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Lot 226
Byron (May) Sambo and Susanna colour plates by Ethel Parkinson some soiling marking and foxing a little browned first few ff. small tears at edges some juvenile pencil scribbling on half-title ink inscription on half-title hinges broken original cloth-backed pictorial boards soiled and rubbed corners worn n.d. [1907]; and c.18 others Children`s some Annuals some in very good condition 4to(c. 18)
Lot 233
Greenaway (Kate) Almanack for 1883 together 18 vol. first editions colour illustrations by Kate Greenaway half-titles a couple with light browning to half-title various pictorial bindings gilt most t.e.g./g.e some a little soiled or rubbed overall good copies a few still in original envelopes (some defective) preserved together in morocco-backed slip-case [Schuster & Engen 3-16; Thomson 47-61] 12mo & oblong 12mo
Lot 236
Harte The Twins of Table Mountain 1879 first edition signed presentation copy from the author to “George Eliot” half-title with advertisements verso 40pp. publisher`s catalogue at end original pictorial cloth spine dulled a little cocked rubbed at extremities preserved in a modern cloth drop-back box 8vo [1879]. ***The inscription reads `Mrs. George Henry Lewes with best regards of Bret Harte London July 8 1880`. Provenance: Lewes Sale Ex Libris George Eliot 1923; bookplate of Otto Orren Fisher..
Lot 237
Milne (A.A.) Now We Are Six first edition illustrations by Ernest H.Shepard bookplate to front endpaper offset onto half-tile original pictorial green roan gilt g.e. slightly rubbed at extremities 1927; The House at Pooh Corner first edition illustrations and endpapers by Shepard original pictorial pink cloth gilt t.e.g. dust-jacket slightly rubbed at edges 1928; The Christopher Robin Verses signed by the author on title 12 plates in colour and illustrations in text original cloth spine darkened sligtly rubbed 1932; Dream Days first edition illustrations by Shepard original pictorial cloth ownership inscription in pencil to endpaper 1930 § Crockett (S.R.) Lads` Love number 67 of 100 copies illustrations by Warwick Goble original parchment-backed cloth gilt foxing to endpapers spines darkened 1897; and 2 others v.s. (7)
Lot 254
Landseer (Sir Edwin Henry R.A.) Works 1877 Comprising 44 Steel Engravings & about 200 Woodcuts in the Collection of H.M. The Queen & other sources. With a History of His Life by W.Cosmo Monkhouse 2 vol . first edition tipped-in A.L.s. from Landseer to William Macready the actor dated July 18th 1848 declining an invitation some minor foxing full crimson morocco with gilt decorative borders on covers gilt compartments with raised bands on spines gilt dentelles g.e. bound by Sizer 4to Virtue & Co. rubbed spines slightly faded n.d. [c.1877].
Lot 261
Farleigh (John) Graven Image original pictorial boards browned 1940 § Powers (Alan) Eric Ravilious: Imagined Realities original wrappers 2003 § Alexandre (N.) The Unknown Modigliani original wrappers 1994 § `Shall we join the Ladies?`: Wood Engravings by Women Artists of the Twentieth Century one of 500 copies Oxford 1979 § Lewis (John) John Nash: The Painter as Illustrator Godalming 1978 § Postan (A.) The Complete Graphic Work of Paul Nash lacking title 1973 § Knight (Laura) The Magic of a Line 1965 § Salaman (M.C.) The New Woodcut Studio Special Number 1930 plates and illustrations most with ownership signature on front free endpaper some with pen & ink sketch all but the first three original cloth the last four with dust-jackets some a little frayed all rubbed; and 15 others on artists and illustration 8vo & 4to(23)
Lot 262
Sassoon.Memoirs of an Infantry Officer first trade illustrated edition illustrated by Barnett Freedman one leaf repaired at fore-edge upper hinge reinforced original pictorial cloth spine slightly faded 1931 § Bates (H.E.) Down the River illustrated by Agnes Miller Parker lightly spotted 1937 § O`Connor (John) A Pattern of People illustrated by the author 1959 § Stevenson (R.L.) Treasure Island illustrated by John Minton lightly browned 1947 § March (E.J.) Sailing Trawlers third impression Newton Abbot 1981 plates and illustrations some wood-engraved some colour all with ownership signature some with accompanying ink sketch original cloth the first pictorial with slightly faded spine the last three with dust-jackets all a little rubbed; and 18 others illustrated some with wood-engravings 8vo & 4to(23)
Lot 281
Thorburn (A) A Naturalist`s Sketch Book first edition 24 colour and 36 collotype plates after Thorburn tissue guards original cloth t.e.g. little rubbed & marked modern cloth case [Anker 509; Nissen IVB 940; Wood p.597] 1919 § Nicholson (George editor) The Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening 12 divisions plates and illustrations some colour a little very light browning and foxing ink inscriptions on half-title of vol. I original decorative green cloth gilt g.e. rubbed [?c.1887-89]; and c.15 others natural history etc. 8vo & 4to(c.25)
Lot 292
Sowerby (J) and Others English Botany 1902 7 vol. quarter red leather worn 1902 § Pickford (Evelyn Grace) A Monograph of the Acanthodriline Earthworms of South Africa Cambridge 1937 § Catalogues of Collections in the The British Museum Lepidoptera Phalaenae 15 vol. 1898-1920; Bowdler Sharpe (R) Hand-List...of Birds 6 vol. including Index 1899-1912; Oates (Eugene W) Catalogue of The Collection of Birds Eggs 5 vol. 1901-1912; Kirby (W.F) List of Hymenoptera vol.1 [all published] 1882; Thomas (Oldfield) Catalogue of the Marsupialia and Monotremata 1888 illustrations all but the first original cloth rubbed or worn many ex-library copies with stamps; and c.15 others similar 8vo(c.55)
Lot 295
Mivart (Sir George) Lessons from Nature 1876; On the Genesis of Species 1871 § Watts (Robert) An Examination of Herbert Spencer`s Biological Hypothesis slight staining on title and upper wrappers original printed wrappers Belfast 1875 § Huxley (Leonard) Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley 2 vol. frontispieces and plates contemporary half morocco gilt t.e.g. others uncut New York 1900 first 2 contemporary half calf gilt spines; and c. 20 others similar 8vo(c. 20)
Lot 302
Burrows The Curse of Central Africa 1903 1903 § Kollmann (Paul) The Victoria Nyanza 1899 § Colville (Mrs. Arthur) 1 000 Miles in a Machilla spine faded 1911 § Hole (Hugh Marshall) The Making of Rhodesia 1926 all first editions plates maps and illustrations original cloth second mentioned ex-library copy 8vo (4)
Lot 303
Chaillu The Land of the Midnight Sun 1881 2 vol. first edition linen-backed colour folding map at rear of vol.I (slightly torn) engraved plates illustrations occasional foxing later half crimson calf t.e.g. slightly rubbed and scuffed 8vo 1881. ***Paul Du Chaillu (1835-1903) is best-known as an African explorer. He spent his early years on the West Coast of Africa where his father worked. This work was written when he settled in America to lecture and write about Africa..
Lot 308
Jackson An Account...Empire of Marocco 1809 first edition folding aquatint frontispiece 2 engraved maps 10 aquatint plates 3 hand-coloured some folding these linen-backed endpapers browned bookplate of Lord Carew Castle Boro later cloth spine gilt spine uniformly faded [Abbey Travel 296] 4to 1809.
Lot 315
Bartlett Narrative...Texas New Mexico 1854 2 vol. first edition folding map and 16 tinted lithographed plates folding map with a few small holes some marginal water-staining occasional spotting or light foxing contemporary polished calf rebacked in buckram preserving original backstrips water-stained [Howes B201; Sabin 3746] 8vo 1854.
Lot 316
Brigham Guatemala: the Land of the Quetzal plates and illustrations 3 folding maps hinges weak 1887 § Payne (Will) and C. T. W. Wilson. Missionary Pioneering in Bolivia plates foxed and browned n.d. § Gallenga (A.) South America folding map (torn) catalogue at end ink signatures at head of title 1880 occasional spotting original cloth extremities rubbed the first with upper joint splitting the last soiled; and another South America 8vo(4)
Lot 321
Jefferson Memoir Correspondence...1829 4 vol. first edition half-titles engraved portrait frontispiece 4 folding facsimiles of letters ink ownership inscriptions of John Blunt to half-titles foxed and browned contemporary tree calf vol.1 and 2 rebacked preserving original backstrips labels to spines rubbed 8vo Charlottesville 1829.
Lot 324
Murray Travels in North America...1839 including a Summer Residence with the Pawnee Tribe...and a Visit to Cuba and the Azore Islands 2 vol. first edition inscribed presentation copy from the author lithographed frontispieces titles printed in red & black original cloth partly sunned small split to head of one spine minor ink marking on lower cover of vol.I [Sabin 51490] 8vo 1839. ***Sir Charles Augustus Murray (1806-1895) diplomatist & author. Murray spent three months in the wilds of America with the Pawnees before returning to Britain and becoming the Master of the Queen`s household between 1838 & 1844. The gift inscription here is written from Buckingham Palace in 1839..
Lot 336
Wimpffen A Voyage to Saint Domingo 1788 translated by J. Wright first English edition half-title folding engraved map hand-coloured in outline very short repaired tear just within printed area offsetting engraved bookplate of R. Edward Brenan Dungarvan contemporary tree calf spine gilt chip to head of spine joints starting but holding firm scarce 8vo for T.Cadell Junior and W.Davies 1817.
Lot 340
Sturt Expeditions...Southern Australia 2 vol. first edition half-titles 13 lithographed plates 4 hand-coloured 1 map only (of 2 lacking the large folding map) without advertisements bookplate of R.Edward Brenan of Dungarvan with his ownership inscription on half-title of vol.1 some foxing and soiling original cloth spines faded spine ends and corners worn [Ferguson 1704] 8vo 1833.
Lot 346
Bland (J.O.P.) and E. Backhouse China under the Em illustrations original cloth dust-jacket slightly worn and soiled Peking and London 1939 § Fitzgerald (C.P.) China. A Short Cultural History first edition illustrations inscription on front free end-paper original cloth dust-jacket Cresset Press 1935 § Varé (Daniele) The Last of the Empresses first edition illustrations original cloth dust-jacket slightly soiled 1936 § Peary (Marie Ahnighito) The Snowbaby`s Own Story first edition illustrations original cloth dust-jacket slightly worn New York 1934 § Baedeker (Karl) Switzerland maps and illustrations many folding with a little wear to edges and folds original red cloth Leipzig 1907; and 6 others similar v.s.(11)
Lot 347
Meadows The Chinese and their Rebellions first edition half-title 3 folding maps partly hand-coloured in outline 16pp. publisher`s catalogue at end bookplate of Henry Arthur Blake Governor of Hong Kong on front pastedown hinges pulling slightly original cloth spine faded some damp-mottling 8vo 1856.
Lot 360
Geographical Handbook Series 1941 66 vol. maps and plates Naval Intelligence Division 1941-5 § Mansergh (Nicholas editor) The Transfer of Power 1942-7 13 vol. including duplicate of vol.12 1970 ex-library copies original cloth the first cocked the second with worn dust-jackets 8vo & folio(79)
Lot 372
Hodgskin (Thomas) Travels in the North of Germany 2 vol. first edition lacking half-titles but with final advertisement leaf present in vol.2 contemporary blind- and gilt-stamped plum calf spines rubbed and faded extremities worn [Goldsmiths` 22760; Kress C551] 8vo Edinburgh 1820. ***Important early work by Hodgskin in which he considers economics and social justice more than standard travel anecdotes. His pamphlet Labour defended against the Claims of Capital published five years later expands on some socialist theories touched on in this work..
Lot 379
Biddulph.Pirates of Malabar 1907 § Baxter (Rt.Hon. W.E.) A Winter in India chromolithographed frontispiece loose 1882 § Burford (Robert) Description of a View of the City of Calcutta now exhibiting at the Panorama Leicester Square 12pp. folding lithographed panorama (torn at folds) later half roan 1831 § Forbes (James) Oriental Memoirs; a Narrative of Seventeen Years Residence in India 2 vol. second edition lithographed frontispieces vol.1 upper hinge split contemporary half morocco spines darkened 1834 § Caunter (Rev. Hobart) The Oriental Annual or Scenes in India engraved title and plates after William Daniell upper hinge split contemporary pictorial roan gilt 1834 § Yule (Henry translator & editor) The Book of Ser Marco Polo 2 vol. third edition 1929 maps plates and illustrations some folding some spotting the first two and last original cloth the second spine faded all a little rubbed; and 5 others India 8vo(13)
Lot 381
Burton (Sir Richard Francis) Sind Revisited 2 vol. first edition half-title in vol. 1 pencil note on vol. 1 title vol. 2 title margins stained little marking elsewhere booksellers` labels of Morrow`s and Green & Co. of Dublin on pastedowns original decorated cloth rubbed and marked rebacked preserving most of old spines [Penzer 94-5]. 8vo 1877.
Lot 385
Markham Shooting in the Himalayas 1854 first edition wood-engraved additional pictorial title tinted lithographed frontispiece and 7 plates folding map wood-engraved illustrations map with some foxing light marginal water-staining to plates a few other marks contemporary dark green half morocco spine gilt very short split to head of upper joint rubbed [Czech Asian p.134] 1854.
Lot 398
Burton Land of the Midian (Revisited) 2 vol. first edition half-titles chromolithographed frontispieces and 4 plates 10 plain plates folding map vol.2 endpapers and half-title browned and foxed library blind-stamp to title vol.1 original yellow ochre pictorial cloth gilt vol.2 original variant plum cloth spine faded ring mark to upper cover nick with small loss to lower edge of upper cover [Penzer pp. 96-97] 8vo 1879.
Lot 403
Layard Discoveries Ruins Nineveh and Babylon first edition folding frontispiece plates and illustrations 2 folding maps at end half-title advertisements at end edges of folding plates worn some small tears and foxing bookplate original blind-stamped pictorial cloth 1853 § Blunt (Lady Anne) A Pilgrimage to Nejd the Cradle of the Arab Race a Visit to the Court of the Arab Emir and “Our Persian Campaign” 2 vol. in 1 second edition 14 wood-engraved plates front hinge cracked rear hinge broken original decorated cloth `bubbled` worn 1881 8vo(2)
Lot 405
Tate (G.P.) The Frontiers of Baluchistan; Travels Travels on the Borders of Persia and Afghanistan colour frontispiece plates 2 folding maps a number of pages of text poorly opened endpapers darkened original embossed cloth gilt spine darkened worn [Ghani p.366] 1909 § Pryce-Jones (Alan) The Spring Journey illustrations original cloth slightly soiled 1931 § Fedden (Robin) Syria illustrations original cloth soiled 1946 first editions; and 2 others similar v.s.(5)
Lot 409
Scott (Capt. Robert Falcon) The Voyage of the “Dis 2 vol. first edition plates maps and illustrations lacking plates at p.114 190 & 192 front and rear free endpapers and last page of index some pages loose occasional light foxing hinges weak original cloth gilt upper joint to vol.1 splitting rubbed 1905 § Peary (R.E.) Northward over the Great Ice 2 vol first edition frontispieces loose illustrations lacking last pages of index vols.1 & 2 and endpapers original cloth rubbed and stained 1898 § Nansen (Fridtjof) “Farthest North” 2 vol first `English” edition illustrations and map (torn with some loss) one illustration with crayon colour original cloth lacking front endpaper rubbed 1898; and another 8vo(9)
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