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Click here to subscribeStevenson (Robert Louis), Treasure Island, map, vig tp and 25 plts, rebound cl with original cl binding pasted onto end papers, 8vo, Cassell & Co, 1886; Burnett (Frances Hodgson), The Secret Garden, plts, red cl gt, 8vo, 1911 and Bunyan (John), The Pilgrim's Progress, [incomplete], hf cf, gt, 8vo, nd, (3).
Lizars’ Edinburgh Geographical General Atlas:Edinburgh, W H Lizars, nd, c.1842; with 68 double-page hand coloured maps, numbered 1 to 31 and 33 to 69 (no map 32 as correct). Folio; this volume includes the two important maps: The United States and Mexico, both showing Texas as The Republic of Texas. Covers worn and detached; light damp staining to folds of many maps; two maps little frayed at edges; o/w G (sold as a collection of plates not subject to return)
GENERAL ANTIQUARIAN:1. Wright, G N: Ireland Illustrated. Fisher, 1831, 1st edn. with 40 plates (80 views). 4to. Light damp stain to some corners and edges; occasional foxing;2. Sutherland, G: The South Australian Company. Longmans,1898, 1st edn. Plates and illustrated. Modern half leather. VG;3. The Gentleman's and Citizen's Almanack; Bound with: The English Registry; Bound with: Dublin Directory. All three for the year 1799. Contemporary full calf, gilt. The first work has pages 25-32 blank; otherwise complete. No map present;4. Plus two other works: Sanskrite et Latine, 1838; and W Gilbert, sketch of his magnetic philosophy, 1902 (5)
MATON, W G:Observations Relative Chiefly to the Natural History, Picturesque Scenery, and Antiquities of the Western Counties of England, Made in the Years 1794 and 1796,Two volumes. Salisbury, J Easton, 1797, with only 15 aquatint plates out of 16; also lacking the mineralogical map. Half leather, worn; some offsetting, browning and pencil notes. Sold not subject to return (2)
WILLIAMS, Wellington:Appleton’s New and Complete United States Guide Book for Travellers, Embracing the Northern, Eastern, Southern and Western States, Canada, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Etc.,Two volumes in one with a general title page plus two other title pages. D Appleton, New York, 1853, new and revised edn. Volume1: pp303, (i)blank and 27 maps only of 30?? (the missing ones are supposed to be on page 313, which does not exist!). Volume 2: pp140, plus 10 pages of maps. Many of the maps are folding or double-page; the title page states that there are 45 maps and plans (this is possibly because there is more than one map on some map pages). Original cloth. Lacking one cover and spine; a few pages frayed at edges; occasional foxing
PORTLOCK, W H and ANDERSON, George William:A New, Complete and Universal Collection of Authentic and Entertaining Voyages and Travels to all Parts of the World,Including the whole of Captain Cook's first, second, third and last voyages; etc. L, printed for Alex Hogg, nd, c.1794 (frontis dated). Folio; PP836 (lacking subscribers’ list?). With frontis, folding map, 24 other maps on 18 pages; plus 103 views on 80 pages. Very good half leather binding over marbled boards and new endpapers. Some pages professionally repaired (including frontis); the odd small stain and tear; o/w VG
BURLINGTON, C:The Modern Universal British Traveller: England, Wales, Scotland and The Neighbouring Islands,L, J Cooke, nd, c.1780. Folio; PP836 and index. With frontis, double page map, folding map plus 103 full page plates. Contemporary full leather. Covers worn and detached; frontis, title page and next few pages loose and little frayed; occasional browning and the odd small stain and tear; o/w G
1. ROBINSON, P F: History of Hatfield House. For author, Arch, 1833. Complete with engraved dedication leaf, vignette, seven plates, and two plans. Folio, half leather. Rebacked; occasional foxing;2. Great Northern Railway Distance Map, 1897. Large folding linen backed map in original leather covers. G+ (2)
HERTFORDSHIRE:1. The Victoria History of the County of Hertford. Complete in five volumes. Including the index volume. Constable, 1902-1923. 1st edns. 4to. Original red cloth gilt. G+;2. Chauncy, Sir Henry: The Historical Antiquities of Hertfordshire. Two volumes. 1824-26. With folding map and plates. Rebacked; heavy foxing (7)
ST. ALBANS:1. Newcome, Rev. Peter: History of the Ancient and Royal Foundation, Called the Abbey of St. Albans. Nichols, 1795; with a frontis, large folding colour map and two folding plans; 4to. Half leather, rebacked with new spine; occasional foxing;2. Gibbs, Ernest: The Corporation Records Of St. Albans. St. Albans, 1890, original cloth gilt. VG;3. Plus: seven others (9)
JOHN BUCHAN’S COPY (inscribed):Lucanus, Marcus Annaeus: Pharsalia Sive Belli Civilis Libri Decem,One volume bound in two. Lugduni, Batavorum, Samuel Luchtmans, 1728, 1st edn. Large paper copy. PP505; and 506-966, plus large index and errata. With frontis plus folding map. John Buchan’s copy, inscribed: To Sir Edward Ridley, from John Buchan; in memory of many thoughts, 30 March, 1908; The bookplates of John Buchan and of Syston Park in both volumes. Full red morocco, gilt and aeg by Roger Payne? Or Lewis? (two catalogue cuttings, pasted to front pastedown). Covers little rubbed (2)
TRAVEL:1. Hall, Basil: Extracts from a Journal Written on the Coasts of Chili, Peru and Mexico, in the Years 1820, 1821, 1822. Complete; in two volumes. Edinburgh, Constable, 1826-27 (Constable Miscellany series, volumes 2 and 3). Extra engraved general title and title page to each volume. Half leather, worn;2. Charnay, D: The Ancient Cities of the New World. Being Voyages and Explorations in Mexico and Central America from 1857-1882. 1887; with maps, plates and illustrations. Original gilt pictorial cloth; G+;3. Dobell, P: Travels in Kamtchatka and Siberia, with a Narrative of a Residence in China. Volume one only (of two). Colburn, 1830, 1st edn. Colour frontis;4. Nolan, E H: British Empire in India and The East. Volume one only (of two). 1859; with map and plates;5. Plus: eleven other volumes; travel and exploration including four volumes of Cook’s Voyages (mostly defective); A/F (16)
BRITISH TOPOGRAPHY:1. Wright, T: History and Topography of the County of Essex. In two volumes. Virtue, 1836, with plates. Covers detached; A/F;2. An Account of Tenby, Containing an Historical Sketch of the Place. Pembroke & Tenby, for J Treble, 1820, 2nd edn. with hand-coloured folding map and six folding engraved plates (two coloured). Covers worn and detached;3. History of Colchester. Volume two only. 1825. Covers detached;4. The Beauties of England and Wales. Volume xiv: Suffolk. 1813, colour map and plates. Some foxing and offsetting;5. Excursions in the County of Norfolk. Volume two only (of two). 1819; with many engravings (6)
John Chapman and Peter Andre:A Map of the County of Essex from an Actual Survey taken in MDCCLXXII, LXXIII and MDCCLXXIV,Chelmsford, Chalk, Meggy and Chalk, August, 1833 (first published in 1777; most of the maps in this volume only have the 1777 date). Large folio; beautifully hand-coloured throughout. PP:title page (double-page and hand-coloured and numbered: plate xxv), map of the county (double-page and hand-coloured), list of subscribers (double-page and hand-coloured listing 224 subscribers), maps 1-24 (all double-page and hand-coloured). Half leather with gilt leather label to front cover. Covers worn and chipped; o/w a very good+ copy,54 x 40cm
PIGOT, J & Co:Royal National, Commercial and Street Directory to the Counties of Bedford, Cambridge, Essex, Herts, Huntingdon, Kent, Middlesex, Norfolk, Suffolk, Surrey and Sussex,To which is added a directory of London. S Pigot, Septemper 1839. All eleven folding hand coloured county maps with engraved vignettes are present. Contemporary full leather. Spine detached; one map torn off at fold (but present); some browning
HRH the Duke of Edinburgh KG (Alfred, Captain of HMS Galatea):1. The Holy Bible: Old and New Testaments; Plus: the Book of Common Prayer, two volumes. Eyre and Spottiswoode, nd, folio. Both volumes inscribed to Rev. J Milner in remembrance of HMS Galatea, 1 June 1871, and signed: Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and also the captain of HMS Galatea. (Milner nursed the Duke to health after he was shot in the back by a Fenian (a member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood) on 10 March 1868, during an official visit to Sydney, NSWales). Both volumes are bound in full morocco with brass mounts, decoration and clasps; housed in a two tier velvet lined full leather box. VG+;2. Milner, Rev. John and Brierly, Oswald W: The Cruise of HMS Galatea, Captain HRH the Duke of Edinburgh KG in 1867-1868. WH Allen and Co., 1869, 1st edn. with a frontis portrait of Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, a large folding map and 17 plates (12 coloured), plus illustrations. ppxii, 487, (i), 24(publishers catalogue).
ILLUSTRATED AND TRAVEL:1. Du Fresnoy, C A; Dryden (translator); and Pope: The Art of Painting. Printed for B L and sold by William Taylor, 1716, 2nd edn. Contains the first edn. of Pope's Epistle to Mr Jervas; pplxviii, (iv), 397, (viii); with a frontis. Contemporary full leather; rubbed; o/w VG;2. The Modern Traveller. Three volumes. Only: Palestine and The Holy Land, 1824, complete with folding map, plan and two plate; Brazil and Buenos Ayes, volume1, 1825, with folding map and two plate; Mexico and Guatimala, volume 1, 1825, three plates only. Covers detached;3. Mavor’s British Tourist. Volumes five and six. 1798 and 1800; volume 6 with folding coloured map of London; Plus: Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield, 1861 and Planche: History of British Costume, 1847 (8)
ESSEX:1. Dale, Samuel: History and Antiquities of Harwich and Dovercourt in the County of Essex. C Davis, 1732, 2nd edn., frontis plus 14 plates; ppxxiv, 464. Contemporary full leather. Rebacked with original spine; occasional foxing;2. History and Description of Colchester. Two volumes in one. Colchester, W. Keymer, 1803, 1st edn. with 6 plates; rebound in the last 50 years in half leather. VG;3. White, W: History, Gazetteer and Directory of the County of Essex. Robert Le, 1848. pp732(including adverts). Contemporary full leather. Spine detached; o/w G;4. Benton, P: History of Rochford Hundred. Rochford, Harrington, 1867. Inscribed and signed by author (two other volumes were published later);5. Plus thirteen others. Including: Excursions in Essex (vol.1) with folding map and many plates; Maldon & the River Blackwater; (1894), with maps and illustrations; Two Ordnance survey Town and Map of: Colchester and Ipswich; both folding linen backed, coloured and with o
ESSEX:Wright, Thomas: History and Topography of The County Of Essex,In two volumes. L, Virtue, 1831. Complete with a hand coloured map and all the plates on India paper. Contemporary full leather, rebacked with the original spines; extra notes and newspaper cuttings bound in. Occasional foxing and the odd small stain; o/w VG set (2)
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