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Click here to subscribeSir Alan Outram signed Indian Mutiny The Siege of Lucknow cover Army Communications 3 JS(AC)58. The Semaphore. The Civil War GB stamp. 135th Anniversary of the First Relief of Lucknow BFPS 2325 25th September 1992 postmark. Good Condition. All signed pieces come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.99.
Squadron Leader B H Drobinski signed The Closure of Royal Air Force Hendon cover JSF 10. Mini stamp sheet Issued on Behalf of Royal Air Force Registered Charities No 1269. 22p Lord Tedder/Typhoon GB stamp. The Closure of RAF Hendon BFPS 2149 1st April 1987 postmark. No 303 Squadron RAF Warsaw Kosciusco 1st September 1940. Good Condition. All signed pieces come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.99.
Vice Admiral Sir Jock Slater signed Royal Navy Equipment Exhibition cover JS(AC)41. Sir Jock Slater KCB LVO Chief of Fleet Support. Derwentwater England GB 18p stamp. Whale Island, Portsmouth BFPS 2289 24-29 September 1989 postmark. Good Condition. All signed pieces come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.99.
Vice Admiral Sir Patrick Bayly and Lord Fisher of Kilverstone (grandson of Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fisher) signed cover RNSC(3)5 commemorating the 120th Anniversary of the Launch of HMS Warrior. 15p GB stamp, BFPS 1721 29th December 1980 postmark. Good Condition. All signed pieces come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.99.
Vice Admiral Sir Richard Janvrin and Lieut Comdr K N Patrick signed RNSC(4)5 cover commemorating the 50th anniversary of the first flight of the Fairey Swordfish. 28p Urban Renewal GB stamp. BFPS 1836 17th April 1984 postmark. Good Condition. All signed pieces come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.99.
Wg Cdr Beresford OC Queens Flight signed 1991 St Kitts 50th ann Battle of Britain FDC with Spitfire Presentation Stamp sheet. Good Condition. All signed pieces come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.99.
Wing Commander Norman Patrick Watkins Hancock signed 75th Anniversary of the Royal Air Force cover RAF(75)20. 20p British Indian Ocean Territory stamp. RAF 75th Anniversary First Day of Issue, Biot, 1st April 1993 postmark. No 33 Squadron, Filton, 12th January 1916. Good Condition. All signed pieces come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.99.
Arthur T Harris signed No 1 Royal Naval Air Service Detachment Eastchurch cover RAF B1. Sopwith Tabloid. 13p Jersey stamp. Bomber Command Museum Appeal Jersey 19th November 1981 postmark. Good Condition. All signed pieces come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.99.
David Shannon signed 70th Anniversary of No 38 Squadron cover RAF B19. Fairey Hendon. 22p Jersey stamp. Jersey 1st April 1986 postmark. Cover flown in HS 125 of No 32 Squadron carrying Margaret Thatcher, Denis Thatcher and 5 parliamentary staff. Good Condition. All signed pieces come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.99.
H.M.S. Ark Royal First British Hot Air Balloon Flight at Sea signed FDC date stamp 19th November 1970. Flight from HMS Ark Royal at Sea to Malta signed H.S. Draper, Erich Rudorffer, Johannes Steinhoff, Johannes Geismann plus one other. Good Condition. All signed pieces come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.99.
Hans Ekkehard Bob signed Battle of Taranto Operation Judgement cover JS/50/40/7. GB DSC/DSM stamp. 50th Anniversary of the Battle of Taranto BFPS 2234 11th Nov 1990 postmark. Flown in Lynx HAS Mk3 XZ732 of No 815 Naval Air Squadron from RNAS Portland in remembrance of the part played by Swordfish air-craft of the Squadron in the Battle of Taranto. Good Condition. All signed pieces come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.99.
Taffy Higginson DFC WW2 ace and Pat Cheramy Resistance VIP signed Pat O'Leary line RAF Escaping Society cover SC22. French Stamp & Toulouse postmark. Good Condition. All signed pieces come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.99.
Colonel Baron Willy Coppens De Houthulst signed RAF cover. Signed by Gunther Rall flown in Mirage 5 BA 37 date stamp 17. 5. 1977. Good Condition. All signed pieces come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.99.
Great war fighter ace Lord Balfour of Inchrye signed 34th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain cover. No 43 Squadron RAF. 5 1/2p Owain Glyndwr GB stamp. BFPS 1940 14th September 1974 postmark also signed by RAF pilots Flt Lt T H S Nash, Flying Officer D M Terry. Good Condition. All signed pieces come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.99.
Lt-Col Robert Wilson signed 40th Anniversary of VE-Day 8th May 1985 cover RAF(AC)19. GB Jersey 12p stamp. 40th Anniversary of VE Day Jersey 8th May 1985 postmark. Banak Flystasjon Ops Skvadron 25th June 1985 postmark. Luftfartsverket 23rd June 1985 postmark. Multiple backstamps. Copy No 34 of 50. Good Condition. All signed pieces come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.99.
5 signed Sussex Air Pageant Goodwood, The Bulldogs cover. Signatures include Group Captain P C Vangucci, Wg Cdr B Leefarr, Lt Cdr J Lamb, Flt Lt D Walby, and Lt R Bradshaw. 11p GB stamp postmarked RAFA Sussex Air Pageant Goodwood BFPS 1610 6th May 1978. Good Condition. All signed pieces come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.99.
Air Chief Marshal Sir Christopher Foxley-Norris and Wing Commander N P W Hancock signed The Battle of Britain Joint Services cover JS/50/40/6. Victoria Cross GB stamp. 50th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain BFPS 2232 11th September 1990 postmark. Good Condition. All signed pieces come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.99.
Air Marshal Sir Denis Crowley-Milling signed 75th Anniversary of the Royal Air Force cover RAF(75)14. 59c Fiji 75th Anniversary of the RAF stamp. RAF 7th Anniversary, First Day of Issue, Fiji 1st April 1993 postmark. Good Condition. All signed pieces come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.99.
Biggin Hill Air Fair cover signed by The Right Honourable The Lord Mayor of London, Air Commodore The Honourable Sir Peter Vanneck. 11p Isle of Man stamp Boulton Paul Defiant over Douglas Bay. 60th Anniversary of the Formation of the Royal Air Force, Isle of Man 1st April 1978 postmark. Good Condition. All signed pieces come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.99.
Cdr P R Bell signed RNSC9 cover commemorating the 30th Anniversary Operation Husky in the Invasion of Sicily. 5p Francis Drake GB stamp. BFPS 1354 10th July 1973 postmark. Good Condition. All signed pieces come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.99.
Deputy Chief Test Pilot L R Moxam and the Royal Aero Club Competitions Manager signed World Record Flights cover Westland Lynx. James Clark Ross 3p GB stamp. Yeovil, Somerset, 22nd June 1972 postmark. Good Condition. All signed pieces come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.99.
General Gunther Rall KC signed 20th Anniversary HRH Duke of Edinburgh appointed Air Commodore in Chief cover. Air Training Corps Series ATC 1. 3p Silver Wedding stamp. 20th Anniversary Air Training Corps 15th January 1973 Newhaven Sussex postmark. Good Condition. All signed pieces come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.99.
Great War Captain H C Green signed cover RNSC(3)3 commemorating the 65th Anniversary of the Sinking of U27. 13 1/2p GB George Eliot stamp. BFPS 1716 19th August 1980 postmark. Good Condition. All signed pieces come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.99.
Extensive stamps collection comprising 21 x Royal Mail Special Stamps Year Books, 14 x albums of 1960s and 1970s 1st Day Covers and 1st Day coin covers, a Kew Gardens cover, 1940s Falklands etc covers, boxed set of Olympic 2012 covers, Royal Mint 2000 coin collection, Shell Pictograms and a Channel Tunnel Gift Pack, "Thunderbirds are Go" medallion, London Underground coins, the London 2012 Team GB Stamp collection
A George V Silver Salver, by Carrington and Co, London, 1922, shaped circular and on three pad feet, engraved with an inscription to Charles Edward Drewett from the Directors of the Lynton and Barnstaple Railway, dated May 1923, 41.5cm diameter, 67oz 17dwt . Fully marked on the back and with retailers stamp. The marks and stamp are clear. There is only some very minor surface scratching and wear, consistent with age and use. There is a minor shallow dent above the inscription.
A Pair of Diamond Cluster Earrings, a raised central round brilliant cut diamond within a border of smaller round brilliant cut diamonds, in white claw settings, total estimated diamond weight 1.50 carat approximately, with post fittings see illustration . The earrings are in good condition. They do not have matching butterfly backs. They bear no hallmark nor stamp but in our opinion would test as gold. The approximate qualities of the diamonds are; colour J/K/L, clarity I1/I2/I3. Gross weight 3.66 grams. CR made 04.06.20.
A Sapphire, Diamond, Cultured Pearl and Enamel Brooch, three cultured pearls alternate with two oval cut sapphires in yellow millegrain settings, each spaced by an old cut diamond in white rubbed over settings within a white enamel stylised petal border, on a white tapered bar, total estimated diamond weight 0.10 carat approximately, length 7.1cm see illustration . The brooch is in good condition. It fastens with and revolver catch. It bears no hallmark nor stamp but in our opinion would test as gold. The approximate qualities of the diamonds are; colour K/L/M, clarity I1/I2/I3. Gross weight 5.96 grams. CR made 04.06.20.
A Pair of Edwardian Diamond and Pearl Drop Earrings, circa 1900, an old cut diamond suspends two chain links to a trio of diamonds with a pearl drop centrally, the chain links extend to a cluster of old cut diamonds suspending a larger pearl, in white millegrain settings, total estimated diamond weight 0.50 carat approximately, drop length 4.3cm, with hook fittings see illustration NB: the pearls have not been lab tested . The earrings are in fair condition, one diamond has been replaced with a paste stone. They bear no hallmark nor stamp but in our opinion would test as gold and silver. The approximate qualities of the diamonds are; colour I/J/K, clarity I1/I2/I3. Gross weight 3.32 grams. CR made 19.06.20.
An Early 19th Century Fine Rope Chain Necklace, the front interspaced with three barrel shaped cannetille spacers, length 94cm see illustration. The necklace is in good condition. It fastens with a tongue and barrel clasp. It bears no hallmark nor stamp but in our opinion would test as gold. Gross weight 29.03 grams. CR made 19.06.20.
RUGBY LEAGUE Programmes, Halifax v Swinton 5/3/49, Oldham v Swinton 25/12/53 and Swinton v Workington 12/12/53 (probably missing cover), plus postcard, New Zealand League Kiwis teamgroup T Wilderspool Stadium, Warrington, 15/11/47 in good condition with players named underneath and photographer stamp on reverse side. Programmes are in fair condition. Fair-good
Jenner (Edward) An Inquiry into the Causes and Effects of the Variolae Vaccinae, a Disease discovered in some of the Western Counties of England, particularly Gloucestershire, and known by the name of the Cow Pox, first edition, 4 engraved plates by William Skelton, printed in sanguine and enhanced with some hand-colouring, lacking half-title and errata f., ink stamp removed from title, C3&4 (with a repair to outer margin of C3), foot of L1&2 and foot of 1 plate, F1 verso a few small ink stains, 1 within text, slightly obscuring a few letters, F4 a few small ink spots, occasional spotting or light staining, contemporary calf, rebacked, preserving original gilt backstrip with red morocco label, rubbed, corners repaired, covers marked, [Dibner Heralds of Science 127; Garrison-Morton 5423; Grolier Medicine 53; Heirs of Hippocrates 1086; Grolier/Horblit 56; William Lefanu A bibliography of Edward Jenner, 8 (2nd ed., 1985); Norman 1162; PMM 250; Wellcome III, p. 351], 4to, Printed for the Author, by Sampson Low, 1798. ⁂ 'One of the greatest triumphs in the history of medicine' (Garrison-Morton), which is 'the basis of the modern science of immunology' (PMM). Jenner trained under the the great surgeon and experimental scientist John Hunter, and 'was the first to test experimentally the folk belief that cowpox conferred immunity to its deadly relative smallpox, and the first to transmit the cowpox virus from person to person in order to build a population immune to smallpox' (Norman). As a result of his initial ground-breaking work 'today there are innoculations ... against scarlet fever, typhoid fever, diptheria, whooping-cough and tetanus, as well as ... bubonic plague, cholera and yellow fever.' (PMM).
Schoener (Johann) Opera mathematica, 3 parts in 1, first edition, collation: α6, β4, A-Z6, Aa-Cc6, Dd-Ee8, Ff-Mm6, Nn8; a-h6, i8, including errata, colophon and final blank leaf, but lacking 2 other blanks, Roman and Greek type, title printed in red and black with two large woodcut ornaments, woodcut printer's device at end, woodcut portrait of the author on β4v, numerous woodcuts and diagrams, 4 full-page woodcuts, including terrestrial globe, celestial globe and planisphere, complete with eleven diagrams with working volvelles (some with original threads, others sometime replaced), woodcut initials, generally very fine, wide-margined copy, title gutter reinforced, quire R lightly browned, few other leaves toned, small wear to lower blank margin of b3v, tiny wormhole in blank outer margin of last several leaves, contemporary blind-tooled pigskin over wooden boards, covers within two blind-stamped rolls, outer roll dated 1541 and depicting the Crucifixion, David, the Resurrection, and St. John, inner roll dated 1556 and showing Lucretia, Caritas, and Justicia, later stamp of Schola Altenburgensis printed in gold in centre of upper cover and in black on lower cover, some minor abrasion to binding, spine slightly chipped at head, corners lightly rubbed, folio (306 x 201mm.), Nuremberg, J. Montanus & U. Neuber, 1551.⁂ Rare and important work with a most distinguished provenance, in excellent condition and in its strictly contemporary binding. The Honeyman copy of the first edition of the collected works by Johann Schöner, mathematician, astronomer, cartographer, and scientific instrument maker from Karlstadt, in Bavaria. Schöner was a contemporary of Nicolaus Copernicus and in 1526 he became the first professor of mathematics at the University of Nuremberg. His most illustrious pupil was Georg Joachim Rheticus, who in the Narratio prima (1540) announced Copernicus' discoveries. Schöner was also active as a printer and even set up a press in his house, printing numerous previously unpublished works by Johannes Regiomontanus, as well as the first printed terrestrial globe to name the recently discovered continent of America. The Opera mathematica was published posthumously by his son Andreas and is introduced by a preface by the outstanding humanist and reformer Philipp Melanchthon (1497-1560). The volume contains a representative sample of Schöner's wide and diverse interests, and a digest of some of his separately published works, most of which are extremely rare. Part 3 contains the most important section, which describes and illustrates eleven instruments, under the title Aequatorium Astronomicum, ex quo errantium stellarum motus, luminarium configurationes, & defectus colliguntur, a revised and enlarged version of the work which first appeared in 1521. The Aequatorium Astronomicum contains the earliest collection of printed equatoria-diagrams, as well as a catalogue of stars adapted by Schöner from that published by Copernicus in his De revolutionibus of 1543. The text is illustrated by an elaborate series of volvelles (movable wheel charts) used to determine planetary positions. Each part of these volvelles was printed on a separate page, such that the reader could cut them out or trace them on separate pieces of paper, and then assemble the various parts with string. These fragile 'paper instruments', which Schöner was among the first to employ, are frequently lacking or only partially present in most other copies of this work, and they are very often constructed incorrectly. This copy is exceptionally complete and includes all the volvelles, some still with their original thread. Provenance: from the library of the Latin school in Altenburg, Germany (stamp on the binding 'Biblioth. Schol. Altenburgensis'); the English politician and book collector Sir Robert Leicester Harmsworth (1870-1937; his sale at Sotheby's London, 9 February 1953, lot 9605); Robert Honeyman IV (1897- 1987; see The Honeyman Collection of Scientific Books and Manuscripts. Volume vii. Printed Books S-Z and Addenda, Sotheby's New York, 19-20 May 1981, lot 2802A); Astronomy & Science Books from The Library of Martin C. Gutzwiller, lot 175. Literature: Adams S-678, 685; VD16 S-3465; Alden 551/35; BEA, pp. 1027-1028; Houzeau - Lancaster 2388; Sabin 77806.
Architecture.- Vitruvius Pollio (Marcus) Les Dix Livres d'architecture de Vitruve, translated by Claude Perrault, additional engraved title and illustrations, some full-page, bookplate to pastedown, ownership blind-stamp to endpapers and signature to title, occasional light spotting, heavier to final ff., contemporary calf, rebacked with original gilt spine laid down, lightly marked and faded, corners rubbed, folio, Paris, Jean-Baptiste Coignard, 1673.⁂ First edition of the French translation and comments by Claude Perrault.
Cameos.- Prendeville (James) Photographic Facsimiles of the Antique Gems Formerly Possessed by the Late Prince Poniatowski, Second Series only (of 2), 228 mounted albumen photographs of engraved gems, decorative gilt borders, tissue-guards, perforated blind stamp and ink stamp of Brooklyn Public Library to title, library cloth, 4to, 1859.⁂ Rare first photo-illustrated work of engraved gems, one of only 75 copies.
Ornament.- Elliot (A.) A Study of Ornament, a composite [?] architectural student's album with over 20 pp. of manuscript text on the history of ornament, the text illustrated with numerous small original vignette diagrams tipped in, followed with over 100 further original illustrations pasted onto album leaves thereafter, including five folding diagrams of the architectural orders, pen and inks, pencil, some fully finished in watercolour, pencil inscription to front free endpaper 'a study of Ornament by/ A. Elliot', one sheet with watermark date '1869', various sizes, the folding diagrams each approx. 450 x 310 mm (17 3/4 x 12 1/4 in), and smaller, some loosely inserted in album, handling creases, finger-soiling and surface dirt throughout, Ex Libris blind stamp of 'Derek Gair Gibson', contemporary half calf, spine gilt, rebacked, worn, folio, [circa 1870].
South Seas.- Burney (Capt. James) A Chronological History of the Discoveries in the South Sea or Pacific Ocean, 5 vol., first edition, 28 engraved maps, 15 folding, and 13 plates, one folding, a few woodcut illustrations in text, vol.2 & 3 with final blank, some light spotting or soiling, more concentrated foxing to one or two gatherings, ex-library copy with perforated stamps to titles & maps and one or two other leaves, ink stamp to plates, ink reference number or code to foot of titles and final leaf, map at beginning of vol.2 soiled and torn with slight loss (repaired), handsome modern calf with leafy border in blind, spines gilt with red morocco labels, a few minor scuffs, [Hill 221; Sabin 9387], 4to, 1803-17.⁂ Account of all the voyages to the South Seas by Europeans, from the earliest navigators to Sir Francis Drake. James Burney was the brother of the novelist Fanny Burney, a lieutenant on Cook's second and third voyages, who gave his name to Burney's Beach in Queen Charlotte Sound, New Zealand.
Steele (Richard) An Account of the Fish-Pool: consisting of a description of the vessel ... for the importation of fish alive, first edition, woodcut illustrations, 1718; bound after Cerri (Urbano) An Account of the state of the Roman-Catholick Religion throughout the World, first edition, translated by Richard Steele, one or two contemporary marginal annotations, 1740 § Erskine (John) A Letter from the Earl of Mar to the King ... with some remarks on my lord's subsequent conduct by Sir Richard Steele, lacking half-title, 1715 § Steele (Richard) A Letter to the Earl of O-d, concerning the Bill of Peerage ..., second edition, 1719; The Crisis of Property, publisher's advertisements, 1720; A Nation a Family, first edition, 1720; The Spinster in Defence of the Woollen Manufactures, publisher's advertisements, 1719; The State of the Case Between the Lord-Chamberlain ... and the Governor of the Royal Company of Comedians, publisher's advertisements, 1720, together 8 works in 1 vol., previous owner's ink signature 'Th. Clarke', Macclesfield South Library bookplate, blind-stamp to first 3 leaves, occasional faint spotting, contemporary vellum, 'Steele' in manuscript to title, a little rubbed, slight bumping to spine extremities, 8vo.⁂ A collection of pamphlets by and relating to Sir Richard Steele, army officer, playwright, theatre manager, essayist, editor of the Tatler, Spectator and Guardian, Whig MP and propagandist. These pamphlets cover many facets of his diverse career. This belonged to Sir Thomas Clarke, a protegé of the first Earl of Macclesfield, who left his library and fortune to the family.
Stoker (Bram) Dracula, first edition, Colonial issue, with cancel title page, occasional scattered spotting, ink stamp to front free endpaper, modern yellow morocco letter in red, in imitation of the first edition binding, 8vo, Hutchinson, 1897.⁂ The rare colonial issue, only a handful of copies recorded, we can trace only one other copy at auction. The existence of this colonial issue only came to light relatively recently, with most copies appearing in decidedly poor condition. The colonial issue adheres to all of the first issue points (printed on thicker paper and without any advertisements) one might expect and was very likely to have been printed along with the very earliest of the first edition copies. It was not unusual for publishers to hand over responsibility for distributing these overseas editions as appears to be the case here. A true Stoker rarity.
St. Dominic's Press.- P[epler] (H.D.C.) Concerning Dragons: A Rhyme, 8pp, 6 wood-engravings by Eric Gill, 1930; Aspidistras and Parlers, 16pp., wood-engraved title-vignette by David Jones, 1929, both bound in similar russet or green morocco-backed Cockerell marbled boards, title and small decoration in gilt to left corner of upper covers, uncut, the second with faint stamp "Bound by BM/Powell W.C.1 1932" to foot of rear pastedown, spines faded and very slightly rubbed, [Taylor & Sewell A5m & A121f], 16mo, Ditchling, St Dominic's Press (2)
Voyages.- Belcher (Capt. Sir Edward) Narrative of a Voyage Round the World...including details of the Naval Operations in China, 2 vol., first edition, 3 folding engraved maps in pocket at end of vol.1, engraved frontispieces and 17 plates, wood-engraved illustrations, 8pp. publisher's catalogue at end of vol.1, light foxing to plates, some soiling to text (mostly marginal), ink ownership stamp to one or two leaves and one plate (?erased from head of titles), contemporary half green roan, rubbed, rebacked preserving old spines, new endpapers, [Ferguson 3564; Hill 102; Sabin 4390], 8vo, 1843. ⁂ Important survey of the Pacific and its islands, and the coast of north-west America from California up to Alaska. The naval operations in China refer to the First Opium War.
Voyages.- Bougainville (Louis-Antoine, Comte de) A Voyage round the World...in the Years 1766, 1767, 1768, and 1769, translated by John Reinhold Forster, first edition in English, 5 folding engraved maps and folding engraved plate, 8pp. advertisements at end, a few ink marginalia, rather browned and stained, maps soiled, ex-Albany Library copy with old ink stamp to head of title and small unobtrusive perforated stamp, title and maps/plate all laid down on linen, first leaf of text torn and defective at lower margin (repaired but stained from old repair), contemporary calf, rubbed, rebacked in calf with red label, corners repaired, [Hill 165; Sabin 6869], 4to, for J. Nourse...and T.Davies, 1772.⁂ Account of the first official French circumnavigation of the world. In 1766 Bougainville sailed from Nantes in the frigate La Boudeuse to Rio de Janeiro, then on to the Falklands and thereafter through the South Pacific. The work is noted for its descriptions of Tahiti and includes a vocabulary of the language, the first publication of any Polynesian language.
Voyages.- Cook (Capt. James).- Forster (John Reinhold) Observations made during a Voyage round the World, on Physical Geography, Natural History, and Ethic Philosophy, first edition, lacking the rare folding engraved chart (as often), with large folding letterpress comparative table of South Sea languages (tear to inner edge) and list of subscribers at end, title lightly soiled, some light foxing and a few ink spots but generally clean, ex-library copy with perforated stamp to head of title and a couple of other leaves, modern blue morocco-backed marbled boards, t.e.g., [Hill 628; Mitchell Library Cook 1262; Sabin 25140], 4to, G.Robinson, 1778.⁂ Forster and his son Georg accompanied Cook on his second voyage as scientists to the expedition, after Joseph Banks had withdrawn. "An account is given of the countries visited in 1772-5, but for the most part this work concerns the South Sea Islands. The observations concerning the 'human species' are particularly interesting... The last section presents a detailed evaluation of steps taken for the preservation of health on the voyage, notably the suggestions of James Lind on the treatment of scurvy" (Hill).
Voyages.- Fleurieu (Charles Pierre Claret de) Voyage autour du Monde pendant les années 1790, 1791, et 1792, par Étienne Marchand, 4 vol., first edition, vol.1 with folding letterpress table of vocabulary, vol.4 with engraved plate and 15 folding maps, all with delicate hand-colouring, the maps in outline, ex-library copy with perforated stamp to titles, a few other leaves and maps, ink stamp to plate, occasional spotting but generally crisp and clean, original paste-paper boards, uncut, rubbed, green library labels to upper covers and accession numbers to foot of spines, [Hill 215; Sabin 24751], 4to & folio, Paris, An VI-VIII [1798-1800].⁂ Marchand was the second Frenchman to circumnavigate the globe, after Bougainville, and his voyage was the first French commercial expedition to the Pacific Northwest."A most important work for the history of geographical discovery in the North-West" (Hill).
Voyages.- Kotzebue (Otto von) A Voyage of Discovery into the South Sea and Beering's Straits, for the purpose of exploring a North-East Passage, 3 vol., first edition in English, lacking half-titles, with 9 plates including 8 hand-coloured aquatints, 7 engraved maps and charts, 4 folding and laid down on linen, with an additional folding engraved plate of hydrographic equipment bound in at end of vol.2, foxing and offsetting, tear to inner margin of frontispiece to vol.1 (repaired), one plate chipped at edges, tear to K4 of vol.2, ex-library copy with old ink stamp to frontispieces and perforated stamps to titles, modern half calf, spines gilt, [Abbey, Travel 596; Hill 944; Sabin 38291], 8vo, 1821.⁂ Account of the second Russian circumnavigation.
Australia.- [Maslen (T.J.)] The Friend of Australia; or, a Plan for Exploring the Interior, first edition, 5 lithographed plates, 4 hand-coloured, large folding map, small marginal tear, title and dedication leaf neatly strengthened at edges, faint remnant of ink stamp to title verso, contemporary cloth-backed boards, rebacked with original spine laid down, bumping to corners and spine extremities, [Abbey Travel 574], 8vo, 1830.
Japan.- Charlevoix (Pierre-François-Xavier de) Histoire et Description Generale du Japon..., 9 vol., half-titles and titles in red and black, 8 folding engraved maps and plans including large map of Japan by Bellin, 48 engraved plates, many folding, vol.1 with 4pp. privilege/errata at end, some light browning, a few spots, some maps or plates with short tears at inner edge, old ink library stamp to titles, contemporary mottled sheep, spines gilt with red morocco labels (a couple lacking), a little scuffed and worn, particularly to spine ends, some splits to joints, 12mo, Paris, J.-M.Gandouin, 1736.
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