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Janvier (Jean & Longchamps, S. G.). Mappe Monde contenant les parties connues du globe terrestre..., Paris, 1754, large wall map of the world on a hemispheral projection, the map surrounded by biblical vignettes, celestial hemispheres and planetary diagrams, some paper thinning and fraying with slight loss, some creasing, missing text reinstated in manuscript, laid on modern canvas, 1190 x 1480mm (1)

Moll (Herman), To the Right Honourable John Lord Sommers, Baron of Evesham in ye County of Worcester President of Her Majesty's most Honourable Privy Council &c. This map of North America according to the newest and most exact observations...., published H. Moll, D. Midwinter, T. Bowles & P. Overton, circa 1720, hand coloured engraved map on two conjoined sheets, ten inset maps and a large vignette of 'ye manner of fishing for, curing & drying Cod at New Found Land...,', insular California, old folds, slight creasing, 575 x 970 mm R. V. Tooley. The Mapping of America, 82. A highly attractive map of North America, often referred to as the 'Codfish Map' because of its representation of the processing of cod in Newfoundland. The fishing industry - and especially cod fishing - was vital to the wealth of North America. The money it generated made it the largest industry in the country only exceeded by Virginia's tobacco crop. (1)

Ramsay (David, of South-Carolina). The History of the Revolution of South-Carolina, from a British Province to an Independent State, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Trenton, Isaac Collins, 1785, five folding engraved maps by Thomas Abernethie (with a couple of short closed tears), Sketch of the Operations before Charleston map in the second state (with 'Approatches' corrected), lacking volume II title and both half titles, some light offsetting and spotting, light marginal water stain to a fw leaves in volume II, endpapers renewed, contemporary tree calf, modern calf rebacks, red stain to volume I lower cover, a little rubbed, 8vo Howes R36; Sabin 67690. Ramsay's account of the Revolutionary War in the South was mainly derived from the British Annual Register, the maps being amongst the earliest examples of indigenous American cartography. This work, and Ramsay's History of the American Revolution (1789) were the first two books to receive copyright in the United States (in 1790). (2)

SoulŠs (Francois). [Carte itineraire de la marche des troupes de York town a Boston, 1787], uncoloured engraved map on blue paper, old folds, sparse contemporary outline colouring, 280 x 940 mm An uncommon and unusual Revolutionary War period map of the east coast of North America. It covers the region from Boston Harbour to the Chesapeake Bay. The map was one of three issued in Francois Soules' Histoire des Troubles de l'Amerique Anglaise'. The main feature of the map is the road system from Boston to Yorktown, with Boston to Annapolis shown in yellow and Annapolis to Williamsburg in green. This road system was used by the combined forces of General Washington and Comte de Rochambeau as they moved south to attack the British at Yorktown. The map shows the sites of 54 camps along this route as well as 14 "marches" from Annapolis to Williamsburg, and is believed to be based on a similar Rochambeau manuscript map held in the Library of Congress. (1)

Langlois (Hyacinthe, publisher). Atlas Universel pour la G‚ographie de Guthrie, nouvelle edition, Paris, 1802, printed title and contents list, engraving of an armillary sphere and 31 engraved maps (correct as list), all but one with contemporary outline colouring, including nine folding or double page maps, occasional marginal staining, later endpapers, modern half calf gilt, slim folio Includes a large folding map of the North West American coast from California to Alaska. (1)

Denham (Major Dixon & Captain Hugh Clapperton). Narrative of Travels and Discoveries in Northern and Central Africa, in the Years 1822, 1823 and 1824, 1st edition, 1826, engraved portrait frontispiece, folding map and 36 engraved maps and plates (one hand-coloured), some light spotting and offsetting, a few small library blindstamps, bookplate, modern calf, spine with black label and gilt decoration, 4to Lowndes I, page 629. Oudney and Clapperton set out from Tripoli in 1822 to discover the course of the Niger, later joined by Denham, whose "arrogance, malice and contempt for his colleagues from the start soured relations between them" (ODNB). They reached as far south as Lake Chad and Kuka (later Kukwa), captital of Bornu. (1)

Brue (Adrien Hubert). Atlas Universel de G‚ographie physique, politique, ancienne & moderne, contenant les cartes g‚n‚rales et particuliŠre de toutes les partes du monde...., seconde edition, Paris, 1830, calligraphic title, contents list and dedication, fourteen ancient world and fifty-one modern world maps, all with contemporary outline colouring, slight offsetting, each map with the author's printed ink and blindstamp, bookseller's label to front pastedown, hinges a little weak, publisher's title label to upper cover, marbled boards, contemporary half calf gilt, a little worn and bumped at extremities, folio Large detailed maps which are distinguished by their careful presentation, numerous annotations and references to sources such as Arrowsmith and Humboldt. (1)

Bentley (Charles & Robert Hermann Schomburgk). Twelve Views in the Interior of Guiana: From Drawings Executed by Mr. Charles Bentley, after sketches taken during the expedition carried on in the years 1835 to 1839, under the direction of the Royal Geographical Society of London, and aided by Her Majesty's Government, Ackermann & Co., 1841, additional hand-coloured title, dedication with gold printed coat of arms of the Duke of Devonshire, list of subscribers, engraved map with outline colour, 12 fine hand-coloured lithographed plates, wood-engraved vignettes, a little light spotting and a few short closed tears and one or two small chips, original pictorial wrappers, rebacked, lightly rubbed and stained with some edge wear, contained in later cloth portfolio, cloth ties, folio (545 x 355 mm), with two loosely inserted manuscript letters from Sir Robert Schomburgk, one dated 1847 (both declining invitations to visit due to previous engagements) Abbey Travel 720; Sabin 77796; Tooley 447. "Schomburgk, who in a subsequent expedition laid down the Schomburgk line, dividing British Guiana from Venezuela, was knighted in 1844" (Abbey). During the expedition, Schomburgk discovered the Victoria Regia giant water lily (depicted on the front cover and additional title) and was awarded the Royal Geographical Society's gold medal for his scientific work. (1)

Emery (Dom J.). A Map of Florida for Garden Lovers..., The Garden Club, Daytona Beach, 1934, colour photolithographic map with decorative borders of flowers and birds, occasional marginal closed tears, 570 x 630 mm, English text on verso Uncommon art deco period map of Florida. (1)

Lily (George), Britanniae insulae quae nunc Angliae et Scotiae regna continet cum Bibernia adiacente nova descriptio, Rome, 1558, uncoloured engraved map with the Sebastiano de Re da Chioggia imprint, orientated to the west with Ireland in the north, two panels with Latin text describe Ireland and Britain with a third containing the title, borders trimmed with new margins added, 400 x 550 mm R. W. Shirley. Early Printed Maps of the British Isles, 1477 - 1650, 63. This map is a close copy of the first separately printed map of the whole of the British Isles produced twelve years earlier by George Lily. Its overall scale is reduced by about a third from the 1546 state. The outline of England and Wales is based on a map of 1540 by Sebastian Munster. Many more place names and distinct topographical features are included. Ireland is still largely shapeless but Scotland is depicted with remarkable accuracy. This precise geographical depiction of Scotland is possible because Lily was able to consult a map of Scotland drawn by John Elden and presented to Henry VIII in 1538. Elden is known to have been in Rome in 1538. It is also possible that Lily had access to Hector Boece's Scotorium Historiae and a map thought to have been made by Alexander Lindsay while accompanying James V of Scotland of a tour of the kingdom. A striking feature of this map is that it uses distinctive and conventional signs to show county capitals and towns and the status of archepiscopal and episcopal sees. Oddly neither Oxford, Gloucester or Peterborough are marked as an episcopal see even though they were made so between 1541 and 1542. Shirley speculates that this omission could suggest that a pre 1541 map was used as a source, but could also betray the author's reluctance to acknowledge the newly created sees in light of the recent conflict between Rome and the English Crown. A rare map in remarkably good condition. (1)

Lhuyd (Humphrey and Ortelius, Abraham), Cambriae typus auctore Humfredo Lhuydo Denbigiense Cambrobritano, [1595], engraved map with contemporary hand colouring, 370 x 500 mm, Latin text on verso Marcel van den Broecke, Ortelius Atlas Maps, 21. (1)

*Speed (John), The Kingdome of Great Britaine and Ireland, 1st edition, John Sudbury & George Humble, [1611], hand coloured engraved map, inset town prospects of London and Edinburgh, inset map of the Orkney Islands, compass rose, strapwork cartouche and mileage scale, central fold professionally repaired on verso, 385 x 515 mm, mounted, framed and double glazed, English text on verso R.W. Shirley. Early Printed Maps of the British Isles, 1477 - 1650, 316. Fine copy. (1)

Lea (Philip), Untitled map taken from Christopher Saxton's large scale map of England and Wales first published in 1583, published by Philip Lea, Globemaker at ye Atlas and Hercules in Cheapside nere the corner of Fryday Street in London, [1687 - 1700], engraved map with contemporary outline colouring on ten sheets (complete), half and full compass rose, the sea decorated with numerous sea monsters and sailing ships, two mileage tables and a table of the longitude and latitude of the principal towns and counties, some restoration on the verso, to old folds, marginal closed tears and slight fraying, overall size 1415 x 1325 mm (width shown at widest point), R. W. Shirley. Early Printed Maps of the British Isles 1477 - 1650, 137, state 5. Christopher Saxton published his twenty sheet wall map in 1583. It was re-issued by Cade & Morgan in 1678. Philip Lea acquired the copper plates in about 1685 and re-published the map on a smaller scale designed to be used as a travelling map. He reduced the map to ten full sheets and four half sheets and removed a great deal of the sea, thus making the map relevant to land based travellers. The map - if partially conjoined - was pasted into five horizontal strips. The top three sheets made up of two sheets and the last two sheets made of two sheets with a half sheet pasted at each end. On this example the half sheets are attached. Philip Lea re-engraved the plates at least five times during his period of ownership. This example is his 5th and final state and therefore state 7 of a total of nine states. Lea moved from Poultry to Cheapside in 1687 and remained there until 1700. Following Lea's death, Anne his widow, re-engraved and re-issued the map with Richard Glynne in 1720 and Thomas & John Bowles & Son repeated this in 1758. Scarce. (1)

Mortier (Pierre), Carte Nouvelle des costes d'Angleterre depuis la Rivi‚re de la Tamise jusques a Portland & des Isles Voisines: ou lon voit tous les ports de mer, bancs de sable & rochers..., Dres‚e sur les plus nouveaux parle Sr. Romain de Hooge..., Amsterdam, 1693, large engraved chart on two conjoined sheets, contemporary outline colouring and some later enhancement, inset vignettes of Portsmouth and Rochester, inset map of the Straits of Dover and and the Flemish coastline, compass rose and numerous rhumb lines, occasional marginal closed tears, repaired on verso, 595 x 955 mm Koeman C. (Atlantes). M. Mor. 1 & 5. Fine and decorative chart originally published in the 'Neptune Francois'. (1)

Willdey (George), A correct map of Ireland divided into its provinces, counties, and baronies shewing the roads and the distances of places in computed miles..., sold by George Willdey at the Great Toy Shop next the Dogg Tavern..., 1714, engraved map on two conjoined sheets with contemporary outline colouring, old folds, partially split and with slight browning along lower fold, very slight loss to printed image along this split, 920 x 625 mm Bonar-Law A. 54 (ii). The second state (the first is 1711), but retaining the Price, Senex and Maxwell imprint. Scarce. (1)

Leake (John), An Exact Surveigh of the Streets, Lanes and Churches Comprehend,D. within the Ruins of the City of London...., for the Commisioners for the Regulation of Streets, Lanes & ct., [London, George Vertue], 1723, engraved map on two sheets (as published) with sparse contemporary outline colouring, seven inset vignette views and one inset map of the City of London and Westminster showing the extent of the fire of London, upper left corner torn with slight loss, replaced in facsimile, occasional repaired marginal closed tears, slight creasing, each sheet approximately 535 x 625 mm James Howgego, Printed Maps of London circa 1553-1850. 21 (derivative a). Scarce. (1)

Moll (Herman). A New Description of England and Wales with the adjacent Islands. Wherein are contained diverse useful observations and discoveries in respect to natural history, antiquities, customs, honours, privileges &c..., 1st. edition, printed for H. Moll by T. Bowles, C. Rivington and J. Bowles, 1724, title page printed in red and black, frontispiece of an historical double page engraved map of England & Wales, preface, list of the counties of England & Wales, double page map of England & Wales and 48 uncoloured engraved maps (including four folding), occasional slight staining, map of Cornwall with marginal closed tear, index bound at rear, near contemporary armorial bookplate and ownership signature to front pastedown, contemporary speckled panelled calf, re-backed, bumped at extremities, folio Chubb CLX. Hodson 173. A fine copy of the first issue of the first edition without the plate numbers to the maps. Only half a dozen examples of this rare edition are known to exist, probably because a lack of advertising contributed to its commercial failure or possibly because it was in direct competition with a new edition of William Camden's 'Britannia' with a re-set text and fine large maps by Robert Morden re-issued in 1722. Paradoxically much of Moll's atlas was based on the maps of Robert Morden, a fact he acknowledged in his preface, but he claimed - not without some justification - to have corrected many errors in Camden's text. (1)

Saxton (Christopher, and Lea, Philip), Sussex, Surrey and Kent by C. S., Corrected & amended with many additions, published George Willdey at the Great Toy spectacle, China ware and print shop..., circa 1731, engraved map with sparse contemporary outline colouring and some later enhancement, near contemporary ink manuscript title on verso with slight showthrough, slight staining and dust soiling to margins, 405 x 550 mm D. Kingsley, Printed Maps of Sussex, 1, state VIII. (1)

Smith (Joseph, and Oliver, John), The County of Middlesex actually survey'd and delineated and newly corrected & amended with many additions..., 1732, large engraved map with contemporary outline colouring on two conjoined sheets, old folds, slight toning, repaired marginal closed tears, 600 x 905 mm A scarce map engraved for a never-completed atlas. Only six counties were ever finished :- Middlesex, Surrey, Hertfordshire, Kent, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire, the project presumably failing due to financial problems. (1)

Dickinson (John). A new and correct map of the south part of the County of York by actual survey, shewing the true situation of the several towns, noblemen's and gentlemen's seats; the course of the rivers and rivulets, present roads, Roman ways, castles, ancient abbeys & priorys, parks, woods, hills, lakes, collieries and other minerals. Taken at the cost of the most Honble. Thomas Marquess of Rockingham..., 1750, large scale uncoloured map on two unconjoined sheets engraved by Richard Parr, large strapwork and floral cartouche, compass rose, table of towns and villages, additional cartouche containing an explanation of the map, two long repaired tears on right hand margin and one on the left hand margin, slight creasing and spotting, some fraying to margins, overall size 840 x 1230 mm Eden, Dictionary of Land Surveyors, page 84. Worms and Baynton-Williams, British Map Engravers, page 514 (but map not listed). Imago Mundi 19 (1965) page 56 - 67. Rare. We can find only one institutional copy (British Library). The production of the map was financed by Charles Watson-Wentworth, Second Marquis of Rockingham (1730 -1782), who stipulated that the map was to be reserved "For the Marquis's use and not to be sold" (see J. B. Harley 'The re-mapping of England 1750 - 1800). This would explain the map's rarity as it was never commercially available. (1)

Borlase (William). The Natural History of Cornwall, 1st edition, Oxford: for the author, 1758, engraved folding map, 28 engraved plates, errata leaf, faint spotting and offsetting, engraved bookplate of Paul Panton to front pastedown and contemporary annotation to front free endpaper (see note), contemporary reversed calf, blind panels to sides, joints superficially split but firm, light stripping and wear, a few small marks, folio (35.5 x 22 cm) Provenance: Paul Panton (1731-1797), Welsh barrister and antiquary, one of the subscribers to the work, with his armorial bookplate and annotation to front free endpaper. Paul Panton was educated as Westminster School and Trinity Hall, Cambridge. Through marriage, he inherited the estate of William Jones as Plas Gwyn, Anglesey. He took a keen interest in the development of local lead mines and collieries at Holywell, and became Sheriff of Flintshire in 1770, and of Anglesey in 1771. Like his friend Thomas Pennant, he was a keen antiquarian, and student of early Welsh literature. His extensive collection of Welsh manuscripts were contained in nearly 100 volumes, and included those left to him by the Welsh poet and antiquary Evan Evans. Upcott 86-8. (1)

Chapman (John, and Andr‚, Peter). A Map of the County of Essex from an actual survey made in MDCCLXXII, MDCCLXXIII and MDCCLXXIV by John Chapman and Peter Andr‚, [1770 or later], large scale engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, on four sheets, large compass rose, list of subscribers, inset plan of Harwich Harbour and map of Colchester, slight offsetting and browning, each sheet approximately 1140 x 1450 mm, contained in a contemporary morocco gilt box with lid, gilt crest of Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl of Harrington, slight wear to extremities Provenance: Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl of Harrington (1753-1829) served with British forces in North America and the Caribbean during the American War of Independence. He was also a politician, being elected MP for Thetford in 1774 and for Westminster from 1776 to 1779. Chapman and Andr‚'s meticulously detailed and accurate survey of Essex resulted in the finest large-scale map of the county. It was the first to depict minor roads, and included every country house and cottage, milestone, bridge, turnpike, creek, ferry, cliff and even duck decoy. It is unlikely that more than 300 copies of the first edition were sold, though there was a second smaller edition issued in 1785. (1)

Nightingale (Joseph). English Topography. A series of historical and statistical descriptions of the several counties of England and Wales, accompanied by a map of each county, Baldwin, Craddock and Joy, 1816, printed title, two general maps of England and Wales and fifty-six engraved maps (complete as list) with bright contemporary hand colouring, each accompanied by one or two sheets of descriptive text, some offsetting from maps to text, upper hinge cracked, contemporary half calf gilt, worn and rubbed, 4to Chubb CCCLIII. The maps are the same as those found in Cole & Roper's British Atlas of 1810 but lack the 21 town plans. The maps in the Nightingale edition retain the Cole and Roper imprints and the original dates (apart from the general map of England and Wales where the date and imprints have been removed). (1)

Dix (John Adams). AComplete Atlas of the English Counties, divided into their respective hundreds &c. On which are carefully marked the whole of the turnpike and parish roads, the situation of towns, villages, parks, gentemen's seats, churches, chapels, navigable canals and rivers and every object tending to illustrate the History and Antiquities of England..., commenced by the late Thomas Dix of North Walsingham; carried on and completed by William Darton, published William Darton, 1822, double page title, dedication and contents list, thirty-nine double page engraved maps and three folding (Yorkshire, North & South Wales), all with bright contemporary hand colouring, each map with an uncoloured vignette and a circular cartouche, some maps strengthened on recto at base of central fold, contemporary marbled boards with later half calf gilt binding, bumped, folio Chubb CCCLXXXVII. A rare atlas in fine contemporary colour. The maps carry a variety of dates between July 1816 and February 1821. Darton/Dix maps are sometimes found cut and dissected and it is probable that they were first sold individually in this state. (1)

Depping (George Bernhard). L'Angleterre ou description historique et topographique du Royaume Uni de la Grande-Bretagne..., 6 volumes, Paris, Etienne Ledoux, 1824, engraved title and additional half title to each volume, folding contents list and decorative engraved scale, folding map of the British Isles and fifty-eight engraved maps (complete) with contemporary outline colouring, fourteen engraved topographical views and an engraved plate of music, partially uncut, very occasional spotting, fore-edges untrimmed, contemporary boards, some wear, 12mo (6)

Greenwood (C. & J.). Map of London from an actual survey made in the years 1824, 1825 & 1826..., Greenwood, Pringle & Co., 1st edition, August 21st 1827, fine large scale map with contemporary hand colouring on three sheets, engraved by James and Josiah Neele, sectionalised and laid on linen, calligraphic cartouche, table of explantion, inset views of Westminster Abbey and St. Pauls, dedication to George IV, edged in green silk, marbled endpapers, overall size approximately 1255 x 1875 mm, contained in a contemporary green morocco gilt book box, all edges gilt, very slight wear to extremities Howgego, Printed Maps of London 1553 - 1850, 309, state 1. The Greenwood brothers Christopher and John spent three years preparing this remarkable new survey of London, prepared on the lavish scale of 8 inches to a mile, illustrating for the first time the planned development of Belgravia by Thomas Cubidt, the completion of the Grand Surrey Canal and Regent's Park one year before it was completed in 1828. (1)

Teesdale (Henry). To the Nobility, Gentry & Clergy of Yorkshire, this Map of the County constructed from a Survey commenced in the Year 1817 & corrected in the Years 1827 & 1828 is respectfully dedicated by the proprietors, Henry Teesdale & Co. and C.Stocking, April 21, 1828, uncoloured engraved large scale map on nine sheets, calligraphic title, list of the altitudes of the principal mountains, compass rose, table of explanation and an engraved vignette of the North west view of York Cathedral, slight offsetting, book plate of R. H. Johnstone, marbled endpapers, contemporary marbled boards, later red half morocco, contemporary red gilt morocco title label to upper board, slim upright folio (1)

Swire (William, and Hutchings, William). A Map of the County Palatine of Chester, divided into hundreds & parishes from an accurate survey, made in the years 1828 & 1829, Henry Teesdale, 1830, large scale engraved map with bright contemporary hand colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, calligraphic title, compass rose, table of reference and an uncoloured vignette of the south west view of Chester cathedral, edged in green silk, marbled endpapers, 960 x 1320 mm, contained in a modern blue cloth solander box with a red gilt morocco label to upper board (1)

Cary (John, and Smith, William), A New Map of Durham divided into Wards exhibiting its roads, rivers, parks &c, 1831, engraved map with contemporary hand colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, engraved vignette of Durham cathedral, table of explanation, and geological identification code, some light staining, 495 x 550 mm, contemporary green cloth boards with gilt title to upper siding, boards faded and a little stained The noted cartographer, engraver and publisher John Cary (1755-1835) collaborated with William Smith, 'the father of English geology', on a number of his geological projects, notably the 1815 Map and geological sections (1817-1819). Cary had previously produced large, topographical county maps for his New and Correct English Atlas and the plates which were being prepared for a new edition were instead adapted to accommodate Smith's detailed geology, the first set of geological maps being issued in 1819. This is the second state which although coloured using William Smith's geology, gives no acknowledgement to Smtih at all. Scarce. (1)NB: Two engraved railway lines appear on this map, (north-west from Hartlepool towards Durham and north-west from Stockton and Darlington towards Hamsterley), suggesting that this revised, and possibly unrecorded, issue of the map which most likely dates from the early 1840s. 

Tombleson (William), Tombleson's Panoramic Map of the Thames and Medway, new edition, published J. Reynolds, circa 1860, engraved panoramic map with bright contemporary hand colouring, old folds, laid on linen, slight dust and finger soiling, 1275 x 245 mm, original publisher's gilt cloth boards A later issue of Tombleson's 1834 map of the River Thames. The complexity of the railway network shown on the map would indicate a date of circa 1860. (1)

Folio Society. Liber Bestiarum, 2008, fine facsimile edition, all edges gilt, original orange morocco, pictorial front cover and spine blocked in gold and colours, by Brian Settle of Ludlow Bookbinders, with translation and commentary volume, dark blue cloth gilt, folio, contained together in original drop-back box, together with Virgil, The Aeneid, Translated by Robert Fagles, Introduction and Notes by Bernard Knox, 2010, colour frontispiece and plates, printed map endpapers, top edge gilt, original terracotta morocco, blocked with a design by Jeff Clements, large 8vo, contained in original drop-back box Limited editions, 1824/2000 and 149/1750 respectively. (2)

Embroidered Binding. The Holy Bible: Containing the Old Testament and the New, printed by Robert Barker and the Assignes of John Bill, 1637, title-pages to both Old and New Testament within woodcut emblematic borders, closed tear repair without loss to 2P8 (Apocrypha), bound after The Book of Common Prayer, Edinburgh, [R. Young], Printers to the King, 1634, and The Genealogies Recorded in the Sacred Scriptures, by J[ohn] S[peed], [F. Kingston], 1637, double-page woodcut map of Holy Land, and bound before The Whole Book of Psalmes, printed by G. M[iller] for the Company of Stationers, 1637, the three titles within woodcut borders, later ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, 'M.A. Baker's book, given her by her Grandmama who died on the 22nd of Jan[uar]y 1810', gilt-gauffered edges, contemporary embroidered binding over white satin, the covers with central oval of silver thread stumpwork incorporating two grotesque animal heads, each enclosing a female emblematic figure in coloured silks and silver thread (the figure to upper cover carries a cornucopia and open book, the figure to the lower cover holding a palm frond), the backgrounds with a few spangles still present, the majority now worn off, floral cornerpieces, the spine in five compartments with floral motifs in coloured silks, some fraying, joints slightly cracked and some edge wear with boards showing along fore-edges, 8vo (169 x 110mm), preserved in a modern cloth book box Herbert 516; STC 2324. (1)

Fuller (Thomas). The Historie of the Holy Warre, 1st edition, Cambridge, 1639, additional engraved title, 'A declaration of the Frontispiece' leaf present, folding engraved map, a few marginal wormtracks and holes, occasional light toning, small bookplate, later calf, a little rubbed, folio STC 11464. (1)

Sale (George). The Koran, Commonly called The Alcoran of Mohammed, Translated into English immediately from the Original Arabic; with Explanatory Notes, taken from the most approved Commentators. To which is prefixed a Preliminary Discourse, 1st edition, 1734, title printed in red and black, folding engraved map of Arabia, folding plan of Mecca, three engraved genealogical tables (two folding), occasional light soiling and toning, fading previous owner signature at head of title, modern panelled calf gilt, 4to First edition of Sale's Qur'an, the first English translation to be made direct from the Arabic. It is preceded only by Alexander Ross's attempt in 1649, which used a French translation by the Sieur du Ryer published the previous year. (1)

Virgilius Maro (Publius). Bucolicorum Eclogae Decem. The Bucolicks of Virgil, with an English Translation and Notes, by John Martyn, F.R.S. Professor of Botany in the University of Cambridge, 2 volumes, R. Reily for T. Osborne, 1749, engraved portrait frontispiece to volume 1 and letterpress title in red & black, four hand-coloured engraved maps (including one folding and one double-page double-hemisphere map), 12 hand-coloured or printed colour engraved plates, occasional light toning & spotting, armorial bookplates, contemporary sprinkled calf, a little rubbed and scuffed, 4to Hunt 517 (original edition of the Georgics only). Latin text of Virgil's pastoral and agricultural poetry with English translation and natural history notes by the botanist John Martyn (1699-1768), of which the Georgics first appeared in 1741 and the Bucolics in 1749. "The notes discuss in considerable detail the proper identification of the plants mentioned by the poet . . . It was one of the works on which the reputation of John Martyn rested". (2)

*Wolseley (Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount, 1833-1913). Original manuscript briefing notes entitled 'Extract from Notes to accompany Itinerary from Cape Coast Castle to Coomassie', drawn up by Lieutenant John Frederick Maurice, Royal Artillery, Private Secretary to Wolseley during the Ashantee Campaign of 1873-74, and one of the founder members of Wolseley's 'Ashantee Ring', dated 27 September 1873, comprising 11 handwritten pages on six folio sheets of blue official army notepaper, incorporating a pen and ink map of the Ashantee capital, Coomassie, signed with initials 'J.M. Cape C.C.E.' (Cape Coast Castle Expedition), accompanied by a watercolour sketch of the cape coast castle from the seaward side by acting Lieutenant (later Admiral) James Stoddart, Royal Navy (1827-1892), watercolour on card, pencil inscription to verso 'Cape Coast Castle, Admiral Stoddart, as Lieutenant, 1836', 18.5 x 26cm A surprise attack on the British Gold Coast Protectorate by the Ashantee King took place on 22nd January 1873. Months of sporadic violence followed, which the resident British forces - a battalion of the West India Regiment and one hundred Royal Marines - barely managed to contain. A punitive expedition was dispatched from England under the command of Major-General Garnet Wolseley, who embarked for the Gold Coast aboard the SS Ambris with an advance part of thirty-five staff officers, from Liverpool on 12th September 1873. Wolseley and his officers landed at the Gold Coast Castle on 2nd October 1873. This draft plan of campaign was drawn up by Lieutenant Maurice while Wolseley was at sea, being dated just five days prior to their disembarkation at Cape Coast Castle. Arriving, by design, well in advance of the main body of his force, which did not arrive until January 1874, Wolseley had a detailed plan, based on Lieutenant Maurice's comprehensive notes, in place by the time his troops arrived. After citing the various published and written sources used when drawing up the plan of campaign, including Bowdich's Mission to Ashantee (1817), Hutton's A Voyage to Africa (1820), Dupuy's Journal of a Residence in Ashantee (1820), Commander William Winniatt's Journal of his visit to the King of Ashantee (1848) and the Guide for Strangers traveling to Coomassie (1862), the notes provided General Wolseley with a detailed account of the country between the coast and the Ashantee capital, its peoples, towns and villages (with estimates of population), the jungles, rivers and swamps, climate and potential for obtaining supplies during an advance; Maurice details five different potential routes from the coast to Coomassie (7 pages of the text), outlining potential difficulties, whether the land to be crossed might prove friendly or hostile, the total distance covered by each route, along with a copied map of the Ashantee capital, taken from Bowditch, at a scale of 400 paces to the inch, indicating the position of the principal buildings and locations in the city, including Aboosaywe, or place of execution, the palace, temple, etc, and the various types of terrain in the immediate vicinity of the capital; swamp, ground cleared but rocky, yam garden, etc, as a guide to selecting the best route for the final attack. Five routes are proposed: one from the River Prah through Kairokou, Eusaguesu, Abbatea and Biaqua to Coomassie, Maurice noting with regard to this route that as the tribes to the west of Elminia have revolted, this route leaves the left flank of the line of communication so exposed that it would seem madness; a second route from the Cape Coast Castle via Anamaboe, which Maurice describes as being too difficult and dangerous; a third route from Accra to Aguieso across the rivers Birrimo, Auinee and Boosim-Prah, described as having the advantage of starting from Accra, as a base the most healthy place on the coast and well within British territory; a fourth route from Accra, passing to the north of the proposed route 3; and a fifth route to Coomassie via the River Volta, which Maurice notes as only being practicable if the river was navigable when the campaign commenced. Wolseley was able to complete the campaign successfully in only two months, evacuating his troops before the malarial wet season arrived. The plan of campaign that Wolseley put into action was essentially an amalgam of the first two options proposed by Maurice, described respectively as madness and difficult and dangerous, Wolseley overcame the problems these two routes presented by negotiating agreements with the previously hostile tribes on the left flank of his line of attack, and recruiting them to actually assist in the invasion of the Ashantee kingdom that had been previously oppressing them. The problem of passing large numbers of troops through dense jungle along narrow tracks and roads was overcome by splitting his attack into four columns, constructing an advance jumping off point in the interior at Prahsu, approximately fifty miles from Coomassie, from which the main column attacked along the Prahsu - Coomassie road, supported by the three flanking columns, and converging on Coomassie for the final assault. Captain (later Major-General Sir) John Frederick Maurice (1841-1912) obtained material and information from a wide variety sources, including Admiral James Stoddart, from whom he obtained this watercolour showing the location and strategic importance of the Cape Coast Castle, which became the base for operations during the Ashantee campaign. (2)

Simonsz (Arend Fokke). Geheimzinnige toebereidselen tot eene boertige reis door Europa. Vermaakshalven voorgeleezen in, en opgedraagen aan, de maatschappij der Verdiensten, onder de spreuk: Felix Meritis..., 1st edition, Haarlem, Francois Bohn, 1794, additional half title, 152 pages of Dutch text, two engraved maps of Europe by F. Bohn, both with contemporary hand colouring, the second being the allegorical map showing Europe as a virgin queen, hinges and joints weak, contemporary stiff paper wrappers, lacking spine, 8vo Mercator's World, IV, 1 (The Female Landscape). First edition of the first part (complete in itself) of this travel account by the Dutch author, engraver and bookseller Fokke (1755-1812). Seven parts were published in total between 1794 and 1806. The allegorical map shows Europe as a regal queen, but this anti-Napoleonic image demotes Europa from a virgin queen to a homely middle-aged housewife. The figure is superimposed over a map that includes a surprising amount of detail. Spain & Portugal comprise her head, Italy is her left arm, stirring with her right arm (Corsica and Sardinia) in a pot (Sicily). Her scarf forms the British Isles, and the rest of the continent is encompassed in her flowing dress. (1)

Map of Hindoostan 46cm x 41cm and a large map of India 85cm x 84cm (2)

Teesdale, Henry New British Atlas Containing a Complete Set of County Maps...Published by Henry Teesdale & Co., [1829]. Folio, later rebound [1943] in blue cloth, retaining leather title to upper board and pastedown; engraved title, 3 folding hand-coloured maps, 41 single-page hand-coloured maps and two double-page maps (of Yorkshire). Teesdale acquired Robert Rowe's English Atlas in the 1820s and reissued it as his own with much altered plates as ''New British Atlas''.Heavily repaired in 1943 (according to note on pastedown), creases of folding maps protected with cloth, some marginal staining and marking, occasional marginal tearings with slight loss, England and Wales with section lost from bottom right corner, tape at margin of Scotland, small tear affecting lower left border of Kent but not main image, marking from tape repair to bottom edge of Middlesex and Monmouthshire entering map, loss to bottom edge of Northampton affecting small area of map, marginal loss only to fourth sheet of Yorkshire, however maps generally clean and crisp. A good copy of an impressive and important British Atlas.

Paterson, Captn. Daniel British Itinerary, Being A new and accurate Delineation and Description of the Direct and Principal Cross Roads of Great Britain. 2 vols; 8vo, full tree calf; hand coloured engraved frontis, engraved titles to both, engraved dedication in I, 358 strip maps across both vols; provenance: James Milnes[-Gaskell] (his owner's bookplate to upper pastedown of I) -- Charles Milnes-Gaskell (his armorial bookplate to upper pastedown of II). Cary, John Traveller's Companion, or a Delineation of the Turnpike Roads of England and Wales. 8vo, sometime bound in red leather with folding flap on upper board, gilt ruled border to boards, gilt roll-tooled edges and turn-ins, t.e.g., marbled endpapers; engraved map frontis. hand coloured in outline, engraved title, 41 maps hand coloured in outline (missing Yorkshire); provenance: M. Clayton 1792 (his owner's inscription to front free endpaper with handwritten list of dates and routes travelled on initial blanks). Paterson with some signs of use, generally clean internally, vol. II upper board almost detached. Cary likewise showing signs of age, flap joint cracking at foot, with some offsetting from and to maps, small tear at head of Berkshire just touching edge of map, small marginal tear head of Herefordshire, small marginal crease foot of Wiltshire, otherwise very good.

Phillips, John Illustrations of the Geology of Yorkshire. 2 parts bound as 1. York, 1: 1829, 2: 1836. 4to, full cloth with morocco lettering piece; 1: 1 map, 9 plates (geographical sections, 8 hand-coloured), 14 plates (figures), 2: 22 plates (figures), 2 plates (sections, 1 hand-coloured), 1 folding map. First eds. An important work on Yorkshire by a significant figure in British geology. Kendall, P.F.; Wroot, H.E. Geology of Yorkshire. Printed for the Authors, 1924. Org. cloth; comprehensively illus. with maps, diagrams, photographs etc. Buckland, William Geology and Mineralogy Considered with Reference to Natural Theology. William Pickering, 1836. Bridgewater Treatise VI. 8vo (2 vols). Half calf over marbled boards, spine gilt in compartments, contrasting morocco lettering piece in one, lettered directly in one, marbled edges, green silk markers; Vol. 1 text, Vol. 2 engravings: 86 plates (1 folding hand-coloured, 6 folding, 2 double-page). First ed. Buckland was a major figure in early palaeontology. He was the first to write a full account of a fossil dinosaur and pioneered the use of coprolites (coining the word) to reconstruct ecosystems. He was a supporter of Darwin's work on the Beagle, positioning it within theories of progressive creationism. This work, produced for the Bridgewater Treatises, followed a similar vein, using fossil strata as part of a creationist theory. With 10 other books on geology or associated topics including Stefansson, Arctic Manual, 1945 reprint (produced for the US Army Air Corps, inscribed from the author to Brian Roberts ''with special reference to pages vii-xiv from his friend...'') and Foster and Brough, Ore and Stone Mining, Sixth Ed (revised and enlarged). [14]

Scottish Geology Milne [Home], David Memoir on the Lothian and Mid-Lothian Coalfields. William Blackwood and Sons., Edinburgh, and T. Cadell, Strand, London, 1839. 4to, cloth; 4 folding tables, 2 folding, hand-coloured plates of sections, 1 folding hand-coloured map, illus. and tables to text. Milne Home, David The Estuary of the Forth and Adjoining Districts Viewed Geologically. Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas, 1871. 8vo, cloth; folding, hand-coloured map frontis. Milne Home was a Scottish advocate, geologist and meteorologist. He founded the Scottish Meteorological Society, was president of the Edinburgh Geological Society, and coined the word seismometer. Ramsay, Andrew Crombie The Geology of the Island of Arran. Glasgow: Richard Griffin & Company and Thomas Tegg, London, 1841. 8vo, cloth; hand-coloured map frontis, 1 hand-coloured plate of sections, numerous illus. to text. First ed. A rare and detailed work. With 8 other works of Scottish geological interest including: Bell, Among the Rocks Around Glasgow, gift inscription to the Edinburgh Geological Society from co-founder Ralph Richardson; and MacLaren, Geology of Fife and the Lothians, sometime rebound in full calf gilt; also works by Hugh Miller. [11]

Hall, Revd. James Travels in Scotland by and Unusual Route. Printed for J. Johnson, St Paul's Churchyard, 1807. 8vo (2 vols). Half coarse-grained leather over marbled boards, spines lettered directly in gilt in two compartments, t.e.g., marbled endpapers; engraved frontises, 27 plates, double-page map of Scotland. The potential reader is warned that despite its author's clerical status, The Annual Review and History of Literature for 1807 (Vol. VI, published 1808) suggested this book seemed to have ''been an experiment of Mr. Hall how far he could impose upon the credulity of his readers: his pages are pregnant with anecdotes, many of which are exceedingly indelicate, more exceedingly silly, and most of them are exceedingly incredible. Many of them, indeed, required so much cool, grave impudence in the relation that but for their vulgarity they might have extorted a smile.'' Board edges rubbed, spines faded, some marginal foxing to plates, occasionally affecting image, slight foxing throughout, generally very good.

Thoresby, Ralph. Ducatus Leodiensis or the Topography of the Ancient and Populous Town and Parish of Leeds...Printed for Maurice Atkins, and Sold by Henry Clements at the Half Moon in St Paul's Church-yard, 1715. Folio, sometime rebound in full calf retaining original spine and board panels, spine with morocco lettering piece, all edges marbled, retaining original marbled endpapers; title, verso blank, [4 (dedication to Marquis of Carmathen, dedication to mayor of Leeds etc., directions to binder)], v-xxii, 628 [12 (index)]; engraved frontis, 11 plates (2 folding laid down on linen, some others folding), numerous armorial illus. to txt (occasionally hand-coloured), missing folding map of Leeds; provenance: Alfred Mattison (author of The Romance of Old Leeds, owner's ink inscription to ffep).Binding solid with little wear, original parts scuffed, some foxing, staining, browning etc internally, p.575 lacking section of margin with no loss of text, generally very good.

Graves, Rev. John The History of Cleveland. Carlisle: Printed for F. Jollie and Sons, 1808. 4to, half calf over marbled boards, spine bands and compartments decorated in blind and gilt, lettered directly in one and at foot with imprint, speckled edges, marbled endpapers; engraved frontis, engraved title, folding map, hand-col. in outline, 8 plates, folding letterpress table; provenance: William van Mildert (last Prince-Bishop of Durham, his armorial bookplate impaled with Dunelm on upper pastedown) -- Henry Drummond Albury Park Surrey (banker, politician, writer, founder of the Catholic Apostolic Church, his armorial bookplate to ffep). Oliver, George The History and Antiquities of the Town and Minster of Beverley...Beverley: Printed and sold for M. Turner, 1829. 4to, early bound in half calf, spine with morocco lettering pieces in 2, a.e.g. marbled endpapers; engraved frontis., 5 plates, folding table as called for in embellishments, w/ numerous illus. to txt; provenance: John Stansfeld (collector of county histories and similar, his armorial bookplate to upper pastedown. Lockwood, Henry & Cates, Adolphus The History and Antiquities of the Fortifications to the City of York. J. Weale, Architectural Library, 59, High Holborn, et al, 1834. Folio, cloth-backed boards, sometime rebacked; engraved plan frontis., 12 plates. Poulson, George Beverlac. Printed for George Scaum, Beverley, 1829. 4to (2 vols). Later bound in green buckram; all plates and pedigrees as called for in embellishments. Neale, J.P. View of the Seats of Noblemen and Gentlemen...Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper, Paternoster Row, 1828. 8vo, half calf over marbled boards, spine blind in compartments, lettered directly in gilt in one, marbled edges; engraved frontis., 70 plates.

Bigland (John) The Beauties of England and Wales ..., Vol XVI - Yorkshire, 1812, two volumes, hand-coloured folding map, extra illustrated, all edges gilt, half calf by Bayntun.Spines a little faded, boards a little scuffed, internally some spotting throughout and offsetting from plates, a couple of engravings with marginal staining, otherwise an attractive set. 190618MPD

Teesdale, Henry Map of Yorkshire dedicated ''To the Nobility, Gentry, & Clergy of Yorkshire''. Henry Teesdale & Co., London and Thos. Deacon and Co., Manchester, 1835. Nine folded sheets, dissected and laid on linen, outlines hand-coloured, calligraphic title, table of explanation, engraved vignette of York Cathedral on Sheet Nine, contained in case. The paper labels on the sheets relate to the Poor Law Unions, formed after the 1834 Act. They are nearly all edged with colour on the map, with Parishes and township boundaries edged in red. Teesdale's map was an updated version of that produced by Christopher Greenwood, with no mention of Greenwood's previous survey on the new map.

Greenwood, Christopher Map of the County of York, Made on the Basis of Triangles in the County...by Order of the Board of Ordnance, and Surveyed in the Years 1815, 1816, & 1817. Published by the Proprietors, Robson, Son & Holdsworth Leeds, John Hurst & C. Greenwood, Wakefield, Publication date: June 4th, 1817 (one sheet with Published August 10 1818 by Robinson & Co. Leeds at margin). Dissected and laid down on linen as four folded sheets, in faux-book case, full calf with marbled boards.

Morden, Robert The North Riding of Yorkshire. Sold by Abel Swale et al, [c. 18th c.]. and Darbyshire. Sold by Abel Swale et al, [c. 18th c.] County maps from Camden's Britannia, sometime hand-coloured. Morden was noted for a simplified approach to map-making (in comparison to predecessors like Speed and Blaeu) emphasising clarity over decoration.

Speed, John ''The Countie Westmorland and Kendale the Chief Towne Described.'' With the imprint of George Humble in Pope's Head Alley against the Exchange. Sometime hand-coloured, with armorial decorations and map of Kendal. Blaeu, John ''Wigorniensis Comitatus et Comitatus Warwicensis...'' from his Atlas published in Amsterdam, 1646. Possibly contemporary hand-colouring erroneously showing Evesham as belonging to Warwickshire. The map was based on Saxton and continues the accidental transposition of Leamington Priors and Hastings.

Speed (John) 'Britain as it was devided in the tyme of the Englishe Saxons especially during their Heptarchy', hand-coloured map, double-sided, sold by Bassett & Chiswell, 385mm x 513mm, framed and glazed

Speed (John) 'The Kingdome of Great Britaine and Ireland', hand-coloured map, double-sided, sold by Bassett & Chiswell, 395mm x 528mm, framed and glazed

Speed (John) 'The West Ridinge of Yorkeshyre with the most famous and fayre Citie Yorke described 1610', hand-coloured map, double-sided, sold by Bassett & Chiswell, 378mm x 510mm, framed and glazed

Speed (John) 'The North and East Ridings of Yorkshire', hand-coloured map, double-sided, sold by Bassett & Chiswell, 390mm x 510mm, framed and glazed

Tallis, John (pub.); Rapkin, John (eng.) Four maps from the Illustrated Atlas of the World (c. 1849-51) comprising: Chili and La Plata. Illus. by H. Winkles, hand-coloured illus. and outlines, with central fold. British America. Illus. by H. Warren, hand coloured illus. and outlines, with central fold. Russia in Europe. Illus. A.H. Wray, hand coloured outlines, no central fold. Africa. Illus. by J. Marchant, hand coloured illus. and outlines, no central fold. Tallis' Illustrated Atlas (produced for the 1851 Great Exhibition) brought together many of Rapkin's maps from 1849's British Colonies. The Atlas is considered the last truly decorative atlas, with vignettes and borders, and is highly regarded as the last flowering of elaborate 19th century map making. The 1851 Atlas had unfolded plates. w/ Hinton, John (pub.) An Accurate Map of India beyond the Ganges, with the Oriental Islands generally called East India. 18th c. from the Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure. Hand coloured. Hinton's Universal Magazine was published from 1747 until 1815, although Hinton died in 1781. Hinton commissioned various maps (especially county ones) possibly as part of a never-realised Atlas.

Mercator, G.; Jansson, J. Gallicia Legio, et Asturias de Oviedo. Amsterdam, [c.1628]. Sometime hand-coloured. From the Atlas Minor, a 'pocket-sized' version of the larger Mercator Atlases, it was nonetheless larger than other pocket atlases of the time, allowing for greater detail. This can be seen in the number of topographical features on the map. Mercator/Jansson Eboracum, Lincolnia, Derbia, Staffordia, Notinghamia, Lecestria, Rutlandia, et Norfolcia. [c.1650]. Sometime hand-coloured. From the Atlas Minor, with unusual monument distance scale. Mercator/Jansson Insula Zeilan, olim Taprobana, nunc Incolis Tenarisim. [c.1650]. Sometime hand-coloured. A rare map of Sri Lanka added to the Atlas Minor for Jansson's German 1648 edition. It only appeared in two editions. Highly detailed, marking villages, mines and spice plantations. Hondius, J.; Purchas, S. Ceilan Insula. London, [n.d. but likely 1625]. Sometime hand-coloured. This version of the Mercator Atlas Minor map was published in Samuel Purchas' His Pilgrimes, a seminal 17th century collection of voyages first published in 1625. Purchas drew on manuscripts collected by Hakluyt to create the largest book ever published in England. The first edition contained nearly 90 maps, some of which were completed by Jocodus Hondius. Hondius (Joost de Hondt) reprinted Mercator's Atlas after his death adding 36 maps. Hondius released the Atlas under Mercator's name, aiding his sales and boosting Mercator's reputation posthumously. After 1633 his son-in-law, Johannes Janssonius, was listed as co-publisher.

[Burke, Edmund]. Broken run of The Annual Register or a View of the History, Politics and Literature for the Years 1758-75, 1777-78, 1780-91, 1793, 1798-99, 1801. Various publishers, principally J Dodsley, varying dates and editions. 8vo (37 vols). Uniformly sometime bound in half calf over marbled boards (save 2 vols.); provenance: almost all volumes from the library of John Waldie (engraved armorial bookplate to upper pastedowns). (Duplicate 1798). This publication is a highly important historical source with a timeline of the year and extracts from a miscellany of primary. Events recorded included accounts of Bligh's escape from the Bounty (1790), the suffering of the Black Hole of Calcutta (1758) and the Battle of Copenhagen (1801). The Register was a vital source of information to its readers on the major political upheavals of the time such as the French Revolution, the French and Indian war and most significantly the birth of the new country of America. Possibly the most significant volume in the run is that for 1787 which included an early UK printing of the full text of the new Constitution of the United States, along with the text of Washington's transmittal letter from the Convention to Congress. This volume was printed in 1789 - the year in which Washington became President and the first Congress convened. The same volume has a prescient assessment of the discontent in France which led to the first convocation of the Estates-General called by Louis XVI in 1788. It argues that the support offered by France to the Revolutionary government in America - and the vision of new freedoms enjoyed there - was likely to break the despotic monarchy. Completing the American interest is a letter from Benjamin Franklin concerning the remedy for smoking chimneys and an excerpt from Jefferson's Notes on the State of Virginia (his only published book). It focuses on the speech of Chief Logan after a war with the Virginians which helped construct the idea of the noble savage. This volume forms part of a trilogy of the War of Independence with 1781 and 1783. 1781 features detailed accounts of the Battles of Guildford Court House and Yorktown, and the surrender of Cornwallis as well as the story of Benedict Arnold and the hanging of his co-conspirator Major Andre. 1783 concentrated on the end of the War and the peace negotiations which followed (negotiations which had been pushed for by Burke and his allies in the House). It printed the text of the peace treaty, George III's 1782 speech (in which he notes his offer to ''declare them free and independent states'') and the contract between America and the French King to repay 18 million livres of loans. Finally it printed Washington's letter resigning from the Continental Army which had far-reaching influence on American constitutional history. Of further interest is the famous map volume, 1763, which featured four maps by Thomas Kitchens, including one showing the American Colonies at the end of the French and Indian War and on the eve of Independence. Also 1774, which contains a long description of the boarding of tea ships in Boston harbour by men 'under the disguise of Mohawk Indians', the infamous Tea Party, and the events which led to the raid. Together with the other volumes during this period the Annual Register is a very important contemporary source for early American history. According to Gephart many leading historians of the American Revolutionary period, including David Ramsay, James Murray, and William Gordon ''borrowed heavily from the Annual Register'' (Gephart 1016, 2565). Sabin 1614Conditions vary with signs of age and use. Some copies have detached boards and there is evidence of spotting, creasing and similar damage throughout. Some have evidence of library use. However a solid run of a very important source.

Ross, Sir John Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North-West Passage. A.W. Webster, 1835. 4to, publisher's original blue muslin cloth, spine lettered in gilt within gilt nautical-themed borders, some leaves unopened, with suggestions to subscribers for binding tipped in at front; pp. [8 (title, printer, dedication, verso blank, Advertisement, verso blank, errata, verso blank)], xxxii, [1 (Plate list)], 740; 30 engraved plates including folding chart, hand-coloured in wash, map with hand-coloured routes and 9 other hand-coloured plates. Large paper subscriber's copy. Ross' first voyage in search of the North-West passage ended in failure after he was misled by a mirage of mountains. In order to redeem his reputation he persuaded gin magnate Felix Booth to fund a private expedition. His ship, the side-wheel steamer Victory, had to be abandoned, which Ross blamed on the experimental boilers. Despite this setback the expedition still achieved several notable geographical successes, including James Clark Ross' journey to become the first European to reach the North Magnetic Pole. Ross still could not avoid controversy over his cartography, but the achievements and discoveries of the expedition make this an important record of Arctic exploration.Some scuffing and rubbing to boards, cracking to joints at head of spine, light foxing to prelims and addenda, some offsetting to and from plates, some plates foxed but a very good copy of a scarce book in the original cloth.

Kaye, Sir John William F.R.S. The History of the Sepoy War in India, 1857-1858. W.H. Allen & Co., 1880. (3 vols). and Malleson, Col. G.B. History of the Indian Mutiny. W.H. Allen & Co., 1878-80. (3 vols). with Pincott, Frederick Analytical Index [to the above combined set]. W.H. Allen & Co., 1880. 8vo (7 vols). All uniformly bound in full calf gilt, boards with double gilt-fillet borders, spines gilt in compartments with contrasting morocco lettering pieces in two, gilt roll-tooled board edges, blind roll-tooled turn-ins, all edges marbled, marbled endpapers; Kaye II: 1 folding coloured map; III: 3 folding maps, 1 coloured; Malleson II: 7 folding maps, 2 coloured; III: 4 folding maps; provenance: Sir James Joicey Bart. (his armorial bookplate on upper pastedowns). Sir James (later Baron Joicey) was MP for Chester-le-Street and Chairman of his families' mining business. The Joicey pits included ones at Beamish. This six-volume History was first produced by Colonel George Malleson (1825-1898), combining Sir John Kaye's unfinished History with his own work. Kaye (1814-1876) was a soldier and historian who started the Calcutta Review in 1844. His use of first-hand evidence, collected from personal and professional contacts, supports (perhaps predictably) his assertion that the rebellion is a story of British 'national character'. Malleson's contributions derive from his controversial 'Red Pamphlet' (1857) and he is unafraid to criticise or praise British troops and administration as the occasion demands. The set includes the Index produced for the combined work.Some slight shelf wear to edges of boards, with slight rubbing of the leather, one small marginal tear to map in Kaye III, slightly affecting map, but a handsome set, clean and bright internally.

A collection of Schull reprints of scarce Irish regimental histories comprising: Mainwaring, Maj. Arthur; Wylly, Col. H.C. Crown and Company. The Historical Records of the 2nd Batt. Royal Dublin Fusiliers. Ireland: Schull Books, 2000. 2 vols with map case. Limited edition, this unumbered. Numerous plates and 6 maps loosely inserted in map case. History spans 1662-1922 over 2 vols reprinting works from 1911 and 1923. Gretton, Lt.-Col. G. de. M.; Geohegan, Br.-Gen. Stannus Campaigns and History of the Royal Irish Regiment. Ireland: Schull Books, 1997. 2 vols and mapcase. Limited edition, no. 24 of 200. Numerous plates and 16 maps loosely inserted into mapcase. History spans 1684 to 1922 over 2 vols reprinting works from 1911 and 1927. Whitton, Lt.-Col. Frederick The History of the Prince of Wales Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians). Ireland: Schull Books, 1998. 2 vols and mapcase. Limited edition, no. 24 of 200. Numerous plates and 17 maps loosely inserted into mapcase. History spans 1760 to 1922 over 2 vols reprinting a work from 1924. Jourdain, Lt.-Col. H.F.N.; Fraser, Edward The Connaught Rangers. Ireland: Schull Books, 1999. 3 vols. Limited edition, marked Publisher's Reserve. Numerous plates. History spans 1793 to 1922 over 3 vols reprinting a work from 1924. All above 8vo, org. blue buckram, spines lettered in gilt, in slipcases. Also Jervis, Lt.-Col. H.S. The 2nd Munsters in France. Ireland: Schull Books, 1998. 1 vol. Numerous plates. Reprints a work from 1922. A handsome collection of limited reprints of histories of some of the most important regiments of Ireland, with Battle Honours stretching round the world. These regiments fought from the earliest days of the British Army and followed the colours through colonial adventurism to the mud of Flanders, where these stories closed.