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We’ve been very busy over the past few months to the extent that we have been able to set aside enough recent acquisitions for a new Travel & Exploration catalogue. It will play to our strengths with sizeable sections on Africa, the Middle East, Greece and the Ottoman World, and Central Asia, with further sections on Polar exploration and Women travellers.
Richard Burton’s A Mission to Gelele, is one of his more X-rated titles. Full of tales of human sacrifice and drinking human blood from a skull, it is not clear whether Burton participated or not, but it certainly added to the European view of the old kingdom of Dahomey as being a very dangerous place. What I love about the present copy is that it is completely unrestored, which is how you want your Burtons to be, but they seldom are.
Henry Holland’s Travels in the Ionian Islands, 1815, ticks lots of boxes. A doctor, he was travelling in Greece shortly before the War of Independence and met Ali Pasha. What makes this copy special for me is that it comes from the renowned Stoke Rochford library of the antiquary, Christopher Turnor. Copies from this library are usually in superb condition and this copy is no exception. It is beautifully bound and is a feast for the eye.
One of the scarcer books in the catalogue is An authentick and faithful history of that arch-pyrate Tulagee Angria, 1756. It tells us of the capture of Toolaji Angria, the leader of the pirates operating off the Indian coast, who had attacked East India Company (EIC) vessels for over 50 years. The British naturally saw him as a scourge but to Indian eyes it was otherwise, for he stood up to the might of the EIC who often acted little better than pirates themselves.
Shapero Rare Books is an internationally renowned dealer in London, specialising in antiquarian & rare books and works on paper, with particular expertise in fine illustrated books from the 15th to the 20th century, travel & voyages, natural history, modern firsts, rare children’s books, guidebooks, Hebraica & Judaica, Eastern European, and Islamica.
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Thesiger's classic narrative of his years spent amongst the Bedouin of Southern Arabia, travelling on foot.First edition, first impression; 8vo, x...
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A guide to the fourth holiest site in Islam, sacred to both Muslims and Jews. Includes a geographical and historical review of Hebron and the Cave...
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A good pictorial record of Singapore before the Japanese invasion.First edition. Folio. illustrated throughout, original wrappers, light wear, a v...
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Presentation copy of Livingstone's first expedition. A presentation copy 'Sir Thomas Dyke Acland/ with the kindest salutations/ of his friend/ Davi...
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Annotated by an officer of the bengal army. Rare. The Bengal Directory contains details of the 'British and Indian Governments', 'Supreme Court Bri...
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The account of an expedition undertaken in March 1878 by the Archduke, to investigate the possibility of a coastal railway in southern Palestine. ...
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'The best written and most enduring account of exploits in the Antarctic.' - Taurus. 'It was perhaps the only real stroke of luck in Scott's ill-f...
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With the rare dust-wrapper. Le Palud's account of a journey from Chungking to Ichang illustrated with fine photographs4to, [iv], xviii pp., large ...
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Krapf was the first European to see Mounts Kilimanjaro and Kenya. Important account by the German missionary who during his travels collected info...
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Stanley's lively account, written whilst special correspondent for the New York Herald, of the British Expedition against the Ashantis in Africa u...
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'A handsome volume that examines wild game, its habitat, and spoor within Kenya, Uganda, and the eastern Congo regions. Stigand observes game trai...
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Inscribed to the author's mother. inscribed "To my dearest Mother," and dated 8 December 1864.One of the scarcest Nile accounts and a monumental wo...
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Inscribed copy. Rare inscribed copy of Stanley's final book. It consists of articles originally published in the journal, South Africa. Stanley had...
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Sir William Robert Wills Wilde, surgeon and Irish antiquary, was the father of Oscar Wilde. Wilde travelled for nine months as medical attendant t...
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The general narrative of Stein's first exploration of Central Asia, 1900-01. Crossing the Karakoram and the Pamirs he entered Chinese Turkestan an...
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A comprehensive summary of the results of Stein's first three Central Asian expeditions and of his researches carried out during the years 1900-16...
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Join us as we journey through time to discover some of the rarest books in the world. The following texts have shown an extraordinary ability to survive, with some books having survived the ravages of flood and fire, and others counting only a single surviving copy.
The public perception of the East India Company, an organisation which was to become one of Britain's most notorious colonial ventures, was mediated by a collective of artists. Diplomatic wrangling, imperial posturing, trade and warfare became the subjects of a significant artistic movement, aimed at depicting and dissecting the Company’s involvement in the political and social life of the period.
The woods and rivers, hills and hollows of fiction constitute some of our earliest and most beloved memories: from the Hundred Acre Wood to the home of Mr. McGregor. Join us this Easter as we travel through the imaginary places and winding roads of children’s literature.
Welcome to TEFAF Maastricht: the fair that plays host to some of the most memorable treasures in the art world. With artworks that span over 7000 years, the event has an illustrious history, welcoming collectors and art loves alike for more than three decades.
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