Viaggi e geografia

Notes and sketches of New South Wales, during a residence in the colony from 1839 to 1844.

MEREDITH, Charles, Mrs., 1812-1895. · 1844 · John Turton

£81.20 (€97.35 | $107.29 | ¥17,136)

London: John Murray, 1844 1st edition. Small 8vo. xi[i], 164pp. Contemporary blue cloth gilt, spine lettered direct, yellow enpapers Spine lightly sun-faded; fine engraved heraldic book-plate to front paste-down.

Wanderings in the Western Land.

VIVIAN, A. Pendarves. · 1879 · John Turton

£116.00 (€139.06 | $153.28 | ¥24,479)

London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1879. 8vo. xvi, 426pp, 32pp publisher's catalogue, frontis with tissue-guard, tp vignette, 7 further plates, text illustrations, 2 maps (one multi-folding), colour folding geological map. Original decorated tan cloth gilt, blac...

The Geographical Journal. Vol. 125. January to December 1959.

[KIRWAN, L. P. (Editor).] · 1950 · John Turton

£27.84 (€33.38 | $36.79 | ¥5,875)

London: John Murray for the Royal Geographical Society, 1950. 8vo. [vii], 502pp; double-sides plates, maps and charts (some folding /colour), text maps and figures. Contemporary blue cloth gilt. Sine lightly sun-faded. All maps crisp and bright. Includes Spry on Captain John ...

The Geographical Journal. Vol. 84. July to December 1934.

[HINKS, Arthur R. (Editor).] · 1934 · John Turton

£46.40 (€55.63 | $61.31 | ¥9,792)

London: Edward Stanford for the Royal Geographical Society, 1934. 8vo. viii, 556[2]pp, double-sides plates, maps and charts (some folding /colour), text maps and figures. Contemporary blue cloth gilt. Ex-Athenaeum Club, Liverpool, with only evidence their handsome bookplate,...

Reminiscences for my children. Private. Vol II.

[HOWARD, Catharine Mary.] · 1837 · John Turton

£81.20 (€97.35 | $107.29 | ¥17,136)

Carlisle: printed for the author by Charles Thurnam, 1837. 8vo in fours. Pp [3]-254. Contemporary half calf gilt, raised bands, calf gilt spine label, marbled sides, sprinkled leaf-edges. Extremes rubbed with light wear; very light spotting to endpapers. Volume 2 of a 4 volume...

Letters from High Latitudes. Being some account of a voyage, in 1856, in the schooner yacht "Foam," to Iceland, Jan Mayen, and Spitzenbergen.

DUFFERIN, Lord · 1873 · John Turton

£58.00 (€69.53 | $76.64 | ¥12,240)

London: John Murray 1873. 6th Edn. xxiv, 248 pp, text illustrations, marbled eps and leaf-edges. Cotemporary full calf gilt, raised bands, decorated compartments, 19 cm x 13 cm. Spine lightly faded, minor loss of paper to ffep verso due to removal of label?, pages lightly age-...

Royat (Les Bains) in Auvergne: its mineral waters and climate.

BRANDT, G. H. · 1880 · John Turton

£37.12 (€44.50 | $49.05 | ¥7,833)

London: H K Lewis, 1880. 8vo. vi[ii], 29[1]pp, [2]pp adverts, frontis, map at rear, text tables. Original decorated green cloth gilt, brown eps. Cloth damp-stained and faded; small bump to rear board fore-edge. * Internally a crisp bright copy.

Twenty-One Days in India, being the tour of Sir Ali Baba, K.C.B.

ABERIGH-MACKAY, George. · 1860 · John Turton

£41.76 (€50.06 | $55.18 | ¥8,813)

London: W H Allen & Co, 1860 2nd edition. 8vo. [iv], iv, 210pp, [2]pp publisher's adverts. Original printed paper-covered boards, bevelled edges, uncut. Plain paper repair to spine head; binding rubbed, worn and soiled; eps, prelims, leaf-edges and last few leaves spotted; adv...

Winter in Algiers and Hotel St George.

ALGERIA HOLIDAY GUIDE. · 0 · John Turton

£23.20 (€27.81 | $30.66 | ¥4,896)

[Algiers: Imprimerie Algerienne, N.D.] 8vo. [16]pp, text illustrations, 16 double-sided plates, folding plate. Original colour printed decorated green card wraps, plate on-laid to front wrap, inner wrap time-table and advert. Edges of wraps lightly sun-faded.

The Home of the Eddas. With a chapter on the Sprengisandr by Dr. C Le Neve Foster ...

LOCK, Charles G. Warnford. · 1879 · John Turton

£46.40 (€55.63 | $61.31 | ¥9,792)

London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1879. 8vo. xi[i], 348pp, 32pp publisher's list at rear, United Steam Ship Co schedule between Leith, Faroe Isles and Iceland for 1879 bound-in before ht, text tables, folding colour map. Original decorated green cloth gilt, unc...

Russian Embassies to the Georgian Kings (1589-1605) Volume II. 'The Hakluyt Society Second Series No. CXXXIX.'

ALLEN, W. E. D. (Editor). · 1970 · John Turton

£11.60 (€13.91 | $15.33 | ¥2,448)

Cambridge: published for the Society at the University Press, 1970. 8vo. ix[i] pp, pp [369]-640, colour frontis, colour and b/w plates, multi-folding map at rear. Original decorated blue cloth gilt. Ex-reference library with minimal evidence. * A bright crisp copy.

Norway, and her Laplanders, in 1841: with a few hints to the salmon fisher.

MILFORD, John. · 1842 · John Turton

£493.00 (€591.02 | $651.43 | ¥104,038)

London: John Murray, 1842. 8vo. xv[i], 318pp. Modern half green calf gilt retaining original cloth sides, black calf gilt spine label, original yellow eps, uncut. Very small area of loss to leaf xiii/xiv fore-edge margin; eps lightly soiled. * Ink inscription 'Mr. Evans From t...

Lacerda's Journey to Cazembe in 1798. Translated and annotated by Captain R. F. Burton, F.R.G.S. Also Journey of the Pombeiros ... translated by B. A. Beadle; and a resume of the journey of Mm. Monteiro and Gamitto. By Dr. C. T. Beke.

THE LANDS OF CAZEMBE. · 1873 · John Turton

£127.60 (€152.97 | $168.61 | ¥26,927)

London: John Murray for the Royal Geographical Society, 1873. 8vo. vii[i], 271pp, multi-folding part-coloured engraved map, text table. Original blind-stamped blue cloth boards, re-spined in matching plain blue cloth with black calf gilt spine label, brown eps. Board extremes ...

Adventures in Servia: or the experiences of a medical free lance among the Bashi-Bazouks, etc. Edited by A. G. Farquhar-Bernard ...

WRIGHT, Alfred, Dr. · 1884 · John Turton

£92.80 (€111.25 | $122.62 | ¥19,584)

London: W Swan Sonnenschein & Co, 1884. 8vo. 248pp, frontis with lightly spotted tissue-guard, 15 further plates. Original decorated navy cloth gilt, bevelled edges, brown eps, uncut. Extremes rubbed with slight wear; small nick to spine head cloth; a few small light stains to...

A Residence in Bulgaria; or, notes on the resources and administration of Turkey: the condition and character, manners, customs, and language of the christian and mussulman populations, with reference to the eastern question.

ST. CLAIR, S. G. B.; Charles A. BROPHY. · 1869 · John Turton

£301.60 (€361.57 | $398.52 | ¥63,647)

London: John Murray, 1869. 8vo. xv[i], 426pp, 32pp publisher's list at rear. Original blind-stamped mauve cloth gilt, uncut/unopened. Re-backed with original spine laid down; new yellow eps; very slight soiling to title-page and dedication leaf recto; ink MS note in a small ne...

Early Travels in Palestine, comprising the narratives of Arculf, Willibald, Bernard, Saewulf, Sigurd, Benjamin of Tudela, Sir John Maundeville, De la Brocquiere, and Maundrell. 'Bohn's Antiquarian Library. No. 7.'

WRIGHT, Thomas (Editor). · 1848 · John Turton

£74.24 (€89.00 | $98.10 | ¥15,667)

London: Henry G Bohn, 1848. Small 8vo. xxxi[i], 517pp, steel-engraved plan frontis with browned tissue-guard. Original blind-stamped green cloth gilt, uncut, publisher's lists printed in blue to front and rear of main work. Frontis slightly browned and spotted; small hole to c...

Untrodden Paths in Roumania.

WALKER, Mrs. · 1888 · John Turton

£69.60 (€83.44 | $91.97 | ¥14,688)

London: Chapman and Hall, 1888. 8vo. xvi, 355[1]pp, 40pp publisher's catalogue at rear, frontis with browned tissue-guard, 76 text illustrations. Original decorated blue cloth gilt, uncut. Re-cased with new eps; board corners worn; repair to spine tips with part loss of title ...

Between the Danube and Black Sea, or, Five Years in Bulgaria.

BARKLEY, Henry C. · 1877 · John Turton

£145.00 (€173.83 | $191.60 | ¥30,599)

London: John Murray, 1877 2nd edition. Small 8vo. xx, 313[1]pp, [2]pp publisher's list, 32pp publisher's general list, frontis map. Original maroon cloth gilt, boards decorated in black, uncut, black eps. Spine sun-faded; scattered small light stains to rear board; very occasi...

La Ruthenie Subcarpathique (Podkarpatska Rus).

MARTEL, Rene. · 1935 · John Turton

£46.40 (€55.63 | $61.31 | ¥9,792)

Paris: Paul Hartmann, 1935. 8vo. 188pp, double-page map. Original printed card wraps, uncut. Wraps browned, stained and lightly chipped; light text age-browning.

Meet Bulgaria.

MARKHAM, R. H. · 1931 · John Turton

£23.20 (€27.81 | $30.66 | ¥4,896)

Sofia: published by the Author, 1931. 8vo. [vi], 390pp, text illustrations, map. Original brown cloth lettered in black, te coloured. Extremes lightly rubbed; light text age-browning.