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Lot 7
Bales (Captain P.G.). The History of the 1/4th Battalion Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding) Regiment, 1914-1919, 1st ed., Halifax & London, 1912, b & w illusts. from photos, folding maps and battle plans, orig. cloth gilt, minor shelf wear to head and foot of spine, 8vo, together with Creswicke (Louis), South Africa and the Transvaal War, 7 vols. (including Supplement), Edinburgh, 1900-01, num. col. and b & w illusts., maps and battle plans, etc., orig. pict. cloth, a little rubbed, 4to, and others of military interest (16)
Lot 20
Bromfield (William Arnold). Letters from Egypt and Syria, Printed for Private Circulation, 1856, additional lithographed title, lithographed portrait (adhered to additional title verso), some light spots, library stamps and marks, a.e.g., contemporary calf gilt, shelf number sellotaped to lower spine, rubbed, 8vo. (1)
![[Barter, Catherine]. Alone Among Zulus, by a Plain Woman. The Narrative of a Journey through the Zulu Country, 1st ed., pub.](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10729/2793331/97-20105417598_468x382.jpg)
Lot 97
[Barter, Catherine]. Alone Among Zulus, by a Plain Woman. The Narrative of a Journey through the Zulu Country, 1st ed., pub. SPCK, [1866], four wood-eng. plts., 4 pp. publisher’s ads. at rear, a.e.g., publisher’s orig. `Suitable for Presents’ gilt-dec. dark brown cloth with bevelled edges, minor shelf wear to head and foot of spine, small 8vo. Barter’s narrative of her journey describes the Zulu kingdom in 1855 when it was still politically and economically independent. She explains in chapter one that `I am a plain woman in every sense of the word... and the few incidents here recorded, being a narrative of some months spent among savages, being out of the common routine of ladies’ travels...’. (1)
Lot 98
Bent (J. Theodore). The Ruined Cities of Mashonaland. Being a Record of the Excavation and Exploration in 1891. With a Chapter on the Orientation and Mensuration of the Temples, by R.M.W. Swan, 1st ed., 1892, half-title present (browned), five maps and plans, some folding, num. b & w illusts. from photos and drawings, 24 pp. publisher’s catalogue at rear, some minor scattered spotting, orig. cloth gilt, minor shelf wear to extremities, 8vo. (1)
Lot 103
Chapman (James). Travels in the Interior of South Africa, Comprising Fifteen Years’ Hunting and Trading; with Journeys Across the Continent from Natal to Walvisch Bay, and Visits to Lake Ngami and the Victoria Falls, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1868, half-titles present, wood-eng. frontis. to each, num. wood-engs. to text, two large folding maps, both errata leaves present, orig. dark green cloth with bevelled edges, spines lettered in gilt (in bright condition), minor shelf-wear to extremities, 8vo. (2)
Lot 104
Drummond (Hon. W.H.). The Large Game and Natural History of South and South-East Africa. From the Journals of the Hon. W.H. Drummond, 1st ed., Edinburgh, 1875, half-title present, chromo. frontis. and vign. title, twelve full-page plts. printed in tint, wood-engs. to text, single-page map at rear, orig. dark green cloth gilt, minor shelf wear to head and foot of spine (inner front joint partly cracked), 8vo. (1)
Lot 106
Gregory (J.W.). The Great Rift Valley. Being the Narrative of a Journey to Mount Kenya and Lake Baringo, with Some Account of the Geology, Natural History, Anthropology, and Future Prospects of British East Africa, 1st ed., 1896, col. frontis., b & w illusts. from photos and drawings, two folding maps, single ad. leaf at rear, orig. gilt-dec. cloth, minor shelf-wear to extremities, 8vo. (1)
Lot 119
New (Charles). Life, Wanderings, and Labours in Eastern Africa. With an Account of the First Successful Ascent of the Equatorial Snow Mountain, Kilima Njaro; and Remarks upon East African Slavery, 2nd ed., 1874, half-title present, port. frontis., ten tinted litho. plts. with tissue guards, some minor spotting to title and margins (front endpaper repaired), orig. dec. cloth gilt, minor shelf wear to extremities, 8vo. Neate N14. New made the second serious attempt on Kilimanjaro in 1871, reaching c. 15, 000 ft at the then snowline; he described the snow as `lying on ledges of rock in masses, like large sleeping sheep’. (1)
Lot 120
Norris-Newman (Charles L.). In Zululand with the British throughout the War of 1879, 1st ed., 1880, mounted photo. frontis. of Sir Henry Bartle Edward Frere, photo-litho. ports. of Major General Lord Chelmsford and General Wolseley, wood-eng. port. of Cetywayo, eight folding battle plans, large folding map at rear and 40 pp. publisher’s catalogue, some minor scattered spotting, orig. cloth gilt, minor shelf wear to extremities (new endpapers), 8vo. (1)
Lot 123
Pinto (Major Serpa). How I Crossed Africa: From the Atlantic to the Indian Ocean, Through Unknown Countries; Discovery of the Great Zambesi Affluents, Translated from the Author’s Manuscript by Alfred Elwes, 2 vols., 1st U.S. ed., Philadelphia, 1881, folding map frontispiece and folding map in rear pocket of vol. I, seven other maps, numerous wood-engraved plates and illustrations, a few leaves at end of vol. I neatly repaired, original green pictorial cloth gilt, minor shelf wear, 8vo. (2)
Lot 134
Stanley (Henry M.). In Darkest Africa, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1890, portrait frontispiece to each, three folding coloured maps, 36 full-page wood-engraved plates, illustrations, map endpapers, scattered light spots, original red pictorial cloth gilt, minor shelf wear, 8vo. With an autograph letter, dated November 1892, tipped-in to verso of vol. I frontispiece: ÒDear sir, I greatly regret that the evening in question Nov. 16th is already engaged, otherwise I should be very happy to attend at what I am sure will prove exceedingly interesting, Yours faithfully, H.M. StanleyÓ. (2)
Lot 144
Thomson (Joseph). To the Central African Lakes and Back: The Narrative of the Royal Geographical Society’s East Central African Expedition, 1878-80, 2 vols., 2nd ed., pub. Houghton, Mifflin, Boston, 1881, half title present in vol. I, photographic portrait frontispieces, folding coloured map at end of each, label remnants to rear pastedowns, presentation bookplates of Mrs. Elbert B. Monroe, a few spots, original brown pictorial cloth, minor shelf wear, 8vo. (2)
Lot 561
A Victorian Mahogany Serving Table, late 19th century, stamped Gregory & Co, 212 & 214 Regent Street, London, the superstructure with fluted uprights, the two frieze drawers above carved brackets, the bottom shelf raised on four square cut tapering forelegs with spade feet, 138cm by 62cm by 133cm
Lot 292
A Victorian mahogany dressing table the moulded oval swing mirror raised on foliate carved scroll brackets, over an ogee compartment, flanked by three short drawers, shaped moulded top, frieze long drawer, raised on moulded scrolling cabriole legs terminating in C-scroll feet, united by shelf, raised on castors
Lot 335
A Victorian walnut dressing table the arched swing mirror raised on scroll and acanthus carved supports, over three frieze drawers, moulded D-shaped top, plain frieze panel raised on scroll carved cabriole legs terminating in bun feet, united by a shaped shelf 122cm wide 157cm high, 33cm deep
Lot 682
A Quantity of Occasional Furniture, including three-tier cake stand, spinning chair, carved circular table, carved stool, mahogany wine table, small fire screen, Victorian carved oak table, luggage rack, wall cabinet, turned stool, carved occasional table, pine food cupboard, grained pine dressing table mirror, wall bracket, small Edwardian oak collector`s cabinet, carved wall shelf, carved panel etc
Lot 170
Alphabetum Tangutanum sive Tibetanum edited by G.C.Amaduzzi title with woodcut device lacking folding table and final blank (photostat of table loosely inserted) old library stamps on verso of title and ink shelf-mark at head of recto small holes in final two leaves of text with slight loss title and final leaf stained at inner margin modern half calf 8vo Rome Typis Sac. Congreg. de Propag. Fide 1773.
Lot 2927
A fine Edwardian mahogany vitrine with a bone maker`s tablet named Edwards`s, Bayswater, the upper section with swan neck pediment and serpentine glazed single door, the base with a pair of serpentine doors on splayed legs joined by a low open shelf, the whole with classical marquetry in various woods and penwork. Width 38ins. (See Illustration)
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