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LOBECK Tobias Atlas geographicus portabilis ... Engraved frontis., engraved titlepage by T. Lobeck after G. Eichler, 35 hand coloured maps after T. Lobeck by T.C. Lotter, lacking the world map and celestial map, engraved table of contents, contemporary calf, elaborately tooled border, dried and cracked, oblong 32mo.. (10.5 x 14 cms), Augsburg, c. 1762]

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MOLL Herman Scotland delineated: or thirty six new and correct maps of North Britain ... carefully composed by Herman Moll, geographer, from Gordonius a Straloch, Tim. Pont, and John Adair ... 36 doublepage or folding, engraved maps, hand coloured in outline, and guarded, contemporary half calf, marbled boards, rubbed, some light occasional spotting and a small split at the lower inner fold of map 25 4to., London: Thomas Bowles, 1745.

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QUIN Edward An historical atlas: in a series of maps of the world as known at different periods ... 2nd edition, with 19 of 21 fldg. hand col. maps, (lacking 5 & 6), contemporary half calf, marbled boards, rebacked, titlepage spotted, some marginal repairs to the text pages, some splits at map folds, 4to., London: Seeley & Burnside, 1836

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TAYLOR George & SKINNER Andrew Taylor & Skinner's survey and maps of the roads of North Britain or Scotland ... 1st edition, engraved fldg. titlepage, fldg. index leaf, fldg. general map of Scotland, with 61 engraved fldg. road maps mounted on guards, contemporary tree calf, neatly rebacked, a number of folds strengthened or repaired, the general map, and maps 51 & 52 supplied from another copy, 8vo., London: for the authors, 1776.

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TAYLOR George & SKINNER Andrew Taylor & Skinner's survey and maps of the roads of North Britain or Scotland ... 1st edition, engraved fldg. titlepage, fldg. index leaf, fldg. general map of Scotland, with 61 engraved fldg. road maps,original soft leather binding, titlepage browned, some edges a little frayed, tear in the general map at inner margin (no loss), oblong 8vo., London: for the authors, 1776.

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TAYLOR George & SKINNER Andrew Taylor & Skinner's survey of the roads of Scotland on an improved plan to which is fixed an accurate map of Scotland with the new roads &c. &c. since the survey was taken ... Engraved titlepage, 178 engraved maps, lacking the general map of Scotland, as usual, later half, mottled calf, marbled boards, by Bayntun Riviere, 8vo., Edinburgh: Thomas Brown, [1800]

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[HERON Robert] Scotland delineated or a geographical description of every shire in Scotland, including the Northern and Western Isles ... for the use of young persons ... Fldg. road map of Scotland, hand coloured in outline, as frontis., original paper boards, edges uncut, 8vo., Edinburgh: Neill, 1791

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EYRE, General Sir Vincent The military operations at Cabul, which ended the retreat and destruction of the British Army, January 1842 with a journal of imprisonment in Afghanistan .. 3rd edition, fld. map, original gilt pictorial green cloth, spine a little faded, edges rubbed, 8vo., London: Murray, 1843

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SNODGRASS Major John James Narrative of the Burmese War, detailing the operations of Major-General Sir Archibald Campbell's army from its landing at Rangoon in May 1824 to the conclusion of a treaty of peace at Yandaboo in February 1826 ... 1st edition, frontis. and another plate, fldg. map of the Burmese Empire, contemporary calf, spine decorated gilt in compartments, slightly rubbed, tear at inner margin of map (no loss), map with slight offsetting, 8vo., London; Murray, 1827

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HERON Robert A new general history of Scotland, from the earliest times to the aera of the abolition of hereditary jurisdictions of subjects in Scotland in the year 1748 ... 1st edition, 6 volumes, contemporary tree calf, spines dried and rubbed, 8vo., Perth: Morison, 1794-99. HERON Robert Observations made in a journey through the Western counties of Scotland: in the autumn of 1792 ... 1st edition, 48 aquatint engravings after Ashmore, contemporary tree calf, joints cracking, endpapers water stained, some borders mould stained, 8vo., Perth: Morison, 1793. BROWNE James A history of the Highlands and of the Highland clans ... 1st edition, 4 volumes, fldg. map, plates, contemporary calf, 8vo., Glasgow: Fullarton, 1838 and 4 others [16]

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MAITLAND William The history of Edinburgh from its foundation to the present time ... 1st edition, 1st issue with cancellands pp. 123 & 4 and 175-6 with an engraved fldg. map and 19 of 20 engraved plates (lacking plate 13), later calf, rebacked, repairs to the fldg. plan, tears to one or two margins, with some paper discolouration and instances of spotting throughout, folio, Edinburgh: Hamilton, Balfour & Neill for the author, 1753

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RAINE The Revd. James The history and antiquities of North Durham, as subdivided into the shires of Norham, Island, and Bedlington ... now united into the County of Northumberland ... 1st edition, port. frontis., map, 10 engraved plates, 2 genealogical tables, contemporary half calf, cloth boards, t.e.g., others uncut, some patches of discolouration and spotting, folio, large paper ?, London: Nichols, 1852. Note: With three letters from the author tipped in at the front acknowledging various points raised by the recipient George Dickson and a folder with various related items.

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THORNTON William The new, complete, and universal history, description, and survey of the cities of London and Westminster and the borough of Southwark, and the parts adjacent ... Engraved frontis., 2 fldg. maps, numerous plates, with a list of subscribers at the end, contemporary half calf, marbled boards, worn, covers detached, the first folding map with tears, folio, London: Hogg, 1784

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[DUGDALE Sir William] A short view of the late troubles in England ... to which is added A perfect narrative of the Treaty of Uxbridge in an. 1644 ... 1st edition, pp. [vi], 136 185-294 361-439 verso blank, 449-488 553-650 [iv], 737-959 verso blank, [vi] of index, [v] of books printed at Oxford in 1681 with the original port. of Charles I facing p. 1 of the text, but extra illustrated with some 25 engraved plates by Houbraken, White, Englehart, Vertue, etc. , including Vandyke's port. of Charles I as a frontis., Moll's map of the Isle of Wight (hand col. in outline), the Death warrant of Charles 1st, etc.., 19th century calf, elaborately bordered in gilt, spine decorated in blind and gilt, a.e.g., by Wilson, folio, Oxford: printed at the Theater for Moses Pitt, 1681.

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GOLDSMITH Oliver A history of the earth and animated nature ... 2 volumes, port. frontis. to each vol., col. vignettes on the engraved titlepages, 1 engraved map (col. in outline), 33 black and white plates, 36 col. plates, contemporary tree calf, some slight spotting, some instances of light marginal water staining, 8vo., London: Blackie, 1873 [2]

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Framed reproduction map, a topographical view of Venice, with principle districts and places of interest listed in Italian, 32in x 48 1/2in (81.3cm x 123.3cm)

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A Victorian handkerchief, depicting Queen Victoria and family; together with a later handkerchief depicting a map of Europe.

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A map of the London Underground, Issue No.1, 1936.

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W.Daniell, engraving 'Coast of Cochin, China', 12 x 19, a pair of coloured engravings 'Natives of Cochin, China playing Shittlecock with their Feet' and 'View in Turon Bay', together with another similar engraving, and a map of part of India (5)

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Illustrated London News, July-December 1861, July 1875-June 1876, July 1877-June 1878, (vols. 39, 67-68 & 71-72), numerous b & w wood eng. plts. and illusts., inc. some folding, col. map of Dardanelles, vol. 39 bound in orig. cloth, remaining vols. in various half leather bindings, folio. Includes illustrations of American Civil War, Prince of Wales in India, War in Balkans, Russia, Turkey & Bugaria. (5)

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Illustrated London News., vols. 66 & 67, Jan-Dec, 1875, vol. 69, July-Dec, 1876, vol. 74, Jan-June, 1879, num. wood engs., some folding, non-matching contemp. bindings, worn, (final few leaves of vol. 74 damp stained and frayed), together with The Illustrated Times Weekly Newspaper, vol. 3, July-Dec, 1856, num. wood engs. plus large folding map of the Postal district of London, a little spotted and slightly torn, without loss, orig. cloth gilt, worn at head and foot of spine, all folio (5)

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Prior (Matthew). Poems on Several Occasions, 2 vols., 5th ed., 1733, port. frontis. to first vol., contemp. full calf, gilt dec. spines, rubbed and partly cracked on upper joints, small 8vo, together with Paget (John), Hungary and Transylvannia; with remarks on their condition, social, political, and economical, 2 vols., new ed., 1850, folding map, b&w illusts. to text, contemp. full calf, worn with upper cover to both vols. detached, and spine to second vol. loose, 8vo, plus Sismondi (J. C. L. Simonde de), Histoire des Republiques Italiennes du Moyen Age, 10 vols., nouvelle ed., Paris, 1840, eng. plts., etc., occn. foxing, contemp. qtr. calf, spines sunned, 8vo, and other miscellaneous antiquarian, mostly 19th c., incl. Brand's Popular Antiquities, 2 vols., 1813, and a copy of Bacon's Sylva Sylvarum, 10th ed., 1677, with facsimile portrait frontispiece, all leather-bound, mainly 8vo (41)

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Hamilton (Sir William). Observations on Mount Vesuvius, Mount Etna, and other Volcanos: in a Series of Letters, Addressed to the Royal Society, 1st ed., 1772, five eng. plts. and one folding eng. map, plates offset to text, uncut, orig. boards, old paper reback, some soiling and wear, 8vo (1)

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Derome (L.). La Reliure De Luxe, Le Livre et l'Amateur, Paris, 1888, num. tinted plts., some light toning, light waterstain to extrems. of sev. leaves, later cloth, rubbed and spine somewhat darkened, large 8vo, limited ed. 657/900, together with Tidcombe (Marianne), The Bookbindings of T. J. Cobden-Sanderson, pub. British Library, 1984, col. frontis., num. b&w illusts., orig. cloth in slipcase, 4to, VG (printed in an edition of 1000 copies), plus Chubb (Thomas), The Printed Maps in the Atlases of Great Britain and Ireland, A Bibliography, 1579-1870, reprinted Dawsons, 1974, b&w illusts., orig. green cloth, 4to, and other bibliographical reference, including The Private Press, by Roderick Cave, Five Centuries of English Bookbinding by Howard M. Nixon, English Books with Coloured Plates & Maps and Map-Makers, by R. Tooley, etc, mostly 8vo (22)

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Schwartz (Seymour I. and Ehrenberg, Ralph). The Mapping of America, pub. New York, 1980, num. col. and b & w illusts., orig. cloth in slightly frayed d.j., square 4to, together with Shirley (Rodney W.), Early Printed Maps of the British Isles. A Bibliography, 1477-1650, Holland Press, 1980, num. b & w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., plus Tooley (R.V.), Maps and Map-Makers, 6th ed., Batsford, 1978, num. illusts., some col., orig. cloth in d.j., 4to, with other map ref., all G/VG (11)

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Dyos (H. J. & Woolff, Michael, eds.). The Victorian City, Images and Realities, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1973, b&w illusts. from photos., remains of glue adhesion damage from bookplates to pastedowns, orig. cloth in sl. rubbed d.j.s, 4to, together with Gomme (Andor, and Others), Bristol, An Architectural History, 1st ed., 1979, b&w illusts. from photos. throughout, signed by Gomme on title, orig. cloth in sl. creased and chipped d.j., plus Oswald (Arthur), Country Houses of Dorset, 2nd revised ed., 1959, folding map and b&w plts., orig. cloth in d.j., a little wear to extrems., all 4to, plus other miscellaneous architecture interest (40)

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Golden Cockerel Press. Napoleon's Memoirs, ed. and transl. Somerset de Chair, 2 vols., 1945, port. frontis. to each, map endpapers, t.e.g., orig. cloth with gilt design by John Buckland Wright, folio. Limited edition 249/500. (2)

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Golden Cockerel Press. The Travels and Sufferings of Father Jean de BrŽbeuf among the Hurons of Canada, transl. Theodore Besterman, 1938, double-page title illustrated and designed by Eric Gill, sl. browning to map endpapers, orig. cloth with morocco label to spine, folio. Limited edition 89/300. (1)

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Boswell (James). The Life of Samuel Johnson, together with a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, 3 vols., edited, with new notes, by Percy Fitzgerald, 3 vols., 1874, port. frontis. to vol. 1, folding map, orig. cloth gilt, a little rubbed, 8vo, together with other misc. books, mostly history, incl. paperbacks (2 cartons)

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Buchanan (George). Rerum Scoticarum Historia... Ad optimam & castigatissimam Roberti Fribarnii Editionem expressa..., Edinburgh, 1727, port. frontis., folding eng. map, contemp. sheep, some wear to spine, 8vo, together with The Surprising Adventures of Bampfylde Moore Carew, King of the Beggars; Containing His Life, A Dictionary of the Cant Language, and Many Entertaining Particulars of this Extraordinary Man, 1845, wood eng. frontis., orig. blind stamped cloth gilt, a little rubbed, small 8vo, plus other misc. antiquarian, mostly 19th c. (a carton)

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Kingsley (Nicholas). The Country House of Gloucestershire, 3 vols., 1st eds., Cheltenham & Chichester, 1989-2001, b&w illusts. from photos., orig. cloth in d.j.s, large 8vo, together with Betjemen (John & Piper, John, eds.), Murray's Buckinghamshire Architectural Guide, 1st ed., 1948, folding col. map, b&w photos., orig. cloth in chipped d.j., large 8vo, plus Murray's Guides for Berkshire, and Lancashire, plus mostly architectural and gardening interest, including paperbacks, guides and foreign language. Ex. Libris. Nigel Temple. (3 shelves)

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Baines (Thomas). The Gold Regions of South Eastern Africa, Stanford, 1877, mounted port. photo. frontis. and three woodburytype plts., facsimile letter, illusts. to text, trade ads. at rear and large folding map in pocket, orig. gilt dec. cloth, rebacked with most of orig. spine laid-down, rubbed, 8vo (1)

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Barraud (Charles Decimus & Travers, William T. L.). New Zealand: Graphic and Descriptive, 1st ed., 1877, col. title, plain map, twenty-four chromos. and six plain lithos., some soiling, marginal fraying and repairs, sev. chromo. leaves cut down and relaid, not affecting images or text, orig. half-morocco gilt, rubbed and soiled, large folio. Presentation inscription from the artist to Sir William Francis Drummond Jervois [1821-1897, Colonial Governer]. (1)

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Becher (H.C.R.). A Trip to Mexico, Being Notes of a Journey From Lake Erie to Lake Tezcuco and Back, With an Appendix, Containing and Being a Paper About the Ancient Nations and Races Who Inhabited Mexico Before and at the Time of the Spanish Conquest, and the Ancient Stone and Other Structures and Ruins of Ancient Cities Found There, 1st ed., Toronto, 1880, thirteen mounted photo. plts., single-page map, wood eng. port. of General Diaz and one b & w illust. of hieroglyphics, orig. gilt dec. cloth, minor wear to extrems., 8vo. This work was also issued with twenty mounted photographic plates. (1)

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Cameron (Verney Lovett). Across Africa, 2 vols., 1st ed. 1877, wood-eng. illusts., folding maps, etc., light waterstain to upper outer corner to first few leaves of vol. 1, t.e.g., modern half morocco gilt, 8vo, together with Du Chaillu (Paul B.), Explorations & Adventures in Equatorial Africa, 1st ed., John Murray, 1861, folding b&w wood-eng. frontis, vign. title, wood-eng. plts. and illusts., folding b&w litho. map at end, 32 pp. pubs. cat. at rear, dated April 1861, modern half-black morocco gilt, 8vo, plus Kroupa (B.), An Artist's Tour, Gleanings and Impressions of Travels in North and Central America and the Sandwich Islands, 1st ed., 1890, b&w wood-eng. plts., spotting to prelims., title a little soiled, marbled edges and endpapers, contemp. half-morocco gilt, stamped to head of spine Public Library of N.S. Wales, 8vo (4)

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Cook (Captain James and King, Captain James). A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean; Undertaken by Command of His Majesty, for making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere: Performed under the Direction of Captains Cook, Clarke and Gore, in the Years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780... 4 vols., 1784, forty-nine eng. plts. (incl. port. frontis. and folding map), list of subscribers at rear of vol. 4, modern half-calf gilt, occn. minor foxing and a few marks, 8vo. The octavo issue of the first edition. Includes folding engraved plate of 'The Death of Captain Cook at Owhyhee in MDCCLXXIX', facing page 199 in volume 3. (4)

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Doorly (Captain Gerald S.). The Voyage of the 'Morning', 1st ed., 1916, b & w illusts. from photos., folding map at rear, orig. pict. cloth, rubbed and a little marked, 8vo (1)

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Dutton (Clarence E.). Tertiary History of the Grand Canyon District (United States Geological Survey Monograph No. 1), Washington, 1882, two chromos., double-page hand-col. geological map, several heliotype plts. after photos., num. wood engs., some minor scattered spotting, recent quarter calf gilt, 4to (1)

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Etherton (P.T.). Across the Rood of the World, 1911, photogravure port. frontis., num. illusts. after photos., folding map to rear (with repaired closed tear), orig. pictorial cloth, rebacked with orig. spine relaid, sl. rubbed and marked, 8vo (1)

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Ghulam Hussain Khan (Tabatabai). A Translation [by Haji Mustafa] of the S‘ir Mutaqherin; Or View of Modern Times, Being an History of India..., 1789, 4 vols., reprint ed., Calcutta, T.D. Chatterjee, [1902-03], first leaf of first vol. somewhat browned, orig. uniform maroon cloth, rubbed and marked, spines somewhat faded, 8vo, together with Tod (James), Annals and Antiquities of Rajast'han Or, the Central and Western Rajpoot States of India, 2 vols., Popular ed., 1914, folding maps and plans etc., orig. brown cloth gilt, very slightly rubbed, thick 8vo, plus Malleson (Col. G.B.), History of the French in India, reprinted, Edinburgh, 1909, folding map frontis., orig. maroon cloth, spine faded, thick 8vo, and others related, all 8vo (12)

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Landor (A. Henry Savage). Across Coveted Lands or a Journey from Flushing (Holland) to Calcutta, Overland, 2 vols., New York, 1903, num. b & w photo. plts., folding map to verso of each, later crimson half morocco with parts of orig. cloth binding attached to pastedowns, together with Blofeld (J.H.), Algeria, Past and Present, 1844, wood eng. plts., recent half morocco gilt, and Herbert (Lady Mary Elizabeth), Cradle Lands, 1867, chromo. frontis. and seven wood eng. plts., correct as list, upper inner hinge strengthened, orig. dec cloth, rebacked preserving orig. spine, plus others related, 8vo (8)

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Milne (John and Burton, W.K.). The Great Earthquake in Japan, 1891, 2nd ed., Yokohama, n.d., c. 1892, thirty b&w plts. after photos., by K. Ogawa, single-page map of Japan at rear, a few minor marks, orig. green cloth gilt, rubbed and some marks, oblong folio (1)

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Ross (Sir John). Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of North-West Passage, and of a Residence in the Arctic Regions During the Years 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832, 1833. Including the Reports of Commander, Now Captain, James Clark Ross, and the Discovery of the Northern Magnetic Pole, 1st ed., pub. A.W. Webster, 1835, large folding eng. map on thin paper, hand-col. in outline, twenty-nine eng. plts. and charts (incl. several hand-col. aquas. and lithos.), all correct as list, some minor offsetting, a few closed-tear repairs to margins, t.e.g., remainder rough-trimmed, contemp. navy straight-grained morocco gilt, recently rebacked and corners refurbished, 4to. Abbey, Travel 636; Sabin 73381. A wide-margined copy. An appendix to the narrative was published as a separate volume in the same year. (1)

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Schillings (C.G.). In Wildest Africa...Translated by Frederic Whyte, 2 vols., 1907, num. b & w photo. plts., inner hinges splitting, orig. pictorial cloth, sl. rubbed, together with Baker (S.W.), Exploration of the Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia, Hartford, 1868, wood eng. plts., orig. cloth, rebacked with remains of orig. spine relaid, and Hake (A. Egmont), The Journals of Major-Gen C.G. Gordon, C.B., at Kartoum, 1885, folding map at rear, num. b & w illusts. and plans, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed and faded, plus Castellane (The Count P. de), Military Life in Algeria, 2 vols., 1853, pubs. catalogue to rear of vol. 1, inner hinges splitting, orig. blindstamped cloth gilt, faded to spines, 8vo (6)

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Scott (Captain Robert F.). The Voyage of the 'Discovery', 2 Vols, 1st ed., 1905, half-titles present, photogravure frontis. to each, b & w plts. from photos., some col. and some double-page plts., folding map in rear pocket of each vol., some spotting, t.e.g., orig. cloth gilt, a little rubbed and minor wear to extrems., lge. 8vo (2)

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Shackleton (Sir Ernest). South. The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition, 1914-1917, reprint, 1920, col. frontis., b & w illusts. from photos., folding map at rear, orig. cloth, lettered and blocked in silver, a little rubbed at extremities, 8vo (1)

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Shackleton (Ernest H.). The Imperial Trans-Arctic Expedetion [Prospectus, 1914], tipped-in map and diagram of the 'Endurance', printed in red and black, a little soiling, orig. wrappers with printed paper label to upper cover, some soiling and marginal fraying, 4to. Tipped-in at the front is the first page only of an accompanying typed letter on letterhead, dated 18th June 1914 and addressed to Mrs. H. Hollingworth of Bedford, in which Shackleton requests financial assistance for the Expedition. Spence 1106. (1)

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Shipton (Eric). Blank on the Map, with a foreword by T.G. Longstaff, 1st ed., 1938, b & w illusts. from photos., folding map at rear, together with, Nanda Devi, with a foreword by Hugh Ruttledge, 1st ed., 1936, b & w illusts. from photos., map f.e.p.s, both orig. cloth, slightly rubbed, 8vo, plus Smythe (F.S.), Kamet Conquered, 1st ed., 1932, b & w illusts. from photos., folding map at rear, orig. cloth in soiled and torn d.j., 8vo, and others of mountaineering interest (9)

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Beeverell (James). Les Delices de la Grand Bretagne..., vol. 1 only, Leiden, 1727, addn. double-page eng. title, double-page eng. map of Great Britain, fifty-six mostly double-page eng. views, plans, etc., incl. one folding plt. of costume, contemp. mottled calf, gilt dec. spine, a little rubbed and some minor wear, small 8vo. This volume contains views in Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Huntingdonshire, Lincolnshire, York, Durham and Northumberland. (1)

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Cromwell (Thomas). History and Description of the Ancient Town and Borough of Colchester, 2 vols., 1826, vign. title to each, second vol. with addn. printed title dated 1825, eng. plts., facsimiles, views, etc., folding map torn without loss, occn. minor marginal foxing, ink presentation inscription to front blank of each vol., dated 1865, contemp. half morocco, some wear, upper joints cracked, 8vo (2)

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Dean (William, Botanic Gardener to the Right Hon. the Earl of Coventry). An Historical and Descriptive Account of Croome D'Abitot, the Seat of the Right Hon. the Earl of Coventry, with Biographical Notices of the Coventry Family, to Which are Annexed an Hortus Croomensis, and Observations on the Propagation of Exotics, Worcester, for the Author, 1824, uncol. aqaua. frontis., lacks three plates, half-title and list of subscribers, title sl. soiled with short split, relaid, later half morocco, rubbed, together with White (William), History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Staffordshire...., 2nd ed., Sheffield, 1851, some spotting, commerical ads. at rear, lacks map, contemp. calf, worn on spine and extremities, both 8vo (2)

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M'Bain (J.). The Merrick and the Neighbouring Hills. Tramps by Hill, Stream and Loch, 3rd imp., Ayr, 1929, b & w illusts. from photos., folding linen-backed map at rear, orig. cloth gilt, a little rubbed and minor wear to extrems., 8vo, together with others of mountaineering interest, mostly Scottish Mountaineering Club publications, many in d.j.s (approx. 55)

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Ormerod (George). The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester: Compiled from Original Evidences in Public Offices, the Harleian and Cottonian Mss., Parochial Registers, Private Muniments, Unpublished Ms. Collections of Successive Cheshire Antiquaries, and a Personal Survey of every Township in the County; incorporated with a Re-Publication of King's Vale Royal, and Leycester's Cheshire Antiquities, 2nd ed., revised and enlarged by Thomas Helsby, 3 vols., 1882, eng. ports. and plts., double-page col. map, hand-col. double-page plt. of the painted glass in a window of Farndon Church, armorials to text, etc., missing 8 leaves from volume 3 (pp. 603-618), t.e.g. remainder untrimmed, orig. red half morocco gilt, rubbed, thick folio, together with an album of 19th century litho. views in Dorset contained in a contemp. album, oblong folio (4)

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Plot (Robert). The Natural History of Oxford-Shire, being an Essay Towards the Natural History of England, 2nd ed., Oxford, 1705, lacks folding map, contains sixteen engraved plts., contemp. panelled calf, gilt dec. spine and dentelles with raised bands, some wear with upper cover near-detached, together with Dugdale (William), The Antiquities of Warwickshire Illustrated from Records..., 2 vols., 2nd ed., 1730, lacking the engraved maps, contains num. engraved plts., some double-page, later calf, rubbed, folio (3)

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Rudge (Thomas). The History of the County of Gloucester; Compressed, and Brought Down to the Year 1803, 2 vols., Gloucester, 1803, folding map and two eng. plts., a.e.g., contemp. calf, rebacked, 8vo (2)

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Tombleson (William). Eighty Picturesque Views on the Thames and Medway, n.d., c. 1840s, frontis., additional vign. title, seventy-eight fine steel eng. plts. within decorative border (complete), without the panoramic map of the Thames, a.e.g., orig. blind stamped and gilt dec. black morocco, skilfully rebacked, preserving orig. spine, corners bumped, 4to (1)

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Wade (W.M.). Walks in Oxford; Comprising an Original, Halls, and Public Buildings of the University..., 2nd ed., Oxford, 1818, eng. frontis., folding eng. map (torn to fold), eight eng. plts., some offsetting, edges untrimmed, modern qtr. cloth, 8vo, together with Ludlow, Documents Connected with the History of Ludlow, and the Lords Marchers, pub. John Van Voorst, 1841, litho frontis., eng. vignette title, numerous litho plts., occ. scattered spotting, cloth, recent reback, 4to, with Davies (J. Silvester), A History of Southampton..., pub. Southampton & London, 1883, subscribers' list present, t.e.g., contemp. qtr. morocco, 8vo, plus the Leicestershire portion of Magna Britannia by Thomas Cox, c.1720, with a folding map by Robert Morden, later half calf slim 4to (4)

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Buffon (Georges-Louis Le Clerc, Comte de). Storia Naturale di Buffon, Nuovamente Ordinata e Continuata per Opera del C. di Lacepede, 102 vols., Livorno, 1829, port. frontis. to vol. 1, folding map at rear of vol. 2, approx. 400 hand-col. plts., contemp. uniform dark green quarter calf gilt with vellum tips, 12mo (102)

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Africa. Speed (John), Africae, described, sold Bassett & Chiswell, [1676], hand coloured engraved map, eight inset views to upper margin and inset costume engravings to side margins, title within decorative cartouche, some professional paper repairs, approx. 390 x 510 mm (1)

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Bermuda. Aa (Pieter van der), De Bermudes of Summer Eylanden tot de Reystogten Afgepeyld, c.1707, hand coloured engraved map of Bermuda showing a small portion of the coast of Virginia, title set within engraved shipwreck scene, some professional paper restoration to margins, approx. 155 x 235 mm (1)

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