Sale date: |
Books, Maps and Manuscripts Sale on Tuesday 1st July 2008 |
Lot numbers: |
161-194 of 375 |
Lot |
Description & Estimate |
Vat on hammer % |
Hammer Price £ |
161 |
PALMA DI CESNOLA, General LOUIS. Cyprus: Its Ancient Cities, Tombs, and Temples. 1877. 8vo., orig. cloth gilt, t.e.g. (covers soiled). Plates 2 maps and text illustrations (clean internally). (P) £60-80 | Nil |
100 |
| 162 | PATTERSON, Lt. Col. J.H. The Man-Eaters of Tsavo..., November 1907. 2 copies; In the Grip of the Nyika, December 1909. 8vo., orig. cloth. Illustrations. (3) (P) £100-200 | Nil |
120 |
| 163 | POLO, MARCO. The Book of Ser Marco Polo...Newly Translated and Edited...by Col. Henry Yule. Second Edition, 2 vols., 1875. 8vo., orig. cloth gilt (lower cover and end leaves of vol 1 soiled, inner joints cracking). Folding maps, plates and text illustrations. (2) (P) £40-60 | Nil |
50 |
| 164 | RADCLYFFE DUGMORE, A. Camera Adventures in the African Wilds. 1910. Map and photographic plates (frontispiece loose); The Vast Sudan [1924]. Folding map and photographic plates. With 5 others, 2 of them on Africa. Mostly 8vo., orig. cloth. (7) £80-100 | Nil |
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| 165 | RAMSAY, Prof. W.M. The Historical Geography of Asia Minor. Royal Geographical Society's Supplementary Papers, vol IV. 1890 (covers soiled). 6 folding maps -- CHILDS, W.J. Across Asia Minor on Foot. Third Impression, Edinburgh & London, 1918. Map and photographic plates. 8vo., orig. cloth. With another volume. (3) (P) £60-80 | Nil |
100 |
| 166 | ROSCOE, THOMAS. The Tourist in Italy. 2 vols., 1831 & 1832 (The Landscape Annual, ex 3 vols.). Cont. green morocco a.e.g. (spines rubbed). Engraved plates (one loose in 1831) -- BLASHFIELD, EDWIN HOWLAND, and EVANGELINE WILBOUR. Italian Cities. 2 vols., New York 1901. Cont. half green morocco gilt, decorative spines. All 8vo. (4) £80-120 | Nil |
100 |
| 167 | SEGUIN, LISBETH GOOCH. A Picturesque Tour in Picturesque Lands. Limited Edition, No. 149 of 300 copies, Edition de Luxe. 1881. Large 4to., orig. qtr. vellum, decorative calf sides, with red and blue onlays, gilt, t.e.g., other edges uncut. 72 proof plates and other illustrations. £100-150 | Nil |
20 |
| 168 | [SMITH, G.] THE ENTERTAINING CORRESPONDENT. Or Curious Relations...With regard to Travels, Voyages, Governments, Revolutions, Geography Arts and Sciences..., 2 vols., Printed for James Hodges...and John James, 1739. 8vo., recent qtr. calf. Two engraved frontispieces and 23 plates (last few leaves of lower margins in vol 1 wormed, and some slight staining also in vol 1). (2) See illustration. £150-250 | Nil |
390 |
| 169 | [SWITZERLAND]. Cent Vues Suisses, Remarquables par leur Situation, ou par des faits historiques. Dessinees et Gravees par Hess, Hegui, Konig, Lory, Meyer, Wetzel etc. Zurich, chez Orell, Fussli, n.d. Oblong 12mo., cont. black morocco gilt, a.e.g. (joints rubbed). 100 engraved views. (P) See illustration. £1000-1500 | Nil |
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| 170 | TAYLOR, Rev. RICHARD. Te Ika A Maui, or New Zealand and its Inhabitants, 1855. 8vo., half calf. Frontispiece, 8 lithographic plates and text illustrations (lacks map). With 2 vols. on Venice and another. (4) £20-40 | Nil |
90 |
| 171 | GLIMPSES OF AUSTRALIA...Volume 1. An Album of Photographic Gems. Published by Gordon & Gotch, Melbourne, Sydney etc., 1897. Oblong 4to., later cloth (title repaired). Numerous photographic illustrations. With another volume on New Zealand. (2) £30-50 | Nil |
40 |
| 172 | TRISTRAM, HENRY BAKER. The Land of Israel: A Journal of Travels in Palestine. Second Edition, 1866 8vo., orig. blue cloth gilt. Two folding maps, one of them coloured, and 12 plates, 4 of them chromolithographs. £80-120 | Nil |
30 |
| 173 | TURNER, J.M.W. The Rivers of France. J. McCormick, n.d. (c. 1850). 4to., orig. cloth gilt, a.e.g. (covers soiled, one corner worn). Two engraved titles and 58 plates (mostly clean). (P) £50-80 | Nil |
30 |
| 174 | WALLACE, D. MACKENZIE. Russia. 2 vols., 1877 (upper inner joint of vol 1 broken, bookstamps of H.H. Fawcett). Two folding maps: another edition, 2 vols., 1905 -- EVANS, ARTHUR J. Through Bosnia and Herzegovina on Foot. Second Edition, 1877 (covers soiled, clean internally). Folding map and illustrations. All 8vo., orig. cloth. (5) (P) £40-60 | Nil |
90 |
| 175 | WILKINSON, Sir JOHN GARDNER. The Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians. New Edition, Revised...by Samuel Birch. 3 vols., 1878. 8vo., orig. cloth gilt. Plates, some coloured and folding. Text illustrations. Good copy. (3) (P) £180-250 | Nil |
150 |
| 176 | YOUNG, EDWARD. Special Report on Immigration; Accompanying Information for Immigrants..., Washington, Government Printing Offfice, 1872 (library stamp on title) -- BROWN, GEORGE W., ed. Dictionary of Canadian Biography. 2 vols., University of Toronto Press, 1966 d.ws. (ex library stamps) -- O'DRISCOLL & LORNA REYNOLDS, eds. The Untold Story: The Irish in Canada, 2 vols., Toronto 1988. Illustrations. With 5 other volumes. 8vo., orig. cloth. (10) £50-70 | Nil |
20 |
| 180 | AMEDEO, LUIGI of Savoy, Duke of Abruzzi. On the "Polar Star" in the Arctic Sea. Translated by William Le Queux. 2 vols. in one, London 1903. 8vo., recent qtr. black leather gilt, t.e.g. Portrait, photogravure plates, 2 folding panoramas and 5 maps, 2 of them in pocket at end. -- PEARY, ROBERT E. The North Pole. Introduction by Theodore Roosevelt. Toronto, 1910. 8vo., orig. cloth. Photographic plates, some coloured. Coloured folding map at end. With another volume. (3) £100-120 | Nil |
220 |
| 181 | AMUNDSEN, ROALD. "The North West Passage"..., 2 vols., 1908. 8vo., orig. cloth gilt (covers soiled). Frontispieces and 2 maps in pockets. Bookstamps of Harry Hargreave Fawcett. (2) (P) £100-200 | Nil |
160 |
| 182 | AMUNDSEN, ROALD. The South Pole An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the "Fram" 1910 - 1912. 2 vols., December 1912. 8vo., orig. cloth, t.e.g. (minor discolouration to sides). Six maps and charts, 4 of them folding, portrait and plates. Bookstamps of Harry Hargreave Fawcett. (2) (P) See illustration. £400-600 | Nil |
650 |
| 183 | MAWSON, Sir DOUGLAS. The Home of the Blizzard. [1915] 2 vols., 8vo., orig. cloth (soiled). Frontispieces, plates and 3 folding maps in pocket at end of vol 2. (2) (P) £60-80 | Nil |
140 |
| 184 | NANSEN, FRIDTJOF. The First Crossing of Greenland. Translated from the Norwegian by Hubert Majendie Gepp. 2 vols., 1890. Four folding maps (ex 5, lacking Umivik...at end of vol 1), plates and text illustrations; "Farthest North", 2 vols., 1897. 4 folding maps, plates and text illustrations. Both 8vo., orig. cloth (soiled). Bookstamps of Harry Hargreave Fawcett. (4) (P) £80-120 | Nil |
180 |
| 185 | NANSEN, F. "Farthest North". 2 vols., 1897. 8vo., orig. cloth gilt. Four folding maps, plates and text illustrations. (2) £70-100 | Nil |
60 |
| 186 | SCOTT, Capt. ROBERT FALCON. The Voyage of the "Discovery". Second Impression, 2 vols., 1905. Coloured plates and other illustrations (lacks 2 maps from pockets); Scott's Last Expedition, Fourth Edition, 2 vols., 1914. Maps, colour plates and other illustrations. -- DIEBITSCH-PEARY, JOSEPHINE. My Arctic Journal..., 1894 (covers soiled). Map and plates. With 3 others. All 8vo., orig. cloth. Most with bookstamps of Harry Hargreave Fawcett. (8) (P) £60-100 | Nil |
120 |
| 187 | SCOTT, Capt. R.F. Scott's Last Expedition. Ed. Leonard Huxley. 2 vols., Second Edition, 1913. 8vo., orig. cloth gilt. Maps, colour plates and other illustrations. (2) £50-70 | Nil |
90 |
| 188 | SCOTT, Capt. ROBERT FALCON. "The South Pole". by Hester Vanity Fair Supplement. No. 2311. Man of the Day. [1913] Overmounted, framed and glazed. 352 x 225 mm (to edge of mount). £50-80 | Nil |
50 |
| 189 | SHACKLETON, Sir ERNEST HENRY. The Heart of the Antarctic. 2 vols., 1909. 4to., orig. cloth (vol 2 faded). Portrait, colour plates and other illustrations. 3 folding maps (lacks 2 panoramas). Bookstamps of Harry Hargreave Fawcett. (2) (P) £80-120 | Nil |
100 |
| 191 | BARTHOLOMEW, JOHN, ed. The Times Atlas of the World. Mid-Century Edition, vols. 1, 2, 4 & 5. 1958 - 57. Folio, orig. cloth, d.ws. Coloured maps. (4) £20-30 | Nil |
10 |
| 192 | FISHER'S COUNTY ATLAS OF ENGLAND AND WALES. London and Manchester, n.d. [1842 - 45]. Large 4to., cont. half black morocco (spine and corners scraped). 48 engraved maps, some folding, hand coloured in outline. (P) See illustration. £359-450 | Nil |
400 |
| 193 | [HALL, SIDNEY. A New General Atlas, 1829.] Folio, cont. half leather gilt (worn). 40 double page maps, hand coloured in outline (ex 53, maps loose in binding, detached from hinges, approx. 4 split at centrefold, some ink stains to versos, no text). Sold w.a.f. £100-150 | Nil |
400 |
| 194 | [MARTIN, ROBERT MONTGOMERY. Tallis's Illustrated Atlas c. 1851.] Folio, cont. half maroon roan, label of T. Connolly, bookseller, Dublin. Containing only 79 engraved maps, hand coloured in outline (mostly lightly browned at centre, lacking title, frontispiece and plates). Sold not subject to return. (P) See illustration. £200-400 | Nil |
1850 |
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