Chaillu The Land of the Midnight Sun 1881 2 vol. first edition linen-backed colour folding map at rear of vol.I (slightly torn) engraved plates illustrations occasional foxing later half crimson calf t.e.g. slightly rubbed and scuffed 8vo 1881. ***Paul Du Chaillu (1835-1903) is best-known as an African explorer. He spent his early years on the West Coast of Africa where his father worked. This work was written when he settled in America to lecture and write about Africa..
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Jackson An Account...Empire of Marocco 1809 first edition folding aquatint frontispiece 2 engraved maps 10 aquatint plates 3 hand-coloured some folding these linen-backed endpapers browned bookplate of Lord Carew Castle Boro later cloth spine gilt spine uniformly faded [Abbey Travel 296] 4to 1809.
Bartlett Narrative...Texas New Mexico 1854 2 vol. first edition folding map and 16 tinted lithographed plates folding map with a few small holes some marginal water-staining occasional spotting or light foxing contemporary polished calf rebacked in buckram preserving original backstrips water-stained [Howes B201; Sabin 3746] 8vo 1854.
Jefferson Memoir Correspondence...1829 4 vol. first edition half-titles engraved portrait frontispiece 4 folding facsimiles of letters ink ownership inscriptions of John Blunt to half-titles foxed and browned contemporary tree calf vol.1 and 2 rebacked preserving original backstrips labels to spines rubbed 8vo Charlottesville 1829.
Murray Travels in North America...1839 including a Summer Residence with the Pawnee Tribe...and a Visit to Cuba and the Azore Islands 2 vol. first edition inscribed presentation copy from the author lithographed frontispieces titles printed in red & black original cloth partly sunned small split to head of one spine minor ink marking on lower cover of vol.I [Sabin 51490] 8vo 1839. ***Sir Charles Augustus Murray (1806-1895) diplomatist & author. Murray spent three months in the wilds of America with the Pawnees before returning to Britain and becoming the Master of the Queen`s household between 1838 & 1844. The gift inscription here is written from Buckingham Palace in 1839..
Wimpffen A Voyage to Saint Domingo 1788 translated by J. Wright first English edition half-title folding engraved map hand-coloured in outline very short repaired tear just within printed area offsetting engraved bookplate of R. Edward Brenan Dungarvan contemporary tree calf spine gilt chip to head of spine joints starting but holding firm scarce 8vo for T.Cadell Junior and W.Davies 1817.
Sturt Expeditions...Southern Australia 2 vol. first edition half-titles 13 lithographed plates 4 hand-coloured 1 map only (of 2 lacking the large folding map) without advertisements bookplate of R.Edward Brenan of Dungarvan with his ownership inscription on half-title of vol.1 some foxing and soiling original cloth spines faded spine ends and corners worn [Ferguson 1704] 8vo 1833.
Bland (J.O.P.) and E. Backhouse China under the Em illustrations original cloth dust-jacket slightly worn and soiled Peking and London 1939 § Fitzgerald (C.P.) China. A Short Cultural History first edition illustrations inscription on front free end-paper original cloth dust-jacket Cresset Press 1935 § Varé (Daniele) The Last of the Empresses first edition illustrations original cloth dust-jacket slightly soiled 1936 § Peary (Marie Ahnighito) The Snowbaby`s Own Story first edition illustrations original cloth dust-jacket slightly worn New York 1934 § Baedeker (Karl) Switzerland maps and illustrations many folding with a little wear to edges and folds original red cloth Leipzig 1907; and 6 others similar v.s.(11)
Meadows The Chinese and their Rebellions first edition half-title 3 folding maps partly hand-coloured in outline 16pp. publisher`s catalogue at end bookplate of Henry Arthur Blake Governor of Hong Kong on front pastedown hinges pulling slightly original cloth spine faded some damp-mottling 8vo 1856.
Hodgskin (Thomas) Travels in the North of Germany 2 vol. first edition lacking half-titles but with final advertisement leaf present in vol.2 contemporary blind- and gilt-stamped plum calf spines rubbed and faded extremities worn [Goldsmiths` 22760; Kress C551] 8vo Edinburgh 1820. ***Important early work by Hodgskin in which he considers economics and social justice more than standard travel anecdotes. His pamphlet Labour defended against the Claims of Capital published five years later expands on some socialist theories touched on in this work..
Biddulph.Pirates of Malabar 1907 § Baxter (Rt.Hon. W.E.) A Winter in India chromolithographed frontispiece loose 1882 § Burford (Robert) Description of a View of the City of Calcutta now exhibiting at the Panorama Leicester Square 12pp. folding lithographed panorama (torn at folds) later half roan 1831 § Forbes (James) Oriental Memoirs; a Narrative of Seventeen Years Residence in India 2 vol. second edition lithographed frontispieces vol.1 upper hinge split contemporary half morocco spines darkened 1834 § Caunter (Rev. Hobart) The Oriental Annual or Scenes in India engraved title and plates after William Daniell upper hinge split contemporary pictorial roan gilt 1834 § Yule (Henry translator & editor) The Book of Ser Marco Polo 2 vol. third edition 1929 maps plates and illustrations some folding some spotting the first two and last original cloth the second spine faded all a little rubbed; and 5 others India 8vo(13)
Burton (Sir Richard Francis) Sind Revisited 2 vol. first edition half-title in vol. 1 pencil note on vol. 1 title vol. 2 title margins stained little marking elsewhere booksellers` labels of Morrow`s and Green & Co. of Dublin on pastedowns original decorated cloth rubbed and marked rebacked preserving most of old spines [Penzer 94-5]. 8vo 1877.
Markham Shooting in the Himalayas 1854 first edition wood-engraved additional pictorial title tinted lithographed frontispiece and 7 plates folding map wood-engraved illustrations map with some foxing light marginal water-staining to plates a few other marks contemporary dark green half morocco spine gilt very short split to head of upper joint rubbed [Czech Asian p.134] 1854.
Burton Land of the Midian (Revisited) 2 vol. first edition half-titles chromolithographed frontispieces and 4 plates 10 plain plates folding map vol.2 endpapers and half-title browned and foxed library blind-stamp to title vol.1 original yellow ochre pictorial cloth gilt vol.2 original variant plum cloth spine faded ring mark to upper cover nick with small loss to lower edge of upper cover [Penzer pp. 96-97] 8vo 1879.
Layard Discoveries Ruins Nineveh and Babylon first edition folding frontispiece plates and illustrations 2 folding maps at end half-title advertisements at end edges of folding plates worn some small tears and foxing bookplate original blind-stamped pictorial cloth 1853 § Blunt (Lady Anne) A Pilgrimage to Nejd the Cradle of the Arab Race a Visit to the Court of the Arab Emir and “Our Persian Campaign” 2 vol. in 1 second edition 14 wood-engraved plates front hinge cracked rear hinge broken original decorated cloth `bubbled` worn 1881 8vo(2)
Scott (Capt. Robert Falcon) The Voyage of the “Dis 2 vol. first edition plates maps and illustrations lacking plates at p.114 190 & 192 front and rear free endpapers and last page of index some pages loose occasional light foxing hinges weak original cloth gilt upper joint to vol.1 splitting rubbed 1905 § Peary (R.E.) Northward over the Great Ice 2 vol first edition frontispieces loose illustrations lacking last pages of index vols.1 & 2 and endpapers original cloth rubbed and stained 1898 § Nansen (Fridtjof) “Farthest North” 2 vol first `English” edition illustrations and map (torn with some loss) one illustration with crayon colour original cloth lacking front endpaper rubbed 1898; and another 8vo(9)
Schlözer. Russland Erstes Fragment. Aufenthalt und Dienste in Russland vom 1761 bis 1765. Litteraturnachrichten von Russland in jenen Jaren first edition [?all published] spotting name at head of title stamps on title one of a Russian library and at end modern half calf spine gilt uncut Göttingen 1802.
Tardieu (P.F.) Atlas de Tableaux et de Cartes... Atlas only 20 folding/double-page engraved maps most hand-coloured in outline folding tables family notes on rear pastedown contemporary sheep a little worn Paris 1804 § [Beckford (William)] Recollections of an Excursion to the Monasteries of Alcobaça and Batalha first edition half-title engraved portrait frontispiece foxed original cloth paper label on spine rubbed 1835 § M`Leod (John) Voyage of His Majesty`s Ship Alceste to China Corea and the Island of Lewchew third edition engraved portrait and folding map 5 hand-coloured aquatint plates light water-staining at beginning and end affecting frontispiece book-label of Captain Small on front pastedown contemporary half calf worn spine defective 1819 4to & 8vo
Robertson A Hand-Book...Peak of Derbyshire first edition wood-engraved frontispiece and 2 folding maps original limp cloth gilt rubbed at extremities 1854 § Vicinity of Leamington (The); A Guide to the Neighbouring Towns of Warwick Coventry Stratford Kenilworth engraved frontispiece plate and large folding map original cloth gilt faded Leamington n.d.; and 2 other 19th century guides 8vo(4)
Dugdale-The Antiquities of Warwickshire first edition engraved portrait frontispiece title in red and black 5 double-page engraved maps 8 engraved plates and 8 (of 10) plates and plans engraved illustrations portrait and title laid down 1st map with small area of worming at fold marginal water-staining to head of Barichway Hundred text f. 5A2 with repaired tear some staining or soiling contemporary calf sympathetically rebacked recornered [Wing D2479] folio Thomas Warren 1656.
Stuart (Hamish) Lochs & Loch Fishing first edition illustrations original cloth slightly darkened and rubbed front hinge cracked bookplate 1899 § Walton (Izaak) & Cotton (Charles) The Compleat Angler 2 vol. “Winchester Edition” illustrations original green cloth gilt t.e.g. others uncut 1902 8vo(3)
Handel ([George Frederick]) Messiah an Oratorio i first edition fourth issue engraved frontispiece portrait title and musical notation printed list of subscribers and index ink initials and numerals on recto of portrait further ms. part-numbers to head of occasional sheets portrait with narrow stain ascending 7cm. from foot some finger-marking and other marginal soiling throughout contemporary upper cover present only folio Randall & Abell [1769]. ***An extremely scarce issue of the first edition of Handel`s epic drama of human redemption. Early issues are almost as hard to find as they are to identify correctly with a minefield of issue points that require verifying. This copy has been identified as the fourth issue due to the variance in part to the honorifics applied to some of the subscribers listed (a list which does include one Samuel Johnson here though identifed as Mr rather than Dr so possibly not the lexicographer); further indicators include The Singers at Osset instead of Osset and Perkins organist of Findon instead of Finedon. There is also an additional centralised pagination on some ff. taken from the 1769 issue of A Fourth Set of Favourite Bass Songs and different ornamentation on the printed pages..
A Stainless Steel Limited Edition Chronograph Wristwatch, signed Omega, Model; Speedmaster, limited series of 1357/5957 made for the 50th anniversary of the Omega Speedmaster, Moon Watch, 2007, mechanical lever movement, black dial with baton markers and outer fifths of seconds track, three subsidiary dials for seconds, 30-minute and 12-hour registers, case with buttons in the band to operate centre chronograph hand, black tachymeter bezel, case back with Speedmaster monogram and inscribed Flight-qualified by NASA for all manned space missions. The first and only watch worn on the moon, Omega stainless steel bracelet with deployant clasp, 43mm wide
Fuller (Thomas). The Church History of Britain; from the Birth of Jesus Christ, untill the Year M. DC. XLVIII., 1st ed., John Williams, 1655, hand-col. folding eng. plt. of coats of arms (torn, with paper repair on verso), contents generally toned, and with occn. early ms. annotations, first few leaves soiled and with repaired tears, Sss1-4 (pp.321-28) supplied in facsimile, bound with The History of the University of Cambridge since the Conquest, 1655, eng. folding map of Cambridge dated 1634, with paper repair at foot of fold (on verso and blank margin of recto), and The History of Waltham-Abby in Essex, Founded by King Harold, 1655, two eng. plts., some early underlining, 20th c. cloth, with gilt lettered leather spine label, folio in 4s, together with Leighton (Robert), The Works... a new and enlarged Edition: together with the Life of the Author, by the Rev. G. Jerment, 6 vols., 1805-1808, title-page to vol. 1 with Leighton’s date-span in neat biro beneath his name, title to each vol. with bookseller’s small ink stamp to lower blank margin, first gathering in vol. 1 with short worm trail in blank fore-margin (continuing into front pastedown), armorial bookplate of Revd. Robert Delap on front pastedowns (removed in vol. 6), contemp. marbled calf, with contrasting spine labels, rubbed in places and occn. minor wear, 8vo, plus nine other 19th c. theology and similar. Sold with all faults, not subject to return. (16)
Johnson (Samuel). A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from their Originals, Explained in Different Meanings... Abstracted from the Folio Edition, 2 vols. in one, 1756, occasional spotting, a few leaves close-trimmed, previous owner signature, contemporary half calf, upper joint splitting, a little rubbed, 8vo. First abridged octavo edition. (1)
New Testament [Latin]. [At end] Novi Testamenti totius per Des Eras. Roterod. novissime recogniti, n.p. [c.1550?], lacks title page, text begins on *1 (dedication leaf to Pope Leo X), numerous woodcut illusts., and small woodcut initials, E8 with portion of fore-margin torn away, some early underlining, and old ownership inscriptions, some soiling and minor marginal stains, final leaf with lower blank portion replaced, one or two minor repair to foot of preceeding leaf, later mottled calf, rebacked, rubbed and a little wear, small 8vo. A mid-16th century edition of Erasmus’ Latin version of the New Testament, adapted from his folio edition of the New Testament in Greek and Latin, first published in 1516, entitled the Novum Instrumentum (see Darlow & Moule 6096). A similar copy is listed in COPAC with the reference Cathedral Library Collection B1564. (1)
Plato. His Apology of Socrates, and Phaedo or dialogue concerning the immortality of mans soul, and manner of Socrates his death, [translated by Walter Charleton], 1675, title printed in red and black now half missing and relaid, lacks frontis. and first and last blanks, browned and damp stained throughout with damp fraying affecting margins of early and final leaves, some loss of text to leaves a3/4 (dedication), small hole affecting last line and catch words of leaves in signature B (pp. 1-16), a few other small marginal holes and last leaf near detached, contemp. calf, rebacked, sl. corner wear, 8vo. Sold with all faults not subject to return.. Wing P2405. The first edition in English of the Apology and Phaedo. (1)
Wood (Nicholas). A Practical Treatise on Rail-Roads, and Interior Communication in General. Containing Numerous Experiments on the Powers of the Improved Locomotive Engines: and Tables of the Comparative Cost of Conveyance on Canals, Railways, and Turnpike Roads, 3rd ed., with Additions, 1838, thirteen folding eng. diags. (complete), four folding tables, 16 pp. publisher’s ads. at rear, errata slip loosely inserted, some minor scattered spotting (lacks front free endpaper), orig. blind-stamped cloth gilt, a little rubbed, thick 8vo. Ottley 294. The first edition of this work was published in 1825, this edition contains additional text and illustrations. (1)
Gray (Henry). Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical, 1st ed., 1858, half-title inscribed in contemp. ms. ‘With the Publishers’ Compts’, numerous letterpress engs. by H.V. Carter, pubs. ad. leaf at rear, title-page with early ms. ownership name at head, with portion of blank margin above torn away, occn. minor spotting and off-setting, hinges split, orig. blind-panelled cloth gilt, lightly soiled, extrems. frayed, large 8vo. Garrison Morton 418. The rare first edition of this classic medical text, which has been more widely used by successive generations of medical students and doctors than any other. Celebrated physician Henry Gray (1827-1861) was chiefly engaged in anatomical research and teaching at St. George’s Hospital in London. The ambitious and ebullient surgeon performed the dissections required for the book with his shy and retiring colleague, Henry Vandyke Carter, who provided the exquisitely detailed drawings. On publication the book was immediately acclaimed for its simple layout and clarity. Carter’s hand in its success has always been somewhat overlooked, and indeed, Gray himself requested that Carter’s name appear in smaller print than his own on the title-page. However, Gray died suddenly of smallpox at the age of 34, whereas Carter went on to achieve some modest acclaim for his medical research amongst the poorest people in India. (1)
Gernshein (Helmut, & Alison). The History of Photography, from the Camera Obscura to the Beginning of the Modern Era, revised and enlarged ed., 1969, b&w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., together with a copy of the first edition of 1955, orig. cloth in d.j., a little soiled and torn, both small folio, together with Pfister (Harold Francis), Facing the Light, Historic American Portrait Daguerreotypes, Washington, 1978, b&w illusts. from photos, orig. cloth in d.j., a little soiled and faded on spine, 4to, plus Ford (Colin, ed.), An Early Victorian Album, The Photographic Masterpieces (1843-1847), of David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson, 1st US ed., 1976, b&w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., a little rubbed and soiled, 4to, plus other photography interest including some reference, 19th c. interest and a few duplicates (35)
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