Sale date: |
Books, Maps and Manuscripts Sale on Tuesday 1st July 2008 |
Lot numbers: |
131-160 of 375 |
Lot |
Description & Estimate |
Vat on hammer % |
Hammer Price £ |
131 |
BEATTIE, WILLIAM. Switzerland Illustrated. Vol 1 only. 1836. 4to., cont. half green leather, a.e.g. (spine defective). Additional engraved title and 57 plates by W.H. Bartlett. Sold not subject to return. £30-50 | Nil |
10 |
| 132 | BEATTIE, WILLIAM. The Danube. 1844. 4to., cont. half black roan gilt (rather worn). Engraved title, map and plates (some stained). Sold not subject to return. (P) £50-80 | Nil |
100 |
| 133 | BERNACCHI, L.C. Saga of the "Discovery". (1938). -- KARSTEN, RAFAEL. The Civilization of the South American Indians. 1926. With 6 titles by A.F. Tschiffely, and 9 other volumes. 8vo., orig. cloth. (17) £30-50 | Nil |
10 |
| 134 | BOWYER, R., pub. An Illustrated Record of Important Events in the Annals of Europe..., 1816. Folio, cont. half calf gilt with red morocco label (upper cover almost detached, spine defective). Engraved map, plate of facsimiles and 13 hand coloured aquatint plates, 3 of them folding (one repaired at fold). See illustration. £500-700 | Nil |
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| 135 | BURNET, GILBERT. Some Letters, Containing an Account of...Switzerland, Italy, Some Parts of Germany, etc. 1724. Cont. panelled calf (spine chipped) -- ROGERS, SAMUEL. Italy, A Poem. 1830. Cont. blue morocco gilt, a.e.g. Engraved illustrations by Turner and others -- HOWELLS, WILLIAM DEAN. Venetian Life. 2 vols., 1891. Coloured plates -- STOKES, MARGARET (Irish archaeologist). Six Months in the Apennines..., 1892. Stamped "From the Publishers". Illustrations. With 4 other volumes. 8vo., orig. cloth unless otherwise stated. (9) (P) £100-150 | Nil |
150 |
| 136 | [CAMPBELL, JOHN] The Travels of Edward Brown, Esq; Formerly a Merchant in London. containing His Observations on France and Italy; his Voyage to the Levant; his Account of the Island of Malta..., Second Edition, 2 vols., small 8vo., cont. calf gilt (worn, 3 covers detached and repaired with sellotape). With 5 other volumes. (7) £40-60 | Nil |
200 |
| 137 | CARTER, HOWARD and A.C. MACE. The tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen. Vols 1 & 2 only, (ex 3), 1923 - 27. 8vo., orig. cloth gilt (edges bruised). Photographic plates. (2) £60-100 | Nil |
160 |
| 138 | CATLIN, GEORGE. The Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians. 2 vols., 1841 (but 1892). 8vo., orig, cloth gilt (covers soiled). Maps and coloured plates (clean). (2) (P) See illustration £200-400 | Nil |
290 |
| 139 | COLQUHOUN, ARCHIBALD R. The "Overland" to China, 1900 (covers soiled). 4 folding maps -- DYER, HENRY. Dai Nippon The Britain of the East. 1904. Folding map. -- MOSELEY, H.N. Notes by a Naturalist...H.M.S. "Challenger". New Edition, 1892. Portrait, map and illustrations -- WADDELL, L. AUSTINE. Lhasa and Its Mysteries. Third Edition (May 1906). Maps and illustrations. With 6 other volumes. 8vo., orig. cloth. (10) (P) £70-100 | Nil |
500 |
| 140 | COLQUHOUN, ARCHIBALD R. The Africander Land, 1906. 4 maps. -- PATTERSON, Lt. Col. J.H. The Man-Eaters of Tsavo, 1910, 2 copies. Illustrations. With 3 others, including Hall & Neal. The Ancient Ruins of Rhodesia, 1902 (lacking map in pocket). 8vo., orig. cloth. (6) (P) £60-80 | Nil |
160 |
| 141 | CUNYNGHAME, Lt. Gen. Sir ARTHUR THURLOW. Travels in the Eastern Caucasus...1872. 8vo., orig. cloth gilt (slightly soiled). Plates, 2 folding maps. (P) £80-120 | Nil |
340 |
| 142 | CURTIS, ROBERT EMERSON. Building the Bridge [Sydney Harbour], Sydney 1933. No. 254 of 1000 copies, presentation copy from the author. Folio, orig, pictorial cloth backed boards (spine scuffed). 12 lithographic plates, and one tipped in coloured lithograph. £100-150 | Nil |
340 |
| 143 | DU CHAILLU, PAUL B. The Viking Age, 2 vols., 1889. Map and illustrations; The Land of the Midnight Sun. New Edition, 1899 (binding discoloured). Folding frontispiece, map and other illustrations. With another volume, all 8vo., orig. cloth. (4) (P) £50-70 | Nil |
60 |
| 144 | EBERS, GEORG. Egypt..., trans. Clara Bell. 2 vols., 1898. 4to., (covers soiled). Numerous plates and text illustrations -- BRUNTON, WINIFRED, illus. Kings and queens of Ancient Egypt, n.d. 4to., d.w. (covers slightly soiled). Tipped in colour plates. -- SMITH, GEORGE ADAM. Atlas of the Historical Geography of the Holy Land. 1915. Folio. Coloured maps. All orig. cloth. (4) (P) £50-70 | Nil |
40 |
| 145 | FORBES, JAMES D. Travels Through the Alps. 1900. 8vo., orig. cloth gilt, t.e.g. Portrait and 6 folding maps, 2 of them in pocket at end. £60-80 | Nil |
70 |
| 146 | FORSYTH, Capt. J. The Highlands of Central India. New Edition, 1889. Folding map, chromolithographic plates and text illustrations. -- HUNTER, Sir WILLIAM WILSON. The Indian Empire..., New and Revised Edition, (1892). Folding map, coloured in outline; The Old Missionary, 1897. Plates by Maj. Gen. Sir Charles D'Oyly -- FORREST, G.W., ed. Selections from the State Papers of the Governors-General of India, Warren Hastings, 2 vols., Oxford and London 1910. Portraits and maps. All 8vo., orig. cloth gilt. (5) (P) £150-200 | Nil |
120 |
| 147 | GARNETT, LUCY M.J. and JOHN S. STUART-GLENNIE. The Women of Turkey and Their Folk-Lore. 2 vols., 1890 - 91. 8vo., orig.cloth gilt. Folding coloured map. (2) (P) £200-300 | Nil |
360 |
| 148 | GARNETT, LUCY M.J. and J.S. STUART-GLENNIE. Greek Folk Poesy. 2 vols., 1896. 8vo., orig. cloth gilt. (2) (P) £100-120 | Nil |
110 |
| 149 | GARRAN, Hon. ANDREW, ed. Australasia Illustrated. 3 vols., Sydney etc., 1892. Folio, orig. cloth (soiled). Numerous wood engravings. Bookstamps of H.H. Fawcett (hole in margin of final leaf in vol 1). (3) (P) £100-150 | Nil |
90 |
| 150 | HAMILTON, ANGUS. Afghanistan. 1906. 8vo., orig. cloth. Portrait, folding map and illustrations. (P) £100-150 | Nil |
110 |
| 151 | HEDIN, SVEN. Central Asia and Tibet. 2 vols., 1903. Plates and 5 folding maps (one repaired); Trans-Himalaya. 2 vols., 1909 Portraits, maps and illustrations. 8vo., orig. cloth gilt (covers soiled). (4) (P) £200-300 | Nil |
130 |
| 152 | HENDERSON, JOHN. The West Indies. A. & C. Black, 1905. Coloured plates by A.S. Forrest. With 22 various volumes on North America, India, Australia etc. Various sizes, orig. bindings. (23) £40-60 | Nil |
20 |
| 153 | INDIA. White, Lt. George Francis. Views in India..., Fisher, Son & Co., n.d. 4to., orig. decorative cloth gilt, a.e.g. Engraved plates (stained) -- Cave, Henry W. The ruined Cities of Ceylon. 1897. 4to., orig. qtr. black leather gilt, a.e.g. (covers soiled). Photographic plates, (clean) -- Thornton, Capt. A Summary of The History of the East India Company..., 1833. 8vo., cont. half calf. -- Elliot, Sir Henry M. Memoirs on the History, Folk-Lore, and Distribution of the Races of the North Western Provinces of India. Edited, Revised...by John Beames, 2 vols., 1869. 8vo., cont. half maroon morocco gilt. With another volume. (6) (P) £200-250 | Nil |
300 |
| 154 | [JARDINE, Col. ALEXANDER]. Letters from Barbary, France, Spain Portugal, etc. By An English Officer. First Edition, 2 vols., 1788. 8vo., later half calf. (2) (P) £50-70 | Nil |
200 |
| 155 | LA CONDAMINE, CHARLES MARIE de. Relation Abregee d'un Voyage Fait dans l'interieur de l'Amerique Meridionale...Nouvelle Edition, Maestricht 1778. 8vo., cont. calf, spine gilt (head of spine nicked). Folding engraved map and plate. Bookplates of John Finlay, Corps of R. Engineers and Col. Dorrien. See illustration. £150-200 | Nil |
240 |
| 156 | LETHABY, WILLIAM RICHARD and HAROLD SWAINSON. The Church of Sancta Sophia Constantinople. 1894. Large Paper, 8vo., orig. cloth, uncut. Illustrations. (P) £80-120 | Nil |
130 |
| 157 | LINTON, WILLIAM. The Scenery of Greece and Its Islands, n.d. 4to., cont. vellum gilt, a.e.g. (covers slightly soiled and warped). 50 engraved plates (lacks map, some staining). With another volume. (2) (P) £80-120 | Nil |
80 |
| 158 | LUMHOLTZ, CARL. Among Cannibals, 1889. 8vo., orig. cloth (covers slightly soiled). Portrait, 2 folding maps, plates and text illustrations. -- WILLOUGHBY, HOWARD. Australian Pictures Drawn With Pen and Pencil, 1886. Large 8vo., orig. pictorial cloth gilt, a.e.g. Folding map and illustrations. With another on Tasmania. (3) (P) £100-150 | Nil |
60 |
| 159 | LAUTERBURG, E. Vues Suisses. Bern, n.d. 8vo., orig. pictorial cloth. 200 vignette illustrations. (P) £80-120 | Nil |
20 |
| 160 | MACLEOD, NORMAN. Eastward. 1866. Folding frontispiece, and plates -- WRIGHT, Dr. WILLIAM. An Account of Palmyra and Zenobia..., 1895. Map, plates and text illustrations -- PORTER, Rev. J.L. The Giant Cities of Bashan..., 1873. Plates. With 7 other volumes. Mostly 8vo., orig. cloth. (10) (P) £100-150 | Nil |
160 |
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