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Click here to subscribeTolkien (J.R.R.) [The Lord of the Rings], 3 vol., comprising The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers and The Return of the King, first editions, folding map at end of each vol., original red cloth, extremities rubbed, 8vo, 1954-55.⁂ Return of the King without signature mark '4' and text block not sagging.
Hand coloured engraved map of Merionith, 28cm x 33.5cm, framed and glazed Condition: General discolouration with overall light foxing, more prominent foxing to bottom edge. **Due to current lockdown conditions, bidders are unable to view lots in this online-only sale. Please therefore read the following: As this is a sale of second-hand and antique items, bidders should expect items to exhibit general wear and tear commensurate with age and use unless otherwise stated. Please carefully examine the images as they form part of the overall condition. Clevedon Salerooms are happy to provide further detailed information on request, if received by email or telephone at least 24 hours prior to the sale. The mention of a specific flaw or fault does not automatically mean that no other faults exist. Reports are provided as a goodwill gesture and are a general assessment, not a forensic survey. Further category-specific condition information can be found in our Standard Terms and Conditions. The placing of a bid by you is taken by us as an indication that you have read, understood and agreed to these terms.
Automobilia - Signed Nigel Mansell promotional photo, assorted booklets, RAF sheet 11 map, Audi collectables, TR6 badge, car blanket etc Condition: Large group lot please contact the office for more information. **Due to current lockdown conditions, bidders are unable to view lots in this online-only sale. Please therefore read the following: As this is a sale of second-hand and antique items, bidders should expect items to exhibit general wear and tear commensurate with age and use unless otherwise stated. Please carefully examine the images as they form part of the overall condition. Clevedon Salerooms are happy to provide further detailed information on request, if received by email or telephone at least 24 hours prior to the sale. The mention of a specific flaw or fault does not automatically mean that no other faults exist. Reports are provided as a goodwill gesture and are a general assessment, not a forensic survey. Further category-specific condition information can be found in our Standard Terms and Conditions. The placing of a bid by you is taken by us as an indication that you have read, understood and agreed to these terms.
Heylyn (Peter). Cosmographie, in Four Books. Containing the Chorographie and Historie of the Whole World, and all the Principal Kingdoms, Provinces, Seas, and Isles thereof ... With an accurate and an approved Index ... much wanted and desired in the former, and now annexed to this last Impression, Revised and Corrected by the Author himself immediately before his death, London: printed for Anne Seile, and Philip Chetwind, 1674, additional engraved title stating 6th edition and with imprint 'London: Printed for Philip Chetwind, 1670', letterpress title in red & black, signature excised to upper margin and with annotation beneath author's name, imprimatur leaf present, four folding engraved maps dated 1666 (Europe, Americas, Asia, and Africa), each map torn/cut to lower left with some loss, divisional titles present (with varying imprints dated 1673), initial 18 leaves browned and stained (including additional title & letterpress title), 20th century half sheep, slightly rubbed, folioQty: (1)NOTESWing H1694; Sabin 31655.
Hoskins (George Alexander). Visit to the Great Oasis of the Libyan Desert, 1st edition, London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longman, 1837, 20 lithographic plates, folding map, text toned, a few spots, tide-mark to upper inner corner of a few plates, endpapers renewed, original cloth, recased, wear to spine, bumped and marked, 8vo, together with: Sonnini (Charles Nicolas Sigisbert). Travels in Upper and Lower Egypt, 2nd edition in English, London: J. Debrett, 1800, half-title, engraved frontispiece, large folding map (loose), 26 plates (of 27: lacking plate 1), toning throughout, some browning to text and plates, frontispiece damp-stained in fore margin and offset, 20th-century half sheep, 4toQty: (2)NOTESAtabey 1155 (Sonnini); Blackmer 833 & 1573.
Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co. Ltd (publishers). British Empire Series [comprising India; British Africa; British America; Australasia; General], 5 volumes, mixed editions, London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co. Ltd, 1900-6, volume I with 2 maps and 1 table, II with 4 maps (all loose but remaining attached to single stub), III with 2 maps and table (one map and the table loose), IV with 2 maps and 1 table, V with 2 maps (all maps and tables folding), some volumes partly unopened, bookplates of Sir Charles Cayzer, 1st Baronet (1843-1916), original red cloth, 8vo, together with: Lloyd (W. W.). P & O Pencillings, 1st edition, London: for the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company by Day & Son, [1891], 24 mounted chromolithographs including frontispiece and title-page, map, spotting to mounts, gilt edges, original green cloth over bevelled boards, gilt title and coloured flag vignette to front board, oblong folio, Burton (Edward Francis). Trouting in Norway, 1st edition, Carlisle: Chas. Thurnham & Sons, 1897, 8 photographic plates, original cloth, small mark to front board, 8vo, Malleson (G. B.). Ambushes and Surprises: being a description of some of the most famous instances of the leading into ambush and the surprise of armies, from the time of Hannibal to the period of the Indian Mutiny, 1st edition, London: W. H. Allen & Co., 1885, woodburytype portrait frontispiece (mounted), folding map, original cloth, spine rolled, 8vo, and 7 others, travel in the original cloth, including Darwin, Journal of Researches, 1913; Nansen, Sporting Days in Wild Norway, 1st edition, 1925; Swinburne, A Holiday in the Happy Valley, 1st edition, 1907; and othersQty: (14)
Michaud (Joseph-François). Histoire des Croisades, nouvelle édition, faite d'après les derniers travaux et les dernières intentions de l'auteur, 4 volumes, Paris: Furne et Cie, 1857, 4 steel-engraved frontispieces, folding map, gilt edges, contemporary red quarter morocco, 8vo, together with: [Gasparin, Valiere Boissier, comtesse de]. Journal d'un voyage au Levant, 3 volumes, 2nd edition, Paris: Marc Ducloux, 1850, half-titles, spotting, contemporary quarter sheep, 12mo, Hogarth (David G.). A Wandering Scholar in the Levant, 1st edition, US issue, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1896, 13 plates, folding map, front inner hinge cracked, original cloth, mottled, spine rolled, 8vo, Yriarte (Charles). Histoire de Paris, ses transformations successives ... Tirage spécial exécuté en souvenir de l'inauguration du nouvel hôtel de ville, Paris: J. Rothschild, 1882, half-title, etched, wood-engraved and chromolithographic plates, original wrappers bound in, 20th-century quarter morocco, folio, and 13 others, miscellaneous continental literature, mainly 19th century, including Pouqueville, Histoire de la régénération de la Grèce, 4 volumes, 2nd edition, 1825 (joints worn and cracking), and Galbrun, Introduction à la theorie de la relativité, 1st edition, Paris, 1923, inscribed by the author on an initial presentation leaf with printed address 'Exemplaire réservé à Monsieur Horace Finaly, Directeur général de la Banque de Paris et des Pays-Bas', contemporary brown crushed morocco gilt, large 8voQty: (27)
[Mountaineering]. Small collection of mountaineering narratives, 20th century, including: 1) Ruttledge (Hugh). Everest 1933, 1st edition, London: Hodder and Stoughton Limited, 1934, photographic plates, folding map, original cloth, 8vo, 2) ibid. Attack on Everest, 1st US edition [of Everest 1933], New York: Robert M. McBride & Company, 1935, photographic plates, double-page map, pair of 3D-glasses in pocket on rear pastedown as issued, original cloth, dust jacket (price-clipped, slightly chipped), 8vo, 3) Smythe (Frank). Mountaineering Holiday, 1st edition, London: Hodder and Stoughton Limited, 1940, photographic plates, map, original cloth, dust jacket, 8vo, 4) Walker (J. Hubert). Mountain Days in the Highlands and Alps, 1st edition, London: Edward Arnold & Co., 1937, tinted photographic plates, original cloth, dust jacket, 8vo, and 12 others, including: Freshfield, Below the Snow Line, 1st edition, 1923; Hunt, The Ascent of Everest, 1st edition, 1953; and similarQty: (16)NOTESNeate R99 (Ruttledge), S123 (Smythe), W03 (Walker).
Nansen (Fridtjof, 1861-1930). A signed menu card, Oct 7, 1921, single sheet menu card for 'Luncheon to Dr. Nansen, National Liberal Club, October 7, 1921, printed to one side, signed to verso 'Fridtjof Nansen, Oct. 7th 1921', two paper tabs adhered to side at verso, light toning and minor spotting, 156 x 98 mm, together with: Bull (Jacob B.), Fridtjof Nansen, A Book for the Young, translated from the Norwegian by the Rev. Mordaunt R. Barnard, 1st edition, London: Isbister & Co., Ltd., 1898, map frontispiece, few monochrome illustrations, scattered spotting, hinges cracked, original pictorial cloth, extremities slightly rubbed, 8voQty: (2)
Bindings. Japan, By David Murray, 5th edition, revised to date, with new illustrations, a special war map, and a supplementary chapter by Joseph H. Longford, T. Fisher Unwin, 1904, folding map frontispiece, monochrome illustrations, monochrome illustrations, marbled edges and endpapers, contemporary brown full calf gilt, with Nottingham High Street armorial to upper cover, and bookplate to front pastedown, rubbed and some marks, upper joint near-detached, 8vo, together with: [Allestree, Richard]. The Whole Duty of Man, laid down in a plain and familiar way, for the use of all, but especially the meanest reader, printed only for John Beecroft, 1771, engraved frontispiece, additional engraved title, contemporary full calf, rubbed and marked, large engraved bookplate for Henry Hoare, stating that according to his will £2000 has been set into a trust for the purchasing and dispersal each year of bibles and prayer books, plus other 19th-century literature and reference, some Swedish and French editions, nearly all bound in contemporary calf or morocco, rubbed and occasional marks, 8vo, but including several 4toQty: (65)
Remy (Jules, & Julius Brenchley). A Journey to Great-Salt-Lake City. With a Sketch of the History, Religion, and Customs of the Mormons, 2 volumes, 1st edition in English, London: W. Jeffs, 1861, 10 engraved plates including frontispieces, linen-backed folding map, text not collated, ink-stamps of Brighton Public Libraries to title-pages and versos of plates, related ink-stamps and barcode label to front endpapers, spotting and offsetting, volume 1 in half morocco library binding, volume 2 in original cloth, both heavily worn, large 8voQty: (2)NOTESSabin 69594.
Selous (Frederick Courtney). A Hunter's Wanderings in Africa, being a Narrative of Nine Years Spent amongst the Game of the Far Interior of South Africa. 1st edition, London: Richard Bentley & Son, 1881, 18 wood-engraved or lithographic plates by J. Smit and others including frontispiece, folding map, toning, map repaired, a few spots and blemishes, modern leather, 8vo, together with: ibid. Sunshine and Storm in Rhodesia, 1st edition, London: Rowland Ward & Co., Limited, 1896, 9 plates, map, original cloth, spine-ends and front joint frayed, 8vo, ibid. Travel and Adventure in South-East Africa, 1st edition, London: Rowland and Co., Limited, 1893, 22 plates including frontispiece, folding map, text not collated, bookplate (Vernon S. Forbes), contemporary git inscription to half-title, original cloth, shaken, spine-ends badly frayed, and 2 others (not collated): Livingstone, Missionary Travels and Researches in Southern Africa, 1st edition, 1857 (with the colour lithographic frontispiece; original cloth, recased and relined), and Doughty, Travels in Arabia Deserta. With an Introduction by T. E. Lawrence, New and definitive edition, 1943 (original cloth, with dust jackets)Qty: (6)NOTESCzech Africa p. 251 (Selous, A Hunter's Wanderings and Travel and Adventure). The first edition of A Hunter's Wanderings in Africa, 'a true classic of the African sporting field' (Czech), is uncommon.
Seton (Ernest Thompson). The Arctic Prairies. A canoe-journey of 2,000 miles in search of the Caribou; Being the account of a voyage to the region North of Aylmer Lake, 1st UK edition, London: Constable & Co., 1912, half-tone illustrations, top edge gilt, original green cloth gilt, spine a little faded, small stains and rippling to rear cover, 8vo, together with M'Clintock (Francis Leopold). The Voyage of the 'Fox' in the Arctic Seas. A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions, 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1859, 2 folding maps (one contained in rear pocket), illustrations, water stain to frontispiece and title, small tear and abrasion to rear endpaper, original blue cloth gilt, rebacked with original spine relaid, a little rubbed with small stains, 8vo, with other Arctic related including Elisha Kent Kane's Arctic Explorations: the Second Grinnell Expedition in search of Sir John Franklin, 1853, '54, '55, 2 volumes, 2nd edition, Philadelphia, 1857 (lacking one folding map), and William Dall's Alaska and its Resources, Boston,1870Qty: (10)
Tocqueville (Alexis de). L'ancien régime et la révolution, 1st edition, Paris: Michel Lévy frères, 1856, retaining errata leaf but lacking half-title, spotting, engraved bookplate of the Barons Belper, contemporary marbled calf gilt, covers detached, 8vo, together with: Peigné-Delacourt (Achille). Recherches sur le lieu de la bataille d'Attila en 451, 1st edition, Paris: Jule Claye, 1860, half-title, lithographic map, 7 chromolithographic plates (one spotted; leaves facing plates browned), front free endpaper removed, a few related contemporary pamphlets laid in, contemporary marbled boards, wear to spine, 4to, Vasi (Mariano). Itinéraire instructif de Rome et de ses environs. Revu, corrigé et augmenté ... par le professur Antoine Nibby, 2 volumes, Rome: Poggioli, 1826, 53 engraved plates (of 54: without final plate, 'Grotte de Neptune', text not collated, contemporary quarter calf, volume 2 front board detached, 8vo, Orville (Jacques Philippe d', editor). Miscellanea observationes criticae novae, 12 volumes in 3, Amsterdam: widows of Sal[omon] and P[etrus] Schouten, 1740-51, not collated, ink-stamps ('Ex Biblioth. Gymnasii Regii Joachimici') edges dyed blue, contemporary vellum, 8vo, and 6 others, 18th-19th century continental booksQty: (a carton)
Walsh (Robert). A Residence at Constantinople, during a Period including the Commencement, Progress, and Termination of the Greek and Turkish Revolutions, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Frederick Westley and A. H. Davis, 1836, 10 engraved plates including frontispieces, 5 wood-engraved plates (of which 4 inserted as appendix between 2M7-8 in volume 2), double-page lithographic plate, engraved folding map of the Bosphorus, wood-engravings in text, errata leaf, engraved plates spotted, map offset and with linen-reinforcement to inner fold verso, contemporary engraved bookplates of Chichester Library Society, contemporary half calf, 8vo (22.1 x 13.3 cm)Qty: (2)NOTESAtabey 1315; Blackmer 1765. Complete: the 'hors-text woodcut engraved plate at [volume 2] p. 184' supposedly missing from the Atabey copy is not in fact a plate but a vignette in the text.
Cunningham (Andrew [Viscount of Hyndhope]). A Sailor's Odyssey, London: Hutchinson & Co., February 1952, period handwritten letter on headed notepaper by the author to 'My dear Stephen' stuck down to the half-title plus another inscription to the author to the front endpaper, monochrome maps & illustrations, some light spotting & toning, publishers original blue cloth, boards & spine lightly marked & rubbed, 8vo, together with; Zagorski (Waclaw), Seventy Days, 1st UK edition, London: Frederick Muller Ltd, 1957, title page inscribed by the author to 'Mr. Eugene Heimler', black & white illustrations plus map front endpapers, publishers original red cloth, spine slightly faded & rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, and Saundby (Robert), Air Bombardment, The Story of its Development, 1st edition, London: Chatto & Windus, 1961, front endpaper inscribed by the author 'For Lord Baldwin of Bewdley', black & white illustrations, publishers original blue cloth, boards & spine lightly faded & rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, plus other 1950s-70s aviation reference & biographies, including Scapa Flow, by Malcolm Brown & Patricia Meehan, 1st edition, London: Penguin Press, 1968, includes 5 typed & handwritten letters of correspondence from the author to Kenneth Stenner, Combine 13, by Clifford Hopewell, 1st edition, Dallas: Merrimore Press, 1990, signed copy, some first editions, some signed by the authors, all original cloth, many in dust jackets, 8voQty: (58)
Miller (Max). Daybreak For Our Carrier, 1st edition, New York: Whittlesey House, 1944, front endpaper inscribed by Arthur C. Davis, Rear Admiral, U. S. Navy, black & white illustrations, some light toning, publishers original decorated cloth, boards & spine slightly toned, 8vo, together with; Glover (Cato D.), Command Performance - With Guts, 1st edition, New York: Greenwich Book Publishers, 1969, front endpaper inscribed to ' my good friend "Woodie" ' by the author, includes a loose headed note-card also inscribed to "Woodie" from the author, black & white illustrations, minor marginal toning, original cloth in dust jacket, covers slightly faded & rubbed, spine rubbed with minor loss to head & foot, 8vo, and Speidel (Hans), Invasion 1944, Rommel and the Normandy Campaign, 1st edition, Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, 1950, frontispiece inscribed by the author, black & white map endpapers, some minor spotting, publishers original blue cloth, boards slightly marked, spine lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, plus other 1960s-70s U.S. published aviation reference & biographies, including War Fish, by George Grider, 1st edition, Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1958, inscribed by the author to 'Lieutenant Robert C. Stubbs', The Route as Briefed, by John S. Sloan, 1st edition, Cleveland: Argus Press, 1946, many 1st editions, some signed by the authors, all original cloth, many in dust jackets, 8voQty: (51)
Cary (John). Cary's Traveller's Companion, or a Delineation of the Turnpike Roads of England and Wales..., 1821, calligraphic title, contents list and advertisement, 41 engraved maps with contemporary outline colouring, one map folding (Yorkshire), which is laid on later linen and detached, later endpapers, modern morocco gilt, 8vo, together with Lewis (William, publisher). Lewis's New Travellers Guide, or a Pocket Edition of the English Counties, Containing all the Direct & Cross Roads in England & Wales..., 1819 (dated on preface), decorative title of a coach with postillions under a calligraphic title, preface, contents, list of Mail Coaches, Rates of Postage and a table for the charges for a pair of Post-Horses, 42 (complete as list) engraved maps with contemporary hand colouring, including 1 folding (Yorkshire), each with a page of explanatory text, slight staining throughout, later endpapers, modern quarter cloth gilt over marbled boards with old title label to upper cover, 12moQty: (2)NOTESChubb. CCLXXXII and CCCLXIV respectively. Chubb calls for a general map of England and Wales in the William Lewis atlas. This is lacking in this copy but is not called for in the contents list.
Lewis (Samuel). An Atlas comprising Maps of the Several Counties, divided into Unions and of the Islands of Guernsey, Jersey and Man; with a Map of England and Wales, and a Plan of London and its Environs, S. Lewis & Co. 1842, printed title, folding engraved map of England and Wales, uncoloured folding plan of London and 44 (13 folding) engraved maps with contemporary outline colouring, occasional spotting, later endpapers, contemporary blind-stamped cloth, re-backed, slight wear to extremities, 4toQty: (1)
Travel. A collection of 20th-century travel narratives, including: 1) Loeb (Edwin M.). Sumatra, its History and People. The Archaeology and Art of Sumatra by Robert Heine Geldern, 1st edition, Vienna: Verlag des Institutes für Völkerkunde der Universität Wien, 1935, 20 plates (containing multiple images), folding map, original front wrapper (with library regulations mounted verso) bound in at rear, modern cloth, 8vo, 2) Rosedale (H. G.). Queen Elizabeth and the Levant Company. A Diplomatic and Literary Episode of the Establishment of our Trade with Turkey, 1st edition, London: Henry Frowde, 1904, all plates as called for, spotting to endpapers, occasional light spotting elsewhere, original japon-backed blue cloth stamped in gilt (backstrip spotted), with the rare dust jacket (repaired), folio, 3) Frazer (Sir James George). Anthologia Anthropologica. The Native Races of Africa Madagascar, 1st edition, London: Percy Lund Humphries & Co Ltd, 1938, plates, spotting to title-page, endpapers and edges, bookplate (H. E. Sumner, district commissioner, Rhodesia, fl. 1944-91), original blue cloth, dust jacket (repaired), 4to, 4) Crawford (Allan B.). I Went to Tristan, 1st edition, London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1941, plates, original cloth, dust jacket (repaired), 8vo, and numerous othersQty: (6 shelves )
Tuer (Andrew W.). Old Lonon Street Cries and the cries of to-day..., The Leadenhall Press, 1885, hand-coloured frontispiece plus 'Heaps of Quaint Cuts', some minor toning, publishers original boards with cloth ties, boards & front board label slightly rubbed, small 8vo, together with; Hodder and Stoughton, The Gossiping Guide To Wales (North Wales and Aberystwyth), Traveller's edition, 1888, monochrome maps & folding maps, black & white advertisements to front & rear endpapers, significant loss to pp.xlviii folding map, some light toning & spotting, rebound retaining publishers original gilt decorated blue cloth boards & spine, lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, and Wright (G. N.), Lancashire: Its History, Legends, and Manufactures, Fisher, Son, & Co., circa 1843, black & white engraved plates, some minor spotting & toning, contemporary gilt decorated half calf, boards & spine rubbed with minor loss, large 8vo, plus other 19th century & modern British topography reference, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4toQty: (6 shelves)
Lünig (Joannes Christian). Codex Italiae Diplomaticus,..., 2 volumes, Haeredum Lanckisianorum, Frankfurt, 1725, black & white engraved frontispiece by Johannes Krügner, some minor worming to foot of the front endpaper to b3, some spotting & toning throughout, contemporary uniform gilt decorated mottled calf, boards & spines slightly rubbed, folio, together with; Bowyer (Robert), The Works of Raffaelle, Domenichino, Poussin, and Albano,... 5 volumes in 2, 1819, 455 black & white engraved plates, some light spotting & toning throughout, contemporary uniform half morocco, board & spines rubbed, hinges cracked with some minor loss, large 4to, and Beatson (Alexander), A View of the Origin and Conduct of the War with Tippoo Sultan;..., W. Bulmer and Co., 1800, black & white portrait frontispiece laid to cloth, 4 folding plates with 1 hand coloured map, lacking map folding plate to pp.123, lacking front & rear endpapers, toning, spotting & slight marks throughout, contemporary quarter calf, front board partially detached, boards & spine rubbed with loss, 4to, plus other 18th & 19th century literature & reference, some French & Italian language, overall condition is good/very good, 8vo/4toQty: (3 shelves )NOTES47 volumes
Pennant (Thomas). A Tour in Scotland; MDCCLXIX, 3rd edition, Warrington: printed by W. Eyres, 1774, engraved title with illustration, 21 engraved plates (9 folding) and one illustration, light toning, offsetting and scattered spotting, together with: Ibid., A Tour in Scotland, and Voyage to the Hebrides MDCCLXXII, Chester: printed by John Monk, 1774, engraved title with illustration, 44 engraved plates (27 folding), light toning, offsetting and scattered spotting, Ibid., A Tour in Scotland MDCCLXXII, Part II., London: printed for Benj. White, 1776, engraved title with illustration, folding engraved map, 47 engraved plates (4 folding), light toning, offsetting and scattered spotting, each volume with ownership bookplate of Edward Ellice of Glenquoich to upper pastedowns, uniform contemporary calf, gilt decorated spines with contrasting labels, volumes numbered I to III respectively, some joints cracked, light wear at head & foot of spines, 4toQty: (3)NOTESProvenance: David R. Wilson (1926-2020), bookseller and secretary of the British Trust for Ornithology.
Schevill (Ferdinand). The Balkan Peninsular and the Near East, A History from the Earliest Times to the Present Day, 1st edition, G. Bell and Sons, 1922, folding map frontispiece, and map illustrations to text, original pale blue cloth gilt, very slightly rubbed, together with: Muret (Maurice). The Twilight of the White Races, 1st edition, T. Fisher Unwin, 1926, original blue cloth gilt, plus: Cambridge (George Owen). The Works of Richard Owen Cambridge, Esq., including several pieces never before published: with an account of his life and character, by his son, George Owen Cambridge, 1st edition, 1803, 16 stipple engraved plates, including one depicting Samuel Johnson and James Boswell, untrimmed, contemporary marbled boards, with cloth backstrip, a little rubbed and some marks, 4to, and other archaeology and Byzantine art, Middle East travel, English literature, etc., including A.T. Clay, The Empire of the Amorites, Yale University Press, 1919, Stephen Hemsley Longrigg, Four Centuries of Modern Iraq, Oxford University Press, 1925, H.W.V. Temperley, History of Serbia, 2nd impression, 1919, Elspeth Huxley, Their Shining Eldorado, A Journey Through Australia, 1st edition, 1967, Emmanuel Ducamp, The Summer Palaces of the Romanovs, Treasures from Tsarskoye Selo, Thames and Hudson, 2012, Camilla Trever, Excavations in Northern Mongolia (1924-1925), Leningrad, 1932, Compton Mackenzie, Octave 1-10, Walter Neurath Lectures series, etc., mostly original cloth, some in dust wrappers, mainly 8vo, but including some 4toQty: (6 shelves)NOTESEx libris David Talbot Rice CBE (1903-1972).
Rees (Thomas). The Beauties of England and Wales: or original delineations, topographical, historical, and descriptive, of each county, South Wales, vol. XVIII, 1 volume in 2, London: for J. Harris [et al], 1815, additional engraved title, extra-illustrated, containing a total of 80 engraved plates, the additional plates from a variety of sources including 'The Antiquarian & Topographical Cabinet', a few with pencilled captions, one mounted engraved map with contemporary hand-colouring in outline, some offsetting, spotting and toning, index and lists deficient, hinges strengthened, all edges gilt, contemporary calf gilt, crudely rebacked and re-cornered, original spines relaid, rubbed with some fading, 8vo, together with: [Evans, J.], The Beauties of England and Wales ..., North Wales, [vol. XVII], [1812], 2nd part only (of 2), comprising p. 513 (Denbighshire) to end of descriptions, additional engraved title only (printed title deficient), extra-illustrated, containing a total of 44 engraved plates, some offsetting, spotting and toning, index and lists deficient, hinges strengthened, all edges gilt, contemporary calf gilt, crudely rebacked and re-cornered, original spine relaid, rubbed with some fading, 8vo, plus: Robertson (Archibald), A Topographical Survey of the Great Road from London to Bath and Bristol ..., part I, 1 volume only (of 2), London: for the author, 1792, half-title, 32 (of 33 listed in this volume) uncoloured aquatint plates, 6 engraved maps ( 5 folding), plates offset to text, with some light toning, 1st plate lightly spotted (mainly to blank margin), maps somewhat offset and toned, armorial bookplate 'Marquis of Donegall', all edges gilt, contemporary red straight-grained morocco gilt, rubbed, darkened spine with a little wear at head, 8voQty: (4)
Stanyan (Temple). The Grecian History. From the Original of Greece, to the Death of Philip of Macedon, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: printed for W. Strahan et al, 1774, black & white engraved folding map plus frontispiece & 10 plates to volume 1, front & rear gutters cracked, some light toning & marks throughout, contemporary gilt decorated full calf, boards & spine rubbed with some loss, 8vo, together with; Percy (Thomas), Reliques of Ancient English Poetry;..., 3 volumes, Edinburgh: William P. Nimmo, circa 1869, 3 black & white portrait frontispieces, some light toning & marks, water stain to foot of volume 1 frontispiece, contemporary uniform gilt decorated tree calf bound by Bickers & Son, volume 3 rebound retaining original boards & spine, spines slightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, and Ormerod (George), The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester;..., 3 volumes, 2nd edition, London: George Routledge and Sons, 1882, black & white plates plus a colour map to volume 1, some toning & light marks throughout, publishers uniform quarter cloth, boards & spines rubbed to head & foot with minor loss, spine labels toned, folio, plus other 18th & 19th-century literature & reference, some gilt decorated leather bindings, some original cloth, some odd volumes, overall condition is good/very good, 8vo/folioQty: (5 shelves )
Chandler (Richard). Travels in Asia Minor: or an Account of a Tour made at the expense of the Society of Dilettanti, 1st edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1775, folding engraved map by Thomas Kitchin, errata leaf, some damp stains and light spotting, contemporary mottled calf, rubbed with some worming and wear, 4to, together with Landor (A. Henry Savage). China and the Allies, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: William Heinemann, 1901, colour and half-tone plates and illustrations, publisher's 32 pp. catalogue at end of volume I, occasional light spotting, pictorial endpapers, original yellow decorative cloth gilt, spines a little faded, a few small stains to volume I, 8vo, with 3 others including A. Henry Savage Landor's Tibet & Nepal Painted and Described, 1905 (spine faded with stains, small wormholes) and Josef Melnik's Russen Uber Russland. Ein Sammelwerk, Frankfurt, 1906Qty: (6)NOTESFirst work Atabey 215; Blackmer 318.
Marshall (William). The Rural Economy of Yorkshire, 2 volumes, 2nd edition, London: G. Nicol, G.G. & J. Robinson and J. Bebrett, 1796, folding & double-page engraved maps (both with short closed tear at foot of fold), light worm trail to lower margin at foot of first map and few worm holes/trail to last few leaves of volume 1, contemporary half calf, morocco title labels, 8voQty: (2)
Walton (Isaac & Cotton, Charles). The Complete Angler: or, Contemplative Man's Recreation. Being a Discourse on Rivers, Fish-ponds, Fish, and Fishing. In Two Parts..., to which are prefixed, The Lives of the Authors. And Notes Historical, Critical, and Explanatory, by Sir John Hawkins, 3rd edition, London: John and Francis Rivington, & T. Caslon, 1775, engraved frontispiece and portrait frontispiece to second part, 14 engraved plates (including two of music, one misbound upside down), wood engraved illustrations of fish, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spine, insect damage to upper board and spine near joint, worn, 8vo, together with: Cole (Ralph), The Young Angler's Pocket Companion; or, a New and Complete Treatise on the Art of Angling, as may be practised with success in every River in England; during both the Winter and Summer Seasons..., London: R. Bassam, Symonds, Scatcherd & Whitaker, et al., 1795, 108 pp., engraved frontispiece (cropped at head), two engraved plates of fish, contemporary sheep-backed marbled boards, spine and boards worn with loss of leather and marbled sides, 12mo, plus: Salter (Thomas Frederick), The Angler's Guide, Being a Plain & Complete Practical Treatise on the Art of Angling for Sea, River, and Pond Fish, 8th edition, London: John Wicksteed, 1833, engraved portrait frontispiece and engraved title, six wood engraved plates, one folding wood engraved map, vignette illustrations, scattered spotting, upper hinge torn, original printed boards (browned), paper tape to spine, 8voQty: (3)
Buckinghamshire. Jefferies (Thomas), The County of Buckingham surveyed in MDCCLXVI, VII and VIII, 1st edition, March 24th, 1770, large scale engraved map on four conjoined sheets, with sparse contemporary outline colouring, decorative cartouche incorporating a view of Eton College, inset map of the town of Buckingham, laid on later linen, toned overall, several marginal repaired closed tears, 1295 x 840 mmQty: (1)
California. Santa Cruz, 1988, colour photographic pictorial map of Santa Cruz, illustrating hundreds of local businesses and caricatures of individual proprietors, 585 x 885 mmQty: (1)NOTESA clever map combining advertising and promotion for Santa Cruz and its individual businesses as well as illustrating the civic and entrepreneurial pride in the city.
* Cambridge. Lee (Kerry), Cambridge, " This immense & glorious work of fine intelligence...," Pictorial Maps Ltd., circa 1946, colour printed decorative map, 440 x 585 mm, framed and glazedQty: (1)NOTESThis whimsical and semi allegorical map has a charming self-portrait of the artist Kerry Lee. He can be seen in the lower right corner, his name signed on a piece of paper with his faithful dog, Jim sitting by his side. Kerry Lee produced two colour pictorial maps for British Railways in the 1930s which were revised up until the 1950s. These railway posters are very much in the style of Macdonald Gill.
Cary (John). Cary's New Map of England and Wales, with part of Scotland, on which are carefully laid down all the Direct and Principal Cross Roads, the Course of the Rivers and Navigable Canals..., 1st edition, 1794, printed title and dedication, engraved reticulated map of England and Wales with contemporary hand colouring, table of explanation and 76 (complete) engraved map sheets (numbered 1 - 81 and omitting 62/63, 71/72 & 80 as intended), all with contemporary outline colouring, two maps with small ink stains, index and list of subscribers bound at rear, near-contemporary ink manuscript ownership signature to verso of title, contemporary tree-calf gilt, bound 'envelope style' with linen ties, worn and frayed along the front edge of the binding, overall size 330 x 260 mmQty: (1)
England & Wales. Carington Bowles (publisher), Bowles's New and Accurate Map of England and Wales; Comprehending all the Cities, Boroughs, markets and Sea-Port Towns, Villages, Lakes, Rivers, Forests, Ruins and Principal Seats of the Nobility; with the Roads described by Daniel Paterson..., 2nd Jany. 1782, large engraved map with bright contemporary hand colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, large allegorical cartouche, table of explanation and compass rose, inset map of the Isles of Scilly, 1310 x 1030 mmQty: (1)
Estate plan. Messrs. Knight Frank & Rutley Publishers), Plan of the Moor Park Estate, Hertfordshire & Middlesex, for sale by Auction, 1919, large photolithographic estate plan with contemporary hand colouring, created for the auction sale of Moor Park, old folds, slight creasing, 920 x 1390 mmQty: (1)NOTESMoor Park was originally an area of Ruislip Moor, located in the ancient parish of Rickmansworth, on the boundary of Ruislip. The house and part of the grounds are now occupied by Moor Park Golf Club. Moor Park was originally a country house originally built in 1678–9 for James, Duke of Monmouth, reconstructed in the Palladian style circa 1720 by Giacomo Leoni. The area shown on the map extends from Rickmansworth (shown in detail) and Watford down to Northwood, including Sandy Lodge, to which Merchant Taylors School would later move in 1933.
Europe. Munster (Sebastian), Tabula Nova Prima Europa, Basel, circa 1550, hand-coloured woodblock map of Europe orientated to the south with a large galleon in the Atlantic ocean, central fold strengthened and repaired on verso, one repaired small hole in the central fold, slight creasing, some repaired marginal closed tears, slight tape, watercolour and mount staining, 275 x 345 mm, Latin text within an ornate woodcut border on verso, woodcut border with crude later colouringQty: (1)
* Gloucestershire & Monmouthshire. Jansson (Jan), Glocestria Ducatus cum Monumethensi Comitatu Glocester Shire & Monmouthshire, Amsterdam, circa 1650, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, decorative cartouche and mileage scale, slight soiling, partial split to central fold, 405 x 510 mm, mounted, framed and glazedQty: (1)
* Hertfordshire. Blaeu (Johannes), Hertfordia comitatus vernacule Hertfordshire, Amsterdam, circa 1648, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, decorative cartouche and mileage scale, central fold partially strengthened on verso, 385 x 500 mm, French text on verso, mounted, framed and double glazedQty: (1)
Holy Land. Munster (Sebastian), Das Heilig Judisch Landt mit Ausztheilung der Zwolff Geschlechter, Basel, circa 1580, uncoloured woodblock map, orinetated to the west, 270 x 345 mm, German text on verso within a decorative topographical borderQty: (1)NOTESPublished in the 'Cosmographia'. Laor E. 526.
Ireland. Ordnance Survey. A collection of seven Townland Surveys of Irish Counties: - Tipperary, Clare, Waterford, Wicklow, Armagh, Longford [and] Mayo, 1843, together seven uncoloured engraved reticulated county maps, each with a key plate and a statistical table of the parish and town data, each map with an unobtrusive Ordnance Survey blind stamp to the upper margin, each approximately 660 x 960 mmQty: (7)
Leicestershire. Speed (John), Leicester both Countye and Citie described, The Honorable Famylies that have had the titles of earls thereof. With other accidents therein observed, John Sudbury and George Humble, printed by Thomas Snodham, 1615, hand coloured engraved map, inset town plan of Leicesterold folds, cracked and split along folds with wear and slight loss to the printed surface where old folds cross, extensively restored and strengthened on verso, on four conjoined sheets with the descriptive text affixed to vertical and lower horizontal margins, torn with slight loss to margins but not affecting printed text, slight water and dust staining, overall size 485 x 645 mmQty: (1)NOTESAn unusual variant of a John Speed map, displayed as a 'broadsheet, with the descriptive text conjoined to the margins of the map rather than being printed on the verso.
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