Printed Books, Maps & Documents, including works from the Len Newton Cactus Library

[Algeria]. Photograph album, c.1880-90, 25 albumen print photographs and one gelatin silver print photograph (various dimensions, approx. ranges 1...

America. Thirty British Acts of Parliament relating to America, mainly 18th century, including: 1. An Act for the Relief of Merchants Importing Pr...

* [American Civil War; Virginia]. Group of documents, 19th century, comprising: 1. Printed court summons signed by Fontaine Beckham (1788-1859) as...

* American War of Independence. Noddle-Island or How are we decieved, by Matthew Darly (1720-1778). May 12, 1776, uncoloured etching on laid paper...

Army Lists. A List of the Officers of the Army, Ordnance and Medical Departments, serving under the Presidency of Fort St. George. With an Index, ...

* Auckland (George Eden, 1st Earl, 1784-1849). Autograph letter signed 'G. Eden' to 'Dear Lemon', Lincoln's Inn, [London], 6 March 1814, on Napole...

Baker (Samuel W.). Ismailia. A Narrative of the Expedition to Central Africa for the Supression of the Slave Trade, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London...

Bell (Gertrude) . Persian Pictures, 1st edition, Ernest Benn Limited, 1928, some minor marginal toning, original green cloth, 8vo, together with: ...

Bell (John). Travels from St. Petersburg in Russia, to Diverse Parts of Asia ... Volume I. Containing a Journey to Ispahan in Persia ... Part of a...

Burton (Richard F.). Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El Medinah and Meccah, 2 volumes, 2nd edition, London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longm...

Chichester (Cecil George DSO, 1875-1967). Archive of Royal Navy service, 1892-c.1957, comprising: 1. 'Log of H.M.S. Anson [and H.M.S. Hood]', Medi...

Chichester (Lionel, 1873-1902). 'Journal kept by Lionel Chichester, Lieutenant 11th (Yorkshire Dragoons) Squadron, 3rd Regiment Imperial Yeomanry ...

Chichester (Michael Guy, 1917-2012). Photograph album of naval service, c.1935-44, 31 stiff-card leaves with approximately 165 gelatin silver prin...

[China]. Four letter-books kept by Peter V. Grant, director of Boyd and Co., shipbuilders, Shanghai, 1870-92, approx. 250 + 500 + 500 + 150 leaves...

Churchill (Winston S.) . The River War. An Historical Account of the Reconquest of the Soudan, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Longmans, Green, an...

* [Compagnie des Indes]. Group of manuscript documents, 18th century, comprising: 1. Payment order for use of privateer Le Mesny, St Malo, 21 Janu...

Doolittle (Justus). Vocabulary and Handbook of the Chinese Language. In two volumes. Romanized in the Mandarin Dialect, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Fo...

[East India Company; Calico Act of 1721]. Twelve broadsides, c.1720, comprising: 1. The Case of the Printers of Callicoes and Linens, damp-stained...

[Far East]. Directory and Chronicle for China, Japan, Straits Settlements, Indo-China, Philippines, Etc., with which are incorporated 'The China D...

Fermor (Patrick Leigh) . The Violins of Saint-Jacques, a tale of the Antilles, 1st edition, 1953, spine lightly rubbed with minor loss to head, Ro...

Ford (Richard). A Handbook for Travellers in Spain, 2 volumes, 3rd edition, entirely revised, with great additions, London: John Murray, 1855, chr...

Ford (Richard). A Hand-Book for Travellers in Spain, and Readers at Home, 2 volumes, 1st public edition, London: John Murray, 1845, half-titles pr...

[Franklin, Benjamin]. The Political Register, and Impartial Review of New Books, for MDCCLXVIII, volume 2, London: J. Almon, 1768, 12 engraved pla...

Franklin (John). Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the Years 1819, 20, 21, and 22, With a n Appendix on v a rious subjects...

Gatteri (Giuseppe). La storia Veneta espressa in centocinquanta tavole sulla scorta della cronache e delle storie piu riputate e secondo i vari co...

Graziani (Antonio Maria). Histoire de la guerre de Chypre, écrite en latin. Et traduite en françois par Monsieur Le Peletier, 1st edition in Frenc...

Hedin (Sven). Through Asia, 2 volumes, 1st edition in English, London: Methuen & Co., 1898, photogravure portrait frontispieces, 7 plates, 3 maps ...

[Honourable Artillery Company]. Commemorative photograph album of the Honourable Artillery Company at Fargo Camp, Salisbury Plain, 1912, 145 album...

* [India]. Group of autograph letters signed, 18th and 19th century, comprising: 1. Dirom (Alexander, 1757-1830), army officer, to East India Comp...

* [India]. River scene, c.1806, watercolour with pencil on laid paper, watermark 'S. Wise & Patch, 1806', foreground with two fishermen on an emba...

* [India]. Three autograph letters signed from foundling Indian princess Alina d’Eldir Mercier (c.1780-1851) to Sir Charles Stuart, Baron Stuart d...

* [Italy, Spain & France]. Collection of albumen print photographs, c.1880-1900, comprising: 1. Noack (Alfredo, 1833-1895), 20 prints (27 x 21 cm ...

[Italy]. Manuscript journal of visits to Loreto and environs, 1839-52, Italian manuscript in black ink in alternate sections of wove blue and plai...

Jauna (Dominique). Histoire générale des roïaumes de Chypre, de Jerusalem, d'Arménie, et d'Egypte ... On y a ajouté I. L'état présent de l'Egypte....

Larken (Francis Wyatt Rawson, 1911-1985). Archive of Royal Navy service, c.1928-51, comprising: 1. ‘Journal for the Use of Midshipmen. Mr. Wyatt R...

Larken (Sir Frank, 1875-1953). Archive of Royal Navy service, c.1890, comprising: 1. 'Log of H.M.S. "Tyne", "Bellerophon", "Emerald", "Partridge",...

* Larken (Nigel, 1917/18-1941). World War Two period Royal Navy officer's bicorn hat, epaulettes and belt, bicorn hat by Gieves Ltd in black felt ...

Levant Company. Five broadsides on the proposed amendment of the 1660 Navigation Act, [London, 1720], 1. The Case of the Italian Merchants, import...

[MacGregor, Duncan]. A Narrative of the Loss of the Kent, East Indiaman, by Fire, in the Bay of Biscay, on the 1st March, 1825. In a Letter to a F...

Malleson (Colonel G.B.) The Indian Mutiny of 1857, 3rd edition, 1891, portrait frontispiece, maps, hinges a little tender, previous owner signatur...

* McDonald (James Ingram, 1865-1935). Maori Warrior, 1903, full-length portrait of Maori warrior holding rifle against background of hills and veg...

Mentelle (Edmé). Atlas d'étude adopté pour l'école royale spéciale militaire, Paris: J.-B. Delaval, 1823, letterpress title-page, 18 double-page e...

Meredith (Henry). An Account of the Gold Coast of Africa: with a Brief History of the African Company, 1st edition, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, ...

[Nelson]. Memoirs of the Life and Death of the Right Honourable Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson ... comprehending Authentic Details of his Glorious A...

* Northcote (Stafford Henry, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh, 1818-1887). Autograph summary of his parliamentary statement on Isandlwana, 13 February 1879,...

[Ottoman Turkish manuscript]. Firman of Sultan Abdülhamid II (r. 1876-1909), 21 Shawwal 1315 AH [15 March 1898 AD], Ottoman Turkish manuscript in ...

Parry (William Edward). Journal of a Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific; performed in the years 181...

* [Peninsular War]. Collection of autograph intelligence dispatches signed from John Austin (1775-1860), commander in the Algarve, to Sir Charles ...

* [Pensinsular War]. Group of autograph letters signed to Sir Charles Stuart, Baron Stuart de Rothesay (1779-1845) as envoy extraordinary and mini...

Porter (Robert Ker). Traveling Sketches in Russia and Sweden, during the Years 1805, 1806, 1807, 1808, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: for Richard...

Roberts (David) . The Holy Land, 2 volumes (Syria, Idumea & Arabia, Egypt and Nubia), Folio Society, 2010, numerous colour plates, top edges gilt,...

Robertson (William). L'Histoire de l'Amerique, 4 volumes, 1st French duodecimo edition, Paris: Panckoucke, 1778, half title for volume I only, fou...

[Royal Navy]. Advice to the Officers of the British Navy, 1st edition, London: printed for the author, and sold by the booksellers in town and cou...

[Royal Navy]. Five broadsides, 1720-7, comprising: 1. Reasons humbly offer'd for the Entering or Registering all Letters of Attorney, Bills of Sal...

[Sanskrit manuscript]. [Extracts from the Mahabharata], Kashmir, c.1800-20, Sanskrit manuscript in black and red ink on laid paper, 53 leaves + bl...

* South Africa - Duff (George, active 1840-1860). A pair of sketch studies of Zulu figures, from the Natal region, mid 19th century, pencil & wate...

Stanley (Henry M.). In Darkest Africa, 2 volumes, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1890, pp. iii-iv [i]-xv 529, [4] iii-xv 472, title-pages in r...

Stanley (Henry M.). In Darkest Africa, or the Quest, Rescue and Retreat of Emin, Governor of Equatoria, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Sampson Lo...

Stanley (Henry M.). In Darkest Africa or the Quest, Rescue, and Retreat of Emin Governor of Equatoria, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Sampson Low...

[Trade; George I]. Ten broadsides, 1720-7, comprising: 1. Arret of the Council of State in France, for renewing the Prohibition to import into tha...