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IN THE GRIP OF THE NYIKA Further Adventures in British East Africa.

Patterson, Lieut.-Col. J.H. · 1909

£68.00 (€81.51 | $89.84 | ¥14,341)

Macmillan and Co. 1909. 1st Ed. xiv + 389pp. + [ii]. publ. adverts. Profusely ills., 8 route maps, 1 general map. Lacking front f.e.p., upper hinge cracked, e.ps. browned, original bright gilt lettered cloth, spine bumped and corners sl. frayed. The sequel to his classic ‘Th...

VOYAGES du ... en Perse et Autres Lieux de L’Orient ... Paris á Ispahan; d'Ispahan; & la Relation des deux Voyages de l'Auteur, d'Ispahan á Bander-Abassi; Description Générale de L'Empire de perse, & les Descriptions particulieres des Sciences & des Arts. Gouvernement Politique, Militaire, & Civil; La Description de la Religion des Persans, & le Couronnement de Soliman III.

Chardin, Chevalier. · 1735

£2,700.00 (€3,236.34 | $3,567.09 | ¥569,438)

Amsterdam aux Depens de la Compagne ... 1735. Nouvelle Edition, Augmentée du Couronnement de Soliman III. & d’un grand nombre de Passages tirés du Manuscrit de l’Auteur, qui ne se trouvant point dans les Editions précédentes. 3 vols. + Supplementary vol. thus 4 in total. Sm. 4...

TRAVELS, TALES AND ENCOUNTERS IN SINDH AND BALOCHISTAN 1840-1843. With an Introduction by R.A. Raza.

Postans, Marianne. · 2003

£48.00 (€57.53 | $63.42 | ¥10,123)

OUP 2003. 1st Ed. xxx + 214pp. Map. D/w. lightly faded to spine. Oxford in Asia Historical Reprints.Presentation Copy, inscribed - ‘With thanks for our many enjoyable & helpful sessions in the past, best wishes Rosemary [A. Raza].’With postcard from the Ms Raza loosely inse...

CELEBRATING LATINO FOLKLORE. An Encyclopedia of Cultural Traditions.

Herrera-Sobek, Maria. (Editor). · 2012

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

ABC-Clio 2012. 3 vols. Royal 8vo. Profusely illus. from photos. As new in original coloured pictorial boards sealed in clear plastic shrink-wrap.

SERMONS By .. the Late ...

Mesurier, Thomas Le. · 1823

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

Oxford at the Univ. Press for J. Parker ... 1823. 1st Ed. xx + 438pp. Some light browning, contemporary half calf with marbled boards, gilt ruling and lettering to spine, minor wear. With 8pp. of Subscribers. Inscribed ‘Presented to the Rev. J. Marshall by the Rev. J. le Mesu...

NEW SURVEY MAP OF NORTH WALES Including the Counties of Anglesey, Carnarvon, Denbigh, Merioneth, Montgomery, & Parts of Adjoining Counties. Showing Railways, Roads, Elevations & Distances, Also Local Government Divisions & Parishes.

Bacon’s · 1885

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

... N.d. c.[1885]. Linen backed folding colour map measuring 75cm x 92cm. Folding into gilt lettered cloth, spine sl. faded and chipped, leading corner sl. bumped, spine frayed.

BIRKET FOSTER.

(Foster). Cundall, H.M. · 1906

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

A & C Black 1906. 1st Ed. xx + 216pp. + [iv]. Etched plate, 73 colour plates, 78 numbered ills., text ills. Inscription, light browning, original gilt lettered dec. cloth, spine sl. browned and bumped, t.e.g. Inman 28, 20 Shilling Series. Published shortly before the Limited ...

THE ARAUCANIANS; Or, Notes of a Tour Among the Indian Tribes of Southern Chili.

Smith, Edmond Reuel. · 1855

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

NY Harper & Brothers ... 1855. 1st Ed. 335pp. Frontis., 16 ills. Some light browning, inscription, original blind embossed cloth, faded, spine chipped. Edmond Reuel Smith (182-1911) American landscape painter and travel writer. In 1853 he traveled to Chile, especially the reg...

THE GEOGRAPHICAL JOURNAL Volume 135 Part 1.

Royal Geographical Society. · 1969

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

... March 1969. 1st Ed. Large 8vo. x + 167pp. Ills., maps. Original wrapps. Articles include The revolutionary landscape of highland Bolivia by David A. Preston; Journey into Svanetia by Robin Allen; etc.

THE GEOGRAPHICAL JOURNAL Volume 129 Part 1.

Royal Geographical Society. · 1963

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

... March 1963. 1st Ed. Large 8vo. x + 128pp. Ills., maps. Original wrapps. Articles include The geography of Chingis Khan by Owen Lattimore; Charting the coast of Antarctica by Captain Edwin A. McDonald; etc.

THE GEOGRAPHICAL JOURNAL Volume 135 Part 4.

Royal Geographical Society. · 1969

£4.00 (€4.79 | $5.28 | ¥844)

... December 1969. 1st Ed. Large 8vo. xvi + pp.(497-674). Ills. including 1 folding, maps. Original wrapps., sl. wear to spine. Articles include The South Turkana expedition Scientific Papers II by R.M. Watson; etc.

THE GEOGRAPHICAL JOURNAL Volume 134 Part 1.

Royal Geographical Society. · 1968

£4.00 (€4.79 | $5.28 | ¥844)

... March 1968. 1st Ed. Large 8vo. xii + 179pp. Ills., maps. Original wrapps. Articles include The Nile in the Sudan by L. Berry and A.J. Whiteman; The African travels of Panaghiotis Potagos 1876-1877 by Richard Hill; etc.

THE NATURALIST ON THE RIVER AMAZONS, A Record of Adventures, Habits of Animals, Sketches of Brazilian and Indian Life, and Aspects of Nature Under the Equator, During Eleven Years of Travel.

Bates, Henry Walter. · 1863

£750.00 (€898.98 | $990.86 | ¥158,177)

John Murray 1863. 1st Ed. 2 vols. ix + 351pp. + 32pp. publ. catalogue. + vi + 423pp. 9 plates, 33 ills., folding map. Some light browning, bookplates, volume 2 with crudely taped hinges, original gilt lettered cloth with gilt ills. to upper boards, chipped spines with repair ...

THE HISTORY OF THE MELANESIAN MISSION.

Armstrong, E.S. · 1900

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,545)

Isbister and Co. 1900. 1st Ed. xxviii + 372pp. Port. frontis., folding map, 7 plates. Ex.-libris Brian W. Scott, some light browning, gilt lettered cloth, spine lightly faded and bumped. Ferguson, J.A. Bibliography of Australia, 6121.

COLLECTIONS TOWARDS THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE COUNTY OF HEREFORD. Volume 1 [only of 2].

Duncumb, John. · 1804

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

Hereford: Printed by E.G. Wright ... 1804. 1st Ed. 4to. xii + 604pp. T.p. device, double page map hand coloured in outline, 13 plates maps and plans. Some light browning and occasional foxing, relevant bibliographic booksellers note affixed to front f.e.p., ex-libris Julian Mi...

GLASSAMMLUNG HELFRIED KRUG. Beschreibender Katalog mit kunstgeschichtlicher Einführung.

(Krug). Klesse, Brigitte. · 1965

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

Verlag Lambert Müller GmbH, München/Rudolf Habelt Verlag GmbH 1965-73. 1st Ed. 2 vols. 4to. 364pp. + 316pp. 1193 b/w. ills. from photos., 18 colour plates. German text. Good in d/ws. sl. rubbed and chipped to vol. 1, in lightly browned seperate card slipcases as issued.

NOTES ON FRANS GREENWOOD And the Glasses that he Engraved.

(Greenwood). Buckley, Wilfred. · 1930

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,545)

London: Ernest Benn Limited 1930. Slim 4to. [16]pp. text. 32 b/w. plates on 38 leaves at rear. F.e.ps. lightly browned, original gilt lettered cloth backed boards, some minor soiling and rubbing, sl. wear at corners, in lightly soiled and chipped d/w. with some loss to corners...

THOMAS ROWLANDSON His Drawings and Water-Colours. Edited by Geoffrey Holme.

(Rowlandson). Oppé, A.P. · 1923

£100.00 (€119.86 | $132.11 | ¥21,090)

The Studio ... 1923. 1st Ed. 4to. viii + 32pp. 96 b/w. plates including 16 in colour. Marbled e.ps., ex.-libris David Harris, original bright gilt lettered faux vellum boards with bevelled edges, title label to spine creased to head, t.e.g., enclosed in gilt lettered flapped b...

FLOREAT MELITA. An Account of Freemasonry in Malta.

Wolff, Right Worshipful Brother Brigadier C.E. de. · 1957

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,273)

Malta 1957. 1st Ed. Sm. thin 8vo. 155pp. Inscription heavily erased from pastedown with subsequent paper loss, cloth with lettering to spine.

NATURE AT HOME From the French of Théophile Gautier.

Bodmer, Karl (Illustrator). · 1883

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

Bradbury, Agnew & Co. 1883. 4to. xiii + 129pp. Frontis., 24 double page plates and numerous ills. Some light browning, original gilt lettered pictorial cloth, spine and leading corner sl. bumped, a.e.g. Johann Carl Bodmer (1809–1893) Swiss-French printmaker, etcher, lithograp...