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Watson (Frederic). A New and Complete Geographical Dictionary. Containing a full and accurate description of the several parts of the Known World, London: Printed for the authors, and sold by G. Kearsly, 1773, engraved frontispiece, 18 engraved maps (including double-hemisphere folding map of the world), 30 engraved plates, some worming and wormholes mostly to blank margins at front and rear of volume, light toning and occasional spotting, few ink splashes to verso of final leaf, contemporary calf, extremities worn, folioQty: (1)

Wright (George Newenham). The Shores and Islands of the Mediterranean, London: Fisher, Son & Co., circa 1842, additional engraved title (dampstained), folding map and 63 plates, dampstained mostly at head throughout volume, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt decorated red morocco, joints rubbed, 4to, together with: Finden (Edward Francis), Finden's Illustrations of the Life and Works of Lord Byron. With original and selected information on the subjects of the engravings by W. Brockedon, 3 volumes, London: John Murray, 1833-34, additional engraved titles, frontispieces and numerous plates, occasional spotting, all edges gilt, contemporary diced calf, gilt decorated spines with roan labels, volume 1 rebacked with preserving original spine, volumes 2 & 3 with joints split, worn, 8vo, Claude (Lorrain), Beauties of Claude Lorraine, consisting of Twenty-Four Landscapes, selected from the Liber Veritatis; and engraved on steel by eminent engravers, from a brilliant copy in the possession of His Grace The Duke of Bedford, London: W. B. Cooke, 1825, mezzotint portrait of the artist by W. Ward after a drawing by J. Jackson, additional printed title/frontispiece (with contemporary inscription), engraved title, 24 sepia engraved plates by T. Lupton, G. H. Every and others, plate list at rear, contemporary quarter maroon morocco, cloth sides to boards damp-soiled, slim folio Nolan (Edward H.), The Illustrated History of the War against Russia, 2 volumes, London: James S. Virtue, [1856], additional engraved title, frontispieces, double-page map and numerous plates, scattered spotting, occasional spotting, contemporary half calf, large 8vo, and one other, A Survey of the Fauna of Iraq. Mammals, Birds, Reptiles, etc., made by members of the Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force "D" 1915-1919, Bombay: Bombay Natural History Society, [1919], monochrome plates, original cloth, joints and spine torn, 8voQty: (8)

O'Brian (Patrick). A complete set of all 20 'Aubrey-Maturin' novels, The Folio Society, 2008-2013, numerous illustrations, map endpapers, The Hundred Days a publisher's faulty copy (lacking all before page 8), original blue pictorial cloth gilt, slipcases, 8voQty: (20)

Waite (Arthur Edward). The Mysteries of Magic, A Digest of the Writings of Éliphas Lévi, 2nd edition, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., 1897, some light spotting & toning, publishers original gilt decorated blue cloth, boards & spine slightly rubbed & marked, 8vo, together with; Brocklehurst (H. C.), Game Animals of the Sudan, Their Habits and Distribution, a handbook for hunters and naturalists, 1st edition, Gurney and Jackson, 1931, 12 colour & 14 black & white plates with folding map to the rear, inscribed by the author to 'Courtney Brocklehurst, 29.4.31', pencil annotations to the rear 'Notes' pages, some spotting & light toning, top edge gilt, publishers original gilt decorated orange cloth, boards & spine rubbed, marked & faded, 8vo and Stigand (C.H.), Hunting the Elephant in Africa, and other recollections of thirteen years' wanderings, Macmillan Company, New York, 1913, 23 black & white illustrations, 'Illustrations' leaf & B1 detached, some light spotting & toning, publishers original red cloth, boards & spine rubbed & marked, 8vo, plus other 19th & early 20th century African exploration, travel reference & miscellaneous literature including Los Inventos Modernos, volume 1, 1902, 22 colour moving plates & numerous black & white illustrations, mostly original cloth, G/VG, 8vo/folioQty: (3 shelves)

Franklin (R. W. [editor]). The Manuscript Books of Emily Dickinson, 2 volumes, The Belknap Press/Harvard University Press, Massachusetts, 1981, numerous black & white facsimile, publishers original cloth in slipcase, 8vo, together with; Vervliet (Hendrik D. L.), French Renaissance Printing Types, a conspectus, Oak Knoll Press, Delaware, 2010, numerous facsimile of type examples, publishers original blue cloth, large 8vo, and The Coulthurst Trust, A Catalogue of the Petyt Library at Skipton, Yorkshire, 1964, some minor toning, all edges gilt, publishers original gilt decorated black full morocco in slipcase, spine lightly rubbed, slipcase marked, 4to, plus other early 20th century & modern bibliography & map reference, including publications by Oxford, H.M.S.O., Yale, Chicago, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, some paperbacks, G/VG, 8vo/folioQty: (6 shelves)

Chamier (Frederick). The Naval History of Great Britain,..., 6 volumes, Richard Bentley, 1837, black & white portrait plates, bookplates to front pastedowns, some toning & spotting throughout, contemporary uniform blue half morocco, boards & spines slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with; Nicolas (Nicholas Harris), The Dispatches and Letters of Vice Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson, 7 volumes, Henry Colburn, 1845-56, black & white frontispieces, bookplate to volumes 1 front pastedown, some cracked gutters, some toning & spotting throughout, publishers uniform original gilt decorated cloth, boards & spines slightly faded & rubbed, 8vo, and Churton (Edward), The Railroad Book of England:..., Edward Churton, 1851, black & white illustrations, torn folding map of England, front endpaper through to pp.34 partially detached, some spotting & toning, publishers original red half morocco, boards & spine rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, plus other 19th & early 20th century military & history reference, including 17 volumes of Army Lists circa 1914-43, some leather bindings, many original cloth, G/VG, 8vo/4toQty: (6 shelves)

Mountaineering. Large collection of 19th-20th century mountaineering literature, including: 1) Whymper (Edward). Travels Amongst the Great Andes of the Equator, 2 volumes (including supplementary appendix), 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1891-2, 4 maps (of which 3 folding and one in end-pocket), plates, bookplate of Michael Tomkinson of Franche Hall, Worcestershire to volume 1, original cloth gilt, volume 2 spine mottled, 8vo, 2) FitzGerald (E. A.). Climbs in the New Zealand Alps, 1st edition, London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1896, plates, folding map in end-pocket, rear inner hinge partly cracked, original cloth, soiled, label removed from front board, 8vo, 3) Shipton (Eric). Blank on the Map, 1st edition, London: Hodder & Stoughton, Limited, 1938, photographic plates, folding map, original cloth, 8vo, 4) Hillary (Edmund). High Adventure, London: The Companion Book Club, c.1955, signed by Hillary on the title-page, original cloth, 8vo, and numerous similar mountaineering titles, many in dust jackets, including about 10 signedQty: (6 shelves)NOTESNeate W66 (Whymper, Travels), F36 (FitzGerald). FitzGerald's Climbs in the New Zealand Alps was printed in an edition of 1,000 copies. Sold as seen, not subject to return.

Arlington (Lewis Charles). The Chinese Drama from the Earliest Times until To-Day, 1st edition, Shanghai: Kelly and Walsh, Limited, 1930, half-title, 116 lithographic plates including frontispiece (nearly all in colours), one uncoloured halftone plate, errata slip tipped to title-page, toning, occasional browning and offsetting, occasional finger-soiling and other marks, closed marginal tear in plates 36-7, fore and bottom edges untrimmed, original patterned boards, rebacked in grey morocco, 4to, number 668 of 750 copies signed by the author on the initial blank, this copy additionally inscribed 'So long as you can sweeten another's pain, life is not in vain, L. C. Arlington' on the half-title, together with: Collingwood (Cuthbert). Rambles of a Naturalist on the Shores and Waters of the China Sea, 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1868, 3 wood-engraved plates including frontispieces, small marginal hole in 2B3, contemporary prize inscription to initial blank, contemporary tan calf by Relfe Brothers, arms of Thanet Collegiate School, Margate to front board, 8vo (21.2 x 13.1 cm), Norman (Charles Boswell). Tonkin, or France in the Far East, 1st edition, London: Chapman & Hall, Limited, 1884, half-title, 2 folding maps, modern half morocco, 8vo (22.5 x 14 cm) Little (Archibald John). Through the Yang-Tse Gorges, or Trade and Travel in Modern China, 1st edition, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1888, half-title, folding map, 32 pp. advertisements, modern half calf, 8vo (21.5 x 13.1 cm), and 2 othersQty: (6)NOTESCordier Indosinica 1629 (Norman), Sinica 338 (Collingwood), Sinica 124 (Little).

Powell (Anthony). The Novels of Anthony Powell, 15 volumes, mixed editions, Heineman, 1960-79, all original cloth in dust jackets, some spines lightly faded & rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, together with; Huxley (Aldous), Beyond The Mexique Bay, 1st edition, Chatto & Windus, 1934, 30 monochrome illustrations, map front & rear endpapers, some minor toning, publishers original orange cloth, boards & spine lightly rubbed, 8vo, and White (Patrick), The Tree of Man, 2nd impression, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1956, covers rubbed with minor loss to head & foot, Riders in the Chariot, 1st edition, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1961, The Vivisector, 1st edition, Jonathan Cape, 1970, The Eye of the Storm, 1st edition, Jonathan Cape, 1973, The Twyborn Affair, 1st edition, Jonathan Cape, 1979, all original cloth in dust jackets, spines lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, plus other modern fiction & literature, including Ernest Hemingway, Graham Greene, Arthur Koestler, E.M. Forster, Virginia Woolf, Angus Wilson, Christopher Isherwood, mostly original cloth in dust jackets,G/VG, 8voQty: (6 shelves)

West (Rebecca). Black Lamb and Grey Falcon, 2 volumes, reprint edition, MacMillan & Co., 1943, monochrome illustrations, map front & rear endpaper, some minor marginal toning, uniform original cloth in dust jackets, covers slightly toned & rubbed with minor tears to head & foot, 8vo, together with; Murdoch (Iris), The Sandcastle, 3rd impression, Chatto & Windus, 1958, period inscription to the front endpaper, The Flight from the Enchanter, reprint edition, Chatto & Windus, 1969, previous owner stamp to the front endpaper, Under The Net, 6th impression, Chatto & Windus, 1969, The Bell, 1st edition, Chatto & Windus, 1958, all original cloth in dust jackets, some spines slightly rubbed to head & foot, plus 28 further volumes by Iris Murdoch, 8vo, and Spark (Muriel), Memento Mori, 1st edition, MacMillan & Co., 1959, original cloth in dust jacket, spine lightly faded & rubbed with minor tears to head & foot, 8vo, Voices At Play, 1st edition, MacMillan & Co., 1961, original cloth in dust jacket, spine lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, plus 22 further volumes by Muriel Spark, and other modern literature by female authors, including Lisa St. Aubin de Terán, I. Compton-Burnett, Karen Blixen, Penelope Lively, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8voQty: (6 shelves)

Baker (Samuel White). The Rifle and the Hound in Ceylon, 1st edition, London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1854, half-title, 6 chromolithographic plates, 2 + 32 pp. advertisements, spotting to plate margins (and to image of final plate), a few spots and marks elsewhere, endpapers renewed, original green cloth, rubbed and marked, spine-ends refurbished, 8vo, together with: ibid. Eight Years' Wanderings in Ceylon, 1st edition, London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855, half-title, 6 chromolithographic plates, 24 pp. advertisements, light spotting to plate margins, contemporary ownership inscription to front free endpaper, original green cloth, rebacked with original spine laid down, rubbed and marked, 8vo, Pieris (Paulus Edward). Ceylon and the Hollanders 1658-1796, 1st edition, Tellippalai: American Ceylon Mission Press, 1918, frontispiece, folding map, original cloth, slightly marked, 8vo, Ferguson (John). Ceylon in the "Jubilee Year", 3rd edition ('revised, enlarged, and brought down to date'), London: John Haddon and Co., 1887, 3 plates including frontispiece, folding map (with closed tear), original pictorial cloth, spine rolled, 8vo, Nicholas (Samuel Ernest N.). Commercial Ceylon, 1st edition, Colombo: The Times of Ceylon Company, Limited, 1933, 19 plates including frontispiece, 2 folding maps (one with closed tear), folding tables, advertisements, original cloth, 8vo, and 5 others on Sri Lanka (not collated), original cloth: Cave, The Book of Ceylon, 1908; Knox, An Historical Relation of Ceylon, 1911; Corner, Ceylon, 1908; Bremer, Memoirs of a Ceylon Planter's Travels 1851 to 1921, 1930; St. Nihal Singh, Ceylon: New and Old, 1928Qty: (10)NOTESAbbey Travel 415 (Baker, Eight Years); Czech Asia pp. 19-20 (Baker, both works). The Rifle and the Hound in Ceylon is Baker's first book, and 'a cornerstone in the Asian big-game hunting library' (Czech).

Carroll (Lewis, i.e. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson). A large collection of editions of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, 19th-20th century, including: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. With Forty-Two Illustrations by John Tenniel. Forty-Third Thousand, London: Macmillan and Co., 1874, gilt edges, original red pictorial cloth gilt, spine rolled, rubbed and marked overall, 8vo, Through the Looking-Glass, and what Alice Found There ... With Fifty Illustrations by John Tenniel. Twenty-Ninth Thousand, London: Macmillan & Co., 1872, gilt edges, original red pictorial cloth gilt, spine worn, 8vo, Walt Disney's Story of Alice in Wonderland, with Songs from the Film, [?Los Angeles]: Walt Disney Productions, 1979, 24 pp. booklet with EP vinyl record in end-pocket as issued, original pictorial wrappers, 4to, and over 100 others, including various illustrated editions, French translations, and similar, together with assorted Alice memorabilia including a framed wall mirror incorporating a transfer-printed depiction of Alice after John Tenniel (68 x 53 cm), a board game (Spear's Games, Alice in Wonderland, 1974), Damon R. Butler, The Lewis Carroll Picture Map, 1992 (poster-size printed map, one of 126 copies signed by the artist), and similarQty: (approx. 150 volumes + 1 carton)NOTESSold as seen, not subject to return.

Children's literature. A large quantity of children's literature, 19th-20th century, including: Kipling (Rudyard). The Jungle Book, 1st edition, 8th impression, London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1898, gilt edges, original blue pictorial cloth gilt, 8vo, Stevenson (Robert Louis). Kipnapped, 1st edition, 30th thousand, London: Cassell and Company, Limited, 1891, folding map, rear inner hinge cracked, original cloth, spine rolled, 8vo, Burnett (Frances Hodgson). Little Lord Fauntleroy, London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1904, original cloth, 8vo, Greene (Graham). The Little Steamroller. Illustrated by Dorothy Craigie, 5th edition, London: Max Parrish, 1963, ex-library, original pictorial boards (laminated), 4to, Briggs (Raymond). Fungus the Bogeyman. Plop-Up Book, London: Hamish Hamilton, [no date], illustrated throughout, moving parts, original boards, small folio, and over 100 othersQty: (approx. 120)NOTESSold as seen, not subject to return.

Bishop (Isabella, née Bird). The Yangtze Valley and Beyond. An Account of Journeys in China, chiefly in the Province of Sze Chuan and among the Man-Tze of the Somo Territory, 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1899, halftone photographic frontispiece, similar illustrations throughout the text, errata slip, folding map, text-leaf 2B4 with transverse closed tear, top edge gilt, original green cloth, spine rolled, 8vo, together with: Carruthers (Douglas). Unknown Mongolia. A Record of Travel and Exploration in North-West Mongolia and Dzungaria, 2 volumes, 2nd edition, London: Hutchinson & Co., 1914, all halftone photographic plates as called for (including several folding panoramas), 4 folding maps, volume 1 pp. 69-72 working loose, first folding map with a few nicks along fore edge and short handling to inner fold, bookplates (C. E. Rusbridge), original blue cloth, a few minor blemishes, 8vo, Hedley (John).Tramps in Dark Mongolia, 1st edition, London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1910, all halftone photographic plates as called for, folding map, xv + 87 + [2] pp. advertisements, spotting to preliminaries and edges, occasionally in text, original green pictorial cloth gilt, 8vo, a superb copy, Boulger (Demetrius Charles). The History of China, New and Revised Edition, 2 volumes, London: W. Thacker & Co., 1898, 6 plates, folding map (short closed tear), 32 pp. advertisements, original black pictorial cloth gilt, 8vo, Broomhall (Marshall). The Chinese Empire. A General & Missionary Survey, 1st edition, London: Morgan & Scott, 1907, frontispiece, folding map, 8 pp. advertisements, original red cloth gilt, 8voQty: (7)NOTESCordier Sinica 355 (Bishop), 4296 (Carruthers, first edition, 1913), 4293 (Hedley), 591 (Boulger), 3032 (Broomhall; an accompanying atlas was also published).

Prescott (William H.). History of the Conquest of Mexico,..., 2nd edition, Richard Bentley, 1844, black & white frontispieces & map, some light spotting & minor toning, contemporary uniform gilt decorated half calf, boards & spine lightly rubbed with loss to spine labels, 8vo, together with other 19th century literature & reference, mostly contemporary leather bindings, some gilt decorated, some original cloth, overall condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/4toQty: (6 shelves)

Blakeney (William). On the Coasts of Cathay and Cipango Forty Years Ago. A Record of Surveying Service in the China Yellow and Japan Seas and on the Seaboard of Korea and Manchuria, 1st edition, London: Elliot Stock, 1902, 7 plates (4 folding; 1 in colour), 19 maps (all but 2 folding), numerous other full-page illustrations counted in pagination including frontispiece (folding map facing p. 230 accounting for pp. 231-4), a few folding maps and plates with closed handling tears to inner folds, bookplate (C. E. Rusbridge), rear free endpaper possibly renewed but at an early date, original yellow pictorial cloth, dust-soiled and a few marks, 8voQty: (1)NOTESCordier Sinica 141.

Buchanan (Sir George). My Mission to Russia and Other Diplomatic Memories, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Cassell and Company, Limited, 1923, photogravure portrait frontispiece, 12 halftone plates, 2 folding maps, text-blocks toned, free endpapers browned, one folding map worn along fold, original green cloth, spines lettered in gilt, 8vo, together with: [Volpicelli, Zenone]. Russia on the Pacific and the Siberian Railway. By Vladmir. 1st edition, London: Sampson Low, Marston & Copmany (Limited), 1899, 5 halftone photographic plates, 8 folding maps, ink-stamps to bottom edge of text-block, original dark red cloth, 8vo, Havilland (Maud D.). A Summer on the Yenesei (1914), 1st edition, London: Edward Arnold, 1915, 16 halftone photographic plates, 16 pp. advertisements, original green cloth, publisher's 'file copy' label mounted to front cover, 8vo, Meakin (Annette M. B.). Russia. Travels and Studies, 1st UK edition, London: Hurst and Blackett, Limited, 1906, all halftone photographic plates as called for, 4 maps (1 folding), spotting to text-block, original black pictorial cloth gilt, 8vo, Bergman (Sten). Through Kamchatka by Dog-Sled and Skis, 1st edition in English, London: Seeley, Service & Co. Limited, 1927, 16 halftone photographic plates, 12 pp. advertisements, original yellow pictorial cloth gilt, spine rolled, 8vo, and 6 others, early-20th-century Russian travelQty: (12)

Callery (Joseph-Marie, & Melchior Yvan). History of the Insurrection in China ... Translated from the French, with a Supplementary Chapter, narrating the most Recent Events, by John Oxenford, 2nd edition in English, London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1853, frontispiece, folding map (closed tear neatly repaired), 16 pp. advertisements, bookplate (Society for the Propagation of the Gospel), original yellow cloth, spine rolled, consolidated at head and foot, 8vo, together with: Gray (John Henry). China. A History of the Laws, Manners and Customs of the People, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Macmillan and Co., 1878, half-titles, 137 lithographic plates (all present as list), advertisement leaf to rear of each volume, occasional spotting, top edges gilt, original blue pictorial cloth, spines strengthened, 8vo, Hosie (Alexander). Manchuria. Its People, Resources and Recent History, 1st edition, London: Methuen & Co., 1901, 16 halftone photographic plates including frontispiece, folding table (not listed), folding map, 46 pp. advertisements, spotting to outer leaves and edges, closed tear to map, top edge gilt, original red cloth gilt, a bright copy, 8vo, Kent (Percy Horace). The Passing of the Manchus, 1st edition, London: Edward Arnold, 1912, half-title, 20 halftone photographic plates, 3 maps (2 folding), 16 pp. advertisements, light spotting to half-title and title-page, one folding map repaired in stub not affecting image, non-folding map with manuscript additions, rust-marks from paperclip to advertisements, original blue cloth, nick to headcap, 8vo, Parker (Edward Harper). Ancient China Simplified, 1st edition, London: Chapman & Hall, Ltd., 1908, half-title, 3 plates, 9 maps (3 folding), half-title browned, text partly unopened, original red cloth, 8vo, Langdon (WIlliam B.). A Descriptive Catalogue of the Chinese Collection, now exhibiting at St. George's Place, Hyde Park Corner ... Eighty-Second Thousand, London: for the proprietor, 1843, 16 wood-engraved plates, advertisement leaf, original cloth, 8vo, and 5 others, early-20th-century works on Chinese history, original clothQty: (12)NOTESCordier Sinica 645 (Callery), 97 (Gray), 2741 (Hosie), 3489 (Kent).

Carey (Frances Jane). Journal of a Tour in France, in the Years 1816 and 1817, 1st edition, London: Taylor and Hessey, 1823, profusely extra-illustrated with approximately 180 contemporary maps and plates (engraved, lithographic or aquatint, many folding or hand-coloured), top edge gilt, contemporary dark red half morocco gilt, 8vo (21.9 x 13.2 cm), together with: Wilson (William Rae). Travels in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Hanover, Germany, Netherlands, etc., 1st edition, London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1826, 7 aquatint plates, extra-illustrated with an engraved folding map ('The Rhine from Dusseldorf to Mentz', 1817), light browning, title-page partly torn in gutter, Appendix signatures G2-3 transposed, contemporary half calf gilt, 8vo (20.8 x 12.6 cm), [Whittington, George Downing]. A Tour through the Principal Provinces of Spain and Portugal, performed in the Year 1803, 1st edition, London: Richard Phillips, 1806, engraved folding map, pp. 43/4 with printing flaw to partial loss of text, modern quarter calf, 8vo (20.5 x 12.3 cm), Bonaparte (Roland, Prince). Une excursion en Corse, 1st edition, Paris: pour l'auteur, 1891, 6 heliogravure plates from photographs, modern green half morocco, 4to (27.6 x 21 cm)Qty: (4)NOTESAbbey Travel 22 (Wilson).

Curzon (Robert). Armenia: A Year at Erzeroom, and on the Frontiers of Russia, Turkey, and Persia, 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1854, 5 wood-engraved plates including frontispiece, engraved map, 32 pp. advertisements, plates slightly browned and spotted, ownership inscription of British mountaineer Emmeline Lewis Lloyd (1827-1913) to initial blank, original pink cloth gilt, slightly marked, spine rolled, headcap restored, 8vo, Cutts (Edward Lewes). Christians under the Crescent in Asia, 1st edition, London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, [1877], wood-engraved frontispiece and vignettes, 4 pp. advertisements (spotted), inner hinges superficially cracked, original cloth, head of spine slightly frayed, 8vo, Mikhail (Kyriakos). Copts and Moslems under British Control. A Collection of Facts and a Résumé of Authoritative Opinions on the Coptic Question, 1st edition, London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1911, 20 pp. advertisements to front, inscribed 'To Edward George Wissa Esq, With the compliments of Kyriakos Mikhail, London Dec. 1919' on the front free endpaper, original cloth, a few marks, 8vo, Hepworth (George H.). Through Armenia on Horseback, 1st edition, New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, 1898, folding map (with short closed tear), 25 halftone plates, top edge gilt, original cloth, slightly rubbed, 8vo, Nansen (Fridtjof). Armenia and the Near East, 1st edition in English, London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1928, 16 halftone plates, folding map, original cloth, 8vo, and 3 others, original cloth (not collated): H. C. Seppings Wright, Two Years under the Crescent, 1st edition, 1913; W. St. Clair-Tisdall, The Conversion of Armenia to the Christian Faith, 1st edition, 1897; Irving Montagu, Wanderings of a War Artist, 1st edition, 1889Qty: (8)

David-Neel (Alexandra). Tibetan Journey, 1st edition, London: John Lane the Bodley Head, 1936, 16 photographic plates, folding map, half-title spotted, original cloth, dust jacket (repaired and restored), 8vo, together with: Holm (Frits). My Nestorian Adventure in China. A Popular Account of the Holm-Nestorian Expedition to Sian-Fu and its Results, 1st UK edition, London: Hutchinson & Co., 1924, 20 photographic plates, collector's ink-stamp (A. F. H. Lindner, Wimbledon) to front free endpaper, original cloth, remnants of ink-stamp to front cover, dust jacket (toned, spotted, heavily repaired), 8vo, Bredon (Juliet). A Historical and Intimate Description of its Chief Places of Interest, 2nd edition ('revised and enlarged'), Shanghai: Kelly & Walsh, Limited, 1922, 24 photographic plates, 6 folding maps (one proud and consequently rumpled along fore edge; large map at rear with closed handling tear), original orange pictorial cloth gilt, dust jacket (nicked and frayed; large area of loss to front panel), 8vo, Bell (Sir Charles). The Religion of Tibet, 1st edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1931, all photographic plates as called for, 3 maps (2 folding), original cloth, dust jacket (repaired and restored), 8vo, Soothill (Lucy). A Passport to China. Being the Tale of her Long and Friendly Sojourning amongst a Strangely Interesting People, 1st edition, London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1931, 16 halftone plates, rear free endpaper creased, original cloth, dust jacket (spotted, a few repairs), 8voQty: (5)

Doughty (Charles M.). Travels in Arabia Deserta, with a New Preface by the Author, Introduction by T. E. Lawrence, and all original Maps, Plans and Cuts, 2 volumes, 2nd edition, London: Philip Lee Warner and Jonathan Cape, 1921, photogravure portrait frontispiece, 8 plates (of which 5 folding), folding linen-backed colour map in end-pocket, bookplates and ownership inscriptions of Evan Morgan, 2nd Viscount Tredegar (1893-1949), top edges gilt, others untrimmed, original pictorial cloth gilt, volume 2 head of front joint neatly consolidated, 8vo, together with: Rihani (Ameen). Arabian Peak and Desert. Travels in al-Yaman, 1st edition, London: Constable & Co Ltd, 1930, 24 halftone photographic plates including frontispiece, light spotting, original cloth, 8vo, Philby (Harry St John Bridger). Sheba's Daughters. Being a Record of Travel in Southern Arabia, 1st edition, London: Methuen & Co., Ltd., 1939, all halftone photographic plates as called for, folding map, contemporary gift inscription to front free endpaper, original green cloth (unfaded), 8vo, and 4 others, original cloth (not collated): Abdullah Mansur, The Land of Uz, 1st edition, 1911; W. G. Palgrave, Personal Narrative of a Year's Journey through Central and Eastern Arabia, 6th edition, 1871; Hugh Scott, In the High Yemen, 1st edition, 1942; Doughty, Travels in Arabia Deserta, 1926Qty: (8)NOTESMacro 859 (Doughty), 1903 (Rihani), 1801 (Philby). Second edition of Doughty's masterpiece of Arabian travel, published at the instance of T. E. Lawrence, who had relied on the work during his own sojourn in the Middle East; the work was first published in 1888.

Erskine (John Elphinstone). Journal of a Cruise among the Islands of the Western Pacific, including the Feejees and Others inhabited by the Polynesian Negro Races, 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1853, 4 tinted lithographic plates, 3 wood-engraved plates, folding map, 32 pp. advertisements, variable light spotting to plates and map, map with short closed handling tear, original purple cloth gilt, expertly recased, spine sunned, 8vo, together with: Moresby (John). Discoveries and Surveys in New Guinea and the D'Entrecasteaux Islands, 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1876, 6 wood-engraved plates and including frontispiece, 2 lithographic maps (one folding and with neat repairs, one not mentioned in 'list of illustrations'), 32 pp. advertisements, half-title spotted, front inner hinge expertly strengthened, original blue pictorial cloth gilt over bevelled boards, spine slightly darkened, 8vo, Lamont (E. H.). Wild Life among the Pacific Islanders, 1st edtion, London: Hurst and Blackett, 1857, 7 wood-engraved plates including frontispiece, toning, spotting to prelims, a few marks, contemporary ownership inscription ('Lieut Col Hanley, 40th Queens Own ...') to title-page, original red pictorial cloth gilt, rebacked with original spine laid down, slightly marked, 8vo, Kennedy (William Robert). Sporting Adventures in the Pacific, whilst in Command of the "Reindeer", 1st edition, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1876, 4 wood-engraved plates including frontispiece, 40 pp. advertisements, a couple of marginal nicks to plates, inscribed 'Emily Whitelock, with love from the author's mother' on half-title, bookplate of Henry Arthur Blyth (his sporting library sold at Christie's in 1901), original pictorial green cloth gilt, spine and front joint refurbished, 8vo, and 5 others (not collated): Sir John Hubert Plunkett Murray, Papua or British New Guinea, 1st edition, 1912; ibid., Papua of To-Day, 1st edition, 1925; F. W. Christian, The Caroline Islands, 1st edition, 1899; A. S. Meek, A Naturalist in Cannibal Land, 1913; Hugh Hastings Romilly, A True Story of the Western Pacific in 1879-80, 1st edition, 1882Qty: (9)NOTESAbbey Travel 602 (Erskine); Hill (1974) pp. 98 (Erskine).

Francklin (William). Inquiry concerning the Site of Ancient Palibothra, parts 2-4 of 4 in 1 volume, 1st editions, London: Kingsbury, Parbury, and Allen, 1817-20-22, pp. 86 [2], [4] 94, [4] 59, part 4 with half-title and colophon leaf, part 2 with half-title, part 4 bound at front (with part-number in half-title and title-page partly effaced to read 'I'), 24 engraved maps and plates (many folding; full collation unknown), comprising folding route map and 3 further plates in part 4, 20 plates numbered 1-20 in part 2 (number 1, a folding sketch-map, misbound to face part 4 p. 52), and folding route map in part 3, occasional spotting and browning to text-leaves (especially to those adjacent to plates), plates 9, 10, 12 and 13 nicked or chipped in fore margins, part 3 final leaf with repaired worming, modern diced half calf gilt, 4to (26.4 x 20.6 cm), together with: Haafner (Jacob). Travels on Foot through the Island of Ceylon. Translated from the Dutch, 1st edition in English, London: Sir Richard Phillips and Co., 1821, pp. [2] 118, 3 aquatint plates (2 folding), plates spotted, modern diced half half, 8vo (20.4 x 12 cm), Tennent (Sir J. Emerson). Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon ... including a Monograph of the Elephant, 1st edition, London: Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1861, xxiii + 500 pp., 10 wood-engraved plates including frontispiece, errata slip, possibly without half-title, bookplate (Robert Stirling Newall, Scottish astronomer and engineer, 1812-1889), contemporary reddish-brown half morocco gilt, 8vo (18.2 x 11.5 cm), and 4 others Celyon and other travel, 8voQty: (7)NOTESCzech Asia p. 212 (Tennent). Francklin's work is uncommon; the first part appeared in 1815.

Harris (Walter B.). From Batum to Baghdad via Tiflis, Tabriz, and Persian Kurdistan, 1st edition, Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1896, half-title, 17 plates, 2 maps (1 folding), 2 + 32 pp. advertisements, a few minor spots, short closed tear to folding map stub not affecting image, original blue cloth gilt, 8vo, together with: Soane (Ely Bannister). To Mesopotamia and Kurdistan in Disguise. With Historical Notices of the Kurdish Tribes and the Chaldeans of Kurdistan, 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1912, half-title, 6 halftone plates, folding map, 2 pp. advertisements, newspaper cutting (with obituary of the author) tipped to title-page with concomitant browning, fore and bottom edges untrimmed, original brown cloth, repair to spine, 8vo, Ephraem the Syrian (Saint). The Repentance of Nineveh, a Metrical Homily on the Mission of Jonah ... Translated from the Original Syriac ... by the Rev. Henry Burgess, 1st edition, London: Robert B. Blackader, 1853, 6 pp. advertisements, spotting towards front and rear, book-label (D. Widdrington), gilt edges, original purple cloth, spine sunned, 8vo, Jebb (Louisa). By Desert Ways to Baghdad, 1st edition, London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1908, half-title, all halftone plates as called for, folding map, text-block toned, half-title browned, bookplate (Duncan and Violet Mary McCallum, 7 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea), top edge gilt, original buff pictorial cloth gilt, 8vo, and 7 others on Iraq and the Middle East, original cloth, including Longrigg, Four Centuries of Modern Iraq, 1st edition, 1925; Hakluyt Society, Narrative of the Embassy of Ruy Gonzalez de Clavijo to the Court of Timour, at Samarcand, A.D. 1403-6, 1st edition, 1859; and similarQty: (11)

Hose (Charles). Natural Man. A Record from Borneo, 1st edition, London: Macmillan and Co., 1926, numerous halftone photographic plates (all present, some coloured), large folding map of Sarawak, top edge gilt, original blue cloth, vignette gilt to front board, spine slightly faded and rolled, covers slightly marked, large 8vo, together with: Cool (Wouter). With the Dutch in the East. An Outline of the Military Operations in Lombock, 1894 ... Translated from the Dutch ... New Edition, London: The Java Head Bookshop, 1934, halftone photographic frontispiece, similar illustrations and plans throughout (many full-page), folding map, pp. vii/viii (list of illustrations) creased, original green pictorial cloth gilt, a bright copy, large 8vo, Forbes (Henry O.). A Naturalist's Wanderings in the Eastern Archipelago. A Narrative of Travel and Exploration from 1878 to 1883, 1st US edition, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1885, colour frontispiece, 21 other plates, 4 maps (3 folding), 2 other maps in text, inner hinges partially cracked, bookplates (Henry M. Nicholls; Thomas Perry), original blue-green pictorial cloth gilt, spine rolled, 8vo, MacGregor (John). Through the Buffer State: A Record of Recent Travels through Borneo, Siam, and Cambodia, 1st edition, London: F. V. White, 1896, 10 plates, map, 2 pp. advertisements, bookplate (C. E. Rusbridge), edges untrimmed, original red cloth, spine very slightly faded, 8vo, Orléans (Henri d'). From Tonkin to India by the Sources of the Irawadi, January '95-January '96, 1st edition in English, London: Methuen & Co., 1898, frontispiece, folding map, illustrations in text, inner hinges neatly reinforced, bookplate (C. E. Rusbridge), original green pictorial cloth gilt, slightly bumped and marked, 4to, and 4 others, original cloth (not collated): Dauncey, An Englishwoman in the Philippines, 1st edition, 2nd printing, 1906; Shelford, A Naturalist in Borneo, 1st edition, 1916; Kane, Thirty Years with the Philippine Head-Hunters, 1st edition, 1934; Ainsworth, A Merchant Venturer among the Sea Gipsies, 1st edition, 1930Qty: (9)NOTESThis is the second edition in English of Cool's work, the first appearing in 1897.

Kennedy (Sir Alexander B. W.). Petra. Its History and Monuments, 1st edition, London: Country Life, 1925, 76 collotype photographic plates including frontispiece, 3 folding maps from aerial photographs (one on 2 sheets), one sketch-map, bookplate of Fort Augustus Abbey (Scotland), top edge gilt, original green cloth, 4to, together with: Inchbold (Ada Alice Cunnick). Under the Syrian Sun. The Lebanon, Baalbek, Galilee, and Judaea, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Hutchinson & Co., 1906, 48 plates (mainly in colour), spotting to text, bookplates (C. E. Rusbridge), top edges gilt, original blue pictorial cloth gilt, light mottling to front covers, a bright copy, 8vo, Burton (Sir Richard F.). Selected Papers on Anthropology, Travel and Exploration. Now edited with an Introduction and Occasional Notes by N. M. Penzer, London: A. M. Philpot Ltd., 1924, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, original tan cloth, 8vo, number 77 of 100 copies on hand-made paper, Muir (Sir William). The Caliphate. Its Rise, Decline, and Fall. From Original Sources, 1st edition, London: The Religious Tract Society, 1891, original decorative cloth, 8vo, and 11 others, Middle Eastern travel, original cloth (not collated) including Adams, Notes of a Naturalist in the Nile Valley and Malta, 1st edition, 1870; Erskine, Trans-Jordan, 1st edition, 1923; Evans-Pritchard, The Sanusi of Cyrenaica, 1st edition, 1949; Conway, Palestine and Morocco, 1st edition, 1923; and similarQty: (16)

Kennedy (Sir William Robert). Sport, Travel and Adventure in Newfoundland and the West Indies, 1st edition, Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1885, tinted lithographic frontispiece, plate, folding map, text-illustrations, folding map, partly unopened, original blue pictorial cloth gilt, 8vo, together with: Scull (E. Marshall). Hunting in the Arctic and Alaska, 1st edition, London: Duckworth & Co., 1914, numerous plates and maps (all present), top edge gilt, original blue pictorial cloth gilt, 8vo, Mair (Charles). Through the Mackenzie Basin. A Narrative of the Athabasca and Peace River Treaty Expedition of 1899, 1st edition, Toronto: William Briggs, 1908, numerous halftone photographic plates (all present), folding map, original brown cloth with photographic onlays to front board, 8vo, and 6 others, Alaskan and other Arctic travel (not collated), including: Shields, Cruising in the Cascades, 1st edition, 1889; Whymper, Travel and Adventure in the Territory of Alaska, 2nd edition, 1869; Rink, The Eskimo Tribes, 1887 (ex library); and similarQty: (9)NOTESArctic Bibliography 15649 (Scull).

Landon (Perceval). Lhasa. An Account of the Country and People of Central Tibet and of the Progress of the Mission sent there by the English Government in the Year 1903-4, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Hurst and Blackett, Ltd., 1905, 42 plates including frontispieces (photogravures or colour; one uncoloured halftone), 4 folding maps, numerous other illustrations and maps counted in pagination, library plates of North Riding Education Committee, related ink-stamps to versos of title-pages, top edges gilt, original red cloth gilt, sunned, volume 1 headcap neatly strengthened, 8vo, together with: Landor (A. Henry Savage). In the Forbidden Land. An Account of a Journey in Tibet, Capture by the Tibetan Authorities, Imprisonment, Torture, and Ultimate Release, 2 volumes, 1st edition (2nd impression of volume 2), London: William Heinemann, 1898, half-titles, photogravure frontispiece to volume 1, colour frontispiece to volume 2, 57 plates (of which 7 coloured), folding map, numerous illustrations in text, bookplate of Robert Clayton Swan to volume 2, original green pictorial cloth, volume 2 spine rolled, 8vo, Dainelli (Giotto). Il mio viaggio nel Tibet occidentale, 1st edition, Milan: A. Mondadori, 1932, half-title, 32 photographic plates printed on both sides, text-leaves toned, original half cream cloth, large 8vo, and 5 others on Tibet, original cloth (not collated): Combe, A Tibetan on Tibet, 1st edition,1926; Gompertz, The Road to Lamaland, 1st edition, [1916]; Schary, In Search of the Mahatmas of Tibet, 1st edition, [1937]; Francke, A History of Western Tibet, 1907; Pelliot, Huc and Gabet, 2 volumes, 1st edition thus, 1928Qty: (11)NOTESCordier Sinica 2896 (Landon), 2922 (Landor). Library Hub traces one copy of Dainelli's work in the United Kingdom (British Library).

Lay (G. Tradescant). The Chinese As They Are: their Moral, Social, and Literary Character; a New Analysis of their Language; with Succinct Views of their Principal Arts and Sciences, 1st edition, London: William Ball & Co., 1841, wood-engraved frontispiece and text-illustrations, a few marks, original pink pictorial cloth gilt, rebacked with original spine laid down, sunned and marked, 8vo, together with: Krausse (Alexis). China in Decay. A Handbook to the Far Eastern Question, 1st edition, London: Chapman & Hall, Limited, 1898, half-title, frontispiece, 6 maps (3 folding), illustrations in text (some full-page), last folding map with short closed tear, endpapers browned, inner hinges neatly reinforced, original yellow cloth, somewhat marked, spine rolled, 8vo, MacGowan (John). Men and Manners in Modern China, 1st edition, London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1912, 32 halftone photographic plates including frontispiece, original red cloth, pictorial vignette gilt to front board, a superb copy, 8vo, Kuropatkin (Aleksey). The Russian Army and the Japanese War ... Translated by Captain A. B. Lindsay, 2 volumes, 1st edition in English, London: John Murray, 1909, half-titles, halftone frontispiece to volume 1, photogravure frontispiece to volume 2, 9 halftone plates, 5 maps (of which 2 folding, one of these in end-pocket), one further map in text, half-titles spotted, top edges gilt, original red cloth gilt, light mottling to front covers, 8vo, and 8 others, mainly late-19th or early-20th-century surveys of contemporary China, original cloth (not collated), including Macgrath King, China in Turmoil, 1927, Kinnosuke, Manchuria: A Survey, 1925, and similarQty: (13)NOTESCordier Sinica 78 (Lay), 2295 (Krausse).

Lyon (George Francis). 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 1824, 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1825, engraved folding map, 7 engraved plates, light spotting, contemporary tan half calf, sides rubbed, 8vo (21.2 x 12.8 cm), together with: Anson (George). A Voyage Round the World, in the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV, 10th edition, London: for T. Osborne [and others], 1762, 3 engraved folding maps (2 with short closed handling tears to gutter, repaired verso), toning, contemporary engraved bookplate (Evan Holliday), contemporary tan calf, rebacked to style, restoration to extremities, 8vo (20.8 x 12.7 cm) Dennett (John Frederick). The Voyages and Travels of Captains Ross, Parry, Franklin, and Mr. Belzoni; forming an Interesting History of the Manners, Customs, and Characters of Various Nations, London: William Wright, 1839, engraved portrait frontispiece and additional title-page, 10 engraved or aquatint plates, light browning, frontispiece and engraved title-page damp-stained, contemporary calf gilt by Carss & Co., arms of the city of Glasgow gilt to front board, a few scuffs, 8vo (21.2 x 12.8 cm), and 1 others (Huish, The Last Voyage of Capt. Sir John Ross, 1st edition, 1835, lacking text-leaf 2G4)Qty: (4)NOTESProvenance (Lyon): William Henry Webley-Parry (1764-1837), rear-admiral (ownership inscription and bookplate); Webley-Parry was first lieutenant of the Zealous at the Battle of the Nile (1797). Arctic Bibliography 10530 (Lyon); Sabin 42851 (Lyon), 1629 (Anson), 33626 (Huish); cf. Sabin 19582 (Dennett, 1826 edition). This tenth edition is the final lifetime edition of Anson's work.

Bowles (Thomas, publisher). Geographia sacra illustrata. Or Sacred Geography Illustrated. Containing, a View of many things belonging to ye Jews and their Worship mentioned in the Holy Scriptures, with a particular explication of ye same, according to Arias Montanus, Villalpandas, L'Amy, and other Antient and Modern Authors, never before Collected into a single volume, the whole intended for the better understanding ye Sacred Writings, 1st edition, 1st issue, London: printed for and sold by Tho. Bowles, next ye Chapter House in St. Pauls Churchyard, and by J. Bowles over against Stocks Market, [1728], engraved throughout, comprising title-page and 13 plates, all but the title-page and 2 plates double-page, watermark a fleur-de-lys surmounting a shield, countermark 'I V', light spotting to margins, damp-staining to a few plates, mainly restricted to margins, first double-page split at foot of central fold, disbound retaining original marbled endpapers, calf backstrip (friable) and half calf rear board, folio (44 x 31.4 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESESTC T504169. Very rare: one copy on ESTC (Asher Library, Chicago); a re-issue by John Bowles's son Carrington Bowles (c.1764-79) is also rare, with ESTC citing the British Library copy only. The work contains a double-page map of the Holy Land and another double-page plate containing four vignettes maps.

Mackenzie (Charles). Notes on Haiti, made during a Residence in that Republic, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1830, 2 aquatint plates, engraved folding map, folding facsimile letter, half-title to volume 2, printed slip with list of plates tipped to volume 1 p. xx, advertisements discarded, ink-stamps (Inner Temple) to title-pages and a few text-leaves, related bookplates to front pastedowns, ownership and bookplate of James Colquhoun to volume 1, plates damp-stained, folding map nicked along fore edge, later red half morocco by Zaehnsdorf, joints and extremities rubbed, volume 2 rebacked with original spine laid down, 8vo (19 x 11.3 cm), together with: Andrews (Joseph). A Journey from Buenos Ayres, throuh the Provinces of Cordova, Tucuman, and Salta, to Potosi, thence by the Deserts of Caranja to Arica, and subsequently to Santiago de Chili and Coquimbo, undertaken on behalf of the Chilian and Peruvian Mining Association, in the Years 1825-26, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1827, volume 2 possibly lacking half-title, title-pages spotted and with contemporary ownership inscriptions (Marian Montgomery), later ink-stamps (A. MacDougall) to initial blanks, contemporary dark blue half calf by J. Tate of Belfast, rubbed, 8vo (18.5 x 11.2 cm), Prior (James). Voyage along the Eastern Coast of Africa, to Mosambique, Johanna, and Quiloa; to St. Helena; to Rio de Janeiro, Bahia, and Pernambuco in Brazil, in the Nisus Frigate, 1st edition, London: Sir Richard Phillips and Co., 1819, aquatint frontispiece, 2 folding maps, possibly bound without half-title or series-title, modern tan half calf, 8vo (21 x 12.6 cm), and 3 others (not collated): Bulger, Leaves from the Records of St. Hubert's Club; or Reminiscences of Sporting Expeditions in Many Lands, 1st edition, 1864 (contemporary red calf); Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of Illinois. Publication Number One, 1st edition, Chicago, 1900 (original red half morocco); Conway, The Bolivian Andes, 1st edition, 1901 (modern half morocco)Qty: (8)NOTESBorba de Moraes II p. 164 (Prior); Sabin 1509 (Andrews), 65696 (Prior); Mackenzie and Prior's works not in Abbey.

Mariner (William). An Account of the Natives of the Tonga Islands, in the South Pacific Ocean, 2 volumes, 2nd edition ('with additions'), London: John Murray, 1818, half-titles, engraved frontispiece, folding map (linen-backed), toning, a few marks, closed tear in foot of volume 1 leaf 2E1 just touching bottom line of text, modern mottled half sheep gilt, 8vo (20.8 x 12.2 cm), together with: Backhouse (James). A Narrative of a Visit to the Australian Colonies, 1st edition, London: Hamilton, Adams, and Co., 1843, 15 etched plates including frontispiece (one folding), 3 folding maps, Nottingham Free Public Libraries ink-stamps to plates and text, spotting to plates (mainly to margins), maps browned, World map with splits to folds, Tasmania map with closed tear to inner fold, North South Wales map with repair in similar area, modern half calf, 8vo (21.6 x 13 cm), Sidney (Samuel). The Three Colonies of Australia: New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia; their Pastures, Copper Mines, and Gold Fields, 2nd edition ('revised by the author'), London: Ingram, Cooke, and Co., 1853, large engraved folding map by James Wyld, 7 wood-engraved plates including frontispiece, 4 pp. advertisements, Eton leaving inscription dated 1854 to initial blank, contemporary blue calf, gilt spine, 8vo (21 x 13.2 cm), Markham (Albert Hastings). The Cruise of the "Rosario" amongs the New Hebrides and Santa Cruz Islands, 2nd edition, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Low, and Searle, 1873, half-title, 9 wood-engraved plates including frontispiece, similar vignettes in text (some full-page), folding map (with closed handling tear), advertisements discarded, contemporary blue half calf gilt, 8vo (21.4 x 13 cm), and 1 other (Pike, Sub-Tropical Rambles in the Land of the Aphanapteryx ... Mauritius, 1st UK edition,1873, lacking one folding map)Qty: (6)NOTESFerguson 3558 (Backhouse: 'contains minute and valuable information'), 16580 (Sidney), 12259 (Markham); Hill (1974) pp. 191-2 (Mariner). The first edition of Sidney's work (1852) did not contain Wyld's map.

Mason (John Abraham). A Treatise on the Climate and Meteorology of Madeira, 1st edition, London: John Churchill, 1850, errata slip, 3 engraved plates, advertisement leaf, faint ink-stamps of Brighton and Sussex Medico-Chirurgical Society to half-title and title-page, related library notice mounted to front free endpaper, no other markings, original decorative blue cloth gilt, a bright copy, 8vo, together with: Workman (Fanny Bullock & William Hunter). Sketches Awheel in Fin de Siècle Iberia, 1st edition, London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1897, frontispiece, folding map, text illustrations, largely unopened, bookplate (MacRobert trust), original red pictorial cloth gilt, 8vo, Andersen (Hans Christian). In Spain. Translated by Mrs. Bushby, 1st edition in English, London: Richard Bentley, 1864, 8 steel-engraved plates including frontispiece, spotting to adjacent text-leaves, gilt edges, original decorative dark red cloth gilt, spine neatly refurbished, 8vo, Meakin (Budgett). The Land of the Moors. A Comprehensive Description, 1st edition, London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co., Lim., 1901, folding map (with short closed handling tear), original blue pictorial cloth gilt, 8vo, Dozy (Reinhart). Spanish Islam: A History of the Moslems in Spain. Translated with a Biographical Introduction and Additional Notes by Francis Griffin Stokes, 1st edition in English, London: Chatto & Windus, 1913, collotype frontispiece, spotting, occasional annotations, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, original dark red cloth, large 8vo, Mundy (Sir Rodney). H.M.S. "Hannibal" at Palermo and Naples, during the Italian Revolution, 1859-1861, 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1863, engraved portrait frontispiece, plan, rear inner hinge cracked, original blue cloth gilt, 8vo, and 6 others, not collated: Stieler, Italy from the Alps to Mount Etna, c.1880; Gregorovius, Corsica, 1855; Taylor, Madeira, 1882; Lane-Poole, Sir Richard Church: Commander-in-Chief of the Greeks in the War of Independence, 1890; Jackson, Fair Lusitania, 1st edition, 1874; Lawson, Tales of Aegean Intrigue, 1920Qty: (12)

Melville (George Wallace). In the Lena Delta. A Narrative of the Search for Lieut.-Commander DeLong and his Companions. Followed by an Account of the Greely Relief Expedition and a Proposed Method of Reaching the North Pole, 1st UK edition, London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1885, 16 plates, 5 folding maps, bookplate (Rossall Library), original blue-grey cloth, spine toned, 8vo, together with: Peary (Robert E.). The North Pole, 1st UK edition, London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1910, numerous plates (halftones and photogravures; all present as called for), folding map, spotting to endpapers and edges, later memorial inscription to front free endpaper, original blue-green cloth gilt, slightly marked, large 8vo, Brown (R. N. Rudmose). Spitsbergen. An Account of Exploration, Hunting, the Mineral Riches and Future Potentialities of an Arctic Archipelago, 1st edition, London: Seeley, Service & Co. Limited, 1920, 16 halftone plates, folding map, spotting to edges, original dark blue pictorial cloth, 8vo, ibid. A Naturalist at the Poles. The Life, Work and Voyages of Dr. W. S. Bruce the Polar Explorer, 1st edition, US issue, Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1924, 24 halftone plates including frontispiece, 2 folding maps, illustrations and map in text, original dark blue pictorial cloth, 8vo, and 10 others, polar travel, original cloth (not collated), including W. G. Burn Murdoch, Modern Whaling and Bear-Hunting, 1st edition, 1917; Markham, The Great Frozen Sea, 3rd edition, 1878; Orleans, Hunters and Hunting in the Arctic, 1st edition in English, 1911, and similarQty: (14)NOTESArctic Bibliography 11239 (Melville, first edition, Boston, 1885), 13230 (Peary), 2331 (Brown, Spitsbergen), 2334 (Brown, A Naturalist, first edition, London, 1923).

Milne [Mary Lewis]. The Home of an Eastern Clan. A Study of the Palaungs of the Shan States, 1st edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1924, 20 halftone photographic plates including frontispiece, text leaves partly unopened, original green cloth, a bright copy, 8vo, together with: Gascogine (Gwendolen Trench). Among Pagodas and Fair Ladies. An Account of a Tour through Burma, 1st edition, London: A. D. Innes, 1896, photographic illustrations throughout, ownership inscriptions to front pastedown and free endpaper, original green cloth, sunned, 8vo, Cox (Euan Milhouse Methven). Farrer's Last Journey. Upper Burma, 1919-20, 1st edition, London: Dulau & Co. Ltd., 1926, 24 halftone photographic plates, spotting to outer leaves and edges, original cloth, sunned on spine and sections of boards, 8vo, Donaldson (Florence). Lepcha Land. Or Six Weeks in the Sikhim Himalayas, 1st edition, London: Sampson Low Marston & Company, 1900, 24 plates, folding map, plate facing p. 210 with marginal loss, contemporary prize plate to front free endpaper, original blue pictorial cloth, 8vo, and 9 others, Indian travel, 19th and early-20th century, original cloth (not collated), including: Kingdon Ward, Plant Hunting on the Edge of the World, 1st edition, 1930; Swynnerton, Romantic Tales from the Panjab, new edition, 1908; Adams, Wanderings of a Naturalist in India, 1st edition, 1867; Marion Doughty, Afoot through the Kashmir Valleys, 1st edition, 1902; and similarQty: (13)

Osborn (Sherard). Quedah; or, Stray Leaves from a Journal in Malayan Waters, 1st edition, London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts, 1857, half-title, 4 tinted lithographic plates, folding map (with short closed tear), front free endpaper abraded, original red cloth, spine neatly refurbished, 8vo, together with: Bishop (Isabella, née Bird). The Golden Chersonese and the way thither, 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1883, 10 wood-engraved plates including frontispiece, 2 maps on 1 folding sheet, 32 pp. advertisements, original green decorative cloth gilt, 8vo McNair (Frederick). Perak and the Malays: "Sarong" and "Kris.", 1st edition, London: Tinsley Brothers, 1878, half-title, 14 wood-engraved plates including frontispiece, 2 folding maps, 2 pp. advertisements, a few marginal nicks and tears to text-block, plates browned along edges, frontispiece with early gift inscription recto, title-page spotted, original red cloth, rebacked in red morocco gilt, 8vo, Rathborne (Ambrose). Camping and Tramping in Malaya. Fifteen Years' Pioneering in the Native States of the Malay Peninsula, 1st edition, London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co., Lim., 1898, halftone frontispiece, folding map, halftone illustrations in text, frontispiece creased in gutter, book-label ('Library of James Duncan') to front pastedown, front inner hinge superficially cracked, closed tear to front free endpaper, original blue pictorial cloth gilt, 8vo, Skeat (Walter William). Malay Magic, being an Introduction to the Folklore and Popular Religion of the Malay Peninsula, 1st edition, London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1900, 28 halftone photographic plates, 2 pp. advertisements, 'presentation copy' blind stamp to title-page, ownership inscription of British archaeologist John Linton Myres (1869-1954) to half-title, his bequest plate to New College, Oxford, to front pastedown, bookplate of New College, Oxford and cancelled library stamp to front pastedown and half-title respectively, original cloth, sunned, 8vo, and 4 others on MalayaQty: (9)NOTESAbbey Travel 526 (Osborn).

[Ottoman Turkey]. Thirty Years in the Harem: or, the Autobiography of Melek-Hanum, Wife of H.H. Kibrizli-Mehemet-Pasha, 1st edition in English, London: Chapman and Hall, 1872, half-title, 3-24 pp. advertisements (first leaf of advertisements possibly excised), toning, a few spots and marks, half-title nicked, original green cloth, spine consolidated, 8vo, together with: Rhodes (Godfrey). A Personal Narrative of a Tour of Military Inspection in Various Parts of European Turkey ... under General Prim, conte de Reuss, 2nd edition, London: Longman, Brown, Green, & Longmans, 1854, folding map (with small hole at intersection of folds), bookplate of George Nugent Ross Wetherall (d. 1893) of Astley Hall, original red cloth gilt, rebacked, covers marked, corners bumped, 12mo, Henry (James Dodds). Baku. An Eventful History, 1st edition, London: Archibald Constable & Co. Ltd., [1905], 24 halftone photographic plates, map, spotting to outer leaves, top edge gilt, original red cloth over bevelled boards, 8vo, Asboth (Janos de). An Official Tour through Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1st edition in English, London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co., 1890, folding map, bookplate of John Gretton of Stapleford, original green cloth, large 8vo, Ramsay (William Mitchell). The Historical Geography of Asia Minor [published as Royal Geographical Society. Supplementary Papers. Volume IV], 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1890, 6 folding maps, 9 folding tables, bookplate (University of Aberdeen, Tarradale House, 1960), original blue cloth, small repair to spine, headcap restored, 8vo, and 6 others, original cloth, not collated: Murray, Turkey, being Sketches from Life by the Roving Englishman, new edition, 1877; Durham, Through the Lands of the Serb, 1st edition, 2nd impression, 1904; Fraser, Persia and Turkey in Revolt, 1st edition, 1910 (with perforation to final few leaves including map); Ramsay, The Revolution in Constantinople and Turkey, 1st edition, 1909; Naval Intelligence Division, Turkey, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1942-3; Temperley, History of Serbia, 1st edition, 2nd impression, 1919Qty: (12)NOTESLibrary Hub traces four copies only of the first work; the first US edition, published by Harper in the same year, is more common.

Philby (Harry St John Bridger). The Empty Quarter, being a Description of the Great South Desert of Arabia known as Rub' al Khali, 1st edition, London: Constable & Company Ltd, 1933, half-title, 32 halftone plates including frontispiece, folding lithographic plan, 2 folding lithographic maps (one strengthened with clear tape along stub, not affecting image), modern dark green half morocco gilt, 8vo (22.8 x 13 cm), together with: Fellows (Charles). Travels and Researches in Asia Minor, more particularly in the Province of Lycia, 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1852, 8 engraved folding maps and plates on thin paper, 2 pp. advertisements, contemporary green calf gilt, large 12mo (18.8 x 11.2 cm), Warburton (Eliot). The Crescent and the Cross; or, Romance and Realities of Eastern Travel, 2 volumes, 3rd edition, London: Henry Colburn, 1845, tinted lithographic frontispiece to each volume, marginal repair to volume 2 text-leaf F1, engraved bookplates of Thomas Gladstone (1804-1889), Tory politician and brother of William Ewart Gladstone, later purple half pigskin, spines sunned, 8vo (19.4 x 11.9 cm), Barker (William Burckhardt). Lares and Penates: or, Cilicia and its Governors, 1st edition, London: Ingram, Cooke, and Co., 1853, wood-engraved frontispiece, 3 plates, folding map, advertisement leaf discarded, Eton leaving inscription to Charles Edward Buckland dated 1863 to initial blank, bookplate of the Viscounts Mountgarret, contemporary tan calf, 8vo (21.5 x 13.5 cm), [Parry, Edward Gambier]. Sudan Campaign 1896-1899. By 'an officer', 1st edition, London: Chapman & Hall, Ld., 1899, 8 folding maps, full-page maps and halftone photographic illustrations throughout, no half-title, contemporary tree calf gilt by Bickers & Son, 8vo (21.2 x 13.2 cm), Bell (Gertrude Lowthian). The Desert and the Sown, 1st edition, London: William Heinemann, 1907, half-title, colour frontispiece, halftone illustrations throughout (many full-page), folding map, edges untrimmed, modern half calf, 8vo (22.5 x 13.9 cm), and 1 other (The Voiage and Travaile of Sir John Maundeville, 1829, contemporary tree calf by Clarke and Bedford, front joint cracked, not collated)Qty: (8)NOTESAbbey Travel 363 (Warburton); Blackmer 78 (Barker); Macro 1781 (Philby), 501 (Bell).

Pleshcheev (Sergey Ivanovich). Survey of the Russian Empire ... Translated from the Russian, with considerable Additions, by James Smirnove, 1st edition in English, London: J. Debrett, 1792, engraved folding map (reinforced along bottom edge verso), engraved folding plate of Russian arms and uniforms (similar reinforcements verso; retrievable paper-disruption to one intersection of folds), half-title discarded, light spotting and toning, modern quarter calf to style, 8vo (21.7 x 12. 5 cm), together with: Elliott (Charles Boileau). Travels in the Three Great Empires of Austria, Russia, and Turkey, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Richard Bentley, 1838, 2 tinted lithographic frontispieces, 2 engraved maps, light browning, spotting to maps and occasionally elsewhere, contemporary ownership inscriptions to endpapers, contemporary black half calf, 8vo (21 x 12.8 cm), James (John Thomas). Journal of a Tour in Germany, Sweden, Russia, Poland, during the Years 1813 and 1814, 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1816, 18 aquatint or etched plates, variable toning to text, a few leaves browned, plates offset, final text-leaf with tear causing loss of text, engraved bookplate (S. R. Gaussen), ink-stamps (Congregation of the Mission, London) to title-page and p. 32, contemporary speckled calf, rebacked with original spine laid down, neat restoration to covers, 4to (26.8 x 20.6 cm), Wolff (Jens). Sketches on a Tour to Copenhagen, through Norway and Sweden, 2nd edition ('with additions and corrections'), London: for Baldwyn and Co., 1816, half-title (with tear not affecting text), 9 etched plates, similar vignettes, spotting, a few damp-stains, vignettes offset, signatures T2-3 loose at head (bound by bottom cord only), paper restoration to top margins of appendix quires K-M touching headline (touching pagination in leaf M2), edges untrimmed, modern half ?sheep, 4to (25.5 x 21.5 cm), and 3 others: Michie, The Siberian Overland Route from Peking to Petersburg, 1st edition, 1864 (wood-engraved frontispiece, vignette title-page, 10 plates, 2 folding maps, moderate damp-staining to plates, maps and title, second map with short closed tear, advertisements discarded, modern half morocco retaining earlier gilt spine, 8vo); The Englishwoman in Russia; Impressions of the Society and Manners of the Russians at Home. By a Lady, Ten Years Resident in that Country, 1st edition, 1855 (6 wood-engraved plates including frontispiece, contemporary red half calf, rebacked, 8vo); Scheffer, The History of Lapland, 2nd edition in English (expanded), 1704, (engraved folding additional title-page, folding map, 2 plates [of 3: lacking plate facing p. 304], 24 engravings in the text of which 15 full-page, contemporary mottled calf, rebacked with original spine laid down, corners restored, 8vo)Qty: (8)NOTESAbbey Travel 31 (Elliott), 16 (James); Atabey 393 (Elliott); Blackmer 541 (Elliott); ESTC T203474/T188833 (Pleshcheev).

Prip-Møller (J.). Chinese Buddhist Monasteries. Their Plan and its Function as a Setting for Buddhist Monastic Life, 1st edition, Copenhagen: G. E. C. Gads Forlag, 1937, half-title, colour plate, 4 folding maps in end-pocket, illustrations throughout the text (mainly collotypes), mild insect-damage to margins of last few leaves and to folding map 1, publisher's prospectus laid in, original half japon gilt, spine restored at head, inner hinges strengthened, mild discolouration to sides, folio, together with: Beal (Samuel, translator). Si-Yu-Ki. Buddhist Records of the Western World. Translated from the Chinese of Hiuen Tsiang (A.D. 629), 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Trübner & Co., 1884, folding map, both volumes largely unopened, original orange cloth gilt, volume 1 slightly shaken and front inner hinge repaired, 8vo, Getty (Alice).The Gods of Northern Buddhism, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1928, 68 plates (some in colour), inner hinges cracked, original green cloth gilt, 4to, Le May (Reginald). A Concise History of Buddhist Art in Siam, 1st edition, Cambridge: University Press, 1938, collotype frontispiece and 205 other illustrations, 2 folding maps, original blue cloth, slightly soiled along top edge of front board, dust jacket (repaired), 4to, Argonaut Press. The Most Noble and Famous Travels of Marco Polo ... Edited from the Elizabeth Translation of John Frampton ... by N. M. Penzer, London: The Argonaut Press, 1929, printed on japon, colour frontispiece, original quarter vellum, book-marker frayed, covers slightly bumped and soiled, 4to, number 715 of 1050 copies, and 4 others, original cloth (not collated): Lyall, Asiatic Studies, First [-Second] Series, 2 volumes, 1899; Heeren, Historical Researches into the Politics, Intercourse, and Trade of the Principal Nations of Antiquity ... Asiatic Nations, 2 volumes, 1856; Fielding, The Soul of a People, 2nd edition, 1899; Thomas, The History of Buddhist Thought, 1933;Qty: (12)

[Rothery, Charles William]. Notes on a Yacht Voyage to Hardanger Fjord and the Adjacent Estuaries. By a Yachting Dabbler, 1st edition, London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longman, [1855], 26 plates (13 tinted lithographs of which 1 double-page, 3 coloured lithographs mounted on card, 8 wood-engravings, and 2 steel-engravings), folding map, faint offsetting, a little light spotting, original pink cloth, joints and inner hinges expertly consolidated, gilt vignette and titles to front cover, 8vo, together with: [Munro, J. K.]. The Mary Ira. Being the Narrative Journal of a Yachting Expedition from Auckland to the South Sea Islands, and a Pedestrian Tour in a New District of New Zealand Bush, 1st edition, London: T. Cautley Newby, 1867, 6 tinted lithographic plates, blind stamp of the Cruising Association Library to title-page, lower fore corner of text-block bumped in places, original cloth, joints neatly consolidated, spine sunned, CAL gilt stamp to front cover, 8vo, Lambert (Charles J.). The Voyage of the "Wanderer", 1st edition, London: Macmillan and Co., 1883, wood-engraved frontispiece, 25 colour plates, folding map, occasional spotting, original cloth, spine-ends nicked, tall 8vo, Ross (William A.). A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden, 2nd edition, London: Henry Colburn, 1849, lithographic frontispiece, 8 + 24 pp. advertisements, original green pictorial cloth gilt, recased, 8vo, Hazen (Jacob A.). Five Years before the Mast, or Life in the Forecastle, aboard a Whaler and Man-of-War, 2nd edition, Philadelphia: Willis P. Hazard, 1848, 7 wood-engraved plates including frontispiece (full collation unknown), additional vignette title-page, occasional staining, original pink pictorial cloth gilt, recased, 8vo, and 9 others, yachting, voyages and naval memoirs, original cloth (not collated), including: Davis, Nimrod of the Sea, or the American Whaleman, 1st UK edition, 1874; Journal of Commodore Goodenough, during his Last Command on the Australian Station, 1st edition, 1876; and similarQty: (14)NOTESAbbey Travel 256 (Rothery); Ferguson 12963 (Munro); Sabin 31121 (Hazen). The three coloured lithographs in Rothery's work are described in Abbey as uncoloured.

Singh (Sir Jagatjit, Maharaja of Kapurthala). My Travels in China, Japan and Java, 1903, 1st edition, London: Hutchinson & Co., 1905, photogravure portrait frontispiece, 51 halftone photographic plates, folding map, a few pale spots to endpapers and edges, original light blue cloth gilt, a few small marks to front cover, 8voQty: (1)NOTESCordier Sinica 3182. Rare: three copies traced in libraries (British Library, Bibliothèque nationale de France, and the University of Montreal).

[St Helena]. A Few Thoughts for the Stranger and Resident in St. Helena, 1st edition, London: Vincent Brooks, Day and Son, 1868, 32 pp., chromolithographic additional title-page, 8 similar plates, contemporary ownership inscription 'Marion Aubin, St. Helena, January 26th 1870' to front free endpaper, similar inscription to additional title, title-page spotted and with adhesion staining along gutter, gilt edges, original dark red cloth gilt, expertly recased, small 8vo, together with: Sibree (James, junior). The Great African Island. Chapters on Madagascar, 1st edition, London: Trübner & Co., 1880, 4 wood-engraved plates including frontispiece, 2 folding maps (one with split along fold), bookplate (Farquharson of Invercauld), original green pictorial cloth gilt over bevelled boards, 8vo, Millican (Albert). Travels and Adventures of an Orchid Hunter. An Account of Canoe and Camp Life in Colombia, while collecting Orchids in the Northern Andes, 1st edition, London: Cassell & Company, Limited, 1891, chromolithographic frontispiece, 21 plates, 16 pp. advertisements, original blue pictorial cloth gilt, a bright copy, 8vo, Fitz Gerald (Edward Arthur). The Highest Andes. A Record of the First Ascent of Aconcagua and Tupungato in Argentina, and the Exploration of the Surrounding Valleys, 1st edition, London: Methuen & Co., 1899, 46 photogravure or halftone plates, 2 folding maps, original red cloth gilt, spine frayed at head and consolidated at foot, 8vo, Grieve (Symington). Notes upon the Island of Dominica (British West Indies), containing Information for Settlers, Investors, Tourists, Naturalists, and Others, 1st edition, London: Adam & Charles Black, 1906, 17 halftone photographic plates, folding map, title-page browned, author's compliments slip tipped to front free endpaper, original red cloth, spine slightly faded, 8vo, and 6 others, travel, southern hemisphere, original cloth, including André, A Naturalist in the Guianas, 1904, Easton Neston copyQty: (11)NOTESLibrary Hub traces four copies of A Few Thoughts for the Stranger and Resident in St. Helena in the UK.

Stevenson (James). The Arabs in Central Africa and at Lake Nyassa, Glasgow: James Maclehose & Sons, 1889, pp. 24 [2], 2 folding colour maps (including 'Slave Trade Map of Africa'), original green wrappers, 8vo, together with: Taylor (J. G.). 'Journal of a Tour in Armenia, Kurdistan, and Upper Mesopotamia, with Notes of Researches in the Deyrsim Dagh in 1866' [extracted from The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society, volume 38], 1st edition, [London: John Murray, 1868], pp. 281-361, folding map (a fragment of the following paper, Staley, 'On the Geographiy and Recent Volcanic Eruption of the Sandwich Islands' and the relevant folding chart bound in at rear), modern boards, 8vo, Royal Geographical Society. Supplementary Papers ... Vol. II. Part 3. Contents ... III. Mr. J. F. Needham's Journey along the Lohit Brahmaputra, between Sadiya in Upper Assam and Rima in South-Eastern Tibet, 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1888, folding map, original wrappers, collector's ink-stamps to title-page and front wrapper, 8vo, Bowen (George Ferguson). Ithaca in 1850, 2nd edition, London: James Ridgway, 1851, pp. [4] 68, original wrappers, inscribed 'W. E. Buckley from Geog. F. Bowen' on title-page and 'From the author' on front wrapper, ink-stamp (Brasenose College Oxford) to title-page, 8vo, and 8 others, similar pamphlets and other works of travel, all but one in original wrappersQty: (12)NOTESStevenson's pamphlet was first published the previous year.

Telfer (J. Buchan). The Crimea and Transcaucasia. Being the Narrative of a Journey in the Kouban, in Gouria, Georgia, Armenia, Ossety, Imeritia, Swannety, and Mingrelia, and in the Tauric Range, 2 volumes in 1, 1st edition, London: Henry S. King & Co., 1876, half-title to volume 1, 2 folding maps, 14 wood-engraved or lithographic plates including frontispiece, short closed handling tear to second map, all edges gilt, original maroon cloth lettered and decorated in gilt and black, 8vo, together with: Bryce (James). Transcaucasia and Ararat: being Notes of a Vacation Tour in the Autumn of 1876, 1st edition, London: Macmillan and Co., 1877, wood-engraved frontispiece, folding map, 36 pp. advertisements, original green cloth gilt, neat repairs to front joint, 8vo Hommaire de Hell (Xavier). Travels in the Steppes of Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, etc., 1st edition in English, London: Chapman and Hall, 1847, original cloth, slightly rubbed, spine darkened, 8vo, Scott (Charles Henry). The Baltic, the Black Sea, and the Crimea: comprising Travels in Russia, a Voyage down the Volga to Astrachan, and a Tour through Crim Tartary, 1st edition, London: Richard Bentley, 1854, half-title, bookplate (S. F. Widdrington), original red cloth, spine strengthened at head and foot, large 12mo, Milner (Thomas). The Crimea, its Ancient and Modern History: the Khans, the Sultans, and the Czars. With Notices of its Scenery and Population, 1st edition, London: Longmans, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855, half-title, 2 folding maps (one as frontispiece), folding plate, without the 24 pp. advertisements noted in some copies, inner hinges neatly strengthened, original purple cloth, spine strengthened at head and foot, 8voQty: (5)NOTESTelfer's work is also encountered bound in two volumes; this one-volume version, with gilt edges, may be a 'prize' issue.

Whyte (William Athenry). A Land Journey from Asia to Europe: being an Account of a Camel and Sledge Journey from Canton to St. Petersburg through the Plains of Mongolia and Siberia, 1st edition, London: Sampson Low, Son, and Marston, 1871, wood-engraved frontispiece, 2 folding maps, 16 pp. advertisements, light spotting to front and back, contents leaves clumsily opened, original dark red decorative cloth, spine rolled and with neat repair, pale discolouration along fore edges of boards, 8vo, together with: Skrine (Francis Henry, & Edward Denison Ross). The Heart of Asia. A History of Russian Turkestan and the Central Asian Khanates from the Earliest Times, 1st edition, London: Methuen & Co., 1899, 32 halftone plates, folding map, text-leaves entirely unopened, ink-stamp the Peabody Library (Vermont) to front free endpaper, original blue pictorial cloth gilt, 8vo, Ward (Frank Kingdon). Plant Hunting on the Edge of the World, 1st edition, London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1930, 16 halftone plates, ownership inscription and mounted gift inscription to front pastedown, original black cloth, 8vo, Hedin (Sven). Overland to India, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1910, 4 folding panoramas, 2 folding maps, numerous plates (all present), bookplates removed from front pastedowns, top edges gilt, original blue pictorial cloth gilt, spines darkened, headcaps repaired, 8vo, and 5 others, Central Asian travel, original cloth (not collated): Ronaldshay, On the Outskirts of Empire in Asia, 1st edition, 1904; ibid., A Wandering Student in the Far East, 1st edition, 1908; Trinkler, The Storm-Swept Roof of Asia, 1st edition in English, 1931; Hakluyt Society, The Desert Route to India, 1st edtion, 1929Qty: (11)

Wilson (James). A Missionary Voyage to the Southern Pacific Ocean, performed in the Years 1796, 1797, 1798, in the Ship Duff, commander by Captain James Wilson ... icnlduing Details never before published, of the Natural and Civil State of Otaheite, 1st edition, London: by S. Gosnell, for T. Chapman, 1799, 13 engraved maps and plates (a few folding), light offsetting, General Map spotted, a few spots to other plates or maps, General Map and Feejee Islands map each with retrievable paper-disruption to central intersection of folds, engraved bookplate (Arthur Kelly, Kelly), contemporary marbled calf, rebacked with original spine laid down, 4to (28.9 x 22.2 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESBorba de Moraes II pp. 378-9; ESTC T87461; Ferguson 301; cf. Sabin 49490 (for the 'ordinary' edition). The preferred Gosnell edition: there was also an 'ordinary' edition (Ferguson) with the imprint 'for T. Chapman ... by T. Gillet', in a completely different setting and on smaller paper; Gosnell's edition is thought to have priority. Borba de Moraes is mistaken in citing a second edition 'similar in all details [to Gosnell's edition] except for the signature of the plates', that is, with 'J. Landseer direxit' rather than 'for Missionary Voyage': it is in fact Gosnell's edition in which the plates have 'J. Landseer direxit'. 'The Duff was the first missionary vessel to sail the little-known waters of the Pacific Ocean. After 208 days the vessel reached Tahiti, landing seventeen missionaries there, a further twelve at Tonga, and one on the Marquesas ... Several of the missionaries settled in Australia and founded families important in Australian history. The Duff proceeded from Tonga through the Fiji and Caroline Groups to Canton. In the course of this voyage the Duff Group was discovered and named and the knowledge of Pacific geography considerably extended' (Ferguson).

Wright (Arnold, editor). Twentieth Century Impressions of Ceylon: its History, People, Commerce, Industries, and Resources, London: Lloyd's Greater Britain Publishing Company, Ltd., 1907, half-title, halftone illustrations throughout, marginal damp-staining towards rear, all edges gilt, original red morocco gilt, rebacked with original spine laid down, a few scuffs and marks, 4to, together with: Macmillan (Allister, editor). Seaports of India and Ceylon, 1st edition, London: W. H. & L. Collingridge, 1928, half-title, folding map, halftone illustrations throughout, cloth tape supports applied to inner hinges at an early date, all edges gilt, original green cloth gilt, dust jacket (slightly marked, a few nicks and repairs), 4to, Furneaux (J. H., editor). Glimpses of India. A Grand Photographic History of the Land of Antiquity, the Vast Empire of the East, 1st edition, Philadelphia: Made by Historical Publishing Company, published by C. B. Burrows, care William Watson & Co., Bombay, 1895, tinted halftone frontispiece, similar illustrations throughout (many full-page), final 2 leaves (glossary) creased, original maroon cloth, mottled, fraying to spine ends, oblong 4to, and 2 others (Mookerji, Indian Shipping, 1st edition, 1912, and The Land of the Rupee, 1st edition, 1912, both original cloth, 4to)Qty: (5)

Castlemaine (Roger Palmer, Earl of). An Account of the Present War between the Venetians & Turk; with the state of Candie: (in a letter to the king, from Venice.), 1st edition, London: printed by J.M. for H. Herringman, 1666, pp. [20], 93, [3], engraved portrait frontispiece with early signature Tho Willughby to verso (frontispiece leaf A1, close-trimmed at head & torn to lower inner corner with slight loss), 2 double-page engraved maps (including map of the Eastern Mediterranean, & plan of Old Candy Town, present-day Heraklion, by Wenceslaus Hollar. Both close-trimmed at head), early signature T. Willughby & shelf mark A:6:12 at head of title, occasional pencil marginal notes, few leaves cropped to page numbers at head, last leaf blank with early manuscript to verso (leaf torn in half vertically with loss), upper board inscribed 'Fronte Caper' and rear board with armorial bookplate of Lieutenant Commander Edward Scott Williams R.N. (Retd.), and manuscript note 'received at Roscdghill Cottage, Penzance Sept. 24th, 1937 from Blackwell, Oxford', contemporary sheep, slight loss at head & foot of spine, rubbed and light wear, small 8voQty: (1)NOTESWing C1238; ESTC R7289; Blackmer 1239. 'Charles II had asked the Earl of Castlemaine to keep him informed of events while he toured Europe, and on Castlemaine's arrival in Venice he sent the King a long letter of information on the war in Crete between the Venetians and the Turks, which was then entering its final phase. When Castlemaine returned to England he received permission to print the letter, which is a basic source of information on the 20-year battle in Crete' (Blackmer).

Younghusband (Sir Francis). Peking to Lhasa. The Narrative of Journeys in the Chinese Empire made by the Late Brigadier-General George Pereira, 1st edition, London: Constable and Company Ltd., 1925, photogravure portrait frontispiece, 32 halftone photographic plates, 2 folding maps, advertisement leaf, short closed tear to inside fold of second map touching neat line, original dark blue cloth, pale mottling to rear board, a bright copy, 8vo, together with: Little (Archibald John). Mount Omi and Beyond. A Record of Travel on the Thibetan Border, 1st edition, London: William Heinemann, 1901, half-title, 16 halftone photographic plates including frontispiece, folding map, original blue pictorial cloth, spine slightly faded, a few marks, 8vo, David-Neel (Alexandra). My Journey to Lhasa. The Personal Story of the only White Woman who Succeeded in entering the Forbidden City, 1st edition, London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1927, 16 halftone photographic plates including frontispiece, publisher's file-copy ink-stamp to front free endpaper, original black cloth, pictorial vignette gilt to front board, spine rolled, 8vo, Farrer (Reginald). On the Eaves of the World, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Edward Arnold, 1917, half-titles, 64 halftone photographic plates, folding map, light spotting to outer text-leaves, ownership inscriptions 'F. Mitford Ransome' dated 1930 to front free endpapers, original blue cloth, volume 1 spine rolled, 8vo, Jenkins (Catherine Minna, Lady). Sport and Travel in Both Tibets, 1st edition, London: Blaes, East & Blades, 1909, 25 colour plates, folding lithographic map, original blue cloth, photographic onlay to front board, faint mottling to boards (stronger to onlay), folio, and 2 others on TibetQty: (8)NOTESCordier Sinica 3340 (Farrer), 4395 (Jenkins); Czech Asia p. 112 (Jenkins); Neate L43 (Little). It is the seond impression of Farrer's work (1926) which is more usually encountered.

Bath & West of England Society. Letters and Papers on Agriculture, Planting, &c., selected from the correspondence of the Bath and West of England Society, for the encouragement of Agriculture, Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, originally published in nine volumes, abridged in two, 2 volumes, Bath: Printed by R. Cruttwell, 1802, 26 engraved plates (including 2 folding printed in green ink), 5 folding tables (one torn with loss and repaired), marbled endpapers with later cloth hinges, contemporary diced calf, rebacked, 8vo, together with: ibid., Letters and Papers on Agriculture, Planting, & c..., volume 12 only, Bath: Richard Cruttwell, 1810, one folding hand-coloured map and four folding engraved plates, scattered spotting, untrimmed, original boards, 8vo, Young (Arthur), A Six Weeks Tour, through the Southern Counties of England and Wales, 2nd edition, London: W. Strahan, W. Nicoll, B. Collins & J. Balfour, 1769, manuscript name to title, one folding engraved plate, F8 loose, final leaf torn at foot with loss, modern calf-backed marbled boards, 8vo, ibid., General View of the Agriculture of Lincolnshire. Drawn up by order of the Board of Agriculture and Internal Improvement, by the Secretary of the Board, 2nd edition, London: Richard Phillips, 1808, three folding hand-coloured engraved maps, 11 engraved (3 folding), edges untrimmed, original boards, joints slightly cracked, light wear, 8vo, Holt (John), General View of the Agriculture of the County of Lancaster..., London: G. Nicol, 1795, folding engraved map frontispiece, five engraved plates (one folding), two folding plans, edges untrimmed, modern calf-backed cloth, 8vo, Boys (John), General View of the Agriculture of the County of Kent ... Drawn up for the consideration of the Board of Agriculture..., 2nd edition, London: Richard Phillips, 1805, half-title, folding hand-coloured engraved map frontispiece, two engraved plates, one folding table, edges untrimmed, modern calf-backed cloth, 8vo, and three othersQty: (10)

[Board of Agriculture; Scotland]. Two volumes of agricultural reports, 1793-5, comprising: 1. Sinclair (Sir John). General View of the Agriculture of the Northern Counties and Islands of Scotland, 1st edition, London: Colin Macrae, 1795, half-title, 2 hand-coloured maps (1 folding), folding plate, ESTC T40694, Kress B3034, 2. Donaldson (James). General View of the Agriculture of Kincardine, 1st edition, London: at the Philanthropic Reform, 1795, half-title (soiled), ESTC T40641, Kress B2921, 3. Pringle (Andrew). General View of the Agriculture of ... Westmoreland, 1st edition, Edinburgh: Chapman and Company, 1694 [i.e. 1794], half-title, ESTC N1490, Kress B2815 (for the issue with the date correctly printed, and with a map), 4. Robson (James). General View of the Agriculture in ... Argyll and Western Part of Inverness-Shire, 1st edition, London: W. Smith, 1794, half-title, ESTC T40596, Kress B2824, 5. Donaldson (James). General View of the Agriculture of the Carse of Gowrie, in the County of Perth, 1st edition, London: C. Macrae, 1794, half-title (soiled), folding table, appears to lack leaf [pi]3 unless this is accounted for by the folding table, ESTC T40608, Kress B2692-3, 6. Robertson (James). General View of the Agriculture in the Southern Districts in the County of Perth, 1st edition, London: J. Nichols, 1794, half-title, soiling and marginal tear to final leaf, ESTC T40601, Kress B2821, 7. Marshall (William). General View of the Agriculture of the Central Highlands of Scotland, 1st edition, London: T. Wright, 1794, half-title (soiled), damp-staining to gutter, ESTC T40609, Kress B2876, 8. Trotter (James). General View of the Agriculture of the County of West Lothian, 1st edition, Edinburgh: Adam Neill and Company, 1794, half-title (soiled), ESTC T40684, Kress B2851, 9. Donaldson (James). General View of the Agriculture of the County of Elgin or Moray, 1st edition, London: C. Clarke, 1794, half-title (soiled), ESTC T40628, Kress B2695, 10. Anderson (James). General View of the Agriculture ... of Aberdeen, 1st edition, Edinburgh: [no publisher], 1794, half-title (soiled), engraved plate, ESTC T40592, 11. Naismith (John). General View of the Agriculture of ... Clydesdale 1st edition, Brentford: P. Norbury, 1794, half-title (soiled), ESTC T40622, Kress B2802, 12. Donaldson (James). General View of the Agriculture of ... Nairn, 1st edition, London: B. Millan, 1794, half-title (soiled), ESTC T40656, Kress B2696, 13. Robertson (George). General View of the Agriculture of the County of Mid Lothian, 1st edition, Edinburgh: J. Anderson, 1793, half-title, hand-coloured map, half-title soiled, damp-staining to front, quire H duplicated, an incomplete duplicate copy of the entire work bound in at rear (stopping at p. 60), ESTC T40655, Kress B2604, engraved bookplates (sheep statant on shield with initial 'S'), contemporary uniform marbled half sheep, marbled paper sides, volume 1 front joint cracking at head, 4to (25 x 19.5 cm)Qty: (2)

Peter Green: Nantwich scenes, watercolours, signed, 25 x 32 cm, framed and glazed; a framed map of Chester; 2 oval prints

A 17th/18th hand coloured map of Cheshire, 37 x 49 cm, framed and glazed

A hand coloured antique map "Cestria", 42 x 52, framed and glazed

WWII German leather map case. P&P Group 1 (£14+VAT for the first lot and £1+VAT for subsequent lots)

Framed and glazed hand tinted map of Anglesea and an antique etching. Not available for in-house P&P, contact Paul O'Hea at Mailboxes on 01925 659133

An antique green sea turtle shell painted with a map of Anduu Atol and a sunset beach scene to the inside of the shell. L.50x40cm