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17th Century English School. "Mappa Thaneti Insula", Map, 16.75" x 14.25".

Christopher Saxton (act.c.1540-1610) British. "Bedford", Map, 10.75" x 13.25".

Robert Morden (c.1650-1703) British. "Cumberland", Map, 14.25" x 16.5".

Sutton Nichols (act.1680-1740) British. "Cambridgeshire", Map, 16.75" x 14".

Gabriele 'Simeoneo' Simeoni (1509-1575) Italian. "Topographia Limaniae", Map, 15" x 20".

Robert Morden (c.1650-1703) British. "The County Palentine of Chester", Map, 13.75" x 16.25".

Road Motoring Maps - Advertising/Transport - a collection of late 1940s/early 1950s American and Canadian road maps, produced for and issued for fuel companies, including Shell, Gulf Oil, Pan AM, Esso, etc., comprising most states (214); further miscellaneous maps of North America, including Cuba (qty) This map collection was put together by the Sellers Family in the late 1940s and early 1950s when one member went out to live in the United States after serving in World War Two. The objective of the collection was to cover all the American States with maps issued by the indigenous fuel companies.

FRAMED MAP OF ENGLAND PLUS SMALLER MAP OF CHESTER BY ROB MORDEN, APPROXIMATELY 40cm x 52cm (AT FAULT)

A John Ogilby strip map of the road from Huntingdon to Ipswich. 18¾ by 13½ins. In a dark stained frame. Est £40-60

A black and white print of the Abbey Gate of St Edmundsbury, another Hemingstone Hall Suffolk, another Castle Rising Castle, another of the North view of Mettingham Castle and College, another of the South view of Wingfield Castle and a coloured map of Suffolk and a black and white print, The South view of Burgh Castle. Est £60-80

A 17th century hand-coloured Saxton map of Berkshire, in strip frame

Edwardian engraving after H Parker hand coloured near Great Marlow, 21cm x 31cm, plus various pictures and prints including map of Oxfordshire by J and C Walker and Kings College Cambridge etc (8).

Gsell-Fels, Theodor Switzerland: its scenery and people pictorially represented by eminent Swiss and German artists. London: Blackie, 1881. Large 4to,, with 63 plates (including coloured) and numerous engravings in the text, original decorated cloth over bevelled boards, a.e.g., lower cover water stained, upper inner joint splitting, some margins a little dusty; Spencer, Edmund. Turkey, Russia, the Black Sea, and Circassia. London: Routledge, 1854. First edition, 8vo., with coloured frontispiece and three other coloured plates, numerous wood engravings, hand coloured map, original cloth, wear to head and tail, rubbed, with only a fragment of the hand coloured map remaining; A handbook for travellers in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Russia. London: John Murray, 1839. 8vo., original cloth, upper cover water stained; and 5 other travel books (8)

Wilson, Ernest Henry A Naturalist in Western China. London: Methuen, 1913. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, folding map & 111 photo illustrations on 100 plates & 1 sketch plate, original red cloth, slightly spotted, bookplates of John R. Hobhouse, head of upper joint slightly rubbed

Isle of Wight - Bromfield, William Arnold Flora Vectensis. London: W. Pamplin, 1856, edited by Sir W.J. Hooker, presentation copy to the Rev. John Vernon from the author's sister, frontispiece, folding coloured map in pocket, contemporary green calf gilt, lower joint split, upper joint splitting

Collection of 352 photographs of Aswan Dam Construction, Egypt & Sudan comprising 88 of construction of Aswan Dam, with captions in the negative, by D.S. George, c.25 x 30cm.; 99 others of Aswan Dam construction, unsigned, most similar size, a few smaller; 6 by L. Fiorillo, 3 by G. Kemble Bolam of Cairo, 2 by A. Marques, 26 smaller photographs of Aswan Dam & construction, c.15 x 20.5cm., some duplicates; 46 rather faded gelatin prints of dam construction in envelope marked "White Nile, films from Reuk to Gondo Koro", c. 13.5 x 18cm., 66 negatives on plastic, c. 13.5 x 18cm.; all prints above except for seven loose, or loosely inserted into photograph albums; Album with 109 (?silver gelatin) Photographs of Egypt, Sudan and Omdurman, Kerreri Battlefield, Renk, Mongalla, places near Gondokoro - Uganda, stuck into album, some with captions, and printed map of E. Africa with places on White Nile annotated between Khartum and Mongalla, album worn, lacking spine; 30 loose photographs, various sizes, 2 by Zangaki; Photoglob Co. La Vie et les Paysages En Egypte. Études en Héliotypes tirées d'après Nature. Zurich, [c.1880]. Oblong folio, 24 (of 30) photographs mounted on card, text in wrappers, both enclosed in original green pictorial portfolio, some spotting, rubbed and soiled Note: An impressive collection of photographs detailing the construction, and opening, of the Aswan Low Dam or Aswan Old Dam between 1899 and 1902 and of work to raise it in 1907-1912. The typed caption still attached to the backing to a framed photograph (no longer framed but present within the unframed prints) lists A. McCorquodale Govt. Resident Engineer; Sir M Macdonald, Under Secretary of State; H.H. McClure, John Airds Agent; G.S. Perry, Ransomes & Rapier; Sirri Pasha, Minister of Public Works & War; Mohammed Pasha Said, Prime Minister of Eygpt, Ishet Pasha, Minister of Education; Sub Mudir of Aswan.

Raleigh, Walter The History of the World. London: Printed for Walter Burre, 1621 [also with engraved title dated 1614], folio, with "Minde of the Front." leaf before title, printed title with engraved portrait, 6 double-page maps, 2 double-page engraved plates, fore-margins dampstained, "Minde of the Front" leaf, engraved and printed titles with lower margin cut down, 19th century calf retaining central panel of original calf covers, rebacked, small repair to "Minde of the Front" leaf, p.351 stuck to facing map, map at p.270 cropped

Orkney and Shetland, a large collection, including Wilson, J. A Voyage round the Coasts of Scotland and the Isles. 1842, 2 volumes in one, half morocco; Baikie, W.B. and R. Heddle. Historia Naturalis Orcadensis. 1848, Part 1., original cloth; Clouston, Charles Guide to the Orkney Islands. 1862, folding map; Edmonston, T. An Etymological Glossary of the Shetland & Orkney Dialect. 1866; Peace, William, publisher Hand-Book to the Zetland Islands. Kirkwall, 1867, map, original wrappers soiled; Gorrie, D. Summers and Winters in the Orkneys. 1868, binding marked; Edmonston, T. The Young Shetlander. 1868; Miller, H. The Cruise of the Betsey. 1870, contemporary calf; Heddle, M.F. The County Geognosy and Mineralogy of Scotland. 1878, presentation copy, half morocco; Reid, John T. Pictures from the Orkney Islands. 1881, limited to 500 copies; Low, G. A Tour through the Islands of Orkney and Shetland. Kirkwall, 1879; Tudor, J.R. The Orkneys and Shetland. 1883, contemporary half morocco; Fergusson, R.M. Rambles in the Far North. 1884, pictorial cloth; Rampini, C. Shetland and the Shetlanders. Kirkwall, 1884, original boards; Mackintosh, W.R. Glimpses of Kirkwall and its People. Kirkwall, 1887; Mackintosh, W.R. Curious Incidents from the Ancient Records of Kirkwall. Kirkwall, 1892; MacBeath, James M. The Orkneys in early Celtic Times. Kirkwall, 1892, Mackintosh, W.R. The Orkney Crofters. Kirkwall, 1888; Baikie, W.D. The Queen of the Caves. Kirkwall, [c.1894], biro inscription to title; Jakobsen, J. The Dialect and Place Names of Shetland. Lerwick, 1897Smith, H.L.N. A Collection of Armorials of the County of Orkney. 1902, Printed for the Author, quarter morocco; Goudie, C. The Celtic and Scandinavian Antiquities of shetland. 1904; Craven, J.B. Sir John Arnot of Barswick and the Family of Arnot in S. Ronaldshay. Kirkwall, 1913; Peace's Orkney Almanac and County Directory for 1935-8, orange wrappers; Clouston, J.S. A History of Orkney. Kirkwall, 1932; Jakobsen, J. An Etymological Dictionary of the Norn Language in Shetland. 1932, 2 volumes, dust-jackets; Marwick, J.G. The Adventures of John Renton. Kirkwall, 1935; Mooney, J. Charters and other Records of the City and Royal Burgh of Kirkwall. [n.d.]; all original cloth unless stated otherwise, mostly good condition, a few rubbed or spines faded; and c.112 other volumes, (+ some pamphlets), mostly 20th century, almost all relating to Orkney and Shetland; sold not subject to return

Orkney & Shetland - Barry, George History of the Orkney Islands. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1808. Second edition, 4to, frontispiece, folding map, 10 plates, without dedication, contemporary gilt and blind-tooled calf, bookplate of John M. Slater, a little spotting and slight chipping to covers and spine

Bruce, J.C., The Revd. The Roman wall. London: Longmans, Green, Reader & Dyer, 1867. 3rd edition, Folio., frontispiece, and 51 other plates (including folding maps), numerous illustrations in the text of antiquities, original half brown morocco, pebble grain cloth; Lapidarium sepentrionale or a description of the monuments of Roman rule in the North of England. London: Bernard Quaritch for The Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1875. First edition, folio, with 14 engraved or lithographed plates, numerous illustrations in the text and a large folding linen backed map at the end, publisher's red morocco, with gilt central ornament on the upper board, rebacked, title-page slightly spotted, one of 12 copies on large paper (2)

Fordyce, William The history and antiquities of the County Palatinate of Durham. Newcastle, 1857. 2 volumes, 4to., with engraved frontispieces to both volumes and 31 other engraved plates, contemporary calf, a.e.g., some plate margins a little discoloured, with bookplates of Calverly Bewicke; Perry, J.T. & C. Henman. Illustrations of mediaeval antiquities in the county of Durham. Oxford, 1867. Large Folio, contemporary quarter morocco, cloth boards; Richardson, T.M. Etchings of antiquities in Newcastle upon Tyne. Newcastle upon Tyne: M. A. Richardson, 1827. 4to., engraved title-page and 49 engraved plates, contemporary half morocco, cloth boards, rubbed and edges worn; Boyle, J.R. The County of Durham: its castles, churches, and manor-houses. London: Scott, [1892]. First edition, 8vo., folding map as frontispiece, a further folding map and plans, publisher's red cloth, t.e.g., others uncut, gilt arms of the Signet Library, Edinburgh on the upper cover, title-page detached, no 122 of 250 numbered copies (4)

Japan - Montanus, Arnoldus Atlas Japannensis: being Remarkable Addresses by way of Embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces to the Emperor of Japan... London: Thomas Johnson, 1670. First edition in English, folio, additional title and 24 folding plates, contemporary calf and paper, lacking map and final leaf with plate list , engraved title, title-page and dedication leaves all laid-down with slight loss, corner of p.1-10 repaired, some dampstaining around inner margins, several folding plates repaired on verso (that at p.98 with slight loss) small hole to pp.421-2 slightly affecting text, a little spotting, covers detached, worn and chipped [ESTC R20211] Provenance: Ownership signature of James Jones to endpaper; also to endpaper, the inscription: "Bought March 1897 H.J.J."

China - Blaeu, Willem & Johannes China Veteribus Sinarum Regio nunc Incolis Tame dicta. Amsterdam, [c.1638], 41 x 49.5cm to plate line, hand-coloured engraved map, framed and glazed Note: A clean finely coloured example of Blaeu's important first map of China. The map was published by Willhelm Janszoon Blaeu (1571-1638) who founded one of Europe's greatest cartographic publishing firms in Amsterdam in 1599. Willem's son, Johannes Blaeu, went on to publish his Atlas Sinensis in the 11 volume Atlas Major (1662). China is outlined in yellow and bounded by the Great Wall in the north. Korea is still depicted as an island and the outline of Japan is based on Ortelius's map of Japan of 1590. Decorated with a beautiful title cartouche, two Dutch merchant ships and two Chinese junks. The lower cartouche is dedicated to Theodore Bas, a former director of the Dutch East India Company VOC

Bell, John Travels from St. Petersburg in Russia to Diverse Parts of Asia. Glasgow: Robert and Andrew Foulis, 1763. 2 volumes, first edition, small 4to, folding map, advertisement leaf in volume 1, quarter calf with vellum corners, spine later, bookplates of James Connell, repairs to map (2)

Ramsay, Philip A., and others Views in Renfrewshire. Edinburgh: William H. Lizars, 1839. Folio, frontispiece and 30 plates (including the map), contemporary quarter morocco, some very light marginal dampstaining, a little wear and rubbing to covers and spine; Crawfurd, George A General Description of the Shire of Renfrew… Paisley: J. Neilson, 1818. 4to, engravings, original boards; Morton, James The Monastic Annals of Teviotdale. Edinburgh: W.H. Lizars, 1832. 4to, engravings, contemporary half calf; Bannatyne Club Registrum Cartarum Abbacie Tironensis de Kelso, 1113-1567. Edinburgh, 1846. 4to, original half morocco; [Idem] The Black Book of Taymouth. Edinburgh, 1855. 4to, original cloth, bookplate of John Prebble and blindstamp of the Athenaeum Library (5)

Travel & Military, including Carter, Howard The Tomb of Tutankhamen. London: Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1927. Third impression, 2 volumes, 8vo, original cloth gilt; Lawrence, T.E. Seven Pillars of Wisdom. London: Jonathan Cape, 1938. Twelfth impression, 8vo, original cloth gilt; Fuchs, Sir Vivian and Hillary, Sir Edmund The Crossing of Antarctica. London: Cassell, 1958. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket; Thesiger, Wilfred Arabian Sands. London: Longmans, Green and Co Ltd, 1959. First edition, 8vo, original cloth, dust-jacket, a little damp-staining and foxing; Stark, Freya Dust in the Lion's Paw. London: John Murray, 1962. Second edition, 8vo, original green cloth gilt; Ross-of-Bladensburg, Sir John The Coldstream Guards, 1914-1918. Oxford University Press, 1928. 2 volumes only (without map volume), 8vo, original blue cloth gilt; Blunden, Edmund Undertones of War. London: Richard Cobden-Sanderson, 1928. First edition, 8vo, original black cloth; Churchill, Sir Winston S. Marlborough, his life and times. London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1934. New edition, 4 volumes, 8vo, dust-jacket to volume 1 only; [Idem] Savrola... London: George Newnes, c.1908. 8vo, original 'Sixpenny Novels' wrappers torn; [Idem] The British Gazette, no.8, May 13. 1926, discussing the General Strike; Gilbert, Martin Winston S. Churchill. London: Heinemann, 1977. Volume iv in 3 books, and volume v part 1 only, 8vo, dust-jackets; and 5 others (24)

London - John Stockdale A new plan of London XXIX miles in circumference. London: Stockdale, 2nd January, 1797. 105 x 146cm. Engraved map on 30 sheets, linen backed, the City of London outlined in red, a little dusty and with some slight discolouration Note: There are various states of this map which was reissued with the same date. The present copy does not show the West or East India Docks, the London Docks, or the intended routes of the Regent's (Vauxhall) or Waterloo Bridges.

Cary, John Traveller's companion, or a delineation of the turnpike roads of England and Wales. London: Cary, 1824. 8vo., with an engraved title-page and 43 maps (including 1 folding) hand coloured in outline, with 4 pages of advertisement for maps and globes, modern half calf, marbled boards, the upper and lower margins of each map annotated with information about the county: Battely, John, Archdeacon. The antiquities of Richborough and Reculver. London: Johnson, 1774. 8vo., map as frontispiece, 8 engraved plates (including folding), later half calf, marbled boards (2)

Graves, Robert Antigua, penny, puce. London: Seizin Press-Deyá, 1936. First edition, first impression, 8vo., publisher's maroon cloth, with R. J. Dickinson's bookplate, blind stamped address on front free endpaper, slight foxing fore edge, without dust wrapper (Higginson & Wlliamson 46a); [Idem] Count Belisarius. London: Cassell,1938. First edition, 8vo., publisher's cloth, with bookplate of R. J. Dickinson (Higginson & Williams A47); [Idem] I Claudius from the autobiography of Tiberius Claudius. London: Barker, 1934. First edition, 8vo., publisher's black cloth, genealogical table, with R. J. Dickinson's bookplate and signature on the front free endpaper, without dust wrapper (Higginson & Williams A42a); [Idem] Claudius the god and his wife Messalina. London: Barker, 1934. First edition, 8vo., publisher's black cloth, with a map two genealogical tables, with R. J. Dickinson's bookplate and signature on the front free endpaper, without dust wrapper (Higginson & Williams A43a); [Idem] Sergeant Lamb of the Ninth. London: Methuen.1940. First edition, 8vo., with a folding map, publisher's red cloth, bookplate of R. J. Dickinson, spine and upper cover partly faded, without dust wrapper (Higginson & Williams 51a); [Idem] Proceed Sergeant Lamb. London: Methuen, 1941. First edition, 8vo., frontispiece, with a folding map, publisher's green cloth, spine a little faded (Higginson & Williams A53a); and 6 others (12)

Napoleonic War proclamations and other documents, 1813-1815 A bound collection of 97 items, including: Map Bataille de Wurtchein et Tableau des Opérations militaires jusqu'au Mois d'Octobre [1813], 42 x 55cm, hand-coloured in outline; 'An Eyewitness' Deutschlands Rettung und Sachsens Befrenung durch die Schlacht dey Leipzig im October 1813. Leipzig: Carl Cnobloch, 1813. 8vo, pp.23; Gazette du Grand-Duche de Francfort, 4th-11 November 1813, no.306-313; Proclamation. Le Marquis de Chabannes, premier Aide-de-Camp du Roi, chargé des pleins-pouvoirs de Sa Majesté dans les Provinces du Nord. Laon, 28th February 1814, broadsheet, 43 x 27cm; and many others, in brown cloth gilt covers, some documents holed, a little rubbing

Maw, George A Monograph of the Genus Crocus. London: Dulau, 1886. 4to., 81 hand-coloured plates, double-page map, 2 double-page tables, contemporary brown half morocco, slightly rubbed

10 framed maps and prints, including Morden, Robert Scotland, 46 x 26cm, hand-coloured; [Idem] Cornwall, 43 x 36cm, hand-coloured; Johnston, Andrew A New Map of the North Part of Scotland, C.34 x 43cm; after John Slezer Prospectus Oppidi Elginae / The prospect of the Town of Elgine, 27 x 32cm; Daniell, William Burgh-head, Morayshire, 1821, 23 x 30cm, hand-coloured; Ogilby, John The Continuation of the Road from London to Lands-end..., 34 x 48, hand-coloured; and 4 others, including 2 by Ogilby (10)

Lucanus, Marcus Annaeus Pharslia sive belli civilis libri decem … curante Francisco Odendorpio. Leiden: apud S. Luchtmans, 1728. 4to., 2 volumes in 1, engraved frontispiece, title-page in red and black, folding map, contemporary diced calf, spine decorated gilt in compartments; Propertius, Sextus Aurelius. Elegiarum libri quatuor … curis secundus Jani Broukhusii …. Amsterdam: apud Rod. & Gerh. Wetstenios, 1727. 4to., engraved title-page, printed title-page in red and black, contemporary blind stamped and ruled vellum, upper outer joint splitting; Juvenal & Persius. Satirae: interpretation ac notis illustravit Ludovicus Prataeus … in usum Serenissimi Delphini. Paris: ex typ. Fred. Leonard, 1684. 4to., modern quarter calf, marbled boards, lacking the engraved title-page; Pliny. Epistolarum libri X … cum commentariis Ioannis Mariae Catanaei. Genève: apud P. & J. Chouet, 1643. 4to., contemporary vellum; Aurelius Victor, Sextus. Historiae romanae … notis Anna Tanaquilli Fabri … in usum Serenissimi Delphini. Paris: D. Thierrry, 1681. 4to., contemporary sprinkled calf, spine worn, worming at the lower inner corner of the first few pages, bookplate of Sir Francis Wood, Bart.; Ovid. Opera omnia ed. P. Burman. Volume 1. Heroides. Amsterdam: apud F. Changion, 1727. 4to., engraved frontispiece, title-pages in red and black, contemporary calf, dried and rubbed, volume 1 only, bookplate of L.C.E. Neville Rolfe, Heacham Hall (6)

Chinese Turkestan - Stein, Marc Aurel Sand-Buried Ruins of Khotan. Personal Narrative of a Journey of Archaeological & Geographical Exploration in Chinese Turkestan. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1903. First edition, 8vo, frontispiece, folding map, illustrations in text, original brown pictorial cloth, partly unopened, t.e.g., occasional spotting, front inner hinge slightly cracked

India, Natural History, a collection, including Hooker, J.D. A Sketch of the Flora of British India. 1904, original wrappers, wrappers inscribed "with the author's kind regards"; Hooker, J.D. The Flora of British India. 1875. 7 volumes, 8vo, original cloth; [Anon.] AA Sketch of the Life of Francis Hamilton (once Buchanan) sometime Superintendant of the Honourable Company's Botanic Garden, Calcutta. Calcutta, 1905. Large 4to., original quarter cloth, worn; Rawat, I.S. Indian Explorers of the 19th century. 1973, dustwrapper; Bor, N.L. Manual of Indian Forest Botany. 1953, presentation copy, dustwrapper; Bor, N.L. Some beautiful Indian Climbers and Shrubs [extracted from Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society]. 1939, plates, green half morocco; Brandis, Dietrich Indian Trees. 1906. Inscribed "with the author's compliments, Nov. 1906", original cloth, slight marginal dampstaining, worn; Willis, J.C. A Revision of the Podostemaceae of India and Ceylon. [extracted from Part 3 vol. 1 of the Annals of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Peradeniya], inscribed "with the author's kind regards", half calf, spine faded;Burkill, I.H. Notes from a Journey to Nepal, bound with 2 other extracts from the Records of the Botanical Survey of India. Calcutta, 1910; Coventry, B.O. Wild FLowers of Kashmir. Series 1-3, coloured plates, original pictorial cloth; Collett, Sir H. Flora Simlensis, a handbook of the flowering plants of Simla. Calcutta & Simla, 1902, folding map, illustrations, cloth, sold not subject to return (19)

Farrer, Reginald On the Eaves of the World. London: E. Arnold, 1926. 2 volumes, 8vo, Second Impression, plates, folding map, original blue cloth, worn and repaired dustwrappers

Ford, Richard - Murray, John - Spain A Hand-Book for Travellers in Spain... London: John Murray, 1845. 2 volumes, 8vo, linen-backed folding map in volume 1, folding map in rear pocket of volume 2, 24pp. adverts, original cloth gilt, hinges splitting in places, joints of volume 1 splitting, some shipping to spines, mark to cover of volume 2 (2)

Shetland Islands - Edmonston, Arthur A View of the Ancient and Present State of the Zetland Islands. Edinburgh: for Longman [&c.], 1809. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, 1 engraved map, contemporary half calf gilt, map foxed and offset to title

Orkney and Shetland, 24 volumes including Mitchell, J.M. Mesehowe. Illustrations of the Runic Literature of Scandinavia. 1863; 9 plates; Hibbert, S. A Description of the Shetland Islands. Lerwick, 1891contemporary half calf; Cursiter, James W. List of Books and Pamphlets relating to Orkney and Shetland. Kirkwall, 1894; Hossack, B.H. Kirkwall in the Orkneys. Kirkwall, 1900, original buckram; another edition. 1986, dust-jacket; Burrows, C.W. Scapa and a Camera. 1921, dust-jacket; Sinclair, Sir J. The Orkney Parishes. Kirkwall, 1927; Childe, V.G. Skara Brae. 1931, dust-jacket; Tait, E.S.R. The Hjaltland Miscellany. Lerwick, 1934-39. 3 volumes; Orkney Antiquarian Society. Proceedings. Kirkwall, 1923-35. Volumes 1-13, original wrappers; Hibbert, Samuel A Description of the Shetland Islands. Edinburgh: Archibald Constable, 1822. 4to, folding map and 2 plates only (of 8), ?lacking pp.83-4, 129-30, 337-8, half morocco gilt, t.e.g.; Spalding Club. Miscellany1852, vol. 5 only; Ruvigny and Rainveal, The Marquis of The Moodie Book. Privately Printed, 1906; Fea, Allan The Real Captain Cleveland. 1912, dust-jacket; Poetical Descriptions of Orkney, MDCLII. [Edinburgh, 1926?] 8vo, contemporary morocco gilt; and several others sold not subject to return (24)

Livingstone, David and Charles Narrative of an Expedition to the Zambesi and its Tributaries. London: John Murray, 1865. First edition, 8vo, 1 folding frontispiece, 12 single page plates and folding map, original purple pictorial cloth gilt, spine faded, upper hinge split

Botany and Natural History, a collection of c. 124 volumes, including Garner, Robert The Natural History of the County of Stafford. 1844; Lloyd, G.N. Botanical Terminology. Edinburgh, 1826, later cloth; Williams, Robert The History and Antiquities of the town of Aberconwy. Denbigh, 1835, original quarter cloth, worn; [Gray, Edward] The History and Antiquities of Newbury... Speenhamland, 1839, later quarter morocco, slight loss to folding map; Cumming, Joseph G. The Isle of Man. 1848, lithographed plates, Martin, George A. The Undercliff of the Isle of Wight. 1849, folding frontispiece; North, I.W. A Week in the Isles of Scilly. Penzance, 1850, lithographed plates, frontispiece loose, binding worn; Hooker, J.D. Himalayan Journals. 1854. Volume 1 only, plates, original cloth, worn; Deakin, Richard Flora of the Colosseum of Rome. 1855; Grindon, L.H. The Manchester Flora. 1859; Buxton, Richard A Botanical Guide to the Flowering Plants... within Eighteen Miles of Manchester. 1859; Stark, R.M. A Popular History of British Mosses. 1860, coloured plates, some spotting; Ullyett, H. Rambles of a Naturalist round Folkestone. Folkestone, 1880; Briggs, T.r. Archer Flora of Plymouth. 1888, map; Griffith, John E. The Flora of Anglesey & Carnarvonshire. Bangor, [1895]; Hanbury, F.J. Flora of Kent. 1899, upper hinge broken; Davey, F. H. Flora of Cornwall. Penryn, 1909; [Hampstead] Hampstead Heath, its Geology and Natural History. 1913; Farrer, Reginald The English Rock-Garden. 1919. 2 volumes, quarter calf, uncut; Lloyd, Francis E. The Carnivorous Plants. Waltham, Mass., 1943, presentation copy inscribed by the author to Sir George Taylor; original cloth, unless noted otherwise

Denham, Major & Capt. Clapperton Narrative of Travels and Discoveries in Northern and Central Africa, in the years 1822, 1823, and 1824. London: John Murray, 1826. Second edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, 2 engraved frontispieces, 1 hand-coloured plate and 9 other engraved plates, 3 folding maps, contemporary half calf, rebacked, plates slightly foxed, a few with slight dampstain, small printed labels of F.W.H. Migeod to head of title-pages, small tear to large map without loss

Elzevier Aphthonius of Antioch. Progymnsmata. Amsterdam: apud L. & D. Elzevier, 1655. 12mo., engraved title-page with date 1649, contemporary vellum; Conciones et orations ex historicis latinis. Amsterdam; ex officina Elzeviriana, 1662. 12mo., 18th century tree calf, with some wormholes: Tacitus. [Opera] ex I. Lipsii editione cum not. et. emend. H. Grotii. Leiden: ex officina Elzeveriana, 1640. 2 parts, 12mo., engraved title-page to the first part, folding genealogical table, contemporary calf, modern rebacking; Pliny. Epistolae et panegyricus. Marcus Boxhornius recensuit. Leiden: apud J. & D. Elzevier, 1653. 12mo., title-page in red and black, contemporary blind ruled calf, corners worn; Curtius (Qinutus Curtius Rufus), Historiarum libri. Amsterdam: ex officina Elzeviriana, 1670. 12mo., engraved title-page, folding map, contemporary calf; Terence. Comoediae ex recensione Heinsiana. Amsterdam: ex officina Elzeviiriana, 1661. 12mo., engraved title-page, contemporary calf, joints rubbed and worn; Suetonius. Caius Suetonius Tranquillus cum annotationibus diversorum. Amsterdam: typis Ludovici Elzevirii, 1650, 16mo., engraved title-page, contemporary vellum; Valerius Maximus. Dictorum fatorumque memrabilium libri IX. Amsterdam: typis Ludovici Elzevirii, 1650. 16mo., engraved title-page, contemporary calf, wear to top of spine; Tacitus. C, Cornelius Tacitus cum optimis exemplaribus collates. Amsterdam: typis Danielis Elzevirii, 1665. 16mo., engraved title-page, contemporary vellum; Aulus Gellius. Noctes atticae. Amsterdam: apud L. Elzevirium, 1651. 12mo., engraved title-page, contemporary calf, modern rebacking; Tacitus. C. Cornelius Tacitus cum optimis exemplaribus collates. Amsterdam: typis Danielis Elzevirii, 1678. 16mo., engraved title-page, contemporary vellum (11)

Shetland & Orkney - Wallace, James An account of the Islands of Orkney. London: J. Tonson, 1700. First edition, 8vo [x, 182], folding map, 1 folding plate, contemporary panelled calf, lightly rubbed

Aurelius Victor, Sextus Historiae romanae breviorium cum Schotti, Machanei, Vineti, Lipsii, Causoboni, Gruteri &c. integris. Leiden: apud Danielem, Abrahamum & Adrianum a Gasesbeeck, 1670. 8vo. [bound with] De vita et moribus impertaorum romanorum … Andreas Schottus compositis tribus M.SS. cum vet. Vulgatis emendabat …quibus accesserunt & Eliae Vineti notae. Leiden: apud Gaasbequios, 1669. 2 works in 1 volume, 8vo., engraved title-page after R. de Hooghe to the first work, numismatic illustrations in both texts, contemporary vellum, repairs to dedication leaf at the front of the first work: Curtius (Quintus Curtius Rufus). Historia Alexandri magni, cum notis selecti variorum, Raderi, Freinshemii, Loccenii, Blancardi, &c. Amsterdam: Elzevier, 1664. 8vo., engraved title-page, engraved folding map, engraved plate; Caesar, Caius. Julius. Quae extant cum notis Dionysii Vossii ut & qui vocatur Iulius Celsus De vita et rebus gestis C. Julii Caesaris, ex musaeo Joannis Georgii Graevii, Amsterdam: P. & J.Blaeu, 1697. 8vo., 2 parts in volume, engraved title-page, printed title-page in red and black, 13 engraved plates (including 5 folding), 3 engraved folding maps, contemporary panelled calf, upper board detached (put present), some paper discolouration; Sallustius Crispus, Caius. Opera omnia quae extant cum commentariis integris Joh. Rivii, Aldi Manutii, Petri Ciacconii, Fulvii Ursini, & Heliae Putschii, et selectis Jani Gruteri, et al. Amsterdam: ex off. Henrici & viduae Theodori Boom, 1690. 8vo., engraved title-page, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, endpapers renewed; Lucanus, Marcus Annaeus. De bello civili cum Hug.Grotii, Farnabii notis integris & variorum selectiss, accurante Corn. Schrevelio. Leiden: apud Fanciscum Hackium, 1658. 8vo., engraved title-page, folding map, contemporary vellum; Valerius Maximus, Gaius. Cum selcctis variorum observant. Et nova recensione A. Thysii. Leiden: ex off, Hackiana, 1670. 8vo., engraved title-page, contemporary mottled calf, spine decorated gilt in compartments (6)

Botany and Natural History, a collection of c.160 volumes, including Linnaeus, C. A Selection of the Correspondence of Linnaeus. 1821, 2 volumes, edited by J.E. Smith, later cloth; Davies, Hugh Welsh Botanology. 1813, original boards, uncut; Greville, Robert K. Flora Edinensis. Edinburgh, 1824, plates, later half morocco; Jones, J.P. Flora Denoniensis. 1829, contemporary half calf; Nicholson, Cornelius Annals of Kendal. Kendal, 1832, frontispiece, folding plan, frontispiece waterstained, worn; Steele, William Beauties of Gilsland. 1836, corners of title cut away; Leighton, W.A. A Flora of Shropshire. Shrewsbury, 1841, later half morocco, plates somewhat spotted; Parnell, Richard The Grasses of Scotland. 1842, plates, later cloth; Lindley, J.The Elements of Botany. 1847, half morocco; St. John, C. A Tour in Sutherlandshire. 1849. 2 volumes, brown half morocco gilt; Johnson, Charles The Fern Allies. 1856, hand-coloured engraved plates, green half calf gilt; Gosse, P.H. A History of the British Sea-Anemones and Corals. 1860, lacks front free endpaper, library stamp to endpaper; Hall, T.B. A Flora of Liverpool. [c.1850], folding map; Damon, Robert Handbook to the Geology of Weymouth. 1860; Erredge, J.A. History of Brighhelmston. Brighton, 1862, repaired, worn; Veitch, J. A Manual of the Coniferae. 1881; Bagnall, James E. The Flora of Warwickshire. 1891, number 482 of 500 copies signed by the author, NLS stamp to endpaper; Connold, E.T. British Vegetable Galls. 1901, 4to.; Green, C.T. The Flora of the Liverpool District. Liverpool, 1902, Guppy, H.B. Observations of a Naturalist in the Pacific between 1896 and 1899. 1906, 2 volumes; Wheldon, J.A. The Flora of West Lancashire. 1907; Loyd, LR.W. Lundy, its History and Natural History. 1925, library stamp to endpapers; Marloth, Rudolf The Flora of South Africa. Capetown, 1913-32. Volumes 1-4 in 5 (of 6); Druce, GC. The Flora of Buckinghamshire. Arbroath, 1926, letter from the author tipped in; De Grunne, Xavier Vers les glaciers de l'équateur. Le Ruwenzori. Brussels, 1937, original wrappers; Dawson, W.R., editor. The Banks Letters. 1958;Quinby, Jane, editor Catalogue of Botanical Books in the Collection of Rachem McMasters Miller Hunt. Pittsburgh, 1958-61, 3 volumes, 4to.; Ewan, J., editor Bartram, William. Botanical and Zoological Drawings 1756-1788. 1968, dustwrapper; Curtis, W. The Endemic Flora of Tasmania. Ariel Press, 1967-71, Part 1 & 3, folio, green & maroon cloth, slipcases, original cloth except where noted; and c.76 others; sold not subject to return

Brand, John The history and antiquities of the town and county pf the town of Newcastle upon Tyne: including an account of the coal trade of that place. London: White, 1789. First edition, 2 volumes, 4to., with an engraved frontispiece and engraved title-page to both volumes, and with 32 other engraved plates (including a folding map of Newcastle and several other folding plates), some engraved illustrations in the text, modern half calf, marbled boards, frontispieces and titles a little discoloured, two small tears at the folds of the engraved map, some off-setting and foxing from the plates (2)

Tibet, a collection, including Hayden, Sir H. & C. Cosson Sport and Travel in the Highlands of Tibet. 1927. First edition, 8vo, plates, map in pocket, original cloth; Bell, Sir Charles Tibet past & present. 1924, original cloth, lacks map at end, worn; David-Neel, A. Tibetan Journey. 1936, original cloth, 1 plate loose, binding slightly soiled; Burrard, S.G. Records of the Survey of India, Volume VIII, Part 2 only. Dehra Dun, 1915. Folio, frontispiece and folding maps 14-21 & 23-24 only (lacking 13 and 22), original quarter cloth; Burrard, S.G. A Sketch of the Geography and Geology of the Himalaya Mountains and Tibet. Delhi, 1933 and Calcutta, 1908, Parts 2 and 4 only, 4to, plates, maps, original wrappers; Morris, J. Living with Lepchas.1938, title-page discoloured; Rockhill, W.W. Notes on the Ethnology of Tibet. [extracted from a Journal], [1933], plates, cloth; Bailey, F.M. China- Tibet - Assam, a Journey, 1911. 1945; Bell, Sir C. Portrait of the Dalai Lama. 1946, dustwrapper; Bell, Sir C. Tibet past & present. [n.d.], dustwrapper; Thomas, Lowell Out of this World. 1951, dustwrapper; Maraini, F. Secret Tibet. 1952; dustwrapper; Herrligkoffer, K.M. Nanga Parbat. 1954, torn dustwrapper; International Commission of Jurists Tibet and the Chinese People's Republic. Geneva, 1960; Li, Tieh-Tseng. Tibet. New York, 1960, dustwrapper; Gelder, S. & R. The Timely Rain. 1964, dustwrapper; Hopkirk, P. Trespassers on the Roof of the World. 1982, presentation copy from the author, dustwrapper; Richardson, H.M. Tibet & its History. 1984, dustwrapper; Ruttledge, Hugh. Everest 1933. 1934, original cloth; Vaurie, Charles Tibet and its Birds. 1972, dustwrapper, library stamp to endpaper; and several loose extracts from the Himalayan Journal relating to Tibet, in a loose clip folder

Bey, Max Herz La Mosquée du Sultan Hassan au Caire. Cairo: L'Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale, 1899. Folio, 20 plates, including a map and folding plan, original green cloth, some spotting and nibbling to plates, one plate dampstained, portfolio splitting with some cloth lacking from upper cover

Yorkshire Botany and Natural History, a collection of 17 volumes, including [Cox, D.] [Yorkshire, extracted from Magna Britannia], [c.1720-31], 2 folding maps, later quarter morocco; Belcher, H. Illustrations of the Scenery on the Line of the Whitby and Pickering Railway. 1836, engraved plates, original cloth, spotting, binding worn, frontispiece detached; Baines, H. The Flora of Yorkshire. 1840, 2 plates; bound with the Supplement. 1854, 2 parts in one volume, original quarter cloth, worn; Baines, H. The Flora of Yorkshire. 1840, 2 plates, contemporary green half calf gilt; Falconer, R.W.] Contributions towards a catalogue of plants indigenous to the Neighbourhood of Tenby. 1848, original cloth; Baker, J.G. North Yorkshire. 1863, 4 maps (1 folding), original cloth; Hobkirk, C.P. Huddersfield. 1868, original cloth, title & upper board detached, worn; Davis, J.W. West Yorkshire. 1878, map in pocket, original cloth; Baker, J.B. The History of Scarborough. 1882, original cloth; Lees, F.A. The Flora of West Yorkshire. 1888, original cloth; Speight, H. Romantic Richmondshire. 1897, original cloth, library stamp to endpaper, spine rubbed; Dresser, W. The Darlington Half Holiday Guide. [1899]; Marshall, J.J. The Flora of the East Riding of Yorkshire. 1902, original cloth; Baker, J.G. North Yorkshire. 1906, buckram; Bogg, E. Richmondshire and the Vale of Mowbray. 1906, original cloth; Elgee, F. The Moorlands of North-Eastern Yorkshire. 1912, library stamp to endpapers; Sheppard, T. Yorkshire's Contribution to Science. 1916, original cloth; Lees, F.A. A Supplement to the Yorkshire Floras. [1941], original cloth; sold not subject to return

Orkney & Shetland - Edmondston, Arthur A View of the Ancient and Present State of the Zetland Islands. Edinburgh: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809. 2 volumes, 8vo, map, lacking half-titles, contemporary calf, bookplates of John M. Slater, a little spotting, map browned (2)

Bain, James, editor The Authentic Map Directory of London and Suburbs. London: "Geographia" Ltd., [n.d., but 1932?] Third edition, 4to, original green cloth gilt, a few notes and annotations in biro, a little soiling to covers

China - Adachi, Koruku Choan Shiseki no Kenku. Research on the Historical Remains of Chang'an. Tokyo, 1933. First edition, 2 volumes, 27 x 20cm., black & white illustrations, 5 foldouts, map in pocket, 12pp. text in booklet, separate volume containing 170 loose black and white collotype plates, Japanese text, original boards and cloth-backed boards, bindings rather worn Note: Rare. Two volume report on the historical remains in and around the ancient Chinese capital of Chang'an comprising the results of the author's investigation of the area in 1908-11. A definitive work on the condition of the archaological and historical sites in the Xi'an area at the start of the 20th century.

Traven, B. Das toten Schiff. Berlin: Büchergilde Guteneberg, 1926. First edition, large 8vo., folding map, plates, publisher's cloth, spine faded; [Idem] Land des Frülings. Büchergilde Guteneberg, 1928. First edition, large 8vo., with folding map and illustrations, publisher's cloth; [Idem] Der Karren. Berlin: Büchergilde Guteneberg, 1931. First edition, 8vo., frontispiece, blue grey cloth, wear to head and tail; [Idem] Die Rebellion der Gehenkten. Zurich: Büchergilde Guteneberg, 1936. First edition, 8vo., frontispiece, red headband, publisher's grey blue cloth; [Idem] Sonnen-Schöpfung: indianische Legende. Zurich: Büchergilde Guteneberg, 1936. First edition,4to., publisher's buckram, no 357 of an unspecified limitation; [Idem] Macario. Büchergilde Guteneberg, 1950. First edition, 8vo., publisher's cloth; all volumes without dust wrappers; [Idem] The white rose. London: Robert Hale, 1965. First English edition, 8vo., publisher's cloth, dust wrapper, slight fading of head and tail, head and tail of wrapper chipped, price clipped; and 3 others (10)

D Wang, Luidwig and Emil von Meerscheidt-Hullessem In und um Peking. Während der Kriegswirren 1900-1901. Berlin: Meisenbach Riffarth & Co., 1902. First edition, oblong folio, 1 heliogravure portrait, 35 leaves of plates (with photos on both verso and rector, folding map, original pictorial blue cloth gilt with dragon design, small tear to map (without loss)

Yorkshire and County Durham, a very large collection including Hutton, W. The history of the Roman Wall. 1802. 8vo, folding map and 7 plates, 19th century calf, neatly rebacked; Watkins, William The fall of Carthage... first presented at The Theatre, Whitby. Whitby: T. Webster, 1802. First edition, 8vo, half-title, 4pp. list of subscribers, contemporary half calf; [Hegge, Robert] Saint Cuthbert, or the histories of his churches at Lindisfarne, Cunecastre and Dunholme. Sunderland: G. Garbutt, [1816], printed and woodcut title, contemporary boards, rebacked; Parson, William and William White History, directory and gazetteer of the counties of Durham and Northumberland. Printed for W. White & Co., 1827-28. 2 volumes, 12mo., original boards, uncut, without the maps (issued separately), boards covered in transparent adhesive material; Young, Rev. George A picture of Whitby and its environs. Whitby, 1840. 12mo. second edition, folding map, plates, some folding, contemporary cloth; Wellbeloved, D. Eburcum, or York under the Romans. York, 1842. 8vo, plates, maps, list of subscribers, original cloth, worn; Ornsby, George Sketches of Durham. Durham, 1846. 12mo, original cloth, worn; Gibson, W.S. Descriptive and historical notices of some remarkable Northumbrian castles, Churches and Antiquities. 1848. First Series only, frontispiece, original boards, some spotting, rebacked; [Abbatt, Richard] A history of the Picts or Romano-British Wall. 1849. 8vo, plates, original cloth; Richardson, George The annals of the Cleveland Richardsons and their descendants. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1850 "Not Published", presentation copy, original cloth, spine faded; [Rewcastle, James] A record of the Great Fire in Newcastle and Gateshead. 1855. 12mo, frontispiece, presentation copy from the writer, original cloth, repaired, new endpapers; Ordnance Survey Map of Hartlepool. 1861, hand-coloured folding map, backed on linen, morocco slipcase, worn; Heavisides, Henry The annals of Stockton-on-Tees. Stockton-on-Tees, 1865. First edition, frontispiece, original cloth, spine rubbed at head and base; Heavisides, Henry Courtship and matrimony. Stockton, 1864. 12mo, frontispiece, original cloth; [Mawr, Eta] Tributes to the Tees. Darlington, 1864, inscribed from the compiler, frontispiece, original boards; [Dresser, William, printer] The Tees in the olden time. Darlington, 1866, original green boards, worn; Baring-Gould, S. Notes on the folk lore of the Northern Counties of England. 1866, 8vo, coloured frontispiece, original cloth; Pickford, John A week in the Yorkshire Dales. Manchester, 1869, presentation copy from the author, original green cloth, title discoloured; Gordon, Samuel The watering places of Cleveland. Redcar, 1869. 8vo, original cloth, worn; Hamlyn, N.T. The Border ballad of Hedgley Moor. Durham, 1894. 4to., original cloth-backed boards; Palgreave, F.M.T. A List of the words and phrases in every-day use by the Natives of Hetton-le-Hole in the County of Durham. 1896, original cloth, title slightly discoloured; [Dixon, S.F.] History of the Saxon Royal Town of Corbridge-on-Tyne. Newcastle, 1912. folding map, plates, original cloth; and c.230 books and pamphlets (approximately half being books), on Yorkshire, County Durham and Northumberland, mostly later

Baedeker, and other travel guides, 285 books Baedeker, Karl 255 guides, including: Deutschland, in einem Bande. Leipzig, 1906; Egypte. Leipzig, 1898; Spanien und Portugal. Leipzig, 1899. Second edition; Schwarzwald. Leipzig, 1927. Second edition; Mittelmeer. Leipzig, 1934. Second edition; Espagne et Portugal. Leipzig, 1900; Grossbritannien. Leipzig, 1906; The Rhine and Northern Germany. Coblenz, 1868. Third edition; Egypt. Leipzig, 1902. Fifth edition; Paris und Umgebungen... Coblenz, 1855; Italy, from the Alps to Naples. Leipzig, 1928. Third edition; Schweden und Norwegen. Leipzig, 1882. Second improved and augmented edition; and a large quantity of others, mostly European and in original red cloth gilt; Murray, John 26 'Hand-Books', including: Constantinople, Brûsa, and the Troad. London, 1893, map in rear pocket, library stamps; and a collection of others; and 4 other travel guides, sold not subject to return (285)

Botany and Natural History, a collection of c. 102 volumes, including [Malvern] A Description of Malvern. Malvern: for the author, [c.1825], original boards, repaired, worn, one detached; Gorham, G.C. Memoirs of John Martyn, F.R.S. and of Thomas Martyn. 1830, later cloth; Smith, James E. Memoir and Correspondence. 1832, 2 volumes; Duncan, James The Natural History of British Moths. 1836, half morocco, lettered volume 1 on spine; A Guide through the Town of Shrewsbury. 1845, lacks spine; Webb, R.H. Pryor, Alfred R. A Flora of Hertfordshire. 1887; Flora Hertfordiensis. 1849, red calf gilt; Harvey, William H. A Manual of the British Marine Algae. 1849, hand-coloured plates; Dickinson, Joseph The Flora of Liverpool. 1851; Swete, Edward H. Flora Bristoliensis. 1854, 2 plates, map in pocket; Lucas, Joseph Studies in Nidderdale. [c.1872]; Bull, Henry G. Notes on the Birds of Herefordshire. 1888; Purchas, W.H. A Flora of Herefordshire. [c.1889]; De Tabley, Lord The Flora of Cheshire. 1899; Cooke, M.C. Our Reptiles and Batrachians. 1893, chromolithograph title & plates; Lington, William R. Flora of Derbyshire. 1903, presentation copy from the author; Amphlett, J. The Botany of Worcestershire. 1909; Linton, E.F. Flora of Bournemouth, [1900], stamp to endpaper; Stephenson, T.A. The British Sea Anemones. 1928, 2 volumes; Grose, Donald The Flora of Wiltshire. 1957; and c. 80 others; sold not subject to return

3 maps - Abyssinia/East Africa, Northern Greece/Bulgaria and Scotland, comprising Langenes, Barent Abissionorum Imperium. Hand-coloured engraved map from Bertius's Tabularum Geographicum Contractarum, [c.1607-18], probably engraved by Jodocus Hondius, 9.5 x 13cm.; Ruscelli, Girolamo Tabula Europae IX, engraved map of Northern Greece/Bulgaria, [?c.1588], hand-coloured in outline, from Ruscelli's edition of Geografia di Tolomeo, 14.5 x 18cm.; Philippe de Pretot, E.A. L'Ecosse conforme aux itinéraires... dirigée par Mr. Philippe. [Paris: Nyon l'ainé, 1770], engraved map hand-coloured in outline, from de Pretot's Atlas Universel, 26.5 x 38.5cm., all framed and glazed (3)

Martin, Martin A Description of the Western Islands of Scotland. London: A. Bell, 1716. Second edition, 8vo, folding map, folding plate, contemporary calf, bookplate of John M. Slater, pp.13-14 repaired affecting some letters, a passage of text erased, but still legible, on p.66, paper laid over a portion of text on p.191 as either a repair or censorship