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Click here to subscribeForbes (James D.). Norway and its Glaciers Visited in 1851; Followed by Journals of Excursions in the High Alps of Dauphiné, Berne, and Savoy, 1st ed., pub. Adam and Charles Black, Edinburgh, 1853, ten col. litho. plts., single-page map, folding map at rear, wood engs. to text, hinges split, orig. blind-stamped cloth gilt, spine ends sl. rubbed, large 8vo Neate F44. (1)
Haynes (Alfred E.). Man-Hunting in the Desert, Being a Narrative of the Palmer Search-Expedition (1882, 1883), pub. Horace Cox, 1894, port. frontis., b & w illusts., folding linen-backed map, ex-Royal Engineers Library copy with indelible inkstamp to title, contemp. half morocco, worn, together with Boyle (Frederick), The Savage Life. A Second Series of 'Camp Notes', 1st ed., 1876, contemp. dark green half morocco gilt, a little rubbed, plus two others, all 8vo (4)
Heylyn (Peter). Cosmography in Foure Bookes contayning the Chorography & History of the Whole World, 1703, additional engraved title (detached and with minor marginal fraying), letterpress title printed in red and black, five double-page uncoloured engraved maps, closed tear to margin of p.797/798, a few minor spots, contemp. panelled calf, worn with upper board detached (but extant), folio The maps are in very good condition and include a twin-hemisphere map of the World and maps of Europe, Asia, Africa and America. Both the maps of the World and the Americas show California as an island. (1)
Irving (Washington). A Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada. From the Mss. of Fray Antonio Agapida, 2 vols., 1829, contemp. half calf, rubbed to extrems. with a little loss to head of one spine, together with Prescott (William H.), History of the Conquest of Mexico. With a Preliminary View of the Ancient Mexican Civilization, and the Life of the Conqueror, Hernando Cartes, 2 vols., 6th ed., 1850, portrait frontis. to each, folding map and one other plate, contemp. calf, gilt dec. spines with raised bands, sl. rubbed, 8vo (4)
Jacquemont (Victor). Letters from India; Describing a Journey in the British Dominions of India, Tibet, Lahore, and Cashmere, During the Years 1828, 1829, 1830, 1831. Undertaken by Order of the French Government, 2nd ed., 1st ed., 1834, eng. port. frontis., folding eng. map (with closed tears), contemp. half calf, rubbed & worn, 8vo (2)
Johnston (Alexander Keith). The Royal Atlas of Modern Geography, 1906, 55 colour double page maps only (of 56), lacks map of New Zealand, contemp. half morocco gilt, spine defective and upper cover detached, together with Handy Royal Atlas of Modern Geography, 1881, 44 double page maps only (of 45), lacks map of New Zealand, contemp. half morocco, upper cover detached, and Bacon (G.W., pub.), New Large Scale Ordnance Atlas of the British Isles with Plans of Towns, 1884, 99 double page maps only (of 100), contemp. half morocco, worn, folio (3)
Lloyd (W.W.). P & O Pencillings, published for the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company, [1891], twenty-four mounted chromos., inc. title, b&w illusts., single-page map to rear, some light foxing to first and last few leaves, minor stain towards lower inner margin of first two leaves, a.e.g., orig. brown half morocco, rubbed and scuffed to joints, covers with some surface discol., large oblong 4to Limited edition 40/300, signed by the author. (1)
Meredith (Louisa Anne). Over the Straits; A Visit to Victoria, 1st ed., 1861, b & w illusts. to text, 32 pp. pubs. catalogue bound-in at rear, orig. blind-stamped cloth gilt, rubbed, 8vo, together with Seaports of the Far East. Historical and Descriptive, Commercial and Industrial Facts, Figures, & Resources, Compiled and Edited by Allister Macmillan, 3rd ed., 1926, num. b & w illusts. from photos., folding map, orig. gilt dec. cloth, rebacked, preserving orig. spine (new endpapers), 4to, with others related (21)
Tavernier (Jean Baptiste). Recueil de Plusieurs Relations et Traitez Singuliers et Curieux, vol. 5, Paris, 1713, title printed in red & black, ten folding eng. maps & plts., small ink stamp to title, verso of first map & last leaf of text, contemp. calf, gilt dec. spine, slight wear to joints, 12mo The fifth volume was published separately from the other volumes and is complete in itself. (1)
Baines (Edward). History, Directory, and Gazzeteer, of the County Palatine of Lancaster; with a Variety of Commercial & Statistical Information, 2 vols. plus Atlas, Liverpool, 1824-5, recent half calf gilt, with separate atlas containing folding map of Lancashire, folding plan of Liverpool and Manchester, folding chart of inland navigation, single-page plans of Lancaster, Preston, Bolton, Blackburn, Stockport, Ashton, Rochdale and Oldham, population table and distance table, some minor spotting and browning, orig. half morocco with printed boards, worn on spine, 8vo & 4to (3)
Kelly's. Directory of the County of Gloucester and the City of Bristol, 1939, folding map with closed tear, lacks city map of Bristol, ads. at front & rear, orig. cloth, neatly rebacked, large thick 8vo, together with Kelly's Directory of the County of Somerset, 1927, folding map (folds repaired to verso), ads. at front & rear, orig. cloth, rebacked, faded, large 8vo, with Kelly's Directory of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, 1935, two folding maps (one with closed tears), ads. at front & rear, orig. cloth, faded, large 8vo, plus two other directories (5)
Plot (Robert). The Natural History of Oxford-shire, Being an Essay towards the Natural History of England, 2nd ed., with large Additions and Corrections: Also a Short Account of the Author, Oxford, 1705, lacks fldg. eng. map, preceeding leaf (containing Content of Chapters) torn with loss towards inner margin (affecting some text), sixteen single-page copper eng. plts., contemp. full panelled calf, gilt-dec spine, joints cracked and some wear to spine, folio (1)
Mascall (Leonard). The Government of Cattel, divided into three books of Oxon, Kine, of the Government Forces , of the Order of Sheep, Goats, Hogs, and Dogs , printed for John Stafford and W. G., 1662, separate titles to parts II and III dated 1661, black letter text, first and last leaf blank, lacks port. frontis. and two plts., bookplate and inkstamp to front pastedown, contemp. sheep, sl. scuffed, rebacked, small 4to (Wing M903A), together with Board of Agriculture. Agricultural State of the Kingdom, in February April, 1816, being substance of the replies to a circular letter, 1st ed., 1816, two parts separately paginated, together with Duncumb (John), General View of the Agriculture of the County of Hereford, 1813, hand-col. folding map frontis., sl. browned, eng. plts. and plans, all but one folding, ink lib. stamps and marks at front, contemp. half russia gilt, spines damaged and covers det., 8vo, plus two others related (5)
Africa - Congo and Angola. De Bry (Theodore), Lectori Benevoro Tabulam Hanc Regni Congo, c.1600, hand coloured engraved map, fine ornamental title cartouche flanked by a mermaid and merman, a few paper repairs, laid onto tissue paper, sheet size 330 x 405 mm See illustration inside front cover of this catalogue. (1)
Americas. Homann (heirs of), Americae Mappa Generalis Secundum Legitimas Projectionis, 1746, hand coloured engraved map of North and South America, uncoloured ornamental title cartouche surrounded by figures, a little browning to central fold, laid onto paper, plate dimensions approx. 465 x 535 mm See illustration inside front cover of this catalogue. (1)
Bedfordshire. Speed (John), Bedford Shire and the Situation of Bedford Described, 1st ed., [1612], hand coloured engraved map, attractive title cartouche surmounted by royal arms, inset plan of Bedford, central fold strenghtened to verso with two holes repaired, close-trimmed at the sides just touching printed border, approx. 380 x 510 mm (1)
British Isles. Delisle (Guillaume), Les Isles Britanniques ou sont le Rme. d'Angleterre tire de Sped Celuy d'Ecosse, 1745, hand coloured engraved map, ornamental title and scale of distance cartouches, some tears and closed splits, the whole ladi down onto tissue, plate dimensions approx. 480 x 615 mm Shirley state 6. (1)
Europe. Senex (John), The VII United Provinces Corrected from the Observations, 1709, hand coloured engraved map, uncoloured ornamental title cartouche, some light staining, approx. 650 x 920 mm, together with Kitchin (Thomas), A Correct Map of Europe divided into its Empires, c.1800, uncoloured engraved map with ornamental title cartouche, approx. 690 x 770 mm, plus other maps, mostly of Central Europe, by Moll, Senex, etc., and a map of South America by d'Anville (12)
France. Sanson (Nicolas), La Bretagne divisee en ses Neuf Evesches, 1696, engraved map of Brittany, hand coloured in outline with ornamental title cartouche, some light water staining, approx. 540 x 800 mm, together with Jaillot (Alexis Hubert), Le Duche et Gouvernement de Normandie divisee en Haute et Basse Normandie, 1695, engraved map of Normandy, hand coloured in outline with uncoloured title cartouche, approx. 590 x 900 mm, and Moll (Herman), A New and Exact Map of France, c.1710, engraved map of France flanked by geographical information, hand coloured in outline with uncoloured title cartouche, some light browning, approx. 620 x 980 mm, and another copy of the same (4)
Great Britain. Moll (Herman), The South Part of Great Britain called England and Wales, 1710, engraved map flanked by index of places, hand coloured in outline with uncoloured title cartouche, approx. 610 x 970 mm, together with A New Map of Great Britain, c.1710, engraved map, hand coloured in outline, some marginal repairs, approx. 1010 x 620 mm, plus another copy of the same and one other (4)
*Iceland. Bleau (Willem Janszoon), Tabula Islandiae Auctore Georgio Carolo Flandro, c.1630s, hand coloured engraved map, ornamental title cartouche, paper repairs to central fold, approx. 385 x 490 mm, French text to verso, together with Mercator (Gerard & Hondius, Jodocus), Island, c.1635, hand coloured engraved map of Iceland with title cartouche, approx. 130 x 190 mm, English text to verso, framed and glazed (2)
London. Wallis (J., pub.), London and Westminster in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth Anno Dom. 1563, pub. October 30th, 1789, uncoloured engraved map, sectionalised onto linen, approx. 420 x 1055 mm, contained in contemp. card slipcase (somewhat stained), together with an early 19th century copy of Tombleson's Panoramic Atlas of the River Thames, bound in orig. limp cloth (2)
*Maps & prints. Cruchley (G.F., pub.), The World, 1858, hand coloured engraved map, approx. 370 x 450 mm, together with Chart of the Antarctic Polar Circle with the Countries Adjoining, c.1760s, hand coloured engraved map showing Australia and New Zealand before Cook's voyages, approx. 200 x 225 mm, and Rogers (S., engraver), New London Bridge, 1829, uncoloured wood engraved view after Pugin, approx. 205 x 440 mm, plus other maps and engraved views, all framed and glazed (15)
Middle East. Thomson (John), Arabia, Egypt, Abyssinia, Red Sea &c., 14th July 1814, engraved map, hand coloured in outline, approx. 510 x 590 mm, together with Wyld (James, pub.), Map of the Ottoman Dominions in Asia with the Adjacent Frontiers of the Russian and Persian Empires, 1828, engraved map, hand coloured in outline, approx. 510 x 700 mm, and two others similar by Brue and Rollos (4)
*Prints. A large collection of approx. 500 prints, mostly 20th century, various subject including colour prints after Gordon Nichol, J.Y. Gilroy, Sir John Gilbert, Francis Grant, William Henry Hunt, etc., contained in ten metal print cases, together with two Victorian map carrying tubes (approx. 500)
The Rhine. Delkeskamp (Friedrich Wilhelm), Delkeskamp's Panorama of the Rhine from Cologne to Mayence engraved by John Clark, pub. Samuel Leigh, [1835], folding uncoloured engraved panoramic map, approx. 2640 x 240 mm, contained with 'The Steamboat Companion, from Cologne to Mayence' (24 pp.) in orig. cloth boards with paper label to upper cover, some fraying to extrems. (1)
United States. Ettling (T.), Map of the United States of North America, Upper & Lower Canada, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia & British Columbia, Mexico, Cuba, Jamaica, St. Domingo and the Bahama Islands, pub. Supplement to the Illustrated London news, June 1, 1861, large colour litho. folding map, image approx. 660 x 930 mm (1)
World. Bowen (Emanuel), A New & Accurate Map of all the Known World drawn from the Latest & Most Authentic Surveys, c.1760s, engraved twin-hemisphere World map, decorative borders incorporating ornamental title cartouche and four figures representing the continents, hand coloured in outline, plate dimensions approx. 315 x 545 mm with good margins (1)
Third Reich. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, a History of Nazi Germany, by William L. Shirer, 14th printing, New York, 1960, autographs of five nazis to title-page, printed map endpapers, orig. cloth gilt, a little rubbed, thick 8vo The five autograph signatures are by Ernst Hanfstaengl (Hitler's Rep. with the foreign press, died 1975), Albert Speer (died 1981), F. M. Milch (died 1972), Baldaur von Schirach (Hitler's Youth Leader, died 1974), and Karl Donitz (died 1980). (1)
*Norfolk. Large multiple sheet vellum indenture dated 7th April 1867 , detailing the sale for the sum of thirty five thousand pounds and a vast estate and several Manors in Southrepps, Giningham and Northrepps, between Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, (1837-1915, Governor of South Australia), and others, containing detailed schedules listing the various fields, crops growing in each field, where situated, cottages, plantations, footpaths, etc., together with a coloured map on a complete sheet of vellum, showing the references referred to in the schedule, the document is signed by Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton with his wax seal, accompanied with a letter also signed by him, and another vellum indenture with a map (3)
*Oxfordshire - Royal Letter Patent. Important letters patent dated 15th March 1670 , granting to Sir Thomas Peniston from the King, rights to stop up roads in Cornwell in Oxfordshire, including Woodstock Way, The Fearne Way, etc., written in a most attractive bold hand and with large initial letters portrait of Charles II, top and side margins incorporating Royal Coat of Arms, mythical creatures and other engraved embellishments, retaining about half of a fragmented Great Seal of Charles II, accompanied with a translation, map of the land involved in Oxfordshire and extracts of the Peniston Baronets (1)
Gottfried (Johann Ludwig). Historische Kronyck Vervattende een Nauwkeurige en Volkomene Beschrijvingh der Aldergedenckwaerdighste Geschiedenissen des Weerelds, 4 vols., Leiden: Pieter van der Aa, 1702, black letter text, lacking World map, engraved title to each volume, one engraved dedication plate, one port. frontis., numerous full page engravings of portrait medallions, over 600 engravings to text, somewhat toned, some leaves with marginal fraying and loss, crude 20th century bindings, folio Sold not subject to return. (4)
Henty (G.A.). To Herat and Cabul, A Story of the First Afghan War, 1st ed., Blackie, 1902, owner name to half-title, b&w frontis. and plts. by Charles Sheldon, map, 32pp. pubs. ads. at rear, orig. pict. cloth, a little rubbed, sl. cocked, 8vo, together with A Knight of the White Cross, 1st ed., 1896, bookplts. to endpapers, half-title, b&w frontis, and plts. by Ralph Peacock, double-page plan, 32pp. pubs. ads. at rear, orig. pict. cloth gilt, sl. rubbed at edges, 8vo, plus The Young Carthaginian, new ed., 1906; By Pike and Dyke, new ed., 1905; A March on London, c.1910, all pub. Blackie, b&w plts. to each, some with owner names or prize plates etc., all orig. pict. cloth gilt, sl. rubbed to edges, 8vo, together with thirteen other early eds. by Henty (one shelf)
Stevenson (Robert Louis). Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, 1st ed., Longmans, 1886, newclippings affixed to endpapers and blanks, t.e.g., contemp. half calf gilt (ads. not bound-in), rubbed, 8vo, together with Kidnapped, 1st ed., Cassell, 1886, folding map, ads. dated 7.86, orig. rust cloth gilt, sl. rubbed, 8vo, plus Island Nights' Entertainments, 1st ed., Cassell, 1893, frontis., maps and illusts., orig. gilt dec. cloth, rubbed at edges, 8vo, and Hitherto Unpublished Prose Writings, ed. Henry H. Harper, Boston, Bibliophile Society, 1921, frontis. and illusts., owner inscription, t.e.g., orig. half vellum, slipcase (some wear), 4to, plus Balfour (Graham), The Life of Robert Louis Stevenson 2 vols., Methuen, 1901, port. frontis., t.e.g., orig. cloth with paper label to spine, 8vo, together with thirty-nine others by or about Robert Louis Stevenson (45)
Carroll (Lewis). Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, 28th thou., 1871, b & w illusts. by John Tenniel, some col. by a juvenile hand, contemp. half morocco gilt, rubbed, together with Milne (A.A.), Winnie-The-Pooh, 4th ed., 1927, Now We Are Six, 1st ed., 1927, b & w illusts. by Ernest H. Shepard, map endpapers, t.e.g., both orig. cloth gilt, rubbed and a little worn at extrems., all 8vo, with other childrens and illustrated works, including Kate Greenaway, Beatrix Potter, Giles Annuals, etc. (a carton)
Miscellaneous books, including A General History of Quadrupeds, by Thomas Bewick, 6th ed., Newcastle upon Tyne, 1811, numerous wood eng. illusts., contemp. calf, some wear, recased with orig. spines laid down, 8vo, together with The Midland Railway: Its Rise and Progress, by Frederick S. Williams, 2nd ed., 1877, The Railways of America, by various writers, 1890, Osborne's London & Birmingham Railway Guide Illustrated, c. 1840, lacking map, The Fables of La Fontaine, illust. Gustave Doré, pub. Cassell, n.d., c. 1870s, The Works of William Hogarth, ed. John Trusler, 2 vols., 1833, The Ingoldsby Legends by Thomas Ingoldsby, 1st-3rd series, 11th ed., pub. Richard Bentley, 1855 (in orig. cloth gilt), etc. (a carton)
Thompson (P.A.). Lions Led by Donkeys. Showing how Victory in the Great War was Achieved by Those who made the Fewest Mistakes, 1st ed., 1927, frontis., maps and battle plans, orig. cloth gilt, slightly faded on spine, together with Prideaux (Capt. G.A.), A Soldier's Diary of the Great War, 1914-1917, printed for private circulation at the Chiswick Press, 1918, port. frontis., folding map at rear, orig. linen-backed boards, darkened on spine, 8vo, plus Hodder-Williams (Sir Ernest), One Young Man. The simple and true story of a clerk who enlisted in 1914, who fought on the Western Front for nearly two years , originally printed for private circulation, [1917], reprinted, 1936, author's presentation copy, inscribed on front pastedown, orig. cloth gilt, 8vo, with others of military interest (a carton)
Turner (Sharon). The History of the Anglo-Saxons, 2nd ed., corrected and enlarged, 2 vols. in 1, 1807, large folding hand-col. map, some dampstains, contemp. half calf gilt, rubbed and some wear, 4to, together with Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 2 vols., 6th ed., 1835, eng. vign. title to each, contemp. half calf gilt, rubbed and some minor wear, 4to, with other misc. antiquarian (a carton)
Randier (Jean). Marine and Navigation Instruments, Translated from the French by John E. Powell, 1980, num. col. and b & w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., 4to, together with Bennett (Ian and Aschenbrenner, Erich), Oriental Rugs, 2 vols., (Caucasian/Persian), pub. Oriental Textile Press, 1981, num. col. illusts. map endpapers, orig. cloth in slightly frayed d.j.s., sqaure 4to, with other antiques ref., including guns and shooting (3 shelves)
Field (William). New Guide. An Historical and Descriptive Account of Leamington and Warwick, to which are added, Short Notices of the Towns, Villages, &c. Within the Circuit of Ten Miles, Abridged from a Larger Work, pub. Warwick, 1817, folding eng. map frontis., folding eng. map, ex-lib. copy with library bookplate, 20th c. qtr. morocco, 12mo, together with Ridgway (Rev. James), The Gem of Thorney Island; or, Historical Associations Connected with Westminster Abbey, 1860, tinted litho frontis., errata leaf present, contemp. calf, gilt dec. spine, extrems. slightly rubbed, 8vo, plus other topography related, mostly orig. cloth, many in d.j.s (3 shelves)
Kinsey (Rev. W.M.). Portugal Illustrated, 1828, folding eng. frontis., folding map, fourteen eng. views, two plts. of coins and eng. music, but lacks costumes plts. at rear, contemp. half calf, gilt dec. spine, rubbed and upper joint partly cracked, 8vo, together with Mindeleff (Cosmos), The Cliff Ruins of Canyon de Chelly, Arizona, n.d., c. 1890s, plus Fewkes (Jesse Walter), Tusayan Snake Ceremonies, n.d., c. 1890s, b & w illusts. from photos. (both extracted from the Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology), recent cloth, slim folio, with others related (3 shelves)
After WILLIAM HIRST (fl. c.1765) view of the Cape of Good Hope engraving by P.C. Canot , with printed dedication to 'Henry Van Sittart, Esq late Governor of Bengal, taken at his request by his esteemed friend Wm. Hirst', with some creasing at edges and in lower margin pl.11 1/2 x 18 1/2 in (29.3 x 47.1cm); and an engraved map of 'The County of Dublin', published by Laurie and Whittle, London, March 1799, unframed, coloured, Pl.16 1/2 x 24 1/2 in. (2).
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