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Click here to subscribeVoyages.- Mavor (William) - Historical Account of the Most Celebrated Voyages, Travels, and Discoveries..., 20 vol. (without the 5 supplementary vol. published in 1801), first edition , engraved frontispiece portrait, map and plates, a few folding including one of the death of Capt. Cook, light browning, contemporary calf, red and green roan labels, rubbed, vol.1 rebacked preserving old labels, 12mo, E. Newbery, 1796-97.
Moule (Thomas) - Winkles's Architectural and Picturesque Illustrations of the Cathedral Churches of England and Wales 3 vol., contemporary half calf, gilt, rubbed, 1836-42; Great Britain Illustrated by William Westall, modern half calf, 1830 § Wright (Thomas) The Picturesque Beauties of Great Britain: Kent, engraved folding map, contemporary half calf, spine gilt, rubbed, [c.1832], engraved additional titles and numerous plates, plate-guards, some foxing and occasional damp-staining, bookplates ; and 9 others, British topography including Lett's Popular Atlas, 4to (14)
Cheshire.- Blaeu (Johan and Willem) - Cestria Comitatus Palatinus, county map of Cheshire with decorative title cartouche of noblemen, lower right, scale cartouche with rustic figures and cattle, lower left, banderole with coats-of-arms above, engraved map with original hand-colouring, 380 x 500mm., Latin text verso, central vertical fold, Amsterdam, [1645 or later].
Bowles's New and Accurate Map of England and Wales Bowles's New and Accurate Map of England and Wales, Comprehending all the Cities, Boroughs, Markets and Sea-Port Towns.......with the Roads described by Daniel Paterson, hand-coloured engraved map, each section dissected and linen-backed, occasional wear on linen folds, slight browning and surface dirt, folding into original marbled slip-case, worn, publisher's title and advertisement labels back and front, 8vo., 1310 x 1040mm., Bowles, 1782.
Luddenham Court the Property of Sr R.M. Filmer Bart Luddenham Court the Property of Sr R.M. Filmer Bart., hand-coloured lithographed map, in sections, on linen, 1280 x 960mm., bound in original cloth, rubbed, sm. 4to, n.d. [c. 1890]; and 3 other folding maps relating to Kent (High Halstow, Conyer), v.s., v.d. (4).
-. Nelson (John) - The History and Antiquities of the Parish of Islington in the County of Middlesex, first edition, double-page engraved map and 12 plates, scattered spotting, ink ownership inscription, hingest strengthened, contemporary half calf, spine gilt, joints repaired with tape, 1811; and 9 others, antiquarian, including the third edition of the first, 4to & 8vo (10)
Hargreaves Map of the Staffordshire Potteries & Newcastle Hargreaves (Thomas, land surveyor and engineer ) Map of the Staffordshire Potteries & Newcastle, Including their Vicinities, Shewing the Limits of the Boroughs, Parishes, Townships, etc., Engraved from a Minute Trigonometrical Survey, hand-coloured engraved map on paper, in sections, on linen, slightly browned, approximately 158 x 122cm., Burslem, 1st May 1832.
Description des Beautés de Genes et de ses Environs , Ornée de differentes Vuës Description des Beautés de Genes et de ses Environs , Ornée de differentes Vuës, de tailles douce, et de la Carte Topographique de la Ville, engraved title, folding engraved frontispiece plan of Genoa, 1 other folding map, 1 folding table, 17 plates including folding, frontispiece with small stain and minor splitting, otherwise internally very good, contemporary cat-paw calf, chunk out of section of upper cover, damage to lower fore-corner, 8vo, Genoa, Yves Gravier , 1781.
A Bibliographical and Historical Essay on the Dutch Books and Pamphlets... A Bibliographical and Historical Essay on the Dutch Books and Pamphlets relating to New-Netherland and to the Dutch West-India Company , large paper copy, tables and folding map, map torn, title with marginal soiling, ex-library copy with label on front pastedown but no stamps, contemporary half morocco, t.e.g., others uncut, original wrappers bound in (browned, upper wrapper stained and chipped at edges), rubbed, Amsterdam, 1854-67 § Courtin (M.) Encyclopédie Moderne , 26 vol. including 2 plate vol., folding engraved plates, contemporary calf-backed boards, uncut, worn, Paris, 1824-32 § [Ungherini (A.)] Manuel de Bibliographie Biographique et d'Iconographie des Femmes Célèbres, 3 vol. including 2 supplements, cloth, original wrappers bound in, Turin & Paris, 1892-1905 § Ploss (H.) & others. Das Weib in der Natur - und Völkerkunde, 4 vol. including Index, Berlin, 1927 § Kielhorn (F.) A Grammar of the Sanskrit Language, foxed, original limp cloth, damp-stained, Bombay, 1870 § Courant (M.) Bibliographie Coréenne, 3 vol., facsimile reprint, New York, n.d.; and a quantity of others miscellaneous, v.s. (Qty)
Bergman (Torbern) & others. - [Werlds Beskrifning], 4 vol. comprising: Mallet (Fredric) Allmän Eller Mathematisk Beskrifning om Jordklotet, engraved frontispiece, 7 folding plates, Upsala, 1772; vol.2 Bergman (Torbern) Physick Beskrifning ofver Jord-Klotet, 2 vol., engraved frontispieces and 6 folding plate, folding map in facsimile, Upsala , 1772-74; vol.3 Insulin (Stephan) Verld-Beskrifningens, om Folkslagens Seder och Lynne, engraved frontispiece (torn and repaired), some marking and wear, Strengnäs, 1772, contemporary half calf (not uniform), rubbed, last vol. worn ; and 16 others on Swedish science, including more by Bergman, 8vo (20) Despite being the second part, Bergman's work was the first published, and sold out within 6 months.
Baynes Fantascope, invented by Professor Plateau of Brussels Baynes (Thomas Mann) Fantascope, invented by Professor Plateau of Brussels, 6 circular hand-coloured lithographed plates for an optical toy, a forerunner to the zoetrope, including a a tumbler on a horse, a large negro drinking wine, a man ringing a bell, a man dancing, a wife beating her husband and a girl skipping, with apertures for viewing, each 230mm. diameter, slight wear at edges, housed in original cloth-backed boards, worn, printed label mounted on upper board, printed instructions mounted on front pastedown, remains of ties, spine torn, imprint rubbed, 4to, Ackermann & Co., 1833; and another, Jeu de Patience, a map jigsaw of France, wood pieces, in the original decorated card box, torn and slightly soiled, [c. 1840], v.s., v.d. (2).
Engelhardt (Moritz von) - Zur Geognosie: Darstellungen aus dem Felsgebäude Russlands. Part I: Geognostischen Umrifs von Finlands [all published], half-title, aquatint illustration, double-page engraved map and 3 aquatint plates (2 folding) loose in pocket at end, one plate foxed, some other spotting, modern calf-backed marbled boards, Berlin, 1820 § Phillips(J.) Figures and Descriptions of the Palaeozoic Fossils of Cornwall, Devon, and West Somerset, lithographed plates, modern half calf, 1841 § Ure (A.) A New System of Geology, engraved plates, contemporary calf, 1829 § Portlock (J.E.) Report on the Geology of the County of Londonderry, Tyrone and Fermanagh, folding maps and plates, some hand-coloured, some tears and repairs, original cloth, worn, Dublin, 1843 § Suess (E.) La Face de la Terre (Das Antlitz der Erde), 5 vol., plates and illustrations, contemporary half morocco, original wrappers bound in, Paris, 1912-18, rubbed ; and c.45 others on geology and palaeontology, some pamphlets, v.s. (c.50) The first is a scarce work on the geology of Finland.
Houses of Parliament. - Royal Commission on Motor Cars, 2 vol. in 1, contemporary cloth-backed boards , 1906; Report on Motor Traffic, 4 vol. including Evidence and Index, index with library stamps and stitched, the rest original blue printed wrappers , 1913-14 § Strickland (F.) A Manual of Petrol Motors and Motor Cars, illustrations, folding tables, original cloth , 1907 § Young (C.F.T.) The Economy of Steam Power on Common Roads, errata slip, plates, 1 folding (torn and frayed, laid down), some soiling, modern half calf, [1860] § [Cramer (J.A.)] A Dissertation on the Passage of Hannibal over the Alps, half-title, folding engraved map with route supplied by hand, 3 engraved plates, occasional spotting, half-title and front free endpapers loose, contemporary calf, spine chipped, Oxford, 1820, most a little rubbed; and c.60 others on road transport including issues of the Cyclists' Touring Club Monthly Gazette of 1880s and 1890s and other cycling magazines, v.s . (c.70)
Mineralogy.- Fordyce (W.) - A History of Coal, Coke, Coal Fields...in the North of England, folding map, engraved plates of Newcastle and northern collieries, a little stained, contemporary half calf, rubbed, 1860 § Williams (C.W.) The Combustion of Coal and the Prevention of Smoke , illustrations, modern cloth, 1854 § Greene (J.Arthur, editor ) A Treatise on British Mineral Oil, folding plates, original cloth, 1919 § Des Moyens de Soustraire l'Exploitation des Mines de Houille aux Chances d'Explosions, plates, some folding, cotemporary half calf, spine torn and defective, Brussels , 1840; and 8 others on coal, oil etc. including some Parliamentary Reports on petroleum, v.s. (12)
-. Roscoe (Thomas) - The London and Birmingham Railway, folding hand-coloured map, engraved additional vignette title and plates, offsetting to tissue guards, some spotting, original cloth, faded, recased , [1839] § Day (J.) A Practical Treatise on the Construction and Formation of Railways, half-title, errata slip and advertisement leaf at end, modern cloth-backed boards , 1839 § [Townsend (R.E.A.)] Visions of the Western Railways, half-title, contemporary boards, rebacked in calf, for private circulation, 1838 § Dawson (P.) Electric Railways and Tramways, modern cloth-backed boards , 1897 § Heavisides (M., editor ) The History of the First Public Railway, (Stockton-Darlington), contemporary boards, original printed wrappers bound in, Stockton-on-Tees , 1912, some plates and illustrations, a little rubbed ; and c.80 others on railways including some Acts of Parliament and Parliamentary Reports, many pamphlets/catalogues , v.s. (c.85)
Hutton (William), The Battle of Bosworth-Field, Between Richard The Third, and Henry Earl of Richmond, August 22, 1485, Pearson and Rollason, Birmingham 1788, lxxxiv + 180pp, portrait frontispiece of Richard the Third, from Walpole's Historic Doubts, after Hirks, folding battle field map, owner's inscription to title page, later half leather binding, 8vo
Local Interest - Memorials of Old Derbyshire, edited by the Rev. J. Charles Cox, Bemrose and Sons Limited, Derby 1907, 394pp + adverts, later buckram binding; Bulmer (T.), History, Topography, and Directory of Derbyshire..., With a Map Prepared Expressly for the Work, T. Snape, Preston 1895, 980pp + adverts, later buckram binding; Trueman (Edwin), History of Ilkeston Together With Shipley, Kirk Hallam, West Hallam, Dale Abbey, and Cossall, John F. Walker, Ilkeston 1880, original cloth binding; Ward (John), Dale and Its Abbey, Bewley & Roe, Derby 1890; The Date-Book of Remarkable & Memorable Events Connected with Nottingham and Its Neighbourhood 1750-1879, From Authentic Records, H. Field, Nottingham 1880; etc (6)
Topography - Staffordshire: General & Commercial Directory, Presenting An Alphabetical Arrangement of the Names and Residences of the Nobility, Gentry, Merchants, and Inhabitants in General; To which is added, an abbreviated History..., Compiled and Published by the Proprietors, Messrs. W. Parson and T. Bradshaw, J. Leigh, Manchester 1818, 8vo, ccxxxx + 398 + 47 + xxxii pp, the title-page with a pull-out hand engraved and coloured map of Staffordshire by Thomas Wood, printed by Parson & Bradshaw, full period pigskin; Baines (Edward), History, Directory & Gazetteer, of the County of York, Edward Baines, Leeds 1822 & 1823, 8vo, volumes I & II, later buckram binding; Jones' Views of the Seats, Mansions, Castles, &c. of Noblemen and Gentlemen in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland, and other Picturesque Scenery, Jones & Co., Temple of the Muses, Finsbury Square, London 1829, 4to, later Victorian half leather binding, gilt text block
Walpoole (George Augustus), The New Britifh Traveller; Or Complete Modern Univerfal Difplay of Great-Britain and Ireland (sic), Alex Hogg, London 1784, vi + 520pp, 'Superbly Elegant Frontispiece after Hamilton, engraved by Thornton, the title-page with two-page map of Great Britain by T. Kitchen, illustrated throughout with various engravings of British topographical views contained in Adamesque frames, later half-leather binding, marbled pastedown, folio
Ogilby (John), Britannia Depicta (sic), a set of four, title page, Surrey, Hampshire, Wiltshire, Dorsetshire (sic), engraved by Emmanuel Bowen, printed for Thomas Bowles, Chapter Houfe (sic), in St. Paul's Church- Yard, London 1736, fourth edition, hand coloured engravings, the road maps inset with the arms of the towns and the local aristocracy, the title page with classical vignettes, 19cm x 12.5cm, framed as one; Anon., An Accurate Map of the Road from London to the Lands End in Cornwall. Pafsing thro Salisbury, Exeter, Plymouth, & c. The Road from Exeter to Truro. (sic), hand coloured engraved map, published for the Gentleman's Magazine c. 1750, 18.5cm x 44cm, framed (2)
A box of vintage miscellaneous items to include: Brown bakelite Ever Ready razor, Rolls razor blades, miniature spirit level, tin whistle, propelling pencil, Coronation 1937 calendar, nail polish papers, map measuring gauge, mini iron, pill box, Players tobacco tin, EPNS salt spoon, Vicci powder compact, Ronson lighter, miniature ceramics & collectors spoons
Baedeker (Karl). Handbook for Travellers, Central Italy (1893), Northern Italy (1899), Belgium and Holland (1885), Rhine (1886), an Antiquarian Travellers map of Spain and Portugal, and Harriet Martineau's Complete Guide to the English Lakes, red cloth binding, spine in poor condition, (6). Provenance: Ex Duddington Manor
A late 17thC uncoloured map of Norfolk, with the Covntie Armes of Svch Florishing Noble Familes and Popvlovs as have Borne described the titles and devided therof, with detail of Norwiche and Rebellion scene by Christopher Saxton / John Speede, in dual glazed frame having pages of Norfolcia, 51cm x 40cm.
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