21. [Roberts, William] [Exlibris Gulielme (sic) Roberts] Bonnechose, Émile de / L.Dussieux (cartographer).

Géographie Physique, Historique et Politique de la France avec dix-huit cartes coloriées représentant la formation successive du Royaume.

Paris, Firmin Didot Frères, 1847. Octavo (14 cm x 23 cm). V, (2), 104 pages, suivies de 18 cartes aux contours colorisés, de la France dans ses états successifs (104 pages plus 18 hand-coloured maps of France by L.Dussieux showing France through its History, with special maps showing historical military events with England etc. Original Softcover. Spine rubbed and slightly damaged. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Name of preowner William Roberts in pencil on titlepage [being William Roberts of the irish family Westropp-Roberts].

22. Stuart, J.

A History of the Zulu Rebellion 1906, and of Dinuzulu’s arrest, Trial and Expatriation. With Five Maps, Six Plans and Twenty Five Illustrations.

London, Macmillan and Co. Ltd, 1913. 14.5 cm x 22.5 cm. Frontispiece, XVI, 581 pages. Large fold-out map sheet at rear, showing a Key Map of Natal and Area of Operations. Hardcover [publisher’s original red cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Gilt top edge. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor foxing to edges and tissue-guards, as usual with this publication. Interior bright and clean besides very minor signs of foxing.

23. Harvard University.

The Harvard University Catalogue 1880 – 1881 & The Harvard University Catalogue 1899-1900.

Two Volumes. Cambridge, University Press, 1880-1900. 8°. Pagination: 1880 – Catalogue: 230 pages / Pagination: 1899-1900-Catalogue: Folded “Map of Cambridge as the Vicinity of Harvard College 1899-1900” as Frontispiece, VII, 716 pages. Hardcover / Original half leather bindings. Slightly rubbed only. Titlepage cleanly detached. Wonderful publication. Exlibris / Bookplate of the Harvard University “ALPHA – DELTA – PHI – CLUB” with manuscript name of “J.G.Bradley 1902”. Two of these bookplates present on the pastedowns of the Volumes. RARE !

24. 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”.

25. Petherick, John.

Egypt, The Soudan and Central Africa. With Explorations from Khartoum on the White Nile to the Regions of the Equator Being Sketches from Sixteen Years’ Travel.

Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1861. 15 cm x 23 cm. XII, 482 pages. With large, fold-out ‘Sketch Map of John Petherick’s Travels in the years 1853-1858’. Hardcover / Original green publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Design to front board. One corner stronger bumped. Otherwise in very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. The map in excellent condition. Very Rare !

26. 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”].

27. 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.

28. Kollmann, Paul [trans. Nesbitt, H.A. / Hole, Hugh Marshall ].

The Victoria Nyanza – The Land, the Races and their Customs, with Specimens of some of the Dialects. With a Map and 372 Illustrations from Native Objects in the Author’s Own Collections.

London, Swan Sonnenschein & Co., 1899. 17 cm x 24 cm. IX, 254 pages. Large fold-out map of region near front. Hardcover [publisher’s original maroon cloth] with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Gilt design and blind tooling to front board. Deckled edges. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some signs of foxing to edges and throughout. Binding strong and firm. Interior unmarked. From the library of Hugh Marshall Hole, with his bookplate to front pastedown. Hole’s name also in form of a name-stamp on front endpaper and titlepage. Rare ! But rather scarce in this excellent condition !

29. Derham, William [Philosopher and Scientist] / [John Senex (Cartographer)].

Astro-Theology: or, a Demonstration of the Being and Attributes of God, From a Survey of the Heavens [Including a Chapter on the “Attraction of Gravity”].

Sixth Edition. London, W. Innys, 1731. Octavo. [16], LVI, [8], 246 pages,[10 pages of Index], [with 3 astronomical foldout engravings by english Cartographer and Explorer John Senex / The Engravings show the Ptolemaic Geocentric System with the Earth as centre of the Universe and discuss other models as well by pointing to pages within the text that reflect on the illustrations / Two of the Engravings are showing the Stars and Constellations over Europe, the Mediterranean, Asia Minor, Asia etc.]. ]. Original Hardcover / bound in contemporary panelled calf. The book has been sympathetically rebacked to style. Besides a spot of hard green adhesive to the front board in very good condition. The armorial 18th century bookplate of one Dr. Blackett appears on the first pastedown [″A coat of arms divided into three portions, with three stars and three scallop shells throughout. At the helm is the head of an eagle, and elaborate mantling, flowers, and leaves surround the crest. Below is the motto ‘Nous Travailler ons dans L’Esperance’”] / The text of this rare and notoriously underrated book is complete and clean with the three foldout engravings of the cosmos to the rear with only a small archival paper restoration to one of the engravings.

30. [Paterson, Daniel] Mogg, Edward.

Paterson’s Roads [1831/1832 Edition (18th Edition)] – Being an entirely original and accurate Description of all the direct and Principal Cross Roads in England and Wales, with part of the roads of Scotland. [Including an “Appendix to the Eighteenth Edition of Paterson’s Roads; being An Accurate Description of the Direct and Principal Cross roads communicating with the Improved Old Passage Ferry, across the River Severn, between Aust and Beachley, near Chepstow. Accompanied by a Map of the Banks of the Wye. To which are added, Course of the Chepstow Steam Packets; and An arranged Tour through Wales, with References to the pages in the Body of the Work, where connection with various lines of Road takes place.”]. The Eighteenth Edition. To which are added Topographical Sketches of the several Cities, Market Towns and remarkable Villages and descriptive accounts of the principal seats of the Nobility and Gentry, the Antiquities, Natural Curiosities and other Remarkable Objects throughout the Kingdom. The whole Remodelled, Augmented and Improved by the Addition of Numerous New Roads and New Admeasurements, and Arranged upon A Plan at once Novel, clear and intelligible, is deduced from the latest and best Authorities: Including a Table of the Heights of Mountains from the Grand Trigonometrical Survey of the Kingdom; Also a Table of the Population, From the Census of 1831; To which is annexed the Arrival and Departure of the Mail, together with the Rates of Postage and An Entirely New Set of Maps.

London, Printed for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green and Longman, 1831/1832. Octavo (15 cm x 21,5 cm). Fontispiece – Fold-out-Map, 715 pages plus 44 pages of an Appendix. With twelve (12) Maps, including the frontipiece-map and full-page maps throughout the publication. Hardcover / Private half-leather of the early 20th century with gilt lettering on the spine. Some of the maps with visible reapirs but complete. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. This being the so-called “Best Edition”.