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Journals of the Rev. Messrs. Isenberg and Krapf, missionaries of the Church Missionary Society,
Detailing their proceedings in the Kingdom of Shoa, and Journeys in other parts of Abyssinia, in the years 1839, 1840, 1841 and 1842.
Edition: First Edition
Book ID: 1920More details Price: £1,500.00 -
Les héros du désert: Moffat et Livingstone.
Rouen: Megard et Cie, 1881. First Edition. Part of the Bibliothèque Morale de La Jeunesse. Original dark green buckram with black embossed designs and gilt detail. A touch of handling to the binding only. Internally clean and tidy with just a little darkening to the pages. 224pp. Frontis of Livingstone. 250 by 170mm (9¾ by 6¾ inches). Première édition. Fait partie de la Bibliothèque Morale de La Jeunesse. Percaline vert foncé originale avec des motifs en relief noirs et des détails dorés. Une touche de manipulation à la reliure uniquement. Intérieurement propre et bien rangé avec juste un peu d'assombrissement des pages. 224pp. Frontis de Livingstone. 250 par 170mm
Book ID: 2406More details Price: £20.00 -
Missionary Register.
Survey of the Protestant Missionary Stations throughout the world in their geographical order. Full Year 1824
Book ID: 3496More details Price: £100.00
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Nakahama Manjirō's Hyōsen kiryaku.
A companion book to the exhibition 'Drifting: Nakahama Manjirō's Tale of Discovery'.
Book ID: 2583More details Price: £28.00
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New York. Comme je l'ai vu.
Book ID: 2700More details Price: £75.00
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Ozeanien, die Inseln der Südsee. Ältere und neuere Erforschungsreisen im Gebiet der Inselgruppen des Stillen Ozeans. Mit besonderer Rücksicht auf Leben, Sprache und Sitten der aussterbenden Naturvölker jener Eilande. Mit 170 Textabbildungen, mehreren in den Text gedruckten Karten
Ozeanien II: Die Inselwelt des Stillen Ozeans in Melanesiuen, Polynesien und Mikronesien.
Leipzig: Otto Spamer, 1873. Vol 2 only. Richly illustrated work on the Pacific islands. Half leather with marbled boards. Gilt titles to spine. Frontispiece, maps, views and numerous illustrations in the text on Hawaii. Binding in good, clean condition. Slight weakness to the rear hinge. Slight darkening to the pages. XXVI, VIII, 376 pp. 225 by 150mm (8¾ by 6 inches).
Book ID: 3260More details Price: £60.00 -
Picturesque China.
Architecture and Landscape. A Journey through twelve provinces.
Book ID: 2996More details Price: £300.00
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Prince Arumugam, the Steadfast Indian Convert.
Translated from the German of A. v. B.
Edition: First Edition
Freiburg im Breisgau: B. Herder, 1895. First edition. Original cloth-backed decorated boards. A title in the series: Tales of Foreign Lands. A Series of Illustrated Tales for the Young. Collected by the Rev. Jos. Spillmann. Illustrations by R. E. Kepler. A very good copy - A touch of darkening to the tan boards only. Pages are fractionally darkened only. pp. (vi). 86. 3 plates.
Book ID: 1078More details Price: £20.00 -
Sea Road to the Indies.
An account of the voyages and exploits of the Portuguese Navigators, together with the life and times of Dom Vasco Da Gama, Capitao-Mor, Viceroy of India and Count of Vidigueira.
London: William Hodge and Company, Limited, 1952. First British edition. Hardback. In original unclipped dust jacket. Now in protective wrap. Red cloth with gilt title to spine. The map end papers have some age toning in line with the dust jacket. Inside is clean. The dust jacket has a little age-toning and some light rubbing / chips to the corners. Overall a good example. 296 pages. 225 x 145 mm (8¾ x 5¾ inches).
Book ID: 2889More details Price: £20.00 -
Some Historical Account of Guinea, its Situation, Produce, and the General Disposition of its Inhabitants.
With An Inquiry into the Rise and Progress of the Slave Trade, its Nature, and Lamentable effects.
Book ID: 1625More details Price: £350.00
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Strolling About On The Roof Of The World:
The First Hundred Years of the Royal Society for Asian Affairs (Formerly Royal Central Asian Society)
London: Routledge Curzon, 2003. First edition in original red boards, with gilt titles to spine, and in original dust jacket. Illustrated throughout. An excellent copy. Signed to the title page by both the author, and Susan Maria Farrington. 229 pp. 250 x 185 mm (9¾ x 7¼ inches). Fine, in a fine dust jacket. Hugh Leach, OBE, was an Arabist who spent most of his thirty-six-year career as a soldier and diplomat in the Middle East. He was later a Historian of the Royal Society of Asian Affairs. Upon his death in 2015, the Royal Society's obituary said they considered this book - its centennial history - to be "an outstanding achievement for the Society".
Book ID: 2493More details Price: £50.00 -
Studies on the Tihāmah.
The Report of the Tihāmah Expedition 1982 and Related Papers.
Book ID: 2762More details Price: £40.00
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The Adventures of the Gooroo Paramartan : a tale in the Tamul language : accompanied by a translation and vocabulary, together with an analysis of the first story.
Book ID: 4388More details Price: £600.00
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the British Catholic Colonial Quarterly Intelligencer.
No. 1.
Edition: First Edition
Book ID: 1319More details Price: £48.00 -
The German Arctic Expedition of 1869-70,
and Narrative of the Wreck of the 'Hansa' in the Ice.
London: Sampson Low, Marston, Low, & Searle, 1874. First (English) edition. Solidly bound in neat green library binding, with gilt title to the spine and blind stamped library emblem to the front board. Complete, with numerous wood engravings, 2 coloured maps (one folding), 2 portraits in steel engraving and 4 chromolithographed illustrations (including frontis). Koldewey was captain of the Germania; the 'Hansa' that was crushed by ice in October 1869. Overall in a very good condition. Minor handling, and light grubbiness to page edges. Signs of some creasing in folding of map at rear, and a small closed tear to outer edge (map not affected). Attractive library bookplate to front and back paste-down. Some pages have an embossed library stamp. viii, 583 pp. 250 x 170 mm (9¾ x 6¾ inches).
Book ID: 2299More details Price: £375.00 -
The New York Visitor. World's Fair News July 1939
New York Central System, 1939. A lovely guide to the World's Fair at New York. Illustrated throughout with information for visitors to New York. There were regular monthly publications throughout 1939 giving up to date information. Aerial sketch map of the fair, and a folding map of New York and the subway system. 50 pages (inc covers). 230 x 100 mm (9 x 4 inches).
Book ID: 3212More details Price: £35.00 -
The Penguin Atlas of Diasporas.
Maps by Catherine Petit. Translated from the French by A.M. Berrett
London: Viking Penguin, 1995. A lovely copy of this fascinating atlas. Text, maps and a few photographs of the most important migrations of the modern period. These include the Jewish, Armenian, Gypsy, Black, Chinese, Indian, Irish, Greek, Lebanese, Palestinian and the Vietnames and Korean diasporas. Clean and tidy dust wrapper over clean black boards. Oblong octavo. Internally clean and tidy throughout. 190 by 250mm (7½ by 9¾ inches). 184 pages.
Book ID: 3280More details Price: £20.00 -
The Private Journal of Captain G.F. Lyon of H.M.S. Hecla
During the Recent Voyage of Discovery under Captain Parry
London: John Murray, 1825. 2nd revised edition. 7 plates. (all called for). Lacks map.
From the library of Downside Abbey. Library cloth with red leather spine. Internally clean and tidy with slight darkening. Very good condition apart from the lack of map.Book ID: 2061More details Price: £180.00 -
Waikna; or Adventures on the Mosquito Shore.
Edition: First Thus
London: Sampson Low & Son, 1856. First Thus. Notable survey of the Mosquito Coast region of Honduras, Belize and Nicaragua; includes a short glossary of the Miskito language. Red soft back with titles and engraving to the front cover - adverts to the rear. These are dated May 15th 1856. This edition has no maps or illustrations. The soft red covers are a little darkened / marked, but without significant wear. Internally clean and tidy. iv, 188, 16 pp. Adverts to rear.
Book ID: 1822More details Price: £80.00