McLeod, John
Voyage of His Majesty's Ship Alceste, along the oast of Corea, to the Island of Lewchew
£575
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 13 July 2022 from 10:00 BST
Description
London: John Murray, 1818. Second edition, 8vo, contemporary sprinkled calf, rebacked, gilt stamp of Londonderry Public Library to front board, etched portrait frontispiece, 5 hand-coloured aquatint plates, light browning to margins and plates [Abbey Travel 559];
Medhurst, Walter H. China: its State and Prospects, with Especial Referenve to the Spread of the Gosepl. London: John Snow, 1838. First edition, third thousand, 8vo, original blind-stamped cloth, Baxtertype frontispiece, 5 wood-engraved plates, folding map, contemporary and near-contemporary gift inscriptions to title-page and front pastedown, bookplate (Duncan Darrock of Gourock), spine strengthened, variable spotting, repair to folding map verso, [Abbey Travel 539];
Smyth, William Henry, & F. Lowe. Narrative of a Journey from Lima to Para, across the Andes and down the Amazon. London: John Murray, 1836. First edition, 8vo contemporary half calf, 10 lithographic or wood-engraved plates, 3 maps of which 2 folding, spotting to lithographic plates and adjacent text-leaves, non-folding map shaved along fore edge;
Tennent, Sir J. Emerson. Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon ... including a Monograph of the Elephant and a Description of the Modes of Capturing and Training it. London: Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1861. First edition, 8vo, original green pictorial cloth gilt, recased and relined, wood-engraved plates and text-illustrations;
Barneby, W. Henry. The New Far West and the Old Far East, being Notes of a Tour in North America, Japan, China, Ceylon, etc. London: Edward Stanford, 1889. First edition, 8vo, original maroon pictorial morocco gilt by Zaehnsdorf, 8 plates from photographs, 3 folding maps, inscribed 'Margaret C. Barneby, on her birthday, Nov 20th 1890, from her affec. father, the author' on the half-title, a few scuffs to binding;
Buck, Edward J. Simla Past and Present. Calcutta: Thacker, Spink and Co., 1904. First edition, 4to, original cloth (recased), folding map, numerous plates (mainly photographic), laid-in albumen print photograph of Simla and carbon typescript headed 'Trial of Diwan Mul Raj (Governor of Multan), by Sita Ram Kohli, M.A. Punjab Government Publications' (5 ff.), marks to binding, text-block toned, occasional spotting (6)