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Click here to subscribeTWO SIGNED LETTERS BY FRANCIS CHICHESTER one describing his plans for a trip leaving Plymouth beating his record to Ambrose Light, New York in forty and a half days, dated 14th March 1962; the other dated 27th March 1962 on Francis Chichester Ltd letter head, Navigation Specialist, Map Makers and Publishers (2)
Lloyd (William Watkiss)'The History of Sicily to the Athenian War...' with folding map. 8vo. Blue cloth. 1st Ed. John Murray, London 1872 plus 'Explanation of the Groups in the Western Pediment of the Parthenon 1854 with folding diagram. Full calf plus five assorted pamphlet form publications. All much worn (7) Provenance: From the Estate of Patrick Dockar-Drysdale
Ruskin (John) (1819-1900) English Writer and Polymath 'Notes by Mr Ruskin on His Collection of Drawings by the Late J.M.W. Turner R.A.'. Fine Art Society, London 1678. With 35 plates and map. Small Fo. Untrimmed paper. Some warping and staining. Original boards scuffed. With dedication by the Revd. Stopford Brooke from the Fine Art Society Feb, 1879 Provenance: From the Estate of Patrick Dockar-Drysdale
A John Newton 2 ½-inch Pocket Globe in Case, English, circa 1790,the cartouche printed A NEW Terrestrial GLOBE by J. Newton 1783, the sphere applied with gores hand coloured in red, yellow, and green, showing the trade winds and monsoons indicated by arrows, the Dampier Strait labelled, California shown as a peninsula, north-eastern Canada labelled Unknown Parts, the tracks of Anson's voyage and Cook are shown, Australia (labelled New Holland) and New Zealand drawn according to Cook's discoveries, in fish-skin covered case with two hooks and eyes, with map of the heavens applied to inner two hemispheres, 3in (7.5cm) diameter cased Footnotes:John Newton (1759-1844) founded the Newton family firm in the 1780s, an enterprise which flourished into the 19th century with support from various family members. The workshop primarily made pocket and table globes, before expanding to include mechanical planetaria. Newton globes were advertised in ten available sizes, ranging from just 1 inch up to 25 inches in diameter.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
ISLE OF WIGHT, selection, inc. softback editions, Englands Eden, The Isle of Wight Book of Days, Yesterdays Papers (4), vol. 2-5 etc; postcards (15*), Shanklin, Seaview, Freshwater, Yarmouth, Cowes, (a few pu); Hardings guide map to the Isle of Wight, Bacons large scale map, photographs etc., G to VG, 30*
WW2 Polish Fighter Pilots printed Information Sheets Relating to WW2. A Obituaries of Kazimiers Paddy Szrajer events over a Captured V 2 Bomb. Prints of Details of Polish Pilots Killed in Dungeness Area including a map of crashes and Printed Newspaper Clipping. Includes is 3 printed photos of Flight Sergeant DJ Hulbert From a Leading Battle Of Britain Expert Personal Collection. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
10 4 38 Bad Godesburg Am 10 April Dein Fuheer Den Ja Special Postmark. 13 Marz 1938. Ein Volk Ein Reich Ein Führer. An illustration of a golden German map with a photograph of Hitler s face in profile pasted onto it. Caption reads: 13 Marz 1938. Ein Volk Ein Reich Ein Führer. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
Germany, Weimar Republic, Atlantic “Meteor” Expedition Medal 1925-27, 1st class, silver, the edge inscribed, ‘Bayer Hauptmunzamt, Feinsilber’, with silver-gilt oak leaves suspension, in its original gilt inscribed, red leather fitted case of issue, nearly extremely fine, rare £600-£800 --- Issued by the Research Aid Society of German Science, and designed by the Bavarian Mint, 23 1st Class Medals were issued with gilt oak leaves to naval officers and civilian scientists, and 188 2nd Class Medals were issued with silver oak leaves to crewmen. In the aftermath of Germany’s defeat in the Great War, in a period of political and economic chaos, emerged one of the most important oceanographic expeditions of the 20th century, an expedition made possible by the establishment of the German Scientific Research Aid Council in 1920, a body charged with salvaging the pride of the country’s scientific research establishment. And it was in the spirit of that stated aim, in 1924, that Vienna-born oceanographer, Professor Alfred Merz of Berlin University, asserted that the ocean offered an open door of opportunity for exploration - that a well-planned voyage would invite solutions to many important questions of the deep - a view shared by the Council’s president, who quickly gathered the required support. As a result, the Meteor was fitted out for just such an expedition, a brigatine rig being put in place to reduce her reliance on fuel. Commanded by Kapitän zur See F. Spiess, with Merz heading the scientific agenda, her specially trained crew numbered 123 men, including 10 officers, 29 Petty Officers, 78 ratings and 6 civilians - given that the Medal was awarded to a total of 211 recipients, it must be assumed that some of these men were exchanged during the course of her voyage, and that other individuals indirectly connected with the expedition were also eligible for the award. In any event, the Meteor departed in April 1925 and conducted a shake-down cruise to the Canary Islands to ensure readiness for the voyage. Afterwards, a strenuous around the clock programme of scientific measurements was undertaken: water temperatures, depths, atmospheric observations and collecting water samples and marine life. In the end, the Meteor criss-crossed the Atlantic on no less than 14 occasions, from the northern tropics to Antarctica, and, using the ship's early sonar, profiles of the ocean floor were created between 20º N and 55º S. In addition, the expedition established 310 hydrographic stations and made 67,400 depth soundings to map the topography of the ocean floor, and released over 800 observation balloons, while an analysis of 9,400 measurements of temperature, salinity and chemical content at varying depths established the pattern of ocean water circulation, nutrient dispersal and plankton growth - a notable discovery during this survey was the extension of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge around the Cape of Good Hope towards the Indian Ocean and the Meteor was also the first to record an entire ocean's currents and make extensive studies of surface evaporation. By the time of her return to Germany in May 1927, Meteor had spent 512 days at sea and sailed over 67,500 nautical miles, thereby achieving a victory in peace for science and for Germany. The above information has been based on research undertaken by Glenn M. Stein, F.R.G.S.
Pair: Private R. C. Hunter, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, attached to 2 Para in the Falklands War General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (24204706 Pte. R. C. Hunter RAOC); South Atlantic 1982, with rosette (24204700 Pte R C Hunter RAOC) note error in regimental number, mounted court-style but pin removed, very fine (2) £1,000-£1,400 --- R. C. Hunter is believed to have been attached to the 2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment during the Falklands War. Sold with several photographs, including one with Major-General Jeremy Moore and another of captured arms; ‘Sympathy and Congratulatory Signal from Chief-General-Staff’ addressed to 2 Para, dated June 1982; special edition of the Aldershot News upon the return of the Paras, July 1982; Billingham (Stockton-on-Tees) Parish magazine announcing ‘Congratulations to Mr & Mrs Hunter of 9 Finchale Avenue, on the safe return of their son, Robert from the Falklands Islands Task Force. They also have two more sons in the Army.’; and a Ministry of Defence ‘Operation Corporate Manoeuvre Map, 21 May - 14 June 1982’, showing movements of major units of 3 Cdo Bde and 5 Inf Bde on East Falkland.
A Rare Original Second World War Period ' Handy MP Knife', folding knife with magnifying glass and wire stripper, making use of a disposable razor as the blade.possibly for use by downed RAF pilots / POW to aid espace, 6cm when folded; together with two Defense Medals and War medal, Civil Defence Comitee Warden certificates, ARP button, map measuring tool and compass, plus a pair of 1930s RAC lapel badges (a lot)
India.- Wyld (James) Map of the Peninsula of India, from the 19th Degree of North Latitude, to Cape Comorin, large two-sheet map of India with part of Ceylon in the lower right, engraving with some outline hand-colouring, platemarks approx. 510 x 835 mm (20 x 32 7/8 in), each sheet approx. 570 x 850 mm (22 1/2 x 33 1/2 in), minor surface dirt, mainly marginal, some handling creases minor splits to folds, a few small nicks and tears to extremities, but well outside the map, unframed, 1838.
Crimean Peninsula.- Giovanni Battista (Maggi) Carta Topografica Militare dei Contorni di Sebastopoli, military map of the Siege of Sevastopol, engraving with some hand-colouring, sheet 580 x 700 mm (22 3/4 x 27 1/2 in), dissected and mounted on linen, some spotting and browning, without slipcase, 8vo, Turin, 1855.
Polar.- Fullarton & Co. (Archibald) Arctic Regions, map of the Arctic showing the Northwest Passage discovered by the Irish Captain Robert McClure in 1850-53, with inset map above of the Wellington Channel and Melville Island, all surrounded with vignettes of Eskimos, seal hunting, a polar bear, walruses, engraving with full hand-colouring, sheet 465 x 310 mm (18 1/4 x 12 1/4 in), some surface dirt and light damp-stains, a few carefully repaired tears, unframed, 1856; together with J.H. Colton's polar map 'Southern Regions', centred on the South Pole, engraving, sheet 440 x 365 mm (17 1/4 x 14 1/4 in), unframed, 1855 (2)
Africa.- Speed (John) Africae, described the manners of their habits, and buildings, the first map of Africa prepared by an English cartographer, filled with fictitious mountains, rivers and lakes, with a panel of eight plans illustrating Tanger, Ceuta, Alger, Tunis, Alexandria, Cairo (Alca), Mozambique and the Canaries, and two panels of five figures along the left and right of the map, engraving with hand-colouring on laid paper with watermark of fleur-de-lis, sheet 420 x 550 mm (16 1/2 x 21 3/4 in), English text verso, central vertical fold with some carefully repaired splitting, repaired tear in the lower left corner, otherwise marginal minor nicks, some surface dirt, handling creases, unframed, Thomas Bassett & Richard Chiswell, [1676]
Gloucestershire.- Speed (John) Glocestershire contrived into thirty thre several hundreds, county map with inset plan of Bristol and Gloucester, engraving with full hand-colouring, sheet 415 x 525 mm (16 1/4 x 20 3/4 in), with woodcut initial of John Legatt verso, central vertical fold reinforced verso, marginal surface dirt, unframed, William Humble, [1646].
India.- Arrowsmith (Aaron) To the right honorable John Sullivan [...] whose life has been devoted to the improvement of the British interests in the past, this map of India [...] A. Allan, large map of India, a reduced version of Arrowsmith's Improved Map of India, engraving by Pickett with original hand-colouring, with pen and ink dedication inscription in the upper margin that reads 'With Colonel Allan's Compliments', on J. Whatman wove paper with watermark date '1817', sheet 845 x 672 mm (33 1/4 x 26 1/2 in), central horizontal fold, old repair to splitting at left edge just above Hydrabad, slightly rough edges with small nicks and losses to extreme edges, some surface dirt, spotting and minor browning, unframed, 1818.Provenance:Sir Alexander Allan (1764-1820), director of the East India Company, 1814-17 and 1819-20;Gifted by Colonel Allan to an anonymous recipient;Private Collection, Australia⁂ Exceptionally rare map, with contemporary dedication from the office of Sir Alexander Allan, director of the East India Company. We have been able to trace only two other examples of the present map, with one held in the Library of Congress, the other in the British Library. We have been unable to trace any examples that have been offered on the open market.
Dorset.- Taylor (Isaac) The County of Dorset, Surveyed and Engraved by Isaac Taylor, The Second Edition revised and corrected, a large scale map of the county, with vignettes of Sherborne Castle, Maiden Castle, Lulworth Castle and other landmarks, engraved map, a very clean impression with outline hand-colouring, presented in two sections, not joined, each section approx. 1140 x 770 mm (44 7/8 x 30 1/4 in), dissected and mounted on linen, minor surface dirt, folding with publisher's printed label to end and with collector's bookplate of 'General Wetherall', folding into contemporary book-style slipcase, tree calf with red morocco label to spine, rubbed and scuffed, slightly worn, William Faden, June 1st 1795.
England & Wales.- Coltman (Nathaniel) Laurie and Whittle's New Map of all the Coach Roads both Direct and Cross Engand & Wales with those of Scotland to the South of Edinburgh and Glasgow, engraved map with original hand-colouring, 790 x 630 mm (31 1/8 x 24 3/4 in), dissected and mounted on linen, some minor offsetting and surface dirt, folding into marbled slipcase with publisher's printed label to upper cover, rubbed and scuffed, 8vo, 1809.
Middle East.- Persian Gulf.- Saudi Aramco (publisher) Jazirat al-'Arab wa-al-manatiq al-mutakhimah la-ha: kharitah tamhidiyah [The Arabian Peninsula and neighbouring regions: an introductory map], large wall map with detailed inset map of the Arabian peninsula with Arabic text, and two further hemispheres in the upper right, with Arabic title lower left, offset-lithograph printed in colours, split in two sections, total sheet when joined approx 840 x 1190 mm (33 x 46 3/4 in), professionally mounted on linen support, some small nicks to edges, unframed, Dharan, Arabian-American Oil Company, [1952]⁂ Scarce Aramco-issued wall map of the Arabian Peninsula, "prepared by the U.S. Ministry of the Interior and the U.S. Geological Survey, under the auspices of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, and the US Department of State". Printed entirely in Arabic; the annotations read: "The locations included in the basis of this map are dependent upon the best information available to us at their composition in 1942. The exact location of many of these locations goes back to the what the analyses and journeys of foreigners showed and is therefore subject to modification. This map does not denote the borders in obscure regions". Other notes on the map indicate that the borders in the southeast, southwest, the Empty Quarter, and the northwest have not been delineated. Curiously, the map retains the designation "Al-khalij al-farsi" for the Arabian (Persian) Gulf, reflecting Arab-world naming conventions of the early 1950s.
New Zealand.- Capt. James Cook.- Bénard (Robert) Carte de la Nle. Zelande Visitee en 1769 et 1770. par le Lieutenant J. Cook Commandant de l'Endeavour Vaisseau de sa Majeste, French edition of the map of the north and south islands, with details of Cook's voyage, engraving on laid paper with small bunch of grapes watermark, sheet 520 x 415 mm (20 1/2 x 16 1/4 in), old folds as issued, carefully re-margined to lower right of sheet, small associated tear, other minor nicks and handling creases, unframed, [1774]⁂ The first complete map of the two islands coastlines.
NO RESERVE English county maps.- Bowen (Emanuel) and others. Collection of over 80 18th and 19th century county maps, including Bowen's 'An Accurate Map of Devonshire' and 'An Improved Map of Wiltshire', 14 John Cary maps, including Cornwall, and others by Morden, Camden, Davies, Stockdale, and others similar, engravings, various sizes, all unframed, mainly 18th and 19th century; together with a small group of maps of Scotland, including Andrew Johnston's 'A New Map of the North Part of Scotland', Capt. Grenville Collins' 'Torbat', and 10 others, engravings, various sizes, all unframed, 18th and 19th century (c. 90)
NO RESERVE Nottingham.- Greenwood (C. & J.) Map of the County of Nottingham from an Actual Survey made in the years 1824 & 1825, large county map, calligraphic title in the upper left, engraving with original hand-colouring, 1415 x 1040 mm (55 3/4 x 41 in), dissected and mounted on linen, some corners lifting up, scattered surface dirt, spotting and browning, collectors signature in red ballpoint in the upper left, dated '1966', the map partially edged with green silk, some missing, folding with green endpapers, old library stamps partially peeled, presented in contemporary green morocco book-style slipcase, gilt, library sticker to spine, section to upper half of front spine missing, 4to, 1826; together with M. Ogle Tarbotton's nine section map 'Corporation of Nottingham. Proposed Borough Extension-Session 1876-1877', with key, and with Frederick Jackson's map '...Plan of the Town and County of the Town of Nottingham', various sizes, dissected and mounted on linen, folding into slipcase, and detached boards, respectively, 8vo, 1861-1877 (3)
London.- Bacon (George W.) Bacon's New Map of London divided into half mile squares and circles, lithograph with some hand-colouring, sheet 680 x 990 mm (26 3/4 x 39 in), mounted on linen, folding into original cloth boards, with 'Strangers Guide to London', upper cover embossed, rubbed and scuffed, 8vo, [circa 1890s].
NO RESERVE Holy Land.- Palestine.- Ortelius (Abraham) Palestinae Sive Totius Terrae Promissionis Nova Descriptio Auctore Tilemanno Stella Sigenens, map of the Holy Land, based on Tilemanno Stella's map of 1557, with elaborate strap-work cartouches, ships, and sea monster, engraving with early hand-colouring, on laid paper with armorial watermark, sheet 345 x 460 mm (13 1/2 x 18 1/8 in), Latin text verso, central vertical fold with careful repairs to splitting and some small losses restored, surface dirt, unframed, [Antwerp, 1579]Literature:VdB 171
Greece.- Speed (John) Greece, engraved map with hand-colouring, on laid paper with armorial watermark, platemark sheet 395 x 510 mm (15 1/2 x 20 1/8 in), central vertical fold with repairs to splitting, marginal nicks and tears, handling creases, printer's crease to left half, minor surface dirt, unframed, Bassett & Chiswell, [circa 1676].
Black Sea.- Turkey.- Faden (William) European Dominions of the Ottomans, or Turkey in Europe, map of the Balkan Peninsula, the southern parts of the Ukraine and Russia, all of the Black Sea, engraving with original outline hand-colouring, sheet 585 x 835 mm (23 x 32 7/8 in), minor handling creases, light surface dirt and browning, unframed, 1795.
America.- Canada.- Laurie & Whittle (publishers) A New and Correct Map of the British Colonies in North America comprehending Eastern Canada...with the adjacent states of New England, showing from New Jersey and Long Island, with Newfoundland and part of Hudson Bay, engraved map with outline hand-colouring, sheet 530 x 715 mm (20 7/8 x 28 1/4 in), small marginal tear to lower centre, spotting, browning and some surface dirt, unframed, 1794; together with 13 other maps of North America and Canada, including maps by Thomas Tegg, Cadell & Davies, and A.J. Johnston, various sizes, all unframed, 18th and 19th century (14)
Hertfordshire.- Speed (John) Hartfordshire Described, inset views of Hertford, Roman St Albans, text panels, with battle scene and allegorical figure with astrolabe below, engraved map by Jodocus Hondius, with hand-colouring, on laid paper with watermark of grapes, platemark 385 x 510 mm (15 1/8 x 20 in), sheet 428 x 560 mm (16 3/4 x 22 in), woodcut initial of John Legatt verso, central vertical fold with repairs to splitting and small losses, marginal nicks and tears to extremities, light browning and surface dirt, unframed, William Humble, [1646].
NO RESERVE British road maps.- Ogilby (John) The Roads from Chelmsford in Essex to St. Edmonds-Bury in Suffolk & Saffron-Walden in Essex, strip road map, engraving with hand-colouring, on thin laid paper with armorial watermark, sheet 385 x 460 mm (15 1/8 x 18 1/8 in), central vertical fold, minor splitting to fold, minor surface dirt, unframed, [1676]; together with 5 further Ogilby strip road maps, including 'London to Barstable', 'The Road from Oxford to Bristol', 'London to Harwich', 'Bristol to Exeter', and 'London to Lands-End', engravings, 3 with hand-colouring, 2 un-coloured, each approximately 370 x 450 mm (14 1/2 x 17 3/4 in), rough edges, nicks and tears, some splitting to folds, occasional spotting, browning and surface dirt, one sheet mounted on support, unframed, [c. 1676] (6)
America.- Boston.- Tallis (John) Boston, detailed map with vignette view of Boston viewed from across the harbor, and two smaller views of Bunker's Hill Monument and the State House, engraving with hand-colouring, on thin wove paper, sheet 265 x 360 mm (10 1/2 x 14 1/4 in), some exposure lines and light surface dirt, unframed, [1851]; together with S.D.U.K.'s 'Boston with Charlestown and Roxbury', engraved plan with hand-colouring, sheet 398 x 342 mm (15 5/8 x 13 1/2 in), some browning and minor handling creases, unframed, Chapman & Hall, 1842 (2).
NO RESERVE Channel Islands.- Cochrane (James) A Map of the Island of Guernsey, likewise all the Adjacent Rocks, Shoals & Passages, with the Tides, Soundings, Anchorages, &c., detailed map of the island with highlighted boundaries including the track of H.M.S. Crescent and squadron commanded by Lord de Saumarez when pursued by a French force, engraving on wove paper, sheet 600 x 750 mm (23 1/2 x 29 1/2 in), old folds, some splitting and small areas of loss, scattered spotting and surface dirt, unframed, 1832; together with six further small maps of the Channel Islands, unframed, 18th and 19th century (7)⁂ Scarce at auction. The last example we can trace was sold at Christie's in 1998 (see: Lot 26, 14th May 1998, where one sold for £322).
Africa.- d'Anville (Jean Baptiste Bourguignon) Africa according to Mr. D'Anville with several additions and improvements, large map of Africa by Robert Sayer, decorated with an rococo cartouche, with a stylized representation of African men, women, and child, with inset chart of the Gold Coast to the lower left, engraving with outline hand-colouring, presented over four sheets, joined in two horizontal sections, each section approx. 535 x 1240 mm (21 x 48 3/4 in), total if joined 1070 x 1240 mm (42 1/8 x 48 3/4 in), horizontal folds as issued, minor offsetting, and surface dirt, unframed, Robert Sayer, 1722.
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