London: Jonathan Cape, (1935). First trade edition, 4to, 672 pp. 48 plates, 4 folding maps and 6 other illustrations. Original brown buckram, crossed swords with inscription in gilt on upper cover, spine and edges of the upper cover sunned. O'Brien A042. More
London: Jonathan Cape, (1935). First trade edition, 4to, 672 pp. 48 plates, 4 folding maps and 6 other illustrations, bookplate to fly leaf. Original brown buckram, slightly marked to the lower edges, d.w. browned and marked with light dampstaining to the lower edges. O'Brien A042. More
London: William Kimber, (1964). 8vo, 212 pp. 20 plates and 2 maps. Cloth, d.w., price clipped, spine slightly browned otherwise a fine copy. Originally published in 1852 and not reprinted until the present edition. More
London: Robert John Bush, 1870. First edition, large 8vo, xvi, 272 pp. 40 plates plus a map and 40 vignettes in the text. Modern half calf, gilt spine, marbled sides, an excellent copy. More
London: Cassell and Company, 1910. First edition, 8vo, (xiv), 272 pp. Folding frontispiece and 15 photographic plates, frontispiece with a marginal tear, half title creased, marbled endpapers, Presentation label to paste down. Contemporary maroon morocco, gilt rules, spine with raised bands, a.e.g., spine slightly sunned, some rubbing to joints otherwise..... More
Paris: Paul Hartmann, 1935. First trade edition. Small 4to. (viii), (viii) pp. Finely bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe in blue full morocco with the original wrappers bound in at the front and rear, spine with raised bands, gilt lettered direct to two panels and decorated to the others, gilt rules..... More
Ceylon: The Colombo Apothecaries Company, (1926). First edition, 8vo, (x), 506 pp. 13 illustrations on 7 plates, lacking the frontispiece, later signature to fly leaf. Original gilt titled cloth, faded and marked, spine ends bumped. More
London: Walter Scott, [1880s]. First edition, large 8vo, viii, 632 pp. Chromolithographed second title and 11 chromolithographed plates, light foxing at the beginning and end, later marbled endpapers. Original gilt and black decorated cloth, a.e.g., recased. More
London: Sampson Low, Marston, and Company, 1899. First edition, 8vo, (viii), 298 pp. 3 photographic plates, one slightly creased to the outer margin, fly leaf torn and repaired, with a contemporary signature. Original red cloth, spine faded with loss to ends, light marking to the lower cover. Scarce. More
London: William Collins, 1871. Small 8vo, 189, (13 advertisement) pp, coloured folding map plus engravings in the text, original gilt titled cloth, spine a little sunned. More
Brighton: Printed for the Author, 1831. First edition. 8vo. iv, 268, (8) pp. Uncut in later marbled boards, handwritten spine label, late 20th century pictorial bookplate to the front free endpaper. Folding map Very good. An uncommon copy of Lower's first work. More
Lewes: Printed for Subscribers only by Geo. P. Bacon, 1865. First edition, 4to, (xii), 346, (2 Index) pp. Coloured lithographic frontispiece and 7 plates plus illustrations in the text, some occasional foxing. Uncut in modern black quarter calf, marbled sides, an excellent copy. More
Calcutta: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1908. Three volumes. 8vo. Publisher's dark green cloth, gilt lettered to the spines, the state arms to the upper board of volume III, old bookplates of Marlborough College Reading Rooms to the front pastedowns of the first two volumes, which also feature the inscription "Presented..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1924. First edition. 8vo. xii, 210, (4) pp. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt lettered to the spine and with a circular gilt vignette to the upper board, inscribed to "G.F. Clayton from the Author" on the front pastedown with an author's compliments slip loosely inserted. Colour..... More
Paris: Librairie Armand Colin, 1920. First edition. Two volumes. 8vo. (vi), x, 340; (iv), 304 pp. Publisher's blue cloth, faded to the brown on the spines, gilt lettering, ownership inscription of Mrs. Aubrey Le Blond to the front free endpapers, calling card of the author "La Maréchale Lyautey" inscribed by..... More
[Both] London: John Murray, 1825. Two volumes bound in one, second and first editions respectively. 8vo. xii, 468; xvi, 198, (2) pp. Later half calf over marbled boards, twin gilt lettered black labels. Frontispieces, 6 and 7 plates respectively plus a folding map in each work. The first edition of..... More
London: Peter Davies, 1942. First edition. 8vo. (vi), 210 pp. Publisher's red cloth, gilt lettered to the spine, early ownership inscription to the front free endpaper, dust jacket. Frontispiece and 25 photographic illustrations, two or three to a page. Jacket spine tanned plus some light soiling overall, minor wear to..... More
Edinburgh: William Blackwood & London: T. Cadell, 1833. Second edition, 2 volumes, (iii)-xxiv, 559, (1); (iii-xvi), 606 pp, bound without the half titles. 16 maps and plans, mostly folding, including one not listed, marbled endpapers and edges, armorial bookplates of Thomas Ridgway with a later owner's inscription to them also..... More
London: Richard Bentley, 1849. First edition, two volumes, 8vo, 308; 328 pp. Some occasional mild soiling and browning. Recent maroon half morocco, marbled sides, gilt spines with black labels, a very good copy. "Depicts with great fidelity and vivacity the manners and condition, the toils, privations, and perils of the..... More
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1824. First edition. Four volumes. 8vo. Uncut in original drab boards neatly rebacked to style with renewed paper spine labels. A very good set. More
London: The Hakluyt Society, 1988. Two volumes, 8vo. 14 illustrations and maps. Gilt titled cloth, d.w.'s with some rubbing, slight sunning of spines. Hakluyt Society, second series, volumes 169 and 170. More
London: Grant Richards, 1920. First edition, 8vo, 213, (1) pp. Portrait frontispiece and 31 plates, later inscription to fly leaf. Original cloth, some minor marks, slight darkening of spine otherwise very good. More
London: Printed for John Murray, 1812. Sole edition thus. 8vo. (iv), 198 pp, bound without the final leaf of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary half calf rebacked to style, raised bands, gilt lettered red label, an autograph letter signed from the author bound in on a tab at the front of the..... More
Hull University Press, 1987. Reprint. 8vo. xii, 259, (1) pp. Original printed wrappers, small old owner's label to the half title. One map. Very good. More
University of California Press, (1983). First edition thus, two volumes, large 8vo. Cloth, slipcase, an excellent set. More