Bible, - German . Biblia, das ist die gantze heylige Schrifft Teutsch German . Biblia, das ist die gantze heylige Schrifft Teutsch , translated by Martin Luther, 3 parts in 1 vol ., titles in woodcut borders, the first hand-coloured, portrait, woodcuts in the text, first title laid down with loss to text and border, next few ff. frayed and holed, holes to N.T. A6, X4 & 5, lacks final ?blank) f., several margins frayed or chipped, browned and marked, notes on front paste-down & verso of portrait, booplates at end of the Berkshire Athenaeum and Brooklyn Public Library, ink number at foot of portrait, sold in our rooms April 1986, contemporary blind-stamped callf over wooden boards, worn, rebacked, remains of clasps, folio, Frankfurt, E. Kempffern, 1616.
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Pettigrew (Thomas Joseph) - A History of Egyptian Mummies, first edition , half-title, 4 hand-coloured engraved plates and 9 lithographed plates, 10 by George Cruikshank, 4 hand-coloured, some foxing and light offsetting, darkening to edges of some plates, bookplate of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland with deaccession stamp on front pastedown and further stamp of Alexander H. Rhind on verso of title, 19th century half morocco, spine gilt, rubbed at extremities, t.e.g., 4to , 1834.
Victorian education - in Denchworth village, Oxfordshire/Berkshire in Denchworth village, Oxfordshire/Berkshire.- National School [Daily Log Book], manuscript in several hands, 500pp., first and last ff. soiled and stained, one of two ff. small tears, browned, disbound, spine worn, sm. 4to, 19th January 1863 - 13th February 1891. An important social and family history record for this small village and its inhabitants. The manuscript begins with recording that it had 39 pupils with twice as many girls as boys. Corporal punishment was rife and one pupil, Drusilla Alder was expelled in June 1864 for repeatedly swearing, lying and stealing. Being a small agricultural village the boys took time off school to work in the fields at harvest time.
Thomas - The White Hotel, Filmscript, duplicated typescript, title and 82pp (Donald Michael Thomas, "D. M. Thomas", British novelist, poet, playwright and translator, b. 1935) The White Hotel, Filmscript, duplicated typescript, title and 82pp., ink inscription on title: "First draft of first draft" and numerous manuscript corrections in the text, loose in a custom made cloth box, gilt morocco label on upper cover, folio, n.d. [1990s]. A film treatment of Thomas's erotic novel, published in 1981. Many attempts were made to make the novel into a film. These included attempts by Bernardo Bertolucci with Barbra Streisand, by David Lynch with Isabella Rossellini, by Simon Monjack with Brittany Murphy, and by Emir Kusturica with Nicole Kidman and Terrence Malick.
Walton (Isaac).- Covell (William) - A Modest and reasonable examination, of some things in use in the... A Modest and reasonable examination, of some things in use in the Church of England, first edition, Izaak Walton's copy with his signature on title, some surface wear over second line of imprint, slightly browned, front free endpaper and all to A2 detaching, Walton signature partially chipped away at head of title, also initials "IW" and inscribed "89" ?1689 probably Walton's son, another near contemporary ink signature on title and a later ink inscription at head, 2 bookplates on front pastedown, hinges a little weak, 18th century half calf, worn, rebacked in modern calf, gilt spine, housed in a modern slip-case, [STC 5882], sm. 4to, by Humfrey Lownes for Clement Knight, 1604. Provenance: Pickering's catalogue for 1900, item 2107.
Slatyer (William) - The History of Great Britanie, first edition , parallel text in Latin and English, initial verse explanation of the title page, engraved hand-coloured pictorial title, woodcut arms to O1, initials and head- and tail-pieces, without colophon f. (as often, see ESTC), initial explanation f. torn at inner corner and laid down (without loss of text), occasional spotting, contemporary mottled calf, rebacked in 20th century calf, gilt, upper joint splitting, lower joint starting, corners worn, rubbed, [STC 22634], rare at auction, folio, by W: Stansby, for Rich: Meighen, [1621].
Cranmer (Thomas) & others. - Certaine Sermons or Homilies Appoynted to be Read in Churches..., 2 parts in one , G & G6 duplicated, lacks G3, G4 & blank I2, bookplates to front pastedown and front endpaper, library stamps and labels, some ff. repaired, others damp-affected, [STC 13661 & 13676a], by John Norton for Joyce Norton and Richard Whitaker, 1635 § James I ( King ) Apologia pro Iuramento Fidelitatis , 2 parts in one , text block working loose, [STC 14406], by John Norton, 1609 § Guise (Henri, Duc de ) Memoires , errata f., hinges splitting, [Wing G2226], by T.N. for H Herringman, 1669 § Vaughan (Thomas) " Eugenius Philalethes". Long Livers…, faint even browning, hinges strengthened, for J. Holland and L. Stokoe, 1722 § The Mirror , 3 vol., third edition, hinges pulling, for W. Strahan & T. Cadell, 1781, second later vellum , else contemporary calf , first blind-stamped over wooden boards , second gilt with Royal coat of arms to covers , first and fourth rebacked , third worn with loss at spine ends , else rubbed , first with remains of metal clasps ; and a quantity of others, v.s. (qty)
Wesley (Samuel) - History of the Old [New] Testament in Verse, 2 vol History of the Old [New] Testament in Verse, 2 vol., engraved titles, vol. engraved frontispiece and printed title in red and black, engraved illustrations in the text, book catalogues at end of each vol., vol. I all to B2 slight damp-staining in margins with some wear not affecting text, some other slight staining and tears, vol I free endpapers loose, bound in contemporary morocco, gilt floral borders, worn, vol. I upper cover detaching, lower cover detached, head and tail of spines chipped with loss, [Foxon W328], for Cha. Harper, 1701; and another, Samuel Wesley's New Testament volume which appeared separately in 1701, sm. 8vo (3). First complete edition of a Bible paraphrase in verse. The author was the father of John Wesley, founder of Methodism.
![Greenhill (Thomas) - Nekrckedeia [ graece ]: or, the art of Embalming , first edition, folding engraved frontispiece](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/2e1bf4f5-44a9-4253-ba95-a52500963dde/e356431c-ea70-41b8-bbef-227ab3f917ee/468x382.jpg)
Greenhill (Thomas) - Nekrckedeia [ graece ]: or, the art of Embalming , first edition, folding engraved frontispiece, with 'Explanation of the Frontispiece', folding map, 13 plates, 1 folding, title, frontispiece, map & text f. N2 torn and repaired, little marking, contemporary panelled calf, spine gilt, rebaacked, preserving old backstrip, corners repaired, 4to, For the Author, 1705.
![Homer. - Ilias; Odysseia [graece], edited by J. Moor and G. Muirhead, 4 vol., half-titles, Greek text, without general t](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/2e1bf4f5-44a9-4253-ba95-a52500963dde/9948843e-2d27-4273-8ccf-cb00e96efe97/468x382.jpg)
Homer. - Ilias; Odysseia [graece], edited by J. Moor and G. Muirhead, 4 vol., half-titles, Greek text, without general title, little staining and marking, contemporary calf, gilt, worn and marked, spine labels missing, joints cracked, Odyssey vol. 1 fly-leaf & first gathering loose, folio, Glasgow, R. & A. Foulis , 1756-1758,
[Lemprière (John)] - Bibliotheca Classica; or, a Classical Dictionary, containing a full Account of all the proper Names mentioned in Ancient Authors, to which are subjoined Tables of Coins, Weights and Measures , first edition , errata f. at end, title detached and tipped-in to pastedown, and lower margin holed, name on title and Preface, some spotting and marking, contemporary marbled boards, backed with cloth, worn, front hinge broken, uncut, a poor copy of an uncommon book, [PMM 236], 8vo, Reading, for T. Cadell, 1788. 'The first of a new kind of manual: the rendering of a body of knowledge not easily accessible in any other form into a series of alphabetical articles for the use of those who lack the time or the learning to seek out the sources.' (PMM)
![Ireland.- [Parnell (William)] - An Inquiry into the Causes of Popular Discontents in Ireland, first edition, trace of libra](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/2e1bf4f5-44a9-4253-ba95-a52500963dde/0a72f3e8-04cf-4c8e-ea28-436fc0da1959/468x382.jpg)
Napoleon.- Waterloo &c.- - Clarke (Hewson) including a copious narrative of the Battle of Waterloo, engraved frontispiece view of Waterloo, 16 engraved plates including one map, some toning and foxing, ink ownership inscription on preliminaries, contemporary half calf, 1817 § Alexander (J.E.) Life of Field Marshal, His Grace The Duke of Wellington, 2 vol., engraved plates, contemporary half calf , 1839 § Gronow (Rees Howell) The Reminiscences and Recollections of Captain Gronow, 2 vol., one of 870 copies, title printed in red & black, plates in 2 states (plain and hand-coloured), minor spotting, bookplate and ownership inscription on first front pastedown, original cloth, rebacked preserving original backstrips, t.e.g., others uncut, 1889; and 9 others, Waterloo, Gronow , 4to & 8vo (14)
Slavery.- - The London Missionary Society's Report of the proceedings against... The London Missionary Society's Report of the proceedings against the late Rev. J. Smith, of Demerara who was tried under martial law, and condemned to death on a charge of aiding and assisting in a rebellion of the Negro Slaves , first edition , occasional spotting, original boards, chipped original paper label to spine, head of spine and corners worn, rubbed, 1824 § West Indies.- Substance of The Three Reports of the Commissioner of Inquiry into the Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice in the West Indies, half-title, original boards, upper cover detached, spine ends and corners worn, rubbed, 1827; and and vol.1 only of Stephen's Slavery of the British West India Colonies in original boards, 8vo (3)
Dickens (Charles) - The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, First Edition, portrait frontispiece and 39 plates, foxed, contemporary half calf, rubbed and marked. 1839; The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, First Edition, frontispiece, extra engraved title and 38 plates, foxed, contemporary half calf, rubbed, 1844; Dealings with the Firm of Dombey and Son, Wholesale, Retail and for Exportation, First Edition, frontispiece, eaxtr vignette title and 38 plates, foxed, contemporary half calf, rubbed, 1848. (3)
Auchinleck - .- Seago Tideline, first edition, inscribed presentation copy from... (Field Marshal Sir Claude John Eyre).- Seago (Edward) Tideline, first edition, inscribed presentation copy from Seago ( as "Ted") to Auchinleck with original ink drawing of a boat on front free endpaper, plates, original cloth, lacking dust-jacket , 1948 § Williams (Eric) The Wooden Horse, signed by the author , ninth printing, original cloth, dust-jacket , 1949, with a small collection of material, some relating or previously belonging to Auchinleck, v.s. (sm.qty)
A History of the English-Speaking Peoples, 4 vol., First Editions, dust-jackets , rubbed and chipped, original cloth,1956 - 1958 § Eade (Charles, compiler) The War Speeches of the Rt. Hon. Winston S. Churchill, 3 vol., dust-jackets, chipped, original cloth,1951 - 1952, plus a quantity of related vol., v.s. (qty)
Mysticism and Witchcraft.- Knight (Gareth) - A Practical Guide to Qabalistic Symbolism, 2 vol., jackets price-clipped, 1965 § Summers (Montague) The Geography of Witchcraft, jacket spine faded, New York, 1927 § Cavendish (Richard) The Black Arts, New York, 1967 § Waterman (Philip F.) The Story of Superstition, New York, 1929, first editions, original cloth, all but the last with dust-jackets ; and 16 others, similar, 8vo & folio (21)
Stevenson (Tom) - Sotheby's World Wine Encyclopaedia, 1988 § Andries de Groot (Roy) Feasts for all Seasons, 1970 § Allen (David Rayvern) Arlott on Wine, the first two illustrated, all original cloth, rubbed, the first in slip-case, the second and third with dust-jackets ; and c.30 others on cookery and wine, v.s. (c.35)
Auden (W.H.) - The Dance of Death, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to his brother John to front free endpaper, autograph corrections in the author's hand to 4pp., worming throughout, browning to endpapers, original boards, spine chipped and worn, remains of tape repairs to spine, worming to covers, a little rubbed at extremities, dust-jacket supplied from another copy, spine slightly discoloured, spine ends and corners a little hipped, light rubbing to extremities, 8vo, 1933. John Bicknell Auden (1903-1991), geologist and explorer.
Capote (Truman) - Local Colour, one of 200 copies, glacine jacket chipped at head and foot, 1950; In Cold Blood, jacket a little chipped at head and foot, 1966 § Lee (Laurie) Cider With Rosie, jacket spine very slightly darkened, short closed tear and creasing to head of spine, 1959, first or first English editions, original boards, dust-jackets ; and another, similar, 8vo (4)
Churchill - Savrola, first English edition, half-title ( Sir Winston Spencer) Savrola, first English edition, half-title, some occasional light spotting, original cloth, spine slightly darkened, spine ends and corners a little bumped, some light rubbing, lacking the advertisement, 8vo, 1900.
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[Clemens (Samuel Langhorne)], “Mark Twain”. - The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, first edition, half-title, 1p. advertisements, occasional light foxing and browning to outer margins, front free endpaper sympathetically replaced, original cloth, skilfully recased, spine darkened, spines ends strengthened and repaired, corners lightly bumped, a little rubbed and darkened, 8vo, 1876. Published first in the UK to secure a British copyright, this edition precedes the American by around 6 months.
Conrad (Joseph) - The Arrow of Gold, bookplate, very light damp mottling to covers , 1919 § Thomas (Dylan) A Prospect of the Sea , minor spotting to extremities, but overall a very good copy in like dust-jacket, 1955 § Waugh (Evelyn) Unconditional Surrender, jacket spine sunned, foxing visible to lower panel , 1961, first editions, original cloth, last 2 dust-jackets ; and 11 others, Modern Fiction, including others by Conrad, 8vo (14)
Crisp (Quentin) - The Naked Civil Servant, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, slight shelf-lean, faded at spine and margins, jacket browned at spine and margins, spine creased, spine ends and corners a little chipped , 1968; and 3 others by the same, also inscribed, 8vo (3) The two other inscriptions demonstrate Crisp's typical wit; below on inscription he notes "Whether it increases the value of the book or not" and in How to Have a Life-Style he comments "Not that you need to learn anything about style, dear."
Dahl (Roald) - The Twits, jacket spine lightly faded, 1980; George's Marvellous Medicine, jacket with spotting to flaps, some very minor chipping and creasing to head and foot, 1981; Matilda, 1988, first edition, cut signatures of author and illustrator to title or front endpaper, illustrations by Quentin Blake, original boards, dust-jackets, generally near-fine overall, 8vo (3) An attractive set of three of Dahl's classic children's stories. First editions of The Twits have become particularly difficult to find. Estimates should read £600-800
Deighton (Len) - Horse Under Water [2 copies], first edition, original boards, dust-jacket, browned and a little creased at head and foot, 1963; Billion Dollar Brain, uncorrected proof copy, publisher's compliment's slip loosely inserted, original wrappers, light crease to spine, proof dust-jacket, final p. affixed to rear flap, creased at head and foot, 1966; and 2 others by the same, 8vo (5)
James (Henry) - Washington Square, illustrations, ink ownership inscription, New York, 1891; The Wings of the Dove, 2 vol., upper hinges weak or broken, spines faded, New York, 1902; The American Scene, bookplate, staining to upper cover, New York, 1907; The Outcry, bookplate, New York, 1911, first or first American editions, original cloth, spine ends and corners a little bumped ; and 4 others, first or first American editions by the same, 8vo (9)
![Le Carré (John) - [The Karla Trilogy], 3 vol. compising Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, cut signature of Alec Guinness to title ,](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/2e1bf4f5-44a9-4253-ba95-a52500963dde/a3d3cf83-2f3d-436f-e26f-d500f9af25e1/468x382.jpg)
Le Carré (John) - [The Karla Trilogy], 3 vol. compising Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, cut signature of Alec Guinness to title , 1974; The Honourable Schoolboy, 1977; Smiley's People, 1980, first editions, bookplates signed by the author to titles or front endpaper , jackets with usual light fading to spines, a little rubbed at head and foot, but still excellent overall, 8vo. Estimates should read £400-600
Lee (Laurie) - Cider With Rosie, light spotting to endpapers, 1959 § Greer (Germaine) The Female Eunuch, A.C.s. from the author , jacket price-clipped, spine slightly faded, 1970 § Dickey (James) Deliverance, ink inscription, jacket spine slightly faded, a little rubbed, Boston, 1970, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets ; and c.70 others, similar, 8vo (c.75)
The Book of the Dead: Facsimile of The Papyrus of Ani , second edition The Book of the Dead: Facsimile of The Papyrus of Ani , second edition, 37 double-page chromolithographed plates, 1894 § Budge (E.A. Wallis, editor ) The Book of the Dead: Facsimiles of the Papyri of Hunefer, Anhai, Kerasher, and Netchemet , 98 plates (20 chromolithographed, 16 double page), 1899, second ink inscription on front free endpaper, a little soiling at fore-edges, first first few text ff. spotted and ink showing through from plates, first contemporary green half morocco over cloth, worn at corners and along spine, joints splitting with a little loss at spine ends, marked, damp-affected with cloth lifting on lower board, second later brown half morocco over cloth, a little rubbed and marked, folio (2)
Maugham (William Somerset) - The Summing Up, jacket spine a little darkened, spine ends and corners a little chipped, short closed tear and creasing to lower panel, 1938; A Writer's Notebook, jacket price-clipped, some loss to head and foot, 1949; The Razor's Edge, 1944, first editions, signed presentation inscriptions from the author to Sidney Searle, original cloth, first 2 with dust-jackets ; and 3 others by or about the same, also signed, 8vo (6)
Roughemont Press.- Plath (Sylvia) - Fiesta Melons, light speckling to covers, Exeter, Rougemont Press, 1971 § Pound (Dorothy Shakespeare) Etruscan Gate, edited by Moelwyn Merchant, light lifting to upper cover, some minor fading, Exeter, Rougemont Press, 1971 , first editions, signed presentaiton inscriptions to Ronald [Stuart Thomas] from Moelwyn Merchant , illustrations, original cloth, 4to (2)
Petrie - The Royal Tombs of the First Dynasty, 2 vol ( Sir William Matthew Flinders) The Royal Tombs of the First Dynasty , 2 vol., plates including folding, tinted and photographic, hinges pulling, original cloth-backed printed boards, rubbed with edge wear, darkened , 1900-1; and 6 others by the same or related, all Egypt Exploration Fund, 4to (8)
Budge - From Fetish to God in Ancient Egypt , 1934; Baralâm and Yewâsef… ( Sir E.A. Wallis) From Fetish to God in Ancient Egypt , 1934; Baralâm and Yewâsef , 1923; The Teaching of Amen-em-apt , 1924; The Divine Origin of the Craft of the Herbalist, by The Society of Herbalists , 1928; Egyptian Tales and Romances , W.H. Smith & Sons library label removed from front pastedown , 1931; First Steps in Egyptian , title in red and black , 1895, first editions , plates and illustrations, third spotted, original cloth, second gilt, second and last uncut, all rubbed and marked, fifth and last worn, second spine faded, fifth spine darkened, third and fourth with dust-jackets, third with a few creases and tears, fourth with loss ; and c.40 others by Budge, 4to & 8vo (c.45)
Petrie - The Hawara Portfolio…, 1913; Prehistoric Egypt… ( Sir William Matthew Flinders) The Hawara Portfolio , 1913; Prehistoric Egypt , 1920; Buttons and Design Scarabs, 1925; & others. Memphis I, 1909; The Palace of Apries (Memphis II), 1909; Meydum and Memphis (III), 1910; Roman Portraits and Memphis (IV), 1911; Tarkhan I and Memphis V, 1913; Riqqeh and Memphis VI; The Labyrinth Gerzeh and Mazghuneh, 1912; Heliopolis, Kafr Ammar and Shurafa, 1915; Tombs of the Courtiers and Oxyrhynkhos, 1925, plates, some folding (colour in first and seventh), sixth, eleventh and last with Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia bookplate, second and third ex-library copies with stamps and labels, second hinges pulling (some tape repair), first original cloth, else original cloth over boards, all rubbed and marked, fourth and ninth damp-affected, second backstrip loose, sixth crudely recornered, first boards faded ; and c.35 others Petrie and The British School of Archaeology in Egypt, v.s. (c.45)
Pharoahs.- Brugsch-Bey (Heinrich) - Egypt under the Pharoahs..., new edition, revised by M. Brodrick , 1891 § Baikie ( Rev . James) The Story of the Pharoahs, lacking frontispiece , 1908 § Wilkinson ( Sir J. Gardner) The Egyptians in the Time of the Pharoahs, Being a Companion to The Crystal Palace Egyptian Collections , published for The Crystal Palace Company , 1857 § Cottrell (Leonard) The Warrior Pharoahs, ex-library copy with stamps and labels , 1968 § Wilkinson (Toby) Genesis of the Pharoahs , 2003 § Aldred (Cyril) Akhenaten: King of Egypt, 1988 § Dodson (Aidan) & Dyan Hilton. The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt, 2004 § Ziegler (Christiane, editor ) Pharaon, Paris , 2004, plates and/or illustrations, folding in first, many colour, illustrations engraved in third, a little spotting and soiling, first and third hinges pulling, last original wrappers, else original cloth, first three gilt, third g.e., first uncut, all rubbed, fifth, sixth, and seventh with dust-jackets ; and c.40 others, Pharoahs, 8vo & 4to (c.45)
-. Reisner (George Andrew) - The Development of the Egyptian Tomb down to the Accession of Cheops, first edition , illustrations, original cloth, damp-speckled at edges, dust-jacket, some wear and loss to edges, one corner torn, a few closed tears, damp-staining to spine, 4to, Cambridge , 1936.
Weigalll (Arthur E.P.B.) - The Treasury of Ancient Egypt, advertisements, foxing , 1911; Ancient Egyptian Works of Art, 1924; A History of the Pharaohs, 2 vol., some browning, ownership inscription and bookplates , 1925, first editions , plates/illustrations, original cloth ; and 9 others, Weigall, plus 15 others on Egypotologists and Archaeologits, 4to & 8vo (28)
Women in Ancient Egypt.- Grant (Michael) - Cleopatra, 1972 § von Wertheimer (Oskar) Cleopatra: A Royal Voluptary, 1931 § Wells (Evelyn) Nefertiti, ex libris plate of Cyril Parr , 1965 § Chubb (Mary) Nefertiti Lived Here, 1954 § Goodrich (Norma Lorre) Priestesses, ex libris plate of Allan Boley , New York & Toronto , 1989 § Cameron (Averil) & Amélie Kuhrt, editors . Images of Women in Antiquity, London & Canberra , 1983, plates in second, others illustrated, ink and/or pencil markings to front pastedowns and endpapers of first four, original cloth, rubbed, all but second with dust-jackets, a few tears and creases, first with loss, fourth repaired ; and c.35 others, Women in Ancient Egypt and in Antiquity, 8vo & 4to (c.40)
Zoology.- Nicholl (Michael John) - and Col . R. Meinertzhagen Nicoll's Birds of Egypt , 2 vol and Col . R. Meinertzhagen Nicoll's Birds of Egypt , 2 vol., first edition , portrait frontispiece, 3 folding colour maps, 37 plates mounted on stubs, 31 colour after G.E.Lodge, Roland Green and H.Grönvold, illustrations, loosely inserted manuscript letter with ornithological drawings by one A.E. Stevenson stationed in Egypt for the East African Command in 1943, hinges reinforced, original cloth, gilt, some damp-speckling and rubbing , 1930; and 6 others, Egyptian Natural History, 4to & folio (8)
Budge - The Gods of the Egyptians or Studies in Egyptian Mythology , 2 vol ( Sir E.A.Wallis) The Gods of the Egyptians or Studies in Egyptian Mythology , 2 vol., first edition , colour plates, one or two folding, illustrations, occasional light spotting, ownership inscription to endpaper, bookplate to pastedowns, original pictorial cloth, upper covers stamped in blind, spines in gilt, recased with repairs to spines, spines faded, 4to , 1904.
Lane (Edward William) - An Account of the Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians, fifth edition, frontispiece, illustrations, little spotting, name on free endpaper, original cloth, gilt, rubbed, 1860 § Edwards (Amelia B.) A Thousand Miles up the Nile, first edition , frontispiece, title vignette, 2 folding maps, 16 plates, illustrations, name on half-title, original pictorial cloth, gilt, rubbed, hinges cracked , 1877 § Clarke (Somers) & R. Engelbach. Ancient Egyptian Masonry: the Building Craft, first edition, frontispiece, plates, illustrations, original cloth, gilt, dust-jacket, Oxford , 1930, 4to (3)
Playfair - Travels in the Footsteps of Bruce in Algeria and Tunis ( Lt-Col . R.L.) Travels in the Footsteps of Bruce in Algeria and Tunis , first edition , frontispiece and 25 facsimile plates, 3 photographic plates, large folding map (hand-coloured in outline), full-page map, illustrations in text, faint semi-circular stain to lower edge of front endpapers, frontispiece, title, and several plates, faint even browning, original green cloth, gilt, g.e., marked, worn at corners, lower fore-corner missing, 4to, 1877.
Asia.- Elphinstone - Elphinstone, Cabul, 1815 ( Hon. Mountstuart) An Account of the Kingdom of Caubul, and its Dependencies in Persia, Tartary, and India , first edition, engraved map, coloured in outline, 13 aquatint plates only, all but 1 hand-coloured, lacks pl. XIV and the folding map of the Kingdom of Caubul, title soiled and torn and mounted, spotting and marking, name on title, blind stamps on plates, ink stamp on p. 100, modern cloth, [Abbey, Travel 504], 4to , 1815.
Izzard - Arts, Trades & Cries of Paris taken from Nature (J., publisher ) Arts, Trades & Cries of Paris taken from Nature, 59 hand-coloured engraved plates (?of 60), the first of a Bill-sticker incorporating title, captions in French and English, first plate with old ink inscription on verso and slightly frayed at fore-edge, a little stained, the last two plates defective at upper outer corner slightly affecting image, old roan-backed boards, spine gilt, rubbed, spine wormed at foot, new endpapers, preserved in modern cloth drop-back box, 12mo, 1818.
Greece.- Lancaster (Osbert) - Classical Landscape with Figures, first edition , illustrations and map by the author, ink inscription to half-title, 1947 § Hogarth (David G.) Philip and Alexander of Macedon , 7 photographic plates, folding map, hinges pulling, 1897 § Warner (Rex) & Martin Hürlimann. Eternal Greece , photogravure illustrations, 1955 § Kinross ( Lord ) & Dimitri. Portrait of Greece, colour illustrations, 1958 § Hatzopoulos (Militiades B.) & Louisa D. Loukopoulos. Philip of Macedon, illustrations (most colour), Athens, 1980, original cloth, the second with gilt medallion on upper board, a little rubbed, the second spine faded, the first and the last two with dust-jackets, creased and with a few short tears at head and foot ; and c.30 others, Greece, including 3 vol. of the Bollingen Series of archaeological excavation reports, 8vo & folio (c.35)
India.- Coleman (Charles) - The Mythology of the Hindus, with Notices of Various Mountain and Island Tribes , first edition , without half-title, lithograph frontispiece and 38 lithograph plates, 2 pp. advertisments at end, frontispiece browned & frayed, and mounted, plates browned and brittle, fore-edges chipped, title margins browned and frayed, last 2 ff. margin torn, twentieth-century half calf, spine gilt, new endpapers, 4to , 1832.
Bulgarini (Alessandro) - Guide de Florence et de des environs, French edition translated by A. Le Rendu, folding engraved map partly hand-coloured in outline, plates, printed tabs, original printed boards, rebacked in later cloth preserving original backstrip, Florence , 1839 § Murray (John, publisher ) Handbook for Travellers in Central Italy, first edition , hinges pulling with splitting , 1843; A Handbook for Travellers in Southern Italy, fourth edition, folding maps, hinges pulling , 1862, last 2 original cloth ; and 27 others, Italy, mostly guidebooks, 8vo (30)
![Persia.- [Claustre (Andre de)] - The Compleat History of Thamas Kouli Kan... Sovereign of Persia, 2 parts in 1 vol., [first](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/2e1bf4f5-44a9-4253-ba95-a52500963dde/b1d13ecb-092b-449d-ebb2-2fa1280a32ac/468x382.jpg)
Persia.- [Claustre (Andre de)] - The Compleat History of Thamas Kouli Kan... Sovereign of Persia, 2 parts in 1 vol., [first edition] , engraved portrait frontispiece, folding engraved map of Persia, early ink inscription to title, some light surface soiling, bookplate to upper pastedown, contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt, lightly rubbed, rare, 12mo, for J. Brindley et al., 1742.
Schuyler (Eugene) - Turkistan..., 2 vol., first edition , half-titles, frontispieces, 3 folding maps and numerous wood-engraved plates and illustrations, some scattered foxing to the preliminary leaves of vol.1 only, bookplates to upper pastedowns, hinges cracked, original cloth, gilt, extremities lightly rubbed, t.e.g., 8vo, New York, 1877.
Shaw (Robert) - Visits to High Tartary, Yârkand, and Kâshghar..., frontispiece, 6 plates and 2 folding maps, early ink ownership inscription to title, original cloth, gilt, 1871 § Malleson ( Col. G.B.) Herat: The Granary and Garden of Central Asia, folding map, contemporary half morocco, rebacked with new endpapers inserted, 1880 § Fraser (David) The Marches of Hindustan , photographic frontispiece and numerous plates and illustrations in the text, original pictorial cloth, gilt, 1907, first editions , extremities lightly rubbed, good copies, 8vo (3)
-. Moore (A.W.) - The Alps in 1864. A Private Journal, first edition , [one of 100 copies] , 10 maps, occasional spotting, hinges strengthened, modern half calf, rubbed, [Neate M137], [Privately Printed], 1867 § Forbes (James D.) Occasional Papers on the Theory of Glaciers , first edition , chromolithographed frontispiece and 9 lithographed plates (1 folding), half-title, occasional spotting, contemporary half calf, joints splitting, rubbed, [Perret 1710], Edinburgh, 1859 § Weston (Walter) Mountaineering and Exploration in the Japanese Alps, half-title, endpapers foxed, bookplate of Viscount Southwell to front pastedown, [Neate W45], 1896; and 23 others, Mountaineering, v.s. (26)
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