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Click here to subscribeWILLIAM BRYAN WOOD "Map of the Parish of Blunsdon St. Andrews in the County of Wilts 1837", pen and ink on paper laid on to canvas, signed by the Tithe Commissioners and Robert Kay Dawson, Captain RE, Assistant Tithe Commissioner and dated 1839, the map signed to bottom right "Wm. Bryan Wood Surveyor Barnbridge, Chippenham", 96.5 x 274 cm
AN OCCASIONAL TABLE, the circular marble top painted terrestrial and celestial motifs centred with a map of the world incorporating Europa, Asia and Africa, concluding with a band of segments painted with the months, on a brass stand with bead edging and tapering reeded legs joined by a X stretcher, with a later glass top, 90 cm diameter See inside back cover colour and other illustrations
Mivart.Monograph of the Lories 1896 first edition 4 colour maps 61 hand-coloured lithographed plates by J.G.Keulemans illustrations one map with tears to inner margin repaired contemporary half morocco gilt t.e.g. spine bands slightly rubbed [Fine Bird Books p.125; Nissen IVB 640] 4to 1896. ***Regarded by Sitwell as probably Keuleman`s best work the text described 16 species for the first time.
Adamsn Flaming Torch in Darkest Africa 2 vol. introduction by H.M. Stanley plates and illustrations fine original decorative cloth gilt New York 1898 § Thomas (Thomas Morgan) Eleven Years in Central South Africa third thousand repaired tear to folding map original cloth some water-staining [c.1875] § Cameron (Commander) Across Africa new edition 1885 plates and illustrations some folding all from the library of Sir Henry Morton Stanley with original or later bookplates 8vo(4)
Congo.- Pigafetta half-title 2 folding maps at end original cloth soiled 1881 § Grenfell (The Rev. George) Map of the River Congo with a Memorandum 5 folding sectional maps pamplet mounted on inner cover original cloth portfolio gilt lacking 1 silk tie Royal Geographical Society 1902; and 2 others Congo all from the library of Sir Henry Morton Stanley 3 with later bookplates 8vo(3)
Noble (John editor) Cape and South Africa second edition from the library of Sir Henry Morton Stanley with an autograph pencil note on p.568 with a later bookplate folding map and view of Cape Town plates and illustrations contemporary half morocco spine gilt rubbed 8vo London & Johannesburg 1896. ***The note reads Meddlesome always and relates to the stringent controls imposed by the Dutch East India Company in the 1720s.
Peel (C.V.A.) Somaliland: Stanley`s copy together with a complete list of every Animal and Bird known to Inhabit that Country and a list of Reptiles first edition from the library of Sir Henry Morton Stanley with his bookplate half-title frontispiece folding map plates near fine original pictorial cloth gilt a few marks to spine unopened [Czech p.127] an excellent copy 8vo 1900. *** An excellent sporting title this features all manner of big game hunting (Czech).
Speke Journal of the Discovery Stanley`s copy second edition from the library of Sir Henry Morton Stanley with a 3pp. list of African mileages in his hand loosely inserted and with a pencilled marginal note by him on p.446 relating to Speke`s camp stool which he then had in his possession and is now included for sale as part of this collection engraved portrait frontispiece wood-engraved plates large folding map loosely inserted near fine original pictorial cloth gilt [cf. Czech p.51] 8vo 1864. ***A fine association copy directly linking Stanley to an important survival from the golden age of African exploration. The marginal note reads This chair I have now . For a full description of the history of Speke`s stool please see the following lot.
Vincent (Frank) Actual Africa: 1895 first edition from the library of Sir Henry Morton Stanley later bookplate portrait frontispiece folding map plates near fine original pictorial cloth gilt a few marks [Czech p.167] a very good copy 8vo New York 1895. ***With much on North Africa and the coastal regions.
Baldwin African Hunting 1863 first edition half-title engraved portrait frontispiece folding map 16 lithographed plates 6 tinted 32pp. advertisements at end endpapers foxed elsewhere lightly foxed a few small marginal water-stains original pictorial cloth gilt spine ends and corners frayed rubbed at extremities [Czech p.12] 8vo 1863. ***Sport and travel through Natal Zululand and the Transvaal.
Bryden Gun and Camera in Southern Africa first edition half-title frontispiece plates folding map map spotted and with very short repaired tear original pictorial cloth slightly cockled [Czech p.24] 1893 § Lucas (Thomas J.) Camp Life and Sport in South Africa tinted lithographed frontispiece and plates advertisements at end original pictorial cloth gilt spine repaired rubbed [Czech p.99] 1878; and 5 others Big Game in South Africa including another copy of the first mentioned in modern half calf 8vo(7)
Johnston British Central Africa 1st first edition half-title frontispiece 6 colour maps on 5 folding sheets plates illustrations original pictorial cloth rubbed with slight loss to image on upper cover 1897 § Stigand (Capt. C.H.) and D.D.Lyell. Central Afrrican Game and its Spoor half-title plates half title with astronomical notes recto and verso modern dark green crushed half morocco gilt 1906 § Swann (Alfred J.) Fighting the Salve-Hunters in Central Africa second edition half-title frontispiece folding map plates advertisements at end some creasing ink inscription to front free endpaper original cloth gilt frayed at extremities bumped [cf. Czech p.161] 1910 § Christy (Cuthbert) Big Game and Pygmies: Experiences of a Naturalist in Central African Forests in Quest of the Okapi first edition half-title frontispiece plates folding colour map original pictorial cloth gilt slightly frayed at extremities rubbed [Czech p.36] 1924 4to & 8vo(4)
Chapman (Abel) Savage Sudan 1st first edition map frontispiece plates and illustrations ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper original pictorial cloth gilt a little rubbed and bumped [Czech p.35] a very good copy 8vo 1921. *** Chapman recounts his journey to Khartoum then up the White Nile into Uganda (Czech).
Christy (Cuthbert) Big Game and Pygmies first edition half-title frontispiece and plates folding colour map original pictorial cloth gilt extremities a little rubbed spine slightly dulled but overall a very good copy [Czech p.36] 8vo 1924. *** A scientist by profession Christy hunted throughout the equatorial region along the Ituri River in the Belgian Congo the Katanga District in Uganda and the Lado Enclave. He bagged elephant buffalo lion and bongo and was the first European to track and shoot an okapi. (Czech).
Kingsley (Mary H.) West African Studies half-title frontispiece plates folding maps advertisements at end occasional staining modern half calf spine gilt 1899 § Wissmann (Hermann von) Through Equatorial Africa first English edition folding map plates original pictorial cloth rubbed 1891 § Macdonald (Rev. Duff) Africana 2 vol. half-titles frontispiece plates original cloth gilt vol.1 spine repaired 1882 § Foulds (Leonard H.) A Trial of Luck in South Africa frontispiece original cloth gilt a few water spots slightly rubbed Stoke-upon-Trent 1900; and 10 others Africa 4to & 8vo (15)
Livingstone Missionary Travels 1st first edition folding tinted lithographed frontispiece engraved portrait 23 plates most wood-engraved folding map at end 8pp. advertisements at end occasional foxing some finger-soiling new endpapers original cloth spine gilt repaired [Czech p.97] 1857; and 2 others Livingstone 8vo(3)
Selous (Sunshine and Storm in Rhodesia first edition with an A.L.s. from the author to Lady Stanley wife of H.M. Stanley loosely inserted half-title frontispiece plates folding map and 10pp. advertisements at end original cloth spine darkened spine ends frayed slightly soiled 1896; and another by the same 8vo(2) ***In the A.L.s. dated 5th October 1907 Selous apologises that he will be unable to make a dinner appointment with Lady Stanley and Mounteney Jephson due to a sudden lecturing engagement. .
Stanley In Darkest Africa sgd limited 2 vol. first edition number 24 of 250 copies signed by the author half-titles photogravure frontispieces 3 folding maps (2 linen-backed) colour geological diagram 6 etched plates by G.Montbard signed in pencil by the artist 37 mounted wood-engraved plates on india paper 1 plate of a sketch map folding table illustrations some offsetting and foxing original half pictorial morocco gilt vol.2 spine faded rubbed and soiled 4to 1890.
Szechenyi Land of Elephants 1st Big-Game Hunting in Kenya Tanganyika and Uganda first English edition frontispiece plates and map upper edge spotted original cloth dust-jacket very short tear to head of lower joint spine ends rubbed [Czech p.162] a very good copy 1935; and a copy of the same without dust-jacket 8vo(2)
Ward (Harriet) Five Years in Kaffirland 1st 2 vol. first edition wood-engraved frontispieces and map 25pp. advertisements frontispieces and titles foxed original blind-stamped cloth spines gilt repaired 12mo 1848. ***Scarce. An account of the War of the Axe written by the wife of an officer with the 91st Regiment. (Mendelssohn).
Hayden (H.) Sport..in the Highlands of Tibet folding map in pocket at end (with some tears along folds) ink library stamps on verso of map [Marshall 2458; Yakushi H152] 1927 § Adair (Capt. F.E.S.) A Summer in High Asia lacking folding map cloth a little marked [Yakushi A77] 1899 first editions half-titles plates and illustrations occasional foxing original cloth rubbed; and 3 others on big game hunting in Asia 8vo(5)
Etherton (Col) Across the Roof of the World first American edition half-title photogravure frontispiece plates and illustrations folding map at end bookplate of George B. Synder on front paste-down original pictorial cloth gilt t.e.g. others uncut and partially unopened extremities very slightly rubbed [Yakushi E106] 8vo New York [1911]. ***An excellent copy.
Forsyth(J.) The Highlands of Central India Notes on their Forests and Wild Tribes Natural History and Sports first edition 4 chromolithographed and 2 tinted lithographed plates folding map illustrations occasional marginal staining hinges weak original cloth gilt rubbed joints and extremities splitting 1872 § Alexander (R.D.T.) and A. Martin-Leake. Some Signposts to Shikar plates presentation copy from the author (Alexander) to Mrs R. MacGregor for her great help in the compilation of one chapter of the book.. original cloth corners bumped a little faded Calcutta 1932 § Tulloch (Maurice) The All-In-One Shikar book illustrations rear endpaper torn with loss hinges weak original cloth-backed boards stained Bombay [c.1940]; and 5 others on big game hunting in India 4to & 8vo(8)
Fraser-Among Indian Rajahs and Ryots folding map spine faded 1911 § Apponyi (Count Henrik) My Big-Game Hunting Diary plates illustrations map 1937 § Aflalo (F. G.) The Sportsman`s Book for India folding maps (1 torn) bookplate on front paste-down 1904 § Lydekker (R.) Catalogue of the Heads and Horns of Indian Big Game bequeathed by A. O. Hume C. B. 1913 plates occasional foxing original cloth the first three gilt pictorial all rubbed; and 7 others on big game hunting in India 8vo & 4to (11)
Taylor (Samuel) Angling in all its Branches first edition half-title 6 pp. advertisements some staining at end ink inscriptions and notes on title 2pp. of ink recipes at front: To make Salmon Roe to cure etc. new endpapers modern cloth-backed boards [W&S pp.205-206] 8vo 1800 § Dryden (Adam) Hints to Anglers folding map of the river Tweed torn without loss original cloth gilt slightly rubbed Edinburgh Adam and Charles Black 1862 § Theakston (Michael) British Angling Flies revised and annotated by Francis M. Walbran illustrations of flies ink signature on title original cloth gilt Ripon and London n.d. [1888]; and 4 others including a second edition copy of Sir Humphrey Davy`s Salmonia 8vo(7)
A RARE AND EXCEPTIONAL EARLY 19TH-CENTURY MIDSHIPMAN`S LOG BOOK entitled Log of the Proceedings of His Majesty`s Ship HORATIO, W.H. Dillon. Esqr Capt. John Smith Gould MID, written in a clear hand between August 12th 1814 and January 10th 1816 and containing thirty-three full page titled watercolour illustrations and maps of exceptional quality and detail, consisting of many interesting early views including a volcanic eruption (before and during), icebergs ("ice islands"), `Town of Funchal`, `Madeira`, `Ascension Islands`, `Macao`, `Anson`s Bay`, `Singapore Straights`, `Malacca`, `Cape of Good Hope`, `St. Helena` (from south and north), `Rio Janeiro` (Sugar Loaf hill and Town), `a watering place east of Java`, `Madras` and `Manilla`, together with numerous watercolour vignettes, small map details, pen and ink sketches and diagrams of how the stores are arranged and stowed, bound between full calf decorated boards - 13 x 8Iin. (33 x 21.5cm.), H.M.S. Horatio was one of the fifteen `Lively` class fifth rates designed by Sir William Rule and widely considered the finest British frigates spawned by the French Wars. Built by George Parsons at Burlesdon, Southampton, Horatio was measured at 1,089 tons and was 154 feet in length with a 40 foot beam. With a main armament of 28-18pdrs. on her upper deck, she also carried 4-9pdrs. and 14-32pdr. carronades which, in total, gave her impressive firepower for a vessel of her size. Launched on 23rd April 1807, she was first commissioned under Captain George Scott in June the same year, sailing for the North American Station that September. After seeing action in both the West and East Indies, and then off the Norwegian coast, she returned home in 1812 until despatched briefly to North America again in June 1814 under Captain William Dillon. Soon recalled to the Channel Isles - where Dillon was appointed Senior Officer at Guernsey - Horatio was nearly lost when she struck an underwater rock in the Little Russell Passage, between Guernsey and Herm, whilst en route to keep watch off Cherbourg. The impact knocked 25 feet off her main-keel and she was only saved from sinking by "the most extraordinary exertions" of her captain and crew who somehow coaxed her into Portsmouth for repair. Back at sea, she returned to station off Cherbourg as the Admiralty initially believed that Napoleon would attempt to escape from there after his defeat at Waterloo. Afterwards voyaging to both China and India, Horatio was ordered home in 1816 and paid off the next year. Laid up for many years, she was finally converted to screw power in 1850 and, after employment in various roles, was sold for scrapping in 1865.
NIGHTINGALE FLORENCE: (1820-1910) British Pioneer of Nursing. Good A.L.S., Florence Nightingale, four pages, 8vo, South Street, Park Lane, 22nd March 1883, to Trelawny Saunders, in ink. Nightingale states that she has not heard from her correspondent for a long time, remarking `I fear that you have forgotten, as have not I, the profit & pleasure which I hoped to draw from the opportunity I so eagerly seized of your valued acquaintance.` The nurse further writes that, over a year ago, she sent Saunders a map of India `with the Irrigated lands coloured, which I had had prepared by Stanford and which you were so very good as to say that you would revise & correct`, also referring to several other maps of irrigation works and water tanks around Madras and asking that they be returned to her, `as I want them for a paper of mine which is about to be read, almost immediately. And may I earnestly hope that they will be returned with your remarks appended to them?` In concluding Nightingale wishes Saunders `every wish for your success in every branch of your good work for poor India.` A very light, thin horizontal band of discoloration appears to each page, running across part of the text and signature, all of which remain perfectly legible. About VG. From around 1858 until the end of the 19th century Nightingale was concerned with sanitary problems faced by British and Indian soldiers in India and devoted the major portion of her energies, as this letter illustrates, to helping improve the deplorable conditions in that country.
An Historical Map and Plan of The Campaign in Belgium, AD.1815, exhibiting the cantonments, encampments, positions, advance, retrograde movements, retreats, flight and c.of the forces of France, England and Prussia, with the attacks of the 15th battles of Ligny and Quatre Bras, on the 16th and of the Battle of Waterloo gained over the French by the English and Prussians on Sunday 18th June, sold by John Booth and T Egerton, published March 18th 1816, 70 x 59cm, framed and glazed.
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