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Click here to subscribeWoodward (B.B., Wilks, Theodore, & Lockhart, Charles). A General History of Hampshire, or the County of Southampton, including the Isle of Wight, 3 vols., n.d., c. 1860s, frontis. and addn. vign. title to each, single-page map, sixty-seven steel-eng. views (correct as list), some minor scattered spotting, mainly to tissue guards, a.e.g., contemp. half morocco, gilt dec. spines, rubbed, 4to (3)
Ainslie, John. Map of the country round Edinburgh. Edinburgh, 1779 approx 65cm by 63cm, hand coloured in outline, previous folds, some discolouration at folds, small hole at corner [in Forth]; Adair, J. The River and Firth of Forth. Edinburgh, 1730 approx 73cm by 37cm, dedicated to the Right Hon. George Earl of Morton, previous fold, small stain to right edge; Laurie, John A plan of Edinburgh and the country adjacent. Edinburgh, 1786 approx 72cm by 50cm, mounted on linen, previous folds, some fading and another map of Edinburgh from Armstrong, 1773 [only one of six sheets] (4)
Blaeu, J Lothian and Linlitquo. Amsterdam, c.1654 approx 64cm by 55cm, hand coloured engraved map, decorative cartouches, text on verso, previous fold, some creasing to centre fold; Adair, J. A map of Mid-Lothian. [1735], approx 73cm by 51cm, engraved map, hand coloured in outline, previous fold, some tears to left edge [no loss], foxing at centre fold (2)
Ewing, Thomas. New General Atlas containing Distinct Maps of all the Principal States and Kingdoms throughout the World. Edinburgh, [c. 1830's], 4to, 27 hand coloured maps, contemporary quarter morocco, worn, title page torn [losses], foxing throughout, maps of Europe, England and Austria torn [no loss], various ink annotations to maps of Scotland and England; Arrowsmith, A An Atlas of Ancient Geography. London, 1844 8vo, 26 maps, hand coloured in outline, contemporary half calf, paper label, worn, upper board loose, map X torn [lacking part of left margin and right hand half of map], title page torn, ink stain to outer edge, some foxing; Johnston, A.K. [Atlas of Modern Geography. London, c. 1870's, folio], 24 double page maps, hand coloured in outline, disbound, foxing, staining to edges. Sold not subject to return (3)
Nicolay, Nicolas de, Seigneur d'Arfeville [and Alexander Lyndsay or Lindsay]. La Navigation du Roy d'Ecosse Jaques Cinquesme du nom, autour de son Royaume, & Isles Hebrides & Orchades, soubz la conduicte d'Alexandre Lyndsay excellent pilote escossois. Recueillie & redigee en forme de description hydrographique, & representée en carte marine, & routier ou pilotage, pour la cognoissance particuliere de ce qui est necessaire & considerable à ladicte navigation, par Nicolay D'Arfeville., Premier Cosmographe du Roy, Commissaire ordinaire de son Artillerie, & a la visitation & description generalle du Royaume de France. Dediee A tres-illustre, & tres-vertueux seigneur, Anne Duc de Joyeuse, Pair & Admiral de France Paris: Gilles Beys, 1583.First edition, 4to. (228x165mm.), ff.[vi], 37 fine large folding map (383x288mm. to plate-mark), with ships, compass rose, and a sea monster, also with a folding scale, and 6 large woodcuts in the text (compass rose, prevailing winds, tides and currents, hazards, aids to direction-finding), small repair to head margin of last leaf, and sporadic faint dampstain to corners, contents otherwise in fresh and large state; rebound in modern limp vellum. Note: Royal Scottish Geographcal Society. The Early Maps of Scotland to 1850 (Revised and enlarged, with A History of Scottish Maps by D.G. Moir), Edinburgh, 1973. (Moir's third chapter is devoted to "Nicolas de Nicolay and Alexander Lyndsay," ; Taylor, Adams & Fortune. Alexander Lindsay, a rutter of the Scottish Seas c.1540. (National Maritime Museum Monographs 44), 1980; Moore. The historical cartography of Scotland. Aberdeen, 1991. For John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland (1504-1553), a key figure in the transmission of the principal text as well as in the political events of the period, see the entry by David Loades in the Oxford DNB It is an early navigational guide, the oldest Scottish "rutter" (an early sixteenth century term for a set of sailing directions, from the French routier); one of only a handful of such works of any origin to have come down to us, accompanied by the first accurate delineation of Scotland: created by the Scots for the purpose of containment; mysteriously obtained in manuscript by the English, copied by Nicolay and taken to the French king, then put into almost immediate use to avenge the murder of Cardinal Beaton at St. Andrews; and on two subsequent occasions with a view to supporting the Scottish succession The voyage of James V named on the title-page is that of 1540 when the King, with several nobles, set out to subdue the unruly Lords of the Western Isles. "The King visited Orkney, Skye, Lewis, Ross and Kintail and continued by sea to Dumbarton, where he left his fleet and rode back to Edinburgh, which he reached before 29th July (when he wrote to Henry VIII that he had visited the north and south isles), while the ships returned round the north of Scotland" Alexander Lyndsay was the pilot, and Nicolay credits him with having compiled the rutter by command of the King for the purpos. There would appear to be little doubt that this is true, as the guide, laboriously drawn from Lyndsay's experience - and from material gathered from other sources, as the volume and geographical range of the information suggest - starts from Leith as the expedition did, gives the route which James's fleet followed, and provides a suitable course through the Western Isles for meeting the island chiefs. In Scotland, extreme tidal conditions, a shallow seabed, and variable winds and visibilty, retarded the development of astronomical observations for navigation; northern pilots generally made their way by setting courses from one headland to the next, and by keeping in mind the effect of tidal streams and the risk of hidden rocks and other hazards. It required only a compass, a sand-glass, traverse-board, and a lead and line. Lyndsay's rutter is, therefore, typical as a guide to coastal waters before detailed charts and sophisticated inst
Ferguson, Adam. The History of the Progress and Termination of the Roman Republic. London: W. Strahan, T. Cadell & W. Creech, 1783. First edition, 3 volumes., 4to., with 5 of 6 engraved maps (of which 3 are folding), lacking the 4th map of the Campaigns in Macedonia and Thesally, contemporary sprinkled calf, red and green morocco lettering pieces, some slight rubbing, a few leaves towards the end of volume 1 a little spotted.
Gibbon, Edward. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. London: printed for Lackington, Allen and Co, 1815. New edition, 8vo, 12 volumes, portrait frontispiece (offset onto title of volume one), folding map, contemporary diced calf gilt, some slight cracking to hinges, some corners bumped, some foxing to endpapers, interiors in the majority clean (12) Note: An attractive set of a classic work in contemporary calf
Lawrence, D.H The Prussian Officer. London: Duckworth & Co, 1914. First edition, 8vo, 20pp adverts, original blue cloth gilt, lacking dustwrapper, some fading to backstrip, corners bumped, remainder of label and ink inscription to front pastedown, inner hinges weak; Rider Haggard, H. King Solomon's mines. London: Cassell & Co, 1885. First edition, second issue, folding map, adverts marked 5G.10.85 original red cloth, backstrip faded, stain to upper board, inner hinges strengthened, owner's ink inscription on half title (2) Note: Roberts A6; Whatmore F3.
Tolkien, J.R.R The Lord of the Rings trilogy [comprising The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers and The Return of the King] London: George Allen and Unwin, 1955. First editions, fourth, second and second impressions, 8vo, 3 volumes, folding map at rear of volume 2 original red publishers cloth, dustwrappers [rubbed at extremities, chipped at edges], interiors clean (3)
Keith, Robert. The History of the Affairs of Church and State in Scotland. Edinburgh: T. & W. Ruddimans, 1734 folio, volume 1 (all published), engraved frontispiece map, contemporary calf, worn, lower cover detached; [Anonymous] A New and Full, Critical, Biographical and Geographical History of Scotland. London: for the author, 1749 folio, engraved plates, contemporary half russia, once repaired, covers detached; Major, John. Historia majoris Britanniae tam Angliae quam Scotiae. Edinburgh, R. Fribarnium, 1740 4to, contemporary calf, armorial bookplate of James, 5th Duke of Hamilton, very light wear at head of spine; Collier, Jeremy. The Great Historical, Geographical, Genealogical and Poetical Dictionary. London, 1701-27 3 volumes, folio, contemporary half calf, occasional browning or spotting, rubbed, one joint repaired, hinges of volume 2 weak, title page of volume 2 dust-soiled (6)
King James the First--Arthur Wilson The Life and Reign of King James the First. enlarged and extra-illustrated by the insertion of several hundreds of portraits, maps, views, autograph letters and historical documents. Collected and arranged by A.M. Broadley, one volume extended to 5 folio, specially printed titles dated 1902 green morocco gilt, double gilt fillet on sides enclosing James I's cipher, spines gilt, spines slightly faded Note: Despite the removal of the most significant historical items, this remains a monumental compilation. Autograph letters and documents bound in include a contemporary copy of King James I's letters to the King of Bohemia and communications to parliament 1623-24 57pp; four pages of hand-coloured seventeenth-century arms, clipped signature of Charles Blount, Earl of Devonshire, Grooms of His Majesty's bedchamber 3pp. bill of expenses 1623-24 issues in the Termes of Michas 1623-24 petition signed by Lord Cranfield, Earl of Middlesex 1623; letter signed by Amedee, Duke of Savoy, when Prince of Piedmont 1619 document signed by William Duke of Savoy, 1632 document signed by Lord Buckhurst, Earl of Nottingham, Lord Lunsdon and Robert Cecil 1599 document signed by Arabella Countess of Nottingham, 1647 and autograph signature and 6 lines by Edward Zouche, 12th baron le Zouch on petition dated 16 Feb. 1619 amongst others. It also includes uncoloured maps of Scotland (split at fold without loss) England and Great Britain (repaired on verso without loss) by John Speed, hand-coloured Blaeu map of Guiana, uncoloured Braun and Hogenberg views of Rotterdam and Bergen, coloured Braun and Hogenberg view of La Rochelle, and an uncoloured A New Map of East India, sold by Tho. Bassett and Richard Chiswell. Also bound in and inlaid to size are several rare works: Aulicus Coquinariae, or a Vindication in Answer to a Pamphlet entituled The Court and Character of King James, 1650 Sir John Skynner'sRapta Tatio. The Mirrour of His Majesties present Gouvernment, tending to the Union of his whole Island of Brittonie Martiall. London, 1604 John Thornborough's A Discourse plainly proving the evident utilitie and urgent necessitie of the desired happie Union. London, 1604 and Carolus Redex, Oxford: J. Lichfield and J. Short, 1623
Perth--Knox, James. The Topography of the Basin of the Tay. Edinburgh, 1831 first edition, 12mo, 3 engraved plates, half calf gilt; [Anon.] A Guide to the City of Perth. Perth: R. Morison, 1813 12mo, folding map hand-coloured in outline (short tear repaired), half calf, spine gilt; [Cant, James] Memorabilia of the City of Perth. Perth: W. Morison, 1806 8vo, additional engraved title, folding map and 2 engraved plates, green half morocco gilt, spine faded; Guide to the City and County of Perth. Perth: R. Morison, 1824 fourth edition, 8vo, additional title, folding plan, map and 9 plates, contemporary half sheep, some spotting, slightly rubbed; Literary and Antiquarian Society of Perth. Transactions. Perth: R. Morison, 1827 volume 1 only, 4to, plates, original cloth-backed boards, uncut, offsetting to title, joints splitting; Milne, R. The Blackfriars of Perth. Edinburgh, 1893 4to, number 249 of 250 copies, original buckram, spine darkened; Lawson, J.P. The Book of Perth. Edinburgh, 1847 8vo, 3 engraved plates, original cloth; Harvie-Brown, J.A. A Fauna of the Tay Basin & Strathmore. Edinburgh, 1906 8vo, plates, publisher's cloth; White, F.B.W. The Flora of Perthshire, 1898 8vo, map, publisher's cloth; The Natural History of the Banks of the Tay. Perth, 1895 8vo, cloth, soiled (10)
Stoddart, John. Remarks on Local Scenery & Manners in Scotland during the Years 1799 and 1800. London: William Miller, 1801 2 volumes, 8vo, engraved titles and 32 tinted plates, contemporary diced calf, rolled Greek key border on sides, spines gilt, green morocco lettering and volume pieces, some spotting, lacks the map, one joint neatly repaired
Africa - Selous, Frederick C Travel and Adventure in South-east Africa. London, 1893 8vo, folding map to rear, original decorative cloth gilt, some dust-marking, interior fine; Ibid Sport and Travel. London, 1900 8vo, illustrated, original cloth gilt, corners bumped, some foxing to endpapers, bookplate; Buxton, E.N. Two African Trips. London, 1902 inscribed from the author on title, two frontispieces, original decorative cloth, some discolouration to backstrip, interior clean, lacking folding map in rear; Day, J. Wentworth Sport in Egypt. London, 1938 8vo, illustrated, original cloth, dustwrapper, torn at backstrip [some loss], rubbing, interior fine; Wallace, H. Frank Hunting Winds. London, 1949 8vo, illustrated, original red cloth gilt, sunned (5)
Africa - Selous, Frederick C A Hunter's Wanderings in Africa. London, 1881. First edition, 8vo, illustrated, folding map, original green cloth gilt, some light foxing; Ibid. Recent Hunting Trips in British North America. London, 1907 8vo, illustrated, original green cloth gilt, some light foxing to half title; Ibid. Sunshine and Storm in Rhodesia. London: Richard Ward, 1896. First edition, 8vo, illustrated, original cloth, zebra print endpapers, backstrip darkened, owner's ink inscription to endpaper, some foxing to page edges (3)
[Bilton, William]. The Angler in Ireland, or an Englishman's Ramble through Connaught and Munster during the Summer of 1833. London: Bentley, 1834 2 volumes, 12mo, aquatint frontispieces, folding map of Connemara, original blindstamped cloth, blocked in gilt on spines, mostly uncut and unopened, bindings slightly damp spotted and very slightly bowed Note: Westwood & Satchell, p.122.
Ireland--Newland, Henry. The Erne, its Legends and its Fly-Fishing. London: Chapman & Hall, 1851 first edition, 8vo, half-title, additional hand-coloured engraved title, hand-coloured engraved frontispiece, folding map, 4 wood-engraved plates, publisher's pictorial maroon cloth gilt, spine faded, light waterstains to upper cover, head of spine very slightly rubbed Note: A scarce work, relating tales concerning all aspects of angling on the River Erne, in Ireland. The author was the vicar of Westbourne Provenance: Edward Nicholas Hurt, armorial bookplate; A. Adair Roche, 1926 neat inscription on endpaper
Kemp, John. Shooting and Fishing in Lower Brittany. London: Longman &c., 1859 first edition, 8vo, large folding map, hand-coloured in outline, publisher's blue pictorial cloth gilt, [Westwood & Satchell, p.126]; Clifffe, John Henry. Notes and Recollections of an Angler. London: Hamilton, 1860 first edition, 8vo, half-title, contemporary half calf, spine gilt, [Westwood & Satchell, p.62] (2)
[Locke, James]. Tweed and Don; or, Recollections and Reflections of an Angler for the last Fifty Years. Edinburgh: W.P. Nimmo, 1860 first edition, engraved frontispiece, illustrations in text, original pictorial maroon cloth, [Westwood & Satchell, p.136], uncut and unopened, spine and part of covers faded; Bertram, James Glass The Border Angler: a Guide-Book to the Tweed and its Tributaries and other streams commanded by the North British Railway. Edinburgh: W.P. Nimmo, 1858 first edition, 8vo, folding engraved map, half-title, 4pp. publisher's advertisements at end, original blue pictorial cloth gilt, [Westwood & Satchell, p.31], joints lightly rubbed (2)
Robertson, John. The Hand-Book of Angling for Scotland and the Border Counties. London: Houlston, 1861 first edition, 8vo, half-title, folding engraved map, one advertisement leaf at end, publisher's blindstamped green cloth blocked in gold on upper cover, map torn without loss Note: Westwood & Satchell, p.178. Provenance: W. Thorburn, 6 Buccleuch Place, inscription
Back, George. Narrative of the Arctic Land Expedition to the Mouth of the Great Fish River. London: J. Murray, 1836 first edition, 8vo, 17 plates, folding map, contemporary half calf, lacking spine and lower board, internally clean; Liebig, J von. Letters on Modern Agriculture, 1859 8vo, publisher's cloth; [Trial.] The Trial of Charles Angus. for the Wilful Murder., 1808 [bound with] A Vindication of the Opinions delivered in Evidence, 1808 [bound with] Remarks on a late publication entitled "A Vindication of the Opinions" by J. Carson, 1808 8vo, contemporary calf, worn, covers detached; Watkins, J. The Important Results of an Elaborate Investigation into the Mysterious Case of Elizabeth Fenning, 1815 8vo, half calf, some soiling, worn, covers detached (4)
Baldwin, William Charles. African Hunting and Adventure from Natal to the Zambesi, 1894 8vo, frontispiece (loose), map, 16 plates, morocco-backed boards; [Africa] The History of Southern and Central Africa, J.G. Murdoch, [c.1890], 4to, lithograph and chromolithograph plates, black pictorial morocco, rubbed; House of Lords Report by the Lords Committees appointed a Select Committee to consider the best Means which Great Britain can adopt for the Final Extinction of the African Slave Trade, 1849-50 2 parts in one volume, 3 large folding maps hand-coloured in outline, lacking the title page, one map torn without loss, 4to, black cloth (3)
Beattie, William. Caledonia illustrated in a Series of Views. London: George Virtue, [no date], 4to, 2 volumes, engraved titles, map, 168 plates, later half morocco gilt, some foxing to titles; Anderson, William The Scottish Nation. Edinburgh, 1865 4to, 3 volumes, 30 plates, contemporary morocco gilt, red and black labels, a.e.g., some foxing and offsetting (5)
Bowring, Sir John. The Kingdom and People of Siam. London: John W. Parker, 1857. First edition, 8vo, 2 volumes, 16 plates, 2 folding facsimile letters, folding map & leaf of ads at end of each volume, original green cloth gilt, rubbed, small tears to backstrips, library labels removed from upper boards, bookplates (2)
Edinburgh - Kincaid, Alexander. The History of Edinburgh. Edinburgh: 1787 8vo, folding city plan to front, folding map to rear, contemporary calf, red label, some rubbing, map torn, foxing; Chambers, Robert Walks in Edinburgh. Edinburgh, 1825 8vo, later half calf, upper hinge split, edges rubbed; Steven, William History of George Heriot's Hospital. Edinburgh, 1859 New edition, 8vo, frontispiece, contemporary cal gilt, gilt heraldic stamp to boards, all edge gilt, hinges split, rubbed at edges; Almanac New Edinburgh Almanac. for the year 1843. Edinburgh, 1843 8vo, contemporary calf gilt, rubbed and two other copies for years 1844 and 1853; Brown, Andrew History of Glasgow and of Paisley, Greenock and Port-Glasgow. Glasgow, 1795 8vo, later calf gilt, red label, all edge gilt, some rubbing to edges; Wilson, Rev. The Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland. London, [No date], 2 volumes, 4to, engraved titles, illustrated, contemporary half calf gilt, rubbed at edges, foxing; Smith, Adam An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. Edinburgh, 1826 contemporary boards, rebacked (10)
Jephson, John Mounteney. Narrative of a Walking Tour in Brittany. London: Lovell Reeve, 1859 8vo, stereograph frontispiece, folding map, original embossed purple cloth gilt, water stain to top left corner, interior clean Note: An accompanying set of stereographs (not present here) were available to buy seperately when this volume was originally published
Skye - Gordon, Seton. The Charm of Skye. London, 1929 8vo, presentation copy by the author to John Mackenzie of Dunvegan, signed on front free endpaper, autograph letter signed from author tipped in, illustrated, original blue cloth gilt, boards stained, interior clean; Forbes, Alexander R. Place Names of Skye and adjacent Islands. Paisley, 1923 8vo, portrait frontispiece, original green cloth gilt, head and tail bumped, interior clean; MacGregor, Alasdair Alpin Over the Sea to Skye. London, [no date], 8vo, illustrated, original blue cloth gilt, faded backstrip, interior clean; Johnston, W. & A.K. Map of the Island of Skye. Edinburgh, c.1850's, approx 56cm wide by 72cm high, hand coloured in outline, previous folds, original red cloth gilt, upper board loose, backstrip and inner hinge tape-repaired, some foxing; Smith, Alexander A Summer in Skye. Edinburgh, 1912 8vo, illustrated, original blue cloth gilt, sunned, interior clean; Ferguson, Malcolm Rambles in Skye. Irvine, 1885 8vo, frontispiece, original red cloth gilt, bevelled boards, stained, interior clean and 15 others (25) Provenance: Bookplates of John Mackenzie of Dunvegan
Travel - Bartlett, W.H Gleanings on the Overland Route. London: Virtue, 1851 8vo, folding panorama, 23 engraved views, 2 maps, modern quarter calf gilt, lacking frontispiece, engraved title page laid down, tape repairs; Mackay, Andrew The complete Navigator. London, 1810 second edition, 8vo, plates, modern quarter calf gilt, lacking map, staining throughout; Speke, John Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile. Edinburgh, 1863. First edition, 8vo, plates, half calf gilt, rubbed, lacking maps and portraits; Curzon, Robert Visits to Monasteries in the Levant. London, 1849 8vo, illustrated, contemporary cloth gilt, rebacked, corners bumped, title and plates stained; Moorehead, Alan The Blue Nile. London, 1962. First editon, 8vo, illustrated, folding map, original cloth gilt, dustwrapper, faded, interior clean; Livingstone, David The Life and Explorations of. London, [no date], 4to, lithograph title, plates, decorative full morocco gilt, rubbed at edges, foxing, inner hinges weak and 10 others. Sold not subject to return (16)
Trench, Sir Frederick William. A Lithographic Sketch of the North Bank of the Thames, from Westminster Bridge to London Bridge, showing the Proposed Quay, and some other improvements suggested by Lieut.-Colonel Trench. London: Hurst & Robinson, 1825 oblong folio, first edition, folding map and 10 panoramic lithographed plates, (with two plates numbered 3 illustrating alternative proposals for Somerset House), one leaf of text, original wrappers with printed label on upper cover, a little light spotting to margin of a few plates, small light dampstain to margin of two plates, wrappers slightly dusty, label very clean Note: A rare and early lithographic panorama of the Thames in unusually clean condition.
Wainwright, A Westmorland heritage. Kendal: Westmorland Gazette, 1975 oblong 4to, number 452 of 1000 copies, signed by the author, original cloth gilt, dustwrapper, chipped at edges, some fading to backstrip, interior very clean; Ibid Wainwright in Lakeland. Kendal: Westmorland Gazette, 1985 oblong 4to, signed by the author, map in pocket at rear, original green rexine gilt, dustwrapper, some fading to wrapper, interior very clean (2)
Wainwright, A Wainwright in Lakeland. Kendal: Westmorland Gazette, 1983. First edition, oblong 4to, number 932 of copies, signed by the author, map in pocket at rear, original green rexine gilt, dustwrapper, some slight fading to wrapper, interior very clean and another 1985 copy signed by the author (2)
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