Sabine (Edward) Observations Made at the Magnetical and Meteorological Observatory at the Cape of Good Hope, vol.1, 1851; Observations Made at the Magnetical and Meterological Observatory at St Helena, vol.1, upper joint split with backstrip come away and nearly loose, 1847; Observations on Days of Unusual Magnetic Disturbance Made at the British Colonial Magnetic Observatories, vol.1, 1851, first editions, signed presentation inscriptions from the British government to Sir Thomas Hastings on half-title versos, signed presentation inscriptions from Sir Thomas Hastings to Worcestershire Natural History Society on front pastedowns, folding tables, remnants of library plates to front pastedowns, largely unopened, original cloth, joints cracked, spines sunned, spine ends and corners bumped with some fraying; and another Hastings presentation copy of vol.2 of Sabine's Observations in Toronto, 4to (4)

⁂ The observations from the Cape of Good Hope were the first publication of systematic geomagnetic observations taken in South Africa. The Royal Observatory was destroyed by a fire the following year in 1852.