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Northwestern Africa (Fezzae et Marocchi Regna Africae Celeberrima, describebat Abrah: Ortelius), Jansson, Antwerp, ca. 1636. 19.8 x 15.3”. (HC) Highly decorative map of Morocco oriented with north on the right and including the Strait of Gibraltar. It is based on the cartography of Abraham Ortelius, who is credited in the cartouche. The Atlantic is filled with five sailing ships, including two engaged in battle. Two dancing satyrs brandishing their javelins flank the large title cartouche. Latin text on verso. Old color with wide margins, some light stains, and a few creases at left. (B)

Egypt (Cairus, quae olim Babylon; Aegypti Maxima Urbs), Braun & Hogenberg, Civitates Orbis Terrarum, Vol. I, ca. 1572. 18.8 x 13”. (HC) This striking bird`s-eye view of Cairo and the surrounding countryside includes depictions of the pyramids and the Sphinx. Several people are illustrated in the foreground including a cavalry engaged in exercises, travelers on the roads, veiled women and a man picking dates. Boats and crocodiles fill the Nile River. A legend describing the view is enclosed in a strapwork cartouche at bottom right. The text above the view of the pyramids reflects the disdain with which the non-Christian nations were viewed at the time. "These pyramids were nothing but an idle display of royal wealth. In this way the kings, or rather the crowned beasts, namely hoped to make their names immortal on earth and to keep their memory alive for a long time. Nothing in the world is of less fame, however, since neither the architect nor the insane king who built a pyramid is recorded." This is one of the few views of cities outside of Europe that were included in the Civitates. Latin text on verso. Ref: Fussel pp.131-32. There is a tiny hole near centerfold at bottom and a minor damp stain at top left that just enters map border. There are a few short tears in blank margins that have been closed with archival materials. (+B)

Egypt (Carta Dell` Egitto per la Storia Romana Continuvata par Mr. Rollin), Rollin, Storia Romana, ca. 1740. 8 x 5.3”. (BW) This small map of Egypt is from the Italian edition of Charles Rollin`s Roman History. The map represents Egypt at the time of Roman rule, with particular attention to the course of Nile River and its estuary. Issued folding with a small amount of printer`s ink residue just outside neatline. (+A)

Western Africa (l`Afrique, ou Lybie Ulterieure ou sont le Saara, ou Desert, le Pays des Negres, la Guinee, et les Pays Circonv.…), Sanson/Mariette, Cartes Generales de Toutes les Parties du Monde…, Paris, 1655. 21.5 x 13.5”. (HC) Handsome map of Western Africa filled with information, much of it spurious, in the Sahara Desert, the Niger River and the coast of Guinea. Of particular interest are several incomplete rivers in the desert regions that appear and then disappear. The map is beautifully engraved with a title cartouche fashioned in the form of an oriental carpet. Ref: Pastoureau no.Sanson V A [18]. Watermarked paper with light toning along centerfold and a few tiny cracks near centerfold that have been closed on verso with Japanese tissue. There are two small holes at top left that have been archivally repaired. (+B)

Central Africa (Abissinorum sive Pretiosi Ioannis Imperium), Mercator/Jansson, Atlas Minor, Amsterdam, ca. 1628. 7.5 x 5.3”. (HC) Charming map of the legendary land of the Christian king, Prester John, with his fortified kingdom shown atop a mountain. The Nile River emanates from two large lakes near the Lunae Montes (Mountains of the Moon). The map is adorned with a large strapwork title and scale cartouche. Engraved by Petrus Kaerius. Latin text on verso. A few faint spots and light show-through of text on verso, with marginal soiling. (+B)

Southern Africa ([Lot of 2] Typus Orarum Maritimarum Guinea… [and] Delineatio Orarum Maritimarum…), Linschoten/Langren, Itinerario…, Amsterdam, ca. 1596. 21 x 15.5”. (HC) This matched pair of maps of the western and eastern coasts of Africa are two of the most richly ornamented maps in early cartography, superbly engraved in the Flemish style by Arnold Florent van Langren. The cartouches contain descriptions of the region in both Latin and Dutch that credit the source as "the very best Indian maps" - referring to maps that Linschoten had access to when he was Secretary to the Portuguese Archbishop of Goa in India. The western map covers the southwestern coast of Africa from the Gulf of Guinea to just beyond the Cape of Good Hope with excellent detail along the coastline. The fictitious cities of Vigiti Magna and Monomotapa are located and most place names and geographical features have Portuguese nomenclature. The mainland is embellished with snakes, an elephant, a rhinoceros, a lion and a pair of sirens in Lake Zaire. The balance of the sheet is filled with fabulous cartouches, the Portuguese arms, elaborate compass roses, sailing ships and a sea monster. The large bottom cartouche encloses views of Ascension and St. Helena Islands; important refueling ports in the route around Africa. The eastern map extends from R. do Infante to Doara, and includes Madagascar and the tip of the island of Ceylon. Typical geographical features of the time are shown, such as the Lunae Montes (Mountains of the Moon), and Zaflan Lacus depicted as one of the sources of the Nile River. The extensive coastal details are likely sourced from Portuguese portolan charts, especially those of Bartolomeu Lasso. The map is richly adorned with the Christian emperor Prestor John, elephants, and lions inhabiting Africa, as well as ships, sea monsters and elegant compass roses filling the Indian Ocean. Ref: Norwich no.239a & no.239b; Tooley (MCC-29) no.167 & no.168; Tooley et al [Landmarks] pp. 168-69. Issued folding on watermarked paper with expert repairs to several fold separations and a couple of minute worm holes. On the western map there are 1" and 2.5" tears at left that have been professionally repaired. On the eastern map there is a 1" tear at left that has also been skillfully repaired. (+B)

Southern Africa (Le Pays des Hottentots aux Environs du Cap de Bonne Esperance), Bellin, Paris, ca. 1755. 13.8 x 9.8”. (HC) A beautifully engraved copper-plate map of the Cape of Good Hope from Saint Helena Bay to Mossel Bay. Dutch settlements are mostly confined along the coast and southern regions. The inland regions are depicted as deserts, savannas, forests and mountain ranges with tribal names indicated and a few Boer colonies. Watermarked paper with light toning, scattered foxing and a chip at bottom centerfold that has been repaired with old paper, with a minor amount of neatline in facsimile. (B)

Pacific Ocean (A New & Accurate Chart of the Discoveries of Captn. Cook & other Later Circumnavigators: Exhibiting the Whole Coast of New South Wales, Shewing the Situations of Port Jackson, & Norfolk Island, where the New Settlements are Formed…), Guthrie, London, ca. 1795. 13.3 x 16.8”. (BW) This map illustrates the discoveries of eighteenth century exploration in the Pacific. Part of the southern coast of Australia is conjectural, and Diemans Land is still connected to the mainland, which wasn`t disproved until Flinders and Bass circumnavigated Tasmania in 1798-99. Numerous other islands in the South Pacific are only partially delineated. The northwest coast of North America also depicts recent discoveries, with several small gaps in the coastline. This map was originally published by Alexander Hogg in A New, Complete, and Universal Collection of … Voyages and Travels… Engraved by T. Conder. Issued folding, now pressed with light offsetting and a minor spot of soiling. There is an archivally repaired tear that enters 2.5" into map at right with a narrow right margin. Backed in Japanese tissue. (B)

Pacific Ocean (Islands in the Pacific Ocean), Johnston, New York, ca. 1840. 24.3 x 19.8”. (BW) A detailed map of the Pacific Ocean identifying countless islands. The map includes the majority of Australia and North America, and parts of Asia and South America. Detail is confined to the coastlines with the exception of several mountain ranges depicted inland. Printed on heavy paper, with a small amount of outline color on Papua New Guinea and several small islands. There is a small spot in the north Pacific, and a long centerfold separation that has been archivally repaired. (B)

North Pacific Ocean ([Lot of 3] Carte Generale des Decouvertes de l`Amiral de Fonte… [and] Nouvelle Representation des Cotes Nord… [and] Partie de la Carte du Capitaine Cluny…), Robert de Vaugondy, Diderot`s Encyclopedia (Supplement), Paris, [1772]. x ”. (BW) Three great maps from this interesting series prepared by Didier Robert de Vaugondy. A. Carte Generale des Decouvertes de l`Amiral de Fonte, et Autres Navigateurs Espagnols, Anglois et Russes pour la Recherche du Passage a la Mer du Sud, dated 1752 (15" x 11.3"). This is one of the more remarkable combinations of fact and fiction ever published. This map of the North Pacific and Northwest had as its source a 1708 article in the Monthly Miscellany that purported to be a newly discovered account of a voyage in 1640 by the Spanish Admiral, Bartholomew de Fonte. Thereafter, the newly presented information was changed and elaborated upon, notably by this series of maps which appeared in Diderot`s Encyclopedia. In its concept, it promoted the hopes of a Northwest Passage and depicts the existence of Mer de l`Ouest or the Sea of the West. The tracks for the Russian exploration in 1741 and other explorers are traced in the Pacific. Inset at upper left is a small map, "Carte dressee Sur la lettre de l`Amiral de Fonte par l`Ecrivain de la Californie" detailing the purported track of Admiral de Fonte. The title credits Delisle as the source for the map. There was much controversy at the time regarding the veracity of the voyages by de Fonte. In 1750, Joseph-Nicolas Delisle presented a paper and map at the Academy of Sciences in Paris that consolidated the vast amount of geographical information he had acquired in Russia. The paper caused a sensation, but the map, drawn by Philippe Buache and designed to show the "coherence of Russian discoveries with those of de la Fuente" (de Fonte), was met with skepticism. Delisle hired Bellin to re-work the map, presenting it to the Academy in 1752. That same year an annoyed Buache drew his own map and presented it along with a paper to the Academy. The controversy was further enflamed by Robert de Vaugondy`s own presentation to the Academy the following year when he expressed his doubts about the truth of de Fonte’s voyages and criticized the maps illustrating it. See Pedley pages 74-78 for more on the politics and personalities in this fascinating story. Ref: Hayes pp. 26-27; Pedley no.454. Condition: Watermarked paper with wide margins, light centerfold toning and a spot in inset map at top left. (B+) B. Nouvelle Representation des Cotes Nord et Est de l`Asie, pour Servir d`Eclaircissement aux Articles du Supplement de l`Encyclopedie qui Concernent le Passage aux Indes par le Nord. Gravee sous la Direction de Mr. de Vaugondy en 1772, dated 1772 (14" x 11.3"). Interesting map of the northeast coast of Asia depicting Kamchatka, Japan and Korea. It also shows part of what is present-day Alaska. The Tchutski (Chukotskiy) Peninsula stretches very close to the American landmass, hinting at a possible land bridge. Within the larger map are two insets (one within the other). The insets represent an evolving understanding of the geography of Kamachatka, with the map being the latest iteration. The first inset, No. 1, was completed by Abu al-Ghazi Bahadur, who was the ruler of Khiva in present-day Uzbekistan for 20 years. Ref: Pedley no.402. Condition: Watermarked paper with wide margins and a spot in bottom blank margin, far from map image. (A) C. Partie de la Carte du Capitaine Cluny Auteur d`un ouvrage anglois intitule American Traveller, dated 1769 (19.5" x 11.5"). While this fascinating map covers the Arctic from Asia through Europe, the focus of the map is the Arctic region of North America. The most important feature of the map is the early depiction of what is present-day Alaska, patterned after Muller`s epic map of 1750 that was the first to show the Russian discoveries, also noted here. A very interesting Northwest Passage is shown going from Repulse Bay in the north part of Hudson`s Bay into the Arctic Ocean at Cape Fowler. (19 x 11.5") Ref: Pedley no.460. Condition: Watermarked paper with faint toning along folds, else fine. (A) See description. ()

North Pacific Ocean (Mapa de la Parte del Norte del Mar del Sur…), Anon., 1788. 13.4 x 10.5”. (BW) This Spanish map is based upon Cook`s earlier maps and includes the routes of various explorers including Cook, Hearn, and the route of the Spanish from Mexico to the Philippines. North America is left largely blank except for some place names along the coast including Albion and C. Mendocino. Issued folding on watermarked paper with a hint of offsetting and one tiny hole at bottom center. (+B)

South Pacific Ocean (Oceanie), Levasseur, Atlas Universel Illustre, Paris, ca. 1850. 16.8 x 12”. (HC) This map covers the entire South Pacific including Australia, New Zealand and Southeast Asia. The map is surrounded by beautifully rendered steel-engraved scenes that feature the natives of the region, portraits of French explorers, a harbor vignette, along with French text describing the region. Lightly toned with a few minute worm holes only visible when held to light. There are a few minor spots and some light soiling primarily in the blank margins. (+B)

South Pacific Ocean, Australia (Austral Asia including New Holland), Bell & Co., ca. 1805. 9 x 7”. (BW) This detailed map of the islands in the South Pacific extends from Malaysia and Australia in the west to Hawaii and French Polynesia in the east. Van Diemens Land is marked in two locations, both in northern Australia and as Tasmania, which is depicted separated from the continent by the Bass Strait, which was discovered at the turn of the century by George Bass and Matthew Flinders. (+A)

Australia & New Zealand (Carte Generale de l`Australie, et de la Partie Sud-Ouest de l`Oceanie), Brue, Paris, ca. 1859. 20 x 14.5”. (HC) This is a terrific and attractive map of "New Holland" which includes New Zealand, New Guinea, and many smaller islands of the East Indies. The coastal detail is exceptional with a large number of place names. The interior is virtually blank, and Australia is comprised of six divisions, namely North, East, South, West, Tasmania, and Victoria. An inset of the southeast coast (Partie de la Colonie de la nouvelle Galles Meridionale) is at top left and has a key below locating 48 political divisions. The inset locates Sydney, Port Macquarie, Port Jackson, Port Hunter, Port Stephens, Botany Bay, and extends into the interior well west of the Blue Mountains. Other tables surrounding the map identify the political divisions in western Australia and Tasmania (Ile de Diemen). A second inset at bottom locates Macquarie, Auckland, and Campbell Islands. This map was greatly updated from the original 1826 edition. Surrounded by a decorative keyboard-style border. Original outline color with light offsetting and a few unobtrusive spots. (+B)

Atlases (Geografia Universale…), Buffier, Paris, 1737. 3.5 x 6”. (BW) This uncommon Italian edition of Buffier`s gazetteer was published in Venice in 1737. It contains 18 folding maps, including a double hemisphere Mappamondo, and the map of America both showing an insular California. The other maps include the continents of Africa and Europe as well as many regional maps of Europe. 347 pp., 16 mo. Italian text with original vellum covers. Text and maps have some minor damp staining at top edge along with some small spots and stains in some map images. The covers are somewhat worn, stained and chipped, and there are some ink notations in the endpapers and on the title page. (B)

Atlases (Atlas de Toutes les Parties Connues du Globe Terrestre, Dresse Pour l`Historie Philosophique & Politique…), Bonne/Raynal, Paris, ca. 1780. 8.3 x 10.5”. (BW) This is the atlas volume for Abbe Raynal`s "L`Histoire philosophique et politique des etablissemens et du commerce des Europeens dans les deux Indes." The atlas is complete and is filled with Bonne`s well drawn maps and charts engraved by Andre. Included are a title page, list of maps, Analyse Succincet de Cet Atlas (28pp), 49 maps and charts, and numerous folding statistical tables. The map contents include two world maps, Europe, Asia, Africa, ten related to Europe, three related to Africa, two related to India, Arabia, the East Indies, the Moluccas, China, Persia, Philippines, Russia, six related to South America, several Caribbean charts, plus North America and those related: Mexico; le Nouveau Mexique; Terre-Neuve, Acadia…; Occidentale du Canada; Louisiana & Florida; Partie Nord des Etats Unis; and Partie Sud des Etats Unis. In original brown leather binding with gilt tooling and title on spine. The atlas volume did not carry any publication information on the title pages, but was known to be published in 1780. Maps and text are all very good to fine, with occasional spots, light toning along the folds, or a short binding tear. One of the maps is partially hand colored in outline (Spain & Portugal), but the rest are uncolored. Maps are identified on verso in red pencil. The covers are somewhat worn and stained but overall very good, and the hinges are starting. (+B)

Atlases (Atlas Universel de Geographie Physique, Politique et Historique, Ancienne et Moderne…), Brue, Paris, [1822]. 14.5 x 21.5”. (HC) This complete atlas has a Table of Contents that calls for 36 maps, but in fact contains 40 double-page maps. The contents call for separate maps of east and west France, but has instead a single large folding map of France. It also has 5 maps not listed in the Table of Contents: Russia & northern Europe, England & Wales, northern Africa, eastern US, and northern South America. The atlas contains two world maps, maps of each continent, maps of the ancient world, and great maps of the United States, North America, and Mexico that includes all of the Southwest. All of the maps bear the imprint "Gravée sous le direction de l`auteur" as well as Brue`s embossed seal "Carte encyprotipe du fonds de l`auteur," and are beautifully engraved and surrounded by a decorative keyboard border. The map Carte Generale des Etats-Unis de l`Amerique Septentrionale (cf Wheat TMW no.336) was probably based on work of Arrowsmith and Melish with information from the Lewis & Clark and Humbolt`s expeditions. This handsome and finely engraved map covers the United States with most of Mexico and a bit of Canada. The United States are shown with their claims into British Columbia (District de la Colombia) and Spain still controls all of Texas and the Southwest, most of which is blank with only conjectural topography shown. The West also features some fictitious rivers, including the R. Buenaventura, flowing from the Rockies into L. Teguayo, and the dotted R. St. Phelipe flowing from that lake into the Pacific at Monterey. Farther south the Rio de las Pyramydes is suggested near the short R. de los Martires, both of which appear to go nowhere. Half green leather with gilt titling and designs on spine, marbled paper-covered boards with title engraved on a pink label on front cover. Maps have beautiful original color with wide margins and are in near fine to very good condition with faint offsetting, light toning along sheet edges and an occasional small spot. Both maps of western Russia have pencil notations in blank margins. Hinges are starting. Spine and covers are worn and stained with bumped corners and tails. (+B)

Atlases (Atlas Historique, Genealogique, Chronologique, et Geographique), Le Sage, 1827. 15 x 21”. (HC) This French historical atlas is a forerunner to the familiar Carey & Lea/Buchon atlases. There are 35 double-page plates and a supplement incorporating chronological, historical and genealogical tables with 25 maps which include a double hemispheric world and western hemisphere map. The atlas appears to be complete. Hardbound, red quarter-calf with brown paper boards. Condition grade is for the maps. Plates are generally in very good condition with some light toning and occasional soiling, offsetting, and damp staining. The front cover has separated from the text block and the title page is detached. Covers and edges are bumped and worn. (+B)

Atlases (Modern Atlas, on a New Plan; to Accompany the System of Universal Geography…), Woodbridge, 1831. 9.5 x 11.8”. (HC) This uncommon geography contains six double-page and four single-page maps including a very nice Geographical & Statistical Map of the United States that shows both the state of Missouri and a very large Missouri Territory occupying much of the west. Texas is named the Spanish Province of Texas. An interesting Moral & Political Chart of the Inhabited World… uses a series of emblems to explain the state of civilization - from savage to enlightened, as well as the type of government, and the common religions. Other thematic maps include Isothermal Chart, Or, View of Climates & Productions… and Chart of the Principal Animals of the World, the latter featuring numbered images of various species of wildlife and a key providing the names of the animals. William C. Woodbridge (1794-1854), a congregational minister and educational reformist, was editor of The American Annals of Education and Instruction. 4to. Complete. Hardbound in original paper-covered boards and red leather spine. Original color with scattered foxing and soiling. Text pages have a few small damp stains. The "Moral & Political Chart of the Inhabited World" shows moderate foxing and has a tear at upper right and a centerfold separation at bottom that both enter 1" into map image. The British Isles, North America and Asia maps show some light offsetting. Covers are worn and are partially separated from the contents. Binding is somewhat loose. (+C)

Atlases (Olney`s School Atlas), Olney, New York, 1844. 9.8 x 12.4”. (HC) This is a complete example of Olneys` atlas with 25 maps with several related to the United States as well as maps of the world and continents. The double hemisphere world map includes quaint little vignettes throughout, such as Indians and buffalo in North America, lions and elephants in Africa, a pagoda in China and a kangaroo in Australia. The map of the United States shows New Mexico territory with a pre-Gadsden purchase border, suggesting that this atlas is circa 1850 then the 1844 date on the maps. The map of Texas shows county development confined to the east with a large Staked Plain occupying the west. Maps are printed one side only and the printed paper covers double as the title page and list of maps. Published by Pratt, Woodford & Co., New York. The maps are generally good with some scattered foxing, minor soiling and a damp stain at the upper centerfold which just passes the neatline in most maps. Covers are worn and soiled with a few edge tears, as to be expected. (B)

Atlases (New Universal Atlas Containing Maps of the Various Empires, Kingdoms, States and Republics of the World…), Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co., Philadelphia, 1854. 14 x 17.5”. (HC) The title continues "With a special map of each of the United States, Plans of Cities &c. Comprehended in seventy five sheets and forming a series of one hundred and twenty two maps plans and sections." This famous and highly sought-after atlas is complete with 75 map sheets of the world, North America and the other continents, Oceanica, the United States and its territories, and numerous city plans. The atlas concentrates mainly on the American continents, and features many important and desirable maps. The map of Texas is one of the most influential atlas maps of the period. It depicts the new boundaries that were determined by the Compromise of 1850. The organized counties extend only to Cooke in the north and Kinney in the southwest. The western edge of the frontier is marked with a line of army forts separating the settled region from the vast area noted as rolling table lands and desolate plains Destitute of Timber. This area is largely the range of Apache, Kiowa, Comanche and Lipan Indians. Wagon roads, springs, and trails are identified, including the Comanche War Trail, Connelly`s Trail and the Emigrant`s Route. Tiny flags locate important battlefields in both the Texas war for independence and the Mexican American war. Descriptive explanations and notes make this map an interesting study. A table provides statistics according to the Census of 1850 including the population by ethnic groups, e.g. "Free Colored males" is given as 171. There are insets of Northern Texas, noting the northern boundary at Lat. 36 30`, as resolved in the Compromise of 1850, and the vicinity of Galveston City. The spectacular map of the West has a large Oregon territory extending to the Continental Divide, the huge Utah Territory extends from California to Indian Territory, and New Mexico occupies all of the Southwest with a pre-Gadsden Purchase border. The double-page map of the United States features the same borders in the West, plus a large inset map of the Gold Region of California. The map of Minnesota features the large territories of Pembina and Blue Earth extending to the Missouri River. The frontispiece is a hand colored, engraved diagram showing the lengths of rivers and heights of mountains. The title page includes a fine, early chromolithographic image by P.S. Duval titled First Landing of Columbus in the New World, which shows Columbus and his crew giving thanks to God for their safe journey. Folio, frontis, chromolithographed pictorial title page depicting Columbus` arrival in the New World, table of contents printed in red and gilt color, 74 map sheets comprising 70 single-page maps, 3 double-page maps (US, New York and Europe) and the thematic plate. Bound in half red leather over marbled paper boards. Red leather label on front cover with gilt title and design. Published by Thomas, Cowperthwait, & Co. No. 253 Market Street, Philadelphia. This is an increasingly difficult to find atlas complete with all its maps. Maps have original color and are mostly in near fine condition with some in very good condition with occasional light foxing. Toning is primarily confined to blank margins, although a few maps have overall light toning. The binding is very loose and the spine is missing. The covers are detached and show moderate wear and rubbing. This example would benefit greatly from professional rebinding. (+B)

Atlases (Atlas General de Geographie Physique, Politique et Historique), Dussieux, Paris, ca. 1860. 10 x 13.5”. (HC) This complete French atlas contains 59 maps, including 41 double page and 18 single page maps. The celestial plates and a few others are uncolored, but the majority are in original outline color. The maps are dated 1846 to 1860. The map of North America is dated 1856 but clearly shows pre-Fremont mapping in the west. The entire southwest and Texas is a region labeled as "Forests." Folio, tan paper covered boards with black cloth spine. All maps are very good with some occasional scattered foxing, except for the historical map of France which is moderately toned. Covers are worn and bumped and the end papers and title pages show some light staining and foxing. (A)

Geography Books (Smith`s Atlas of Modern and Ancient Geography…), Smith, [1854]. 10 x 12”. (HC) This revised 1854 edition includes 35 maps, including double page maps of the World and United States. The U.S. map shows a large Nebraska territory, along with an early Utah, New Mexico and Kansas territory. Texas appears alone on a single page and the Far West (from the Rockies) is also shown on a single page. Includes 14 pp. of statistical tables. Quarto, quarter leather over brown-colored pictorial boards, 68 pp. Published by Daniel Burgess & Co. The pages have some light uniform toning, isolated foxing and a few minor spots. The hinge is starting, the spine is chipped and the covers are bumped and worn. Overall very good condition for a geography book. (+B)

Geography Books (An Improved System of Geography), McNally, New York, [1867]. 10 x 12”. (HC) This school geography book contains complete lesson plans for learning world geography. The book begins with definitions of terms, and then is divided into lesson plans for each geographical area. Each lesson plan features one map and contains dozens of map questions about the mountains, rivers, cities, and other landmarks, and also includes information about key resources and exports. The map of Nebraska, Kansas, Dakota, Colorado and Montana shows an unnamed Wyoming attached to Dakota with the "Oil Region" in the northwestern portion. At the end of the book is a test containing hundreds of questions, such as "What peak in the Caucasus is higher than any mountain in Europe?" and "What countries are richest in quicksilver?" 33 maps (1 double-page). Quarto, orange pictorial paper boards, 110 pp. Maps are in very good to near fine condition with original color. There is a faint damp stain on fore-edge of text block, confined to the blank margins. Covers are rubbed with bumped corners and some loss of image on back. Spine has been replaced with black binder tape with remnants of small strips of cello tape. (B)

Exploration and Surveys ([Lot of 2] Astoria, or Anecdotes of an Enterprise Beyond the Rocky Mountains Vol. 1 & Vol. II), Irving, Philadelphia, 1836. 5.5 x 9”. (BW) This is the first edition, first state of this "classic account of the first American attempt at settlement of the Pacific Coast" (Howes). Irving`s history of John Jacob Astor`s attempt to bring American fur trade to the Pacific was based on revised transcripts of the journals of Robert Stuart , Wilson Price Hunt and Ramsay Crooks. Among these were " journals and letters narrating expeditions by sea, and journeys to and fro across the Rocky Mountains by routes before untraveled, together with documents illustrative of savage and colonial life on the borders of the Pacific." Included in the 2nd volume is the map Sketch of the routes of Hunt and Stuart. While there is not much detail, Wheat says, "for what it purports to be it is an excellent map." The title pages have a stamp of the "Philermenian Society" which was a Brown University Literary Society. First edition, with the copyright notice and "Henry W. Rees, Stereotyper" on the verso of the title-page of volume one. Volume 1 contains 285 pp. and volume 2 has 279 pp. Both volumes are bound in their original half leather with marbled paper boards. Gilt title on embossed spine. Ref: Howes I-81; Wheat (TMW) no.419. The map has some light foxing and minor extraneous creasing near the folds, as well as several archivally repaired fold separations and short tears. The text pages are lightly foxed and the covers are somewhat worn, but the books are still quite presentable. (B)

Exploration and Surveys (Report of the Exploring Expedition to The Rocky Mountains in the Year 1842, and to Oregon and North California in the Years 1843-44), Fremont, HR Doc. 166, Washington D.C., 1845. 6 x 9”. (BW) Fremont and his colleagues covered some 10,000 miles between the frontiers of the Missouri and the shores of the Pacific. The report made substantial contributions in the fields of surveying, topography, and natural history. Fremont`s report was the most widely read account of the West before the gold rush, and its contents and maps had a profound effect on the development of emigration routes. The expedition party included such notable explorers as the German topographical surveyor Charles Preuss, the American guides L. Maxwell and Christopher Kit Carson and the celebrated botanist John Torrey. The lithograph plates in this report include illustrations of both the countryside and flora, as well as plates of fossils, ferns and shells. This is the House of Representatives issue, which preceded the Senate version. Octavo, hardbound, quarter calf with gray cloth covers, 583 pp., 23 plates and 4 maps (of 5 - lacks the large folding map). The body of the book contains Fremont`s two reports, titled "A Report on an Exploration of the Country Lying Between the Missouri River and the Rocky Mountains" and "A Report of the Exploring Expedition to Oregon and North California, in the Years 1843-`44." Ref: cf. Wagner-Camp 115:2. There is scattered foxing throughout the pages and plates, with a few pages marked with a highlighter (yellow), but the contents are tight. Both maps have scattered foxing and one has archival tape on verso to reinforce the folds. Covers and spine show some light wear and the edges are bumped. (B)

Exploration and Surveys (Doniphan`s Expedition; Containing an Account of the Conquest of New Mexico…), James, 1848. 4.8 x 7.8”. (BW) This book covers General Kearney`s overland expedition to California, Doniphan`s campaign against the Navajos, including his march upon Chihuahua and Durango, and the operations of General Price at Santa Fe. Included with the book is a detailed map titled A New Map of Mexico, California & Oregon (9 x 13.5") which shows Kearney`s Route, Cooke`s Route and the Tennessee & Kentucky cavalry route. In addition to the map are engraved portraits of Doniphan and Price and several other illustrations in the text including full page battle and city plans. 407 pp., 12mo. The book is in its original blind-stamped brown cloth boards with gilt illustration on front cover and gilt titling on spine. Ref: Wheat (TMW) no.546. The map is loose and trimmed to the neatline at right with a few small spots. Text pages are mostly clean with some scattered foxing while the covers show some light wear. Library pastedown and a few pencil notations are present in the front endpapers. (+B)

Exploration and Surveys (A Report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office), U.S. Government, Senate Ex Doc. 2, 31st Cong., 2nd Sess., Washington D.C., 1850. 6 x 9”. (HC) This early annual report contains eleven maps detailing the progress of public surveys in the United States. The maps included with the 157 pp. report are: A. Public Surveys in the State of Wisconsin and Territory of Minnesota, black & white, (22.5 x 17.8") B. Public Survey Iowa , black & white, (22.5 x 17.5") C. Arkansas, hand color, (21 x 16") D. Sketch of the Public Surveys in Michigan, black & white, (21 x 24.5") E. Map of Louisiana Representing the Several Land Districts, hand color, (16 x 15.3") F. [Lot of 4 - Surveys of Florida], black & white G. Diagram of the State of Missouri, black & white, (21.5 x 17.5") H. Diagram of the State of Illinois, black & white, (12.5 x 21.5") These maps are bound into the original report by Alex H. H. Stuart, Secretary of the Interior to the Hon. Wm. R. King, President of the Senate. 8vo, disbound. The maps are good with some minor extraneous creasing and occasional light foxing. The map of Iowa is disbound. Issued folding. (B)

Exploration and Surveys, Grand Canyon ([Second Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey by J.W. Powell] Report of the Secretary of the Interior; being part of the Message and Documents communicated to the Two Houses of Congress…), Powell, Department of the Interior, Washington D.C., 1882. 8 x 11.5”. (PC) This important and almost complete volume (missing only Plate IX - Geologic Map of Ruby Hill - Eureka Mining District) contains reports on the Grand Canyon by Dutton; plus others including the history of Lake Bonneville; the geology of the Leadville, Comstock, and Eureka districts; the copper-bearing rocks of Lake Superior; and more. Also includes the administrative annual reports of F.V. Hayden, Clarence King, Dutton and others. Filled with colorful geological plates, plus the wide, folding b&w plates of the Grand Canyon such as: "Plateau Scenery - the Mesa Verde"; "Looking up the Toroweap Valley. Lava Cascades"; "The Panorama from Point Sublime - Looking East (also south and west)"; the "Vermillion Cliffs at Kanab"; "Kanab Canon" and more. Many of the wood engraved full page images are by Thomas Moran. Includes the colorful geological folding map at back in the original pocket entitled Sketch Map Showing the Distribution of the Strata and Eruptive Rocks in the Western Part of the Plateau Province (17.5 x 28.5"). This map is a very detailed and strongly colored geological map from the U.S. Geological Surveys. It details the region from Prescott (Ft. Whipple) and Camp Verde north through the Grand Canyon and Marble Canyon, today`s Canyonlands National Park, Moab, and the southern portion of the Great Salt Lake. The map locates the Wasatch and Uintah Mountains, the Bad Land Cliffs (Book Cliffs), the San Juan River, etc. and has remarkable detail of the watershed and topography. This thematic map identifies ten geological units through color including: Tertiary, Cretaceous, Jurassic, Trias, Permian, Carboniferous, Silurian, Archaean, Trachyte Rhyolite & Andesite, and Basalt. Engraved by J.H. Renshawe. Quarto, 588 pages, bound in black cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Includes 62 plates and maps, with many fold-outs and some in color, and 32 figures. Maps, plates and text are very good to fine with some very minor occasional foxing and a few tiny damp stains. Covers show some light wear and staining and the edges are slightly bumped, and the hinges are starting. (A)

Miscellaneous Books (Le Spectacle de la Nature, ou Entretiens sur les Particularites de L`Histoire Naturelle, Troisieme Partie.), [1739]. 4 x 6.5”. (BW) This book by French author Noel Antoine Pluche, a priest, has 600 pp. of French text dedicated to natural history. This is the 4th volume only (of nine), which is focused on astronomy and geography. Included with the text are a number of engravings showing various scientific tools and processes. There are a total of nine maps within the book including a map of the world, two celestial maps (on four sheets) by Jean Back, and four maps of covering portions of Europe, Asia and Africa. Full calf with raised spine and gilt title. Pages and maps are mostly clean and tight. There is some minor wear on the covers and the edges are bumped, but overall in very good condition for its age. (A)

Reference Books (Die Weltkarte des Albertin de Virga), 1912. 13 x 18”. (BW) This German publication features a facsimile version of the De Virga world map by Albertinus de Virga, dated circa 1415. This unusual circular map was originally drawn on parchment and centered on Central Asia, with a wind rose dividing the map into eight sections. The three continents are clearly represented and labeled Europa, Africa and Axia. In Africa, the Garden of Eden is depicted at the southernmost tip of Africa with the symbol of two concentric rings. In Asia, Chinese rivers and cities are given the names used by Marco Polo. Above the map are a zodiac calendar and two tables for calculating lunar changes and the date of Easter. Accompanying the map are 17 pages of related text and illustrations. Published by Franz Wieser. Pages are a collection of loose sheets, hardbound in red marbled boards secured with ribbon tie-downs. Text and map are generally clean and bright and covers are very good. (A)

Reference Books (The Mapping of the World Early Printed World Maps 1472-1700), Shirley, [1987]. 9.5 x 13.5”. (PC) This standard reference work on world maps includes 18 color-plates and hundreds of b/w illustrations, each with a detailed description and carto-bibliography. The scholarship behind this work is unparalleled, providing comprehensive information about each map. 669 pp., extensive index and appendices. Hard bound in red cloth with gilt and black titling at spine. Dust jacket is missing. An absolutely essential reference work in fine condition. Text is clean and covers are lightly worn. (+B)

Puzzle map of the world, published June 5th 1812 by John Wallis, 42 Shimmer St, London, framed and glazed, 62.5cm x 38cm.

Waite (Major Fred). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli, 2nd ed., 1921, b&w illusts. after photos, folding map at rear, orig. cloth, together with Colonel H. Stewart, The New Zealand Division 1916-1919, A Popular History Based on Official Records, 1921, b&w illusts. after photos, folding maps and plans, etc., orig. cloth, plus Bean (C.E.W.), The Story of Anzac from the Outbreak of War to the End of the First Phase of the Gallipoli Campaign, May 4, 1915, [from 4 May, 1915 to the Evacuation of the Gallipoli Peninsular], 2 vols., Sydney, 1921-24, b&w illusts. after photos, maps and plans, etc., second vol. with several leaves of index somewhat browned to upper outer corner, orig. maroon cloth gilt, plus Chatterton (E. Keble), Danger Zone, The Story of the Queenstown Command, 1st ed., 1934, b&w plts. after photos, maps to endpapers, orig. blue cloth gilt, very sl. rubbed, and Whitmore (Lt.-Col. F.H.D.C.), The 10th (P.W.O.) Royal Hussars and the Essex Yeomanry, during the European War, 1914-1918, Colchester, 1920, b&w illusts., plans, including some after photos, t.e.g., orig. grey cloth gilt, some minor marks, plus others relating to the First World War, including Brigadier-General F. P. Crozier, Impressions and Recollections, 1st ed., 1930 (in d.j.), The Diary of Lord Bertie of Thame, 1914-1918, 2 vols., 1924, General Erich von Falkenhayn, General Headquarters 1914-1916 and Its Critical Decisions, 1919, Edmund Dane, British Campaigns in the Nearer East 1914-1918, vol. 1, The Days of Adversity, pub. 1919, David Lloyd George, The Truth About the Peace Treaties, 2 vols., 1938, & War Memoirs, 6 vols., 1933-36, John W. Burrows, The Essex Yeomanry, vol. 3, Essex Units in the War 1914-1919, etc., all orig. cloth, mostly 8vo (45)

*An Indian Mutiny journal kept by Major-General F.E. Sotheby, 2nd Battalion Rifle Brigade, frontis page inscribed `Journal of the movements and actions of the 2nd Battn, Rifle Brigade during the Indian Mutiny kept by Frederick Edward Sotheby, Rifle Brigade`, bookplate of the Cope family of Bramshill (Sir Antony Cope served with Sotheby), approx. 40 pages inscribed in ink, first entry 20.11.1857, next entry 15.12.1857 (the Batt all together for the first time since we left Dublin), general accounts of distance of marches and destinations, diagrams of areas served in, reference to a `nasty days street fighting`, and `nasty little narrow streets` and various references to battalion casualties including a colleague having a ball coming out of his shoulder, last entry 8.1.1860, with hand drawn vellum pull-out map of India, black tooled leather boards, 18 x 10.5cm, recorded in the manner of a battalion diary. Major-General Frederick Edward Sotheby (1837-1909), born in Sewardstone, Essex, the only son of Rear Admiral Charles Sotheby, commissioned Lieutenant in the Rifle Brigade 1855, served with the brigade in the Crimea and was present at the siege and fall of Sebastopol and the storming of the Redan, he served throughout the Indian Mutiny and was with his regiment during the capture of Lucknow and the Oude campaign, service in China in 1860 and was present at the surrender of Pekin, various promotions, Captain 1860 , Major 1873, served in the Ashantee War in 1874 fought in various actions including Amoaful and Coomassie, retained the rank of Major, promoted Lieutenant-Colonel 1881, retired 1888 with the honorary rank of Major-General. ()

Campbell (C.F. Snowden). The Story of a North Sea Air Station. Being Some Account of the Royal Flying Corps (Naval Wing) and of the Part Played Thereafter by the Air Station at Great Yarmouth and its Opponents During the War 1914-1918, 1st ed., 1928, b & w illusts. from photos, folding map at rear, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed and a little soiled, 8vo, together with Roskill (Captain S.W., editor), Documents Relating to the Naval Air Service, vol. 1, 1908-1918, pub. Navy Records Society (vol. 113), 1969, orig. cloth gilt, a little rubbed, 8vo, plus Sturtivant (Ray and Page, Gordon), Royal Navy Aircraft Serials and Units 1911 to 1919, pub. Air-Britain, 1992, b & w illusts. from photos, orig. laminated pict. boards, folio, with others of naval aviation, fleet air arm and aircraft carriers interest (approx. 60)

*Flying Log Books. Spiller (Alec John). A rare group of pilot`s flying log books which trace the career of this highly succesful A.T.A., service and private pilot who flew approximately 100 different aircraft types both military and civil, and post war flew in the King`s Cup and other races. Log Book No. 1. First flight on 2.2.36 in de Havilland DH60 G-ABTS, at Sywell for 15 minutes with Mr Hayward as instructor, other instructors included a Flt. Lt. Wilson and Capt. I.W.C. Mackenzie, went solo after 6 hrs 30 mins. Training continues with the Northamptonshire Aero Club flying the DH60 and Douglas engined Drone G-AEJH, on 20.4.38 took DH60 G-AAHG to friends wedding, on 18.6.39 flew at Brooklands for the 4 Club Competition with S/Ldr. Shute with only 78 hrs to his credit, records many flights for tea with friends, on 12.3.41 takes test for the A.T.A. in Tiger Moth R4907, extensive map reading, forced landing and other practice with A.T.A. pilot Flight Officer Pickup, numerous cross-country exercises, converts to `Anson` and `Oxford` twin-engine types, based at White Waltham, first flight in `Hurricane` and `Lysander` aircraft, then the `Fulmar`, `Battle` and `Defiant`, first `Spitfire` delivery with AB789 from Ringway to White Waltham on 30.8.41 then picked up `Hurricane` BE112 and flew to Harwarden, numerous deliveries safely made, 300 hrs passed on 28.1.42. Log Book No. 2. Apparently concurrent with No. 1, i.e. dated April 1941-Sept. 1944, inside rear cover lists 75 different types flown including the Armstrong Whitworth `Albemarle`, Consolidated `Liberator`, Blackburn `Botha`, Bell `Aircobra`, Short `Scion` and `Sunderland`, the Handley-Page `Halifax` and others, a colossal variety of single and multi-engined types delivered to various units for disposal or other purposes including Gloster `Gladiator` H2267 from Cambridge to Little Rissington on 3.3.44 and Fairey `Swordfish` V4621 from Inskip to Worthy Down on 6.8.44, A.T.A., H.Q., Accidents Committee certificate on 17.8.44 records that flying `Ventura; JT888 the `pilot`s foot slipped off the rudder pedal and became jammed`, by this time Spiller was flying with the No. 6 Ferry Pool, by Sept. 1944 perhaps 50 aircraft types flown, in June 1943 19 types flown in the month after 391 deliveries. Log Book No. 3. Opened October 1st 1944, delivery flight of Avro `Lancaster` HG189 from Castle Bromwich to Elsham Wold, other types flown during month include Short `Stirling`, Bristol `Beaufighter` Consolidated `Catalina` and Fairey `Baracuda` No. 6, Ferry Pool activities continue, during December 1944 seventeen types, including Boeing B-17 flown, by January 1945 85 hours flown, now most being 4-engined types and flying boats, March 1945 particularly busy - 4 sorties on 28/3 including `Anson`, `Beaufighter` and `Spitfire`, end of WWII not recorded as collections and deliveries continue, June 1945 total hours now 1032 first deliveries of the Avro `Lincoln` recorded, Fairchild `hack` aircraft still in use, October 2nd 1945 records delivery of `Albemarle` 2006 to Ratcliffe and last A.T.A. flight on 20.10.45 in Fairchild FK177, on Jan. 11th 1946 Spiller joins Shell in Ecuador flying Budd, Ford and Grumman aircraft, intensive flying over next few months, in June 1947 rejoins Ferry unit delivering `Mosquito` and `Spitfire` aircraft in Italy and Turkey, February 1947 with the Caribbean Petrolcum Company, Venezuela flying Lockheed and `Sea Otter` aircraft. Log Book No. 4. Opened 1.12.48 flying Lockheed 12A YV-P-AEL, month after month of flying including Percival `Prince` and Miles `Messanger` aircraft, March/April 1953 back in England flying from Sywell, National Air Races entered on 27.6.53 flying `Leopard Moth` G.-ACMA, European Tour with `Messanger` G-AKIN to France, Spain and Tangiers, London-Cardiff Air Race practice on 26/5/60, many overseas trips and air-races entered, including the King`s Cup 14/15.8.71 Goodyear Farnborough and others. Log Book No. 5. Records as winner of 1976 King`s Cup air-race flying Cessna C-180 G-ASIT and third in South Coast air-race on 17.7.79, last flight recorded 7.11.80 with C-180 G-ASIT after total of 6371 hrs and 30 minutes, together with a small group of associated letters and literature. An unusual group of pilot`s flying log books not previously seen at auction. (-)

*WWI RFC/RAF - Pilot`s Flying Log-Book and related mementos to Lieutenant Herbert Alfred Denny (Flt Cadet 2nd Lieut) c. 1918. Joining the School of Military Aeronautics he underwent preliminary 6-week induction course during November/December 1917, and then transferred to further training at Thetford Aerodrome, whence the log book shows first flying entry dated 3rd May 1918 and continues until March 1919, covering all aspects of flights made, transition from dual-instruction to first solo flight dated 21st May 1918, and subsequent instructional training including Photography, Forced Landings, Stall-turns, Bombing and Ground Attack etc on various machines including DH6, RE8 and DH9 aeroplanes. He was transferred to the Western Front on 21st August 1918 and further entries include Reconnaissance, Line-Patrol, Dawn Patrol, and Raids etc. to Menin, Lille, Ypres, Armentieres, Courtrai, Couines, Quesnoy, and many other locations in the region where fighting was heaviest especially in the final weeks before the armistice, culminating with a last combat flight on 9th November 1918 a Raid on Lessines. Thereafter continuing with few flights during the winter of 1918/19, concluding with a final entry on 7th March 1919 with a Mail Flight to Cologne. In addition to the log-book, this lot includes a group of original aerial photographs taken by 206 Squadron over the Western Front, variously captioned and with printed map-references, and some hand-captioned verso, together with three captured enlarged original German Aerial photographs, and also with the pilot`s personal aerial maps and Ordnance Survey maps of North West Europe, Hazebrouck, Belgium & France, his knee-pad map-holder with fold-out large-scale map of the region, showing bullet-hole damage to lower edge, when shot at during a Raid. Further accoutrements include Training-Transfer Cards for the RAF dated Mar-July 1918, an original `Squadron Orders` sheet dated October 28th 1918, and two bombing-practice lead-weighted coloured cloth streamers (-)

*WWI RFC - Pilot/Observer Map-board. A rare navigational aid for open cockpit use, 1915, comprising polished beechwood board with brass rotating rods for roller-map retention, with inset magnetic compass to top and inset metal adjustable protractor for basic navigational functions, stamped A.D. dated 1915, and having leather wrist-strap and buckle fixing verso, 10 x 7in (25 x 18cm) (1)

*Imperial Airways. A rare 1935-36 Egypt-Australia route-map brochure, with fold-out pages illustrating the route from Cairo to Melbourne in colour, with photos, after the originals of various aircraft including the Handley-Page H.P. 42, de Havilland airliner, Short Flying Boats and sights seen en-route, together with various B.O.A.C. leaflets, an album of `civil aircraft` cigarette cards by J. Player & Sons, a reproduction silk World War II escape map of North Africa, a Richard Pearse World Aviation pioneer medallion with history booklet contained in a folder, and die-cast models of Avro `York` G-AGJG, Lockheed `Constellation` VH EAA and Boeing `Clipper` G-AGCA (-)

A WWII RAF ordnance survey map of the Straits of Dover, France, showing flight lines to Brussels

John Andrews (fl. 1766-1809) and Matthew Wren - Coloured engraving - "A Plan of the City of Canterbury Survey`d by Jon. Andrews and Mat. Wren 1768", 18.5ins x 23.5ins, printed and sold by A. Dury, in Dukes Court, St. Martins Lane and W. Herbert, No. 27 Goulston Square, White Chapel (published as final plate of "A Topographical Map of the County of Kent in twenty-five sheets on a scale of two inches to the Mile" by John Andrews, Andrew Dury and William Herbert 1769)

Christopher Saxton (1542-1610) - Coloured engraving - "Map of South East England" - Showing Kent, Surrey, Sussex, Middlesex and London, 16ins x 21.25ins, engraved by Hogenberg, published 1576, in ebonised and gilt moulded frame and glazed Provenance : Bayton-Williams, 18 Lowndes Street, Belgravia, London SW1X 9EY

A late 16th/early 17th Century coloured engraving - "Map of the Shyre of Kent, divided into five lathes therof" - Map of Kent showing London, part of Surrey and Sussex, 7.75ins x 14.25ins (Anonymous - thought to be the second state of the first separate printed map of Kent, which was first published circa 1580. This example is probably issued circa 1625), in modern gilt moulded frame and glazed Provenance : O`Shea Gallery, 89 Lower Sloane Street, London SW1W 8DA

John Seller (fl. 1658 - died 1697) - Coloured engraving - "Kent Actually Survey`d and Delineated" - Map of Kent divided in Hundreds, 23ins x 35.5ins, engraved by John Oliver and Richard Palmer, thought to be for 1689 edition of Saxton`s Atlas, in ebonised and gilt moulded frame and glazed

An 18th Century coloured engraving - "A Map of the County of Kent" divided into Lathes with view of Dover Castle and Towne, to the lower right margin and the borders depicting armorials of the families of Kent, 22ins x 32ins, engraved by Samuel Parker 1719, in Hogarth frame and glazed

Emanuel Bowen (fl. 1714 - died 1767) - Coloured engraving - "An Accurate Map of the County of Kent divided into its Lathes", 20.25ins x 27.5ins, sold by J. Hinton at The Kings Arms in St. Pauls Churchyard, London 1751, published in the "Large English Atlas", in Hogarth frame and glazed

John Ogilby (1600-1675) - Coloured engraving - "Road from London to Hith in Kent including the Road by Maidstone", 12.75ins x 16.5ins, Robert Morden (died 1703) - Coloured engraving - "Map of the County of Kent", 13.75ins x 24.75ins (from 1695 edition of "Camden`s Britannia", and a coloured engraving from "Hasted `s History of Kent" - "A Map of the Hundreds of Calehill and Chart and Longbridge", 14.5ins x 20ins, all framed and glazed

Matthaus Merian (1621-1687) - Engraving - "Rivier Oder Gegent Von London" - An unusual map of the River Thames illustrating the Dutch attack on the English Fleet anchored at Chatham in June 1667, 8.75ins x 14ins, thought to be published Frankfurt 1667, in Hogarth frame and glazed Provenance : O`Shea Gallery, 89 Lower Sloane Street, London SW1W 8DA. Purchased 24th June 1986

Eugene Henri Fricx (fl. 1706 - circa 1740) - Coloured engraving - Map of the English Channel showing the coast of East Kent, 31.5ins x 21.75ins, thought to be published by Covens & Mortier, circa 1720, in Hogarth frame and glazed

John Andrews (fl. 1766-1809) and Andrew Dury (fl. 1742-1778) and William Herbert - "A Topographical Map of the County of Kent, 1769 - Twenty-five sheets on a scale of two inches to a mile from an actual Survey" printed for A. Dury in Dukes Court, St. Martins Lane, and W. Herbert at No. 27 in Gulstons Square, White Chappel, bound as one atlas size folio with twenty-three double page sheets of maps, plan of Sandwich, plan of Canterbury and map of the County of Kent (one volume the original bindings with marbled boards and leather spine and corners - spine damaged and split to front and back and boards generally worn)

An early 20th century album of postcards of mostly topographical views, two books of engravings, "The City of Our Lord", twelve photographs of Jerusalem published by Richard Griffin & Co, New Bond Street, 1861, and a folding Carys map of Suffolk, 1818, in slip case

A late Victorian walnut Secretaire bookcase, the upper part with moulded cornice, fitted three shelves enclosed by a pair of glazed doors, the base with leaf carved front, the Secretaire drawer inset with green leather, fitted six small drawers with map veneered fronts, cupboards under enclosed by a pair of panelled doors, 48ins wide x 21ins deep x 89ins high

Map - Reynold`s map of London and Visitors Guide, drawn by Ernest G Ravenstein, scale one inch to a mile Further images and condition reports are available at www.reemandansie.com

PLAN CHEST, 19th century mahogany with ten deep map drawers in two sections on a plinth base, 119cm x 85cm x 101cm H.

GWR Jigsaw Puzzle `The Streamlined Way`, 200 pieces, excellent condition as is the green marbled box. Included is the original GWR Map of the System in its buff folder, the Streamline Way Leaflet and the booklet Literature of Locomotion.

Poster, `London and North Eastern Railway`, by George Philip & Son Ltd London, D/R size. Shows full map of the UK and a wonderful inset top right depicting LNER A3 No 94 in full colour with the LNER winking eye logo. Published by the LNER 1946. Folds with minor edge tears and minor crinkling otherwise extremely good.

Poster ` Electrification - East Coast Main Line, with a futuristic image of an electric loco alongside a map showing the progress, D/R size. Circa 1985, it shows the project completed to Huntingdon and projected to finish in May 1991 at Edinburgh. A modern poster but of considerable historic significance. Published by the BRB Central Advertising Services and printed by Cancol Ltd. Excellent throughout with minor folds.

Poster ` Map of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire Produced By British Railways` by Ramos, D/R size. A complete map of the two counties and the Isle of Ely with images of places of interest within the map and also around the periphery. Published by British Railways Eastern Region, printed by Waterlow London & Dunstable. Excellent condition throughout, minor folds.

GWR Jigsaw Puzzle `Britain`s Mightiest` 150 pieces, with one, extremely well matched replaced piece, otherwise extremely good. Brown label box is in fair condition. Together with GWR `Race To The Ocean Coast` Game manufactured by Chad Valley. Believed complete except for die cup and instructions. Comprises:- folding board showing map, three painted loco pieces, six pawn counters and die. Well played with and the box has one side missing from lid and the rest is torn but repairable. A scarce game indeed.