LIFE IN THE WHITE MAN'S GRAVE. A Pictorial Record of the British in West Africa.
London, Viking, 1988. 4to. Grey cloth gilt. In very good dustwrapper. A good copy. pp. xiii, [iii], 192. More
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A BOOK OF THE PYRENEES.
London, Methuen & Co., 1907. Maroon cloth gilt. With armorial bookplate of Matthew Devenish to front pastedown. With 24 photographs and a map. Gilt to spine dulled. With spotting, occasionally heavy. A good copy. pp. [viii], 309 plus publisher's catalogue. More
VOYAGES TO HUDSON BAY IN SEARCH OF THE NORTHWEST PASSAGE (2 Vols). Vol. I The Voyage of Christopher Middleton 1741-1742 and Vol. II. The Voyage of William Moor and Francis Smith 1746-1747. Second Series Nos. 177 and 181.
London, Hakluyt Society, 1994. Light blue cloth gilt. In very good dustwrappers. Vol. II published in 1995. A very good set. pp. xii, 333; xv, 393. More
THE JOURNALS OF CAPTAIN JAMES COOK ON HIS VOYAGES OF DISCOVERY: I The Voyage of the Endeavour 1768-1771 [and] II The Voyage of the Resolution and Adventure 1772-1775.
Published for the Hakluyt Society by the Cambridge University Press, 1955. Blue cloth with gilt titles to spines, and gilt portrait to front covers. In good dustwrappers, that to Vol. I with a closed tear, with old tape residue to reverse. Vol. II was published in 1961. Each volume has..... More
COMPASSING THE VASTE GLOBE OF THE EARTH. Studies in the History of the Hakluyt Society 1846-1996. With a Complete List of the Society's Publications. Second Series Nos. 183.
London, Hakluyt Society, 1996. Light blue cloth gilt. In very good dustwrapper. A very good copy. pp. xi, 336. More
SKETCHES IN THE PYRENEES; With Some Remarks on Languedoc, Provence, and The Cornice.
London, Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, 1837. Probably in the original stamped green cloth, with gilt titles to spines. With the signature of Susan Balt (?), dated 1838, to each half-title. Mary Comerford was born in Cork in 1776 and married Thomas Boddington, a West India merchant, in..... More
BY THE WATERS OF THE LETABA. A History of the Transvaal Lowveld - Land of Adventure.
Cape Town, Purnell, 1974. Blue cloth gilt. In fair dustwrapper, a little chipped and worn. Gift inscription to f.f.e.p. Edges spotted, otherwise a good copy. pp. vii, 184. More
OLD TOURAINE: THE LIFE AND HISTORY OF THE CHATEAUX OF THE LOIRE (2 Vols).
London, Rivingtons 1920. Blue cloth gilt. Some pages unopened. A very good, bright set of the Seventh Edition. pp. xxvi, 287; xv, 279. With photographs, drawings and folding maps. More
THE LAST MIGRATION.
London, Rupert Hart-Davis 1957. Blue cloth with silvered title. In good dustwrapper, slightly worn to the edges. An account of the nomad tribes of southern Persia. A good copy. pp. 343. More
WANDERINGS IN ARABIA. An Abridgment of 'Travels in Arabia Deserta' made with the Author's Sanction by Edward Garnett.
London, Duckworth, 1939. Green cloth with printed title. In fair dustwrapper, with marking and a significant closed tear to rear cover. With frontispiece and folding map. Previous owner's signature to f.f.e.p. Some spotting and marking to edges, but a good copy. pp. xviii, 607. More
SUMMER AND WINTER IN THE PYRENEES.
London, Fisher, Son & Co., 1841. 12mo (c.6½ x 4 inches). Half calf over marbled boards. Covers significantly rubbed and cracked, and title label missing. Endpapers and frontispiece spotted. Slight off-setting to titlepage. A sound, useable copy, good internally. pp. vii, [v], 393. More
THE GARDEN OF ASIA. Impressions from Japan.
London, Methuen & Co., 1904. Red cloth gilt. Fading and small black mark to spine. Significant spotting throughout. A sound copy. pp. xi, [i], 296. More
A GALLA-ENGLISH, ENGLISH-GALLA DICTIONARY.
Cambridge University Press, 1913. Green cloth gilt. From Liverpool Reference Library, with bookplate to front pastedown, ink stamp to verso of titlepage and labels to rear endpapers. Tape stains to top and bottom of boards, but otherwise a good and sound copy. pp. vii, [i], 118. More
VOYAGES AND TRAVELS, IN THE YEARS 1809, 1810, AND 1811; Containing Statistical, Commercial, and Miscellaneous Observations on Giraltar, Sardinia, Sicily, Malta, Serigo, and Turkey.
London, Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, Strand, 1812. 4to. At one time in half calf, but now with a tan cloth spine with gilt title. Original marbled boards and leather corners, both worn. With frontispiece of Agrigentum and one other plate of Bathi Castle. Split to cloth to..... More
SWEET CORK OF THEE.
London, J.M. Dent & Sons, 1964. Turquoise cloth gilt. Maps to endpapers. Wood-engravings by the author. A good copy. pp. 235. More
THE AZURE COAST.
New York, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1957. Light blue cloth with printed title. In good dustwrapper, a little worn to head and tail of spine. Edges a little spotted, but a good copy. pp. 272. More
RETURN TO THE ISLANDS.
London, John Murray, 1957. Green cloth with printed title. In good dustwrapper. Edges spotted and slight lean to spine, but a good copy. pp. viii, 215. More
THE FIRST COLONISTS. Hakluyt's Voyages to North America.
London, Folio Society, 1986. 4to. Fawn buckram with printed title to spine. In good slipcase. Illustrations throughout. A very good copy. pp.xii, 142. More
THE GREAT EXPLORERS.
London, Thames and Hudson, 2010. Brown cloth gilt. In very good, unclipped dustwrapper. An anthology from the late 15th century onwards. Illustrated throughout. A very good copy. pp. 304. More
EARTHWORK OUT OF TUSCANY. Being Impressions and Translations of Maurice Hewlett.
London, Macmillan and Co., 1901. Maroon cloth gilt. One or two pages carelessly opened. Covers a little rubbed, but otherwise a good copy of the Third Edition. pp. xvi, [ii], 205. More
AFRICA EXPLORED. Europeans in the Dark Continent, 1769-1889.
London, Allen Lane, 1982. Tan cloth gilt. In very good dustwrapper. A very good copy. pp. 336. More
BELGIUM PAST AND PRESENT. The Cockpit of Europe.
London, A. & C. Black Ltd., 1920. Red cloth with printed titles and decoration, and gilt title to spine. With 32 coloured plates, and map to rear. Spine lightly faded and some spotting, but otherwise a good copy. pp. xii, 210. More
THE ARCTIC WHALING JOURNALS OF WILLIAM SCORESBY THE YOUNGER (Vol.I Only, THE VOYAGES OF 1811, 1812 AND 1813). Series III, Vol.12.
Hakluyt Society 2003. Blue cloth with gilt title and the society's insignia. In good dustwrapper, partially faded to spine. With illustrations. Some dust marks to top edge, but a very good copy. pp. lxi, 242. More
JUAN MARIA SCHUVER'S TRAVELS IN NORTH EAST AFRICA 1880-1883. Second Series Nos. 184.
London, Hakluyt Society, 1996. Light blue cloth gilt. In very good dustwrapper. A very good copy. pp. cvii, 392. More
EOTHEN: OR TRACES OF TRAVEL BROUGHT HOME FROM THE EAST. With an Introduction by S.L. Bensusan.
London, Sampson, Low, Marston & Co., [1913]. 4to. Tan cloth with printed titles. With colour plates behind tissue-guards. Travels in Turkey and the Middle East. Undated, but first published thus in 1913, so possibly of, or not long after this date. Half inch patch rubbed from front cover, and half..... More