251. Switzerland – Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876).

Switzerland – With Vignettes of William Tell Shooting at the Apple, Bern, Castle of Cillon, Chamois Hunters, Tyrolese and the Cap on the Pole.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. Illustrations by A.H. Wray and engraved by J.B Allen. London, Edinburgh and Dublin, J & F. Tallis, 1851. Plate Size: 32.2 cm x 25 cm. Sheet Size : 37.4 cm x 27.3 cm. In very good+ condition with only faintest traces of browning to edges. Slight paper imperfections to top edge. Very minor smudges to top right corner.

252. Sylvius, Johannes Cornelius / [Jan Cornelis Sylvius] (1564 – 1638)

Late 19th century reprint heliogravure of the famous Rembrandt – Portrait of the Amsterdam pastor Johannes Sylvius.

Portrait Heliogravure with watermark: M B M / Portifolio . Germany, [c.1880]. Format des Portraits / Size of the portrait: 26 cm x 36 cm. Faded dampstain to left side of the outer margin of the portrait. The portrait itself not effected but some parts of the writing is. NO FOXING !!!

253. Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876)

Ancient Palestine with Vignettes and illustrations of Tomb of Absalom, Syrian Sheep, Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Nazareth, Ancient Cedars of Lebanon. With the ancient districts: Phoenicia, Peraea or Galilee beyond Jordan, Simeon, Judaea, Samaria, Galilee, Trachonitis Hauran (Golan) etc.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. London & New York, J & F. Tallis, 1851. Beautifully Framed. Size of frame with map: 39 cm x 49 cm. Size of the actual map: 27 cm x 37 cm. Excellent condition. Price includes worldwide free shipping per UPS Express.

254. Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876)

Arabia (Arabian Peninsula / Gazirat al-Arab) with the Arabian Gulf / Red Sea. With Vignettes an illustrations of Mount Sinai, Arab Women, Arabs. The map shows Oman, El Hassa, El Jebel, Arabia Felix, Arabia Petraea, El Yemen (Jemen), El Hejaz.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. London & New York, J & F. Tallis, 1851. Beautifully Framed. Size of frame with map: Size of the actual map: 27 cm x 37 cm. Excellent condition.

255. Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876)

Asia Minor (Turkey / Anatolia with the North of Syria and Armenia and the Armenian Highlands) with Vignettes and illustrations of Mount Olympus, Rhodes. Showing the historical provinces of Turkey: Anadolia (Anatolia), Rum or Sivas, Themisonde, Aleppo, Itshili, Adana, Kharidj Karamania, Cyprus. With the Sea of Marmara and the Southern Black Sea.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. London & New York, J & F. Tallis, 1851. Beautifully Framed. Size of Frame with map: 49 cm x 39 cm. Size of the actual map: 27 cm x 37 cm. Very good condition.

256. Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876)

Australia with beautiful Vignettes and illustrations of Natives of the Tribe of Bogan, Sydney, Kangaroos, Australian Parrots and Cockatoo, Natives of Australia Felix. The beautiful map shows the whole continent of Australia with Van Diemen’s Island (Tasmania). The map lists all the counties in Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia, West Australia.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. London & New York, J & F. Tallis, 1851. Size of the actual map: 27 cm x 37 cm. Very good condition.

257. Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876)

Ceylon (British Ceylon) – with Vignettes and illustrations of the Lake of Kandy, Adam’s Peak from the Lake of Colombo, a beautiful scenery of Colombo, Temple of Buddha , Kalany, Ruins of A Dagora at Toophamaraya. The map is divided in the old regions of British Ceylon: The Eastern Provinces (Kattoe, Colompattoo, Tamblegam, Kottiar, Tambankadewa, Koorle, Eraquer, Mamoene, Karrewitte, Chiam Pature, Erwiel, Nadene, Akkrepattoo, Ghiam Pature, Veddag, Ratte, Nadekadoe, Panowa / The Western Provinces (Anewoelandan, Rajawania, Seram, Sevien Korles, Rajawanny) / Northern Provincec (Wademo Ratchi, Welligammo, Jafnapatam, Leyden, Ponoryn, Manaar, Mantotte, Pomparipo, Moessellie, Neurawanny, Meel-Pattoo, Poedoe, Koe-Dirpo, Moeliawalle, Karie-Kattoe-Molle, Tinne-Mar, Re-waddie, Patchilapelle, Negammo / Central Provinces – Matelle, Doombera, Toompane, Erris Pattoo, Yattenoowere, Dollos Bage, Lower Ouna, Hewahetta, Wellassee / Western Provinces – Hapeti Gam, Pasdum, Caltura, Three Korles, Hewagam Korle, Hina Korle, Saffragam etc. / South Provinces – Wallawitte, Gangebodde, Gangedode, Mahagam, Pattoo, Morva, Talpe, Belligam, Wellerode etc.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. London & New York, J & F. Tallis, 1851. Beautifully Framed. Size of frame with map: 40.5 cm x 50.5 cm. Size of the actual map: 27 cm x 37 cm. Excellent condition.

258. Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876)

Independent Tartary with Vignettes and folkloristic illustrations of Tartars on a Journey, The Bride Chase (a marriage custom of the Tartars), The Tent. Showing the several prvinces of Tartaria Magna: Tartaria, Kokand, Bokhara, Koondoz (Kunduz) with the city of Koondooz and Goree and Heibuk and even showing Cabool (Kabul), Budakshan, Ersarees, Kirghiz Khasaks, Caspian Sea etc.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. London & New York, J & F. Tallis, 1851. Beautifully framed. Size of Frame with map: 49 cm x 39 cm. Size of the actual map: 27 cm x 37 cm. Very good condition.

259. Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876)

Jamaica – with Vignettes of Port Royal Harbour, Kingston, Port Antonio, a Sugar Mill on Jamaica and a depiction of a Flying Fish.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. Vignettes by H. Winkles & W. Lacey. London & New York, J & F. Tallis, 1851. Beautifully Framed. Size of frame with map: 42 cm x 52 cm. Size of the actual map: 27 cm x 37 cm. Excellent condition.

260. Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876)

Natal and Kaffraria (Eastern Cape of Africa) with Umzimvoobu, Ingali, Umbezana, Umzimkuli, Maritzburg, Durban, Umyoti, Drakenberg, Quathlamba or Drakenberg Range, Upper Tukula, Umzinyati, Zulu Country. With Vignettes and a beautiful, large illustration of the entrace to Port Natal and Port Natal and the town of Durban.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. London & New York, J & F. Tallis, 1851. Beautifully Framed. Size of frame with map: 35 cm x 45 cm. Size of the actual map: 27 cm x 37 cm. Excellent condition.

261. Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876)

New South Wales with Vignettes and beautiful, engraved illustrations of Sydney (Sydney Cove), The Murray and a Xanthorraea as well as the Seal of New South Wales. Borders between districts beautifully handcoloured: Stanley, Churchill, Cavendish, Ward, Buller, Rouse, Richmond, Larence, Leigh, Gresham, Vernon, Sandon, Macquarie, Brisbane, Durham, Hawes, Parry, Loucester, Inglis, Buckland, Pottinger, Bligh, Phillip, Wellington, Roxburgh, Bathurst, Georgiana, Westmorland, Camden St.Vincent, King, Cowley, BuccleuchWellesley, Auckland, Dampier, Beresford, MonderooLower Darling, Lachlan, MurrumbidgeeBligh, Liverpool Plains, Gwyder, Darling Downs, Canning etc.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. London & New York, J & F. Tallis, 1851. Beautifully framed. Size of Frame with map: 40.5 cm x 50.5 cm. Size of the actual map: 27 cm x 37 cm. Very good condition.

262. Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876)

Northern Africa with Algeria, Marocco and Tunis and showing the Street of Gibraltar with southern Spain – with Vignettes and illustrations of Mogador / Marocco [Marokko] / Constantine [Constantinople / Istanbul] / Algiers / Tunis.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. London & New York, J & F. Tallis, 1851. Beautifully Framed. Size of frame with map: 41.5 cm x 50.5 cm. Size of the actual map: 27 cm x 37 cm. Excellent condition.

263. Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876)

Part of South Australia with Vignettes and illustrations of Adelaide, Dingo or Australian Dog, Image of a Nymphicus, Natives on a Catamaran, the Seal of Australia. The map shows Flinders, the York Peninsula, Kangaroo Island, Stanley, Eyre, Gawler, Adelaide, Russell, Hindmarsh the Spencer Gulf and Lake Torrens.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. London & New York, J & F. Tallis, 1851. Beautifully framed. Size of Frame with map: 40.5 cm x 50.5 cm. Size of the actual map: 27 cm x 37 cm. Very good condition.

264. Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876)

Persia (Iran) with the 19th century naming of the different regions in Iran and neighbouring countries: Azerbijan [Azerbaijan] / IrakaJemi / Khorassan / Kirman / Fars / Laristan / Khuzistan / with Vignettes and Images of Ispahan (Isfahan / Irak) / Kurds (a group of Kurdish Men) / a Persian on a horse / a Bactrian Camel /

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. London & New York, J & F. Tallis, 1851. Beautifully framed. Size of Frame with map: 35 cm x 45 cm. Size of the actual map: 27 cm x 37 cm. Very good condition.

265. Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876)

Syria with Vignettes and illustrations of a Carawan with Baggage Camels, Local Arabs, Jerusalem. The map shows in the north Asia Minor, Diyarbekr, Damascus, Acre, Gaza,

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. London & New York, J & F. Tallis, 1851. Beautifully Framed. Size of frame with map: 39 cm x 49 cm. Size of the actual map: 27 cm x 37 cm. Excellent condition.

266. Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876)

Thibet (Tibet), Mongolia and Mandchouria with Vignettes and illustrations of Dwelling of Tessaling Lama (Shigatzi), Mausoleum at Teshoo Loomboo, Leh (Ladakh / Little Tibet), Chinese Wall, Fortress and Palace of Dalai Lama, Lassa (Lhasa), an image of a Mongol Noble.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. London & New York, J & F. Tallis, 1851. Beautifully framed. Size of frame with map: 39 cm x 49 cm. Size of the actual map: 27 cm x 37 cm. Excellent condition.

267. Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876)

Turkey in Asia, showing Asia Minor and the Middle East: Damascus (Syria), Gaza, Acre (Haifa, Islare), Tripoli (Lebanon), Aleppo, Irak Arabi, Gezira, Karamania, Armenia, Koordistan with Vignettes and illustrations of Jerusalem, the Black Sea, the Caspian Sea etc.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. London & New York, J & F. Tallis, 1851. Beautifully Framed. Size of frame with map: 35 cm x 45 cm. Size of the actual map: 27 cm x 37 cm. Excellent condition.

268. Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876)

Van Diemen’s Land or Tasmania with beautiful Vignettes and illustrations of Hobart Town, Residence of the Company’s Agent, Circular Head / Thylacinus Cynocephalus. The map shows the old districts of Tasmania: Dorset, Cornwall, Glamorgan, Pembroke, Cumberland, Buckingham, Kent, Devon, Westmorland etc.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. London & New York, J & F. Tallis, 1851. Beautifully Framed. Size of frame with map: 39.5 cm x 46.5 cm. Size of the actual map: 27 cm x 37 cm. Very good condition.

269. Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876)

Victoria or Port Phillip with Vignettes and illustrations of Aborigines fighting, Kangaroo, a beautiful engraving of Port Phillip and its harbour. The map shows in beautiful, hand-coloured borders the old division of Victoria into Howe, Combermere, Bruce, Haddington, Douro, Mornington, Frant, Bourke, Dalhousie, Rodney, Murray, Anglesey, Polworth, Grenville, Ripon, Hampden, Heytesbury, Villier, Dundas, NormanbyFollet, Wimmera, Western Port.

Original steel engraving / Vintage australian map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. London & New York, J & F. Tallis, 1851. Beautifully Framed. Size of frame with map: 40.5 cm x 50.5 cm. Size of the actual map: 27 cm x 37 cm. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear to the frame only.

270. Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876)

Western Africa – with Senegambia, Guinea (Ashantee / Dahomey, Benin) / Liberia etc. – with Vignettes and illustrations of Sierra Leone and Bakel, a Cape Coast Castle, Christiansborg (Danish Gold Coast / Osu Castle).

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. London & New York, J & F. Tallis, 1851. Beautifully Framed. Size of the Frame with map: 50 cm x 41 cm. Size of the actual map: 27 cm x 37 cm. Very good condition.

271. Taylor, Tom / [Abraham Lincoln].

Exquisite collection of six (6) items/original, vintage and personal materials by/of Tom Taylor. The collection includes a 2 1/2 page, signed manuscript letter [MLS] by Tom Taylor to an unknown recipient , discussing a memorial he sent to Robert Browning’s patron, John Kenyon and mentioning former Prime Minister Lord Aberdeen [George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen]. The collection also includes two vintage 19th century cabinet photographs [Carte de Visite’s] of Tom Taylor, a later edition of Ballads and Songs of Brittany and two beautifully inscribed and signed presentation copies of his major works: 1. The first edition of Ballads of Brittany – London/Cambridge, MacMillan and Co.,1865 with many illustrations by Tissot, Tenniel etc. (This first edition is signed and inscribed by Tom Taylor to Emilia Ventana at Xmas 1864, before the publication of the book commenced) and 2. Tom Taylor’s Historical Dramas. London, Chatto & Windus, 1877. Signed and inscribed by Tom Taylor to Marie de Beauvoisier in March 1879.

London / Cambridge etc., Chatto & Windus / Routledge & Sons / etc., c. 1850-1879. Octavo. Ballads and Songs of Brittany (1865 edition): Frontispice, XXII, 239 pages / Ballads and Songs of Brittany (Later Routledge edition): XVI, 176 pages / Tom Taylor’s Historical Dramas: VIII, 466, 32 pages. / Manuscript Letter: 2 1/2 pages. Original Hardcover / The manuscript letter in a Folder, it includes an A4 manuscript leaf from a 19th century autograph-collector describing the letter by Taylor. / The two vintage cabinet photographs of Taylor included in the Folder with the autograph. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

272. Tempsky, Gustav Ferdinand von.

Mitla, a Narrative of Incidents and Personal Adventures on a Journey in Mexico, Guatemala and Salvador in the Years 1853 to 1855 with Observations on the Modes of Life in Those Countries. Edited by J.S.Bell.

First Edition. London, Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans & Roberts, 1858. Large Octavo. XVI, 436 pages with all illustrations and the large folding map complete ! The illustrations include: 5 coloured chromolithographic plates one of these is a folded, double-page size), 11 woodcuts, large folded map “Route through Mexico, Guatemala & San Salvador” (this 19th century map also shows Upper California, New Mexico and Texas as well as New Orleans with Red River and the Missouri River). Hardcover / Beautifully rebacked, modern dark green morocco with gilt ornaments to spine and boards. Excellent, firm condition with only minor signs of external wear. Only very minor signs of foxing to some of the plates as usual. The text clean. Von Tempsky’s explorations and descriptions of the journey from San Francisco to Mazatlan to Durango to Mexico City to Puebla to Tehuantepec to Guatemala to Santa Catarina to San Salvador with cultural descriptions of the locals and their customs are of great value.

273. The Fine Arts Society Ltd.

Channel Packet Paris-London 1880-1920.

First Edition catalogue. London, The Fine Arts Society Ltd. 1969. 21cm x 29.5cm. 20 unnumbered pages. Original Paperback. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

274. The Religious Tract Society.

The Money in the Milk and other Stories. [Together with Ephemera: Broadside: “A Song”].

London, The Religious Tract Society, no year [c.1879]. Duodecimo. Frontispiece (Chromolithograph), 63 pages with text-vignettes. Original Hardcover with gilt lettering and ornament to cover. Binding a little shaky and stronger rubbed. Pastedown with Exlibris from the First Presbyterian Church in Carrickfergus – Albert Hall Sabbath School: “Presented to Jane McFerran for regular attendance for six months ending June 1884 – Signed J.M.N.Stevenson”.

275. [Thomas, William Luson].

Ephemeral advertising sheet for Vol. XX. – No. 515 – of The Graphic – “An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper”. Four page – fold with advertising for Irish Linen, Kinahan Whisky, Collinson and Lock and the Brighton Season, Fry’s Cocoa Extract, Will’s Bird’s Eye Tobacco, Maple & Co. Furniture in Tottenham Road, London, Velveteens etc. etc.

London, The Graphic Office, 190 The Strand , 1879. 32 cm x 42 cm. 4 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

276. Tomline, George.

A Refutation of Calvinism – in which, The Doctrines of Original Sin, Grace, Regeneration, Justification and Universal Redemption are explained and the peculiar Tenets maintained by Calvin upon these points are proved to be contrary to Scripture, to the writings of the Antient [sic] Fathers of the Christian Church and to the public formularies of the Church of England. [Bound with a rare Cork-Print of “Remarks on the late publication of Dr.G.Tomline, Lord Bishop of Lincoln, entitled a Refutation of Calvinism, extracted and abridged from the Eclectic Review, for August 1811].

[Third Edition of the main title / First edition of the Cork-print]. London, T.Cadell & W.Davies, 1811. Octavo. Main title: IX, (1), 590 pages / Additional title: (1), 23 pages (Printed in Cork, 1811 and sold by Edwards & Savage and J. & R. McMullin in Castle-Street).. Hardcover / Original, early 19th-century half leather with paper-covered boards. In protective Mylar. Paper on boards slightlys damaged. Binding otherwise firm and in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. One page of the additionally bound title slightly loosened. Bookplate of Richard Meade, Ballymartle, on pastedown. Rare and especially interesting version of this book with the Remarks on the Refutation bound in the rear.

277. Turkey and Balkans – Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876).

Turkey and Europe – With inset of Island of Cadia and Vignettes of Ali Pasha, Greek Caloyer and the Bosphorus and Constantinople.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. Illustrations by H. Warren and engraved by J. Rogers. London and New York, J & F. Tallis, 1851. Plate Size: 32.5 cm x 26 cm. Sheet Size : 37.4 cm x 27.3 cm. Vintage 19th century map in very good condition.

278. Twain, Mark.

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court. Edited by Bernard L. Stein.

Berkeley, Los Angeles, London, University of California Press, 1979. 14.5 cm x 22 cm. 475 pages. All the original illustrations by Daniel Carter Beard. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. [A publication of the Mark Twain Project of the Bancroft Library].

279. United States – Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876).

Boston – With Beautiful Vignettes of Boston, the State House and Bunker Hill’s Monument.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Illustrated and Engraved by J. Watkins London & New York, John Tallis & Company, 1851. Plate Size: 32.5 cm x 26 cm. Sheet Size: 37.2 cm x 27.2 cm. Vintage 19th century map in very good condition.

280. University College Cork ( R.F.C.).

U.C.C. R.F.C. Centenary History – 1874 – 1974.

Cork, University College Cork, 1974. 18 cm x 24.5 cm. XXII, 120 pages. Several black and white photographs and advertisements throughout. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

281. Valade III, Roger M.

The Essential Black Literature Guide. Published in Association with the Schomburg Centre for Research in Black Culture.

Detroit, New York, Washington D.C., Toronto, Visible Ink Press, 1996. 15 cm x 23 cm. XVIII, 446 pages. Illustrated throughout with black-and-white portrait photographs. Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

282. Vallarta, El C. Ignacio L. / Avila, Eleuterio /

Memoria que en cumplimiento del Precepto Constitucional Presentó al Congreso de la Union en el primer periodo de sus Sesiones el C. Ignacio L. Vallarta (Secretario de Estado y del Despacho de Relaciones Exteriores) / Bound with Appendix I (Anexo I): Anexo al Informe del Agente de Mexico ante la Comision de Reclamaciones (Reclamaciones de D. Jorge L. Hammeken) / Bound with Appendix II (Anexo II): Comision Mixta de Reclamaciones de Mexico y Los Estados-Unidos. Thaddeus Amat, Obispo de Monterey, y Joseph S. Alemany, Arzobispo de San Francisco, Con Mexico //

Mexico, Imprenta de Gonzalo A . Esteva, 1878. Folio. XXVI, 197 pages / Indice I: 17 pages / Indice II: 35 pages / Indice III: 17 pages / Indice IV: 2 pages / Appendix / Anexi: 291 pages. Original Hardcover (half leather). Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Cancelled from the University of London Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, this rare publication was bequeathed to the University from the library of Charles Henry Huberich.

283. Vierge, Daniel.

The Tavern of the Three Virtues. Translated from the Original of Saint-Juirs. Illustrated with sixty drawings by Daniel Verge together with a critical essay on the art of Vierge by Edmund Gosse.

London, T. Fisher Unwin, (ca. 1890). 22 cm x 33 cm. 155, (1) pages. Hardcover. Original cloth with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. One of only 650 copies of a limited edition. Exlibris of Gordon Sloane (Lamh Dhearg). Blindstamped “Oaklands, St.Peters, Isle of Thanet”.

284. Vivian, Herbert.

Tunisia and the Modern Barbary Pirates. Illustrated with Photographs and a Map.

London, C. Arthur Pearson Limited, 1899. 15 cm x 22 cm. Frontispiece, XVI, 341 pages. 72 photographic illustrations. One fold-out map of Tunisian region as frontispiece. Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth] with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Vignette on front board. Top gilt edge. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor wear evident at spine ends. Some foxing to endpapers and pastedowns. Otherwise interior is bright and clean.

285. Volcanoes – Meyer, Joseph. (1796 – 1856).

Die Vulkan Gürtel des Atlantischen Oceans [Translates: “The Volcano – Belt of the Atlantic Ocean”].

Original hand-coloured engraving. Hildburghausen, Joseph Meyer, [1852]. Plate Size: 28 cm x 19.4 cm. Sheet Size: 31.6 cm x 25.6 cm. Original map. Very good conditions but with some foxing towards sheet edges.

286. Voll, Karl.

Frankreichs Klassische Zeichner im XIX Jahrhundert. [The classical draughtsmen of France in the 19th century]. Mit 34 Textillustrationen und 64 Tafeln.

Berlin / Vienna, Benjamin Harz Verlag, 1923. 23cm x 29.5cm. 57, (1) pages with 64 plates. Original Hardcover. German Edition. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Some rubbing and minor staining to the binding.

287. [Wagner, Otto], Geretsegger, Heinz, Peintner, Max.

Otto Wagner, 1841-1918. Unbegrenzte Groszstadt, Beginn der Modernen Architektur. Unter Mitarbeit von Walter Pichler. Neu bearbeitete und erweiterte Ausgabe.

Salzburg, Vienna, Residenz Verlag, 1978. 23.5 cm x 28 cm. 283 pages. 306 illustrations, 6 full-page colour illustrations and a map of Vienna. Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

288. Walde, Johann Gottlieb.

Thomas Waldauf’s, des Dresdener Schornsteinfegers Lebensereignisse zu Wasser und zu Lande in drei Welttheilen. Von ihm selbst erzählt und als ein wahrhaftes Familienbuch für Jung und Alt in allen Ständen des Volkes herausgegeben von J.G.Walde. [A german Chimney-sweepers Travels and Adventures on the Ocean and in America (California)].

Löbau, J.G.Walde’s Buchhandlung, ohne Jahr [1858]. Klein-Oktav. 304, 236, 220, VI, (1) Seiten. Mit 23 (von 24) wunderbaren, handkolorierten Tafeln von Ferdinand Franke in Dresden, welche Waldaufs Reise zeigen (u.a. im Schaufelrad-Dampfer etc.). Hardcover / Moderner, sehr dekorativer Halblederband mit neuem Vorsatz. Nach der sehr guten Restauration durch einen professionellen Buchbinder, ist dieser Band wieder ein Sammler-Exemplar. Leicht schiefgelesen. Das Papier vereinzelt stärker stockfleckig. Nahezu alle Abbildungen wunderbar und tadellos und vor allem in kräftigem Kolorit erhalten. Zahlreiche Abbildungen auf unserer Webseite. Sehr seltene, interessante Publikation die auch politische Ansichten ueber den amerikanischen Unrechts-Staat des 19.Jahrhunderts, im Bezug auf Rassismus und Rechte der afroamerikanischen Bevoelkerung, anspricht.

289. Wales – Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876).

England and Wales – With Vignettes of The Grand Stand on the Race Ground, Doncaster, London, Entrance to Portsmouth Harbour, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, Sunderland Bridge and Oxford.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. Illustrations by N. Whitlock and Engraved by J. Rogers. London, Edinburgh & Dublin, J.& F. Tallis, 1851. Plate Size: 25 cm x 35 cm. Sheet Size: 27.2 cm x 37.3 cm. Vintage 19th century map in very good condition.

290. Walker, George.

A Selection of Games at Chess, Actually Played by Philidor and his Contemporaries – Now first published from the original Manuscripts with Notes and Additions by George Walker.

First Edition. London, Sherwood, Gilbert & Piper, 1835. Duodecimo. Frontispiece, XVI, 110 pages plus 2 pages with advertising (List of Works by George Walker). Hardcover / Original cloth with original printed label to frontcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Front free endpaper missing. Very Rare !

291. Wallis Budge, E.A.

The Mummy, Chapters on Egyptian Funereal Archaeology. With Eighty-Eight Illustrations.

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1893. 14.5 cm x 23 cm. XVI, 404 pages. 88 illustrations on 59 plates. Hardcover [publisher’s original red cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Gilt embossment on the front board. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Library sign to pastedown. Corner boards are bumped. Interior clean and bright. Excellent provenance: This is the former copy of the Bodleian library [now withdrawn as Duplicate]. Two further library stamps of Oxford University’s ‘Radcliff’s Library’ on half-title and title page.

292. Walter-Verlag.

Seattle – Wir sind ein Teil der Erde. Die Rede des Häuptlings Seattle vor dem Präsidenten der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika im Jahre 1855.

Olten, Walter-Verlag, 1985. 12 cm x 20.5 cm. 37 pages. Some black and white photographs throughout. Original illustrated softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

293. Webster, Daniel.

Speech of Hon. Daniel Webster, to the Young Men of Albany. Wednesday, May 28, 1851. / And : Mr. Webster’s Speeches at Buffalo, Syracuse and Albany, May 1851.

Two (2) Original Pamphlets. (n.p.), Gideon & Co., (1851). 8°. 29, 56 pages. Softcover. Original brochures in very good condition. Only a little dusty.

294. Western Hemisphere – Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876).

Western Hemisphere – With Stunning Vignettes of Indigenous Peoples, Native Animals.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. Illustrations by H. Warren and Enrgaved by J. Rogers. London, Edinburgh & Dublin, J.& F. Tallis, 1851. Plate Size: 34 cm x 25.5 cm. Sheet Size: 37.4 cm x 27 cm. In very good condition with only faintest traces of browning to outer margins. Very slight paper imperfections along edge. Minor tear near upper left corner. Very minor tear to map above the Arctic Circle.

295. White, John.

Rural Architecture Illustrated in a New Series of Designs for Ornamental Cottages and Villas exemplified by Plans, Elevations, Sections and Details.

Glasgow, John White, 1852. Folio (31 cm x 40 cm). 44 pages text interleaved with 81 full page plates with hundreds of stunning illustrations. Original Hardcover (Half leather with gilt lettering on spine. Stronger rubbed binding but firm. Endpaper ,missing and titlepage with larger tear. But otherwise in good condition (slightly stained only). From the library of irish architect and architectural historian Rudolf Maximilian Butler. Exlibris of R.M.Butler to pastedown. The 1845 edition is more common and this 1852 edition is now a rare publication !

296. Whitman, Walt.

Walt Whitmans Werk. In Zwei Bänden. Mit vier Bildnissen. Ausgewählt, uebertragen und eingeleitet von Hans Reisiger.

Berlin, S. Fischer Verlag, 1922. 15 cm x 21 cm. Band I: “Prosaschriften”: Frontispiz-Portrait, C, 176 Seiten. Band II – “Leaves of Grass”: 253 Seiten. Original Hardcover / Originale Verlagsbindung. Sehr guter Zustand mit nur ganz geringen Gebrauchsmerkmalen an der Bindung. Innen nahezu neuwertig und sehr sauber.

297. Wilkinson, Mrs. [Annie Margaret] /

A Lady’s Life and Travels in Zululand and the Transvaal During Cetewayo’s Reign. Being the African Letters and Journals of the Late Mrs Wilkinson.

London, J. T. Hayes. 1882. 13 cm x 19.5 cm. Frontispiece, VIII, 264 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original cloth] with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Front and rear boards carry pictorials. Richly coloured pastedowns and endpapers. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor tear to frontispiece. Tissue guard in good condition. Interior bright and clean. Preowner’s name on front pastedown.

298. Wilson, Claude.

Mountaineering. With illustrations by Ellis Carr.

London, George Bell & Sons, 1893. 12 cm x 17 cm. 208 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth] with lettering and pictorial on front baord. Good condition only with signs of external wear and fading. Spine and hinges are worn and faded. Binding a little shaky but holding. Interior is bright and clean. [The All- England Series]

299. World – Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876).

The World on Mercator’s Projection – With Vignettes of London, Gibraltar, Constantinople, The Pyramids of Ghizeh, Niagara, Pont Neuf Paris and Vesuvius.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. Illustrations by H. Warren and Engraved by J.B. Allen. London & New York, John Tallis & Company, 1851. Plate Size: 34.7 cm x 26.5 cm. Sheet Size: 37.3 cm x 27.2 cm. In fair condition with tears evident. Slight browning and paper imperfections to outer margins.

300. Yorkshire – Kilby, Thomas. (1794 – 1868).

Wakefield, Yorkshire – Trinity Church & New Wells. [Published for Thomas Kilby’s “Scenery in the Vicinity of Wakefield”]

Hand-coloured Lithograph. [London], 1843. Beautifully Framed. Size of frame with Lithograph: 42.5 cm x 32.5 cm. Size of actual Lithograph: 37 cm x 27 cm. Excellent condition.