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.-
HARLINGUE, L. [Albert].
'Baktiaris Persans'.
[Iran, c. 1905-1911].
An impressive press image of the Bakhtiari...
£1500
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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
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[HILLER, Johann Adam, editor].
Anecdoten zur Lebensgeschichte berühmter...
Leipzig, Lankisch, 1762.
Scarce first edition of Hiller’s two-volume...
£175
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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...
£1000
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[ISELIN, Isaak].
Träume eines Menschenfreundes. Erster Theil.
Basel, Johannes Schweighauser, 1776.
Uncommon first edition, part one only...
£150
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JEFFERYS, Thomas.
The theatre of war in the Kingdom of Bohemia,...
[London], Thomas Jefferys, 6 June 1757.
This map, issued at the beginning of the...
£500
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LANCINA, Juan Alfonso Rodríguez de.
Historia de las reboluciones del Senado...
Madrid, Por Julian de Paredes, impressor...
First and only edition of this rare...
£2500
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LAWRENCE, James Henry.
A Picture of Verdun, or the English Detained...
London, T. Hookham junior & E.T. Hookham,...
First edition of this remarkable account...
£600
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LAWRENCE, Thomas Edward.
The Mint. A Day-Book of the R.A.F. Depot...
London: The Alden Press for Jonathan Cape,...
First British edition, the trade issue....
£120
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LEAKE, Stephen Martin.
Heraldo Memoriale, or Memoirs of the College...
The Roxburghe Club, 1981.
Stephen Martin Leake was Garter principal...
£100
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MACDONALD, Alexander.
‘Instructions and regulations for the...
[England, 1827.]
Scarce manuscript of an unpublished...
£1500
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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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[MARLBOROUGH, John Churchill, Duke of.]
Tract volume of five rare works (three...
London, 1695–1706.
The Hero of the Age, published December...
£3850
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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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[MONASTICISM].
Risposta ad alcuni aggravi fatti ai monaci...
Milan, Francesco Agnelli, 1742.
Only edition of this anonymous response...
£400
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NIEL, Adolphe.
Autograph note signed.
[No place], 19 March [1851 or 1852].
A brief note in which the French army general...
£150
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NIGHTINGALE, Florence.
Notes on Matters affecting the Health,...
London, Harrison and Sons, 1858.
First edition, printed for private circulation...
£18000
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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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[NILE, Battle of the.]
‘View 3d. of the memorable victory of...
London: Alexander Riley, 1st December 1800.
This engraving depicts the dramatic escape...
£600
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[ORAN.]
Diario distinto di tutto il seguito per...
(Colophon:) Florence, Bernardo Paperini, 1732.
A daily account in Italian from 20 June...
£175