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Auction No 404, Category: Travel

4 Lots (displaying 1 - 4)

Kenneth Rowntree (illustrator) and Gwyn Jones "A Prospect of Wales", Penguin Books, 1948, 1st Edn., pictorial boards, signed by Kenneth Rowntree

Lot: 14

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Oct 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £46
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Kenneth Rowntree (illustrator) and Gwyn Jones A Prospect of Wales, Penguin Books, 1948, 1st Edn., pictorial boards, signed by Kenneth Rowntree on front endpaper; 20 coloured plates. Slight wear to top & tail of the spine o/w fine.

C.M. Doughty "Travels in Arabia Deserta", Folio Society, 2013, re-issue of the 1936 edition with introduction by T.E.Lawrence;

Lot: 65

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Oct 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £350 - £400
SOLD £430
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C.M. Doughty Travels in Arabia Deserta, Folio Society, 2013, re-issue of the 1936 edition with introduction by T.E.Lawrence; number 701 of 780 issued, complete in 2 volumes bound in half-leather by Lachenmaier with marbled sides designed by Jemma Lewis; t.e.g., together with fine folding map bound in buckram, and all contained in the issued box with gilt leather title label on verso. No internal markings. VF. Scarce

Capt. F. Brinkley (editor) "Japan Described and Illustrated by the Japanese", Folio Society, 2012, 2 volume set, large format,

Lot: 66

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Oct 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £350 - £400
SOLD £460
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Capt. F. Brinkley (editor) Japan Described and Illustrated by the Japanese, Folio Society, 2012, 2 volume set, large format, bound in decorated cloth by Beltz Fine Books of Germany with a design by Neil Gower, gilt edged; number 66 of 980 issued; reproduced from originals in the John Rylands Library; in the publisher's slipcases.  VF

Edward Mogg "Paterson's Roads; Being an Entirely Original and Accurate Description of all the Direct and Principal Cross Roads in England and Wales

Lot: 67

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Oct 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
UNSOLD
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Edward Mogg Paterson's Roads; Being an Entirely Original and Accurate Description of all the Direct and Principal Cross Roads in England and Wales with Part of the Roads of Scotland. Worn contemp. half-leather; clean internally but lacking first few leaves including title page & general map of Great Britain; seven (of eight) maps present with some spotting; burn hole to p.463/4 with loss of few words of text.