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Works and biographies Treasure Island. London: Cassell & Company, 1885. 8vo, original red cloth, hinges split;Kidnapped. London: Cassell & Company, 1888. 8vo, folding map, original teal cloth gilt;The Black Arrow. London: Cassell & Company, 1888. 8vo, original red cloth gilt;The Wrong Box. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1889. 8vo, original red cloth gilt, ownership inscription to title-page, some foxing;The Master of Ballantrae. A Winter's Tale. London: Cassell & Company, 1889. 8vo, original red cloth gilt, gift inscription to free-endpaper;Catriona. London: Cassell & Company, 1893. 8vo, original blue cloth gilt;Island Nights' Entertainments. London: Cassell & Company, 1893. 8vo, original teal cloth gilt;David Balfour... New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1893. 8vo, original cloth;The Ebb-Tide... London: William Heinemann, 1894. 8vo, original pictorial cloth, bookplate and ownership signature of William Stanwell, Rochdale;Weir of Hermiston... London: Chatto & Windus, 1896. 8vo, original blue cloth gilt;St. Ives... London: William Heinemann, 1898. 8vo, original grey cloth gilt;In the South Seas... London: Chatto and Windus, 1900. 8vo, original black cloth gilt;together with: Robert Louis Stevenson. A Bookman extra number 1913. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1913. 4to, original linen wrappers, some foxing;Smith, Janet Adam, editor. Henry James and Robert Louis Stevenson. London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1948. 8vo, original cloth, dust-jacket, gift inscription(14)

The History of Barbados London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1848. First edition, 8vo, modern tan half calf, 7 tinted lithographic plates including frontispiece and additional vignette title-page, 2 engraved plates printed in green, folding table [Abbey Travel 694];Delacour, Jean, and Pierre Jabouille. Les Oiseaux de l'Indochine Française. Paris: Exposition Coloniale Internationale, 1931. 4 volumes, 4to, contemporary tan half morocco, 67 chromolithographic plates after Henrik Grønvold, edges untrimmed [Nissen IVB 228];[Board of Agriculture]. General View of the Agriculture, State of Property, and Improvements, in the County of Dumfries. Edinburgh: for John Ballantyne and Co., 1812. First edition, 8vo, half-title, engraved folding map frontispiece, 5 engraved plates, 4 aquatint plates of bull specimens;Parnell, Richard. The Natural and Economical History of the Firth of Forth. Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1839. First edition, 8vo, original cloth, 27 engraved plates numbered 18-44 (several folding);and 4 others

The Hobbit London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1937. First edition, second impression, 8vo, 310 pp., original green cloth, titles and decoration to spine and covers in blue, map endpapers printed in red and black, colour frontispiece depicting Hobbiton, 3 colour plates ('The Fair Valley of Rivendell'; 'The Dark River opened Suddenly Wide', '"O Smaug, the Chiefest and Greatest of Calamities"', one uncoloured plate (Mirkwood), full-page illustrations in text, advertisement leaf to rear, spine and covers marked, loss to head and foot of spine, incipient wear to section of front joint, front board slightly bowed and with fraying to cloth along top edge, tips of both boards bumped and worn, inner hinges superficially split but remaining firm, light spotting to endpapers and half-title, light finger-soiling to half-title, title-page and occasionally elsewhere, a few leaves faintly dog-eared [cf. Hammond A3a] The second impression was the first version of the book to be illustrated in colour: the first impression had two plates only, both of which were uncoloured. A total of 2,300 copies were printed, and some 400 held at the binder's London warehouse were destroyed during an air raid in November 1940.

Davies, Hannah Among Hills and Valleys in Western China Incidents of Missionary Work. With an Introduction by Mrs. Isabella Bishop. London: S. W. Partridge & Co., 1901. First edition, 8vo, original red cloth lettered in gilt, 20 halftone photographic plates including frontispiece, folding map, cloth mottled, a few small areas of wear to extremities

Group of histories and travel accounts, 18th-early 19th century Arnot, Hugo. The History of Edinburgh, Edinburgh: W. Creech, 1779 & 1788. 2 copies, first and second editions, both 4to (26.5 x 19.5cm), contemporary calf, rebacked, first edition with engraved frontispiece, folding plan of Edinburgh (backed on linen), contemporary bookplate and ownership inscription (Tower of Alloa, seats of the earls of Mar), binding rubbed, contents toned, spotting to endpapers, frontispiece offset, second edition with advertisement leaf (not present in all copies), directions to the binder leaf, engraved folding plan (with short closed tear), 19 engraved plates (most folding, plate facing p. 565 repaired along top edge and with stain in image), lacking leaf 4N1 (Appendix XI, pp. 649/50, possibly cancelled), but with leaf 4N2 (Appendix XII, pp. 651/2) present in two states, the first with verso blank [ESTC T142880 & T143106];Garnett, Thomas. Observations on a Tour through the Highlands and Part of the Western Isles of Scotland, particularly Staffa and Icolmkill. London: T. Cadell, Junior, and W. Davies, 1800. First edition, 2 volumes in 1, 4to, 20th-century quarter calf, 2 engraved maps (one folding), 52 aquatint plates, browning and spotting to text, plates offset, a few marked, old repairs to folding map, title-page laid down, repaired closed tear in volume 1 pp. 333/4 [Abbey Scenery 482; ESTC T131649];[Thomson, William]. Prospects and Observations on a Tour in England and Scotland: Natural, Oeconomical, and Literary. By Thomas Newte. London: G. G. J. and J. Robinson, 1791. First edition, 4to, contemporary calf, engraved folding map (repaired), 23 engraved plates, front joint cracked, excision to lower margin of 2D1, damp-stains to a few plates [T1309];Carr, Sir John. Caledonian Sketches, or a Tour through Scotland in 1807. London: Mathews and Leigh, 1809. First edition, 4to, contemporary half calf, 12 aquatint plates (including folding frontispiece view of Edinburgh), front board detached [Abbey Scenery 488];and 7 others (these not collated: James Bone, Edinburgh Revisited, 1911; J. Stewart Smith, The Grange of St Giles, 1898; Clement B. Gunn & Others, George Heriot's Hospital, c.1900; James Colston, The Guildry of Edinburgh, 1887; Robert Miller, The Municipal Buildings of Edinburgh, 1895; Alexander Heron, The Rise and Progress of the Company of Merchants of the City of Edinburgh, 1903; D. Butler, The Tron Kirk of Edinburgh, 1906)(12) THE LIBRARY OF DR ANDREW G. FRASER MD FSA SCOT (1937-2020)

The Kingdome of Scotland London: John Sudbury and George Humbell, 1610 [i.e. 1611]. Engraved map, inset map of Orkney top right and 4 cartouches with full-length portraits of James VI and I, Anne of Denmark, Henry Prince of Wales, the future Charles I as the Duke of York, English text on verso, mounted, glazed both sides and framed, mount aperture 39.5 x 52.5cm, discreet old repairs to head and foot of central fold verso [Chubb 23]

Drawings of the London and Birmingham Railway With Historical and Descriptive Account. By John Britton. London: published by the proprietor J. C . Bourne, Ackermann and Co., 1839. First edition, folio (53.5 x 37.4cm), 20th-century black crushed half morocco, repeated horizontal gilt fillets across spine and backstrip, 26 pp., tinted lithographic title-page, 29 tinted lithographic plates, engraved map, rubbing to joints and extremities, a little cracking to joint-ends, all plates and text-leaves mounted on linen stubs, plates variably spotted, tide-mark to head of title-page and first plate [Abbey Life 398, with coloured plates]

Jansson, Jan [Japan] Nova et accurata Japoniae terrae Esonis ac insularum adjacentium Amsterdam: Jan Jansson, c.1658. Hand-coloured engraved map, decorative title and mileage cartouches, compass roses, numerous rhumb lines, Korean peninsula shown as an island, mounted, framed and glazed, mount aperture 47 x 59cm, longitudinal central fold, a few faint marks, not examined out of frame

Mudge, William Part the First of the General Survey of England and Wales, containing the whole of Essex and a Portion of the Adjoining Counties. [London]: by the Surveyors of His Majesty's Ordnance under the Direction of Lt. Col. Mudge of the Royal Artillery, F.R.S., [1805]. First edition, large engraved map, 122 x 183cm, divided into 32 sections and laid on linen, light toning, a hint of offsetting, housed in contemporary straight-grain red morocco bookform pull-off case (rubbed);together with 4 books on Essex (including Philip Morant, A New and Complete History of Essex, Chelmsford, 1770-2, volumes 1-3 and 5-6 of 6 only, with numerous engraved plates; Thomas Wright, The History ... of ... Essex, c.1840, 2 volumes, 4to, engraved plates by W. H. Bartlett)(5) Mudge's map of Essex was the second Ordnance Survey map to be published, after Kent in 1801.

The Tartans of the Clans of Scotland Edinburgh: W. & A.K. Johnston, 1886. Large folio (49.5 x 36.5cm), number 18 of 100 copies signed by the publisher, portrait frontispiece, 72 coloured plates (including 44a), map, contemporary calf, spine gilt, rebacked retaining original spine, t.e.g., hinges broken, joints repaired, corners worn

Scottish Maps A very large collection A Map of North Britain or Scotland, from the newest surveys and observations. London: John Bowles…, [n.d.] 70 x 53cm, hand-coloured in outline;Jansson. Scotia Ragnum, [n.p., n.d.] 44 x 55cm, hand-coloured in outline;Parte Settentrionale della Scozia. Siena: Pazzini Carli, 1795, 31 x 44cm, hand-coloured in outline;Idem. Le Royaume d'Ecosse… Paris: H. Jaillot, 1693, 96 x 63cm, hand-coloured;Idem. L'Ecosse de la Tay… Paris: Sr. Robert, 1741, 55 x 67cm, hand-coloured in outline;and a large quantity of others, including several Irish maps, maps often dust-soiled, folded and torn with some repairs (quantity) FROM THE LIBRARY OF THE STEVENSON LIGHTHOUSE ENGINEERS

Barry's History of Orkney The History of the Orkney Islands. Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Company, 1805. 4to, folding map, 11 plates, contemporary calf with tape repair;Barclay, Robert S. The Court Book of Orkney and Shetland, 1612-1613. Kirkwall: The Kirkwall Press, 1962. 8vo;‘H.C.’ Island Folk Songs. Kirkwall: W.R. Mackintosh, 1920. 8vo, original wrappers;Idem. From an Island Garden. Kirkwall: W.R. Mackintosh, 1921. 8vo, original wrappers;Spence, Magnus. Standing Stones and Meashowe of Stenness. 8vo, folding map, original wrappers;Childe, V. Gordon. Ancient Dwellings at Skara Brae. Edinburgh: HMSO, 1933. 8vo, original wrappers;Marwick, George. Orkney Antiquities. The Old Roman Plough. Kirkwall: The Kirkwall Press, 1936. 8vo, original wrappers;Green, Samuel G. Scottish Pictures, drawn with pen and pencil. London: The Religious Tract Society, [n.d.] 4to, red cloth gilt;and four others (12)

Gibson, John A New and Correct Plan of Cities of London and Westminster and Borough of Southwark with the Country Adjacent, the New Buildings, Roads etc to the Year 1764, from an Actual Survey. [London: Robert Sayer], 1764. Engraved map with contemporary hand-colouring, 29.2 x 50.6cm, sectionalised and laid on linen, housed in contemporary marbled paper slipcase with manuscript label, trimmed to neatline along bottom edge cropping imprint, linen splitting at top of central fold;W. H. Smith & Son. New Plan of London, c.1869. Lithographic map in colours, 58 x 86cm, sectionalised and laid on linen, folding into original cloth covers, toning, loss at intersection of panels next to Kensal Green;Knox, James. Plan of Edinburgh and its Environs. Edinburgh: John Fairbairn and John Anderson, 1824. Engraved map, 51 x 62, folding into original card covers with engraved label to front, matching slipcase;Enouy, Joseph. A New Map of Scotland, compiled from Actual Surveys, and regulated by the latest Astronomical Observations. London: Richard H. Laurie, 1821. Hand-coloured engraved map, 65 x 51cm, sectionalised and laid on linen, slipcase;and 16 other folding maps, Scotland and Edinburgh, 19th-early 20th century(20)

Speed, John England, Wales & Scotland and Ireland Described and Abridged With ye historic relation of thingsworthy from a farr larger volume. [date unclear.] Small oblong 8vo, engraved title-page, 43 maps only (of 63), plus Devonshire duplicated with one copy detached, contemporary half calf, some leaves closely trimmed with loss to text and engraved areas in places, one map torn FROM THE LIBRARY OF THE STEVENSON LIGHTHOUSE ENGINEERS

Collection of travel accounts Slade, Adolphus. Records of Travels in Turkey, Greece, etc. And of a Cruise in the Black Sea, with the Capitan Pasha, in the Years 1829, 1830, and 1831. London: Saunders and Otley, 1833. Second edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, 20th-century cloth, edges untrimmed, half-titles, colour aquatint frontispieces, folding map, folding lithographic plate of manuscript facsimile;Fellows, Sir Charles. Travels and Researches in Asia Minor, more particular in the Province of Lycia. London: John Murray, 1852. First edition, 8vo, original pictorial cloth gilt, 7 folding plates and maps including frontispiece, spine sunned and with label removed, wear to head of rear joint, ink-stamps of the Poynton and Worth Colliers' Library to front pastedown (the leaf repaired) and title-page, frontispiece partly torn along stub but remaining attached;Bartlett, W. H. Gleanings on the Overland Route: Pictorial and Antiquarian. London: T. Nelson and Sons, 1864. 8vo, original pink cloth decoratively stamped in gilt and blind, gilt edges, 22 engraved maps and plates including folding panorama of Alexandria, spine sunned;Palgrave, William Gifford. Personal Narrative of a Year's Journey through Central and Eastern Arabia (1862-63). New Edition, in One Volume. London: Macmillan and Co., 1868. 8vo, original green pictorial cloth gilt, engraved title-page with portrait of the author (the portrait implied to be a separate plate in the list of plates, apparently in error), 5 folding maps and plans;Martin, William Young. The East: being a Narrative of Personal Impressions of a Tour in Egypt, Palestine, and Syria. London: Tinsley Brothers, 1876. First edition, 8vo, original brown cloth decorated in black, wood-engraved frontispiece, worming to front joint, damp-staining to foot of frontispiece and title-page;Walker, Theodore. Wanderings Eastward. A Diary of Travels in Egypt, Palestine, Syria, Turkey, and Greece, in 1885. London: S. W. Partridge, 1886. First edition, 8vo, original cloth, 8 wood-engraved plates;Hakluyt Society. Narrative of the Portuguese Embassy to Abyssinia during the Years 1520-1527 by Father Francisco Alvarez. London: Hakluyt Society, 1881. First edition, 8vo, original blue cloth, spine faded;Beaufort, Emily A. Egyptian Sepulchres and Syrian Shrines. Including some Stays in the Lebanon, at Palmyra, and in Western Turkey. London: Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1861. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, original pink pictorial cloth gilt, 5 chromolithographic plates (of 6: lacking volume 2 frontispiece), spines sunned, covers marked, volume 1 rear joint split;and 15 others, the mentioned items collated with regard to plates only(25) THE LIBRARY OF DR ANDREW G. FRASER MD FSA SCOT (1937-2020)

Blaeu, Willem Janszoon Scotia Regnum [Amsterdam, 1635 or later], engraved map, with inset map of the Orkneys, hand-coloured in outline, 38.7 x 50.5cm, no text on verso First published by Willem Blaeu in his Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, sive, Atlas novus (Willem Blaeu), 1635

AN EARLY ANTIQUE MAP OF WARWICKSHIRE AFTER JOHN SPEEDE. 42 x 54cms

A 1922 ORDNANCE SURVEY LARGE SCALE WALL MAP OF THE PARISH OF SWERFORD

FOUR VARIOUS ENGRAVED MAPS, COMPRISING A ROBERT MORDEN OF OXFORDSHIRE AND ANOTHER OF WORCESTERSHIRE, A JOHN OGILBY COACHING MAP OF THE ROAD FROM OXFORD TO SALISBURY CONTINUED TO POOLE, AND ANOTHER SMALLER OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, SIZES VARY, TOGETHER WITH A JOHN SPEEDE MAP OF MONTGOMERYSHIRE AND A CHART OF THE WORLD DATED 1801 (THE LAST TWO UNMOUNTED AND UNFRAMED. (6)

AN ANTIQUE HAND COLOURED MAP OF OXFORDSHIRE BY ROBERT MORDEN. 43.5 x 38cms TOGETHER WITH FIVE OTHER ANTIQUE MAPS OF OXFORDSHIRE, WARWICKSHIRE AND WORCESTERSHIRE BY DIFFERENT HANDS. SIZES VARY (6)

A RARE AA SPECIAL ORDER ROUTE MAP FROM DEDDINGTON TO EDINBURGH, TOGETHER WITH A LONDON TRANSPORT OLYMPIC GAMES 1948 GUIDE BOOK AND A ILLUSTRATED JOSEPH BIBBY SOCIAL PROGRESS BOOK.

TWO HALLMARKED SILVER CIGARETTE CASES TOGETHER WITH TWO VINTAGE COMPASS', A MAP MEASURER, A PROPELLING PENCIL, A SIAM SILVER PAPER KNIFE, CUFFLINKS, EARRINGS ETC.

A HAND COLOURED ENGRAVED COACHING MAP BY THOMAS GARDNER, DEPICTING THE ROAD FROM LONDON TO ABERISTWITH (ABERYSTWYTH), 27 X 18cm.

AN EARLY ANTIQUE HAND COLOURED MAP OF SUFFOLK AFTER JOHN SPEEDE. 40 x 51cms

A PART ROLL OF 1950's WALLPAPER AND A EARLY HAND COLOURED MAP, VARIOUS WATERCOLOURS AND PRINTS.

AN 1890 UNION STEAMSHIP CO. PRESENTATION SCROLL FEATURING A PORTRAIT OF THEIR STEAMSHIP TARTAR AGAINST THE ROUTE MAP FROM BRITAIN TO THE GOLD FIELDS OF SOUTH AFRICA

A 20th century circa 1976 The Royal Geographical Society hallmarked silver map. The map being framed, depicting an engraved illustrated world map. Hallmarked to bottom right corner. Measures approx 51cm x 70cm.

An 18th century two-page map, The Countie Of Nottingham, 40cm x 52cm

Emmanuel Bowen (1693/4 - 1767), a two-page coloured map, An Accurate Map of the North Riding of York Shire divided into its Wapontakes....., printed for Tom Bowles and Robert Sawyer, London, 55cm x 73cm

Literature, English – Carlyle (Thomas, 1795-1881), uniform edition, London, Chapman & Hall 1902-1903 16mo, bound gilt embossed red cloth gilt titles and spine: History of Friedrich II of Prussia called Friedrich the Great, 10 Vols. in 5, frontis & map, Carlyle (Thomas, 1795-1881) Essays, Critical and Miscellaneous, Kings of Norway etc. 8 Vols in 3; Carlyle (Thomas, 1795-1881), Goethe’s Wilhelm Meister’s Apprenticeship and Travels (translated from the German), 3 Vols in 1; Carlyle (Thomas, 1795-1881), Oliver Cromwell, Letters and Speeches with Elucidations 2 Vols.; Carlyle (Thomas, 1795-1881) Lives of Friedrich Schiller and John Sterling, 248pp; Carlyle (Thomas, 1795-1881), The French Revolution, 300pp; Carlyle (Thomas, 1795-1881), Latter-Day Pamphlets: Translations from Musaeus, Tieck, Richter 220pp; also, Carlyle (Thomas, 1795-1881), The French Revolution, London, Chapman & Hall, 1885, large 12mo, xii + 412pp, engr. frontis., bound blue boards, gilt spine titles, bookplate lion rampant sable, motto ‘Excitat’ [name redacted in black; crest & motto of Ford] (15)

Sports and Pastimes, The Chase – Randall (James Lowndes), A History of the Meynell Hounds and Country 1780-1901, 2 vols., London, Sampson Low, 1901, large 8vo, bound red boards, gilt titles, Vol I: xii + 397, photographic frontis of Hugo F. Meynell-Ingram of Hoar Cross after Sir Francis Grant, 27 other plates and four maps; Vol II: viii + 428pp, frontis and 20 plates, and 1 map, covers slightly faded and stained; The New Sporting Magazine, New Series, Vol. 1, London, R. Ackermann 1841 8vo, 448 + coursing calendar 55pp, 44 lithographic illus., gilt embossed red covers and titles (3)

Topography, Derbyshire – Firth (J[ohn]. B[enjamin]) Highways and Byways in Derbyshire, London, Macmillan, 1905, (reprint of 1908), 8vo, xviii + 500 pp, map and some 50 delightful illustrations by Nelly Erichsen, original green boards, gilt embossed title; Morris (Joseph E) Peak Country, London, A & C Black, 1914, Beautiful Britain series, 8vo, 64pp frontis. with embossed stamp ‘Presentation copy’, 12 chromolithographic illustrations after various artists, original embossed blue and black boards centered on a colour print; Hope Moncrieff (A. R[obert]) the Peak Country, London, A & C Black, 1908, 8vo, xii + 182 with 24 chromolithographic illustrations after W. Biscombe Gardner, original black lined and coloured embossed boards; Mee (Arthur), The King’s England, Derbyshire, The Peak Country, London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1925 7th impression 1958, 12mo, ix + 292 pp, 134 photographic illustrations, original standard binding, and dust wrapper, latter with slight tear, also another reprint 1947, worn binding, no d. w. otherwise as previous (5)

London - Samuel John Neele (1758-1824), A New Map of the Country Round London, Published October 5th 1796 by John Stockdale, Piccadilly, engraving, contemporary hand-colouring, 81 x 97cm

WW2 SAS military medal group of eight comprising Military Medal, General Service Medal with clasp for Palestine, 1939/1945 Star, Africa Star with clasp for 8th Army, Italy Star, France & Germany Star, Defence Medal and War Medal with Mentioned In Despatches emblem, named to 410861 Sgt J S Scott RAC (MM) and 410861 Sgt J S Scott the Greys (GSM). John Scott manned the Vickers and Browning machine guns alongside Paddy Mayne during the action which resulted in Mayne's 4th DSO.  With related ephemera including letter from Buckingham Palace for his Military Medal award, Mentioned in Despatches certificate, gazetted 8th November 1945; War Office letter of thanks for his service from the Army Council; Certificate of Service in the 1st Special Air Service Regiment from 14th February 1943 to 16th November 1945 in the Western Desert, Italy and North West Europe signed by Lt Colonel P Mayne, Commanding Officer; Special Boat Squadron - Squadron Orders No 121 of 18th December 1943 Item 278 Operational Wings reading ... the following NCO has been awarded his operational wings for distinguished service in Italy - 410861 L/Sgt Scott RAC; typed letter dated 12th December 1943 from Major Lord Jellicoe Special Boat Squadron 1st SAS Regiment MEF begins 'Dear General, requesting assistance in getting Sgt Scott back to his unit following his escape from a POW camp and subsequent return to said camp to assist other prisoners to escape, signed by Lord Jellicoe, with envelope addressed to Major General R E Laycock DSO; typed request dated 12th November 1943 naming Sgt Scott and two colleagues requesting 'every facility is given to enable them to reach their unit as quickly as possible'; reference letters from Lt Col Paddy Mayne dated 12th November 1945 in which he refers to the granting of an immediate commission for gallantry, Major J Verney fellow SBS officer and POW and Lt Col Lord Jellicoe, Coldstream Guards (Captain Scott applied for and was accepted as a King's Messenger, but did not take up the post); letter of thanks for his assistance from 'the boys' of the officer's mess Parachute Regiment Reserve Battalion, Aldershot dated 15th November 1946; copy correspondence relating to the issue of his Military Medal and Mentioned in Despatches emblem; copy statement submitted by the CINC Central Mediterranean Force in support of his recommendation for the Military Medal; hand drawn operational map for Southern Italy, with notes to reverse; his War Office map, sheet 29 Chiete, Italy, with pencil note top right 'pass to Scott'; relinquishment of commission letter dated 18th April 1947 from the War Office; correspondence from the Foreign Office regarding his application for a position as a King's Messenger; various early photographs including portrait examples from when Captain Scott was serving in the Royal Scots Greys, as an SAS Sergeant and as a commissioned officer; desert uniform squadron and group examples and regular army Certificate of Service 'red book'. After the war Captain Scott met his future wife in Belgium during the armistice and then worked for the family printing business. They subsequently moved to Toadsmoor, near Stroud in Gloucestershire to continue in the printing trade.

WW1 British map of Belgium sheet number 46, marked 'Revised from Air Photos up to 4/11/18. Whole area not yet covered by photos' and 'Field Survey Battalion Royal Engineers 7209', together with a map of Liége marked 'War Office 1918', 'Geographical Section, General Staff No 2364' and to back 'Lt Mulcock'

Silk escape map K1/K2 Cyrenaica, 52 x 48cm 

The Dams Raid - Map 16th - 17th May 1943 (Map 9) Signed by 2 Veterans of the Raid Includes Johnny Johnson and Ken Lucas, also signed by Mauren Stevens, Map shows Aircraft Despatched and Aircraft Missing, Approx size 14 x 11. 5 inches on Card, good condition. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99

Roby (John). Traditions of Lancashire, 4 volumes, 2nd series, 2nd edition, London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1830 - 31, additional decorative etched titles to volumes 1 & 2, 22 engraved and etched plates with skilful later hand-colouring, several marginal closed tears and slight spotting, title page to volume one with long repaired closed tear, contemporary gilt tree calf, re-backed with gilt decorated spines, worn at extremities, 8vo, together with [Cromwell, Thomas]. Excursions in the County of Surrey, 1st edition, 1821, additional decorative engraved title, folding map of Surrey, 46 engraved plates and a folding lithographic plan of Guildford, slight spotting, later half calf gilt over marbled boards, 8vo, plus Hutton (W.). A Trip to Coatham, A Watering Place in the North Extremity of Yorkshire, John Nichols and Son and others, 1810, engraved portrait frontispiece, preface, folding engraved map of Cleveland with contemporary outline colouring, index bound at rear, some spotting and offsetting, near-contemporary manuscript annotations to the recto and verso of the third front blank, 19th century half calf gilt, worn and rubbed, 8vo, plus Armitage (Ella S.). A Key to English Antiquities with Special Reference to the Sheffield and Rotherham District, published Sheffield by William Townsend, 1897, photolithographic frontispiece, numerous wood engravings throughout, contemporary ownership signature to the front endpaper, all edges gilt, contemporary vellum gilt, 8vo, and Moffatt (Rev. J. M. of Malmesbury). The History of the Town of Malmesbury and its Ancient Abbet, published in Tetbury and printed by J. G. Goodwyn, 1805, additional half-title with later manuscript ownership signatures, engraved topographical frontispiece, list of subscribers, three engraved plates and a folding table, appendix and errata bound at rear, page 229 torn with slight loss, joints cracked, contemporary half calf, heavily worn, bumped and frayed, 8vo, with Warner (Revd. Richard of Bath). A Walk through Wales in August 1797, printed in Bath by R. Cruttwell and Sold by C. Dilly, London, 1798, uncoloured sepia aquatint frontispiece, an advertisement with errata printed to verso, wood-engraved road maps as chapter headings, itinerary at rear, later ownership signature to front pastedown, hinges and joints cracked and worn with upper board near detached, contemporary half sheep with contrasting morocco gilt label to spine, worn and frayed, 8voQTY: (9)

Map Postcards. A large collection of approximately 240 postcards, early to mid-20th-century, postcards, all illustrated by or with maps, including maps of the British Isles, counties and regions, also maps of the United States, European countries, The British Empire, Japan and Australasia, some 'used', occasional duplicates, each approximately 85 x 140 mm, all contained in a modern postcard albumQTY: (approx. 240)

Falconer (William). A Practical Dissertation on the Medicinal Effects of the Bath Waters, Bath: R. Cruttwell, 1790, toning affecting first and last few leaves, contemporary tree calf, rebacked preserving original boards, gilt lettering to spine, corners bumped, 8vo, together with Peach (R. E. publisher). Graphic Views in Bath and its Vicinity, circa 1886, engraved title, 36 engravings, red publishers cloth, gilt lettering and decoration to upper board, small 8vo, plus Guidott (Thomas). A Collection of Treatises relating to the City and Waters of Bath..., To which is added, Thermae Redivivae; or, The City of Bath described..., by Henry Chapman, London: Printed for J. Leake, 1725, folding engraved map frontispiece, 4 engraved plates (1 folding), bookplate of Wadham Wyndham and ownership initialled 'HPW' stamp to front pastedown, contemporary calf gilt, chipping and loss to spine, rubbing to boards, upper board almost detached, 8vo, plus Lees-Milne (James & Ford, David). Images of Bath, 1st edition, limited to 75 copies, Richmond-Upon-Thames: Saint Helena Press, 1982, signed by the authors, numerous black and white illustrations, all edges gilt, original blue morocco gilt, contrasting morocco title labels to spine, gilt turn-ins, 4to, contained within a slipcase with split at top edge, and 5 other 19th/20th century volumes relating to Bath, bound in cloth and leather bindings in varying condition QTY: (9)

Oxford. Peele (Cecily), Map of Oxford's History: With some of her Worthies, The Alley Workshops, Oxford, circa 1934, coloured allegorical map, the vertical margins decorated with heraldic shields, the horizontal margins with caricatures of Oxford alumni stretching from a 'Stoneage Man' through to Lawrence of Arabia and Lord Nuffield, slight spotting, laid on later card, 475 x 515 mmQTY: (1)

Helps (Arthur). The Spanish Conquest in America, and its relation to the history of slavery and to the government of colonies, 4 volumes, 1st edition, London: John W. Parker and Son, 1855, numerous monochrome maps, period inscription to the front endpaper of volume 1, some gutters slightly cracked, some light spotting & toning throughout, original uniform green cloth, some minor rubbing to the head & foot of the boards & spines, 8vo, together with:Gerrare (Wirt), Greater Russia, the Continental Empire of the World, 1st edition, London: William Heinemann, numerous monochrome illustrations plus a map, front & rear gutters cracked, some light marginal toning, top edge gilt, original gilt decorated red cloth, boards & spine slightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, plus other 19th & early 20th century travel & history reference, including some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4toQTY: (A carton)

Martialis (Marcus Valerius). Epigrammata cum notis Farnabii et variorum ... accurante Cornelio Schreveli, Leiden: Franciscum Hackium, 1661, engraved title, armorial bookplate of Joseph Loscombe Richards to upper pastedown with his ownership inscription to front free endpaper dated August 7th 1815, contemporary calf, joints cracked, lacking title label, some wear, 8vo, together with:Vignola (Giacomo Barozzi da). Gli ordini di Architettura ... accresciuti di altre interessanti tavole..., Milan: Fratelli Vallardi, 1810, engraved portrait frontispiece and 40 engraved architectural plates, occasional light spotting, armorial bookplate of T. H. Spurrier to upper pastedown, contemporary half calf, black morocco title label to spine, 8vo, plus other 18th-19th century antiquarian and leather-bound volumes including Ireland (William Henry). New and Complete History of the County of Kent, 4 volumes, 1828-30, engraved title, numerous engraved plates and folding map, contemporary half morocco with gilt decorated spines, extremities rubbed, 8vo QTY: (a carton)

Rackham (Arthur, illustrator). The Springtide of Life, poems of childhood by Algernon Charles Swinburne, London: William Heinemann, 1918, signed by Arthur Rackham to the limitation page, 9 colour plates with tissue guards, monochrome vignettes, W. A. Foyle crimson leather bookplate to the front pastedown, front gutter reinforced to the limitation page, original gilt decorated three quarter morocco, front hinge split and clumsily repaired boards & spine slightly rubbed & marked, 4to, limited edition 139/765, together with:Thatcher (Margaret), Statecraft, strategies for a changing world, 1st edition, London: Harper Collins: 2002, signed by the author to the title page, original cloth in dust jacket, 8vo, plus 5 duplicate copies, all signed, some spines slightly faded, 8vo, plusHertslet (E.), The Map of Africa by Treaty, 3 volumes, reprint of the 3rd edition, London: Frank Cass & Co., 1967, colour folding maps, original uniform red cloth, 8vo, and other miscellaneous literature, including New Naturalist series, 35 volumes, a broken run 2-66, 22 signed volumes by Pamela Street, mostly original cloth, some in many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folioQTY: (6 shelves)

Pennant (Thomas). A Tour in Scotland; MDCCLXIX, 3 volumes, 4th edition, London: printed for Benj. White, 1877, repaired folding map to volume 1, numerous engraved plates, contemporary inscriptions to the front endpapers, ex-libris book plates to the front pastedowns, cracked gutters, some light spotting & toning throughout, later calf spines retaining contemporary calf spine labels & tree calf boards, 4to, together with:Ireland (Samuel), Picturesque Views, on the river Medway, from the Nore to the vicinity of the source in Sussex:...,1st edition, London: T. and J. Egerton, 1793, engraved map frontispiece, hand coloured half-title plus further hand coloured plates, later end papers, bookplate to the front endpaper, some minor toning, all edges gilt, 19th century gilt decorated full calf, spine lightly rubbed & front hinge cracked, 8vo, plusChambers (John), A General History of Malvern,..., 1st edition, Worcester: printed for Wm. Walcott, 1817, engraved folding frontispiece & 3 further engraved plates, bookplate to the front pastedown, gutters cracked, some minor spotting & toning, contemporary gilt decorated half calf, spine slightly toned & rubbed, 8vo, and other 18th to 19th century Scotland, England, Wales & Ireland topography reference, including The Statistical Account of Scotland..., 21 volumes, Edinburgh: printed by William Creech, 1791-99, 8vo, mostly contemporary leather bindings, some in original cloth, overall condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/4toQTY: (5 shelves)NOTE:75 volumes

Dickens (Charles). The Mystery of Edwin Drood, 1st edition, London: Chapman and Hall, 1870, engraved portrait frontispiece, additional vignette title, 12 engraved plates, contemporary ownership inscription in brown ink of 'F. William Morgan' to head front blank, occasional spotting, original green cloth gilt, extremities rubbed, head of upper joint split, 8vo, together with:Hardy (Thomas). A Changed Man, The Waiting Supper and Other Tales, concluding with the romantic adventures of a milkmaid, 1st edition, London: Macmillan and Co, 1913, frontispiece, double-page map, publisher's advertisement leaf at rear, endpapers spotted, original green cloth gilt, gilt monogram to upper cover, 8vo, plusTrollope (Anthony). An Editor's Tales, 1st edition, London: Strahan & Co, 1870, preliminary and rear leaves spotted, original orange cloth gilt, spine faded, marked, 8vo, with 6 other 19th-century literature works, including Algernon Swinburne's A Note on Charlotte Brontë (1877) and Thomas Hardy's A Group of Noble Dames (1891)QTY: (9)

Trench (W. Steuart). Realities of Irish Life, 1st edition, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1868, 30 monochrome illustrations plus a map of Ireland, book plate to the front pastedown, some minor toning, contemporary gilt decorated green half calf, boards & spine slightly rubbed with some minor loss, 8vo, together with:O'Brien (Henry), The Round Towers of Ireland,or the history of the Tuath-de-Denaans, new edition, London: W. Thacker & Co., 1898, monchrome illustrations, some light spotting & toning, top edge gilt, original green cloth, lightly rubbed, 8vo, limited edition 451/750, plus Dublin Decorative Plasterwork of teh seventeenth and eighteenth century, by C. P. Curan, 1st edition, London: Alec Tiranti, 1967, original clot in price-clipped dust jacket, 4to, The History of Ireland, from the Treaty of Limerick to the present time:..., by John Mitchel, Glasgow: Cameron & Ferguson, 1869, contemporary gilt decorated half calf, 8vo, Lady Gregory's Journals 1916-1930, edited by Lennox Robinson, 1st edition, Putnam & Company, 1946, original cloth in dust jacket, 8voQTY: (5)

Barclay (Rev. James). The Universal English Dictionary..., John Tallis and Co. 1844, additional decorative half-title, frontispiece of a view of Buckingham Palace, 59 engraved maps by J. Archer (55 of British counties) all with contemporary outline colouring, contemporary calf with gilt decorated spine, upper board detached, rear board near detached, worn and scuffed, 4to, together with Laurie (Robert & Whittle James). A Complete Body of Ancient Geography by Mons. D'Anville..., the Whole Materially Improved, by Inserting the Modern Names of Places Under the Ancient, 1801, printed title with small manuscript ownership signature and blind stamp, 13 (complete) double-page engraved maps with contemporary outline colouring, slight offsetting and staining, one map with a long closed marginal tear, but not affecting the printed image, text block detached, contents shaken and loose, contemporary half calf, boards detached, lacking spine, heavily rubbed and worn, slim upright folioQTY: (2)

Willis (N. P. & Stirling Coyne J.). The Scenery and Antiquities of Ireland, Illustrated by W. H. Bartlett..., 2 volumes, circa 1842, portrait frontispiece to volume 1, additional decorative title to each volume, uncoloured engraved map of Ireland by W. Hughes and 118 uncoloured engravings, each with tissue guard, very slight spotting, all edges gilt, contemporary half morocco with gilt decorated spines, slight wear to extremities, 4to, together with Hall ( Mr & Mrs S. C.). Ireland: Its Scenery, Character &. 3 volumes, How & Parsons, 1841, additional half-titles and topographical vignette frontispiece to each volume, 17 uncoloured engraved maps by A. Adlard and 44 uncoloured engravings, numerous wood-engraved vignettes throughout, very slight spotting, contemporary calf with gilt decorated spines, slight wear to extremities, some scuffing to the boards, 4to, with Lewis (Samuel). A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland..., 2nd edition, 2 volumes, S. Lewis & Co. 1840, hinges and joints cracked, publisher's cloth gilt, worn and frayed, 4to, plus Pigot (Richard). The Life of Man Symbolised by the Months of the Year..., Longmans, Green, Reader and Dyer, 1866, additional decorative half-title and frontispiece, numerous wood-engraved illustrations and vignettes throughout, hinges broken and cracked, bookplate of Edward Taylor to the front pastedown, publisher's decorative gilt cloth, worn at extremities, 4to, with one other volume similarQTY: (9)

Bartlett (W. H., et al). The Ports, Harbours, Watering-Places, and picturesque scenery of Great Britain. Illustrated by views taken on the spot,..., 2 volumes, London: Virtue & Co., numerous monochrome plates with tissue guards, volume 1 gutter cracked, volume 2 front board & spine partially detached, some light toning & spotting all edges gilt, original uniform gilt decorated & embossed green cloth, boards very lightly rubbed, spines slightly rubbed to head & foot with some minor loss, large 8vo, together with:Whellan (William), The History and Topography of the countries of Cumberland and Westmoreland, with Furness and Cartmel, in Lancashire,..., Pontefract: W. Whelland and Co., front gutter slightly cracked, some minor spotting & marginal toning throughout, original gilt decorated half morocco, boards & spine slightly rubbed & marked, thick 4to, plusMarshall (Mr.), The Rural Economy of Gloucestershire; including its Dairy :..., 2 volumes, Gloucester: printed for R. Raikes, 1789, engraved folding map frontispiece to volumes 1, volume 1 front board partially detached, period inscription to the front endpapers, some minor marginal toning, contemporary uniform half calf, hinges cracked, boards & spines rubbed, 8vo, and other late 18th & 19th century British topography reference, some leather bindings, some original cloth, G/VG, 8vo/4toQTY: (2 shelves)

* Furttenbach (Joseph). Seven engraved plates from Newes Itinerarium Italiae, in welchem der Reisende nicht allein gründtlichen Bericht... Ulm: Jonam Saurn, 1627, 7 copper engraved plates only from Furttenbach's Itinerarium Italiae (from the total of 30 plates including one folding map), comprising plates 5, 7, 21, 22, 23, 24 and 30, on laid paper with a watermark of a cross and wavy pattern within an oval, neatly trimmed just inside the platemark, traces of glue to outer corners verso, and modern mounting tabs to verso, sheet size 140 x 178 mm, together withNicholson (William). X, Xylographer, circa 1910, colour woodblock, gilt frame, glazed, a later reissue of James Gilray's 'Oh! that this to to solid flesh would melt', London: John Miller, circa 1810 or later, framed and glazed, 12 lithograph plates of Italian Costume, printed by Cucinienno & Bianchi,and two engravings of printing pressesQTY: (17)

Nanson (Fridtjof). "Farthest North"..., 2 volumes, London: George Newnes, 1898, numerous monochrome illustrations, some minor marginal toning, original uniform gilt decorated green cloth, spines & boards lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, together with:Soulé (Frank, John H. Gihon, & James Nisbet), The Annals of San Francisco;..., New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1855, folding map, 150 engraved illustrations, period inscription to the front endpaper, front gutter cracked, some light toning & minor spotting, all edges gilt, original gilt decorated red full morocco, spine with a vertical crease & cracked with some small loss to the foot, front hinge slightly cracked, boards lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, plusLloyd (L.), Scandinavian Adventures, during a residence of upwards of twenty years, 2 volumes, London: Richard Bentley, 1854, 13 lithograph plates including map, 102 engraved illustrations, front gutters cracked, some light toning & spotting, top edges gilt, contemporary uniform gilt decorated red half morocco, boards & spines lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, and other 19th & early 20th century travel reference, including Polar, European, and African, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, G/VG, 8voQTY: (3 shelves)

Christo, Jeanne-Claude & Wolfgang Volz. The Umbrellas, Japan-USA, 1984-91, 2 volumes, Cologne: Taschen, 1998, numerous photographic illustrations, 2 original fabric swatches bound in volume I, original cloth, slipcase (slight mottling to cloth), 4to, limited signed edition 499/500, from a total edition of 3000, together with an exhibition catalogue 'Christo; The Umbrellas (Joint project for Japan and USA), 25 May-24 June 1988, Annely Juda Fine Art, London, signed to title by Christo, 4 postcards of the Wrapped Reichstag, each signed by Christo and Jeanne-Claude, a folding map of the Umbrellas site in California, another exhibition catalogue, Japan 1988, and 10 unsigned postcards of the Wrapped Reichstag and UmbrellasQTY: (20)

Hamilton (Walter). The East-India Gazetteer; containing particular descriptions of Empires, Kingdoms, etc..., 2 volumes, 2nd edition, London: Wm. H. Allen and Co., 2 monochrome folding map frontispieces with some offsetting to the title pages, some light water marks to the head of both volumes & light toning throughout, contemporary uniform gilt decorated half calf, boards & spines slightly rubbed with some minor loss to head of the spines, 8vo, together with:Fairburn (John, publisher), Cox versus Kean. Fairburn's Edition of the Trial between Robert Albion Cox, Esq. plaintiff, and Edmund Kean, defendant, for Criminal Conversation with the plaintiff's wife,..., circa 1822, hand coloured caricature folding frontispiece, later endpapers, some marginal toning, later green half calf, boards & spine lightly rubbed, slim 8vo, plusOstell (Thomas, publisher), The Artist's Assistant; or School of Science. Being an introduction to painting in oil, water, and crayons..., 1st edition, London, 1807, engraved frontispiece, 6 folding plates plus 4 further plates to the rear, some minor marginal toning, contemporary half calf, spine slight faded & rubbed, some minor loss, 8vo, and other 18th & 19th century miscellaneous literature, all leather bindings, some odd volumes, overall condition is generally good/very good, 8voQTY: (3 shelves)NOTE:Approximately 70 volumes

Atkinson (Thomas Witlam). Oriental and Western Siberia: a narrative of seven years' explorations and adventures..., London: Hurst and Blackett, 1858, 20 lithographs including the colour frontispiece, front gutter cracked, front endpaper through to the title page partially detached, tape to the gutter of the illustrations contents pages, repaired folding map to the rear, some light toning, spotting & wear, original gilt decorated & embossed green cloth, hinges cracked, boards & spine rubbed with some small loss, 8vo, together with:Slatin Pasha (Rudolf C.), Fire and Sword in The Sudan,..., 1879-1895, 3rd edition, London: Edward Arnold, 1896, 22 monochrome illustrations, colour folding map & advertisements to the rear, some loss to pp.xv-xvii, some very minor marginal toning, top edge gilt, original gilt decorated red cloth, spine slightly faded & rubbed with some loss, 8vo, plusParker (Gilbert & Claude G. Bryan), Old Quebec, the fortress of New France, New York: The Macmillan Company, 1903, monochrome plates & illustrations, some minor toning, top edge gilt, original gilt decorated red cloth, spine slightly faded & rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, and other late 19th early 20th century travel & middle eastern reference, all original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4toQTY: (6 shelves)

London. Vertue (George), Civitas Londinum Ano Dni circiter MDLX, 1737, eight uncoloured engraved map sheets, each sheet laid on to wooden backing, some insect damage with some loss to the printed surface, each sheet approximately 370 x 540 mmQTY: (8)NOTE:James Howgego. Printed Maps of London, pages 12 - 14. An 18th-century copy of the plan of London attributed to Ralph Agas, circa 1633. Engraved by George Vertue for the Society of Antiquaries in 1737. Howgego states that the eight sheets that make up this plan were engraved in pewter, a metal very rarely used in the production of maps.

Whitaker (Thomas Dunham). Loidis and Elmete; or, an attempt to illustrate the districts described in those words by Bede;...Leeds: printed by T. Davison, 1816, engraved plates & illustrations, period inscription to the title page, book plate to the front pastedown, some light marginal water stains, some minor toning & spotting, front gutter cracked, rear board detached, contemporary gilt decorated quarter calf, boards & spine rubbed with some loss, folio, together with:Cayley-Webster (H.), Through New Guinea and the Cannibal Countries, 1st edition, London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1898, monochrome illustrations & map, some light toning & spotting, top edge gilt, original gilt decorated blue cloth, boards & spine rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, plusGrant (James), Travels in Town, 2 volumes, London: Saunders and Otley, 1839, period inscriptions to the front endpapers, some minor marginal toning & spotting, original uniform embossed green cloth, boards & spines lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, and other 19th & early 20th century travel & UK topography reference & related, some leather bindings, G/VG, 8vo/folioQTY: (3 shelves)

[Svin'in, Pavel Petrovich]. Sketches of Russia; illustrated with 15 engravings, 1st edition, London: R. Ackermann, 1814, 14 hand-coloured aquatint plates (of 15), including 2 portraits (lacks plate 8. 'A Circassian in his military costume...'), single engraved leaf of music (A Russian National Song), sewing partly broken and initial leaves detached, edges untrimmed, contemporary morocco-backed marbled boards, upper board detached, worn, 8vo, together with Conway (William Martin). Climbing and Exploration in the Karakoram-Himalayas, London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1894, folding map at front, frontispiece, black and white illustrations, ownership inscription excised from head of half-title, rear hinge cracked, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original pictorial terracotta cloth gilt, lightly rubbed and marked, slightly cocked, 8vo, plusHoare (Richard Colt). A Classical Tour through Italy and Sicily; tending to illustrate some districts which have not been described by Mr. Eustace in his classical tour, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: printed for J. Mawman, 1819, engraved map (close-trimmed to top margin), occasional light spotting, endpapers renewed, previous owner inscription of the Very Rev. Charles Parfitt, 1850 to titles, his bookplates, contemporary half calf, rebacked, worming to one corner, others repaired, 8vo, and Greece: Pictorial, Descriptive and Historical, by Christopher Wordsworth, new edition, carefully revised, 1853, in contemporary morocco, 8voQTY: (5)NOTE:First work Abbey, Travel 225; Tooley 478.

North America. Phillips (R.), United States in America, March 1st 1809, uncoloured engraved map, slight staining, old folds, 420 x 340 mm, together with another 20 uncoloured engraved maps, mostly by or after R. Philips, including maps of Europe, the British Isles, North America, Asia, Australasia and the World, various sizes and condition QTY: (21)

Bacon's Excelsior Map of Wales and Monmouthshire with railways, roads and distances, a wall hanging educational map. Overall 125x100cm approx. (B.P. 21% + VAT)