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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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AN AUTHENTIC ACCOUNT OF THE EMBASSY OF THE DUTCH EAST-INDIA COMPANY, TO THE COURT OF THE EMPEROR OF CHINA, IN THE YEARS 1794 AND 1795;
(Subsequent to that of the Earl of Macartney.) Containing a Description of Several Parts of the Chinese Empire, Unknown to Europeans; Taken from the Journal of Andre Everard Van Braam, Many Years Chief of the Direction of that Company, and Second in the Embassy. Translated from the original of M.L.E. Moreau De Saint-Mery. With a Correct Chart of the Route.
London: R. Phillips, 1798. Volume II (of two) only, 8vo., pp.(iv),324, later textured claret cloth, gilt, speckled edges; foxing to title, a little foxing throughout, a few leaves with heavier foxing and small production fault (crease to upper corner) spine lightly sunned, with rubbing to extremities and some marking to boards, a good copy.
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AN OTTOMAN TRAVELLER.
Selections from the Book of Travels of Evliya Celebi.
London: Eland, 2010. 8vo., pp.xxxviii,482, red hardcover, gilt, 6pp. colour plates; a fresh and near-fine copy, in fine 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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BAGHDAD SKETCHES
London: John Murray, 1937. First UK edition, 8vo., pp.xiv,269, green cloth, gilt, 59 b/w illustrations, b/w frontispiece; mild foxing to endpapers, very clean and neat interior, a very good copy, in a good price-clipped pictorial dust-jacket, which is chipped with areas of loss to the head and foot of spine, and has both open and closed tears to extremities.
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CEDARS, SAINTS AND SINNERS IN SYRIA.
London: Hurst and Blackett, 1926. First edition, 8vo., pp.291, blue cloth lettered in black, b/w frontispiece, 74 further b/w illustrations; closed tear to upper inner corner of p.143(/144), foxing to edges and endpapers, small (1cm) split to cloth at head of spine, slight marking to cloth, a very good copy. No dust-jacket.
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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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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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ILLUSTRATED TORONTO PAST AND PRESENT,
Being an Historical and Descriptive Guide-Book: Comprising its Architecture, Manufacture, Trade; its Social, Literary, Scientific, and Charitable Institutions; its Churches, Schools, and Colleges; and other Principal Points of Interest to the Visitor and Resident. Together with A Key to the Publisher’s Bird’s-Eye View of the City.
Toronto: Peter A. Gross. 8vo., pp.384, bevelled green cloth, gilt, 60 lithographic plates (including frontispiece) with tissue-guards, marbled edges; lacks spine, front board loose, with front free endpaper absent, bevelled edges of boards heavily rubbed, with wear to corners, internally clean, now in acetate jacket, REBINDING COPY
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LADY ANNE BLUNT. Journals and Correspondence 1878-1917.
Cheltenham: Alexander Heriot, 1986. First edition, 8vo., pp.526, burnt orange cloth, gilt, monochrome frontispiece, 14 colour plates, folding map to rear of volume; a couple of slight bruises to edges, a very good, clean copy, in vg price-clipped dust-jacket, which is lightly sunned to spine.
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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 HAND-BOOK FOR TRAVELLERS IN CENTRAL ITALY,
Including Florence, Lucca, Tuscany, Elba, Etc., Umbria, The Marches, and Part of the Late Patrimony of St. Peter.
London: John Murray, 1880. Pocket 8vo., pp.xxv,2,410,72 (adverts), red cloth, gilt, folding maps, ribbon bookmark, large folding map to pocket at rear of volume, 11 further maps; ownership autograph to front free endpaper verso, closed tears to fore-margin of map-pocket, light paper-cracking to front inner hinge, light rubbing to extremities, with slight wear to cloth at head of upper joint, slight surface soil, a very good and unusually fresh copy.
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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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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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PERSONAL NARRATIVE OF A PILGRIMAGE TO EL MEDINAH AND MECCAH. [In Two Volumes].
Longman: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts, 1857. Second edition, two volumes, 8vo., pp.xv,418;v,422, uncut, decorative blue cloth, lettered in gilt and decorated in black, chromolithographic frontispieces and 3 further colour plates with tissue guards, 8 dichromatic plates, drawn by R. Burton and lithographed by Hanhart, one b/w plate, folding map, 2 folding plans and one single-page plan; heraldic bookplate to front paste-down endpaper (both volumes), foxing to prelims and edges, light roll to spine of Volume II, rubbing to extremities, with small split to headband of Volume II and to foot of spine of Volume I, a very good set.
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