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Auction No 422, Category: Travel

7 Lots (displaying 1 - 7)

Richard Harding-Davis "The Congo and Coasts of Africa", T. Fisher Unwin, 1908, wear to foot of spine, prize bookplate, VG;

Lot: 3

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Dec 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £40
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Richard Harding-Davis The Congo and Coasts of Africa, T. Fisher Unwin, 1908, wear to foot of spine, prize bookplate, VG; [E.J. Hardy] How to be Happy though Married, T. Fisher Unwin, 1896, pictorial cloth, VG, gift inscription on verso of front endpaper; and Alfred Austin Lamia's Winter Quarters, A. & C. Black, 1907, No.220 of 250, in fair condition. All very clean internally, two with plates. (3) 

Nathaniel Hawthorne "Transformation: or, The Romance of Monte Beni, (The Marble Faun)", Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1860, 2 vols (bound as one),

Lot: 63

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Dec 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £54
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Nathaniel Hawthorne Transformation: or, The Romance of Monte Beni, (The Marble Faun), Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1860, 2 vols (bound as one), sm.8vo, full vellum, gilt, elaborate silver clasp, illustrated with 54 albumen photographs laid down; some foxing to page margins surrounding the photographs, the photos and text unaffected. Attractive item.

Thomas Rose "Westmorland, Cumberland, Durham & Northumberland", Fisher, Son & Co., 1833, Vols.1 & 2 (of 3).

Lot: 94

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Dec 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
UNSOLD
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Thomas Rose Westmorland, Cumberland, Durham & Northumberland, Fisher, Son & Co., 1833, Vols.1 & 2 (of 3). Vo1.1 damaged, lacking front board, Vol.2 in worn half-leather; the many engraved plates complete. Some foxing, mostly confined to the tissue-guards. (2)

James Breasted "Egypt Through the Stereoscope", Underwood & Underwood, c.1900, boxed set of 100 photographic stereographs,

Lot: 95

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Dec 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £120 - £170
SOLD £110
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James Breasted Egypt Through the Stereoscope, Underwood & Underwood, c.1900, boxed set of 100 photographic stereographs, together with the related book complete with folding maps in attached pocket. Storage box split; front inner hinge of the book cracked

Christoper Kelly "A New and Complete System of Universal Geography", Thomas Kelly, 1821, Vol.1, with 12 good maps,

Lot: 96

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Dec 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
UNSOLD
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Christoper Kelly A New and Complete System of Universal Geography, Thomas Kelly, 1821, Vol.1, with 12 good maps, the other engravings browned with offset to facing pages, worn calf, front board near detached; together with George Alexander Cooke Modern and Authentic System of Universal Geography, Vol.2, lacking covers and other faults, maps & plates in mixed condition.     

M. Gordon "Journal from Liverpool to Archangel, and thence to Petrosovodsky, St. Petersburg, Copenhagen and Hamburg and back, Summer 1827".

Lot: 98

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Dec 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £100 - £150
UNSOLD
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M. Gordon Journal from Liverpool to Archangel, and thence to Petrosovodsky, St. Petersburg, Copenhagen and Hamburg and back, Summer 1827. A typescript on 82 foolscap sheets, single sided, front cover detached. Well written, with much attention to detail, this journal does not appear to have been previously published. On arrival at Archangel the journey to Petrosovodsky and St. Petersburg was conducted overland on horseback or on foot.

Joseph Barlow Robinson "Derbyshire Gatherings: a Fund of Delight", J.R. Smith, 1866, complete with the b/w plates;

Lot: 99

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Dec 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £40
UNSOLD
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Joseph Barlow Robinson Derbyshire Gatherings: a Fund of Delight, J.R. Smith, 1866, complete with the b/w plates; quarto, bound in blind-tooled & gilt cloth by Bemrose of Derby, worn at corners; front inner hinge strengthened with archival tape; some minor foxing; engraved bookplate of Lord Belper to front pastedown.