George Jeffery Books

Ceylon in 1903 : Describing the Progress of the Island since 1803, its present Agricultural and Commercial Enterprises and its Unequalled Attractions to Visitors [ Inscribed Copy ]

Ferguson John · 1903

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

A. M. & J. Ferguson Gift inscription signed by Ferguson on blank endpaper. Collation, vii,154,clxxxvipp, illustrated throughout, LACKING MAP. Bound in original publishers red decorative cloth. Cloth rubbed, some fading, abrasion wear. Binding in good condition. Internally, lar...

Observations on the River Wye, and Several Parts of South Wales, Relative Chiefly to Picturesque Beauty; Made in the Summer of the Year 1770

Gilpin William · 1789

£145.00 (€173.80 | $191.57 | ¥30,581)

R. Blamire Book measures 23x15,cm. xvi,152pp, 17 aquatint plates. Bound in modern calf, raised bands, gilt lettering. Calf rubbed, some abrasion marks. Binding in good clean firm condition. Internally, name inscription dated 1790 on margin of title, some offsetting. Pages and...

La France Illustrée [ Atlas Volume ]

Victor-Adolphe Malte-Brun · 1882

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,472)

Jules Rouff Atlas volume only. 3 plus 86 double page coloured maps, 12 plans, 1 large folding plan of Paris, 1 large folding map of France. Bound in period quater calf, marble boards, gilt bands, and lettering. Binding rubbed, worn, but in good condition. Internally, occasiona...

The Odyssey of a Pearl Hunter

Burdett Fred D. & King Percy J. · 1931

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,635)

Herbert Jenkins Limited Book measures 22x14.5.cm. 320pp, 15 full page plates. Bound in original publishers green cloth, with black lines, lettering and crest. Cloth lightly rubbed, some light dust, dirt marking, slight lean on spine. Generally binding in good clean firm condit...

Aegypten 1894

Fircks A. Freiherrn v · 1895

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,963)

Geographische Verlagshandlung Two volumes bound in one. Book measures 21.5x16.cm. vii,300, iv,290pp, folding map, original covers bound in. Bound in modern buckram, gilt lettering. Cloth rubbed, abrasion wear, short split on hinge joint, institutional library stamp and label. ...

Thirty-Eight Years in India. From Juganath to the Himalaya Mountains [ Volume 2 Only ]

Tayler William · 1882

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.20 | ¥36,908)

W. H. Allen VOLUME 2 ONLY.Book measures 23x15.5.cm. xiv,[2]565,[2]pp, 15 plates, including frontis, text illustrations. Bound in original publishers green decorative cloth, with black and gilt lettering. Cloth lightly rubbed, some abrasion wear, lean on spine. Binding in good ...

Mount Everest The Reconnaissance 1921

C. K. Howard-Bury, Lieut. Col. · 1922

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,709)

Edward Arnold Book measures 26x18.cm. x,[2],356pp, lacking one plate [ Kampa Dzong ]. Bound in original publishers blue cloth, blind stamped lines, gilt lettering. Cloth lightly rubbed, minor abrasion wear, abrasion patch on top board, [ removal on paper label ? ]. Binding in ...

Narrative of a Voyage to the Polar Sea During 1875-6 in H.M. Ships 'Alert' and 'Discovery [ Volume 1 Only ]

Nares Capt. Sir G. S. · 1878

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington Volume 1 only. Book measures 22.5x15.5.cm. xl,395pp, 3 photographic plates, 1 full pages, 1 folding map, text illustrations. Bound in original publishers green cloth, black lines, gilt lettering. Cloth lightly rubbed, back board rubbed,...

Life in the Mission, the Camp, and the Zenana; or, Six Years in India [ Volume 2 Only ]

Mackenzie Mrs Colin · 1853

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

Richard Bentley Volume 2 only. Book measures 20.5x13.5.cm. vi,307pp, engraved frontis, 2 maps. Bound in original publishers fawn embossed cloth, with gilt lettering, yellow endpapers. Cloth lightly rubbed, small nick on spine, slight lean. Generally a very good clean binding. ...

An Itinerary...containing his Ten Yeeres Travell through the Twelve Dominions of Germany, Bohmerland, Sweitzerland

Moryson (Fynes) · 1617

£575.00 (€689.22 | $759.66 | ¥121,269)

John Beale DEFECTIVE COPY. Book measures 32x21.cm. Collation, [12],295,[1],301,[1],292pp. Lacking title, frontis, and the first couple of pages, text starts #3, then signatures are complete, but possibly lacking, half titles. 8 plans within text. Naples. Rome. Genoa. Paris. Pl...

Hong Kong

Thorbecke Ellen · 1938

£375.00 (€449.49 | $495.43 | ¥79,089)

Kelly & Walsh, Limited Book measures 23x18.cm. 69pp, illustrated throughout. Bound in original publishers illustrated hardcover. Binding very lightly rubbed, minor abrasion wear on edges. Binding in very good clean firm condition. Dust jacket lightly rubbed on edges, some abra...

The Physical Atlas of Natural Phenomena

Johnston Alexander Keith · 1850

£325.00 (€389.56 | $429.37 | ¥68,543)

William Blackwood & Sons Book measures 37x30.cm. 122,[2]pp, double page frontis, plus 24 maps, all coloured. Bound in period full calf, ornate gilt dentells, raised bands, gilt tooling to spine, full gilt edges, marble endpapers. Calf rubbed, worn, top board detached. Would be...

Narrative of the Portuguese Embassy to Abyssinia during the years 1520-1527.

Alvarez Father Francisco · 1881

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.20 | ¥36,908)

Hakluyt Society Book measures 23x15.cm. Collation, xxvii,[1]416,18pp, folding map. Bound in original publishers blue embossed, gilt cloth. Cloth rubbed, spine age darkened, back boards stained, institutional library stamp. Binding in good condition. Internally, occasional libr...

THE DIARY OF WILLIAM HEDGES, ESQ (AFTERWARDS SIR WILLIAM HEDGES), DURING HIS AGENCY IN BENGAL; AS WELL AS ON HIS VOYAGE OUT AND RETURN OVERLAND (1681-1687) [ Complete in 3 Volumes ]

Barlow R. [ Transcribed By ] · 1887

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,453)

Hakluyt Society Complete in 3 volumes. Books measure 23x15.cm. Collation, xii, 265pp, 17,ccclxpp, 19,cclxiipp, complete with 2 frontis, 17 facsimile, 4 plates, 1 folding map. Bound in original publishers blue embossed, gilt cloth. Cloth ligtly rubbed, some wear on edges, some ...

The Face of China. Travels in East, North, Central, and Western China, with Some Account of the New Schools, Universities, Missions, and the Old Religious Sacred Places of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism

Kemp E. G. · 1909

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.30 | ¥17,927)

Chatto & Windus Book measures 24x18.cm. xv, 275,[1]pp, 47 coloured plates, 16 sepia drawings. Bound in original publishers green cloth, with gilt image and lettering. Cloth lightly rubbed, slight lean on spine. Binding in good clean firm condition. Internally, occasional light...

Panorama de la baie de la Poste (Ile de la Floriana, Galapagos).

Mesnard · 1841

£375.00 (€449.49 | $495.43 | ¥79,089)

View of Post Office Bay on Santa Maria Island or Floreana in the Galapagos archipelago. Panorama on two separate sheets of Paita, Galapolas Islands. Each engraving measures 51x19.cm. Plus boarder. Some light dust marking of staining, short closed tear on margins. Generally bot...

A New and Accurate Map of Peru, and the Country of the Amazones. Drawn from the most authentick French Maps

Bowen Emanuel · 1747

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.20 | ¥36,908)

Hand coloured map. Map measures 42x34.5.cm, plus margin. Map in good clean conition. Attractive and well-engraved map with much detail focused on the Amazon River. Covers the region from Ecuador south well into Chili. London Very Good

The Towkays of Sabah Chinese Leadership and Indigenous Challenge in the Last Phase of British Rule

Lee Edwin · 1976

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,036)

Book measures 23x15.cm. Collation, [14],269pp. Bound in original publishers red hardcover, with gilt lettering. Binding in very good clean firm condition. Dust jacket lightly rubbed, some fading. Jacket in good clean condition. Internally, pages clean throughout. A nice clean ...

Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia

Forester Thomas · 1858

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,036)

Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans Book measures 24.5x17.5.cm. Collation, xvii,[1],450pp, half title, 9 lithographic plates, woodcuts throughout. Bound in later cloth. Binding worn, split on joints, staining. Generally a solid binding. Internally, Mudie's library stamp on tit...

Photographic Heritage of the Holy Land, 1839-1914

Onne Eyal [ Text and Editing ] · 1980

£78.00 (€93.49 | $103.05 | ¥16,450)

Institute of Advanced Studies Manchester Polytechnic Book measures 28.5x21.cm. 104pp, illustrated throughout. Bound in original publishers illustrated softcover. Covers very lightly bumped on edges, colour faded from a section of both covers. Binding in very good clean conditi...