Enfield (William). An Essay Towards the History of Leverpool, drawn up from Papers left by the Late Mr. George Perry, and from other Materials since Collected .. with views of the principal public structures, a chart of the harbour and a map of the environs, 2nd ed., with additions, printed for Joseph Johnson, 1774, list of subscribers, nine single-page engraved views, large folding eng. chart of Liverpool harbour, folding eng. map of Liverpool, and folding endgraved map of projections, one or two short closed tears without loss, untrimmed, later brown half morocco, rubbed and heavily scuffed, folio, with a folding lithographic map of Liverpool by Richard Thornton, printed by Joseph Briggs, circa 1831, with outline hand-colouring loosely inserted at front of vol. (1)
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Lewis (William). Lewis’s New Traveller’s Guide or a Pocket Edition of the English Counties, Containing all the Direct & Cross Roads in England & Wales with the Distance of each Principal Place from London, 1st ed., pub. W.Lewis, [1819], frontis. of engraved map of England and Wales with contemp. hand colouring, dec. title page with presentation and ownership inscription on verso, forty-two engraved map with contemp. hand colouring (complete as list) including one folding (Yorkshire), contemp. half morocco gilt with orig. pubs. label to upper board, 12mo. Chubb. CCCLXIV. (1)
Lilford (Lord). Notes on the Birds of Northamptonshire and Neighbourhood, 2 vols., pub. R.H.Porter, 1895, addn. half titles, uncoloured gravure frontis of Lilford hall to vol. 1, twenty-five b & w gravures after Archibald Thorburn, thirteen wood engravings and numerous engraved vignettes to text throughout, folding litho. map of Northamptonshire at rear of volume 2, contemp. half morocco gilt by R.M.Porter, spines slightly sunned, 4to. (2)
* Africa. Blaeu (Johannes), Africae nova descriptio, n.d., c.1630, hand coloured engraved ‘carte-a-figures’ map, ten costume vignettes to vertical margins, nine oval vignettes of African cities along upper horizontal margin, the sea decorated with galleons, sea monsters and flying fish, 415 x 560 mm, mounted, framed and glazed. (1)
America. De Fer (Nicolas), L’Amerique Meridionale et Septentrionale Dressée selon les dernieres Relations et suivant les nouvelles Decouvertes....., Paris, 1705, engraved map with contemp. outline colouring, engraved by H.van Loon, elborate b & w cartouche and mileage scale, insular California, very slight staining, 465 x 600 mm. R.V.Tooley, The Mapping of America, page. 126, no. 60 (state 2). (1)
![America. Weigel (Christopher), Novi Orbis sive Totius Americae cum adiacentibus Insulis Nova exhibitio, pub. Nuremberg [1725]](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10729/2860743/180-20123311185_468x382.jpg)
Berkshire. Rocque (John), To His sacred Majesty George the Third, this Survey of Berkshire is most humbly Inscrib’d by his Majesty’s Dutiful, Obliged, Loyal Subject & Humble Servant, n.d., c.1761, sixteen (only) engraved single and double map and title sheets, several with sparse outline colouring, various sizes and condition. Sold as a collection of maps, not subject to return. (16)
* British Isles. Speed (John), Britain as it was Devided in the tyme of the Englishe Saxons especially during their Heptarchy, pub. Thomas Bassett & Richard Chiswell, c.1676. hand coloured engraved map, vertical margins decorated with fourteen engraved historical vignettes, strapwork cartouche and mileage scale, compass rose and numerous rhumb lines, old folds, occ. repaired closed tears, left hand vertical margin trimmed with slight loss and re-margined, 390 x 510 mm, English text on verso, framed, mounted and double glazed. (1)
![British Isles. Ortelius (Abraham), Angliae, Scotiae et Hiberniae sive Britannicar Insularum Descriptio, [1574], hand coloured](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10729/2860743/192-201233111815_468x382.jpg)
British Isles. Ortelius (Abraham), Angliae, Scotiae et Hiberniae sive Britannicar Insularum Descriptio, [1574], hand coloured engraved map, strapwork cartouche, short split at base of central fold, 345 x 500 mm. French text on verso, together with Edwards (George), Itinera Varia Auctoris, n.d., c.1746, engraved map with contemp. hand colouring, four vignettes of the beak of an Egyptian Ibis, a male and female Stag beetle and a lesser humming bird with its egg, 260 x 210 mm. The first described item. Marcel van den Broecke, Ortelius Atlas Maps, no.16. The second described item. R.W.Shirley, Printed Maps of the British Isles, 1650 - 1750, Edwards. 1. (2)
![England & Wales. Mercator (Gerard), Anglia Regnum, [1595 or later], engraved map with contemp. outline colouring, slight](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10729/2860743/199-201233111830_468x382.jpg)
Europe. Neumon (Maurice), La Guerre est l’industrie Nationale de la Prusse, pub. P.J.Gallais, Paris, 1917, colour printed lithographic ‘propaganda map’, backed with archival tissue, 580 x 770 mm, together with Oorlogskaart van Europa, pub. J.Smulders & Co., The Hague, n.d., c.1916, colour printed lithographic map of Europe, old folds, with some splitting along folds, 760 x 1010 mm. The first described item is an unusual map using the popular conceit of the ‘Prussian Octopus’ using its tentacles to envelope its European neighbours. (2)
* France. Senex (John), A New Map of France, shewing the Roads & Post Stages thro:out that Kingdom, as also the errors of Sanson’s Map compared with ye Survey made by the Order of ye Late French King, 1719, engraved map with original outline colouring, decorative uncoloured cartouche, inset map of Catalonia, slight overall browning, 520 x 585 mm, framed and glazed, together with Mercator (Gerard), Tab III Europae, Galliam, Belgicam ac Germaniae partem repraesentans, n.d., c.1730, hand coloured engraved map of France on a Ptolemaic projection, slight overall browning, 345 x 315 mm, mounted, framed and glazed. (2)
Glamorganshire. Saxton (Christopher and Lea Philip), Glamorganshire Discribed by CS, Corrected and Amended by P.Lea, n.d., c.1689, hand coloured engraved map, inset town plans of Cardiff and Llandaff, elaborate strapwork cartouche and mileage scale, 335 x 485 mm, mounted. A clean bright example of an uncommon map. (1)
Greenwood (C. & J., publishers). Map of the County of Huntingdon from an Actual Survey, pub. Jan 26th. 1831, Map of the County of Nottingham from an Actual Survey, pub. Jany. 26th. 1831, Map of the County of Stafford from an Actual Survey, pub. Feb. 24th. 1830, Map of the County of Cambridge from an Actual Survey, pub. Apr. 1st. 1834 [and] Map of the County of Northamptonshire from an Actual Survey, pub. Feb. 24th. 1830, five engraved maps with original hand colouring, calligraphic titles, table of explanation, compass rose and uncoloured engraved topographical vignette, slight offsetting, Staffordshire with short split to central fold and several repaired marginal closed tears, each approx. 625 x 735 mm, together with Smith (C.), A New Map of the County of Leicester Divided into Hundreds, pub. Jany. 6th. 1804, engraved map with original hand colouring, 490 x 550 mm. (6)
![London. Gill (MacDonald), The Wonderground Map of London Town, pub. The Westminster Press [1913], colour printed folding map,](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10729/2860743/210-201233111845_468x382.jpg)
London. Gill (MacDonald), The Wonderground Map of London Town, pub. The Westminster Press [1913], colour printed folding map, occ. small holes professionally repaired on verso, old folds strengthened on verso, 965 x 1245 mm. A highly stylised and whimsical map which was commissioned by The London Underground and designed to be displayed in tube stations. The intense pictorial content of the map caught the public’s imagination and as a result Gill is often credited with creating a resurgence of the genre of decorative map making. Elizabeth Burdon. ‘The Cartographic Impact of MacDonald Gill’s Wonderground Map of 1913’. An article in ‘The Antiquarian Booksellers of America monthly journal’. (1)
Map Collector. The Map Collector, nos. 1 - 74 (complete), Dec. 1977 - Spring 1996, numerous colour and b & w illusts. throughout, all with orig. printed wrappers, with five printed indices, slim 4to, together with Mercators World, A part run, nos. 2 - 9, March/April 1996 - July/August 1997, numerous colour and b & w illusts. throughout, orig. printed wrappers, slim 4to. (83)
Maps. Norden (John & Kip William), Surrey olim sedes Regnorum, n.d., c.1637, hand coloured engraved map, strapwork cartouche and mileage scale, thread margins, laid on later card, 290 x 380 mm, together with Hole (William), Scotia Regnum, n.d., c.1610, hand coloured engraved map, decorative strapwork cartouche, compass rose and numerous rhumb lines, 270 x 325 mm, laid on later card, plus Mitchell (Augustus), County Map of the State of New York, pub. Pennsylvania, 1865, engraved map with contemp. hand colouring, inset town plans of Buffalo, Rochester, West Troy, Albany and the Harbour and Vicinity of New York, occ. marginal closed tears, 355 x 540 mm, and Stow (John, pub.), Creplegate Ward with its Divisions into Parishes, taken from the last Surveys with Additions and Corrections, 1755, hand coloured engraved map, with tables of explanation, 305 x 360 mm, mounted, with three others similar. (7)
Maps. A collection of eight maps, mostly 19th century, including Dean (E.C. & C.Y.), Map of Western Australia, 1880, large uncoloured litho. map on two sheets conjoined, laid on modern linen, some repaired closed tears and fraying along central fold causing slight loss, some spotting largely confined to margins, 1200 x 800 mm, together with Gotthold (H.H.), Deutschland und der groste Theil der umliegenden Staaten oder Mittel Europa, Berlin, 1831, large engraved wall map with original outline colouring, printed on forty-two sheets, conjoined and laid on linen, slight dust soiling, 1230 x 1530 mm, displayed on two turned, stained wooden battens, with Facius (G.S. & J.G.), Seconde Feuille du Theatre de la Guerre Entre Les Russes et Les Turcs, pub. Frankfurt, 1770, engraved map with original outline colouring on two conjoined sheets, occ. marginal closed tears just affecting image, 510 x 920 mm, plus Walter (H.), To the King’s most Excellent Majesty this Map of Windsor Forest and its Vicinity from Actual Survey is humbly dedicated by His Majesty’s Most dutiful and obedient Subject and Servant, 1823, engraved map with original outline colouring, laid on linen, calligraphic cartouche, some cracking and fraying to image, 920 x 1210 mm, displayed on two turned and stained wooden battens, partially detached, with another four similar, plus eight 19th century Admiralty ‘blue-backed charts’ of parts of Australia, America and Africa, several closed tears affecting image, various sizes and condition. (17)
Montgomeryshire. Speed (John), Montgomery Shire, pub. Thomas Bassett & Richard Chiswell, c.1676, uncoloured engraved map, inset town plan of Montgomery, elaborate strapwork cartouche, compass rose and mileage scale, frayed along central fold with slight loss, 390 x 515 mm, English text on verso, together with eight uncoloured engraved Welsh county maps by J.Archer, each approx. 190 x 240 mm, with Morden (Robert), Herefordshire, n.d. [1695 or later], hand coloured engraved map, 360 x 420 mm, plus Saxton (Christopher & Kip William & Hole William), Caernarvo Comitatus pars olim Ordovicum (2), Caermardi Comitatus in quo Dimetae olim habitarunt (3) [and] Radnor Comitatus quem Silvres Olim Incoluerunt (3), n.d., c.1637, eight uncoloured engraved maps, each approx. 270 x 325 mm. (18)
New York. French (J.E.), The State of New York from New and Original Surveys, pub. Syracuse, 1860, large engraved map with contemp. outline colouring. varnished and laid on linen, numerous inset maps and topographical views, some cracking and fraying to map, slight spotting, occ. marginal tears with slight loss, holes in upper and lower margins where previously attached to battens, now lacking, 1580 x 1880 mm. (1)
North America. Cowperthwait (Thomas), Map of the State of New York, Compiled from the Latest Authorities, pub. Philadelphia, n.d., c.1854, hand coloured engraved map, inset maps of Niagara, Rochester, Albany and New York, slight fraying and staining largely confined to margins, central fold strengthened on verso, 415 x 670 mm, together with Wyld (James), Sketch of the Recent Discoveries on the Northern Coast of America by Messrs. Dease & Simpson, 1840, engraved map with outline colouring, inset map of North America and Canada, 305 x 475 mm, mounted, with Melish (John), United States of America Compiled from the Latest and Best Authorities, pub. Murray, Draper, Fairman & Co., Philadelphia, 1818, engraved map with contemp. outline colouring, old folds, repaired closed tear, 415 x 500 mm, plus one other similar. (4)
North America. Palairet (Jean), A Map of North America......, with considerable Alterations and Improvements from D’Anville, Mitchell & Bellin by L.Delarochette, pub. John Bowles & Carington Bowles, 1765, engraved map with contemp. outline colouring, old fold strengthened on verso, 485 x 595 mm. R.V.Tooley, The Mapping of America, 56 (c), page 88. (1)
* Nottinghamshire. Speed (John), The Countie of Nottingham described, The Shire Townes Situation and the Earls there of observed, pub. C.Dicey & Co., n.d., c.1770, hand coloured engraved map, inset town plan of Nottingham, elaborate strapwork cartouche and mileage scale, 380 x 505 mm, mounted, framed and glazed. (1)
![Ogilby (John). The Continuation of the Road from London to Carlisle com Cumbr., [and] The Continuation of the Road from Londo](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10729/2860743/222-201233111853_468x382.jpg)
Ogilby (John). The Continuation of the Road from London to Carlisle com Cumbr., [and] The Continuation of the Road from London to Barwick beginning at York and extending to Chester in ye Street, n.d., c.1676, two hand coloured engraved strip road maps, each with a decorative strapwork cartouche, each approx. 345 x 425 mm. The first described map runs through Lancaster, Bolton, Kendal and Hesketh. The second map runs through York, Burrowbridge, North Allerton, Darlington and Durham. (2)
* Ogilby (John). The Road from London to Kings Lyn com. Norfolk, n.d., c.1675, hand coloured engraved strip road map, 335 x 445 mm, mounted, framed and glazed, together with a framed and glazed facsimile of the leaves of descriptive text which accompany the map. The original double-sided leaf of text is contained in a paper bag and adhered to the verso of the frame. The road runs through Cambridge, Ely, Littleport, Southery and Downham. (2)
* Ogilby (John). The Road from London to Holy-head co. Anglesey North Wales actually Survey’d and Delineated, c.1676, hand coloured engraved strip road map, elaborate cartouche showing a surveyor using a waywiser, slight overall browning, 310 x 435 mm, mounted framed and glazed. The road commences in London and travels through Highgate, St. Albans, Dunstable, Stoney Stratford and Towcester. (1)
* Ogilby (John). The Road from Oxford to Bristol, n.d., c.1676, hand coloured engraved strip road map, decorative falconry cartouche, 330 x 440 mm, mounted, framed and glazed, together wth a small uncoloured strip road map by Emanuel Bowen. The Ogilby road map runs through Fifield, Highworth, Malmesbury, Luckington and Pucklechurch. (2)
* Ogilby (John). The Continuation of the Road from Bristol to Chester Commencing at Ludlow com. Shrews. and extending to Chester, n.d., c.1676, hand coloured engraved strip road map, slight overall toning, 355 x 465 mm, framed and glazed. The road runs through the towns of Church Stretton, Shrewsbury and Whitchurch. (1)
Oxford. Speed (John), Oxfordshire described with ye Citie and the Armes of the Colledges of ye famous University, pub. Thomas Bassett & Richard Chiswell, c.1676, hand coloured engraved map, inset town plan of Oxford, central fold strengthened on verso, 390 x 530 mm, English text on verso. (1)
Scotland. Cowley (John), A Map of the Improved Moss and Improveable Bay of Kintra drawn from a Plan of the Survey of Ardnamorchan, 1734, uncoloured engraved map, old folds strengthened and repaired on verso, 415 x 630 mm, together with A Plan & Perspective View of the Improved Land of Mingary; with the Improveable Bay of Kitchoan &c. drawn from ye Original Survey of Ardnamurchan, [1734], uncoloured engraved map, inset view of Mingary Castle, old folds, strengthened and repaired on verso, 445 x 600 mm, with Bearhop (Andrew), A Map of the Baronry of Stobbo in the Sherreffdom of Peebles, Now Belonging to Charles Murray Esq. with the Parks and Improvements made upon it by Sr. Alexander Murray of Stanhope, originally published in ‘The True Interest of Britain considered....’, c.1740, uncoloured engraved map, old folds, strengthened and repaired on verso, one margin extended, 465 x 520 mm, plus Cowley (John), A Hydrographical Description or Chart of the Sea-Coasts of Great Britain, Ireland, France, Holland, Germany, Denmark & Norway, bordering on the North Sea......, 1734, uncoloured engraved map, old folds, occ, slight splitting to old folds, 440 x 575 mm. (4)
Somerset. Speed (John), Somerset - Shire Described and into Hundreds devided with the plott of the famous and most wholsom waters and citie of the Bathe, 1st. ed., pub. John Sudbury & George Humble, c.1611, hand coloured engraved map, inset town plan of Bath, slight fraying to upper margin, central fold strengthened on verso at base, 380 x 515 mm, English text on verso. (1)
* Southern England. Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, Dorset, Wilts, The Isle of Portland, Hants, Sussex, Surrey, Kent, I. of Wight, pub. Phillip Overton & Thos. Bowles, n.d., c.1730, uncoloured engraved map on four sheets conjoined, inset map of the Isles of Scilly, compass rose and numerous rhumb lines, occ. closed marginal tears, slight staining, 450 x 1445 mm, framed and glazed. The map is decorated with ribbon banners surmounted by crossed cutlases; each representing a naval or military battle. (1)We believe that this is the bottom strip of the travelling version of Christopher Browne`s wall map which was issued by Philip Overton & Thomas Bowles between 1735 and 1746
* Wiltshire. Speed (John), Wilshire, pub. Henry Overton, n.d., c.1710, hand coloured engraved map, heightened with gold, inset town plan of Salisbury and vignette view of Stonehenge, strapwork cartouche, mileage scale and compass rose, old folds, 380 x 500 mm, mounted, framed and glazed. (1)
* Worcestershire. Speed (John), Worcestershire Described, pub. John Sudbury & George Humble, 1st ed., [1611], hand coloured engraved map, inset town plan of Worcester, elaborate strapwork cartouche, compass rose and mileage scale, English text on verso, mounted, framed and double glazed. (1)
World. Cruchley (G.F.), Map of the World on Mercators Projection, Showing the Discoveries at the North Pole and the New Settlements in Australia, New Zealand, &c., pub. G.F.Crcuhley, 1854, engraved map with bright contemp. hand colouring, sectionalised and laid on two linen sheets, each sheet approx. 940 x 840 mm, orig. pubs. labels on verso of maps, contained in contemp. half morocco gilt boards, a little rubbed at extrems. (1)
World. Zahn (Johann), Tabula Geographico-Hydrographica Motus Oceani Currentes, Abyssos, Montes, Ignivomos In Universo Orbe Indicans....., pub. Nuremberg, [1696], uncoloured engraved world map, elaborate strapwork cartouche supported by Cherubs, 360 x 425 mm. Published in the ‘Mundus Mirabili’. A pseudo-scientific work which contained two world maps. This example shows the worlds ocean currents, volcanos and the abysses of the sea, each marked with an appropriate symbol. R.W.Shirley, The Mapping of the World, no.583. (1)
* Musical photo album. A lacquered pictorial photo album, c. 1920s, upper cover with a map of Japan and Korea and hand-painted decoration, approx. 25 blank leaves (some with adhesion marks), metal winder to lower cover (plays Beethoven’s Fur Elise!), a few small chips and cracks, oblong folio . (1)
Bindings. Porter (Major Whitworth), A History of the Knights of Malta or the Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem, 2 vols., 1858, four eng. plts., folding map, later polished calf by Bickers & Son, London, gilt-dec. spines with raised bands and contrasting labels (faded), together with Herbert (Henry William), Frank Forester’s Fish and Fishing of the United States, and British Provinces of North America, 1849, near-contemp. red polished calf by S. Hogg, gilt-dec. spine with raised bands and contrasting label, a little faded, plus Lady Morgan’s Memoirs: Autobiography, Diaries and Correspondence, 2 vols., 2nd ed., 1863, eng. port. frontis. to each, near-contemp. brown polished calf by S. Hogg, gilt-dec. spines with raised bands and contrasting labels, faded, and others similar, all 8vo. (30)
Brodrick (Thomas). A Compleat History of the Late War in the Netherlands. Together with an Abstract of the Treaty at Utrecht, 1713, folding eng. map frontis. and three double-page eng. battle plans, each within border of coats-of-arms (upper right hand corner of plan of Hochstet cut away to remove one armorial), contemp. gilt-panelled calf, covers detached, 8vo, together with Bland (Humphrey), Treatise of Military Discipline: In Which is Laid Down and Explained the Duty of the Officer and Soldier, Through the Several Branches of the Service, 8th ed., revised and corrected, 1759, seven folding eng. plans, title cut and repaired (to remove previous owner’s name?), some old marginalia, contemp. calf, worn on spine, plus Tytler (Alexander Fraser), An Essay on Military Law, and the Practice of Courts Martial, 1st ed., Edinburgh, 1800, some scattered spotting, contemp. quarter calf with vellum tips, worn, upper cover detached, and three others similar, mostly ex-Officers’ Library, Royal Marines, Chatham, all 8vo. (6)
Juvenalis (Decimus Junius & Persius Flaccus, Aulus). [Satires], Translated and Illustrated, as well with Sculpture and Notes by Barten Holyday, 2 parts in one, 1st ed., Oxford, 1673, title printed in red and black, folding map, three copper-engraved plates, engraved illustrations, title and dedication leaves repaired, marginal wormholes, occasional waterstains, later speckled half calf, edges rubbed, folio . (1)
Segur (Philippe Paul de). History of the Expedition to Russia undertaken by the Emperor Napoleon in the Year 1812, 2 vols., 5th ed., 1826, three eng. port. plts., incl. frontis. to each, folding eng. map (with closed tears), first and final leaves foxed, armorial bookplate of Studley Priory on front pastedowns, pencilled ownership names on front free endpapers, contemp. tan calf, spines gilt dec., rubbed, water-stain on lower cover of first vol., 12mo in 6s, together with Napier (W.F.P.), History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France, from the Year 1807 to the Year 1814, 3rd ed., 6 vols., 1835-40, eng. maps, all but vol. 6 with contemp. ms. name at head of title-page, scattered foxing, front free endpapers with blind stamp of Studley Priory, Oxford, contemp. half calf gilt, rubbed and scuffed, 8vo, plus Froude (James Anthony), History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Defeat of the Spanish Armada, 12 vols., new ed., 1870, one or two eng. plts., scattered foxing, marbled endpapers and edges, armorial bookplate of Studley Priory on front pastedowns, some splitting to hinges, contemp. tree calf gilt, sl. rubbed, some joints splitting, 8vo, plus 29 others, mostly 18th and 19th c. literature and history. (49)
Sotheby (William). The Iliad and Odyssey of Homer, translated by William Sotheby; illustrated by the designs of Flaxman, 4 vols., 1st ed., 1834, seventy-three b&w line engraved plates by Henry Moses after Flaxman, single-page map of Troy to first vol., some light scattered spotting, marbled edges and endpaers, later good-quality uniform half calf gilt with contrasting red and green morocco spine labels, 8vo. A handsome set. (4)
New Testament [Greek]. Novum Testamentum Graece cum vulgata interpretatione Latina Graeci contextus lineis inserra..., in margine libri est collocata: atque alia, Ben. Ariae Montani Hispalensis opera e verbo reddita..., [Heidelberg]: Ex officina Commeliniana, 1599, woodcut device to title, manuscript date to lower margin and with clipped ownership signature to title (lined to verso), dust-soiling and some dampstaining, 19th c. half calf, joints split, 8vo, together with Novum Testamentum Graeco-Latinum. Vulgata Interpretatione Latina a Theologis Louaniensibus quam diligentissime reconita & emendata..., Cologne, 1692, ink library stamp & small hole to title, some dirt-soiling and dampstaining, 19th c. vellum, marked, 8vo, with New Testament [Latin], Novum Testamentum, cum Versione Latina Ariae Montani..., Amsterdam: J. Wetstenium & G. Smith, 1741, addn. eng. title with ownership signature to upper margin, one folding eng. map, contemp. calf gilt, joints split and some wear, 12mo, plus three others related. (6)
-Occo (Adolf). Imperatorum Romanorum Numismata a Pompeo Magno ad Heraclium..., Mediolani, 1683, eng. frontis., title printed in red & black and with eng. illust., eng. bookplate of Jeremiah Milles to verso of title, few eng. illusts. to text, some light dampstaining, contemp. calf, old reback and corner repairs, some insect damage to covers, worn, folio, together with [Marchi, Giuseppe & Tessieri, Pietro], L’aes Grave Del Museo Kircheriano: Ovvero Le Monete Primitive De’popoli Dell’ Italia Media, pub. Rome, 1839, half-title, folding litho map frontis., forty double-page litho plts. (including double-page title/contents), some spotting to margins, orig. cloth, joints and extrems. frayed, 4to, with Clarke (Edward Daniel), The Tomb of Alexander, A Dissertation on the Sarcophagus brought from Alexandria and now in the British Museum, pub. Cambridge, 1805, half-title, eng. frontis., plts. and vignettes (two plts. detached), orig. boards with later cloth spine, slightly worn, 4to. (3)
Dodgson (Rev. Charles Lutwidge, ‘Lewis Carroll’). A Tangled Tale, 1st ed., 1885, six b & w illusts. by Arthur B. Frost, a.e.g., orig. cloth gilt, sl. rubbed and minor wear at head of spine, 8vo, together with Hale (Kathleen), Orlando (The Marmalade Cat) Keeps a Dog, 1st ed., Country Life, [1948], col. litho. illusts. throughout, dec. endpapers, orig. linen-backed pict. boards, a little soiled and corners bumped, plus Brunhoff (Jean de), Le Voyage de Babar, 1st ed., Hachette, 1939, col. illusts. throughout, orig. linen-backed pict. boards, marked, some wear to extremities, inner stitching broken, both slim folio, and Hussey (Charmian), The Valley of Secrets, 1st ed., Saint Piran Press, 2003, signed on title by the author, b & w illusts. to text, map endpapers, orig. printed stiff wrappers, square 4to, and other children’s and illustrated books. (2 cartons)
Mallock (W.H.). In an Enchanted Island, or a Winter’s Retreat in Cyprus, 1st ed., 1889, frontis., decorations to text, 48 pp. publisher’s catalogue bound in at rear (printed in Greek), orig. dec. cloth, a little rubbed and marked, minor wear to head of spine, 8vo, together with Perrot (Georges and Chipiez, Charles), History of Art in Sardinia, Judaea, Syria, and Asia Minor, edited I. Gonimo, 2 vols., 1890, numerous b & w illusts., some folding, orig. pict. cloth gilt, a little rubbed and marked, tall 8vo, plus Murray’s Handbook for Travellers in Turkey in Asia, including Constantinople, the Bosphorus, Dardanelles, Brousa and Plain of Troy, new ed., revised, [1876], folding map contained in front and rear pocket (both a little worn and damaged), seven other maps and plans, as list, 84 pp. commercial ads. at rear, orig. cloth gilt, some wear to spine, 8vo, and other Greek, Roman and Byzantine history and related. (3 shelves)
Brill (Edith and Turner, Peter). The Minor Pleasures of the Cotswolds, 1st ed., 1971, b & w illusts. from photos, orig. boards in d.j., slim 8vo, together with Life & Tradition on the Cotswolds, by Edith Brill, 1st ed., 1973, b & w illusts. from photos, orig. boards in d.j., 4to, plus Godfrey (Walter H.), The Parish of Chelsea, Parts I & 2 bound in one (being the fourth volume of the Survey of London), 1913, folding plan, numerous b & w illusts. from photos, folding map contained in rear pocket, contemp. two-tone cloth, a little rubbed and soiled, 4to, with other topography and local history etc., including rural life and mining, etc. (3 shelves & a carton)
Bailey (David and Weldon, Fay). The Lady is a Tramp. Portraits of Catherine Bailey, 1st ed., 1995, numerous b & w illusts. from photos, orig. cloth with large paper pict. panel to upper cover, a little rubbed and soiled, folio, together with Crosby (Oscar Terry), Tibet and Turkestan. A Journey Through Old Lands and a Study of New Conditions, pub. Putnam’s, New York & London, 1905, b & w illusts. from photos, folding map at rear, t.e.g., orig. cloth gilt, rubbed and worn on spine, 8vo, and other miscellaneous books including art and natural history, etc. (6 shelves)
Whitfield (Susan, and Sims-Williams, Ursula, editors). The Silk Road. Trade, Travel, War and Faith, pub. British Library, 2004, numerous col. and b & w illusts. from photos, orig. boards in d.j., 4to, together with Twelve Years in China. The People, The Rebels, and the Mandarins, by a British Resident [John Scarth], 1st ed., Edinburgh & London, 1860, additional eng. title, wood-engs. to text, 4 pp. ads. at rear, lacks folding map, orig. gilt-dec. cloth, rubbed and some wear, 8vo, with other Chinese history and literature, etc. (6 shelves)
Davis (Robert H.). Deep Diving and Submarine Operations; A Manual for Deep Sea Divers and Compressed Air Workers, 7th ed., The Saint Catherine Press, 1962, folding frontis., numerous b & w illusts., folding colour map, six ready-reference tabs attached by former owner, inscribed to front free endpaper “To Mr Alexander McKee with compliments from Siebe Gorman & Co. Ltd. Dec 14, 1965”, orig. green cloth gilt, slight patchy discolouration, contained in orig. dust-wrapper, spine a little darkened, price altered with blue biro, together with a 6th edition (1955) of the same work, in a chipped and frayed dust-wrapper, inscribed to front free endpaper “To Mr Frank Lawton, in happy remembrance of his father, the late Mr Frank Lawton, one of our most experienced divers. From Robert H. Davis, 25th July 1963”, 8vo. Alexander McKee (1918-1992), diver and military historian, was one of the the driving forces behind the project to raise the Mary Rose in 1982. (2)
Davis (Robert H.). Deep Diving and Sumbarine Operations; A Manual for Deep Sea Divers and Compressed Air Workers, 6th ed., Saint Catherine Press, 1955, folding plate, numerous b & w illusts., colour printed folding map, inscribed by the author to front free endpaper and dated 2nd april 1962, orig. green cloth gilt, rubbed to spine, lacking dust-wrapper, together with three other copies of the same work including a 4th edition (1935) in a laminated dust-wrapper (a little fraying to extrems.), a 5th edition (1951) without dust-wrapper, and an 8th edition (1981) in a VG dust-wrapper. (4)
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