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Lot 63
Catrou (François) l`Empire du Mogol 1st 1705 first edition, folding engraved map, engraved head-piece to dedication, preliminaries, endpapers and pastedowns stained, occasional spotting, contemporary speckled calf, spine in compartments and richly gilt, spine ends chipped, joints starting, but holding firm, 4to, Paris, chez Jean de Nully, 1705. *** Complete in itself. The work was re-issued in 1715 and a second part was added dealing with the reign of Aurangzeb. ..
Lot 67
Peringskiold (Johan) Monumentorum Suevo-Gothicorum 2 vol. in 1, engraved frontispiece, folding map, 35 plates, 24 folding, many text-illustrations, name on title, little browning and staining, contemporary speckled calf, later morocco spine-label, rubbed, folio, Olaus Enaeus, Joh. L. Horrn, 1710, 1719; Attartal for Sivea och Götha Konunga Hus, 16 engraved plates, text-illustrations, tables, later calf-backed marbled boards, little rubbed, Joh. L.Horrn, 1725 § Bioerner (Erik Julius) Inledning til de Yfwerborna Göters gamla Häfder...Introductio in Antiquitates Hyperboreo Gothicas, original plain wrappers, spine little damaged, Joh. L.Horrn, 1738, folio, Stockholm(3)
Lot 78
Donatus (Alexander) Roma Vetus 1738 engraved frontispiece, 31 plates, mpas and plans, a few folding and illustrations within text, many full-page, 3 small holes in 1 folding map, no loss, some light browning and foxing, bookplates of J.B. and Michael Bury, contemporary vellum, ink title to spine, small 4to, Rome, Ex Bibliotheca Fausti Amidei, 1738.
Lot 212
Bell (John) Travels from St.Petersburg 1st 2 vol., first edition, list of subscribers, engraved folding map, errata F., 2pp. advertisements at end, later ink onwership inscription to title of vol.1, short tear to lower edge of map, just within printed area, no loss, endpapers damp-stained, handsome contemporary speckled calf, gilt, spines in compartments, richly gilt and each with red and black leather labels, vol.1 spine ends a little chipped, a few minor ink spots to covers, [Gaskell 415; Blackmer 111; Cordier, Sinica, 2093], 4to, Glasgow, for the author, for Robert and Andrew Foulis, 1763. *** Bell travelled throughout Russia and the east during 1715-1738. He accompanied the embassies of Peter the Great to Isphan in Persia in 1715-1718 and travelled to Peking through Siberia and on to Derbent in Persia in 1719-1722. .
Lot 248
Goldsmith (Dr. Oliver) The Roman History 2 vol., ink signature on titles, Dublin, S. Powel, J. Exshaw and others, 1771 § Ramsay (Allan) Poems on Several Occasions, 2 vol. in 1, vol. I title cut at head and soiled, A2 corner torn without loss of text, Edinburgh, W. Darling, 1780 § Pope (Alexander) The Works..., 6 vol., engraved frontispiece, C. Bathurst, J. Rivington & Sons and others, 1788 § Mickle (William Julius) The Lusiad: or, The Discovery of India. An Epic Poem, 2 vol., third edition, 1 vol. each from London & Dublin editions, folding engraved map, 1791 & 1798, some browning, contemporary calf, many rubbed; and c. 20 others, 18th century Literature, 8vo(c. 30)
Lot 280
Loch.Account..Improvements..Estates..Stafford in the Counties of Stafford and Salop, and on the Estate of Sutherland, first edition, lacking half-title, main text after p.170 and appendices after p.68 (first page of Appendix VIII), with folding engraved map hand-coloured in outline and 16 engraved plates and plans only (of 39), 2 folding, interleaved, signature of the architect Derek Matthews on front pastedown, contemporary half calf, rubbed, [Goldsmiths` 22807], 8vo, 1820; sold not subject to return *** Concerning the notorious "Highland clearances" by the Duke of Sutherland..
Lot 282
Phillips (William) Outline of the Geology hand-coloured wood-engraved folding frontispiece map and plate, folding table, table torn, partly repaired, no loss of text, 1818 bound with Scafe (John) King Coal`s Levee, or Geological Etiquette, fourth edition, 1820 bound with Mawe (John) Familiar Lessons on Mineralogy and Geology, second edition, 2 hand-coloured aquatint and 2 engraved plates, 1 loose, 1820, together 3 works in 1 vol., contemporary diced calf, gilt, spine creased, rubbed, 8vo *** The first mentioned work is rare..
Lot 284
Lamare (Jean Baptiste) An account of the second de 3 folding plates(2 views, 1 map, one of the former with last fold torn through, but present), second map, Chatham, 1824 bound with Instructions...for the defence of open towns & villages, text-figures, ib., 1823 bound with Instructions...defence & destruction of bridges, text-figures, ib., 1823, all translated by Sir William Reid, contemporary, perhaps Spanish, red leather, rubbed, 8vo
Lot 307
Fowler-The Wigan Junction Railways. Plans from Woodford to the Barking Extension. From Chipping Ongar to Donmow, 11 hand-coloured lithographed plans, each measuring approx. 565 x 720mm, original roan-backed printed wrappers, a little soiled and worn at edges, [Manchester], 1860 § Fowler (John) and Walter Marr Brydone, Engineers. Edgware, Highgate & London Railway... Plans and Sections, map and 2 lithographed plans, each plan measuring 330 x 970mm, a little soiled, vertical fold, original roan-backed printed wrappers, soiled and creased, ink signature to upper wrapper, 1864.
Lot 310
Russell My Diary in India in the Year 1st 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, tinted lithographed frontispieces and 10 plates, folding map, some foxing or spotting to plates, frontispiece to vol.2 working loose and with a marginal crease, original cloth, spines faded, slight fraying to edges, 8vo, 1860. *** Scarce. Russell was a war correspondent for The Times and witnessed the Siege of Lucknow. Earlier he had covered the Crimean war, including the Charge of the Light Brigade..
Lot 334
* Blacker (Kate, 1955-). ‘Base Camp’, colour printed map of the Himalayas, partially over-painted with white acrylic, c. 1984, orig. Arnolfini label to verso, together with two printed catalogues of the artist’s work, and original purchasers invoice for this work, dated 3rd February 1984, contained in an envelope attached to verso, 84 x 107cm (33 x 42ins), framed and glazed (1)
Lot 17
Grant (James Augustus). A Walk Across Africa or Domestic Scenes from my Nile Journal, 1st ed., pub. William Blackwood and Sons, 1864, lacking portrait frontis. (as often), lacks blank free endpaper, half title and title page, memorial page to John Hanning Speke, eng. folding map with orig. outline colouring bound at rear, some spotting to end papers and map, a.e.g., near contemp. calf with elaborate gilt dec. spine, spine chipped with slight loss at head, gilt armorial crest of Harrow school to upper board, boards detached, rubbed at extrems., 8vo, together with, Hollis (A. C.),The Nandi their Language and Folk-Lore, Oxford, 1909,numerous b & w photographic illusts. throughout, folding col. lithographic map at rear, some pages badly opened with consequent tearing and fraying to fore-edge and upper margins, orig. pubs. cloth gilt, slight staining and some wear at extrems., 8vo (2)
Lot 24
Kidder (Rev. D.P. and Fletcher, Rev. J.C.). Brazil and the Brazilians, Portrayed in Historical and Descriptive Sketches, Portrayed in Historical and Descriptive Sketches, Philadelphia, Childs & Peterson, 1857, port. frontis., folding map, 18 eng. plts. (two hand col.), orig. blindstamped cloth gilt, slight splitting to head of spine, 8vo (1)
Lot 26
Lichtenstein (Henry). Travels in Southern Africa, in the Years 1803, 1804, 1805, and 1806, Translated From the Original German by Anne Plumptre, 2 vols., 1812-15, engraved portrait frontispiece to vol. I, folding engraved frontispiece to vol. II, folding engraved map, six engraved plates only (of seven), repairs, spotting and library stamps, recent half calf, spines with red and green labels, 4to (2)
Lot 27
Ludolphus (Job). A New History of Ethiopia. Being a Full and Accurate Description of the Kingdom of Abessinia, Vulgarly, though Erroneously Called the Empire of Prester John, 1st ed., 1682, eight copper engraved plates (seven folding, lacking map?), Ethiopic alphabet leaf and folding genealogical table (table and one or two other plates cropped touching imprint or images), appears complete though erratic pagination pp.370-375, a few light spots, stamp, bookplate removed, contemporary calf, rebacked, rubbed, folio. Wing L3468. (1)
Lot 30
Marryat (Captain Frederick). A Diary in America, With Remarks on its Institutions, 3 vols., 1st ed., 1839, lacking half titles, slight mariginal browning, contemporary half calf, rebacked retaining original spines, lightly rubbed, 8vo, presentation copy, inscribed to vol. I title: ÒJers (?) A. Gordon, from the AuthorÓ, together with Duncan (John M.), Travels Through Part of the United States and Canada in 1818 and 1819, 2 vols., 1st ed., Glasgow, 1823, half titles, map illustrations, one or two tears and repairs, a few spots, recent half calf, 8vo, plus Mackay (Alexander), The Western World; Or, Travels in the United States in 1846-47... Including a Chapter on California, 3 vols., 1849, half title to vol. I only, two folding engraved maps, a few light spots, previous owner signature, original blindstamped cloth (vols. I & III uniform, vol. II variant), rubbed, 8vo, with others including Thomas Hamilton’s Men and Manners in America, 2 vols., 1833, Thomas Colley Grattan’s Civilized America, 2 vols., 1859 and Henry Bradshaw Fearon’s Sketches of America, 2nd ed., 1818 (17)
Lot 31
Parry (Captain W.E.). Journals of the First, Second and Third Voyages for the Discovery of a North-West Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific, in 1819-20-21-22-23-24-25, in His Majesty’s Ships Hecla, Griper and Fury, 5 vols., 1828, engraved portrait frontispiece, folding engraved map, nine engraved plates, monogram bookplates, contemporary green half calf, spines with gilt decoration, lightly rubbed, 12mo (5)
Lot 33
[Roberts, John S.]. The Life and Explorations of David Livingstone, L.L.D., Carefully Compiled from Reliable Sources, pub. Adams & Co., [1876?], frontis, addn. tinted litho. title, num. tinted litho plts., lacking map, occ. spotting, contemp. mottled calf gilt, somewhat bowed, some splitting to joints, thick 4to, together with Stanley (Henry M.), Through the Dark Continent or the Sources of the Nile Around the Great Lakes of Equatorial Africa and Down the Livingstone River to the Atlantic Ocean, 2 vols. in 1, 1899, seven b&w maps (one folding), b&w plts. and illusts., upper hinge detached, contemp. half calf, some wear, 4to, plus Burton (Isabel), The Life of Captain Sir Richard F. Burton, 2 vols., 1893, col. plts., b&w illusts. and single-page maps, joints split to vol. 1, orig. printed cloth, spine of vol. 1 with slight loss to base, some fading, rubbed, 8vo, plus seven others related (11)
Lot 34
Ross (Sir John). Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North-West Passage, and of a Residence in the Arctic Regions During the Years 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832, 1833, 2 vols (including Appendix), 1st ed., 1835, eng. frontis. to each, folding eng. map, hand-coloured in outline, forty-eight plts. & charts (complete, including 21 hand-col.), some spotting & offsetting, inner hinges repaired, contemp. dark green half calf gilt, rebacked preserving orig. spines, 4to. Abbey Travel 636; Sabin 73381. (2)
Lot 38
Sparrman (Anders). A Voyage to the Cape of Good Hope, Towards the Antarctic Polar Circle, and Round the World: But Chielfly into the Country of the Hottentots and Caffres, From the Year 1772, to 1776, Translated from the Swedish Original, 2 vols., 2nd ed., 1786, folding engraved map (repairs to verso), ten engraved plates (complete), P.3 in vol. I with marginal repair, some spotting, contemporary calf, rebacked preserving original spines, 4to. Mendelssohn II, p.414. (2)
Lot 48
Andrews (John and Dury, Andrew). A Topographical Map of Wiltshire, on a Scale of 2 Inches to a Mile, from an Actual Survey, 1st ed., 1773, eighteen double-page eng. map sheets, hand-col. in outline, bound without index map, front pastedown with engraved armorial bookplate of John Jennings dated 1768, late 19th c. navy straight grain half morocco, gilt dec. spine, extrems. slightly rubbed, folio (1)
Lot 51
Bromley, Kent. Kelly’s Bromley, Chislehurst and Bickley Directory for 1891-2, large folding map (detached), illustrated commercial ads., orig. red cloth, lettered in gilt, chipped with minor loss at head of spine, together with Kelly’s Bromley Directory (with which is amalgamated Strong’s Bromley Directory) Revised for 1906, large folding map (detached), b & w illusts. from photos, illustrated commercial ads., orig. blind-stamped cloth gilt, rubbed and a little darkened on spine, plus Kelly’s Directory of Bromley, Bickley, Chislehurst, Orpington and District, 1925 & 1935, large folding map to each (detached), b & w illusts. from photos, illustrated commercial ads., both orig. printed wrappers, some minor wear to extremities, all 8vo (4)
Lot 56
[Cromwell, Thomas]. Excursions in the County of Surrey, 1st ed., 1821, additional engraved title, folding engraved map and plan, 45 engraved plates (complete), one or two light spots, a.e.g., contemporary blue straight-grained morocco gilt, lightly rubbed, 8vo, together with Excursions in the County of Sussex, 1822, additional engraved title, folding map (close trimmed shaving imprint), folding plan, 43 engraved plates, previous owner signature, a few spots, contemporary half calf, a little rubbed, 8vo, with one other (3)
Lot 60
Easton (J., pub.). The Salisbury Guide, Giving an Account of the Antiquities of Old Sarum, and of the Subterraneous Passage lately discovered there: the Ancient and Present State of New Sarum, or Salisbury, a Copious Description of the Council House, and a correct List of the Corporation: The Cathedral, Stonehenge, and Seats of the Nobility and Gentry..., 19th ed., Salisbury, 1797, four eng. plts. (3 folding) and one single-page eng. strip map, advertisement leaf at rear lined to verso, lacks initial leaf (advertisement leaf), few leaves strengthened to corners, modern brown morocco, 12mo (1)
Lot 63
Greenwood (C.). An Epitome of County History, wherein the most Remarkable Objects, Persons, and Events are Briefly treated of; the Seats, Residences, Etc..., vol.1 [all published], The County of Kent, 1838, hand-col. double-page eng. map, eighty-two litho. plts. on india paper (inc. frontis.), occ. scattered spotting, endpapers renewed, orig. cloth gilt, frayed to joints and extrems., 4to (1)
Lot 64
Grose (Francis). The Antiquities of England and Wales, A New Edition, 8 vols., 1787, eng. frontispieces & titles, eng. portrait to vol.I, folding eng. index map with orig. outline colouring, numerous eng. plts. & few folding plans, eng. maps with orig. hand colouring to text, armorial book plate of Alington family to front paste down or 1st. end paper, two vols. with armorial book plate of Charles Short, contemp. marbled calf with elaborate gilt. dec. spines with contrasting morocco labels, a little rubbed and bumped at extrems., 4to. A handsome set. (8)
Lot 68
Langford (John Alfred, Mackintosh, C.S. & Tildesley, J.C.). Staffordshire and Warwickshire, Past and Present, n.d., c.1870, title pages printed in red & black, twenty-eight uncoloured engraved views and portraits, two colour printed county maps, all with tissue guards, occ. spotting to prelims., a.e.g., contemp. dec. cloth gilt, spines faded, rubbed and worn, 4to, together with Baines (Thomas),Yorkshire, Past and Present: A History and a Description of the Three Ridings of the Great County of York, from the Earliest Ages to the Year 1873; with an Account of its Manufactures, Commerce and Civil and Mechanical Engineering, 4 vols., n.d., c.1875,twenty-seven uncoloured engraved views and portraits, one folding colour printed county map, occ. spotting throughout, a.e.g., contemp. dec. cloth gilt, spines faded, rubbed frayed and worn, 4to (8)
Lot 138
Chapin (James P.). The Birds of the Belgian Congo, 4 vols., Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, New York, 1932-39-53-54, num. b & w illusts. from photos, folding map, a few leaves sl. frayed or chipped at edges, vol. 1 bound in recent cloth with amateur labels to spines, vols. 2-4 bound in orig. printed wrappers (vol. 3 crudely repaired on spine with brown tape), 8vo. This work is not often found complete due to the fact that the individual volumes were published over a span of more than twenty years. Binding copy? (4)
Lot 139
Clancey (P.A.). The Birds of Natal and Zululand, 1st ed., 1964, col. and b & w illusts., folding map at rear, orig. cloth in sl. frayed d.j., large 8vo, together with Game Birds of Southern Africa, 2nd ed., 1967, col. and b & w illusts., orig. cloth in sl. frayed d.j., 4to, and A Handlist of the Birds of Southern Mocambique, 1st ed., pub. Lourenco Marques, 1971, col. and b & w illusts., orig. printed wrappers, a little soiled, 4to, plus Bannerman (David Armitage), The Birds of West and Equatorial Africa, 2 vols., 1st eds., 1953, num. col. and b & w illusts., orig. cloth in frayed and torn d.j., 8vo, and others related (approx. 60)
Lot 142
Hume (Allan O.). The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, 3 vols., 2nd ed., ed. Eugene William Oates, 1889-90, twelve woodburytype ports., orig. cloth gilt, rubbed and marked, a little worn at extremities, 8vo, together with Baker (E.C. Stuart), The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma, 3 vols. (Birds), 2nd ed., London, Calcutta and Bombay, 1922-26, col. plts., b & w illusts. to text, orig. cloth gilt, a little rubbed and faded, minor wear to extremities, 8vo, plus Vaurie (Charles), Tibet and its Birds, 1st ed., Witherby, three col. plts., double-page map, b & w illusts. from photos, t.e.g., orig. cloth in sl. frayed d.j., 8vo, and others (30)
Lot 147
Wolley (John & Newton, Alfred). Ootheca Wolleyana: an Illustrated Catalogue of the Collection of Birds’ Eggs, 4 parts in 2 vols., 1864-1907, separate title page to each part, photo. port. frontis. to volume one, 21 chromos. of eggs, 16 other litho. plates, one folding map, old water stain to contents of vol. 1, contemp. half morocco gilt, rubbed, thick 8vo. Nissen 1014; Anker 541; Wood p. 633. (2)
Lot 148
Grieve (Symington). The Great Auk, Or Garefowl (Alca impennis, Linn.). Its History, Archaeology, and Remains, 1st ed., London & Edinburgh, 1885, frontis. of a stuffed speciment, two col. plts. of eggs, six other illusts., folding map at rear, orig. cloth with paper label to spine, rubbed and marked, some wear to extremities, 4to, together with Palmer (Ralph S., editor), Handbook of North American Birds, vols. 1-3 (Loons through Flamingos/Waterfowl, Parts 1 & 2), pub. Yale University Press, 1976, col. and b & w illusts., orig. cloth in sl. frayed d.j.s, 4to, plus Friedmann (Herbert), The Parasitic Cukoos of Africa, 1st ed., 1948, b & w illusts. from photos, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed, 8vo, and other miscellaneous ornithology (3 shelves)
Lot 167
Napier (William John). A Treatise on Practical Store-Farming, as Applicable to the Mountainous Region of Etterick Forest, and the Pastoral District of Scotland in General, 1st ed., Edinburgh, printed for Waugh and Innes, 1822, half-title present, three eng. plts., two folding (map with small paper repair on verso), plts. foxed, marbled endpapers and edges, armorial booplate of Lord Napier, contemp. calf gilt, sl. rubbed, 8vo sw (1)Amendment: Lacks the folding table
Lot 173
Somerville (John Lord). Facts and Observations Relative to Sheep, Wool, Ploughs, and Oxen: in which the Importance of Improving the Short-Wooled Breeds of Sheep, by a Mixture of the Merino Blood..., 3rd ed., 1809, half-title, eng. frontis. and nine eng. plts. (inc. 3 folding), few leaves with manuscript notes to margins, edges untrimmed, orig. boards with later spine, 8vo, together with Bakewell (Robert), Observations on the Influence of Soil and Climate upon Wool; from which is Deduced, a Certain and Easy Method of Improving the Quality of English Clothing Wools, and Preserving the Health of Sheep; with Hints for the Management of Sheep after Shearing..., 1808, 2pp. pubs. ads. at rear, ink marks to title and first leaf of preface, edges untrimmed, modern cloth, 8vo, plusDublin Society, Transactions of the Dublin Society, for the Year MDCCXCIX, vol. 1, part 1 only, pub. Dublin, 1800, 284pp., one folding eng. map and nine eng. plts., occ. minor spotting, contemp. half calf gilt, joints cracked and torn at head of spine, 8vo (includes `An Essay on the Practical History of Sheep in Spain, and of Spanish sheep in Saxony, Anhalt Dessau...,’ by George Stumpf) (3)
Lot 176
Africa. Ruscelli (Girolamo), Africa Nuova Tavola, [1561 or later], uncoloured engraved map of South Africa, three small rust holes along central fold, some marginal soiling, 190 x 260mm, Italian text on verso, together with, Bowen (Emanuel),A New and Accurate Map of the Southern Parts of Africa Containing Lower Guinea, Monoemugi, Zanguebar, the Empire of Monomotapa, Count’y of the Cafres &c. and the Isle of Madagascar, n.d. c.1760,hand coloured engraved map, elaborate cartouche, some spotting, 350 x 430mm, with Buache (Philippe),Carte de la Partie de L’Ocean vers L’Equateur entre les Cotes D’Afrique at D’Amerique....., Paris, 1737,engraved chart with original outline colouring, inset map of the Island of Fernand de Noronha, decorative cartouche, 495 x 650mm, with three other maps of Africa by Bonne and Levasseur, various sizes and condition (6)
Lot 177
America. De Vaugondy (Robert), Amerique Septentrionale dressee sur les relations les plus modernes des Voyageurs et Navigateurs et divisee suivant les differentes possessions des Europeens, 1750, engraved map with original outline colouring, elaborate uncoloured cartouche, occ. marginal closed tears, 495 x 620mm, together with Delisle (Guillaume),Carte D’Amerique, Dressee pour L’Instruction, 1790,hand coloured engraved map, decorative cartouche, inset map of the Bering Straits, slight spotting, central fold strenghthened on verso, 490 x 610mm (2)
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