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Lot 196
Mountaineering.- Messner (Reinhold) The Seventh Grade: most extreme climbing, first English edition, half-title, plates, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, price-clipped dust-jacket, minor creasing to edges, 1974 § Bonnington (Chris) The Next Horizon, first edition, half-title, plates and illustrations, original cloth, fractional bumping to spine extremities, price-clipped dust-jacket, minor creasing to edges, 1973 § Anderson (J. R. L.) High Mountains and Cold Seas: A Biography of H. W. Tilman, first edition, plates and illustrations, original cloth, a little rubbed, dust-jacket, fractional creasing to extremities, 1980 § Gray (Dennis) Rope Boy, first edition, frontispiece, plates, faint old tape mark to front free endpaper, original cloth, fractional bumping to corners, dust-jacket, chipping and small loss to top edge, 1970; and others similar, 8vo & 4to (c.55)
Lot 46
Africa.- Middle East.- Gadsby (John) My Wanderings being Travels in the East in 1846-47, 1850-51, 1852-53, 2 vol., illustrations, folding hand-coloured map, short tear at gutter with neat repair, vol. 1 with previous owner's ink inscription, vol. 2 with ?author's ink inscription to front pastedown, scattered faint spotting, contemporary half-calf, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1859-[60] § Olufsen (O.) Through the Unknown Pamirs, half-title, plates (2 folding), folding map at end, faint spotting to first few leaves, original cloth, sunned spine, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1904 § Myers (Arthur B. R.) Life with the Hamran Arabs, frontispiece, plates, publisher's advertisements at end, ex-library with ink-stamps to title, original pictorial cloth, gilt, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1876; and others similar, 8vo (12).
Lot 135
Indonesia.- Bik (Adrianus Johannes), After. La Fabrique du Sucre; Vue prise des domaines de Koeripan, two views from the set of six, lithographs printed in colours finished by hand, each sheet approx. 400 x 510 mm (15 3/4 x 20 in), on thin wove paper fixed on thick paper support, as issued[?], some small nicks and losses, even toning and minor surface dirt, unframed, published at the behest of J. J. van Braam by François Buffa & Zonen, Amsterdam [1842]; together with a good group of 5 further views of Indonesia, including van R. de Vries' 'In Het Tengersche Gebergte (Oosthoek van Java)', a lithographic view of 'Gunung-Gamping', two impressions of Lemercier's 'Rade de Banda', and another, lithographs, various sizes, largest 335 x 520 mm (13 1/4 x 20 1/2 in), all unframed, 19th century (6)
Lot 214
Polar.- Mikkelsen (Ejnar) Lost in the Arctic: being the story of the 'Alabama' expedition, 1909-1912, first edition, half-title, portrait frontispiece, plates, folding map at end, scattered spotting, original pictorial cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1913 § Peary (R. E.) Nearest the Pole, first edition, half-title, frontispiece, plates, 2 folding maps at end, cracked hinges, original buckram, backstrip split at upper joint but holding firm, chipping to corners and extremities, 1907 § The Arctic World: its Plants, Animals, and Natural Phenomena, frontispiece, plates and illustrations, spotting, new endpapers, original pictorial cloth, rebacked with red morocco, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners, n.d. § Abruzzi (H.R.H. the Duke of) Farther North than Nansen being the Voyage of the Polar Star, frontispiece, one folding plate, illustrations,. ex-Royal Institution with occasional ink- or blind-stamps, original pictorial cloth, a little rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, 1901 and others on the Arctic, including a second edition of Nansen's 'Farthest North', v.s. (39)
Lot 39
NO RESERVE Africa.- Freeman (R. Austin) Travels and Life in Ashanti and Jaman, first edition, presentation copy from author dated Jan. 1903, half-title, frontispiece, plates and illustrations, folding colour map at end, spotting, contemporary cloth, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 8vo, Westminster, 1898.
Lot 200
Mountaineering.- Rey (Guido) The Matterhorn, second edition, mounted frontispiece, plates, lacking front free endpaper, partially unopened, scattered faint spotting, previous owner's ink signature to half-title, original cloth, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1908 § Roch (André) On Rock and Ice: Mountaineering in Photographs, frontispiece, illustrations, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1947 § Dent (C. T.) Mountaineering, second edition, half-title, frontispiece, illustrations, school prize label to front pastedown, contemporary calf, gilt, a little rubbed, 1892 § Neate (W. R.) Mountaineering and its Literature, frontispiece, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, price-clipped dust-jacket, slight rubbing and chipping to edges, Milnthorpe, Cicerone Press, 1978; and others similar, v.s. (c.55)
Lot 109
Europe.- Paton (A. A.) Highlands and Islands of the Adriatic, 2 vol., lithograph frontispieces, vignette titles, 8 lithographs, one folding map, one double-page plan, scattered spotting, previous owner's printed label to front pastedowns, original cloth, a little mottled, slight bumping to corners and extremities, [Abbey, Travel 44], 1849 § Wilde (W. R.) Narrative of a Voyage to Madeira, Teneriffe, and along the Shores of the Mediterranean, 2 vol., first edition, 2 tinted lithograph frontispieces, 2 maps, 2 lithographs of skulls, illustrations, advertisements at beginning vol. 1, scattered faint spotting, original cloth, a little faded, small abrasion mark to vol. 2 upper cover, bumping to corners and extremities, Dublin & London, 1840; and another similar, 8vo (6)
Lot 258
NO RESERVE Turkey.- Cox (Samuel S.) Diversions of a Diplomat in Turkey, first edition, half-title, portrait frontispiece, 2 chromolithographs, illustrations, many full-page, bookplate, previous owner's ink signature, original pictorial cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 8vo, New York, 1887.⁂ Provenance: Bookplate and ink signature of R. M. Burrell.
Lot 191
Mountaineering.- Britain.- Jones (Owen Glynne) Rock-Climbing in the English Lake District, third edition, frontispiece, plates, maps, scattered faint spotting, new endpapers, original cloth, rebacked retaining original backstrip, slight bumping to corners, Keswick, 1911 § Carr (Herbert R .C.) & George A. Lister. The Mountains of Snowdonia, first edition, frontispiece, plates and illustrations, maps, spotting, original cloth, faint spotting, slight bumping to corners and extremities, dust-jacket, slight creasing and chipping to edges, 1925 § Abraham (George D.) Mountain Adventures at Home and Abroad, first edition, frontispiece, plates, advertisements at end, spotting, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1910; and others on British mountaineering, v.s. (c.50)
Lot 266
GROSART REV. ALEXANDER R. Songs of the Day & Night or Three Centuries of Original Hymns for Public & Private Praise & Reading. Large paper ltd. ed. of only 100. 509pp. Uncut cream col. brds., some light damp stng. & fading but sound. Subscriber's list. Catalogue of other works by this author (of Blackburn, Lancashire). Slipped in short manuscript letter from the author. Printed for Private Circulation only, 1890.
Lot 113
Documents & Ephemera - Delap of Monellan Castle, Killygordon, Co. Donegal - Ireland. 1854-1890. Documents, correspondence, related sale of farms & property belonging to Delaps at Lillingston, Buckingham & Roxton, Bedfordshire. Includes two Obligation Bonds 1854 signed by Reverend Robert Delap of Monellan & 1868 signed by him & James Bogel Delap, his son, draft Deed of Gift by Rev. R. Delap to his son James, the chattels & personal effects at Monellan Castle, schedules of Caldecott 7 Bowbuckhill Farms, 1883 Rev. R. Delap Power of Attorney to his son, etc. (25 items).
Lot 391
1901 (June 5) Mourning cover to Dartmouth with QV 10d cancelled by Blandford double ring c.d.s, a Blandford single ring c.d.s and undated parcel handstamp alongside with violet boxed "½d POSTAGE DUE FOR RETURN TO SENDER", the reverse with a further 13 Blandford handstamps including 87 duplex and numeral obliterators, triangular "BIT", oval framed "R" and Registered datestamp and "More to Pay / above - oz / 87", vertical fold, very unusual. Photo on Page 58.
Lot 736
1928-47 Postage, Air, Official and Postal Tax stamps hinged to six pages from the Saudi Arabian Post Office Specimen collection, English and Arabic wording on the reverse, including 1929 Scadta 50c - 25s set of ten and 1s with "R" overprint all cancelled by "SERVICIO DE TRANSPORTES AEREO / GUAYAQUIL" c.d.s dated 13 VII 1928 which was only applied to specimen sets prior to sending to the U.P.U for distribution to member countries. (241).
Lot 742
1856-2002 Used collection in two Davo albums including 1856 5k pen cancelled (thin), 10k (cut into), 1860 5k with full roulettes, 1866-71 5p and 1m with full roulettes (1m, S.G. 48 with 2003 A.P.S Certificate), 1875-81 set, 1885 set, 1891 set (3½r with 1995 A.P.S Certificate), 1901-15 10m (all three colours), 1925-29 set, 1930 Zeppelin 10m, parcel post, military post with "1983" overprint Faltpost stamp used on commercial card, Karelia, Ingermanland, also some mint miniature sheets and booklets. Fine quality, virtually complete from 1895. S.G. £4,000. (approx). (2 Albums). Photo on Page 98.
Lot 1727
Burgher Camps - ORC/Bermuda. 1901-02 1d Postcard from "Bethulie R. Camp" and a registered cover posted at Bethulie, probably from the camp, also two covers posted at Winburg probably from the refugee camp, all to P.O.Ws at Burtts Island, Darrells Island (2) or Morgans Island, some faults. (4).
Lot 1061
1892 (Mar. 28) Cover to Mrs Powell, Kings Lynn, Norfolk, franked 4½a dull violet tied by a Mombasa squared circle, with an intriguing pencil endorsement alongside "Paid 4½a ..... my a/c (initials), some overall soiling, pressed creases and minor edge faults, light crease through the stamp. Also 1892 (May 24) cover from Bishop Alfred R. Tucker to his son in London, initialled "A.E.Eq.A" (Alfred, Eastern Equatorial Africa) franked ½a tied by Mombasa squared circle, another stamp unfortunately removed (with a replacement 4a hinged in its place). Tucker went to Uganda as a C.M.S Missionary in 1890, was appointed Bishop of Equatorial Africa and later Bishop of Uganda. Two interesting and early covers from the interior of B.E.A or Uganda, both probably carried by caravan or runner to Mombasa. (2).
Lot 1393
Mainly mint selection on stockcards, many with varieties including 20c "X" virtually missing (2), 2c and 4c no stop (both within blocks of twelve), thin "I" and broken second "A" (5), broken "R" (2), oval "O" (11), raised stop (19), small "A" (17), $3 with faulty "B", etc. (185). Photo on Page 184.
Lot 1590
1919-22 Card and cover sent after the introduction of the new currency, comprising 1919 (July 16) 20r Mozambique card overprinted "NYASSA" and "Republica", sent from Ibo to Paris franked 10r, minor creasing and two small repaired tears; and 1922 (Jan. 3) registered cover from Palma to Germany franked 2½r (2) + 10r (3) + 100r with a Palma registration label, Mocimboa, Beira and London transit datestamps, minor soiling, the front and reverse of the cover separated. Two scarce commercial uses from smaller offices. (2).
Lot 1785
Fee Stamps. 1887-96 "Fee" (16) and "Free Fee" (5) overprints including 1887 1d Fee and Free error (the "R" deleted in ink, creased), overprint essays on the 3d violet postage due (stained), 4d grey and 5/- rose-lake, 1d apparently postally used, a few faults, the overprint essays very scarce. (21). Photo on Page 246.
Lot 1077
1894 (Oct. 15) Piece bearing 1890-95 2½a and two examples of the 1 Anna on 3a black on red manuscript surcharge with initials "V.H.M" all tied by Mombasa datestamps, an oval Registered Woolwich arrival datestamp (Nov. 16) alongside. A scarce piece, from the final posting of this provisional by R. Macallister. S.G. 25, £4,500+. Photo on Page 140.
Lot 1345
Extensive mainly mint accumulation on stockcards and pages with some blocks, 3c + 2c with varieties thick "2" or inverted "SS" (toned), "CSOSS" on 3c + 2c (4), 4c + 2c and 8c + 2c, misplaced overprints, incomplete or broken letters, minor constant varieties with square stop, shaved "R", comma, small last "s", etc., some identified by setting type. (c.850).
Lot 1252
1937 First Day Covers, comprising July 7th covers from Kota Bharu bearing 1c + 2c + 5c or five 1c stamps or from Kuala Krai to South Africa bearing 1c + 2c + 4c, and October 16th covers from Kota Bharu franked 2c + 6c to Canada or 10c to India. Also two registered covers to England bearing the twelve 1c - 50 values, both with wax seals impressed "KOTA BHARU / R / POST OFFICE". (7).
Lot 1755
Varieties. 1897-2008 Mint stamps with varieties, the collection in two albums including 1897 1m overprint inverted (2, one with 1991 R.P.S Certificate, the other offered 'as-is', also a forgery), 1927 4m inverted watermark, 1931 2p Air Mail overprint sheet of sixty including extended "R" variety, 1935 2½p on 3m missing arabic letter within a block, 1940 5m on 10m with all four listed varieties within pairs, 1948 5m inverted watermark, also School overprints, 1927 10p colour trial, 1940 4½p surcharge proofs (6) and various 1951 proofs, many post-independence issues including 1962 surcharges with complete sheets (4) showing inverted, double or missing surcharge on certain stamps, various 1997-2007 surcharge varieties with 2000 U.P.U 150D black printed twice, 2006 Africa Cup £S4.5 black printed twice, etc. An interesting collection. (S.G. £1,050 for 1897-1948 listed varieties). (1,600+).
Lot 836
1911 (Feb. 18) Allahabad First Aerial Post, registered cover to Indore franked by KEVII 15r tied by the special pictorial Aerial Post cancel in magenta with a further strike alongside, reverse with registration label bearing boxed "R / ALLAHABAD" and datestamps of Allahabad and Indore. A remarkable high franking, probably unique. Photo on Page 112.
Lot 1940
2½ on 2a Pale Blue, surcharged in red, used block of four, upper pair with type 6 surcharges and lower pair with type 7 surcharges, upper left stamp with normal second "z", the others with small second "z", upper right stamp with antique "r". A fine and scarce block, 4/1-5/2 from setting 3. S.G. 26/7, £330+. Photo on Page 258.
Lot 1879
1890 (Oct. 2) The Eastern Telegraph Co. Ltd printed telegram envelope registered to Tamatave, franked 1a + 4a each tied by "ZANZIBAR / REG." c.d.s, with circular framed "R", octagonal La Reunion A Marseille L.V No 4 and Ligne T Paq. Fr. No. 1 transit datestamps. Roughly opened with some loss to upper edge, removed from an album with part of the brown album page adhering to reverse upper edge, unusual, especially to Madagascar. Photo on Page 252.
Lot 370
First World War medal trio awarded to Private Frederick Turner of the Middlesex Regiment comprising; War Medal, Victory Medal and 1914-15 Star (G-1731 Pte. F. Turner, Middx. R.), with Turner's Memorial plaque with envelope and outer card box, together with an unassociated Second World War medal group and cased Imperial Service Medal
Lot 391
FIFTY YEARS OF SPORT AT OXFORD, CAMBRIDGE AND THE GREAT PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARRANGED BY THE RIGHT HON LORD DESBOROUGH OF TAPLOW, KCVO, Edited by Hon R H Lyttleton, Arthur Page and Evan B Noel, London, Walter Southwood, 1922 first edition, 22 portraits as list, 4to, original cloth worn, small part loss at spine
Lot 403
Various Natural History Interest: R S R Fitter "London's Natural History", 1945, first edition, A W Boyd "A Country Parish", 1951, first edition, F J North "The New Naturalist Snowdonia", 1949, first edition, H J Fleure " A Natural History of Man in Britain", 1951, first edition, R K Murton "The Wood Pigeon", 1965, first edition, J A Steers "The Sea Coast", 1953, first edition, L Dudley Stamp "Man and the Land", 1955, first edition, J E Lousley "Wild Flowers of Chalk and Limestone", 1950, first edition and Philip Chapman "Caves and Cave Life", 1993
Lot 274
Selection of four small format photograph interest books viz A Horsley Hinton "P.O.P." 1902 first edition, together with W K Burton "Burton's Modern Photography" 1887, 7th and enlarged ed, also Pracitus "The Portrait Studio" 1918, 3rd edition and R Child Bayley & Others "The AGFA Handbook 1912" first edition, (W/pencil annotations to title)
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