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A small early hand coloured map of Cornwall "The Road from Exeter to Truro", framed and glazed and one other coloured map of Cornwall after T Moule (2)

A small 17th Century hand coloured map of "Hartfordeshire" after Speed, framed and glazed and one other early hand coloured map of Westmorland (2)

An early 18th Century hand coloured map of Cornwall after T Kitchin

Four Shooting Sticks, a hazel Thumbstick, a boxed Tilley Stormlight, Fishing Rules Sign and a framed antique linear Map

Group of two early Minnesotan works, one map and one print. The map is of Lake Minnetonka in 1884. A legend along the upper left corner reads "The Northwestern Tourist Map of Minnetonka, Minn. A.S. Dimond & Son, Publishers, Minneapolis & Excelsior 1884." An inscription along the lower right reads "Proffered by Fredrick Herfurth Real Estate." The print depicts a large building with a man and a dog in the street before it. Illegibly inscribed in pencil along the lower right.Provenance: from the collection of an important Minneapolis institution.(Map) Sight; height: 15 3/4 in x width: 20 1/2 in. Framed; height: 22 in x width: 27 in. (Building) Sight; height: 17 1/4 in x width: 20 in. Framed; height: 25 in x width: 27 1/2 in.

Group of ten photographs and Minnesota ephemera including: seven photographs, depicting groups of explorers, the Minnesota survivors of Gettysburg, and one photograph of the U.S.S. Great Northern; a map of Minnesota; a color print of the St. Paul 1887 Ice Palace; and deck and room plans for two Great Northern Pacific Steamship Company boats, the S.S. Great Northern and S.S. Northern Pacific.Provenance: Collection of the James J. Hill Reference Library.Certain individuals are prohibited by law to purchase items in this auction. Descendants of James J. Hill within three generations (Great Grandchildren and closer) are not allowed to purchase items. Additionally, board members of the foundation and their families (spouses, children, spouses of children, grandchildren) are also prohibited from purchasing items.Sight (includes unframed photos in portfolio): height ranges from 6 in to 18 1/4 in; width ranges from 8 1/4 in to 20 in. Framed (including portfolio itself): height ranges from 13 1/2 in to 25 in; width ranges from 15 in to 18 1/2 in.

Ɵ BESANCENOT, Jean Girard. (1902 - 1992). Costumes et types du Maroc. Paris, Editions des Horizons de France, {1942). Limited edition, No. 127 of 310 copies, folio, loose as issued in original boards portfolio with printed label on upper cover, 60 coloured and plain plates by Besancenot, each numbered and identified on tissue guards, one double-page map, 8 plain plates printed recto/verso lettered A-H. Jean Besancenot, pseudonym of Jean Girard, was a French photographer, painter, draughtsman and ethnologist. His art and ethnography represent Moroccan costumes and customs of the first half of the twentieth century. Provenance: The Art Library of Sir Sacheverell Sitwell, Weston Hall.   Condition Report: text slightly spotted, portfolio worn (upper cover detached, lacking flaps, some fraying/tears, one tie detached) Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ HEMINGWAY, Ernest. (1899 - 1961). Four Works: First and early US. Editions, 1929-1970. comprising: A Farewell to Arms. 1929. 8vo, (195 x 140mm), original black cloth, gold labels lettered in black to upper cover and spine, first trade edition facsimile dust-jacket unclipped, with misspelling 'Katherine Barclay' for 'Catherine Barkley', priced $2.50, further within clear protective wrapper, without legal disclaimer to verso of dedication page, half-title, 355pp; A Moveable Feast. 1964. 8vo, (215 x 153mm), original tan cloth and patterned boards, gilt, dust-jacket unclipped, priced $4.95, small gold printed label of Gertrud Schlatter, Madison Avenue, Morristown, New Jersey on half-title page, 211pp; Across the River and Into the Trees. 1950. 8vo, (216 x 155mm), original black cloth with author's signature in gilt to upper cover, dust-jacket unclipped, priced $3, design by A. Ivancich, further within clear protective wrapper, publisher's colophon and 'A' to copyright page, half-titles, 308pp; The first of Hemmingway's novels to receive negative press and reviews; Islands in the Stream. 1970. 8vo, (235 x 160mm), original green cloth with author's signature in gilt to upper cover, gilt lettering with black panel to spine, dust-jacket unclipped, priced $10, design by Paul Bacon, further within clear protective wrapper, yellow map illustrated e/ps., by Sam Bryant, half-title, 466pp. The first of the author's novels published posthumously, originally written to revive his reputation after the negative reviews of 'Across the River and Into the Trees (Qty. 4).        Condition Report: 1. A Farewell to Arms - cloth marked, corners scuffed, spine worn and bumped head/tail, gold label to front scratched, part gold label to spine with loss to black lettering, clean bright facsimile dust-jacket, toning to pages, o/w. clean internally.2. A Moveable Feast - bright boards with light marks to cloth, corners marginally scuffed, spine lower edge worn, dust-jacket worn to lower edge with chips head/ tail of spine and light foxing to inside of wrapper, o/w. clean internally.3. Across the River and Into the Trees - light marks to cloth, corners scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, dust-jacket with toning to edges of inside flaps, chips to cover edges and lower spine, toning and light foxing to e/ps., o/w. internally clean.4. Islands in the Stream - light marks to cloth, corners a little scuffed, spine with marginal wear head/tail, clean bright dust-jacket with minor wear head/tail of spine, o/w. internally clean, a very good copy.Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ HEMINGWAY, Ernest. (1899 - 1961). Three Works: First Editions, 1956-1970. comprising: [The Old Man and the Sea]. 1956. first separate edition in Russian, 4to, (225 x 175mm), original cloth backed pictorial patterned boards, Russian titles in red and brown to spine, pictorial dust-jacket unclipped, design by Mark Klyatchko (1924 - 2000), translated from the English by Elena. Golisheva and B. Izakov, large-format printing by Detzig, the official state publishing house for children's books, 95pp. In 1955, after a period of sixteen years in which there were no new translations of Hemingway and no reprintings, The Old Man and the Sea was published in the magazine 'Inostrannaia Literatura'. The story created a sensation among Soviet readers and once more Hemingway was their favourite living American author. Deming Brown, Soviet Attitudes towards American Writing, p. 311; A Moveable Feast. 1964. first US. edition, 8vo, (215 x 150mm), original tan cloth patterned boards with author's signature in gilt to upper cover, gilt lettering to spine, half-title, photo. illustrations, 211pp. An autobiographical reminiscence of the author's time as a struggling journalist in Paris during the 1920s; Islands In The Stream. 1970. first UK. edition, 8vo, (223 x 153mm), original blue cloth, dust-jacket unclipped, priced 40s., design by Paul Bacon, map illustrated e/ps., half-title, 398pp. The first of the posthumously published novels of Ernest Hemingway, originally written by the author to revive his reputation after the negative reviews of 'Across the River and Into the Trees'.(Qty. 3).     Condition Report: 1. [The Old Man and the Sea] - clean bright boards, corners a little scuffed, spine slightly bumped head/tail, dust-jacket bright with some creasing and wear to corners, edges and head/tail of spine, o/w. internally clean. 2. A Moveable Feast - clean bright boards, corners a little scuffed, spine faded and marked, foxing to edges affecting leaf edges, o/w. internally clean. 3. Islands in the Stream - light marks to cloth top of front cover, corners a little scuffed, spine faded and slightly bumped head/tail, dust-jacket clean with fading to spine, toning to top edges of inner flaps, toning to edges, o/w. internally clean. Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ  KINEALLY, Thomas. Schindler's Ark. First Edition (1982) and Modern First Editions. seven volumes. comprising: KINEALLY, Thomas. (b. 1935). Schindler's Ark.(1982). second printing, 8vo, (223 x 150mm), original black cloth, silver lettering to spine, dust-jacket unclipped, design Steve and Julie Ridgeway, half-title, 3 maps, 432pp. The story of of Oskar Schindler (1908-1974) a German industrialist and member of the Nazi Party whose initiative, courage and dedication saved the lives of 1,200 Jews from the Holocaust during World War II. WALKER, Alice. (b. 1944). The Color Purple. 1982. tenth printing, 8vo, (218 x 150mm), original purple cloth backed cream boards, silver lettering to spine, dust-jacket unclipped, priced $12.95, design by Judith Kazdym Leeds, J.K.L.M. on copyright page, half-title, 245pp. A landmark epistolary novel of American 20th century literature; RUSHDIE, Salman. (b. 1947). Shame. 1983. 8vo, (225 x 153mm), original cream buckram backed paper boards, gilt lettering to front and spine, dust-jacket unclipped, priced $13.95, design by Paul Bacon, half-title, 319pp. The author's second novel in the series dealing with Islam and the countries of the East; TOLKIEN, J. R. R. (1892 - 1973). The Lord of the Rings. 1976. Deluxe India paper edition, fifth printing, 8vo, (256 x 150mm), original black buckram blocked in gilt, silver and green, half-title, title page printed in red and black, folding map printed in red and black at rear; contained in original publisher's black card box with cream title label printed in red and black, (234 x 155mm); GREENE, Graham. (1904 - 1991). The Living Room. A Play in Three Acts. 1953. second printing, 8vo, (188 x 128mm), original red cloth, gilt lettering to spine, photo. illustrated dust-jacket unclipped, priced 7s 6d., depicted Dorothy Tutin and Eric Portman in the original production, after Angus McBean, half-title, 67pp; The Human Factor. 1978. first printing, 8vo, (205 x 138mm), original green cloth, dust-jacket unclipped, priced £4.50, design by Michael Harvey, half-title, 339pp; Monsignor Quixote. 1982: first printing, 8vo, (205 x 140mm), original green cloth, dust-jacket unclipped, priced £5.95, design by Michael Harvey, half-title, 221pp.(Qty. 7).        Condition Report: 1. Schindler's Ark - clean bright cloth, corners a little scuffed and minor wear to lower edges of front and rear covers, spine slightly bumped head/tail, dust-jacket with minor creasing, marginal wear to wrapper corners and head/tail of spine, some toning to inner wrapper flaps, light marks to edges, o/w. internally clean.2. The Color Purple - clean bright boards, spine a little bumped head/tail, dust-jacket with minor creasing and marks, chips to head/tail of spine and some toning to inner flaps, minor marks to top edge, o/w. internally clean and crisp.3. Shame - bright boards with light marks and staining to top edge of front board, minor marks to dust-jacket, foxing to edges, o/w. internally clean.4. The Lord of the Rings - light marks to boards, blocked decoration clean and bright, internally clean and crisp, the black card box with wear to edges and corners, some marks to cream titled label.5. The Living Room - cloth marked and faded to top edges of boards, corners scuffed, spine bumped and worn head/tail, dust-wrapper creased and chipped (with some loss) to top front panel edge, corners and top of spine, lower spine torn (with loss), foxing to edges with further occasional foxing internally.6. The Human Factor - light marks to bright cloth, bright clean dust-jacket a little faded to spine, marginal foxing to edges, o/w. internally clean.7. Monsignor Quixote - bright cloth with very small stain to front, corners a little scuffed, spine slightly rubbed head/tail, dust-jacket clean and bright with light scratches, spine a little marked, foxing to inner flaps, some toning to edges, o/w. internally clean. Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ MAILER, Norman. (1923 - 2007). The Naked and the Dead. (1948). single volume, first edition, 8vo, (215 x 145mm), original black cloth, white lettering to spine, dust-jacket clipped, printed in red, black and white, design by Karov, further within clear protective wrapper, half-title, illustrated with a full-page map, 721pp.  The author's debut novel set in the Japanese theatre, based in part on Mailer's experiences fighting in the Second World War.  (Qty 1).    Condition Report: bright boards with light marks to upper cover, corners scuffed, spine scuffed and bumped head/tail of spine, dust-jacket with wear, spine hinges torn (without loss) with chips to edges,a clean edge tear (approx. 110mm) to rear inside flap, toning to edges, o/w. internally clean.  Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ STEINBECK, John. (1902 - 1968). The Log from the Sea of Cortez. 1958. first separate edition, 8vo, (217 x 150mm), original blue cloth, dust-jacket unclipped, priced 18s., design by Peter Curl, further within clear protective wrapper, map illustrated e/ps., portrait frontispieces of Steinbeck and Edward Ricketts, half-title, 282pp; WAUGH, Evelyn. (1903 - 1966). Black Mischief. 1932. first edition, 8vo, (193 x 135mm), original black and red snake-skin effect cloth, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece map of the fictional Azanian Empire, half-title, 303pp. A Tourist in Africa. 1960. first trade edition, 8vo, (250 x 140mm), original blue cloth, silver lettering to spine, dust-jacket unclipped, priced 16s., further within clear protective wrapper, half-title, 10 full-page illustrated plates, 167pp; SCHUMACHER, Ernst Frederich. (1911 - 1977). Small is Beautiful. A study of economics as if people mattered. 1973. first edition, 8vo, (223 x 148mm), original black cloth, gilt lettering to spine, dust-jacket unclipped, design by Andrew Smee, further within clear protective wrapper, half-title, 288pp. (Qty. 4)Condition Report: 1. The Log from the Sea of Cortez - clean bright cloth, marginally bumped head/tail of spine, clean bright, dust-jacket a little toned, toning to edges.2. Black Mischief - clean bright cloth and gilt, corners a little scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, foxing to edges, affecting leaf edges, with further occasional light foxing to some pages.3. A Tourist in Africa - clean bright cloth, dust-jacket bright with minor marks, light foxing to edges affecting some leaf edges.4. Small is beautiful - clean bright cloth and gilt, corners a little scuffed, spine marginally bumped head/tail, dust-wrapper with light marks and chips to edges, a clean edge tear (approx. 20mm) to top centre front, toning and light marks to edges. Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ TOLKEIN, J.R.R. (1892 - 1973). The Silmarillion. 1977. single volume, first edition, 8vo., blue cloth, dust-jacket unclipped, half-title, foreward by Christopher Tolkien, folding map printed in red and black at rear, 365pp.  A collection of mythopoeic stories, edited and published posthumously by the author's son, Christopher Tolkien.  (Qty. 1).    Condition Report: a fine copy.Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ Mountaineering.- SHIPTON, Eric. (1907 - 1977). That Untravelled World. An Autobiography. Author's Presentation copy, 1969; with Autograph Letter SIGNED, 1970. single volume, first edition, 8vo, (225 x 150mm), publisher's green cloth, dust-jacket unclipped, design by Biro, map illustrated e/ps., photo. illustrations, in-text sketches, 6 maps (including double-page map of Karakoram), 286pp., within removeable clear wrapper; with a loosely inserted Autograph letter, SIGNED, from Eric Shipton to Mr. Blunt, 1pp., 29 lines written in blue ink manuscript on both sides of a single leaf, with printed address of The Royal Geographical Society, London, dated 15 October, 1970 in pencil (by another hand) the author described in detail the views from the ridge of Pumori and following his re-visit to the region in 1969, related to Blunt, ? a fellow mountaineer, how one can see many of the features of the face from much lower down than he and Edmund Hillary first witnessed, ' . . . From the ridge of Pumori one gets a splendid view of the North Face of Everest and one can see all the features I mentioned . . If there is any further information I can give on advising about your forthcoming journey, Please don't hesitate to ask. . . . Yours / sincerely / Eric Shipton. P.S. The height on the Pumori ridge is / in fact about 19,500 ft.' Eric Earle Shipton was an accomplished English mountaineer achieving a number of first ascents throughout the world. He was involved with most of the Mt. Everest expeditions during the 1930s and led the 1951 Reconnaissance Expedition on Mt. Everest climbing for the first time from Nepal with a young Edmund Hillary. (Qty. 2).Condition Report: both the book and the manuscript letter clean copies.Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ RAINSFORD, Marcus. (1758 - 1817). An Historical Account of the Black Empire of Hayti. Comprehending a view of the Principal Transactions in the Revolution of Saint Domingo; with its Antient and Modern State. Printed by the Albion Press by James Cundee, 1805. single volume, first edition, 4to, (273 x 202), later half leather marbled boards, gilt lettering to leather panel on spine, raised bands, new e/ps., nautical bookplate of John Montagu Ratner, lacks half-title, engraved frontispiece, errata, folding map and plan, 8 engraved plates, 3pp. facsimile letter, 3pp. adverts. at end. Captain Rainsford, an officer serving in the British army, visited St. Domingo in 1799 where he met ex slave Toussaint Louverture. Rainsford supported the independent state of Haiti, the first country to abolish slavery following the Haitian Revolution of 1791-1804, led by Louverture.(Qty. 1).  Condition Report: corners scuffed, some wear to edges of marbled boards, toning to edges affecting leaf edges, light foxing throughout affecting some of the plates, maps and plan.Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ SAUGNIER, F. & BRISSON, P.R. de. Voyages to the Coast of Africa. (1792). single volume, first edition in English, 8vo, (217 x 140mm), modern quarter brown leather marbled boards, spine with raised bands bordered in gilt, black label to spine lettered in gilt, textually complete, lacking half-title, 1 folding map, 500pp.  A first-hand account of two men on a French expedition to explore West Africa, who were shipwrecked and subsequently sold into Arabic slavery. During their imprisonment the men learnt Arabic and recorded their observations of the rulers of Africa, being freed from their incarceration the men returned to explore the area of Africa that would later be ruled by France.  (Qty. 1).Condition Report: light spotting, early repair to p.vii, some closed tears along folds of map (a few of these repaired), clean and bright binding.Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ AMERICA.- WILLIS, Nathaniel Parker. (1806 - 1867). American Scenery, from drawings by W.H. Bartlett. George Virtue, 1840. 2 vol., first illustrated edition, 4to, (275 x 220 mm), vol. one: contemporary quarter morocco and cloth, gilt, gilt edges, vol. two: contemporary plum calf, gilt, gilt edges, complete with 120 plates, including hand-coloured map at start of text in vol. one.  (Qty. 2). Condition Report: volume one: - heavily foxed, spotting and foxing throughout text, vignette heavily foxed with bottom edge reinforced with tape, rubbing and wear to corners and edges, some markings to cloth, morocco rubbed and worn, upper and lower hinges showing wear and rubbing, head and tail of spine worn, rubbing and slight cracking to spine: volume two: - tissue guards present, text and plates bright and clean, corners and edge slightly rubbed, upper and lower calf slightly rubbed around decoration, upper and lower hinges slightly rubbed with small loss of calf, spine slightly rubbed and faded.Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ  DU CANE, Ella. The Banks of the Nile Painted by Ella Du Cane. 1913. first edition, 8vo, (225 x 172mm), original cream pictorial cloth, spine lettered in gilt, ink half-title, complete, 60 plates with tissue-guards, including frontispiece, 2 folding maps, text by John A. Todd, notes on the plates by Florence Du Cane 282pp., plus 100pp. publisher's adverts at end; PENNY, Fanny, Emily. (1847 - 1939) and LAWLEY, Annie Allen, nee Cunard. (1863 - 1944). Southern India, plates painted by Lady Lawley, described by Fanny Emily Penny. 1914. first edition, 8vo, (224 x 170mm), original publisher's cloth, black lettering to upper cover within ornamental frame of patterns in black and yellow, spine stamped with pattern and lettered in gilt, half-title, complete, 50 plates with tissue-guards, including frontispiece, folding map at end, 257pp; RATTRAY, Robert Sutherland. (1881 - 1938). The Tribes of the Ashanti Hinterland. 1932. two vol., first edition, 8vo, (230 x 153mm), original red cloth, spine lettered in gilt, continuous pagination as issued, complete, 158 illustrations on plates, including frontispiece, many pages uncut, volume one 292pp., volume two, folding map at end, 604pp; GELFAND, Michael. (1912 - 1985). Medicine and Magic of the Mashona. Presentation copy. 1956. first edition, 8vo, (220 x 148mm), original publisher's grey cloth, gilt lettering to spine, original dustwrapper, complete, presentation ink inscription on front pastedown from the author to Dr. and Mrs. Donald Hunter dated 1956.  Provenance: Doctor Donald Hunter was a British physician and author of a classic text on occupational diseases:  (Qty. 5)      Condition Report: 1. The Banks of the Nile - a little wear to corners and extremities, spine has retained its colour and remains quite bright, light spotting throughout, edges of pages block spotted.2. Southern India - some wear to corners, and cloth at lower hinge, edges of pages are a little browned, 3-4.. The Tribes of the Ashanti Hinterland - two volumes, cloth faded at edges of covers and spine,, corners a little worn, head and tails of spine slightly rubbed with a small tear in the cloth at the head of volume II, foxing on endpapers.5. Medicine and Magic of the Mashona - some spotting along top edge of pages block, some discolouration to head and tail of spine, spine and extremities a little darkened, head and tail chipped and torn all the way round with some loss, tear with some loss at spine, light foxing to folding map at end of volume two. Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ ELLIS, Henry. (1777 - 1869). Journal of the Proceedings of the late Embassy to China. Comprising a Correct Narrative of the Public Transactions of the Embassy, of the Voyage to and from China, and of the Journey from the Mouth of the Pei-Ho to the Return to Canton. John Murray, 1817. single volume, first edition, 4to, (281 x 223mm), contemporary calf, gilt, raised bands, marbled edges and e/ps., armorial bookplate of Sir Frances Lindley Wood, nautical bookplate of John Montagu Ratner, etched portrait frontispiece of Lord Amherst, 7 hand-coloured aquatint plates, 2 engraved maps only of 3, (lacking folding map) Appendix, Itinerary corresponding with the text, 526pp. Lord Amherst was chosen to proceed to Peking as British envoy and represent to the Emperor Kea K'ing the wrongs which British subjects were suffering under his rule. Ellis, a diplomat, accompanied Amherst to China in 1816, in capacity of third commissioner. Sir Francis Lindley Wood, 2nd Baronet (1771-1846) was a confidant of Lord Fitzwilliam who supported the abolition of slavery and the Reform Act, 1832 and held a large demonstration in York in order to demonstrate his favour for it, (Qty. 1).   Condition Report: boards marked and stained, corners scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, foxing to portrait frontispiece and title page and further occasional light foxing affecting the two maps, the plates mostly clean and bright, lacks folding map and errata.Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ EXQUEMELIN, Alexandre Olivier. (1645 - 1707). RINGROSE, Basil. (1653? - 1686). Bucaniers of America or, A True Account of the most Remarkable Assaults Committed of late years upon the Coasts of the West Indies by the Bucaniers of Jamaica and Tortuga Both English and French: bound with Bucaniers of America. The Second Volume. Containing the Dangerous Voyage and Bold Attmpts of Captain Bartholomew Sharp, and others. London: for William Crooke, 1684-1685. single volume, four parts bound in one volume, first edition in English, 4to, (237 x 185mm), rebound full- calf, gilt lettering to leather panels on spine, all edges gilt, new green e/ps., nautical bookplate of of John Montagu Ratner, volume 1: (parts I-III) 6 full-page engraved plates, including 4 portraits of the buccaneers Rock Brasiliano, Bartholomew Portuguese, Sir Henry Morgan, and Francis Lolonais, Translator to the Reader, 10pp., 2 folding engraved plates, a folding map of the Country and City of Panama, the Table, 10pp; 1pp. ads at end of part II; the second Volume: (part IV) Preface, 14pp., including 1pp. corrections, 14 full-page engraved maps/plans, 2 folding maps and 1 double-page map, 7pp. bookseller ads at end. Collates according to Sabin 23479. The classic of buccaneering books (Hill). originally published in Dutch (1678). Alexandre Exquemelin offers first-hand accounts of buccaneering in the West Indies with Basil Ringrose's original account of the Pacific voyage of Bartholomew Sharpe. Captain Morgan, one of the most notorious of those featured, successfully sued for slander and was awarded £200(Qty. 1).    Condition Report: boards a little scuffed and marked, fading and slight loss to lower edge to front board, corners scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, joint slightly splitting to front e/ps., foxing to 1684 title, toning to leaf edges and further occasional foxing and marks to some pages, heavier in some places, foxing to folding plate of The Spanish Armada destroyed by Captain Morgan, and light foxing to folding plate of A Description of the South Sea & Coasts of America.Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ KIPLING, Rudyard. (1865 - 1936). The Service Edition of Works and others. 1886-1923. 26 volumes. comprising: The Service Edition of The Works of Rudyard Kipling. 1914-1915. 22 volumes, 10 titles, mixed editions, 8vo., (167 x 120mm), original blue cloth, gilt, foredges and lower edges untrimmed, half-titles, each title in 2 volumes, From Sea to Sea in 4 volumes, Plain Tales from the Hills, 1914; Wee Willie Winkie and Other Stories, 1914; The Five Nations, 1914; From Sea to Sea, 1914; Actions and Reactions, 1915; Life's Handicap, 1915; The Day's Work 1915; The Light that Failed 1915; Many Inventions 1915; The Years Between, 1915; Around the World with Kipling. 1923. first edition, volume 26 of the Mandalay Edition of The Works, 8vo, (205 x 142mm), maroon cloth, titled paper label to spine, gilt top, foredge untrimmed, portrait frontispiece, photo. illustrations, folding map at rear, 121pp; Departmental Ditties and other Verses. 1886. second edition as stated, 8vo, (187 x 140mm), mustard cloth, half-title, 63pp; The Phantom Rickshaw and Other Tales. n.d. fourth edition, maroon cloth, 104pp; Barrack-Room Ballads. (1898). small 8vo, (165 x 111mm), yellow cloth, lettered and ruled in blue, gilt top, foredge untrimmed, illustrated e/ps., portrait frontispiece with tissue guard, 96pp.  (Qty. 26 ).            Condition Report: 1-22. The Service Edition of The Works of Rudyard Kipling - bright clean cloth, a few with minor marks, corners a little scuffed, a few volumes bumped head/tails of spines, light foxing to edges affecting leaf edges, occasional foxing to some pages, o/w. mostly all internally clean. 23. Around the World with Kipling - staining to lower upper board, corners scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, toning to pages. 24. Departmental Ditties and other Verses. cloth marked and rubbed, corners scuffed, spine rubbed and bumped head/tail, joints cracked to front and rear e/ps., light marks and foxing to a few pages.  25. The Phantom Rickshaw and Other Tales - light marks to cloth, corners scuffed, spine rubbed and bumped head/tail, corner top corner of front e/ps. torn (with loss), browning to e/ps., light marks to a few pages.  26. Barrack-Room Ballads - boards marked, corners scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, toning to leaf edges, marginal foxing spots to a few pages.Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ FITZCLARENCE, Lieutenant-Colonel George Augustus (1794 - 1842). Journey of a Route across India through Egypt to England. John Murray, 1819. single volume, first edition, 4to, (273 x 230mm), contemporary full-calf, raised bands, red leather panels lettered in gilt to spine, new e/ps., nautical bookplate of John Montagu Ratner, lacks half-title, dedication leaf, directions to the bookbinder leaf, errata, 7 engraved maps and plans, (one folding, 4 with explanatory letterpress leaf), 9 hand-coloured aquatint plates, 3 plain plates, 502pp. Abbey, Travel 519.   An account of the author's journey from India to England in 1817-18 whilst carrying despatches. The author was the eldest son of William IV by Mrs Jordan, he served as aide-de-camp to Hastings in India 1816-17 and became first Earl of Munster in June 1831. (Qty. 1).   Condition Report: boards a little scuffed, toning and occasional foxing, some heavier in places, folding map heavily foxed, plates and plans mostly clean and bright. Condition Report Disclaimer

COLLECTION OF WWII PERIOD RAF MAPS,comprising Salisbury Plain, Isle of Wight, The Orkeney Islands, England S.E. & London (2x), England Eastern Counties (N.) (2x), England North West, England North East, England Midlands, England Eastern Counties, England South West, Northampton, Aldershot, Map of the Aldeshot Command, Aldershot Command Manoeuvre Area, (2x), Bridgewater and Quantock Hills, Clacton on Sea, Army Manoeuvres 1935, Portsmouth & Southampton, England South (2x), East Anglia Manoeuvre Area 1937, Brighton Mouevre Area 1936, Army Manouevres 1935, North Wales (27)Note: Formerly the property of Flight Sergeant George William Voice (505110) RAF.

Rare Book “Return of the Czechoslovak Legions Round the World to their Native Land”, published in Prague 1921, 60pp with map to the rear. Some wear and damage to the printed covers.

WW1 British Map, covers printed with “FRANCE SHEET 51c EDITION 2” scale being 1/40,000; partial map being linen backed with printed to the centre “ENEMY ORGANISATION 21-8-18”; 1915/1916 linen backed map of St Quentin France, scale 1/100,000; small section of a linen backed map of the western front with hand drawn lines and trench systems? To the centre. (4 items)

Books - Two Particularly Collectable Original Great War Histories The Pals at Sulva Bay, Henry Hanna, usual foxing with very rare dust wrapper together with Two volumes The Fifth in the Great War, Sandilands, text with separate matching map volume (3 items)

WW2 German Military Map Case, un-marked brown leather example with original front strap and buckle fitting. Inked to the underside flap where it has been used in the post war years. Accompanied by a brown leather ammunition pouch. (2 items)

A reproduction map table of Scotland on square legs, 38cm x 46cm x 46cm, together with an early Victorian mahogany chairLocation:

Two unframed engravings of London, published in 1811 and 1813, together with a further unframed early map of London, Westminster and Southwark, c. 1777. Largest mount size 60 x 38cm.

A collection of antique unmounted prints of London with a folding cloth map published by Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co, London and a group of framed and mounted London prints, largest frame 35 x 32cm.

A LARGE FRAMED MAP OF THE WORLD

A WATERCOLOUR OF A COUNTRY COTTAGE BY JUDY SANDERS, A FRAMED BARTHOLEMEW'S MAP OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND A QUANTITY OF PRINTS

A pocketwatch, compass and map measurer

Cooke (George Alexander) TOPOGRAPHICAL AND STATISTICAL DESCRIPTION THE COUNTY OF NOTTINGHAM folding engraved map and plates, contemporary half calf over patterned boards, top board detached, 8vo, 1810

Curtis (J., Rev.) A TOPOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF NOTTINGHAMSHIRE folding engraved map, plates, bookplate, later half calf over patterned boards, 8vo, n.d []

Lowe (Robert) A GENERAL VIEW OF THE AGRICULTURE OF THE COUNTY OF NOTTINGHAM folding hand-coloured engraved map, contemporary half calf over patterned boards, 8vo, 1798

Lowe (Robert) A GENERAL VIEW OF THE AGRICULTURE OF THE COUNTY OF NOTTINGHAM folding hand-coloured engraved map, contemporary half calf over patterned boards, 8vo, 1813

Shilton (R.P.) THE BATTLE OF STOKE FIELD OR BURHAM FIGHT... folding engraved map, publisher's boards, preserved in folding box, 8vo, Newark, 1828

Kennedy (Alexander W.M. Clark) TO THE ARCTIC REGIONS AND BACK IN SIX WEEKS FIRST EDITION folding coloured map, [publisher's adverts], pictorial cloth, 8vo, 1878

Pontopiddan (Erich) THE NATURAL HISTORY OF NORWAY [28] engraved plates and folding engraved map, slight marginal worm not impinging, contemporary calf, rubbed at extremities, skilfully repaired, folio, A. Linde, 1755

World Missionary Conference.- STATISTICAL ATLAS OF CHRISTIAN MISSIONS half-title slightly creased, 20 engraved map plates, coloured in outline, many double-page, publisher's cloth, folio, Edinburgh, 1910

Howlett (Bartholomew) A SELECTION OF VIEWS IN THE COUNTY OF LINCOLN... illustrated title, lithographed map, hand coloured in outline list of subscribers, engraved plates, contemporary morocco over patterned boards, folio, spine gilt, 1803

Kerry Ernest Lee pictorial map of Liverpool, c.1952, the border featuring a series of vignettes depicting events in Liverpools history, printed by Chromoworks Ltd, 74 x 57 cm. Not available for in-house P&P, contact Paul O'Hea at Mailboxes on 01925 659133

John Speed hand coloured antiquarian map of Anglesey with beamish sub map, 52 x 40 cm. Not available for in-house P&P, contact Paul O'Hea at Mailboxes on 01925 659133

Boxed Map of The World, a gemstone inlaid world map, 35 x 24 cm. Not available for in-house P&P, contact Paul O'Hea at Mailboxes on 01925 659133

British Field Sports Society, a map of the fox and stag hounds packs in The United Kingdom, 1981-1982, 75 cm x 50 cm.

Framed map of Staffordshire published in 1805 engraved by I Cary 77cm x 65cmand the south west prospect of Birmingham in the county of Warwick 35.5cm x 86cm

Collection of four framed & glazed maps, to include a Saxton & Kip map of Brecknock, one of Wiltshire, and two 19th-century steel-engraved maps of Africa (4)

Greenwood, C & J. Map of the County of Derby, London: Greenwood, Pringle & Co., 21 December 1825. Large scale engraved map, linen-backed with one wooden support, worn with loss as found. Approx. 155cm by 121cm

Glamorganshire Maps. Collection comprising: Glamorganensis, by Joan Blaeu, [c.1645-48], 38.5cm by 51cm (plate-mark), framed, glazed recto & verso, Latin text verso; Map of the South East Circuit of the Principality of Wales, Comprising the Counties of Glamorgan, Brecon & Radnor, by C. & J. Greenwood, 1831, 63.5cm by 71cm. framed & glazed; Chester to Cardiff road map, by John Ogilby, [1675 or later], 41cm by 50cm, framed & glazed; An Accurate Map Glamorganshire, by Thomas Kitchin, Bowles & Sayer [c.1760s], 35cm by 52.5cm, framed & glazed; Glamorganshire, by John Seller, 11.5cm by 15cm, and a topographical prospect of Merthyr Tydfil, by J. G. Wood, 1811, 19cm by 47cm (6)

Small map with vignettes of Cardiganshire, from 'The Children's Friend' Feb1st 1869 - framed, and a print of the famous map of North Wales, Dame Venodotia, alias Modryb Gwen together with a print of a fly fisherman. (3) (B.P. 21% + VAT)

Collection of masonic silver, gilt and other enamelled jewels, to include Bangol, Benevolent Fund 1953, Steward medal, etc. Together with The Prisoner of Chillon by Byron, The Song of Songs Book, and a framed and coloured map The West Riding of Yorkshire.(B.P. 21% + VAT)

A hand coloured map on paper titled "La Moravia Divisa Ne’soui Circoli… Roma, 1796", visible plate mark, 36.5cm x 50cm, framed and glazed, with two hand coloured maps of Malta, in matching glazed frames, each 42.5cm x 54cm overall, and a hand coloured map of Palestine, framed and glazed, 47cm x 60cm overall (4)

After Willem Janszoon Blaeu (Dutch, 1571-1638), an engraved and hand coloured map titled "TERRITORIUM NORIMBER GENSE" showing Nuremberg and the surrounding areas, on laid paper with visible plate mark, German explanatory text verso, unframed, 50.2cm x 59cm, with three further unframed engraved and hand coloured maps on laid paper, titled "ABRUZZO CITRA ET ULTRA", "TERRITORIO DI BERGAMO" and "NOVA ITALIAE DELINEATIO", each with German explanatory text verso, each 50.2cm x 59cm, probably by the same hand and taken from the same publication (4)

After Willem Janszoon Blaeu (Dutch, 1571-1638), an engraved and hand coloured map titled "GALLIA LE ROYAUME DE FRANCE", on laid paper with visible plate mark, Dutch explanatory text verso, unframed, 55.5cm x 63cm, with a further engraved and hand coloured map on laid paper titled "TARTARIA SIVE MAGNI CHAMI IMPERIUM", visible plate mark, Dutch explanatory text verso, probably by the same hand and taken from the same publication, unframed, 55.5cm x 63cm, and an engraved and hand coloured map on laid paper after Willem and Johan Blaeu, titled "LA SOVVERAINETE DE DOMBES", visible plate mark, Dutch explanatory text verso, unframed, 55.5cm x 63cm (3)

After Jan Jansson (Dutch, 1588-1664), an engraved and hand coloured map titled "NOVA ET ACCURATA IAPONIAE TERRAE ESONIS ac Insularum adjacentium ex Novissima detectione descriptio", showing Japan and the surrounding area, on laid paper with visible plate mark, oriental themed cartouche to lower right, taken from Jansson's "Nieuwen Atlas", unframed, 51cm x 60cmNOTE: Jan Jansson was part of an influential Dutch family of map publishers. This map, taken from his atlas published in 1658, shows Korea as an island and the Japanese island of Hokkaido as two land masses, Compagnies Land and t?Landt van Esso.

After John Senex (British, 1678-1740), an engraved and hand coloured map titled "SOUTH AMERICA CORRECTED FOR THE OBSERVATIONS COMMUNICATED TO THE ROYAL SOCIETYS OF LONDON AND PARIS", published circa 1760, on two joined sheets of laid paper with visible plate mark, illustrated title cartouche lower right, dedication to Edmund Halley lower left, unframed, 102cm x 69cm

HARDY (THOMAS)The Return of the Native, 3 vol., FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, [ONE OF 1000 COPIES], half-titles, frontispiece map in volume 1, additional copy of the map tipped-in between pp.190-191 in volume 2, publisher's advertisement at the end of volume 2, occasional light spotting, publisher's brown cloth, blocked in black on upper cover, double-rule border in blind on lower covers, lettered in gilt on spines, rubbed, volume 1 with short tear to lower joint and lower hinge cracking, preserved in modern morocco-backed solander box [Purdy, pp.24-27; Sadleir 1113], 8vo, Smith, Elder, 1878Footnotes:FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, FIRST ISSUE, without the single quotation mark after 'A Pair of Blue Eyes' on the title-page of first volume, and in the primary binding. The Return of the Native was first printed serially in Belgravia from January to December 1878. Hardy then altered the titles of several chapters, and made numerous deletions and additions before it was published in book form in an edition of 1,000 copies.Provenance: T. Fuller-Riggs, bookplate; Christie's New York, 4 December 2009, lot 145.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

CHURCHILL (WINSTON S.)My Early Life. A Roving Commission, FIRST EDITION, second issue, with the first volume of 'The World Crisis' added to the publisher's advertisement box on the half-title, 15 plates, one folding map, a few spots on edge of text block, partially uncut in publisher's purple cloth, rubbed, spine faded [Cohen A91.1.b; Woods A37a], 8vo, T. Butterworth, 1930Footnotes:Provenance: Bonhams, 12 February 2002, lot 239.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

MAP OF AFRICA, BY S. ARROWSMITH, HYDROGRPAHER TO THE KING CONTRUCTED FOR THE USE OF THE NATIONAL SCHOOLS OF IRELAND, hand-coloured, four conjoined leaves fixed with hanging poles, 1205 x 1600mm