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Russia.- Spencer (Edmund) Travels in the Western C

302 - Russia.- Spencer (Edmund) Travels in the Western Caucasus, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, frontispiece, engraved title vignettes, illustrations, neat small ink-stamp to title foot, occasional very light spotting, bookplate, original cloth, rebacked retaining original backstrip, slight bumping to corners, [Atabey 1165; Blackmer 1581], 8vo, 1838.

Estimation

€230 - 360

South-East Asia.- Marsden (William) The History of

303 - South-East Asia.- Marsden (William) The History of Sumatra, containing an Account of the Government, Laws, Customs, and Manners of the Native Inhabitants..., first edition, folding engraved map, engraved plate of alphabets, a few short tears and splits to map, some light spotting and staining,later half morocco, rebacked, wear to extremities, [ESTC T93180], 4to,for the Author, 1783.

Estimation

€170 - 240

Voyages.- Thévenot (Jean de) Voyages de Mr de Thev

304 - Voyages.- Thévenot (Jean de) Voyages de Mr de Thevenot, contenant la Relation de l'Indostan, des nouveaux Mongols; & des autres Peuples & Pays des Indes, first edition, bookplate to title verso, occasional soiling and foxing, light browning,contemporary calf, rebacked, worn, 4to,Paris, chez la Veuve Biestkins, 1684.

Estimation

€350 - 480

Voyages.- Vancouver (Capt. George) A Voyage of Dis

305 - Voyages.- Vancouver (Capt. George) A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean, and Round the World, 3 text vol. only, first edition, 18 engraved plates (a little water-stained), errata ff., lacking folio atlas vol. and vol.1 half-title, vol.1 title laid down, the odd ink marginalia,some light staining, light offsetting, modern half purple calf, black morocco labels to spine, [ESTC T146725; Sabin 98443], 4to,G.G. and J.Robinson, 1798.

Estimation

€590 - 840

World.- Menpes (Mortimer) & Dorothy Menpes. World

306 - World.- Menpes (Mortimer) & Dorothy Menpes. World Pictures, limited edition signed by author, half-title, frontispiece, plates, captioned tissue-guards, illustrations, original decorative cloth, sunned spine, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1902; The Thames,half-title, frontispiece, plates, captioned tissue-guards, illustrations, original decorative cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1906; and 2 others from the same series,4to & 8vo (4)

Estimation

€170 - 240

World.- Nieuhof (John) An Embassy from the East-In

307 - World.- Nieuhof (John) An Embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperor of China, letterpress title in red and black, one double-page engraved map, 17 engraved plates only (of 20), illustrations, engraved initials, head- and tail-pieces, lacking additional title, occasional pencil and ink annotations, one plate with small loss to corner (not affecting image), one plate with short marginal tear and old repair verso, occasional spotting and soiling, 5

Estimation

€470 - 720

Britain.- Harral (Thomas) & Samuel Ireland. Pictur

308 - Britain.- Harral (Thomas) & Samuel Ireland. Picturesque Views of the Severn, 2 vol.,half-titles, frontispieces and plates, odd faint spot, discreet blind-stamp to title head, modern endpapers, later antique-style half-calf, sunned spines, slight bumping to corners, 1824 § Simpson (R.) Some Notices of the Life of Henry, Lord Percy ..., presentation copy from the author, inscribed "T. B. Norcliffe. 1881. The Gift of the Author", extra illustrated with 5 photographic prints, occasional ink annotat

Estimation

€470 - 720

Cornwall.- Carew (Richard) The Survey of Cornwall,

309 - Cornwall.- Carew (Richard) The Survey of Cornwall, first edition, title with woodcut printers device, lacking initial blank as usual, wood engraved initials and headpieces, title with heavy toning and signs of restoration, occasional toning throughout, later endpapers, twentieth century antique-style calf, fractional rubbing to corners and spine extremities, [ESTC T139040], small 4to, by S.S. for John Jaggard, 1602.

Estimation

€590 - 840

Kent, Medway Megalith.- [Allport (Douglas)] Round

310 - Kent, Medway Megalith.- [Allport (Douglas)] Round about Kits Coty House: an essay in popular topgraphy, first edition, tinted lithographed frontispiece and additional vignette title, explanation to frontispiece and additional vignette title slip tipped-in, offsetting from additional title to printed title, some spotting or staining, mostly lightly browned throughout, original pictorial cloth, gilt, lightly stained, rubbed (mostly at head of spine), a solid copy, small 8vo, London & Maidstone, Be

Estimation

€170 - 240

London.- Stow (John) & John Stype. A Survey of the

311 - London.- Stow (John) & John Stype. A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster, 2 vol., six volumes bound as 2 books, titles in red and black, 70 engraved plates and maps (some double-page or folding), woodcuts, ex-library with usual bookplates, blind-stamps to verso of some plates, moderate toning and foxing, especially to page edges, tear to central crease of map of London and Westminster, previous owners inscription to top of vol 1. title, gutters reinforced with binding tape, contempora

Estimation

€950 - 1,500

Northumberland.- Hexhamshire and Allendale Divisio

312 - Northumberland.- Hexhamshire and Allendale Division General Award, 10 uncut sheets, errata slip tipped-in at foot of first sheet, 2 sheets with holes with loss of text, 1 sheet with repaired tears with some loss of text, some staining, lightly browned, creased, no place or printer, c.620 x 720 mm., [c.1799]. sold not subject to return.

Estimation

€110 - 180

Orkney.- Skraemur The Loves and Death of Lady Sara

313 - Orkney.- Skraemur The Loves and Death of Lady Sarah: A Lay of the Orkney Isles, first edition, occasional spot, crease to title, bookplate to front pastedown, later half-calf titled in gilt, Kirkwall, David Spence and Robert Anderson, 1872 § Autobiographical sketch of the Rev. David Ramsay, Minster in Orkney 1807-1853, manuscript notebook detailing the life of a Minister of Orkney, soiling, restoration and repairs to a few pages, later calf, gilt titling, n.d., 8vo (2)

Estimation

€230 - 360

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