15 December 2015 - Rare Book Sale

#0237

Lot 702/0237

American Theatre – Dunlap (Wm.) A History of the American Theatre, 8vo N. York 1832. First, cont. hf. mor. marble sides, good. (1)

Lot 703/0237

Maps: England & Wales: Faden (W.) A Map of England, Wales & Scotland, describing all the Direct and principal Cross Roads in Great Britain… L. 1801, lg. fold. linen backed map, 76cms x 62cms (30″ x 24 1/2″), fully hd. cold., slip case; Stanford (Ed.) Railway Map of the British isles and Part of France, by B.R. Davies. L. c. 1880. Lg. folding map on linen, bright hand colouring, 97cms x 81cms (38″ x 32″) approx. in slip case; Stanford’s Portable Map of England and Wales with The Railways… L. c. 1881, fold. linen backed map, fully hand cold, 83cms x 76cms (32 1/2″ x 30″), fold. cloth covers. As maps, w.a.f. (3)

Lot 704/0237

Burton (Richard F.) Ultima Thule; or, A Summer in Iceland, 2 vols. 8vo L. 1875. First Edn. 2 hf. titles, 2 frontis 2 fold. maps & engraved & litho plts. text illus (complete) 16pp Cat end of Vol. I, orig. gilt decor blue cloth. Good. (2)

Lot 705/0237

Doughty (Charles M.) Travels in Arabia Deserta, 2 vols. Cambridge 1888. First Edn., 2 hf. titles, 8 plts. some fold., lg. fold. lined backed cold. map in pocket, 32pp. Cat at end dated Dec. 1887, both front loose blanks with piece cut away, orig. Victorian green cloth, gilt decor. V. good. (2)

Lot 706/0237

Prejevalsky (Col. N.) From Kulja Across the Tian Shan to Lob-Nor, Trans. by E. Delmar Morgan, 8vo L. 1879. First English Edn., 2 fold.maps, 32pp. Catalogue at end, unopened, orig. cloth. (1)

Lot 707/0237

Howison (John) Sketches of Upper Canada, Domestic, Local, and Characteristic: .. For the Information of Emigrants of every Class. Edin. 1821. Hf. title. Fine binding by Riviere in full speckled calf, gilt fillets, spine gilt in panels, morocco lettering pieces, marbled ends. Bookplate of Andrew Carnegie. Sabin 33366. V. good copy. (1)

Lot 708/0237

Harris (Joseph) The Description and Use of the Globes and The Orrery, 8vo L. 1768. Lg. fold. frontis & 6 fold. plts., 4pp. Cat. at end, recent full calf. Good. (1)

Lot 709/0237

Freshfield (Douglas W.) Travels in the Central Caucasus and Bashan, 8vo L. 1869. First Edn., hf. title, cold. chromo litho, 3 fold. maps, 4 plts. & text illus., orig. gilt decor. cloth. (1)

Lot 710/0237

Ball (V.) Jungle Life in India; or the Journeys and Journals of an Indian Geologist, 8vo L. 1880. First, frontis & plts., errata slip, fold. map, pict. gilt cloth; de Carne (Louis) Travels in Indo-China and The Chinese Empire, 8vo L. 1872. Hf. title, fold. frontis map, hd. cold. in outline, & 6 plts. (browned), orig. decor. cloth. Both Good Copies. (2)

Lot 711/0237

With Coloured Bird Plates

Hume (A.) & Marshall (C.H.T.) The Game Birds of India, Burmah, and Ceylon 3 vols. roy 8vo Calcutta c. 1879 – 80. 140 fine cold. chrome plts., hf. green mor. with orig. spines laid down. Clean. (3)

Lot 712/0237

Rare Work on Australia, with Plates

Hodgkinson (Clement) Australia from Port Macquarie to Moreton Bay; with descriptions of the Natives, their manners and customs; The Geology, Natural Productions, Fertility, and Resources of that Region, 8vo L. 1845. First Edn., full page map, & 7 plts. (include frontis) bound with, Roscoe (Wm.) Illustrations,.. of the Life of Lorenzo de Medici, called The Magnificent… 8vo L. 1822. Port. frontis & 3 plts. (1 dbl. page), cont. hf. calf, mor. label. Rare. (1)

Lot 713/0237

Woods (Rev. Julian Edmund) Geological Observations in South Australia: Principally in the District South East of Adelaide, 8vo L. 1862. First Edn., hf. title, frontis & 5 plts. include. 1 map, cont. full calf, tooled gilt border, full gilt spine, mor. label. V. good copy. Rare. (1)

Lot 714/0237

Back (Capt. Geo.) Narrative of the Arctic Land Expedition to the Mouth of the Great Fish River, L. 1836. First Edn., engd. frontis & 15 engd. plts. & fold. map, complete, cont. hf. mor., gilt lettered spine. (1)

Lot 715/0237

Breton (Lt. W.H.) Excursions in New South Wales, Western Australia and Van Dieman’s Land, 8vo L. 1834. Second Edn., engd. frontis & 1 plt. spotted, some m/ss annots., recent calf, reback. (1)

Lot 716/0237

Kane (Elisha Kent) The U.S. Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin, 8vo L. 1854., frontis, fold. map, 13 plts. 2 single page maps, numerous text illus. etc. orig. cloth, gilt. (1)

Lot 717/0237

Travel: Park (Mungo) Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa, L. 1810. Sixth, port. frontis, lg. fold. map, hd. cold. in outline, 4 engd. plts. (2 lg. fold.) uncut, boards; Irving (Washington) A History of the Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus, 4 vols. L. 1828. First, hf. titles, 2 lg. fold. maps, uncut cloth backed boards; also Tales of a Traveller, by Geoffrey Crayon. 2 vols. L. 1824. First English Edn. 2 hf. titles, uncut, orig. boards. (7)

Lot 718/0237

Rare American Coloured Plate Book

Coloured Plates: The Iris: An Illuminated Souvenir, for MDCCCLII, Edited by John S. Hart L.L.D. Roy 8vo Philadelphia (Lippincott, Grambe & Co.) 1852. First Edn., 12 fine cold. litho plts. include. presentation plate, titles etc. Presented to Mrs. James Mc Henry (N. Ireland), whose daughter may have been the wife of Seth Eastman, the illustrator of this volume. A.e.g. recent hf. crimson mor. Ex. Fine. (1)

* This beautiful volume is notable for its bright and colourful litho illus, from drawings made by Eastman while stationed for 8 years at and around Fort Smelling on the Upper Mississippi River. This gift book was mainly a vehicle for the romantic fictions of Indian life in Minnesota.

Lot 719/0237

Bingley (Rev. W.) North Wales; including its Scenery, Antiquities, Customs, and some Sketches of Natural History, 2 vols. 8vo L. 1804. First Edn., one hf. title, 2 engd. frontis, lg. hd. cold. fold. map, 12pp. of engd. music, errata end of Vol. II; de Chateaubriand (F.A.) Travels in Greece, Palestine, Egypt and Barbary, 1806 and 1807. Trans by F. Shoberl. 2 vols. L. 1811. All uniform cont. blind tooled diced calf, mor. labels. Good. (4)

Lot 720/0237

Helsham (Richard) A Course of Lectures in Natural Philosophy, … Published by Bryan Robinson M.D. 8vo L. 1743. Second Edn. red & bl. title, 11 fold. plts., advert. leaf at end, cont. calf, mor. label. (1)

Lot 721/0237

Hoare (Sir Richard Colt) A Classical Tour through Italy and Sicily, 2 vols. L. 1819. Second Edn., engd. map frontis, Vol. I, cont. full calf, lg. tooled gilt borders, raised bands, gilt spines, mor. labels. Good. (2)