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Two bamboo chairs and a map of the Black Mountains.

India.- Laurie & Whittle (publishers) A New Map of the Jaghir Lands, on the Coast of Coromandel, The Territory Belonging To The East India Company Round Madras From An Actual Survey In The Possession Of The Company, detailed map of the coastal region of India centred on Madras and Fort St. George (Chennai), extending north to Erikans Lake (Pulicat Lake) and south to Cheeyer Tank and Allumparva (Cheyyur) engraving with some outline hand-colouring, on laid paper with large watermark of Strasbourg lily, sheet 730 x 540 mm (28 3/4 x 21 1/4 in), central horizontal fold as issued, some light offsetting, minor surface dirt, unframed, 1794. 

Britain.- Camden (William) Britannia, 4 vol., engraved plates and maps, heavily damp-stained with some defects, repairs and loss, ex-library copy with ink stamps to plate and map versos, library morocco-backed cloth, a sad copy, folio, 1806; sold not subject to return

London.- Newcourt (Richard), After. An Exact Delineation of the Cities of London and Westminster and the Suburbs Thereof..., plan of London and the Thames from Westminster to Stepney, showing individual buildings along the streets, numerous ships on the river, two inset architectural elevations of Westminster Abbey and St. Pauls, several coats-of-arms, numbered key, genealogical table, etc., by George Jarman after the original plan, 8 engraved map sheets joined to form one large plan, total approx. 1040 x 1920 mm (41 x 75 1/2), dissected and mounted on linen, some light off-setting, minor surface dirt, folding into contemporary [?original] gilt and embossed purple boards, upper and lower cover decorated with armorial devices, rubbed and scuffed, 4to, [Howgego 12, derivative b], Edward Stanford, 1863

London.- Langley (Edward, & Belch, William) Langley and Belch's New Map of London, first edition, map of London with 24 uncoloured engraved vignettes of London landmarks set within the horizontal margins, engraving with vibrant hand-colouring, sheet 537 x 785 mm (21 1/8 x 30 7/8 in), dissected and mounted on linen, minor surface dirt, some light offsetting, folding into marbled slipcase with publisher's orange printed label to upper cover, worn, [Howgego 256 (1)], 8vo, 1812

London.- River Thames.- Tombleson (William) Tombleson’s Panoramic Map of the River Thames and Medway, vertical strip-map of the Thames from Cirencester to Chatham via London, showing railway lines, wood-engraved map with original hand-colouring, 1270 x 250 mm (50 x 9 3/4 in), dissected and mounted on linen, some browning and minor offsetting, folding into green cloth boards, gilt upper cover, worn, J. Reynolds, [circa 1860 or slightly later]

Africa.- Schillings (C.G.) In Wildest Africa, first American edition, frontispiece, illustrations (many full-page),  previous owner's ink signature to front free endpaper, cracked hinges, original pictorial cloth, rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, New York & London, Harper & Brothers, 1907 § Drummond (Henry) Tropical Africa, folding colour map frontispiece and 4 folding maps, one with split to folds, scattered spotting, original cloth, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, 1889 § Gordon (Alastair) A Slight Touch of Safari, illustrations, previous owner's ink signature, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, dust-jacket, small loss to spine extremities, rubbed, 1955 § Adamson (Joy) Born Free, plates, bookplate, original boards, fractional bumping to corners and extremities, dust-jacket, lightly sunned spine, slight creasing to edges, Reprint Society, 1960; Living Free, plates, bookplate, original boards, slight creasing to edges, Reprint Society, 1961; and others, Africa, 8vo & 4to (c.80).

Voyages.- Dampier (William) A New Voyage Round the World... the Isthmus of America..., vol.1 (of 3), the third edition corrected, 5 engraved maps (4 folding), lacking 2 ff. of advertisements at end, frontispiece map laid down with chipping to outer edge and repairs, label to verso, some foxing to maps, worming to C5-D1 affecting one map, the odd spot, a few short marginal tears, last few leaves browned, modern antique-style calf, morocco spine label, [Hill 418], 8vo, James Knapton, 1698.

Angling.- Snart (Charles) Practical Observations on Angling in the River Trent, first edition, occasional marginal finger-soiling, ex-library with usual labels and ink-stamps, later morocco-backed boards, library blind-stamp to upper cover, sunned spine, a little rubbed, small abrasion mark to spine foot, Newark, S. and I. Ridge, 1801 § Walton (Izaak) & Charles Cotton. The Complete Angler, 2 parts bound as 1 vol., engraved portrait frontispieces and 11 plates, illustrations, 2pp. musical score, faint off-setting to title, contemporary half-calf, rebacked, a little rubbed, 1835 § Salter (T. F.) The Angler's Guide, portrait frontispiece, plates and illustrations, folding map, spotting, contemporary half-roan, a little rubbed, 1830; 12mo & 8vo (3).

Hannibal's Crossing.- Whitaker (John) The Course of Hannibal Over the Alps Ascertained, 2 vol., some light spotting, contemporary half calf, slightly rubbed, spines lightly faded, housed in cloth slip-case, John Stockdale, 1794 § De Luc (J.A.) Histoire du Passage des Alpes par Annibal, one folding map, contemporary ink inscription to title head, some light browning mostly to margins, contemporary vellum, red morocco spine label, some light patches of soiling along upper edge, Geneva and Paris, J.J. Paschoud, 1818 § [Wickham (H.L.) and J.A. Cramer]. A Dissertation on the Passage of Hannibal Over the Alps, folding map frontispiece, 3 plates, some light foxing affecting plates, offsetting, contemporary calf, green morocco spine label, joints slightly rubbed, Oxford, printed by W. Baxter for J. Parker; and G. and W.B. Whittaker, 1820, first editions, bookplates, spines gilt in compartments; and 9 others, Hannibal, 8vo (13)

London.- Cary (John) Cary’s New and Accurate Plan of London and Westminster, the Borough of Southwark and parts adjacent..., : viz. Kensington, Chelsea, Islington, Hackney, Walworth, Newington &c with an Alphabetical list of upwards of 500 of the most principal streets with references to their situation, engraved map with some original hand-colouring, sheet 815 x 1240 mm (32 x 48 3/4 in), dissected and mounted on linen, some surface dirt, nicks and tears, folding without slipcase, [Howgego 184 (7)], 8vo, 1800

Defoe (Daniel) Robinson Crusoe, illustrated by the Hydrographer of the Naval Chronicle, folding map at end, illustrations, B1 with small marginal loss to fore-edge, 2C7 with tear into text (no loss), scattered spotting, contemporary calf-backed boards, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 8vo, J. Gold & Joseph Mawman, 1815. *** The edition referred to as "the most pedantic and impertinent edition ever produced."

America.- Moellhausen (Baldwin) Diary of a Journey from the Mississippi to the Coasts of the Pacific, 2 vol., first English edition, map (half missing) and 10 (of 11) lithograph and chromolithograph plates, one with short tear and misbound, plus wood-engraved plates and illustrations, soiled, ex-library copy with stamps, library calf-backed cloth, 8vo, 1858. 

Bible, English. The Holy Bible: Containing The Old Testament and The New, authorized version, black letter, double column, general and New Testament titles within ornate woodcut borders, ink inscription to front free endpaper, lacking all leaves after 2N7 until New Testament title (probably Apocrypha), manuscript notes to verso of New Testament title, short tear to 3G1 foot, margins closely shaved, some very occasional minor staining, Robert Barker and the Assigns of John Bill, 1640, bound after The Genealogies, double-page map of The Holy Land, 1640, both bound with A Briefe Concordance, 1646, and The Whole Book of Psalmes, 1640, contemporary morocco decorated in gilt with metal clasp, spine richly gilt in compartments, g.e, slightly rubbed, spine a little soiled, covers detached, [Herbert 547], 8vo; sold not subject to return. *** This variant with "I not am come" in Matt. ix. 13, and Genealogies and Map, as called for by Herbert.

Lyric and language.- Collection of Songs (A), chiefly such as are eminent for poetical merit; among which are many originals, and others that were never printed before in a song-book, a couple of spots to title, light marginal browning, book label and some label removal marks to front pastedown, contemporary calf-backed boards with modern printed paper, T. Longman, 1782 § Jones (William) The Jubilee Memorial of the Religious Tract Society:... 1799-1849, bookplate, some occasional spotting, original cloth, slightly rubbed, spine slightly faded, neatly repaired with new front free endpaper, The Religious Tract Society, 1850 § Donaldson (John William) Varronianus: a critical and historical introduction to the ethnography of Italy and to the philological study of the Latin language, second edition, tipped-in A.L.s from Donaldson at "Bury St. Edmunds, 7th Dec. 1852" to "My dear Stirling", publisher's inscription "from the Author" above, folding colour map, original cloth, slightly rubbed, John W. Parker and Son, 1852; and c.30 others, most relating to language, v.s. (c.30)

A limited edition white metal map of Africa, by William Bleu, issued in 1980, 38.5m x 32cm.

Johannes Blaeu - 17th century hand-coloured county map of Norfolk, 'Nortfolcia / Norfolke', with typewritten label verso stating 'J. Blaeu c. 1648. A good example of the work of the fine Dutch mapmaker. German text on back. Genuine Antique Map over 300 years old', plate impression size 38cm x 50cm, plus two hand-coloured Castle Acre engravings (on one sheet), 'Castle Acre Estate in Norfolk', and 'Castle Acre Monastery in Norfolk', both J. Wooding sculp't, Published according to Act of Parliament, by Alex'r Hogg, No. 16 Paternoster Row, each image 12.5cm x 18cm, overall sheet 33cm x 19cm, in later single frame, glazed, (2)

John Speed - Hand-coloured county map of Staffordshire, with town plans of Stafford and Lichfield, Bassett & Chiswell (1676), 39cm x 51.5cm, framed under glass, text to verso

Framed map of Cumberland, 55 cm x 45 cm

Four pictures and prints, map of Fife, puffin picture and two cat prints

John Speed (British, 1552-1629), map of Buckingham (1610), coloured engraving, published by George Humble, 38 by 50cm, framed. Provenance: The Old Master Galleries, London

Tolkien, J.R.R. 'The Hobbit, or There and Back Again', 1st ed, 1st impression, pub Allen & Unwin, 1937, ten uncoloured illustrations, map endpapers printed in red and black, original green cloth covers and spine with wraparound dark blue illustration of mountains, moon, and sun at top, upper cover with Smaug illustration looking left, first impression dust jacket with 'Dodgeson', (better known as Lewis Carroll) manual correction on lower flap. Provenance: inherited by a Berkshire-based private client

John Speed (British, 1552-1629), map of Derbyshire (1610), coloured engraving, published by John Sudbury and George Humble, 38 by 51cm, framed. Provenance: The Old Master Galleries, London

John Speed (British, 1552-1629), map of Herefordshire (1610), coloured engraving, published by John Sudbury and George Humble, 38 by 51cm, framed. Provenance: The Old Master Galleries, London

Robert Morden (British, c.1650-1703), map of Barkshire, map of Oxfordshire, coloured engravings, largest 43 by 37cm, framed (2). Provenance: The Old Master Galleries, London

John Speed (British, 1552-1629), map of Dorsetshyre, coloured engraving, 38 by 51cm, framed. Provenance: The Old Master Galleries, London

* Log Book. A Pilot's Log Book kept by 'WWI Ace' Captain Norman Macmillan, M.C., A.F.C. circa 1920, sadly there are no entries, however, the first page is inscribed 'Norman Macmillan, Ranfurly, Cambuslang' dated 11 November 1920, the page noting past experience lists him as Captain, M.C., A.F.C. and demobilised 10 June 1919, signed Norman Macmillan, 10.5 x 17 cm, together with a WWI period silk escape map of Northern Europe, faded, 50 x 44 cmQTY: (2)NOTE:Norman Macmillan (1892-1976) was born in Scotland. He served on the Western Front with the Highland Light Infantry before joining the Royal Flying Corps in 1916. He learned to fly at Netheravon and then joined 45 Squadron on 1/2 strutter. He flew many operations and claimed two victories in this type before being re-equipped with the Sopwith Camel in 1917. He claimed the squadron's first victory in a Camel on 25 August 1917. On 11 September he claimed two Fokker Triplanes before being injured on 6 January 1918. Macmillan did not see any further combat. He returned to England and became an instructor and was awarded the M.C. and A.F.C.

* Bournemouth International Aviation Meeting, 1910. Bournemouth International Aviation Meeting, Official Programme July 11th to 16th, 1910, 10 pp. sketch map and list of competitors with pencil annotations, some light spotting, original colour wrappers, small tear and loss top right of upper wrapper, a little rubbed with small splits to spine. 8vo, together with Souvenir in Commemoration of the Bournemouth Centenary. Flying Week, at Southbourne from July the 11th to 16th, and Souvenir in Commemoration of Bournemouth Centenary Fetes, July the 6th to 16th 1910, both colour printed commemorative souvenirs on crepe paper, printed and published by Mrs S Burgess, Bishopsgate, London, a little light spotting and a few creases, one or two small marginal holes, old folds, 37 x 38 cmQTY: (3)NOTE:Interesting ephemera from Britain's first international aviation meeting, during which Charles Rolls, who along with Henry Royce founded Rolls-Royce in 1906, was killed when the tail of his Short-Wright Farman biplane broke off on 12th July 1910. He was the first Briton killed in an aeronautical accident using powered aircraft.

* Log Book. WWII South African Air Force Observer or Air Gunners Log Book kept by R. Staveley, 297 Squadron, commencing 13 June 1942, navigation and bombing exercises in Anson and Oxford, 12 January 1943 posted to No 13 OTU, Bicester, Oxfordshire, 8 June 1943 posted to 98 Squadron, RAF Foulsham, Norfolk, training in Mitchell, nine operations D.C.O. (duties carried out) over northern France from 2 October to 26 November, a further operation on 4 February 1944 'ops Chateau de Boselet', 16 February posted to No 42 OTU, Ashbourne, 6 June 1944 'ops "Tonga" invasion of France' flying Arbemarle, 1 February 1945 posted to 297 Squadron, Earls Colne, operations over Briefed, Norway (S.O.E. Duties), 24 March 1945 'operation Varsity Airbourne Invasion of Nth Germany' flying Halifax, 10, 13 and 19 May 'Operation Doomsday' Halifax, final entry 20 November 1945, total flying time 910hrs30mins, 10 type of aircraft including Horsa II, together with a newspaper cutting 'Clock-Like Precision Air Assault' an extract from the Time dated 26 July 1945, the article recounts towing gliders over the Rhine in Halifax plus a double sided silk escape map of Northern Europe QTY: (1)NOTE:Operation Varsity was a successful airborne operation which was launched by the Allies on 24 March 1945. It involved more than 16,000 paratroopers and several thousand aircraft. It was the largest airborne operation ever conducted on a single day and in one location.Operation Doomsday was when the 1st Airborne Division acted as a police and military force during the Allied occupation of Norway in May 1945. The division maintained law and order until the arrival of the remainder of Force 143 (the occupation force).

* Imperial Airways. Bradshaw's International Air Guide, May 1936 featuring Imperial Airways, with original Bradshaw's Trans-Continental Air Routes map and advertising bookmark, together with another Bradhaw's, December 1934, lacking additional map but with bookmark, two The Airways Timetables, June 1934, June 1935, plus "Victory" jigsaw puzzle of the Imperial Airways Air Liner "Hengist", Imperial Airways "Scylla" children's block game and two other puzzles QTY: (8)

* Operation Sea Lion. Two WWII German map for the invasion of the United Kingdom in September 1940, issued to senior officers, one for Hastings the other East Kent, both 1: 50,000 scale and stamped 'Special Edition Xl. 1940', folded and creased QTY: (2)NOTE:Operation Sea Lion was the German code name for their planned invasion of the United Kingdom. It was due to take place during the Battle of Britain in September 1940. A huge amount of preparation and training was undertaken for the invasion including training troops, developing specialised weapons and equipment, modifying transport vessels and the collection of a large number of river barges and transport ships on the Channel coast. However Operation Sea Lion was postponed on 17 September 1940 and never put into action. This was because the Luftwaffe did not defeat the Royal Air Force during the Battle of Britain.

* WWII Log Book. Navigator's, Air Bomber's and Air Gunner's Flying Log Book kept by Leading Aircraftsman J.P. Tait, 514 Squadron, Royal Air Force, commencing 19 August 1943 (No 7 A O S Bishops Court), final entry 11 March 1946, total flying time 487hrs45mins, Tait served in Anson, Wellington, Lancaster and Liberators, together with a the recipient's medal group (attributed) comprising 1939-1945 Star, France and Germany Star, Defence and War Medals, extremely fine, mounted for display plus a target map of Le Havre QTY: (1)NOTE:J.P Tait trained at RAF Bishops Court before being posted to RAF Waterneach with 514 Squadron as a Navigator. His first exercise with this unit was on 30 May 1944 flying a Lancaster Mk2 (LL620) which was later lost in action by flack over Villers Bocaye, France. The target map included in the lot shows the Port of Le Havre which at the time was held by 11,000 German troops. It was attacked by Bomber Command in broad daylight with 313 Lancasters, including Tait and crew who completed their operation. A total of 1587 tons on bombs were dropped. The following day 311 Lancasters returned including Tait and dropped a further 1567 tons of bombs. The Germans surrendered after three further raids by Bomber Command.Tait flew in 30 operations throughout the period of 30 May 1944 to 6 September 1944.

* WWI Mesopotamia. A small archive relating to Lieutenant E.V.B. Batterick, Royal Field Artillery and the 13th (Western) Division withdrawal from Kirkuk, comprising 'Secret' orders issued on 23 May 1918 titled Adv. 13th Division Operation Order No.10, 2 typed pages, counterfoil pages for 38 Brigade Operation Order No.16 dated 23 April 1917, including a map for Marshall's Column Sketch No.4. Adhaim from Air Sketch 23.4.1917, various regimental menus including 38th Infantry Brigade Christmas and New Year 1917, a colour photographic postcard of the recipient in uniform, Officer on Leave from Mesopotamia card date 14 June 1917, handwritten order dated 24 December 1917 and other related items including a Turkish soldiers belt buckle and a Turkish fuse from an artillery shell QTY: (1 )NOTE:Lieutenant Batterick was mentioned in despatches in the London Gazette on 15 August 1917 and 27 August 1918 and is entitled to a WWI pair.The British occupied Kirkuk in Mesopotamia throughout WWI and at the end of the war orders were given to withdraw troops on 7 May 1918 and two weeks later abandoning the city. The British returned to Kirkuk a few months later after the Armistice of Mudros.

* Battle of Britain. A fragment of Luftwaffe bomb shrapnel found in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, the iron shrapnel with traces of a Waffen eagle and A879, approximately 9.5 x 7 cm, with a letter from the finder and a hand-drawn map of the crash siteQTY: (1)NOTE:The letter reads 'I am not sure of the date regarding the bomb fragment but my parents lived on a farm near Tunbridge Wells and one Sunday morning in Sept 1940, a Heinkel III at very low level chased by Hurricanes jettisoned a ... of bombs, one of which did considerable damage to my parents home and the fragment of bomb I found wedged in the plaster of one of the bedrooms.'

* Royal Flying Corps. A collection of items belonging to Lieutenant H.F. Blake, 14th Squadron, Royal Flying Corps, comprising British War Medal (Lieut: H.F. Blake. R.A.F.), extremely fine and attractively toned, flying goggles, folding aluminium frame with brown leather padding, glass lenses unclear, grey elasticated strap, contained in original brown card box, another pair of flying goggles with tinted lenses, a pocket map book for Arabia and The Persian Gulf N.E. Section, scale 1 inch = 32 miles, inscribed in pencil 'P/O Lyndon', a silver handle can engraved 'R.F.C. 14 Sqn C Flight Hejaz 1917', multiple dings and dents, 88.5 cm long, plus a RFC brown leather flying coat, soft leather with large pockets, brown silk cotton lining, 108 cm long, 45 cm chest, 49 cm inner arm QTY: (6)NOTE:Provenance: Private collection, Kent.

A box of 30+ assorted Japanese interest books, including art, culture, history, Manga, Go, Hiroshige, Shibata Zeshin, Rimpa art, ideology of Kokugo, 'Histoire du Japon...', Paris, Chez Nyon Fils, 1754, new edition, volume 6, engraved folding map of the islands of Japan + numerous engraved botanical plates of Japanese plants and flowers, contemporary calf, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Japanese edition, etc etc (30+)

J.R.R. Tolkien: 'The Hobbit, or There and Back Again', London, George Allen & Unwin Ltd. for the Folio Society, 1976, deluxe edition, first edition thus, colour frontis + 12 colour plates + pictorial map end papers as called for, all after the originals by J.R.R. Tolkien, original publisher's quarter brown leather gilt, original slipcase

(East Anglia, Topography, Fine Binding.) Thomas Kitson Cromwell, 3 titles: 'Excursions in the County of Essex', London, Longman et al, 1818-19, 1st edition, 2 volumes, engraved folding map of Essex, engraved folding plan of Colchester, added engraved title pages + 96 engraved plates as called for, 'Excursions in the County of Norfolk', L, Longman et al, 1818-19, 1st edition, 2 volumes, engraved folding map of Norfolk, engraved folding plan of Norwich, added engraved title pages + 96 engraved plates as called for, 'Excursions in the County of Suffolk', L, Longman et al, 1818-19, 1st edition, 2 volumes, engraved folding map of Suffolk, engraved folding plan of Ipswich, added engraved title pages + 96 engraved plates as called for, uniform fine contemporary crimson morocco decorated in gilt, all edges gilt, armorial bookplates of Sir Joseph Radcliffe, 2nd Baronet (1799–1872), to front pastedowns (6)

Colonel R. Meinertzhagen: 'Birds of Arabia', London, Henry Sotheran, 1980, edition de Luxe, one of 295 copies only (unnumbered, out of series), 19 mounted coloured plates, 9 mounted photographic plates, 53 text figs, 35 text maps + 1 folding colour map as called for, coloured plates by G.E. Lodge, R. Thorburn, and D. M. Reid-Henry, all tissue guarded, fine original half green morocco by Morrell, raised bands finished in gilt, gilt bird and palm vignettes to compartments, top edge gilt, marbled end papers

(Istanbul, Turkey.) Julia Pardoe; William Henry Bartlett (ill.): 'The Beauties of the Bosphorus. By Miss Pardoe. Illustrated in a series of views of Constantinople and its environs, from original drawings by W. H. Bartlett', London, Virtue & Co., c.1838, 88 engraved plates comprising added engraved title page, 2 portrait plates, map of Constantinople and Bosphorus + 84 engraved plates mainly architectural and topographical views of Istanbul and environs, plus a small number plates at end wider Bosphorus and surrounding area including Dardanelles, Gallipoli, Varna, Smyrna (Izmir) & Sebastopol, contemporary half calf gilt, spine gilt decorated in compartments

G.A. Henty, 5 first editions, all published Blackie & Son, all original pictorial cloth gilt, comprising: 'With Clive in India', 1884, 1st edition, 12 plates as called for, 'Through Russian Snows', 1896, 1st edition, 8 plates + 3 maps as called for, 'At Agincourt', 1897, 1st edition, 12 plates as called for, 'With Roberts to Pretoria', 11 (of 12) plates + 1 map, 'With the Allies to Pekin', 1904, 1st edition, 8 plates + map as called for, plus 3 Henty reprints (8)

(Greek & Roman Antiquities, Greece.) Alexander Stuart Murray & A.H. Smith: 'White Athenian Vases in the British Museum', London, The British Museum, Longmans et al, 1896, 1st edition, 27 engraved plates as called for, 37pp descriptive letterpress, folio (44 x 29cm), original half calf gilt; together with Anthony Dell: 'Isles of Greece', L, Geoffrey Bles, 1926, 1st edition, 25 photogravure plates + front endpaper/pastedown double page map as called for, 4to, orig. cloth gilt, top edge gilt, and Vera Willoughby: 'A Vision of Greece', L, Philip Allan, 1925, limited edition, number 210 of 500 copies, 16 colour plates as called for, 4to, original half cloth over decorative paper covered boards gilt (3)

(Japan, History, Art, Travel.) Engelbert Kaempfer: 'The History of Japan. Together with a Description of the Kingdom of Siam 1690-92', Glasgow, 1906, 3 volumes, portrait frontis + 162 illustrations (including large folding map at end of vol. III) as called for, uniform original cloth gilt; S. Bing: 'Artistic Japan: A Monthly Illustrated Journal of Arts and Industries', London, Sampson Low, May 1888-February 1891, 12 assorted issues, comprising No.'s 1, 3, 5, 6, 8-12, 25, 26 & 33, numerous colour plates and b/w ills. throughout, each folio (34 x 25cm), original pictorial wraps (several with wraps detached but present, chipped/worn at edges), housed in original blue cloth portfolio, large mounted colour illustration to front cover, ribbon ties; Henri L. Joly: 'Legend in Japanese Art', London, John Lane the Bodley Head, 1908, 16 colour plates + numerous b/w plates as called for, large 4to, original pictorial cloth gilt, all edges gilt; Douglas Sladen: 'Queer Things about Japan', L, Anthony Treherne, 1904, 2nd impression, colour frontis + 6 pages of colour plates + 30 b/w plates + pictorial end papers as called for, all after Hokusai, orig. cloth gilt (rubbed), top edge gilt; F. Hadland Davis; Evelyn Paul (ill.): 'Myths & Legends of Japan', L, Harrap, 1912, 32 colour plates by Evelyn Paul as called for, orig. decorative leather gilt, top edge gilt; D.C. Angus: 'Japan: The Eastern Wonderland', Cassell, 1910, 4 colour plates + numerous b/w plates as called for, orig. pictorial cloth gilt; Gaston Cerfberr: 'Contes Japonais', Paris, 1893, b/w ills. throughout, orig. pictorial wraps, glassine d/w; R.M. Knutsen: 'Japanese Polearms', 1963, 1st edition, b/w ills. throughout, orig. cloth gilt, d/w; plus 8 others similar including the floating world/ukiyo-e etc (18)

J.R.R. Tolkien: 'The Two Towers. Being the Second Part of The Lord of the Rings', London, George Allen & Unwin, 1965, 1st edition, 11th impression, folding map of Middle Earth at end as called for, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper

Patrick Leigh Fermor: 'Mani: Travels in the Southern Peloponnese', London, John Murray, 1958, 1st edition, b/w frontis & title vignette by John Craxton, 26 b/w ills. from photos by Joan Eyres Monsell, plus sketch map, as called for, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper (by John Craxton). Patrick Leigh Fermor's third travel book and often regarded as his finest, an account of travels in the isolated Mani peninsula at the tip of Europe's southernmost promontory, a spellbinding part-travelogue, part inspired evocation of a part of Greece's past.

J.R.R. Tolkien, 2 titles: 'The Return of the King. Being the Third Part of The Lord of the Rings', London, George Allen & Unwin, 1966, 2nd edition, 1st impression, folding map of Middle Earth at end as called for, internally no names/inscriptions, leaves clean/VGC, original cloth gilt (VGC), dust wrapper (VGC, 25s price intact), 'Smith of Wootton Major', L, George Allen & Unwin, 1967, 2nd impression, ill. Pauline Baynes, orig. pictorial boards (VGC) (2)

(India, British Raj, East India company), George Franklin Atkinson: 'Curry & Rice', on forty plates: Or, the Ingredients of Social Life at 'Our Station' in India', London, Calcutta & Simla, 1911, 5th edition, 40 colour plates as called for (some mainly marginal soiling, more pronounced at front affecting illustrated title page), rebound half calf; (History of the Birdpore estate), by William Claxton Peppe, J.Hooper, [Birdpore], [Privately Printed], [1889], a report by W.C Peppe to J.Hooper, Settlement Officer of the Basti District, Northern India, 23, [6]pp, large folding estate map titled 'Birdpore Grant', plus 5 folding diagrams of Merthi reservoir loosely inserted at front, manuscript 'copy of order passed on the petition of AT Peppe Esgr. 31st January 1908, asking permission to build a house in hindpore [?] loosely inserted, folio contemporary cloth; 'Hotch-Potch & Kedgeree', Calcutta & simla, 1916, 25 tipped in plates, in aid of Lady Carmicheals Bengal Women's War Fund', 4to, original quarter cloth; pus 6 others (9)

Wilfred Thesiger: 'Arabian Sands', London, Longmans, 1959, 1st edition, card signed by Thesiger in blue ink loosely inserted, folding map of the Empty Quarter in rear pocket, plus numerous other maps and photographic illustrations as called for, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper (35/- net price intact. Thesiger's first and most important work, recounting his crossing of the Empty Quarter under the aegis of the Middle East Anti-Locust Unit in 1946-7. "Following worthily in the tradition of Burton, Lawrence, Philby and Thomas, [Arabian Sands] is, very likely, the book about Arabia to end all books about Arabia." Indeed, St John Philby described Thesiger as "probably the greatest of all explorers" (Maitland, 380) and Sir John Glubb regarded him "the last, and certainly one of the greatest, of the British travellers among the Arabs" (ibid.). Alexander Maitland, Wilfred Thesiger: the Life of the Great Explorer (2006).

J.R.R. Tolkien: 'The Fellowship of the Ring. Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings', London, George Allen & Unwin, 1957, 7th impression, lacks folding map at end, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper

Patrick Leigh Fermor: 'Mani: Travels in the Southern Peloponnese', London, John Murray, 1958, 1st edition, b/w frontis & title vignette by John Craxton, 26 b/w ills. from photos by Joan Eyres Monsell, plus sketch map, as called for, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper (by John Craxton).

(Butterflies, Lepidoptera.) Bernard D'Abrera: 'Birdwing Butterflies of the World', Melbourne (Australia), Lansdowne Press, 1975, 1st edition, colour frontis + colour plates throughout, folding distribution map loosely inserted, folio (35 x 27cm), original cloth, dust wrapper, orig. slipcase

(India, Sikh Empire, Punjab.) Prince Frederick Duleep Singh (1868-1926), 'Trumpet and Bugle Sounds for the Army with Instructions for the Training of Trumpeters and Buglers', War Office, September 1895, pencil ownership signature of Prince Frederick Duleep Singh on FFEP "F. Duleep Singh / Old Buckenham", 147pp, original blindstamped cloth gilt. Prince Frederick was the second son of Maharajah Duleep Singh of Elveden Hall, who was the last ruler of the Punjab. Provenance: From the estate of the personal secretary of Princess Bamba Sutherland Duleep Singh; together with 7 other books similar, including Charles Tomlinson: 'The Thunder-Storm', London, SPCK, [nd], signed & inscribed by Princess Bamba Sutherland (née Duleep Singh) (1869-1957) to her sister Princess Catherine Hilda Duleep Singh (1871-1942) on FFEP "Bamba from Catherine Dec. 25 1887", original cloth gilt (very worn, case detached from textblock but present); Algernon Swinburne: 'Songs Before Sunrise', 1899, new edition, pencil signed in initials by Princess Bamba (1869-1957) on FFEP "B.D.S." [i.e. Bamba Duleep Singh], orig. cloth gilt worn, FFEP loose, toned; plus 2 with ownership signatures of David Waters Sutherland (1872-1939), husband of Princess Bamba, including M.C. Forbes: 'To Kulu and Back', Simla, Thacker, Spink & Co., 1911, folding map frontis, 160,xxviii pp, "D.W. Sutherland" signature at head of title page, original cloth gilt very worn; plus 3 others including Durlab Singh: 'The Rebel President. A Biographical Study of Subhas Chandra Bose', Lahore, Hero Publications, 1941, 2nd edition, 4 plates as called for, original cloth (worn); plus another dated 1890 with initials "D.S." on FFEP and another with initials at front not entirely legible, possibly "D.S.S.[?]". Provenance: From the estate of the personal secretary of Princess Bamba Sutherland Duleep Singh

G.W. Bacon: 'Bacons New Chart of the World on Mercator's Projection', Manchester, Royal London Building, c.1906, large colour lithograph folding map, dissected and mounted on linen, approx. size 96 x 120cm, folding into original cloth gilt covers; plus 'Philips' Atlas for Beginners', L, George Philip, 1900, 48 pages of colour maps, original cloth gilt (worn) (2)

J.R.R. Tolkien: 'The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring; The Two Towers; 'The Return of the King', London, The Folio Society, 1977, 1st edition thus, 3 volumes, b/w ills. by Ingahild Grathmer drawn by Eric Fraser, map end papers/pastedowns, uniform original quarter leather gilt, original slipcase

G.A. Henty, 13 titles, of which 8 first editions, all published Blackie & Son, all original pictorial cloth gilt, comprising: 'By England's Aid: Or, The Freeing of the Netherlands. (1585-1604).', 1891, [1890], 1st edition, 10 plates (some loose, chipped) + 4 maps as called for, 'A Jacobite Exile', 1894, [1893], 1st edition, folding map + 8 plates as called for, 'The Tiger of Mysore', 1896, 1st edition, 12 plates + 3 maps (1 double page) as called for, 'At Agincourt', 1897, 1st edition, 12 plates as called for, 'With Frederick the Great', 1898, 1st edition, 12 plates + 8 maps/plans as called for, backstrip part detached, 'With Moore at Corunna', 1898, 1st edition, 12 plates as called for, 'Under Wellington's Command', 1899, 1st edition, 12 plates + 5 plans as called for, 'Won by the Sword', 1900, 1st edition, 12 plates + 4 plans as called for, plus 5 others Henty (13)

(Arctic Expeditions, North Pole.) Edward Adams-Ray (translated): 'The Andree Diaries being the diaries and records of S.A. Andree, Nils Strindberg and Knut Fraenkel written during their balloon expedition to the North Pole in 1897 and discovered on White Island in 1930, together with a complete record of the Expedition and Discovery.', London, John Lane The Bodley Head, 1931, 1st edition in English, 103 illustrations + 6 maps (including folding map at end), plans & diagrams as called for, original cloth gilt. Salomon August Andrée (1854-1897) was a Swedish engineer, physicist, aeronaut and polar explorer who died while leading an attempt to reach the Geographic North Pole by hydrogen balloon. The balloon expedition was unsuccessful in reaching the Pole and resulted in the deaths of all three of its participants; together with Fridtjof Nansen: 'Farthest North', Constable, 1900, portrait frontis + numerous plates & maps including 1 folding, orig. cloth gilt, F. Spencer Chapman: 'Northern Lights. The Official Account of the British Arctic Air-Route Expedition 1930-1931', L, Chatto, 1932, 1st edition, frontis, folding map + 63 plates as called for, orig. cloth (3)

J.R.R. Tolkien: 'The Hobbit, or There and Back Again', London, George Allen & Unwin, 1968, 3rd edition, 4th impression (18th impression overall), colour frontis, map endpapers/pastedowns, original pictorial cloth

(Airships, Dirigibles, RNAS Pulham.) Air Commodore Edward Maitland: 'The Log of the H.M.A. R34: Journey to America and Back', London, Hodder & Stoughton, [1921], 1st edition, signed & inscribed by the author to Air Vice Marshal Sir Charles Laverock Lambe (1875-1953) on FFEP "To C.L. Lambe from Edward Maitland January 1921", frontispiece depicting R34 + 23 illustrations on 13 plates + folding map of the R34's flight as called for, original cloth gilt. Uncommon account by Air-Commodore E. M. Maitland's of the first transatlantic flight by rigid airship, a monumental journey to America and back aboard R34. Air Commodore Edward Maitland Maitland (1880-1921) was an early military aviator who served in the Air Battalion of the Royal Engineers, the Royal Flying Corps, the Royal Naval Air Service and the Royal Air Force, and held commands at RNAS Pulham. On 24 August 1921 Maitland was killed when the R38 airship on which he was a passenger suffered structural failure and broke up in mid air over the Humber. A very scarce signed and inscribed copy published in early 1921, only a few months prior to the fatal crash of the R38 in which Maitland and 43 other British and American crew were tragically killed. A memorial was erected at Hull, and in 2021, a centenary memorial service was held at Hull Minster.

(Japan.) Herbert G. Ponting: 'Fuji San', Tokyo, K. Ogawa, 1905, 1st edition, 25 black & white plates from photographs by Herbert Ponting (of which 1 folding) as called for, all of Mount Fuji viewed from different locations and seasons, each image captioned in English and Japanese, distributed by Kelly Walsh Ltd. (Yokohama, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Shingapore), oblong 4to (25.5 x 37.5cm), original printed litho pictorial wraps (worn) bound in Japanese style with silk stab ties. Scarce; together with 'Tourist's Guide and Interpreter - Being a Comprehensive Guide to all the Interesting Places to Visit...to which is added General Information for Travellers in Japan [1891]', Yokohama, Kelly & Walsh et al, [1891], folding map of Kobe, 29 colour plates being views of Tokyo, Mount Fuki, Nikko, Osaka, Nara, Lake Biwa etc etc, rear pocket at end empty (presumably lacking folding map or plan), numerous period adverts etc, original limp cloth, ownership signature of Henrietta Tayler (1869-1951), scholar and WWI nurse, at head of front cover. Scarce; together with a Japanese woodblock illustrated book circa late 19th Century, original stab bound wraps (3)

(Mountaineering), Charles Granville Bruce (1866-1939): 'Twenty Years in the Himalaya', London, Edward Arnold, 1910, 1st edition, portrait frontispiece with tissue guard, folding map, folding b/w photographic panoramic plate depicting Eastern Himalaya, 59 b/w. photographic plates, 335pp, ex Repton School Library with coat of arms bookplate to front pastedown and two Repton inkstamps only, original pictorial cloth gilt. An account of the author's explorations in the Himalayan districts, Bruce travelled extensively in the Himalayas accompanying William Conway, and later led the early Mount Everest 1922 and 1924 Expeditions; together with Adolphus Warburton Moore (1841-1887): 'The Alps in 1864. A Private Journal. edited by Alex B. W. Kennedy', Edinburgh, David Douglas, 1902, 1st trade edition, portrait frontis + 21 photographic plates + 20 chapter head piece photographs & 10 maps of which 2 full page, as called for, ex Repton School Library with coat of arms bookplate to front pastedown and two Repton inkstamps only, original olive green cloth gilt. Moore's celebrated account of the first ascent of Mont Blanc via the Brenva ice-ridge; together with Sir William Martin Conway: 'The Alps From End to End', Westminster, Archibald Constable, 1895, 1st edition, 100 full-page coloured illustrations by A.D. McCormick as called for, ex Repton School Library with coat of arms bookplate to front pastedown and inkstamp to FFEP only, original cloth gilt (worn), top edge gilt (3)