Exploration & Travel
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Narrative of a voyage to Madeira, Teneriffe, and along the shores of the Mediterranean,
WILDE, William Robert Wills.Original price £850.00 - Original price £850.00Original price £0.00£850.00£850.00 - £850.00Current price £850.00| /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 Philippine Islands.
FOREMAN, John.Original price £300.00 - Original price £300.00Original price £0.00£300.00£300.00 - £300.00Current price £300.00| /Foreman's Philippine Islands provides A thorough history of the archipelago, updating Jagor's classic work of 1873.Third edition. 8vo., xxii, 668 ...
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Angola and the River Congo.
MONTEIRO, Joachim JohnOriginal price £850.00 - Original price £850.00Original price £0.00£850.00£850.00 - £850.00Current price £850.00| /Handsomely bound copy of Monteiro's Angola, one of the few English language books on the region at that time.Joachim John Monteiro (also known as ...
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Sand-buried ruins of Khotan.
STEIN, Sir Marc Aurel.Original price £850.00 - Original price £850.00Original price £0.00£850.00£850.00 - £850.00Current price £850.00| /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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On ancient Central-Asian tracks.
STEIN, Marc Aurel.Original price £950.00 - Original price £950.00Original price £0.00£950.00£950.00 - £950.00Current price £950.00| /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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The Arab of the desert.
DICKSON, H.R.P.Original price £1,100.00 - Original price £1,100.00Original price £0.00£1,100.00£1,100.00 - £1,100.00Current price £1,100.00| /The preferred edition with the first publication of the 3 maps intended for the second impression but never issued, and with the charts bound into...
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The Desert King.
HOWARTH, David.Original price £150.00 - Original price £150.00Original price £0.00£150.00£150.00 - £150.00Current price £150.00| /Howarth's life of Ibn Saud provides a lucid portrait of a legendary warrior, and way of life unique in the twentieth century.First edition. 8vo, 2...
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The life of Sir Richard Burton.
[BURTON, Richard Francis] WRIGHT, Thomas.Original price £650.00 - Original price £650.00Original price £0.00£650.00£650.00 - £650.00Current price £650.00| /Wright's biography of Burton was very popular going through three printings in one year. It proved controversial for mentioning Burton's shortcomi...
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Narrative of a journey round the World,
SIMPSON, Sir George.Original price £1,250.00 - Original price £1,250.00Original price £0.00£1,250.00£1,250.00 - £1,250.00Current price £1,250.00| /Simpson was head of the Hudson Bay Company and the dominant figure in the American fur trade in the nineteenth century. The narrative documents Si...
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The history of Nadir Shah,
FRASER, JamesOriginal price £1,250.00 - Original price £1,250.00Original price £0.00£1,250.00£1,250.00 - £1,250.00Current price £1,250.00| /Blackmer copy. Fraser was Resident at Surat from 1730-40 and then returned as Factor for the East India company, 1743-9. This work is important for...
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Reconnoitring in Abyssinia:
WILKINS, H. St. Clair.Original price £1,500.00 - Original price £1,500.00Original price £0.00£1,500.00£1,500.00 - £1,500.00Current price £1,500.00| /Wilkins (1828-1896), 'commanded the Royal Engineers throughout the Abyssinian expedition of 1868, where the difficult terrain required engineering...
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The overland route to India,
TILLOTSON, John.Original price £2,250.00 - Original price £2,250.00Original price £0.00£2,250.00£2,250.00 - £2,250.00Current price £2,250.00| /A very good copy of a large format illustrated work showing the route from England to India via the great cities of the Middle East. An early reis...
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L'estat present de la chine.
BOUVET, Joachim; GIFFART, Pierre (engraver).Original price £37,500.00 - Original price £37,500.00Original price £0.00£37,500.00£37,500.00 - £37,500.00Current price £37,500.00| /With the arms of Louis XIV. Rare first edition of Bouvet's China, finely bound in contemporary morocco with the arms of Louis XIV, the engravings b...
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[Chinese Craft on the Pearl River.
[CHINESE SCHOOL].Original price £3,500.00 - Original price £3,500.00Original price £0.00£3,500.00£3,500.00 - £3,500.00Current price £3,500.00| /Well executed and highly atmospheric watercolours capturing the importance of the river for trade in early nineteenth century China.A fine group o...
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[Chinese Craft on the Pearl River.
[CHINESE SCHOOL].Original price £3,500.00 - Original price £3,500.00Original price £0.00£3,500.00£3,500.00 - £3,500.00Current price £3,500.00| /Well executed and highly atmospheric watercolours capturing the importance of the river for trade in early nineteenth century China.A fine group o...
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[Chinese Craft on the Pearl River.
[CHINESE SCHOOL].Original price £3,500.00 - Original price £3,500.00Original price £0.00£3,500.00£3,500.00 - £3,500.00Current price £3,500.00| /Well executed and highly atmospheric watercolours capturing the importance of the river for trade in early nineteenth century China.A fine group o...
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[Chinese Craft on the Pearl River.
[CHINESE SCHOOL].Original price £3,500.00 - Original price £3,500.00Original price £0.00£3,500.00£3,500.00 - £3,500.00Current price £3,500.00| /Well executed and highly atmospheric watercolours capturing the importance of the river for trade in early nineteenth century China.A fine group o...
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[Chinese Craft on the Pearl River.
[CHINESE SCHOOL].Original price £3,500.00 - Original price £3,500.00Original price £0.00£3,500.00£3,500.00 - £3,500.00Current price £3,500.00| /Well executed and highly atmospheric watercolours capturing the importance of the river for trade in early nineteenth century China.A fine group o...
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[Chinese Craft on the Pearl River.
[CHINESE SCHOOL].Original price £3,500.00 - Original price £3,500.00Original price £0.00£3,500.00£3,500.00 - £3,500.00Current price £3,500.00| /Well executed and highly atmospheric watercolours capturing the importance of the river for trade in early nineteenth century China.A fine group o...
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[Chinese Craft on the Pearl River.
[CHINESE SCHOOL].Original price £3,500.00 - Original price £3,500.00Original price £0.00£3,500.00£3,500.00 - £3,500.00Current price £3,500.00| /Well executed and highly atmospheric watercolours capturing the importance of the river for trade in early nineteenth century China.A fine group o...
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Allerneuester Geographisch- und Topographischer
HEYDT [aka HEIJDT], Johann Wolfgang.Original price £7,500.00 - Original price £7,500.00Original price £0.00£7,500.00£7,500.00 - £7,500.00Current price £7,500.00| /Important early iconography of Jakarta. Heydt's Ost-Indien provides us with an extensive and important work with regard to the town planning and ge...
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Splendor Magnificentissimae Urbis Venetiarum Clarissimus;
GRAEVIUS, Johann Georg.Original price £30,000.00 - Original price £30,000.00Original price £0.00£30,000.00£30,000.00 - £30,000.00Current price £30,000.00| /A rare and lavishly illustrated work devoted entirely to the city of Venice, issued as part of the monumental Thesaurus antiquitatum et historiaru...
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Toonneel van China, Door veel, Zo Geestelijke als Werreltijke, Geheugteekenen, Verscheide Vertoningen van de Natuur en Kunst.
KIRCHER, Athanasius.Original price £50,000.00 - Original price £50,000.00Original price £0.00£50,000.00£50,000.00 - £50,000.00Current price £50,000.00| /Rare coloured copy. Rare copy coloured in a contemporary hand and heightened with gilt, of one of the most important books shaping the European con...
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Flights over the ancient cities of Iran.
SCHMIDT, Erich F.Original price £1,000.00 - Original price £1,000.00Original price £0.00£1,000.00£1,000.00 - £1,000.00Current price £1,000.00| /Special publication of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago. A fine record of some the great archaeological sites of Iran as seen f...
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