7351. Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876)

Persia (Iran) with the 19th century naming of the different regions in Iran and neighbouring countries: Azerbijan [Azerbaijan] / IrakaJemi / Khorassan / Kirman / Fars / Laristan / Khuzistan / with Vignettes and Images of Ispahan (Isfahan / Irak) / Kurds (a group of Kurdish Men) / a Persian on a horse / a Bactrian Camel /

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. London & New York, J & F. Tallis, 1851. Beautifully framed. Size of Frame with map: 35 cm x 45 cm. Size of the actual map: 27 cm x 37 cm. Very good condition.

7352. Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876)

Van Diemen’s Land or Tasmania with beautiful Vignettes and illustrations of Hobart Town, Residence of the Company’s Agent, Circular Head / Thylacinus Cynocephalus. The map shows the old districts of Tasmania: Dorset, Cornwall, Glamorgan, Pembroke, Cumberland, Buckingham, Kent, Devon, Westmorland etc.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. London & New York, J & F. Tallis, 1851. Beautifully Framed. Size of frame with map: 39.5 cm x 46.5 cm. Size of the actual map: 27 cm x 37 cm. Very good condition.

7353. Beaulieu, Mad. Mallès de / [Robinson Crusoe].

Le Robinson de douze ans – Histoire intéressante d’un jeune Mousse Français abondonné dans une ile déserte. Ornée de Gravures par Mme Mallès de Beaulieu, Auteur des Coules d’une Mère à sa Fille.

Paris, P.-C. Lehuby, no date (approx. 1818). Small – Octavo. Engraved frontispiece, Titlevignette, 288 pages with two further engravings (4 in total). Hardcover. Original, blue paper-covered boards, extensively decorated with gilt floral motifs and an inset illustration of the young Robinson and his dog on a beach. Very good condition. Interior remarkably clean. Fine example of a so-called Robinsonade, a fashionable adaptation of the original Robinson Crusoe story, in this case based on another “Robinsonade”, this is a somewhat modified and inspired version of Johann David Wyss’ famous publication “The Swiss Family Robinson”, which he published initially “to teach his sons about family values, good husbandry, the uses of the natural world and self-reliance” (Wikipedia). In her publication “History and the Construction of the Child in Early British Children’s Literature”, Jackie C. Home writes that “The Bibliothèque Nationale de France online catalogue lists 35 French language editions of Mallès de Beaulieu’s novel, published between 1818 and 1923, suggesting that the novel was one of the most popular titles fro children in nineteenth-century France.”

7354. Higginson, Thomas Wentworth.

Young Folks’ History of the United States. [With several illustrations (some handcoloured)].

Illustrated. Boston, Lee and Shepard, 1888. Small Octavo. VI, 398, 33 pages. Beautifully illustrated throughout the book. Hardcover / Modern half leather masterbinding with gilt lettering to spine and marbled paper-covered boards. Excellent condition.

7355. Uris, Leon.

Exodus. Illustrated by Harlan M. Karkovitz.

Signed Limited Edition. Pennsylvania, The Franklin Library, 1977. 16 cm x 25,5 cm. 720 Pages. Original Hardcover. Full leather with gilt lettering and ornament. Gilt edges. Beautifully singed by Leon Uris. Small smudge to the fore-edge of the book. Otherwise in excellent condition. Enclosed is a little pamphlet: “Note from the Editors”.

7356. Turkey and Balkans – Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876).

Turkey and Europe – With inset of Island of Cadia and Vignettes of Ali Pasha, Greek Caloyer and the Bosphorus and Constantinople.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. Illustrations by H. Warren and engraved by J. Rogers. London and New York, J & F. Tallis, 1851. Plate Size: 32.5 cm x 26 cm. Sheet Size : 37.4 cm x 27.3 cm. Vintage 19th century map in very good condition.

7357. O’Duffy, Eimar.

[The Cuanduine Trilogy] Volume I: “King Goshawk and The Birds” (First Edition. London, Macmillan, 1926) / Volume II: “The Spacious Adventures of the Man in the Street” (First Edition. London, Macmillan, 1928) / Volume III: “Asses in Clover” (First Edition. London, Putnam, 1933).

First Edition. Three Volumes (Complete Trilogy). London and New York, Putnam ad Macmillan, 1926-1933. Octavo. Pagination: Volume I: 319 pages / Volume II: 407 pages / Volume III: 331 pages. Hardcover / All three Volumes in original publisher’s illustrated cloth (no dustjackets). Very good condition with some minor signs of external wear. Minor signs of foxing only. Stronger signs of staining to cover of Volume I and minor sign of staining to cover of Volume II only. All three bindings firm and sturdy. Very rare first edition set of the complete Trilogy.

7358. McCullough, Niall / Mulvin, Valeri.

A Lost Tradition – The Nature of Architecture in Ireland.

Gandon Editions, 1989. Octavo. 122 pages. Illustrated. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket. Binding slightly stained but dustjacket in excellent condition. Interior in very good condition. This is now an Extremely Rare Book !!

7359. Solano, Jesus.

Textos Eucharisticos Primitivos – Edicion bilingue de los contenidos en la Sagrada Escritura y los Santos Padres, con introducciones y notas por Jesus Solano.

Bilingual Edition in Latin / Spanish. Two Volumes [complete set]. Matriti, Biblioteca de Autores Cristianos, 1952-1954. Octavo. Pagination: Volume I: XXXIX, 754 pages (with illustrations of “La Sinagoga de Cafarnaun”, “Panes conservados entre las cenizas de un horno en Pompeya” etc. etc.) / Volume II: XIX, 1009 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Dustjackets slightly frayed and with some tears. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Name of preowner on endpapers.

7360. Sawyer, A.R. / [G.F.Gresley / W.S.Gresley].

Coal-Mining in South Africa.

Newcastle, G.T. Bagguley, no year (c.1890). 15.5 cm x 24.5 cm. 44 pages. Excellent, larger fold-out-map (coloured) at rear of the publication, showing the South African coalfields. Several fold-out tables and diagrams at rear related to the coalfields. Softcover / Publisher’s original, printed wrappers. Poor condition of this very scarce pamphlet with strong signs of external wear and chipping to boards. Occasional annotations within the publication. Interior bright and clean. Private gift-inscription in ink on the frontcover: “To W.S.Gresley from his brother G.F.G. [G.F.Gresley]– Capetwon – May – 1890”. [G.F.Gresley was author of e.g.: “The Early History of Robben Island”].

7361. World – Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876).

The World on Mercator’s Projection – With Vignettes of London, Gibraltar, Constantinople, The Pyramids of Ghizeh, Niagara, Pont Neuf Paris and Vesuvius.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. Illustrations by H. Warren and Engraved by J.B. Allen. London & New York, John Tallis & Company, 1851. Plate Size: 34.7 cm x 26.5 cm. Sheet Size: 37.3 cm x 27.2 cm. In fair condition with tears evident. Slight browning and paper imperfections to outer margins.

7362. [Stafford, Thomas] Carew, Sir George / O’Grady, Standish.

Pacata Hibernia. Or A History of the Wars in Ireland during the Reign of Queen Elizabeth. Especially within the Province of Munster under the Government of Sir George Carew and compiled by his Direction and Appointment. Edited and with an Introduction and Notes by Standish O’Grady. With Portraits, Maps and Plans. [This late 19th century version of the Pacata Hibernia is the so-called Fourth Edition, with a new impression of the titlepage of the first edition from 1633 and excellent reproductions of the original plates].

Limited Edition: No.252 of only five hundred copies printed. Two Volumes (complete set). London, Downey & Co. Limited, 1896. Octavo. Volume I: Frontispiece – Portrait of Sir George Carew, XXII, 302 pages with 14 illustrations (maps etc.) / Volume II – Volume II: Frontispiece – Portrait of Donnell O’Sulevan Beare [O’Sullivan Bere], XI, 357 pages with 8 illustrations (maps etc.). Original red cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Both Volumes in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Both bindings firm and all illustrations in excellent condition.

7363. [Lewis, C.I. (Clarence Irving)] / [Aiken, Henry David] / Lucius Garvin / Virgin G.Hinshaw.

The Journal of Philosophy, Volume XLVI, No.7: March 31, 1949: Contents: Lucius Garvin – Relativism in Professor Lewis’s [C.I.Lewis] Theory of Esthetic Value / Virgil G.Hinshaw – Basic, Propositions in Lewis’s [C.I.Lewis] Analysis of Knowledge / Book Reviews: Henry Aiken – D.W.Gottschalk, Art and the Social Order and others [Inscribed and signed by Henry David Aiken: “For Lillas – In partial a poor repayment for happiness received – HDA”].

First Edition. [New York], [Columbia University] / The Journal Of University, 1949. Octavo. 59 pages (pages 169-228 of Volume XLVI, No.7: March 31,1949 of The Journal of Philosophy). Original, stapled Softcover Pamphlet. Very good+ condition. Signed and inscribed by Henry David Aiken, including a Book Review by Aiken but mainly including two early contributions on C.I.Lewis’ Philosophy.

7364. Bonucci, Anicio / Galibert, Leone.

Storia d’ Algeri [History of Algeria]. Dal Primo Stabilimento De’ Cartaginesi Fino Alle Ultime Guerre Combattutevi Ai Giorni Nostri Dalle Armi di Francia. Con una Introduzione su i Diversi Sistemi di Colonizzazione che Precessero il Conquisto Francese: Di Leone Galibert – Antico Direttore della Rivista Britannica. Volgarizzamento del Sig. Dottore Anicio Bonucci.

Two Volumes (complete set). Firenze, Presso Giuseppe Celli, 1843. 18 cm x 26 cm. Collation: Volume I: 628 pages with 33 hand-coloured plates depicting battle scenes and landscapes / Volume II: 649, (2) pages with 40 (of 44) handcoloured plates and pages 233-240 missing. Hardcover / Volume I in a modern half-buckram with private spine-label / Volume II in its original half-leather binding. Good condition with signs of external wear. One Volume with crack to gutter between front pastedown and gutter. Loose leaf near front. Binding still firm and strong but tender near very front. Interior bright and unmarked with occasional foxing.

7365. Goodman, Nelson / [Provenance: Henry David Aiken Collection].

Collection of First editions of Papers and Essays on and by american philosopher Nelson Goodman. The Collection includes: 1. Nelson Goodman – “On Relations that Generate” (Numbers 5-6 of Volume IX of Philosophical Studies, 1958) / 2. Nelson Goodman – “Discussion on Infirmities of Confirmation Theory” [Carnap] (Offprint from “Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, 1947) / 3. Hugues Leblanc – A Revised Version of Goodman’s Confirmation Paradox (Number 4 of Volume XIV of Philosophical Studies, 1963) /

Minnesota a.o., Philosophical Studies / Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, 1947 – 1963. Octavo. Original Offprints / Stapled Wrappers. Very good condition with some minor signs of wear only. From the library of Professor Henry David Aiken. [Philosophical Studies – Edited by Wilfried Sellars and Herbert Feigl].

7366. Webster, Charles A.

The Diocese of Ross – Its Bishops, Clergy and Parishes. With Illustrations and Map of the Diocese [Together with an earlier publication [Pamphlet] on the topic by Charles Webster: “The Diocese of Ross and its Ancient Churches”].

Cork / Dublin, Guy & Co. Ltd./Hodges & Figgis, 1932 – 1936. Octavo. Pagination of the book: XXXIV, 127 pages / Pagination of the Pamphlet: 40 pages plus photographic illustrations. Original Hardcover / Original Softcover. The book is inscribed by the author ! With some strong staining to the covers only. Otherwise in very good condition. Very Rare ! / The pamphlet “The Diocese of Ross and its Ancient Churches” was published within the “Proceedings of the Royal Irish Acadaemy” and is in excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only.

7367. Webster, Daniel.

Speech of Hon. Daniel Webster, to the Young Men of Albany. Wednesday, May 28, 1851. / And : Mr. Webster’s Speeches at Buffalo, Syracuse and Albany, May 1851.

Two (2) Original Pamphlets. (n.p.), Gideon & Co., (1851). 8°. 29, 56 pages. Softcover. Original brochures in very good condition. Only a little dusty.

7368. Chearnley, Samuel / (Edited by William Laffan).

Miscelanea Structura Curiosa.

Tralee, Churchill House Press, 2005. Quarto. 180 pages, with illustrations throughout. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket. Dustjacket slightly stained, otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

7369. Cramer, Andreas Wilhelm.

Haus-Chronik meinen Anverwandten und Freunden zum Andenken gewidmet.

Erste Ausgabe. Hamburg, bei Perthes und Besser, 1822. Octavo. 279 Seiten. Oreiginale Broschur. Bindung staerker berieben und beschaedigt. Mit zahlreichen Annotationen. Namen eines Vorbesitzers im Inneneckel [Ludwig Kruse, November 1902] und Hinweise auf Textstellen in der Goethe und die Kantische Philosophie erwaehnt wird.

7370. Afghanistan – Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876)

Cabool (Kabul / Afghanistan), The Punjab (Pakistan) and Beloochistan (Balochistan) with Vignettes and Illustrations of Boats on the Indus / Sultan Mahmoud’s Minars and Fortress (Ghuznee / Ghazni in Afghanistan) / Beautiful scenery of Lahore.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. London & New York, J & F. Tallis, 1851. Plate Size: 33.7 cm x 26 cm. Sheet Size: 37.5 cm x 27.2 cm. Vintage 19th century map in very good condition.

7371. A’Beckett, Gilbert Abbott.

The Comic History of England. With Twenty Coloured Etchings, and Hundred Woodcuts by John Leech.

Two Volumes in One Volume (complete set). London, Bradbury, Evans and Co., c.1850 14.5 cm x 22.3 cm. Volume I: XVIII, 320 pages with 10 hand-coloured steelengravings and wood-engravings throughout the text. / Volume II: 304 pages with 10 hand-coloured steelengravings and wood-engravings throughout the text. Original Hardcover with gilt decoration on spine and cover. Recently professionally repaired and restored binding with new endpapers and the saved original bookplate / exlibris of J. Henry H.V. Lane of Kings Bromley in Staffordshire to the pastedown. Gilted edge. Rubbed and sign of wear on cover and spine. Overall very good condition with firm binding and clean interior. Bookplate / Exlibris to pastedown. Inscribed on Augst 10,1879 by previous owner and embossed stamp marks by bookshop W.H.Smyth in London on endpaper.

7372. Africa – Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876)

Africa – The African Continent with Vignettes and illustrations of an Arab family of Algeria, Bosjesman Hottentots Wild Bushmen, St.Helena, Korranna Hottentotts, Bedouin Arabs Encampment.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. London & New York, J & F. Tallis, 1851. Plate Size: 32.4 cm x 25 cm. Sheet Size: 37.4 cm x 27.4 cm. Vintage 19th century map in very good condition.

7373. Shuckford, Samuel.

The Sacred and Profane History of the World connected, Frome the Creation of the World to the Dissolution of the Assyrian Empire at the Death of Sardanapalus, and to the Declension of the Kingdoms of Judah and Israel, under the Reigns of Ahaz and Pekah. [Together with: “The Creation and Fall of Man” – “A Supplemental Discourse to the Preface of the First Volume of the Sacred and Prophane History of the World connected”].

The Third Edition. 3 Volumes (of 4). London, Printed for J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper in the Strand, 1753. Octavo. LXIV,366, [10], LV, 461, [10], CXXXII, 295, [16] pages. Each Volume with its own Index. Includes two folded maps in Volume One: First Map: “A Plan of the present Chanels [sic] of the Rivers Hiddekel or Tigris and Euphrates exhibiting the Site of Moses Garden and River of Eden” / Second Map: “The Situation of the Land & Garden of Eden together with the Rivers of Paradise as they are imagined to have been Situate by some Writers who thought that the Garden of Eden was planted in that which was afterwards called the Holy Land”. Original Hardcover / 18th century full leather with new spinelabels. All three Volumes are now in protective Mylar. with dustjacket. All Volumes with some damage to spine but all still firm and holding. Overall some faint staining and foxing only at very few locations because of the excellent paper-quality of this publication. From the library of Daniel Conner (Connerville / Manch House), with his Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown.

7374. Africa / North Africa – Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876)

Egypt and Arabia Petrea – with Vignettes and illustrations of the Mosque of Sultan Hassan / Grand Cairo / Alexandria / Ruins of the Great Temple, Karnac / Great Sphinx, Ghizeh / Gulf of Akaba / Gulf of Suez / Red Sea with Boats / .

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. London & New York, J & F. Tallis, 1851. Plate Size: 24.5 cm x 34.4 cm. Sheet Size: 27.3 cm x 37.4 cm. Vintage 19th century map in very good condition.

7375. [Hobbes, Thomas] Member of the Athenian Society [attributed to John Dunton].

The Athenian Oracle [Including: “An Elegy on the Death of the Honourable Robert Doyle” / “What think you of the Milky Way in Heaven ?” / “Who was the first Founder of Atheism ?” / “Whether Hobbs [sic] [Thomas Hobbes] or Lestrange [Roger Lestrange] is the better Christian ?” / “A Voluntary on the Nativity of our Blessed Lord: Christmas-Day 1692”]. Being an entire collection of all the valuable questions and answers in the old Athenian Mercuries : Intermix’d with many Cases in Divinity, History, Philosophy, Mathematicks [sic] [Mathematics], Love, Poetry, never before published : to which is added, an alphabetical table for the speedy finding of any questions.

The Third Edition Corrected. Volume I (of three Volumes). London, Printed for Andrew Bell, at the Cross Keys and Bible in Cornhill, near Stocks-market, 1706. 12.7 cm x 20 cm. 568 pages, inlcuding two leaves of advertising for “Books printed for Andrew Bell”. Hardcover / Original 18th century full leather with ornament to boards and recently rebacked spine. Very good condition with minor signs of external wear. Moderate foxing to front and rear pastedown and endpapers.

7376. Mulligan, Kevin V.

BALLYFIN – The Restoration of an Irish House & Demesne.

Tralee, Churchill House Press, 2011. Folio (25 cm wide x 31 cm high). 240 pages with illustrations throughout. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket. Excellent, firm condition with only minor signs of wear.

7377. O’Hanlon, Feargal / South, Seán [Feargal Ó hAnnluain & Seán Sabhat].

Two vintage Memorial Plaques for the two IRA Volunteers Fergal O’Hanlon and Seán South, commemorating their deaths during a raid against a Royal Ulster Constabulary barracks in Brookeborough, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, on New Year’s Day, 1957.

Ireland, c.1957. 21 cm x 28 cm. Two plaques with lettering and story in gaelic ! Green and yellow plaques with ribbons in the colours of the irish flag. The plaque of Fergal O’Hanlon with some rubbing and slight damage. The plaque showing Seán South in very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

7378. Byrne, Donn.

Neart na cu-nimhe. Sean Mac Maolain a rinne an leagan Gaedhilge.

[Leagan Gaedhilge ar “The power of the Dog” a scriobh Donn Byrne]. Baile Atha Cliath, Oifig an tSolathair, 1940. Octavo. 761 pages. Original Hardcover with the rare illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. The Volume itself in excellent condition. The dustjacket with some missing pieces to lower front-corner and lower spine. Some minor fraying but in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Very Rare !

7379. Erikson, Erik H.

Il Giovane Lutero. Studio storico-psicoanalitico. [Signed / Inscribed by Erik Erikson to Ann Malamud].

First Edition. Rome, Armando Armando Editore, 1967. 16 x 24 cm. 270 pages, signed by the author. Original illustrated softcover in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Inscribed and signed by Erik Erikson on the endpaper: “For Ann Malamud from Danna and Erik H. Erikson – Xmas 1969”.

7380. Bennett, George.

The History of Bandon – And the Principal Towns in the West Riding of County Cork.

Cork, Francis Guy, Printer and Publisher / Fercor Press, 1973. 16,5 cm x 23,3 cm. VIII, 572 pages. Hardcover / Original half cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Slight traces of foxing on the edges.

7381. Bougeant, Guillaume Hyacinthe / François-Alexandre Aubert de la Chesnaye Desbois.

Amusement Philosophique sur le Langage des Bestes, Nouvelle Edition. Augmentee d’un Avertissement, d’un Discours preliminaire, d’un Critique, avec des Notes, & de la Retractation de l’Auteur. [Ensemble avec: Lettre ¡a Madame la Comtesse D***. Pour servir de Supplément à l’amusement Philosophique sure le langage des Bétes. [par François-Alexandre Aubert de la Chesnaye Desbois]

Amsterdam, Aux dépens de la Compagnie, [1750]. 10,5 cm x 17,5 cm. XLVI, 134 pages, (50) pages, [4] pages. Reliure originale / Hardcover – Original full leather with raised bands, gilt lettering and ornament to spine. The volume is now in protective Mylar. Minor wear. Spine slighty starting. Otherwise in excellent and firm condition.

7382. Norris-Newman, Charles L.

With the Boers in the Transvaal and the Orange Free State in 1880-1 / With A New Map of the South African Republic and Text of the Convention of 1884. [Including an extensive Appendix with a Glossary of Local Terms used in South Africa – The Transvaal Volksraad – Convention Between Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the South African Republic – Notices of the Boer Leaders etc.].

Second Edition. London, Abbott, Jones & Co., Limited, (1881). 15 cm x 22.5 cm. XVI, 392 pages. Fold-out map near front showing South African Republic. Hardcover [publisher’s original khaki cloth] with gilt lettering and tooling on spine. Blind ruling on boards. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Appendix unopened (uncut). Binding firm and strong. Interior is bright and clean with sharp corners. Preowner’s name on half-title: “Miss McCracken – 19th Dec.1899”.

7383. America / North America / Canada – Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876)

East Canada and New Brunswick with Vignettes and illustrations of Quebec City and a group of Native Americans. The map shows in detail the area between the Bay of Fundy and the St.Lawrence River, to the West it shows reaches as far as Montreal with Trois-Rivières to the North.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. London & New York, J & F. Tallis, 1851. Plate Size: 33.3 cm x 25.5 cm. Sheet Size: 37.5 cm x 27.2 cm. Vintage 19th century map in very good condition.

7384. Krueger, Paul / Mommsen, Theodor / [Aus der Bibliothek: Graf Erwin Ferdinand Karl Rochus von Schönborn-Buchheim].

Corpus Iuris Civilis, Editio Stereotypa Sexta, Volumen Primum. Institutiones recognovit Paulus Krueger / Digesta recognovit Theodorus Mommsen.

Volumen Primum. Berlin, Weidmann, MDCCCCXIII (1893). 19.5 cm x 27.5 cm. XVI, XXXII, 882 pages. Original Hardcover. Half-binding in leather, marbled front cover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Slight foxing of front free endpaper, front index pages, front page and back free endpaper and back index pages. From the library of Graf Erwin Ferdinand Karl Rochus von Schönborn-Buchheim.

7385. America / North America / Canada – Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876)

Nova Scotia and Newfoundland with Vignettes and illustrations of Halifax, Cod Fishery of Newfoundland. The Vignettes showing Cape Breton and Prince Edward Island, Anticosti Island and the mouth of the St.Lawrence River. The outher margins of the map beautifully illustrate the importance of the Cod Fishery to these regions by showing Cod on hooks. Also on the map a beautiful, large illustration of a Steamship with the fleet of Cod-Fishers behind it.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. London & New York, J & F. Tallis, 1851. Plate Size: 25 cm x 32.5 cm. Sheet Size: 37.5 cm x 27.2 cm. Vintage 19th century map in very good condition.

7386. America / North America / Canada – Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876)

West Canada (South East Ontario with London, Guelph and other cities) with Vignettes and illustrations of Kingston, Falls of Niagara, Lake Erin, Lake Huron, Georgian Bay, Lake Ontario.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. London & New York, J & F. Tallis, 1851. Plate Size: 32.2 cm x 25 cm. Sheet Size: 37.7 cm x 27.2 cm. Vintage 19th century map in very good condition.

7387. Kay, John.

Collection of three original engravings [portraits of english Judges] by scottish caricaturist and engraver John Kay.

[Edinburgh], [Hugh Paton], [c. 1838-1842]. 13 cm x 18 cm (Images) / 24 cm x 30 cm (mounts). 3 sheets, signed in the plate. All three portraits are beautifully framed. Price of this collection includes worldwide free shipping per UPS courier.

7388. Lombroso, C. / Ferri, E. / Garofalo, R./ Fioretti, G.

Polemica In Difesa Della Scuola Criminale Positiva.

First Edition. Bologna, Nicola Zanichelli, 1886. 15 x 23 cm. IV, 291 pages. Original softcover in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. First layer of pages slightly detached. Exlibris / Bookplate from B. Guastalla to the pastedown.

7389. America / South America – Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876)

British Guayana with Vignettes of Georgetown, The Christmas Cataract at the River Berbice, Ataraipu or The Devil’s Rock / New Amsterdam.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. London & New York, J & F. Tallis, 1851. Plate Size: 24.7 cm x 34.7 cm. Sheet Size: 27.4 cm x 37.4 cm. Vintage 19th century map in very good condition.

7390. America / South America / Latin America / Brazil – Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876)

Brazil – with Vignettes and Illustrations of Boats on the Rio Negro / St.Catharina / Monte Video / Cape St. Antonio in Bahia / Rio de Janeiro.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. London & New York, J & F. Tallis, 1851. Plate Size: 23.9 cm x 34.3 cm. Sheet Size: 27.5 cm x 37.4 cm. Vintage 19th century map in very good condition.

7391. America / South America / Latin America / Bolivia / Peru – Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876)

Peru & Bolivia – with Vignettes and illustrations of Lima, Potosi, Tarija, swimming couriers of Peru.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. London & New York, J & F. Tallis, 1851. Plate Size: 24.7 cm x 33.8 cm. Sheet Size: 27.4 cm x 37.5 cm. Vintage 19th century map in very good condition.

7392. [Cromwell, Oliver] Carlyle, Thomas.

Oliver Cromwell’s Letters and Speeches : With Elucidations. [Including a special chapter on the Irish Campaign].

First Edition. Three Volumes (complete set with the Supplement in Second Edition). London, Chapman and Hall, 1845 – 1846. Octavo (14,5 cm x 22 cm). Volume I: Frontispiece-Portrait of Cromwell, engraved by Francis Holl, with Cromwell’s facsimile – signature, XII, 522 pages / Volume II: XIV, 692 pages / [Volume III] Supplement to the First Edition: XVIII, 224 pages plus c. 230 empty pages for annotations and notes, which were left empty by the 19th century owner. Hardcover / Stunning, original 18th century full calf with gilt lettering and original spine-labels. Marbled Endpapers matched with marbled edges all around. Strengthened and restored bindings in splendid and firm condition. Minor, repaired tear to titlepage of Volume I only. The text in excellent, very clean condition (which is unusual for this set). Very Rare in this condition !

7393. Perry, Vincent G.

The Boston Terrier. By Vincent G. Perry – International Show Judge. Sketches by G.H.Lederer.

Original, First Edition. Chicago, Judy Publishing Company, 1928. Octavo. 153, (6) pages. Hardcover / Original, illustrated orange cloth with the very scarce original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Unusually excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear to the dustjacket. Name of preowner on endpaper. The dustjacket with some fraying and spotting. A very scarce book and the only true first edition form the year 1928 on the international market at he moment of cataloging !

7394. America / South America / Latin America / Venezuela – Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876)

Venezuela, New Granada, Equador [Ecuador] and the Guayanas with vignettes and illustrations of the Chimborazo, The Fall of the Bagota, Paramaribo (Suriname).

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. London & New York, J & F. Tallis, 1851. Plate Size: 32.7 cm x 24.9 cm. Sheet Size: 37.4 cm x 27.3 cm. Vintage 19th century map in very good condition.

7395. Pareto, Vilfredo.

Il Mito Virtuista. E La Letteratura Immorale.

Second Italian Edition / Seconda edizione Italiano – Aumentata Dall’Autore. Roma, Bernardo Lux, 1914. 19cm x 12.6cm. VI, 269 (2) pages. Annotations on rear endpaper. Original softcover in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

7396. Antilles – Homann, Erben. (1702 – 1848).

Dominia Anglorum in præcipuis Insulis Americæ ut sunt Insula S. Christophori Antega Iamaica Barbados, nen non Insulæ Bermudes vel Sommers dictæ. / Die Englische Colonie-Laender Auf den Insuln von America und zwar Insuln S. Christophori Antegoa Jamaica Barbados Smt den Ins. Bermudes sonst Sommers gennant.

Original hand-coloured map. Nuremberg, Homann Heirs, [c.1740]. Plate Size: 55.6 cm x 48.7 cm. Sheet Size: 60 cm x 52 cm. Original map. Very good condition. Trace of foxing along sheet edges. Minor open tear with missing material evident to fore edge. Lower margin running out towards left corner. Centre-fold as issued.

7397. Asia / Polynesia – Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876)

Polynesia or Islands in the Pacific Ocean with New Guinea, Caroline Islands, Nippon, New Hebrides, Society Islands, Sandwich Islands with beuatiful Vignettes and illustrations of Kalakakooa, Sandwich Islands (Hawaii), Otaheite, Harbour of Dory, New Guinea, Resolution Bay, Marquesas and the Northwest tip of Australia and California shown in the outskirts of the map.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. London & New York, J & F. Tallis, 1851. Plate Size: 35.7 cm x 25.8 cm. Sheet Size: 37.5 cm x 27.3 cm. Vintage 19th century map in very good condition.

7398. Atlantic Islands – Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876).

Islands in the Atlantic – Azores or Western Isles – Madeira [Inset] – Canary Islands – Cape de Verde Islands – Bermudas or Summer Islands. With Vignettes and illustrations of Faval, Azores, Chapel in the Rock, St Vincente, Tenerife, Canary Islands and Funchal, Madeira.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. Illustrations drawn and engraved by H. Winkles. London & New York, John Tallis, 1851. Plate Size: 24.5 cm x 36.5 cm. Sheet Size: 27.2 cm x 37.4 cm. Vintage 19th century map in very good condition.

7399. Austria – Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876).

Austria – With Vignettes of Vienna, Return of the Sennerin, and St. Stephen’s, Vienna.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. Illustrations by H. Warren and Engraved by J.H. Kernot. London, Edinburgh & Dublin, J & F. Tallis, 1851. Plate Size: 33 cm x 25.5 cm. Sheet Size: 37.5 cm x 27.2 cm. Vintage 19th century map in very good condition.

7400. Belgium – Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876).

Belgium – with Vignettes of Antwerp Cathedral, Monuments on the Plains of Waterloo and the Altar of St Gudule, Brussels.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. Illustrations by J. Marchant and engravings by J.B. Allen. London, Edinburgh & Dublin, J & F. Tallis, 1851. Plate Size: 34 cm x 26.3 cm. Sheet Size: 27.1 cm x 37.5 cm. Vintage 19th century map in very good condition.