United States rare books
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7 volumes bound in 6, 4to, additional engraved pictorial title, 40 Tallis maps, 7 portrait frontispieces, 24 engraved portraits, 7 engraved views, contemporary polished calf gilt extra, a choice set, clean and fresh.
£3,750 -
First edition. 8vo (21.5 x15 cm), 188 pp., half-title, frontispiece, photographic plates, folding map at end, slightly frayed with small tear at edge; publisher's green pictorial cloth, gilt lettering to front and spine; overall a very good copy.
£500 -
First edition. 8vo (22.5 x 16 cm), 379pp, some pages uncut, coloured frontispiece, numerous photographic plates, folding map, map endpapers, adverts at rear; publisher's brown pictorial cloth gilt; an excellent copy.
£650 -
First edition. 8vo, (20 x 15 cm), inscribed by author on endpapers, frontispiece detached, black and white illustrations throughout; publisher's purple printed cloth; overall a good copy.
£200 -
First edition. 8vo, 0 x 14 cm), signed by author on endpapers, light marks to boards, spine faded, toning throughout, pictorial endpapers; publisher's blue cloth; a good copy
£150 -
First edition. 2 volumes, 4to, xvii, [vii], 488; [iv], 535, [xxiii], viii, 143 [i] pp., 4 folding maps by Thomas Kitchin, 1 folding plate, small repairs to upper margin pp 133-135 vol I, not touching text, maps and plates foxed, occasional light foxing to text, contemporary polished calf gilt, red and green morocco labels, joints cracked but firm, a very good set.
£2,500 -
8vo, ix, 309 pp., engraved folding map by Samuel Neele (very light waterstain), contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, vellum tips, red morocco lettering piece, light wear, an excellent copy.
£2,750 -
Second edition. 4to, xxiii, [iii], 344, [xiv] index, [2] ads pp., folding plate and 4 folding maps, slight spotting, contemporary tree calf, expertly rebacked, original spine richly gilt, with red morocco label, laid down, a fine example.
£2,250 -
2 volumes in 1, 8vo, xii, 432; viii, 436pp., 2 engraved frontispieces, large folding map (small neat repair to verso), original blue blind-stamped cloth gilt, pictorial vignette to upper cover, all edges gilt, lightly rubbed, a very good copy.
£850 -
5 volumes, 4to (26 x 19.5 cm), comprising the text in 4 volumes, pp. xvi, 741, [1](errata); [iv], viii, 485, [1](errata); xv, [i](blank), 629, [1](errata); [iv], viii, 770, [1](errata), [1](blank), with a portrait and four plates, half-titles present, small flaw in a few lower margins of vol. IV; and an atlas, pp. [iv], 28, with 50 maps and 23 tables, half-title inlaid by binder; contemporary calf, spines gilt, some light wear, slight cracks in joints, but an excellent set.
£6,000