Shanghai: Kelly and Walsh, 1930. Limited edition, no. 77 of 750 copies signed by the author, 4to, xxxi, (i), 177, (11) pp. Coloured frontispiece and 115 plates, mostly in colour, patterned endpapers. Original cloth backed patterned boards, spine slightly dull, recently rebacked retaining the original backstrip.

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London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1856. First edition, 8vo, xl, (ii), 648, 24 advertisement pp. 4 fine coloured lithographs and 2 maps, the plates with some mostly marginal soiling, original endpapers with advertisements bound in. Modern red half morocco, black spine label. A famous account of Burton's journey to...

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London: J. Bell, 1797. Three volumes. First English translation. Contemporary full speckled calf, spines with gilt rules, gilt lettered red title labels and dark green oval number labels, the later armorial bookplate of the Cobbold family of Ipswich to the front pastedowns of volumes II and III, all three volumes...

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Florentiæ [Florence]: Apud Iuntas [Giunta], 1552. First separate edition. 8vo. (12), 96, (2) pp, bound without the final blank as often. Later, probably 18th century full calf, spine with raised bands, blindstamped decoration to the boards, the early ownership inscription of a Danto Maria di Franco del Besso to the...

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Boston: Lee and Shepard; New York: Lee, Shepard and Dillingham, 1874. 8vo. (viii), 192 pp. Attractive near contemporary blue half morocco over marbled boards by E.P. Dutton & Co., spine with raised bands, gilt lettered direct to two panels and with gilt flower devices inlaid with red to the other...

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London: Printed for W. Owen... and sold at the Pamphlet Shops at the Royal Exchange,... 1748. Third edition. 8vo. (vi), 9-58 pp. Later printed marbled wrappers. Very good. Cf. Moore, 129, with slightly different pagination, though this copy matches those listed on ESTC. First published in 1706 in Edinburgh in...

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Amsterdam: Daniel van den Dalen and François Halma; Utrecht: Wilhelm vande Water, 1700. Two volumes. Second edition. Folio. (28), 666, (10) [pp. 183-184 repeated and page numbers 343-348 omitted as usual, the text and signatures continual]; (18), 390, (6), 393-608, 61, (1) pp. Contemporary mottled full calf, spine with raised...

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London: Printed for J. Robinson and W. Payne, 1744. Second English edition. 12mo. (iv), 290 pp. Contemporary full calf, spine with raised bands, renewed gilt lettered label to style, gilt tooling to other panels, armorial bookplate to front pastedown. Expert repairs to head, tail and joints, a very good copy...

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London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1819. First edition. 8vo. xx, 668, (2) pp. Contemporary calf boards, sometime rebacked, gilt lettered green label, gilt decoration to the rest of spine, endpapers and all edges marbled. Five folding plates. The boards worn, else a very good copy.

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London: Printed... by Rouland Hall for Humfrey Toye dwelling in Paules Churche yearde at the signe of the Helmette, 1562. First English edition. Small 4to. (10), 32, 32-68, 99-100, 1-42, [3] ff. Six leaves (D3-E4) with slight loss to the lower corners just clipping the text, now sensitively repaired and...

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La Haye [The Hague]: Imprimé pour l'Auteur... et se vend... Chez Adrien Moetjens, 1734. First edition. Folio. (viii), 256, (8) pp. Contemporary tree sheep, spine flat with gilt tooled bands, gilt lettered to one panel, the 19th century armorial bookplate of the Pauncefoot Duncombe baronets to the front pastedown. Frontispiece...

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London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1903. Second impression, 8vo, xii, 336, (4 advertisement) pp. Four maps (1 folding), some occasional light foxing. Original black cloth, silver vignette to upper cover, rebacked retaining the original, slightly dull, backstrip.

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