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Click here to subscribeDoe (Brian) Southern Arabia, New Aspects of Antiquity series, edited Sir Mortimer Wheeler, pub. Thames & Hudson, 1971, num. b & w illusts. from photos., orig. cloth in d.j., 4to, together with Barrie & Rockliffe Ancient Civilizations series, 5 vols. (Cyprus, Anatolia I & II, Southern Siberia, Urartu), 1969, num. col. & b & w illusts. from photos., map e.p.s, orig. cloth in d.j.s, 8vo, with other archaeology and related (3 shelves)
Nansen (Fridtjof) 'Farthest North'. Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship Fram, 1893-96 ..., 2 vols., 1st ed., 1897, photogravure port. frontis., sixteen col. plts., num. b & w illusts. from photos. and drawings, three only (of 4) folding maps (lacks general map of the polar regions, at end of vol. 1), orig. cloth gilt, rubbed and a little soiled, large 8vo, together with White (Newman Ivey), Shelley, 2 vols., New York, 1940, col. port. frontis. to vol. 1, b & w illusts., orig. cloth gilt, a little rubbed and damp speckled, 8vo, plus Norman Rockwell's Christmas Book, pub. Harry N. Abrams, New York, 1977, num. col. illusts., orig. pict. boards in slightly torn orig. printed plastic d.j., 4to, with other misc. books, including art reference, modern literature, etc. (3 shelves)
Edwards (Amelia B.) Untrodden Peaks and Unfrequented Valleys, a Midsummer Ramble in the Dolomites, 2nd ed., 1890, b&w illusts., folding map, some light foxing to endpapers, a.e.g., orig. col. pict. cloth, a little rubbed and some marks, spine lightly dulled, 8vo, together with Sennett (A. R.), Across the Great St. Bernard, the Modes of Nature and the Manners of Man, 1st ed., 1904, b&w illusts., orig. green cloth, spine lightly faded, 8vo, plus Sladen (Douglas, and Lorimer, Norma), Queer Things About Sicily, 1st ed., 1905, b&w plts., some foxing to first and last few leaves, inner hinges partly cracked, orig. red cloth gilt, rubbed and some fraying and minor wear to edges, 8vo, and Potter (Olave M.), A Little Pilgrimage in Italy, illust. Yoshio Markino, 1913, eight col. plts. and numerous b&w illusts. to text, orig. cloth with col. illust. mounted to upper cover, rubbed and spine sunned, 8vo, plus others similar on Italy, Sicily, mostly early to mid 20th c., some in d.j.s, including a small quantity of Guides (Murray's Handbook for Travellers in Algeria and Tunis, by R. L. Playfair, 2nd ed., 1878, Baedeker's Tyrol and the Dolomites, 13th ed., 1927, Walks in Rome by Augustus C. Hare, 2 vols., 1903, etc.), mostly 8vo (3 shelves)
Dexter (Colin) The Way Through the Woods, 1st ed., 1992, map endpapers, orig. cloth in non price-clipped d.j., together with Gash (Jonathan), The Lies of Fair Ladies, 1992, The Grace in Older Woman, 1995, The Possessions of a Lady, 1996, The Rich and the Profane, 1998, A Rag, A Bone, and a Hank of Hair, 1999, Every Last Gent, 2001, all 1st eds., orig. cloth in non price-clipped d.j.s., all 8vo, with other modern first eds., including H.E. Bates, Nevil Shute, Iris Murdoch, Henry Williamson, Tom Sharp, Dick Francis, A.N. Wilson, Rebecca West, David Garnett, and many others, all orig. cloth in d.j.s., mostly G/VG (6 shelves)
Potter (T.R.) The History and Antiquities of Charnwood Forest. With an Appendix, on the Geology, Botany, and Ornithology of the District, 1842, eng. and tinted litho. plts., single-page map, hand-col. in outline, hand-col. geological section, hand-col. litho. ornithology plt., some spotting and minor marginal dampstains, orig. blindstamped cloth, recently rebacked, 4to, together with Williams (J.E.), The Derbyshire Miners. A Study in Industrial and Social History, 1st ed., 1962, b & w illusts. from photos., orig. cloth in d.j., thick 8vo, with others of Derbyshire and local history interest, mostly 20th-century cloth-bound publications, many in d.j.s (3 shelves)
Lubbock (Basil) The Last of the Windjammers, 2 vols., reprinted, Glasgow, 1963, num. b & w illusts. from photos., folding charts, map endpapers, orig. cloth gilt in torn and tattered d.j.s, 4to, together with Cumming (C.F. Gordon), A Lady's Cruise in a French Man-of-War, new edition, 1882, autotype plts., folding map at rear, orig. dec. cloth, frayed at head and food of spine, 8vo, with others of maritime interest (3 shelves)
Hardy (Thomas) Jude the Obscure, 1st ed., 1896, b & w frontis., map at rear, inner joints cracked, orig. cloth gilt, 8vo, together with, The Well-Beloved, A Sketch of a Temperament, 1st ed., 1897, b & w frontis., map at rear, orig. cloth gilt, 8vo, with, Shaw (Bernard), The Apple Cart: a Political Extravaganza, pub. Constable & Co., 1930, orig. cloth in slightly faded d.j., 8vo, with, Wilde (Oscar), Salome, A Tragedy in One Act Translated from the French of Oscar Wilde, 1906,orig. printed boards, spine torn, sq. 8vo (4)
Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Hobbit, or There and Back Again, 3rd ed., 1966, col. plts. and b & w illusts., small stain to front free endpaper, orig. dec. cloth, sl. faded at head and foot, in d.j., chipped at folds, and with loss to spine ends, 8vo, together with The Lord of the Rings, deluxe ed., pub. Allen and Unwin, 1978, folding map, orig. silver and gilt dec. cloth, contained in orig. card box, with printed label to lid, 8vo, plus Christie (Agatha), N or M?, pub. for The Crime Club by Collins, 1941, mottled endpapers, orig. cream cloth lettered in green, in chipped d.j., with tear in rear panel, and price label to foot of faded spine, 8vo (3)
Bacon (George W., pub.) New Large Scale Atlas of the British Isles from the Ordnance Survey, c.1900, numerous double-page maps, maps loose and not in order, contemp. gilt dec. morocco, together with Letts (Son & Co., pub.), Letts's Popular County Atlas. Being a Complete Series of Maps delineating the Whole Surface of England and Wales, 1884, 47 double-page colour printed maps, orig. cloth gilt, worn, plus a folding map entitled 'Bacon's New Survey Map of Somerset, Dorset and Parts of Wiltshire' Not subject to return. (3)
Africa. Blaeu (Willem Janszoon), Africae Nova Descriptio, [c.1630 or later], engraved map, hand coloured in outline, inset views and figures in native dress to upper and side margins, plate dimensions approx. 410 x 560 mm with good margins, Dutch text to verso, mounted See illustration inside front cover of this catalogue. (1)
Americas. Blaeu (Willem Janszoon), Americae Nova Tabula, [c.1630 or later], engraved map of North and South America, hand coloured in outline with hand coloured ornamental title cartouche, inset views and figures in native dress to upper and side borders, plate dimensions approx. 410 x 545 mm with good margins, Dutch text to verso, mounted See illustration inside front cover of this catalogue. (1)
Asia. Blaeu (Willem Janszoon), Asia Noviter Delineata, [c.1630 or later], engraved map, hand coloured in outline with inset views and figures in native dress to upper and side margins, plate dimensions approx. 410 x 555 mm with good margins, Dutch text to verso, mounted See illustration inside front cover of this catalogue. (1)
Bermuda. Blaeu (Willem Janszoon), Mappa Aestivarum Insularum, alias Barmudas Dictarum, [c.1630 or later], engraved map, hand coloured in outline with fine ornamental title cartouche, inset list of plantation owners to lower border, plate dimensions approx. 400 x 530 mm with good margins, Dutch text to verso, mounted (1)
British Isles. Delisle (Guillaume), les Isles Britanniques ou Sont Le Rme. d'Angleterre tire de Sped Celuy d'Ecosse...d'Irlande, 1772, engraved map, hand coloured in outline, uncoloured engraved title cartouche, some creasing and marginal closed tears, plate dimensions approx. 480 x 620 mm with good margins (1)
Europe. Mercator (Gerard), Sclavonia, Croatia, Bosnia cum Dalmatiae Parte, early 17th century, hand coloured engraved map with ornamental title cartouche, strengthened to verso of central fold, approx. 355 x 460 mm, together with others including an 18th century map of Corsica, maps of Europe by Keere, Robert Vaughan, SDUK, Bowen, etc., all mounted (12)
*Maps. Bowen (Emanuel), A New & Accurate Map of Europe, drawn from the Best Authorities, c.1770s, hand coloured engraved map, approx. 330 x 420 mm, together with Brightly & Kinnersly (pub.), West Indies from the Best Authorities, c.1800, hand tinted engraved map, approx. 195 x 310 mm, framed and glazed, plus others framed and glazed (10)
[Boyer, Abel]. The History of the Reign of Queen Anne, Digested into Annals..., 8 vols., 1703-10, seven folding eng maps, contemp. calf, some with slight wear to joints & extrems., 8vo, together with, Josephus (Flavius), The Genuine Works of Flavius Josephus; Translated by William Whiston, 6 vols., 1807, folding map, contemp. calf gilt, red morocco title labels, name in blind to upper board of each, 12mo (14)
Xenophon ( ) De Cyri Institutione, libri octo, 1st Hutchinson ed., Oxford, 1727, eng. allegorical frontis., folding eng. map, text in Greek and Latin, endpapers with some light foxing, 18th c. eng. bookplate of William, 2nd Earl Cowper (died 1764) to front pastedown, contemp. full sprinkled calf, gilt dec. spine, upper joint cracked, rear joint partly cracked, a little loss of leather at head and foot of spine, edges somewhat scuffed, thick 4to A handsome large paper edition of Thomas Hutchinson's edition of Xenophon, described by Dibdin as "admirable" and "preceeded by none worth mentioning". The binding of this wide-margined copy measures 340 x 240 mm. Dibdin II, 571. (1)
Stanley Henry M. In Darkest Africa; or The Quest Rescue and Retreat of Emin Governor of Equatoria two volumes first edition Sampson Low Marston Searle & Rivington London 1890. Pictorial maroon cloth gilt woodcut illustrations maps octavo (volume one with loose lower board; both shaken and sold with all faults); and Selous Frederick Courteney. Travel and Adventure in South-East Africa third edition Ward London 1893. Pictorial tan cloth gilt illustrations folding colour map four page publisher’s catalogue octavo (covers with damp damaged fore edges; lower hinge tender) (3)
An exhibition quality 1/12th scale model of a fully working cross compound mill engine with drop piston valve jet condensing and Corliss exhaust valves. Circa 1905 built from the designs of A Haworth plans by MAP. Brass bound blue polished steel cladding to cylinders high pressure 1in bore and low pressure 1 3/4in bore each with three cast iron ringed pistons stroke 2 3/4in floor mounted start/stop valve. Fish bellied connecting rods with taper wedge adjustment 8in by 4in 18 groove flywheel with hard barring holes fitted with individual wedge shaped windage boards keyed to crankshaft. Main bearing pedestals big end bearing and eccentric straps all with sight feed drip lubricators. Bevel gear drive cam shaft to operate drop valve gear. Gear driven porter type governor with hydraulic damper and overspeed trip safety latch adjustable ballast weight for speed control governor controls HP index valves studded stuffing box glands on piston rods low pressure cylinder driven Edwards type air and condensation extractor pump with adjacent jet condenser fitted with tail slide manual adjustment on low pressure inter trip valves. All mounted on a cast alloy base simulated stone base with a floor finished grey maroon and red. Base board 76cm by 61cm pressure gauges boiler 0-120psi low 0-80psi and vacuum 0-30.
MUDFORD, William. An Historical Account of the Campaign in the Netherlands, in 1815… comprising the Battle of Ligny, Quatre Bras, and Waterloo. London: printed for Henry Colborn, 1817. 4to (320 x 268mm.) Hand-coloured aquatint additional title, 1 hand-coloured aquatint double-page map, 1 folding aquatint map (printed in green and finished by hand), 27 hand-coloured aquatint plates (1 double-page). (The additional title shaved with slight loss at foot, some light spotting, half-title lacking.) Contemporary russia, elaborately tooled in gilt and blind, marbled endpapers, g.e. (extremities scuffed). Provenance: John Ashton Bostock (inscription dated 1889). (See illustrations on back cover & inside pages)
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