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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
London: B.T. Batsford, (1953). Limited edition, one of 500 copies, of which 450 were for sale. 4to. xvi, 338 pp. Blue quarter morocco over cloth boards, spine with raised bands, gilt lettered to two panels. 111 plates, of which 83 are in colour and 28 are black and white, further... More
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
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
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
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
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
London: The Religious Tract Society, [1924]. First edition, 8vo, 252 pp. 32 black and white plates, pencilled inscription to fly leaf, outer edge of two plates rubbed. Cloth, some mild sunning and rubbing, d.w. with some loss to extremities and a little soiling. More
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
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
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
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
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
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
London: John Murray, 1913. Sixth impression, 8vo, x, 316 pp. Portrait frontispiece. Original gilt titled blue cloth, some light marks and rubbing. More
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
Gillingham, (1934). First edition, small 8vo, 40 pp. 3 plates, light spotting to early leaves. Original printed wrappers, signed by Major W.W. Grantham, who contributed a Foreword, on the upper wrapper, some light marks otherwise very good. Adams served aboard a Dutch merchant fleet, and found favour with the Shogun... More