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Lot 154
Traité des Arbres et Arbustes qui se Cultivent en France en Pleine Terre. Vol II only. 1755, 4to, first edition, half-title, 3 folding engraved plates, 111 woodcut plates, numerous engraved illustrations, generally a clean copy, contemporary mottled calf, spines gilt with red morocco label (one lacking), a little rubbed; RAPIN (Rene) Hortorum libri iv..., first edition, Paris 1665, 4to, title with engraved device, engraved frontispiece, head and tail-pieces and initials, light marginal staining, contemporary ink inscription to front free endpaper, engraved bookplate and shelf-label of The Hirsel Library on front pastedown, worn contemporary sprinkled calf with upper board detached (2)
Lot 184
The Queen of Hearts, London: Hurst and Blackett, 1859, in 3 vols., 8vo, without half titles, 16-page publisher's catalogue at end of vol. I, original cloth, all rather age worn, one vol. with replaced endpapers; My Miscellanies, in 2 vols. 1863, 8vo, half calf, with W. H. Smith Library labels to first paste downs (5)
Lot 185
A Collection of above Three Hundred Receipts in Cookery, Physick and Surgery, first edition, London: for Richard Wilkin 1714, 8vo, 218pp and index, rather age toned, panel calf (worn); SPILSBURY (F) A Treatise of the Method of Curing the Gout, Scurvy, Leprosy...., 3rd edition no date, 8vo, half title, 258pp., typical age and finger staining, final leaf rather dust soiled and creased, worn binding; WESLEY (John) Primitive Physic, 24th edition, 1792, 12mo, bound with - Advice with respect to Health, 5th edition 1793, tree calf (3)
Lot 195
The Marine Mammals of the North-Western Coast of North America. San Francisco, 1874, 4to, 27 plates (pl. 22 duplicated for pl. 20 which is inserted in good photographic facsimile), sporadic light foxing mainly to first and last leaves, original green cloth gilt, ownership name to first free end paper; TRUE (F W) The Whalebone Whales of the Western North Atlantic. Washington: Smithsonian, large 1904, 4to, 50 plates, original cloth (2)
Lot 202
An Enquiry concerning Political Justice, in 2 vols., London 1793, 4to, first edition, half titles, errata leaf at end of vol. II, some pencillings and notes, slight sporadic age and use stains, vol. II with intermittent pale mottled damp stains to fore margins, calf, one board detached, bindings worn
Lot 204
The Descent of Man, in 2 vols. 1871, 8vo, first edition, 2nd or later issue, 16-page publisher's catalogue to rear of each volume dated January 1871 with apparent foxing, half titles present (lightly spotted), list of other titles overleaf of title pages, ink ownership names to both vols., otherwise contents generally good in publisher's green cloth
Lot 205
The Expression of the Emotions, 1st edition 1872, 4pp. catalogue dated November 1872 at end, 7 heliotype plates with Roman numerals, garter style ink stamp to title, pencil name to head of title and corresponding ex libris bookplate (George Blood), original green cloth with slight tears, fading and bubbling to surface, spine edges rubbed; The Formation of Vegetable Mould, 2nd thousand 1881, ink name to first blank leaf, good green cloth; A Naturalist's Voyage, London: Murray 1889, 8vo, original cloth gilt; Insectivorous Plants, 3rd thousand 1875, half title, half calf; Coral Reefs, 1890, Minerva Library edition; 4 other works by Huxley, Wallace and Bates (9)
Lot 214
DRUMMOND (J C) First Steps to Botany, 3rd edition 1831; Complete Grazier, 3rd edition 1775 (title repaired at head); ROSE (H) The Elements of Botany, 1775, plates; LINDLEY (J) A Synopsis of the British Flora, 1829; HENSLOW & SKEPPER. Flora of Suffolk, no date, c.1860; SUMMERHAYES (V) Wild Orchids of Britain, 1951; 2 others (8)
Lot 223
Alpine Plants: Figures and Descriptions of some of the most Striking and Beautiful of the Alpine Flowers, 1st and 2nd series, 2 volumes, London: Bell and Daldy, 1872-74, 8vo, 108 chromolithographed plates, a few text leaves unopened, occasional light spotting (mainly to first vol.), original blue cloth gilt with slight wear to spines (2)
Lot 224
Illustrations of Himalayan Plants, London: Lovell Reeve 1855, folio, hand-coloured additional lithographed title with elaborate floral border, 24 hand-coloured lithographed fine plates by W. H. Fitch, title and last leaf linen backed, ex. Liverpool Public Library with unobtrusive blind stamps to plates and bookplate to first pastedown, some leaves a little dust and use stained, but plates generally bright with slight toning to some outer margins, rebound in recent green half morocco
Lot 229
MAXWELL (W H) Life of Wellington, first edition in 3 vols. 1839-41, 8vo, large paper copy with mounted india paper plates, added engraved titles, some spotting and offsetting but generally a good copy, full calf with faded spines; Another edition, 1900, 8vo, in 2 vols., half calf; GURWOOD (Lieut. Colonel) Selections from the Dispatches and General Orders of the Duke of Wellington, 1851, 8vo, prize calf (rubbed) (6)
Lot 231
A Christmas Carol, 6th edition 1844; The Cricket on the Hearth, first edition 1846; The Battle of Life, first edition, 1846; The Chimes, first edition 1845 (worn cloth); The Haunted Man, first edition 1848; original cloth; Oliver Twist, 1846, first single vol. edition, half morocco; Master Humphreys Clock, 3 vols, original cloth; Bleak House; Martin Chuzzlewit, first editions in book form; PROCTOR (Richard A.) Watched by the Dead, 1887; various Household Words Extra Christmas numbers in wrappers; also - CRUIKSHANK (George) A Discovery Concerning Ghosts; With a Rap at the "Spirit-Rappers". London: Frederick Arnold, 1863, original blue printed wrappers; LEVER (Charles) Davenport Dunn, 1859, half calf; and a few others
Lot 237
Tom Raw, the Griffin: a Burlesque Poem in twelve Cantos, ...the Adventures of a Cadet in the East India Company's Service, first edition, R. Ackermann, 1828, 8vo, with 25 hand-coloured aquatint plates, some slight age staining and finger marks, without half title or adverts at end, half calf
Lot 248
ELLIS (John) An Essay Towards a Natural History of the Corallines, and other Marine Productions...Commonly Found on the Coasts of Great Britain and Ireland, first edition, engraved frontispiece and 40 plates, some folding, foxing and browning, worming to foot of last 2 plates with slight loss of text, detached boards; URRY (John) The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, 1721, folio, portrait (creased and frayed), illustrations, damaged detached binding; THOROTON (Robert). The Antiquities of Nottinghamshire, 1st edition, 1677, folio, double page map and plates, illustrations in the text, worn calf binding with replacement spine label; SPEED (John) The History of Great Britaine, third edition, 1650, folio, portrait frontispiece dust stained, double column text, illustrations, damaged detached binding; STORER (H) History and Antiquities of the Cathedral Churches of Gt Britain, in 4 vols., 1814-19, 8vo, illustrations, cloth; The Antiquarian and Topographical Cabinet, in 5 vols, 1817-18, 8vo, illustrations, some foxing, cloth; JARVIS (C) Don Quixote de la Mancha, in 4 vols, 1819, 8vo, coloured plates, damaged bindings; BEWICK (T) A General History of Quadrupeds, 3rd edition 1792, 8vo, later half calf, worn; and other mainly later general literature in varying condition
Lot 254
Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa, first edition 1857, 8vo, folding frontispiece, geological plate, 2 folding maps, plates and illustrations as called for, portrait damp staining, slight foxing, original cloth; with a Routledge sixpenny edition of Livingstone's Discoveries, 1857, 12mo, 64pp, folding map, pictorial boards (2)
Lot 261
Journal of the Resolution's Voyage, in 1772, 1773, 1774, and 1775. On Discovery to the Southern Hemisphere ... also a Journal of the Adventure's Voyage, in the years 1772, 1773, and 1774. London: for F. Newbery, 1775, 8vo, 5 engraved plates, 2 engraved folding maps, title slightly foxed, FIRST EDITION of the rare first published account of Cook’s second voyage, and the first book to contain information on the Antarctic regions based on first-hand knowledge. Marra was an Irish gunner’s mate whom Cook picked up in Batavia. His story was published about a year and a half before Cook’s official account became available. Much of the material covered in this account was excluded by Cook. The plates include the first views of the Antarctic. Rosove, 214.A1.a; Spence, 758. New Discoveries concerning the World and its Inhabitants. In two parts. Part I. Containing a circumstantial account of all the islands in the South-Sea, that have been lately discovered or explored... Part II. Containing a summary account of Captain Cook's attempts to discover a southern continent... London: J. Johnson, 1778 ,8vo, 2 engraved folding maps and 2 engraved folding plates. Both volumes in later matching full polished calf gilt
Lot 263
Journal of a Residence and Travels in Colombia, during the years 1823 and 1824, 2 volumes, first edition, 1825, 8vo, folding engraved map, two hand-coloured aquatint frontispieces, all with old ex. library stamps, with half title to vol. I, untrimmed, modern cloth; KOSTER (Henry) Travels in Brazil, 2nd edition, London 1817, 8vo, 9 plates and a plan as required, some foxing and staining, mainly to margins, untrimmed, ex. library stamps, modern cloth
Lot 266
A Description of the Principal Picturesque Beauties, Antiquities, and Geological Phoenomena, of the Isle of Wight. First edition, London: for Payne and Foss 1816, 4to, 3 folding engraved maps (one hand-coloured) and 47 engraved plates (one hand-coloured aquatint), several folding or double-page, title and half title slightly foxed, original blind-stamped cloth, rebacked preserving spine strip; BRANNON (George) Scenery.. Views ... in the Isle of Wight, 1833, oblong folio, 28 (of 30) plates, lacks final 2 plates, boards (2)
Lot 270
A Journey to Mequinez; The Residence of the Present Emperor of Fez and Morocco. London 1725, 8vo, six folding plates, subscribers list, occasional light spotting and general light age toning, recased and rebacked calf; PRIOR (Captain Samuel) All the Voyages Round the World. London 1820, 8vo, folding world map, engraved plates as required, ownership name to first end paper of 'Fras. Horatio Fitz Roy [1823-1900], Feb. 1st 1834', straight grain morocco (2)
Lot 278
A Voyage to New Guinea and the Moluccas, London 1779, 4to, portrait frontispiece, folding map at the start, plates, maps and plans including folding as required, some a little creased and toned, ink stain to edge of upper fore-margin for first 30 leaves, contemporary calf with upper joint split, and spine chipped; GLAS (George) The History of the Discovery and Conquest of the Canary Islands. London 1764, 4to, folding map, 2 charts, calf, upper board detached (2)
Lot 294
Ismailia. A Narrative of the Expedition to Central Africa for the Suppression of the Slave Trade, in 2 vols. first edition, London: Macmillan and Co. 1874, 8vo, plates and maps as called for, 55 pp. advertisements at end, vol. II with partial spine tear, but generally a clean bright copy in original green pictorial cloth gilt; SCHUYLER (Eugene) Turkistan, Notes of a Journey in Russian Turkistan, Khokand, Bukhara, and Kuldja, in 2 vols., 6th edition, London 1877, 8vo, 3 folding maps and plates as called for, illustrations, recased in stained and faded cloth (4)
Lot 308
An account of the Empire of Marocco, and the district of Suse... to which is added an accurate and interesting account of Timbuctoo. London: for the author, 1809, 4to, 2 folding engraved maps, 11 plates (including 2 hand-coloured), with Addendum/errata leaf at end, occasional light foxing, some offsetting on to title from first map, tree calf with blind-stamped Garter arms to boards, rebacked
Lot 319
A Journey through Albania ... to Constantinople during the years 1809 to 1810. London: for James Cawthorn 1813, 4to, 2 vols., 24 plates and maps as required including coloured folding aquatint views and costume plates, title and frontispiece slightly soiled and foxed, first leaf of vol. II likewise, otherwise generally good in rebacked tree calf
Lot 320
Travels in Turkey, Asia-Minor, Syria and Egypt. London: for Richard Phillips 1803, 4to, folding engraved frontispiece, 20 plates (including many coloured), folding map, coloured plan, large folding firman or passport (linen backed with closed tear, some staining), taped tear to first free end paper, contemporary half calf, rubbed and worn
Lot 328
Travels in Syria and the Holy Land. London: John Murray, 1822, first edition, 4to, half title, lithographed portrait frontispiece, 6 maps and plans (2 folding), illustrations in the text, some foxing and staining, occasional browning or offsetting to a leaf, recased in 20th century half morocco; Travels in Nubia, 2nd edition, 1822, 4to, engraved portrait and 3 maps, library stamp to head of title, foxing throughout, rebacked worn half calf; LIGHT (Henry) Travels in Egypt, Nubia, Holy Land, Mount Libanon and Cypress in the year 1814. London 1818, 4to, 20 plates including map and folding frontispiece, some variable damp staining and rippling to plates in places, title with marginal soiling, rebacked worn calf (3)
Lot 330
Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El-Medinah and Meccah, First Edition in 3 vols., London 1855, 8vo, with vol. 3 half title as called for, errata leaf, 24 pp. publisher's catalogue at end of vols. I and III, 14 lithographic plates including coloured frontispieces, folding map, 3 plans, occasional light foxing and marginal toning, a very few library stamps to lower margins, original blue cloth with gilt lettered spines, residual glue marks of labels removed from foot of spines, a little bumped and worn, vol. II with vertical crease along spine (3)
Lot 331
The Gold Mines of Midian, 1878, 8vo, first edition, half title, folding map, publisher's catalogue at end, some foxing (mainly to very first leaves and edges), original cloth worn in places, stain to one rear corner; The Land of Midian (Revisited), in 2 vols., 1879, 8vo, chromolithographic and other plates (some cropping), lacking half titles, a little dusty, half calf by Bayntun of Bath; The Jew The Gypsy and El Islam, 1898, 8vo, photogravure portrait, half calf gilt; Etruscan Bologna, 1876, 8vo, faded cloth; Wanderings in Three Continents, 1901, photogravure portrait, cloth with spine slightly faded; The True Life of Capt. Sir Richard Burton, 1896, cloth, faded stained spine (6)
Lot 332
Proceedings of the Expedition to explore the Northern Coast of Africa, from Tripoly Eastward; in MDCCCXXI and MDCCCXXII. First edition, London: John Murray 1828, 4to, with 22 maps, charts and plates including 2 hand-coloured, as called for, errata slip, a few small faint stains including to lower margin of folding plate, otherwise generally clean in half calf gilt with slight surface wear
Lot 338
Travels in the Footsteps of Bruce in Algeria and Tunis. London 1877, 4to, plates, folding coloured map, rebacked original cloth; MORGAN (J) A Complete History of Algiers. London: J. Bettenham 1731, small 4to, partial brown stain to first few leaves including title, rather toned, contemporary calf; HARRIS (W B) The Land of an African Sultan, Travels in Morocco. London 1889, large 8o, mounted india paper plates, pictorial cloth;
Lot 339
Travels in the South of Spain in letters written A.D. 1809 and 1810. London: J. Johnson & Co., 1811, first edition, 4to, folding coloured plan frontispiece, 11 coloured aquatint plates, one uncoloured etching, as required, half title, general foxing and spotting throughout, half morocco with good reback; CARR (Sir John) Descriptive Travels in the Southern and Eastern Parts of Spain. London 1811, 4to, 6 plates as called for, offsetting, calf gilt with damaged spine
Lot 341
Constantinople in 1828. London: Saunders and Otley, 1829, 4to, with double-page view, 3 hand-coloured plates and one sepia plate of antiquities, half title, light spotting, endpapers foxed and discoloured, green half calf: SONNINI (C S) Travels in Upper and Lower Egypt, London 1800, 4to, folding map (loose), portrait and plates, soiling and staining to first leaves and plates, 20th century half morocco (2)
Lot 343
Travels in the Two Sicilies, 2 vols. London: for P. Elmsly, 1783-85, 4to, half title to vol. II, folding map, portrait and plates, vol. II bound with Supplement to Swinburne's Travels through Spain, 1787, uncut; some spotting mainly to first and last leaves; with a third vol. - Travels through Spain, 1779, 4to, plates, title repaired; together 3 vols. in rebacked calf (3)
Lot 346
Armenia: Travels and Studies, 2 vols., first edition, London: Longmans & Co 1901, 8vo, frontispieces, maps, plans and plates, including folding and double-page, large folding map in pocket at end of vol. I, author's inscription to Charles Waldstein before half title of vol. I, with his bookplates, occasional faint spotting, original cloth with some spotting and darkening
Lot 357
ELWOOD (Anna 'Mrs Colonel') Narrative of a Journey Overland from England to... India, in 2 vols., London 1830, 8vo, 6 aquatint plates, rubbed half calf (lacking spine labels); CAPPER (James) Observations on the Passage to India through Egypt, 3rd edition 1785, 8vo, 3 folding maps and plate, slight worm damage to top margin of prelims and first text leaves, generally toned, slightly cropped in rubbed later half calf; SKINNER (Major) Adventures during a Journey Overland to India, 2nd edition in 2 vols., 1837, 12mo, portrait and a frontispiece plate (both spotted and offset on to titles), generally toned throughout, full calf lacking vol. labels; ENAULT (Louis) L'Inde Pittoresque, Paris 1861, large 8vo, steel engraved plates, prize binding (6)
Lot 362
A Summer Ramble in Syria, with a Tartar Trip from Aleppo to Stamboul. London: Richard Bentley, 1835, 8vo, first edition, 2 volumes, lithographed frontispieces, lacking half titles, very light foxing, contemporary stained calf gilt; Travels in Palestine, in 2vols., 2nd edition, 1822, 8vo, 9 maps, plans and plates as called for with a little light spotting or staining, later half calf (4)
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