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. HARDY, Campbell.

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

    London, Hurst and Blackett, 1855.

    First edition of this most interesting...

    £575

  2. 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

  3. HAWTREY, George Procter.

    Caramella. A Story of the Lotus Eaters...

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

    First edition of this utopian novel exploring...

    £250

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

    A Letter from India.

    The Roxburghe Club, 2020.

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

    £100

  5. [HIGHLANDS.]

    Fifth Report of the Commissioners for Roads...

    [London, Hansard, 1811.]

    A rare Parliamentary report on the construction...

    £300

  6. 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

  7. HODSON, Thomas.

    The Accomplished Tutor; or, complete System...

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

    Second edition, revised, of a voluminous...

    £300

  8. HOGG, James.

    The Pilgrims of the Sun; a Poem …

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

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

    £200

  9. 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

  10. 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

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

    Pictures of Cuba.

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

    First British edition, revised and retitled,...

    £150

  12. [‘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

  13. 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

  14. [IMAGINARY VOYAGE.]

    Admirable Travels of Messieurs Thomas Jenkins...

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

    Rare, a lively chapbook novella of adventures...

    £1500

  15. [IRWIN, Eyles.]

    Eastern Eclogues; written during a Tour...

    London, for J. Dodsley, 1780.

    First edition of these travel-inspired...

    £850

  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. [JOHNSON, Samuel].

    Rasselas.

    London: J. Bretell for Hector McLean, 1819.

    Third Smirke edition, ordinary-paper issue....

    £300

  20. KEATE, George. 

    An Account of the Pelew Islands, situated...

    Dublin, Luke White, 1788. 

    First Dublin edition of this popular work,...

    £650