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37 Harrison (General Sir Richard). Recollections of a Life in the British Army during the latter half of the 19th century, Smith, Elder & Co., 1908, half-title, portrait frontispiece, black and white plates, facsmile letter, 6pp. publisher’s advertisments to rear, minor scattered spotting, presentation inscription from the author to his grandson to initial blank, original publisher’s cloth, gilt titled to spine and upper board, a little rubbed and lightly scuffed, 8vo
42 Henniker (Sir Frederick). Notes, During a Visit to Egypt, Nubia, The Oasis, Mount Sinai, and Jerusalem, London: John Murray, 1823, folding tinted aquatint frontispiece (with old oval ink stamp to upper left, creased & frayed to fore-edge margin), uncoloured aquatint vignette title, two uncoloured aquatint plates (one folding, ink stamp to outer corner of each), occasional light spotting and minor dustsoiling, modern half calf gilt, 8vo
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£100-150
£150-200
38 Hawkesworth (John, ed.). An Account of the Voyages Undertaken by the Order of His Present Majesty for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere. And Successively Performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, and Captain Cook, 4 vols., 3rd ed., 1785, two folding engraved maps (first map loose), nine folding engraved plates, some scattered spotting and few minor marks, library inkstamps to initial blank and verso of titles, contemporary calf rubbed and worn, rebacked, one or two boards detached, 8vo (4)
£200-300
39 Hedin (Sven). Central Asia and Tibet Towards the Holy City of Lassa, 2 vols., 1st English ed., 1903, four folding maps, illustrations, scattered spotting, vol. II front hinge a little tender, top edge gilt, original red cloth gilt, spines and extremities faded, a few light stains, 8vo, together with Stanley (Henry M.), In Darkest Africa or the Quest, Rescue and Retreat of Emin Governor of Equatoria, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1890, four folding maps (vol. I map detached and torn in two without loss), illustrations, some spotting, original red pictorial cloth gilt, a few dampstains, 8vo, with others including J.G. Millais’ Newfoundland and its Untrodden Ways, 1907 and Wanderings and Memories, 1919 (13)
£150-200
40 Helps (Arthur). The Spanish Conquest in America and its Relation to the History of Slavery and to the Government of Colonies, 5 vols., 1st ed., 1855-61, half titles to vols. I-II & IV only, two folding maps, maps in text, some light spotting and toning, previous owner stamp, bookplates, contemporary mottled calf, covers stamped with gilt arms, spines with red and green labels and gilt decoration, a little rubbed and scuffed, 8vo, together with Squier (E. George), Peru. Incidents of Travel and Exploration in the Land of the Incas, 1st ed., 1877, half title, folding map, illustrations, a few spots, t.e.g., modern black half calf, Mudie’s Select Library label to upper cover, 8vo, with others leather bound, including Edward Whymper’s Travels Amongst the Great Andse of the Equator, 2nd ed., 1892 and William H. Prescott’s History of the Conquest of Peru/Conquest of Mexico, new eds., 1878 (10)
£150-200
43 Heylyn (Peter). Cosmographie, in Four Books. Containing the Chorographie and Historie of the Whole World, and all the Principal Kingdoms, Provinces, Seas, and Isles thereof, 4th edition, published P. Chetwind, 1677, engraved frontispiece, general title printed in red & black with later manuscript ownership signature, four uncoloured double-page engraved maps, maps frayed and trimmed with slight loss, three maps with long closed tears affecting image, partially disbound with loose text pages, upper hinge and joints broken, original boards covered in later cloth, torn, worn and frayed, folio
41 Henderson (Ebenezer). Iceland; or the Journal of a Residence in that Island, During the Years 1814 and 1815. Containing Observations on the Natural Phenomena, History, Literature and Antiquities of the Island; and the Religion, Character, Manners, and Customs of its Inhabitants, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1818, folding engraved map (torn in half), 16 engraved plates, occasional spotting and waterstains, modern speckled calf, 8vo (2)
£100-150
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