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SHACKLETON (ERNEST HENRY, editor) Aurora Australis, FIRST EDITION, LIMITED TO APPROXIMATELY 90 COPIES, H.J.L. DUNLOP'S COPY, Published at the winter quarters of the British Antarctic Expedition During the Winter Months of April, May, June, July, 1908... Printed at the sign of 'The Penguins'; by Joyce and Wild... East Antarctica, 1908SHACKLETON (ERNEST HENRY, editor) Aurora Australis, FIRST EDITION, LIMITED TO APPROXIMATELY 90 COPIES, H.J.L. DUNLOP'S COPY, Published at the winter quarters of the British Antarctic Expedition During the Winter Months of April, May, June, July, 1908... Printed at the sign of 'The Penguins'; by Joyce and Wild... East Antarctica, 1908. Sold for £68,750 inc. premium
Admiral Sir George Back (British, 1796-1878) HMS Terror trapped in pack ice in Frozen Strait, between 1836-1837 unframedAdmiral Sir George Back (British, 1796-1878) HMS Terror trapped in pack ice in Frozen Strait, between 1836-1837 unframed. Sold for £47,500 inc. premium
BHUTAN AND SIKKIM WHITE (JOHN CLAUDE) Album containing 37 large photographs by White taken in 1905, c.1907BHUTAN AND SIKKIM WHITE (JOHN CLAUDE) Album containing 37 large photographs by White taken in 1905, c.1907. Sold for £40,000 inc. premium
DANIELL (SAMUEL) African Scenery and Animals at the Cape of Good Hope, FIRST EDITION, 2 vol. in 1, [by the Author, 1804-1805]DANIELL (SAMUEL) African Scenery and Animals at the Cape of Good Hope, FIRST EDITION, 2 vol. in 1, [by the Author, 1804-1805]. Sold for £21,250 inc. premium
BRITISH NATIONAL ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION 1901-1904 A collection of 40 photographs, most attributable to Reginald Skelton, [c. 1901-1904]BRITISH NATIONAL ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION 1901-1904 A collection of 40 photographs, most attributable to Reginald Skelton, [c. 1901-1904]. Sold for £13,125 inc. premium
Ludwig Blum (Israeli, 1891-1975) Herod's Gate, JerusalemLudwig Blum (Israeli, 1891-1975) Herod's Gate, Jerusalem. Sold for £8,750 inc. premium
Adrien Jean Le Mayeur de Merprés (Belgian, 1880-1958) A profile portrait of Ni Pollock 36 x 26cm (14 3/16 x 10 1/4in)(image size). unframed (With a sketch of a kneeling figure by the same hand on the reverse.)Adrien Jean Le Mayeur de Merprés (Belgian, 1880-1958) A profile portrait of Ni Pollock 36 x 26cm (14 3/16 x 10 1/4in)(image size). unframed (With a sketch of a kneeling figure by the same hand on the reverse.). Sold for £6,875 inc. premium
Edward Lear (British, 1812-1888) Stylida, GreeceEdward Lear (British, 1812-1888) Stylida, Greece. Sold for £6,875 inc. premium

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Chinese Schoollate 19th CenturyChinese junks, a set of ten. (10)
Chinese Schoollate 19th CenturyChinese junks, a pair each 28 x 41cm (11 x 16 1/8in). (2)
J. Wezel (late 18th/early 19th Century)Chinese landscapes, a pair each 27 x 39cm (10 5/8 x 15 3/8in). (2)
Wang Longsheng(Chinese, born 1944)Under the Snowy Mountain
Tew Nai Tong(Malaysian, 1936-2013)A fishing village
Adrien Jean Le Mayeur de Merprés(Belgian, 1880-1958)A profile portrait of Ni Pollock 36 x 26cm (14 3/16 x 10 1/4in)(image size). unframed
George Barriere(French, 1881-1944)Village scenes, Laos, a pair each 92.4 x 73cm (36 3/8 x 28 3/4in). (2) both unframed
Continental Schoollate 19th CenturyA village in Indonesia
Burmese School, early 20th CenturyAn album of 47 drawings depicting Burmese life 26.3 x 20.3cm (10 3/8 x 8in) (album size).
Sir Gerald Festus Kelly RA(British, 1879-1972)Portrait of Buddhist monks, Burma, a set of two each 35 x 27cm (13 3/4 x 10 5/8in). (2)
BARROW (JOHN) A Voyage to Cochinchina, in the Years 1792 and 1793... with Sketches of the Manners, Character, and Condition of their Several Inhabitants. To which is Annexed an Account of a Journey... to the Residence of the Chief of the Booshuana Nation, FIRST EDITION, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed "Countess of Macartney from the author" on fly-leaf, T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1806
[TACHARD (GUY)] Voyage de Siam, des Peres Jesuites, Envoyez par le Roy auz Indes & la Chine, FIRST EDITION, Paris, Arnold Seneuze & Daniel Horthemels, 1686
ANNESLEY (GEORGE, VISCOUNT VALENTIA) Voyages and Travels to India, Ceylon and the Red Sea, Abyssinia, and Egypt, 3 vol., FIRST EDITION, William Miller, 1809
ATKINSON (GEORGE FRANCKLIN) The Campaign in India. 1857-58. From Drawings Made During the Eventful Period of the Great Mutiny... Illustrating the Military Operations before Delhi and its Neighbourhood, FIRST EDITION, Day & Son, 1859
BENGAL - CHANDERNAGORE, HOOGHLY AND KOLKATA Good album of photographic views in Chandernagore, Hooghly and Calcutta from the 1860s, and views of South Africa, Egypt and the Suez from the 1890s, [1860s-1890s]
BURMA AND INDIA Pair of albums containing approximately 130 photographs, 28 of which probably by Felice Beato, 1890s-1900s (2)
JAMNAGAR, GUJARAT Fine presentation album of views and princely portraits of Jamnagar, Nawanager State, given by Jamsaheb Vibhaji to Sir Seymour Vesey Fitzgerald, Governor of Bombay, [1871]
DANIELL (THOMAS AND WILLIAM), and others Collection of 13 prints after Thomas and William Daniell, Robert Colebrooke, and others, [nineteenth century] (13)
PHOTOGRAPHY AND COMPANY SCHOOL WATERCOLOURS Album of photographic views of India (approximately 70, including 36 signed and numbered in the negative by Samuel Bourne) and Burma (18), and 25 Company School watercolours of mostly Mughul architecture, and original pencil sketch of the mountains of the border of Burma and the Shan States attributable to L.G. Fawkes, [1870/80s]
PUNJAB AND HYDERABAD Album, mostly relating to the visit of Viceroy Hardinge to Hyderabad and the Punjab, [c.1905-1920] (quantity)
SRI LANKA AND INDIA Collection of 46 photographs of Sri Lanka, India, Aden and North Africa, 1880s
TIBET AND SIKKIM Album containing approximately 106 photographs of Tibet, taken and/or compiled by a member of the Field Telegraph during Fancis Younghusband's Mission to Tibet, circa 1903-1906, [c.1903-1906]
TURNER (SAMUEL) An Account of an Embassy to the Court of the Teshoo Lama, in Tibet; Containing a Narrative of a Journey through Bootan, and Part of Tibet, FIRST EDITION, G. and W. Nicol, 1800
BHUTAN AND SIKKIM WHITE (JOHN CLAUDE) Album containing 37 large photographs by White taken in 1905, c.1907
INDIA - WATERCOLOUR PORTRAITS A collection of 50 half-length portraits of Indian religious "types", fakirs, beggars, musicians and "princes", [1880s]
Anglo-Indian School19th CenturyA group of 12 figural studies of various trades and castes of the Indian sub-continent 22 x 19cm (8 11/16 x 7 1/2in) and smaller all unframed
Horace van Ruith(British, 1839-1923)Portrait of an Indian girl
After Sir Thomas AnbureyView within the Northern Entrance of Gundecotta Pass, Hindustan
Company School19th CenturyA Company fort; and A settlement at the base of a hill in northern India each 27.9 x 45.7cm (11 x 18in). (2)
George Chinnery RHA(Irish 1774-1852)View of Government House, Calcutta
Company School19th CenturyA view of Chinsura circa 1809, West Bengal
Alexander E. Caddy(British, active 1895-1905)An Indian village
John Joseph Fonseca(British, 1817-1895)Arab stallion in a stable, Bangalore, India
Company School19th CenturyStudy of an exotic bird perched on a branch, a pair each 46 x 61cm (18 1/8 x 24in). (2)
Vincent Jerome Esch C.V.O., F.R.I.B.A(1876-1950)City High School in Hyderabad for H.E.H. The Nizam of Hyderabad
English School19th CenturyConstantinople from the entrance of the Golden Horn
J. Pavlikevitch(Russian, active circa 1900)A mosque in Istanbul
Continental School19th CenturyTurkish figures before a mosque
Wladimir Petroff(Russian, 1880-1935)An interior view of Hagia Sophia, Istanbul Together with two exterior views of the Blue Mosque by the same hand. (3)
ISTANBUL AND ATHENS Album of photographic views of Constantinople (19, all but 2 signed in the negative by Sebah & Joaillier), Smyrna (2), Ephesus (1, by Rubellin) and Athens (17), [c.1880]; together with a bundle of approximately 50 loose albumen prints (including 7 of Constantinople, 24 of Athens), an album of 29 mounted albumen prints of the sculptures on The Albert Memorial (1876), and an album of British views (quantity)
LA MOTTRAYE (AUBREY DE) Voyages... en Europe, Asie & Afrique our l'on trouvé une grande varieté de recherches geographiques, 2 vol., contemporary calf, rebacked retaining old gilt red morocco spine labels, small folio (310 x 195mm.) (3)
MORIER (JAMES) A Second Journey Through Persia, Armenia, and Asia Minor, to Constantinople, between the Years 1810 and 1816. With a Voyage by the Brazils and Bombay to the Persian Gulf, FIRST EDITION, Longman, Hurst, 1818
MARSIGLI (LUIGI FERNANDO) L'Etat militaire de l'empire ottoman, ses progrés et sa décadence, 2 parts in 1 vol., FIRST EDITION, The Hague, Pierre Gosse & Jean Neaulme [and others], and Amsterdam, H. Utywerf & F. Changuion, 1732
BROWNE (WILLIAM GEORGE) Travels in Africa, Egypt, and Syria, from the Year 1792 to 1798, T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1806 with BELZONI (GIOVANNI BATTISTA) Narrative of the Operations and Recent Discoveries., in Egypt and Nubia, John Murray, 18214to (2)
BONFILS (FELIX) A good collection of 116 views and "native types", [1880s]
CHARDIN (JOHN) The Travels... into Persia and the East-Indies, Moses Pitt, 1686
CLARKE (EDWARD DANIEL) Travels in Various Countries of Europe, Asia and Africa, 7 vol. (including "The Life and Remains"), FIRST EDITION, T. Cadell and W. Davies [-J.F. Dove], 1810-1823-[1824]
EGYPT AND NUBIA Collection of 24 prints after David Roberts and others, [nineteenth century] (24)
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