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Lot 477

After Robert Morden (1650-1703), antiquarian map, A hand coloured map of The County Palatine of Chester, the title displayed in a decorative cartouche, framed, mounted, and under glass, 38cm x 46cm overall

Lot 511

After Willem Janszoon Blaeu (1571-1638), print on gold foil, 'Blaeu Wall Map', a double hemisphere interpretation, framed, mounted, and under glass, 40cm x 52cm, & 56cm x 66cm overall

Lot 465

After Sidney Hall (1782-1853), engraving, hand coloured map of Birmah (Burma) with part of Anam and Siam (Thailand), framed and under glass, 52cm x 62cm overall

Lot 381

Hand colored engraving of the celestial map of January, February, and March with representations of the months' zodiacal signs. W. G. Evans engraved for Elijah H. Burritt who published the "Atlas, The Geography Of The Heavens", starting in 1835. Inscribed on upper left: Pl. III. Inscribed on lower left: "Engraved by W.G. Evans, N. York, under the Direction of E. H. Burritt." Sight size: 13.50"L x 14.10"H. Frame size: 21.50"L x 23.50"H x 1.10"W. Artist: W.G. EvansIssued: c. 1856Country of Origin: United StatesCondition: Age related wear.

Lot 108

LOW TABLE, mahogany, brass bound and glazed with map lined top, 37cm H x 89cm x 61cm.

Lot 1450

Framed 1821 survey map showing Australia New South Wales, Van Diemen's Land and Port Jackson, 50cm x 60cm, frame: 66cm x 76cm

Lot 1374

Group of Australian collectable pieces including: an early silver plated tobacco tin, with map of Australia decorated to lid; a W.H. Goss ceramic armorial small flask with City of Sydney coat of arms, (height 7cm approx); a sterling silver Bowling Club souvenir teaspoon; and a sterling silver coffee spoon, hallmarked for Sheffield, 1926.

Lot 365

A port of London Authority map of the Thames, 47 x 165cm, together with a 19th century gilt picture frame, 33 x 23cm insert (2)

Lot 26

A collection of pictures and prints, to include a large map, 196 x 102cm (14)

Lot 49

An 18th Century Nicholas De Fen hand coloured engraved map, Les Isles Britaniques, 24 x 35cms, framed

Lot 47

A 17th Century Robert Morden engraved map, Britannica Sarxonica, 38 x 31cms, unframed

Lot 45

A 17th Century John Speed engraved map of Middlesex, defribed With The Most famous Cities of London and Westminster, 40 x 52cms, framed

Lot 46

A 17th Century John Speed hand coloured engraved map of Surrey, 40 x 52cms, unframed

Lot 50

A 17th Century Philip Cluven engraved map, Typus Orbis Terrarum, 16.5 x 31cms, framed

Lot 48

A 16th Century Sebastian Munster engraved map, British Isles, 27 x 35cms, framed

Lot 272

A group of four;a parcel-gilt framed and glazed map engraving of Portogallo, Portugal (frame size 63.5 x 49.5 cm); a modern map of Stow-on-the-Wold (frame size 45 x 56 cm);a framed and glazed hand-coloured engraving, 'Marine, Pavilions' (frame size 46.5 x 36 cm);an oak-framed and glazed advertising poster 'At thirsty moments we all agree that beer is best' (frame size 43 x 32 cm)(4)

Lot 144

A 1957 XXIV Mille Miglia silk scarf,believed Italian, for the event held on 11th-12th May, in cream silk and decorated in colour with floral design and circuit map of the course, some very slight fraying to hems, approximately 93 x 88cm. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 242

A framed and glazed 19th century map of Birmingham with two other similar

Lot 209

Antique map of England and other framed pictures to include original artworks

Lot 923

Military brass map rule by WH Harling of London 1916 and a set of compass' and scribes (2)

Lot 206

1949 British Railways promotional catalogue and 1950 British Railways folding map (2)

Lot 396

The Ancient and Modern of the Loyal Town of Rippon, Printed at York Printing Office, 1733, half-leather binding with fold out town map

Lot 430

LNER poster map of the system titled LONDON & NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY AND ITS CONNECTIONS dated December 1937. In good condition with some edge tears and complete with original wooden mounts. Measures 25in x 40in.

Lot 429

GWR poster map of the system titled GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY ORDER AND CONSIGN PER GWR. In good condition with some edge tears and complete with original wooden mounts. Measures 25in x 39in.

Lot 331

GWR Pictorial Enamel Map TO IRELAND BY THE NEW FISHGUARD ROUTE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY SHORTEST SEA PASSAGE MAGNIFICENT TURBINE STEAMERS 22 1/2 KNOTS signed James Inglis General Manager. This is the extremely rare, small version measuring approximately 15in x 11.25in. In very good condition with a some small areas of restoration.

Lot 398

A selection of 3 railway maps. Aireys Railway Map of the Cumberland & Westmorland Districts, Railway Clearing House Official Railway Map of South Wales dated 1904 and a Railway Clearing House Railway Map of Ireland dated 1906. All three in very good condition two with gilt embossed leather covers.

Lot 323

Great Western Railway lithographed tinplate MAP OF THE SYSTEM radiating out from Paddington. In very good condition mounted in its original oak frame. Measures 34in x 28in. Has a label on the rear from Advertising Department GWR Paddington Station to ?? Station.

Lot 391

London Transport METROPOLITAN, HAMMERSMITH & CITY & CIRCLE LINE melamine map, dated April 1969, as used in the Underground stock. In very good condition with slight loss to top left hand corner, measures 67in x 7.5in.

Lot 118

DUMOURIEZ, Charles François du Périer (1739-1823). Thoughts on the French Invasion of England ... Translated from the French ... The Third Edition, London, 1798, 4to, folding hand-coloured engraved chart, contemporary wrappers. VERY RARE.DUMOURIEZ, Charles François du Périer (1739-1823).  Thoughts on the French Invasion of England ... Translated from the French. Illustrated ... The Third Edition. London: Printed for John Stockdale, 1798. 4to (280 x 220mm). Large folding engraved "Chart of Great Britain & Ireland, with the Coasts of France, Spain, Portugal &c: Exhibiting all the Channels, Harbors[sic], Bays & Islands, with the exact Bearings and Distances Between any two Places" by John Stockdale, hand-coloured in outline, 12-pages followed by 4-pages of publisher's advertisements (chart repaired with very slight loss, short tear without loss, some spotting to B2, some light mainly marginal spotting and staining to other leaves). Contemporary plain wrappers, stitched (some fraying). Provenance: Pasted onto the back of the upper wrapper is a contemporary printed sheet, with "4 Days Reading" in autograph at the top, and with 3 printed columns headed, respectively, "When received. Order of Circulation. When sent away", containing a list of 18 printed names and the day and month, but not the year, of their respective borrowing dates added in manuscript - almost invariably for 4 days - and a printed note at the bottom, "To be returned to the Steward", signed "Wm. [?]Briggs". The title page [mis]spells the author's surname 'Dumourier'. The printed note on the map, repeated on the title page, that the chart has "... the exact Bearings and Distances between any Two Places", is not borne out in reality since no distances appear on the chart, nor does it even have a scale. VERY RARE, with no copy of this, or any other edition, in the British Library.

Lot 76

VIETNAM - Victor BATOR (1891-1967). Vietnam, New York, 1965, 8vo, morocco. FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by the author to Anthony Eden. With 6 other books related, one inscribed by Eden, the others ANNOTATED by him. (7)VIETNAM - Victor BATOR (1891-1967).  Vietnam. A Diplomatic Tragedy. The Origins of The U.S. Involvement. New York: Oceana Publications, Inc., 1965. 8vo (218 x 140mm). Half title, frontispiece map, illustrations (the text very lightly browned at margins throughout). Contemporary brown half morocco gilt and marbled boards by [?]Zipélius Brillouin [?bound for Anthony Eden], top edges gilt, marbled endpapers, original colour printed wrappers bound in (spine and strip at head of upper cover faded). Provenance: Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon (modern armorial bookplate loosely-inserted). FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, the front free endpaper inscribed, "To Anthony Eden, who by statesmanship and diplomacy brought about an interlude of peace in Southeast Asia and, in his speech of 23 June 1954, marked out a course which, if followed, might have led to permanent balance and peace, Victor Bator, October 19, 1965." With Anthony Eden's Towards Peace in Indo-China (London, "Chatham House Essays," 1966, 8vo, wrappers, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed, "C[larissa] from A, with devotion, Aug. 1st 1966"; and 5 other books of related interest, all ANNOTATED by Anthony Eden, namely Jean Lacoutre & Philippe Devillers' La Fin d'une Guerre. Indochine 1954 (Paris, 1960, large 8vo, original pictorial wrappers, with sparse annotation and highlighting in pencil by Anthony Eden, with many page numbers listed on the final page, and several small autograph notes [?in Eden's hand] loosely-inserted), Paul Ély's Mémoires. L 'Indochine dans la Tourmente (Paris, 1964, 8vo, folding map at the end, original pictorial wrappers, with sparse annotation and highlighting in pencil), Jean Lacouture's Le Vietnam entre Deux Paix (Paris, 1965, 8vo, original pictorial wrappers, with sparse pencil annotation, but quite extensive to final blank, and highlighting), another copy of Victor Bator's Vietnam. A Diplomatic Tragedy (New York: Oceana Publications, 1965, 8vo, original cloth, with 4-pages of Eden's copious annotation on blank leaves at the end, possibly in preparation for a speech, and with annotation (for example, on p.30: "Americans did not tell us this; nor, I think, the French") and highlighting throughout) and Bernard B. FALL's The Two Viet-Nams ... Revised Edition (New York, 1965, 8vo, original cloth, with Eden's occasional annotation and passages highlighted throughout, and a half-page of annotation headed "American Appeasement" to the final blank leaf at the end). (7)

Lot 94

BAKER, Richard (c.1568-1645). A Chronicle of the Kings of England, London, 1674, folio, engraved title, lacking index leaves at the end, later half morocco. With 5 other works in 6 vols. The lot sold not subject to return. (7)BAKER, Richard (c.1568-1645).  A Chronicle of the Kings of England. From the time of the Roman Government, unto the Death of King James ... Whereunto is Added, the Reign of king Charles the First, and The first Thirteen years of his Sacred Majesty, King Charles the Second ... All which Additions are revised in this Sixth Impression, and freed from many Errors and Mistakes of the former Editions. London: "Printed for George Sawbridge ... and Thomas Williams," 1674. Folio (347 x 228mm). Additional elaborate engraved architectural and figural title, initials, text printed in double column (variable browning, spotting and staining, a few darker spots, some wormtracks to index with slight loss, lacking index leaf or leaves after Mmmmm4 at the end). 19th-century half morocco gilt by E. Riley, later endpapers (rubbed and scuffed). Provenance: John Trevenen, 1796 (signature at head of engraved title); Sydney Hastings (armorial bookplate, and signature dated 1866 on front free endpaper). With 5 other works in 6 vols., namely [John Stow & Edmund Howe's The Annales, or a General Chronicle of England] (London, [colophon:] "Printed by A. M. for Richard Meighen," 1632, folio, black letter, text printed in double column, lacks all before dedication including title, several leaves torn with loss at the end, contemporary calf, worn, with an early mention of WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE at the foot of p.811/head of p.812 (affected by fraying, illustrated), included in the paragraph opening, "Our moderne, and present excellent Poets which worthily flourish in their owne workes, and all of them in my owne knowledge lived together in the Queene's raigne [i.e. Elizabeth I] ..."), [John Woodall's The Surgeon's Mate or Military and Domestique Surgery] (London, 1639, lacking all before A3 including title and leaves at the end, a few plates, disbound, defective), Venn and his Mermydons: or, the Linen=Draper Capotted: being a Serious and Seasonable Advice to the Citizens of London, Occasioned by the Indirect Practices used in the late Election of Sheriffs. Written by a Citizen of London (London, 1679, 12-page pamphlet, later boards), John Adams' Index Villaris: or, an Exact Register, Alphabetically Digested, of all the Cities, Market-Towns, Parishes, Villages, the Hundred, Lath, Rape, Ward, Wapentake, or Other Division of each County (London, 1690, folio, lacks plate and map, contemporary calf, rubbed) and The Book of Common Prayer (Oxford, "Printed by the University-Printers", 1712, 2 vols., 4to, contemporary calf, "pulpit copy" with numerous vellum page-tabs). The lot sold not subject to return. (7)

Lot 189

SPEED, John (1552-1629). Barkshire Described, London, 1676, hand-coloured engraved map of Berkshire, panoramic view of Windsor Castle at the top, title within baroque figural cartouche, coats-of-arms, compass rose, 382 x 510mm., framed and glazed.SPEED, John (1552-1629).  Barkshire Described. [London:] Thomas Bassett and Richard Chiswell, [1676]. Hand-coloured engraved map of Berkshire, title within baroque figural cartouche, panoramic view of Windsor Castle at the top, coats-of-arms, compass rose, English text on verso (some light mainly marginal staining), 382 x 510mm., framed and glazed (upper segment of frame detached).

Lot 190

STANFORD, Edward (1827-1904, publisher) - The Family Atlas ... including the Geological Map of England and Wales, by Sir I. Murchison, London, 1865, folio, 80 hand-coloured engraved maps, half morocco (worn). With a folding map of London (c.1854). (2).STANFORD, Edward (1827-1904, publisher) - The Family Atlas Containing Eighty maps, Constructed by Eminent Geographers, and Engraved on Steel, under the Superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, including the Geological Map of England and Wales, by Sir I. Murchison, F.R.S., the Star Maps by Sir John Lubbock, Bart. and the Plans of London and Paris, with the New Discoveries and Other Improvements to the Latest Date. London: Edward Stanford, 1865. Square folio (454 x 385mm). 80 hand-coloured engraved maps including 6 star charts and plans of London and Paris (one map and one star chart torn without loss, some light spotting and staining). Contemporary black half morocco (worn and stained). Provenance: From the Collection of the late Seymour Stein (1942-2023); J. M Gillespie (old signature on title). With Davies' Map of the British Metropolis with Extension to the Crystal Palace [title from wallet] (London, Edward Stanford, [1854 or later], large hand-coloured engraved map in sections mounted on linen, folding into original cloth wallet). (2)

Lot 128

FREMONT, J. C. (1813-90). Report of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the Year 1842, and to Oregon and North California, Washington, 1845, 8vo, 16 plates only, 5 maps including folding map by Fremont and Preuss, cloth. FIRST EDITION.FREMONT, John Charles (1813-90).  Report of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the Year 1842, and to Oregon and North California in the Years 1843-'44 ... Printed by Order of the House of Representatives. Washington: Blair and Rives, Printers, 1845. Large 8vo (226 x 140mm). 16 lithographed plates only (?of 22) and 4 maps, of which 2 folding, including the very large folding "Map of an Exploring Expedition to the Rocky mountains in the Year 1842 and to Oregon & North California in the Years 1843-44 by Brevet Capt. J. C. Frémont of the Corps of Topographical Engineers Under the orders of Col. J. J. Abert, Chief of the Topographical Bureau. Lith. by E. Weber & Co. Baltimore Md." by J. C. Frémont with the assistance of Charles Preuss (although Preuss's name does not appear on the map), with rivers hand-coloured in blue, astronomical tables at the end (the large folding map by Frémont and Preuss complete but detached and torn neatly in half along the centrefold without significant loss [although the illustration erroneously gives the impression that the lower corners are lacking], a few tears at other folds without significant loss, occasional spotting and staining to the text and plates, with some darker ink spots). Original brown publisher's cloth decorated in blind, spine lettered in gilt (part of the spine torn away with loss of letters, lower cover detached, rubbed with some light staining, lacking the pocket for the folding map at the end although with its green silk ribbon still intact). Provenance: From the Collection of the late Seymour Stein (1942-2023); "Ministry of Defence Library Services. Withdrawn" (stamp on title with library shelf numbers and library label at the foot of the spine); "Geographical and Statistical Depot. War Department" (blindstamp on title above imprint); "Libreria Estrangera Cientifica y Literaria de Carlos Bailly-Bailliere, Madrid" (label on front pastedown). FIRST EDITION. Howes F370; Graff 1436; Rumsey Map Collection: "The large map of the west is one of the most interesting and beautiful government maps of the 1840s. It filled in many of the gaps in cartographic knowledge of the west. Charles Preuss was the cartographer"; Sabin 25845; Schwartz & Ehrenberg The Mapping of America 275 (folding map); Streeter Sale 3131; Wheat Mapping the Transmississippi West 1540-1861 497: "[Frémont's work] can only be described as one of the monumental works of [American] Western Exploration and became the vade mecum of Manifest Destiny [i.e. the 19th-century doctrine that the expansion of the United States through the American continents was both justified and inevitable]. Its words, maps, and pictures paved the way for future waves of overlands culminating in the flood tide of the Gold Rush ... The great folding map is an altogether memorable document in the cartographic history of the West." 

Lot 163

NORTHUMBERLAND - John SPEED (c.1551-1629). Northumberland. London: John Sudbury and George Humble, 1610 [but 1616]. Engraved map, inset bird's-eye-views of "Barwick" [i.e. Berwick-upon-Tweed] and Newcastle, Latin text on verso, 385 x 510mm., unframed.NORTHUMBERLAND - John SPEED (c.1551-1629).  Northumberland. London: John Sudbury and George Humble, 1610 [but 1616]. Engraved map, inset bird's-eye-views of "Barwick" [i.e. Berwick-upon-Tweed] and Newcastle, inset illustration of Roman monuments, coats-of-arms in side border, Latin text on verso, 385 x 510mm., unframed. 

Lot 59

PATTERSON, John Henry (1867-1947). The Man-Eaters of Tsavo, London, August 1910, large 8vo, original pictorial buckram gilt. Reprint. INSCRIBED in pencil by Anthony Eden, "This book belonged to my younger brother, Nicholas. A."PATTERSON, John Henry (1867-1947).  The Man-Eaters of Tsavo and Other East African Adventures ... with a Foreword by Frederick Courteney Selous. London: Macmillan and Co., August 1910. Large 8vo (217 x 140mm). Half title, half tone frontispiece and illustrations, map, one-page of publisher's advertisements at the end (some very light mainly marginal spotting and staining, marginal tear to one leaf). Original dark blue pictorial buckram gilt (extremities lightly rubbed, without the dust-jacket). Provenance: Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon (old armorial bookplate); Nicholas Eden (pencil signature ("William Nicholas Eden") on front free endpaper). Reprint. The work was first published in 1907. Czech pp.213-4. INSCRIBED in pencil by Anthony Eden on the front free endpaper, "This book belonged to my younger brother, Nicholas. A[nthony]." Midshipman Nicholas Eden was killed on board HMS Indefatigable during the Battle of Jutland on 31 May 1916: he was just 16. Anthony Eden's elder brother, John, had been killed in action at the age of 26 in Belgium on 17 October 1914.

Lot 162

NORTHUMBERLAND - Christopher SAXTON (c.1540-c.1610). Northumbriæ comitatus, [London, 1579], hand-coloured engraved map, 382 x 460mm., unframed. The first printed map of Northumberland.NORTHUMBERLAND - Christopher SAXTON (c.1540-c.1610).  Northumbriæ comitatus (Scotiæ contiguæ) nova veraq. descriptio. [London: c.1579]. Hand-coloured engraved map, title within a highly elaborate strapwork cartouche surmounted by the coat-of-arms of Elizabeth I, with Thomas Seckford's coat-of-arms beneath and his motto "Industria naturam ornat." in a banner above, bunch of grapes watermark, blank on verso (lightly browned and stained), 382 x 460mm., unframed. The first printed map of Northumberland. 

Lot 167

OXFORDSHIRE - Johannes BLAEU (1596-1673), Oxonium comitatus, [Amsterdam, c.1649], hand-coloured engraved map of Oxfordshire, 380 x 500mm., framed and glazed. With [Jansson's] Oxonium comitatus ([Amsterdam, c.1646]). (2)OXFORDSHIRE - Johannes BLAEU (1596-1673).  Oxonium comitatus, vulgo Oxford Shire. Amsterdam: [c.1648]. Hand-coloured engraved map of Oxfordshire, title within baroque figural cartouche, 14 college coats-of-arms in side borders, 3 other coats-of-arms including arms of the University of Oxford, Latin text on verso with hand-coloured illustration of a stone circle [?Avebury], 380 x 500mm., framed and glazed. With [Jan Jansson's] Oxonium comitatus ([Amsterdam, c.1646], hand-coloured engraved map of Oxfordshire, French text on verso, framed and glazed). (2)

Lot 121

ELLIS, Henry (1788-1855). Journal of the Proceedings of the Late Embassy to China, London, 1817, 4to, 7 hand-coloured aquatint plates, 2 engraved maps only (lacks folding map), calf (worn). FIRST EDITION. With another related book (incomplete). (2)ELLIS, Henry (1788-1855).  Journal of the Proceedings of the Late Embassy to China; Comprising a Correct Narrative of the Public Transactions of the Embassy. Of the Voyage to and from China, and of the Journey from the Mouth of the Pei-Ho to the Return to Canton. Interspersed with Observations upon the Face of the Country, the Polity, Moral Character, and Manners of the Chinese Nation. London: Printed by John Murray, 1817. 4to (264 x 210mm). Engraved portrait frontispiece of Lord Amherst, 7 hand-coloured aquatint plates by J. Clark after Charles Abbot, 2 engraved maps only (of 3, lacking the large folding map), errata leaf at the end (frontispiece spotted, the maps browned and spotted, some light mainly marginal spotting and staining but the aquatint plates generally very clean). 19th-century calf gilt decorated in blind (worn, covers detached along with the frontispiece, title and errata leaf). FIRST EDITION. In the "Directions for Placing the Drawings" the entry for the folding map, lacking from this copy, has been deleted with a series of small printed typographical ornaments [illustrated], as if amended by the printer. This map is often lacking: was it, perhaps, removed from later printings? and, if so, why? Abbey Travel 536; Cordier Sinica III, 2393; not in Hardie; Hill I, 94; Prideaux pp.250-1; Tooley 208. With Edward Daniel Clarke's Travels to Various Countries of Europe, Asia and Africa ... Part the Second. Greece, Egypt and the Holy Land. Section the Second [only] (London, 1814, 4to, engraved plates and maps, some folding, contemporary calf with [volume] "3" stamped in gilt on the spine, worn, upper cover detached). The lot sold not subject to return. (2) 

Lot 161

NORTHUMBERLAND - Christopher SAXTON (c.1540-c.1610) & [John SPEED (c.1551-1629)]. Northumberland Truely Drawne & Described. Anno: 1642. [London: William Web], 1642 [but 1645], engraved map, 380 x 460mm., unframed. RARE.NORTHUMBERLAND - Christopher SAXTON (c.1540-c.1610) & [John SPEED (c.1551-1629)].  Northumberland Truely Drawne & Described. Anno: 1642. Christophorus Saxton descripsit. [London: William Web], 1642 [but 1645]. Engraved map, title within a highly elaborate strapwork cartouche surmounted by the coat-of-arms of Charles I, with Thomas Seckford's coat-of-arms beneath and his motto "Industria naturam ornat." in a banner above, small inset bird's-eye-view of "Barwick" [i.e. Berwick-upon-Tweed], blank on verso, fleur-de-lys watermark (a few marginal tears without loss), 380 x 460mm., unframed. The map is from William Web's rare edition of Saxton's atlas; many of the maps, as here, include Charles I's arms, a contentious act at the time of publication during the Civil War which would have made Web's allegiances clear. This map of Northumberland has Saxton's cartouche and a slightly reduced version of Speed's bird's-eye-view of Berwick-upon-Tweed in the top left-hand corner, making this one of only two maps in the Web edition of the atlas to include a town view. Chubb VII (atlas); Skelton County Atlases of the British Isles 1579-1703 27, map 29 [under Saxton/Web]: "An inset plan of 'Barwick' (after Speed) added in the top left-hand corner"; the atlas not in Wing. RARE.

Lot 106

[BUTLER, John (1809-74)]. A Sketch of Assam, London, 1847, 8vo, 15 coloured lithographed plates only (of 16), contemporary calf (worn). FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed, "Presented to Ja. Butler by his affectionate Brother, the Author."[BUTLER, John (1809-74)].  A Sketch of Assam: with Some Account of the Hill Tribes. By an Officer in the Hon. East India Company's Bengal Native Infantry in Civil Employ. With Illustrations from Sketches by the Author. London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1847. 8vo (209 x 135mm). Folding map, 15 coloured lithographed plates only (of 16, lacking the "Buffalo Shooting in Assam" plate), illustrations (folding map torn with severe loss [i.e. most lacking], lacking uncoloured plate, mainly marginal spotting, staining and browning throughout, a few plates detached or loose). Contemporary pictorial calf with mounted elephants stamped on both covers, marbled endpapers (heavily rubbed and scuffed, spine defective, inner hinges split). Provenance: From the Collection of the late Seymour Stein (1942-2023); modern slip with the author's biographical detail from V. C. P. Hodson's "List of Bengal Officers" tipped onto the front pastedown; photocopied page from an old bookseller's catalogue (1988) loosely-inserted. FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, the front free endpaper inscribed, "Presented to Ja. Butler by his affectionate Brother, the Author." Abbey Travel 471; Bobins Colour Plate Books I, 227; Yakushi B650.

Lot 69

STEVENSON, Robert Louis (1850-94). Kidnapped, [London], 1886, 8vo, folding map, original red cloth (worn). FIRST EDITION, inscribed by Eden. Please see the footnote below.STEVENSON, Robert Louis (1850-94).  Kidnapped. Being Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the Year 1751. [London:] Cassell & Company, Limited, 1886. 8vo (186 x 125mm). Half title, folding lithographed map printed in red and blue, 17-pages of publisher's advertisements at the end including a full-page advertisement for "Treasure Island" (spotting and staining throughout, map torn without loss, one advertisement leaf detached). Original red cloth gilt (very worn and stained, inner hinges broken, spine faded). Provenance: Sir William Eden, Bart. (armorial bookplate of Anthony Eden's father, rarely seen in this collection); W. H. Smith & Son, London (blindstamp to front free endpaper); Anthony Eden, with his inscription in pencil to the half title, stating: "From the soldier's library when Windles [i.e. Windlestone Hall] was a hospital in first world war. A first edition? A[nthony]." The front pastedown is further inscribed in a different hand, in ink, "Windlestone Hall, October 8/9/18" and the half title "Windlestone Hall, Ferry Hill, Cty. Durham". FIRST EDITION, with the following issue points: 'business' on p.40; 'nine o'clock' on p.64; 'Long Islands' on p.101; the second page of the advertisements with code '5G.4.86' and the tenth with code '5B.4.86'. Beinecke 378; Prideaux pp.46-48.

Lot 142

KIPLING, Rudyard (1865-1936). Just So Stories, London, 1902, 4to, 22 plates by the author, original red pictorial cloth. FIRST EDITION. With 6 other books by the same author, all FIRST EDITIONS. (7)KIPLING, Rudyard (1865-1936).  Just So Stories. For Little Children. London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1902. 4to (230 x 180mm). Half title, initials, 22 plates by the author including one map printed in red and black, illustrations, initials, (pink stain to p.92 not affecting text, some very light mainly marginal staining, a few leaves creased at corners). Original red pictorial cloth (corners lightly rubbed, a little faded, without the exceptionally scarce dust-jacket). Provenance: Claud Alexander, Jan. 1903 (signature on front pastedown). FIRST EDITION of the only book illustrated by the author. Three of the stories had previously appeared in serial form in the American Ladies Home Journal from April to June 1900 (see Muir). Grolier 57; Livingston 267; Muir English Children's Books pp.159-160; Osborne Collection pp.362-363; Richards A181; Stewart 260. With 6 other books by the same author, namely Barrack-Room Ballads and Other Verses (London, 1892, 8vo, original buckram, with an old lot sticker pasted onto the upper cover), Captains Courageous (London, 1897, 8vo, illustrations by I. W. Taber, fine original blue pictorial cloth gilt), The Five Nations (London, 1903, 8vo, original red buckram), Sea and Sussex (London, 1926, 4to, coloured plates by Donald Maxwell, original blue cloth, dust-jacket, jacket torn with slight loss), Songs of the Sea (London, 1927, 4to, coloured plates by Donald Maxwell, original blue cloth, dust-jacket, jacket torn with very slight loss) and Thy Servant a Dog Told by Boots (London, 1930, small 4to, illustrations by George Loraine Stampa, original red pictorial cloth, dust-jacket, jacket torn with slight loss), all FIRST EDITIONS. (7) 

Lot 40

IRELAND, Samuel (1744-1800). Picturesque Views on the Upper, or Warwickshire, Avon, London, 1795, 4to, 33 plates, attractively bound in contemporary calf, with a presentation note to The Earl of Avon [i.e. Anthony Eden] loosely-inserted. FIRST EDITION.IRELAND, Samuel (1744-1800).  Picturesque Views on the Upper, or Warwickshire, Avon, from its Source at Naseby to its Junction with the Severn at Tewkesbury: with Observations on the Public Buildings, and Other Works of Art in its Vicinity. London: R. Faulder and T. Egerton, 1795. 4to (233 x 162mm). Tinted allegorical aquatint frontispiece incorporating a reclining figure of Shakespeare playing a lyre, map showing the course of the Avon [not called for in the list], 31 tinted aquatint and etched plates by Samuel Ireland, illustrations (some very light spotting and staining). FINELY BOUND in contemporary diced calf elaborately decorated in gilt and blind, marbled endpapers, gilt edges (extremities rubbed, some fading to spine and upper section of front cover, inner hinges a little weak). Provenance: "Presented to The Right Honourable The Earl of Avon, K.G., P.C., M.C. [i.e. Anthony Eden] by the Architect on the occasion of the opening of the Royal Spa Centre in the Borough of Royal Leamington Spa on the 15th of June 1972" (autograph note loosely-inserted, but once attached with adhesive tape). FIRST EDITION. Abbey Scenery 427; Brunet II, 688; Prideaux p.271; not in Hardie or Tooley.

Lot 172

Portraits des Généraux Français, faisant Suite aux Victoires et Conquêtes des Français, Paris, 1818, 2 vols., 8vo, 152 engraved portraits, contemporary calf. With 5 other miscellaneous early 19th-century books. (7)Portraits des Généraux Français, faisant Suite aux Victoires et Conquêtes des Français. Cette Collection sera Jointe a la Biographie Militaire Française qui Termine l' Ouvrage. Paris: C. L. F. Panckoucke, 1818. 2 volumes [without the Biographie Militaire mentioned in the title], 8vo (200 x 125mm). Title page in the first volume only [as issued], 152 engraved portraits (some dampstaining towards the end of the first vol., some minor wormtracks to the end of vol. II, mainly marginal spotting and staining). Contemporary French calf gilt (rubbed and scuffed, some worming to spines). With 5 other miscellaneous early-19th-century books including James Ede's A View of the Gold and Silver Coins of all Nations, Exhibited In above Four Hundred Copper Plate Engravings correctly executed by an eminent Artist, to which is added in a regular Index, The name, Assay, Weight and Value of Each; Also, Sir Isaac Newton's Tables of Foreign Gold and Silver Coins made in the Year 1700 by order of the Privy Council (London, [1808], square 12mo, 34 engraved plates of coins, tables, contemporary marbled calf), John Wilson's General View of the Agriculture of Renfrewshire (Paisley, 1812, 8vo, folding hand-coloured engraved map, folding engraved frontispiece of the "Inchinnan Bridges as Executed from a Design of Robertson Buchanan", tables, original paper boards, rather worn) and Eugene Labaume's A Circumstantial Narrative of the Campaign in Russia (London, 1814, 8vo, folding hand-coloured engraved map, contemporary calf). The lot sold not subject to return. (7)

Lot 177

RACKHAM, Arthur (1867-1939, illustrator) - J. M. BARRIE. Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, London, 1906, 4to, 50 mounted coloured plates by Arthur Rackham, original pictorial vellum gilt. FIRST RACKHAM EDITION, ONE OF 500 COPIES SIGNED BY THE ARTIST.RACKHAM, Arthur (1867-1939, illustrator) - J. M. BARRIE (1860-1937).  Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1906. 4to (275 x 225mm). Half title, illustration on title, 50 coloured plates by Arthur Rackham mounted on brown paper at the end. Original pictorial vellum gilt, front endpaper with a map of Kensington Gardens, top edges gilt, others uncut (a little bowed, lacks silk ties). FIRST RACKHAM "DE LUXE" EDITION, LIMITED TO APPROXIMATELY 500 COPIES SIGNED BY THE ARTIST, this copy unnumbered and with the printed statement of limitation scored through by the artist or publisher. Garland 33; Gettings p.112: "... its publication and quality was a sure sign that Rackham had arrived ..."; Hudson p.61; Latimore & Haskell p.27; Riall p.74.

Lot 129

FREMONT, J. C. (1813-90). Narrative of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, London, 1846, 8vo, 4 lithographed plates, folding map, original cloth decorated in blind. FIRST U.K. EDITION. With 3 related works in 5 vols. (6)FREMONT, John Charles (1813-90).  Narrative of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, in the Year 1842, and to Oregon and North California, In the Years 1843-44. London: Wiley and Putnam, 1846. 8vo (224 x 140mm). Lithographed frontispiece of "The American Falls of Lewis Fork," large folding "Map of the Western & Middle Portions of North America, to illustrate the History of California, Oregon & the other Countries on the North West Coast of America by Robert Greenhow," lithographed by Day & Haghe, 3 lithographed plates ("Hill of Columnar Basalt on the Columbia River," "Devil's Gate" and "Pyramid Lake"), tables (map torn without loss). Original dark blue/grey cloth stamped in blind with a design incorporating the American eagle on the upper cover, spine lettered in gilt (some very faint white staining). Provenance: From the Collection of the late Seymour Stein (1942-2023); "Ministry of Defence Library Services. Withdrawn" (stamps and library numbers on title, with faint stamp beneath, and library label at foot of spine); "Military Depot, Q.M.G. [Quarter Master General] Department" (label on front pastedown); "Bain Bookseller, 1 Haymarket" (small bookseller's label on front pastedown). FIRST U.K. EDITION. Despite being ex-library, this copy is in remarkably fresh and crisp condition, especially the folding map. Graff 1436; Howes F370; Sabin 25841; Streeter Sale 3132; Wheat Mapping the Transmississippi West 1540-1861 512. With 3 other related works in 5 vols., namely [Pierre de Sales Laterrière's] A Political and Historical Account of Lower Canada ... By a Canadian (London, 1830, 8vo, contemporary orange library buckram, ex-library copy, with stamps, FIRST EDITION), Henry Stuart Foote's Texas and the Texans; or, Advance of the Anglo-Americans to the South-West (Philadelphia, Thomas, Cowperthwaite & Co., 1841, 2 vols., 8vo, modern library buckram, ex-library copy, with stamps, FIRST EDITION) and Hochelaga, or, England in the New World. Edited by Eliot Warburton (London, 1846, 2 vols., 8vo, lithographed frontispiece of "Canadian Travelling", original cloth, head of spine of vol. II torn away, ex-library copy, with stamps, FIRST EDITION). The lot sold not subject to return. (6) 

Lot 2

AUSTEN, Jane (1775-1817). The Novels, Oxford, 1923, 5 volumes, large 8vo, coloured frontispieces, original buckram-backed boards. ONE OF 1,000 SETS. (5)AUSTEN, Jane (1775-1817).  The Novels. The Text based on Collation of the Early Editions by R. W. Chapman. Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1923. 5 volumes, large 8vo (225 x 145mm). Half titles, coloured frontispieces, frontispiece to "Mansfield Park" with flap, folding map at the end of "Sense and Sensibility", plates. Original blue-grey buckram-backed marbled boards, printed spine labels, uncut (some staining to labels). Provenance: Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon (old armorial bookplate); loosely-inserted is a 2-page autograph letter, in pencil, on paper headed "Nawton Tower, Nawton, Yorkshire," [undated], stating, "Darling, well here I am marooned in the snow ...", possibly to Anthony Eden from his first wife Beatrice (indistinctly signed). ONE OF 1,000 SETS. (5)

Lot 83

WINE - Charles Walter BERRY. In Search of Wine, London, 1935, original red buckram. FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed to Anthony Eden. With 6 other books of related interest including 3 PRESENTATION COPIES inscribed to Anthony Eden. (7)WINE - Charles Walter BERRY (dates unknown).  In Search of Wine. A Tour of the Vineyards of France. With a thought to Bacchus in particular and a Humble Recognition of the Wisdom of Others. London: Constable & Co Ltd., 1935. 8vo (195 x 130mm). Half title, large folding map of "The Wine Districts of France" at the end. Original red buckram, spine lettered in gilt (spine faded, without a dust-jacket). Provenance: Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon (old armorial bookplate). FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, the front free endpaper inscribed, "To Captain The Rt. Hon. R. Anthony Eden ... with the compliments & respect of the author, who when he read your kind letter of appreciation felt that all the work entailed (mentally & physically) was amply justified - + more so. Charles Berry. Flow Wine! Smile Woman! And the Universe is consoled!! 3.XII.35." With 6 other books of related interest including the same author's Viniana (London, "reprinted 1934", 8vo, original red buckram, PRESENTATION COPY, the front free endpaper inscribed, "To The Rt. Hon. R. Anthony Eden ... with the author's thanks for the privilege. The old proverb says, An apple a day keeps the doctor away (to which the author would wish to add) for a day. But a glass of good wine for a very long time, so they say. Charles Berry, 8/11/36"), the same author's Tokay (London, Berry Bros. & Co., [n.d.], original buckram-backed boards, with a typed compliment slip from Mr Anthony Berry pasted to the front free endpaper, addressed to Anthony Eden, dated 28.5.76, stating, "I thought that you would like to have a bottle of the Tokay Essence following our telephone conversation last week and this is therefore being sent to you under separate cover. However, I am enclosing a copy of my uncle, Charles Walter Berry's booklet, which he wrote before the War. Please accept the bottle with the best wishes of us all here. Enc.") and Hugh R. Rudd's Hocks and Moselles (London, 1935, original cloth, FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, with an inscription by the author to Anthony Eden including a biblical 'quote' ("... 'He restored the chief butler unto his butlership again ... But he hanged the chief baker.' Genesis XL. 21")). Provenance: Anthony Eden (five of the books with his old armorial bookplate). (7)

Lot 100

BOCK, Carl (1849-1932). The Head-Hunters of Borneo, London, 1881, large 8vo, folding map, 30 lithographed plates, of which 28 coloured, illustrations (some staining), original coloured pictorial cloth gilt (partly disbound). FIRST EDITION.BOCK, Carl Alfred (1849-1932).  The Head-Hunters of Borneo: A Narrative of Travel up the Mahakkam and Down the Barito; Also, Journeying in Sumatra. London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1881. Large 8vo (262 x 180mm). Half title, folding engraved map of South East Borneo printed in colours, 30 lithographed plates by C. F. Kell after the author, of which 28 coloured, illustrations, tables (map and many plates and text leaves detached or loose, some mainly marginal spotting, staining and browning). Original pictorial cloth gilt, uncut, brown endpapers (rubbed, upper joints split at head, scuffed and stained, partly disbound). Provenance: From the Collection of the late Seymour Stein (1942-2023); "War Office Library"; "Quarter M[aster] G[eneral]'s Dept. Intelligence Branch" (2 stamps on title, with "Ministry of Defence. Withdrawn from Stock" stamp over the former). FIRST EDITION. Bobins The Exotic and the Beautiful 282.

Lot 29

FREEMAN, Douglas Southall (1886-1953). George Washington, New York, 1948-51, volumes I-IV only (of VI), original cloth. FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by the author to Anthony Eden. With 2 other works by the same author in 6 vols. (10)FREEMAN, Douglas Southall (1886-1953).  George Washington. A Biography. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1948-51. Volumes I - IV only (of VI), large 8vo (231 x 155mm). Half titles, half tone plates, maps. Original dark blue cloth gilt, map endpapers (without slipcases). Provenance: Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon (modern armorial bookplate loosely-inserted). FIRST EDITION, with 'A' on the copyright page of each volume, of the work for which the author won his second (posthumous) Pulitzer Prize in 1958. After the fifth and sixth volumes (not present here), a seventh, written by John Alexander Carroll and Mary Wells Ashworth, but based substantially on Freeman's research and notes, was published in 1957. PRESENTATION COPY, the half title of the first volume inscribed, "Autographed for The Right Honorable Anthony Eden in admiring gratitude for his service in advancing those interests of English-speaking peoples that Washington revered. Douglas Southall Freeman, July, 1950." It is clear, from the date of the inscription, that the author presented Anthony Eden with the first four volumes only (the fourth volume dated 1951 presumably being first issued in 1950), as are present here. Loosely-inserted in the second volume is a clipping from the Swindon Advertiser (Oct. 12th, 1959) featuring an opinionated and amusing letter relating to Anthony Eden and the Suez Crisis from one G. Rogers, marked [?by Eden] with two pencil crosses. With the same author's R. E. Lee. A Biography (New York, 1937, 4 vols., large 8vo, original red cloth, a reprint of the work for which the author won his first Pulitzer Prize in 1935, old armorial bookplate of Anthony Eden) and Lee's Lieutenants. A Study in Command (New York, 1942-43, 2 vols., original black cloth, FIRST EDITION, with Anthony Eden's modern armorial bookplate loosely-inserted). (10)

Lot 171

PINE, John (1690-1756). A Chart shewing the Several Places of Action between the English and Spanish Fleets, London, 1739, fine hand-coloured engraved map with elaborate border (very lightly browned and spotted at centrefold), 370 x 592mm., unframed.PINE, John (1690-1756), Hubert-François GRAVELOT (1699-1733) & Clement LEMPRIERE (1683-1746).  A Chart Shewing the Several Places of Action between the English and Spanish Fleets, with the Places where Several of the Spanish Ships were Destroyed in their Return to Spain, North about the British Islands. [London:] John Pine, 1739. Fine hand-coloured engraved map of the British Isles by John Pine and Hubert-François Gravelot after Clement Lempriere within elaborate decorative border, blank on verso (very lightly browned and spotted at centrefold), 370 x 592mm., unframed. The border of the map is particularly dramatic, filled with battling allegorical figures in various states of disarray and forked lightning, and with illustrations of sea-battles in roundels. The engraving is taken from Pine's The Tapestry Hangings of the House of Lords Representing the Several Engagements between the English and Spanish Fleets (London, 1739) which reproduced tapestries commissioned in 1591 to celebrate the defeat of the Spanish Armada. Pine's publication proved particularly fortuitous: the original tapestries on which it was based were completely consumed in the fire which destroyed the Palace of Westminster in 1834. "In 1739 Pine published 'The Tapestry Hangings of the house of Lords ...' with portraits, charts of the coasts of England, medals, &c. As these valuable tapestries, executed by H. C. Vroom to commemorate the defeat of the Spanish armada, were subsequently destroyed by fire, Pine's engravings, done from drawings by C. Lempriere, are of the greatest historical value" (DNB).

Lot 196

TIMKOWSKI, Egor Fedorovitch (1790-1975). Travels of the Russian Mission through Mongolia to China, London,1827, 2 volumes, 8vo, frontispiece, folding map, plan of Peking, old half calf. FIRST U.K. EDITION. With 2 other related works in 3 vols. (5)TIMKOWSKI, Egor Fedorovitch (1790-1975).  Travels of the Russian Mission through Mongolia to China, and Residence in Peking, in the Years 1820-1821 ... With Corrections and Notes by Julius Klaproth, translated by H. E. Lloyd. London: Printed for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1827. 2 volumes, 8vo (214 x 135mm). Lithographed frontispiece, large folding "Map of the Route from Kiakhta to Peking, through Mongolia", folding plan of Peking. Contemporary half calf and marbled boards, spines gilt with black morocco lettering-pieces (heavily rubbed and scuffed). Provenance: "Ministry of Defence. Withdrawn" (stamps on front free endpapers, title, map of Peking and at margin of one text leaf; library labels at foot of spines with library numbers written in white ink on corner of upper covers). FIRST U.K. EDITION. Brunet IV, 483; Löwendahl 859; Lust 550. With 2 other related works in 3 vols., namely Frederick E. Forbes' Five Years in China; from 1842 to 1847. With an Account of the Occupation of the Islands of Labuan and Borneo by Her Majesty's Forces (London, 1848, 8vo, fine coloured lithographed frontispiece of "The Empress of China", illustrations, original mustard yellow cloth, FIRST EDITION, ex-library copy, with the same provenance and similar related condition issues as with the first named item) and Sven Hedin's Trans-Himalaya. Discoveries and Adventures in Tibet (London, 1909, 2 vols., plates, attractively-bound in contemporary blue full prize calf gilt, FIRST EDITION). Provenance: From the Collection of the late Seymour Stein (1942-2023). (5)

Lot 220

Middle East.- Blunt (Lady Anne) Bedouin Tribes of the Euphrates, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, wood engraved frontispieces and 10 plates, 1 folding colour map, 1 folding pedigree of Arabian thoroughbreds, advertisements at end vol. 2, scattered faint spotting, bookplate of Peter Hopkirk, original pictorial cloth, gilt, very slight mottling, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 8vo, 1879.⁂ Lady Anne Blunt (1837-1917) was the daughter of Ada Lovelace, and granddaughter of Lord Byron. She was the co-founder of the Crabbet Arabian Stud, along with her husband, the poet Wilfrid Blunt. They travelled extensively in Arabia and the Middle East in order to buy Arabian horses, to bring back to England.

Lot 221

Buckingham (James Silk) Travels in Mesopotamia. Including a Journey from Aleppo to Bagdad, by the route of Beer, Orfah, Diarbekr, Mardin, & Mousul, 2 vol., first octavo edition, folding engraved map, 2 double-page lithograph plates, 27 wood-engraved plates, contemporary half calf, rubbed, vol.1 upper cover detached, 8vo, 1827.⁂ The Cyrus Ghani copy with ink inscriptions dated 1951 to front free endpaper vol.1. Also bookplate and inscription of Anthony MacTier of Durris.

Lot 228

Fraser (James Baillie) Narrative of a Journey into Khorasan, first edition, folding engraved map, short tear to title, errata slip, ink stamp to map verso, title and final leaf, modern half calf over marbled boards, [Ghani p.140; Wilson p.75], 4to, 1825.⁂ Provenance: American Museum of Natural History (ink stamps).

Lot 231

Fryer (John) A New Account of East-India and Persia, first edition, half-title with engraved portrait on verso, title printed in red and black, 7 engraved plates and maps, 3 folding, and one full-page engraved map in text with printed slip pasted below, engraved or woodcut illustrations, Ss1 with marginal repaired tear, some light foxing and browning, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed, spine ends chipped and joints starting, [Wing F2257], folio,Printed by R[obert] R[oberts] for Ri. Chiswell, 1698.⁂ In 1672 Fryer embarked on a 10-year tour to India, Goa, the Arabian Gulf and Persia, before returning to England. The work includes a detailed account of Surat and Muscat and mentions pirates in the Gulf, and the natural history of the region.

Lot 233

Heylyn (Peter) Cosmography in Four Books. Containing the Chorography and History of the whole World, 4 parts in 1 vol., engraved additional title dated 1669, printed title in red and black, 4 double-page engraved maps of Europe, Asia, Africa, and America, some with tears at folds, with initial imprimatur f., a few burn-holes, occasional worming to margins and very slightly affecting map of America, some light staining, contemporary calf, rebacked, rubbed, [Sabin 31655; Wing H1694A], folio, Printed for Philip Chetwind, and Anne Seile, 1674.⁂ A variant of the edition with letter-press imprint "printed for Anne Seile, and Philip Chetwind" and engraved imprint "printed for Philip Chetwind" (Wing H1694).

Lot 237

Kinneir (John Macdonald) Journey through Asia Minor, Armenia, and Koordistan, first edition, half-title, large folding engraved map with hand-coloured routes, with slight tear, marginal repair to fore-edge of following leaf of text, some light browning, contemporary calf, gilt, rubbed, upper cover detached, [Blackmer 914; Weber I, 55; cf. Atabey 636 (French edition only)], 8vo, 1818.⁂ The Peter Hopkirk copy. Kinneir was attached to Sir John Malcolm's mission from India to Persia in 1808-9, acting as an agent at Bushire and making numerous journeys within Persia. In 1810 he went back to England but returned to India in 1813-14 by way of Cyprus, Constantinople, Baghdad and Bombay. It is this latter journey that is recounted here, though his earlier travels in Persia are also listed (p.552).Provenance: Thomas Thomas Jr (ink inscription dated 1818 on front endpaper); Peter Hopkirk (bookplate, his sale at Sotheby's 14 October 1998, lot 907).

Lot 238

Malcolm (Col. Sir John) The History of Persia, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, folding engraved map and 22 plates, some light foxing and offsetting, contemporary russia, stamped in blind and gilt, corners and spine raised bands rubbed, but still a handsome copy, [not in Atabey or Blackmer], 4to, 1815.⁂ A handsome copy of this important and comprehensive history of the region.

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