A selection of hand tinted and monochrome antiquarian maps 16th century and later. Inc A map of Cambridgeshire engraved by J Cary, 1805, 'Northamptonshire' engraved by J Cary 1805, 'An Improved map of The Counties of Northumberland and Westmoreland divided into their respective wards' by Emanuel Bowen. 18th cent, Map of South America for the Rev Dr, Robert Sinds History of America by Thomas Kitchin Snr.1795, 'Plan of The bay and town of Cadiz of the River of St Lucar Barameda and Its Environs By Thomas Kitchen' 18th cent. 'Poland Russia and Bulgaria' by Sebastion Munster. from cosmographia c1550. 18th century French Map of the Nile entitled 'Description du Nile' 11" x 14" (7 Approx)
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A selection of maps from around the globe, 18th century and later. Inc Ptolemy's Universal Map. Spain and Portugal by H Moll. 18th cent, Brussels by J Watkins 19th cent. Constantinople with its suburbs by J Dower 19th cent. Independent Tartary by J Rankin, Western Africa, The Black Sea, British Guyana 19th cent. Antarctica 1843, and an Essai sur la Bataille de Platee pour Le Voyage Du Jeune Anachrsis by M Barbie du Boucage, 1784. 6 1/2" x 8"+ (12 Approx)
A set of First World War medals, awarded to Corporal A Long Royal Engineers No 28721. Corporal Long was killed by friendly fire at The Battle Of Paschendale on the 18th October 1914. The three war medals are accompanied by various other documents and photographs relating to Corporal Long including his birth certificate, death notice which lists cause of death as 'accidentally shot while on military duty', a letter from The Colonel in charge of the Royal Engineers record office dated 2nd December 1914, which states 'I regret to say that, when carrying a message, Corporal Long was shot by a sentry. Beyond this and the fact that he was as usual buried on the spot, about five miles east of Ypres, I can tell nothing.' Various photographs, his death plaque, a map of the cemetery at Paschendale together with a photograph of his grave. Death certificate etc. His personal effects including his pipe, dog tags and cockerel head form Vesta case.
Assorted - Wills, 'Rugby Internationals, 1929', generally good (49/50); Lambert & Butler, 'Keep Fit, 1937', good, the reverse stamped 'specimen' (50/50); Player, 'Cycling, 1939', good (50/50); Ogden, 'Sectional Cycling Map, 1910', good (49/50); and Player, '"Football Caricatures by Mac", 1927', good-fair (9/50).
Assorted - An album of cigarette cards, including Wills, 'Coronation Series, 1902', good (48/50); Wills, 'Association Footballers, 1939', good (50/50); Wills, 'Railway Engines, 1936', good (50/50); Faulkner, 'Our Gallant Grenadiers, 1902', generally good (7/20, inc. one duplicate); Player, 'A Sectional Map of Ireland, 1932', good (50/50 plus 'Joker' card); and others.
DUNN (SAMUEL): A New Atlas of the Mundane system, 6 double-page diagrams and 42 double-page engraved maps, the front wrapper adhered to title with damage, and the last map, South America, adhered to back wrapper, soiled and stained and with tear to margin, corners of prelims frayed with loss of one or two letters, some offsetting, light browning and dampstaining to maps, small mildew marks to a few maps, chart of the world with small tear to fold, wrappers, stained and defective, folio [44.5 x 31cm], 1778
King (Edward). The Southern States of North America: A Record of Journeys in Louisiana, Texas, The Indian Territory, Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Kentucky, Tenessee, Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland, illust. J. Wells Champney, pub. Blackie & Son, 1875, tinted wood eng. frontis., double-page col. printed map, num. b&w wood eng. illusts., a.e.g., orig. cloth gilt, thick 4to (1)
Layard (Austen Henry). Nineveh and Its Remains; With an Account of a Visit to the Chaldaean Christians of Kurdistan, and the Yezidis, or Devil-Worshippers .., 2 vols., 1st ed., 1849, half-titles present, tinted litho. frontispieces and twenty-four eng. plts., incl. some folding and double-page, folding map at rear of vol. 2, with handling tear, sometime laid down on linen, numerous letterpress illusts., some spotting, late 19th c. half calf, rubbed, spines faded and vol. 1 with chipped label, vol. 2 with upper cover detached, 8vo (2)
Maurice (Thomas). Indian Antiquities: Or, Dissertations, Relative to the Ancient Geographical Divisions, the Pure System of Primeval Theology, the Grand Code of Civil Laws, the Original Form of Government, and the Various and Profound Literature, of Hindostan, compared, throughout, with the Religion, Laws, Government, and Literature of Persia, Egypt, and Greece. The whole intended as introductory to the history of Hindostan, upon a comprehensive scale, 7 vols., 1st ed., 1794, half-titles present in vols. 3, 4, & 6 only, folding eng. map, thirty eng. plts., mostly folding, some scattered spotting, and minor marginal browning, contemp. vellum gilt, a little rubbed and dust soiled (minor wear to head of spine of vol. 3), 8vo (7)
Mennie (Donald). The Pageant of Peking. Comprising Sixty-Six Vandyke Photogravures of Peking and Environs .., with an introduction by Putnam Weale, 3rd ed., Shanghai, 1922, some minor scattered spotting, confined to margins, orig. blue silk binding, upper cover lettered in gilt, faded on spine, and minor wear to extrems., folio, together with Fascinating Features of Fair Japan, pub. Japanese Government Railways, Tokyo, n.d., c. 1920s, single page map and fifty mounted col. photos., a.e.g., orig. traditional-style silk binding, tied on spine, minor wear to extrems., oblong folio, plus Schurhammer (George), Shin-to. The Way of the Gods in Japan, according to the printed and unprinted reports of the Japanese Jesuit Missionaries in the 16th and 17th Centuries, Bonn & Leipzig, 1923, col. plts. and num. b&w illusts. from photos., orig. linen-backed boards, soiled and some wear, 4to (3)
Pulszky (Francis). The Tricolor on the Atlas, or, Algeria and the French Conquest, 1st ed., 1854, four double-page uncol. litho. plts., some spotting throughout, orig. cloth, rebacked with orig. spine relaid, rubbed and soiled, together with Blanc (Henry), A Narrative of Captivity in Abyssinia .., 1868, eight wood eng. plts., some spotting, ex-lib. with num. ink stamps, contemp. half sheep, worn, plus Wilson (Charles W.), From Korti to Khartum, A Journal of the Desert March .., 1st ed., 1885, folding map and pubs. ads. at rear, some spotting throughout, ex-lib. with several ink stamps, orig. cloth, soiled and worn, all 8vo, plus other related antiquarian travel, many ex-lib. and in poor condition (24)
Slade (Adolphus). Records of Travels in Turkey, Greece, &c. and of a Cruise in the Black Sea, with the Capitan Pasha, in the Years 1829, 1830, and 1831, 2 vols., 2nd ed., 1833, hand-col. aqua. frontispiece to each vol., folding map and one plt. (both a little foxed), near-contemp. calf, morocco labels to each vol., upper joint to first vol. cracked, one or two other joints partly cracked, 8vo (2)
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