Antiquarian and Collectors’ Books

CANALS, SUSSEX. - Alan GREEN. The History of Chichester's Canal. Saltdean: Sussex Industrial Archaeological Society, 2005. First edition, 8vo (210 x 144mm.) Original wrappers. - And ten other volumes mostly relating to inland waterways of Sussex. Provenance: The Michael Gilkes Collection (11).

CAPTAIN COOK. - Andrew DAVID (editor). The Charts & Coastal Views of Captain Cook's Voyages. London: The Hakluyt Society, 1988-1992. First edition, 2 vols. (of 3), folio (432 x 270mm.) 2 colour frontispieces, numerous plates. (Tipped-in frontispiece to vol. I loosely inserted.) Original blue cloth blocked in gilt, dust-jackets (minor spotting and soiling). Provenance: The Michael Gilkes Collection.

CAPTAIN COOK. - Georg FORSTER. Cook, the Discoverer… a new translation accompanying a facsimile of 'Cook, der Entdecker. Versuch eines Denkmals'. Sydney: Hordern House, 2007. Limited edition of 1050 copies, this one of 1000 copies, 4to (247 x 208mm.) Kangaroo-backed boards, gilt lettering piece to spine (extremities lightly bumped). - And seventeen other volumes relating to Cook. Provenance: The Michael Gilkes Collection (18).

CAPTAIN COOK. The Journals of Captain James Cook on his Voyages of Discovery, edited from the Original Manuscripts by J.C. Beaglehole… four volumes and a portfolio. Cambridge: Hakluyt Society, 1955-1974. First edition, 4 vols. in 5, 8vo (234 x 148mm.) Numerous plates and illustrations. (Light browning, occasional spotting to fore-edge.) Original cloth blocked in gilt (extremities lightly bumped and scuffed), dust-jackets (chipped with minor loss, backstrips browned). - And one portfolio 'The Journals of Captain James Cook, Charts & Views' containing 58 plates and charts. Provenance: The Michael Gilkes Collection (6).

COBB, Arthur. Birds of the Falkland Islands, a Record of Observation with the Camera. London: H.F. & G. Witherby, 1933. First edition, 8vo (227 x 142mm.) Numerous photographic illustrations. (Marginal soiling to pp.14-15.) Original cloth (extremities bumped, soiled and faded). Provenance: David Loader (signed and dated 'The Old Rectory, Southwick, 13 May 1934' to front-free endpaper). Together with an a.l.s. by Arthur Cobb addressed to 'Loader' on Bleaker Island headed paper dated '19/3/11', discussing the 11 mile-long island and its '4,000 sheep & 60 cattle & 6 horses', stamp collecting and politics. - And a small collection of later photographs and family correspondence. Provenance: The Michael Gilkes Collection.

EXPLORATION & CARTOGRAPHY. - Boyle SOMERVILLE. The Chart-Makers. Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood & Sons Ltd., 1928. First edition, 8vo (216 x 135mm.) Numerous uncoloured plates. (Light browning and spotting.) Original cloth blocked in gilt (lightly bumped to head and foot of spine). - And three other volumes relating to 18th Century cartography (comprising: George SHELVOCKE. 'A Voyage around the World'. Amsterdam: N. Israel, 1971. Facsimile of 1726 edition; Anders SPARRMAN. 'A Voyage to the Cape of Good Hope towards the Antarctic Polar Circle… from the year 1772-1776'. Cape Town: Van Riebeeck Society, 1975. 2 vols.). Provenance: The Michael Gilkes Collection (4).

EXPLORATION & DISCOVERY, GENERAL. - Harry JOHNSTON. The Nile Quest, a Record of the Exploration of the Nile and its Basin. London: Lawrence and Bullen, Ltd., 1903. 8vo (224 x 137mm.) Numerous uncoloured plates, folding colour map at rear. (Browning and spotting, folding map torn with minor loss.) Original green decorative cloth blocked in gilt (extremities bumped and scuffed, spine darkened, some soiling). - And sixty-six other volumes relating to travel and exploration. Provenance: The Michael Gilkes Collection (67).

EXPLORATION & DISCOVERY. - Richard HAKLUYT. The Principall Navigations Voiages and Discoveries of the English Nation… imprinted at London, 1589. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1965. 2 vols., 4to (291 x 197mm.) Photo-lithographic facsimile. (Light browning, occasional light spotting.) Original blue cloth, lettering blocked in gilt (extremities lightly bumped), dust-jackets (slightly soiled, backstrips browned, head of backstrip torn without loss to vol. II). - And forty-three other volumes relating to worldwide exploration. Provenance: The Michael Gilkes Collection (45).

EXPLORATION. - Raymond John HOWGEGO. Encyclopedia of Exploration to 1800; 1800-1850; 1850-1940 Continental Exploration; 1850-1940 The Oceans, Islands and Polar Regions. Potts Point: Hordern House, 2003-2006. 4 vols., 4to (280 x 200mm.) Original cloth blocked in gilt, dust-jackets. Provenance: The Michael Gilkes Collection.

FALKLAND ISLANDS & SOUTH GEORGIA. - David TATHAM (editor). The Dictionary of Falklands Biography (including South Georgia), From Discovery up to 1981. Ledbury: David Tatham, 2008. First edition, 4to (275 x 210mm.) Numerous illustrations. Original boards, dust-jacket. Together with an a.l.s. by David Tatham addressed to Doctor Gilkes dated '7 December 2011', discussing a sailing anthology gifted to Tatham by Gilkes and the presentation of the dictionary in return (296 x 210mm.) - And a quantity of other volumes relating to the Falklands (including: N. LEADER-WILLIAMS. 'Reindeer on South Georgia, The Ecology of an Introduced Population'. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988). Provenance: The Michael Gilkes Collection (a quantity).

FALKLAND ISLANDS, PHOTOGRAPHS. To Commemorate the Visit to the Falkland Islands of His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh. [N.p.:] January 1957. Album (235 x 290mm.) 21 photographs. Original red cloth, lettering to upper-cover blocked in gilt (extremities lightly bumped and scuffed, minor soiling). Provenance: The Michael Gilkes Collection.

FALKLANDS WAR. - Lawrence FREEDMAN. The Official History of the Falklands Campaign. London & New York: Routledge, 2007. 2 vols., 8vo (234 x 154mm.) Original pictorial card wrappers (extremities lightly bumped). - And a quantity of other volumes relating to the Falklands War (including: Spencer FITZ-GIBBON. 'Not Mentioned in Despatches, The History and Mythology of the Battle of Goose Green'. Cambridge: The Lutterworth Press, 1995). Provenance: The Michael Gilkes Collection (a quantity).

GOODRIDGE, Charles Medyett. Narrative of a Voyage to the South Seas, and the Shipwreck of the Princess of Wales Cutter, with an Account of Two Years Residence on an Uninhabited Island… fifth edition. Exeter: W.C. Featherstone, 1843. 8vo (180 x 103mm.) Engraved frontispiece, 2 engraved plates. (Browning and spotting, some offsetting and occasional minor soiling, marginal tear with minor loss to p.75.) Original cloth blocked in blind, spine gilt (extremities lightly bumped and scuffed). Provenance: The Michael Gilkes Collection.

ISLANDS. - [Isobel] GILL. Six Months in Ascension, an Unscientific Account of a Scientific Expedition… second edition. London: John Murray, 1880. 8vo (190 x 123mm.) Map as frontispiece, 32pp. advertisements at rear. (Light browning and spotting.) Original cloth blocked in black, spine gilt (extremities bumped and scuffed, hinges splitting). - And twenty-six other topographical volumes. Provenance: The Michael Gilkes Collection (27).

ISLAY & JURA. - John RICKMAN. Laird of the Light Houses. [N.p.:] John Rickman, 1994. First edition, 8vo (247 x 162mm.) Numerous illustrations. Original card wrappers (extremities lightly bumped). Note: presentation inscription from author dated 1994 to half-title. - And other volumes relating to the Isles of Islay and Jura (including: Freda RAMSAY. 'The Day Book of Daniel Campbell of Shawfield 1767, with relevant papers concerning the Estate of Islay'. [N.p.:] Aberdeen University Press, 1991). Together with a collection of booklets and pamphlets relating to the Isles. Provenance: The Michael Gilkes Collection (a quantity).

JACKSON, E.L. St. Helena: The Historic Island from its Discovery to the Present Date. New York: Thomas Whittaker, 1905. First edition, 8vo (215 x 135mm.) Numerous uncoloured plates. (Browning and spotting.) Original cloth, upper-cover blocked in gilt with embossed gilt medallion, spine gilt (extremities bumped and scuffed). Note: Michael Gilkes travelled on the RMS St Helena to Tristan da Cunha in 1996, on his return he bought this copy of Jackson's St Helena. - And three other volumes by Robin Castell relating to St. Helena (including: 'St. Helena, John Charles Melliss… A reprint of his valuable and inspiring work originally published in 1875.' Chesham: Wensley Brown, 1979. Presentation copy signed by the author dated January 1980). Provenance: The Michael Gilkes Collection (4).

LONDON WATERWAYS. River Thames Wharf Directory, Towage-Thames & Medway 1879-1954. London: Gaselee and Son Ltd., [n.d. but circa 1954]. (Light browning, occasional light spotting or minor soiling.) Original cloth blocked in gilt (extremities scuffed and soiled). - And twenty-five other volumes relating to London waterways. Provenance: The Michael Gilkes Collection (26).

MAPPING, MILITARY & CIVIL. - W.H. RICHARDS. Text Book of Military Topography: including the Courses of Instruction… and Examinations for Promotion. London: H.M.S.O., 1883. 8vo (242 x 148mm.) Folding key as frontispiece, 2 colour plates (1 double-page), 7 uncoloured plates (6 folding), folding map and accompanying folding sheet of 'Supplies and Accommodation' in pocket at rear, numerous illustrations. (Light browning and spotting, plate IV torn without loss, tears without loss along some folds of map at rear.) Original red cloth (extremities bumped and scuffed, slightly damp stained and soiled, spine faded). Provenance: C.G.C. Money (signed to front-free endpaper). - And twenty-three other volumes relating to mapping (including: E.A. REEVES. 'Maps and Map-Making, Three Lectures Delivered under the Auspices of the Royal Geographical Society'. London: 1910). Provenance: The Michael Gilkes Collection (24).

MAPS, ENGLAND & WALES. The Old Series Ordnance Survey Maps of England and Wales. Lympne Castle: Harry Margary, 1975-1991. 8 vols., first edition, folio (343 x 245mm.) Numerous facsimile maps. (Light browning occasional minor spotting.) Original cloth (extremities lightly scuffed), dust-jackets (some light spotting, minor damp stains). Together with a small group of correspondence from the publisher Harry Margary, including two a.l.s. by Margary on Lympne Castle paper discussing the slow progress of the OS series and the gifting of some charts to Michael Gilkes (170 x 140mm.), and a thank you note from Margary 'Without this support from my regulars, the project would never have been completed. When I started the project in 1974, I had no idea that fulfilment would take 18 years!'. Note: this set was originally planned in ten volumes, however, was eventually published in eight combining two volumes of Northern England and two of Wales. Provenance: The Michael Gilkes Collection.