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Click here to subscribeRansome (Arthur). 'Swallows & Amazons', a complete set of all 12 titles, 1st edition, 1930-47, illustrations, occasional light spotting, a couple of previous owner inscriptions, map endpapers (a few partly overlaid with clear tape), original cloth, Swallowdale rebacked with original spine relaid, some fading and light edgewear, 8vo, together with Swallows and Amazons, 1st illustrated edition, 1931 Binding set. (13)
Stevenson (Robert Louis). Treasure Island, 1st edition, 1st issue, Cassell, 1883, frontispiece map in three colours, four-page publisher's catalogue at rear (coded 5G-783), a little spotting and dust-soiling at front and rear, ink ownership inscription at head of title 'Master T.T. Middleton, Christmas 1883', inner hinges cracked, original brown cloth, slightly cocked, rubbed and marked, a little fraying to spine ends, some corner wear and a little frayed along upper joint, 8vo Prideaux 11, with the first issue points on pages 2, 7, 40, 63, 83, 127, 178 & 197. (1) NB: Amendment - revised estimate - now £2000-3000 (was £1500-2000)
Cobbett (William). Rural Rides..., new edition, 1853, colour folding map to front, some water damage, bookplate to front pastedown, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt decorated red full morocco, spine lightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, together with Gough (John), A History of the People called Quakers, from their first rise to the present time, 3 volumes, printed for Robert Jackson, Dublin, 1789, bookplates and period inscriptions to front endpapers, some light spotting, uniform contemporary full calf, boards and spines rubbed, hinges cracked, 8vo, and Smedley (Frank E.), Frank Farleigh, or Scenes from the Life of a Private Pupil, 1850, Lewis Arudel; or The Railroad of Life, 1852, numerous black and white illustrations, bookplates to front pastedowns, some light spotting and toning, uniform contemporary gilt decorated full calf bound by Riviere & Son, boards and spines water damaged, hinges cracked, 8vo, plus other mostly 19th century literature and theology reference, some foreign language, some odd volumes, all leather bindings, condition is generally good, 8vo/4to (6 shelves)
Scrope (William). Days and Nights of Salmon Fishing in the River Tweed, 1885, 10 black and white woodcut illustrations, later endpapers, some minor spotting, rebound, retaining original green cloth boards and spine, 8vo, together with Dowell (James, editor), Norwegian Anglings and Other Sports..., 1906, colour folding map to front, numerous black and white illustrations, adverts to rear, some minor toning, original decorated boards, lightly rubbed, 8vo, and St. John (Charles), Wild Sports and Natural History of the Highlands, 1st edition, 1927, 39 colour illustrations, bookplate to front pastedown, pencil annotation to front endpaper, some sotting, original cloth in price clipped dust jacket, covers lightly rubbed, 8vo, together with other late 19th and early 20th century sporting and game reference and related, mostly original cloth, some leather bindings, G/VG, 8vo/4to (3 shelves)
Switzerland. Beattie (William), Switzerland illustrated, 2 volumes, published George Virtue, 1839, additional decorative title to each, 106 engraved views after W.H. Bartlett, folding engraved map (with small piece excised from one blank corner), occasional faint foxing (mostly marginal), marbled endpapers, contemporary green half calf gilt, rubbed and scuffed, slight wear to spine ends, 4to, together with another set bound in contemporary blue morocco gilt, worn and rubbed, 4to, with Cockburn (Major James), Swiss Scenery, Rodwell & Martin, 1820, decorative title with engraved vignette, frontispiece of a view of Geneva and sixty (complete as list) uncoloured engraved plates, slight spotting, first few pages and plates water stained, all edges gilt, contemporary green morocco gilt, worn and rubbed at extremities, 4to, plus Ritchie (Leitch), Wanderings by The Loire..., [and] Wanderings by the Seine, 1833 & 1835, additional decorative title to each, title with ink library stamp, each with twenty uncoloured engravings after J. M. W. Turner, all edges gilt, contemporary morocco gilt, boards faded, a little rubbed and worn, 8vo, with a large collection of approximately 950 uncoloured topographical engravings of Switzerland, including examples by Cousen, Davenport, Finden, Bartlett/Wallis, Brandard, Turner, Allom and Le Petit, with others relating to costume, natural history and genre, various sizes and condition (approx.950)
Smith (D. Murray). Arctic Expeditions from British and Foreign Shores, from the earliest times to the expedition of 1875-76, 1st edition, 1877, colour folding map to front, numerous monotone plates, some light spotting and toning, original ornately gilt decorated black morocco with brass borders, lacking brass clasps, boards and spine rubbed, large 4to, together with Greely (Adolphus W.), Three Years of Arctic Service on Account of the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition of 1881-84..., 2 volumes, 1886, numerous black and white illustrations, folding map to rear of volume 2, with some fold tears, some light toning and spotting, uniform original green cloth, boards and spines slightly faded and rubbed to head and foot, with minor loss, 8vo, and Kennedy (E.B.), Thirty Seasons in Scandinavia, cheaper edition, 1908, 20 black and white illustrations, some minor toning, original red cloth, boards and spine slightly faded and rubbed, plus other late 19th century and modern travel reference and related, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (3 shelves)
Black (Adam & Charles, publishers). [Black's General Atlas], circa 1880, lacking title page, frontispiece of 'Flags of all Nations' trimmed and mounted on later paper, numerous colour printed maps, some spotting, upper hinge broken, all edges gilt, publisher's half morocco gilt, worn and rubbed, folio, together with Johnston (Alex K., publisher), [The National Atlas of historical, commercial and political geography...,] circa 1850, lacking title page, twenty-five (only of forty-one) double page engraved maps with contemporary outline colouring, some marginal dust and finger soiling, occasional marginal closed tears, partially disbound, lacking boards and spine, folio, with Fullarton (Alexander), [The Royal Illustrated Atlas of Modern Geography...,], circa 1860, lacking title and preliminaries, twenty-seven (only) double page engraved maps with contemporary outline colouring, some marginal finger and dust soiling, partially disbound, lacking boards, folio, plus Arrowsmith (Aaron), [The London Atlas of Universal Geography...,] circa 1850, lacking titles and preliminaries, twelve (only of sixty-two) doubls page engraved maps with contemporary outline colouring, some dust and finger soiling, slight staining, all maps backed with linen, lacking boards, folio, with another eight atlases, all with some faults, including examples by 'The Times', Bradley, Andree and Bartholomew, various condition, all folio, and a broken run of sixty-six parts of 'Atlas of the World's Commerce', many duplicates, all with a folding map, publisher's printed paper wrappers, frayed and worn, folio Sold as a collection of maps, not subject to return. (approx.68)
Tardieu (Antoine-Fran‡ois). Atlas de tableaux et de cartes pour Le Cours complet de cosmographie, de g‚ographie, de chronologie et d'histoire ancienne et moderne, par Edme Mentelle, 2nd edition, Paris: Bernard, 1804, 6 folding tables, 20 folding maps of which 19 hand-coloured in outline as issued, and including a large folding map of France, tables browned, spotting to Africa and France maps, scattered light spotting elsewhere, later half calf, slightly rubbed, corners worn, 4to (25.5 x 19.8 cm) Atlas volume only. The publisher's price list on the verso of the title page indicates that the atlas volume was also issued separately, in uncoloured and coloured states and lacking the tables in each case; this copy is coloured and has the tables. Sold as a collection of maps, not subject to return. (1)
Shakespeare (William). The Norton Facsimile, The First Folio of Shakespeare..., 2nd edition, 1996, numerous black and white facsimiles, original gilt decorated red quarter morocco, foli, together with Ridpath (George), The Border History of England and Scotland..., facsimile edition, The Mercat Press, Edinburgh, 1979, some minor spotting, original cloth in dust jacket, covers slightly faded and marked, large 4to, and Leroy-Beaulieu (Anatole), The Empire of the Tsars and the Russians, 3 volumes, reprint edition, New York, 1969, black and white folding map to front of volume 1, uniform original cloth, 8vo, plus other modern Shakespeare reference, Russia history, and other historical reference, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves)
Latham (Robert & Matthews, William). The Diary of Samuel Pepys, 11 volumes, 1st editions, 1970-83, black and white frontispiece, uniform original cloth in dust jackets, some spines lightly faded, 8vo, together with Strong (Roy), The Tudor and Stuart Monarchy, 3 volumes, all 1st editions, Boydell Press, 1995-98, numerous black and white illustrations, all original cloth in dust jackets, spines lightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, and Emmerson (Richard K, editor), Who's Who in the Middle Ages, 2 volumes, 1st editions, 2006, black and white map to volume 1, uniform original cloth in dust jackets, 8vo, plus other modern history reference and related, all original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to (6 shelves)
Wright (Rev. G.N.). The Shores and Islands of the Mediterranean, published Fisher Son & Co., circa 1840, additional decorative title, double page engraved map, sixty-three (complete as list) uncoloured engraved plates, occasional spotting and finger soiling, all edges gilt, contemporary half red morocco with decoartive gilt spine, rubbed and worn at extremities, 4to (1)
Baillie-Grohman (W.A.). Sport in the Alps in the Past and Present, 1896, 18 black and white plates and 20 black and white illustrations, bookplate to front pastedown, guttering reinforced with tape, some toning, rebound retaining original gilt decorated cloth, spine slightly faded with loss to head and foot, 4to, together with Lloyd (L.), Peasant Life in Sweden, 1870, black and white frontispiece, lacks plates, bookplate to front endpaper, cracked guttering, minor toning, original red cloth, boards and spine lightly rubbed and marked, 8vo, and Barnaby (Fred), On Horseback Through Asia Mnior, 2 volumes, 3rd edition, 1877, sepia portrait photograph frontispiece and 2 colour folding maps, some tears and minor loss to volume 2 map, later inscription to volume 1 front end paper, some light spotting and toning, uniform original gilt decorated green cloth, boards and spine slightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, plus other late 19th and early 20th travel and exploration reference and related, including Hudson's Bay Company 1670-1870, 3 volumes, by E.E. Rich, New York, 1961, and 7 volumes of Baedeker's travel guides, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, some odd volumes, G/VG, 8vo/4to (3 shelves)
Sidney (Samuel). The Three Colonies of Australia..., 2nd edition, 1853, 44 black and white illustrations, period inscription to front endpaper, cracked guttering, biro mark to title page, some light marks, original gilt decorated embossed brown cloth, boards lightly rubbed, spine partially detached, 8vo, and Cunningham (P.), Two Years in New South Wales..., 2 volumes, 2nd edition, 1827, lacking map, some light spotting, later cloth spines retaining contemporary full calf boards, rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, and Bentley (Richard), Bentley's Miscellany, 10 volumes, 1837-41, numerous black and white illustrations, some light toning and offsetting, uniform contemporary gilt decorated half calf, boards and spines rubbed, 8vo, plus other miscellaneous travel, reference, history and literature, some odd volumes, mostly leather bindings, some original cloth, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/4to, (160 volumes) (6 shelves)
[Zennour, Hadidj‚]. A Turkish Woman's European Impressions. By Zeyneb Hanoum (Heroine of Pierre Loti's Novel "Les D‚senchant‚es"). Edited and with an Introduction by Grace Ellison, 1st edition, Seeley, Service & Co. Ltd., 1913, 16 plates (mainly from photographs), scattered spotting, fore and bottom edges untrimmed, original orange cloth, vignette portrait of the author in a yashmak gilt to front board, slightly marked overall, spine rolled, extremities rubbed, 8vo, together with: Townley (Lady Susan), My Chinese Note Book, 1st edition, Methuen & Co., 1904, 16 plates (mainly from photographs), 2 folding map, front inner hinge cracked, short closed tear to upper outer corner of frontispiece, title page and dedication leaf, maps split, original blue cloth, slightly marked, 8vo; Chennells (Ellen), Recollections of an Egyptian Princess by her English Governess, being a Record of Five Years' Reisdence at the Court of Ismael Pasha, Kh‚dive, new edition, Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1893, 3 photographic plates, lacking front free endpaper, original cloth, soiled and rubbed, 8vo; Carus-Wilson [Mary Louisa Georgina], Irene Petrie, Missionary to Kashmir, 2nd edition, Hodder and Stoughton, 1900, 9 photographic plates, 1 colour map, free endpapers browned, original red cloth, slightly marked, 8vo; and 2 similar works Collection of works by women travellers, in the original cloth. (6)
Jekyll (Gertrude & Weaver, Lawrence). Gardens for Small Country Houses, circa 1912, colour frontispiece with tissue guard, numerous black and white illustrations, original gilt decorated blue cloth, spines lightly rubbed to head and foot, large 4to, together with Hueffer (Ford Maddox), The Cinque Ports, a historical and descriptive record, 1900, 14 black and white photogravure plates, 19 black and white illustrations, some minor spotting, original gilt decorated cloth, spine lightly rubbed to head and foot, large 4to and Wright (G.N.), The Historic Guide to Bath, Bath, 1864, 17 black and white plates, plus a black and white folding map to the front, adverts to rear, some minor spotting, period inscription to front endpaper, contemporary gilt decorated blue cloth bound by Bone & Son, lightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, plus other mostly modern UK topography reference and related, including publications by Pevsner, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio From the Collection of Alan and Joan Tucker, Stroud. (3 shelves)
Lambarde (William). A Perambulation of Kent: Conteining the description, Hystorie, and Customes of that Shyre, Collected and written (for the most part) in the yeare 1570, 1st edition, Henry Middleton for Ralph Newbery, 1576, woodcut title border, engraved map of the Heptarchy, complete with the additional leaf signed H2 ('The names of the Kentish writers'), numerous floral or historiated woodcut initials (many cribl‚), text mainly in black letter, occasional Anglo-Saxon characters, title page with small chip in gutter, and with contemporary ownership inscription ('[?] Fuller') in black ink, map partially shaved along lower edge, gilt edges, early 19th-century diced russia gilt, upper and lower spine compartments gone, joints cracked, pale water-staining to front board, 4to (18 x 13.5 cm) STC 15175; Upcott p. 350 for the second edition. A notably clean copy of the earliest county history. Rare complete with the map and additional leaf signed H2. (1)
Tombleson (William and Fearnside, William Gray). Eighty Picturesque Views on the Thames and Medway, [1834], additional engraved title (bearing title: Tombleson's Thames), 79 engraved plates (including frontispiece), few wood engraved vignette illustrations, with tissue guards to plates, early ownership signature to letterpress title, bound without map, one leaf of text with short closed tear, occasional minor scattered spotting, all edges gilt, upper hinge broken, original dark green cloth with embossed foliate decoration, spine worn & frayed with loss at head and foot, 4to, together with Shepherd (Thomas H. & Elmes, James), Metropolitan Improvements; or London in the Nineteeth Century..., 1827, additional engraved title, 155 engraved views on 77 plates (including frontispiece), engraved plan of Regent's Park, some dampstaining mostly to margins at front of volume, scattered spotting, contemporary half calf gilt, lacking majority of morocco title label to spine, joints cracked at head and foot, lacking upper panel to spine, extremities rubbed, 4to, with London Interiors, with their Costumes & Ceremonies..., 1841, engraved title and 36 engraved plates only, occasional spotting, contemporary half calf, gilt decorated spine wit red morocco title label, extremties rubbed and a little wear, 4to (3)
Ward (A. (publisher)). Nomina villarum Eboracensium: or an index of the Towns and Villages in the County of York and County of the City of York, alphabetically digested..., York, 1768, title page repaired along gutter some browning and spotting throughout, later endpapers, modern marbled boards and quarter cloth, small 8vo, together with Tuke (John), Nomina villarum Eboracensium or an alphabetical index of the towns, villages, hamlets &c. in the county of York and county of the city of York..., published Thomas Wilson and Sons, York, 1816, title and explanation, slight offsetting and browning, hinges and joints weak, near contemporary boards, stained and worn, oblong 8vo, with another copy similar The Tuke volumes were published to accompany and provide a reference and guide to his map of Yorkshire. (3)
Wyndham (Henry Penruddocke). A Tour through Monmouthshire and Wales, made in the Months of June, and July, 1774. And in the Months of June, July, and August, 1777, 2nd edition, Salisbury: E. Easton, 1781, engraved frontispiece and 16 plates (frontispiece bound after Preface, plate 11 bound in its place), extra-illustrated with approximately 150 additional plates, including numerous steel-engraved Welsh views (trimmed and mounted), 11 coloured aquantints from Sotheby and Smith's Tour Through Parts of Wales (1794), 1 double-page hand-coloured aquatint titled Conway Castle (imprint: Richard Godfrey, 1783), and approximately 15 lozenge-shaped woodcuts of Welsh towns (trimmed and mounted, dated 1610 on mount in manuscript), original plates variably spotted and offset, laid-in letter dated 1916 on Pen Moel, Chepstow letterhead discussing 'the word grangerize', all edges gilt, later green half morocco, extremities slightly rubbed, 4to (29.5 x 23 cm) A lavishly grangerised copy. (1)NB: Should read : approximately 15 mainly lozenge-shaped engravings of Welsh towns excised from a copy of John Speed's map of Wales (first published 1611)
Druce (George Claridge). A Flora of Oxfordshire, Being a Topographical and Historical Account of the Flowering Plants and Ferns found in the County..., Oxford & London, 1886, folding coloured map in pocket (slightly split) at rear, occasional spotting, hinges slightly cracked, original cloth gilt, rubbed and slightly marked, together with Druery (Charles T.), British Ferns and their Varieties, 1st edition, [1910], 40 coloured plates, 96 nature prints, black & white illustrations to text, original cloth gilt, a little rubbed, both 8vo, plus French (Colin N. & others), Flora of Cornwall, Atlas of the Flowering Plants and Ferns of Cornwall, with Notes on Some Species Recorded on the Isles of Scilly, 1st edition, Wheal Seton Press, 1999, black & white maps and illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, slightly rubbed, folio, plus other county floras, all hardbacks and many in dust jackets, mostly VG (20)
Burton (Richard F.). The Lake Regions of Central Africa, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1860, 12 tinted wood-engraved plates including frontispieces, wood-engravings in text, folding map (loose and with a few small splits and perforations to folds), pale tide-mark in top margins of plates in volume 1, contemporary blue half calf, slightly rubbed, volume 1 front board detached, 8vo Penzer pp. 65-6. (2)
WW2 RAF Tissue Paper Escape Map - European. Sheet A, approximately 47 x 50cm. Single sided, printed in black, red and green on 'tissue' paper. Covers Eastern parts of Holland, Belgium and France and their borders with Germany, the Swiss and Italian borders with Germany, and parts of the North Sea & Baltic Sea. These paper maps were made out a special 'tissue' from Japanese pulp siezed from a Japanese cargo ship by MI9.
WW2 and later British Army and RAF and US items to include: 37 pattern web map cases 1944 x 2: Satchel Signals dated 1945: fur collar for Sidcot flying suit: pair RAF identity discs: pair of US Mittens, Arctic M1949 dated 1950 with liners: USN Cold weather cap: RAF kit bag dated 1957: RAF Flying Suit 22C/1051 size 5.
Lago di Como (Lariano) – Primo Raduno Moto-Nautica 1934; A fine & rare enamelled competitor’s plaque award for participation in the inaugural meeting for Racing Motorboats, Float-planes, Motorcars & Motorcycles; octagonal format having guillochee enamel design with Lake Como map on sunburst central motif, with art-deco border design featuring motor-craft of all types as above; mounted upon a silver-plated matching display stand. 8.5x8.5cm
Rallying – Daily Express 1000 Miles Rally November 1950; A silver-plated competitor’s award plaque for the event organised by the MCC; map of England motif with applied red cabochons marking check-points as newspaper front-page design; together with related competitors lapel-pins & badges ex-Johnny Wallwork Rally-driver c1950s/60s. (5)
a 19th century full length watercolour portrait of a gentleman in top hat, inscribed verso, Lord Henry Bentinck, 29 cm x 19 cm, together with an 18th century map of Westmorland by Robert Morden, 37 cm x 43 cm and a collection of 19th century topographical engravings including Blackpool, etc, all framed
A coloured hunting print after Lionel Edwards showing The Beaufort Hunt, (possibly with later added signature), together with a print after G D Giles, a humorous limited edition coloured print after Bob Farndon - Cold Scent, etc, an oil painting on canvas of a busy street scene, a watercolour map of southern Africa showing the wildlife, etc, and also together with a riding crop with taxidermy mount
I Miller, circa 1750/Portrait of an Admiral, possibly Admiral Anson/three-quarter length, wearing a wig and a blue gilt braided uniform, a telescope in his left hand, a book and map of Tierra del Fuego and Cape Horn beneath his right hand, seated in an extensive landscape with grapes and trailing vines and jackfruit/signed I Miller pinxt lower left/oil on canvas, 140cm x 104cm/see illustration Condition Report: Re-lined, cleaned and heavily restored, not framed
Christopher Saxton/The Kingdome of England/a coloured engraved map, 41cm x 53.5cm/and three others Condition Report: Saxton map of England & Wales, paper very brown, it looks as if sellotape has been fixed to crease in centre. Speed/Glos is facsimile, paper very brown. St. Michael's Mount is in good condition. Small map of Glos in good condition.
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