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Click here to subscribeEurope.- Ros (Lord de) Journal of a Tour in the Principalities, Crimea, and Countries adjacent to the Black Sea in the Years 1835-36, first edition, 8pp. advertisements at end, scattered faint spotting, original cloth, printed paper spine label, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 8vo, 1855.
World.- Longstaff (George B.)Butterfly-Hunting in Many Lands, first edition, half-title, frontispiece, 6 chromolithographs, 9 lithographs, illustrations, previous owner's ink inscription to front pastedown, original cloth, fractional bumping to corners and extremities, 1912; and another on the Crimea, 8vo (2).
Middle East.- [Brand (Helen W.)] Over Arab Lands: notes of a tour through Egypt, Palestine, Syria, and Turkey, first edition, title detached, previous owner's ink signature to title head, corrections inserted by hand, albumen print of author and her family pasted down and loosely inerte, typescript biography and family tree of author taped to endpapers, A.L.s signed to the author tipped-in at end, occasional old tape marks, spotting, cracked hinges, original cloth, gilt, a little rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, 8vo, Dundee, Dundee Advertiser Office, 1867.
Africa.- Livingstone (David) Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa, first edition, first issue, folding tinted lithograph frontispiece, engraved portrait, 2 tinted lithographs (one with marginal water-staining), 20 wood engraved plates, illustrations, 2 folding maps (1 in pocket at end), one folding table, 8pp. publisher's advertisements dated 'November 1, 1857' at end, scattered spotting, neat repairs and strengthening to hinges, original cloth, bumping to corners and extremities, neat repairs and restoration to spine ends, [Hosken p.126], 8vo, 1857. *** There is some confusion over which variant is the first edition, first issue. This copy matches the precedence given by Gaston Renard with the lithographs by W. West facing pp.66 and 225.
Mountaineering.- Britain.- Abraham (Ashley P.) Rock-Climbing in Skye, first edition, frontispiece, plates, large linen-backed folding map in pocket at end, scattered spotting, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1908 § Smythe (F .S.) Climbs and Ski Runs: Mountaineering and Ski-ing in the Alps, Great Britain and Corsica, first edition, frontispiece, plates, scattered faint spotting, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, lightly sunned spine, 1931 § Larden (Walter) Recollections of an Old Mountaineer, first edition, frontispiece, plates, 20pp. advertisements at end, scattered spotting, original cloth, a little rubbed, bumping to corners and spine extremities, 1910; and others similar, 8vo (15).
Polar.- Mill (Hugh Robert) The Life of Sir Ernest Shackleton, first edition, half-title, frontispiece, 19 plates, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, price-clipped dust-jacket from the American edition, splits and small loss to folds, neat tissue-tape repairs to verso, chipping and small loss to spine head and top edge, [Rosove 227, A1], 8vo, 1923. *** Scarce in dust-jacket.Mill was involved in the preparations for Scott's Discovery expedition, and accompanied them to Madeira. "During the passage he became fast and lasting friends with Shackleton, who was third officer. For Mill, Shackleton was "the most attractive and many-sided man I ever knew." (Rosove).
Spain.- Carter (Francis) A Journey from Gibraltar to Malaga, 2 vol. bound as 1, first edition, engraved vignette titles, one folding engraved map (split to foldline), 2 folding engraved plates, engraved illustrations, many full-page and of inscribed stones, 2A4 vol. 2 with tear into text and neat old repair, scattered spotting, contemporary calf, upper cover detached, a little rubbed, 8vo, 1777.
Mountaineering.- Fitz Gerald (E. A.) & Stuart Vines. The Highest Andes: A Record of the First Ascent of Aconcagua and Tupungato in Argentina ..., first edition, presentation copy inscribed by contributor Stuart Vines, frontispiece, plates and illustrations, 2 folding maps at end, title in red and black, spotting, spotting, original decorative cloth, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1899 § Ball (John, editor) Peaks, Passes, and Glaciers, fourth edition, chromolithograph frontispiece, vignette title, 7 chromolithographs, 9 folding plates, illustrations, original cloth, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1859 § Rey (Guido) Peaks and Precipices: Scrambles in the Dolomites and Savoy, first English edition, translated by J. E. C. Eaton, frontispiece, plates, scattered spotting, original cloth, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1914; and others mountaineering, 8vo (33).
Africa.- Stanley (Henry Morton) In Darkest Africa, 2 vol., first edition, frontispieces, plates, 3 maps only (of 4), of which 2 folding, one with tear and tape repair verso, folding table at end vol. 2, scattered spotting, occasional marginal water-staining, vol. 1 lacking final free endpaper, original pictorial cloth, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, [Hosken p.189], 1890 § Murray (Hugh) Historical Account of Discoveries and Travels in Africa, 2 vol., second edition, 7 engraved maps (3 folding), spotting, off-setting, vol. 2 with occasional water-staining, bookplates, contemporary calf, vol. 2 rebacked retaining original backstrip, a little rubbed, 1818 § Burrows (Captain Guy) The Curse of Central Africa, second impression, half-title, frontispiece, title in red and black, plates and illustrations, one folding map, 18pp. advertisements at end, scattered spotting, one or two faint marginal pencil notes, original cloth, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, fading to spine [Hosken p.33], 1903; and 3 others, Africa, 8vo (8).
Mediterranean.- Willyams (Cooper) A Voyage up the Mediterranean, first edition, engraved dedication leaf, double-page aquatint map with route, 41 aquatint plates, contemporary green mottled calf, gilt, a little rubbed, [Abbey, Travel 196; Blackmer 1813; Atabey 1339 (second edition)], 4to, 1802.*** A good copy of this work by a chaplain and artist in the Mediterranean squadron under Nelson, including much on the Battle of the Nile.
Polar.- Cherry-Garrard (Apsley) The Worst Journey in the World, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, frontispieces, 56 plates, of which 10 folding (5 with chipping to fore-edges), 4 maps only (of 5), of which 2 folding, vol. 2 with spare spine label tipped-in at beginning, previous owner's ink signature to front free endpapers, scattered faint spotting, original cloth-backed boards, vol. 1 backstrip beginning to split at joints but holding firm, chipping to spine extremities, slight bumping to corners, [Rosove 71, A1], 8vo, 1922. *** Provenance: Inscribed to George P. Abbott, by his wife Emily. Lot 183 at Christie's on 18th April 2000.George Percy Abbott RVM (1880-1923) was an Antarctic explorer who was part of Scott's Terra Nova expedition, as well as part of the Northern Party, who is mentioned in Cherry-Garrard's work. He spent two winters at Cape Adare, away from the main expedition. Abbott Peak on Ross Island was named in honour of Abbott.
Spain.- Espinosa de los Monteros (Pablo) [Primera (-Segunda) Parte de la historia antiguedades y grandezas de la muy noble y muy leal Ciudad de Sevilla], first edition, 2 parts in 1 vol., title for vol. 2 only bound at beginning (woodcut device to title & trimmed affecting 'Primera Parte' in manuscript at head), lacking title to vol. 1 & *2 and vol. 2 lacking 4pp. table at end, *1-6 misbound (vol. 1), closely trimmed throughout occasionally affecting headlines, catch-words, signatures or side-notes, water-staining throughout, small holes or loss occasionally affecting text, many ff. with neat old repairs (most marginal), 11 ff. with repairs and missing text supplied in neat manuscript, lacking 12 ff. now supplied in manuscript in a neat hand, occasional manuscript notes in a different hand, spotting, nineteenth-century calf-backed boards, a little rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, 4to, Seville, Matias Clavijo & Juan de Cabrera, 1627-30; sold not subject to return *** Scarce in retail. The last copy we can find at auction sold in 1977. Though still important, this history of Seville is not accurate as the author included many myths and legends that related to the city.
Africa.- Snelgrave (Captain William) A New Account of some Parts of Guinea, and the Slave-Trade, first edition, lacking folding map, previous owner's ink signature to early blank and title, several ff. strengthened at gutter, C8 verso & D1 recto strengthened at gutter obscuring odd letter, faint marginal finger-soiling, later morocco, rubbed, bumping t ocorners and extremities, [Sabin 85380; Goldsmiths 7204], 8vo, for James, John, and Paul Knapton, 1734. *** Snelgrave was a sailor and slave-trader. This book attempts to defend the trade, and also includes an account of Snelgrave and his ship being captured by pirates.
Italy.- Lear (Edward) Illustrated Excursions in Italy, 2 vol., comprising first and second series, first edition, half-titles, 55 tinted lithographs, 2 maps, illustrations, 4pp. musical score at end vol. 2, advertisements at end vol. 2, tissue-guards, scattered spotting, half-title, one or two plates, one map and several ff. with tears and expert repairs, gutta-percha perished with plates loose or becoming so, original green cloth, lightly sunned spines, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, [Abbey Travel 172], 4to, 1846.
Spain.- Talbot Dillon (John) Travels through Spain, with a view to illustrate the Natural History and Physical Geography of that Kingdom, first edition, engraved frontispiece, small loss to bottom edge neatly restored, engraved dedication ff., 5 engraved plates only (of 6), 1 folding, short splits to foldline with neat old repairs verso, lacking map, one or two neat marginal manuscript notes, 3B4 with short marginal tear and neat old repair, ex-Birmingham Library with usual label and ink-stamps, spotting and staining, later cloth, a little rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, 4to, 1780.
China.- Karns (Maurine) & Pat Patterson. Shanghai: High Lights Low Lights Tael Lights, first edition, frontispiece, illustrations, illustrated endpapers, partially erased pencil notes to title, original pictorial boards, spine stitched in Japanese fashion, stitching renewed, fractional rubbing, 8vo, Shanghai, The Tridon Press, April 1936. *** An irreverent and somewhat provocative, not quite a guide book, to life in Shanghai. In the introduction the authors say, "We have, however, tried to portray the Shanghai scene. Not a minute, detailed, factual panorama of the Whangpoo town. No temples, nor statistics nor dynasty dates. Just a sort of composite of what Shanghai looks like, and feels like and smells like after, say, the third whiskey-soda, when, as Shakespeare or somebody said, the senses are sharpest."
Spain.- Townsend (Joseph) A Journey through Spain in the Years 1786 and 1787, 3 vol., first edition, 7 engraved plates, Z1 vol. 1 with marginal loss to bottom corner, scattered spotting, bookplate, cracked hinges, contemporary calf, vol. 1 upper cover detached, rubbed and worn, bumping and small loss to spine extremities, 8vo, 1791.
Africa.- Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer) The River War: An Historical Account of the Reconquest of the Soudan, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, photogravure frontispieces and 5 plates, maps (20 folding), illustrations, one or two faint spots or stains, one or two marginal pencil notes, new endpapers, original cloth, rebacked retaining original backstrips, a little rubbed, bumping to corners, housed in a morocco-backed slipcase, a little rubbed, [Woods A2a], 8vo, 1899.
Polar.- Bernacchi (L.C.) A Very Gallant Gentleman, first edition, half-title, frontispiece, 7 plates, 2 double-page maps, scattered spotting, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, dust-jacket, tears and small loss to spine extremities, top edge and foldlines, 2 old tape repairs verso, a little rubbed, 1933; Saga of the "Discovery", first edition, half-title, plates, 2 folding maps, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, dust-jacket, short tears to edges, tape repairs verso, creasing to extremities, a little rubbed, 1938; [Rosove 36. A1; 37. A1], 8vo (2).
Asia.- Stein (Sir Auriel) On Ancient Central-Asian Tracks, first edition, half-title, colour frontispiece, plates, of which 8 folding, folding colour map at end, occasional marginal spotting, chipping and small loss to fore-edges of some leaves, original cloth, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, small tear to spine head, 8vo, 1933.
Greece.- Leake (William Martin) Travels in the Morea, 3 vol., first edition, half-titles, 12 engraved maps, 12 facsimiles (one double-page), H3 vol. 1 detached and loosely inserted, scattered faint spotting, previous owner's ink inscription to half-titles, ex-American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions with their labels to front pastedowns, contemporary half-calf, weak joints, boards becoming detached, rubbed and worn, [Atabey 691; Blackmer 974], 8vo, 1830. *** A supplement was issued in 1846 which, a often, is not included here.
Middle East.- G. (C.) A Fortnight's Tour amongst the Arabs on Mount Lebanon, first edition, half-title, 4 albumen prints, tissue-guards, occasional very faint spotting, previous owner's ink inscription to early blank, ex-National Socialist Movement with label to front pastedown, original green cloth, gilt, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 8vo, 1876. *** Provenance: Inscribed to Edward Habershon (1826-1900) on his 50th birthday. Habershon was an architect who in 1862 became involved in the relocation of London's burial grounds.
Middle East.- Miles (Col. Samuel Barrett) The Countries and Tribes of the Persian Gulf, vol. 2 only (of 2), first edition, 5 plates, scattered faint spotting, previous owner's ink notes to front endpapers, half-title and title, cracked hinges, original cloth, rubbed and worn, light soiling, bumping to corners and extremities, 4to, 1919. *** Scarce.
South America.- Walsh (Rev. Robert) Notices of Brazil in 1828 and 1829, 2 vol., first edition, one folding map only (of 2), short split to foldline, 19 plates, scattered spotting, faint off-setting, ex-Rhode Island Historical Society with faint ink-stamps, previous owner's presentation inscription, twentieth-century roan, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1830 § Nash (Roy) The Conquest of Brazil, first edition, map frontispiece, plates, cracked upper hinge, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, short split to backstrip but holding firm, [1926]; and 2 others on Brazil, 8vo (5). *** The first mentioned is inscribed to Sir Leslie Fry who was Ambassador to Brazil between 1963 and 1966.
Africa.- Budge (E. A. Wallis) The Egyptian Sudan: Its History and Monuments, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, plates and plans, several folding, illustrations, occasional underlining and marginal marks, one or two neat marginal pencil notes, scattered faint spotting, new endpaper, bookplate, original decorative cloth, rebacked retaining original backstrip, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1907; A History of Ethiopia: Nubia & Abyssinia, 2 vol., first edition, frontispieces, ex-library with ink-stamps and shelfmark to title versos, plates and illustrations, faint abrasion marks to front free endpapers where labels removed, bookplate, original cloth, mottled, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1928; 8vo (4).
Central Asia.- Wolff (Rev. Joseph) Narrative of a Mission to Bokhara in the years 1843-1845, 2 vol., first edition, half-title, lithograph frontispieces and 7 lithographs, scattered spotting, cracked hinges, original green cloth, sunned spines and extremities, a little rubbed, bumping to corners, chipping and small tears to spine extremities, 1845 § [Beauchamp (Alphonse de)] The Life of Ali Pacha, of Janina, Vizier of Epirus, Surnamed Aslan, or the Lion, portrait frontispiece, scattered spotting and staining, occasional marginal pencil markings, contemporary half-calf, sunned spine, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, 1822; and 2 others including a duplicate copy of the second mentioned, 8vo & 4to (5).
Levant.- Galt (John) Voyages and Travels ... containing statistical, commercial, and miscellaneous observations on Gibraltar, Sardinia, Sicily, Malta, Serigo & Turkey, first edition, engraved frontispiece and one plate, tiny marginal tear with neat old repair verso, spotting, occasional off-setting, previous owner's ink signature to title, bookplate, strengthened hinges, modern front free endpaper, contemporary half-calf, rebacked retaining original backstrip, a little rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, [Blackmer 644], 4to, 1812. *** Galt travelled in the Levant between 1809 and 1811, spending some of his time in the company of Byron. Byron's letters explain that Galt's travels were for business, which explains why this book concentrates heavily on economic matters.
South America.- Villiers-Stuart (H.W.) Adventures Amidst the Equatorial Forests and Rivers of South America; also in the West Indies and Wilds of Florida, first edition, half-title, 21 plates, 2 folding maps, occasional faint marginal finger-soiling, new endpapers, original decorative cloth, recased, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 8vo, 1891.
Europe.- Swinburne (Henry) Travels through Spain in the years 1775 and 1776, 2 vol., second edition, portrait frontispiece, 10 engraved folding plates, 2 engraved folding maps, marginal tear to N4 vol. 2, faint scattered spotting and off-setting, contemporary calf, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1787 § Fischer (Christian Augustus) A Picture of Madrid: taken on the spot, 2pp. publisher's advertisements at end, lacking free endpapers, scattered spotting, pencil marks to R3, abrasion mark to foot U1 verso, cracked hinges, contemporary boards, defective backstrip but holding firm, rubbed and worn, bumping to corners and extremities, 1808 § Russell (John) a Tour in Germany, and some of the Southern Provinces of the Austrian Empire, 2 vol., second edition, half-titles, hinges strengthened, spotting to first and last few ff., ex-King's Inn Library Dublin with occasional ink-stamps, contemporary calf, rebacked and recornered, rubbed, bumping to corners and spine extremities, Edinburgh, 1825; and others, most on Spain or Portugal, 8vo (10).
Africa.- Allen (Capt. William) & T.R.H. Thomson. A Narrative of the Expedition sent by Her Majesty's Government to the River Niger in 1841, 2 vol., first edition, frontispieces, 17 plates (one folding), illustrations, 3 maps (2 folding), scattered spotting, bookplate, new endpapers, modern half-calf, a little rubbed, 1848 § Powell-Cotton (Major P. H. G.) In Unknown Africa, first edition, dedication leaf signed by author, half-title, title in red and black, 2 colour plates, 2 folding maps (one strengthened at gutter), illustrations, some full-page, one or two marginal spots, modern half-calf, [Hosken p.5],1904; and another on Big Game hunting in Bolivia, 8vo (4).
Africa.- Hay (Robert) Illustrations of Cairo, first edition, additional lithographed title, lithograph dedication, 29 lithographs, scattered faint spotting and staining (most marginal), strengthened at hinges, contemporary morocco-backed boards, rubbed, small loss to backstrip but holding firm, bumping to corners and extremities, [Abbey, Travel 270], folio, 1840.
Middle East.- Ellis (Tristram J.) On a Raft, and Through the Desert, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, 2 etching frontispieces, 28 etchings, illustrations, one folding map, tissue-guards, advertisements at end, faint marginal finger-soiling, bookplate, original vellum, gilt, vol 2. with tear to spine head, a little rubbed and soiled, bumping to corners and extremities, 4to, 1881.
Polar.- Sverdrup (Otto) New Land: Four Years in the Arctic Regions, 2 vol., first English edition, translated by Ethel Harriet Hearn, half-titles, frontispieces, 60 plates, illustrations, 3 folding maps (2 in pocket at end vol. 2), one with small marginal loss not affecting image, scattered faint spotting, original decorative cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1904 § Peary (Robert E.) The North Pole, first edition, frontispiece, plates (3 photogravures), one folding map at end, title and introduction lacking upper corners (not affecting text), one or two ff. with small marginal loss (not affecting text), scattered spotting, later half-calf, fractional bumping to spine extremities, 1910 § Scott (Captain R. F.) Scott's Last Expedition, 2 vol., second edition, half-titles, frontispieces, plates, of which 6 photogravure, 18 colour, 2 panoramas and 3 double-page, 8 folding maps, one with short tear at gutter, scattered spotting, cracked hinges, original cloth, a little rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, 1913; and others polar, 8vo (12).
Europe.- Lear (Edward) Journals of a Landscape Painter in Southern Calabria, &c., half-title, 20 lithographs, 2 maps, previous owner's pencil signature to title and front pastedown, scattered marginal spotting, cracked hinges, 1852; Journals of a Landscape Painter in Albania, &c., 20 tinted lithographs, one map, scattered marginal spotting, 1851; first editions, original cloth, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, rubbed and worn ; Journal of a Landscape Painter in Corsica, first edition, plates and illustrations, one map, scattered spotting, original cloth, a little rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, 1870; [Abbey Travel 175 & 45], large 8vo.
Greece.- Holland (Henry) Travels in the Ionian Isles, Albania, Thessaly, Macedonia, &c., first edition, engraved map frontispiece, 12 engraved plates, previous owner's ink signatures to title, bookplate to title verso, spotting and staining, contemporary calf, rebacked, a little rubbed, 4to, 1815. *** Provenance: Bookplate of William Baldwin.
World.- Beebe (William), G. Inness Hartley & Paul G. Howes. Tropical Wild Life in British Guiana, vol 1. only (all published), first edition, inscribed by author, half-title, frontispiece, illustrations, faint spotting to blanks at beginning and end, original cloth, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, New York, January 1917; The Arcturus Adventure, first edition, presentation copy from author with inscription in another hand, colour frontispiece and 7 colour plates, captioned tissue-guards, plates, title in red and black, slight chipping to contents ff., original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, New York & London, G. P. Putnam's, 1926; Galapagos: World's End, second issue, half-title, colour frontispiece, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, dust-jacket, slight chipping and minor loss to extremities, light spotting to verso, New York & London, March 1924; and 4 others by the same, 8vo & 4to (7).
Polar.- Heyerdahl (Thor), Soren Richter & H.J. Riiser-Larsen. Great Norwegian Expeditions, special edition, photographic plates and illustrations, very occasional light spotting, original morocco, gilt, t.e.g., very slightly rubbed, Oslo, [c.1955] § Kane (Elisha Kent) Arctic Explorations: The Second Grinnell Expedition in search of Sir John Franklin, 2 vol., first edition, engraved portrait frontispieces, additional engraved titles, 18 engraved plates, two folding maps, loose advertisement leaf at start of vol.1, bookplates, foxing on titles and plates, original blind-stamped cloth, spines sunned, corners and spine ends rubbed, Philadelphia, 1856 § Christie (E.W. Hunter) The Antarctic Problem, first edition, photographic illustrations, folding map at rear, loosely inserted telegram by the editor requesting a book review, original cloth, very slightly rubbed and soiled, 1951; and c.30 others, polar, v.s., (c.35)
Greece.- Vaudoncourt (Gen. Guillaume de) Memoirs of the Ionian Islands, considered in a Commercial, Political, and Military Point of View, first edition, engraved map frontispiece, large tear, scattered spotting, most at beginning and end, cracked hinges, near contemporary half-calf, rubbed and worn, backstrip beginning to split at joints but holding firm, 8vo, 1816.
Africa.- Lucas (Captain Thomas J.) Camp Life and Sport in South Africa, first edition, half-title, tinted lithograph frontispiece and 3 tinted lithographs, publisher's advertisements at end, small ink-stamp to title foot, original pictorial cloth, slight mottling to boards, bumping to corners and extremities, [Hosken p.128], 1878 § Balfour (Alice Blanche) Twelve Hundred Miles in a Waggon, first edition, half-title, frontispiece, illustrations (many full-page), folding colour map, advertisements at end, cracked hinges, original pictorial cloth, bumping to corners and extremities, 1895 § Napier (Lt.-Colonel E. Elers) Excursions in Southern Africa, 2 vol., frontispieces, one with previous owner's ink signature verso, 3 plates, illustrations, vol. 1 with advertisement ff. bound at beginning (previous owner's ink signature verso), scattered spotting, modern half-calf, 1850; [Hosken p.128; p.10; p.147]; and 2 others similar, 8vo (6).
Africa.- [Ashe (Thomas)] History of the Azores, or Western Islands, first edition, half-title, engraved frontispiece and 3 plates, 3 engraved maps (2 folding), occasional spotting and staining, B1 with small loss to bottom corner, G4 with tear to bottom margin and neat tape repair, O1 with small marginal holes, final free endpaper torn in half with old tape repair, contemporary boards, rebacked, rubbed, bumping to corners, 4to, 1813.
Japan.- Cornwallis (Kinahan) Two Journeys to Japan. 1856-7, 2 vol., first edition, 8 chromolithographed or tinted lithographed plates, 10pp. publisher's catalogue at end of vol.2, vol. 1 with ink ownership inscription 'D. De la Cherois Sept /60' to head of title, some foxing, mainly to first and last few ff., vol. 2 portion of loss to head of front free endpaper, original blind-stamped purple cloth, spines gilt, a few faint marks, spine ends and corners bumped and very lightly rubbed, still a bright set, 8vo, 1859.
Mountaineering.- America.- Amedeo (H.R.H. Prince Luigi) The Ascent of Mount St. Elias [Alaska], first English edition, translated by Signora Linda Villari, half-title, frontispiece, title in red and black, 33 photogravures, 4 folding panoramas (chipping to fore-edges), illustrations, 2 folding colour maps, scattered spotting, modern half-calf, lightly faded spine, large 8vo, Westminster, 1900.
Africa.- Mounteney-Jephson (A. J.) Emin Pasha and the Rebellion at the Equator, first edition, frontispiece, plates and illustrations, 2 folding maps, previous owner's ink inscription to title, scattered spotting, cracked hinges, original pictorial cloth, rubbed, bumping to corners and spine extremities, 1890 § Anderson (Andrew A.) Twenty-Five Years in a Waggon, frontispiece, plates, folding map, publisher's advertisements at end,bookplate, cracked hinges, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1888; 8vo (2).
Italy.- Hoare (Sir Richard Colt) & John Smith. A Tour through the Island of Elba, first edition, half-title, 8 engraved plates, one engraved map, spotting, faint abrasion mark to title, small worming to early blank, new endpapers, contemporary half-calf, rebacked, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, 4to, 1814.
India.- Malleson (Col. G.B.) History of the Indian Mutiny, 1857-58, mixed editions comprising vol. 1 second edition vol. 2 third edition & vol. 3 first edition, half-titles, folding maps, scattered faint spotting, advertisements at end, previous owner's pencil notes to endpapers, cracked hinges, original cloth, lightly sunned spines, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1878-88 § Robertson (Sir George S.) Chitrál: The Story of a Minor Siege, second edition, half-title, frontispiece, plates, 5 maps (2 folding, one with splits to foldlines and old tape repairs verso), ex-Signet with usual bookplate, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1899 § Heber (Reginald) Sermons preached in India, previous owner's ink signature to early blank, later endpapers, contemporary calf, rebacked, staining to boards, bumping to corners and extremities, 1829; and others on India, 8vo (10)
China.- Huc (M.) The Chinese Empire, 2 vol., second edition, spotting to first and last few ff., near contemporary calf, gilt arms to upper covers, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, 1855; Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China. Illustrated, 2 vol., half-titles, frontispieces, additional vignette titles, one folding map, illustrations, scattered faint spotting, contemporary calf, a little rubbed, n.d. [c.1850]; 8vo (4).
Polar.- Nansen (Fridtjof) In Northern Mists, 2 vol., first English edition, half-titles, colour frontispieces, illustrations, scattered very faint spotting, original decorative cloth, fractional bumping to corners and spine extremities, 1911; "Farthest North", 2 vol., first English edition, half-titles, frontispieces, plates (of which 16 colour), illustrations, 4 folding colour maps, scattered faint spotting, original decorative cloth, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, Westminster, 1897 § Heyerdahl (Thor), Søren Richter & HJ. Riiser-Larsen. Great Norwegian Expedition, frontispiece, illustrations, scattered spotting, previous owner's ink signature to front pastedown, original roan, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, Oslo, Dreyers, n.d; and others on or by Nansen, 8vo & 4to (9).
Shaw (George Bernard) Three Plays for Puritans, first edition, London, Grant Richards 1901, original green cloth; and Plays Pleasant and Unpleasant, 2 vols, first edition, London, Grant Richards 1898, Vol.1 photo portrait frontis., original green cloth, 16mo; together with The Complete Plays of George Bernard Shaw, Constable 1931, orig. red cloth gilt, 4to; and Jerome (Jerome K.), Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog), first edition, J. W. Arrowsmith, Bristol 1889, orig. blue cloth, 12mo. (5) * Puritans: Spine faded, wear and splits to spine ends, ink spots to cover and spine, silverfish marks to covers, some spotting and toning, cocked, contemp. ownership inscription to ffep. - Pleasant/Unpleasant: Spine faded, watery ink marks to cover, some spotting and toning, contemp. ownership inscription to ffep. - Complete Plays: Slightly rubbed, light spotting. - Three Men: Covers dirty, rubbed, cracking and spine partially detached, stains to back, ink ownership inscription to half title, light spotting and toning, shaken
George Henry Mason - The Punishments of China two hand coloured stipple engravings from the 1801 first edition, comprising Plate XX, A Malefactor Conducted to Execution; and Plate XI, Burning a Man's Eyes with Lime', text verso, 9¾ x 14in. (24.75 x 35.5cm.), matted, unframed; together with 'A Mandarin or Magistrate of Turon attended by his Pipe-Bearer',after William Alexander (British, 1767-1816), hand coloured copper engraving, 11¼ x 8½in. (28.5 x 21.5cm.). (3) *- Punishments: Good, strong colours, just very slight toning marks. Sealed in cellophane wrapping since purchased at auction in Hong Kong in 1978 - Mandarin: Some foxing across the sheet. Strong colours.
GORDON HAYES, J 'Antarctica. A Treatise on the Southern Continent,' First edition, original cloth with gilt lettering, sun faded and lightly rubbed, spotting to prelims and edge of text block, frontis, copious full plates, pp.448, vg, The Richards Press, London, 1928; 'The Conquest of the South Pole: Antarctic Exploration 1906-1931,' first edition, original cloth, sun bleached backstrip, rubbed and bumped, frontis, plates, spotting to edge of text block, good to vg, Thornton Butterworth, London, 1932; R. E. Peary. 'Nearest the Pole: A Narrative of the Polar Expedition of the Peary Arctic Club in the S. S. Roosevelt, 1905-1906,' first UK edition, original cloth, splitting to joint, rubbed and bumped, frontis debound, one plate loose, fold out map to rear, text block generally vg, Hutchinson & Co, London, 1907; Herbert G. Ponting. Fridtjof Nansen. 'The First Crossing of Greenland,' vol II only, original cloth with silver gilt decorations, chips to ends of backstrip with a small split along joint, some sporadic spotting throughout, engravings throughout, good to very good, Longmans, Green, and Co, London, 1890; 'The Great White South,' first edition, original cloth with chips to backstrip, loose frontis, spotting to edge of text block, copious plates, Duckworth & Co, London, 1921; With two other works including a first edition Charles Turley 'Nansen of Norway' and 'Diary of the Discovery Expedition to the Antarctic Regions 1901-1904' by The Blandford Press'. (7)
The Isles of Scilly. Twenty three works. John Fowles. 'Shipwreck,' first edition, photographic repodictions throughout by the Gibsons of Scilly, original cloth, unclipped dj, a very good copy, Jonathan Cape, London, 1974; the Rev. H. J. Whitefield. 'Scily snd its Legends,' a very nice copy in an embossed red cloth with gilt lettering to spine, later dj, ex libros label, some spotting to edge of text block, F. T. Vibert, Penzance, 1852; 'the Isles of Scilly. What to See and How to See it,' printed car wraps, later dj, fold out map as frontis, advertisements, vg, Gibson and Sons, Scilly Isles & Penzance, [c.1925]; James G. Owen. 'Faire Lyonesse. A Guide to the Isles of Scilly,' printed card wraps, staple bound, illustrations and advertisements, vg to fine, Coles & Owen, Bideford, 1897; J. G. Uren. 'Scilly and the Scillonians,' original green cloth with gilt tooling to front board, decorative endpapers, photographic plates, vg, The Western Morning News, Plymouth, 1907; With six other works including a very good copy of 'The Isles of Scilly' by Jessie Mothersol; and a good collection of booklets. (23)John Stengelhofen (1939-2020). Please see lot 1 for provenance.
William Matthews C.M.G. 'Harbour of Refuge inquiry North Coast of Devon and Cornwall'. First edition, bound with appendix, 1 copy of memorandum by Commander G.C.Frederick R.N, tipped in borough of St Ives plan of harbour, all plans complete, very good copy, William Clowes and Son, London, 1906.
St Ives Interest Ephemeral booklets about the town, including guidebooks MATTHEWS, John Hobson; A Guide To St Ives: It's Surroundings, Scenery, Curiosities, Antiquities, History and Traditions; James Wearne, Printer and Publisher, Saint Ives, 1884;BICKNELL, Ethel E; St. Ives Cornwall with its Surroundings. The Homelands Handbooks Vol. 78 of the Series; The Homelands Association / Frederick Warne & Co, London, 1910. A first edition and a third edition copy of this guide to this area of Cornwall. Some period advertisements. Not dated but believed to be from around 1910. The fold out map missing from the later edition, but other is loose with some tears and loss to margin, light foxing and otherwise good.PAYNTER, William; Old St Ives: The Reminisces of William Paynter; illustrative frontispiece of The Old Manor House, St Ives; two other lithograph illustrations of Seine Boat, St Ives and Tucking Pilchards in St Ives Bayz all three being reproduced by courtesy of Mr W. J. Cooper; James Lanham Ltd, St Ives, November 1927.PAGE, Hugh E; Walks Around St Ives, Cornwall; published by GWR, London, 1946;BADCOCK, W. 'Historical Sketch of St Just and District (With Illustrations) illustrations include Porthminster Hotel, Floods at Tregenna Place, St Ives, Gurnards Head and Lands End,' many advertisements of the time, detached cover with foxing, but text block mostly clear, F. Rodda, Penzance,1896.LAITY, R.P. 'St Ives in the 1800's,' illustration of The Schooner 'Sylph' of St Ives, Thos J. Williams, 1866 to title page and a further illustration of St Ives, 1813 to page 33, first edition, Wordens of Cornwall Ltd, Penzance, 1973; and four other guides to St Ives. John Stengelhofen (1939-2020). Please see lot 1 for provenance.
Signed Douglas Bader with John 'Jack' Profumo interest. 'Reach for the Sky. The Story of Douglas Bader' by Paul Brickhill Signed and inscribed to front free endpaper 'Jack Profumo- from Douglas Bader', with a MS letter from Bader to Perfumo 'Dear Jack, Here with the book duly signed. Thank you for Wanting it. We'll get together again soon. I feel a cad, sir, but I laugh a lot over the Boeing 707!! I'll bet you did too. Keep the M of S onto that Per? Helicopter with 2 twinliners. It is the best of the lot. I rate Leslie (?) very highly. yours again Douglas Bader', first edition, sun bleached spine and rear board, lacks dj, plates, vg, Collins, London, 1954.A remarkable example between two infamous friends.
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