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95 BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS, PHOTOGRAPHS &OTHER CURIOSITIES ON VOYAGES &TRAVEL 974. MOFFAT. Wallis (J.P.R. ed.) The Matabele Journals of Robert Moffat 1829-1860, 2 folding maps, 2portraits, 1 coloured, 4 other plates, 2 vols roy.8vo, spines faded, Oppenheimer Series, 1945 [CF10342] £85 975. MOHAMMED. Sale (George) The Koran; commanly called the Alcoran of Mohammed: translated from the original Arabic. With Explanatory Notes taken from the most approved Commentators. To which is prefixed, a Preliminary Discourse 2 vols, contemporary hf. speckled calf, gilt spine, slight wear 1812 [11404] £125 976. MOIR (Fred L.M.) After Livingstone an African Romance, folding maps, plates, foredges spotted, [1923] [CF7705] £45 The author was the founder of the African Lakes Corporation. 977. MONTANDRE (M. de) & M. de Roussel. Etat Militaire de France, pour l’année 1769, onzieme édition Augmentée de différens détails sur la Gendarmerie & les Maréchaussées sm.8vo, boards, cloth spine, a little worn, Paris, 1769 [10766] £85 Included are notices on the governments of San Domingo, Bourbon (La Réunion), Martinique, St. Lucia, Guadeloupe & Gorée. 978. MOORE (Ellen Whitley Moore) Neo-Babylonian Business and Administrative Documents With Transliteration, Translation and notes, 4to, Ex Lib., Univ. Michigan, 1935 [CF3997] £15 979. [MORAVIAN CHURCH.] Weekly Accounts from the Unity’s Elders’ Conference, - Monthly Accounts... [&] Intelligence Relating to the Bretheren’s Church, 57 issues, 400 pp approx. some occasional dust soiling, 1858-1863 [10845] £150 The first 13 issues are weekly, the next 11 are monthly, the remaining “Intelligence...” are also monthly. They all relate to events and expenses of the Moravian Missions across the world. 980. MORAVIAN MISSIONS. London Association in Aid ofthe Moravian Missions - Particulars of Recent Intelligence respecting the above Missions, 13 issues,each with a hf. page wood cut illustration of a Mission, 208 pp, nos. 84 - 104, lacking 10 issues, each stitched as issued, July 1865 - July 1875 [10844] £150 The Moravian Church, which has its origins in the 15th century Hussite movement in Bohemia and Moravia, came to London in 1734 en route to North American Mission work. They were associated with John and Charles Wesley, but on the foundation of Methodism which became a mass movement, they dwindled to 40 congregations, about 5000 members. Publications about their Mission works are rare. These reports are from Missions in Antigua, Australia, Jamaica, Labrador, Surinam, Kaffraria, Greenland, St. Kitts, Barbados, & Lahoul near Tibet. 981. MORELL (John Reynell) Algeria: The Topography and History, Political, Social and Natural, of French Africa, large folding map, frontis & 10 woodcut plates, text illusts, 1 page badly opened, 1854 [CF7664] £150 982. MORISON (Samuel Eliot) The European Discovery of America, The Northern Voyages A.D. 500-1600, The Southern Voyages A.D. 1492-1616, numerous maps, coloured frontis’s, many illustrations, 2 vols thk.8vo, some slight wear, New York OUP, 1971-1974 [11417] £70 983. MORRIS (John) The Phoenix Cup, some notes on Japan in 1946, plates, 1946 [CF4011] £20 The author, with the BBC, records Japan in defeat, after an initial apathy set about the work of restoration and renewell with a vigour, which he suggests surpasses the of Germany. 984. MOYNE (Lord [Walter Edward Guiness]) Atlantic Circle with eighty reproductions of Photographs by Lady Broughton, ep maps, some spotting to the foredge, 1938 [CF7748] £20 In his yacht Rosaura, Moyne visited the Eskimo of Greenland and the sites of extinct Norse Settlements in the south. He then travelled South America to collect archaeological and zoological specimens. CUP OF HAPPINESS 985. MOZAMBIQUE. AWooden Goblet decorated in geometric designs in the style of the Giryama, bearing the name “FELISA NABEIRA” around the upper part of cup, 7 ins. high, 4 ins. diameter, made from a single piece of wood, rim worn, crack down one side, uneven patina, c.1700 [11114] £1,850 Amost unusual example of native art being used for an article of european use. This well worn goblet must have been made at the instigation of a Portuguese Trader or Merchant for his wife or paramoor, the name around the edge of the cup being a rebus, for “Happiness within the rim”. The history of the Portuguese in East Africa dates back to the visit of Vasco da Gama in 1502. There was a period of stagnation when Spain and Portugal had a joint sovereign in the 17th century, but there was towards the end ofthat century an increase in trade and missionary activity from Portugal. 986. MURPHY (Dervla) Tibetan Foothold, FIRST EDITION, map, plates, dw, 1966 [CF10272] £50 The author’s second book. 987. MURRAY (Lt. Alexander) Doings in China. Being the Personal Narrative of anOfficer Engaged in the Late Chinese Expedition, from the Recapture of Chusan in 1841, to the Peace of Nankin in 1842, lithograph frontis. spotted, modern binders cloth, 1843 [CF6902] £175 988. MYHILL (Henry) The Canary Islands, 7maps,, numerous plates, 1968 [11266] £15 Written before the resort had become the fully fledged tourist center it is today.
Clive Farahar & <strong>Sophie</strong> Dupré, XV The Green, Calne, Wilts, SN1 8DQ, Tel: (01249) 821121 96 989. NAIPAUL (V.S. intro.) East Indians in the Caribbean: Colonialism and the Struggle for Identity, Papers presented to a Symposium on East Indians in the Caribbean, The University of the West Indies June 1975, map, sm4to, 1982 [CF8112]£25 990. NAQUIN (Susan) Shantung Rebellion, The Wang Lun Uprising of 1774, text maps, frontis, Yale UP, 1981 [CF4277] £30 991. NARUMIT (Sirichai) Old Bridges of Bangkok, map, numerous plates, text in Thai and English, 4to, The Siam Society, Bangkok, 1977 [CF6803] £20 992. NEILL (J.S.) Ten Years in Tonga, Introduction by Queen Salote, numerous plates, 1955 [CF7918]£30 The author was H.B.M’s Agent and Consul in Tonga. He accompanied Queen Salote on the trip to the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. There is also an account of six weeks spent on Pitcairn Island. 993. NEVIUS (Helen S. Coan) The Life of John Livingston Nevius For Forty Years a Missionary in China, by His Wife... folding map, portrait, plates, buckram a little spotted, NewYork, 1895 [7675]£75 The principle scene of Nevius’s work was Shantung in eastern China. 994. NEW ZEALAND. Latest Information from the Settlement of New Plymouth, on the Coast of Taranake, New Zealand. Comprising Letters from Settlers there; with an account of its General Products, Agricultural and Commercial Capabilities, &c. frontis. 58 pp. original printed wrapper, some slight wear, 1842 [CF4090] £65 995. NEW ZEALAND. The New Zealand Justices Handbook, fourth edition, cr.8vo, Wellington, 1942 [CF6605] £10 996. NEW ZEALAND. Needham (J.) Nelson, New- Zealand, a tinted lithograph, 11 x 15¾ ins. Day & Sons, c.1855 [CF8105] £325 Nelson was settled by the New Zealand Company in 1842, and this shows the early days of the city with a scattering of houses. To the right there is the new cathedral on a mound, with the harbour to the left. 997. NICHOLAS (Elizabeth) Madeira and the Canaries, 2folding maps, plates, dw. 1953 [11061] £20 998. NOLTE (Vincent) Fifty Years in Both Hemispheres; or Reminiscences of a Merchant’s Life, small hole affecting margins of 5 pages, 1854 [CF4831] £95 The “Hemispheres” referred to are America and Europe. He spent alot of time in the Southern States of America dealing in Arms and Cotton. In England he was connected with Baring Brothers, and had dealings in Paris, Mexico, Germany, Trieste and many other centres. 999. NINEVEH and the Tigris, maps, inscription, sm.8vo, RTS, c.1835 [CF4828] £25 1000.O’BRIEN (Frederick) Atolls of the Sun, map and numerous plates, original pictorial cloth, 1922 [CF4843] £30 The Tuamotu Archipelago in the Pacific. 1001.O’CONNOR (Stanley J. intro.) The Archaeology of Peninsular Siam, Collected articles from The Journal of the Siam Society 1905-1983, folding map, plates, The Siam Society, Bangkok, 1986 [6804]£20 1002.O’CONNOR (V.C. Scott) AVision of Morocco The Far West of Islam, map and numerous plates, signed on the title by the Author. 1923 [10479]£35 1003.[O’REILLY (A.)] Reminiscences Of An Emigrant Milesian. The Irish Abroad and at Home; In the Camp; At the Court. With Souvenirs of “The Brigade”, 3 vols, spines sunned, 1853 [4389]£125 1004.OATES. Eton College Chronicle recording the Unveiling of the Oates Memorial, 4 pp. half taken with a photograph of theMemorialPlaque and the speeches of the Provost, and His Serene Highness Prince Alexander of Teck who unveiled it, folio, signs of folding, small splits at folds, Eton, May 28th, 1914 [11388] £100 The Memorial, unveiled on May 23rd. 1914 in the Library Cloister of the Memorial Buildings, was designed and executed by Lady Scott, consists of a head and shoulder portrait medallion with an inscription underneath. Prince Alexander of Teck was an Old Etonian and brother of Queen Mary. 1005.OJO (G.F. Afolabi) Yoruba Palaces, A Study of Afins of Yorubaland, diags, plates, paper wrappers, 1966 [CF8043] £20 1006.[OLDMIXON (John)] The British Empire in America, Containing the History of the Discovery, Settlement, Progress and State of the British Colonies on the Continent and Islands of America... being an Account of the Country, Soil, Climate, Product and Trade of Newfoundland, New-England, New-Scotland, New-York, New-Jersey, Pensylvania, Maryland, Virginia, Carolina, Georgia, Hudson’s- Bay, Barbados, St. Lucia, St. Vincents, Dominico, Antego, Montserrat, Nevis, St. Christophers, Barbuda, Anguilia, Jamaica, Bahama, and Bermudas, Second Edition, Corrected and Amended, 8 folding maps, small marginal tears repaired, 2 vols, speckled calf, rebacked, the Earl of Bute’s Copy, with his bookplate on the verso of the titles, 1741 [11405] £1,250 John Stuart, third Earl of Bute (1713-1792) was in effect, Prime Minister when George the Third came to the throne, later becoming First Lord of the Treasury. He was also patron of Dr. Johnson. 1007.OMMANEY (F.D.) South Latitude, ep maps, plates, 1938 [11062] £20 Antarctica in the R.R.S. Discovery.
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