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[Stell (I.)] The Hasting`s Guide 1794 half-title double-page wood-engraved plan 3 aquatint plates offsetting contemporary calf rebacked preserving majority of original backstrip corners worn rubbed I Stell 1794 § Allom (Thomas) Constantinople first series only engraved frontispiece additional vignette title map and plates water-stained contemporary half calf worn [c.1839] § Burnett (Gilbert) The Life and Death of Sir Matthew Hale Kt. [and other works] engraved portrait frontispieces contemporary calf rebacked worn but holding firm William Shrowsberry 1682; and 14 others miscellaneous v.s.(17)

Dugdale-The Antiquities of Warwickshire first edition engraved portrait frontispiece title in red and black 5 double-page engraved maps 8 engraved plates and 8 (of 10) plates and plans engraved illustrations portrait and title laid down 1st map with small area of worming at fold marginal water-staining to head of Barichway Hundred text f. 5A2 with repaired tear some staining or soiling contemporary calf sympathetically rebacked recornered [Wing D2479] folio Thomas Warren 1656.

(MAP) AFTER WILLEM BLAEU `Glocestria Ducatus; vulgo Glocestershire`, a hand coloured map of Gloucestshire, 16" x 19 1/2"

* Bath - John Wood, the Elder. A vellum deed relating to the Southgate district of Bath in Somerset, 13th July 1739, in respect of purchase of land by John Wood the Elder (1704-1754) and in contract with James Leake, bookseller in Bath and Evelyn, Duke of Kingston, eng. decorative initial, some soiling and wear to folds with loss of legibility, a second membrane with a hand-col. plan of the proposed development and related text beneath, two seals and signatures present for John Wood and Kingston (somewhat faded), the seal and signature of Leake no longer visible, map size approx. 54 x 75cm, overall a little soiled, endorsed. John Wood, the Elder, was born in Yorkshire, but is best known for his architectural work in Bath. He was responsible for the north and south Parades, Queen’s Square, the Circus, Prior Park and a number of other Georgian houses. His son, John Wood the Younger (1728-82) designed the Royal Crescent and the Assembly Rooms, also completing the building work on the Circus after his father’s death. The map attached to this document shows the River Avon bordering areas called the Meadow called the Ham and Abby Orchard, etc., and covers what is now the newly developed Southgate shopping district. (1)

WWII - Belsen. A contemporary account by a ‘British padre’ and his experiences of encountering Belsen concentration camp in April 1945, two and a half leaves of cyclostyled sheets from a typewritten original, ‘I don’t know whether I ought to write this. Something seems to tell me that many may say it is a flight of my imagination; others may say that at least there is a semblance of truth in what I write, but that I have laid on the colours much too thickly. But for all that, I feel it ought to be done. Numbers of other people have done it. But it will do no harm for hundreds more to do the same. This is so ghastly a story that the whole world should know about it’, describing the beautiful scenery around the camp which served to hide the hideous doings which occurred in the camps hidden behind the undulating hills and vast pine forest. The unidentified author gives statistical and first-hand details of what he saw and knows of the life in the camps, the starvation, the appalling sanitary conditions, plus the improvements, the SS men and women and their Commandant Josef Kramer, printed to rectos and stapled at upper corner, together with thirteen leaves from an official printed report on Belsen concentration camp, pp. 399-411, marked ‘Appendix “O” to Chapter 7’, printed to rectos only with b & w illusts. from photos on five leaves plus one diagrammatic map of the camp, a little browned and brittled at margins, all foolscap folio. Although the author does not identify himself it may well be the Reverend T.J. Stretch from the Holy Trinity Church, Aberyswyth, who was attached as padre to the formation concerning the Bergen-Belsen Camp. (16)

* WWII - Eisenhower vs. Montgomery. Soldier of Democracy, a Biography of Dwight Eisenhower by Kenneth S. Davis, 1st ed., New York, 1945, ownership signature of Sir Patrick Ashley Cooper to half-title and again in pencil to title (‘“Queen Mary” at Sea, Nov. 1945’), map endpapers, orig. cloth, a little rubbed, 8vo, together with three autograph letters to Cooper from Sir Ronald Weekes (31st December 1945?), 2 pp., Field Marshall Montgomery, Headquarters, British Army of the Rhine, 24th January 1946, 4 pp., and Viscount Alanbrooke, 31st December 1949, 6 pp., the first tipped on to front pastedown at upper margin, second tipped on to front f.e.p. with a gummed paper slip attaching the two sheets, the third loose, all 8vo. All three letters are letters of thanks to Ashley Cooper for lending them the book and while each writer enjoyed the book and felt it had merits, they all believe that the British are not given enough credit and that Eisenhower’s abilities and achievements are exaggerated. The letter from Montgomery is marked private and reads in full: ‘Dear Cooper, thank you so very much for lending me this book. I have been laid up with influenza and have read it in bed with great interest. It is a great pity that the author in his endeavours to “write up” Ike has found in necessary to decry everything British. A British author might well reply that all Eisenhower’s fighting was handled for him by British Commanders: which is literally true. It was only when Ike, flushed by victory, descended from the lofty perch of a Supreme Commander and took tactical command himself of the armies, that our troubles began. The author is indeed ungenerous to British soldiers throughout his book; he even blames them for the fact that some Germans escaped from the Falaise pocket! For his remarks about myself, I care nothing; I could refute everything he says by written evidence; but his ungenerous attitude to British arms is a pity as some British author is bound to write a counter-blast: which would be a worse pity! Ike was a great Supreme Commander, and should be recognised as such. But in order to assign to him qualities that he does not possess, the author has had to put an entirely false complexion on many things. It would be perfectly simple to prove this “false complexion” but this must never be done. Of one thing I am convinced: we and America have got to come together, definitely, conclusively, and perpetually. Once we can achieve this, all will be well in the world. I think it can be achieved if we set about it in the right way. But we shall achieve nothing if we start emitting boohs about each other. All this is of course private. Thank you again for letting me read the book. Yours sincerely, B.L. Montgomery, Field-Marshall’. (4)

Fuller (Thomas). The Church History of Britain; from the Birth of Jesus Christ, untill the Year M. DC. XLVIII., 1st ed., John Williams, 1655, hand-col. folding eng. plt. of coats of arms (torn, with paper repair on verso), contents generally toned, and with occn. early ms. annotations, first few leaves soiled and with repaired tears, Sss1-4 (pp.321-28) supplied in facsimile, bound with The History of the University of Cambridge since the Conquest, 1655, eng. folding map of Cambridge dated 1634, with paper repair at foot of fold (on verso and blank margin of recto), and The History of Waltham-Abby in Essex, Founded by King Harold, 1655, two eng. plts., some early underlining, 20th c. cloth, with gilt lettered leather spine label, folio in 4s, together with Leighton (Robert), The Works... a new and enlarged Edition: together with the Life of the Author, by the Rev. G. Jerment, 6 vols., 1805-1808, title-page to vol. 1 with Leighton’s date-span in neat biro beneath his name, title to each vol. with bookseller’s small ink stamp to lower blank margin, first gathering in vol. 1 with short worm trail in blank fore-margin (continuing into front pastedown), armorial bookplate of Revd. Robert Delap on front pastedowns (removed in vol. 6), contemp. marbled calf, with contrasting spine labels, rubbed in places and occn. minor wear, 8vo, plus nine other 19th c. theology and similar. Sold with all faults, not subject to return. (16)

Stevenson (Robert Louis). Treasure Island, 1st ed., 1st issue, 1883, three colour map frontispiece (previous owner signature to verso), lacking half title, 8pp. publisher’s list at end coded 5R-12.83., a few light spots, front hinge just starting, original brown cloth, spine a little rubbed with dampstains, 8vo. Prideaux 11, with the issue points: “Dead Man’s Chest” not capitalised on pp.2 and 7; no “a” in line 6, p.63; no “period” after “opportunity” in line 20, p.178; “worse” for “worst” in line 3, p.197. (1)

Waterways & Railways. A collection of eleven Acts of Parliament relating to rivers, canals and railways, 1712-1852, including with An Act for Making the River Avon, in the Counties of Somerset and Gloucester, Navigable from the City of Bath to or Near Hanhams-Mills, 10pp., 1712 (but reprinted 1813), An Act... for Making the River Kennet Navigable from Reading to Newbury in the County of Berks more Effectual, 14pp., 1730, An Act for Making and Maintaining a Railway or Tram Road from Rodway Hill, in the Parish of Mangotsfield in the County of Gloucester, to the River Avon in the Parish of Bitton in the Same County, 58pp., 1828 and an Act to Alter the Line of the Avon and Gloucester Rail Way, to Make Certain BRanches from the Same, and to ammend the Act for Making the Said Rail Way, 12pp., 1831, three Acts in typescript, continous pagination, manuscript index at front, some marginal rodent damage and light spots, front hinges broken, contemporary half calf, some wear, folio, together with a Great Western Railways folding map, Henley-on-Thames Branch, 2 Chain Survey, 1920 (2)

Alderson (E.A.H.). With the Mounted Infantry and the Mashonaland Field Force 1896, 1st ed., 1898, folding map, illustrations, 40pp. publisher’s advertisements at end, scattered light spotting, original cloth gilt, spine ends with minor tears or chips, slightly rubbed, 8vo. Presentation copy, inscribed to front pastedown: “To the Officer’s Mess Depot the Queen’s Own Regt. from the author E.A.H. Alderson 1898”. (1)

Carli (Gian Rinaldo, conte). Lettres Américaines, dans Lesquelles on Examine l’Origine, l’Etat Civil, Politique, Militaire & Religieux, les Arts, l’Industrie..., les Usages des Anciens Habitans de l’Amérique..., 2 vols., et se trouve à Paris, chez Buisson, Boston [i.e. Paris], 1788, folding eng. map, some minor damp staining, vol. 1 lacking final leaf of table at rear, vol. 2 lacking leaf Aii and with holes at head of leaves 2L3 & 2L4 with some loss to leaf 2L4, modern calf, blind embossed boards, contrasting morocco spine labels, 8vo, together with other miscellaneous books (2 cartons)

Medley (Julius George). A Year’s Campaigning in India, from March, 1857, to March, 1858, 1st ed., 1858, half-title present, tinted litho. frontis., four folding maps and plans, some spotting, orig. cloth gilt, soiled and worn, 8vo, together with Du Chaillu (Paul B.), The Land of the Midnight Sun: Summer and Winter Journeys through Sweden, Norway, Lapland, and Northern Finland. With Descriptions of the Inner Life of the People, their Manners and Customs, the Primitive Antiquitiesm, etc., 2 vols., 1st ed., John Murray, London, 1881, num. wood-engs. but lacks folding map, contemp. half morocco gilt, rubbed and a little worn, 8vo, with another copy of the same work, pub. New York, 1882, num. wood-engs., folding map contained in rear pocket of vol. 1, orig. dec. cloth, soiled and worn, all 8vo, and other miscellaneous travel, etc. (2 cartons)

Newcome (Rev. Peter). engraved frontispiece, folding coloured map, two folding plans, some tears and repairs, a few foredges frayed, some ink and pencil annotation, occasional dampstains and soiling, 19th c. calf, lightly rubbed, 4to, together with other miscellaneous books (2 cartons)

Montbard (G.). The Land of the Sphinx, 1895, num. b & w illusts., t.e.g., orig. cloth gilt, faded on spine, 8vo, together with The Yukon Territory. The Narrative of W.H. Dall, Leader of the Expedition to Alaska in 1866-1868. The Narrative of an Exploration made in 1887 in the Yukon District, by George M. Dawson, D.S., F.G.S. Extracts from the Report of an Exploration made in 1896-1897 by Wm. Ogilbie, D.L.S., F.R.G.S., Introduction by F. Mortimer Trimmer, 1898, num. wood-engs., lacks folding map in rear pocket, t.e.g., orig. dec. cloth, rubbed and marked, 8vo, with other miscellaneous travel and related (3 shelves)

Phillips (John). Manual of Geology, Theoretical and Practical, edited Robert Etheridge and Harry Govier Seeley, 1st ed., 1885, map frontis., wood-engs., some folding, orig. cloth gilt, a little rubbed on spine, thick 8vo, with other miscellaneous geology, mostly late 19th c. (3 shelves)

Allom (Thomas, illust.). Fisher’s Illustrations of Constantinople and its Environs, n.d., c.1840, one eng. vign. titles and one map only, ninety-nine eng. plts., slight insect damage to first few leaves incl. one plt. and title, light dampstaining to extreme plt. margins, contemp. green blindstamped gilt dec. calf, morocco label to spine, some wear to extrems., 4to (1)

Baldwin (William Charles). African Hunting and Adventure from Natal to the Zambesi, including Lake Ngami, the Kalahari Desert, &c., from 1852 to 1860, 2nd ed., 1863, port. frontis., folding map, wood engs., spotting, contemp. gilt dec. calf, bound by Seton & MacKenzie, Edinburgh, rubbed to extrems., 8vo, Chapman (Abel), On Safari, Big-Game Hunting in British East Africa, 1908, b&w plts. and illusts. throughout, orig. gilt dec. cloth, slightly rubbed, 8vo (2)

[Bartlett, William Henry]. Pictures from Sicily, by the Author of Forty Days in the Desert, 1853, [1852], eng. frontis. and addn. eng. title, eng. map, 30 eng. plts. and few wood eng. illusts. to text, pubs. ads. at rear, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. gilt dec. cloth, tall 8vo (1)

Chamberlain (Basil Hall). Things Japanese. Being Notes on Various Subjects Connected with Japan, for the use of Travellers and Others, 3rd ed., 1898, coloured folding map, scattered light spotting, endpapers browned, original green limp cloth, spine faded, a little rubbed, 8vo, together with Dalton (William), The English Boy in Japan’ Or, the Perils and Adventures of Mark Raffles Among Princes, Priests, and People of that Singular Empire, 1859, engraved frontispiece and additional title, some spotting original blue blindstamped cloth gilt, lightly rubbed, slight lean, 8vo, plus Tristram (H.B.), Rambles in Japan. The Land of the Rising Sun, 1895, b & w plates and illustrations, a few spots, prize label to front endpaper, t.e.g., original green cloth gilt, lower cover a little dampstained, 8vo, with others related including David Murray’s Japan, 1894, Basil Hall Chamberlain’s A Handbook for Travellers in Japan (Including Formosa), 9th ed., 1913 and H.S.K. Yamaguchi’s We Japanese, 2 vols., 1934-37, with author’s presentation inscription (17)

Cox (Samuel S.). Union-Disunion-Reunion. Three Decades of Federal Legislation 1855 to 1885. Personal and Historical Memories of Events Preceding, During, and Since the American Civil War, involving Slavery and Secession, Emancipation and Reconstruction, with Sketches of Prominent Actors during these Periods, Providence, R.I.: J.A. & R.A. Reid, 1885, four eng. port. plts. and one sigle-page map, a.e.g., contemp. half morocco gilt, large 8vo, together with Mississippi Committee, Mississippi in 1875. Report of the Select Committee to Inquire into the Mississippi Election of 1875, with the Testimony and Documentary Evidence, 2 vols., Washington: Government Printing Office, 1876, folding map, browning to title, contemp. sheep with contrasting labels to spines, joints cracked and split, large 8vo, with Greeley (Horace & Cleveland, John F.), A Political Text-Book for 1860..., pub. New York, 1860, orig. cloth, spine worn and frayed, 8vo, plusNew York, Vity of New York, Charter Election 1866, Complete Statement of the Official Canvass in Detail..., Election held December 4, 1866..., pub. New York, 1867, folding table, orig. printed wrappers, spine worn at head & foot, 8vo (5)

Ellis (William). Narrative of a Tour Through Hawaii, or Owhyhee; with remarks on the history, traditions, manners, customs, and language of the inhabitants of the Sandwich Islands, 1st ed., 1826, folding eng. map frontis., seven single-page eng. views, some light foxing to plates, untrimmed, orig. boards, with remains of paper label to spine, rubbed and some wear to joints (upper cover det.), 8vo. Ex libris the poet laureate Robert Southey (1774-1843), with neat inscription in ink to foot of title ‘Robert Southey. Keswick 15 [?] Sept. 1826’. Southey’s library at Greta Hall, Keswick numbered some 14, 000 volumes, some of which were covered in decorative coloured fabric for their protection. The front and rear pastedowns of the present volume are covered in a coloured fabric which may well have been added by the poet or his family. (1)

Findlay (Fredrick Roderick Noble). Big Game Shooting and Travel in South-East Africa. An Account of Shooting Trips in the Cheringoma and Gorongoza Divisions of Portuguese South-East Africa and in Zululand. With Chapters by Olive Schreiner and S.C. Cronwright-Schreiner, 1st ed., 1903, half-title present, frontis. with tissue guard, small repaired closed tear to margin and slightly frayed to lower edge, folding map with 2 inch tear, num. b&w illusts. from photos, prize bookplate to front endpaper, orig. cloth gilt, 8vo (1)

Guattani (Giuseppe Antonio). Roma Descritta ed Illustrata, 2 vols., Rome, 1805, engraved frontispiece, folding map, 56 engraved plates, some folding, a few marginal tears, some light spotting, contemporary half calf, spines defective, one board detached, rubbed, 4to (1)

Hamley (Lieut-Col. E. Bruce). The Story of the Campaign of Sebastopol, Written in the Camp, 1st ed., 1855, folding map and nine chromolithograph or tinted lithograph plates, some occ. light foxing, orig. blindstamped red cloth gilt, rubbed and spine somewhat dulled, one or two small chips to rear joint, together with Russell (W. H.), The British Expedition to the Crimea, revised edition, with numerous emendations and additions, 1858, numerous folding maps and plans, etc., port. frontis. with some spotting, modern qtr. calf, gilt label to spine (rubbed), both 8vo (2)

Hopkins (Manley). Hawaii: the Past, Present, and Future of its Island-Kingdom. An Historical Account of the Sandwich Islands (Polynesia), with a Preface by the Bishop of Oxford, 1st ed., 1862, eng. port. frontis., six eng. plts., folding map, and three letterpress vigns., all correct as list, frontis. and title-page lightly foxed, contemp. pencilled ownership name at head of title, rough-trimmed, orig. green cloth, blocked in black and gilt, spine ends rubbed, and upper joint with 1.25” frayed split at head, 8vo. A scarce title. (1)

Le Comte (Louis Daniel). Memoirs and Observations Topographical, Physical, Mathematical, Mechanical, Natural, Civil and Ecclesiastical, Made in a Late Journey Through the Empire of China, 2nd ed., 1698, engraved portrait frontispiece, folding engraved map (torn), two engraved plates, folding table, A4 cropped affecting some text, some corner and marginal repairs, annotation at front, spotting and browning throughout, 18th c. mottled calf, old reback, 8vo. Wing L831. (1)

Marvin (Charles). Reconnoitring Central Asia: Pioneering Adventures in the Region Lying Between Russia and India, 2nd ed., Swan Sonnenschein, 1885, wood-eng. frontis. and plts., folding map at front, minor foxing to endpapers, orig. pict. green cloth gilt, rubbed to extrems., 8vo (1)

Maundrell (Henry). A Journey from Aleppo to Jerusalem; at Easter, A.D. 1697, 7th ed., Oxford, 1749, fifteen eng. plts. (inc. 6 folding), some minor browning & slight dampstaining, few marks, contemp. calf gilt, joints cracked and worn, 8vo, together with Hall (Basil), Voyage to Corea, and the Island of Loo-Choo, new ed., 1820, hand-col. eng. frontis., three plts. and one folding eng. map, greese stain to few leaves of text, contemp. half calf, boards detached, adheasive tape to spine and boards, small 8vo (2)

McDermott (P.L.). British East Africa, Or Ibea. A History of the Formation and Work of the Imperial British East Africa Company, Compiled with the Authority of the Directors from Official Documents and the Records of the Company, 1895, half-title present, port. frontis., one plt. (‘Presenting papers of Freedom to 1422 Runaway Slaves’), folding map, orig. cloth gilt, slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with [Gurdon, B. F.], A Colony in the Making. Or Sport and Profit in British East Africa, 1912, num. b&w plts., folding map at rear, orig. gilt dec. cloth, 8vo, plus Carpenter (G. D. Hale), A Naturalist on Lake Victoria, With an Account of Sleeping Sickness and the Tse-Tse Fly, 1st ed., 1920, col. and b&w plts., folding map and chart at rear, ex-libris bookplate for G. F. de Witte, untrimmed, orig. cloth gilt, 8vo (3)

Moore (John Hamilton). A New and Complete Collection of Voyages and Travels...., Comprehending an Extensive System of Geography, Describing in the most accurate Manner, every place worthy of Notice in Europe, Asia, Africa and America, 2 vols., pub. Alexander Hogg, 1778, engraved allegorical frontis. to each volume, folding engraved hemispheral world map by Thomas Conder and a further eighteen b & w engraved maps (including six folding) and eighty-five b & w engraved plates (only), long closed tear to p.473, lacks last twenty? leaves of vol. one, very occ. spotting and fraying throughout, hinges and joints weak, contemp. blind embossed calf, upper board on vol. 2 near detached, rubbed, frayed and worn, folio. Sold as a collection of maps and prints, not subject to return. (2)

Priestley (Raymond E.). Antarctic Adventure. Scott’s Northern Party, 1st ed., 1914, folding map and half-tone plates (two loose), scattered spotting, previous owner signature, t.e.g., original blue cloth, spine a little rubbed and faded, 8vo (1)

Richardson (Sir John). Arctic Searching Expedition: A Journal of a Boat-Voyage Through Rupert’s Land and the Arctic Sea, in Search of the Discovery Ships Under Command of Sir John Franklin. With an Appendix on the Physical Geography of North America, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1851, 10 coloured lithographed plates, folding coloured map, illustrations, some dampstains and light spotting, original blindstamped cloth, spines a little rubbed and faded, 8vo. Sabin 71025: “Filled with details of personal experiences of Indian Life. The appendix contains a comparative of dialects spoken by the Eskimo”. Sir John Richardson (1787-1865) was surgeon and naturalist to Sir John Franklin’s arctic expeditions in 1819-22, and 1825-27, commanding one of the three expeditions in search of Franklin, in 1848. (2)

Shuttleworth (A. G.). Man-Eaters and Other Denizens of the Indian Jungle, 1st ed., Calcutta and Simla, Thacker, Spink & Co., 1928, b&w illusts. to text, slight weakening to hinges, orig. cloth-backed printed boards, upper board splitting to fore-edge, rubbed to extrems., 8vo, together with Collins (Gilbert), Far Eastern Jaunts, 1st ed., 1924, fifteen (of 16) b&w plts., sketch map at front, orig. cloth, some wear and fraying to extrems., 8vo, plus five others related (7)

Willyams (Rev. Cooper). A Voyage up the Mediterranean in His Majesty’s Ship The Swiftsure, One of the Squadron under the Command of Rear-Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson ... with a Description of the Battle of the Nile on the 1st of August, 1798 ..., pub. 1802, eng. dedication leaf, eleven quatint maps & plts. including one folding map (of 42), edges untrimmed, 20th c. half morocco, rubbed and slight wear, 4to. Willyams was chaplain on the Swiftshire in Nelson’s squadron and gives an illustrated eye-witness account of the Battle of the Nile. Abbey Travel 196. (1)

Wingfield (Colonel). Historical Record of the Shropshire Yeomanry Cavalry, From its Formation in 1795, up to the Year 1887, Shrewsbury, 1888, seven chromolithographed plates, light spotting at front and rear, contemporary morocco-backed boards, a little rubbed and faded, 8vo, together with Historical Records of the Denbighshire Hussars Imperial Yeomanry, From their Formation in 1795 till 1906, Compiled by Colonel Ll. E.S. Parry, D.S.O. & Engineer Lieutenant B.F.M. Freeman, Wrexham, 1909, chromolithographed plates after R. Simpkin, b & w plates, original vellum gilt, some soiling, 8vo, plus Historical Record of the King’s Liverpool Regiment of Foot, Containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment in 1685, and of its Subsequent Services to 1903, 3rd ed., Enniskillen, 1904, folding map at end, coloured maps and plates, light offsetting, previous owner signature, original red cloth gilt, spine faded, 8vo, with The History of the Northumberland (Hussars) Yeomanry 1819-1919, 1924, and Historical Records of the South Nottinghamshire Hussars Yeomanry 1794 to 1924, 1928 (5)

Bristol. The New Bristol Guide: Containing its Antiquities... Also Distinct and Improved Accounts of the Hotwells and Clifton..., Bristol, 1803, engraved frontispiece, three engraved plates, press cutting tipped-in at end, bound with The Improved Bath Guide; Or, Picture of Bath and its Environs, Bath, c. 1805, folding engraved map, two folding engraved plates, some light spotting, contemporary half calf, spine faded and rubbed, 8vo (1)

Duncan (James, pub.). A Complete County Atlas of England and Wales, Containing forty-four Superior Maps with all the Improvements - projected or Completed, [1865], engraved frontis. of folding map of England and Wales, worn frayed and dust soiled, title page, frayed and stained, forty (of forty-three) engraved folding county maps, dust soiled, frayed and occ. closed tears throughout, contents shaken, loose and partially disbound, lacking spine and rear board, upper board detached, contemp. qtr. sheep gilt, bumped, rubbed, stained and frayed, upright folio. Lacks the maps of Lancashire, South Wales and Westmoreland. Sold as a collection of maps, not subject to return. (1)

Fullarton (A. & Co., pub.). The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales, 4 vols., 1840-43, folding general map of England and Wales, torn and crudely repaired, forty-four engraved b & w maps and three engraved b & w plates, foxed and stained throughout, contemp. half sheep, rubbed and worn, 4to (4)

Gray (George Carrington). The Tourist and Traveller’s Guide to the Roads of England and Wales and Part of Scotland on an entirely new Plan, pub. Sherwood, Jones and Co., 1824, title page, eng. folding map of England & Wales with orig. hand colouring, forty-nine uncol. engraved county maps (including three folding), ink owners stamp to a2 and verso of one folding map, new end papers, modern half cloth gilt, square 8vo. Chubb CCCXCII. (1)

Grose (Francis). The Antiquities of England and Wales, being a Complete Collection of Beautiful Views of the most Remarkable Buildings and Ancient Ruins drawn on the spot, 1798, dec. eng. frontis., title page with slight off setting and staining, forty-four b & w engraved maps by Kitchin and Conder, map of Hampshire excised, trimmed to margins and laid on verso of topographical engraving, numerous eng. plts throughout, occ. spotting and staining, new end papers, modern calf gilt with contrasting label to spine, folio (1)

Grose (Francis). The Antiquities of England and Wales, 4 vols. 1773-76, dec. title page to each volume, numerous engraved plates throughout but lacking all maps, contemp. mottled calf with gilt dec. spine, rebacked, worn at extrems., large 4to, together with, Lysons (Rev. Daniel & Lysons Samuel), Magna Britannia; being a Concise Topographical Account of the Several Counties of Great Britain, vol.2 (only), 1810, title page, folding engraved map of Cambridgeshire, numerous eng. plates including several folding, contemp. half morocco gilt, rubbed and worn, 4to, with, Pennant (Thomas), The Journey from Chester to London, 1782, title page with eng. vignette of Chester, several eng. plates including some folding, contemp. boards, joints and hinges weak, spine partially lacking, frayed and worn, 4to, with, Cary (John), Cary’s New Itinerary: or an Accurate Delineation of the Great Roads, both Direct and Cross throughout England and Wales, 5th. ed., 1812, folding map of England & Wales, sectionalised and laid on linen, torn with loss, six further uncoloured engraved folding maps, contemp. half calf gilt, rubbed, bumped and frayed, 8vo, with, Richardson (Charles & James), Studies from Old English Mansions, 2nd. series, 1 volume (only), 1842, lithographic title page with orig. hand colouring, calligraphic dedication page, thirty-five litho. plates (including one folding), spotted and stained throughout, contemp. qtr. morocco, spine partially lacking, rubbed, worn and frayed, folio, plus, Cassell (John & Galpin Peter), [Cassell’s British Atlas, 1865-67], lacking several maps, verso of maps with press cuttings from a Dutch newspaper, slight staining throughout, text block detached, contemp. boards, crudely rebacked, 4to (9)

Lewis (Samuel). A Topographical Dictionary of England, Comprising the Several Counties, Cities, Boroughs, Corporate and Market towns, Parishes, Chapelries and Townships, and the Island s of Guernsey, Jersey and Man, 4 vols., 1831, half title and title page to each vol., engraved folding map of England and Wales and forty-four engraved b & w maps, including several folding, maps stained and spotted, new end papers, modern half calf gilt, 4to (4)

Moffatt (Rev. J.M., of Malmesbury). The History of the Town of Malmesbury, and of its Ancient Abbey..., pub. Tetbury, 1805, eng. frontis., two eng. plts. and one eng. map (close-trimmed to fore-edge, lacks folding map between pp.164/165), ownership signature ‘W. Ponting, 1806’ within ruled border to half-title, some dust soiling and few marks, contemp. sheep, joints cracked and weak, slight loss of leather at head & foot of spine, board corners worn, 8vo, together with Wyndham (Henry Penruddocke), Wiltshire, Extracted from Domesday Book..., with a Preface, in which is included a Plan for a General History of the County, pub. Salisbury, 1788, contemp. calf, gilt dec. spine, upper board detached and lower joint cracked, slightly rubbed, 8vo, with Cook (George Alexander), Topographical and Statistical Description of the County of Wilts., c.1810, folding eng. map frontis. and two additional eng. plts., modern manelled calf, 12mo, plus Britton (John), The Beauties of England and Wales..., vol. 15, (Wiltshire), 1814, addn. eng. title, numerous eng. plts., initial leaves detached, contemp. calf, boards detached and lacks spine, worn, 8vo (4)

Warner (Rev. Richard). The History of Bath, 1st ed., Bath & London, 1801, eng. port. frontis. (detached and dampstained to lower outer corner), folding eng. map (dampstained to lower margin) and thirteen eng. plts., bound without half-title, some offsetting and browning to text, newspaper cuttings tipped to p.266, near contemp. half calf, upper board detached, spine slightly torn, worn, 4to, together with Green (Mowbray A.), The Eighteenth Century Architecture of Bath, Bath: George Gregory, 1904, folding b & w map, numerous b & w plts., newspaper cutting attached to verso of title with some consequent browning and offsetting, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. gilt dec. cloth, 4to, (limited ed. 94/500) (2)

Williams (Alfred). Villages of the White Horse, 1st ed., 1913, map frontis., author’s signature to title, occ. scattered spotting, orig. cloth gilt, 8vo, together with Folk-Songs of the Upper Thames, with an Essay on Folk-Song Activity in the Upper Thames Neighbourhood, 1st ed., 1923, orig. cloth gilt, 8vo (2)

Africa. Moll (Herman), Africa According to ye newest and most Exact Observations, c.1735, hand coloured engraved map, 185 x 260mm, together with, Haubold (G.), Das Nordwestliche Africa, c.1860, engraved map with original outline colouring, occ. marginal closed tears, 650 x 525mm, with, D’Anville (Jean Baptiste Bourguignon), Orbis Veteribus Notus, Auspiciis Serenissimi Principis Ludovici Philippi Aurellanorum Ducis publici juris factis, 1763, engraved map with original hand colouring, occ. closed marginal tears, 540 x 745mm, with one other similar (4)

Americas. A collection of eight maps of North & South America and the West Indies, 18th & 19th century, including, Bowen (Emanuel), A New General Map of America, drawn from several Accurate particular Maps and Charts and Regulated by Astronomical Observations, c.1750, hand coloured engraved map, decorative cartouche, old folds, 360 x 435mm, together with, Thomson (John), West India Islands, c.1832, engraved map with orig. outline colouring, three maps on one sheet of Martinico, Dominica and Cul de Sac Royal, slight spotting largely confined to margins, 535 x 635mm, with, De Vaugondy (Gilles Robert), Isles de Saint Domingue ou Hispaniola et de la Martinique, 1750, engraved map with original outline colouring, inset map of Isle de la Martinique, decorative b & w cartouche and mileage scale, water stained, 495 x 535mm, with, Neele (Samuel John), Spanish Dominions in North America, Southern part, 1811, engraved map with orig. outline colouring, 510 x 705mm, plus, Sanson (Nicholas), Amerique Meridionale, n.d. c.1700, hand coloured engraved map, 200 x 280mm, with another three similar (8)

Asia. A small collection of four maps of Asia, China and Russia, 17th & 18th century, including, Homann (Johann Baptist, heirs of, & Hass Johann Matthias), Regni Sinae vel Sinae Propriae, c.1746, engraved map with original hand colouring, decorative b & w cartouche, slight staining, occ. marginal closed tears, 590 x 520mm, together with, Homann (Johann Baptist, heirs of, & Boeheme August Gottloeb), Asia Secundum legitimas Projectionis Stereographicae regulas et juxta recentissimas observation et relationes, 1744, engraved map with original hand colouring, decorative b & w cartouche and mileage scale, slight staining, extensive marginal repairs just affecting image, occ. marginal repaired closed tears, 480 x 550mm, with, Cluver (Philipp), Asia Antiqua et nova, [1667 or later], hand coloured engraved map, 220 x 265mm, plus, Pitt (Moses), Dwinae Fluvii nova descriptio, c.1683, engraved river strip map, original hand colouring, decorative b & w cartouche and mileage scale, repaired on verso, one marginal closed tear, 465 x 550mm (4)

Bedfordshire. Speed (John), Bedford Shire and the Situation of Bedford Described, with the armes of thos Honorable Familyes that have borne ye titles of Dukes and Earls thereof, pub. Thomas Bassett & Richard Chiswell, [1676], hand coloured engraved map, inset town plan of Bedford, elaborate strapwork cartouche and mileage scale, 385 x 515mm, English text on verso, together with, Speed (John), The Countie of Nottingham described, the Shire Townes situation and the Earls thereof observed, pub. Thomas Bassett & Richard Chiswell, [1676], hand coloured engraved map, inset town plan of Nottingham, elaborate strap work cartouche and mileage scale, slight discolouration to central fold, occ. marginal closed tears, 385 x 515mm, English text on verso, with, Blaeu (Johannes), Sarnia Insula vulgo Garnsey et Insula Caesarea Vernacule Jarsey, n.d., c.1645, hand coloured engraved map, elaborate cartouche and mileage scale, toned overall, paper with some cockling and wrinkling, several old repairs, 390 x 470mm, Latin text on verso (3)

British Isles. Moll (Herman), A New Map of Great Britain, According to the Newest and most exact Obsevations, n.d., c.1720, large engraved map with original outline colouring, inset map of the Shetland Isles, ‘picture frame cartouche’, occ. closed tears, toned overall, old folds, 1020 x 620mm, together with, Homann (Johann Bapist), Magna Britannia complectens Angliae, Scotiae et Hiberniae Regna in suas Provincias et Comitatus divisa, Nuremberg, c. 1745, hand coloured engraved nap, elaborate b & w cartouche, slight staining, several marginal repaired closed tears, 485 x 575mm (2)

* Cambridgeshire. Hondius (Henricus), A General Plott of the Fennes and Surounded grounds in the sixe counties of Norfolke, Suffolke, Cambridge, with in the Isle of Ely, Huntington, Northampton and Lincolne etc., Amsterdam, 1632, engraved map with original hand colouring, old fold, slight thinning to paper, 440 x 555mm, French text on verso, framed and double glazed (1)

Canada. Zatta (Antonio), La Baja D’Hudson Terra di Labrador e Groenlandia con Le Isole Adiacenti di nuova Projezione, Venice, 1778, engraved map with original outline colouring, elaborate cartouche, 320 x 425mm. Published in ‘Atlante Novissimo’. (1)

* Cartographers. A collection of six portraits of map makers, geographers and explorers, 17th & 18th century, engraved and etched images of, Gerard Mercator, Admirals Drake & Cavendish, Sir Rorer L’Estrange, William Schouten and Johannes Gadburius, three showing hemispheral maps of the world, various sizes and condition, mounted (6)

China. Blaeu (Johannes), Pecheli sive Peking Imperii Sinarum Provincia Prima [1640 or later], engraved map with original hand colouring, highly ornate cartouche and mileage scale, some overall spotting and toning, some cracking and flaking where old paint has oxidised, crude repairs to verso, 400 x 485mm (1)

Collins (Henry George, pubs.). The College Atlas for Schools and Families, n.d., c.1860, twenty-nine engraved folding maps with original outline colouring, some dust soiling, marginal staining and spotting throughout, gutta percha perished, contents loose, orig. cloth, boards near detached, lacking spine, 4to, together with, Freudenberg (A.), African Throughways, 1937, title page and introduction by the General Secretary of the Automobile Association, facsimile typescript text and numerous route maps throughout, contemp. limp paper wrappers, 4to, with, Standard Library Classical Atlas, n.d., c.1860, lacking title pages and prelims., twenty-two engraved maps with orig. outline colouring, some maps split along central fold, contemp. gilt cloth, faded and worn, 8vo, plus, Black (A & C pubs.), Scotland, c.1860, engraved folding map, sectionalised and laid on linen, orig. hand colouring, 780 x 585mm, orig. gilt cloth boards with silk ties, slight staining, plus, five 20th century map refernce and road map volumes, together with approx. eighty-five folding Ordnance survey maps, mostly mid to late 20th century and approx. 100 folding tourist guide and road maps for North & South America, Eastern Europe and Russia, the West Indies and Europe, mostly late 20th century. Sold as a collection of maps, not subject to return. (approx.200)

* Collins (Captain Greenvile). Dartmouth, [1693 or later], hand coloured sea chart of Dartmouth and the River Dart, elaborate cartouche, inset map of Tarr bay, three horizon details, some overall toning, 455 x 575mm, mounted framed and glazed, together with, Morden (Robert), Oxfordshire, [1695 or later], uncoloured engraved map, elaborate strapwork cartouche, slight spotting, 430 x 360mm, framed and glazed, with a hand coloured map of Suffolk by the same hand, framed and glazed (3)

East Indies. Mercator (Gerard), India Orientalis, [1606 or later], engraved map with early hand colouring, elaborate strapwork cartouche and mileage scale, slight staining, largely confined to margins, 360 x 490mm, central fold partially strengthened on verso, light overall toning, French text on verso (1)

Egypt. Homann (Johann Baptist), Aegyptus Hodierna, c.1720, engraved map with original hand colouring, uncoloured engraved scenes of cataracts, pyramids, antiquities etc., slight overall toning, 590 x 495mm (1)

* England & Wales. Map case containing thirty-seven folding maps, pub. Edward Stanford, n.d. c.1910, leather map case with carrying handle, makers name stamped on verso of folding lid, two locks (complete with keys), titled and numbered on case, containing thirty-seven (complete) colour printed sectionalised folding maps, each approx 530 x 760mm, complete with original measuring wheel, case dimensions 200 x 350 x 85mm. Made by Sifton Praed & Co. The Map House, 37 St. James’s Street London; this case is unusually complete with all the maps and the measuring wheel and is in exceptionally fine condition. A luxury item manufactured for the early motoring tourists. (1)

* Falmouth. Whitley (Nicholas), Building Plan of part of the Manor of Arwenack, Falmouth, Property of the Right Honourable the Earl of Kimberley, 1881-82, large colour printed town plan, compass rose, mileage scale and table of comparative temperatures, slight spotting and dust soiling, 690 x 845mm, framed and glazed, together with, Oliver (Edwin T. pubs.), Falmouth Borough Octopus Attempting to grasp the Parishes of Falmouth and Budock, n.d., c. 1870, allegorical lithographic map with orig. hand colouring, old folds, slight spotting, 460 x 610mm, framed and glazed, with, Buck (S. & N.), The North east View of Pendennis Castle in the County of Cornwall, 1734 [but later state], hand coloured engraving, very slight spotting, 190 x 370mm, mounted, framed and glazed, plus a large early 20th century Ordnance Survey map of part of Wiltshire, laid on linen and supported on wooden battens (4)