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Click here to subscribeLa Condamine (Charles Marie de) Relation abregee d'un Voyage fait dans l'interieur de l'Amerique Meridionale...en descendant la Riviere des Amazones..., first edition, folding engraved map, 2 privilege leaves at end, some leaves browned, modern roan-backed cloth, spine gilt, [Borba de Moraes p.448; Sabin 38484], 8vo, Paris, 1745.
Lindley (Thomas) Narrative of a Voyage to Brasil; terminating in the seizure of a British Vessel..., first edition, with the half-title but lacking errata leaf, endpapers spotted, bookplate, contemporary calf, gilt, spine gilt with ship motifs in compartments, slightly rubbed, [Borba de Moraes p.485; Sabin 41294], 8vo, 1805.
Luccock (John) Notes on Rio de Janeiro, and the southern parts of Brazil, first edition, engraved plan and 2 folding maps, all water-stained, text damp-stained and spotted, Phillipps copy with ink library shelf-mark on front paste-down, original boards, uncut, rubbed, rebacked preserving original paper label, [Borba de Moraes p.500; Sabin 42620], 4to, 1820. "Luccock's book is remarkable. It is of fundamental importance to the study of Brazil." Borba de Moraes.
MacCann (William) Two Thousand Miles' Ride through the Argentine Provinces..., 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, hand-coloured lithographed frontispieces, folding lithographed map and 4 tinted plates, 12pp. Catalogue at end of vol.1, some spotting, hinges weak, one or two leaves becoming loose, original pictorial cloth, gilt, rubbed, spines faded, [Sabin 42983], 8vo, 1853.
Mathison (Gilbert Farquhar) Narrative of a Visit to Brazil, Chile, Peru, and the Sandwich Islands, during the years 1821 and 1822, first edition, 4 aquatint plates, 3 hand-coloured, folding engraved map, advertisement leaf at end, name in ink at head of title, plates lightly offset, map foxed, old boards, uncut, rebacked and recased, new endpapers, rubbed, [Sabin 46858], 8vo, 1825.
Millican (Albert) Travels and Adventures of an Orchid Hunter: An Account of Canoe and Camp Life in Colombia..., first edition, half-title, chromolithographed frontispiece, plates and illustrations, one folding and slightly creased, 16pp. Catalogue at end, original decorative cloth, gilt, 8vo, 1891.
Mollien (Gaspard Theodore, Comte de) Travels in the Republic of Colombia, in the years 1822 and 1823, first English edition, aquatint frontispiece, folding engraved map, some spotting, bookplate of Rev.Robert Walsh on front paste-down, original cloth, roan label, rubbed and slightly stained, spine faded, upper cover detached, [Sabin 49917], 8vo, 1824.
Parish (Sir Woodbine) Buenos Ayres, and the provinces of the Rio de la Plata: their present state, trade, and debt, first edition, presentation copy from the author, 2 hand-coloured folding maps, 3 lithographed plates, 2 hand-coloured, lightly foxed, magazine extract on the author loosely inserted, contemporary calf, rubbed, [Sabin 58612], 8vo, 1839. The author was "the discoverer of those extraordinary fossil animals, the megatherium and the glyptodon". Sabin
Peck (George W.) Melbourne, and the Chincha Islands; with Sketches of Lima..., first edition, frontispiece, map and illustrations, some spotting, New York, 1854 - Carleton (George W.) Our Artist in Peru. [Fifty Drawings on Wood], first edition, illustrations, a little marked, New York, 1866 - Clark (E.B.) Twelve Months in Peru, plates, 1891 - Duffield (A.J.) The Prospects of Peru: The End of the Guano Age..., 1881 - Guillaume (H.) The Amazon Provinces of Peru..., mounted actual photograph as frontispiece, plates, 1888, all original cloth, rubbed, the first with spine worn at head and foot, the last faded; and 3 others on Peru, 8vo (8).
Rengger (J.R.) and Marcelin Longchamp. Essai Historique sur la Revolution du Paraguay, et le Gouvernement Dictatorial du Docteur Francia, first edition, half-title, folding engraved map, folding facsimile, foxed, contemporary half roan, gilt, [Sabin 69611], Paris, 1827 - Narrative of Facts connected with the change effected in the political condition and relations of Paraguay, under the directions of Dr.Thomas Francia, half-title, lightly soiled, old roan-backed cloth, spine torn at head, for the author, 1826 - Robertson (J.P. & W.P.) Four Years in Paraguay: comprising an account of that republic under...the dictator Francia, 2 vol. in 1, foxed, modern cloth, [Sabin 71961], Philadelphia, 1838, slightly rubbed, 8vo (3). The third is a reprint of Letters in Paraguay published in London in the same year.
Robertson (William Parish) A Visit to Mexico..., 2 vol., first edition, subscriber's copy, half-titles, folding lithographed frontispiece, folding engraved map hand-coloured in outline, list of subscribers, one gathering slightly loose, original blind-stamped cloth, a little rubbed, [Sabin 72016], 8vo, for the author, 1853. With the signature of Henry Robinson of Petergate, York, who is listed as one of the subscribers.
Rosas (Juan Manuel de) Rasgos de la Vida Publica..., first edition, hand-coloured lithographed portrait, soiled and stained, later half roan, spine faded, Buenos Ayres, 1842 - Moreno (Manuel) Vida, y Memorias...con una idea de su Revolucion...,presentation copy from the author to Sir Woodbine Parish inscribed at head of title, half-title, engraved portrait, extract from another work bound in at end, contemporary half calf, 1812 - Hudson (Damian) Recuerdos Hist—rico sobre la Provincia de Cuyo, 2 vol., portraits, contemporary half morocco, Buenos Ayres, 1898, rubbed, 8vo (4).
Ruxton (George F.) Adventures in Mexico and the Rocky Mountains, first edition, contemporary half calf, spine gilt, 1847 - Lyon (Capt. G.F.) Journal of a Residence and Tour in the Republic of Mexico..., 2 vol., contemporary calf, rebacked, 1828 - Squier (E.G.) Honduras, folding map, ink stamps, original cloth, spine faded, 1870 - Stephens (John L.) Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, 2 vol., folding frontispieces, folding map, plates and illustrations, ink stamp on titles, modern half calf, New York, 1848, some foxing, rubbed; and 2 others on Central America, 8vo (8).
Semple (Robert) Sketch of the Present State of Caracas..., first edition, 6pp. Catalogue at end, final leaf defective at corner, ex-Signet Library copy with ink manuscript note on front free endpaper and shelf-label, contemporary half calf, Signet arms in gilt on covers, rubbed, [Sabin 79088], 8vo, 1812.
Smyth (Lieut. William) and Frederick Lowe. Narrative of a Journey from Lima to Para, across the Andes and Down the Amazon..., first edition, 6 lithographed and 4 wood-engraved plates, lithographed map and 2 folding engraved maps, lithographed plates lightly browned, one badly stained (with text-leaves either side), lower hinge weak, nineteenth century cloth, uncut, spine faded and torn at head, [Sabin 85346], 8vo, 1836.
Snow (William Parker) A Two Years' Cruise off Tierra del Fuego, the Falkland Islands, Patagonia and in the River Plate, 2 vol. in 1, first edition, half-title to vol.1, 6 chromolithographed plates, 3 folding engraved maps (partly hand-coloured), original cloth, gilt, g.e., spine gilt, a little rubbed, [Sabin 85559], 8vo, 1857.
Sousa-Leao (Joaquim de) Frans Post 1612-1680, Amsterdam, 1973 - Hackforth-Jones (J.) Augustus Earle, Travel Artist: Painting and drawings in the Rex Nan Kivell Collection National Library of Australia, 1980 - Carneiro (N.) Rugendas no Brasil, limited edition, Rio de Janeiro, 1979 - Riscos Illuminados de Figurinhos de Brancos e Negros dos Uzos do Rio de Janeiro e Serro do Frio: Aquarelas por Carlos Juliao, modern calf-backed boards, Rio de Janeiro, 1960 - Acuarelas de Mark: Un Testimonio Pictorico de la Nueva Granada, half morocco, Bogota, 1963 - Walt (Jaime, editor) Frei Crist—v‹o de Lisboa: Hist—ria dos Animais e çrvores do Maranh‹o, original wrappers, Lisbon, 1967, plates and illustrations, many colour, the first three original cloth with dust-jackets, all a little rubbed; and 18 others, v.s. (24).
[Sutcliffe (Thomas)] The Earthquake of Juan Fernandez, as it occurred in the year 1835..., first edition, 4 lithographed plates, lithographed map, some light foxing, text leaves a little frayed at edges (repaired), modern boards, original printed wrappers mounted on covers (soiled and frayed), [Sabin 93948], 8vo, Manchester, 1839.
Temple (Edmond) Travels in various parts of Peru, including a year's residence in Potosi, 2 vol., half-title in vol.2, engraved map, 8 aquatint or lithographed plates, name in ink at head of titles, some foxing, modern half morocco, spines gilt, [Sabin 49660], 1830 - Hutchinson (Thomas J.) Two Years in Peru, with Exploration of its Antiquities, 2 vol., half-title in vol.1, plates and illustrations, folding chromolithographed map, library label on front paste-downs, later half roan, 1873 - Squier (E.George) Peru: Incidents of Travel and Exploration in the Land of the Incas, first English edition, plates and illustrations, folding map, ex-library copy with small stamp on verso of frontispiece and ink accession numbers on title, modern calf-backed cloth, spine gilt, [Sabin 89987], 1877, the first two first editions, 8vo (5).
Wallace (Alfred Russel) A Narrative of Travels on the Amazon and Rio Negro, with an account of the Native Tribes..., first edition, lithographed map and 9 plates, 1 tinted, folding table of vocabulary, small tear to edge of map, lightly browned, modern morocco-backed cloth, [Borba de Moraes p.933], 8vo, 1853. The author's first work and a classic on the Amazon.
Ward (Henry George) Mexico in 1827, 2 vol., first edition, folding lithographed frontispieces, 11 aquatint or lithographed plates, 5 folding, 1 hand-coloured, lacking the 2 folding maps, contemporary half calf, 1828 - Robinson (William Davis) Memoirs of the Mexican Revolution, 2 vol., half-titles, engraved portrait and folding map, contemporary calf, 1821 - [Rocafuerte (V.)] Cartas de un Americano sobre las Ventajas de los Gobiernos Republicanos Federativos, traces of signatures on title, modern half Spanish tree sheep, 1826, the first two foxed and rubbed, 8vo (5).
Boissonade (Gustave) Projet de Code Procedure Criminelle pour l'Empire du Japon..., presentation copy from the author, [Wenckstern I p.112, 1883 edition], 1882; Projet de Code Civil pour l'Empire du Japon, vol.4 only (of 4: Des Preuves et de la Prescription des Scretees ou Garanties), second edition, [Wenckstern I p.111], 1891 - Hozumi (Nobushige) Ancestor-Worship and Japanese Law, second edition, browned, original cloth, slightly rubbed, 1912, the first two original printed wrappers, uncut and unopened, preserved in glacine wrappers, 8vo, Tokyo (3).
Broughton (Capt. William Robert) Voyage de Decouvertes dans la partie Septentrionale de l'Ocean Pacifique..., 2 vol., first French edition, half-titles, 3 folding engraved maps and 4 plates, all but one folding, errata leaf at end of vol. 1, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, spines gilt, slightly rubbed, [Cordier BJ 457; Ferguson 440; Sabin 8424], 8vo, Paris, 1807. The maps contain some of the first scientific representations of the coast of Japan.
Chamberlain (Basil Hall) Things Japanese, third edition, folding map, 1898 - Chamberlain (B.H.) and W.B.Mason. A Handbook for Travellers in Japan (including Formosa), ninth edition, folding maps (1 loose at end), 1913 - Cortazzi (Hugh) Victorians in Japan in and around the Treaty ports, original boards, dust-jacket, preserved in glacine wrapper, 1987, the first two original cloth, slightly rubbed; and 5 others on Japan, 8vo (8).
Cordier (Henri) Le premier Traite de la France avec la Japon (Yedo, 9 Octobre 1858), offprint from "T'oung-pao" vol.XIII, lightly spotted, modern blue morocco with title in gilt on upper cover, t.e.g., others uncut, spine gilt, original wrappers bound in, slip-case, [Cordier BJ 549], Leiden, 1912 - Boxer (C.R.) Jan Compagnie in Japan, 1600-1850, second edition, The Hague, 1950; The Great Ship from Amacon: Annals of Macao and the Old Japan Trade, 1555-1640, Lisbon, 1963, the last two with plates and illustrations, some colour and tipped in, original printed wrappers, preserved in glacine wrappers, 8vo (3). The first contains the correspondence relating to the embassy conducted by Baron Gros during which the first Franco-Japanese treaty was signed at Yedo (Tokyo) in 1858.
Morton-Cameron (W.H.) and W. Feldwick, editors. Present Day Impressions of Japan: The History, People, Commerce, Industries and Resources of Japan..., first edition, full-page photographic portraits of the Emperor and Empress, decorative title heightened with gold, numerous plates and illustrations, some colour with tissue guards, original morocco, gilt, g.e, spine gilt, slightly rubbed, spine a little faded, 4to, The Globe Encyclopedia Co., 1919. *** An impressive encyclopedia and photographic archive covering all aspects of modern Japan.
Siebold (Philipp Franz von) and others. Manners and Customs of the Japanese in the nineteenth century. From recent Dutch visitors to Japan..., first English edition, 4pp. Publisher's catalogue at end, lightly spotted and browned, broken, original pictorial cloth, gilt, a little rubbed, 8vo, 1841. Early account of Japan from the German of von Siebold who was the physician to the Dutch East India Company. At the time Japan was a closed shop and trade with the Dutch was limited to the island of Deshima.
Missionary.-Anesaki (Masaharu) A Concordance to the History of Kirishitan Missions in Japan in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, Proceedings of the Imperial Academy supplement to vol. VI, without the separately-published map, Tokyo, 1930 - Marnas (F.) La "Religion de Jesus" (Iaso Ja-Kyo) Ressuscitee au Japon dans la second moitie du XIXe siecle, 2 vol., first edition, Paris and Lyons, [1896] - Boxer (C.R.) The Christian Century in Japan 1549-1650, hinges weak, original cloth, Berkeley etc., 1951, plates and illustrations, the first two original printed wrappers, preserved in glacine wrappers; and 14 others on the Jesuits and missions in Japan, 4to & 8vo (17).
Erdmann (Johann Friedrich) Reisen im Innern Russlands, 2 vol., first edition, 24 lithographed plates, maps and plans, some folding, folding tables, 18pp. Musical notation, foxed, modern boards, leather labels, 8vo, Leipzig, 1825-6. The second and final volume (in two parts) of Erdmann's Beitrage zur Kenntniss des Innern von Russland, 1822-26. The author moved to Kasan in 1810 and wrote this account of different Russian governments.
-.Vindel (P.) Cat‡logo Sistematico e Ilustrado de la Bibliotheca Filipina, Madrid, 1904 - Pauthier (G.) Bibliotheque Chinoise, Paris, 1873 - Giles (H.A.) An Introduction to the History of Chinese Pictorial Art, second edition, presentation copy from the author inscribed at head of upper wrapper, 1918 Hejzlar (Josef) Alte Chinesische Graphik, Prague, 1972 Fourcade (F.) La Peinture Murale de Touen Houang, Paris, 1962, some plates and illustrations, some colour, the first three original printed wrappers, uncut, preserved in glacine wrappers, the last two original cloth, dust-jackets, a little rubbed; and 29 others on China and the Far East, some bibliography and catalogues, 8vo & 4to (24).
Cole (Alfred W.) The Cape and the Kafirs, first edition, tinted lithographed frontispiece, later half light blue morocco over marbled boards, 1852 - Livingstone (David and Charles) Narrative of an Expedition to the Zambesi..., folding map, handcoloured in outline, illustarations throughout, later half morocco over cloth, 1866 - Holt (P. M.) The Mahdist State in the Sudan 1881-1898, inscription by author on title, original cloth, dust-jacket, 1958; and 4 others, Africa and Egypt, 4to & 8vo (7).
Lizars (Robina) and Kathleen Macfarlane. In the Days of the Canada Company, first edition, plates, illustrations, original cloth, gilt, Toronto, 1896 - Hatton (Joseph) and M. Harvey. Newfoundland the Oldest British Colony, plates, illustrations, publisher's advertisements at rear, original cloth, gilt, 1883 - Bremer (Fredrika) The Homes of the New World, 2 vol., foxed, hinges cracked, bookplate on verso of front cover, original embossed cloth, rubbed, extremities worn, New York, 1853; and 5 others, North America, 8vo (9).
Bright (Richard) Travels from Vienna through Lower Hungary, first edition, engraved frontispiece, 9 plates and 2 folding maps, tissue guards, half-title, 4pp. Of advertisements at end, slightly browned, new endpapers, original boards, rubbed and soiled, corners worn, edges uncut, 4to, Edinburgh, 1818.
Coronelli (Vincenzo Maria) An Historical and Geographical Account of the Morea, Negropont, and the Maritime Places, as far as Thessalonica, translated by R.W., first English edition, 41 of 42 folding engraved plates, maps and plans, one lacking last fold, some with corners torn, one affecting image, some worming, advertisement leaf at end, contemporary calf, brittle, worn at extremities, spine ends chipped, [Wing C6342], 12mo, for Matth. Gillyflower...and W. Canning, 1687.
Malcolm (Sir John) A Memoir of Central India, including Malwa, 2 vol., first edition, 1 hand-coloured folding engraved maps, only, of 2, some worming at start of vol. 1, little marking, names on end-papers, few notes, end-papers marked, contemporary calf, gilt, rubbed, spines wormed, foot of 1 spine damaged, fore-edge of front covers scorched, 8vo, 1823; sold not subject to return.
Lawrence (T.E.) Seven Pillars of Wisdom, a Triumph, first edition, one of 170 complete copies so inscribed by Lawrence, 66 plates including "Prickly Pear Plate" not listed, (most colour, some photographic reproductions, 4 double-page) , illustrations, by Eric Kennington, Paul Nash, Blair Hughes-Stanton, Roberts and others, pictorial endpapers by Kennington, 2 folding colour maps, each in duplicate, without the Paul Nash line drawings called for on pp. 92 & 208, first map with later folds, autograph manuscript correction by Lawrence in List of Illustrations, very occasional foxing on a few pp., with some related ephemera comprising a specimen printing of the first Seven Chapters of "Seven Pillars", a proof from the Oxford printing of 1922, a notice from Lawrence explaining the delay of "Seven Pillars" and a tribute: "Lawrence - The Man" by Sir Ronald Storrs, later pencil inscription on front free endpaper: "From the Library of H.G. Wells sold at 13 Hanover Terrace, Regents Park, NW1", bound in contemporary blue crushed morocco, gilt spine, corners bumped, t.e.g., others uncut, by Best, sm. 4to, 1926.
Rhodes, Alexandre de Relazione de felici successi della Santa Fede predicata da padri della Compagnia di Giesu..., first edition, engraved map, errata leaf at end, slightly browned, some worming to gutter not affecting text, nineteenth century boards, uncut, 4to, Rome, for Giuseppe Luna, 1650. Contains one of the first detailed maps of Vietnam
Amundsen (Roald) Sydpolen, 2 vol., first edition, plates and illustrations, some folding at end of vol.2, one frayed at edge, a couple of plates working loose, vol.2 hinges weak, original pictorial cloth, gilt, a little rubbed and soiled, [Spence 14; Taurus 70 "splendidly baroque cloth bound version"], 8vo, Kristiania, 1912.
Markham (Sir Clements Robert) The Lands of Silence, first edition, photogravure frontispiece foxed, plates and illustrations, endpapers browned, original pictorial cloth, rubbed and marked, [Spence 755], Cambridge, 1921 - Rymill (John) Southern Lights, first edition, presentation copy signed by the author, plates, folding map, occasional spotting, original cloth, 1938, 8vo (2).
Murdoch (W.G.Burn) From Edinburgh to the Antarctic, first edition, presentation copy inscribed by the author, illustrations, folding map, 32pp. Advertisements at end, ink library stamp on half-title and title, hinges broken, original pictorial cloth, extremities rubbed, lower cover very slightly cockled, [Spence 825; Taurus 12], 8vo, London & New York, 1894. Rare with a fine presentation inscription on the half-title to the Caledonian United Service Club Library giving details of the expedition and the whales encountered, with two sketches of whales (Finner and Right).
Scott (Capt. Robert Falcon) The Voyage of the "Discovery", 2 vol., first edition, photogravure frontispieces, plates, folding map in pocket at rear of each vol., some foxing, original pictorial cloth, gilt slightly rubbed on each vol., [Spence 1051; Taurus 41], 8vo, 1905. Loosely inserted in vol.1 is a single printed sheet short prospectus for The South Polar Times (little frayed and foxed). This copy is of the first issue, published by Smith, Elder & Co. Not John Murray.
Shackleton (Ernest H.) The Heart of the Antarctic, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, plates and illustrations, 3 folding maps and folding panorama in pocket at end of vol.2, minor foxing, original pictorial cloth, spines faded, covers slightly sunned, slight wear to joints, [Spence 1097; Taurus 58], 8vo, 1909.
Worsley (Cdr. Frank Arthur) Under Sail in the Frozen North, first edition, inscription signed by the author on front free endpaper, plates, folding map, occasional foxing, original pictorial cloth, gilt, edges of covers damp-stained, 8vo, 1927. The inscription, to F.W.Potts, is a quotation from the poem "Wander-Thirst" by Gerald Gould, verse three: "Yonder the long horizon lies, and there by night and day, The old ships draw to port ["home" in the original] again, the young ships sail away, And come I may but go I must, and if men ask you why, You may blame the sun and the stars, the white road and the sky", ["You may put the blame on the stars and the sun and the white road and the sky" in the original].
Landor (A.Henry Savage) In the Forbidden Land, 2 vol., first edition, plates, 8 colour, one torn, repaired, illustrations, folding map, ink inscription on front endpaper, original pictorial cloth, gilt, spines faded, rubbed, head and tail slightly frayed, [Yakushi L59], 1898 - Proskowetz (Max von) Vom Newastrand nach Samarkand. Durch Russland..., plates, illustrations, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, original paper spine laid down, rubbed, Vienna, 1889 - Bernier (Francoise) Travels in the Mogul Empire, 2 vol., slight foxing, bookplate, original cloth-backed boards, corners bruised, 1826 4to & 8vo (5).
Hedenborg (Johan) Turkiska Nationens seder, bruk och kladedragter, first and only edition, lacking engraved additional title and portrait but with lithographed map and 47 plates, 46 hand-coloured, a few spotted, text lightly foxed, one leaf with lower margin stained, becoming loose, nineteenth century half cloth, rubbed, [Blackmer 800; Not in Abbey or Colas], 4to, Stockholm, 1839. Depicting the costumes of Turkey from members of the court to street-traders.
Pardoe (Julia) The City of the Sultan; and Domestic Manners of the Turks, in 1836, 2 vol., first edition, lithographed frontispieces and 7 plates, wood-engraved title-vignettes and illustrations, advertisement leaf at end in vol.1 and at beginning in vol.2, some light foxing, frontispiece in vol.2 loose, vol.1 with upper hinge broken and lacking front free endpaper, original embossed cloth, spines gilt, rubbed, spines a little worn at head and foot, upper joint of vo.1 split, [Blackmer 1253], 8vo, 1837.
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