ZIMBABWE CONSTITUTION ACT. 1979. From the library of Mary Soames by ZIMBABWE

Hugh Broadbent.Oldham,U.K.,1979. FOLIO. (19.6.x 13.3 inches). LIMITED EDITION, one of only 1,000 hand numbered copies. Facsimile edition reproducing the text and plates from the scarce 1863 edition, published by Edward Lear himself, beautifully illustrated with 20 fine tinted lithographs plus illustrated title page with view from "One gun battery", Corfu. Of the full page plates, 8 are views of Corfu, 3 of Santa Maura, 3 of Cephalonia, 3 ofZante, 1 of Paxo, 1 of Ithaca and 1 of Cerigo. Green cloth binding with gilt lettering and borders to front board. Spine lettered in gilt. A fine, bright copy of this beautiful book.

Printed by Sowler and Russell. Manchester.,1801. SCARCE EARLY MANCHESTER PRINTING. 8vo. viii,566pp,+ Directions to the Binder leaf. This abridgement , by G. W. Anderson, was orignally published in 1799. Six full page engravings, including portrait frontis of Cook. Complete. Previous owners named scratched out on the title page, without any loss to the page. Bound in contemporary full reversed calf. Spine with raised bands, ruled in blind. Red title label, ruled and lettered in gilt. Loss to the top f the spine, exposing the headband, which is loose. 2 inch chip to the top of the front blank endpaper. Overall avery good copy in an early calf binding. :

London. Printed for the Editor, and sold by all the booksellers in town and country. 1790. SECOND EDITION. 12mo. (7.3 x 4.5 inches). ix, 373pp. Bound without the half tile. Some minor browning but overall a very good copy in recent half brown calf binding. Spine with five raised bands, gilt. Red title label, Gilt. Marbled paper on boards.

Oliver & Boyd. Edinburgh. 1833. SECOND EDITION. 8vo. (6.9 x 4.5 inches). Folding map and nine engravings by Jackson. A clean copy in original publishers brown cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt. Yellow coated endpapers. Inner hinges cracking. Some gatherings still unopened. Spine a bit rubbed and with some chipping to the cloth at the top and bottom of the spine but still overall a near to very good copy. Scarce in original cloth.

Ptarmigan Publishing Ltd, Devizes, Wiltshire 2002. FIRST EDITION. 4to. (11.4 x 10.2 inches). Illustrated with 115 beautiful colour photos and a couple of maps of the region. English text. Delux edition in Publishers full dark green morocco leather with gilt lettering to the spine and the front board decorated with the Oman coat of arms, below a royal crown, all in gilt. Green marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. Green silk bookmark sewn in. Housed in a green morocco covered slip-case with the same gilt tooling to the front panel. A fine copy of this beautiful book, the first detailed study of the remote regions of Oman from Musandam in the north, to the Hajar Mountains, Dhofar and the Empty Quarter, via the coastline that extends some 1,000 miles. --- Only 3 copies listed on Worldcat, in Oman, UAE, and Lebanon.

Hugh Broadbent.Oldham,U.K.,1979. FOLIO. (19.6.x 13.3 inches). LIMITED EDITION, one of only 1,000 hand numbered copies. Facsimile edition reproducing the text and plates from the scarce 1863 edition, published by Edward Lear himself, beautifully illustrated with 20 fine tinted lithographs plus illustrated title page with view from "One gun battery", Corfu. Of the full page plates, 8 are views of Corfu, 3 of Santa Maura, 3 of Cephalonia, 3 ofZante, 1 of Paxo, 1 of Ithaca and 1 of Cerigo. Green cloth binding with gilt lettering and borders to front board. Spine lettered in gilt. A fine, bright copy of this beautiful book.

London. Printed for the Editor, and sold by all the booksellers in town and country. 1790. SECOND EDITION. 12mo. (7.3 x 4.5 inches). ix, 373pp. Bound without the half tile. Some minor browning but overall a very good copy in recent half brown calf binding. Spine with five raised bands, gilt. Red title label, Gilt. Marbled paper on boards.

Oliver & Boyd. Edinburgh. 1833. SECOND EDITION. 8vo. (6.9 x 4.5 inches). Folding map and nine engravings by Jackson. A clean copy in original publishers brown cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt. Yellow coated endpapers. Inner hinges cracking. Some gatherings still unopened. Spine a bit rubbed and with some chipping to the cloth at the top and bottom of the spine but still overall a near to very good copy. Scarce in original cloth.

Ptarmigan Publishing Ltd, Devizes, Wiltshire 2002. FIRST EDITION. 4to. (11.4 x 10.2 inches). Illustrated with 115 beautiful colour photos and a couple of maps of the region. English text. Delux edition in Publishers full dark green morocco leather with gilt lettering to the spine and the front board decorated with the Oman coat of arms, below a royal crown, all in gilt. Green marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. Green silk bookmark sewn in. Housed in a green morocco covered slip-case with the same gilt tooling to the front panel. A fine copy of this beautiful book, the first detailed study of the remote regions of Oman from Musandam in the north, to the Hajar Mountains, Dhofar and the Empty Quarter, via the coastline that extends some 1,000 miles. --- Only 3 copies listed on Worldcat, in Oman, UAE, and Lebanon.

R. Miller. Old Fish Street, St. Pauls. London. - No date 1810. FIRST EDITION. 18mo. (5.5 x 3.7 inches). Complete with 56 fine hand coloured maps. Decorative lettered title page, index, 12pp Publisher's catalogue at the rear. Neat previous owner's name, dated 1833, on the title page, otherwise a clean copy throughout. Contemporary half dark green sheep with marbled paper on the boards. Plain spine ruled in gilt. The binding is rubbed, chipped and worn but has done it's job of protecting the book inside. Internally a lovely copy. The binding is poor but this is an unsophisticated copy of a scarce miniature atlas, with original hand colouring throughout. Housed in a felt lined clam shell box, covered in dark green cloth and with a red morocco label, gilt.---- Although both the British Library, and Chubb's Bibliography of Printed maps in the atlases of Great Britain and Ireland date this atlas to 1810, this example was bound up later, with some of the titles advertised in the publisher's catalogue dating… Read More