Dominic Winter 15th June 2011

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62 NewYork. Nichols’ Illustrated New York: A Series of Views of the Empire City and its Environs... , 2 parts bound as 1, New York, 1847, eng. vign. title to first part, 12 further half and full-page eng. views, some spotting, orig. printed upper wrappers to both parts and rear wrapper to part 2 preserved, vol. bound in contemp. red morocco gilt over marbled boards, rubbed, together with Winthrop (Benjamin Robert), Old New York... from Valentine’s Manual, 1862, New York, 1862, twenty-seven eng. and b & w illusts., (all but one additional to the printed text?), orig. printed upper wrapper preserved, t.e.g., contemp. half morocco gilt, a little rubbed, large 8vo (2)

£100-150

60 Mollhausen (Baldwin). Diary of a Journey from the Mississippi to the Coasts of the Pacific with a United States Government Expedition, with an Introduction by Alexander von Humboldt, trans. Mrs Percy Sinnett, 2 vols., 1st ed. in English, 1858, ten litho plts. (inc. frontis. to each, inc. 7 chromo & 4 tinted litho plts.), six wood eng. plts., one folding eng. map, some plts. close-trimmed affecting some printed captions, early 20th c. straight grain sheep gilt, spine to vol. 1 faded, both vols. rubbed and worn, 8vo Sabin 49915. (2)

£400-600

63 Nieuhoff (Jan). Voyages and Travels into Brasil, and the EastIndies... , extract from vol. 2 of Churchill’s ‘Collection of Voyages... ‘ of 1744-46, eng. port. frontis. and additional eng. title with 1703 imprint at foot, folding maps of Brazil and Cape of Good Hope, folding plans of Palembang and Pellacata, forty eng. plts. including many folding, twenty-nine engs. to text including map of Batavia, occ. creasing and marginal closed tears to plts. and some text leaves, some spotting and soiling, worm hole to last three leaves touching a few letters without loss of sense, lacks text leaf 4k1 (pp. 309-10), text ends p. 369 (finis, 5b1 recto), contemp. calf, old reback, upper cover detached, heavily rubbed and some wear, folio Sabin 13015 which states that volume 2 has a total of 838 pages with fortytwo plates and three maps. Sold with all faults, not subject to return. (1) £300-500

64 Park (Mungo). The Journal of a Mission to the Interior of Africa, in the Year 1805. Together with other documents, official and private, relating to the same mission. To which is prefixed an account of the life of Mr. Park, 1st ed., printed for John Murray, 1815, half-title, engraved map defective (lacking outer fold), some marks and soiling to margins, untrimmed, modern qtr. calf, with paper label to upper cover, 4to

61 Murray (John). A Handbook for Travellers in Japan (including Formosa) by Basil Hall Chamberlain, and W. B. Mason, 9th ed., revised throughout, pub. John Murray, 1913, thirty maps and plans, including folding map contained in pocket at rear, printed slip referring to price increases dated 1920, tipped in to title, 38 pp. ads. at rear, and to endpapers, orig. red cloth gilt, generally in bright condition, 8vo Lister 285. Very good copy. (1)

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