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A CATALOGUE OF BOOKS CHIEFLY RELATING TO THE HISTORY, ART, AND NATURAL HISTORY OF INDIA AND THE FAR EAST,
Followed by a small collection of Oriental miniatures, Drawings, Paintings, and some Arabic, persian, and Siamese MSS. (No.462).
London: Bernard Quaritch. Bookseller’s catalogue, 8vo., pp.119,(ix)adverts, brown printed wrappers, 22 single-page b/w plates plus one folding plate; surface soil to wrappers, rear wrapper with series of light creases to upper corner (last 3 plates have single crease to upper corners), small closed tear to fore-margin of 2 leaves of plates (not affecting printed area), otherwise very good.
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A DREAM OF MAYA:
Augustus and Alice Le Plongeon in Nineteenth-Century Yucatan.
Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1989. Tall 8vo., pp.xxi,147, paperback, b/w illustrations; sunning to spine and margins of wrappers, else very good.
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A PASSAGE TO CHINA.
Colin Campbell’s Diary of the First Swedish East India Company Expedition to Canton, 1732-33. (Acta Regiae Societatis Scientarum et Litterarum Gothoburgensis - Humaniora 37).
Goteborg: Royal Society of Arts and Sciences. 8vo., pp.liv,260, pale grey hardcover lettered in black and brown, 20 colour and b/w illustrations and maps; a fine copy, in near-fine unclipped dust-jacket.
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ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE: Journeys to England and Ireland.
London: Faber and Faber, 1958. 8vo.,pp. 243, blue cloth, yellow lettering; a very good copy, in a very good unclipped dust-jacket.
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ARMENIA: Travels and Studies. Two volumes.
Volume One: THE RUSSIAN PROVINCES. Volume Two: THE TURKISH PROVINCES.
New York: Armenian Prelacy, 1990. Two volumes, the set, 8vo.,pp. xv,470; xi,512, black hardcover, gilt, b/w illustrations, b/w frontispieces, loose fold-out map to rear of volume one; very good, in very good unclipped dust-jacket, which are very lightly sunned to spines.
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DESCRIPTION OF EGYPT.
Notes and views in Egypt and Nubia, made during the years 1825, -26, -27, and -28: Chiefly consisting of a series of descriptions and delineations of the monuments, scenery, &c. of those countries; The views, with few exceptions, made with the camera-lucida.
The American University in Cairo Press, 2000. 8vo., pp.xxxii,588, backed in maroon cloth, gilt, pictorial boards, 160 monochrome plates (including folding plates); slight tone to edges, a very good copy, in unclipped dust-jacket, with two small nicks and creasing to front lower edge, else very good.
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EASTWARD BOUND: TRAVEL AND TRAVELLERS, 1050-1550.
Manchester University Press, 1550. 8vo., pp.xv,270, navy hardcover, gilt, b/w frontispiece; a fresh and near-fine copy. No dust-jacket.
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EDWARD LEAR’S INDIAN JOURNAL. Watercolours and extracts from the diary of Edward Lear, 1873-1875.
London: Jarrolds Publishers, 1953. First edition, 8vo.,pp. vi,240, burgundy cloth, gilt, colour and half tone illustrations, b/w figures, colour frontispiece; two ownership autographs to front free endpaper, light foxing to endpapers and to edges of text block, with light toning to margins, boards lightly speckled with some damp stains, otherwise very good, in an unclipped pictorial dust-jacket, which is rubbed and chipped along upper margin.
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FEDERATED AUSTRALIA.
Photographs Depicting the Scenery, the Cities, the Industries, and Interesting Phases of Australian Life. Gems of Natural Beauty in New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, Southern Australia, Western Australia, and Tasmania.
London: Charles Taylor. Oblong 4to., pp.17-160, red cloth lettered in black, b/w plates throughout (printed rectos only); title creased with slight chipping to upper edge, gutter visible between pp.17/18, partial cracking to front inner hinge (apx.4cm at foot), slight loss to lower corner of rear paste-down endpaper, 2cm closed tear to lower margin of front free endpaper, light partial sunning, splash-marks, and surface soiling to cloth, a sound copy. [apparently as published because other copies also begin with pagination beginning at 17 following title - no pages removed.] one plate torn withou loss, a good copy
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GREECE UNTRODDEN.
Athens: Mrs Alan Wace, 1964. 8vo., pp.116, paperback, b/w illustrations by Elektra Megaw; small price sticker to rear wrapper, spine lightly sunned, small crease to lower right corner of rear wrapper, light toning to wrapper margins, lightly shelf-worn, a very good copy.
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HANDBOOK FOR TRAVELLERS IN NORTHERN ITALY. Comprising, Turin, Milan, Pavia, Cremona, The Italian Lakes, Bergamo, Brescia, Verona, Mantua, Vicenza, Padua, Venice, Ferrara, Bologna, Ravenna, Rimini, Modena, Parma, Piacenza, Genoa, The Riviera, and the intermediate towns and routes.
London: John Murray, 1877. Fourteenth edition, 8vo.,pp. xlix,566, red cloth, gilt, b/w fold-out maps, fold-out map to rear pocket; slight cracking to inner hinge where paper endpapers slightly worn, hinge otherwise firm, ownership autograph to front free endpaper verso, occasional light foxing to margins, edges of fold-out map to p.526 chipped, lightly rubbed and toned to extremities and spine, small stain to rear board, an unusually nice copy. No dust-jacket.
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INDIAN CREEK CHRONICLES.
Lyons and Burford, 1993. 8vo., pp.v,184, quarter turquoise cloth lettered in purple, contrasting green paper-covered boards; autographed to title, a fine copy, in a near-fine unclipped dust-jacket.
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LI HUNG CHANG'S SCRAP-BOOK.
London: Watts and Co, 1913. First edition, red cloth, b/w frontispiece portrait of Li Hung Chang, with caption sheet, 42 further illustrations; endpapers toned, light rubbing to extremities, gilt dulled, a very good copy, without dust-jacket.
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LORDS OF THE ATLAS: The Rise and Fall of the House of Glaoua 1893-1956.
London: Longmans, 1966. First edition, 318, black cloth, gilt, b/w illustrations, b/w maps, pictorial endpapers; light toning to margins, a very good copy, in a very good unclipped pictorial dust-jacket, which is lightly rubbed to extremities, with light surface soiling.
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LOVE-LETTERS OF A JAPANESE.
London: Stanley Paul and Co, 1911. 8vo., pp.(x),347,(2), uncut, pictorial ochre cloth, two ownership inscriptions to front free endpaper, foxing to edges and fore-margins, a very good copy. No dust-jacket.
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MAP COLLECTORS’ CIRCLE. No.44: THE PRINTED MAPS OF NEW SOUTH WALES, 1773-1873. Map Collectors’ Series (Fifth Volume).
London: Map Collectors’ Circle, 1773. Large 8vo., pp.49,xxx(b/w plates), printed wrappers; extended closed tear to front wrapper, some loss to head of spine, upper corners of wrappers creased and lightly worn, internally clean, a good working copy.
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MURRAY’S HANDBOOK TO THE MEDITERRANEAN: Its Cities, Coasts, and Islands. For the use of General Travellers and Yachtsmen. [two parts in one volume] [Second edition]
London: John Murray, 1882. Small 8vo., pp.xliv, 544, 73 (publisher’s adverts), dark red cloth, gilt, 10 folding maps, partially coloured; contemporary ink ownership inscription and small bookplate to front endpapers, light chipping to fore-edge of front free endpaper, lightly toned throughout, foxing to edges of text block, soil to top edge, very occasional spots of foxing throughout, all maps complete with occasional tears and chipping, rubbing to boards, wear to spine, particularly at head and tail, a good copy of this scarce volume.
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[MURRAY’S] THE HAND-BOOK FOR TRAVELLERS IN SPAIN.
Ninth Edition, Revised and Corrected. Part I. Madrid and the Castiles; The Basque Provinces; Leon; Asturias and Galicia. With Index and Directory for 1908. Part II. Estremadura, Andalucia, Murcia, Valencia, Catalonia, Aragon, Navarre, and the Balearic Islands. With Maps and Plans. With Index and Directory for 1907.
London: John Murray, 1908. Two volumes, pocket 8vo., pp.xi,2,274,39,32 (adverts);vi,2,275-570,39,48 (adverts), red cloth, gilt, folding maps and plans; neat ownership autograph to front free endpaper verso of both volumes, a few annotations (mostly pencilled) to Part I., toning to adverts and to prelims of Part II., and to front endpaper map of Part I, with water-staining to fore-margin of rear board, affecting endpapers and last few leaves within, paper-cracking to front inner hinge of Part I., rubbing and slight wear to extremities, with uniform light sunning to spines, and with marking to front board of first volume, an otherwise clean and overall good+ set.
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NARRATIVE OF A PEDESTRIAN JOURNEY THROUGH RUSSIA AND SIBERIAN TARTARY, FROM THE FRONTIERS OF CHINA TO THE FROZEN SEA AND KAMTCHATKA. Third Edition.
London: Charles Knight, 1825. Third edition, two volumes bound as one, 8vo., pp.xxvii,428,iv,336, half dark brown calf with contrasting green label, marbled boards and endpapers, hand-coloured frontispieces, 2 b/w plates, 3 folding maps (‘Map of the Country between St. Petersburg and the Behring’s Strait, showing the route performed by J. Cochrane’; ‘Map of the Eastern Part of Siberia and the Peninsula of Kamtchatka, compiled from the latest authorities’, and ‘Chart Showing the Route of Major Paulutzki around and through the Country of Tchuktchi’ (preceding Appendix)., and 5 line drawings; foxing to maps, generally bright within, light cracking along higes, a very good copy. INCOMPLETE. MISSING Q TO VOLII (pp.225-40 - section on Kazan)
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NI BRAHMANES NI ANCETRES: Colporteurs musulmans du Nepal.
Nanterre, Societe d’ethnologie. 8vo.,pp.470, paperback, with pictorial dust-jacket, b/w illustrations; ownership autograph to endpaper and ownership inscription to title page, foxing to upper edge, a very good copy.
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