Travel

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We stock Western books in European languages, generally – but not exclusively – published before circa 1850. We are especially interested in early travel accounts – from the late fifteenth to the eighteenth centuries – in all areas beyond Europe.

Geographical regions in which we have tended to specialise include the Pacific and its surrounding countries – South America, the Northwest Coast of America, Japan, China, the maritime regions of Asia, including the Philippines and Indonesia, and Australia. Books on Africa, the polar regions, manuscripts and separately published maps are also handled.
  1. DIKREITER, Otto, and Renée SINTENIS (illustrator).

    Du und Dein Pferd: Ein anmutiges, belehrendes,...

    Berlin, Königsberg, & Leipzig, Kanter...

    First edition (seventh to tenth thousand)...

    £80

  2. DITTRICH, Max, and Max HENZE, artist.

    Der Deutsch-Französische Krieg 1870 und...

    Dresden and New York: ‘Druck & Verlag...

    Fortieth edition and 25th anniversary ‘Jubel-Ausgabe’....

    £750

  3. DONALDSON, Florence.

    Lepcha Land or six Weeks in the Sikhim...

    London, Sampson Low Marston & Company, 1900.

    First edition of Florence Donaldson’s...

    £400

  4. DONI, Anton Francesco.

    Mondi celesti, terrestri, et infernali,...

    Venice, Domenico Farri, 1567.

    A handsome copy of the second edition of...

    £850

  5. DUER, William Alexander.

    The Life of William Alexander, Earl of...

    New York, Wiley & Putnam for the New Jersey...

    First edition, doubly inscribed ‘To Henry...

    £575

  6. DU HALDE, Jean-Baptiste.

    A Description of the Empire of China and...

    London, T. Gardner for Edward Cave, 1738...

    The first complete English translation...

    £15000

  7. DUNMORE, Charles Adolphus Murray, Earl of.

    The Pamirs; being a Narrative of a Year’s...

    London, John Murray, ‘1893’ [1894]. 

    Second edition (first 1893) recounting...

    £275

  8. FENNING, Daniel.

    The Ready Reckoner; or Trader’s most...

    London, printed for S. Crowder … and...

    First edition thus, edited by the mathematician...

    £250

  9. FINÉ, Oronce.

    Opere di Orontio Fineo … divise in cinque...

    Venice, Francesco Franceschi, 1587.

    First edition in Italian of the works of...

    £2750

  10. FLEMING, Peter.

    Brazilian Adventure.

    London: Queen Anne Press, 2010.

    First edition thus, no. 120 of 150 copies....

    £125

  11. FLEMING, Peter.

    News from Tartary: A Journey from Peking...

    London: Queen Anne Press, 2010.

    First edition thus, no. 120 of 150 copies....

    £125

  12. FLINDERS, Matthew.

    Narrative of his Voyage in the Schooner...

    [London,] The Golden Cockerel Press, 1946.

    No. 327 of 750 copies, of which the first...

    £650

  13. ‘FLORENT DE SALES’, pseud.

    Vrai systême du monde physique et moral. 

    [Switzerland,] 1797.

    Only edition, rare, of this utopia, the...

    £1500

  14. FLOWER, Stanley Smyth.

    Album of 14 watercolours of India and Malaya.

    India and Malaya, October 1894 to August 1895.

    A charming album of vivid watercolour views...

    £750

  15. FORD, Richard (and Ian ROBERTSON, editor).

    A hand-book for travellers in Spain, and...

    [Arundel and London,] Centaur Press, [1966].

    Richard Ford’s classic Hand-book for...

    £120

  16. FORSTER, E. M.

    Small archive of correspondence sent to...

    Britain, 1943–1970.

    An important collection of unpublished...

    £3000

  17. [FRENCH REVOLUTIONARY WARS.]

    Lo Stato Pontificio agli altri incliti...

    [S.l.,] 1797.

    Anonymous anti-French pamphlet, which saw...

    £450

  18. GALLICO, Paul.

    An archive of thirty-four scrapbooks compiled...

    1928–1972.

    A lovingly and meticulously compiled archive...

    £5500

  19. GARCIA, Gregorio.

    Origen de los Indios de el nuevo mundo,...

    Madrid, Francisco Martinez Abad, 1729.

    Second enlarged edition (first 1607) of...

    £1200

  20. GARDINER, John Smallman. 

    The Art and the Pleasures of Hare-Hunting. ...

    London: Printed by R. Griffith … 1750. 

    First edition, scarce, of this eloquent...

    £1250