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103 BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS, PHOTOGRAPHS &OTHER CURIOSITIES ON VOYAGES &TRAVEL
1095.SHACKLETON (Edward) Nansen The Explorer,
2maps, plates, dw. faint spotting on title 1959
[10716] £50
1096. ST. ANDRÉ (H. Pouget de) La Colonisation de
Madagascar sous Louis XV d’après la
Correspondance inédite du Comte de Maudave,
some occasional foxing, cr.8vo, contemporary hf.
red morocco, slight wear, Paris, 1886 [8106]£135
1097. STANDING (Herbert F.) The Children of
Madagascar, map and numerous plates, sm.8vo,
original pictorial cloth, c.1880 [7653] £30
1098.SPARRMAN (Anders) Anders Sparrman Travels
In The Cape 1772-1776 A Voyage to the Cape Of
Good Hope towards the Antarctic Polar Circle
Round the World and to the Country of the
Hottentots and the Caffres from the year 1772-1776,
folding map, plates, 2 vols, Van Riebeck Society,
Second Series No.6, Cape Town, 1975 [7038]£55
1099.STANLEY (A.P.) Sinai and Palestine in connection
with their history, new edition, 7 coloured maps,
some folding, 5 other maps and plans in the text,
some slight wear, 1889 [CF4116] £35
1100.STANLEY (Edward) Address Delivered on board
H.M.S. “Rattlesnake” by Edward Stanley, D.D. late
Bishop of Norwich. On November 29, 1846, being
the Sunday before the Departure of H.M.S.
“Rattlesnake” for Australia and New Guinea, under
the Command of the Late Captain Owen Stanley
R.N. 7 pp. stitched as issued, inscribed on the title
“Chas. Jas. Card HMS “Rattlesnake”,” some slight
soiling, 1850 [CF6893] £350
Not in Fergusson or the British Library. Card was on the
“Rattlesnake” as a Clerk “Unpassed”. The
“Rattlesnake’s” job was to survey the Torres Straits
between Cape York and New Guinea. The death of his
father was the final straw which lead to the death of
Captain Owen Stanley. The pressure of his work and the
severity with which he took his responsibilities, refusing to
delegate, led to his early death at the age of 39 in March
1850.
1101.STANLEY (H.M.) The Exploration Diaries of
H.M.Stanley Now first published from the original
manuscripts edited by Richard Stanley and Alan
Neame,ep maps, plates,illusts, dw, 1961 [7040] £30
1102.STARK (James H.) Stark’s History and Guide to
Barbados and the Caribbee Islands, containing a
description of everything on or about these islands of
which the visitor or resident may desire in formation,
including thier history, inhabitants, climate,
agriculture, geology, government and resources, 2
folding maps, plates, original decorative cloth,
Boston & London, 1903 [10755] £120
1103.STEDMAN (Capt. J.G.) Narrative of a Five Years’
Expedition against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam
in Guiana on the Wild Coast of South America from
the Years 1772 to 1777, [with introduction and notes
by J.A. van Lier,] folding map, plates, some folding,
2vols, 4to, buckram spines, preserved in slip cover,
[1796], REPRINT Imprint Society, Massachusettes,
1971 [CF7734] £85
1104.STEPHEN (Sir George) A Third Letter to the
Right Hon. Lord John Russell, &c. &c. &c. on the
Plans of the Society for the Civilization of Africa, ii
+32pp. stitched as issued, [1840] [10559] £35
CHINA CHOP BOOKS
1105.STEAD (Alexander) A Collection of over 362
Printed Samples of Silk Wrappers or “Chop Marks”
with Manuscript Over Markings, and Romanised
Translation in Manuscript on the opposite page, 213
pp. with 15 pp manuscript index, contained in 2
notebooks 9 x 3½ & 8 x 3 ins. straight grained
morocco, slight wear, one clasp missing, Shanghai,
1872 [11235] £1,250
Stead was an agent for C.J. Skeggs & Co. who advertised
themselves as “Public Silk Inspectors and Commission
Agents” operating from Shanghai. The silk industry of
Shanghai grew up during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)
when 70 percent of the cultivated acreage was given over
to the production of silk and cotton. By the middle of the
18th century there were more than 20,000 people
employed as Spinners. After 1842 and the Chinese defeat
by the British, the city was, under the Treaty of Nanking,
opened up to Foreign Trade. Shanghai soon became
China’s leading Port. By 1860 it accounted for about 25
percent of the total Shipping Tonnage entering and
leaving the country. The average turnover at this time, of
Chinese Silk was in excess of £15 million. In 1884
Skegg’s & Co in a circular, estimate that that seasons
crop would run to 60,000 bales of raw silk. However the
trade declined towards the end of the century, giving way
to a more industrial base.
BROOKLYN INCUNABLE
1106.STEPHENS (James Wilson) An Historical and
Geographical Account of Algiers: Containing a
Circumstantial and Interesting Detail of Events
relative to The American Captives, taken from their
own testimony, Second Edition, folding engraved
frontis, slightly browned and offset on title, some
occasional spotting, sm.8vo, contemporary sheep,
neatly rebacked, Brooklyn, 1800 [10621] £350
Sabin 91535 “One of the first books printed in Brooklyn”.
The First Edition was printed in Philadelphia in 1797.
Since the War of Independence, American Merchant Ships
were left to the mercy of the Algerians without benefit of
protection from the British Navy.
1107.STEVENSON (R.L.) Valima Letters, being
Correspondence Addressed by Robert Louis
Stevenson to Sidney Colvin, November 1890-
October 1894, FIRST EDITION, text maps, an
original etched frontis. portrait by William Strang, 2
other plates, buckram, spine sunned, 1885
[3519] £50