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Click here to subscribeCorsica.- New Description (A) 1789 first edition engraved map frontispiece occasional staining ink splatters at end mostly marginal later drab wrappers split to upper spine some creasing to corners 8vo for C.Corbett 1739. ***Scarce. Only 2 copies located in the U.K. and a further 6 in the U.S..
St.Clair Cruise of H.M.S. Inflexible 1894 first edition wood-engraved frontispiece of H.M.S Inflexible some light browning and soiling original cloth gilt a [not in Copac] a very good copy 8vo Valletta [c.1894]. ***Scarce. H.M.S. Inflexible was built in Portsmouth and commissioned in 1874. Her hull had the thickest armour of any ship in the Navy and she was the first battleship to fitted with internal electric lighting and submerged tubes for discharging torpedoes..
Waring Letters from Malta and Sicily 1st first edition half-title hand-coloured engraved frontispiece 8 engraved plates 3 hand-coloured 16pp. advertisements at end some damp-staining to margins and versos of plates some offsetting original pictorial cloth gilt spine ends frayed spine and a few other areas faded [Pine-Coffin 834/6] 8vo 1843.
Bullar Winter in the Azores: 1st 2 vol. first edition half-title hand-coloured aquatint frontispieces plain title vignettes and illustrations 8pp. advertisements at end ink inscriptions to front pastedowns and endpapers extensive ink notes to final 2pp. of advertisements and rear endpaper original cloth spines faded joints splitting some fraying [Abbey Travel 72] 8vo 1841.
Kettle (William Richardson) A Report on the Artifi first edition 2 maps 1 folding plan of the harbour foxed original printed wrappers plan of harbour to lower wrapper light water-staining to margin of upper wrapper 1887 § Godman (Frederick du Cane) Natural History of the Azores or Western Islands first edition 2 maps endpapers foxed near fine original cloth spine gilt 1870 § Baker (C.Alice) A Summer in the Azores with a Glimpse of Madeira first edition charming original pictorial cloth gilt slightly rubbed Boston 1882; and 4 others Azores v.s.(7)
Swindells Island of St. Michael the Azores first edition presentation copy from the author half-title photographic portrait frontispiece title in red and black 6 plates map presentation bookplate to front free endpaper made out to a W.O. Meade King Esq. original pictorial cloth gilt spine faded a few spots rubbed still a good copy of a scarce work Manchester 1877.
Harcourt A Sketch of Madeira; 1851 first edition half-title wood-engraved frontispiece additional pictorial title 2 folding maps 4 plates and illustrations 32pp. advertisments at end some foxing original cloth spine slightly darkened some light staining slight fraying to spine ends and corners 1851 § [Madeira Printing] Hosmer (Rev. A.H.) A Letter on Episcopal Jurisdiction Particularly with Reference to...Madeira Chaplaincy... first edition modern boards Funchal 1853 § Spice (R.P.) The Hermit of Westminster Wandering About Madeira 1883 first edition presentation copy from the author plates original cloth rubbed privately printed 1883; and 7 others 19th century works on Madeira including an 1891 Reid Guide-book 8vo et infra(10)
Mason Climate & Meteorology of Madeira 1st edited by James Sheridan Knowles first edition half-title 5 charts on 3 plates 40pp. advertisements at end original pictorial cloth gilt the Signet Library copy with ink inscription to front pastedown and upper cover of binding slight fraying to spine ends a very good copy of a scarce book 8vo 1850.
Ansted Ionian Islands in the Year 1863 first edition tinted lithographed frontispiece 4 lithographed maps advertisements to pastedowns and endpapers foxing to endpapers and versos of frontispiece and final map elswhere occasional spotting original pictorial cloth spine repaired at foot and faded [Blackmer 35; Legrand and Pernot 2399] large 8vo 1863. ***Geologist and engineer Ansted visited the islands at this time as he believed they would soon be ceded to Greece..
Jervis History of the Island of Corfu first edition 4 wood-engraved plates folding pedigree 42pp. publisher`s advertisements at end original printed endpapers bound in 1 plate with marginal loss to corners modern cloth gilt vignette from original cloth mounted on upper cover [Blackmer 974; Legrand and Pernot 1716] 8vo 1852. ***Jervis served with the Royal Artillery on Corfu..
Kavanagh Cruise of R.Y.S. Eva. 1st first edition wood-engraved frontispiece 16 hand-tinted lithographed plates occasional foxing original pictorial cloth gilt spine ends and corners frayed 8vo Dublin 1865. ***A shooting cruise off the coast of Albania. Despite being born with only the rudiments of arms and legs Kavanagh triumphed over his physical defects and was an expert shooter and angler and an experienced yachtsman. .
Dameto History of Balearick Islands; 1st Eng. translated by Colin Campbell first English edition 2 engraved folding maps 1 with tear within image but with no loss lightly browned contemporary panelled calf joints starting [Palau 68215] 8vo William Innys 1716. ***A very good copy of a rare work..
Grasset de Saint-Sauveur Iles Baléares 1st first edition half-title 3 engraved plates 2 folding some light browning and foxing a few small ink stains to fore-edge contemporary tree calf spine gilt and with red morocco label an attractive copy Paris and The Hague 1807. ***A rare work that includes Majorca Minorca Ibiza Formentera and the Pithuises also known as the Pine Islands. .
Rockwell Sketches of Foreign Travel 1st 2 vol. first edition engraved frontispiece original cloth spines gilt a few marks most to spines [Blackmer 1440; Pine-Coffin A835/5; Sabin 72420] good copies 8vo Boston 1842. ***The author was chaplain aboard USS Potomac. He spent time on Minorca the Lipari islands Sicily Corfu and Malta..
Hornby In and Around Stamboul 1st 2 vol. first edition ink inscriptions to front pastedowns and endpapers original cloth spines gilt vol.1 splits at foot of spine a little fraying and light staining to both vol. [cf. Blackmer 829] 12mo 1858. ***Lady Hornby was in Constantinople from 1855 to 1858 where her husband assisted in the administration of the British Government Loan to Turkey. It includes sections on the Crimean War..
R.H.R. Rambles in Istria Dalmatia 1st first edition half-title frontispiece finished in colour by hand prize label to front pastedown contemporary half calf spine label chipped with loss 1875 § Warner (Charles Dudley) In the Levant original pictorial cloth gilt spine ends and corners frayed Boston 1877 § Chapin (James Henry) From Japan to Granada first edition plates original cloth gilt ex-library copy with a few minor marks New York and London 1899 § Ellerbeck (J.) Eastern Rambles and Reminiscences first edition half-title plates original pictorial cloth gilt Lytham 1909; and 13 others miscellaneous Travel most Levant or Mediterranean v.s. (17)
Richard Burton Wanderings in West Africa 1863 2 vol. first edition half-titles folding map wood-engraved frontispiece ex-library copy with large label to front pastedowns and blind-stamps to titles and a few other ff. original purple-brown cloth spines gilt spines uniformly faded and with faint ink shelf number [Penzer p.71-72] 8vo 1863. ***Burton undertook this journey as a British consul. He had an intense dislike for the island of Fernando Po and took every chance to escape to meet his wife on the Canaries. .
Paton Islands of the Adriatic 1st including Dalmatia Croatia and the Southern Provinces of the Austrian Empire 2 vol. first edition half-titles tinted lithographed frontispieces and 8 plates folding map and plan endpapers damp-stained occasional spotting attractive contemporary dark green half calf spines gilt and with double leather labels [Abbey Travel 44] a very good copy 8vo 1849.
Burton.To the Gold Coast for Gold 2 vol. first edition half-titles chromolithographed frontispiece to vol.2 2 folding maps 3 illustrations repaired tear to p.205/206 in vol.2 later blue half morocco over marbled boards gilt joints rubbed [Penzer pp.106-107] 8vo 1883. ***In 1875 Cameron had completed the first crossing of Central Africa explored the Kong Mountains and searched for gold in the Ancoba River Valley. Through their shared interest in gold Burton and Cameron were commissioned by James Irvine of the Guinea Coast Gold Mining Co. to survey & report on his mining concessions. Although they did indeed find gold and Burton recommended a way of extracting it their report was passed over for that of a less enthusiastic career. .
Butler (Captain H.) South African Sketches first edition additional pictorial lithograph title and 30 lithograph vignettes on 15 plates 16 of the vignettes with modern hand-colouring modern half morocco over marbled boards [Abbey Travel 336; Czech p.29; Mendelssohn p.235; Schwerdt I 90] folio Ackermann 1841. ***Schwerdt: “A pleasing book which shows the manner of hunting Big Game in the first half of the 19th century”..
Godlonton (Robert) Case of the Colonists first edition presentation copy inscribed by the author on original front free endpaper foxing modern red half calf spine gilt but slightly faded 8vo Grahamstown 1879. ***Presentation inscription to an 1820 settler Stephen Dell dated in the year of publication and with an A.L.s. tipped in from Dell`s son to A.Gordon-Brown dated Port Alfred 1934 discussing the Kafir Wars and the family home at Barville Park a photograph of which is mounted to the front free endpaper..
Godlonton. Irruption of the Kaffir Hordes... first edition engraved map frontispiece offset on title occasional spotting and browning modern blue morocco-backed cloth [Mendelssohn I 611] 8vo Graham`s Town 1836. ***With the signature of Sir Richard Southey Cape politician on front free endpaper..
Hutchinson (Edward) The Victoria Nyanza first edition from the library of Sir Henry Morton Stanley with later bookplate 2 folding maps 1 in pocket at end original pictorial cloth gilt slightly cockled and frayed 1876 § Johnston (James) Reality versus Romance in South Central Africa engraved photogravure portrait frontispiece plates and a folding map at end library stamp to verso of frontispiece occasional underlining of a few words in blue pencil a few repairs to folds of map modern half morocco [Czech p.87] 1893 8vo(2)
Gordon Independence of the United States 1788 4 vol. first edition 9 folding engraved maps and plans offsetting some creasing to folds a few ff. with underlining in biro contemporary half tree calf spines gilt and each with a black morocco label upper joint of vol.4 splitting vol.2 lower cover worn but holding firm rubbed and scuffed 8vo for the author 1778.
Thomson (William) Memoirs 2 vol. first edition 2 folding engraved frontispiece plans lacks half-titles O1 small tear in text slight offsetting blind-stamps on titles the Earl of Caledon`s copy (of Caledon Castle co. Tyrone) on front pastedowns slightly browned contemporary tree calf red and green labels on spines spines slightly rubbed vol. II small repair on spine 8vo Printed for the Author; and sold by J. Murray 1788.
Long (John) Voyages and Travels first edition folding engraved map list of subscribers errata leaf near contemporary tree calf gilt preserved in calf-edged cloth slip-case [Sabin 41878] 4to for the author 1791. ***A fine copy. “A significant account by the Hudson Bay Company trader which is particularly valuable for its treatment of linguistic analogies between the Indian nations. In addition the work conveys a faithful picture of the life and manners of the Indian and Canadian traders while condemning the injustices perpetrated on the Indians by the British.” - Howgego..
Garay.Survey of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec first edition 5 folding engraved maps 1 hand-coloured 2ff. loose [Sabin 26549] Ackermann and Co. 1844; bound with Anderson (Arthur) Communications with India China &c. via Egypt 28pp. not printed for sale [c.1844]; bound with Galloway (John Alexander) Observations on the Proposed Improvements in the Overland Route via Egypt with remarks on the Ship Canal the Boulac Canal and the Suez Railroad front free endpaper with presentation inscription folding lithograph map 1844 together 3 works in 1 vol. contemporary half calf rubbed bookplate of Baron Hambro 8vo
Schmidt. Stone Sculptures of Copán & Quiriguá first English edition translated by A.D.Savage plan and 20 plates by Heinrich Meye accompanying descriptive letterpress small marginal puncture hole through first few leaves contemporary dark green half morocco a little rubbed repaired folio New York 1883. ***The Mayan ruins in Honduras and Guatemala..
Macgregor.Journey through...Khorassan 2 vol. first edition half-titles folding map plates and illustrations 32pp. advertisements at end of vol.2 original cloth rebacked preserving original spines new endpapers [Ghani 233] 8vo 1879. ***”An account of an overland journey to England in 1875. The journey begins in Bushehr and continues to Shiraz Yazd Tabas Birjand Mashhad Sarakhs Daregaz Shahrud the north Caspian and to Russia. A very useful geographical account.” (Ghani)..
Clark.Through Shên-Kan 1912 first edition plates and illustrations 6 colour and tipped in captioned tissue guards (one slightly stuck to mount) folding colour map in pocket at end (lightly foxed) original pictorial buckram uncut very slightly rubbed corners a little bumped [Czech p.48] 4to 1912.
Fortune (R) 3 Years` Wanderings in...China first edition additional wood-engraved pictorial title tinted lithograph frontispiece and 2 plates folding map illustrations 16pp. advertisements at end original cloth gilt faded lower joint and spine ends worn [Cordier Sinica 205; Lust 1236] 8vo 1847.
Brondsted (P.O.) Voyages dans la Gréce accompangné 2 vol. first edition large paper copy engraved illustrations many full page some vignettes coloured some foxing lacking text p.227-230 duplicated p.231-234 original printed boards slightly darkened at edges [Blackmer 213] folio Paris 1826 & 1830. ***Originally intended to be complete in 8 volumes only the first 2 volumes were ever published and these in quite small numbers. .
Wheler.Journey into Greece 1682 first edition folding engraved map (laid down on tissue) 7 engraved plates (4 full page 3 smaller) numerous illustrations in text small ink caricature in margin of title soiled and browned a few small marginal tears C1 Pp2 & 3 with margins repaired bookplate of W.Priestley of Lightcliffe with red wax seal on front pastedown contemporary mottled calf rubbed corners repaired [Atabey 1328; Blackmer 1786; Wing W1607] folio for William Cademan [&c.] 1682. ***The standard English work on Greece for many years including details of topography and botany..
Worlidge.Select Coll.D`ngs..Antique Gems first edition engraved portrait and 186 fine engravings (mostly 2 to a page) all printed on satin and mounted on thick paper without letterpress as issued the last two untitled old book-label of Comte Chandon de Briailles on front free endpaper (dated by hand 1940) finely bound in early nineteenth century olive green straight-grain morocco gilt covers with Greek key border small corner stars and rules forming panel spines with five double raised bands with red gilt morocco inlays compartments with antique head surrounded by starbursts purple silk doublures and endpapers inner gilt dentelles with pineapple cornerpieces g.e. a little rubbed light spotting [Sinkankas 7331] large 4to [1768]. ***”Worlidge`s last work was a series of 182 etchings of gems from the antique (three are in duplicate). The series was published in parts some of which seem to have been issued as early as 1754; but Worlidge died before the work was completed. It was finished by his pupils William Grimaldi and George Powle and being printed on satin was published by his widow in 1768 at the price of eighteen guineas a copy ... No letterpress was included originally in the volume.” DNB. The bibliography of this elaborate work does not seem to have been fully settled: Sinkankas notes the “enormous confusion that surrounds this publication ... casting doubt that few bibliographic descriptions ... can be relied upon” (p.1143). This is an especially luxurious copy and appears to have more than the usual “183” plates called for (Sinkankas). Each of the delicate engravings printed on pale gold satin is titled and bears a caption denoting the contemporary owner of the gem depicted. It includes the untitled plate of Hercules slaying the Nemean lion which like all the other plates in this volume is not numbered. The frontispiece self-portrait of 1754 depicts Worlidge (1700-1766) in the style of Rembrandt wearing a cap drawing the Pomfret bust of Cicero. .
Pollok (Lt.-Col.) Sport in British Burmah 2 vol. first edition half-titles 2 folding maps 10 plates 8 chromolithographed advertisement leaf at end of vol.1 and 32pp. at end of vol.2 later half polished calf gilt edges uncut as issued [Czech 164] 8vo 1879. ***One of the earliest accounts of big-game hunting in Burma..
Sonnerat.Voyage aux Indes Orientales 3 vol. second edition first 8vo edition half-titles 7 folding engraved plates by Poisson after drawings by the author some marginal browning to endpapers contemporary tree calf spines gilt and with red morocco labels a little rubbed slight wear to corners [Cordier Sinica 2102; Hill 578; Nissen IVB 886; Pritzel 8774] 8vo Paris 1782. ***The French naturalist Sonnerat (1746-1814) came from a family of merchants and spent almost seven years exploring India Malacca Philippines Ceylon and China. The work which was originally published in two quarto volumes contains material on customs religion and arts as well as natural history. This was Sonnerat`s second expedition and on his return he handed over his best natural history specimens to the Cabinet du Jardin du Roi and was named Marine Commissioner. For some 70 years Sonnerat`s account remained the most important contribution to the ornithology of China (Stresemann). .
Lear (Edward) Journals first edition inscribed to George Macaulay Trevelyan from Thomas Abbey February 17th 1910 on front free endpaper and a short letter addressed to `George` from H.F.Newall laid in half-title 2 lithograph maps and 20 tinted lithograph plates some foxing hinges repaired original cloth [Abbey Travel 175] 8vo 1852.
Forbin (Louis) Voyage dans le Levant first edition [one of only 325 copies] half-title title-vignette 80 plates comprising 2 engraved 8 aquatint and 70 lithographed plates after Lecomte Deseynes Castellan Carle and Horace Vernet Fragonard Thiénon Legros Isabey and others occasional light spotting old ink library stamp to half-title and title (largely erased) and to most plate versos modern red half morocco over marbled boards [Atabey 447; Blackmer 614; Weber 70; Colas 1089] folio Paris Imprimerie Royale 1819. ***The scarce first edition with text and plates together of which Brunet states that only 325 copies were printed. One of the first important French books to use lithography on a grand scale and the standard of production is equal to that of Napoleon`s Description de l`Égypte. Most of the plates illustrate views in Egypt and Syria including the famous view of Drovetti French consul in Egypt measuring a giant head. In 1816 Forbin replaced Denon as Director of Museums and in 1817 he undertook a year-long voyage to the Levant having been authorised to purchase antiquities for the Louvre. He travelled to Milos where his son-in-law had negotiated the purchase of the recently discovered Venus de Milo and from there to Athens Constantinople Asia Minor Syria and Palestine. From Jaffa he travelled overland to Egypt and visited Alexandria..
Blunt. Bedouin Tribes of the Euphrates 2 vol. first edition half-titles wood-engraved plates folding colour map folding pedigree of Arabian thoroughbreds 32pp. advertisements at end of vol.2 publisher`s presentation embossed stamp to title vol.1 hinges weak original pictorial cloth gilt spines a little discoloured and spine ends slightly rubbed 8vo 1879.
Burton--Narrative of a Pilgrimage to...Meccah 3 vol. first edition folding map 14 plates (including 8 tinted lithographs and 5 chromolithographs) 2 plans only (of 3 lacking folding plan from vol.2) half-title and list of plates to vol.III only as issued 24pp. publisher`s catalogue at end of vol.I lvol.1 contents leaf torn some other leaves carelessly opened later endpapers bookplate of Francis Frederick Fox original blue cloth with black decorative borders and spines gilt lettering to spines rubbed spine ends worn joints tearing [AbbeyTravel 368; Ghani 62; Penzer pp.43-50] 8vo 1855-56. ***Scarce in the original cloth. “In 1853 Burton travelled in disguise as an Indian Muslem on a pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina. The publication of his account of the journey brought him fame as an adventurer and also as a man of considerable knowledge about Arabs their customs and way of life. The Present work reflects Burton`s attraction to the Arabs and his belief that Islam is an equal to Christianity and Judaism.” Ghani..
Kennedy (Sir Alexander B.W.) Petra first edition plates and maps original cloth soiled and slightly trimmed and repaired dust-jacket 4to 1925. ***The first chapter is by St. John Philby who along with Sir Aurel Stein and the author was responsible for many of the illustrations. This book is the most complete monograph on the ruins of Petra. The author received the co-operation of Husain King of Nejd and Hejaz who gave him the title of Pasha..
Stark Freya Baghdad Sketches first edition 12 plates by E.N. Prescott original cloth paper labels lightly soiled and rubbed Baghdad The Times Press 1932; Beyond Euphrates; The Coast Incense first editions illustrations original cloth 1951 & 1953 § Von Rosen (Countess Maud) Persian Pilgrimage translated by Evelyn C. Ramsden first edition illustrations original cloth spine faded rubbed at extremities 1937 § Forbes (Duncan) The Heart of Iran first edition illustrations and maps original cloth dust-jacket slightly dusty 1963; and 5 others similar 8vo(10)
Hunt (John) The Ascent of Everest first edition signed on title by the author and four other members of the expedition colour and plain plates diagrams and maps in the text original cloth dust-jacket chipped at corners and spine ends some light marking otherwise a good example 8vo 1953. ***The signatories are John Hunt Edmund Hillary George Lowe George Band and Tenzing (the last cut signature mounted)..
Pontoppidan (Rev. Erich) The Natural History of No first English edition engraved folding map and 28 plates light marginal damp-staining contemporary speckled/tree calf gilt spine worn with loss to head and tail upper joint broken lower board detached boards rubbed [Nissen 3224; Wood p.522] folio for A. Linde 1755.
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