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Auction No 369, Category: Travel

9 Lots (displaying 1 - 9)

Leitch Ritchie "A Journey to St. Petersburg and Moscow through Courland and Livonia"

Lot: 196

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £50
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Leitch Ritchie A Journey to St. Petersburg and Moscow through Courland and Livonia, London, 1836, full red blind-tooled morocco, gilt, by E.Westley, a.e.g., near fine; 25 tissue-guarded plates by Alfred Vickers; engraved title page headed Heath’s Picturesque Annual for 1836. St.Petersburg and Moscow. Slight spotting to frontispiece & title o/w fine internally. 255pp

Theodore Roosevelt "African Game Trails", 1910, and "Through the Brazilian Wilderness", 1914

Lot: 199

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £18
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Theodore Roosevelt African Game Trails, 1910, and Through the Brazilian Wilderness, 1914, both John Murray First Editions, latter showing some subtle repair to the cloth binding; uncut two sides; plates and maps complete. VG (2)   

P.H.G. Powell-Cotton "A Sporting Trip Through Abyssinia", Rowland Ward, 1902, First Edition, tall octavo,

Lot: 200

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £32
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P.H.G. Powell-Cotton A Sporting Trip Through Abyssinia, Rowland Ward, 1902, First Edition, tall octavo, later gilt cloth by Jarvis of Thanet, VG; some damp-staining to b/w frontispiece o/w fine internally including coloured folding map; 531pp including plates; publisher’s catalogue at rear. 

James Greenwood "Curiosities of Savage Life", Beeton, 1863-64, two volumes, contemp. half-leather, gilt

Lot: 201

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £24
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James Greenwood Curiosities of Savage Life, Beeton, 1863-64, two volumes, contemp. half-leather, gilt, recased & repaired with new endpapers; colour plates complete; William Baikie Narrative of an Exploring Voyage up the Rivers Kwora and Binue….in 1854, Frank Cass 1966 reprint; and another. VG/Fine (4)

James Breeks "Primitive Tribes & Monuments of the Nilagiris", Cultural Publishing House, 1983, in chipped d/jkt

Lot: 202

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
UNSOLD
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James Breeks Primitive Tribes & Monuments of the Nilagiris, Cultural Publishing House, 1983, in chipped d/jkt; Samuel Baker The Albert N’Yanza, Sidgwick & Jackson, 1962, 2 vols, in slipcase; The Zambesi Journal and Letters of Dr.John Kirk, edited Foskett, 1965, 2 vols; and three other travel titles.  All in dustjackets. (8)

V.C. Scott O'Connor "The Silken East: A Record of Life and Travel in Burma", Hutchinson, 1928, original gilt cloth

Lot: 203

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £24
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V.C. Scott O’Connor The Silken East: A Record of Life and Travel in Burma, Hutchinson, 1928, original gilt cloth, small repairs to top & tail of the spine, browning to endpapers, o/w fine; colour plates and fine folding-map. 384pp

Candler "The Unveiling of Lhasa", Edward Arnold, 1905, 1st Edn; Perceval Landon "Nepal", 1993 reprint, 2 vols

Lot: 204

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £40
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Candler The Unveiling of Lhasa, Edward Arnold, 1905, 1st Edn; Perceval Landon Nepal, 1993 reprint, 2 vols; Karl Eskelund The Forgotten Valley, 1959; A.M. Hassanein Bey The Lost Oases, 1925, 1st Edn; James Low The British Settlement in Penang, O.U.P., 1972 reprint; Hutchinson Narrative of the Niger, Tshadda, and Binue Exploration, 1966 reprint; and other foreign travel; eight in d/jkts. Good to VF (11)

Mrs. Ernest Hart "Picturesque Burma, Past and Present" J.M.Dent, 1897, quarto, recased

Lot: 205

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
UNSOLD
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Mrs. Ernest Hart Picturesque Burma, Past and Present J.M.Dent, 1897, quarto, recased incorporating the original decorated cloth, new endpapers; t.e.g., uncut elsewhere; occasional light spotting; fine photo-plates, maps and gravures.

                        

Paul Niedieck "With Rifle in Five Continents", Rowland Ward, 1909, First Edn, modern half-leather, gilt, fine;

Lot: 213

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £54
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Paul Niedieck With Rifle in Five Continents, Rowland Ward, 1909, First Edn, modern half-leather, gilt, fine; complete with all photo-plates and additional illustrations in the text; occasional tone marks in the margins; a corner tear to pp.207/8 requires repair.