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Lot 87

Priestley (J.B.), Papers from Lilliput, 1922, first edition, dust wrapper; id., I For One, 1923, first edition, dust wrapper; id., The Good Companions, 1929, first edition, dust wrapper; id., Angel Pavement, 1930, numbered ltd. edition, signed by author, cloth, slipcase; id., Delight, 1949, numbered ltd. edition, signed by author, quarter vellum; with a large collection of others (qty)

Lot 88

Nobbs (David), The Itinerant Lodger, 1965, first edition, replaced endpapers, dust wrapper; Bennett (Alan), The Lady in the Van, 1990, first edition thus, inscribed and signed by the author with `self portrait` sketch, paperback; id., Getting On, 1972, uncorrected proof copy, paperback; with a small quantity of others (qty)

Lot 89

le Carre (John), Smiley`s People, nd., [1979], uncorrected proof copy, paperback, black dust wrapper with face to rear, publisher`s letter loosely inserted; id., The Looking-Glass War, 1965, first edition, signed presentation copy, dust wrapper (2)

Lot 92

Yeats (W.B.), The Tower, 1928, first edition, decorative cloth gilt

Lot 93

Kipling (Rudyard), Plain Tales from the Hills, 1888, first edition, p. 192 numbered on inside corner, Dec 1887 adverts (32 pages), decorative cloth (inscription to page 1, frayed head and tail of spine); Doyle (Arthur Conan), Round the Fire Stories, 1908, first edition, cloth; Bates (H.E.), The Seekers, 1926, signed by the author, boards; with two others (5)

Lot 102

Phipps (Ramsay Weston), The Armies of the First French Republic, and the Rise of the Marshals of Napoleon I, 1999, 5 vols., ltd. edition of 125 sets, cloth

Lot 143

MacRae (J.A.) & Waine (C.V.), The Steam Collier Fleets, 1990, dust wrapper; Hudson (Graham S.), The Aberford Railway and the History of the Garforth Collieries, 1971, dust wrapper; The King`s England-Durham, 1953, first edition, dust wrapper; with a quantity of others (qty)

Lot 188

Wild (Frank), Shackleton`s Last Voyage, 1923, first edition, illustrations as called for, pencil inscription to half title relating to personal encounters with Shackleton, original cloth gilt

Lot 192

Thesiger (Wilfred), Arabian Sands, 1959, first edition, dust wrapper; Younghusband (Francis) & Molyneux (E.), Kashmir, 1917, folding map, decorative cloth; Howells (W.D.), Familiar Spanish Travels, 1913, original cloth gilt; with six others (9)

Lot 193

Hillary, Edmund, Nothing Venture, Nothing Win, 1975, first edition, title page signed `Ed Hillary`, dust wrapper (edges worn)

Lot 207

Thornhill (R.B.), The Shooting Directory, 1804, 4to., first edition, first issue (unsuppressed with pages 215-20 intact), portrait frontis., 6 mezzotint plates (uncoloured), 2 engraved plates (1 folding) of breech mechanism, contemporary half calf (re-backed with backstrip laid on) [cf. Chute 632]

Lot 214

Cadman (W.A.), Tales of a Wildfowler, 1957, first edition, signed by author with photo, dust wrapper; Powell (Bill), My Wild Goose Chase, 1954, signed by author, dust wrapper; Bernsen (Paul S.), The North American Waterfowler, 1972, signed with typescript letter inserted, dust wrapper; with a quantity of others (qty)

Lot 215

`Ubique` [Gillmore (Parker)], Accessible Field Sports, 1869, orig. cloth; Boner (Charles), Chamois Hunting in the Mountains of Bavaria, 1860, chromolitho plates, contemporary half calf; Hutchinson (Horace G.), Big Game Shooting, 1905, 2 vols., orig. cloth; Selous (Frederick Courteney), Sport and Travel, East and West, 1900, orig. cloth boards (re-backed); Rich (Walter H.), Feathered Game of New England, 1908, t.e.g., orig. cloth; Anderson (Kenneth), Tales from the Indian Jungle, 1970, first edition, dust wrapper (6)

Lot 231

Colquhoun (John), The Moor and the Loch, 1840, first edition, engraved plates, original cloth; St. John (Charles), Natural History and Sport in Moray, 1863, first edition, original cloth; Scrope (William), The Art of Deer-Stalking .., 1897, engraved plates, half vellum (spine label worn); with six others (9)

Lot 233

`BB` [Watkins-Pitchford (D.J.)], At the Back o` Ben Dee, 1968, first edition, dust wrapper (foxing to edges of textblock); id., Ramblings of a Sportsman-Naturalist, 1979, first edition, dust wrapper; with six others (8)

Lot 234

Payne-Gallwey (Ralph), The Fowler in Ireland .., 1882, first edition, original cloth (wear to spine); Chapman (Abel), First Lessons in the Art of Wildfowling, 1896, first edition, original cloth; Millais (John Guille), The Wildfowler in Scotland, 1901, 4to., original vellum (very worn); with four others (7)

Lot 236

`BB` [Watkins-Pitchford (D.J.)], The White Road Westwards, 1961, first edition, dust wrapper; id., September Road to Caithness and the Western Sea, 1962, first edition, dust wrapper; id., The Naturalist`s Bedside Book, 1980, first edition dust wrapper; W.J. Cummins, Lake Fishing, nd., card wraps; with a small quantity of others (qty)

Lot 237

Ingram (David) & Robertson (Noel), Plant Disease, 1999, New Naturalist no. 85, first edition, dust wrapper

Lot 238

Proctor (Michael), Yeo (Peter) & Lack (Andrew), The Natural History of Pollination, 1996, New Naturalist no. 83, first edition, first impression, dust wrapper (priced £30)

Lot 239

Page (Christopher), Ferns, 1988, New Naturalist no. 74, first edition, dust wrapper (priced £30)

Lot 242

Simms (Eric), British Larks, Pipits and Wagtails, 1992, New Naturalist, first limpback edition (some creasing to covers); id., British Thrushes, 1978, New Naturalist, first edition, dust wrapper (price-clipped); Hepburn (Ian), Flowers of the Coast, 1952, New Naturalist, first edition, dust wrapper (price-clipped); with a small quantity of natural history books (qty)

Lot 245

Scott (Peter), The Eye of the Wind, 1961, first edition, watercolour of Barnacle Goose to title page, signed by author, dust wrapper; Alder (James), Birds and Flowers of the Castle of Mey and Balmoral, 2003, folio, first combined volume, signed by the author, dust wrapper (2 copies) (3)

Lot 1

Art & Antiques Reference A collection of 40 modern art and antiques reference works, to include Collins, Judith Eric Gill, the sculpture. London, 1998. 4to, original cloth, dustwrapper; Maizels, John Raw creation, outsider art and beyond. London, 1996. First edition, 4to, original cloth, dustwrapper; Delevoy, Robert L. Symbolists and symbolism. London, 1982. 4to, original cloth, dustwrapper; Lewis, John & Griselda Pratt ware. Suffolk, 1993. 4to, original cloth, dustwrapper; Garrett, Alfred A history of wood engraving. London, 1978. 4to, original cloth, dustwrapper, backstrip faded; Anscombe, Isabelle Omega and after, Bloomsbury and the decorative arts. London, 1981. 8vo, original cloth, dustwrapper; Smith, Matthew London, 1962. 4to, colour plates, original cloth , dustwrapper; Hobbs, Robert Milton Avery. London, 1990. First edition, 4to, original cloth, dustwrapper, previous ink inscription on endpaper; Greek Art Theophilos. Athens, 1966. 4to, original cloth, dustwrapper; Kniazeva, I. Pruzhan V. Russian portrait of the late 19th- early 20th centuries. Moscow, 1980. 4to, original cloth, dustwrapper, slipcase; and 30 others (40)

Lot 3

Art Reference A collection of 23 modern art reference volumes, to include Rosenblum, Robert Pantings in the Museé D`Orsay. New York, 1989. First edition, 4to, original cloth, dustwrapper; Macmillan, Duncan Scottish art 1460-2000. Edinburgh, 2000. 4to, original cloth, dustwrapper; Peploe, Guy S.J. Peploe. Edinburgh, 2000. First edition, 4to, original cloth, dustwrapper; Renaissance Venice and the North. London, 1999. 4to, original cloth, dustwrapper; Dalmasso, Franca L`accademia Albertina di Torino. Torino, 1982. 4to, original cloth, slipcase [torn]; Peters, Lisa N. James McNeill Whistler. New York, 1996. 4to, original boards, dustwrapper; Williams, Julia Lloyd Rembrandt`s women. Edinburgh, 2001. 4to, original soft covers; and 16 others, all modern 4to (23)

Lot 44

Potter, Francis An interpretation of the number 666. Oxford: printed by Leonard Lichfield, 1642. First edition, small 4to, title, [*-**4, A-Dd4], engraved title by W. Marshall, woodcut initials, illustrations in the text, contemporary calf, rebacked, some foxing Note: Wing P3028

Lot 50

Stuart, Gilbert A view of society in Europe, in its progress from rudeness to refinement. Edinburgh: printed for John Bell and J. Murray, 1778. First edition, 4to, half title, contemporary calf gilt, head of backstrip chipped, some foxing

Lot 59

Buchan, John The thirty-nine steps. Edinburgh and London: W. Blackwood, 1915. First edition, 8vo, 2 pages of advertisements, half-title, original blue cloth, spine faded & with some loss at head, joints partly split

Lot 60

Buchan, John Castle Gay. London, 1930. First edition, 8vo, original green cloth gilt, dustwrapper, a few spots on endpapers; [Idem.] The gap in the curtain. London, 1932. First edition, 8vo, original green cloth gilt, dustwrapper, chipped at head and tail of backstrip, some spotting; [Idem.] The house of four winds. London, 1935. First edition, 8vo, original green cloth gilt, dustwrapper, some chipping at head and tail of backstrip; [Idem.] The island of sheep. London, 1936. First edition, 8vo, original green cloth gilt, dustwrapper, restored at edges; [Idem.] Sick heart river. London, 1941. First edition, 8vo, original green cloth gilt, dustwrapper, some restoration to edges; [Idem.] A collection of other first editions by Buchan all in facsimile wrappers, to include The thirty-nine steps, 1915; The power house, 1916; Greenmantle, 1916; Mr Standfast, 1919; Huntingtower, 1922; The three hostages, 1924; John MacNab, 1925; The runagates club, 1928; [Idem.] The dancing floor. Bampton, 1982. 8vo, original cloth, dustwrapper; and 11 volumes on Buchan (25)

Lot 66

Capote, Truman Breakfast at Tiffany`s. New York: Random House, 1958. First edition, 8vo, original yellow cloth gilt, dustwrapper, coded 10/58 on front flap, fading to backstrip, price clipped

Lot 69

Collins, Wilkie No name. London: Sampson Low, Son & Co., 1862. First edition, 8vo, 3 volumes, volumes 1 & 2 only with half-titles, later half morocco, very worn, volume 1 crudely repaired, some spotting; Dickens, Charles Works. London, 1867-68. The Charles Dickens edition, 8vo, 12 volumes, plates, contemporary half calf, slightly rubbed; [Idem] The posthumous papers of the Pickwick Club. London: Chapman & Hall, [n.d.]. 8vo, etched title and plates, later half morocco. Sold not subect to return (16)

Lot 70

Dickens, Charles A christmas carol in prose. London: Chapman & Hall, 1843. First edition, third issue, 8vo, 4 colour plates [including frontispiece], half title in blue, title printed in red and blue, "Stave One" chapter heading, original brown cloth gilt, yellow endpapers, some chipping tp head and taill of backstrip, previous owner`s ink inscription in front endpaper Note: Smith II: 4

Lot 73

Dickens, Charles The life and adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. London: Chapman & Hall, 1839. First edition in book form, first issue, 8vo, portrait frontispiece with imprint, "visiter" for "sister" on page 123, "latter" for "letter" on page 160, 39 plates by Phiz [plates 1,2 & 4 with imprint], 19th century half calf, lacking label, upper inner hinge split, staining and browning to plates; Dickens, Charles Dealings with the firm of Dombey and Son. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1848. First edition in book form, 8vo, vignette title, frontispiece, 50 plates, contemporary half red morrocco gilt, rubbed, upper inner hinge split, foxing and staining to plates (2)

Lot 74

Du Maurier, Daphne Rebecca. London: Victor Gollancz, 1938. First edition, 8vo, presentation inscription by the author on visiting card affixed to front endpaper, original black cloth gilt, yellow and pink dustwrapper, some fading to backstrip, some light foxing to fore-edge, some minor creasing to wrapper

Lot 77

Evans, Arthur Benoni The cutter in five lectures... London: J. Carpenter, 1808. First edition, 8vo, colour frontispiece and 5 colour plates by J. A. Atkinson, later half calf by Hatchards, some very light foxing

Lot 80

Greene, Graham The man within. London: William Heinemann, 1929. First edition, 8vo, original black cloth gilt, dustwrapper, wrapper torn with two large section lacking from backstrip, soiled, fading to cloth backstrip, pencil inscription on front free endpaper otherwise interior clean

Lot 84

Milne, A.A. Teddy bear and other songs from when we were very young. London, 1926. First edition, 4to, original cloth backed boards, dustwrapper, short tears to edges; [Idem.] Songs from now we are six. London, 1927. First edition, 4to, original cloth backed boards, dustwrapper, two long tears to upper cover of wrapper, bookseller`s ink stamp to front endpaper; [Idem.] Fourteen songs from when we were very young. London, 1925. Fifth edition, 4to, original cloth backed boards, previous owner`s ink inscription to endpaper; [Idem.] The king`s breakfast. London, 1925. First edition, 8vo, original cloth backed boards; Diack, Michael Wee Willie Winkie. Glasgow, [no date]. 4to, illustrated by Jessie Isabel Garrow, original cloth backed boards (5)

Lot 85

Milton, John--Toland, John The life of John Milton. London: John Darby, 1699. First edition, 8vo, lacking the initial blank leaf, with final blank leaf; Toland, John Amyntor: or a defence of Milton`s life. London, 1699. 8vo, 2 works in one volume, eighteenth century calf, crudely rebacked, corners worn Note: Wing T1766 & T1760

Lot 86

Montfaucon de Villars, Nicolas de The count of Gabalis, or, the extravagant mysteries of the Cabalists, exposed in five pleasant discourses. on the secret s London: printed for B.M., 1680. First English edition, 12mo, [[8], 183, 11, [1]], later calf gilt, title trimmed [no text loss]; Rosicrucians Mysteries of the Rosie Cross. London: A. Reader, 1891. First edition, 8vo, original white boards, backstrip discoloured, interior clean; Bible A curious hieroglyphick bible. London, 1796. Thirteenth edition, 12mo, contemporary boards, worn, various tears to pages throughout, contemporary ink inscription to front endpaper (3) Note: First item - Wing V386.

Lot 87

Priestley, J.B. Angel pavement. London, 1930. 8vo, number 1022 of 1025 copies, signed by the author, portrait frontispiece, original cloth gilt; Sherriff, R.C. & Bartlett, Vernon Journey`s end. London, 1930. 8vo, number 232 of 600 copies, signed by the authors, original vellum backed cloth gilt; Christopher, John The death of grass. London, 1956. First edition, 8vo, original black cloth, dustwrapper designed by Trevor Denning, 2cm tear from head of backstrip down hinge, small hole and stain to outer edge of wrapper, interior clean; Thomson, David Cleghorn The hidden path. Glasgow, 1943. 8vo, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, illustrated by Michael Ayrton, original cloth, dustwrapper, rubbed; Joyce, James Dedalus... Paris, 1924. Fourth edition, 8vo, original wrappers, chipped, discoloured; Bell, Gertrude The letters of... London, 1927. 8vo, 2 volumes, original cloth gilt, dustwrappers, chipped at edges; Mencken, H.L. Happy days 1880-1892. London, 1940. 8vo, original red cloth gilt, dustwrapper, chipped; Waugh, J. Laing Cute McCheyne. London & Edinburgh, [1917]. 8vo, presentation copy from the author, original blue cloth, rubbed (9)

Lot 89

Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the philosopher`s stone. London: Bloomsbury, 1997. First edition, second impression, 8vo, 10 to 2 on the number line, credited to Joanne Rowling, original decorative boards, bumping to corners and head and tail of backstrip, two previous ink inscriptions on front fixed endpaper, some wrinkling to last few leaves and back endpaper

Lot 95

Waugh, Evelyn Remote people. London: Duckworth, 1931. First edition, 8vo, frontispiece, 6 plates, 2 folding maps, original purple cloth gilt, dustwrapper, chipped at edges, some light soiling to backstrip, interior clean, no inscriptions

Lot 115

James, Grace--Warwick Goble Green willow and other Japanese fairy tales. London: Macmillan, 1910. 4to, 40 coloured mounted plates by Warwick Goble, blue calf gilt by Bayntun Riviere, morocco lettering pieces, spine gilt, g.e.; Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan Sir Nigel. London: Smith Elder, 1906. First edition, 8vo, 8 plates, original cloth, joint split, worn; MacEchern, D. The sword of the North. Inverness, 1923. 4to, illustrations, original cloth, upper hinge broken; Lee, Laurie As I walked out one midsummer morning. London: A. Deutsch, 1969. 2nd impression, 8vo, original cloth, dust-jacket, price clipped; Macdonald, J.H.A. Life jottings of an old Edinburgh citizen. 1915. Large 8vo, plates, original cloth; Maxwell, Sir H. Scottish gardens. 1908. 4to, plates, original cloth, slightly rubbed; and 112 miscellaneous books, 20th century (118)

Lot 130

Wooster, David Alpine plants, figures and descriptions of some of the most striking and beautiful of the Alpine flowers. London, 1874. Second edition of first series, first edition of second series, 8vo, 2 volumes, 108 colour plates, original blue cloth gilt, some foxing to early leaves (2) Provenance: N.A. Tombazis, bookplates.

Lot 132

Ballets Russes - Hoppé, Emil Otto Studies from the Russian Ballet. London: Fine Art Society, [1911]. First edition, folio, 15 photogravure plates (c.20.5 by 14.5cm.), showing Nijinsky, Karsavina, Bolm and Federova, title in red and black, mounted as issued, loose in portfolio, papered boards, gilt-embossed label, table on pastedown, backstrip defective, staining to title

Lot 172

Hunting - Barrow, Albert Stuart Shires and provinces. London, 1927. Second impression, 4to, 16 colour plates [inc. frontispiece], original blue cloth gilt, torn dustwrapper, fading to cloth along upper edge, previous owner`s ink stamp on front endpaper; Armour, G.D. Humour in the hunting field. London, [no date]. 4to, 20 tipped in colour plates, original cloth backed boards, torn dustwrapper, some foxing to endpapers, previous owner`s ink stamp to endpaper; Aldin, Cecil Hunting scenes. London, 1936. 4to, orignal cloth gilt, some light foxing to endpapers, previous owner`s ink inscription to endpaper; [Payne, Charles J.] `Osses and obstacles. London, 1935. Second impression, 4to, original cloth, dustwrapper, wrapper chipped at edges, previous ink inscription and ink stamp to front endpaper; Meads, Frank They meet at eleven. London, 1956. First edition, signed by the author on the title, illustrated by Lionel Edwards, original cloth gilt, lacking dustwrapper, previous ink inscription to front endpaper; Lyne, Michael A parson`s son. London, 1974. Oblong 8vo, number 250 of 750 copies, signed by the author, colour plates, original morocco gilt, upper board dustmarked; Lyle, R.C. Royal Newmarket. London, 1945. 8vo, colour frontispiece, original green cloth gilt, upper board faded and damp stained; Frederick, Sir Charles Foxhunting. London, 1947. 8vo, volume VII of Lonsdale Library, colour frontispiece; Parker, Eric Shooting by moor, field and shore. London, 1951. 8vo, volume III of Lonsdale; Taverner, Eric Trout fishing from all angles. London, 1950. 8vo, volume II of Lonsdale; [Idem.] Salmon fishing. London, 1948. 8vo, volume X of Lonsdale; Lytton, The Hon. Neville Winter sports. London, 1951. 8vo, volume VIII of Lonsdale, all Lonsdale volume in original cloth gilt, dustwrappers (13)

Lot 178

Astrup, Eivind With Peary near the Pole. London, 1898. 8vo, translated by Henrik Johan Bull, portrait frontispiece, folding map, original decorative red cloth gilt, some fading to backstrip, some foxing to endpapers; Luigi Amedeo of Savoy, Duke of the Abruzzi On the "Polar Star" in the Arctic Sea. London, 1903. First English edition, 8vo, 2 volumes, translated by William Le Queux, 5 maps [2 folding in pocket at rear of volume 2], 2 folding panoramas, 16 photogravure plates, original blue cloth gilt, some rubbing to edges, some foxing to early leaves; Mill, Hugh Robert The life of Sir Ernest Shackleton. London, 1923. 8vo, portrait frontispiece, plates and maps, original blue cloth gilt, occasional foxing (4) Provenance: N. A. Tombazis, bookplates.

Lot 179

Bell, John Travels from St. Petersburg in Russia to diverse parts of Asia. Glasgow: Robert and Andrew Foulis, 1763. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, folding map, contemporary calf gilt, red labels (2) Note: Gaskell 415 John Bell, a near neighbour of the Glasgow Press, entrusted his Travels to the Foulis press, "whose beautiful fount of type enhances the value of the book." The usual errata table at the rear of the publication has been replaced by "Alterations by the author", evidently the printer declined to accept any responsibility. (Murray, D. Robert & Andrew Foulis and the Glasgow press. Glasgow, 1913, pp.53)

Lot 181

Bird, George W. Wanderings in Burma. Bournemouth & London: F.J. Bright & Son, 1897. First edition, 4to, frontispiece, 20 maps & plans [including folding map in pocket at rear], plates, original green cloth gilt, small scratch to upper board, some bumping to corners, interior clean; Kelly, R. Talbot Burma. London: A. & C. Black, 1905. 4to, number 22 of 300 copies, signed by Kelly, colour plates, original decorative cream cloth gilt, backstrip discoloured (2)

Lot 183

Campbell, Donald Maclaine Java: past & present. London: William Heinemann, 1915. First edition, 8vo, 2 volumes, half titles, portrait frontispiece, plates, folding map, original purple cloth gilt, backstrips faded, interiors clean; Cabaton, A. Java, Sumatra and the other islands of the Dutch East Indies. London, 1911. 8vo, frontispiece, lacking map, original cloth gilt, some fading to backstrip (3)

Lot 186

Carver, Jonathan The new universal traveller. London: printed for G. Robinson, 1779. First edition, folio, frontispiece, 55 plates and maps as listed, contemporary calf gilt, rebacked, some offsetting and waterstaining Note: Sabin 11183 Provenance: Contemporary inscription "Nicholas Adams, Cheyne Row, Chelsea 1778"

Lot 194

Livingstone, David Missionary travels and researches in South Africa. London: John Murray, 1857. First edition, 8vo, folding frontispiece, plates, contemporary half caslf gilt, rubbed, lacking label; Crawford, Dan Back to the long grass. London, [no date]. 8vo, original black cloth gilt, some foxing and another copy; Dolman, Alfred In the footsteps of Livingstone. London, 1924. 8vo, colour frontispiece, plates, original green cloth gilt; Hetherwick, Rev. Alexander The romance of Blantyre. London, [no date]. 8vo, plates, original green cloth gilt; Campbell, R.J. Livingstone. London, 1929. 8vo, frontispiece, original cloth, faded; Blaikie, William Garden The personal life of David Livingstone. London, 1880. 8vo, frontispiece, original brown cloth, spotted; and 19 others (26)

Lot 197

Moore, Adolphus Warburton The Alps in 1864, a private journal. London: [Privately printed], 1867. First edition, 8vo, presentation copy from the author, inscription on front endpaper, 10 maps, original cloth gilt, hinge and gutter of preface reinforced with tape, some wear to extremities of binding Provenance: John Davison, presentation inscription from the author; Charles Thurston Holland, bookplate; N.A. Tomazis bookplate.

Lot 201

Ross, Captain Sir James A voyage of discovery and research in the Southern and Antarctic regions. London: John Murray, 1847. First edition, 8vo, 2 volumes, 16 lithographed plates and maps, some folding, illustrations in the text, original cloth stamped in blind and lettered in gilt, some spotting, volume I upper hinge broken, endpaper and frontispiece loose, spine ends chipped (2) Provenance: N.A. Tombazis, bookplate.

Lot 205

Taylor, Rev, Isaac Scenes in America for the amusement and instruction of little tarry-at-home travellers. London: Harris & Son, 1821. First edition, 8vo, vignette title, folding map frontispiece, 28 plates, original printed boards, some very light foxing

Lot 219

Barrow, John A voyage to Cochinchina in the years 1792 and 1793. London: T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1806. First edition, 4to, [xviii, [ii], 447], double-page map, double page chart and 18 (of 19) hand-coloured aquatint plates, contemporary calf, Northern Lighthouse Board giltstamp at head of spine, lacks plate 1 [Funchal] Note: Abbey, Travel 514

Lot 220

Barrow, Sir John A chronological history of voyages into the Arctic regions. London: John Murray, 1818. First edition, 8vo, [6], 379, 48], one folding map [linen backed]; [Idem] Voyages of discovery and research within the Arctic regions. London: John Murray, 1846. First edition, 8vo, [xiv, 530], portrait frontispiece, 2 maps [one folding, linen backed], uniformly bound with above in 19th century full calf gilt, Northern Lighthouse Board gilt stamp to upper boards, interior very clean; Ross, Sir John Observations on a work entitled "Voyages of discovery and research within the Arctic regions" by Sir John Barrow. Edinburgh, 1846. First edition, 8vo, 19th century half calf gilt, Northern Lighthouse Board gilt stamp on upper board (3) Note: Sabin 3660; 3669

Lot 223

Belcher, Captain Sir Edward Narrative of a voyage round the world in Her Majesty`s Ship Sulphur during the years 1836-1842. London: Henry Colburn, 1843. First edition. 2 volumes, 8vo [xl [mispaginated as xxxii, xvii-xxii], 387; x, 474], 3 folding charts and maps laid down on linen, 19 engraved plates, wood-engravings in the text, contemporary calf, spines gilt with Northern Lighthouse Board stamp at head of spines, morocco lettering pieces, very slight offsetting to a few plates and folding chart Note: The present work includes much information on the South Pacific as well as the Pacific coast of both Americas. Ferguson 35364; Hill 102; Sabin 4390

Lot 226

Bougainville, Louis Antoine de Voyage autour du monde par la frégate La Boudeuse et la flûte l`Étoile, en 1766, 1767, 1768 & 1769. Paris: Saillant & Nyon, 1771. First edition, 4to, [[viii], 417, [ii]], 20 folding charts (including the continuation of plate 16), 3 engraved plates, contemporary red morocco, spine gilt, g.e., Northern Lighthouse Board stamp at head of spine, marginal repair to P1, very slight offsetting to a few charts Note: Bougainville` s voyage across the Pacific touched at the Tuamotu archipelago and Tahiti (Ahu-toru, a Tahitian was taken back to France), went on to Samoa, the New Hebrides, the Solomon Islands and the previously unknown Louisiade Archipelago. Sabin 6863; Borba de Moraes, p.115; Hill, pp.31-32

Lot 228

Bright, Richard Travels from Vienna through Hungary. Edinburgh: Archibald Constable, 1818. First edition, 4to, [xviii, 642, cii, errata], vignettes, 10 plates, folding table, 2 folding maps [partly hand coloured in outline], contemporary half calf gilt, Northern Lighthouse gilt stamp, upper hinge cracking, some foxing, offsetting from plates

Lot 231

Bruce, James Travels to discover the source of the Nile, in the years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, and 1773. Edinburgh: G.G.J. and J. Robinson, 1790. First edition, 5 volumes, 4to, [[xii, lxxxiii, 535; [iv], viii, 718; [iv], viii, 759; [iv], viii, 695; [iv], iv, iii-xiv, 230, [xii]], 3 folding maps laid down on linen, 58 engraved plates and plans, 4 leaves of Ethiopian dialects in volume 1, half-titles, titles with engraved vignette, tear to title-page of volume 1 repaired, slight stain to p.453 in volume 3, a few plates with small dampstain; Murray, Alexander Account of the life and writings of James Bruce, of Kinnaird. Author of Travels to discover the Source of the Nile. Edinburgh: A. Constable &c., 1808. 4to, [xiii, 504], engraved portrait frontispiece, 19 plates, 2 folding engraved maps, uniform contemporary tree calf, spines gilt, Northern Lighthouse Board gilt stamp at head of spines (6) Note: A fine set including the Life of James Bruce by Alexander Murray in contemporary tree calf.

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