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Manouchi (Niccolao). The History of Tamerlane the Great, Emperor of the Mogols and Tartars, and his Successors. Concluding with the Life of the Late Emperor Orangzeb. With an Account of his Court.., pub. Jonah Bowyer, 1722, eng. folding map frontis. (close-trimmed to upper margin), ruled fore-edge & upper margin of title repaired & supplied in facsimile, some browning & spotting throughout, recent endpapers, contemp. sheep, old reback and corner repairs, extrems. rubbed, 8vo. Rare. Two copies located in the UK. (1)
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Margary (Augustus Raymond). The Journey of Augustus Raymond Margary from Shanghae to Bhamo, and Back to Manwyne, 1st ed., 1876, b&w eng. frontis., folding map (spotted and a little frayed with one or two marginal tears without loss), contemp. half maroon morocco, rubbed and some marks, 8vo, together with Gill (Captain William), The River of Golden Sand, The Narrative of a Journey Through China and Eastern Tibet to Burmah, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1880, b&w wood eng. plates and illusts., maps, etc., occn. foxing, modern plain cloth with handwritten paper label to spine of each vol., plus Sangermano (Father), A Description of the Burmese Empire compiled chiefly from native documents, trans. William Tandy, 1833, reprinted, Government Press, Rangoon, 1924, orig. blue cloth gilt, a little rubbed, large 8vo, and Vassal (Gabrielle M.), In and Around Yunnan Fou, 1st ed., 1922, b&w illusts. after photos, orig. yellow cloth, rubbed and a little soiled, plus others on Burma and related, including Burma Past and Present, by Albert Fytche, 2 vols. bound in one, 1878, An Australian in China, being the narrative of a quiet journey across China to Burma, by George Ernest Morrison, 3rd ed., 1902, The Pulse of Asia, by Ellsworth Huntington, 1910, etc. (13)
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Maugham (R.C.F.). Zambezia. A General Description of the Valley of the Zambezi River, from its Delta to the River Aroangwa, with its History, Agriculture, Flora, Fauna, and Ethnography, 1st ed., 1910, half-title present, port. frontis., folding map, num. b & w illusts. from photos, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed, together with Carpenter (G.D. Hale), A Naturalist on Lake Victoria, with an Account of Sleeping Sickness and Tse-tse Fly, 1st ed., 1920, two col. plts., num. b & w illusts. from photos, folding map and publisher's ads. at rear, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed and corners bumped, plus Muirhead (J.T.), Ivory Poaching and Cannibals in Africa, 1st ed., 1933, frontis., orig. cloth gilt, rubbed and a little faded on spine, all 8vo, and others (24)
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Maydon (Major H.C.). Simen, Its Heights and Abysses, A Record of Travel and Sport in Abyssinia, with some account of the sacred city of Aksum and the Ruins of Gondar, pub. Witherby, 1st ed., 1925, b&w plts. and illusts., etc., orig. green cloth, a little rubbed and faded to spine, together with Wilde (Augustus B.), Modern Abyssinia, 1st ed., 1901, b&w frontis., folding map at end, some foxing, mostly to front and rear, orig. blue cloth gilt, sl. rubbed, plus Baum (James E.), Unknown Ethiopia, New Light on Darkest Abyssinia, reprinted, 1935, b&w illusts., orig. orange cloth, a little frayed to extrems. and spine sunned, library classification number in white ink to foot of spine, 8vo, and Badoglio (Pietro), The War in Abyssinia, 1st English ed., 1937, b&w plts., including some folding, several maps contained in pocket at rear, orig. cloth, large 8vo, plus others on Abyssinia, similar, including several facsimile reprint editions (14)
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Mosse (Captain A.H.E.). My Somali Book. A Record of Two Shooting Trips, with an Introduction by Col. H.G.C. Swayne, 1st ed., 1913, num. b & w illusts. from photos and sketches by Lieut. D.D. Haskard, orig. pict. cloth, a little rubbed on spine, together with Austin (Major H.H.), Among Swamps and Giants in Ecuatorial Africa. An Account of Surveys and Adventures in the Southern Sudan and British East Africa, 1st ed., 1902, half-title present, port. frontis., folding map (torn, without loss), num. b & w illusts. from photos, orig. cloth gilt, a little rubbed, both 8vo, plus Hinde (Sidney Langford and Hildegarde), The Last of the Masai, 1st ed., 1901, b & w illusts. from photos, some minor scattered spotting, orig. cloth, rubbed and soiled, 4to (17)
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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, half-titles present, eng. port. frontis. to vol. 1, facsimile documents, large folding map contained in rear pocket of vol. 2, subscription library label to front pastedowns, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed and a little marked, 8vo (2)
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Powell-Cotton (P.H.G.). A Sporting Trip through Abyssinia, A Narrative of a Nine Months' Journey from the Plains of the Hawash to the Snows of Simien, with a description of the game, from elephant to ibex, and notes on the manners and customs of the natives, 1st ed., pub. Rowland Ward, 1902, b&w frontis., numerous illusts., mostly after photos, folding map in pocket at rear, zebra-patterned endpapers, upper inner hinge sl. cracked, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed and frayed to head and foot of spine and extrems., faded to spine and edges, large 8vo (1)
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Prejevalsky (Lieutenant-Colonel N. ). Mongolia, The Tangut Country, and The Solitudes of Northern Tibet, being a Narrative of Three Years' Travel in Eastern High Asia, 2 vols., 1st English ed., 1876, port. frontis., folding b&w map (spotted and linen-backed), wood eng. illusts. to text, a little spotting to front and rear, and damp stained to top margin throughout, affecting text, modern qtr. black morocco gilt, together with From Kulja, Across the Tian Shan to Lov-Nor, trans. E. Delmar Morgan, 1st English ed., 1879, two folding partly col. maps (the first now linen-backed), occn. sl. foxing, orig. cloth, rubbed and soiled, some fraying and minor wear to extrems., plus another defective copy of the same work, lacking the two maps in worn cloth, and Mongolie et Pays des Tangoutes, 1st French ed., 1880, ex-library copy, all 8vo (5)
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Ruwenzori Expedition. Zoological Results of the Ruwenzori Expedition, 1905-1906 (Transactions of the Zoological Society of London, Vol. XIX, 1909-10), twenty-four plates, including twenty-three chromo. plates, by Gronvold and others, single-page map, bound with Ruwenzori Expedition Reports. Plants, by Dr. A. B. Rendle, E. G. Baker and S. Le M. More, pub. March 1910, 554 pp., 58 pp., two b&w plates of illusts. after photos (some light foxing to plates), contemp. burgundy cloth, sl. rubbed, large thick 4to (1)
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Stein (M. Aurel). Ruins of Desert Cathay, Personal Narrative of Explorations in Central Asia and Westernmost China, 2 vols., Macmillan, 1912, half-titles present, col. frontis. to vol. 1, folding maps and panoramas, numerous b & w plts. from photos., few col. plts., closed tear to map and folding panorama repaired, endpapers renewed, t.e.g., orig. cloth gilt, slightly rubbed to extrems. and few marks to spines, thick 8vo (2)
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Sykes (Percy Molesworth). Routes and Notes of a Third Journey in Persia. Compiled for the Intelligence Division of the War Office, by Second Lieutenant Percy M. Sykes, 2nd Dragoon Guards, pub. War Office, September 1894, 129 pp., two folding maps at rear, one torn without loss, (somewhat fragile along folds), title loose and a little frayed to edges, contemp. blue cloth, rubbed and a little faded to edges, a little fraying to extrems., tall folio. Rare. A record of the author's travels in Persia, Beluchistan and Afghanistan between October 1893 and June 1894, principally to map the region, and collect information regarding Russian interest in expansion towards India. (1)
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Tozer (Rev. Henry Fanshawe). Researches in the Highlands of Turkey; Including Visits to Mounts Ida, Athos, Olympus, and Pelion, to the Mirdite Albanians, and other Remote Tribes. With Notes on the Ballads, Tales, and Classical Superstitions of the Modern Greeks, 2 vols., 1st eds., 1869, eight wood-engs., five sketch maps, folding map, single ad. leaf at rear of each, some minor scattered spotting, orig. cloth (somewhat rubbed and marked), with recent morocco backstrips, 8vo. Blackmer 1669. 'A very interesting work describing what is now Northern and Western Greece, the southern parts of Yugoslavia, Albania and Bulgaria, and including Mount Ida and the Troad. Tozer visited these areas... in the summers of 1853, 1861 and 1865. The work also contains a detailed account of Mount Athos and an excellent chapter on modern Greek ballad poetry...' (2)
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Tucker (Rev. A.R.). Toro. Visits to Ruwenzori, 'Mountains of the Moon', by the Right Rev. A.R. Tucker, D.D., Bishop of Uganda, 1st ed., pub. Church Missionary Society, 1899, map frontis., b & w illusts. after drawings by Bishop Tucker, a.e.g., orig. dark grey boards, upper cover lettered in gilt, with small inset pictorial panel, oblong 8vo. Scarce. (1)
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Vambery (Arminius). Travels in Central Asia. Being the Account of a Journey from Teheran Across the Turkoman Desert on the Eastern Shore of the Caspian to Khiva, Bokhara, and Samarcand, Performed in the Year 1863, 1st ed., John Murray, 1864, twelve wood plates, folding map contained in pocket at rear, 32 pp. pubs. list at end, dated November 1863, occn. minor marginal foxing, orig. gilt-dec. dark green cloth, a little rubbed and spine neatly repaired and restrenghtened at head and foot, 8vo, together with Sketches of Central Asia. Additional Chapters on My Travels, Adventures, and on the Ethnology of Central Asia, 1st ed., 1868, minor foxing to first and last few leaves, contemp. polished calf (by Bickers & Son, London), gilt spine (a little rubbed), 8vo, plus The Coming Struggle for India, being an account of the encroachments of Russia in Central Asia and of the difficulties sure to arise therefrom to England, 1st ed., 1885, half-title, folding coloured map frontis., bookplate of Malden Public Library to front pastedown, and traces of library ownership to rear endpaper, orig. green cloth gilt, library classification number in white ink towards foot of spine, very sl. rubbed, 8vo (3)
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Wagner (Moritz). Travels in Persia, Georgia and Koordistan; with Sketches of the Cossacks and the Caucasus, 3 vols., 1856, a few marks and occn. light foxing, second and third vols. with head of title page excised, ownership inscription erased from head of title of first vol. and from head of leaf following title to second and third vols., with some consequent marks and sl. damage, front free endpaper to first vol. excised, orig. blindstamped cloth, heavily rubbed and some fraying to joints and some wear to extrems., some soiling, 8vo, together with Sandwith (Humphry), A Narrative of the Siege of Kars and of the Six Months' Resistance by the Turkish Garrison under General Williams to the Russian Army, John Murray, 1856, b&w wood eng. frontis. and vign. title, folding map at end, 32 pp. pubs. list, dated January 1856, bound in at rear, orig. blindstamped cloth, rubbed and some minor marks, sl. frayed to extrems., all 8vo (4)
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Wilkins (Colonel H. St. Clair). Reconnoitring in Abyssinia: A Narrative of the Proceedings of the Reconnoitring Party, Prior to the Arrival of the Main Body of the Expeditionary Field Force, 1st ed., 1870, half-title present, ten tinted litho. plts., folding linen-backed map contained in rear pocket, text block uncut and partly unopened, orig. cloth gilt, spine sunned and slightly frayed at head, 8vo (1)
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Yule (Henry). A Narrative of the Mission to the Court of Ava in 1855, together with The Journal of Arthur Phayre, Envoy to the Court of Ava, and Additional Illustrations by Colesworthy Grant and Linnaeus Tripe, Oxford in Asia Historical Reprints, 1968, col. and b & w illusts., folding map at rear, orig. cloth in frayed d.j., 4to, together with Bey (Ali), Travels of Ali Bey in Morocco, Tripoli, Cyprus, Egypt, Arabia, Syria, and Turkey, Between the Years 1803 and 1807, 2 vols., 1816, Gregg reprint, 1970, b & w illusts., folding maps, orig.cloth gilt, 8vo, plus Hertslet (Sir E.), The Map of Africa by Treaty (a reprint of the 3rd edition), 3 vols., Frank Cass, 1967, folding maps, orig. cloth gilt (inner joint of vol. 1 cracked), 8vo, with other facsimile reprints (44)
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Abraham (Ashley P.). Rock-Climbing in Skye, 1st ed., Longmans, 1908, numerous collotype plts. from photos., folding map in pocket at rear, occasional minor spotting, t.e.g., orig. cloth gilt, sl. rubbed at edges, 8vo. Neate A01. Third part of the classic Jones-Abraham trilogy, "largely responsible for the development and popularization of rock-climbing in the Lake District and other parts of the British Isles". (1)
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Alpine Club. Peaks, Passes and Glaciers, a Series of Excursions by Members of the Alpine Club, 1st series, 3rd ed., 1859; 2nd series, 2 vols., 1862, col. plts., numerous wood-engs. and maps etc., some folding (second vol. with one map detached), all orig. brown cloth gilt, rubbed, some edge wear, first vol. rebacked with most of orig. spine laid-down, 8vo. Neate A32 and A34. The set commonly regarded as the cornerstone of any mountaineering collection, "this series of pieces by members of the Alpine Club led directly to the commencement of the Alpine Journal in 1863". (3)
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Brewer (William H.). Up and Down in California in 1860-1864, New Haven, Yale UP, 1930, frontis. and plts., folding map at rear, ex-lib. copy with labels to endpapers., orig. cloth, spine worn with loss, 8vo, together with Freeman (Lewis R.), On the Roof of the Rockies, Heinemann, 1926, frontis. and plts., owner name to front pastedown scored out in ink, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed, spine ends worn with loss, 8vo, plus Saunders (Charles Francis), The Southern Sierras of California, Hutchinson, 1924, plts. from photos., orig. cloth, rubbed, 8vo, and thirteen others, North American mountaineering etc. (16)
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Cobbold (Ralph P.). Innermost Asia, Travel and Sport in the Pamirs, 1st ed., Heinemann, 1900, half-title, photogravure port. frontis., numerous b&w illusts. from photos., large folding map at rear with a couple of repairs, occasional spotting, neat owner name to title, later cloth, rubbed, 8vo (1)
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Cobbold (Ralph P.). Innermost Asia, Travel and Sport in the Pamirs, 1st ed., Heinemann, 1900, half-title, photogravure port. frontis., numerous b&w illusts. from photos., lacking first single-page map and without large folding map at rear, contents a little shaken, orig. gilt dec. cloth, worn, edges rubbed, wormhole to lower board, 8vo, together with Shadwell (Capt. L.J.), Lockhart's Advance Through Tirah, Thacker & Co., 1898, half-title, two folding maps (some tears), plts. from photos., ads. at rear, occasional spotting, hinges partly split, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed, 8vo, plus De Lisle (Lieut.-General Sir Beauvoir), Polo in India, 3rd ed., Bombay, Thacker, 1924, frontis. (working loose), b&w plts., lower hinge split, spotting to edges, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed and marked, 8vo, together with six others related (9)
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Conway (Martin). The Bolivian Andes, A Record of Climbing and Exploration in the Cordillera Real in the Years 1898 and 1900, Harper, 1901, plts. from photos., one leaf of bibliography carelessly opened (no loss to text), bookplate of Rucksack Club to front pastedown, t.e.g., orig. cloth gilt, rubbed, Rucksack Club shelf no. to spine, 8vo, together with Peck (Annie S.), High Mountain Climbing in Peru and Bolivia, Fisher Unwin, 1912, half-title, port. frontis., folding map, plts. from photos., recent cloth, 8vo, and Whymper (Edward), Travels Amongst the Great Andes of the Equator, vol.1 only (lacking supplement), John Murray, 1892, plts. and illusts., folding map at rear and another in separate pocket, some spotting, contents a little shaken, hinges split, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed, spine worn and chipped, 8vo. First volume Neate C102. Third volume from the library of C.E. Matthews, original member of the Alpine Club and President, 1878-80. (3)
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Forbes (James D.). Norway and its Glaciers Visited in 1851, followed by Journals of Excursions in the High Alps of Dauphine, Berne and Savoy, 1st ed., Edinburgh, A&C Black, 1853, single-page map and folding map at rear, ten col. litho. plts., old waterstain along top edge of text and plts., recent qtr. calf gilt, 8vo. Neate F44. "Regarded as a great classic by Cecil Slingsby, the 'Father' of Norwegian mountaineering". (1)
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George (H.B.). The Oberland and its Glaciers, Explored and Illustrated with Ice-Axe and Camera, pub. Alfred W. Bennett, 1866, half-title, double-page litho. map (some folding), twenty-eight mounted albumen photographs by Ernest Edwards, some spotting and staining, bookplate of Association of British Members of the Swiss Alpine Club to front pastedown, hinges partly split, a.e.g., orig. gilt dec. cloth, rubbed, worn at corners and edges, 4to. Neate G13. "Edwards was considered to be the best of the early amateur Alpine photographers". (1)
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Hooker (Joseph Dalton, & Ball, John). Journal of a Tour in Marocco and the Great Atlas, 1st ed., Macmillan, 1878, half-title, folding frontis., vign. title, wood engs., folding map at rear (with closed tear), pubs. ads. at rear, occasional light spotting, hinges partly split, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed, spine ends chipped, upper cover partly faded, 8vo (1)
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Mannering (George Edward). With Axe and Rope in the New Zealand Alps, 1st ed., Longmans, 1891, half title, frontis., b&w plts., folding map and 24pp. pubs. cat. at rear, closed tear at head of title page, occasional spotting, orig. cloth gilt, spine sunned, edges rubbed, 8vo, together with an ex-lib. copy of the same work, plus two others New Zealand mountaineering interest (4)
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Mummery (A.F.). My Climbs in the Alps and Caucasus, 1st ed., Fisher Unwin, 1895, half-title, tinted frontis., ten b & w plts., occasional light spotting, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. cloth, dust-soiled and extrems. rubbed, darkened spine with morocco labels (worn), large 8vo, (Neate M181. Mummery disappeared while on an expedition to Nanga Parbat in 1895), together with Tyndall (John), Hours of Exercise in the Alps, 1871, seven b & w plts., frontis. and title foxed, rough-trimmed, orig. dec. cloth, rubbed and marked, spine ends sl. frayed, 8vo, plus Williams (Rev. Charles), The Alps, Switzerland, and the North of Italy, 1854, map frontis., title-page with vertical crease, numerous b & w illusts., pubs. ad. leaf at rear, lower outer corner of margin stained throughout, endpapers renewed, orig. blindstamped cloth gilt, rebacked preserving most of orig. spine (faded and rubbed), large 8vo, plus eight others similar (11)
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Shackleton (E.H.). The Heart of the Antarctic, being the Story of the British Antarctic Expedition 1907-1909, 2 vols., 1st ed., Heinemann, 1909, half-title and photogravure frontis. to each, col. plts. and numerous b&w illusts. taken from photos., two folding maps and a folding panorama housed in rear pocket of vol.2 (but lacking folding general map), occasional spotting, t.e.g., orig. dec. cloth, rubbed, spines sunned, lower joint of first vol. partly split, 4to (2)
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Shirakawa (Yoshikazu). Himalayas, Testimonial by Mahendra Bir Bikram Shah Deva, King of Nepal, Preface by Arnold Toynbee, Introduction by Sir Edmund Hillary, Essay, "The Great Himalayas," by Kyuya Fukada, pub. Harry N. Abrams, New York, 1971, 248 col. plts. taken from photos., 6 large folding panoramas, 6 folding maps and diagrams, orig. cloth in d.j., contained within orig. cloth folder with toggle fasteners (one partly missing), sl. rubbed and faded, folio, together with Adams (Ansel), The American Wilderness, edited by Andrea G. Stillman, Introduction by William A. Turnage, 1st ed., 1990, b & w plts. throughout, orig. cloth in d.j., oblong folio, plus Evans (Philip), Eryri, the Mountains of Longing, an Interpretation and Case Study by Amory Lovins, and an Introduction by Sir Charles Evans, [1972], numerous col. and b & w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., folio, plus Smythe (F.S.), Kamet Conquered, 1st ed., 1932, b & w plts., folding map at rear, edges foxed, orig. cloth in sl. chipped and torn d.j., with sl. loss to head of spine, 8vo, plus other photographic books and a quantity of books by F.S. Smythe, incl. duplicate copies (2 cartons)
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Thorington (J. Monroe). The Glittering Mountains of Canada, A Record of Exploration and Pioneer Ascents in the Canadian Rockies 1919-24, 1st ed., Philadelphia, John W. Lea, 1925, ltd. ed. 173/1500 signed by the author, plts. and charts, large folding map at rear, orig. cloth gilt, spine ends rubbed, sl. marked on lower cover, 8vo, together with Stutfield (Hugh E.M. and J. Norman Collie), Climbs and Exploration in the Canadian Rockies, Longmans, 1903, half-title, frontis., numerous b&w plts. from photos., lacking pubs. ads. and large folding map at rear (map supplied in facsimile), orig. cloth gilt, sl. rubbed, small ink blemish to spine, 8vo, plus Wilcox (Walter Dwight), The Rockies of Canada, NY, Putnam's, 1900, frontis., numerous plts. with captioned tissue guards, two folding maps in pocket at rear, orig. gilt dec. cloth, rubbed, 8vo, plus two others related. Second item Neate S177. "One of the classics of the Canadian Rockies". (5)
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Neve (Ernest F.), Beyond the Pir Panjal, Life and Missionary Enterprise in Kashmir, Church Missionary Society, 1915, plts. from photos., Sunday school bookplt., orig. pict. cloth, sl. rubbed, 8vo, together with Palit (Major-General D.K., ed.), History of the Regiment of Artillery, Indian Army, Leo Cooper, 1972, illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., sunned at spine, 8vo, plus Strachey (Sir John), India, Kegan Paul, 1888, folding map, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed, spine sunned, 8vo, together with a qty. of others, India, China, Tibet, history and travel etc. (3 shelves)
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Roosevelt (Theodore, and Roosevelt, Kermit). East of the Sun and West of the Moon, 1st ed., Scribner's, New York, 1926, b & w plts., untrimmed, orig. cloth, gilt to spine dulled, 8vo, together with Dyott (G.M.), On the Trail of the Unknown, in the Wilds of Ecuador and the Amazon, 1st ed., 1926, b & w plts., lacking front free endpaper, orig. cloth, spine rubbed and faded, and frayed to extrems., 8vo, plus Finch (George Ingle), The Making of a Mountaineer, 2nd imp., 1924, b & w plts., edges foxed, orig. cloth, faded spine with fraying to extrems. and gilt dullled,, 8vo, plus Renwick (George), Romantic Corsica, Wanderings in Napoleon's Isle, 1st ed., 1909, b & w plts., folding col. map at rear, scattered foxing, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. gilt dec. cloth, lower joint splitting and spine extrems. frayed, 8vo, plus other miscellaneous travel (3 shelves)
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Rymill (John), Southern Lights, the Offical Account of the British Graham Land Expedition 1934-1937, Travel Book Club, 1939, plts., folding map at rear, orig. cloth, rubbed and a little soiled, 8vo, together with Chapman (F. Spencer), Northern Lights, 3rd imp., Chatto, 1933; Watkins' Last Expedition, Chatto, 1934, plts. to each, light spotting to edges, both orig. cloth, rubbed, spine of first vol. faded, 8vo, plus Irving (R.L.G.), The Romance of Mountaineering, reprint, Dent, 1946, orig. cloth in rubbed and sl. chipped d.j., 8vo, together with a qty. of others, travel, mountaineering etc. (3 shelves)
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Ackermann (R., publisher). The History of the Abbey Church of St. Peter's Westminster, Its Antiquities and Monuments, 2 vols., 1812, hand-col. aquatint frontis. to vol. 1 & hand-col. eng. frontis. to vol. 2, aquatint port. and eng. map, seventy-nine hand-col. aquatint plts., title of vol. 2 detached & frayed to edges, some minor scattered spotting and offsetting, slight damp staining to margins mostly affecting vol. 2, gilt dec. silk endpapers, a.e.g., contemp. red morocco cathedral binding by C. Hering, with elaborate gilt dec. to spines and boards, attractive gilt border to boards and centre of each board stamped with design of gothic oriel window, bindings rubbed to joints and extrems. with some minor wear, large 4to. Abbey, Scenery No. 213. (2)
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Atkyns (Sir Robert). The Ancient and Present State of Glostershire, 1st ed., 1712, eng. port. frontis. (close-trimmed to image & laid down), eight eng. plts. of armorials (close-trimmed at foot slightly affecting images), double-page eng. map, sixty-four double-page 'birds-eye view' engs., repaired closed-tear to one leaf of text, few discreet strengthening repairs to page & plt. edges, near contemp. calf, rebacked & corners repaired, slightly worn at foot of spine, folio. "The greater part of the impression of this work was destroyed by a fire, Jan. 30, 1712-13, in the house of Mr. Boyer, Printer, in White Fryars; and some of the copies which were rescued from the flames still retain the indelible marks. A part likewise of the second edition met with a similar fate", Upcott, vol. 1, p.246-9. (1)
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Brannon (George). Vectis Scenery: being a series of Original & Select Views: Exhibiting the Picturesque Beauties and Places of particular Interest in The Isle of Wight, pub. Wootton Common, Isle of Wight, 1836, half title, engraved frontis. and title, engraved map & 46 uncoloured engraved views, all plates complete as list, lacking front endpaper, contemp. sheep-backed boards, spine somewhat worn, oblong folio (1)
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Bristed (John). A Pedestrian Tour through Part of the Highlands of Scotland, in 1801, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1803, hand-col. frontis. to vol. 1, untrimmed, orig. boards, soiled and worn, together with Mawman (J.), An Excursion to the Highlands of Scotland and the English Lakes, with Recollections, Descriptions, and References to Historical Facts, 1st ed., 1805, half-title present, folding eng. map, three eng. plts. after J.M.W. Turner, untrimmed, orig. marbled boards, spine crudely repaired with sellotape, plus An Account of the Principal Pleasure Tours in Scotland: With a Copious Itinerary of the Great Lines of Road, and the Several Crossroads in the Country, 2nd ed., Edinburgh, 1821, two parts in one, two large folding eng. maps, several eng. plts. contemp. half calf gilt, worn on spine, and three others similar, all 8vo (7)
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Cary (John). Cary's New and Correct English Atlas: Being a New Set of County Maps from Actual Surveys. Exhibiting all the Direct & Principal Crossroads, Cities, Towns, and most Considerable Villages, Parks, Rivers, Navigable Canals, etc. ..., pub. January 1, 1793, forty-six (of 47) single-page eng. county maps, hand-col. in outline (lacks map of Lincolnshire), general map of South Britain & Wales present, all tissue guards in place, final four maps (Yorkshire) slightly affected by a small stab hole, contemp. wallet-style leather, worn, 4to. Chubb CCLXIII. (1)
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Cary (John). Cary's New Map of England and Wales, with Part of Scotland. On which are carefully laid down all the Direct and Principal Crossroads, the Course of the Rivers, and Navigable Canals... June 11, 1794, engraved title and dedication, hand coloured general map and engraved map in 77 separate sections (numbered up to 81), hand coloured in outline, a few minor spots, contemp. boards, amateur reback, 4to (1)
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Cole (G. & Roper, J.). The British Atlas; Comprising a Complete Set of County Maps of England and Wales; with a General Map of Navigable Rivers and Canals; and Plans of Cities and Principle Towns, 1810, two maps of England & Wales and 56 county and regional maps with orig. hand colouring, 21 uncoloured engraved town plans, all correct as list, recent half calf, 4to. Chubb, p. 249. A variant copy listing an extra plan of Shewsbury in the contents which was never produced. (1)
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Dugdale (James). The New British Traveller, or, Modern Panorama of England and Wales..., 4 vols., 1819, addn. eng. titles to vols. 2-4, thirty-six single-page county maps only, numerous eng. plts., vol. 1 lacking general folding map and all before Preface, some damp staining and damp soiling mostly margins of few leaves, few leaves in vol. 4 detached and torn, contemp. marbled calf gilt, vol.2 lacking lower portion of spine, 4to. Sold with all faults, not subject to return. (4)
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Hoare (Sir Richard Colt). The Itinerary of Archbishop Baldwin Through Wales, A.D. MCLXXXVIII. By Giraldus de Barri; Translated into English, and Illustrated with Views, Annotations, and a Life of Giraldus, by Sir Richard Colt Hoare, 2 vols., 1806, half-titles present, eng. frontis. to each vol., numerous eng. plts. and plans including folding hand-col. map (verso strengthened to folds), inner joints strengthened, contemp. calf gilt, modern reback, corners repaired, 4to, together with Giraldus (Cambrensis), Itinerarium Cambriae, seu Laboriosae Baldvini Cantuariensis Archiepiscopi per Walliam Legationis Accurata Descripto..., 1806, eng. frontis., eng. plts. and hand-col. folding map, inner joints strengthened, contemp. calf gilt, modern reback, corners repaired, 4to (3)
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Macaulay (Kenneth). The History of St. Kilda. Containing a Description of this remarkable Island; the Manners and Customs of the Inhabitants; the Religious and Pagan Antiquities there found; with many other curious and interesting Particulars, 1764, folding eng. map frontis. (creased, torn & repaired to verso, adhesive tape residue and browning to half-title and front endpaper, closed tear to lower margin of half-title, some dust soiling and spotting throughout,contemp. calf, upper board detached, spine worn, 8vo (1)
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Prince (John, Vicar of Berry-Pomeroy). Danmonii Orientales Illustres: Or, the Worthys of Devon. A Work, wherein the Lives and Fortunes of the most Famous Divines, Statesmen, Swordsmen, Physicians, Writers, and other Eminent Persons, Natives of that most Noble Province ..., are memoriz'd in an Alphabetical Order ..., 1st ed., Exeter, 1701, woodcut armorials to text, title and initial leaves torn and repaired, some browning throughout and few printed marginal notes close-trimmed, early 19th c. half calf, joints cracked and some wear to extrems., folio, together with Horsfield (Rev. T.W.), The History and Antiquities of Lewes and its Vicinity, pub. Sussex Press, 1824, folding litho frontis., wood eng. vignette title, folding eng. map, litho plts., upper outer corner of title excised, dedication leaf cut without loss, later qtr. cloth, 4to (2)
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Robinson (C.E.). A Royal Warren or Picturesque Rambles in the Isle of Purbeck, Typographic Etching Co., 1882, five etched and five "photograved" plts. by Alfred Dawson, full-page map, other illusts., slight foxing, orig. buckram, gilt, together with Eyton (R.W.), A Key to Domesday... an Analysis and Digest of the Dorset Survey, 1888, orig. cloth, a little rubbed, and St George (Henry, and Lennard, Sampson), The Visitation of the County of Dorset, Taken in the Year 1623. Edited by John Paul Rylands, Harleian Soc., 1885, nine plts. of seals and signatures, orig. cloth, spine worn, and Foster (J.J.), Wessex Worthies (Dorset). With an Introductory Note by Thomas Hardy, 1920, 216/325 copies, thirty-one plts., light foxing, orig. cloth-backed boards, a trifle rubbed, and Nightingale (J.E.), The Church Plate of the County of Dorset, Salisbury, 1889, sixteen plts. and text illusts., name on title-page, orig. cloth, a trifle rubbed, and three others, 4to and royal 8vo (8)
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Sammes (Aylett). Britannia Antiqua Illustrata: Or, The Antiquities of Ancient Britain, derived from the Phoenicians: wherein the original trade of this Island is discovered, the names of places, offices, dignities, as likewise the idolatry, language, and customs of the primitive inhabitants are clearly demonstrated ..., vol. 1 [all published], 1676, vignette title printed in red and black, double-page eng. map of Europe, engs. to text, contemp. half calf, upper board detached, slight wear to extrems., folio. Bookplate of Charles Bathurst, Lydney Park. Wing S535. (1)
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Trench (Sir Frederick William). Lithographic Sketch of the North Bank of the Thames, from Westminster Bridge to London Bridge, shewing the Proposed Quay, January 1825, 2 pp. letterpress text, ten hand coloured litho. panoramic views, lacking the folding map, some marginal fraying and toning, contents loose in orig. paper wrappers with label to upper cover, strengthened to spine, oblong folio (1)
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* Jackson (Frederick John & Sclater, W.L.). The Birds of Kenya Colony and the Uganda Protectorate, 3 vols., 1st eds., 1938, port. frontis. to vol. 1, twenty-four col. plts. (complete), b & w illusts. to text, large folding map, t.e.g., remainder rough trimmed, orig buckram gilt, spines faded, and each with small circular stickers denoting vol. no., large 8vo, together with Bannerman (David Armitage), The Birds of Tropical West Africa, with Special Reference to those of the Gambia, Sierra Leone, the Gold Coast and Nigeria, vols. 1-4 (of 8), 1930, col. plts. and b & w illusts., orig. cloth, spines sl. faded, large 8vo, plus Hall (P.B., and Moreau, R.E.), An Atlas of Speciation in African Passerine Birds, 1970, maps throughout, half of one leaf excised and rejoined with sellotape, orig. cloth, sl. faded, folio, plus two others similar. All from the library of eminent ornithologist Professor Hilary Fry, and most with his notes and annotations. (10)
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Shropshire. Saxton (Christopher), Salopiae Comitatus summa cum fide, cura et diligentia descriptionem haec tibi tabula refert, 1577, engraved map with contemporary hand colouring, title cartouche surmounted by royal arms, scale of distance surmounted by dividers and separate armorial of Thomas Seckford, some light spotting, a few professionally repaired wormholes, 390 x 510 mm, mounted. Cowling 1. The first printed map of Shropshire. (1)
![* Shropshire. Saxton (Christopher & Hole, William), Salopiae Comitatus quem Cornauii, 1st ed., [1607], engraved map with at](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10729/2713411/308-64-10729_468x382.jpg)
![Shropshire. Bill (John), Shropshire, [1626], uncoloured engraved map with wide margins, 85 x 120 mm, mounted. Cowling 41. (](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10729/2713411/309-64-10729_468x382.jpg)
![* Shropshire. Blaeu (Joan), Comitatus Salopiensis, Anglice Shrop Shire, [1645 or later], hand coloured engraved map, title](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10729/2713411/310-64-10729_468x382.jpg)
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* Shropshire & Staffordshire. Jansson (Jan), Salopiensis Comitatus cum Staffordiensi. Shropshire & Staffordshire, [1646 or later], hand coloured engraved map, title and scale-of-distance cartouches, a few brown spots, plate dimensions 426 x 535 mm, Latin text to verso, framed and double-glazed. Cowling 92. (1)
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Shropshire. Morden (Robert), Shrop Shire, [1680], engraved playing card map, hand coloured in outline, 95 x 60 mm, mounted, together with 4pp. of accompanying text from the same work describing Shropshire. Cowling 145. A reprint of the first edition of 1676. This edition does not bear the suit mark. (1)
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