Gore Vidal : Fiction ( writing as Edgar Box ) Death in the Fifth Position, Death Likes It Hot, Death Before Bedtime. ( as Vidal ) : Kalki, Myron, Two Sisters, 1876, A Thirsty Evil; Duluth, Myra Breckinridge, Live From Golgotha. Together with 8 other titles, all but one with original dust wrappers. Generally vg. Estimate £40 - £60
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Gore Vidal : Non Fiction : Palimpsest (Andre Deutsch), 1995 1st.Ed. Signed copy; Snapshots in History's Glare 2009; Point to Point Navigation 2006, Rocking the Boat 1962, Reflections Upon A Sinking Ship 1969, Sexually Speaking 1999, A View From The Diners Club 1991, Screening History 1992, An Evening With Richard Nixon 1972. Together with 10 other titles. All books with original dust wrappers. Vg. Estimate £50 - £100
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Gore Vidal Biographical : Joshi S. : Comprehensive Bibliography; Baker S. : Gore Vidal, A Critical Companion; White R. : Gore Vidal; Mitzel J. : Myra & Gore; Parini J. : Gore Vidal, Writer Against the Grain; Dick B.: The Apostate Angel, A Critical Study of Gore Vidal. Together with five other related titles. Vg. Estimate £20 - £30
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W.Somerset Maugham Selection : Cosmopolitans 1936, Signed Limited Edition No. 85 of 175. Duff J. : Letters of William Somerset Maugham, 1982; Stott R. : Maughamiana, the Writings of Somerset Maugham, 1950; Curtis A. : W.Somerset Maugham, The Critical Inheritance, 1987. Together with ten further related titles. Generally vg. Estimate £30 - £40
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Arthur M. Schlesinger Collection : Robert Kennedy and His Times; The Imperial Presidency, A Thousand Days, JFK in the White House; Orestes A. Brownson; The Age of Jackson; The Age of Roosevelt, Vols.1,2 & 3; The General and the President. Together with with 14 related titles. Generally vg. Estimate £50 - £60
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Tom Wolfe Collection : The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby 1966; Mauve Gloves & Madmen Clutter & Vine 1976; The Purple Decades 1983; Radical Chic & Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers 1971; From Bauhaus to Our House 1982; The Pump House Gang 1968; the electric kool-aid acid test 1969; The Painted Word 1975; The Right Stuff 1979. Together with seven other titles. All volumes 8vo with original djs. All vg. Estimate £50 - £60
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Tom Wolfe Biographical : Bloom H. : Tom Wolfe 2001; McKeen W. : Tom Wolfe, 1995; Somette D. : The critical Response to Tom Wolfe 1992; Ragen B. : Tom Wolfe, A Critical Companion 2002; Scura D. : Conversations with Tom Wolfe 1990. Together with two other titles. Vg, Estimate £25 - £35
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Angling : Geen P. : What I Have Seen While Fishing and Where I Have Caught My Fish, 1905. 1st. Ed. 8vo. Green cloth, gilt, monochrome photographic plates. Days Stolen For Sport, Nd. (1907) Preseumed 1st. and only edition. 8vo. Clue cloth, gilt, monochrome photographic plates. This second volume by Geen, an early, long-serving president of the Anglers' Association, is a scarce title. Together with four other angling titles. Some minor foxing on the Geen titles o/ vg. Estimate £40 - £60
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Aldiss B. : The Hand-Reared Boy, 1970, 1st.Ed; A Soldier Erect, 1971, 1st. Ed. Signed by author on tp; A Rude Awakening, 1978, 1st.Ed. Signed by author on tp. All titles 8vo., hb. + dj. Vg+/ Nf. Estimate £15 - £25
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A Hand-Book for Visitors to Oxford, 1848. 8vo. Original maroon blind-stamped cloth with gilt titling and image on upper board, teg. Engraved plates featuring locations with architectural significance together with vignette illus. in the text. Relatively scarce. Binding a little worn at the extremities with some small tears on the spine but complete and capable of restoration. Some minor foxing to the margins the of plates and text, o/w tight and clean. Estimate £20 - £30
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William Boyd Collection : A Haunting, 2000. Signed, limited edition, No. 22 of 138. 8vo. Hb; Transfigured Night, 1995. Signed, limited edition, No. 819 of 2000. 12mo. Card covers; Cork, 1994. Limited edition, No.184 of 236. Tall 8vo. Hb. with patterned covers & transparent wrapper. A Good Man in Africa, 1981. 1st. U.S. Ed. 8vo. Hb. + Dj. Also included are School Ties; An Ice Cream War; Stars And Bars; On The Yankee Station; The Blue Afternoon, Nat Tate An American Artist together with 16 other titles. Vg to nf. Estimate £80 - £100
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Stanley Kubrick Collection : Harlan J. : Artificial Intelligence, 2009. 1st. Ed. Landscape qto. hb.+dj; Walker A. : Stanley Kubrick Directs; Wheat L. : Kubrick's 2001 - A Triple Allegory; LoBrutto V. :Stanley Kubrick, A Biography; (all 8vo.Hb.+Djs) Falsetto M : Stanley Kubrick, A Narrative and Stylistic Analysis; Kolker R. : Stanley Kubrick's 2001 Space Odyssey; Nelson T. : Kubrick, Inside A Film Artist's Maze; Stanley Kubrick's Clockwork Orange. Together with 12 other titles, including pbs. Vg/nf Estimate £60 - £70
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Fiction collection : Dee J. :Privileges; Newman G. :Crime and Punishment; Hall M. :The Coroner; Billingham M. :Death Message. Together with 10 other titles including pbs. Vg/Nf Estimate £15 - £25
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Sanders D. : Moment - Lexicon und Fremdworterbuch, nd. C.1900. Miniature German dictionary printed in two columns of microscopic type.Flexible linen-backed binding with gilt titling. The book is housed in an original and unusual green, hinged metal case with gilt decoration. The metal case also features a small integral magnifying glass set into the upper lid. Scarce. Vg. Estimate £20 - £30
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Bindings : A small collection of sixteen 19th.C. & early 20th.C. volumes, qto. & 8vo., featuring decorative/illustrated cloth bindings and leather bindings. Titles include : Jerome J. : Three Men in a Boat, 1889; Wynter A. : Our Social Bees, 1861; Beecher Stowe H. Uncle Tom's Cabin, nd. early ed. with engraved plates; Milne A. : Winnie the Pooh, 1942 ( with dj. ) and Bishop H. : Pictorial Architecture of the British Isles, 1885. Engraved plates and vignettes. ( Qto.Landscape ). Generally vg. Estimate £20 - £30
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Sotheby's and Christie's :A small collection of 'Art at Auction' and 'Season Reviews' for years between 1979/80 - 1990/91. Qto. Hb + Dj. Colour plates etc. Vg. Estimate £20 - £30
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Bunyan J.: Pilgrim's Progress, 1938. Small 8vo. Hb. + Dj. Scarce commemorative edition published by the Sidney Press in Bedford ( UK ) to mark the 250th.Anniversary of the Author's Death. Vg. with original dj. Estimate £20 - £30
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Bates H.E. : The Tinkers of Elstow (1945 ). 1st. Limited Edition, No.110/300, signed by Bates and Schwabe ( Illustrator ). 8vo. Full blue calf, gilt titling and inner dentelles. Engraved monchrome illustrations. ( Also included with this volume is an original typed carbon-copy of the publisher's briefing notes about the purpose and inspiration for the book and its launch at a Luncheon at the Trocadero, 23rd. May, 1946 ). Hawkins L. : Building for Beauty and How Not To Do It. 1941. 8vo. Hb. Volume derives from '' a Note on Contemporary Development read to the Bedford Natural History and Archaeological Society.'' Photographic illustrations and design drawings. A somewhat 'tongue in cheek' review and assessment. Both volumes scarce. Minor wear to extremities of bindings o/w vg. Estimate £60 - £80
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John Bunyan Miscellany : Pilgrim's Progress, 1881. 8vo. 'Elstow' edition, binding with oak panels taken from Elstow Church prior to restoration. Foster A. : Bunyan's Country, 1901; Tibbutt H. Bunyan Meeting Bedford, 1650-1950; Harper C. The Bunyan Country, 1928. All titles 8vo. Hb. Boards detached from Elstow edition. Other titles generally vg. Estimate £30 - £40
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Cradock H. : Josephine is Busy; Josephine's Birthday; Josephine Goes Shopping; Josephine and Her Dolls. Nd. C.1920. Children's series of titles, all qto. hb. with a cloth spine and colour plate mounted on upper board. All with delightful 'period' colour plates and line drawn vignettes in the text by H.C. Appleton. Bindings with moderate wear, some plates/pages loose. Some selotape repairs. Estimate £20 - £30
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Luton Miscellany : Substantial collection of titles relating to Luton, Befordshire, including : Memories of Luton, Luton Scene Again, Luton Corporation Transport, Luton, a Second Selection, Luton Past and Present, Luton at War, Changing Face of Luton, Luton in Old Picture Postcards and Mate's Illustrated Guide to Luton 1907 ( Rep. Generally vg. Estimate £20 - £30
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Murray Guides. Set of 15 original Guides in maroon cloth bindings featuring black printed titles,maps or designs. Mostly undated as usual but clearly from the earlier part of the 20th.C. Some, including Cromer and Dartmoor, possibly from the beginning of the century judging by the adverts, photographs and prices! Titles include : Margate, Swanage & South Dorset, Malvern Country, Bournemouth, Teignmouth & South-East Devon, Brighton & Hove, Ilfracombe Barnstaple Clovelly North-West Devon, Isle of Wight, Wye Valley, Bridlington Flamborough Filey Scarborough Hornsea, London 1913, Ilfracombe, Cromer, Dartmoor, Lowestoft 7 District, North Wales, Folkestone Sandgate Hythe Canterbury Dymchurch. Some with bindings loosening from spine, some wear, some text blocks loose but all apparently complete including bindings, generally vg. Estimate £30 - £40
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19th.C. Topographical Miscellany : Manning S. : American Pictures; Lovett R. Irish Pictures, 1888 & Welsh Pictures, 1893; Green S. : Pictures from the German Fatherland & French Pictures; All small folio, most with decorated/illustrated bindings and engraved plates. Dutt W. : The King's Homeland, Sandringham and North West Norfolk 1904, 1st.Ed. Introd. by Rider Haggard. Plates. White W. : History,Gazetteer and Directory of Lincolnshire, 1872. Besant W. : London in the Eighteenth Century, 1902. Bindings to some titles complete but needing repair. O/w generally vg. Estimate £40 - £50
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Northamptonshire Miscellany : Holloway W. : Northamptonshire and the Great War, nd. C.1923. Qto. hb. Colour and monochrome illustrations. Life in Old Northampton, 1975. Landscape qto. Monochrome & colour illus. Memories of Northampton, 1999. Folio, monochrome.illus. Deacon M. : Duston Northamptonshire - Photographic Record, 1880 - 1920. Qto. pb. All vg. nf. Estimate £20 - £30
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The Cricketer's Manual by ''BAT'', 1851. 12mo. Flexible green cloth binding, blindstamped, gilt, aeg. Containing a brief review of the Character, History and Elements of Cricket with The Laws appertaining thereto as revised by The Marylebone Club. Scarce. Vg, nf. Estimate £80 - £120
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Cherry-Garrard A. : The Worst Journey in the World, Antarctic 1910-1913. Constable 1922. 1st. Edition. 2 Vols. 8vo. Original publisher's boards,cloth spine, paper labels. Plates, some coloured, maps, some folding, folding panoramas. Scarce. Some minor wear to binding o/w vg. Estimate £750 - £1000
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William Law : The Way to Divine Knowledge Being Several Dialogues between Humanus, Academicus, Rusticus and Theophilus, 1752. 1st. Edition. 8vo. Full professional rebind in calf.Scarce. Together with : Le Catechisme Du Concile De Trent, Traduction Nouvelle, Troisie'me Edition 1686. Small 8vo. Full calf binding, label in gilt. Third edition of the Catechism of the Roman Catholic Church arising from the Council of Trent. Scarce early French edition. Law title - professional rebind and minor repairs to tp., some pencil underlinings o/w clean tight textblock. Catehcisme - some minor wear and loss to binding but capable of restoration, clean and tight tb. Estimate £80 - £120
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Medical Compendium comprised of five 18th.C & 19th.C seminal works concerning human health and the pathology of disease. Titles in the volume are : 1. James Johnson : The Influence of Civic Life, Sedentary Habits and Intellectual Refinement on on Human Health and Human Happiness including an estimate of the Balance of Enjoyment and Suffering in the Different Gradations of Society, 1818 ( Remarkable current contemporary significance, possibly!); 2. James Clark : De Frigoris Effectibus in Corpus Vivum, 1817. 1st. (and only?) Ed.There is a manuscript dedication signed by the Author of this title to his friend and colleague Dr. Archibald Robertson.Scarce. ; 3. Richard Pews : Medical Sketches, 1785; Marshall Hall : On the Mimoses or a Descriptive Diagnostic & Practical Essay on Affections.....Dyspeptic,Hypochondriac,Bilious, Nervous, Chloritic, Hysteric & Spasmodic. 1818. 4. John Faithhorn : Facts and Observations on Liver Complaints and Bilious Disorders, 1820. 8vo. Qtr. binding, marbled boards. Binding - small loss to top of spine, hinges cracked but holding. Text block clean and tight. Estimate £80 - £140
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Dickens C. : The Mystery of Edwin Drood, 1870. 1st.Ed. in book form. Engraved frontis & plates by Fildes. Bound with : Langton R. : Charles Dickens and Rochester, 1880. 1st.Ed. Engraved frontis & plates. 8vo. Qtr. binding, marbled boards. Langton title relatively scarce. Fine qtr. binding, slightly rubbed but sound. Some minor sporadic foxing, o/w clean and tight. Estimate £50 - £60
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Piazzi Smyth C. : New Measures of the Great Pyramid by a New Measurer, 1884. 1st. ( and only ) original edition. Small 8vo, original brown cloth binding, gilt titling. Scarce. Lacking fep o/w a vg copy. Estimate £70 - £100
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Hitler A. : Mein Kampf, 1939. 8vo. Hb. Original blue cloth binding. Portrait frontis. ''Unexpurgated Edition, Two Volumes in One, First Volume : A Retrospect. Second Volume : The National Socialist Movement. ( 40th.Thousand ) Very minor sporadic foxing o/w vg. Estimate £20 - £30
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Payne's Illustrated Family Bible, nd. C.1860. Extracts by J. Temple & W. Hickman. Thick folio, full calf binding, maroon label, gilt. Family register. Many finely engraved hand coloured plates. Some sporadic foxing but generally clean and tight. Estimate £40 - £50
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The New Testament, 1643. Tall 12mo., contemporary leather binding with a simple decorative blind-stamped border to the boards. Title page features an elaborate engraved margin, verso with order of the books of the New Testament. Each book with an engraved decorative heading and initial letter. Scarce. Binding quite worn with small marginal loss. Text block closely cropped, tp browned with slight loss to extreme edges, marginal loss of text to last remaining 9 pages. Lacks last 7 chapters of Revelation. Estimate £60 - £100
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The Bonchurch Hymnbook, 1876. For use in Public Worship, Devotional Meetings and Schools. 4th.Edition. 12mo. Hb. A hymnal compiled by John George Gregory whilst Rector at Bonchurch in the Isle of Wight, some of his own composition. Used also by his later congregation in Park Chapel, Chelsea. Original copies quite scarce. Cloth hb binding affected by damp although the text block appears unscathed. Estimate £20 - £30
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Pelikan J. & Hotchkiss V. : Creeds and Confessions of Faith in the Christian Tradition, 2003. A monumental 4 volume study together with a CD Rom. This theological work seeks to provide a comprehensive study and analysis of the creeds and confessions of the Christian church from the earliest period to the present day, including a commentary on each. The CD Rom features all the original texts featured in the work in their original language. A fine set. Fine, as new. Estimate £80 - £100
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Roosevelt T. : Hunting Trips of a Ranchman, 1891; Ward R. : Records of Big Game 1903; Scrope W. : Days of Deer Stalking, 1894; Payne-Gallwey R. : The Fowler in Ireland 1882 ( Limited Ed. Rep. 1985 ). Together with two further related titles. Scrope title requiring repair. Others generally vg. Estimate £50 - £60
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Hawker P. : Instructions to Young Sportsmen in all That Relates to Guns and Shooting, 1844 (9th.Ed.); Teasdale-Buckell G. : Experts on Guns and Shooting,1900; Walsh J. : The Modern Sportsman's Gun and Rifle, including Game and Wildfowl Guns, Sporting and Match Rifles and Revolvers, Vols. 1 & 2. Vol.1 1882. Vol.2 Facsimile Limited Edition, 1986. (390 of 1500); Greener W. : The Gun, 1967; Payne-Gallwey R. : Shooting, Moor and Marsh, 1887. 2nd.Ed. Badminton Lib. All 8vo. Hb. of varying dimensions, all with either engraved or photographic illus. together with contemporary advertising features. Hawker title with a basic rebind; Walsh Vol.1. binding complete but requiring repair. Others good to vg. Estimate £80 - £120
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Field H. & Bunney M. : English Domestic Architecture of the XVII and XVIII Centuries 1905, 1st.Ed. Large qto. Hb. & Dj. Illustrated with monochrome photos., drawings and plans. Book includes many fine 'period' photographs of the buildings and locations described and thus has a value from this perspective. VG near F. copy. Slight sporadic foxing o/w a vg.+ 1st.Ed. copy with original dj. Estimate £20 - £30
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Dibdin T. : A Biographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in the Northern Counties of England and in Scotland, 1838. 1st. Ed. 2 Vols. 8vo. Fine contemporary green morocco, ribbed gilt spine, gilt roll-tooled borders on boards, gilt lined outer and inner edges, marbled eps. Aeg. Engraved plates and vigenettes in the text, most with tissue guards. Slight, sporadic foxing and offsetting o/w very fine set. Estimate £180 - £220
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Indicator Map of London, 1888 ( actually July 16th. 1888 ). Linen-backed, engraved, hand-coloured, folding map of London housed within the original 8vo blue cloth binder with gilt titling. The map measures 76cm x 52cm. The binder also contains a small booklet with a list of streets in alphabetical order together with a list of the 'Public Buildings, Theatres, and Places of Amusements' - this includes Bazaars, Hotels and Railway Stations. The map also indicates Tramways ( by colour ) and is divided into quarter mile squares; also still attached ( by a brass pin ) is the original linen-backed 'measuring' tape to facilitate calculation of distances. Some moderate wear to the extremities of the binder but complete and bright. Map is bright and clean with some minor wear to the folding points with very slight loss. Estimate £40 - £60
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Speed J. : Map of Bedfordshire. This edition sold by Roger Rea the Elder and the Younger and bears the date 1610. Familiar elaborate strapwork cartouches feature the map title, heraldic emblems, text and a vignette town plan of Bedford. Rea editions are relatively scarce. Framed and glazed. Some minor overall browning with some slight stains. Minor loss to the r/h margin not affecting map printed border. Estimate £60 - £80
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Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge : Map : The British Islands in the West Indies. Nd. C.1840. Approx. 40cm. by 34cm. Engraved map featuring the island of Jamaica in a central panel surrounded by other islands within smaller panels. Coastal waters coloured blue together with minimal hand coloured territorial borders. Mounted, framed and glazed. Some slight sporadic foxing and overall dullness o/w vg. Estimate £40 - £60
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Channel Islands. Miniature ( 14cm. by 21cm. ) hand coloured map from 'Description de L,Univers' by Mallet, C.1680. Also featuring the coast of France. Slight browning on the plain margins o/w vg. Estimate £60 - £80
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Dumaresq P. : Map of Jersey, 1805. Hand coloured map of the island of Jersey. Approx 38cm. by 30cm. The map was published in Richard Gough's revised and enlarged edition of William Camden's 'Britannia'. Finely engraved by John Cary and published by John Stockdale, Piccadilly, 26th.March, 1805. Mounted. Small closed tear in the upper l/h corner affecting black line margin only - barely noticeable. O/w a vg, nf copy. Estimate £80 - £100
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Isle St. Christophle & La Barbade ( une des antilles aux anglois ), 1767. A Paris, Chez Crepy. Engraved, hand coloured map featuring provincial boundaries and topography. Mounted. Vg, nf. Estimate £40 - £60
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The Coast of France from Isle Pelee to Isles de Brehat including Guernsey & Jersey. 28cm. by 18cm. Engraved folding map, hand coloured in outline. Published by J.Fielding 1782. Lewis S. : Map of Jersey, nd. C.1850. Engraved topographical map from the Topographical Dictionary. Together with one early miniature map of France with place names in Latin, hand coloured. German origin. Fielding map with some foxing and stains. Estimate £30 - £40
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Smith's (Bacon G. ) New Cycling Road Map of Ampthill and District, nd. C.1920. 74cm. x 54cm. 2.5 inches to the mile. Map has circles indicating distances of 5 miles and hill routes colour coded to indicate '' Hills to be ridden with caution'' and '' Hills dangerous''. Mounted under clear plastic screen. Vg. Estimate £10 - £20
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Bedfordshire Cartographic Miscellany : Cary J. : Bedfordshire from the best Authorities, 1805. Minimal topographical outline h/c; Smith C. : New Map of the County of Bedford, 1804 ( Four copies ). Hand coloured. From 'Smith's New English Atlas. All maps 'rolled' and 'loose'. Generally vg. Estimate £30 - £50
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Blome R. : A Generall Mapp of the County of Hereford with its Hundreds, C.1690. Engraved and hand coloured in outline, heraldic emblems, scroll work & decorative cartouches. Framed and glazed. Generally vg. Estimate £20 - £30
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Harrison J. : Map of Durham from an actual survey, with improvements, 1789. an engraved map hand coloured in outline. Scarce. Very small darkened area in title cartouche o/w vg. Estimate £30 - £40
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