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Auction No 406, Category: Travel

5 Lots (displaying 1 - 5)

Antiquarian selection in gilt leather bindings comprising H.M. Stanley "Through the Dark Continent", Newnes,1899, 2 vols, folding map;

Lot: 13

  • Auction Date: Wed 12th Jan 2022 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £40
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Antiquarian selection in gilt leather bindings comprising H.M. Stanley Through the Dark Continent, Newnes, 1899, 2 vols, folding map; Heweston History of Napoleon Bonaparte, Thomas Kelly, 1835, 3 vols, browning to plate margins; Nansen Farthest North, Newnes 1898, 2 vols, map torn; and Paul du Challiu The Land of the Midnight Sun, Newnes, 1899; bindings rubbed o/w good. Also Elegant Extracts or Useful and Entertaining Pieces of Poetry, 1801, and 2 similar, in poor to fair bindings. (11) 

Thomas Dugdale "England & Wales Delineated: Historical, Entertaining & Commercial", John Tallis [1860], Vol.2 (of 2),

Lot: 44

  • Auction Date: Wed 12th Jan 2022 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
UNSOLD
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Thomas Dugdale England & Wales Delineated: Historical, Entertaining & Commercial, John Tallis [1860], Vol.2 (of 2), half-leather, gilt, VG, complete with 106 engraved plates plus engraved frontispiece & title page. Some plates with spotting, mainly to margins, but generally clean internally; pp.815-1586.

Frederick W. Ryan "Malta, painted by Vittorio Boron", A. & C. Black, 1910, orig. decorated cloth, gilt, VG; twenty tissue-guarded plates

Lot: 45

  • Auction Date: Wed 12th Jan 2022 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £26
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Frederick W. Ryan Malta, painted by Vittorio Boron, A. & C. Black, 1910, orig. decorated cloth, gilt, VG; twenty tissue-guarded plates (one tissue-guard torn at inner margin); fine folding map and publisher's catalogue at rear; endpapers browned, front endpaper with 1913 ownership signature. Snapshot photo of a donkey cart loosely inserted.

"The Isle of Wight in a Series of Views printed in Oil Colours", Thomas Nelson & Sons [1875]; landscape octavo, gilt cloth, worn & marked,

Lot: 46

  • Auction Date: Wed 12th Jan 2022 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £15 - £20
SOLD £10
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The Isle of Wight in a Series of Views printed in Oil Colours, Thomas Nelson & Sons [1875]; landscape octavo, gilt cloth, worn & marked, with pictorial onlay; 27 fine coloured plates + preface.

"The Life and Explorations of David Livingstone", Adam & Co, [1880], quarto, half-leather with some wear, gilt title, 18 tinted lithographs;

Lot: 47

  • Auction Date: Wed 12th Jan 2022 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £18
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The Life and Explorations of David Livingstone, Adam & Co, [1880], quarto, half-leather with some wear, gilt title, 18 tinted lithographs; frontispiece loose, some browning mainly affecting text margins.