London: Arther Barker Ltd., 1936. First edition. 8vo. 344 pp. Publisher's light blue cloth, gilt lettered to the spine. Frontispiece photographic portrait of the author. Spine faded, discolouration to the boards, else a decent copy. More
London, 1814, 16, 17, 19. Four works in one volume, first editions, 4to. 121 plates, including woodcut titles to the first two works and engraved ones for the last two, slight cracking of upper hinge with the fly leaf a little loose. Later 19th century black half morocco, top of..... More
Westminster: Archibald Constable and Company, 1892. 8vo, xxxi, (i), 273, (1), 8 advertisement pp. Coloured frontispiece plus 9 full page illustrations and a folding map, plus at the end a sheet of perforated catalogue slips for this book, advertised for the use of "...Booksellers, Librarians, Cataloguers, and Bookbuyers generally". Light..... More
Hove: Combridges, 1948. First edition, small 8vo, 279, (1) pp. 2 plates plus illustrations in the text. Cloth, d.w. with some loss to the edges, some soiling and tears also. More
Edinburgh: Printed by George Ramsay and Company, for Archibald Constable and Company [et al], 1813. Third edition, volume VIII only, 4to, 26 pp, followed by 81 plates and 3 folding maps. Text leaves partly unopened with a couple of small marginal tears to the top edge, some light marginal browning..... More
London: Edward Arnold, 1914. First edition. 8vo. xii, 307, (1) pp. Contemporary prize binding from Repton School, midnight blue full calf, spine with raised bands, gilt lettered direct to two panels, the college crest in gilt to another panel and to the upper board, prize label to the front pastedown..... More
London: Edward Arnold, 1910. First edition. 8vo. xvi, 335, (1), 8 pp. Publisher's dark green cloth, gilt lettered to the spine and decorated with a vignette of two soldiers to the upper board, bookplate to the front pastedown. Frontispiece and 60 illustrations over 29 plates plus a folding map at..... More
Edinburgh University Press, 1992. First edition thus. 4to. viii, 306 pp. Publisher's brown cloth, gilt lettered to the spine, dust jacket. 20 plates, 12 figures, 5 maps and 12 ship's plans. An excellent copy. More
London: Thos. Cook & Son, 1921. Fourth edition, small 8vo, xx, 955, (1) pp. 8 folding maps plus a large folding map in a pocket at the end, numerous illustrations in the text, marbled endpapers and edges. Original gilt titled cloth, spine slightly sunned and rubbed. More
London: John Murray, 1928. 8vo, (ii), 375, (1) pp. 8 plates and a folding map of the world showing the Cachalot's course. Bound for Hatchards in later blue half morocco, t.e.g., a handsome copy. More
St. Leonards-on-Sea: Budd & Gillatt, 1949. First edition, 8vo, (vi), 302 pp. Original printed wrappers, spine browned, rubbing to top of spine, one corner creased. More
[n.p.]: Published on Behalf of the British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem by the World of Islam Festival Trust, (1987). First edition, no. 1588 of 3,000 copies. 4to. 623 pp. Publisher's blue leatherette, gilt lettered to spine and decorated to boards, dust jacket, housed in original matching slipcase. 32 colour..... More
London: Cassell Petter & Galpin, 1877. "Cheap edition". 8vo. xviii, 487, (1), 4, 8 pp. Publisher's blindstamped dark blue cloth, gilt to the spine and upper board. Frontispiece folding map plus two further folding maps in a pocket to the rear. Darkening to the spine, some general patina, else very..... More
London: William Heinemann, 1926. First edition, 8vo, xxii, 370 pp. Frontispiece and 30 plates. Original gilt titled dark blue cloth, an excellent copy. Born on a Dakota Sioux reservation, Burnham became an expert scout and was awarded the DSO for his services to Britain during the various conflicts in southern..... More
London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1876. First edition, 8vo, xii, 275, (1) pp. Folding frontispiece plus a few illustrations in the text, Errata slip tipped in, minor loss from the top corner of the fly leaf, monogrammatical bookplate of C.J. Peacock. Original grey cloth, gilt title and vignette, decorative black..... More
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..... More
London: C. Kegan Paul & Co., 1879. First edition. Two volumes. xxviii, 338; viii, 319, (1) pp. Contemporary brown full calf, spine with raised bands, gilt lettered red labels, blindstamped decoration to the panels and an ornate border to the boards, marbled endpapers, prize bookplates from the Royal Masonic Institution..... More
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..... More
London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, [c.1896]. Fifteenth edition, 8vo, (xii), 386 pp. Folding coloured map and 6 plates, prize inscription to front blank, marbled endpapers and edges. Contemporary wine red calf, double gilt rules, gilt spine with slight sunning else a lovely copy. General Butler travelled from Lake Superior..... More
London: The Architectural Press, (1935). First edition, 8vo, 62, (2) pp. 8 plates plus photographic illustrations and a coloured double page map. Original spiral bound wrappers, some light rubbing and creasing. More
[London]: Macmillan and Co., 1933. First edition, large 8vo, xvi, 328 pp. Coloured frontispiece after a painting by the Author and 24 black and white photographic plates, signature to fly leaf. Original cloth, some light staining and sunning. Travels from Moscow and Leningrad through the Ukraine and Himalayas... More
London: Macmillan & Co., 1937. First edition, 8vo, (x), 341, (1, 2 advertisement) pp. 16 black and white photographic plates, signed by the author on a front blank, neat restoration to the lower edge of the same leaf. Original blue cloth, recased with new endpapers, a small chip to the..... More
London: John Lehmann, 1949. 8vo, 263, (1) pp. 33 black and white photographic illustrations, some occasional foxing. Buckram, d.w. with some loss to the spine ends and edges of the lower wrapper, a few spots. More
London: Duckworth, 1928. First edition. 8vo. 292 pp. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt lettered to the spine, dust jacket, the ownership inscription of an Ianthi Zygounas dated July 1928 to the front free endpaper. Frontispiece and 32 black and white plates, mostly photographic and including many taken by the author. The..... More
London: Printed for the Author, by W. Bulmer, 1811. First edition, 4to, (iii)-xl, (600) pp, bound without the half title. Contemporary owner's inscription to title, modern booklabel to fly leaf. Recent green half morocco, marbled sides, a lovely copy. More