28th Jul, 2021 10:30 GMT/BST
Golovnin (Vasiliy Mikhailovich). Narrative of my Captivity in Japan, during the Years 1811, 1812 and 1813, 1st edition in English, London: Henry Colburn, 1818. 2 volumes, 8vo (207 x 125 mm), contemporary sprinkled calf ruled in gilt, rebacked to style at an early date, 3 pp. advertisements to rear of volume 2, damp-staining to title-pages and early leaves, occasionally elsewhere, paper otherwise somewhat crinkled but not stained - Campbell (Thomas). Letters from the South, 1st edition, London: Henry Colburn, 1837. 2 volumes, 8vo (213 x 135 mm), contemporary half calf gilt, 10 aquatint plates (a few folding), folding plan, one spine-label perished, half-titles discarded, plates and plan all spotted, browned and offset and with tide-mark to top margins - [India]. Transactions in India, from the Commencement of the French War in Seventeen Hundred and Fifty-Six, to the Conclusion of the Late Peace, in Seventeen Hundred and Eighty-Three. Containing a History of the British Interests in Indostan, 1st edition, London: J. Debrett, 1786. 8vo (207 x 120 mm), contemporary half russia (spine worn, covers detached), spotting to outer leaves - and 2 others (not collated: Herman von Pückler Muskau, Tour in England, Ireland, and France, in the Years 1828 and 1829 [volumes 3 and 4: Tour in Germany, Holland and England, in the Years 1826, 1827, and 1828], 1st edition in English, London: Effingham Wilson, 1832, 4 volumes, contemporary half calf, a few spine-labels perished; and Jane Porter, Sir Edward Seaward's Narrative of his Shipwreck, and Consequent Discovery of Certain Islands in the Caribbean Sea, 1st edition, London: Longman [et al.], 1831, 3 volumes, contemporary half calf) (qty: 12) Abbey Travel 306 (Campbell); ESTC T117825 (India, Transactions, the work sometimes attributed to John Moir; ten copies in UK libraries). Campbell's work concerns a visit to Algeria. Provenance (all titles): George Wilbraham (1779-1852), Whig politician, of Delamere House, Northwich, Cheshire (with his personal bookplates or those of Delamere House).
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Auction: Books, Maps & Manuscripts, 28th Jul, 2021
Books, Maps & Manuscripts
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