Levant.- Sandys (George) A Relation of a Journey begun An: Dom: 1610 ... Containing a description of the Turkish Empire, of Ægypt, of the Holy Land, of the Remote parts of Italy and Islands, first edition, engraved title, loss to corners affecting images and laid down, engraved illustrations, double-page engraved map, detached and laid down, lacking panorma, engraved initials and headpieces, occasional underlining, faint marginal spotting and staining, A2 & I5 with marginal loss (not affecting text), X6 with loss at gutter affecting text, later endpapers, later reverse calf, cracked joints but holding firm, slight bumping to corners and extremities, [cf. Atabey 1087 (seventh edition) & Blackmer 1484 (second edition)], folio, for W. Barrett, 1615.
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Africa.- Burton (Sir Richard Francis) The Lake Regions of Central Africa, first edition, second issue, half-titles, 12 chromoxylograph plates, wood-engraved illustrations, folding map and publisher's advertisements at end of vol. 2, previous owner's ink inscription to titles, scattered spotting, later endpapers to vol. 1, abrasion mark to vol. 2 front pastedown where label removed, original cloth, rebacked retaining original backstrip, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners, [Penzer pp.65-66], 8vo, 1860. *** An Account of the Royal Geographical Society expedition with John Hanning Speke in search of the source of the Nile in 1858-59. After Burton fell ill, Speke carried on without him, as he did not believe that their location was the source. He was the first European to discover what he named Lake Victoria, and claimed it to be the source but Burton disputed it, leading to a long-running and bitter feud between them.
Europe.- Willyams (Cooper) A Voyage up the Mediterranean, first edition, engraved dedication leaf, folding aquatint map, 41 aquatint plates, faint pencil note to title, cracked upper hinge but holding firm, near contemporary calf, bumping and small split to spine head, a little rubbed, [Abbey, Travel 196; Blackmer 1813], 4to, 1802.
Levant.- Le Roy (Julien David) Les Ruines des plus beaux Monuments de la Grece, first edition, 2 parts in 1 vol., 60 engraved plates, title - c1 with large tear into text and neat tissue repairs, title with tissue strengthening to edges, tiny worming towards end affecting some plates, scattered spotting and faint staining, modern, morocco backed boards, [Blackmer 1009], folio, Paris, 1758.
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Levant.- [Badia Y Leblich (Domingo)] Plates and Maps of the Travels of Ali Bey, first American edition, plate vol. only, portrait frontispiece, 9 engraved plates, one large folding hand-coloured map, tear to image with old tape repair verso, scattered spotting and staining, marginal water-staining, bookplate, contemporary half-calf, rubbed and worn, bumping to corners and extremities, small loss to spine extremities, 4to, Philadelphia, 1816.
Middle East.- Macdonald (A. D.) Euphrates Exile, first edition, half-title, frontispiece, plates, original cloth, fractional bumping to corners and extremities, 1936 § March Phillipps (L.) In the Desert, first edition, half-title, frontispiece, plates and illustrations, occasional faint spotting, bookplate, contemporary half morocco, lightly sunned spine, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1905 § Harding King (W. J.) A Search for the Masked Tawareks, half-title, frontispiece, plates, folding map, advertisements at end, previous owner's ink inscription, scattered faint spotting, original pictorial cloth, a little rubbed, 1908; and others, similar, 8vo & 4to (5)
Asia.- Howard (B. Douglas) Life with Trans-Siberian Savages, first edition, half-title, advertisements at end, scattered faint spotting, cracked hinges, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1893 § Sugimoto (Etsu Inagaki) A Daughter of the Samurai, half-title, frontispiece, modern half-calf, 1927 § Faulds (Henry) Nine Years in Nipon, first edition, half-title, frontispiece, illustrations, faint spotting towards end, contemporary calf, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1885; and others on Japan, 8vo (5)
Mountaineering.- Hillary (Sir Edmund) No Latitude for Error, first edition, half-title, frontispiece, plates, original cloth, fractional bump to spine head, price-clipped dust-jacket, very slight creasing to edges, 1961 § Younghusband (Sir Francis) The Epic of Mount Everest, half-title, frontispiece, plates, occasional faint spotting, original cloth, fractional bumping to spine extremities, 1934; 8vo (2)
World.- Purchas (Samuel) His Pilgrimage. Or, Relations of the World and the Religions Observed in all ages and places discovered ..., first edition, tears and loss to title, neatly laid down on paper, wood engraved initials, head- and tail-pieces, occasional marginal ink signatures and notes in different hands, one or two marginal ink number-stamps, scattered faint spotting and staining, 3V4 trimmed (?from another copy), lacking final blank, twentieth-century calf, sunned spine, fractional bumping to corners, [Sabin 66678], folio, William Stansby for Henrie Fetherstone, 1613. *** First edition of the first comprehensive study of the diversity of world religions, the eighth and ninth book of which focus on the America. Rare with text complete.
Levant.- Vertot (Abbe De) Histoire des Chevaliers Hospitaliers de S. Jean de Jerusalem, 4 vol., first edition in French, engraved frontispiece to vol. 1, 70 engraved portraits, 6 engraved maps, of which 5 double-page or folding, engraved initials, head- and tail-pieces, titles in red and black, occasional faint off-setting, scattered faint spotting, odd marginal ink note at end vol. 4, bookplate to vols 2-4 only, near contemporary calf, modern red calf spine labels, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 4to, Paris, Rollin, Wuillau, Desaint, 1726.
Africa.- Streatfield (Frank N.) Kafirland: A Ten Months' Campaign, first edition, frontispiece, 3 additional hand-coloured engravings loosely inserted, previous owner's ink inscription, scattered faint spotting, later half-calf, 1879 § Barker (Lady) A Year's Housekeeping in South Africa, frontispiece, occasional faint spotting, later half-calf, 1877; 8vo (2)
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Levant.- [Choiseul-Gouffier (Marie Gabriel Florent August de)] Voyage Pittoresque de la Grece, 2 vol. in 3, first edition, vol. 1 first issue, half-titles, engraved titles, engraved portrait to vol. 2 part 2 only (as called for), 283 engraved plates on 165 sheets, two folding engraved maps, one double-page table, engraved head- and tail-pieces, one plate trimmed and laid down, scattered faint spotting, odd faint marginal stain, bookplates to vol. 1 only, vol. 1 in contemporary calf, a little rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, vol. 2 parts 1 & 2 in contemporary boards, rebacked, a little rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, [Blackmer 342], folio, Paris, 1782-1822. *** Both volumes are bound differently, as often, given the time difference between the first and final volume being published. The first volume of Voyage Pittoresque received such acclaim that in 1784 Choiseul-Gouffier was appointed as ambassador at Constantinople, where he remained until removed by the revolutionary government in 1792.
Africa.- Park (Mungo) The Journal of a Mission to the Interior of Africa, in the year 1805, first edition, half-title, double-page folding engraved map, extract from the Spectator in manuscript pasted to map verso, previous owner's pencil notes to title, scattered spotting, near contemporary boards, a little rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, 1815; and a defective book on Egypt, 4to & 8vo (2)
Levant.- Pardoe (Julia) & W. H. Bartlett. The Beauties of the Bosphorus, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, additional engraved title, plates, occasional spotting, mostly marginal, previous owner's pencil signature, near contemporary morocco, g.e., inner gilt dentelles, rubbing to corners and extremities, 4to, 1838.
Levant.- Cobbold (Lady Evelyn) Pilgrimage to Mecca, first edition, half-title, frontispiece and plates, previous owner's ink inscription reading "Here is the book I promised you when flying from Sudan - June 1934" to front free endpaper, occasional very faint spotting, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, dust-jacket, small tear at joint, chipping and small loss to corners and spine extremities, slight creasing to edges, a little rubbed, 8vo, 1934. *** Lady Evelyn Cobbold (1867-1963) converted to Islam in 1915 after a journey through the Libyan desert. In 1933 at the age of 65 she became the first Muslim woman born in the UK to perform the pilgrimage to Mecca.
Hunter (G. W.) Mohammedan "Narratives of the Prophets" covering the period from Zachariah to Paul, first edition, printed in mimeograph, worming to final few ff. affecting some text, folded and stitched, original paper wrappers, creasing to corners, chipping and small loss to edges, rubbed and worn, [Cordier BS 4272], 4to, c.1916. *** A mimeographed excerpt of stories from Qisas al-anbiya (History of Prophets) in Turki with the English translation below by the Scottish missionary George Hunter.
Levant.- Texier (Charles) & R. Popplewell Pullan. The Principal Ruins of Asia Minor, first edition, engraved double-page map frontispiece, 50 engraved plates numbered 1-51, short marginal tear to title and map, ex-library with usual bookplate, perforated stamp to title and occasional ink-stamps, scattered spotting, occasional marginal water-staining, contemporary half morocco, upper cover detached, rubbed and worn, [Blackmer 1648], folio, 1865.
Africa.- Lugard (Frederick D.) The Rise of our East Africa Empire, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, frontispieces, plates, 4 folding maps, of which 2 in pockets, advertisements at end vol. 1, occasional very faint spotting, previous owner's ink inscriptions, original pictorial cloth, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1893 § Mathers (E. P.) Zambesia: England's El Dorado in Africa, 2 folding maps, illustrations, advertisements at beginning and end, occasional light spotting, original decorative cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, London & South Africa, [c.1891] § Baker (Sir Samuel W.) The Albert N'Yanza Great Basin of the Nile, half-title, 2 maps (one folding), plates and illustrations, previous owner's ink inscription to title, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1870; and others, Africa, 8vo & 4to (13)
Polar.- Cook (Dr. Frederick A.) My Attainment of the Pole, first edition, half-title, frontispiece, plates, occasional very faint spotting, previous owner's ink inscription, cracked hinges, original cloth, small split at spine head, bumping to corners and extremities, New York & London, 1911 § Greene (Major William Howe) The Wooden Walls Among the Ice Floes, frontispiece, illustrations, some full-page, ex-Johannesburg Book Club with occasional ink stamps, new endpapers, original cloth, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, 1933 § England (George Allan) Vikings of the Ice, half-title, frontispiece, plates and illustrations, cracked hinges, original cloth, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, New York, 1924; and others, Polar, v.s. (49)
World.- Markham (Clements R.) Travels in Peru and India, first edition, ALs to Lady de Winton on her husbands death, written in a secretarial hand and signed by Markham loosely inserted, half-title, frontispiece, 7 plates, illustrations, 2 folding maps, 1 folding table, previous owner's pencil notes at end, contemporary half-calf, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 8vo, 1862. *** This work concerns cinchona which was the source of quinine used as a cure for malaria, and was greatly needed by the British in India. The ALs in on 'Royal Geographical Society' headed notepaper, and dated 18th December 1901. It was written to Lady de Winton on the death of her husband, Major-General Sir Francis de Winton, stating "His public services have secured for him an enduring reputation, and his death is a loss to his country and to the Royal Family, by whom he was held in the highest esteem."
New Zealand.- Earle (Augustus) A Narrative of a Nine Months' Residence in New Zealand, in 1827, first edition, portrait frontispiece and 6 plates, of which 2 folding, occasional neat marginal pencil notes, occasional very faint spotting, ex-Bradford Exchange Library with occasional ink-stamps, modern half-calf, [Hoken p.61], 8vo, 1832.
Levant.- Pouqueville (F. C. H. L.) Voyage de la Grèce, 6 vol., second edition, half-titles, 33 lithographs only (of 38, as often), some folding, scattered spotting, occasional light water staining, contemporary calf-backed boards, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, [Atabey 991], Paris, 1826; Histoire de la Régénération de la Grèce, 4 vol., first edition, half-titles, 5 engraved plates, 5 engraved folding maps, occasional marginal pencil notes, scattered spotting, one or two short marginal tears, final free endpaper of vol. 2 torn with loss, contemporary calf-backed boards, rubbed and worn, bumping to corners and extremities, [Atabey 992], Paris, 1824; and others on Greece, 8vo (17).
Voyages.- Vincent (William) The Voyage of the Nearchus: from the Indus to the Euphrates, first edition, engraved frontispiece, 6 engraved maps, of which 4 folding, marginal water-staining to frontispiece, one map with tiny marginal hole, scattered spotting, faint off-setting, remnants of bookplate, contemporary calf, rebacked, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners, 4to, 1797.
Levant.- Sestini (Domenico) Voyage dans la Grèce Asiatique, a la Péninsule de Cyzique, a Brusse et a Nicée, first French edition, half-title misbound after title, previous owner's blind-stamp name to title, scattered spotting and staining, modern morocco backed boards, [Atabey 1125], 8vo, Paris, 1789.
Africa.- Selous (Frederick Courteney) Travel and Adventure in South-East Africa, first edition, half-title, portrait frontispiece, plates and illustrations, folding colour map, publisher's advertisements at end, previous owner's ink signature to front pastedown and half-title, original cloth, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1893; A Hunter's Wanderings in Africa, half-title, frontispiece, plates, folding map, scattered faint spotting, original cloth, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1890; [Hosken p.180], 8vo (2)
Mountaineering.- Kurz (Marcel, editor) The Mountain World 1954, first edition, signed by Edmund Hillary and members of the Everest expedition, half-title, plates and illustrations, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, dust-jacket, slight creasing and chipping to corners and edges, 8vo, 1954. *** The half-title is signed by 9 members of the Everest expedition, comprising: Edmund Hillary; John Hunt; George Band; Alfred Gregory; Jan Morris; Mike Westmacott; George Lowe; Charles Wylie, and; Michael Ward.
Levant.- Raybaud (Maxime) Mémoires sur la Grèce, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, 3 folding plans, one with short tear at gutter, scattered faint spotting, near contemporary half-calf, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, vol. 2 upper joint cracked but holding firm, [Blackmer 1398], 8vo, 1824-25. *** "This work is one of the best contemporary accounts of the Greek war of independence. Raybaud was a former French army officer who went to Greece in 1821." (Blackmer)
India.- Noé (Count Louis Pantaleon Amedee de) Mémoires relatifs a l'Expédition Anglaise, partie du Bengale en 1800 ..., first edition, half-title, 19 hand-coloured lithographs, 2 folding hand-coloured maps, bookplate, near contemporary calf, rebacked retaining original backstrip, gilt arms of the Signet Library to covers, slight bumping to extremities, [Blackmer 1204], 8vo, Paris, 1826.
South & Central America.- Bedford (Commander) The Gate of the Pacific, first edition, half-title, colour lithograph frontispiece, plates, 7 maps (2 folding), bookplate, previous owner's ink signature, original decorative cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1863 § Scherzer (Dr. Carl) Travels in the Free States of Central America, 2 vol. in 1, half-title, one folding map, one folding plan (splitting at folds), previous owner's ink signature, spotting at beginning and end, contemporary calf, a little rubbed, 1857; and another on Venezuela, 8vo (3)
*** Please note the description of this lot has changed *** Voyages.- Hakluyt (Richard) The Principall Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of the English Nation, made by sea or over land, first edition, black letter, engraved initials, head- and tail-pieces, lacking title, nineteenth-century facsimile title supplied, lacking the map (as often), lacking X4 and 4F4 (final blank), trimmed, occasionally touching headline or page number, T4 with short marginal tear and no loss, 2K5 & 2K6 with small hole touching odd letter, 4F3 with tears and neat old repairs, spotting and staining, ink signatures, finger-posts and notes in various hands throughout, nineteenth-century half-calf, rebacked, a little rubbed, [Sabin 29594; PMM 105 (second edition)], folio, Christopher Barker, 1589. *** 'the most complete collection of voyages and discoveries, by land as well as by sea, and of the nautical achievements of the Elizabethans' (PMM).
Levant.- Laurent (Peter Edmund) Recollections of a Classical Tour through various parts of Greece, Turkey, and Italy, first edition, hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece and 3 hand-coloured aquatints, spotting, lacking front free endpaper, abrasion marks to front pastedown and frontispiece verso, contemporary boards, rebacked, rubbed and worn, [Atabey 680], 4to, 1821.
Asia & Oceania.- Veitch (James Herbert) A Traveller's Notes, first edition, folding map frontispiece, plates and illustrations, spotting, original cloth, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, for private circulation only, 1896 § Brooke (James) Narrative of Events in Borneo and Celebes, 2 vol., first edition, 18 plates, 4 folding maps, advertisements at end vol. 2, nibbling to fore-edges (not affecting text), scattered spotting, previous owner's ink-stamp to A4 verso (vol. 1) and title verso (vo. 2), modern half-calf, 1848 § Guppy (H. B.) Observations of a Naturalist in the Pacific between 1896 and 1899, 2 vol., plates, 7 maps (2 folding), occasional faint spotting, vol. 1 unopened, previous owner's ink signature to vol. 2, original cloth, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1903-06; and others similar, v.s. (28)
Levant.- Pouqueville (F. C. H. L.) Voyage en Morée a Constantinople, en Albanie, 3 vol., first edition, half-titles, 2 lithograph portraits, one engraved folding plate, two folding engraved maps, one folding table, scattered spotting, one or two short marginal tears, vols 1 & 2 with abrasion mark to front pastedown where label removed, contemporary boards, a little rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, [Atabey 998], Paris, 1805 § [Sagredo (Giovanni)] Histoire de L'Empire Ottoman, 7 vol. bound as 5, second edition in French, ?a pirate edition, author's name on title in neat manuscript, previous owner's neat ink-stamp to titles, vol. 1 lacking 1A2-4 (?dedication), lacking blanks, scattered faint spotting, contemporarycalf, a little rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, [Blackmer 1467], Amsterdam, Freres Westeins, 1724 § [Grelot (Guillaume Joseph)] Relation Nouvelle d'un Voyage de Constantinople, woodcut device to title, lacking all plates, scattered faint spotting, contemporary calf, cracked hinges, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, [Atabey 527], Paris, 1680; and others similar, 8vo & 4to (c.40).
World.- Johnston (Robert) Travels through part of the Russian Empire and the Country of Poland, first edition, half-title, 21 plates (20 hand-coloured), illustration, 2 maps, spotting and staining, occasional off-setting, marginal tears to 'directions for placing the plates' with neat repairs, modern crushed morocco, 1815 § de Saussure (Horace-Bénedict) Voyages dans les Alpes ..., 2 vol. only (of 4), comprising vol. 1-2, half-title to vol. 2 only, 13 engraved plates (11 folding), 2 folding maps, ex-library with occasional ink-stamps, spotting and staining, one or two short marginal tears, modern morocco backed boards, a little rubbed, Neuchatel, 1779-86 § Freeman (J. J.) & D. Johns. A Narrative of the Persecution of the Christians in Madagascar, hand-coloured frontispiece, advertisements at end, previous owner's ink inscription, front free endpaper and frontispiece strengthened at hinges, spotting, original cloth, rubbed and worn, 1840; and others similar, v.s. (34)
Middle East.- Burton (Lady Isabel) The Life of Captain Sir Richard F. Burton, 2 vol.. first edition, half-titles, portrait frontispieces, plates and illustrations, maps, occasional very faint spotting, cracked hinges, original pictorial cloth, a little rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, [Penzer pp.308-311], 8vo, 1893.
Levant.- Tavernier (Jean Baptiste) Collections of Travels through Turky into Persia, and the East-Indies, 2 vol. bound as 1, first collected edition, 28 engraved plates, some double-sided, 2 folding engraved maps, engraved illustrations, vol. 2 contents misbound at beginning vol. 2, one plate with short tear at gutter, *B1 with tear into text and old repair, newspaper clippings pasted to early blank, previous owner's manuscript notes to blanks and title, scattered spotting and staining, broken upper hinge, contemporary calf, rebacked, rubbed and worn, [Blackmer 1632], small folio, for Moses Pitt, 1684. *** This work is complete, however some of the later parts are bound in a different order to the copy in Blackmer.
Levant.- Selden (John) De Dis Syris Syntagmata II, engraved portrait frontispiece, additional engraved title, one folding table, spotting and staining, later vellum, rubbed and soiled, bumping to corners and extremities, Amsterdam, Henry & Theodore Boom, 1680 § Bernier (François) The History of the Late Revolution of the Empire of the Great Mogol, first edition in English, woodcut initials, S1 detached, 3A1 with small hole affecting text, lacking A4-8 and folding map, spotting and staining, lacking front endpapers, broken upper hinge, contemporary sheep, rubbed and worn, by Moses Pitt, 1671; and others similar, including odd and defective volumes, v.s. (c.45)
Africa.- James (F.L.) The Wild Tribes of the Soudan, first edition, frontispiece, plates, 3 maps, 2 folding, ate, front free endpaper detached, contemporary half morocco, a little rubbed, [Czech pp.82-83], 1883 § Baker (Samuel White) The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile, 2 vol., first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, tinted lithograph frontispiece, 12 wood-engraved plates, illustrations, 2 maps, 1 folding, with tears repaired and small hole, title trimmed affecting 'Right of Translation' at foot, scattered spotting, bookplate, contemporary half-calf, gilt, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, [Czech p.10], 1866 § Changuion (A. N. E.) De Nederduitsche Taal in Zuid-Afrika Hersteld, previous owner's ink signature, modern half crushed morocco, Kaapstad, 1844; and others on Africa, 8vo (20)
Levant.- Porter (Rev. J.L.) Five Years in Damascus, 2 vol., first edition, frontispiece to vol. 1 only, 9 plates and plans (2 folding), one folding hand-coloured map, one or two short tears with neat tape repairs verso, occasional marginal staining to plates, bookplate of W. Le Liszt, contemporary half-calf, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, [Blackmer 1333], 8vo, 1855.
Africa.- Elton (J. Frederic) Travels and Researches among the Lakes and Mountains of Eastern & Central Africa, first edition, frontispiece, plates (1 folding), illustrations, 3 folding maps, previous owner's ink signature to front free endpaper, faint spotting to first and last few ff., original pictorial cloth, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, [Czech p.55], 8vo, 1879.
America.- Mormons.- Aitken (W., of Ashton-under-Lyne) A Journey up the Mississippi River, from its Mouth to Nauvoo, the City of the Latter Day Saints, second edition, some spotting, lightly browned, [cf. first edition of 1845 in Flake 36 (listing only two copies); and Howes A92 ("b")], Ashton-under-Lyne, Printed by W.B. Micklethwaite, Old Cross, [?1845] bound with New York City.- Jervis (John B., Chief Engineer) Description of the Croton Aqueduct, first edition, ink manuscript library number to verso of title, some foxing or spotting, [Sabin 36071], New York, Slamm & Guion, 1842 and 7 other 19th century works, one relating to Canada and the others including English economic and legal matters, together 9 works in 1 vol., contemporary half calf, lacking backstrip, covers detached, corners worn, rubbed and scuffed, 8vo *** Thomas Falconer's copy of the rare second edition of this account of travels in America in 1842. He was concerned about the fate of the English who had joined the Mormons, and the work includes a description of his meeting with Joseph Smith, founder of Mormonism and the Latter Day Saint movement. Provenance: Thomas Falconer (1805-1882), English jurist, explorer and member of the RGS and Geological Society of London. In 1840 Falconer emigrated to the Republic of Texas. On his arrival he obtained permission to accompany the Texan Santa Fe Expedition as an observer. His group was attacked by Indian on a number of occasions and he was taken prisoner by Mexicans. He was released at the demand of British Prime Minister Richard Pakenham. In 1850 he was appointed an arbitrator to decide the boundary between New Brunswick and Canada. He later returned to Britain and was appointed judge of Glamorganshire in December 1851, and died in Bath in 1882 (engraved armorial bookplate to front pastedown); Cardiff Free Library (engraved armorial bookplate with withdrawn stamp to front free endpaper).
Africa.- Huxley (Elspeth) The Flame Trees of Thika: Memories of an African Childhood, frontispiece, scattered spotting, previous owner's ink signature to front free endpaper, small water-stain to spine head, dust-jacket, slight chipping and creasing to edges, small water-stain to spine head, 1959; Forks and Hope, frontispiece, lacking front free endpaper, price-clipped dust-jacket, slight chipping and tears to spine extremities, old tape repairs verso, slight creasing to edges, a little rubbed, 1964; The Mottled Lizard, half-title, very faint spotting, dust-jacket, small tears and loss to spine extremities, slight creasing to edges, a little rubbed, 1962, first edition, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities; and others by the same, 8vo (9).
Africa.- Baker (Sir Samuel White) The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile and Explorations of the Nile Sources, 2 vol., first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, tinted lithograph frontispiece, 11 wood-engraved plates only (of 12), illustrations, 2 maps, 1 folding with tears and old tape repairs, one plate detached and loosely inserted, occasional spotting, bookplate, contemporary half-calf, lightly sunned spines, slight bumping to corners and extremities, [Czech p.10], 8vo, 1866.
Levant.- Morier (James) A Journey through Persia, Armenia, and Asia Minor, to Constantinople, first edition, engraved folding map frontispiece and 2 folding maps, one with short tear at gutter, 25 engraved or aquatint plates, 1812; A Second Journey through Persia, Armenia, and Asia Minor to Constantinople, first edition, half-title, aquatint frontispiece and 14 engraved or aquatint plates only (of 15), of which 4 double-page or folding, 2 engraved maps, of which one double-page, illustrations, cracked hinges, 1818, faint pencil inscription to title, off-setting, scattered spotting, uniform contemporary calf, a little rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, [Atabey 836 & 837], 4to (2). *** Morier was born and raised in Smyrna. He was secretary to the mission of Sir Harford Jones to Persia in 1808-09, and again to that of Sir Gore Ouseley which resulted in the Anglo-Persian treaty of 1812, both as recorded here. Morier also wrote novels set in the East, most notably The Adventures of Haji Baba of Ispahan.
Africa.- Livingstone (David) Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa, first edition, later issue, half-title, folding engraved frontispiece, portrait plate, plates, 2 folding maps (1 in pocket at end), one folding chart, advertisements at end, scattered spotting, scattered spotting, previous owner's ink signature, new endpapers, original cloth, rebacked retaining original backstrip, a little rubbed, 1857 § Stanley (Henry M.) In Darkest Africa, 2 vol., first edition, rontispieces, plates and illustrations, 3 folding maps, one with short tear at gutter and neat tape repair verso, one colour chart, spotting, cracked hinges, original pictorial cloth, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, [Hosken p.189], 1890; and another on Livingstone, 8vo (5)
Levant.- Boué (Ami) La Turquie d'Europe, 4 vol., first edition, half-title, large folding map, short tear at gutter, scattered faint spotting, half-title to vol. 1 with small hole, scattered faint spotting, contemporary calf-backed boards, a little rubbed, sunned spine, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 8vo, Paris, 1840.
Levant.- Dodwell (Edward) A Classical and Topographical Tour through Greece, 2 vol., first edition, folding engraved map, 66 engraved plates, of which 2 hand-coloured and 6 double-page, illustrations, bookplate, contemporary calf, vol. 1 with neat repair to upper joint, slight rubbing to corners and extremities, [Atabey 356; Blackmer 492], 4to, 1819. *** Dodwell was one of the most energetic of his generation of travellers. A great collector and archaeologist, he opened numerous tombs and kept much of their content. When he died he had 115 bronzes and over 140 vases.
Africa.- Stanley (Henry Morton) In Darkest Africa or the Quest Rescue and Retreat of Emin, Governor of Equatoria, 2 vol., first edition, frontispieces, plates and illustrations, 3 folding maps, one with large tear, one colour chart, spotting, previous owner's ink inscription, cracked hinges, original pictorial cloth, a little rubbed, bumping to corners and spine extremities, [Hosken p.189], 1890; The Autobiography ..., first edition, edited by Dorothy Stanley, portrait frontispiece, plates, pp.327-330 detached and loosely inserted, advertisements at end, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1909; and others by Stanley, 8vo & 4to (8)
Africa.- Krapf (Rev. Dr. J. Lewis) Travels, Researches, and Missionary Labours, during an Eighteen Years' Residence in Eastern Africa, first edition, half-title, portrait frontispiece, 12 tinted lithographs, 2 folding maps, occasional marginal staining, scattered spotting, original pictorial cloth, gilt, slight bumping to corners and extremities, a little rubbed, [Neate K47], 8vo, 1860.
Africa.- Waugh (Evelyn) A Tourist in Africa, first edition, half-title, frontispiece, plates, occasional very faint marginal staining, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, dust-juacket, slight chipping and creasing to edges, 1960 § Dinesen (Isak) Shadows on the Grass, first edition, half-title, frontispiece, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, slight creasing to edges, 1960; 8vo (2).
Levant.- Andrews (Lieutenant-Colonel Mottram) A Series of Views in Turkey and the Crimea, from Embarcation at Gallipoli to the Fall of Sebastopol, first edition, tinted lithograph title, list of subscribers, 17 tinted lithographs, 10 plates and several ff. with marginal tears or loss and expert repairs, not affecting images, occasional light marginal soiling, twentieth century half-calf, a little rubbed, [Abbey Travel 238], folio, 1856.
Voyages.- Francis (Francis) War, Waves. and Wanderings. A Cruise in the "Lancashire Witch", 2 vol. in 1, first edition, half-title to vol.1 only as called for, small blind-stamp of The Cruising Association to head of title, modern half calf, spine gilt in compartments with red morocco label, 8vo, 1881. *** The cruise of a yacht chartered by Lord Hesketh with accounts of South Africa (including the Zulu War), Madagascar, Zanzibar, the Seychelles, Singapore, Bangkok, Siam, Nagasaki, Kobe, Yokohama, Tokyo, San Francisco and Alaska.
World.- Johnston (R.F.) From Peking to Mandalay: A Journey from North China to Burma through Tibetan Ssuch'uan and Yunnan, first edition, half-title, frontispiece, plates, folding map and publisher's advertisements at end, scattered spotting, previous owner's ink signature to front free endpaper, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1908 § Nansen (Fridtjof) "Farthest North" being the record of a voyage of exploration of the Ship Fram 1893-96 ..., 2 vol., second English edition, frontispieces, plates and illustrations, one folding map, detached and loosely inserted, ex-library with usual ink-stamps, later cloth, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1898 § Lucy (Henry W.) Sixty Years in the Wilderness, half-title, frontispiece, advertisements at end, very faint spotting to endpapers, original cloth, lightly sunned spine, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1909; 8vo (4).
South America.- Dance (Charles Daniel) Recollections of Four Years in Venezuela, first edition, 3 plates, folding map of Venezuela, without 48pp. advertisements, a few short tears, embossed library stamp to front free endpaper, original cloth, spine a little browned, bumping with minor loss to head of spine, edges uncut, rubbing to extremities, 1876 § Shaw (Barnabas) Memorials of South Africa, first American edition, occasional staining, modern morocco-backed cloth, spine faded, New York, 1841 § Barter (Charles) The Dorp and the Veld; or Six Months in Natal, ownership markings and library stamp to endpapers, original cloth, spine faded, a little worn, 1852, occasional foxing, heaviest to second mentioned; and 11 others, travel, including 2 photo albums oblong 4to & 8vo (14)
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