Eaton (Mary, Mrs.). The Cook and Housekeeper's complete and universal Dictionary; including a system of Modern Cookery in all its various branches, adapted to the use of Private Families..., London: George Virtue, 1838, half-title, engraved frontispiece, five engraved plates (1st plate torn to lower outer blank corner), front blank with contemporary gilt inscription 'A good Housekeeper deserves a good Book of Receipts and as such the writer wishes Frances Browne's acceptance of this Christmas Box. N.G.(?) Liverpool 25th December 1843', some browning and few marks, occasional short marginal tears and fraying, modern calf-backed marbled boards, 8vo, together with: Murray (Alexander), The Domestic Oracle; or, A Complete System of Modern Cookery and Family Economy; containing Directions for Purchasing, Keeping, and Dressing, all kinds of Butcher's Meat, Fish, Poultry, and Game..., London: Printed at the Caxton Press, by H. Fisher, Son & Co., [1826?], engraved frontispiece, 8 engraved plates, some browning & spotting, front free endpaper with early ownership signature Mrs Iggulden Eastry House, contemporary mottled sheep, neatly rebacked preserving original gilt decorated spine with maroon morocco title label, 8vo, Oddy (S.A.), The Housekeeper's Receipt Book, or, the Repository of Domestic Knowledge; formed on principles of Experience and Economy, and Adapted to General Use, London: Published by the Editor; Sold by S.A. Oddy & J. Wallis, 1813, engraved frontispiece with repaired closed tear, title with contemporary ownership signature Maria Tarbolton, one wood engraved plate, light toning and spotting, contemporary marbled sheep, rebacked, recent maroon morocco title label to spine, 8vo, Radcliffe (M.), A Modern System of Domestic Cookery; or, the Housekeeper's Guide: Arranged on the most economical plan for Private Families..., A Complete Family Physician; and Instructions to Female Servants in every situation..., to which are added, as an Appendix, some valuable instructions on the Management of the Kitchen and Fruit Gardens, Manchester: J. Gleave, 1823, engraved frontispiece and additional engraved title, 11 engraved plates, some browning and spotting, contemporary marbled calf, gilt decorated spine, morocco title label, joints rubbed, worn at head of spine, small ink stain to upper board, 8vo, and three other 19th century housekeeping & cookery relatedQty: (7)
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* Von Humboldt (Alexander, editor). [Des Prinzen Waldemar Von Preussen Nacht Indien, Berlin: Deckerschen Geheimen Ober-Hofbuchdrucerel, 1853], a collection of 22 fine hand-coloured lithographed views of India, Sri Lanka, the Himalayas, Europe and Egypt by Bellermann, Haun and others after Prince Friedrich Wilhelm Waldemar, sheet size 42.5 x 53.5 cm (16.5 x 21 in, each mounted, some light marginal spotting, folioQty: (22)NOTESOf the 22 views in this lot, there are 9 of Sri Lanka, namely: Badulla Dagoba, Trincomaly, Kuste von Ceylon [Coast of Ceylon], Bobule, Galbocka, Nowara Ellia, Badulla, Hambantotte Pass, and Radnapura. The other plates depict Cairo, Alexandria, Corfu, Trieste, and India.Prince Friedrich Wilhelm Waldemar von Preussen (1817-1849) visited India, Sri Lanka and the Himalayas in 1844-46, the full account of his travels, edited by Alexander von Humboldt was published in two volumes, with a total of 104 tinted lithographs, in Berlin in 1853.
Escoffier (Auguste). A Guide to Modern Cookery, new & revised edition, London: William Heinemann, 1911, half-title, photogravure portrait frontispiece, original green cloth in bright condition, large 8vo, together with: David (Elizabeth), Italian Food, 1st edition, London: Macdonald, 1954, half-title, black & white frontispiece and plates by Renato Guttuso, original blue cloth, extremities rubbed with light fraying at head & foot of spine, with torn remnants of dust-jacket, 8vo, Ketab, Indian Dishes for English Tables, 1st edition, London: Chapman & Hall, 1902, half-title, occasional light spotting, endpapers browned, original pictorial cloth, 8vo, Craig (Elizabeth), Economical Cookery, 1st edition, London & Glasgow: Collins, 1934, ownership inscription to half-title, browning to half-title and final leaf, original orange cloth in slightly worn dust-jacket, 8vo, and other 20th century cookery books and related referenceQty: (6 shelves)
Gouffé (Jules). The Royal Cookery Book (Le Livre de Cuisine) ... Translated from the French and adapted for English use by Alphonse Gouffé, new edition, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1883, half-title, title in red & black, 16 chromolithograph plates (including frontispiece), wood engraved illustrations, scattered spotting, all edges gilt, original gilt blocked blue cloth, neatly strengthened at head & foot of spine, extremities rubbed, 4to, together with: Atkyns (Arabella, pseud.), The Family Magazine ... Part I. Containing Useful Directions in all the Branches of Housekeeping and Cookery ... Part II. Containing a Compendious Body of Physick..., London: J. Osborn, 1741, insect hole to initial three leaves with loss of few letters of text, some toning, dust-soiling and spotting, modern calf, slightly rubbed, 8vo, Oddy & Co. (publishers), The Family Receipt-Book; or, Universal Repository of Useful Knowledge and Experience in all the various Branches of Domestic Oeconomy. Including ... receipts ... in cookery, medicine ... distilling ... agriculture ... with specifications of approved patent medicines, London: Printed for the editors and published by Oddy & Co., [1810?], light dampstaining and toning, modern calf-backed marbled boards, 4to, Walsh (John Henry), A Manual of Domestic Economy; Suited to Families spending from £100 to £1000 a Year. Including Directions for the Management of the Nursery and Sick Room, and the Preparation and Administrations of Domestic Remedies, new edition, London: Routledge, Warne, & Routledge, 1861, half-title, engraved frontispiece, numerous wood engraved plates, toning and spotting, modern calf-backed marbled boards, thick 8vo, and others similarQty: (13)
Haskell (E. F., Mrs.). The Housekeeper's Encyclopedia of Useful Information for the Housekeeper in all branches of Cooking and Domestic Economy..., New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1861, light dampstain at front of volume, modern green buckram, black morocco title label to spine, 8vo, together with: Mackenzie (Colin), Mackenzie's Five Thousand Receipts in all the Useful and Domestic Arts..., A New American, from the latest London Edition ... by an American Physician, Philadelphia: James Kay; Pittsburgh: John I. Kay, 1831, contemporary inscription to title, browning and scattered spotting, modern half calf, earlier morocco title label reattached, 8vo, Widdifield (Hannah), Widdifield's New Cook Book; or, Practical Receipts for the Housewife. Comprising all the popular and approved methods for cooking and preparing for the table, Philadelphia: T.B. Peterson & Brothers, [1873], light toning and occasional marks, modern half calf, 8vo, and The Franco-American Cookery Book, by Felix J. Deliee, New York & London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1884, contemporary signature & date at head of title, publisher's red morocco-backed green cloth, extremities worn, sides damp marked, 8vo, Doran (John), Table Traits with Something on Them, by Dr. Doran, New York: Redfield, 1855, original cloth, 8vo, [Andrews, Julia C.], Breakfast, Dinner, and Tea: viewed Classically, Poetically, and Practically. Containing numerous curious dishes and feasts of all times and all countries. Besides three hundred modern receipts, New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1859, top edge gilt, original cloth, rebacked preserving original spine, small 4to, Harland (Marion), Breakfast, Luncheon and Tea, "Common Sense in the Household" Series, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1875, some toning throughout and paper brittle, original cloth, worn, 8vo, Lincoln (Mary Johnson), Carving and Serving by Mrs. D.A. Lincoln, Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1891, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, slim 8vo, and other American cookery related, mostly 19th century publicationsQty: (32)
The Lady's Companion. Containing Upwards of Three Thousand different Receipts in every Kind of Cookery: and Those the best and most fashionable; Being Four Times the Quantity of any Book of this Sort..., To Which is Added, Bills of Fare for every Month in the Year..., 2 volumes, 6th edition, London: J. Hodges & R. Baldwin, 1753, engraved frontispiece bound at front of volume 2 (light mark to upper right corner, lacking volume 2 title page), 15 engraved illustrations printed on both sides to four folding plates (some fore-edges slightly frayed), 10 woodcut illustrations to text, some stitching strained in both volumes, final leaves of volume 2 with small worm trail to lower blank margins, volume 1 front pastedown with early ownership 'H.M. Vavasour, Melbourne Hall' and volume 2 with bookplate of Sir Henry Vavasour Bart., contemporary calf, rebacked, retaining previous spine labels, 12mo, together with: Farley (John), The London Art of Cookery, and Housekeeper's Complete Assistant, on a New Plan, Made Plain and Easy to the Understanding of Every Housekeeper, Cook, and Servant in the Kingdom..., 1st edition, London: John Fielding, J. Scatcherd & J. Whitaker, 1783, engraved portrait frontispiece, 12 engraved plates of bills of fare, scattered spotting, contemporary sheep, hinges split and upper board near detached, extremities worn, 8voQty: (3)NOTES(Lady's Companion) - Cagle 806; Bitting p.571; Axford p.244; Maclean p.150; Wheaton and Kelly 3421. Originally published under the title The Whole Duty of a Woman..., 1737. (Farley) - Cagle 675; Maclean p.50; Bitting p.152.
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[M. W.].The Queens Closet Opened: Incomparable Secrets in Physick, Chyrurgery, Preserving, Candying, and Cookery; as they were presented unto the Queen by the most Experienced Persons of our times, many whereof were honoured with her own Practise, when she pleased to descend to these more private Recreations, 4th edition, corrected, with many additions, London: Nathaniel Brooks, 1658, engraved portrait frontispiece of Henrietta Maria by W. Faithorne, second and third parts with separate title-pages ('A Queens Delight: or, the Art of Preserving, Conserving, and Candying' and 'The Compleat Cook', third part with separate pagination, 14pp. publisher's advertisements at end, upper half of leaf E4 in first part excised, lacks leaves O4 & O9 in second part, sewing partly broken and few leaves loose, margins frayed particularly at front and rear, light dust-soiling and toning, contemporary sheep, leather lifting on boards, spine cracked and torn at head, rubbed and worn, 12moQty: (1)NOTESCagle 838 (The Queens Closet Opened, & A Queens Delight') and Cagle 835 (The Compleat Cook); Wing M98 & M90. The book has been attributed to Walter Montague, the personal secretary of Henrietta Maria wife of Charles I. The Queens Closet Opened offered readers a rare glimpse into the domestic secrets of royalty, specifically the unpopular French widow of the executed King. The title would have resonated with contemporary readers as a reference to the scandalous publication of the King and Queen's private letters in 1645 titled The King's Cabinet Opened.
Mason (Charlotte). The Lady's Assistant for Regulating and Supplying her Table, being a Complete System of Cookery..., 3rd edition, London: J. Walter, 1777, some worming and wormholes (particularly at front of volume), front pastedown with near contemporary inscription 'Charlotte Margaret Martin. Given her by her Aunt, Mary Martin, August 1806', contemporary calf, light wear at head & foot of spine, joint area of upper board slightly wormed, 8vo, together with: Smith (Eliza), The Compleat Housewife: or, Accomplish'd Gentlewoman's Companion, 15th edition, 1753, frontispiece torn with loss and repaired, price to title rubbed through at foot, some browning and marks, contemporary calf, rebacked, recent contrasting morocco spine labels, 8vo, Henderson (William Augustus), The Housekeeper's Instructor; or, Universal Family Cook. Being an ample and clear display of the Art of Cookery in all its various branches..., 11th edition, London: Printed & sold by J. Stratford, circa 1803, engraved frontispiece inscribed to verso 'Eliza Plaw(?) 1804' (with slight show-through), 11 engraved plates (including two folding bills of fare), light toning and scattered spotting, contemporary sheep, recent morocco title label to spine, joints cracked and spine worn at head, 8vo, and two other defective and incomplete cookery books, The Compleat Housewife: or, Accomplished Gentlewoman's Companion, by Eliza Smith, 2nd edition, 1728, and The Art of Cookery, by Hannah Glasse, 9th edition, 1765Qty: (5)
Mozley (Henry, publisher). The Modern Cookery, written upon the most approved and economical principles, and in which every receipt has stood the test of experience, by a Lady, 1st edition, Derby: Henry Mozley, 1818, wood engraved frontispiece and vignette to title-page, six wood engraved illustrations to text showing table settings, occasional spotting and few marks, original printed boards, spine worn with loss, 12mo in 6s (Cagle 877), together with: Hunter (Alexander), Culina Famulatrix Medicinae: or, Receipts in Modern Cookery; with a Medical Commentary, written by Ignotus, and revised by A. Hunter, 3rd edition, York: J. Mawman, 1805, engraved frontispiece (slightly cropped at fore-edge touching first letter of caption), contemporary signature to upper margin of title with offsetting from frontispiece, light toning, modern boards, 12mo in 6s, Ude (Louis Eustache), The French Cook, A system of Fashionable and Economical Cookery, adapted to the use of English Familes, 10th edition, corrected and enlarged, London: John Ebers & Co., 1829, advertisement leaf and half-title present, engraved portrait frontispiece, signature to upper blank margin of title, light dust-soiling, browning and spotting, edges untrimmed, modern half calf, 8vo, Redding (Cyrus), A History and Description of Modern Wines, London: Whittaker, Treacher, & Arnot, 1833, half-title, wood engraved vignette to title and chapter headings, light spotting, original green cloth, rebacked preserving original spine, 8vo, Gouffe (Jules), The Book of Preserves (Le Livre de Conserves) containing instructions for Preserving Meat, Fish, Vegetables, and Fruit and for the preparation of Terrines, Galantines, Liqueurs, Syrups, Petits-Fours, &c. ... Translated from the French by Alphonse Gouffe Head Pastrycook to Her Majesty the Queen, London: Sampson Low, Son, and Marston, 1871, half-title, engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved illustrations to text, occasional spotting, contemporary green quarter morocco, cloth sides, rebacked preserving original spine, board corners neatly repaired, 8vo, [Rundell, Maria Eliza Ketelby], The New Family Receipt-Book, containing eight hundred truly valuable receipts in various branches of Domestic Economy, new edition, augmented, corrected, and considerably improved, London: Printed by Squire and Warwick for J. Murray, 1811, contemporary half calf, blind decoration to spine with morocco title label, joints cracked and some wear to extremities, 12mo, and nine others relatedQty: (15)
Watson (Frederic). A New and Complete Geographical Dictionary. Containing a full and accurate description of the several parts of the Known World, London: Printed for the authors, and sold by G. Kearsly, 1773, engraved frontispiece, 18 engraved maps (including double-hemisphere folding map of the world), 30 engraved plates, some worming and wormholes mostly to blank margins at front and rear of volume, light toning and occasional spotting, few ink splashes to verso of final leaf, contemporary calf, extremities worn, folioQty: (1)
Peckham (Ann). The Complete English Cook; or, Prudent Housewife. Being a Collection of the Most General, yet Least Expensive Receipts in Every Branch of Cookery and Good Housewifery..., 4th edition, to which is added, a Supplement, containing Forty-Nine Receipts, never before printed, Leeds: Printed for Thomas Wright, circa 1790, some browning and spotting, contemporary sheep, rebacked and corners repaired, 12mo (Maclean, p.112), together with: Kettilby (Mary), A Collection of above Three Hundred Receipts in Cookery, Physick and Surgery; For the use of all Good Wives, Tender Mothers and Careful Nurses, by Several Hands... To which is Added a Second Part, Containing a great Number of Excellent Receipts, for Preserving and Conserving of Sweet-Meats, etc., 2 parts in one, 3rd & 2nd editions, London: Mary Kettilby, and sold by Richard Wilkin, 1724, dampstaining at head throughout volume, contemporary blind panelled calf, neatly rebacked and corners repaired, 8vo (Bitting p.258; Oxford p.54), Briggs (Richard), The English Art of Cookery, according to the Present Practice; being a Complete Guide to all Housekeepers, on a Pan Entirely New, 1st edition, London: G.G. J. & J. Robinson, 1788, title torn at head with loss of first word of title, 11 bills of fare only (of 12, lacking bill of fare for December), some browning mostly to margins, light fraying, small ink stain at foot of initial leaves, modern roan, 8vo (Cagle 577; Axford p.134; Maclean p.15),Qty: (3)
![[Perkins, John]. The Ladies' Library: or, Encyclopedia of Female Knowledge, in every branch of Domestic Economy: comprehendin](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/c48d82bc-ed62-44d5-8378-ac9400f91885/b07c6c79-f74f-44aa-ace0-ac9501201e0f/468x382.jpg)
[Perkins, John]. The Ladies' Library: or, Encyclopedia of Female Knowledge, in every branch of Domestic Economy: comprehending, in alphabetical arrangement, distinct treatises on every practical subject, necessary for Servants and Mistresses of Families. I. A most extensive System of Cookery. II. A complete body of Domestic Medicine. III. The Preservation of Beauty, and Prevention of Deformity. In which is included a vast fund of miscellaneous information, of the highest Importance in Domestic Life, 2 volumes in one, London: J. Ridgway, 1790, engraved portrait frontispiece to each volume, four engraved plates (including two folding bills of fare), occasional light spotting, contemporary half calf, neatly rebacked preserving original spine, board edges worn and showing, 8vo (Bitting p.570-571), together with: Armstrong (John), The Young Woman's Guide to Virtue, Economy, and Happiness ... with a complete and elegant system of Domestic Cookery, formed upon Principals of Economy, 4th edition, Newcastle upon Tyne: Mackenzie & Dent, [1820?], engraved frontispiece (short closed tear, stained, verso with contemporary ownership 'Mary Lowes, June 23 1820'), additional engraved title, 11 engraved plates (one with closed tear and another torn with loss to upper blank margin), toning and spotting, modern half calf, burgundy morocco title label to spine, 8vo, Kelly (Thomas, publisher), The New Female Instructor; or, Young Woman's Guide to Domestic Happiness ... to which are added, Advice to Servants; A Complete Art of Cookery, with Plain Directions for Carving; and a great variety of Medicinal and other useful Receipts..., London: Thomas Kelly, 1836, engraved frontispiece, six engraved plates, browning and spotting, modern half sheep, 8vo, and six othersQty: (9)
Smith (Eliza). The Compleat Housewife: or, Accomplish'd Gentlewoman's Companion. Being a Collection of upwards of Six Hundred of the most approved Receipts in Cookery . . . , 13th edition, London: H. Pemberton, 1746, engraved frontispiece, 5 folding engraved plates only of table settings (of 6, lacking plate 4 & plate 1 torn with loss), plate margins frayed, numerals to leaves P6 & P7 torn out, light dust-soiling, contemporary panelled calf, neatly rebacked and corners repaired, 8vo (Maclean, pp. 133-4; Simon 1393], together with: Moxon (Elizabeth), English Housewifery, Exemplified in above Four Hundred and Fifty Receipts, Giving Directions in most Parts of Cookery..., thirteenth edition, corrected, 2 parts in one (including supplement, 6th edition 1790), Leeds: Printed by Thomas Wright for J. Binns & W. Fawdington, 1790, folding table, folding plate of bill of fare and six illustration of bills of fare to text, some browning and staining, fraying to first & last leaves, 20th century sheep, 12mo in 6s, and other defective and incomplete 18th & 19th century cookery books including The Complete House-Keeper, and Professed Cook, by Mary Smith, Newcastle: Printed by T. Slack for the author, 1772Qty: (11)NOTESSold with all faults, not subject to return.
Flight. First Aero Weekly in the World, A Journal Devoted to the Interests, Practice, and Progress of Aerial Locomotion and Transport, volumes 1-7, London: F. King & Co., January 1909 - December 1915, printed general volume title and index to each, numerous monochrome illustrations & diagrams (many from photos), original publisher's light grey cloth, spine and upper cover lettered and blocked in black, slightly rubbed and spine ends a little frayed, thick 4to, together with: Flying, The New Popular Air Weekly, volumes 1-3, April 2 1938 - November 4 1939, monochrome illustrations, some toning, colour front wrapper bound-in, modern blue cloth, 4to, The Aero Field, and Supplement to "A Commercial Atlas of the World's Airways" edited by Francis J. Field, volumes 1 & 2, April 1926 - November 1928, monochrome illustrations, original printed blue wrappers bound-in, modern blue cloth, 8vo, Cooper (H.J. & Thetford, O.G.), Aircraft of the Fighting Powers, volumes 1-3, 5-7, Leicester: Harborough Publishing Co. Ltd, 1940 - 1946, colour & monochrome illustrations, original purple/blue cloth, 4toQty: (18)
Motograph Moving Picture Book. The Motograph Moving Picture Book, London: Bliss, Sands & Co., 1898, 13 uncoloured illustrations, transparency screen contained in front pocket, some offsetting to the Snow Storm illustration, light offsetting, soiling and spotting to endpapers, original pictorial cloth-backed boards, some dust soiling and small stain to rear cover, 4toQty: (1)NOTESThe coloured edition, also published in 1898 had the front cover designed by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.
Watson (Preston Albert). Power Necessary in flight, 1st edition, Dundee: Printed for John Leng & Co., 1908, 19 pp., illustrations, errata slip, light vertical crease and some light spotting, original stapled wrappers, light spotting and staple rust, contained in contemporary half calf foldover case, a little rubbed, 8voQty: (1)NOTESPreston Albert Watson (1880-1915) was a Scottish pioneering aviator who conceived his own method of controlling an aeroplane in flight by using his rocking wing method of lateral control, which he used in three aircraft built in 1909, 1910 and 1913. He died after his Caudron G.3 aeroplane disintegrated and crashed in a field near Heathfield, East Sussex in 1915
Zucchi (Bartolomeo). L'idea del Segretario dal Signore Bartolomeo Zucchi Da Monza...Rappresentata in un Trattato de l'Imitatione, e nelle lettere di Principi, e d'altri Signori, 2 parts (in 1), Compagnia Minima, Vince, 1600, black & white engraved title vignette, bookplate of 'The Hon. George Baillie Esq.' dated 1724 to the front pastedown, front gutters cracked & spine partially detached, some minor spotting & toning throughout, contemporary full vellum with ink title to spine, front & rear boards marked, 8vo, together with; Morton (Charles), Whitelockes Notes Uppon the Kings Writt for Choosing Member of Parlement XIII car II Being Disquisitions on the Government of England by Kings, Lords and Commons, 2 volumes, printed for Andrew Millar, 1766, contemporary inscriptions to volume 2 front endpaper, some light toning throughout, contemporary uniform full calf, front boards detached, boards & spines rubbed with loss to head of volume 1, volume lacking spine label, large 4to, and Burlington (Charles et al), The Modern Universal British Traveller;..., printed for J. Cooke, circa 1782, black & white engraved frontispiece & 1 plate, bookplate to front pastedown, some water stains & toning, lacks rear endpaper, contemporary rebinding retaining tree calf boards, spine & boards rubbed with minor loss to head & foot, folio, plus other 17th - 19th century literature & reference, mostly leather bindings, some odd volumes, overall condition is fair/good, 8vo/folioQty: (6 shelves)NOTESApproximately 130 volumes
Wyld (James). An Atlas of the World, Comprehending Separate Maps of its Various Countries, constructed and drawn from the latest Astronomical and Geographical Observations, London: James Wyld, successor to Mr Faden, 1845, engraved title-page with ownership signature of George Henry Scott to upper margin (detached and fore-edge frayed), letterpress contents leaf, 4 engraved tables numbered 1-5 (one double-page), 44 hand-coloured engraved maps numbered 6-52 (correct as list, maps 19-22 'The Confederated States of Germany' etc. on one enlarged folding sheet), light dust-soiling and occasional spotting, armorial bookplate of George Henry Cussans Scott to upper pastedown, contemporary half morocco, gilt decorated spine, cloth sides with title in gilt to upper board, joints cracked at head & foot, spine torn at foot, wear to extremities, 4toQty: (1)
Milne (A. A.). Winnie -The-Pooh, 1st edition, Methuen, 1926, coloured pencil inscription to the half-title, some minor toning, original gilt decorated green cloth, spine slightly rubbed to head & foot, boards lightly rubbed & marked, 8vo, Now We Are Six, 3rd edition, Methuen, 1927, period inscription to the half-title, cracked hinges to the title page, pp.3/4 detached, some light toning, original gilt decorated red cloth, boards & spine slightly rubbed & marked, 8vo, The House At Pooh Corner, 1st edition, Methuen, 1928, period inscription to the half-title, some minor toning & spotting, original gilt decorated red cloth, boards & spine slightly rubbed & marked, 8vo, all with illustrations by E. H. Shepard, all top edge gilt, together with; Carroll (Lewis), The Hunting Of The Snark, an Agony in Eight fits, 1st edition, MacMillan & Co., 1876, 9 black & white illustrations by Henry Holiday, some spotting & light toning, all edges gilt, publishers original illustrated brown cloth, boards & spine slightly toned & rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, and Thomson (Hugh [illustrator]), The Chimes, by Charles Dickens, Hodder & Stoughton, circa 1910, 7 tipped-in colour plates, period inscription to the front endpaper, some minor marginal toning, publishers original gilt decorated blue cloth, spine slightly faded & rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, plus other 19th & 20th century fiction & illustrated literature, including Beatrix Potter, Kenneth Grahame, C. S. Lewis, T. S. Eliot, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8voQty: (3 shelves)
![Rackham (Arthur [illustrator]). The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie, by Richard Wagner, Heinemann, 2019, 33 tipped-in colour pla](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/c48d82bc-ed62-44d5-8378-ac9400f91885/17625d3f-8e86-46c7-b81b-ac9501202644/468x382.jpg)
Rackham (Arthur [illustrator]). The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie, by Richard Wagner, Heinemann, 2019, 33 tipped-in colour plates, bookplate to front pastedown, blind-stamp to top corner of the front endpaper, some light toning, publishers original gilt decorated brown cloth, boards & spine lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, together with; Foster (Birket [illustrator]), Milton's L'Allegro and Il Penseroso, David Bogue, 1855, 30 black & white steel etching illustrations, some light toning & spotting, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt decorated green cloth bound by Hatton, boards & spine slightly rubbed, 8vo, and Bain (F. W.), An Incarnation of the Snow, James Parker and Co., 1908, A Mine of Faults, James Parker and Co., 1909, The Ashes of God, 1st edition, Methuen & Co., 1911, Bubbles of the Foam, Methuen, 1st edition, 1912, all with black & white frontispieces, some light spotting & toning, publishers uniform original boards, slightly marked & rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, plus other mid-19th & 20th century fiction & illustrated literature, including Three Letters on The Horse, Master and Donkey, by Blunt Spurs, 2nd edition, William Ridgway, 1883, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4toQty: (3 shelves)
Waite (Arthur Edward). The Mysteries of Magic, A Digest of the Writings of Éliphas Lévi, 2nd edition, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., 1897, some light spotting & toning, publishers original gilt decorated blue cloth, boards & spine slightly rubbed & marked, 8vo, together with; Brocklehurst (H. C.), Game Animals of the Sudan, Their Habits and Distribution, a handbook for hunters and naturalists, 1st edition, Gurney and Jackson, 1931, 12 colour & 14 black & white plates with folding map to the rear, inscribed by the author to 'Courtney Brocklehurst, 29.4.31', pencil annotations to the rear 'Notes' pages, some spotting & light toning, top edge gilt, publishers original gilt decorated orange cloth, boards & spine rubbed, marked & faded, 8vo and Stigand (C.H.), Hunting the Elephant in Africa, and other recollections of thirteen years' wanderings, Macmillan Company, New York, 1913, 23 black & white illustrations, 'Illustrations' leaf & B1 detached, some light spotting & toning, publishers original red cloth, boards & spine rubbed & marked, 8vo, plus other 19th & early 20th century African exploration, travel reference & miscellaneous literature including Los Inventos Modernos, volume 1, 1902, 22 colour moving plates & numerous black & white illustrations, mostly original cloth, G/VG, 8vo/folioQty: (3 shelves)
![Bensley (T [publisher]). Junius. Stat Nominis Umbra, 2 volumes, 1801, black & white engraved portrait plates, some light toni](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/c48d82bc-ed62-44d5-8378-ac9400f91885/bf7e9a1b-8b74-4f63-9ef3-ac95012027f5/468x382.jpg)
Bensley (T [publisher]). Junius. Stat Nominis Umbra, 2 volumes, 1801, black & white engraved portrait plates, some light toning & marks, water stains to the head of volume 1 front endpapers & plates and to the foot of volume 2 plates, contemporary gilt decorated red quarter morocco, boards & spines slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with; Sparrow (John [editor]), The Poems of Bishop Henry King, limited edition, Nonsuch Press, 1925, some minor toning & spotting, publishers original cloth spine with paper label to floral boards, boards & spine slightly toned & rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, (unnumbered)/900, and Lawrence (T. E.), Seven Pillars of Wisdom, a triumph, 1st trade edition, Jonathan Cape, 1935, black & white illustrations & maps, some minor toning, publishers original gilt decorated cloth, boards & spines lightly marked & rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, plus other 19th & early 20th century literature & reference, including The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., volumes 1-6, 8-11, printed for T. Longman et al, 1796, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, overall condition is good/very good, 8voQty: (6 shelves)NOTE: This lot includes: George and Weedon Grossmith, The Diary of a Nobody, 1st edition, Bristol and London, J.W. Arrowsmith, [1892], half-title, frontispiece, publisher's advertisements at end, original pictorial brown cloth, very slightly rubbed to extremities, 8vo
Bindings. The Pictorial Edition of the Works of Shakespeare, 8 volumes, edited by Charles Knight, Charles Knight and Co., circa 1846, numerous black & white illustrations, bookplates to front pastedown, some light spotting, contemporary uniform gilt decorated half morocco bound by Milker & Field, boards & spines slightly rubbed & spotted 8vo, Jorrocks Novels, 5 volumes, by R. S. Surtees, Bradbury, Agnew & Co., circa 1890s, colour & black & white illustrations, contemporary uniform gilt decorated red half calf, spines faded & lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, A History of British Fossil Mammals, and Birds, by Richard Owen, John Van Voorst, 1846, black & white illustrations, bookplate to front pastedown, some light toning, contemporary gilt decorated half calf, boards & spine slightly rubbed with minor loss, 8vo together with 53 further volumes of 19th century literature & reference, including Manners and Customs of The Ancient Egyptians,..., 3 volumes, by J. G. Wilkinson, John Murray, 1837, all leather bindings, overall condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/4toQty: (3 shelves )NOTES67 volumes
Sloane (William Milligan). Life Of Napoleon Bonaparte, 4 volumes, Macmillan &Co., 1896, numerous colour & black & white illustrations, some toning & minor offsetting, top edges gilt, publishers uniform original gilt decorated embossed red cloth, spines slightly faded & rubbed to head & foot, large 8vo, together with; Oman (Charles), A History of the Peninsular War, 7 volumes, reprint edition, Green Hill Books, 1995, black & white maps, uniform original cloth in dust jackets, covers lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, and MacBride (MacKenzie), With Napoleon at Waterloo..., Francis Griffiths, 1911, 32 black & white illustrations, previous owner inscriptions to the front endpaper, some light spotting, spine slightly faded, boards & spine rubbed, 8vo, plus other mostly modern Napoleon & Wellington reference & related, including publications by Yale, Arms and Armour, Pen & Sword, Spellmount, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, some paperbacks, G/VG, 8vo/4toQty: (6 shelves)
Parkman (Francis). Francis Parkman's Works, 10 volumes (of 12), New Library Edition, Little, Brown, and Company, Boston, 1899, black & white maps & illustrations, some light marginal toning, publishers uniform original gilt decorated green cloth, spines lightly rubbed to head & foot, plus 2 volumes from the 1874 6th edition, 8vo, together with; Braybrooke (Richard), Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys, F.R.S., 4 volumes, Swan Sonnenschein, 1906, bookplates to front pastedowns, some toning throughout, publishers original gilt decorated cloth, spines lightly faded & rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, and Bowswell (James), The Life of Samuel Johnson, 2 volumes, George Bayntun, 1925, black & white illustrations, some minor marginal toning, publishers uniform original gilt decorated red cloth, boards & spine lightly rubbed & marked, 4to, plus other 19th & early 20th century literature & reference, including The Thousand and One Nights,..., 2 volumes, by Edward William Lane, Charles Knight and Co., 1839, all original cloth, G/VG, 8vo/4toQty: (6 shelves)
Bindings. The Amusements of Old London, 2 volumes, by William B. Boulton, John C. Nimmo, 1901, colour plates, some minor spotting & toning, contemporary uniform gilt decorated blue half morocco bound by Birdsall, very minor fading to spines, 8vo, Popery In Power, or The Spirit of the Vatican;..., by Joseph Turnley, 2nd edition, London, 1864, presentation copy inscribed by the author to the front endpaper, black & white engraved illustrations, some light toning & spotting, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt decorated red full morocco, boards & spine rubbed with minor loss to head, 8vo, History of The English People, 4 volumes, by John Richard Green, MacMillan and Co., 1885, eight black & white maps, some minor marginal toning & spotting, contemporary uniform gilt decorated half calf, boards & spine slightly marked & rubbed, 8vo, together with other 19th & early 20th century literature & reference, including Works of Sir Walter Scott, 32 volumes, Archibald Constable & Co., Edinburgh, circa 1825, all leather bindings, some odd volumes, overall condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/folioQty: (3 shelves )NOTES78 volumes
Allom (Thomas, illustrator). China in a Series of Views, displaying the Scenery, Architecture, and Social Habits, of that Ancient Empire ... WIth Historical and Descriptive Notices by the Rev. G. N. Wright, 4 volumes, 1st edition, London: Fisher, Son, & Co., 1843, 4 steel-engraved additional title-pages, 124 similar plates, tide-mark to upper fore corners of plates in volume 4, occasional light spotting and offsetting elsewhere, yellow surface-paper endpapers, all edges gilt, original pictorial cloth gilt, spines neatly refurbished, 4toQty: (4)NOTESCordier Sinica 80-81; Lust 363.
Naipaul (V. S.). A House for Mr Biswas, 1st edition, Andre Deutsch, 1961, some light toning, water stain to the top edge, original cloth in dust jacket, covers rubbed with minor tears to head & loss to foot of the spine, 8vo, The Mimic Men, Readers Union, 1967 original cloth in dust jacket, 8vo, In a Free State, 1st edition, Andre Deutsch, 1971, ex-library stamp to the publication page, original cloth in price-clipped dust jacket, 8vo, together with; Barnes (Julian), Flaubert's Parrot, 1st edition, Jonathan Cape, 1984, some minor toning, original cloth in dust jacket with 'Booker Prize for Fiction 1984' wrap-around, spine lightly faded, 8vo, Arthur & George, 1st edition, Jonathan Cape, 2005, publishers original decorated boards, 8vo, and Bellow (Saul), Henderson The Rain King, 1st U.K. edition, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1959, original cloth in dust jacket, spine lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, Herzog, 3rd impression, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1965, original cloth in dust jacket, covers rubbed & lightly toned, 8vo, Mosby's Memoirs & other stories, 1st U.K. edition, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1969, original cloth in dust jacket, covers lightly marked & rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, plus other modern fiction, including Günter Grass, William Golding, Elias Canetti, Primo Levi, Philip Roth, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8voQty: (6 shelves)
Holme (Charles). Art In Photography, with selected examples of European and American work, 1st edition, The Studio, 1905, monochrome illustrations, black & white adverts to the front & rear, publishers original wrappers, covers slightly rubbed with minor tears to head & foot of the spine, 8vo, Colour Photography, and other recent developments of the art of the camera, 1st edition, The Studio, 1908, numerous colour & monochrome tipped-in plates, period inscription to front endpaper, some light spotting & toning throughout, publishers original blue cloth, spine slightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, together with; Yapp (Nick), 150 Years of Photo Journalism, volume 1, 1st edition, Könemann, Köln, 1995, numerous monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, spine lightly rubbed to head, folio, and other modern photography reference & periodicals, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, some paperbacks, G/VG, 8vo/folioQty: (5 shelves)
Baker (Samuel White). The Rifle and the Hound in Ceylon, 1st edition, London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1854, half-title, 6 chromolithographic plates, 2 + 32 pp. advertisements, spotting to plate margins (and to image of final plate), a few spots and marks elsewhere, endpapers renewed, original green cloth, rubbed and marked, spine-ends refurbished, 8vo, together with: ibid. Eight Years' Wanderings in Ceylon, 1st edition, London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855, half-title, 6 chromolithographic plates, 24 pp. advertisements, light spotting to plate margins, contemporary ownership inscription to front free endpaper, original green cloth, rebacked with original spine laid down, rubbed and marked, 8vo, Pieris (Paulus Edward). Ceylon and the Hollanders 1658-1796, 1st edition, Tellippalai: American Ceylon Mission Press, 1918, frontispiece, folding map, original cloth, slightly marked, 8vo, Ferguson (John). Ceylon in the "Jubilee Year", 3rd edition ('revised, enlarged, and brought down to date'), London: John Haddon and Co., 1887, 3 plates including frontispiece, folding map (with closed tear), original pictorial cloth, spine rolled, 8vo, Nicholas (Samuel Ernest N.). Commercial Ceylon, 1st edition, Colombo: The Times of Ceylon Company, Limited, 1933, 19 plates including frontispiece, 2 folding maps (one with closed tear), folding tables, advertisements, original cloth, 8vo, and 5 others on Sri Lanka (not collated), original cloth: Cave, The Book of Ceylon, 1908; Knox, An Historical Relation of Ceylon, 1911; Corner, Ceylon, 1908; Bremer, Memoirs of a Ceylon Planter's Travels 1851 to 1921, 1930; St. Nihal Singh, Ceylon: New and Old, 1928Qty: (10)NOTESAbbey Travel 415 (Baker, Eight Years); Czech Asia pp. 19-20 (Baker, both works). The Rifle and the Hound in Ceylon is Baker's first book, and 'a cornerstone in the Asian big-game hunting library' (Czech).
Buel (J. W.). America's Wonderlands, J. M. MacGregor Pubg. Co., Vancouver, 1894, numerous monochrome illustrations, Contents page torn & repaired with loss, some light marks & toning, top edge gilt, publishers original gilt decorated & embossed plum full morocco, boards & spine rubbed, oblong 4to, together with; Ranjitsinhji (K. S.), The Jubilee Book of Cricket, 1st edition, William Blackwood and Sons, 1897, numerous black & white illustrations, cracked front gutters, some light spotting & toning, publishers original cloth, boards & spine rubbed, 8vo, and Cassell and Company, The Queen's Empire, A Pictorial and Descriptive Record, 1897, numerous monochrome illustrations, front & rear gutters reinforced with tape, some minor toning, rebound retaining publishers original gilt decorated red cloth boards, oblong 4to, plus other mostly modern miscellaneous reference & history, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VGQty: (5 shelves)
Evelyn (John). Silva: Or, a Discourse of Forest-Trees, and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesty's Dominions, 4th edition, printed for Robert Scott et al, 1706, later inscription to the front endpaper, some light marks & toning, minor worming to the foot of the text block throughout, front & rear boards & endpapers detached, contemporary full calf, boards & spine rubbed with loss, large 8vo, together with; Camden (William), Britannia: or, A Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the Islands Adjacent;, volume 4 only, 2nd edition, printed for John Stockdale, 1806, 9 black & white maps & 22 plates, bookplate to the front pastedown, front & rear gutters reinforced, some marks, light toning & offsetting, rebound retaining contemporary gilt decorated full calf, boards & spine rubbed with some loss, folio, and Turner (Daniel), De Morbis Cutaneis, A Treatise of Diseases Incident to the Skin, 5th edition, printed for R. Wilkin et al, 1736, black & white engraved portrait frontispiece, minor loss to the front endpaper & frontispiece margins, some minor toning, contemporary gilt decorated full calf, boards & spine rubbed with some loss to the front board, 8vo, plus other 17th - 19th century reference & literature, including The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, printed by Robert Barker, 1639, mostly contemporary leather binding, some cloth, overall condition is good, 8vo/folioQty: (6 shelves)
Trollope (Anthony). Orley Farm, 2 volumes, Chapman and Hall, 1862, 60 black & white illustrations by J. E. Millais, bookplates to front pastedowns, some minor spotting, contemporary uniform gilt decorated half calf, boards & spines lightly rubbed, 8vo, The Chronicles of Barsetshire, 8 volumes, Chapman and Hall, 1879, black & white frontispiece, some minor spotting, contemporary uniform gilt decorated red half morocco, spines lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, together with; Mogg (Edward), Paterson's Roads;..., printed for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1826, 8 black & white folding maps, bookplate to front pastedown, period inscription to title page right hand margin, some light toning contemporary full vellum, boards & spine toned, 8vo, with a 'Benjamin W. Horne. Cross Keys, Wood Street, Cheapside.' coach ticket, and The Strand Magazine, An Illustrated Monthly, volume 1-6, 1891-93, numerous black & white illustrations, some light toning & spotting, contemporary uniform gilt decorated plum half morocco, boards & spines slightly rubbed, spines light faded, 8vo, plus other mostly 19th century literature & reference, including a handwritten Arithmetic workbook with calligraphic flourishes, by Thomas Hale, circa 1820, bound in reverse calf, mostly leather bindings, some original cloth, overall condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/4toQty: (3 shelves)NOTES67 volumes
![Rackham (Arthur [illustrator]). The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie, by Richard Wagner, William Heinemann, 1910, 34 tipped-in co](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/c48d82bc-ed62-44d5-8378-ac9400f91885/a284f6f7-2732-425d-84e4-ac9501204430/468x382.jpg)
Rackham (Arthur [illustrator]). The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie, by Richard Wagner, William Heinemann, 1910, 34 tipped-in colour plates, period inscription to the front endpaper, some light spotting, front & rear gutters cracked, publishers original gilt decorated brown cloth, boards & spine slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with; Crane (Walter), The Bases of Design, 1st edition, George Bell and Sons, 1898, numerous black & white illustrations, front gutters cracked, some light spotting & toning, top edge gilt, publishers original gilt decorated blue cloth, boards & spine lightly rubbed, 8vo, and Bunyan (John), The Pilgrim's Progress, new edition, Ward, Lock and Tyler, circa 1880, 100 black & white wood engraving illustrations by Thomas Dalziel, bookplate to front pastedown, some minor toning, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt decorated black full morocco, boards & spine slightly rubbed, 8vo, plus other late 19th & early 20th century literature, including The Works of William Shakespeare, 9 volumes, edited by William George Clarke & John Glover, MacMillan & Co., 1863-66, uniform gilt decorated plum cloth, 8vo, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, overall condition is generally good/very good, 8vo, 4to, plus a small collection of vellum & paper deedsQty: (6 shelves)
Prescott (William H.). History of the Conquest of Mexico,..., 2nd edition, Richard Bentley, 1844, black & white frontispieces & map, some light spotting & minor toning, contemporary uniform gilt decorated half calf, boards & spine lightly rubbed with loss to spine labels, 8vo, together with other 19th century literature & reference, mostly contemporary leather bindings, some gilt decorated, some original cloth, overall condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/4toQty: (6 shelves)
Callery (Joseph-Marie, & Melchior Yvan). History of the Insurrection in China ... Translated from the French, with a Supplementary Chapter, narrating the most Recent Events, by John Oxenford, 2nd edition in English, London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1853, frontispiece, folding map (closed tear neatly repaired), 16 pp. advertisements, bookplate (Society for the Propagation of the Gospel), original yellow cloth, spine rolled, consolidated at head and foot, 8vo, together with: Gray (John Henry). China. A History of the Laws, Manners and Customs of the People, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Macmillan and Co., 1878, half-titles, 137 lithographic plates (all present as list), advertisement leaf to rear of each volume, occasional spotting, top edges gilt, original blue pictorial cloth, spines strengthened, 8vo, Hosie (Alexander). Manchuria. Its People, Resources and Recent History, 1st edition, London: Methuen & Co., 1901, 16 halftone photographic plates including frontispiece, folding table (not listed), folding map, 46 pp. advertisements, spotting to outer leaves and edges, closed tear to map, top edge gilt, original red cloth gilt, a bright copy, 8vo, Kent (Percy Horace). The Passing of the Manchus, 1st edition, London: Edward Arnold, 1912, half-title, 20 halftone photographic plates, 3 maps (2 folding), 16 pp. advertisements, light spotting to half-title and title-page, one folding map repaired in stub not affecting image, non-folding map with manuscript additions, rust-marks from paperclip to advertisements, original blue cloth, nick to headcap, 8vo, Parker (Edward Harper). Ancient China Simplified, 1st edition, London: Chapman & Hall, Ltd., 1908, half-title, 3 plates, 9 maps (3 folding), half-title browned, text partly unopened, original red cloth, 8vo, Langdon (WIlliam B.). A Descriptive Catalogue of the Chinese Collection, now exhibiting at St. George's Place, Hyde Park Corner ... Eighty-Second Thousand, London: for the proprietor, 1843, 16 wood-engraved plates, advertisement leaf, original cloth, 8vo, and 5 others, early-20th-century works on Chinese history, original clothQty: (12)NOTESCordier Sinica 645 (Callery), 97 (Gray), 2741 (Hosie), 3489 (Kent).
Carey (Frances Jane). Journal of a Tour in France, in the Years 1816 and 1817, 1st edition, London: Taylor and Hessey, 1823, profusely extra-illustrated with approximately 180 contemporary maps and plates (engraved, lithographic or aquatint, many folding or hand-coloured), top edge gilt, contemporary dark red half morocco gilt, 8vo (21.9 x 13.2 cm), together with: Wilson (William Rae). Travels in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Hanover, Germany, Netherlands, etc., 1st edition, London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1826, 7 aquatint plates, extra-illustrated with an engraved folding map ('The Rhine from Dusseldorf to Mentz', 1817), light browning, title-page partly torn in gutter, Appendix signatures G2-3 transposed, contemporary half calf gilt, 8vo (20.8 x 12.6 cm), [Whittington, George Downing]. A Tour through the Principal Provinces of Spain and Portugal, performed in the Year 1803, 1st edition, London: Richard Phillips, 1806, engraved folding map, pp. 43/4 with printing flaw to partial loss of text, modern quarter calf, 8vo (20.5 x 12.3 cm), Bonaparte (Roland, Prince). Une excursion en Corse, 1st edition, Paris: pour l'auteur, 1891, 6 heliogravure plates from photographs, modern green half morocco, 4to (27.6 x 21 cm)Qty: (4)NOTESAbbey Travel 22 (Wilson).
![Belnos (Mrs S[ophia] C[harlotte]). The Sundhya or the Daily Prayers of the Brahmins. Illustrated in a Series of Original Draw](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/c48d82bc-ed62-44d5-8378-ac9400f91885/88652db2-13c4-4922-83ca-ac95011f573b/468x382.jpg)
Belnos (Mrs S[ophia] C[harlotte]). The Sundhya or the Daily Prayers of the Brahmins. Illustrated in a Series of Original Drawings from Nature, demonstrating their Attitudes and Different Signs and Figures performed by them during the Ceremonies of their Morning Devotions, and likewise their Poojas. Together with a Descriptive Text annexed to each Plate, and the Prayers from the Sanscrit, translated into English, 1st edition, [London: Day & Son], 1851, hand-coloured lithographic vignette title-page, 24 hand-coloured lithographic plates, preface leaf and 21 leaves of descriptive text, title-page heavily spotted and with damp-stain to top margin (damp-stain continuing onto preface leaf), plate 1 soiled, trimmed and mounted, plates 13, 14 and 21 spotted, plate 21 heavily spotted, torn, reassembled and backed on linen, variable spotting and finger-soiling to other plates (light to moderate and largely restricted to margins), marginal repairs to versos of title-page, preface, text-leaves of plates 1, 2 and 22, modern half cloth, large folio (60.8 x 43.2 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESProvenance: 1) From the library of the Schlagintweit brothers, 19th-century German explorers of India and Central Asia (blind stamp 'Ex bibliotheca Schlagintweit' to foot of title-page) 2) Konrad, prince of Bavaria (1883-1963; bookplate to front pastedown, ink-stamp to rear free endpaper). Abbey Travel 477; Lipperheide (1965) Ld 37; not in Colas or Tooley. Rare. 'Relatively little is known about Mrs. Belnos. Her husband, Jean-Jacques Belnos, was a French miniaturist and lithographer, who had travelled to India in 1807, and established a practice in Calcutta as a painter of miniatures and portraits of the British, a business which his widow seems to have continued following his death' (De Silva, Colonial Self-Fashioning in British India, c.1785-1845, pp. 106-7). Abbey speculates that Mrs Belnos was Indian, but she was in fact almost certainly the daughter of William Moore, assistant surgeon in the Bengal army. This seems to be her second and last published work, following Twenty four Plates Illustrative of Hindoo and European Manners in Bengal, which appeared in 1832.
![Cave (Henry W.). A Series of Forty Aionograph Ceylon Views, 1st edition, Colombo: H. W. Cave & Co., [1893], 40 'aionograp](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/c48d82bc-ed62-44d5-8378-ac9400f91885/70d10f89-4a3f-4fcc-ae40-ac95011f721f/468x382.jpg)
Cave (Henry W.). A Series of Forty Aionograph Ceylon Views, 1st edition, Colombo: H. W. Cave & Co., [1893], 40 'aionograph' plates from photographs, interleaved throughout, printed title and list contents mounted to front pastedown, first plate spotted, occasional light spotting and a few marks elsewhere, contemporary ownership inscription 'John C. O'Donnell', Grand Hotel, Newara [sic] Eliya, Ceylon, March 25/95' to initial blank, related bookplate ('O'Donnell' with motto 'In hoc signo vinces') to front free endpapers, front inner hinge neatly reinforced, rear inner hinge starting, gilt edges, original black calf gilt over bevelled boards, craquelure to spine, consolidation to head and foot, 4to (35.2 x 27 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESRare prospectus for Cave's Picturesque Ceylon series, which was issued between 1893 and 1895 in three parts: Colombo and the Kelani Valley; Kandy and Peradeniya; Nuwara Eliya and Adam's Peak. These were subsequently re-issued in one volume in 1903 with a fourth part titled 'The Ruined Cities of Ceylon'. No other copy of this iteration traced.
Doughty (Charles M.). Travels in Arabia Deserta, with a New Preface by the Author, Introduction by T. E. Lawrence, and all original Maps, Plans and Cuts, 2 volumes, 2nd edition, London: Philip Lee Warner and Jonathan Cape, 1921, photogravure portrait frontispiece, 8 plates (of which 5 folding), folding linen-backed colour map in end-pocket, bookplates and ownership inscriptions of Evan Morgan, 2nd Viscount Tredegar (1893-1949), top edges gilt, others untrimmed, original pictorial cloth gilt, volume 2 head of front joint neatly consolidated, 8vo, together with: Rihani (Ameen). Arabian Peak and Desert. Travels in al-Yaman, 1st edition, London: Constable & Co Ltd, 1930, 24 halftone photographic plates including frontispiece, light spotting, original cloth, 8vo, Philby (Harry St John Bridger). Sheba's Daughters. Being a Record of Travel in Southern Arabia, 1st edition, London: Methuen & Co., Ltd., 1939, all halftone photographic plates as called for, folding map, contemporary gift inscription to front free endpaper, original green cloth (unfaded), 8vo, and 4 others, original cloth (not collated): Abdullah Mansur, The Land of Uz, 1st edition, 1911; W. G. Palgrave, Personal Narrative of a Year's Journey through Central and Eastern Arabia, 6th edition, 1871; Hugh Scott, In the High Yemen, 1st edition, 1942; Doughty, Travels in Arabia Deserta, 1926Qty: (8)NOTESMacro 859 (Doughty), 1903 (Rihani), 1801 (Philby). Second edition of Doughty's masterpiece of Arabian travel, published at the instance of T. E. Lawrence, who had relied on the work during his own sojourn in the Middle East; the work was first published in 1888.
Ebers (Georg). Aegypten in Bild und Wort, 2 volumes, 2nd edition, Stuttgart & Leipzig: Eduard Hallberger, c.1880, wood-engraved plates, 2 colour maps, gilt edges, original blue quarter roan, maroon cloth sides, spines panelled in gilt, large arabesque panels gilt to sides, onlaid turquoise cabachons to spines and covers, folio, together with: Bartlett (W. H., & others, illustrators). Picturesque American Scenery, Troy NY: H. B. Nims and Company, 1883, 25 steel-engraved plates, tissue-guards, some light spotting, gilt edges, original green cloth, large 4to, Closs (G., & others, illustrators). The Bavarian Highlands and the Salzkammergut, London: Chapman and Hall, 1874, 29 wood-engraved plates, plates spotted, a few other marks, original green cloth, large 4to, Huson (Thomas). Round About Snowdon. WIth Notes by J. J. Hissey, London: Seeley and Co. Limited, 1894, 30 sepia-tinted photogravure plates from paintings, gilt edges, original blue-green cloth, folio, and 7 similar (not collated): Flinders Petrie, Scarabs and Cylinders, 1917; Ayres, Mexican Architecture, Domestic, Civil & Ecclesiastical, 1926; Le village suisse à l'Exposition nationale suisse, 1896; Indie in Woord en Beeld. Pictorial Netherlands East-Indies, 1924; and 3 others, all in original cloth (except Petrie, modern cloth), large 4to or folioQty: (13)
Erskine (John Elphinstone). Journal of a Cruise among the Islands of the Western Pacific, including the Feejees and Others inhabited by the Polynesian Negro Races, 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1853, 4 tinted lithographic plates, 3 wood-engraved plates, folding map, 32 pp. advertisements, variable light spotting to plates and map, map with short closed handling tear, original purple cloth gilt, expertly recased, spine sunned, 8vo, together with: Moresby (John). Discoveries and Surveys in New Guinea and the D'Entrecasteaux Islands, 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1876, 6 wood-engraved plates and including frontispiece, 2 lithographic maps (one folding and with neat repairs, one not mentioned in 'list of illustrations'), 32 pp. advertisements, half-title spotted, front inner hinge expertly strengthened, original blue pictorial cloth gilt over bevelled boards, spine slightly darkened, 8vo, Lamont (E. H.). Wild Life among the Pacific Islanders, 1st edtion, London: Hurst and Blackett, 1857, 7 wood-engraved plates including frontispiece, toning, spotting to prelims, a few marks, contemporary ownership inscription ('Lieut Col Hanley, 40th Queens Own ...') to title-page, original red pictorial cloth gilt, rebacked with original spine laid down, slightly marked, 8vo, Kennedy (William Robert). Sporting Adventures in the Pacific, whilst in Command of the "Reindeer", 1st edition, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1876, 4 wood-engraved plates including frontispiece, 40 pp. advertisements, a couple of marginal nicks to plates, inscribed 'Emily Whitelock, with love from the author's mother' on half-title, bookplate of Henry Arthur Blyth (his sporting library sold at Christie's in 1901), original pictorial green cloth gilt, spine and front joint refurbished, 8vo, and 5 others (not collated): Sir John Hubert Plunkett Murray, Papua or British New Guinea, 1st edition, 1912; ibid., Papua of To-Day, 1st edition, 1925; F. W. Christian, The Caroline Islands, 1st edition, 1899; A. S. Meek, A Naturalist in Cannibal Land, 1913; Hugh Hastings Romilly, A True Story of the Western Pacific in 1879-80, 1st edition, 1882Qty: (9)NOTESAbbey Travel 602 (Erskine); Hill (1974) pp. 98 (Erskine).
Bowen (Emanuel, et al.). The Maps and Charts to the Modern Part of the Universal History, London: T. Osborne, A. Millar, J. Rivington, B. Law & Co., T. Longman, C. Ware & S. Bladon, 1766, 37 engraved maps as called for on 38 sheets by E. Bowen & T. Kitchin etc. including double-hemisphere world (maps comprising 27 double-page or folding and 11 single-page), occasional light toning & minor spotting, early manuscript numbers to upper outer blank margin corners, modern half calf, marbled sides, folioQty: (1)
Jack (R. Logan). The Back Blocks of China. A Narrative of Experiences among the Chinese, Sifans, Lolos, Tibetans, Shans and Kachins, between Shanghai and the Irrawadi, 1st edition, London: Edward Arnold, 1904, 16 halftone photographic plates, 2 folding maps, 16 pp. advertisements, largely unopened, original black cloth, publisher's 'file copy' label mounted to front board obscuring part of author's name and decoration, 8vo, Wallace (Harold Frank). The Big Game of Central and Western China. Being an Account of a Journey from Shanghai to London overland across the Gobi Desert, 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1913, half-title, 33 halftone plates including frontispiece, 2 maps, contemporary ownership inscription to front free endpaper, original orange cloth, spine slightly sunned, a few marks, 8vo, Bigham (Clive, 2nd Viscount Mersey). A Year in China, 1899-1900, 1st edition, London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1901, 37 halftone photographic plates, 4 folding maps, original red cloth, 8vo, Kemp (Emily Georgiana). Wanderings in Chinese Turkestan, 1st edition in book form, London: Wightman & Co., Ltd., 1914, 8 plates (one reinserted and with concomitant nicks to edges), original green cloth, 4to, Norman (Francis Martin). "Martello Tower" in China and the Pacific, in H.M.S. "Tribune" 1856-60, 1st edition, London: George Allen, 1902, half-title, 22 plates, 4 pp. advertisements, occasional light spotting to text, top edge gilt, original green cloth gilt, 8vo, and 6 others, mainly Chinese travel, original cloth (not collated), including Franck, Wandering in China, 1st UK edition, 1924, Austin, A Scamper through the Far East, 1st edition, 1909, and similarQty: (11)NOTESCordier Sinica 2170 (Jack), 4043 (Wallace), 2166 (Bigham), 2373 (Norman); Czech Asia p. 221 (Wallace). Bigham's work is a presentation copy to colonial administrator Sir Henry Blake (1840-1918), inscribed 'His Excell[ency] Sir Henry Blake ... from the author' on the front free endpaper. Blake was governor of Hong Kong from 1898 to 1903.
Kennedy (Sir Alexander B. W.). Petra. Its History and Monuments, 1st edition, London: Country Life, 1925, 76 collotype photographic plates including frontispiece, 3 folding maps from aerial photographs (one on 2 sheets), one sketch-map, bookplate of Fort Augustus Abbey (Scotland), top edge gilt, original green cloth, 4to, together with: Inchbold (Ada Alice Cunnick). Under the Syrian Sun. The Lebanon, Baalbek, Galilee, and Judaea, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Hutchinson & Co., 1906, 48 plates (mainly in colour), spotting to text, bookplates (C. E. Rusbridge), top edges gilt, original blue pictorial cloth gilt, light mottling to front covers, a bright copy, 8vo, Burton (Sir Richard F.). Selected Papers on Anthropology, Travel and Exploration. Now edited with an Introduction and Occasional Notes by N. M. Penzer, London: A. M. Philpot Ltd., 1924, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, original tan cloth, 8vo, number 77 of 100 copies on hand-made paper, Muir (Sir William). The Caliphate. Its Rise, Decline, and Fall. From Original Sources, 1st edition, London: The Religious Tract Society, 1891, original decorative cloth, 8vo, and 11 others, Middle Eastern travel, original cloth (not collated) including Adams, Notes of a Naturalist in the Nile Valley and Malta, 1st edition, 1870; Erskine, Trans-Jordan, 1st edition, 1923; Evans-Pritchard, The Sanusi of Cyrenaica, 1st edition, 1949; Conway, Palestine and Morocco, 1st edition, 1923; and similarQty: (16)
Lay (G. Tradescant). The Chinese As They Are: their Moral, Social, and Literary Character; a New Analysis of their Language; with Succinct Views of their Principal Arts and Sciences, 1st edition, London: William Ball & Co., 1841, wood-engraved frontispiece and text-illustrations, a few marks, original pink pictorial cloth gilt, rebacked with original spine laid down, sunned and marked, 8vo, together with: Krausse (Alexis). China in Decay. A Handbook to the Far Eastern Question, 1st edition, London: Chapman & Hall, Limited, 1898, half-title, frontispiece, 6 maps (3 folding), illustrations in text (some full-page), last folding map with short closed tear, endpapers browned, inner hinges neatly reinforced, original yellow cloth, somewhat marked, spine rolled, 8vo, MacGowan (John). Men and Manners in Modern China, 1st edition, London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1912, 32 halftone photographic plates including frontispiece, original red cloth, pictorial vignette gilt to front board, a superb copy, 8vo, Kuropatkin (Aleksey). The Russian Army and the Japanese War ... Translated by Captain A. B. Lindsay, 2 volumes, 1st edition in English, London: John Murray, 1909, half-titles, halftone frontispiece to volume 1, photogravure frontispiece to volume 2, 9 halftone plates, 5 maps (of which 2 folding, one of these in end-pocket), one further map in text, half-titles spotted, top edges gilt, original red cloth gilt, light mottling to front covers, 8vo, and 8 others, mainly late-19th or early-20th-century surveys of contemporary China, original cloth (not collated), including Macgrath King, China in Turmoil, 1927, Kinnosuke, Manchuria: A Survey, 1925, and similarQty: (13)NOTESCordier Sinica 78 (Lay), 2295 (Krausse).
Lyon (George Francis). A Brief Narrative of an Unsuccessful Attempt to reach Repulse Bay, through Sir Thomas Rowe's "Welcome," in His Majesty's Ship Griper, in the Year 1824, 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1825, engraved folding map, 7 engraved plates, light spotting, contemporary tan half calf, sides rubbed, 8vo (21.2 x 12.8 cm), together with: Anson (George). A Voyage Round the World, in the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV, 10th edition, London: for T. Osborne [and others], 1762, 3 engraved folding maps (2 with short closed handling tears to gutter, repaired verso), toning, contemporary engraved bookplate (Evan Holliday), contemporary tan calf, rebacked to style, restoration to extremities, 8vo (20.8 x 12.7 cm) Dennett (John Frederick). The Voyages and Travels of Captains Ross, Parry, Franklin, and Mr. Belzoni; forming an Interesting History of the Manners, Customs, and Characters of Various Nations, London: William Wright, 1839, engraved portrait frontispiece and additional title-page, 10 engraved or aquatint plates, light browning, frontispiece and engraved title-page damp-stained, contemporary calf gilt by Carss & Co., arms of the city of Glasgow gilt to front board, a few scuffs, 8vo (21.2 x 12.8 cm), and 1 others (Huish, The Last Voyage of Capt. Sir John Ross, 1st edition, 1835, lacking text-leaf 2G4)Qty: (4)NOTESProvenance (Lyon): William Henry Webley-Parry (1764-1837), rear-admiral (ownership inscription and bookplate); Webley-Parry was first lieutenant of the Zealous at the Battle of the Nile (1797). Arctic Bibliography 10530 (Lyon); Sabin 42851 (Lyon), 1629 (Anson), 33626 (Huish); cf. Sabin 19582 (Dennett, 1826 edition). This tenth edition is the final lifetime edition of Anson's work.
Bowles (Thomas, publisher). Geographia sacra illustrata. Or Sacred Geography Illustrated. Containing, a View of many things belonging to ye Jews and their Worship mentioned in the Holy Scriptures, with a particular explication of ye same, according to Arias Montanus, Villalpandas, L'Amy, and other Antient and Modern Authors, never before Collected into a single volume, the whole intended for the better understanding ye Sacred Writings, 1st edition, 1st issue, London: printed for and sold by Tho. Bowles, next ye Chapter House in St. Pauls Churchyard, and by J. Bowles over against Stocks Market, [1728], engraved throughout, comprising title-page and 13 plates, all but the title-page and 2 plates double-page, watermark a fleur-de-lys surmounting a shield, countermark 'I V', light spotting to margins, damp-staining to a few plates, mainly restricted to margins, first double-page split at foot of central fold, disbound retaining original marbled endpapers, calf backstrip (friable) and half calf rear board, folio (44 x 31.4 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESESTC T504169. Very rare: one copy on ESTC (Asher Library, Chicago); a re-issue by John Bowles's son Carrington Bowles (c.1764-79) is also rare, with ESTC citing the British Library copy only. The work contains a double-page map of the Holy Land and another double-page plate containing four vignettes maps.
Morier (James). A Journey through Persia, Armenia, and Asia Minor, to Constantinople, in the Years 1808 and 1809; in which is included, some Account of the Proceedings of His Majesty's Mission, under Sir Harford Jones ... to the Court of the King of Persia, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1812, 17 aquatint and 9 engraved plates, all on india paper, mounted, 3 engraved folding maps, advertisement leaf to rear, variable spotting to text and to mounts of plates, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, later green crushed half morocco gilt, green pebble-grain cloth sides, spine sunned, 4to (30.5 x 23.7 cm), together with: ibid. A Second Journey through Persia, Armenia, and Asia Minor, to Constantinople, between the Years 1810 and 1816. With a Journal of the Voyage by the Brazils and Bombay to the Persian Gulf. Together with an Account of the Proceedings of His Majesty's Embassy under His Excellency Sir Gore Ouseley, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1818, half-title, 15 aquatint plates (of which 4 coloured and 4 folding), 2 engraved plates including frontispiece, 2 engraved maps (1 folding), variable spotting and toning to plates (generally light), tide-mark to upper inner corner of plates facing pp. 50 and 74, folding plate facing p. 136 more heavily spotted and browned, later green crushed half morocco gilt uniform with the preceding work, 4to (30.9 x 24 cm)Qty: (2)NOTESProvenance: West Dean library, Chichester, Sussex (labels to front pastedowns). Abbey Travel 357 & 358; Atabey 836 & 837; Macro Arabian Peninsula 1636 & 1637. First editions of both works; large-paper issue of the first, with the plates on india paper, mounted. Atabey's collation calls for a half-title in the first work, though this is lacking in the copy there described as well as the present copy, and is not mentioned in Abbey's collation. 'In retirement Morier pursued the writing career which was far more to his taste than diplomacy and on which he had already made a start. His two travel books, A Journey through Persia, Armenia and Asia Minor (1812) and A Second Journey (1818), both met with critical acclaim and were welcomed by a public which knew little of these areas' (ODNB). A Journey through Persia contains an appendix relating to the Persian Gulf, headed 'Arab pirates' (pp. 371-5).
Pleshcheev (Sergey Ivanovich). Survey of the Russian Empire ... Translated from the Russian, with considerable Additions, by James Smirnove, 1st edition in English, London: J. Debrett, 1792, engraved folding map (reinforced along bottom edge verso), engraved folding plate of Russian arms and uniforms (similar reinforcements verso; retrievable paper-disruption to one intersection of folds), half-title discarded, light spotting and toning, modern quarter calf to style, 8vo (21.7 x 12. 5 cm), together with: Elliott (Charles Boileau). Travels in the Three Great Empires of Austria, Russia, and Turkey, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Richard Bentley, 1838, 2 tinted lithographic frontispieces, 2 engraved maps, light browning, spotting to maps and occasionally elsewhere, contemporary ownership inscriptions to endpapers, contemporary black half calf, 8vo (21 x 12.8 cm), James (John Thomas). Journal of a Tour in Germany, Sweden, Russia, Poland, during the Years 1813 and 1814, 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1816, 18 aquatint or etched plates, variable toning to text, a few leaves browned, plates offset, final text-leaf with tear causing loss of text, engraved bookplate (S. R. Gaussen), ink-stamps (Congregation of the Mission, London) to title-page and p. 32, contemporary speckled calf, rebacked with original spine laid down, neat restoration to covers, 4to (26.8 x 20.6 cm), Wolff (Jens). Sketches on a Tour to Copenhagen, through Norway and Sweden, 2nd edition ('with additions and corrections'), London: for Baldwyn and Co., 1816, half-title (with tear not affecting text), 9 etched plates, similar vignettes, spotting, a few damp-stains, vignettes offset, signatures T2-3 loose at head (bound by bottom cord only), paper restoration to top margins of appendix quires K-M touching headline (touching pagination in leaf M2), edges untrimmed, modern half ?sheep, 4to (25.5 x 21.5 cm), and 3 others: Michie, The Siberian Overland Route from Peking to Petersburg, 1st edition, 1864 (wood-engraved frontispiece, vignette title-page, 10 plates, 2 folding maps, moderate damp-staining to plates, maps and title, second map with short closed tear, advertisements discarded, modern half morocco retaining earlier gilt spine, 8vo); The Englishwoman in Russia; Impressions of the Society and Manners of the Russians at Home. By a Lady, Ten Years Resident in that Country, 1st edition, 1855 (6 wood-engraved plates including frontispiece, contemporary red half calf, rebacked, 8vo); Scheffer, The History of Lapland, 2nd edition in English (expanded), 1704, (engraved folding additional title-page, folding map, 2 plates [of 3: lacking plate facing p. 304], 24 engravings in the text of which 15 full-page, contemporary mottled calf, rebacked with original spine laid down, corners restored, 8vo)Qty: (8)NOTESAbbey Travel 31 (Elliott), 16 (James); Atabey 393 (Elliott); Blackmer 541 (Elliott); ESTC T203474/T188833 (Pleshcheev).
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[Rothery, Charles William]. Notes on a Yacht Voyage to Hardanger Fjord and the Adjacent Estuaries. By a Yachting Dabbler, 1st edition, London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longman, [1855], 26 plates (13 tinted lithographs of which 1 double-page, 3 coloured lithographs mounted on card, 8 wood-engravings, and 2 steel-engravings), folding map, faint offsetting, a little light spotting, original pink cloth, joints and inner hinges expertly consolidated, gilt vignette and titles to front cover, 8vo, together with: [Munro, J. K.]. The Mary Ira. Being the Narrative Journal of a Yachting Expedition from Auckland to the South Sea Islands, and a Pedestrian Tour in a New District of New Zealand Bush, 1st edition, London: T. Cautley Newby, 1867, 6 tinted lithographic plates, blind stamp of the Cruising Association Library to title-page, lower fore corner of text-block bumped in places, original cloth, joints neatly consolidated, spine sunned, CAL gilt stamp to front cover, 8vo, Lambert (Charles J.). The Voyage of the "Wanderer", 1st edition, London: Macmillan and Co., 1883, wood-engraved frontispiece, 25 colour plates, folding map, occasional spotting, original cloth, spine-ends nicked, tall 8vo, Ross (William A.). A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden, 2nd edition, London: Henry Colburn, 1849, lithographic frontispiece, 8 + 24 pp. advertisements, original green pictorial cloth gilt, recased, 8vo, Hazen (Jacob A.). Five Years before the Mast, or Life in the Forecastle, aboard a Whaler and Man-of-War, 2nd edition, Philadelphia: Willis P. Hazard, 1848, 7 wood-engraved plates including frontispiece (full collation unknown), additional vignette title-page, occasional staining, original pink pictorial cloth gilt, recased, 8vo, and 9 others, yachting, voyages and naval memoirs, original cloth (not collated), including: Davis, Nimrod of the Sea, or the American Whaleman, 1st UK edition, 1874; Journal of Commodore Goodenough, during his Last Command on the Australian Station, 1st edition, 1876; and similarQty: (14)NOTESAbbey Travel 256 (Rothery); Ferguson 12963 (Munro); Sabin 31121 (Hazen). The three coloured lithographs in Rothery's work are described in Abbey as uncoloured.
Singh (Sir Jagatjit, Maharaja of Kapurthala). My Travels in China, Japan and Java, 1903, 1st edition, London: Hutchinson & Co., 1905, photogravure portrait frontispiece, 51 halftone photographic plates, folding map, a few pale spots to endpapers and edges, original light blue cloth gilt, a few small marks to front cover, 8voQty: (1)NOTESCordier Sinica 3182. Rare: three copies traced in libraries (British Library, Bibliothèque nationale de France, and the University of Montreal).
Whyte (William Athenry). A Land Journey from Asia to Europe: being an Account of a Camel and Sledge Journey from Canton to St. Petersburg through the Plains of Mongolia and Siberia, 1st edition, London: Sampson Low, Son, and Marston, 1871, wood-engraved frontispiece, 2 folding maps, 16 pp. advertisements, light spotting to front and back, contents leaves clumsily opened, original dark red decorative cloth, spine rolled and with neat repair, pale discolouration along fore edges of boards, 8vo, together with: Skrine (Francis Henry, & Edward Denison Ross). The Heart of Asia. A History of Russian Turkestan and the Central Asian Khanates from the Earliest Times, 1st edition, London: Methuen & Co., 1899, 32 halftone plates, folding map, text-leaves entirely unopened, ink-stamp the Peabody Library (Vermont) to front free endpaper, original blue pictorial cloth gilt, 8vo, Ward (Frank Kingdon). Plant Hunting on the Edge of the World, 1st edition, London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1930, 16 halftone plates, ownership inscription and mounted gift inscription to front pastedown, original black cloth, 8vo, Hedin (Sven). Overland to India, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1910, 4 folding panoramas, 2 folding maps, numerous plates (all present), bookplates removed from front pastedowns, top edges gilt, original blue pictorial cloth gilt, spines darkened, headcaps repaired, 8vo, and 5 others, Central Asian travel, original cloth (not collated): Ronaldshay, On the Outskirts of Empire in Asia, 1st edition, 1904; ibid., A Wandering Student in the Far East, 1st edition, 1908; Trinkler, The Storm-Swept Roof of Asia, 1st edition in English, 1931; Hakluyt Society, The Desert Route to India, 1st edtion, 1929Qty: (11)
Wilson (James). A Missionary Voyage to the Southern Pacific Ocean, performed in the Years 1796, 1797, 1798, in the Ship Duff, commander by Captain James Wilson ... icnlduing Details never before published, of the Natural and Civil State of Otaheite, 1st edition, London: by S. Gosnell, for T. Chapman, 1799, 13 engraved maps and plates (a few folding), light offsetting, General Map spotted, a few spots to other plates or maps, General Map and Feejee Islands map each with retrievable paper-disruption to central intersection of folds, engraved bookplate (Arthur Kelly, Kelly), contemporary marbled calf, rebacked with original spine laid down, 4to (28.9 x 22.2 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESBorba de Moraes II pp. 378-9; ESTC T87461; Ferguson 301; cf. Sabin 49490 (for the 'ordinary' edition). The preferred Gosnell edition: there was also an 'ordinary' edition (Ferguson) with the imprint 'for T. Chapman ... by T. Gillet', in a completely different setting and on smaller paper; Gosnell's edition is thought to have priority. Borba de Moraes is mistaken in citing a second edition 'similar in all details [to Gosnell's edition] except for the signature of the plates', that is, with 'J. Landseer direxit' rather than 'for Missionary Voyage': it is in fact Gosnell's edition in which the plates have 'J. Landseer direxit'. 'The Duff was the first missionary vessel to sail the little-known waters of the Pacific Ocean. After 208 days the vessel reached Tahiti, landing seventeen missionaries there, a further twelve at Tonga, and one on the Marquesas ... Several of the missionaries settled in Australia and founded families important in Australian history. The Duff proceeded from Tonga through the Fiji and Caroline Groups to Canton. In the course of this voyage the Duff Group was discovered and named and the knowledge of Pacific geography considerably extended' (Ferguson).
Castlemaine (Roger Palmer, Earl of). An Account of the Present War between the Venetians & Turk; with the state of Candie: (in a letter to the king, from Venice.), 1st edition, London: printed by J.M. for H. Herringman, 1666, pp. [20], 93, [3], engraved portrait frontispiece with early signature Tho Willughby to verso (frontispiece leaf A1, close-trimmed at head & torn to lower inner corner with slight loss), 2 double-page engraved maps (including map of the Eastern Mediterranean, & plan of Old Candy Town, present-day Heraklion, by Wenceslaus Hollar. Both close-trimmed at head), early signature T. Willughby & shelf mark A:6:12 at head of title, occasional pencil marginal notes, few leaves cropped to page numbers at head, last leaf blank with early manuscript to verso (leaf torn in half vertically with loss), upper board inscribed 'Fronte Caper' and rear board with armorial bookplate of Lieutenant Commander Edward Scott Williams R.N. (Retd.), and manuscript note 'received at Roscdghill Cottage, Penzance Sept. 24th, 1937 from Blackwell, Oxford', contemporary sheep, slight loss at head & foot of spine, rubbed and light wear, small 8voQty: (1)NOTESWing C1238; ESTC R7289; Blackmer 1239. 'Charles II had asked the Earl of Castlemaine to keep him informed of events while he toured Europe, and on Castlemaine's arrival in Venice he sent the King a long letter of information on the war in Crete between the Venetians and the Turks, which was then entering its final phase. When Castlemaine returned to England he received permission to print the letter, which is a basic source of information on the 20-year battle in Crete' (Blackmer).
Younghusband (Sir Francis). Peking to Lhasa. The Narrative of Journeys in the Chinese Empire made by the Late Brigadier-General George Pereira, 1st edition, London: Constable and Company Ltd., 1925, photogravure portrait frontispiece, 32 halftone photographic plates, 2 folding maps, advertisement leaf, short closed tear to inside fold of second map touching neat line, original dark blue cloth, pale mottling to rear board, a bright copy, 8vo, together with: Little (Archibald John). Mount Omi and Beyond. A Record of Travel on the Thibetan Border, 1st edition, London: William Heinemann, 1901, half-title, 16 halftone photographic plates including frontispiece, folding map, original blue pictorial cloth, spine slightly faded, a few marks, 8vo, David-Neel (Alexandra). My Journey to Lhasa. The Personal Story of the only White Woman who Succeeded in entering the Forbidden City, 1st edition, London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1927, 16 halftone photographic plates including frontispiece, publisher's file-copy ink-stamp to front free endpaper, original black cloth, pictorial vignette gilt to front board, spine rolled, 8vo, Farrer (Reginald). On the Eaves of the World, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Edward Arnold, 1917, half-titles, 64 halftone photographic plates, folding map, light spotting to outer text-leaves, ownership inscriptions 'F. Mitford Ransome' dated 1930 to front free endpapers, original blue cloth, volume 1 spine rolled, 8vo, Jenkins (Catherine Minna, Lady). Sport and Travel in Both Tibets, 1st edition, London: Blaes, East & Blades, 1909, 25 colour plates, folding lithographic map, original blue cloth, photographic onlay to front board, faint mottling to boards (stronger to onlay), folio, and 2 others on TibetQty: (8)NOTESCordier Sinica 3340 (Farrer), 4395 (Jenkins); Czech Asia p. 112 (Jenkins); Neate L43 (Little). It is the seond impression of Farrer's work (1926) which is more usually encountered.
Albin (Eleazar). A Natural History of English Song-Birds, and such of the Foreign as are usually brought over and esteemed for their Singing. To which are added, Figures of the Cock, Hen and Egg, of each Species, exactly copied from Nature, London: Printed and sold by A. Bettesworth, C. Hitch, & S. Birt, 1737, engraved frontispiece (ink ownership stamp of N. Knatchbull to verso, fore-edge margin cropped and repaired), 23 engraved plates (lower outer blank corner repaired), occasional light dampstaining, later endpapers with bookplate of Harry Savory to upper pastedown, hinges split, 20th century half calf over 19th century marbled boards, 8voQty: (1)NOTESNissen IVB 17.
Bath & West of England Society. Letters and Papers on Agriculture, Planting, &c., selected from the correspondence of the Bath and West of England Society, for the encouragement of Agriculture, Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, originally published in nine volumes, abridged in two, 2 volumes, Bath: Printed by R. Cruttwell, 1802, 26 engraved plates (including 2 folding printed in green ink), 5 folding tables (one torn with loss and repaired), marbled endpapers with later cloth hinges, contemporary diced calf, rebacked, 8vo, together with: ibid., Letters and Papers on Agriculture, Planting, & c..., volume 12 only, Bath: Richard Cruttwell, 1810, one folding hand-coloured map and four folding engraved plates, scattered spotting, untrimmed, original boards, 8vo, Young (Arthur), A Six Weeks Tour, through the Southern Counties of England and Wales, 2nd edition, London: W. Strahan, W. Nicoll, B. Collins & J. Balfour, 1769, manuscript name to title, one folding engraved plate, F8 loose, final leaf torn at foot with loss, modern calf-backed marbled boards, 8vo, ibid., General View of the Agriculture of Lincolnshire. Drawn up by order of the Board of Agriculture and Internal Improvement, by the Secretary of the Board, 2nd edition, London: Richard Phillips, 1808, three folding hand-coloured engraved maps, 11 engraved (3 folding), edges untrimmed, original boards, joints slightly cracked, light wear, 8vo, Holt (John), General View of the Agriculture of the County of Lancaster..., London: G. Nicol, 1795, folding engraved map frontispiece, five engraved plates (one folding), two folding plans, edges untrimmed, modern calf-backed cloth, 8vo, Boys (John), General View of the Agriculture of the County of Kent ... Drawn up for the consideration of the Board of Agriculture..., 2nd edition, London: Richard Phillips, 1805, half-title, folding hand-coloured engraved map frontispiece, two engraved plates, one folding table, edges untrimmed, modern calf-backed cloth, 8vo, and three othersQty: (10)
Bewick (Thomas). History of British Birds (Land & Water Birds), 2 volumes, 3rd & 2nd editions, Newcastle: Printed by Edward Walker, for T. Bewick, 1805, numerous wood engraved illustrations and vignettes, paper with watermark '1804', modern half calf, spines faded, 8vo (23.1 x 14.6 cm), together with: Yarrell (William), A History of British Birds, 3 volumes, London: John Van Voorst, 1843, half-titles present, titles with wood engraved armorial, numerous wood engraved illustrations throughout, occasional light spotting, modern half calf, morocco title labels, cloth sides, spines lightly marked, 8vo, and British Museum, Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum, volumes 17 & 18, London: printed by order of the Trustees, 1892 & 1890, original cloth, volume 17 rebacked preserving original spine, extremities worn, 8voQty: (7)NOTESBewick - Roscoe 18b & 19b.
Bewick (Thomas). History of British Birds (Land & Water Birds), 2 volumes, Newcastle: Printed by Edw. Walker, for T. Bewick, 1826, numerous wood engraved illustrations and vignettes, without half-titles, light scattered light spotting, all edges gilt, contemporary half morocco, 8vo, together with: [Pennant, Thomas], British Zoology. Class I. Quadrupeds. II. Birds, 2 volumes, London: Benjamin White, 1768, ink stamp 'W.I. Crowfoot' to titles of each volume, 18 engraved plates (one folding), small hole X7 on volume 2 (not affecting text), contemporary calf, gilt decorated spines, lacking title labels, volume number morocco labels present, joints split, 8voQty: (4)
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