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Lot 138
(George, editor) The Koran, Commonly Called the Alcoran of Mohammed, Translated into English Immediately from theOriginal Arabic; with Explanatory Notes, Taken From the Most Approved Commentators, to Which is Prefixed A Preliminary Discourse, first edition, (vi) iii-ix (3) 508pp (15), red & black title, foxing, folding map, folding plate plus 3 geneological plates of which 2 are folding, contemporary calf, boards detached, first few pages detached, 4to, J.Wilcox, 1734. (George, editor) The Koran, Commonly Called the Alcoran of Mohammed, Translated into English Immediately from theOriginal Arabic; with Explanatory Notes, Taken From the Most Approved Commentators, to Which is Prefixed A Preliminary Discourse, first edition, (vi) iii-ix (3) 508pp (15), red & black title, foxing, folding map, folding plate plus 3 geneological plates of which 2 are folding, contemporary calf, boards detached, first few pages detached, 4to, J.Wilcox, 1734.
Lot 150
New Oxford Guide (The)... sixth edition, folding engraved map, engraved plates, short tear to map, not affecting image, damp-staining to lower corner, bookplate to pastedown, contemporary calf, rebacked, Oxford, for J. Fletcher et al., [c.1785] § Lolme (J.L. de) The Constitution of England, engraved portrait frontispiece (repaired with loss), title chipped at head, modern calf-backed cloth, for G.Robinson, 1784; and 17 others, literature and history, 8vo (19)(19)
Lot 152
Marshall (William) The rural economy of the Midland counties; including the management of livestock 2 vol., second edition, half-titles, engraved double-page map, 4pp. advertisements, offsetting and foxing to map, a few ff. browned, contemporary half calf, spines gilt, chip to foot of spine of vol.1, rubbed, [Fussell p.118; Kress B3233], for G. Nicol [&c.], 1796; and 2 vol. second edition of Gloucestershire, lacking the map, 8vo (4)
Lot 155
Cooke (William) Memoirs of Samuel Foote, Esq. 3 vol., first edition, engraved portrait, later buckram, spines darkened, 1805 § Ranking (John) Historical Researches on Wars and Sports of the Mongols and Romans, engraved folding map, plates, trimmed, some loose, map torn at fold, wormed, browned, contemporary half morocco, rubbed, 1826 § Manchester (Duke of) Court and Society from Elizabeth to Anne, 2 vol., second edition, frontispiece, original cloth, gilt, spines browned, 1864 § Sterne (Laurence) A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy, number 391 of 550 copies, engraved plates and illustrations by Maurice Leloir, tissue-guards, occasional foxing, original wrappers, browned, in original pictorial cloth folder, gilt, 1885; and c.100 others, English literature and history, v.s. (c.105)(100)
Lot 198
Sewell (A.) Black Beauty, his Grooms and Companions American Humane Education Society edition, with their material at beginning and end, frontispiece, plates, text-illustrations, name stamp on fly-leaf, original red cloth, gilt, rubbed, Boston, [1890] § Ellison (V.C.) Europe Revisited, The East Riding Yeomanry in the liberation of Europe, frontispiece, plates, folding map, original decorated cloth, faded & worn, [1946] § Village Doctor (The); or the Art of Curing Diseases Rendered Familiar and Easy, second edition, spotted, contemporary half calf, rubbed and marked, 1825, 8vo (3)
Lot 274
O`Nolan (Brian) "Flann O`Brien". The Third Policeman marginal spotting, inscription to endpaper, a little worn at head, slight water-staining to the base of lower panel, 1967 § Chatwin (Bruce) In Patagonia, plates and map, jacket with the usual fading to spine, 1977 § Fowles (John) The Magus, uncorrected proof copy, damp-staining, original wrappers, chipped and damp-stained, 1966, the first 2 first editions, with original boards and dust-jackets; and 24 others, mostly first editons, 8vo (27)(27)
Lot 314
[Pluche (Noel Antoine)] Spectacle de la Nature: or, Nature Delineated...Third edition 6 vol., only, of 7, lacks vol 3, engraved frontispieces, plates, most folding, marking and spotting, contemporary calf, gilt, worn, spines damaged, James Hodges, 1744-1749 § Picture of London 1818 (The), engraved additional title, plates, lacks folding frontispiece and map, title torn, stained and marked, contemporary calf, worn, Longman, &c., [1818], and another, 8vo (8); sold not subject to return.
Lot 351
(Captain Clive) The Leaguer of Ladysmith, 18 lithographed plates, original pictorial printed boards, [1900] § Conan Doyle (Arthur) The Great Boer War, third impression, original cloth, 1900 § Churchill (Winston Spencer) London to Ladysmith, via Pretoria, new impression, 34pp. advertisements at end, folding map frontispiece, 2 folding maps, plans, original pictorial cloth, browned, spine frayed, joints split, 1900; and 8 others, similar, oblong 4to and 8vo (11) (Captain Clive) The Leaguer of Ladysmith, 18 lithographed plates, original pictorial printed boards, [1900] § Conan Doyle (Arthur) The Great Boer War, third impression, original cloth, 1900 § Churchill (Winston Spencer) London to Ladysmith, via Pretoria, new impression, 34pp. advertisements at end, folding map frontispiece, 2 folding maps, plans, original pictorial cloth, browned, spine frayed, joints split, 1900; and 8 others, similar, oblong 4to and 8vo (11)(11)
Lot 353
(The Rev. William C.) History of Natal, South Africa, first edition, tinted lithographed frontispiece and 3 plates, 4 folding maps and 5 plates, occasional foxing, lter half morocco, rubbed, 8vo, 1855; The Kaffir Races, folding map and tables, plates, modern half morocco, n.d. § Fleming (Rev. Francis) Southern Africa. A Geography and Natural History, folding maps, plates and illustrations, new endpapers, modern crushed morocco-backed cloth, London and Norwich, 1856.; and 6 others, South Africa, (9) (The Rev. William C.) History of Natal, South Africa, first edition, tinted lithographed frontispiece and 3 plates, 4 folding maps and 5 plates, occasional foxing, lter half morocco, rubbed, 8vo, 1855; The Kaffir Races, folding map and tables, plates, modern half morocco, n.d. § Fleming (Rev. Francis) Southern Africa. A Geography and Natural History, folding maps, plates and illustrations, new endpapers, modern crushed morocco-backed cloth, London and Norwich, 1856.; and 6 others, South Africa, (9)
Lot 354
(Keith, editor) Stanford`s Compendium of Geography and Travel: Africa, second edition, frontispiece, folding maps, most in colour, plates and illustrations, 1 map with short tears to folds, presentation inscription to front endpaper, front endpaper torn at margin, contemporary black morocco prize-binding, gilt, g.e., joints defective, covers and spine detached, 8vo, 1880. (Keith, editor) Stanford`s Compendium of Geography and Travel: Africa, second edition, frontispiece, folding maps, most in colour, plates and illustrations, 1 map with short tears to folds, presentation inscription to front endpaper, front endpaper torn at margin, contemporary black morocco prize-binding, gilt, g.e., joints defective, covers and spine detached, 8vo, 1880.
Lot 360
(Elizabeth, Lady) Journey Through the Crimea to Constantinople in a Series of Letters....Written in the Year MDCCLXXXVI, folding frontispiece map plus 6 engraved plates, foxing, contemporary calf, joints cracked, some of spine strip missing, rubbed, for G. G. J. and J. Robinson, 1789; and a second, incomplete copy, 4to (2) (Elizabeth, Lady) Journey Through the Crimea to Constantinople in a Series of Letters....Written in the Year MDCCLXXXVI, folding frontispiece map plus 6 engraved plates, foxing, contemporary calf, joints cracked, some of spine strip missing, rubbed, for G. G. J. and J. Robinson, 1789; and a second, incomplete copy, 4to (2)
Lot 365
-. Romilly (Hugh Hastings) The Western Pacific and New Guinea second edition, folding map, 32 pp. advertisements, inscription to title, original cloth, faded at spine and margins, covers a little soiled, 1887 § Haynes (Stanley L.) A Ramble in the New Zealand Bush, upper joint split, original cloth, gilt, a little rubbed at corners, [1865] § Wilson (Mrs Robert) In the Land of the Tui, folding map and plates, inscription and rubbing mark to title, original pictorial cloth, gilt, spines and corners very slightly rubbed, 1894 § Leys (Thomson W., editor) Early History of New Zealand, illustrations and plates, some folding, occasional light spotting, original cloth, 1890; and 6 others, New Zealand and Pacific Islands, 8vo & 4to (10)(10)
Lot 374
-. Donovan (Jeremiah) Rome, Ancient and Modern 4 vol., first edition, half titles, folding colour map, plates and plans, some folding, names at head of titles `Charles Waterton Walton Hall`, contemporary vellum, spines gilt, morocco labels, little scuffed, 8vo, Rome, Crispino Puccinelli, 1842-1844. ***Charles Waterton (1782-1865) traveller and naturalist, author of Wanderings in South America, &c (1825) and Essays in Natural History (1838-1857). In 1826 he establishesd at Walton Park `what was probably the country`s first nature reserve and bird sanctuary` (ODNB)..
Lot 375
(Richard Colt, Sir) A Classical Tour Through Italy and Sicily; Tending to Illustrate Some Districts, Which Have Not Been Described by Mr. Eustace, In His Classical Tour, frontispiece map, foxing, contemporary calf, spine laid down, 4to, J. Mawman, 1819. (Richard Colt, Sir) A Classical Tour Through Italy and Sicily; Tending to Illustrate Some Districts, Which Have Not Been Described by Mr. Eustace, In His Classical Tour, frontispiece map, foxing, contemporary calf, spine laid down, 4to, J. Mawman, 1819.
Lot 381
Egypt.- Attfield (Dr. D Harvey) A Private Journal in Egypt, From May 1894 to May 1895, for private circulation only, presentation page, inscribed by author`s parents, folding map and plan, short tear to front endpaper, original cloth, spine ends bumped, a little rubbed, 1895 § In Memoriam, Walter Ewen Townsend, 2 A.L.s., from the author and his mother, tipped-in, portrait frontispiece, original cloth, a little soiled, privately printed, [1900], 8vo (2) (2) ***Walter Ewen Townsend spent much of his life in Yokohama, Japan, where he was born. He was injured in the Siege of the International Legations in 1900 and died of typhoid a short while after..
Lot 387
-. Nansen (Fridtjof) "Farthest North" 2 vol., first English edition, folding map at end of vol.1, plates and illustrations, one colour, map slightly browned on verso and small tear otherwise a fine copy in bright original pictorial cloth blocked in gilt and silver, small knick to rear joint vol. 2, 1898
Lot 389
(Sir Samuel White) The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia and the Sword Hunters of the Hamran Arabs, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, 2 maps, including 1 folding (torn and repaired along folds), both outlined in colour, 22 plates only (of 23), library stamps to verso of plates, maps and title, inscription to endpaper, library bookplate to pastedown, contemporary half brown morocco, rubbed, 1867 § Kennaway (John H.) On Sherman`s Track, frontispiece and 4 plates, frontispiece loose, title a little browned, library cloth, 1867 § De Windt (Harry) Through the Gold-Fields of Alaska to Bering Straits, half-title, folding map (torn at head), plates, 32pp. publisher`s catalogue at end, occasional foxing, original pictorial cloth, gilt, a little cocked and rubbed, 1898; and 11 others, travel, 8vo & 4to (14) (Sir Samuel White) The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia and the Sword Hunters of the Hamran Arabs, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, 2 maps, including 1 folding (torn and repaired along folds), both outlined in colour, 22 plates only (of 23), library stamps to verso of plates, maps and title, inscription to endpaper, library bookplate to pastedown, contemporary half brown morocco, rubbed, 1867 § Kennaway (John H.) On Sherman`s Track, frontispiece and 4 plates, frontispiece loose, title a little browned, library cloth, 1867 § De Windt (Harry) Through the Gold-Fields of Alaska to Bering Straits, half-title, folding map (torn at head), plates, 32pp. publisher`s catalogue at end, occasional foxing, original pictorial cloth, gilt, a little cocked and rubbed, 1898; and 11 others, travel, 8vo & 4to (14)(14)
Lot 392
-. Roberts (Lewes) The Merchants Map of Commerce fourth edition, title in red and black, browned, title repaired at outer margin, not affecting text, library stamps to title, L4 and final f., 2A2 misbound after 2A4, a few short marginal tears, occasional worming, not affecting text, modern calf, red morocco label to spine, [Sabin 71909], folio, for Thomas Horne, 1700. ***"This appears to have been the earliest systematic work on trade and commerce published in the English language... The description of "America and the Provinces thereof." contains much fuller accounts of New England, New Netherland, and other places that that in the first edition." (Sabin)..
Lot 400
Kent.- Hasted (Edward) The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent 4 vol., lacks folding map of Kent, addendum to plates list in vol. 1 states that this is due to a fire at the engravers and the map will appear in vol.2, which it does not, vol. 4 lacks the Dedication to Pitt, and the maps in this vol., although correct, appear non-original, otherwise maps and illustrations as called for, early 20th.C. half morocco, a clean copy with many of the illustration guard-slips in place. Contains 2 letters dated 1929, probably from a bookseller, describing the set to a potential buyer, folio, for the Author, 1778-1799.
Lot 120
Powell-Cotton (P H G) A Sporting Trip Through Abyssinia, 1902, 1st edition, illustrations, folding map, later maroon cloth with the original 1902 Roland Ward `zebra` end-papers, signed by the author`s son and with a manuscript note by him loosely inserted "excellent narrative of sport and exploration in the Abyssinian hinterland," CZECH 135
Lot 125
Atkyns (Sir Robert) The Ancient and Present State of Glocestershire, T Spilsbury for W Herbert, 1768, second edition, title page with woodcut printer`s device, Author`s Epitaph, eight single page engraved coats of arms, double page folding map of Gloucestershire, double page folding plan Gloster City, double page folding engraving West Prospect of Gloster, double page folding engraving Gloster Cathedral, sixty-one double page engraved bird`s eye views drawn and engraved by Johannes Kip; brown leather covered boards, ribbed spine with gilt tooling and lettering, bears armorial bookplate Albemarle Carter/see illustration
Lot 266
Jones, Felix. Vestiges of Assyria. Sheet 1st An Ichonographic Sketch of the Remains of Ancient Nineveh with the Enciente of the Modern Mosul ... By Felix Jones. The Survey taken in 1852. Published by John Walker, 1855. 50in x 28in (2 copies). Together with; Sheet 3rd Being a map of the Country included in the angle formed by the River Tigris and the Upper Zab. Some minor staining. Both maps contained in a modern half blue morocco portfolio with marbled boards, the spine titled "IRAQ" on a red morocco label.
Lot 267
Bagge, Arthur H. Map of Tenasserim ... For the Settlement of the Boundary between the Kingdom of Siam and the British Province of Tenasserim in six sheets. The maps each approximately 27in x 39ins. Photozincographed at the Survey of India Offices, Calcutta – With additions and boundaries to 1897. Together with; Strahan, G, The Nikobar Islands Surveyed ... 1886-1887. Published under the direction of Lieut. Colonel H. R. Thuillier ... Survey of India Office, Dehra Din, November, 1887. 36ins x 21.75ins. Some minor staining, mostly old dirt markings to the edges of the sheets. Both maps contained in a modern half blue morocco portfolio with marbled boards, the spine titled "SIAM" on a red morocco label.
Lot 3058
TOPOGRAPHY. Kelly`s Directory of Brighton, Hove, Portslade, Southwick, Shoreham etc 1966 (sixty-first edition). Kingston-upon-Thames: 1966. 8vo (213 x 138mm.) Advertisements, folding map at rear. (Occasional soiling and browning). Original cloth blocked in black and white (head of spine bumped and chipped). - And thirty-eight others, including other topographical works (39).
Lot 3105
WAUGH, Evelyn. When the Going was Good. London: 1946. First edition, 8vo (217 x 138mm.) Colour frontispiece, folding map. (Spotting to first and last few leaves.) Original cloth (extremities bumped and soiled). Provenance: `Mary` (presentation inscription signed by the author `with best wishes for Christmas 1946 from Evelyn` to front free endpaper).
Lot 3119
WELLINGTON, Arthur Richard WELLESLEY, 2nd Duke of, (editor). Supplementary Despatches and Memoranda of Field Marshal Arthur Duke of Wellington. London: John Murray, 1858-1863. 10 vols. only (of 15), 8vo (222 x 135mm.) Folding map in pocket at rear of vol. I, extra-illustrated with a few items of related ephemera. (Occasional light spotting.) Original cloth (extremities bumped and frayed, a few joints split). Provenance: Captain Nightingale (presentation inscription from the editor to vol. I, mounted a.l.s. from the editor, his mother Elizabeth and a few other contemporary hands); Thomas Knowlys Parr (armorial bookplates to later volumes).
Lot 3143
CONWAY, William Martin. The First Crossing of Spitsbergen. London: 1897. 8vo (235 x 169mm.) Numerous plates (8 chromolithographed), numerous illustrations, 2 folding maps. (Some spotting and browning, 1 map torn at fold.) Original cloth (extremities bumped, joints splitting). - And three others of similar interest (4).
Lot 3173
TRAINS & RAILWAYS. Bradshaw`s General Railway, Steam Navigation, & Hotel Guide for Great Britain and Ireland. [N.p. but London:] from July 9th 1934. 8vo (165 x 121mm.) Folding map, numerous illustrations and advertisements. (Minor spotting.) Original wrappers (browned and slightly creased). - And a quantity of others on trains and railways (a quantity).
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