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Lot 249

Turkey.- Cox (Samuel S.) Diversions of a Diplomat in Turkey, first edition, portrait frontispiece, 2 chromolithographs, one map, illustrations, many full-page, original pictorial cloth, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, New York, 1887; The Isles of the Princes; or. the Pleasures of Prinkipo, frontispiece, plates, one folding map, previous owner's ink inscription to front pastedown, cracked hinges, original pictorial cloth, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, New York & London, 1888 § Ferriman (Z. Duckett) Turkey and the Turks, half-title, plates, original pictorial cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, New York, 1911; and 2 others, similar, 8vo (5). 

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Lot 9

Crisis (The) of the Sugar Colonies; or, an enquiry into the Objects and Probable Effects of the French Expedition to the West Indies, first edition, previous owner's ink signature to title, advertisement leaf at end, scattered spotting and browning, modern marbled paper wrappers, [Sabin 17530], 8vo, 1802.

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Lot 11

Day (Charles William) Five Years' Residence in the West Indies, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, frontispieces, advertisements at end, bookplate, vol. 1 with broken upper hinge, original cloth, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, [Sabin 18964], 8vo, 1852.

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Lot 115

Australia.- Saville-Kent (W.) The Great Barrier Reef of Australia; its Products and Potentialities, first edition, half-title, frontispiece, plates, of which 16 chromolithograph, illustrations, tissue-guards, spotting at beginning and end, original decorative cloth, rebacked, rubbed, bumping to corners, [Ferguson 11105], large 4to,  [1893].

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Lot 7

[Coleridge (Henry Nelson)] Six Months in the West Indies, in 1825, first edition, one or two faint spots, contemporary boards, small loss to backstrip but holding firm, a little rubbed, chipping to corners and extremities, [Sabin 14318], 1826 § Trollope (Anthony) The West Indies and the Spanish Main, second edition, hand-coloured map frontispiece, light soiling to endpapers, contemporary half-calf, a little rubbed, 1860 § Lewis (Matthew Gregory) Journal of a West India Proprietor, kept during a residence in the Island of Jamaica, first edition, scattered faint spotting, bookplate, near contemporary half-calf, lacking backstrip, boards detached, rubbed, [Sabin 40821], 1834; and 2 others similar, 8vo (5).

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Lot 189

Japan.- Bellin (Jacques Nicolas) Carte de l'Empire du Japon, Dressee sur les Auteurs Japonois, sur les Memoires des Portugais et des Hollandois..., presumably the [?] first state before the corrections to the longitudinal numbers in the upper margin, engraved map, sheet 440 x 575 mm (17 1/4 x 22 5/8 in), small tear repaired in the upper right quadrant, right edge re-margined, otherwise old folds, one fold with browning, some offsetting, unframed, 1735

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Lot 197

Mediterranean.- Hand-Book for Travellers (A) in the Ionian Islands, Greece, Turkey, Asia Minor, and Constantinople, first edition, 4 folding maps, advertisements to pastedowns, old tape to title at gutter, John Murray, front endpapers renewed, hinges repaired, original cloth, previous owner's ink initials to upper cover, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, upper joint repaired, 1840 § Murat (Nicholas) Guide de la Conversation en français et en turc suivi d'un Petit Guide de Constantinople, ink-stamp to title, previous owner's ink note to title, manuscript label to front pastedown, evenly browned throughout, original cloth, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, Constantinople, 1908; and another guide to Constantinople, 8vo (3).  *** The second mentioned is a simple introduction to Osmanli Turkish, using transliteration to represent the sounds of Turkish. It contains useful questions and phrases for tourists to use when sightseeing and shopping in the Bazaar in Constantinople. 

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Lot 319

Midlands.- Speed (John) The Counti of Warwick [and] Shropshyre described... [and] Leicester, the first two mentioned first editions,  engraved county maps with hand-colouring, each sheet approx. 430 x 530 mm (16 7/8 x 20 3/4 in), or smaller, Warwick with marginal losses restored and overall surface dirt and browning, Shropshyre largely without major condition issues, Leicester heavily toned, all unframed, [circa 1611-1676] (3)

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Lot 225

Oceania.- Brown (George) Melanesians and Polynesians, first edition, frontispiece, plates, previous owner's pencil signature to front free endpaper, original cloth, fractional bumping to corners and spine extremities, 1910 § Way Elkington (E.) & Norman H. Hardy. The Savage South Seas, frontispiece, plates, captioned tissue-guards, one folding map, scattered faint spotting, original pictorial cloth, fractional bumping to corners and extremities, 1907; 8vo (2). 

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Lot 134

China.- Tai (Tse Tsan) The Creation. The Real Situation of Eden. and The Origin of the Chinese, first edition, presentation copy signed and inscribed by author, colour map, corrections neatly inserted by hand in red ink, original cloth, a little rubbed, bumping to corners and spine extremities, 8vo, Hongkong, 1914.

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Lot 126

China.- C. (D. R.) Lui Sing, second edition, Yokohama, Hongkong, Shanghai, 1908; The Flight of an Arrow and other stories, Yokohama, Hongkong, Shanghai, 1908,  ?presentation copies from author, original cloth, fractional bumping to corners and extremities, § Martin (W. A. P.) Chinese Legends and Lyrics, plates, scattered spotting, original decorative cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, Shanghai, 1912; and others, China, v.s. (8). *** The first two are inscribed, "To Helen, with affection D." 

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Lot 100

America.- Gazzettiere Americano (Il) contenente un Distinto Ragguaglio di Tutte le Parti del Nuovo Mondo, 3 vol., first Italian edition, half-title to vol. 1 only, engraved frontispiece to vol. 1 only, 76 engraved plates, maps and plans only (of 77), many folding, one map with short tear into image, occasional faint marginal water-staining, occasional faint spotting, vol. 1 with tiny rust-hole not affecting text, previous owner's paper label to front pastedown, contemporary calf-backed patterned paper boards, a little rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, [Sabin 26814], 4to, Livorno, Marco Coltellini, 1763. *** Volume 1 lacks the plate of Baja di Campeggio, however includes a duplicate of the Carta della Penisola di Darien, Panama.  A lovely copy of this, the preferred Italian edition. It was published the year after the English edition and benefits from being printed on thicker paper and in a larger forma than the English work.

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Lot 77

[Wentworth (Trelawney)] The West India Sketch Book, 2 vol., first edition, frontispieces, 9 plates, 1 maps, illustrations, bookplate, several signatures becoming detached, scattered faint spotting, cracked hinges, original blue cloth, rebacked, a little rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, 8vo, 1834.

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Lot 90

Africa.- Horsbrugh (Major Boyd) The Game-Birds & Water-Fowl of South Africa, first edition, half-title, 67 colour plates, scattered spotting, bookplate, contemporary half morocco, lightly sunned spine, slight bumping to spine extremities, 1912 § Cheesman (Major R. E.) Lake Tana and the Blue Nile, first edition, half-title, folding panorama frontispiece, plates, 2 folding maps, ex-Anglo-Ethiopian Society with neat ink-stamp to front free endpaper, previous owner's ink signature, original cloth, fractional bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, number in manuscript to spine, partially erased, slight creasing and chipping to edges, a little rubbed, 1936 § Hickson (Sydney J.) A Naturalist in North Celebes, first edition, half-title, colour frontispiece, plates and illustrations, 2 folding maps, bookplate, cracked hinges, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities,  1889; and others similar, 4to & 8vo (7).

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Lot 35

Slavery.- Pinckard (George) Notes on the West Indies ... including ... remarks relating to the Creoles and Slaves of the Western Colonies, and the Indians of South America, 3 vol., first edition, half-titles to all but vol. 3, occasional faint water-staining, vol. 3 with slight nibbling to top edge of first few leaves, bookplate, contemporary calf, rebacked, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 8vo, 1806.

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Lot 286

World.- [Bartlett (William Henry)] Pictures from Sicily, engraved frontispiece, additional engraved title, plates and illustrations, map, tissue-guards, advertisements at end, scattered spotting, bookplates, original decorative cloth, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1853 § Ruttledge (Hugh) Everest 1933, early reprint, frontispiece, plates, 3 maps only (of 4), of which 2 folding, scattered faint spotting, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, dust-jacket, chipping and small loss to edges, a little rubbed, previous owner's neat pencil note to upper cover, December 1934 § Gourlie (Norah) A Winter with Finnish Lapps, first edition, frontispiece, folding map at beginning, plates, previous owner's ink signature, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1939; and others, v.s. (7).

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Lot 42

Southey (Capt. Thomas) Chronological History of the West Indies, 3 vol., first edition, half-titles, errata at beginning vol. 2, twentieth century half-calf, sunned spine, a little rubbed, 8vo, 1827.

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Lot 94

Africa.- Powell-Cotton (Maj. P.H.G.) In Unknown Africa, first edition, half-title, 2 colour plates, 2 folding maps, illustrations, odd faint spot, new endpapers, original decorative cloth, recased, 1904 § Speke (John Hanning) Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, plates and illustrations, 2 maps, of which one folding, faint spotting at beginning, bookplate, near contemporary half-calf, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1863; What Led to the Discovery of the Source of the Nile, first edition, half-title, frontispiece, 2 folding maps, occasional faint spotting, cracked hinges, original cloth, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1864, [Hosken p.51; p.188]; and others, Africa, 8vo (7).

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Lot 6

Carmichael (Mrs.) Domestic Manners and Social Condition of the White, Coloured, and Negro Population of the West Indies, 2 vol., first edition, occasional pencil annotations, some trimmed at magins, one or two faint stains, modern half morocco, lightly sunned spines, [Sabin 10937], 1833 § Gurney (Joseph John) A Winter in the West Indies, frontispiece and one plate, scattered spotting, tiny tear to top edge of first few ff., later half crushed morocco, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, [Sabin 29312], 1840 § Baird (Robert) Impressions and Experiences of the West Indies and North America in 1849, faint water-staining, advertisements at end, later half morocco, lightly sunned spine, a little rubbed, Philadelphia, 1850 § Trollope (Anthony) The West Indies and the Spanish Main, hand-coloured map frontispiece, previous owner's ink inscription to title, occasional faint spotting, later half-calf, a little rubbed, slight bumping to extremities, 1859; 8vo (5).

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Lot 15

Elizabeth (Charlotte) The System: A Tale of the West Indies, first edition, 2pp. advertisement at end, occasional faint spotting and staining, modern half-calf, lightly sunned spine, slight bumping to extremities, 8vo, 1827.

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Lot 44

Tobago.- Appraisement of Negroes upon Hamden Estate not included in Hamden Lease said to be the property of Curric & Oliver..., manuscript, 1p. with conjugate blank, folds strengthened with tape, edges slightly chipped, later pencil note, folio, 24th August 1807; Estimate of the Expence For the Erection of a Building for a Govt. House, 2pp.. with conjugate blank, n.d. [c. 1810]; George IV.- Order in Council approving the appointment of Logan Mitchell as a member of the executive council of the Island of Tobago, signed C.C. Greville, clerk of the privy council, 2pp., blind seal, 16th December 1826, manuscripts, first two folds strengthened with tape, extensively browned, folio; and c. 15 others relating to Tobago, including several printed Acts, v.s., v.d. (c. 15). 

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Lot 278

West Indies.- Slavery.- Montgomery (James), James Grahame and E. Benger. Poems on the Abolition of the Slave Trade, first edition, additional engraved title and 12 plates, scattered faint spotting, contemporary russia, expertly rebacked retaining original backstrip, slight bumping to corners, 4to, 1809.

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Lot 132

China.- Recollections of a Chinese Official: with some Sidelights on Recent History, portrait frontispiece, trimmed and laid down, small loss to title foot (not affecting text), fore-edge of final leaf strengthened with tissue, spotting, faint water-stain to frontispiece and title, remnants of original upper cover laid down and bound-in, modern cloth, Shanghai, 1903 § Mayers (William Frederick, editor) Treaties between the Empire of China and Foreign Powers, bookseller's ink-stamp to title, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, Shanghai, 1897; and 2 others on China, 8vo & 4to (4). *** The first mentioned is rare in retail. 

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Lot 228

Polar.- Cherry-Garrard (Apsley) The Worst Journey in the World, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, frontispieces, plates, 10 folding panoramas, 5 maps, of which 4 folding, scattered faint spotting, new endpapers, original cloth, rebacked retaining original backstrip, vol. with small stain to upper cover, spines lightly sunned, [Roscoe 71.A2], 8vo, 1922. *** This in the variant blue cloth binding, which Roscoe says is "significantly scarcer" than the usual linen-backed boards. 

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Lot 135

China.- Tcheng-Ki-Tong Chin-Chin or the Chinaman at Home, first edition, translated by R. H. Sherard, partially unopened, advertisements at end, original cloth, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, 1895 § Story (Douglas) To-morrow in the East, original pictorial cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1907 § Bland (J. O. P.) Houseboat Days in China, frontispiece, illustrations, bookplate, original pictorial cloth, sunned spine, bumping to corners and extremities, 1919; and 2 others, atlas of China and Taiwan, 8vo & folio (5).

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Lot 19

Halliday (Sir Andrew) The West Indies: the Natural and Physical History of the Windward and Leeward Colonies, first edition, folding map frontispiece, 2 folding maps, one folding table, advertisements at end, previous owner's pencil signature, scattered faint spotting, contemporary cloth, sunned spine, a little rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, 1837 § Higgins (Henry H.) Notes by a Field-Naturalist in the Western Tropics, frontispiece, plates, folding map, occasional marginal finger-soiling, ex-library with neat ink-stamp to title, modern morocco backed boards, a little rubbed, Liverpool, 1877 § Waring (Gerald A.) The Geology of the Island of Trinidad, B.W.I., full-page illustrations, 3 folding maps, one with short split to foldline and old repair verso, occasional underlining, original upper cover bound-in, ink manuscript notes to original cover, short tear with old tape repair, contemporary half-calf, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, Baltimore, 1926; and another copy of the first mentioned, 8vo (4). 

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Lot 194

Japan.- Ponsoby Fane (R. A. B.) Kyoto: Its History and Vicissitudes since its Foundation in 792 to 1868, first edition, half-title, plates, 4 folding maps and plans, newspaper clipping pasted to front free endpaper, original cloth, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, Hong Kong, Rumford Printing Press, 1931 § Akiyama (Aisaburo) A Complete Guide to Kyoto, second edition, plates, some colour, scattered faint spotting to first few ff., previous owner's ink-stamp to front free endpaper, original cloth, fractional bumping to corners and extremities, Kyoto, Japan Welcome Society, [1936]; and 3 other guidebooks, 8vo & 12mo (5). 

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Lot 202

Middle East.- Badger (Rev. George Percy) The Nestorians and their Rituals: with the Narrative of a Mission to Mesopotamia and Coordistan, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, 17 plates (15 lithographed, 2 wood-engraved), 2 folding maps printed on waxed linen, illustrations in text, errata leaf at end of preliminaries in each volume, some foxing, original cloth, unopened, spines very worn, [Wilson p.12; not in Ghani; not in Diba], 8vo, 1852. *** George Badger, East India Company chaplain and Arabist, was sent by William Howley, Archbishop of Canterbury, as delegate to the Eastern Churches, and more especially the Nestorians of Kurdistan in 1842 and again in 1850. Apart from his travels in Kurdistan the work contains accounts of visits to Antioch and the Black Sea. The Nestorians exercised a fascination for Anglicans in the 19th century from their having been virtually isolated from the rest of Christendom since the 5th century. Provenance: Pro-Cathedral Library Clifton (bookplate); Canon William Brownlow (bookplate); Peter Hopkirk (bookplate). 

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Lot 131

China.- Landor (A. Henry Savage) In the Forbidden Land, 2 vol., first edition, half-title, frontispieces, plates and illustrations, one folding map, short split to foldlines with neat tape repair, new endpapers, original pictorial cloth, rebacked retaining original backstrip, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1898 § David-Neel (Alexandra) My Journey to Lhasa, first edition, portrait frontispiece, plates, scattered faint spotting, original cloth, rebacked retaining original backstrip, ex-W.H.Smith library with gilt stamp to upper cover, a little rubbed, 1927; 8vo (3). 

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Lot 284

West Indies.- Virgin Islands.- Jarvis (J. Antonio) Brief History of the Virgin Islands, first edition, frontispiece, plates, water-staining to lower corners, previous owner's ink inscriptions to front free endpaper, original cloth, light mottling, slight bumping to corners and extremities, St. Thomas, 1938; The Virgin Islands and their people, frontispiece, plates, previous owner's ink signature, original cloth, fractional bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, slight chipping and creasing to edges, Philadelphia, 1944; Virgin Islands Picture Book, frontispiece, plates, scattered faint spotting, original boards, chipping to fore-edges, a little rubbed, Philadelphia, 1948; 8vo (3). 

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Lot 321

Wales.- Speed (John) Penbrokshyre described..., first edition, engraved map with hand-colouring, platemark 382 x 510 mm (15 x 20 in), sheet 415 x 540 mm (16 1/4 x 21 1/4 in), minor surface dirt, faint signs of toning to the edges of margins, otherwise minor browning, unframed, Sudbury and Humble, [1611]

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Lot 285

West Indies.- Washington Eves (C.) The West Indies, first edition, inscribed by author, half-title, folding map frontispiece and 7 folding maps, plates, odd marginal spot, bookplate, original pictorial cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 8vo, 1889.

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Lot 144

Europe.- Coxe (William) Travels into Poland, Russia, Sweden, and Denmark, 3 vol., first edition, 11 engraved plates, 15 engraved maps, all but one folding, engraved illustrations, list of subscriber's, advertisement at end vol. 3, faint off-setting, scattered spotting, bookplate, contemporary calf, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1784-90; History of the House of Austria, 2 vol. in 3, hand-coloured folding map frontispiece, scattered spotting, B1 vol. 1 with small abrasion hole to margin, bookplates, contemporary half-calf, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1807; 4to (6).

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Lot 209

Middle East.- Malcolm (Col. Sir John) The History of Persia, 2 vol., first edition, 22 engraved plates (1 folding), one folding engraved map, bound without half-titles, occasional spotting, bookplate, contemporary calf. boards detached, rubbed, [not in Atabey or Blackmer], 4to, 1815.

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Lot 213

Middle East.- Palestine.- [Bernadotte (Folke)] Palestine No. 1 (1948) Progress Report of the United Nations Mediator on Palestine. Rhodes, 16th September, 1948, underlining and marginal notes in various coloured inks, occasional water-staining, evenly browned, original printed paper wrappers, wrappers, title and final leaf becoming detached, markings to spine where old tape removed, previous owner's ink signature to upper cover, chipping to edges, rubbed and worn, 8vo,  [1948]. *** A rare United Nations proposal for the partition of Palestine after the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. Bernadotte first proposed that the Partition Plan be altered to take account of the existing military frontiers, that the Jews should get all of Galilee, Jerusalem should lose its special status and remain under Arab control, and the Negev, allocated to Jews to absorb increased future immigration, should be returned to the Arabs. Furthermore, Arab refugees should be permitted to return to their houses immediately. Bernadotte had originally hoped to create a 'union' or confederate state of Palestine and Transjordan with two members, one Arab and one Jewish, however this was rejected. The above is is Bernadotte's second proposal and features the creation of two independent states.

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Lot 162

Holy Land.- Arundale (Francis) Illustrations of Jerusalem and Mount Sinai, first edition, portrait frontispiece and 19 tinted lithographs, 2 maps, tissue-guards, spotting, bookplate, original cloth, defective backstrip but holding firm, bumping to corners, rubbed, 1837 § Bartlett (W. H.) Jerusalem Revisited, engraved frontispiece, additional engraved title, 20 plate, of which one folding, scattered spotting, bookplate, contemporary morocco, gilt, g.e., gilt dentelles, gauffered edges, a little rubbed, 1855 § Kelly (Walter Keating) Syria and the Holy Land, half-title, illustrations, previous owner's ink inscription, bookplate, original cloth, backstrip beginning to split at joints but holding firm, bumping to corners and spine extremities, 1844; and 2 others, similar, 4to & 8vo (5) *** Provenance: The first two each with Nathan Schurh's bookplate to front pastedowns. 

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Lot 218

Middle East.- Sherring (Herbert) Nadir the Persian: and other poems, first edition, half-title, scattered faint spotting, previous owner's ink signature to front free endpaper, original cloth, fractional bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, slight creasing and chipping to extremities, 8vo, 1913.

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Jamaica.- Nugent (Maria, Lady) A Journal of a Voyage to, and Residence in, the Island of Jamaica, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, 4 engraved plates, of which one colour, faint spotting to first and last few leaves, original cloth, backstrips beginning to split at joints but holding firm, rubbed and worn, bumping to corners and extremities, vol. 2 with loss to spine foot, [Sabin 56304], 8vo, 1839.

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Lot 244

South America.- Hippisley (G.) A Narrative of the Expedition to the Rivers Orinoco and Apuré, in South America, first edition, additions to the errata pasted in (as usual), odd marginal spot, bookplate, near contemporary calf, g.e., fractional bumping to corners and extremities, 8vo, 1819.

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Lot 195

Japan.- Resume Statistique de L'Empire du Japon, text inf French and Japanese, double-page colour table at end, light spotting to first few ff., original cloth, fractional bumping to corners and extremities, Tokyo, 1930 § A General Survey of Education in Japan, plates, occasional marginal water-staining, original paper wrappers, a little rubbed, chipping to extremities, Tokyo, 1930; 4to & 8vo (2).

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Lot 277

West Indies.- Slavery.- Madden (R. R.) A Twelvemonth's Residence in the West Indies, during the transition from Slavery to Apprenticeship, 2 vol., first English edition, engraved frontispiece to vol. 1 only (as called for), previous owner's ink signature to titles, occasional light spotting, twentieth-century half-calf, a little rubbed, [Sabin 43697], 8vo, 1835. *** An American edition was published in Philadelphia in the same year as this English edition, with this edition being scarcer. A significant work setting out the position of Jamaica in particular at the pivotal moment of slavery abolition in 1834.

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Lot 238

Russia.- Porter (Sir Robert Ker) A Narrative of the Campaign in Russia, during the year 1812, second edition, portrait frontispiece, previous owner's ink signature to title, 2 folding maps, one with short tear, tear to final leaf affecting text, with neat repair, 1814, bound with, Schoberl (Frederic) Narrative of the most remarkable events which occured in and near Leipzig, folding map frontispiece, previous owner's ink signature to title, 1814, together 2 works bound as 1 vol., near contemporary half-calf, a little rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, § Seymour (H. D.) Russia on the Black Sea and Sea of Azof, first edition, frontispiece and one plate, 4 maps (3 folding), advertisements at end, spotting, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, housed in modern cloth slipcase, 1855; and another Russia, 8vo (3).

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Lot 301

Atlas.- Cary (John) Cary's New and Correct English Atlas: being a New Set of County Maps from Actual Surveys..., first edition, title, engraved dedication, contents list, advertisement, 47 engraved maps with outline hand-colouring, each map with sheet of descriptive text and tissue guard, scattered spotting and minor surface dirt throughout, some ink annotations to versos, contents list loose, half red morocco, spine gilt, spine rubbed and scuffed with splits and small nicks, very worn, 4to, 1787

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Lot 97

Africa.- Vischer (Hanns) Across the Sahara: from Tripoli to Bornu, first edition, half-title, frontispiece, plates and illustrations, folding map at end, original cloth, fractional bumping to spine extremities, housed in modern cloth slipcase, a little rubbed, 8vo, 1910.

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Lot 216

Middle East.- Persia.- Krusinski (Father) The History of the Revolution of Persia, 2 vol. bound as 1, first Dublin edition, translated by Father Ducerceau, one engraved folding map, short marginal tear, tissue strengthening to fore-edges of front free endpaper, early blank, title and final free endpaper, marginal worming affecting odd word of last few ff., occasional faint water-staining, contemporary calf, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 8vo, Dublin, by S. Powell, 1729.

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Lot 371

WWII RAF Fighter Command Bomber Command Luftwaffe Theme Books, including narratives and personal memoirs 'First Light' Geoffrey Wellum, 'Dogfight' Tony Holmes 'Dambusters' Max Arthur, some signed by veteran RAF personnel.

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Lot 447

WWII RNVR Fleet Air Arm Log Book, Medal Group, comprising 1939 - 1945 Star, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal and War Medal 1939 - 1945 with matching miniatures, cloth wings and cap badge, scarf, photographs, books including 'The Fleet Air Arm Songbook', Fleet Air Arm Officers Association Newsheets, magazines and other items.The above relates to the service of James Kenneth Moorhouse (1924 - 2007). Moorhouse was from Mirfield, West Yorkshire and came from a working class background. At an early age he showed an aptitude for engineering and attended technical college, in July 1942 he graduated with a qualification in mechanical engineering, he was then commissioned as Sub Lieutenant in the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve, and was selected for pilot training with the Fleet Air Arm. His pilot's log book details his training and missions from the first entry on 19 April 1943 HMS Daedalus to the last entry 17 June 1946 RNAS Rattray, at the end of his service he had flown a total of 531 hours. Notable episodes in his log book reveal flight training in Ontario, Canada from September 1943 to March 1944 and operational sorties in Fairey Barracudas over the English Channel and North Sea. Entries reveal relentless anti-ship and anti u-boat patrols. These were not without risk and on 31 March 1945 he crashed on take off but fortunately he was uninjured. After leaving the Senior Service he got married and had a child, he continued employment in engineering and in May 1951 emigrated with his family to Australia under the Australian Government Initative known as the 'Ten Pound Poms'. Unable to settle the family returned to the UK and throughout the majority of his further career he worked in mechanical engineering, whilst pursuing a part time interest in photography. After retirement he remained active and was involved in the running of 868 Squadron Air Cadets.

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Lot 518

WWI Military First-Day Covers, approximately 400 in six albums Battle of Britain, Dam Busters, Great Escape, Colditz, D-Day, Market Garden and others, many signatures of veterans including Pete Brothers, John Howard.Wally Parr and Piper Bill Millin, plus souvenir postcards.

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Lot 316

ARR After Robert Taylor (1946 - 2024) *ARR 'A Time for Heroes' print artist proof number 23 of 25 signed by artist in pencil lower left and also signed in pencil by veteran Battle of Britain RAF personnel including Geoffrey Wellum author of the book 'First Light'.

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Lot 621

Crimean War British Crimea Medal HMS Queen with Sebastopol Clasp, awarded to R Wells NB HMS Queen. HMS Queen was a first rate ship of the line launched in 1839, she served as flagship in the Mediterranean/Black Sea and during the Crimean War she was set on fire by a shell during the bombardment of Sebastopol on 11 October 1854.

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Lot 375

WWII RAF Fighter Bomber Command Prisoner of War Theme Photographs, most signed by veterans, some portrait photographs of 1940s/1950s actors and entertainers with unverified signatures including Gracie Fields and Tommy Trinder, first-day covers, replica cloth American Airborne patches, commemorative D-Day glass tumblers, collectors cards and other sundry items.

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Sheffield Auction Gallery
Lot 305

ARR After Richard Taylor (XX Century) *ARR 'Stalag Luft III - The Great Escape' signed by artist in pencil lower centre 44 x 60cm, also miniature print of 'the Great Escape' film advertisement poster, 'Odette' themed presentation in frame, first day cover, photographs and signatures of film star Anna Neagle and secret agent Odette Hallowes (2).

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Sheffield Auction Gallery
Lot 364

ARR After Philip E West (XX Century) *ARR 'Fleeting Moments' print artist proof number 4 of 60 signed by the artist lower left and also signed in pencil by veteran RAF personnel including Geoffrey Wellum author of the book 'First Light'. After Robert Taylor (XX Century) *ARR 'Preparing For Action' print artist proof number 23 of 25 signed by artist in pencil lower left and also signed in pencil by veteran RAF personnel 43 x 52cm (2).

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Sheffield Auction Gallery
Lot 382

First Special Service Force 1942-1944 Commemorative Fighting Knife, manufactured by Jonathan Crookes and Son Sheffield England, with presentation case.

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Moore Allen & Innocent
Lot 248

One volume ROBERT BARKER "The Bible" printed 1605, frontispiece and Genesis volume 1-14 missing, otherwise including up to page 175 Jobs repentance and including the Psalms of David, Proverbs of Salomon, Prophets, Apocrypha, the Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ (New Testament), the Order of the Yeeres from Paul's conversation showing the time of his peregrination and of his epistles written to the churches, a brief table of the interpretation of the proper names which are chiefly found in the Old Testament where the first number signifyeth the chapter, the second the verse, first and second tables, Psalms up to page 88 Psalm CXXXIX, tooled leather bound with embossed brass studded panels, 17.8 cm x 12.5 cm x 5.5 cm deep

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Anderson & Garland Ltd. Newcastle
Lot 514

A First World War commemorative gold plated silver proof £5 coin, weighing 5oz, cased with certificate of authenticity; together with, a HRH Prince George of Cambridge 1st birthday silver proof-like set, containing two gold plated silver five pound coins and a silver £5 coin, total weight of 75g; and two gold-plated silver proof £5 coin sets, commemorating Queen Elizabeth II 88th birthday, both cased with certificates of authenticity. (4)

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Anderson & Garland Ltd. Newcastle
Lot 527

A First World War silver tribute medal, ‘Served in the great war 1914 – 1919’ and ‘The people of Sacriston thank you’, named on edge Pte J. Hutchinson.

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Anderson & Garland Ltd. Newcastle
Lot 907

Burry (Adrian), Joseph Crawhall: The Man and the Artist, Buckram, illus., 1958, limited edition of 990 numbered copies; Hamilton (Vivien), Joseph Crawhall 1861-1913, 4to, two copies of the first edition, one in hard cover and the other in soft cover, 1990; and two other books on Joseph Crawhall.

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Anderson & Garland Ltd. Newcastle
Lot 516

A collection of silver proof coin sets and others, comprising of: Prince George of Cambridge’s 1st birthday £5 silver proof set, including two gold-plated silver coins and one silver coin, cased with certificate of authenticity; a Queen Victoria jubilee head and old head silver crown set, 1891 and 1897, cased with certificate of authenticity; a HMS victory 250th anniversary commemorative crown silver proof set, including, a HMS victory crown and a Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson crown, cased with certificate of authenticity; a Prince George of Cambridge silver proof crown, cased with certificate of authenticity; a Queen Elizabeth II silver Britannia commemorative cover, with first day cover and fine silver 1oz Britannia coin; and two Baird & Co 1oz fine silver coin, commemorating the Queen’s 90th birthday. (7)

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Anderson & Garland Ltd. Newcastle
Lot 956

Fleming (Ian), The Spy Who Loved Me, 8vo., US first edition, The Viking Press, 1962, with dust jacket; together with a selection of James Bond novels published by The Book Club, titles comprising: Thunderball; For Your Eyes Only; On Her Majesty's Secret Service; and The Man With the Golden Gun, all with their dust jackets. (5)

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