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. GEE, Joshua.

    The trade and navigation of Great-Britain...

    London, A. Bettesworth, C. Hitch … and...

    Fourth edition of Gee’s most important...

    £250

  2. [GEOGRAPHY.]

    Primi principi di geografia ad uso de’...

    [(Colophon:) Bergamo, Pietro Lancellotti,...

    Extremely rare second edition (first 1745)...

    £375

  3. GEORGE, Henry.

    Protection or Free Trade. An Examination...

    New York, Henry George & Co, 1886.

    First edition of ‘perhaps the best-argued...

    £120

  4. GIOIA, Melchiorre.

    Indole, estensione, vantaggi della statistica....

    Risposta alle obbiezioni fatte alle Tavole...

    First and only edition of this rare work...

    £1250

  5. [GOLD and SILVER.] 

    Bando generale per gli orefici, argentieri,...

    Rome, ‘nella stamperia della Rev. Camera...

    Rare edict governing goldsmiths, silversmiths,...

    £475

  6. [GROUX, Charles Jacques (engraver).]

    Planches relatives a l’instruction concernant...

    Paris, Magimel, ‘An X’ [1801].

    Second edition, expanded, of a set of French...

    £275

  7. GUIGNES, Chrétien-Louis-Joseph de.

    Voyages à Peking, Manille et l’Île...

    Paris, l’Imprimerie Impériale, 1808.

    First edition, the complete four-volume...

    £6500

  8. HAKLUYT, Richard.

    The Principal Navigations, Voiages, Traffiques...

    London, George Bishop, Ralph Newberie,...

    Second edition, first issue of ‘Hakluyt’s...

    £20000

  9. HAKLUYT, Richard.

    The Principall Navigations, Voiages and...

    London, ‘George Bishop and Ralph Newberie,...

    First edition, a fine copy, with the world...

    £350000

  10. HANWAY, Jonas.

    An historical Account of the British Trade...

    London, Dodsley, Nourse, Millar, Vaillant,...

    First edition of Hanway’s narrative of...

    £1400

  11. HARDY, Campbell.

    Sporting Adventures in the New World; or,...

    London, Hurst and Blackett, 1855.

    First edition of this most interesting...

    £575

  12. HAREL, Charles.

    Ménage sociétaire ou Moyen d’augmenter...

    Paris, Bureau de la Phalange, à la librairie...

    First edition of this work by the entrepreneur...

    £975

  13. HARLINGUE, L. [Albert].

    'Baktiaris Persans'.

    [Iran, c. 1905-1911].

    An impressive press image of the Bakhtiari...

    £1500

  14. HAWTREY, George Procter.

    Caramella. A Story of the Lotus Eaters...

    Bristol, J. W. Arrowsmith; London, Simpkin,...

    First edition of this utopian novel exploring...

    £250

  15. HEBER, Reginald, and Nicolas BARKER (editor).

    A Letter from India.

    The Roxburghe Club, 2020.

    'I do not expect that with fair prospects...

    £100

  16. HERSHBERGER, H.R.

    The Horseman: A Work on Horsemanship, containing...

    New York, R. Craighead for Henry G. Langley,...

    First edition of a rare military manual...

    £450

  17. HEYLYN, Peter.

    Cosmographie in four Books: containing...

    London, Philip Chetwind, 1666 [i.e. 1667].

    Third edition of Peter Heylyn’s Cosmographie,...

    £2000

  18. [HIGHLANDS.]

    Fifth Report of the Commissioners for Roads...

    [London, Hansard, 1811.]

    A rare Parliamentary report on the construction...

    £300

  19. HILL, Rowland.

    Journal of a Tour through the North of...

    London: Printed by T. Gillet … and sold...

    First edition, an account of a Scottish...

    £325

  20. HOGG, James.

    The Pilgrims of the Sun; a Poem …

    London, John Murray, and Edinburgh, William...

    First edition, first issue, of a long poem...

    £200