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Five Boxed French Dinky Military Toy Models, 817 CHAR A.M.X. 13 Tank, 821 Mercedes Benz Unimog Army covered wagon, 827 Panhard FL10 complete with aerial, loose packet, inner packing, one end flap torn,883 AMX 13 Bridge Layer, complete with instruction leaflet , metal parts have surface rust, with illustrated lidded box, in fair original condition, tear to one end of lid, 884 Military Brockway Bridgelayer, with plastic bridge sections, 2x inflatable boats, in good original condition, with original blue/white Supertoys box, which is fair, missing leaflet/map and inner packing, models are dusty where they have been on display, fair to excellent, boxes are fair, 817 box is poor.(5 items)

French Military Dinky Toys 883 AMX 13 Bridge Layer, in illustrated lidded box, in good original condition, dusty where model has been on display, some surface rust to metal parts, reproduction instruction leaflet and 884 Military Brockway Bridge-layer, with plastic bridge sections, 2x inflatable boats, instruction/map leaflet, in excellent original condition, with original blue/white Supertoys box, which is very good, complete with inner packing. (2 items)

W.Monk-An antiquarian print of a post tudor building, signed in the lower right margin, limited edition animal prints by Gary Hodges and a map of Derbyshire, mixed prints, a Folio Society book 'The Sun King and his Loves' by Lucy Norton 1982 and an 1893 2nd Dragoons- The Royal Scots Greys 1678-1893 illustrated book

Mixed ephemera to include 1920's newspapers and magazines, motoring and hiking maps, a large school room map of the world, scrap book cut-outs, children's books to include Laurent de Brunhoff Picnic at Babar's, Orlando the Marmalade Cat and others, along with 1963 and 1989 Playboy magazines Location: 1.5

Africa and Asia Collection of travel narratives, 19th century Portal, Gerald H. An Account of the English Mission to King Johannis of Abyssinia in 1887. Privately Printed. Winchester: Warren and Son, [1888]. First edition, 8vo, original green cloth, inscribed 'with the compliments of the author, Cairo, Oct. 6, 1888', slightly rubbed;Irwin, Henry Crossley The Garden of India; or Chapters on Oudh History and Affairs. London: W. H. Allen & Co., 1880. First edition, 8vo, original cloth, half-title, 36 + [4] pp. advertisements, inscribed 'For Will and Mabel, with the writer's love, May 1880' on half-title, Crossley family bookplate, covers water-damaged, spotting to early leaves and occasionally elsewhere;Sykes, Christopher. Wassmuss, "The German Lawrence". London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1936. First edition, 8vo, original cloth, with the scarce dust jacket, 12 photographic plates by Robert Byron and others, spine rolled, dust jacket slightly chipped, rubbed and marked;Stanley, Henry M. Through the Dark Continent, or the Sources of the Nile. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1879. First US edition, early issue, 2 volumes, 8vo, original green pictorial cloth gilt, all plates and maps as called for (including 2 large folding maps in end-pockets), front free endpapers excised, damp-staining to plates, rear inner hinges cracked, folding maps with small holes to intersections of folds;Idem. How I Found Livingstone: Travels, Adventures and Discoveries in Central Africa. Published only by Subscription. New York: Scribner, Armstrong & Co., 1872. First US edition, 8vo, original red-brown pictorial cloth gilt, all plates and maps as called for, frontispiece map torn but all present, folding map facing p. 475 possibly lacking bottom section, spotting;Beeton, S. O., and Ronald Smith. Livingstone and Stanley. An Account of Dr. Livingstone's Early Career, his Travels and Discoveries. London: Ward, Lock, and Tyler, 1872. First edition, 8vo, contemporary red-brown cloth, 3 wood-engraved plates including folding portrait, original front wrapper (with map) bound in;and 4 others similarNote: Note: The US edition of Through the Dark Continent was first published in 1878. Library Hub traces five copies only for Beeton and Smith's work

Gill, Eric (1882-1940) 2 autograph cards, 1 autograph letter and 1 wood-engraving Autograph card signed to Mr Wilfrid Partington [of The Bookman's Journal], discussing who Gill could suggest to write an article on his wood engravings. 'Really, it is v. difficult to say. Lots of kind people buy them but who could write about them ? & why shd. anyone want to ?' Gill goes on to suggest M. l'abbé Desmond Chute in Rapallo and Geoffrey Keynes 'the former, a v. good artist himself, would have the more intimate view', 2, 5. [19]25; further autograph card initialled, acknowledging receipt of The Bookman's Journal;Autograph letter signed to Mr Partington, stating that he has left Wales for Pigotts and saying he encloses a map for his guidance, 11th October 2029;Wood-engraved map of Pigotts, North Dean, High Wycombe, Bucks., by Eric Gill, 11.5 x 8.2cm;Autograph letter signed from Mary Gill to Mr Partington, saying that she remembers the little carving but has no idea who bought it and that she has very little of his work as he usually did work to order 'but I think he found a joy in most of the work he did', 2nd Feb. 1944;and 1 other item (Eric Gill, 'The Enormities of Modern Religious Art', offprint from The Month, 1928)Note: Provenance: Property of an English collector.

Middle East and Asia Collection of travel narratives ex libris Lt S. C. R. Duffy all 8vo, original cloth, and with Duffy's ownership inscriptions (dated Liverpool, Bombay or Jubblepore), a few titles further annotated with various dates on front free endpaper (apparently denoting re-readings), and comprising:Hale, F. From Persian Uplands. London: Constable and Company Ltd, 1920. First edition, map endpapers, half-title and final leaf browned;Sykes, Ella & Sir Percy. Through Deserts and Oases of Central Asia. London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1920. First edition, all plates as called for, folding map in end-pocket, errata slip; Dickson, William Edmund Ritchie. East Persia. A Backwater of the Great War. London: Edward Arnold & Co., 1924. First edition, 8 plates, folding map, spine rolled, covers slightly marked, cancelled library plate to rear pastedownPhilby, Harry St John Bridger. Arabia of the Wahhabis. London: Constable & Co., 1928. First edition, all plates as called for, large folding map (with short closed tear), half-title browned, edges spotted;Younghusband, Sir Francis. Peking to Lhasa. The Narrative of Journeys in the Chinese Empire made by the Late Brigadier-General George Pereira. London: Constable and Company, Ltd., 1925. First edition, all plates and maps as called for, library markings removed from front board and rear pastedown, rear inner hinge tender;and 9 others (these not collated), including: Olufsen, Through the Unknown Pamirs, 1904 (first edition in English); Tate, The Frontiers of Baluchistan, 1909 (first edition); Forbes-Leith, Checkmate: Fighting Tradition in Central Asia, undated; Maynard, The Murmansk Venture, undated; Blacker, On Secret Patrol in High Asia, 1922 (first edition, annotated 'The Bajgiranski Soviet, Miss R. P. Houston, Major L. V. Blacker, Capt. H. C. Duncan, Lt S. C. R. Duffy' on front free endpaper, front inner hinge tender); Etherton, Across the Roof of the World, 1911 (first edition, contemporary cloth); and similarNote: Note: S. C. R. Duffy was gazetted lieutenant, Indian Army, on 29th August 1919. His Wolseley helmet was sold at a UK auction in 2021. Hale's From Persian Uplands appears to be scarce in libraries and in commerce.

Miniature atlas Atlas minima, comprehended in 30 Maps Edinburgh: Alex Macredie, c.1825. Oblong 16mo (9.5 x 6.4cm), contemporary red half morocco, title-page, contents leaf, 30 maps by W. Murphy, engraved throughout, the maps hand-coloured in outline, extremities rubbed, rear board detached, juvenile pencil-markings to endpapers, title-page, index leaf and several maps (mainly on versos, and very faint where on rectos), ink inscription to front pastedown offset onto title, small ink-stain to Europe map. Together with an 18th-century almanac (The Polite Repository or Pocket Companion, London: W. Peacock, 1796, 12mo, original red morocco wallet binding, engraved frontispiece and headpieces depicting country seats, and S. Leigh Sotheby & Co., Catalogue of the Important Collection of Manuscripts from Stowe, which will be sold by Auction by Messrs. S. Leigh Sotheby & Co., on Monday 11th of June 1849. 8vo, with earlier engraved portrait of the Duke of Buckingham bound in, two engraved plates, modern blue cloth library bindingNote: Note: Library Hub traces two copies only of the Atlas Minima, British Library and National Library of Scotland (providing different dates).

Scotland Collection of early travel narratives [Thomson, William]. A Tour in England and Scotland, in 1785. By an English Gentleman. London: for G. G. J. and J. Robinson, 1788. First edition, 8vo, contemporary calf, half-title, 6 engraved plates, binding worn, a few stains and marks to contents, free endpapers excised, contemporary ownership inscriptions to half-title [ESTC T145931];Lettice, John. Letters on a Tour through Various Parts of Scotland, in the Year 1792. London: T. Cadell, 1794. First edition, 8vo, 19th-century blue-green half calf, rubbed, light toning, shallow damp-stain to head of gutter at front [ESTC T146987];Murray, Sarah. A Companion, and Useful Guide to the Beauties of Scotland, to the Lakes of Westmoreland, Cumberland, and Lancashire; and to the Curiosities in the District of Craven. London: for the author, 1799. First edition, 8vo, contemporary half calf, worn, half-title discarded, prelims misbound [ESTC T147827];Troil, Uno von. Letters on Iceland ... made during a Voyage undertaken in the Year 1772, by Joseph Banks. Dublin: by G. Perrin, for S. Price [and others], 1780. First Dublin edition, 8vo, contemporary sprinkled calf gilt, half-title, engraved frontispiece, engraved folding map, bookplate of the Barons Cloncurry ('Lyons Library'), slightly rubbed, small nick to head of spine, light spotting to map and adjacent text-leaves, an attractive copy [ESTC N138];[Heron, Robert]. Scotland Delinated, or a Geographical Description of Every Shire in Scotland ... for the Use of Young Persons. Edinburgh: for James Neill, 1791. First edition, 8vo, contemporary calf, engraved folding map (torn in margin) [ESTC T83697];[Botfield, Beriah]. Journal of a Tour through the Highlands of Scotland during the Summer of MDCCCXXIX. Norton Hall [Northamptonshire]: [for the author], 1830. First edition, 8vo, later maroon calf gilt by Riviere, engraved frontispiece and additional title-page (both spotted), bookplate of the Dukes of Argyll;Necker de Saussure (Louis Albert). A Voyage to the Hebrides, or Western Isles of Scotland. London: for Sir Richard Phillips, 1822. First edition in English, 8vo, 20th-century cloth, 5 aquatint plates, edges untrimmed, spotting;and 7 others (these not collated), including: Thomas Pennant, A Tour in Scotland, and Voyage to the Hebrides, MDCCLXII, Chester, 1774 (4to, contemporary half calf, worn, engraved plates); John Ogilvie, Rona, a Poem, 1777 (first edition, 4to, contemporary tree calf, spine worn, front board detached, engraved folding maps, 7 plates, one damp-stained); The Traveller's Guide through Scotland and it's [sic] Islands, Edinburgh, 1806 (third edition, 8vo, contemporary red half morocco, maps); The Tour of the Duke of Somerset ... through Parts of England, Wales, and Scotland, in the Year 1795, 1845 (8vo, contemporary maroon morocco by Hering); Sir Donald Monro, Description of the ... Hybrides, 1884 (original cloth, one of 250 copies); and similar

Wood, Robert An Essay on the Original Genius and Writings of Homer with a Comparative View of the Ancient and Present State of the Troade. London: for T. Payne and P. Elmsly, 1775. First edition, 4to, engraved frontispiece, folding map and 3 plates (1 folding), contemporary calf, g.e., neatly backed, corners rubbed, bookplate of John Fowke Lancelot RollestonNote: Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.

Agriculture Group of English county surveys, 18th-19th century Middleton, John. View of the Agriculture of Middlesex. London: by B. McMillan for G. Nicol [and others], 1798. First edition, 8vo, 20th-century green half morocco by Bayntun, 2 hand-coloured engraved maps (both folding), errata leaf, folding table, half-title discarded [ESTC T50760];[Yorkshire]. [Sammelband of Board of Agriculture surveys, comprising:] General View of the Agriculture of the East Riding of Yorkshire, and the Ainsty of the City of York ... by Isaac Leatham; [...] West Riding [...] by Messrs. Rennie, Broun, and Shirreff; [...] North Riding ... by Mr. Tuke, Junior; Letter to Sir John Sinclair, Bart. from John Robinson, Surveyor-General of Woods and Forests; Outlines of the Fifteenth Chapter of the Proposed General Report from the Board of Agriculture. On the Subject of Manures ... by Robert Somerville. London: W. Bulmer and Co., 1794-5. 5 works in 1 volume, first editions, 4to, contemporary marbled boards, blue paper backstrip, each work with half-title, first 3 works with engraved map, Somerville contents leaf loose [ESTC T40689, T40695, T40692, T38193, T43513];Marshall, William. The Rural Economy of the Midland Counties. London: for G. Nicol, 1790. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, near-contemporary green half morocco gilt (with an inscription dating the binding to 1833), half-title to volume 1, engraved folding map, bookplates of Rev. Sir George B. Lee, Bart and the Lee family, later book-label (William Delafield) [ESTC T94144];Marshall, William. The Rural Economy of Gloucestershire. London: for G. Nicol, 1796. Second edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary marbled calf, engraved folding map, 4 pp. advertisements [ESTC T132844];Pitt, William. General View of the Agriculture of Stafford. London: for G. Nicol, 1796. Second edition, 8vo, contemporary marbled calf, engraved hand-coloured folding map frontispiece, 14 engraved plates (several folding), bookplate (William Lygon Esqr), old typescript label to spine, front joint superficially cracked [ESTC T40676];Bailey, John, & G. Cully. General View of the Agriculture of the County of Northumberland [... Cumberland ... Westmoreland]. Newcastle: Sol. Hodgson, 1797. Second edition, 3 parts in 1 volume, 8vo, 20th-century tan half sheep, 14 engraved maps and plates (most folding), directions the binder/errata leaf present, plates and maps browned and offset [ESTC T40663];Tuke, John. General View of the Agriculture of the North Riding of Yorkshire. London: printed by B. McMillan for G. Nicol [and others], 1800. Second edition, 8vo, modern half calf, half-title, engraved folding map, 14 engraved plates, contemporary ownership inscription to title-page, browning [ESTC T40693];Young, Arthur. General View of the Agriculture of the County of Sussex. London: Richard Phillips, 1808. Second edition, 8vo, contemporary marbled calf, hand-coloured engraved frontispiece, 20 engraved plates (most of them folding), label perished;Bailey, John. General View of the Agriculture of the County of Durham. London: Richard Phillips, 1810. Second edition, near-contemporary half calf, 8vo, errata leaf, 9 engraved plates (including hand-coloured frontispiece, 6 plates numbered 2-7, and 2 wood-engraved plates of cattle), front joint partly cracked and spine slightly defective, front free endpaper, initial blank and frontispiece tipped in, frontispiece offset, plates browned;the lot collated for plates onlyNote: Note: All but Marshall's two works were surveys produced for the Board of Agriculture.Provenance: The Library of the late John Watson Ravenshear, with his bookplates.

Agriculture Group of Scottish county surveys, 18th-19th century Smith, John. General View of the Agriculture of the County of Argyll. Edinburgh: for Mundell & Son, 1798. First edition, 8vo, contemporary tree sheep, 3 engraved plates, folding table, 10 pp. advertisements, joints partly cracked, damp-stain to title-page and subsequent leaf, a few other spots and marks [ESTC T151869: tracing 6 copies in libraries for this issue, and citing a map, in practice never encountered];Robertson, James. General View of the Agriculture in the County of Perth. Perth: printed by order of the Board of Agriculture, 1799. Second edition, 8vo, contemporary blue half morocco, folding map, 4 plates, folding letterpress table, bookplate of the barons Kinnaird, short closed tear to map [ESTC T40605];Douglas, Robert. General View of the Agriculture in the Counties of Roxburgh and Selkirk. Edinburgh: for G. Nicoll, 1798. First edition, 8vo, contemporary tan half sheep, 2 hand-coloured folding maps, 3 plates (one folding), spine-label perished, wear to foot of spine, one plate shaved [ESTC T40594];Idem. London: Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1813. Second edition, 8vo, 19th-century marbled boards, rebacked, 2 folding maps, 3 plates (one folding);Robertson, George. General View of the Agriculture of the County of Mid-Lothian. Edinburgh: by G. Ruthven and Sons, for G. Nicol, 1795. First edition, 8vo, c.1900 half calf by Robertson, folding map, 11 plates, plates spotted [ESTC T147166];Findlater, Charles. General View of the Agriculture of the County of Peebles. Edinburgh: by D. Willison, for Archibald Constable, 1802. First edition, 20th-century quarter morocco, plate, lacking map;Somerville, Robert. General View of the Agriculture of East Lothian. London: W. Bulmer and Co., for G. and W. Nicol, 1805. First edition, 8vo, contemporary diced half russia, folding map, 2 pp. catalogue to rear ('A Catalogue of agriculture seeds, etc. sold by Thomas Gibbs and Co.'), engraved bookplate and ownership inscription of George Paterson (identified in pencilled note of George Paterson of Castle Huntly, 1734-1813, British army surgeon);Naismith, John. General View of the Agriculture of the County of Clydesdale. London: B. McMillan, 1806. 8vo, modern quarter sheep, folding map, 2 + 2 pp. advertisements, stamps of the Royal History Society, browning;Macdonald, James. General View of the Agriculture of the Hebrides. Edinburgh: for Sir Richard Phillips, 1811. First edition, 8vo, later half calf, rebacked with original spine laid down, plate, 5 folding maps, spotting;Aiton, William. General View of the Agriculture of the County of Ayr. Glasgow: A. Napier, 1811. First edition, 8vo, 19th-century marbled boards, rebacked in green morocco, green calf cornerpieces, folding map (repaired), all plates as called for (except 'Galloway Bull and Cow', 'not included in this edition' according to accompanying correspondence from the National Library of Scotland), browning and offsetting;Keith, George Skene. A General View of the Agriculture of Aberdeenshire. Aberdeen: D. Chalmers & Co., 1811. First edition, 8vo, later half calf, 7 maps and plates, spotting, browning and damp-staining;Leslie, William. General View of the Agriculture in the Counties of Nairn and Moray. London: Richard Phillips, 1811. First edition, 8vo, later maroon half calf, folding map, folding table, 2 plates, ink-stamp and manuscript shelfmark of the Advocates Library, Aberdeen to title-page, spotting and offsetting;the lot collated with regard to plates and maps only Note: Provenance: The Library of the late John Watson Ravenshear, with his bookplates.

Wordsworth, William 3 volumes A Guide through the District of the Lakes. Kendal: Hudson and Nicholson, 1835. Fifth edition, 12mo, folding map, 2pp. adverts at end, original green cloth, worn, covers detached; The Prelude. London: E. Moxon, 1850. First edition, 8vo, 8pp. adverts bound in at beginning, original blindstamped cloth, rebacked in black morocco, gilt; Select Pieces from the Poems. London: E. Moxon, [c.1855], 8vo, title and text within pictorial borders, contemporary black morocco gilt, rubbedNote: Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.

Dallaway, James Constantinople Ancient and Modern with Excursions to the Shores and Islands of the Archipelago and to the Troad. London: T. Bensley, 1797. First edition, 4to, engraved title, map and 9 sepia aquatint plates, contemporary tree calf, rebacked retaining original spineNote: Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.

[Fuller, John] Narrative of a Tour through some parts of the Turkish Empire Not Published. London: printed by Richard Taylor, 1829. First edition, 8vo, [vi], 560, presentation copy inscribed 'To W. H. Hyett Esq. from the Author', large folding map, hand-coloured in outline, contemporary half calf, rebacked, map neatly strengthened at fold on verso, spotting chiefly to the mapNote: Note: A rare work. The author visited Corfu, the Morea, Athens, Smyrna, Turkey including Constantinople, the Archipelago, Egypt, Palestine, present day Syria, Cyprus, Rhodes and Zante.Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.

Greece 19 volumes Sonnini, C.S. Voyage en Grèce et en Turquie. Paris: Buisson, 1801. Folio, atlas volume only, 6 plates, original boards, lacking the map, worn, covers detached; Leake, William M. The Topography of Athens. 1821. Oblong folio, atlas volume only, 8 plates, original boards, with paper label to upper board, spotted, spine worn;Scott, A. Grammar of the Modern Greek Language. London, 1828, 12mo, original boards, upper board detached;Comstock, John L. History of the Greek Revolution. New York, 1828. 8vo, both plates defective, with loss, lacks map, spotted, worn, cover detached; Keightley, Thomas. History of the War of Independence in Greece. Edinburgh, 1830, 2 volumes, 12mo, original cloth;Murray, John. Handbook for Travellers in Greece. London, 1854. 8vo, original cloth, slightly rubbed, ?lacking general map; Wordsworth, C. Athens and Attica. London, 1869. 8vo, plates, contemporary calf gilt;Tozer, H.F. Lectures on the Geography of Greece. 1873. 8vo, presentation copy, half calf, boards detached;Wordsworth, C. Greece, pictorial, descriptive & historical. 1882. Large 8vo, plates, original cloth, rubbed;Baikie, James. The Sea-Kings of Crete. 1910, 8vo, original cloth;Hogarth, David G. Ionia and the East. Oxford, 1909, 8vo, map, modern half morocco gilt; and 7 others; sold not subject to returnNote: Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.

Greece 13 volumes Williams, H.W. Select Views in Greece. London, 1829. 2 volumes, large 8vo, 64 engraved plates, green morocco gilt, some dampstaining, rubbed;Hogg, Thomas Jefferson. Two hundred and Nine Days, or the Journal of a Traveller. 1827, 2 volumes in 1, red half morocco;Emerson, James. Letters from the Aegean. London, 1829. 2 volumes in 1, 1 plate, 1 folding map, original cloth, joint broken;Paul, R.B. The Antiquities of Greece. Oxford, 1835, 8vo, plates, original cloth;Vane, C.W. A Steam Voyage to Constantinople. London, 1842. 2 volumes, 8vo, 2 frontispieces and 1 plate, original pictorial cloth, some spotting, rubbed, one hinge weak;Warburton, Eliot. The Crescent and the Cross. 1851. 8th edition, 8vo, 2 plates, original cloth giltPfeiffer, Ida. A Woman's Journey round the world. London, [1852], 8vo, plates, modern quarter calf;Olin, Stephen. Greece and the Golden Horn. New York, 1854. 8vo, additional title, plates, original cloth, spotting, worn;Townshend, F.T. A Cruise in Greek Waters. London, 1870, 8vo, frontispiece, original brown cloth;Hanson, Charles H. The Land of Greece described & illustrated. 1886. Large 8vo, plates, original cloth, slightly rubbed;Diehl, Charles. Excursions in Greece. London, 1893. 8vo, illustrations, original cloth, worn;sold not subject to returnNote: Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.

Agriculture Collection of Scottish county surveys and other treatises, 18th-19th century Columella, Lucius Junius Moderatus. Of Husbandry, London: A Millar, 1745. First edition in English, 4to, contemporary calf, contemporary calf (front board detached, crude attempted repairs to front joint) [ESTC T82174];Parkinson, Richard. The Experienced Farmer. London: for G. G. and J. Robinson, 1798. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary tree calf, rebacked, gilt-lettered 'Board of Agriculture 1800' on front covers, related ink-stamps to versos of title-pages [ESTC T123478: 10 copies in UK libraries];Ellis, William. The Modern Husbandman. London: T. Osborne, and M. Cooper, 1744. 4 volumes, 8vo, contemporary mottled calf, rebacked [ESTC T27820];Russell, Joseph. An Improved System of Agriculture. Kenilworth: for the author, 1840. First edition, 8vo, modern boards, half-title, 2 engraved plates;Morice, Francis. An Essay on Agriculture, and the Management of Landed Estates. Aberdeen: for the author, 1824. 8vo, uncut in original boards, half-title;Buchan-Hepburn, George. General View of the Agriculture ... of East Lothian. Edinburgh: John Moir, 1794. First edition, 4to, contemporary boards, rebacked, binding defective and several leaves loose, half-title, errata leaf, contemporary inscription 'Gilbert Burns, from a friend' on title-page (possibly Gilbert Burns, 1760-1827, brother of Robert and farmer in East Lothian) [ESTC T40588];Martin, Alexander. General View of the Agriculture in the County of Renfrew. London: C. Clarke, 1794. First edition, 4to, modern cloth, half-title, engraved plate (shaved) [ESTC T40669];Marshall, William. General View of the Agriculture of the Central Highlands of Scotland. London: T. Wright, 1794. First edition, 4to, modern wrappers, half-title, custom slipcase [ESTC T40609];Heron, Robert. General View of the ... Hebudae or Hebrides. Edinburgh: John Paterson, 1794. First edition, 4to, half-title discarded, custom slipcase [ESTC T40705];Robson, James. General View of the Agriculture in the County of Argyll, and Western Part of Inverness-Shire. London: W. Smith, 1794. First edition, 4to, disbound, retaining half-title, custom slipcase [ESTC T40596];Anderson, James. General View of the Agriculture ... of the County of Aberdeen. Edinburgh: [no publisher], 1794. First edition, 4to, contemporary marbled boards (covers detached), half-title, bookplate of Macdonald of St Martins [ESTC T40592];Fullarton, William. General View of the Agriculture of the County of Ayr. Edinburgh: John Paterson, 1793. First edition, 4to, modern card wrappers, half-title discarded [ESTC T40612];Trotter, James. General View of the Agriculture of the County West Lothian. Edinburgh: Adam Neill, 1794. First edition, 4to, half-title (repaired), disbound [ESTC T40684];Mackenzie, Sir George Steuart. A General View of the Agriculture of the Counties of Ross and Cromarty. London: Richard Phillips, 1810. First edition, 8vo, modern cloth, folding map, untrimmed;Singer, William. General View of the Agriculture ... of Dumfries. London: Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, [1812]. 8vo, uncut in original boards, rebacked, half-title, engraved folding map, 9 plates including 4 coloured aquatints of cattle, errata leaf;and 13 others, including further county surveys (John Wilson, Renfrewshire, 1812; John Smith, Argyle, 1813; David Souter, Banff, 1812, etc.), Adam Dickson, The Husbandry of the Ancients, 1788 (2 volumes, 8vo, uncut in original boards, labels renewed), and similarNote: Provenance: The Library of the late John Watson Ravenshear, with his bookplates.

Greece and the Mediterranean Collection of travel narratives and historical accounts in German and Scandinavian languages [Asp, Pehr Olof von]. Resa i Levanten år 1796. Öfversättning från fransyskan af M. Hasselrot. Skara: F. J. Leverentz, 1805. First edition, 8vo (17 x 10cm), contemporary half sheep, 272 pp., browning,Ukert, Friedrich August. Historisk-geografisk tafla af Grekland. Stockholm: Zacharias Haeggström, 1821. First edition in Swedish (first published in German as Gemaelde von Griechenland, 1810), 16mo (13.7 x 9cm), contemporary maroon half morocco, 6 aquatint plates;Fenger, J. Ferdinand. Om det nygraeske Folk og Sprog. Erindringer fra en Reise i Graekenland i Aare 1831. Copenhagen: C. Graebe & Son, 1832. First edition, 8vo, original printed boards, 151 pp., edges untrimmed, spotting, ink-stamp ('Nyso Bibliothek', with coronet) to title-page;Brøndsted, Peter Oluf. Reise i Graekenland i Aarene 1810-1813. Copenhagen: Samfundte til den Danske Literaturs Fremme, 1844. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo (19 x 11.7cm), contemporary marbled half roan, lithographic portrait frontispiece, folding map, browning;[Sander, Heinrich]. Erinnerungen eines ehemaligen griechischen Offiziers. Darmstadt, L. Pabst, 1839. First edition, 8vo (17.8 x 10.8cm), contemporary red quarter morocco, bookplate of Wilhelm, Herzog zu Braunschweig, annotation by William St Clair on front free endpaper, 'From the library of Queen Frederika, with the bookplate of the Duke of Brunswick';Münch, Ernst. Die Heerzüge des christlichen Europas wider die Osmanen, und die Versuche der Griechen zur Freiheit. Basel: in der Schweighauser'schen Buchhandlung, 1822-5. First edition, parts 1-4 of 5 in 2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary boards;Schömann, Georg Friedrich. De comitiis Atheniensium. Griefswald: Ernest Moritz, 1819. First edition, 8vo, contemporary sheep, armorial device to covers in blind, bookplates (Henry Pelham), spine defective, spotting;Frommel, Carl Ludwig. Ansichten aus Griechenland. [No place, no publisher], c.1850. Oblong 4to, contemporary quarter calf, engraved title-page, 30 engraved plates each with descriptive text-leaf, bookplate (A. Pitlo);and approx. 20 others similarNote: Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.

Greece 11 volumes Arundell, Francis Vyvyan Jago. A Visit to the Seven Churches of Asia. London: John Rodwell, 1828. First edition, 8vo, 12 (of 13) folding plates of inscriptions, folding map, lacks front free endpaper, contemporary or original cloth with black morocco label, occasional small stains; Demont, Louise. Journal of the Visit of Her Majesty the Queen, to Tunis, Greece and Palestine. London, 1821. 8vo, contemporary calf, head of title excised, rubbed; Carne, John. Letters 1813-1837. Privately Printed, 1885. 8vo, number 33 of 100 copies, original boards, rubbed; Hawes, J. The Religion of the East with Impressions of Foreign Travel. Hartford, 1845. 8vo, lithographed plates, original pictorial cloth, some spotting and dampstaining, rebacked retaining spine; Eddy, Daniel C. Walter's Tour in the East. Walter in Athens. New York, 1865, 12mo, plates, original cloth, slightly rubbed; Mahoney, Rev. S.I. Six Years in the Monasteries of Italy and two years in the Islands of the Mediterranean. Hartford, 1851. 8vo, original cloth, slightly spotted, spine very worn; Stuart, J. and N. Revett. The Antiquities of Athens and other Monuments of Greece. 1858, 8vo, plates, contemporary calf gilt;Felton, Cornelius. C. Familiar Letters from Europe. Boston, 1865, 8vo, original cloth; Willis, N. Parker. Summer Cruise in the Mediterranean on board an American Frigate. London, 1853. 8vo, original wrappers, spine a bit worn; Dyer, Thomas H. Ancient Athens, its History, Topography and Remains. London, 1873. Large 8vo, plates and maps, original brown cloth, worn;Skene, F.M.F. The Life of Alexander Lycurgus, Archbishop of the Cyclades. London, 1877. 8vo, photographic frontispiece, original cloth, spine tornNote: Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.

Greece 4 works [Clarke, Edward Daniel] Testimonies of different authors, respecting the Colossal Statue of Ceres Placed in the Vestibule of the Public Library at Cambridge, July the First 1803, with a Short Account of its Removal from Eleusis, 22nd November, 1801. Cambridge: Francis Hodson, 1803. First edition, 8vo, [2], 25pp., engraved frontispiece, disbound;Morritt, John Bacon Sawrey. A Vindication of Homer and of the Ancient Poets and Historians, who have recorded the Siege and Fall of Troy. York: T. Cadell & W. Davies, 1798. First edition, 4to, folding map and 5 folding bistre aquatint plates, modern brown half morocco, uncut; Carlyle, Joseph Dacre. Poems Suggested chiefly by scenes in Asia Minor, Syria and Greece. London: W. Bulmer, 1805. First edition, 4to, half-title, 2 sepia aquatint plates, list of subscribers, contemporary calf, neatly rebacked, pencil inscription of H. Gould, pencil inscription by William St. Clair "this book belonged to Rev. Philip who accompanied Carlyle on Elgin's Embassy. It was given to me by Mrs A.C. Langland, a descendant of the Hunt family. Gould was the name of Hunt's nephew referred to in Stockdale's book."; [Idem]. An Account of the Greek Manuscripts, chiefly Biblical which had been in the possession of the late Professor Carlyle... now deposited in the Archepiscopal Library at Lambeth Palace. London: R. Gilbert, [1831]. 8vo [iv], 74, original boards uncut, Hugh Percy bookplate, upper board and title detached, spine worn, but very clean internallyNote: Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.

Hughes, Thomas Smart Travels in Greece and Albania London: H. Colburn & R. Bentley, 1830. Second edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, hand-coloured frontispiece in volume 1, 3 folding plans and maps (the map of Albania in modern facsimile) and 11 engraved or aquatinted plates, contemporary diced calf, black morocco lettering-pieces, some slight spotting, lower joint of volume 2 splitting, chip to base of volume 1 spineNote: Note: '[The author] has inserted a great quantity of additional information, from his own journals... [and] by enlarging the second volume, he has been enabled to lay before the reader a complete narrative of the Life and Death of that extraordinary personage Ali Pasha of Ioannina, together with a concise account of the Revolution, in which he bore a distinguished part, and which has given independence to Greece' (from the Preface to the Second edition).Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.

Lear, Edward Journals of a Landscape Painter in Albania London: R. Bentley, 1851. First edition, 8vo, map and 20 tinted lithographed plates, contemporary brown half morocco, spine gilt, rebacked retaining original spine, corners slightly rubbedNote: Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.

[Morean War, 1684-99] A Journal of the Venetian Campaigne A.D. 1687, Under the Conduct of the Capt. General Morosini, General Coningsmark, Providitor Gen. Cornaro, General Venieri, &c., translated from the Italian original... Licensed, Decemb. 16. 1687. London: Printed by H.C. and sold by R. Taylor, 1688. 4to, [viii], 44, woodcut arms on title, good facsimile of the map of Morea by John Seller, modern quarter vellum and letterpress boards, [ESTC R39041]Note: Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.

Navarino Rare German pamphlet Darstellung ber Seeschlacht von Navarin under der unmittelbar vorhergegangenen Begebenheiten. Karlsruhe: C. F. Mueller, 1828. Second edition, 8vo, [43pp.], engraved plan frontispiece and 3 folding lithographed plates, red library stamp on verso of title of ?Queen Frederika, ?contemporary boards made from a map of SE EuropeNote: Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.

Ottoman Empire 11 volumes Eton, W. A Survey of the Turkish Empire. London, 1799. Second edition, 8vo, contemporary tree calf, spine gilt, slightly rubbed;Upham, Edward. History of the Ottoman Empire. Edinburgh, 1829, 2 volumes, 12mo, folding map, original cloth; Davenport, R.A. The Life of Ali Pasha, of Tepeleni. London, 1837. 12mo, frontispiece, contemporary half morocco, cover detached;Faber, Frederick W. Sights and Thoughts in Foreign Churches and among Foreign Peoples. London, 1842. 8vo, contemporary half calf;Brewer, Josiah. Patmos and the Seven Churches of Asia. Bridgeport, CT., 1851. 8vo, presentation copy, plates, original pictorial cloth, rubbed;Colbeck, Alfred. A Summer's Cruise in the Waters of Greece, Turkey and Russia. London, 1887. 8vo, half morocco, rubbed; Oscanyan, C. The Sultan and his People. New York, 1857. 8vo, frontispiece, illustrations, original cloth, slightly rubbed;Brassey, Mrs. Sunshine and Storm in the East, or Cruises to Cyprus and Constantinople. London, 1880. 8vo, presentation copy, folding map, illustrations, plates, contemporary red half morocco, spine gilt, slightly rubbed;Sumner, Mrs George. Our Holiday in the East. London, 1881. 8vo, presentation copy, frontispiece, original pictorial cloth, rubbed;Curtis, William E. The Turk and his Lost Provinces. Chicago, 1903. 8vo, plates, original pictorial clothNote: Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.

Pomardi, Simone Viaggio nella Grecia fatto da Simone Pomardi negli anni 1803, 1805 & 1806. Rome: Presso Vincenzo Poggioli Stampatore Camerale, 1820. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo,[vii], 183; 171; folding map and 90 plates, some folding, contemporary half calf, lacking the folding plan of Athens, rubbedNote: Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.

Poullet, Sieur Nouvelles relations du Levant qui contiennent diverses remarques fort curieuses non encore observées touchant la Religion, Les Moeurs & la Politique de plusieurs Peuples. Avec une exacte description de l'Asie Mineure ou Natolie, des deux Armenies, du Courdistan, du Diarbek & autres Provinces Mediterranées de l'Asie, du Royaume de Perse. Paris: Louis Billaine, 1688. 2 volumes, 12mo, [xxxvii], 454; [xxxii], 624, [xxiv]; folding map, folding plan (of Constantinople) and 11 engraved plates (the plates in volume 2 trimmed to neatline before the work was bound, with no loss to images), contemporary speckled calf, spines gilt, bookplate of the Most Hon. John Marques of Tweeddale, half-title in volume 1, two single wormholes in lower margin of volume 2 affecting a few signatures, head and base of spines a little rubbedNote: Note: Very rare. The work is not recorded in Atabey, Blackmer or Contominas and does not appear on ABPC as having been sold at auction in the last 35 years (except for 1 copy of the first 1667 edition at Sotheby's, 2010, lacking the 2 maps, for £1700 hammer). It describes a journey east by way of Ragusa, Bosna (presumably Sarajevo), Belgrade, Sofia, Mount Athos, Lemnos, Adrianople (Edirne) and finally Constantinople, commenting on the manners, customs and characteristics of particularly the Turks, but also the Greeks and Armenians. There are additional chapters on Turkish religion, government and warfare, ending with a history of Dutch and English commerce in the Levant.A second volume appeared in the following year describing his journey further eastwards. Pinkerton, in his General Collection of... Voyages and Travels (1814), describes it as a "scarce work [which] contains a very good account for the time it was published".The first edition, in one volume, was published in 1667.Provenance:From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.

Darwin, Charles Collection of early editions all published by John Murray, 8vo, original cloth unless otherwise stated, Freeman numbers given in square brackets:1) The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals. London: John Murray, 1872. First edition, second issue, near-contemporary half calf for William Brown of Edinburgh, vi 374 pp., 7 heliotype plates (numbered in Arabic; 3 folding), bookplate of Henry Faulds (1843-1930), Scottish doctor and pioneer of fingerprinting, covers detached, advertisements (2C2-4) discarded, text-leaves toned, spotting to versos of plates and to adjacent text-leaves [1142];2) Insectivorous Plants, 1875. First edition, second thousand, retaining errata slip, binding rubbed, fraying to spine-ends, front pastedown and free endpaper damp-stained [1218]3) The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, 1882. Sixth edition, twenty-fourth thousand, folding lithographic plate, nick to head of spine, spotting to outer leaves and plate, inner hinges superficially cracked [407];4) Idem, 1886. Sixth edition, thirtieth thousand, folding plate, spotting to plate outer leaves and plate [417];5) Idem, 1906. Contemporary maroon half calf, photographic portrait frontispiece, folding plate [498/9];6) The Descent of Man, 1875. Second edition, revised and augmented, eleventh thousand, slightly rubbed, spine rolled, spine-ends nicked, contemporary bookseller's blind stamp to front free endpaper [945];7) Idem, 1888. Second edition, revised and augmented, twenty-second thousand, 2 volumes, contemporary half calf, stamp of Queen's College Belfast gilt to front boards, Queen's prize plate to D. E. Morell dated 1892 to volume 1 front pastedown, recipient's ownership inscription to volume 2 initial blank, collector's book-label to volume 2 front pastedown, related annotation to inner margin of p. v in each volume, bindings rubbed, volume 1 front inner hinge split [965];8) Idem, 1909. Contemporary maroon half calf [1008];9) The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication. Second edition, revised, fifth thousand, 1885. 2 volumes in 1, contemporary black half morocco, occasional marginalia, title-page spotted [886];10) Idem. 1893. Second edition, revised, eighth thousand, 2 volumes, early ownership inscriptions to initial blanks [893];11) The Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom, 1878. Second edition, ex Kent County Library with shelfmark in white ink to spine, labels to front pastedown and free endpaper, and associated markings to title-page recto and verso, unrelated monogram ink-stamps to initial and terminal blanks, spotting to outer leaves [1251];12) Idem, 1888. 'Second' edition, later ownership inscription to initial blank, largely unopened [1254];13) The Various Contrivances by which Orchids are Fertilised by Insects, 1890. Second edition, revised, fifth thousand, bookplate (E. E. Turner) [810];14) The Formation of Vegetable Mould, 1882. First edition, sixth thousand, corrected, ownership inscription of Edinburgh shipbuilder Henry Garrett Gourlay (dated September 1882) to title-page, spine rolled, small split to front joint, spotting to endpapers [1362];15) The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs, 1889. Third edition, gilt stamp of the University Club, Edinburgh front board, folding map and plate (both with closed tears) [275]

Greece 3 French 18th-century works Savary [Claude-Etienne] Lettres sur la Grèce. Paris: Onfroi, 1788. First edition, 8vo, half-title, folding map and folding plate, Privilege leaf at end, contemporary mottled calf, upper joint split; Sestini, l'abbé Domenico. Voyage dans la Grèce Asiatique, a la péninsule de Cyzique, a Brusse et a Nicée. Londres: et se trouve a Paris: Leroy, 1789. First French edition, 8vo, half-title, contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt;Spon, Jacob and George Wheler. Voyage d'Italie, de Dalmatie, de Grece et du Levant. The Hague: Rutgert Alberts, 1724. 12mo, volume 2 only, engraved frontispiece, folding map and 13 plates, contemporary calf, rubbedNote: Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.

Walsh, Robert Narrative of a Journey from Constantinople to England London: F. Westley and A.H. Davis, 1828. Second edition, 8vo, 2 folding maps and 8 plates (1 folding), large folding map split at one fold without loss, contemporary half calf, slightly spotted, spine wornNote: Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.

Wyse, Sir Thomas An Excursion in the Peloponnesus in the year 1858 London: Day & Son, 1865. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, map and 24 plates, original blindstamped maroon cloth, spines slightly faded, small nick at head of volume 2, some spotting to volume 2 titleNote: Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.

West Africa and Slavery 10 volumes Collier, Sir G.R, Sir Charles MacCarthy, and other Official Sources. West African Sketches, compiled from the Reports of. 1824. 8vo, later inscription at head of title, original boards, uncut, rebacked; Geschiedenis van het Britsche Gezantschap in het Jaar 1817, aan den Koning van Ashantee. Amsterdam: J.C. van Kesteren, 1820. 8vo, coloured frontispiece, half calf, title repaired, frontispiece trimmed, some soiling; Lee, Mrs R. (formerly Mrs T. Edward Bowdich). Stories of Strange Lands. 1835. 8vo, First edition, lithographed plates, original cloth, slightly spotted; Alexander, James Edward. Narrative of a Voyage of Observation among the Colonies of Western Africa. 1837. 2 volumes, 8vo, plates, map, modern quarter calf, several library stamps, some staining and spotting; Bowdich, T. Edward. Mission from Cape Coast Castle to Ashantee. 1873. 8vo, folding map, original brown cloth gilt, library stamps to title; Ramseyer and Kuhne. Four Years in Ashantee. 1878. Second edition, 8vo, plates, original cloth; Kemp, Rev. Dennis. Nine Years at the Gold Coast. 1898, 8vo, presentation copy from the author, original cloth, slightly rubbed; Macdonald, George. The Gold Coast past and present. 1898. 8vo, plates, original cloth, a few small stains, new endpapers, slightly rubbed; Moore, D. and F.G. Guggisberg. We two in West Africa. 1909. 8vo, plates, contemporary half calf, rubbed; sold not subject to returnNote: Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.

Miscellaneous books Collection of works [Apollo Slave Ship] The Trial of William Chapman, late Captain of the Apollo Slave Ship, for the Wilful Murder of William Dunn. Liverpool, [c.1808.] 8vo, folding frontispiece, later red half morocco, rebacked; Thornbury, Walter. The Life of J.M.W. Turner. 1897. 8vo, black half morocco by Riviere; Upham, Charles W. Salem Witchcraft, with an Account of Salem Village. Boston, 1867, 2 volumes, 8vo, folding map, plates, original green cloth; Twining, Henry. On the Elements of Picturesque Scenery. 1846. Large 8vo, lithographed plates with marginal stamp of Leicester Mechanics Institute, contemporary cloth, rubbed; Barnard, George. The Theory and Practice of Landscape Painting in Water Colours. London, 1855. Large 8vo, chromolithographed plates, contemporary half calf, head of title excised, some spotting, rubbed; The Modern Athens... by a Modern Greek, London, 1825. 8vo, contemporary half calf;Chambers, Robert. Walks in Edinburgh. Edinburgh, 1825. 12mo, 19th century brown half morocco, t.e.g.; Leighton, John M. Swan's Views of the Lakes of Scotland. Glasgow, 1837. 2 volumes, large 8vo, engraved title and plates, contemporary green half morocco, spines gilt, slightly spotted; Shepherd, T.H. Modern Athens. 1829. 4to, engraved title and 28 views on 14 plates only, contemporary maroon half morocco, slightly rubbed; Mitchell, William. The Edinburgh Parthenon. Edition de Luxe. 4to, original wrappers, in original blue pictorial box giltNote: Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.

Miscellaneous collection Including Italian works Pouqueville, F.C.H. Storia della Rigenerazione della Grecia. Milan, 1854, 2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary quarter calf, plates extremely browned, rubbed;Pouqueville, F.C.H. Viaggio in Morea a Constantinopoli ed in Albania. Milan, 1816, 4 volumes, 12mo, plates, original wrappers, 1 volume badly dampstained and the leaves frayed; Bulwer, Edward. Gli Ultime Giorni de Pompei. Milan, 1835-36, 3 volumes in 1, 12mo, dampstained, worn; Joliffe, T.R. Lettres sur la Palestine, la Syrie et l'Egypte. Paris, 1820. 8vo, map and 5 lithographed plates, old quarter calf, rather spotted and browned, very worn; Pukler Muskau, H. Entre l'Europe et l'Asie. Paris, 1840, 2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary quarter calf;[Wyss, J.D.] The Swiss Family Robinson... fifth edition. 1824. 12mo, plates, contemporary half roan, some spotting, rubbed;[Wyss. J.D.] The Swiss Family Robinson... twelfth edition. 1845. 12mo, plates, contemporary morocco, lacks front free endpaper, rubbed;and othersNote: Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.

Calvin, John Opera omnia; in novem tomos digesta Amsterdam: Jan Jakobsz. Schipper, 1667-71. 9 volumes, folio (37.5 x 22cm), contemporary Dutch vellum, central arabesques to covers in blind, manuscript spine-titles, volume 1 with half-title, title-page printed in red and black with printer's woodcut ship device, full-length engraved portrait of Calvin in his library to *1 v., and engraved map of the Middle East ('Situs Paradisi et Cananaeae') to p. 12, volumes 2-9 each with engraved portrait of Calvin to title-page, additional part-title to volume 5 (also with the engraved portrait), occasional Hebrew types, covers dust-soiledNote: Note: Schipper's famous edition of the works of Calvin remained the definitive scholarly account for two centuries, with no attempt at another edition on the same scale being made until the Strasbourg edition of 1863-1900.Provenance: John Philip Gell (1816-1898), Church of England clergyman and pioneering educator in Tasmania under Sir John Franklin, presented by him to Charles Evans of Blackwall, Derbyshire with a note by Evans dated 1869 to the front pastedown of volume one; thence by descent to J. B. E. Blackwall, probably John Blackwall Evans Blackwall JP (1838-1912), with his bookplates.

Adams, Richard Watership Down London: Rex Collings, 1972. First edition, first impression, 8vo, original brown cloth gilt, folding map to rear, dust jacket, inscribed by the author 'Yours sincerely, Richard Adams, London February, 1983' on the title-page, spine slightly rolled and with concomitant faint longitudinal crease, pale marks to front cover of binding and from spine-panel of dust jacket (possibly from removal of label), light rubbing to extremities of binding, endpapers renewed, manuscript numerals to verso of title-page, small stain to fore edge of prelims including title-page

Lewis, C. S. Prince Caspian The Return to Narnia. Illustrations by Pauline Baynes. London: Geoffrey Bles, 1951. First edition, first impression, 8vo, original blue boards, spine lettered in silver, pictorial dust jacket, map endpapers, colour frontispiece, illustrations in text, spine rolled, light spotting and damp-staining to endpapers, small damp-stain to foot of half-title, frontispiece and title-page, dust jacket nicked, toned and marked, not price-clippedNote: Note: The second published book in the Narnia series.

Lear, Edward Journals of a Landscape Painter in Southern Calabria, etc. London: Richard Bentley, 1852. First edition, large 8vo, original blue cloth, half-title, 2 lithographic maps, 20 tinted lithographic plates, 4 pp. advertisements, small slit to front joint, mottling to front cover, a few plates slightly spotted, E2-7 working loose (held by top cord), pp. 62-3 stained [Abbey Travel 175];Pardoe, Julia. The Beauties of the Bosphorus. Illustrated in a Series of Views of Constantinople and its Environs, from Original Drawings by W. H. Bartlett. London: Virtue and Co., c.1840. 4to, contemporary green half calf, 2 engraved portraits, additional vignette title-page, map and all plates as called for, binding rubbed, spotting to frontispiece portrait and vignette title, marginal tide-mark to last few plates;Beattie, William. The Danube ... From Sketches taken on the Spot, by Abresch, and drawn by W. H. Bartlett. London: Virtue and Co., c.1840. 4to, contemporary green half calf uniform with the preceding work, engraved portrait frontispiece, additional vignette title-page, 2 maps, and all plates as called for, binding rubbed, rear joint partly cracked, spotting and marginal damp-staining to first few leaves;Light, William. Sicilian Scenery from Drawings by P. De Wint. The Original Sketches by Major Light. London: Rodwell & Martin, c.1823. Tall 8vo, contemporary green morocco, curvilinear gilt panels to covers, engraved title-page, 61 engraved plates (one listed as a 'vignette'), tissue-guards, binding rubbed, loss to head of spine, front free endpaper loose, occasional spotting;Batty, Elizabeth Frances. Italian Scenery, from Drawings made in 1817. London: Rodwell & Martin, 1820. Tall 8vo, contemporary green morocco uniform with the preceding work, engraved title-page, 61 engraved plates (including one not listed), tissue-guards, binding rubbed, front free endpaper, initial blank and title-page working loose, variable spotting;and 2 others (these not collated: Cockburn, Swiss Scenery, 1820, and Batty, French Scenery, 1822)

Ludolf, Hiob A New History of Ethiopia The Second Edition. To which is added, a New and Exact Map ... a Preface ... the Life of Gregorius Abba ... and the Author's Opinion of some other Writers concerning Ethiopia. London: Samuel Smith, 1684. Folio (34.5 x 21cm), 20th-century panelled calf, engraved folding map, 9 plates (mainly zoological; all but one folding), bound without the letterpress genealogical table between pp. 192-3, moderate browning, marginal worming to initial [38] pp. (with very slight effect on map), small hole in botanical plate facing p. 48 and zoological plate facing p. 57 ('A Description of the Apes'), a few other marks [ESTC R7119];Bruce, James. Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile in the Years 1768 [...] 1773. Edinburgh: by J. Ruthven for G. G. J. and J. Robinson, 1790. First edition, 5 volumes, 4to (28 x 23cm), 19th-century half calf, 58 engraved plates including 4 plans, 4 leaves of Ethiopian dialects, 2 folding maps (of 3: lacking 'Chart of Solomon's Voyage to Tarshish'), retaining half-titles to volumes 2-3 only, variable spotting and browning, repairs to volumes 1 and 4 title-pages and 'Cerastes' plate in volume 5, bookplates of William Hodgson Cadogan [ESTC T51608; Nissen ZBI 617] Note: Note: Second edition in English of Ludolf's work, though described by ESTC as more accurately a reissue of the first edition in English of 1682, with a cancel title-page, added preface and map.

A box of maps including 1950s France, 1960s Europe, repro map of Angelsey, history books, prints etc

WW2 Table Top Cigarette Box  copper box. The lid with engraved map. ""V-E World War II Battlefield Of Europe"". Various battles listed to the sides. Together with china up dish. Transfer printed ""99th Bucks & Berks Yeomanry Field Brigade RA. TA"".

Home Guard Books consisting History Of The Cheshire Home Guard printed 1950. Together with A War Revised 1940 Map Northwich and Macclesfield. F Company No 2 Northwich Bn HG 1941 guard map ... The 9th Hertfordshire Battalion Home Guard printed 1946 ... They Took Up Arms. The Story Of B Company 7th Batt Gloucestershire Regiment Home Guard (copy print).

Three WW1 Trench Maps paper printed examples consisting ""Guillemont"" trenches corrected 5/8/16 ... ""Foot Hill"" trenches corrected 21/7/17 ... ""Gloster Wood"" trenches corrected 24/5/17. Together with paper map of Arras SE ... Bethune . Some service wear and damage. 5 items.

WW1 Issue Maps Including Trench Examples linen backed paper maps including Trench Map France Sheet 51B.SW, trenches corrected 4/3/17 ... Similar sheet 44B NE. Bethune, trenches corrected 22/7/18 ... Linen backed paper map Belgium Hazebrouck 5A .. Paper printed, Artillery training grid map of Richmond dated 1915 ... Paper training map England Sheet 29 covering North London. Some service wear and damage. 5 items.

Various Periods Of Military Training Pamphlets and Booklets including Infantry Training 1905 ... Field Service Regulations 1930 ... Manual Of Map Reading & Field Sketching 1912 ... Small Arms Manual .. Knowledge For War (WW1) ... First Aid In The Royal Navy ... Fighting Patrol Training ... Street Fighting For Junior Officers ... Jungle Jottings 1945 ... Mines And Booby Traps (reprint) . 29 items.

Attributed 1914 Field Service Pocket Book brown linen covered book. The interior page named in pencil ""R G H Yeatherd March 1916"". Together with French linen backed paper map covering Amiens ...Similar of Belgium Hazebrouck ... Musketry Regulations Part 1 and Part II ... Ground Engineers Manual.  Yeatherd served 1st Cav Div 2nd DG missing in action 15 Sept 1916. No known grave. Thiepval Memorial. Comes with history of the family and copy photo.

WW2 RAF Escape & Evasion Issue Paper Escape Maps maps are both colour and black and white printed onto tissue paper. Comprising: Abyssinia Map O, Spain, North Algeria etc Map H2, North West Europe, Berlin Vienna Switzerland Map A. and Jugoslavia map S1, also Hungary and part Italy. All are unissued. 8 items.

WW2 RAF Similar Selection Escape & Evasion Issue Paper Escape Maps maps are both colour and black and white printed onto tissue paper. Comprising: Abyssinia Map O, Spain, North Algeria etc Map H2, North West Europe, Berlin Vienna Switzerland Map A. and Jugoslavia map S1, also Hungary and part Italy. All are unissued. 7 items.

WW2 RAF Similar Selection Escape & Evasion Issue Paper Escape Maps. maps are both colour and black and white printed onto tissue paper. Comprising: Abyssinia Map O, Spain, North Algeria etc Map H2, North West Europe, Berlin Vienna Switzerland Map A. and Jugoslavia map S1, also Hungary and part Italy. All are unissued. 7 items.

WW2 RAF Similar Selection Escape & Evasion Issue Paper Escape Maps. maps are both colour and black and white printed onto tissue paper. Comprising: Abyssinia Map O, Eritrea Map N and North West Europe, Berlin Vienna Switzerland Map A. All are unissued VGC. 8 items.

A Firestone Tyres road map sign, of England and Wales, 86.5cm x 55cm.

A large wooden framed world map, 191 x 119cm.

BAHRAIN, Announcement of the Kingdom of Bahrain, 2002, a gold-plated silver medal, unsigned, half-length bust of king left, map and flag behind, rev. symbols of the kingdom, 90mm, 500g. As struck; in case of issue £300-£400 --- Only 500 issued

Robert Morden, early 18th Century, New & Correct map of North Wales, hand coloured, 38cm x 48cm

THREE EXAMPLES OF GERMAN WW2 ERA M35 MAP/DOCUMENT CASES, for use by officers of the Heer(Army) etc, two are brown, one in black (maker marked Alexander Hermes Solingen, All have pen written names numbers etc on inside flap, Good condition for age, recently treated with leathewr restorer, by vendor

AN EXAMPLE OF AN RAF WW2 ESCAPE COMPASS, together with silk style escape map of Europe, period examples

A metal map reader's scale rule marked 'Scale, RT, No. 2 Mark 1 BRL'. 63cm long approx. (B.P. 21% + VAT)

A BLACK CANVAS HOLSTER AND BELT, FURTHER BELT AND A CANVAS MAP CASE DATED 1940 (3)

A BOXED BRASS CAPTAIN CABIN MAP READER AND COMPASS