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Livingstone, David Missionary travels and researches in South Africa. London: John Murray, 1857. First edition, 8vo, folding frontispiece, plates, contemporary half caslf gilt, rubbed, lacking label; Crawford, Dan Back to the long grass. London, [no date]. 8vo, original black cloth gilt, some foxing and another copy; Dolman, Alfred In the footsteps of Livingstone. London, 1924. 8vo, colour frontispiece, plates, original green cloth gilt; Hetherwick, Rev. Alexander The romance of Blantyre. London, [no date]. 8vo, plates, original green cloth gilt; Campbell, R.J. Livingstone. London, 1929. 8vo, frontispiece, original cloth, faded; Blaikie, William Garden The personal life of David Livingstone. London, 1880. 8vo, frontispiece, original brown cloth, spotted; and 19 others (26)

Moore, Adolphus Warburton The Alps in 1864, a private journal. London: [Privately printed], 1867. First edition, 8vo, presentation copy from the author, inscription on front endpaper, 10 maps, original cloth gilt, hinge and gutter of preface reinforced with tape, some wear to extremities of binding Provenance: John Davison, presentation inscription from the author; Charles Thurston Holland, bookplate; N.A. Tomazis bookplate.

Ross, Captain Sir James A voyage of discovery and research in the Southern and Antarctic regions. London: John Murray, 1847. First edition, 8vo, 2 volumes, 16 lithographed plates and maps, some folding, illustrations in the text, original cloth stamped in blind and lettered in gilt, some spotting, volume I upper hinge broken, endpaper and frontispiece loose, spine ends chipped (2) Provenance: N.A. Tombazis, bookplate.

Taylor, Rev, Isaac Scenes in America for the amusement and instruction of little tarry-at-home travellers. London: Harris & Son, 1821. First edition, 8vo, vignette title, folding map frontispiece, 28 plates, original printed boards, some very light foxing

Barrow, John A voyage to Cochinchina in the years 1792 and 1793. London: T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1806. First edition, 4to, [xviii, [ii], 447], double-page map, double page chart and 18 (of 19) hand-coloured aquatint plates, contemporary calf, Northern Lighthouse Board giltstamp at head of spine, lacks plate 1 [Funchal] Note: Abbey, Travel 514

Barrow, Sir John A chronological history of voyages into the Arctic regions. London: John Murray, 1818. First edition, 8vo, [6], 379, 48], one folding map [linen backed]; [Idem] Voyages of discovery and research within the Arctic regions. London: John Murray, 1846. First edition, 8vo, [xiv, 530], portrait frontispiece, 2 maps [one folding, linen backed], uniformly bound with above in 19th century full calf gilt, Northern Lighthouse Board gilt stamp to upper boards, interior very clean; Ross, Sir John Observations on a work entitled "Voyages of discovery and research within the Arctic regions" by Sir John Barrow. Edinburgh, 1846. First edition, 8vo, 19th century half calf gilt, Northern Lighthouse Board gilt stamp on upper board (3) Note: Sabin 3660; 3669

Belcher, Captain Sir Edward Narrative of a voyage round the world in Her Majesty`s Ship Sulphur during the years 1836-1842. London: Henry Colburn, 1843. First edition. 2 volumes, 8vo [xl [mispaginated as xxxii, xvii-xxii], 387; x, 474], 3 folding charts and maps laid down on linen, 19 engraved plates, wood-engravings in the text, contemporary calf, spines gilt with Northern Lighthouse Board stamp at head of spines, morocco lettering pieces, very slight offsetting to a few plates and folding chart Note: The present work includes much information on the South Pacific as well as the Pacific coast of both Americas. Ferguson 35364; Hill 102; Sabin 4390

Bougainville, Louis Antoine de Voyage autour du monde par la frégate La Boudeuse et la flûte l`Étoile, en 1766, 1767, 1768 & 1769. Paris: Saillant & Nyon, 1771. First edition, 4to, [[viii], 417, [ii]], 20 folding charts (including the continuation of plate 16), 3 engraved plates, contemporary red morocco, spine gilt, g.e., Northern Lighthouse Board stamp at head of spine, marginal repair to P1, very slight offsetting to a few charts Note: Bougainville` s voyage across the Pacific touched at the Tuamotu archipelago and Tahiti (Ahu-toru, a Tahitian was taken back to France), went on to Samoa, the New Hebrides, the Solomon Islands and the previously unknown Louisiade Archipelago. Sabin 6863; Borba de Moraes, p.115; Hill, pp.31-32

Bright, Richard Travels from Vienna through Hungary. Edinburgh: Archibald Constable, 1818. First edition, 4to, [xviii, 642, cii, errata], vignettes, 10 plates, folding table, 2 folding maps [partly hand coloured in outline], contemporary half calf gilt, Northern Lighthouse gilt stamp, upper hinge cracking, some foxing, offsetting from plates

Bruce, James Travels to discover the source of the Nile, in the years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, and 1773. Edinburgh: G.G.J. and J. Robinson, 1790. First edition, 5 volumes, 4to, [[xii, lxxxiii, 535; [iv], viii, 718; [iv], viii, 759; [iv], viii, 695; [iv], iv, iii-xiv, 230, [xii]], 3 folding maps laid down on linen, 58 engraved plates and plans, 4 leaves of Ethiopian dialects in volume 1, half-titles, titles with engraved vignette, tear to title-page of volume 1 repaired, slight stain to p.453 in volume 3, a few plates with small dampstain; Murray, Alexander Account of the life and writings of James Bruce, of Kinnaird. Author of Travels to discover the Source of the Nile. Edinburgh: A. Constable &c., 1808. 4to, [xiii, 504], engraved portrait frontispiece, 19 plates, 2 folding engraved maps, uniform contemporary tree calf, spines gilt, Northern Lighthouse Board gilt stamp at head of spines (6) Note: A fine set including the Life of James Bruce by Alexander Murray in contemporary tree calf.

Buchanan, Francis A journey from Madras through the countries of Mysore, Canara and Malabar. London: printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1807. First edition, 4to, 3 volumes, folding hand coloured map [linen backed], frontispiece, 37 plates, 5 folding tables [linen backed], foxing; Hamilton, Francis [neé Buchanan] An account of the kingdom of Nepal. Edinburgh: for Archibald Constable and Company, 1819. 4to, 7 plates [folding plates linen backed], folding map [linen backed], foxing; uniformly bound in 19th century calf gilt by Robert Seton, red and green labels, marble endpapers, Northern Lightouse gilt stamp to backstrips, some scratches to backstrips (4)

Buckingham, James Silk Travels in Palestine, through the countries of Bahsan and Gilead, East of the River Jordan. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, 1821. First edition, 4to, [xxvi, [ii], 553], lithographed frontispiece portrait, folding map laid down on linen, 7 engraved plates and plans, wood-engraved vignettes, contemporary calf, spine gilt, Northern Lighthouse Board gilt stamp at head of spine Note: The work describes the first part of Buckingham`s voyage overland from Egypt to India in 1816-1817, via Palestine and Syria.

Burckhardt, John Lewis Travels in Arabia. London: Henry Colburn, 1829. 8vo, 2 volumes, xxi, [3] 452; iii, [1], 431, 5 folding maps, all maps linen backed, 19th century calf gilt, red and green labels, Northern Lighthouse Board gilt stamp on backstrip, some light foxing to maps, offsetting to pages opposite maps Note: The first edition was published the same year as the second but in quarto format. Blackmer 239

Burckhardt, John Lewis Travels in Nubia. London: John Murray, 1819. First edition, 4to, [vi], xcii, 543, [ii, advertisements], engraved portrait frontispiece, 3 maps (2 folding), contemporary calf, spine gilt, Northern Lighthouse Board gilt stamp at head of spine, upper joint split, occasional light spotting

Chambers, Robert Ancient sea-margins, as memorials of change in the relative level of sea and land. Edinburgh: W. & R. Chambers, 1848. First edition, 8vo, [iii-vi, 338], folding map, partly hand-coloured, laid down on linen, lithographed frontispiece, illustrations, contemporary calf, spine gilt, Northern Lighthouse Board gilt stamp on upper cover, lacks half-title Note: First edition of Robert Chambers` first geological book, published four years after his anonymously published Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation.

Clapperton, Commander Hugh Journal of a second expedition into the interior of Africa from the Bight of Benin to Soccatoo. London: John Murray, 1829. First edition, 4to [iii-xxiii, [iv], 355], portrait frontispiece, folding map [linen backed] & engraved plan, 19th century calf gilt by Robert Seton, red label, marble endpapers, Northern Lighthouse Board gilt stamp to backstrip, some foxing to page 1

Clark, Edwin The Britannia and Conway tubular bridges. London: for the Author, 1850. First edition, 3 volumes including plate folio, 2 volumes large 8vo, [errata slip, xii, 466; viii, 467-822, iv list of subscribers], text with 18 engraved or lithographed plates, plate volume with 46 engraved or lithographed plates and plans [including plates 12 bis and 19 bis, and plate 40 & 41 combined on one sheet], several double-page, plates and text original quarter maroon morocco, spines gilt, plate volume with gutta percha perished and plates now loose, one plate with margin slightly frayed, head and foot of spine worn, plates clean

Cordiner, James A description of Ceylon. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, 1807. First edition, 4to, 2 volumes in one, [xii, 445, [ii]; vi, 360], 1 engraved map, 1 plan, and 23 engraved or sepia aquatint plates [2 folding], signature 3G misbound before 3F, contemporary diced calf, Northern Lighthouse Board gilt stamp at head of spine, upper joint splitting, some offsetting to plates and text Note: James Cordiner was chaplain to the garrison of Colombo from 1799 to 1804, during which time he established three schools in Colombo for Sinhalese, Tamil and European pupils, and made a six-month tour of the island with the Hon. Frederick North, later fifth Earl of Guilford, the first civil governor of Ceylon. The work, which is handsomely illustrated with engravings taken from Cordiner`s own drawings, describes his experiences of Ceylon including his observation of an elephant hunt, pearl fishing and cinnamon cultivation, and includes an account of his tour of the island. Abbey, Travel 409

Coxe, William Travels in Poland, Russia, Sweden and Denmark. London: for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1803. Sixth edition, 4to, 3 volumes, [xii, [6], 369; [8], 359; [8], 320, [40]], 28 engraved maps and plates, early 19th century diced calf gilt, Northern Lighthouse gilt stamps to upper boards, backstrips rubbed, boards loose, heavy foxing to first folding maps and leaves surrounding in volume I, further foxing and offsetting throughout volume II & III (3)

Crawfurd, John Journal of an embassy from the governor-general of India to the Court of Ava, in the year 1827. London: Henry Colburn, 1829. First edition, 4to, [iii-xii, 516, 89], folding map laid down on linen, engraved plan, 5 aquatint plates, (3 hand-coloured), 5 lithographed plates of fossils, wood-engraved vignettes, contemporary calf, spine gilt, Northern Lighthouse Board gilt stamp at head of spine, lacks half-title, slight offsetting to map Note: Abbey, Travel, 405

Denham, Major Dixon Narrative of travels and discoveries in Northern and Central Africa in the years 1822, 1823 and 1824. London: John Murray, 1826. First edition, 4to, [xlviii, 335, [4], 269, [3]], 37 engraved plates of which one is coloured, 1 folding map, 19th century calf gilt by Robert Seton, Northern Lighthouse gilt stamp to backstrip, marble endpapers, some rubbing to backstrip, some mild offsetting from plates

Fitzclarence, Lt. Col. George Augustus Journal of a route across India, through Egypt to England in the latter end of the year 1817, and the beginning of 1818. London: John Murray, 1819. First edition, 4to, [iii-xxiv, 502, [v], 7 maps and plans (one folding), 12 plates (9 hand coloured aquatints after Fitzclarence), 19th century calf gilt, Northern Lighthouse Board gilt stamp to backstrip, slight offsetting, mainly from plates to text, lacking half title Note: Abbey Travel 519; Blackmer 519

Forbes, James D. Travels through the Alps of Savoy and other parts of the Pennine chain with observations on the phenomena of glaciers. Edinburgh: A. & C. Black, 1843. First edition, 2 volumes [including separately bound map], 8vo, [x, 424], 9 plates (7 lithographed, 2 chromolithographed), 2 maps, (1 folding, the folding map laid down on linen and bound separately), 4 plates of Topographical Sketches, wood-engraved vignettes, contemporary calf gilt, g.e., Northern Lighthouse Board gilt stamp at head of spine of text volume and on upper board of map volume, small scrape to upper board (2)

Forster, George A voyage round the world, in His Britannic Majesty`s Sloop, Resolution, commanded by Capt. James Cook, during the years 1772, 3, 4, and 5. London: B. White, J. Robson, P. Elmsley & G. Robinson, 1777. First edition, 2 volumes, 4to, xviii, [i], 602, [ii]; [iv], 607, errata at end of volume 1, folding chart laid down on linen, early nineteenth century calf gilt, spines gilt, Northern Lighthouse Board gilt stamp at head of spines, light offsetting to map, occasional light spotting Note: The first published account of Cook`s second voyage. Johann Reinhold Forster and his son Johann Georg Adam Forster accompanied Cook as naturalists. It was originally intended that the elder Forster should write the official record of the voyage, but because of their dispute with the Admiralty the offer was withdrawn and the Forsters issued their own book which contains a complete account of the researches into the natural history of the Pacific. Sabin 25130; Hill, p.108

Franklin, Captain John Narrative of a journey to the shores of the Polar Sea, in the years 1819, 20, 21 and 22. London: John Murray, 1823. First edition, 4to, [xv, 783, [1]], 31 engraved plates of which 12 are hand coloured, lacking the 4 maps at rear; [Idem] Narrative of a second expedition to the shores of the Polar Sea, in the years 1825, 1826 and 1827. London: John Murray, 1828. First edition, 4to, [xxiv, xxi-xxiv, 320, clvii, [2]], additional portrait frontispiece tipped in, 31 engraved plates, 7 folding maps at rear of which one is hand coloured in outline, errata at end; uniformly bound in 19th century calf gilt by Robert Seton, brown and black labels, marbled endpapers, Northern Lighthouse gilt stamp to backstrips, Northern Lighthouse stamp to reverse of titles, some small patches of rubbing to backstrips, some offsetting from plates (2) Note: Abbey Travel 635, Sabin 26228

Grey, George Journals of two expeditions of discovery in North-West and Western Australia, during the years 1837, 38 and 39. London: T. & W. Boone, 1841. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, [xiv, 412; viii, 482], 22 lithographed plates (6 coloured), wood-engravings in the text, contemporary calf, spines gilt with Northern Lighthouse Board gilt stamp at head of spines, lacking the 2 folding maps, bound without the advertisements Note: Ferguson 3228

Griffiths, Julius Travels in Europe, Asia Minor, and Arabia. London: T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1805. First edition, 4to, [iii-xx, 396], engraved portrait frontispiece, folding map laid down on linen, 4 plates, (2 folding and laid down on linen), spotting to frontispiece, title and plates, lacks half-title, strip at head of title excised and neatly renewed Note: Blackmer 755; Atabey 530

Hawkesworth, John - Cook, Captain James An account of the voyages undertaken by the order of His Present Majesty for making discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere. London: printed for W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1773. Second edition, 4to, [xii], xxxvi, [iv], [viii], 456; xiv, 410; [i-vi], 7-395, 3 volumes, 52 engraved plates, charts and maps, folding maps & plates backed on linen, some foxing, some offsetting to maps; Cook, Captain James A voyage towards the South Pole and round the World. London: printed for W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1784. Fourth edition, 4to [xl, 378; [viii], 396, 2 volumes, engraved portrait frontispiece after W. Hodges, 63 plates, charts and maps, some folding, folding printed table at p.364, foxing to plates, two plates shaved; Cook, Captain James & King, Captain James A voyage to the Pacific Ocean... for making discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere. London: printed for G. Nicol and T. Cadell, 1785. Second edition, 4to [x], xcvi, 421; [xiv], 548; [xiv], 556, 4 volumes including the Atlas folio, 87 engraved plates, charts and maps, some folding, folding letterpress table in volume 3, bound without the supplementary Death of Cook plate, offsetting and foxing to plates, maps and text; text volumes uniformly bound in 19th century tree calf gilt, brown and black labels, Northern Lighthouse gilt stamp to backstrips, majority of maps and charts bound in folio plate volume, 19th century half calf gilt, Northern Lighthouse gilt stamp to backstrips, all volumes rubbed, hinges splitting (9) Note: An attractive set of Cook`s Pacific voyges, one of the great classics of maritime exploration. The original purpose of Cook`s first voyage was to observe the transit of Venus. This was accomplished at Tahiti but six months were then spent on the coast of New Zealand, which was circumnavigated and charted for the first time, as was the east coast of Australia. It was of course Cook who named New South Wales and naturalists on the expedition who named Botany Bay. The second voyage disproved the myth of the existence of a further southern continent and made the first crossing of the Antarctic Circle. Numerous further explorations were undertaken and discoveries made, including the New Hebrides, New Caledonia and South Georgia. Knowledge of the South Pacific was given a firm basis for the first time and the maps made then remain valid today. The final voyage was principally directed towards the search for a Northwest Passage from the Pacific, culminating in Cook`s tragic murder in the Hawaiian Islands. The second edition of the first voyage differs from the first in that it contains a Preface to the second edition, in which Hawkesworth replies to the charges made against him by Alexander Dalrymple, and in that each volume is separately paginated. M.K. Beddie. BCJC 650; 1229; 1552; Hill, pp. 61-63; Sabin 30934; 16245; 16250

Heriot, George Travels through the Canadas, containing a description of the picturesque scenery of the rivers and lakes. London: Richard Phillips, 1807. First edition, 4to, [xii, 602, [ii], folding hand-coloured map, 27 sepia aquatint plates after G. Heriot, 6 folding, contemporary tree calf, Northern Lighthouse Board gilt stamp at head of spine, plates offset onto text, stain to pp. 312-319, extremities rubbed, upper board detached Note: Cf. Abbey 618 describing the plates only that formed a separate issue entitled Coloured plates to accompany Heriot`s Travels in the Canadas, in which the plates were hand-coloured. Sabin 31489

Hobhouse, John Cam, 1st Baron Broughton A journey through Albania, and other provinces of Turkey in Europe and Asia, to Constantinople, during the years 1809 and 1810. London: James Cawthorn, [1813]. Second edition, 2 volumes, 4to, [xvi, 628; [ii], 629-1152, [ii], engraved frontispiece, 2 folding maps laid down on linen, 17 uncoloured aquatint plates (7 folding and laid down on linen), 2 plates of engraved music, nineteenth century calf gilt, Northern Lighthouse Board gilt stamp at head of spines, slight offsetting to plates or text, tear to p.743 repaired Note: A good copy of Hobhouse`s account of a tour made with his friend Lord Byron in 1809 and 1810. Abbey, Travel 202; cf. Atabey 584 and Blackmer 821 (both first editions)

Holland, Henry Travels in the Ionian Isles, Albania, Thessaly, Macedonia, &c., during the years 1812 and 1813. London: Longman, Hurst &c., 1815. First edition, 4to, [xii], 551, engraved map & 12 engraved plates after Holland, contemporary diced calf, spine gilt, Northern Lighthouse Board gilt stamp to head of spine, map offset onto title Note: Holland travelled in Greece and the Levant in 1812 and 1813, spending two months in Albania as physician to Ali Pasha. Blackmer 825; Atabey 589

Hughes, Rev. Thomas Smart Travels in Sicily, Greece and Albania. London: J. Mawman, 1820. First edition, 4to, 2 volumes, [xii, [2], 532; viii, 393], 3 maps and plans [2 folding and backed on linen], 12 engraved and aquatinted plates, 19th century calf gilt by Robert Seton, Northern Light Board gilt stamp to backstrip, black and brown labels, interiors clean (2) Note: A passionate philhellene, Hughes travelled in the Levant as tutor to Richard Townley Parker. Much of the present work is devoted to Epirus, where Hughes and Parker spent two months in the company of the architect Charles Cockerell, after whose drawings many of the plates are engraved. Blackmer 842; Abbey, Travel 203; Contominas 339; Weber I, 86; Atabey 599.

Jacob, William Travels in the South of Spain in letters written A.D. 1809 and 1810. London: J. Johnson & Co., 1811. First edition, 4to, [iii-xiii, [2], 407, 36, [7]], folding map, 12 uncoloured aquatint plates, one folding, later 19th century calf gilt, Northern Light Board gilt stamp to backstrip, some offsetting from plates [especially to title], lacking half title Note: Abbey Travel 145

James, Edwin Account of an expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains, performed in the years 1819, 1820... under the command of Maj. S.H. Long, of the U.S. Top. Engineers. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1823. First English edition, 3 volumes, 8vo, [viii, 344; iii-viii, 356; iii-vii, 347], 1 folding engraved map and 1 folding engraved plate ["Vertical section"] laid down on linen, 8 aquatint plates by I. Clark after S. Seymour, 3 hand-coloured, contemporary calf, spine gilt, Northern Lighthouse Board stamp at head of spines, slight offsetting to 2 coloured plates, very light spotting to a few plates, bound without half-titles to volumes 2 and 3 Note: An account of the US government expedition under Major Stephen Long, originally named the "Yellowstone Expedition" and designed as the most ambitious expedition to date of the trans-Mississippi West. The expedition travelled up the Missouri and then followed the River Platte to its source in the Rocky Mountains before moving south to Upper Arkansas. From there the plan was to find the source of the Red River, but when this was missed the Canadian River was explored instead. The American edition was published in three volumes in Philadelphia in 1822-23. This London edition was published in the same year and differs in some respects from the American edition in both text and illustration (3 additional plates in this edition). [Sabin 35683; Wagner-Camp 25; Howes J41; Abbey, Travel 650]

James, John Thomas Journal of a tour in Germany, Sweden, Russia, Poland during the years 1813 and 1814. London: John Murray, 1816. First edition, 4to, [viii, [4], 527], frontispiece, vignette title, 17 plates, plan of Moscow in text, 19th century calf gilt by Robert Seton, Northern Light Board gilt stamp to backstrip, offsetting from plates Note: Abbey Travel 16

Jameson, R.G. New Zealand, South Australia and New South Wales. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1842. First edition, 8vo, [xii 372], 2 folding maps [linen backed], 2 plates, 19th century calf gilt, red label, Northern Lighthouse Board gilt stamp to backstrip Note: Ferguson 3428.

Kirkpatrick, William An account of the kingdom of Nepaul, being the substance of observations made during a mission to that country, in the year 1793. First edition, 4to, [ii], xx, 386, [ii], [iv - advertisements], large folding map laid down on linen, 14 plates including one hand-coloured aquatint, engraved title vignette, contemporary calf gilt, Northern Lighthouse Board gilt stamp at head of spine, slight offsetting from plates to text, lacks half-title

Le Brun, Cornelius Voyage au Levant, c`est à dire, dans les principaux endroits de l`Asie mineure, dans les isles de Chio, Rhodes, Chypre, &c., de même que dans les plus considérables villes d`Egypte, Syrie & Terre Sainte. Paris: J.B.C. Bauche. Rouen: C. Ferrand, 1725. First collected edition, 5 volumes, 4to, [xviii, 648, xii; [ii], 565, [ii], [xii]; [vi], 520, [xii]; [ii], 522, [xii]; [ii], 498, [xiv]], titles printed in red and black, engraved portrait, 5 maps [4 folding] and 85 engraved plates [12 double page], contemporary mottled calf, spines gilt, Northern Lighthouse Board gilt stamp at head of spines, occasional light spotting or paper discolouration, upper margin with occasional small wormholes Note: First collected edition, comprising the Dutch traveller and painter`s account of his travels in the Levant, Muscovy, Persia, Cyprus and the East Indies. Atabey 161; cf. Blackmer 225 (1714 edition).

Monro, Vere A summer ramble in Syria, with a tartar trip from Aleppo to Stamboul. London: Richard Bentley, 1835. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, [iii-xiii, 316; iii-xii, 317], lithographed frontispieces, contemporary calf, spines gilt, Northern Lighthouse Board stamp at head of spines, lacking half-titles Notes: Atabey 827; Blackmer 1148

Mudge, Captain William and Isaac Dalby An account of the operations carried on for accomplishing a trigonometrical survey of England and Wales. London: W. Faden, 1799-1801. First edition, 4 parts in 3 volumes, 4to, [iii-xxii, 437; x, 190; vi, 128; xvi, 382, [ii]; 51 folding engraved plates, engraved dedication, contemporary calf, spines gilt, Northern Lighthouse Board gilt stamp at head of spines, volume 1 lacks half-title (3) Note: This is the first edition of the history of the Ordnance Survey which began after the death of General Roy, and was officially instituted on 10 July 1791

Mure, William Journal of a tour in Greece and the Ionian Islands. Edinburgh: William Blackwood, 1842. First edition, 8vo, 2 volumes, [xiii, [1], 291; v, [4], 327, [4]], 15 lithographed plates and maps, 5 folding plates backed on linen, errata and plate lists in volume 2, 19th century calf gilt, red and black labels, Northern Lighthouse Board gilt stamps on backstrips Note: "An interesting work" (Blackmer). Mure travelled in early 1838 visiting, inter alia, Corfu, Ithaca, Missolonghi, Delphi, Thebes, Athens, Sunium, Aegina, Corinth, Olympia and Patras. His principal work was A Critical History of the Language and Literature of Ancient Greece (1850-57). Blackmer 1170

Napier, Sir Charles The war in Syria. London: J.W. Parker, 1842. First edition, 2 volumes, 12mo, [xlviii, 300; xii, 333], bound without the advertisements, errata leaf in volume 2, contemporary calf, spines gilt with Northern Lighthouse Board stamp at head of spines, morocco lettering pieces Note: Blackmer 1179

Norden, Frederick Lewis Travels in Egypt and Nubia. London: Lockyer Davis and Charles Reymers, 1757. First English edition, folio [57 x 46cm], 2 volumes in one, half titles, allegorical frontispiece, portrait frontispiece, 159 maps & plates on 161 sheets, engraved head and tail pieces, early 19th century calf gilt, Northern Light Board gilt stamp to backstrip, upper board loose, some offsetting from plates, very occasional spotting

Olin, Stephen Travels in Egypt, Arabia Petraea, and the Holy Land. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1843. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, [ii], xiv, xii, 13-458; xii, 13-478], 3 maps, 2 folding and laid down on linen, 12 engraved plates after F. Catherwood, contemporary calf, spines gilt, Northern Lighthouse Board gilt stamp at head of spines

Phipps, Constantine John, Baron Mulgrave A voyage towards the North Pole. London: W. Bowyer and J. Nichols for J. Nourse, 1774. First edition, 4to, [iii-viii, 253, [ii], 3 folding engraved charts, 12 folding plates, 11 folding printed tables, final leaf with directions to the binder, contemporary tree calf, spine gilt, Northern Lighthouse Board gilt stamp on upper board, lacks half-title, light discolouration to title, neatly rebacked retaining most of original spine Note: "An important addition to early nautical science in the polar regions. Besides a journal of the voyage, it contains a descriptive catalogue of the natural history and resources of Spitsbergen" (Hill). The fourteen year old Horatio Nelson served as a midshipman, under Captain Skeffington Lutwidge, on board the Carcass, one of the two ships that took part in the expedition. Hill, p.207; Sabin 62572

Pottinger, Lieutenant Henry Travels in Beloochistan and Sinde. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, et al., 1816. First edition, 4to, [xxx, 423], folding map, [linen backed], 19th century calf gilt by Robert Seton, Northern Light Board gilt stamp to backstrip, lacking frontispiece, large repair to title, leaf B creased

Raffles, Thomas Stamford The history of Java. London: Black, Parbury & Allen, 1817. First edition, 2 volumes, 4to, [iii-xlviii, 479; iii-viii, 292, cclx], 1 folding map hand-coloured in outline and laid down on linen, 1 leaf of music [engraved verso and recto] and 63 plates (including 10 hand-coloured aquatints), 2 folding tables, engraved vignettes, nineteenth century calf gilt, Northern Lighthouse Board gilt stamp at head of spines, lacks half-titles, 2 folding tables and one plate laid down on linen Note: Abbey, Travel 554

Ross, Sir John A voyage of discovery made under the orders of the Admiralty, in His Majesty`s ships Isabella and Alexander, for the purpose of exploring Baffin`s Bay and inquiring into the probability of a North-West passage. London: John Murray, 1819. First edition, 4to, [[iii], errata slip, xxxix, [1], 252, [1], cxxxvi], 3 maps [2 folding], 25 plates [14 coloured aquatints], 3 charts [3 folding], 19th century calf gilt, Northern Light board gilt stamp to backstrip, Northern Light board stamp to reverse of title, some offsetting; [Idem] Narrative of a second voyage in search of a North-West passage and of a residence in the Artic regions during the years 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832, 1833. London: A.W. Webster, 1835. 4to, 6 maps & 25 plates [3 coloured], 19th century calf gilt uniform with previous, Northern Light Board stamp to reverse of title (2) Note: Sir John Ross [1777-1856] went in search of the Northwest Passage in 1818 but turned back after exploring Baffin Bay. Financed by Sir Felix Booth, he commanded a second search expedition (1829-33), in the course of which he discovered Boothia Peninsula, the Gulf of Boothia, and King William Island and explored Smith, Jones, and Lancaster sounds. His last trip to the Arctic was made in 1850-51, when he went to the Lancaster Sound region to search for Sir John Franklin. Abbey, Travel 634 & 636.

Sabine, Edward, editor Narrative of an expedition to the Polar sea, in the years 1820, 1821, 1822 & 1823. London: James Madden, 1840. First English edition, 8vo, [cxxxvii, 413], contemporary calf, spine gilt, Northern Lighthouse Board gilt stamp at head of spine, lacks frontispiece & folding map

Sale, Florentia, Lady A journal of the disasters in Affghanistan, 1841-42. London: J. Murray, 1843. First edition, 8vo, [xvi, 451], folding lithographed plan laid down on linen, lacking 1 plan; Dempster, Henry The problem; its origin and development, with a brief sketch of the life of the inventor. Glasgow: W.G. Blackie, 1843. 8vo, [ii, viii, 9-83], errata slip, illustrations, contemporary calf, spine gilt with Northern Lighthouse Board stamp at head of spine (2)

Scoresby, William An account of the Arctic regions, with a history and description of the Arctic whale-fishery. Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co., 1820. 8vo, First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, [xx, 552, 82; viii, 574], half titles, 20 engraved plates, 4 maps & 4 folding tables, some folding, half-titles, Northern Lighthouse stamp on reverse of title, titles and frontispieces foxed, folding plate torn without loss; [Idem] Journal of a voyage to the Northern whale-fishery; including researches and discoveries on the Eastern coast of West Greenland. Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co., 1823. First edition, 8vo [iii-xliv], 472, 2 folding maps, 6 engraved plates, folding map split at one fold, lacks half-title, Northern Lighthouse Board stamp to reverse of title, contemporary calf gilt uniform with previous, Northern Lighthouse Board gilt stamp to backstrips, foxing and offsetting (3) Note: Scoresby accompanied his father on numerous voyages to the Arctic whale fishery, on which he began to study the meteorology and natural history of the polar regions. In 1813 he established for the first time that the polar ocean has a warmer temperature at considerable depths than it has on the surface. He attended Edinburgh University, corresponded with Sir Joseph Banks and Robert Jameson, was elected a member of the Wernerian Society of Edinburgh and in 1819 a member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. In 1816 he made his first search for the North-West Passage. His 1820 work, An Account of the Arctic Regions and Northern Whale Fishery gave the results of his observations on the Arctic , as well as those of previous navigators. In his voyage of 1822 to Greenland Scoresby charted 400 miles of the east coast, thus contributing to the first real and important geographic knowledge of East Greenland. As an active member and official of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, he contributed to the knowledge of terrestial magnetism and optics. Sabin 78167 & 78171; Hill 1543

Simpson, Thomas Narrative of the discoveries on the North coast of America, effected by the officers of the Hudson`s Bay Company during the years 1836-39. London: R. Bentley, 1843. First edition, 8vo, [xix, 419], 2 folding maps laid down on linen, contemporary calf, spine gilt, Northern Lighthouse Board gilt stamp at head of spine, very slight offsetting to map

Spencer, Edmund Travels in the Western Caucasus. London: Henry Colburn, 1838. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, [2], xvi, 358; [2], viii, 374], engraved frontispieces, wood-engravings in the text, contemporary calf, spines gilt, Northern Lighthouse Board stamp at head of spines Note: A sequel to Spencer`s Travels in Circassia. Atabey 1165; Blackmer 1581

Spencer, Edmund Travels in Circassia, Krim Tartary, &c. including a steam voyage down the Danube. London: Henry Colburn, 1837. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, [iii-xxxvii, 355; iii-xiv, 425], 4 lithographed plates, (2 hand-coloured), 2 folding maps and charts laid down on linen, illustrations in the text, contemporary calf, spines gilt, Northern Lighthouse Board stamp at head of spines, lacks half-titles Note: Atabey 1164; Blackmer 1580

Stephens, John L. Incidents of travel in Central America, Chiapas and Yucatan... new edition. London: John Murray, 1842. 2 volumes, 8vo, [x, [4], 424; vii, [2], 7-474], folding map laid down on linen, 68 engraved, wood-engraved or lithographed plates after F. Catherwood, some offset onto text, volume 2 head of spine slightly rubbed; Idem Incidents of travel in Yucatan. London: John Murray, 1843. 2 volumes, 8vo, [xii, 459; xvi, 9-478], 2 folding frontispieces and folding map laid down on linen, 52 engraved plates and plans, some offset onto text, illustrations in the text, uniform contemporary calf, spines gilt, Northern Lighthouse Board stamp at head of spines (4) Note: Stephens and his travelling companion, architect and draftsman Frederick Catherwood, first came across Maya ruins at Copán, having landed in British Honduras (present-day Belize). They went on to Palenque, Uxmal, and according to Stephens, visited a total of 44 sites. Stephens` descriptions of ancient Maya sites, along with the illustrations by Catherwood, were greatly superior to the small amount of information on ancient Mesoamerica previously published. Sabin 91297 & 91299.

Townson, Robert Travels in Hungary, with a short account of Vienna in the year 1793. First edition, 4to, [iii-xviii, [ii], 506], folding map hand-coloured in outline, folding table & 16 engraved plates, nineteenth century calf gilt, Northern Lighthouse Board gilt stamp at head of spine, small piece torn from p.455 with loss of a few letters, 2 plates, map & table laid down on linen, dampstain to one plate, lacks half-title

Vancouver, Captain George A voyage of discovery to the North Pacific Ocean, and round the world, in which the coast of north-west America has been carefully examined and accurately described. London: G.G. & J. Robinson, and J. Edwards, 1798. First edition, 4 volumes including atlas, 3 volumes, 4to, [viii], xxix, [vi], 432; [vi], 504; [viii], 606, [ii], text with 18 engraved plates; folio atlas [540 x 426mm.] with 16 engraved maps, charts and coastal profiles, folding maps and charts mounted on guards, half-title in volumes 1 & 3, text contemporary russia gilt, Northern Light Board gilt stamp to head of spines, spotting to, and offsetting from, plates in text volumes, spines worn, joints splitting, atlas contemporary half russia with marbled sides, Northern Light Board gilt stamp to upper cover, slight spotting of coastal profiles, minimal offsetting to a few folding charts, head and tail of spine worn Note: ``Vancouver, who had served on Captain Cook`s second and third voyages, was made commander of a grand-scale expedition to reclaim Britain`s rights, resulting from the Nootka Convention, at Nootka Sound, to examine thoroughly the coast south of 60° in order to find a possible passage to the Atlantic, and to learn what establishments had been founded by other powers. This voyage became one of the most important ever made in the interests of geographical knowledge. Vancouver sailed by way of the Cape of Good Hope to Australia, where he discovered King George`s sound and Cape Hood, then to New Zealand, Hawaii, and the northwest coast of America. In three seasons` work Vancouver surveyed the coast of California, visited San Francisco and San Diego and other Spanish settlements in Alta California... investigated the Strait of Juan de Fuca, discovered the Strait of Georgia, circumnavigated Vancouver Island, and disproved the existence of any passage between the Pacific and Hudson Bay`` The Hill Collection of Pacific Voyages, pp.303-4. Sabin 98443; Provenance: Chas. Ellis, 25 Soho Square, contemporary inscription on title-pages; Raymond Barker, armorial bookplates

Wales, William Astronomical observations made in the voyages... for making discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere. London: sold by P. Elmsley, 1788. 4to, [[iv], xii, *4, 146], 2 folding maps, contemporary tree calf gilt, red label, Northern Lighthouse Board gilt stamp to upper board, rubbing to backstrip, some offsetting to title Note: Wales was appointed by the Board of Longitude to accompany Captain James Cook on his second voyage of 1772–75, replacing the astronomer (and Wales` brother-in-law) Charles Green, who had died during the return leg of Cook`s first voyage. A major part of Wales` duties was to test Larcum Kendall`s K1 chronometer, based on the H4 of John Harrison. Wallis and Carteret had been to the South Pacific in 1766. It was in 1778 that Wales was given the task of producing the official astronomical account of Cook’s first voyage following the death of Charles Green. In order to clarify Green’s accounts earlier observations had to be included, and with Cook’s untimely death during the third Voyage Wales had a mammoth task producing this work without Green or Cook’s assistance. Once published however the information was of great value to seamen. The first edition of 1777 contains four plates and maps.

Walpole, Robert Memoirs relating to European and Asiatic Turkey, and other countries of the East. Edited from manuscript journals. Second edition, 4to, [xxii, 615], 4 engraved maps and plans, 10 engraved plates (2 folding, 4 double-page), engraved title-vignette, contemporary calf, spine gilt, Northern Lighthouse Board gilt stamp at head of spine Note: Cf. Blackmer 1762 (first edition);

Walpole, Robert Travels in various countries of the East, being a continuation of Memoirs relating to European and Asiatic Turkey. London: Longman, Hurst &c., 1820. First edition, 4to, [xxi, [ii], 603, 8], 2 engraved maps and 11 plates, one double-page, one folding, contemporary calf, spine gilt, Northern Lighthouse Board gilt stamp at head of spine, a few scrapes to upper board Note: Among the interesting contributions are: Leake on Asia Minor, W.G. Browne on a journey through Asia Minor to Constantinople, essays by Cockerell, Hunt and Wilkins, and a continuation of excerpts from Sibthorp`s journals. Blackmer 1763; Atabey 1311