Travel

Contact Jonathan Harrison, Alex Day or Andrea Mazzocchi

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. 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

  2. HODSON, Thomas.

    The Accomplished Tutor; or, complete System...

    London, H. D. Symonds, and Vernor and...

    Second edition, revised, of a voluminous...

    £300

  3. HOGG, James.

    The Pilgrims of the Sun; a Poem …

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

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

    £200

  4. [HORNOR, Thomas.]

    Bird’s-Eye Views of London, beautifully...

    London, [c. 1845–1847].

    A very rare panorama of London in eight...

    £2750

  5. HOWITT, William.

    The rural and domestic life of Germany:...

    London, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans,...

    A fine copy of the first edition of Howitt’s...

    £100

  6. HUBER, Victor Aimé; James Robertson CRAUFURD, translator.

    Stories of Spanish life, from the German...

    London, Henry Colburn, 1837.

    First edition in English; rare. In his...

    £525

  7. HUMBLOT, F.

    Journal de voyage ...

    France, June–September 1866.

    A handsome manuscript on mining engineering,...

    £3500

  8. ‘HURLBUT’ [i.e. HURLBERT], William Henry.

    Pictures of Cuba.

    London: M’Corquodale and Co. for Longman,...

    First British edition, revised and retitled,...

    £150

  9. HURRY, Thomas.

    Tables of interest, from one pound to five...

    [Yarmouth], Printed for the author, and...

    One of two editions published in 1786,...

    £150

  10. HYGINUS Gromaticus, attributed, and POLYBIUS.

    De Castris Romanis, quae extant. Cum notis...

    Amsterdam, Jodocus Pluymer, 1660.

    First edition thus, with annotations by...

    £1000

  11. [‘HYSON, Timothy’, pseud. Thomas LOWNDES].

    A Letter to Mr. Richard Twining, Tea Dealer,...

    London, [C. Roworth] for the author, 1827.

    Second edition of the Letter to Mr Richard...

    £250

  12. IDES, E[vert] Ysbrants.

    Three Years Travels from Moscow over-land...

    London, W. Freeman, J. Walthoe, T. Newborough,...

    First edition in English of this important...

    £2750

  13. [IMAGINARY VOYAGE.]

    Admirable Travels of Messieurs Thomas Jenkins...

    London, ‘for the Benefit of Robert Barker,...

    Rare, a lively chapbook novella of adventures...

    £1500

  14. [IRWIN, Eyles.]

    Eastern Eclogues; written during a Tour...

    London, for J. Dodsley, 1780.

    First edition of these travel-inspired...

    £850

  15. [ISELIN, Isaak].

    Träume eines Menschenfreundes. Erster Theil.

    Basel, Johannes Schweighauser, 1776.

    Uncommon first edition, part one only (very...

    £150

  16. JACOMB, Charles Ernest.

    And a New Earth. A Romance.

    London, George Routledge & Sons, 1926.

    First edition of this post-apocalyptic...

    £75

  17. [JESUITS.]

    The Travels of several learned Missioners...

    London, for R. Gosling, 1714.

    First English translation of twenty-two...

    £1250

  18. JESUS, Carlos Augusto Montalto de.

    Historic Macao …

    Hong Kong, Kelly & Walsh, 1902.

    First edition of an important history of...

    £950

  19. [JOCKEY CLUB.] HERVEY, John.

    Racing in America, 1922-1936, written for...

    New York, Scribner Press for the Jockey...

    First edition of the first volume to be...

    £350

  20. [JOCKEY CLUB.] HERVEY, John.

    Racing in America, 1665-1865 … written...

    New York, Scribner Press for the Jockey...

    First edition, limited, numbered 323 of...

    £720