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Click here to subscribeBennett, J. Henry. Winter and Spring on the Shores of the Mediterranean, fourth edition, coloured plates and maps, some spotting, original cloth gilt, 8vo, London: John Churchill & Sons, 1870; Wise, A. Tucker. Alpine Winter in Its Medical Aspects, second edition, folding map, original wrappers, upper cover detached, 8vo, London: J & A Churchill, 1885; and one other (3)
Burrows, Captain Guy. The Land of the Pygmies, first edition, plates original cloth gilt, slightly shaken, spine chipped at ends, 8vo, London: C. Arthur Pearson, 1898; Thurn, Everard F. Among the Indians of Guiana, first edition, plates, lacking map, original cloth, neatly rebacked in morocco, 8vo, London: Kegan, Trench and Paul, 1883; and 5 others, travel (7)
M'Clintock, Captain Francis Leopold. A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his companions, first edition, frontispiece and 13 wood-engraved plates, folding facsimile letter, large folding engraved map now affixed to free-endpaper), 3 maps on 2 folding sheets, original cloth gilt, somewhat shaken, spine darkened and chipped, 8vo, London: John Murray, 1859
Speke, John Hanning. Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, 25 plates and a coloured map, large folding map at end, some spotting, front free-endpaper removed, contemporary calf gilt, all edges gilt, 8vo, London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1863
Cole, Henry Hardy. Illustrations of Ancient Buildings in Kashmir, prepared under the Authority of the Secretary of State for India in Council, first edition, 43 mounted autotype photographs, tinted lithographed map and 14 tinted and uncoloured lithographed plates, 3 slightly soiled with fore-edge diminished by silverfish in three places, original publisher's morocco-backed orange cloth boards, the lower cover scraped invasively, extremities bumped, all edges gilt, folio, London: Wm. H. Allen and Co., 1869
Rutherford, William. A View of Antient History, 2 volumes, folding engraved map, contemporary calf, 8vo, London: For the Author, 1788; O'Meara, Barry. Napoleon in Exile, fourth edition, lithographed frontispiece, plates, contemporary straight-grained calf gilt, 8vo, London: W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 1822, and 14 others history and literature, leather bound, 8vo (18)
Robert Desmond Meikle was born on 18th May, 1923, in Newtownards, County Down, N.Ireland. His childhood in Ireland and his mother's love of nature fostered an early enthusiasm for botany. Known by his second name, Desmond, his formal education began early at the Royal Belfast Academy and led eventually to Trinity College, Dublin, where he gained 1st class honours in his chosen subject, law, and distinguished himself in the LlB examination. Throughout his University studies his obvious love for and knowledge of plants was encouraged by famous botanists of that era and with them he embarked upon plant recording in County Fermanagh; this led eventually to the recent publication (by others) of the Flora of County Fermanagh based upon the work done nearly 60 years previously. Desmond's future was not to be in the field of law despite a visit to London for an interview with the Administrative Civil Service. This was followed by a fortuitous visit to Kew Botanical Gardens, where he had many contacts gained from his interest in plants, and where he was offered a place in the Herbarium, which he accepted, and which changed his life-plan for ever. In time he was appointed to the Africa department and in 1949 went to Nigeria for a Medicinal Plants Survey. Returning in 1950 he was promoted to take charge of the European and Middle Eastern department of the Herbarium which gave him a good grounding for his next appointment. The government of the time was committed to the production of a Flora of Cyprus and Desmond accepted the monumental task of compiling a detailed account of the unique flora of this island. This occupied him for the next thirty years when the outstanding 2-volume Flora was published. His work and travels in that country made a lasting impression and he came to love both Cyprus and the Cypriots despite having worked there in a very difficult period of the 1960's political upheavals. Meanwhile he was appointed editor of the Kew series of Handbooks and author of two of the volumes. He was a council member of the Linnaean Society and also of the Botanical Society of the British Isles whilst holding a variety of offices in global scientific organisations which led to travels all over the world. In 1982 he was a recipient of the Kew Medal which is inscribed "For Merit" given to those deserving of special honour and in June 1983 was awarded O.B.E. in the Queen's Birthday Honours. He retired from Kew after 37 years of distinguished service to botany and a career which made him renowned throughout the world. His lifelong attachment and respect for books is reflected in the diverse array of his life-long collection. We are grateful to Jeanne Webb for this biography. Barton, Richard. Lectures in Natural Philosophy, designed to be a foundation, for reasoning pertinently, upon the Petrifications, Gems, Crystals, and Sanative Quality of Logh Neagh in Ireland, first edition, engraved frontispiece, map and 5 plates, 3 of them folding, contemporary calf, extremities worn, 4to, Dublin: For the Author, 1751
John Ogilby, Olfert Dapper, Arnoldus Montanus, Atlas Chinensis being a second part of a relation of remarkable passages in two embassies from the East India Company of the United Provinces to the Viceroy Singlamong and General Taising Lipovi and to Konchi, Emperor of China and East Tartary, Tho. Johnson, London, 1671 CONDITION REPORT: Atlas Chinensis Embassy to Konchi, Emperor of China and East Tartar 1st English edition dated 1671 Folio Marbled leather covers, both worn at edges and detached from book, tooling to front cover just visible. Spine present but very worn; some traces of tooling and the word CHINA First blank page inscribed “Arthur Gray Thompson from the library of his aunt Anne, widow of R. Williamson 1888. Pages creased/indented, progressively less pronounced Pages generally pretty good, there is slight browning of edges which becomes more pronounced after page c50 Title engraving loose, repaired tear top right in margin, 7cm. some creasing, slightly borown, small foxing mostly in margins. Dated 1671. Nibbled edges Red and black title page loose, stain to bottom edge, nibbled edges, crease on left B&W title page loose, stained bottom edge, foxing rhs, repair top left, edges nibbled. Double page map stained to centre and strengthened, repaired tear and small tear to lower edge Approximately fifty two vignettes and four title and first-letter vignettes, There is a list of plates , all are present except number 600, though there is no sign of a missing page or torn page . This plate numbered on the list 600 depicts “Direction for Buiilding of Pagoda Teples in Two Divisions. All plates are “checked off” on the list page sometime in the 19th century and it was missing/omitted then. Most plates and pages appear in fairly good condition commensurate with age with signs of small repairs, to bottom or top centre folds, some backing and some strengthening. Minor foxing/rust stains, though mainly to the margins. Major damage as follows:- One four fold illustration has reinforcing and repair top and bottom centre margin, just into bottom of print Two of the double page prints have bad rust marks on margins One has a large repair to bottom left One double page print is very foxed Small rust hole to 205 c 6mm Print 685 has a bad tear through lhs of print, top to bottom, repaired One of the single page prints has a large repair. Four have slight foxing, others very minor foxing.
Rev John Williams, Missionary Enterprises in the South Sea Islands, John Snow, London 1840 CONDITION REPORT: Leather spine and corners, paper front rather scuffed Piece of paper missing, corners bumped Back, sorners bumped and paper scuffed Spine rather stained but attached discoloured at top punched number Interior No324 ink stamp Robertson Parish Library No1262 Script Roberton Library above plate and signed Yoursaff J Williams Script Roberton Library on frontispiece rather dirty and no 324 at top Small tear bottom edge of 'To the King' Map of Polynesia farly good dirty dtaining to spine edge Roberton Library scrip and on next pages Generally slight dirty at page edges Some slight stain marks to text
Box containing several early volumes, religious subjects CONDITION REPORT: 1) Enchiridium Religionis Reformatae Autore D Antonio Walaeo Edio Tertia 2) Mount Taber or Private Exercises of a Penitent Sinnr by R W Esquire, London 1639 3) Liber Psalmorum Davidis Lutetiae Ex Officina Rob Stephani, typographi Regii 1546 4) No date, vellum cover, Ex Libris Guillelmi Wauchope, Definitiones ac Divisiones Juxta Seriem Institutionum Digestae 5) Memoirs of Pius the Sixth Vol. London 1799 with map of Pontine Marches 6) The Epistle Dedicatory to the catholics of England, no date but early, 224 pages Rest are 19th century
J CARY: A MAP OF MIDDLESEX, engrd hand col'd Map, 1805, approx. 15 3/4" x 20 3/4" + KELLY & CO: MIDDLESEX, engrd Map, circa 1880, fdg bkd onto Linen, approx. 24" x 37" + ANON: THE METROPOLITAN BOROUGHS AS DEFINED BY THE REFORM BILL, litho Map, circa 1832, approx. 24" x 19 1/2", small part loss not affecting image (3)
SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY: CORRECT MAP OF THE RAILWAY AND STEAMSHIP LINES OPERATED BY, engrd fdg Map, pub Poole Bros, Chicago, circa 1887, approx. 15 1/2" x 31", fdg with topographical details, etc verso + THE UNION PACIFIC: MAP OF THE UNION PACIFIC THE OVERLAND ROUTE AND CONNECTING LINES, engrd part col'd fdg Map, pub Rand McNally, circa 1888 "Winter" Edn, approx. 17 1/2" x 28 1/2" Time Table, etc details verso, (2)
T KITCHIN: A NEW OF MAP OF CAMBRIDGESHIRE, engrd hand col'd map circa 1748, approx 10" x 7 1/2" + J R ARCHER: CAMBRIDGESHIRE, engrd hand col'dmap circa 1848, approx 9 1/4" x 7" + J ARCHER: SUFFOLK, engrd hand col'd map circa 1848, approx 7" x 9 1/4" + J ARCHER: CUMBERLAND, engrd hand col'd map circa 1854, approx 9" x 7" + three other UK County Maps (7)
G A HENTY, 8 ttls: THROUGH THE SIKH WAR, 1894, 1st edn, Map, 12 plts as list, orig pict cl, gt; IN THE HEART OF THE ROCKIES, 1895, 1st edn, 8 plts as list, orig pict cl, gt; THE TIGER OR MYSORE, 1896, 1st edn, 3 Maps, 12 plts as list, orig pict cl; WITH FREDERICK THE GREAT, 1898, 1st edn, 8 Maps, 12 plts as list, orig pict cl, gt, worn; A MARCH ON LONDON, 1898, 1st edn, 8 plts as list, orig pict cl, gt, worn; OUT WITH GARIBALDI, 1901, 1st edn, 2 Maps, 8 plts as list, orig pict cl, gt worn; WITH KITCHENER IN THE SOUDAN, 1903, 1st edn, 3 Maps, 10 plts as list, orig cl, gt, worn; WITH THE ALLIES TO PEKIN, 1904, 1st edn, Map, 8 plts as list, orig pict cl, gt, worn (8)
PIERRE ALLAIN: ALPINISME ET COMPETITION, 1949, orig pict wraps + FREDERIC HARRISON: MY ALPINE JUBILEE, 1908, orig cl gt + FREDERICK BURLINGHAM: HOW TO BECOME AN ALPINIST [1914], rebnd, orig back strip retained, new eps + GEORGE D ABRAHAM: ON ALPINE HEIGHTS AND BRITISH CRAGS, 1919, orig blind stpd cl gt, slightly worn, blind stp to ttl page of the Appalachian Mountain Club, Boston + F S SMYTHE: CAMET CONQUERED, 1937, fdg map at end, orig cl gt + FRANK S SMYTHE: SWISS WINTER, 1948, 1st edn, lacks ffep, orig cl, d/w + ROBIN FEDDEN: ALPINE SKI TOUR, 1956, 1st edn, orig cl, d/w (7)
ELY HARGROVE: THE YORKSHIRE GAZETTEER ..., Knaresbrough, 1812, 2nd edn, hand col'd engrd fdg frontis map, orig ptd bds + WILLIAM WHITE: WHITE'S GENERAL DIRECTORY OF THE TOWN AND BOROUGH OF SHEFFIELD WITH CHESTERFIELD ROTHERHAM AND THE SURROUNDING VILLAGES AND HAMLETS ..., 1841. lacks plan, old cf gt (2)
BLACK'S PICTURESQUE TOURIST OF SCOTLAND, Edinburgh, A & C Black, 1849, 7th edn, 26 plts, 8 maps including 2 fdg, 2 fdg plans, 40pp advts at end, advt EPs, lacks general map, orig blind stpd cl gt + W H HATCH?: THE LOG OF THE "MOSQUITO" ... A YACHTING TRIP IN THE IRISH SEA, Lancaster, Thos Bell, circa 1883, for priv circ, orig wraps soiled, not on Copac (2)
GEORGE ALEXANDER COOKE: TOPOGRAPHICAL AND STATISTICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE COUNTY OF DERBY, circa 1810, engrd fdg frontis map, orig ptd wraps worn, 12mo + CHARLES COOKE: THE TOURISTS AND TRAVELLERS COMPANION TO THE LAKES OF CUMBERLAND WESTMORELAND AND LANCASHIRE, L, circa 1810, engrd fdg map, 4 plts on 2 leaves, orig ptd bds, 12 mo + BLACK'S PICTURESQUE GUIDE TO THE ENGLISH LAKES, Edinburgh 1850, 4th edn, 10 engrd plts, 6 maps including 2 fdg, 40 pp advts at end, advt EPs, orig blind stpd cl gt + ACROSS THE DERBYSHIRE MOORS - FOURTEEN RAMBLES NEAR SHEFFIELD, [wrapper ttl], Sheffield 1934, ttl pge "Walks Near Sheffield", 13 fdg maps, orig wraps (4)
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