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Click here to subscribeLeeds – Potternewton – Earl Cowper ms document on 119 pp large legal folio paper being the abstract of title of the estates in Yorkshire belonging to George Augustus Earl Cowper Viscount Fordwich and Baron Wingham in the county of Kent. Included are the estates of Newton Hall in Potternewton Leeds. Document dated 1841. The document also includes an ms pedigree of the Earl’s family.
WWII – The Holocaust The Kitchener Camp Review for April 1939 being the journals of the Kitchener Camp for Refugees at Richborough near Sandwich written for and by them. Cyclostyled on 11pp folio with orange paper printed cover this was issue number 2 of a rare and legendary magazine produced for the thousands of mainly Jewish refugees who were coming to Britain in the wake of the Nazi purges at the start of what was to become the holocaust. The Camp was designed for 3500 but by the end of the war more than 15000 male Jewish refugees were housed there. The Journals were produced on a monthly basis and are one of the most poignant reminders of what happened to these people and of the warm welcome which they received from the British people.
Quain, Jones and Erasmus Wilson, Sir William James Medicine - `The Viscera of the Human Body`, London, Taylor & Walton, 1840, folio, 32 hand-coloured lithographed plates, original gilt cloth, plate 1 previously removed and trimmed; together with `The Nerves of the Human Body`, folio, 38 hand-coloured lithographed plates, original gilt cloth, first five plates previously removed and trimmed; end papers replaced on both volumes. (2)
Bretez, Louis Plan de Paris, a full-scale reproduction of Turgot`s 1739 map of Paris, on 20 sheets plus key sheet, each plate measuring approximately 520 x 810mm., folio, A. Taride, editeur, pub. Michel-Etienne Turgot, c.1900, original card cover with marbled half-cloth portfolio with gilt title label; together with a similar reproduction of Gomboust`s 1653 `Plan Monumental de Paris`, c.1900, pub. Taride. (2)
Anthony Gross (1905-1984), James looked at his daughter-in-law, ink on paper, c.1922, 240 x 155mm (9 x 6in) This drawing was published as an illustration to The Forsyte Saga, The Man of Property by John Calsworthy together with a later edition of the trilogy published by The Folio Society, 1984.
Nigel Lambourne (1919-1988), Moll Flandors (m.43), ink and chalk on paper, 1968-70, signed and dated upper right, inscribed Moll 4 frontis x 2 upper right and frontis Moll Flanders, for CE?, 535 x 255mm (21 x 10in) The Folio Society Moll Flanders, first published 1954, had been entirely reset in 1965 retainng Nigel Lambourne’s original drawings. This may have been a proposal for subsititution in the 4th impression, addressed to Charles Ede, the society’s founder-director.
Marshall (Alfred). Industry and Trade. A Study of Industrial Technique and Business Organization; and of their Influences on the Conditions of Various Classes and Nations, 1st ed., 1919, prize award bookplate to front pastedown, orig. cloth, spine faded and slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with Money Credit & Commerce, 1st ed., 1923, blind presentation copy stamp to title, orig. cloth gilt, 8vo, together with, The Economist, Weekly Commercial Times, Bankers’ Gazette, and Railway Monitor: A Political, Literary, and General Newspaper, vols. 12 & 13, 1854-55, contemp. cloth gilt, slightly rubbed to extrems., folio, and Arnold (R. Arthur). The History of the Cotton Famine, from the Fall of Sumter to the Passing of the Public Works Act, 1st ed., 1864, half-title (sl. chipped to fore-margin), title-page with contemp. ms. inscription at head, 16pp. pubs. ad. at rear, ex. lib. with occn. oval ink stamps, some finger-soiling and marginal staining, untrimmed, recent qtr. calf, spine with gilt lettered morocco label, 8vo, plus others related. (9)
Pogany (Willy, illust.). Tannhauser. A Dramatic Poem, by Richard Wagner, Freely Translated in Poetic Narrative Form, by T.W. Rolleston, Harrap, [1911], sixteen tipped-in col. plts., numerous illusts. and decorations to text, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, front hinge splitting, orig. blind-stamped morocco, rubbed, rebacked preserving orig. spine and recornered, sm. folio (limited edition 227/525 copies, signed by Pogany), together with Mandrake Press, Amorous Fiammetta, by Giovanni Boccaccio... now edited, with an Introduction, by K.H. Josling and Decorated in Colour by M. Leone, 1929, twenty col. plts., col. illusts. on letterpress, a.e.g., small nick in fore-edge affecting a few leaves, orig. green dyed vellum gilt, yapp fore-edges, somewhat rubbed and marked, with spine sun-mottled and adhesive stain on upper cover, 4to (limited edition 379/550 copies), plus Robinson (Charles), The Four Gardens by Handasyde, Heinemann, 1912, eight col. plts., incl. frontis., bookplate of Minnie Cochrane on front pastedown, orig. gilt dec. cloth, sl. rubbed and soiled, spine faded and frayed at ends, sm. 4to, plus twelve other misc. books, incl. The Adventures of the Black Girl in Her Search for God, by Bernard Shaw, 1st ed., 1932, seven Impressions of the Russian Ballet booklets, and two books illust. by Robert Gibbings. (17)
[Bayly, Lewis]. The Practice of Piety: Directing a Christian how to walk, that he may please God. Amplified by the Author, printed for Edward Brewster, 1687, woodcut title, following leaf torn with a little loss to edges, sl. affecting one printed marginal annotation, several leaves at front and rear frayed with a little loss, generally not affecting text, contemp. sheep, some wear, 12mo, together with The Book of Common-Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments, and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church ..., printed by John Baskett ... and the assigns of Thomas Newcomb, and Henry Hills, 1712, title and text ruled in red throughout, some leaves sl. loosened, contemp. gilt-dec. red morocco, worn, with upper cover det., 12mo, plus other miscellaneous antiquarian, mainly theology and literature, including The Works of Josephius, 1701, folio, etc.. (a carton)
Pickard (Bernard). Ceremonies et Coutumes Religieuses de tos Les Peuples du Monde... , vols. 1 & 4 only, Amsterdam, 1789, eng. plts., some folding, some minor marginal damp stains, later blue boards, folio, together with Mitford (William), The History of Greece, 4 vols., 1st ed., 1808, (a fifth volume was published in 1818), untrimmed, orig. boards, worn on spines, 4to, plus [Hamilton, Lady Augusta], Marriage Customs, Rites, and Ceremonies of the Nations of the Universe, 1823, wood-eng. vign. to title, some spotting and marginal browning, orig. boards with later linen backstrip, 8vo, and other miscellaneous antiquarian. (2 cartons)
Tachenius (Otto). Hippocrates chimicus qui Novissimi Viperini Salis Antiquissima Fundamenta ostendit. Seneca in Epistola. Nunquam melius torquebis invidos, quam virtuti, & gloriæ inferviendo, Braunschweig, 1668, half-title present, woodcut on title-page, blue edges, lacking rear free endpaper, contemp. vellum, with yapp fore-edges, soiled and worn, with loss to spine, and covers becoming detached, 12mo, together with Moore (Thomas), A Selection of Irish Melodies. With Symphonies and Accompaniments by Sir John Stevenson..., 4 parts in one (vol. 1, no. 1; vol. 2, nos. 1 and 2; vol. 3, no. 2), c.1810, eng. general title-page, eng. musical notation throughout, occn. marks and a few leaves with minor edge-fraying, hinges split, contemp. half roan gilt, rubbed and scuffed, with extrems. frayed, folio, plus twenty-six others misc., incl. a mid-19th c. manuscript book of Authentic Records of the Origin and History of the various Churches now existing within the City of London... also An Authentic Historical Account The Twelve Great Livery Companies of London, by Richard Bowlby, and four vols. of The Artist, 1898-1902. (a carton)
Tolkien ((J.R.R.)). Tolkien (J.R.R.). Smith of Wootton Major, 1st ed., 1967, b & w illusts., orig. laminated boards, a little worn at edges, small 4to, together with The Book of Lost Tales. The History of Middle-Earth, edited Christopher Tolkien, vols. 1 & 2, 1st eds., 1983 & 1984, orig. cloth in d.j., 8vo, with others by and about Tolkien, including illustrated works and Folio Society publications. (2 cartons)
Truettner (William H. ). The Natural Man Observed: A Study of Catlin’s Indian Gallery, pub. Washington, 1979, num. col. and b & w illusts., map endpapers, orig. cloth in sl. soiled and torn d.j., square 4to, together with Tiger (Peggy and Babcock, Molly), The Life and Art of Jerome Tiger. War to Peace, Death to Life, Foreword by Paul A. Rossi, 1st ed., 1980, num. col. and b & w illusts., orig. quarter mock morocco with d.j., folio, plus Hunt (David C.), The Lithographs of Charles Banks Wilson, University of Oklahoma Press, 1989, port. frontis., b & w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., folio, and others, mostly native American Indian related. (3 cartons)
Shakespeare (William). The Plays of William Shakespeare (Comedies, Histories & Tragedies), edited Charles and Mary Cowden Clarke, 3 vols., n.d., pub. Cassell, c. 1870s, port. frontis. to vol. 1, num. wood-engs., orig. red half morocco, gilt-dec. spines, rubbed, 4to, together with Canon Missae ad usum Episcoporum ac Praelatorum Solemniter vel Private Celebrantium, Ratisbonae, Omae et neo Eboraci, 1900, chromo. frontis., rubricated text, a.e.g., orig. plum half morocco gilt, a little rubbed, folio, and other leather bindings, etc., mostly Catholic theology. (3 shelves)
Barker (Nicolas). The Oxford University Press and the Spread of Learning 1478-1978. An Illustrated History, 1st ed., 1978, num. col. and b & w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., folio, together with Pollard (A.W. and Redgrave, G.R.), A Short-Title Catalogues of Books Printed in England, Scotland & Ireland and of English Books Printed Abroad 1475-1640, 2 vols., 2nd ed., revised and enlarged, pub. Bibliographical Society, 1986 & 1976 respec., orig. cloth in d.j., 4to, with other bibliography and printing and publishing history, etc., mostly G/VG. (3 shelves)
Stone (George Cameron). A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armour in all Countries and in all Times, together with some Closely Related Subjects, pub. New York, 1961, num. b & w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., 4to, together with Sloane (William Milligan), Life of Napoleon Bonaparte, 4 vols., pub. New York & London, 1896, num. col. and b & w illusts., t.e.g., orig. gilt-dec. cloth, some wear, folio, with other military history and related. (3 shelves)
Cuneo (Terence). The Mouse & His Master. The Life and Work of Terence Cuneo, pub. New Cavendish Books, 1977, num. col. illusts., a.e.g., orig. three-quarter morocco with suede boards and matching slipcase, oblong 4to (limited edition 212/250, signed by the artist), together with McEwan (Peter J.M.), The Dictionary of Scottish Art and Architecture, Glengarden Press, 2004, b & w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., thick folio, with other art reference and related, mostly G/VG. (3 shelves)
Hancock (James and Elliott, Hugh). The Herons of the World, London Editions, 1979, num. full-page col. plts. after paintings and drawings by Robert Gillmor and Peter Hayman, orig. cloth in d.j. and slipcase, folio, together with Brown (Leslie and Amadon, Dean), Eagles, Hawks and Falcons of the World, 2 vols., Country Life, 1968, num. full-page col. illusts., orig. cloth gilt, 4to, plus Wetmore (Alexander), The Birds of the Republic of Panama, Parts 1-4, pub. Smithsonian Institution, 1981-84, col. and b & w illusts., orig. cloth in sl. torn d.j.s, 8vo, and other miscellaneous ornithology. (3 shelves)
Thompson (E. Margaret). The History of the Somerset Carthusians, 1st ed., 1895, b & w illusts., t.e.g., remainder rough-trimmed, orig. cloth gilt, a little rubbed, 8vo, together with Heales (Major Alfred), The History of Tanridge Priory, Surrey; Some Account of the Canons Regular of the Order of St. Augustine, Commonly Called the Austen Canons, 1865, frontis., t.e.g., orig. cloth gilt, slim 8vo, plus Hofdijk (W.G. and D. Van der Kellen Jr.), De Klooster-Orden in Nederland, pub. Haarlem, 1874, col. and tinted litho. plts., some marginal damp stains, orig. gilt-dec. cloth, restored at head and foot of spine, small folio, with others related. (3 shelves)
Berardino (Angelo di, ed.). Encyclopedia of the Early Church, 2 vols., New York, Oxford University Press, 1992, orig. cloth gilt, folio, together with Lampe (G. W. H., ed.), A Patristic Greek Lexicon, reprinted Oxford University Press, 2000, orig. dark blue cloth gilt, thick 4to, plus Riley (Hugh M.), Christian Initiation, A Comparative Study of the Interpretation of the Baptismal Liturgy ..., Catholic University of America Press, 1974, orig. cloth in d.j., and Fergusson (Everett, ed.), Encyclopaedia of Early Christianity, St. James Press, 1990, orig. cloth gilt, large 8vo, plus other theological studies, various, mostly orig. cloth, many in d.j.s, 8vo/4to. (3 shelves)
Eliade (Mircea). A History of Religious Ideas, 3 vols., 1979-85, all orig. cloth, 1st and 2nd vols. in d.j.s, together with From Primitives to Zen, A Thematic Source Book of The History of Religions, 1967, orig. cloth in d.j., plus Schnitker (Thaddaus A., & Slaby, Wolfgang A., eds.), Concordantia Vervalia Missalis Romani, Partes Euchologicae, Munster, 1983, orig. cloth, with card slipcase, folio, and other theological studies, including History of Religion, etc., mostly orig. cloth, many in d.j.s, mainly 8vo. (3 shelves)
Syme (Ronald). Tacitus, 2 vols., OUP, 1958, orig. uniform cloth gilt, together with Sherwin-White (A. N.), The Letters of Pliny, A Historical and Social Commentary, OUP, 1966, orig. cloth in d.j., 8vo, plus other Greek and Latin literature, various, including some Folio Society publications, mainly 8vo. (2 shelves)
Quarles (Francis). Emblems Divine and Moral: Together with Hieroglyphics of the Life of Man, 1778, eng. frontis., num. eng. plts. ex-lib. copy with occ. ink stamp to verso of plts., recent quarter calf gilt, 12mo, together with Brady (Robert), An Historical Treatise of Cities, and Burghs or Boroughs. Shewing their Original, and Whence, and from Whom they Received their Liberties, Privileges and Immunities... , 2nd ed., 1704, some browning, later cloth, slim folio, and other miscellaneous books, mostly antiquarian. (3 shelves)
Kollwitz (Käthe). Die Handzeichnungen. Herausgegeben von Otto Nagel unter Mitarbeit von Sibylle Schallenberg-Nagel und Beratung von Dr. Hans Kollwitz, Berlin, 1980, num. b & w illusts., orig. cloth in sl. torn d.j., folio, together with Bury (Adrian), Joseph Crawhall. The Man and the Artist, Foreword by Sir Alfred Munnings, pub. Charles Skilton, 1958, tipped in col. frontis., num. col. and b & w illusts., orig. cloth lettered in gilt, (unnumbered copy from a limited edition of 975), 4to, plus Drakard (David and Holdway, Paul), Spode Printed Ware, 1st ed., 1983, num. illusts., some col., orig. cloth in d.j., with other miscellaneous art, architecture and antiques reference, mostly 20th c. hardback publications, many in d.j., G/VG. (6 shelves)
Shirley (Rodney W.). The Mapping of the World, Early Printed World Maps, 1427-1700, pub. The Holland Press, 1983, addn. colour printed title page, numerous colour and b & w illustrations throughout, book plate of Patrick Filmer-Sankey to first free end paper, orig. pubs. cloth gilt, slight damp staining to upper board, d.j. with one small repaired closed tear, otherwise v.g., folio, together with, Baynton-Williams (Roger), Investing in Maps, pub. Barrie & Rockliff, 1969, numerous colour and b & w illusts. throughout, orig. pubs. cloth gilt, d.j. price clipped but otherwise v.g., 4to, with, Shirley (R. W.), Early Printed Maps of the British Isles, 1477-1650, pub. The Map Collectors Circle, 1973, numerous b & w illusts. throughout, signed by author on first free end paper, orig. cloth gilt, 4to, together with another four volumes similar. (7)
* Boggis (J.M., Cambridge artist, exhib. 1832-46). A collection of approx. eighty-five British watercolour & pencil views and architectural studies,includes approx. thirty-seven watercolours, twelve pen & ink and thirty-six pencil drawings, including Killyleagh, Co. Down, Mumbles light house, Box Hill, Chatsworth, St. Clair Isle of Wight, Cheddar, Battle Abbey, St. Govan’s Chapel Pembrokeshire etc., various sizes mostly approx. 120 x 180mm, together with Underdown (E.M., 1830-1913). An album of thirty-two pencil sketches of continental views, mid 19th c., pencil on paper, each laid-down onto album leaves, includes views of Florence, Venice, Bay of Naples, Prague, Santa Lucia, Lake Como, Nuremberg etc., some dust-soiling, folio. (-)
* Americas, Asia, etc. A varied collection of approx. 160 albumen and gelatin silver print photos, mostly late 19th and early 20th c., including views of New York, Montreal, Ottowa, Aden, Ceylon, India, a small number of West Indian photographs including one of Barbados, various sizes including some smaller format photos mounted as multiples to a folio leaf, plus four large format albumen prints (approx. 60 x 50 cm) of Niagara Falls, c. 1900. (a folder)
* Europe. An album containing sixty-two mounted albumen prints, c. 1872, compiled by a sailor onboard HMS Invincible with a manuscript list of places visited during his commission loosely inserted at front, photographs include the ship, Gibraltar, Malta, Syracuse, Palermo, Athens, Genoa, Venice, Pisa, Naples, Pompeii, Alexandria, the Pyramids, etc., some fading and spotting throughout, approx. 17 x 22cm and similar, mounted back to back with pencil captions to mounts beneath, contemp. gilt-dec. cloth, worn, oblong folio. (1)
* HMS Swiftsure. Two photo albums relating to HMS Swiftsure, c. 1952, including corner mounted b & w photo snapshots, real photo postcards, souvenir photos, postcards, etc., plus some other related and unrelated ephemera loose or tipped in, plus a third scrap album including snapshots, postcards and ephemera relating to the Olympic Games in Helsinki in 1952, various bindings, folio. (3)
* India, Ceylon, etc. An album containing approx. sixty mounted albumen prints, c. 1890s, compiled by Henry Claude Taylor, and including two two-part panoramas of Marsailles, plus one general view of Aden, views of Port Said, Suez, Bombay, Madras, Bangalore, Colombo, Mysore, plus photos of a juggernaut car, loading elephants, a see-saw pump, Dhobis at work, a native carriage, etc., the majority approx. 18 x 23cm and mounted one to a page, most with ink captions on mounts beneath, mounts somewhat browned and brittle, contemp. half morocco gilt, dampstained and worn, oblong folio. (1)
* Japan. An album containing fifty mounted hand-tinted albumen prints, late 19th c., including views, Japanese women, etc., some captioned in English in the negative, and including views in Kyoto, Kamakura, Nikko, etc., images approx. 20 x 25cm and mounted back to back throughout, some soiling to mounts, contemp. leather backed gilt pict. lacquered boards, some wear, oblong folio. (1)
Mason (R. H.). Norfolk Photographically Illustrated, pub. Mason and Co., London & Norwich, 1865, seventy-seven mounted albumen photographs, on sixty-seven leaves, lacking a few of Lynford Hall (on list of contents), but including view of Lecton Hall, the seat of Colonel Mason (placed after Boyland Hall), most images 24 x 19cm or similar, with some smaller, some foxing to title and prelims., marbled endpapers, t.e.g., contemp. half calf, rubbed and scuffed to joints, some marks to covers, with bookplate of Sir Francis G. M. Boileau to front pastedown, large folio. (1)
* Mexico. A group of fifty-seven mounted albumen prints on seventeen leaves, c. 1875, the majority of Mexico interest, larger images (approx. 19 x 25cm), include the cathedral in Mexico City, panoramic view from the cathedral tower, viaduct on the Infernal Precipice, double engine peculiar to the line, curve on the Mittac Precipice, In the Maltrato Mountains, the viaduct at Soledat, Orizaba, etc., the remaining forty-four smaller images (approx. 15 x 21cm and similar), including Falls of the Rio Grande, the Plaza, Guadalajara, Maximillian’s Palace, Trees, plus two photos of a large leather-back turtle (weight 987 lbs) showing figures for scale, all identified in English to mounts beneath, folio. (57)
* Middle East. An album containing sixteen mounted albumen prints, late 19th c., including nine Suez Canal and related photos, showing ships, construction, etc., one photo by Bonfils of people climbing a Pyramid, plus two views of Scotland, three of Ireland and one showing prospectors outside a hut in New South Wales, all approx. 21 x 28cm, mounted to album leaf rectos only, some spotting throughout, contemp. morocco, some wear and split along upper joint, folio. (1)
* Middle East. An album containing approx. ninety-six gelatin silver print snapshots, compiled by W. Pordum, eight S&J column, RAF, 1940, showing views, scenes, transport, camps, and related, places identified include Ashar, Shaiba, corner mounted as multiples to a page, some with ink captions to mounts beneath, approx. 5.5 x 8cm and smaller, contemp. cloth, sl. soiled and frayed, oblong small folio. (1)
* Military. A group of approx. 200 cabinet cards, late 19th and early 20th c., mostly single subject photographic portraits of soldiers in military dress, many with printed details to mounts, condition varied, loosely contained in plastic sleeves in four modern ring binders, oblong folio. (approx. 200)
* Military. A group of approx. 120 photographic cartes de visite, late 19th and early 20th c., mostly single subject soldiers in uniform, many with studio printed details to mounts, some spotting and occ. creasing and wear, contained in plastic sleeves in a modern ring binder, oblong folio. (approx. 120)
* Miscellaneous photography, late 19th and early 20th c., including a group of four albums of mostly British views, including Frith series, James Valentine and George Washington Wilson, plus a family photo album relating to Captain Sloan Stanley, early 20th c., including some military snapshots, an album containing photographs of Canada and America, c. 1930, plus one further scrap album including photos, various bindings, mostly worn, folio, plus a group of twenty exhibition photos, c. 1940s, various sizes. (a carton)
* West Africa. An album compiled by and relating to H. B. Dawes, early 1900s to 1945, beginning with group portraits at Bedford School, Old Bedfordians RMC and on parade, two three-part gelatin silver panoramas of Las Palmas, 69 x 17cm, the second one creased and split, plus approx. sixty mounted silver prints of Togo interest, including some snapshots, showing Togo military with guns and vans on parade, military figures with elephant tusks, Tsewie and Agbeluvhoe railway stations, destroyed railway bridges and rebuilds, troops embarking, Kaiserleich Police Station, various sizes, the largest approx. 23 x 29cm, the album ending with first and second world war military and RAF groups, etc., contemp. half morocco, covers det. and backstrip def., oblong folio. (1)
Abyssinian Campaign, Accounts and Papers, vol. XLIII, Army & vol. LXXII, State Papers, 2 vols., 1867-68, folding maps, State Papers vol. front hinge broken, later buckram, one vol rear cover a little dampstained, small folio. Relating to the punitive British 1868 expedition to the Ethiopian Empire, in order to free hostages seized by King Theodore II). (2)
Andrews (W.S.). Andrews’ Illustrations of the West Indies, 2 vols., Sidmouth, printed by Thomas Perry, 1860 (vol. 2 printed and published by Day and Son, [1861]), thirty litho plts., twenty-two tinted (incl. two double-page), vol. 1 with occn. foxing and minor marginal water-staining, vol. 2 heavily foxed and stained, with gutta percha perished and contents loose with some edge-fraying, a.e.g., orig. blindstamped cloth, gilt titled on upper covers, some fading, vol. 2 with spine torn and frayed, oblong folio. Sabin 1517. A scarce work. (2)
Atlases. A collection of nine atlases, late 19th & early 20th century, including, Butler (Samuel), An Atlas of Modern Geography, 1863, title page and contents list, thirty-two engraved maps with original hand colouring (complete as list), orig. half morocco gilt, rubbed, worn and frayed, large 8vo, with, Stanford (Edward, pubs.)Stanford’s London Atlas of Universal Geography, 2nd. ed., 1885, title page and contents list, forty-four engraved maps with orig. hand colouring (complete as list), geographical list bound in at rear, some spotting and soiling throughout, hinges and joints weak, text block detached, contemp. half morocco gilt, rubbed, frayed and worn, folio, with, Harmsworth (pubs.), The Harmsworth Atlas and Gazetteer, n.d., c.1900, colour litho. frontis. of flags, colour printed title page, two further colour printed litho. plates of flags, 210 colour printed maps on 105 sheets (complete as list), a.e.g., contemp. half morocco, gilt dec. spine, slight rubbing at extrems., folio, together with another six similar. (9)
Beattie (William). Scotland Illustrated in a Series of Views taken Expressly for this Work, 2 vols. in 1, 1838, addn. eng. titles, folding map and 118 eng. plts. (complete), spotting, contemp. morocco gilt, boards detached, lacking spine, rubbed, 4to, together with a vol. of plts. by Allom, Bartlett etc., c. 1840’s, thirty-one eng. plts. of Scotland, Hindostan, China, the Waldenses etc., eight eng. titles, contemp. blindstamped calf gilt, rubbed and scuffed, 4to, plus Keate (George), An Account of the Pelew Islands, Situated in the Western Part of the Pacific Ocean. Composed from the Journals and Communications of Captain Henry Wilson..., 3rd ed., 1789, eng. plts. throughout, broken, contemp. boards, lacking spine, folio, plus Henniker (Sir Frederick), Notes, During a Visit to Egypt, Nubia, the Oasis Boeris, Mount Sinai, and Jerusalem, 1824, vignette title, three eng. plts. (incl. two folding), ex-lib. with usual markings, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed and faded, 8vo, plus fifteen other travel related (mostly ex-lib.). (19)
Blackie (W.G., ed.). The Comprehensive Atlas & Geography of the World, 1882, title page and end papers with some spotting, ten colour litho. plts. and sixty-seven colour printed folding maps (complete as list), very occ. spotting largely confined to margins, a.e.g., contemp. blind stamped calf with gilt dec. spine and gilt title to upper board, rubbed and frayed, folio. (1)
Cassell (Petter & Galpin, pub.). Cassell’s General Atlas Consisting of Sixty-two Beautifully Engraved folio Maps of the Countries of the World, n.d. c.1870, title page, numerous uncoloured litho. maps, including the two sheet panorama of Elizabethan London, the nine sheet map of London, county maps by Edward Weller, town plans by John Dower and sixty maps of countries of the world, several with orig. outline colouring, last few maps frayed at margins, disbound, folio. Sold as a collection of maps, not subject to return. (1)
Chauchard (Captain Jean Baptiste Hippolyte). A General Map of the Empire of Germany, Holland, The Netherlands, Switzerland, The Grisons, Italy, Sicily, Corsica and Sardinia, pub. John Stockdale, 4th. June 1800, title page and calligraphic dedication page, twenty-five uncoloured engraved folding maps (complete), text block detached, several maps loose, slight off setting and dust soiling, library blind stamp to each map, lacking upper board and spine, rear board detached, folio. Sold as a collection of maps, not subject to return. (1)
Cook (Captain James). The Charts & Coastal Views of Captain Cook’s Voyages, vols. 1 & 3 only, pub. Hakluyt Society, 1988/1997 respectively, col. frontis. to each (vol. 1 frontis. tipped-in), b&w illusts. throughout, orig. cloth in d.j.s, vol. 1 in orig. cardboard box, folio. Volume 1 ‘The Voyage of the Endeavour 1768-1771’. Volume 3 ‘The Voyage of the Resolution and Discovery 1776-1780’. (2)
Flinders (Matthew). A Voyage to Terra Australis, 3 vols., including Atlas, Facsimile Edition, Netley, South Australian Government Printer, 1989, b&w plts., Atlas vol. with eighteen b&w charts and coastal views, and ten b&w plates of plants, uniformly bound in half blue morocco gilt, large 4to & atlas folio, all contained in orig. pubs. felt-lined box with perspex lid, sl. rubbed, 74 x 56cm (29 x 22 ins). Limited edition 395/500. (1)
Hawkins (Sir Richard). The Observations of Sir Richard Hawkins Knight, in his voyage into the South Sea, Anno Domini 1593, printed by I[ohn. D[awson]. for Iohn Iaggard, 1st ed., 1622, printed woodcut device to title, woodcut initial to each section, initial blank present, damp staining to lower margins throughout affecting last five lines of text to each page, some purpling and scattered damp fraying to blank areas of lower margins of final leaves not affecting text, bound in at the rear of vol. 2 of Hakluyt (Richard), The Second [and Third & Last] Volume of the Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoueries of the English Nation... , vols. 2 & 3 (of 3), 1st eds., 1599-1600, vol. 2 paginated in two parts (and Hawkins bound in at rear), both vols. heavily damp stained throughout affecting generally up to one-third of each leaf, some damp fraying occ. affecting letter-press, leaves D6 to E3 of vol. 3 still partly adhered from damp, old closed tear paper repair to foremargin of Y3 to vol. 2 and a few minor worm holes touching running heads of final half of vol. 3, contemp. calf gilt, spines with five raised bands, leather labels and gilt-dec. compartments, both boards with gilt coat of arms of Robert Glascock [emigrated to Ireland before 1614; second surviving son of Richard Glascock of Down Hall, Hatfield Broad Oak, Essex], featuring three cocks and a crescent on the chevron, the crest a cock with outspread wings and ermine spots standing on a grassy mount, lower one-third to one half of each board damp stained, joints cracked near foot with some loss to lower compartments of spines, folio (285 x 185mm). The rare first edition of the work by Sir Richard Hawkins is unusually complete with initial blank leaf and bound in a more contemporary binding than recent copies offered at auction. Though damp stained the purpling and fraying is confined to the blank areas of the lower margins which are larger than often found. STC 12962; Sabin 30957. Collation: [*]4, A-Y4. For Hakluyt see STC 12626/a; Sabin 29597-98. Collation (vol. 2): * 8, A-Z6, 2A-2R6; (vol. 3):[*]8, A-I6, K8, L-Z6, 2A-2Z6, 3A-3Z6, 4A-4C6. (2)
Johnston (Alexander Keith). [The Royal Atlas of Modern Geography], c.1870, lacking title page, forty-eight folding engraved maps with orig. outline colouring (complete as list), several maps and pages of text with repaired closed tears, some spotting throughout, joints broken, text block detached, lacking last few leaves of index, new end papers, orig. boards. crudely rebacked, worn and stained, folio. Sold as seen. Not subject to return. (1)
Langles (L.). Voyages du Chevalier Chardin, en Perse et Autres Lieux de L’Orient....., Atlas volume only, Nouvelle Edition, Paris, 1811, half title and title page, folding engraved map with orig. outline colouring, one further map and fifty-nine engraved plates (including 9 folding), occ. marginal closed tears, slight dust soiling and spotting throughout, disbound, folio. (1)
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