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Lot 592

Magnus (Johannes, Bp. of Upsala). [Historia de omnibus Gothorum Sueonumque regibus, Romae, apud Ioannem Mariam de Viottis, January 1554], lacks the title-page (supplied in an early pen-and-ink copy) and the last leaf bearing the colophon and printers device (supplied in facsimile), q2 also supplied in facsimile, lacks the integral blanks E6 and xxx6, with a full-page woodcut printers device on E5 verso, a full-page woodcut map of Scandinavia, large historiated woodcut initials, and num. small woodcuts in the text, some soiling, ink underscoring, a few clean tears repaired, later half vellum, soiled, marbled paper over wooden board sides, rubbed, folio. Adams M135. The issue with the Dedication to Eric, Regi Suetiae et Gothiae. (1)

Lot 705

Wilton-Ely (John). The Mind and Art of Giovanni Battista Piranesi, pub. Thames & Hudson, 1978, num. b & w illusts., map endpapers, orig. cloth in d.j., together with Hirmer (Max and Arias, P.E.), A History of Greek Vase Painting, pub. Thames & Hudson, 1962, num. col. and b & w tipped-in illusts., orig. cloth in sl. frayed d.j., plus Papadopoulo (Alexandre), Islam and Muslim Art, trans. Robert Erich Wolf, pub. Thames & Hudson, 1980, num. col. and b & w illusts. from photos, some folding, orig. cloth in d.j., and other misc. art ref., all 4to/folio (approx. 60)

Lot 720

Lee (Laurie). Cider with Rosie, 1st ed., Hogarth Press, 1959, orig. cloth in sl. rubbed d.j., spine ends chipped, 8vo, together with Ransome (Arthur), Great Northern? 1st ed., Cape, 1947, frontis. and illusts., map endpapers, occasional light spotting to edges, orig. cloth in sl. rubbed d.j., chipped with loss at spine ends and corners, plus Barstow (Stan), A Kind of Loving, 1st ed., Joseph, 1960, Orig. cloth in rubbed and browned d.j., 8vo, together with ten others, literature, first editions etc. (13)

Lot 737

Du Cane (Florence). The Canary Islands, A&C Black, 1911, twenty col. plts. by Ella Du Cane, folding map at rear, gift inscription to half-title, t.e.g., some spotting to fore-edge, orig. white cloth gilt, 8vo, together with Kelly (R. Talbot), Burma, Painted and Described, A&C Black, 1912, seventy-five col. plts. with captioned tissue guards, folding map at rear, owner name, first gathering working loose, orig. gilt dec. cloth, spine sunned and chipped with loss at head, 8vo, and Landor (A. Henry Savage), In the Forbidden Land, An Account of A Journey in Tibet, new ed., Heinemann, 1899, illusts., folding map at rear, orig. pict. cloth, rubbed at spine ends, 8vo, plus Hozier (Captain H.M., ed.), The Franco-Prussian War, Its Causes, Incidents and Consequences, vol.2 only, Mackenzie, c.1870, eng. ports., maps and plts., contemp. half calf, rubbed, joints partly cracked, 4to, together with some other A&C Blacks, miscellaneous etc. (a carton)

Lot 739

Guides. Cooks Tourists Handbook for Egypt, the Nile, and the Desert, 1876, five folding maps, incl. one contained in rear pocket, edges foxed, 40pp. ads. at rear, orig. dec. cloth gilt, extrems. sl. rubbed, 8vo, together with Budge (E.A. Wallis), The Nile, Notes for Travellers in Egypt, 8th ed., 1902, double-page map frontis., letterpress illusts., ms. ownership names to half-title, lacking front free endpaper, orig. gilt dec. cloth, extrems. rubbed and frayed, 8vo, plus other misc. guides (a carton)

Lot 740

Harleian Societys Publications. 6 vols., 1886-92, orig. cloth gilt, large 8vo, together with other genealogy reference books including Hertfordshire Record Society publications etc., all modern publications, plus Turnor (Lewis), History of the Ancient Town and Borough of Hertford, pub. Hertford, 1830, folding eng. map frontis., addn. eng. title and numerous eng. plts. on india paper, occ. scattered spotting, lacks pp.417-424 & 455/456, modern cloth gilt, 8vo (2 cartons)

Lot 752

Seebohm (Henry). The Birds of Siberia, John Murray, 1901, illusts., map at rear, orig. pict. cloth, rubbed and dulled, joints split, 8vo, together with Audubon (John James), The Original Water-Color Paintings for the Birds of America, NY, Crown Publishers reprint, c.1970, illusts. throughout, orig. cloth in rubbed d.j., large 4to, plus Cowen (D.V.), Flowering Trees & Shrubs in India, Bombay, Thacker, 1950, col. plts., orig. cloth in chipped and spotted d.j., 4to, together with a qty. of others natural history, orinthology etc. (2 cartons)

Lot 763

Stevenson (Robert Louis), Kidnapped, being Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the year 1751, 1st ed., Cassell, 1886, folding map, ads. at rear dated 5G.4.86, orig. brown cloth gilt, rubbed, together with a large qty. of other Stevenson, J.M Barrie, Kipling etc. (3 shelves)

Lot 764

Collens (J.H.).. Guide to Trinidad. A Hand-Book for the Use of Tourists and Visitors, pub. Port-of-Spain, 1887, mounted albumen photo. frontis., folding map, commercial ads. at rear, orig. linen-backed printed boards, chipped at edges, rear cover cracked in two, 8vo, together with Curzon (Right Hon. George N., M.P.), Problems of the Far East. Japan-Korea-China, new ed., revised, 1896, b & w illusts. from photos., folding map at rear, orig. cloth gilt, 8vo, plus Sollas (W.J.), Ancient Hunters and their Modern Representatives, 2nd ed., 1915, folding panoramic frontis., num. b & w illusts., t.e.g., orig. cloth gilt, rubbed on joints, 8vo, and other travel and exploration, etc., all ex Prinknash Abbey (3 shelves)

Lot 768

Price (F.G. Hilton). The Signs of Old Lombard Street, pub Field & Tuer at the Leadenhall Press, c. 1890s, b & w illusts., folding map at rear, contents loose in orig. parchment-backed boards, 4to, together with Gatty (Mrs Alfred), The Book of Sun-Dials, enlarged and re-edited by H.K.F. Eden & Eleanor Lloyd, 1900, port. frontis., b & w illusts. from photos and illusts. to text, some minor scattered spotting, t.e.g., orig. cloth gilt, rubbed, tall 8vo, and others relating to folklore, bygone customs, etc. (3 shelves)

Lot 775

Swayne (Major H.G.C.). Through the Highlands of Siberia, 1st ed., Rowland Ward, 1904, b & w illusts. from photos, folding map at rear, zebra-skin endpapers, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed and marked, 8vo, with others of Indian interest (3 shelves)

Lot 807

Ryan (Frederick A.). The House of the Temple. A Study of Malta and its Knights in the French Revolution, 1930, b & w illusts. from photos, folding map at rear, orig. cloth gilt, 8vo, together with Melia (Prus), The Origin, Persecutions and Doctrines of the Waldenses, from Documents, many now the first time Collected and Edited, pub. James Toovey, 1870, mounted photo frontis., some minor scattered spotting, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed, slim folio, with other history and genealogy, education, London interest, etc. (3 shelves)

Lot 83

An early 19th Century mahogany and ebony strung map cabinet, with four sliding shelves on plinth base, drawers stamped W. Priest, Tudor Street, Blackfriars 4ft

Lot 541

JOHN SPEEDE, The West Riding of Yorkshire, hand coloured map with title cartouche, figural scale, six coats of arms and plan of York City, dated 1610, script verso, 15 1/4" x 20 1/2", ebonised frame

Lot 542

THE NORTH RIDING OF YORKSHIRE, hand coloured map with figural title cartouche, scale and armorials, script to reverse, 16" x 20 1/2", Hogarth frame

Lot 544

JOHANNES BLAEU, The North Riding of Yorkshire, hand coloured map with figural title cartouche, scale cartouche and fifteen coats of arms supported by cherubs, 15" x 19 1/2", ebonised frame

Lot 548

CHRISTOPHER SAXTON, Eboracensis West Riding, hand coloured map with title cartouche and scale, 10 1/2" x 12 1/2", unframed, bound together with nine pages of a geographia concerning "Yorke-shire"

Lot 1

Allom (Thomas & Wright, G.N.). France Illustrated, Exhibiting its Landscape Scenery, Antiquities, Military and Ecclesiastical Architecture etc., 2 vols. bound in one, Fisher & Co., c.1845, eng. vign. titles, numerous eng. plts., occasional spotting, contemp. half morocco gilt, rubbed and a little scuffed, 4to, together with Campbell (W.F.), Life In Normandy, Sketches of French Fishing, Farming, Cooking, Natural History and Politics, Drawn from Nature, 2 vols., 2nd ed., Edinburgh, Edmonston & Douglas, 1863, nineteen litho. plts. (complete), folding map, occasional spotting, recent qtr. calf with morocco labels to spine, 8vo (3)

Lot 2

Ancell (Samuel). A Circumstantial Journal of the Long and Tedious Blockade and Siege of Gibraltar, from the Twelfth of September, 1779, to the Third Day of February, 1783, 2nd ed., with additions, Liverpool, 1785, eng. port. frontis. and eng. map, presentation copy with upper margin of title inscribed to C. Waterton, contemp. calf, upper joint weak, slight wear to extrems., 8vo (1)

Lot 5

Baedeker (Karl). Austria, including Hungary, Transylvania, Dalmatia, and Bosnia, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th & 12th eds., 1896, 1900, 1905, 1911 & 1929, folding maps and plans, old tape repair to inner front joint of 8th ed. and rear map endpapers partly stuck together, together with Berlin and its Environs, 2nd & 6th eds., 1905 & 1923, and Germany. A Handbook for Railway Travellers and Motorists, 1936, folding maps and plans, including one contained in rear pocket, plus Northern Germany, 9 vols., Southern Germany, 12 vols., The Rhine, 12 vols., The Eastern Alps, 8 vols., Norway, Sweden & Denmark, 8 vols., Switzerland, 22 vols. and Tyrol and the Dolomites, folding maps and plans, a few with minor defects, all orig. cloth gilt, mostly a little rubbed, some worn, small 8vo. Sold not subject to return. (80)

Lot 9

Baedeker (Karl). The United States, with Excursions to Mexico, Cuba, Porto Rico, and Alaska, 4th ed., 1909, folding maps and plans, orig. cloth in frayed d.j., together with a third ed. of Baedekers United States, 1904, (lacks general map), plus The Dominion of Canada, with Newfoundland and an Excursion to Alaska, 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th eds., 1894, 1900, 1907 & 1922, folding maps and plans (3rd ed. lacks both front and rear free endpaper), all orig. cloth gilt, some a little rubbed and darkened, 8vo (6)

Lot 10

Baedeker (Karl). Greece. Handbook for Travellers, 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th eds., 1889, 1894, 1905 & 1909, folding maps and plans (including folding map in rear pocket of each), folding panorama of Athens (leading edge of panorama in 3rd ed. repaired with sellotape), all orig. cloth gilt, some a little rubbed and minor wear to extrems., 8vo (4)

Lot 11

Baedeker (Karl). Great Britain. England, Wales, and Scotland as far as Loch Maree and the Cromarty Firth, 1st ed., 1887, folding maps and plans, orig. cloth gilt, backstrip almost detached, together with, Great Britain, 4th, 7th, 8th & 9th eds., 1897, 1910, 1927 & 1937, folding maps and plans, all orig. cloth gilt, some wear (backstrip of 6th ed. detached), plus London and its Environs, 10 vols., 8th-16th & 19th eds., 1892-1930, folding maps and plans, each with Index booklet at rear (except 9th ed. which also lacks railway map and booklet), orig. cloth gilt, some a little rubbed and soiled, all 8vo (15)

Lot 17

Blacks Colour Guides. Menpes (Mortimer & Dorothy) World Pictures, pub. A. & C. Black, 1902, 100 col. plts., t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. dec. cloth, sl. faded on spine, 4to (limited Edition de Luxe 11/500, signed by Mortimer Menpes, with an orig. watercolour over pencil sketch of a young man seated, signed in red ink by Mortimer Menpes), together with The Clyde, River and Firth, Painted by Mary Wye & J. Young Hunter, Described by Neil Munro, pub. A. & C. Black, 1907, sixty-seven col. plts., folding map at rear, t.e.g., remainder rough-trimmed, orig. dec. cream cloth, sl. darkened on spine (limited Edition de Luxe 274/400, signed by Neil Munro and J.Y. Hunter), with twelve other Blacks Colour Guides (14)

Lot 20

Bryce (James). Transcaucasia and Ararat, being Notes of a Vacation Tour in the Autumn of 1876, 1st ed., Macmillan, 1877, half-title, frontis., double-page map, ads. at rear, upper hinge partly split, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed at joints, 8vo, together with Thomson (W.M.), The Land and the Book, or Biblical Illustrations drawn from the Manners and Customs, the Scenes and Scenery of the Holy Land, Nelson, 1878, plts. and illusts., folding map (closed tear), orig. cloth, rubbed, 8vo, plus three others, Sinai, Palestine etc. (5)

Lot 22

Burton (Isabel). The Inner Life of Syria, Palestine, and the Holy Land. From My Private Journal..., 2 vols., 2nd. ed., 1876, photo port. frontis. to each vol., two col. litho plts., folding map, orig. cloth gilt, slightly rubbed & frayed to extrems., 8vo. Inscribed by the author to Her Grace the Duchess of Marlborough (Churchills aunt). (2)

Lot 25

The Continental Tourist, Belgium and Nassau, Parry & Co., c.1850, eng. fronits., addn. eng. vign. title, sixty eng. plts. and folding map, occasional spotting, a.e.g., orig. blindstamped cloth gilt, sl. rubbed and marked, 8vo (1)

Lot 26

The Continental Tourist, Belgium and Nassau, Parry & Co., c.1850, eng. frontis., addn. eng. vign. title, sixty eng. plts. and folding map, neat gift inscription, a.e.g., orig. blindstamped cloth with gilt dec. spine, hinges and joints partly cracked, 8vo (1)

Lot 30

Eustace (Rev. John Chetwode). A Tour Through Italy, Exhibiting a View of its Scenery, its Antiquities and its Monuments ... and Occasional Observations on the Recent Spoliations of the French, 2 vols., Mawman, 1813, ex-lib. set with some ink stamps and markings (incl. to plts.), half-titles (one repaired), eight eng. plans, lacking map, recent half calf gilt, 4to. A third volume was issued in 1819. (2)

Lot 34

Fergusson (W.N.). Adventure Sport and Travel on the Tibetan Steppes, Constable, 1911, photogravure port. frontis. (with blind embossed library label), two folding maps at rear (one with blind embossed library stamp), numerous plts. and illusts. from photos., red ink stamp to half-title, title and front free endpaper, near contemp. cloth gilt, 8vo, together with Thomas (F.W.), Publications of the Philological Society. XIV Nam. An Ancient Language of Sino-Tibetan Borderland..., pub. Oxford University Press, 1948, b & w plts. and folding map, orig. boards, upper board detached, worn, 8vo (2)

Lot 37

Forester (Thomas). Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia, 1st ed., 1858, chromo. frontis., single-page eng. map (hand-col. in outline), one hand-col. and six tinted litho. views (incl. one folding), letterpress vigns., ex. lib., with circular ink stamps to rectos and versos of plts., just clipping image on rectos, modern qtr. morocco lib. binding, large 8vo, together with Hamerton (Philip Gilbert), The Saâ„¢ne, A Summer Voyage, 1st ed., 1887, numerous b & w plts., maps, and letterpress vigns., scattered foxing, half-title becoming detached, endpapers renewed, untrimmed, orig. gilt dec. cloth, spine faded, and rubbed at ends, lower cover with some markings to upper margin, large 8vo (2)

Lot 40

[Greig, E.H.]. A Narrative of the Cruise of the Yacht Maria among the Feroe Islands in the Summer of 1854, 1st ed., 1855, wood eng. vign. to title, ten tinted litho plts. and one tinted litho. vign., one plt. folding (strengthened to folds on verso), and several heightened with watercolour, one single-page eng. map, frontis. and title-page lined with linen, several leaves strengthened at gutter, one leaf with repair to blank fore-margin, some scattered spotting and staining, modern half calf, tall 8vo (1)

Lot 43

Koldewey (Robert). The Excavations at Babylon, trans. Agnes S. Johns, 1914, small circular presentation blind-stamp to title, seven col. plts., num. b & w illusts. from photos, folding map, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed, together with Wilkin (Anthony), On the Nile with A Camera, 1st ed., 1896, photogravure frontis., num. b & w illusts. from photos, errata slip loosely inserted, t.e.g., orig. dec. cloth, rubbed, plus Martineau (John), The Life and Correspondence of the Right Hon. Sir Bartle Frere, Bart., G.C.B., F.R.S., etc., 2 vols., 2nd ed., 1895, half-titles, port. frontis. to each, b & w illusts., two folding maps, orig. cloth gilt, faded and rubbed on spines, 8vo, and others of African and Egyptian interest. All ex-Prinknash Abbey. (approx. 40)

Lot 52

Moseley (H.N.). Notes by a Naturalist on the Challenger, Being an Account of Various Observations made During the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger Round the World, in the Years 1872, 1876, under the Commands of Capt. Sir G.S. Nares, R.N., K.C.B., F.R.S., and Capt. F.T. Thomson, R.N., 1st ed., 1879, two col. litho. plts., folding map, num. wood-engs., orig. cloth gilt, rubbed and a little marked, 8vo. Ex-Prinknash Abbey with paper labels to front endpapers. (1)

Lot 55

Murray (John). A Handbook for India; Being an Account of the Three Presidencies, and of the Overland Route; Intended as a Guide for Travellers, Officers, and Civilians; with Vocabularies and Dialogues of the Spoken Languages of India, Parts 1 & 2 (Madras/Bombay), 1st ed., 1859, folding plan of Madras, small folding map of the environs of Bombay, large folding map of the Presidencies of Madras and Bombay contained in rear pocket, commercial ads. at rear of second vol., orig. cloth gilt, rubbed and a little worn on spines, 8vo. Lister 219. Written in the aftermath of the Indian mutiny, but confined to the two Presendencies little affected - it had been intended that there should be a third volume on Bengal but this was not written as a result of the mutiny. (2)

Lot 56

Murray (John). Handbook for North Germany from the Baltic to the Black Forest, and the Rhine from Holland to Basle, 19th ed., 1877, A Handbook for Travellers in Switzerland, and the Alps of Savoy and Piedmont, 9th ed., 1861, A Hand-book for Travellers in the Ionian Islands, Greece, Turkey, Asia Minor, and Constantinople, new edition (2nd), 1845, Handbook of Florence and its Environs, 1st ed., 1861, A Handbook for Travellers in France, 8th ed., 1861, folding maps and plans (France lacks travelling map from rear pocket), orig. cloth gilt, a little rubbed and minor wear to extrems. (France bound in contemp. olive-green morocco, rubbed), plus five other Murrays handbooks for Italy, various (10)

Lot 60

Phibbs (Isabelle Mary). A Visit to the Russians in Central Asia, 1st ed., 1899, thirty-two b & w illusts. from photos, folding map at rear, orig. cloth, lettered in gilt, spine a little rubbed and sunned, 8vo. Among the areas covered in this account of a trip on the Transcaspian Railway are Tiflis, Baku, Goek, Tepe, Ashkhabad, Merv, Bokhara and Samarkand. (1)

Lot 62

Rendu (M. Le Chanoine ). Theory of the Glaciers of Savoy, trans. Alfred Wills, ed. George Forbes, 1st English ed., Macmillan, 1874, neat owner name to half-title, b&w illusts., text in French and English, orig. cloth gilt, spine ends and corners rubbed, 8vo, together with Spender (Harold), Through the High Pyrenees, with Illustrations and Supplementary Sections by H. Llewellyn Smith, Innes & Co., 1898, photogravure frontis., b&w plts. from photos., illusts. to text, lacking map at rear, occasional spotting, hinges partly cracked, orig. cloth gilt, sl. rubbed, sunned on spine and along top edge of upper cover, 8v0, plus Mummery (A.F.), My Climbs in the Caucasus, 2nd ed., 1895, litho. and photogravure plts., some spotting, orig. cloth, some wear, 4to, and twenty-one others, related. First item Neate R22. Second item Neate S152. (24)

Lot 66

Roth (Abraham). The Doldenhorn and Weisse Frau, Ascended for the First Time by Abraham Roth and Edmund Von Fellenberg, 1st ed., Coblenz, Kark Baedeker, 1863, half-title, eleven col. litho. plts. incl. one double-page, two wood-eng. plts., folding map at rear (strengthened at fold), two text leaves with closed tears and one with top with top right corner torn and repaired (no loss to text), later cloth, rubbed, some wear to edges, slim 8vo, and Berlepsch (H.), The Alps or Sketches of Life and Nature in the Mountains, trans. Rev. Leslie Stephen, Longman, 1861, seventeen tinted plts., rough-trimmed, recent qtr. calf, 8vo. First volume Neate R77, a finely illustrated book. (2)

Lot 70

Scott (Captain Robert F.). The Voyage of the Discovery, 2 vols, 1st ed., 1905, half-titles present, photogravure frontis. to each, b & w plts. from photos., some col. and some double-page plts., folding map bound in at rear of each vol. (both creased and with repaired tears), scattered foxing, modern half morocco, thick 8vo (2)

Lot 71

Shackleton (Sir Ernest). South, The Story of Shackletons Last Expedition 1914-1917, 1st ed., 1919, col. frontis., b & w plts. from photos, folding map at rear with closed tears repaired with adhesive tape, pages browned, upper inner joint cracked, orig. cloth, spine torn at head, large 8vo. The 1st ed. was printed on poor quality paper. Spence 1107. (1)

Lot 74

Sonnini (C.S.). Travels in Upper and Lower Egypt... Translated from the French, by Henry Hunter, 3 vols., new edition, 1808, large folding eng. map, thirty-nine eng. plts., correct as list, some scattered spotting and light embrowning, contemp. speckled calf, gilt dec. spines, minor wear to extrems. (lacks title labels), 8vo. Blackmer 1573. (3)

Lot 78

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. To which are added, Views taken on the Spot, by Lieut. Samuel Davis; and Observations Botanical, Mineralogical, and Medical, by Mr Robert Saunders, 1st ed., 1800, folding eng. map of the road from Buxadewar to Tassisudon, thirteen eng. plts. including one double-page (each plt. with ink library stamp to image), some spotting and few marks, occ. marginal fraying and minor closed tears to few leaves, contemp. boards with recent calf spine, green morocco title label to spine, boards rubbed and worn, 4to (1)

Lot 79

Wild (John James). At Anchor, a Narrative of Experiences Afloat and Ashore during the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger, from 1872 to 1876, pub. 1878, twelve mounted chromolithos., one double-page col. map, b & w illusts., occ. minor spotting, a.e.g., later endpapers with recent inscription to front free endpaper, orig. gilt pict. cloth with recent morocco spine and corners, folio (1)

Lot 87

Mann (J.H.). A History of Gibraltar and its Sieges, 1870, sixteen mounted albumen prints, a little faded, single-page map, recent navy-blue half morocco, gilt dec. spine with raised bands, 4to, together with A Popular History of Gibraltar, Its Institutions and its Neighbourhood on both sides of the Straits, and a Guidebook to their Principal Places and Objects of Interest... Compiled by Major Gilbard, Garrison Librarian, 2 copies, pub. Gibraltar, January 1881 & January 1884, folding map, double-page col. plt. of flags, commercial ads. at rear, orig. morocco, worn and broken on spine/contemp. cloth, small 4to, plus Report of a Special Committee on the Gibraltar Shields, together with the Minutes of Evidence, etc., printed at the War Office, 1868, num. folding col. litho. plans of the proposed shields for coast defences, modern half calf gilt folio, and others related (23)

Lot 92

WWII (Mesopotamia). The History of the Great War based on Official Documents. The Campaign in Mesopotamia, 1914-1918, by Brigadier-General F.J. Moberly, 4 vols., pub. H.M.S.O., 1923-27, num. folding maps and plans (mostly contained in rear pockets), orig. cloth gilt, sl. rubbed, 8vo, together with Cusack-Smith (Col. Sir Berry), Territorials in Mhow and Mesopotamia, 1920, typescript copy printed on one side of the page only, b & w illusts. from photos, orig. cloth, faded and rubbed on spine, 4to, plus Field Notes (For Official Use Only), Mesopotamia, General Staff, India, February, 1917, separate index and another pamphlet entitled Prevention of Espionage and Leakage of Information contained in front pocket, folding map contained in rear pocket, orig. wallet-style green cloth, upper cover lettered in black, a little rubbed and soiled, 8vo, and others related (26)

Lot 164

Aikin (J.). A Description of the Country from Thirty to Forty Miles Round Manchester; Containing its Geography, Natural and Civil; Principal Productions; River and Canal Navigations; a Particular Account of its Towns and Chief Villages; their History, Population, Commerce and Manufacturers; Buildings, Governments, etc., 1st ed., printed for John Stockdale, London, 1795, seventy-one uncol. copper plt. engs. and maps (including frontis. and vign. title), plus a large two-sheet map of Manchester, hand-col. in outline, and a similar topographical plan of Manchester and Salford ..., by C. Laurent, Engineer, untrimmed, orig. boards with later parchment backstrip retaining orig. paper label, thick 4to. A good unsophisticated wide-margined copy. (1)

Lot 166

Bacon (George W., pub.). New Large Scale Ordnance Atlas of the British Isles, with Plans of Towns, Copious Letterpress Descriptions, Alphabetical Indexes and Census Tables, [1881], 104 double-page col. map sheets, some discol. to printed title, a.e.g., orig. half dark-green morocco gilt, rubbed and scuffed and some wear to extrems., large 4to (1)

Lot 168

Bell (James). A New and Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 4 vols., Glasgow, 1834, 37 uncoloured folding engraved county maps only (of 42), contemp, half calf, rubbed with some cover detached, 8vo, together with Cary (John), Carys Travellers Companion, or, a Delineation of the Turnpike Roads of England and Wales, 1791, general map and 42 engraved county maps, hand coloured in outline, remains to two folding maps of Engkand & Wales, many leaves stained with marginal fraying, recent full calf, 8vo, and Bacon (G.W., pub.), Bacons Polular Atlas of the World with Index of Principal Towns, c.1900, colour printed maps, orig. cloth, rubbed and fraying, folio, and two others similar. Sold with all faults. Not subject to return. (8)

Lot 179

De La Beche (Henry T.). Report on the Geology of Cornwall, Devon, and West Somerset. Published by order of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majestys Treasury, 1839, folding hand-col. litho map frontis., ink stamp to title, eight litho plts. (inc. 5 folding), two folding maps and one folding facsimile manuscript plt., bound with Index to the Report on the geology of Cornwall... The index compiled by Clement Reid, F.R.S., 1903,20th c. qtr. calf gilt, 8vo (1)

Lot 184

Hoare (Sir Richard Colt). The History of Modern Wiltshire. Hundreds of Everley, Ambresbury, and Underditch, 1826, double-page eng. map frontis., fourteen eng. plts. and plans, (inc. views & plans of Stonehenge), contemp. half morocco gilt, upper joint repaired, lower joint cracked, extrems. rubbed, folio, together with Dodsworth (William), An Historical Account of the Episcopal See, and Cathedral Church, of Sarum, or Salisbury..., pub. Salisbury & London, 1814, addn. eng. title and nineteen eng. plts. (inc. many proof plts.), library stamp to title verso, occ. spotting to plts., modern buckram, 4to, with [Ledwich, Edward], Antiquitates Sarisburienses: Containing, I. A dissertation on the antient coins, found at Old Sarum. II. The Salisbury ballad. III. The history of Old Sarum..., IV. Historical memoirs, relative to the city of New Sarum. V. The lives of the Bishops of Old, and New Sarum..., VI. The lives of eminent men, natives of Salisbury, pub. Salisbury, 1771, two folding eng. plts., half-title torn & lined to verso, title and few other pages with ink library stamp of the GWR Mechanics Institution Swindon, modern library buckram, 8vo, plus two other 19th c. Wiltshire topography related (5)

Lot 185

Jones (Theophilus). A History of the County of Brecknock, 2 vols., Brecknock, 1805-09, eng. map frontis. to vol. 1, eng. titles, two linen-backed folding eng. maps hand-col. in outline, one folding hand-col. litho map with long closed tear, twenty-three eng. plts. (inc. 3 hand-col. plts. of armorials), few contemp. notes to margins, occ. minor spotting, few small paper repairs, , contemp. half calf, gilt dec. spines, 4to (20)

Lot 260

Africa. Munster (Sebastian), Africa Lybia Morenlandt mit allen Koenigreichen so jetziger eit darumb gefunden werden, [1580 or later], hand coloured woodcut map, two small repaired wormholes to central fold, 310 x 360mm. Tooley p.85. (1)

Lot 261

Africa. Mercator (Gerard), Guineae Nova Descriptio, [1607-08], hand coloured engraved map with inset map of Sao Tome, attractive title cartouche, browning of old paint, 345 x 495mm, Latin text to vetso. Koeman 8700:1A (1)

Lot 263

Australia & New Zealand. Zatta (Antonio), Nuove Scoperte Fatte nel 1765, 67, e 69 nel Mare del Sud, 1776, hand coloured engraved map of eastern Australia, New Zealand and much of the Pacific Ocean with the tracks of explorers including Cook, plate dimensions 320 x 415mm (1)

Lot 265

*Boston. Bonner (Captain John), The Town of Boston in New England 1722...Engraved from a copy in the possession of Wm. Taylor Esq. and published by George G. Smith, 1835, engraved map, recent and rather strong hand colouring, some creasing, 425 x 570mm, framed and glazed (1)

Lot 266

Boston. Hamilton (A., publisher), An Accurate Map of the Country round Boston in New England from the best Authorities, 16 Jan 1776, uncoloured engraved map with inset plan entitled A Plan of Boston and Charlestown from a Drawing made in 1771, one small brown spot, 330 x 420mm, folding into a volume of Town and Country Magazine for the year 1775, containing several plates, contemp. calf with gilt dec. spine, 8vo (1)

Lot 272

Burden (Philip D.). The Mapping of North America, a List of Printed Maps, 1511-1670, pub. Raleigh Publications, 1996, several colour plates, numerous b&w illusts., orig. maroon cloth gilt in d.j., folio, together with Bricker (Charles), A History of Cartography, 2500 Years of Maps and Map Makers, pub. Thames and Hudson, 1969, colour and b&w plts. and illusts., orig. blue cloth gilt in d.j., folio (2)

Lot 273

Canada. Bellin (Jacques Nicolas), Partie Orientale de la Nouvelle France ou du Canada, 1755, engraved map of Newfoundland, Nova Scotia and parts of Labrador and New Brunswick, hand coloured in outline, uncoloured title cartouche, 435 x 540mm (1)

Lot 278

Cornwall & British Islands. Morden (Robert), Cornwall, [1695 or later], hand coloured engraved map with title cartouche, a little creasing and a few very small holes to central fold, 360 x 425mm, together with The Smaller Islands in the British Ocean, [1695 or later], hand coloured engraved map of the islands of Wight, Man, Scilly, Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, Farne & Holy Island, 365 x 420mm (1)

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