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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

THREE FRAMED MAPS AND A FURTHER UNFRAMED MAP

QUEEN - THE COMPLETE WORKS LIMITED EDITION LP BOX SET (NO: 003781 - QB1). The fantastic 1985 14 x LP box set from Queen. The set comprises of 11 studio releases plus Live Killers across 14 LPs. Also included is the Complete Works Booklet, Queen Tour Itinerary 1971 to 1985 & Queen Map of the World. Limited Edition No: 003781 inside of the box lid. The records are primarily in superb Ex+/archive condition with the embossed sleeves typically Ex/Ex+ occasionally with a few light creases. The outer box is in sharp Ex condition with a few light scuffs).

FRAMED IRISH MAP

Pazifik - Südsee - - Richard Walter. Des Herrn Admirals, Lord Ansons Reise um die Welt, welche Er als Oberbefehlshaber über ein Geschwader von Sr. Großbritannischen Majestät Kriegsschiffen, die zu einer Unternehmung in die Südsee ausgeschickt worden, in den Jahren 1740, 41, 42, 43, 44, verrichtet hat, aus dessen Aufsätzen und Urkunden zusammengetragen und unter seiner Aufsicht an das Licht gestellet von M. Richard Waltern, Capellan auf Sr. Majestät Schiffe, dem Centurion in diesem Kriegszuge, aus dem Englischen in das Deutsche übersetzt. Mit 34 gestochenen Tafeln und Karten, davon 32 gefaltet. Leipzig u. Göttingen, Abraham Vandenhoeck, 1749. XLIV, 382 S., 14 Bll. Gr.-8°. HLdr. d. Zt. mit reicher RVergoldung, goldgepr. RSchild, Marmorvorsätze (etwas berieben, Bezug mit kl. Fehlstellen). Erste dt. Ausgabe. VD18 13770578. Sabin 1640. Henze I, 82. - Offizieller Bericht über die aufsehenerregende Weltumseglung des Engländers George Anson (zuerst 1748 in London erschienen), aufgeschrieben von dem Kaplan Richard Walter. Die Fahrt mit der "Centurion" (die als einziges von acht gestarteten Schiffen zurückkehrte) führte um Kap Horn, nach Peru u. Mexico sowie über die Marianen nach Macao und Canton. Mit 3 großen Karten von Patagonien, den Philippinen und dem Pazifik und reichem Tafelwerk, u.a. zahlreiche Küstenansichten des Feuerlandes mit Schiffen. - Papierbedingt gebräunt und etwas braunfleckig. Im unteren weißen Rand teils mit schwächerem Wasserfleck. Karte der Philippinen mit kurzem Einriss. Wohl erhalten. Pacific - South Seas - With 34 engraved plates and maps, 32 of them folded. Bound in cont. half leather with rich gilt decoration on spine and gilt label, marbled endpapers (somewhat rubbed, cover with small missing parts). - First German edition. - Official account of the sensational circumnavigation of the world by the Englishman George Anson (first published in London in 1748), written down by the chaplain Richard Walter. The voyage with the "Centurion" (which was the only one of eight ships to return) led around Cape Horn, to Peru and Mexico as well as via the Marianas to Macao and Canton. With 3 large maps of Patagonia, the Philippines and the Pacific and numerous plates, among others with coastal views of Tierra del Fuego with ships. - Paper browned and somewhat brown-stained. Lower white margin partly with weaker waterstain. Map of the Philippines with a short tear. Well preserved.

Biblia neerlandica - - Biblia, dat is: De gantsche H. Schrifture, vervattende alle de canonijcke boecken des Ouden en des Nieuwen Testaments. 2 Tle. in 1 Bd. Mit koloriertem Kupfertitel, Zwischentitel mit gestochener und kolorierter Vignette und sechs gestochenen kolorierten Tafeln und Karten. Amsterdam, Hieronymus Sweerts, 1687. (22), 332, (2), 144, (13), 169, (4), 61. Folio (43 x 28 cm). Ldr. d. Zt. über gefasten Holzdeckeln mit blindgepr. floralen Mittelstücken, gestaffelten Fileten, Eckbeschlägen und zwei Schließen (berieben und beschabt, Rücken mit größeren Defekten). Seltene von Sweerts verlegte Ausgabe der Staatenbibel, deren Übersetzung im Jahr 1637 abgeschlossen wurde. - Die Kupferstiche zeigen die Erschaffung der Welt, Karte mit dem Ursprung der Völker, Karte mit dem Auszug aus Ägypten, Ansicht von Jerusalem, Karte des Landes Kanaan und Karte mit den Reisen der Aposteln. - Vorsätze erneuert. Insbesondere das gestochene Titelblatt und die Kupferstiche mit teils hinterlegten Einrissen und Fehlstellen. Teils (finger-)fleckig. Papierbedingt gebräunt. 2 parts in 1 vol. With coloured copper title, intertitle with engraved and coloured vignette and six engraved coloured plates and maps. Amsterdam, Hieronymus Sweerts, 1687. Folio (43 x 28 cm). Bound in cont. leather over wooden boards with blindstamped floral centrepieces, staggered fillets, metal corner pieces and two clasps (rubbed and scuffed, spine with larger defects). - Rare edition of the States Bible published by Sweerts. - The copper engravings show the creation of the world, map with the origin of the tribes, map with the exodus from Egypt, view of Jerusalem, map of the land of Canaan and map with the journeys of the apostles. - Endpapers renewed. Especially the engraved title page and the copper engravings with partly backed tears and missing parts. Partly (finger-)stained. Browned due to the paper.

Italien - - Bonaventura ab Overbeke. Reliquiae antiquae urbis Romae. Opus postumum Michael ab Overbeke suis sumptibus edi curavit. 3 Bde. Mit 3 gestoch. Frontisp., 3 wdh. gestoch. Titelvign., 1 doppelblattgr. gestoch. Plan, 146 (1 doppelblattgr.) Kupfertafeln u. 33 Textkupfern. Amsterdam, Crellius, 1708. Groß-2°. Braune Ganzldr. d. Zt. mit RSchild, RVergoldung u. goldgepr. Eckfleurons und Stehkantenverg. (etwas berieben u. bestoßen, Gelenke beschabt u. an 2 Vorderdeckeln eingerissen, aber fest). Erste Ausgabe. - Rossetti G-1054. - Vgl. Berliner Ornamentstichkat. 1872. - Prächtige Ansichten römischer Baudenkmäler, darunter Kirchen, Thermen, Obelisken, Triumphbögen, Säulen, Brücken etc. Die Textkupfer meist mit Münzen. - Bonaventura van Overbeek (1660-1705) war ein Kupferstecher des Goldenen Zeitalters der Niederlande. Sein Cousin Michiel van Overbeke veröffentlichte seine Drucke nach seinem Tod. Seine eigene Sammelleidenschaft führte ihn nach Rom, wo der Schüler von Gerard de Lairesse Zeichnungen und Altertümer kaufte. 1709 wurde sein opulentes Werk ins Französische übersetzt. - Etwas stockfleckig u. leicht gebräunt, vereinzelt stärker. Titelbll. mit kl. Monogrammstempel. Schönes breitrandiges Exemplar der seltenen Ausgabe. With 3 engraved frontispieces, 3 engraved title vignettes, 1 map and 146 (thereof 1 double paged) engraved plates and 33 text engravings. - Brown contemp. leather bindings with spine labels and spine gilding and corner fleurons (slightly rubbed, bumped, hinges chafed and 2 smaller defects, but strong). - First edition of this important work about the antiquities and architecture of Rome, which was edited by Overbeke over a period of 20 years. - Minimally stained and slightly browned, title with small monogramm. - Fine broad margined copy of this rare work.

Thailand - Siam - - John Bowring. The Kingdom and People of Siam. 2 Bde. Mit 2 lithogr. Portrs. (davon 1 farb.), 2 chromolithogr. Tafeln, 5 farb. lithogr. Tafeln, mehrf. gefalt. Stahlstichkarte und 6 Stahlstichtafeln von J. W. Lowry sowie 4 gefalt. faks. Beilagen. London, Parker, 1857. (I) X S., 482 S., 1 Bl. (II) VI S., 1 Bl. 446 S. 8°. Etw. späterer Ldr. mit goldgepr. RTitel, Lederecken u. gesprenkeltem Schnitt (die Rücken etw. verfärbt). Dieses 1857 in zwei Bänden veröffentlichte Werk war das erfolgreichste des Sprachwissenschaftlers und Politikers Sir John Bowring (1792-1872). Als Gouverneur Hongkongs reiste Bowring 1854 nach Siam (Thailand), um einen Vertrag mit dem Land auszuhandeln, welcher zum Vorbild für künftige Abkommen wurde und der siamesischen Regierung einen Einblick in die westliche Diplomatie verschaffte, der von unschätzbarem Wert sein sollte. - Ausgemustertes Ex. der Bradford Library - Die Vorsätze je erneuert, wenige Bll. im Randbereich etw. fleckig, insgesamt wohlerhaltene u. saubere Exemplare. Thailand - Siam - With 2 lithogr. portr. (of which 1 colored), 2 chromolithographic plates, 5 colored lithographic plates, folded steel engraved map and 6 steel engraved plates by J. W. Lowry, as well as 4 fold. facs. supplements. Somewhat later half calf with gilt spine title, leather corners and speckled edges (spines somewhat discolored). - Discarded copy of the Bradford Library - The endpapers renewed, a few pages stained in the margins, overall well preserved and clean copies.

Afrika - - James Bruce. Voyage en Nubie et en Abyssinie, entrepris pour decouvrir les sources du Nil. Pendant les annees 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772 & 1773. Traduit de l'Anglais, par M. Castera. 5 Textbde. u. Atlas. Mit 5 (4 gestoch.) Titelvign., 84 (19 doppelblattgr.) Kupfertafeln u. 4 gefalt. Kupferkarten. Paris, Hotel de Thou, 1790-1791. 4.° Ppbde. d. Zt. (teils ohne Rücken und mit Bezugsschäden). Erste franz. Ausgabe. - Henze I, 373ff. - Monglond I, 1105ff. - Gay 44. - Cox 389. - Nissen ZBI 68. - Der schottische Afrikaforscher (1730-1794) gilt als "Eröffner der neueren Äthiopien-Forschung" (Henze). Während seines mehrjährigen Aufenthalts in Abessinien unternahm er zwei Versuche, die Nilquellen zu entdecken. Beim 2. konnte er die Quellen des Blauen Nils im Tanasee und seine Zuflüssen entdecken. Die Tafeln zeigen Flora und Fauna von Äthiopien, Schrifttafeln (Ge'ez), Einheimische, Schiffe, Grabfunde, Architekturdetails. - Vereinzelt etwas braunfleckig, 1 Karte mit Einschnitt (durch den Buchbinder), Tafeln teils mit durchgehenden Wasserrand. Prachtvoller Druck auf breiten Bütten. First French edition. - 5 text vols. and atlas. With 5 (4 engraved) title vignettes, 84 (19 double page) copper engraving plates and 4 folded copper engraving plates. - Contemporary boards (partly without spine and with cover damage) - Occasionally a little bit brownspotted, 1 map with incision (by the bookbinder), plates partly with waterstains throughout. Splendid impression on broad handmade paper.

Frankreich - - Émile (Gigault) de La Bédollière. Le Tour de Marne. Décrit et photographié.... Titelblatt mit montierter Original-Fotografie, 62 (2) S. Text (mit der Einführung "Comment on devient photographe et touriste" und 2 montierten Original-Fotografien) + (dazwischen) 27 betitelte, jeweils mit vorgebundenem Schutz-Bl. versehene Tafeln (inkl. Frontispiz) mit ganzseitigen Original-Fotografien von Ildefonse Rousset + Karten-Tafel im Anhang. Paris, A. Lacroix, Verboeckhoven et Cie., Librairie Internationale, 1865, 4°. Rotes Hldr. d.Zt. auf 4 Bünden mit marmorierten Vorsätzen, KGschn., Rückenverzierung und Deckelinitialen (A.J.) in Goldprägung. Vicaire IV-733. - Erste Ausgabe. - Seltenes Werk, das auch die frühe Verwendung der Fotografie im Bereich der Illustration belegt. title-page with mounted original photograph, 62 (2) pp. text (with the introduction "Comment on devient photographe et touriste" and 2 mounted original photographs) + (between) 27 titled plates (incl. frontispiece), each with pre-bound dustwrapper, with full-page original photographs by Ildefonse Rousset + map-plate in appendix. Red gilt leather on 4 bands with marbled endpapers, gilt spine decoration and gilt cover initials (A.J.). First edition. - Rare work, which also proves the early use of photography in the field of illustration.

China - - Johan Nieuhoff. L'Ambassade de la Compagnie Orientale des Provinces Unies vers L'Empereur de la Chine, ou grand cam de Tartarie ... Mit Kupfertitel, Porträt, gefalt. Karte , 95 von 109 Textkupfern u. 30 (von 34) gefalt. Kupfertafeln. Leiden, Meurs 1665. 9 Bl., 290 S., 1 Bl., 134 S. (Fehlt S. 30-36, 45-52, 57-62), 1 Bl. Folio. Ldr. d. Zt. mit RVergoldung und RTitel (etwas berieben). Brunet IV, 77. - Ebert 14806. - Erste französische Ausgabe, im Jahr der holländ. EA., mit deren Kupfern. - Berühmter Bericht über die erste holländische Gesandschaftsreise nach China, unternommen im Jahre 1655, an der der Autor als Sekretär teilnahm. Die Kupfer zeigen Ansichten, Kostüme, Tiere u. Pflanzen, Sitten u. Gebräuche, etc. Es fehlen die angegeben 18 Seiten und einige Textkupfer. Der größere erste Teil komplett. S. 39 mit Eckausriss, sonst wenige Lagen knickspurig. Insgesamt gutes Exemplar. With copper title, portrait, folded. Map , 95 of 109 text copperplates u. 30 (of 34) fold. copper plates 9 p., 290 pp., 1 p., 134 pp. (Missing pp. 30-36, 45-52, 57-62), 1 bl. Folio. Bound in gilt cloth with R. gilding and R. title (somewhat rubbed). First French edition, in the year of the Dutch edition, with its engravings. - Famous account of the first Dutch mission to China, undertaken in 1655, in which the author participated as secretary. The engravings show views, costumes, animals and plants, customs and traditions, etc.. Missing the indicated 18 pages and some text copperplates. The larger first part complete. P. 39 with corner tear, otherwise few layers creased. Overall good copy.

Russland - - Peter Simon Pallas. Voyages dans plusieurs provinces de l'Empire de Russie, et dans l'Asie septentrionale. Traduits de l'Allemand par Gauthier de la Peyronie. 8 Textbde. u. Atlasband. Mit 107 teilw. mehrfach gefalt. Kupfertafeln u. -karten. Paris Lagrange/Maradan 1788-1793. 4° u. Fol. Marmorierte Kalbsledereinbanände d. Zt. mit goldgeprägten Fileten und reicher RVergoldung und grünen goldgeprägten RSchildern. Atlas in Hldr. (Etwas berieben, beschabt und bestoßen). Nissen, ZBI 3076 - Lipperheide 1336 - Henze III, 738. - Zweite erweiterte französische Ausgabe. - Pallas (1741-1811) gilt als einer der bedeutensten deutschen Naturforscher und erhielt einen Lehrstuhl für Naturgeschichte in St. Petersburg. Zwischen 1768 und 1774 führte er im Auftrag von Zarin Katharina II. seine berühmt gewordene Expedition vom mittleren Ural über Westsibirien bis zur kaspischen Senke durch. Auf der Expedition begleiteten ihn wichtige Naturforscher wie Johann Peter Falck, Johann Gottlieb Georgi und Iwan Bykow, Nikita Petrowitsch Rytschkow, oder Nikita Petrowitsch Sokolow. Der prachtvolle Tafelband zeigt zahlreiche indigene Völker Russlands, prachtvolle Pflanzen und Tierdarstellungen, sowie wichtige und seltenen Karten (darunter die Wolga-Deutschen) und Monumente. Es fehlt wie häufig die "Carte générale de l'empire de Russie" - Die Textbde. mit Goldschnitt. Die Seiten teils nur mit leichteren Flecken bzw. gebräunt, 2 Taf. mit kleinen Defekten (alt hinterlegt). - Insgesamt gute Exemplare in dekorativen Einbänden. Russia. - With 107 partly folded engraved plates and maps. 8 text volumes and Atlas. Marbled calf leather bindings with gilded fillets and rich spine gildung and green spine labels. Atlas in halfcalf. (Slightly rubbed and chafed, slightly bumped). - First French Edition. Pallas is one of the most important German zoologist and botanist. He was professor in St. Petersburg and directly instructed by Tsar Catherina II. an expedition through Russia. He was accompanied by important colleagues (as listed above). The impressive atlas volumes is showing numerous indigenious tribes and people of Russia, impressive plants and animals and important and rare maps (there under the Volga-Germans) as well as Monuments. - Instead of the original "Carte générale de l'empire de Russie" there is the outline coloured map "Russie d'Europe Partie Méridionale" by Delamarche present. The pages mostly well presvered and only sometimes with stains or slight browning, 2 plates with small repaired defects (old backed). - The text volumes with gilded edges. - Altogether well presevered copies in decorative contemporary bindings.

Brasilien - - Theodor Koch-Grünberg. Zwei Jahre unter den Indianern. Reisen in Nordwest-Brasilien 1903-1905. 2 Bde. Mit insg. 22 Lichtdrucktafeln, 5 Karten, 3 gefalt. Tabellen u. 445 Textabb. Stuttgart, Strecker & Schröder, 1909-1910. 3 Bll., IV 355 S., 2 Bll. - 2 Bll., 413 S. Gr.- 8°. Ill. OLwd. (leicht berieben, bestoßen, fleckig u. angestaubt). Erste Ausgabe des Expeditionsberichtes über die Erforschung des Yapura und des Rio Negros an der Grenze zu Venezuela (nordwestliches Amazonasgebiet). - Bd. 2 stellenweise (braun)fleckig. Vereinzelte Bll. eingerissen. Bd. 1, Karte u. ein weiteres Bl. mit Farbabklatsch von eingelegtem Text. First edition of the expedition report on the exploration of the Yapura and the Rio Negros on the border with Venezuela (north-western Amazon region). - With 22 collotype plates, 5 maps, 3 folding tables and 445 in-text ill. - Original ill. cloth (slightly rubbed, bumped and soiled). - Vol. 2 (brown)stained in some places. Isolated leaves with tear. Vol. 1: map and one further sheet with ink imprint.

Afrika - Ethnologie - - Karl Weule. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse meiner ethnographischen Forschungsreise in den Südosten Deutsch-Ostafrikas. Mit 64 (1 farb.) Tafeln u. 1 farb. Faltkarte. Berlin, Mittler u. Sohn, 1908. X, 150 S. 4°. Mod. HLdr. mit Marmordeckeln u. goldgepr. RTitel. Mitteilungen aus den deutschen Schutzgebieten, Ergänzungsheft 1. - Erste Ausgabe selten. - Schnee, Dt. Kolonial-Lex. III 706 f. - Kainbacher 450. - Mit überus reichem ethnologischem Bildmaterial. - Vorsätze erneuert. Titel recto gestempelt. Karte mit leichter Knickspur. Ethnology - With 64 (1 color) plates and 1 color folded map. - New halfcalfhalf calf with gilt spine title. - Endpapers renewed. Title stamped. Map minimally creased.

Asien - - Adolf Bastian. Die Voelker des oestlichen Asien. Studien und Reisen. 6 Bde. (in 3). Mit 1 kolor. lithogr. Faltkarte. Leipzig, Wigand (ab Bd. III: Jena, H. Costenoble) 1866-71. Lwdbde. d. Zt. mit RTitel (etw. fleckig). Erste Ausgabe. - Umfangreicher Bericht von A. Bastians Reisen im ost- und sudostasiatischen Raum 1861-65. - Cordier, Japonica 5967 und Indosinica 896. - Henze I, 192. - Griep/Luber 90: "Umfassende völkerkundliche Darstellung ... Bastian festigte mit diesem Werk seinen Ruf als Begründer der modernen Völkerkunde." - "B. hat von der Erde mehr gesehen als irgendeiner seiner Zeitgenossen ... Sein Hauptanliegen war die Ergründung der Völkerseele, sein Ziel die vergleichende Völkerpsychologie, seine Werke, kaum durchdringbare Materialsammlungen, die er durch ständige historische und räumliche Vergleiche zu ordnen bestrebt war, lassen die Geographie nicht aufkommen." (Henze). Enthält: Bd. I: Die Geschichte der Indochinesen. - Bd. II: Reisen in Birma in den Jahren 1861-1862. - Bd. III: Reisen in Siam 1863. Mit der Faltkarte. - Bd. IV: Reise durch Kambodja nach Cochinchina. - Bd. V: Reisen im Indischen Archipel. Singapore, Batavia, Manilla und Japan. - Bd. VI: Reisen in China von Peking zur Mongolischen Grenze und Rückkehr nach Europa. - Exlibris auf Vorsatz u. Innendeckel, Karte mit kleinem hinterlegtem Einriss. First (and complete) edition of the comprehensive travel report by A. Bastian about his journeys to East and Southeast Asia from 1861 to 1865, in 6 vols. - Contemp. cloth (slightly stained), map with backed small tear, bookplate on flyleaf and inside cover.

Türkei - - F.K.L. Sickler (Hrsg.). Anastasia oder Griechenland in der Knechtschaft unter den Osmanen seit der Schlacht bei Kossowa 1389 und im Befreiungskampfe seit 1821. Eine Zeitschrift in freien Heften. 1.-2. Heft (von 4) in 1 Bd. Mit lithogr. Portrait- Front. u. 1 lithogr. Faltplan.2 Bl., 226 S. Hildburghausen, Kesselring 1821. Pbd. d. Zt. mit hs. RSch. Sehr selten, kein Exemplar im internationalen Handel für uns nachweisbar. 1822 ersch. die Hefte 3-4. - Das Portrait zeigt "Aly Pascha", der Plan Konstantinopel. Ohne Zwischentitel zu Heft 2. Tls. gering gebräunt, Plan mit kl. Randeinriß. Turkey. - With lithographed portrait front. and 1 lithographed folding map. Very rare, no specimen traceable to us in international trade. Very rare. The portrait shows "Aly Pasha", the plan Constantinople. Without intertitle to issue 2. partly slightly browned, plan with small marginal tear.

Afrika - - Eduard Rüppell. (Reise in Abyssinien). Atlasband. Mit 10 lithographierten Tafeln. (Frankfurt a. M., in Commission bei Siegmund Schmerber, 1838-1840). Quer-Folio. HLdr. d. Zt. mit Marmordeckeln und goldgepr. DSchild (berieben und bestoßen, Gelenk angeplatzt). Seltener Atlasband. Ohne die beiden Textbände. - Gay 2681. Brunet IV, 1462. - Das Werk wurde auf eigene Kosten des Autors gedruckt, daher ist die Auflage sehr gering. Der Atlas erschien ohne Titelblatt und ist so vollständig. - Eduard Rüppell (1794-1884) war nach Bruce der erste Europäer, der von 1831-34 ins Innere Abessiniens, dem ehemaligen Kaiserreich auf dem Gebiet des heutigen Äthiopien und Eritrea, vordrang. Die Tafeln zeigen neben einer großen Karte vor allem Ansichten, traditionelle Kostüme und Ruineninschriften. - Durchgehend stockfleckig und etwas wasserrandig sowie teils mit kl. Anschmutzungen. Eine Tafel mit Einriss im unteren weißen Rand. Africa - Atlas volume. With 10 lithographed plates. Oblong folio. Contemporary half leather with marbled boards and gilt cover label (rubbed and bumped, joint chipped). - Rare atlas volume. Without the two text volumes. - Gay 2681. Brunet IV, 1462. - The work was printed at the author's own expense, so the edition is very small. The atlas appeared without a title page and is thus complete. - Eduard Rüppell (1794-1884) was the first European after Bruce to penetrate the interior of Abyssinia, the former empire on the territory of present-day Ethiopia and Eritrea, from 1831-34. In addition to a large map, the plates show mainly views, traditional costumes, and inscriptions on ruins. - Throughout foxing and somewhat waterstained and partly with small soiling. One plate with tear in the lower white margin.

Geologie - - Adolf Schmidl. Die Grotten und Höhlen von Adelsberg, Lueg, Planina und Laas. 2 Bde., Text- und Tafelband. Mit 15 meist getönten doppelblattgr. lithogr. Tafeln. Wien, Braumüller, 1854. Gr.-8° u. Quer-Folio (29,5 x 42 cm). OBroschur u. schwarze HLwd. d. Zt. mit goldgepr. RTitel (etwas berieben und bestoßen). Erste Ausgabe, selten. Nebehay/Wagner III, 648. - Der österreichische Topograf und Geograph Adolf Schmidl (1802-1863) gilt als Begründer der Speläologie (Höhlenforschung). In der Karstlandschaft des heutigen Slowenien, in der sich auch die hier behandelten Adelsberger Grotten befinden, beschäftigte er sich intensiv mit den dortigen Höhlen. Die Tafeln zeigen neben einer Karte des Gebiets u.a. Ansichten der gothischen Halle in der Erzherzog-Johanns-Grotte, einen Plan der Lueger Höhlen und der Planina Höhle, den Eingang der Adelsberger Grotte und eine Tafel mit der örtlichen Insekten-Fauna. - Textband teils noch unaufgeschnitten und vereinzelt minimal stockfleckig. Tafelband durchgehend stockfleckig und mit geglättetem vertikalen Falz, Titelbl. hinterlegt und mit kl. Läsuren. Geology - With 15 mostly toned double-sheet lithographic plates. 2 vols., text and plate volume. Vienna, Braumüller, 1854. Orig. wrappers and cont. black half cloth with gilt title (somewhat rubbed and bumped). - First edition, rare. - The Austrian topographer and geographer Adolf Schmidl (1802-1863) is considered the founder of speleology. In the karst landscape of today's Slovenia, where the Adelsberg caves are also located, he intensively studied the local caves. The plates show a map of the area, views of the gothic hall in the Archduke Johanns Grotto, a plan of the Lueger Caves and the Planina Cave, the entrance of the Adelsberg Grotto and a plate with the local insect fauna. - Text volume partly still uncut and sporadically minimally foxed. The volume of plates foxed throughout and with smoothed vertical fold, title page backed and with small tears.

Gastronomie - - Alain Bourguignon. Carte gastronomique de la France. Großformatige Karte in Farblithographie. Paris, E. Girard, 1931. Maße 118 x 99,5 cm. Mehrfach gefaltet. In OPp.-Hülle mit gedr. DTitel (mit Defekten). Selten. - Mit hs. Widmung des Autors. Bourguignon wird auf der Karte als "Ex-Chef de Cuisine, Directeur de L'Ecu de France" betitelt. - Dekorative und farbkräftige Karte Frankreichs mit Nennung regionsspezifischer Spezialitäten. - In den Falzen teils mit unscheinbaren kl. Einrissen. Unauffälliger kleiner Wasserrand im linken Rand. Zart gebräunt. Gut erhalten. Gastronomy - Large format map in color lithograph. Folded several times. In orig. paper envelope with printed title (with defects). - Rare. - With handwr. dedication by the author. Bourguignon is titled on the map as "Ex-Chef de Cuisine, Directeur de L'Ecu de France". - Decorative and colorful map of France with mention of region-specific specialties. - In the folds partly with inconspicuous small tears. Unobtrusive small water stain in left margin. Delicately browned. Well preserved.

Weltkarte - - Planisphere representant toute l'etendue du monde ... Teilkol. Kupferstichkarte von Jan Barend Elwe. Um 1792. Plattenmaße ca. 43,5 x 27,5 cm, Böattmaße ca. 55 x 32 cm. Zeigt die von Atlas getragene Welt mit Karte der Nordhalbkugel. - Linker Blattrand hinterlegt, wenig knitterig, insgesamt wohlerhalten. Part coloured copper engraved map by Jan Barend Elwe. - Showing the world carried by atlas with map of the northern hemisphere. - Left margin backed, a little creased, overall in good condition.