1. Christen, Matthias.

“To the end of the line”. Zu Formgeschichte und Semantik der Lebensreise.

München, Fink, 1999. 8°. 254 Seiten. Illustriert. Softcover / Kartoniert. Sehr guter, neuwertiger Zustand. KEIN Besitzvermerk. KEINE Anstreichungen. KEIN Mängelexemplar.

2. California – Homann, Johann Baptist / Landteck, Zacharias.

[California shown as an Island] Geographische Universal-Zeig und Schlag-Uhr.

Original hand-coloured engraving, with the Cartographer showing California as an Island. Nürnberg, Homann, [c.1735]. Plate Size: 57 cm x 48.5 cm. Sheet Size: 60.5 cm x 51.7 cm. Original map. Very good, actually stunning, condition. Some faint trace of browning to upper corners of sheet. Very minor tears to edges at centre-fold.

3. [Cellarius, Christoph] Christophori Cellarii Smalcaldensis / Patrick, Samuel.

[Geographia Antiqua] Christophori Cellarii Smalcaldensis Geographia Antiqua – Recognita denuo & ad veterum novorumque scriptorum fidem, historicorum maxime, identidem castigata & Quinta Editione plurimis locis aucta & immutata. Huic demum sextæ Editioni Tot Chartas ex majori auctoris Geographia antiqua quot ad minorem hanc illustrandam requirebantur, Duplicemque Indicem, Quorum Priori vetera locorum nomina novis præponuntur, Posteriori nova veteribus, Addidit, totam recensuit, & Scholarum usui accommodavit, Samuel Patrick.

[Sixth Edition and the first illustrated version]. London, Sumptibus S. Ballard, J. Senex, G. Innys, J.Osborn & T. Longman, 1731. Octavo. VIII, 180 pages with 26 maps and one scientific illustration of a Globe [sphere]: Globi, Charta Geographicae et Sphaerae a Joannes Senex (Fol.2). Original Hardcover / 18th century full leather with the original spine-label. The Volume in protective Mylar. The binding starting at the spine but still firm and entirely in its original condition. Very good overall condition with only minor signs of wear. From the library of Daniel Conner (Connerville / Manch House), with his Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown. With a manuscript – entry to the rear endpaper: “Dan [meaning Daniel Conner] began Astronomy April 19th 1812”.

4. Stuart, J.

A History of the Zulu Rebellion 1906, and of Dinuzulu’s arrest, Trial and Expatriation. With Five Maps, Six Plans and Twenty Five Illustrations.

London, Macmillan and Co. Ltd, 1913. 14.5 cm x 22.5 cm. Frontispiece, XVI, 581 pages. Large fold-out map sheet at rear, showing a Key Map of Natal and Area of Operations. Hardcover [publisher’s original red cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Gilt top edge. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor foxing to edges and tissue-guards, as usual with this publication. Interior bright and clean besides very minor signs of foxing.

5. Moore, John.

A Journal During a Residence in France, From the Beginning of August, To the Middle of December, 1792. To Which is Added an Account of the Most Remarkable Events That Happened at Paris from That Time to the Death of the Late King of France. [Including the Hand-coloured Map].

First Irish Edition. Two Volumes (complete set). Dublin, Printed for P.Byrne, J.Moore, B.Dugdale, W.Jones, Colbert and J.Rice, 1793. Small-Octavo (11.5 cm x 17.5 cm). 303, 570 pages plus a Hand-coloured “Map of General Dumourier’s Campaign on the Meuse” (showing the area between Metz and Reims as well as Sedan and Nancy). Hardcover / Modern half-leather bound to the style of the 18th-century with spinelabels. Both Volumes in protective Mylar and now housed in a bespoke Solander Box. Bookplate / Exlibris of Richard Meade of Ballymartle attached to pastedown of Volume I. Excellent condition !

6. Payne, John / Hardie, James / Provenance I: Signature of J.J. Westervelt [Jacobus James Westervelt (1755 – 1826) – Schraalenberg and Provenance II: Charles Sydney Clark (1925) presented this set to Johnson Free Public Library at Hackensack, New Jersey].

A New and Complete System of Universal Geography [Complete with all 20 maps / illustrations] ; Describing Asia, Africa, Europe and America; with their Subdivisions of Republics, States, Empires and Kingdoms : The Extent, Boundaries and Remarkable Appearances of each Country; Cities, Towns and Curiosities of Nature and Art. Also giving a general account of The Fossil and Vegetable Productions [with hand-coloured plates] of the Earth. The History of Man, In all Climates, Regions and Conditions; Customs, Manners, Laws, Governments and Religions: The State of Arts, Sciences, Commerce, Manufactures and Knowledge. Sketches of the Ancient and Modern History of each Nation and People to the present time. To which is added, A View of Astronomy, As connected with Geography; Of the Planetary System to which the Earth belongs; And of the Universe in General. With a copious Index annexed to each Volume. Being a Large and Comprehensive Abridgement of Universal Geography. By John Payne. With additions, corrections and Improvements from the latest and best authors by James Hardie – Author of “The Principles of Latin Grammar”, “The American Remembrancer” and “Universal Tablet of Memory” &c. In Four Volumes.

First Abridged Edition. Volumes I [Asia] and II [Africa] (of IV). New York, Printed for and Sold by John Low, Book-Seller at The Shakespeare – Head, No.332 Water-Street, 1798 – 1799. Octavo – Edition. Pagination: Volume I [Asia]: Folded Frontispiece (Map of the World), XLVIII, 518 pages plus 10 unnumbered pages of an Index and one additional page with Directions for the Bookbinder for placing the maps and illustrations as well as Errata. Volume I includes all 10 Maps / Engravings as called for / Volume II [Africa]: Folded Frontispiece (Map of Africa), 578 pages plus 12 unnumbered pages of an Index plus one additional page with Directions for the Bookbinder for placing the maps and illustrations as well as Errata. Volume II includes all 10 Maps / Engravings as called for. Hardcover / Modern Library – Binding with the original 18th century – work bound in. Former library copy of Bergen County Historical Society (cancelled) and Johnson Free Public Library in Hackensack, New Jersey, with a very boring, modern library binding and library cards applied to the endpapers only, leaving the bookblock with text and maps and illustrations entirely untouched from any library-signs. Very good condition with some signs of external wear.

7. Handcoloured Map Art of 18th century Scotland – [Millar, William] / [Grant, John] / [Leslie, William] Forsyth, Isaac / [Hugh Houstoun].

A Survey of the Province of Moray; Historical, Geographical, and Political. [Inscribed and dedicated by scottish Mapmaker William Millar / Including the amazing, large Map of Moray and the Nairn Shires by William Millar (51 cm x 49 cm) and the engraving of “Elgin Cathedral” (also by William Millar)].

First Edition. Aberdeen, Printed for Isaac Forsyth, Bookseller, Elgin, 1798. Octavo (14 cm x 21,5 cm). Folded, hand-coloured Frontispiece-Map by William Millar, Frotispiece-Engraving of the “Elgin Cathedral” , VIII, 353 pages. Original Hardcover / Original 18th or early 19th century leather with original spinelabel. The large, hand-coloured Map with a minor tear only. Corners slightly bumped. Spine slightly starting but overall in excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only. Interesting Provenance and signed manuscript dedication by the Cartographer and Mapmaker William Millar: From the library of Aberdeen Highlander, Major Hugh Houstoun, with a dedication: “April 27th, 1798 – To Major Hugh Houstoun – from his Much obliged and Humble Servant William Millar”.

8. Ligon, Richard.

A True and Exact History of the Island of Barbadoes [sic] / [Barbados]. Illustrated with a Map of the Island [missing], as also the Principal Trees and Plants there, set forth in their due Proportions and Shapes, drawn out by their several and respective Scales. Together with the Ingenio that makes the Sugar, with the Plots of the several Houses, Rooms, and other places, that are used in the whole process of Sugar-making; viz. the Grinding-house, Still-house, and Furnaces; All cut in Copper.

[Second Edition]. London, Printed, and are to be sold by Peter Parker, at his Shop at the Leg and Star over against the Royal Exchange, and Thomas Guy at the corner Shop of Little Lumbard-street and Cornhill, 1673. Small-Folio (19 cm x 29 cm). [II], 122 pages plus an unnumbered Index-page (bound, according to instructions for the bookbinder after page 84), lacking the Fold-out-Map of Barbados but including all six illustrations of Plants, as well as the three diagrams of Houses and Production-Rooms for Sugar. 19th-century Hardcover (half-leather with gilt lettering on spine). Condition of Binding: Very good condition with only minor signs of wear to the binding / Condition of bookblock: Original, front free endpaper was preserved and bound in. Rear endpaper missing. The original endpaper includes two historical ownership-signatures in ink (c.17th or early 18th century) as well as several annotations in ink and pencil. The previous owners seem to have been one Richard Gardner and there is an additional notation verso which reads: “E[x] Libris Richmondi Garnays [or Garneys]”. Some ink-annotations or corrections throughout the book. Signs of old bookworm – damage and very few abrasions due to fire-sparks (few pages effected only). Some plates with professional repairs, some tears. Some professional paper-repairs and re-enforcements to title-page and Content-Page. All the described flaws sound worse than they really appear. All plant-plates in strong impresion. A scarce publication ! From the library of Rev. William Andrew Lamb, Kilcoleman Park, County Cork.

9. Heyerdahl, Thor.

Aku-Aku – The Secret of Easter Island.

London, George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1958. 14.5 cm x 22 cm. 367 pages. Several colour photographs throughout. Original Hardcover with debossed Easter Island head on cover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Very minor smudging to endpaper and pastedown only. Red painted top edge.

10. Dickens, Charles.

American Notes for General Circulation.

First single-volume edition. London, Chapman and Hall, 1850. 13 cm x 19.5 cm. Frontispiece by C. Stansfield, XIII, 175 pages. Hardcover / Original publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering and ornament to spine. Endpapers and pastedown with original publisher’s advertising. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Unusual in this excellent and firm condition.

11. Staunton, Sir George / Lord Macartney.

An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China [First Dublin Edition with 34 full-page-plates]; Including Cursory Observations Made, and Information Obtained, in Travelling Through That Ancient Empire, and a Small Part of Chinese Tartary. Together with a Relation of the Voyage undertaken on the Occasion by his Majesty’s Ship ‘The Lion’, and the Ship ‘Hindestan’ in the East India Company’s Service, to the Yellow Sea, and Gulf of Pekin [sic]; as well as of their return to Europe. With Notices of the several places where they stopped in their way out and home: being the Islands of Madeira, Teneriffe and St.Jago, the Port of Rio de Janeiro in South America; the Islands of St.Helena, Tristan da Cunha and Amsterdam, the Coast of Java and Sumatra, the Nanka Isles, Pulo-Condore and Cochin-China. Taken chiefly from the Papers of his Excellency, the Earl of Macartney, Knight of the Bath, his Majesty’s Embassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Emperor of China; Sir Erasmus Gower, Commander of the Expedition and other Gentlemen in the several Departments of the Embassy.

Two Volumes (complete set). Dublin, Printed for P.Wogan, R.Cross, P.Byrne and others, 1798. Octavo. Volume I: XV, 449 pages with 8 full-page plates / Volume II: XVIII, 430 pages, with 26 full-page-plates and including an Appendix. Hardcover / Original, early 19th century half leather with original spinelabels. Bindings firm and strong but rather worn. Bookplate of Richard Meade, Ballymartle, to the pastedown of Volume I. Overall in very good condition with some stronger signs of wear but with all the illustrations / engravings, called for in the Dublin Edition.

12. [Conder, Josiah].

Arabia, Egypt, Nubia and Abyssinia / [in: The Modern Traveller- A Popular Description, Geographical, Historical, and Topographical, of the Various Countries of the Globe].

Three Volumes. London, Printed for James Duncan, 1827. Duodecimo / 9 cm x 14.5 cm. Arabia-Volume: IV, 362 pages / Egypt/Abyssinia-Volume I: IV, 366 pages / Egypt/Abyssinia-Volume II: IV, 364 pages. Includes three folded maps and nine black and white illustrations showing: 1. Map of Arabia / 2. Map of Egypt / 3. Map of Nubia and Abyssinia / 4. View of Mount Sinai / 5. Mosques at Mekka and Medinah / 6. View of Moosa / 7. Temple of Apollinopolis / 8. Cataracts of the Nile / 9. View on the River Tacazze / 10. Obelisk and King’s Seat at Axum / 11. View of Cairo / 12. The Pyramids from Old Cairo. Original Hardcover, decorative full leather. Full leather with gilted ornaments to outer margins of interior boards. Marbled endpapers and edges. Gilt ornament to spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Binding rubbed but firm. Minor foxing only. [The Modern Traveller- Volume 4-6].

13. [Conder, Josiah].

Birmah, Siam and Anam [Burma (Myanmar) / Thailand / Vietnam – in: The Modern Traveller – A Popular Description, Geographical, Historical and Topographical of the various Countries of the Globe.

London, Printed for James Duncan, 1826. Duodecimo / 9 cm x 14.5 cm. IV, 367 pages. With a folded black-and-white map of Indo-China and three black-and-white steel engravings showing: 1. The Imperial Court Ummerapoora / 2. A Woongee & His Wife / A Rhahan or Priest / 3. Cochin (Kochi) – Chinese shipping on the River Taifo (Fai-foo). Original Hardcover. Full leather with gilted ornaments to outer margins of interior boards. Marbled endpapers and edges. Gilt ornament to spine. Spinelabel missing. Binding firm but rubbed. Lower spine with minor damage only. Very good condition of the map and etchings. The rarest Volume in the series. [The Modern Traveller – Volume 11].

14. Società Rododendro.

Bollettino della Società Rododendro [ogni numero compresa una sezione / each issue including a section: “Sezione Automobilistica” / Compreso il numero unico “Paganella” per l’anno 1905 / With the extra number for 1905 “Paganella”].

Five Volumes (bound in 2). Trento, Società Rododendro / Scotoni & Viiti, 1904-1908. 21 cm x 30 cm. Vol.1-2, 200 pages / Vol.3-5, 240 pages. Monochrome illustrations and photographs throughout both volumes. Beautifully illustrated coloured paper issue covers in Vol.1-2. Fold-out map of ‘Val Nambino, Val Agola e Val Dalgone’ in Vol.3-5. Hardcover / Excellent, contemporary library Buckram with gilt lettering on spine / Illustrazione delle copertine [Art Nouveau] di Tevini e Vitti / [Original, beautifully decorative wrappers with art nouveau cover-art by Tevini and Vitti bound within]. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear and some occasional abrasions to the brochure – covers bound within. Interior unmarked. Binding strong and firm. Alpine Club stamps throughout. / Includes many pages with advertising on early car travel / Advertising for “Puch”, “Adler” and “Neckarsulmer” Motociclette / Local Advertising for tourism in the italian Trento [Trient / Alto Adige / Suedtirol] /

15. America / South America / Latin America / Brazil – Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876)

Brazil – with Vignettes and Illustrations of Boats on the Rio Negro / St.Catharina / Monte Video / Cape St. Antonio in Bahia / Rio de Janeiro.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. London & New York, J & F. Tallis, 1851. Plate Size: 23.9 cm x 34.3 cm. Sheet Size: 27.5 cm x 37.4 cm. Vintage 19th century map in very good condition.

16. America / Canada – Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876)

British America (meaning CANADA) – with Vignettes and illustrations of Esquimaux [Sic] (Inuit), Polar Bears, Images of the British Royal Navy vessels Fury and Hecla, Whale Fishing, Seal and a beautiful illustration of Montreal.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. London & New York, J & F. Tallis, 1851. Plate Size: 33 cm x 24.6 cm. Sheet Size: 37.4 cm x 27.4 cm. Some fraying to the upper margins. Otherwise in very good condition with a small inkstain to the Montreal image. Beautifully Mounted !

17. Société De Géographie.

Bulletin de la Société de Géographie. rédigé avec le concours de la section de publication par les Secrétaires de la Commission Centrale.

12 Volumes. Paris, Société De Géographie, 1888 – 1899. 14.5 cm x 22.5 cm / 15.5 cm x 23 cm. Circa. 6,850 pages. Vol.IX (1888), 672 pages / Vol.X (1889), 602 pages / Vol.XI (1890), 612 pages / Vol. XII (1891), 646 pages / Vol.XIII (1892), 529 pages / Vol.XIV (1893), 548 pages / Vol. XV (1894), 618 pages / Vol. XVI (1895), 560 pages / Vol. XVII (1896), 554 pages / Vol. XVIII (1897), 518 pages / Vol. XIX (1898), 506 pages / Vol. XX (1899), 490 pages. With numerous monochrome and colour fold-out maps throughout. Hardcover [original buckram] with gilt lettering on spine. Gilt insignia of The Alpine Club on lower spine. Gilt top edges. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior is clean and bright.

18. Afghanistan – Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876)

Cabool (Kabul / Afghanistan), The Punjab (Pakistan) and Beloochistan (Balochistan) with Vignettes and Illustrations of Boats on the Indus / Sultan Mahmoud’s Minars and Fortress (Ghuznee / Ghazni in Afghanistan) / Beautiful scenery of Lahore.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. London & New York, J & F. Tallis, 1851. Plate Size: 33.7 cm x 26 cm. Sheet Size: 37.5 cm x 27.2 cm. Vintage 19th century map in very good condition.

19. Smythe, F.S.

Camp Six – An Account of the 1933 Mount Everest Expedition.

First edition. London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1937. 15 cm x 22.5 cm. Frontispiece, XI, 307 pages. 36 illustrations including frontispiece. Hardcover [publisher’s original blue cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Binding very firm. Interior very bright and clean.

20. Africa / South Africa – Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876)

Cape Colony with Clan William, Little Namaqua Land, Tulbagh or Karoo, Stellenbosch, The Cape, Zwellendam, George, Zitzikamma, Uitenhage, Beaufort, Graaf Reynet, Albany, Somerset, Victoria, Colesberg, Griquas. With Vignettes and illustrations of Cape Town, Entrance to the Knysna, Graham’s Town.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. London & New York, J & F. Tallis, 1851. Plate Size: 32 cm x 26 cm. Sheet Size: 37.4 cm x 27.2 cm. Vintage 19th century map in very good condition.

21. Tabor, George.

Cape to Cairo Railway & River routes and the principal Hotels en route through Africa.

London, Genta, 2003. Quarto. V, 324 pages with illustrations throughout. Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket. Excellent, close to new condition, with only minor signs of wear.

22. Cary, John.

Cary’s New Itinerary: Or an Accurate Delineation of the Great Roads, Both Direct and Cross throughout England and Wales: With Many of the Principal Roads in Scotland. From an Actual Admeasurement by John Cary: Made by Command of his Majesty’s Postmaster General for official purposes: Under the Direction and Inspection of Thomas Hasker Esq., Surveyor and Superintendant of the Mail Coaches. [Including an advertising for Cary’s New Celestial and Terrestrial Globes (with Illustrations of Globes)]. [Subtitle:] This work shows the immediate Route from the Metropolis [London] to all parts of England and Wales: And from Town to Town in every direction, distinguishing also the Cities, Market, Borough and Corporate Towns: And those at which the Assizes are held and gives the time of the Mails, Arrival and Departure from each, Describes the Line of the Navigable Canals and the Course of the Rivers passed over, The Number of Houses and Inhabitants contained in each Town, And those Inns which supply Post Horses and Carriages. Also The Inn’s throughout the Metropolis [London] from which the Mail and Stagecoaches go, their time of departure & the Route they seveerally take. The Noblemen and Gentlemen’s Seats situate near the Roads, A List of the Packet Boats and their time of sailing. Copious Indexes. Maps of the Lot Wight Environs of London, Bath, Brighton, Margate & Cheltenham & a Large Map of England and Wales peculiarly adapted to the Work. – [An Advertisement juxtaposed to the titlepage reads: “This Edition contains the Routes to upwards of Nine Thousand Places, which have never been given in any work of a similar Description; being a complete Directory to every Parish situate out of the Line of the Direct and Cross Roads throughout England and Wales”].

Seventh Edition, with Improvements [complete with all maps as called for]. London, Printed for J. Cary, 1817. Octavo. Pagination: [1], 647 pages plus 7 maps / Detailed pagination see here: [1], Title, Large Folding Map, [121], 6 folded Maps, [526] pages. Modern, recent Hardcover / Very decorative half-leather with marbled-paper-covered boards. Gilt lettering on new sppine-label. New endpapers. Protective Mylar. Only the large folding map with a inor tear (one part of the map deliberately bound separate (geniously folding out to meet th erest of the map). Interior text and maps all in excellent, unusually clean condition !!

23. [Rhodes, Cecil] Jourdan, Philip.

Cecil Rhodes – His Private Life by his Private Secretary.

London / New York, John Lane The Bodley Head / John Lane Company, 1911. 14.5 cm x 22.5 cm. Frontispiece, 285 pages. 16 illustrations. Hardcover [publisher’s original red cloth] with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Deckled edges. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior bright and clean. Preowner details on front endpaper.

24. America / Central America / Latin America / Guatemala – Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876)

Central America with Guatemala, Honduras, Salvador, Nicaragua, [Mosquito Territory] and Vignettes and illustrations of Belise [Belize, formerly British Honduras], the Volcano of Isalco and The Great Square of the Antigua in Guatemala.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. London & New York, J & F. Tallis, 1851. Plate Size: 32.4 cm x 27.3 cm. Sheet Size: 37.5 cm x 27.4 cm. Vintage 19th century map in very good condition.

25. Koebel, W. H. (William Henry).

Central America: Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Honduras, Panama, and Salvador.

Second Edition. London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1919. 23 cm. 382 pages. Illustrations, including frontispiece, portraits, fold-out map and tables, in black and white. Original Hardcover. ORIGINAL EDITION (NOT a Facsimile). Very good condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Some rubbing on spine at title, as well as some foxing on inside and selective pages. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen – Translator Erik Haugaard. South American series ; [v.14].

26. Bourne, H. R. Fox.

Civilisation in Congoland – A Story of International Wrong-Doing. With a prefatory Note by the Right Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke.

London, P.S.King & Son, 1903. Octavo. XVI, 311 pages with large, coloured, folded map of the Congo: “Congo Land or The Conventional Basin of the Congo”. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Endpaper detached. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Faint old library stamp of the “Reichsgericht in Berlin” to titlepage.

27. Guinness, Géraldine.

Dans l’Orient lointain – Lettres de Géraldine Guinness Missionnaire en Chine (1888-1889). Traduites de l’anglais par Mlle Laure Armand et par le Traducteur-Editeur.

2 me Mille. Genève, chez le Traducteur-Editeur, 1893. Octavo. 218 pages. [Illustrated]. Hardcover / Original, publisher’s illustrated Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

28. [Rickmer Rickmers, Willi] Jäger, Gustav (Herausgeber).

Der Tourist – Organ für Natur- und Alpenfreunde [plus einige Jahrgaenge der Beilagen “Das Alpenhorn” und “Bei Nebel und Regen” beigebunden]. 27 Bände in 20 / Es fehlen die No.39 und 40 im Jahrgang 1869 (dies sind die Seiten 609-640 und es fehlen die Jahrgaenge 1893 bis 1896) . Einige Jahrgaenge sind in zwei Baenden erschienen und hier immer in einem Band gebunden. Diese wurden von uns aber bei der Gesamtzahl von 27 Baenden nicht doppelt gezaehlt und immer als “ein Band” gewertet. / 27 volumes of a consecutive run from 1869 bound in 20 volumes with only four annuals (1893-1896) as well as two numbers missing [No.39 and 40 in Volume 1 (year 1869)]. [Als weitere Zugabe: Dublette des Jahrgangsband 1876-1877 vom “Alpine-Club” (London) mit einer beigebundenen Ausgabe: Gustav Jaeger – “Der Fuehrer auf der Kronprinz Rudolfbahn von der Donau bis Laibach enthaltend: Die Beschreibung der Kunstbauten und Eisenbahnfahrten auf der Hauptlinie und den Seitenfluegeln, sowie die Schilderung der Ortschaften und Ausfluege von saemtlichen Bahnstationen in Nieder- und Oberoesterreich, Steiermark, Kaernten und Krain. Wien, 1876. 213 (6) Seiten].

Wien, Carl Finsterbeck, 1869 – 1892 & 1897-1898. 14.5 cm x 21.5 cm / 24.5 cm x 30.5 cm / 25 cm x 32.5 cm. 23.5 cm x 31.5 cm ca. 9800 Seiten (siehe Paginierung im englischen Teil der Beschreibung). [Mit der farbigen Lithographie “Der Sonnblick” im Maltathal in Band 1 (1869 / eingebunden nach Seite 202) sowie der zweiten Lithographie “″Glokner” (eingebunden nach Seite 728)/ Lithographie in Band 2 (1870) fehlt [Allerdings haben wir der Ausgabe den 2. Jahrgangsband 1870 als Dublette beigelegt und die Dublette fuer 1870 enthaelt die seltene Lithographie “Der Blaue Tumpf im Maltathale (Kaernten)” [siehe die Photos]. Die Reihe enthaelt ausserdem das wunderbare, grosse Panorama vom “Hochwechsel” / Circa. 9,200 pages – Vol.I (1869), 768 pages with both Lithographs as called for (pages 609-640 missing) plus “Das Alpenhorn” (Nummern 29 – 48 des 1.Jahrgangs) / Vol.II (1870), 696 pages with the Lithograph missing – Angebunden: “Das Alpenhorn” – Kompletter II.Jahrgang [Als Zugabe: Band 2 liegt hier bei mit der Lithographie] / Vol.III (1871), 726 pages plus “Das Alpenhorn” Teil des III.Jahrgangs / Vol.IV (1872), 552 pages plus der komplette IV. Jahrgang “Das Alpenhorn” / Vol.V (1873), 436 pages plu Jahrgang V of “Das Alpenhorn” / Vol.VI (1874), 442 pages plus Jahrgang VI of “Das Alpenhorn” / VII. (1875), 412 pages mit “Das Alpenhorn” Jahrgang VII. / Vol.VIII (1876) – 2 Volumes in 1: 228 pages & 244 pages plus “Das Alpenhorn” Jahrgang VIII / Vol.IX (1877) – 2 Volumes in 1: 204 & 236 pages plus 48 pages “Bei Nebel und Regen” & “Das Alpenhorn” IX.Jahrgang / Vol.X (1878)-2 Volumes: 234 & 242 pages plus einige Nummern von “Bei Nebel und Regen” & “Das Alpenhorn” / Vol.XI-XII (1879-80) c.416 pages / Vol.XIII-XIV (1881-82), c.384 pages / Vol. XV-XVI (1883-84), c.384 pages / Vol.XVII-XVIII (1885-1886), c.384 pages/ Vol.XIX-XX (1887-88), c.384 pages / Vol.XXI-XXII (1889-90), c.384 pages / Vol.XXIII-XXIV (1891-92), c.384 pages / Vol.14 (1897), 458 pages / Vol.15 (1898), 586 pages / Vol.16 (1899), 668 pages. / In addition the periodical includes a duplicate of Volume II (Annual for 1870) and this Duplicate includes the rare original Lithograph. Originale Halbleinenbaende des 19.Jahrhunderts mit Rueckenvergoldung. / Hardcover. Contemporary cloth with gilt lettering on spine / [2 with marbled boards, the remainder with dark cloth boards]. 3 volumes with navy cloth boards. Zehn Baende in Gross-Quart, die anderen in Oktav-Format. Sehr guter Zustand dieser seltenen, korrespondierenden Reihe mit nur wenigen Gebrauchsspuren an den Bindungen. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some minor abrasions to cloth for volumes 1872 and 1875. Baende fuer die Jahre 1872 und 1875 mit kleinen Einrissen am Ruecken. Periodikum aus der Bibliothek von Wilhelm Gustav Rickmer Rickmers, mit seinem Exlibris in nahezu allen Baenden / Minor rubbing only to head and heel of spines and board corners. Interiors clean and bright for the most part. Slight tanning throughout. Former copies from the library of Wilhelm Gustav Rickmer Rickmers, with his large, beautiful and artistic bookplate “Bibliotheka Rickmersiana” [designed and monogrammed by Otto Barth] in most of the Volumes. Also Bookplate of Bibliothek Central-Ausschuss Deutscher und Österreichischer Alpenverein. Library stamp on front endpaper / The collection subsequently was part of the library of the Alpine Club in London.

29. Brockbank, Oliver.

Diary of a Journey through the Sinai Peninsula and Arabia in 1914. [Probably the author’s own copy with underlining, replacement-suggestions of paragraphs and annotations with penciled manuscript-corrections throughout the book and additions in red ink / Also two additional photographs of the journey mounted onto the front and rear pastedown].

London, Private, 1916, 14 cm x 21 cm. 78 pages. 16 sepia plates and external fold-out map. Original Hardcover. Cloth bound with gilt debossed lettering to cover. Deckled egdes. Good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Only slightly foxed. Map detached from binding.

30. First International Polar Year (1882-1883) – Wohlgemuth, Emil von.

Die österreichische Polarstation Jan Mayen – Ausgerüstet durch seine Excellenz Graf Hanns Wilczek. Geleitet von K.K. Corvetten-Capitän Emil Edlen von Wohlgemuth. Beobachtungs-Ergebnisse Herausgegeben von der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. [Inklusive Ephemera] Band I – III (Komplett in vier Bänden mit dem eingebundenen Vorbericht zur Publikation welcher manchmal auch separat gebunden wurde: I. Band / II.Band 1. und 2. Abtheilung / III.Band).

Erste und einzige Ausgabe. Wien, K. und K. Hof-und Staatsdruckerei in Commission bei Karl Gerold’s Sohn, 1886. Quarto (24.5 cm x 31.5 cm). Collation: Band I: 118 Seiten mit vier Falttafeln (Beobachtungsstation im Wilczeck-Thale / Sternwarte / Helligkeitsgrad der Polarnacht / Kreuzung / [Route] des S.M.Dampfer “Pola” laengs der Eiskante bei der Insel Jan Mayen (farbig) / ), 26, 50, 202, 76, 16,18 Seiten / Band II,1: 232 Seiten / Band II,2: 175 Seiten / Band III: X, 132, 24, 20 Seiten [The set includes 85 text-illustrations, 61 plates (some folded) and four maps (original lithographs of which one is in colour)]. Original publisher’s Hardcover-Boards, now in protective collector’s Mylar. [Inclusive grossformatiger Werbung zu den Druckschriften der kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien vom Jahre 1885] The boards of the thicker Volume One, as often, cleanly detached. All other Volumes in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor signs of foxing only. Unopened, unread version of this rare publication !

31. Africa / North Africa – Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876)

Egypt and Arabia Petrea – with Vignettes and illustrations of the Mosque of Sultan Hassan / Grand Cairo / Alexandria / Ruins of the Great Temple, Karnac / Great Sphinx, Ghizeh / Gulf of Akaba / Gulf of Suez / Red Sea with Boats / .

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. London & New York, J & F. Tallis, 1851. Plate Size: 24.5 cm x 34.4 cm. Sheet Size: 27.3 cm x 37.4 cm. Vintage 19th century map in very good condition.

32. Petherick, John.

Egypt, The Soudan and Central Africa. With Explorations from Khartoum on the White Nile to the Regions of the Equator Being Sketches from Sixteen Years’ Travel.

Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1861. 15 cm x 23 cm. XII, 482 pages. With large, fold-out ‘Sketch Map of John Petherick’s Travels in the years 1853-1858’. Hardcover / Original green publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Design to front board. One corner stronger bumped. Otherwise in very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. The map in excellent condition. Very Rare !

33. Ruttledge, Hugh.

Everest 1933.

Second Edition. London, Hodder & Stoughton Limited, 1934. 18 cm x 26 cm. Frontispiece, XV, 390 pages. 59 plates. 4 Maps, including 2 fold-out geological maps at rear showing ‘Drainage Areas of the Arun, Tista, and Ammu Chu’ and `Mount Everest and the group of Chomo Lungma’. Hardcover [publisher’s original navy cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Professionally rebound and strengthened binding. New endpapers. Interior is bright and clean. Occasional faint foxing.

34. Fellowes, P.F.M. / Blacker, L.V. Stewart. / Etherton, P.T. / Douglas adn Clydesdale, Marques.

First Over Everest – The Houston-Mount Everest Expedition 1933 [including the original set of 3D Glasses]. And An Account of the Filming of the Flight by Geoffrey Barkas, With 57 Illustrations from Photographs, Diagrams and Maps.

Fourth Edition. London, John Lane The Bodley Head, no year (c.1933). 16 cm x 23.5 cm. Photographic portrait frontispiece, XIX, 279 pages. 52 plates. One fold-out maps showing ‘the flight from Cairo to Purnea. Numerous diagrams and photographic plates with captioned tissued guards. A pair of 3D Glasses in rear pastedown pocket for viewing the Anaglyph on p.222. Hardcover [publisher’s original blue cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Blind embossment on front board. Stained top edge. Very good- condition with only minor signs of external wear. Spine faded and slight rubbing and abrasion to heel. Small section cut out of front endpaper. Interior tanned but clean and unmarked.

35. Parkman, Francis.

Francis Parkman’s Works – Frontenac Edition. The collection includes: Volume I and II: “Pioneers of France in the New World” / Volume III and IV: “The Jesuits in North America” / Volume V: “LaSalle and the Discovery of the Great West” / Volume VI and VII: “The Old Regime in Canada” / Volume VIII: “Count Frontenac and New France under Louis the XIV” / Volume IX and X: “A Half Century of Conflict” / Volume XI, XII, XIII: “Montcalm and Wolfe” / Volume XIV and XV:″The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada” / Volume XVI: “The Oregon Trail, Sketches of Prairies and Rocky-Mountain Life” / Additional Volume [the so-called Volume XVII: “A Life of Francis Parkman” (by Charles Haight Farnham) //

17 Volumes [complete set of 16 Volumes plus the often missing Biography]. Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1902 – 1904. Octavo. More than 6000 pages. Frontispiece with tissue-guard to each Volume. Photographic illustrations and occasionally maps within the text. Original Hardcover (blue publisher’s cloth with original spinelabels and as a special ephemera treat in each Volume are two spare spine-labels tipped into the rear [In case of rebinding or fading of the exisiting spine-labels]. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear (some rubbing). From the library of Hans Christian Andersen – Translator Erik Haugaard, with Haugaard’s Exlibris to the pastedown of each Volume.

36. McCarthy, Edward Thomas.

Further Incidents in the Life of a Mining Engineer.

London, George Routledge and Sons, 1920. 14 cm x 22 cm. Frontispiece, 400 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original maroon cloth] with lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor staining to front board. Interior clean and bright. Preowner’s name on front endpaper.

37. Wright, Noel.

Glimpses of South Africa. Containing Sixteen Pages of Illustrations From Photographs by the Authors.

London, A. & C. Black Ltd., 1929. 14 cm x 22.5 cm. Frontispiece, VIII, 246 pages. 31 monochrome photographs. One fold-out map of Cape of Good Hope Peninsula at front. Hardcover [publisher’s original brown cloth] with lettering and design on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Foxing to edges. Occasional spotting to some pages. Interior bright and clean otherwise.

38. Heininger, C.P. (Publisher).

Historical Souvenir of San Francisco, California – with Views of Prominent Buildings, the Bay Islands, Stock Exchange etc. [Two Binding – Variations of the Fantastic original Tourist – Panorama of San Francisco / 12 years before the earthquake destroyed most of the buildings displayed in this Leporello / The Souvenir shows also a remarkable Birds Eye View of San Francisco ].

2 volumes ( 2 different editions of the same publications.) San Francisco, C.P. Heininger, 1889 / (ca.1898). 14.5 cm x 19 cm. 44 pages with illustrations (including bird’s eye view of San Francisco), 60-page-booklet with descriptions tipped into rear of the Leporello (the booklet cleanly detached but complete). Original, beautifully illustrated Hardcover Leporello / Accordion / Concertina – tourist publication with blindstamped emblemata “Eureka” to the rear board. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear for the later edition. The Leporellos both in unusually, excellent condition. No fraying to the folds of the Leporellos. Binding of the 1889 edition is poorer, The Leporello and the booklet of this version are completely detached. A few tears and damages between the folds. Both interior of booklets are very clean. Overall very good condition and all illustrations are superfresh! Extremely scarce.

39. Lloyd, A.B.

In Dwarf Land and Cannibal Country a Record of Travel and Discovery in Central Africa. 146 Illustrations and Maps.

Second Popular Impression (Limited to 1500 copies). London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1900. 15 cm x 21 cm. Frontispiece, XXIV, 385 pages. One fold-out map of Toro and Aruwimi districts within interior. Hardcover [publisher’s original red cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Pictoral and lettering on front board. Good+ condition. Signs of external wear. Bumps to corners. Some staining to front board with small cloth tear evident also. Spine ends rubbed. Valley between front pastedown and endpaper slightly cracked. Binding overall a little shaky but still firm and strong. Roughness to cut edges. Slight tears at edge of fold-out map. Some untrimmed pages. Interior mostly bright and clean.

40. Norris-Newman, Charles L.

In Zululand With The British Throughout the War of 1879.

London, W. H. Allen 1880. 14.5 cm x 23 cm. Frontispiece, XV, 343 pages. Illustrated throughout with portraits. Includes the vintage photograph of Sir Henry Bartle Edward Frere (including tissue-guard), 3 fold-out plans. With the often missing large fold-out Military Map of Zulu Land and Adjacent Parts of Natal and Transvaal. Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Design on front board. First layer, with frontispiece, slightly detached. Otherwise in very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior bright and clean, with very minor spotting near front. Ink markings to first page of first chapter. Bookplate / Exlibris of Davenport House (Bridgnorth) to front pastedown with the printed motto “Audentes Fortuna Junat”. Extremely rare, rather scarce and even scarcer with the large folding-map included !

41. Rein, J.J. [Johannes Justus] / [Provenienz / Provenance: Max von Baden / Bibliothek Schloss Salem].

Japan nach Reisen und Studien im Auftrage der Königlich Preussischen Regierung dargestellt von J.J. Rein [Johannes Justus Rein], Professor der Geographie in Marburg [an der Lahn]. Erster Band: Natur und Volk des Mikadoreiches. Mit 5 Lichtdruckbildern [Photographien], 12 Holzschnitten, 3 Lithographischen Tafeln und 2 Karten. / Zweiter Band: Land- und Forstwirthschaft, Industrie und Handel. Mit zum Theil farbigen Tafeln, 20 Holzschnitten im Text und 3 Kaertchen.

Erste Ausgabe [First Edition]. Two Volumes. Leipzig, Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, 1881 – 1886. Gross-Oktav. Band I: XII, [1], 630 Seiten mit allen Abbildungen und insbesondere der Original-Photographie von Nagasaki aber ohne die “Orographish-hydrographische Karte [Japans]” am Schluss des Bandes. / Band II: XII, 678 Seiten mit den drei Falt-Karten von Japan am Schluss des Bandes . Hardcover / Original 19th century half-leather with gilt lettering and ornament to spine. / Originale Verlags-Leinenbaende. Ehemalige Exemplare der “Bibliothek Salem” und ehemaliges “Eigenthum des Prinzen Wilhelm”, mit zwei dezenten Bibliotheksschildchen der Bibliothek Salem im Innendeckel und dem Stempel des Prinzen Max von Baden [″MB” mit Krone] auf den Titelseiten. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear and only the two folded Maps missing / Sehr guter Zustand des seltenen Werks und mit nur wenigen Stockfleckchen, wie ueblich auf den Rueckseiten des Photo-papiers und Abklatsch auf den Seiten verso. Aus dem Vorwort: “Saemtliche Illustrationen dieses Buchs sind Originale – Bonn, im September 1886 – Der Verfasser”.

42. Seymour, Capt. W.D. [William Deane Seymour from Queenstown, Co.Cork].

Journal of A Voyage Round the World.

Cork, Printed and Published by Francis Guy, 1877. Octavo. Portrait (Original Albumen Print of Seymour’s Photograph], VII, 169 pages. Original publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering and armorial Motto of Seymour on front board. Very good condition. Binding a bit shaky. Extremely Rare !

43. Hillaby, John.

Journey Through Britain [The amazing account of Hillaby’s walk from Land’s End to John o’ Groats]. Photographs by Tim Stephens.

London, The Folio Society, 1987. Small Quarto (19 cm wide x 24.5 cm high). 174 pages with photographs interspersed. Hardcover in slipcase. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some foxing, as usual to slipcase and binding only. Interior excellent.

44. Johnson, Osa / [Mrs. Martin Johnson].

Jungle Friends.

Third Edition. London, The Travel Book Club, 1944. 14.5 cm x 22 cm. 189 pages. 32 illustrations. Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior bright and clean.

45. Smythe, F.S.

Kamet Conquered.

First edition. London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1932. 15 cm x 23.5 cm Frontispiece, XVI, 420 pages. 59 additional illustrations. Fold-out trace map at rear showing route of 1920 Kamet Expedition. Hardcover [publisher’s original dark cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Rubbing to board edges at top and bottom. Some light foxing to title- and halftitle pages and very occasional hints of foxing to an otherwise bright and clean interior.

46. Dutton, E.A.T. [Eric Aldhelm Torlogh].

Kenya Mountain. With an Introduction by Hilaire Belloc.

Second Edition. London, Jonathan Cape, 1930. 18 cm x 26 cm. Frontispiece, XVI, 219 pages. 55 illustrations including frontispiece. Fold-out map at rear detailing Mount Kenya topography and Durron and Melhuish’s route in 1926. Hardcover [publisher’s original blue cloth] with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Light Foxing to edges. Interior bright and clean. Inscribed and signed by the author Eric Dutton on the front free endpaper in Lusaka on 14th November, 1935.

47. [Daniele, Francesco / Johann Josef von Wilczek / Thomasius, Christian].

Le Forche Caudine – Illustrate con due Appendici. [Compreso “Prospetto Della Valle Caudina Dalla Parte Della Campania”]. Second edition, augmented and, according to Brunet, preferable to the original first edition, which was printed in Caserta in 1778.

Seconda Edizione. Napoli, Appresso Angelo Trani, 1811. Folio (44.5 cm x29 cm). XIII, (3), 102 pages plus (6) pages advertising and Index (Indice). With 22 (twentytwo) illustrations overall. Including a large fold-out-plan (97 x 43 cm) of the Valle Caudine, several Vignettes, Allegorical/Historical Illustrations and four beautiful landscape engravings of the Valle Caudine by Alessandro d’Anna / XIII, (3), 102 pagine più (6) pagine pubblicitarie e Index (Indice). Con 22 (ventidue) illustrazioni in totale. Tra cui una grande illustrazione (97 x 43 cm) della Valle Caudine, diverse vignette, illustrazioni allegoriche / storiche e quattro bellissime incisioni paesaggistiche della Valle Caudine di Alessandro d’Anna. Hardcover / Fantastic modern, Nigerian goatskin with gilt lettering on spine and fine quality late 19th-century cloth over boards. New endpapers and all bound in style by english master-binders. Excellent condition of the binding. The stunning and most wonderful interior with only very occasional signs of an old dampstain to the outer margins and the beautiful, large fold-out-plan with some mild browning to one part of the center-fold. A typographical masterpiece of italian printmaking.

48. Knight, E.F.

Letters from the Sudan. By the special correspondent of “The Times”. With Illustrations and Plans. Reprinted from “The Times” of April to October, 1896.

London, Macmillan and Co., 1897. 14.5 cm x 23 cm. Frontispiece, 325 pages. Twelve illustrations. Three fold-out maps. Hardcover [publisher’s original maroon cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Good condition with signs of external wear. Corners of board bumped and rubbed. Spine carries library marking. Foxing to deckled edges. Front pastedown carries ex-libris ‘Schola Grammatica Sydneiensis’ of Sydney Grammar School (″Discarded”). Book stamp on half-title page. Ex-libris stamp on title page. Beautiful, tiny little bookshop-sign to endpapper: “Tyrrell’s Bookshop – 328 Pacific Highway, Crows Nest, Australia”.

49. Editors Of Look.

Look at America – The Country You Know – And Don’t Know.

Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, [1930]. 23 cm x 30.9 cm. 341 pages. With many black and white photographs throughout. Features 8 colour photographs. Original Hardcover. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Only very minor foxing and fading to edges. Very minor fading to gilt title on spine and front cover. Minor dampstain to page edges. With illustrated pastedowns and endpapers. Impressive pictorial book with an intimate insight into American history, life and culture. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen-Translator Erik Haugaard.

50. Rae, Colin.

Malaboch – or Notes from my Diary on the Boer Campaign of 1894 against the Chief Malaboch of Blaauwberg, District Zoutpansberg, South African Republic – To which is appended a synopsis of the Johannesburg crisis of 1896.

London / South Africa, Sampson Low, Marston and Company / J.C. Juta & Co, 1898. 15.5 cm x 23.2 cm. XIX, 248 pages. 53 illustrations. Fold-out map showing ‘the scene of war in Zoutpansberg.’ Modern, recent Hardcover [maroon cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Parts of the original binding (spine and illustrated cover) pasted to pastedown and endpaper. Excellent condition besides the paper being a little brittle at the deckled edges and a minor tear to halftitle. Interior bright and unmarked. Binding firm and strong.

51. Hammerton, J. A.

Manners and Customs of Mankind: Their Origins and Their Observance Throughout the World Today. Edited by J.A. Hammerton.

In Three Volumes. London, Amalgamated Press Ltd., No Year (1918). 21.5 cm x 27.5 cm. 1356 pages. Abundantly illustrated in black and white, with full-page colour illustrations. Original Hardcover. Gilt titles to spine. Red speckled decorative edges. Very good condition in firm bindings and some rubbing to the binding only. The price for this set of three books includes international shipping per Courier !

52. Anonymous / [Synge, Mary / Carr, Dr.D.W. and others] .

Mercy and Truth – A record of C.M.S. Medical Missions – Volume IV. [for the year 1900 – with essays on: Women Patients Rich and Poor – by Mary Synge about a fishing Village called Sang Sua / A Week in the Kyber (Khyber Pass visit by three workers of the C.M.S. during their time at Peshawar / The Opening of the New Mengo Hospital – by Mrs. Albert Cook (with images) / Medical Staff at Hang-chow (Dr. Kember, Dr. Main, Dr. Tsang), Some Men and Women in Hakodate (North Japan) / A Day of Medical Work in a Persian Town (by Henry White) / In Touch with the sick in Oyo (Yoruba) – with support from the Royal irish Constabulary / Moslem Fatalism (by L. Cropper in April 1899) / Photograph of a Temporary Hospital in Onitsha, West Africa / An Acquaintance with sickness in Central Africa [with a diagram that shows how many and what kind of operations were done (Teeth Extractions, Gynaecological Cases etc.) and how the natives paid for the treatment with Shells !!] / Dr. L.G. Hill of Pakhol – Overcoming Obstacles in China / Photograph of “Serai at Lundi Kotal – C.M.S. Dispensary in the Corner / etc. etc.

London, Church Missionary Society, 1900. Slim Quarto. 300 pages with numerous photographs and Index. Hardcover, light blue publisher’s cloth with red lettering to spine and cover. Binding a little stained and rubbed. Otherwise in excellent condition ! Rare !! Name of Patience Conner on title.

53. [Conder, Josiah].

Mexico and Guatemala [Guatimala] [in: The Modern Traveller – A Popular Description, Geographical, Historical and Topographical of the various Countries of the Globe].

Two Volumes (Complete Set). London, Printed for James Duncan, 1825. Duodecimo / 9 cm x 14.5 cm. Volume I: VI, 371 pages / IV, 320 pages. With a folded Map of Mexico and 6 steel engravings: 1. Pyramid of Cholula / 2. The Great Square at Mexico / 3. Basaltic Rocks at Regla / 4. Suburbs of Guanaxuato / 5. Indians of Mechoacan / 6. Volcano of Jorullo. Hardcover / Original, decorative full leather. Marbled endpapers and edges. Binding rubbed but firm. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. [The Modern Traveller – Volume 25 – 26].

54. Coudenhove, Hans.

My African Neighbors – Man, Bird, and Beast in Nyasaland.

First Edition. London, Jonathan Cape Ltd., 1925. 15 cm x 22.5 cm. Frontispiece, XIV, 245 pages. With 12 illustrations. Hardcover [publisher’s original dark green cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior bright and clean. Preowner’s name (R.G.Poole) on front endpaper.

55. Johnson, William Percival.

My African Reminiscences, 1875-1895.

Westminster, Universities Mission to Central Africa, no year (1924). 14 cm x 21 xm. Frontispiece, 236 pages. 8 illustrations, including frontispiece. Fold-out map at rear of Lake Nyasa. Private Hardcover [publisher’s original maroon cloth] with gilt lettering on black spinelabel. Sprinkled edges. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Fold-out map is creased. Interior is tight, bright and clean with new endpapers.

56. [Murray Smith, T.] Wykes, Alan.

Nimrod Smith – A Profile of T. Murray Smith, M.C. Professional Big Game Hunter. [Signed / Inscribed] Illustrated.

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1961. 14.3 cm x 22 cm. Frontispiece, XI, 207 pages. 11 illustrations (black-and-white photographs). Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior bright and clean and sharp cornered. Signed and inscribed by Big Game Hunter T. Murray Smith: “Tom Johnson, Wishing you good Hunting – T. Murray Smith – June 1961”. Including Erratum note, identifying Smith as photographer of nearly all included images. Signed copies by Old-Time Professional Hunter T. Murray Smith are extremely scarce !

57. America / Latin America / North America / USA / Canada – Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876)

North America – with Vignettes and illustrations of Cossacks, Esquimaux [sic] Inuit Dog-Sledge, Mount Hekla, Beavers, Falls of Niagara, Convoy of Diamonds, Ancient Monument in Mexico, North American Indians, Wapiti Dear.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. London & New York, J & F. Tallis, 1851. Plate Size: 24.2 cm x 35.4 cm. Sheet Size: 27.4 cm x 37.5 cm. Vintage 19th century map in very good condition.

58. Anonymus [Roorbach, Orville A.]

Northern Regions, or a Relation of Uncle Richard’s Voyages for the Discovery of a North-West Passage and an Account of the Overland Journies of other Enterprizing Travellers.

London, J. Harris, 1825. 17.4cm x 11.1cm. XII, 315 pages. With 11 [of 12] beautiful full-page-plates, (each with two engravings) and a fold-out map of the arctic regions from 1825. Original, illustrated Hardcover. Binding a little distorted. The cover-illustration faded. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. The fold-out map is cleanly torn (now in two parts).

59. Dennett, R.E.

Notes on the Folklore of the Fjort (French Congo). Illustrated. With an Introduction by Mary H.Kingsley.

London, David Nutt, 1898. 15 cm x 22.5 cm. Frontispiece, XXXII, 169 pages. 5 full-page-photographic illustrations. Hardcover [publisher’s original tanned cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Gilt stamp on front board and decorative tooling to boards. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Deckled edges. Interior bright and clean. [Publications of the Folk-Lore Society – Volume XLI – 1897]

60. America / North America / Canada – Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876)

Nova Scotia and Newfoundland with Vignettes and illustrations of Halifax, Cod Fishery of Newfoundland. The Vignettes showing Cape Breton and Prince Edward Island, Anticosti Island and the mouth of the St.Lawrence River. The outher margins of the map beautifully illustrate the importance of the Cod Fishery to these regions by showing Cod on hooks. Also on the map a beautiful, large illustration of a Steamship with the fleet of Cod-Fishers behind it.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. London & New York, J & F. Tallis, 1851. Plate Size: 25 cm x 32.5 cm. Sheet Size: 37.5 cm x 27.2 cm. Vintage 19th century map in very good condition.

61. Fitzpatrick, David.

Oceans of Consolation. Personal Accounts of Irish Migration to Australia.

Ithaca, Cornell University, 1994. 23,5 cm x 15,5 cm. XIV, 649 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Only slightly foxed.

62. Benton, Peggie.

One Man Against The Drylands – Struggle and Achievement in Brazil.

First Edition. London, Collins and Harvill Press, 1972. 14 x 21.5 cm. 223 pages with 15 illustrations and a map. Original Hardcover with original illustrated dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear to the dustjacket.

63. Treatt, C. Court.

Out of the Beaten Track – A Narrative of Travel in Little Known Africa. With 46 Illustrations.

London, Hutchinson & Co, no year (c.1931). 16 cm x 22.5 cm. 288 pages. 37 illustrations. Hardcover [publisher’s original cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Scoff marks to front board. Rubbing to head and heel of spine. Some foxing to interior but otherwise clean and bright. Binding and book-block firm and strong. Preowner’s name on both pastedowns.

64. Johnson, Martin / [Osa Johnson].

Over African Jungles – The Record from Pen and Camera of a Glorious Adventure over the Big Game Country of Africa, 60,000 Miles by Aeroplane.

London, Harrap, no year (c.1935). 14 cm x 21.5 cm. Frontispiece, 250 pages. 100 illustrations. Hardcover [publisher’s original red cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Spine is faded. Binding still firm and strong. Interior bright and clean, with occasional spotting. Preowner’s name on front pastedown.

65. Gibbings, Robert.

Over the Reefs. [Illustrated with 84 wood-engravings by Robert Gibbings].

London, J.M.Dent & Sons Ltd, 1948. 8°. 240 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of wear.

66. [Conder, Josiah].

Palestine / [in: The Modern Traveller- A Popular Description, Geographical, Historical, and Topographical, of the Various Countries of the Globe].

London, Printed for James Duncan, 1824. Duodecimo / 9 cm x 14.5 cm. IV, 368 pages. With fold-out map and 3 black and white engravings showing: 1. Map of Palestine / 2. View of Jerusalem / 3. View of Bethlehem / 4. Plan of Jerusalem. Original Hardcover, decorative full leather. Full leather with gilted ornaments to outer margins of interior boards. Marbled endpapers and edges. Gilt ornament and raised bands on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Binding rubbed but firm. Spinelabel slightly loose. Minor foxing.

67. Harvey, T.R. / [Bartlett, William Henry].

Panoramic View of and Tourist’s Guide to The County of Wicklow and to The City and Intervening Scenery of the County of Dublin. Embellished by Select Views of the Scenery ; With Plan of the City as it stood in 1610 and Plan of the Modern City as Engraved for the G.P.O. Directory.

[Second Edition with 11 Illustrations and 2 Maps]. Dublin / London, S.B.Oldham / Seeley’s Fleet Street, no year (c.1850). Quarto (22 cm wide x 28 cm high). Pagination: Halftitle (stating: “Tourist Guide”), Frontispiece, Engraved Titlepage, Titlepage (Decorative in Two colours and two Fonts), “A Plan of Dublin in 1610”, IX, “Dublin – Engraved for The General Post Office Directory”, 24 pages interspersed with an additional eight (8) steelengravings of County Wicklow and surroundings. Original, very decorative cloth with gilt lettering and ornament to front and rear boards. New spine furnished in the 19th century. Corers bumped, pastedown a little rough but interior excellent with all engravings and especially the maps in very good condition. Extremely rare publication !

68. Hill, F.M.

Permanent Way – The Story of the Kenya and Uganda Railway – Being the Official History of the Development of the Transport System in Kenya and Uganda. Foreword by Sir Reginald Robins, the Commissioner for Transport, East Africa High Commission.

Nairobi / Kenya, East African Railways and Harbours, [1949]. 20.5 cm x 25.5 cm. XII, 582 pages. 18 plates with fantastic monochrome photographs. 2 beautifully coloured fold-out maps within, showing 1. East Africa in 1892 with the proposed Railway / 2. East Africa in 1949 showing the Principal Land & Water Communications with finished Railways and Railways under construction. Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth] with gilt lettering on spine and gilt design on front board. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor stain to front board lower corner. Binding is firm and strong. Foxing and tanning to edges. Some occasional pencil-markings. Interior is otherwise tight, bright and clean.

69. [Conder, Josiah].

Persia and China / [in: The Modern Traveller- A Popular Description, Geographical, Historical, and Topographical, of the Various Countries of the Globe.]

Two Volumes (Complete Set). London, Printed for James Duncan, 1827. Duodecimo / 9 cm x 14.5 cm. Volume I: IV, 372 pages. / Volume II: IV, 340 pages. Including two folded maps and 6 black and white illustrations: 1. Folded map of Persia / 2. Folded map of China / 3. Isfahan / 4. Teheran / 5. View of the Golden Island / 6. Chinese Military Post / 7. Western Gate of Peking / 8. Persian Lady. Original Hardcover, decorative full leather. Full leather with gilted ornaments to outer margins of interior boards. Marbled endpapers and edges. Gilt ornament to spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Binding rubbed but firm. Spinelabel and cover of Volume I detached. Minor signs of foxing. [The Modern Traveller- Volume 12-13].

70. Sikes, Sylvia / [Natural History of the African Elephant]

Personal Papers / Archive of Material Related to the Life and Career of Zoologist Sylvia Sikes, the Foremost African Elephant Specialist of her time. All materials from her personal collection / working copies and manuscript material. Including her extensive, two-volume-thesis: “Cardiovascular Disease in Freeliving Wild Animals with particular Reference to the African Elephant (Loxodonta africana)”. A collection of professional and academic papers, copies of Sikes’ monographs, zoological manuscripts and a plethora of photographs and personal newsletters, letters, pamphlets and manuscripts spanning seven decades of Sikes’ personal and professional life in Africa and the UK. The collection is composed of 92 specific pieces (some of which are comprised of one or more items). A detailed bibliography of the collection has been outlined in a Word Document (please request). The collection also includes personal copies of three monographs Sylvia Sikes has published, an original copy of her two-volume doctoral thesis, 37 academic articles and 5 unpublished draft manuscripts. There are also 7 booklets and a book by a third author among the collection. The collection is rounded off by a large number of vintage colour and monochrome photographs, letters, single-sheet newsletters, newspaper and magazine cuttings.

Africa and the UK, Various, 1937 – 2012. 21 cm x 26 cm – 24.5 cm x 31 cm. Circa 2,500+ pages. Numerous monochrome and colour photographs throughout the collection. Includes Hardcover book with dustjacket, softcover book, reprints of academic journal articles in paper wrappers and a variety of loose material in cellophane files. The archive, running from 1937 to 2012, is contained in two green (24.5 cm x 31 cm x 10.5 cm) boxes, four additional folders (32 cm x 24 cm) and two hardcover volumes (21.5 cm x 26cm). Very good condition.

71. America / South America / Latin America / Bolivia / Peru – Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876)

Peru & Bolivia – with Vignettes and illustrations of Lima, Potosi, Tarija, swimming couriers of Peru.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. London & New York, J & F. Tallis, 1851. Plate Size: 24.7 cm x 33.8 cm. Sheet Size: 27.4 cm x 37.5 cm. Vintage 19th century map in very good condition.

72. Peters, Carl.

Peters, Die Deutsche Emin Pascha-Expedition. Mit 32 Vollbildern und 66 Textabbildungen von Rudolf Hellgrewe in Berlin, dem Portrait des Verfassers nach Franz von Lenbach und einer Karte in Farbendruck.

Zweites Tausend. München und Leipzig, Druck und Verlag von R. Oldenbourg, 1891. 16 cm x 23 cm. Frontispiece, VI, 560 pages. Large fold-out map within sleeve of rear pastedown showing the “Emin Pascha Expedition.” / Mit der grossformatigen Faltkarte in Kartentasche (im hinteren Einbanddeckel). Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth] with gilt lettering and pictorial on spine. Large pictorial on front board. Beautifully illustrated pastedowns and endpapers. Maroon coloured text-block edges. / Originaler, illustrierter Verlagsleinenband mit sehr dekorativer Einbanddeckel- und Einband-Ruecken-Illustration. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Ex libris of Mark Walder on front pastedown. University stamp on p.IV. Discreet bookseller’s label of ‘R. Oldenbourg, München’, at bottom corner of rear pastedown. Some browning to reverse of fold-out map. Interior is bright and clean with sharp corners. / Sehr guter Zustand mit nur geringen Gebrauchsspuren. Ganz kleiner Einriss am Vorsatzpapier.

73. Bryant, William Cullen [Editor] / [Provenance: George Crichton – S.S.Germanic – 1879].

Picturesque America ; Or, The Land We Live In – A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers, Lakes, Forests, Water-Falls, Shores, Canyons, Valleys, Cities, and Other Picturesque Features of our Country. With Illustrations on Steel [49] and Wood, by eminent American Artists.

First Edition. Two Volumes (complete set). New York, D.Appleton and Company, no year [c.1872 – 1874]. Royal Quarto. Volume I: VIII, IV, 568 pages with Illustrations throughout (see full list below) / Volume II: VI, 576 pages with Illustrations throughout (see full list below). Original Publisher’s decorative half leather with gilt lettering and ornament on spines. Bindings firm but in poor condition. Interior absolutely excellent with some minor staining to endpapers only. Inscription in both Volumes state that these Volumes belonge to George Crichton, S.S.Germanic, 1879, where they obviously were given to him as a gift “From John Walsh, Philadelphia, American Minister at St.James’s – London”. Stunning publication with 49 very valuable Steel-Engravings in beautiful condition.

74. Argentina – Vidal. E.E.

Picturesque Illustrations of Buenos Ayres and Monte Video, Consisting of Twenty=four Views: Accompanied with Descriptions of the Scenery and of the Costumes, Manners, &c. of the Inhabitants of Those Cities and Their Environs.

No.1987 of a limited edition. London, R.Ackermann, 1943. Quarto. XXVIII, 115 pages with 24 plates in colour (several of the folding out). Hardcover / De Luxe Edition of this Reprint in quarter leather with 5 raised bands and gilt lettering to spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Personalized gift-copy, signed by former co-workers of the recipient.

75. [Seymour, William Deane, Cobh] Wilson, Colonel Sir Charles W.

Picturesque Palestine – Sinai and Egypt [Volume III and IV of the First Edition in Full Red Morocco, from the library of Captain William Deane Seymour of Cobh [Queenstown, Ireland] with his bookplate to endpaper – these possibly working copies for his later work “A Tour in Syria and Palestine”].

First Edition. London, J.S.Virtue and Co., [1870]. Folio. Volume III: VI, Map of Palestine, 240 pages with numerous text-illustrations on wood and full-page steel-engravings / Volume IV: VI, Map of Egypt and Sinai, 236 pages with numerous text-illustrations on wood and full-page steel-engravings. Very decorative full red Morocco with gilt lettering and ornament, bound by Francis Guy, Cork. Bindings rubbed with some minor wormhole-damage to Volume IV. PAstedowns and endpapers a little stained and dusty but interior absolutely excellent besides some foxing to tissue-guards.

76. Shelford, Frederic.

Pioneering. A Series of Four Articles contributed to “The Engineer.”

London / New York, E. & F. N. Spon / Spon & Chamberlain, 1909. 12.5 cm x 19 cm. 82 82 pages. With numerous illustrations throughout the text, showing examples of basic equipment, medicines etc. for the pioneer and surveyor [photographs of “A Hammock as commonly used in West Africa” / “Miner’s Dial” / “Instrument Umbrella” (Mosquito Net) / “Edgington’s Aluminium Demi-Johns” / “Doulton’s Traveller Pump Filter” etc.]. Hardcover [publisher’s original brown cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor bumps to lower corner boards. Some minor signs of staining to pages 46 and 47, otherwise interior very good. Extremely Rare publication for the Settler and Pioneer in Colonial Africa !

77. Asia / Polynesia – Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876)

Polynesia or Islands in the Pacific Ocean with New Guinea, Caroline Islands, Nippon, New Hebrides, Society Islands, Sandwich Islands with beuatiful Vignettes and illustrations of Kalakakooa, Sandwich Islands (Hawaii), Otaheite, Harbour of Dory, New Guinea, Resolution Bay, Marquesas and the Northwest tip of Australia and California shown in the outskirts of the map.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. London & New York, J & F. Tallis, 1851. Plate Size: 35.7 cm x 25.8 cm. Sheet Size: 37.5 cm x 27.3 cm. Vintage 19th century map in very good condition.

78. Colón, Cristóbal.

Primer Viaje de Cristóbal Colón. Según su diario de a bordo recogido y transcrito por el padre Bartolomé de las Casas. Original artwork etched onto boxwood by Antonio Ollé Pinell. [Ilustrado con 13 grabados originales a todo color. Impresión a dos tintas].

Ejemplar nominado número 557 de una tirada de 600 ejemplares. Barcelona, Amigos del Libro, 1944. 31.5cm x 23.3cm. IX, 183 pages. With absolutely beautiful illustrations. Original Hardcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

79. Dickson, George.

Railways Shown to the Children.

London & Edinburgh, T.C. & E.C. Jack, no year [c.1917]. 12 cm x 16.5 cm. Frontispiece, VII, 95 pages. 40 coloured plates and numerous illustrated within text. Hardcover [publisher’s original blue cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Pictoral on front board with gilt lettering and bordering. Deckled edges. Bound purple nylon bookmark. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Name of previous owner on front end paper. Interior bright and clean. [Shown to the Children Series, No. 15]

80. Norway – Homann, Johann Baptist. (1664 – 1724).

Regni Norvegiae Accurata Tabula.

Handcoloured Original Engraving (copper engraving). [Nuremberg], c.1716. 49,5 cm wide x 59 cm high. Excellent condition of this beautiful original 18th century map.

81. [Select Committee on Kafir Tribes / Henry Labouchere] [Freeman, Joseph John (J.J.) and others].

Report from the Select Committee on the ‘Kafir Tribes’ – Together with the Proceedings of the Committee, Minutes of Evidence, Appendix, and Index.

London, House of Commons, 1851. 15.5 cm25.5 cm. X, 607 pages with two manuscript pages preceding the printed report. The manuscript pages title and detail the content and are bearing in pencil the name “J.J.Freeman” [Reverend Joseph John Freeman was one of the people who were called in to give evidence]. Hardcover / Late 20th – century navy half-leather with gilt lettering on maroon spinelabel with raised bands. Marbled paper-covered boards. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior very clean and bright. Bookstamp of the ‘Incorporated Law Society of the United Kingdom’ on endpapers, titlepage and preliminary pages. Inked titling to endpapers.

82. Moschetti, [Prof. Allesandro].

Roma – [Original 19th century Tourist Guide with 40 (forty) Lithographic Plates on Rome in Piranesi-style / Rome in Antiquity].

[Rome], Incisioni del Prof. Moschetti, Epoca 1822. Small Octavo. 40 illustrations as Leporello. Original, blindstamped Hardcover with illustrated cover. With the original bands fully intact. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Very rare Piranesiesque Guide, including the famous Pyramide (Caio Cestio) and Veduti.

83. St. Barbe Baker, Richard.

Sahara Challenge [The Sahara University Expedition 1952-1953] [Including “A map showing the route of the Expedition and the advance of the desert”].

London, Lutterworth Press, 1954. 14.5 cm x 22 cm. Frontispiece, 152 pages including a Bibliography and Index. With 54 illustrations and a map. Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior bright and clean.

84. Stephens, J.L. / Park, Mungo.

Sammelband with three publications on Travels in Africa: Volume I: J.L. Stephens – Incidents of Travel in Egypt, Arabia Petraea and The Holy Land / Volume II: Incidents of Travel in Greece Turkey Russia and Poland / Volume III: The Life and Travels of Mungo Park – Comprising An Original Memoir of His Early Life, A Reprint of the ’″Travels in the Interior of Africa,” Written by Himself, And Published in Quarto in 1798, And An Original Narrative of His Second Journey. Also, An Original Account of the Progress of African Discovery from the Death of Park Till the Year 1838. Illustrated by a Map.

Edinburgh, William and Robert Chambers, 1838-1839. 15.5 cm x 25 cm. Volume I: 120 pages / Volume II: 114 pages / Volume III: 88 pages with a full-page-map of Park’s Travels. Hardcover / publisher’s original half-leather with marbled boards. Gilt lettering and ornament on spine. Good+ condition with signs of external wear, sometimes significant. Edges and corners of boards are bumped and rubbed. Crack to gutter between front pastedown and endpaper. Binding still strong and firm. Occasional foxing throughout only.

85. [Glaciologie / Glaciology] Gaurier, Ludovic / Ministère de l’Agriculture.

Service des Grandes Forces Hydrauliques. [Region des Alpes / Glacier de Gébroulaz / Observations Glaciaires dans les Pyrénées / Renseignements Historiques sur les Glaciers: Le Massif du Mont-Blanc etc. / Glacier de la Breche de Roland / Glaciers de Gavarnie etc.]

18 volumes. [Paris], Ministère de l’Agriculture, 1911-1920. 19 cm x 29 cm. 1746 pages. Nombreuses cartes dépliantes, graphiques, tableaux et graphiques / Numerous fold-out maps, charts, tables and graphs. Hardcovers and softcovers [publisher’s original] green cloth boards with gilt lettering on title label on spine. Slip-case with lettering to both boards and spine. / Reliure originale. Bon etat / Good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interiors sunned but otherwise bright and clean.

86. Daubeny, Charles.

Sketch of the Geology of North America, being the Substance of a Memoir read before the Ashmolean Society Nov. 26, 1838.

First Edition. Oxford, Printed by T. Combe / The Ashmolean Society, 1839. Octavo. Frontispiece [Folded map of the eastern half of North America], XVIII, 73 pages. Original Softcover / Original printed wrappers in custom made cloth-case (see images). Content-Page detached and loosely inserted. Otherwise this publication is in its very rare original state and in excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

87. Sutherland, Patrick.

Spiti, the Forbidden Valley.

First Edition. Network Photographers, 2000. 25 cm x 31 cm. 120 unnumbered pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Signed by the author on the title page.

88. Anrick, Carl-Julius (editor) / Anrick Calla (editor)

Svenska Turistföreningens Tidning.

8 volumes. Stockholm, Carl-Julius Anrick, 1933 – 1958 21.5 cm x 29 cm. Circa. 4367 pages. Vol.1933-34, 379 pages / Vol.1935-36, 410 pages / Vol.1937-38, 446 pages / Vol.1939, 255 pages / Vol.1940-45, 1183 pages / Vol.1946-50, 955 pages / Vol.1951-54, 764 pages / Vol. 1955-58, 764 pages. Hardcover. 7 volumes with green cloth with gilt lettering on title label on spine. One volume with brown cloth and gilt lettering on spine. Gilt roundel of the Alpine Club on all spines. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some tanning to otherwise clean and bright interior. All binding good and firm and square.

89. [Conder, Josiah].

Syria and Asia Minor (including Lebanon and Anatolia) / [in: The Modern Traveller – A Popular Description, Geographical, Historical and Topographical of the various Countries of the Globe].

Two Volumes (Complete Set). London, Printed for James Duncan, 1824. Duodecimo / 9 cm x 14.5 cm. Volume I: IV, 354 pages / Volume II: IV, 356 pages. Including two folded Maps and 6 engravings: 1. Folded Map of Syria / 2. Folded Map of Asia Minor / 3. Hassan Pasha / 4. Ruins of Palmyra / 5. Arabian Banditti / 6. View of Smyrna / 7. Turkish Burying-Ground / 8. Karamanian Waiwode. Original Hardcover, decorative full leather. Marbled endpapers and edges. Binding rubbed but firm. Spinelabel missing. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Front cover loose on Volume II. The usual, minor signs of foxing only. [The Modern Traveller – Volume 2 – 3].

90. [″Nudity is Expected”] – Graves, E.J.

The “Manor House” Club – Naturism in Perfect Comfort – Luxury Holiday Club for the Naturist / [Rare Nudist Ephemera]. Fantastic Pamphlet with plenty of interior photographs showcasing the Accommodation and also photographic imagery showing nudists playing Badminton and Tennis.

Clifford Manor [Newent / Gloucestershire], The Manor House, no year [c.1925]. Oblong – Octavo. 12 pages with photographs and text and loosely inserted a note for the availability of “The Club Taxi” Stapled Softcover Pamphlet. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. Very rare !

91. Cagnolo, Fr. C.

The Akikuyu – Their Customs, Traditions and Folklore. English Translation, With Illustrations and a Map.

Nyeri, Kenya, Mission Printing School, no year (c.1933). 17 cm x 24.5 cm. Frontispiece, XV, 324 pages. 3 colour illustrations, 164 monochrome photographs and 18 text drawings. Fold-out map at rear showing Kenyan region. Hardcover [publisher’s original navy cloth] with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Magenta text block trim. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Spine slightly faded. Binding is firm and strong and the book block is square with sharp corners.

92. Barr, Pat.

The Coming of the Barbarians – A story of Western settlement in Japan 1853-1870.

London, Macmillan, 1967. Octavo. 236 pages. Hardcover / original publisher’s cloth with original dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. [Reader’s Union Edition].

93. Potter, Jean.

The Flying North.

Third Printing of the First Edition. New York, The Macmillan Company, 1965. Octavo. XIV, 261 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Near Fine condition with only minor signs of external wear. Unusual in this excellent condition.

94. Hatch, Frederick H. / Chalmers J.A.

The Gold Mines of the Rand – Being a Description of the Mining Industry of Witwatersrand South African Republic. With Maps, Plans and Illustrations.

Second Edition. London and New York, Macmillan and Co, 1895. 18 cm x 26 cm. XVII, 306 pages. 79 in-text illustrations and 14 monochrome photographs. 2 fold-out maps in pocket of rear board showing the South Transvaal and Witwatersrand. Hardcover [publisher’s original red cloth] with gilt lettering on spine and gilt tooling on boards. Deckled edges. Very good+ condition with some signs of external wear. Abrasion to cloth at heel of spine. Binding is strong and firm. Interior of book is unmarked but shows some signs of foxing. Name of preowner on titlepage: “Alma Stewart Arnold” (?)

95. Morison, Samuel Eliot.

The Great Explorers: The European Discovery of America.

New Edition. New York, Oxford University Press, 1978. Octavo. XXV, 752 pages. Illustrated throughout. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

96. Schweinfurth, Georg.

The Heart of Africa – Three Years’ Travels and Adventures in the Unexplored Regions of Central Africa. From 1868 to 1871. Translated by Ellen E. Frewer. With an Introduction by Winwood Reade. In Two Volumes. With Maps and Woodcut Illustrations.

Reprint of the original edition London, 1873. 2 Volumes (complete set). Farnborough, Gregg International Publishers Ltd., 1969. 14 cm x 22 cm. Volume 1: XVI, 559 pages. 79 illustrations by J.D. Cooper. Fold-out map at front showing “Dr Schweinfurth’s Discoveries in Central Africa”. Volume 2: Frontispiece, X, 521 pages. 45 illustrations by J.D. Cooper. Map at front titled “Sketch Map of Dr Schweinfurth’s Routes, 1868-1871”. Recent Hardcover [publisher’s green cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Binding in excellent condition. Tiny blemish to lower spine of Volume two. Otherwise in excellent, close to new condition.

97. Geddie, John.

The Lake Regions of Central Africa – A Record of Modern Discovery. With Thirty-Two Illustrations.

London, T. Nelson and Sons, 1883. 12.5 cm x 19 cm. Frontispiece, VI, 275 pages. 32 wood-engraved illustrations. Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth] with gilt lettering and design on spine and lettering and pictorial on front board. Blind stamp on back board. Beautifully illustrated pastedowns and endpapers. Good condition only with some stronger signs of external wear. Corners of boards bumped and rubbed. Binding somewhat cocked but still firm and strong. Occasional spotting. Interior bright and clean. Preowner’s name on endpaper: “William Cox / 91”.

98. [Selkirk, Alexander] / [A.B. Becher (Editor)].

The Nautical Magazine and Naval Chronicle, for 1837. A Journal of Papers on Subjects connected with Maritime Affairs [with detailed accounts by Captain P. Masters of Liverpool in his “Notes on a Voyage from Cape Horn to Mazatlan” reporting on Juna Fernandez Island and its connection to Alexander Selkirk (Robinson Crusoe)].

London, Simpkin, Marshall and Co., 1837. Octavo. XII, 864, 12, [12] pages with numerous folded and full-page plates and maps. Original Hardcover / Publisher’s half-leather with original gilt ships as spine-ornament. Original spine-label missing. Otherwise in excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only. Some minor signs of foxing to the plates only (due to different paper being used for the maps and illustrations). The text absolutely clean.

99. Barneby, W. Henry.

The New Far West and The Old Far East – Being Notes of a Tour in North America, Japan, China, Ceylon, Etc. With Maps and Illustrations. [Including an Appendix on the Supplementary Treaty of Commerce between the United States and Japan].

London, Edward Stanford, 1889. Quarto. Frontispiece, X, 316 pages with three large fold-out-maps in colour and eight illustrations in black-and-white. Hardcover / Stunning 19th century prize-binding in beautiful full tan calf bearing the Arms of Monmouth Grammar School [with their Motto “Serve and Obey”]. Inscription and embossed stamp of Monmouth – Grammar School to endpaper. Dedicated by Headmaster C.M.Roberts to former pupil W.A.Lamb in July 1890. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear.

100. Baker, Samuel W. Baker.

The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia and the Sword Hunters of the Hamran Arabs. With Illustrations and Maps.

4th Edition. London, Macmillan & Co., 1871. 13.5 cm x 19.5 cm. Frontispiece, XIX, 413 pages. 24 illustrations from original sketches by Sir S.W. Baker on indivdual plates. Map of Nile Basin as frontispiece. Fold-out colour map near front showing routes of ‘Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia.’ Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth] with gilt lettering and design on spine. Black tooled borders and design on front board. Deckled top and fore- edges. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Light tanning and occasional minor foxing throughout. Interior unmarked. Binding firm and solid and textblock square and tight.