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Lot 120
Bible, Persian.- Novum Testamentum... e Graeca in Persicam Linguam, translated by Henry Martyn, first title in Latin, second in Persian, woodcut cartouche to head of first f. of text, 2 eratta ff. at end, ink library stamp to Latin title and head of first f. of text, light marginal browning at beginning and end, occasional spotting, modern calf-backed marbled boards, gilt spine in compartments and with black leather label, [D&M 7325], 4to, St. Petersburg, Jos. Joannes, 1815.⁂ Rare first edition in Persian of the New Testament. It was translated out the Greek by Henry Martyn, and printed by the Russian Bible Society in St. Petersburg after Martyn's death.
Lot 135
Jerusalem.- Adrichem (Christiaan van) A briefe description of Hierusalem and of the suburbs therof, as it florished in the time of Christ. Wherto is annexed a short commentarie concerning those places which were made famous by the Passion of Christ, and by the actes of holye men, translated by Thomas Tymme, first edition in English, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, lacking map, water-stained, contemporary limp vellum, upper cover with gilt stamp 'Traquair House', [STC 152], small 4to, Printed by Peter Short for Thomas Wight, 1595.Provenance: 'John Chereie' (17th century ink inscription, with 'is an ass' added by another 17th century hand); 'H. Bailey, Spalding, Lincolnshire...1774' (ink inscription); Traquair House, near Peebles, Scotland, purportedly Scotland's oldest inhabited house.
![Hardy (Thomas) The Hand of Ethelberta. A Comedy in Chapters, 2 vol., first edition in book form, [one of 1000 copies], half-t](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/5d8dce2e-5231-4872-adfb-a825010f01aa/a37a053c-b1f1-48dd-83d7-4dea4c77eacf/468x382.jpg)
Lot 208
Hardy (Thomas) The Hand of Ethelberta. A Comedy in Chapters, 2 vol., first edition in book form, [one of 1000 copies], half-titles, wood-engraved frontispieces and 9 plates by George du Maurier, vol.1 with B & F signatures in second and third state as usual (*B4 and F), advertisement leaf at end of each vol., foxed, vol.1 with small embossed W.H.Smith Library stamp to half-title and water-staining to some leaves and plates, mostly to outer margins, vol.2 with small patch of tissue guard adhered to frontispiece and severe staining to inner margin of p.220 and facing plate, old ink signature of George Wood to pastedowns and initials to head of half-titles, hinges weak, original red-brown cloth, upper covers and spines blocked in gold and black (primary binding), rubbed, spine ends and corners a little worn, [Purdy p.20], 8vo, Smith, Elder, & Co., 1876.⁂ One of Hardy's scarcest titles, first issued in monthly instalments in the Cornhill Magazine, from July 1875 to May 1876.
Lot 210
Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer) The Story of the Malakand Field Force, first edition, issue with the errata slip facing first folding map and without advertisements, frontispiece portrait, 6 maps (2 folding), half-title, some foxing, ink stamp "R.A. Wilson" on recto of frontispiece, bookplate on front pastedown, "Xmas, 1901 South African Field Force" printed hymn loosely inserted, original cloth, spine very slightly darkened, some light rubbing and surface soiling but a sharp and excellent example overall, [Woods A1(a)], 8vo, 1898.
Lot 212
Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer) My African Journey, first Colonial paperback edition, maps and plates, occasional scattered spotting, front free endpaper with blind-stamp and ink inscription, upper cover mounted on stub, spine creased and chipped with some loss to lettering at foot, creasing to corners, rubbing and surface soiling, 8vo, 1908.⁂ A good example of a rare piece of Churchilliana. Cohen estimates that 903 copies of this edition in the card wrappers (internally identical to the first edition), were printed. Of those copies, due in large part to their delicate nature, as few as half a dozen copies have survived.
Lot 308
Australia.- Chevalier (Nicolas) N.Chevalier's Album of Chromo Lithographs, first edition, 12 magnificent chromolithographed plates after Chevalier mounted on thin card, all with printer's embossed stamp in lower right corner of mount and printed label on verso, a few plates with very light unobtrusive spotting, mounts a little soiled with a few small stains at edges, loose as issued in original half morocco over cloth folder with ties, titled in gilt on upper cover, old blue label "Henry Franks, Importer of Stationery and Fancy Goods, Agent for Mr. Chevalier, Moorabool and Malop Streets, Geelong" at head of inside board, rubbed and faded, spine reinforced, corners renewed, [Ferguson 17329; Wantrup 256], folio, [Melbourne], Charles Troedel, [1865].⁂ Rare views of Victoria and the first album of chromolithographs published in Australia. "A keystone in any collection of Australian plate books and no collection can be considered complete without it...'' Wantrup.
Lot 318
South America.- Schomburgk (Robert Hermann) Twelve Views in the Interior of Guiana , first edition, hand-coloured additional tinted lithographed pictorial title by M. Gauci after Charles Bentley and 12 hand-coloured tinted lithographed plates by George Barnard, Coke Smith and P. Gauci after Bentley, engraved map with routes in red and blue, dedication leaf to the Duke of Devonshire with his arms printed in gold, list of subscribers, wood-engraved vignettes, foxed, title soiled and chipped at lower outer corner (also final plate), many leaves crudely reinforced at inner margin, ex-library copy with stamp to verso of plates, contemporary cloth-backed boards with original lithographed pictorial wrapper mounted on upper cover, rather worn and stained, rebacked, [Abbey, Travel 720; Sabin 77796; Tooley 447], folio, Ackermann & Co., 1841. ⁂ During this expedition Schomburgk discovered and then despatched to England the Victoria Regia waterlily. In 1840 he proposed the "Schomburgk line" - a possible border between British Guiana and neighbouring Venezuela.
Lot 326
Africa.- Anderson (Andrew A.) Twenty-Five Years in a Waggon in the Gold Regions of Africa, 2 vol., half-titles, 40pp. publisher's catalogue at end of vol. 2, pencil annotations, cracked hinges, occasional light spotting, original blue cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, housed in a modern cloth slipcase, [Czech p.4], 8vo, 1887 § Wills (W. A.) and L. T. Collingridge, The Downfall of Lobengula, ink inscription to half title, ink stamp to title verso, illustrations, 5 maps (4 folding), original pictorial cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, [Hosken p218], [1894] § Lindley (Capt. Augustus) After Ophir, illustrations, pencil inscription, occasional light spotting, contemporary half morocco, c.1870, first editions, plates; and 5 others, similar, 8vo (9)
Lot 333
Africa.- Beke (Charles T.) The Sources of the Nile, 7 maps (2 folding, 1 in text), some misbound, front free endpaper trimmed, original cloth, spine lightly faded, slight bumping to extremities, 1860 § Speke (John Hanning) Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile, frontispiece, 25 plates, 2 maps (1 folding with 2 small tears), occasional light spotting, modern half calf, [Czech p151], 1863 § Baker (Sir Samuel White) The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile, 2 vol., frontispieces, 2 maps (1 folding), 1 with short tear, plates and illustrations, cracked hinges, ink inscription, ink name-stamp to titles, occasional light spotting, original pictorial cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1866, first editions; 8vo (4)
Lot 342
Africa.- Christopher (J. S.) Natal, Cape of Good Hope. A Grazing, Agricultural, and Cotton-Growing Country., first edition, 4 tinted lithograph plates, several small tears (many repaired), occasional light spotting, bookplates, ex-library with small ink-stamp to verso of frontispiece, small blindstamp to blank prelim, a little rubbed, [Hosken p46], 1850 § Grogan (Ewart S.) and Arthur H. Sharp, From the Cape to Cairo, first edition, plates and illustrations, 3 maps, 2 colour and folding (2 small tears, 1 repaired), occasional light spotting, [Czech p69], 1900 § Kerr (Walter Montagu) The Far Interior, 2 vol., plates and illustrations, folding map, cracked hinges, occasional spotting, spines a little faded, 1887, frontispieces, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities; and 7 others, similar, 8vo (11)
Lot 352
Africa.- Isenberg (Karl Wilhelm) and Johann Ludwig Krapf. Journals of the Messrs. Isenberg and Krapf, Missionaries of the Church Missionary Society...in the Kingdom of Shoa...and other parts of Abyssinia, first edition, half-title, 2 folding engraved maps hand-coloured in outline, 4pp. advertisements at end, maps a little browned at folds, occasional light spotting or soiling, unobtrusive old embossed library stamp at foot of title, original blind-stamped brown cloth, rubbed, corners bumped, rebacked preserving original spine, new endpapers, 8vo, 1843.⁂ Scarce account of the travels of German Protestant missionaries Isenberg and Krapf in Ethiopia, including descriptions of customs, towns and the slave-trade.
Lot 362
Africa.- Lord (W. B.) and T. Baines, Shifts and Expedients of Camp Life, Travel and Exploration, first edition, pictorial title, illustrations, bookplate of Lieut-General Fox Pitt-Rivers, publisher's advertisements bound at end, original cloth, a little rubbed, [Hosken p128], 1871 § Napier (Lt.-Colonel E. Elers) Excursions in Southern Africa, 2 vol., illustrations, occasional faint spotting, modern half calf, 1850 § Lucas (Thos. J.) Camp Life and Sport in South Africa, first edition, occasional faint spotting and soiling, small ink stamp to title, original pictorial cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, [Hosken p128], 1878, frontispieces, plates; and 2 others, similar, 8vo (6)
Lot 363
Africa.- Lucas (Captain Thomas J.) Pen and Pencil Reminiscences of a Campaign in South Africa, tinted lithograph frontispiece, additional title and 19 plates, new endpapers, [Hosken p128], [1861] § Cathcart (Sir George) Correspondence of Lieut.-General the Hon Sir George Cathcart, presentation copy inscribed by Lady Georgina Cathcart, 7 maps (5 folding, 2 colour), 32pp. publishers' advertisements at end, skilfully and sympathetically rebacked with original spine laid down, [Hosken p44], 1856 § Alderson (Lieut.-Col. E. A. H.) With the Mounted Infantry and the Mashonaland Field Force 1896, frontispiece, plates (1 folding), folding plan, ink inscription and ink stamp to blank prelim, cracked hinges, [Hosken p3], 1898, first editions, occasional light spotting, original cloth, a little rubbed; with 3 others and a small quantity of Boer War slides, similar, 4to & 8vo (6)
Lot 367
Africa.- Macdonald (Rev. Duff) Africana; or, the Heart of Heathen Africa, 2 vol., ex-library with discreet blindstamp to title, original pictorial cloth, 1882 § Stanley (Henry M.) Through the Dark Continent, 2 vol., 10 maps including 2 large folding maps in pockets at rear, ink name-stamp to front free endpapers, occasional light spotting, original pictorial cloth, rebacked with original spines laid down, [Hosken p189], 1878 § Schweinfurth (Dr. Georg) The Heart of Africa, 2 vol., 2 maps (1 folding, with small tear), bookplate, occasional spotting, contemporary half morocco, 2 small abrasion mark to spines, [Czech p144], 1873, first or first English editions, frontispieces, plates and illustrations, all a little rubbed; and 3 others, similar, 8vo (9)
Lot 377
Africa.- Pinto (Maj. Serpa) How I Crossed Africa, 2 vol., plates, illustrations, 8 maps including large folding map in pocket at end, original cloth bound in, occasional light spotting and marginal staining, modern half morocco, [Hosken p160], 1881 § Kollmann (Paul) The Victoria Nyanza, illustrations, folding map, ex-library with discreet ink stamp to title, original cloth bound in, modern half morocco, [Hosken p117], 1899 § Du Chaillu (Paul B.) A Journey to Ashango-Land, frontispiece, plates, folding map, modern half morocco, [Hosken p63], 1867, first or first English editions; and 2 others, Mungo Park, 8vo & 4to (6)
![Middle East.- Palestine.- Peel (William Robert Wellesley, 1st Earl Peel) Palestine Royal Commission Report [Cmd. 5479], 9 fol](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/5d8dce2e-5231-4872-adfb-a825010f01aa/4b9999b9-23fb-4fae-bb5a-361328109f76/468x382.jpg)
Lot 431
Middle East.- Palestine.- Peel (William Robert Wellesley, 1st Earl Peel) Palestine Royal Commission Report [Cmd. 5479], 9 folding maps, most colour, a few small ink stamps, original blue printed wrappers, small library ink stamp to foot of upper wrapper, a few small chips, some creasing, HMSO, 1937 § Palestine Statement of Policy by His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom, Presented by the Secretary of State for the Colonies to Parliament by Command of His Majesty July 1937 [Cmd. 5513], bifolium, HMSO, 1937 § Weizmann (Dr. Chaim) The Jewish People and Palestine. Statement made before The Palestine Royal Commission in Jerusalem, on November 25th, 1936, original printed wrappers, slightly browned, Jerusalem, Head Office of the Zionist Organisation, [1936], 8vo (3)⁂ The first mentioned paved the way for the partition of Palestine, the end of British administration, and the formation of the state of Israel in 1948. The 'report, published in July 1937, was a model of insight, precision and lucidity. Seldom, if ever, has an intricate political problem been so clearly analysed by men who had little previous knowledge of the issues' (Lacquer, A History of Zionism, 1989, p.514)
Lot 447
Britain.- Camden (William) Britannia: or a Chorographical Description of Great Britain and Ireland, 2 vol., second edition of Gibson's translation, engraved portrait frontispiece, titles in red and black (vol. I torn and repaired), 9 engraved plates of coins (1 plate with small tear in lower margin), 49 double-page and 2 folding engraved general and county maps by Robert Morden, engraved illustrations in text (1full-page), small ink number stamp in lower margins of 1 page in each vol., new endpapers, contemporary panelled calf, extensively rubbed, rebacked in modern calf, [Chubb CXV], folio, by Mary Matthews, for Awnsham Churchill, 1722.
Lot 335
GERMAN COLONIES MOSTLY MINT STAMP SELECTION ON PRINTED PAGES including Klavtschov, Marian Islands, Marshall Islands, Samoa, Togo, German New Guinea, German Post Offices in China, Turkey and Morocco. 300 + stamps nearly all to 5 Mark values. (B.P. 24% incl. VAT) CONDITION REPORT: Generally good condition. Mostly mint (only 14 stamps are used).
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