Stevenson, Robert Louis. Island nights` entertainments. London: Cassell & Company Ltd., 1893. First edition, early issue (price correction present on page ii), 8vo, frontispiece, coloured sketch map and 26 other illustrations by Gordon Browne and W. Hatherell, original pictorial cloth with lettering in gilt on spine and with illustration on upper cover, 16pp. of publisher`s advertisements (coded "7G-3.93") at end, collector`s folder and morocco-backed slipcase with spine gilt in compartments, minor marks to upper cover, some marks and fading to folder. Note: Prideaux 38. A fine copy of Stevenson`s collection comprising `The Beach of Falesá`, `The Bottle Imp` and `The Isle of Voices`. Prideaux notes that the price correction on page ii is present in "the earliest copies".
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Wells, H.G. The island of Doctor Moreau. London: William Heinemann, 1896. First edition, 8vo, preliminary blank, half-title, frontispiece, 1 page of publisher`s advertisements at rear, 32pp. of publisher`s catalogue at rear, original brown cloth lettered in black on spine and in red and black with design on upper cover, some spotting and browning, small tears to tissue guard, binding slightly soiled, inner hinges split, tear to head of upper joint. Note: Wells 7. On publication The Times noted that "...the book should be kept out of the way of young people and avoided by all who have good taste, good feeling, or feeble nerves".
Wheatley, Dennis. Gateway to hell. London, 1970. First edition, 8vo, inscribed by the author, original red cloth gilt, dustwrapper, 2cm tear to upper edge; [Idem.] The ravishing of Lady Mary Ware. London, 1971. First edition, 8vo, inscribed by the author, original red cloth gilt, dustwrapper; [Idem.] The strange story of Linda Lee. London, 1972. First edition, 8vo, inscribed by the author, original red cloth gilt, dustwrapper; [Idem.] The Irish witch. London, 1973. First edition, 8vo, inscribed by the author, original red cloth gilt, dustwrapper; [Idem.] Desperate measures. London, 1974. First edition, 8vo, original red cloth gilt, dustwrapper; [Idem.] The memoirs of Dennis Wheatley. London, 1977. First edition, 8vo, inscribed by the author, original black cloth gilt, dustwrapper (6)
![Wyndham, John [Harris, John Beynon]. The chrysalids. London: Michael Joseph, 1955. First edition, 8vo, original black cloth g](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10121/2772175/231.JPG)
Wyndham, John [Harris, John Beynon]. The chrysalids. London: Michael Joseph, 1955. First edition, 8vo, original black cloth gilt, dustwrapper, not price clipped, some light staining rear of wrapper, interior clean, no inscriptions; [Idem] Trouble with Lichen. London: Michael Joseph, 1960. First edition, 8vo, original black cloth gilt, dustwrapper, not price clipped, tears at head of backstrip, one inch tear to rear of wrapper, interior clean, no inscriptions; [Idem] Consider her ways & others. London: Michael Joseph, 1961. First edition, 8vo, original cloth gilt, dustwrapper, not price clipped, interior clean, no inscriptions (3)
Yeats, W.B. Poems. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1904. 8vo, original cloth gilt, some light spotting, owners` names to preliminary leaf; [Idem] The wind among the reeds. London: E. Mathews, 1899. First edition, 8vo, original cloth, owner`s name on front endpaper, a few spots, binding slightly soiled (2)
Crime--Fingerprinting, Louisiana purchase exposition. Ferrier, J. Kenneth Crooks & Crime, describing the methods of criminals from the area sneak to the professional cardsharper, forger or murderer & the various ways in which they are circumvented & captured. London: Seeley, Service & Co., 1928. Second edition, the author`s copy with his signature, plates, original cloth, upper hinge weak; Signed photograph of J.K. Ferrier; 1 A.L.S. and 1 autograph poem, 7 newspaper articles on criminal cases by J.K. Ferrier for The Weekly Record [1926], letter & Special Commemorative Diploma of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition for J.K. Ferrier of Scotland Yard as custodian of the Finger-Print Exhibit, 1904, cased commemorative bronze medal of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition of 1904, typescript biography of J.K.F. by "D", two T.L.S. from T. Dickerson Cooke with an 18pp. copy of his lecture to the International Association for Identification convention in St. Louis on the importance of Ferrier to the history of finger-printing in the U.S.A., and 2 other items. Note: Detective Inspector Ferrier of Scotland Yard played a crucial role in the introduction of finger-printing into the U.S.A. when he arrived at the Louisana Purchase Exposition in 1904. Ferrier caught an Englishman posing as a Scotland Yard officer detailed by King Edward to guard the Jubilee gift exhibit, and recorded his finger prints for the St. Louis Police Department`s Identification Bureau, making them the first finger prints of a criminal recorded in the U.S.A., and St. Louis` the first police department in the U.S.A. with a finger print department. Ferrier went on to teach other American and Canadian police officers the infant science of finger print identification.
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Duelling--Howard, Henry, Earl of Northampton. A publication of His Ma[jes]ties edict and severe censure against private combats and combatants. London: Robert Barker, 1613. First edition, 4to, woodcut coat of arms on title verso, boards, without initial blank leaf A1, title soiled and corner repaired, some dampstaining, final leaf repaired affecting two letters. Note: STC (2nd ed.), 8498.5; ESTC S1240
Park, Mungo. Travels in the interior districts of Africa. Philadelphia, 1800. First American edition, 8vo, folding engraved map, contemporary calf, list of subscribers, slightly spotted, rebacked; Cordova, Admiral Don. A. de. A voyage of discovery to the strait of Magellan. London: R. Phillips, [1812]. 8vo, engraved portrait & folding chart, modern calf-backed cloth; Smith, E. Fragments in prose and verse. London: Cadell & Davies, 1810. 2 volumes, 8vo, engraved portrait, original boards, uncut, rubbed; De Retz, Cardinal Memoirs. Dublin: W. Watson, 1777. 4 volumes, 12mo, contemporary calf, head of two spines rubbed; Buffon, G.L.M., comte de Buffon`s natural history abridged. Dublin: P. Wogan, 1791. 8vo, engraved frontispiece and 40 engraved plates, contemporary calf, spine gilt; and 40 others [including a run of Portfolio of English cathedrals] (49)
Smiles, Samuel. Lives of the engineers. London: J. Murray, 1861. 2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary half calf, slightly rubbed; Idem James Nasmyth engineer. London: J. Murray, 1883. First edition, 8vo, plates, original cloth, upper hinge broken; Idem The life of George Stephenson, railway engineer. London: J. Murray, 1857. Second edition, 8vo, contemporary half calf, lower joint split; Encyclopaedia Britannica. 3 volumes, 4to, facsimile edition, imitation calf gilt; Edgeworth, Maria and R.L. Practical education. London: J. Johnson, 1801. Second edition, 3 volumes, 8vo, contemporary half calf, rebacked; Idem Harry and Lucy concluded. London: R. Hunter &c., 1825. 4 volumes, 12mo, contemporary half calf, spines worn, a few margins damp-stained at beginning of volume 1; Baines, Edward History of the wars of the French Revolution. London: Longman, 1817. 2 volumes in one, 4to, engraved plates and maps, modern half calf, McDowall, A. & M. Peaks & frescoes. Oxford, 1928. 4to, coloured linocuts by Mary McDowall, original cloth, spine slightly faded; James, Henry Account of the observations and calculations of the principal triangulation. London, 1858. 4to, engraved frontispiece and title, modern cloth; Shakespeare, William The dramatic works. London: W. Miller, 1806. 2 volumes, 8vo, engraved title vignettes, contemporary diced calf gilt; and others, miscellaneous (quantity)
Darwin, Charles. On the origin of species by means of natural selection. London: John Murray, 1859. First edition, 8vo, half-title, 1 folding lithographed diagram, a few passages scored in pencil in the margins, with one pencil annotation on p.221, contemporary green half morocco, half-title loose and slightly chipped, worn, upper hinge broken, short marginal tear to pp. 23, 25, 105 & 107. Note: First edition of Darwin`s greatest work, ``the most important biological book ever written`` (Freeman) and ``one of the most important books ever published`` (Garrison & Morton). Murray printed 1250 copies of the first edition, which were all taken up on the first day; a second edition of 3000 copies sold out shortly afterwards.
Entomology--Fowler, W.W. The coleoptera of the British Islands. London: L. Reeve, 1887-91. First edition, 5 volumes, 8vo, 180 hand-coloured lithographed plates, 2 uncoloured plates, contemporary maroon half morocco, gilt, a few small scrapes to binding. Note: Fowler held the post of Secretary of the Royal Entomological Society for ten years, before, in 1901, he was made President. He was also for 38 years on the editorial panel of the Entomologist`s Monthly Magazine.
Scott, Peter. Morning flight. London, 1935. First edition, 4to, number 533 of 750 copies, signed by the author, 16 colour plates, original cloth gilt, some fading to edges, foxing to boards, lacking dustwrapper, spotting to endpapers otherwise clean. Note: Ink inscription of David Fyfe Anderson on front endpaper.
![More, Henry. Philosophical poems. Cambridge: Roger Daniel, 1647. First collected edition, 8vo, [28, 436, 2] woodcut device on](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10121/2772175/350.JPG)
More, Henry. Philosophical poems. Cambridge: Roger Daniel, 1647. First collected edition, 8vo, [28, 436, 2] woodcut device on title, engraved portrait of More bound in as frontispiece, woodcut astronomical and geometrical diagrams, head- and tail-pieces, and initials, errata leaf at end, nineteenth century blue morocco by Hammond, g.e., slight damp-staining to some upper corners, a few headlines cut close shaving an occasional letter. Note: First collected edition by the noted Cambridge neoPlatonist. Wing M2670
Eton, Winchester, Westminster--Ackermann, Rudolph. The history of the colleges of Winchester, Eton and Westminster. London: R. Ackermann, 1816. First edition, 4to (33 x 29cm.), 48 hand-coloured plates, mostly aquatint, including 4 costume plates, list of subscribers, full red morocco gilt, covers tooled in gilt and blind, green morocco lettering piece, slipcase, slight offsetting to text, plates very clean with bright original hand-colouring. Note: A fine copy. Abbey, Scenery, 438. Plate 23 in 2nd state with masters wearing hats; plate 26 in 3rd state with boys playing cricket
![Gill, Eric. The way of the cross. Ditchling, [St. Dominic`s Press], 1917. First edition, 8vo, printed in red and black, 14 wo](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10121/2772175/382.JPG)
Gill, Eric. The way of the cross. Ditchling, [St. Dominic`s Press], 1917. First edition, 8vo, printed in red and black, 14 wood-engraved illustrations and 3 devices by Eric Gill, original slate grey wrappers with cross and title in silver on upper wrapper, uncut, wrappers very slightly faded
Gregynog Press - Shaw, George Bernard. Shaw gives himself away. Gregynog Press, 1939. 8vo, number 147 of 300 copies, wood engraved frontispiece by John Farleigh, one of 275 copies bound in dark green morocco with abstract orange onlay [Harrop 40]; Shaw, George Bernard Prefaces. London, 1934. First edition, 8vo, later half red morocco gilt, some fading to backstrip; Nonesuch Press - Moore, George Ulick and Soracha. London, 1926. 8vo, number 577 of 1250 copies, signed by the author, original cream cloth gilt, vellum dustwrapper (3). Provenance: All volumes inscibed in ink by David Fyfe Anderson on front endpaper.
![Upton, Florence K. & Upton, Bertha. The adventures of two Dutch dolls. London & New York, [1895]. First edition, oblo](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10121/2772175/398.JPG)
Upton, Florence K. & Upton, Bertha. The adventures of two Dutch dolls. London & New York, [1895]. First edition, oblong 4to, original cloth backed pictorial boards, pencil marks on upper board, interior very clean; [Idem] The Golliwogg`s bicycle club. London, New York & Bombay, 1903. Oblong 4to, original cloth backed boards, upper board creased, inner hinge weak; [Idem] The Golliwogg in war! London, New York & Bombay, 1903. New edition, oblong 4to, original cloth backed pictorial boards, pencil mark on upper board (3)
Upton, Florence K. & Upton, Bertha. The Golliwogg`s "auto-go-cart". London, New York & Bombay, 1901. First edition, oblong 4to, original cloth backed pictorial boards, top right corner worn, patches of rubbing to lower board, interior clean; [Idem.] The Golliwogg`s circus. London, New York & Bombay, 1903. First edition, oblong 4to, original cloth backed pictorial boards, both boards and interior very clean (2)
Upton, Florence K. & Upton, Bertha. The Golliwogg`s christmas. London, New York & Bombay, 1907. First edition, oblong 4to, original cloth backed pictorial boards, some slight rubbing to boards, inner hinge weak; [Idem.] The Golliwogg`s desert-island. London, New York & Bombay, 1906. Later edition, oblong 4to, original cloth backed paper covers, creasing to covers (2)
Airy, G.B. Account of the Northumberland Equatoreal and Dome attached to the Cambridge Observatory. Cambridge: University Press, 1844. First edition, 4to, 19 engraved or lithographed plates, original cloth, book label "Presented by the Duke of Northumberland", occasional light spotting. Note: Rare.
Astronomy and Science, German--Schrodinger, E. Abhandlungen zur Wellenmechanik. Leipzig: J.A. Barth, 1927. First edition, 8vo, original cloth, upper cover slighlty soiled; Idem. Uber indeterminismus in der Physik. Leipzig: J.A. Barth, 1932. 8vo, original wrappers; Benndorf, H. & V.F. Hess Luftelektrizitat. [N.d.], 8vo, extracted article with pencil dedication to C.T.R. Wilson from the authors, cloth; Ritter, A. Anwendungen der Mechanischen Warmetheorie auf kosmologische Probleme. Hannover, 1879. 8vo, quarter cloth; Zinner, E. Geschichte und Bibliographie der Astronomischen Literatur in Deutschland zur Zeit der Renaissance. Stuttgart, 1964. 8vo, cloth; Eberhard, G. Sternspektrographie und Bestimmung von Radial-Geschwindigkeiten. Berlin, 1933, 8vo, offprint, quarter cloth; and c. 60 others, mostly in wrappers (66)
Smyth, C. Piazzi. Report on the Teneriffe astronomical experiment of 1856, addressed to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. London & Edinburgh, 1858. First edition, title with mounted stereo photograph, 10 lithographed plates and one mounted albumen print plate, original blue printed boards, neatly rebacked. Note: Rare.
Smyth, C. Piazzi. Madeira spectroscopic. Edinburgh: W. & A.K. Johnston, 1882. First edition, mounted vignette on title, 19 plates, original cloth; Idem Madeira meteorologic. Edinburgh: D. Douglas, 1882. First edition, 8vo, 2 plates, original cloth, worn; Idem Micrometrical measures of gaseous spectra under high dispersion. Edinburgh: Neill, 1886. 4to, plates, some coloured and folding, original cloth; Idem The visual (grating and glass lens) solar spectrum in 1884. Edinburgh: Neill, 1886. 4to, coloured plates, original cloth (4)
Stevenson, Alan. Account of the Skerryvore lighthouse. Edinburgh: A. & C. Black, 1848. First edition, 4to, engraved frontispiece on india paper and 33 engraved plates, some folding, original cloth, fore margin of frontispiece spotted, rebacked retaining original spine, corners slightly rubbed
Macnish, Robert. The philosophy of sleep. Glasgow: W.R. McPhun, 1830. 12mo, one of 6 large paper copies, late 19th century half calf gilt, red label, rubbed at edges, heavy foxing to endpapers; Gray, Thomas Poems. Glasgow: Robert & Andrew Foulis, 1768. First Glasgow edition, 4to, contemporary half calf, worn, upper board loose, foxing [Gaskell 475]; Tannahill, Robert The soldier`s return. Paisley, 1873. 8vo, albumen print frontispiece, contemporary half calf gilt, rubbed, some foxing (3)
Railways - Carlson, Robert E. The Liverpool & Manchester railway project 1821-1831. Newton Abbot, 1969. First edition, 8vo, original cloth gilt, dustwrapper, chipped at edges; MacDermot, E.T. History of the Great Western Railway. London, 1927-31. 8vo, 2 volumes in 3, folding map, portrait frontispieces, original cloth gilt; Farey, John A treatise on the steam engine. Newton Abbot, 1971. 8vo, 2 volumes, original cloth gilt, dustwrappers; Nock, O. S. The Highland railway. London, 1965. First edition, 8vo, original cloth, dustwrapper; Von Oeynhausen, C. & Von Dechen, H. Railways in England 1826 and 1827. Cambridge: The Newcomen Society, 1971. 8vo, translated by E. A. Forward, original cloth, dustwrapper; Webster, N.W. Joseph Locke. London, 1970. First edition, 8vo, orignal cloth, dustwrapper; and 15 others on railways (24)
Baker, Sir Samuel W. Ismailia. London: Macmillan, 1874. First edition, 8vo, 2 volumes, portrait frontispieces, 2 maps [one folding], plates, original green cloth gilt, gilt stamp of camel train on upper board of each volume, "publisher`s compliments" stamp on titles, rebacked, some foxing, folding map repaired, bookplate (2)
Chapman, Abel. On safari, big-game hunting in British East Africa. London: Edward Arnold, 1908. First edition, 8vo, frontispiece, illustrated and photographic plates, original decorative black cloth gilt, elephant on upper board, rubbed at edges, bookplate removed from front pastedown, interior very clean
Grogan, E.S. & Sharp, A.H. From Cape to Cairo. London: Hurst and Blackett, 1900. First edition, 8vo, presentation copy from the author, signed on front pastedown with a sketch of an elephant by the author, portrait frontispiece, 3 maps [2 folding], illustrated by A.D. McCormick, original decorative cloth gilt, some rubbing, marginal water staining to frontispiece and endpapers, some light spotting
Maxwell, Marius. Stalking big game with a camera in equatorial Africa. London, 1925. 4to, folding frontispiece, folding map, 112 plates, original cloth gilt, faded, some water staining to edges of boards; Dugmore, A. Radclyffe Camera adventures in the African wilds. London, 1913. New edition, 8vo, frontispiece, photographic plates, original cloth gilt, some rubbing at edges, previous ink inscription on front endpaper; [Idem] The wonderland of big game. London, 1925. 8vo, frontispiece, plates, original red cloth gilt, rubbed, some foxing; Johnson, Martin Over African jungles. London, 1935. 8vo, plates, original green cloth gilt; [Idem] Safari, a saga of the African Blue. New York, 1929. Eleventh impression, 8vo, plates, original orange cloth gilt, backstrip, sunned; [Idem] Lion, African adventures with the king of the beasts. London, 1929. First edition, 8vo, plates, original red cloth gilt, rubbed; Owen, T.R.H. Hunting big game. London, 1960. 8vo, plates, original red cloth gilt (7)
Thomson, Joseph. To the Central African Lakes and back. London: Sampson Low, 1881. First edition, 8vo, 2 volumes, mounted photographic portrait frontispiece in each volumes, 2 folding maps, original decorative brown cloth gilt, some rubbing to extremities, contemporary ink inscription on title of volume one, some foxing; [Idem] Through Masai land. London, 1887. New edition, 8vo, frontispiece, illustrations in text, original blue cloth gilt, rubbed at edges, bookseller`s blind stamp on front endpaper, previous ink inscription on front endpaper; Thomson, Rev. J.B. Joseph Thomson, African explorer. London, 1896. 8vo, frontispiece, 6 maps [5 folding], original red cloth gilt, rubbed at edges; Geddie, John The lake regions of Central Africa. London, 1881. 8vo, frontispiece, original decorative cloth gilt, some rubbing to edges, prize inscription on front endpaper (5)
Tjader, Richard. The big game of Africa. New York, 1910. 8vo, frontispiece, photographic plates, original green cloth gilt, blind stamp of lion on upper board, rubbed at edges, small address sticker on front pastedown; Percival, A. Blayney A game ranger on safari. London, 1928. 8vo, 24 plates, folding map, original red cloth gilt, fading to backstrip, contemporary ink inscription on title; [Idem] A game ranger`s note book. London, 1925. Reprint, 8vo, frontispiece, original green cloth, backstrip faded; Chalmers, Patrick Sport and travel in East Africa... compiled from the diaries of H.R.H. The Prince of Wales. London, 1934. 8vo, frontispiece, photographic plates, original yellow cloth gilt, neat ink inscription on front endpaper; Roosevelt, Theodore African game trails. New York, 1910. 8vo, frontispiece, map, 8 colour plates, illustrations in text, original decorative cloth gilt, rubbed at edges, neat inscription on front endpaper, some light foxing; Pitman, Captain C.R.S. A game warden among his charges. London, 1931. 8vo, frontispiece, plates, original green cloth gilt, backstrip faded; [Idem] A game warden takes stock. London, 1942. 8vo, frontispiece, original green cloth gilt, backstrip faded, previous inscription on front free endpaper; Kearton, Cherry In the land of the lion. London, 1929. First edition, 8vo, frontispiece, plates, original green cloth gilt, gilt stamp of leopard on upper board and a later 1933 edition; Hately, T.L. & Copley, Hugh Angling in East Africa. London, 1933. 8vo, four folding maps in rear pocket, publisher`s adverts, original brown cloth gilt; Blixen-Finecke, Bror von African hunter. London, 1937. First edition, 8o, frontispiece, plates, original yellow cloth; Lynn-Allen, Lt.-Col. B.G. Shot-gun and sunlight. London, 1951. 8vo, illustrated by Dugmore, J.R., original brown cloth gilt, dustwrapper; Roberts, Dr Austin The birds of South Africa. London, 1951. Eighth impression, 8vo, illustrated, original cloth gilt (13)
Barthelemy, J.J. Dissertation sur une ancienne inscription Grecque, relative aux finances des Athéniens. Paris: l`Imprimerie Royale, 1792. First edition, 4to, folding engraved plate, half-title; Idem Voyage du jeune Anacharsis en Grèce. Paris: De Bure, 1790. 7 volumes, 8vo and plate volume, 4to, 31 double-page engraved plans, plates and maps, 10 hand-coloured in outline, text contemporary calf gilt, plate volume contemporary half calf, rubbed. Note: Barthelemy`s Dissertation sur une ancienne inscription Grecque bound with the plate volume of Voyage du jeune Anacharsis.
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Billings, Robert William. The baronial and ecclesiastical antiquities of Scotland. London: the author, [1848-52]. First edition, 4 volumes, 4to, large paper copy, wood-engraved titles and 240 engraved plates on india paper, tissue guards, original brown morocco-backed cloth, spines somewhat rubbed, short tear at foot of volume 1 spine
Bruce, James. Travels to discover the source of the Nile, in the years 1768... 1773. Edinburgh: printed by J. Ruthven, 1790. First edition, 5 volumes, 4to, 3 engraved plans, 3 folding maps and 55 engraved plates, 4 leaves showing Ethiopian dialects, titles with engraved vignette, half-titles in volumes 1-4, contemporary sprinkled calf, spines gilt, red morocco lettering-pieces, black morocco volume-pieces, two joints repaired, head of spines rubbed, very minor worming to extreme margin of first few leaves of volume 1, plates and maps clean, short tear to one folding map, without loss. Provenance: Johnstown Kennedy Library, armorial bookplates.
Ceylon - Percival, Robert. An account of the island of Ceylon. London: C. & R. Baldwin, 1803. First edition, 4to, folding engraved map by Arrowsmith hand-coloured in outline and 3 folding charts, contemporary half calf, half-title frayed, rather spotted, rubbed, joints splitting. Provenance: Rockwell College, Cashell, library stamp, and "N/56" in ink on title
Cook, Captain James and Captain James King. A voyage to the Pacific Ocean. Undertaken by the command of His Majesty for making discoveries in the Northern hemisphere. London: G. Nicol and T. Cadell, 1784. First edition, 3 volumes, 4to, and atlas folio, text volumes with 24 engraved plates, charts and profiles, some folding, atlas volume with 2 folding charts and 61 engraved plates, marginal tear to "A Boxing Match" and "A Night Dance", contemporary tree calf, spines gilt, morocco lettering-pieces, some offsetting from and to plates in text volumes, some spotting to a few plates in atlas volume, rubbed, joints splitting, atlas volume rebacked retaining original spine, corners repaired
Franklin, John. Narrative of a journey to the shores of the Polar Sea in the years 1819, 20,21 and 22. London: John Murray, 1823. First edition, 4to, 4 folding maps, 30 plates [11 coloured], contemporary full calf gilt, marble endpapers, hinges cracking, some occasional foxing and offsetting. Note: Abbey Travel 635. Provenance: From the library of the botanical artist Elizabeth Cameron, nee Vaughan-Lee.
Hobhouse, John Cam, 1st Baron Broughton. A journey through Albania and other provinces of Turkey in Europe and Asia to Constantinople during the years 1809 and 1810. London: James Cawthorn, 1813. First edition, 4to, engraved frontispiece, 2 folding maps, 17 hand-coloured aquatint plates, 2 facsimile plates & 2 leaves of engraved music, contemporary tree calf, spine gilt, red morocco lettering piece, lacking pp.iii-vi, frontispiece torn and laid down with marginal loss, title and [a4] slightly soiled and slightly frayed, a few contents leaves slightly loose, title strengthened in extreme inner margin, map of Albania repaired on verso and split at one fold, marginal tear to plate at p.133, occasional light spotting or dust-soiling but generally clean, joints splitting. Note: Blackmer 821; cf. Abbey, Travel 202; Atabey 584
Holland, Henry. Travels in the Ionian Isles, Albania, Thessaly, Macedonia &c. during the years 1812 and 1813. London: Longman, Hurst &c., 1815. First edition, 4to, engraved map and 12 plates, contemporary maroon half morocco, spine tooled in blind, some spotting. Note: Blackmer 825; Atabey 589. Provenance: Rockwell College, Cashel, two library stamps and number in ink on title
Hooker, Sir Joseph D. Himalayan journals. London: J. Murray, 1854. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, 2 folding maps, 12 tinted lithographed plates, 6 wood-engraved plates, 32pp. advertisements at end of volume 1, errata slips, original cloth, maps repaired with sellotape and discoloured, some spotting, small dampstain to some fore-margins, rebacked with morocco, corners rubbed. Provenance: From the library of the botanical artist Elizabeth Cameron, nee Vaughan-Lee.
Jones, Inigo. The most notable antiquity of Great Britain, vulgarly called Stone-Heng on Salisbury Plain. London: D. Pakeman & L. Chapman, 1655. First edition, 4to, engraved frontispiece portrait by W. Hollar and 6 woodcut plates (of 7, lacking no. 2), contemporary calf, worn, lacking one cover, some leaves strengthened in fore margin and title laid down
Lechevalier, Jean Baptiste. Description of the plain of Troy. Edinburgh: T. Cadell, 1791. First English edition, 4to, 4 folding maps, half-title, [Atabey 696; Blackmer 993], X2 torn without loss; Morritt, J.B.S. A vindication of Homer and of the ancient poets and historians who have recorded the siege and fall of Troy. York: W. Blanchard, 1798. First edition, 4to, folding engraved map and 5 folding aquatint plates, [Atabey 840; Blackmer 1157; Abbey, Travel 398]; 2 works in one volume, contemporary half calf, uncut, some spotting, very worn
Neufeld, Charles. A prisoner of the Khaleefa. London, 1899. First edition, 8vo, frontispiece, original green cloth gilt, red stamp on upper board; Roberts of Kandahar, Lord Forty-one years in India. London, 1897. Fourth edition, 8vo, 2 volumes, portrait frontispiece, original blue cloth gilt, rubbed; Butler, Sir William F. The life of Sir George Pomeroy-Colley. London, 1899. Second impression, 8vo, portrait frontispiece, original red cloth gilt, backstrip faded; Wright, H.C. Seppings With Togo. London, 1905. 8vo, frontispiece, original decorative blue cloth gilt, corners bumped; Repington, Lt. Col C. a` Court The first world war 1914-1918. London, 1920. 8vo, 2 volumes, original green cloth gilt (7)
Newland, Arthur George Edward. The image of war, or service on the Chin Hills. With an introductory historical note by J.D. Macnabb. Calcutta: Thacker, Spink & Co., 1894. First edition, 4to, 38 plates, illustrations, 40pp. advertisements at end, original maroon pictorial cloth gilt, t.e.g., extremities lightly rubbed. Note: Rare. Only 3 copies located on COPAC, and no copy traced at auction since 1975.
Parry, William Edward. Journal of a voyage for the discovery of a North-west passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific. London: John Murray, 1821. First edition, 4to, 6 maps, 14 engraved plates, contemporary full calf gilt, black label, hinges cracking, some occasional offsetting and foxing, bookplate; [Idem] Journal of a second voyage for the discovery of a North-west passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific. London: John Murray, 1824. First edition, 4to, 9 maps, 30 engraved plates, contemporary full calf gilt, some offsetting, bookplate (2). Provenance: From the library of the botanical artist Elizabeth Cameron, nee Vaughan-Lee.
![Salt, Henry. A voyage to Abyssinia. London: F.C. and J. Rivington, 1814. First edition, 4to, 31 [of 35] charts, maps and plat](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10121/2772175/510.JPG)
Stafford, Thomas. Pacata Hibernia, Ireland appeased and reduced, or an historie of the late warres of Ireland. London: A.M. 1633. First edition, folio, engraved portrait of Sir George Carew, engraved portrait of Queen Elizabeth, 1810 facsimile Speed map of Munster inserted in place of the original, and 16 engraved maps and plates, most folding, near contemporary calf, short marginal tear to title, plate 2 strengthened at fold and with short tear, plate at p.188 repaired with very slight loss, plate at p.292 torn without loss, plate at p.382 with slight loss of margin, a few leaves slightly dampstained in margin at end, portrait of Carew cropped at head, head and base of spine and corners worn, later endpapers
Taylor, Griffith. With Scott: the silver lining. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1916. First edition, 8vo, presentation copy [blind stamp on title], half title, portrait frontispiece, 2 folding maps, plates, original green cloth gilt, some bumping to corners; Nansen, Fridtjof Farthest North. London, 1898. 8vo, 2 volumes, portrait frontispiece, plates, folding map, later half calf gilt, rubbed at edges; Evans, Sir Edward South with Scott. London and Glasgow, [no date]. 8vo, portrait frontispiece, folding map, illustrated with photographs by Herbert Ponting, original blue cloth gilt, dustwrapper, chipped at edges (4)
Warrington, Rev. William. The history of Wales. London: printed for J. Johnson, 1786. First edition, 4to, contemporary half calf gilt, red label, patches of wear to boards, interior clean, bookplate; Marshall, Mr. The rural economy of Norfolk. London, 1795. Second edition, 8vo, 2 volumes, folding map, contemporary calf gilt, red and black labels, rubbed at edges, some waterstaining to early leaves; [Idem] The rural economy of the West of England. London, 1796. First edition, 8vo, 2 volumes, lacking folding map, contemporary tree calf gilt, red and black labels, bookplates; Boswell, James An account of Corsica. London, 1768. Second edition, 8vo, folding map, contemporary calf gilt, hinges cracking, bookplate (7). Provenance: From the library of the botanical artist Elizabeth Cameron, nee Vaughan-Lee.
Wilson, Daniel. Memorials of Edinburgh in the olden time. Edinburgh, 1848. 2 volumes in 1, 4to, 44 engraved plates, contemporary half morocco, t.e.g., head of spine rubbed; Idem Another copy. 1891. Second edition, 2 volumes, 4to, original cloth; Stevenson, R.L. Memories. Edinburgh, 1912. 8vo, original wrappers by Jessie M. King, wrappers slightly soiled and rubbed; Bower, A. The history of the university of Edinburgh. Edinburgh, 1817. 3 volumes, 8vo, modern cloth, red morocco labels; Hammerton, J.A. Stevensoniana. Edinburgh, 1910. First edition, presentation copy signed by the author, original cloth, worn; Simpson, E.B. The Robert Louis Stevenson originals. London & Edinburgh: T.N. Foulis, 1912. 8vo, original buckram; and 9 others, including 7 T.N. Foulis publications (17)
Woodthorpe, R.G. The Lushai expedition 1871-1872. London: Hurst & Blackett, 1873. First edition, 8vo, engraved frontispiece and title-vignette (slightly soiled & laid down), map, modern half morocco; Reid, A.S. Chin-Lushai land. Calcutta: Thacker Spink, 1893. 8vo, 8 plates and 2 (of 3) maps, illustrations, original cloth, 2 maps laid down, one with slight loss, rebacked; Pratt, A.E. To the snows of Tibet through China. London: Longmans, 1892. First edition, 8vo, map and 32 plates, original cloth, worn, lending library label on upper cover; Gill, W. The river of golden sand. London: J. Murray, 1883. 8vo, 2 maps, 3 plates, original cloth, rubbed and faded; Stevenson, H.N.C. The economics of the central Chin tribes. Bombay, [c.1943]. 8vo, original cloth, faded (5)
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