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Click here to subscribeSitwell S., Buchanan H. and Fisher J. . Fine Bird Books 1700-1900. Folio. Pp.104, 16 col. plates, 1 folding, 24 collotype plates, Ltd. 2000 copies. Original cloth marbled boards: Dustjacket incomplete. and Mitchell, F.S The Birds Of Lancashire. London: John van Voorst. 1885.First edition. 2 coloured lithographs. 13 other illustrations, folding map and vignettes. green cloth, gilt titles. (2)
LABEDOYERE, Count Memoirs of the Public and Private Life of Napoleon Bonaparte; with historical illustrations and original anecdotes from the Ms. of Count Labedoyere … preceded by an interesting analysis of the French Revolution. London: George Virtue. 1837. First edition. Volume 1 of 2 volumes. Pp. vii, 402. 5 hand coloured engraved plates. Half leather with black labels, rubbed and CRUIKSHANK, George (Illus.) (1792-1878). The History of Napoleon Buonaparte : Reprinted from the "Family Library" illustrated by George Cruikshank. London: William Tegg. 1866. Pp. xx, 655. A very good copy in the original gilt-blocked full red cloth with gilt decoration. and KELLY, Christopher .Battle of Waterloo. 4to. 1817 with map. full leather. as seen. and one other (4)
EDMONDS, Brigadier-General J.E., History of the Great War based on Official Documents. Military operations France and Belgium, 1914. Mons, the retreat to the Seine, the Marne and the Aisne August - October 1914. Macmillan, 1925. Second edition. Text and Map volumes. GILES John, The Somme Then and Now. Bailey Brothers and Swinfen, 1977. No.85 of a Special Advance Issue signed by the author (3)
A SILVER CIGARETTE CASE, ALFRED DUNHILL LTD, LONDON, 1963 bevelled rectangular, engine-turned, applied with initials SSB, gilt interior with sliding opening, 13.5cm wide; together with an Israeli cigarette case, circa 1950, rectangular, with plaid patterning and an applied rectangle initialled SB, interior engraved with a map of the Holy Land and an inscription dated 12.I.1950, stamped 835, 17cm wide 459gr (14oz) (2)
[PROPERTY] an interesting series of documents, exchange of letters with Lord Orkney over a dispute, (1840’s), map, diagram, measurements etc., respecting their adjacent properties at MAIDENHEAD BRIDGE, Cookham, paper & vellum, ca. 1759-1865; & 2 docs. (vellum indenture & paper demise) relating to the Crooked Billet Inn, Iver (Q.)
[LOCAL INTEREST] “Surrey 6 Inch Ordnance [MAP], 45, J. W. PENFOLD, “Stamped in gilt on upr. cvr. of sectioned linen-backed map of Chiddingfold, Dunsfold, Haslemere (East) area, with additional colouring, pencil notes and small label by the noted local historian/surveyor J. W. Penfold, folding down into leather covers, O. S., n.d. (1)
[LOCAL HISTORY: MILLAND] DAVIS (Thomas, of Godalming) “A Survey of William Richardson Esq.r’s Estates Call’d Mill Land & c. In the Parishes of Trotton, Iping and Stedham in the County of Sussex,” sm. folio MANUSCRIPT, 20ff. (written on rectos only), hand drawn map/survey on vellum at rear, contemp. calf, [Godalming], 1774; with a map of the Coldharbour Wood Estate, 1932, loosely inserted. NOTE: the manuscript details field names, land type; the latter part of the ms. gives considerable detail, the result of Davis’s field walking, on the field boundaries, landmarks, local personages, etc. under the headings ‘Perambulation of Rogate Bohunt Manor/Clark’s Dean Moor.’ [see illustration]
ST. JOHN (C.) Short Sketches of The Wild Sports & Natural History of The Highlands, 8vo, cloth gilt, L., 1893; [HARVEY (Edmund George)]. Our Cruise in The Undine. The Journal of An English Pair-Oar Expedition through France, Baden, Rhenish Bavaria, Prussia and Belgium. By The Captain, 8vo, 10 plates, folding map, original cloth, 1st Edn., L., John W. Parker and Son., 1854; THOMAS (William S.) Hunting Big Game with Gun and with Kodak; A Record of Personal Experiences in The United States, Canada, and Mexico, 8vo, illus., pictorial cloth, New York, 1906. (3)
WRIGHT (G.) Shores and Islands of the Mediterranean, Drawn from Nature, 4to, folding map, add. engr. title, 63 engr. plates, MALTA, SICILY rtc., contemp green calf gilt (upr. cvr. off, hinge split), L., Fisher, n.d. (ca. 1840); TURNER (J. M. W.) Liber Studiorum, obl. 4to, illus., clo., L., Newnes, n.d. (2)
Campbell, Rev. John TRAVELS IN SOUTH AFRICA UNDERTAKEN AT THE REQUEST OF THE MISSIONARY SOCIETY BEING A NARRATIVE OF A SECOND JOURNEY IN THE INTERIOR OF THAT COUNTRY - 2 VOLS London: Francis Westley, 1822 first edition 8vo Map and beautifully coloured prints. A very good set Original marbled boards with new ½ leather spine and corners with banded spine and red spine labels, expertly re-cased. 0 2
Casati, Major Goetano TEN YEARS IN EQUATORIA AND THE RETURN WITH EMIN PASHA London & New York: Frederick Warne & Co., 1891 Colonial edition large 8vo Translated from the original Italian Manuscript, 150 illustrations full red grained leather with highly decorated banded spine. Bookplate of Sir James Liege Hulett, regular foxing. Marbled endpapers and another of related interest ♦ HARRIS, JOHN H. - Dawn in Darkest Africa, 1912, with illustrations and map. 0 1
Drummond, The Hon. W. H. THE LARGE GAME AND NATURAL HISTORY OF SOUTH AND SOUTH-EAST AFRICA Edinburgh: Edmonston and Dingles, 1875 first edition large 8vo Engraved plates and b/w illustrations, 12 tinted lithographed plates and coloured map ½ leather, slight wear to leather edge and internal hinge crack, marbled end papers, a clean, bright, firm copy. 0 1
Maughan, R. C. F. ZAMBESIA: A GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE VALLEY OF THE ZAMBESI RIVER ... WITH ITS HISTORY, AGRICULTURE, FLORA, FAUNA AND ETHNOGRAPHY London: John Murray, 1910 first edition 8vo with map & b/w illustrations bright pictorial cloth, slight initial foxing and to page edges when book is closed. 0 1
Norris-Newman, Capt. Chas L. MATABELELAND AND HOW WE GOT IT London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1895 first edition 8vo With sketch map and plans of the fights Good pictorial cloth featuring a Matabele Warrior. Perhaps the rarest and hardest to find of all Norris-Newman`s books. Bookplate of Leman Saunders Slonan and another of related interest ♦ HUTCHINSON, G. T. - Frank Rhodes (brother to Cecil) A Memoir 1908 printed for private circulation, a bit of foxing to endpapers and prelims, p67 torn. 0 2
Peel, C. V. A. SOMALILAND London: F. E. Robinson & Co., 1900 first edition large 8vo Book includes a complete list of every animal and bird known to inhabit that country and a list of the reptiles collected by the Author. Map, numerous b/w illustrations and plates Slight foxing on title page cast from foxed fontis. Pictorial cloth with a few small stains. Yet a good copy. 0 1
Philip, The Rev. John RESEARCHES IN SOUTH AFRICA ILLUSTRATING THE CIVIL, MORAL AND RELIGIOUS CONDITION OF THE NATIVE TRIBES - 2 VOLS London: James Duncan, 1828 first edition 8vo frontis and map Full calf blind-stamped original cover boards with new banded titled spine, re-cased. Bookplate of Lanzerac. The frontispiece and fold-out map are foxed but as for the rest of both volumes, clean and bright condition. The title pages of both volumes have been slightly browned by the foxing of the map and frontis A fundamentally important work regarding black/white relations in South Africa. 0 1
Lotter, Tobias Conrad (1717-1777) AFRICAE PARS MERIDIONALIS CUM PRAMONTORIO BONAE SPEI Vienna: n.p., 1778 53 by 46cm Coloured map of Southern Africa south of Mombassa with insets of the Castle Cape Town, Saldanha Bay and The Cape Peninsula appropriately framed. Map suspended not laid down 2½cm border to map See Norwich `Map of Africa` P242. A fine map. 0 1
Historical Documents1872 (9 Apr.) an elaborate Royal indenture being a sixty year lease between His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales and Thomas Rouse with full details on the cover including the rent for three sets of twenty years rising from £1.6.0 to £2.10.0 and "Inrolled in the office of the Duchy of Cornwall the 29th day of April 1872" and signed by the Keeper of the Records, also signed by the Bailiff of Dartmoor and Thomas Rouse. A fine and elaborate indenture with symbolic border in red and blue along with the Royal coat of arms, 3/- revenue stamp and wax wafer seal featuring a coat of arms. With a neat map of the land on the B3212 over the East Dart River, near Mortonhampstead. Very fine and desirable Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
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