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Click here to subscribeBlome (Richard) A Mapp of the Isles of Wight Jarsey Garnsey Sarke Man Ocardies and Shetland engraved map with outline hand-colouring 280 x 380mm minor browning and spotting c.1673 or later; with a small map and 2 engraved views from the Isle of Wight of Ventnor and Wootton-Bridge Fernhill and Bacon`s Cycling Road Map of Cornwall on linen mounted on board v.s. browning and spotting (5)
Knipe (J.A.) Geological Map of the British Isles and part of France engraved map by J.Dower with fine geological hand-colouring dissected and linen-backed in four sheets overall 328 x 268cm. 128 x 106in. occasional faint spotting but a very good copy folding into original green morocco case with gilt arms of the dedicatee Prince Albert edges rubbed London and Edinburgh 1860
Moule (Thomas) A group of county maps including Hertfordshire Kent Buckinghamshire Cornwall and Berkshire all with ornamental borders incorporating vignette views and scenes hand-coloured engravings each c.210 x 265mm minor surface dirt 1837; with a small map of Wiltshire published by Hogg (6)
Telford (Thomas) The Charts and Plans referred to in Mr. Telford`s Report and Survey on the Communication Between England and Ireland by the North-West of Scotland title/index and 16 double-page or folding maps plans elevations and sections including general map of the routes between Carlisle and Belfast detailed plans of proposed harbours new roads and bridges engraved maps and plans by James Basire 8 with original hand-colouring v.s. 455 x 480mm. to 665 x 1300mm. some spotting browning and occasional offsetting some sheet edges slightly frayed the general map with two creases stitched into original limp blue covers edges frayed some staining printed title labels to upper and lower large folio Luke Hansard Sons for the House of Commons 1809.
Rowe (Robert) Rowe`s Maps of the English Counties 40 map sheets only including maps of England North Wales and South Wales engraved maps in original hand-colouring each c.435 x 360mm. or the reverse but Yorkshire 680 x 850mm. all dissected and linen-backed some damp-staining mostly to linen backing occasional offsetting and browning all folding into original marbled slipcases rubbed manuscript title labels mounted on preserved in 6 half-morocco book-style wooden slip cases gilt-lettered titles to spines worn one coming apart and lacking side panel 8vo 1813-21 (40) *** Rare.
A mixed group of English county maps including 3 maps by Morden 2 of Wiltshire 1 of Hampshire an Ogilby road map from `Monmouth to Llanbeder c.1676 a Bowen map of Middlesex and 6 others v.s. engravings mostly hand-coloured central vertical folds minor handling creases occasional surface dirt and browning; with a small group of 6 British landscape views the title-page of `Histoire Générale des Voyages` and a facsimile of `British Sports` by Henry Alken 1970 (18)
Morden (Robert) Chester from Camden`s Britannia hand-coloured engraved map 340 x 415mm central vertical fold handling creases some browning and surface dirt c.1722; Warwick Shire hand-coloured engraved map 360 x 410mm some spotting Awnsham and Churchill c.1722; with a small map of Shropshire by Pigot (3)
Blaeu (Johan and Willem) Essexia Comitatus title cartouche and county arms upper right scale cartouche and putti lower right column of arms to left with ships in the Thames estuary engraved map with original hand-colouring 520 x 530mm. Dutch text verso central vertical fold some spotting thread margins c.1645 § Ogilby (John) The Road from London to Yarmouth strip road map showing from Colchester to Yarmouth engraved map with original hand-colouring 350 x 460mm. central vertical fold slight toning 1675 (2)
Saxton (Christopher) and Hole (William) Lancastriae title in decorative cartouche hand-coloured engraving 300 x 305mm central vertical fold minor surface dirt c.1610 § Morden (Robert). The County Palatine of Lancaster hand-coloured engraving 435 x 380mm handling creases minor surface dirt Awnsham and Churchill c.1722; with a map of Lancaster by Roper 235 x 175mm c.1807 (3)
Speed (John) Hartford Shire inset views of Hertford Roman St Albans text panels with battle scene and allegorical figure with astrolabe below engraved map by Jodocus Hondius with hand-colouring 385 x 510mm. text verso central vertical fold with minor parallel creasing surface dirt Basset and Chiswell c.1676 or later; with a map of `Hertford Shire` by Robert Morden c.1722 and John Seller engravings with hand-colouring v.s. surface dirt minor browning (3)
Andrews (John) and Andrew Dury. A Map of the Country Sixty Five Miles Round London from Actual Surveys engraved map on 20 double-page sheets with large oval title on sheet 1 dedication oval and extensive list of subscribers on plate 17 each c.520 x 700mm. greater width of plate 16 resulting in slight shaving of right border light spotting and surface dust throughout upper corners to sheet 11 slightly creased also a short tear in the lower margin contemporary manuscript index on front pastedown half calf over marbled boards worn backstrip largely missing joints cracked folio [Howgego 160 (1)] Andrews and Dury and J. Stoke 1774-77.
Wyld (James) Map of London and Visitor`s Guide to the Great Exhibition 1851 engraved folding map with original hand-colouring borders with vignette views of London uncoloured 560 x 950mm. linen-backed occasional light foxing a few small tears to folds ownership inscription to verso folding into original cloth gilt rubbed and faded 12mo 1851.
London Guide to the International Exhibition 1862 supplement to the Illustrated London News May 24 from Wormwood Scrubs to the East India Docks and Highgate to Stockwell engraved map 790 x 1009mm several folds handling creases minor browning and spotting c.1862; with Waltham Bros. Pocket map of London 280 x 370mm c.1879 (2)
East London.- A mixed group of maps including a manuscript map of Bethnal Green after the 1703 engraving by Gascoyne with 9 engraved maps 1 from John Stow`s Survey and others of Whitechapel Shoreditch Spitalfields and St Katherine`s Dock engravings v.s. largest 590 x 610mm with numerous facsimiles occasional browning handling creases tears and surface dirt the manuscript map of Bethnal Green with some surface loss and backed onto linen; with a small quantity of engraved views in East London including `The Blind Beggar and his daughter of Bethnal Green` by Chapman after Bunbury a costume study of a Bethnal Green volunteer light infantry and others v.s. all unframed (Qty.)
Ogilby (John) An Actuall Survey of Midlesex county map with large armorial title cartouche figurative dedication and scale cartouches compass rose engraved map by Walter Binneman with hand-colouring 420 x 530mm. central vertical fold a dampstain upper right a few small letters below title touched in George Willdey c.1730. *** Rare. Ogilby planned his own atlas of English counties but only produced three Kent Essex and Middlesex. This example was re-issued by George Willdey at his Great Toy Spectacle China Ware and Print Shop in his edition of Christopher Saxton`s atlas.
-. Speed (John) Midle-Sex described with the most famous Cities of London and Westminster with inset plans of the City and Westminster and views of Westminster Abbey and St.Paul`s Cathedral hand-coloured engraved map 385 x 505mm text on verso central vertical fold with parallel minor creases slight browning Bassett and Chiswell 1676 or later.
Ortelius (Abraham) Cambriae Typus map of Wales after Humphrey Lhuyd with large strapwork title cartouche upper left ship sea monster and compasses engraved map with full hand-colouring 370 x 495mm. German text verso with page number 6.c. before the additional stippling between letters but with evidence of a crack in the plate in the lower right border normally associated with issues from 1584 a short repaired split on the central vertical fold two small wormholes in the lower margin [vdB 21] Antwerp 1573.
Hole (William) Eboracensis Comitatis pars Occidentalis vulgo West Riding after Christopher Saxton for Camden`s Britannia with strapwork cartouche and compasses engraved map with outline hand-colouring 270 x 320mm. central vertical fold two printer`s creases c.1610; with a late impression of Map of Holderness by J. Tuke showing the mouth of the Humber originally issued in 1786 (2)
Gastaldi (Giacomo) Tabula Africae IIII wood-engraved map of northern Africa small dog-headed figure at margin 130 x 180mm. very light spotting central vertical fold c.1548 § Sanson (Nicolas) T`Gedeelte Van Zanguebar engraved map of Zanzibar and the East-African coast with original outline hand-colouring 200 x 320mm. light surface creasing c.1710; and 2 others small maps of Monomtapa and the Congo by Morden all framed and glazed (4)(4)
Blaeu (Willem) Americae Nova Tabula the Americas with small inset map of Greenland Iceland and the mythical island of Frisland ornamental cartouche side borders with 10 vignettes of native figures upper border with 9 vignette views or plans of settlements including Havana St. Domingo and Cartagena numerous ships and sea monsters engraved map with hand-colouring 415 x 555mm. mounted on board support some wear on central vertical fold left border shaved with outer edge supplied in pen facsimile a repaired tear through the lower margin [Burden 189] [Amsterdam] c.1645.
Chatelain (Henri Abraham) Nouvell Carte de l`Amerique Septentrionale North America including the West Indies and Central America central and western regions blank California apparently peninsular though not quite joined tables upper left and to the right engraved map 480 x 610mm. a vertical and a horizontal fold a few faint spots [Amsterdam] c.1720.
De Wit (Frederic) Magnæ Tartariæ Magni Mogolis Imperii Japonæ et Chinæ nova descriptio a detailed map of Tartary including China and Japan with decorative title cartouche upper right rhum lines and compass rose engraved map with outline hand-colouring 440 x 540mm. central vertical fold slight browning and surface dirt some minor rust spots Amsterdam c.1660.
Blankaart (Nicolas) Europa Antiqua cum finitimis Africae & utriusque Asiae regionibus classical Europe with decorative dedication cartouche upper left title cartouche lower left engraved map 380 x 515mm. central vertical fold a wormhole to each side margin [Amsterdam Jansson] c.1660 § Jansson (Jan) Imperium Romanum Auth. Phil. Briet e Societ Iesu classical Europe the Middle East and North Africa with inset map of central Italy upper right title cartouche with Roman emperor upper left engraved map 385 x 520mm. central vertical fold [Amsterdam] c.1660; with a map of Ancient Gaul by Spofforth and similar of central Italy by Sutton Nicholls (4)
Ortelius (Abraham) Septentrionalium Regionum Descrip. the North Atlantic and Arctic region extending to include the British Isles Scandinavia northern Europe Greenland Iceland and northern Canada as well as the mythical island of @Frisland@ title panel surmounted by mythological beasts and a monkey lower right the sea with ships merman and whale engraved map with hand-colouring 360 x 495mm. Dutch text verso with page number 45 central vertical fold dampstains and a short split in the uppermargin [vdB 160 1st state] Amsterdam 1571-73.
Europe.- A mixed group of maps including regional and national maps with the `Plans of the provinical towns of Ireland for Mr Tindal`s Continuation of Mr Rapin`s History` a map of Birmingham and others of Ireland Itlay Greece and Spain engraved maps v.s. largest 590 x 480mm handling creases occasional browning spotting and minor tears mostly 18th and 19th century (18)
Sylvanus (Bernadus) Nona Euro pae Tabula ptolemaic map from Sylvanus`s `Claudii Ptholemaei Alexandrini liber Geographicae . . .` woodcut printed in two colours 405 x 540mm on 2 sheets joined composite map verso some surface loss at upper left corner browning some spotting and handling creases Jacobus Pentius de Leucho Venice 1511.
Seutter (Matthaeus) India Orientalis cum Adjacentibus Insulis South-East Asia from India to Japan the outline north coast of Australia joined to Papua New Guinea with large figurative title cartouche depicting a missionary preaching to native figures to the left others pay tributes to classical deities on the right with compass rose and rhum lines engraved map with original hand-colouring the cartouche also fully coloured possibly later 500 x 575mm. central vertical fold Augsburg c.1730.
Robert De Vaugondy (Didier) The East Indies distinguishing the Empires and Kingdoms on the Continent commonly call`d India engraved map with hand-colouring 200 x 290mm minor surface dirt c.1796 or later § Hall (Sidney). Asia engraved map with hand-colouring 185 x 230mm contemporary pen inscription verso minor surface dirt c.1845 (2)
Chaumier (C.J.) Carte Routiere de la Théatre de la Guerre engraved map with original hand-colouring in outline on 2 sheets joined 780 x 910mm. owner`s ink inscription on verso of Lt. Wm. Byam 15th King`s Hussars some splitting on old folds and sheet join a few small wormholes folding into oriignal blue boards worn and detached one bearing remnants of a manuscript label describing the map`s provenance and capture at Waterloo 8vo Paris Chez Basset 1806. *** Lieutenant William Byam is listed in A Full and circumstantial account of the memorable battle of Waterloo (Christopher Kelly 1817) as having been severely wounded during the course of the battle on 18th June 1815. The label attached to one of the boards describes him as being from the Byam family of Antigua and claims the map was taken from a French officer during the same battle.
Dudley (Sir Robert) Una carta dell`Arcipelago con parte del Mare mediterraneo verso Levante the eastern Mediterranean from Dudley`s Dell`Arcano del Mare title cartouche upper left large compass rose upper right ship and sea monsters engraved map by Antonio Francesco Lucini on laid paper 435 x 365mm. [Florence] (1646-61). *** The explorer and cartographer Sir Robert Dudley (1574-1649) went into self-imposed exile after failing to establish his legitimate title to succeed his father Robert Dudley 1st Earl of Leicester despite having inherited his entire estate. He settled in Florence where he produced the maritime atlas by an Englishman the Arcano del Mare being also the first to cover the entire world each chart devised on a uniform projection.
Stoopendahl (Daniel) De Gelegentheyt van`t Paradys en`t Landt Canaan from a Dutch bible the Middle East from the eastern Mediterranean and Cyprus to the Persian Gulf vignette scenes of Adam and Eve in each corner larger scene of the flood lower centre title banderole upper centre engraved map 355 x 470mm. Dutch text verso central vertical fold Rotterdam Keur and Doornick c.1700 § Hornius (Georg) Lumen Historiarum Per Orientum Illustrandis the Middle East with Cyprus and the Black Sea the Caspian Sea and Persian Gulf with inset map of the Holy Land lower right large title cartouche upper centre engraved map 385 x 475mm. slight spotting at foot of central vertical fold [Amsterdam Jan Jansson] c.1690 § Robert de Vaugondy (Gilles Didier) Antiquor? Imperiorum Tabula the Middle East from Greece to the Persian Gulf inset map of northern India lower right large title cartouche lower left engraved map with outline hand-colouring 490 x 625mm. central vertical fold two soft diagonal creases Paris 1753 (3)
South America.- Blaeu (Willem) Peru with north oriented to the left decorative title cartouche upper left ships sea monsters and large compass rose engraved map with originla hand-colouring 380 x 495mm. Dutch text verso central vertical fold and wide margins browning and slight spotting Amsterdam c.1650; with Chart of the North Coast of Brazil from St John`s Island to the River Preguicas by Lieut George Crichton R.N. 490 x 640mm. central fold and a soft crease Capt. Hurd at the Hydrographical Office 1814 (2)
Spain.- Blaeu (Johan & Willem) Legionis Regnum et Asturiarum Principatus engraved map with early hand-colouring in outline the title cartouche heightened with gold 385 x 500mm. Latin text verso central vertical fold sheet edges of wide margins slightly frayed and damp-stained well outside the map Amsterdam c.1640; with 1 national and 3 regional maps of Spain by Mentelle 4 engraved maps with original hand-colouring in outline each c.340 x 450mm. each with a central vertical fold slight marginal damp-staining and offsetting of pigment to national map n.d. (c.1800) (5).
The English Pilot Describing The West-Indian Navigation from Hudson`s Bay to the River Amazones....Also A new Description of Newfoundland New England New York East and West New Jersey Dellawar Bay Virginia Maryland Carolina . [The Fourth Book] 22 double-page and /or folding engraved maps and charts after Capt. Henry Barnsley Mark Tiddeman C.Price; Hydrographer to the King R.Waddington and others engraved maps in text (Barbados Antigua Bermudas) and woodcuts contemporary signature of Samuel Brown to title and again to rear free endpaper a few maps/charts with creases tears and slight staining in a few places title and first chart loose contemporary boards loose covered in sailcloth sewn in place loose in binding folio Mount Davidson Tower Hill 1789. *** The following maps/charts are included: A New and Correct Chart of the Western and Southern Oceans with tipped-on text to fore-edges right-hand text frayed with some loss centre fold creased and torn lateral fold torn; A New and Correct Chart of the North Part of America from Newfoundland to Hudson`s Bay centre fold creased and torn other creasing edges at extremities defective with small loss; A New and Generall Chart for the West Indies of E.Wright`s Projection top left corner torn with small loss crease to centre fold; A New and Accurate Chart of the vast Atlantic or Western Ocean including the Sea Coast of Europe and Africa...and America the West India Islands lateral fold with small tear slight foxing; The Harbour of Casco Bay and Islands Adjacent; A New and Correct Chart of the Coast of Newfoundland from Cape Raze to Cape Bonavista; A Chart of the South East Coast of Newfoundland; A New and Correct Chart of the Sea Coast of New-England from Cape Codd to Casco Bay torn at folds and creased with small loss right-hand portion detached; A Nap of the Coast of New England from Staten Island to the Island of Breton [The Town of Boston inset] some small tears at folds tear across lower left small hole in centre; A Chart of New York Harbour; Virginia Maryland Pennsilvania East West Jersey; A Draught of Virginia from the Capes to York in York River and to Kuiquotan or Hamton in James River; A New Mapp of the Island of St. Christophers [] A New Mapp of the Island of Guardalupa [] ... Martineca; A Draught of Coast of South Carolina and Georgia from Sewee to St. Estaca pencil sketch of a ship slight brown stains; A Correct Chart of the Carabbee Islands bound upside-down lightly soiled; A Correct Chart of Hispaniola with the Windward Passage top edge frayed browned with loss clean tear lower left; A Draught of the West End of the Island of Porto Rico and the Island of Zachee [Sam Bay; Platform Bay; The Island of Beata; The West End of the Island of Heneago] some water-staining to top; A New Correct Chart of Cuba Streights of Bahama Windward Passage the Current through the Gulf of Florida [Plan of the Harbour Town of Havana inset] two small brown stains; A New and Correct Draught of the Bay of Matanzas signle-page map marginal water-stain; A New Correct Chart of the Island of Jamaica clean tear to centre fold marginal water-stains; A Chart of the Coast of Guayana from the Entrance of the River Orinoco...to the Entrance of the River Amazones; A New and Correct Chart of the Trading Part of the West Indies small tear to centre fold slight water-staining to upper edge.
Andersson (Charles John) Lake Ngami; or Explorations and Discoveries During Four Years` Wanderings in the Wilds of South Western Africa first edition tinted lithographed frontispiece and 15 plates folding map wood-engraved illustrations occasional spotting contemporary calf spine richly gilt and with red leather label upper joint splitting [Czech p.5 note] a good copy 8vo 1856. *** `The London edition is much more difficult to locate than the American edition` (Czech).
(Sir Samuel W. Baker) Ismailïa. A Narrative of the Expedition to Central Africa for the Suppression of the Slave Trade first edition portrait frontispieces 2 maps 1 folding 50 wood-engraved plates preliminaries water-stained repairs to folding map. some staining and finger-soiling original pictorial cloth gilt repaired corners worn rubbed 1874; and 2 others by the same 8vo (4) (Sir Samuel W. Baker) Ismailïa. A Narrative of the Expedition to Central Africa for the Suppression of the Slave Trade first edition portrait frontispieces 2 maps 1 folding 50 wood-engraved plates preliminaries water-stained repairs to folding map. some staining and finger-soiling original pictorial cloth gilt repaired corners worn rubbed 1874; and 2 others by the same 8vo (4)
Bowker (John Mitford) Speeches Letters and Selections from Important Papers first edition insect damage to upper margins of last few ff. original printed wrappers insect damage to top of lower panel rubbed Grahamstown 1864 § Stow (George W.) The Native Races of South Africa first edition folding map chromolithographed plates original pictorial cloth gilt repaired 1905 § Fairbridge (Dorothea) Lady Anne Barnard at the Cape of Good Hope 1797-1802 colour portrait frontispiece plates original cloth spine faded Oxford 1924 § Bradlow (Frank R.) Thomas Bowler His Life and Work limited edition tipped-in portrait frontispiece plates and illustrations some colour Wynberg A.A. Balkema 1967 § Waterhouse (Gilbert editor) Simon van Stel`s Journey to Namaqualand in 1685 limited edition facsimile Cape Town and Pretoria 1979 § Bokhorst (Matthys) and others. François Le Vaillant Traveller in South Africa 2 vol. limited edition colour plates original buckram Cape Town Library of Parliament 1973 § Lang (John) Bullion Johannesburg. Men Mines and the Challenge of Conflict plates original boards dust-jacket 1986 § Smith (Andrew B.) and Roy H. Pheiffer. The Khoikhoi at the Cape of Good Hope. Seventeenth-Century drawings in the South African Library full-page colour illustrations original boards dust-jacket Cape Town 1993 § Harris (C.J.) and Brian D Ingpen Mailships of the Union-Castle Line illustrations some colour original boards dust-jacket Vlaeberg 1994; and a small quantity of others South Africa v.s. (Sm.Qty.)
Grant (James Augustus) A Walk Across Africa or Domestic Scenes from my Nile Journal first edition folding map hand-coloured in outline without half-title and advertisements map with 2 short repaired tears 1 short tear to fold and foxed later half calf spine gilt 8vo Edinburgh and London 1864.
(Rev. C.I.) Journal of a Visit to South Africa in 1815 and 1816. With Some Account of the Missionary Settlements of the United Brethren near the Cape of Good Hope first edition folding engraved map with routes supplied in red and blue 4 engraved outline panoramas and 12 hand-coloured aquatint plates 2 pp. advertisements at end title with some offsetting and light spotting occasional spotting or light foxing elsewhere some offsetting original boards sympathetically rebacked original paper label to spine chipped and laid down with loss [Abbey Travel 325; Tooley 292] a very good copy 4to 1818. *** Latrobe was appointed by the Moravian Church to select a site for a third mission station at the Cape. (Rev. C.I.) Journal of a Visit to South Africa in 1815 and 1816. With Some Account of the Missionary Settlements of the United Brethren near the Cape of Good Hope first edition folding engraved map with routes supplied in red and blue 4 engraved outline panoramas and 12 hand-coloured aquatint plates 2 pp. advertisements at end title with some offsetting and light spotting occasional spotting or light foxing elsewhere some offsetting original boards sympathetically rebacked original paper label to spine chipped and laid down with loss [Abbey Travel 325; Tooley 292] a very good copy 4to 1818. *** Latrobe was appointed by the Moravian Church to select a site for a third mission station at the Cape.
Lichtenstein (Henry) Travels in Southern Africa in the Years 1803 1804 1805... 2 vol. first edition in English engraved portrait frontispiece 8 plates (1 folding) and a folding map 2pp. advertisements portrait offsetting on to titles some foxing original boards vol.1 rebacked preserving some of original backstrip vol.2 lower board detaching both vol. corners worn rubbed and soiled preserved in a modern cloth drop-back box 4to 1812-1815. *** Lichtenstein arrived in Table Bay on 23rd December 1802 employed as tutor to the son of the new Governor of the Cape Colony General Janssens. The present work includes an account of Janssens` travels to Kaffaria and of subsequent journeys to the western and northern parts of the colony with much information on natural history and a narrative of the capture of the colony by the British.
Oates (Frank) Matabele Land and the Victoria Falls: A Naturalist`s Wanderings in the Interior of South Africa edited by C.G.Oates second edition half-title mounted engraved portrait 6 chromolithographed plates 14 lithographed natural history plates all but one hand-coloured 4 folding engraved maps with partial hand-colouring plain plates and illustrations 8pp. advertisements at end some marginal staining to final map hinges weak original pictorial cloth gilt small ink stain to top corner of upper cover rubbed at extremities still a very good copy [Wood p.497] 8vo 1889. *** This second edition contains additional material particularly on birds by R.Bowdler Sharpe; with 2 plates of birds (by Keulemans) 2 of snakes 5 of insects and 5 botanical.
Thompson (George) Travels and Adventures in Southern Africa first edition aquatint frontispiece and 19 plates 2 folding lithographed plans folding map with route marked in red wood-engraved vignettes frontispiece offsetting on to title some spotting or foxing to plates later polished calf gilt rebacked preserving original spine [Abbey Travel 330] 4to 1827. *** Thompson was a successful merchant in Cape Town and travelled widely in southern Africa.
Wills (W.A.) and L.T. Collingridge The Downfall of Lobengula: The Cause History and Effect of the Matabeli War first edition half-title portrait frontispiece 5 maps 4 folding 14 portraits and plates illustrations errata slip 6 pp. advertisements at end original pictorial cloth extremities very slightly rubbed head of spine skilfully repaired otherwise a very good copy London South Africa [1894] § Ward (Harriet) Five Years in Kaffirland 2 vol. lithographed frontispieces and a map occasional spotting or finger-marking later half morocco spines gilt rubbed 1848; and another Baden-Powell v.s. (4)
(Major-General John Jarvis) Sport and War. Or Recollections of Fighting and Hunting in South Africa from the Years 1834 to 1867 first edition half-title portrait frontispiece folding map 7 plates publisher`s catalogue at end original pictorial cloth gilt ink stain to spine spine ends and corners frayed rubbed [Czech p.18 `there is a wonderful engraving of the hunters posed in their hunting costumes`] 1875 § Drummond (The Hon. W.H.) The Large Game and Natural History of South and South-East Africa first edition half-title chromolithographed frontispiece and title vignette tinted lithographed plates colour map illustrations original pictorial cloth gilt some fraying at extremities rubbed [Czech p.52 `written in a lively style with unique illustrations`] Edinburgh 1875 § Lucas (Thomas J.) Camp Life and Sport in South Africa first edition half-title tinted lithograhed frontispiece and 3 plates publisher`s catalogue at end original pictorial cloth gilt Gillmore (Parker) The Hunter`s Arcadia first edition half-title frontispiece plates illustrations rubbed at extremities [Czech p.63] a very good copy 1886; and 3 others African Big Game in original cloth v.s. (7) (Major-General John Jarvis) Sport and War. Or Recollections of Fighting and Hunting in South Africa from the Years 1834 to 1867 first edition half-title portrait frontispiece folding map 7 plates publisher`s catalogue at end original pictorial cloth gilt ink stain to spine spine ends and corners frayed rubbed [Czech p.18 `there is a wonderful engraving of the hunters posed in their hunting costumes`] 1875 § Drummond (The Hon. W.H.) The Large Game and Natural History of South and South-East Africa first edition half-title chromolithographed frontispiece and title vignette tinted lithographed plates colour map illustrations original pictorial cloth gilt some fraying at extremities rubbed [Czech p.52 `written in a lively style with unique illustrations`] Edinburgh 1875 § Lucas (Thomas J.) Camp Life and Sport in South Africa first edition half-title tinted lithograhed frontispiece and 3 plates publisher`s catalogue at end original pictorial cloth gilt Gillmore (Parker) The Hunter`s Arcadia first edition half-title frontispiece plates illustrations rubbed at extremities [Czech p.63] a very good copy 1886; and 3 others African Big Game in original cloth v.s. (7)
Du Chaillu (Paul B.) Explorations & Adventures in Equatorial Africa first edition wood-engraved folding frontispiece title vignette folding map and 27 plates contemporary half calf gilt spine in compartments corners worn rubbed [Czech p.52 `[Du Chaillu] was among the first white men to trek into gorilla territory`] a good copy 1861 § Baldwin (William Charles) African Hunting from Natal to the Zambesi first edition engraved portrait frontispiece folding map 16 lithographed plates 6 tinted contemporary half red calf gilt spine in compartments corners worn rubbed [Czech p.12] 1863; and 2 others African Big Game 8vo (4)
(Sir William Cornwallis) The Wild Sports of Southern Africa fifth edition hand-coloured lithographed frontispiece additional vignette title and 24 plates folding map a few minor marks and occasional light spotting contemporary half morocco spine slightly faded rubbed a very good internally clean copy [cf. Czech p.71 `the third fourth and fifth editions in particular are the most sought after of this...work`] large 8vo 1852. (Sir William Cornwallis) The Wild Sports of Southern Africa fifth edition hand-coloured lithographed frontispiece additional vignette title and 24 plates folding map a few minor marks and occasional light spotting contemporary half morocco spine slightly faded rubbed a very good internally clean copy [cf. Czech p.71 `the third fourth and fifth editions in particular are the most sought after of this...work`] large 8vo 1852.
(Lt. Ludwig von) Discovery of Lakes Rudolf and Stefanie 2 vol. first English edition half-titles wood-engraved portrait frontispiece map 34 plates illustrations 2 large folding colour maps at end some spotting or foxing modern dark blue half crushed morocco spines in compartments and with gilt big game motifs g.e. a very good set [Czech p.78 @An excellent work of exploration and sport@] 8vo 1894. (Lt. Ludwig von) Discovery of Lakes Rudolf and Stefanie 2 vol. first English edition half-titles wood-engraved portrait frontispiece map 34 plates illustrations 2 large folding colour maps at end some spotting or foxing modern dark blue half crushed morocco spines in compartments and with gilt big game motifs g.e. a very good set [Czech p.78 @An excellent work of exploration and sport@] 8vo 1894.
Kirby (Frederick Vaughan) In Haunts of Wild Game. A Hunter-Naturalist`s Wanderings from Kahlamba to Libombo first edition half-title photogravure frontispiece 15 plates illustrations folding colour map original pictorial cloth a few light marks some light soiling slightly rubbed at extremities still a very good copy [Czech p.89] 8vo Edinburgh London 1896. *** `One of the classics of African sport` (Czech). Describes the author`s hunting experiences in Portuguese East Africa and eastern Transvaal.
Willoughby (Capt. Sir. John C.) East Africa and its Big Game: The Narrative of a Sporting Trip from Zanzibar to the Borders of the Masai first edition half-title frontispiece and 17 plates 4 lithographed folding coloured map 24pp. publisher`s catalogue at end water-stained original pictorial cloth gilt soiled [Czech p.175] 1889 § Rosevelt (Theodore) African Game Trails first English edition half-title photgravure frontispiece plates title with publisher`s blind-stamped presentation stamp title lightly spotted original pictorial cloth lower corners bumped [cf. Czech pp.138-139] 8vo 1910; and another African Big Game 8vo (3)
Asia.- Conolly (Lieut. Arthur) Journey to the North of India overland from England through Russia Persia and Affghaunistan 2 vol. second edition initial advertisement f. engraved frontispieces 2 plates and a hand-coloured folding map offsetting occasional spotting bookplate of Sir John Boileau Bt. attractive contemporary half polished calf by George Quinton of Norwich richly gilt spine in compartments each with red and dark green leather labels 8vo 1838.
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