London: Printed for T. Cadell, 1790. First edition, 4to, (iii)-xii, (5)-165, (1), 8 advertisement pp, bound without the half title. 30 folding plates, mostly showing ship manoeuvres, with some light browning and several pencilled annotations, edge of one plate soiled. Contemporary half calf, spine neatly restored retaining the original backstrip.....

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London: John Murray, 1882. Sixth edition, twenty-fourth thousand. 8vo. xxi, (1), 458. Publisher's dark green cloth, gilt lettered to the spine, one early inscription to the head of the title page crossed with another slightly later inscription underneath. Folding table. Neatly recased, the fore edge of half title slightly proud.....

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London: Jonathan Cape, (1968). Uncorrected proof, 8vo, 255, (1) pp. Original light green paperback, d.w. with some bumping to the spine ends, particularly at the top as a result of the wrapper being slightly taller. Very good.

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London: John Murray, 1891. Sixth edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, xxvi, 365, (1, 1 advertisement, 1); (vi), 339, (1) pp. Portrait frontispiece and a folding plate. Original grey-green cloth, spines slightly dull, extremities a little rubbed. Freeman 437. Published the same year as the 41st thousand of the standard issue of.....

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(London): Hodder & Stoughton, (1962). First edition, 8vo, 223, (1) pp. Signature to the fly leaf. Cloth, first state d.w., some mild marks and browning, top of the spine rubbed.

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London: John Murray, 1839. Eight volumes. 8vo. Contemporary purple straight grain morocco, spines faded to brown, twin olive gilt lettered spine labels, gilt decoration to the edges of the boards, endpapers and all edges marbled, armorial bookplate of Frederick Wildman Burnett to the front pastedowns. Frontispiece portrait and 8 engraved.....

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London: Hy. Washbourne, 1847. "New edition - enlarged". 8vo. iv, iv, iv, iv, iv, 402 pp. Publisher's blindstamped green cloth, gilt to the spine with further gilt devices to the boards, top edge gilt. Illustrated title and 31 plates (17 China, 14 India, all tinted lithographs) plus folding maps of.....

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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: Cruchley, 1857. Map diameter 63 cm, overall 66 x 66.5 cm. Circular folding map of the environs of London extending from Ware down to Dorking and Stanford-le-Hope across to Windsor, full original colour marking out the counties, dissected into 28 sections and mounted on linen, marbled paper to the.....

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London: (1) Printed for A. Baldwin, (2 & 3) Printed for John Morphew, (4) Printed for James Roberts, (5) Printed for J. Bettenham, (1-4) 1710, (5) 1719. Five works in one volume, second edition of the first work and sole editions of the rest, 8vo, (iv), 86, 88, iv, 180.....

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Edinburgh: Printed for E. Wingrove... and J. Balfour, 1793. Ninth edition thus, 8vo, 520 pp. 3 folding plates, marbled endpapers. Handsomely bound by Riviere and Son in early 20th century vellum, t.e.g., minor sunning of spine and some mild marks, a lovely copy.

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London: Hodder and Stoughton, [1868]. Small 4to. (viii), (2) pp. Publisher's printed boards recently rebacked to style in maroon cloth, contemporary gift inscription to the front free endpaper along with the original bookseller's ticket of W. Whiteley of Westbourne Grove to the front pastedown. 12 anthropomorphic colour maps of European.....

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