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A Compendium of the East Being an Account of Voyages to the Grand Indies Made By the Sieur Jean De Lacombe, of Quercy, Formerly Captain at Arms in the Service of the Company of the Indies of Holland. Now Published for the First Time [from the Bordeaux Manuscript of 1681] in an English translation by Stephanie & Denis Clark. Edited, with an Introduction by Ashley Gibson
London: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1937. First edition. Limited: # 86 of 300 copies. Black cloth spine, batik covered boards. Printed in Perpetua type on Arnold's hand-made paper. Contemporary Engravings of the principal places visited reproduced from Schouten's Oost-Indische Reyse [Amsterdam, 1676]. Maps used as end papers are from a contemporary Mercator Atlas. Double page plates, double page facsimile from original manuscript. 209, [1] pp. Bookplate of Herbert Eberhard Hering, a noted German-Brazilian bibliophile and book collector, appears on the inside front paste down. The black spine has a little nicking to the top and tail of the spine. Overall in good, clean condition though. Internally clean with a few foxing spots only. 320 x 200 mm (12½ x 7¾ inches).
Book ID: 2244More details Price: £225.00 -
A Photo-Album of a World Tour A German family travel around the world
Book ID: 3445More details Price: £680.00 -
A Voyage to Senegal; Or, Historical, Philosophical, and Political Memoirs, Relative To The Discoveries, Establishments, and Commerce of Europeans In The Atlantic Ocean, From Cape Blanco to the River of Sierra Leone. To Which Is Added An Account Of A Journey From Isle St. Louis To Galam.
London: Richard Phillips, 1806. First English edition. Recent half leather binding with marbled boards and matching endpapers. Translated from the French. Fold out frontis map entitled: 'Western Coast of Africa, from Cape Blanco to the River of Sierra Leone with the courses of the Rivers Senegal and Gambia, Shewing the Journey of M. Durand from Senegal to Galam', plus seven aquatint plates. Contents have foxing throughout. Two plates are in facsimile. 181 + (3) pp. 215 x 135 mm (8½ x 5¼ inches).
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Book ID: 2620More details Price: £240.00 -
Across the Russias
London: Harvill Press: 1969. First Edition. Hardback. Signed by the author in dedication after his lecture on Siberia given in Southampton at the beginning of 1979. The book follows the author and his friend's exceptionally fascinating - and possibly unique - 12,500 mile trip (driving a Mini Minor car) across the former Soviet Union. In original unclipped colour photographic dust jacket. Brown cloth boards. This work includes a collection of quite extraordinary b/w and colour images covering all aspects of the journey. From costume, rituals, traditions, the arts, architecture and places. Offering a rare glimpse of life across towns and cities in former Soviet republics. 256 pages. 245 x 175 mm (9¾ x 7 inches).
Condition: Previous owner's small bookplate to front free endpaper. Minimal light spots of foxing to prelims. Overall a very good signed copy, in a very good dust jacket.
Book ID: 2949More details Price: £20.00 -
Amsterdam and Bridge across the Amstel (aquatint)
London: T. & I. Egerton, 1790. Lovely sepia aquatint taken from 'A picturesque tour through Holland, Brabant and part of France; made in the autumn of 1789', published in 1790. In a lovely cream coloured mount. Ready to frame. Visible image size: 130 x 165 mm (5 x 6½ inches). Actual size in mount: 260 x 280 mm (10¼ x 11 inches).
Book ID: 3354More details Price: £35.00 -
Amsterdam et Venise.
Book ID: 2533More details Price: £80.00 -
An Essay on the Variation of the Compass, shewing how far it is influenced by a change in the direction of the ship's head, with an exposition of the dangers arising to navigators from not allowing for this change of variation. Interspersed with Practical, Observations and Remarks.
Book ID: 2909More details Price: £85.00 -
Arctic Explorations: the Second Grinnell Expedition in search of Sir John Franklin, 1853, '54, '55
Book ID: 1832More details Price: £100.00 -
Asia From Keith Johnston's General Atlas
London: W & A.K. Johnston. A map of Asia, extracted from the General Atlas. This conforms best to the 1879 edition, except the lack of page title to the top edge, and the different page number. Engraved area is 13" x 17" (sheet is 141/2" x 181/2"). Lightly tipped onto mounting board, and now protected by archival protection. A lovely copy of this map from the height of colonial era.
Condition: A clean and tidy copy of this map. No significant damage at all. Clean and tidy, with the lightest of darkening.
Book ID: 1727More details Price: £15.00 -
Beschryving der Provincie Braband, bevattende De opgave van al de steden en dorpen, wegen, vaerten en rivieren; de aenduiding der uitgetrektheid, bevolking, nyverheid, des handels; benevens de algemeene geschiedenis der provincie en de byzondere van elke voorname plaets, enz., enz.
Gent: Drukkery van I.S. Van Doosselaere, 1861. First edition. Half leather with mottled hardback boards. 206 pages. With frontispiece, woodcuts in text, and a fold-out map to the rear. Map has a closed tear but is complete. Boards are rubbed. Inside has two institutional ex libris stamps; one to frontispiece, the other to title page. 185 x 125 mm (7¼ x 5 inches).
Book ID: 3799More details Price: £70.00 -
Characteristic Japan. Views and Characters in the Land of the Rising Sun.
Kobe: Tamamura, Photographer. Rare First Edition. Circa 1907. Oblong folio album, original decorated silk padded boards, with silver embroidery and ties. All edges gilt. Title page printed on charcoal paper with decorated borders and text in silver, followed by 24 hand coloured collotype photographic prints on cream paper, with tissue guards. The silk boards have been professionally restored. In a very good condition.
One of several similar albums produced by the studio of Kōzaburō Tamamura, who was one of the originators in Japan of photographic albums of this kind for tourists. The subject of these photographs include Kyoto, Osaka, Shikoku, with scenes of temples, pagodas, rivers, lakes and Fujiyama etc, with captions in English. 420 mm x 190 mm (16½ x 7½ inches).
Book ID: 2174More details Price: £1,200.00 -
Comment Visiter: La Hollande - 7e édition
Den Haag: Office National du Tourisme en Hollande, 1935. A small pamphlet in French extolling the virtues of pre-WW2 'Holland'. Full of b/w photographs. Fascinating snapshot of The Netherlands as a visitor destination between the wars. Covers slightly grubby. Internally clean. 200 x 990 mm (7¾ x 39 inches) Un petit pamphlet en français vantant les mérites de la "Hollande" d'avant-guerre. Plein de photos n/b. Instantané fascinant des Pays-Bas en tant que destination touristique de l'entre-deux-guerres. Couvertures légèrement crasseuses. Intérieurement propre. 200 × 990 mm
Book ID: 2126More details Price: £20.00 -
De overwintering der Hollanders op Nova Zembla, in de jaren 1596 en 1597.
Leeuwarden: Hugo Suringar, 1873. Tiende druk. Boekje. Een gevierd gedicht over de Nederlanders die overwinteren in een houten hut. Zachte covers zijn delicaat en bijna los. 32 pagina's. 170 x 105 mm (6¾ x 4¼ inches).
Book ID: 3719More details Price: £20.00 -
Dictionary of Geography, Descriptive, Physical, Statistical and Historical Forming a complete General Gazetteer of the World.
Edition: First Edition
Book ID: 1242More details Price: £90.00 -
Diptych Sundial Compass, with details of major European and American cities
Book ID: 3316More details Price: £580.00 -
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: £1,400.00 -
Le Grand Silence Blanc. Illustrations en couleurs d'André Collot.
Book ID: 2526More details Price: £70.00 -
Les Contrées Mystérieuses et les Peuples inconnus. Ouvrage illustré de 6 grandes cartes et de 277 gravures dans le texte, dont 54 grandes planches.
Paris: Firmin-Didot et Cie, 1884. First edition. Hardback in three quarter leather with mottled boards. Raised bands and gilt titles to spine. Boards are rubbed, but acceptable. Clean and tidy inside. Complete, including all six folding maps etc. Boards have 778 pages. 270 x 195 mm (10¾ x 7¾ inches). Première édition. Relié en cuir trois quart avec plats marbrés. Dos à nerfs et titres dorés. Les planches sont frottées, mais acceptables. Intérieur propre et rangé. Complet, y compris les six cartes dépliantes, etc. Les planches ont 778 pages. 270 × 195 mm
Book ID: 3600More details Price: £60.00 -
Mauritius; or the Isle of France: Being An Account of the Island, its History, Geography, Products, and Inhabitants.
Edition: First Edition
Book ID: 1579More details Price: £260.00 -
Narrative of a Residence on the Mosquito Shore: with an account of Truxillo, and the adjacent islands of Bonacca and Roatan; and a vocabulary of the Mosquitian language.
London: Smith, Elder, and Co, 1847. Second edition. In blue hardback buckram boards. This second edition has no plates, as expected. Gilt title to spine. Boards are a little rubbed at edges. Presentation copy. Author's compliments to Mr. Johnson Esq to FFEP. Some age toning to first few plates. Overall in good condition. iv, 172 pages. 200 x 125 mm (7¾ x 5 inches).
Book ID: 3796More details Price: £200.00