Lot 1: [ BOOKS ] Anson (George). A Voyage Round the World, in the Years 1740-44, Atlas only, [1748 or later], forty-two uncol. folding eng. plts. and charts, but lacks double-page chart showing 'the Track of the Centurion round the World', some minor
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Description: [ BOOKS ] Anson (George). A Voyage Round the World, in the Years 1740-44, Atlas only, [1748 or later], forty-two uncol. folding eng. plts. and charts, but lacks double-page chart showing 'the Track of the Centurion round the World', some minor scattered spotting and browning to centre folds, untrimmed, orig. half morocco, worn, 4t0, together with Barthelemy (Jean Jacques), Voyage du Jeune Anacharsis en Grece, Atlas only, Paris, 1830, forty-three eng. plts., maps and charts, a few maps hand-col. in outline, some spotting, orig. wrappers with paper label to upper cover, dust soiled and worn on spine, oblong 4to, plus Duncan (Archibald), The Life of the Right Honourable Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson, Vice-Admiral of the White... Including ample and authentic Accounts of the brilliant Victories obtained by his Skill and Intrepidity over the Combined forces of the Enemies of England, in various parts of the World... , 1st ed., 1806, port. frontis., twelve eng. plts., mostly folding and linen-backed, some marginal dust soiling, later half calf gilt, rubbed, 12mo in 6's, and one other (4)
View additional info »Lot 2: [ BOOKS ] Atkinson (George Francklin). The Campaign in India, 1857-58 From Drawings made during the Eventful Period of the Great Mutiny, by George Francklin Atkinson, Captain, Bengal Engineers, Illustrating the Military Operations before Delhi and
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Description: [ BOOKS ] Atkinson (George Francklin). The Campaign in India, 1857-58 From Drawings made during the Eventful Period of the Great Mutiny, by George Francklin Atkinson, Captain, Bengal Engineers, Illustrating the Military Operations before Delhi and its Neighbourhood, pub. Day & Son, 1859, twenty-six tinted litho. plts. on twenty sheets, including title (correct as list), some minor scattered spotting and marginal dampstains, lower margin of several plts. repaired, slightly affecting printed captions, contents loose in contemp. quarter morocco gilt, soiled and some wear, tall folio See illustration inside front cover of this catalogue. (1)
View additional info »Lot 3: [ BOOKS ] Atkinson (James). Sketches in Afghaunistan, 1842, tinted litho. title and twenty-two of 25 tinted litho. plts. (lacks nos. 8, 9 & 25), lower margin of many plts. badly dampstained and paper rotted, occasionally affecting printed captions,
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Description: [ BOOKS ] Atkinson (James). Sketches in Afghaunistan, 1842, tinted litho. title and twenty-two of 25 tinted litho. plts. (lacks nos. 8, 9 & 25), lower margin of many plts. badly dampstained and paper rotted, occasionally affecting printed captions, contents loose in orig. quarter morocco gilt, soiled and worn, folio Sold with all faults, not subject to return. (1)
View additional info »Lot 4: [ BOOKS ] Balsamo (Paolo). A View of the Present State of Sicily: its Rural Location Economy, Population, and Produce, particularly in the County of Modica, with an Appendix, containing Observations on its General Character, Climate, Commerce,
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Description: [ BOOKS ] Balsamo (Paolo). A View of the Present State of Sicily: its Rural Location Economy, Population, and Produce, particularly in the County of Modica, with an Appendix, containing Observations on its General Character, Climate, Commerce, Resources, &c... to which are added, with Notes Throughout the Work, an Examination of the Sicilian Volunteer System, and Extracts from Letters Written in Sicily in 1809 and 1810, by Thomas Wright Vaughan, 1st ed., 1811 folding map frontis , and folding table, errata leaf and errata slip, frontis. and title a little browned, two leaves detached (frayed and browned at edges), R1 frayed with loss to lower blank margin, untrimmed, orig. boards, worn and stained, lacking spine, 4to (1)
View additional info »Lot 5: [ BOOKS ] Beattie (William). The Danube, its History, Scenery and Topography, pub. Virtue, 1844, addn. eng. vign. title, seventy-eight steel eng. plts. by W.H. Bartlett, single-page map, wood eng. illusts to text, contemp. half calf, upper board
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Description: [ BOOKS ] Beattie (William). The Danube, its History, Scenery and Topography, pub. Virtue, 1844, addn. eng. vign. title, seventy-eight steel eng. plts. by W.H. Bartlett, single-page map, wood eng. illusts to text, contemp. half calf, upper board detached and some spine defective, rubbed & scuffed, 4to (1)
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