Southern Africa
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First edition. 8vo., xvi, 214pp., folding hand-coloured frontispiece, contemporary half sheep, marbled boards, an excellent copy.
£1,500 -
First edition. Folio (36.2 x 26.9 cm). Letterpress title printed in red and black, 4-page Preface. 104 woodburytypes on 29 mounts (some spotting to mounts). Original black diced russia, brass clasps and catches, edges gilt, gilt-stamped on turn in by London agents Stafford & Guy, rebacked, an attractive example.
£2,500 -
First edition. 8vo., ix, 687pp., folding wood-engraved frontispiece, engraved portrait, 2 folding maps (1 in pocket at end), 22 full-page wood-engraved plates, folding plan, illustrations in the text, light foxing to plates, contemporary calf gilt, covers ruled in gilt, spine richly gilt in compartments, red morocco lettering piece, rebacked preserving spine, an attractive example.
£675 -
2 volumes, one of 500 copies, 8vo, vi, 77; v, 502pp., 4 folding maps in pockets, original printed boards, rebacked, ex-libris Royal Artillery Institution, Woolwich with bookplate and stamps, covers worn.
£750 -
First edition. 4to, folding map, 16 etched and aquatint plates, of which 12 hand-coloured, 2 pages ads at end, occasional trivial spotting and offsetting, original drab boards rebacked preserving original lettering piece, an excellent copy.
£3,500 -
First edition. 8vo, iv, 412pp., errata slip, hand-coloured lithographed frontispiece, 25 lithographed plates (1 hand-coloured), 2 folding maps, original cloth gilt, small chip to head of spine, light wear, an excellent copy.
£500 -
First edition, 12mo, viii, 298, [6](ads)pp., engraved title vignette and colour Baxter frontispiece, both slightly foxed, original black blindstamped cloth gilt, an excellent copy.
£375