101. Barneby, W. Henry.

The New Far West and The Old Far East – Being Notes of a Tour in North America, Japan, China, Ceylon, Etc. With Maps and Illustrations. [Including an Appendix on the Supplementary Treaty of Commerce between the United States and Japan].

London, Edward Stanford, 1889. Quarto. Frontispiece, X, 316 pages with three large fold-out-maps in colour and eight illustrations in black-and-white. Hardcover / Stunning 19th century prize-binding in beautiful full tan calf bearing the Arms of Monmouth Grammar School [with their Motto “Serve and Obey”]. Inscription and embossed stamp of Monmouth – Grammar School to endpaper. Dedicated by Headmaster C.M.Roberts to former pupil W.A.Lamb in July 1890. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear.

102. Park, Mungo.

Travels in the Interior of Africa.

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1893. 14 cm x 18 cm. Frontispiece, XVIII, 392 pages. 5 engraved illustrations including frontispiece. Hardcover [publisher’s original red cloth] with gilt lettering and design on spine and front board. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some foxing to edges. Internally, tight, bright and clean with sharp corners. Front pastedown carries presentation bookplate with message “St Patrick’s School, Salter Street, Prize Awarded to Evan Jenkins for Regular Attendance Year Ending Oct 31st 1895 – 402 out of 422 times.”

103. Canada – [Naylor, David (Dave) / G.E.Tebbutt].

The Geology of the West Mackenzie Coastal Area / The Mackenzie Delta, Arctic Canada Canada / Collection of Manuscript and Typescript Material as well as original proofs and notes for the publication by Naylor and Tebbutt, with handwritten annotations and a large collection of important geological Maps of Canada’s Geology, among which is also the stunning, enormous, hand-coloured Surface Geology-Map of the Norman Wells Area in the Mackenzie River Delta which measures 152 cm (width) x 106 cm (height) and which was published in 1965.

Vintage Maps in Colour-Print, Lithographs, Black-and-white etc. Including a large hand-coloured Map of the Norman Wells Area, accompanying the publication by Naylor and Tebbutt on the Expedition into the West Mackenzie Coastal Area. (Canada), (c.1968). Maps ranging from sizes A4 to Folio to 152 cm x 106 cm. Excellent condition with minor signs of wear. Very rare and special collection of a landmark – excursion into the Mackenzie Delta and Arctic Canada under the leadership of David (Dave) Naylor as Party Chief of the Field Crew, accompanied by Senior Geologists G.E.Tebbutt, D.J.McIntyre, D.Mason as well as Junior Geologists R.Procter, L.S.Eliuk, K.Dahlman, C.M.James, D.R.Ojakangas. The party planned to stay at Camp Sites in Inuvik but moved it to Shingle Point and from there to Norman Wells.

104. 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 !

105. Mac Carthaigh, Criostoir.

Traditional Boats of Ireland. History, Folklore and Construction.

Cork, The Collins Press, 2008. 27cm x 27cm. ix, 658 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear.

106. Società Rododendro.

Bollettino della Società Rododendro [ogni numero compresa una sezione / each issue including a section: “Sezione Automobilistica” / Compreso il numero unico “Paganella” per l’anno 1905 / With the extra number for 1905 “Paganella”].

Five Volumes (bound in 2). Trento, Società Rododendro / Scotoni & Viiti, 1904-1908. 21 cm x 30 cm. Vol.1-2, 200 pages / Vol.3-5, 240 pages. Monochrome illustrations and photographs throughout both volumes. Beautifully illustrated coloured paper issue covers in Vol.1-2. Fold-out map of ‘Val Nambino, Val Agola e Val Dalgone’ in Vol.3-5. Hardcover / Excellent, contemporary library Buckram with gilt lettering on spine / Illustrazione delle copertine [Art Nouveau] di Tevini e Vitti / [Original, beautifully decorative wrappers with art nouveau cover-art by Tevini and Vitti bound within]. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear and some occasional abrasions to the brochure – covers bound within. Interior unmarked. Binding strong and firm. Alpine Club stamps throughout. / Includes many pages with advertising on early car travel / Advertising for “Puch”, “Adler” and “Neckarsulmer” Motociclette / Local Advertising for tourism in the italian Trento [Trient / Alto Adige / Suedtirol] /

107. [Select Committee on Kafir Tribes / Henry Labouchere] [Freeman, Joseph John (J.J.) and others].

Report from the Select Committee on the ‘Kafir Tribes’ – Together with the Proceedings of the Committee, Minutes of Evidence, Appendix, and Index.

London, House of Commons, 1851. 15.5 cm25.5 cm. X, 607 pages with two manuscript pages preceding the printed report. The manuscript pages title and detail the content and are bearing in pencil the name “J.J.Freeman” [Reverend Joseph John Freeman was one of the people who were called in to give evidence]. Hardcover / Late 20th – century navy half-leather with gilt lettering on maroon spinelabel with raised bands. Marbled paper-covered boards. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior very clean and bright. Bookstamp of the ‘Incorporated Law Society of the United Kingdom’ on endpapers, titlepage and preliminary pages. Inked titling to endpapers.

108. Norris-Newman, Charles L.

In Zululand With The British Throughout the War of 1879.

London, W. H. Allen 1880. 14.5 cm x 23 cm. Frontispiece, XV, 343 pages. Illustrated throughout with portraits. Includes the vintage photograph of Sir Henry Bartle Edward Frere (including tissue-guard), 3 fold-out plans. With the often missing large fold-out Military Map of Zulu Land and Adjacent Parts of Natal and Transvaal. Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Design on front board. First layer, with frontispiece, slightly detached. Otherwise in very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior bright and clean, with very minor spotting near front. Ink markings to first page of first chapter. Bookplate / Exlibris of Davenport House (Bridgnorth) to front pastedown with the printed motto “Audentes Fortuna Junat”. Extremely rare, rather scarce and even scarcer with the large folding-map included !

109. [Marriott Mena House Hotel] Bentley, Arthur, J.M. / Griffinhoofe, C.G.

Wintering in Egypt. Part I.: Under the Shadow of the Pyramids. Part II.: Hints to Invalids.

London, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. Ltd., 1894. 26.5 cm x 18.5 cm. Frontispiece, VI, 188 pages.18 illustrations including a map of the region around the Pyramids of Gizeh Mena Hotel, Bulak. Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth] with gilt lettering and gilt embossed pictoral on front board. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Lower corner boards slightly bumped. Marking on front paste-down. Valleys between pastedowns and endpapers show tears. Binding a little shaky but overall still firm and strong. Interior is clean and bright. Extremely scarce publication !

110. Brockbank, Oliver.

Diary of a Journey through the Sinai Peninsula and Arabia in 1914. [Probably the author’s own copy with underlining, replacement-suggestions of paragraphs and annotations with penciled manuscript-corrections throughout the book and additions in red ink / Also two additional photographs of the journey mounted onto the front and rear pastedown].

London, Private, 1916, 14 cm x 21 cm. 78 pages. 16 sepia plates and external fold-out map. Original Hardcover. Cloth bound with gilt debossed lettering to cover. Deckled egdes. Good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Only slightly foxed. Map detached from binding.

111. [Conder, Josiah].

Palestine / [in: The Modern Traveller- A Popular Description, Geographical, Historical, and Topographical, of the Various Countries of the Globe].

London, Printed for James Duncan, 1824. Duodecimo / 9 cm x 14.5 cm. IV, 368 pages. With fold-out map and 3 black and white engravings showing: 1. Map of Palestine / 2. View of Jerusalem / 3. View of Bethlehem / 4. Plan of Jerusalem. Original Hardcover, decorative full leather. Full leather with gilted ornaments to outer margins of interior boards. Marbled endpapers and edges. Gilt ornament and raised bands on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Binding rubbed but firm. Spinelabel slightly loose. Minor foxing.

112. [″Nudity is Expected”] – Graves, E.J.

The “Manor House” Club – Naturism in Perfect Comfort – Luxury Holiday Club for the Naturist / [Rare Nudist Ephemera]. Fantastic Pamphlet with plenty of interior photographs showcasing the Accommodation and also photographic imagery showing nudists playing Badminton and Tennis.

Clifford Manor [Newent / Gloucestershire], The Manor House, no year [c.1925]. Oblong – Octavo. 12 pages with photographs and text and loosely inserted a note for the availability of “The Club Taxi” Stapled Softcover Pamphlet. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. Very rare !

113. Cagnolo, Fr. C.

The Akikuyu – Their Customs, Traditions and Folklore. English Translation, With Illustrations and a Map.

Nyeri, Kenya, Mission Printing School, no year (c.1933). 17 cm x 24.5 cm. Frontispiece, XV, 324 pages. 3 colour illustrations, 164 monochrome photographs and 18 text drawings. Fold-out map at rear showing Kenyan region. Hardcover [publisher’s original navy cloth] with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Magenta text block trim. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Spine slightly faded. Binding is firm and strong and the book block is square with sharp corners.

114. Treatt, C. Court.

Out of the Beaten Track – A Narrative of Travel in Little Known Africa. With 46 Illustrations.

London, Hutchinson & Co, no year (c.1931). 16 cm x 22.5 cm. 288 pages. 37 illustrations. Hardcover [publisher’s original cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Scoff marks to front board. Rubbing to head and heel of spine. Some foxing to interior but otherwise clean and bright. Binding and book-block firm and strong. Preowner’s name on both pastedowns.

115. Sutherland, Patrick.

Spiti, the Forbidden Valley.

First Edition. Network Photographers, 2000. 25 cm x 31 cm. 120 unnumbered pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Signed by the author on the title page.

116. 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.

117. Stephens, J.L. / Park, Mungo.

Sammelband with three publications on Travels in Africa: Volume I: J.L. Stephens – Incidents of Travel in Egypt, Arabia Petraea and The Holy Land / Volume II: Incidents of Travel in Greece Turkey Russia and Poland / Volume III: The Life and Travels of Mungo Park – Comprising An Original Memoir of His Early Life, A Reprint of the ’″Travels in the Interior of Africa,” Written by Himself, And Published in Quarto in 1798, And An Original Narrative of His Second Journey. Also, An Original Account of the Progress of African Discovery from the Death of Park Till the Year 1838. Illustrated by a Map.

Edinburgh, William and Robert Chambers, 1838-1839. 15.5 cm x 25 cm. Volume I: 120 pages / Volume II: 114 pages / Volume III: 88 pages with a full-page-map of Park’s Travels. Hardcover / publisher’s original half-leather with marbled boards. Gilt lettering and ornament on spine. Good+ condition with signs of external wear, sometimes significant. Edges and corners of boards are bumped and rubbed. Crack to gutter between front pastedown and endpaper. Binding still strong and firm. Occasional foxing throughout only.

118. St. Barbe Baker, Richard.

Sahara Challenge [The Sahara University Expedition 1952-1953] [Including “A map showing the route of the Expedition and the advance of the desert”].

London, Lutterworth Press, 1954. 14.5 cm x 22 cm. Frontispiece, 152 pages including a Bibliography and Index. With 54 illustrations and a map. Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior bright and clean.

119. Shelford, Frederic.

Pioneering. A Series of Four Articles contributed to “The Engineer.”

London / New York, E. & F. N. Spon / Spon & Chamberlain, 1909. 12.5 cm x 19 cm. 82 82 pages. With numerous illustrations throughout the text, showing examples of basic equipment, medicines etc. for the pioneer and surveyor [photographs of “A Hammock as commonly used in West Africa” / “Miner’s Dial” / “Instrument Umbrella” (Mosquito Net) / “Edgington’s Aluminium Demi-Johns” / “Doulton’s Traveller Pump Filter” etc.]. Hardcover [publisher’s original brown cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor bumps to lower corner boards. Some minor signs of staining to pages 46 and 47, otherwise interior very good. Extremely Rare publication for the Settler and Pioneer in Colonial Africa !

120. Roome, Wm. J.W.

Through Central Africa for the Bible. [Inscribed – Signed / Including a map showing the Journeys of William J.W.Roome].

London and Edinburgh, Marshall, Morgan & Scott Ltd, [1929]. 14 cm x 20 cm. Frontispiece, 208 pages. 10 plates with black and white photographs. Map in front of Frontispiece. Hardcover [publisher’s original red cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Spine slightly faded. Occasional foxing. Interior bright and clean with sharp corners. Binding is solid and square. Front endpaper carries signed inscription from author, “To my friend, W. H. Rowdon – With the Author’s good wishes, Wm. J.W. Roome, Feb. 5. 36.”

121. Peters, Carl.

Peters, Die Deutsche Emin Pascha-Expedition. Mit 32 Vollbildern und 66 Textabbildungen von Rudolf Hellgrewe in Berlin, dem Portrait des Verfassers nach Franz von Lenbach und einer Karte in Farbendruck.

Zweites Tausend. München und Leipzig, Druck und Verlag von R. Oldenbourg, 1891. 16 cm x 23 cm. Frontispiece, VI, 560 pages. Large fold-out map within sleeve of rear pastedown showing the “Emin Pascha Expedition.” / Mit der grossformatigen Faltkarte in Kartentasche (im hinteren Einbanddeckel). Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth] with gilt lettering and pictorial on spine. Large pictorial on front board. Beautifully illustrated pastedowns and endpapers. Maroon coloured text-block edges. / Originaler, illustrierter Verlagsleinenband mit sehr dekorativer Einbanddeckel- und Einband-Ruecken-Illustration. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Ex libris of Mark Walder on front pastedown. University stamp on p.IV. Discreet bookseller’s label of ‘R. Oldenbourg, München’, at bottom corner of rear pastedown. Some browning to reverse of fold-out map. Interior is bright and clean with sharp corners. / Sehr guter Zustand mit nur geringen Gebrauchsspuren. Ganz kleiner Einriss am Vorsatzpapier.

122. 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”.

123. [Murray Smith, T.] Wykes, Alan.

Nimrod Smith – A Profile of T. Murray Smith, M.C. Professional Big Game Hunter. [Signed / Inscribed] Illustrated.

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1961. 14.3 cm x 22 cm. Frontispiece, XI, 207 pages. 11 illustrations (black-and-white photographs). Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior bright and clean and sharp cornered. Signed and inscribed by Big Game Hunter T. Murray Smith: “Tom Johnson, Wishing you good Hunting – T. Murray Smith – June 1961”. Including Erratum note, identifying Smith as photographer of nearly all included images. Signed copies by Old-Time Professional Hunter T. Murray Smith are extremely scarce !

124. McCarthy, Edward Thomas.

Further Incidents in the Life of a Mining Engineer.

London, George Routledge and Sons, 1920. 14 cm x 22 cm. Frontispiece, 400 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original maroon cloth] with lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor staining to front board. Interior clean and bright. Preowner’s name on front endpaper.

125. Herbert, Agnes [″The Authoress”].

Two Dianas in Somaliland. A Record of a Shooting Trip by Agnes Herbert / With Twenty-Five Illustrations Reproduced from Photographs.

Second Edition. London, John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1908. 15 cm x 22.5 cm. Frontispiece, 306 pages. 22 illustrations. Hardcover [publisher’s original red cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Excellent version of this rare book in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Occasional spotting but interior otherwise bright and clean. Foxing to edges. Some untrimmed pages throughout.

126. Hatch, Frederick H. / Chalmers J.A.

The Gold Mines of the Rand – Being a Description of the Mining Industry of Witwatersrand South African Republic. With Maps, Plans and Illustrations.

Second Edition. London and New York, Macmillan and Co, 1895. 18 cm x 26 cm. XVII, 306 pages. 79 in-text illustrations and 14 monochrome photographs. 2 fold-out maps in pocket of rear board showing the South Transvaal and Witwatersrand. Hardcover [publisher’s original red cloth] with gilt lettering on spine and gilt tooling on boards. Deckled edges. Very good+ condition with some signs of external wear. Abrasion to cloth at heel of spine. Binding is strong and firm. Interior of book is unmarked but shows some signs of foxing. Name of preowner on titlepage: “Alma Stewart Arnold” (?)

127. Drummond, Henry.

Tropical Africa. With Maps and Illustrations.

First Edition. London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1888. 13 cm x 19.5 cm. Frontispiece, XI, 228 pages. 6 maps (on five fold-out-sheets). At front 2 fold-out colour maps of East Central Africa and Equatorial. At rear fold-out colour maps of ‘European Possessions and Claims in Central and Southern Africa’. One fold-out colour map of east central Africa within contents. Hardcover / contemporary half leather with marbled paper-covered-boards. Gilt lettering and tooling on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor damage to heel of spine. Binding still firm and strong. Foxing to endpapers. Interior and maps in bright and clean condition.

128. Depons, Francois Raimond Joseph.

Travels in Parts of South America: During the Years 1801, 1802, 1803, and 1804; Containing a Description of the Captain-Generalship of Carraccas [Caracas in Venezuela], with an Accont of the Laws, Commerce, and Natural Productions of that Country; as also a view of the customs and manners of the Spaniards and Native Indians.

London, Richard Phillips, 1806. 8°. IV, 157, 3 nn. pages. Including the Map (″Chart of the Captain Generalship of Carraccas comprehending the provinces of Venezuela, Maracaybo, Varinas, Cumana, Guiana & the Island of St. Marguerite) AND the “Plan of the town of Caracas”. Modern Hardcover (red cloth). Former library copy in excellent condition besides some slight foxing to the map and plan and occasional foxing to the text only.

129. Baker, Samuel W. Baker.

The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia and the Sword Hunters of the Hamran Arabs. With Illustrations and Maps.

4th Edition. London, Macmillan & Co., 1871. 13.5 cm x 19.5 cm. Frontispiece, XIX, 413 pages. 24 illustrations from original sketches by Sir S.W. Baker on indivdual plates. Map of Nile Basin as frontispiece. Fold-out colour map near front showing routes of ‘Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia.’ Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth] with gilt lettering and design on spine. Black tooled borders and design on front board. Deckled top and fore- edges. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Light tanning and occasional minor foxing throughout. Interior unmarked. Binding firm and solid and textblock square and tight.

130. Anrick, Carl-Julius (editor) / Anrick Calla (editor)

Svenska Turistföreningens Tidning.

8 volumes. Stockholm, Carl-Julius Anrick, 1933 – 1958 21.5 cm x 29 cm. Circa. 4367 pages. Vol.1933-34, 379 pages / Vol.1935-36, 410 pages / Vol.1937-38, 446 pages / Vol.1939, 255 pages / Vol.1940-45, 1183 pages / Vol.1946-50, 955 pages / Vol.1951-54, 764 pages / Vol. 1955-58, 764 pages. Hardcover. 7 volumes with green cloth with gilt lettering on title label on spine. One volume with brown cloth and gilt lettering on spine. Gilt roundel of the Alpine Club on all spines. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some tanning to otherwise clean and bright interior. All binding good and firm and square.

131. Anonymous / [Synge, Mary / Carr, Dr.D.W. and others] .

Mercy and Truth – A record of C.M.S. Medical Missions – Volume IV. [for the year 1900 – with essays on: Women Patients Rich and Poor – by Mary Synge about a fishing Village called Sang Sua / A Week in the Kyber (Khyber Pass visit by three workers of the C.M.S. during their time at Peshawar / The Opening of the New Mengo Hospital – by Mrs. Albert Cook (with images) / Medical Staff at Hang-chow (Dr. Kember, Dr. Main, Dr. Tsang), Some Men and Women in Hakodate (North Japan) / A Day of Medical Work in a Persian Town (by Henry White) / In Touch with the sick in Oyo (Yoruba) – with support from the Royal irish Constabulary / Moslem Fatalism (by L. Cropper in April 1899) / Photograph of a Temporary Hospital in Onitsha, West Africa / An Acquaintance with sickness in Central Africa [with a diagram that shows how many and what kind of operations were done (Teeth Extractions, Gynaecological Cases etc.) and how the natives paid for the treatment with Shells !!] / Dr. L.G. Hill of Pakhol – Overcoming Obstacles in China / Photograph of “Serai at Lundi Kotal – C.M.S. Dispensary in the Corner / etc. etc.

London, Church Missionary Society, 1900. Slim Quarto. 300 pages with numerous photographs and Index. Hardcover, light blue publisher’s cloth with red lettering to spine and cover. Binding a little stained and rubbed. Otherwise in excellent condition ! Rare !! Name of Patience Conner on title.

132. Dutton, E.A.T. [Eric Aldhelm Torlogh].

Kenya Mountain. With an Introduction by Hilaire Belloc.

Second Edition. London, Jonathan Cape, 1930. 18 cm x 26 cm. Frontispiece, XVI, 219 pages. 55 illustrations including frontispiece. Fold-out map at rear detailing Mount Kenya topography and Durron and Melhuish’s route in 1926. Hardcover [publisher’s original blue cloth] with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Light Foxing to edges. Interior bright and clean. Inscribed and signed by the author Eric Dutton on the front free endpaper in Lusaka on 14th November, 1935.

133. Heriot / Innerleithen / Scottish Borders – Anonymus –

Vintage manuscript map of “Road from Heriot to Innerleithen – 1843”. [With an inset of wider dirctions to Pentland Hills, Arthurs Seat / showing the River Tweed in the South and names the kinds of sheep that are kept along the road to Edinburgh (″Black-Faced Sheep” – “Cheviot Sheep”)].

Ink on Paper. [Britain], 1843. 9.8 cm wide x 17 cm high. Very good condition. Some mild browning. From a wonderful collection of maps at South Shields Library (tiny stamp verso (on the back) of this map).

134. California – Homann, Johann Baptist / Landteck, Zacharias.

[California shown as an Island] Geographische Universal-Zeig und Schlag-Uhr.

Original hand-coloured engraving, with the Cartographer showing California as an Island. Nürnberg, Homann, [c.1735]. Plate Size: 57 cm x 48.5 cm. Sheet Size: 60.5 cm x 51.7 cm. Original map. Very good, actually stunning, condition. Some faint trace of browning to upper corners of sheet. Very minor tears to edges at centre-fold.