(London): The Golden Cockerel Press, (1943). Limited edition, no. 283 of 500 copies, large 8vo, 128 pp. Portrait frontispiece, map endpapers. Original green quarter morocco, t.e.g., spine sunned, sides with some light foxing. Cockalorum 155. More
London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854. First English edition, 8vo, xiv, 465, (1) pp. Frontispiece with some light spots, advertisements at both ends, slight loss to the outer edge of the first two leaves of advertisements, signature of Sir John Glubb "Pasha" to paste down. Original blind stamped cloth, gilt titled..... More
Gurgaon: Vintage Books, 1992. 8vo. (vi), x, 230, (6), cxxxi, (1) pp. Publisher's black cloth, silver lettered to the spine, dust jacket, private ownership book label to the front pastedown. Folding table plus 4 folding maps. Some minor edge wear to the jacket, else very good. More
London: Chapman and Hall, 1842. First edition, first issue. Two volumes. 8vo. (xii), 308; (viii), 306, (6) pp., a few gatherings unopened. Publisher's blind stamped cloth, gilt lettered to the spine, early armorial bookplate of a Henry Birkbeck to the front pastedowns and his lightly pencilled ownership inscription to the..... More
London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co., Ltd., [c.1936]. First edition. 8vo. x, 310 pp. Publisher's red cloth, black lettered to the spine. A few marks to the cloth, slight fading to the spine, very good overall. The author's memoir of his time in the Navy. He notably served on board..... More
Altrincham: John Sherratt and Son, for Hale Civic Society, (1972). First edition, 8vo, (xii), 164 pp. Black and white illustrations, folding map at the end. Cloth, d.w. browned. More
London: Jonathan Cape & the Medici Society, (1924). Two volumes, 8vo, xxvi, 623, (1); xiv, 690 pp. 9 plates, illustrations in the text and a large coloured folding map in a pocket at the end of volume I. Loosely inserted is an autograph letter from the author, on his headed..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1943. Second impression thus. Two volumes. Large 8vo. 674; 696 pp. 20th century brown full morocco, gilt lettered to the spines, marbled endpapers, prior owner's discreet booklabel to the front pastedowns. Portrait frontispiece, 8 plates and 2 folding maps. An attractive set. "[I] have grown to consider..... More
London: Duckworth and Co., 1908. Two volumes, 8vo. Frontispieces and a double page map, labels removed from the paste downs. Original dark green cloth spines darkened, with remnants of small labels to the foot. Originally published in 1888, this is the first abridged edition. More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1888. Tenth thousand, 8vo, (xii), 228, 16 advertisement pp. Five folding maps - the map at the end showing two maps on the same sheet, plus a few illustrations in the text, signature to half title. Original gilt titled red cloth, a couple of minor marks..... More
London: Adam and Charles Black, 1911. First edition, 8vo, (viii), 172, (3 advertisement, 1) pp. 20 coloured plates with captioned tissues plus a folding map at the end, half title foxed, endpapers browned. Original gilt titled white cloth, t.e.g., some faint soiling. Inman 133. More
Genève et Bale: Librarie H. Georg, 1859. Second edition, 8vo, 32 pp, with 3 plates of sketches of the ascent, unopened in the original green printed wrappers, a few marks, otherwise a fine copy. See Meckley 66 for the first edition of 1858. More
London: John Murray, 1867. Fifth edition, 8vo, 252 pp. Frontispiece and illustrations in the text, marbled endpapers and edges. Contemporary dark blue half morocco, spine slightly faded and rubbed. More
London: T. Fisher Unwin, Ltd., 1916. First edition. Large 8vo. 207, (1) pp. Publisher's green cloth, gilt lettered to the spine and upper board, the discreet early ticket of the booksellers L. Tozer & Co. of Wellington, Somerset to the front pastedown. Frontispiece and 56 black and white photographic plates..... More
London: Mitchell, Hughes and Clarke, 1927. 8vo. viii, 348 pp. Contemporary prize binding for Brockley County School, dark green half calf over matching cloth sides, spine with raised bands, gilt lettered to one panel and decorated to the others, the school crest in gilt to the upper board and their..... More
1803. Small folio. (ii); 9, (3); (iv), 82, (4); (vi); (viii); 201, (1); (ii), 131, (1) pp., the pages also continuously numbered in contemporary manuscript (449, (1) pp.) with a corresponding handwritten index to the front of the volume. Recent brown half calf over old marbled boards, spine with raised..... More
London: George Routledge and Sons, Ltd., 1942. Second impression. 8vo. xii, 234 pp. Publisher's green cloth, red lettered to the spine, contemporary ownership inscription to the front free endpaper, dust jacket. Frontispiece and 7 photographic plates plus 5 maps. Some light edge wear to the jacket, else very good. The..... More
London: W. Collins Sons & Co., (1921). First edition, 8vo, xiv, 283, (1, 6 advertisement) pp. Portrait frontispiece, bound in after the title page, 3 maps - 2 folding and one double page, and a folding diagram, one gathering in the preliminaries unopened, a small stain to the top margin..... More
London: Longmans, 1960. First edition. 8vo. xx, 466 pp. Publisher's black cloth, gilt lettered to the spine, dust jacket. Fading to the jacket spine with a little foxing in places, occasional edge wear overall with a few small losses at the upper edge. More
Warminster: Aris & Phillips Ltd., 1977-78. Volume I a reprint, others first edition. Large 8vo. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt lettered to the spines, dust jackets, early ownership inscription to the third volume. Slight tanning and superficial soiling to the jacket of volume I, short closed tear to the top edge..... More
London: Orr and Co. [et al], [c.1840]. First edition, two volumes bound in one, 4to, (iv), 221, (1), ii, 158 pp. Engraved titles and 67 plates, the frontispiece to the second work bound at the beginning of the first, some occasional foxing, particularly at the beginning and end,small label to..... More
London: Thomas M'lean, 1820. Third edition, 8vo, iii-xii, (ii), 188 pp. 15 plates, of which 12 are coloured aquatints, outer margin cut close with loss of all or part of caption to some plates, some light browning and offsetting to text leaves. Finely bound in later maroon half morocco, upper..... More
(London): John Murray, (1986). First edition. 8vo. 248 pp. Publisher's blue cloth, dust jacket, not price clipped, signed by the author to the title page. Double page map. Some trivial wear the jacket and a minor mark to the lower panel, an excellent copy overall. More
