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&c. With a View of the Political and Commercial Advantages
Which May be Derived From its possession by Great Britain.
Printed for C. and R. Baldwin 1804.
1st Ed. 4to. xii + 339pp. Light browning, ex.-libris
Hinchingbrooke, contemporary speckled calf boards with gilt
fillet edges, some wear and sl. surface loss, rebacked in modern
gilt filleted calf with gilt lettered title label. £400.00
Robert Percival (1765–1826), army officer and writer. Mendelssohn
Volume 2, pp.152. ’Although the author only resided in the Cape for two
months in 1796, and a smiliar period in 1801, his work afford
considerable information respecting the state of the colony at the close of
the eighteenth century ...’
286. Playfair, Sir R. Lambert. HANDBOOK FOR
TRAVELLERS IN ALGERIA AND TUNIS. Algiers, Oran,
Tlemçen, Bougie, Constantine, Tebessa, Biskra, Tunis, Carthage,
Bizerta, Etc. John Murray 1895 [1898].
5th Ed. Thoroughly Revised With Index and Directory Revised
up to 1898. Sm. 8vo. 52pp. adverts. 18 maps and plans including
some folding, 2 extra maps loosely inserted. Some very light
browning, original gilt lettered cloth, some fading and wear, spine
sl. frayed. £85.00
287. Polo, Marco. THE BOOK Of ... The Venetian,
Concerning the Kingdoms and Marvels of the East. Newly
Translated and Edited, With Notes, Maps and Other illustrations
by Colonel Henry Yule. John Murray 1875.
2nd Ed. Revised. 2 vols. xl + 444pp. + xxi + 606pp. Additional
illuminated t.ps., 30 plates and maps including 7 folding and
several sepia/gold/tinted, many woodcuts. Some very light
browning, ex.-libris Baron (Bass) of Rangemore and H.F. Smith,
marbled e.ps. and edges, contemporary half calf with marbled
boards, dec. gilt filleted raised bands with gilt compartments and
gilt lettered title labels to spines, attractive set. £400.00
288. (Pombal). Smith, John. MEMOIRS OF THE MARQUIS
OF POMBAL; With Extracts From his Writings, and From
Despatches in the State Paper Office, Never Before Published.
Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans 1843.
1st Ed. 2 vols. xxviii + 343pp. + 32pp. publ. catalogue + xii +
388pp. Port. frontis. Hinges sprung between 64-5 of vol. 1., some
very light browning, gilt lettered blind embossed cloth with gilt
devices to upper boards, spines very sl. chipped and faded.
£225.00
Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Count of Oeiras, 1st Marquess of
Pombal ((Marquês de Pombal 13 May 1699–8 May 1782).
289. Pottinger, Sir Henry. FLOOD, FELL AND FOREST.
Edward Arnold 1905.
1st Ed. 2 vols. xi + 288pp. + vii + 286pp. + 16pp. publisher list.
33 plates. Some spotting to edges, original gilt lettered cloth,
spines sl. faded and bumped and marked. £85.00
Series of essays on sport and adventure in Scandinavia.
290. (Ralegh). Cayley Junr., Arthur. THE LIFE OF SIR
WALTER RALEGH, KNT. Cadell and Davies ... 1805.
1st Ed. 2 vols. in 1. 4to. xii + 320pp. + viii + 218pp. + 115pp.
Port. frontis. [Without frontis. to vol. 2.], browning, ex.-libris
Agnew Bart of Lochnaw, contemporary mottled calf with sm. gilt
armorial device to upper board, dec. gilt rule edged raised bands
with gilt motifs and gilt lettered title label, joints starting to crack.
£125.00
Arthur Cayley (1776–1848), biographer.
291. Rawling, Captain C.G. THE LAND OF THE NEW
GUINEA PYGMIES. An Account of the Story of a Pioneer
Journey of Exploration into the Heart of New Guinea. Seeley,
Service & Co. Limited 1913.
24
1st Ed. 366pp. + [ii] + 16pp. publ. adverts. 48 ills. from photos.,
folding map. Upper hinge tender between frontis. and t.p., some
sporadic light spotting, map repaired in parts to verso mainly at
folds, contemporary inscription, original gilt lettered red cloth
with gilt device to upper board, spine very lightly faded and sl.
bumped, t.e.g. £85.00
292. Rey, Guido. THE MATTERHORN. With an Introduction
by Edmondo de Amicis. Translated from the Italian by J.E.C.
Eaton. T. Fisher Unwin 1907.
1st UK Ed. Royal 8vo. 336pp. 14 cold. tipped in plates, 23 pen
and ink drawings by Eduardo Rubino and 11 photographs. Some
light marginal browning, hinges cracked, original cloth, some sl.
soiling, spine faded and with scuffed gilt lettered title labels.
£85.00
Neate R25. ‘One of the principal books on the early history of the
Matterhorn, written by a wealthy Italian climber with a great passion for
the mountain.’
293. Ross, Sir John. NARRATIVE OF A SECOND VOYAGE
IN SEARCH OF A NORTH-WEST PASSAGE, and of a
Residence in the Arctic Regions During the Years 1829, 1830,
1831, 1832, 1833. Including the Reports of Commander, now
Captain James Clark Ross and The Discovery of the Northern
Magnetic Pole. A.W. Webster 1835.
New Ed. 4to. [viii] + xxxiii + 740pp. 30 plates and charts [only of
31 lacking 1 plate] including 6 chromolitho. plates, 3 cold.
mezzotints and 1 folding chart (torn without loss). Some light
browning and soiling, contemporary half calf with marbled
boards, worn, lower joint split, some loss to boards. £250.00
Abbey Travel 636; Arctic 14866; Baker, pp.491-2; Chavanne 1450;
Sabin 73381.
294. Ruttledge, Hugh. EVEREST: THE UNFINISHED
ADVENTURE. Hodder & Stoughton 1937.
1st Ed. Royal 8vo. [viii] + 288pp. 2 folding maps, 63 plates, 7
plates of ports. Sporadic light spotting, good in soiled stained and
chipped d/w. with some loss at head of spine. £125.00
Neate R100. ‘Ruttledge led this major British expedition which achieved
little because of an early monsoon.’
295. Ruxton, George Frederick. THE LIFE IN THE FAR
WEST. England William Blackwood and Sons 1849.
1st Ed. Sm. 8vo. xvi + 312pp. + 32pp. publ. catalogue. Bookplate
removed from pastedown, some very light browning, original gilt
lettered blind embossed cloth, spine sl. bumped and with light
vertical crease, very minor signs of wear. £85.00
Sabin 74502. George Frederick Ruxton (1821-1848) was a British
explorer and travel writer who observed the expansion of America in the
1840s during the period when the US government was pursuing its policy
of manifest destiny.
296. Sandoz, J. (Editor) et al. L’AFRIQUE Explorée et
Civilisée. 2 & 3 Année and 6-15 Années [only]. Geneva 1880-94
12 Years bound in 6 vols. 1 text map and 36 [of 37] folding maps.
Ex.-libris Robert Needham Cust, ex.-lib. with occasional ink
stamps, marginal browning, edges brittle with occasional
marginal chipping, 6th Year with t.p. and first leaf together
detached with first leaf torn across, 14th Year with detached t.p.,
ex.-lib. with discreet ink stamps, rebound in cloth, some soiling,
head of spine of 3rd vol. torn. £150.00
Began publication with première année in 1879. Monthly Publication
suspended Aug./Sept. 1894.
Robert Needham Cust (1821-1909) was a British colonial administrator
and linguist.
297. Savary, M. LETTERS ON GREECE; Being a Sequel to
Letters on Egypt, and Containing Travels Through Rhodes, Crete,