Starts 24th Apr, 2026 12:00
Ending 4th May, 2026 18:00
Books, Manuscripts and Maps
197
TRAVEL, Etc: 1- O’Donovan, E: The Merv Oasis, travels & adventures east of the Caspian
during the years 1879-80-81, in TWO Volumes, Smith, Elder, 1882, 1st. Edn. With a portrait, a large folding colour map, plans, & Facsimiles. Cont. half leather, rubbed and hinges cracked; 2- (Signed) Wolff, J: Narrative of A Mission to Bokhara, Parker, 1846, 3rd. Edn. Inscribed & Signed, Sept. 19. 1846. PP: Frontis, xxvii, (1) blank, 495, 16 (Publisher's adverts). Original blindstamped boards, rubbed, with tears & small loss; 3- Dore, G (ill): History of the Crusades, vol.1 only of 2. George Barrie, Philadelphia, no date, c1880, with 50 plates. Folio, original full leather gilt, a.e.g. Rubbed and hinges cracked, plates and text clean; 4- (Signed) Allen, EWD: Béled-Es-Siba, sketches and essays of travel and history. 1925, 1st. Edn; 5- Dore, G (ill): Spanish Pictures drawn with pen and pencil. Religious Tract Society n.d., c1910. 4to. Original pictorial boards, rubbed & faded, a.e.g; 6- Schutveld: Voyages de Bruxelles en Mongolie, Bruxelles, 1873. One volume.196pp with 6 double-page plates. Cont. Leather backed boards, rubbed. Small piece torn off the top corner of title page; 7- Spencer, N: The Complete English Traveller, 1771. TEXT ONLY, LACKS ALL THE PLATES. Folio, half leather; 8- Schrader/Purdent/Anthoine: Atlas de Géographie Moderne, Paris, 1907, folio. Cont. Half leather, rubbed; 9- The Harmsworth Atlas and Gazetteer, no date, c1906. Folio, cont. half leather, rubbed and covers detached; 10- Wright, W: Palmyra and Zenobia ... 1895, 1st. Edn. With maps, plates & illustrations; 11- Buxton, N: Travels and Reflections. 1929, 1st. Edn; 12- Choukas, M: Black Angels of Athos, 1935. (13)
Provenance:From the Professor Charles James Frank Dowsett (1924-1998) Library.
The Collection of Professor Charles James Frank Dowsett (1924-1998)
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