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
![Item #34588 A Picturesque Tour Along the Rhine, from Mentz to Cologne... [bound with] SAUVAN, M....](/pictures/thumb/34588.JPG?v=1567160400)
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
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London: Wildwood House, 1980. First edition. Square 8vo. 192 pp. Publisher's black cloth, gilt lettered to the spine, dust jacket, original owner's inscription to the front free endpaper. Black and white photographic illustrations throughout. Jacket lightly rubbed to the edges, very good. More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1920. First edition, 8vo, (viii), 315, (1, 6 advertisement) pp. One photographic plate. Original cloth, spine ends and corners rubbed. An account of African-American society, parts of which were initially published in Harpers Magazine. More
[Paris]: Hachette & Cie. [N.d.]. 4to. (iv), 432 pp. Contemporary maroon half sheep over marbled boards, spine with raised bands, gilt lettered to one compartment and decorated to the others, marbled endpapers. Profusely illustrated throughout with black and white illustrations in the text plus numerous tippe din colour plates. Judging..... More
Camserney by Aberfeldy: Pioneer Associates, 2001. First edition. Large 8vo. viii, 120 pp. Publisher's brown cloth, gilt lettered to the spine, dust jacket, signed by the author on the title page. 32 pages of colour illustrations by the author plus numerous black and white illustrations in the text. An excellent..... More
Bideford: W. Crosbie Coles, [1883]. First edition, small 8vo, viii, 110 pp. Original gilt titled blue cloth, minor rubbing to spine ends and corners, spine slightly darkened otherwise a very good bright copy. More
London: Published for the Festival of Britain Office [by] Collins, 1951. Thirteen volumes. 8vo. Publisher's boards illustrated with regional maps, all with dust jackets replicating the same designs. Photographic illustrations, some in colour, plus pictorial title pages by artists including Barbara Jones, Kenneth Rowntree and Joan Hassall. Occasional wear and..... More
Abidjan: Art et Edition, 1988. First edition. 4to. (iv), 2, 220 pp. Glossy printed card covers. Hundreds of black and white reproductions of original postcards, generally featuring ethnographic or topographical illustrations. Slight tanning to the spine, else very good. More
London: Arlington Books, (1979). First English edition, 8vo, 223, (1) pp. Illustrations in both colour and black and white, inscribed from the author on the fly leaf, recipients signature to the same. Cloth, d.w., small closed tear to the top of the spine otherwise very good. More
London: Constable and Company, 1920. First edition, 8vo, (iv), 248 pp. Map endpapers, signature of E.G.D. Northcroft of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company to half title. Original gilt titled cloth, spine sunned with a small bump to the middle, covers slightly dusty. Letters written during the author's military service from 1913-1918..... More
London: Nattali & Bond, 1855. Fifth edition, 8vo, xxiv, 412 pp. 5 plates plus illustrations in the text, later 19th century prize label from Highbury House School, St. Leonard's to fly leaf. Original gilt titled green cloth, a.e.g., light wear to extremities. First published 1844. More
[Storrington: Self published, 1987. No. 164 of an unspecified limitation, signed by the author. Original black cloth backed illustrated pale grey boards. Black and white illustrations in the text throughout. A few minor marks to the upper cover, else very good. More
![Item #23851 Travels Through the Interior Provinces of Columbia [sic, Colombia]. Colonel J. P....](/pictures/thumb/23851.jpg?v=1446579273)
London: John Murray, 1827. First edition, two volumes, (ii), 332; (ii), 256, (2) pp. Folding map and 7 plates, some occasional foxing, mostly to the margins of the plates. Recent half calf over contemporary marbled boards, the latter with some wear, otherwise a very good set. Hamilton was sent out..... More
Edinburgh: Printed for Archibald Constable and Company, 1819. First edition, 4to, (viii), 364, (2) pp, bound without the half title. 7 plates (5 folding) plus a folding map, some occasional light foxing, old repaired tears to the inner margin of the four leaves of the preliminaries, 20th century inscription and..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1933. First edition. 8vo. xvi, 267, (3) pp. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt lettered to the spine. Colour frontispiece and 24 pages of black and white photographs plus a double page map repeated to front and rear endpapers. Slight slant to spine and a little wear to..... More
London: Adam and Charles Black, 1909. First edition, 8vo, viii, 110 pp. 20 coloured plates with captioned tissues, outer edge of fly leaf chipped, endpapers browned, contemporary signature to paste down. Original gilt titled maroon cloth, t.e.g., mild sunning of spine. Inman 163. More
London: Printed by J.L.Cox and Son [for] the Royal Asiatic Society, 1833. First edition thus. 4to. 6 pp. Original plain wrappers. Folding handcoloured plate featuring 7 illustrations of the "sheep-eater". Spine neatly restored to style, slight wear to the folds of the plate which also shows some marginal browning, very..... More
London: Chapman & Hall, 1892. First edition, 8vo, xvi, 472 pp. Coloured frontispiece and 49 black and white plates plus illustrations in the text, light foxing to frontispiece and title. Original cloth, t.e.g., spine slightly faded. More
London: Chapman and Hall, 1906. First edition. 8vo. (xvi), 287, (1) pp. Publisher's buff cloth, black lettered and illustrated to the spine and upper board, early gift inscription to the half title. Frontispiece and 17 plates plus illustrations in the text. Darkening to the spine, very good overall. More
London: Chapman & Hall, 1905. First edition, two volumes, 8vo. 38 plates plus illustrations in the text, some occasional light foxing slightly later signature to fly leaves. Original cloth, some light rubbing and marks. More