London: John Murray & The Book Society, 1958. 8vo. (xvi), 320 pp. Publisher's red cloth, gilt lettered to the spine and decorated to the upper board, dust jacket designed by John Craxton, a Book Society bookplate to the front free endpaper, signed by Fermor on the title page. Black and..... More
London: John Murray, (1958). First edition, 8vo, (xvi), 320 pp. 26 photographic illustrations and a map, contemporary signature and later owner's blind stamp to fly leaf. Cloth, d.w., price clipped, small pieces torn from the corners of the lower flap, some light browning and wear. More
London: John Murray, (1991). First edition, 8vo, (x), 118 pp. Map and 3 illustrations, signed by the Author on the title page. Cloth, d.w., not price clipped, a fine copy. More
(London): John Murray, (1977). First edition, 8vo, (viii), 291, (1) pp. Photographic frontispiece and a double page map. Cloth, d.w., price clipped, some light rubbing and soiling, small mark to the foot of the spine. More
London: The Queen Anne Press, 1953. Limited edition, no. 87 of 500 copies. xviii, 92, (2) pp. 8vo. Publisher's black buckram, gilt lettered red spine label, the publisher's initials in gilt to both boards, top edge red, dust jacket. Colour frontispiece and three illustrations to the head of the chapters..... More
London: John Murray, (1982). Second edition, 8vo, 95, (1) pp. 8 photographic plates plus illustrations in the text by John Craxton. Cloth, d.w., some mild soiling, very good. More
London: John Murray, 1982. Second edition. 8vo. 95, (1) pp. Publisher's green cloth, gilt lettered to the spine, dust jacket, not price clipped, Fermor has struck through his printed name on the title page and signed it underneath. 8 photographic plates plus illustrations in the text by John Craxton. An..... More
London: John Murray, (1950). First edition. 8vo. (xii), 403, (1) pp. Publisher's green cloth, dust jacket, price clipped. Frontispiece, double page map and 51 black and white photographic illustrations. The jacket with some minor edge wear with occasional minor losses and with a small chip at the juncture of the..... More
London: Methuen & Co., (1928). First edition, folio, xxix, (i) pp, followed by 40 plates. Some foxing at the beginning and end. Original cloth backed boards, tied with a cord as issued, mild soiling to the paper label. More
Leicester: De Elarge, [n.d.]. Folio, 8, (2) pp, with 26 plates including the title, two toned cloth, gilt label to upper cover, d.w. with some soiling and a few minor tears. A modern facsimile edition of a now very scarce work originally published c.1830. More
Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1843. First edition. Large 8vo. x, 424, (4) pp. Recent plain cloth, gilt lettered to the spine. 9 lithographic plates, 9 "topographic sketch" maps over another 9 plates plus a full page map to the front of the book and a striking large folding map..... More
London: John Lane, the Bodley Head, 1925. First edition, 8vo, (xiv), 335, (1) pp. 24 plates, inscription partially erased from the fly leaf. Cloth, d.w. with some fading and mild wear to edges. More
London: George G. Harrap, [1915]. First edition, 4to, 268, (2) pp. Frontispiece and 20 plates tipped in with captioned tissues, map endpapers. Decorative cloth, an excellent copy still with most of its d.w. More
Aberdeen: The University Press, 1921. First edition, 4to, (xvi), 260 pp. Frontispiece, 20 plates and a folding map. Hinge slightly cracked by title but sound. Original cloth backed boards, rubbed and marked. More
London: J.F. for John Williams at the signe of the Crown in Pauls Church-yard, 1650. First edition. 4to. Recent panelled calf, spine with raised bands, old gilt lettered red label preserved, all edges red. Frontispiece, engraved title, folding map of Palestine and 27 double plates comprising 19 maps (unusually many..... More
London: Chapman and Hall, 1882. First edition. 8vo. xii, 426, (11) pp. Publisher's dark green cloth, gilt lettered to the spine, the Russian imperial crest to the upper board. Folding map. Some light rubbing to the extremities and a little foxing to the front and rear, very good overall. More
London: William Crofts, 1836. First edition, 8vo, iv, 412 pp. 25 lithographic plates - two of which are hand coloured, plus two folding maps hand coloured in outline, errata slip tipped in. Old closed tear to one plate (p. 63), some mostly mild foxing to the plates, one of the..... More
Published on behalf of the Griffith Institute, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford by Oxford University Press, 1969. Third edition, fourth printing, "Revised". 4to. xxxvi, 646 pp. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt lettered to the spine, dust jacket. Frontispiece, another plate and numerous hieroglyphic figures in the text. Just a little light edge wear..... More
London: Hutchinson & Co., 1951. Second impression. 8vo. 224 pp. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt lettered to the spine, dust jacket, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper "For Mr. R.H.M. Thompson M.P., With my compliments and regards. In memory of our meeting... 15-11-1952". Black and white illustrations, mostly..... More
Lugduni Batav. [Leiden]: Ex Officina Elzeviriana, (1640). Second edition, two volumes, 16mo, (xvi), 408; 382, (2) pp. Engraved title in volume I, marbled paste downs, armorial bookplates of Lord Sinclair. Contemporary calf, a.e.g., covers with double gilt rules, cornerpieces and a central rose, gilt phoenix to the foot of the..... More
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London: R. Ackermann, 1820, 1821. First editions. Two volumes bound in one. 4to. xvi, 178; viii, 177, (1) pp. Contemporary tan full calf, spine with raised bands, olive gilt lettered labels expertly renewed, gilt device repeated to the other compartments, gilt and blindstamped borders to the boards, endpapers and all..... More
(Tel Aviv): Steimatzky Ltd., (1985). Folio. (24) pp. Publisher's cloth, dust jacket. 44 full page illustrations reproducing fine original photos of the city in the closing decades of Ottoman rule, further illustrations set into the text. Excellent condition. The first edition was published in German five years earlier, this being..... More
Bruxelles: Ad. Stapleaux, 1817. 12mo, viii, 143, (1) pp. Folding frontispiece. Uncut in contemporary red half morocco, boards a little worn, some other rubbing. More
London: Printed for R. Blamire, 1789. Second edition, 8vo, xvi, 152 pp. 17 aquatint plates, marbled endpapers. Contemporary tree calf, corners slightly rubbed, recently rebacked. One of the most popular proponents of the "picturesque" movement, Gilpin's tours were illustrated with romantic ideals of views and buildings, leaving a more general..... More
Large 8vo, (20) pp. 3 maps. Printed wrappers, stapled as issued, the staples now rusty otherwise fine. Loosely inserted is a tls. to the Author from the University enclosing complimentary copies and making further copies available at cost. Sir John Bagot Glubb (1897-1986), popularly known as "Glubb Pasha", Commander of..... More