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Lot 207
Anson (George) A Voyage Round the World in the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV, printed for the author by Knapton, 1748, first edition, quarto, large margins, subscribers list, forty-two plates, maps and charts (forty-one folding or double page) as called for (one torn without loss), calf (re-backed)
Lot 223
Younghusband (Francis) Peking to Lhasa, The Narrative of Journeys in the Chinese Empire made by the late Brigadier-General George Pereira ..., Constable, 1925, first edition, thirty-three plates, two folding maps, original cloth; Dainella (Giotto), Buddhists and Glaciers of Western Tibet, Kegan Paul ..., 1933, thirty-two plates, map, original cloth; Bishop (Isabella Bird), Among the Tibetans, New York; Revell, n.d. [1894], first US edition, frontis, text illustrations (including full page, original cloth gilt; with eleven others (14)
Lot 185
Brown (R.N. Rudmose) A Naturalist at the Poles, The Life, Work and Voyages of Dr. W.S. Bruce, the Polar Explorer, Seeley, Service, 1923, first edition, two folding colour maps, plates as called for, dust wrapper with price excised from backstrip; Levick (G. Murray, Dr.), Antarctic Penguins, A Study of their Social Habits, Heinemann, 1914, plates as called for, original pictorial cloth; with one other (3)
Lot 134
Stefansson (Vilhjalmur) The Adventure of Wrangel Island, Cape, 1926, folding map, plates as called for, dust wrapper (priced 18s.); Andree (S.A.), Strindberg (Nils) & Fraenkel (Knut), The Andree Diaries, being ... written during their Balloon Expedition to the North Pole in 1897 ...., John Lane, 1931, first English edition, frontis, three folding maps, plates as called for, dust wrapper (priced 21s.); with seven others (9)
Lot 301
Radcliffe (M.) A Modern System of Domestic Cookery; or the Housekeeper's Guide: Arranged on the Most Economical Plan for Private Families ...,Manchester; Gleave, 1823, frontis, engraved title (dated 1822), eleven plates, 19th century owners' names on fly leaf, modern half morocco; Thornton (Robert John), A New Family Herbal: or Popular Account of the Natures and Properties of the Various Plants used in Medicine, Diet and the Arts, Richard Phillips, 1810, first edition, wood engravings by Thomas Bewick after Henderson, repaired closed tear to final leaf, modern quarter morocco (2)
Lot 180
Cook (Frederick A.) Through the First Antarctic Night, 1898-1899, A Narrative of the Voyage of the 'Belgica' …, Heinemann, 1900, colour and monochrome plates as called for, original pictorial cloth (re-backed retaining original backstrip, library stamp to final page); Amundsen (Roald), My Life as an Explorer, Heinemann, 1927, frontis, dust wrapper (priced 10s.6d., worn and faded); idem, The South Pole, An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the 'Fram', 1910-1912, John Murray, 1912, first English edition, two volumes, plates and maps as called for (one folding map torn without loss), top edge gilt, modern red cloth (4)
Lot 322
Longstaffe (W. Hylton Dyer) The History and Antiquities of the Parish of Darlington, in the Bishoprick, Darlington and Stockton Times .., 1854, first edition, large paper copy, ten (of twelve) plates, all edges gilt, full morocco gilt; idem, The History and Antiquities of the Parish of Darlington, in the Bishoprick, Darlington and Stockton Times .., 1854, first edition, twelve plates, all edges gilt, morocco gilt; with four others (6)
Lot 308
O'Connor (John) Canals, Barges and People, Art and Technics, 1950, first edition, twenty four colour illustrations, dust wrapper (priced 10s 6d) Rolt (L.T.C.), Green and Silver, George Allen .., 1949, first edition, dust wrapper; idem, Red for Danger, Bodley Head, 1955, first edition, dust wrapper; with twenty-two others (25)
Lot 227
Hooker (Joseph Dalton) Himalayan Journals; or, Notes of a Naturalist in Bengal, The Sikkim and Nepal Himalayas, the Khasia Mountains, &c., John Murray, 1854, first edition, two volumes, twelve coloured litho plates (one folding), wood engraved plate, two folding maps (one torn without loss), errata slip in each volume, adverts dated January 1884, some gathers loosening, original cloth gilt (rebacked retaining original backstrips), modern slipcase
Lot 273
Stark (Freya) The Valleys of the Assassins ..., John Murray, 1934, first edition, plates and maps as called for, map endpapers, modern quarter morocco, slipcase; idem, The Southern Gates of Arabia .., John Murray, 1936, first edition, plates as called for, two folding maps (one torn and taped), modern quarter morocco, slipcase; idem, Seen in the Hadhramaut, John Murray, 1938, map, illustrated throughout, modern quarter morocco; with two others (5).
Lot 257
Doughty (Charles M.) Travels in Arabia Deserta, Cambridge; University Press, 1888, first edition, two volumes, partly unopened, folding map in rear pocket, original cloth gilt (endpapers split at hinge, 13mm tear to spine head of volume II), preserved in two quarter morocco book-form slipcases [provenance - H. Bradley Martin]
Lot 12
Franklin (John) Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the Years 1819, 20, 21, and 22, John Murray, 1823, first edition, first issue, quarto, xvi, 768 pages, thirty plates (eleven coloured), four large folding charts (dated March 1823, one with title variant as usual), errata slip, early owner's name to half title, modern half calf binding
Lot 208
Bougainville (Lewis de) A Voyage Round the World, Performed by Order of His Most Christian Majesty, In the Years 1766, 1767, 1768 and 1769, Nourse and Davies, 1772, first English edition translated by John Reinhold Forster, quarto, five folding maps, folding plate, contemporary calf gilt (joints cracked in places with some restoration)
Lot 7
Parry (William Edward) Journal of a Second Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific; Performed in the Years 1821-22-23 in his Majesty's ships Fury and Hecla ..., John Murray, 1824, [with] Appendix to Captain Parry's Journal .., John Murray, 1825, two volumes, first edition, quarto, frontis, thirty plates and plans, four large folding charts, four folding coastal profiles, Appendix with a further two plates, contemporary armorial calf gilt (some restoration to joints)
Lot 237
Alexander (James Edward) Travels from India to England; Comprehending a Visit to the Burman Empire, and a Journey through Persia, Asia Minor, Eropean Turkey, &c. in the Years 1825-26, Parbury, Allen, 1827, first edition, quarto, portrait frontis, two maps, fourteen plates (five coloured), modern calf
Lot 163
Ponting (Herbert G.) The Great White South, Being an Account of Experiences with Captain Scott's South Pole Expedition and of the Nature Life of the Antarctic, Duckworth, 1921, plates as called for, original cloth; Hurley (Frank, Capt), Argonauts of the South .. being a Narrative of Voyagings and Polar Seas and Adventures in the Antarctic with Sir Douglas Mawson and Sir Ernest Shackleton, Putnam's, 1925, first edition, two folding maps, monochrome plates as called for, top edge gilt, original cloth (at least four pages crudely opened with torn margins) (2)
![Bull (H[enrik] J[ohan]) The Cruise of the 'Antarctic' to the South Polar Regions, Edward Arnold, 1896, first edition, twelve](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/b7768c5d-2849-4ed4-9331-a9b900933df5/ec0be70e-66ec-4124-8dec-a9b900a8a52b/468x382.jpg)
Lot 196
Murray (George) edit. The Antarctic Manual for the Use of the Expedition of 1901, Royal Geographical Society, 1901, first edition, Captain C.W. Royds' name to pastedown (First Lieut. on Scott's expedition), presentation inscription to his daughter Blanche Royds from Sir Clement Markham (author of the preface) dated Aug 6th 1901, three folding maps in rear pocket, original cloth, modern slipcase
Lot 281
Twentieth Century Travel Durrell (Lawrence), Prospero's Cell ..., Faber and Faber, 1945, first edition, dust wrapper (priced 10s.6d.); idem, Reflections on a Marine Venus ..., Faber and Faber, 1953, first edition, dust wrapper (priced 25s., torn with loss); idem, Bitter Lemons, Faber and Faber, 1957, first edition, dust wrapper (priced 16s.); idem, The Greek Islands, Faber and Faber, 1978, first edition, inscription signed by the author, dust wrapper (price-clipped); Naipaul (V.S.), A House for Mr. Biswas, Andre Deutsch, 1961, first edition, dust wrapper (priced 21s.); with nine others by Naipaul, all UK firsts in dust wrappers; Waugh (Evelyn), A Tourist in Africa, Chapman & Hall, 1960, first edition, plates as called for, dust wrapper (priced 16s); Thubron (Colin), Shadow of the Silk Road, Chatto & Windus, 2006, first edition, signed by the author, dust wrapper (not clipped); with eight others by Thubron, all first editions in dust wrappers; Danziger (Nick), Danziger's Travels, Grafton, 1987, first edition, signed by the author, price-clipped dust wrapper; with approximately 95 others, first editions in dust wrappers (c120)
Lot 258
Philby (H. St. J.B.) The Heart of Arabia, A Record of Travel & Exploration, Constable, 1922, first edition, two volumes, signed presentation inscription from the author to 'Amir Liwa F.G. Peake Pasha' (Lieut. Col. Peake campaigned with Lawrence and was founder and first commander of the Arab League), plates as called for, plan, two folding maps, original cloth, modern slipcase [provenance - Franklin Brooke-Hitching #1020]
Lot 280
Meinertzhagen (R., Col.) Kenya Diary, 1902-1906, Oliver and Boyd, 1957, first edition, dust wrapper (priced 30/-); idem, Pirates and Predators, The Piratical and Predatory Habits of Birds, Oliver & Boyd, 1959, first edition, quarto, plates as called for, dust wrapper (priced 70/-); with seven others (9)
Lot 243
Salt (Henry) A Voyage to Abyssinia, and Travels into the Interior of that Country, executed under the Orders of the British Government in the Years 1809 and 1810; in which are included, An Account of the Portuguese Settlements on the East Coast of Africa ..., Rivington, 1814, first edition, quarto, eight maps and charts on seven sheets (five folding, one coloured), twenty seven plates, two vignettes, recent period style full calf gilt
Lot 235
Pottinger (Henry, Lieut.) Travels in Beloochistan and Sinde; Accompanied by a Geographical and Historical Account of those Countries, with a Map, Longman, Hurst ..., 1818, quarto, first edition, hand-coloured frontis, large folding map - hand-coloured in outline (two minor tears at folds), contemporary calf (re-backed, new endpapers)
Lot 230
Stein (Aurel) On Ancient Central-Asian Tracks, Brief Narrative of Three Expeditions in Innermost Asia and North-Western China, Macmillan, 1933, first edition, partly unopened, colour frontis, folding colour map, 147 monochrome and colour plates including several folding panoramas as called for, top edge gilt, dust wrapper (priced 31/6)
Lot 248
Layard (Henry) Early Adventures in Persia, Susiana and Babylonia, including a Residence among the Bakhtiyari and other Wild Tribes before the Discovery of Nineveh, John Murray, 1887, first edition, two volumes, colour frontis, three other plates as called for, three folding maps, original cloth (ownership inscription, endpapers split at hinges); idem, Discoveries in the Ruins of Nineveh and Babylon .., John Murray, 1853, first edition, fold-out frontis, plates as called for, three folding plans, two folding maps (one torn without loss), original embossed cloth (3)
Lot 214
Belcher (Edward, Capt.) Narrative of a Voyage Round the World, performed in Her Majesty's Ship Sulphur, During the Years 1836-1842, Including Details of the Naval Operations in China, from Dec. 1840 to Nov. 1841, Henry Colburn, two volumes, first edition, presentation inscription from the author to a family member, three folding maps in front pocket, nineteen plates as called for, original cloth, modern slipcase
Lot 34
Weddell (James) A Voyage towards the South Pole, Performed in the Years 1822-24, Containing an Examination of the Antarctic Sea, to the Seventy-Fourth degree of latitude; and a Visit to Tierra del Fuego ..., Longman, Hurst ..., 1825, first edition, coloured frontis, folding chart, six plates (two folding), eight charts (six folding), errata slip, 1826 manuscript circulation list to front pastedown (including Maj. Crawford, Lord Dufferin, Col. Ward, etc.), Feb 1826 book catalogue bound in to front, original? boards (re-backed with leather label), preserved in full calf book style solander box, with raised bands and spine label
Lot 219
Hall (Basil, Capt.) & Clifford (H.J.) Account of A Voyage of Discovery to the West Coast of Corea, and the Great Loo-Choo Island ..., and A Vocabulary of the Loo-Choo Language, John Murray, 1818, first edition, quarto, ten plates (eight hand-coloured), five charts (two folding), original boards (re-backed, retaining back strip and printed spine label)
Lot 6
Parry (William Edward) Journal of a Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific; Performed in the Years 1819-20, in his Majesty's ships Hecla and Griper ..., John Murray, 1821, first edition, quarto, presentation inscription from the author to his father, six charts (four folding) and fourteen plates as called for, errata slip, [bound with] idem, A Supplement to The Appendix of Captain Parry's Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage in the Years 1819-20. Containing An Account of the Subjects of Natural History, 1824, John Murray, presentation inscription from the author to his mother, six engraved plates, early marbled boards with recent half calf
Lot 146
Hurley (Frank, Capt) Argonauts of the South .. being a Narrative of Voyagings and Polar Seas and Adventures in the Antarctic with Sir Douglas Mawson and Sir Ernest Shackleton, Putnam's, 1925, first edition, two folding maps, monochrome plates as called for, top edge gilt, unclipped dust wrapper (some restoration), slipcase [provenance - Franklin Brooke-Hitching #658]
Lot 336
Heslop (B.H.) The River Tees, from Source to Sea, Stockton: B.H. Heslop, 1893, first proof edition, landscape folio, illustrated title, thirty-six plates, subscribers list, original leather gilt (re-backed and cornered); Walbran (John Richard), The Antiquities of Gainford, in the County of Durham .... and of Barnard Castle: with Accounts of the Township of Headlam and Chapelry of Denton, Ripon: Harrison, 1846, quarto large paper, frontis, two plates, three pedigrees, printed without vignette to B1, plate of Raby loosely inserted, half calf (rubbed); with eight others (10)
Lot 238
Campbell (Donald) A Journey Over Land to India, Partly by a Route Never Gone Before by any European, Cullen, 1795, first edition, quarto (possibly large paper), contains three parts and an appendix, each separately paginated, all edges gilt, full morocco by Kalthoeber (re-backed retaining original backstrip)
Lot 21
Goodsir (Robert Anstruther) An Arctic Voyage to Baffin's Bay and Lancaster Sound, in Search of Friends with Sir John Franklin, van Voorst, 1850, first edition, tinted litho frontis, folding map, ex-library with stamps to title and final page, original cloth (variant to previous lot), slipcase; with a 1996 limited edition reprint of the work (2)
Lot 188
Fricker (Karl, Dr.) The Antarctic Regions, Swan Sonnenschein, 1900, first edition, Ernest Shackleton's own copy, signed 'E.H. Shackleton, 11.3.01' on front free endpaper, folding colour chart (torn without loss, some foxing), plates as called for, foxing to prelims and endpapers, original cloth gilt (rubbed)
![Bull (H[enrik] J[ohan]) The Cruise of the 'Antarctic' to the South Polar Regions, Edward Arnold, 1896, first edition, present](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/b7768c5d-2849-4ed4-9331-a9b900933df5/68f9b8d9-c7cb-44f8-a21a-a9b900a8a44a/468x382.jpg)
Lot 298
Boswell (James) The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., Comprehending an Account of his Studies and Numerous Works ..., Charles Dilly, 1791, first edition, second state with corrected 'give', two volumes, quarto, portrait frontis, two engraved plates, volume II pages 229, 408, 497, 504, 555, 585-6 misnumbered, calf (re-backed)
Lot 264
Cheesman (R.E., Maj.) In Unknown Arabia, Macmillan, 1926, first edition, plates as called for, folding map, institution bookplate, top edge gilt, original cloth (endpapers split at hinges, blank 'plate' on rear pastedown); Seabrook (W.B.), Adventures in Arabia .., Harrap, 1928, first edition, plates as called for, dust wrapper (priced 12/6); Seabrook (William B.), Jungle Ways, Harcourt Brace, [1931], numbered first edition limited to 315 copies, signed by the author with eight extra illustrations, cloth; with sixteen others (19)
Lot 216
Erskine (Charles) Twenty Years Before The Mast, .... While Circumnavigating the Globe under the command of the late Admiral Charles Wilkes, 1838-1842, Boston; private publication, 1890, first edition, double page frontis, text illustrations, original cloth gilt; Hall (Basil, Capt.), Fragments of Voyages and Travels, Including Anecdotes of a Naval Life: Chiefly for the Use of Young Persons, Robert Cadell, 1831, first edition, three volumes, each with engraved title, modern quarter calf with eight others (12)
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