London: Ward, Lock, and Co., 1890. Third edition thus, 8vo, xx, 394 pp. Engraved illustrations, light foxing at the beginning and end, marbled endpapers and edges, prize label of Elizabeth College, Guernsey, to paste down. Contemporary tree, gilt arms, borders and spine, red spine label, a few minor scuffs, a...... More
Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1885. First edition, 8vo, (viii), 291, (1), 4, 24 advertisement pp. Three folding maps, one with closed tears to the inner margin, slightly later inscription to half title, some occasional foxing. Original maroon cloth, spine slightly sunned and rubbed, with an old ink..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1905. Third reprint, 8vo, (xvi), 474 pp. Black and white illustrations, marbled endpapers and edges, Prize label of Lindisfarne College, Westcliff-on-Sea. Contemporary tree calf, gilt spine with a black label, gilt arms to upper cover, some rubbing to spine and extremities. More
Wootton: Printed and Published by George Brannon, [1840s]. 8vo, 104, viii pp. Vignette title and 21 plates plus a map at p. 16, not listed, small piece torn from the lower corner of one of the preliminary leaves, not affecting the text. Original cloth backed pictorial boards, recently recased. More
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1886. Tenth edition. 8vo. xvi, 511, (1) pp. Publisher's blue-grey cloth, ornate decoration in gilt and black to all sides, a slightly later gift inscription to the front flyleaf. Frontispiece and 8 plates plus 2 folding maps, 2 full pages maps and a further four..... More
London: Printed for the Proprietors, 1817. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo. Vignette title pages, a map and 104 engraved plates, lacking a plate ("Ancient Brass in Birchington Church") listed in volume I but with an extra plate ("East Cliff, Thanet") not listed at page 96 of the same, marbled endpapers..... More
London: W. Marshall, 1830. Sole edition. Small 8vo. (iv), 147, (5); (iv), 192, (4) pp. Uncut in original green pebbled cloth, gilt lettered brown leather spine labels, small old bookseller's catalogue description affixed to the front pastedown, a few pencilled annotations in an old hand. Folding map, 2 engraved title..... More
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
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
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
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
London: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1935. First British edition. 8vo. xvi, 272 pp. Publisher's purple cloth, pale blue lettering to the spine, map endpapers, loosely inserted is an illustrated first day cover featuring the signature of Terris Moore, stamped January 1978 in Anchorage, an unrelated early ownership inscription to..... 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: Darf Publishers, 1986. Two volumes, 8vo. Black and white illustrations and a folding map. Cloth, d.w.'s, spine to volume I sunned otherwise very good. First published 1855, this is a facsimile of the Memorial edition originally published in 1893. 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