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Auction No 367, Category: Topography

6 Lots (displaying 1 - 6)

UK Folding Maps and Plans 1929 to 1970s with many town and city street plans, mainly 1950s & 1960s;

Lot: 28

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Apr 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £88
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UK Folding Maps and Plans 1929 to 1970s with many town and city street plans, mainly 1950s & 1960s; many are by 'Geographia'. Fair to VF, mainly VG/Fine. (58)

Simkin, Siebert et al "Volcanoes of the World", Hutchinson Ross, 1981, pictorial boards, VG;

Lot: 30

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Apr 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £10
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Simkin, Siebert et al Volcanoes of the World, Hutchinson Ross, 1981, pictorial boards, VG; and Active Volcanoes of Kamchatka, Moscow Publishing, 1991, 2 volume set in VG/F djkts. (3)

H. Tazieff & J.C. Sabroux "Forecasting Volcanic Events", Elsevier, 1983, 635pp; Sigurdsson "Melting the Earth",

Lot: 31

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Apr 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £26
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H. Tazieff & J.C. Sabroux Forecasting Volcanic Events, Elsevier, 1983, 635pp; Sigurdsson Melting the Earth, O.U.P., 1999, in fine d/jkt; Taverne Vulkaanstudien op Java, [1927]; and five others on volcanoes (one in damaged d/jt). Mainly VG/VF (7)

James Lamont "Yachting in the Arctic Seas", Chatto & Windus, 1876, the maps skilfully rebacked;

Lot: 32

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Apr 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £42
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James Lamont Yachting in the Arctic Seas, Chatto & Windus, 1876, the maps skilfully rebacked; Robert Peary The North Pole, Hodder & Stoughton, 1910; Frederick Cook My Attainment of the Pole, Polar Publishing, 1911; all repaired bindings, the Peary in fine modern half-leather; plus 4 others, two unrelated. Fair to fine. (7)

Herbert Ponting "The Great White South", Duckworth, 1922, original cloth somewhat faded, fine internally

Lot: 33

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Apr 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £46
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Herbert Ponting The Great White South, Duckworth, 1922, original cloth somewhat faded, fine internally with all photo-plates, spotting to edge of text block; Elisha Kane The U.S. Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin, Sampson Low, 1854, rebound in modern cloth; and two other Polar titles. Good to fine. (4)

E.R. Hill "Rambles & Scrambles in the Tyrol", T. Woolmer, 1885, original pictorial cloth, new endpapers,

Lot: 34

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Apr 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £44
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E.R. Hill Rambles & Scrambles in the Tyrol, T. Woolmer, 1885, original pictorial cloth, new endpapers, VG; Francesca Wilson In the Margins of Chaos, 1944, 1st Edn; Freya Stark Letters from Syria, 1942, 1st Edn; M.A. St. Clair Stobart Miracles and Adventures, 1936; and another. Good to VG (5)