Bloomsbury Auctions

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BLOOMSBURY AUCTIONS
Lot 683
683. -. Roberts (David) th e ho ly la n d, Sy r i a, id u m e a, ar a b i a,
eg y p t a n d nu b i a. wi t h eg y p t a n d nu b i a, 6 vol. in 9 parts only
(of 10), 5 tinted lithograph titles, 2 maps and 224 plates only (i.e.
lacking part 1, text, title, portrait and 26 plates), foxing, mostly to
text and tissue guards, but sometimes to plates, contemporary calf,
gilt, g.e., rubbed, 4to, 1855-56. £1,000 - £1,500
Lot 684
684. -. Sandys (George) a r e l at i o n o f a i o u r n e y b e g u n a n: do m:
1610. fo u r e b o o K e S. Co n ta i n i n g a d e S C r i p t i o n o f t h e tu r K i S h
em p i r e, o f Æg y p t, o f t h e ho ly la n d, o f t h e r e m o t e pa rt S o f ita ly ,
a n d i l a n d S a d i o y n i n g, second edition, ornate engraved architectural
title, engraved double-page map, folding tipped-in panorama and
illustrations within text, some full-page, lacks final blank, waterstained,
some wormholes / traces to lower margins, map with small
hole at foot, just touching 2 letters with minor loss, S4 lower corner
torn away, not affecting text, a few short tears (mostly marginal and
repaired), contemporary calf, sympathetically rebacked, original
red morocco label to spine, corners worn, rubbed, [STC 21726;
Blackmer 1484], small folio, for W. Barrett, 1615. £400 - £600
*** ‘At the time the most elaborately illustrated English book on
the Levant’ (Blackmer).
685. Polar.- Shackleton (Ernest H.) th e he a rt o f t h e an ta r C t i C,
2 vol., firSt e d i t i o n, half-titles, frontispieces, plates, some colour,
folding panorama and 3 folding maps in pocket at end of vol. 2,
occasional spotting, original pictorial cloth blocked in silver, t.e.g.,
others uncut, spines faded, long scratch to spine of vol.1. rubbed,
8vo, 1909. £120 - £180
686. -. Vahl (M.) and others, editors. gr e e n l a n d, 3 vol.,
illustrations and maps, one colour and folding, ex-library copy with
a few stamps, library half roan, some original printed wrappers
bound in (soiled), rubbed and faded, one cover, detached, large
8vo, Copenhagen and London, 1928-29. £80 - £120
687. South East Asia.- Keppel (Capt. The Hon. Henry) th e
ex p e d i t i o n to bo r n e o o f h.m.S. di d o..., 2 vol., third edition, halftitles,
lithographed portrait and 10 tinted plates, 6 folding engraved
charts, folding table, 32pp. publishers’ catalogue at end, foxed, some
leaves loose or becoming so, Owen Rutter’s copy with his bookplate,
old ink signature of James Bedingfeld, RN on front free endpaper
vol.1, original cloth, rubbed, spines faded and worn at head and foot,
1847 § Roth (Henry Ling) The Natives of Sarawak and British North
Borneo, 2 vol., facsimile reprint of 1896 edition, original cloth, dustjackets,
Kuala Lumpur and Singapore, 1968 § Tarling (Nicholas)
Britain, the Brookes and Brunei, original boards, dust-jacket (frayed
at head of spine), 1971 § Forrester-Wood (W.R.) The Stamps and
Postal History of Sarawak, colour map, original cloth, Redhill,
[c.1957], plates and illustrations, rubbed, 8vo & small 4to (6)
£120 - £180
Lot 688
688. Atlases.- Wallis (James) wa l l i S’S Se C o n d & Su p e r i o r britiSh
at l a S, engraved title, contents f. and 45 hand-coloured maps, 1
folding, title and contents f. water-stained, Leicestershire with
repaired tear within image, marginal tape marks and stains, 6 maps
with marginal tape repairs, occasional spotting, contemporary half
morocco, broken and worn, folio, [1814]. £250 - £350