Anonymous [Barrow, John].

A family tour through South Holland; Up the Rhine; And Across the Netherlands, to Ostend.

[London], [Murray], [1831]. Duodecimo. Frontispiece, VIII, 295 pages. With 10 original steel-engravings and with the little fold-out map: “Route of a Tour in South Holland, up the Rhine and through Belgium”. Hardcover / Original half leather with gilt lettering on spine. Good condition in firm binding. Previous owner has cut out the lower part of the frontispiece (image not effected) and also cut out the printer and publishing information on the titlepage. From the library of Daniel Conner (Connerville / Manch House), with the name of a relative (H.L.Conner) to endpaper.

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.

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

Brussels – With Beautiful Vignettes of Brussels near the Porte D’Anderlecht, Avenue in the Park, Palace Royal, Hotel de Ville, and Church of St Gudule.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Illustrated and Engraved by J. Watkins London & New York, John Tallis & Company, 1851. Plate Size: 32.5 cm x 26 cm. Sheet Size: 37.2 cm x 27.2 cm. Vintage 19th century map / city-plan in very good condition.

Gillon, Captain Stair.

The Story of the 29th Division – A Record of Gallant Deeds. Compliled from Narratives supplied by the Three Divisonal Commanders and Others.

London, Edinburgh, and New York, Thomas Nelson and Sons, no year (c.1925) 15.5 cm x 23 cm. Frontispiece, XV, 276 pages. 3 portrait plates and 12 colour maps. Hardcover [publisher’s original brown cloth] with lettering on spine and front board. Red Design (Divisional insignia) to both spine and board also. Deckled fore- and tail edges. In protective Collector’s Mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Top edge dust-toned with age. Occasional foxing to and otherwise clean and bright interior.

Holland – Homann, Johann Baptist. (1663 – 1724).

Tabula Generalis Totius Belgii qua Provinciae, XVII. Infer. Germaniae olim sub S. R.I. Circulo Burgundiae comprehensae nunc in Varias Potentias tum liberas utpote Prov. VII Foederaras, tum reliquas Hispaniae et Gakkiae, Coronis Subjectas, seperate ostencluntur.

Original hand-coloured engraving. Nuremburg, Homann, [c.1720]. Plate Size: 57.2 cm x 48.4 cm. Sheet Size: 60.2 cm x 52.4 cm. Original map. In very good condition. Clean and crisp. Repaired tears to centre-fold. Slight hint of glue-staining along centre-fold. Faintest trace of browning to outer margins only.

Madden, Thomas More.

The Spas and Their Use – Medical Hand-Book of the Principal Watering Places on the Continent – Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, France and Italy.

Third edition. London, T.C. Newby, 1874. 14.8 cm x 19.8 cm XI, 369 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth] with gilt lettering and elaborate ornamentation to spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Firm binding with bookblock tight and square. With protective Mylar. Discreet bookseller’s label on lower front pastedown.

[Stanley, Henry Morton] McLynn, Frank.

Stanley: Sorcerer’s Apprentice.

Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1992. 13 cm x 19.5 cm. 499 pages. Softcover [publisher’s original] with illustrated boards. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some tanning to page edges of an otherwise bright and clean interior. Binding good and firm and square.

Tondeur, G.

Érosion du Sol spécialement au Congo Belge.

3e Édition. Bruxelles, Ministére des Colonies, 1954. 8°. 240 pages. Reliure originale avec deux taches. Bon état. Rare !

Weeks, John H.

Among Congo Cannibals – Experiences, Impressions, and Adventures During A Thirty Years’ Sojourn Amongst the Boloki and Other Congo Tribes With A Description of Their Curious Habits, Customs Religion & Laws. With 54 Illustrations & A Map.

London, Seeley, Service & Co. Limited, 1913. 15 cm x 22.5 cm. Frontispiece, 352 pages. 40 illustrations including frontispiece. Fold-out map at rear showing “Among Congo Cannibals.” Hardcover [publisher’s original teal cloth] with lettering on spine and pictorial on front board. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Crack to gutter between pastedown and front endpaper at heel of spine. Binding still firm and strong and square. Lightly tanned throughout and dust-toned edges from age. Unmarked interior.