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99 BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS, PHOTOGRAPHS &OTHER CURIOSITIES ON VOYAGES &TRAVEL 1035.POLO. Cordier (Henri) Ser Marco Polo Notes and Addenda toSir Henry Yule’s Edition, containing the results of recent research and discovery, frontis, original decorative cloth, 1920 [11393] £120 This is the separately issued third volume of Yule’s third and best 2 volume edition issued in 1903. 1036.POLO. Yule (Sir Henry) & Henri Cordier. The Book of Ser Marco Polo the Venetian Concerning the Kingdoms and Marvels of the East, Third Edition, Revised and Enlarged, numerous maps and illusts. 2 vols, thk.8vo, slight wear at head and tail of spines, [with] Henri Cordier, Ser Marco Polo Notes and Addenda to Sir Henry Yule’s Edition, containing Results of Recent Research and Discovery, frontis. dw, together 3 vols, New York & London, 1903 & 1920 [CF4099] £450 Although Marco Polo did not go to Japan himself, he gives a description of “Chipangu” and of its invasion by Kublai Khan. 1037.PONDER (Maj. S.E.G.) Seven Cantonments, plates, c.1920 [CF4100] £20 Peshawar and the North West Frontier 1038.PONTING (Herbert G.) The Great White South or With Scott in the Antarctic being an account of experiences with Captain Scott’s South Pole Expedition and of the Nature Life of the Antarctic, map and numerous plates, some occasional foxing, spine sunned, 1926 [11363] £30 1039.PORTER (George Richardson) The Nature and Properties of the Sugar Cane; with Practical Directions for the Improvement of its Culture and the Manufacture of its products... with an additional chapter on the Manufacture of Sugar from Beet- Root, Second Edition, 6 plates, 3 folding, 3 text illusts. recased with new endpapers, spine laid down, 1842 [10956] £250 1040.PORTER (Maj. Whitworth) Life in the Trenches before Sebastopol, sm.8vo, spine sunned, 1856 [CF4106] £95 1041.POTGEITER (E.F.) The Disappearing Bushmen of Lake Chrissie, with notes on the Language by D. Ziervogel, vi + 64 pp. folding genealogical chart, plates, printed wrappers, Pretoria, 1955 [10627]£30 1042.PRAGUE. A Concertina Album containing 20 Woodbury photographs each 4 x 5½ ins. original decorative cloth gilt album, K. André, c.1880 [CF4743] £185 1043.PRAMOJ (M.R.S.) and M.R.K. Pramoj. AKing Speaks, plates, The Siam Society, Bangkok, 1987 [CF6801] £25 Letters and legislation of Mongkut. 1044.PRIEST (Harold) The Call of the Bush Wanderings of aNature Man on the Murray River, plates, 1932 [CF8077] £25 1045.PRIESTLEY (Joseph) A Fine White Medal Portrait Medallion Bust Profile right “Josephus Priestley” by Phipson, to commemorate his death, on the verso “Magnus Christianus Philosphus” around the edge, and “Apr. VIII Litora Linquens Columbian Advenit Junii IV MDCCXCIV. Natus 13 Mart 1773, Mort 6 Feb 1804”, 2¼ ins very slight wear, 1804 [11096] £350 Priestley died at Northumberland, Pennsylvania on the 6th of February 1804. One of the great thinkers of the 18th Century, his work in the fields of philosophy and science are particularly noteworthy. He lived here on the Green in Calne for seven years during his time as the Earl of Shelburne’s Librarian. Here he “discovered” Oxygen, and developed his erroneous phlogiston theory. 1046.PRIESTLEYANA. [Stone (J.H.) et al.] Copies of Original Letters Recently Written by Persons in Paris to Dr. Priestley in America. Taken on board a Neutral Vessel, 36 pp. unbound, 1798 [4749]£175 Stone, the famous political refugee, advocates the overthrow of the British System of Government, a point Priestley was at pains to contradict. 1047.PRUSSIA. The History of Prussia, particularly during the reign of the late King Frederick William; In which is contained a distinct Account, of the Means by which that PRINCE, rendered his Dominions so considerable, and himself so formidable in Germany, and to all Europe: Comprehending also, Many remarkable Negociations and Transactions of various kinds, relative to other Powers, As well as, Several curious Anecdotes, Interspersed throughout With Original Papers, Treaties, and Letters of State, of great Consequence, towards understanding perfectly, the present System, xiv + 525 pp. small hole on title not affecting text,contemporary speckled calf, upper joint cracked but holding, 1756 [11448] £150 1048.PURCHAS. Pennington (L.E. ed.) The Purchas Handbook: Studies of the Life, Times and Writings of Samuel Purchas 1577-1626 with bibliographies of his books and of works about him, numerous maps and plates, 2 vols, dws. Hakluyt Society Second Series vols 185 & 186, 1997 [11434] £80 JUVENILE CRUSOEADE. 1049.QUARLL. The Life and Adventures of Philip Quarll, the English Hermit; who was Discovered by an English Merchant on an Uninhabited Island in the South-Sea, where he had lived upwards of fifty years without human assistance, frontis. text illusts. sm. square 8vo, spine slightly sunned, 1839 [8233]£65
Clive Farahar & Sophie Dupré, XV The Green, Calne, Wilts, SN1 8DQ, Tel: (01249) 821121 100 1050.RÉVILLE (Albert) Lectures on the Origin and Growth of Religion as Illustrated by the Native Religions of Mexico and Peru, title a little spotted, 1884 [11014] £50 1051.ROWE (Newton A.) Voyage to The Amorous Islands, The Discovery of Tahiti, plates, 1955 [11419] £25 1052.RICHARDSON (Lawrence) Lawrence Richardson Selected Correspondance 1902-1903, Edited by Arthur M.Davey, folding map, plates, Van Riebeck Society, Second Series No.8, Cape Town, 1977 [CF7019] £35 Richardson, a quaker, was part of two fact finding expeditions to the Boers during the Anglo Boer War. 1053.RINK (Dr.Henry) Tales and Traditions of the Eskimo with a Sketch of Their Habits, Religion, Language, and other peculiarities, translated from the Danish by the Author, edited by Dr.Robert Brown, frontis. and 1 other folding plate, 4 other plates and numerous text illusts. drawn and engraved by the Eskimo, original pictorial cloth, gilt, spine sunned, head and tail a little worn, 1875 [4516]£140 This is the second collection of tales made by Rink. The are both rare and have the distinction of having been illustrated by the Eskimo. 1054.ROBINSON LEES (Rev. G.) The Witness of the Wilderness The Bedawin of the Desert Their Origin, History, Home Life, Strife, Religion, and Superstitions, in Their relation to the Bible, plates, spine a little dulled, 1909 [CF7876] £30 The author researched this book over his six year residence in Palestine. “Recent events in the Turkish Empire, the grant of a new Parliamentary Constitution, and the construction of the desert railway from Damascus to Medina and Mecca, are factors of supreme interest and importance in the wilderness life, which may well bring the Bedawin and thier country, the cradle of Islam, more prominently before the notice of the Christian world.” 1055.RODRIGUES. Cooper (Michael ed.) João Rodrigues’s Account of Sixteenth-Century Japan, numerous maps and illusts. sm.4to dw, Hakluyt Society Third Series no.7, 2001 [11382] £50 1056.ROONEY (Dawn F.) Thai Pottery and Ceramics, Collected articles from The Journal of the Siam Society 1922-1980, maps and numerous plates, thk.8vo, Limited to 1000 copies, Siam Society, Bangkok, 1986 [CF6796] £50 1057.ROSEBERY. Grant (A.R.C.) & Caroline Combe. Lord Rosebery’s North American Journal - 1873, plates, dw. 1967 [10606] £18 This Journal by a future Prime Minister, aged 26, describes two months in New York, Salt Lake City, Chicago, Ottawa, Montreal, Boston & Washington. 1058.ROSENTHAL (Eric) African Switzerland Basutoland of Today, map, plates, dw. 1948 [CF8102] £20 1059.ROSENTHAL (Eric) Victorian South Africa, A collection ofone hundred and forty-nine engravings, illusts. 4to, dw. Cape Town, 1975 [CF8132] £20 1060.ROSS (M.J.) Ross in the Antarctic, The Voyages of James Clark Ross in Her Majesty’s Ships Erebus and Terror 1839-1843, portrait frontis, 8 maps, including 2folding at end, numerous plates, dw. Whitby, 1982 [10902] £50 The author is Ross’s great-grandson. 1061.RUSSELL (William Howard) ADiary in the East During the Tour of the Prince and Princess of Wales, coloured frontis, edges spotted, 5 other coloured plates, thk.8vo, 1869 [CF4979] £75 1062.RUTNIN (Mattani ed.) The Siamese Theatre A Collection of Reprints from the Journals of the Siam Society, numerous plates, small snag in front free endpaper, 4to, original printed wrappers, Siam Society, Bangkok, 1975 [CF6797] £20 TREATISE ON COCHINEAL 1063.[RUUSSCHER (Melchior de)] Nauerlyke Historie van de Couchenille, beweezen met Authentique Documenten. Histoire Naturelle de la Cochenille, Justifié par des Documens Authentiques, plate, xii + 175 +errata, title printed in red cochineal ink, text in french and dutch, some occasional foxing, contemporary calf boards, rebacked, corners repaired, Hermanus Uytwerf, Amsterdam, 1729 [11255] £1,250 Sabin 74500. Cochineal is a natural red dye-stuff made from the female insect Dactylopius coccus, a cactus eating insect found in Mexico and Peru. It was introduced into Europe by the Spanish from Mexico, where it had been used long before their conquest by Cortés in 1521. Before this time, reds, used in dye and paint had been provided for by the Kermes beetle, used by the Egyptians, a colour far inferior to Cochineal. The trade in Cochineal proved a tremendous asset to the Spanish, and revolutionised Artists pallettes across Europe. 1064.SAFFRONI-MIDDLETON (A.) Tropic Shadows Memories of the South Seas, together with Reminiscences of the Author’s Sea Meetings with Joseph Conrad, plates, some occasional spotting, 1927 [CF8232] £45 Borneo, Australia, New Zealand, Samoa. 1065.SAGARIK (Rapee) Culture and Environment in Thailand A Symposium of the Siam Society, text illusts. xxxiv + 558 pp. thk.8vo, Siam Society, Bangkok, 1989 [CF6795] £25 1066.SAINSBURY (Ethel Bruce) A Calendar of the Court Minutes etc. of the East India Company 1668- 1670, with an introduction and notes by Sir William Foster, Oxford, 1929 [CF6808] £50
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