Scotland. A collection of fifteen maps, 18th & 19th century, engraved county, country, regional, city, and road maps, including Clerk (Thomas). Sketch of the Roads within the Eastern Division of the District of Calder in the County of Edinburgh [and] Sketch of the Roads of the Western Division of the District of Calder in the County of Edinburgh, circa 1820, two uncoloured engraved maps, the first on three conjoined sheets, 470 x 1300 mm, the second on three conjoined sheets, some dust soiling, 680 x 1300 mm, together with Arrowsmith (John). Map of Scotland constructed from original materials obtained under the Authority of the Parliamentary Commissioners..., 1807, large engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, some spotting, staining and dust soiling, 1815 x 1435 mm, with Wallis (J, publisher). A Commercial Map of Scotland with the Roads, Stages and Distances brought down to the present time by J. Knox, January 11th 1791, engraved map with contemporary wash colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, inset map of the Shetland Islands, some dust soiling and staining, slight offsetting, near-contemporary ink ownership signature and address to verso,735 x 560 mm, contained in a contemporary marbled card slipcase with oval publisher's label to the upper cover, worn and rubbed, plus Wood (J. surveyor). Plan of the Town of Dunfermline from Actual Survey..., Edinburgh, 1823, engraved map with contemporary wash colouring, laid on linen, some spotting and overall toning, presented on contemporary turned and stained wooden batons, 540 x 580 mm, with another 10 maps by or after Morden, Moll, Harrison, Ordnance Survey, Cary, Thomson and Neele, various sizes and conditionQTY: (15)
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* Scotland. A collection of sixteen maps. 17th - 19th century, engraved regional, county and country maps, including examples by or after, Grante (the sheet showing Scotland) Thomson, Stafford, Mosley, Lizars, Kitchin, Van den Keere, Conder, Bowen (Thomas), and Pont, various sizes and condition, all framed and glazedQTY: (16)NOTE:The first listed item. R. W. Shirley. Printed maps of the British Isles, 1650 - 1750. Grante 1, state 2 (lacking the Jaillot imprint).
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* Arctic Exploration. [Captain William Penny], circa 1855, uncoloured mixed-method engraving of Captain Penny, engraved by James Scott after Stephen Pearce, trimmed to the image with loss of title and letters, slight surface abrasion and creasing, 390 x 300QTY: (1)NOTE:Captain William Penny was sent to sea at a young age by his father who was a whaling captain. Penny was an early advocate of marine steam power and commanded the first steam whaler, taking it into the Arctic. He played a major part in the search for Sir John Franklin and the crew of Erebus and Terror, who were lost in the Arctic during an attempt to discover the Northwest Passage. Penny sailed in May 1850 and found on Beechey Island traces of Franklin's winter quarters of 1845-46 but none of the 129 members of the expedition.
* Giles (J. West). J. F. Herring's Stable Scenes, No. 1 Carriage Horses, E. Gambart & Co., 1852, lithograph after J. F. Herring with bright contemporary hand-colouring, some white spotting affecting the image, 550 x 660 mm, mounted, framed and glazed, in a fine near contemporary birds-eye maple moulding, together with Ward (William). The First of September, Morning [and] The First of September, Evening, T. Simpson, 1794 [but slightly later impressions], pair of mezzotints after George Morland, contemporary hand-colouring, slight staining, "Morning" trimmed to image on three sides, each approximately 475 x 600 mm, uniformly mounted, framed and glazed, with Ward (William, 1766-1826). A Short Horned Heifer, 7 years old, Bred & Fed by Mr. Robert Colling of Barmpton near Darlington in the County of Durham..., published W. Robinson, 1811, uncoloured mezzotint after Thomas Weaver, several holes and a long closed tear affecting the image, laid on linen, toned overall, some staining, 500 x 605 mm, framed and glazed QTY: (4)
* India School. Two portrait studies, mid -to-late 19th century, a pair of watercolour and gouache paintings, one showing a nobleman on horseback with an attendant at foot, the other showing a young woman (possibly a courtesan) holding a fly whisk, the overall size of the first image is 350 x 250 mm, the second 345 x 245 mmQTY: (2)
East India Company. Copies and Extracts of Advises to and from India, relative to the cause, progress, and successful termination of the war with the late Tippoo Sultaun, Chief of Mysore; the partition of his dominions in consequence thereof; and the distribution of the captured property found in Seringapatam, [London?]: printed for the use of the proprietors of the East-India stock, 1800, xv, 277pp., including two folding tables, bound with Copies and Translations of official documents relative to the negotiations carried on by Tippoo Sultaun with the French Nation and other foreign states, for purposes hostile to the British Nation, prior to the commencement of the war between the English and that Prince in February 1799, printed by order of the Right Honorable the Governor General in Counsel for all the forces and affairs of the English Nation, in the East Indies, & c. & c., at Fort St. George, 1st of August, 1799, 118pp., bound with The Proceedings at the General Court at the East India House, on Wednesday, November 13, 1799, when the propietors were convened to take into consideration the advises from India... communicating the intelligence of the glorious and desisive success of the British Arms in India, in the war against the late Tippoo Sultaun..., reported by William Woodfall, London: printed for the reporter, 1799, printed title, single-page note 'To the Publick', xii, 75pp., early 20th century black half calf over dark blue cloth boards, a little rubbed, with head of upper joint slightly cracked, 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:ESTC T140797 (first work).The second publication included in this bound volume is a rare propaganda publication printed at the British military base at Fort St. George in Calcutta, which provides transcriptions of 'secret' documents that the British apparently found in the Palace of Seringapatam, including Tippoo Sultuan's correspondence with the French. When the French army under Napoleon made a push for India in 1798, the British attacked Tippoo's forces, igniting the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War. This publication sought to discredit the Tiger of Mysore as a traitor and includes correspondence between Tipu and the French, as well as the ruler of what was to become Afghanistan, Zaman Shah Durrani. Persian texts are here translated by Neil Benjamin Edmondstone (1765-1841).
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Pigna (Giovanni Battista). Historia de Principi di Este..., primo volume [all published] nel quale si contengono congiuntamente le cose principali dalla rivolutione del Romano Imp. in fino al M. CCCC. LXXVI, 1st edition, Ferrara, Francesco Rossi, 1570, [maltese cross]? A-4I? K? a-p?, title with large hand-coloured woodcut device of the arms of the Este family within a figurative frame with the names and arms of individual family members, contemporary ink ownership inscription to title: 'Ex bibli.ca Altempsna', woodcut historiated initials, errata leaf and register leaf at end (p3-4), wide margins, occasional light foxing (generally in very good, clean condition), contemporary Italian full vellum, gilt-decoated spine with red morocco gilt title label, folio (34.5 x 24 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Bibliotheca Altempsiana, Rome (inscription to title). The Bibliotheca Altempsiana was formed by the Austrian cardinal Marco Sittico Altemps (Mark Sittich von Hohenems Altemps, 1533–1595), son of the sister of Pope Pius IV, and housed in the Palazzo Altemps in Campo Marzio, Rome, a few steps from Piazza Navona and close to the left bank of the River Tiber, which he purchased in 1568. See A. Serrai, La Biblioteca Altempsiana, ovvero le raccolte librarie di Marco Sittico III e del nipote Giovanni Angelo Altemps, Rome (2008).STC Italian Books 1465-1600, page 519; Adams P1204; EDIT 16 CNCE 38347; Gamba 1580; Lozzi 1716.Fine large-paper copy with contemporary provenance of the first edition of Pigna's history of the Este family. A second volume was to be written by Pigna's successor, the poet Torquato Tasso, but never came to fruition.
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Bible [English]. The Bible, that is, the Holy Scriptures conteined in the Olde and Newe Testament, translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke, and conferred with the best translations in divers languages..., Imprinted at London [i.e. Amsterdam]: by the Deputies of Christopher Barker, 1599(?), two initial blanks present (creased, first blank with large letterpress signature 'A' at foot and ownership signature at head of John Bourne of Alford? 29th July 1846), first general title present with woodcut frame border (having 24 small compartments, showing on the left the tents of the twelve tribes, and on the right figures of the twelve Apostles, the inner parts exhibits the four Evangelists), second general title present with woodcut illustration of the crossing of the Red Sea (ownership signature of John Bourne at head), New Testament title within decorative woodcut border (matching border of first general title), few woodcut illustrations and decorative initials, double-column roman type, bound without Apocrypha (as often), sewing at front broken and all leaves before gathering E detached (with some consequent fraying to margins), lacks 2Q8 (blank at end of Old Testament), bound with at rear an incomplete Book of Psalms, with several leaves detached and frayed at rear of volume, borders and columns red-ruled throughout volume, some light damp staining, occasional light dust-soiling and few marks, marbled pastedowns torn and frayed to edges (without free endpapers), armorial bookplate of John Bourne of Dalby to upper pastedown, all edges gilt, 17th century gilt decorated brown morocco, lacking lower panel of spine, board detached, worn, lacking ties, 4to (22.8 x 17 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Herbert 248; Darlow & Moule 188, and STC 2174.Geneva version; with Thomson's NT, but with Junius' Revelation. The section containing the Apocrypha, though included in the list of books, was apparently omitted from all except a few copies. These Bibles were printed probably for English use in the Low Countries. There are many editions bearing this date, which while agreeing closely are yet distinct (some possibly published as late as 1640). No doubt a certain number of copies were originally issued in a mixed state. The nominal date, 1599, for most editions is probably untrue in almost every case; they were apparently published at different times in Amsterdam and Dort and adopted by Barker.This edition with Esther i. 1 '... seuen and twen- | ty prouinces'. This, according to Pocock, is probably the earliest of these editions, as it abounds more than any others in gross errors: e.g. Song of Solomon v. 3, defile for put; Isaiah xxx. 32, beards for harps, xxxvi. 12, thing for dung; Matt. xxiv. 50, line repeated. Perhaps printed at Amsterdam about 1599. Some of the copies have variant leaves (Herbert, Darlow & Moule).
Guicciardini (Francesco). The Historie of Guicciardin: containing the Warres of Italie and other partes, continued for manie yeares under sundrie Kings and Princes, together with the variations and accidents of the same..., reduced into English by Geffray Fenton, 2nd edition, London: Richard Field, 1599, title with printer's woodcut device and early manuscript signatures of T. Fletcher and inscription "William Walter bought at Plymouth 17 June 1704", without first and last blank leaves (A1 & 4H6), some damp stains, browning and scattered spotting, armorial bookplate of Robert Parker to upper pastedown, 18th-century half calf (possibly utilizing original boards), leather to spine scorched and split with loss, folio (17.5 x 26.7 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:ESTC S120758; Pforzheimer 442; PMM 85; STC 12459.Described in PMM as "The First History of Europe", Guicciardini's work was originally published posthumously by his nephew, Agnolo Guicciardini, with abridged versions appearing from 1544 and the complete text was not published until the Venice edition of 1567. By the end of the 16th century there had been at least ten editions in Italian and it had been translated into Latin, English, French, Spanish, German and Dutch. Geoffrey Fenton's English translation was first published in 1579.
Chaucer (Geoffrey). The Workes of Our Ancient and Learned English Poet, Geffrey Chaucer, Newly Printed, London: Adam Islip, 1602, black letter, text in double column, title with architectural woodcut border, early ownership inscription 'Tho: Edwards' to title near imprint, woodcut initials, head and tailpieces, large woodcut armorial to divisional title, woodcut of Knight to B1, errata leaf at rear, lacking copperplate portrait, Oo1 (folio 209) & A1 (blank), title rehinged, errata leaf with staining and inner marginal tears with text loss (archival repairs to verso), occasional damp-staining throughout, near-contemporary calf gilt, rebacked with original spine relaid (endpapers & blanks renewed), edges stained red, gilt arabesque oval devices to each cover, corners restored, some wear, folio (33 x 21 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:ESTC S107210; Pforzheimer 178.The seventh edition 'was considerably revised mainly with the aid of Francis Thynne. It is the earliest in which thorough punctuation was attempted, and in many other ways it is a distinct improvement upon Speght's first edition. Two hiterto unprinted pieces are inserted, one non-Chaucerian' (Pforzheimer).
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Bible [English]. The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament, and the New: Newly Translated out of the Original Tongues: and with the former Translations diligently compared and revised, By his Maiesties special commandement, Imprinted at London by Robert Barker, Printer to the Kings most Excellent Maiestie, 1613, general and New Testament titles within decorative woodcut borders, Apocrypha present, black letter text, verso of general title with manuscript genealogical entry for the baptism of Timothy Spencer of "Bridsto in the county of Hereford" dated 3rd December 1675, two strips of old paper applied to recto of leaf A3 of the Epistle Dedicatorie and single strip of paper to verso of A8 in same gathering (obscuring inscriptions), verso of leaf A8 also with inscription "Robert Spencer His Book the Gift of His Dear Mother Mary Spencer 1746", Q4 torn to lower half of leaf with text loss, 2T6 torn to lower outer corner with loss, fore-margin of M7 torn with slight loss of marginal note, 3Q4 torn to upper margin, long repaired closed tear to 2F7, bound with at front The Genealogies Recorded in the Sacred Scriptures... by J[ohn]. S[peed]., [1613?], without map, and bound with at front an incomplete Common Prayer lacking title (verso of final leaf with other mid-18th-century genealogical entries for members of the Spencer family), and bound with an incomplete 1613 edition of the Book of Psalms at rear, some dust-soiling, occasional damp staining and few marks throughout volume, later free endpapers, contemporary calf, rebacked, boards rubbed, 4to (21.6 x 15.8 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Herbert 323; Darlow & Moule 250; STC 2227. The first black-letter quarto edition of King James' version. This and many subsequent issues were produced in close imitation of those black-letter quarto editions of the Geneva Bible which proved so popular. Apparently a close reprint of the folio of 1611. Gen. x. 16, Emorite, Ruth iii. 15 he, etc. Both titles omit the words Appointed... (Herbert).
Elzevir Press. Status particularis regiminis S.C. Majestatis Ferdinandi II, Leiden: Ex officina Elzeviriana, 1637, engraved title, woodcut head and tailpieces, small early notations to front pastedown regarding old library numbers, contemporary vellum, title and publication date in manuscript to spine, rubbed, 16mo, together with:Helvetiorum Respublica. Diversorum, Autorum quorum nonnulli nune primum in lucem prodeunt, Lyon: Ex officina Elzeviriana, 1627, engraved title, early ownership inscription 'ex libris J Bruelmon', lightly spotted, contemporary vellum, title in manuscript to spine, 16mo, withWerdenhagen (Johann Angelius Von). Ioh. Angelij Werdenhagen, I.C. De rebus publicis Hanseaticis tractatus generalis, 4 volumes, Lyon: Ex officina Ioannis Maire 1631, engraved titles to volumes 1 and 3, half-titles to volumes 2 and 4, engraved portrait of the author to volume 1, engraved titles trimmed to lower margin, half-title to volume 4 trimmed to upper margin, early library numbers in manuscript to front pastedowns, contemporary vellum, red morocco labels, dates in manuscript to spine bases, rubbed & marked, 16mo, with 4 other 17th-century publications bound in vellum including Respublica Moscoviae et Urbes (2 volumes, 1630), Respublica Hollandiae et Urbes (1630) and Werdenhagen's Introductio Universalis in Omnes Respublicas, Sive Politica Generalis (1632)QTY: (10)NOTE:Willems 461, 278 for the first two titles respectively.
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Charles I [Balcanquhall (Walter)]. A Large Declaration concerning the late Tumults in Scotland, from their first originalls: together with a particular deduction of the seditious practices of the prime leaders of the Covenanters: collected out of their owne foule acts and writings: by which it doth plainly appeare, that religion was onely pretended by those leaders, but nothing lesse intended by them. By the King, London: printed by Robert Young, His Majesties printer for Scotland, 1639, [2], 430, [2] pp., engraved portrait frontispiece (lined to verso), toning to frontispiece, title and few other leaves, occasional light spotting, late 19th century marbled endpapers with armorial bookplate of Alexander Meyrick Broadley of The Knapp, Bradpole, dated 1895 to upper pastedown, near contemporary calf with later blind decoration to covers, upper board detached, folio (28.5 x 17.5 cm), together with:Nalson (John), A True Copy of the Journal of the High Court of Justice, for the Tryal of K. Charles I. As it was read in the House of Commons, and attested under the hand of Phelps, clerk to that infamous court. Taken by J. Nalson, LL D. Jan. 4. 1683, London: Printed by H[enry]. C[larke]. for Thomas Dring, 1684, engraved frontispiece with "Explanation of the Frontespiece" present, title page excised to upper blank margin and with early 19th-century signature of Tho. Selby, engraved plate with facing letterpress explanation leaf, engraved portrait plate, gutter margins of first and last few leaves strengthened with calico tape, endpapers renewed preserving 19th-century bookplate of Walter Selby and 20th-century bookplate of Colin Cope, upper pastedown with manuscript note "Ex libris Biddlestone Hall, 1949", contemporary mottled calf, rebacked, some wear to spine and board edges, folio (31.5 x 20 cm)QTY: (2)NOTE:1. ESTC S116832; STC 21906.2. Wing N116.
Dale (John). The Analysis of all the Epistles of the New Testament, Oxford: Printed by Leonard Lichfield, Printer to the University, 1652, additional engraved title, 19th-century panelled sheep, lower board detached and upper joint split, small 8vo (Wing D123), together with:Ling (Nicholas), Politeuphuia. Wits common-wealth. Newly corrected and amended, London: Printed by Ja. Flesher, and are to be sold by Richard Royston, 1650, woodcut device to title, without initial blank (A1), old ownership names to final leaf, some dust-soiling, toning and marginal damp staining, lacking front free endpaper, contemporary marbled sheep, upper joint cracked, worn at head of spine, 12mo (Pforzheimer 803, Wing L2337), with other 17th and 18th century antiquarian including Sleidanus (Johannes), De quatuor summis imperiis libri tres, Leiden: Ex Officina Elzeviriana, 1655, engraved title, contemporary vellum, 24mo, and Goodwin (Thomas), Romanæ Historiae Anthologia, Newly revised and inlarged by the Author, Oxford: Printed by Leonard Lichfield for Henry Crypps, 1638, woodcut border to title with slight loss (lined to verso), lacking final two leaves, some toning, modern calf, 4to plus Palladio (Andrea), The first book of architecture / by Andrea Palladio; translated out of Italian, with an appendix touching doors and windows, by Pr. Le Muet ... translated into English by Godfrey Richards, 7th edition, corrected and enlarged, London: G. Sawbridge and Eben. Tracy, 1708, engraved frontispiece and plates (two folding), some browning and spotting, old faint library ink stamps throughout, modern cloth 4to QTY: (17)
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[Fiennes, Nathaniel]. Vindiciae Veritatis. Or an Answer to a Discourse intituled, Truth it's Manifest; discovering the manifest falshoods, malicious slanders, & seditious practices, which therein are masked under this specious name of truth: and shewing how this discourse was printed and spread abroad by the author thereof, to uphold and maintain the credit of the Scots his Countrey-men..., [London], 1654, [4], 164, 82, [2] pp., some frying to corners, light dust-soiling, damp staining to margins of first and last few leaves, sewing broken, contemporary limp vellum, covers loosening, 4to (Wing F884), together with:Prynne (William), Canterburies doome. Or the first part of a compleat history of the commitment, charge, tryall, condemnation, execution of William Laud late Arch-Bishop of Canterbury, London: Printed by John Macock for Michael Spark senior, 1646, engraved frontispiece by Hollar, full-page engraved plan, Z2 torn to lower outer corner with loss of marginal note, sewing partly broken and few leaves loose, some fraying to margins, contemporary boards (without leather covering), worn, folio (Wing P3904), plus five other antiquarian volumes including An Answer to Mr Benjamin Bennet's Irenicum, by John Atkinson, 1724, The Tryal of the Witnesses of the resurrection of Jesus, [by Thomas Sherlock], 1729, The Catechism for the Curats, Compos'd by the Decree of the Council of Trent, 1687, Free and Candid Disquisitions relating to the Church of England, 3rd edition, Dublin, 1750, The New Testament in Greek and English, volume 2 only, 1729, mostly worn, 8voQTY: (7)
Rowlandson (Thomas, illustrator). The Grand Master or Adventures of Qui-Hi? in Hindostan. A Hudibrastic Poem in Eight Cantos by Quiz, 1st edition, London: Thomas Tegg, 1816, folding hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece, hand-coloured aquatint title, 26 hand-coloured aquatint plates, lacking leaf C8 (as often), errata slip present at rear of volume, occasional spotting, browning to some leaves of text and few with marginal damp stains, top edge gilt, late 19th/early 20th-century green half morocco with Leighton Brewer binder stamp to verso of front free endpaper, gilt decorated spine lightly faded, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Abbey Travel 437; Tooley 412.The book is a fierce satire directed against Lord Moira, Marquis of Hastings, then the Governor General. Pages 31-2 (leaf C8) is usually not present, the text being complete in these cases with the pagination jumping from 30 to 33, since the end of the first canto was rewritten. The errata slip is often missing, but is present in this copy.
Wilson (Harriette). The Interesting Memoirs of Harriette Wilson, one of the most celebrated women of the present day: interspersed with numerous anecdotes of illustrious persons: her first introduction into public life, as the kept mistress of Lord Craven: her intrigues with the Hon. Frederick Lamb; Her letters to the King. Becomes the kept Mistress of the Duke of Argyle..., 4 volumes, London: Printed and published by Edward Duncombe, [1825?], two engraved portrait frontispieces, 19 etched plates by Findlay and Marks (including 18 hand-coloured, 13 with aquatint and one uncoloured aquatint), one leaf (pp.111/112) misbound between pages 96 and 97, one plate with short repaired closed tear, some toning and spotting, occasional light marginal staining, armorial bookplate of Loren Griswold Du Bois, bookseller's ink stamp of Estes & Lauriat of Boston to verso of front free endpapers, late 19th-century maroon half morocco by Tout, gilt decorated spines, 8voQTY: (4)NOTE:Scarce. No UK institutional location found. One of the pirated editions of these celebrated memoirs, issued about the period of the Stockdale publication.
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[Erotica]. The Rambler's Magazine or Frolicsome Companion, volume 2, nos. 13-18 bound as 1, September 1827 to February 1828, drop-head titles to each part, paginated as one (pp. 1-180) with engraved frontispiece to each part, some spotting, offsetting and occasional browning, 19th-century half calf gilt over marbled boards, spine titled 'Rambler's Magazine 3', rubbed, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Very rare, no other copies of any issues of this salacious periodical have been traced. Horace Bleackley noted in Notes and Queries (12 S.II. 19 August 1916, p. 145) that the first number appeared in August 1826. It was published by William Dugdale (1800-1868), see Index Librorum Prohibitorum, pp. 127,192. Bleackley notes that it 'ran, at all events, into 10 numbers, that of June, 1827, being the last I have seen. In spite of their coarseness these magazines are invaluable to students of the period, supplying as they do a wealth of biographical information that cannot be found elsewhere ... their importance, in casting a light upon our social history cannot be denied, and they should not be disregarded because of their obscenity'.
Thackeray (William Makepeace). Vanity Fair. A Novel Without A Hero, 1st edition, 1st issue, London: Bradbury & Evans, 1848, engraved frontispiece & title, 38 steel-engraved plates (final plate bound as frontispiece, frontispiece bound to p. 619), further illustrations to text, contemporary ownership inscription '? Arlington Hall, 1848' to front free endpaper, occasional spotting, lacking rear free endpaper, rear hinge cracked, red sealing wax to pastedowns, original blue blindstamped cloth gilt, lightly marked & rubbed, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Grolier, 100 English, 87; Van Duzer 231; Wolff 6699.All first issue points present, with the suppressed woodcut of the Marquis of Steyne on page 336, with "Mr. Pitt" for "Sir Pitt" on page 453, and the rustic heading on page one.
Wood (John George). The Principles and Practice of Sketching Landscape Scenery from Nature, Systematically arranged, and illustrated by numerous examples, from simple and easy subjects, to the more difficult combinations of objects, 4 parts, 2nd edition, London: Printed for the Author, by Bensley and Son, 1816-19, 64 soft-ground etchings (one of the overlays on plate 2 part 4 is supplied in facsimile), inscription to upper margin of title in first part "Priscilla Feilden, The gift of her dear aunt, June 1818", occasional light soiling, first leaf of part 2 torn to upper blank corner and slight loss to upper outer corner of first leaf in part 3, original printed wrappers, upper wrapper of part 2 torn to upper outer corner with loss, ink stain to upper wrapper of part 3, insect and rodent damage to wrapper margins with consequent wear and loss, spine strips lacking, oblong folio, contained together in book boxQTY: (4)NOTE:Abbey Life 194 (third edition). Uncommon.
Hall (Radclyffe). The Master of the House, 1st edition, 2nd impression, London: Jonathan Cape, 1932, some light spotting, original cloth gilt, price-clipped dust jacket, spine toned, a few chips, tears and repairs, 8vo, together with Birkin (Michael). She Came to Command, 1st edition, London: P.S. King and Staples Ltd, 1943, colour plate, a few spots, original cloth, dust jacket, tears and repairs, 8vo, plus Woolf (Cecil, editor). Without Prejudice. One Hundred Latters from Frederick William Rolfe Baron Corvo to John Lane, privately printed for Allen Lane, Christmas 1963, illustrations, original cloth, dust jacket, a few small tears, 8vo, limited edition of 600, with a small note from the editor loosely inserted, with others including Norman Douglas' D.H. Lawrence and Maurice Magnus. A Plea for Better Manners, privately printed, 1925, title inscribed by the author to John Tweed, plus a loose letter to the same, The Songs of Meleager, Made into English with Designs by Frederick Baron Corvo in collaboration with Sholto Douglas, London: printed by Chiswick Press for the First Edition Club, [1937], and A Tan and Sandy Silence, by John D. Macdonald, 1st UK edition, 1973QTY: (approximately 60)NOTE:First work a presentation copy, inscribed to half title "My dear Mrs Eastman, here is 'the Master of the House', my favourite child. I send it to you because it is about Provence... I want it to remind you of your kindness and consideration towards a very tired author this day at Southampton, Radcliffe Hall, March 9th 1940".
Melville (Herman). The Works, 16 volumes, London: Constable, 1922-24, half-titles to each, bookplate of William Roughead to front pastedowns, original blue blindstamped cloth gilt, top edge gilt, 8voQTY: (16)NOTE:BAL 13680.A landmark in Melville's resurgence, in immaculate condition. This set contains the first printing of 'Billy Budd' and 9 sketches. Furthermore, it contains the first publication in book form of 10 other short stories and sketches.Billy Budd was left unfinished by Melville, the manuscript being later found in a cake tin by biographer Raymond Weaver.
![The East-India Company. The East-India Register and Army List for 1850, 1852, 1853, 1855, 1856, and [1858 and 1860], compiled](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/24239b77-8bdd-442f-84ce-afee00fb6f91/3a68f479-db43-4f5d-848d-aff800ac4e3a/468x382.jpg)
The East-India Company. The East-India Register and Army List for 1850, 1852, 1853, 1855, 1856, and [1858 and 1860], compiled, by permission of The East-India Company from the Official Returns received at The East-India House, by F. Clark, London: William. H. Allen & Co., 1850-56, first volume lacking title and four leaves of contents at front, 1852 lacking title and four leaves of contents at front, 1860 interleaved, with contemporary annotations to text leaves and blank leaves throughout, other volumes complete, modern red half calf gilt (except 1853 Register bound in modern maroon cloth), 8vo QTY: (7)
United States Army in World War II series. The War in the Pacific, 11 volumes (complete), The War Department, 8 volumes (complete), The Technical Services, 23 (of 24) volumes, Special Studies, 5 (of 10) volumes, The Army Ground Forces, 3 volumes, plus 2 others, mixed first and later editions, Washington D.C: Office of the Chief of Military History, 1947-77, numerous plates throughout, including many after photographs, all original uniform green cloth gilt, very lightly rubbed, large 8voQTY: (52)
Midland Publishing. Soviet X-Planes, by Yefim Gordon & Bill Guston, 1st edition, Leicester, 2000, OKB Sukhoi, a history of the Design Bureau and its aircraft, by Vladimir Antonov et al, 1st edition, 1996, OKG Mig, a history of the Design Bureau and its aircraft, by Piotr Butowski with Jay Miller, 1st edition, 1991, numerous monochrome illustrations, all original cloth in dust jackets, large 8vo, together with:Putnam, publisher, The British Bomber since 1914, by Peter Lewis, 1st edition, London, 1967, Armament of British Aircraft 1909-1939, by H. F. King, 1st edition, 1971, monochrome illustrations, some minor marginal toning, original cloth in dust jackets, covers lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, plusGradidge (Jennifer M. et al), The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3, the first seventy years, volume 2 only, 1st edition, Kent: 2006, numerous colour & monochrome illustrations, original boards, slightly rubbed to head & foot, large 8vo, and other modern aviation & military reference, including publications by Pen & Sword, Crécy, Airlife, PSL, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4toQTY: (6 shelves)
Seymour (Richard Arthur). Pioneering in the Pampas or The first forty years of a Settlers experince in the La Plata Camps, 1st edition, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1869, signed by the author to the head of the title page, folding map frontispiece, modern endpapers retaining a contemporary inscription to the front pastedown, some light toning & spotting, rebound retaining original green cloth boards & spine with some loss, 8vo, together with:The China Journal, edited by Arthur de C. Sowerby, 7 volumes [Jan.-June 1937 - Jan.-June 1940], Shanghai: The China Journal Publishing Company, bound retaining original front covers, numerous monochrome illustrations & advertisements, some light toning throughout, modern uniform red cloth, 8vo, plusBigandet (P.), The Life or Legend of Gaudama, The Budda of the Burmese, 2 volumes, 4th edition, London: Kegan Paul, Tench, Trübner & Co., 1911, period inscriptions to both title pages, some minor marginal toning, original uniform gilt decorated cloth, boards & spines lightly rubbed & marked, 8vo, and other late 19th & early 20th-century travel & British topography reference & related, mostly original cloth, G/VG, 8vo/4toQTY: (3 shelves)
Forbes (James). Oriental Memoirs: A narrative of seventeen years residence in India. Second edition, revised by his daughter, the Countess de Montalembert, 2 volumes, London: Richard Bentley, 1834, lithograph frontispiece to each volume, some spotting to first and last few leaves, marbled edges and endpapers, printed bookplate of Major F. H. Gregory, Styvechale Hall to front pastedown of first volume, contemporary full calf, gilt decorated spines with contrasting morocco labels, rubbed and some marks, together with Prinsep (Henry T.). History of the Political and Military Transactions in India during the administration of the Marquess of Hastings 1813-1823, enlarged from the narrative published in 1820, 2 volumes, London: Kingbury, Parbury, & Allen, 1825, engraved portrait frontispiece to first volume, five folding engraved maps, two folding tables, and four engraved plates, marbled edges and endpapers, contemporary sprinkled full calf gilt, black morocco labels to spines, a little rubbed and slight wear to joints, 8voQTY: (4)NOTE:Abbey, Travel 436 for the 1813 first edition of Forbes Oriental Memoirs.A separate atlas to accompany the second edition of Forbes' Oriental Memoirs was published by Richard Bentley in 1835.
Thevenot (Melchisédech). The Art of Swimming, illustrated by forty proper copper-plate cuts, which represent the different postures necessary to be used in that art with Advice for Bathing, 2nd edition, London: printed for John Lever, 1764, 38 of 40 copper plate illustrations, all hand coloured bar the frontispiece, period inscriptions to the front endpapers, front & rear gutters cracked, some general wear, toning & light spotting, loss to the right bottom corner of pp.45, contemporary half calf, boards & spine rubbed with some minror loss, small 8vo, together with:Watts (I.), The Knowledge of the Heavens and the Earth made easy: or, The First Principles of Astronomy and Geography explain'd by the use of Globes and Maps:..., 3rd edition, London: printed for Richard Ford, 1736, 6 folding plates to the rear with previous owner annotations & pencil drawings to the rears, modern endpapers, some light wear & toning, water mark to the foot of the 'Table of Contents', modern calf spine retaining contemporary full calf boards, slightly rubbed, 8vo, plusComber (Thomas), An Historical Vindication of the Divine Right of Tithes, from scripture, reason, and the opinion and practice of Jew, Gentiles, and Christians in all Ages, 2 parts bound in 1, 2nd edition, London: printed by S. Roycroft, 1685, binding slightly loose, some minor toning & spotting, contemporary embossed full calf, boards & spine rubbed with some minor loss to the head & foot, 4to, and other 17th, 18th & 19th-century literature & theology, mostly contemporary leather bindings, overall condition is generally fair/good, 8vo/4toApproximately 115 volumesQTY: (5 shelves)
Graham (Maria). Journal of a Residence in India, 1st edition, Edinburgh: printed by George Ramsay for Archibald Constable, 1812, hand-coloured engraved frontispiece, title supplied in photocopied facsimile,15 etched or engraved plates including 2 folding (one folding plate torn to fore-edge margin), some toning, light spotting and offsetting, endpapers renewed, contemporary half calf, modern reback with red morocco title label, 4to, together with: Bernoulli (Jean), Description Historique et Geographique de l'Inde..., volume 1 only (of 3), nouvelle edition, Berlin: Chrétien Sigismond Spener, 1791, engraved folding map, 38 engraved plates and plans (including 20 folding), few marginal notes, some worm trails mostly to upper margins and fore-margins of several leaves mostly at front and rear of volume, some margins frayed, near-contemporary marbled calf, gilt armorial emblem of The Society of Writers to the Signet to centre of each board, modern reback with morocco title label, boards rubbed, 4to, plus other texts, including odd and some defective volumes, including Asiatick Researches: or, Transactions of the Society, instituted in Bengal, for inquiring into the history and antiquities, the arts, sciences and literature, of Asia, volume 1 only, 1788, Narrative of the Siege and Capture of Bhurtpore, in the Province of Agra, Upper Hindoostan, by the Forces under the command of ... Lord Combermere..., by J.N. Creighton, 1830, Histoire Generale des Voyages, ou Nouvelle Collection..., new edition, volume 13 only, 1755, Ferishta's History of Dekkan, from the First Mahummedan Conquests..., by Johnathan Scott, volume 2 only, 1794, and The Journal of Sir Thomas Roe, Embassador ... to Ichan Guire, the Mighty Emperor of India, volume 1 only (incomplete part), [1744]QTY: (7)NOTE:Sold with all faults, not subject to return.
Griffin (Lepel H.). The Rajas of the Punjab being the History of the principal states in the Punjab and their political relations to the British government, 2nd edition, London: Trumner & Co., 1873, half-title brown calf-glazed endpapers, original blue cloth gilt, a little rubbed and marked, spine discreetly restored to head and foot, large 8vo, together withThe Crisis in the Punjab from the 10th of May until the Fall of Delhi, by a Punjab Employe. For the benefit 'Lawrence Asylum', Lahore: Punjabee Press: H. Gregory, 1858, [iv],vi,v,154,vi pp., errata slip bound in at rear, final leaf of main text and first page of the appendix at rear with small paper repair to for-margin (not affecting text), modern quarter calf gilt, 8vo, plus Bell (Major Evans). The Annexation of the Punjaub, and the Maharajah Duleep Singh, 1st edition, London: Trumner & Co., 1882, [iv],108pp., bookplate of the Oriental Club to front pastedown, original blind-stamped red cloth gilt, and minor wear to head and foot of spine, 8vo, and others relating to the Punjab including regimental histories: History of the 20th (Duke of Cambridge's Own) Infantry Brownlow's Punjabis. From its formation, in 1857 to 1907, Devenport, Swiss & Co., [1907], S. S. Thorburn, The Punjab in Peace and War, 1904, Colonel J. P. Villiers-Stuard, Letters of a Once Punjab Frontier Force Officer to his Nephew, 1925, An Outline History of The First Punjab Regiment, Jhelum, Gouldsbury Press, circa 1944, History of the 1st Battalion Punjab Regt., circa 1937, History of the 3rd Battalion 1st Punjab Regiment, 1927, A History of the 1st Battalion 15th Punjab regiment 1857-1937 by Lieut.-Colonel J. E. Shearer, 1937, and Lieut.-Colonel Sir Geoffrey Bethan, The Golden Galley, The Story of the 2nd Punjab Regiment 1761-1947, Oxford, 1956, all 8voQTY: (11)
* After Henry Singleton (1766-1839). The Assault and Taking of Seringapatam, & The Surrender of Two Sons of Tippoo Sultaun, 1801 & 1802, two large-scale stipple engravings by Anthony Cardon after Henry Singleton , on heavy laid paper, the first with hand-colouring, published by Anthony Cardon and L. N. & J. Schiavonetti, London, on October 15th 1801 and August 15th 1802 respectively, with dedication to lower margin, each with circular inkstamp to verso of Kerr & Co., Calcutta, some marks and soiling, mainly to margins, the first with short closed tear to outer blank left margin (without loss), plate size 580 x 680 mm (23 x 27 ins), sheet size 620 x 730 mm (24 1/2 x 28 3/4 ins)QTY: (2)NOTE:Two fine stipple engravings from the set of four plates depicting the capture of Seringapatam and the defeat of the 'Tiger of Mysore' Tipu Sahib, Sultan of Mysore (1753-1799), the other two being The Last Effort and Fall of Tippoo Sultan and The Body of Tippoo Sultan Recognised by his Family.From his fortress at Seringapatam, an island fort in the river Kaveri just north of Mysore, Tipu held a last stand against the British, led by Colonel Wellesley, later Duke of Wellington. The battle made Wellesley's military career, and he remained in India as Governor of Seringatapam for five years. Tipu was killed during fierce fighting, and according to Wellesley's biographer, Elizabeth Longford, was 'shot dead by a British soldier who fancied the jewel in his turban'.The first plate shows East India Company forces capturing Seringapatam, the fortress capital of Tipu Sultan on the 4th of May 1799, the second plate depicts the two sons of Tipu Sultan descending the steps of the palace towards a group of English officers led by Major General Baird.
![[Holdsworth, T.W.E., "Carnaticus"]. Summary of the Mahratta and Pindarree Campaign, during 1817, 1818 and 1819, under the dir](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/24239b77-8bdd-442f-84ce-afee00fb6f91/f3f1bdd7-921a-44a9-ba33-aff0010f9c5f/468x382.jpg)
[Holdsworth, T.W.E., "Carnaticus"]. Summary of the Mahratta and Pindarree Campaign, during 1817, 1818 and 1819, under the direction of the Marquis of Hastings: chiefly embracing the operations of the Army of the Deckan, under the command of His Excellency Lieut.-Gen. Sir T. Hislop, Bart. G.C.B. with some particulars and remarks, 1at edition, London: printed for E. Williams, 1820, half title, folding engraved map and plan, single-page plan of the Battle of Mahudpore, light spotting, untrimmed, modern half calf, some fading to spine, 8vo, together with Moor (Edward). A Narrative of the Operations of Captain Little's Detachment and of the Mahratta Army, commanded by Purseram Bhow; during the late Confederacy in India, against Nawab Tippoo Sultan Bahadur, 1st edition, London: for the author by George Woodfall, 1794, folding engraved map, 7 engraved plates, some offsetting and toning, water stains to first few leaves, manuscript shelf numbers to title, bookplate, later half calf, Palace Library Mysore label to spine, a little rubbed with small stains and wormholes, 4toQTY: (2)NOTE:First work scarce. Written anonymously due to the strong criticism of his superior officers and their conduct of the campaigns, this publication is now attributed to an Irish officer in the Madras Army by the name of Marshal Clarke.
Ives (Edward). A Voyage from England to India, in the Year MDCCLIV and an Historical Narrative of the Squadron and Army in India, under the command of Vice-Admiral Watson and Colonel Clive, in the Years 1755, 1756, 1757; including a correspondence between the Admiral and the Nabob Serajah Dowlah. Interspersed with some interesting passages relating to the manners, customs, &c. of several nations in Indostan. Also, a Journey from Persia to England, by an Unusual Route, 1st edition, London: Edward and Charles Dilly, 1773, 2 engraved folding maps, 13 engraved plates (1 folding), mid 19th-century ownership inscription to front pastedown, occasional light spotting, contemporary calf, rebacked, red morocco title label lettered in gilt, rubbed, 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:ESTC T12210; Howgego I, P117. Not in Ghani or Atabey.Ives' narrative is highly important for its descriptions of Kuwait, Basra, Baghdad, Mosul, and Haleb (Aleppo) among others. In addition to this, he was the first western author to provide detailed descriptions of the Parthian ruins of Ctesiphon and includes a valuable account of Geriah Fort (now Vijaydurg), a notorious Mahratta pirate stronghold held by Tulagee Angria until its capture by the East India Company.
Kaye (John William). History of the War in Afghanistan. From the unpublished letters and journals of political and military officers employed in Afghanistan throughout the entire period of British connexion with that country, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Richard Bentley, 1851, first and last few leaves of each volume with some light scattered spotting, marbled edges and endpapers, contemporary uniform half calf gilt decorated spines with contrasting maroon and green morocco labels, lightly rubbed, 8voQTY: (2)
Maunsell (Colonel E. B.). Prince of Wales's Own, The Scinde Horse, 1839-1922, published privately by the Regimental Committee, 1926, numerous monochrome plates including many after photographs, two additional printed maps of the Eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East (both linen-backed) at rear, single oval ink stamp to front and rear endpaper of the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst Museum, together with Brooke (Lieutenant Colonel K. R.). The Scinde Horse (14th Prince of Wales's Own Cavalry), 1922-1947, published privately by The Scinde Horse Association, 1957, monochrome plates after photographs at rear, both original green cloth gilt, first volume a little rubbed with some marks, large 8vo, plus Yeats-Brown (Major F. C. C.). The Star and Crescent. Being the Story of the 17th Cavalry from 1858 to 1922, printed for private circulation only, Pioneer Press, Allahabad, [1927], large folding map printed in red and black of German East Africa, half-tone illustrations after photographs, original pigskin-backed blue cloth gilt, rubbed and spine with some soiling and light discolouration, 8vo (limited edition, this copy numbered 88, of an unspecified limitation), plus two other Indian cavalry regiment histories: Lieutenant VCP Hodson Historical Records of the Governor-General's Body Guard, London: W. Thacker & Co., 1910, and Major A. M. Daniels, Skinner's Horse The History of the First Duke of York's Own Lancers (Skinner's Horse) and the 3rd Skinner's Horse now amalgamated under the designation the 1st Duke of York's Own Skinner's Horse, London: Hugh Rees, 1925, all original publisher's cloth (except the final volume rebound in dark blue cloth), rubbed and some marks, 8voQTY: (5)NOTE:Maunsell's Scinde Horse (1926) contains the ownership signature of Charles G. Maunsell, the father of the author, dated June 10th, 1927, to half-title.
![[Muir, William]. Agra in the Mutiny, and the Family Life of W. & E. H. Muir in the Fort, 1857, A Sketch for their Childre](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/24239b77-8bdd-442f-84ce-afee00fb6f91/ae034ee5-027d-4df4-8c33-aff0010fa4c2/468x382.jpg)
[Muir, William]. Agra in the Mutiny, and the Family Life of W. & E. H. Muir in the Fort, 1857, A Sketch for their Children, no publisher, 1896, mounted photographic frontispiece, 2 further mounted photographic plates, presentation copy inscribed by the author 'Mrs Murray with W & E. H. Muir's kind love 1897' to half-title, errata slip to page 54, minor spotting, original maroon cloth gilt, small 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:A scarce work, Copac only lists two copies in UK institutions (British Library & University of Edinburgh). Muir was an Indian administrator who was stationed successively at Cawnpore, Bundelkhand, and Fatehpur. The sepoy Mutiny broke out at Meerut on 10 May 1857 and spread rapidly. Muir, at Agra, where the situation was soon critical, advised vigorous action from the first. Akbar's great fort of Agra became the refuge of the Christians. Moir vividly told the story of his experience for his children in his Agra in the Mutiny (1896). Soon there was neither government nor revenue; but as head of the intelligence department Muir held the dangerous position of centre of communication between the viceroy, Lord Canning, and the civil and military authorities right across India to Delhi, Lahore, and Peshawar, to Gwalior, Indore, and Bombay. (DNB supplement).
Munro (Innes). A Narrative of the Military Operations on the Coromandel Coast, against the combined forces of the French, Dutch, and Hyder Ally Cawn, from the year 1780 to the peace in 1784; in a series of letters, 1st edition, London: printed for the author by T. Bensley, 1789, half title with engraved vignette (bound after dedication), subscribers list, 10 folding engraved plates (9 battle plans and folding view of Port Louis on the Isle of France), first plan detached, some light spotting and offsetting, untrimmed, bookplate, original wrappers (some wear), modern burgundy half morocco, 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:ESTC T106034.
Murland (Major H.F.) Records of the IV Madras Pioneers, (now the 64th Pioneers), 1759-1903, Bangalore: Higginbotham LD, 1922, two folding maps contained in rear pocket, some light spotting, small presentation inscription, original cloth, spine faded and repaired, joints splitting, partial fading to upper cover, 4to, together with The Regimental Records of the First Battalion the Royal Dublin Fusiliers formerly the Madras Europeans, the Madras European Regiment, The First Madras Fusiliers, the 102nd Royal Madras Fusiliers 1644-1842, London: Hugh Rees, 1910, colour frontispiece, folding maps & illustrations, previous owner inscription, all edges gilt, original calf gilt, spine a little rubbed and faded, joints and edges rubbed, 8vo, plus Innes (Lieut.-Colonel P.R.). The History of the Bengal European Regiment now the Royal Munsters Fusiliers and how it helped to win India, London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co., 1885, colour frontispiece, double-page maps, some light spotting, original cloth, upper cover detached, spine faded, some edge wear, 8voQTY: (3)
Orme (Robert). A History of the Military Transactions of the British Nation in Indostan, from the Year MDCCXLV, to which is prefixed a dissertation on the establishments made by Mahomedan conquerors in Indostan, 2 volumes bound in 3, 2nd edition, corrected with alterations, additions, and an index, by the Author, London: John Nourse, 1775-78, 36 engraved plates and maps (mostly folding), including Plan of the military operations at Calcutta in 1756, and coastal panorama entitled Calcutta as in MDCCLVI, complete as list given at the end of the third volumes, some minor marginal spotting, and light toning to a few plates, contents generally in clean condition, contemporary uniform mottled full calf, spines gilt decorated in six compartments with contrasting green and red labels, rubbed and some marks, first volume re-cased with original spine laid down, 4to QTY: (3)NOTE:A close friend of Clive of India, Edward Orme became the first official historiographer of the East India Company in 1769 and was elected a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in 1770. Second edition of the first volume (the remaining volumes being first editions) of the author's major history of the Carnatic Wars between the British and the French in India (1745-1763), which led to the British East India Company becoming the dominant foreign power on the subcontinent.'Orme was in India in the Company's service practically the whole time he wrote. It is a record of noble deeds written with picturesque details, and in dignified and natural language appropriate to its subject. Its accuracy in important matters is unquestionable.' (Cambridge History of British and American Literature)
![[Parks, Fanny]. Wanderings of a Pilgrim, in Search of the Picturesque, during four-and-twenty years in the East; with revelat](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/24239b77-8bdd-442f-84ce-afee00fb6f91/e4676add-641a-4517-91c9-aff0010fa8c2/468x382.jpg)
[Parks, Fanny]. Wanderings of a Pilgrim, in Search of the Picturesque, during four-and-twenty years in the East; with revelations of life in the Zenana. Illustrated with sketches from nature, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Pelham Richardson, 1850, 50 lithograph plates (complete), including frontispiece to each volume (19 of which are hand-coloured) and one folding panorama (Elevation of the Himalaya Mountains) in rear pocket of first volume, frontispiece and title to second volume loose with some fraying to outer fore-margins, several leaves at rear also loose, inner hinges loosened (upper inner hinge to second volume detaching), contemporary ink ownership signature of G. Hodgson, Fair Lawn to title of first volume, and bookplate of Montagu Egerton Loftus to front pastedown of each volume, original gilt-decorated blue cloth, a few marks and very slight fraying to extreme outer corners, large 8vo (29 x 19.5 cm) QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Montagu Egerton Loftus (1860-1934), Vice-Consul in Corsica and a King´s Messenger.Abbey, Travel 476; Mendelssohn III, pp. 630-31.Fanny Parks (née Frances Susanna Archer, 1794-1875) arrived in India in 1822, as the wife of Charles Crawford Parkes, a civil servant in the East India Company. Stationed at Allahabad, she travelled extensively, often on her own, visiting Agra, Fatehgarh, Cawnpore, Meerut, Delhi, and Landour in the Himalayas. As a woman she was able to enter the Zenana, witnessing marriage and religious ceremonies not reported on by male writers. Unlike most of her English female contemporaries in India, she immersed herself in Indian culture, making this one of the most readable travel memoirs of the period. According to ODNB " Her fluent Hindustani enabled her to penetrate Indian life, and she adopted some Indian customs, signing her writing and drawings in Persian script... and playing the sitar." The second volume concludes with chapters on Cape Town and South Africa.
Pearse (Hugh). Soldier and Traveller, Memoirs of Alexander Gardner, Colonel of Artillery in the service of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, 1st edition, London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1898, 2 illustrations (including frontispiece), 2 maps, 32pp. publisher's catalogue to rear, light scattered spotting, original red cloth gilt, lightly rubbed, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Howgego, II, G3; Riddick 111; Yakushi P38.'An adventurer and soldier of fortune, Gardner (1785-1877) travelled through much of Central Asia and Afghanistan before joining the service of Ranjit Singh in 1832. Carefully edited by Major Pearse, Gardner's memoirs tell in a rough-hewn fashion of his experiences as the commander of Sikh artillery in the 1835 conflict with Afghanistan over control of the Peshawar Valley. Similarly, Gardner gives an accounting of the bloody internal struggle for control of the Sikh State following the death of Ranjit Singh. With the imposition of British dominion over the Sikhs at the conclusion of the First Sikh War of 1846, Gardner's memoirs recede into the record of his retirement years spent in the Vale of Kashmir' (Riddick).
Stubbs (Francis W., compiler) History of the Organization, Equipment, and War Services of the Regiment of Bengal Artillery, 3 volumes, London: Henry S. King, 1877-96, half titles, 62 lithograph maps, some with outline colour, occasional light toning, blindstamps to first few leaves of volume III, later cloth retaining original upper covers, 8vo, together with three others related: The Bombay Artillery List of Officers... compiled by Colonel F.W.M. Spring, 1902, The Bengal Native Infantry. Its organisation and discipline 1796-1852, by Amiya Barat, Calcutta, 1962, and An Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of the Bengal Native Infantry, from its first formation in 1757 to 1796, facsimile reprint, 1970QTY: (6)
Terry (Edward). A Voyage to East-India. Wherein some things are taken notice of in our passage thither, but many more in our abode there, within that rich and most spacious Empire of the Great Mogol, 1st edition, London: printed by T.W. for J. Martin and J. Allestrye, 1655, 2 engraved plates only (detached, one lacking part of left side of image), lacking the portrait frontispiece, map and folding plate, stitching breaking, some leaves detaching, some light spotting and soiling, hinges broken, contemporary sheep, part of upper cover fore edge frayed, some wear to corners, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Wing T782. Edward Terry (1590-1660) served as chaplain to Sir Thomas Roe, ambassador to the Mughal Court from 1617-18, his observations of the Empire and its inhabitants was first published in 1625 in Purchas his Pilgrimes, the present edition greatly expanded by the author. Sold with all faults not subject to return.
![Britains Rorkes Drift Series - Set 00143 - Rorkes Drift Hospital Diorama [First Issue - limited edition 0082/2000]. Mint over](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/c577cadc-6fcf-4bf2-97cc-afee00ebc635/c7662bbb-95c9-45c9-b8f2-afee00edfe57/468x382.jpg)
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![Britains - Set 212 - The Royal Scots [1920 First Version], comprising: 8 x Marching Scots with Rifles at the Slope, Red Tunic](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/c577cadc-6fcf-4bf2-97cc-afee00ebc635/bf2ee16b-8317-413c-89df-afee00eed1d5/468x382.jpg)
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Britains - Set 47 - 1st Bengal Cavalry - [1896 - first version / 1930's Issues], comprising: Mounted Trumpeter & 4 x Mounted Sowars on "One Eared" unmarked Brown & Black Horses, Depicted with Held Sabres [damage to one sabre]. Some minor paint loss otherwise generally Excellent overall. [5]
![Britains Set 1 - The First Life Guards [1925 version], comprising: Officer on Prancing Horse with Extended Sabre Arm & 4](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/c577cadc-6fcf-4bf2-97cc-afee00ebc635/fe17ef1a-b6ce-4ff6-be26-afee00eeea3c/468x382.jpg)
![Britains Set 1 - The First Life Guards [1925 version], comprising: Officer on Prancing Horse with Extended Sabre Arm & 4](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/c577cadc-6fcf-4bf2-97cc-afee00ebc635/3eef5016-87a7-4cc2-9f13-afee00ef290b/468x382.jpg)
Britains Set 1 - The First Life Guards [1925 version], comprising: Officer on Prancing Horse with Extended Sabre Arm & 4 x Mounted Troopers with Shouldered Sabres. Some paint chipping otherwise generally Very Good overall, contained [no Insert] in a generally Fair [moderate storage wear] "British Soldiers" Whisstock Campaigns [Green] label set box
![Britains - Set 66 - 1st Bombay Lancers [1896 First Version], comprising: Mounted Officer & 4 x Mounted Sowars with Lances](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/c577cadc-6fcf-4bf2-97cc-afee00ebc635/bbf5edaa-c5db-4a60-bb62-afee00ef46d2/468x382.jpg)
Britains - Set 66 - 1st Bombay Lancers [1896 First Version], comprising: Mounted Officer & 4 x Mounted Sowars with Lances at the Carry [Red over White Pennons] & Green Tunics with White Facings. Minor paint chips otherwise generally Excellent overall, contained [unstrung] in a generally Fair to Good [moderate storage wear] "Soldiers of a Greater Britain" [Grey] label box.
![Britains - Set 225 - The Kings African Rifles, [1926 version], comprising: 8 x Riflemen Marching at the Slope. Mint overall,](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/c577cadc-6fcf-4bf2-97cc-afee00ebc635/9d45ced3-d14a-4e0a-8732-afee00ef869b/468x382.jpg)
![Britains Set 63 - 10th [Duke of Cambridge's Own] Bengal Lancers Display Set, [1920's Issue], comprising: Mounted Officer with](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/c577cadc-6fcf-4bf2-97cc-afee00ebc635/8999d778-1bf7-4804-9736-afee00ef9cd1/468x382.jpg)
Britains Set 63 - 10th [Duke of Cambridge's Own] Bengal Lancers Display Set, [1920's Issue], comprising: Mounted Officer with Extended Sabre Arm, Mounted Bugler on Grey Horse & 8 x Mounted Sowars [4 x Chestnut & 4 x Black horses] carrying Lances with Red over Blue Pennons. Some paint chipping otherwise generally Very Good overall, contained [unstrung] in a generally Good [some storage wear / loss to lid edging] "Sons of the Empire" [Black/Gold] label set box. Rare Issue, the First Example of this Issue to be Sold by Vectis
![Britains - Set 1284 - Royal Marines Display Set [1933 version], comprising: Set 35 - Empty Handed Officer & 7 x Marines M](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/c577cadc-6fcf-4bf2-97cc-afee00ebc635/eb917e48-f351-45b3-8b36-afee00ef9e02/468x382.jpg)
Britains - Set 1284 - Royal Marines Display Set [1933 version], comprising: Set 35 - Empty Handed Officer & 7 x Marines Marching at the Slope [damage to one rifle] together with Set 97 - Running Officer with Drawn Sword & 7 x Marines Running at the Trail. Some paint chipping & 1 mismatch otherwise generally Good overall, contained [unstrung] in a generally Good [moderate storage wear] "Types of the British Navy" [Green] label set box. Rare Label Type, the First Example to be Sold by Vectis.
Airfix - Attack Force HO/OO Ready-Made Vehicles, First Issue, 1966, comprising: First Issue Jeep with Folding Windscreen & Trailer Still attached to Jeep with Original Sprue. Near Mint overall, contained on a generally near Mint ORIGINAL Illustrated Card Mount. The Rarest A/F Vehicle to Find Complete. Extraordinarily Rare Issue to Find Complete & in this Condition.
![Airfix - Attack Force Set - First Issue 1966, comprising: 9 x "Attack Force" Ready-Made Vehicles: Landing Craft [2nd Version]](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/c577cadc-6fcf-4bf2-97cc-afee00ebc635/112a0fb0-631b-4477-b162-afee00efb1f3/468x382.jpg)
Airfix - Attack Force Set - First Issue 1966, comprising: 9 x "Attack Force" Ready-Made Vehicles: Landing Craft [2nd Version], 2 x SP Guns, DUKW, 2 x Tanks, Truck, 25 Pounder with Tractor and APC, Set S18 - Japanese Infantry, Set S19 U.S. Marines [loose in bags - contents unchecked] & Vac Formed Terrain [cut into modules as recommended but 100% complete]. Generally Very Good to near Mint [some minor splits to terrain modules] overall, contained in a generally Very Good [some storage/play wear & old tape repairs] Tri-Chrome [Black/Red/White] "Cartoon" type heavy duty set box. Incredibly Rare to find intact.
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