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Anderson (George William). A New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World, Undertaken and Performed by Royal Authority. Containing a New, Authentic, Entertaining, Instructive, Full, and Complete History of Captain Cook's First, Second, Third and Last Voyages..., pub. Alex Hogg, [1784], eng. port. frontis. (creased, and edges frayed), 146 (of 155) copper eng. plts., maps and charts etc. (lacking the folding map), some tears, incl. two plts. torn across, several text leaves becoming detached and frayed to lower and fore-margins, final few leaves creased (one detached and frayed), front free endpaper detached, lacking rear free endpaper, contemp. calf, rubbed and worn, with upper cover just holding on the cords, folio. Sold with all faults, not subject to return. (1)

Anderson (George William). A New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World, Undertaken and Performed by Royal Authority. Containing an Authentic, Entertaining, Full, and Complete History of Captain Cook's First, Second, Third and Last Voyages..., Pub. Alex Hogg, [1784], eng. port. frontis., 155 copper eng. plts., maps and charts etc. (inc. 1 folding map lined to verso), few pages slightly frayed to edges, few leaves and one map with closed tears, closed tear to one plt. repaired with adhesive tape, neat modern calf, folio (1)

Anson (George). A Voyage Round the World, in the Years 1740-44, Atlas only, [1748, or later], double-page hand-col. folding eng. map showing 'The Track of the Centurion round the World' and forty-two eng. plts. and charts, a few heightened with wash colour, contemp. vellum-backed pink boards, dust soiled, 4to (1)

Buchanan (Francis). A Journey from Madras through the Countries of Mysore, Canara and Malabar... for the Express Purpose of Investigating the State of Agriculture, Arts and Commerce; the Religion, Manners, and Customs; the History Natural and Civil, and Antiquities, in the Dominions of the Rajah of Mysore, 3 vols., 1st ed., 1807, eng. frontis., hand-col. folding map (with handling tear), five folding tables, and thirty-eight eng. plts., incl. one hand-col., contents generally browned, with scattered spotting, endpapers sometime renewed, some splitting to hinges, contemp. sprinkled calf, rubbed, sometime rebacked with morocco, corners worn (some repaired), 4to (3)

Burton (Richard F.). The City of the Saints and Across the Rocky Mountains to California, 2nd ed., 1862, half-title present, folding map and plan, wood engs., uncut and partly unopened, orig. cloth gilt, slightly faded on spine, 8vo. An excellent copy. (1)

Davis (Charles Henry). Narrative of the North Polar Expedition. U.S. Ship Polaris, Captain Charles Francis Hall Commanding, pub. Washington, 1876, eng. port. & frontis., thirty wood eng. & two litho plts., , four single-page maps, few illusts. & plans to text, inner joints weak, orig. cloth gilt, spine faded and slightly frayed at head & foot of spine, 4to, together with Narrative of the Second Arctic Expedition Made by Charles F. Hall..., pub. Washington, 1879, eng. port. frontis. with ownership signature, seventeen maps (6 folding, 3 double-page & 8 single-page), seven eng. plts., lacks map in rear pocket, ink library stamps to some pages of text and both endpapers, library label to upper pastedown and library ticket envelope to lower pastedown, inner joints cracked and weak, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed to joints and extrems., 4to (2)

De Long (George W.). The Voyage of the Jeannette. The Ship and Ice Journals of George W. De Long... Edited by his wife Emma De Long, 2 vols., Boston, 1884, b & w plts., illusts. and maps, folding map contained in rear pocket of vol. 1, orig. pictorial cloth, large 8vo, together with Amundsen (Roald), My Polar Flight, 1st ed., pub. Hutchinson & Co., [1925], b & w plts. and single-page map, orig. cloth gilt, 8vo, (from the library of L.P. Hartley), with Low (A.P.), Report on the Dominion Government Expedition to Hudson Bay and the Arctic Islands on Board the D.G.S. Neptune, 1903-1904, pub. Ottawa, 1906, b & w plts. and illusts., orig. gilt dec. cloth, 8vo, and Du Chaillu (Paul B.), The Land of the Midnight Sun..., new ed., 1899, b & w plts. and illusts. folding map, contemp. half morocco, 4to, plus one other related (6)

Doughty (Charles M.). Travels in Arabia Deserta, with an intro. by T.E. Lawrence, 2 vols., 3rd ed., 1923, half-titles to each, port. frontis to vol.1, plts. and illusts. (some folding), folding map contained in rear pocket of vol. 1 (lined to verso), new endpapers, orig. cloth, spines faded, 8vo (2)

Drinkwater (John). A History of the Late Siege of Gibraltar; with a Description and Account of that Garrison, from the Earliest Periods, and a Copious Table of Contents, printed from the London Second Edition, by John Whitworth, Dublin, 1793, engraved portrait frontis., folding engraved map, contemp. marbled sheep, joints cracked and extrems. rubbed, 8vo. Ex-libris William Blacker of Carrick with his bookplate and name in ink. (1)

Hayes (Isaac I.). The Open Polar Sea: A Narrative of a Voyage of Discovery Towards the North Pole, in the Schooner "United States", pub. Sampson Low, Son & Marston, 1867, eng. port. frontis., b & w plts. and litho maps, occ. spotting and few marks, contemp. half morocco, slightly rubbed to extrems., 8vo, together with Royal Geographical Society, Arctic Geography and Ethnology. Reprinted, and Presented to the Arctic Expedition of 1875, by the President, Council, and Fellows of the Royal Geographical Society, pub. John Murray, 1875, two folding maps, orig. cloth gilt, 8vo, with Kane (Elisha Kent), Arctic Explorations in Search of Sir John Franklin, 1894, b & w plts. inc. some double-page, folding map, a.e.g., near contemp. red calf, gilt dec. spine, school armorial to upper board, slight discolouration to upper board, 8vo, with Worsley (F.A.), Under Sail in the Frozen North, 1st US ed., Philadelphia, 1927, b & w plts., folding map at rear, orig. cloth gilt, spine slightly faded, 8vo, plus two others (6)

Homann (Johann Baptiste). Atlas Minor XXVI. Selectarum Tabularum Geographicarum Homanni ..., Nuremberg, c. 1740, hand-col. allegorical title, printed title in Latin and German, twenty-six double-page eng. maps with orig. hand-colouring, correct as list, including twin hemisphere world map, America, Asia, Africa, etc., some marginal staining, several maps partially split at foot of centrefold, without loss, several maps with ms. notes in red ink (in particular, America, Spain and France), contemp. limp leather, rubbed and scratched, tall folio (1)

Jefferys (Thomas). The American Atlas: or, A Geographical Description of the Whole Continent of America: wherin are Delineated at Large, its Several Regions, Countries, States, and Islands; and Chiefly The British Colonies, Composed from numerous Surveys...by Capt. Holland, Capt. Carver, Lewis Evans, William Scull, Henry Mouzon, Lieut. Ross, J. Cook, Michael Lane, Joseph Gilbert, Gardner, Hillock, &c. &c. Engraved on Forty-Eight Copper-Plates, pub. R. Sayer and J. Bennett, 1st 1776 edition, letterpress title and index, 22 engraved maps and charts on 29 mostly double-page or folding sheets as called for, all with original outline hand colouring, Quebec map with wash colour to sea areas, some light marginal spotting, a few very short fold tears, map of Pennsylvania strengthened to verso at outer margin, Florida map with paper repair to lower-right corner with a little loss of engraved border, 20th century morocco-backed library binding, folio. One of the most important atlases of the American Revolutionary War period. Most of the maps were surveyed and executed between the years 1762 and 1776 and appeared together for the first time in this atlas. This edition differs slightly from the first edition of 1775 in that the Quebac map replaces the Evans Middle Colonies map and the map of New York and New Jersey is dated 1776 and includes Thomas Pownall's amendments. Phillips, Atlases 1166; Sabin 35953 (note). Provenance: from the library of Prinknash Abbey, Gloucestershire. (1)

Kane (Elisha Kent). Arctic Explorations: The Second Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin, 1853, '54, '55, 2 vols., Philadelphia & London, 1856, port. frontis. and addn. eng. vign. titles to each vol., eighteen eng. plts., two folding maps, single-page map, numerous wood eng. illusts., occ. scattered spotting mostly to margins and some minor damp staining, library stamps to titles, recent endpapers, orig. cloth gilt, repaired at head and foot of spines, board edges rubbed, 8vo, contained in slipcase, together with Amedeo (Luigi, of Savoy), On the "Polar Star" in the Arctic Sea... with the Statements of Commander U. Gagni Upon the Sledge Expedition to 86¼ 34' North, and of Dr. A. Cavalli Molinelli Upon his Return to the Bay of Teplitz, Translated by William le Queux, 2 vols., Hutchinson & Co., 1903, photogravure frontis. to each, photogravure plts. and b & w plts. from photos (inc. 2 folding panoramas), two folding maps contained in rear pocket of vol. 2 (with library ink stamps to verso), library ink stamps to title versos, last leaves and to lower edge of text block, removed bookplate from upper pastedowns, orig. gilt dec. cloth, 4to (4)

Kingdon-Ward (Captain F.). From China to Hkamti Long, 1st ed., 1924, b & w frontis. and plts., folding map and pubs. ads. at rear, orig. cloth, slight mark to spine, 8vo (1)

Laborde (Leon de). Journey through Arabia Petr¾a, to Mount Sinai, and the Excavated City of Petra, the Edom of the Prophecies, 1st ed., pub. John Murray, 1836, folding eng. map, and twenty-five plts., foxed, letterpress vigns., late 19th c. half calf, extrems. rubbed, spine faded, 8vo (1)

Lambert (C. & S.). The Voyage of the 'Wanderer' from the Journals and Letters of C. and S. Lambert, edited Gerald Young, 1st ed., 1883, wood-engs., twenty-four chromos., folding map at rear, orig. dec. cloth, spine lettered in gilt, some wear to extrems., inner joints cracked, 8vo. Mr and Mrs Lambert circumnavigated the world in just under two years, sailing from Cowes on August 5th 1880 and returning on July 19th 1882 having covered a distance of 44,890 miles. (1)

Layard (Austen H.). Discoveries in the Ruins of Nineveh and Babylon, with Travels in Armenia, Kurdistan and the Desert..., 1st ed., 1853, folding frontis., plts. and maps (inc. lithos, and some folding), orig. blindstamped cloth gilt, faded and spine internally strengthened, 8vo, together with Nansen (Fridtjof), "Farthest North" Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship Fram 1893-96 and of a Fifteen Months' Sleigh Journey by Dr. Nansen and Lieut. Johansen with an Appendix by Otto Sverdrup Captain of the Fram..., 2 vols., George Newnes, 1898, col. frontis. to vol. 1, b & w plts. & illusts., orig. pictorial cloth, 8vo, with Huish (Robert), The Last Voyage of Capt. Sir John Ross... to the Arctic Regions; for the Discovery of a North West Passage; Performed in the Years 1829-30-31-32 and 33..., pub. John Saunders, 1835, eng. port. frontis. and addn. eng. title, single-page eng. map, five eng. plts. and folding table, modern cloth, 8vo, with Milner (Rev. John & Brierly, Oswald W.), The Cruise of H.M.S. Galatea, Captain H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh, K.G., in 1867-1868, pub. 1869, port. frontis. with inset photo, col. litho and b & w plts., folding map at rear, orig. cloth with bevelled edged boards, 8vo (5)

Lyon (Captain George F.). The Private Journal of Captain G.F. Lyon of H.M.S. Hecla, during the Recent Voyage of Discovery under Captain Parry, 1st ed., pub. John Murray, 1824, frontis., folding eng. map and six plts., occn. light spotting, lacking final (Index) leaf, (Sabin 42853), bound with A Brief Narrative of an Unsuccessful Attempt to Reach Repulse Bay, through Sir Thomas Rowe's "Welcome," in His Majesty's Ship Griper, in the year MDCCCXXIV, 1st ed., John Murray, 1825, folding eng. chart, seven eng. plts., some offsetting to text, (Sabin 42851), contemp. half calf gilt, sl. rubbed, 8vo (1)

Martin (R. Montgomery). The British Colonies, 12 original divisions, n.d., c. 1850, forty double-page maps by Rapkin, col. in outline, (map of Asia duplicated, map of British India not present, World on Mercator Projection present but not called for), eng. plts., one eng. title, orig. gilt dec. cloth, spines faded and worn (some with slight loss), 4to (12)

Martin (R. Montgomery, editor). Tallis's Illustrated Atlas, and Modern History of the World, pub. John Tallis, 1851, engraved frontis. and additional engraved title, 81 engraved maps by J.Rapkin and two geographical plates, hand coloured in outline and complete as listed, additional maps at rear including folding maps of Great Britain and London (both with tears), 25 uncoloured city plans and an engraved map of the Lake District, a few leaves with minor dampstaining, contemp. half calf, tears and fraying to extrems., folio (1)

Moll (Herman). The Complete Geographer: or, the Chorography and Topography of all the known Parts of the Earth. To which is premis'd an Introduction to Geography, And a Natural History of the Earth and the Elements, 2 parts in 1 volume, 4th ed., 1723, engraved frontis., title in red and black, folding map of the Southern hemisphere, 44 uncoloured maps and one plan to text, recent half calf with marbled boards, folio. An excellent copy. The American maps showing California as an island. (1)

Nansen (Fridtjof). The First Crossing of Greenland, Translated from the Norwegian by Hubert Majendie Gepp, 2 vols., 1st English ed., 1890, b & w port. frontis. to both vols., b & w plts. and illusts., four folding col. maps (one contained in rear pocket of vol. 1 (neatly lined to verso), occ. minor spotting, modern half morocco gilt, front boards with inset pictorial panel from orig. boards, 8vo, together with "Farthest North" Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship Fram 1893-96..., 2 vols., George Newnes, 1898, frontis. to each, b & w plts. and illusts., including many from photos, folding map at rear of vol. 1, orig. pictorial cloth, 8vo (4)

Newton (Charles Thomas & Pullan, R.P.). A History of Discoveries at Halicarnassus, Cnidus, & Branchidae, 2 vols. in three, 1st ed., 1862-63, text vol. in two parts bound as two, Atlas vol. with additional litho. pict. title and ninety-seven numbered plts. incl. one coloured (no. 29), thirty-four tinted and three double-page, all correct as listed, some spotting throughout, gutta percha perished and most leaves det., formargin of plt. 63 sl. frayed outside of plt. impression, armorial bookplt. of James Ackers with motto 'La LibertŽ' to front pastedown, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed and minor fraying to uper joints, lge. folio, Text vol. with half and full-titles to both parts, folding map frontis., fourteen litho. plts. incl. some tinted and part folding, twenty-six woodcuts to text, all correct as listed, minor spotting at front and rear of each, a.e.g., contemp. blue half morocco gilt, sl. rubbed at extremities, 8vo. Rare set. Blackmer 1192 and Atabey 868 (both Atlas vol. only). (3)

Peary (Robert E.). The North Pole, with an introduction by Theodore Roosevelt, 1st UK ed., 1910, four photogravures inc. port. frontis., b & w plts. and illusts., one folding map at rear, contemp. inscription to front free endpaper, orig. cloth gilt in bright condition, gilt medallion to upper board, 4to (1)

Peary (Robert E.). The North Pole, Its Discovery in 1909 Under the Auspices of the Peary Arctic Club, 1st US ed., Frederick A. Stokes, 1910, col. frontis., b & w and col. plts., folding map loosely inserted at rear, t.e.g., orig. pictorial cloth, front cover punctured (with compass or similar) extending through first few pages, large 8vo, together with Nearest the Pole, A Narrative of the Polar Expedition of the Peary Arctic Club in the S.S. Roosevelt, 1905-1906, 1st ed., Hutchinson & Co., London & New York, 1907, col. frontis., b & w plts. from photos, two folding maps contained in pocket at rear (neatly lined to verso with archival tissue), slight damp staining to lower margins, t.e.g., modern black half morocco, inset gilt pictorial panel to upper board from orig. covers, large 8vo (2)

Rasmussen (Knud). Greenland by the Polar Sea, the Story of the Thule Expedition from Melville Bay to Cape Morris Jesup, trans. Asta and Rowland Kenney, 1st English ed., 1921, half title, eight col. plts. (inc. frontis.), b & w illusts., folding col. map at rear, orig. cloth blocked in silver, covers slightly faded, 4to (1)

Rennell (James). Memoir of a Map of Hindoostan; Or the Mogul Empire: With an Introduction, Illustrative of the Geography and Present Division of that Country... To Which is Added, an Appendix, Containing an Account of the Ganges and Burrampooter Rivers, 1st ed., 1788, three folding eng. maps, contemp. tree calf, rebacked, some wear to edges, 4to (1)

Scott (Captain R.F.). Scott's Last Expedition, being the Journals of Captain R.F. Scott, R.N., C.V.O., being the Reports of the Journeys and the Scientific Work Undertaken by Dr E.A. Wilson and the Surviving Members of the Expedition, Arranged by Leonard Huxley, with a Preface by Sir Clements R. Markham, 2 vols., 5th ed., Smith, Elder, 1914, photogravure frontis. to each, numerous b & w plt. from photos., folding maps etc., t.e.g., orig. cloth gilt, thick 8vo, together with Worsley (F.A.), Under Sail in the Frozen North, 1st ed., Stanley Paul & Co., 1927, b & w plts., folding map in rear pocket (lined with archival tissue to verso), t.e.g., modern half morocco with inset gilt dec. panel taken from orig. covers, 8vo (3)

Smith (Albert). The Story of Mont Blanc, 1st ed., 1853, hand-col. frontis., wood-eng. illusts., publisher's ads. at rear, some spotting throughout, school library ink stamps to front endpapers, hinges split and contents partly detached, orig. cloth gilt, spine rubbed and faded with short tear to upper joint, 8vo, together with Conway (William Martin), Climbing and Exploration in the Krakoram-Himalayas, 1st ed., 1894, folding map and b & w plts., some fore-edge spotting, t.e.g., hinges sl. cracked, orig. pict. cloth gilt, rubbed and marked with minor wear to spine ends, plus Whymper (Edward), Travels Amongst the Great Andes of the Equator, 1892, without supplemtary vol., b & w plts. and folding maps incl. one in pocket at rear, rough-trimmed, orig. cloth gilt, spine rubbed and faded, both large 8vo, plus two others (5)

Wells (William Henry). A Geographical Dictionary; or Gazetteer of the Australian Colonies: Their Physical and Political Geography, together with a Brief Notice of all the Capitals, Principal Towns, and Villages; also of Rivers, Bays, Gulfs, Mountains, Population and General Statistics, Sydney & London, [1848], folding engraved map of Australia and twenty-two regional litho. maps, all with outline colouring, four uncoloured etched views, 16 pp. interesting trade adverts. to rear, orig. green cloth with printed paper labels to upper cover and spine, rubbed with repairs to head and foot of spine, 8vo (1)

Willyams (Rev. Cooper). A Voyage up the Mediterranean in His Majesty's Ship The Swiftsure, One of the Squadron under the Command of Rear-Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson ... with a Description of the Battle of the Nile on the 1st of August, 1798 ..., pub. 1802, eng. dedication leaf, forty-two aquatint maps & plts. (inc. one folding map), correct as list, few minor marks and some light dust soiling, signature of John Theophilus Lee to upper margin of title and with remains of his bookplate to upper pastedown, contemp. diced calf, board detached and some wear, lacks spine, 4to. Front free endpaper inscribed by the author, "Mr. John Theophilus Lee, as a token of the affectionate regard of his old friend and shipmate, the author". Abbey Travel 196. (1)

Atkinson (Thomas Witlam). Oriental and Western Siberia: A Narrative of Seven Years' Explorations and Adventures in Siberia, Mongolia, The Kirghis Steppes, Chinese Tartary, and part of Central Asia, 1st US ed., New York, 1858, folding map, with closed tears repaired, without loss, b&w wood eng. illusts. to text, orig. blindstamped cloth, with later brown morocco gilt backstrip, rubbed and some marks to covers, together with Travels in the Regions of the Upper and Lower Amoor and the Russian Aquisitions on the Confines of India and China, 1st ed., 1860, col. litho. frontis., b&w wood eng. illusts. to text, folding b&w map at rear, orig. blindstamped cloth gilt, heavily rubbed and soiled, modern cloth reback, large 8vo (2)

Beckford (Peter). Thoughts on Fox and Hare Hunting; in a Series of Familiar Letters to a Friend, new edition, Albion Press, 1810, eng. frontis., addn. eng. title and eight single-page engs. by John Scott, contemp. polished calf gilt, recently rebacked, together with [Apperley, C.J.], The Chace, the Turf, and the Road, by 'Nimrod', 1837, port. frontis., thirteen full-page wood-engs. by Henry Alken, contemp. polished calf, rebacked, plus Pennell-Elmhirst (Capt. E.), The Cream of Leicestershire. Eleven Seasons' Skimmings, Notable Runs and Incidents of the Chace, Selected and Republished from 'The Field', 1883, folding map, num. col. and b & w illusts. by John Sturgess, orig. pict. cloth gilt, a little rubbed on spine and minor wear to head and foot, and others similar, all 8vo (20)

Blanford (W.T.). Observations on the Geology and Zoology of Abyssinia, made during the progress of the British Expedition to that Country in 1867-68, 1st ed., Macmillan, 1870, folding tinted litho. frontis., folding coloured geological map, and twelve plates, including six hand-coloured lithos., orig. chalk-glazed brown endpapers, remains of bookplate to front pastedown, orig. green cloth gilt, very sl. rubbed (generally in clean condition), 8vo. Nissen 405. (1)

Bonvalot (Gabriel). Across Thibet. Being a Translation of 'De Paris au Tonking a Travers le Tibet Inconnu', by C.B. Pitman, New York, 1892, num. b & w illusts. from photos. taken by Prince Henry of Orleans, folding map contained in front pocket, orig. pict. cloth, minor wear to extrems. Yakushi B220b. Originally published in Paris in 1891, this is a fascinating narrative of the author's journey with Henri d'Orleans from Jarkent to Chamdo through the Tien Shan and Tibet in the Winter of 1889-90. (1)

Brydone (Patrick). A Tour through Sicily and Malta in a Series of Letters to William Beckford, 2 vols., 1st ed., Strahan & Cadell, 1773, folding eng. map of Sicily and Malta, modern half calf retaining contemp. marbled boards, spines faded, 8vo. Bookplate of William Cecil Chambers. (2)

Burslem (Captain Rollo). A Peep into Toorkisthan, 1st ed., 1846, author's presentation copy, inscribed on flyleaf, folding tinted litho. frontis., three uncol. litho. plts. but lacks folding map, orig. blind-stamped cloth gilt, rubbed and some minor wear to extrems., slim 8vo. Yakushi B307. Rare. (1)

Catrou (Francois). Histoire Generale de l'Empire du Mogol Depuis sa Fondation, sur les Memoires Portugais de M. Manouchi, Guillaume de Voys, a La Haye, 1708, folding eng. map (with short repaired closed tear), title and initial leaves damp stained and repaired, recent endpapers, contemp. calf, joints repaired, extrems. worn, 12mo, together with Herbert (Thomas), A Relation of Some Yeares Travaile, Begunne anno 1626. Into Afrique and the Greater Asia, Especially the Territories of the Persian Monarchie: and some Parts of the Orientall Indies, and Iles Adiacent..., 1634, addn. eng. title, (some wear & lined to verso), eng. illusts., some pages with paper damage and some loss of text, paper repairs to title and many other leaves, modern half calf, folio, with Chardin (Sir John), The Travels of Sir John Chardin into Persia and the East-Indies, Through the Black Sea, and a Country of Colchis. Containing the Author's Voyage from Paris to Isphan, to which is added, the Coronation of this Present King of Persia, Solyman the III, pub. Christopher Bateman, 1691, eng. port. frontis. and addn. eng. title, folding eng. map, ten eng. plts. only (inc. 6 folding), three leaves of text torn with loss (inc. last leaf), some plts. frayed to edges, old repairs to plts and some pages, few ink library stamps, contemp. calf, worn and joints cracked, later title label to spine, folio. Sold with all faults, not subject to return. (3)

Chardin (Sir John). The Travels of Sir John Chardin into Persia and the East-Indies, The First Volume [all published], Containing the Author's Voyage from Paris to Ispahan, 2 parts in one, 1686, eng. port. frontis. and addn. eng. title, folding eng. map, fifteen eng. plts. (of 16, inc. 7 folding and 3 double-page), modern qtr. cloth, folio. Wing C2043. (1)

Church (Percy W.). Chinese Turkestan with Caravan and Rifle, 1st ed., 1901, half-title present (with contemp. ownership inscription), photogravure frontis., b & w illusts. from photos, folding map at rear, orig. dec. cloth gilt, a trifle rubbed, 8vo (1)

Cooke (Lieut-Col. A.C.). Routes in Abyssinia, pub. HMSO, 1867, [iv] + 252 pp., large folding map by E. G. Ravenstein towards rear (linen-backed), and smaller folding map by Keith Johnston (linen-backed) and closed tear repaired at inner margin, occn. minor soiling to extrems., contemp. half morocco, rubbed and scuffed, 8vo. Ex libris Nottingham Subscription Library, with bookplates to front pastedown and gilt classification number to spine. Anthony Charles Cooke, a veteran of Sebastopol, compiled this early and informative work on Abyssinia from various authors, including Salt, Bruce, Beke, Munzinger and others, with assistance from the Royal Geographical Society. (1)

Cottrell (Charles Herbert). Recollections of Siberia, in the Years 1840 and 1841, 1st ed., 1842, errata slip before contents, folding eng. map on thin paper (repaired), contemp. calf, rubbed, joints cracked, together with Gamba (Jacques Francois), Voyage dans la Russie Meridionale, et Particulierement dans les Provinces situees Au-Dela du Caucase, fait depuis 1820 jusqu'en 1824, 2 vols., Paris, 1826, four large folding eng. maps, contemp. 'cat's paw calf', backstrips deficient, 8vo, plus Abbott (Captain James), Narrative of a Journey from the Heraut to Khiva, Moscow, and St Petersburgh, During the Late Russian Invasion of Khiva; with Some Account of the Court of Khiva and the Kingdom of Khaurism, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1843, half-titles present, port. frontis. and large folding eng. map to vol. 1, some spotting and light browning, recent cloth gilt, all 8vo, and others related (12)

Curzon (Robert). Armenia: A Year at Erzeroom, and on the Frontiers of Russia, Turkey, and Persia, 1st ed., John Murray, 1854, wood eng. vign. title, five single-page wood engraved plates, single-page eng. map at rear, 32 pp. pubs. cat. dated January 1854 bound in at rear, orig. blind stamped cloth gilt, lightly faded to spine and edges (generally a good copy), 12mo (187 x 112 mm) (1)

Damberger (Christian Frederick). Travels Through the Interior of Africa, from the Cape of Good Hope to Morocco; in Caffraria, the Kingdoms of Mataman, Angola, Massi, Monoemugi, Muschako, Bahahara, Wangara, Haoussa, &c., and thence through the Desert of Sahara and the North of Barbary to Morocco, between the years 1781 and 1797, 1801, folding b&w eng. map, torn without loss, and somewhat spotted and offset, three hand-coloured aqua plates, occn. minor marks to margins, contemp. calf, rubbed and minor wear to extrems., later reback, incorporating orig. label, 8vo (1)

Deasy (Henry Hugh Peter). In Tibet and Chinese Turkestan, Being the record of three years' exploration, 1st ed., 1901, half-title, b&w port. frontis., numerous b&w illusts. after photos, folding map, orig. pict. green cloth, sl. rubbed, 8vo (1)

Edwards (H. Sutherland). Russian Projects Against India, From the Czar Peter to General Skobeleff, 1st ed., 1885, folding coloured map frontis., orig. patterned endpapers, with small bookplate of Edward Faridany to verso of front free endpaper, orig. cloth, a little rubbed and minor fraying to extreme head and foot of spine and outer corners, together with Phibbs (Isabelle Mary), A Visit to the Russians in Central Asia, 1st ed., 1899, b&w illusts. after photos, etc., single small library blindstamp to foot of title, orig. purple cloth, very sl. rubbed to extrems., plus Oliver (Edward E.), Across the Border or Pathan and Biloch, 1st ed., 1890, large folding map with a few archival repairs, orig. dec. red cloth, strengthened to inner hinges, rubbed and marked, rubbed and some light soiling, ex-library copy with inkstamps etc., and Le Messurier (Col. A.), From London to Bokhara and a Ride Through Persia, 1st ed., 1889, folding maps, b&w illusts., minor foxing to prelims., a few marks to margins, orig. cloth, rubbed and some soiling, some fraying to joints and extrems., plus Marvin (Charles), Merv, The Queen of the World; and the Scurge of the Man-Stealing Turcomans. With an exposition of the Khorassan Question, 1st ed., 1881, folding maps, illusts., etc., some foxing to endpapers, orig. green cloth gilt, heavily rubbed and some fraying to head and foot of spine and outer corners, all 8vo (5)

Elliott (Charles Boileau). Travels in the Three Great Empires of Austria, Russia and Turkey, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1838, tinted litho. frontis. and single-page b&w map to each vol., some light foxing, orig. blindstamped cloth gilt, rubbed and spines sunned, chipped and some wear to head and foot of spines, with little loss, 8vo. Abbey, Travel, 31. Atabey 393. (2)

Erman (Adolph). Travels in Siberia: including Excursions Northwards, Down the Obi, to the Polar Circle, and, Southwards, to the Chinese Frontier, trans. W. D. Cooley, 2 vols., Philadelphia, Lea & Blanchard, 1850, foxed throughout, orig. blindstamped cloth gilt, a little rubbed and sl. chipped to extrems., small 8vo, together with Curtin (Jeremiah), A Journey in Southern Siberia, The Mongols, Their Religion and Their Myths, Boston, 1st ed., 1909, b&w plts., map, etc., t.e.g., orig. maroon cloth gilt, rubbed and a little soiled, recased with orig. spine laid down (torn at foot of spine without loss), oval library blindstamp to upper outer corner of title, and ink classification number by imprint, 8vo, plus Matters (Leonard), Through the Kara Sea, the Narrative of a Voyage in a Tramp Steamer through Arctic Waters to the Yenisei River, 1st ed., 1932, b&w illusts. after photos, orig. cloth, a little rubbed and colours lightly damp marked in rubbed and frayed d.j., 8vo, and Kennan (George), Leven en Lijden der Ballingen in Siberie, 2 vols., Haarlem, 1892, b&w illusts., etc., some light foxing, orig. blindstamped red cloth, rubbed and spine somewhat dulled, hinges shaken, 8vo, plus others on Siberia, various, including Roughing It In Siberia by Robert L. Jefferson, 1897, Siberia, A Record of Travel, Climbing and Exploration, by Samuel Turner, 1905 (ex-library copy), Through Siberia by Nansen, 1914 (rebound in library cloth), The Birds of Siberia by H. Seebohm, 1901, The Real Siberia, by John Foster Fraser, 1911, etc. (17)

Forbes (Lieut. F.E.). Five Years in China; from 1842 to 1847. With an Account of the Occupation of the Islands of Labuan and Borneo by Her Majesty's Forces, 1st ed., 1848, hand-col. litho. frontis., wood-engs. to text, ex-lib. copy with circular perforated stamp to title and final leaf, indelible ink stamp to verso of title, a.e.g., later gilt dec. plum morocco, rubbed on spine, together with Price (Julius M.), From the Arctic Ocean to the Yellow Sea. A Narrative of a Journey, in 1890 and 1891, Across Siberia, Mongolia, the Gobi Desert, and North China, 1st ed., 1892, half-title present, photogravure port. frontis., num. b & w illusts., ex-lib. copy with circular perforated stamp to title and indelible ink stamp to verso, orig. pict. cloth gilt, rubbed, plus Gordon (General Charles), Events in the Taeping Rebellion. Being Reprints of Mss. Copied by General Gordon, C.B., in his Own Handwriting, with Monograph, Introduction, and Notes, by A. Egmont Hake, 1st ed., 1891, half-title present, photogravure port. frontis., folding map at rear, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed and faded on spine, all 8vo, and others related (44)

Grant (James Augustus). A Walk Across Africa, or Domestic Scenes from my Nile Journal, 1st ed., 1864, half-title present, folding eng. map contained in rear pocket, 32 pp. publisher's catalogue bound-in at rear, orig. gilt dec. cloth, rubbed on spine and a few marks, together with Portal (Gerald H.), My Mission to Abyssinia, 1st ed., 1892, photogravure port. frontis., eight b & w illusts., folding map (repaired) and 8 pp. publisher's ads. at rear, orig. gilt dec. cloth, rubbed and minor wear to extrems., plus Moore (J.E.S.), The Mountains of the Moon. An Account of the Modern Aspect of Central Africa, and of some Little Known Regions Traversed by the Tanganyika Expedition, in 1899 and 1900, 1st ed., 1901, half-title present, col. frontis., b &w illusts. from photos, folding map at rear, orig. dec. cloth, rubbed and minor wear to extrems., all 8vo, and others (20)

Hakluyt Society. Russia at the Close of the Sixteenth Century. Comprising, the Treatise 'Of the Russe Common Wealth', by Dr Giles Fletcher; and the Travels of Sir Jerome Horsey, Ant., now for the First Time Printed Entire from his own Manuscript, Edited Edward A. Bond, 1856, two copies, one bound in contemp. olive half morocco gilt, a little frayed at head of spine, the other bound in orig. blind-stamped cloth gilt, a little worn on spine, together with The Life of the Icelander Jon Olafsson, Traveller to India, written by Himself and Completed about 1661... Translated from the Icelandic edition of Sigfus Blondal, by Bertha S. Phillopotts, vols. 1 & 2, 1923 & 1933, b & w illusts., folding map, both orig. blind-stamped cloth gilt (vol. 2 in d.j., faded on spine), plus The Embassy of Sir Thomas Roe to the Court of the Great Mogul, 1615-1619, as Narrated in his Journal and Correspondence, edited from Contemporary Records, by William Foster, 2 vols., 1899, port. frontis. to each, folding map, uncut and largely unopened, orig. blind-stamped cloth gilt, faded and rubbed on spines, and other Hakluyt Society publications, (mostly more recent), many in d.j.s (74)

Haxthausen (Auguste F.L.M.F. von). Transcaucasia. Sketches of the Nations and Races between the Black Sea and the Caspian, [trans. John E. Taylor], 1st English ed., 1854, eight chromos. after Graeb (some spotting), folding map at rear, orig. blind-stamped cloth gilt, rubbed and faded on spine, 8vo (1)

Hedin (Sven). Central Asia and Tibet. Towards the Holy City of Lassa, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1903, numerous b&w illusts. from photos and drawings, eight full-page colour plates, five folding maps (map at rear of first vol. torn without loss), one preliminary leaf to second vol. loose, t.e.g., orig. gilt-dec. maroon cloth, each with Mudie's Select Library label to foot of upper cover, rubbed and minor fraying to extrems., joints shaken, 8vo, together with Through Asia, 2 vols., 2nd ed., 1899, b&w plts. after photos., etc., folding map at end of first vol., occn. light spotting, oval ink stamp of Victoria College Library, Jersey to title, and at front and rear of first vol., t.e.g., inner hinges to first vol. partly cracked, orig. green cloth gilt, rubbed and some marks, a little fraying to extrems., large 8vo (4)

Ides (E. Ysbrants). Three Years Travels from Moscow over-land to China: Thro' Great Ustiga, Siriania, Permia, Sibiria, Daour, Great Tartary, &c. to Peking ..., to which is annex'd an accurate Description of China, 1st English ed., 1706, addn. eng. title, large folding eng. map (one or two minor marginal tears without loss), thirty eng. plts. (complete), including some folding, some minor marks to margins (generally in clean condition), modern marbled boards incorporating contemp. calf spine with morocco label, 4to. A good copy of this early account of the Chinese Empire, written by Peter the Great's Imperial Councillor for Trade. (1)

Johnston (Sir Harry). The Uganda Protectorate. An Attempt to give some Description of the Physical Geography, Botany, Zoology, Anthropology, Languages and History of the Territories under British Protection in East Central Africa... , 2 vols., 1st ed., 1902, nine folding maps, forty-eight full-page col. plts., num. b & w illusts. from photos and drawings, some minor scattered spotting, dec. endpapers to vol. 1 only, orig. gilt dec. cloth, rubbed and some wear, 4to, together with Kumm (H. Karl W), From Hausaland to Egypt, Through the Sudan, 1st ed., 1910, port. frontis., b & willusts. from photos, folding map at rear, orig. pict. cloth gilt, a little rubbed and lightly soiled, 8vo, plus Szechenyi (Count Zsigmond), Land of Elephants. Big-Game Hunting in Kenya, Tanganyika and Uganda, 1st English ed., 1935, port. frontis., b & w illusts. from photos, single-page map at rear, orig. cloth gilt, a trifle rubbed, 8vo, and others related (12)

Kane (Elisha Kent). Arctic Explorations: The Second Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin, 1853, '54, '55, 2 vols., 1st ed., Philadelphia, 1856-57, port. frontis to each, folding map, folding diag., num. steel engs., some spotting, orig. blind-stamped cloth gilt, rubbed and minor wear to extrems., 8vo (2)

Ker (David). On the Road to Khiva, 1st ed., 1874, folding col. map, seven mounted albumen prints (correct as list), 40 pp. publisher's cat. at rear, orig. pict. cloth, minor wear to extrems., together with O'er Tartar Deserts, or English and Russian in Central Asia, 1898, frontis., b & w illusts., by J. Finnemore, a.e.g., contemp. school prize calf binding by Bickers & Son, a little darkened on spine, both 8vo (2)

Kittenberger (Kalman). Big Game Hunting and Collecting in East Africa, 1903-1926, pub. New York, 1929, num. b & w illusts. from photos., folding map at rear, orig. cloth, lettered in gilt, spine slightly dulled, 8vo. Originally published in Hungarian, this volume is copiously illustrated with black and white photographs of East African Big Game including elephant and lion. (1)

Lansdell (Henry). Russian Central Asia, Including Kuldja, Bokhala, Khiva and Merv, 2 vols. (matched set), Boston & London, 1885, mounted photo port. frontis. to vol. 1 (chipped at edges), folding map, wood-engs., some double-page, orig. pict. cloth, rubbed (vol. 1 ex-lib. copy with indelible ink stamps to top and bottom edges of text block, together with Wright (George Frederick), Asiatic Russia, 2 vols., London & New York, 1902, num. b & w illusts. from photos, three (of 4) folding maps contained in rear pockets, lacks map of the postal roads of Siberia, modern half calf gilt, plus Woeikof (A.), Le Turkestan Russe, pub. Paris, 1914, b & w illusts. from photos, folding map at rear, modern calf gilt, with slipcase, all 8vo (22)

Latham (R.G.). Russian and Turk, from a Geographical, Ethnological, and Historical Point of View, 1st ed., 1878, half-title present, ex-lib. copy with two or three indelible ink stamps, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed, together with Landor (A. Henry Savage), Across Coveted Lands, or a Journey from Flashing (Holland) to Calcutta, Overland, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1902, num. b & w illusts. from photos, several folding maps, orig. dec. cloth, rubbed, soiled and marked, plus Keeling (E.H.), Adventures in Turkey and Russia, 1st ed., 1924, b & w illusts. from photos, folding map and 6 p. publisher's ads. at rear, some minor scattered spotting, orig. cloth gilt, a little rubbed, all 8vo, and others related (14)