London: James Nisbet and Co, 1859. First Edition. Personal dedication to the front, and short ALS from Reverend Hinton loose inside. Dated August 12th 1858 - the paper is headed ' De Beauvoir Town' - the note offers thanks to Mr. von Koch, who was the Royal Chancellor of Justice in Sweden, and was interviewed twice for the book. Original hardback brown embossed Celtic knot decorated buckram. Gilt stamped title to spine. Complete with woodcut frontispiece (Dalecarlian peasants). Pxii, 232 pp. 185 x 125 mm (7¼ x 5 inches). Covers lightly rubbed, but starting to split at head and tail of the spine. Foxing inside, and pages are age toned. Binding a little loose, but overall in good condition.

London: J. Debrett, 1798. First edition. Two volumes, sympathetically rebound in half calf, with new leather spines, but retaining carefully restored original marbled boards. Original boards a little rubbed, but recent leather all very good. Some spots of foxing internally. 220 x 140 mm (8¾ x 5½ inches). Volume I: viii, 526 pp. Volume II: viii, 528 pp.
William Tooke (1744–1820) was a British clergyman and an historian of Russia. This work gives a fascinating historical perspective, not only on his favoured Russia, but also on everything from the way ladies dressed in Peru, to the use of spices in 'the torrid zone'.

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.