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.-
POCOCKE, Richard.
A Description of the East, and some other...
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First edition, demy folio issue. A successful...
£8000
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[RAMEAUX, François-Alexis.]
Edictum pro regis Hou-kuanensis adversus...
[China], [1840–1] 道光卄年.
A letter sent by the Department of Justice...
£3500
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[RAMEAUX, François-Alexis.]
Notice of the death of Rameaux issued by...
[China, 1845.]
A circular notifying the Christian community...
£2000
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RICCI, Giovanni, and Ercolano PORTA.
Storia della missione francescana e del...
Bologna, Stabilimenti tipografici riuniti,...
First and only edition of this history...
£750
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RISLEY, Herbert Hope, Sir et al.
The gazetteer of Sikhim. With an introduction...
Calcutta, printed at the Bengal Secretariat...
First edition of this comprehensive survey...
£2500
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ROUGEMONT, François de; [Sebastião de MAGALHÃES, translator].
Relacam do estado politico e espiritual...
Lisbon, Joao da Costa, 1672.
First edition in any language of the Dutch...
£2500
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SAINT AULAIRE, Achille.
Voyage autour du monde par St. Aulaire.
[Clichy, Maurice Loignon for] Paris, Arnauld...
A hand-coloured copy of this scarce and...
£1250
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[SEVILLE.]
Mercantile contract between Sebastián...
Seville, 25 July 1576.
A commercial document from the heyday of...
£1200
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SHAGINYAN, Marietta Sergeevna.
Puteshestvie v Veimar [Journey to Weimar].
Moscow & Petrograd, Gosizdat, 1923.
First edition of Shaginyan’s account...
£600
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[SHANGHAI.]
“So–this is Shanghai”.
[Shanghai, A. S. Watson & Co. and Kelly...
Rare first edition of a photographic souvenir...
£350
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[SHANGHAI.]
Shanghai of To-day. A Souvenir Album of...
Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Singapore, Kelly...
Third edition, revised and enlarged (first...
£1250
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SHAW, Thomas.
Travels, or observations relating to several...
London, A. Millar and W. Sandby, 1757.
‘Second and most valued edition’ (ODNB)...
£1200
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SICARDO, José.
Christiandad del Japon, y dilatada persecucion...
Madrid, Francisco Sanz, 1698.
Rare first edition of this important and...
£12000
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SMITH, Albert Richard.
The Story of Mont Blanc …
London, David Bogue, 1853.
First edition of Smith’s famous book...
£1275
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SMITH, Albert Richard.
The new Game of the Ascent of Mont Blanc.
London, printed by Hall, 43, South Molton...
Rare first edition of this attractive board...
£3750
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SPILBERGEN, Joris van, and Jacob LE MAIRE.
Speculum orientalis occidentalisque Indiae...
Leiden, Nicolaes van Geelkercken, 1619.
First Latin edition of one of the classic...
£20000
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SPON, Jacob.
Voyage d’Italie, de Dalmatie, de Grece,...
Lyons, Antoine Cellier, 1678.
Very rare first edition of ‘one of the...
£4750
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SPURR, George Graham.
The Land of Gold. A Tale of ’49. Illustrative...
Boston, A. Williams & Company, 1881.
First edition. ‘This narrative ... is...
£100
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[STANHOPE, Hester Lucy, Lady.] [MERYON, Charles Lewis, editor.]
Memoirs of the Lady Hester Stanhope, as...
London, [Frederick Shoberl for] Henry...
First edition, the entertaining memoirs...
£650
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STAVORINUS, Johan Splinter, and Samuel Hull WILCOCKE, translator.
Voyages to the East-Indies … Translated...
London, for G.G. and J. Robinson, 1798.
First edition in English of a first-hand...
£850