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.-
NIGHTINGALE, Florence.
Notes on Matters affecting the Health,...
London, Harrison and Sons, 1858.
First edition, printed for private circulation...
£18000
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AH FONG, photographer.
The Sino-Japanese Hostilities 1937.
Shanghai, Nanking Road, 1937.
Excellently preserved copy of this rare...
£3750
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[MAISTRE, Xavier de.]
Voyage autour de ma chambre par M. le Chev....
Turin, 1794 [Lausanne, Isaac Hignou, 1795].
First edition, rare, of the celebrated...
£2800
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CHURCHILL, Winston Spencer; F. RHODES, editor; Angus McNEILL, illustrator.
The River War: An Historical Account of...
[London, Spottiswoode & Co. for] London,...
First edition of Churchill’s second book,...
£2500
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[MOREAN WAR.]
Journal of the Venetian Campaigne, A.D. 1687. under...
London, H.C. for R. Taylor, 1688.
First edition of an important account of...
£2500
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TULLOCH, James Dundas Gregorie.
Small archive relating to his military career.
1826-1854.
An interesting set of documents tracing...
£2000
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PALAFOX Y MENDOZA, Juan de.
The History of the Conquest of China by...
London, W. Godbid for M. Pitt, 1671.
First edition in English of Palafox's Historia...
£1750
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ANNE, Queen.
Warrant, signed, authorising John Grubham...
27 January 1708/9.
An attractive document, bringing together...
£1750
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HARLINGUE, L. [Albert].
'Baktiaris Persans'.
[Iran, c. 1905-1911].
An impressive press image of the Bakhtiari...
£1500
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[UNGER, Salomo Gottlob.]
Geschichte des Oesterreich-Russischen und...
Leipzig, Wilhelm Gottlob Sommer, 1792.
First and only edition, extremely rare,...
£1250
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BUONACCORSI, Biagio, and Niccolò VALORI.
Diario de’ successi piu importanti seguiti...
Florence, Filippo & Jacopo Giunta, 1568.
First edition of an insider account of...
£1000
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HYGINUS Gromaticus, attributed, and POLYBIUS.
De Castris Romanis, quae extant. Cum notis...
Amsterdam, Jodocus Pluymer, 1660.
First edition thus, with annotations by...
£1000
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[SINO-JAPANESE WAR, 1894–5.]
Punitive forces attacking Pyöngyang.
Tokyo, Tsujiokaya Bunsuke, Meiji 27 [1894].
First edition. The battle of Pyöngyang,...
£850
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[NILE, Battle of the.]
View 1st. of the memorable victory of the...
London, published by G. Riley, 1799.
This view of Nelson’s victory at the...
£750
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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
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[MILITARIA.]
Instruction provisoire arrêtée par le...
Montauban, Vincent Teulières, 1788.
A seemingly unrecorded edition of these...
£750
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[ANGLO-SOVIET DIPLOMACY.]
Papers regarding the Anglo-Soviet Negotiations...
London, His Majesty’s Stationery Office,...
A proof copy, complete with typed errata...
£750
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[ALEXANDRIA, Battle of, 1801.]
Plan of the action of the 21st of March...
A detailed plan accurately illustrating...
£650
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[TIPU SULTAN.]
Les Indiens, ou Tippoo-Saïb, fils d’Hyder-Ally,...
A Londres [i.e. Paris?] et se trouve à...
The apparently unrecorded first issue of...
£650
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CAMPBELL, Thomas.
Gertrude of Wyoming; a Pennsylvanian Tale....
London, T. Bensley, for the Author ... 1809.
First edition of Campbell’s most re-printed...
£650