Ashford: Kentish Express, 1898. First edition, 8vo, (viii), 328 pp. Frontispiece and 26 plates, including 2 double page maps, contemporary inscriptions to paste down and frontispiece recto, tissue guard foxed with slight offsetting to the frontispiece and title page. Original gilt titled blue-grey cloth, silver crest to upper cover, spine slightly darkened, ends bumped. More about History of Kent
Ashford: Kentish Express [and] London: Houlston and Sons, 1895. First edition. 8vo. (viii), 95, (1) pp. Publisher's dark green cloth, gilt lettered to the upper board. Double page map and two full page plates. Some very light rubbing to extremities, a little wear to the front hinge though it remains... More about A Short History of Kent for the Young
Staplehurst: Spellmount, (1995). Four volumes, first editions, 8vo. Signed by the author in each volume, numerous illustrations in both colour and black and white, map endpapers. Cloth, d.w.'s, light sunning of spines otherwise an excellent set. More about A Voyage Round Great Britain. In the footsteps of William Daniell R.A. (1769-1837). Sheerness to...
London: T. Werner Laurie, [1907]. Second edition, 8vo, (xvi), 272 pp. Frontispiece and 36 plates, owner's name to fly leaf. Original decorative cloth, spine dull with mild rubbing to the lower joint. More about Sunshine and Sport in Florida and the West Indies
London: Heinemann, (1977). First edition. 8vo. x, 310 pp. Publisher's grey cloth, gilt lettered to the spine, dust jacket, not price clipped. 16 pp. of black and white photographic illustrations and 5 maps. A fine copy. More about Whom the Gods Love. Boyd Alexander's Expedition from the Niger to the Nile 1904-7, and His Last...
Cambridge: The Hakluyt Society, 1970. Two volumes, 8vo, xxxii, 368; (x), 369-640 pp, 8 maps - 6 folding, and 18 plates - 5 in colour, cloth, d.w.'s, slight marking to lower wrappers, otherwise a near fine set. Hakluyt Society (second series) vol. 138-9. More about Russian Embassies to the Georgian Kings (1589-1605). Texts translated by Anthony Mango
Paris: Au Siège Social du Club Alpin Français, 1884. 8vo, (xii), 503, (1) pp. 55 illustrations, including a folding panorama, and 2 maps, some occasional light foxing. Later purple half cloth, marbled sides, t.e.g., spine faded otherwise very good. Including 15 topographical and 6 scientific papers. More about Annuaire du Club Alpin Français. Dixième Année, 1883
New York: John G. Wells, 1857. Small 8vo, 162 pp, with a frontispiece of the Capitol building, engraved portraits of the Presidents and illustrations of the seals of the (then) 31 states, some foxing, fly leaf removed, modern bookplate, original gilt titled blind stamped cloth, spine ends bumped. More about Wells' Illustrated National Hand-Book: Embracing numerous invaluable documents connected with the...
New York: D. Appleton, 1872. 8vo, viii, 292, (6 advertisement) pp. Two folding maps - of the north-eastern United States and the White Mountains, the former with a small closed tear, plus 3 folding plans, of New York, Philadelphia and Boston, advertisements to endpapers also. Original gilt titled maroon cloth, rather dull and marked. More about Appleton's Hand-book of American Travel. Northern and Eastern Tour. Including New York, New...
Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Printed by J.M. Carr, 1874. Sole edition, 8vo, (iv), iv, 176 pp. 2 maps - one coloured, a plan and 3 plates, plus one illustration in the text, presentation inscription (not from the author) to title, slightly trimmed, ink stamps of the Gateshead Literary Institute to the contents leaf... More about A Visit to Egypt, in 1872. Described in four lectures to the Literacy and Philosophical Society...
London: Adam and Charles Black, 1911. First edition, 8vo, xx, 208 pp. 32 colour plates plus 37 black and white illustrations in the text, slight cracking of the upper hinge, small piece torn from fly leaf. Original gilt title decorative green cloth, t.e.g., d.w. with slight loss to the spine... More about British Castles
London: W. Thacker & Co., 1911. Fifth edition, large 8vo, (x, 78) pp. Pictorial second title and 39 coloured plates, small closed marginal tear to the second title. Original cloth, recently recased. More about "Curry & Rice," or, the Ingredients of Social Life at "Our Station" in India
Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1877. Tenth edition, small 8vo, xxiv, 365, (1) pp. 20 maps and 20 plans plus a general map to the rear endpapers, contemporary inscription to fly leaf. Original gilt titled red cloth, spine sunned, wear to joints. More about Le Bords du Rhin, de la Frontière Suisse a la Frontière de Hollande. Manuel du Voyageur par
Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1900. Twenty-second edition, small 8vo, xl, 458 pp. 35 maps and plans. Original gilt titled red cloth, spine slightly sunned, very good. Hinrichsen D283. More about Belgien und Holland, nebst dem großherzogtum Luxemburg. Handbuch für Reisende
Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1905. Fourteenth edition. Small 8vo. lxx, 474 pp. Publisher's red cloth, gilt lettered to the spine and upper board, early ownership inscription to the half title, dust jacket. 15 maps and 30 plans. Slight wear at the spine ends and corners of the jacket, an excellent copy overall. Hinrichsen E193. More about Belgium and Holland, including the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg. Handbook for Travellers by
London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green, 1864. First edition, 8vo, xiv, 535, (1) pp. 3 folding maps, chromolithographed frontispiece and 8 plates plus 26 illustrations in the text, some occasional light foxing, marbled endpapers. 20th century half calf, t.e.g., some very mild soiling otherwise a very good copy. More about Explorations in South-west Africa. Being an account of a journey in the years 1861 and 1862 from...
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1913. 8vo. xxvii, (1), 499, (1) pp. Publisher's dark green blindstamped cloth, gilt lettered to the spine and upper board, early ownership inscriptions of the same owner to the front pastedown and the opposing front free endpaper, the latter dated "Khartoum / April 1925". A.... More about The Albert N'yanza, Great Basin of the Nile, and Explorations of the Nile sources
London: J. Madden & Co.; Edinburgh: C. Smith and J. Braidwood. 1845. Second edition. 8vo. (ii), 20, (4), 28, (48) pp. Publisher's brown cloth, original printed title label to the upper board with the handwritten note "Royal and Military Academy" to the lower edge, old pencilled ownership inscription to the... More about Hindustani Selections with a Vocabulary of the Words. Prepared for the Use of the Scottish Naval...
London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1888. First edition, 8vo, vi, 322 pp. Later bookplate. Original grey cloth, spine dull, light rubbing to extremities. Travels through India and China. More about Turbans and Tails; or, Sketches in the Unromantic East
Bath: Binns and Goodwin, [1840s]. Sixteenth thousand, 8vo, xiv, 575, (1) pp. Subtly hand coloured frontispiece and title vignette, 9 black and white plates and 2 folding maps plus 6 engravings in the text, some light spotting, frontispiece with a small closed tear. Original gilt titled red cloth, extremities worn... More about A Survey of the Holy Land; Its Geography, History, and Destiny, designed to elucidate the imagery...
London: Simpkin & Marshall, [n.d.]. 8vo, (ii), 110 pp. Engraved title, 40 plates and an extending map, some foxing of plates, marbled endpapers. Contemporary full calf, extremities rubbed, covers with gilt ruled borders and delicately tooled corner pieces, gilt spine with a black morocco label, a.e.g. First published in 1834... More about Barber's Picturesque Illustrations of the Isle of Wight, Comprising Views of every object of...
London: Macmillan and Co., 1908. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo. Frontispiece portrait and folding map of the Sudan in volume I. Original gilt titled green cloth, remains of a small label to both upper covers. More about Modern Egypt
Ingram, Cooke, and Co., 1853. First edition. 8vo. xiv, 394, (2) pp. Publisher's blindstamped terracotta cloth, gilt to the spine and with a central gilt device to the upper board, contents largely unopened, contemporary ownership inscription to the front free endpaper. Frontispiece and 3 plates plus a folding map. Spine faded, very good. More about Lares and Penates: or, Cilicia and its Governors; Being A Short Historical Account of that...
London: John Murray, 1913. Sixth impression, 8vo, x, 316 pp. Portrait frontispiece. Original gilt titled blue cloth, some light marks and rubbing. More about South Africa a Century Ago. Letters written from the Cape of Good Hope (1797-1801). Edited with a...
London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts, 1857-58. First English edition. Five volumes. 8vo. Contemporary tan full calf, spines with raised bands, original red title labels with sympathetically renewed green author and volume labels, loss of gilt to the other compartments, all edges and endpapers marbled. Gift inscription to the... More about Travels and Discoveries in North and Central Africa: Being a Journal of an Expedition Undertaken...