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Lot 1
Allen (Rev. I.N.). Diary of a March Through Sinde and Affghanistan, with the Troops under the Command of General Sir William Nott, K.C.B., etc., and Sermons Delivered on Various Occasions During the Campaign of 1842, 1st ed., 1843, folding tinted litho. frontis. (damaged) and seven single-page tinted litho. plts., recent qtr. calf gilt, together with Sale (Lady Florentine), A Journal of the Disasters in Affghanistan, 1841-2, (8th thou'), 1844, half-title present, folding map at rear, torn, recent qtr. calf gilt, plus Kaye (John William), History of the War in Afghanistan. From the Unpublished Letters and Journals of Political and Military Officers ..., 2 vols., 1st ed., 1851, ex-lib. copy with a few unobtrusive ink stamps, recent plum half morocco gilt, and Hensman (Howard), The Afghan War of 1879-80, Being A Complete Narrative of the Capture of Cabul, the Seige of Sherpur, the Battle of Ahmed Khel, the Brilliant March to Candahar ..., 1st ed., 1881, folding maps and plans, pubs. ads. at rear, contents slightly browned, a few ink stamps, orig. blind-stamped cloth gilt, rubbed and marked, all 8vo. (5)
Lot 2
Baedeker (Karl). The Mediterranean Seaports and Sea Routes, including Madeira, the Canary Islands, the Coast of Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia. Handbook for Travellers, 1911, folding maps and plans, orig. cloth gilt, a little rubbed, previous owner's initials 'CB' on front cover (first and only edition of this title and the only Baedeker in English containing a description of Constantinople), together with Deutschland (Das Deutsche Reich) Kurzes Reisehandvuch in Einem Bande fur Bahn und Auto, 5th ed., Leipzig, 1932, folding maps and plans incl. large road map Anzeigen-Anhang contained in rear pocket, a few sl. frayed at edges, orig. cloth gilt, a little rubbed (issued about one year before Hitler came to power, this edition still describes Germany under the Weimar Republic, with all Germany's pre-WWI boundaries clearly marked on the road map), with approx. fifty other European Baedekers and a few other similar guides, some imperfect (a carton)
Lot 4
Bell (William A.). New Tracks in North America, A Journal of Travel and Adventure whilst Engaged in the Survey for a Southern Railroad to the Pacific Ocean during 1867-8, 2 vols., 1st ed., Chapman & Hall, 1869, twenty tinted litho. plts. (incl. one plan), three botanical plts., large folding map, plus single page map, wood engs. to text, several litho. plts. detached and frayed, and one torn across, hinges split, orig. bevel-edged blindstamped cloth gilt, damp-mottled, vol. 1 with upper cover and spine detached at upper hinge, vol. 2 torn and frayed at head of spine, 8vo, together with Bingley (Rev. William), Travels in North America, from Modern Writers..., Designed for the Use of Young Persons, 1st ed., printed for Harvey and Darton, 1821, three eng. plts., title-page lightly browned, contemp. half morocco gilt, rubbed, 12mo, plus Sweet (Alex. E. and Knox, J. Armoy), On a Mexican Mustang, Through Texas, from the Gulf to the Rio Grande, [1883], numerous b & w plts. and illusts., ms. name to head of title-page, orig. dec. cloth gilt, extrems. rubbed, some light soiling, plus ten others American interest, incl. an 1854 gazetteer of the United States by Baldwin and Thomas (14)
Lot 5
Bevan (Major H.). Thirty Years in India: Or, A Soldier's Reminiscences of Native and European Life in the Presidencies, from 1808 to 1838, 2 vols in 1, 1st ed., 1839, folding eng. map, two wood-eng. plts., addn. oval photographic port. of Major Bevan pasted to verso of title to vol. 1 and a manuscript account of his fatal accident (extracted from the Illustrated London News), tipped-in before dedication, recent green quarter morocco gilt, thick 8vo. (1)
Lot 7
Burton (Captain R. F.). The Lands of Cazembe. Lacerda's Journey to Cazembe in 1798, trans. and annotated by Captain R. F. Burton, also Journey of the Pombeiros P. J. Baptista and Amaro Jose, across Africa from Angola to Tette on the Zambeze ..., 1st English ed., 1873, folding map frontis., inner hinges partly cracked, orig. blue cloth gilt, rubbed and soiled, frayed along rear joint, and chipped to head and foot of spine, 8vo, together with Chiesi (Gustavo), La Colonizzazione Europea nell'Est Africa, Italia - Inghilterra - Germania, 1909, b&w illusts., folding maps, contemp. black cloth gilt, rubbed and some marks, large 8vo, plus Gamitto (A. C. P.), King Kazembe and the Marave, Cheva, Bisa, Bmba, Lunda, and other Peoples of Southern Africa, being the diary of the Portuguese expedition to that Potentate in the years 1831 and 1832, trans. Ian Cunnison, 2 vols., Lisbon, 1960, b&w plates, maps and illusts., partly uncut, orig. printed wrappers, large 8vo, and four others on Central and Southern Africa (The Lango, A Nilotic Tribe of Uganda, by J. H. Driberg, 1st ed., 1923, The Great Plateau of Northern Rhodesia, by Cullen Gouldsbury, and Hubert Sheane, 1st ed., 1911, The Lambas of Northern Rhodesia, a study of their customs and beliefs, by Clement M. Doke, 1st ed., 1931, & Through Gasa Land and the Land of the Portuguese Aggression, by Parker Gillmore, n.d., c. 1880s), all orig. cloth, the first three generally in good condition, the first title with d.j., final title in rubbed and soiled gilt dec. cloth, with spine faded, and some fraying to extrems., all 8vo. (8)
Lot 8
Charlevoix (Francois-Xavier). Journal of a Voyage to North-America ..., containing the geographical description and natural history of that country, particularly Canada ..., 2 vols., 1st English ed., 1761, folding eng. map frontis. to vol. 1 (damp stained), some spotting and marginal browning and staining, lacks half titles, ownership signature of Joseph Drake of Abbotsford to both titles, contemp. sheep, worn, old reback, rubbed, 8vo. (2)
Lot 12
Curzon (Hon. George N., M.P.). Russia in Central Asia in 1889 and the Anglo-Russian Question, 1st ed., 1889, two folding maps, num. wood-engs., 24 pp. publisher's cat. at rear, ex-lib. copy with a few unobtrusive marks, orig. cloth gilt, sl. frayed at head and foot of spine, together with Persia and the Persian Question, by the Hon. George M. Curzon, MP., 2 vols., 1st ed., 1892, nine single-page maps, folding map at rear, num. b & w illusts. from photos, lacks half-titles, orig. cloth gilt, rebacked, preserving orig. spines, corners bumped, all thick 8vo. (3)
Lot 14
Diwan Chand Obhrai (Rai Bahadur). The Evolution of North-West Frontier Province. Being a Survey of the History and Constitutional Development of N.-W.F. Province, in India, 1st ed., pub. London Book Co. (India), 1938, folding map, num. b & w illusts. from photos, orig. cloth gilt, sl. rubbed on spine, together with Rickmers (W. Rickmer), The Duab of Turkestan. A Physiographic Sketch and Account of Some Travels, 1st ed., Cambridge, 1913, num. b & w illusts. from photos, some folding, plus two folding maps at rear, t.e.g., orig. cloth gilt, rubbed and a little soiled, both 4to. (2)
Lot 15
[Dunkin, Robert]. Gun, Rifle, and Hound in East and West, by 'Snaffle', 1st ed., 1894, b & w illusts. by Henry Dixon, some minor spotting of prelims., orig. cloth gilt, a trifle rubbed on spine, together with Adair (Captain F.E.S.), A Summer in High Asia. Being a Record of Sport and Travel in Baltistan and Ladakh, with An Appendix on Central Asian Trade, by Captain S.H. Godfrey, 1st ed., 1899, b & w illusts. from photos. and drawings, folding map at rear, orig. dec. cloth, rubbed and somewhat soiled, plus Ronaldshay (Earl of), Sport and the Politics Under an Eastern Sky, 1st ed., 1902, port. frontis., b & w illusts. from photos., large folding map, errata slip before page 1, orig. pict. cloth gilt, a little rubbed on spine, and others on big game hunting, all 8vo. (9)
Lot 18
Ferrars (Max & Bertha). Burma, 1st ed., 1900, num. b & w illusts. from photos., ex-lib. copy with indelible ink stamp to margins and paper labels to endpapers, t.e.g., orig. gilt dec. cloth, a little rubbed on spine, 4to, together with Peacock (E.H.), A Game-Book for Burma & Adjoining Territories. The Types, Distribution and Habits of Large and Small Game ..., 1st ed., pub. Witherby, 1933, b & w illusts. from photos., folding map, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed on spine, 8vo, and five others related (7)
Lot 20
Gobat (Rev. Samuel). Journal of a Three Years' Residence in Abyssinia, in Furtherance of the Objects of the Church Missionary Society, 1st ed., 1834, double-page b&w eng. map (a little foxed), a.e.g., contemp. gilt-dec. dark blue morocco, a little rubbed and some surface marks, together with Dufton (Henry), Narrative of a Journey through Abyssinia in 1862-3. With an Appendix on "The Abyssinian Captives Question", 2nd ed., 1867, folding col. map frontis., orig. cloth gilt, rubbed and some marks, minor fraying to extreme head of rear joint, both 8vo. (2)
Lot 32
James (F.L.). The Unknown Horn of Africa, an exploration from Berbera to the Leopard River, 2nd ed., 1890, b&w illusts., orig. pict. cloth gilt, generally in bright condition, together with Oswald (Felix), Alone in the Sleeping-Sickness Country, 1st ed., 1915, b&w plts. after photos, orig. maroon cloth, rubbed and some marks, plus Landor (A. Henry Savage), Across Widest Africa, an account of the country and people of Eastern, Central and Western Africa as seen during a twelve months' journey from Djibuti to Cape Verde, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1907, b&w plts. after photos, folding map at end of vol. 1, t.e.g., remainder rough-trimmed, orig. blue cloth gilt, rubbed and second vol. frayed to head of upper joint, and Johnston (Sir Harry), George Grenfell and the Congo, a history and description of the Congo Independent State and adjoining districts of Congoland, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1908, numerous b&w plts., illusts., maps, etc., light waterstain to upper outer corner of frontis. to first vol., orig. dark maroon cloth gilt, a little rubbed and some minor marks, plus Elliot (G. F. Scott), A Naturalist in mid-Africa, being an account of a journey to the Mountains of the Moon and Tanganyika, 1st ed., 1896, b&w plates and illusts., three folding maps at rear, including one torn and repaired without loss, some minor marginal soiling to first and last few leaves, later dark red qtr. morocco, all 8vo. (7)
Lot 35
Kingdon-Ward (F.). Burma's Icy Mountains, 1st ed., 1949, b & w illusts. from photos. taken by the author, two folding maps, orig. cloth in frayed and slightly soiled d.j., together with nFarrer (Reginald), On the Eaves of the World, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1917, num. b & w illusts. from photos, folding map, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed and worn on spines, plus The Rainbow Bridge, 1st ed., 1921, b & w illusts. from photos, folding map at rear, orig. cloth gilt, a little rubbed and minor wear to head and foot of spine, and five others by Kingdon-Ward (including two dups.), all 8vo. (9)
Lot 40
Ludolf (Hiob). 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..., 1682, nine eng. plts. (inc. 7 double-page), double-page table, lacks map, some double-page plts. with closed tears and few repairs, marginalia to single-page eng. plt. of Ethiopic alphabet, some light damp satining and few marks, contemp. calf, old reback, joints cracked and spine worn, folio. Wing L3468. (1)
Lot 41
Lynch (W.F.). Narrative of the United States' Expedition to the River Jordan and the Dead Sea, 2nd ed., revised, 1850, wood eng. frontis. and plts., two folding litho maps, some browning & spotting, orig. cloth gilt, joints & extrems. worn, library label to spine, 8vo, together with Tristram (H.B.), The Land of Israel; A Journal of Travels in Palestine, Undertaken with Special Reference to its Physical Character, 2nd ed., 1866, hand-col. aquatint frontis., two folding litho maps, wood eng. plts. & illusts., pubs. ads. at rear, orig. gilt dec. cloth, worn at head & foot of spine, library label to spine, 8vo, with Oliphant (Laurence), The Land of Gilead, 1880, photo. frontis., folding litho map, wood eng. plts., orig. dec. cloth, library label to spine, 8vo, with De Saulcy (F.), Narrative of a Journey Round the Dead Sea and in the Bible Lands; in 1850 and 1851. Including an Account of the Discovery of the Sites of Sodom and Gomorrah, 2 vols., new ed., 1854, folding eng. map, and folding eng. plt., orig. cloth, frayed at head & foot of spines, library labels to spines, 8vo, plus four others related (9)
Lot 43
MacGahan (J.A.). Campaigning on the Oxus, and the Fall of Khiva, 4th ed., 1876, wood-engs., folding map at rear, a.e.g., orig. cloth gilt in bright cond., small 8vo, together with Burnaby (Fred), A Ride to Khiva: Travels and Adventures in Central Asia, 2nd ed., 1876, three folding maps (one sl. torn without loss), contemp. half calf, gilt dec. spine, a little rubbed, 8vo. (2)
Lot 50
Peary (Robert E.). The North Pole, with an Introduction by Theodore Roosevelt, 1910, photogravure port. frontis., tipped-in b & w illusts. from photos., large folding col. map at rear, some damp staining throughout (with pencil note to front free endpaper" Damaged by water during the air raid 1941"), t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. cloth, lettered and blocked in gold, slightly rubbed, one tie broken, thick 4to. Limited Edition de Luxe, 106/500, signed by Peary and Captain Robert A. Bartlett. Peary writes of Bartlett (see p.241) 'Bartlett had been invaluable to me, and circumstances had thrust upon him the brunt of the pioneering instead of its being divided among several ... I had given him the post of honour in command of my last supporting party for three reasons: first, because of his magnificent handling of the Roosevelt; second, because he had cheerfully and gladly stood between me and every possible minor annoyance from the start of the expedition to that day; third, because it seemed right to me that, in view of the noble work of Great Britain in Arctic exploration, a British subject should, next to an American, be able to say that he had stood nearest the North Pole'. Arctic Bib. 13230. (1)
Lot 51
Peel (C.V.A.). Somaliland. Being an Account of Two Expeditions into the Far Interior, together with a Complete List of Every Animal and Bird Known to Inhabit that Country, and a List of the Reptiles Collected by the Author, 1st ed., 1900, half-title, photogravure frontis., b & w illusts. from photos. and drawings, orig. dec. cloth, folding map at rear, a little rubbed and faded on spine, 8vo. (1)
Lot 58
Simson (Frank B.). Letters on Sport in Eastern Bengal, 1st ed., 1886, ten tinted litho. plts., correct as list, 8 pp. publishers' ads. at rear, recent crimson half morocco gilt, together with Kinloch (Brigadier-General Alexander A.), Large Game Shooting in Thibet, the Himalayas, Northern and Central India, 3rd ed., revised and enlarged, Calcutta, 1892, thirty-six b & w illusts. from illusts., folding map and 16 pp. publisher's illustrated catalogue at rear, some spotting of prelims., orig. dec. cloth, rubbed (upper cover stamped in gilt 'Royal Artillery Library, Shoeburyness'), both 4to. (2)
Lot 60
Snodgrass (Major J.J.). Narrative of the Burmese War, Detailing the Operations of Major-General Sir Archibald Campbell's Army, from its Landing at Rangoon in May 1824, to the Conclusion of a Treaty of Peace at Yandaboo, in February 1826, 2nd ed. 1827, large folding map, recently rebacked, some spotting and minor marginal soiling, modern half calf gilt, 8vo. (1)
Lot 63
Stoney (H. Butler, Captain). A Residence in Tasmania: with a Descriptive Tour through the Island, from Macquarie Harbour to Circular Head, 1st ed., 1856, eight tinted litho. plts. (inc. frontis.), folding map, wood eng. vigns. to text, all correct as list, contemp. calf, gilt dec. spine, small area of leather skinned to upper board, 8vo. (1)
Lot 64
Tate (G. P.). The Kingdom of Afghanistan. A Historical Sketch, with an Introductory Note by the Right Hon. Sir Henry Mortimer Durand, Bombay, Calcutta & London, 1911, errata slip, several maps, contents browned and some worming, recent qtr. morocco gilt, together with The Third Afghan War, 1919, Official Account, Compiled by the General Staff Branch, Army Headquarters, India, pub. Calcutta, 1926, folding maps, orig. linen-backed printed boards, a little worn and marked, [1000 copies printed], plus Ahmad (Jamal-ud-Din and Aziz, Muhammad Abdul), Afghanistan. A Brief Survey, with a Foreword by Dr. Sir Muhammad Iqbal, pub. Kabul, 1934, two tipped-in col. ports., num. b & w illusts. from photos., folding map at rear, orig. cloth gilt with pict. panel to upper cover, and others related (11)
Lot 66
Visser-Hooft (Jenny). Among the Kara-Korum Glaciers in 1925, with Contributions by Ph. C. Visser, 1st ed., 1926, port. frontis., b & w illusts. from photos., folding map at rear, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed and minor wear to extrems., together with Duncan (Jane E.), A Summer Ride through Western Tibet, 1st ed., 1906, num. b & w illusts. from photos., folding map and single ad. leaf at rear, unobtrusive circular blind-stamp to title, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed and somewhat soiled, plus Sufi (G.M.D.), Kashir. Being a History of Kashmir from the Earliest Times to Our Own, 2 vols., University of the Panjab, Lahore, 1948-49, num. b & w illusts. from photos., several folding maps, orig. printed cloth in slightly soiled and frayed d.j.s., and others related, all 8vo. (12)
Lot 76
Chanter (John Roberts). Lundy Island: A Monograph, Descriptive and Historical; with Notices of its Distinguishing Features in Natural History, 1st ed., 1877, folding litho map frontis., orig. cloth gilt, 8vo, together with Loyd (Lewis R.W.), Lundy, Its History and Natural History, 1925, b & w plts. from photos, folding map at rear, orig. cloth gilt, 8vo. (2)
Lot 77
Collinson (Rev. John). The History and Antiquities of the County of Somerset, Collected from Authentick Records, and an Actual Survey made by the Late Mr. Edmund Rack..., 3 vols., 1st ed., R. Cruttwell, Bath, 1791, eng. folding map frontis. to vol. 1, forty eng. plts., front inner joint of vol. 2 split, contemp. diced calf gilt, old rebacks with gilt dec. spines, some joints split, some wear to extrems., 4to. (3)
Lot 80
Ellis (John). Ellis's English Atlas: or, a Compleat Chrorography of England and Wales, London, printed for Robert Sayer, Thomas Jeffery's and A. Dury, 1768, fifty-two engraved maps, occasional light spotting or dampstains, title with two short tears along folds and tape reinforcement to verso, general folding map with neat tape reinforcements along folds to verso, folding post roads map rebacked onto linen, library stamp with ink numbering on verso of title, library cloth, 8vo. (1)
Lot 84
Owen (John and Bowen, Emmanuel). Britannia Depicta or Ogilby Improv'd; being a correct copy of Mr Ogilby's actual survey of all ye direct & principal crossroads in England and Wales ..., 1720, eng. title, 4 pp. map index, 273 uncol. eng. strip road maps printed back-to-back, pubs. cat. to final page, a little spotting and soiling throughout, ink lib. stamps to title verso, contemp. panelled calf, rebacked, rubbed and some corner wear, 8vo. Chubb CXLVII. (1)
Lot 89
Willis (Nathanial Parker & Coyne, Joseph Stirling). The Scenery and Antiquities of Ireland. Illustrated ... by W.H.Bartlett, 2 vols. in 1, [1841], two engraved titles, map and 118 engraved plates, occasional light spotting and thumbmarking, ink presentation inscription on front free endpaper, front hinges a little weak, contemporary half calf, rubbed and scuffed, g.e., 4to. (1)
Lot 100
Conybeare (William Daniel, & Phillips, William). Outlines of the Geology of England and Wales ..., Part I [all pub.], 1st ed. 1822, folding hand-coloured geological map, folding linen backed colour plate of sections, folding eng. plate of instruments, orig. boards with paper label to spine, soiled and worn, and covers near det., 8vo. (1)
Lot 177
Payne (Charles Johnson, "Snaffles"). My Sketch Book in the Shiny, 1st ed., Gale & Polden, [1930], num. b & w illusts. from pencil sketches by the author, orig. cloth with pict. label to upper cover, lightly soiled, together with 'Osses and Obstacles, by Snaffles, 1st ed., Collins, 1935, num. b & w illusts., orig. cloth, a little rubbed and soiled, with remains of d.j. loosely inserted, plus Hurst (Capt. and Bt. Major G.S.), The P.V.H., 1st ed., Gale & Polden, [1934], b & w illusts. by Snaffles and Major H.M. Tulloch, folding col. map at rear, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed and a little faded, all 4to. (3)
Lot 239
Capper (Benjamin Pitts). A Topographical Dictionary of the United Kingdom, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1813, folding hand coloured general map frontispiece, 46 hand coloured engraved maps, of which 6 folding, general map with tears along folds, occasional light spotting, contemporary calf, worn, lacking spine, 8vo. (1)
Lot 243
English county maps. Modern (Robert), Bedfordshire, [1695 or later], uncoloured engraved map, 320 x 400 mm, together with Moule (Thomas), The Isle of Man, c.1830s, uncoloured engraved map, a little marginal staining, 215 x 275 mm, and other county maps by Creighton (Boundary Commission), J. &. C. Walker, Weller, Letts, Dower, etc. (approx. 20)
Lot 325
Bible ([English]). The Bible: Translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke..., Robert Barker, 1614, General title and New Testament titles present, both with dec. woodcut border (NT title dated 1613), black letter text throughout, lacks genealogies, map and few other leaves of text throughout vol. (some provided from another ed.), initial leaves detached, some fraying, marks and dust soiling, few leaves torn with slight loss, bound with Two Right Profitable and Fruitfull Concordances..., Robert Barker, 1613, and also bound with an incomplete 1608 Book of Psalmes at end, text block close-trimmed affecting printed notes to fore-edge & running title to upper margin, old sheep, boards dettached and binding rubbed & worn, 4to. Herbert 330. Sold with all faults, not subject to return. (1)
Lot 331
[Blount, Thomas]. Boscobel: or the Compleat History of His Sacred Majesties most Miraculous Preservation after the Battle of Worcester, 3 Sept. 1651. Introduced by an exact Relation of that Battle..., 3rd ed. with addition, 1680, eng. port. frontis. and addn. eng. title, general title printed in red & black with near contemp. ink signature, folding eng. map and folding eng. plt., one full-page eng. armorial illust., contemp. calf, rebacked, 8vo. (1)
Lot 341
Cobbett (William). Rural Rides in the Counties of Surrey, Kent, Sussex, Hampshire, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Somersetshire, Oxfordshire, Berkshire, Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, and Hertfordshire: with Economical and Political Observations relative to matters applicable to, and illustrated by, the State of those Counties respectively, 1st ed., 1830, full-page map of the River Avon, 12-page catalogue of "Mr. Cobbett's Books" at the end, rather dust soiled, recent red half morocco, gilt, marbled board sides, stout 12mo. Kress C.2480. Goldsmiths II, 26074. Printing and the Mind of Man 294 "The vividness and force of his writing, whether in describing the countryside or his encounters with those who worked in it, have made his work an enduring classic. In his accounts of the poverty caused by widespread enclosure he struck the first blow in the long struggle for improving the condition of labourers on the land ..." (1)
Lot 382
Noris (Enrico). Henrici Norisii Veronensis Augustiniani Tit. S. Augustini S.R.E. Presbyteri Cardinalis et Sanctae Sedis Apostolicae Bibliothecarii Opera Omnia nunc Primum Collecta Atque Ordinata, 4 vols., Verona, 1729-32, eng. frontis. to vol. 1, eng. map and folding table, a.e.g., contemp. red morocco, gilt dec. spines (faded), vol. 1 rebacked, boards of other vols. detached, folio (4)
Lot 397
Raleigh (Sir Walter). The History of the World..., 1677, eng. port. frontis. (timmed to image and laid-down), addn. eng. title (torn with loss and repaired), five double-page maps (of 6, lacks map of Sicily) and two double-page eng. battle plans, 'Mind of the Front' leaf trimmed with loss, lined to verso and repaired, numerous library ink stamps throughout (particularly to frontis., title, map margins & versos etc.), slight worming to inner margins of few leaves, one map loose, 20th c. half morocco, upper board near detached, folio. Wing R167. Sold with all faults. (1)
Lot 527
Lillywhite (Frederick). The English Cricketers' Trip to Canada and the United States, 1st ed., 1860, addn. wood eng. title, twenty-three full-page wood eng. plts., folding map, ads. at rear, several openings with archival tape repairs at gutter, one leaf frayed to upper and fore-edge, hinges strengthened, lending library label to front free endpaper, orig. cloth gilt, small 8vo. Padwick 4893. From the library of Prinknash Abbey. A day-by-day account of the first of all overseas cricket tours, by the scorer of the England team. It is an amusing account of what, in those days, must have seemed a somewhat perilous journey. With scores of all the matches. (1)
Lot 724
Lower (Mark Antony). A Compendious History of Sussex, Topographical, Archaeological & Anecdotal, 2 vols., 1870, folding map frontis. to vol. 1, some spotting, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed and faded on spines, 8vo, together with Chancellor (E. Beresford), Lost London. Being a Description of Landmarks which have Disappeared Pictured by J. Crowther circa 1879-87, pub. 1926, sixty col. and b & w illusts. after watercolours by J. Crowther, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. cloth gilt with sl. soiled d.j., 4to (limited edition of 1025 copies), together with other topography and related, mostly London and Sussex (2 cartons)
Lot 750
Du Chaillu (Paul B.). The Land of the Midnight Sun: Summer and Winter Journeys through Sweden, Norway, Lapland, and Northern Finland, 2 vols., (3rd thou.), 1881, wood-engs., folding map contained in rear pocket of vol. 1, publisher's ads. at rear, orig. pict. cloth, rubbed and frayed at head and foot of spines, 8vo, together with Doyle (A. Conan), The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, 2nd ed., 1893, b & w illusts., a.e.g., orig. Strand Library light-blue cloth gilt, soiled and worn, 8vo, plus The Book of Fairy Poetry, ed. Dora Owen, 1920, sixteen tipped-in col. plts. by Warwick Goble, orig. cloth, worn at head of spine, 4to, and other misc. books, mostly late 19th century cloth-bound publications, incl. travel, natural history, literature and art reference, etc. (3 shelves)
Lot 754
Archer (Mildred). India and British Portraiture, 1770-1820, pub. Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1979, num. col. and b & w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., together with Sivaramanurti (Calambur), The Art of India, New York, 1974, num. col. illusts., some folding, orig. cloth in d.j., both 4to, plus Henty (G.A.), The Tiger of Mysore. A Story of the War with Tippoo Saib, 1st ed., 1896, b & w illusts. by W.H. Margetson, double-page map, two small plans, pubs. ads. at rear, orig. pict. cloth, a little rubbed, 8vo, with other military and art reference, etc. (3 shelves)
Lot 774
O'Donovan (Edmond). The Merv Oasis. Travels and Adventures East of the Caspian During the Years 1879-80-81, including Five Months' Residence Among the Tekkes of Merv, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1882, port. frontis. to vol. 1, col. litho. frontis. to vol. 2, folding maps and plans, large folding map loosely inserted, ex-lib. with usual marks, recent qtr. calf gilt, together with another copy of the same work, lacking the large map, library marks, orig. cloth, worn, all 8vo, plus other misc. travel (3 shelves)
Lot 776
Harris (Robert). Sixty Years of Golf, 1st ed., 1953, b & w illusts. from photos., orig. cloth in slightly frayed d.j., small 4to, together with Cruickshank (Charles), The History of Royal Wimbledon Golf Club, 1865-1986, pub. 1986, col. frontis., b & w illusts. from photos., map endpapers, orig. dark green simulated morocco, upper cover lettered in gilt, 8vo, with other golf, many in d.j.s. (3 shelves)
Lot 780
Heber (Reginald). Narrative of a Journey through the Upper Provinces of India, from Calcutta to Bombay, 1824-1825 (with Notes Upon Ceylon), 3 vols., 4th ed., 1839, double-page eng. plts., large folding eng. map in front pocket of vol. 1, orig. blind-stamped cloth gilt, rubbed and a little marked, together with Malleson (Col. G.B.), History of the India Mutiny, 1857-1858. Commencing from the Close of the Second Volume of Sir John Kaye's History of the Sepoy War, 3 vols., mixed eds., 1878-88, folding maps and plans, orig. blind-stamped cloth gilt, a little rubbed, all 8vo, with others of india interest (3 shelves)
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