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Books, Maps & Manuscripts

Lots: 2129-2160 of 2387

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2128

THERRY, Sir ROGER. Reminiscences of Thirty Years' Residence New South Wales and Victoria. 1863. Half brown morocco. Inscribed "John C. Blackett to Arthur Hodgson 1885" on front flyleaf. Includes additional cancel leaf p. 365/366. -- PRAED, Mrs. CAMPBELL. Australian Life Black and White, 1885. (spine soiled and chipped). Frontispiece and one plate. Adverts. at end. Inscribed "Edward D. Hodgson from his affectionate Father Clopton 1886". -- RUSSELL, PERCY. A Journey to Lake Taupo and Australian and New Zealand Tales and Sketches, n.d. Inscribed on half title, "Sir Arthur Hodgson from Mrs. Harold Freeman". -- SATGE, OSCAR de. Pages from the Journal of a Queensland Squatter, 1901. (wear to spine). Portrait frontispiece, plates and 2 folding coloured maps. Inscribed "From your affectionate Father February 1901" on flyleaf. 8vo., orig. cloth unless otherwise stated. With 17 others on Australia. (21)

Estimate: 200-300

Nil

    

320

2129

TRISTRAM, H.B. The Great Sahara: Wanderings South of the Atlas Mountains, 1860 (inner joints crudely repaired). Two folding maps, plates and text illustrations -- DARLEY, FELIX O.C. Sketches Abroad with Pen and Pencil, New York 1868. Plates and text illustrations -- PERCIVAL, WILLIAM SPENCER. The Land of the Dragon, 1889. Frontispiece, folding map at end (spine worn, map spotted) -- FARRER, REGINALD, The Rainbow Bridge, 1921. Photographic plates, folding map at end. First Editions, 8vo., orig. cloth. With 4 others. (8)
Estimate: 280-320

Nil

    

    

2130

VALLARDI, GIUSEPPE. Itinerario Italiano O Sia Descrizione dei Viaggi... Milan 1820. 12th Milan edition, 8vo., cont. half calf (rubbed, upper joint cracked). 17 folding engraved maps.

Estimate: 100-150

Nil

    

130

2131

WILLCOCKS, W. Egyptian Irrigation. Second Edition, 1899. (some wear to spine). Folding plans -- DRUMMOND, HENRY. Tropical Africa. Second Edition, 1889. Five coloured folding maps -- CAGNOLO, Fr. C. The Akikuyu Their Customs, Traditions and Folklore, Nyeri, Kenya 1933. Plates. Lord William Percy's copy with his signature and letter to him concerning the book loosely inserted. 8vo., orig. cloth. (3)

Estimate: 30-50

Nil

    

10

2132

WITHERBY, H. FORBES. Light from the Land of the Sphinx, 1896. 4to., (spine bruised). Frontispiece and text illustrations -- SYKES, ELLA C. Through Persia on a Side-Saddle, New and Revised Edition, London and Bombay 1901. 8vo., (faded). Folding map and 8 photographic plates. Orig. cloth. (2)
Estimate: 30-50

Nil

    

    

2133

WORDSWORTH, CHRISTOPHER. Greece, Pictorial, Descriptive, and Historical. New Edition, 1859. 8vo., cont. brown morocco (rubbed, spine worn). Engraved additional title, map and plates. Text illustrations (some spotting).
Estimate: 80-120

Nil

    

    

2136

ARROWSMITH, AARON. A New General Atlas..., 1827. 4to., cont. half calf (worn). Engraved title and 53 maps, hand coloured in outline (browned, Nos. 5 & 6 cut round and mounted, No. 4 with piece missing from outer margin, No. 40 with short tear to margin and ink stain, No. 53 of South America with short tear to gutter) ms. annotations in upper margin indicating that it was used at sea c. 1830.

Estimate: 100-150

Nil

    

80

2137

BLOMFIELD, Rev. EZEKIEL. A General View of the World..., 2 vols., Bungay 1807. 4to., cont. calf. Engraved frontispiece, 21 engraved maps, some folding, 36 plates, many of the plates and maps with hand colouring. Folding table (stitching broken in vol 2, one plate loose, occasional browning). (2)
Estimate: 150-200

Nil

    

100

2138

DUGDALE, THOMAS and WILLIAM BURNETT. England and Wales Delineated. Atlas vol. only 4to., disbound. 58 engraved maps. With another atlas. (2)

Estimate: 20-30

Nil

    

10

2139

GUTHRIE, WILLIAM. A New Geographical, Historical and Commercial Grammar..., Sixth Edition, 1779. 8vo., cont. sheep (rather worn). Engraved plate and 19 folding engraved maps by Kitchin (some spotting). With another volume. (2)

Estimate: 100-150

Nil

    

160

2140

JOHNSTON, ALEXANDER KEITH. Handy Royal Atlas of Modern Geography. New Edition, With Additions...by T.B. Johnston, Edinburgh and London 1888. Folio, cont. maroon morocco gilt, a.e.g. (slight wear to spine and corners, upper cover faded). 46 coloured maps.

Estimate: 50-70

Nil

    

40

2141

JOHNSTON, ALEXANDER KEITH. The Handy Royal Atlas of Modern Geography. With Additions...by G.H. Johnston, Edinburgh and London 1908. Folio, cont. half red morocco gilt, a.e.g. (some wear). Coloured maps. With 3 vols. by Charles Darwin and 13 vols. in the Highways and Byways series, v.y. 8vo., orig. cloth gilt. Illustrations. (17)

Estimate: 40-60

Nil

    

80

2142

MOLL, HERMAN. Atlas Geographus: A Compleat System of Geography, Ancient and Modern. Europe Vol 2 only, 1711. 4to., cont. half calf. 19 folding engraved maps with hand coloured borders and title cartouches (ex 22, lacks Rivers of France, Corsica Antiqua & Sardinia Antiqua, Imperium Romanum torn and repaired, some browning). 2 folding plates.

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Estimate: 300-400

Nil

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300

2143

WILKINSON, ROBERT. A General Atlas, being A Collection of Maps..., 1799 (on contents leaf). 4to., cont. half calf (worn, inner upper joint broken). Engraved title (shaved and stained), 48 hand coloured maps, 2 of them double page (split at centrefolds, maps 1 - 7 with some soiling).

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Estimate: 300-400

Nil

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500

2144

ANDREWS, JOHN. [Map of North Kent depicting Sheppey, and Whitstable]. Hand coloured engraved map. Overmounted, framed and glazed. 480 x 690 mm. to edge of mount. c. 1790.

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Estimate: 100-150

Nil

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2145

ARROWSMITH, JOHN. Australia From Surveys Made By Order of the British Government...1st June 1862. Folding engraved map, hand coloured in outline, linen backed, in orig. green morocco gilt slipcase (rubbed, flap splitting). 660 x 885 mm. with lithographic map of Queensland, Under the direction of W. Alcock Tully, 5 sheets (ex 6) 3rd issue Brisbane, 1885.
Estimate: 200-300

Nil

    

400

2146

BARTHOLOMEW, JOHN. The Imperial Map of England and Wales. A. Fullerton, London and Edinburgh n.d. (c. 1866). Folding coloured map, in 18 sections, linen backed, with orig. cloth covers (broken), and index leaves (torn and spotted). Each section 550 x 740 mm.
Estimate: 80-120

Nil

    

60

2147

BLAEU, WILLEM and JAN. Hertfordia Comitatus. Vernacule Hertfordshire. Hand coloured engraved map, [Amsterdam c. 1645]. Unframed. 380 x 500 mm. Latin text on verso (slight smudge to left hand side).
Estimate: 80-100

Nil

    

    

2148

BLAEU, WILLEM AND JAN. Territorium Norimbergense, Amsterdam, n.d. hand coloured engraved map, (stain in lower margin), framed and glazed 435 x 540 mm. (to edge of frame).
Estimate: 100-150

Nil

    

    

2149

BOWLES, CARRINGTON. Bowles's Reduced New Pocket Plan of the Cities of London and Westminster..., 1791. Sectioned, folding engraved plan, hand coloured in outline, mounted on linen. Framed and glazed. With two hand coloured engraved plans of Queen Hith and Vintry Wards, and Aldgate Ward, from Noorthouck's History of London 1772, one of them framed and glazed. (3)

Estimate: 60-80

Nil

    

130

2150

CARY, JOHN. A New Map of Dorsetshire..., 1818. Engraved map, hand coloured in outline. Overmounted, framed and glazed. 497 x 564 mm. (to edge of mount).
Estimate: 60-80

Nil

    

45

2151

CHAPMAN, JOHN and PETER ANDRE. A Map of the County of Essex. 1777. Folio, old half leather with red morocco gilt label on upper cover, by Sotheran, 26 double page sheets, including title, list of subscribers, and key map, all hand coloured (key map with crease). Bookplate of R.G. Hollies-Smith. Inscription on verso of front flyleaf by the Rev. W. Greenhill of Farnham Rectory, Essex, noting the presentation of the volume to him by the surviving son & daughters of the late Dr. Burford, Vicar of Pelham Furneux Herts, on 12th July 1831. "I read ye Burial Service over ye Body of Dr. Burford's Eldest son...i.e. ye same year I performed that Melancholy Service over ye Father...".

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Estimate: 800-1200

Nil

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720

2152

CRUCHLEY, G.F., engraver and publisher. Cruchley's Environs of London Extending Thirty Miles from the Metropolis, 1827. Sectioned, engraved, folding map, hand coloured in outline, mounted on linen (a few holes in the linen between sections). 930 x 950 mm.
Estimate: 80-120

Nil

    

130

2153

DONN, BENJAMIN. A Map of the County of Devon, With the City and County of Exeter. Printed for the Author, 1765. Folio, modern qtr. green morocco, marbled board sides. 12 double page engraved sheets, 11 of them hand coloured in outline (some offsetting). Bookplate of Edward Lynam, 1945.

See illustration.

Estimate: 600-800

Nil

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760

2154

GREENWOOD, C. & J. Map of the County of Essex. 1st July 1825. Hand coloured folding engraved map, in 2 sections, linen backed, (each section measures 675 x 1560 mm.). With original green morocco gilt slipcase. Large vignette of Audley End.

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Estimate: 400-500

Nil

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740

2155

GREENWOOD, C. & J. Map of the North West...South West...North East Circuit of the Principality of Wales..., Greenwood & Co., 1st April 1834. Three sectioned, hand coloured in outline, engraved maps, mounted on linen (some slight off-setting). Framed and glazed. 605 x 685 mm. etc. (3)
Estimate: 100-150

Nil

    

60

2156

JENICHEN, BALTHASAR. Nova Totius Palestinae seu Terrae Sanctae Descriptio Pagella..., [Nuremberg 1570]. Overmounted, framed and glazed. 195 x 385 mm. (a few spots to map, mount stained on right hand side).

See illustration.

Estimate: 4000-6000

Nil

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5200

2157

KAER, PETRUS. Palaestina. Engraved map, hand coloured, n.d. Overmounted, framed and glazed. 95 x 131 mm. (to edge of mount). With Tallis map of Ancient Palestine, c. 1851. Hand coloured in outline, unframed; L'Egypte, Paris, n.d. Engraved map, hand coloured in outline, overmounted, framed and glazed. 300 x 225 mm. (to edge of mount); and De Stadt Alexandrie of Scanderik, hand coloured engraved plan of Alexandria, with printed key in Dutch and English, overmounted, framed and glazed. 265 x 355 mm. (to edge of mount). (4)


Estimate: 100-150

Nil

    

    

2158

LAURIE & WHITTLE, pub. The Empire of China, With Its Principal Divisons; Drawn from the Surveys made by the Jesuits: with Improvements and Additions from the Maps of Monsr. D'Anville. 1794. Engraved map, hand coloured in outline, 480 x 620 mm. With another of Tartary from Thomson's New General Atlas, Sept.1st 1814. Both unframed. (2)
Estimate: 80-100

Nil

    

100

2159

MORDEN, ROBERT. Dorset Shire; Somerset Shire. Sold by Abel Swale Awnsham and John Churchil [1695]. Two hand coloured engraved maps, overmounted, framed and glazed. 395 x 445 mm. (to edge of mount). (2)

Estimate: 60-80

Nil

    

120

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