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Auction No 368, Category: Travel

9 Lots (displaying 1 - 9)

Cooke Yarborough (Ed.) "The Diary of a Working Man in Central Africa 1884-1887", SPCK,

Lot: 131

  • Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £38
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Cooke Yarborough (Ed.) The Diary of a Working Man in Central Africa 1884-1887, SPCK, ownership inscription of 1897; John Geddie The Lake Regions of Central Africa, 1881; John Burger African Adventures, 1957; John Jordan The Elephant Stone, 1959 in fine d/jkt; H.N. Hemans The Log of A Native Commissioner, Witherby, 1935, spotting to edge of text block; and another. Mostly 1st Editions. Good to fine (5)

Theodore Roosevelt "African Game Trails", 1910, and "Through the Brazilian Wilderness", 1914,

Lot: 132

  • Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
UNSOLD
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Theodore Roosevelt African Game Trails, 1910, and Through the Brazilian Wilderness, 1914, both John Murray First Editions, latter showing some subtle repair to the cloth binding; uncut two sides; plates and maps complete. VG (2)

                        

E. Joy Morris "Notes of a Tour through Turkey, Greece, Egypt and Arabia Petraea to the Holy Land"

Lot: 133

  • Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £68
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E. Joy Morris Notes of a Tour through Turkey, Greece, Egypt and Arabia Petraea to the Holy Land, George Clark, 1847, octavo, original cloth, gilt title faded o/w VG; previous owner’s bookplate removed from front paste-down; light tanning to text throughout. 312pp

John Geddie "Beyond the Himalayas", T. Nelson, 1882; M. Huc "Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China", 2nd Edn, 2 Vols;

Lot: 134

  • Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £40
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John Geddie Beyond the Himalayas, T. Nelson, 1882; M. Huc Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China, 2nd Edn, 2 Vols; and Charles Wenyon Across Siberia, on the Great Post Road, 1898, 2nd Edn, photo frontispiece; all in original gilt cloth bindings. VG (4)

Travel and Hunting selection including Foenander "Big Game of Malaya", 1952 in d/jkt;

Lot: 135

  • Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £40
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Travel and Hunting selection including Foenander Big Game of Malaya, 1952 in d/jkt; Millais Wanderings and Memories, 1919; P.M.Stewart Tales of Travel and Sport, 1930, rebound; Denis Lyell The African Elephant and its Hunters, 1994 reprint in d/jkt; and related. Good to VF (8)

C. H. Stigand "Hunting the Elephant in Africa, and other Recollections of Thirteen Years' Wanderings"

Lot: 137

  • Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £145
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C. H. Stigand Hunting the Elephant in Africa, and other Recollections of Thirteen Years' Wanderings Macmillan, New York, 1913, First Edition, original gilt cloth, VG; complete with 16pp of photo-plates and folding chart of tusk measurements. 370pp plus prelims. Bookplate of the Society of Writers. 

P.H.G. Powell-Cotton "A Sporting Trip Through Abyssinia", Rowland Ward, 1902, First Edition, tall octavo,

Lot: 138

  • Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
UNSOLD
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P.H.G. Powell-Cotton A Sporting Trip Through Abyssinia, Rowland Ward, 1902, First Edition, tall octavo, later gilt cloth by Jarvis of Thanet, VG; some damp-staining to b/w frontispiece o/w fine internally including coloured folding map; 531pp including plates; publisher’s catalogue at rear. 

Hunting, Shooting and Travel selection including E.Bennet "Shots and Snapshots in British East Africa",

Lot: 144

  • Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £175
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Hunting, Shooting and Travel selection including E.Bennet Shots and Snapshots in British East Africa, 1914, original gilt cloth, VG; C.E. Gouldsbury Tiger Slayer by Order, 1916, some foxing; Corbett The Temple Tiger, OUP, 1954 in d/jkt; Willcocks From Kabul to Kumassi, Murray, 1904, worn cloth, maps complete; and others. Fair to VF (10)

Richard Harland "The Hunting Imperative", 2001, and Robert Foran "The Elephant Hunters of the Lado", 2007,

Lot: 147

  • Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £54
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Richard Harland The Hunting Imperative, 2001, and Robert Foran The Elephant Hunters of the Lado, 2007, both VF in d/jkts; Tony Henley Round the Campfire, & Hunting and Wildlife in Botswana, 2002, publisher’s proof copy in gilt cloth binding; and another. (4) VG/VF