MISCELLANEOUS LIMITED EDITION COLLECTORS PLATES SIX DAVENPORT POTTERY COMPANY LTD, THE MILK MAID, THE KNIFE GRINDER, THE STRAWBERRY SELLER, THE BOOK SELLER, THE NEWSPAPER SELLER AND THE FLOWER SELLER, SIX ROYAL DOULTON PLATES INCLUDING THE BAKERS SHOP, THE FLOWER SHOP, PHARMACY, TOY SHOP, BOOK SHOP AND GENERAL STORE AND FOUR DAVENPORT POTTERY COMPANY PLATES INCLUDING DUSK OVER LONDON, SWEET LAVENDER BLUE, FIRST NEWS OF THE DAY AND AFTERNOON PARADE.
Enid Blyton - Five Go Off in a Caravan. 1946 First Edition, first impression. Bookplate, foxing to compressed edges, dustjacket not clipped but small closed tears; Five On A Treasure Island. 1948 fifth impression. Yellow cloth, inscribed to F. & P., in Very Good dustjacket; Five Run Away Together. 1948 second impression, maroon morocco style boards, inscribed, in Very Good dustjacket. All published by Hodder And Stoughton; together with four others unrelated. (7)
Andersson (Charles John) Lake Ngami; or Explorations and Discoveries During Four Years` Wanderings in the Wilds of South Western Africa first edition tinted lithographed frontispiece and 15 plates folding map wood-engraved illustrations occasional spotting contemporary calf spine richly gilt and with red leather label upper joint splitting [Czech p.5 note] a good copy 8vo 1856. *** `The London edition is much more difficult to locate than the American edition` (Czech).
Baines (Thomas) Explorations in South-West Africa first edition half-title chromolithographed frontispiece 8 wood-engraved plates 3 folding maps hand-coloured in outline errata occasional spotting original cloth rebacked preserving majority of original backstrip loss to spine ends only corners repaired 8vo 1864.
(Sir Samuel W. Baker) Ismailïa. A Narrative of the Expedition to Central Africa for the Suppression of the Slave Trade first edition portrait frontispieces 2 maps 1 folding 50 wood-engraved plates preliminaries water-stained repairs to folding map. some staining and finger-soiling original pictorial cloth gilt repaired corners worn rubbed 1874; and 2 others by the same 8vo (4) (Sir Samuel W. Baker) Ismailïa. A Narrative of the Expedition to Central Africa for the Suppression of the Slave Trade first edition portrait frontispieces 2 maps 1 folding 50 wood-engraved plates preliminaries water-stained repairs to folding map. some staining and finger-soiling original pictorial cloth gilt repaired corners worn rubbed 1874; and 2 others by the same 8vo (4)
Bowker (John Mitford) Speeches Letters and Selections from Important Papers first edition insect damage to upper margins of last few ff. original printed wrappers insect damage to top of lower panel rubbed Grahamstown 1864 § Stow (George W.) The Native Races of South Africa first edition folding map chromolithographed plates original pictorial cloth gilt repaired 1905 § Fairbridge (Dorothea) Lady Anne Barnard at the Cape of Good Hope 1797-1802 colour portrait frontispiece plates original cloth spine faded Oxford 1924 § Bradlow (Frank R.) Thomas Bowler His Life and Work limited edition tipped-in portrait frontispiece plates and illustrations some colour Wynberg A.A. Balkema 1967 § Waterhouse (Gilbert editor) Simon van Stel`s Journey to Namaqualand in 1685 limited edition facsimile Cape Town and Pretoria 1979 § Bokhorst (Matthys) and others. François Le Vaillant Traveller in South Africa 2 vol. limited edition colour plates original buckram Cape Town Library of Parliament 1973 § Lang (John) Bullion Johannesburg. Men Mines and the Challenge of Conflict plates original boards dust-jacket 1986 § Smith (Andrew B.) and Roy H. Pheiffer. The Khoikhoi at the Cape of Good Hope. Seventeenth-Century drawings in the South African Library full-page colour illustrations original boards dust-jacket Cape Town 1993 § Harris (C.J.) and Brian D Ingpen Mailships of the Union-Castle Line illustrations some colour original boards dust-jacket Vlaeberg 1994; and a small quantity of others South Africa v.s. (Sm.Qty.)
Grant (James Augustus) A Walk Across Africa or Domestic Scenes from my Nile Journal first edition folding map hand-coloured in outline without half-title and advertisements map with 2 short repaired tears 1 short tear to fold and foxed later half calf spine gilt 8vo Edinburgh and London 1864.
Kolben (Peter) Naaukeurige en Uitvoerige Beschryving van De Kaap de Goede Hoop 2 vol. first edition half-title with `Verklaaring der Titelprint` verso engraved additional pictorial title portrait 6 maps (1 folding and 5 double-page) and 46 plates lacking *1 of preliminaries ?blank plate at p.243 from another copy small repairs to a few maps (at fold) and plates occasional spotting contemporary mottled calf rebacked preserving some of original backstrip corners repaired a good copy folio Amsterdam Balthazar Lakeman 1727. *** Kolben was sent to the Cape of Good Hope with letters of introduction from Nicolaas Witsen mayor of Amsterdam. He was tasked to compile a comprehensive description of South Africa and to carry out astronomical research. In 1705 he was appointed as the first official astronomer in South Africa. His work provided a description of the geography climate flora and fauna as well as an accurate study of the Hottentots; looking at their language religion lifestyle and customs.
(Rev. C.I.) Journal of a Visit to South Africa in 1815 and 1816. With Some Account of the Missionary Settlements of the United Brethren near the Cape of Good Hope first edition folding engraved map with routes supplied in red and blue 4 engraved outline panoramas and 12 hand-coloured aquatint plates 2 pp. advertisements at end title with some offsetting and light spotting occasional spotting or light foxing elsewhere some offsetting original boards sympathetically rebacked original paper label to spine chipped and laid down with loss [Abbey Travel 325; Tooley 292] a very good copy 4to 1818. *** Latrobe was appointed by the Moravian Church to select a site for a third mission station at the Cape. (Rev. C.I.) Journal of a Visit to South Africa in 1815 and 1816. With Some Account of the Missionary Settlements of the United Brethren near the Cape of Good Hope first edition folding engraved map with routes supplied in red and blue 4 engraved outline panoramas and 12 hand-coloured aquatint plates 2 pp. advertisements at end title with some offsetting and light spotting occasional spotting or light foxing elsewhere some offsetting original boards sympathetically rebacked original paper label to spine chipped and laid down with loss [Abbey Travel 325; Tooley 292] a very good copy 4to 1818. *** Latrobe was appointed by the Moravian Church to select a site for a third mission station at the Cape.
Lichtenstein (Henry) Travels in Southern Africa in the Years 1803 1804 1805... 2 vol. first edition in English engraved portrait frontispiece 8 plates (1 folding) and a folding map 2pp. advertisements portrait offsetting on to titles some foxing original boards vol.1 rebacked preserving some of original backstrip vol.2 lower board detaching both vol. corners worn rubbed and soiled preserved in a modern cloth drop-back box 4to 1812-1815. *** Lichtenstein arrived in Table Bay on 23rd December 1802 employed as tutor to the son of the new Governor of the Cape Colony General Janssens. The present work includes an account of Janssens` travels to Kaffaria and of subsequent journeys to the western and northern parts of the colony with much information on natural history and a narrative of the capture of the colony by the British.
Speke (John Hanning) Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile first edition engraved portrait frontispiece 25 wood-engraved plates 2 maps 1 folding wood-engraved illustrations title with offsetting and a small library stamp a few ff. stained occasional spotting or light foxing contemporary polished calf gilt rubbed corners a little worn g.e. 8vo Edinburgh and London 1863.
Stanley (Henry Morton) How I Found Livingstone: Travels Adventures and Discoveries in Central Africa first American edition half-title portrait frontispieces 6 maps and plans 4 folding plates illustrations colour pencil ownership inscription to front free endpaper occasional spottng some light browning original pictorial cloth gilt rebacked preserving original backstrip outer edges frayed rubbed New York 1872; Through the Dark Continent 2 vol. first American edition 2 (of 3) folding maps plates illustrations very good original pictorial gilt a little fraying to head of spine of vol.1 slightly rubbed New York 1878; and 5 others Africa v.s. (8)
Thompson (George) Travels and Adventures in Southern Africa first edition aquatint frontispiece and 19 plates 2 folding lithographed plans folding map with route marked in red wood-engraved vignettes frontispiece offsetting on to title some spotting or foxing to plates later polished calf gilt rebacked preserving original spine [Abbey Travel 330] 4to 1827. *** Thompson was a successful merchant in Cape Town and travelled widely in southern Africa.
Wills (W.A.) and L.T. Collingridge The Downfall of Lobengula: The Cause History and Effect of the Matabeli War first edition half-title portrait frontispiece 5 maps 4 folding 14 portraits and plates illustrations errata slip 6 pp. advertisements at end original pictorial cloth extremities very slightly rubbed head of spine skilfully repaired otherwise a very good copy London South Africa [1894] § Ward (Harriet) Five Years in Kaffirland 2 vol. lithographed frontispieces and a map occasional spotting or finger-marking later half morocco spines gilt rubbed 1848; and another Baden-Powell v.s. (4)
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