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Lot 278

Holland, Henry Travels in the Ionian Isles, Albania, Thessaly, Macedonia, &c., during the years 1812 and 1813. London: Longman, Hurst &c., 1815. First edition, 4to, [xii], 551, engraved map & 12 engraved plates after Holland, contemporary diced calf, spine gilt, Northern Lighthouse Board gilt stamp to head of spine, map offset onto title Note: Holland travelled in Greece and the Levant in 1812 and 1813, spending two months in Albania as physician to Ali Pasha. Blackmer 825; Atabey 589

Lot 279

Hoskins, G.A. Travels in Ethiopia. London: Longman, Rees, Orme, et al., 1835. 4to, [xx, 267], folding map [linen backed], 54 plates (7 hand-coloured), 19th century calf gilt, Northern Lighthouse gilt stamp, some scuffs to backstrip

Lot 281

Ireland The traveller`s new guide through Ireland... Dublin: John Cumming, 1815. 8vo, [3], 4, 574, 6 maps, 2 plates, contemporary calf gilt, rubbed, some foxing, map of Dublin repaired

Lot 282

Irish Railway Commission Maps... presented to both Houses of Parliament. [London], 1838. Folio, 6 double page maps [one coloured], each approx. 94 by 66cm, contemporary half calf gilt, Northern Light Board gilt stamp to upper board, tail of backstrip worn, rubbing to edges, interior clean Note: This is the atlas volume produced to accompany the Second Report of the Railway Commissioners, Ireland, published in 1838. Cf. National Library of Scotland - Map Library EMI.s.15.

Lot 283

Isaacs, Nathaniel Travels and adventures in Eastern Africa. London: Edward Churton, 1836. 8vo, 2 volumes, [3] vi-xxiii 356; [2] 402, frontispiece to each volume, plate, folding map, 19th century calf gilt, Northern Lighthouse Board gilt stamp to backstrip, volume I lacking half title

Lot 284

Jacob, William Travels in the South of Spain in letters written A.D. 1809 and 1810. London: J. Johnson & Co., 1811. First edition, 4to, [iii-xiii, [2], 407, 36, [7]], folding map, 12 uncoloured aquatint plates, one folding, later 19th century calf gilt, Northern Light Board gilt stamp to backstrip, some offsetting from plates [especially to title], lacking half title Note: Abbey Travel 145

Lot 285

James, Edwin Account of an expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains, performed in the years 1819, 1820... under the command of Maj. S.H. Long, of the U.S. Top. Engineers. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1823. First English edition, 3 volumes, 8vo, [viii, 344; iii-viii, 356; iii-vii, 347], 1 folding engraved map and 1 folding engraved plate ["Vertical section"] laid down on linen, 8 aquatint plates by I. Clark after S. Seymour, 3 hand-coloured, contemporary calf, spine gilt, Northern Lighthouse Board stamp at head of spines, slight offsetting to 2 coloured plates, very light spotting to a few plates, bound without half-titles to volumes 2 and 3 Note: An account of the US government expedition under Major Stephen Long, originally named the "Yellowstone Expedition" and designed as the most ambitious expedition to date of the trans-Mississippi West. The expedition travelled up the Missouri and then followed the River Platte to its source in the Rocky Mountains before moving south to Upper Arkansas. From there the plan was to find the source of the Red River, but when this was missed the Canadian River was explored instead. The American edition was published in three volumes in Philadelphia in 1822-23. This London edition was published in the same year and differs in some respects from the American edition in both text and illustration (3 additional plates in this edition). [Sabin 35683; Wagner-Camp 25; Howes J41; Abbey, Travel 650]

Lot 290

Kirkpatrick, William An account of the kingdom of Nepaul, being the substance of observations made during a mission to that country, in the year 1793. First edition, 4to, [ii], xx, 386, [ii], [iv - advertisements], large folding map laid down on linen, 14 plates including one hand-coloured aquatint, engraved title vignette, contemporary calf gilt, Northern Lighthouse Board gilt stamp at head of spine, slight offsetting from plates to text, lacks half-title

Lot 291

Kohl, J.G. Ireland, Scotland and England. London: Chapman and Hall, 1844; [Idem] Austria. London: Chapman and Hall, 1843; [Idem] Russia. London: Chapman and Hall, 1842. Folding map, all 8vo, contemporary calf, spines gilt with Northern Lighthouse Board gilt stamp at head of spines (3)

Lot 296

Landt, Rev. G. A description of the Feroe Islands. London: Longman, Hurst, [&c.], 1810. 8vo, xiv 426, folding map, 2 plates, contemporary calf gilt, Northern Lighthouse Board gilt stamp on backstrip, Northern Lighthouse Board ink stamp to reverse of title, heavy foxing to map and plates, backstrip rubbed, corners bumped

Lot 300

Loch, Captain Granville G. The closing events of the campaign. London: John Murray, 1843. 12mo, [[3] vi-xii 227], folding map laid down on linen, 19th century calf gilt, red label, Northern Lighthouse Board gilt stamp to head of spine, lacking half title

Lot 301

Lyon, George Francis A narrative of travels in Northern Africa, in the years 1818, 19 and 20. London: John Murray, 1821. 4to, folding map frontispiece laid down on linen, 17 hand-coloured lithographed plates, 19th century calf gilt by Robert Seton, Northern Light Board gilt stamp at head of spine, slight offsetting to map Note: Abbey, Travel 304; Blackmer 1044

Lot 302

M`William, James Ormiston Medical history of the expedition to the Niger during the years 1841-2. London: John Churchill, 1843. 8vo, [viii, 287], 2 lithograph plates, 1 hand-coloured geological section, 1 folding map, 1 full-page illustration at p.255, folding map laid down on linen, 19th century calf gilt, red label, Northern Lighthouse Board gilt stamp to backstrip Note: The work is divided into three parts: an account of the expedition, the history of the fever on board the Albert and its treatment, and a final part dealing with the state of medicine in the Niger, ventilation, meterology, and the geology of the Niger.

Lot 314

Norman, Benjamin Moore Rambles in Yucatan, or notes of travel through the peninsula. New York: J. & H.G. Langley, 1843. Second edition, 8vo, [304], additional lithographed title, map and 24 engraved or lithographed plates, wood-engraved vignettes in the text, contemporary calf, Northern Lighthouse Board gilt stamp at head of spines

Lot 316

Park, Mungo Travels in the interior districts of Africa. London: printed by W. Bulmer for the authors, 1799. Second edition, 4to, [iii-xxviii, 372, xcii], portrait frontispiece, 3 folding maps [linen backed], 5 plates, [bound with] The journal of a mission to the interior of Africa in the year 1805. London, 1815. 4to, [[10], cxxx, [1], 219], folding map frontispiece [linen backed], [bound with] The narrative of Robert Adams, a sailor, who was wrecked on the Western coast of Africa, in the year 1810... London, 1816. 4to, [xxxix, 231], folding map frontispiece [linen backed]; bound in 19th century calf gilt, Northern Light Board gilt stamp to backstrip, some fading to backstrips, scuffs to boards

Lot 319

Pennant, Thomas A collection of works to include The literary life of the late Thomas Pennant. London, 1793. 4to, portrait frontispiece, engraved plate, [bound with] The history of the parishes of Whiteford and Holywell. London, 1796. 4to, 2 vignette titles, 22 plates; A tour in Scotland MDCCLXIX. Warrington, 1774. Third edition, 4to, vignette title, folding map [linen backed], 19 [of 22] plates; A tour in Scotland and voyage to the Hebrides MDCCLXXII. Chester, 1774. 4to, vignette title, folding map [linen backed], 45 plates; A tour in Scotland MDCCLXXII Part II. London, 1776. 4to, vignette title, 47 plates; A tour in Wales MDCCLXX[III]. London, 1778. 4to, vignette title, 26 plates; The journey to Snowdon. London, 1781. 4to, vignette title, 11 plates; The journey from Chester to London. London, 1782. 4to, vignette title, 22 plates; Some account of London. London, 1793. Third edition, 4to, vignette title, folding map [torn, linen backed], 14 plates [foxed]; History of quadrupeds. London, 1781. 4to, 2 volumes, vignette titles, 52 plates; Indian zoology. London, 1790. 4to, vignette title, 16 plates; Arctic zoology. London, 1784-85. 4to, 2 volumes, frontispiece, vignette titles, 23 plates; all bound in full calf gilt, volumes 9-13 slightly larger with red labels, some chipping to head of backstrips, hinges cracking to volumes 8 & 13 (13)

Lot 325

Pottinger, Lieutenant Henry Travels in Beloochistan and Sinde. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, et al., 1816. First edition, 4to, [xxx, 423], folding map, [linen backed], 19th century calf gilt by Robert Seton, Northern Light Board gilt stamp to backstrip, lacking frontispiece, large repair to title, leaf B creased

Lot 326

Pouqueville, François Charles Hugues Laurent Travels in Greece and Turkey. London: Henry Colburn and Co., 1820. Second edition, 4to, [xii, 482], folding map, 7 engraved plates, 19th century calf gilt, Northern Light Board gilt stamp to backstrip, some light scuffing to boards

Lot 328

Péron, François & Freycinet, Louis Voyage de découvertes aux terres Australes exécuté par ordre de sa Majesté l`Empereur et Roi, sur les corvettes le Géographe, le Naturaliste et la Goëllette Le Casuarina pendant les années 1800, 1801, 1802, 1803 & 1804. Paris: l`Imprimerie Impériale, 1807-1816. 2 volumes, 4to, [viii (including errata & blank leaf), xv, 496; xxxii, 471], half-titles, engraved portrait, 2 folding tables, some spotting; [with:] Partie historique rédigée par M.F. Péron. Atlas par M.M. Lesuer et Petit. [Paris, undated]. 4to [345 x 252mm.], engraved title and 40 engraved plates [comprising plates 2-41, plate 1 of part 1 being also no. 1 of part 2], 23 coloured, 2 folding, occasional very slight spotting; Atlas. Deuxième partie. Paris, 1811. 4to, engraved title and 14 engraved maps, 2 folding, (small tear at one fold), slight spotting to a few maps; With Freycinet, Louis Voyages de découvertes aux terres australes... Navigation et géographie. Paris: l`Imprimerie royale, 1815. 4to, [xvi, 576, [ii]; [with:] Atlas [Partie navigation et historique]. Folio, (565 x 447mm.), engraved title, 32 engraved charts, 25 double-page; Historique. Atlas, deuxieme partie. Paris, 1811. Folio (580 x 410mm.) Engraved title, 14 engraved charts, 2 double-page, mounted on guards, all contemporary quarter red morocco with marbled boards, Northern Light Board gilt stamp at head of spines, Northern Light Board stamp on verso of titles, bindings slightly rubbed and scraped, atlases worn at head and foot of spine, lower joint to 1st atlas partly split, clean horizontal tear to spine, light spotting to a few charts, intermittent foxing to text volumes (7) Note: First editions. A very attractive set of the complete account of Nicolas Baudin`s expedition to Australia with the first detailed and complete map of the Australian continent. Sent by the French government in 1800, with orders to complete the survey of the coasts of Australia, Baudin employed Péron as a naturalist and Freycinet as cartographer. The expedition reached Van Dieman`s Land in 1802 which they surveyed before sailing for Sydney where they spent six months. The expedition then surveyed the entire southern coast of Australia before returning to Mauritius where Baudin died in late 1803. As Péron died before publication was complete the work was finished by Freycinet. Ferguson 449; 536 and 603; Hill, pp.229-230.

Lot 329

Raffles, Thomas Stamford The history of Java. London: Black, Parbury & Allen, 1817. First edition, 2 volumes, 4to, [iii-xlviii, 479; iii-viii, 292, cclx], 1 folding map hand-coloured in outline and laid down on linen, 1 leaf of music [engraved verso and recto] and 63 plates (including 10 hand-coloured aquatints), 2 folding tables, engraved vignettes, nineteenth century calf gilt, Northern Lighthouse Board gilt stamp at head of spines, lacks half-titles, 2 folding tables and one plate laid down on linen Note: Abbey, Travel 554

Lot 334

Sabine, Edward, editor Narrative of an expedition to the Polar sea, in the years 1820, 1821, 1822 & 1823. London: James Madden, 1840. First English edition, 8vo, [cxxxvii, 413], contemporary calf, spine gilt, Northern Lighthouse Board gilt stamp at head of spine, lacks frontispiece & folding map

Lot 337

Scoresby, William An account of the Arctic regions, with a history and description of the Arctic whale-fishery. Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co., 1820. 8vo, First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, [xx, 552, 82; viii, 574], half titles, 20 engraved plates, 4 maps & 4 folding tables, some folding, half-titles, Northern Lighthouse stamp on reverse of title, titles and frontispieces foxed, folding plate torn without loss; [Idem] Journal of a voyage to the Northern whale-fishery; including researches and discoveries on the Eastern coast of West Greenland. Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co., 1823. First edition, 8vo [iii-xliv], 472, 2 folding maps, 6 engraved plates, folding map split at one fold, lacks half-title, Northern Lighthouse Board stamp to reverse of title, contemporary calf gilt uniform with previous, Northern Lighthouse Board gilt stamp to backstrips, foxing and offsetting (3) Note: Scoresby accompanied his father on numerous voyages to the Arctic whale fishery, on which he began to study the meteorology and natural history of the polar regions. In 1813 he established for the first time that the polar ocean has a warmer temperature at considerable depths than it has on the surface. He attended Edinburgh University, corresponded with Sir Joseph Banks and Robert Jameson, was elected a member of the Wernerian Society of Edinburgh and in 1819 a member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. In 1816 he made his first search for the North-West Passage. His 1820 work, An Account of the Arctic Regions and Northern Whale Fishery gave the results of his observations on the Arctic , as well as those of previous navigators. In his voyage of 1822 to Greenland Scoresby charted 400 miles of the east coast, thus contributing to the first real and important geographic knowledge of East Greenland. As an active member and official of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, he contributed to the knowledge of terrestial magnetism and optics. Sabin 78167 & 78171; Hill 1543

Lot 341

Simpson, Thomas Narrative of the discoveries on the North coast of America, effected by the officers of the Hudson`s Bay Company during the years 1836-39. London: R. Bentley, 1843. First edition, 8vo, [xix, 419], 2 folding maps laid down on linen, contemporary calf, spine gilt, Northern Lighthouse Board gilt stamp at head of spine, very slight offsetting to map

Lot 344

Stephens, John L. Incidents of travel in Central America, Chiapas and Yucatan... new edition. London: John Murray, 1842. 2 volumes, 8vo, [x, [4], 424; vii, [2], 7-474], folding map laid down on linen, 68 engraved, wood-engraved or lithographed plates after F. Catherwood, some offset onto text, volume 2 head of spine slightly rubbed; Idem Incidents of travel in Yucatan. London: John Murray, 1843. 2 volumes, 8vo, [xii, 459; xvi, 9-478], 2 folding frontispieces and folding map laid down on linen, 52 engraved plates and plans, some offset onto text, illustrations in the text, uniform contemporary calf, spines gilt, Northern Lighthouse Board stamp at head of spines (4) Note: Stephens and his travelling companion, architect and draftsman Frederick Catherwood, first came across Maya ruins at Copán, having landed in British Honduras (present-day Belize). They went on to Palenque, Uxmal, and according to Stephens, visited a total of 44 sites. Stephens` descriptions of ancient Maya sites, along with the illustrations by Catherwood, were greatly superior to the small amount of information on ancient Mesoamerica previously published. Sabin 91297 & 91299.

Lot 345

Stewart, David Sketches of the character, manners, and present state of the highlanders of Scotland. Edinburgh: A. Constable, 1822. Second edition, 2 volumes, 8vo [iii-xv, iv, 595; viii, 455, ci], hand-coloured folding engraved map, contemporary calf, somewhat spotted, map offset onto title, small tear to map without loss, volume 1 lacks half-title

Lot 351

Townson, Robert Travels in Hungary, with a short account of Vienna in the year 1793. First edition, 4to, [iii-xviii, [ii], 506], folding map hand-coloured in outline, folding table & 16 engraved plates, nineteenth century calf gilt, Northern Lighthouse Board gilt stamp at head of spine, small piece torn from p.455 with loss of a few letters, 2 plates, map & table laid down on linen, dampstain to one plate, lacks half-title

Lot 352

Tuckey, Captain James Kingston Narrative of an expedition to explore the River Zaire, usually called the Congo, in South Africa in 1816. London: John Murray, 1818. 4to, [8], lxxxii, 498, half title, folding map, 13 plates, one hand-coloured, 19th century diced calf gilt, Northern Lighthouse Board stamp to upper board, some offsetting to folding map

Lot 353

Turner, Captain Samuel An account of an embassy to the court of the Teshoo Lama in Tibet, containing a narrative of a journey through Bootan, and part of Tibet. London: G. and W. Nicol, 1800. 4to, [xxviii, 473], folding map, 13 plates [one bound as a frontispiece], 19th century calf gilt, Northern Light Board gilt stamp to backstrip, hinges cracking, foxing and some offsetting

Lot 360

Wilkinson, Sir Gardner Modern Egypt and Thebes, being a description of Egypt. London: John Murray, 1843. 2 volumes, 8vo, [xx, 476; iv, 591], folding engraved map laid down on linen, wood-engravings in the text, offsetting to map; [Idem] Manners and customs of the ancient Egyptians. London: John Murray, 1842. Second edition, 3 volumes, 8vo, [xxxvi, [ii], errata slip, 406; xxxiv, [ii], errata slip, 446; xxiv, errata slip, 404], 17 plates, [3 folding & laid down on linen, 7 coloured]; [Idem] A second series of the manners and customs of the ancient Egyptians. London: John Murray, 1841. 3 volumes including plate volume, 8vo, [xxix, 444; xxxv, 483; iii-xi, 37], plate volume with 76 lithographed plates [as called for], several coloured, folding plates laid down on linen, uniform contemporary calf, spines gilt, Northern Lighthouse Board stamp at head of spines, slight spotting to a few plates (8)

Lot 363

Woods, George An account of the past and present state of the Isle of Man. London: R. Baldwin; Edinburgh: W. Blackwood, 1811. 8vo, [xii, 366], hand-coloured folding engraved map, contemporary half calf, red morocco label, Northern Lighthouse Board gilt stamp at head of spine

Lot 1069

An old Map of Derbyshire by Robert Morden

Lot 1173

A Speed Map of Cardiganshire

Lot 587

A framed woven Stevens silk picture of Kenilworth Castle and a framed map of Chester by Robert Morden.

Lot 199

A Nazi Pendant on blue ground, a `Manual of Map Reading, Photo Reading and Field Sketching`, published by The War Office, 1939, and a canvas Map Case

Lot 118

An early 19th century jigsaw map of England and Wales by Wallis, in a cedarwood box

Lot 122

Christopher Saxton; a hand coloured and engraved map of Buckinghamshire, 28 x 30 cm

Lot 948

After John Speed and John Norden - `Sussex` (Map of the County with a Vignette View of Chichester), late 17th/early 18th Century monochrome engraving, approx 41.5cm x 55cm, within a Hogarth style frame.

Lot 306

A framed and glazed silhouette - type picture of a pagan procession together with a framed and glazed map of Bermuda and a pair of Hogarth framed and glazed landscapes, Aslackry and Stamford (4).

Lot 325

A box of framed and glazed prints to include 18th Century map of Buckinghamshire, engraving of Castle Ashby, other maps and historical landmarks etc.

Lot 436

Robert Morden, `Middlesex`, c1695, hand coloured engraved map, 37.5cm x 43.5cm

Lot 370

A framed limited edition silver map of the British Isles detailing the boundaries and crests of the historic counties, authorised and issued by the Council for the Protection of Rural England. London 1978 (approx 37cms x 55cms).

Lot 220

A small folding cloth mounted map of Staffordshire by R. Rowe published in 1813 in its original storage pocket and three other interesting folding cloth mounted maps, one detailing the Metropolitan Chalk Water supply to London and another of Hampshire and Berkshire.

Lot 530

Railway interest: "A Map of Lincolnshire produced by British Railways", mid 20c. in colours in oak frame, another "Visit the Ancient City of Lincoln" card advertising poster, the latter 102 by 62 cms. (2)

Lot 2921

Nicolaum Visscher, map of Sicilia/ Sicily, hand coloured in outline, 17thC 46x 56cm and 16 engravings, unframed

Lot 187

John Cary `A new map of Scotland`, published 1819, sectioned and laid on linen backing, 89cm x 103cm, in original card case

Lot 44

Railway books, guides and pamphlets: including The Official Guide to the Bristol and Exeter, N and S Devon, Cornwall and South Wales Railways, George Measom, Griffin, Bohn and Co, circa 1869, The Gloucester Diary, 1902, The Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Co Ltd, The Story of Bradshaw`s Guide, 1890, A History of the Whitby & Pickering Railway, 1902, London and Ten Miles Around Map, 1902, Great Western Expresses, 1894, P J Vintner, Our Iron Road, F S Mason and Bradshaw`s Guide 1949 and 1954 (F-VG) (12)

Lot 55

GWR Maps: a manuscript survey notebook of the M & SWJ Railway track line, compiled 1888 - 1889, from Swindon to Withington, including adjoining landowners` details, detailed measurements for track gradients and topographical details, as part of the Swindon and Cheltenham Extension Railway, opened in 1891, with company stamp for 1898, modern binding, incorrectly dated, Official Railway Maps: Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire (3), South of England, GWR Session map for 1904, GWR map August 1902, guide maps - pocket version in sleeve and Map and Index of Goods Stations (2) (G to VG) (10)

Lot 100

J.G.Parker-Toulson-"My Diary of the Great War, September 1914-May 1919", three maroon leather cloth bound postcard albums containing a typed summary of events, with an index to the various and numerous postcards collected along the compiler`s journey through the war, beginning when he was sent to join the 72nd Highlanders in Vancouver, together with a folding map of France used to illustrate his journey; a Second World Printed Silk Map, of the German-Swiss Frontier, the South-West of France and the North of Spain

Lot 136

A Pair of Kershaw Military Binoculars, Bino Prism No.2 Mk.III X 6, no.326072, dated 1945, in webbing case; an RAF Silk Handkerchief Map of Iraq; two Books-one volume of `The Battle of the Somme, First Phase` by John Buchan and one volume `History of the 50th Infantry Brigade 1914-1919` (4)

Lot 1

Davis (Nathan) Carthage and her Remains half-title, 32 plates and plans, some in colour, a few folding, foxed, ink inscription on front free endpaper, hinges weak, gilt, g.e., rubbed, 1861; Ruined Cities within Numidian and Carthaginian Territories, plates, folding map, illustrations, extremities a little rubbed, 1862, first editions, original cloth, 8vo(2)

Lot 11

Wilkinson Dalmatia and Montenegro 1st 2 vol., first edition, 7 tinted lithographed and 7 wood-engraved plates, folding map, 2 folding tables, advertisements at end, original cloth, spines pictorial gilt, split and with slight loss at ends, covers damp-stained, 8vo, 1848.

Lot 14

Keppel Journey from India to England 1827 2 vol., second edition, hand-coloured aquatint frontispieces and plate, folding map, a few small marginal stains to preliminaries of vol.1, map spotted and with some offsetting, contemporary brown straight-grain morocco, gilt, sympathetically rebacked, upper joints starting, vol.2 corners repaired, vol.1 corners a little worn, 8vo, 1827.

Lot 16

Brydone (Patrick) A Tour through 2 vol., first edition, folding engraved map, half-titles, slightly browned, contemporary ink signature on titles, 19th century patterned cloth, head and tail of spines chipped, 1773; and 2 others, Prescott`s Conquest of Peru, 1855, 8vo(4)

Lot 17

Dennis (G) The Cities & Cemetries of Etruria 2 vol., first edition, folding map (with small closed tear where carelessly opened), lithographed plates, maps, plans and illustrations, 16pp. publisher`s catalogue at end of vol.2, occasional foxing, ink ownership inscription on half-title, original pictorial cloth, gilt, extremities rubbed, spine ends nicked and chipped, 8vo, 1848.

Lot 25

Fleuriau missions Compagnie de Jésus 1715 first edition, folding engraved map, ink library stamp to title and A1, contemporary mottled calf, spine in compartments and richly gilt, Jesuit Library label to upper cover, edges repaired with modern leather, upper joint split, rubbed, [Atabey 438; cf. Blackmer 610], 8vo, Paris, Nicolas le Clerc, 1715. ***The map is of the island of Santorini and includes a volcano..

Lot 27

Mumm.Five Months in the Himalaya.1909 A Record of Mountain Travel in Garhwal and Kashmir, first edition, half-title, frontispiece and 28 plates including one not called for and 4 folding panoramas, tissue guards, 2 folding colour maps, numerous illustrations mounted in text, some light foxing or soiling, 1 map torn, upper hinge weak, original cloth, t.e.g., others uncut, rubbed, spine a little faded, [Neate M179; Perret 3147; Yakushi M565a], 8vo, 1909. ***An account of the author`s 1907 expedition to Trisul with Longstaff..

Lot 28

Belcher.Last..Arctic Voyages,2v,1st,1855 2 vol., first edition, 36 lithographed plates and 1 map (12 tinted or chromolithograph, 4 plates of ice crystals printed in mauve), 3 folding engraved maps at end of vol.2 (1 torn), wood-engraved illustrations, foxing to plates (mostly marginal), modern half calf, spines gilt, [Abbey Travel 645; Sabin 4389], 8vo, 1855. ***Account of the last expedition sent out by the British Government in search of Sir John Franklin..

Lot 30

Alexander-Travels to the...War in the East, 2 vol., folding map 14 engraved plates, including 3 hand-coloured, water-stained throughout, ink signature at head of titles, bookplate on front pastedown, contemporary calf, rebacked, rubbed, [Abbey Travel 229], 8vo, 1830.

Lot 31

Hommaire de Hell-Travels in the Steppes first English edition, contemporary calf, upper board becoming detached, 1847 § Oliphant (Laurence) The Russian Shores of the Black Sea in the Autumn of 1852, tinted lithographed frontispiece, folding map, illustrations, presentation copy from the publisher inscribed at head of title, endpapers foxed, small marginal waterstain on first few leaves, contemporary half calf, Edinburgh and London, 1853, ink signature on titles, bookplate on front pastedown, spine gilt in compartments, morocco spine labels, extremities rubbed, 8vo(2)

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