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Click here to subscribeJ & A WALKER Victorian coloured and engraved map - North Wales, dedicated to Marquis of Anglesey with pictorial view of the Menai Suspension Bridge, 62 x 77cms Provenance: private collection, consigned via our Colwyn Bay office Presentation & Condition: no problems other than slight discolouration commensurate with age, framed and glazed
JOHN SPEED coloured antiquarian map of 'Wales', Basset & Chiswell Edition, 1676, map flanked by twelve county towns, 42 x 53cm Provenance: private collection, consigned via our Cardiff office Presentation & Condition: unframed, condition good, recently colouredThe map has a vertical centrefold.
Cobbold (Ralph P.) Innermost Asia: Travel & Sport in the Pamirs, first edition, photogravure frontispiece, folding colour map at end, plates and maps, lacking plate facing p.72, one map loose, hinges weak, original pictorial cloth, gilt, rubbed, spine faded, 1900 § Skrine (C.P.) Chinese Central Asia, embossed library stamp to head of title and frontispiece, 1926 § Schmoberg (Col. R.C.F.) Peaks and Plains of Central Asia, 1933 § Teichman (Sir Eric) Journey to Turkistan, issue with map endpapers, [1937] § Bruce (Maj. C.D.) In the Footsteps of Marco Polo: being the Account of a Journey Overland from Simla to Pekin, ex-library copy with stamps and labels, Edinburgh & London, 1907 § Bland (J.O.P.) & E.Backhouse. China under the Empress Dowager, second impression, frontispiece detached, ex-library copy with label to front pastedown, hinges weak, 1910, most first editions, the last five with maps, plates and illustrations, original cloth, a little rubbed, some spines faded or browned, the last worn; and 17 others on China particularly Chinese Turkestan, 8vo (23)
Ferrier (J.P.) Caravan Journeys and Wanderings in Persia, Afghanistan, Turkistan, and Beloochistan..., wood-engraved frontispiece and 2 plates, folding map at end (mounted on linen), short tear to outer edge of frontispiece (repaired), 1856 § Wood (Lt. John) A Personal Narrative of a Journey to the Source of the River Oxus by the Route of the Indus, Kabul and Badakhshan, lacking part of folding engraved map (supplied in facsimile), title with embossed ownership stamp "K.A.Gai Peshawar N.W.F.P." at foot and slightly frayed at fore-edge, 1841, first editions, modern calf-backed marbled boards, the first spine a little faded, 8vo (2)
Fortune (Robert) Three Years' Wanderings in the Northern Provinces of China, second edition, additional wood-engraved pictorial title of Chinese marriage procession, tinted lithograph frontispiece and 2 plates, engraved map, wood-engraved illustrations including tail-piece of funeral, 16pp. advertisements at end, foxing to plates (particularly frontispiece), original pictorial cloth, gilt, rubbed and faded, corners bumped, rebacked preserving part of original spine as label (chipped), 8vo, 1847.*** Published in the same year as the first edition.
Fraser (James Baillie) Journal of a Tour through Part of the Snowy Range of the Himala Mountains, and to the sources of the Rivers Jumna and Ganges, first edition, half-title, lacking engraved map, foxed and browned, marginal staining and slight worming to upper edge, modern half calf, 4to, 1820.*** Account of the Scot's exploration of the Himalayas; he was the first European to reach Gangotri.
Lansdell (Henry) Through Central Asia, first edition, signed presentation copy from the author to Miss Edith ?Weston dated 1901 inscribed on front free endpaper and with newspaper cutting concerning the author's burial tipped in above inscription, folding colour map (detached), wood-engraved illustrations, 4pp. advertisements at end, original pictorial blue cloth blocked in black and gilt, spine a little rubbed and soiled but a good copy, 1887; and a third edition of Through Siberia in original pictorial cloth, 8vo (2)
NO RESERVE MacGahan (J.A.) Campaigning on the Oxus, and the Fall of Khiva, first edition, wood-engraved plates and illustrations, double-page hand-coloured map, advertisement leaf at end, occasional foxing, original red-brown cloth, very slightly rubbed at edges, a very good copy, New York, 1874 § Schuyler (Eugene) Turkistan: Notes on a Journey..., 2 vol., sixth edition, wood-engraved plates and illustrations, 3 folding colour maps, final two leaves of vol.2 badly opened, original cloth, spines faded and worn at ends, 1877, 8vo (3)
Markham (Clements R.) Travels in Peru and India while superintending the collection of Chinchona plants and seeds in South America, and their introduction into India, first edition, half-title, wood-engraved frontispiece and 7 plates, illustrations, 2 folding maps, folding genealogical table of the Incas, 30pp. publishers' catalogue at end, folding map with short tear to inner edge and slight fraying to outer edge, leaves a little brittle and chipped at edges, modern morocco-backed marbled boards, 4to, 1862.*** Cinchona was the source of quinine used as a cure for malaria, and was greatly needed by the British in India.
Atkinson (Thomas Witlam) Oriental and Western Siberia, chromolithographed frontispiece and 19 chromolithographed or tinted lithographed plates, wood-engraved illustrations, lacking most of folding map, 2 leaves of Preface trimmed and frayed at edges, 1858; Travels in the Regions of the Upper and Lower Amoor and the Russian Acquisitions in the confines of India and China, half-title, chromolithographed frontispiece (slight adhesions from tissue guard), wood-engraved illustrations, folding engraved map by Arrowsmith mounted on stub, 6pp. advertisements at end, 1860, first editions, some foxing and soiling, original pictorial cloth, gilt, the first rubbed, the second worn and faded, both recased, new endpapers preserving old bookplate of William Edward Kelly, large 8vo (2)
Anti-christ.- Palmer (Thomas) A Little View of the Old World, in two books. I. A Map of Monarchy ... II. An Epitomy of Papacy, wherein is discovered the rise of Anti-Christ ..., first edition, title laid down, ex-library with occasional ink-stamps, spotting and staining, trimmed occasionally affecting head-lines, page numbers an marginal notes, contemporary calf, rebacked, small paper label to upper cover, a little rubbed, [Wing P253], for Livewell Chapman, 1659.*** Scarce. ESTC lists only 5 copies, 4 in the UK and 1 in North America.
Mundy (Capt. Godfrey Charles) Pen and Pencil Sketches, being the Journal of a Tour in India, 2 vol.,15 etched and 4 wood-engraved plates, folding engraved map with routes supplied in red and blue, foxed and water-stained, ex-library copy with numbers to verso of titles, modern cloth, 1832 § Kipling (John Lockwood) Beast and Man in India, illustrations by the author and others, advertisement leaf and 56pp. publishers' catalogue at end, occasional light foxing, original pictorial cloth, gilt, mottling to upper cover, 1891 § Landon (Perceval) Under the Sun: Impressions of Indian Cities, colour frontispiece, plates, some photogravure, some spotting, original cloth, gilt, t.e.g., spine faded, 1906, first editions, the last two a little rubbed; and 6 others on India, mostly modern, 8vo & 4to (10)
Oliphant (Laurence) The Russian Shores of the Black Sea in the Autumn of 1852, second, enlarged, edition, lithographed frontispiece, wood-engraved illustrations, folding map with route in red (spotted), 16pp. publishers' catalogue at end, original pictorial brown cloth, gilt, corners bumped, spine ends a little worn, 1853 § Graham (Stephen) Through Russian Central Asia, first American edition, plates, original pictorial cloth, New York, 1916 § Bigham (Clive) A Ride through Western Asia, second edition, plates, 4 folding hand-coloured maps (spotted), original cloth, 1897; and 10 others on Russia and Central Asia, 8vo (13)
Ronaldshay (Earl of) Sport and Politics under an Eastern Sky, 2 folding colour maps, illustrations, one map spotted, the other a little soiled and creased at fore-edge, 1902; On the Outskirts of Empire in Asia, advertisement leaf at beginning, plates, 2 folding colour maps, foxing, 1904, first editions, original pictorial cloth, a little rubbed, the first slighlty mottled by damp, the second with faint stain to upper cover, [Czech, Asia p.173-4], Edinburgh & London; and 3 others by the same, 8vo (5)*** Lawrence John Lumley Dundas, Earl of Ronaldshay, who later became Governor of Bengal and Secretary of State for India, was a keen traveller and sportsman. The first work is an account of his travels in Kashmir, the Sind Valley and Baltistan; the second relates his journey from Turkey through Central Asia to Chinese Turkestan and Mongolia. In addition to his sporting adventures Ronaldshay also comments on the various countries and the political situation of the region.
Stein (Sir Marc Aurel) On Ancient Central-Asian Tracks: Brief Narrative of Three Expeditions in Innermost Asia and North-Western China, first edition, half-title, plates, some colour, some folding, folding colour map (short tears at folds reinforced with sticky tape), advertisement leaf at end, original terracotta cloth, gilt medallion on upper cover, t.e.g., others uncut, a little rubbed, corners bumped, 8vo, 1933.
Torrens (Lt.-Col. Henry d'Oyley) Travels in Ladâk, Tartary, and Kashmir, first edition, folding lithographed map and 12 chromolithographed plates, 2 folding panoramas, wood-engraved illustrations, lacking errata slip, foxing, mostly to plates, one panorama soiled and frayed at fore-edge (reinforced), original purple pebble-grain cloth, gilt, bevelled edges, rubbed and marked, rebacked preserving original spine (faded), corners repaired, 8vo, 1862.
Bindings.- Roscoe (Thomas) Wanderings and Excursions in North Wales, additional steel-engraved title and plates, folding map with outline hand-colouring, some foxing, contemporary blind stamped morocco, gilt, joints a little rubbed, c.1836 § Stevenson (Robert Louis) Familiar Studies of Men and Books, endpapers and half-title browned, contemporary half morocco, spine gilt with art deco design, minor scuffing, 1909; and 3 others, handsome bindings, 8vo (5)
White (J. Claude) Sikhim & Bhutan: Twenty-One Years on the North-East Frontier 1887-1908, half-title, plates, 7 photogravure with tissue guards, 2 printed in red and black, one folding, folding colour map (torn at fold), some light foxing, original pictorial cloth, gilt, t.e.g., rather rubbed and a little stained, spine faded, recased, new endpapers, 1909 § Kingdon-Ward (F.) Plant Hunter's Paradise, 1937 § Morris (John) Living with Lepchas: A Book about the Sikkim Himalayas, 1938, first editions, the last two with plates or illustrations, original cloth with dust-jackets, rubbed; and another, 8vo (4)*** The author of the first was Sikkim's first Political Officer; he accompanied Younghusband on his mission to Lhasa in 1903-04 and subsequently became Political Officer for Bhutan and part of Tibet.
Wilson (Andrew) The Abode of Snow: Observations on a Journey from Chinese Tibet to the Indian Caucasus, through the Upper Valleys of the Himalaya, first edition, tinted lithographed frontispiece, wood-engraved title-vignette, 2 advertisement leaves and 32 pp. publishers' catalogue at end, folding map in pocket at end, very occasional foxing, original green cloth, pictorial gilt spine, spine ends a little worn, corners slightly bumped, a good copy, Edinburgh & London, 1875; and 5 others on the Himalayas and Kashmir, 8vo (6)
Sporting.- Campbell (Capt. Walter) The Old Forest Ranger; or, Wild Sports of India on the Neilgherry Hills..., tinted lithographed frontispiece, additional pictorial title and 6 plates, some foxing and soiling, contemporary half calf, lacking label, 1842 § Hamilton (Gen. Douglas) Records of Sport in Southern India, mounted photographic frontispiece (water-stained at edges), plates and illustrations, A.E.Wardrop's copy with his signature at head of title, foxing at beginning and end, original pictorial cloth, gilt, rebacked preserving original spine, 1892 § Fletcher (F.W.F.) Sport on the Nilgiris and in Wynard, folding map, plates, errata slip, original cloth, uncut & unopened, slight staining to upper cover, 1911, first editions, rubbed; and another, 8vo & 4to (4)*** A.E.Wardrop, author of Modern Pig-Sticking, 1914 and Days and Nights with Indian Big Game, 1923 (see lot 36).
Sporting.- Eardley-Wilmot (Sainthill) Forest Life and Sport in India, first edition, first issue (without maps), 20pp. publishers' catalogue at end, original pictorial red cloth, gilt, 1910 § Wardrop (Maj.-Gen. A.E.) Days and Nights with Indian Big Game, 1923 § Brown (J.Moray) Stray Sport, 2 vol., Edinburgh & London, 1893 § Aflalo (F.G.) The Sportsman's Book for India, folding colour map, ex-library copy with label and stamps to front endpapers (one loose), 1904 § Burton (Capt. R.G.) Tropics and Snows: A Record of Travel and Adventure, 1898 § Gardner (Nora Beatrice) Rifle and Spear with the Rajpoots, presentation copy from the author inscribed on title (recipient's name erased causing hole at head), 1895, plates and illustrations, occasional spotting, original cloth, the firsts four pictorial gilt, slightly rubbed, the first with faded spine, the last stained; and 9 others, sport in India, 8vo & 4to (16)
Sporting.- Markham (Col. Frederick) Shooting in the Himalayas. A Journal of Sporting Adventures and Travel in Chinese Tartary, Ladac, Thibet, Cashmere, &c., first edition, additional wood-engraved pictorial title, 8 tinted lithographed plates, wood-engraved illustrations, lacking folding map, original pictorial blind-stamped green cloth, gilt, a little rubbed, rebacked preserving original gilt spine (faded), corners repaired, [Abbey, Travel 503; Czech, Asian, p.134], 8vo, 1854. *** "An excellent and early work on sport in the Himalayas." Czech.
India.- First [- Second] Report from the Select Committee on Steam Communications with India, 2 vol., folding maps and tables, lightly browned, contemporary half-calf, upper cover detached (vol. 2), rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, 1851 § Andrew (Sir William) Euphrates Valley Route to India, ?presentation copy signed by author, folding map frontispiece, advertisements at end, contemporary morocco, gilt, g.e., slight rubbing to corners and joints, 1882 § Clark (F.) The East-India Register and Army List, for 1858, scattered spotting, bookplate, contemporary straight-grain morocco, gilt, g.e., 1858; and 4 others, 3 books and 1 map, 8vo (7 and map)
Middle East.- [Bartlett (William Henry)] Forty Days in the Desert, on the Track of the Israelites..., fourth edition, engraved frontispiece, additional vignette title, 30 plates and double-page map, wood-engraved illustrations, occasional spotting, ink inscription to front free endpaper, contemporary pictorial burgundy roan, gilt, spine gilt, g.e., spine slightly rubbed and faded, [c.1850] § Doughty (Charles M.) Travels in Arabia Deserta, with an Introduction by T.E.Lawrence, 2 vol., new and definitive edition, reprint, 1936 [but 1943] § Hogarth (D.G.) The Life of Charles M.Doughty, 1928, the last two with plates, original cloth, the last with faded spine, large 8vo & 4to (4)
NO RESERVE Polar.- Shackleton (Ernest H.) South, The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition 1914-1917, reprint, half-title, colour frontispiece, folding map, plates, map detached, leaving behind lower corner of image (still complete), 2 plates detached, with a couple of short tears and a little frayed, original pictorial cloth, corners and spine ends little worn, rubbed, large 8vo, March, 1920.
Blanford (W.T.) Eastern Persia: An Account of the Journeys of the Persian Boundary Commission 1870-71-72, vol.2 only (of 2: Zoology and Geology), first edition, half-title, 28 lithographed plates, 18 by Keulemans of birds and mammals and hand-coloured, folding hand-coloured map (foxed), plates lightly browned with some foxing, original cloth, rubbed, spine cockled, [Anker 45; Nissen ZBI 405], 8vo, 1876. *** "A complete survey of the whole Persian avifauna". (Anker). The first volume, by Frederic John Goldsmid and others, covers Geography.
Isle of Wight.- Hamilton (Charlotte) Views in the Isle of Wight, Southsea, Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire, 21 views and landscapes, pencil, pen and brown ink, some executed in watercolour, some with manuscript location captions, each approx. 110 x 140 mm (4 1/2 x 5 1/2 in), occasional surface dirt and light spotting, bears owner's ink inscription and decoration to pastedown, original half morocco, rubbed and worn, small oblong 8vo, 1837 § Brannon (George) Vectis Scenery: Being a Series of Original & Select Views: Exhibiting the Picturesque Beauties and Places of Particular Interest in the Isle of Wight..., 37 steel-engraved plates, folding map, some even browning and light spotting, bookplate removed from pastedown, contemporary half calf over floral embossed boards, calf label mounted to upper cover, gilt, light rubbed to extremities and label, 8vo, Wooton-Common, Isle of Wight, 1848 (2)
NO RESERVE Byron (Robert) First Russia Then Tibet, first edition, colour frontispiece, plates, Contents and List of Illustrations leaves slightly torn and creased at upper edge, original green cloth, a little water-stained, 1933; The Road to Oxiana, second edition, plates, map endpapers, original cloth, spine gilt, dust-jacket, price-slipped, a little rubbed and frayed at edges, 1950; and 2 others on Byron, 8vo (4)
Fishing.- Salter (T. F.) The Angler's Guide ... to which is added, a Treatise on Trolling, sixth edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, 8 woodcut plates, illustrations, some full-page, folding map of the River Lea, short marginal tear, faint spotting to first and last few leaves, previous owner's ink inscriptions, near contemporary crushed morocco, gilt, upper joint neatly strengthened, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 8vo, for Sherwood and Co, 1825.
NO RESERVE Carruthers (Douglas) Mongolia. A Record of Travel and Exploration in North-West Mongolia and Dzungaria, 2 vol., second edition, maps, 4 colour and folding, photographic plates, some folding, light foxing, ex-library copy with numbers to verso of titles and label removed from front endpapers, original pictorial blue cloth blocked in white, unobtrusive library numbers at foot, 1914 § Lattimore (Owen) The Desert Road to Turkestan, first edition, plates, map endpapers, original cloth, 1928; Nomads and Commissars: Mongolia Revisited, first edition, illustrations, original yellow cloth, dust-jacket (price-clipped), New York, 1962, all a little rubbed, the first with slightly faded spines; and 2 others on Mongolia and Genghis Khan, 8vo (6)
A British Military Escape Map 1944.South-East Asia Sheets 44 F And E. Two Back-To-Back Escape Maps On One Folding Silk Map. Size Approx 95 By 60 cm. Scale 1;100,000. Folds To Pocket Handkerchief Size Or Smaller. Side 44F Is Titled Siam (Thailand) (Extreme South), Malaya (FMS), Sumatra (Central). Side 44E Is Titled Siam (Thailand) (Part Of), Sumatra (North). Maps Are In Colour With A Colour-Coded Key To Heights And A Conventional Key To Features Such As Mountains, Islands, Railways, Stations, Ruins, Post Offices, Roads etc. Heights Also Shown By Contours. Overprinted In Red With Geographical Features Such As Flat Swampy Jungle, Rubber, Undulating Jungle Etc. Includes Singapore And Penang.
Ellerman Lines Paperwork including List of Steamers 1937; Accommodation plans: City of Port Elizabeth, City of Durban, 3xRMS City of Nagpur and SS Cicero/Rollo/Borodino; America and India Line direct New York 1930, Ellerman & Bucknall Straits-China-Japan 1928, Fast Steamers to South Africa card 1937, RMS Aaro menu 1913 RMS Aaro was torpedoed and sunk in 1916, City & Hall Lines India Service 1931 with route map and others
Norwegian Shipping Related Paperwork including Midnight Sun Pleasure Cruises 1926, B&N Line Royal Mail timetable/route map 1931, various Bergenske Steam Ship Company cards, cabin plan MS Venus, SY Meteor passenger list 1930, Norway Nature's wonderland 1926 and others; together with various other paperwork
Thomas Cook Jigsaw depicting a central world map with 'Long' and 'Short' cruises marked surrounded by 14 cruise ships with company flags behind (including White Star Line) stating which of the numbered/letter cruises each operated, with centre below the Thomas Cook Headquarters 'The Temple Of Travel' illustrated 18x11'', 47x28cm (complete, framed)
Bing Train, Royal Scot Train Set, clockwork comprising 4-6-0 Royal Scot No.6508 Loco and 6 wheeled tender, almost no marks but paint work has started to craze slightly, one retaining nut on L/H con rods is incorrect, with two LMS coaches, each with all tables and chairs, roof on one has noticeable chips and the other only a few, both coaches have crazed body sides (VGE), with original Bing Track, box base appears to have two internal fitments missing (BVG), lid is worn to edges, on inside of lid is an Undated Map "Track of Royal Scot" London Midland and Skottish Railway, please note the spelling of Skottish, with key, corridor connections and multi lingual instructionsCondition report: In very good condition.
UNKNOWN ENGRAVER active in the 18th/ 19th century Stadtplan von Moskau (nach Gerard Hessel von 1613) A CITY MAP OF MOSCOW (AFTER GERARD HESSEL FROM 1613) Stahlstich auf Papier. Sichtmaß 28,5 cm x 36,5 cm. In Passepartout, hinter Glas gerahmt. Steel engraving on paper, visible size: 28,5 by 36,5 cm, spotty, in passepartout, behind glass. UNBEKANNTER GRAVEUR Tätig im 18./ 19. Jh. Stadtplan von Moskau (nach Gerard Hessel von 1613) Stahlstich auf Papier. Sichtmaß 28,5 cm x 36,5 cm. In Passepartout, hinter Glas gerahmt. Stockfleckig.
SANSON LE GENERAL COMTE. Carte Des Routes De Poste De La Russie Europeene. Eng. map, with key & table of distance conversions. 25" x 54". Paris, 1812. The self-contained southern section of a map prepared on the orders of the war department to facilitate Napoleon`s invasion of Russia in 1812.
LONDONDERRY MARQUIS. Narrative of the War in Germany and France in 1813 and 1814. Fldg. hand col. eng. map (tape reps.) & eng. battle plan. Quarto. Rebound quarter cloth, internal foxing & spotting. 1830; also vol 1 only of Von Odeleben, A Circumstantial Narrative of the Campaign in Saxony in the Year 1813, fldg. eng. map, orig. brds, worn back, 1820. (2)
MOORE JAMES. A Narrative of the Campaign of the British Army in Spain Commanded by His Excellency Lieut-General Sir John Moore. Eng. port. frontis & 2 fldg. eng. maps. Quarto. Quarter calf with Duncan of Camperdown library stamp. Browning & spotting, particularly to frontis, title & 2nd map. 1809.
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