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Matthews (L. Harrison). South Georgia, the British Empire's Subantarctic Outpost, a Synopsis of the History of the Island, 1st edition, Bristol: John Wright & Sons Ltd., 1931, map frontispiece, 13 photographic plates, line-drawings to text, contemporary ownership inscription to half-title, original blue cloth, spine sunned and rolled, slight loss to headcaps, small chip not affecting lettering, a few pale markings to covers, large 8vo The first book by the noted zoologist and naturalist, which 'remained the definitive text for fifty years' (ODNB), and is still consulted today. Scarce. (1)

Freytag (Carl). Die Hausthier-Racen..., mit zeichnungen von H. Schenck, Academ. Zeichenlehrer, I. Band. Pferde-Racen. Erste Lieferung, Halle, 1874-[77], 38 lithograph plates of horses (some tinted or in colour), one hand-coloured lithograph map, toning, some spotting and marginal damp mottling, original brown cloth gilt, spine and extremities frayed and worn, folio, together with Marcus (Herz), Versuch uber den Schwindel, Vienna, 1817, original two tone marbled boards, 8vo, with Hachet-Souplet (Pierre), Die Dressur der Thiere mit besonderer Berucksichtigung der Hunde, Affen, Pferde, Elephanten und der wilden Thiere..., Leipzig, 1898, black & white frontispiece and illustrations, decorative endpapers, original pictorial cloth gilt, 8vo, plus other equestrian and dressage related, mostly early 20th century German publications (a carton)

Fisher (Alexander). A Journal of a Voyage of Discovery to the Arctic Regions in His Majesty's Ships Hecla and Griper, in the years 1819 & 1820, 2nd edition, 1821, black and white map frontispiece, plus 5 black and white woodcuts, period inscription to title page, some light spotting and marks, bookplate to front pastedown, contemporary half calf, spine rubbed with loss to head, hinges cracked, boards lightly rubbed, 8vo, together with Tournefort (M.), A Voyage into The Levant..., volume 1 of 2 only, printed for D. Brown, et al, 1798, numerous black and white engravings and folding plates, bookplate to front pastedown, some light toning and offsetting, contemporary full calf, boards and spine rubbed with some minor loss, 4to, and Lizars (W.H.), Blackwood's Atlas of Scotland..., Edinburgh, 1838, 33 colour maps, some minor spotting and marks, contemporary half calf, front board detached, boards and spine rubbed with minor loss, 4to, plus other mostly 19th century reference and literature, all leather bindings, some odd volumes, some French language, condition is generally fair/good, 8vo/4to, (approximately 200 volumes) (6 shelves)

Martin (M.). A Late Voyage to St. Kilda..., 1st edition, 1698, folding map, later end papers, with annotations, some spotting, later gilt decorated full calf, boards and spine rubbed with minor loss, front board partially detached, 8vo, together with Culpeper (Nicholas), Culpeper's English Physician: and Complete Herbal..., 1805, 29 hand coloured plates, modern endpapers, some loss to right side of title page, some light marks and spotting, modern gilt decorated full green morocco, large 4to, and Jane's & Co (publisher), Jane's Views of the Seats, Mansions, Castles &c of Noblemen and Gentlemen in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland, 1829, numerous black and white illustrations, some spotting, contemporary gilt decorated quarter calf, spine and hinges slightly rubbed, large 8vo, plus other mostly 19th century literature and reference, including The Works of Samuel Johnson, 12 volumes, new edition, 1806, and History of Europe..., 15 volumes including Atlas, by Archibald Alison, 1849, all leather bindings, many gilt decorated, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/folio, (55 volumes) (3 shelves)

Nansen (Fridtjof). The First Crossing of Greenland, translated from the Norwegian by Hubert Majendie, 2 volumes, 1st edition in English, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1890, 12 plates including frontispieces, 5 folding maps, numerous illustrations to text, 24 pp. publisher's catalogue, map facing volume 1 p. 1 repaired, map to rear of volume 2 torn along fold, inner hinges partially cracked but firm, original cloth lettered and decorated in silver, wear to joints and extremities, spine-ends nicked, 8vo, together with: "Farthest North", being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship Fram 1893-96 and of a Fifteen Months' Sleigh Journey, 2 volumes, 2nd edition in English, George Newnes, Ltd., 1898, colour plate (slightly spotted), numerous monochrome plates, folding map (slightly spotted and with short closed tear), volume 1 final text leaf coming loose at foot, volume 2 title page marked, quire U loose, a few leaves damp-stained, all edges gilt, original pictorial cloth gilt, rubbed, minor wear to extremities, volume 1 spine rolled, 8vo; In Northern Mists, Arctic Exploration in Early Times, 2 volumes, 1st edition in English, William Heinemann, 1911, colour frontispiece, line drawings to text, spotting to endpapers and outer leaves, and occasionally to text, bookplates removed from front pastedowns, rear pastedowns renewed, book labels of Sidney G. Brown to front free endpapers, original blue cloth gilt, slightly rubbed, spine-ends nicked, tips worn, volume 2 spine slighty marked, large 8vo; Through Siberia, The Land of the Future, 1st edition in English, William Heinemann, 1914, photographic frontispiece and plates, 3 folding maps, light spotting, original cloth, spine faded and marked, large 8vo (7)

Parry (William Edward). Journal of a Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage from the Atlantic tothe Pacific: Performed in the Years 1819-20, in His Majesty's Ships Hecla and Griper, with an Appendix, Containing the Scientific and Other Observations, 1st edition, 1821, 20 engraved and aquatint plates and charts, some folding (one chart with small repaired tear), a few text leaves at front with repaired tear, bound with A Supplement to the Appendix of Captain Parry's Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage in the Years 1819-20. Containing an Account of the Subjects of Natural History, 1824, six engraved plates by John Curtis, some offsetting and light spotting, contemporary calf gilt, rebacked with original spine relaid, a little rubbed and darkened, 4to, together with Journal of a Second Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific; Performed in the Years 1821-22-23, in His Majesty's Ships Fury and Hecla, Under the Orders of Captain William Edward Parry, 1st edition, 1824, 31 engraved and aquatint plates and charts, eight folding maps and panoramas at end, some offsetting and light spotting, uniformly bound (and rebacked) as above, 4to, plus Narrative of an Attempt to Reach the North Pole, in Boats Fitted for the Purpose, and Attached to His Majesty's Ship Hecla, in the Year MDCCCXXVII, under the Command of Captain William Edward Parry, 1st edition, 1828, six engraved plates and charts, folding map at end, some offsetting and light spotting, bound as above, 4to, all three volumes bound without half titles and advertisements Sabin 58860; 58864; 58868 respectively. (3)

Philby (Harry St John Bridger). The Empty Quarter, being a Description of the Great South Desert of Arabia known as Ru' al Khali, 1st edition, 2nd issue, Constable & Company, 1933, photographic plates, 3 folding maps, edges spotted, original tan cloth (2nd issue binding), dust jacket chipped at spine-ends, 8vo, together with: Sheba's Daughters, being a Record of Travel in Southern Arabia, 1st edition, Methuen & Co., Ltd, 1939, photographic plates, folding map, spotting to outer leaves and edges, original green cloth, faded, 8vo; A Pilgrim in Arabia, 1st trade edition, Robert Hale Limited, 1946, plates from paintings and photographs, occasional spotting, original red pictorial cloth gilt, dust jacket spotted and chipped, 8vo; Arabian Days, an Autobiography, 1st edition, Robert Hale Limited, 1948, photographic plates (a few toned), some leaves dog-eared, browning to endpapers, original blue pictorial cloth gilt, pale mottling, dust jacket chipped on spine and slightly rumpled along top edge, 8vo; Arabian Jubilee, 1st edition, Robert Hale Limited, 1952, photographic plates, original black cloth, spine sunned at head, dent to foot of front board, dust jacket price-clipped, chipped and tape-repaired, 8vo Arabian Highlands, 1st edition, Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1952, photographic plates, errata slip, large folding map in end-pocket, original cloth, dust jacket with toned and chipped spine-panel, 8vo; all with contemporary ownership inscriptions to front free endpapers, some with lightly pencilled notes on colloquial Arabic to rear free endpapers Macro, Arabian Peninsula 1781, 1801, 1795, 1776, N/A, 1777. (6)

Inchbold (A.C.). Under the Syrian Sun, 2 volumes, 1906, numerous colour and black and white plates and illustrations by Stanley Inchbold, period inscription to volume 1 front pastedown, some minor spotting, top edge gilt, uniform original gilt decorated blue cloth, boards and spines lightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, together with Murray (John, pubisher), A Handbook for Travellers in India, Burma and Ceylon..., 10th edition, 1920, 79 colour and black and white maps and illustrations, adverts and folding map to rear, some minor toning, original cloth, boards and spine slightly faded and rubbed, 8vo, and Hume-Griffith (M.E.), Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia, Philadelphia, 1909, 37 black and white illustrations and a map, some light toning, original gilt decorated blue cloth, spine lightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, plus other late 19th and early 20th century India and Middle East travel and history reference, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to (6 shelves)

Rennell (James). Memoir of a Map of Hindoostan; or the Mogul Empire: With an introduction, illustrative of the Geography and Present Division of that Country... To which is added an Appendix, containing an account of the Ganges and Burrampooter Rivers, 3rd edition, 1893, four folding engraved maps, engraved plan, a little light spotting and offsetting, modern black half calf, 4to, together with An Historical Disquisition Concerning the Knowledge which the Ancients had of India; and the Progress of Trade with that Country prior to the Discovery of the Passage to it by the Cape of Good Hope, by William Robertson, 1st edition, 1791, half title, two folding engraved maps (one with small hole to blank area), light spotting amd offsetting, contemporary calf gilt, neatlt rebacked, 4to, with five others including Alexander Dow's The History of Hindoostan; Translated from the Persian, 2 volumes, 2nd edition, 1770 (lacking all maps and plates), William Asplin's Alkibla. A Disquisition upin Worshiping towards the East: In Two Parts, 2nd edition, 1740 (part II dated 1731) and a 2nd edition of William Robertson's An Historical Disquisition Concerning the Knowledge which the Ancients had of India, 1794 (8)

Scott (Robert Falcon). The Voyage of the 'Discovery', 2 volumes, 1st edition, Smith, Elder, & Co., 1905, photogravure frontispieces, numerous plates, mostly from photographs and including several folding panoramas, 2 folding maps in end-pockets, light spotting to text-block, some leaves roughly opened, volume 1 folding map browned on one panel, volume 2 with small mark to front pastedown and free endpaper, and tape-repair to end-pocket and folding map, top edges gilt, others untrimmed, original blue cloth with embossed roundels gilt to front boards, extremities slightly rubbed, spines darkened, volume 1 spine-ends fraying, a few pale marks to boards, 8vo, together with: Scott's Last Expedition, Vol. I being the Journals of Captain R. F. Scott, Vol. II being the Reports of the Journeys & the Scientific Work undertaken by Dr. E. A. Wilson and the Surviving Members of the Expedition, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Smith, Elder & Co., 1913, numerous plates including photogravures, half-tone photographic plates (of which 5 are folding panoramas), and colour plates from watercolours, 8 folding maps, volume 1 front free endpaper abraded, very occasional light spotting, volume 2 prelims and folding maps spotted, and map facing p. 290 repaired in stub, bookplate, top edges gilt, others untrimmed, original blue cloth, slightly rubbed, light wear to extremities, volume 1 spine rolled, 8vo; Taylor (Griffith), With Scott: The Silver Lining, 1st edition, 2nd state, Smith, Elder & Co., 1916, 44 plates mostly from photographs, 2 folding maps, numerous text illustrations, half-title and folding map professionally reinforced with japanese tissue, mild spotting to text block, endpapers renewed, edges untrimmed, original green pictorial cloth, spine relaid, rubbed, 8vo Taylor's work in second state, with the Author's Preface leaf, paginated iv*. (5)

Shipton (Eric). Nanda Devi, 1st edition, Hodder & Stoughton, Limited, 1936, 27 photographic plates including frontispiece, original cloth, spine rolled, a few pale marks, wear to upper outer corner of front board, dust jacket with a few faint spots, a few nicks to extremities, and a slightly marked and dust-soiled plain rear panel, 8vo, together with: Blank on the Map, 1st edition, Hodder & Stoughton, Limited, 1938, 36 photographic plates, folding colour map, 2 maps in text, occasional light spotting, front free endpapers and initial blank excised, original cloth, wear to extremities, slightly marked, 8vo; Upon That Mountain, 1st edition, Hodder & Stoughton Limited, 1943, 16 photographic plates, text maps, ownership inscriptions of Kenneth Headlam-Morley (1901-1982) and one other, original cloth, spine rolled, short crease to cloth on front board, dust jacket chipped and repaired, 8vo; Mountains of Tartary, 1st edition, Hodder and Stoughton, [1951], photographic plates, contemporary ownership inscription to front free endpaper verso, original cloth, dust jacket slightly rubbed and nicked, dust-soiled rear panel, 8vo; Land of Tempest, Travels in Patagonia 1958-1962, 1st edition, Hodder and Stoughton, 1963, photographic plates, original green cloth, spine rolled, dust jacket slightly rubbed, 8vo; and 1 other Neate S63, 58, 68, 62, 59. (6)

Bentley (W. Holman). Pioneering on the Congo, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Religious Tract Society, 1900, photographic frontispiece, numerous photographs and wood-engravings in the text, many full-page, light spotting and toning to endpapers, bookplate of English businessman and Liberal political Sir Albert Spicer (1847-1934) to front pastedowns, front free endpapers inscribed 'Millicent E Holder, with Sir Albert Spicer's best wishes, July 25 1924, 19 New Bridge St, EC4', top edges gilt, original blue pictorial cloth gilt, extremities very slightly rubbed, a couple of trivial marks to covers of volume 1, 8vo, together with: Burton (Isabel), The Life of Captain Sir Richd F. Burton, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Chapman & Hall, 1893, 20 plates including frontispieces, some in colour, 5 maps, text illustrations, original blue pictorial cloth, spines relaid and inner hinges reinforced, corners restored, 8vo; Symons (A. J. A.), Emin, the Governor of Equatoria, limited edition, The Fleuron Ltd, 1928, inscribed by the author 'for E V Lucas, this equatorial exchange for the wars of the wenuses [sic], A. J. A. Symons, July 1931' on the front free endpaper, bookplate of botanist Norman Douglas Simpson (1890-1974), original cloth-backed boards, 4to; Brassey (Annie), The Last Voyage, to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam', 1st edition, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1889, 19 lithographic plates including frontispiece, lithographic title page, wood-engravings in text, folding map, spotting to half-title, front endpapers and one plate, map creased, top edge gilt, original blue cloth, spine relaid, 8vo; and 5 others, all 19th- or early-20th century African travel, including J. G. Millais's Far Away Up the Nile (1st edition, 1924), original cloth, 8vo (11)

Stanley (Henry M.). In Darkest Africa, or the Quest, Rescue and Retreat of Emin, Governor of Equatoria, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington Limited, 1890, wood-engraved frontispiece to volume 1, photographic frontispiece to volume 2, 34 wood-engraved plates, 3 folding colour maps, 1 geological plate in colour, numerous wood-engravings in the text, neatly repaired closed tears to folding map stubs and light spotting to facing leaves, large engraved bookplates of William Ruddell Clarke of Trabolgan (b. 1870), all edges gilt, contemporary red morocco gilt signed 'C. Cross, binder to the Queen', light rubbing to extremities, 8vo, together with: Jephson, A. J. Mounteney, Emin Pasha and the Rebellion at the Equator, 3rd edition, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington Limited, 1890, photogravure portrait frontispiece, 21 wood-engraved plates, folding colour map, folding facsimile of the Mahdi's letter in Arabic, frontispiece slightly offset, bookplate of William Ruddell Clarke of Trabolgan, all edges gilt, contemporary red half morocco gilt, 8vo; Speke (John Hanning), Les sources du Nil ... traduit de l'anglais, avec autorisation de l'auteur par E. D. Forgues, 1st edition in French, Paris: Hachette et Cie, 1864, wood-engraved frontispiece and plates, map, spotting and soiling, all edges gilt contemporary French red quarter morocco, marked and worn, 8vo (5)

Staunton (Sir George). An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China, 3 volumes, 2nd edition, corrected, 1798, engraved portrait frontispiece, additional title, five folding maps, 18 engraved plates (only, of 21), folding table, volume III title laid down, a little light offsetting and soiling, a few inksplashes, contemporary half calf over original boards, lighty rubbed, 8vo, together with Jan Nieuhoff's An Embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham, Emperour of China, [1669], lacking map and all plates (title laid down with loss, dampstains) Sold with all faults not subject to return. (4)

Stigand (Chauncey Hugh). Equatoria, the Lado Enclave, with an introductory memoir by General Sir Reginald Wingate, 1st edition, Constable & Company Limited, 1923, photogravure portrait frontispiece, 3 folding maps, occasional light spotting, contemporary ownership inscription to front free endpaper, original green cloth, titles gilt to spine, corners of front board slightly bumped, 8vo, a bright copy, together with: Lane (Edward William), An Account of the Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians, 2 volumes, 3rd edition, revised, Charles Knight and Co., 1842, wood-engravings in the text, light spotting to outer leaves, original green cloth, titles and ibis and crocodile vignettes gilt to spines, a few pale marks to sides, 8vo; Cromer (Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of), Modern Egypt, 2 volumes, 1st edition, photogravure portrait frontispiece, folding map, bookplates, original green cloth, extremities slightly rubbed and bumped, volume 1 spine nicked at head, 8vo; Comyn (David Charles Edward French), Service & Sport in the Sudan, 1st edition, John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1911, photographic plates including frontispiece, 3 maps (1 folding), spotting, browning to free endpapers, engraved booplate, original green pictorial cloth, slightly marked, light wear to extremities, 8vo (6)

Tilman (H. W.). The Ascent of Nanda Devi, 1st edition, Cambridge: University Press, 1937, 35 photographic plates, folding map, map to text, original green cloth, light fading and damp-staining to spine, rubbed dust jacket with chipped and toned spine panel, a few other ticks, faint spotting to rear panel, 8vo, together with: Mount Everest 1938, 1st edition, Cambridge: University Press, 1948, photographic plates, maps, presentation inscription 'To Miss Leggatt, With very best wishes from the publishers' to front free endpaper, dust jacket with toned and slightly chipped spine panel, 8vo; Two Mountains and a River, 1st edition, Cambridge: University Press, 1949, photographic plates, maps, original cloth, very mild fading along extremities, dust jacket rubbed with nicks and chips tape-repaired verso, 8vo; China to Chitral, 1st edition, Cambridge: University Press, 1951, photographic plates, contemporary ownership inscription and light spotting to endpapers, original red cloth, dust jacket slightly rubbed with shallow chips to spine panel and joints, large 8vo; Nepal Himalaya, 1st edition, Cambridge: University Press, 1952, photographic plates, light spotting to prelims and edges, ownership inscription and bookseller's ticket to front pastedown, original cloth, spine faded, extremities slightly rubbed, dust jacket slightly rubbed with shallow chipping to spine panel, 8vo, and 1 other (second impression of When Men and Mountains Meet, 1947, in dust jacket) Neate T35, 44, 49, 36, 45, 50. (6)

Wild (Frank). Shackleton's Last Voyage. The Story of the Quest, from the Official Journal and Private Diary kept by Dr. A. H. Macklin, 1st US edition, New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, [1923], colour frontispiece, 50 photographic plates, very small nick to bottom edge of final index leaf, contemporary gift inscription and related bookplate to front free endpaper and pastedown, original blue pictorial cloth gilt, spine very slightly faded, light rubbing to extremities, 8vo, together with: Scott (Robert Falcon), The Voyage of the 'Discovery', 2 volumes, 1st edition, 2nd impression, Smith, Elder, & Co., 1915, photogravure frontispiece, numerous plates mainly from photographs and including several folding panoramas, 2 folding maps in end-pockets, variable spotting to text-block and maps, book labels of Sidney G. Brown to front free endpapers, top edges gilt, others untrimmed, original blue cloth, embossed roundels gilt to front boards, extremities slightly rubbed, a few small pale marks, 8vo; Ponting (Herbert G.), The Great White South, being an Account of Experiences with Captain Scott's South Pole Expedition and of the Nature Life of the Antarctic, 1st edition, Duckworth & Co., 1921, frontispiece and 95 plates, mainly from photographs, several tinted, 1 map to text, free endpapers tanned, very light scattered spotting to text-block, original blue cloth gilt, spine faded as usual, and gently rolled, 8vo; Amundsen (Roald), The South Pole, an Account of the Norweigian Antarctic Expedition in the "Fram," 1910-1912, translated from the Norwegian by A. G. Chater, 2 volumes in 1, John Murray, 1925, photographic frontispiece and plates, light toning to text-block, rear inner hinge discreetly repaired, original blue cloth gilt, 8vo All bright copies. The second impression of Scott's Voyage of the 'Discovery' comprised 500 copies only. (5)

Yule (Henry). Narrative of the Mission sent by the Governor-General of India to the Court of Ava in 1855, 1st edition, 1858, 26 lithographed plates, maps and plans only (of 29, lacking plates 17, 25 & 28), some tinted, lacking folding map, wood-engraved illustrations, some light spotting, all edges gilt, contemporary calf gilt, a little rubbed and scuffed, 4to Abbey Travel 408. Yule's account of Colonel Phayre's embassy to Burma in 1855, following the end of Second Anglo-Burmese War of 1852-53. (1)

Barth (Henry). Travels and Discoveries in North and Central Africa: Being a Journal of an Expedition Undertaken Under the Auspices of H.B.M.'s Government in the Years 1849-1855, 5 vols., 1st ed., 1857-58, half titles to volumes IV & V only, 15 folding maps, 60 tinted lithographed plates, one folding plan, some light spotting and offsetting, faint library stamps to first three titles and to verso of first map in volume II, contemporary near uniform half calf, spines with red and green labels, a little rubbed and scuffed, 8vo Abbey Travel 274. Considered one of the greatest European explorers of Africa, German scholar Heinrich Barth was appointed to the James Richardson expedition, which was tasked by the British government to establish commercial relations in the Sudan and Lake Chad regions. After the deaths of Richardson and Prussian astronomer Adolf Overweg from fever and malaria, Barth continued the mission, travelling from Tripoli to Cameroon and from Lake Chad to Timbuktu, providing much academic information on topography, languages and culture, history and resources of the areas explored, still in use by African historians today. (5)

Denham (Major Dixon & Captain Hugh Clapperton). Narrative of Travels and Discoveries in Northern and Central Africa, in the Years 1822, 1823, and 1824, by Major Denham, Captain Clapperton, and the Late Doctor Oudney, extending across the Great Desert to the Tenth Degree of Northern Latitude, and from Kouka in Bornou, to Sackatoo, the Capital of the Fellatah Empire. With an Appendix, 1st edition, 1826, engraved frontispiece, 37 engraved plates & maps (plate 6 in two states, one hand-coloured), plates on india paper, folding map at end, wood-engraved illustrations, small marginal repaired tears to pages 87 & 243, some light offsetting, small mainly marginal water stain to a few plates, top edge gilt, contemporary tan calf by Sotheran, neatly rebacked with original gilt spine relaid, edges slightly rubbed, 4to Lowndes I, page 629. The Earl of Derby's copy (his bookplate to front pastedown), and one of a few special issues on india paper. Oudney and Clapperton set out on an official expedition to discover the course of the Niger river, but starting from Tripoli rather than West Africa. Denham joined the party in Murzuk in 1822 which eventually arrived at Lake Chad and afterwards Kuka (Kukawa in Nigeria), then capital of the Bornu Empire. After surveys of the area, Oudney died at Murmur, and Clapperton proceeded alone to Kano and Sokota, but was prevented travelling further westwards by the sultan. He was rejoined by Denham at Kuka and both returned to Tripoli in 1825. Acrimonious relations had developed between Clapperton and Denham and they exchanged not a single word during the 133 day return journey. (1)

Hedin (Sven). Through Asia, 2 volumes, 1st edition in English, 1898, portrait frontispiece to each, maps and illustrations, some toning to endpapers, bookplates (previous owner inscriptions erased), top edge gilt, others untrimmed in original green cloth gilt, spine ends and edges a little rubbed, 8vo, together with Younghusband (Captain Frank E.), The Heart of a Continent: A Narrative of Travels in Manchuria, across the Gobi Desert, through the Himalayas, the Pamirs, and Chitral, 1884-1894, 1st edition, 1896, folding map contained in rear pocket, maps and illustrations, some spotting, previous owner inscription, bookplate, original green cloth gilt, spine lightly rubbed with label removal, 8vo, plus Lattimore (Owen), The Desert Road to Turkestan, 1st edition, 1928, half-tone illustrations, a few light spots, map endpapers, original cloth, a little rubbed, 8vo, with four others including Peter Fleming's News from Tartary: A Journey from Pewking to Kashmir, 1936, Eric Teichman's Journey to Turkistan, 1937 and Rev. W. Bingley's Animal Biography or Popular Zoology, 3 volumes, 4th edition, 1813 (10)

Hohnel (Lieutenant Ludwig von). Discovery of Lakes Rudolf and Stefanie. A Narrative of Count Samuel Teleki's Exploring & Hunting Expedition in Eastern Equatorial Africa in 1887 & 1888, translated by Nancy Bell, 2 volumes, 1st edition in English, 1894, frontispiece to each, folding map at end of each volume (volume II map torn nearly in half and a little frayed), wood-engraved illustrations, some spotting and marginal water stains, original cloth gilt, spines strengthened and a little rubbed and darkened, light edge wear, 8vo (2)

Huish (Robert). The Travels of Richard and John Lander, into the Interior of Africa, for the Discovery of the Course and Termination of the Niger; from Unpublished Documents in the Possession of the Late Capt. John William Barber Fullerton..., 1st edition, 1836, engraved portrait frontispiece, additional title, map and five engraved plates, tear and marginal loss to page 559, some light spotting, contemporary half calf, rebacked with original spine relaid, a little rubbed, 8vo, together with Patterson (Lieutenant Colonel J.H.), In the Grip of the Nyika. Further Adventures in British East Africa, 1st edition, 1909, map and illustrations, advertisement leaf at end, some light spotting, top edge gilt, spine ends rubbed, 8vo, plus Rodd (Francis Rennell), People of the Veil. Being an Account of the Habits, Organisation and History of the Wandering Tuareg Tribes which inhabit the Mountains of Air or Asben in the Central Sahara, 1st edition, 1926, maps and illustrations, slight residue from bookplate removal to front endpaper, top edge gilt, original blue cloth, a little rubbed, 8vo, with seven others including Major A.J.N. Tremearne's The Ban of the Bori. Demons and Demon-Dancing in West and North Africa, [1914], The Tailed Head-Hunters of Nigeria, 2nd edition, 1912, and E.D. Morel's Nigeria. Its Peoples and its Problems, 2nd edition, 1912 (11)

Prejevalsky (Colonel N.). FRom Kulja across the Tian Shan to Lob-Nor, translated by E. Delmar Morgan, 1st edition in English, 1879, two folding colour maps (first map with small repairs to verso), 32 page advertisements at end, Signet Library bookplate and inscription to front endpaper, original cloth gilt, tiny splits to spine ends and edges a little rubbed, 8vo Yakushi (1994) P295a. Prejevalsky's second expedition, which travelled through East Turkestan and the Tian Shian but failed to reach the goal of Lhasa. He collected many plant and animal specimens during the course of his various expeditions, discovering a wild horse and gazelle, both named for him, as well as the Wild Bactrian camel. (1)

Robinson (Charles Henry). Hausaland or Fifteen Hundred Miles through the Central Soudan, 1st edition, 1896, portrait frontispiece, folding map (with short closed tear and small repair), monochrome illustrations, a little light spotting, contemporary previous owner inscription, original green cloth gilt, upper corners a little bumped, 8vo (1)

Beatson (Robert). Naval and Military Memoirs of Great Britain, from 1727 to 1783, 6 volumes, 2nd edition, for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1804, errata leaf to volume 4, browning to title pages and outer leaves, and throughout volumes 3 and 6, bookplates of William Brodie of Brodie (1799-1873), contemporary tree calf, gilt spines, slightly rubbed overall, volume 2 front joint cracked at head, 8vo, together with Payne (John), The Naval, Commercial and General History of Great Britain, from the Earliest Times to the Rupture with Spain, in the year 1779 ... 5 volumes, 2nd edition ('corrected and much improved'), printed for the proprietors, 1798, 46 engraved plates including frontispieces, most headed 'Engraved for Hervey's Naval History', lacking volume 2 frontispiece (duplicate of the plate facing p. 5 loosely inserted) and volume 3 frontispiece and title page, chips and tears to a handful of plates, bookplates of William Brodie of Brodie, contemporary half calf by J. Forsyth of Elgin (his ticket to front pastedowns), rubbed, spine labels chipped, 8vo (21.2 x 12.4 cm), and [Thomson, William], Memoirs of the War in Asia, from 1780 to 1784 ... by an Officer of Colonel Baillie's Detachment, 2nd edition, J. Sewell and J. Debrett, 1789, folding map, spotting, bookplate of William Brodie of Brodie, later half calf, 8vo Sabin 4145 for Beatson ('contains the whole series of naval and military events which occurred during the American Revolution'). Beatson's work is greatly expanded from the first edition of 1790, which appeared in three volumes; although Payne's work is stated second edition on the title pages, no first edition appears to have been published. Provenance (all items): Sotheby's London, 2-3 October 1978. (12)

Thomson (William). Memoirs of the Late War in Asia, with a Narrative of the Imprisonment and Sufferings of our Officers and Soldiers, by an Officer of Colonel Baillie's Detachment, 2 volumes, 1st edition, for the author, 1788, folding map frontispiece to volume 1, folding plan of Seringapatam prison as frontispiece to volume 2 (both slightly spotted), volume 2 with closed marginal tear in leaf G4 and a few contemporary marginalia, bookplates of William Brodie of Brodie, 19th-century military gift inscriptions to front pastedowns (scored out in volume 2), contemporary tree calf, gilt spines, rubbed, volume 1 front joint cracked and front board held by upper cord, volume 2 front joint partially cracked at head but firm, 8vo (21 x 12.8 cm), together with: James (William), A Full and Correct Account of the Chief Naval Occurrences of the Late War between Great Britain and the United States of America, 1st edition, for T. Egerton, 1817, 3 engraved plates, spotted and offset, contemporary calf, spine relaid and refurbished, craquelure along board-edges, corners worn, 8vo; Dundonald (Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of), The Autobiography of a Seaman, 2 volumes, 1st edition, half-titles, 4 folding charts, contemporary half calf by Mann Nephews (with ticket), rubbed, spinee labels slightly chipped, 8vo Sabin 35717 & 21273 for James and Dundonald. (5)

Burton (Richard F.). The Nile Basin. Part I. Showing Tanganyika to be Ptolemy's Western Lake Reservoir... Part II. Captain Speke's Discovery of the Source of the Nile. A Review, by James M'Queen, 1st edition, 1864, half title, three maps, title and final leaf backed onto linen (library withdrawn stamp at foot of title verso), a little light toning and soiling, modern brown cloth, 8vo (Penzer, pages 74-75), together with Beecham (John), Ashantee and the Gold Coast: Being a Sketch of the History, Social State, and Superstitions of the Inhabitants of those Countries: With a Notice of the State and Prospects of Christianity among them, 1st edition, 1841, folding engraved map, some light offsetting and spotting, modern brown cloth, 8vo (2)

Bristol. The New History, Survey and Description of the City and Suburbs of Bristol, or Complete Guide, and informing and useful Companion for the Residents and visitants of this ancient, extensive and increasing City, the Hotwells and Clifton. Being the most authentic, particular, and comprehensive account of Bristol hitherto published. To which are added Descriptions of Towns, Seats and Curiosities in the Vicinity, and of the Cities of Bath and Wells; brief Biography of eminent Natives of Bristol; memoirs of Chatterton the Poet..., [by George Heath], Bristol: printed, published and sold by W. Matthews, at No. 10, Broad-mead near Union-street, and sold by the booksellers of Bristol, Hotwells and Bath, 1794, [4],112 pp., engraved folding map frontispiece, bound with Matthews's New Bristol Directory, for the Year, 1793-4. Containing an Alphabetical List of the Corporation, Clergy, Merchants, Bankers..., Manufacturers, Principal Traders, &c. &c. of the City of Bristol, with its environs. To which are added lists of the Mail Coaches, Waggons, Coasting and other Trading Vessels, to and from Bristol..., also a list of the Hackney Coaches, with their Owners, Bristol: Printed & Sold by William Matthews, [1793],103,[1]pp., engraved printer's label of William Matthews to blank verso of final leaf, and business card of 'Edward Bryant, 43 College Street, Bristol, wholesale and retail Grocery Warehouse' loosely inserted, 20th century half calf gilt, 8vo ESTC T39864 (1st title) & T39056 (2nd title). The folding plate is a map of Bristol, entitled: Mathews's new & correct plan of the city and suburbs of Bristol. Including the Hotwells and Clifton and the new buildings down to the year 1794, taken from actual survey. Price 1s. Publishd as the Act directs 1794. A facsimile published in 1898 has frequently been confused with the original. (1)

Senex (John). The Roads through England delineated or, Ogilby's Survey, Revised, Improved and Reduced to a size portable for the Pocket..., with the addition of some roads newly drawn, which were omitted by Mr Ogilby, and several necesary corrections made in others..., John Bowles and Sons, 1759, engraved calligraphic title, eight pages of text and tables, a general map of England and Wales and 101 uncoloured engraved strip road maps, printed back to back, slight offsetting, very occasional spotting, retaining endpapers but otherwise disbound Sold as a collection of maps, not subject to return. (1)

Trade Cards & Related Ephemera, Mixture, a collection of items to include Mazawattee Kings & Queens (38/39), Quakers Stamps (Town, no map), Bells Shaped Bells, Chocolate de Villars British Birds & Their Eggs, Hustler Regimental Nicknames, Goddards Views of Leicester, Four generations, Cleaning a Silver Teapot and Present Day Silverware and others (viewing recommended)

Cigarette Cards, Mixture, a selection of cards to include Singleton & Cole Bonzo (3), Wallace Jones Keep Fit (1) and Maxims of Success (1), Westminster Wireless (7), Lambert & Butler Wireless Telegraphy (10), Edwards Ringer Abbey & Castles (2), War Map (2) Flags of All Nations (17) and Prehistoric Animals (2), Clarkes Well Known Sayings (1) and Royal Mail (1), Bells Scottish Clan Series (10), Adkins Living Pictures (4) and Sporting Cup Trophies (1), Phillips Eggs, Nests & Birds (4), Animals Series (1) and First Aid (14), also included Churchmans Phil May Sketches (20) and Smiths Famours Explorers (12) (mixed)

Cigarette & Trade cards, Mixture, Two hardback Cigarette slot in albums, containing parts sets, Players original album Coronation of HM George VI, a Cartophilic Society Wills Issue Book, a small selection of Brooke Bond albums, a quantity of loose cards, a World Map wooden Jigsaw (unchecked) and two framed and glazed sets of Cigarette Cards (mixed, gen gd)(qty)

C & J Greenwood. Map of the County of Northampton, from an actual survey made in the years 1825 and 1826, hand coloured engraving, published by Greenwood & Company, London 1830, 59cm x 71cm.

C & J Greenwood. Map of the Country of Rutland, from an actual survey made in the year 1825, hand coloured engraving, published by Greenwood & Company, London, 55cm x 67cm.

C & J Greenwood. Map of the Country of Huntingdon, from an actual survey made in the year 1829, hand coloured engraving, published by Greenwood & Company, London, 58cm x 69cm.

A George I silver evening purse, with foliate scroll engraving, Birmingham 1917, a Victorian fork and spoon engraved with ferns, London 1890, and a tea strainer, Birmingham 1912, 5.15oz, together with a plated napkin ring on an integral map of Australia stand flanked by a kangaroo.

Philately; Pitcairn Islands, GVI-EII, annotated with associated photographs and a map, in one album.

A Ministry of Defence General Survey Map of The Falkland Islands 1988, an Operation Corporate Manoeuvres Map for June 1982 of The Falkland Islands, and a Stanley Minefield Area Clearance Situation Map. (3)

Railway interest. A rare Victorian printed silk handkerchief, depicting the 'RAILWAY MAP OF ENGLAND & WALES SHEWING THE ACTUAL & PROPOSED LINES ALSO THE DISTANCES TO THE PRINCIPAL SEAPORTS OF FOREIGN STATES', published by W. Reed London, c.1845 embroidered initials 'C B', 83 x 87.6cm. A similar example can be found in the National Library of Wales.click here to view the page turning catalogue

J Speed, Map of Herefordshire, engraving with hand colouring, 38 x 51cm (PL)

J Speed, Map of the North and East Ridings of Yorkshire, hand coloured engraving, 39 x 51cm (PL) together with a road map after John Ogilby (2)

T Conder, A New and Correct Map of North Wales, published by Alex Hogg, engraving with hand colouring, 21 x 33cm (SH) together with a map of Montgomeryshire, published by Blackie and Son and a 19th century map of Shropshire.

An Antique coloured map of "Fokien Provincia", plate 42cm x 50cm: another "Xuntien Quinzay", plate 20cm x 27cm; and another "Muskovien", plate 19cm x 27cm, (3)

A coloured map of the West Riding of Yorkshire, with the city of York described, 40cm x 53cm; and a small map depicting the Halifax area, 18cm x 12cm, (2)

Samuel Pepys, map of Harwich, Woodbridge and Handford Water with the sands from the Nazeland to Hollesley Bay, coloured map, 46cm x 59cm

Eman Bowen, seven united provinces coloured map, plate 33cm x 24cm

After Robert Morden, coloured map of Suffolk, 35cm x 41cm

J. Jansson, coloured map of Suffolk with Latin text verse, plate 38cm x 49cm

Two framed and glazed map sections of London, dated 1745 by Johanne Rocquis

Box of assorted books to include: 'The Modern practical plumber' (three volumes), 'The Household Physician' (volume I and 2, 'Electricity in the Home' (volume 1 and 2), 'Manual of Army Catering Services 1954' etc. Together with a folding map of Nairobi and surrounding area. (B.P. 24% incl. VAT)

18th Century small coloured road map 'The arms of Reading', framed and glazed, together with another 18th Century road map ' The Bishop Prick of London', double sided, framed and glazed, together with a coloured engraving of North Africa, map drawn by J.Rapkin, framed and glazed. (3)(B.P. 24% incl. VAT)

John Speede, original uncoloured map of 'Pembrokshyre', sic, framed and glazed. Heavily cropped. (B.P. 24% incl. VAT)

35 x Barber Engravings of The Isle of Wight c1830 - including map

Knowles Bros Motor Engineers - Appleby - Map of Scotland

Box of Miscellaneous inc Cakestands, Map, Duck Doorstop etc

A quantity of Drawing Office Equipment to include a set of Wild drawing instruments, a set of Rotring drawing pens, 2 Flexi Curves, 5 Misc templates, 2 stainless steel erasing shields, set of 24 French curves in wooden box, a map measurer and assorted drawing pencil leads

An Oval Map of Britain

A Victorian mahogany tree design hallstand, a towel rail, a pair of bamboo occasional tables and a printed map of Rye Harbour

A Victorian coloured map, a study of Liverpool from the Mersey, framed