Gloucestershire. Greenwood (C.& J.), Map of the County of Gloucester from an Actual Survey made in the year 1823, pub. Greewood & Pringle, 1824, large engraved map on two sheets, contemp. hand colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, calligraphic title, table of explanation, compass rose and uncoloured engraved vignette of Gloucester Cathedral, slight staining and spotting, marbled end papers, overall size 1470 x 1285mm, contained in contemp. speckled calf bookbox with contrasting morocco label to spine, a little rubbed at extrems. (1)
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Gloucestershire. Bryant (Andrew), Map of the County of Gloucester from Actual Survey by A.Bryant in the Years 1823 & 1824, pub. A.Bryant, 1824, large engraved map with contemp. hand colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, on two sheets, calligraphic title, five inset maps of the detached parts of the county, b & w engraved vignette of Gloucester Cathedral, slight offsetting, 1900 x 1780mm, contained in contemp. calf book box, rubbed and frayed at extrems. (1)
Gloucestershire. Bowen (Emanuel), An Accuarte Map of the Counties of Gloucester and Monmouth Divided into their Respective Hundreds...., pub. Robt. WIlkinson, Carington Bowles and Robt. Sayer, c.1785, engraved map with contemp. outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, decorative b & w cartouche, 535 x 690mm, contained in contemp. marbled slip case with pubs. printed label to upper board, together with An Accurate Map of the County of Gloucester Divided into Hundreds, Drawn from the best Authorities......, pub Robt. Sayer, John Bennett and J. & C. Bowles, 1777, engraved map with contemp. outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, decorative b & w cartouche, engraved vignette view of St. Peter’s Cathedral Church Gloucester, 515 x 420mm, contained in contemp. marbled slip case with pubs. printed label to upper board (2)
Greenwood (C. & J.). Map of the County of Rutland from an Actual Survey, Map of the County of Huntingdon from an Actual Survey, Map of the County of Hereford from an Actual Survey [and] Map of the County of Monmouth from an Actual Survey, 1830 - 34, four engraved maps with contemp. hand colouring, each with an engraved b & w topographical vignette and table of explanation, Herefordshire with slight offsetting and staining, each approx. 600 x 720mm (4)
*Greenwood (C. & J.). Map of the County of Southampton from an Actual Survey, Map of the County of Gloucester from an Actual Survey, Map of the County of Oxford from an Actual Survey, Map of the County of Nottingham from an Actual Survey, Map of the County of Warwick from an Actual Survey [and] Map of the County of Somerset from an Actual Survey, 1829 - 34, together six engraved maps, five with contemp. hand colouring and some later enhancement (Somerset uncoloured), each with calligraphic title and engraved ecclesiastical vignette, Nottingham and Oxford a little stained and toned, each approx. 620 x 730mm, mounted, framed and glazed (Warwick lacking glass) (6)
Hertfordshire. Kitchin (Thomas), A New Improved Map of Hartfordshire from the Best Surveys & Intelligence Divided into Hundreds...., pub. Robt. Sayer, Robt. Wilkinson & Carington Bowles, c.1785, engraved map with contemp. outline colouring and some later enhancement, decorative cartouche, toned overall, 535 x 660mm, together with Jansson (Jan), Herefordia Comitatus vernacule Hereford Shire, n.d., c.1650, engraved map with contemp. hand colouring, decorative cartouche and mileage scale. light overall toning, 385 x 505mm, Latin text on verso, with Blaeu (Johannes), Huntingdonensis Comitatus Huntington Shire, n.d. c.1650, uncoloured engraved map, decorative cartouche and mileage scale, 395 x 500mm, plus Bowen (Emanuel), An Accurate Map of Nottingham Shire Describing its Wapontakes and Divisions...., pub. T & J Bowles, John Tinney & Robt. Sayer, c.1760, engraved map with contemp. outline colouring, decorative b & w cartouche, 705 x 540mm (4)
Italy. Arrowsmith (Aaron), Map of South Italy and Adjacent Coasts, 1807, engraved map with contemp. hand colouring on two sheets (only of 4), old folds, slight marginal fraying, each sheet approx. 635 x 1600mm, together with two similar sheets of Northern Italy, plus Artaria & Co. (pubs.), Mappa Novissima Regnorum Hungariae, Croatiae, Sclavoniae nec non Magni Principatus Transylvaniae...., n.d., c.1770, engraved map with contemp. hand colouring, one sheet (only of 4), decorative b & w cartouche, old folds, sheet size 485 x 1200mm (5)
Kent. Speed (John), Kent with her Cities and Earles Described and Observed, pub. Roger Rea, c.1662, uncoloured engraved map, inset town plans of Canterbury and Rochester, slight loss to image with facsimile replacements to central fold, central fold strengthened and repaired on verso, slight overall toning, 385 x 510mm, English text on verso, together with Braun (Georg & Hogenberg Frans), Cantuarbury, [1598], uncoloured engraved town plan, some worming to margins just affecting image, margins and base of central fold repaired on verso, near contemp. ink marginalia on verso, some staining and spotting, 290 x 435mm, Latin text on verso, with Bowen (Emanuel), An Accurate Map of the County of Kent Divided into its Lathes and Subdivided into Hundreds......, pub. John & Carington Bowles and Robt. Sayer, c.1765, engraved map with contemp. outline colouring, elaborate b & w cartouche, inset map of ‘The Downs’ and the Isle of Thanet, slight staining, old folds with short closed tear along old fold, 525 x 705mm (3)
*Lancashire. Bowen (Emanuel), An Accurate Map of the County of Lancaster Divided into its Hundreds, Laid down from the best Authorities..., pub. Carington Bowles & Robt. Sayer, c.1790, engraved map with contemp. outline colouring, decorative b & w cartouche, 705 x 545mm, mounted, framed and glazed (1)
London. Wyld (James), A New Map of the Country Twenty-five Miles round London, n.d., c.1850, engraved map with contemp. outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, marbled end papers, 1060 x 1330mm, contained in contemp. cloth slip case with pubs. label to upper board, slight rubbing at extrems. James Howgego, The Printed Maps of London, no.188, state 12. (1)
North Pole. Coronelli (Vicenzo Maria), Terre Artiche Descritte dal P.M.Coronelli M.C.Cosmografo della Sereniss, Republica di Venetia...., pub. Venice, c.1690, uncoloured engraved map, windhead cartouche, decorated with depictions of polar icecaps, small repairs to verso, split to central fold skillfully repaired on verso, occ. short marginal closed tears not affecting image, 460 x 615mm (1)
Sea charts. Grierson (George, pubs.), A New and Exact Draught of the Channell of Bristol from Hartland Point to the River Avon and from Caldy Isle to Red Cliff, by Capt. John Williams, pub. Dublin, c.1750, uncoloured engraved chart, two compass roses and numerous rhumb lines, some water staining, old folds, one fold split, very slight fraying, 455 x 790mm, together with A Large Chart Describing the Sands, Shoales, Depth of Water and Anchorage of the East Coast of Scotland North Britain by John Marr, pub. Dublin, c.1750, uncoloured engraved sea chart, compass rose and numerous rhumb lines, old folds, some fraying with slight loss, 485 x 570mm, with Collins (Capt. Greenville), Holy-Head, n.d., c.1700, hand coloured engraved sea chart, compass rose and numerous rhumb lines, 455 x 565mm, plus De la Rochette (Louis Stanislas D’Arcy), A Chart of the British Channel and The Bay of Biscay with part of the North Sea and the Entrance of St. George’s Channel, 1780, hand coloured engraved map, slight staining, slight offsetting, 525 x 720mm, with one other similar (5)
Suffolk. Bowen (Emanuel), An Accurate Map of the County of Suffolk Divided into its Hundreds...., pub. Carington Bowles, Robert Wilkinson and Robt. Sayer, c.1785, engraved map with contemp. outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, elaborate b & w cartouche, 535 x 710mm, contained in contemp. marbled card slip case with contemp. printed label to upper board (1)
Suffolk. Bowen (Emanuel), An Accurate Map of the County of Suffolk Divided into its Hundreds, pub. Laurie & Whittle, Wilkinson, Bowles & Carver, c.1794, engraved map with contemp. hand colouring and some later enhancement, decorative cartouche, short split to central fold, slight offsetting, 530 x 715mm, together with Morden (Robert), Suffolk, c.1695, uncoloured engraved map, strapwork cartouche, 360 x 420mm, with two other maps of Suffolk by J & C Walker and Lewis, plus Downes ( Charles John), An Accurate Map of the County of Kent taken from a late Actual Survey, 1783, engraved map with contemp. outline colouring, old folds, closed tears repaired on verso, slight browning to old folds, 500 x 715mm (5)
Westmorland. Speed (John), The Countie Westmorland and Kendale the Cheif Towne Described with the Armes of such Nobles as have bene Earles of either of them, pub. Thomas Bassett & Richard Chiswell, c.1676, hand coloured engraved map, inset town plan of Kendal, elaborate strapwork cartouche and mileage scale, 385 x 515, English text on verso (1)
Worcestershire & Warwickshire. Blaeu (Johannes), Wigorniensis Comitatus et Comitatus Warwicensis nec non Coventrae Libertas, Worcester, Warwik Shire and the Liberty of Coventre, c.1648, hand coloured engraved map, decorative cartouche, slight spotting, 415 x 505mm, Latin text on verso, together with Schenk (Pieter & Valk Gerard), Wigorniensis Comitatus cum Warwicensi nec non Coventriae Libertas, n.d., c.1710, engraved reticulated map with contemp. hand colouring, elaborate b & w cartouche and mileage scale, some oxidisation to old watercolour causing slight cracking, 425 x 515mm (2)
World. Missionary Map of the World Distinguishing the Stations of all Protestant Missionary Societies, pub. The Church Missionary Society, 1838, hemispheral litho. map by J.Netherclift, contemp. hand colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, 750 x 1500mm, contained in contemp. cloth slip case, a little rubbed and worn (1)
*Yorkshire. Bowen (Emanuel), An Accurate Map of the West Riding of Yorkshire Divided into its Wapontakes...., pub. Carington Bowles, R.Wilkinson & Robt. Sayer, c. 1785, engraved map with contemp. outline colouring and some later enhancement, inset panorama of Leeds, 545 x 715mm, framed and glazed (1)
*Yorkshire. Bowen (Emanuel), An Accurate Map of the North Riding of Yorkshire Divided into its Wapontakes..., pub. John & Thomas Bowles and Robt. Sayer, c.1764, engraved map with contemp. outline colouring, inset panorama of York, decorative b & w cartouche, very slight staining in upper margin, 535 x 700mm, framed and glazed, together with Greenwood (C. & J.), Map of the North Riding of the County of York from an Actual Survey, 1834, engraved map with contemp. hand colouring, calligraphic title, b & w eng. vignette of York Minster, 615 x 760mm, framed and glazed (2)
*Yorkshire. Greenwood (C. & J.), Map of the West Riding of the County of York from an Actual Survey, 1834, engraved map with contemp. hand colouring, b & w engraved vignette of Ripon Cathedral, 640 x 800mm, framed and glazed, together with Blome (Richard), A Mapp of Richmond Shire being part of the North Rideing of Yorke Shire, [1673], hand coloured engraved map, ornate strapwork cartouche, 230 x 285mm, framed and glazed, with Collins (Capt. Greenville), Burlington Bay, Scarbrough & Hartlepoole, n.d., c.1700, three hand coloured charts on one sheet (as published), each with compass rose and numerous rhumb lines, 445 x 565mm, framed and glazed, plus Merian (Matthaus), Tabula Portuum Barbariae junctis Insulis Canariensibus, n.d., c.1640, hand coloured engraved map, 270 x 355mm, mounted, framed and glazed (4)
Yorkshire. Speed (John), The West Ridinge of Yorkshyre with the most famous and Fayre Citie Yorke Described, pub. John Sudbury & George Humble, c.1627, uncoloured engraved map, inset town plan of York, decorative strapwork cartouche and mileage scale, central fold stained and strengthened on verso, trimmed to neat line, very slight loss in one corner, 385 x 510mm, English text on verso, mounted (1)
Koran. The Koran, Commonly Called the Alcoran of Mohammed, Translated from the Original Arabic; with Explanatory Notes, Taken from the most Approved Commentators. To which is Prefixed, a Preliminary Discourse by George Sale, 2 vols., new ed., Bath: printed by S. Hazard, 1795, eng. folding map, three eng. genealogical plts. (inc. two folding), one folding eng. plt., endpapers renewed, contemp. sprinkled calf, old rebacked spines with gilt decoration and morocco labels, corners repaired, upper joint of vol. 1 split, spines & extrems. rubbed, 8vo (2)
Mackaness (George). Admiral Arthur Phillip. Founder of New South Wales 1738-1814, 1st ed., Sydney, 1937, b & w illustrations, endpapers spotted, original blue cloth, edges slightly rubbed, 8vo, presentation copy, from the Royal Australian Historical Society to Viscount Dunrossil (14th Governor-General of Australia), dated May 1960, note at front, also signed by the author to front pastedown, together with Early Explorers in Australia... by Ida Lee, 1st ed., 1925, folding map, b & w illustrations, contemporary cloth, 8vo, with two Captain Cook bibliographies including Sir Maurice Holmes’s Captain James Cook, R.N. A Bibliographical Excursion, 1952, limited edition, one of 500 copies, together with Drinkwater (G.C. & Sanders, T.R.B.), The University Boat Race Official Centenary History, 1st ed., 1929, folding map, half-tone illustrations, a few minor spots, original cloth, d.j., spine rubbed with loss at head, 4to, plus Second Shots. Casual Talks About Golf, by Bernard Darwin, 1st ed., 1930, portrait frontispiece, one or two spots, original cloth, d.j., spine faded, square 8vo, and Annals of Cricket. A Record of the Game Compiled from Authentic Sources, and My Own Experiences During the Last Twenty-Three Years, 1st ed., 1896, portrait frontispiece, illustrations (toned), presentation inscription, original cloth-backed boards, some edge wear, 8vo, with others including Badminton & Lonsdale Library, a few antiquarian vols., etc. (2 cartons)
Lewis (Samuel). A Map of England & Wales, Divided into Counties, Parliamentary Divisions & Dioceses, shewing the Principal Roads, Railways, Rivers & Canals, the Seats of the Nobility and Gentry, with the Distance of Each Town from the General Post Office, London, Reduced from the Survey made under the Direction of the Honourable the Board of Ordnance to a Scale of Five Miles to an Inch and Corrected to the Presented Time, 1839, four large map sheets (NE Division, SW Division, NW Division & SE Division), hand-col. in outline, sectionalised on linen, some minor scattered spotting, each division contained in contemp. gilt-dec. plum straight-grained morocco, rubbed on spines, 8vo, and other topography, including Lewis’s Topographical Dictionary of England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland (3 shelves)
Davies (Philip). Lost in London 1870-1945, 2009, numerous b & w illusts. from photos, map endpapers, orig. cloth in d.j., together with Cooper (Nicholas), Houses of the Gentry 1480-1680, pub. Paul Mellon/Yale University Press, 1999, numerous col. and b & w illusts. from photos, pict. endpapers, orig. cloth in d.j., and Lloyd (Nathaniel), History of English Brickwork, Antique Collectors’ Club, reprinted, 2003, numerous b & w illusts. from photos, pict. endpapers, orig. cloth in d.j., 4to & folio, with other art and antiques reference, etc., mostly 20th-c. hardback publications, many in d.j., G/VG (6 shelves)
Cary (John). Cary’s New Universal Atlas Containing Distinct Maps of all the Principal States and Kingdoms throughout the World from the Latest and best Authorities Extant, pub. J.Cary, 1811, title page, forty (of sixty) engraved maps with contemp. hand colouring, slight marginal finger soiling, one map with closed tear just affecting image, contemp. half calf, lacking upper board and spine, rear board detached, oblong folio. Sold as a collection of maps, not subject to return. (1)
Delamarche (Charles Francois). Atlas de la Géographie Ancienne, du Moyen-Age et Moderne, pub. Paris, 1841, title page and advertisement, thirty-seven engraved maps with contemp. outline colouring, (complete as list), some spotting throughout, contemp. qtr. sheep, rubbed and frayed at extrems., 4to, together with Vuillemin (Alexandre), [Atlas Universel], pub. Paris, c.1840, lacking title page, forty-eight (of 50) engraved maps with contemp. outline colouring, one map (South America) repaired on verso, occ. spotting throughout, contemp. qtr. sheep, rubbed and worn, oblong 4to, with Drioux (Claude Joseph & Leroy C.), Atlas Universel et Classique de Géographie Ancienne, pub. Paris, 1859, title page and advertisement, forty-four engraved maps and tables (of 51), with contemp. hand colouring, occ. marginal closed tears, contemp. qtr. cloth, rubbed and worn at extrems., 4to (3)
Donne (T.E.). The Maori. Past and Present, 1st ed., 1927, folding map, b & w ilustrations, a few light spots, original blue cloth gilt, d.j., spine a little toned and chipped at ends, 8vo, together with Burnett (Frank), Through Polynesia and Papua. Wanderings with a Camera in Southern Seas, 1st ed., 1911, numerous half-tone illustrations, pubs. ads. at end, light spotting, endpapers browned, t.e.g., original red cloth gilt, spine a little faded, edges rubbed, 8vo -2
Douville (J.B.). Atlas du Voyage au Congo et dans L’Intérieur de L’Afrique Equinoxiale, pub. Paris, 1832, calligraphic title page with repaired hole, slight biro marginalia and library stamp, list of plates, folding engraved map, twenty litho. plts. (complete as list), several with sparse contemp. colouring, library blind stamp affecting each plt., some spotting, dust and finger soiling, near contemp. limp morocco, chipped, frayed and worn, slim 4to. Atlas volume only. (1)
Gordon (Patrick). Geography Anatomiz’d: or the Geographical Grammer, being a short and exact Analysis of the whole body of Modern Geography...., 12th. ed., 1730, title page printed in red & black, addn. half title, seventeen uncoloured engraved folding maps by John Senex, hemispheral map of the world and map of North America with insular California, three maps with some browning, one map (Asia) with closed tear affecting image, pp. 367 with closed tear, contemp. blind dec. calf, rear hinges and joints weak, upper board detached, rubbed and worn at extrems., 8vo (1)
Guthrie (William). A New Geographical Historical and Commercial Grammar and Present State of the Several Kingdoms of the World, 6th. ed., 1779, nineteen uncoloured folding maps by Thomas Kitchin, hemispheral map of the world with faint contemp. ink marginalia, text block split, contemp. sheep, upper board detached, rubbed, worn and frayed, 8vo, together with Mogg (Edward), Paterson’s Roads; Being an Entirely Original and Accurate Description of all the Direct and Principal Cross Roads in England and Wales with Part of the Roads of Scotland....., 17th ed., 1824, eight uncoloured folding engraved maps, upper hinge and joint loose, comtemp. calf gilt, worn and stained, 8vo, with, Cary (John), Cary’s New Itinerary: Or an Accurate Delineation of the Great Roads both Direct and Cross throughout England and Wales; with many of the Principal Roads in Scotland....., 2nd. ed., 1802, calligraphic title and dedication, two engraved folding maps with contemp. hand colouring, both maps split and torn with loss, contemp. speckled calf, rubbed and worn at extrems., 8vo (3)
Harris (Captain William Cornwallis). The Wild Sports of Southern Africa; Being the Narrative of a Hunting Expedition from the Cape of Good Hope, Through the Territories of the Chief Moselekatse, to the Tropic of Capricorn, 4th ed., 1844, twenty-six hand-col. litho. plts., folding map at rear, a.e.g., orig. blind stamped gilt dec. cloth, rebacked preserving orig. spine, rubbed, large 8vo (1)
Heylyn (Peter). Cosmography in Four Books containing the Chorography and History of the Whole Word ..., 1703, five uncoloured double-page engraved maps (Twin-hemisphere of the World, Europe, Asia, Africa, and America), some old dampstaining affecting text leaves and last two maps, short marginal split and corner tear with loss to lower margin of map of America not affecting map impression, some spotting and soiling, lacks additional engraved title, title frayed and relaid, disbound without covers, folio (1)
Nansen (Fridtjof). “Farthest North”. Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship Fram 1893-96 and of a Fifteen Months’ Sleigh Journey by Dr. Nansen and Lieut. Johansen, with an Appendix by Otto Sverdrup Captain of the Fram..., 2 vols., 1898, folding map, b & w illustrations, a.e.g., original pictorial cloth blocked in gold and silver, bright condition, slightly rubbed at head & foot of spines, 8vo (2)
Wellsted (James Raymond). Travels to the City of the Caliphs, along the shores of the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean. Including a Voyage to the coast of Arabia, and a tour on the island of Socotra, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1840, folding b&w map (torn without loss), two tinted litho. views, inner margin between frontis. and title page of each vol. cracked with minor chipping, 19th century half calf, rubbed and scuffed, with a little wear to extrems., 8vo. Howgego III, 635. The surveyor and traveller James Raymond Wellsted (1805-1842) was appointed by the East India Company in 1830 as 2nd Lieutenant of the Ship Palinurus to survey the Gulf of Akaba and the northern part of the Red Sea, and in 1833, the southern coast of Arabia. (1)
Willis (N.P.). American Scenery; Or, Land, Lake, and River, 2 vols., 1840, addn. eng. title to each, eng. port to vol. 1, 117 eng. plts. by W. H. Bartlett (one plt. with large tear), single-page eng. map (hand-col. in outline), contemp. half calf, wear to spines with some splitting to ends, rubbed, 4to, together with Canadian Scenery, 2 vols., 1842, addn. eng. title to each, lacking eng. port., 117 eng.plts., single-page eng. map, occ spotting, contemp. half calf gilt, spine torn/missing to vol. 2, rubbed and some wear, 4to (4)
Paget (General Lord George). The Light Cavalry Brigade in the Crimea. Extracts from the Letters and Journal of the Late Gen. Lord George Paget, K.C.B., During the Crimean War, 1881, folding map at rear (somewhat spotted), orig. cloth gilt, minor wear to head and foot of spine, together with Campbell (Colin Frederick), Letters from Camp to His Relatives During the Siege of Sebastopol, with a Preface by Field-Marshal Viscount Wolsey, 1894, port. frontis., orig. cloth gilt, a little rubbed, and Letters Written from the Crimea to Several Members of His Family, by the Late Major Fiennes Cornwallis, Collected and Edited by Mrs Wykeham Martin, of Leeds Castles, privately printed, 1868, orig. cloth gilt in bright condition, all 8vo, and Reid (Douglas Arthur), Memoirs of the Crimean War, January 1855 to June 1856, pub. 1911, port. frontis., b & w illusts., folding map, a.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. cloth gilt, folio, and others of Crimean interest (23)
Bingham (Commander J. Elliott). Narrative of the Expedition to China, From the Commencement of the War to its Termination in 1842; With Sketches of the Manners and Customs of that Singular and Hitherto Almost Unknown Country, 2 vols., 2nd ed., with additions, 1843, fine hand-col. litho. frontis. to vol. 1, heightened with gold, uncol. aqua. frontis. to vol. 2, two other plates and folding map, correct as list, orig. blind-stamped cloth gilt, rubbed and faded on spines, some minor wear, 8vo, together with Swinhoe (Robert), Narrative of the North China Campaign of 1860; Containing Personal Experiences of Chinese Character, and of the Moral and Social Condition of the Country; Together with a Description of the Interior of Peking, 1st ed., 1861, port. frontis., four tinted litho. plts., double-page plan, all correct as list, 16 pp. publisher’s ads at rear, orig. blind-stamped cloth, rebacked, preserving orig. spine, 8vo, plus Wolseley (Lieutenant-Colonel G.J.), Narrative of the War with China in 1860. To Which is Added the Account of a Short Residence with the Tai-Ping Rebels at Nankin and a Voyage from thence to Hankow, 1st ed., 1862, port. frontis., recent linen-backed boards, 8vo, and others related (15)
Ashe (Major Waller and Edgell, Captain the Hon. E.V. Wyatt). The Story of the Zulu Campaign, 1st ed., 1880, folding map, a.e.g., orig. cloth, lettered and blocked in gilt and black, rubbed and faded on spine (new endpapers), together with Armitage (Captain C.H. and Montanaro, Lieutenant-Colonel A.F.), The Ashanti Campaign of 1900, 1st ed., 1901, folding plan and large folding map, b & w illusts., orig. cloth gilt, rubbed and some minor wear to extremities, 8vo, plus Stuart (J.), A History of the Zulu Rebellion, 1906, and of Dinuzulu’s Arrest, Trial and Expatriation, 1st ed., 1913, b & w illusts., folding maps and battle plans, t.e.g., orig. cloth gilt in bright condition, 8vo, with others of African and Boer War interest, including Times History of the War, 7 vols. (including Index), 1900, etc. (3 shelves)
Malcolm (Sir John). The Life of Robert, Lord Clive: Collected from the Family Papers Communicated by the Earl of Powis, 3 vols., 1836, port. frontis. to vol. 1, folding map, old sellotape marks to prelims. in vol. 3, contemp. polished calf, recently rebacked, 8vo, together with Napier (Lieutenant General Sir W.), The Life and Opinions of General Sir Charles James Napier, G.C.B., 4 vols., 1857, eng. port., orig. cloth gilt, rubbed and faded on spines, 8vo, plus Goldsmid (Major-General Sir F.J.), James Outram. A Biography, 2 vols., 1880, port. frontis. to vol. 1, three other plts. and three maps, correct as list, orig. cloth gilt, a little rubbed and marked, 8vo, and other late 19th/early 20th-c. military biographies (approx. 50)
Atkyns (Sir Robert). The Ancient and Present State of Glocestershire, 1st ed., 1712, port. frontis., eight untitled plts. of coats of arms of Gloucestershire families, eng. map, plan of the city, engs. of the West Prospect of Glocester views of and Glocester Cathedral, plus sixty-one double-page ‘bird’s eye’ views of the seats of the nobility and gentry by Johannes Kip, contemp. blind-panelled calf with old reback, upper hinge partly cracked, folio. Upcott 1. p. 246. The rare first edition: many copies were lost in a fire at the printer’s house in Whitefriars on January 30th 1712. Upcott notes that a similar fate befell copies of the second edition. Sir Robert Atkyns, MP and topographer was somewhat overshadowed by his father, who as chief baron of the exchequer was speaker of the House of Lords between 1689 and 1693. Atkyns refused to take the oath of allegiance to William III and retired to Pinbury Park in Gloucestershire. The first of the three major Gloucestershire antiquaries, the other two being Ralph Bigland (1712-1784) and Samuel Rudder (1726-1801), Atkyns collected material for parish histories in an attempt to record the population of each parish, based on the number of houses therein and the yearly birth and burial numbers. Pinbury Park, a medieval manor house, was later remodelled and renovated by Ernest Gimson and Ernest and Sidney Barnsley who lived there from 1894-1901. (1)
Bell (James). A New and Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 8 vols., pub. Archibald Fullarton, Glasgow, 1833 - 34, folding engraved map of England & Wales with closed tear, forty-four uncoloured folding engraved maps, many with engraved topographical vignette, very occ. spotting throughout, partially uncut, contemp. cloth with printed labels to spines, bumped and rubbed at extrems., 8vo (8)
Brayley (Edward Wedlake and Britton, John). A Topographical and Historical Description of the County of Glocestershire Containing an Account of its Towns, Seats, Antiquities, Churches, Public Edifices, Scenery & The Residences of the Nobility Gentry &c., 2 vols., pub. Sherwood, Neely & Jones, 1808, title and text window mounted with red ruled borders and reset to quarto, EXTRA ILLUSTRATED with approx. 100 addn. maps, topographical engravings and portraits, two addn. manuscript titles to vol. 2, addn. text from ‘England Illustrated’ bound at rear of vol.2 with map of Gloucestershire by Thomas Kitchin, c.1764, later manuscript list of Churches and Abbeys bound at rear, book plate of Frederick Sessions to front pastedowns, hinges strengthened, a.e.g., near contemp. half morocco gilt, rubbed and bumped at extrems., 4to (2)
Cary (John). Cary’s Traveller’s Companion or a Delineation of the Turnpike Roads of England and Wales..., 2nd. ed., pub. 1st. Jany. 1791, calligraphic title page with contemp. ownership signature, advertisement and contents list, engraved map of England & Wales with contemp. outline colouring and forty-two engraved county maps, including one folding (Yorkshire), all with contemp. outline colouring and printed back-to-back, hinges cracked, contemp. speckled calf, skillfully rebacked, retaining original spine, bumped at extrems., slim 8vo. Chubb CCLXXIV. (1)
Cobbett (William). A Geographical Dictionary of England and Wales, 1832, frontis. of map of England & Wales, forty-two uncoloured engraved maps (complete), map of Yorkshire with repaired hole, some offsetting and slight spotting throughout, later half morocco gilt, retaining original boards, 8vo, together with Aikin (John), England Delineated; or a Geographical Description of every County in England and Wales with a Concise Account of its Important Products, Natural and Artificial, 1st. ed., pub. T.Bensley, 1788, title page, preface and introduction, contemp. calf, rebacked, a little stained, 8vo. The first edition of John Aikin’s ‘England Delineated’ was published without county maps. (2)
Exeter. Izacke (Richard & Samuel), Remarkable Antiquities of the City of Exeter...., 1741, eng. frontis. of coat of arms, bound with the title pages for the 1724 and the 1741 editions, the 1724 title page cut with loss but not affecting text, folding eng. map of Exeter by Sutton Nichols, folding eng. plt. of Exeter Cathedral by J.Harris, several eng. coats of arms to text, later end papers, a.e.g., later fine gilt dec. morocco by Riviere, slight rubbing to hinges, 8vo, together with Jenkins (Alexander), The History and Description of the City of Exeter and its Environs, Ancient and Modern, Civil and Ecclesiastical...., pub. P.Hedgeland, Exeter, 1806, engraved frontis. of Rougement castle, engraved map of Exeter by B.Baker & D.Wright, two eng. maps of Devon and Cornwall by A.Jenkins and eight engraved topographical plans and engravings, uncut, later end papers, later cloth gilt, 8vo, with Devon & Somerset Steam Printing Co. (pubs.), Map of Exeter corrected to the Present Time, n.d., c.1870, uncoloured folding litho. map of Exeter decorated with eleven vignette views, very slight spotting, 265 x 340mm, pubs. printed paper wrappers, plus Bacon & Co. (pubs.), Bacon’s Plan of Exeter and Suburbs, n.d., c.1910, folding col. photolitho. map, laid on contemp. linen, 550 x 700mm, pubs. printed cloth wrappers. The first described item has two title pages dated 1724 & 1741, and both state that they are the second edition. The 1741 edition is actually the fifth and last edition. (4)
Heywood (John). The Travelling Atlas of England & Wales, with all the Railways & Coach Roads, the Cities, Towns, Parks, & Gentlemen’s Seats Preceded by General Maps of England & North & South Wales, the whole carefully Revised and Corrected to the Present Time, n.d., c.1880, dec. litho. title page, folding map of England and Wales and forty-five uncoloured litho. maps printed back to back, pubs. dec. printed paper wrappers, 8vo (1)
Ireland (Samuel). Picturesque Views on the Upper, or Warwickshire Avon, from its source at Naseby to its junction with the Severn at Tewkesbury ..., 1795, thirty sepia aquatint plates including frontis., two eng. ports., eng. map, a few woodcut illusts. to text, lacks half title and errata leaf (as usual), occ. spotting and plt. opp. p. 95 somewhat browned, a.e.g., eng. bookplate of R. M. Barnard to front pastedown, contemp. calf gilt, rebacked with orig. spine relaid, rubbed, folio in 4s. Large paper copy. Abbey, Scenery 427. (1)
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