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Click here to subscribe* Persia. Speed (John), The Kingdome of Persia with the cheef Citties and Habites described, George Humble [1627], hand-coloured engraved 'carte-a-figures' map, eight costumed figures to vertical margins, four oval vignettes of cities to upper horizontal margin, slight creasing, the upper border with thread margins, 395 x 510 mm, mounted, framed and glazed, English text on versoQTY: (1)
Poland. Munster (Sebastian), Nouvelle description de Poloigne & Hongrie, Basel, circa 1560, hand-coloured woodblock map, central fold strengthened on verso, slight text show through, 275 x 350 mm, French text on verso, mounted, together with Mayer (Tobias). Les Royaumes de Pologne et de Prusse..., mis au jours pars les Heritiers d'Homann, Paris, 1757, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, some marginal spotting, two holes in the margin but not affecting the printed image, 435 x 545 mm, with Jansson (Jan). Poloniae nova et Acurata descriptio, Amsterdam, circa 1650, uncoloured engraved map, slight soiling largely confined to margins, additional vertical fold, closed tears affecting the margins and one within the printed image, 395 x 510 mm, Latin text on verso, plus Gall & Inglis (publishers). Gall & Inglis's Map of Poland, Edinburgh, circa 1850, lithographic map with contemporary wash colouring, some staining, 475 x 550 mm, with another five maps of Poland and Europe, including examples by or after Wells, Wilkinson, Pass, J. & C. Walker, and Moll, various sizes and condition, and Pontius (Paulus). Wladislaus Sigismundus D. G. Poloniae et Sueciae Princeps Elect. Magn. Dux Moscoviae Smol. Sever. Cfrd. Dux, circa 1640, uncoloured engraving after Peter Paul Rubens of Sigismund IV, the King of Poland, 325 x 225 mm, mountedQTY: (10)
Poland. Speed (John), A Newe Mape of Poland done into English..., Thomas Bassett & Richard Chiswell [1676] hand-coloured engraved 'carte-a-figure' map, six oval topographical vignettes to the upper margin, eight costumed figures to the vertical margins, central fold partially strengthened on verso, lower right corner torn with slight loss, repaired with facsimile, 405 x 515 mm, English text on versoQTY: (1)
Scotland. Mariette (Pierre & Sanson Nicolas), L'Ecosse Royaume en ses deux Principales Parties..., Paris, 1665, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, very slight marginal staining, 410 x 520 mm, together with L'Ecosse delà la Tay divisée en toutes se Provinces..., [and] L'Ecosse delà la Tay divisée en ses Provinces &c..., [and] Les Isles Orcadney ou Orkney; Schetland ou Hetland et de Fero ou Farre..., Paris 1665, together three engraved maps with contemporary outline colouring, very slight marginal staining, the map of the northern islands with some creasing, each approximately 405 x 545 mmQTY: (4)
Scotland. Speed (John), The Kingdome of Scotland, Thomas Bassett & Richard Chiswell [1676], hand-coloured engraved carte-a-figure map, inset map of the Orkney Islands, four costumed figures to the vertical margins, trimmed to the neat line with slight loss, replaced in facsimile, lower right corner torn with slight loss to the printed image, several marginal closed tears, some dust soiling, central fold strengthened and repaired on verso, some creasing, 385 x 510 mm, English text on versoQTY: (1)
Surrey. Bowen (Emanuel), An Accurate Map of the County of Surrey; divided into hundreds; drawn from late surveys and illustrated with various and additional improvements..., published J. Hinton, 1749, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring and some later enhancement, one additional horizontal fold, 530 x 710 mm, together with Morden (Robert). Surrey [1695 or later], hand-coloured engraved360 x 420 mm map, QTY: (2)NOTE:The first map described was originally published in 'The Large English Atlas'.
Surrey. Speed (John), Surrey Described and Divided into Hundreds, 1st edition, published John Sudbury & George Humble, [1611],hand-coloured engraved map, inset views of Richmond and Nonsuch palaces, central fold strengthened and repaired on verso, slight creasing, lower margin partially repaired, 385 x 515 mm, English text on versoQTY: (1)
Kempster (Brigadier-General F. & H.C. E. Westropp). Manchester City Battalions of the 90th & 91st Infantry Brigades. Book of Honour, London: Sherratt and Hughes, 1916, half-tone illustrations, some light toning, contemporary half morocco, edges a little rubbed, 4to, together with Collections and Recollections of 107th Field Coy., R.E., Darlington, 1918, illustrations, occasional light spotting, original cloth, a little rubbed, 8vo, plus Leland (Brevet Lt.-Col. F.W.) With the M.T. in Mesopotamia, London: Forster Groom & Co., 1920, folding map, illustrations, some light spotting, original cloth, small mark, a little rubbed, 8vo, with others including German Strategy in the Great War, by Philip Neame, 1923, Three Years with the 9th (Scottish) Division, by Lt.-Col. W.D. Croft, 1919, and Twenty Years After. The Battlefields of 1914-18 Then and Now, edited by Sir Ernest Swinton, 3 volumes, [1936-38] QTY: (20)
Sussex. Schenk (P. & Valk G.), Suthsexia vernacule Sussex, Amsterdam, circa 1700, hand-coloured engraved and reticulated map, decorative cartouche and mileage scale, compass rose and numerous rhumb lines, 385 x 505 mm, together with Morden (Robert). Sussex [1695 or later], hand-coloured engraved map, 345 x 415 mm, plus Ogilby (John). The Road from London to Newhaven com. Sussex [1675 or later], hand-coloured engraved strip road map, toned overall, some creasing, 335 x 430 mm, QTY: (3)
United States. Colton (G. W. & C. B. & Co. publishers), Colton's Map of the United States of America, The British Provinces, Mexico and the West Indies, showing the Country from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean, New York, 1882, large lithographic map with contemporary outline colouring on Japon paper, inset map of the West Indies, old folds, small holes where old folds cross, repaired on verso, folds strengthened on verso, some staining to paper from old tape repairs, 940 x 1150 mmQTY: (1)
* East England. Warburton (J. Bland J. & Symth P.), A New and Correct Mapp of Middlesex, Essex and Hertford-shire with the Roads, Rivers, Sea Coasts etc., Actually Surveyed by John Warburton, Joseph Bland and Paylor Smith, 1st edition [1725], very large hand coloured engraved map on six conjoined sheets, decorative cartouche, explanation, compass rose and numerous rhumb lines, list of towns and villages below the map and 736 coats of arms surrounding the map, 1155 x 1850 mm, framed and glazedQTY: (1)NOTE:A very fine example of a very large and striking map of part of South East England; remarkable and aesthetically stunning due to the large number of armorials. The map had a large number of subscribers (over 700) but few examples survive, probably due to the temptation to display it as a wall map which would have accelerated the map's mortality.
West Indies. De Vaugondy (Robert), Isles Saint Domingue ou Hispaniola et de la Martinique, Paris, circa 1750, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, inset map of Martinique, slight spotting and creasing, 485 x 520 mm, together with Pinkerton (John). West Indies, 1809, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, slight spotting, some marginal closed tears, 510 x 705 mm, with Thomson (John, publisher). Guadaloupe, Marie Galante &c. [and] Antigua, Kirkwood & Son, Edinburgh, circa 1817, three engraved maps with contemporary outline colouring on one sheet (as published), some staining and dust soiling, 520 x 595 mm, with another three maps similar, including examples by or after Dunn and Thomson, various sizes and conditionQTY: (6)
World. Plancius (Petrus). Orbis Terrarum Typus de Integro Multis in Locis Emendatus..., 1594, hand-coloured map of the world on a hemispheral projection, engraved by Jan van Doetecum, two additional celestial spheres, elaborate allegorical representations of the four continents to each corner, old folds, upper margin skillfully extended, 410 x 580 mm, mounted, no text on versoQTY: (1)NOTE:R. W. Shirley. The Mapping of the World. number 187. The map was published separately in 1594 but was incorporated into editions of Linschoten's 'Itinerarium' from 1599 onwards. Plancius's map had a widespread influence on other map makers and it was issued unchanged throughout various editions of the 'Itinerarium'.
Roby (John). Traditions of Lancashire, 4 volumes, 1st & 2nd series, London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1829-31, Large Paper copy, additional etched titles on india paper to volumes 1 & 2, 22 engraved and etched plates, together with 22 duplicate proof state plates on india paper, wood engraved vignettes to text, occasional spotting and light offsetting, bookplates of William Blinkhorn and Egerton Parker to front endpapers, all edges gilt, late 19th-century gilt panelled maroon morocco by Henderson & Bisset, gilt decorated spines (lightly faded), 8vo, together with:Gregson (Matthew), Portfolio of Fragments, relative to the History & Antiquities of the County Palatine and Duchy of Lancaster, Liverpool: Printed by G.F. Harris's Widow and Brothers, 1817, half-title, lithograph portrait frontispiece, folding lithograph map, engraved and lithograph plates, folding pedigree partly hand-coloured, few printed armorials to text neatly hand-coloured, armorial bookplate of Charles George Milnes Gaskell to upper pastedown, all edges gilt, mid 19th-century light brown morocco by F. Bedford, gilt decorated spine, some fading to covers, folio,Lancaster, Pictorial History of the county of Lancaster, London: George Routledge, 1844, folding engraved map, wood engraved vignette illustrations, bookplate of Egerton Parker to front free endpaper, contemporary half calf, large 8voQTY: (6)
World Map. Imperial Federation, Map of the World showing the extent of the British Empire in 1886, published as a supplement to The Graphic, London, Maclure & Co., 24 July 1886, colour lithographed map, relined on thin paper, a few minor marks, 60 x 82 cmQTY: (1)NOTE:A nice example of Walter Crane's subversive map of the world, published to coincide with the Colonial and Indian Exhibition of 1886. Superficially, the map appears to be a standard piece of Imperialist propaganda but is overlaid with Socialist motifs. These include Phyrgian, or liberty, caps on the heads of the figures of Freedom, Fraternity and Federation, and the words 'Human Labour' on the sash of Atlas at the foot.
Tully (Miss). Letters written during a Ten Years' Residence at the Court of Tripoli; published from the Originals in the Possession of the Family of the late Richard Tully, the British Consul: comprising Authentic Memoirs and Anecdotes of the Reigning Bashaw, his Family, and Other Persons of Distinction; also, an Account of the Domestic Manners of the Moors, Arabs, and Turks, 2 volumes, 3rd edition, London: Henry Colburn, 1819, half-titles discarded, seven hand-coloured aquatint plates, folding engraved map, some offsetting from plates to text, occasional light offsetting, front pastedowns with armorial bookplate of Sir Charles Ibbetson and ex libris label of Henry Blackmer, contemporary half calf, gilt decorated spines, joints lightly cracked, 8voQTY: (2)NOTE:Provenance: The Library of Henry Myron Blackmer II (1923-1988), Sotheby's 13th October 1989 lot 1052.Blackmer 1682; Atabey 1242; cf. Abbey Travel 299 & 301, and Tooley 493-4. 'According to the introduction these letters were written by the ... sister-in-law of Richard Tully, British consul at Tripoli from 1873 to 1793 ... The work is particularly valuable for its details of family life in the seraglio ... The very attractive plates depict genre scenes and costumes' (Blackmer).
Fuller (Thomas). The Historie of the Holy Warre, 1st edition, Cambridge: Thomas Buck, 1639, engraved title, large folding engraved map, some dust-soiling, endpapers frayed with loss, contemporary calf gilt, thick raised bands, red morocco title label to spine, front board detached, worn, 4toQTY: (1)
Book Box. A decorative book box containing a mixed set of dictionaries and grammars etc., early 19th century, morocco covered book box in the form of a set of five volumes (replicating contents) with gilt finishing, lid to box with armorial crest bookplate depicting stag's head with ink name Annette below, leather hinge to lid partly split, rubbed, volumes contained in book box comprise:1. A Dictionary of the English Language, with an Alphabetical account of the Heathen Deities; and a list of the Cities, Towns... in England and Wales. To which is prefixed a comprehensive view of English Grammar, 5th edition, London: W. Peacock, 1797, front blank with contemporary signature Annette Bradford, occasional spotting, all edges gilt, contemporary navy straight-grain crushed morocco, lightly rubbed, 12mo in 6s,2. Jones (Stephen), A new Biographical Dictionary: containing a brief account of the Lives and Writings of the most Eminent Persons and Remarkable Characters in every Age and Nation, 3rd edition, corrected, London: Printed by T. Bensley, for G.G. and J. Robinson, J. Wallis, J. Scatcherd, W. Peacock, and E. Newbery, 1799, date to title imprint cropped, front blank with contemporary signature Annette Bradford, all edges gilt, contemporary tan brown straight-grain crushed morocco, 12mo in 6s,3. A Compendious Geographical Dictionary, containing, a concise description of the most remarkable places, Ancient and Modern, in Europe, Asia, Africa, & America ... to which are added, a chronological table from the creation to the present time; a monthly list of all the fixed fairs in England and Wales; and a tale of the coins of the various nations, and their values in English money. To the whole is prefixed, an introduction, exhibiting a view of the Newtonian system of the planets, &c., 2nd edition, London: W. Peacock, 1795, folding engraved World map frontispiece and five folding maps, each with contemporary hand-colouring in outline, one folding engraved 'view of the Solar System', front blank with contemporary signature Annette Bradford, all edges gilt, contemporary turquoise green straight-grain crushed morocco, small area of leather to rear board skinned, 12mo in 6s,4. A Compendious Geographical and Historical Grammar: exhibiting a brief survey of the Terraqueous Globe ... and also, a concise view of the Political History of the several Empires, Kingdoms, and States, 2nd edition, corrected, London: W. Peacock & Sons; J. Scatcherd, 1802, folding engraved World map frontispiece and 12 folding maps, each with contemporary hand-colouring in outline, occasional light toning and scattered spotting, front blank with contemporary signature Annette Bradford, all edges gilt, contemporary red straight-grain crushed morocco, 12mo in 6s,5. Tocquot (J. F.), The Royal Pocket Dictionary, French and English, and English and French: containing the signification of words in all their different acceptations; the terms of arts, sciences, and trades ... also a general table of the value of all the monies in Europe reduced to the English and French standards, London: G.G. and J. Robinson, H. Gardner, Ogilvy and Speare, R. Faulder, J. Debrett [& others], [1795], English and French titles, some light toning, front blank with contemporary signature Annette Bradford, all edges gilt, contemporary pale turquoise crushed morocco, 12mo in 4sQTY: (1)
The Duke of Wellington. Supplementary Despatches and Memoranda, 15 volumes, London: John Murray, 1858, inscribed by Arthur Wellesley, 2nd Duke of Wellington 'to the Marchioness of Salisbury, with sincere regard, Wellington, Jan 26 1858' to front free endpaper verso, folding map to rear pocket of volume 1 with outline colouring, armorial bookplate to front pastedowns with smaller ownership ticket below, contemporary calf, morocco labels, some wear, volume XIII lacking title label to spine, 8vo QTY: (15)
David Robertson & Co., publisher. Whistle-Binkie of the Piper of the Party, being a collection of songs for the social circle, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Glasgow, 1878, some very minor toning, top edges gilt, original uniform gilt decorated green cloth, spines very lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, together with:Blight (J. T.), A Week at the Land's End, 1st edition, London: Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1861, 11 monochrome plates, colour folding map plus numerous in-text illustrations, some light spotting, original embossed green cloth, boards & spine lightly rubbed, 8vo, plusFitch Daglish (Eric), Animals in Black and White, volumes 2, 4 & 6, mixed editions, 1928-29, London: J. M. Dent & Sons, black & white illustrations, bookplate to the front endpaper of volume 6, some light spotting, all in original illustrated boards, volumes 4 & 6 in dust jackets, slightly rubbed to head & foot, 4to, and other 19th-century & modern British topography & miscellaneous literature, including Thomas Bewick reference, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4toQTY: (3 shelves)
Taylor (Sidney). Soviet & Soul, Russia through the eyes of youth, 1st edition, London: The Houghton Publishing Co., 1931, monochrome illustrations, some light spotting, original cloth in dust jacket, covers lightly rubbed with minor loss to head & foot, 8vo, together with:Booth (General), In Darkest England and the Way Out, 1st edition, London: International Headquarters of the Salvation Army, 1890, colour folding frontispiece, modern endpapers, some light toning, original blue cloth, boards & spine slightly rubbed, 8voSantalov (A. A. & Louis Segal, editors), Soviet Union Year-Book 1927, London: George Allen & Unwin, 1927, advertisements to the front & rear, colour folding map, some minor toning, original red cloth, spine faded, boards & spine slightly marked & rubbed, 8vo, and other communist, socialist and political left reference & related, many original cloth, some in dust jackets, some paperbacks, G/VG, 8voQTY: (6 shelves)
Humphreys (Henry Noel). A Record of the Black Prince, London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1849, title in red and black, six chromolithograph illustrations (4 full-page), decorative initials, text in red and black, gutta-percha perished and contents detached, all edges gilt, original papier-mâché boards illustrating the Black Prince's coat of arms, rebacked, board corners chipped and worn, 8vo, together with:Barber (John Thomas), A Tour throughout South Wales and Monmouthshire. Comprehending a General Survey..., 1st edition, London: T. Cadell & W. Davies, 1803, twenty sepia aquatint plates (including frontispiece), folding hand-coloured engraved map, some offsetting to text, contemporary gilt decorated diced calf, slight wear to upper joint, spine faded, 8vo,M'Leod (John), Voyage of His Majesty's ship Alceste, to China, Corea and the Island of Lewchew: with an account of her shipwreck, 3rd edition, London: John Murray, 1819, engraved portrait frontispiece, five hand-coloured aquatint plates and folding engraved map, occasional spotting, edges untrimmed, modern navy half morocco, 8vo, plus other 18th & 19th-century antiquarian etc., including The North Briton, from No.I to No. XLVI..., [with appendix], London: W. Bingley, 1769, contemporary half calf, joints cracked, folioQTY: (3 shelves)
Gordon (Seton). The Charm of Skye, The Wingèd Isle, 1st edition, London: Cassell and Company, 1929, colour frontispiece, full-page illustrations throughout (some colour, some after photographs), map of Skye, original blue cloth gilt, faded & rubbed, 8vo, together with:The Land of the Hills and the Glens, Wild Life in Iona and the Inner Hebrides, 1st edition, London: Cassell and Company, 1920, frontispiece, black & white illustrations after photographs throughout, lightly spotted, original green blindstamped cloth gilt, lightly rubbed, 8vo, withThe Cairngorm Hills of Scotland, 1st edition, 1st edition, London: Cassell and Company, 1925, frontispiece, black & white illustrations after photographs throughout, lightly spotted, original blue cloth gilt, spine faded, lightly rubbed, 8vo, with 35 others related to ScotlandQTY: (approx 40)
Cluver (Philip). Introductionis in Universam Geographiam tam veterem quam novam Libri VI, Tabulis aeneis illustrati Accessit P. Bertii Breviarium Orbis Terrarum, Amsterdam: Ex Officina Elzeviriana, 1672, [12], 388 [76]p., engraved decorative title (leaf *1), part title to the Breviarium, 38 uncoloured engraved folding maps (complete as list), lacking the two plates of compass roses (not called for in index list), map of Germany torn along old fold and frayed at margins, map of Persia waterstained, occasional worming to fore margins not affecting text, lacking front free endpapers, contemporary calf, hinges and joints weak and cracked, spine label partially lacking, worn and rubbed, 12moQTY: (1)NOTE:Willems 1467.
Meinertzhagen (Richard). Birds of Arabia, London: Henry Sotheran Limited, 1980, additional half-title, nineteen mounted colour plates, mounted photographic illustrations, folding map, further black & white illustrations to text, armorial bookplate of The Lord Rootes to front blank, original green half morocco by Morrell, top edge gilt, raised bands finished in gilt, gilt bird and palm vignettes to compartments, boards marked, 4to (175 of 295 copies)QTY: (1)
Collection of folding maps, to include London - drawn and engraved expressly for the Post Office Directory 1899, two Daily Telegraph World Maps, seven Daily Telegraph War Maps including 'The Western Front', 'The Far East', 'The Russian Front', 'Finland, Scandinavia and the Baltic States', 'The Mediterranean and Northern Africa', Daily Express War Map of the Pacific, News Chronicle Map of Europe, War Map of the Western Front Supplement to "The Great War" Number 1. 27th October 1939 (qty)
A clothbound edition of The History of the Birds of Essex by William E. Glegg, F.Z.S., M.B.O.U. with twenty plates and a map. Published by H.F. & G. Witherby, 326 High Holborn, W.C (London) 1929. Together with an Essex Field Club Special Memoirs, Vol. III 'The Mammals, Reptiles and Fishes of Essex: A Contribution to the natural History of the County (Illustrated)' by Henry Laver, M.R.C.S., F.S.A., F.L.S.
(Edward Bawden), collection of fourteen titles illustrated by Edward Bawden, including Jennings: 'Dunlopera. The Works and Workings of the Dunlop Rubber Company', London, Privately Published, 1961, 24 colour linocut illustrations by Bawden in text as called for, pictorial endpapers/pastedowns by Bawden, 156,[4]pp, orginal cloth gilt; 'The Histories of Herodotus of Halicarnassus', New York, The Heritage Press, 1958, 2 volumes, colour ills. throughout by Bawden, map endpapers/pastedowns, original pictorial cloth gilt by Bawden; Denis Saurat: Death and the Dreamer', Westhouse, 1946, 1st edition, b/w frontis + full page b/w plates by Bawden as called for, orig. pictorial cloth, dust wrapper (by Bawden); Ambrose Heath: 'Good Potato Dishes', L, 1948, 4th impression, illustrated title page by Bawden, orig. paper covered boards, dust wrapper (by Bawden); Rex Warner: 'Greeks and Trojans', 1951, 1st edition, original cloth, dust wrapper (black & white ills. and dust wrapper by Bawden); Gray: 'How Animals Move', 1953, 1st edition, orig. cloth, dust wrapper (ills. and d/w by Bawden); 'BBC Year Book 1947', orig. cloth gilt, dust wrapper (by Bawden); Jean Comay: 'The World's Greatest Story', L, W & N, 1978, 1st edition, 45 b/w ills. by Edward Bawden as called for, original cloth gilt, d/w; plus 6 others ills./dust wrapper art by Bawden (15)
Patrick Leigh Fermor: 'Between the Woods and the Water', London, John Murray, 1986, 1st edition, 1st impression, double page map, original cloth gilt, pictorial dust wrapper by John Craxton (a VGC+ internal and external copy, d/w with £13.95 price intact), together with 'A Time of Gifts', L, John Murray, 1987, 7th printing, and a 1986 3rd impression of 'Between the Woods and the Water', both orig. cloth gilt, both in pictorial dust wrappers by John Craxton. The first two books in Fermor's celebrated travel trilogy that recounts his walk from the Hook of Holland to Constantinople, both works are well known for their "blend of youthful joie de vivre, [and] erudition that enlightened the reader about the historical background of middle Europe" (ODNB). (3)
[John S. Roberts]: 'The Life and Explorations of David Livingstone, LL.D., Carefully Compiled from Reliable Sources', London; Newcastle-on-Tyne, Adam & Co, [1878], 2 volumes in 1, continuous pagination, vii,[3],508,v,[2],510-973pp, printed title pages for volumes 1 & 2, tinted lithograph frontis, additional tinted litho title page, folding map of South & Central Africa + 86 tinted lithograph plates as called for (list calls for 86 plates in total including map, so appears to have some additional plates not listed), thick 8vo, contemporary half calf gilt, oxblood morocco gilt label to spine
Mungo Park: 'Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa: Performed under the Direction and Patronage of the African Association in the Years 1795, 1796 and 1797', London, G. & W. Nicol, 1810, 6th edition, engraved portrait frontis, large engraved folding map of Mungo Park's route through West Africa exploring the Upper Niger river + 5 engraved plates as called for (of which 2 botanical, 3 folding views), contemporary calf gilt (slightly worn), spine gilt in compartments
(Africa, Travel & Exploration), Samuel White Baker, 2 titles: 'The Albert N'yanza, Great Basin of the Nile, and Explorations of the Nile Sources', London, Macmilan, 1866, 1st edition, 2 volumes, engraved portrait frontis to volume I, tinted litho frontis view of Lake Albert to volume II, 2 engraved coloured maps (of which 1 large folding) + 32 wood engraved ills. (some full page) as called for, uniform half green morocco gilt, spines gilt in compartments, 'The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia, and the Sword Hunters of the Hamran Arabs', L, Macmillan, 1868, 3rd edition, engraved portrait frontis, 2 engraved maps (1 folding) + 23 (of 24) engraved plates, original pictorial cloth gilt; Thomas Heazle Parke: 'My Personal Experience in Equatorial Africa as Medical Officer of the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition', L, Sampson Low, c.1891, 3rd edition, 18 b/w plates + folding colour map in rear pocket as called for, orig. pictorial cloth gilt; Rudolf C. Slatin Pasha: 'Fire and Sword in the Soudan. A Parsonal Narrative of Fighting and Serving the Dervishes 1879-1895', L, Edward Arnold, 1896, 4th edition, port. frontis + 21 b/w plates + folding plan & folding map at end as called for, orig. pictorial cloth gilt; plus G.B. Hill 'Gordon in Central Africa 1874-1879', 1899, orig. cloth gilt (6)
(Middle East, Arabia, Travel), St John Philby: 'The Empty Quarter. Being a description of the Great South Desert of Arabia known as Rub' al Khali.', London, Constable & Co, 1933, 1st edition, frontis + 31 plates from photographs + 3 folding coloured maps/plans as called for, original cloth. Account of his remarkable 1932 crossing of the 'empty quarter' by the pre-eminent British Arabist Harry St John Bridger Philby (1885-1960); Freya Stark: 'The Coast of Incense Autobiography 1933-1939', L, John Murray, 1953, 1st edition, sketch map of South Arabia/Hadhramaut + 51 b/w illustrations from photos by Stark & wood engravings by Reynolds Stone as called for, orig. cloth gilt, dust wrapper; T.E. Lawrence, 2 titles: 'Revolt in the Desert', L, Jonathan Cape, March 1927, 1st edition, 3rd impression, folding map + b/w plates as called for, original cloth gilt, 'The Seven Pillars of Wisdom', L, Cape, August 1935, 1st trade edition, 3rd impression, portrait frontis + 4 folding maps + numerous b/w plates as called for, 4to, orig. cloth gilt, 'Lawrence of Arabia' printed memorial booklet and postcard size colour illustration loosely inserted; plus 3 others Richard Burton, Yemen & Oman (7)
(Asia, Travel), a collection of twenty three assorted titles relating to Asia, Central Asia, China, India, The Silk Road etc, including Sven Hedin 'The Silk Road', 1938, 1st English edition, and 'Big Horse's Flight. The Trail of War in Central Asia', 1936, 1st English edition, both with folding map and numerous plates from photographs as called for, both original cloth; Nick Danziger: 'Danziger's Travels', 1987, 1st edition, signed, orig. cloth, dust wrapper; plus others Gobi desert, Himalayas, Istanbul, Afghanistan, Tibet, North-West Frontier etc etc (23)
(Travel & Exploration), William Spotswood Green: 'The High Alps of New Zealand, or a Trip to the Glaciers of the Antipodes, with an Ascent of Mount Cook', L, Macmillan, 1883, 1st edition, b/w frontis + maps (1 folding) as called for, xiv,350pp + 32pp catalogue of ads at end, original cloth gilt, professionally rebacked retaining original backstrip. The first New Zealand climbing book; Msjor-General Donald Macintyre: 'Hindu-Koh: Wanderings and Wild Sport on and Beyond the Himalayas', Edinburgh, William Blackwood, 1891, new edition, frontis + 31 b/w ills. as called for, original pictorial cloth gilt; Constance Frederica Gordon-Cumming (1837-1924): 'Two Happy Years in Ceylon', L, Chatto & Windus, 1901, new edition, frontis, folding map + 23 plates & 4 ills. in text as called for, orig. pictorial cloth; Sven Hedin: 'Big Horse's Flight. The Trail of War in Central Asia', L, Macmillan, 1933, 1st edition, folding map, profusely illustrated with b/w plates (mainly from photographs) as called for, original cloth gilt; Rex Hardinge: 'Gambia and Beyond', L, Blackie, 1934, 1st edition, frontis + 15 plates as called for, orig. cloth; Peter Freuchen: 'Arctic Adventure. My Life in the Frozen North', L, Heinemann, 1936, 1st edition, 66 plates/maps as called for, orig. cloth; plus 2 others similar (8)
(Travel, Africa, South America), Henry Savage-Landor, 3 titles: 'Across Widest Africa. An Account of the Country and People of Eastern, Central and Western Africa as seen during a Twelve Months' Journey from Djibuti to Cape Verde.', London, Hurst & Blackett, 1907, 1st edition, 2 volumes, folding coloured map + numerous black & white illustrations, mainly from photographs, as called for, uniform original cloth gilt. Landor was an English painter, writer and explorer who travelled the world. With an assignment to paint Menelik II, Emperor of Ethiopia, Landor took the opportunity to make a trip across Africa. The journey took about a year and he covered eight thousand miles; 'Across Unknown South America', London & New York, Hodder & Stoughton, 1913, 1st edition, 2 volumes, 2 folding maps + 8 coloured plates and 260 black & white ills. as called for, 4to, uniform original cloth gilt; 'Everywhere, the Memoirs of an Explorer', London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1924, 1st edition, port. frontis + 22 ills. + 8 maps & diagrams as called for, original cloth gilt; Frederick Courtney Selous: 'Travel and adventure in South-East Africa; being the narrative of the last eleven years spent by the author on the Zambesi and its tributaries; with an account of the colonisation of Mashunaland and the progress of the gold industry in that country', London, Rowland Ward, 1893, 3rd edition (published same year as the first) folding map + numerous Illustrations from photographs and line drawings as called for, Czech, p. 146: "Selous describes numerous adventures with lions and leopards, particularly near the Zambesi, Zweswi, and Manyami rivers, with additional sport after rhinoceros, eland, and hartebeest. After returning to the Transvaal, he linked with Montague Kerr and traveled into Matabeleland. Selous hunted more lions and rhinoceros, and vividly depicts an elephant hunt near the Zweswi River . he concludes with a chapter on rifles, and another reflecting earlier sporting adventures after elephant, rhinoceros, buffalo, and others." Gee "Sportsman's Library", xviii, 503 pp, original tan pictorial cloth gilt; Kingston: 'Great African Travellers from Bruce and Mungo Park to Livingstone, Stanley, Gordon Cumming, Selous and Sir Harry Johnston', L, Routledge, 1914, new edition, profusely illustrated with full page plates and b/w ills. in text throughout, original pictorial cloth; M.F. Hill: 'Permanent Way. The Story of the Kenya and Uganda Railway', Nairobi, East African Railways and Harbours, [1949], plates and maps, 4to, orig. cloth gilt, d/w; plus others including Hillaby 'Journey to the Jade Sea', 1964, A Maitland 'Speke', 1961, Stenning 'Savannah Nomads', 1959, Debenham 'The Way to Ilala', 1955, plus others the Mahdiya, Sokoto Caliphate, Lake Rudolf, Sudan etc (17)
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